WATSON'S
OLD
BROWN BRANDY
Green Brandy
25 YEARS IN WOOD.'
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
TELIPHONE 616.
THE CHINA MAIL.
TO RODERICK RANDOM” OF
THE DAILY PRESS." Before asking to be cleared from two imputations made against me in your ||
THE STRANDING OF THE TJITARUEM
MASTER "SEVERELY
and Turker) supplied the mercat THE CONSCRIPTION BILL fraction of this The idea of Central Europe becoming a "self-contained economic block," is, even with Russia.” thrown in a vain delusion. It is a matter of the highest importance to Germany that Germany's pencet article of June-14th, may I be permitted terms should be such as to induce (at the risk of being eternally marked" of the Allies to abandon the idea of by your powerful journal) to drag you day as follows
CENSURED"
The Judgment of the Marine Court
Inquiry in this case was given
THE MAGISTRAGY.
SUMMONSES UNDER THE REGISTRATION ORDINANCE T
FRIDAY, JUNE 1251919.
THE PRESS CENSORSHIP.
MAGISTRATE'S DECISION IN
TELEGRAPH * CISE.
Mr. J. F. Wood delivered this after
Mr. R. E. Belilica sa summoned. before Mr. J. R. Wood this morning, noon the following judgment in the for failing to furnish to the Captaincase in which the "Hongkong Telegraph
proceeded against under the Superintendent of Police, a return of mas
particulars specified iu the second Colonial Press Cassiabip regulations – schedule of the Registration of Pertots. It is not disputed that the defectiune Ordinance of 1916 as amended by the has published movements and descrip
tions of certain of His Majesty's abipe Government notification of 1947.
..
an economic war." Dr. DERNBURG, from your journalistic "funk-hole" and "We find that the British s who has occupied the position of ask if you are recognisable as Mr. H. A. Titarcom Official No 143210 cf Hong Colonial Secretary in the German Cartwright, Printer, Publisher and kong of which Francia Henry Hamblin Government, has shown in a frank Editor of the Newspaper which serves Certificate No. 1976, Hongkong, was
M.. P. W. Goldring pleaded guilty and has contravened the forms of the review of the post-war economic your purpose so wollf
Regulation No. 1 of the Capsorship Master, left: Shanghai en rants for Singson behalf of Mr. Balilios. situation, that the Allies ju fast, not
Mr. T. H. King, ASP, said the Regulations of 1917, bar I have been by their armed forces, but by their
Palice did not wish to press
for a heavy
Will you accept my assurance that have not written under "instructions
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I
pore on May 24th and on May 28th at 1.25 pm. was 3 miles south of the Great Lammocks Light House, when s
asked to dismiss the summons on the
command of essential supplies, will from the Government? The letters are course S. 13 W. magnetic wasteared, penalty, although there is a daily notice round that the publication in question
control the demobilisation of - the
German army and therewith the entirely my own, and I received, and the abip proceeded at full speed in the Press that it was necessary for being a repetition of information whole process of German recuperation document, no information or augges miles, which the Master intended to general public the necessity of complying movements which were in no way directly or indirectly, orally or by towards the Pratas Reels, distant 150 everyone to register. They were only already widely cireutated in the Prem desirous of bringing to the notice of the in Shanghai, and having reference to Rapid demobilisation will be importions of any kind from anyone in the make, with the object of checking the with the Registration Ordinance. The concealed and were of a diste aubstanti A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., applies to ssaare employment for
sible without a sufficiency of essential Colony.
rate of his phonometers which had been mission, be believed, was the result of ally prior to the defendant's publication, In the next place, may I repudiats found unreliable alter leaving. Shanghai.artiestess and not intentional. He did not in any degree prejudicially disbanded troops, and, as Dr. Dean-any intention of casting aspersions BURG has declared, even a partial upon," bolding up to ridicule" or in The ship proceeded on this course and thought a social fine would meat the affect the safety of the Colony which it period of unemployment would rating the gentlemen to whom I speed and at 3.30 am, May 9th the case lead to disastrous manifestations," addressed certain questions in my and came on deck with the intention of Master was called by his own orders
and for that reason "denrobilisa- letter of June 13th. -
shortly afterwards turning the ship around to the North to wait for day- Mr. V. Fadlay Smith, also summon light. At 333 am the ship struck oned under the same regulations, said he the North side of the Prats Reef, did not know whether to plead guilty. The iune, however, is wider than The Court do not consider that the or not. He had been under the impres. this. In the present. war the inter "the commercial houses. appealed to the Government to help course steered from the Lammocks was sion that it was not necessary for him relation of events is such that the them out of the difficulty by introduc aafe one, taking into scnsideration the to register as he was a member of the defence of the Coloby is involved in the ing conscription in order that the impossibility of obtaining any warning Hongkong Defence Corps and he knew defence of Great Britain and her Allies. necestry remaining men might be of close approach to this Reef by say nothing of the new Government notifies We are indebted for our safety here to
T-day's Advertisement The China Mail.
NOTICE
HE SALE ADVERTISED for
TOMORROW (Saturday) is hereby
CANCELLED,
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, June 14, 1918.
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HONGEONO, FRIDAy, June 14, 1918.
THE ECONOMIC FACTOR IN THE WAR.
"
"Roderick Random" Th
·
content to continue at their posts".
tion will certainly extend over It is in your own article, when still a long period, however, irksome writing as it may be to those in the colours" June 12th, that I find the statement In any cireamatances the Allies will that see to it that their own needs are first met. In spite of all the efforts Germany has made to disguise it, this factor in the war is one of steadily increasing importance, Germany has Is his bookDeductions from the repeatedly declared that one of her World War," General Tox F.ZTTAG-objects in the war has been to LORINGHOVEN, Deputy Chief of the Board her economic future." She has German General Staff, observes: succeeded only in placing herself in "The power of radical decision of position of humiliating dependence a world-war has slipped away from on a world which she has antagonised. the armies. The strategical situation German traders will recognise that is conditioned by the world economic whatever terms may be embodied in purpose, I took the liberty of putting and PAPER,sitration Victories which the Peace treaty on this subject, "no up to them to answer what you tern DEVELOPING & PRINTING once would have been absolutely treaties or guarantees in the world an "insulting" question.
decisive, and the conquest of whole can furce the public to buy or UNDERTAKEN.
kingdoms, have not brought us nearer merchants to deal in goods which
KODAKS
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peace. With what object then is they would prefer not to handle,
Germany sending her millions to the slaughter Almost from the first week of the war it was proved to the German General Stuff that "the. world-economic eltuation" jaule a radical decision in the war favourable i to Germany utterly hopeless, and the longer the war lasts the more world-economic firmly does the
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The infall, for the 24 hours
CHINA MAIL situation set against her. One pi ended at 10 o'clock this morning was
the cables to-day reports one of 2.58 inches. the Dost prominent commercial) TAR WEEKLY EDITION OF THE magnates of Bremen as saying that
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CONTAINS ALL THE NEWS.
OF THE WEEK,
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The community of Kobe bas Germany's peace terms must be achieved the wonderful legt of raising ench as to induce the Allies to £100,000 towarvia the Tank Fund. abandon the idea of an economic war. The sooner the people of Germany realise that it is not Ger
Only one case of cerebrospinal. many's will which will be imposed fever was notified in the Colony „PRICE 25 vis, (cash) pir Copy, in this matter when the peace terms
come to be discussed, the better will yesterday. There was also a case of it be for the future, of Germany. plague and one case of enteric fever. Mr. BALFOUR in an address which he delivered at the luncheon given at
THE CALENDAR.
GENERAL MEMORANDA,
MONDAY. Jan 17 :--
6 pm-Organ Recital at St. John's
Cathedral
WEDNESDAY, June 10- 20p.r.-Auction
of Household Linens, c. at Hughes & Hough'
2.3 pm Auction of Furniture &
it Hughes & Hough's.
SATURDAY, June 22 :-
Summer Solsties.
the House of Commons to the A Reuter's cable to-day mentions Japanese Ambassador and the Dele- that among the new Members of the" gates attending the International Order of the British Empire is Mr. S. Evans, the Deputy Naval Ordnance Parliamentary Congress, very sac- cinctly stated the view on the subject Store Oficer in Hongkong. which is shared by all the Allies, when he said: "The German methods
of trade are part of her policy el
His Worship agreed, and defendant was fined $5.
From the last letter of the Hon. means other than visibility, which under tion requiring the registration of every Member for the Chamber of Commerce the most favourable conditions is only person, as he was absent in Japan when Mr. King said that according to the we know that the commercial houses a few miles, and that the stranding of it was made. construe "necessary" as covering all this ship was due to the careless and
notification of 1917, the men at present in their employ. faulty, navigation of the Master in Government
Because I did not believe, and do not approaching this dangerous Beef at falfamending the Registration Ordinance of now believe, that the geh themselves speed during the hour of darkness, and 1916, every person was required to asked for conscription for such placing too much reliance on his patent register, including the members of the
Log, whose accuracy was quite unknown Hongkong Defence Corps."
A nominal fire of 85 was imposed. to him. But taking into consideration that after the ship struck everything was done by the Master in a scamaulike way for the safety of the ship and crew that strenuous efforts were made to get"
it
You suggest I should apologise. When the men themselves repudiate your above qfoted statement, then I will most liberally apologize, but for having placed reliance on anything which appeared over your pseudonym
June 14th, 1918.
F. C. JENKIN,
CORRESPONDENCE.
"OUR LITTLE BIT" SOCIETY.
A SNATCHING CASE....
"
A Chinese pleaded not guilty when
is the sole object of the Order-in.Comcil authorising these Regulations, and of the Regulations themselves to preserva
No one can reasonably doubt that the Colony is a safe now as it wasS before the publication here considered.
M's Navy and Army wherever in
The Colony, which was little more than an onlooker in the recent South African war, is participating in the efforts and in the risks of this war.
the world they may be operating
The regulations under which this sum- mona is brought, has been adopted with this fact in view. It has been devised as one of our own measures of defence, and whereas any particular contraven” tion of it may have a negligible result another may occur which will be of the first importance. The strict observance of these Regulations is required by the military situation.
The Editor of the Hawking Teleph
did not fully consider the position when be assumed that it was in his discretion to publish the paragraph in
the ship floated, and communication charged before. Mr. J. R. Wood this was established with Hongkong, which morning with attempting to match eventually enabled the ship to get off, $4,000 from another Chinese in Des the Court adjudge the Master, Francia Vezur Road Central, yesterday..
Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, who appeared Habry Hamblin, to be severaly censured.
for the defendant, said he desired an adjournment as he was not yet in a position to go on with the case: Accord-question. He had no such discretion. ing to the preliminary instructions he is duty was to obtain the approval of received, he believed there was a great the Censor before publication THE CONSCRIPTION BILL.
des! more behind this prosecution than
(To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL-")
The above Society yesterday sent more "snatching, though he could not to Messrs. Shewan, Tonies & Co. Bay for the moment whether it was true 13th, June, 1918.
two cases of War Comforts as below or not. Waald his Worship grant bail
for the defendant f Str,Some of your correspondents to be forwarded to the Hon. Super-
Sergt. Blackman, who was in charge seem to wish to imply that the Cham-intendent, Red Cross Depot, No. of the case, said he had no objection. ber of Commerce has not beeo strictly
Shed, Alexandra Dock, Bonibas, MJ. R. Wood adjourned the ease proceedings. The contravention is in honest; or, at any rate, consistent, in its attitude with regard to Conscription.
containing-1 quilt, 1 pillow, 6 prs, until next Tuesday, bail being fired at itself of minor importance but so long Hon. Mr. Landale is reported to have slippers, 100 suits of pyjamas, 12
In your issue of the 10th inst the of stretcher, boots, 50 pr. of cloth $500. aid at the Legislative Council Meeting sleeveless sweaters, 12 mufflers, 20 flannel veste, 12 woollen caps, 80 ye bandages, & meut covers, 10 mops,
of that day
Compulsory service was suggested by the Chamber of Commerce for two reasons. One was that it was desired 3 buge of swubs, 80 milk covers, 8 that as many men as could be got prs. of white woollen bed socks, should go and the other reason was prs of soche, 1 box cigars, 86 suits that it was necessary to retain here
CO-OPERATION IN BOMBAY,
PROGRESS OF HOUSING SOCIETIES,
The Bombay Co-operative Conferecen opened recently at Girgaum.
The Hon. Mr. Lalubhai Samaldes, who
In the correspondance with the Attorney General, the solicitors for the defendant stopped short of admitting
it they had been instructed the offence alleged. I imaging that to make this admission this Cour would not have been troubled with these
na the legal consequence of the defendant's action remain in dispate between the Crown and the defendant, no eourse would een to bava beed open to the Crown Soliciter except to ask for a public decision.
I fine the defendant $6,
LONDON, Jane 13.
to the In the House of Commons Me
a certain number of men and that of pyjamas, 20 mest vovers, 7.white presided, maid that the city of Bombay ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIL. those men should be satisfied that woollen bed socks, 10 pr. of socks, could takes justifiable price in being. the first in India to start co-operative they were being protected from any 11 sleeveless sweaters, 13 flannel societies for mill hands and poor munt imputation against them. -
cipal employer belonging Surely that is a perfectly straight
managing societies through private and the Allies agreed not to intervene forward attitude? I think most people
"depressed" classes and financing and Balfour denied that the United States understood these were the reasons why
agencies and establishing the best re conscription was urged by the Chamber
demption committees. While a great in Russia number of people had been helped by?
A Committee has been appointed world domination. This bas made at Singapore by the Government them more dangerous than mere to report on a suitable scheme for trude rivalry, to which we have never commemorating the 100th anniversary of Commerce. Certainly the Govern ubjected. Germany is trying to use of the foundation of Singapore, which 13 noop-Indo-China Steam Naviga- her manufacturing power to prac will occur on the 6th February nezt
tically enslave the rest of the world year. That is the problem which must
SATURDAY, Juno 29 :----
tion Co. meeting.
meat should have understood so.
of
these incieties, very much more remained A MONROE DOCTRINE WANTED. to be done. It was not possible to extend the operations of the Debt Redemption Committee's work for Strensoos given in the Registrar's report. 23rd The Central Co-operative Institute when
FOR THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
LONDON, June 12,
The Daily Chronicle la an editorial on
veste, 24 muillers, 40 milk covers, 15 mops, 2 floor cloths, 2 hugs of swabs, 10 white woollen caps. 80 eye bandages. i lot of magazines, 1 fot playing cards and 1 box cigarettes.
Letters of acknowledgment have It is undoubtedly desirable that as recently been received from the many men as possible should be spared British Red Cross and Order of to go and I sabmit it is equally Jolin, base dépot, Basrah, dated be met and solved" We can be A pack of wolves was located near desirable that those men who cannot be and 24th April, 1018. quite sure that there will be no return the Tai Wai village at Taimoshan in the spared should be definitely instructed to the status quo ante bellum in Taun Wan district, and a party com they are to remain. They are needed this respect, audit Germany desires prising Sergt. Macdonald and several in Hongkong in the interests of the to recover her former world economic armed lukongs from the Tsun Wan nation, and if they are to put in their position, her trading operations will Police Station set out to hunt them. best work they must be fully satisfied have to be governed by conditions They suceeded in tracking the pack in their minds that they really are more LITIGATION ENDS, IN FAVOUR OF was the Barswat Co-operative Society Frendest Wilson. Laid down, the feeling which her present adversaries will one of which they shot dead. The needed here than at the front. impose so that her methods of trade carcass has been presented to the City will no longer menace the security Hall Museum and is now being and peace of the countries in which mounted. German merchants are permitted to Letters relating in hominess should to trade. It is interesting to see at
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THEIR MAJESTIES:- SILYER WEDDING.
SECOND LIST OF HONGKONG CONTRIBUTORS.
AYONMOUTH DOCKS,
it was started would be in a position to guide and advise as to the best means of development for this class of society, the Imperial War Cabinet Conference, The other class, of society which they refers to an article by Mr. Arthur could very well call their own were the Henderson in its colmos, discussing Lousing societies started under the our war aims no they concern the Wa auspices of housing associations. The Cabinet, and says With the general first society registered under the Act proposition of disinterestedness, which which owned at present five houses of throughout the British Empire sin three storeys each on and leased from accord. Neither the Empire at any of the Improvement Trust Two other its Dominions want territory for terri When the Corporation of Bristol housing societies, the Manglorean Garden tory's sake. They are however, nor promoted & Hill in Furliament for power House Society and the Pombay Catholic in the same situation as the United to construct new docks at Avonmouth, Co Partnership Society, were registered States. Had there. heen, German the measure was opposed by the Great in 1917 Both these had suffered from Mexico, a German West Indies or a Western and Midland Railway Com-the difficulty of raising capital on German Colombin before the war we panies but a compromise was arrived moderate terms and that difficulty was may be fairly certain that America at, sad the opposition withdrawn.
BRISTOL CORPORATION
There the matter was expected to end, tampering the farther progress of would not tolerate their remeral but the expectation was not fulfilled, co-operative looking. The difficulties after the war, and her objections would, for disputes: srose and litigation ensued, in the way of finding in Bombay decent not infringe her tea) disinterestedness the Corporation going to the courts and housing accommodation at a fair rental any more than our need in our cisining a declaration as to the true would most probably go on increasing present case, What our southern Dominions want is not territory for ite construction to be placed on this agree even after the Terminatim of the war. Mr. Godge, Lady Rees Davies, Mrament, which was the outcome of the Though, said the speaker, on theoreti own sake, but as security for a Monroe
Parliamentary compromised
cal grounds it might be felt that doctrine, for the Southern Hemisphere Orders for extes copies of the Casa union with the countries east and for the dependants of those who go on Locker, Mra, Danby, Mr. Purves, Mrs. Mr. Justice.dargant decided in favour communal housing societies should at A League of Nation wolld enbancu Mat should be sent as soon as pomihin s the supply is limited. Canh 10 cts, Credit south-east of the, Central Powers, or active service, the acting Governor bas M. J. D. Stephens, Mrs. Sachse, Mira of the railway companies, but the Court be encouraged, actual experience had such security but he would be a bold
Appeal favoured the Corporation, and 20 atas per copy
that Germany can protect herself promised, if a fund is opened, to ask the Harold Macfarlane, Mre: Carleton, Mirepoint judge's decisiet aside, so shown that is was the communal society prophet who could guarantee that it Eats of antascription Chica Mall is $12, per sast: postage against economic war by establish members of the legislature to contribute. Smilley, Mrs. Savile E Hudson, Mrs, the companies appealed to the House of that has accredited well. Until the would render it riparous Olser som axtars Bingle sopies twenty ing a large number of monopolistic The Planters Association has offered to Glyn, Miss Manuk, Mrs. Murray Scott, Akinson, Shaw, Parker and Wrenbury the extent of altogether doing away with Lords The Lord Chancellor and Lords social reform movement, succeeded to recently delivered considered judgments carte, communal housing societies are Tatcher Miss Ventra, Hra Gale, Mrpanies, thereby upholding the docinjen suceed Even if banking unicas were Agassi, Mrs McKay, Mie Donnelly, of the Court of Appeal
to the Overland
BeAltenflies and additions to Advert militant organisations. It bas-been provide funds, and other sympathisers Mre. Perry, Mr. AM, Thorhill, Mrad dismissed the appeal of the com- the only societies that are likely to CHAMBERLAIN SPAIN BALM
menta" on Pazen 23, 6, and 7 should truly said of Germany that he are willing to do the same..
Foe sent to the Office. No. 5. Wyndham built up her economic lite to a far
Street, mut later than 11 SU
Alterationy kod additions to Advertise greater extent than any other Con-
monte në paga la 15 and a should be tinental country on a fumadation of
sent is not later than I-pimpang
New Fidvertinamncane akosia be sent in imported raw materials. In 1912, SAFE, SURE, ALWAYS CURES
the year before the war, 58 per
before 2pm,
Advertiments sod Subscrip
Which
ateur call to a fixed pariod will be cent, of the total German import Do not suffer from cramp color
entirred until countermanded, "
consisted of indust
and semi-manufac
#tamanis, B1
Mr Irving Mre Crapnell, Mr B Branch, Mrs. Ross Thomson, Mrs. Pearce,
Miss M Rodger, Miss D. Rodger, Min
La Tak po, Mr. Tau Irelung, Met Galluzzi, Mr Hale, Mrs A. G. Gordon, and Mrs. McPherson
inberlain's Colic, Chelma and Diarrhoes 0 1st list:26
Remedy goes to the right spot and gives 2nd list y Con immediate ralist, 300
mo: afford ↑ Atria-Hungary to be without it you
attacks at blind For Chemists and Storakpepers
895:
ECONOMY IN THE END
U costa bút a small winn to keep
Chamberlain's. Colfer
Diarris Remedy always in cind theat, and it is economy in the end. It always dûres and curatisquick Pat Balo by all Chémiseta eid-Stor
touch of rheumatini, or a twinge
starred or groups of sosaties managed
ot neuralgia whatever the trop blo by the best redemption committee, there was a probability of a large number of in Chamberlain's Pain Balm drivca AWAY the pain at once and cares the complaint limued liability societies for various quickly. First application gives relief. objects being started in Bombay The when a bottle of it is kept in the house the pain of burns and scalde may be. chief nesd would be 8nancial facili
promptly relieved, cuts and bruises The time and arrived when the que
healed and swellings promptly. duced In fact for the household ins it is just tock an embraation as every family theoldsbe provided with For
start
bility and