UNEASY CALM IN HOLLAND
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CHUNG WAH
CASE
The casc in which 13 dismissed employees of the Chung Wah Book Company were charged with fighting in Pak Tal Street on January 6, was fixed for hearing on Thursday by Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon.
Nine of the 13 accused were fur-
Amsterdam, To-day. Despite the political ten- sion, the population remains ther charged to-day with intimidating
T. T. Kong.
They were all released on $50 bail
calm, and only one incident took place in the capital each. when unknown persons broke window panes in the German official tourist office in the Calvestraat, Amsterdam's busiest thoroughfare.
CHATHAM ROAD SPEEDING
Captain Duncan, of the H.K.S.R.A., was this morning fined $10 by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon for Traffic speeding in Chatham Road.
The province is calm and apparently the precautionary measures have been somewhat relaxed, notably in Lim-Sergeant J. Scrim stated that Captain burg.
The only noticeable sign of uneasiness is provided by the gathering of crowds around the news-stands, which pro- minently display papers carrying pic- tures of the inundated districts.
Official sources favour such a dis- play as it shows the population how difficult any Invasion would be. —
Havas.
NEW U.S. BATTLESHIPS
Washington, To-day:
Duncan was seen driving his motor- cycle at 50 m.p.h. in Chatham Road at 11.30 am, on December 23.
SMALLPOX DEATHS
Eleven deaths out of 20 smallpox cases occurred in the Colony last month. Nineteen cases were in Kowloon and one the harbour. Two further cases were notified yesterday, one in Hong Kong and one in Kowloon,
held until proof is furnished why they should be abandoned in favour of larger ships according to the in- structions of the House of Repre-
It is learned authoritatively that funds for the construction of four sentatives naval appropriations sub- 45,000-ton battleships will be
with-committec.-Reuter.
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It is difficult to attribute anxiety of Holland and Belgium to any single incident, says the of **The military correspondent
the Times." It has risen out of accumulation of evidence pointing to the possibility that Germany to- entertains hostile intentions wards them. Both countries are were better prepared than they
last November. It is probable she will attack them only in a mood
of desperation.---Reuter.
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