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BRYDORY adopts to enforce his arguments. At the annual meeting of the Hankow TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
at încă suggests a vulgar pronunciation. -If Dr. Bryndza had adopted a scientific phonetic spelling in his examples he would have strengthened his arguments, although even then the force of the nasociation with the orthographic spelling would have left a
suspicion of vulgarity. The late Dr. SWEET was many times accused of reproducing in his phonetic transcripts not a polite but a vulgar pronunciation, the charge coming from those who had made no attempt to investigate for themselves their own natural
year!
Foreign Chamber of Commerce held on the 13th inst,, the following were elected the Committee for the coming Messrs W Herensperger (Chairman), D MacHaffe (Vice Chairman), W. G. Pratt. N-6, Brown, K. Lindeman, Blacker, F. Babson, and R. Herbertz.
The contract for the completion of the new Government premises in Queen's Road for the retail of opium is to be completed by the end of the month, Coolies are at present engaged in filling in the floor and
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:] THE SOMALILAND CAMEL
CORPS DISASTER, DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.) THE HOME RULE CRISIS.
PRIME MINISTER ADAMANT.
LONDON, February 28th: Mr. B. B. Falle, Unionist M.P. for Portsmouth, moved in the House of Com- LONDON, February 25th.
"That it is imperative in the During the debate in the House of Commons mons on the Supplementary Estimates interests of public peace that the Premier
[TIROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:] SOUTH AFRICAN DEPORTEES IN ENGLAND.
RECEPTION BY TRADE UNIONISTA.
LONDON. February 25th. - The Ungeni, by which, the South African Labour leaders were deported, arriver ab Gravesend at 7.30 in the morning. A deputation of Trades
WINE& SPIRIT MERCHANTS, | conversation, or to ascertain the phonetic working night and day, and the contractor for Somaliland, Sir Gilbert Parker should submit proposals for the alteration Unionists, headed by Mr. Henderson,
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symbols by which it could best be repro duced. Turning to the general aspect of the question, the PorT LAUREATE's conten- tion that the pronunciation of the English language is changing is no doubt true; it
would be difficult to find a living language
where this is not the case. The changes in the pronunciation of English have been to 4ome extent obscured for the last three r
March Jat hopes to have the premises ready by
criticised
the
of withdrawal
the of the Home Rule Bill without delay." Ho Mr. Asquith said the Government had Camel Corps from the Interior. Thres foreign passengers of the N.Y. K 4 Vu, which is bound from Seattle to admitted that Captain Corfield had not changed its opinion in the slightest. were discovered by a exceeded his instructions, but denounced The Bill was sound and statesmanliko, of Mr. Harcourt's and provided security for the minority Hongkong,
WELL no indication that the * ungenerous, cold-blooded, and un- There gendarme at Moji recently while taking the despatch photographs. The Nagasaki Press stater that a Public Procurator was sent for from Kokura, and he, after examining happy minute" to the Commissioner, electorate wore adverse to it, and no
M.P., were present, but they were not allowed to board the vessel...
Mr. Bain, one of the deportees, ou behalf of his colleagues, stated that they were resolved to stay aboard until they
were taken back to South Africa.
Mr. Henderson welcomed the departees,
four hundred years by the retention of the the suspects, ordered their release as they regarding Captain Corfield, before the reason to supplicate a truce, still less and informed them that a great pro-
had proved that their offence was com $17.80 $1.50 orthographic spelling, just as the changes mitted in ignorance of the law. The THORNE'S BLEND... B-WATSON'S GLENORCHY,
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ens have been obscured by the retention of the war secrets of Moji's grimy C-WATSON'S ABEALOUR-
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whole of the facts were known.
Mr. Lewis Harcourt, the Colonial Secretary, warmly defended the despatch,
and said it was impossible to withhold
his censure in justice to the other gallant
hoist the white flag. The Government were not abandoning their proposals in the Bill, nor yielding to the menace of physical force. The Bill would be read a second time after the end of the financial year, befors Easter, and the Government
They were not going to be browbeaten into a course which would not promote, but embarrass, the prospects of basing Irish self-government on a foundation of consent and goodwill.
Mr. Bonar Law said the Premier was
gramme of receptions awaited them.
a long appeal The deportees issued
to the people of Great Britain to the effect that "every Britain should have the right to trial in the Courts of Law, and frustrate the evident intention
make South Africa a Boer Colony,"
The owners of the Umgen allowed the Labour M.P., Mr. Henderson and Mr.
afternoon, off Gravesend, Bowerman, to board the vessel in the
A conference is now proceeding.
LATER. still drifting and trifling, but the Unionists would use every means in their
The deportees eventually left the power to prevent the Government com.gen. They were loudly cheered as could go to the country, or exclude for London by special train, avoiding mitting a great crime. The Government they landed at Gravesend and entrained
Mr. Henderson and Mr. Bowerman declaration of war Mr. Ulster. Ulster would regard any other Pressinen and photographers.
He denied that Commander Winthrop, R.N., who will
And efficient men, be remembered by many in Hongkong as having been assistant to the Commodore Captain Corfeld had any discretionary 22.50 1.90 are more book spellinge, adopted to bring from 1984 to 1907, has retired from the powers whatever, and explained that the would explain their proposals then. of the Government of South Africa toʻ
aniformity to the eye without regard to the service with permission to assume the object of the Camel Corps was to main rank of Captain. It will be remembered tain order among the friendly tribes, not pronunciation. Others, such ne "sovereign" and "island" are mere errors of ignorant that at the launch at Devonport of the etymologists. From these examples and battleship Marlborough (of which opers to protect them. As regards the present many more could be given if space permitted tion he was in charge) in October, 1912, position, a small Dervish outpost was it will be seen that to reform English he was severely injured about the head cutting off the friendlies from the Ain pronunciation the basis of the by the snapping of a wire hawser, and Valley, which was essential for grazing orthographic spelling is a dangerous was unable to resume duty until the purposes during the dry season, and the Ho had seen 37 friendlies required moral and material Our Celebrated Every
There are, it is true, cases where following December. tark.
support to prevent them from making Liqueur Scotch Whisky is the orthographic spelling has affected the years of service. a blend of the best Pot pronunciation wrongfully, but presumably
of the Interior was undesirable, and on Distilled Scotch Whiskies. Dr. BRIDGES would not wish to increase THE DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE terms with the Mullah. The occupation It is of great age, very fine, their number. But it is not only in this
The Directory and Chronicle for 1914, expedition a costly folly It was intended and mellow. Its superior direction that the selection of orthographie quality has established its spelling as the standard of pronunciation published annually from the Hongkong simply to occupy Buray, as a basis for proposal as reputation as THE LEAD-leads to confusion, it offers the additional Daily Press Office for the past fifty-two the Camel Corps, which would enable the Asquith held in his hands the issue of urged that the Labourites should use alt
difficulty of affording no fixed standard. years, is now on sale throughout the Fur friendlies to graze their cattle in the Ain peace or How far back are we to go? To the time East, To those who have resided for any Valley, and also at Sheiks, which might was made known the better. of SHAKESPEARx, whose pronunciation length of time in the East, the work would now be regarded, if not se vulgar, as, needs no recommendation. It is known to at any rate, quite provincial? Are we to every port and to practically overy busi A. S. WATSON & CO..reuscitate the pronunciation of such spell. ness office, and it is only for the informs- tion of newcomers to the East that we agat, etc. to ing as "beat." "meat""
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rhyme with fate," which was SPEARE'S pronunciation and the pronuncia fuli lists of foreign arms and residents tion retained in the Irish dialect, whielt in all the centres of business in the Far where foreigners dwell; from was founded on Elizabethan English? Are Vladivostock in the North to Netherlands
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motion was defeated by 311 votes serve as a sanatorium for Somaliland and Aden. The Estimates for 1914:15 would to 286, & majority for the Government provide for a further increase in the of 73. Camel Corps to 450 or 500, and the Indian contingent would be increased from 200 to 400 Regulars. The latter numbered about 400 now, but this included the One Einergeney Draft from Aden.
to make the ending "tion" two aylin las ns the Elizabethan poets made Japan, Corea. Indo-China, the Straits hundred would be stationed at Sheiks,
PROTECTION OF FOREIGNERS IN MEXICO
JAPAN AND FRANCE TO LAND MARINES.
WASHINGTON, February 25th, The protection of foreigners in Mexico
The deportees, before going ashore, were long adamant, and insisted that they
1. could not be driven ashore, MISSING ENGLISHMEN FOUND IN
AMERICA
EL PASO, February 25th Mr. Lawrence, the Englishman who
it? SHAKESPEARE, through the mouth of Bettlements, Malay States, Siam, Nether and 150 at Burno Apart from the has now become the predominatic problem went to look for Mr. Benton, and whose
lands India, Borneo, and the Philippine Islands.
Two editions of the work are published, at 810 and 30 a copy respectively. The large edition, besides the directory in formation and description of rach of the ports or colonies coming within the scope of the work, includes Treaties which
initial cost, the recurring cost of these permanent fores would be £58,800. They had done all that the men on the spot thought desirable and necessary, and there had been no change of policy. Colonel Sir William Manning's instruc
govern the relations between the Eastern tions were that they should only carry and Western Powers, Customs Tariffs out evacuation if the friendly tribes were Orders-in-Council, Rutea of Court, postal in a position to hold out against the and other information of use and interest Mullah. Then they were, but now they to the general public The small edition
At a conference between President Wilson
and embers of the Foreign Relations Committee yesterday it was agreed that
if the Mexican situation was discussed in the Senate it would be with closed doors
It is semi-officially reported that Japan and France will Jand Marines for Mexico.
City,
At an interview at Chihuahua, General
whereabouts caused anxiety, has been
found in California. It is believed that i Mr. Curtis, who was on the same errand,
}
is also safe in the United States There. is no trace of the other Englishman, Mr. the American Compton, for whom authorities are also looking.
AFRICA'S INDEMNITY BILL
CAPE TOWN, February 25th.
The Indemnity Bill passed the second
HOLDFEENES, made fun of the pronunciation reformers of his day, though this has been taken enriously by some critics, showing that the matter is one which exercises pedanta in all ages-without much effect. Philiozists have long since agreed that such changes are inevitablo; that they are continually going on, and that the only restraining influence is the necessity of being understood. The person suffering from some physical defect, which prevents bis promuciation front approaching the normal, labours under a disadvantage, and contains only the directory lists and de were not, and the change in the situation Villa denied the execution of any reading by a majority of 84-the figures the same disadvantage would be experienced scriptive articles, embracing information necessitated the re-adjustment proposed. in a lesser degree by the normal perron if le regarding the trade of the countries, ports. They were really waiting for "dead men's Hesakond OFFICE: 101, Das Vœux Roan C. failed to correct any eccentricities of his pro-and other places where foreigners reside shoes," for the Mullah was old, and LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET BIBERE, Enunciation which rendered imunintelligible and carry on their business, Besides an there was no possible or probable succes It may be noted also that the general trend alphabetical list of foreign residents at sor. He confidently commended the of the changes in pronunciation is towards the end of the book, classified lists of ease and fluency. Ceaseless unconscious trades and professions are given for each present proposals as sufficient for pre- experiments are being made in the direction of the more important centres of trade. sent needs.
Several Members of the House vigorous- A special feature of the large edition is of least resistance. The majority fail a few succeed, and it is the few that succeed the excellent maps and plans of the leadingly defended Captain Corfeld's action, house Bage in use, lithographed in which gradually bring about those changes ports, a page containing the principal and Mr. Dillon protested that the language, while interesting and instructive, in pronunciation which are now recognised colours, and also a map of the Far East Government were wholly reversing their sends a wireless message to the effect that out the order as Vergara was hanged the
Coder: A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber. P.0. Boz., 34. Telephone No. 18.
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HONGKONG FEBRUARY 26TH, 1914.
The Port Lavenate's crusade against the alleged mispronunciation of the English
place the LAUREATE adopt a enforcing bis arguments which is not altogether fair, in that he attempts to pro- duce the alleged mispronunciations in the letters and with the combinations now in use in orthographic writing, thus bringing about the appearance of a vulgarity which does not in reality oxist. This device, adopted by the comic papers and the dialect novelists, is a very old one for depicting vulgar pronunciation, although it will be found that in nine cases out of tenor even în ninoty-nine cases out of a hundred-the semi-phonetic spelling merely conceals the polite pronunciation. A well-known case occurs in "Bleak House," where "Jo" is mads to say "e was very good to me
Dr.
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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
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A meeting of the Council is called for this afternoon,
The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K., has given notice of his intention to ask:- What steps does the Government propose
previous policy.
foreigners, except Mr. Benton.
MEXICO CITY, February 25th President Huerta has decreed an export-tax of three pesos on every
three and a half pesos on cleaned coffee. hundred-weight of unhusked coffee, and
SEVERE GALE IN BAY OF BISCAY,
DANISH STCAMER; SUNE.
BREMEN, February 25th.
The Captain of the steamer Wildenfels
the Danish steamer Ekliptika sank in The motion for the reduction of the the Bay of Biscay. One passenger and Vote was rejected by: majority of 125.
NON-MILITANT SUFFRAGISTS IN
Captain of the ill-fated vessel is dead. It appears, therefore, that the Wildenfels simply saved the Ekliptika's crew.
A later message says that ten persons were drowned, and the Fliptika sank in a storm.
GIBRALTAR, February 25th.. The tremendous gale continues, and
must be received with caution. In the first as the basis of all etymology.
means of BRIDGES protest will no doubt prove a check ou some changes which are now taking place. He may induce a few people to retain the tin "nature," feature," etc.,
A MELEE in their more guarded moments, and to make a distinction between *duel" and But if the
DEMONSTRATION IN DOWNING STREET. jewel" in jublic speaking,
LONDON February 25th. popular pronunciation of these words is
The non-militant Buffragists, having one of the few experiments that succeed, then it is to be feared that in familiar conversation the "mispronunciations will
been persistently refused an interview byers are arriving late. again crop up. A story is told of a learned to take, and when, for the preservation Mr. Asquith on the subject of the forcible professor who while denouncing Dr. Swear's of the statues in Royal Square from feeding of suffragettes in prison, went in shipshod pronunciation as depicted in his contact with the public?'*__ - phonetic transcripts was heard in his excitement to use exactly the same pronun ciation that he deplored. The uncontrolled The dropping of the aspirate is mirth of the student's listening to him was certainly not sanctioned by polite usage, unexplained. Let us hope the same fate Supply Ordinance, 1911 ENTRA though a good many more are dropped in will not overtake the Por LAUREATE. unaccented words in polite conversation than the speakers are aware of. But the spelling "woz" is a correct reproduction, which no phonetician could improve upos, of the polite pronunciation of "was." The
Sir Richard Dane, the Salt Adviser to apparent vulgarity of voz arises from the Chinese Government, arrived in Can association. We have so long connected ton on Sunday last and is the guest of correct spelling with polite education that Mr. Maze, the Commissioner of Customs, any slip at once leads us to
writer's pronunciation, and
a body to Downing Street last evening and afterwards demonstrated in Parliament
Square
The orders of the day are:-*-*-*-* First reading of a Bill entitled, “An Ordinance to send the Foreign Marri
They were dispersed by the police after age Ordinance, 1003. ******
Electricity serious scuffles and six were arrested, in- First reading of a Bill entitled, “An Ordinance to amend the
cluding Mr. Pethick Laurence, Mr. Hous- Second reading of th
the Bill entitled, "An Ordinance to provide for the man, Mr. Henry Nevison, and the wife of regulation of the burning of Human Mr. Thomas, the Cardiff coal magnate. Remains and to enable Crematoria to be -
OLYMPIC FUND FAILURE.
The anal A.D.C. performance takes established." TheAVEZA place to-night
An
Committee on the Bill entitled, Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Chinese Passenger Ships as defined by the Chinese Asiatic Emigrants generally." Passengers Act, 1855, and concerning Committee on the Bill entitled, “An
A FURTHER APPEAL,
LONDON, February 25th. The Committes of the British Olympic Council has decided to make a further
MOUNTAINEERING DANGERS
WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Feb. 25th. An English alpinist, Mr. King, and
overwhelmed by an avalanche while two guides, are believed to have been
ascending Mount Cook.
AUSTRALIAN BUTCHERS
SATISFIED
MELBOURNE, February 25th. The butchers have accepted the masters! offer, and the trouble is now ended:
AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL
FOOTBALL.
BRUSSELS, Tebruary 25th.
being 95 for to 11 only against-after an all-night debate.
AN AMERICANBENTON CASE" IN TEXAS.
LAREDO (TEXAS): Feb. 25th
Piedras The Federal Commander Negras has ordered the release of an American named Vergara, as a result of representations made by the American authorities, but it is impossible to carry
morning after his capture,
Vergara, had complained that his horses
ECHO OF NEW YORK GRAFT " CASES.
ALBANY, February 25th. The State Court of Appeals has granted a new trial to ex-Lieutenant Becker, of the New York Police, who was convicted of murdering the gumester Rosenthal in 1912. The convictions of the four gunmen, the actual perpetrators. of the crime, have been conarmed.
FRENCH CRUISER AGROUND.
LONDON, February 25th. The French cruiser Waldees Rousseau - grounded in the Gulf of Juan during manoeuvres. Efforts to refloat the vessel have so far failed. The cruiser is badly damaged.
NO GRAND MANEUVRES. TEST MOBILISATION AS SUBSTITUTE.
LONDON, February 25th
At question-time in the House of The Amateur International Association Commons, Mr. Churchill announced that
Belgium resulted in a win for England a test mobilization of the Third Floob
in place of the Grand MancavrCa by 9 goals to 1.. to regulate of qualified Dental Surgeons and other sentation at the Olympic meeting a football match between England and it had been decided to substitute this year Dentistry."
or semi-phonetic spellibuspect the It is understood that Sir Richard will Ordinance to provide for the registration appeal for £40,000 for adequats repre
& phonetic inspect various salt producing districts such as Dr. in the Province,
wise
the practice of Berlin: