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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1914.
where, as is well-known, the survival of
the "Mir" gave rise among the young men to a theory that Russia offers the greatest facilities for direct transition to The foremost the Socialist 'State.
was then exponent of that theory Rakovs, the father of Anarchism, who saw in the Russian village community a providential arrangement destined to place his country in the van of social progress. It is at surprising that the CARBOLIC TOOTHng Servians, who were at that time receiving their education in foreign of these countries, having heard doctrines, should have felt greatly attracted to them. Their "zadruga" the nucleus of the then, was Socialist State, and they land never suspected it The times being revolu tionary, all the young Sérvians became disciples of BAKOUNIN-that is to say, Anarchists with a Pan-Slav flavour, why worshipped the peasant as the unconsci- ons bearer of a most glorious future and isaw him not one who in his huruble way was much wiser than all the statesmen and philosophers of that other bourgeoie
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land became the rule even in Servia, the
ald illusions vanished, and the Anarchism and revolutionism of the Radical party vanished with them, giving place to molerate Liberalism and, under the stress of rivalry with the Hungarian econowic enemy, to very immoderate nationalism. It is this commercial rivalry and this nationalism that has immoderate generated the gases leading to the present explosion. -
tight- *Oppressive rentals" and wad landlords are topics of public interest in Manila just now.
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The Heva. E.-W. L. Martin W. Featherstone arrived in the Colony on Monday, the former to join the staff of the C.M.S. at St. Stephen's College, and the latter to set as Chaplain to the Bishop of Victoria.
At the Magistracy yesterday, the first and second defendans in the case in which eleven Chinese were charged with Assaulting a No. 1 carpenter employed' at the Naval Yard were sentenced to six werks hard labour. The remainder were discharged.
A large meeting of the Singapore Sporting Club, beld under the presideney of Sir Evelyn Ellis, was practically unanimous in its support of the proposals made by the committee, viz-that the Griffin and ex-Griffin races should be held. as per the advertisements. There is every prospect of a good meeting, says a Straite contemporary.
HONGLONG. SEgremner 23an, 1914. WHEN the nations of Europe embarked on the appalling war which now engrusses the interest of the entire world, there were not wanting people who regarded the declaration of war by Austria-Hungary against Servia as merely a manevre designed to give Germany an opportunity of attacking France. It has long since been made perfectly clear that there was no such design, but that Germany simply blundered into a war, which her military leaders, had certainly desired, but now that it has come, and with it o It is announced in Japan papers that revelation of their grievous miscaleala tions, Germany by this time is probably regretting her haste. It is true, of course, to say that right at the start of the present imbroglio was the Austro-Servian trouble. Outside the two countries Germany in plunging the German natiya concerned little is generally known of the into war. Mr. Greppi has resided in Causes of the trouble-between the two 1 Japan since 1871..
countries which was brought to a head
by the murder of the Heir to the Throne
It is nut a very
Mr. Albert Greppi, a very old and respected German resident of Kobe, has applied for naturalisation as a Japanese subject, because of his disgust at the policy of the Kaiser and the War Party, in
A Tientsin paper states that all the
of the Dual Monarchy, by alleged Servian mails and parcels which were sent to complicity, and a glance at the growth of Germany vid Siberia have been returned this hostility may not be uninteresting to the senders by the Russian postal The action of the Russian authorities. to many readers. old quarrel and it originated in Government in going to such great the economic sphere. It was the rise in trouble to ensure that none of the mail Bervia of a well-to-do peasant class whien matter addressed to Germans went astray came into conflict with the agrarians of and in seeing that it was returned to the Hungary which led at first to an economic senders, is being favourably commented and afterwards to a political struggle on, and is a striking contrast, our contem- between the two countries. Servia sporary says, to the manner in which the essentially a peasant country, and it is German postal authorities have, treated: not surprising that her agricultural mail mutter in Germany.
interests should havo attained such
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to October 1st, 1918.
It is understood
THE WAR.
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A GREAT STRUGGLE.
VIOLENT
ATTACKS ENDING
IN BAYONET CHARGES.
LONDON, September 21st.
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A communiqué issued in Paris this afternoon; says:- Our Laft Wing has advanced as far as the Height of Lassigny, The enemy to the Eastward of the Oise and Northward of the Aière made violent attacks, ending in bayonet charges, especially in the region of Craonne. Everywhere the Germans have been repulsed with considerable losses.
Around Rheims the enemy has been inely cannonading with heavy artillery, We have taken near Argonac, Afesnil, Les Hurlas, and Massiges,
The enemy continues to hold Thiancourt and is cannonading. Hasson Chatel.
The position in Lorraine and the Vosges is unchanged. The enemy is entrenching in the districts of Deime and Chateau Salins.
LONDON, September 22nd. 2.50 a.m
An official statement issued in Paris at 11 p.m. says: "The fighting to-day has been less violent. We made appreciable progress especially between Rheims and Argonne."
A SIGNIFICANT REPORT.
LONDON, September 22nd,
4.15 a.m.
It is rumoured at Antwerp that General Kluck has transferred his
Stuff to Mons.
GENERAL WAR NEWS.
GERMAN CRUISER SINKS A JAPANESE TORPEDO-BOAT
DESTROYER.
LONDON, September 22nd. A Peking telegram reports that the Japanese have lost a second
She
was sunk by a German *torpedo-hont destroyer outside Kinochoy.
erniser.
PROMOTIONS IN RECOGNITION OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.
LONDON, September 22nd.:
It is announced in the Gazette that Major-General Sir Cecil Macready, C.B., and Major-General Sir W. R. Robertson, C.B., D.S.O., have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General; and Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. William Lambton, C.M.G., M.V.O., D.S.O., has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General.
All these officers were mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John French's despatch of September 9th.
Sir W. R. Robertson is a ranker.
CASUALTIES. ON H.M.8.
"PEGASUS,"
LONDON, September 22nd. The casualties on H.M.5. gas included among the killed Commander Turner and Lieutenant Drake.
INOPPORTUNE PEACE SUGGESTIONS.
LONDON, September 22nd.
A Washington telegram states that President Wilson has told callers at the White House that the ability of the United States to serve humanity is handicapped by inopportune peace suggestions,
SUGAR EXPORTS FROM ITALY TO GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, September 22nd.
The Italian Cabinet has authorised the export of 100,000 tons of sugar monthly to England.
WELL-KNOWN BRITISH POLITICIAN OFF TO THE WAR
LONDON, September 22nd,
Mr. Winston Churchill, addressing an enthusiatic recruiting meet- ing at Liverpool, announced that Mr. F. E. Smith, K.C., M.P., in a few
a safe return. days would be off to the war. He wished him
TELEGRAM.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THE DEVELOPMENT OF HANKOW. A 210,000,000 LOAN.
ARBITRATION TREATY BETWEEN CHINA AND AMERICA.
HONGKONG SANITARY
BOARD.
EMPLOYEES AND THEIR MILITARY DUTIES,
A-meating of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday. The President (Mr. D. W. Tratman) presided, and those also present were:-ion. Mr. A. F. Churchill, Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.G., Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Dr. Francis Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Col. Irwin, and Messrs. P. W. Goldring, Ng Hon Tsz and Chan Kai Ming, with Mr. E. W. Hamilton (Secretary).
Mr. GOLDRING, in accordance with notice of motion, moved the following resolution: That the members of this
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cerious crisis . That crisis, fortur ately, so far as Hongkong was concerned, had not arisen, therefore it was quite conceivable that the Volunteers might shortly be relieve: of their Volunteer duty and be allowed to attend to their ordinary work. Inspectors of the Sanitary Board had by no means light duties, for they entailed many hour heavy work in a hot climate. Of course, if the occasioffarose, the men would be ready at once, but at the present time it was not necessary for then to be mobilied and to fight for the Colony.
He thought that the Sanitary Lospectors, might be relieved from all military duties, and in saying that ho did not want to disconrage the men being members of the Valunteer fores or the Volunteer Reserva.
Hon. Mr. HPAN regretto, that he could not support the motion for the reason that special facilities were allowed a one by of man more facilisis would be asked for by others who would also want to do their ordinary duties in addition to those of the Volunteers. Ab the present there were really only vary routine duties being done, the military duties having a reduced very much during the last three weeks, ant he thought they might take it that they would be reduced so far as was consistent with the proper defence of the Colony,
The motion was then put and was carried by four votes to three. Hon. Mr. Hallifax, Hon. Mr. Churchill and Colonel Irwin voted against the motion.
INSPECTION OF PRIVATE LANKS. In referenca to n motion by Mr.
private lanes,
The PRESIDENT Darked that he did not wish to say anything against the motion, but he wished to make it quite clear to the members thas ince that motion was first brought fommard the duties of the Board do respectfully submit to Reserves on the stuff had been greatly
reduced, and the self was doing its duty Admittedly, the day the staff was doing, Excelleney the Governor and to Military Authorities that all employees combined with military duties still of the Board serving either in the Hong- required of them, was telling on the
rather more than heretofore, but they were kong
Volunteers Or the Hongkong
fulfilling all their ordinary duties. Volunteer Reserves be afforded specia! facilities to allow them to attend to their duties properly, having regard to the vital importance of keeping the Colony in a sanitary condition at the present time." In bringing the motion forward he said that he was prevented through illness from doing so at the last meeting, and the motion would now only require a few words from him because it had been suggested to him that the state of affairs which, at present existed rendered the notion necessary. However, in the few words which he would say regarding the motion he thought it would be seen that the basis upon which he had really placed the motion really applied to the Goldring regarding the inspection of future arrangements which might be made the with regard to the Volunteers or Volunteer Reserves. He took it that it was an incontrovertible fact that whether in war or in peace, the whole foundation of the health of a community was the satisfactory condition of its hygiene and aanitation. Thanks to that Board, and the arrangements which had been made by the President and his predecessor, they had, in order to preserve the hygiene sud the sanitation of that Colony, Felaborate system of supervision by Inspectors under the direct eye of the President, and generally of the Board's servants. Now the men, as was shown by fact, which the President succeeded in getting on to the estimates for the cur- rent year the increase in the staff were really not sufficient to do the whole vast amount of work involved in the scheme by which their sanitary measures were carried out. Also, practically all their Inspectors belonged to either the Reserves or the Volunteers, and at the time he sent his notice of motion into the Board there was naturally very great activity amongst the Reserves and the Volunteers in the Colony In some owing to the outbreak of war.
an
THE PRESIDENT minted I have held up this matter because the Colony cannot be considered to be in a normal condition at present, and any observations thes Committee might make would be liable. to be misleading. might come up for consideration again in November. I wisht, however, to place
I think the matter
record the fact that I consider that there are two different sources of the pollution of our laues and private streets. (1) domestic; (2), commercial. By (1), I mean the abominable habit of throwing kitchen refuse, and worse; out of the
This, I consider
its measures for requires stringent carest window. repression. By 2), I mean the babit of carrying on trades in private lanes and and streets bag-making, rattan splitting and pra-out picking, etc. think it not unlikely that nearly all the worst cases of this kind could be dealt. with by getting the firms themselves to employ one or two boys to keep the drain inlets clean, and swept up after the day's This arrangement is work is done. already working some places; eg. the fruit hawkers at Kau U Fong and the vegetable hawkers.in Second Street...
THE DOG AND HIS MUZZLE,
MR. GRIST PROTESTS AGAINST ACTION OF
POLICE.
cases the men were paraded at 5.30 in the afternoon, and then went on guard or slept away from their homes, either at Murray Barracks or at the Law Courts, and were again on parade again at 7 in the morning. Now, sir," proceeded Mr. with the staff at our disposal Goldring, it means that in order that our system shall work properly every man shall be at his place and cover his district in a speci- hed and proper time. I ani not cavilling in the least at the Government or the military authorities for the very energetic served as The Falls, The Peak, addressed
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At the Magistrany yesterday before Mr. Wood, Mr. H.. Wilkinson, 82 The Peak, was summoned for allowing his dog be at large with a muzzle.
Me. E. J. Grist (of Moesrs. Wilkinson
& Grist), said that a summons had been
to H. Wilkinson, charging him with
measures which they took, but my whole point is this: that special facilities should be given to the men employed by us to allowing his dog to be in Mount Kellet enable them to ges through their duties Road on Sept 16th without a muzzle. properly. That is to say, that it is quite
present time, was in Canada. There was
impossible for the men to go through the There was no H. Wilkinson living at The drills and the guards which I have men- Falls, but he took it the summons was tioned already, and then start out on a addressed to his partner, who, at the long day's work of inspection, probably not of the nicest kind, perhaps of a most
"chow" dog at The Falls during the rovolting kind in some cases, work the whole day through, and then turn in time that his parter was in Hongkong again at night to the same military duty. and he (Mr. Grist) had frequently seen the dog muzzled. From the time Mr. My point is this, that our staff are directly responsible for the hygiene and Wilkinson. went to Caaaada until his sanitation of the Colony whether in times niece, Miss Wilkinson, came to Hongkong about a fortnight ago, the premises were of war or in times of peace, and I am asking whether we could not respectfully looked after by Chinese servants. Wheni ask the Government to exclude these men Miss Wilkinson arrived here the dog was not muzzled, and is had not been sinee, except when it comes to the last ditch. so that they may be able to thoroughly attention not having been called to the There was no doubt that i perform their arduous duties." Mr. matter. Goldring went on to say that no Inspector offence had been committed, but he did had mentioned the matter to him, and he protest most strongly against the Police had not mentioned the matter to an uut having called the occupier's attention Inspector; he had been entirely prompted to the fact that dog was straying by his own conscience. In spite of what without a muzzle, instead of issuing he had said at the commencement of his summons forthwith. So many of thos remarks, he did not think there would be things were not wilful; nine times out of any harm in the motion going forward,ten it was an accident of the moment. and that they should leave it to the head If the occupier's attention had been called of the department to settle the matter to is, it would have been put right immedi- with His Excellency and the military ately a telephone message to him or the authorities as the case might be, and occupier would have put the matter right, endeavour to get the necessary relief given without any trouble at all. to the employees of the Sanitary Board. He hoped the Government would accede to their request.
Hon. Mr. E. A. HEWETT said he had great pleasure in seconding the An arbitration treaty ha's ben motion. It must be admitted, he said, negotiated between the United States of that every able-bodied man between cor America and China, and will shortly be Lain years should be a member of the Mr. O. C. A. van Lidth de Joude, an
signed. It provides that all disputes Volunteer force, and every encourage- political predominance as to direct hur engineer in the service of the Dutch
which diplomacy shall fail to adjust shall ment should be given, and had been given, foreign policy. This was the work of the Government Waterways Department, has
he submitted for investigation and report by the Government and the private em to an international commission, and the ployers to their employees to join the Radical party led by M. PASRITCH, which Thren.
granted, says the Gazette ile
PEKING, September 22nd...
high contracting parties agree not to force. Clearly, however, in a case of this from its very inception, towards the end Hollande, an extended leave of absence
The Government have entered into an declare war or begin hostilities during sort, and particularly at this time of the of the sixties, acted as the political
the period of such investigation and
year, it was more than ever important agreement with Messrs. Samuel & Compreparation of the report. The con- that the sanitation of the Colony should representative of the peasantry. Is this that this fact is in connection with certain
pany, of London, for the loan of mission is to be limited to one year in properly attended to. That could not connection, a very curious evolution.
Dutch interests in China. Mr. de Jeude
which to submit their report. Pending should be noted. Fifty years ago the
has accepted temporary employment with
Farties agree not to increase their were almost all members of the. Volunteer Servian peasantry still lived in village the Netherlands Harbour Construction £10,000,000 sterling for the development investigation, the high contracting possibly be done if the Inspectors, who communities, each consisting of several Company of Amsterdam, and will leave of Hankow, the terms of which will le military or naval programines tinless force, were obliged to turn out and drill.
such increas (vo-called
The commission will be been called upon to do during the last generations
Zadruga for Chins in the autumn of the present arranged after the war. The agreement danger from a third Power should compel to do post duty, or whatever they had tilling its common land in tenancy, as it
chosen by each country, ons to be chosen it was only right that every Volunteer were, from the community, and periodic Year, where he will undertake the
by ach country from some third country, should go up for a week or two to learn ally exchanging it with others. This preparation of plans for various barbour provides for several enterprises, including composed of five members, ong to be two months, When mobilisation started
works in China and for putting the plans
and one by common agreement between his drills, etc., and so have a clear know the two Governments.
ledge of what he ought to do should a into execution.
was almost an exact replica of the condi tions prevailing at that time in Russia,
a bridge or tunnel across the Yangtze, and also a bridge over the Han river.
Mr. Wood said he was not quite sare he agreed with these remarka. The police would have their work cut out if they had to warn everybody.
Mr. Grist observed there would be very much less work.
Mr. Wood-It is important for o public that dogs should be muzzled. People are more likely to have their dogs. muzzled if they know the penalty will be euforced.
Mr. Gitist added that he was walking round the Colony on Saturday and raw 20 dogs without muzzles before he came to one that had a muzzle. The action of the Police was overbearing.
The Magistrate--What about the pre
Mr. Grist-The summons enme to the
sent suinions?
knowledge of the owner of the dog. He
Asked if he would pay the fine, Mr. his deputy's control,
Mr. Grist) supposed it was under his of
Certainly on the nuder- Grist said: standing that no other issued."WEITE
A fine of $5 was imposed.
summons is