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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE Y.M.C.A.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.'}
MACAO NOTES.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
THE HONGKONG DAILY PHEME, MONDAY, JUNE 19th, 1916.
TRADE OF HONGKONG.
GENERALLY DULL TONE.
OPLUM.
(GERMANY MISLED BY AMERICA'S SUPINENESS.
MR. ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS,
little thing liko a cold to interfere with Colonel Roosevelt does not permit a his political activities. By way of Easter Sunday greeting he renewed his attack upon the Administration in the follow- ing statement, according to an Oyster Bay dispatch to the New Fork World: chests of Patna, 208 of Benares, 2733 of I wish to speak for the men who in the The stocks on June fath were fund the President or by the Preat fent. During the interval the sports President, and between him and the for Men are saying that they stand be Malwa and 178 of Persian and Turkish, Shanghai, etc.. have been 10 chests of
Leveat of war will stand in front of the Malwa opium. The balance of stocks of Persian and Turkish, and one chest of
were: 128 chests of Patna and 60 af oncertiaed Bengal opium on June 15th Benares. No opium was boiled by Gov. ernmen monopoly.
Macao, June 16th The well-known old Post Office, which The following statistics have been Sin,I am in doubt as to whether or
was closed some months ago, the depart-taken from the fortnightly price current not I should accept the apology of "Be
ments being transferred cleowhere, and market report of the Hongkong liever," his grounds being callouslying on the 14th inst. Just at the time
collapsed at about 5 o'clock in the even General Chamber of Commerce:- feeble.
"The end justifice the means'
many persons were passing; and one. is not unfortunate Chinese was buried under a teaching of the Jesuits, but I am not the debris. Help was rendered and the surprised that "Believer" should distort
man, severely injured, was removed to an expression, used by one of the Jesuits, the Civil Hospital, where he died in the to a fundamental principle of
the night. "Society of Jesus," although he claims to have been educated by the Jesuits, which should have taught him to know better.
"Believer" states in his letter: was a believer in the Y.M.C.A." I should regret very much, indeed, if I have been the instrument of causing any change in bis opinion. This, however, is partly possible, since I have made it quite clear that the good work of the YM.C.A.. is appreciated; that my objection to the scheme in its original form is occasioned· by the War.
In November last it was reported that a Japanese steamer had put into Chinese waters to receive from this Colony a large number of cases containing pre- nared opium for Mexico. It would be interesting, to know how the re-exporta tion is arranged and what degree of supervision is exercised. The public talk in this city is that there is something very wrong in this business and we are waiting to know the truth of the
matter.
A decree has been published that .cen-
"Believer would de well to refrain ship has been established in the from making auch idiotic remarks as "by inwards and outwards being subject to Colony, all the correspondence, etc., fatuous critics who have never done, erexamination, but no staff has been áp even thought of doing, anything for the pointed yet for this service. mublic good.". Has it not been said that there are many who are contributing anonymously to the various war charities? | Is Believer" anch a contributor, or a contributor at all?
Finally, would it not be wise for "Be- liever to sacrifico a little of his time in.
QUICK-LUNCH LINGO. EXPERTS AT AMERICAN SPEED RESTAURANT.
The doctor writes Latin on your pre seription in return for a five-dollar fee:
:
EXPORTS, CET
tween danger and the men who are ign enemy, and who therefore will stand end or beside the President.
the war at once if there is war with "These are the men who will go to Germany, or with any other great power, and who feel as I do, that we would far
impunity and the honour of the flag sue women and children murdered with rather go to war unprepared than see
dull, and there is nothing doing in The Feather market has been very Galangal Quotations for Cassia Oil stalned. Ginger. There is
business .in
Star Aniseed Oil is firmer, but there is of the peace-at-any-price people and the are lower, but there is no business doing.folly of our rulers in obeying the behests "But, it is a wicked thing that the only small business doing, The same nothing doing in Yunnan Tin. may be said of Star Aniseed. There is apostles of anti-preparedness should Saigon Cassin trade reveals no change, needlessly and appallingly wasteful in The make the sacrifice either useless or else and Bristles are a very dull business.
blood.
IMPORTS.
La the event of such a war my four
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young kinsfolk and friends of my sons of my sons-in-law: I will go myself; the sons will go, and one, and perhaps both WASHABLE,
my eyes open. will go; so my words are spoken with
THE NATION'S FOLLY.
pers to us of the older generation, but "It is of small consegnonce what hap when I think of the young men my heart grows bitter that their fine and gallant lives should be sacrificed not to the Nation's need, but to the Nation's folly. "I would for rather see them dead than sen them flinch from their duty when the honour of our people is concerned. But if we now go to war, these young mer. and all their fellows will die in thou sands of fever and dysentery, and lung not prepared in advance; because they and thus who would lead and care for
slightly more inclination to operate, but Dealers in Cotton Yarn have shown
harmony with the decline in exchange. sales are still restricted. advanced $4.00 to $5.00 per hale in Prices baye
The death of Yaan Shi Kas, it is hoped, will tend to the various factions settling their differences for the time being at all Events, consequently there is a more hope ful feeling, especially in the North Quotations areNo, 108 at 800/105. No. 12s at 894/108. No. 10s at $100/120, No. 20% at $100/139 Arrivals 1,500 bales. Sales 2,000 hales. Shipments 1,500. Un sold stock 48,000 bales Bargains 12,000 balee. There is no enquiry for Woollens, and no business. There is nothing new to report in Raw Cottons, the market however, that an improvement will short
Nails have been reported for shipment ly set in. Meanwhile, prices are still
from here to the North. Yellow Metal battle because we have failed to prepare "They will be butchered needlessly in is nominal. There are, no stocks of Sun masses of artillery and machine gans and dries. Small sales of Coal are reported, motor-trucks, and shells and aeroplanes, but all the quotations given are only and have failed to provide and train the nominal, The Bugar market has been men who shall manage all the formidable less active owing to advanced rates and delicate mechanism of war.
The American Flour Market har
order that the quotation required by the lawyer may even venture into Greek. I remaining lifeless. There is a feeling, trouble, in the camps, because we have
"True Believer" may be produced, or
admit that it does not exist? In this way when he means potato soup: the sport below home equivalent. A few sales of them have not been trained in advance.
ho would render material assistanes fo the Y.M.C.A. Yours faithfully,
"ALSO A BELIEVER
Hongkong, 17th June, 3916.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE “AGYOKONG DAILY PRESS."]
The chef says "Potage Parmentier,? writer describes his favourite form of manie in flowing imagery that scorns to mingle with the English idiom. Stock- brokers affect the deaf and dumb alphabet in preference to their own; poets, Fourth of July orators, and railroad-folder writers all show a considerable scorn for the common or garden variety of speech. Sin-In the book of Job-if my memory And then, there is the Quick Luner serves me rightly, and evidently writtexport, Not all Speed Restaurants ar. in anticipation of the present correspond-sion they are to be found, and their free equipped with these experts, but on occa ence--will be found. these pregnant fare are at one patron. translations of the items
the cosination and bo
Quota A writer iations: American Patent, $4.00: Ameri- can Cut off, $3.40 American Straight, $3.35; Shanghai Flour, 23.-13.05.
words :--
"Who has set free the wito ass; who Jus loosened the bonds of the will ass!"
1 am. Yours obediently,
COINCIDENCE."
Hongkong, 17th June, 1016.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."']
SIR Having been echucated in a Jesuit sehool, where I was taught that
the end justifies the innans
I hope your readers will excuse me and Attribute the subterfuge to my Jesuit education. Thus writes "Believer" in Four issue of this morning.
Now, I was a student of a well-known Jesuit college at home for six years, and during a two years' Philosophy course I never heard the Jesuit doctrine" of the end justifying the means" referred to save in jest. Therefore, I am naturally interested in "Boliever's "statement, and shall be glad if he will kindly send me, through you, his name, with the name of the Jesuit school and the years during which he was a student therein. In ex change I shall gladly furnish him with my name and similar particulars. If he will kindly also give me the names of the Jesuit professors from whom he learnt this doctrine and of the Jesuit books from which it was taught be will be very
i
the Boston Post introduces us to one of them:
The other day in a down-town restaur ant, after I had polished off a platter of beans, I tarried to converse with one of the waiters who is a friend of mine. He was very busy, of course, yet, while waiting on customers, he found time to converse with me.
Gimme an order of pra soup," said one customer.
One splash of split peas, cried the waiter
Couple of sinkers and a cup of coffe without cream," said a gink climbing on a stool.
"Two submarines and a mug of murk -no cow!" bawled the waiter.
"I ain't seen-Jim for two weeks," he went on, addressing "me.
He alway used to come in hero noons, but " euptod a customer.
An urder of ham and eggs," inte
Roast two on a slice of squeal the waiter shouted into the tube.
U
"Beef stew and a cup of tea for me a new arrival said. fo for me side! sang the waiter. Then to me:
"Bossy in a bowl--boiled leaves on the
"I've been thinking that Jim must have the grip or something, because"
"A dozen raw oysters," said a bu business man.
Twelve alive in the shell!" shouted
dropped slightly owing to lack of de- mand. Freights are easier for the sum in the sapeurther There mer months. The local market is still no demand from coast ports.
THE ESCAPED GERMAN
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HYGIENIC,
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Made by MANDER BROTHERS, WOLVERHAMPTON.
Full particulars from---
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the great war began; and during all this Twenty-one months have passed since time we have not prepared in even the Evartet, to wage it efficiently and success- smallest degree, in order, if possibly be HONGKONG, CANTON, fully.
"LEFT: US HELPLESS.". The pacifats and anti-preparedness people have had their will, and our rulers at Washington have bowed to them and Jeft us helpless, and with blind fatuity they said they did this in the intereste af peace. :*
When will our people learn that the once unpreparedness, is the peace of cowardice and folly and may at any time lead to overwhelming disaster.
Fourteen months ago we notified Ger many that if she did what ever since she has done and continued to do, we would hold her to a strict accountability Such Aslanguage could only be justified if im mediately and in thoroughg ing fashion we had bent our every energy to the task of preparing, thereby chowing that we
Such a course would have not increas id it would have greatly diminished, the chances of war. But wo sat supine. We Look not one step to prepare, Naturally, Germany did not treat us seriously; we misled her.
Great surprise was caused by arrival at Priok of a German vessel, Marit, Iron German East Afrien. soon as the news" of her arrival was spread numbers of local residents rushed off to Priok, while in the meanwhileant what we said, and that we posses sed both the will and the power to make rumour its rampant in concreting ur words.good. various theories as to the vessel's escape.
It appears that since the outbreak of hostilities the vessel had been ring hidden in one of the river mouths near Darassalam enjoying undisturbed pea when on the morning of April 22 lit there appeared in the open sea a coupe of British cruisers which immediatly on perceiving the vessel opened a heaway that we were serious. If Germany fire. The captain then called a cousel toes as we wish, it will, as I have of war and decided to risk making a said before, be proof positive that Ger bolt for it. He therefore waited untians would have promptly yielded is dusk; in the meanwhile his vessel being fourteen months ago we had so acted that damaged, though she was as yet at Germany knew we incant what we said: rendered unseaworthy. According to and in such case, therefore, our rulore the captain, as dusk closed in
responsible for the blood of the thousands of peaceful men, women and children. who have been killed..
·BLANES OUR BULERS. "Now, fourteen months afterward, we
Rush the biddies on a raft!" yelped" ceased, and, seizing a good opporty at Washington will have been proved.
the waiter.
Where any eggs on toast?" com plained. a man in waiting.
the waiter.
I want a ramp steak rare," order another man.
"Slab of moo-let him chew it waiter called.
the
If you ses Jim," he went on,
tell
"
materially assisting me in the inquirieshim I was askin' about him, will you! which I propose to make.I ain, etc.,
I told him I would and slid off joy. M. C. stop), Hongkong, 17th. June, 1916.
"I want a bowl of tomato soup," [We have received several other letters gan the man who grabbed my stool, Priok, as already sinted, last Susayed a folly so extreme that in its effect it upon this subject, but as they all cover the same ground no purpose would be served by publishing them. This correspondener must now coase. ED.)..
SCIENTIFIC PROOF
TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
plate of beans, bread and butter, a picco of apple pie, and a glass of water.""
I figured that the translation of this order into lunch lingo would be worth listening to, so I lingered. The wait seemed to be puzzled, but for an instant only; then he shouted into the tube as follows:
One splash of red noise, platter of Saturday nighte, dough well done with cow, to cover. Eve with the lid on, and a' chaser of Adam's ule !"*
BELGIUM'S REVENGE. IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA. The Herald's Havre correspondent zote last monthe-
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"The failure of our rulers at Washing again appeared and a further
heavy fire was opened on the ton to prepare during these twenty-one unfortunate vessel. By skilful months, when even a child ought to have
uvring, however, he managed to rech
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erable distance in German East Africa the Rev. Copley Morle. One cannot helpim at reaching their ideals in this world.blad says the Captain displayed wish Lake Kivu kuthern bank of A representative of the Bat. after having inflicted sanguinary defeats
on the enemy on the. thinking that in the recent discussions in Whichever way we examine these methods contented himself by saying that here he said, have an importance which is
to be questioned on the matter, but rely. The encormes gained by our the Hongkong Preso anent Religion and they can all be reduced to a matter of will be time enough for that. The rie, not yet realized. Besides showing the by our troops," Bcience far too much ill-feeling, often gradual improvement and adjustment to which arrived in German Eastrica splendid value of the native troops of
Nature's law,
It is distinctly noticeable, though not from Hamburg, belongs to the fans the Belgian Congo and of the Belgian ing, has been shown with a conspicuous universally admitted, that the wide gulf vessel, which is anchored just side cesses are the beginning of our revenge Line her tonnage being some 7,000 The officers who are leading them, these suc separating extreme differences of thought the roads, has continued to attracnnd- absence of tolerance.
is gradually narrowing, and that complete reds of visitors and Priok dur the for the invasion of our country. At the Although diametrically opposed in unification in some very distant future week has been a busy sight. It isader-present time our forces occupy in the method and matter of detail, we are all will result from the attainment of that stood the vessel will be interned territory as the Kaiser's forces are hold-
German
East African colony as much striving for the same object-universal, object for which all are now groping.
Intolerance is to be deplored, as it must this week notified that any firms per- of the British of Rhodesia and of the The local British Consul Gene has ing of ours in Europe, and with the help happiness. Some believe that this cannot of necessity stunt the mind and be a hind sons undertaking repairs to any rned Portuguese of Movambique, we shall soon Maiden, draws of Marchers die be attained in this world and endeavour rance to real progress; it is quite refresh German vessels will be remediat put be masters of a colony the area of which 15 fact that the entry appearing under the Firm by various beliefs and actions, not, always ing to read such a sensible view as that on the Black List, and this has on gain twenty times greater than that of Bet which bears bis name in the current issue of
Sin-Your correspondent Plebis" ha distinctly scored with his recent mild re \proof of “ H,” Scientific Proof,” and
sexpressed in open derision and mud-sling-
conducive to immediate satisfaction, to obtain their reward in a future life; others are satisfied to disregard the future (Continued on next Column.)
expressed by "Plebis." Yours, etc.,
EVOLUTIONIST.
Hongkong, 17th June, 1916
This correspondence must now ED.].
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situation after the victory of the Allies JAPAN, End is enarely incorrect is made more evident by the fact that sincerely regret the mistake and in the beginning Germany asserted that soyance it may have caused she was fighting for colonial expansion.”
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