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Bongs without words No. 22 Sorrow
17665
The Sparkling Moselle
Love Moon, Walte Song
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A Stein Song
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Swing Albag
17885-1 Melody Reg
Success Medley
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64128-Les Farfadets
Violin)
$4190-O sole mio
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74202-Nocturne, op. 16 F Maj.
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*E002-Boheme-Obe gelida manina
64190-From the land of the sky blue water
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CONFUCIANISM AS A STATE RELIGION.
PROPOSED RECOGNITION IN CHINA'S CONSTITUTION.
The recognition of Confucianism as the
FEBRUARY 5, 1917.
THE IRISH BRIGADE
ALWAYS FAITHFUL
OLD MOTTO: REVIVED.
of his fame,.
SHIPPING NOTES.
BUOY REPLACED. –
In the Government Gazette, Mr. Ferd. Tyler, Coast Inspector, intimates that the Kungtungtan Spit Spar Buoy, at the eastern approach to Chefco Harbour, haa
BRITAIN AND JAPAN. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON NEED OF WIDER KNOWLEDGE Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Ambas sader, was to have presided at a meeting of the Japan Society, held at 20, Hanover State religion in China by its inclusion in British Headquarters (France). Dec. 14th, square, London, on December 12th, but been replaced in its advertised position
was taken by M. Sawada, he object of Secretary of
PAGODA BUOY MOVED, the Constitution, as the basis of moral ure, the Kaiser they says at the height he was unable to be present, and his place
Japanese Embassy. culture in primary education was And he hosts that he's gettin' the best of the acting was to hear an address by The Government Gazette contains au recently considered by the Committee on the gamep
author of The Full Recognition of Flats in the Yangtze river having ex Constitution, whose report un the subjectDon't be fallin' crew fii, se a Mr. Robert P. Porter of The Times staff announcement that, owing to the Johnson on his Visits to Japan (1896- | tended to the eastward, the Pagoda Buoy is in the following terms (says the
Rys the Peing trump we be played,
And the trump is my hand is the fish Japan
1916)
has been moved and is now moored in Ambas specch which the Japanese Gacelte) -
A Song of the Irish Brigade
Barbad intended to make was read by 32 feat of water at low water of spring· Member Chang Lu-chuan opposed the
the Secretary. In it his Excellency said tides, and from the Buoy, Langshan provision on the following groundy a Soldier of the Brigade, The essence of Confucianism is devoted I saw the Irish brigades last, when theyIt is indeed a source of genuine grati Pagoda benrs N. 753deg. E., magnetic, to the interests of sovereigns and mon care marching out of battle after their litation to all of us that there never has distant 328 miles.· ̈ rels, 21 is dierefore opposed to Recapture of Grachy. Do you remember been any time to the whole history of publican principles (2) Freedom of the scene? How one of their brigadiers our intercourse when the bonds of frater religious belief is provided in the draft came galloping across the field and ral feelings between us have been so close Constitution If special provision is watched the march past of his battalions, and strong as to day, then our relations made for Coufucianism is is tantamount to thin and small after their victory, and with each other are in so perfect accord to oppression of other religions by means cried out to them as they went by those with the spirit of the Treaty of Alliance of the Constitution, and it is feared
dirty men, who had fought so by which eur, mutual international in dear
Munsters Well internal and external Gintroverty will valiantly Bravo
When we come to think of it, we shof] really be surprised to realize how very for viscon esas general of their division could say little is known here, after all, concerning nothing, could not call out a word He Japan. I venture to submit that you do has an frisk heart, and there was a pride not know one-tenth as much about, us as and pity there which kept him silent, we to the should only to have
so little to teach so much though he wanted to say a thousand that such should be the case. We
to learn and so things of
praise Yesterday:
With you to study our language, for That was three months
matter of choice and instance, is merely where they I saw the Irish soldiers again,
convenience; with us, the
acquisition of are holding a quieter part of the line, and
was good go them, and is an Tusion of the is practically rigid may lead to serious the Irish speech of them, and say, "Well terest if not of absolute.
en who have dons same truth holds good in our relations. danger. (6) Primary education should be done!" again to men based on the dea at training the citizens splendid things-not only as Ginchy and not only with you, bat also with some
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
ANNIVERSARY.
result. (3) The Anciple of the basis of done, Dublins: You did damn well,erests are bound and safeguarded so well. Police Reserve invite all ranks and
cation As it is an administrativemf-| Fair it should not be included in the Constitution (4) Confucius was not religionist, Special provision in the Con stitution will not add my lustre to Con fuchs while che exclusion of such a provision from the Constitution will on the contrary show respect to him. (5) is had enough to include a point in ethics
hat
Superintendents and Inspectors of the their lady friends to be present at nVariaty Entertainment to be held. at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, Feb. 10th, at 8 pm. The arrange Junts are in the hands of Staff Ins spector Wilden and P. 659 Grimble: A certain number of tickets will be issued
(1)
to each unit, Unit Commanders will report the estimated number of tickets required at the conclusion of
the foul bany parades on Feb., eth
and 8th,
R. THE GOVERNORS INSPECTION.
Will take place on the Polo Ground,
Causeway Bay, on Saturday, Feb. 10th, at 4 pmturday,
way Company, free cars will be pro- vided to and from Causeway Bay. Details will be issued. W
Inspectors, (3) All Superintendents,
Company, Platoon and Section Com manders, the Bandmaster, Drun- Major and O.C Buglers will attend at Headquarters' Club (Police Schiol Room) at 55 pm on Monday, February 5th Those on Patrol duty will report for daty after attending as above.
to earn their own independent livelihood. at Guillement, but all through long, hard other countries more advanced than wộ If all the people should become Can-months at Loos, and further back than are. We lost so many centuries by our fricionisty.
thus became neither that, when some of them the old Regulars self-imposed and seif contented seclusion farmers or of ontni Murchants and were incapable fought down from Mons, and up to the that we must be up and doing in making (2) By contage of the Hongkong Tram
livelihoat, the State will large and the Aisne, and in the battle of up the lost time if we mean, as we most be seriously affected, () Primary educa-pres. Their talk was of the Somme certainly do, to keep abreast with the pro- tion is the same as compulsory education battles, and the three months that havegress of the world
Ginchy If left alone to the natural tendency of It is therefore the duty of every citizen passed since the great day at
the exchange of international to receive such an education. If the take all those hours seem like a dream thing, which is a perquisite of inter- doctrine of Confucius be included in the to thema queer nightmare, out of which knowledge, Constitution, the question must be asked they remember intense moments, fantastic national friendship, will always remain if the citizens of Mohammedan faith, the episodes; and the faces of friends who too one sided to be entirely sound and Protestants and Catholics shall be under fought with them there, close crowded solid Do not misunderstand me; I do not mean to contend that such exchange the Constitution and be subject to thin those hours of fighting, and gone
shoull be kept perfectly even between us. to other comradeship:
What I de meta to 7 is only this of policy State is liable
that the difference to change. I
this respect nce in
should the citizens are weak in physique military Twas the day that we went into Guille- training should be encouraged, if the mont, sir, with the King's Royal Rifles be minimized as much as possible citizens are poor industrial education on our righ, Maybe you remember we that more encouragement may with ad should be emphasised, and if the citizens went too quickly and took our objective vantage be given in this country to the are backward, in virtue ethical education in twenty minutes when it was three stady and acquiremem of information on and her people. Now this is should be encouraged, If
what the Japan Society proposeg be stipulated in the Constitution, how I was, with two men of the K.R.R.. out German dug-ont, on the Hurken
provision of law, (3) The educa THIRTY-EIGHT YIELD TO THREE.
途
away
id
sind
(4)
All Recruits in possession of uni- form will attend the Inspector. Uni- form caps and covers but without rifles. They will parade under the Sergeant Major at Central Station at 5.30 pm, on Wednesday and Friday, February 7th and 9th.
Confucianism hours or so we had to get there. Thero In the successful prosecution of a COMPANY PARADES
to
in this connection. (9) II the State. wishes to honour Confucius, worship of out and surrendered to me, and I couldn't great deal towards counteracting the Confucius may be held. or a special chair tell what to do with them. So I went tendency I have mentioned and remedy may be created in the universities for the down into the dug-out to inquire into the ing its coNSEQUELLES. doctrines of Corfucius, or any other matter further, and there was another methods may be adopted to honour Con eighteen Germans with an officer. fuctus. What good will it be if the people they surrendered to me. The Rifles they do not follow the road of virtue even in took them all hack, and whether they got face of the provisions
back safely I can't be telling
would the Government change its polior side,here was nineteen men that came its object the Society can accomplish a
"And
supported The Member Tang Sung-nieu su
day I don't know you, beca original provisions for the following day Ba
's hard to remember the rensons(1) The doctrine of Confucipa
of said an Irish boy, who was
HARDEN ON BRITISH STAYING
HARRAMMEN POWER
Berr Maximilian Harden, writing recently in the Zukunft on the question.
peace, considers that Great Britain unlike Russia and France, has not yet been dangerously wounded and that everything depends on her attitude.
is a question of education and not of rubbing ag his rifle while he whistled a religion. It is therefore not in confid little melancholy tune with a whimsical with the provisions of Article 11 of the mouth. This thing up here he gave draft Constitution. (2) The teaching of his head a knock" is
la just no good to the Confucius that the doctrine is not Five minutes before we vens And
pro at all at all, when the fighting's on, says
"No Power hostile to Germany can perty shows that opposed to republicanism. (3) The people
continue to fight without Great Britain's of the whole country believe deeply in
support, whereas Great Britain, without Confucius. In order to cultivate the
any support except from France and Belgiunt, or if need were even without virtue of the people it is necessary to use Confuciarism as the foundation. (4) A
that could continue the struggle. it has already been included in the draft Constitution its exclusion will arouse misunderstanding among people who do not know the actual conditions. (5) For
was just shaking with bright, I was And then I went running on, thinking of nothing, and mad to get at the Jerry boys,
Come back shouting The officers were Come back!" but we ran on, with all our heads on fire. There was nothing could stole and the Trish boys in the hut with But we're not after hausting what conquests
us. We couldn't stop ourselves.
him resembered a
the past two thousand years or 80 Con- this gating, as thuttle pictures of were binde,
OPIUM SUPPRESSION. EXTENSION OF TIME IN KWANG TUNG REFUSED.
For what girl can resist us the Irish
Brigader
Uniform, helmets and spikes, and Rifles.
and Ambulance Platoon, Tuesday, Feb. Nos, 3 and 4 Companies Wednesday, Feb 7th-No. 1 Company
and Maxim Gunners.
Thursday, Feb. 8th--No. 2 Company and
Band.
No exemption is to be granted from these parades except by the under Bigned.
DANA HAND AND DICHESTRA,
Crown Sergeant Rodrigues is appointed
Assistant Bandmaster and Assistant Orchestra Conductor,
The Orchestra will attend the following practices at the Catholic Union Club at 6 pm sharp--Monday, Feb. 5th Monday, Feb 12th; Thursday, Feb. 15th
PROMOTION;
The Hon. C-S.P, approves the promotion of Sergeant 07 Wong Chau Nin, in charge of Buglers, to the rank of Crown Sergeant PA POLICE PUNGAREES, These will be issued to Section Command- ers on application at this office after 12 noon on Monday, Feb. 5th. They art to be applied for only for those mon who will attend the Inspection in helmets.
(Sd.) F. CJENZIN,
D.S.P. (R). Hongkong, 3rd February, 1917.
ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. HONGKONG AND CHINA DISTRICT,
said an Irish law games a00 honours he has instituted an ORDERS POR WEEK ENDING FEB. 10TH, 1017:
man
prou
PARADES. YMCA Division :-
Company Drill and Stretcher Drill daily at 8 p.m. Dress Drill order. Baiyingpun Division
Company Drill and Stretcher Drill on Wednesday 7th just at 2.15 p.m. Dress: Drill order. Victoria Division:-
Company Dell, Tuesday, 8th inst,, at
-5.15 p.IL...
First Aid Lectures Monday, 5th inst, and Friday, 8th ist, at 5.15 p.m.
Divisions will parade on Sunday, 11th inst. Fall in nt the Law Courts Bt 8.40 am Uniform Helmets, haversacks (fitted), waterbottles (All- ed), shorts and pittees. Stretchers will be required.
a white light had fucius has been the centre of gravit been cast on them, though all the rest society. It is not unusual to include ins was vague and blurred. They came juto
GENERAL SHONOCES BOOK." teachings as an educational policy in the a dug-out where one of their own he was
They have a general, one of their own Constitution, as Holland offers & prea Connaught any dead, with his cedent (6) Article 11 of the draft le a hands on the shoulders and his head on blood, who is proud of the traditions and general
provision, but this is a special the chest of a German soldier, who sat achievements of the old Irish regiments provision Reference may be made to the very straight, with strange, staring eyes under his command, and he keeps the are constitution of Prussia; Colpinhin, Cub and a dead-white face, quite rigid and of the Celtic spirit brug, and
anc praise of men who have done well, and Panana (7) Even the (foreign) German was not stone mission schools study the four books off dazed, having just been stunned and generous recognition of good service Confucius. It shows that foreign blinded by the concussion of a shell. Besides the rewards and decorations teachers believe in contesteren from Thoy uning to another dug-ont, and turto se oficers and men in the usual way sion of this provision in the Constitution Germans came up,
them her and in a year the Irish Division has and one of them he will not lend to controversy:
a bomb ready to "Hauris np,
and Honcurs Book, in which he records the The question was voted upon by open ballot. Out of a total of 577 members, then he saw that he must kill the man names of all men recommended nob car 377 members voted in favour of the with his bayonet, or the bomb would kill for single nuts of gallantry in the field, original provision while 200 voted against him and his comrades. But it was not bug or steady and enduring service. In it. As nether side secured the necessary with his hayout that he killed the one year 180 names have been pat down two-thirds, the question was unsettled.
finger trembled on the in that book, and each officer or bomber. Fis trigger of his rifle, and the man fell dead honoured rivestita chart into with a bullet if his heart, and the Irish mentioning his gallant conduct and devo man said afterwards. Sure that was tion to luty in the field, and ordering h n mistake entirely, because it was tay name and deed to he entered in the record bayonet I meant to use of the Irish Division. The men are
up of this distinction, and it is trèsspred HOPES OF KEEPING THEM UP Those are remembrances of days ther in their families seem quite far away now. Sinee them the Another honour is to be given to them Irish Brigades have been holding a partby their general on the 18th of this month.. t is estimated that at the end of March the line where the enemy is not in a It is the revival of old words of praise All next, when the sale of opium will be fighting wood. It's very quiet, it is once beglowed upon the Irish Brigade by now," said, an Irish France in 1792 Everywhere and defnitely stopped, there will still remain where we are now,"
sergeant major. Except for the run-always faithful Those words, proved at about 800 chests of Indian opium unsold
they send over from time to time, it's Mons and Le Cateau, on the Aisne, and in Shanghai. The Chinese Governments jars t
peaceful life we're having
at Ypres on the battlefields of Long and Dat After the reported as willing to buy up this unsoli
on the Somme the the Somme, will be given to the Irish fighting stock from the foreign merchants who are Irish Brigades might be glad of a peace Division as their motto, and are printed to receive Government bonds in lieu of life, but the sergeant major added an in the colour of the Emerald Isle, above cash for value. The Chinese Government
Irish will then create a monopoly office to dis explanation, with an air of optimism the old Irish harp, on the Christmas card
which seemed to cast a new light upon his which the men of the pose of the opium as a kind of medicine previous words But we always make send home to their people only, es suggested by Vice-President Feng rouble with the enemy wherever we go. Anrisine Christmas dinner going up
soldier has drawn the Kuo chang. But strong objection to
bope above plan of solving the epium problem and it's quite likely he said this to the tranches, and it is an Irish poet A recent report of the Japanese. De-
up க 16 salid to have been made by General Tien fully that we'll stir them Wer heh, Civil Governor of Honan, ard before long. The German rum-jara" of the trenches who has written the gay partment of Education says that there per were alluded to by several men with whom verses which show how the Irish brigades are at present 717 foreign students in several other Provincial
hat the opin 1 talked. They are a form of toch hide the ache in their hearts when they government schools, which shows an in- merchants have been given amplo time to mortar bonts somewhat Allied to the thing hand then, and marca with the Il crease of 48 students over the report of
which the enemy and left behind them, lit off their stocks at remunerativeplum-puddings Wat it was through
ar ourselves use for destructive purposes at of an Irish air on their lips up the roads their avari20 the fault of short range, and according which lead to the fighting lines again,
hat whose imagination
they make holes the present embarrassing position. ags
langh in bis face, created, and that therefore no Chinese deep enougat from those rugines or Though ha scatter Jack Johnsons about the
the enemy's artillery is not active whole place. evil consequences resultant therefrom
The Civil Governor of Kwangiang, has, in front of the Irish just at present. Tis mayed,
Drafts are trickling out to them from on the other hand, interceder in favour Ireland to fill up the gaps in the ranks of the opium dealers in Canton. He has telegraphed to Peking, asking for one made by their losses in the Somme battles month's extension of time for the disposal for which poor Ireland is still mourning, of the large stock of opium unsold there while the men in the Irish brigades remember, but keep their heart, up and The Government, in reply, bus ner emptorily ordered him to prohibit effec- send brave words to the girls at home. tively the sale of all kinds of opium in There's many arolleen with tears in her eye; his province on and after the appointed From Killarney to Dublin no cheek will be day, that is, April 1st next-linese Prat
(Continued at foot of neat Column.)
(will
picture
(Ed.) E, RALPHS, Officer in Charge of District. Hongkong, 3rd February, 1917
FOREIGN STUDENTS IN JAPAN
last year;
In Imperial Universities there are 121
the Chinese Government of peopbeen colour to cold facts gives a little Let the Hoche du his worst faith, we'll student, in the Higher Normal Schools,
citizens should be forced to bleed for the part from these
of com
'Tis not at such trifles our bhoys are dis Sure, we're fighting to win we're the Irish
Brigade.
Chinese Russian and 1 American ninety-three Chinese students, of whom ten are women, in Higher schools, 194 Chinese students, in Medical Colleges, 19: Chinese students, in Higher Technical schools, 169 Chinese, 5 Indians and two Commercial Filipinos in Bigter Schools, 37 Chinese students, and in other government schools 32 Chinese students. The figures show that in govern ment schools there are 665 Chinese, four Russians, five Indians, two Filipines, and one American. The numbers of And we'll show him the bhuys of the Irish Chinese students in private schools could
Brigade
not be ascertained, but it is believed that they reach a lar figure,
Now, when Wilhelm's world empire is
shrunken and thin, And we're billeted snugly in apacious Berlin, Sure, in Unter den Linden we'll hold a
parade,
Daily Telegraph.