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THE TRADER'S COMPLAINT Buch za we must admire what is called, "common horesty which, like com- mon sense, is often very uncommon we must sympathise with the trador when he Ends that civil servants will do.
The exhibition match--Winners nothing, or very little, to help him in his business. He comes against in The Rest" will be played to-day Never, probably, in all its remarkable attitude of mind in which he recognises (Saturday) or the Club Ground, kick-off history, has the Colony of Hongkong the contempt of the man who considers at 5 p.m. sharp. As is already known, himself educated for the man who is the gross proceeds are to be devoted to The interest which has been re been so stirred as during the last tên
not had that training, de sees that what the St. Dunstan's Home for Blind cently aroused in public matters in Hong days. The great mass meeting in the he himself considers business enter Soldiers and Sailors, charge of oue hong indicates that the time has now ar City Hall of the Colony, held last prise, the oficial regards as "money dollar for admision to the stand and grubbing. When he wants railways to fifty cents to the enclosure will be made rived when it is expedient that the above night, was something the like of which open up trade, and seeks out opportuni to non-members of the Hodgkong FC Actes, and, accordingly, à metting will endly, thought of locally. The whole impatient if the officials of ana wa Con Aue fion. Mr. F. 2. Holyusk vill Association should be formally car has never been seen, or, until quite rety to baiter in safety, he is sure to become and a collection will be taken on the
his own coun. ground, MINER WATER be held at the Theatre on Thursday at thing has been a most amazing expros oven with military protection In Hong present the cup and medals to the Royal the 3rd of May, et 6.30 pm, when the son of opinion upon a very vital
kong the trader has quite erroneously Engineers (Winners) at the conclusion perhaps, come to the confusion that the of the garue. It will be seen, from the SANITARY REFRIGERATORS Fassing of the proposed Rules and Regulation. At first sight it some simply Government of the Colony does not con- names of players, that the R.E. are puts tious of the Association (a copy of which can be seen at my office) and the election ridiculous to make all this pother about sider his interests at all. Bais especially ting out their strongest team, whilst the irritated by certain phases of sccial Longue Management Committee have a resolution which has no legislative etiquette which compel important and selected the best available eleven to op- effect. But, as was the case with the wealthy men to give precedence to pose them. This will be the last game. younger men in the Government service of the season and Football enthusiasts It is a small community at times the will doubtless avail themselves of this great European war, there are causes which have caused the present local climate is most depressing; and even in opportunity of supporting a most deser excitement which go for back heyond the the tropics the Briton must have someving War Charity. Teams
Royal Engineers Goal E. Wilkin- thing to grumble about
son; Backs: W Blumfield and H. events of the last few days. The resolu tion about the Germans was the spark It would be little short of a calamity Coxous · Half-backs Hortop, H. which caused the conflagration; the er
if the proposal to run Hongkong like Smith, and T. Richards, Forwards; C. the City of Manchester or even the Millard, R. Townsend (centre), A. Sestz, plosive mixture has been forming during Municipality of Shanghai, were ever H. White, and J. Pearce. recent yeare. The elements of the mix. carried out. To make a businessman Governor of the Colony would be almost ture have not been altogether absent as disastrous as placing the civilian from public affairs in Great Britain Mayor of Manchester in charge of a during the last decade, and the astute modern warth.p. The Governor must be free of all commercial interests, he must Mr. Horatio Hottomley summed up the command the respect of the garrison situation very clearly when he com force; he must be of about the same Bocial status as the Minister in Peking. menced his campaign for a business In a word, he is much more like the Sist,-In reply to W.P.C.T." I would government. What has been happening British Coneul than the Chairman of the ask, who cares a jet what Mr. Timerazeff, Britain has also been taking place Municipal Council in Shanghai, with an x-Russian Minister of Commerce, thinks in Hongkong. There has been friction additional status due to his duties as Like many other of the ex-Ministers, he between the Government of the Colony Commander-in-Chief of the Military pro-Germen probably The Republican and the business alement Friction is forces. He must, however, carry the re Ministers may have totally different views sufficient, and there are elements present sponsibility of the finances, the diplo Graft and the enemy within the gates which, when heated, will cause an exmacy and the law and order of the (Germans, or Russians, in German pay) plosion. It is not altogether surprising have been largely, if not entirely,, respon that things then begin to get exciting sible for the poor showing of Russia in At times they even get dangerous this war.
Have the Itussians shown us THE GOOD OF THE COLONY anything worth imitating? I trow not. This war will at least do one good thing for the Empire, vin establish preferen tial treatment within the Empire and thus consolidate and enrich it. It will also do England good by abolishing time worn fetishes, not the least bring the one labelled Free. Trade, which consisted of our opening our markets to everyone whilst those to whom they were opened closed theirs to usYours truly, Muza X Y, Z. Hongkong, 27th April, 1917. EXCLUSION OF GERMANS.
ALEX. S. D. COUSLAND,
Hon. Secretary, pru te
4, Des Vaux Rond Central
HONGKONG AND THE GERMANS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE."]
SIF, Quite enough, it will doubtless be considered, has already been said and written on this subject, especially having regard to the mass meeting held in the Theatre Royal yesterday evening. Never- theless, I do not think it would be out of place for me to point out the fact that," although the members of the legal profes sion in the Colony form a very small proportion of its residents, the opinion of those of them who are in favour of the resolution to exclude Gerrans after the war is, perhaps, entitled to greater con sideration than that of others. There have
The patriotic Briton in China is not doing his duty if he, in any way, lowers British prestigs in the Far East That applies equally to the business man and the Government official, be he in the Foreign or Colonial Office service. But when & small community and, although there are half a million inhabitants in Hongkong the British community (ex- clusive of the transicat military forces) ia small begins to split up into two hostile camps, many things are said and done which are regrettable. This is no attempt to apportion the blame for the present unfortunate state of affairs in Hongkong. When the Home Rule crisis was at its height, Just before the war broke out, in 1814, it was quite useless to hurl invective at either Sir E. Garson or Mr. Redmond, What every patriotic Bri- ton should have done and in most onsds did do was to make every effort to avert the tragedy of a civil war in Ireland It is very much the same, just now, in Hongkong. It is only adding fuel to the flames to praise or blame either Mr. Holyoak or the Governor. What is wanted is some constructive policy that will bridge over the chan caused by the recent upheavals. For unless the local Government and the commercial men work together, the Colony will
suffer.
heen, and there might again be, German THE TWO ELEMENTS. doctors, German brokers, German archi
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The Rost," Goal W. E. Crocker (R.N.) Backs 8 Caple (R.G.A. and H. Dickinson (R.G.A.), Half-backs: P Gorman (R.G.A.), J. Stewart (Club), J. PROVISION CHAMBER Rodger (Club); Forwards: R. W Hop- per (RN), L. Gretton (RGA), W. T. MeTavish Youngman (R,G.A), H. (Club), J. Stalker (Club, Captain).
Referee, Mr. F. W. Wright. The colours of The Rest will be white.
The team chosen to represent "The Rest is a fairly strong one, although it must be admitted that it is far from representative The selection of Crocker for instance, as goalkeeper, is a distinct Colony light injustice to Goldenberg and Garrod who ARE
He has a sort of an advisory Cabinet are both far better enatodians. Asit of permanent officials, and the time has happens Goldenberg, is, we regret to say, come for a commercial man to join that at present on the sick list and would charmed circle. The only way out of the have been unable to turn out even had present position in Hongkong is the ap be been selected. Crocker is a good fellow pointment of a Secretary for Trade, We and a good sportsman, but his selection want a Department more up-to-date than means a very considerable weakening of the Board of Trade in Britain. We have the defence of The Rest. There is a Secretary for Chinese Affairs There another selection, too, wrich is open to should be a sort of a Director for Cam- criticism, vizi, the inclusion of the right merce, just as there is a Director of Edu. winger. One would have liked to have cation, and a Director of Public Works. scen Black in the team, but it is under This man would do very much the same stond that he is unable to turn out. sort of work as Mr. Rose does in Shang- hai. Ha should be highly paid, and, no doubt, the local Chamber of Commerce would agree to some special form of tax tion to pay for this new Department
The difficulty will be to and the right man. He would need to be persona grate with the men of commerce, and in the full confidence of the local government officials, this
The changing of the positions of Stalker and Youngman too, is rather a strange iden, especially as the former is acting as Captain. They are good at centre and Fight wing respectively, but while Stalker
fairly well at home in any position on the Beld, Youngman is certainly not at his best in the centre, a fact which the selection committee of the R.GA, team appear to have realised. However, the game should be interesting and fairly even. In view of the fact that The Best" have not played together at all their combination is bound to be rather faulty and it will therefore not be sur prising if the Sappers anish up a success season by a win at the oxpense of The Rest
In Hongkong the American Consular service issile some excellent trade reports, but the local government does nothing of the sort. It is quite certain that South Chine needs a British Trade Com missioner, and it is equally certain that Hongkong should be his headquartersful This man might well act an Secretary for the local Chamber of Commerce, or, at Council any rate, be an er-officio member of its
The above suggestions are made in all humility to the Government and the business mer of Hongkong. Their in- The officials who make the laws-sub-spiration is simply due to an anxiety tects, and persons of German nationality ject to the approval of the Secretary of shall not suffer because of local squabbles that British interests in South Chine in every other profession and trade carried on in the Colony, but there could State for the Colonies-and who tax the not be a German lawyer. Therefore population of Hongkong, are practically It is quite apparent that the Governor and the officials were unaware of the legal practitioners in Hongkong have all of them Oxford and Cambridge strong feeling of the Colony against the Bò competition to fear. They have every. Taduates. They have the contempt of Germaan methods of trading. It is equal-
the classical scholar for those whom they
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Handicap Finishing Corrected Yacht on Course time Time
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The Tie for the Championship of this class for the season over the following couras: North Fairway Busy (5), Stone- cutters Island, (5), distance 8 miles, re- sulted in Irene winning by a margin of 6 minutes on the actual time, and 18 minutes on corrected time.
thing to gain, and nothing whatsoever consider uneducated. The training by ly apparent that a Crown Colony must to lose, pecuniarily, by the readmission the banks of the leis or the Carn has its local British traders. The feelings consider other interests besides those of of Germans by the readmission
made them manly, honest, and perhaps of the Chinese citizens cannot be ignor all that has been said in favour of their learned; but it has taught them nothing ed although they are often not express
Yet, I myself whole heartedly endorse
about modern commerce and industry. exclusion and I should welcome legis n common with us all, they have the cd. The new official would link up all trading problems with the local govern Intion which would render it impossible advantages and the defects of their trainment The benefit to British trade and for me to held intercourse with, and ing The home newspapers are full of prestige in South Chins would be 101- make profit costs out of (whether acting demands for the reform of Oxford and prese. There is enough scope in Hong ARUISER CLASS, ENGLISH £10. for or against), a German, after the war at any rate for the remainder of Cambridge. Many of the demands kong and South China for a large my stay in the Colony
should be carried out at once. It is department of Commercial Intelligence, I do not say this out of a spirit of obviously absurd that anyone should and it could be managed well if it acted vindictiveness, nor even because I con- leave a University entirely ignorant of in co-operation with the Hongkong sider (as I do) that just retribution for elementary science. To know something Government their crimes requires tho continued ex- about the laws of Nature is as import- clusion of Germans from cur Colony; but as a knowledge of writing, reading for the principal reason that I cannot and arithmetic. To live only in the conceive that any person of British birth and parentage could view, otherwise than with abhorrence, the possibility of his young children, grand-children, or other infant relative, rubbing shoulders with, and perhaps imbibing ideas of Auitur from, the children of Germans children who have been taught the hymn of hate, and to look at things in the same abominable light as their parents. Yours, eta,
past, to be trained to think chiefly about THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON
SENTIMENTS what happened in Greek and Roman mythology, is to be only partially educat
e It is the curse of the training of The Chamber of Commerce with dignity a British government officials. It pro-sut duece an attitude of mind which exasper (Its proceedings have not been kept from
CUB) mem- tes practical people. The Labour her who called out in the House To sit on HE, who not long before that, of Commons Translate, translate to Had sat on the Chamber of Commerce.. the member who used Latin quotations,
felt the irritation produced by the subtle The Chamber of Commerce with dignity
suggestion that classical scholars are the All tedious facts economic, C. D. WILKINSON.
9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, 27th April, 1917:00
THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY AND THE EXCLUSION OF GERMANS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS
only educated people..
ravou
FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR.
The death of Lien G. OM. Loech
hospital in France as a result of wounds. occurred on the ith instant in a military received in action. He volunteered for
military service in 1916, and left Kobe in
January last year,
There is, however, one great fact which And eminent speakers of sentiment and P Earmer, all of Nowchwang, have must, in fairness to Oxford and Cam And nobody thought it was comic 1, bridge, never be overlooked. They have
produced men with a code of honour The Medical Board had a meeting one day second to nove in the world. It requires For a weighty debate on Hygeia.
& résidence in Asia to fully appreciate But the course of debate ran a curious
work of the India.
Messrs. W. H. Edgar, H. A. Edgar, left for war service. Messra Van Ess,, Waddilove, and Kirk are expected to follow them shortly.
Owen 8. Little Mesars Brunner,
The subtle suggestions of the Origin And way to Mond & Co's, district mazager in Hers
fat soon got into the fire.
the
bin, has left for service with H. M. forces at the front. Mr. GF R. Jackson, the
have been powerless against the code of Tes hold of the Medical same firm's district manager in Hankow
honour of the British official A few For a Sye At yesterday's meeting at the minutea reflection upon the bribery and Board, Theatre Royal a letter signed by a Mr. F. corruption in the Government offices of And they say that the speaking was braw; di Caneva was read by the Chairman in Peking, against which all of the lip Bat medical science was wholly ignored, which it was desired to convey to the service to the ethics of Confucius and And they argued a question of law. moeting the expression of the Italian Mencius is powerless, makes us realise community's opinion on the subject the tremendous asset of a glean Civil A meeting of mothers sat down in a group which was subsequently discussed.
Bervice A glance at other countries To talk about bringing up babies, Will you allow me, through the columas confirms the fact that these irritating And whether dill water is good for the of your paper, to correct this statement, and somewhat pedantic officials have, a croup, as I am officially informed not a single standard of integrity second to these of And the causes of infantile rabies. member of the Italian community was no other country. The naval scandals What splendid results for the juvenile consulted by this gentleman on this in Japan, the "graft” of America, the tum ?/ master, and he was, therefore, not autho- recent revelations in Russia-all of Might have flowed from this confabula rised to express any opinion but his own there things make us realise that, if hou- tion,
I have the honour to be Bir, Your eaty is the best policy, it is often But the mothers on baby's affictions were obedient servant, de s zarity in the public Pervices of other dumb
UC GALLUZI countries. Let us, at any rate, be thank And voted nem con, Aren't they (Acting Cousul for Italy),|| ful that we can implicitly trust the
integrity of our government officials.
27th April, 1917-
is leaving for service with HM forces in France
Mr J WC. Bolland, 2nd Lieut.. 8th Norfolk Regt, vas killed in action in France on April 9th. He came out to April, 1910. being then about 20 years Messrs. Ilbert & Co., of Shanghai,
The many friends of Mr. Guy Hillier of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Peking, will bear with deep regret of the death of his son, Mr Maurice Hillier, End Lieutenant RO.B.B., Mr. Maurice Hillier was born in Peking, and, after passing through Sandhurst, was duly gazetted, and was set to France last winter:
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