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CORRESPONDENCE. HONGKONG, AND THE
GERMANS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE
DAILY PRESS,"
HONGKONO
THE HONGKONG DALLY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 22ND, 1017.
through poverty and bad housing might have been avoided. The million or so of children of school age now so physi cally or mentally defective or diseased Bs to be unable, to derive reasonable benent from their State education " Sin, Mr. Kavarana says:-"We had might have been born under happier conditions, where health instead of dis two very long and illuminating essay's on Free Trade by Mr. McGuigan," iense would have been their inheritance am an absolute Free Trader. I can see in this rich Empire. Truly the fool more reason for restricting trade hath his eyes on the ends of the earth." individuals living in different Surely after this war we want the job between parts of the earth than for restricting of elections in England to be What trade "between individuels living in shall be done in England and not "What different parts of the same vil shall be done in Germany!" But if we lage. Yet,' in writing the two letters are going to attempt to keep Germany referred to, I had no idea that I down by force the issue at our elections) was contributing two "illuminating will be about Germany rather than about essays on Free Trade
I have read England. This may be the very aim of these letters again and I fail to discover some of the rich and privileged classes anything about Free Trade in the first to stave off reform. If so, their refusal one. In the second one, which was to see any difference between the German reply to a correspondent who advocated rulers and the German people is intellig. Protection and wrote under the nom de ible. But the aim of intelligent working
HONGKONG'S WAR CONTRIBUTION.
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HONGKONG
THE BOXING CONTESTS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
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INTIMATIONS only
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SIR The followers of the noble art SIR,In connection with the Ordinance ‚are certainly under an obligation to to provide for is temporary increase in Staff Insp. Wilden for the very excel- the rates for the special purpose of in.lent programme he staged last Satur- greasing the contributions of the Colony day night. The competitors to His Majesty's Government towards well-matched, and they showed a willing the expenses of the present War, let it ness that angurs will for the fistic art SPALDING'S be assumed, for the sake of a basis for in the future. In my opinion, and in cakulations for what I am about to sug- gest, that the increased new rates will contribute $1,000,000, or $100,000, on nually for the duration of the war,
This is not to be despised at normat times and for ordinary wars, but now that we are used to gigantic figures, and considering the fact that the above amount will pay for only 24 minutes of present expenses of the war or the interest on one-third of a day's ex- penses, I think any suggestion, iden, or
the
the opinion of quite a multitude of others, however, Mr. Bailey's vision or judgment as a referee is at fault. In the fight hetween For and Koch, he allowed Fox to use his hend mnfairly on numerous occasions. In the second round Fox closed Koch's left eye with his head, and he continued to butt his opponent without admonition until the bout inished. Again, in the Smith- Simos fight, how Mr. Bailey came to the conclusion that Smith won, is a
mystery
guerre Protection," only four sentences men should be to free the German people system of investment by which greater to those who are conversant with the
refer to Free Trade. In one it was as serted that trade was not war but co operation. In each of the other three sentences reference was made to false notions underlying, Protection, and in the last paragraph I asked for an answer to, six question on Protection. It really appears that Mr. Kavarina has not honoured me with a very careful perusal of the letters he refers to, and, since * Protection” has failed to reply and Mr. Kavarana has come to fill the breach, I think that he should have answered my last letter. As it is, he has not disputed a single contention, no attempted to answer a single question He admits that Cobden and Bright were all very well for their day," which I suppose, means that Free Trade was a sound policy at that time. But he says that the people were woefully ignorant of the vastness of the resources of the rich Empire, and he thinks that our present knowledge of the resource
and overthrow the German despots,
I see signs of hesitancy in high quarters to turn the war against the Hohenzollerns, but I trust our present rulers may not be as blind as the Inte rulers in Russia were. Anyhow, I feel certain that the British people will stand no nonsense from the Kaiser's past friends. The barbarism displayed by the present rulers of Germany during this war makes it impossible to trust them again, and if the end of the war leaves them in power, it will be a defeat for democracy. A democracy has nothing to gain by war, and therefore has no motive for spying and intriguing; but an oligarchy is always seeking addi. tional power and privilege for its own class and is a perpetual menace to its neighbours. We must not cast our reason to the winds and let ourselves be guided by the blind passion of hate. That way lies destruction. We must con- sider the result of our actions. We must
amounts may be provided should be made game, as it was obvious to any impartia) known to be discussed and given due observer that from the 3rd round to the Anish Smith WAS ERRY out-pointed. In consideration. I therefore take the liberty
the Richards-Brannigan affair it was of disclosing a plan that I have had in my head, and which, I reckon will proything but a fight. Referee Bailey vide the Imperial Government with allowed Brannigan to commit flagrant $50,000,000 for 6 years by the help of the breaches of the rules. (The rule distinct- $1,000,000 a year from the increased new
rates,
This is what I suggest
The Government and/or local Banks to raise a loan of $50,000,000 at 8, per cent for 6 years. This will require $4,000,000 annually for interest
Invent the above loon of 250,000,000 at 6 per cent in Straits and other Government War Loans This will realise annually 83,000,000 in interest which, together with 1,000,000 from new rates, will pay the interest on the loan of $50,000,000.
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states that holding an opponent will merit disqualification. Yet the Reforce allowed Brannigan to hold on the whole of the 10 rounds). The only time that the Battler way not hanging round Richards' teck was when the gong sent the men to their corners. In the Ahearn. forcha Ahearn through the ropes. After Royal bout, in the 2nd round Royal
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makos n reversal of the Free Trade look where we are going. What use is by no means very large owing to local or was counted out, The time-keeper did NIN
to this concltision?.
Mr. Bayurana says the potot of view a British subject has to take now is whether the old laisses faire method is to be pursued again after the bitter expericnee we are now passing through." It is not clear to me what he has mind. 1 fail to make the connection
conditions, and that very few, if any, of our wealthy Chinese friends have found same or any other 6 per cent, loan tempting enough for investment in large for used period mass likely to an per counted Craig and Thin orror but an 8 per cent, out when he was tract new money, for it would be rea was a serious thing, a quite a lot of enable to borrow at 0 per cent, or money had been but upon the result. It per cent, on the security of Title Deeds, is obvious that the time-keeper is not of Stocks and Shares, which now lie idle the temperament essential to time- in on safekeeping. There are some reliable time- the Imperial Government will get in Boad, Sid Kelly and A. Allen; alan The effect of my suggestion means that keepers in the Colony, namely. Charley directly $30,000,000 in new money from referees who know the rules and how to Hongkong, refundable in 5 years, instead adminimer then Mr. W. Logan, for of free gifts of $1,000,000 annally for the example. Yours faithfolly, duration of the war, which may amount to one or two contributione. In this connection it must be remembered that the immediate pancial needs of the Imperial Government and the Allies Bre unlimited, and that our $1,000,000 will just pay the interest on only £2,000, out of the gigantie loans which the Impérial Government have to raise from
M OBSERVER. Hongkong, 21st May, 1917,
SPORT.
HONGKONG TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
PROFESSIONAL PAIRS SEMI-FINAL.
policy desirable. Will he kindly explain it to start out on a course on which the process of reasoning which leats him every step we take must be retraced
If wo follow a policy, based on hate, Of course, trade is not the only ques-unless we desire a long continuation of desired to the present parnage and destruction and tion. But your correspondent der exclude the products of German factories a probable early recurrence of something, in addition to excluding the Germans similar or worse, most assuredly we will themselves. I have already contended, have to retrace every step we take But and it has not been disputed, that the if the object of our policy be to promote Germans and their trade cannot be expeace and goodwill we can ndhare to it cluded from Hongkong unless they are for all time, excluded from the territories of all the Allien To carry out such a policy would. be to boycutt the German people. It would be enforced only when the German pouple could offer no more resistance-B time which would appear to be a long way off yet. It could be maintained only by such a system of militarism as would brutalite our own people and end in the between the laisser faire method and our time to time to carry on the war
ruction of our own liberty as well present bitter experience. Does he think as that of the Germans. The policy of holding down a people by force can hardly, be called successful, judged by medoru experience. It has been tried in Alsace Lorraine by Germany, in Poland and Finland by Russiu, in Ireland by Great Britain, and here are the wenk spots in the respective Empires. Now let me ask-What did the Gorman work: ers gain from German rule in Alsace- Lorraine? What did the Russian workers gain from Russian rule in Poland ? What did the British workers gain from the poverty and depopulation of Ireland? been regulating the tariff on protective What could the workers of France, lines or cotton imports into India and Russia, Italy, England or America gain have sucepeded -in arousing bitter the Hospital at Paktoi, has sent an ap Seats for the Championship Doubles by crushing the workers in Germany? 1 antagonism between the cotton manu-peal for old medicine bottles, and Tusk final between Green and Cooper Hunt the courtesy of your columns to make and Ng Sap Kwong and Wong Po Keung, think in every election in Britain since facturing interests of Bombay and the known his request to be played in Friday can
now be 1685, except one, the issue has been people of Lancashire, and by the time. Last year the tum er of patients dealt booked at Montries.
What should be done in Ireland they regulate the other tariffs which the and the services of the medical staff.oun- with in the Hospital constituted a record,
The exception Was What should be
various interests demand every sectiontinue to be in great demand. Naturally, done in South Africa! If during all of the Empire will be in conflict with the use of medicine bottles has been con these years the issue of elections had been some other section, for the gain of one the words of the Doctor mean money freedom, or otherwise, from lung trouble, siderable, and the time has arrived when A doctor seeking to discover a person's can only be at the expense of the other, and are not the least item in a Hospital's tells the patients to utter the words whereas under system of Free Trade heavy expenditure, cereainety-nine several times, and the I imagine there is scarcely a home no effect on the respiratory system of this. there could be a more conflict between possessing its quote of empty medicine vocal effort tells the medical man very the people in different parts of the bottles, and I feel sure the owners, if much of what he wants to learn This Empire than between next door neigh-asked to do so, would willingly give some year the British and Foreign Sailors bours. Yours respectfully,
of them for further uso. The undermen tioned have kindly undertaken to receive (an announcement of its own age) and
Socjety uttals the words.ninety-nine bottles at their homeas that articulation is so clear and healthy
Kowloon-Roy
What should be done in Britain we
we had too much private enterprise and not enough Goperament regulation in the past? Does he think it is better now when Government is regulating nearly everybody and everything? They are regulating railroads, shipping, imports, labour, wages, food, prices, etc., and matters, are going from bad to worse. The members of the Government would need to be both amniscient and om- nipotent to regulate properly all they have in hand; and they are neither, but
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a very long way from either. They have
J. H MCGUIGAN.
The immediate value of prompt as sistance in large sums in tunes of great need, as at present, cannot be ignored In a semi-final game in the Professional and should not be underestimated Pairs yesterday before a fair crowd, La to be remembered, also, that while wa Green and Dodwell easily defeated "propose to contribute until the end of Soeters and Vermey, but if Dodwell and the quarter, during which the present feen do not shape better as a pair to- war shall have come to an end, this Inday they will lose to Nisbet and Fletcher perial Government's financial burdens in the final Soeters and Vermey are are not likely to be lighter until long quite ordinary players, and the surprise after the war. It is for this reason that that they went so far in this C 199, I suggests Five Tear Increased Rate Green and Dodwell won, 63, 64, but and a Five Year LounYours, etc.,
their play was by no means good, and GIFT LOAN
the match, generally, was a very poor one from the spectator's point of view. WANTED MEDICINE
Green seems to have completely recovered from the effects of a sprained right wrist, and did many good things, but Dodwell was responsible for a lot of weaknesses which will have to be eradicated in to day's game. It was obviously an off-day with him, for Dodwell is usually a formidable partner.
BOTTLES.
[TO THE BOIZOL OF THE KONDEONG
St-Dr. Baronsfeather, in charge of
NINETY-NINE.”
drew's MAG AT that it points to a thoroughly sound con
Hongkong (Central) Maa Lander St Linite number of years active ministry to
stitution, and gives the hope of an inde Paul's College, Miss Grifin, the threefold needs of our splendid sona Came Road Hongkong (Pesk) Mrs. Pacienden, 126 of the sea
might have had a system of taxation that would have opened up the land to culti ration and given us plenty of cheap food instead of the scarcity and dearness of the present. We might have had & system of rating that would have removed the penalty on building houses, workshops A case from the Colombo District Court and factories, and would have made it was argued in appeal on May 1st before mor profitable to build houses on the in which TAJ Noorbhai & Co. sued Mr. Justice Eunis and Mr. Justice Shaw
land around the towns than to hold it The Union Insurance Society of Canton, back for higher prices.
www Ltd. The plaintiffs brought the action We might have to recover from the defendants a sUIL had an adequate supply of better and of Rs. 6,139,00 under a policy of insur Featherstone, Seamen's Institute ARE GERMS IMMORTAL! cheaper houses instead of, as at present, ance made with the defendants for loss, East Praya
and damage to a cargo of rice shipped Failing this, a postcard to me, care of Dr. W. J. O'Sullivan, esnitary expert, large masses housed in slums not fit for by the steamer Ural, alleging that such St Stephen's College will receive prompt, eattle. With increased use of land we loss and damage was caused by perile of attention I should like to add the gifte might have had an increased demand for The defendants denied liability The In due course the bottles given will be the seas within the terms of the policy of angle bottles will not be despised. Inhour at higher wages. The annual District Judge gave judgment for the sent to Pakei.Yours faithfully,
plaintiffs for the sum of Rs. 4,098,55,3 slaughter of the children of workers and the defendants appesked,
CHARLES GERKEN.
Hongkong (Wanchas) Rev W NEW
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