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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 97′′B, 1917.
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A SERVICES MEMORIAL,
COMPETITIVE DESIGNS INVITED BY THE WAR OFFICE:
A proposal has been made for the pre-
The following notice has been issued by the War Office containing particulars of a competition for designs for the plaque:
SWATOW NOTES.
[FROM DUS OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
Swarow, September 24th. CNAUTHORISED RAID ON GAMBLING TABLES.
CANTON NEWS.
BY COURTESY OF THE CHUNG 8001
BAN TO,]
CANTON, September 26th.
The Superintendent of Police, Ngai
MORE MONEY REQUIRED.
A special bureau is being established in the Generalissimo's office, fo raise fuads from various places.
THE OFFICIAL MIND,
Some of the happiest men to day are the| officials who are busily engaged in dietät- ing letters, stamping envelopes, sorting and issuing pamphlets, censoring com munications for the Press, granting and sentation of a Memorial plaque in bronze Some time ago. reference was made to CITY DEFENCE, " refusing interviews, and ignoring messages to the next-of-kin of those of Bis the number of discharged soldiers who by celephone. A p
Majesty's Naval and Military Forces were ordered to go back to their own Pong-ping, has requested the Tuckuz to They are happy because they know they who have fallen in the War.
homes and
refused to go, finding Swatowall the mounted police to watch the are engaged on a splendid work for their
and neighbourhood a more lucrative Eastern outskirts of the City, country
Without its – ever-increasing army of officials how could any nation at
place of residence. Some of these wretch- war, or nt pence, carry on? Letters must be dictated, stamps must be licked, records
ed deladed creatures have fallen on an musu be kept, documents must be filed,
Lovil hour. Quite recently the Cantonese and the Press must be taught a proper respect for authority.
Government has given hearty consent, to The
consciousness that they are attending to all these things
the gambling craze, and it is mos a keeps them cheerful. And were it not so, is there not the reassuring knowledge that
legalized trade. Depleted exchequers find they are in receipt of comfortable salaries
in it a rich source of revenue, Hence and that their honoured old age will not
every public thoroughfare has its tables be altogether uncared for?
and crowds of eager gamblers. Is was on a set of these gambling tables that a raid was made by something like a score or more of these discharged soldiers. They did not siteosed, for the gumbling (rbles had their government guards, who were
The eleven regiments of troops, which numerous and strong enough to capturi
Tuchun inspected, left yesterday the raiders. The men in sanall aunsbars telegrams were dispatched, notify- have on successive afternoons paid the various districts of the fact, We now hear that General Lak Wing ting, death penalty. Crime has increased greate ly in Swatow during recent years. Andered that all the troops, sent either. after receiving the telegram, suddenly
execution in Swatowy used to be very
Jaws.
INFORMATION FOR COMPETITORS... 1. The memorial is to take the form of a bronze plaque, with an area of as near as possible 18 square inches; eg, it may be a circle of 41 inches in diameter, or square of 14 inches, or a rectangle of by 3 inches.
Bal were the Public so ungrateful sve express any resentmeal ngainst officiel
2. The plaque in to be produced by cast- dom, it would signify, na more, than the moning of grats among the river swalin from a mudel, which should be
For officialdom. is most carefully finished with precjnoa. fenced and guarded. The old injuretion,
Put off why shoes from off thy feet, for 3. All designs buitted must be actual the place whereon thou staudest is help models in relief in wax or plaster of the ground," might have been written with
No Prophetic reference to the new Holy Land size indicated in paragraph 1. wherein officials duell secure. What can dels on a large scale will be consider be more sacred than a Department? Dickens que wrote of a Circumlocution, and no competitor my submit more Office:Thut Department was a little than two models. world revolving serenely (and not too fast) on its own axis. The Barnacles who administered the affrira of the Cireum location Office were most estimable people
a. The design should comprehend subject and a brief inscription.
M
It is suggested that some symbolical figure subject should be chosen, but tho.
upon :--
EX TUCHUN A PRISONER.
General Luk Wingsting and the Tuchun Chan Ping-kwan have received a telegram from Hunan stating that the ex-Tuchun. of Hanan, Tam Yin-ngot, who has secret- returned to Hunan is being interned by the Tuchun Fo Leung-cho UNEXPECTED ORDER.
tha
Fran Kwaigtung or Kwangsi, should be
--n true aristocrney of hood.They wore following inscription has been decidas rare. It is one of the great puzzles to stationed at the South border of Hunan
males and displayed unmistakable signs of kultur. But to outsiders they appeared juss a trifle old-fashioned. And they were so divinely stupid that sorg of their silliest utteraners word de merance of wisdoni,
He Died for Freedom and Hungur," ant must form part of the design.
Nince the surname of the person commemorated and the initials of his Christian, panies are to be engraved on the plaque, the design should be arranged the dimensions mentioned in paragraph
which the general received from the Tachon of Hupeh.
UK RETERAS TO NANNING.
Every official in a Department, froin the youngest offen - Kirl to the guntist as to leave space for the name within and Wien, all of a sudden they inloose because of the contents of a telegram- Barnacle (Barnacles seldom suffer from anything less aristocratic than gout), kas been carefully trained in the way of godli- the case of a rectangular design, this ness: the particular brand of godliness space should be left at the base; if the inculcated being loyalty to the Chief. design is circular, a margin surrounding That is the alpha and omega of Departur partially surrounding it should be left
free The Chief may be a mental religion. young bounder of unlimited influence or he way be a sweet of greybeard in his second childhood, but, whoever he is, no derogatory word may bespoken about his Silent and thinking worship is the sweet-smelling savour of the sacrifier required.
Hence it happens that the official acquires a peruliar type of mind. I tends to look at things always from the point of view of his Chief and the Depart. went over which he rales. Has it been done before!" is the guration asked when the necessity for some innvation arises If it has not been done before then the problem resolves itself. Letters are dictated and circulars issued stating in the old official phrase that it can't be done. But the most sacred duty of every official is to keep people away from his Chicf. It does not matter how much time he spends over it, but he just at all costs, keep them away. The Chief must not he spen Inquirers must be talked to kindly and gently and assured, from time to time, that their business is receiving our best attention. Should they so far forget the
Competitors are reminded that the de- sign should be essentially simple and casily intelligible... ....
8. Prizs to an aggregate amount of 2000 will be awarded (in proportions to be subsequently decided) for a limited number of the most successful models. The award of such prize may, if the Judges think it, be made conditional on certain modifications being made in the design.
4. All competitors must be British-born subjects.
all who try to follow the course of Chinese afinirs why those responsible for good and that they should not proeded any Turther. This unexpected order has government anlcash now and again, the
caused considerable astonishment. The gambling "devit”! | Sometime, they.
order is supposed to have been issued puzzle him with some show of success,
him as if delighting to the orgies that company their folly, And this in the Province that teaches or claitas to teach wisdom and morality to the remaining seventeen Provinces Here she herself sets free the worst elements in her life to play with her people's weakness, plunging thousands of them daily into deep debt and surrow, from which they can never start to-morrow (27th). The Tuchun rid themselves. The whole native Prass has ordered Mok Wing-sun, Defendo Com. denounces this immoral conduct on the missioner of Kwang Chow (Canton) and Wuchow to take up the duties of Tuchun until return. We hear that the Tuchun, will stay in. Vanning about" a week.
General Luk Wing-ting will return to Nanning Luk has wired from Lung. Chow to Calton requesting the Tuchun to go to Nanning to meet him for military consultation, The Trolun has decited
FORMING A MINISTILY.
If none of the models submitted is, in part of the Cantonese Government. How the opinion of the Judges, of sufficient vapid sounds this legislation after the merit, o prize will be awarded. The names of competitors will not be revealed ban placed on opium-growing last year! to the Judges, nor will the names of The policy or principle involved was one any but the premisted artist or artists he and the same. In the opium ban it was published...
to save the money in their exchequer in Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen uses the name. the present legalizing of gambling it is of the Provisional Government to order. to induce momy in flow into their excheall the Vice Ministers to act in the plaos quer. The end does not justify the means of those Ministers who have not yet cono,
to Canton, Sun has appointed Lui INTERNED ENEMY SHIPS,
and Ma Mo, Kit Ching, and Wong Ching- Chung-ngoi, Acting Minister of Finance,
ting, Ministers of Communications, Civil
7. No framed models can be accepted, but each model should be packed in a small box and delivered to the Director, National Gallery Trafalgar Square, W.C.2, not later than 1st November, 1917. The model must not be signed, but should. be marked oir the back with a motto or
There was some talk a little time ago about selling the interned ships of the
sanctity of the precincts to which they pseudonym, which should also be written Central European Powers. There are still Affairs and Foreign Affairs respectively.
on a sealed envelope containing the com tempers, their request must instantly be petitor's name and address. No other four of the German merchantships riding Cheung Hoi-yu has been placed at the
communication should be attached. Anything in the nature of an 8 The models to which prizes are at anchor high up in the harbour. With head of the military department and
awarded shall be the sole property of the Government, who will arrange for the appearance of the artist's signature or initials on the finished plaque.
have been admitted as to lose their granted. Only so can pence be main tained. nitercation might come to the cars of the Chief, disturbing the atmosphere of high and holy meditation in which he is pie served.
CO-ORDINATION IN AVIATION,
THE GREAT PROBLEM OF STANDARDISATION.
Nation
an empty hong or two they remain the only visible refics of German trade in the port. It is said that these ships will need a good deal of overhauling before they can put to ses..
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA SINICA
Ching Pik-kwong at the head of the Naval department, Various Vice-Ministers were also also appointed yesterday. A RUMOUR DENIED.
Tong Shui, who was staled to have accepted the appointment of Minister of Finance from the Provisional Govern-
marked with the granting by Congress period both Dr. Giles and Mr. J. Dyor General Luk Wing-ling
·af· a $630,000,000 appropriation.
-- Ball faid us under obligation by their The Aircraft Production Board, neting
STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS'
Will England ever forget that luckless ofcint who deleted the words
captains and.“ kings” in a soldier's letter from [the front 1" He stands for all time as the -type and syisbol of departmental · loyalty and zeal. He had been told that all refer- ences to superior officers must, without exception, be orased. Are not captains
There has just come to hand the firstment, has now denied the truth of this auperior officers and "kings "1 So the
volume of Mr. Couling's The Encyclo that he would not go into such trouble. line was given a blasphemous appearance
We hear that Tang told one of his friends and ran: The and theron with the British, French and Italian paedia Sinica. The work will certain
The United States, in closest co-opera- depart.
Kipling Had he ever heard of
some circles," however much he might be Kipling! Or, undoubtedly. The Barna Governments, will co-ordinate all indus: 1. prove a storehouse of information forced or tempted by the Provisional cles have mostly received a Varsity ednea tries entering into the great viation about "Things Chinese. At an earlier Government. He is supporter of tion. The Etou-and-Oxford manner (as it programe upon which the was in pre-war days) may be studied to perfection in some of our departments. But there was the question of loyalty to his chief to be considered. The Law of for the Government, will arrange for the useful books of reference. "The Encyclo. the Barnacles declares that you must at all purchase of all airplane spruce and other paedia Sinica; embraces a wider beld, costs avoid any shade of disobedience to wood entering to construction Dance, and is in a sense an ennium gatherum your chief. And perhaps also he dreaded tribute it to Great Britain, the imputation of alterness For Italy and the United States in propor- of all that earlier pioneers in the field nothing is more likely to stand in the way tion to the needs of each country; of the young official's advancement than tarred in this country, and distributed in labour involved in the production of this Ultimately all steel will be manufae- have gleaned and much more. The the discovery that he has brains, and has the same way, releasing British, French work must have been great, indeed. comwilted the fut pas of using them and Italian steel for other war purposes.
Whas a diverting history might be written, after the war of the official Experts of great ability and resources Naturally, we looked first of all to find notices of air-raids and bombardments that constantly at work improving motors out what the author had to say about have taken place somewhere in Eng: features: This work not only will be con- things known to ourselves. We have been and planes and devising entirely new land1" The rigid suppression of news tinued, but greatly extended. when it had already become common pro The principal thing now is to stand both satisfied and disappointed. For berty the pains taken to conceal the name. of a town long after the Huns had ardise absolutely every part that enters instance, what has he to say about the correctly stated it. Truly the oficial into the motor, and every other party old peoples-the Hok-laus and Hakka mind is a terrible and wonderful machine the airplane, in order that plants any It has not changed a whit since Dickens complete machines or parte un identics Of the Hakkas there is a short account. Penang
where can build the complete engines, occupying the Swatow neighbourhood 1 Singapore day. The Barnacles are still in power, fines, thus quickly reaching the quantity assisted by their more pushful cousins, he production stage, when they will be accurate we believe, so far as it goes, and Malacca Bounders. Globe.
turned out with great speed.
Italy has made great progress in deve the author has steered clear of the loping heavy motora, and Italian experta vagaries of Boulger, writer of a History now are working on engines designed to of China. Of the Hok-lau people, how- develop upward of 2,000 horsepower and:
TRADE. INCREASES IN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS,
The official return of imports and
exports of the Straits Settlements for the charter ended June 30th, shows appreci- of the three Settlements. The figures for able advances in the imports and exports the quarter, as compared with the similar records of the first three months of 1916, are na follow t
1st. gr. 1917 1st: p. 1936 $120,915,302 $100,183,756
34,021,55731,802,019.
6,160,713
5,500,278
Total
8161,197,872 $137,485,953
Increase
$23,040,019
EXPORTS,
capable of carrying great weight. These ever, we have failed to find any mention. motore are several times as powerful as It is possible, however, that the mithar Singapore those used in the fast British and French may contrive to make inference in his Fenang fighting and scout machines that have second volume both to them and to their Malacca proved so successful on the western front, Ianguage. They inhabit a very large The military and civilian experts will portion of the maritime coast of both say little about the new standard Canton and Fulien Provinces. They are American motor. It can be utilized for reported to be the most skilful in con-
$124,253,953
30,387,915
0,244,128
Total
Increase
$174,897,776 $125,203,771
840,694,005
Para rubber exported was: Singapore,
NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM The Committee of the National War Museum are anxious to make, as far as possible, a complete history of the War in photograph. Such a record should be of permanent historic value and European importance
Efforts to obtain similar National Col. lections are now being made by all the other belligerente. A strong appeal is training machings of the simple type now trivances for sea-fishing in the world; made,
therefore, to all friends and rela in use, can be made to produce greater they are successful agriculturists: they tions of officers now serving, or who have power for scouting machines and still bulk largely in the emigrating lists, and 334.422 picals, Penang 2,017 picols, at any time served with HM Forces greater power for the heavier
form an important element of the alien Malacco 84,200 piculs a total of 476,729 daring this present war. for free gifts of and fighting aircraft. bromide photographs. Such photographs No matter how superior the standard populations in Hongkong, British Malaya, as against 228,769
TIX EXPORTS. should be unmounted and printed on motor may prove as it is perfected down fe. They are the chief inhabitants, alo,
of the island of Formosa, The Encyclo The value of tin ore imported was order to facilitate to the smallest detail, Great Britain, bromide
Paper docketing and to secure their permanence France and Italy will continue the con-paedia Sinica" does not come forth with 621,481,777 as against $19,941,054 There If the donors will write on the backs of the struction of special motors for various pretentions to completeness, but we are were exported 290,810 piculs of tin, valued Furthermore, the amazed at the extent of the ground it at 831,540,131 ns against 24,559 and photographs they contribute such details types of machines..
evers. From his hanny hunting ground 5,202,438, respectively, in the 1918 quar. the author has brought back to us stacks er. Rice, value $18,185,228, was import- of information which will heln materiallyed as against $14,141,783 and that export
to interpret and open up China to theed was valued at $12,002,274 as compared foreign reader, "-Contributed..
|with $13,800,012
in
as will form a minute concise biography, United States Government already has with dates of promotion, distinctions, etc., arranged for the construction in this coun- they will very materially assist the Comtry of several of the best British and mittee. All photographs received will be French motors, some of which are already duly acknowledged
being turned out of our factories.