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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.
EXPENSIVE MANGOES.
Two Chinese boys were charged with slealing two mangoes from a farmer's orchard.
A tukong who arrested the two hoya Baid there had been several previous rubberies of fruit, eansing serious damage to the plants. the orchard. Mr. J. R. Wood fined. defendants arch.
THE WOOD ROAD ROBBERY, Another Chinese was charged with con- "plicity in the robbery at Wood Road,
Inspector Sim stated that defendant. and another man were arrested in Macao, The second man, however, was too ill to be brought to Hongkong. All the stolen property had been recovered.
Mr. R. D. C. Wolfe remanded the ensa for a week.
IDLE HANDS GET INTO. MISCHIEF..
A Chinese youth pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of clothes.
Defendant said he was paralysed in one leg. "He committed the theft becausa be was unable to get work, though he had tried very hard.
Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe sentenced defend. ant to three weeks' hard labour,
with
A HOMELESS VAGABOND,
A Chinese youth was cha being a rogue and a vagabond.
Inspector Browne Haid defendant was nitied by a lulong attempting to climb the scaffolding opposite "Zetland House, which was under repair. He was arrested and confessed that he was
bomeless,
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE
BLUFFING THE WHOLE
WORLD
DESPERATE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN GERMANY.
[BY ZONEST LIONEL PYKE
ONE OF SPAIN'S PROBLEMS ENEMY TRADE AFTER THE
• One of the curions consequences of the social revolution which is going on steadily, albeit still very much below the surface, in Spain, is the increasing diffi culty experienced by the upper classes in deciding on a profession for their sons, In the old days there was never any doubt about the matter. Theso sons were all destined to serve the State" direct- dy in some capacity. The most favoured capacity was, of course, the army, until the number of officers in the Spanish Alarmy, in proportion to the number of But if men, become almost a by-word. it was not the army, then it was the civil service; and if neither of these two were possible, then it could only be one or the other of the liberal, professions, the most Popular being that of the lawyer.
Mr. Ernest. Lionel Pyke, was released from tuhleben Comp on March 7th, after "being internal for 3 years. He enjoyed extraordinary opportunities for observing the state of affairs in Berlin, as he was allowed to visit the capital under escort twice or thrice a month in his capacity as kitchen inspector of the camp. Pyko, who is an estate agent, left on don on July 25th, 1914, Fur Bad Homburg, where he was taking the cure when wor bruke out. Late of the 10th Mountain Battery of the Royal Artilory, he was fer nine years a member of the Holborn on the Baned of Guardians for St. Giles Borough Council, and for eight years we He is also a Freeman of the City London.
FOOD AND LOOK public Samo members of the British public are obviously in a confused state of mind with regard to the situation inside Germany, They forget the parsing of time.
WAR
THE
PREPARATIONS TO FORESTALL
ALLIES..
THE USE OF NEUTRALS.
[FROM "THE TIMES" CORRESPONDENT]
The Hadue, April 30th. The German concentration of effort for the re-establishment and
and organization oʻ foreign trade after the war proceeds rapidly. It seems that the Europäische Handelsgesellschaft,
It with central offices at Bremen, forms a sort of central.com-
mittes, with which are associated advisory committees of the leading trades concern- cd with the import of raw material and the export of finished products."
Thus the German cotton firms establish.
The practice is still being continued, steadily accumulated as first one depart intended to act na an advisory body to but dificulties in the way of achievemented at Bremen on April 20th a company ment of state and then another is
modernized." Thus, at the Segovia the Europäische Handelsgesellschaft in Military Academy, a short time ago, the purchase of raw cotton "in Russia, fewer than 859 boys presented them Romania, and the adjacent countries" selves for the examination for twenty five places, while at the school of infantry Members of this company may only be 1 havo received a letter from Mr. there were more than 2,000 competitors
for 300 places. The universities are turn-firms which in the three years preceding Arthur Marston, of Streatham, who says:
How do you account for Mr. Gerard'sing out a constant stream of lawyers, far the war imported annually at least 10,000 views as expressed recently Do not more, in fact, than can ever get cases bales of cotton for their own use, or while the competitive examinations for tently short of food, etc. f
the civil service have do, which at one believe that Germany is starving or prac
which, as accredited resident representa- away with the- time counted for much.
It in year since Mr. Gerard left wer many. A year ago Germany was very comfortable, but was not starving. But even at that time the potato ration was often missing, and think what that means when potatoes and swedes are the staple diet of the country. The American Et bassy for a long time before Mr. Gerard left Germany obtained its supplies from a London store.
The downward pace of the starvation curve has accelerated in this fourth year of the war at a speed that can only be understood by those who have been living in Germany. The causes are many. The lack of fertilisers and labour has greatly diminished agricultural produce. The teni-Socialistic system by which this pro duce of a man's land goes to the district and not to him and his family for their
influence of ministers,
In these circumstances certain Spanish parents are, beginning to be filled with serious misgivings. The fact of the mat tor is, however, that Spain is only going through what several other countries have gone and are still going through, as they work toward a realization of the fact that sil useful labour is honourable labour, and that it is as impossible as it is absurd to make any distinctions in Benor Luis the matter of dignity. Araujo Costa summed up the situation accurately enough when he said that in
countries, where industry and com merce were more developed than in Spain, young men were admitted to occu pations thrown open by were qual. dustrial houses to those who were quali
honesty and ́ing
tives in Germany of foreign firms, negotiated the sale for import to Germany of annually at least 20,000 bales. It ap tions are being established a advisory Pears that similar companies or associa committees in connection with the import eater in connectio
A Berlin telegram of April 25th re ported the foundation of a company at inmburg for purposes similar to thoeo of the Bremen company. The principal founders were said to be Krupps, Hugo Stinnes, the Rhenish-Westphalian Coal and the Dresdner Bank Whether this is Syndicate, the Humburg-Amerika Lane, merely a branch of the Bremen company with or a rival concern does not appear w
1918.
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Mr. J. R. Wood sentenced defondant selves. The lack of feeding stuffs consu to seven days' hard labour.
A SNATCHING CASE."
A Chinese was charged with snatching $100 from another Chinese in Hollywood Road
Inspector Browne said that while com- plainant was walking past the Belilios School, defendant jostled against him and snatched the money. A lukong went to complainant's aid and arrested defond
aut.
Mr JR. Wood sentenced defendant to three months hard labour and four hours' stocke
AN OPIUM DIVAN,
A Chinese pleaded guilty to keeping un opium divan in Hollywood Road.
the chiof incentive to growing for theru
quent upon these circumstances has re- duced the output of all kinds of meat and poultry, even of geese, which were the
stock bird food of Germany,
for sale in London is unohtumable in Almost every article of diet that I sec Germany, Eggs are nominally to be had at a shilling each on doctora" orders. but they are not obtainable.
The possession of a food card by no menos ensures the securing of the parti cular food for which the card is issued..
" and
closed.
136 11.
As Spain develops commercially and industrially, however, a great change, it is tolembly safe to predict, will come over popular thought on the question of labour, and many barriers will be broken down and swept away which at the pre sent time interpose themselves between the son of the grandee and a useful and honourable calling New York Times.
Ingst colossal. enterprises in Germany after the war. The Forwarts of February Gth gave some noteworthy details of the Stinnes enterprise. Originally and etill mainly concerned with ores, the Hugo Stinnes firm has extended its ramifica tions to almost all branches of trade
·dence"
ultimately serving its main business, and has established almost complete indepen The firm owns its own inland water-transport, and Hugo Stinnos also controls other canal shipping companies under other names. He had before the PRISONERS ON MUNITIONS.
war 16 sea-going vessels of medium ton Every ounce of labour in the country, age, and has 11 other steainers with a including that of at least two millions of total tonnage of 125,000 under construe prisoners, is engaged in war work. And, tion. He is thus independent of freight although prisoners are not supposed to rates after the war, but he recently found. make munitions, Russian prisoners arod a company at Hamburg to ran his undoubtedly parts of Germing munitions in many flect, not only for the special purposes of The munition fac the parent company but also for trade in tories and the great military works be raw materials of all kinds, particularly hind the German front in Flanders mono. all products of minos, and foundries, polise all the civil labour.
of agriculture, of the chemical and elec- trial industries, more particularly in 20- Intion to their import from or export to foreign countries.
I almost fear to give the actual facts lost, in view of the contradictory writing during the last three years and seven that has appeared in the British Press
A close co-operation of the firms en months, my statements should seem like gaged in the export of identical products but I notice that someone is being organized as far as possible with who has
Mr. P. Goldring appeared for defend. Borman chemists cannot produco some exaggeration, rned from Germany the object of preventing ruinous competi
ant
Inspector Watt said the divan was patronised by middle-class Chinese When the place was raided 79 pots bi Clovernment opium were found in a cup- board.
Mr. J. R. Wood fired defendant $100 with the alternative of six weeks hard labour. The opium was ordered to be
confiscated,
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.
A Chinese was charged with obtaining
It comes down to thile, that the bulk of the 70 millions of people in the Ger man Empire and the 52 millions of Aus
rings are subsisting upon very had bread, and upon avades, and upon potalces.
These
are the basic forms of diet.
**SUBSTITUTE FAILURES. During the last 12 months the number of imitation foods has extended to every article of diet. These imitations are not like the English imitations not like, for ous, but are merely coloured shums. Most example, our egg powder, which is nutriti food substitutes are not a success. Even thing out of nothing. Some of them have not only not been success but havo al been proved to be deleterious to health, The imitation margarine, ration
which can occasionally Lo obtained
I have been making careful inquiries less than two ounces a week-looke` as good as real margarine, but it is tasteless as to when the last accurate reports came out of Germany, and it seems to me that and cannot be used for frying or making nothing authentic has appeared here It appears that where the provisions of pastry In the excellent Ruhleben the American newspaper correspondents the Paris Conference are must to be fear- laboratory we tried to analyse it, but left in a body, twelve months ago. I lave ed, and where, as in parts of South Ame- were unable to discover its component had submitted to me a number of public rica, all ground has to be regained, Gor parts, though we did find that 85 per cent statements by neutrals, many of them man firme will do their best at the outset back upon, jam, for that is equally un- of it was water. The pablie cannot fail presumably Dutchmen, with one ex
and,
to secure neutral representation, especial ception (a man who gloated over the largely through Holland. I have recently obtainable.
amount of money he brought out of Ger been able to inspect documentary evidenco Before the war the Germans, who make many), all agree as to the daily increas of this particular form of preparation, nearly everything were never very sueing severity of the situation. More than
in relation to the export of cessful in manufacturing something ap on of them, I notice, refer to the high
hut who is unknown to me expressed in tion, combining transport facilities and the Evening Standard on Thursday last propaganda, etc. Der Welthandel at exactly the view that I have given
however, admits that much April 13th, closer association is still required, and that firms are showing some reluctance to make binding agreements.
two gold bangles from & Chinese womanating to our marmeladó and jams. rate of paper wages
prevalent every tor-traction, agricultural
by false pretendes.
Mr. P. Goldring appeared for defend.
ant.
A
eten
for which a demand is t
to
in the German jam factories the in Germany... Can this immense expan be created through neutral agents in staffs were English Dundee marmalade sion of currency ever be balanced That South America The number of Der vas as well-known in Germany as Lea and is the problem that faces. German of Welthandel already
men
quoted contains Perrin's sauce, and as abundantly and business,
several advertisements dealing with this ineffectually copied.
The annexationists say that England mediation. The statement that some big When we consider the food conditions will pay. If a town like Lille can yield German combines have, despite war con- of Germany to day there is no wonder cash indemnity to the extent of millions ditions, aucceeded in maintaining or even their influence overseas 4p-
that in the appeal for the new German of pounds, how many millions of pounds increasing1lustrated by tho success of
bundle of notes on a steamer and wished across the
Bis
to
pears the Rhonish Iron and Steel Combination. This combination, through its associated or controlled company, Bocker & Co., is stated in a Dutch report to have laid hands since 1915 on the greater part of the wolfram mines in South America, which it is now exploiting through its agency, in Buenos Aires, of course, with a view to, the subsequent needs of the
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.
EQUIPMENT.
Sergeant Wills said that while com: plainant was walking along Hillier's loan the people are promised that the will London pay t France paid Road, defendant and another man accost loan will bring victory, which will bring 3500,000,000 sterling in 1870, and
bread. The food situation is being 19 march was stated to have afterwards said her. They enquired the way to Caine carefully hidden from the Allies as are the that had he known how quickly, France Road, and the woman obligingly told German losses in the recent battles, could liquidate this huge amount it would
The confusion as to the real state of have been trebleri. them that as she was going in that direc
affairs in Germany is rot difboult to under- London is estimated to be worth, from tion they could accompany her. They stand. At the outset of the war the Ger the point of view of indenimity to the Ger- entered into conversation, and defendant, mais tried to arouse world sympathy by mans the equivalent of £5,000,000,000 saying that the British blockade was sterling and Glasgow £2,000,000,000. noticing the two gold bangles which, the starving their anis England is to give up Gibraltar, parent company. woman was wearing, made up a pretty German-Americans poured food inte Ger Egypt, and Aden. Now that the United
post and other means. States has many by
milk in particular flowed
come into
the war, she is to story to the effect that he had found a Condensed tlantic.
pay an immense amount for the damage Regular depots existed in the leading American cities for done to German shipping by what the Germans call hör theft of ships from the to get rid of them. His asked the woman the supply of food parcels to Germany great Hamburg-American and North to exchange the bangles for the notes, , and Indiarubber was also sent in large quan. German Lloyd companies. Germans say tities in envelopes, hat the chief supplies that the capture of the Channel ports she, unsuspecting, complied with the from the sympathetic German-Americans, would place Germany in a position to request. The bangles were worth 220, Swedes, and others wore food of all kinds. levy immense indemnities on Great Bri and complainant thought she had made a Germany knows that she can get no Lain. In addition to thest profits, as the good bargain. • The men then left her sympathy now or food from anywhere German war-makers call them, the Ger When the woman got home she examined outside, save what
is getting from the bandie of notes only to And that it certain neutrals by agreement, Herman Colonies are to be returned to Ger- consisted of nothing but waste paper. A object now is to bluff the world into the many and the Belgian Congo to be coded report was made to the Police, and a few belief that the food and financial situation Egged on by a starving population and days ago the woman, while walking along is as strong as that of any other nation with the lure of the enormous wealth of Wing Lok Wharf, saw defendant and had in the war. Her public mew and Preas the British Empire, not to mention that All bim arrested. The other man had not hark upon these topics contianally. The of France and the United States and balance sheets of prosperous German con- been, found, a
of the tremendous importance of the pre- corns are issued by German wireless for it is not difficult to gain an idea the Scandinavian and Dutch Press sent battles to the German Government There is no lack of
think, will perity, as I have pointer-money pros and people Victo
out repeatedly brins, food, money and raw materiaal Peace will give them world GERMAN PEACE RESOLUTION. But there is grim and growing dearth of control, ance of the paper money that Men on duty will not attend."
every necessity of life, including bread. and the
As to our man power position. On two has been issued by the Gorman Govern Count Spec declared during the suffrage debate in the Prussian Lower House, on or three pleasant mornings April 30th, amidst loud applause from the been walking about in the Wet have ment, as well as by the Gurning States Platoon Inspectors will attend with re
Mr. J. H Wood remanded the case for #week, fixing hail at $600.
she
Tately I
to her.
DAT and
they
towns individually, will be bought
the
Vonchers have been sent to the respective Contractors to cover all applicationg received to-date for capes, boots and uniform Applicants must forthwith attend per
sonally at the respective Contractor shops.
POLICE BOROOL
men of No. 2 Company only who did not attend for examination on Jung 20th, 25th, 28thor, 27th aro ordered to attend at 5.30 p.m. -vn Tuesday, July 2nd. All ton of No. 3 Company who did not attend on June 21st or 24th will attend on Thursday, July 4th.
spective Companies.
that the damned Peace Resolu. ticularly in the Mayfair district. There back and pavior at parin 'gold and
se sights that could not possibly be wit silver have the real motives of wan dead org emphatically pro.sights her and possibly be inte
The recent Order is to apply to Mounted There you have Subsequent speakers
Police and Bearch Supervisors only. Now, you cannot great battle-a longing for food, a semi- tested against the President having per painted and repaired, mitted this language, whereupon the Pre-paint or repair a house in Germany for revolutionary civil population, and the First shift patrolmen will wear caps.
F. C. JENKLETS sident said he had failed to catch Count two very obvious racons. There is no prospect of the greatest loot the world
1.8.P. (B.) has ever known,Daily Mail Spea's expression, and must censure it as paint and there is no labour
(To be continued.)
June 27th, 1015. on insult to a part of the Reichstag.
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