THE WAR.
PEACE CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME ALTERED.
INFLUENZA CAUSES SIX MILLION DEATHS.
DOMINIONS.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE COMING PEACE CONFERENCE.
ALTERATION OF PROGRAMME.
Lusins, December 19th.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28KD
ADMIRAL JELLICOF.
AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE DOMINIONS.
of the Admiralty, with the War Cabinet's approval, has deputed Admiral Jellicoe to visit the Dominions and India early in the New Year.
OROSS-CHANNEL SERVICE
RESUMED.
AFTER A LAPSE OF TWO YEARS.
LONDON, December 10th.
CORRESPONDENCE,
¿CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NONGKONG DAILY PRESS.'']
THE LATE REV. J. H. FRANCE
TO TAR EDITOR OF THE KONGKONG DAILY PRESE."]
1918.
GERMANS NOT WANTED. SINGAPORE DEMANDS THEIR EXCLUSION.
It itself in favour of the exclusion of Ger-
mans from the Colony and the Federated Malay States for a period of at least ten years. The meeting was called by the seventeen Bingapore branch of the Straits Settle-
nients Association.
AL ten
On the platform were the members of bas cast upon his widow and family. years'
menta: Mr B. Y. Perkins (President), Special expenses involved in
Mr. W. Makepeace (Vice-President), the residence in Hongkong, together with a large family, made it impossible
Hoa
Mr. A. Agnew, C.BE., the Hon. for him to make adequate provision for Mr. C. W. Darbishire, the Hon. Mr. F. Mrs. France and the children-insurance M. Elliot, B.E., and Messrs. E. A. and one or two very small investments, Brown, See Teong Wah and A. W. Still amounting in all to less than £1,000, con
MI PERKINS' SPEAR. stitate all; the resources available for the Mr. Perkins proposed the following re- maintainance of herself and family in solution: cluding the education of four children under thirteen years of age.
LONDON, Decumber 20th. The Admiralty states:-
A large public meeting of the citizens SIR, The Rev. J. H. France, formerly of Singapore, filling the Victoria Theatre The Dominion Ministere having inti
Sit--I have read the leading article the Mission to Seamen Chaplain for to overflowing point, has pronounced mated, at the close of the Imperial War in the Daily Press upon the proposals Hongkong, died in England recently. Conference, that the Dominions would of the Constitutional Reform Association is thought that many who had the privi- welcome visita from highly qualified and the letter written by Mr. J. P.
lege of knowing him or his work would ADMIRAL JELLICOE TO VISIT THE representatives of the Admiralty, for the Braga. I do not think Mr. Braga under.
wish to show their appreciation of his beautiful character and his purpose of advising the Dominion stands the position. The resolution to
years' devoted service for his Master authorities on naval matters, the Board be proposed at the public meeting reads amongst Seamen by helping to lighten the
That of the six elected unofficial mem-burden of poverty which his sudden death the local committee of the Straits Settle- bers (all of whom shall be British sub- jecta) aball be of Portuguese race) shall be three (one of whom
elected by the Sanitary Board Electorate composed of jurymen and persons quali |fied for, but exempt from, jury service,” I have taken a casual glance at the Intent Jurors' List and 1 should imagine it would be an absolute certainly, if three Portuguese British subjects cared to A Havae message states:-
stand for election, that they would sweep After being closed for
two the board against all comers. The years, the Cross Channel Service, between Special Jurors nod those exempt from Paris and London, by Boulogne and Jury service, the majority of whom. Folkestone, opened yesterday.
perhaps, are Europeans, might intro to give publicity to it in Hongkong. A train duce an element of doubt into the busi-
I know of no other place where people. left Charing Cross at II a.m. and reached ness, but the chances in favour of the respond so generously to such an appeal, | Portuguese, considering that in all prob- and I know of no clergyman who worked The journey was comfortable and quick.ability they would vote solidly for their harder for the best interests of the so- own men, while the British vote might be men upon whom the Colony depends for divided, are so overwhelming that it is all its wealth and, indeed, its existence. in the circumstances, obviously absurd to It was his advocacy which caused the stipulate that one member must be of Seamens' Institute to be erected, and his! Portuguese race.
lives all along the China Coast. memory is fragrant in many hearts and
He said: If the resolution is passed tern of malaria fever contracted in Hong with the request that the purport of it that his death was accelerated by the re-send a copy of it to the local Government it is the intention of the Committer to kong lends additional force to the claim may be sabled to the Secretary of State of his family upon the generosity of sent officially by a following mail.
and that the whole resolation may be Hongkong.
A Havas message states: ---
There has been a sudden altera..on in the arrangements of President Wilson's programme, and he is now expected in London at Christmas. The first prelimin ary meeting of the Allied Delegates to the Peace Conference will not take place in Paris till the New Year.
to an
A deputation, headed by M. Leon Bourgeois, handed to M. Clemenceau a copy of a resolution urging that the Allied Governments should come understanding in the main lines, on the Bosestitution of a League of Nations. M. Clemenceau expressed the opinion that the principle must be included in the prace preliminaries.
PRELIMINARY MEETING IN
LONDON.
LONDON, December 18th.
An important conference of members of the War Cabinet and representatives of the Dominions and India was held at 10, Downing Street to-day.
I
understood that various matters likely to arise at the Peace Conference
were disentuneed.
J'aris at 9.30 p.m.
over
THE RUBBER INDUSTRY, IMPORTATION RESTRICTIONS
REMOVED
the
It is only fair that the Portuguese NEW YORK, December 17th.
should obtain representation on The War Service Committee of the Legislative Council. They form a large Rubber industry states that all restric-and important commanity, and it is tions on the importation of crude rubber right that their voice should be beard in were withdrawn on December 17th.
inatters affecting the interests of the
Rubber will be consigned to the Rubber Colony. Give them a scat. Perhaps this
was the idea in the minds of those
A fund is being raised for the benefit of his family, and I have been requested
The incl
The Harbour Master. Commander Beck.
Association as heretofore, and the usual responsible for framing the resolutions with, has kindly consented to act as trea-
guarantes will be required, but the maximum prices and the allocation features have been entirely eliminated. BRITISH DEMOBILIZATION. SIR ERIC GEDDES LATEST APPOINTMENT.
The Premier presided.
Those present
LONDON, December 18th. included Mr. Bonar Law, Lord Curzon, The Press Bureau announces that Sir Mr. Austen Chamberlain, General Bothe, Eric Geddes has been appointed to co. General Smuts, Sir R. L. Borden, Sir ordinate the activities of various Govern- Joseph Cook, the Maharajah of Bikanir ment departments regarding demobiliza- and Sir S. P. Sinha.
KING OF ITALY IN PARIS.
GENERAL HOLIDAY IN HIS HONOUR.
Lordon, December 19th.
A Havas message states:-
The King of Italy, accompanied by the Prince of Piedmont, arrived in Paris this
afternoon.
The day was officially observed as holiday.
To-morrow, the King attends the sitting
of the "Academies Inscriptions," of which be ie member in the capacity of Tumismatist.
£
THE BROTHERHOOD OF ARMS."
LONDON, December 19th,
A Havas message states; —
The Union of the great French Associa
tion.
AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLING
RESTRICTIONS.
A CONCESSION AND A WARNING.
MELBOURNE, December 21st. The Federal Government has removed
ARRIAL FIGHT TO INDIA. GENERAL MACEWAN REACHES ROME.
LONDON, December 18th. The Press Bureau announces that Gen-
tions, against enemy propaganda, ex oral MacEwan's Handley Page machine presses the sentiments of millions of sup has arrived at Rome.
that th to the King of Italy, in hoping RUMANIAN PRINCE IN PARIS
the brotherhood of erme will bo followed by a long and fruitful collabora tion during peace,
LONDON, December 18th.
If so, they expressed themselves badly. Let the Portugues, elcet their own repre- sentative. The Chinese will have the two seats to which they have been accustomed, the Portuguese ono, and then, if the prin ciple of the resolutions is accepted there will remain five vacancies and these, I sub- mit, should be filled by the elected repre sentatives of Britons of pure European descent. After all, Hongkong is a British Colony, and, while cheerfully admitting the representatives of other races into con- sultation, the governing power should be maintained by the British.
surer for such a fund.
Harbour Office, at the Hongkong and Donations may be paid to "The France Fund" at the
Shanghai Bank, or they may be sent to, me.- azu, yours, etc.,
G. H. VICTORIA. St. Paul's College.
Hongkong, December 21st, 1918.
CANTON NEWS.
[BY COURTESY OF THE "CHUNG AGOI BAN PU."]
CANTON, December 2nd. ATTEMPT ON A LEADER'S LIFE.
That Laving regard of the methods of the German people both before and during the war, and their wilfal breaches of international law towards belligerents and neutrals alike, to their barbaric and deceitful nature so clear
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
BY COURTESY OF THE "CHUNG NGOI
BAN PO
PEKING NEWS.
It is reported that Tuan Chi-kwaf, Minister of Military, Peking, was found in possession of a large quantity of pre- pared opium in Nanking. The matter was reported to the President, who has seot telegraphic instructions that the Minister is to be punished,
Liang Kai-chiu has decided to leave Shanghai for Europe on the 23rd inst. as he has received permission from the Allied Ministera.
MR. GRIN-AND-BEAR-IT. HARD LOT OF THE FAMILY MAN
WITH A FIXED INCOME.
I want to know what the man, more or less in the professional classes, with fixed wodernic income, but without any sort of trade union to repudiate, is going respondent in a home paper. to do in these hard times, asks a cor
ly evidenced during the war, and to the fieve that, judging by ordinary City I am employed in the City, and I be- loathing and contempt which all honour. uble men must feel towards them, this
standards, I have done very fairly well. meeting of the citizens of Singapore raised to £500 a year, and I thought In the March of 1914 my salary was urgently represents to the Government things were going to be tolerably easy. that, for the purpose uf safeguarding knew plen of men in the City who I the decencies of life and preserving earned from Exou to £350 a year after good order and government, no German thirty years service, subject should for at least ten years themselves lucky.
and considered after the declaration of peace be allow.
So when my salary ed to land, reside or trade within the thought we should be able to munago was increased from 8450 to £500 a year, Colony of the Straits Settlements or the Federsted Malay States,
very decently indeed.
This is a matter, ladies and gentlemen, which most vitally affects the Colorics Many other Colonies have declared with
ours. (Applause) During the war this further use for Germans. To those des no uncertain voice that they have nu clarations I think we shall be able to add Colony has not been lacking in ite ausial- auce in men and money, and it does not seen much to ask that we should not be compelled to receive here in place of those who have sacrificed their lives a so-called "peaceful invasion
lower
I have a wife and two young children. We live in a western suburb. I took a because there was a large garden for the part of an old house, chiefly
a year, inclusive: and that is the only children to run in. For this I pay £65 part of my expunditure that has not in- creased, in the last four years, by any thing from fifty to two hundred per cent. ending with the baby's shoes, prices hava Beginning with the breakfast egg and
I am supposed to dres, decently though reused to such an extent that what has happened is this I am practically earn- ing the salary that I got twelve years ALKO, before I married-say, £240 a year. not smarily in the City, but I can't manage it. My black coat is green, and my wife has not been able to afford any new clothes for the last two years. She tells me that woollen underclothes of all of mem-kinds have trebled in coat, and that sho does not know what to do about the children's things.
bera of the most despicable race in his- tory. (Applause.)
It will be noticed that the resolution Of does not lonch Austrians, Bulgarians,tion of the small luxuries and little treate
course, there is no longer any ques and Turks, but I would ask the meeting which do such a lot to soften the grind not to be too critical as to the terms. of life. I used to like a glass of beer in We are not legislating here today. We the evening, but with the quality depre are only expressing a principle. As re ciated by at least fifty per cont. and the gards the Austrians we do not know who price raised by two
are Austrians. I think that if we add f doesn't seem good red per cent. it,
But a word regarding the election of these British representatives! I am not a merchant and, to tell the truth, I would
Superintendent of Police and the Attorney-General-gentlenen for whom 1 ton Arsenal, was fired at by a rioter at the Armenian atrocitics and the treat and bear it.
ment of our prisoners in Mesopotamia.
My wife han Austrians, Bulgarians and Turks we shall had to give up the occasional theatro be putting rather too much in our re-
matinée and tea in the West End which solution and may perhaps spoil the force used to do so much to cheer her. as soon be governed by, say, the Captain rachun and Superintendent of the Can- this war. Especially shall we not forget my part, I suppose I shall have to grin Nau Wing-kin, chief adviser to the of it. (Hear, hear) All the same, we de That is my position, and being, a T not forget what they have done during any, without a union of any kind to take
The
The resolutions which it is now pro
cause
His
guilty those who support and susist him.
have the highest respect, although they about 8 p.m. on the 19th while walking But if they come here our intereoarse may not know its by the Committee with one of his friends in front of the with them will be as elight as possible even the war-time precautionary travel rc- of the Chamber of Commerce. Chine Bank building. Nau was hit in and we shall keep them at full arm's strictions upon women desiring to leave Constitutional Reform Association are the hip by a bullet, and was carried to
worse than murder, and not cam length. (Applause.) for Britain, but those contemplating the anxious for popular government.
Before the war we welcomed Germans to the instincts of our race to bit a man I think it can be said that it is foreign' Hospital for surgical treatment. Why journey have been warned that possibly don't they take their courage in both assailant threw his revolver away and received them as friends, we dealt with treated as such.
and their ships to these ebores. We when he is down, but beasts must be they may have to wait for two years
hands and try to get it! The time for escaped in the confusion.
them, asked them to our houses, and even and responsibility may exist in
In order that right before they can
the establishment of petty" Electoral
the accepted invitations to visit their houses. return
Another version states that Nau left Outwardly, peaceful traders and law. punishment of many, but as regards the to Australia
world, there must be actual personal owing to the heavy call on all available divisione has gone by. We are asking for and was fired at as he left a restaurant, mint in to shorn costs, acting to under- doing further mischief, and until there Colleges" and for divisione and sub the Arsenal with one of his companions abiding citizens, inwardly epics and rest we must see they are prevented from shipping accommodation,
traitors to their eight unofficial members. The Chinese where he had been supping.
races loyalty and allegi is a real moral repentance, ance to H.M. the King-Emperor. Thank there is at present not the slightest sign, of which and the Portuguese dispose of three. According to the doctor's opinion God their specious promises and tainted it would betray our martyrs Sweep away the Justices of the Peace Nau's condition gives no
have any gold did not achieve the object desired. truck at all with their executioners. for But and the Chamber of Commerce and let anxiety. The bullet has been removed.
we must be on our guard and take We know the German record before the the remaining five stand for election by 80SRCITY OF RICE.
care that fresh opportunities are Rot war. afforded them. (Applause.)
We know the German record those who were liable for active service
during the war. We know what the Ger- During the war the Germans have been
man record will be after the war if they under the Military Service Ordnance,
In view of the scarcity of rice, the Builty of robbery, of murder, of outrages, are allowed to come amongst the again. physical disability cistes removed. with, of course, the age-limit and the Tuchun has ordered the Treasurer to been guilty of acts of brutality and
against women sad children. They have (Applause.) purchase rice from other places for the bestiality of which the Hunnish mind solution, said: Of all the arguments 1.
Mr. Makepeace, who acconded the re relief of the people. A famine is feared, alone can conceive. The German people have heard put forward for the return posed to submit to the mass meeting will as rice stocks, in Sian and Saigon, we have expressed their cordial support and of the Germans to Singapore the cuty
unbounded delight at every fresh act of bave to be considerably amended.
one that has any weight is that of trade If been bought up for Russia.
brutality that has been done, They interesta. Well, trade is our life, it is passed, and submitted to the Secretary of PAYMENTS DEMANDED,
would not be true Germans did they not.. A Haves message states:-
true. The Germans have traded in State, in their present form they would
I will just read to you an extract :- Prince Nicholas of Rumania, the second simply be the subject of mirth. Hong tions. Bank of Hongkong has sent a soli-
Singapore for the last 60 or 70 years. Whoever cannot prevail upon him. It We are informed that the Communica
Is worth while THE INFLUENZA SCOURGE
son of the King, arrived in Paris yester-kong residents would be farther away citor's letter to the Canton-Hankow Bail.
self to approve from the bottom of his or two points in connection with their looking back on one heart, the sinking of the Luritania, trade record in Singapore to see whether day, and proceeds to England to con-
tban over from realising their natural way Company, demanding the return of
whoever cannot conquer his sense of the it is worth while taking the German back SIX MILLION DEATHS IN TWELVE tinue his studies, Afterwards he will aspirations It may not have been fully loan of more than $800,000, which was
gigantic cruelty to nnnumbered per- for his trade. fectly innocent victims and give him-ships, ran to British colonies, to wrest They bought British enter the Military College of Saint Oyr.
realised that we are asking that three out made to the company for the redemption
self up to honest delight at this from us British trade. Is that a thing of the six unofficial members shoula be of the railway from the British Govern
victorious exploit of German defensive to be forgotten? I think not. They THE SILVER MARKET.
elocted by a conglomerate electorato comment. If the money in got returned
power-him we judge to be no true brought in their German system of German.
Government monopolies and Governinent BULLION FOR INDIA.
posing British subjects and subjects of within one week, legal proceedings will be general on the battlefield. It in, in fact, they were able to
That reads like a speech by a victorious port and, by means of
truste-that is to say, Cloverament sup many other nationalities-Portuguese taken.
that LONDON, December 17th.
support Chinese, French, Americans, Dutch,
un extract from a sarmon by one of the the disadvantage of the British trader.
to take
ever enterprises to Three million dollars, value of silver Indians and the rest. When the neous to the liquidator of the German Bank, and gentlemen, will never be proporly they had played fair? For the last forty
The authorities are requested to remitet known ministers of the gospele in Do we grumble at that? Not at bullion, have been shipped to Calcutta.
Germany. The mind of Germans, ladies they had played fair? Not at all if all if sary amendments are introduced, how-in Peking, within two weeks, the amount THE GENERAL ELECTION.
ovor, it should be remembered that the of $800,000, which the Canton Government In this free land of ours a WAD who
by any decent minded person. years their effort has been to nemro average man does not wish to change sized at the German Bank, when the docent society, until he has made ample nower. Is that a record which went domination in trade and for what par- OXFORD UNIVERSITY RESULTS.
government by officials for government by institution was taken over,
commite
one crime is ostracised from tion of the world for their material
but to posal Nothing speuro tho-domina- LONDON, December 17th,
oliques. A programme drawn up on the CARTON'S ENVOY TO Honoka,
nadade and his criminal nature has been made us willing to receive them back think, with far greater public approval shut cannot be regarded as the Ponce set forth ing lines I have suggested would meet, I
changed. If he commits a serice of neal It is offaidlly announced that Wa Chiu. grimes he is an outcast. A foreigner who gain traders? I think not. There
are some good
who preach" forget than the present scheme Has the com- Envoy, sent by the South to Europe. Wu the regular liste of banishments in that you to think seriously before you sub- mittee of the Constitutional Reform will visit Europa 16 make certain investi-Gaette and asked: What is the offerice man who forgets is often a fool. The Association the courage of its convictions1 gations, and so Inform the Powers the of these banishoes compared with the man who forgots such things n* have
"favourile journal" the Government scribe to Doce it in reality wish for
doctrine of forgetting. The Professor Gilbert Murray (Liberal) British government! The action it. takes tion. Wu is also ordered to investigate (Applause.) It is no a molehill compared than a fool-he is a danger to posterity popular" Southernore" protection of the Constitu- offeros of the whole German people! been done for the last four years is wors in this matter miny be regarded as the foreign methods in diplomátio affairs, compared with a raging tornado. The
with x-mountain, a slight sumatra an (loud choore), test of its sincerity.--Yours, sto
and to find out the psson conditions to penalty for murder in death. But a manly. The audiomes then sang the Nationn "UHARLES LLOYD GEORGE.”
The resolution was carriod unanimour- bo submitted by the Allies to the Fence he wantonly provokes a war is guilty Anthem, and the mosting closed with Hongkong, December 21st.
Conference.
of a million murders, of a million crimes thron olors and a "Uger" for him
(Continua ut foot of next column.} Majesty the King. An
WEEKS.
LONDON, December 18th. The Times medical correspondent saya that there seem to be reasonable grounds for believing that about six million persone perished from influenza and pneumonia in the past twelve weeks.
It has been estimated that the wer caused the death of twenty million por sons in 4 years. thus this plague was five timos moro deadly than the war, be- enuse, in the same period, at its opidemic rato, influenza would have killed one hundred and eight millions,
Never since the Black Death has much a plague swept over the worldk
The need of a new survey of publio health measures was never more farulbiy Illustrator.
The Oxford University election (two seats) resulta are as follows:~~ Lord HUGH Croil 8,071.
Rt. Hon. R. E. Protino, 2,040. Both are Coalition Unioniste,
$19 votes,
Mr. Turulah (Labour) 361 votER-
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Tn of known bad character is often banish- I am not going to
the