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the worst. The World Revolution dance to them. It is true that they planned by the Nihilists of Russia, } failed to deliver a mesango to Jask
NOVEMBER 11th Yesterday's weather report, fore- and their thousands of traitorous making for help, but they were only
WEAR A
FLANDERS
POPPY.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
In Flanders fold the poppies blow
Between the cTOSHOP, TOW ON row,
That wark our place; and in the sky
The larke still bravely singing, ily Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lis i
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foo; To you from falling hands wa throw. The torch; be yours to hold it high, If ye break faith with us who dis,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields..
JOHN MCCRAE.
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THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY.
* News and Views *
water.
Hene Suarand, who was
in the wago disputo 'betweon the cycling from Calais to Dover was Silesian miners and the owners the rescued last week in an exhausted official arbitrator last week an condition by the Dover pilotnounced his decision in favour of
atoomer,
a four per cent, waga roduction an against the ten por cant reduction demanded by the mine owners and the insistence of the workers on a continuation of the prosent wage scale which, they declared, affered the minimum needed by them
nake both ends meet.
to
agents, has failed. 'MUSSOLINI-kill-too willing to assist on the spot, ed it in Italy, the General Strike though their willingness out-ran was its death-blaw in Britain, the their skill, grent Communist conspiracy in There are many epic phrases in Japan' of a couple of years ago was the account kindly given by Mrs crushed, and CuIANO KAI SHEX BRUCE to our representative. ." I roughly bundled the Bolshevik ant on top of the plane in caso the mission out of China. Threats and tigers should come. After studying The Hon,, Diana Skeffington, the recriminations there have been be my maps while the storm raged, Idaughter of Vicount and Viscoun- tecs Massoreene and Ferrard, a tween the Powers but nothing com took off again and found a landing popular member of the younger sot parable to the crises which periodi- ground at Lakone in Siam." Later of London societ died at London cally shock the nerves of Europe in she saw & "pirate-ship flying a red recently at the age of 21. the years before August, 1914. Being and full of men with red
The Belgian army estimates for An attack on Foreign Ministér hind political wrangling looms the handkerchiefs round their necks. I next year which have just been Brinnd's policy was made last week sure knowledge that civilisation climbed bigher, in case they might rublished show a total of 1,205,000,- in the Chamber by the prominent 000 Belgian frasca which is 40 mil-deputy M. Franklin Bouillon, who At cannot stand, and men will not rst to get a shot at mas.
lion franes less than the current declared "Poland's frontier is Ro- Hanoi I was entertained at a ban-year's army budget. However this France's frontier" without, bow- tolerate, another great war. volution follows in the train of quet and decorated with the Modal diminution is only due to the lower ever, having any marked effect on war; it cats up not only kings and of a Million Elephants and the cost of the food supplies in Bel- the House which adjourned without gium whereas the actual expondi-any farther discussion. A greater statesmon but the educated classes White Umbrella."-It reads like & ture forearen for armaments showa sersation was caused in the lobby who hold the knowledge that alone page out of the Arabian Nights, an increase of 22 million Francs when a number of Social Democrat can build, the road towards security But the thrills and the adventures, over the amount spent on that item, deputies sarted a dispute with the
during the current roar. and material progress.
.
The
scono was
cultor of the Nationalist paper "Liberte," for having incited an attack on the well-known Socialist lender, M. Leon Blum,
while "on the memorable first night of San Toy, which rab 778 nights, thore was auch a fog that the cur Lain rose an hour inte, and when the show began there were not more than forty or fifty people in the house."
tho need for the highest courage, But foar will not bring lasting resource and technical skill, show
Warsaw police last Wednesday peace. Armaments lead to war, that we are a long way off a regular witnessed without interfering General staff watches general staff, air service to Hong Kong. The amazing hots by a hand of armed supporters of Mambal Pilsudski preparations BO forward, and Indian Air Mail runs fairly success who attacked and fired on a crowd "Haydon Coffin's Rook," is he though the object may be defence fully but the country beyond India attending an electoral meeting call sails it, is "packed with acts and no soldier forgets the great strate- includes some of the most difficulted by the opposition parties, caus. fasts."On the first night of 'A ing serious injuries to a large num Country Girl," he says, "the gio principle that attack is the best in the world. Mrs. BRUCE travels bor of people, and then stormed, scene painters were still at work form of defence. War training will as Drake and Abuquerque voyaged, sacked and utterly destroyed then the set for the second act at produce with the now generation its pushing on as best the can. But cffices and printing-shops of sever- eight o'clock and they were thirty- al opposition newspapers. includ- five minutes late in beginning," would-be Napoleons, who see their out of the adventures of afteenth ing the Conservative paper way clear, thanks to new methods and sixteenth century explorers A.B.C." and inventions, to swift, victory have grown the ordered shipping"
The reply of the German Nation. over rivale, and, perhaps the con- services which mako a voyage heal Socialist leader Adolph Hitler quest of the world. At the moment tween England and Chins safe, if to the latest proposals of the French politician and journalist we know that the vision of war not so picturesque as in the past.
Gustavo Herve regarding Franco- lords, from Ramasea the Great to
German co-operation is still marked Every M.P. is sorry that Bin Field Marshal LUDENDORF is a will-
by what may be described as a James Melville, is no longer Eng- The M.C.C, team, under the Pacifist spirit. It again rejcote a land's Solicitor General. His ap of-the-wisp The Empires founded captaincy of A.P.. Chapman, Franco-German military alliance pearances in debate whetted every
Joft by conquerors die with them, but which
England recently on the grounds that the only effec one's appetite, and people were generally thero is a miracle of the ia the Union Castle liner, Edin sive alliance against the Soviet looking forward to the part he burgh Castle, for South Africa, Union would be by countries under would have played in the Trades Marne," a St. Joan or a Charles
was as follows:-A. F. F. Chapman Fascist regime as that alone was Disputes Bill which Mr. Henderson Martel to roll back the invader..(captain), J. C. White (vico-capable inspire a nation with force has promised. Sir James Melville But men untrained in the chances taiu), M. J. C. Allom, R. E. S. end energy.
represented the Government in a Wyatt, M. J. Turnbull, 1. A. I. of real warfare forget these things. Peebles, Duckworth, Famimond,
number of legislative committees, In the State dining room of but made only one speech in the. Only an international amity that Goddard, Hammond, Hendren: Buckingham Palace last Tuesday. House of Commons. This was wheir refuses to tolerate the weapons of Leyland, Sandham, Tale, and Voce night the King Emperor, accom- he was suddenly called to oppose panied by the Queen, entertained a private Bill which no one had ex- THE twelfth anniversary of Armis potential conquest can secure pehce.
In the modern world it is the pores the announcement that the Princes and Chiefs who
The German press warmly wel- to a banquet the Indian Ruling pected to come on at the time; Sir Day finds the world still suffer-
are in James had practically completed a A. S. WATSONing acutely from distresses arising snippings of the civilian that clear Swedish Academy has decided to London to attend the Round Table closely argued speech before ar aenormous envelope, at one hailed directly or indirectly from the the way for the advance of the award this year's Nobel prize for Conference.
We have all met the Literature to the American nove magnificant one, all the Princesas his "brief," was hurriedly pass- Great War. Many of these troubles aggressor.
ed to him. He did not need it. List, Sinelair Lewis, whose books at continue because the nations have man who knows the plans of the tained great popularity in Gan, being attired in the robes of cere
His health suffered from his dis-, - mony The guests numbered 00
at Gallipoli, not abandoned the idea of war. Japanese General Staff, that many where the author himself has and included, in addition to the tinguished service The men who lined the trenches and publican Germany is as anxious for periods. This is the 30th time that Spain, the Prince of Wales, theed in despatches.
been a frequent guest for extended Indian Princes, the Queen of where he was several times mention- served the guns say freely that they revenge as the Kaiser was for con this prize has boon awarded and Duke and Duchess of York and have had enough of it and will quest, that America means mischief, that the recipients so far include other members of Royal families.
5 Germans, & Frenchmeg, 2 Eng.
There is an old superstition leave any future fighting to the that Perfidious Albion is up to herishmen, 3 Norwegians, 2 Swedes, The German Liberal press widely among seafaring men that it is un- younger generation. Whether they old games! Military advisers are Danes, Italians, Spaniards and discusses the postponement by the lucky to change the name of a express these eentiments sincerely seldom sure of success, kings and Poles and 1 Irishman, Swiss, Bel-Arabs exective committee of a vessel. Recently the little coneting
lofinite reply to the British White steamer Mersey (548 tons), of Liver or derisively is not always clear, statesmen generally want peace, but sian and Indian.
Book on Palestine and the demon-pool, changed for name to Mersey but it is very certain that war there is a type of talker and writer A notable departure in the history strations and declarations of pro Rose During the night she came veterans often give voice to those ready to proclaim that his country of German trade unionism occur test made by the Zionist organiza-into collision with the Gleneden, a international dislikes and suspicis in peril, that her statesmen are red at Berlin last Wednesday when tions all over the world, including steamer of 4,701 Lons, off St. ions, especially against former failing her, that now is the time, from most of Berin's molai works express the hope that the British and was sunk. Her orew word res at a conference of 1,000 delegates even the Far East. The papers Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, allies, which lay the foundations if not to strike, at least to take it was unanimously decided to Government will find a way out of cued by the Glenedon. The Glene- aden, which is owned by the Glene- of further conflict. Idle talk and a firm stand against designing found a Unitarian Metal Workers the deadlock thus crented and
Union under Radical influence solution of the distinctly difficult den Steamship Company, Ltd., of hasty writing in the press, more foreigners. Pence has, in fact, bend in opposition to the existing problem which apparently was Glasgow, was making for Dieppe, than deliberate malice, preserve an come the charge of each one of us, metal workern union which the ex-even further aggravated by the and the Mersey Rose was, taking atmosphere of distrust, which forces and nowhere more than in cosmo-tremists necued of having been too rather sharp criticism directed coal from Goola to Brest. After the weak-kneed in the recent strike. against the British administratiin collision the crew of the Morsey governments to put their faith in politan Hong Kong. If we cannot This foundation threatens to split by the League of Nations mandate Rose put off in boats and were pick- armaments, and prevents a full speak well of a nation let us at un German trade unionism on the commission, the attitude of the lated up by the Gleneden. Her bows healing of the political wounds in leant keep silence, and not condemn model of France where in most in-ter being in this case very much were damaged in the collision, but her journey. dustries two rival unions oppose different from the stand it usually she was able to go flicted in the war.
it either on hearsay evidenco or other, a moderate Socialist takce in similar questions and ap. The owners of the Mersey Rose are Twelve years of peace among the because do not like the manners of cho and another of more radicalparently badly hurt British feel-Messrs. R. Hughes & Company, of
| Liverpool. › Great Powers has not been long some individual citizen, who is tendencies. enough to allay the mental atress Deither its political head nor one of and disturbance arising from the its responsible staff officers. four years of war. Ever since the Armistice there have been restless
for longings
au unobtainable Utopia, a wide acceptance of the
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a distaste for life as most of us HONG KONG was delighted to have to live it. Many of the men welcome that very skilful and and women who took part in the courageous. Englishwoman, the Hon. struggle cannot settle down to Mra VIOTOR BRUC, and our only steady work for a limited objective, regrets are that her visit was so and only the rude awakening of short. This morning she will leave the mentee of unemployment in all for Amay, and everyone will wish her industrial countries is at last forcing the best of luck for the remainder men from dreams to truth. Those of her adventurous flight to Japan. things are the aftermath of war. But the perils of her journey, with They are phenomenon as old as its ́delays and the many incidents history, but they are now being which might have led to disaster endoted on a larger nnd more com-but-for-the high-capacity of the
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Local Notes and Events ★
Captain Robert: Dollar and Mrs. ↑ Dollar were passengers from Manila on the a.s. President Madison.
· Private Pitcher, of "C" Company Somerset Light Infantry, died on Saturday and was buried with full military bonours the same after noon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rocke-Looking Back 25 Years. feller were among the passengers On Monday, the 30th of October, who arrived on Friday by the ss. an important event took place at President Pierce. They are making the Foochow Arsenal when the river an extended tour of the Far East.steamer originally designed for the Yangtaza trade was launched, in the The Vice-President and Com presence of HE. the Tartar Generat mittes of the Victoria Diocesan and and a number of visitors from Foo- At Home" to members and their so long accustomed to see the hull Missionary Association will be chow and Pagoda. We have been friends at the Cathedral Hall on of this steamer reposing quietly on
Novembor Wednesday,
Ad- the stocks that it came almost as An ordinary general meeting of dresses will be delivered by Dr. a shock to us, to bear that she was the China Coast Officers' Guild will H. D. C. Rice, M.R.C.S., of Nan- to be launched. However, launched be held at the Guild Offices at 67; ning, and Rev. N. Y. Halward, she was and very successfully, House) to-morrow at 5 pm. Des Voeux Road Central (David | 10:
thanks to Mr. Bertrand, the
Bugin cer-in-chief and his staff. Every ****It is notified at the Harbour Office (bing went without a hitch and the I HAVE FROM THIS DATE KONG DAILY PRESS, plex scale than ever in the past. aviatrix, show that long distance The following forthcoming mar that the western entrance to Lantao usual propitiatory ceremony to the FLEET STREET, E., is constant- So alarming are many of the ille light is still in its infancy. Mrs. riages are announced: Mr. Richard Channel shows considerable shaol river goda required by Chineso ly receiving Enquirios trem Home of the European body politin that Bruce left England on September Yarworth Frost, of 113, The Peak, ing in the area north and west of customs will, we trust, ensure a Manufacturers regarding Suitable-
to Miss Evelyn Patricia Walling Cheung Chau Island. The six long career of usefulness to the Firms to act as Agents for their pessimists are already declaring 96, and, very rightly, she took as ton, of 18, Bowen Road: Mr. Ronald fathom line now extends roughly Arsenal's latest offspring. Hong products in Hong Kong and that Western civilisation is in few risks as possible. She waited Mackay Wood, of 134, Macdonnell in a direction 350 degrees from the Kang Daily Press, November 11, South China.
danger of going down amid a when she could for settled weather Road, to Miss Kathleen Margaret island, whilst all depths to the 1005. If Local Companies desirous of taking welter of mass folly unexampled between the stages, but meteorology West, of Springfield, Wilmaton westward of this line and north of
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Some rather sweeping alterations two to four fathoms." know the Lines in which they are since the Roman mob was fed at the in not an exact science and she Cheshire, who is travelling to the Lat. 22.10 N. show, a decrease of Looking Back 50 Years,
Colony on board the,... Ranchi
in the Colony Ordinances are im- interested the information will be public expense and entertained with experienced “ frightful weather" at forwarded to London and passed'
Another embezzlement case was posing, Despatches have, bean re- Frankfort and again, after leaving on to interested parties as op the blood sports of the arena.
For the unlawful possession of 45 heard by Mr. Williams at the 'ceived from Lord Kimberley, Secre- portunity offers.
But despite everything that can Jask for Slam.. Shortage of fuel taels of opium, a Chinese was fined Central Magistracy yesterday, when tary of State for the Colonice, to 85,000 by Mr. Lindsell at the Cen- the managing partner in the Li Ou the effect that all branding of tral Magistracy yesterday. It was firm of Woshing Street was criminals is to be finally abolished. stated that the defendant was ar charged with embezzling $2,000. It will be seen that this programme rested while entering 35, Circular 1 G., Bennett, appearing for the includes all that Sir John Henneasy Stray, whied, the Turung" omters Compitimant wins haber portaveling boen stoking cinco his fiest do
was searched and the opium was stating that a further charge Tat tid Teginative Connal DY found strapped to his legs by embezzling $1,500 would be brought Hong Kong Daily Press, Nov
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