THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1914.
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NOTES ON THE CRISIS. IN THE WAKE OF WAR.
Speech.
We can all be wise after the event. The Great War bas burst apon us, and every second man one meets lots it be known that EVEN BEEN ITS GREATEST: The Prime Minister's Great he "knew it was coming." "It is easy to say that when the thing has happened had it not mater ialised, these alever people would have saved themselves by silence. But there are a few people who bave, a auloient grip of the situation to hazard very definite opinions before the event. Such sunshine. a one in the Berlin correspondent
The Weather.
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Lower level 8 am. Temp 85;
As the Peak 8 am. Temp 77;
The Malls.
Talthy bins to-day at 1 p.m. Siberian Mail-Closes per s.s. Yokohama Marn to-morrow at 2 p.m.
Operations on a Tremendous Scale.
V: Phemie.
As you entered Castleton from the west the first shop you osme! to had a battered little signboard which bore the following remains of a legend ----
R. JAMIES N, Bots Ne tly Mend d.
...
FIGHT BETWEEN SAILORS.
Sequel in the Police Court.
which took place on Saturday evening after the closing of the Victoria Theatre, in which some fighting took place, between, it is alleged, English and American sailors, two cause came before Mr.A
morning.
As the result of the disturbance
Mr. Asquith's speech" at the Guildhall will bo read with a thrill of pride in every corner of of the Daily Mail, who at the Canadian Mail.-Ulosed per as.
the Empiro. It is a clarion call beginning of the present year
which will resound in all landa wrote that Germany looks
where flies the British fag. No On Saturday nights, by the Wood at the Police Court this forward in 1914 to 6 year 49 crowded with momentous eventa
more sloquent speech has been way, it was only the second shop, made for the past quarter of a for then old Ag Scott turned her In the first, Bruce Luther, of in the realm of international
oentury, though it is ant a
kitoben into a kind of shop the U.8.S. Wilmington, was politica as the stirring twelva
speech which depends on elo- retaurant where you could have charged with being drunk and months just passed." That admit- On Saturday the Telegraph pub-quence alone for its effect. On fucculent boiled peas with vinegar disorderly in Queen's Road tedly, is a very general observa-lished 40 columns of solid the contrary it is a speech packed and pepper dashed over them at Central on Saturday evening. LTD. by the game correspon will be 35 published.
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The defendant pleaded guilty
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Prophecies Fulfilled.
"He went on to observe that "Her (Germany's) statesmen do
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ita appeal not to passions or if you wished, but old Ag insisted to the charge, bat said he was emotions but to reason. But on you having the pepper. She trying to get out of trouble whom above and beyond all shore sings said you "hadaa your money's he was arrested. There was a through it the indignation of a worth else."
fight between English and strong man who is voicing not The name of the man who amerio1n sailors; he saw it alone bis own sense of disgust at neatly meaded your boots was started and was running away,
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thus near the event, that few of thom have struck a clearer or more popular note than that of the
Premier.
Were yon
of complicational Chinese calender, is the feast of outrage, but the disgust of a fact that the signboard called him and was tripped. whose Empite. There have been Jamieson he explained that he His Worship force with the signature of the farther west in Europe, spent ita Pai-lu,-" White Dew."
drank? many greas and historio speeches picked up the signboard cheap, peace treaties of Bukharest and
madə at the Guildhall-ind Mr. that the name did not matter, bui Lefendant-You Arquith quoted one of them in his that the quality of the mending trouble took place in the street. Constantinople." That was more definite, and its bearing on the
sparoh but it is safe to say, even who was much annoyed that the The defendant was rather abusive P. O. Singelton said that the. did. He was 60 ex-navy man, present upheaval is all the more marked when one remembers that
patives of Castleton did not and had received a black eye. · the Great War has had its origin in a rupture between one of the
A fine of $10 was imposed." peak "perlite," and nine times 'St. Paul's College.
Fout of top when you entered the The olasses will reassemble at
Another American sailor, nam Balkan States and Foreseeing the existing conflict, next, 12th inet,
Austria, St. Paul's College on Saturday,
shop there was a little girl with ad Zimmerman, of the same ship, An Unbroken Front.
him. That was Phemie. Very failed to onewer to his name when-
another note justified by sub- the writer mentioned etraok
often, too, Phemie's grandfather a summons for assault was called There is one observation in the present, for the two old men on against him.
The Crown Solicitor, Mr. P.M. sequent happenings when he
were great friends. Phemie's speech which is perhaps worth father was also in the navy, hut Hodgson, appeared to pro We have received from A Fong making a note of in passing. Phemie's mother was dead. Ex. secute and asked that the man's 'constitutionally unable to view the faceral of the lato Mr. Re the Prime Minister was observed that Germana are a series of photographs taken at Regarding the work of the army able-seaman Grant was teaching bail, of $40, should be eatrested, Iily's adherence to the Triple gionld Dennis on Saturday..
not Phamie to speak "perlite."
sad a warrant issued for the de-. Alliance with enthusiasm or con- fidence. In the dread day of Kallan Mining Administration, pected, to say much. That would Channel Fleet lay in the Firth Mr. Wood asked whether justice
disposed, as was only to be ex Now, one week in August the fendant's arrest. Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which Armageddon, they are persuaded Administration's mines for the stand at present. He was less Phemie's grandfather went to ses bail, but Hr. Hodgson said he The total output of the above have been nowise as matters of Forth, off Queensferry; and would be done by estreating the requires them to forward their names and address.s with Germany and Austria will find we kending August 22 «mounted rescent concerning the
Editor, not necessarily for themselves compelled to face to 45.515 75 tons and the sales dar which has done sufficient, ap much of the vessel on which his before the Court.
navy. Als he was shown over as thought the men ought to appear Europe alone." And assuredlying the period to 43.220 75 tone. pareatly, to venia e a fairly de- sun was stoker petty officer és, W. H. Freeman, of the Gar to-day they are alone.
finite statement. But at least it
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1914.
BENEDICT THE FIFTEENTH.
it is possible that he may have imbibed some of the latter's ideas! DISORDERLY CHINESE.
Photographs.
University of Hongkong.
Tai-song."
Possession of Arms.
"Pooh-nonsense," contemptuously.
be said
"When I was
as Alexandria, sir—”.
Now, the bombardment of
And What It Cost Him.
Alexandria was his pet eubject, Mr. Wilson, engineer on the s and Phemie's grandfather had Hangsang, prosecuted a Chinese heard of that bombardment a boy this morning, at the Police
Court, for attempted assault.
hundred times...
Ob, Alexandria be damned,”
he said.
A Silly Rumour.
A northern comlémporary is
The following is a supplemen.18 possible to draw some consider, was good for him. Wherefore be rison Military Police, said that on greatly concerred hessase it has tary list of successful candidates able comfort frm the remarks came home full of it. beard a rumour that Yaan Shib-at
Saturday at 11 25 he was sesaulted "If ye could hae seon it," he in Queen's Road Central by the the Hongkong University the Prime Minister did let full said when he called round with defendant; he was truck behind kai is to be asked to assume the Matriculation examinatios-Pak oncerning the British army Parmie next morning. title of Shenwu or Divine Majsaty. Shu liti, Zung Kwei-wong, King Daring a fortnight's fighting, he don't say a word !"
**M*p, the right ear, which had swollen, From this it proceede to argue
sid, they bad presented an un.
His Worship made an order thas the centralisation of authority
defeated and unbroken front. for years-"
"I have seen them. Bless you, entreating the bail and issued a Rat-catcher Sentenced. accomplished by the resident is Chau Ying, whọ when in re-far as the operations have gone, daye,"
Equily, when he states that, 0}
warrant. The man, however, ap At a moment when the fiercest struggle known to modern bistory which is suggested to be the a rat-catcher for the Sanitary and comfort, it may be taken that sir, they were well ahead of to-
leaning to some deficite porpose, gular employment is engaged as there is abundant rom for pride
"Av, but that was in the suld peared later, and the case was is in proge, Giacomo della Obiess has been called upon by his assumption of regal or imperial Board, appeared this
set down for hearing at three Old days. Old duya! God, o'clock this afternoOD, fellow cardinals to exercise spiritual control over just upon three dignity. We should have thought at the Police Court on a charge of having reflected on every possible days. To-day-poob I " hundred million people of every race and class. His election, has that thetailly statement would have having broken and entered into a interpretation which may be
morning he is not speaking without day. We were men in the old certainly, opme as a surprise, fur mast of us had never even board been given a rest by this time. It dwelling hones. Og Saturday placed upon his words. There is good as ever they were," cried the "BOY'S” NASTY TEMPER. his name, and it will be seen from our irene of Saturday that he was may, or may not, be true that the afternoon he was surprised by the no more careful man in the matter other hotly. His eon was can of "The men to-day are just aa raised to the cardinalate as recently so last May,
Itie commonly said that every Papal election is a matter of policy. to assume such a title as that effects. He was sent to prison for mone, and if Mr. Asquith suggests that for the moment.
President is to be aekod tenant of a house inspecting the of words in the House of Com them, but old Grant had forgotten To some extent this is true, though not in the invidious sense in suggested, but it does not necessix weeke, with four hours' stocks. that comfort may be taken from which come persons would employ the expression; the aim of the marily follow that he will do so. Tolers being to choose the man best calonlated to rule with wisdom President Yuan has often declared and tact and, at the same time, the man whose election will be mthat he has no intention of seek-
the fighting in which the British At the Police Jourt, this morn-troopa bave taken part, why then acceptab'o to the Catholic world at large. Doubtless one point, ing royal honours or of founding ing, before Mr. J. R. Wood, an it may. His words bear out what which largely influenced the College of Cardinals in this case is the a dynasty, and nothing that be Indian, named Hardit Singh, was we have consistently alleged in fact that the new Pope is comparatively young-not yet sixty, has done has given the lie to that charged with being in unlawful this column-that the pre- Popular opinion had marked down three members of the sacred declaration. If the suggestion possession of a Mauser pistol and position must not be judged College as probable candidates: Cardinals Rampolla, Vinoont has been made that he should a quantity of ammunition. The the face of it.. Vabuislli and Merry del Val; but of these, the first is seventy-eight accept the title named it may defendant was arrested by Det. years of aga and the second seventy-two, the third being still only mean no more then that in some
Pincott on board the forty-nine. Cardinal Rampolla war, we know, looked upon as almost quarters there is a disposition to Mexico Maru, having come from
Bergt.
It appeared that the prosecutor, An Illuminating Statement.
who had been trying to open his a certain successor to Leo XIII; but, at the last moment, it was felt pay him a compliment. The rum British Columbia. The defen 1-
Old Grant rose with his eyes desk, found that he was unable to abat bis election would prove unpopular in certain quarters of our is not worth taking seriously, ant, who said he had been given Press Bureau does not tell na
The latest announcement of the flashing. He seemed to bristle. do so. He called his boy and Europe, and Cardinal Barto, a non-party man, was appointed. Car- dinal della Chiess, it will be seen, bas boon as it were a protege of
a bag by a friend to bring to much. One important statement Do you know what you said, sir? to
"Alexandria be damned, air! informed him of his inability Cardinal Rampolla's for a matter of seven and twenty years, and
Hongkong, said he did not know is that battles have been fought Out of my place! Never come he had been meddling with it open it, and asked if what was in the bag. He was which in other wars would have here again! on church-government; but that, of course, remains to be seen,
fined $250.
The boy flew into a temper and been regarded as of first magnitude "Oh, I'll go, I'll go. Don't shook his fist at the prosecutor The new Pope, as might be expected, has no easy task before him.
but which in this war are no you think I'll come back. Come on who told him to get out. The He is, like Leo X:11, an aristocrat, and he follows one who was in
more than strategic incidents. Phemie."
boy remained and used abusive every res eot a man of the people one whose intensely broad human this morning at the Police Cours
That is A most illuminating But Phemie could not under language until he was put out sympathies established a standard which bia success will be expect with behaving in a disorderly.
observation. I realises for ua stand the sudden squall that had A few minutes later, the boy return- ad to live upto. Stumbling-blooks innumerablelis ahead of him; points mancer at Yaumati in the theatre
the tremendous sweep of the arisen. She wanted to stay. whareon his opinion, advice, infiarnos or judgment will be required, there.
operations which are in progress whether publicly or in secret. The Earopean War, the Home Rule was that two of the men at the received by the American Con- statement of the numbers involv- he would never have done.
The case for the police
"Come oz or 1's belt ye," said The telegrama quoted below was more clearly than doee a mere her grandfather angrily, which question, the industrial troubles of the world, are all of them matters performance were seated in the sulate General, Hongkong, from ed. Simply to say that so many "You touch that child and I gave the man in charge. concerning which a not inconsiderable section of sceisty will look to gallery and threw cushions into the Manila Observatory at 4.10 millions of men are engaged dres shall touch you, the other sold him for guidance; while his attitude towards "Modernism" on the the auditorium below. These two p.m. on Saturday:~ one hand and the Temporal Power idea on the other will certainly were arrested, and they were
not couvay anything definite to him. be watched with the liveliest curiosity.
Another difficulty 100, lies in his way-one which, fifty years coustable the third defendant
"Mind your on business being taken to the station by a of Meiacosima, moving N."
Cyclone or Typhoon. --SE, the mind; but, when it is remark
ed that, say, the battle of what there is of it," Phemie's At 1220 pm September 6, Waterloo would have been di grandfather told him, and at that decessora, has steadily e me more and more into prominence; Le. the police.
missed as of minor importance in insult the ex-naval man could the fact that his Charch is no longer looked upon as the sole into custody. This morning they
He also was taken ceived :- de property of the Latin perplos, the Austrians, the B-lgians and a few were sent to prison for seven days, or over southern Formosa, moving ning on. Yet despite the number For ten days Phamie came no her a bad busting period of
"Cyclone or Typhoon -Near in ident we begin to realise thewoward the door. Germans During those fifty years the number of English-speaking
immensity of the struggle that is TON Catholic has prown frim a negligible fow to no less than thirty
W. or W.N.W. seven and a half millions-ihe bulk of them being of non-Latin.
Cyclone or Typhoon-W, of of men engagert it is worth noting more to the little shop, sad the tried to frame a fitting phrase of origin, and hailing from depo ratio or quaai-dem oratio countries:
The Open Door" in
the northern Ladzone or Mariana that there have been few, if any, old man missed her sorely. More sympathy with which to meet bi the Binh I-lea, Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Siates. While we have no right to suppose that these English-Manchuria Daily News reports
Manchuria.
Islande, moving W. or W.N.W." wore in which the declaration of thas once bé felt like making the old friend, but he could not think? Peking Angust 13th.-The
war was no speedily followed by first move towards reconciliation, of one. It was not easy, sir. He speaking subjects of Pope Benedict XV are other than unswervingly that the Washington Government loyal where matters of faith and doctrine are concerned (for the haa addressed a note to Japan,
a big fight. In 1870, for instance, but pride stuck in his thront. walked very slowly, but it would war was declared on July 19: hut Then one morning Phemie, on not come. Modern at party is too unimportant, and probably too ephemeral,
He found his old friend with loo uni), we cannot escape the fact that their feeling is, as a whole, and show her goodwill to acknow. The Japan Gazette anys: Welat Wisermburg and Gainburg Granpa's greeting., said she, down on them. He dropped
requnating her to open Manchuria
cox derned, or that the day is coming when they will ask to be more Thereupon, the Japanese Cabinet Chimenz, Vice Oonaul for the Germany defeated the French and been impressed on her. The old forward. He rested his band on and American Cardinale, not including Cardinal Merry del Val who had a secret meeting. Later on, Argentine, that H.B. Roqun Saenz entered their country. Evente man etarted and something the other's head and his friend is half Bitish, is, we believe, only seven.) It would be impertinent the Minister of Foreign Affairs Pens, President of the Argentine have developed much more gripped his heart, Was bis old looked up. Biaface was haggard, en our part to assume that this matter hen not already been carefully British and French Ambassadors. Buenos-Ayres while on a visit to Germans, for example, were air, he would go and help him, the naval man brökpoly," "It
conferred for a long time with the Repablio, died on August 12 in rapidly in the predent war. The friend in trouble? Then, by God, You know what I feel. weighed at Rome; it may even be that the new Pontiff has already mapped out his course in regard thereto. In any case we wish him Then another Cabinet meeting that city]
The flig of the repulsed before Linge on August Be hanged to pride, air! Phemio, it's worse than Alexandria." pals passage through the clashing currents that lie in his way.
took place.
Argentine Conenlate was to be 8. only seven days after war und he left the shop to take oare Phemie oam forward wonder at half-mast for three days.
of itself, and on the way he ugly and fondled a hand of egon3.
Three Chinese were charged
TYPHOON WARNING.
ed, beading a gang of Chinese, and armed with a rolling pin. Frosecutor took the weapon away from him, throw it overboard, and
The defendant was fined $20,"
age, did not exist, but whicb, during the reigns of his three pre- called upon the crowd to assult 1914, the following was this warmerely a strategioji pok. He could only point learned the truth, Phemie-
largely represented in the Sacred follege. (The number of British
The Late President of the
en Argentine. A
it was not till August4 that the first whom her grandfather had kept.
God bless her alwaya was father- less. Only two old men to love
Perious engagement was fought a close watch, toddled ia, his armeon the table and his head
broke out