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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
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Over-charging.
DAY BY DAY.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS.
The Weather.
Despite recent resoutions, the Chinese compradore in still in- dulging in his little game of over charging, according to infor
A GREAT PART OF THE HAP- mation which Lu come to us from PINESS OF LIFE CONSISTS NOT IN Kowloon. There is a shop in ING THEM. A MASTERLY RETREAT FIGHTING BATTLES, BUT IN AVOID Haiphong Road, wa are told, IS IN ITSELF A VICTORY, — L003- where tinned beef which could follow. previously be bad at from 35 to 400 cents is now priced from 08 to 70 cents, and if customers era not Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 71;
fine. willing to pay this figura they At the Peak 8 a.m. Temp. 62; cannot obtain any. In the same fine. place, too, jam is still on the increase in price an increase Siberian Mail-Due to pr.ive which takea it considerably above the official charge. Wo bave previously drawn attention to this latter point, giving definite prices charged, and we under- stand that the situation is now no better than it then was. Dealing with the Evil.
TIT FOR TAT.
The Russian Position, Analysed.
SUMMARY COURT.
Several Interesting Cases Come Up.
THE YARN MARKET.
A Crisis Feared in Hongkong.
Messrs. Polishwella and Kot wall, in their report dated November 20, stats:
This morning, the Paisne Once again the Germans have Judge had before him the follow been at their old game of seeking among other, ca839:--- out the Brit sb, and once again the World's News Ltd., and heavy blow by the failure of one During the past fortnight, the Arthur Nilsson and O, sued market has been dealt another they have been given better than another to recover the sum of of the big yarn dealers, which has they have brought. Their artill- result of shelling two of our ery fire, we are told, had the $687, alleged to be due on a had the effect of effectually
promissory note. battalions out of their trenches, chambera until to-morrow,
paralysing whatever rimasnt of The case was adjourned into trade there was left, and we are
now faced with a situation nearly aialogons to that disastrous year Hip 1906, when everyone of the yarn and dealers had to close up
At the moment of writing, one
The Malls.
to-morrow. Australian Mail-Closes to mor- but our men were not content to
» row at 98,1. : Siberian Hail.Closes to-morrowing brilliantly, they counter- lat matters rest there. Recover-
Bankrupt, at 4 p.m..
attacked to such good effect that Cheong v. Cruz Basto
When the case of the enemy was driven back in others was called on, it was| complete disorder. An effort announced by Mr. Heywood that or two of the dealers may perhaps the Telegraph against another of our divisions the defendant fra was in bank be able to tide over, but it is sa met with no better resulte for the ruptcy. The case was according open secret that the bulk of them Germane. Incidents of this kindly adjourned sine dis. The claim are hopelessly beyond their depth show of what staff our soldiers is for $362.50, are made.
and cannot possibly meat their oatia iding contracte,
N
Count the Columns, Yesterday
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will be 35 pablished. ake their chances of detection, they most likely come out of the and if they are caught and fined
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MARRIAGE.
HASKETT-JONES--At Wanchai Wesleyan Church, on Nov. 19th, by the Rev. Chas Bone, Florence Stockholm Jones, of Swindon, England, to George D. Heskett, of the P.W.D., Hongkong, formerly
of Swindon, England.
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
ECNCECNO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914,
IS AMERICA PREPARED?
the offending ones to their senses.
Thomas Hardy and Rheims.
Home papers quote a letter in which the leader of the big recently written by Thomas Hardy,
preases bis entire, bewilderment army of modern novelists ex-
he can scarcely bring himself It is clear, from this letter, that believe that the bombardment was intentional. Is there any re- mote chance," he asks wistfully,
at the fate of Rheims Cathedral. to
18
Better Men.
of a mechine; he has more in thinking for himself. If punish dividuality; he is accustomed to ment comes, he takes it more or
No Particulars.
As a result of the failure re It bas long since been establish Miss D'Almeida sued Mr. J. D.ferred to, one firm of importers ed that, man for man, the British F. Mulder to recover the sum of thought fit to put up to auction "Tommies" ure streets abead of $118.74.
some 400 bales, which of cours the German conscripts, either in intelligencs, courage, or power of and Mason, appeared for the de
Mr. Mason, of Moser: D'Almada dit not improve matters.
It will be reculled that as early endurance, to say nothing of fendant and asked for the case to as last Felruscy, we deemed playing the geme." The foot be struck out, There had bean it our duty, in view of the is that the British soldier is less bree orders made for the de- precarious routi u of the Chinese livery of particulars, the third of dealers in their re's'ions with the the present no particulars had porters that is behoved them to which was peremptory, bat up to country buyiri, to warn the im been ssut to him. less as a matter of course—na
ake joint action and to devise
Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals he is doing he dese not let his Strong Allegations.
Alice Memorial Hospital.
His Lordahin said he would some means bereby the interesta
bega to acknowledge with thanke nerves get the better of him. And Mr. Heywco 1, of Mr Lo D'Aling their own later strip went
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice He generally knows fall well what to-morrow,
more seriously than he has to deal with the can in chambra of the dealers could be protected, and disk by sizeding such pro- tention they would be safeguard- the following donation to the we believe he can keep going, no mada e Castro's office, appested but regret that our warning went funde of the Hospitals:-Hospital matter what task he is put fo for the plaintiff in the Caes in unbeeded. Total sales, 780 bales. Sunday, Usion Church, $65. next, far longer than the men which A. R. Ellis is ening the bat undelivered in the Godown Unsold Stocks, 57,800 bales. Sold City Printing Co., Ltd., to recover and to arrive 28,000 bales, the sum of $800, alleged to be
Unlicensed and Unmuzzled. Mr. J. R. Wood, for keeping a Mr. Misken, of the Peak, was summoned this morning, before
allowing it abroad without its dog without a licence, and with muzzle on. The defendent was fined $5 on each charge.
pitted against him.
A Test of Endurance.
With the Russians.
Was not
case was not.
"
*
with some business
gal or Chinese. Stock 000 bales Bengal and 700 Chingte. Quota- tion: Bengal $16 to $20, Chinese at $20 to $25 per pical..
Raw Cotton,No sales in Ben-
EMDEN'S COLLIERS.
A Greek Dental.
we may rest assured that the slow, Mr. R. O. Faithfull appeared for Nabis and Oriental, from Bom With these though.e in mind, das na airears of salary Arrivals. The mail atra. will work out all right in the that before the case was tried be for Hongkong and 9,000 bales for agonising tussle now going on the defendant Company, and said bay, have brought in 6,000 bales end. For the battle is zo would want to administer intern kong to Shanghai 3,500 bales. resolving itself into a test of rogatories to the plaintiff. The Local Mill No sales.
Shangbai. Shipment from Hong. Hongkong Jockey Club, endurance; and that is where we books of the Company were not Members of the Hoogkong abould get the pull. For a time, as in his hands, though he was the "of the devastation being accid-Jockey Club are reminded of we observed a couple of days ago, soliciter to the Company, and from this market are to the effect ental, or partly accidental, is a slightly batter Shanghai.The latest advices ior officer? Probably, by this at noon, at the offices of the or Belgium. The lines of contact would be able to prove when the passing. contory to the orders of a super called for to-morrow (Saturday), change in the situation in France he had at yet received them. He feeling, time, any doubts which the great Jockey Club, on the ground floor between the rival armies have ass cime author may have. entertained on of the Hongkong Club Annexe, now been definitely establiebed, there this subject have been removed,
Gn for trial that Japanese Yarn Sales as fol The letter proceeds with what
Chater Road.
and when there is no severe owing to
lowa: 200 bales, Yellow Joss No. penny has
become now
justifi
Interesting Will.
20 at $116.60 bales Sets No, the plaintiff and ably fashionablea denunciation aged 70, of Shanghai, China, for draw in what reinforcements they had been to the bank and found Mr. James Murdock Young, leaders may be counted upon to which he had not accocated. He
fighting to be done the respective that he had received money for 20 at $127 and 150 bales No. 10 of the sham philosopher Nietzsche,
jat $105, E and speaks of the "disastrous my years in business there as a can to strengthen the weak spots that the plaintiff had not kept an blight on the "glory and nobili-merchant, left 22,000 and his in their own lines and to watch account with thead for the Dum ty" of Germany bat his writing his housekeeper, Luig Yow, other Thus for
household and personal effects to for weak spots in the hostile line. have brought about. "I should wise Mrs. Carter-estate in the expect the warfare to rataina simple one.
pany. D time think there is no instance, since United Kingdom, £13,490.
WO may Mr. Haywood said the case was history began, of a country being
ita present, character-the rival Singapore Health Returns. eo demoralised by a single writer,
legione thrusting The mortality returns
Mr. Faithfull replied that the the irony being that he was a Singapore for the week ended view (o one or the other breaking for each other back and forth with a
og idet claim was a simple one, but the megalomaniac, and not truly a Oct. 31 show a death rate per through. Bat that cano; go on Although there is small probability of the United States being deed! We wonder what Mr. total number of deaths being 313; must eventally be exbansted, philosopher at all." Irony, in-mille of 33.64 for Singapore, the for over. One side or the other
The 0183 was adjourned for a week. directly involved in the present world-crisis, points occasionally Shaw will have to say to this... arise which make the question of her preparedness for war of special
27 died of malarial fever, 21 of And we do not believe that side
Question of Counter-claim.” interest. She is at present the only great country outside the con-Architect and Novelist, --
fever, not specified; 31 each of will be the Allies.
H. H. Williams sued A. R. flict; if we except Italy, whose influence in the councils of the world It is not only the novelist, the beri beri and 19 of pneumonia. Turning to thee mpaign in the Mr. Rnse, who appeared for the of 14, St. Mary Axe, E.C., sends phthisis and convulsion, 18 of has long since been on the wane, and for that raison, apart from post and the man of superfine
Ellis to recover the sum of $800,
Mr.W.E. Fordham, writing for any other, speculation is often indulged in as to how she would feeling and of extreme artistio
and this case was mentioned by Messra. A. A. Embiricos and Co., show up in contact with some of the Powers now actively engaged appreciation in Thomas Hardy at the Bijou includes the tw-onemy in East Prussia, while the defence in the struggle. The matter, we notice, was just a month ago before that the destruction of theims part comedy," Willa Live they are hot afoot after the
The programm now showing continue to cause anxiety to the Mr. Bratton's office, appeared for coaling of the German cruiser eastern theatre, the Russians still plaintiff. Mr. W. B. Bind, of the following letter respecting the the House of Representatives in Washington, when Mr. Gardner, abas appealed to; it is to the Homance," a very laughable film, Austriani in Galicia. In Poland obtained an adjournment last knowledge that it has been oir representative from Massachusetts, who had recently returned from highly qualified professional man with tue ropular M. Prince in the they are encountering strong weak by stating that he culated that we are interested or
Emden, in local waters. the war zone in Europe, advocated an enquiry into the preparedness as well. Many of us, in our principal role;
"A ramour having come to our of the United States for war, offensive or defensive, by a National admiration for his literary work, G zeits (3rd Series);
Patha's War forces of the Germane, and bada counter-claim Security Commission.
Some of Mr. Gardner's submissions and he appears to have was recognised as a novelist, he had thrift's Reform" and "A Scout what. That is not altogether only this morning that he dis to give publicity to the statement,
perhaps forget that, long before he dramatic pictores,
two here their advance guarda file, but he had not done so yat.
to coacerned in the coaling of the spoken his mind in very plain terma-are worth quoting at this been a skilled and enthusiastic drel's Chance," and a screaming surprising, as instincts of self-covered what the counter claim that there is not the slightest "A Spend have had to fall back some Mr. Bind replied that it was we will thank you to note, and German Fleet in Indian waters, moment. "The United States," he said," is totally unprepared for architect. His professional know-ly fanny farce entitled "A Jolly preservation would naturally cause was. It would ts filed in the vestige of truth in any such sug- a war, defensive or offensive, against a real Power." That this is ledge is enfficiently apparent Little Dinner Oat of Doors." not merely his own private opinion is borne out in a further state-in "Jude the Obscure," and ment he made to the effect that "nearly every Army and Navy still more
the Germans to rush masses of early part of next week. officer to whom I have spoken tells me the same story of inadequate and not particularly well-known ton, who was killed in action et latively small force of the Czar's A case No Appearance. Ell
An early
troops to this region, and it would
gestion or ramur, and further, security," and, be added, "I have yet to speak to a single member story of his: "A Laodicean," the the battle of the Aisne on 18th Army to set itself against the saing W. Stewait to recover the whatever for the supplying
Lieut. Odber Augustus Kaap be the height of folly for a re-
The case was again adjourned. that we are not, directly or of either the Committee on Naval Affairs or the Committee on hero whereof is an ambitious alt., was in the Royal Warwick- Kaiser's legions. Here it must sum of $769.49 was also men- of coal or anything else to the indirectly, interested or con- A case in which E. E. Ellia is cerned in any arrangement Military Affairs of the House of Representatives, in whose judgment young architect. To a man who shire Regiment. He was the be remembered that, after their tioned this morning. I have confidence, who does not in private make exactly the same has studied, as a labour of love, eldest son of Captain Knapton, retreat from Warsaw, the Germans Mr. Oranther Smith appeared cr in any other part of the world. admission." These are strong words, but they do not appear to the designs of half the cathedrals R.N., and Mis. Knapton, of Rape completely destroyed the rail for the plaintiff and raid that the The rumour has osused us German Fleet, in Indian waters have been used without some measure of reason. How does of Europe, the destruction of Hill, Boldre, Hants, and was only ways, and thus the main Russian matter bid hatter be adjourned the greatest pain and indignation, the critic account for the state of affairs he so roundly Rheims must inevitably have 20 years of age. Captain Koap, army's progress has been necess. eine die, as the deferriant had and anyone making each a state- condemns? It would SOME as though he believed the been as cruel a blow as the news ton has served on several ocs atily: slow. Viewed from that not put in an appearance on the ment ie guilty of a gross libel, Carnegie peace movement has had the effect of blinding the of an old friend's death could tons on the China Station, and standpoint, the retirement of the last occasion and had not done so and we shall feel deeply indebted people to modern military necessities, for after remarking have beau. that it is foolhardy to expect to defend the country by moral suasion and financial might alone, Mr. Gurdner declared that "all
was flag-lieutenant during the Russian advance guarde becames on this. the Carnegie millions in the world will not sileros those of us
period that Bir Vesey Hamilton a falling back on to the main who believe that bullets cannot be stopped with bombast nor powT-
woo Naval Commander-in-Chief. forces, and, once the gap has Enquiry Demanded, der vanquished with platitudes," We who know where the pacific- United States Government co Great Britain has asked the
been closed up, we may expect iste in England would have led us had they had their way can ap-make investigations regarding the
to see a resumption of the onward preciate the point of a remark so well put as that, and for the aske alleged ecaling of a German
march of the Russian Army of the fature of America we sincerely hope the public in the States craiser at ses by American and
towards the German frontier. will also cone round to a full realisation of all that it convays.
Norwegian vessels, which sailed
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go in
Bijou Theatre,
Killed In Action.
FOOTBALL.
Straits Settlement Nürses.
Mr. Russ said that his friend
This courae was adopted.
to anyone who will give us such information as shall lead to our finding out the gourds from which this ramour emanated.
"Thereport that the Emden bad "Mousquet" Survivors, taken charge of the Pontoporcs, The correspondent at Sabang belonging to the National Steam of the Sumatra Poston the 31stult., Navigation Company ( No nation wishing to preserve its independence or integrity from New York, nominally for
(Limited), can afford to see the martial spirit of its sons being destroyed, South American ports. The own-
says: Last night the Newbara of Greece, in v which we are in The Penang members of the arrived with 35 of the crew of the terested, and which steamer has whether by peace talk", a falling away of national consciousness ers of the American vessels are Association Football League will estimates for the ensuing year, onang. four were severaly possibly have led people to bredit select committee appointed to French torpedo bost Mousquet, on board a cargo of coal shipped or any other cause. And that is a lesson which America will do not communicative on the subject.
Táo firat division of the H. K. consider the Straits Settlements which was recently Bunk at at Calcutts for Karachi may well to heed. Although it has no real bearing on the point under Another of their colliers, which open to-morrow on the Navy the Hons. A. T. Bryant, A. E. wounded and one has since died, the rumour referred to above, notice, it may be added that Mr. Gardner has very decided views sailed some time are with coal Navy meet the Hongkong Police strongly recommend additional The Newburn was stopped yestar to stato, in view of the disclaimer. on the justice of Britain's cause in the present war. He opened his for Buenos Ayres, has arrived at at 4 pm. Staccommodation for the Govern-day morning by the Emden andesities LANCHES
ground, Happy Valley, when the Adams and Robert Young The wounded are all in Hospital. "It is hardly necessary for us "I am entirely convinced that the German cause ia unholy, and, night overdue, and her proceed. J Clark and Cove; Roed; Gardiner Settlement. The nurse they prisoners of war to Sabang, The her own choice, seek the company mind on the matter before his fellow legislators when he declared, Rio de Janeiro more than a fort- The Police team are Swan; ment nurses in the Northern ordered to take the wounded as that the Pontoporos did not, of added, with emphasis, "I believe that the God of battles will visit fitting subject for enquiry. moreover, a menace to the principles of democracy," And he iuge would also seem to offer and Drury: Grimmett, Reynolds, cay in their report, should be Emden states that she has sunk of the day when the defeat upon the Germans."
Kelly, A. Clark, and Wilson, made as comfortable as possible.
twenty three vessels,
we make in this.communication,
Emden or is Roting other wise than und
under compulsion