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APRIL 23, 1915.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS
GRAMMAR DEAD ONES HAVE." THE MUNITIONS, QUESTION.
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St. George for Mèrrie Engiwad.
It is well to remember, when wo are inclined to grumble at Eogland's neglect of her national Saint, that recent years have at least seen a marked improvement
The Weather. in this matter. Twenty or even tan
Lower level 8.a.m. Temp. 74; years ago, five men out of six could not have told us whether 8t.
At the Poak 8 a.m. Temp. 62; Gerrge's Day was the Twenty-
fog. bird of April cr the Twenty- third of November. Englishmen
AND LEARN HOW TO are still slack when compared with
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The Malls.
American Maila-Due per s.8.
Mongolia to-day:
Mail-Closed per 8.9.
English
for St. David was at least a genuine Cambrian. The Iisband The Scots, too, have something substantial to point to in the way of Patrone, for though the Irish- men's Saint was a Scot and the Scotsmen's a Jewish tax-gatherer, both at least tangible, historical personages; whereas - when we spark of St. George
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Malta at 11 a.m. to-day.
Siberian Mail-Closed per
Sardinia today at 4 p.m.
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The Mediterranean Force.
themselves able to me at least a
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HONGKONG. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1915.
BRITAIN AND CONSCRIPTION.
which has come under our notice, it is not unsafe to assume that other Chinese are still dealing in
this salubrious commodity. The culprit in question was fined fifty dollara. Doubiless he is too old to
Bicke.
$500 Fire. At the Police Court, this
GALLOPED TO COURT.
A Kowloon Horseman's Difficulties with his 'Mount
To glance at the ponies in Kowloon when they are galloped about the roads by young horse men, on many occasions three and four amateur jockeya having alternate rides until the period of hire expires, would hardly think that they could do such a thing se bolt. However, at the Polios Court, this morning, a story of a роду that shied, and caused a"
+
LE TER FROM THE FRONT.
know that
It will be noticed that the main interest of to-day's wires hange round the munition question. It is not till we read such a statement Practically every week we call on that made by the Chancellor of attention to some buge haul of better thinga. da we have said reading matter. To-day there the Exchequer as to the amonat opium or other, and we have certain increased velocity, was
used, that we who are civilians spoken of record hauls fairly fre realise the magnitude of that quantly. As a matter of fact unfolded. question. According to Mr. Lloyd records were being broken practic-Oity noticed three horsemen pass Sorgeant Simm, of Kowloon de rge's statement, the artillery ally every haul. Since last the station at a steady pace, but ammunition used at the battle of evening however, the big captures later saw one, which, he alleged, Neave Chapelle equalled the of the past, if they do not pale was going at a pros dangerous entire quantity employed in the into insignificance, certainly do to the public, and ridden by F.O. Boer Wor-which lasted about not look so very great. two and three quarter years! I Fortwo or three days the to the Magistrate that when he Botlebo. The Inspector explained is by giving publicity to facts Revenue OBoars - Messre, aslied on the defendant to stop like this that the Government Wilden, Knight, Langley and he did not, and it appeared as will most readily force home to MoMillan, have been on the qui vive though he took no notice of the the people the situation as re-concerning the steamers Benavon order. The Chinese children garde supplier. Furtunately and Bearinace, and handling wero scared. those who are mainly responsible their duties cleverly they have Defendant," said the pony shied
have made hauls for maintaining there
of opium valued at some women who were carry- not only already made themselves roughly at $150,000. Wildening some grass and be had con- acquainted with the difficulties of WAS successful in getting trol of the pony. the roution but have proved $14,000 worth,
His Worship eaid he would ac reasonable proportion of the de performance, but there was still he dismissed the charge.
10 itself was a meritorious capt the defendant's story, and mand. Here again Mr. Lloyd one more ship to racsive their George wisely gives figures. olose attention. It was the quar $86, Since November the rate of out- tette of officers mentioned that put has been increased five times took the second ship in band, and 890, over. Not such a bad record for though on the first visit they
a country that a year gr, accord- could not find any trace of opiam, The following letter was re- ing to the wet-blanket school of and the ship's officers thought thought, was gring to the dogs. there was a certain amount of ceived by Clarence and John The Right & an in The Right Place legpulling about the wan lerings Farmer, the younger sons of Mr. Mr. Lloyd George slawent cat of the officers up and down the W. Farmer of Canton, who are at to Earl Kitchener's handling of canu'ed, another visit was paid knitted some mittens and packed of his way to as a speci.I tribute different parts of the ship Nhing school in England. The two boss the other sort of supply that of and this time the energies of the them, together with a quantity of men. Happily for the reputation searching party were rewarded sweets they had saved from their for good sense of the British pub with a fad of fo typu hoxes, Christmas parties, and despatched.
them to the Front. stages of the war, gearced to tell of opiam-or 17.000 hs-clever
On Active Service pork for sale. Diseased pork
the greatest general of the agely concealed. Where it was com
February 25, 1915. and in a climate like this? We
how to manage bis affairs, have cealed does not matte suffies it Dear Clarence and John Farmer Visitors To Hongkong.,
long ago been put to silence- and to to say that it was on the ship and To-day I received your nice letter have to congratulate the officer
Mre. H. L. Higgins and the gaping wonderment by his who detected and arrested the Misses Higgins are staying at the scalevemente.
once more the schemes of Chinese among some comforts for the men, enterprising individual, and to Hongkong Hotel. Mr. Higgins is so, the Chancellor's figures in to- ingenious though they are, and ingficer, I am asked to so If this were not smugglere have been shattered, and on behalf of the Command express the hope that he may be president and general manager day's wire would certainly bave in particular this one was, by knowledge the receipt of your gifte successful in bringing home the of the Manila Railroad Co. horrible offence to a low more
that very desirable effect. While Europeans who have at all times to and to tell you that they are much gailty ones; for, inasmuch as it is
Leaving for Home. the world has been thinking that have their wits primed to keep the appreciated by themen who have Among the paasengers leaving we had half a dozen divisions at
to go through great physical not the first cffence of the kind for England to-day was Mr. F. the front, Earl Kitchener, with Colons clear of contraband;
We are inf rmed that a funny suffering while in the trenchee, icke, of the Hongkong Telegraph, out fass or talk, bag pat six times story is associated with the set- Your gifts were served who is going Home on leave. that number into the field or at ting of the opiam on beard. The out to-day and you will He was accompanied by Mrs. the bases, and every casualty has firemen are Chinese, and when
10 be glad been replaced. By hie condues the ship was in London, an ap they reached some of our men who of affairs Lord Kitcbecer bas prentice, to young in pairs and wanted such useful articles. morn-euroly proved to the British, pab Those who have looked forward gloomily to the possibility of have enjoyed the benefit of the ing, a Chinese, charged by ite-lio for all time that, whion war is experience to know the Chinese Many of our men have already conscription's being introduced into Britain at an early date will intretions in bygone which are venue officer Knight, with being the order of the day, the depart-Chinese car ring a box on bard. their country's cause, but we doubtless gather omfort from Mr. Lloyd George's statement in the nowadays given by the Hongkong in unlawful possession of opium mont whose business it is to deal He asked what the box caatuned, we go forward in the hope of
and so dil not know lieving that the war would be more successfully prostouted by the what he was selling, was rank three month's imprisonment. an experienced soldier and not in couree he did not gen the forty-one achieved we hope to return to our introduction of compulsory service. But against the few who Chinos Saimat bich even the The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club. those of a civiliar. We Britishers boses, or he might have become loved ones again.
stomach would, in all prophesy conscription in the Old Country, we have the many who do
Tae closing cruise and the graap, a faut very slowly, but suspicious that three quarters of Please accept par thanks and nos honestly believe it will ever be necessary; and, fer the view taken likelihood, not bo proof. This race for the Commodore's Cup, fortunately we are not a rose to by that many, there seems a deal to be said. Obviously the firet count for the court's will take place on Saturday May go on making the same mistakes suficient for the use of a handful
a ton of soap was jast more than Believe me, taking so merciful a view of the 1. If time permits, there will be over and over again. We have of Chinese firemen. point which legislators bave to observe, before introducing a new measure into a country, is the peculiarity of temperament of its case; but we hope that, in future Ladies' Rae, particulars of learned the difference between people. Nut to observe this point is to bring more or less disastoro tan count of hygienic which will be announced later. trusting the military interests of of the opium seized on the Ben- To get at an approximate value knowledge on the part of the upon the country in question. Now the British temperament is,
Kailan Minlog.
the Empire to civilians, and avon, one has to assume a value of and from mediaeval times onwards has ever been, opposed to cellers of putrid meat will be
The Kilan Mining Admini-placing everything unreservedly about $8. par pound, and the EUROPEAN SUMMONED. compaleion where serving in the army is concerned; and we know assumed by the Bench. Cine arguments that would shake the Britisher from his stand in a stated me up, a hors-output of the Administration's soldier; and the discovery is not $14,000, will bring the aggregate An Inquisitive Chinese Attended
tration inform us that the total ander the control of a practical 17,000 lbs at this velas with the As we yesterday, a sug mines for the Week ending 10th, likely to be thrown away on as already stated. But the Colony's this respect. He is by nature obstinate, and nothing brings out-
to by dogs. his obstinacy mora readily than any sort of ampulsion. If we geation has been made in a Home April amounted to 69,981 22 topa
Sir Ian Hamilton for the revenne has not only benefited by wanted illustrations we could find them by the score. He has usual- paper, that now is the time for and the Sales during the period,
Near East,
these two bauls within the last British publishers to get a foot-
Before Mr. Wood, at the Police ly his own code of right and wrong; he believes murder, theft hold in the class of trade follow- to 51,077,42 tour.
Talking of soldiers, another few days, at, we are informed, Court, this morning, Mr. W. T. (beyond a certain limit) and one or two other orimes to be wronged by Baton Tauchnitz" com-
School, Chess Competition. wire says that the Mediterran- therefore he does not commit them. On the other hand, smuggling,
The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollook ean expeditionary force is now there were two unreported cap Edwards, Kennedy Road, and poaching, drinking to excess he does not regard as crimes. se many of our readers know, competition among the schools the finest battalions of the vessels only a few days ago, the Department, was summoned for The Tauchnitz edition, K, O. has cffered a cup for a chess complets; that it includes tures of great size from two other employed in the Public Works not particularly anxious to indulge in these pursuits, but the more gives to the continental public, at of the colony and in connection British army, and that value of the drug seized running allowing his dogs to be at large the law saya "Thou ebalt not" the greater pleasure ba bas in setting. the law at defance. Thus it is as idle to talk to him about obliga popular of the up-to-date books, played cft yesterday between The War Office would have looked
a very low price, all the most with this a friendly game was Ian Hamilton
into tens of thousands of dollars, without muzzles. commande it.
A cook employed by Burgeon tory service in the army as about drink-prohibition or uniformity of untranslated of course. The plan Queen's Collage and the Diocesan a long way before it found a better religious worship.
LANGKAT OUTFUT.
General Hoskyn gave evidence' to was to pay to an author a sum School, the former winning by man. His service dates back as
the effect that whilst in Wanobai Conscription he have none of, and the moment it was
|down-somewhore about
he was bitten by a small dog. He introduced would be the very moment that he would oboose for
four games to one. Mr. A. Wfar as the Afghan War of 1878 hundred pounde, if we Grant of Queen's College will be 1880 during which he was twice advise us that the Langkat output out muzz es. A Europeaa lady. Mesere, Wright and Hornby saw two doga ronning loose with- evading it by some mens or other. He prefere-and rightly-that the King should trust to his honour and his love of country. Of ion to re-publish. Of course it schools caring to take part in the has since gained distinction in
right for permiss-pleased to hear from any other mentioned in despatches, and he for the current month is as was standing near. cope there are unwortby persimista who will urgue that that love of country does not exist; but the best answer lar authors who had a large sale. The late Colonel Farquhar.
wae a doubtful blessing to popa-contest of the cup.
follows:- South Africa (the first and second to them is the account of the Neave Chapelle battle which for though it was distinctly elated
Agril Lieutenant Colonel Francis and in India. He is in his sixty- Baer Wara), on the Nile, in Burma we published the other day. We have only to regard the facte; on the Tauchaitz book-covers Farquhar has been killed while third year, but those of our Earl Kitchener sekel for a certain number of men, and he got them; that none of these re printe should in command of Princes Patricia's readers who saw him when he and abould be require more he has but to ask for them. The be brought into England, un- (Canadian) Light Infantry, and he was in Hongkong some two and lesson of the present war is not that the Empire neada conecription, but that the some of the Empire should be ashamed, in future, to ropulous people emuggled them joined this battalion from the a half years ago know that he has own to not knowing how to use a rifle. If compuleion is to enter losing a considerable sum in the which he was serving as Military comparatively young man. Sir in by the soare, the author thas Duke of Connaught's Staff, on Bill all the go and "spring" of a into the matter, let it apply to military education which is not the
course of the year in royalties. Secretory. Colonel Farquhar In's appointment is a peculiarly same thing as enforced military service. Hereafter, the Britisher We hope to bear that a British was an officer of the Coldstream happy one, in that he is well over the age of sixteen should never be able to plead ignorance firm will undertake some scheme Guards, and hid served in the acquainted with the partionlar where the ass of a rifle is concerned, Military matters should be taught which will include all the ad- Militis and in the Chinese Ite-wat-theatre to which he is being in every British school and night-ofses throughout the Empire, and boys should learn, from practice and not merely from theory, how to Vantages and nons of the draw-giment of Infantry, Her Majesty's sent, and is, in fact, an expert on First Chinese at Wei-bai-hei. He matters dealing with Turkey and rough it" ni how to look after themselves in case of an emerg-
did well, everywhere, and was the Near East. oney. There will always be 'voluntary reoraila enough for a stand- ing army of respectable size--so long as it is made apparent that
given the DS. O. He was a promotion will go to those who deserve it; and when the non-symy In Japan there were 41,450 graduste of the 8aff College, and men have mastered the more elementary side of a military training, medical practitioners at the end was an able linguist. The only
Japanese Steamers Wrecked, that should be all that is asked of them. If every man who has of last year, in a population of surviving son of Bir H. T. Faz- abandoned civilian life since the war began had been taught from 54,843,000. The ratio of the quhar, Colonel Farquhar married We understand that the steam- eraNogata Maru and Yeiraka boyhood the use of the rifle and kindred matters, more than half the population to the number of med- Lady Evelyn Hels-Hutchinson, a Mara, which were
the ical mon stands thus at 1,823 sister of the sixth Earl of Donough- Amherst Books on the 10th period of preparation for the Front which they have had to undergo would have been unnecessary. The will has been good enough, and to each medical practitioner, more who will be remembered as instant, have been abandoned, will remain good; and it will inke much to persuade us that Britain whereas in Germany the ratio Private Secretary to Sir Henry as it is considered impossible to will ever lank volunteers in time of trouble. All that is needed is stande at 1.100 of the population Blake when Governor of Hong salys them, NC. Daily News. that those volunteers should be such as will upare their instructors to every physician needless waste of time when their services Chance to be called
pany.
remember
backs of the Tanobbits system.
"Medical Men in Japan.
an our Revenue Officera do saw a laid down their lives in
Tons 254 239 242
233
273
250
238
244
269
278
11
270
238
269
311
268
205
280
22
247. 208
282
200
302
Total to 22nd inst. 5,869
Daily average 200.77
Yoare very sincerelyTM
W. M. ALLAN,
Captain, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Mrs. Edwards said as she wae retorning from a all the dogs saw her and ran down the roud. The dogs did not go on to Kennedy Road at all. The com- plainant went too near the approach and the doge resonted it. The dogs were kept for guarding the house and
were much needed. A
Mr. Edwards said he saw the whole thing. He was pointing out some work to a contractor and complainant became interested in what defendant was doing, The |doga did not leave defendant's".
property,
perjalana Inspector Gordon asked if there was a railing or fence to prevent the dogs running to the road.
Defendant said there was not His Worship said if the pro- perty was not enclosed the dogs - should be muzzled, It was not an offence to have dogs anmuszi. ed on one a property and the suma !mons would be dismissed.