GENERAL NEWS.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1915.
MOUTRIE'S PIANOS
According to a speri 1 mesage from Tokyo saya the Peking Daily News, Sun Yat-sen plans to go to the United St Ba. As the Chinese Japacer queation bas been peacefully settled, he will are havo Do more opportunity to realise a wild ambitio by his. slaying in Japan,
Japaness Population in China.
According to idveeligations made last June the Japanese population of Chion is 121956, Of the total 48,009) are in the Kwantung Leased "Territory, 10,- 999 at Mukden, 11,130 at Shang-| lisi, 7,911 at Antung, 6.204. at Tickling, and 0,517 at Nowch-
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The Toyo Spinning Co. A lire broke out in a godown of the Fashimi Branch facto y of the Toyo Spinuing Company. The godown and the factory werS reduced to arher. The fire waÐ got ander control:a: 2.30 am., thanks to the strenuous efforts on the part of soldiers. The dam- aga is estimated to smont to Y30,000.
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"The fall and winter olimate of
We were shivering in our over where costa, but we saw half a dozen men naked to the waist rubbing themselves down with water at the bore trough.
Economies at the Zoo. Tuo receipts from gate money at the Zological Gardens during the year 1014 wore £24,047, a
contract for the building of cover-200 to 500 to the tent-in forse compared with 5:8,230, 14, 1013. even his majesty could answer a new large steamers. They will tente which have been ozat cff by Northern Charmsty is very severe.
that question. Ile doesn't know From all sources the income WUB
be the biggest cargo boats in the the German cavalry. either." £43,141, "against £48,154, In
I found the emperor at gener that matter.
world. This telegram refers to anticipation of a much larger al staff headquarters in the field
Unfortunately for reduction of income during the said Hare B In, Where was 9s, the shipyards are very busy current year the council have that? Well, I know, but that is just now, and these new bonts arranged to keep down erpen ore question I must decline to cannot be ready for delivery be- diture to what is reasonably answer. It is sufficient to say
o 8 January 1, 1917. necessary
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that his majesty was in the field Ships for American Tade.
These steamera will have aa Accordingly, the more important with his brave troops and very actual carrying capacity of 17,000 proposed new works have been confident. His health was ex 1031-poned indefinitely.
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"These tents are very old. Some of them have been patched and thatched with torn and die coloured bits of canvas. The
Englishmen Very Pale. present camp is only a makeshift
"Seems to me a gre: t many of intended to bridge over the time until the winter barracks ehall be the Englishmen are very pale," I completed. By this time they said to the guard.. 'Do they get may be housed in theso perman- enough to eat? He eaid they did,
but that they didn't like it., tors each, that is, of that amount et hat. int cargo
"Germany claim to hold beroath the hatches.
"The men receive a chunk of Thess boats will not be built for 423,000 prisoners of war. The war bread mado of rye and potato THE carrying passengere.
They are housing and feeding of so great flour with a cap of les in the Kaiser Said He Opposed War. intended for the trade with Unit- number must be a tremendous morning, and the same thing at THE "Tue emperor has assured me sion for Relief in Boigium cheques that he bad never desired this ed States and with South Ameri- strain upon resources drained by night, with an occasional chunk of £20,000 from the Lord Mayor of awful were surely did not, and are to be constructed with the necessities of war. Naver sausage added. The one hot meal a view of going through the theless, thera 9,000 men at Doe- of the day is at nton, when cach gets a panaikin fall of a soapy want it. He has told me that bie Panama canal. Now that little beritz are very miserable men. Melbourne's Belgian Reltet-Fund,
greatest desire bad, always been £2,000 fr.m the city and district that he might be permitted to will tell better what we think of
contract for seven, new steamere Tortured by Monotony and
stew of cabbage, and carrots and Vermin.
potatoes, or whatever other veget. of Geelong, £1,000 from the Steend his life without having to the war. Of course, we all hope
"The chief item in their bill of able may be Landy, plus a me Service Fund, and £2,000 from face a war in which Germany that the war may be over long discontent is the monotony.
meat. the Victoria State Schools. The might be or would be implicated before these new vessels start on
***They bave nothing, absolutely I certainly have shown this their first vov: 20.” Agent General for South Annualia has al o baaded to the Commte-in every act of mine in the twenty-
nothing, to do. It is true they sion a further sum of £3,500 from six years of my government, be SCANDAL OF DOEBERITZ ere armin-ridden. the Adelaide fund for feeding declared to me," continned Herr British Housed in Cast-off Tents,
for the following am.uam:—
Belgions.
AN INDIAN VENDETTA IN VANCOUVER.
Ballin.
"I have proved that I did not want to do anything that woold bring about this or any other war," his majesty said.'
"Taey
sing they sing Faid the guard Tipperary," over the British prisoners of war
"They have no way of keeping themselves oltan."
"Some of them are not warmly olad. They could bear with all these things it only they lat something to do.
**The Russiana like t'a cup," said the guard. The Enlist- men and Frenchmen do not. They are always complaining."
"I saw that stew in the rough. Perhaps I was it fuenced by my dislike for cabbage and carrote, but it seemed to me it was a mightily unappetising mess.
I
in the Deberitz camp in Ger- "The 9,000 men in the Loc-began to understand why so many Bat declared his majesty," any to an American citizen liv. berita camp are elbowing each of the Tommies looked co pale. now that war has come upon ing in Havre, who last December other, sleeping two in a bed. Not One Tommy said in an under- ns, I feel it my duty to carry it visited the camp, and who has one has had a bath sincs he was tone: I 'ad a sow, and even the Toronto, April 14. As the through, I am quite certain that furniated a statement to the frat brought to the camp. It won'dn't eat skilly." result of a dynomite explosion the war will come to an end with British Army Council. This isn't likely that one will have a The men sleep in pairs in the in the Hindu quarter of Vin Germany victorious. It will end statement is among the documents bath while the war la t. When tents on (traw ticks. When we couver one Indian was killed well for Germany. I am in the reprinted in the White Paper winter comes, and they move into were there it had been raining and two others were injured. field with my brava soldiers, dealing with the revolting treat the permanent wooden barracks for days. The dirt fler of the Three dozen houses were shaken, Victory will be ours!'" ment to which the prisoners are which have been provided for toate was, a mase of mad. The and hardly a pane of glass is left "And did the emperor subjected, and which ferma one them, conditions must grow worse. straw geverfa cour and muity on Third Avenue for a distance say anything to you about of the most damning indictments
"When a man can stand that odour. But the guarda esy that if two blocks from where America-about the shipment of the barbarity of the Germans torture no longer he is sent to the the animal hest of so many men the explosion cocurred. The of arms and ammunitio from the tonerds the unfer anate Tom hospital. There he gets not a sleeping under a single canvas members of the community United States to the allies?" was miss.
bath-bat a thorough daubing roof keeps them waimar locally known as the Bela Singh asked.
"One would not think they with a vermin-killing ointment, "Perhaps that is true. It is Sikhs are in terror. Some weeks Thelord of the merchant marine would feel like singing," was the His clothes are disinfected. He is very certain that the atmosphere before the recent murder of Battan shook his head, saying: "And comment which the American cant back to be re-inhabited. in the tente in which the inhabit- Singh, one of their number, they we never discussed that question says he made to this statement, "Some of them do their best to ants were largely Russian was were told that they would be ex at all."
ofter having seen the conditions keep clean. In the centre of the abominable The English and terminated.
**So far as Germany is concern- under which the prisoners lived. catap is a horse trough, perhaps French Isshed back the tent flaps ed," said Herr Ballin,we, need We would treat them better 501t, long, into which water may and ventilated the sleeping places not be in a hurry. As a matter of if we could," said the guard, "but be turned from a top. It stands iu during the day. fact, time is in our favour. The we cannot. We are doing the the open air. Men who have "It may be quite true that no- IF you have lost your appetite longer this wat will list, the best we can.
money and can buy soap at the thing better can be done for them ote of the big variety of stronger Cermony will get. In I am inclined to credit that orn een wash their clothes in this under the circumstances; never- dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- the first place, we have ecough statement writes the American. trough. If they are particularly the less, these 9,000 are very DRA CAFE le sure to tempt foldiers on hand and enough for "Certain things show for them-particular they strip themselves miserable men, “Sunday Chron-
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