THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SPECIAL CABLE,
·REMARKABLE AFFAIR IN NANKING.
CHINESE SOLDIER attacks four ENGLISH WOMEN,
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(From Our Own Correspondent).
Shanghai. June 14, 2.20 a..
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ABOUT OPIUM.
The Drug Habit in America.
For soven years, through three Administrations, and in the face
the New York Outlook,
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1915.
ENGLISH VIEW OF
GERMAN FAILINGS.
mattere they utterly believed tales which were grotesquely con- trary. Perhaps more serious, for the Germans, I mean not merely the masses but the Herr Ballina of the (Arnold Bennett in the Dally community. And their guillibility
News and Leader.);
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The Truth About the Enemy.
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TO-DAY'S LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
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SUCCESS AT SOUCHEZ.
The German counterattack at Quienneviere's farm' north of the Aisne was repulsed.
Soissons was afterwards bombarded with 120 shells....
EXTRADITION CASE.
European War Blamed for Robberies,
HARBOUR OFFENCES."
"Before Commander C. W. Back- with R.N., at the Marine Court this morning, P. O. Matthawa charged two boat-people with The application for the extra-unlawfully making fast their boats to the s.s. Hai Mun, whilst dition of Hung Shin Lun, on
under way in the harbour, without charges of murder, made by the Ohiaese authorities, was continu- ed before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Polico Court, this afternoon..
Mr. E. H. Sharp K. O., instruc ted by Mr. P. M. Hodgeon (Orown Solicitor) made the application, and Mr. C. K. Hall Brutton, appeared for the pri-
first defendant was fined $30, while the other was fined $50.-
Acting Police Bergt. E. Bond, charged Yeung Luk, a boarding house coolie of No. 117 Coa- Baught Road, and Mok You, a boatman, with unlawfully being on board the 8.8. Tjitarvem with out the permission of the master or officer in charge, on the 13th office ina. Defendants were fined $50-
permission, on the 13th inet. The
lobe's" Protest Against non- recognition of 40th Pathans. is invulnerable. Only a fortnight since all Germany was ecstatic What are the "Eye-Witnesses" over 350 German submarines, doing? asks the Globe. It is left In the early part of the war I and a member of the Reichstag to Mr. Arnold White to lift the ventured on the pronouncement and an ex-professor of re-veil of secrecy in which one of that Germany was not entitled to nown said: "I shall not fail to these gentlemen shrouded the be called a great nation, and that go to ouroh next Sunday to gallantry of the 40th Pathans and if the adjective was applied to thank God He allowed me to get their officere, and two of the her, there was no adjective left out of doomed England before "Eye-Witnesses, Major F. E. for such a nation as France. The the starvation began." Always Smith and Colonel Sir Max
June 14, 1.30 a.m. other day I found in a French God! Always the conviction Aitken, have just been photo-
The official Paris communique states:We stormed in the paper two quotations which that God specialises in German graphed in the Park. The Achilles afternoon the fortified ridge north of Souchez Refinery and A Chinese soldier at Nanking attacked four Englishwomen or showed me my singular mildness, advancement! The bluster and Statue is really rather a long way organized and held the position against a heavy bombardment. Saturday night. He knocked down a Mrs. Molland, stabbed her The first is from Schopenbauer, swagger has scarcely yet begun from the tranches, although Our infantry in the morning, in a single rush captured daughter whilst abe was defending her mother and injured a third.whose shrewdness onnnot be im- to diminish.
we might possibly learn as much three lines of trenches near the Serre-Mailly Maillot Road pugned: "In provision of my Perhaps more egrions, for the from "Bye-Witness" accounts taking one hundred prisoners who admitted that the German death, I make this confession-Germans, than any of the above written on the banks of the Ser-losses were moat heavy during the last few days, Certain units pre- that I dospite the German nation defects is that German lack of pentine as through their messages paring to attack were annihilated immediately they formed. for its infinite stupidity and folly, imagination which renders them from the Yeer, by the time the and that I blush to belong to it.? incapable of putting themselves Oensor has finished with the des
The second is from Velleins in the place of other nations. patches. Seriously, as these Paterculus, certainly not a great Thus their argumente "to the official messages form so large a writer, but an administrator who United States about the supply of proportion of the spoon-meat on have opium in one's possession had very considerable first-hand munitions. Thus their whining which the British public is being unless a licence has been taken, knowledge of the Germans. Pa about the British blockade while fed, we are at least justified in but from the Collector of Internal terculus said: "The character of they themselves are blockading asking that the purveyors should Revenue, which licences are, of the Germans shows a terrible Russia to the limit of their power. for the present prefer Flanders to coarze, confined to physicians and mixture of ferocity and rascality. Thus their silly cry that Belgium the delights of a London season.
Another Home Paper's druggiats. Any one who has They are a people born for lying: abandoned her neutrality because
Remarks. not been registered and who is it is necessary to have experienced she took measures to maintain
her neutrality. Thus their equally. "Eye-Witness" refers to the gal- found with any of the draga it in order to believe it."
Nineteen hundred yours have silly cry that British merchant tantry of "a battalion of Pathane" above named in his possession" is deemed presumptively guilty of passed since Paterculus, and now ships merit destruction because and of "one of their British of much indifference, not to say a violation of the Act. No person the whole world can believe be- they do their best to avoid it.officere" being hit four times opposition, our Department of State has carried on a campaign who has not registered and paid cause it has experienced. And Thus the complaint of the Prus before he died. The 40th Pathans, against the nee of demoralizing the tax may deliver any of these the corollary is that despite elec-sjan officer, after Neuve Chapelle not unknown as "The Forty drags throughout the world eays drugs from any State or Ter-tricity and universities, the char- that our artillery work was not Thieves," recently arrived at the front from Hongkong in a state ritory to say person in any other acteristics of nations change no fair fighting, but murder.
of the highest efficiency says the more quickly than the character- State or Territory,
The point is that the Germans L, and C. Express. They had a To-day the work stands com-[ The friends of the Act pro-istics of plants.
talk in this way simply becaues desperate business to tackle, and plete. During the last of the phesied great benefit to the
they cannot soo that it makes in their night attack over open seven years three striking orents country in general from it, and to the dope fiend" in particular.
them profoundly ridiculous. No ground Captain Dalmahoy fell, have marked it.
Bat there were others who pre-
The chief concomitants of folly other nation is so absurd, and no after being wounded six times soner.
bravest of the brave. The Commander of the King Frist, the announcement in the dicted that to the habitual users and stupidity are maladroitness, other nation indulges in such the
the Captain Christopher fell in the Wan Kwai, said his British Parliament that the Indo- of drugs it would work harm not gallibility, swagger and lack of infantile imbecilities as
Major was in Waichan, but his soldiers,” Chinese opium traffic had been offset by counterbalancing gcod. imagination-and it may be said organised use of catchwords of same grand way.
What has been the record ? also that these go generally with hatred. In regard to lying and Ferkins died of his wounds. nurabering 1,300 odd men, were brought to an end.
The fact that rascality it would be otioso now Nearly all the British officers outside the city. Last year, in In the first place, the act has brutal ferocity. Second, the signing of the final thoroughly scared and greatly Germany, having learnt no wis to recount again the catalogue of were killed or wounded. Captain November there were 500 soldiers protocol at The Hague, which diminished those habitual csere. dom during the war, is behaving German achievements in these Waters is lying in hospital with inside the oity and there were pute an international agreement. Secondly, the Act has brought & now, as she did at the beginning, departments. The world is aa bullet through hie brain. Only none outside the city. None of into effect over a vast field. When greater sente of responsibility to only perhaps worse, is a tran- little tired of the sound of them. ore captain and thres subalterns his men went to Sam To Uhuk, the remaining signatures are af- those who prescribe and partion-scendant proof of the adage that Similarly with brutality. But one remain with the regiment. Cap-in November, last year. There no fighting at Sam To fixed, the use of vicious druga larly to those who "sell" drugs, you cannot care a fool. The may note that the last abject base- tain Waters recently had five days was will be regulated from one end of Every time that a preparation methods of Mr. Bernstorf and ace of a brutal coward-cruelty leave from the trenches, and devot Chuk. There was no fighting The return showing the num the globe to the other. It was BP of habit-forming drage is pros-person of suficient authority in been officially proved. Also it ing meeting. He may recover. were stationed at Waichau City. diseases which have been notified, containing any notable proportion Mr. Dernburg perajat, because no to prisoners of war has now ed one of them to a village recruit at Shek Pa because his soldiers ber of cases of communicable propriate that this freeing from bondage should have taken place cribed or eald exact registration Germany has been capable of per. should be recalled that of late the Subadara Jehandad Khan and Jem There was no fighting at Fan Lo as occurring in the Colony during on the birthday of a man-Lin- must be mado, thus imposing ceiving that these ardent patrons French have found German artil- Kukkör were killed. The men are Tong and his soldiers never went the week ended June 12 is us coin-who freed from bondage an strict legislation on the legitimate are doing for Germany what terymen chained to German guns in fine spirit after their ordeal there because it was twenty-four follows:-bubonic plague, seven trade druge for purely drink is doing for Britain--that and the English have seen Ger- proud of the worthy part of the tong away. There were robbers, cases, all fatal, all Chinese (Iwo entire race. The final protocol
is, helping her enemies. The as man non-commissioned officers izzat "they have earned, and robbing the shops at Sung Fa imported); ono fatal case of was the outcome of the intern- medicinal purposes.
On the other hand, those who tounding clumsiness of Germans persuading their men to charge ready for another alap at the Hui. A robbery was reported diphtheria (Chinese); three of ational conference which had
The to him in October and enteric, one fatal (ons Japanese recently met at The Hague, and ought to know claim that the rise in any matter requiring tact and by means of a whip from behind. enemy when reinforced.
These are the people, and this 40th Pathaus have made good, he despatched soldiers at once and three Chinese), and one fatal which, like the other conferences in price of opium, due to the good manners and experiness in
to Lung Hai Hui. He sent officera case of small-pox, also Chinese. there, aimed at the uplifting of difficulty in obtaining it, has ambiguity is deliciously exemp-is the system that we have to
with the troops. There was no humanity through peaceful chan- enormously increased drug smug lified daily, and with such in- beat. I do not minimise the im- mele, It was the last conference gling into this country, especially genuousness that it is impossible mensity of the effort required to
fighting as the robbers dispersed when the troops arrived. to meet at The Hague before across the Mexican border. Ap-to be angry. The most precious beat them; I do not hide from.
had never made a report to his
Chinese Maritime Customs. the present war broke out. parently anarchie in everything, human products of Germany are myself the fact that in six months.
superiors that there had been The olios of the Chinese Mari- Third, the passage of a bill in Mexico has no drug traffic regula- tainted with the fatal defect. our visible progress has been just
Sixty Bombs Dropped åt. fighting at the places mentioned, time Customs for Kolcon and Congress to regulate the intortions in her own territory and no Herr Ballio, the St. George of about nil. But I am as certain
Southend.
Hie men did not get any dogs, district will be closed to public State traffic in habit-forming agreement with the United States. German commercialism, now says that we shall beat them as I am of drugs. The bill became law on Hence many unlawful drug deal that the war is all England's fault, the principles of geometry and
London, May 10-Two Zapor badges, or arma or ammuni- business on the 17th inst,
Cargo for Europe: the 1st of March last. It was the exe and users are still able to He could not have forgotten that logic. If we did not beat them pelin airships are reported to have tion from the robbers. He had a few months ago ho said that the age of miracles would have dropped bombs on Westolifi-on- never made a report saying they
The following cargo fourth of the billa outlined by obtain what they want. Dr. Hamilton Wright, who, as
Again, there has been an in. the war was all Russia's fault, arrived. In the finst result, Sea, near Southend, bat no bad, to his superiors. He sent shipped by the P. and 0.8.8. his men to deal with the robbera Nagoya which eailed on Thursday delegate to the Shanghai Com-crease in the number of "catarrh Either he hoped that we should stupidity and lack of imagination, fatalities have been reported.
or be felt whether they are organised or Warning of the approach of on October 30, and they got back last for London 1,620 packages, mission in 1909 and to the later cures," "cough mixtures," and forget it,.
sure that not, must meet with the natural bostile aircraft was given South- the next day. Witness recognised tea; 500 bales, canes; 8 cases Hague Conferences, has had the other preparations coming ander reasonably
Chinaware; 823 slabs spelter; intendent at Waiohan the year before last. Robberies were of1 case cigars; 30 rolls matting. cammon occurence and were per- petrated under the name of "re- volution". If the men were re- formers they would not have rob- bed the shor-people.
Mr. Sherp: What kind of a harvest had you last year?
His Worship:-The first or second harvest ? ・・
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Mr. Sharp: From where? Witness:-Ido not know where they return from, but I think from: Europe (laughter).
opium campaign in charge for the exemptions above mentioned. should act detect the slight dis and inevitable reward of stupidity, and at 2 52 o'clock this morning, the prisoner. He was the supo 50 bales human hair for Port Said: the State Department. The first These preparations not only afford orepancy between the two state and lack of imagination. I don't bill prohibited the import of an opportunity to very mild users ments. When cornered, he had want to be told that we also of drugs to continue their habite, not even the sense to hold his exhibit stupidity and lack of opium except for medicinal par. poses. The second and third but also afford an opportunity to tongue and cut the loss, as all imagination. Of course we do bills prohibited its import and others of beginning a dangerous elever dialecticians and diploma- but appreciably less. Nor do export. The final legislation limit-acquaintance with cocaine and tists do-be must needs ornament want to be told that Germany has the fiasco with mumbling fatui- put up a great fight. Of course, aits inter-State transportation. heroin.
Specifically, it prohibits all
The law's administration leaves ties of excuipation. And this is she has put up a great fight. Bat persons from selling or giving much to be desired. Officials Herr Ballin when it comes to the it has not been quite great enough, away harmfal drugs except on have not been prompt and busi point! If the incident was solitary physicians' prescriptions. It pro- nesslike enough in furnishing one might ignore it, but it ie vides for the registration of opium physicians with necessary creden typical of hundreds of incidents,
and not worse than scores. No- We nate with patiafaction says or coca leaves, and any compound, tiala, and the prison care of drag thing in the conduct of the allied the National Review that the first manufacture, salt, derivative, or Fictims has often been brutal, preparation from them, and for because such persons, instead of powers and their principaloitizens tickets have been issued for pass- the imposition of a tax upon all being segregated and handled as even distantly approaches these parsons who distribute them. A a group, have lind to mingle with Teutoric foals of stupidity, unless physician's order is now necessary the other prisoners and have been it be the British censorship. to the dispensing of remedies treated in the same general which contain more than two mapner,
Lung-Hai Railway,
Mr. Sharp-I was too ignorant to attach a definite meaning to my own question. (laughter.) ·
WitnessBoth of the crops were bad,
Mr. Sharp-I do not think many of them found their way from Europe (laughter). Do they call America, Europe?
The Interpreter:-No. The hearing was adjourned,
Several machines took part in the raid, but whether they were Zeppeline or aeroplanes the re- sidents were unable to state, as the weather was cloudy.
Bombs struck houses in various parts of the town, but no deathe have been reported. One man and his wife were badly burned in a fire started by an incendiary bomb. One resident fold of three bombs dropping near his home, none of which caused damage.
It is reported that several shops enger traffic on a short section were burned at Leigh,, a town
Mr. Sharp-Why were there of the Lung-Hai Railway, the near South End. Four Zeppelins great trunk line that will even-are said to have dropped 40 or 50 those robberies? tually cross China from Haiohow bomba there. 40 or 50 loss to lot of people zo- Bluster and Swagger. in Kiangsu to Lanchowfu in Incoming passengers on traine turned to the country owing to Again, the German gullibility Konea. The future developments from Southend, a seaside resort the European war (laughter). grains of opium, or more than a Bat with all these drawbacks has not decreased. The Germans in store for this line are incaloal-in Essex, report an air raid there Mr. Sharp-I am afraid I do The P.&O.. SARDINIA loft Slaga quarter of a grain of morphine, the two months' exprience of the were certain of Paris, they were able. It is particularly gratifying in which serious property damage not quite understand how does pore for this. Purt on the 13th instauk or an eighth of heroin, or one new law shows that it marke a certain of Warsaw, they were to find that in spite of financial was done and which caused some grain of codeine. The Act notable change in the direction of certain of Ypres, they were certain disorganisation all over the world loss of life. makes it a crime punishable greater National control of what of Calais, they were certain of China is able to keep up at least A British seroplane went in by five years in prison or a two has come to be a crying National their Zeppelins, they were certain some progress in her railway purauit and drove the aircraft thousand-dollar fine, or both, to evil,
of their submarines. On all thase | echemes,
out to gea
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that is a the pa Witness Feople return from abroad and are mostly deatitate
so they rob
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