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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH," FRIDAY, JULY 80, 1918.
Conscription Again.
It will be do‘iced from one of this moming's wires that, when the question cf compulsory ser vica was again raised in the House on Wednesday, Mr. H. J. Tennant pointed out something which does not soom to have dawned on the enthusiasts who favour or who oppose conscription. It was doubtful, he said, if the war
would have been in a different position if we had had more
troops in the field. Mr. Tonnant is evidently of opinion that it is bigh time that at least come body talked a little sense on this subject. It was made clear, long Want munitions ago, that we rather than men; and the fact that Russia, with her enormous army, has yet been able to do comparatively. Eo little should beve shown us that mere numbera without supplies are not worth
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
remains the fact that the loafers
at Home who so strongly object toffering their services for war would be more bother than they were worth if put into the field,
Lord Haldane's Birthday.
Lord Haldane, of whom we hear but little nowadays, is fifty- nine to-day. He may be regarded sa one of the younger generátion of Gladstone's pupils one of those, that is to say, who entered Parliament when the G.O.M.' wao past his best as a politician but was still able to exercise an almost boundless influence over clever young men of more or less advanced ideas. If Gladstone attracted to himself the born compromisers and shilly-shal- lyera be also drew the really brainy men-one of whom
Mrs. W. Kendal desires to thank the many friends who have expressed their sympathy in connection with the death of her hus-was Richard Burdon Haldane, hand, and those who sent wreaths,
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915.
IS A GERMAN REVOLUTION BREWING?
who entered Parliament at the age
of twenty-nine, having
DAY BY DAY
HOME KEEPING YOUTH HAD EVER HOMELY WITH.-Shakespeare
The Weather. Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 84; rain.
At the Peak 8 am. Temp. 77; rain.
Count the Columns, Yesterday" the
Telegraph
published 344 columns of solid reading matter. To-day there will be 341 published:
The Malls.
English Mail-Olosed per e.s. Kasbgar to-day at il a.m..
Up to the Minute-Share Market News.
Closing prices :---
Hongkong ard Shanghai
Banks. $820 buyers. Douglas's $69, bayera. Hongkong, O. and M. S. 8. Co.
Ld.-20 boyera. Indo-Chinas $152, buyers. China and Manilas
$5,
40 centa bayera x the return of $4.50 per share. Green Islands. $74, buyers. China Sugara-$131, bayers. Luzona $48, buyers. Tronohe,-80/- buyers. Shanghai Docks.-$49, ex. div.
buyers. Hongkong Lands,
-$109, bayers, Humphrey's. E-tates. -$6.30,
sales and buyers. China Borneos. 810, buyers, Hongkong Tramways.-$5.10,
sales.
w
Steam Laundrier,... · $3.20,
boyera. Langkals.-Tis: 38, buyers,
The Dollar,
The rate of the dollar demand to-day is 18 9 1/16d..
on
To-day's Anniversary. To-day is the 45th anniversary
NOTES ON THE CRISIS.
THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW.
Russia's Successes.
ta form
A
ASSOCIATION OF EX- PORTERS AND DEALERS,
Annual · General Meeting.
we bave always had a sympathatio bearing and as you are aware
have been ablo at least in one instance to get the time extended from one to three months and a rev fand of the additional freight paid on legitimate bookings prior to the time negotiations commenced which I think you will agron was
The annual general meeting of saitefactory. After the outbreak the Association of Exporters and of hostilities your committes took For a people alleged to be crip- Dealers of Hongkong, was held steps to ascertain the position of pled for six months to come, the last evening in the clices of the alien enemy firms in this Colony Rassians are displaying a supric Hongkong General Chamber of with regard to outstanding con
baka, insurance and shipping ng amount of vitality and power Commerce, when Mr. W. A. Han, tracts and as to whether th of movement. If we reject Ras nital presided. sisa and German commaniquca There were also present U. companies would facilitate the alike and regard only Mr. As Ramjabm (Rumjabm and Co), finishing up of their contracté quith's words on the subject, in W. A. Loxley, A. Battle, J. Bar with the dealers by these firms the House, we shall be able retto (Union Trading Co.), N. and all the replies together with fair picture Ismail (S. C. Ismail and Co.), J, the legal opinion obtained from of what ig coourring M. Alves (J. M. Alves and Co.), Mr. Eldon Potter, are fully dealt Next to the King and Eari Kitob M. Baptista (Baptists and Co.), A. with as you will see in the report. With regard to a standard form ener we may take it that to man in W. Compton (D. Sassoon and Co.), the Empire is kept more closely U, J. Higginto ham (J. D. Hat- of contract for exports we have informed of the progress of the chinson and Co.), Mr. Bevington had many expressions of opinion various factors in the war than (Bradley and Co.), W. H. um that the time in now ripe to the Premier himself, and his phreys (W. Humphreys and Co.), formulate such an one and press words, concerning Russia are of a M. O, Owen (A. B. Monider and the same at last to a fanlity. distinctly heartening nature: An Co.), E. V. de Sousa (de Sousa No doubt if we could fix a of contriot independent wire from Amster and Co.), T. W. Hill (Bradley and standard form dam also esys that the Russians Co), G. Miskin (Gilman and Co.), acceptable alike to the Chinese Um Kam Wa (Tong On Loe) and dealer and the foreign merchant are more than holding their own,' while an enemy communique J. B. Brister (Keiss and Co.), and and by which both agres to be admite Russian attacks in various the acting secretary (Mr. A. P. bound it would greatly facilitate busines and do away with a lɔt of directions and refers to a village Lowe.)
In the House,
11
"where evidently the Germans The secretary having read the petty troubles and disputes, this were driven back a big distance." notice convening the meeting, the matter will doubtless receive the A later Russian wire claims chairman said-Gentlemen, The attention of the new committee. successses all along the line ad report and accounts of the At the last annual meeting, Mr. speaks of heavy losses inflicted Association having been in your Bevington, in the course of his on the enemy. For a definitely hands for some time, I will with remarks, expressed regret that crippled nation this in not so bad's your permission take them as this association did not receive read. The year under review, wider support from the Chinese viz. 1914, witnessed the begin exporters and dealers and I can ning of the long dreaded only endorse "what he then said. European War which unhappily It is a pity that the Chinese do There is much in Mr. Asquith', is atill going on and in con- not come forward more readily speech. as well as in that of Mr. sequence from the dats of the sad join in with us, as it is as Lloyd George that is calculated ontbreak until somewhat late in much for their benefit ss for ours to convey allround encourage the year your committee were and I feel that so much more ment and to give heart to us who noable to meet as frequently as good could be obtained if we were live overseas and have go little formerly or to go much into com- brought mera in contact with each means of knowing what is going mercial matters generally. How other in this association, and dis on till long after it has become ever up to August you will see cussed openly together in a friend- stale news to the people at Home. from the report that quite a lot of ly manner the various points at The remarks of the two Ministers good and useful work was put in. issue, sette our diapates amicably
already made no emall name for of the repulse of the French at contain some very useful remind-Through the energy and interest and discover what really good
matters.
A German paper, in an effort to comfort its readers, thus deli-A Great Frenchman... vera ita acul: "la proportion as Britain is denuded of troops for foreiga service, the anti-war agitation carried on by Keir Hardio and Ramsay Macdonald grows more formidable, and it may, at any
Talking of anniversaries and of
Saarbruck.
J
Trespassing.
Oplum in a Bucket.
Thought it was aut Fair."
a
1)
stances
with, and othere
himself in literary and legal
ars as to one or two little things of Mr. Frank Browne the Govern- fellows at heart we all are. I hope circles. Had he atuok to the law
which people in general are apt ment Analyst, the Hongkong members of this association will and to literature sad left politics
to forget. Through the Navy's Government have gone to the do all they can to get our Chinese alone his name would probably
A Chinese who trespassed on vigilance," we can laugh at in- expense of fully equipping friends to join us.
There is just ons more point to have been far greater in the land
Military property, hawking vasion and are immune from the the Laboratory with appli than it is ever likely to be now---
saya Mr. anoss for testing shipments of which I would like to draw your anless the set-back implied in vegetable merrows, was fined $5, ravages of war, his exclusion from the Cabinet at the Police Court, this morning. Asquith; and this is one of the Aniseed and Cassis Oila and after attention and that is the question Foints which the public is liable testing, to wire and meal the cases of finance. Our balance sheet should prompt him to resume his
to lose sight of. Another is em- and issue a certificate of analysis aufortunately this time shows yo, writing work; in which case it is
At the Police Court, this morn-phasised by Mr. Lloyd George:ht & ressonable fee, full partion with an excess of expendit not too late for him to make the
ing, a Chinese who bad opium that "besides waging war, lare of which you will find in the over income and this, I think world forget that he wan ever concealed in the false boiton of a Great Britain is also financing, to report, and the thanks of this will agree, is a state of anything elas than a brilliant bucket, was fined $5, by Mr. J. a large extent, the whole of the association are due to Mr. Browne which no self respecting writer on philosophical and other R. Wood.
campaign. It is well not only and the Hongkong Government tion can allow to contin that we Britishers should be re- for the interest they have taken reason we show a deg of "It is not fair to impose such minded of all this, but also that in this matter and their readiness on account of the decret look fine on me," said a Chinese shop it should be thoroughly rubbed to sasiet ns. This as you are berabip and conseq keeper to Mr. Lindsell when the in to the neutral countrise-not aware has been the result of the subscriptions and it doe letter fined him $15, at the Police to say the enemy. The latter will complaints and claims from buyers as if under present cir Court, this morning, for causing not be slow to attribute the on account of the adulteration of there is much chang
economy recommended by the the oils whereby they have not this up unless W an obstruction. favourable moment, blossom cut into open revolt." If such a stale literature, it will be seen from a Taught a Lesson. Government to narrowness of come up to the standard tests and induce more fir ment were worth serious contradiction we might hint that neither
Yesterday a Chinese tried to means for meeting our own nat we are in hopes by this means of which is a point of the two labour leaders mentioned above has been heard of in paragraph in our General Nowa connection with politica for months, and that in any case their bark is yesterday that the fifteenth of the force his way on to Jordon Road, ional needs, indeed he will not radicating all this so that when for, I think worse than their bite. Bat cur reason for favouring our readers with present mouth was the tercen en-Yaumati, where the authorities stop short at that bat will pro- a shipment has been duly analy- with me the good and the quotation given above is solely to give them an opportunity of ary of the death of that incor- have placed a barrier. At the bably discover (if he has not sed and certified to, there shall since its form roughly jasti- seeing bow great must be the enemy's dread of a revelation in his own rigible old busy-body and scandal- Police Court this morning, he stready long ago discovered) that be ro farther dispute between siderabled it would be camp, for him to let his imagination stray in this particular direc-menger Pierre de Bourdeille, was fined $10 or in default four-Britain is on her last lege finan- buyer, seller or dealer, the Gov- useful wo or lack of funds cially, and that her people are exament certificate being a guar. fied its ee to continue and Dogs Without muzzles. on the verge of starvation. If antee of standard quality from a great problems that still tion. We have bad ample proof, at intervale during the war, of the better known as Brantome. Much teen day's imprisonment. existence of that dread. Neglecting the Krapp story, which it is of the venerated Bieur de Braz
Major Nicholson, Mr. Walthert, Britiahere themselves are given which there is no recoarse, we wealt toma's work is quite untranA conceivable may have been, as is now claimed, a deliberate invention, lateable, and well nigh un- and Mise Sybil Josephs, were to losing sight of the fact that it This is done with certain other tac time to time cop up. neutral papers published in Switzerland, Bolland and Scandinavia publishable; and yet there
ench fined $6, at the Police Court, is their country that is meeting articles but at the moment hot want to raise the abs have supplied the world with plenty of instances of the growing
Ja, we want to let that re about the this morning for permitting their the lion's share of expenses, it is the Home buyers are not diaposed diegontent in Germany and Austria-to say nothing of Turkey. whole
of bis reminiscences dogs to wander without muzzles, not surprising if neutrale and to see eye to eye with us on this as it is, but we may have to
roint and apparently reserve to for a specil levy of s It was naturally supposed that any movement in Germany that few writers of memoire bave The first offence was committed at enemies take no account of it.
thewalves the right to arbitra ollars from asch member this in the direction of revolt must be slow, for the lie network has been ever been able to match. Many the Peak, the second in Kowloon
and (r rejtet) parcels whe year to meet the deficiency due to Bo skilfully woven that even now there are people in the enemy's of his stories of courtiers and and the third in Queen's Road
East.
accompanied by Glover the loss of membership and I feel country who believe that there is possibility-perhaps a certainty great ladies create the impression
certificates or not. Thi
We sure we shall all angrudgingly of the Allies' being defeated. Moreover the Government has bad of having been invented, even as
Mr. Lloyd George's outlined point which your new co the whip hand for so many years that the children of the sublime he wrote, in order to give point
to do so in order to keep our AM Fatherland bave seldom contemplated the bare possibility of a to the particular argument or
contains some pleasing figures and hope and believe will
oking sociation on a solvent basis and nocessful rising against its tyranny. They had worn the yoke for generalisation in hand; many
gives a general impression that successful issue. To long that, at any rate till recently, they had come to like it. But again are obviously, and some
the country really has got down The question of eceived allow the good need that has the last election before the outbreak of war it was plain that the times confessedly, at second if Socialist party had a mind to make itself heard. Socialite in not at seventy-second hand. But Court, before Mr. Justice Haze to business on this vital point, of haman hair hour.com/already been sown toɔ grow and Britain have never been anything like a serious danger to the peace, this still leaves, a fair number land, the case was mentioned in Why the country ever hesitated the earnest attending taken prosper to the mutual advantage energy and then have good away to their homes quite at peace with genuine direct experience; court Co. Ltd. sued C. L. Howell to particularly after the sharp re-to try to over were abruptly this Colony, FORMA for they have always been allowed to shout cff their superflaons that must have arisen from which Messra. A. 8. Watson and it is difficult to understand; mittee and sterus difficulty of the exporters and dealers, of the world and themselves. It is the mazzled Socialist who is scandals that were common pro recover the sum of $74.70 for mindera successively from SirJohn but negotia the outbreak of I now take pleasure in propos Jellicoe, Sir John French and Earl terminato resent however this ing the adoption of the report and Kitchener. In the plainest words the war, ora or less dead bat accounts presented. Mr. M. J. D. Stephena appeared we have been told by those in the article will not be allowed to Mt. Beattie seconded and the would impel the reader to go for the plaintiffs and Mr. Agatz beat position to know, that, with the we hope to be able to force motion was carried unanimously. are not seldom positively reful- The letter said he consented to denoion before he feels Bisposed to protest actively against hissive. Much of his charm lay, jadgment and offered to pay in enemy would have been cleared thecontract to supply and not Mr. Miskin seconded that the mant's notions. The commerce and the family life of the doubtless, in the quaintness of stalmenta of, $10 per month out of Belgium before this. The thier and false packed cargo following committee be elected
boon encrifled to please the overweening vanity of the diction, and the reat in the Mr. Stephens submitted that Ministry of Munitions is now do may say that these remarks Messre, W. A Hannibal, J. H men, and inen have been perauaded to go on fighting fact that his work was auch an the offer was not sufficient bating its honest beat to make up for bply, equally to bristles. The Brister, T. G. Weall, T. W. Hill shhe Government's lie output. If it were inconceivable mixture of the later accepted a proposal to pay loat time and to atone for the crue report in your hands dealing as is W. M. Humphrey, U: Ramjahn, Germany to know the exact pontion of vicious gossip of a garrulous old $15 per month, judgment being blunders of those who had malt does so exhaustively with all A. Van Andel, Un Ksm-na,
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A QUESTION OF
INSTALMENTS.
This morning in the Summary
dangerous, and this is the type that has been attempting to work in party and that hie magio pen knew goods sold and delivered. Germany. How long will it be before he is fally unmazzled and can how to convert into something that make his arguments and complaints reach even the army itself?
Nor does a man in Germany need to have violent democratic, even in face of details that for the defence."
possible for
* resources and strength of the Allien, woman and of the strong, clear entered accordingly.
*st a month." Already on racial or insight of the cultured man of
affairs and the tra the war would proba religious grounds, the e... fight; and now, in yesterd by German soldiers in Africa time when the people are sense of sase with false war howe when the truth is fully revealed ? spirit left can ever forgive his ralers and his country And the truth must o den forever and the longer it remains con- and will be the punishment of those respon
og have heen known to refuse to the world. Beside him Britain's bave a story of Ast mutiny John Evelyn is a solemn prig aan happen now, at a and Pepys a mere parish pump some sort of tatler. He had what so many
be the position Frenchmen of
em of
Bu ounce of ligh himwiz
as But
TYPHOON WARNING.
Mualiloas,
ow
report on the munitions situation will have to deal with to aboutribute this when called upon
proper outfit of shells, the restiers to deliver the quality
in hand before. Even How certain amount of inft which we lava to take tourge, upon trust, Mry Lloyd, to ou
can give no put but he
The telegram quoted below was when the 1
by the U. 8. Consulata
the Manila Observatory at
nly 20th, 1015,
phoon over North
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18.001
station?
Mr. Bavington proposed and
that have been under Derby the w
The motion was carried anani- tion during the year it
labours the mously, and the business of: waste your missling was thus term
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