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"WAR'S PENALTY ON THE NERVES.
Americans of the Future Who ̈ Are Doomed to Horror-Bred Madnosa.
"The following was written for The Chronicle by Waldemar Kaempfert, Managing Editor of the Scientific American.
Commercia'.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
POST OFFICE:
The Parool Port Service to Italy and'] her Colonies through Egypt is resumed,
The Services to Germany, Austria, and their Colonles, and to the Ottoman Em pira are suspended."
Ships la communication with Cape D'Agullar Radio Telegraph Station ---
INWARD. OUTWARD,
∙Continued from page 9.), Tares under ten cow approaches 8,000 acres, nearly all of which bare been opened out on the Et Coast from gro1" Assam need. Toe season's offeringe at public auction have totalled 4,808 packa- Barely the struggle that is now 10.23d. per fb. has been realised. goo, for which an average price of tating Europe asunder haa Supplies from Chica have been meaning deeper than the official despatches reveal! Think of very much heavier than for some
years past, the closing of many | - Ypres and Neuve Obspelle, of Continental 10 ta and the excep Lemberg and the River San; then tional demand for low priced leaf think of the defectives to be born having stimulated the use of in this country whose grand China tea very considerably. fathers lost their grip upon them- Every available round of tea is selves in Northern France o reported to have been shipped, Western Russian 1915 and be and the Eastern centres of trade, came hysterics or mental defee-
passing from a paralysed state in American, Odlombe Maru, 5th Inst. tivee. Then you will know how August, gradually assumed ex-Siberian, Llangobow, 6th inst. terrible is the price that we, too, captional activity, the markets Nagapatam, Amazone, 9th Inst. must pay because war, in the rapidly advancing until the oldes opinion of Genevieve von Hinden of the seatos. The crop was of burg, is a combit of nerves.
good average quality, but some- Ghastlier than the torn sad what inferior to that of last year.. bleeding forms that strew the Trade between London and battle fields of Europe, ghastlier freign maikete shows a large
Fort Bayard-Per BUIKAI, 4th Inst.
3p.#ke than the blinded eyes and the increase, the total being 15k Heihow, & Haiphong-For TAKEANG. crushed bresets and the faces million lbs., against 10 million mutilated beyond all recognition lbs. The Eastern exports of are the shattered minds and Ohina tea, izoladed in the accom nerves of men who have snipped panying statistics, are inclusive
of some Brick tea, and the
MAILS DUB.
MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY.
1
Shangbaj
4th Aug. 5 p.m.
TO-MORROW,
rt
and Halpberg-Por HONG- KONG, Sth inst., Il aim.
lost, 11 ..
|–Per YINGCHOW,, 5th Aug..
3 p.m.
barbed wire under, the fire of machine gans and cowered in Formosan crop, which is under Hollow, trenches while shrapnel barst Japanese control. The total im- overhead. The medical journals port to the United Kingdom was Bangkok-- Fer SINGAPOREAN, 5th of England, France and Germany 391 million, Iba, against 171 have already published prelimin million lbs. Home consumption Bry accounts of mental derange and exports totalled 29 million mente never seen in times of lbs., against 221 million Iba.
# (Europe la Siberia Shanghai Br. P.O. peace. Read them and you will The crop in Japan showed Tuesday, 10th Aug.) egree with Von Hindenburg.
Imaging men pouring water into their bocts to lesson the vibra absorbed almost entirely by tion of walking; imagine them America. These types are only! screaming in agony at the mers need to an infinitesimal extent in rustling of a newspaper; imagine this country, and there is little the frightful convulsions of epil trade demand for them. The pro Fakhol & Haiphong--Per KAIFONG, eptica whose unsuspected mental instability has been revealed by
... little variation in size from that Amoy, Shanghal, & North. China-Per
TJIKINI, 5th Aug. 4 pp. of recent years, and, sa bɛual, was
battle; imagine the hallucinations
spective supply is stationary.
and the 1avings of wretches an emerge from this war with minds strung by weary waiting in and bodies impaired?
muddy shelters and strapped to
Herbert Spencer was one of the
American
Canadian
FRIDAY, 6th August.
6th Aug. 5 a.m. Shanghai, N. China Japan via Nagasaki, Vistoria, Tacoma & U. Kingdora vla Canada-Por SEATTLE MARU, 6th August 1.p.m.
hospital cots-imagine all this fint to point out the truth, long Swatow, Amoy & Foodbow-Fer HAI- and you have not imagined a since accepted by eugenists, that
MUN, 5th Aug, 1.30 p.m.
last, 4 p.m.
tithe of the psychic terrors of war. "the ability to maintain individual Japan via Moj-Per ALDENHAM, 6th No wonder that war is the mother life and the ability to multiply of insanity.
French
SATURDAY, 7th August.
Mail.
SHIPPING NEWS
ARRIVED,
Haimus, Br. 2 641, Stewart, 4th Inst
Bwatow, 3rd lust, Ges,-D. L. A
Yuensang, B1.1.4.1.128, W. M. Meine y
· 6th Inak-Manila, Gen.-J. M. a Do. Chanan, Br. 3, 1,342, Wm. L. Jossa, 4th
Inat-Shanghai, 31st uit., Gen.- B. & 9.
Korea, Am. 5,651, A. W. Nelson, 4th inst - Manila, Ind Inst., Goa.-P. M 8. Co. Hipsang. Br.. 1,885, À. C. Kennedy, 4th
inst-Bandakan, 29th ult. Gen.
6
1915.
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 4th at 10:43-Promsure has ins creased slightly over N. Japan and the Bonine, and, "with few.. sxcaptions, Las decres.ed slightly elsewhere; it ln highest to the cast of Japan, and relatively", low
over Indo-China.
MAIL SEBAMEES
THE PENINSULAR
The northern typhoon or depresion to AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.
G
moving slowly northwards and lasituated to the S.E. of Kagoshiman.,
Hongkong Balafall for the 14 hours andặng at 10 am, toyday, 6.00 inches.
· FORECAST FOR THE 14 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
District.
Forecast.
"
8. & S.E Hongkong and Neighbour- | winde,
moderate; bood
fair to cloudy..
~ J; M. & Co. Tjikin, Dut, am. 6,000,. Lap, 4th Inalant-
Batavia, 24th ult, Gon,-JO.J.LA
ENGLISH MAIL.
WILL despatch V38ELS to the Undermentioned PORTS x or
about the DATES named r
For
SHANGHAI
Steamers
To Sail On Remarka
Novara
about
Freighi
Capt. H. R. Hether- ington. R.N.R.
14th Aug.
Pange
DEPARTED.
|✯ Formosa Channel.
}9. winds,"
moderate.
LONDON via Usual) Malta
Ports
noon
·Capt. 0, C. Talbot
14th Aug.
Freight &P'sage
R.N.R.
3 South coast of China be-) tween E.K. and Lamooka
The axis as No. 1.
about
Freight
26th Aug.
& Page
Aug. 9. Talahan for Bhanghai
Kaming for Calcutta via Bingapore Bombay Maru for Bombay via Slagapore Wingsang for Saigon
Kan for Port Courbet Perala for San Francisco via Shanghai Brodmore for Nankin & Hankow Soshu Maru for Anping via Swatow Chipahing for Canton Yingehow for Ganten Radnovahire for Violdirostack vla S'hai Malta for Shangha!
ร
CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE.
Aug. 4.
Elgar for Nowchwang & Dalnay Antilochus for London vin Singapore Cheongshing for Tientsin" Changehow for Bangkok vla Swatow
Nichiren Maru for Baigon Kwanglee for Canton Inaho Maru for Bombay Chinhua for Canton
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.`
South coast of China be-) The same tween H.K. and Hainan... a No. 1.
4th August, a
SHANGHAI,
MOJI
TI
KOBE Nore AND YOKO⋅ (Capt. D. Asbury
HAMAzam)
L'DON's S'pore, Novara
"noon
Freight
Penang, Colombo, Capt. H. R. Hether-27th Aug,} & P'sage
..China Const Meteorological Register.
Port daid and ington RN.R. Marseil es
Subject to alteration without notice.
Btation.
Tokio
Kochi
K'ugima Oshima
Hour.
Barometer.
Temperature.
Humidity.
Weather.
D'tion
Forca
All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.
For Freight or Passage; apply to
W'ertook a Nemuro Elakodste
6a 29.89
140
29.79
"
20.17
29.48
Daw
Nagasaki
29,54
29.47
29.51
29.60
E
Lahijim Bonin Is.
29.68
29.73
Cheloo
W baiwal
29.63 75 86 an Ib
P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s office,
Hongkong, 4th August, 1915
| Naba
Tankow
14
29.84 75.94
* 29.83 78
29.63 81 918
83 87 aw
[b
150
1 by
1b.
A107
9a 29.58 83-
16
6
b
29.65 79-
θα
#
29.6579
帽
29.62 81
4 b
6a 29.60 R 96 mao 29,60 81 87 W30 29.50
20°
8. 40
Pers. Korea from San Francisco ate, 29.63 8184 Mrs AL Pailhsobe, Rev & Mrs JW Che ighton, Mimos M&B Creighton, Mr & Ma 4H Curtiz, Miss O Ringsworth, Ma) Tainan Wm L Kasedler, Miss MA KOBEd'or, Miss
Miss Koshan Maskell, Master B 8 Pai, She Shu-tat, Fores Canton Wry Thayer-tatt, Ching Sing,Chigg Chong Con
Remedios, WRArmon
Rook trong, Miss OK Broane, I Condido, DC Gap E
Моно Fisher, Mr & M Fuller, Maj TG Hanson, Wo || Miss M
ans, Mr & Mrs W
Maddor Pathol
ADo
Saigon, Straits, Burmah, Coy. lon, Adelaide, Western Austra~
D Lane, lis, India, Adon. Egypt & En- Markham, Mr & Mrs H E Montgomery hot rope,--For POLYNESIEN, Mr & Mrs R Pestonji, Miss I Pentoaji, M Begner, Mr & Min & 1st Clat-.00 Wick, 7th August, noon.
Ho You, Cheong Mut, Master Ho Pock, Latent Philipplas L. —Por TUENSBANG, Tih Min Ho Fat
inst. 2 p.m.
vary inversely." In other words The tentacles of this terror the intellectually and physically clutch not only the men in the unfit "reproduce faster than the field, bet non-combatante as well desirable elements of a com- When Paris was besieged in the manity, Veterans with wrecked war of 1870-1871 ́ à veritable intelleots or ruined nerves will epidemic of mental diseases ssized merry, recking not of the social people-something no new that consequences; the state' will not The name "siege madness" had hold them in obeck, to be coined in order to describe mental defects which might navar it. Of ninety-two children born have manifested themselves will Hollo-Per SINGAN, 7th inst. 3. p.m. in Paris during that frightfal blossom forth because the shock Shanghai & North China-Per CHENAN, period of anguish, when the vary of war is to them what a hothouse
7th Aug. 3 p.m. snimale in the Zoological Gardens is to a plant; they will weigh (Europe via Siberia Bhaughat Br. P.0. were slaughtered to provide food, Leavily upon the next generation. Tuesday, 11th Aug.) sixty-four had mental and physi We, too, must, bear the burden. cal anomalies, and the remaining The tide of immigration which twenty-eight were feable; twenty. the United States may expect -one were imbecilen or idiots and after the trekty of peace has been -eight were morally or emotionally signed will carry with it much dinssne, How awful will be the human wreckage, that should be torresponding tile of the war! diverted before it reaches these Verily, the seeds of madness have shores. In times of peace we take been sown in devastated Europe. the precaution of testing the intel- Whole nations are unstrong. A lectual fitnom of Europeans at generation at least will be required each port of entry. Our instru
Austra-
معنا
Mail.
MONDAY 9th Auzust.
"Australia, New Zealand Tasma- nia, Fia Port Darwin and Naw Guinsa via Thuraday Per EASTERN, 0th Aug. 10 am.
TUESDAY, 10th August.
to restore the nervoas rquilibrium ments and methods are rather Shanghai, N. China & Japan va Kobe of the losers.
orude-so orade that they reveal
Canadian
Per-YASAKA M., 10th Aug.. 9am.
Formosa via Keelung. Shanghai, North China, and Japan vis Moll, Victoria, B.C, and Seattle, U. Kingdom via Canada---Per AWA M. 2nd *Aug. 3 p.m.
Per sa Rinsang from Bandakan-Mia® VHumphays & Me V. Bmith.
Por s.. Ohanan from Shanghai-Mr Permon.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
Pora. Persia for San Francisco sta,- FO'Daly,Capt&Mrs W Cooper,Pasimore, K Tendeursbara Lee Man Hing L P Larsen, Blahop W PEveland, AN Palmas Blafos. Butlin, Wong Sewal, Mr and Mrs R. 1. Falconer, F.A Lmas, RG Yung, Miss MIBird, Mrs E Tutcher, OT Beath, Weng Wau Yam, BO Tonaka, Mr. Wong, Dr JQ Delmahoy Allen.
WATER RETURN.
Level and Storage of water in Reservoirs on the 1st July, 1915.
Hewett,
Superintendent.
29.61 70 95 ore 20
PACIFIC MAIL S.S.CO.
OPERATING
MODERN HIGH POWERED TWIN BOREW EXPRESS STEAMERS,
MONGOLIA #7000 1088
MANCHURIA roop leng
19
Phullen
6M- 29.42 79 92 naw 10
C. St. J. Aparri
Tourne
29.53 84
40
- 29.71 75
Bw.
50
29.65, 77 90
40
Dagupan
99.68 79 96 mao
20
Madla
29.72, 77, 103
00
Lagnapi
29.71 81 87 saw 2b
Tacloban
29.74 81 92 w.
2.0
:
Iloilo Surigao Labuan
29.78 81 78 aw
C. W. JEFFRIES, Director. Hangkong Observatory, August 4,
1 Barometer, reduced to 38 Bagrem Fahrenhalt on, the level of the sea in In- ob, tenths and hundredthe
Temperature, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenhalf.
3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with mols- ture being 100,
Direction of Wind, to two points.
5 Fords of Wind, according to Beaufors Scala.
tanhed aloud, d drimiing rain, {fog, s State of Weather, b blue sky, o do gloomy, h hall, I Hightning, o ́everossi, p passing showars, q aqanlly, r'rain, a snow, * thunder, v vizibility, w dew wet, ISIS.
in Below overboy
in Balan "OverLow,
sin': Below
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER
WORKS LEVEL, Tramalia Be'ow weft
ever Traft loin. Below
Byewash.....
overlow Tytam.. Intars | 2881, sin. Below; zft
mediate
Overber
That the children of to-morrow only the more conspicuously unfit. manat suffer for the shattered Waat we will soon need is rome Philippine In-TAMING,10th Aug. 3 p.m nerves of to-day follows se a system of appraising the hordes matter of course. Statistics enough that will descend upon us from have been compiled to prove that Southern Europe some means insanity has increased alarmingly which will enable us to determine ander peaceful industrial condi- whether the terrors of war havo tions as much as 104 per cent, not so far undermined a racial swatow, Amoy & Boockow Per HAL- Pokulun is overor for example, in New York State sook that it may not be permitted alone, during the space of twenty to contaminate the healthy human years. What may be expected of protoplasm out of which real the offspring of the men who Americana are made.
AN IDEAL DRINK
FOR
SUMMER MONTHS
WHITEWAY'S CYDER
SWEET OR DRY
As supplied to all the leading London Hotels and Clubs such as Bavoy, Claridges, Berkeley, Trocadero, Hyde Park and Royal Automobile, Raleigh and Conservative Clubs.
SOLE AGENTS
H. RUTTONJEE & SON
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
TAN, 10th Aug. 1.30 p.m.
THURSDAY, 12th ́ Aug..
Btraite, Ceylon, Port Said, Marseilles and London For MISHIMA M, 19th inst, 11 s,0-
FRIDAY, 13th August.
Wel-bai-wel & Tientsin-Per HEI-
OHOW, 19th Aug., p.
English Mall.
SATURDAY, 14th Aug.
Straits, Burmah, Ceylon, Ade
aide, Western Australia, In- dia, Aden, Egypt, and Europe. The parcel mall will be closed on Friday, 15th Instant, at 5 Per MALTA, 14th Aug. Printed Matter and Sam ples 10.a.m. Registration 10.15 m.Registration Kowloon RO. 9.30 am Letters
GRANDSONT,
WEDNESDAY, 25th August.
Philippine Islands, Australio, #Tummable, Nowa Zealand via ForiDarwin, & New Guinea via buraday TePer CHANG BHA, 15th Aug. 11km/
(ps „Above) sit seyin Balan
Wong-mal, Latte gin. Below, aft, gin Balor
chung... overfowl "overlow STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS
OF GALLONS.
Tytam Beme jaar ' Tyca Intermediata *** Pokfutu Wongcheng
#
·Totalem
0 Hain in inohne, tenths and hundredths
KOREA 18000 tens
CHINA 10200 tons
SIBERIA 18000 Some
NILE HO
PERSIA 000 fana
Between Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama,
Honolulu and San Francisco
"THE SUNSHINE BELT”--The Most Comfortable Rante to America and Errege
PERSIA, (via S'hai) Salling TUESDAY, 3rd Aug. st. Hoop. KOREA
SIBERIA
CHINA (viz Manila).
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY
Augjat 1 pm..
17th Augat 1 pimë TUESDAY, 10:51ai Ang, ako noon.
Jibsan absurdere wry famous for theke modern syalpment, sumber, and the impadority i the suisine, which le under the personal superrialen of Ste 17, Mercal; the world Chisapa assonet, ; Large statsrooma, equipped with slovicia fina, and running watera: Barján sculoped with sisetzia reading lamps : Numerous Angmarinatum) ander film tanka Pilipino orobortis, dack pazes, dazeme, vitaminos a dull moment thisia hous iba szin -The Safety and Comfort of Petrass is Oor Flest Consideration – "Põe further Information, tales, Elternzupe; sebedule, ste, koply to King's Buildings (Opponite Blake Plor.)
R. C. MORTON;
Fantas-Pacific Enternational Exposition San Wantclico-1815
TO SAIL
METEOROLOGICAL.
Prurions
·Day· On date" On date
REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
1.da
295.34 35747 Barometar
6130
$6.03 Temperature
44715 Humidity
-Forca....
$19.
Compumption of water in the City and Hi Wind Direction. District in trillions and decimals of gallons during the
Contamplion 110.34 17150 m, gallon Weather .....
month of June, ipadę „
Estimated g
popa'allor
Courpilon per
#51.31
Rain
29.54 29.65
29.66
82
86
87
75
Proposed Sailing from Hongkong
For NEW YORK via SUEZ CANAL,
HI, Observatory, 4th Aug.
JEFFRIES, Director.
Főr NEW YORK and BOSTON via SUEZ CANAL.
hend per day... 15.3 "ultry ]. Highett open, kde Temperature as the sid Fervices to houses in Rider main 'Districts discox- sected from Rider ohlas and supply given by public act feuntains up to sith juu and Intermittent. supply Remains. In Rider main districts fromath to sath loclosive and during / June, 2014. Constant supply in all districts during juna 2015.
KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL/
· 1915 Kowloon Orn-ft rośn
'alt ein Brow
Below servoir me
overflow, optik, overflow'.'. STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECILIALS OF-GALLONS."
21
risation Re
Kawloon Gra^)
vitation. Reservoir
11150
33474
Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions and BA Decimals of Gallons During the month of June, 1915. Consumption 1907 13,19 mi gallons Kulmated popula
TIDE TABLE.
2nd Aug, to 8th Aug., 1915.
High Water
Hongharg
5.0
For Freight and further information apply to
5th July
Noy Low
Sat
Printed and Pablished
5 hand pers
The Government Analyst's reports show that the - Wodi WHter is of eucalient quality, sti Public Works Departizani,
W CHATHAM, *Wezer. Apiborley." Oysters, Fresh, Fried or Stewe Findon Haddocks, Kipper 26.
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