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The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1915.
THE SINGAPORE BILL.
It would seem from our Singapore correspondent's wire on Saturday that compulsory service is well on the road to becoming an accomplished fuot, as far as the Straite ia concerned; and we should hear without inordinate surprise that a like movement was incubat- ing in Hongkong. As we have tried to paint out on previous occasions, the Britisher's attitude towards compulsory“ service is a queation of names rather than of things. From what we know of this Colony, the question "Are you in favour of conscription?" would meet with an emphatic negative from nine-tenths of the white men here. At the same time," Do you believe that every Britisher here should be obliged to have a reasonable knowledge of military matters, and abould thoroughly understand the use of the rifle?" would, we think, meet with just as ready an affirmative. It is, then, the manner and not the matter that is capable of raising comment, here or at the Straits, if men are called upon to face a compulsory training Ordinance.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Heligoland.
MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 19.5.
DAY BY DAY
NOTES ON THE CRISIS
The Weather. Lawer level 8 a.m. Temp. 84; snuchine.
At the Peak 8 am. Temp. 76; sunshine.
Count the Columns,
The Malls.
zone to-morow.
Australian Mail.-Closed to-day
Twenty five years ago today Great Britain handed over to SILENCE IS THE PERFECTEST Germany the little North Sea HERALD OF JOY. I WERE BUT LIT- iland of Heligoland-presum-TILE HAPPY IF I COULD SAY HOW ably on the good old llevonshire MUCH.-Shakespeare. principle" It's no good to me, so you can have it if you like." Oer tainly it was of little enough use to the Empire, but, if our tulera had been able to foressa the pre- rent war, they would almost as son have thought of parting with Dover. Eighty three years
On Saturday the Telegraph before, it had cost us a fair amount in British blood to take published 471 columns of solid and, at the time of the cession, reading matter. To-day there in 1890, people at Home will be 351 published. were by no means all of ona mind over the notion of giv [ing it away. Bat there is no French Mail.-Due per sis. Ama
ae in wasting lamentations over spilt milk. One can only hope and believe that the end of the war will see Gormeng without not daly Heligoland but any sea-board at all. If the Allies can agree on this point, as doubtless they will when a settlement comes to be mide, whatever elso Germany my be allowed to keep, she will at least be deprived of her coast line and thus of tho power to maintain $ navy, whose sole aim and object seems to be the tombarding of undefended towns and villages and the torpe- doing of harmless merchant craft. Why not give Heligoland to the Belgison as a health resort— or elee convert it into asylum for the Kaiser, since the French will never hear of a place so full of sacred memories for them as St. Heleno being, pollut ed with his presence when settl- ing time comes.
Interviews.
B11
His Holiness the Pope is co We stated on Saturday that annoyed at having been misre he will see no more newspaper presented by interviewers that
which, unfortunately, sores of men. This is a resolution to
THE BALKAN POSITION.
Germany's Hollow Triumph.
PRESENTATION.
Social Evening, at the Engineers Institute.
The Tal Shan and the On Loo !
Damaged.
JOTTINGS=
THE WAY
Says a comtemporar Blue Fannel linar, Titan has to dealine to carry two hugs which the United States Gov
To a correspondent. If you must know, the reason why wo
printed in large type the fact that Inst Wednesday was the anniver- sary of the outbreak of war, wa that everyone except the church people seemed to have forgotten the fact,
There was a good attendance at a social evening held in the In tilate of Engineera on Saturday, a wish to be transported when advantage was taken of the
Manila.. We understan ocossion to present Mr. Chapman, the world and shat
they were, as usual, the Germany is, as we used to say the Secretrær, with s very useful at school," sold again" over her travelling case. Mr. Chapman, who conseguent danger that possession of Warsaw not only was very popular in his office, it might rock the boat. materially but morally as well; leaving for Home, and it appears that she will zot
The presentation was made by now even have the pleasure of Mr. Frost, and the evening was stealing or destroying sit spent in music and song. treasures: an occupation which would have consoled her highly oaltivated troops to some small HARBOUR COLLISION. extent. Bussia's magnificently planned arrangements for the withdrawal from the oity will constitute a page of history
Reuter says that, when the all to themselves; apparently
Svacuation of Warsaw was an not a single contingency was lost nionists were returning from tras were thrown into the streets. It appears that as the excar nounced in Berlin, newspaper ex- sight of everything was done Maoso yesterday evening they Which shows the value of the coolly and in order and practi- received somewhat of a shock German Press. Things have.com cally the entire countryside was just as they were about to land in to a bad pasa when it la a question awept bare." Germany's po ition Hongkong.yo then is this: that she has spent as The .. Tai Shan, and the 8.9. any difficulty in getting ton cents ms of cumshaw extras, we never have $830, much money in getting possession On Lee were both well filled with for ours. of this one eity as would have passengers, and as the ships pass-p $3774, bought it lock stock and barreled Green Island, they collided,
three times over, and has saorificed the Tai Shan being damaged on must have a quite erroneous, iden Somebody on the Kobe Herald more of her own men thar, would the side and the On Lee on the sa to the better class of journalism have sufficed to make a large bow.
The accident occurred in Shanghai, for he writes of Indo-Chinas $1494, bayers.
standing army even for a country about 6.30 just when the passen the N. O. Daisy News We Shell Transporte.$88/- nom. the size of Germany. On the gers were getting ready for never remember our Northern "Hongkong "Lande. — $110, whole, then, we shall be extremely landing.
grateful to anyone who can Fortunately no one was hurt. guilty of anything in the flowery contemporary's being especially. $8.70, explain to us exactly where the
line, enemy's huge victory comes in,
peres, Eastern. Canadian and U.K. Mails. Close per es. Awa Maru to-morrow at 3 p.m.
Up to the Minute-Share Market News.
Closing prices:
Hongkong Banks.
buyers. Canton Insurances.
boyera.
Star Ferries.-$364, buyers. Dooks. $75, buyers.
sellers.
China Providents.
buyers.
Hongkong Ropes.
buyera,
$28,
What is the Position Now ?
Hongkong Tramways.-$6.20,
buyers...
Electrics-$45. sales. China Sugars.-$132, sales. Luzons. $46, bayers. Ewoa.-B. 170, buyers." Hongkong Cottons.- $7.40, Green Telande.—$81, sales. Steam Laundrier-83, buyers
x.div.
Watsons $81, buyers.
The Dollar.
The rate of the dollar on
public men in all countries have other. Though no journalist whe been forced, at one time or an-demand takes his business at all seriously could dare to offer the small-
Min 1. 9 1/16d..
Anniversary,
To-day is the 25th anniversary
eat atom of defence for men of the cession of Heligoland to the capable of twisting what is asid to Germans by Great Britain. them till it means something else, we still think that many will feel that it is not fair to judge the whole profession by a few dis- primary object of the newspaper honest or careless persons, The interview is that of giving á man
that the interviewer does not know
GARMENTS FOR THE
FRONT.
An Acknowledgment.
We know now what we blow. was which the Kaiser was me ditating, which was to make all Europe tromble. Is was the Ons of to-day's wires says that
cutting off the care of an unlucky the Bourse Gazette learns from an received by Lady May, acknow-made Europe tremble, and it The following letter has been Japanese prisoner. It hasn't unimpeachable source that the ledging trunks of clothing sent hasn't even astonished Europe. Kaiso: made an offer of peace to by the women of Swatow, Amoy If that wretched little Hohenzol Russia last week. Is there much and Focabow, to Mis, Townsend lern maniso really wants tươ in that to get excited over? Is it for the Belgian Refugees:-
the first time that the Kaiser has
indulged in this sort of paltriness
againtance, pr
antonish the world he will try be having like a rational being for five minutes, and then, we take it, it in Germany that will be the most surprised of all. PA MADAR
17.
Milton Housema 8 and 9 Chiswell Street, and been turned down for his
London, EC. pains? It is of a piece with his magnificent place for the Poles,
June 17; 1016 It has always been an nawritten law that the men who made,
Dear Madam; The trunks of who are a little too old to be clothing which you sent to the From a Telegraph advertise- or who ultimately settled in, any British Colony should be prepared to defend their lives or property, either against marauders from with-
caught with any chaff that he may have on hand. If the Pules Belgian Consulate at 37 Bedford ment during the voyage out or against an indigenous populace that was slow to understand
is a comfortable certainty that they have much pleasure in saying explanation is that our educated have never loved the Russians, it Squars have been forwarded to me. in return' yfb) range (first class the right of strangers from Britain to make themselves at home in
They have been unpacked and if necessaot's Apply to eto." The the country which it had formerly regarded as its own. Britial rule
kato both Austrians and Germans that the garments are all of a most compositor is forbishing up his was established in Africa and Canada (and largely in Australia and
Tobacco for the Troops. a very great deal more, and with useful description and are quite Welsh, having been offered a New Zealand, to say nothing of India) more by the silert, non-
We gratefully acknowledge in good reason. connection with the Tobacco and Rassis, have given the Kaiser an It is indeed very gratifying to Hongkong University.
But they, like aggressive, defence-not-defiance attitude of the civilian than by
suitable for the Belgian Refugees, professorship in that giddy at Cigarette Fund the sum of $6 answer that cannot well be mis receive such a very generoue military force. The native came to realise that, if the white man was in his country, it was not for purposes of bullying and robbory but
from “ A bot."
taken. One of the most out-contribution and I shall be glad on a live-and-let live principle: "Let us make things easy for each
Bijou Theatre.
At least that was the explana "other." The Britisher made no attempt to diegaise the fact that he
standing faote in connection with if you will be so kind as to convey tion, but he has since perpetrated An excellent now programme the whole situation is the com waa benefiting by his stay among the natives; but it was equally public certain intereating matter the Bijou Theatre, containing from undue bcasting on the part I shall see that the clothing is The "Ruster" part of the business Bu opportunity of telling to the was begun on Saturday night at parative silence and refraining my sincere thanks to any who "American Archdake and clear that the novelties that he was introducing were also going to
may have contributed to "Raster's correspondent in Paris." which he has not time or inclina-some fire comics and a very of Germany, Wild excitement forwarded at once to the proper we forgive him, for we sometimes benefit the native-in most respects. So the two usually contrived to maintain a good understanding, and to live side by side to their himself. If he is misreported un "The Veiled Danseuse."
tion to put into article form elaborate film drams in four parts: in Berlin cannot be said, under quarters in order that some poor say things about Reuter ourselves. mutual betterment. But with uncivilised or partially civilised races intentionally, it is usually a sigu
the circumstances, to count for it waa desirable that at least a tiny element of the respect that is'
Settlement Hoped For,...
souls may immediately bave the But that " American Archduke! much. It is rather the tone of benefit of such useful garments. basiness looks suspicious. Of The case between Tong Shan, the German communiquer that founded upon fear should enter into the anderetending that existed his pidgin, or is careless or in No. 2 Bresty Terrace and the have to regud, and, if we With beat thanks for your kind coarse we know that Germany Such people were, to a great extent, to be regarded in some- attentive; if intentionally, the Fang Pin Shan and Fang are to judge from these, the enemy what the same light as schoolboys who might yield offender ought to be in gaol. But Yes Chi, merchants of Bonham would seem to be none too well-
has long wanted to establish an to the templation to take advantage of familiarity.
I am, dear Madam, Anetro-German monarchy over in not necessary that the schoolmaster should be continually brandish who will speak perhaps a little claims the delivery up of certain
It is there is a certain class of man Strand, in which the plaintiff pleased with himself.
Yours very truly, the States, but why should she
J. NAVAUX. ing his stick in order to maintain respect; but the knowledge too
single out our comp. for the job that he has a stick locked away in his study, ready for use
freely, forgetting that mortgages and the possession.
of announcing the glad tidings? worda in aggravated cases of insubordination; is a very healthy deterrent print, and who afterwards regrets which has been before the court are going into uf certain premises, and
There's nothing pro-German to would-be troublesome boys. Should it be known that he has no
about him. POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.
He's
bad his rashness. Here, again, an intermittently since June 28. stick, aconer or later there will be a chance of his having more or
enough without thet, less serious trouble to face. The analogy is rough, but it may serve basiness will submit to the speaker the Chief Justice, Sir William honeet paper that knows its was to have been on again before
Police Reserve orders issued Any sensible man, here or in Singapore, knows that government in going to be an easier matter when it is recognised that the authori. publication, to give him a final case did not come on and we that the enemy's position there is
a proof of the interview before Rees Davies K.C. to-day. The Italian front is good, and shons (Reserve) State,
What little we bear from the to-day by Mr. FC. Jenkin D.S.P. ties have a useful reserve of force behind them, and that the exist opportunity of adding or deleting, learn that it has been adjourned no more hopeful than it was before, ence of such a force is going to be far less uncomplimentary to the It is matter for gratification that until to-morrow in the hope of Indeed we should be bard, put to p.m. Tuesday, August 10th, native than the display implied by the presence of a large number of it is a very great rarity to see an a settlement being arrived at to find a better example of the type British 2 Sergeants and 7 men, regular troops...
interview disputed in any reput able British paper.
of fighting described as wearing Portuguese 2 Bargeart and 13 out." What the position comes to men, Chinese 1 Sergeant and 10 in practically this! that the men, Indian 4 men, 0.0. Guard, Italians have made themselves Crown Sergeant Evans, comfortable in Austrian territory, Wednesday, August 11th The telegram quoted below was are losing comparatively few men British 1 Sergeant and 4 mer, Another interesting item in our reorived by the U. S. Consulate and are refusing to give back an Portuguese 2 Sergeants and 13 1egram from Frankfort stating, 4.45 p.m. Aug. 7, 1915. Typhoon forces the enemy chooses to bring men, Indian 3 men, 0.0. Guard, Kynoch's (Ltd.) at the wor issue of 8 tarday was a belated from the Manila obeervatory at inch of ground, no matter what man, Chinese 2 Sergeants and 14 ed at the annual meeting of hit a German Socialist leader, east of southern Ladrons or against them. They are, in fact, Sergeant Major Roylance, the company at Birmingham on Herr Qaarok, has published a Mariana Islands, direction undoing exactly what Germany has peace appeal which, so he claims, known;
Thursday, August 12th British June 29. La moving the been hoping to do with Russia 1 Sergeant and 7 men, Chinese 2 of the report which sho has been sanctioned by the Ger- 12.30 p.m. Aug. 8, 1915. Ty and has not succeeded first time that our enemy has con- Mariana Lelands; north-west or nothing particular seems to be Guard, Chief Inspector Mason. id they were all more man Chancellor. This is not the phoon north of the Ladrons or doing. In the Near East, es 2 Sergeant and 13 men, 0, 0 of 20 per cant., the
in Sergeant and 14men, Po:taques profit of £162,872,
his
German Socialists and the War,
#
TYPHOON WARNING.
paws of the Socialist party. Every descended to seek to make esta' north-north-west, bint at peace from the higher. authorities, from the commenc
News from the South and the Near East,
Guards.
(Central Police Station) 9.45
NO SECRETS FROM THEIR COUNTRY
Kynoch's Splendid Gift
to the State.
Mr. Arthur Chamberlain presid
Doubtless most of us would rather that any order concerning the training and arming of European civilians came direct from Home than that it should emanate from purely local authority- until that local authority is made elective and representative. Bat this is not a time for discussing popular objections to Legislative Councils in Crown Colonies. The main point is that, more now than ever, every Britisher worth the game should be anxious to contribute his mite towards helping the Empire. There are scores of reasons why many of us out here cannot go Home and enlist; but there is no conceivable reason why every moderately healthy man, here or at the Straits, should not be ready and willing to do such work na will set free for war servios the men who otherwise could and would go to the Front If wo dislike the word "compulsory" it is largely because we object to the insinuation that any Britisher can be so palty and selfish as to deny his services at a time when he might be
doing in Gallipoli or the Straite, Friday, August 13th British 1 ed at present with of some little use, and when Asiatica and Eurasians are giving their
interest naturally hongs round Sergeant and 6 mon, Portuguese of the country services. We believe that, almost without exceptios, the men who
LANGKAT OUTPUT. are not enrolled in one or other of the voluntary corps here are dement of the war to this very adviss us that the Langkat output Roumanis comes in "2 Ear Crown-Sergeant Watt,
the discussions between Germany Sergeant and 8 men, Chinese 2 those of the company. terred solely by physical weakness, and we may take it that the morning, has been so emphatically for the current month is as future doings and those of Servin
Messrs. Wright and Hornby and the Balkan countries. How Bergesats en1 14 men, Indian 1 proposed to distribute rathe long is it going to be before Bergeant and 7 men, 0.0. Gaard, large sam, but the ordin same holds good of Singapore; and even for these exceptions it "tarned down" by those to whom
sharaholders had gone short very ahould be possible to start an invalida corps, so that they might be
often and s overtures were made, that Gor taught to do something useful. Should Hongkong ever be forced
August 1,
Tons 242 and Bulgaria, to say nothing of Monday, August 9th and They had placed at the to face such a Bill.se Singapore is discussing, we do not deny that we would like to see certain modifications introduced. It is well that every white man in the Colony should be asked to give proof of his having served in the army, navy, armed police or same re cognised volunteer body. If he can do thie, it should be sufficient for him to agree to put in half a dozen drills a year, if he cannot produce such proof, there is nothing unreasonable in asking him to place himself under instruation in musketry ste until such a time ss be has satisfled the Government that he could be of real use if called upon, at a moment's notice, to assist in the defence of the Colony. But we doubt if our readers are yet convinced of the need for anything more stringent than this rough outline;
many now seems willing to let Much good may it do them. even the Socialists have a try, Unfortunately for the enemy's plane in this, direction, Socialists in Britain were a negligible body even before the war, and to-day nine-tenths of them have thrown in their lot with the Government. Therefore any appeals to them from their Gorman edmirera are
able to fall a little flat,
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follows:
Parades,
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Turkey and Greece, seem to de- Thursday, August 12th-N. O of the Government, wit pend entirely on the ewing of Officers Parade under the D. 8. P. remuneration, the whole of local politica and the arranging at the Central Police Station, 6 trade secrete and; pro
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of ancient grudges and grievances pm, in mafti, egzo, had which are far too abatrnes for the
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Veunesday, August llth—By-
the
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British mint to grasp.
ver oraits of Portagasse and British | been led
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220
for the
for
Total to 8th inst.
18335
220.13
the near fatore may have in store Company under Crown Bergeant hav
the combatants, it is very clearO, M. 8 Alves, 6p,
that Germany will achieve nothaesday, August 10th
ing with Rumania by oing
'what she is most handy at, bawl. 1. Platoons and Rec
day, August 13k
Chinese Jany.