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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915.
A. S. WATSON & CO. LTD.
The Motor Ambulance,
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DAY BY DAY.
HETHATCOMPLIES AGAINST HIS IS OF HIS OWN OPINION STILL.- Bamuel Butler.
The Weather.
Lower level 8 a.m, Temp. 80;
At the Peak 8 am, Temp. 74;
Count the Columns.
The ladies of Hongkong are certainly to be congratulated on their quick response to the appeal' for a motor ambulance for use at the Front. A feature upon which the organisers should especially be complimented is the method followed in publishing the names sunshine. of subscribers. In an essentially "provincial" spot like Hongkong, | sunshine. where considerably more attention is commonly bestowed on other folks' busineen thea од Yesterday the Telegraph one's own, people will "talk"; published 37 columns of solid in other words, will comment reading matter, To-day there
the smount contributed will be 361 published. to any charity by Mrs. A. or Misa B. Knowing this, many would-be contributors are often prevented from giving-sheerly because they happen to have a narrow purse and many calle on it; and they do not wish to figure as giving so much leas than their wealthier neigh- boore. By the system which the Hongkong ladies have adopted there is no danger of anyone's losing face; and, since it was made clear, when the subscript tion list was opened, that offer
on
MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS inga might range from fifty cents
The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve
the truth and print the news without fear or favour.
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Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.
Telephone: No. 1 A.B.C., 5th edition.
Western Union Office address: 11, Ica House St.
DEATH.
to ten dollars, there is nothing to prevent those of limited income from giving amall to amounts. These small amounts acon pile up and, so long as the total is reached, our poor wound- ed Tommies will care nothing if Mrs. A. chanced to give a dollar leas than Mias B. It will be seen from the list which we published last night that the entire sum collected still only reaches a little [over a third of that required. At the present rate, however, we have no fear thas the good object
ally be attained.
WADE-On August 31, 1915, at 12 Park Lane, Shanghai, of the promoters will not eventu Healing Thomas Wado, ago 69 years.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915.
HONGKONG AND CRUELTY.
For many of the local improvements which we should like to see coming into operation it will manifestly be necessary to wait for the end of the war. Government officials have their hands fall
Compulsion in Singapore.
The Malls.
Siberian, United Kingdom Cana-
dian and American Mile, Closed per s.s. Manchuria to- day at 2 p.m. Canadian and United Kingdom Mails-Closed por 8.3. Aki Murn to-day at & p.m.
Share Market News-Opening Official Quotations. Closing prices :-
Hongkong Fire9.
bayars.
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NOTES ON THE CRISIS.
THE HESPERIAN,
Mr. Balfour's Letter.
There are few speeches or latters of Mr. Balkonr's that do not ontain ample material for thought, for he never speaks or
relacionce." tha
maiter.
A YEAR AGO. TO-DAY."
LEADING EVENTS IN THE GREAT WAR.
Extracts from the war news con- tanned" in the “Hongkong Telegraph" of September 7,
1024.
MODERN SURGERY
MIRACLES.
Many Soldiers' Lives Saved by Scinace.
The most astounding thing about modern valence is the fact that as fast as it inventa new and ingenious methods of destriction it provides new and equally in- gerions means of restoration. It restores no less quickly then it destroys.
1
writes unless he bas something to say, and unless be is entirely
British Guarding Movement: sure of his facts. In this case,
French Glorious Victory. in a very few words he sums up
During the week no new main the history of the period of Ger trial of strength occurred. There man piracy: Like the trained bave been, indeed, battles along at once a test and a triumph for The present war has, farnished dialect ofan that he is he strength- the immense front which in other the science of healing, writes a ens his own position by appear-ware have been considered of the Daily Chronicle representative. ing to throw an occasional cop to fret magnitude, but which in this Within a few hours of receiving the adversary. "There was no war are merely incidents of stra. their wounds on the field of bat doubt that the submerine cam-[tegio withdrawal and contraction tle the soldiers of today are paiga was adopted with extreme of the allied forcer, Since the being cared for, and in many Ho probes battle of Cambria, where the cases cured, in the most without beat and without fales left flank of the entire allies' roy hospitale. In its physical sense arguing British successfully guarded the elaborately equipped of English sentiment; he is frankly horri- from a deadly turning attack, we process of restoration has become fied at the Germans sacrificing have been supported by the hardly less meatacical-ard bap- of their national honour, but he seventh and fifth French armies; pily hardly less certsin-than the goes into no elaborate laments the latter as Guise secured a process of destruction: tions or heroics. He just turns solid success, driving back the "If you want to san miracles," the facts over coldly and impar ecemy in disorder and inflioting said the chief medical officer of a $420, tially as a British scholar and
a heavy loss on three German large London hospital, “I can gentleman might be expected to carpe. Nevertheless, a general show you some here-miracles of do. All that be leaves to the retirement has continued, and modern surgery," And he was sa Germans after bis sifting does not the Germans are persistently seek good as his word. amount to very much. The enemy ing the British, and have kept in Hobbling along one of the wide has interfered with cur commer- opetant contact with our rear-corridors of the hospital came a cial shipping and has ruthlessly guard. The British Army is now soldier, Private Robert T, who sacrificed the lives of non-com-south of the Marne, in line with had "got it badly," as he oxpress. batants and of women and child-the French forces. The right and ed it, at the storming of Hill 50. rep; bat bis own losses have left of the Germana appear to be The doctor stopped to tell me of Btob marching towards the Marne, about his case, He had been simultaneouely been proportions 39 to make towards the left and centre of the hurried over from France in bim panee and think. And French lines. A French corpa a dying condition, with the of Germany's repaised the Seventh German abdomen and intestines terribly thinking is that "what were mere- Army near Deinville. It would shattered by a shell, By all the $81, ly crimes in My are seen to be appear that the enveloping move tenets of surgery he had not half blunders in September." It is this ment on the Anglo-French left an hour to live. But within 20 eternal blundering that the more wing has been abandoned by the minares of his arrival at the hos thoughtful and cautious element Germans either because it is no pital he had been operated upon. in Germany will find it hardest to longer practicable to continae A new bladder and other organs forgive. When
that element such a great extention, or be- were actually made for him, and weighs one thing with another it cause the Germans profer a from that moment his progress muat antaly be forced to the con- direct attack on the allied line. clusion that Germ ny's conduct of the war has really been little else but a series of gross mistakes and wild miscalculations from the outset.
873
$420,
Co.
Tronohe. 31/6 buyerə. Ural Caepions.40/6 buyers. Humphrey's Extates. *
sales, Ewos.-Tls. 180, galos, Canton Insamnoes.
buyers. Douglas's $83, buyers, Hongkong C. and M. S. 8.
Ld. $191, buyers,
[Combined # 140 b. Indo
91 b. Deferred Chinas. Preferred 55 b. Hongkong Cottons.
buyers.
Shanghai Docks. 63, bayers. China Borneo's $101, bayers, Ropes - $27, x div. buyers.
on
To-day's Anniversary. To-day is the 108th anniversary of the surrender of Copenhagen end the Danish feet to Admiral
GERELLERIES Buu Lan Cathosrt.
Left by the Manchuria.
Received With Thanks.
the resalt
Encounter at. Malines, The Germans lost three thon- end in an encounter west of Malines.
was slow but sure. He will be ready for discharge within a week.
There are several similar cases of ratching-up in the same hospital. In one the patient is Corporal C—, a young Canadian D. C. M., who is happily just out of danger and will live to wear his well-earned decoration: Another soldier who has been
death ia
and it is anfair to ask them to concern themselves with matters that and only those who are either periodicals for, the use of the Hundreds of Britishers, up till Governor, Hongkong, ie forward-or replaced, and the patients have
recovered,
The Dollar. The rate of the dollar In yesterday's issue wo mention-demand to-day is Is 9 9/16d. ed that the new rule as to military training at the Straits bas now come into force. All in Hong-
Montenegrias Best Austrians. Russia and Her Enemal s. The Mostonegrina beat the kong will watch with no smell
While the Germans boast and Austrians at Boljanitza in Bera the scheme for arting of
blander and govine capturing all the stores, for perfection at once, and the
allow themselves "tove and stɛo occupied C1asitz Singapore people will be more
Mre. P. H; and the Misses drawn steadily along to their British Boats Strike Alines and literally dragged back from than haman if adde and ends Holyoak left Hongkong to-day own eventval demontion, Russia
Sink. of initial mistakes-if only minor by the e.. Manchuria.
This hospital is puranes ber ploiding way, always The following extraos from a Private George B-, & great- ones are cot made,
Broadly
waiting and always watebing. It Fresa Bureau telegram of th hearted, great-limbed young We gratefully acknowledge the is not only the enemy that put September, from B. E. the Gov- speaking, however, the plan is unquestionably an excellent one, receipt of a parcel of illustrated her down as a fco! from the start. ernor, Singapore, to B. E. the Lancer. In all these casse shet- tered organs have been repaired very ignorant or else who have troops and sailore in the garrison, gaie recently, have been speak-ed to us by the Colonial Se retary, are not of primary importance. There are, however, some small failed to look all round the sub-from Mre, O. Humphroys. ing patronisingly of her, as though for publication :—
The Alleged Murder. abe were a newly weaned child; Steam drifter Linsdell and things, and one or two big ones, which the Govorament and the ject will have any serious objec-
At the Police Court, this mera but those, we notice, are beginc- H.M.S. Speedy struck mines named O'Brien and an English- Legislative Council could and should find time to handle without a tione to offer. Of curse the daying Hen Ma-you who was arrested ing to alter their minds a little. East Coast and sank. Casualties man named Roaob, two comrades,
will come when the Britisher will week's delay. Foremost among the big things is the prevalence of be ashamed to own that he has not; ander a woman at Shauki blustering up to Brest Litovsk; Speedy was an old torpedo gun-bicad and the agony of their in connection with the alleged She allowed the Germans to come reported, six missing, two injureo, who, though half-blinded with cruelty to animale in the Colony. We have been told that a Society had a military training of some sort.
and, when they got there what boat built in 1890. Before the wounds, fought a maebine-gun for the prevention of this sort of thing exists in Hongkong, bat, as as much ashamed as bis mediawan, was remanded for a week.
Mr. J. W. Bailes Gone North. did they find? "The situation in war, she was engaged on fishery for several hours at Hill 60. we have never seen or heard of any of its performances, we may well eval ancestors would have been.
Mr. J. W. Bolles, manager, for Moscow in 1812 could not have protection duties. leave it out of our considerations and regard the entire question ng It is evident from the direction China, of the Standard Oil Com-been waise," Those who bought A Government one. East and West do not, and never did, see of whether conscription, as such, bai to day by the P. M. a.. seems, wasted
that Home events are taking that, pany of New York, left for Shang- Russia for a fool have, it to eye on the abject of man's duty towards the brutes, and often comes or not, soldiering of forts Manchuria. He will be away from Whether in her own territory, their capital. ill-treatment, sometimes positive, cometimes negative, is Icoked upon will gradually become as much the Colony for about eleven daye. in Galicia, in the Caucasue, in by the Oriental as a mitter in no sense reprehensible. Every an essential part of eabool time- Britisher is, or should be, a missionary to the East on this point, tables an English or mathematical and should use all means in his power to make the Chinese and others subjeste. understand that it is a serious thing to neglect or to illtreat any animal.
That individual Britishers, whether in Government employment Discipline as Well as Tuition. or not, do exercise themselves in this matter, is evident from the for that we have reported sundry ossas wherein busy men have
H. K. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
The Probate Case, the Baltic or in the Black Sea, MEN'S HANDICAP DOUBLES. Throughout to-day strenuous she just goes quietly on, may attempte bove beca made atifying, befling and exasperat. to a settlement in ing her enemies by doing the
to come
Second Round. The result of yesterday's play
the case in which Ho Su-lan is very thing that they were not in the above tournament is as endeavouring to secure the re- prepared for. And, as we have under:- vocation of lotters of administra- already remarked, she has bigger
G. Miskin and R. St. Amory tion granted with regard to the earprises up her sleave yet.
oze 4/6, best R. Hancock and R. estates of Ho Wo-lam deceased, gone out of their way to prosecute Chinese for oruelty to pouice, When we of this generation The C180 was fixed to come on
Germany and America. P. Thursfield owe 30 by 8-, Dien etc., but we want to see the Government acting officially. We were boys we had not the luck to again at noon to-day bat no tot were Americana on bcard the
As we had imagined, there 6-4. are not content to read the bald statement in the Ordinances: find instruction in the use of the tlement was then arrived at. A Hesperian, Dr. Woodrow Wilson owe 15/1 beat N. E. Kent and Hancock and P, Leigh Bennett "Every person shall be liable to a fue not exceeding 60 dollars who rifo down in the curriculum, the farther adjournment was made and Mr. Lansing have refused to W. N. Ford owe 15-4 by 1-6, wantonly or cruelly mutilates or otherwise ill-uses any horse, mule, cadet corps were hardly out of the until this afternoon but the par- comment, eays Router in his 6-3, 6-4. dog or other animal." Surely a British Colony in the Far East shell, and lack of either time or ties were still apparently trying asge summing up of the effect of needs something a little stronger than this. Is there to be no interest put volunteering out of to come to an agreement for at the newa in America. In the name pauichment for reglect? And is not the law, even as it exists, to court when manhood was reach three o'clock the oase had not of Heaven, what is there to com- be acted upon a little more frequently and energetically? And ed. Thus the number of civilians been called on. cannot the Government appoint inspectors to see that the law is between the ages of twenty-five kept, oven as it appointa Sanitary Inspectora?
and forty-five who have been trained to the use of erms is a Again, cannot thore concerned with the carrying out of the regrettably small one. To the muzzling law be made to act with reasonable humanity ? Yester men in Singapore the new law day two of the Chinese whose duty it is to lasso uamuzzled dogs should be a blessing physically, caught one poor beast in DasVous Road, Central. Having made for the climate is one that insists, their capture, they proceded manfully to drag it along on its back, on a man's taking a reasonable gasping and foaming; and they continued this gentle prcosdare till amount of exercise if Le wants to a European interiered, when it occurred to the resourceful mind of keep it. In normal times the one of them to go in search of the cage in which such animals are Singapore white man is of a more aeually placed. If this is to be allowed among persona appointed by robust type than the white man! the Government, what sort of treatment can we expect the ordinary of Hongkong, and, as often as coolie to use towards his pige, fowle etc. ? Since the Government not there is little that he has to knows as well so we do that the Society for the Prevention of Cruel- learn in regard to handling a gun. ty to Animale exists only in name, why does it not itself take more What he most needs is discip active steps in the matter? Not a day goes by but one can see acts line; indeed discipline is the. of callous cruelty towards the animale and birds that are brought main argument in favour of the down from Canton, and all too rarely do we ever hear of any pro- Bill. To those who have been in Becution therefor, And, if prosecution is institated, the fine is not the habit of playing in a cricket the fifty dollars which the law allows, but usually quite a trifling or football team and thus have We are not asking the authorities to do impossibilities. We learned the value of combination, know well enough that they are unable to guard entirely against little perenssion will, we think, these brutalities; but there is something seriously wrong when the be necessary to convince them cruelty convictions work out to about ten in a year-at a generous that the Singapore scheme is a estimate. Osanot the olergy do something to influence the Govern- necessary and an admirable one ment? It is almest their turn. And the ladies of Hongkong; can within proper limits, of course. they do nothing?
one.
KWANGTUNG FLOOD
RELIEF FUND.
Subscription 1 1st No. 29.
2,010
Machlae-Gun. Heroes. In one ward I saw an Irishman
Roach had lost his left arm and two fingers from his right; while O'Brisa had lost an eye and had been shot in the leg.
The O'Briens are a hardy race, however, and they do not die easily. ("They do not pat enough (earth on us,” tha O'Brien in ques- tion explained to me with a broad grin.) So the Irishman, who bat This arms free, but could not siand, supported Rosch while the latter worked the gun with big one re- maining arm.
Private Roach is now con-
valescent. He has only one arm,
it
is true, and only three fingers
on the other. But a skilful surgeon
has succeeded in preserving two tiny stumpa of bone that will serve their owner in a number of unexpected ways.
Most wonderfal of all, however HONGKONG TRAMWAY ment on? "The outrage is re-
COMPANY LIMITED.
-and my dostor-gaide was quick garded as destroying the last
to admit it-were the cases of abreds of belief in the
of ustural healing. I saw several faith
Approximato of
atutement good
German
Traffic Receipts, for week ending | men➡two of them just back fram assurance to America." Who, we 4th September, 1915.
the Dardanellee-whom. a ballet wonder, were the credulous beings
had completely traversed and yet who barboured those "last
Receipts Aggregate left organically unharmed. In one ahrada"? The American press
for week. Receipts instance the bullet had entered bas consistently refused to be
for 30 works. fooled, and it is certain that no This Year: 11656 303,360 carotid arteries, pierced both | through the neck, missed the main one in England attached the Last Year:... 0,040 418,441 langs, escaped the aoris, sad slightest importance to Count Increase:... Bernstorff's promises. He and his Decrease:
emerged under the arm. With 26,082 the exception of the trifling flesh to neknowledge with thanks the policy throughout, where the The Tang Wab Eospital begs friends have followed but one
wounds, and of the punctured following donations to the Kwang American was concerned. At sll inng Flood Relief Fand.
langs (of which a little cara had LANGKAT OUTPUT. naturally to be taken at first) the cost she was to be drawn into the T.T. from Sourabяve $4000.00. coz fict, in order that she might September1
patient was undamaged. A week
Meners.
Per Mr. Obeng Chi-yong of contribute towards the saving if
or eo at the outside saw him well
$1482 21,
Him Wo, Bangkok Germany's face. Germany has
agatal The astonishing festure nover lost a single opportunity of Per Mr. Chee Obie-abong from irritating the Washington people the Chinese Merchants at Sin- and of holding them up to ridi Sism (Siam Ourrency) cale; of pulling their leg, in faol $893-8765.00.
and every assault on boats bound $611297.85.
Already a oknowledged for American or Canadian ports can only be regarded as one more Total $517545.06.
fitem to be added to the score.
gora,
214 203
Tons 211
2
21
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3
D
4
208
17
5
105
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D
味曲曲
203:
3
Total to 6th inst.
1234
Daily average
205.07
curva
of this case, as the mediost officer remarked to me, was the fact that the ballet had, as it seemed, deliberately described ́a round a danger zone. Nosurgeon in the world, he declared, could bavo directed a curette along the
aren taken by this bullst.