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The Court MagLIA! CASO, THE
In vien of all the circumstances the Telegraph,bas refrained from any allusion to Aha. Court Martis) Poza! case which was heard on Monday. If we mention it now, it is solely in reply to a large number of engairera and critics who have expressed surprise at finding a local matter which has aroused a considerable perhaps an undue -degree of interest ignored in our news and editorial columns, The moo thoughtful of our rendera will agree with
Count de Columns, that the matter, is one in which:lished 321 clumps of solid Yesterday the Telegraph pub silence is the beat conree for the press to observe, Ordinarily reading matte, To-day there newspaper's duties ard to clearly
will be 33 pablished. defired that it is easier to go right than to go wrong. To give the news without bias, fantastic ad- dition or unjustifiable omission, and to offer fair comment where the cocasión demands these are the main guide lines,Where matters do not call for oritioirm it is surely idle to offer it; and the court martial is, in our opinion, ons of these matters.
The Yellow Journalists,
Passing to a less delicate pro- fessional question, we hope that our readers have enjoyed Sir A
Pas abject of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to T. Quiller Coach's remarks which
the truth and print the news without fear or favour.
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1915.
SOCIAL RELATIONS AFTER THE WAR.
men
8
The Malls.
European Mail Via Nagapatam, Dae to-day by Fashimi Maru. Siberian Hail.-Closed per 9.9.
Sinking today at 3 p.m. English Mailloses per 9.9. Nankin to murrow at 11 am.
.
Share Market Nevs-Opcolog Official Quotations. Banke- $825, tales. China Firos.-810?, buyers. Green Islande.-30.63, bayers. China Sugars.-8132, bayers. Electrica, $5, sales. Luzone. -$40 buyers.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS
BETTER NEWS,
ratly Hepotet (Outlook
YEAR AGO TO-DAY.
LEADING EVENTS IN THE
ORBAT WARJA
Extracts from the war news con- lained in the "Hongkong Telegraph" of September 29,
1914.
As so often happens after a long lull in war cables, a rush of wires ion of them is quite a bright one. Mr. F. E. Smith Golog to the has come along, and the complex- Two German communiques take up a more or less doleful note,
Front.
Momra. Polish
MARKET!
& Kotwal
in their Yarn Repors Our last oironlar, per as:Sardinia, was The 9th instant, ince hen the market has continued ther substantial advanos in price, upward course, -merking of three to eight dollars per ba
The volume of business trans-
roaching the handsome figure of sated during this period is also most gratifying, the total maleu
11,000 bales
Roporta from Bombay indicate
and the writera seem too much Mr. Winston Churchill, ad- il luck to have heart for lying ing meeting at Liverpool, standing upwards. preoccupied with their army's dressing an enthusiastic reorait
even on the subject of Vilsemannced that Mr. F. E. Smith was has been sunk, and, on the he wished him a asfe return. Yet another enemy submarine off to the war in a few days, and Eastern and Western fronts, Fighting Loss Violent: Alles it is the Allies, and not the Germade Appreciable Progress, mans, who have ccossion to con- The fighting to-day has been gratulate themselves. From less violent. We have made
Moved.
a strong market, with cotton still A pleasing fasture of the po tion in that the deliveries are keeping psos wish the gales.
Closing tone steady, Total rates 11,900 bales. Unsold and undelivered in the godowns 65,000 bales
Admiral Besson's statement it appreciable progress, especially Arrivals: The Extra Steamers would seem that still worse days between Ebeims and Argonne. Jinsia Maru and Itola from Bom are in store for the submarine Casualties on H. M. S. Pegasus.bay, have brought in 10,895 bales pirater-ho by the way have
The ozanalties on HMS. for Hongkong, aud 262 bales for added to their naval laurels by segasus included: killed, Com- Shanghai Shipments from Hong thick-headed picos of strategy Drake.
mander Tarner and Lieutenant kong to Shanghai, coat ports sto,, which ended in their torpedoing
500 bales. one of their own brethren: the German General's Headquarters Hongkong and I. W. and G. Bort of thing one would expect of
Co. Ltd.- $79, sales. those people.
It is rumoured in Antwerp that At Home the General Kluck has transferred Docka-981), bayera,
National Servios disonssion has his Staff to Mone. Shanghai Docks, — Tls. 60, been shoved out of the way by "Inopportune Peace Suggestions"
buyers,
over, which, for the first time in at the White House that the the Budget statement; one more
President Wilson told callara history, has given satisfaction to ability of the United Statea to all parties; but we read with serve humanity has been handi-chop No. 20 at 8127 to 8185. pleasure that time has been capped by inopportune peaus Bengal and Chinese. Quotations
auggestione, another Italian Cabinet Authorises Export $24 to $29.50 per pioni.
Bengal at 621 to $26 Chinese
"
Kang Yiks. Tle. 16.40, sallers. Ropes.$31, buyers. Langkate Tle. 371, buyers. Ewo Tls, 180, sellers. Shanghai Cottons in S'hai,-found wherein to convict and
Ties 1042 sellers.
Bentence.. to death Gorman epy. If more had been of Sugar to England shot during the early days of the The Italian Cabinet has author- war, a good many British sailors ised the export of one hundred
The Dollar.
The rate of the dollar on demand today is la 9 11/18d.
To-morrow's Anniversary To-morrow is the 374th anniversary of the death of the celebrated Swiss astrologer Para celsas.
Shanghai-An salive market at advancing raten, follows:-1000 bales Betan No: Japanese Yarn:Salea are as 10 at $100 to $107. 600 balen
$125 to $131.500 bales aundries 900 bales yellow jos No. 20 at Setsa No. 20 at 8133 to $198.
Raw Cotton-No sales in
7
and soldiers who have been slain thousand tons of sugar monthly POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. would probably stili ba alivo: Bat to England. to no one where oleverness in we Britishers take second place shutting the stable door after the horse has been stolen is concerned.
Japanese Lose Another Torpedo-boat The Japanese have lost a second torpedo-boat outside Kiaushau, Bank by a German cruizer..
LOCAL.
Milkmaid" Employees for the
Frost.
day by Mr. F. G. Jenkin, D.S.P. Police Reserve ordera issued to
¡ (Reserve) state :=
Patrols (Central). Friday, September 24: 5.50 p.m. and 8.50 p.m.-Ons detailed by Inspector Wong. Sergeant and sevan P. Cɑ, to be
Saturday, September 25: 5.50 p.m. and 8.50 p.m.- detailed by Inspector Wong.
life are the professional Socialists. Those latter are they anticipa- barm that a perfectly free press the P. W. D., is leaving for the end Germany shows no sigas of that the Milkmaid Milk Company Sergeant and seven Da, to be
all is over."
the
can do.
The Budget.
FOOTBALL.
Forecast.
Friday, September 24: 5.50 p.m.-R. C.-Hassan and Moosdeen'
Patrols (Eastern)
8.50 p.m.-P. Oz, O. Aroulli. and Hausen Khan: P. O. Razak will do general patrol.
Patrols (Water Police). Friday, September 24:
650 p.m. Wilke (8) Gaskell
(8) Henderson (P), 2)
8.50 p.m. Kim (8) Maxwell
Saturday, September 25, 5.50. p.m. J. Yvanovich (8) V. Tranovich (9)
we reprinted yesterday, on the subject of the Home "Yellow" press. "Q" has always been. by way of being a professed Radical, bat to-day the tables are turned, and the sentimente which he uttera are good wholesome, confident Toryism, while the trash printed by the Northolifian prass becomes more pernicious than the worst of the Radical outpourings. His little summing up of the position must i have helped to put fresh heart into many who had given ear to the Harmsworthian doctrine. The liberty of the prass is, as "Q" intimates, an excellent thing, but there are times when even newspaper men deplore the Leaving for Japan. absolute freedom allowed. We Mr. J. W. Taylor, of Messrs. What kind of a future are the Scoialists at Home looking for: but for the publicity given by the by his wife, leave Hongkong for have but to recall the fact that, Moxon and Taylor, accompanied
In the West. ward to when the world is coee more at peace?. We have said Daily Mail to the deeds and the Japan to-morrow, on holiday, before that, as a rule, the keenest socialiste are the
Gradually the first results of who abhor the name of Socialism; and contrariwise, that those who body would have fizzled out long
prison life of the suffragists, that "Departure for the "Front.
We understand that Me Basil the long artillery fight in the which apprared in one of our hate the least notion of the real fair and square give-and-take of enough, in order to realise the Thomas, son of Mr. Thomas of
With reference to the paragraph Weat are beginning to appear raceptiashes, it should be stated 1ing, when war is over, a reign of democracy, following upon
coming out top dog. This is paying fall salaries (during downfall of capital, monarchy, patriotism sad everything else which Harmsworthian conee seems to to-morrow.
Freedom. in, the front by the 8,9. Nankin at noon she seems to realise in old-fashioned folk ara content to regard as holding the Empire be liberty to annoy or injure
her their absence on Military Duties) admission that her men have been to the two hundred members of together? That this was their dream twelve months ago there on others as much as is allowable by
The Biggest Typewriter in the obliged to evacuate their position their London staff; who have he little doubt. But then they thought, like most of us, that the lawmerely for the sake of big
World. The Underwood Typewriter down to Lorraine this terrible front.
near Rheims. end of hostilities would be at least well in sight before twelve months eales and packed advertisement Company have issued soms ex-exchange of shells has continued,
From Flandera offered their services to go to the had elapsed; nor did they, as far as we can see, fully realise that if, columas. in this great struggle, monarchy, imperialism, the aristocratic and
cellent pictures of their giant practically without intermission the moneyed olasses are on their trial, so too is democracy in the
typewriter which is figuring at the the French, meking noteworthy Renso, of course, in which they themselves understand, the word.
Panama Exhibition, together with That trial is not yet ended, but enough of it has been gone through
specimens of the writing done by Progress; dilencing batteries here, driving the snemy back there; to show me that neither of the parties being tried will come out
There are some appalling
Accident on the s.s. Talyuad":"ittempted counter-attacks el entirely speckleer, and that an adjustment on lines far different from figures in the new Budget, bat
destroying defences and repelling those looked forward to by the Socialists must needs take place when fects (1). that they have been re- (Chinese) of the 2.8, Taiyuan have British sclivity on this front; but Composition of the Two Leagues (8) Inspector. D'Almada (P).
behind them lie the comforting
Two members of the grow where, Little still is said a to ceived with sensible resignation been sent to the hospital suffering then Sir John French in a man of by all parties in the Houte and from injuries, sustained when few words. It is stilesat anti- The democratic element on being put to the test showed, after (2), that it is within the power of blowing down the boiler previous factory to know that our artillery a very short while, that it consisted of two distinot parties: on with Britishers to force Germany to to the vessel going into dock. bas given the Germans rather whem love of country outweighed every other possible consideration, pay at least a goodly portion of They were scalded about the feet. more than they wanted and that football 09:02 was marked bar (toin Khan (8) * B-Report st and another which, till a reasonable amount of coercion was employed the money eventually. This
The approaching advent of the
8.50 p.m. Mehr Deen (8) Jum- by the Government, preferred to abide by its traditional churlish money can, we know,
Miss May Yohs, atitude: "What does the King or the country matter to me? bokia driblets, bat, in the long May Yake has recovered from her enemy aeroplanes.
We are glad to learn that Miss our airmen have brought down evening by meetings in the Water Folica chalion, PBsport
Viatoris Barracks of the Hong
at Police Pier. Where am I coming in?" When we Britishere come to look: back ran, the people who forced this recent illness. She is booked for on the trial, we shall be able to say with pride that, for one man who expenditure on us will have to four performances at the Bijou The Religious Position in Turkey. the Hongkong Football League, miniled that they must provide
kong Football Association, and
Patrol Substitutes, Men warned for Patrol are re- followed this latter line, a dezen nay, dozens preferred th sink meet it by the resignation of ter- Theatre to-night, tomorrow,
over both of which Lieutenant substitutes when unable to report their private convictione and to go single-mindedly to battle. Of the ritory and the mortgaging of re- Saturday and Sunday: the last
If the Germana ure going to get Cann, R. G. A. presided. en temptible minority, it is hardly necessary to say mera than that the vence-if the recruiting and Eamed being benefit performance up against Turkish religions country willreckon wilbit later. Theother element, like the democratio,nition business goes on well! on behalf of the popular artist.
for duty. Substitutes may be At the first meeting the Hon. arranged from any Company. is also divisible into two: the men who did their duty and the men we still look to hear of a con-
prejudices they will want more secretary, Mr, W. V. Pennel, fuck than is ever likely to fall to read a statement as to the pre
Parades, who did not but here again the better enormously triumphed over siderable amount of debate on the
them to extricate them from the sentation mede to Mr. E. W. March. Fall in at Water Police Friday, September 24.-Route the worse. We know that there have been employera who have sought ambjent of the income tax; and #15 meke unheard-of profits out of the war, at the same time paying other side issues may also evoke
difficulty. They havealways shown Eager, the late Hon. Secretary, Station 9.20 p.m. Uniform, Caps, themselves the variest amateure in referred to a letter received from and Rifles. This parade will be no heed to the inoressed prices which their employees had to face comment; but in general there we know that some bave even been mean enough to stand in the can be no doubt that the Badget
handling, the religious and racial that gentleman returning his regarded as cancelled in the event way of their subordinates' enlisting or at least to refuse to keep is one wherein a very definite at
prejudices of other nations, and it thanks and wishing the As of steady rain falling at 8.45 p.m. was not to be expected that such sociation every snccess in the their employment open for them; and we know that others have act tempt has been made to be strict Zurich, August-Information side with Mohammedans without
born bunglers could live side by coming ssscou. nally traded with the enemy; bat the very worst of these cases will ly fair to all classes.
Mr. A Hamilton and Command-record is being kept of, alle
Members are reminded that readily be lost sight of and forgotten in view of the generosity of
from Munich indicates that the giving offence. If the British the er Gibson of the Taman were occurrences, in which the other firms and the unhesitating response to the recruiting appeal
Russian defensive is much more most careful and considerate pao" invited to act as Councillors, Mr. Police Reserve are engaged, and that has come from the wealthy classes.
effective than the Germans ple in the world where Mohomme WB. Vivcash being appointed that they must report same in admit, and bas necessitated a dan.saaceptibilities are concerned vice-president. complete ehangolin the plan off-could notavoid trouble, in yesre It was decided to carry on with
writing to the D, S. F's Office. campaign. »
gone by, with the Massalmans of the football competitions as usual The second Promenade Oon-
* Promenade Concert. The stream of troops from the Northern Africa; it is very safe as far as it was found practicable cert will take place in the Batani- will have been vastly multiplied, by the time we come to the end. The President General of the west to the east, which began betting that the Germans, who and the meeting closed with a cal Gardens ou Saturday next, Community of suffering among the women folk at Home, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul three weeks ago, continues with know nothing about considera vote of thanks to the chairman, bond of patriotism and of determination to crash the enemy which bege to acknowledge, with thanks, undiminished clame and in tion or decent manners, will find The cole business transacted in Reset ve will attend in uniform.
at 9 p.m. Members of the Police ie linking together men of every olase in the trenches, cannot fail to the donation of $25.00 from Mrs. greater haate than before, trouble in Turkey. The Moham the meeting of the League was to leave an abiding mark. Af Home there is already a deal of" the N. J. Sabb towards the forth their places being taken by medán priesthood is a powerful Bocept the nomination of clubs Osionel's lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skin" feel-coming Annual Al Fresco Fete in men who have received only body; so powerful that even for the various divisions. For the ing; while, on the battlefield, the private from Grosvenor Square is aid of the poor mader the charge five weeks training. These con the Germine themselves were first league the RG.A., R.E., The rabbing shoulders with another private from Feckham and set of the Society,
sist of antrained Landstarmobliged to kontow fo another from Shoreditch; in some cates the cabman or the olub Associacao. Portugueza de Soc between the ages of 39 and 45 at starting and to proclaim F. O. were spoken of as startare, if Shropshires, end the Hongkong waiter is sergeant, or even officer, to the man who formerly tipped him. Today the Members of the
corros Matuos, and young reoraits of 18 or 19. their Emperor's conversion to with perhaps the addition of the Men who once were wealthy idlers are associsting on the perfectcciacao Portugues de Soc intended to be sent to the front very well for five minutes but Applications where alsoressiven
Neither of these categories was Islam; a plan which might answer Police and Navy, equality hloh: the nearness of death establishes, with another corros Matues meet at their before the beginning of Septem which, hen soon through, at for admission to the second divi- olass of idlers from the public houss corner; all trades and profees- Head Office, Olub Lusitano, at ber. Hahertofthe Germans have one rezolved itself into an sion from the Lam Liong the jobs are lumped together, and the man who is looked up to is the 6.30 p.m. for an Extraordinary sent nipreviously detrained man auforgiveable trifling with one of Confucians, St, Joseph's College, man with bowelsbo he duke's son or dustman's. I all this to go General Meeting, for the purpose to the front with less than nine the most powerful religions of Kowloon Dick Juniors, the Dioce for nothing? Haman nature being what it is, we do not look for of presenting a general statement weeks préparation the world. Unless the enemy san School, and be Shropshire the setablishment of Utopia after the war; men will go on min of the working of the Association The Germen reserves, appear can pacify the Masailman priest Light Infantry, Second team, understanding, under-rating and over-rating each other to the sad sings its establishment on the lat to be nearly exhausted. There hood (of which the same little recommendation for the re- of time; but we do most confidently look to see at losat the begin Jane last. We understand that only remain thrik olasde pings of an ideal aqcialism-based en greater muinal sympathy and the total number of members who trained Landste sowan Turks as a whole may go for one dollar was parsed for cond Appreciation and on men's praction! madions to abolib mobbery have so far joined this Associa-between the
anhope) its influence with the duotion of the refereen, Leon to and purse-pride on the dae hand and,
and 45 towards solving the problem of mation by the Hongkong Foot
the Dardanellogg
ball Association.
The net position will be, then, that neither group will be able to throw stones at the other and that, for the most part, the respect which the one bore towards the other at the beginning of the war
only come
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LANGKATS.