THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER (29, 71918.
WATSON'S E
OLD BROWN BRANDY
THE
PEG O'MY HEART
A.
The Armenians.
DAY BY DAY.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS. A YEAR AGO TO-DAY.
THE ALLIES' POSITION,
·TIS THE SAME WITH COMMONÍ NATURE
USE EM KINDLY, THEY REBEL: BUT BE ROUGH AS NUTMEG GRATERS,
AND THE ROGUES OBEY YOU WELLABYOD HI
The Weather.
Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. sunshine.
At the Peak 8 am. Terop. suasbine.
Count the Columns,
Enemy Lowes.
LEADNO EVENTS IN THE
GREAT WARA
Extracts from the war news con- tained in the **** Ilongkong ph" of September 20,
1914
·BRITISH RED CROSS: SOCIETY.
An Appeal for Funds. The telegram printed below ba been received by H.E. The Go arner from Lord Lansdowne, Fre sident of the British Red Crow) Bodisty
Oas of our correspondente observed yesterday; "All nowa in connection with Armeniana and the Armenian question is entirely ignored in this Colony.
"We see the jastics of his complaint and would offer as ressons for this ig- noring: (1) that the Armenians of Hongkong, like those of Singapore, have gradually become merged id the European population, have in many cases become British sub- |jects, and are practically rogarded as Britishore; (2) very little is koown, whether at Home or in Congkong and whether by the Press or by the man in the strest, about the Armenians and their trogio Listory. Most of us are aware that they are men.
Yesterday the Telegraph same time can hardly be less than Germans Hemmad In Red Cross Bookty and the tioned in Scripture history, and some have lingering though faint pablished 313 columns of solid a hundred thousand, and may
reading matter. To-day there conceivably be even greater than enemy within five miles of Teing towerer small will be gratefully memories of having read in their
that. At the end of the first tau in the battle yesterday, Ger scoepted and may be sent to Mr school books of a kingdom of will be 314 published..
year of war the casualties man warships bombarded the N. J. Stabb at the Hongkong and Armenis whose people had been
sustained by all countries (not Japanese Right Wing until ser- Shanghai Bank who had kindly. bullied successively by Greeks,
including Servis and Ity) oplanes oreated a diversion. consented to not as Treasurer. Romane, Parthians and Tarks.
were estimated at 14,888,000 Another British Success in Africa. [Telegram,] Apart from that, our information Siberian Mail-Dus per e,s.· Au- of which number, 2,630,000 ware Our naval forces in West Africa I beg to inform you that the on the subject is confined to mod.
hai to-day,
prisoners which maken the pri- have cured the unconditional British Red Cross Bociety and the ern newspaper bistory-let us Siberian Mail.-Due 7.a. soners to the entire number of surrender of Dasla (? Bues), the Order of St. John in view of the
per say the period from 1889 when the Lisagobow October 1.
Casualties roughly sa one is to capital of the Cameroons, and growing demands upon their Turks were attacked by the Home, Canadian and U. K. Mail.-five. Taking the countries Benaberi has surrendered to an sourcen both in Francs and the
Closes per s... Yokohama separately, we find that the Anglo-French Foro.. their treatment of the Armenians,
French have seven times as many
near Eist have decided to make A Lall. down to to day. After their can-
total casualtion se prisonera uken, There is no change in the gan- by street and other collections so appeal throughout the Empire turies of parsecution and micery
the British fire, the Belgians eral situation. There is a com-upon "Our Day" which has been due-as we pointed out on Mon-
Boven, the Russians five, the paratire calm along part of the fixed for the 21st October. The Germans eight, the Austriane front; nevertheless, at certain Money received from this appeal five, and the Tarka four-accord-points, notably between the Aisne will be devoted entirely to ing to which the five to one in and Argonne, the enemy made relieving the saff rings of our the present instance should not violent attacks, which have been wounded soldiers and anilora from be a wildly unfair reckoning, repulsed.
home and overseas at the various Unsuccessful German Attacks ests of war. From all parts of The Moral Effect on the dermaus, From the night of Sept. 20 the King's dominions we have
The Western Allies are not go until the night of the following ing to be fortunate enough to day, the whole front of the ter already received generous assist- make such a haul overy two or mano incessantly attacked with in our work but with the in- Combd. $152 x 0 three daye; nor is the haul in extraordinary violence day, and Forces at the front there is a orsage" of British and. OvarsČEN div. b.
itself-even if ahundred thousand night, evidently trying to break Deferred 90 b. Preferred 59 b.
Next to the wonderful triumph achieved by the Allien during the Japanese Casualties Only Fifteen, sir Concert and Fate
It is proposed to hold an open 78; wook-end, the fact which stands An official statement issued in Public Gardens on the
aat most strongly in the loss in Tokyo states that the casualties in the 21st of October 69;; men and material ir fl oted on the the land fighting on the outskirts the funder Passion Germans. If the number of pri- of Tsingtan (previously reported advertised later. Boners captured during the two as totalling 312) wore three killed days reach twenty thousand, the and twelve wounded. The pre- are invited by Bis Excellency In the meantime aubenriptions total German cavalties for the vious figures were mutilated, towards the funds of the British The Japanese hemmed the St. John of Jerusalem. Any suma
S. WATSON & CO., LTD., French and American Presa for
HONGKONG,
The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to day-in the main, to the fact that
the truth and print the news without fear or favour.
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BIRTHS.
GAYES-On September 24, 1915, at Victoria Nursing Home Shanghai, the wife of F. J. Gayes of a daughter,
MORGAN.-On September 24th, 1915, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Shanghai, to the wife of V Morgan, a daughter.
DEATH.
our
they clung so obstinately to the Christian Faith, we most earnestly hope that their liberation io, 65 correspondent remarks, at band. It is well known that the Allies are se much in favour of the pre- Eervation of the independence of small nations as the Kaiser and hie familiare are opposed thejeto; and the Armenians will get no more than their rights if the Entente should, when settling day comes, insist on their being
their own lows,
SANDERS.-On 27th September in England, Edmond Duck-given their own territory and worth Sanders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. MACAULAY.-At Montreal on the 28th instant, Robertson
Macaulay, President of the Sun Life Assurance Coy. of Canada,
aged 82.
The
Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915.
PARLIAMENT AFTER THE WAR.
Another Forthcoming Concert.
The Malls.
Mara to-morrow at 11 a.m. Siberian Mail.-Closes per s.a. Chenen to-morrow at 3 p.m.
Share Market News-Opening
Official Quotations.
Acagkong Banks. $835,
sales. Donglas's —$88, buyers, Canton Insurances. ~~ $4271,
buyers.
Indo
Chinas.
Hongkong and K. W. and G.
Ob. Ld.— $79, buyers. Kang Yika-Tle, 161,ellera. Shanghai Coltons in Shai,
Tis, 93, bayera x div, Green Islands, $9.90, buyers, Langkats.-Tla, 37, sales. China Sugars.-$130, bayers, Electric,- $44), nom.
The Dollar.
The rate of the dollar demand today is la 11/18d.
To-morrow's Anniversary
on
A
be the figure to regarded as the lines of the Allies, with a corresponding increase in our ex- anything like a krock town blow uniformity denoting instructions penditure and we shall be truly to an army that, in that neigh-from the High Commander, to help us by organising an grateful to you if you will bourhood, has till a good deal find a solution to the battle. Not more than
appant sending the proceeds to million and a only did they not sucre, but for the objects which I have half men left. But fortunately we took a flig, eome coupon named. I shall be greatly obliged there is moral *ffect to and numerous prisonera, The be considered. The Germans have morale of the troops, despite the foregoing to your Government. if you will kindly convey the no intention of fighting on antil fatigue of an uninterrupted Their Majesties the King and that million and a half are killed, stroggle, ie excellent. The com- Qasen and Her Majesty Queen Al- wounded or prisoners. It is only minders even have difficulty in exandra are giving on their ges temporarily that they will be able restraining the desire of the men cions patronage and I trust that to conceal from the general publio to come to grips with an enemy
the extent of their losses, and, as which is sheltered in defensive you will also be able to see your the news spreads among the civil positions.
way to help us.ANDARTAMEN
PLANSDOWNE
President, British Red Cross
Scoiety,
and military populations, the Belgians Re-occupy Alost. anxiety for peaco muat gradua!- The Belgisus made a sortis ly grow into a demand out of Antwerp on Saturday in
for
A general Furrender. the direction of Erne, drove back Russia's Continued Success. |& streng_fores of Germans efter It is hard to refrain from wax-s sharp fight and cocupied Alost. To-morrow in the 83rd annivering slmost too jubilant when one It is reported that Mons is on fire.
Door Mat Thief at Work,
LANGKAT OUTPUT.
saccess is falling to the Russion arme away of the Eastern front. The l'etrograd estimato of the German strength on this line is 2,601,000. Wust the Austriane Moara Wright and Ho aby have must be guess work, bat, advise us that the Langkat output with Servia and Italy to keep at for the surrent month is as bay, their strength here cannot he follows:-
From advertisement columns it will be seen that a third promen- ade concert is to take place in the Botanical Gardena on Saturday night. If Hongkong did not want those things, Hongkong would | not patronise them. But it has patrorised the two concerts that have already taken place, to quite s startling degree, and will, Ia a recent leading article we discussed the need for leavening we are convinced, continue to the Home governments of the future with a tolerably strong business pat in an appearance as long as element. That need bas. manifestly become so great that we are such festivities are carried on. jastified in supposing that the public will demand that it shall be By some magic means the lever supplied when the war is over. If the war had not taken place, the has been applied in the right business government would doubtless still have been asked for by place, and the Police Reservesary of the birth of the late Earl remembers that a not dissimilar the electore, (though, of course, it would have been longer on the concerts have "fetched" Hong- Roberte. way), for men were growing tired of seeing a practical motion kong. Will other organisations rejected by the Liberals merely because it had been introduced by take example? As we have the Conservatives, or vice versa. The war, having occurred, must said scores of times, Hong- Decessarily number among its effects on the life at Home a reconsti- kong is really available for tution in the first place of Parliament itself, and the men elected outdoor functiona for nine
Mr. Bobinson, of 8 Austin will find themselves in the House for some other reason than that months out of the year and there Avenue, Kowloon bas com plained they are Liberale, Latourites, Nationaliste or Conservatives, are days and nights even into the Police of the theft from The Nationalists, to begin with, may disappear altogether, for, January and February when each bis front door of a coir mat Home Rule or no Home Hale, the Government can hardly make are easily possible.
valued at $2. Can we not material acknowledgments to the Dominions and to India for go from strength to strength? A all that these bave done for the Empire without serving Ireland pear two of continued in the same manner; and it seeme safe to say that some kind of open-air distractions would amicable adjustment will be reached whereby the old disagreement prepare Hongkong to demand The master of the Government between England and Ireland will be abolished. This, then, would a carnival like that held at dredger St. Erosh has reported to leave us with but the three parties, and, of these, the Labourities and Manila, a regatta on the principle the Police that on September, 28, the Liberals may, for present purposes, be regarded as one of those at Home (or at Toingian while steaming past the Yaumsti Imagine the county faced with a general election after peace is when it was German property), Typhoon Refuge, the steam doclered, with nothing, but the old well-worn questions of teriff reform and even a few open spacos where lannob Tong On collided with his and free trade, etc. Under such circumstances the contest would not people can sit and drink in com-vessel and damaged her: be a contest, but a walkover for the Conservatives; even so it fort. Indeed it is not inconceiv was at the election of 1900, when the Boer War was at its height. able that falare generations of For the country would not listen for two minates to a candidate who Hongkongites may find our filthy, came forward with typically Radical (whether mild or advanced) pro- malodorous old Fraya converted posals, after what it has suffered; and the Labourite or Liberal who into a Christian promenade with the Police, during the lost tir dared to face bis constituents with no better argaments than those any amber of cafes in the back-months have arrested 186 mendi-Purpose. And what is an Austro- which bis friends have ventilated in the past, would stand infinitely ground. more chance of being mobbed than of being elected. It will take more
or
St Enoch in Collision.
so very enormous; and Russia, se September1 beu been known all along, is weit able to laugh at what any other Power would term large numbers. As in the West, the spurt given to our ally by her recent triomphe is incalculable; and, if she could win, or at least hold her own end up. while everything seemed against her, what can she not accomplish now that she sees her a ony stig- gered and inclined to take to a general fight? Various details go to show that already the trapping and "leading on" plan, of which spoke some time ago, is more then answering the Russians'
cante in the Central Police Dis-German army-many of whose aaits come from temperate and trict alone. Of these eighteen
even warm region-going to do were brought before the beach
in the neighbourhood of, say, and sent to geol, the rest being Drinsk or Jacobstadt when the sent back to Canion.
frot end snov put in an appear ance ?
The Police and Mendicants,
We have been informed that
Alleged Theft of Jewels.
The Balkans and the Dardanelles.
Inspector Gordon charged a Nows from Gallipoli, Bulgaris
214 203
- Toos 211.
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3
JE
208
195
203
HI
**
201
100
9
210
10
214
11
H
215
12
208
13
207
14
200
15
215
10
228
17
205
18
204
10
201
20
211
21
202
22
209
23
200
24
197
25
171
28
171
27
101-
28
185
Total to 28th inst.
6698
Daily average 203.43
than a day or two, or a year or two, to make the British voter forget Earl Roberts. that it was the Liberal who told him that the Empire was quite sufficiently prepared for war, and that the Labourite wont farthor
Had Earl Roberts lived till to and blackguarded the country for "spending millions on warships morrow he would have been and a standing army."
eighty-three years old. The dead The majority of the Liberal and Labour Members have earred here is very much in the public their country's forgiveness, because they have since applied themsel-mind at the moment partly Japanese named Yukiohi Nose and Greces still leaves as pract ves right heartily to the work of helping the very army and navy which because he died within the sound with the theft of two hundred foally where we were before in they formerly more or leas abused. But to forgive is not to forget. If of some of the very guks that precious stones, the property of the coming Parliament is to do any permanent good, there must be bave brought such an amazing his employer, Mr. B. R. Doray, the point of real information. The as little opportunity as possible for the bandying of recriminations. victory to the Allies during the goods being worth about $850. Dardanelles situation is the most interesting feature of the We do not want (nor are we likely to see) men there who, while the de- past few days, and partly on The defendant, who was arrested activity of the aircraft down there. mand for munitions was at its height, were threatening the country account of the talk of the past by L B. MaaWalter carrying The Germans have made a poor with railway strikes or giving moral support to people who would couple of months on the subject on business in the old Post Office enough show throughout the war neither fight nor work. The new men must have a clean record. It of conscription. It is so easy to be Building as a jeweller, was rein air fighting, and we can goes without saying that the circumstances of the war have, to a wise after events have happened; manded.
How They are Employed In very great extent, shipwrecked the faiths formerly held by many of 80 easy to say that Earl Roberts
bardly conceive that the
-Russia the advanced Radicale. Mr. Lloyd George will never make another was right in his constant suspicion
| Tarks are going to be of much
Petrograd August 11 Limehouse speech, end the disarmament advocates will never again of Germany, ery shame on the Conservative Members for demanding a properly relatives of cursoldiers and sailora Court a Chinese was charged
But why the This morning at the Palic service to them in this direction. fics have been leaned how
that in the middle of Meanwhile Bulgaria "keeps on equipped army and navy. These converts will be, to all intenta, who have fallen during this war before Mr. J. R. Wood with the doing rothing contenting ber- prisoners of war were new men, and should have little difficulty in succeeding when they may well ask-did we not take theft of pine fowls from the
self with repeated sesorances that ployed by the Miñí approach their former constituents provided they have something more notice of his solemn warn- Sanitary Board stables at Wan he means no harm We wonder and communication new to say. The extremists among the Conservative party must inge? Need we have gone to war chai. The magistrate though he if the Daily Chronicles Athens sold ba necessarily drop ont by age and by death, and will find no new men at all if we had armed ourselves recognised the defendant a formed as to the offer of the Allice were serving correspondent in correctly in employed on raady to carry on their traditions so far as these blindly opposed sufficiently to be able to order having been brought before him progress because it was progress. Imperialism must necessarily Germany, as Disraeli would have on another occasion, and though for the Allies to advertise their the Ministry to Greece. It is a new departure of the Interic become more general in Parliament and will probably form the ordered her to stop her ship, the defendant denied the sugges. needed point of contact between what were once respectively Liberale building and her gathering of tion, he was put back for sa. readiness to give financial nusist- over surge and Conservativos. But the real meeting ground must of necounty, war material ? become, in course of time, that of cold business.
Magistrate's Recognition.
quiries,
ance to that country.
in building
ters for prisoners.
83, Pall Mall, London.
THE COTTON DECISION. Calm Reception In the United States, Washington, Aug. 23-Suck comment as there is on the de olaration of cotton as contraband is, on the whole, satisfactory. It in recognised as things stand that Washington will probably pro teet on the ground of inconsis- tenos, if for no other reason, and that in the South and other interested quarters there is bound to be agitation manipulated by paople like Mr. Hearst and Senator Hoke Smith.
Bat even commentators as crit» ical of our contraband procedure. as the New York World recognise that we have strong ethical, mil- itary, and legal justification. Nor is mach positive inconvenience anticipated as the result of our. policy.
The New York Sun published Bummary of the opinions of various important Sout gana'---- opinione
comprehensive, are at any rate satisfactorily significant,
ing this summary, the Sun says: The editorial comments of the newspapers published in the cotton centres of the South bare. shown no apparent resentment at the action of Great Britain ia making colton, absolute
band, it is pointed out that the atop has long been axpected and the South is prepared to meet the bitustion, belie
staple will co
able price ID crop.