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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAEH, MONDAY; · NOVEMBER 29, 1915.
The Salt Revenue.
DAY BY DAY:
IT ÍR MORE THAN A CRIME; IT IS A POLITICAL FAULT) Jeph Fousho,
The Weather. At the Peak 8 am. Temp. 52; sanshine. Į
Lower-level 8 a.m. Temp..63;
We have referred on more than jeg. one occasion to the ecormona adrantages which Chins is
fear ing from the Salt Administration since it has been placed and r European control and supervision. S:me time back, it was stated that the revenue derived from eal w38 evo-exceeding that: collected by the Customs, and the sunshire. rosy forecaste which were then made are more than being ful filled. We read that the salt ravence for Dotobar of this year was over four million dollare, or an increase of about one million dollare over the corresponding month last year...
What is more,
it is considered quite probable
that the total amount of collections
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NOTES ON THE CRISIS JOTTINGS BY THE WAY,
THE KAISER AND RUSSIA,
The Balkan Area-
We are not particularly inter- ested in the Japan Chronicle's alatement that a Tokyo gentle man met with a nasty nocident. while motoring. Had it been a nice one, wo should have been grateful for further information on the subject.
LOCAL: SPORT.
FOOTBALL.
The Club v. R. G. A.
The H.K.F.O. met the R. G. A. in an U. 8. League match on Saturday.
Reater, as his manner is, de voles more space to the arrow- ing record of the Berbion people's
There is still a good deal of old
From the kick-off, the Club for- all of us are keen to know bon- other day he was asked to set up goal, but were shocked by Gaple sufferings than to the facts which Adam in our educated comp. The warde rushed to their opponents cerning the Bilkan position. the head line "A Good Opinion in fue style, and Youngman Nevertheless he sprinkles some of the Law." With all the no-secured the ball, carrying, it- into Close to-morrow per
useful and intereating crumbs, turalness in the world he con- the Club area, whore, Black. I Tenyo Mara 11 p.m. American and Canadian Mails.chief smong which is, perhaps, verted "opinion" into opiam." effectually obtained possession, A Close tomorrow per se. Aki the strainedness of feeling on the And this is one of the men who good deal of end-to-end play one hand between Germany thought himself qualified for followed, which was particularly European Mail. Das to-day and Turkey, and, on the telegram a job!
interesting, the defence of both other, between Turkey and Bul-
teams being such that it wants gatia... It is, very easy tobe- A Shanghai paper gives us impossible for either to penetrate comedor optimistio, over speh a "Wasted, a European auree or with any saccess. The Club'for-105) sithation and to overestimate. the governem Applicants who know wards got the ball" and "broke importance or significance of it. oncugi to odme in out of the rain away, but Robinson's centro??? Germany has certainly got will apply de curses. More money, proved abortive, Gaple being în ** queer pair in barcoss in Turkey more courtesy, and leas work! the right place to save the sittin and Bulgaria, but, for the sake of
tion. An anxious time followed for. getting good terms in the end, all "The Pig Assumes an Edaca the Club players, the cause being three will undoubtedly hold to- tive Bole," is the title of a short Draper, who made a splended gether as long as is hausaly article in the New York Outlook, shot, which, however, went behind Possible and will save their own we presome Harvard has ap- the goal. Play was later trans private quarrels and jealousies pointed yet another German ferred to the R.G.A. territory, for a more convenient season. professor,
Gibson eaving a good shot from Each know, by this time, that
MoTavisb. The ball wae- still she is in for a bad beating, and, Says a native telegram: "The kept there for some time, Pennel unless it can be demonstrated to Cantoneso at Poking request the shooting behind on several occa all three that saing for a separate appropriation of the Salvation aions. Later, the B.G.A. worked peace would get them off more Fand to open an aviation sobool." their way towards the Club goal lightly in the long run, there Well salvation or aviation- seems to us little enough like what's the odds, so long as you lihood that the present disunion got a loft somehow F will be allowed to increase to lengile materially profitable to the Allies......
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To-morrow's Anniversaries.
To-morrow is St. Andrew's Day and the let anniversary of the birth of Mr. Winston Churchill.
for this year may reach no less sum than sixty million dollars But even as thinge are, there's je B monthly surplus of over two millions, *affer paying off the interest on the Reorganisation Loan, this sum being regularly paid over to the Olinose Government. With figuren like this before us, it be that China has everything to gain and nothing to lose by entrusting the management of ber principal Departments to The local Red Cross Fand Europeans. The
in glogen to-morrÓW. which Sir Richard Dane heal wil reorganised the Salt Gabelle will | The se. Baiching, from Louet stand as a lasting monoment to ports, brought down 293 deck | his name, just as that of the late passengers yesterday.
Sir Robert Hart will for ever be associated with the building up of the Maritime Onstoms. An Easy Yoke.
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From time to time we hear a deal from the revolutionary bot heade in Obina regarding the desirability of "emancipating" their country from "the foreign
Joke."
ment:
The best answer to such
Red Cross Fund.
Deck Passengers,
Old Post Office Building. Tendersclose at noon to-morrow for the letting of the Old Post Office building from January 1, 1018, to December 31, 1918.
St. Andrew's Concert. The Hongkong St. Andrew's Society is celebrating St. Ad- drew's Day (to-morrow) by a grand concert at the Theatre Royal.
Harbour Offence.
Persia, Greece and Albaaie.
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und Rodger was called upon to save twice in quick succession from abots by Fisher, Alter twenty-five minutes' play the ball was taken by McTavish, who rushed away with it, and made a splended pass to Walker, who, with a good shot, found the net. Rodger was called upon again to sava a dangerona shot from Swan. On resuming play, the R.G.A. adopted en aggressive attitude but play for a while being kept in the were brought to a stop by Black,
Renter informe us that Winston Churchill has been re- stored to the establishment of the Oxford Engiare." What have they If we bracket the above three been doing, we wonder, to deserve countries together it is because this ? Voyage Report..!
from each and all we may expect Thes.a. Haiching, whicharrived the unexpected. The Albicians, o sb only).
Where time is money." In Adve⚫ isements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed an outery, if it is worth noticing ports having experienced strong freebooters who will sell them railway oase, Yip To-sing has from Coast porte yesterday, re-taken as a whole are a band of the matter of the Tientsin-Pukow pariad will be continued until countermauded.
5 all, is the fact that all the The "Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be delivered Departments which are under north-east winds, cloudy weather selves to the highest bidder, the been fined six months and ten Olub territory. Had it not been
foreign supervision are paying 26th inet.
and rough seas on the 25th and Persians are the Chiness over days' salary.".
for the play of Walker and Black, to subscribers by, the Dairy Farm Company, Ltd., Shameen, handsome profits to the Govern
again, and the Greeks are the
the R. G. A. would have scored, Canton, who have been appointed our agents there.
Greeks. The terror shed on all, What becomes of the
"Further elides along the but their efforts were not long in Before Commander C. W. three by Germany's noisy bally-Panama Canal" says the Cebu being rewarded, Swan scoring By Order,
surpluses is another question all Beckwith. R. N., at the Marine ing is still quite apparent, and, Chronicle. We look to hear of from a nion centre from Draper. together, and one with which Court this morning, P. C. Ragg to the end, it will probably be skating there in the near future. Play was in midfield for a while foreigners have no direct co-charged Laung Mai, beatrom; just a question of profit and loss The people should, of with unlawfully, moving about with them; of see-saw
until Youngman got the ball, bat esars, reap the benefits, the Hartcar during probibited ponding to the brightness or the describes Evans Oity (wherever From a well-placed kick in the
The Philadelphia Public Ledger his centre was cleared by Stalker they would in
well-
hours on the 28th inst. A fine of Blackness of the ordered State. Whether they do
outlook that may be) as "The godliest goal mouth, the R.G.A.. took the for Germany and or not in Obina is very much an imposed.
Turkey.oil-boom town on earth." Not-lead and Black headed through Control Over Advertisements. The Albaniens are reported to be withstanding the old saying, we bis own goal. The game ended with open to question. China is, of course, head and ears in debt, but Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board,
At a recent meeting of the feeling a little more friendly to have our doubts as to its being the score:-Club, 2; R.G. A., I.. what is equally true is that her the chairman stated that he had wards Serbis; but this we take to the olennost, if oil graft has any foreign advisers and reorganisers acmmunicated with the anthori- mean that recent events have say in the matter.
convinced them, for the moment, are daily providing for her with ties of Hongkong, Singapore and that Serbia is going to win The same paper, says that if the means with which to extricate Papang on the subject of regula Similarly the Shah is very bland Garmany were berself from ber
victorious ebe Some very sound observations were made by Mr. Ainscough in
financial tions controlling the exhibition and polite and plausible in would fout tas Monroe Daotrine If that is his address to the Far Eastern section of the London Chamber of entanglements.
advertisements.
his conversation with the Bossian evidently under the impression An Acknowledgment. Commerce and the China Association, a sammary of which has been "foreign oppression," then, in her
Minister. interests, China might
Bat then the Allies that human and national wicked: Dr. Neville Bradley wishes to telegraphed by Kenter's Agency during the week-end. Many of the own points he made have been urged time and again in this column, bat very well ask to be yet farther acknowledge with grateful thanks happen to be making themselves ness can travel no farther than that,
To come down to the various sums remitted him Meanwhile "the Greek situation. felt in the Bagdad vicinity. :thers is everything to be gained by continuing to peg away at the oppressed.
READ.-On November 23, 1915, at the Victoria Nursing Home, GD, Shanghai to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Read, a son,
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1915.
OUR CHANCE IN CHINA.
Rald on Opium Den.
of
Savan Chinese were brought befors Mr, Hazeland this morning, six charged with bequenting a house for the purpose of opium smoking, and one with keeping the house "After an informer had
Complainant's Story Disbellaved.
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Other Matches. Another success was scored, by the Royal Engineers on Saturday in their U. B. League match with the Navy. It was a hard game, but the Engineers had the whip band of their opponents and won by the add goal of three.
La the Žad Division of the League, the Shropshires" second 8ya a North China Daily Mail eleven had an easy victory over "A Visit to Vienos; the Kowloon Juniors, who put up
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CRICKET.
subject, and for that reason it is to be hoped that Mr. Ainscough'a blant trails, the fact is that through the O.MS. office, Hong*is again disquieting" and the beading: advice, the result of personal investigation into trade conditione in gosis ing herself, and as lobig kong, from the congregations at Athens Government "will pro- English well Treated." Since this a very indifferent game. The Obins, will be taken to heart in the proper quarters and be, scted of governing hope, and as long St. John's Cathedral, et Andren's bably propose that the Eulente means extending to the Eng-resne was a to nil victory.
attempts the task Kowloon, 8. Peter's, and students Powers should appoint military lish greater privileges thau upon while the moment is favourable. It has long since been ad- the mitted that British commercial interests in the Far East have badly (through the medium of an Offic-at St. John's Hall, for the work of experts to discuss with the Greek they can enjoy in their own coau-honours in the 2nd League match effored through the inclination of our business men and financiers indon, which is being with the Hospitala under bia charge at General Staff the demande con- try, we should not be surprised to between Belchers and the Confa- to rest on their care. We have largely been content to plod along orraption she will only com- Pakboi and district.
cerning Salonics." This is the seo Vienna develop into a popu- cians. The latter proved very game in the same old way, disdaining to revies our methods and trusting plicate her position. Wherefore
first time we have ever read of ler tourist resort for as long as the opponents and after a stiff game to favourable circumstances to pull us through, with the remit that it oзn be said that she needs only
military experts' being oalled in war-lasta. we have swakened to find a big share of the plane being enjoyed far one Power, And that Power
ta tesoh a people how to obey the
Lean out winners by 2 goals to 1. by Germace. The lull in Germen competition which the war has is her.elf.
Of course no one in Hongkong brought about has revealed the situation in all its nakedness; wo
was particularly overjoyed at the shall be fools indeed if we do not now seize the opening and take A Traffic Matter.
vagarias indulged in, by the Hongkong" 4" v, Kowloon fall advantage of the opportunity to revise our methods of procedure,
Wiliam to His Troops,
This matob, played on the electric light during the dinner A bold, well organised campaign to recover soms of our lost prestige No-one will dispute the point gone to the house and discovered, that the control of traffic in the illegal practice a police raid
Soft worde batter no paraip, hour last night. People who Hongkong ground on Esturday, in China is the prime necessity of the moment.
Mr. Ainscough hit the nail square on the head when he pleaded Hongkong is far from what it was made, and the arrests affect (even though Thackeray insisted, happened to be eating straight was productive of some excellent for the four-fold co-operation, in closer contact than ever before, of should be. Bat if the authorities ed. The keeper of the house was to the very end, that they do) and forward tack have not much room batting. Sation put up snipely- official, manufacturing, mere utile and financial interests. Here we wish to see the facts in all their fined $10, or seven days, five all the Kaiseresque speeches in the to kick, but we understand that compiled 61 for the visitors before come to the very kernel of the matter. It is not alone the business man cakedness we recommend them to were fined $6, or tre days, and world will not bring fire and most bitter complaints arise from he was caught by the bowler who is to blame for the situation as we find it to-day. He bag moet drop ronad to the Star Ferry pier one was discharged.
food to the luckless Germans who those who were engaged on fish (Anderson), while R. Hancock uro at atsivation point in Rossia. (or jagged bare at the time.
successfully resisted all the efforis decidedly not done all that he might have done, bat it is only fair any evening when the railway
of the Kowloon attack, carrying If the godlike William bad not to him to say that he has been given precious little help or encour-passengers from Caatón are being
his bat through for an almost sgement from oar antiquated Consular system. The disadvantage landed on this side. We had a It way stated in the Police ventured on so many promises in under which the British trader abones in this respect au compared glimpse of the hopeless muddle Court, before Mr. Lindeell, this the past, he might stand some
faultless 88. Andereos was by far the most auccessful of the with the business man of, say, the United States, Germany and last night. Immediately the ferry morning by a sepoy, that he bad chance of being listened to; but
A Dangerous Practice.
Hongkong trundlers, capturing Japan, is notorious; it neede no emphasising. But the inequality boat came in, there was a wild just changed a silver dollar at the the very men whom he is striving
When the s.e. Haishing from five of the six wickets which fell most certainly needs remedying. It is to be doubted, too, whether rush of rickshaw and obairs to money-changers on the Star Ferry to hearten with his empty blarney British banking institutions in the Far East have been as single the pier entrance, while Oriental Wharf, and was walking away are the troops who, some two or Foochow arrived in port yester- at a cost of 75 runs, while Braga minded as they might have been in helping to build up British in-hotel-runners and baggage coolies with the change wrapped up in a three months since, inflicted final day morning, two Chinese were and Macaskill ehared the bowling a Chinese crippledom on Russia-according found hidden among the cargo honours for the visitors. The tereats on a sure and solid foundation. The Germans, with their literally swarmed on to the land handerchief when
evenly contested system of long credite, have literally been kept alive by the Banke, ing stage. There was not a solitanatebed the handkerchief out of to his own statement to the Queen under a looked batoh, and, upon result of 40 which fact, plainly stated, means nothing else than that our bankers ary policemen on the epct, and his hand and ran away. The sepoy of Greece. "I sssure you that the being discovered, were arrested by match. was a draw in Kowloon's have been forging a weapon deliberately intended to kill us. That the coolies and tonts thus had said he gave chase and caught the goal is near at hand."It sure is, the Captain and handed over to the favour, Scores sort of thing most cease if we are to retain and hold the position in things all their own way. For man when near the Post Office, William; but not in the manner in Police. The men were charged this the Far East which was formerly ours.
Earopenas coming off the ferry but in the meantime the man had which you would have your dupes mcrning before Mr. Hazeland with F. Bolton, and b Anderson The present is the most auspicious moment to probe into these it was an almost hopeless task to thrown the money away. He did think!--Wenotice, though, that in being unlawfully on board. L. J. Blackburn, o Carey,
It was stated by the Chief Om Andersen matters. We have such an opportunity now as will in all probabili- pick their way through the mass not stop to pick the money; up. bis immortal utterance the Kaiser ty never recur, It is true that the practical side of the ques of obatraction. This sort of thing Evidenos map given by an Indian at last owns to past disappoint cer of the beat that they bad quite J. V. Binge, b Anderson- tion is rendered comen hat complex by reason of the shortage of goes on practically every night constablo sa whom the man was ments: "We believed in a war of a a pumber of cases of atowaways, O. Evans, b Donnelly. young men. For some time weshall not be able to look to the Old It is surely up to someone to pat given in charge, and his story few months."Thisisan astounding and men who got cn-board with KH. Macaskill, 'c Donne Country for fresh recruits to the extent, that we have done in the a stop to it.
was différent, in many respecte concession from-bimthough we less than the proper fare, bat Anderson from the complainant's. After hardly, see what else the little these cases they did not take J. hearing the defendant a story, Mr. man could say under the serious notice of What they Lindeell said that the complain- circumstances. Twelve months obj soted to was men getting down ant's story was no different, and it ago the troops might have among the cargo, where they From to-day to December 3, was up oulikely that he would listened with some patience while might strike matches and get the
Russian War Loan..
STOWAWAYS CAUGHT.
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C. Fletcher, tot ont W. Molenaan,
Anderson Extras
pant while the war has called away from the East many young men with valuable business knowledge. But we are no worse, and pro- hably better, off in this respect than Germany. There is a lesson in all this for the young Britishers who are now at the beginning of their commercial pareers in the Far Esat. They are the future re- And it in a duty which they ows to the Empire, to their firms and Russo-Asistio Bank will receive the he (Ke) Landesll) did not bocass them; bal to-day iteirikes a stop to that. to themselves to equip themselves with all the useful knowledge applications for the Russian Gor believe it, defendant would be us us excedingly improbable that Both man were fined 35, the E. Darison and B. O. Else did not
here will be anyibingdon *** | alternative being 6 weeks hard bat they can and to shun alacknom and apathy as they would a deadly erament War Lɔan,
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Total (for 6 wickets)...204
presentatives of British Business interests in this part of the world. the Hongkong branch of the leave his money lying in the road their friend and father, sought to ship on fire. They wished to put AJ: Stalker, S. E. Green; A. W.
dischkyred
Jabour,