THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916,
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the Lill which blocks cɔmmanios- OF LEBURE HAS NO TIME. tion between Nathan and Corona. tion Roads in Kowloon, end for the improvement of the water |supply to certain of the older boures on the peninsula. Wo understand that the petition bas boon signed by 427 persons, all of 】 whom are either residents cr pro-100 perty-owners in Kowloon cz 413/163. residents of Hongkong. These people made a special request ba allowed to sign the
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decoand to-day : "was
To-morrow's Anniversary,`
Returned
Possession of Ammunition.
PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM. and as breach of industry s
OUR TRADE IN CHINA.
Wanted-A Sane Consular · Service.
too high or too low for it to enter.
Another great American House Chi has recently opened in Shanghai, home expital, it is claimed, chiefly consists of prosts made by | bat it
Now this may be good binjases, most "dastardly the owners between the American patriotism. The big homme_out mincinoturera" and the British here do not as a ruls pay a 'great and Allied Government. This deal in income tax, and so forth, house, which has already opened to the upkeep of the State: they up branches in South America, do zot constitute any great factor Mexico, Canada, Australia, Bansis, of national safety, they might
· [Balow "wa gita the first of a series of France and elsewhere, to advance once have done so when actual
articles on trade opportunition in China, written specially for the the mle of American manufactur- merchant trading existed, but Telegraph by an acknowledged ad goode, staton that it has already those days are long past. Whilst taken orders abroad for over two thay are ready to take all the pro-
- authority on the subject.]
and
help they can British-Consular Sarviast, they under no
do their almost to
Two years ago, Britain was millions' sterling worth of Ameri- section To-morrow is the 11th anniver-ringing with the cry of capturing can produc-other than war ostais from degament, holding that they of the launching of the Germa trade. A your Ister, orders and seems confidant of and Legation points raised are of such import Tankube, the first armoured the ory of "basiness as usual" being able to hold its market appear to be uce to the Colony at large cruiser built in Japan.
was heard throughout the land, against all comers whether during striction as regards pushing that the petition deserved genetal
and not until very recently has or after the war. |support. The request therefore
the sale of other countries' goods the call for reprganisation cossed ocmes to the Government with
Yet another house of the highest to the detriment of our factories, the backing of over four hundred of the Hongkong and Kowloon
Mr. W. 8. Brows, Secretary to be heard.
potentiality has established itself and they seem to have so little Whilst we have talked a great in Peking, Tientsin, Hankow patriotism that they can calmly persons whose only desire is to Wharf and Godown Company, deal of what we hope to do, it and elsewhere, mad, baring long consider the result of this policy son a very neosemary improve returned by the Empress of would be as well for us to ex- experience in Japan and powerfat carried over a period of three or ment carried into elect.
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amine briefly what we have done; connections, proposes tŷr work in four years, which will as failingly ayetematio canvas bas been
and what others have done, der China as importers, exporters and result in foreign goods being ons; if there had been, the num» Alice Memorial Hospital, ber of signatures would, without The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice in the war to sid us in realising rentracting engiaceers, using asked for in place of British, and a doubt, have been even larger Memorial and Afiliated Hospitals what remains for us to do before American and Japanese produos in foreign marks and makes skill. The strong point about the begs to acknowledge with thanks we can regain our own trade, let wtally. As is well known, the superseding British marks. petition is that it does not ask the following donations to the few years ago, Amerișan eff.st in Co, have, through the inflarnos be perfect; even the German aloue captare #ayan else's. A firm of Messrs Biebs, Carey and The American servion may not Correspondents are requested to observe the rule
for a fresh vote of money fands of the Hospital-Ka Chins was considered as a joke of certain of its employees, already service was not to many Ger for patting the suggestions of the Foong Wo, $30 Shin Fong their Consular service was mach ceared certain railroad and mana perfect our, although it req dres
them to forward their names and addresses communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for signatories into effect. Already Hong, $30; To Sze Tun, $20; publization, but as an evidence of their bona fides.
a sum of $125,000 has been Wai Ka Bank, $80; Foo Fitofar with ours for inefficiency, other concessions in Chia, and was miles superior to ours, bat and generally they could not be engineers are already survoying the American, German and Japan- | provements to roads further out
provisionally set aside for im-Pang, $25.
copilored to be on a par with certain Southern railway conce⚫ess services, both private and either Japan, Germsayor Belgium ions with a view to their being public, have been PATRIOTIC into the New Territory, and, while A Chiness was charged before in the commercial affaics of the built with American capital. fa-which curs never have been these improvements may be very Mr. J. R Wood, at the Police East. To-day sil this is altered; addition to this, another well-and are not now. The heads of desirable, it certainly cannot be Court this morning. with being the war has brought about known and old-established fim great British houses in China contended, with reason, that they in poesession of 2,300 odd ronade radical change, and the three has, in the past few months, been frequently assert that they "do ara sa essential so the removal of of revolver ammunition. Mr. houses of greatest potentiality in pashing the sale of three famque not require our Trade Services the big obstraction which prevents Shenton, who appeared for the Chins to-day are all American: American productions: type here to do as other Legation and communication between the two defence, said the stuff had been their Consular and Trade attache writer, a leak, and a weighing Trade Services do." Why not? il oroughfares named.
left on a boat by another man service boasts one of the cleverest machine, until it seems impos- It is not a qusation for them; who gave defendant $3. A fine and best-educated man in China, sible to visit any province, how they do not defend the empire: of $1,000, or fear months' im- and, in this article, it is proposed ever remote, without seeing there they do not work in the factorian The clearing away of this hill prisonment, was inflicted. to sketch briefly what they three products either in pictures at Home. What sftir in it of was considered pressing by the
have done to secure trade which or in fact, Exporting Silver Dollars. Guvernment so far back as 1911,
theirs? The workers, the men was once German and British- There were no less than 15 and what we have not doos. and its soccomplishment is certain-obarges of attempting to export
Whilst all this has been taking who are fighting in their millions, ly more than var necessary at Hongkong silver dollars without bone, now expanding, existed undergoing process of reorgani suited, the men to be considered,
The best known American Consular Berrios
place, the American Legation and the men who left lathe sad mili the present time, The grounde first having a permit, before Mr.
have been and plane, are the men to be con- cited in the petition as to why C. D. Melbourne at the Police before the war sa a Danish one; but astion, and to-day it would be the men who and whose produs: the matter should be taken in Court this morning. Many of at no time in the past ten years did difficult to find a more efficient or tions make our exporta, whose band are sufficiently esclusive those charged did not pat in with the great British or German Service, being used, as it is, pare-national debt:—not the men who ita operations compare in talk up-to-date Service in Asis. This work pays, or will help to pay, our in themselves as not to require appearance, their bail besides the houser. In 1914 it was re-organ-ly for commercial sims, dispenses show so little patriotism that they elaboration, but, so far as the money forming the subject of the sad and put on a sound financial with the money appropriations are ready and eager, for the aske fasncial side of the gasstion is charge being forfeited. Others concerned, it should surely be pleaded ignorance. The amounts is, and to-day is represents that certain other Powers allow of the miserable profit it brings, possible to postpone some of the ranged from $8 to $105. One some forly or more American their Legations and Conentar to lean argent work in the New defendant said he did not know schinery and engineering firma Services, but what it lacks in substitute foreign goods for Bri- Territories and to devote the how to go about getting permit. certain insurance houses, and for by the "vim," hard work, sime when every British subject of note, a stemskip company, money it more than makes up tish on this and other markets at money set aside therefor to this A nominal penalty of $1 was le not the world-or an appreciable section of it-inclined to We commend that point to the those instances in which the bail activities in conjunction with the noos ability displayed by its effort to obtain contentions that
other and more beneficial project, inflicted in all the cases except in Tey few British firms.
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ommon sense, and good basi and firm should be bending every excite itself unduly over what have been termed, for want of a better serious name, Germany's "peans propoeste"? Because our enemy threw authorities. As to the question of
consideration of the was estreated.
International Bank afford sa ex-members. out another feeler a few days ago, the Japanese and American stook the water supply, those who have
cellent lesson to British houses as to the British Service, real ability. work into the great open markets. In contradistinction will put British goods and B.itish markete must needs be convulsed for the moment, the President of lived on the other side of the
to what modern method, modern is awarded in the American the United States must occupy himself in the only department harbour know only too well the
organisation and modern ideas, Bervice, common sense takes the be done, and that they are not The days of such idess should wherein he appears to have been at all a success--that of penning inconveniences caused through
dealt with by experts who bare place of precedent, and ordinary poske badly for our ideas of Notes and the British and American press must discuss the position the inadequate presuare in the
Chinese knowledge, will scom-world-knowledge osaate se solemnly as though the world promised to stand or fall socording mains. That shortcoming would
plish when handled in a cohesive than snobbishness.
more civilisation. We subsoribs to the to whether these "pesos proposals" were entered into or declined be overcome if the hillock men-
The American
Belgias and other relief funds, with thanks. But Germany has had her answer; then what need tioned were removed—a fact
This Company has its agents Attache is one of the best educata thought to the conditions which Commercial but dose anyone abroad ever give is there for Dr. Woodrow Wilson to vax his soul in the matter. which, of itself, provides a soffi-
as far up na Urga; it has sold aled men in Chins, that is to say: not exist at the end of the war, Redaced to its lowest terms, the situation becomes this: Germany, cient reason for the work's being
motor car even to the Living educated up to his post. Es if our foreign markets havo, dur- anewsy at the thorough overhaal which Entente polities have been taken in hand. We trust that
Baddha; it has its pony-buying probably cannot conjugate Greek ing the period of the war, been undergoing during the past fortnight, saks her enemies on what the Government will view this Christmas festivities began with stringe of ponies are shipped flaenoy and caso noticeable in supremnoy lost? We give “sales' At St. John's Osthedral the stables at Kalgan, whence long verbs or quote Sansorit with the t.ken from us, and our tradal terms they are willing to make pence. The reply is "reslitation petition S and reparation." Since then the Central Powers have not es leed public demand, and, regarding ing. The church
a sincerely-maanta carol service on Sunday even-down to the racing centres; it certain British Contale; bat he of work" to help the wounded their various military and naval operations, and therefore we ate it as such, will concede the reas beautifully decorated with flowera ies st Kalxen ander forsign man what factory he can get a machine Peking perform wonders in the W68 very has established two carpet factor can tell the enquirer at exactly the British Legation officials in bound to assume that they are not yet prepared to agree to the term onsble request which the peti-and greenery, and the congregagement, employing over
There, but for President Wilson's anxiety to appear in the in
one tool, a case of tinned salmon or way of amateur theatricals for tioaera are patting forward. tion Wh a large one. Oa hundred and fifty Chinese who are leather belt; he can tell you ex- the good cause; but no one here ternational limelight for an hour or two, the matter might have Lekla Taxes.
Christmas Day the various ser faithfully copying the old Mon-actly what American factories can seems to look deeper, and to ended, and the "proposals" might have been packed away with the
vices were again well sttended, galisa and Chinees rags for the produce and what they cannot; realise that we could beat show other two or three dozen attempts at “pasOS ""which our disheart
the prescher at Morning Prayer foreign markets. It has its wool- and he hunts high and low to our patriotism and our meal for Though we have learnt to ex-being the Bishop of Victoria. ened opponents have made. But the President of the United poot very little from reports to the
baying and cleaning establish- find mmples of foreign products our country and its defenders by Staton enddenly discovers that he has never been formally made effect that the Chinese Govern-
ment and its wool-packing works; which his knowledge teaches him greating a really national and aware of what we are fighting about; he therefore assumersion or that, it is at any rate ment is "considering" this quoo- |
St. Andrew's.
it has its direct agents throughout will be of use to his factories. patriotic selling movement, to with Jovelike impartiality, that "Pompey and Cassar are very
Well-attended services were the Mongolir: it has, in Tientsin, He is under no misapprehensare for all workers during their much slike--especially Pompey," and proceeds to show as how something to be thankful for tale at St. Andrew's Church, ured the services of one of the sion as to
what Patriotism lives lasting employment at fair a thing it would be if we and Germany would but abake hands that the authorities in Peking Day, Carola were sung on San-as it has secured in Kalgan the doing the atmost that lies in him
Kowloon, on Christmas Eve and best-known hides and pelt boyars, means; to bim it means decent wsgor, ` and each own to having been in the wrong thronghuat. He inda!-have once again had under gently tells the world, to all intents and purposes, that the contest- notice the possibility of abolish-day, and there was Morning until lately the Chinees Govara- pushing forward the sale of shee; bat it has given us at leat
services of a gentleman who was to beasit American_industry;
The war has taken much from Ente were not altogether vicious in resorting to arme. "Esch Eide ing the lekin impost and of Prayer, with sermon by the Bar. desires to make the rights and privileges of the weak peoples and counter-balancing auch a step by. O. Pope yesterday morning at affairs. It has, in Peking, men tories, and seeing that all Ameri- organised and of tremendous ment Adviser on Mongolian productions of American face industry thoroughly well smail Staten as secure from aggression and denial in the fatore as increasing the Customs dutien, 11 o'clock. the right and privileges of the great and powerfal belligerent States." But that is about as far as the Each side! Is the man mad or is ho, without exception, the matter seems to have been taken,
its financial and political depart of the war cause a comation of country beyond that of our wildest of the very highest koowledge in cans are employed when the end possibilities. It has expanded the engineering industry of our greatest bypocrite on earth? But perhaps he was sleeping when excepting that it has been decid-
At the Cathedral of the Immao-with the International Bank and world's productions. If it is coos andred thousand expert women ment, which works in conjunction war orders and a slump in the Germany, without one shred of excuse, muraled her forces into ed to form Commissions
dreams. Belgium-a country that was not in the least concerned with the study the Treatise" and to ascer- Midnight Mae was sang on bank has, and it is difficult for a business menor even if it is not another hundred thousand labour- It has trained" two to alate Conception the customary the Legation. It has or the sary for the Atische to dine with workers; it has taught at least is between Frange and Hassis on the one side and the Central ain whether sufficient funds can Christmas Eve, the building layman to understand where the he dines with them; he does era practical machine-shop work, Powers on the other. And perhaps he is still not swars of the be obtained from the increased | being, as nensi, very orowded. | frm ends and the Bank begins, sa | not sie slofa liks a tin god, neither, and it has created for us, to our of the modern Germen student by the devoted disciples of what would be lost if lekin were p.m. by the recitation of the house-scared the service of The Minister has at times given equipped with miles of modera "Emall nations must go" doctrine, so zealously poured into the care atoms less to make up for The Maas was preceded at 10.30 it the case with a certain British knowing nor understanding them land, the greatest industry
abandoned. Why all this "atady-Office. Midnight Man was also perhaps the greatest sinologus in dinners to great American mu Whether President Wilson's disease is hypocrisy, madness or ing" should be neossairy, we celebrated at the Church of the the East from a great Chinese Gor-facturers_and_grest ignorance, matters really very little to the people of the Eatente ahoold very mach like to Holy Roasty, Kowloon. At 8. orament service. Further, it has buyers. Can anyɔne think of a
shops full of the most approved countries. They know what they arn fighting for; they know what know. From the Chinese Gavern. Joseph's Church, at the 10 o'clock established itself in Shanghai ons dinner more apt to be fraught textile, led British exports; bat they mean to have; and America's opinion. likes or dislikes, are/ment's point of view alone, it Maan on Christmas Day, the huge scale with engineers in | with possibilities than one, spot to-morrow this will be no longer steel and iran working spplinnosE.
Yesterday Manchester, ia. Tory secondary considerations indeed. Whatever Dr. Wilson would surely be far better that serviss was fally choral, with charge of half a desen or mora as this and or personal views in the matter may be, we are very well satisfied that revenue, all of which would find crohestral accompaniment. The engineering departments, with imagine the British Ministry true for day by day the loosi the average fair-minded and really thinking Americas is whole its way to Poking, should be cherch was filled, soldiers and piece goods, sundries, import and doing such a useful sot ??? heartedly convinced that our cause is a just one and that, in time the administration of which is evidence. Man was sung by the piretically ovary-greek Britini | what law mo, fac so American two will see the flank of
obtained through the Customs, milors being very much in export specialists called from As if to help the Americans in demand, and "She" ment dronda se production of textiles in the Esch to come, the United States will be cómutrained to admit that her
is gradually keeping up with the own rights, as well as those of the Latents countries, are being honestly conducted, than that Rev. Father Augurine, who was French, German, «Auswiss and hosses and banks go—a gaiss mecured, by the morificae that the Allies are making today. trade should be Kunipered by the almo the" "preacher. Even now she has to' own that there are enough Germane in her 10tions of
At the Americas firm in the Bost; it is commandable desire to obtain workowe you from Britzako. then, would she have stood against the whole of Germany ? Hadach exotions eve drift into that should be added that the worke; it has building, at this to introdues to Chinses bayers products: to open, and Ezep open,
antrant worthy Ofertory Adeste Fidolon (Novello's interested in railroad concessions, foreign markets, our great houses we have to do, is to subalit, territory to subdue the entire country in a werk. What chance officials and only a small part of version) was beautifully sung mines, many industrial and other om bent on doing their utmost engineering products for textile Britain sat by and allowed Germany to work her will in Franca have long been the curas of specially tastefully-seranged for Tientsin, to be entirely futed them must be quite aware that, in we possibly can; to arrange for Siste coders. Tas lekin taxes decorations wars vary ellestire, moment, a great spinning mill American goods, although all of for curssi vos all the marketu dat and Belgium, it would assuredly have been America's lara next to business in Ohias. Then, whyl onske plaped at the side entrance out with American machinery; it so doing, they are running the foul the ** mamífed fist."
benitats to abolish them ?.. of the building."
has its® motoröur-department," risk of cutting off British manus
asked.
Nietzsche and Treitschke.
CHRISTMAS IN THE
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St. John's Cathedral.
Catholic Services.
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can anyone