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In another column we publish a letter signed "Disgusted.” The writer brings vary serious charge against some man of the Sbrop |shire Regiment, and we trust that theee" will be aifted with very great care, for the sake of all con- cerned. We have beard different on aconants of the incident and are 21. 4.7/161, anable to say which is the
correct one; but this much
seema clear: that a Chinese War
The Dollar.
The opening rate of the dollar
demand to-day
To-morrow's Anniversary,
tone.
Kailan Output.
Alice Memorial Hospital.
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1917.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The opinions exprereed by corres- pondants are not necesarily those of the "Hongkong Telegraph.”). THE GERMAN "INVASION,”
To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph.]"
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TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
"Any question pat by the visit The local correspondent, who ors was answered by the head objected to "Hamburg Steak" of the Sanitary Department," will be interested to know that If the answers were as illaminat the merchants of Cheape say that ing as some of that functionary']" Barlin Wool". munthars Sir, If the Huua really oon-published statements, the ques another name found for it; so template as invasion of England, tionere most indeed have felt that committes has been appointed to we shall notice a very sudden they had obtained a real grip of get one. Residents in Londen have often wondered as to the stoppage of all submarine piracy |the subj et in band.
origin of their city's name; but Tomorrow is the fiftieth birth-shortly. All sahmerines will be
"Eis reports may have to be the Berliner has written books {sitacked with quite unnecemery | day of H.RH. the Princess Royal. withdrawn to refit, and, when all
encyclopædia treatises violence by a European soldier,
is ready, the Han Fleet will pat cat down by the sub-editor, bat and and so badly koccked about that
The total output of the Kailan out escorted by about half their if he knows his work, this will upon the derivation of Berlin. and the not be because they are j-jaze Saya one: Berlin is barys linos it was neccesary to take him away Mining Administration's mines total submarines
the and pleonsatio.”—This is pre-heavy net), because the ancient on an ambulance. Meanwhile we for the Week ending February 3 remainder will
sumably a quotation frold the Greek fishermen came to the cannot learn that the referee amounted to 24,485 tons and the transports. ordered the Shropshire msucf the sales during the period, to 43,797
During the general action be-Reporter's Randy Guide to Kaor-Spree to gst shiploads of amber 1 No, saya Bielius, the Prussian field. It is to be hoped that the
tween the Fleete, the transports ledge.
monastic; Berlin is simply Verlin, of commanding officer
will make their effort, and, with the
because the city in a pearl, A Almost the only people not regiment has been informed of this exploit of one of big men
Isuding a small portion of their of local man-power board and there isn't a hill within ten possibly 100 submarines to convoy them, they have a feir chance of satisfied with the establishment third declares that it derives ita zeme from pri (gear) and lin(a hill) We Britishere have, for many
infantry. Bat it takes many hours some of those who have been say miles radius of the Reichstag I seara past, been telling the. Chinese that we are sportsmen in
of uninterrupted work to land ing, for the past two years, that the hest sense of the word, sad
hores and guns, which they would they would go the Front like not be allowed to do, eo that sach shot if they weren't retained hers | we may be quite sure that they will all be specially edified by Forthcoming Marriage, sa effort would only result in by force. which this exhibition of our love of Among the forthcoming mer haetening the end that we all- Correspondents are requested to observe the rule
mumes and addresses with fair play. We are prepared to be riages is that of Mr. Henry Ehops for. forward their
There is no doubt that the requires them to communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for told that there was provocation, Hollande, merchantile assistant,
but we very strongly decline, and Miss Margaret Elsie Bullen, losses in ships and men would be publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides.
beforehand, to accept that ides, who is staying at the King awful, but there is nothing to be No provocation in the world is Edward Hotel. great enough to justify such Returned to the Colony,
Dr. W. W. Pearse, M. D. re- will violence towards a Chiness as
would necessitate his going to tarned to Hongkong on Saturday hospital. From all we osn glean, from Home leave, having travel- the attack was just a senseless led by the CPB.. 'ronts, Mre. showing off of superior strength, Pearse is remaining at Home for and we greatly regret that no the present. Britisher present treated the striker to some of his
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1917.
THE WAR OUTLOOK.
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Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice beze to acknowledge with thank the followingdonation to the fande of the Hospitala: Great Northern Telegraph Co., $50.
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Youre etc. THE NON-EXPERT."
Hongkong, Feb. 17, 1917.
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"GERMAN BRUTALITY."* Sir,-Residents of Hongkong a local paper.-Oaly one? were treated io a glimpse of "Ger- man brutality" at Happy Valley
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The War Loan rates of interent have set the calculators at work, says the Chronicle. Statistics are
the German people." (Presidentke to doable itself. Thanks to "We are sincere friende with being produced to show how long an investment in the Loan will Wilson, in s
recent speech.)→→ logarithms and the formules Basing our deductions on the discovered by earlier mathem President's aureadiness to qu✩rrel aticiane the computation is with the murderers of of his own not difficult, Compound osantrymen, we too had arrived interest, the schoolby's beta noir, loses its terrors with the rals of " divide G9 1-3 by the rata "Menagerie at Kowloon," says: percent, and add 1-3 to the result"
to get the period taken by a sum to double itself at compound in. War Comforts.
The same jurnal informe u-,in terest. For example: At 5 per The Union Church Ladies Working Party has this week on Saturday last, when a young its telegram oulamas that, "North- ceat, the time is 14 1-5 years (69 despatched a box to the Officer Chinese player of the South Chias east of Vermeillen we ejected three 1-35 13 13-15: add 13, and
obuckers- the result is 14 1-5). Commanding
Scotiah Athletic Club, who had been aeroplanes." — The 2/2nd Horse in France, containing ordered off the field by the re-out in those regions must be
Richmond Park, part of which On Saturday we reprinted from 100 pairs of ancke, 13 pairs of feree, was bratally and cowardly some men.
is to be "ploughed up,' was the Heme paper an account of some miltor, 4 pairs of knes caps, 23 saulted by a number of the
Says Manila paper's head creation of Charles I, who was rather paicfal bangling in cos-mulle, 81 shirts, 81 handker-
"San Agustio up for actuated by anything but patriotio nection with the Government's chiefs and 60 towel.
"D" Company, with boot and fist.line:
cant Haring long For some reason or other, the Assistant Director."-1 he prefix-motives. attitude towarde a Blue Fannel
"Mr."
covetous eye on Sheen Chase. Another good programme at the referee failed to order the aggres-ing of a simple "Senor" or skipper, who has the ill lack to be cf German extraction. Captain Victoria Theatre on Friday and sor (s member of the K. S. L. I.) would at least have saved as the which seemed to offer exceptional Reipenhansen's father left Ger- Saturday attracted full houses. In off the field,presumably because trouble of wondering whether the facilities to gratify his passion for announced bin went
■ boy,
to addition to further instalments of he was a white man, and the other prospective official hailed from hunting, he
intention in 1637 of enclosing live in Scotland, became a British "The Iron Cla" serial, a splendid a Chinese. But this has nothing Canterbury or from Hippo.
Bome 1,000 acres and stock- subject and married a Scote Paths Gazsite and now set of war whatever to do with the brotal
with 'Pablic Works in ludia” maya ingit'
deer. There woman. Their son was born in pictures were shown; aleo a very assalt referred to.
A number of the special police the Times, bat the Te agraph, be- was immediate ostery from the Dundee and cannot speak or read good descriptive film showing the German; yet now the Admiralty wonderful acrobatic turn of the were on the spot and doubtlessing too much occupied with look numerous freeholders, copyhold- has discovered that he is two Blumes. Tonight there will can confirm what i have written ing after Pablic Works in Elong- eis, &c., concerned, whose protects not fit
above. They endeavoured to reskong, is no more than moderately were backed by Archbishop Laud to be trusted with be a special band performanos.
and the Lord Chancellors, bat cae this poor Chinese from the interested. of ita accret orders-which
A Big Theft.
Charles, holding that all righte course means that he is thrown A big theft has been reported clutches of the soldiers, but were
ia fact, 006 "Bobber Wearing General were subservient to the divine ont of employment and bis by an accountant living at 61, aosuccessful; owners lose a trasted and vala-Wing Lok Street, who says that of them
couple of Lung's Uniform" is the headline right of kings, ignored them and able skipper. The principle of the early on Saturday morning some knocks himself; and had it which appears in a contemporary's built a lofty wall ten miles in Admiralty is an excellent one, person entered his house by not been for the limely arrival of " Chinese Now.".— As the case is circumference around his ill- and a very welcome change from breaking a glass door of the a couple of officere from the regi- entirely without precedent is gotten hunting-ground. the old policy of giving import verandah. The thiel stole $2,210 ment, it is no exaggeration to eny would have shown a nice feeling
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» Victoria Theatre..
Back from America.
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All indications appear to point to the probability of large and ant posts to Getmana and pro-in money, jewellery valued at that the young Chinese referred in the editor, had lo suppressed it. While the present wAY #98IZAS decisive war operations in the near fatare. The worst of the winter Germans ; but Sir Edward Carson $750, and clothing to the value to would have been mauled to
Barely be willing of $305-83 265 altogether.
Oer congratulations this week likely to produce a great increase death. As it was, he was left an-, is now over, and on all fronts there is a significant measure of live.should
conscions on the ground, bleeding go to car Educated Comp. for in the number of small cultive. liness which may be taken se the prelude to yet another Spring to admit the exception that exists
A Cordes charged before from the month, and moaning, and that he did eet up the headline tors, eye the Chronicle, the struggle with revolutionary "Deutschland usber Allies," and Campaign-a campaign which, the Allies are confident, will lead to every role and to judge of
France and Napoleon had exsotly it ja to the Manila Daily Bulletin on up to the decisive point of the war, even if it does not spell Germany's a special asse like the present one Mr. J. B. Wood, at the Police was later taken to the hospital.
the opposite effect. Though immediate and foal defeat. Everybody recognises that in the purely on its own merite. Why a Court this morning, with import In this connection coming cffensive huge sacrifices of life will have to be made more man like Captain Reipenhausen ing one automatic Colt pistol and gratifying to note that such a publishing an excellent photo tremendous, probably than either side contemplates at the moment. should be deprived of his living 200 rounds of ammonition. It was dastardly outrage bad not the graph of Sir David Bentlie in agriculture was then exceptional- European aniforio, and printing onderneath prosperous, it was only the big But, se Sir Deagles Baig, says, the fighting will likely be more on at a time when our Government in stated that the man had just approval of
benefited. Farme steadily grow the lines of battle for which the British soldiers have been longing, paying enormous salaries to pare-arrived from America and that spectators, for a number of well it: "General Falkenhayo." We farmers and landowners who and British enemy sympathisers, it when he saw the Police he threw ketan basinees men, as well as would also take this opportunity larger and fewer, and thousands Trench warfare will give place to a war of movement.
the ammoni ion on the deck of few of the soldiers from "T.4" of patting our contemporary on of small cultivators, unable to confidence in their ability to amseh the Germans in clean, open is not easy to underatsad.
the steamer. His Worship im company, frankly resented such the back for having, not long stand the expense of ensioente or fighting which makes the British soldiers eager for the coming frsy,
posed a fine of $250 and ordered dirty cand not and were since, given its rendera a priot of Outside that factor also is the knowledge which the Allies have that, The Cornwallis-West Scandal,
the arms to be confi:ented.
beard to pass the
remark Mr. Roosevelt, at the same time provide themselves with up-to- date implements, were pushed off if it comes to a question of ebeer man power, they can comfortably'
that the offenders should calling it Lord Derby.
the soil. ontlast the foes ranged against them.
66 varely punished.
Home papera give, at greater
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KIDNAPPED.
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A Girl Sold for $50.
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In regard to Germany's actual strength in men, vary much has length than Beater's wire of leat!
It is to be hoped that they will, "Bars Very Dali," anys a local
With mobey questions to the been written and said, but the position still appeare to be far from month, the unsavoury story con
in view of the good work which Metal Report, and we have found clear. There are those who have told us that Germany has long cercing Hra. Cornwallie-West and
the Chinese of Hongkong are several people who hold quite the fore it should be recalled that Binos reached her climax in ma-power and is now declining in Sir John Cowan, the Quarter-
doing for the British cause. In contrary opinion, while others 1st a century has elapsed since strength with every man she loses, That may or may not be so master General, in
with the persecuting
conclusion, Imsy, say that it is say: "Never mind; wait till Raos the gold sovereign reappeared coinage. The first it assuredly is not safe to count on each a theory. Bas whatever tion
no credit to "D" company to win Week."
sovereign, a noble pisce, valued the Teutonic strength may be in other theatres of the war, there is of a young Lieutenant. It is
a cup by employing sooh dirty
twenty shillings and certainly no conclusive evidenos that it is lessening on the Western not a preity story, nor in it
Talking of Baco Wook, it is al ̧
240 grains, The story was told before Mr. and low taction. From the start Front, where, according to the Times military correspondent, the by any means a new one, and
play the game," earnestly to be hoped that special weighing enemy now has 168 Divisions, as compared with 128 in November. our only interest in the matter is C.D. Melbourne, at the Magistracy they failed to That fact, together with the recent utterance by the British General. that we are very curious to know this morning, of how a girl, aged and, time after time, instead of care will be exeraised by the inned in 1489, and there were imimo, confirms a general acceptance of the theory that it is on this if General Cowans has been six years, was kidnapped from a going for the ball, they went for police during that time to arrest sabesquent issues in the reign particular front that the war will be decided. Both Britain and deprived of his post, and if village arar Caston and later the man.
Enclosing my card, Germany appear to be agreed on that point. The only question Mrs. Cornwallis-West has been sold in Hongkong for $50.
The defendant, a relation by that remains is whether Germany will be content to rely solely on arrested for "giving antrathful her military, power, or whether she will, as the Timer correspondent evidence before the Military adoption, to the child's mother, suggests, risk a great sea and land offensive with the express object Court of Enquiry, If not, why not?admitted the kidnapping. It sp of defeating Britain, her "most bated and most obstinate enemy," to The injured party in the case, pears that the father of the Lientenant Barrett, is a respect-ohild died some time ago and the me the words of the Kaiser.
Yours, etc. DISGUSTED.
Hongkong, Feb. 19, 1917.
A Real Londoner Honoured.
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all Chinese found gembling for of Edward VI, After that it copper cash, and that offenders dropped out of use until 1817 when a new gold standard was will be severely dealt with,
osts blished, and the gaines WRE "Trawlers arrived at Rotterdam displaced by a new coinage of and' sold their fish in the ususi acveraigns, and half-sovereigns, Way, remarke Beater from The first issue, weighing 1231 which we gather that the power grains, was designed by Pintenoot, It has always been considered probable that, in the last resort, able young fellow who has risen family had gons to worship at the
Bir Edward Smith, who was in to curae, obaracteristio of the who introduced St. George and Germany would risk a final plange by bringing her Navy out. For from the rank and who is keen to tomb, when, on the way home,
which figured on the guinsa. well over two years now the British Nary has patiently waited for that progress in his profession. Bo- the defendant offered to carry the recent bonours list, is a real fiab-seller, has been no whit abat the Dragon in place of the shield hour, and our sailors would right heartily welcome the long sought cause he declined to listen to the the child, and, taking a bye-way, Londoner, and was born in Chelsesed by war conditions. opportunity to try conclusions at sea, not on a hit-and-run-away basis, blandishments of his elderly disappeared. He brought the little 57 years ago. He is chairmen and but in a square Bght to the finish. Germany, we know, is reaching Zaleiks, she trumped up obargon girl to Hongkong and offered to financial director of the Royal
Not A Ground For Exemption. the end of ber lether. That is why she has shown her recent saxiety against him, and the Quarter-well it to a woman olansman for London Insurance Offices, with to discuss peace. But the creation of a great and powerful Navy hasseler General appears to have $50. The woman refused and next which he has been associated to be justified somehow before the end comes, and it would appear put the War Office (very much) day the defendant went back to minos 1877. As a member of the "My nerves are very bad owing
own consent or her, with
a note purporting | L.0.0, Sir Edward has done good to my wife having rma away with that the German people have been drugged into the belief that without its
at the lady's to be from the child's mother, work, and has reached the position a Belgian refugee," stated an place at Peking some days ago victory can yet be won on the sea. Hence there may be a deal more knowledge) than mere imagining in the anggestion of the military export quoted disposal to the extent of getting saying she was willing for the of deputy chairman. In addition" appellant at the Law Society between some Japanese and Gar- that Germany may even risk the loss of her Fiest in an attempt to the Lieutenant drafted into an-girl to be sold. The child was be le obsirman of the Tower Tribunal recently, adding that be mix soldiers. One Japasons was gain aufficient control of the ses as to be shi to land troops on other batalion, Bions Renter then purchased for $50, Later, Division of Magistratas, obairman was seeking a divoros. Lo reply injured. A Feking despatch any English soil. We can only hope that she will, for there could only wire, more than a month ago, we on coming to Hongkong to search of the Standing Joint Committee to the chwirmen, Mr. & H. Bish- that a Gersin oflour ablegu be one recult to such a desperata vanture-complete and ignominions have heard nothing farther ex-for the girl, the mother met the of the Janices for London, a ardmor, M.P., be said the petition ly proceeded to the
Fire Brigaden was undefended d-The Chairman; of the
vospeed do ía to. defans for the enemy, and the speedy conclusion of pesos. It is to gept of course the amplifed story defendant, and eventually be took me aulain these last maamed, nime that the Alliss, karo staked their all, in papers pow sxyiving and we her to the house where the child
at Home has done
her the German effort follown the linag anga
Paten dugu wanakararne other form, these are the resulta whic
'A Fracas at Peking.
A rather serious fracas took