FIGHT ON THE "MOLLIE."
Levelling Things Up.
A Europeso, named Alexander Uana, was charged before Hr. A Dyer Bail, at the Police Cenet this morning, with assaulting a festor on the steam launch "Mollie.
Complainant, a Chinese of the coolie class, appeared in Court with his head swathed in band ages. His story was that he went round to all the other people on board and collected their money. He collected leo the money: from defendant, and then want. to a gentleman sitting opposite defendant and asked for the
money.
Cross-examined by deler dent, complainant denied that a gentle man on the sunch refused to give up a $10 note until be received $9 first, Defendant said it was the other man who had hit him, and he had mistaken bim for him (defendaot).
Complainant continued to any that defeodsat was the man who tendered the $10 pole.
Defendant-Lie No. 1. It is case of mistaken identity Complainant :-It was you who struck me, and afterwarde four others joined in an attack against me.
The Second Engineer of the
launch stated that the last witness WBS Collecting the fare from de- fendaas. There were zasny Earc pean passengers sitting on the upper deck. Defendant would not
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1917.
HONGKONG TRADE.
THE TYPHOON SEASON.
AFTER ARMAGEDDON.
ROLL OF HONOUR.
GHOSTS" & THE WAR.
Features of the Past Fortnight.
The Fortnightly Price Current] and Market Report, published by the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce under date of June 15, states
New Signals for Hongkong.
(CBC A. D. 1950) "There were giante in the earth in those days-Moser,
·
(With apologies to Bouthay.)
Some Officers Who Have
Fallen.
Major Charleton William Gor don-Steward, killed on. April 12, was the only son of Colonel O. 8. and Mrs. Gordon-Steward, of Nottingtoo, Dorchester. Educated
Exorcising the. Triple Spectre.
Though it would be abaurd to clase Esurik Ibsen as a symbolist, he was a great crestor of sym bola; and the most luminous or, if you prefer it, the most obvious symbol he created is that which gives its title to Ghosts."
TRAPPED IN IGE,
Extraordinary Story of U-Boats, S
An extraordinary story of the loss of a number of German sub- marines is tiid by the Copenhagen correspondent of the Bystander, quoting Knud Rasmussen, the
It was a summer's evening,
Old Thompson's tack was done; From a long chair with a whiskey He viewed the setting sun...
at Dalwich and Sandhurst, he Who does not remember the well-known Danish explorer.
West Yorkshire key-speech of the play--a speech Rasmussen'in the man who first Behind him on the tennis green joined the
Was his giddydaughter Eveline, Regiment in 1896, and proceeded comparable in signifiance, if saw the thirty German submarines with that regiment to China. In not in beauty, with Hamlet's imprisoned in the ice (usya, the the Middle Kingdom he travelled "What a piece of work is man!" correspondent). Copenhagen has
had a polar winter. A fortnight" Just then her brother Billikin,
Who, tired of play, came round from east to west socompanying Thus speaks Mrs. Alving :---
"I almost think we are sil of ago the Sound was fros-h over. And asked the old man." Who the British Consal from Hongkong
first let
to Samso, and thenes alone to us ghoste, Pastor Manders. It is Even now think ios streiches far The Germano lease Crown Mandalay and Rangoon. Transfer not only what we have inherited out into the Cattegat, and a Swede
ground?"
ring to the Chinese Regiment he from our father and mother that walked from the ma nland to the also begged his father, so he took part with that oorps in the walks' in us. It is all sorts of island of Marstrand. Different
est down on the ground
operations of 1900 (medal). Pro- dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, natruths have been told about the tell him of the giants," and moted captain in 1902 in the and so forth. They have no io trapped anbmarines, but Ba , where they could be found. Northumberland Fusiliers, he was vitality, but they cling to us all mussen knows the real truth.
They were trapped at the". specially employed in the South the same and we cannot shake
He
To
Is te notified in the Gazette that new Local and Non-Local Storm Cotton piece goods and fancy Signal Codes will be introduced cotton goods. The sensational at Hongkong on July 1, in pisce advanon in the price of the raw of the old Local Code, and the material to 16.65d, as well as the Chias Const Code. The principal unsatisfactory political situation change in the Local Code is that in Chiss have curtailed business. the new signals will show the Nevertheless, some sales are re-direction from which the gale is ported of white shirtings and sxpected, whereas the old signals dyed goods from stook and for showed the position of the ty forward shipment.
phoon. The latter will be in Cotton Yarn. The fortnight dicated, a heretofore, by the bae closed on a market which can Non-Local Signals..
The object of the code is to give only be described as frantically excited. Prices bave advanced at least 24 hours warning of a gala quite $10 per bale, bat are most (Foros 8 by Beaufort Scale, or erratio. The ressons for the 40-45 mph, mean velocity by advance are twofold, the great Dinée Anemometer) and slea advance in cotton and the fear of warnings of expected changes in farther restriction on shipping. the direction and force of the The
notations are:-No. 10s at wind. Owing however to the No. 12 at $145/164 uncertain movements of typhoons $135/164. No. 18 at $162/180 No. 20 st and to insufficient telegraphic $170/208. Arrivals 4,800 bales.jobeervations, it will occasionally Salee 5,000 bales. Shipments nil. happen that signals 2 to 5 may be Unsold stock 5,000 bates displayed without a gale occurring at Hongkong, or even Gap Book. Bargains 18,000 bзles.
Woollon. The political unrest | but the reverse is not likely to in China has pai a stop to happen, except in the case of practically all business in this typhoons forming in the vicinity"
and travelling rapidly towards Hongkong, or of a located typhoon increasing its rate of progression abnormally.
section.
Ban Cottens. Still no market. Canton silk. Mesure. Herbert Dent and Oc. report (June 2) as followe Stock:-1,500 bales,
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old man turned towards "Bay."
Who stood expectani by, And bade him bring another
"drink,
"
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the
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For talking made him dry, They seemed to be, numakulla,
said he The "giants" of this Colony. Like vermin in a garden, The Hans wared bold and stout; "I wonder how we had the plack, "To intern and turn them out,
For they were
white haired boys, you see, In the new Non-Local Code the Market Silk. There has been & approximate velocity of the Storm"With the giants of the Colesy." fair Lyons enquiry during the centre will be shown, in addition past fortright. For Amarics there to ite direction of motion, and the Now tell me how it came about," has been apparently but little position of the centre will be Young Billikin he ories, pay his fare of $1, but later pro- demand. There has been a good given in degrees of latitude and While giddy Eveline looks up duced a $10 bill, and complainant took on $9 in change, bat deal of rain which is said to have longitude. The time at which the And whispers "It's all lies." defendent would not hand over curtailed the outturn of the 2nd warning was issued will also be "Now tell us how that since the the bill. A IOW followed, and crop and dealers on the strength showa
The Fasette contains diagrams defendsat strack complainant of thie bave been able to ask and
to obtain higber prices. and other details of the new some blows with bie fit in
From the
North political signals. the
and face
eye.
reported" UL. Other Europeans surrounded affaire are complainant and proceeded to erike him. The matter was re- ported to au indian constable and he took defendant to the Police Station The Europeane sccused them of using 8 spanner to strike them, but it was not used.
An Indian conetable who was
on duty at Blake Pier said de- fendant went willingly to the Police Station. The two Chines were there and some other Ear opeans. Defendant was excited, and at first would not allow &
"THE NEW EAST.”
settled, at present no effect has been noticed on the general; position of trade here, which destness of freight is about 5 on Recount of the scarcity and dull as it possible can be. Waale. Advent of a Noteworthy Review, -Some purchases are reported for America to the extent of some Selected Opened No. 1, ia quoted 2,000 bales. The price of Extra
bigher.
Total about 200.000 sacks. Q10 Flour Market Report-Stock:
tations: American Patent, $4,65
Appearing at a time when there in a greater need than ever for a
with the warm approbation and thorough understanding between the West and the East; Isanched
war
"Our tradea has gone ahead so
far."
I
WAS the dwarfs, "old Thompson cried, "Who put the giants 'to
rout,
But what they called them
giants' for
*** I could not well make out; Bat every body said," quoth he, "The giants built the Colony." My father lived at Wanchai then, "Borrington Stream hard by, "And when the Germane leased
the ground,
word to be spoken to him. De per saok; American Cut off aupport of the leading politicians« He made a profit; so t'was said,
u
"His dwelling they did buy. "Ia Kowicon bailt one in ita
stead.**
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"While steamers up were tied, Because the Hans, were nursed,
you see,
aign
in
"I know it. I toti Princa
JAPAN'S STAKE IN
THE WAR.
African Military Survey, 1903-5, them off. Whenever I take up a narrow part of the Sound just and later, in 1908, in secret service newspaper I seem to see ghosts above Helsingborg. That happen in German West Africa, necessi-gliding between the lines. There ed two days after the submarine tating a strennons crossing of the most be ghosts all the country campaign began. The thirty were Kalahari Desert. Retiring in over, aa thick as the sands of the all making north of course from 1910, he was recalled for service ass. And then we are, one and the asme Baltic base—when the on the outbreak of the present all so pitifully afraid of the east wind blew the locas ios together, and as it was freezing war, sad for the past 2 years, light. Gatil the time of his death, was If Ibsen were alive to-day, hard-12 degress Celsius at least brigade-major of his brigade, and what a new and tragic moaning-soon all the submarines were in' was mentioned in dispatches of this image would take on, every a solid pack.
"The submarines were moving February 24, 1917. Letters from time he looked at a newspaper! the front record how "as Brigade For to-day ghosts do not glide with only their periscopes up. major he earned the affection of between the lines they shriek, Some of them emelt danger in "all ranks. Nothing was too much and gibber, and howl through time and managed to rise. These trouble for him~everyone look-|colama after colama. This war got wedged in with their decks ing on him as an ideal soldier." is, so far as we are concerned, a showing. Others were caught He was fine draughtsmen, and a war for the laying of ghosts; sad ¡under the ice, and only their
I myself. Fellow of the Royal Geographical car hope of victory rests on the periscopes showed. Society.
belief that, though we bare walked across the ice to them, and Capt. Vyryan Kendall Sadler, plenty of our own to contend my mate even tried to look down RAM.O., who was killed on with they are less numeroas sada periscope. Then the alip-ice- April 17, aged 38, was the second lese noxions then the spectres that is loose ice which always son of Mr. and Mra. A. O. Sadler which haunt our enemies. drifts under the pack-snapped What is the ghost in-chief that the pariauc pe tabes. The sub- of Richmond. Surrey. He was educated at Rossell, and received not merely haunts, but hounds marines perished miserably... his medical training at Univer-on, the German legions? Is it not "How did they perish?"
After the three-headed phantom of 'Miserably. Some after three sity College Hospital. becoming fully qualified he served Divine Right ?-the divine right days' imprisonment tried to get a surgeon with the P. and O. of the Hohenzollerne, the divine away aader the ice. I know sbat Company until Aug., 1914, when right of Germany to rule over all seves submarines were smashed the jined the hospital ahip China, other nations, and the divise in and all on board drowned.” and later received a commis right of War to secure the "sur- "How do you know that?"
the R. A. M. Q: Hevival" (save the mark !) “of the some time on the fittest." These are "deal ideas, | Harald.” was for
Prince Harald is, of course, the staff of the hospital ship Cambrai, lifeless old beliefs," but Germany and went to the front in January, cannot shake them off though Danish prince of that name, who 1917. His commanding officer they lead her and the whole world is the brother of the King of writes:-"Your son died doing through a senseless purposeless Deomark and nephew of our his duty likes gentlemen, and we agony that passes conception, Queen Alexandre. are all proud of being able to We believe that the exorcising of call him our friend."
this triple spectre is well ander Second Lieutenant Arthur way even in Germany; but the Dapps Collins. B.F.C., was the people have not the energy to only son of the late Mr. W.react against it and sparn it into P. Collins, of Beckenham, the night. With credit all the country round and Mrs. Collins, of King- Our own ghosts, if not so ag-
aton-on-Thamer. "They deluged far and wide,
Educated at gressive, are sufficiently trouble.| And many a good old firm went Seafielde, Bexhill-on-Sea, and some. Have we not the ghost of In the New Europe the Japanese
down
Eastbourne College, be joined religious raucour in Ireland to writer, Mr. Tokiwo Tokvi, defines the Staff of the P. and O. Com- battle with 7-8 thing unreal, with unusual frankness the in- pany in London. In January, 1815, filmy, phantasmel, but which terests which impelled Japan to be enlisted in the Artists' Bifes, "clings to as all the same, and enter the war. Briefly they are and went to France. He obtained we cannot shake it off." When (1) The desire to destroy his commission in the B.F.C. Isat I took up my paper this morning Tsingtao, the military and com January.
I was amazed to find the Anti-mercial stronghold of Germany in Second-Lieutenant John Wals- Suffrage ghost mopping and mow the Far East, from which, had it tan Charles Bolland, Norfolking at me from the advertisement] been left intact, German militarism Begiment, killed April columaa tough old speatre would have carried on an im- shange. A few words followed,
in Во attack, 88 the last of. What a blessing it sud India.
(2) Japan is almost as interest- and this gentleman his complain-
youngest son of the Rer. W. would be if people could take ant. A bit of a mix-up" fot.
E. Bolland, Oxford, lately Rector Ibsen's hint, and pass their ed in the overthrow of German lowed. Defendant said:"In
of Denton, and formerly head-opinions in review every now and control in Constantinople és in the row I gots punch on the nose
master of Worcester Cathedral then, zeking themselves: "Is the destruction of the German which naturally annoyed me, and
School. He was born at Worces-not this notion a ghost? Is that stronghold in China. From the I went in. to level things up a bit.
ter in 1891, and was edno.ted at notion really slive, or is it only standpoint of Japan, Bassian After a bit I was happy to
Dardanelles Norwich Grammar School. At a dead idea, "a lifeless old belief' control of Constantinople and be there. Then we called a
will render the age of 18 he was offered a that "walks in me, and that ought the policeman 1 think the gentle-
post in Ilbert and Co., Ltd., of to get under its tombstone once Ro.ais a more stable and valaible man who struck complainant was
How greatly would it ally than she might oʻherwise be. Shanghai, and spent nearly five for all?" new so on the Coast and was
(3) Japan is interested morally years in China. On the outbreak reduce the friction la political,
■ lasting used to the ways of the F. C. Linde Company, a bonded couraging message from His
of the war he returned to Eng-social and religious life, if only and practically in Ühines.""
wareboues firm, suggested or Royal Highness Prince Arthur of
land and obtained a commission we could gift out the ghosts from settlement of European quas- His Worship What about April 11 at the monthly meeting of Connaught; an article on Japan
in the Norfolk Regiment, the live ideas, and resolutely lay tione, each as those of Poland, the spanner?--I don't know the New York Board of Trade and and Great Britain by Count
After a short time at the Front them!
Alsace-Lorraine, and Bohemia. Minister of "Anything about that. I was too Transportation, held at 203 Broad-Teraochi, Prime
he injured a knee, and was die- La Americs they have just The plight of partitioned Poland: busy levelling things up. way, that in view of the necessity Japan, who says that "the Alliance British politics! policy. luabled for most of 1916, bat in triumphantly laid a ghost that an impressed the Japanese Hie Worship-1 happose you of relieving the food situation, ia the Will of Heaven; ples forewords to the Japanese sad to December he resumed his place bad haunted them too long-the Government Commission which had had a merry night, going assuring eupplies this for mutual sympathy with each Britiahere, the magazine fully in his battalion. His colonel ghost of the Atlantic Ocean. It visited Europe in 1872 that in home at 1130?-No; not more country and the Entente Allies, other's "thoughts, wishes and defines it stutude, which writes: I had not "a keener was a solid enough reality, to order to avoid a similar fate for than nenal We had been to the it might be well to let down the hopes" by Lord Ourson; an article essentially non-party, but broadly officer in the battalion. What Washington, to Monroe, even to Japan the Commission urged the theatre before that.
bars so that 500,000 or 1,000,000 by Viscount Motono, the Foreign political.
ever the job was, he went for it Lincoln; but for well-nigh immediate necessity of Japaness His Worship discharged de. Asiatica might enter the United Kinister of Japan, in which be
So bulky is the first number with all bis heart. He was always quarter of a century it has osased national regeneration. fondant, who, at wha atated, was States and fill the soil. The sugays that "the Alliance between that it is impossible to do it cheery, and no officer was buster so have any vitality.
(4) All Liberal elements in gestions came as a surprise, the two countries must be made justice in so short a notice, but looking after the comforts of his an engineer on a ship.
What need to remark upon the Japan understood that the victory "It is proposed to take a to last;" and other notable con- the Editorial Notes, and the men than be was. We can ill great ghost-laying in Russia of Prossian militarism would million men.oat of industrial tributions by Prince Tokugaws, numerous articles, together with spare to loss him."
perhaps the greatest single set of encourage militarist and reaction. life and train them for Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, and Mr. clever cartoon, illustrations, and
in Amongst the last list of honours the kind the world has soon! ary tendencies
Japan, „POLICE REŠERVE ORDERS. Fervice in the field," said H. G Wells. Desoribed a
would foreign correspondence, makes is that of Second Lieutenant When the Hohenzollern ghost and
probably end. Mr. Gibson. Where will wo monthly review of thought and up a publication teeming with (Acting Captain) Percivale David shall have followed the Romanoff by leagoing
Japan with get the men to take their places? schievement in the Eastern and interest and instraction. As part Bolland, Welsh R, Spec. Res. ghost into limbo, what a night the Central European Em Orders issued to-day by Mr. Why, you can't hire labourers Western Worlds," the new pab of the magazine is printed in The official report resde: He mare will be lifted from the world's pires in carrying out their F. C. Jenkin, D.S.P. (Reserve), now. You can't get them for lication will serve a purpose that Japanese, and the publication sat a splendid example through-consciousness! Meanwhile let schemes of congest, Japan cane $2.75 or $3 a day to do even the has too long gone unnerved, and offices are in Tokyo, the issues out and was largely responsible us fight our own private ghost not afford to see a militariet most ordinary work. Where are not only will Britishers cut East are sure of a wide circulation for the success of the operations, steadfastly and tirelessly. In so autocracy win the day in Europe. The Command of the Police we to get the number we shall or wherever the magazine among Japanese readers, and if He has previously done fins doing we shall not be fighting our In the words of the Marqcia need if not from the Asiatic roaches them have put to them the subsequent numbers keep up work." Captain Bolland has been own battle stone: for there is one Saionji, the late loader of the Se- Reserve will be temporarily
in a healthy light the problema much high standard as that awarded the Military Cross point in the natural history of sa-kai-party, it is felt in Japan taken over by the A. 8. P. (R.)an
On the motion of Mr. Stephen affecting the interests of Japan which has been set by the first, Captain Bolland was in the ghosts which Ibeen omitted to thes if England and France with acting Deputy Superintendent.
Unit Commanders will com- Farrelly, Mr. Gibeon was invited and Great Britain, but the the Far East will be enriched by Tientsin Branch of the Hong-note-namely, that all the spectres their allies fail to destroy Gece municate with the acting D. 8. P. to embody his views and present Japanese too will be better Review worthy of the gross part kong and Shanghai Bank, and in the world ate leagued in one man militarism, their prestige!
understand (B) either direct or through this them to the May meeting of the enabled to
and the Origins as destined to play in came home to fall the Army great conspiracy Williams At leaders of Liberal civilies on HAL Board
amimilate the ideas underlying the world's futurs Siniz.
chec in the Daily Chron se be at an end.
of Japan and Great Britain; dec $3.70; per Back: Japanese 2nd aring that its object is "to fendant said the Chizess were Parent, $3.20; per esck; Japan interpret to the West the best in always making trouble.
Targoctor Brown said that the rae 3rd Patons, $3.15; per sack; the thought and achievement of Japanese Straight, $3.30; per Japan, sad to Japan the best in Europeone who came up said the wack; Sanghai Straight, $3.20; the thought and achievement of" Escond Engineer moved a spanner round his head, and complainsnt per sack.
the West, and to develops, by Metsis There has been A was swinging a lamp. Com
better acquaintance between the plainant had bad a nasty bash in period of quietness since last British and Japanese peoples, the the eye. It was badly injured. The report. Tinplates have advane good relations which so happily ed very considerably and locally exist between Japan and Great Europeans said he was very saucy.
Defendant's version was that are quoted round about $40 Britain," the new Beview which the gentlemen who had received Steel Plates are very firm has just made its appearance further substantial rise is advised under the name of the New the aloat" went round collecting from America, local prices are East is a welcome publication the money. He came to a man who
lower than c.i.f. equivalent. Lead and one that is highly potential tendered a $10 note, but would
has facinated at $20 to $21. for the good of both races con. new feature of Oriental literary production, convinces one that its editor, Mr. Robertson Scott, and those associated with him have been actuated by the bighant | motives in bringing it into being, and so essential is it that the
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By the gists' of the Colony, "Praise to the dwarf' who seats
#1
have now, "The Hun no more is seen," "Why, t'is a danger to our trade,"
Spoke giddy Eveline.
on
not give it until he received. There seems to be little enquiry oerned. The first issue of this "Nay, Nay, My little girl," quoth /8, while leading his platoon that we hoped we had seen the mense scheme of intrigue in China
Dos
Command.
•)
for forward business.
Sugar-Market doll in epite of further reductions of Java whites.
CALL FOR ASIATIC LABOUR.
In The United States.
Mr. William H. Gibson, of the
countries ?"
for
good relations between Eset and Weat should be preserved and still further strengthened, shat the first issue contains an en-
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be;
"There's no room in
Oolony."
the
"At last, returned safe to our shore "Dame the men who scotched
Berlin."
"Twaathey who killed the "giants'
then?"
Queried young Billikin. "Why that I cannot tell," said he, "Bat, there's none around the
Colony."
CATHAL.
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