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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1917.
Our Local Forces.
DAY BY DAY.
There has been a deal of specula- tion of late concerning the further utilisation of the auxiliary med SPEND YOUR DAYS KEEPING forces of the Colony, and it will, YOUR HEALTH GETTING WEALTH. HEALTH INSTEAD OF SPENDING be farther increased by the a nouncement elsewhere in thisissue that an Ordinance is to be in-
not
an
To-morrow's Anniversary.
SINN FEINERS HOME AGAIN.
HONGKONG MILITARY
SERVICE.
Important Ordinance to be Introduced,
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
What manner of man is Sec- retary Josephus Daniels, of the United States Navy ? When President Wilson gave him his
A Thrilling Welcome in Dublin.
»Dablin, June 18-The Govern- plete. The echoes of the Dablio Legislative Council, the Hor. Aval matters. But he had the ment has made its amnesty com- At to-morrow's meeting of the chance Daniela knew nothing of Sina Feiners' tumultuous welcome Attorney General is to move the editorial gift for asking questions. of the prisoners from England first reading of a B intitaled Sorates could not have done The opening rate of the dollar bad bardly died away when Count Au Ordinance to make provision batter. His experienos on the
Plackett and Cathal Burgess, who with respect to military service
"Raleigh News and Observer" were awaiting Court-martist in and to provide for the establish he had been a journalist from him connection with the riot at the ment, maintenance and control of youth-gave him an easy pail proclaimed meeting, were releaa-¦a local"defence corpa.
The Dollar.
demand
to day
#AS
rate
troduced at to-morrow's meeting of the Battle of Blenheim (1704). To-morrow is the anniversary of the Legislative Council which would appear to bave a dire'es bearing on the subject. The title of the Ordinace greatly illuminsting, but ite. wording is significant, none the will be found on Page L
2 7.7/161. The closing less. The Odinance, we are told, into make with respect to military service and to provide for the establish meat, maintenance and control of a local defence corps." Almost saything might be read into these words.
provision
is
the moment useless. We must possess our souls in patience until to-morrow's Cubadil meeting. when are Ight will probably be thrown on the que.
A Mysterious Paris Meeting.
Route March Cancelled.
The Police Reserve route march: ordered for Friday is cancelled.
Police Reserve Command.
got away.
Deales Snatching: Admits Stealing.
ed, and the appearacos of the Count in the streete renewed the
scenes of enthaeisem.
There was mush marchirgand countermarching this morning
of the returning leaders motored to Kingstown.
Is answer to a charge of saat-day by day the marching of bande Just over a year ago I watched
2 man's
of silent, defiant men and youths
Ho
PUBLIC MATTERS.
2. Will the Director of Public
Wo ka state what stepe, if any.
CARGO SUBMARINES."
The editor of the Motor Ship
Mail on the subject of submarine intereating letter to the Daily
Cargo vessels. Es says:-
the man in the street, is its "The main advantage of the cargo submarine, according to retumed immunity from attacks by enemy ander water craft. It is doubtfel, however, whether this presumption is entirely supported attacked each other on savers
the advantage
Over admirala and onbin boys, and in a little while it R&B freely admitted that Mr. Daniels know ຈ
much about the sea se Paul Jones him- self. "Soft spoken," he listened Daniels, at the age of 55, is atill while his victims' talked. Mr.
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treasures of
дог
our
small.
Mr. Paul Rubens, the librettist
bequests, and ons of £500 to Mra. ad composer, has left £24,128. After making 80me
By Aldous bis recretary fot eleven years be apportioned the residue of his property between bie nephew, Christopher Burlison, fessionally known by facte. Submarices have
and Phyllis Haddie Dones, pro- Phyllis friend at the first glance. Wearing a bandage round his friend could hardly recognise occasione, sad & fighting U-boat Dare. Misa Dire and Mr. Bubens
They came to Ireland se free
would have
were for about three years engag-
before the released men arrived Two Questions by Mr. Pollock. Public curiosity will
Oning to the illness of Mr. J.from England. At dawn some probably centre on the meaning W. Franks, Acting DSD (B) the two or three thousand sympathis- of the reference to the establish command of the Police Besarte ers made their way along the Legislative Council, the Hon. Mr. baseball, neither amokes
At to-morrow's meeting of the of the athletic school, a lover of ment of "a local defence corps," will temporarily be taken over
B eeeing that the Colony slready by the M. T. F. Hough, A.S.P. quay to the North Wall cheering, Pollock will sak:
drinks, and would like the navy singing, scd waving the orange, baa a considerable body of men
1. Wil the Government take to do likewise, Otherwise, he is seting in that capacity. However,
white, and green Sion Fein flige.sters to prevent the Chinese from old-fashioned even to the wearing Street Robbery. farther > speculation
They went foot, in wagonettes digging in the mad or turning ap of white socks, tern-down gollars, Amarried woman living in and motorcare, on bicycles, in the mad with their hands on the black string tie, and solid-looking Moon Street, Wanchai, reports to pony carte, and among the many foreshore betwen Arsenal Street solitaires for his cu the Police that whilst the was women and girls were close rela- and the North Point Hotel? walking in Wing Lok Lane Lives of some of the men who were yesterday morning, two men executed last year.
Had London rejected "Hamist" ́. came up to ber from behind, One
A special boat from Holyhead have been taken, and, if so, when, in 1602 as she has rejected it in of them caught told of her by wsa expected, but presently it for the constraction of the promis 1917, we should leak to-day the The neck and put a piece of cloth became known that the exiles ed Road to connect Nathan Rad. richest -There certainly seems to be an three pepper in her eyes.
ia ber mouth while the other would travel on the mail boat, Kowloon, with Coronation Rosi? Shakespearean heritage. He wrote air of merely regarding the man stole inc gold,bangles valued ed back to begin a four hours the work, and, if so, when? paramount crisis of his life. The One Thereupon the procession stream-sa any contract been signed for the tragedy to tide bim over the- which is about to he held in Paris, bangle worth $55. Bush men for the bost was two hours late. connecting road will be complet. Actors and the adult companies Labour Represen atires meeting at $30 and the other took await at Westland Row Station, When is it estimated that ench competition between the Boy and which it has now been olicited that Mr. Ramsay Hac.
Meanwhile a few intimate friends jed?
was at its height. Recruited from Donald will attend, along with
the choirs of the Chapela Roval,. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Wardle.
the boys created a forore, Ben These gentlemen have long been identified, with Labour questions ching a parse from
Jonson wrote bis "Cynthia's Re- vels" and "Poetseter" specially in England and doubileae have at pocket, a Chinese told Mr. J. B. through Dublin streets on their, Will They Become a Necessity ? elders found their occupation all for them. Shakespeare and the various times represented large Wood at the Police Court to-day way to English prisons. The sections of Labour. Still, it is that he did not snatch the Lurse, popalace looked on, alan silent and Motor Boat bas addressed an sarely indiscreet on the part of the but simply pat his band into the and somewhat
ing their seniors out of doors. bat gone; the children were beat- Government to have permitted man's pocket and stole the parse. the rebels. This morning, as bitter against the association of Mr. Henderson, It appeared ibat the man was the mail bost drew alongside who is still a member of the waiting on the Praye, when de- the pier, over a hundred of the Cabinet, and Mr. Ramsay Hao-ndant took his parse. Daasid, whose utterly an-English hated the thief, who ran into the themselves breathless, and in same men cheered and sang Tiews regarding the war, have San Company's premises, where Dublin an hour later their wel- long eines lost him the respect be he was arrested by an Indian come was triumphal, So does may have held in the estimation, Sergeant. Mr. Wood sentenced time's whirligig revolve. of the public. This feeling was the men to three months' hard clearly manifested recently when, lebaar sad four, hours' stocks. Toe new clothes which the men wore could not hide the imprese with the fall approval of the public Assault Case. Dismissed. of oanvici prison life, so that generalis, the Seamen's and Fire- men's Union successfully pre-thead, a Chinese coolis appeared vented him from proceeding to before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Russis, where doubilees he would, Police Court this morning, to men ander their own leadere, Hr. of speed and guns when attacking ed to be married but the popular in posing as a British represents- give evidence against soother de Valers. Mr. M. Gainness, the sn anarmed merebant submarine. composer's illoest, due to lang tive, tava
expressed ideas coolie who was charged with victor of South Longford, and Mr. Again, many veeeels have been trouble, caused their wedding to repugnant to the British people assault. The man stated that he MacNeill, and they marched two torpedoed without baring seen be postponed, and in November was carrying a bag of rice in Sanabreent from the boat to the train. their enemy at all, and cargo sub- lest the engagement was ended Tan Lane, Connsaght Road West, I travelled in a packed compact marines, while running en i hefur the same resson. Mr. Rabens Yesterday we mides brief mention of the German efforts to
Mr. MacDonald appears to be Defendant was working with him, the excited talk was experiences mind siso, in order to cut down will appears to be about $11,000. when the bag fell off his shoulder. meat, and all the way to Dublin surface, would be exprssd so died on February 4, at the age of Atir op's Revolation in Rumania on the lines of that provoked in a believer in peace-st-any-price, and, on being asked to help lift in Dartmoor and other prisone
similar attack. We must bear is 41. Mias Dare'e sbare under his Rassis, but, in view of the important issues involved, the subject is simply because he detests war the bag on to complainant's worthy of rather cloer and more detailed notice. Germany's efforts We all detest war, but what we shoulder again, he struck him on They mingled jokes with bard
The men were like schoolboye minimum. the distance which
the weight of machinery to a She is at present playing in s to cajale the Eatents Powers into entering apon peace negotiations detes more is the tyranny of the head with the steel book aged and bitter sayings about Eugland, exceed about 50 miles. Altbough are too transparent need special emphasis, and, in her schemes Germs autceries that would for picking up bage. D. fendsat and displayed langbingly such
öcald berunander water would not to attain that end, pride of place seems to be given to intrigue aim seek to dominate the world and said he did not assault the man, souvenirs as convies caps, tin entirely immuse from risk of ed at breaking up that unity which binds together the countries remould it according to ite ideas. and after hearing the evidence, cape, and broke intended to being suck by torpedoes, the cheque first came into existence, now st war spainet her. The plots which have been laid in Rassis, We likewise detest, much more his Worship diecharged the accourage religious devotions. mech smaller than with surface pecially in view that the terri- in France and in Italy are well-known. Germany's agents have been than war, the military system scco-ed.
proportion lost would be very should prove of interest, continuously attempting to separate each of the Allies from the that converts
Wild коерев cf enthusiasm other, so that a geneal weakening way set in, and, when that has army for the parpoes of defeat-
signalled the arrival at Westland ships, owing to the dificulty of ble bleak fog of London was been reached, a demand made for a soepension of hostilities. while ing other nations not bent on
row. Meo were borne about the seeing sach craft even when ran- raslly the origin of cheques. It is Germany appeare in the eyes of the world as an unbeat:n Power, war; and, even more than the
platforme shoulder high,
a matter of general knowledge and ning on the surface, and the pro That, however, is a dream which will never be realised. for, so far horrors of war, with its terrible
there were passionate greetings if chased for any great distance that when it appears everything bability of meeting.patrol boats that in London this fogin so dense from disintegration setting in among the racks of the Allied nations, carnage and appalling waste of almost every days ses fresh adhesions to the case for which we are life and treasure, do we detest
A processions ma formed, and ander water by enemy submarine is more or less invisible, and fighting.
So much for the one and only this faded a splendid oppor those that regard se "ecraps of
Before the Chief Justice (Sir The plot in Rusania is, to those who knew the facte, orly what paper" treaties which were enter- Summary Court this mornieg, the crowd towarda O'Connell Bridge would appear at first sight. The was worth stealing Bobberies the exiles, seated in wagenettes, advantage, which, as we have tunity for professional criminale William Rees Davies) in the were escorted by the exnberent seen, is not so pronounced as to lay hands upon anything that might have been anticipated. Before the Rumaniane threw in their ed into honourably. These and Yuen Wo Hong, of 31, Bonbam and Sackville-street. A specially most important drawback is the from clerks who had the castody lot with the Allien, Germany was moving heaven and earth to get many other things are much more Strand West; merchants, ened boisterode cheer was reserved for email proportion of cargo which of money, had, at the begin- them on her side, for free access through Rumanian territory would importent, mach more precious, the Him Kee firm, of 3, Po Hing the moment of passing the walls can be carried in a given size of ning" of bave been a great stategic gain for our enemies: to say nothing of than the Tions that
the last century, the secaring of the poantry's wonderful resources. Germany has may hold regarding war. It is Gong, and Ho Him Chai, clerk of the old post office where the re-ship. Instead of 40 per cent. become never forgiven the Ramanine for taking the field against her, and probable that Mr. MacDonald is
Во frequent, that in the Ko Shing Theatre, partner bellion struggle had its focus.
the merchants had to devies All along the route people submarine cargo vessel would some method to counteract the
ship and 60 per cent. cargo, a after the breach occured. Unhappily, the Rumania Army proved but at the present critical juncture found to be due from the defend- dows, and many who were not 25 per cent. of her total weight, tione was the invention of the being balance of the amount, a great disappointment in those days; it was by do means it is intolerable that be should in equal to the task assigned to it; it suffered very heavy re the eyes of foreignere appear to ants to the plaintiffs on an account Sinn Feinera lifted hata and verses; and for many weary montbe it was of a secount as a be representative of the British stated between them in a doc smiled a welcome, for hardly any of the cargo would, as can be abled every merchant, cashier, The loading and discharging cheque, en instrument which en- military force. We had almost, in fact, began to count Ramanis If he represente anyone, it is an amant chapped by the defendanta body in Deblin has relished the imagined, be difficult. Every and collector of debts, to walk out me an effectiva anit among the Allies. But all the while the insignificant section of peace-at- and dated May 25, 1918.
thought of these men languishing submarine also runs some risk of out of the office without carrying reconstraction of the Army has been going on, and a little over sany-price members of the In- Mr. G. R. Haywood appeared in English geols. The procession sinking owing to accidents to any current coin of the realm, and week ago it was anzuunced that the process of re-arming and re-dependent Labour Party. The for the plaintif, and Mr. F. X. ended at a private hotel, where important items in the equipment, also to take payment otherwise equipping was complete, the task having been undertaken ander Government should, by Perlis D'Alma is for the defendant.
breakfast was eerved. French direction. Since then, the Rumanian troops have leaped ment, be compelled to give a clear Mr. Haywood said that the
In the afternoon, the men lost in this way.
and a certain number would be than in coin. The use of okegaes
caused robberies to become much. in regaining lost territory and in capturing prisoners, gans and war on in Paris, particularly as to the knew, was where the parties to take leave of each other; and dicate that submarine cargo ships cheques have been used by the prominently into the picture, and they have done magnificent work statement regarding what is going account stated, as his Lordship assembled at the Minion Honee The above considerations in-flows frequent, and ever since material. That is precisely the development which Germsay no undesirable association of such a mutually agreed that a certain then departed in small groups doubt hoped to prevent by her revolutionery intrigue in Romanis. notorious pacifist: 88 is Mr. sam was due from one to the for their homes. Mr. De Valers, are a practical if not a commercial mercantile and other members of That is what she has been able to do in Russia, whose armies for the Hamsay MacDonald with a'British other. The account implied a the only survivor among the proposition, and if the U-bost the community throughout the moment at any rate bare been rendered quite impotent so far as Cabinet Minister.
promise to pay the
commandsate of the Irish Volan menace resebes a more serions world. amount cffensive work is costerned.
and the other party might sus teers, tried in vain for some time stage they may easily become s
vital necessity." for it witboat being put to the to escape from the cheering proof of the correctness of the crowd.
The returned lesdere declined
FRUMLESS ENEMY INTRIGUE,
Worse than War,
a nation into an
DISPUTE OVER AN ACCOUNT.
of relatives.
West-end revae.
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A statement of the time when
We can all recall the heavy blows which were lev-lled at her shortly actuated by the best of intentions in the defendant firm, for $681.35,1 cheered from pavements and win only carry cargo to the extent of evil. The result of their delibera.
Bat the Ramsosus have lent no ear to the Teatonic argumente, specious though they may have been: So far from creating turmoil
W&H
be held.
. Charles Standers, the singer, ia the country, the Germans have been given a bitter lesson. No
on whose behalf Bir Habert Parry, Sampan Women in Trouble.. account. That being so, bis
Mme. Olers Batt, Mr. Ben Davies, fewer than fifty of their intriguers who had assumed the Russian Six samran women and one friend had not filled a special to make any statement to-day, ditionally. Their refusal se in-and others are appealing, made uniform have Loen tied and shot, and thus bee the enemy scheming man were charged at the Marine notice of defence, nor had be and it is expected that conferences dividuals to join the Irish Con, some of his earliest appearances recoiled on Germany's own head with bitter results. The Hao,i Court this morning, before Com- disputed that the account to decide upon future policy will vention would not prevent the at the Dinner-Hour Concerts wherever be finds himself, cannot keep his Dose out of other people's mander Beckwith, R.N., with signed by defendant.
Convention being beld.
founded by Mr., Walter Hazell business. He is a born plot-maker, Since the war, he has come moving about the Harbour at The defence is that this account In an interview the Countess Sir George Cave told Mr.' nearly 30 years ago. These con** out in his true colons in this respect, in neutral countries as well night. All defendante pleaded was given and signed in respect Markieviess complained bitterly Ginnell that the released pri certs were the first of their kind, ss on the soil of his enemies. But he does not always get the better guilty, and Commander Beckwith, to a breach of contract on the of her treatment at Aylesbury, soners had been brought to Lon, and in the hall beneath the City of the bargain, and his loaninge in this direction have brought many in fining them $2 each, or in, the purchase of a quantity of anger, "I had to scrab flors," she said, don, where every arrangement Temple several young artista gave a fresh foe into the field against him. He has tried his level best to alternative, seven days' hard and that the account had already
had been made for their comfort. pleasure to crowded audiences foment trouble in Ollas, as we all know. But here also his efforte labour, said that if they came up
Mr. Bonar Law stated in the No steps had been taken as Mr. during the fifty minutes' pro- are likely to lead fresh anxiety for himself. The way of the again they would not be dealt
Commons that the Sinn Fein Ginnall anggested to prevent gramme. Charles Baunders is a transgresser is most usuredly hard..
with so lightly.
*prisoneze were releand uncon- their meeting friends in Ludon. Comiahman..
been paid,
Judgment was given for plain
tiff with costs.
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