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GERMANY AND REVOLUTION.
our supplies of raw material are ezhaqasing; our great organiin. tions for the work of pasos are | slowly disintegrating. - We must have pesor. If our Government Can the Ruiser be Turned Out Fosnot próbure na psace; what.
mest we do?".
The well-known American magazine World's Work publish ed in a recent zone the following article by Mr. Cartie Bath, the former Vice-Coneal for the United Sistes in the Saxony town of Panen:--
This thought is being amplified among the people by word of month. I have board misstable - lips phram is in many ways. ! "Dar enemies "will never maks pesos with our Government." "What have the French and ij English against us? It is Official Germany in riding the our Kainer and his friends whirlwinds it in perilously near they are fighting." The Kaiser dienster. A world of enemies and his officers stand between us without its domains ind's welter and peace)" *If it weren's for of misery within threaten its our Kaiser sad Jadkers, the downfall. The greater menace English would make pesos with in my judgment, in the internal." "Why should we be hated?? ons. The pervse of the mase of The leaders are bated; we sulter."'! the people are on‘edge with suf- The spreading of such a chain faring. They have borne the of thought among the people is a barden of the war" almost to the more serious element, I believe, atmost oapacity of their endar than a score of local entente EDOS. Famine, bereavement, annoseson similar to that upon the smothering poverty, fruitle Somme. The German fighting drudgery have made them des machines is still in splendid con- dition. There are no signs that perate.
this machine is wearing down. According to every indication, it is still fully equal so all its tre- mendons isbours. Danger is not in prospect from without the wall Vary little Looncerning sotmel of trenches and naval guns. It "conditions among the "Görman' is threatening from within, fram masses has been allowed to reach the ranks of a fagged, dispirited, the outaide world. Foreign dor-tormented people, grown sollen respondents are not encouraged to in their misery. make independent observations
If the U-bost fails to bring the promised pesce it is my firm con. viction that the German people will follow the example of their Bangian cousina,
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The spirit of resentment among off of the besten highways of the people is not confined to any military and pavakúffort and bigh | particular part of Germany. politice, but are guarded from a ramifies throughout the entire trua knowledge of the temper of country, smoldering wherever the the people with all the ingenuity poor are. Is is held in obeck only of which Germen officialdom to by the best organised íron regime capable. The German press is of all history. It faces the same held tightly in rein by the censors, difficulties in the organisation and and so its columna glow with inexpresion of its sentiment that spired confidence. The smoulder-were faced by similar hostilities ing, growing, tortured discontent directed against the great de of the Empire has remained spotisms of the ancient world. It has no Press. It dare not organise almost înşeticulate.
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Tans, it is not known outside of out in the open. It may not Germany, that Liebknecht, one of discuss plane and grievances in the most astute leaders that Ger- public assemblies or in private man Socialista ever had, basing gatherings. The censors, the his judgment upon reports from polics, the private detective, and heutenants from all over the an army bred and drilled to in- country, held that the people staat, unthinking, obedienos still were ripe for the revolution early form a strangling curb upon the loat spring. The Liebknechsforoes of this people's destiny. affair was reported sa a local epi- And while the iron regime holds mode in Berlin. It was explained the people to the task, which has se an inulated effort si treason by become bateful to them, it olever- a willens, agitator. In reality, is by spreade its own reporta abroad
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1917.
NOTICES.
WELLS FARGO & CO.
EXPRESS.
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KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY.
CROYAL PACKET RAVISATION 80,
This vessel plics regularly between HONGKONG & BELAWAN DELI (Sumatra) via Swatow,
Next Sailings from Hongkong:
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This vessel has excellent saloon, accommodation for a limited aumber of passengers, is fitted with all modern conveniences and carries a duly qualified surgeon.
*** For freight and passage apply to York Building. Tel 1574.
Hongkong. 30th Dec., 1916.
JAYA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.
U. S. MAIL" LINE.",
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Operating the new First Class Steamers ECUADOR.* VENEZUELA” and “COLOMBIA.".
14:000 tons Each. Hongkong to San Francisco. via Shanghal, Kobe, Yokohama and HONOLULU. THE SUNSHINE BELT.
The mit Comfortable Boute to Amarion and
Sailings from Hongkong at noon.
" COLOMBIA " "VENEZUELA " "ECUADOR"
Oct. 10th. "- Nov. Dec.
7th, 4th.
Europe.
These steamers have the most modern equipment including over- head electric fans and electric lighting ALL LOWER BERTES & Large Comfortable Staterooms (all single and two berths obly),;
Tom Safety and Comfort of Passengers in our First Consideration. Special" care is given to the culmina, and the attendance on passengers'nannot be surpassed,
Tickets are interchangeable with the Toyo Eisen Kaisha and the Canadian. Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd.
For further information, rates, literature, schedules etc.,
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was carefully considered as in the world. Thus it comes that HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO tempt to give the war weary people a chance to assert them selves. It failed because of the Prussian" discipline, ingrained within the very sopi of the people, The sentiment for revolt was broadcast; the spirit wsa turgid without initiative and without plan.
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sot even the neutral correspond-| out has been able to make these I have,read sufferers articulate. wonderful reports to the effect that "the same amount of bread and the same amount of batter on the bread" has been pecured to rich and poor slike by the marvellous German organisation, the inference being that a united people were bearing equally burdens thrust upon them.........
Lishknecht haaed his decision for action upon a multitude of facts. All through the Empire,
"It is tras that the same amônute the people had expressed a spirit of revolt in bitter food riots. And of bread and butter, meat and unwanted editions talk could be potatoes, are allotted to rich hosed on every hand among the and poor. But it is false, rich wage earners in the congested dis atterly false, that the trioss. The Sosialist organisation and the poor, the powerful and were prepared to give quiet aid the humble, are enduring to any movement which should equal suffering on behalf of the offer a fair promise of ducoses. Fatherland. That they cannot find Dianatinfaption was rife the the money through twelve hours ranks of the Bama armi The day of "drudgery wherewith to wives of the small farmers, of the purchase do not still the cravings mechanion, of the labourers of their hunger mor build up wanted pesos on any conditions waning strength. The wall-to-da that would bring their husbands are not only able to purchase the sad soos beck, to them again. fall amounts of their food, fuel, These conditions obtained heat and clothing allotments, but they spring.
are able to parchase, also in any "A mase of pamphlets and loo es desired quantition fruit conserves, leaves of the peace propagancia vocison, rabbits, game birds, fish ware piroalated from hand in and poultry. There, remains KO hand among the people. Some the wage ecarmers, aa there ration of those were drawn-up in very allotment and as within reach of dazing tergan. A number of ahem their scanty earnings, potatoes, Osme, so any chand through war bread, turnips, salt, and young German: Socialist, who harring.
Bat the inequality of suffering]: had, besought-the-consulata · Boń inace him a passport at the begin does not end at the table and ning of the war, upon : his fru; wardrobe. The insomes of the American papers. I.shall quots wealthy, of the official, and of th from memory, from,ons, of thema xell-to-do olasses have incresa jä pamphlets. It was circulated in during the war, while the indore August and September, sad, I of the greet ma of the ple was able to inform myself, it have shrunk madly. Many she made a dosp impression amonar families of wage-earners have the working people of my district. come to be surely dependent The paragraph-which I give upon the pensions, miserabis "below, in my judgment conssala pittances, paid by the Govern- the,luss which will ultimately ment for the scant margin of fira the bisst of revolution :— existence. The women and chil * We are winning victories and dren of shoh families undertake bleeding...... to death. We are fans rough work that comes to devastating even more of our hand, but are unable, after the meighbqura: lands and dying of most severe endeavour, to sustain slow starvation. We are defying themselves apon their savings in angur of a world in sema and staying off the wolf, and now they xing, xuín, đa thé, fapa,The [are forced to work early sad late "th of mars people, and to stand in line once a week cuminoomi | lot the Gorexamens dola,
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., & CHINA NAVIGATION 00., LTD.
$7.00
HONGKONG-CANTON LINE. Single Fare by Night steamer?..pe
Single Fare by Day Steam or Return Fare by Night (available also for return by day steamer) 12.00 Return Fare by Day Steamer ut one sat sesuarnaibes busque
HONGKONG TO CANTON. | CANTON TO HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 2nd OCTOBER, 1917.
10.00 p.m. Fatshar
4.30 p.m. Kinshan.
WEDNESDAY, 3rd OCTOBER, 1917. 8.00 am. Heungshan, *10,00 ̊p.m. Kiashan.
8.00 am. Honam. 4.00 p.m. Fatshan.
HONGKONG-MACAO LINE. 8.8. Taishan Jona 2,008,"
6.00.
11.00
16.8. Sui Tal Tons 1,651, HONGKONG TO MACAO. Week days at 8 am and 2 pm, from the Company's Wing Lok Birst Whart. Sundays, at 9 am, and 1'y.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf.
MAQAO TO HONGKONG.
Week days at 7.50 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sundays at 7.31. » m. and 3 pm. EXCURSION TO MACAO, SUNDAY, 7th OCTOBER, 1917
MA" TAISHAN "
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The Company's Steamship
Will depart from the Company's Wing Lok Street, Wharf at am, and return from Macao at 3p.m.
The Company will alle zon a steamer from Macão on Banday at 7,54 a.m. and from Hongkong at 1 pm. from the Company's Wing-Lok Btreet Whack
The stention of the Pubiso_is_drawn, so the goucial facilities acorded by the for Debachogut of the Muse Goverment Farson are invand at the Polies Ation facing the Company's Wharf khan buriating delay and ton) la lo hay ng lo ply at this Head Police Station for permudia
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SIBERIA MARU."
ENGLAND'S GARDEN
PLOTS DE
Mr. Prothero, President of Board of Agriculture,
at the annual prize giving at the Horticultural College, Swanlar, mid every one of them' who was going to 'make oropa grow in greater abundance in this time of necessity and stress was doing? undoubtedly a great-national work, "As to what the Board of Agriculture was doing for gar- dening, he would tall them that within the last six months they had about quadrupled “the garden plots in this country. We had now 173,000 garden plota and those plots were absolutely stuffed with vegetables, and every ingle family who could make itself self-suffising was doing, a great deal to reduce the publis demand. In addition, the Board had distributed something like 15,500 tons of potatoes na need in all parts of the country
They would know what that meant when they remembered the trouble and confusion atly ovat potatoes. “Among other things, they had provided 33,000. separate bandise of obemicals. They had set up pulping Yamalla- tion for fruit, and they hoped by August 7, when they had got the principal plum trads, of the country, that they would have these pulping installations in many parts of the country. In order to facilitate pulping pers tions, and owing to the absenon. of sin, they had collected's large number of barrels, and by special processes even beer barrula wern. made also intely'iweet receptacles for palped fruit. Besides that, the Board had set up drying establish mente for vegetables. At present it looked as if we were going to have a glut of vegetables. Of course, that might mean that they might all eat too much, with the result that the winter might be bare.
From SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU, JAPAN PORTS
& SHANGHAI.
It was one of the finest fanturos of this present movement; obtain production of food and women had come forward in suck wumbers, and with much en- thusiasm. All over the nouniry farmers were beginning to realise their valas, The Board had moż op training depots, for › wameny who were passed out into country mitaationa. A few days go there a demonstration held of women work, and the most extraordin ary randits were shown. Th The above named Steamer hav-
impression the woman made: ing arrived, Consignees of cargo
the people who were there, t are hereby notified to send in inaladed many experts, was ve their Bills of Lading for counter- as to show that women could: signature, and to take immediate and were doing, work, fgg A delivery of Cargo from atongside,bation in its time of need, ieThe Cargo remaining undelivered difonlty st the moment of Pat BRANCH OFFICES-NAGASAKI MOJL KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, on 3rd October, at 5. P.M., will ting women on the land, had OTARUURORAN, HAZUDATE, be landed at Consignees risk and KOBE OSAKA LUBE TOKYO YOKO expense, and delivery must thenation, and he was, sizsid, ta
referimos to housing socommod- HAMA, NAGOYA, THURUGA, VLADE be taken from the Company's difficulty would remain, ás 10 VOSTOCK, HANKOW, PEKING,
Godown LONDON, NEW YORK, SHANGHAI
village work, the woman upout. HONGKOSG, HAIPHONG and CARTON.
men's work on the land depended; whom the organisation of this wo
mainly were the district regisizar Cable Address:" (WASAKI,"
women who were workin Codes: Al, A.B.C. 5th Ed., West- era Union, and Bentley's."
obscurity, and it was apon, in the limelight, but in conj AGENCIES
and their persistent painsta CHINXIANG-Messrs. GEAR-
that the spoons of the movamient ING & CO., MANILA MOMEIN,
largely depended. In conclusion, MACONDRAY & CO, SINGA- will be la Into the Combe quoted the Irish fogand of St. PORE-Mesra, BORNEO Copany's Godown where they will Bilget, whose held, when whe LTD, GLASGOW-Messrs. A.B. be examined on the 10th October, was at work, whatever might be BROWN, MCFARLANE & CO., LTD. | 43 10 AM.
.. No Claim will be recognised if
The downpour of rain, mevat » got filed after the fist October, 1917. Wet, and her crops were saved.
T. DAIGO,
Agent.
For Particulars, apply to-
K. KATO. Manager,
Storage charges will be ass018- ed on all pargo remaining in delivered on 7th Oct, at 5 PM. No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected.
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No Claim will be recognised after the Goods hayé left the Steamer or Godown.
All chafed
I and damaged cargo
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was pretty legend. The Women who were engaged in our folds to-day were doing a grust: work in producing and ming
Hongkong, No. 2, Fodder Street. Hongkong, 30th September, 1917. the oropa for the country:
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