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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 1917.
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A Sultan's Death.
An interesting figure has been removed by the death of the Baltan of Egypt, His Highness Hussein Kamil Parks, G. C. B. The decusaed, it is worth recall- ing, was the eldest Prinos of the family of Muhammad Ali, who reigned in Egypt from 1811 to |1848, bat on the declaration of
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[To the Editor of the " Hangkong - Tolsgraph."]
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
There seems to be nothing new
In La Plata, Argentina, twelve. daily newspapers are" publiabed. This is believed to be a great {number than is to be found in soy other city of its size in the world, says Mr. Robert 8. Barrett, special agent of the Department Sir,-After perosing the Rev. of Commerce, writing from Hongkong For novelty and all... Maconachie's letter publish- Buenos Aires. The population round excellence it would be hard ed in your yesterday's issue, I is 142,572 Ithink only, an the British Protectorate over The opening rate of the dollar to best, the party of entertainers clearly see that I have miserably hour's ride from Basnos Aires, Egypt in 1914 and the disposition on demand to-day
which Mr. Frederic Shipman has failed to convines him that, and all of the great dailies of the late Khedive, the 23. 9.3/8d. The alceing rate got together, and it says much positis ponendis, a lottery may of that city are sold on its
be authorised.. for the anthueinem and high
streets. Eleven of L Flats Khediviate was offered, with the will be found on Page 1
To-morrow, according to the {@pirits of the company that it wan i-lands or Continents. It is what sad publish-telegraph, atate, sadū
Confucius Birthday. title of Saltan, to the deceased
Morality is not a question of dailies are general in character, and accepted by him. By his Chinese calendar, is the Birthday
able to carry through, without it to: We cannot increase or local news. The twelfth in the second marriage, the late Sultan of Confucios.
a dull moment of waiting, such a decrease it according to our own Official Balletin of the Province had four children, three daughters
rollicking programmesa was pre-w
of Buenos Airer," "of "which "LA (and a son, the latter being Prinse
sented last night, after the ex- As there was not a quorum pre-
It is possible that in the my. Plats in the capital. One of the Kamal ed-Din, who is nominally sent last night, the annual meet-tremely rough passage which was
and sentiment difer to a great 15,000 copine, and the others print Manila. "The Fantastics" are a experienced in the run up from teroflotters English: Law nablications has a circulation of the reports from London the lab was adjourned. Youngest of the late Sultan's
extent from those prevailing on from 1,000 to 6,000 copies sch. class to themselves; they are not the Continen'. I have never Rach has its own printing plant, brothers, Prince Ahmed Faad, is To-night will be the final op like sayother party of entertainers for a moment discussed this and two of these are equipped to noosed to the title. The portunity which theatregoers will which has visisted the Colony; power of the Sultan of Egypt have of hearing. The Fantastics" and all that they do is marked by question on the ground of with modern perfecting newspaper is not, of course, so great in their No 1. Programme, high standard of merit and sentiment." As to the Law in presses and pre-setting machines. was that of the old rulers, but in which created such a splendid cleverness. There is, in their the present case its effect is Their abscription prices range suspended, the War Loan Lottery from 8440 to $20 per annum, him and the Council of Ministers impression at the Theatre Royal efforts, very happy rests the real legislative authority, last nigat. Mr. Shipman an- bination of familiar, variety turns ring been patronised by the and the advertising rates from
Government.
2018 | 534 ta 66 cents an inch, " togaires them to forward their aames and addresses with and the splendid results which ounces a complete change of and new and zavel features, while
No angry words or side ques runications addressed to the Editor, oot necessarily for have accrued to the country programme for to morrow night rating all is a distinct rein tiers will cast any light on the All communications intended for publication should be addressed daring the British occupation sro |(Friday), se "The Fantastics" hive of high talen'. What is more, the object. The Rev. J. K. H«cona-
tribute to our me-hods of over-numerous noval numbers which programme is kept going sta fast chie: I do not, like your corres under the sun. Toting for spies seas rule. It is not patting it too they are desirous of introducing and furious pace, the enjoyment pondent; find the morality of falls within this rule. It in a high to say that Britain bas saved during their Hongkong sesSON.
of esch item being heightened by the excellencs "of
| buman action a 'simple' effair at "port_weveral thousand years old. Hospital Railings Stolen. Egypt from decline sad rain,
A Chinese was charged before Those who wish to banish dallall, bat wholly the reverse." I English war correspondents have ander the now Saltsn it is safe to predict that a great fature awaits Mr. J. B. Wood, at the Polies care and to spend a really gray of the morality of human acts" infallible touchstone for German wrote: "The simple quation written thrillingly about that Const this morning, with stealing ble night of mirth, merriment The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscriptions this wonderful country.
an iron railing which surrounded and music cannot do better than and it was not to be understood tongue, according to experts, aan meaning "the mere question "spior, "equirrel." No Teutonia- for any period less than one month will be charged as for
The Fantastion "an early The Floods le North China,
the garden of the Government to pay " full month.
sa a "simple affair". I. it certain twine around these sight letters, Civil Hospital. Iuspector O'Suf visit." "The daily isons is delivered free when the addresses is socessïble to
The sympathy of sli will go out livan stated that during the past
ly quite the raverse, and precisely You will detect a Central Euro- Last night's programme opened messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered at
because the question of the peen in Madagascar or Timbuétoo- cleverly: their residence without any extra charge. Da copies sent by freely to the inhabitants of those month 56 of those railinge had with
morality of humen sotions is a by his white prononciation of the - districts in North Chins who have been stolen. Defendant was found sxecuted xylophone celectic by most compliosted and delicate," and the throaty rumble of The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00 just been oslled upon to face by a lakong abaking a railing bat da. Bert Wiles, who can justly matter, it is incumbent upon all the double."." The Praseisa
an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.
disaster of an appalling character. denied that be was going to steal claim to be an expert in bis line. Christian preachers to set before epy-code, no doubt, bas its own Bingle Copics, Daily, ten cents. Weekly, twenty-five cents (for The floods that have occurred in it. He admitted, however, that fored that the pit my te menus certain what is certain, a give away words for the various the province of Ohibli, and which he stole one about ten days ago. tioned that this same performer, probable what is probable and as Entente masquerades. For Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed bays been particularly destructive On this charge his Worship sent) with" his "wonderful mechanics|dabious what in dubion..
throughour's vast area which in him to prison for three months' apparatus, proved to be a whole band in himself during several clades obify the native city of hard labour.
Big Opium Seizure. other items in the programme. AN ADMIRER OF REV. J E Tientsin and the Foreign Cou
MACONACHIE cessions some two miles distantį Yesterday when a steamer Then came Hies Bilda Felstead, froin this most thriving and pro- sutered the harbour, a police whose musical monologues were Hongkong, Oct. 1, 1917. gressive of cities in North China, constable noticed a tampan go very finely done, She has a really with its population of at least one slongeïde before the vessel had five voins and, being an elocu and a half million, appear to anchored at her buoy, and three tionist of the first order, she POrtuguese tobacCO be unparalleled even in the large bundles and a basket were invested all her numbers with disaster, which has its origin in obses and caught the sampan, in varions interpretations of the the excessive rains that have lately which were four mee. When the nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of cocarred, is stated to have con sampan was sesiohed, 1,854 taals S'xpence," was a great hit. As verted streams into rivers two of prepared opium were found on rocentric dancers, Ivy Aldons and miles wide and forty feet deep, to it, so the value of $10,540. The Fred Keeley are cleverness itself, bare broken down the banks of case was heard before Mr. J. R. and both osme in for much the Grand Canal, flooded Tientsin Wood, at the Police Court this applause at the end of their The funds realized from the and the Foreign Concessions and morning, when three men were uplendid tara. Mr. Keeley ale of firgs on behalf of the burst the banks of the Peiho, charged with possession. I was really wonderful in his Portuguese Soldiers Tobacco which is so important to the com-epeator Gordon stated that a!"Inebriate's Dance." Later in Fand, on October 5, were:- Every now and again circumstances arop up which show that mercial interests of Peking and mistake was made by P.0. Wille, the programme, Miss Alden
Collected by:- a more or less violent verbal explosion is sure to occur in the Reich-Tientsin. The railways also have who let the boarding house ran-gave a delightfully dainty son- Mins Annis da Silva stag, and these clearly point to an andercurrent of anxiety, prevail offered very seriously, the ner in charge of the sampan go brette torn. It is not a common Miss Angels da Laz ing throughout Germany regarding the Fatherland's gloomier Peking-Bankow railway having free. The men could not be found thing to hear a lady flautist, but Miss Cecilia Franco prospects in the war, which her own folly and arrogance have brought been breached in zo fawer then now. Mr. Kattingley defended, those who were present last night Miss Alios Carvalho about. The latest little “ breese” of this sort in which the German six hundred places, and similar, and the case was adjourned, Parliament has been indulging has srisen, it would seem, ostensibly damage has been done in the regarding the formation and the activities of the new Fatherland neighbourhood of the Peking. Party pan-German organisation, with the notorious fire eater Kaileng and Tientsin-Toinenfa von Tirpite at its head. There seems good ground for the belief railways. Millions of people have entertained by the Socialist members of the Reichsteg, that the now been more or less seriously effect- Party has been conducting a moret propagands against the Reich-ed; all hava sufered and thousands stag's recent peace resolution, with the object of undermining its ard homeless. The Chinses supposed weak acquisscenos in the wishes of Germany's foes, the Government and many Chinese pan-Germans being still under the orszy delusion that the Father and foreign institutions land will yet obtain all that it hope I from its entrance into the war. harrying to the rescue of the The cass was mentioned in the all her own, and for quaintnem Mr Leo. D'Almada e
According to Here Landaberg, the sctivities of the pan-Germana unfortunate people, and "happily Police Court this morning in and originality so finer com have been of a particularly flagrant description, and, indeed, if it is there is now some glimmering which the publisher of a Chinese edienne has been seen in Hong. Mr. A. A. Gaterres the case that they have been farthered by the aid of certain cfficials of hope in an otherwise profound paper was summoned for not kong. Her "kiddy" taras were Mr. P. P. d'Eos using war profits to further the new Party's objects, then they are ly tragic situstion. likewise very much skin to being criminal. Even the Minister of
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917.
THE REICHSTAG'S LITTLE "BREEZES"
War (Herr von Stein) is declared to bave been supporting the 60'Germany's Latest Sensation. called Fatherland Party (which seems to be inapproprietely nameč,
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$41.65
When two young Englishmen '78,81 are admiring a gorgeous view from 124.00 a monntain-top; and one of them 15.30 remarks “Not bad,” and the other 27.70 replies, "Well, you needn't rave about it like a belly post," that, 58.05 according to Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, 108.75 writing in the Westminster Gazelle, 20.00 is meiosis pure" and simple. 5.00 Maiosis happens not to be a Frank disease it is merely the gram- marian's name for understate-
will admit that Miss Einis Black Miss Lina dos Remedios plays the fate and piccola to per- Mies Angels dos fection; her tone and execution Remedios were beyond reproach. Perhaps the Miss Pepits Lawrence... | biggest hit of the evening was the
B. M. Dyer.. appearance of Mina Billy Soappo,
J. W. Graham the versatile American comedienns Collected by Messrs. who heads the party. She has's Jorge and Bruno da Rocha:- way of getting on immediate good, Various
terms with her audience that is Mr. A.J. B Silva Netto
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especially for, and it was small M. E. J. Noronha' On the last occasion when the wonder that she received a great Mr. J. M. G. Busta Case was beard, bia Worship ovation at the close of her several Mr. B. B'o stated that he would give his items. Miss Nellie Black and Miss Mr. J.M.LS. Box rio... in so far as it is opposed by the Socialists, who are numerically far and
Admiral von Capelle's state decision this morning, but the Fern French gave some really Mr. V. B. de Booz
high-class "musical momente." Dr. F. M. Grack Osorio sway the most important political group in Germany) and to have ment with regard to plan to defendant was not present: likewise been apposed to the Reichstag'e peace resolution. It can introduce Russian revolutionary Mr. E. Davidson, who was They both possess rich, well Dr. Arthur de Carvalho readily be understood how easy the path of the Fatberland Party ideas into the German Navy is appearing on defendant's be trained voices and both in dusts Mr. Bres Balko might be made with the assistance of highly placed officials at its certainly of a very senestional half, said he did not know and solos they gave the utmost Mr. Pedro Botelho dispoesi, backed up by Party funda. Hence the Socialists' very order. How far the plan pro where he war, bat it was only enjoyment. Mr. Ray Traynor st Mr. J. H. Botelho proper indignation. The new Party soon found that there was
the piano was a host in himself, Mr. F. O, Jenkin more Dead for its propaganda being carried into the ranks of the greased or what actually occurred a matter of passing sentence.
in so far not yet disclosed, but that Another adjoorament for and the manner in which he Mr. Eldon Potter Army than anywhere elas, and, with that object in view others, the bead of the German Navy has week was ordered.
literally joggled with the strings Mr. A. Bryson ... most of whom presumably are sympathetic towards the pan.German thought fit to make the above Mr. Davidson said that Mr. and kaga was astounding. He Mr. 8. E Green views, delivered speeches and issued pamphletson behalf of the statement would seem to indicate Longinotto had mentioned to him toored a big success. Ara come. Mr. 8. E. Hodge Fatherland Party. When it is remembered that this precious pack that farther revelations tday be the fact that the newspaper was dian Mr. Leonard Nelson is Mr. W. J. Carroll
the very best of pan-Germans are opposing the expressed desire and even the expected. It seems apquestion. still being issued. Of course, if among
Bver Mr. Geo. P. Lammert... mandate of the Reichstag, it will be seen how serious a situation ably the case that all is by no it were stopped a great deal of seen out East, and last Mr. J. D. F, Mulder' '... bad been created and how fally justified were the Socialists and means well with the Fatherland money would be lost.
night he made a splendid Mr. B. V.M.B, de Sousa those supporting them in bringing the matter before the notice of when, with regard to the Army, Hie Worship intimated that be impression. He is the em Doontiona the Reichstag and the country. When the enbject was first brought the Minister for War says that it wanted the law to be domplied bodiment of far, but he Pedro Prats. up, Dr. Michaelis, whore recent declaration namistakably pointed is hungering for intellectual with, and this matter was one can be seriana.tor, as he showed Mr. F. M. P. Grace to bin baing the tool of the Military Party, which is practially the patriment the better to help between Mr. Davidson and other in his number,When are you Mr. B. M. Campos pan German Fatherland Party, was (conveniently for himself) not in them to understand the diff authorities.
going away?" He should do ex- Mt. I. M. da Costa tbe Reichstag. Henos the scene referred to,
# culties at beme, and, with
Mr. Davidson replied that his tremely well here. The program Mr. J. J. Leiria The latest news regarding this little episode is to the effect that regard to the Navy, a serious Worship had it finance. melcuoladed with a resily drill Grupo “Atoak Brou.", Dr. Michaelis, accompanied by the principal members of the Govern- attempt has been made to adopt Mr. Longinotto eaid that he did and elever display by Redhead Hr. J. F. Es de Silva.. ment, deemed it prudent to put in an appearance in the Reichstag revolutionary methods. The fact of not see why defendant or the Wilson, the athletic humorit, Mr. J. Arnold ... on the resumption of the debate. In unctuons manuer, almost the matter is the Germans, with proprietors of the paper should who mingled jokes and aerobatio Mr. T. F. Hongh worthy of his wily predecessor, Bothmann, Hollweg. he "soothingly perkage the comparatively few be considered. They had trans- acts together in a manner which Mr. J. W. Gong addressed the Beinbstag": in fact, he treated them like the simpletons belonging to the new pan-German gressed the law and were not must be seen to the appreciated. Mr. E J. de Figueiredo they proved themselves to be in thus allowing shemeelves to be Fatherland Party, are heartily entitled to consideration. They The whole evening'e programme Mr. E. V. M. R. de Bons talked over. As we have pointed out, beneath the surface of thees sick of the war; hopeless regard were merrily printing the paper was most enjoyable, and the commeal for Portugal) scenes" there are unmistakable signs that Germany, as reacted ing the glowing prospects that as usual, and, for anything he pany should have highly success Meera Botelho Bros by the happenings in the Reichstag, is more unsettled and more were held up to them; and in knew, might hare issued the inl stay in Hongkong. To-morrow Hewers De Bausa & Co. anxious than ever regarding the present state of" a faire and the despair as to the ultimate and of publication this morning. night there will be a complete gradually growing gloom that is gathering thickly upon,hp?..
The matter then dropped, change of progesMME
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69 30 ment with intent to intensify, 20.20; Englishmen are supposed to be particularly subject to this' 10.40 form of moderation, which is the
5.00 litotes stadents of Homer were“ 5.00 brought up on. Our slang “some” *,500 illustrates American employment 5 CO of the device, Bat Farely use of 5.00 this trick does not indigâts any 5.00 real diffidence on the user's part,. 500 is Mr. Ponsonby would maintain, 5.00 He argues, beesuse the English 10.00 habitually go in for meiosis, thas 10.00 therefore they are lewe boastful 10.00 than men of other breade. An a 10.00 matter of fact, this sort of under- 100.00 statement is the mont✨ en bile 10.00 bragging of all, Hyperbola no 5.00 longer can express your pride. 5:00. "' Lea"" says the British general, 5.500 of his troops," " not:half bad," bu 500 which he plainly indicates that 5.00 they are the best ever. Oaly 5.00 when an Englishman ́means to 25.00, be insulting or contemptuous does How Yery he ane a superlative. 5.00 interesting," says the British 200 matron, when she means to con- 200 vay that what you have said is a 3.00 beastly bore, Hare you have 2.00 what might be called inverted 5.80 meiosis,
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5,00 | Dowa."—The good old days when 5.00 in return for laying down the ** {three nimble coppers 050 3200) Tod 150,00 a nice long pint of gloxinus: 150.00 here gone, Mr. Editor. By
2500 Government brow of which 56 bitsalt do not besz tory, good 081,200.28 costs more than that.