STOP PRESS TELEGRAMS."
ANOTHER CONVOY DISASTER.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917.
Six Steamers, a Destroyer and Four Armed Trawlers Sunk London, December 17.
In the House of Commone, Sir Eric Geddes announced that the result of an enemy sitack on a Soundinavian convoy, one British and five neutral ships, totalling 8,000 tons, were sunk ; also a British destroyer and four armed trawlers.
THE PALESTINE PRISONERS.
London, December 17.
Router's correspondent at Cairo states that so far 563 Turkish officers and 11,474 men have been taken prisoner in Palestine.
CHAOS SPREADING IN RUSSIA. `
PHILIPPINES HARVEST.
NO PASSPORT.
An Unusually Prosperous Year A DUTCHMAN SENT TO GOAL.
Anticipated,
"
Attempt to Reach Canton by Motor Car.
GRIMINAL SESSIONS,
Four Cases On The Calendar.
FOOTBALL NOTES.
The Christmas Matches.
The December Oriminal. Sew
Twg good matches have been sionę opened this morning at the arranged for Baxing Day so that Supreme Court before Sir William lovers of football will have,ag Rena Davies, when there only opportunity of witneming some four cases on the calendar. Two good sport.
CORRESPONDENCE.
{The "opinions expressed by sorrisi pondents, are not'nsonmarily thous of the "Hongkong Telegraph."]
CEMENT.
To the Editor of the "Hongkong
- Telegraph."] Sir, I notion wish some suri prise the am being made of
of these were in connection with The chief match is England cement in some of the building
turned banishses, one in con- sction with robbery and salt Scotland, on the Clab Ground at operations proceeding in the counterfeit been selected to represent the re-ie thie an indication that comenti oan be imported cheaper than it by three men, and the other ia 4 pm, and the following have Colony, obviously from Haiphong:
spective teams.****
osn be purchased locally, or that England-Goal, Crocker, our own Cement Co. is so stupen
dously busy that it cannot all
connection with a coining apparatus,
Navy: half-backs, Townsod, local orders? Returned Banishees Sentenced Navy backs, Cosker and Black, The first care dealt with was RGA, Smith R.E., and Hortop, that in which Keung Mun, alise Lan Mun, waa charged with R.E forwards, Hatebiano, Nav
lessx; Green, B.G.A.; Waldon, to which he pleaded guilty. Middlesex. disobeying a bizishment order, Llewellyn, Navy Sayere. Midd.
It was stated by Mr. G. H
Scotland - Goal, Bodger,
Cubbin, Club;
half-backe,
Chassella, Olab; Stewart, Olab
+
Yours etc. GREEN SHAREHOLDER. Hongkong, Dec. 18, 1917:
CHINA,
Economic conditions in the islands at the close of the month of November were azcellent, accord-! ing to report received by the The story of how a Dutchman baresa of internal revenue from attempted to evade the authorities itä Various agents located all over and leave the Colony without the provinces. The crope harvest having passport was told to Mr. ed during the month were on the A. Der Bail, at the Folice Court whole satisfactory, sad growing this morning, when Hemi Maurios crops give promise of good bar. Bobert Heymane van de Denver rests. Industrial conditions are was obarged that he did aa- London, December 17. very good, business is briak, and lawfully, and without the permia Telegrams from Petrograd continue to reflect the growing chaos money plentiful in most of the sion of the Governor, attempt to leave the Oolong of Hongkong throughout the country. The Bolshevike, in pursuance of their provinces.
Cagayan bae a promising rice without a pass issued by or under policy of semi-terrorism towards the non-Bolshevik elements, continue to make wholesale arreste, the latent victimas being crop. This is especially trae of the authority of the Ospisin a batch of ex-Treasury officials and also the Director of the Persian the northern part of Cagayan. Superintendent of Police.
The explanation defendant gave Discount Bank, who were holding a meeting to sesist the Bank More land in this district is being officials at present striking. All Banks in the capital are closed. planted to rice than formerly was that his name was on the Wakeman (Crown Solicitor) that Club; backe, Irvine and H GERMAN WIRELESS FOR News from the Provinces is still scrappy and is mostly from The tobacco crop was larger than British Black Liat in Jars which the "defendant was, arrested on Bolshevik sources. There is no confirmation of the arrest of usual but the leaf was not of the he had just left. He saw the British November 14. There were fire beet quality. It is believed that Consal in that place and asked previous convictions, the £rat General Kaledin.
the circulation of a Spanish tran- for his assistance in getting it being in 1908 for larceny. The ed their proceedings. They alation of Farmers' Balletin No. removed, and this was promised, next was in December, 1909, when 1789 AND 1917.
were, therefore, able to act with 16, of the Bureau of Agriculture, He left Java to go to Amsterdam, he was banished for five years. tragic rapidity.
treating of the coltivation, har where he was going to set up in He was again arrested on February
Peking, Dec. 6.-There is now Horsover, France in 1789 was vesting and curing of tobacco, business for himself and represent 11, 1910, for larceny and returning thea Manchester and Birmingham from banishment, when he was not confronted with a military would greatly improve
fish mide, co less than five graphy contract involves a large situation demanding the atmost quality of the tobacco. There is firm and be also wanted to be again banished but was re-arrest- well represented in the Eo-no doubt that the wireless sele It may be true that history energy and devotion on the part large crop of nips taba in the Aub with bis wife and child. He got led in October of the same year being included in the team. extension in this country of the This will no doubt cause German Telefunken system which does not repeat itself; but it is of her armies: while Bassis in Ing district. The immigration of to Singapore and had no trouble for larceny. In May, he was at least certain that the same Karch laat was approaching the a large number of Ilocance has and he then came on to Hongkong, banished for 20 years, bat" was much surprise to many. Scotland has been already established as
He immediately went up to see arrested in November last,
hare quite a useful side, and if Kalgan, Peking, Chefoo, Bankow, The prisoner admitted that be political causes infallibly produce crisis of her greatest war. The relieved the labour situation. the same resulte, writes Lord cataclysm in Russia was thus for Crop conditions are good in Aesistant Colonial Secretary and
Mr. Lareen, ander the guise of Synenham, in the Sunday Times more quickly disastrone, and her the Ilocos provinces and through told him that he wished to had been banished several times, they turn out as shown above, Shanghai and Foochaw,
proceed father to Holland; but a and said that he only came back they should win comfortably.
The other match is the Military the Danish firm of Larses and Of this there can be no more territories and population being out north central Loson.
"In south central Luzon weather passport was refused because his this time on his way to his native of the 2nd Div. versus The Best. Company, is really acting as the striking proof than the similarity vastly greater and less homo-
The teams aTO : “
sgent of Siemens, Sckhukert, who His Lordship said that the between the French and the Rus geneous than those of France, conditions indicate good crops. name had not yet been removed bome.
MilitaryGoal, Glenny, 8. &are to supply the money and sian Repolution.
peculiar. difficulties have arisen. In Batangas and Kindoro the from the British Black List in
On the other hand, the copra, "hemp, rice, and sugar Java and he was told that he Colony did not want men of the In 1789, as in 1917, there were
Lawrence, S. & D.; balf-backs, conditions which demanded dras tremendous German menace led crops are in good condition. Big would have to go back to Javs. prisoner's olsea here, although i backe, Jones, R.G.A., and materials.
The Hon. Mr. Mcl. Messer, the man seemed determined to Sharman, R.G.A., Waller, R.E.; tic changes. In Franes, as in in laas than six months to a de- rice and hemp harveste are Russia, there was no insuperable mand for the exercise of autocratic anticipated in Mindoro, Fishing C.S.P., prosecuted and said there give it the benefit of his company. French, Middlesex; forwarde. Chinese Government that the con- difficulty in securing the essential power as the only means of såring and lumbering are Aonriching, were certain reasons which he The sentence would be three Millarde, R.E.; Watson, R.G.A. ;|tract should be cancelled.
A Historical Parallel.
:
White, RE.; forwards, Young. Gordon, B.E.; MoTavish, Olab, man, B.GA.; Cook, Middlesex; Stalker, Olab.
Referen-Mr. Wright.
As will be seen, the Navy is
Protest by British Minister,
Sir John Jordan, the British Minister, has demanded from the
peaceful revolution could be to become a dictator; but the first in Candelaria and Tiaong. Gobd car. He was stopped at Tipo returning from banishment and St. Joseph'e; backs, Ching Hon,ture to the contract, the irregular
Hig
man, St. J.; Au Kit Bang, 8.0.A.; At the same time the late Cabinet
Counterfeit Cola Case,
Presumably the usual induces Lo Hop, alias La On, alias Osborne,.B.E.; Connor, S. & D.; reforme by constitutional meth-the nation from utter rain. M.the market for theee products be was not going into why defendant years' hard labour.
ments were offered the Minister The Best Goal, U.M. Omar, of the Navy to obtain his signs- ode, and there was some hope Kerensky, at the Moscow Con- ing excellent. An exceptionally should have gone back to Batavin. -in 1789 especially-that a ference, expressed his readiness beavy crop of palay was harvested Defendant was found in a motor Chan Yan, was also charged with Jones, J., R.G.A
The Crown Solicitor stated that S. China Ath, and E. Hyndman, character of which is evident from accomplished. We know what necessity is the re-establishment palay oropa were reported in by a look out. The swing bridge admitted the offence. Botually happened: In France, of discipline and of the authority Binan and Santa Rosa also. The at Taipo had been. especially as in Russia, smail minority of the commandere in the field copra crop is heavy. Competition drawn up over the level crossing the man was arrested on Novem-St. J.; half-backs, Pasco, Kow. the fact that it was not put groups, led by irreconcilables and adoat. This can be sooom in hamp and copra buying was and the car could not go on. Thieber 27. He had been banished loon; Johnson, St. J.; Leung Tai through the Danish Legation St. J.; Moosden, Kowloon; Bynd Affaira in the ordinary way. with theories to test or azes to plished only by men of iron brisk and business in general look place at 8.15 at night. three times before-in 1915, in Fong, 8.0.A.; forwards, R. Omar, and the Ministry of Foreign grind, idealists at one end of the will, who will tolerate no rival showed an improvement over the Defendant was trying to go to 1916 and again last year, when
Canton. Defendant had a lot of he was banished for life,
Kwo Po Kas, 8.0.A.
sanctioned the contract, and it is Prisozer asid he had come to acale and anarchists at the other power, and will frankly accept preceding month.
Referee.-Lieut. Attwell.
evidence of the persistency of In Camarines, Albay, and baggage in the car with him. agreeing only in an ardent desire the advice of the generals, who
Worship, addressing Hongkong to look for his son,
This match starts at 2.30 p.m. German enterprise in China that to destroy existing institutions alone are able to gauge the gravity Borsogon the growing crops were
on the Clab Ground.
Gergisa infisence is strong doing well everywhere. A good defendant, said :-"You were who had run away after being were able to seize upon power of the military situation.
The price of admission to the enough to induce the Government and to bring their countries to With armies which have, in yield of rice was being harvested refused permission but you tried beaten.
His Lordship sentenced the
stand for this match is 50 cents improperly to deal with the de disaster.
great part, lost all moral, and and an unusually large acreage to get through. It was deliberate
badisobedience of the laws of the man to two years bard labour.
and the seats in front 20 cents. alared enemy of the country. In France es in Basis, every with an enemy well able to take of good rice is still to
A Trio of Cowards
For the England v. Scotland Naturally Danish opinion here principle of democracy was flag-fall advantage of the present harvested while rice planting Government and you knew it. It! the task must be is still going on in some parts was a deliberate attempt to get]
Three men, named Au Yin, match, the stand will be $1, and has been considerably aroused by rantly violated, and the French debacle,
the seste in front 50 cense. The the transaction, but there is no was not likely to be stopped. Lam Teol, sud Ng Fok, were whole of the proceede will be in disposition in foreign circles to and Russian peoples played no supremely difficulty. In France of the district. Most of the local away at night in a vehicle that
the fact that charged with committing robbery part, except in eo far as they were years elspeed before Napoleon industries were in better can-
to suppress the dition than in past years. The Considering terrorised by violence or bribed was able
|German affiliations of Mr, Larson and the Star and Garter Fund.
are well known to be of long by promises of material gains, revolutionary forcee and to business of moving passengers you are on the British Black with violence, there being two aid of the Halifax Belief Fund, attach blame to Denmark as the The danger point war in both assume the reins of government, and freight by auto was active. List, you must have known counts to the indictment against
|atanding.-N. O. Daily News. Socialism has been sccurately The output of chewing tobacco that you were deliberately in each man. They all pleaded cases the national capital. In
was fringing the Is all along the guilty.
The Crown Solicitor stated that TIBDOO the capture of the described as "the most audacious, factories and distilleries municipality of Paris was the Arst incoherent, and dangerous com greater than ever before. Activity line."
Bie Worship asked Mr. Messer the offence took place in Lower tered justice on the Colony he step to the control of the Assombination of foress and formulas in handing native food products bly, and later to the subjection, ever brought together in a single and locally made household if he had anything more to say Lebar Road on December 3. down was going to do his utmost to AMERICAN TELEGRAMS, in the name of liberty, of the movement" Ranging from mild articles was unusual. Money, ex- on the matter, and Mr. Messer Two women and two small child. pat thoes disgracefal osees of
The following are from the whole country to the most crrcel experimente Sate or municipal cept small change, was plentiful, replied it was a serious case" and ren were in the house at about robbers with violence. He would Business was alow in Pansy if His Worship sent defendant to nine o'clock in the morning, when sentence them all to air yesza tyranny that the civilised world management, through . clam had known.
hatred, syndicalism, universal and Negros due to a scarcity of prison he would convey anything a knock was heard at the door, with hard labour on both counts, Manila Daily Bulletin
Socialists Pledge Undivided Support. some money to pay one of the teen strokes each with the "cat. In Basein the Committee of confiscation and atheism, to an- money. The lack of shipping he (defendant) said to His some-one saying that they had to run concurrently and to font Workmen and Soldiers-work archic communism, the Bocialist went the price of sugar down, Excellencт the Governor.
His Worship sentenced de-women. As soon as the door was
Washington, December 19.- Mr. Gerard, editor of the Socialist men who did not work and cold-formales bold out attractions to causing this condi'ion of affairs.
armed with knives and pepper, iers who had no stomach for fight minds which are poles apart in The milling of suger at San fendunt to prison for six months, opened, the three men, who were
Chang Kee, alias Kwok Teoi, pledges the undivided support of paper An Appeal⋅ to` Esssen, rusbed in and seized the two ing representing nothing but the moral sense and in intellectual Carlos began about November
Postage Stamps in China.
women,
bound and gagged them was charged with being in pos- the United States Socialista to revolutionary groape entred in calibre, but especially to all who 15. It was expected that that
The British Post Office gives and took them to a cabials at the session of dies for coining and the Allies on the basis of the Petrograd, was able to wreck the are, rightly or wrongly, discon would relieve the situation to
a certain extent. Rice was being notices that stampe not sur- rear of the premises. They also also with being in possession of President's recent Message great armies which had at length tened with their lot.
And always, when the attempt harvested in Uapis and in the charged "China will not be threatened the two children. a cutting engine for ranking
Congress. been well equipped, and could
The accepted in payment of postage Boxes were broken open and a counterfeit coins. He denied the
Cuban War Resolution Delaysd, have played a determining part to apply them is made, the ex-northern part of Iloilo.
offence.
Washington, December 10.— in ending the war, to paralyse tremiate, who rely on the pre-crop should exceed all previous after December 31st, 1917, aa has quantity of jewellery and money already been notified. This taken away. During the proceed-
The following were empanelled
A message from Havaks sisLÓM industry and transport, and to datory instinct inherited from an crops.
Crops, are growing wall in applies to all British Post Office ings someone came to the door, on the jury:-Meeers. 8. W. A that the resolation declaring war increase the national expenditure civilised man, submerge the
Brooke, A to a perilous extent. The methods dreamers and insist on a violent Bamar and Leyte Hemp and in Chins. Central China Post which had been fastened, and Uldall, B.
An Interesting Announcement. asked if anything unusual was Katthias, J.J.. Jonckheer, E. Lpending official advices from the adopted emissaries,propaganda, class war, entailing a national copra are in good condition. Fishing is one of the main in-
The invitations for the marriage going on and the men answered Sim, J. Mitchell, and A. Jenkins. United States. sectional committees, and com catastrophe."
The Crown Solicitor stated that of Mile. Borgeois and Mr."No." Shortly afterwards the door missaries" to cripple the action We have lately seen an eager dustries.
Bandinel of the C.. Customs, was baret open by the polise and there were fire dies, correspond- San Francisco, December 10.- of the commanders in the field-sttempt by the leaders of varions alosely followed the earlier models. Socialist groups to impose their injured the growing corn crop Tientsin, have been issued, and Inspector Brown, who had beard ing to half guilders of the Nether The passing of sentence on on trade unions to and have prevented the planting the ceremony was to take place of what was going on and was lande Government. This was Brincken, of the local German In Petrograd a force of 50,000 will upon armed workmen, corresponding which they do not even belong, of tobacco in most localities. In on Saturday the 15th inst. in all waiting at the foot of the stairs, carione case, for one man had Consulate, who pleaded guilty in caught two of them trying to get already been sentenced in con connection with the Tinda plat to the "armed sections" used to to arrogate to themselves powers consequence many farmers have Saints Charch, Tientsin.
away. A Chinese constable senection with it. The prisoner case, has been deferred antil terrorise Parit, has been formed, to which they have no claim in planted large areas to palsy.
cured the third man. When taken was the informer in the case at January 3. In both cases the extremists any democratic sense, and to set They are also planting the castor ------
Important Decisions. overpowered the "dreamers, and up in this country the machinary bean and expect to realise well
A dispatch from "Washington their plan was to utilise the which has demoralised a gallant since castor oil is scarce and largest rubber plantation in the to the station, jewellery was found the last Criminal Sessions, but it
second. Some of the property the prime mover in the setting states that the Supreme Court dangerous elements of the popu-army possessing a fine historial prices are good. In Bohol good Philippine islands on the island on the first men and money on could now be proved that he was
were being realised of Basilan. A ship building yard had not been recovered and it up of the establishment which was has upheld the constitutionality lation to set up a rival govern record of devotion, led a great returns ment which could obeckmate the and patriotic people into chaos, from the sale of coprs and aback, will soon begin operations on the was thought that there was a raided at Sham Shui Po. It was of the Iowa "dry" law, and has forces of order.
and indicted incalculable injury The rice arop was estimated to be Basilan island. The immigration The analogy between the apon the cause of the Allies and 25 per cent. above normal. In of Filipinos from the north is fourth man who did not go in the a bit of a mystery as to why he reversed the decision of the lower French and the Russian Bevola of the freedom of the world. Miesmis province copra and absce increasing. Mindanao seems to house, but who was outside, to had given information with conct in the picketting
If we fail to read aright the were bringing large returns and have a prosperous future sasured. whom was, pared some of the regard to his own business, but illegalising certain phases of that tion can be carried further; bat}
According to these reports gode missing. He had got away, bis accomplices, as well sa vardiot
Prisoners had nothing to say, the man who was previously The Torpedolag of the Jacob there is one marked difference, plain writing on the wall, then a good corn crop was expected.
A Jones," Prosperous conditions prevail there are a few cesse of rinder. The Revolutionary Commune of when the war ends wo, like
Latest reports regarding the Faris was not wholly securs in Russia may awake to find plaza in Mindanao and Suld. In Zambo-pest in Cagayan, Bulacan and Previous convictions were proved sentenced, would be giving
Evidence was then taken, the sinking of the American destroyer prisonera. power till 1791, when Danton of reconstruction diverted into ange, Atkins Knoll and Co. of Ban Rizal, Batangas, Hindore, Lagainst the first and second evidence against him.
His Lordship told the accused witnesses including the Congal-Jacob Jones in the war zone state became its Procurator-Substitute the disastrous methods of a Socia-Francisco have opened up offices gana, Saraogon, Zamboanga, Henceforth, its violence increased, list revolution. And owing to and intend to run a trading Damanjog, Guinobatan. Ceba
to attack two defenceless women spoke to the dies being similar including Commander Bagley and and when, in 1799, it had the intense political and economic schooner for the purchase of city, and in Leyte. A few cases that they were a trio of cowards General for the Netherlands, who that there were 44 survivor triumphed, the Reign of Terror complexit of our Empire, the hemp and copre. A hemp press of cholera were reported in Iloilo He was glad that the law of the to the dies used for making half five line officere. Lasign Stanton Falk has died of wounds suffered Colony allowed him to indict a guilders, could be inangarsted. In Bussis conseqences would be infinitely is being set up in Zamboanga and Negros Occidental. It con- a pre-organisation of the re-more ruinous and the possibilities and hemp will soon be classified tinues in Barili, Cebu, Mingla: little of the physical punishment Prisoner was found guilty and when the vessel was anh volutionary groups must have of recuperation far more remote there instead of in Manila, nilla. Nags and San Fernando.
wie torpe tool at night bewn more complete, and present than those which Russian patriota Pacific coast capitalists have come Bobol is practically tree from the inflicted on the helpless sentenced to ve gear hard The message states that the beas
mended what promises to be the Vanda Daily Bulletin de woman, So long as he adminis, labour, pcane në gommunication facilitat- now contemplate.
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In Cebu excessive rains have
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on Anatris has been delayed
Sentence Deferred.