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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 27. 1918.
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· HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918.
THE PREMIER'S SURVEY OF THE SITUATION.
Kuomintang Humbug.
DAY BY DAY.
THE WAR.
THERE IS A POINT IN VILITANCY What it has Doad for England. WHEBE IT IS BOUND TO REACH a DIMINISHING RETURN AND DE
EAT ITSELF.
The circular from the Canton Tatelligence Burean which m pablished yesterday seems to Show that the Southern malpon- tents are rather inclined to take themselves a little tre seriously. They speak of the "National Awembly of the Republic of China now meeting, in: regular Tomorrow is the fourth anni Bersion in Orator as having rary of the examination of Arch. decided to repodiats all agree (duke Francis of Austria. mente, made by the P-king Government with foreigners
ithout the approval of the Amembly. User on the indige in.. the fevoerde expression of "illegal Government" sa sp
To-morrow's Anniversary.
The "Dollar.
The opening rate of the dollar on demand to-day was 34. 34d.
An Oplum Divan,
-
TWO MEN AND A GUN. TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
V.C. Awarded for Holding Up *
Aan Enemy Advance,
all bís ammunition.
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· FANTASTIC FASHIONS.
Wild Colour Schemes in
It is in and around Armantiarse
The King has approved the thai Fratos tried its best to look John Masefield speaking at the award of the Victoris Crome to like scoschire, and succeeds in Aeolian, New York, rondly reL/Opl. Oharles. Graham Robert Inking definitely like the Ashton Donated what Great Britain had op, MM., R. FOL (erstham), Mona Like it, but with mod from in the European set, for most conspicuous gallantry in tions. The poplar tree does nos and spoke of that sides of Eng repelling a strong attack by the fail France even in her industrist ragions, and we have nothing in |land for which men are Bring enemy.
alang 5,000 miles of war. Of On realising that he was being Lancashire of that rectangularity the present battle, fought largely out L/Opl. Robertson sent which is the feature of the over and gained in the battle back two men to get reinforce Northern French landscape--- of the Somme, of which be, as meats, and remained at his post roads which set off like strowi, official historians of that battle, with only ous other man) firing and ditakse like long blades of &. Chines who was charged knows every inch, he said, "bis Lowie goo and killing large steel. There is a still more im plied to the Outcal Authority in helore Hr. J. R. Wood, at the have no comfort for you. It is numbers of the enemy. Nre portant difference. The country Peking. But if it comes to Police Court this morning, with the fortans of war, Firtane is inforcementa, came up, and the is wet and flat, but it has clean question of illeg.lity, keeping an opium divan in like that in war. People say, two men withdraw to a point surfaces and clean skies. Lacca- shire need have no fear for her ernment and the other creations and was fined $100. about the Canton Military Gov Bollywood Read, pleaded guilty How come it that your men about ten garde farther back.
were not there, that your reserveri Her Robertson again stayed majestic pre-eminencs in dirt. of the Kuomintang ligne? Peo-
---Mango Stealers sre not called in greater number? for some considerable time, fring
Bat the red-brick cotton mille ple in glass houses shooid kuqw
At the Police Court to-day two All we can know now is that the his wis goo and if oring that stone-throwing does not boga were each flued $2 for highest dammsed does not be
caenalties on the enemy. The outside Armentieres, and the pay. One other point. The stealing mangoes from a farmer's tiers this to be the decisive battle position was, however, made im- ghelly, spindise at their apper circular refers to a forthcoming orchard.". It was stated there bad of the war. The decisive battle pasible for him by the heavy windows, and the tall chimneys meeting of Cantonese cit's been a large number of these may come this year or next."
hostile bombing and machine gan are unmistakable Lazesshire. It when foreign friends" will be thefts, Mr. J. R. Wood we also He spoke of the advantages of fire, so he was forced again to in one of the few towns among requested not to involve them told that great damage had been the enemy in this battle-bis withdraw, and arrived at a de- those which have been mentioned |lately which are of brink, -Albert saltes in the present internal done to fress.
concentration of guns from the fended post. strargle in Chins "in order to
Colony's Health
At this post he got on top of might very well be a part of some estern front and of Russisa guze, avoid apples*ant intercour a in
Doring the twenty-frors brave the fact that this" strip of France the parapet with a comrade, seladed corner of Preston, sroept the fatore." The inference of yesterday four fatal csses of is no good for a defensive pasi mounted his gun in a shell-hole, for its cathedral with the golden clearly to be observed. but so osrebro spinal fever occurred, one tion," the enemy's gress body, and continue firing at the enemy, image, which looks as though it had malted of the top of the tower, canina may be taken to remind being from the city of Victoris of labour made up of the who were pouring across the top the Casino aptarta that they are and thres from ontside districts. enslaved peoples of Belgium and of sad down an adjacent trench. like a candle which has been Ha had not been firing long carelessly lighted. Peronne and with the people who are cresting all There were also two fatal csses of and Northern France and Poland.
for the interval aarest. Foreigners babinic plague and two fatal "We have no such body of when bis comrade was killed and Bapaume and all their sisterhood
do not recognise them or their so
cases of enteric fever. "All the sister," he said, "and in this the he himself severely wounded. He are grey towns, and correspond called Parliament, and until the victims were Chinnee,
nemy has the advantage over as managed to crawl beck, bringing more with our county capitals, Powers do so, the P-king Govern.
Snatcher' Sentenced. But I soppose that the generous bis gun with him, but could no like 8 Assph and Carmarthen. ment, which is recognised, will be A Cbinere was charged before thing can never be the wrong longer fire it, as he had exhausted And although Armentieres is part looked upon as the only authority Mr. J. B. Wood, at the Police thing."
of the French Lancashire, the those around which bas the right to conclude Court this morning, with snatch-
L/Opl. Robertson was alone people reven Of Ramis he said, "Don't sgreements with foreigners or ing $100 in notes on Eallywood think for a moment that I criticise throughout there operations, Armentierea who work in the with anyone else.
Road. Complainant said defen- the Russians. They are trying except for the presence of one cotton mills have the French America's Unanimity
dant bumped against him and tn get liberty, and it is for us who other man who later was killed, note and character. The plaid That the American working took the money. Defendant already bave liberty to help them and the most determined resist and grey shawls of Lancashire. *classee are wholeheartedly in denied the efferce, but was sent to pay the price."
anoe and fine fight which he put are not to be seen, but in their favoar of eeading, if necessary. prison for three months.
The "ides of England,” Mr. P undoubtedly prevented the plaas bare heade on which are "the last map and the Jast
A Cripple in Trouble,
Hæefield said, was the ancient enemy from making's more rapid worn amber combe.
advance. A crippled Chinese lad was idea of St. Georgs and the Dragon, dollar" to help to overthrow the
Wilhelm Kail Florestan Gero barbarism that is inherent in the charged before Mr. E.D.O. Wolfe, whose banner England took, nutil policy of the common enemy is et the Police Court this morning, such time" as this gymbol was
Crescentins, second Daks off Urach, who has been mentioned evident from what trok place at a with stealing same closer. De popularly obanged for "the gross recent Labour meeting. Presiding fendant said that on scrunt of, and beatial figure of John Bull.”
as possible ruler of the new State. at the National Federation of his being paralysed in one leg, Yesterday was 8. George's Day,
of Lithuania, belongs to a mor Striped Stockings. Labour at St. Paul, Minn., Mr. he found it extremely difficult to as well as the birthday of Shaka-
ganatic branch of the reigning House of Wurtemberg. His Samuel Gompers, the veteran secure employment. His Worship speare, and Mr. Masefield linked Freak fashions usually appear father, also called Wilhelm, wsa labour leader, found the feeling tent him to prison for three weeks. them together as typical of the as Easter approaches, they are the only son of Duke Wilhelm of among the delegates so strongly The Wood Street Robbery, "ahy, gentle, humorous, manly here again in this fourth spring Würtemberg, who contrated a ia ler ar of President Wilson's.
At the Police Court ble soiris," which is the real spirit of of war, fantastic, luxurious, and morgenstic marriage with Baro palioy that a telegram was sent morning, one of the two Chinese England, which was for a time more expensive than every, writes ness Wilhelmine von Tanderfeldt, 10 the latter from the former in who were arrested at Macao in lost, but revived again with the the Daily Express. Lemon colour thus debarring all his issue from the following terme:We wish connection with the recent robbery beginning of this war"at the ed stockings striped in vivid the eccosesion to the throne The statement made by Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Com-to express our determination to in Wood Street, was before Mr. sounding of a trumpet, at the cry greens and olives, costs povered of mone the other day on the war situation is in every respect eminently cive wholehearted support to the E. D. C. Wolfe. Inspector Sim of one little nation in distress." with checks in starting hues, other royal privileges. Still, his Wurtemberg and Wall estisfactory, particularly in view of the fact that recently the newe Government in
tolasid the other one-was still im There had been a time of grave sports jerseys as bright as a boy's son made good use of bis qusei- from the main theatre of war has not been of the most pleasing establish the principle of freedom Meoso as he was altogether too ill national deosdence, he said, which blaser were all seen in the West royal birth, and married a lady character. In yesterday's isane we referred specially to the Prime sad assuring peace among the to attend. The stolen property still existed in 1914. "Bat yet End shops. Minister's remarks with regard to the splendid tidings from Italy, nations. We pledge our loyal bad all been recovered. Defendant there was something very great
of great weath, ancient lineage, Because highatepped boots are and undoubted' royal rank, the and from them it would be noted that he deduced conclusions of a support and
service until was remanded.
sbout the country. We feared no forbidden skirts are longer and Princess Florestins of Monaco. highly optimistic character, conclusions, it must be admitted, that buman freedom shall be the
Fenemy in the field, as was shown tighter, and generally pleated. The present, Duke of Urach, are justified by the excellent work of the Italian troops and those common right of all peoples." Before Mr. J. B. Wood, at the by the fact that in the months The dys manufacturers have done following the example of his helping them. The other points touched upon by the Prime Minis- Almost simultaneously America's Police Court this morning, & before the war we had reduced so well that hat and dress meter father, also choss bride from ter are equally interesting and likewise sfford satisfaction being felt Military Congress set to consider Chinese was charged with obtain our army by two divisions. The ials are available in 3 great by all having the welfare of the Allies at heart. Mr. Lloyd George. the advisability of making the ing two gold bangles from a army was almost negligible. Then variety of colours, and the Europe, & princess of the ducal one of the reigning houses of it would be noted, paid a tribute to the wonderful organisation that military service age-limits 18 to Chinese woman by false pretences. quite suddenly the war came upon dominant note in spring fashions branch of the Bavarian Boyal had enabled the Americans in eo short a time to send so large 45. instead of the present limits Defendant was represented by us. I was in Berkshire in an is found in the fastsposition of Family, thus linking hi number of troops to the Western Front, "I cannot give Sigures," of 21 to 31. This would add no Mr. P. W. Goldring. Sergeant ancient house with a moat around these colours rather than in destiny with the said the Prime Minister," but the numbers are sufficent to encourage less than 17,000,000 to the Wille said the woman was accost it. A little company of my frienda qusintress of design. It would Catholic reigning the Allies and quite sufficient to disappoint and ultimately to defeat 10,000,000 already registered sad ed in Hillier Street by defendant were there-Rupert Brooke was seem that after a long a period Gemssy. Though the King car enemies." This is a most restauring statement, particularly would lead to the provision of an and another man. They asked there. It seemed to me I had never of war darkness women are thirst Wurtemberg in & Protestant, the when it is backed up by the farther observation that "the Americans Army of 15,000,000. These facts her what direction to take to get seen the country so beautiful, and ing after light and colour, and the heir to the throne and his imme- are coming in at a great rate and I will be very earprised if, in a show what America can do should to Caise Road. She told them that we never had had a hap dregamekeza have caught this diste family, distant consine of comparatively short time, the Allies are not stronger then the Ger the emergency arise, and that ebe and they entered into converration pire time. And then the house desire and expressed it in their the King, are Roman Catholics. mans in the West." This clears up a point regarding which there will do all that she possibly can with bar, the upshot being that as turned into a billet for art. has been not a little doubt. It is all the more welcome se Mr. Lloyd with slacrity there is plenty of the woman was prevailed upon osvelry, and the soldiers took their George was able to announce that there are indications that Ger-testimony to prova,
to part with two bangles in ex horses down to the most to drink,
Daring his twenty years' services many is already resorting to a drastic combing out and that her last Deportation of Germans.
abange for what was parported When next I saw those cavalry.
As French Ambassador in London reserves would soon be called upon. The position, concluded the] If it be true, as reported in a to be a bundle of notes, but which men they were in Gallipoli, their little sick, and a little trembling. M. Cambon has been compelled to Prime Minister in this part of his speech, would naturally be very Bhanghai newspaper, that the proved to be nothing more than inentification disce flapping on He went out into the und, and work for morestressonaly than his anxious for the next two months, but it was gradually improving and arrangements for the deportation s bundle of worthless paper. His their bones."
waiting for the dragon to come most distinguished predecessor, he could say without boasting that the Allied Generale felt confidence of enemy subjects from China Worship remanded the case. Then he told the story of en. England before the war was Chateaubriand, who was appoint- su regards the issue.
have now been cancelled, the
England's part in the war, of the nation who had forgotten bered to that post in 1822. In a letter Notwithstanding Russia's terrible collapse and the evil (ffects development is one which will
early fighting in 1914, of the soal, but now she hs: remembered written by his private secretary, attending it, most of us will agree with Mr. Lloyd George that it moat assuredly be noted with.
Dardanelles campaign, of the it. It may seem to you that we Hyacinthe Pilorge, to Mme, de would be in cur and her own interests to stand by Russie, whom the much regret by Allied
attacks on Verdon, and the battle have done little, that we have Chateaubriand, who remained in Prime Minister rightly says now appears to be getting different sympathiesrs in the Far East.
of the Somme, and the taking of been clamey. We are hard Paris, we we finds time ideas regarding the Allies and to appreciate what German militar 8 melime ago we were informed
fossin so and Vimy Ridge, dal pressed V-day. But you know sbls of the Amonasidar ism meane. Little wonder that such should be the case, for, despite that these undesirables, to the
ing it a human record. He also that no matter how long the way, day meticulously set out. At Russia's chaotic condition, she is fully swere. of the fact that she number of seven thousand, were has been treacherously treated by Germany, who not only has brute to . "
Orders issued by Mr. F. C.poke of the army of workers in nor how bitter, nor how bloody, nine he rises. His toilet opera be packed $# to Jenkin, D.S.P. (B.), state :-
mille and munitions factories, that we'll stick it.
tions employ the next two hours, ally dismembered Bussis but has torn up tresties the day after Australis, and
general eatis.
Equipment.
"I believe," he said, "that all "King David when he was during which he receives one or they have been made. It should be our policy to help the faction was felt that such a step Vouchers have been sent to the kindling note are eternal, and besieging a city, in the summer two visitors, who bring him the Russians, and, happily, there has been recently a tendency on their was to be taken. Knowing some respective contractore to cover all linger about the lead where they when it was hot, wished for a gossip of the day. At eleven the part to co-operate with the Allies in any move that might lead to thing of Germsoy's intrigue in applications received to date for are done, that they can be felt as drink from the pool just outside Embassy breakfasts. After break- the ousting of the Germans. The Prime Minister's allusion to the other lands, and bearing in mind capes, boote and uniform. beauty and inspiration about the the city gates. But when his faste it reads "the great solid part that Japan might play in an attempt to help the Bussinas will her aspirations in the Orient, it is Applicants must forthwith land. The inhabitants are quick men got the water for him at the London newspaper." At three no doubt be received with general acceptance. If only the Russians a most enemalous state of if sirs attend personally at the respective ened by that soul, and nations are risk of their own lives, he said he bis Excellency starts on a round would co operate with the Japanese in Siberia, with objectives that the Hans should be permitted contractor's abopa.
only great when true to that soul. could not drink what had boon of visits. At five he shows in directly west, the tyranny of the Germans in Russia would soon be to be at large in Chins, to say
Man only can be grast when he is gotten at much a sacrifice, that it Hyde Park or walks in Kensing- brought to an end.”
nothing of the danger which their
All men of No. 2 Company only true to the best ho has imagined, would be like drinking blood, too Gardens. Mr. Lloyd George'e survey of the situation, as it at present continued presence involves, Why who did not attend for examins St. George stood up for the poor, and he poured it out to his God. Embassy dince Between ball- appears to him, is one that in every way is stimulating and encour the change of policy has been tion on June 20, 25, 26 öz 27 are and cared for beauty, and no finer "Now the young men are bring- past eight": aging in the extreme for all who wish will to the Allied Forces à aided apon, we do not know, ordered to attend at 6.30 p.z. on thing can be ind of a man or aing us the water of peace. This yawn in one Epother's As the Prime Minister clearly shows, in France our though it is said that the Tuesday, July 2,400
{will," I believe, be the peace that faces," the truthful Pilozge con- position on the French Frontie, on the whole, very Chinese Government is is no All men of No.3 Compeny who
"Patriotiem is not a singing of preaeth andertanding, when we faces. At eleven his Excellency eticisctory, while in Italy recent events are of the most hopeful wise to bisme. As we see it, did not attend on June 21 or 21 praise. It is a very deep thing, a shall have our lives again, our goes into society, rarely arriving character. Eustis je still chaotic, but apparently is coming to a there is no argument against the will attend on Thursday, July 4 vary and thing, a very stern thisgark. It will be like ay drink-homo-before two in the coord more rational conclusion regarding the part Germany has been play internment or deportation of the Men on duty will not attend. 8. George didn't go out to fight ing of the blood of these young And so, da capo, the next? day. ing recently, and the time may be nearer at band than is generally Germans in Ohins which could Platoon Inspectore will attend the dragon without some sense of men. Love and mugs are the Withal Monsieurəni known for a national aprising to oust the deterted Teston. From not be applied with equal effect with respective Companies.
defeat. He knew that his sword main things in this Wa With ons Health.” Only Siberia, Obins and the Far East generally whatever asistence can to the case of other countries
Helmets.
wight be broken, that he would them you can face the world. We it is no wonder inst be rendered will speedily be forthcoming, as it would unquestionably which have declared war on the The recent Order is to apply to never see his children again, and will send them when we try to of so many good pati be the wisest policy on the part of the Allies so to set, On the Central Powers. We can only Mounted Police and Search that people would probably call remake the world. May your has little time wide, therefore, we who are will, balding in the case of Right hope, therefore, that even yet the Bapes isors only.
him a fool when he was country, and mine stand together and that i opposed Might, Democracy against és locracy, have every policy recently announced will be Firat Shift Patrolmen will wear dona. He went out. I think, in the remaking of this world o remon to feel hopeful në to the future.
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