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under notice, the Chinese troops. had not the slightest right to be aboard the Wanliu, whilst the sub- sequent seizure of two other Bri- tiah vessels is rightly described as an act of piracy." In one res- pect, it is just as well that the offending general was an ally of Wu Pel-fu, in view of the allega tions which Carton is so fond of making that the British are work- ing hand-in-glove with the Loyang War Lord, for it shows that Bri- tain acts In these matters from a purely disinterested standpoint, be the offenders who they may Certainly every chance was given General Yang Son to negotiate for a peaceful settlement of the affair, but his attitude was one of such defiance that foree had to be re- sorted to. As to what the upshot of the incident will bo, time will tell, but all Britishers will be with as in hoping that stern notice well be taken of the killing of these gallant naval men who were carry- ing out their rightful duties under most trying circumstances.
As the Daily Telegraph puts it, the limits of British toleration in regard to affairs in China have been reached and the lime for ac tion has come. British lives; Bri tish property and British interests must be protected. Any wenken- SHEWAN.—AL 86, Bonham Reading in our attitude just now will, Hongkong, on September 9th, in the days to come, be attendant 1926, William Showan; aged with fatal consequences." So we Funeral will pass look to the Home Government to 67 years. the Monument at 11 a.m. tc-
follow a strong policy, for only morrow (Friday).
such a policy will be understood and appreciated in this quarter of the world
ALLAN JAMES CYRIL DAL
MAHOY ALLAN, M.D., on September 8th, 1826, at No. 366, the Peak, Hongkong. The funeral will pass the menu- ment on Thursday, the 9th instant, at 5.00 p.my.
The Telegraph
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 1926.
TIME FOR ACTION.. ·
“Sanguinary confusien" is the term which the London Daily Telegraph applies to the present situation in China; and it is n
EPTEMBER
DAY BY DAY.
WHEN AFFECTION AND KINDLY FEELING ARE REMOVED, ALL SWEET« / NESS IS TAKEN AWAY FROM LIFE.---. Civery."
For falling to carry regulation lights on a small fahing junk, the master was fined $10 or ten days by the Marino Magistrate to-day,
"..
1926.
DEATH OF MR. W..
SHEWAN.
OLD RESIDENT PASSES AWAY.
BRIDGE AND MAH JONGG.
MANILA REGULATION PROPOSAL
Just because bridge and mah It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. jongg are usually played in high William Thomson Showan, twin social circles," is no reason why brother to Mr. R. G. Showan, of they should not be regulated by Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co. the city government, in the opin The forthcoming wedding ia an-The deceased had been ill for ion of Mr. Guillermo Guevara, as nounced of Lieut. Harry Melville several months, and he passed cal of Manila In a letter to the Arbuthnot Day, of the H. M. S. away at his house in Bonham Road municipal council he suggested that they be included with other Tamar, to Miss Hilda Doreen at five o'clock this morning. Holgate, of Glenealy Hotel,
Born in London on November "gambling" games in a proposed 13th, 1869, Mr. Shewan came out city ordinance. The ordinance At the Marine Court. this morn-to Hongkong twenty years ago, would limit the hours and days, on ing the coxswain of the launch and carried on business as an which it is legal to play "kapicua," importer, on his own account, and dominoes, "panguingui," "reve- Mike was fined $5 or five days for being alongside the s.. An- was also interested latterly in the cino," draw poker and "cuajo."
share broking business. He was
"This suggestion is made," Mr. gers outside two others.
one of Hoggkong's oldest and most Guevare writes, "for the reason respected residents, and by his that the two games are believed death & familiar figure has been to pertain to the same class as removed who will be greatly miss those enumerated in the proposed od by a large circle of friends.,
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Probate of the will of the late Mr. Charles Herbert Lightfoot of Shizuoka, Japun, a tea broker, has been granted in the Supreme Court to Mr. C. F. G. Grimble. Deceased left property in Hongkong to the amount of $13,800.
Reports from Chinshan state that the plekots there permit ex- port of produce provided they are well paid by the exporters. The pickets are reported to be reaping- a harvest in consequence, and when vacancies occur the posts are sold to the highest bidders,
He is survived by Mrs. Shewan, measure, and in order to avoid for whom and deceased's brother mination. There should be no
creating any disagreeable discri much synipathy will be felt.
distinction, he thinks, between
The funeral will pass the Monu- ment at eleven o'clock to-morrow games "indulged in by people of the poor class," "and those of morning, i
similar character "ordinarily play- Jed by people of high society, often-.
times also for money."
SPAIN QUIET.
MARTIAL LAW ABOLISHED.
Madrid, Sept. 8. General Primo de Rivers, inter- The master of a large thro-viewed, said absolute order had masted fishing junk from Macao should have been present at the Marine Court this morning to answer to a charge of failing to exhibit regulation lights. The bont apparently returned to Macao, and the bail of $15 was estreated.
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A shooting star of unusual bril- liance was noticed in Hongkong" about nine o'clock last night. It appoared in the Eust and fell swiftly until it passed the horizon.. Kowloon gentleman avorred that "it was the most, remarkable one of its kind he had witnessed.,
A
been restored and the King had signed a decree abolishing Mar-
tial Law,
Entering the skeleton framework of a house in course of construction at No. 218, Queen's Road West, on ' their return for the day's work, yesterday morning, workmen were startled by the discovery of the body of a man suspended by the
neck from a cross-beam. The man, The Government is sending back who appeared to be about 40 years: twelve thousand Moroccan troops of age, died, from his own efforts to Morocco, and the King returns sometime during the night, it was to San Sebastian
Reuter
to-night.surmised from an examination of
the body.
The Very Idea!
An American newspaper gives "No," replied the other, "my details of the tragedy of a young husband's. He had heard the bride who asked her husband to noise, too." copy off the wirelcas a recipe she wanted for the kitchen.
The Wrong Attitude. Because a coolie might not know The appointment dates from last how to use one properly, is said to month of Captain G. W. Hallifax have been the official P. W. D to command the cruiser Carlisle reason for not providing gas masks in which vessel Captain R. S. Mac when work was in progress in Ped-Farlan has completed the usual der Street just aftter the disastrous two years. Captain Halifax thus floods of July 19 Inst although takes up his first command, as at everybody who passed along or near the time of his promotion two 'He did his best, but got two
When your working day is over, to that roadway knew there was a years ago, and since, he was em-stations at once, one of which was and you're just about to quit, can morning you say you "sit in clover? Is very bad gas escape. The smell of played on cuties connected with broadcasting
your conscience gus was very strong for several
feeling fit?. 'Course the answer to the ques- days, and the P. W.D. official warn- ed the contractor to exercise care and not to keep men working in the broken nullah too long without a change. But the obvious provision of gas masks was not made because some of the Chinese work-
wear them!
one
Really,
the
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the League of Nations. He served exercises and the other the recipe. during the war as torpedo. officer This is what he took" down- and commander of the battleship "Hands on hips, place one cup tion much depends on what you've Ajax, and was afterwards on the of flour on the shoulders, raise done since you first sat down to experimental staff at the Sighniknees and depress toes and mix labour when the day was first
thoroughly in one-half cup of milk. begun. School.
Often times Repeat six times. Inhale quickly
you're feeling one-half teaspoonful of baking. groggy. You're an easy prey for powder, lower the legs and, mash shirk, and you feel like doing any-. two hard-boiled eggs in a sieve, thing but getting down to work... Exhale, breathe naturally and sift Course you may admit you're into a bowl.
foolish, knowing sloughing isn't "Attention!" Lie flat on the right, but you do it. Then your floor and roll the white of an egg conscience makes you pay for it backward and forward until it that night.
After all, the scheme of plug- comes to a boil. In ten minutes remove from the fire and rub sing with your heart and soul, till smartly with a rough towel. through, keeps the good old brain Breathe naturally, dress in warm a chugging and results come home flannels and serve with Ash soup.. to you. Then, when working day. is over, and you've carried out this The following vessels are ex- pected to be in wireless communi- The statement that the Italians Plan, you can leave a carefree cation with Hongkong to-day are to do without pastry recalls rover and gayer sort of man. Empress of Russia, President the story of the great English
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little'
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A Washington message states phrase which aptly describes the men might not know how that Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis, aty
No-to
it aviator, who was injured in circumstances prevailing.
is extaordinarily difficult to crash in Pennsylvania and who where in the country is the hand understand an outlook auch as became afflicted with spinal men- macunan" of civil authority, in 'evidence; the that, because of the obvious and ingitis, died on the 1st instant. militarists are in the ascendancy simple plan of showing the coolice He won the Pulitzer race in 1925, everywhere, and the country is be- how to wear masks. As the Magis-Lieutenant Bettis was well known trate remarked at Tuesday's in- in aviation circles in the Philip ing plunged into bloody warfare quest on the unfortunate workman pines having served a two year in order that rival generals may who lost his life, every recruit in tour at Fort Mills, and Camp further their ambitions for power. the army has to learn how to do Nichols from 1921 to 1923,
things. We all have to learn, but Unhappily, the unrest which has we were not allowed to do any so long prevailed, and which has thing or use anything of which we latterly become more acute than had had no previous actual experi- ence we should learn nothing. Yet ever, has involved foreign inter- that was the attitude of the P. W. Pierce, President Grant, Sarpedon, nobleman--perhaps the same who, If, as an ex-R.A.F... officer exts, which have constantly been D. until man had been Van Overstraten, Alexander Kiel when told that his heir was spend advises, athletic exercise may be placed in jeopardy both as the re- fatally gassed, and then some tand, Tjikarang, Knowsley Hall, ing a great deal of money, replied obtained merely by thinking about masks were borrowed from the Taiping, Hongpeng, Nagpore, Kan- complacently, "He will have it, then the crowds that watch sult of boycott activities and in military. We presume the coolies chow, Hanoi, Sunning, Tean, Trier, great deal of money to spend ! football and cricket are wiser than consequence of unwarranted acts were then shown. This idea that Kneichow, Chicago Maru, Hakozaki who, finding himself by military, leaders. Britain has, the Chinese are too ignoraut to be Maru, Yushan Maru, Morioka embarrassed, called in a friend to they appear. While fixing his trusted with what we should de- Maru, Tenyo Maru and Ranguon overhaul his household expenses. attention on a cricket match yes- in particular, suffered. With the mand is much too widely held in Maru
The friend suggested that it might terday, a correspondent' tried the facts thus, it is reassuring to Bri- this Colony. Talk about a 'flush
not be absolutely essential to experiment of living his own tishers i the East to know that sanitary system and the excuse is
Major-General C. C. Luard, supplement his French chef and sporting days over again. On instantly trotted out that the Commanding H. M. Forces in his English grill cook by an Italian leaving the
ground he was the Home Government has at long Chinese would not know how to use China, in his report on the In- confectioner. "Good Gad," cried sprightlier and more crect than on Just decided to move, for all too it properly. And many other bene agection of the Shanghal Volunteer the potentate, pettishly, "can't a entering. But he found that the long has the impression prevailed fits of modern life are similarly Corps, again, nays compliment to fellow have a biscuit with his mental concentration needed was. that the lion's tail could be twist viewed when it comes to applying the smartness and efficiency of the glass of sherry"
them in Hongkong. This is not, members of this body. "Since ed with impunity.
we contend, the right view. The my last report, the Shanghai Vol- The incident on the Yangtsze, use of anything which will give pro-mateer Corps has again been called- which has resulted in the regret-tection during hazardous work, or upon to assist in safeguarding the
which will lighten heavy labours or community on more than ted deaths of a number of British which will confer benefit of any occasion giving another example naval officers and men, as well as kind on the Chinese workers of this of the necessity for their existence, the wounding of others, provides Colony ought to be encouraged and the excellence of their organi- rather than be put into the cate-zation, training and discipline," is another example of the difficulties gory of things too superior. We one of his statements. and dangers attendant on naviga- hope that the jury's recommenda- tion in Chinese waters. General tion will be acted upon, and that a long overdue change in outlook will support will be forthcoming of the be manifested by those in places of | statement issued by the naval au- authority.
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Sydney, Sept. 8, The steamer Sierra has left militarista been taking liberties borne by the Government and the
houses then handed over to offl-carrying half a million sovereigns with British shipping, to say cinks on mortgage, later becoming to San Francisco, making the total nothing of the frequently recur- their own property when the mort gold exports since May up to ring attacks which have been made gages have been paid off. Two £8,500,000.
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Of course she wished to be in
style, And
quite. really look dashin'. That's why she had her long
hair bobbed;
The
real short-cut fashion.
to
The Flapper's conjugation.
I Pag.
Thou Pag-est.
He (or and she), Pag-es."- We Pag-on.
You Pag-off (damn quick). They Pageant, Orthographical note: The "G" in this instance is soft,
almost na, irksome as: physical jerks. Doubtless this could be overcome by fréquent practice. Certainly, if armchair thinking can strengthen the muscles, tho out and home journey by train should provide opportunities for testing the power of mind over matter.
"Did I see you kissing my daughter, sir?"
"I really don't know, sir: I was too much occupied at the time to notice."
A strange fata was that of the late Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln. He was present when his father, Abraham Lincoln, was shot in the Her dearest friend had come to theatre; again when an assasal tes, and she was telling her all killed President Garfield at a rail- about the attempted burglary way station; and he was jut "Yes," she said, "I heard a noise round the corner when President and got up, and there, under the McKinley was assassinated" "nt Buffalo, © Nothing could well be bed, I saw a man's leg."
"Good" heavona!" gasped her more discouraging to a man with friend. The burgiar's?".
ambitions towards public life.