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CIGARS

connaisseur knows that a good Cigar in bac condition is he better than an indifferent Cigar in good condition.

It is therefore of the utmost importance that Cigars should be kept in

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who are Christian community,

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ALLEGED FORGERY.

OF FIST SET.".

represent the culmination of the terrible persecution to which they DEFENDANT ESCRIBED AS ONE have been subjected for years. That largely explains why the Heada of the Churches at Home are prominently Wentified with the Armenian relief movement, as shown in one of the paragraphs quoted by

a specially prepared place which will aid them to mature, and at the same intequr correspondent, and the churches protect them from the damaging effects of a hunki atmosphere such as prevails

in this Colony during the Samder Months,”....

We have recently constructed Large Drying Room for Cigars which ensures to Customers buying from us. Cigars in First Class Condition.

Brand for brand our Uigans besides being the Cheapest in the Market (as #reference to our Price List will show), are the best.

We keep a varied assortment of Brands of the following Factories always in Stock-

LA CONSTANCIA.

LA COMMERCIAL.

AQUILA DEL MUNDO.

COMPANIA GENERAL LA INSULAR.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

CIGAR MERCHANTS, HONGKONG.,

Telephone No. 618

WM. POWELL, LTD.

TEL. 316

NOTICE!

OUR WASHING

FABRICS

ARE

"THE PRODUCTS OF THE

MOST RELIABLE

MANUFACTURERS.

BRITISH MADE.

INSPECTION INVITED.

LADIES COTTON

DRESS-DEPARTMENT.

in Hongkong and district might vary well help the Fund, as it has been assisted at Home, by special collections.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

-LOOÄL AND GENERAL.

The Post Office announces that from to-morrow Telegraphic Money Orders may be sent to and received from the United Kingdom

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CANTON RUMOURS,

REPORTED THREAT TO ATTACK.

THE CITY.

For weeks past the air has been Wong China, a clerk in the charged before Mr F. R. Wood: this eighbouring province of Kwangtung: Imports and Exports Department, was full of rumours of trouble in the morning with foring swn cheques and but in spite of them al there has signatures of the Elon. E. D. C. Wolley

Mr. Ting, the Assistant ton and this may be taken as an for 82,000 and 3,000,- Matt Ibeen no abnormal exodus from Can-

mic the defendan had been employed Superintendent of Police, prosecuting indication that the rumours are not in the office of Imports and Exporta very seriously regarded by the Department for the last six months, He was on the permanent staff of the

Government and is office was next to

habitants,

We have therefore some hesitation that of the Superatendent of Imports in publishing the following rather and Exports. Of Jane 17th last the alarmning note from our Correspon

Perintendent of Imports and Exports dent at Canton Ba writes: loft his office just before 1 o'clock, and shortly after the Befendant went to a

I hear from reliable sources that firm in Wing LokStreet where he saw severe fighting is taking place in a friend with the fame of Lan, who on Kotong district, on the Canton former occasions hd at the defendant Hankow Railway line-not far from

money. Defmulait wanted to obtain a'

further loan. On previous occasions he Canton and that General Li Li had spoken of a rich uncle in Singapore Kwan, one of the chief lenders, bus and had represented himself as having a Famassed a considerable number of large interest in thy uncle and said he

was in anticipatie of conting into troops. there, after having sent an large sums of money in the future. He ultimatum to Governor-General Lung asked Lan for $40 or $1,000 by the Chai Kwong demanding $1,200,000 evening Both the defendant and Lau appeared to be members of what he (to be paid over within 24 hours. and many other people in the empley Shir Hing, has also requested King) would call fast set. Clerks, Fr-Viceroy Shum of Canton, now at

the Harbour Office had got into the

M. Roume, the Governor-General of French Indo-China, who is now on visit to Japan with Madame Rome

in

The China Mail. expected in Poking shortly; and after a week's stay there, will proceed to Paris vin Siberia.

HONGKONG FRIDAY, Jane 34, 1918.

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:

Services will be held in the Peak Church on Sunday evenings in July, at 6.30 pm. All seats are free. The services THE DISTRESS IN ARMENIA. will be taken by thefollowing: July 2nd Rev. C. B. Shann,

Is a letter published in the China

Mail a few days ago, written by Mr.

E M. Tozer, on the subject of the appalling massacres of ArmeniaOS-

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9th Rev. H. G. H. Griffith.

16th Rav. E. W.-L."Martin. 23rd Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie.

30th Rev. H. Copley Moyle.

of

habit of having a good time generally Governor-General Lung to resign ut at West Point and that was whère, jouse and surrender the Government apparently, the morty went. Lau tokd to him, failing which his troops will him the money at that time and deforthwith attack Canton. the defendant that he could not give fendant produced tro cheques, one or

"A great exodus of merchants with $2,000 in the other for £4,000 both all their valuables has commenced of which bore the signatare of. Mr. E.D.C. Wolfe. The defendant said to from early this (Thursday) morning

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FRIDAY, JUNE 80, 1918

CORRESPONDENCE.

ARMENIAN RELIER, FUND.

THE OLD CONSTITUTION REYIYED.

THE RE-OPENING OF PARLIAMENTAS

PERING, June 30

A mandate convenes the Purba

Provisional Constitution. ment for August 1st and revives the

th

"THE GABINET AND PRESSING

NEEDS.

KINO, June 29,

At a Cabinet meeting six resolu- tions were passed dealing with the following matters,

1-To

(To the Editor of the “Caxi Mazzy"

Sia, 1 mish to thank Mr. E. M. Tozer for his letter which appeared Fin your means of the 29th, inatu-

I am not going to enlarge upon tha horrible conditions in Armenia and the awful and terrible privations imaging there at the present moment because "in the first plass, I am not capable of illustrating the horrors, to advantage; in the second place, I sm sure you cannot spare the columns

required for eren a partial descrip tion of the bloody massacres that silver and copper lave ensanguined: Armenia ; and in coms

the third place, the shameful conduct 2-To urge the Provinces to remit of the Turks will interest but a few.

revenues to the Central Locally. Government.

reduce, official salaries.

4.To issue Milit

litary National

Bonila.

But in reply to Mr. Tozer's numer- ous questions and in order to avald an impression that the Armenian": outside unfortunate. Armenia -it are oblivious and callous to what taking plice in their own – fair salva.country—a statement which may

5-To stimulate officials to spend their property for the tion of the country. 8.To abolish superfluous offices,

YUAN SHIH KAI'S FUNERAL

FUNERAL CORTEGE LEXVES

· PEXING

prejudice foreign sympathisers and in justice to those who are assisting financially and otherwise to relieve the cruel situation, I quote the fol lowing extracts from the April issue of the Ararat (a responsible, monthly magazine published in Landon under the direction of the Armenian United. Association of London founded in 1908)

"Wo give here our Grand Conciser abstract of the sums collected by the to the needs of the Armenian refugues three Funds which have been ministering

Yesterday was the day appointed for the removal of the remains of the inte, President from Peking-

The Armenian Belagoon (Lord Mayor'a funeral thus set out in the Peking £15,000, of which the sum at about We and the arrangements for the Fund can show now a total collection of Gazette page

£10,500 has been utilised for relief pur deceased will be removed from the Fund remains at a Ettle over £16,000;

On the 28th inse the rumains of the pores. The Armenian Ratagood" Rellers Palace to Changtehfa, Hozan, by special and the Armenian Red Cross and Befugee out at Hang Shan Tsun for the last rest Fund cau show something over 19,800.

A burial ground has been laid baborate preparations are being made ton of over 28,000, the bulk of which

sy been

of the deceased

The three Funds thus aggregate a collecw.

by the Turks, and the terrible Reform Bureau, has presented to the cheques and, having been himself once precautionary measure against any by the Government for the occasion has already been capended in keeping the

WAY

Lan that he had sent his office coolie to the Bank to get the cheques cashed. but the Bank was closed and he could

The Canton papers to hand to-day not get the money. He handed the report that General Lung has cheques to Lea and asked him to keep stationed strong garrisons in the them till, the morning or take them to the Bank as he pleased. Lati took the Fun and Chunda districts as Rev. Mir Thwing, of the International

in the Government employ, became privations of those whose lives havs President a long letter on the subject suspicious of the signatures. The idea, atfumpt on the part of Li Lat Chan' The cortege will extend s-distance of been spared only to be tortured by.

a mile of opium prohibition. We learn from said Mr. King, was that the cheques troops coming south; and another the Palace Gates to the milway station Linder the auspices of the Armenian

when it proceeds from wisery and want, it was aaked: "Is the Peking. Daily News that Mr Thwing from Singapore and that they bors the junks filled with Yunanese soldiers.

represented & Post Office remittance report mentions that about a dozen outside Chien Men

At 10 in the morning

Refugees (Lord Mayor's Fund, » of the day anything being done to relieve this says that on account of the monarchy signature of Mr. Wolfe, the Postmaster

appointed for the funeral, the coffice wiplomeer party of trained Relief. Workers awful distress and misery? Has any

movement the late President Yan General Lan went to the Post Office and equipment have been escorted be removed from the Palace to the rail started on Thursday, April 6th, frums portion of the many millions that found it necessary to levy a tax on and he was naked to wait Mr. Wolfe by four gunboats to Shaching whenice cortege will proceed front the Hsin Hos Newcastle to take steamer there for station outside the Chien Meri The King's Crown by the 2.20 p.in train for saw him and at once saw the signatures have been given been applied for pium at Shanghai and other provinces were forgeries, and frore farther the soldier proceed to Shiu Chow Men to the Chien Men

Railway

Station their benefit? Have the many

in order to finance the movement. As enquiries made, it was ascertained that (now. in possession of Li Lit Chun's Amatshed will be erected at the railway

by the Tien-An Men and the Chien Mensis by way of Stockholm for the Caucasus. This party went with the thousands of their own countrymen

the term stipulated in the Opium the cheques were taken from the private troops).

station, where the cortege will be rested approval of the British Foreign Office, the for a few minutes after arrival and a Russian Authorities and the British Hed his choque-book in the right hand top that a Mandate be issued abolishing all drawer of his desk. Mr. Hutchison Lung bas wired to Poking for instruc- the deceased before the comin is entrain

cofin and the funeral corteze, forcing the prohibitive meatures.

cheque book was all right when he left the case he is unable to reach an under-leave the station at 2 o'clock the same In the above amounts are included offic. The cheques were extracted from standing with Shum Chun Hsun and

afternoon. different parts of the book. That same.

All the officials above the rank of the London and Manchester, no less

subscriptions from Armenians i night the defendant was arrested at Li Lit Chún.

Recommended. Class will be invited to than £10,000 from comparatively West Point. On his person was found

attend the faners. The offigin dress Though the arrivals in the Colony for the occasion will be the frock cont small communities settled, in Java what purported to be a gasit in respect to-day by the steamers from Canton with a band of crepe around the left and the Straite Settlements, about, to some small shares and que of the two names mentioned was that of Lau Mr. seemed to be more numerous than to appoint at least four officials to attend and Barmah, and, about 1500 from farm Each of the Government offices is £6,000 from Armenians in Indis King said that he would put that in to usual they brought no disquieting desire to attend the funeral should the few who have their residence i

the funeral. A military officers who: show the intent on the part of the de-nows. fendant to commit frand. Lau would

appear in fall uniform with a black band Hongkong and Japan, whatever about the receipt When tell them that he knew nothing charged at the Station the defendant said that he did not go to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and that he did steal the cheques..

Exiflence was then taken. Mr. Crew, of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings, appears for the defence

Iradership of the Rev. Hamid Burton

who are living in ease and confort Agreement will soon expire, he suggests cheque-book of Mr. Hutchison who kept It is also reported that General sacrifice will be offered to the memory of Cross Society. The party was under the under the folds of the British tag offices for opium tax, etc.. and re-in-would state that as far as he know theftions as to his course of action in The special train, which is to carry (Han Secretary of the Fond) Pre

ALLEGED ENEMY TRADING.

CHINESE FIRM AND SHANGHAI GERMANS.

done anything for their relief and assistance?" An Armenian cor- respondent is a letter which we publish to-day furnishes the answer to these questions to the extent of the information in his posscasion. It shows that even in the Colony of Hoogkong-where the Armenian community is very small indeed that something has been done, and that Ching Wa Chan of the firm known as Armenians in other parts of the the Mutual Trading Co., carrying on Empire have not been "oblivious and business at the Ori Post Office Buildings, callous" to what is taking place in was charges at the magistracy this their own fair country. We cannot morning with trading with the enemy recall any public appeal made in tlie to wit, Ahlers & Co Shanghai Colony directly for the relief of The Magistrate asked for the hack distress among the Armenians, and list but as this was not in Court and the fact shown in the letter we other enquiries bad to be made the case publish to-day that the amali was adjourned until Thursday noon. Armenian community of Hongkong has subscribed at least £500 for the express purpose of succouring Armeniana in distress is some proof at Bam.-Excursion" to Macao by 5.5 least that they are not indifferent to the

THE DIART.

り

·HEMOS. FOR TOMORROW. Berk Holiday.

Dominion Day, Canada.

General Memoranda.

SUNDAY, July 2--

"Taishan".

MONDAY, July 3:-

2.50 p.m.-Auction of Furniture, Pot Plants, Piano etc. at Rocklands 7, Bobinson Road. ? TURDAY, July 4-

Declaration of American Independence 210 p.m.-Auction of Fature, EP. Wara Pianos etc, at "Mesers Hughes and Hough's

Thursday, July 8

special claims of their compatriots upon their benevolence. Mr. TOZER'S harrowing description of the situation Armenia does not exaggerate the awfulness of the misery there, and while it is pre-eminently the duty of of Armenians everywhere to come to the relief of their compatriots to the fullest extent in their power, the fact must not be overlooked that the savagery shown by the Turks towards them is the measure of the Turkis

Princess Victoria's birthday, 1958 estimation of the help the Armenians

(Sister of H. M. the King.)

ATURDAY, July 8

CANTON MAIL

Canton will be made up at the General On and after la proxime a mail for Post Office at 11.30 am on week days (at despatch by the 14.30 p.m. express train Ba.m. on Sundays and Holidays) for the from Kowloon. Only letters and post cards originating in Hongkong and destined for Canton will be forwarded by train. Correspondence must be supers cribed by rail.".

Registered correspondence will be accepted at the sender's risk only.

SHAMEEN DEFENCE CORPS.

(Wah Tez Yat Po's Service.)

-GENERAL LUNG'S DISMISSAL. DEMANDED.

MINISTERS.

Mr. R. O. Hutchison, Superintendent TELEGRAM TO THE FOREIGN he would have no objection to defendant of Imports and Exports, stated that

coming into his offfee it he had instructions from the correspondence clerk.

Replying to Mr. Crew, witness said that when he questioned defendant on

normal. He gave some answers as the. 18th he was obviously worried. Witness would not like to say he was though he did not realise what he

The case was was saying. (..)

adjourned.

MAGISTRIGY.

THE RESERVIST'S SWORD

[of crepe azoRLETİ

and the left arm and the I do not for one moment say tha hilt of the sword covered with a piece of enough has been done, for the self white velvet of police

will be ordered evident reason that the magnitude

Special squads

to control the traffic in the streets of the discater, is unlimited and tha through which the procession will pass. needs too great Enough, funde All finge at the different Government could not be collected from scattered offices will be half-roasted a music

and other forms of entertaintment will Annenians alone. be prohibited in the Capital.

Sympathising with the gravity

Lad

In addition to the four rings of the the situation, the Kung Wei Chum, (about 2,000 men), who Armenian Refugees Fund will follow the coffin of the deceased toasted on the 15th of October last, Changteh, in Honan, for the protection

of the

way, the following presided over by the Lord Mayor of SHANGHAI, June 23-

dies of woops from the London and, asisted, among other, The Cantonese community at

will attend the funeral distinguished people, by the Aroh The Regular Army Corps, the bishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Shanghai have telegraphed to Peking Naval Corps, the Model Corpe, the Pre York, Cardinal Bourne, Bishop of demanding the dismissal of Governor- the Patrol Corps The Legations will London, Lord Cromer, Viscosit sident's Body Guards the Pulica Fores General Lung Chal Kwong.

have a guard of honour in attendance. Bryce, Lord Curzon, Sir T. F. Bux and Wan Chung Yoo, the Foreign The raraphernalis to be used in the needs urgent help from all sources

Tang Sino-vi, Wong Chung Wai One hundred and twenty-eight cooliestonThis fund is still open and 2

will be employed to carry the coffin. Affaire representatives of the Repub funeral procession will consist of both In appreciation of the sympathies lican Party, bare telegraphed to the

new and old type articles.

extended, the Armenians have Foreign Ministers in Poling that A MEMORIAL SERVICE. every way within their power assisted the Allied Powers and to-day no less From the 21st to the 3rd instant than a quarter of a million Armeniaus they have telegraphed to the Presi

memorial services were held in the dent to dismiss Lung, Chei Kwong: Temple of Agriculture in honour of the are fighting in the ranks of the Allies and informing them that heroafter the thousand persons who attended the theatres of the War Those who are Eresident. There were about three bath in the Fostern and Western

Late

A Chinese charged with being in Cantonese will not recognise Lung ceremony on the first day; most of them net in the position to tako part possession of a sword, when coming of Chu Kwong da. their effcial. They

being Government, officials and mile the ranks have shows their the Yuen On Wharf, and he was a mem advise the Ministers not to spominent merchants and members of the in other ways. The following

A number of public beaties pro ber of the Kwangsi Folice Reserve.tion loan contracts with Lung Chai Manchu gentry were also present extract from the last issue of the

Inspector Brown said the sword was wong, as the Cantonese will not by Ku Tse-yun, member of the former

Premier Tuan Chi-jui was represented trarat plainly visible and he had no reason to say defendant was not a policeman, xognise such loans.

President's Secretariat. The service was weather knives and swords were binble

have given to the cause of the Allies, PRESENTATION TO CAPT. HECTOR Mr Orme observed that in this hot and that the awful sufferings imposed

Some months ago we had the plea- held in the Central Hall of the Temple use of recording that an Arme and those who attended were divider gentleman, Singapore had

each to the path persion, being shared aroplane to the British Wer

eastern side is perhaps not generally known After bowing three timer before, the

acas p.m.-Third" "Gymkhana of the on them by the war makes, therefore, Atta full pumde of the Shamento be used in quarrels and the public AN APPOINTMENT FOR EX-VICEROY into groups, s

THIS WEEK'S

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TRESPASSING AT BELCHERS.

FRENCHMAN, AND DUTCHMAN

EEMANDED

Season at Race Course, Happy Valley atrung appent to peoples of all Defence Corps yesterday morning, Defendant, who said he was on his

must be protected the p the Allied nations. Without the Capt. J. Hector, the Officer Com-way to Szecheuz, via Shanghai, was dis encouragement and aid of the minding, was presented by HM charged and told to get a permit for the Armerians, the Russian advance in Consul General, 3Ir. Jamieson, or that theatre of the war would behalf of the Corps, with a handsome doubtless have been far more Ailver cigar-box as a token of their difficult and precarious than it appreciation of his indefatigable ser- has been, The call for helpvices in bringing the Corps to such therefore is not to the Armenians state of efficiency Capt. Hector alone, but to all who are concerned in severing his connection with, the for the triumph of the Allies in this Corps cu his departure for Canton, unparalleled war. It has been ang and the Consul General, in his ad gcated to us that we should invite dress, wished him every success, and subscriptions to the Armenian, Relief prosperity, and expressed his regret Fund We willingly draw attention that he should leaving at the present to the great need for help, and we the.

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SHUM

cutafalgue, they were conducted out of aibular sute have been pertim the Hall from the western side. Lamas gaist and as a special instance PERING, June 29, and Tapiat priests were engaged to chant just come to a The Government" contemplate the requiens on both sides of the Halls daty to record appointing Teen Chur Buen (er the centre of the Hall was hung on our Beller

portrait of the deceased, decorated Viceroy Shum as Commanderwith tableta and wreat presented Mayor's Arme General of the Armies of Kwangtung

by the different

offices and the two brothers, Kwangsi,

other public-bodies

alls of the Yvanst an Kweichow, Half were draped with

interest scrolls and ying him the rank of Field Marsha ulogies from the diferent Government

organas and astructing into duce these

Capt. Cassol, of the Headquarters Sta, appled to Mr J. R. Wood this Armies to pence footing within morning for the adjournment of year against two ineo, a Frenchman sudah charge of trespasa Belchert Fort Dutchmar Defendants were farmery employed on the Lowther Cardia

the Court intepreter that he thd-not The Frenchman explained through know he was trespassing and ask for leniency The Dutchman, who spo English, said he did tint ed any notices warding them

Wednesday for

unti

mandate will be issued record

The Authorities in charge of the service receive any scroll or enlogs presented at first consirtered it, advisable not to Er the public as it was feared tha opponents of the deceased might rout in scrolls, or, eulogies written in such a

reflectin

on the character of the 1st Present Bubowing to the Shet that w

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