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of the houses some serious sickness is prevailing in the city. I will no say it is cholera, but it is something like it. The person attacked soon! goes to his grave. The symptoms ars diarrhoea and vomiting and acuta pain in the bowel" It we may credit. Chinese reports, the state ment we published on the subject on Tuesday was an understatement of the fact rather than exaggeration.

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One further comment may be made on the subject, and that is that [the Government of Hongkong does ant proceed to such drastic measures as to forbid the immigration of Chinese

strength of a newspaper report

ment, is fact, had taken action in the mattar before any newspaper report

*THE SITUATION AT

CANTON.

ALL QUIET.

THE MAGISTRACY.

MURDERED FISH DEALER.

FORMER PARTNER BELIEVED

TO BE GUILTY.

We learn that all is now quiet at: Canton, and this is borne out by the fact that there are scarcely any Chinese Hatred and jealously are the causes passengers coming down by the steam-alleged by the Crown as responsible for boats, but a great number are going up the murder of a Chiness fish merchant

by each steamer.

It appears that the Kwangsi troops have withdrawn some distance and at the same time Lung's troops in the Shek-wel-tong region. It is believed

at least for the present."

of the subject could have come under A ROYAL CRIMINAL'S BIRTHDAY. its observation. Ships returning from Macso on Tuesday afternoon were ordered to the quarantine station, and we may conclude that further ungury.

THURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 1916.

CORRESPONDENCE

THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF MACAO.

(To the Editor of the "THE CHINA MAIL")

"

Sir-In a telegram from His Ex- callency the Governor of Mac, received by me late last night, I am directed to

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MACAO NOTES.

BY AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.]

EFFECT, OF THE HONGKONG TOBACCO TAX.

Owing to the imposition of duties on tobacco in Hongkong, several new' tobacco dealers have recently established themselves in business in Macao.

OVERCROWDING AND SICKNESS. There has been a great influx of

THE MOTOR-CAR DANGER.

accidents have been reported, and chaffeurs have been locked ip, but su long as the cars are permitted to traverso Macao's narrow streets accidents can hardly he avoided.

at Fo Ewa-vin on the Kowken old deny the very alarming nature of city road, on the last night of July the news published in this colony anenc 31st. One man accused of the crime is the outbreak of cholers at Macao. Chinese into Macao recently owing the fish line with the deceased but been only 14 deaths from cholers this going on around Canton, and in view of known to have once been a partner in His Excellency states that there have to the fighting that has been that there will be no further fighting-oring to alleged petty pilfering and month at Macao, the cases being the overcrowding it is perhaps not dishonesty..on the part of the secused principally imported from Canton" and surprising that a serious sickness is into the Colony, entirely on the Government to Canton to assist in Thia left the accused to start business / any alm, as the sanitary conditions of resemblancs to cholera.

The delegate dispatched by the the deceased broke off the partnership. that there is no reason whatever for prevalent in the city, bearing a strong setting the situation, reached Nanking It acts upon the results of its own yesterday and lift immediately for on his own scoeunt He was apparent

the colony are quite normal." inquiries, and the Hongkong Govern-Canton, via Shanghai."

I shall feel extremely obliged if you It is high time that the Macio ly not very successful and though he will kindly publish the abova in your Government made some regulations opened a shop almost opposite the de- next issue, so as to allay the fears of ceased's in the village street he noticed the inhabitants of this Colony-traffic, in the narrow, streets of this for the -control of Motor-enr that all the business was being done by I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Colony. During the past week several the man with whom he was formerly, inobedient servant, To-morm is the birthday of partnership. This is supposed to have

E V. M. R DE SOUZA, Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria-enraged him to such a degres that he

Acting Consul for Portugal The China Mail.information received by the Hong- The ad monarch, though respon

He was born in 1880 desired the other man's life. It is kong Government yesterday matinted sible to a great extent for the ghastly the authorities that the report which war how prevailing in Europe, was the Governor of Macao describes as no doubt the tool of that arch fiend, "false news," was, to any the least, that brother of Satan. Kaiser Wil substantially correct. The Proclama-lam II. of Germany-- tion issued yesterday states that “the The Emperor of Austria, 86 years Awakened by groans and managed to get Governor-in-Council is satisfied that old to-morrow, cannot have many to his brother just before he expired. cholera is prevalent and exists in years to go to the end of his natural At the same time he saw a man, he Macao and that there is danger of life. That he will not have a happy lieved to be the murderer. dappea: the introduction of the same into birthday, we can be sure, but what through the back windows. the Colony unless measures are his real feelings will be to man.. taken to prevent the influx of perhaps not even himself, will be clamation the immigration into the Chinese." Therefore, by this

able to tell. pro-

Colony of Chinese from Macao "rejoicings" will be held in the Aus prohibited for a period of one month,trian capital and to learn the folie- We trust the measures which the tous greetings his brother in crime Government have taken will ward of will send him to mark the occasion.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 1916.

THE MACAO CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.

We may be considered to have special interest in the telegram from the Governor of Macao to the Cosal for Portugal in Hongkong asking him to deny the "false news published in the newspapers of the Colony, for, as a matter of fact, the was first pablished in the China Mail and reproduced, in part,

news

alleged against him by the Crown that during the night of July 31st berawled through the window of the murdered man's house and stabbed him tally in the abdomen while he was asleep. He indicted three slight wounds in the neck. Deceased's younger brother was

A preliminary investigation was con- ducted on behalf of the Crown by Mr G. N. Orme (Assistant Crown Solicitor) bearing was adjourned.

MACIO CHOLERA MPIDEMIC.

"TAISHANREJUSED ENTRANCE INTO THE HARBOUR.

yesterday prohibiting the lading in By virtue of the Proclamation issued

Hongkong of Chinese coming from Macso where cholera has broken out, the fort pulled up the incoming Taishun last evening, at 6.30 p.m..

· THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

The electric lighting of the city is once again a matter of general complaint and one would like to see the Company making some effort to improve, matters.

molishel and the site is now being trans-

THE OLD POST OFFICE SITE- "The old Post Office has been de- formed into a picturesque little gardens" The Manager of the New Macao Hotel must be feeling pleased with this lea of the P. W. D., What is needed are s A message was communicated to the few seats. The Hotel bar is close at captain of the vessel warning him that

It will be interesting to hear what at the Magistracy this morning, and the he would not be allowed to proceed into hand, and a very pleasant hour may be

DAYEY.

PURCHASES OR PRESENT?..

For pictures price a dollar, one

that the Portuguese authorities wil FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. A. E fountain pen valued at 81, 24 betile of succeed in promptly stamping out the epidemic in their midst. If there have:

been

only 1 cases this month and the

to be expected.

NEWS OF THE DAY..

in the columns of a contemporary the disense, from Hongkong, and it Since the Governor of Macao has will be sincerely hoped by everyone described it as "ialse news" we may state that we did not publish that news without first making inquiry into the report, and it was not until we had obtained what we deemed adequate confirmation of the number of deaths are decreasing statement that a serious epidemic day by day as the telegram from the of cholera had broken out in Miacno Governor of Macao states-an early that we gave the matter publicity, disappearance of the epidemic ought The existence of a serious epidemic disease at Macao whatever came may be given to it-is a matter of common actoriety in Macao, among the Portuguese as well as the Chinese inhabitants, and the wide difference between the official statement and common report in Macao is the first thing that strikes us.. It is curious that so much public concern should have been shown in Macao itself over the appearance of an ill-defined disease if there had been only 14 cases in 16 days. It is clear from the Governor's message that the only ground for alleging that the news published regarding the epidemic is falee, relates to the number of cases which have occurred The Governor says there have been but 14 deaths or cases while Chinese reports state that there have been 50 or 60 cases a day.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. E. Kemp

Mr. J. IL Gardiner was for plaintiff and Mr. E J. Grist represented defendant.

Plaintif alleged the goods were sold to defendant who had never paid for

port and directing him to return to spent on the spot. Macao and set down the Chinese passer- gera on board.

The order of the Government was issued when the Taishan was outside British waters and it was consequently irpossible to acquafit the captain of the drastic measures adopted by the local government..

MASQUERADING- ALIENS.

FIVE FOREIGNERS BEFORE COURT MARTIAL;

Five enemy aliens appeared at the The number of Chiness leaving today Old Bailey recently before a general prison with the usual traffic. During more presided, and their appearance for Macro is ridiculously areall in com-court-martial, over which Lord Cheyles- last month the daily average of depart counsel, the statement that the charges drow from Mr. Bodkin, prosecuting ng Chinese was 616. The Taishan 9568, against them amounted to "a disclosure Sui-Tai 1510, and Chen Chowe 1704, were of a mischievous system under which the out going figures for the mouth. enemy aliens MAY

The daily average of Chinese entering ordinary neutrala in this country. the Colony from Macao was 676 and The accused were:-- for the month were Taishan 10,979, the Figures of the various vessels Sustai 7,308, Chuen Choro 1,422,

In via of the new reglations the

PASSENGER HELD UP BY WIRELESS.

masquerade a

Franz Fekert, charged with altering z passport issued by the Swiss Lega tion in London so that it purported. to apply to himself, he being a subject of the German Emperor. He pleaded guilty."

Walter Amacher, charged with aiding and abetting Eckert, and with similar offences, to which he pleaded guilty.

Edward Janssen admitted like charges, but pleaded not guilty to being a German subject saying he was & Dane.

acent "Exquisite Extracts" 25 tenta a bottle, 100 visiting cards price 75 centa The body of the late Mr. A. E. and an ivory fan price $3.50 we the who died on Tuesday, was committed against, J. E. Sinmors, an assistant of Davey, assistant Harbour Master, detailed items making up a claim of 915 to its last earthly resting place in the Hongkong and China Gas Co, by the Protestant Cemetry at. Huppy Mung U Shuan Kom, stationers of Valley last evening, amid manifesta Hollywood Read, in the Summary tions of widespread sympathy and Court this afternoon. regret, Mr." Lester Ardold (brother- in-law) was the chief mourner and among those who attended the last sad rites were H.E.. the Governor (Sir Henry. May, R.C.M.G.), the them. Hou Mr. Claud Severn (Colonial Defendant's contention was that the Secretary), Commander Beckwith, articles were presents to him and given Steamboat Co., has decided to run only R.N. (Harbour Master), Sir Wil by the head of the firm with whom he one boat a day, the Sui-tas We learn from the Colonial Secretary's lium Rees Davies, ... (Chief had worked at the Gas Company and from H. B. M's. Consul General at (Attorney-General), Hon. Mr. Epictures were copies of old master. Office that information has been received Justice), Hon:

with whom he was on friendly terms.

Sir W. Rea Davies asked if the Bangkok to the effect that the restriction T. Hallifax (Secretary for Chinese Mr. Gardiner though they could not imposed by the Government of Sints Affairs), Captain Cassoll, DAAG be as that price (laughter). against Hongkong on account of Small- and Q.31.6. (Headquarters Staff)

Hia Lordship ultimately gave judg pox has been withdrawn.

Lieut. R. O. Hutchison, A.D.C. toment for plaintif for $14.25 and coste We are informed by His Lordship of the Imports & Exports Depart HE. the Governor (and Supt. Bishop Pozzoni that owing to special circumstances all the Catholics of

ment), Colonel A. Chapman, V.D., Hongkong are, for the time being. jur D. Macdonald, V.D., Captains dispensed from Abstinence. On account E. D. C. Wolfe, G. G. Wood, W.

Filipino in European dress on the of such dispensation His Lordship Russell, W. Armstrong, F. W. James,

arval of the boat in port this peared that Eckert in August 1914 strangely complicated story. It ap exhorts all Catholics to perform some Lieut. A. E. Wright, Lieut. Hal

BAGS CUT ON VOYAGE FROM We may point out that the penance or mortification for the inten Sergt:-Major Highy, Dr. W. V. M.

morning. SAN FRANCISCO:

He was suspected of registered himself as an Austrian, 27 Governor's telegram to, the Consul tian, as the Pope recommends, of Koch, Messrs. S. H. Dodwell, E. V.

having jumped the boat at America year, and described himself as a waiter in possession of valuable stolen failed to report for interument, and in the employment of Wasar He SATURDAY, August 19-

in this port asking him to deny hastening the end of the war.

D. Parr, J. H. Walince, R. M. Dyer,

Wireless messages in advance of property. 11-Auction of Pipes, Pumps, official intimation that cholera has the false news" contains the first

could not be found. In March of this T. F. Hough, J. MeHutcheon, H.

the Dutch liner Tjisondari received The programme of next Monday T. Richardson, J. Jonckheer, E. early this morning stated that the passenger and his luggage but could was "Leo Amacher." He had Swiss The Hongkong Police detained the he was discovered is a restaurant Propellers etc. ex. "Chiyo Maru "at!

In Noel-street, Soho, and aid his name Kowloon Godowns.

appeared in Macao, We may further evening'a organ recital, will include the Ralphs, A. Skelton, A. C. Franklin,

American mail had been tampered find nothing of an incriminating papers upon him. point out that there is a marked blind organist Wolstenholme's charming J. Podger, T. L. Perkins, W with on the trip from San Francisco nature. He was able to show re- difference in the wording of the pieces "The Question and "The Nicholson, B. A. Hale, H. Murray;

to Hongkong

A DRAMATIC INTERVIEW.- 9am-Excunion to blacno by Governor's message za sent to the Answer," and the Finale of Tachai-Bain, A." W. van Andel, Captain rails from America to Batavia and senger was interrogated by ine Chief courts,, said, "You are Eckert, and an

ceipts for all his effects.

This afternoon the detained pasa well known interpreter in criminal Mr. Myer, the special constable and China Mail compared with the Kowsky's famous "Pathotic Symphony," Arthur, Captain B. Branch, Captaintermediate ports, including Japan Detective Inspector and if the result Austrian. I shall arrest you." "ObL”

MEMO, YOR TO-DAT

9.15 pm.The Palisade, Kowloon.

MIMO. FOR TO-MORROW..

2.30 pm. - Auction of Household Furniture, Linen, Carpets etc., at Messrs, Hughes and Hough's...

General Memoranda.

SUNDAY, August 90 ;---

"Taishan".

Monday, August 21:→

Advan

AMERICAN-MAIL TAMPERED

WITH

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The vessel carried 655 bags of

SUSPECTED OF STEALING IN

AMERICA...

Gottlieb Helfenstein, a Swiss, charged with aiding and abetting Janssen, Martin Waser, charged similarly, and

pleaded guilty,

with withholding information as to the whereabouts of Eckert. Plented guilty.

The Police. Authorities" in Hong- kong, acting upon the receipt of a wireless message received by Capt. Bouman, of the Tjisondari, from the Police at San Francisco, arrested the Defence of the Realm Act, told a Mr. Bodkin, who prosecuted under

amongst other pieces: also the Andante Dewar, Captain Hussey. Captain version sont to the morning papers from Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. A. Milroy, Messrs. H. Seth, J. and Hongkong. The mail was die should be satisfactory, it is antici-I was born in Switzerland. He pro The latter version states: "There has been stated, the vocalist is Mr.H, Seth. T. J. Fisher, H. West, L. 3 Auctiod of Crown Land at

said Eckert; "you have made a mistake. Public Works Department. have been only 14 cases of cholera, Hill and the collection is in aid of the ROHR, H. W Pegg, Taylor, A and the passengers baggage com. liberated,

tributed in the mail room, silk-room pated the 2.15 p.m.-Organ Recital at St. John's probably imported from Canton," Navy League Wan, Fund

man detained will be duced a Swiss nationality certificate, which had been tampered with. He was Henderson, the Rer. T. Robinson, It was customary to open the silk

shown a photograph of himself and naked and many othera

if he knew who that man waS.

T.have never seen him," he said. "That is not my photograph." He per

Cathedral.

WEDNESDAY, August 23-

3.30 p.m.- Auction of Furniture, Bicycles, Typewriters, etc, at Menors Hughes and Hough's.

whereas the version given in the Consul's" letter to the China Mail 3 There have been only 14 deaths from choles this month at Macno." And, again, the version given to the morning papers differs Hongkong Steet Exchange Settlement from that given to the China Mail

Day.

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SHIMOBE EXPLOSIYE."

The funeral service was conducted daily and the last time this was done JAPAN'S SECRET: POWDER AND sisted that he was Amacher. Later he. by the Rev. T. W. Featherstone aa the day before arrival at Kobe,

-THE GERMAN OFFICER Chaplain of the Seamen's Institute. After leaving the latter port for

made a statement which, Mr. Bodkin" maid, clearly showed that he had not The coffin was bome to the grave Hongkong the silk room was again Shimore, the high explosive which only disregarded the regulations of the by Mr. Daily and Police Inspector Newhook with the intention of For year the Germans have endes in every possible direction in order to opened by the second officer A. Van the Russians are believed to be using in Defence of the Realm: Act, but the in that it includes the information

Austria, & secret of the Japanese. National Begistration Act, and had lied Gordon, Simm, Clarke, Wildin and that the number of deaths is decreas

P.S. Pitt

separating the Manila mail from the voured to obtain the formule. On one. represent himself as a harmless nentral ing every day" somewhat remaik- During the first seven months of the The exceptionally large number of Hongkong mail. It was then found occión a German commander while on instead of an Austrian, of fighting age. able statement if then have been only current year thirty yessels, each with floral tributes, like the large attend that two of the baga-one

a State visit with his squadron was very Inspector Dewry szrosted Amacher, a displacement of upwards of 1,000 ance at the funeral, bore testimony tored mail for Hongkong and a bag mander, when to thought he was not brother. On the way to the station 14 cases ih 16 days. It is about tone, and aggregating 103,612 tona in to the popularity of the deceased

argis courteously shown & sample. The com- who had been masquerading Eckort a week ago, we believe, that all were inunched in Japan, according and to great regret at his early parcels for Manilahad been cut observed, grabbed as much as he could Amacher offered £50 to Inspector the first cases appeared in Macao, ment of Communications besides the widow and children,

to a return drawn up by the Depart deraise. Those ending wreaths pe

conveniently hide in his hand, and Dewry to let him go, being £25 for and in the weekly return of com From the same source we learn that Mr Arnold (mother-in-law) and whether any mail has been taken or the tail pocket of his gorgeous frock The sentences of the Court were having no other place to put it without himself and £25 for Wason: He also municable disease received from at the end of June last there were in Mr. Lester Arnold, (brother-in-law) not

imposable to state yet exciting suspicion, rammed it loose into offered a £6 note to Mr. Myer. Macao on Monday there was no

Japan 2,157 steamers of a total displacexcluded-Sir Henry and Lady

cost, afterwards, wiping his hand on the referred to the War Offe Thont of 1,684,238 tona, 9,631, sailing mention of cholers, but the list vessels of 559,877 toh and 1,311 May Harbour Master and European

seat of his trousera. ** Within-

18 few hours the simple was in the hands of the included 13 cases of "brile enteritis, maller vessels of 394,235 koka capa Staff of the Harbour Office; Euro which would probably be more

city.

German Minister accredited to Japad pean Revenue Office Staff of the * TEE THING CHILDREN.

Later the taila of his cost turned Imports & Exports Office Com accurately described as cholers. The

yellow, and rotted, es did the seat of mander. Beckwith the Attorney.

NEETHING / children have more or his dress trousers, bilat some weeks disease continues to prevail. We Live 5

lees which Genaral; the Bunk Life, Butterfield rolled by giving Chamberlain Clater he received a despatch inquiring before us, as we write a letter

Swire, Shewan, Totes & Co the Coolers and Diarrhoed Remedy All in the bed official German what the

resident in Macao, who says:With craing colic, dysentery, and all intestinal Staff at the Harbour Department; deanse the system. It is made Brid

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VISITING CARDS received yesterday from a Portuguese CHAMBERLALT Colic, Cholera, and Osaka Shosen Kaisha; the Corinthian (int is nocomaury is to give the prescribed blazes he, woont by tying to put the

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