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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917.

AUCTION.

·PUBLIC AUGHTON.

Hughes & Hough unions to sell by Public Auction,

ACUTIONEZRA TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers

Shars, Coal and General Produce Brokers and Commission Agents

PROPRIETORS,

*To-Kwa-Wan" Coal Storage.

Codes used

Bentley's

4th & 5th Editions.

A Talegraphic Code.

THE Undersigned have received in-

\{FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNAD),

SATURDAY, the 18th August, 1917, sa 10.45 am, at their Sales Roomis, No. 8 Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice Hanse Street,

A few lots of BURMA CHEROOTS And

EGYPTIAN CIGARETTËS, Termar-as usual.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneer Hongkong, August 14, 1917.

Telegraphic Addres "Etior" BONGKONG.

RIS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned, have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

on,"

SATURDAY,

the 18th August. 1917, at 10:45 am

at their Sales Rooms, No. 3.

Des Your Rand, Corner of

22034

WANTED.

ICKSHAW, second hand. Reply,

quoting price to

No.999. C/O CHINA MAIL' Office. Hongkong, August 9, 1917.

Box

WANTED.

9091

"

THE CHINA MAIL.

LORD NORTHCLIFFE ON GERMAN SPY SYSTEM.

ADDRESS AT THE AMERICAN

PRESS CLUB.

THE NEED FOR CENSORSHIP.

WASHINGTON, July

Lord Northcliffe, head of the British Mission in this country today authorized publiention of parts of à costidential sperele on spies and ceaseship made to the National Press Club on July 4th. He described the work of piss in England and the food bf, fatal information that pours over the cables through neutral countries, to Germany, and spoke of the dangers of any except technical military

that Great Britain world net go to war.remorship of pictures. A picture may Members at this cines of spy were entirely easily due dangers informati unknown to each other and only known The Germans have a astrus of enlarging newspaper photographs to see if they to headquarter by numbers. They were can find any valuable information. Thus paid a minimum of $3,000 and a maxi. when we had here a war audiently mum of 112,000 a year, and were usually long to invent tanka 'we had got wise, eakaged in seno other kind of work-tank, aeroplane or other machine of war as you may here. No picture of any now.

Qut of should be published here.

very often insurance work, respect for their sex, among the spies w M2 buvo shot at the Tower of London, the women have been exempted and sextened to long terms of imprisonment.

As to the censorship in general, it; nections are given to newspaper poplu they themselves form the best censors. Trained-news gatherera and presentors of a news are much more intelligent than the "Further, there were the military and kind of man who usually drifts, jato naval spies. This kind of spying is sensore offices.

Neither military nec regarded as legitimate amear all nations,

paval nen care for the task of censorship. Carl Lady; whony I saw tried, u onurt Judging by my own colleagues in Eng They want to be at the front or at sew. martial and who had an Ausrican passland, I believe that American newspaper porn and spoke America with, the slightest German accent, was a legitimule hayal spy, and was as regarded by our and naval censorship at the press. Only authorities, who treated him as well as on two cerasions, in the last month, Lord he could" Northglife said, bad he seen anything published in American newspapers that might have been of value to the enemy. The aldress follows

men should be very largely trusted to do the censoring themselves, provided of system atel Sure, that General Pershing has s Douglas Harz who, while allowing the "

ha heen adopted by Sir

treated in the circumstances utmost Freedoms of correspondents, secs and finally very properly shot him, Heat the dispatches as read and exansited was captured owing to clumsines on his dangers of misuse of the power of censor- hy competent members of his stad. The part. Among other foolishnesses, he kept ship are well known in those who know his code in his pocket, and therefore what, we suffered from the hiding of the knew at the moment he was arrested that truth about the war for the first two he was a dead nian. Ons of the things that led to his detection was the cable sensorship.

years."

THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.

ITS POSSIBILITIES,

What does not yet seem to be under. stocit here, and that we did not under stard at the hepening of the war, is TINGINEER BRITISH, as WORKS that the really deally highly explosive

FOREMAN. Applications with copy of References in own writing news is not newspaper news, but the news ** We had been wamed for years that required. No other applications cuti- atating axe. experience and salary sent out by spies in code to neutral coun-the country was full of German spiesk sidered.

tries for transmisión to Germany. W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

but did nos believe it. Germada were Admitted that the task of examizing admitted to our chibe, went about suping Hongkong. August 6, 1917. 2014 hundreds of thousands of cables a days and seemed very friendly: At the Single and Double Bed Sheets, Turkish

is difficult and costly, admitted that keen outbreak of the war we found that we Towels Bath Sheets, Quilts, Pillow

WANTED.

brains are required in large numbers for had been entertaining several bastalions Cases, Cannerpanek, Blankets, Ladies'

YOUNG MAN with experience as

the task, the brains are here in-abin of spies. "remember the sight that Dress Lengths, Laulies' Underwow, TYFIST and STENOGRAPHER dance, and the outgoing cables can easily went on day after day in London just required by Shipping Firm. State onlinatel that all cables before the break of war when they previous experience and salary required. addressed to the samo cares abroad, and i swärmed in the Germen Consulate, to get pieter to leave.to the:

Ice House Street,

A CONSIGNMENT OF

Handkerchiefs.

Also,

A few lots of Kinkosan Tea Sets in case Kinkosan Vases, Japanese Ten Sets, Large and Small), Brass Jardinieres, Brass Finger Bowls, Vases, Electric Lamps, Rose Bowls Flower Vasca. Gen't.'s Walking Sticks, and several dozen bottles of Florida Water.

Terms-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH

Auctioneers. Hongkong, August 14, 19177

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received in- structions from Mr. Doo CHEONG KIE, to sell by Puble Auction,

DO

MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 90th and 21st August, 1917, - commencing each day at 2.30 p.ing.

at bis premises

"The Old Post Office Building" Queen's Road Central,

A LAZER ASSORTMENT OF

CHINESE PORCELAINI,

EMBROIDERIES,

KAKEMONOS

CU KIOS, &c. ... Comprising:-

A large variety of -coloured and

3-colours Vases and Plates Blog abi

White Vases and Figures, t. Old

Apply

Box 450. C/Cara Man Office. Hongkong, Aukrust 1, 17. --1997

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

CORNED BEEF

AND

CORNED PORK.

PUT UP IN KES AND BAREKIS

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EXPORT OR STEAMERS USE.

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Bronzes, including Incense Burners of 6006-I wish it was Sunday night

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even the sume towns abroad, come under the eyes of this same censory week

of the British Government, wrote Dr. The attitude of the Fritish Press-and Sarolea in "Everyman" of June 8, which is partly hostile to or suspicious of the characteristic of that curious disbelief in tipending Stockholm Conference is ideas and of that timidity of policy- course of the War. We have a glorious which has so often paralysed us in

us in the cause to defend and seem to be straid defend it. enemy the offensive in the spiritual and moral contest, even as we left him for so warong the offensive in the con

their passports · vinal. Many of them

viously, had, information' that a

test.

On

after week. It is by means of checking was coming und that they might have our chiWould have thoughvide the

news.

dificulty in getting out.

as usur

and

one of aims ought to be tu Gerrans, to stimulate the spirit of re- volution

within the Central Empires. yet rid of the curse of the Hohenzollern. and to bring the people themselves to The Stockbony Conference is such as may never occur again. Even if us an opportunity of achieving that ain

giving

back bles addressed from England to

Large organizations, mich neutral countries that we have enoghtance companies, electrical concerns many of our spics.

“It is not difficult for spies get numbers of men to go alan tuning pianoforte makers. who required large Their task is the delivery of the pianos, were ià effect central depots for our Russian Allies did not invite us to f goods, and to that task they concentrate gathering information for the Cermin to welcome such a gathering. We have ..join. the Conference, we would still have Now that ocean travel has become so loverment difficult, now that the British mail censor Steamship Company also had its own obscured and confused by the enemy, of

The Hamburg, Aprican the chance of cleaning ep tho

and moral issues which are being political

has pertected his methods, the enemy, SPY [maries of spies and had to do with the defeating the sinister alliance between i working among you is thrown back subventions of Geracized newspapers is of subjec

Kaiserism and a on the erringly steamer routes.

Socialism,

cable and one or two Landon and of certain notoriaus English subjecting rded it an loog in |

writers. In their lurry to clear out of I do not know whether you have a England, the Hamburg-American Steam mail censorship on letters to Spain, busship Company left behind valuable I venture to think that if you have notiscriminating-panels, one of which and start opening letters to that country was daraning evidence of Germany's war [yout-will-get-as rich a haul of information intentious,

as our secret service department did agt hot sensoring of Americua letters to

Europe

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1:

**** I can now róláte with safety, ines much uk more than two years have passed and both the British and German codes have been changed, an' incident told to ma by Lord Fisher in the early days of she was when he was at the heart of our navy. He had given instrations that

the official

mes majority who have Vaterland to the relentless cross- of compelling them

of their foreign comrades. amination

to show their band and of calling on them to give an account ebance of

We have the

of their sthening the minority who are on our side, of rallying the waverers and of discrediting the dis- honest. We have the chance of mobilising. on our side all the forces of Europena democracy.

DISCREDITED OR CONVERTED.

It is in our power to achieve all those vital aims And yet we are afraid. What justice of our cause Ur do we doubt are we afraid, I Do we doubt the our capacity to defend it! Ts our policy need not be stated? Or is it so doubtful so obvious to the wh

whole world that it that it cannot be stated openly! Dn we with the superior-Socialists of the Kaiser, believe that in a frank discussion, even we shall necessarily have the worst of

The cable censor must be remorseless if he finds constant dodestie telegrams going to one particular place. At the risk of disturbing happy hopes, he must hold up or destroy the cables. A woth of eight ships ghould be posted at a port menting can be compled behind the which I will call Lristol. That same words mother better of mother going afternoon one of our destroyers picked "the argument the do we assume that Many complaints will a wireless from one entory submurine torcheidenan and his "Genossen" are comes from business men as to detention anther, making a rendezvous at this very possessed of some mysterions persuasive laugh so much before of their messages, but business men of port for the following day and naming the silver tongued eloquence and of

of some magnetic influence, of s (It's a grand old song-

standing can, essily satisfy the cable eight ship. The ending order was, of urbanity and charm, which no ocialist Home Sweet Hum authorities, and in any case, the main course, ut once cancelled, but the incident that we came the possession on our of the Alles may resist? Of is it rather The Kangaroo Hop

business at the present time is war, and showed that information must have come part of a doable does of inarticulate Mister John Mackensie O 6647I came Fra' Southand...

the Sung and Ming Dynasties. Pekiness Cloisonne, Sniff. Battles, Mandarin Plumes, and Beads (Amber and Jade-800 stone), Carrod Bomboo Ware. Old Soochow Laequeur Boxes, Silk Embroi derics, Kakemonos and Wall Hangings Jadestone and Ivory Carvings. keg

&c. &c.

The greater portion of the above stock has recently arrived from the North and includes pieces from the Ming. Kanghi Yungching, Kienlung, Kaiching and Towkwong Periods,

(Full Particulars from Catalogue)- ...On view from Saturday.

Torza-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

-Hongkong, August 14, 1917.

THE

PUBLIC AUCTION,"

2039

HE Undersigned have received in- atructions to sell by Public Auction: (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

on

TUESDAY,

the 21st August, 1917, at 11 amL,

at No. 3, Wood Road, Wanchai,

(2nd Boor),

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Catalogues will be issued.

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On view from Monday, 20th inst, at

TERMS:-Cash..

HUGERS & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, August 13, 1917.

FOR SAL ́E.

4029

THE Undersigned have received seatrae

ziune to sell

„EMOS ACCOČET OF THE CONCIUM),

at their sales Boons, No. 8, Des Your Road, Corner of

Ico House Street,

ONE 10 BORE HAMMERLESS GUN

BY BLAND

In Good Condition.

HUGHES & HOT

Auctione

Heng tongit 3, 1975

LESSONS

G. MOUSSION.

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CHINA MAIL'

OVERLAND EDITION

to se bare,"

power,

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live are more importantalian business; from some one in close touch with the time hot come to have done

long...

of each other...

Tsit

one of

those

in German Socialista

Goverment department concerned, is with such intellectual and political We in England were both to believe sounds, indeed, almost too mysterious to the Delegates of the Allies as a body cowardice? Is it not obvious that, if in the existence of an extensive German be true, but, it was cre

prove wife and brave the Gernina spy system among us until strange

Government is bound to suffer a crush- Compared with the leakage of newsing defeat in that diplomatic propaganda, happenings by land and was proved that are desparty, the daily makage of 1st not obvious that if the Bruckholm

in that great contest of ideas and idents? their spy preparations, firmly established secrets by kable is as a Niagara compared Conference is really what it ought in England years before the way, were with a mountain stream. I am a pretty

to be, Cumely, just as efficient as all their other preparare student of the war and have read

representative

one the of tions.

councils which were such mutaber of your newspapers in the let the ***The German sples are divided into month, but on only two occasions dive the

political fores before reaul of that confe

conference must five or six classes, working independently I wen anything likely to be of ice be either discredited or they must be

who adhere to the enemy. This does not prea ta chaverted? "There, is the business upy, who work there should not be a newspaper cenkorinto with the Kaiser will he

the sinister compethich they entered la the gathering of information. F'ersonal ship.

less for evil. They will be Our newspaper people from the in the eyes | and otherwise, An establish at called cutset recognized die need for official

their own brethren. They eyes of will bo morally isolated. They will be Schimpfennigs opened cut in England, technical military and naval sution in Commonwealth

excommunicated

from the Socialist purporting to be somethi

other:

:band, like your ich matters. The danger of; a' renwor- Bradstreet's or Dün's, but really with the

those who are

BTC converted

will aprend the seed of revolution in the Fatherland, ship is that it may be used to exulty and will hasten the day of deliverance, oject of ascertaining, the capacity for incompetence, to impair whiney by hid when the Hohenzollern and the Hape making guns

Witto

us and what pot of ing mismanagement, to weaken resolution Halstein-Gottorp.

burg will go the way of the Imanof Lesers pientit England, together with by exaggerated optimism. any other informat

ion that might be use when she want to war.

ful in Germany

A sectac orghinised by Brikki,

mesus

Aler

·the

work

On

"the

If I may make a suggestion, it is that tho American, people should take stonea

CANNOT WORK OR REST. 4 form

of spying was about the sinking of submarines with a When you are so ran down in health the fierman consuls in Great grain of salt. Your newspapers bara that it impairs the efficiency of your cho collected Information by sunk a very large fleet of submarines leisure hours or chain rent. it is time as well as your power to enjoy any of hotel waiters, barbers, gover, during the four weeks I have been here that you gave Dr. Williams

Dr. Williams pink piźle q and domestic servants, to whom Every gunner who Bres at a periscope fair trials describe as

The

condition that doctors paid comparatively small and can ses no periscope after the splash general

debility

(when they describe It out his

dees not come before most

"" naval and military towns the, Ger

of the shell thinks he has sunk, pay until the blood has become in

marine I will.

gre

little instructive

tlust is can be called pois. Unless this condition of blood- อก ไฟ certain man-of-war reported that it had complain of

red on a German submarine and sunk it. appolite,

hu Governesent provided Gerinses with and perfectly true story on this point her che

sapitel with which to open and purchase lintels. All this was done through the Comple

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BEST WEEKLY NEWS. PAP

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RESTED

Then there was a series of spies HONGKONG AND CHINA Wirich had its headquarters in Brus

organized by the famous department

GENERALLY,

WITH THE

were spies who moved about good social circle as a rule, picking ORDER IT BEFORE GOING any information they coul

emme to picking up into HOME AND THUS EKEP IN ULOBE ODOH

one xy, loss of Jack, of ambition If-yog kiu well-to-do An English submarine, which was in

your physicians will probably recommend. exactly the same location on the same change of air. If you are not, he will day, reported that it had been fired on by with you. He means that there is no tell you there is nothing muco the matter battleship and bad dived and forgate trouble

But your blood in IRRES escaped it. I fear that these constant

зувчето stokings of submarines mby check.

improve Inventive effort on which theng Dr. Wi

up the whol

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