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CHINESE AFFAIRS,

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in Germany as well as in Grest CHINESE TROOPS FOR BUROPE. Britain and France, Karlsruhe "tin't, friendly old-time town in model

"PEKING,>Sept. 25° The Government has telegraphed to

THE MAGISTRACY..

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917.

Godowal Jr. Packham stated that AMERICA THE SILVER GENTRE. the defendant was employed tempor

HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN THE NEW Brly to do some boxing job and sboukl

TERRITORY...

have returned the nails to the ofca when he finished. Instead ne took them EUROPEAN ASSAULTED AND away. He had no permission to take

BOUND,

away the nails at all.

His Worship sentenced the defendant

TIRED OP-LIFE-

little Baden" in Madame VIERE's the iliffarens provinces requesting that With further reference to the hold. I to one month's hard labour. own words, had a couple representatives be sent to Feking to burracks, like, indeed, every, tair-discuss the question of sonding troops to PREMIER SCOTCH OF down in Germany"-and the Furope. THE FAR EAST

FOR 25 YEARS.

same reasons which are held to Up to the present, delegates from justily German attacks on London, eight provinces have arrived at the Southend, Margate, Yarmouth, Scar-Capital. brigh and the other places Gern an raidera havo visited, would equally'

POPULARITY MAINTAINED BY ITS EXCELLENT justify the bambing of any fair

QUALITY: NOT BY EXPENSIVE WORLD-WIDE

ADVERTISING.

sized German towa by tla British and French. The intest ruids. on Landon may be taken as an expressich of German hate

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., prompted by the general comment

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

Po-day's Advertisements

"OUR DAY".

ADTES willing to SELL ROSES on LADIES October, are requested, to send in their names by Saturday, 8th Detcher, to

LADY MAY

Government Honse.

arc

requested to

HONGKONG.

DEATH.

THE FLOOD AT TIENTSIN.

PEIN, Sept. 25.) The Hood at Tientesin is threatening the band, and communication on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is interrupted.]

BI-METALLIC BASIS FOR

WORLD PREDICTED,

Commenting upon the recent rapid rise in the price, of silver and other features of the silver sitization, John Clausen, of the foreign trade department. of the Crocker: National Bank of Sän up of Mr Ernest W. Gardiner, Manager

·Francisco, in an interview a mouth ago of the Law Es Hang lead mines, hra

with a representative of the "Christian Science Monitor," said that not only had gang of armed robbers at Sha Tau Kok

A Chinesa woman tried to commit the Culted States become the silver on the 12th instant, previously briefly suicide by jumping over the praya wall centre of the world, displacing Englant in that respect, but that contrary to reported in the Chins Muil, the police into the ses at Yaumati yesterday general opinion, London, no fouger brought three of the men implanted when questioned by Mr. Wood as the makes the price of that metal, the before Mr Dyer Ball this morning to3agistracy this morning as to her being regulated in the silver centres of answer the charges preferred against reason she said she had nothing to Livethe United States. The tendency of for. It appears, that there was a American prices to follow those of Hr Ernest W. Gardinar, giving subscription for some joss festival in her London exchange opens several hours. London, caused by the fact that the

them.

house, and she was unable to subaeribe to it. She was so badgered about it by the other inmates of the houss that she decided to end her life by drowning She was picked up by a Water Police

·Jaunch...

evidence, said he was the manager of the Lin Ha Hang lead mines at Sha Tan Kok. He visually received about 30 The of dynamite every week. He Reuter's Service to the Chine Mail) was the only European at the mince. He left the mines at noon on the 19th instant with four coolie women to take. delivery of dynamite froga, the Sha.Tan order that the woman might be taken His Worship remanded the case in

Kok Railway Station. left the Railway station at.3.pm and done with her.

to the Hon. Mr. Hallifax, Secretary for Continuing Mr. Gardiner said Chinese Affairs, to see what could be proceeded up the frontier road towards the mines. I had four coolie women with me, two walked in (front carrying

A Chiness saaman was charged before a box dynamite and the other two for His Worship Mr. Wood with the unlaw lowed with a roll of roofing. We were ful possession of four tacks of prepared

our Germany's hypocritical reply to

THE FLOODS IN NORTH CHINA. the Pupal Note, and doubtless also

PEKING, Sopa 25, a sort of revenge-feeble and car-like though it be-tor the smashing vast area in south Chihli and north A very heavy rainfall has flooded a British blow on the German Flacan, including. Tientsin native city, positions in the "Meniu region of the Japanese Concession and the British MoRo6s.-At Hongkong, on September

26th, CHARLES PERCY MORGAN,Flanders. Though the mid eldest son of the late Charles evidently planned on a much bigger Grecusill Morgan,

scale than the last big adventure, it has

was and French extra inural areas. 20,000

people are homeless

It is hoped to save the remainder of

the City and of the Concessions by

fortunately proved to be not nearly reaching the Tientsin-Pukow milwat / walking in single file. I walked behind |

AN OPIUM "FIND"

before American Bnancial contres, kus according to Mr. Chausco, been over- come in the use of the silver market. the price of silver, whether the advance "As to the legitimacy of the rise in is due to natural causes of demand and supply, or to

manipulation and

Clausen, this is a matter of doubt." speculation and, whether the advance is likely to continue," wait. Mrz

peculiar feature of the present, situation, for example, is the fact that if one were to go into the market to-day and try to get a fairly large amount of silver he probably could not get the metal, and at the same time the chances are

that if he had a similar amount for sale he might looks in vain for a purchaser.

INADEQUACY OF GOLD

It is true, of course, that there a

so successful from the enemy's point | embankment and allowing the waters to the rest. We were going up the hillopiem other than Government opit large demand for the white metal, not about half an hour later and on a bend Defendant was arrested by a watchmanonly in India and China but in EuropeaIT

The China Mail.

of view..

state

Writers their preference, if any, for a particular

listrict, which will be considered na HONGKOSO, WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 1917. NEWS OF THE DAY.“ far as is possible.

ENVELOPES SHOULD BE MARKED

...OUR DAY

Hengkong Sept. 21, 1917.

"THE RIGHTS OF WAR"

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PINKIE AND THE FAIRIES",

THE ADC.'S WINTER PRODUCTION.

HE-PARENTS CHILDREN who are willing to help in this production are kindly requested to send in their A.D.C.'s Hon. Secretary, 31. S. NORTHCOTE,

rames to them"

ESEMY air mids on London are incidenta in the war which are tu he expected from time to time. One best answer to the insolent speeches

LOCAL AND GENERAL

To-morrow is Settlement Day Hongkong Stock Exchange.

Exchange was down a farthing of British statesmen," anid Chunt this morning; the demand rate being REYESTLOW in the "Tageszeitung" a quoted at 32 couple of months ago, "would be.

sprinkling London with bombs every

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C/O HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT, Hongkong, Sept. 24, 1917.

PUBLIC

AUCTION

THE Undersized have received in structions to sell by Public Auction,

FOX ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED). 咖

TUESDAY,

4:

the and October, 1917, commencing st

"3. p.m., at their Sales Rooms, 201

Dos Faux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street.

ONE VICTROLA

CABINET GRAMAPHONE

with Automatic Brake attachment and a good section of Records, INVALID ADJUSTABLE TABLE &c.

TARMS --Chah,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

THE CALENDAR.

time they are delivered." The view of the Union Insurance Society of An Extraordinary General Meeting which German writera pretend to Canton is to be held to-morrow at 12.15 have of London in these times is that p..

it is a vast fortress, a dépôt for

Members of the Kowloon Cricket war material, a gathering-place for Cal are reminded of their Anasal

for reinforcements, a magazine of General Meeting at 530 to-morrow supplies-indeed the heart of the afternoon.

war." It is in these words thia

{

Many friends of Lieut-Colonel Morgan, of the Headquarters Staff will sympathise with him in the loss of his brother, who died in Hongkong this morning.

"

Attention is drawn, to an ad. vertisement in another column with regard to the Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club's winter performance "Pinkie and the Fairies."

Now into the river...

There is the greatest suffering and the railway communications to Shanghai and Hankow are entirely cut off.

"

THE DRAWING FOR WAR BONDS,

MESSES, LANE, CRAWFORD

the

COS OFFER,

| my opinion, will be that the world will too upon a bi-metallic basis.

Questioned by His Worship as where he got the opiam, defendant said he found it en a hill at West Point.

His Worship remanded the case to Friday next,, fixing bail at $400.

of the road we met four men passing of 4., Keong Sus with the opium in his and other countries, and the result, în

single file and their behaviour seemed on our right. They were walking in pocket. very suspicious to me. When they had passed us, I looked over my shoulders at them to find the nearest to me bad a revolver pointing to the amall of my back The other thres then closed on me. "Three of them had revolvers and one bad a big knife. The coolie women boited leaving the dynamite and the roofing an the ground. The rabbers forced me to the ground and product of 191 from a Chininan at 75, Jorvais ropes with which they tied my bands Street. Some time between and and feet. My hands were tied in, front.m. on the 24th instant defendant barter that formerly exister

CHARGES OF THEFT,

A Chinese was charged before Aft. Dyer Ball this morning with the larceny of some curios and money to the value

Defendant - pleaded guilty "looked very penitent, and told the usual story of a aged father whom he had to

support..

This will be made necessary by the inadequacy of the supply of mid to serve as a basis for the rapidly expand- ing debts and commercial transactions of the world. And one result of thus placing the world upon the two metal atandard, together with other factors, will be the opening of a new era in international finance and commerce, in which the financial resources of the world will be more widely distributed. and the financial and commercial balance between the different countries more practices will approach the conditions of

evenly maintained, anri in. which trade

Cone.

of transactions as compared with char prevailing at the present time.

country to out the securities of follow a period wherein the elements of their own country, there will I believe, artificiality and speculation now so tile

will be reduced to a minimum.”

MAN POWER AT SINGAPORE.

SCHEME FOR COMPLETE LOCAL/ ORGANISATION.

The Straite Times sayer-

In enanection with the drawing of War Bonde, attention is drawn to the acivertisement on page 5 announcing that Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. are presenting one ticket free for every $20 worth of goods purchased in their store, of my body. All that time they were broke into complainant's house by climb-ditions will resemble those of the age

October 16th. for cash only, from now onward to threatening me with their revolvereing a drain and stole these article. He of barter in the directness and stability They also tied a rope round my neck so was formerly a servant of the complain The offer applies to cash purchases tightly that I was nearly strangled. ant.

For example, when a big corporation, only. in all retail departments of the They then relieved me of my silver

is formed, any in the United States, and store, embracing grocery, hardware, wrist, watch. After they had gone

its securities are floated in Europe, the outfitting, Se. As customers of the through my pocket and had me securely

result is the creation of a huge credit firm know, all goods in the store have tied, they opened the dynamite box and

halance in Europe that completely upsets the enlculations of merobants and Hinan on them the prices fixed as they were divided the dynamite between them..

Mr. Dyer Rall in consideration of ciers as to the probabilities of exchanger received and taken into stock, and no After the division of spoils they went this being defendant's first offence and in other ways tends to make business German woman novelist, "in defend- The body of a Chinese girl aged cynic may perhaps suppose--to cover was trying to catie the knots of the

alteration has been made as the down the hill. I was sitting up and sentenced him to three months gaotatable and uncertain. But with a A roolic who was charged before Mr. the increase in volume of basic money wider distribution of "money and rith. ing these air raids, has recently 3 years was sent to the Kowloon

ticket. price of the Mortuary yesterday.

The The girl had;

ropes around my wrists with my teeth. Dyer Ball this morning with the larceny that will be realized by the addition of described London. Why did not fallen into a well at Sha Fo and was offer, in short, really represents a gift by One of them turned round and saw me. of a tin box aarl sundry articles of silver to the standard, together with the they (meaning the English) see to it," drowned.

the firm to the "Our Day" Fund of 25%, He called the attention of the others clothing from a house in Possession increasing tendency of the people of she says, "that the civilian population

on all cash purchases in the store of the and they returned. They struck me on Street, told His Worship that he did value of 20, and multiples of that sum, the chest with the revolvers, and one not steal the articles. He was standing was cleared out of such a city so that they might be safe from attacks

between now and the 16th of October, of them kept jabbing his knife against at Lower Luacar roul when he was which were in accordance with the

this gift being made through the cus my stomach without actually touching arrested. Auctioneers. Hongkong. Sept. 28, 1917. 2141 rights of war," That is how the

tomers instead of by the firm direct, and me. They untied my wrists and tied

Inspector Kent told His Worship the customers, who may have the good them again behind my back. They also that the man must have bar an accom German civilian has been trained]

antied the (Continued on Page S.)

fortune to secure winning tickets proît

rope around my neck and

•plice. by.his military masters to think. To

by that good fortune. We have very used that te faster me to a young "trep

After hearing the evidence His cause panic among the civilian

little doubt that the general public Having made me secure they departed Worship sentenced the defendant to population of London is one of the

will not be lacking in the desire to

in the direction of Sha-Tan-Kok.three months tard labour. great objects of this German policy of

make the firm's contrbution to the fund managed to break the rope which tied me to the tree by jerking upwards. "Irightfulness. Few civilised people

I then tried to loosen the ropes tied. ontaide Germany can bring them-

roand my wrists by rubbing it against the edge of a stone, but found I could DEATH OF A BRITISH CONSUL not. I called out to tas coolie women, but got no reply. After what seemed His Excellency the Governor of the an eternity to me, two of the coolie Straira Settlements last week received a women returned, bringing with them telegram from Batavia stating that the three men. As soon as they set me free, death has occurred, following an opera I picked up my helmet and dashed dowa tian, of Mr. W. H. D. Beckett, C.M.G., the hill toward Sha-Tau Kok railway 5.30 p.m.-Kowloon Cricket Club's provecation. Madame Viana, who

the British Consul General for the station in the hope of overtaking them Annual General Meeting.

is described us one of the most pro

Netherlands Ladies.

I did not find them, and proceeded minest novelists of the present day is Majesty's Nuval and Military Mr. Beckett, who was hom at Agra, along the railway line towards the Police

Eurupeans, Raid in us the other dast have the in Germany, answers the outcry Forces who bave fallen in the War was 53 years of age, and most of his Station. About half way I met Bergt against the bombing of London by The War Office has issued a notice con diplomatic career had been passed in Ugg to whom I tell the story. We

he careequences to trade, The countryside is in deplorable the a reference to the bombing of taining particulars of a competition for Siam, where he was at various times went to the Police Station where I male

service, is the

only policy What we protect against Karlsruhe. "Do you know," she designs for the plaque, copies of which Charge d'Affaires, and became Consul report of what had happened in state, the grass, weeds, thistles, and rational

tares being from three to four feet high most strongly is that the Imperis God knows, what the farmers will do Government should be seening to say writes, "that in that town 200 have been forwarded to the Hongkong General in 1913. In the same year he showed the injuries I had receiveti.

Government. As morlels must be no was transferred to Batavia where he has innocent children, witnessing a circus ceived at the National Gallery not later been ever since. Mr. Beckett was a Gardiner said he had so hesitation in wild flowers grow, here in abundance steadily, endeavours to

Questioned by His Worship, Mr with it when peace returns. Flowers safeguard the Empire frade inter-

while the Lesl

to overnment performance, were killed by the most than lat. November next, any would-be Fellow of the Royal Grographical identifying the first defendant. The fow they grow and where Fat tracts On

Speaking of flowers, it is wonderful the menna.

men hand trivolous wantonness of French or competitor in Hongkong has no prospect Society. The Straits Times anys that Mr. latter was of the first men who helped of land will be destitute of them, but Government's point of view which may

the other

there is th

the Local English fiers? What did English of his designs reaching home in time. Beckett was a man personally greatly to tie him up, and who also struck him where the ground has been torn and be stated thus We are told that every mothers say to that? Did they cry

liked; and was a keen sportsman, taking The second defendant was the man mutilated by shells they will be found man is wanted, and if that is so, it is particular interest in cricket in which he with the knife, who opened the dynamite ir profusion. They grow around the ur duty to use all means in our power

to make Every Genert who is

is not essential often took an active part when in box. As to the third defendant, he was edges and within the basins of shell here present himmel for urvice. Thi

holes on battered in dugouts and gun is the first object of our bill, and it is Bangkok.

unable to identify him. Complainant positions their number in legion, the discharge of an obligation which the also said he was not armed and the In a stroll recently I noticed the Imperial Government has laid upon us. robbers could see he was not He was wearing a khaki shirt, shorts and patties and had only a walking stick,

MEMO. FOR TODAY 9.15 p.m.-Open Air Concert at Helens

May Institute

MEMOS FOR TOMORROW. Settlement Day: Hongkong Stock

Exchange.

13.16 p.m.-Union Insurance Society's

Extra. General Meeting.

2.20 p.m.-Auetion of Sundry floods

at Kowloon Godowns.

General Memoranda. Taus. 27, FR. 98 & BAT. 29 Sept.

V.R.C. Annual Aquatic Sports. SATURDAY, Sept. 29-

Michaelmas Day.

10.30 am- Auction of Drags, Chemicals, Hospital Sundries, etc, etc., at Mestra. Hughes and Hough's Noon Douglas Steamship Co's

Heeting. SUNDAY, Sept. 30:-

9 p.p.-Al Fresco Fête at the R. C.

Cathedral.

MONDAY, Oct. 12-

4.31 am.Full Moon.

Sir Prabasharkar Pattari, K.C.LE. selves to regard the promiscuous Lady Pattari and site are the guests dropping of bombs on peaceful of His Excellency the Governor. Sir

within dis coming

the Prabasharkar Pattari is a member of citizens category of the rights of wae"; the Council of the Secretary of State hence the objection to reprisals for India, and is proceeding to London which is widely entertained in to fill his High Office. England, in spite of the greatest

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in anger against the barbarity of their

own countrymen? We ad-

A proposal has been marle for the presentation of a Memorial Plaque in bronze to, the next-of-kin of those of

OUR DAY."

LADY MAY ROSE FUND. Subscriptions already acknow

ledged........

October Criminal Sessions commence.. Opening Day of Sale of Work at dressed no open letter to the mothers

French Convent, Causeway Bay, 10.45 R.m.-Auction of Two Hand of England to rouse their pity for Printing Prenses Wood Axes, are those poor children, and for even Henda Cooking Utensils orcat more pity-deserving mothers *--We Messrs. Haghes and Hough's.·' shed our tears in silence over those H. E Sir F. H May, K.C.M.C p.m.-Queen's College Aquatic Sports rear axcrifices of unholy war. I Mr. Ho Kom Tong 3pm-Sale of Crown Land at P.W.Dould simply, have said regarding MONDAY, Oct. 8

at V.R.C

General Holiday.

TUZADAY, Oct. 9-

4.45 pm-Auction of Postage Stamps at Mesara. Eagles and Hough'i.

BRIDGE SCORERS

Blocks of. 50 SHEETS.

30 cents each!

for One Collar

CHUNA MAIL LA Wyndham Street

the inposent London child victims that we were quits-fair play-bat

The Karlsruhe

heaven. stadions

proclaimed

murders ary to pas

-81,100 100

-100

a large one

·HERD OF ́ ́X' SEA-MUTINY.

On behalf of the Director of Transport and Shipping, the Lord Mayor of Liver pool recently presented Secord Engineer $1,300 Emith with a gold watch in recognition

But Madume VIRBIG CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH BEMEDY

of big services in saving the steamer Beechy northern waters The whole of the f men and donkeymen, all foreigners,

fire

FLOWERS OF FLANDERS.

BLOOMS WHICH ONLY GROW WHERE THERE HAS BEEN· TROUBLE"

The bill now before the Legislative Council amuses very bitter antagonism om the ground that it imposes compulsion in the most odious Form—by, it is said,

black listing many young men who a have been cager to offer their services, Lout who have felt that daty to employers,

under specific contract or I sometimes think that nowhere prevented them doing so. On

theother blows so red

Fand I heads of businesses my that

The rose as where some buried Codes Ido not know what they thur.

blad."

Omar Khayyam.

Government attaches

men,

greatest ance to the gain of a few fighting or to the preservation of the industrial In a letter to a friend, Private Parish,

of the Colony which prosperity

with of the ASC, the former Flamstead

largely connected correspondent of The Evening NEVER DESS now serving at the front, describes a re-nessmen, larges markable peculiarity of the battlefield fal Government flowers. He says

war supplies. the most at of our

of

of our busi

the per

#must

finest show of wild flowers I have over There is further obligation, opon seen. From a distance it was a gorgeous to be prepared for any eme spectacle. I discovered that the rase any maent si argent

come from the Amperial holding this immense cluster w and we should be ready to meet His Worship then remanded the case graveyard containing many graves. It bill, by a process of medical until to-morrow

was a German graveyard, stootly fenced of the men and ascertainnist in The graveyard was not filled when needs, enables us to do the Germans had to leave in a bunga Giving the matter sucht out

(careful cong

-ALLEGED THEFTS FROM

KOWLOON GODOWNS.

Mr. Packham," cargo superintendent. deserted their posts, unt Staith and one of the Kowloon Godowns, charged man in the stokshoid maintained 'full'

cond

and English soldiers are porciderazio there, the grapes following in unbroken formation the lines of German graves. So the enemies lie cheek by jowl with- out the slightest, distinction

ignores the fact, widely 1988 remedy do superior as a core band of steam, which, the chief engine coolie with the larceny of 6 Iba of 1" The wild flowers make none they

the time, that

for colde, croup and whooping cough said, prevented the destruction of the It has been a favorite with the mothers ship and crew the bombing or Karlestube by the of young children for almost forty years.

Chamberlain's Cough French was a reprinIt was the always be

Reroody

Germaha who began this unholy war to ton and is pleasant

It not only enres colds and grin bat

TREATMENT FOR DYST TERY

AHAMBERLAINS Cobe

Diarrhoes Hemady follo

on non-combatanta and the Germans prevents their resulting in pleumonis, would have onir themselves to blame Chattaberlain's Cough Remed contains

no opium or other barcotia and may be dose of castor oil will if similar reprisals were taken for given na confid

as to an the most stubborn every bombing raid the Germans adult For Ale by all Openi

Storekeeper amke con towns: remote from thes.

good for

Demists and Stove keer

grow in wils disorder over each and, nit alike. Outside they don't grow. They Defendant stated he saw the rubber seem only to grow where there has byer.

rubber

ow the ground and stooped

trouble.

this moment and arrested him

watchman

After leaving the graveyard I walk bearly half a mile before Dumbers the hand remanded the case to FriMore

bad beatr

za were growing, ju sii

in enemy Europlane.

overnme

amination of Joca

ES PORADCL both ide of the traders who Imperial mandate,”

to the On