1917-11-15 — Page 4

WATSON'S

OLD

BROWN BRANDY

E

QUALITY.

125 YEARS IN WOOD.

THE CHINA MAIL

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

[** Chinese Mail Servies.]

THE SITUATION AT CENTON.

PEKING, Nov. 13.

SHIPBUILDING IN HONGKONG.

TWO MORE VESSELS-LAUNOMED-

UTO-DAY.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1917.

THE MAGISTRACY.

STEALING FLOWER POTS.

A SMART DISTRICT WATCHMAN.

Sis weeks hard labours and four Me hours stocks was the sentence l Two coolies were charged before Mr. by Mr. Wood on a Chinoso who was Dyer Ball this morning with the uncharged with the laresny of a quantify lawful possession of 275 gunny sacks of flower pots from M.-F. O. Shroff valued at $100, reasonably suspected of at 4 Hart Avonus. having been stolen, at Wing Lok Street

The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Lang Chai Kwong has telegraphed Co., Ltd, launched today from their stating that he accepte all responsibility yard at Kowloon two more vessels

Haliton recently completed by them. for the peace and order of the Liang similar to the Proper and Festerday. Kwang

understanding" with her as to the best manner in which, we can co-operate to win the war.** The Boston paper went on to say that it is no time for Japan to be asking hay in ber dealings with China out of the profits which the is accumulating from the sorrows. of her allies; hor nearness to Chins should rather cause her to approach ber allies with plans as to the beit way to which the resources! and the man-power of China canologram from Luk Wing Ting, the contents, of which have not been dis be brought to their "aid against the common enemy." This ia-pro cisely what we conésive to be the aim and purpose of the dis cussions which have taken place in Washington and which have resulted. in snow agreement which is designed to remove auspicion that

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., Japan is working in Chins entirely

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

To-day's Advertisements

14

HEATHER DAY”,

ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN.

WANTED

ED ELEPHANTS, LIONS. TIGERS for the "300"; also Ges, Turkeys, Poultry, Pigeons, Ducks, Fabbits, Dogs, Cats, etc., the latter to "be sohl.

Communicate with

-AK-TAYLOR.

No. 4, Government Quarters

Park Road. Hongkong, Nov. 15, 1917.

THEATRE ROYAL TO-NIGHT 1.

2303

TO-NIGHT"!! EDGAR WARWICK-

announces

THE

COURT CARDS

AND THER JOKER

IN THEIR THIRD COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME introxlacing "A Drop of Hollands"

"Sir Daniel's Doom and many other Novelties. BRIGHTER THAN EVER.

TELEPHONE NO. 616,"

The China - Mail.

for ber own ends. "

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOGIE AND GENERAL.

The Rev. W. E. Montgomery of the E. P. Mission, in Formosa, has left to HONGKONG. THURSDAY, Nr. 15, 1917, join His Majesty's forces.

CHINA AND HER PROTECTORS.

Ir is interesting to see that the Chinese Government has lodged a formal protest at Washington againat the Agreement entered into between Ameries and Japan regarding China It is "understood that China objects to any agreement, affecting China without reference to the wishes of the Chinese people. On the face of the agreement-nad Asseriex is certainly taking it at its face value there is nothing in it to which the people of Chins can possibly abject, We should think, without looking up the

The Manila Observatory last night reported the typhoon to be crossing the Visayasslands in the form of a shallow depression.

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An advertisement "in

indicates column

that

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another

The President has also received a

closed.

Many Cantones have been appointed: to various departments in Canton, but such appointments have not yet been officially announced.

THE TROOPS IN KWANGTUNG.

Li Yin Hon, the Civil Governor, who is also acting as Military Governor, has telegraphed that, with the exception of the Kwangs troops, he has won over all the troops in Kangtung.

CHINESE BANK NOTES.

The names of the vessels launched

Both defendant pleaded not guilty. Evidence was given by a district watchman to the elect that he hath bear

COMPLETION OF TYTAN TUK-

WATER FORKS,

A memorial stone, towmark -- the “ today are the Prominent and Hermelin and their principal dimensions and suspicious of the movements of botk

defondanta for the last week or so. completion of the large new dam, and particulars are as follows:-

Length overall

Yesterday he hid himself in a lano contingent works will be laid by He opposite the Douglas Wharf to watah Excellency the Gorostor at Tytan. Tuk them. He saw them taking a quantity on Saturday, the 32nd December." The of sacles from a sampan which lay along-ceremony is intended to take plaze în

Langth between perpendi

culars untiende

Breadth moulded

Depth moulded.

280'5"

2700": 400* 21'6"

THE SHANGHAI, HACES.

The vessels are built to Lloyd'side the wharf and put them on to a the afternoon and the Government will bighest class and to Board of Trade track which stood at the entrance to if possible, maka arrangements to enable He followed them unul the public to attend it. The public with requirements. The gross tonnage of the wharf. PEKING, Nov. 13.

each is approximately 2,170 tons and Wing Lok Street was reached and then be notified late: as to what arrangem deadweight carrying capecity 3,000 tons stopped them and asked them to whom have been made.

city 3,000 to the sacks belonged. They told him on Lloyd's freeboard.

They are of the two deck type with they belonged to a stranger who ordered poop, bridge and topgallant, forecastle them to take the sacks to him st Sai Boat deck amidships. Four watertight Woo Street. He found that they were bulkheads to upper deck. Machinery too much for him to tackle so he had to. The following resulta "of yesterday's space amidships. Cellular bottom all used strategy, to arrest them. He told racing at Shanghai were received too Inte for insertion is last evening's "Chips fore and aft, reserve feed under engine them they had better go with him to PEKING,, Nov. 13. Owing to a great drop in the rale and dry tank under boilers Steam the Central Police Station and give an Tur SCX-GTE CONSOLATION Cur of the noter of the Bank of China and steering gear amidships. Six steam account of the sacks, and promised that the Bank of Communications which has winches on upper deck operating six though the stuff may be detained he greatly affected the market, the derricks mounted on tables ou two would see that they were not. They Ministry of Finance hurriedly masts. There is also a steam winch on acceded to this plan, and when they arrived at the Station they were all called meeting in the name of the poop deck.

Accommodation smickships for passen arrested. Bankers' Association at which it was decided that Chinese Merchants and gers and officers the cabins being fitted

1

One mile and "a quarter,

Mr. McBain's Golden Sub

(MMcBain) 1

Mr. Seth Hawkeye... (Mr. Common) Mr. Dem'e Loustic (Mr. Ezral) 3

Time: min. 48 2-Syres. THE MANCHU STAKES.-One milo and a Defendants stated that they had been quarter."

Banks would co-operate to maintain the in modern style. The second class and employed by a stranger to take the :) Robson's The Spotted Bird

market and resume exchange business with Hankow and Canton. To-day the

whole market is restored.

menagerie-or a Noah's Ark completely fitted out-is wanted for Heather Day."

CHINA'S NAVY:-

PREING NOT It is stated in a telegram from Peking

The Government has sent a telegraphic that the Government proposes to float a short-period domestic loan for the request to Admiral Sa Chan Bing to organisation of the Bank of China come to Peking to discuss the means and the Bank of Communications, using of subjugating the frat aquadron of

security the deferred Indemnity the Navy, now in revolt.

payments.

**THIRTY THOUSAND MILES IN -CHINA."

compradore staff are barthed in the poop. The ships are electritally lighted throughout, and the latest, type wireless installed.

of

The machinery of each vessel consists of one set of triple expansion engines of 1300 indicated horse power and to main boilers 14 diameter 106 long, working pressure. 180.

The auxiliary machinery comprisca separate centrifugal circalating pump, two Weir feu pamps and heaters ballast and general service pumps and! Morrison evaporator capable of producing daily 15 tons of water.

The reagoing speed of the "Pre- minent" and Hermelin" will be tea

Mr. W. HL-Schwerin, president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company under its previous ownership, is now visiting Chine, accompanied by Mr INTERESTING LECTURE BY D knots per hour. Schwerin. He is on a pleasure trip' however, and not in connection with any questions concerning shipping.

It has been officially announced in Japan that during a heavy storm in the Mediteranean, on Uctober 24-26, three

C. K. EDMUNDS.

Dr. C. F. Edmunds, President of the Canton Christian College, and Observer Charge of the Magnetic Survey of China (Carnegie Institution of Washing-

sačka from a sampan and deliver them to him at Sai Woo Street where be would meet them. Naturally they being coolies and idling at the moment, they would not refuse the chance of earning a few cents.

His Worship imposed on them s fine of $25 each, with the alternative of fourteen days' bard labour..

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION. OP-

PINE TREE WOOD.

A Chinese woman was charged on remand with the unlawful possession of forty cuties of pine tree wood at No. were 26. Poffuinn Village. The launching ceremonies gracefully performed by Mrs. Sorensen and Miss Sorensen who christened the Prominent" and "Hermelin respectively,

The wood in" qucation had the appearance of having bear freshly cut

(Mr. Moller) Sir Elis Kadooric's Kalgan Chief

(Mr. Springfield) * Mr. S. B. Ned's Carrickfergus

(Mr. Boyd) Time: 2min.. #31-Jan Tor No. DesperaIDEN CEP-Seven fur-

Mr. Methin's Golden Hom

(Mr. Rowe) Mr. Henry Humphreys Brown Mousdė

Alt. Knall) Mr. John Peel's 'Star of Doon

(Mr. Johnstone) Time: 1min. 47 1-secs.

SHAFT THAT PIERCED THE KAISER'S ARMOUR.

The inflexible determination of the Allies to have no dealings with the per-

and it was alleged that the defendant jared Hohenzollerns, and the mordant herself out the wood from Government terms in which this inexorable determina By the end of December the Docklands without permission. The woman's tion was expressed in President Wilson's

ten), Aure az exceedingly interesting Co. will Have Launched over 20,000 tons defence was that she had bought the reply to the Papel Peace Note, have at warrant officers of the crews of the lecture on Chins last night in the of new shipping in 1917.

Japanese destroyers conroying some British transports were washed over

Lecture Hall of Union Church. The title of the lecture was "Thirty thou-

board They have been honoured with sand Miles in China". Dr. Edmurids | THE ROYAL ENGINEERS' VARIETY (and the dampness of the ground was

the Order of the Golden Kits.

said that during the last eleven years se had devoted a large part of each Fear-ever less than four months, and sometimes fifteen months at a stretch

ENTERTAINMENT.

The Variety Entertainment, given in

wood from a government contractor Inst penetrated the thick armour of the when it was newly cut about three Kaiser's colossal self-conceit weeks ago. She kept it under her bed. It has taken a long time for William to realise that this denunciation of a monarch's shamelessness and dishonour could bly be meant for his Imperia! and Royal Majesty the German Emperor and King of Prussia, but it has been brought home to him at last, and, in the chracteristic Raiser manner, be bas offered a counterblast to he published far and wide in the German Press. AMTHEST YOUR EMPYROR!"

probably the cause of the wood maintaining its fresh appearance.

Mr. W. Tutcher, Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Depart ment gave evidence fle stated that after examining a piece of wood found at defendant's honse, be had come to It takes the form of a sort of proclama

requrds, that a full score of agreements have been made during the last 8fteen years between foreign Power with reference to Chins, and we are unable to recall that any similar protest has ever been made by China before. These agreements have aimed at the preservation of the ladeperdense and territorial Integrity of Chias, and this in the key no c of the latest agreement between Anieria and "Japan, though it recognises that Japan bas "spesiali In addition to, G.. $50,000 already interests in China arising out of donated, the American Red Cross Society in travelling throughout China to make aid of the Prisoners of War Fund her territorial propinquity. When has offered a further sum of G. $75,000 observations of the Earth's Magnetism. the Wellington Barracks by The Magpies

for the relief of sufferers from the Hoods It might be of special interest to the last night, was a great success American papers a few weeks ago

people of Hongkong to know that

The Magpies consisted of a Perriot wrote of Japan's attitude towards on condition that the Chinese Govern instrumental equipment for the first

ment contributes a similar amount and survey was provided him through the Troupe arranged by the Royal Ea the conclusion that it had been eut very tion, printed in extremely large English China as a "Monroe Doctrine for the aggregate sum is used solely for the courtesy of the Hongkong Observatory. gineers, by permission of Col. J. Rrecently, probably not more than two type the German text being wholly Asia," Viscount Isan, the Head of construction of reads in Chibli, thus whenSir Matthew Nathan was Governor Young, and the Troupe's efforts in aid or three weeks. The wood may abandoned on an occasion of such vital importance. It runs as follows," and it Bir Matthew was a man of scientific and of the good cause were amply rewarded maintain the appearance of being fresh. is understood to have rome direct from the Mission, cleverly retorted in one providing work for the sufferers. engineering training, and was specially of his interviews with representatives

sympathetic towards the proposals by every seat in the Royal Engincerely eut if it were allowed to remain in the royal and imperial hand

WAS the Theatre being occupied at the appointed damp place. He did not think that Only the coming centuries will clearly The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice made. The expedition

all the mighty deeds that Germany of the Press by calling attention to the fact that the Monroe Doctrine Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs arcumnavigation of the Island of time for the commencement of the per the wood had been bought from has performed in the teeth of a world of

Government contractor, as wood they enemies.

So far as human prescience can tell contains no self-denying pledge bying donations to the Funds of the cost from Hongkong to Newchwang

to acknowledge with thanks the follow. Hainan, followed by the establishmentrance...

of a train of stations along the China

Amongst those present were the Hon sold is always split up and dried, and those enemies will never overthrow n the United States to its sister Hospitale

including many of the islands not ordin Mr. Claud Sevar, C.M.G., Officer, not eat up in the way as the wood found This they neer for themselves Hence

latest dirty and republic of the Americas.

srily visited, especially in the Chasan Administering the Government, and bin in the defendant's possession attempt to cause d'union and recktess he prefaced his remarka by saying

Archipelago, which were reached by ng means of Customs cruisers; placed at bis AD.C., Captain Edwards, and Col. J. After further evidence his Worship among our people to enfeeble the strong said that there was no doubt the sad invincible fos so that at last he may

be cast down and crushed. 10.45 a. m.—Auction of Sundries (Cape, that, of course, no such pledge was

disposal, by the courtesy of the late Sir Young, RE: Robert Hart A further axpedition The programme, which included 23 defendant did buy some wood from the Boots, Blankets etc.) at Hesars necessary, his point was that in

The final match in the Senior Divi was made overland from Peking to items, consisted of vocal soloa, duets contractor, but the wood for which she Hughes and Hough's.

promising for itself to respect the 0p.m.-Auction of Household Furni-

tion of the Chinese Y.M.CA, Volley Canton by way of Taiyuanfu, in Shansi,

Continued on Pago 8.).

THE CALENDAR.

IMO. FOR TO-DAY. 4.15 p.m.-The Count Cards at Thestre

Royal

MEHOS FOR TO-MORROW.

While

Mok Kon Sang

Mok Shan Nam

Li Kam Chuen

*8100

25

grasp

from

ture at 12. New Humphrey's Build-territorial integrity and political Ball League, in which Queen's College/Hankor, Changsha, and Kweilin On and choruses, and exch, number, was was charged was certainly not bought the datard enemy, even though it sovereignty of Chins, Japan has gone mesta St. Piol's College, will take place that journay he was accompanied by the I roundly applauded, many encores having from a contractor. He would use her bo ficodom, popular rights or whatever

ings, Hanoi Rour

I w

General Memoranda

Baturday, Nov. 17. ;——

implied accusation

2.15 pm.-Cricket Match on H.K.C.C. sion

ground:-Club v. Craigengower.

then American Consul-General in Hong to be conceded.

$10.3

For heaven's sko let us sink our political differences and remain closel

“No German maat accept a gift

Ted In war time we taunt do the eslled. precisely the contrary to that which the chemy desires sa to do and if he ex-

• false wish for or detrenstine- presse Lion we musty to pice him, a

ading, all the stronger to our well-fried German in perial institutions, de Song

The German people must have no other answer ready for Wilson and all his thoms despicable hypocrites: whom real- treacherous brood of aminbin: advisers desire to dig our grave-tima that Dover, though we be at our list gesp Hars and traitors who desire not our shall we accept the proffered hand of freedom but our elernal enslavement

farther than the United States went tomorrow siternoon at 4.30 p.m. at kong, Dr. Wilder, and by the Hon. Mr. The Magpies were Mesere Townsend in its "Monroe Doctrine. Literally the Chinese Y.M.C.A, Bridges Street. Edward Usborne, who was Secretary of

DAMAGING A LIGHTER. 10 am--Auction of Household Furni- that is an American papers which Professor Middleton Smith will present the Hongkong and Kowloos Wharf and Yeardsley, Pickering, White, Simpson,

In Mr. Dyer Bali's court this morning made other journeys throughout the Marebesi. ture. Electric Fittings etc at exhibited hostility to the Missin the shield to the winners, at the close Godown Company. Since then he had Charters, Adams, McGregor, and Mesars. Hughes and Hough's interpreted Viscount Isan's, declara- of the match

provinces of China, including Inner There was also a conjuring display by Chinese woman was charged with 11a.m.--Auction of one special Kodak tion that Japan would be pre-

Mongolis, and had traversed all the The body of a Chinese found flost provinces: except Kwaichow, while his Mr. Gordon Cook of the Taimo Dock anlawfully damaging the deck house of at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's. 11.00 .m.- Auction of Drawing and pared to defend and maintain the ing in the harbour near the Szo Yap assistant, Mr. Frolerick Brows, had yard, assisted by Master Razavet. Mr.lighter No 1216, to the extent of $40.

Defendant pleaded not guilty, stating Dining Room Goods and Bed Room integrity and independence of China Wharf, was sent to the Public Mortuary rinae Kweichow and Mongolia and had Cook did things with cards, picture Linens at Mears. Hughes and against any :

au yesterday. It is stated that deceased filled in gaps in his ork elsewhere, so frames, tumblers and handkerchiefs that the deck house belonged to her and Bough's

aggres- attox pted to board the E Tai Latha toc Servoy of Chicouting that took one's breath away. The her husband.

Magnetic Scrray of

It was stated by Inspector Browde was to be expected from while she was making fast to the wharf, like 65,300 miles established 487 tricks were new and cleverly America. “It hould not be and he got crushed between the wharf stations, at an average interval of 60 executed in quite professional style that the defendant and her husband miles, at which astronomical obser- Since it was Mr. Cook's first appearance were in charge of lighter No 1216 necessary for us" said the Boston and the steamer.

vations for elevation above sea id public, all evedit is due to bin. We of the Hongkong Castor and Maconic Mr. FM Bah, Commissioner of level; and the three elements which Transcript, "to remind the Viscount

determine the garth's magnetis feldshell no doubt see his name on many of Steambent Co. His Worship or, in other wordy, which give the our amateur entertainment programmes remember some time ago the deter

husband and spother man were charged direction and amount of the earth's in future.

blocks The total amount available for the with the arreny lecturer's own share of the travel had. Primers of War Rund has not set eta, and discha for his $405, being subscriptions that M been 45,000 miles, of which 12,000

tade to convitice office miles had hean in repetition Borshat bear arrived at, but there should be n Stephen had collected from various not counting duplication, his share of sum of sulh obliged to members of the foreign

that their efforts were not Canton mmunity vel amounted to $3,500 miles, of the Magpi

by both lighters. The crew of the other Fran the towards the flood relief fund in North which 3,600 had been in Indo China

HNDAY, "NOY, ið my

i.

Pa e Benedict XV's birthday (1854 - Waxesday, Nov. 21:

Hamauction of Electrical Goods

1 Get P. Lammert's bales

Hey, Nov. 2%-

Given of Norway's Birthday 1860

King George's Sister, Princess Staad Charlotte.

BUESDAY, Nov. 28-

Bock Exchange Settlement Day. SUNDAY, Nov, 20% Thanksgiving Day in USA. 1241m-Full Mponiy FRIDAY, NOT, 30 SHELV

FEATHER DAYRUSZO

BRIDGE SCORERS

Blocks of to SRZETS

that America has never been open Foreign Affairs at Shanghai, soknowled: to the charge of aggression in China ger the receipt from Mr. A. G. Stephen,

that we hold under our control manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai magnetic forces had been made. The no portion of China's oil This Banking Corporation, of Tla 1,025 and is more tha own nation,

(speak plainly,

present instance. Arthur, Dainy, Kiso

Ce concession at Tien troops at Hinkow; against Japan in the court

post-beliuor T

Port Chins

the Japau Japane

A fire occurred at Ma Tan":

The lecture,hich described thes journeys and gave impressions formed,

of the people and their com

partial the

large pum

A Peking telegram says Dens that Wing Ting has telegrap cannot come to Folding owing to 15 heath

lay on instructions from the been

Edley whe

er of the Tent paid on the

fighter want

defends

and her hireenBI