1918-06-04 — Page 4

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WAR CHARITIES.

on

MEETING of the EUROPEAN MEMBERS of the General Com mittee of the War Charities will be hald in the BOARD ROOM, of Messrs. JARDINE MATHESON .t ኢስ FRIDAY, th June, at 5.15 P.M.

BUSINATO consider a suggestion for the stimulation of regular sub seriptions to the Fund by inviting the co-operation of the Exitish Clubs in the Colony.

Hongkong, June 4, 1918

489

NOTICE TO MOTORISTS.

MEETING OF MOTORISTS will be held on FRIDAY, 7th June. 1918, at 3.15 g.. at the Offices of Mesars. JARDINE MATHEWON

C LT, Hongkong, when proposals for the formation of no AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION in Hongkong will be submitted.

All owners of motor ears or motor cycles are requested to attend

Hongkong, June 4, 1915.

WANTED.

490

TOUSE for SCHOOL 5 to 8 Rooms. Central location. From September

a. Decumber, for 2 years.

Please apply

JAPANESE PRIMARY SCHOOL,

No. 1, College Gardens. Bourkorg, June 4, 1918.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

MARRIAGES.

Oves Fownd-April 2, at Misterton, Somerset, the Rev. DAVID C Owen, MA., Rector, Stuks Abbott Beaminster. to F. GWENDOLINE POWELL, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Powell, ef Finchley, late of Amoy..

WALTERS WAHRY—April 3, at St. Saviour's Warwick Avenue, London, WILLIAM BASTE WALTERS, of Foo chow and Hongkong, to Maud ISABEL WARRY, daughter of John William Warry, hate of Clifton

Bristol.

DEATH.

POND.-On April 2 at Avenue Elmers, Surbiton, JOHN ALEXANDER PUND, over 40 years in employ of Shanghai Municipal Council,"

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, June 4, 1918.

THE MENACE TO INDIA.

THE CHINA MAIL.

NLWS OF THE DAY.

'LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sir Charles Eliot left for the North by the Aoves Muru on Monday

TIGERS AT FANLING.

THE MAGISTRACY.

TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1918

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON'S HUNT. LEAVING THE COLONY WITH-

༢༤ ྃ་

OUT PERMIT.

It is not very after that ore starts out in the morning with, the avowed intention of a couple of rounds of golf, and finishes up in the afternoon with

CHARGE FAKES.

A 35. Man It. Wood'd Court, this

FIGHTING IN CHINA.

The Southern troops, taking ad vantage of a heavy min storm, and stated, to have surprised a body af 5,000 Fengsiem troops at Kiyang in

The Southerners are reported to have Human and utterly defeated them.

and gold, and mucceeded in entirely rubverting the authority of ale, Persian Cagernment, which hud as force with which to deal with the situation. The Persian Gea- darmerie, with its Swedish officers, I went over to the enemy. I w

necessary to restore order in the Southern Provinces and a body, of Peretans, armed and equipped by the British Government and atiffened with British and Indian officers-called the South Persian Ride-was cru stituted, and it succeeded in restoring order in a large part of the country. The South Persian Rifle Corps wax) raised by General Sir PracT SYKES General Lang Chat Kwong has in 1016 and has been commanded by arrived in Peking. He went to the him ever since, with the approval Capital at the request of the Premier- of the SBan and his advisers. A telegram from the Capital to-day Enemy agents have been spreading states that the Fremier has urged supicion in the minds of the Persian/General Lung to return to Kwangton were sent for, and at 2 o'clock in the the defendants then jumped off, 1st instant. Genel Tao Kwan ia

immediately.

that

the

time.

Today's telegrams from Teking state:--

Owing to Generals Two Kwan andi.

left Hankoy for the North, Chu Shur Chang Wat Chee having ddenly

Tsang ulo returned to Peking on the

On as the train was in motion.

made no reply.

to the front."

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a tiger buit: yet this actually haping, C. Curls ant J. M. Billeder soundest 2000 of their mind In the 48 hours ended yesterday pened to the local gentlemen, historia were charged with attempt to have captured tão rest. the following Chinese cases of com Sunday, at Fanling-

ing to defnd the Canten-Kowloor: ! The Northern troops are a municable diseases were reported in the It appears that word was brought Railway and also with attempting to ported to love suffered a bad defeat Colony-Plagus 1; diptheria 1; enterien by the villagers of Autnu that two

leave the Colony without a permit.

at Singhsjung in which they lost”. fever 2; small-por 1: cerebro-spinal large tigens and three cubs had been

Mr. T. H. King. Deputy Superdis over 1,000 men, ̧ fever 2. All were fatal cason. -

seen in the vicinity of the 8th Green, tendent of Police, said defendants at about 6 o'clock in the morning. left Kowloon by the 10.28 o'clock This news was curroborated by ex train, taking tickets for Sam Shui, coolies, who emphatically stated that May 24th. When the train was they has actually seen the animals about to leave Sam Shui, the Police Accordingly, guns and ammunition Examination Officers boarded it and

that the composition of this force

afternoon, a shikar party, composed | is a violation of the neatrality of the

of Major Robertson. Mr. D. W. Teat. being asked for their permits, they suggesting to the Fremier that it is 100 AL 1083 Gang Shand of zapoĮ Persian Government, and is, the emphatically denies the reports, that Kraft and the caretaser of the links, intention of deinding the Railway approves of the idea, but Kungtung The Japanese Legation at Pekingnan, Mr. E. J. Grist, Mr. W. D' The defendants said they had no quer it. The Premier says he quits harbinger of annexation. For in- stance, the German Under-Secretary

there is a Japanese wine and tobacco Mr. Kerr, was niede up and the hunt for Foreign Affairs is reported to have poly: in China. The Japanese was started. Apparently, the animals have tried to content themselves und

Company if they had, they would Kwangst must be subjugated.

A Hupel telegram reports that alt said in an interview with a Press negotiations have taken place at aay the vicinity of the 8th Green and ous place on the platformu.

Legation officially states that no such were traced

to the thick brush in would not have stood in a conspicu-Commulets in Huan are gathering. correspondent recently

in Hankow, and are filling up all the demunciation of the Anglo-Russian

attempts were indle to get the quarry. treaty of 1907 simply means that

In reply to his Worship, defen-big hotels, and are willing to turn Great Britain wishes, a free hand in Sewa Singh, bead watchman on

A London

paper mentions that to break cover, but as the Chinese dants said they had gone beyond the

an shikaris, no doubt, being more used station for which they had tickets, General Nel Se Chung has tele- Northern Persia and that Persia, was astata in Sumatra, has paid into the to hunting the mild and domestic and were looking for a guard to whom graphed asking permission to recall

meeting with the same fate as local British Red Cross Fund 470 guil.cow or gout, refused to assist in the to pay the excess fare,

the Anhui troops in order to give Under-Secretary went on to say that his pay since the outbreak of war. had to be given up. Ireland, Egypt and India. The ders (about £40), which represents half hunt by beating the brush, the chase Sergeant Haddock said that when them fest, the British Gove ament had isformed intends to contribute to the fund half

he boarded the train, the defendants The warring parties are therefore the Sun's Government that was wages till the end of the war,

Mr. Kraft states that there is no wire standing on the platform. He branking up, "but the Premier still could not withdraw our troops from

doubt that the animals were seen could not say whether they had tie- remain stubborn, while the Prost South Persin because their with Shanghai had produced £19,550 for the being great excitement among the

The "Chinese Tank Week" at and are in the neighbourhood, there [kets. The train whs in motion then, dent seems unconcerned. drawal would endanger the position British Red Cross by 4 pm. on May villagers of Autau, and all the cattle defendants said they did not attempt Valley Tukwaas, belonging to the In reply to the second charge the In the meantime the Yangtse ut the British forces in Mesopotamis. 28th. The amount subscribed during there are tied up, so here is a chance to leave the Colony without a permit. Chihli party, are gathering new force, "That is to say," he decisred, "the the foreign Tank Week was £435,355 for local sportsmen to go out and, lay When they purchased their tickets and there will be new developmenta neutrality of Persia is only a tank which included £6,000 subscribed by covering for the British Army at Chinese. This amount of £6,000 hat Bagdad, for which Persian territory been taken from the foreign Tank and Persian money must be sacri-Week subscriptions and added to the fed." This is an excellent specimen Chinese Tank Weak and is included in of German propagandist methods in the above amount.

■utral countries. We may depend

The Bangkok Branch of the Patriot upon it that the, SHARE, and his League of Britons Overseas has been

After taking further evidence, his advisers are too well aware of the dissolved, owing to the home League by, one would have to wait lying on Worship said he accepted the ex: Taluable work of the British being merged with the Overseas Club.

the ground. So, like the little mouse planution of the defendants and restoring order in the country to The Bangkok Branch hea raised £6,000

that saved the lion's life, Stripes "diecburged them. attach undue importance to the for war funds ainco ita formation. A may have to thank the ants for bis mischievous misrepresentations of the

new independent organisation has been continued existence.

THE Echo de Parix recently, in enemy. The goal of British policy formed, with the British Minister as reviewing the situation"in the Canin Persia is to realias conditions of patron, under the title of the British 194 casus, declared that the Turko-security for her Indian frontier and Siam War Aid Anaociation.

German enterprise there was the of peace for her trade relations with Persia. These have been the prin

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:

The Government will appoint Chan Kwong Ten Commander of the Second Ariny, to succeed Chang Wat Chee.

, which would probably they asked for tickets to Sam Chua. in the political situation. bring the tigers from eqver, during On being asked to produce their per the night.

its; they replied they had uone The only objection to this is that They were, informed that in that case Mr: Krait says there are some big they could only go as far as Sam black ants about, and he was severely Shut.". bitter, and as there are no trees near

This incident also brings to mind His Excellency the Governor's eulogy

STEALING A PAIR OF TROUSERS

"

Peking does not recognize the Kwangtang Goremment's sale of the cruiser Kuranghon

General Lung Chi Kwong discussed the following measures with the. Prime Minister:--

1.-Permission to borrow money.

If the Government consents the

his control.

In Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe's Court, this | Central Government need not supply of the Fanling Golf Course, lost morning, a Chinese was charged with him with funds and ammunition. year, when asking the Finance Com attempting to steal a pair of trousers 11.-To-enliet tery more"yings of beginning of the road to India. cipal and, indeed, the only aims of Chins gave a dinner on May and to purposes of beartying Fanling. was seen by Chinese constable from

The American Association of North mittes for a grunt of money for the which were hanging out to dry. He troops. The failure of Russia has brought our policy in that country. The the British community at Peking to His Excellency drew attention to the one end of the street and also by an tacking Kwangtung should be under III.-All Govenment troops" at: THE THE Undersigned have received in-

British have no desire to annex an structions to sell by Public Auction into operation many new factors inch of territory in Persis or incur emphasize British-American unity in

connected with Germano-Turkisk territorial responsiblities there. The the Allied cause.

About 150 sat down, fact that the course would be a policy, and since Russia's downfall British Government is desirous of including the American and Eritish source of revenue to the Colony us sixteex milion Mohomedans, echelon securing for Persia complete freedon Ministers and all the leading members it would, if kept up to tits mark, geant he threw himself fist on his back

Germany's efforts to establish herself and independence." We know of of each nationality. Mr. Hitchcock draw holiday makers from the neigh

In reply to His Worship, accused in Persia. The domination of Persia was the Chairman and the speakers bouring settlements

When the said he had nothing to say. prospective visitons leard, that in A sentence of seven days hard labour addition to fine scenery and fine goll was imposed.

[298 ACCOUNT OF THI COALBENAD),

בסיי

SATURDAY

the 8th June, 1918, at 10.30 [0-

at their Sales Rooms, No. 4, Des Voeux Road, Corner af

Teo House Street,

LADIES' DRESS MATERIAL, S.,

Comprising a

Also About 400 bottles French Perfume. Terms: Cash.

HUGHES & HONGE,

link, there is the added attraction of tiger hunting, no doubt his Excel- leney's prophecy will be more than

justified.

THE EASTERN CLERK,

Indian Sergeant from the other end.

The Chinese, constable deposed that when the accused saw the Indian Ser

COOLIE IN TROUBLE

If the Central Government agrees

to these three proposals, he would guarantee to subjugate Kwanglung: within three months.

The Premier approves of the pro- posals and has promised that he will bring the matter before the Cabinet for discussion.

·TERNIS.

ed in an almost continous zone to the heart of Central Asia, have been made accessible. The new move of is an old Teiton scheme, pursued included, Sir John Jordan, Dr. Reinsch, the Turks to push troops through quietly but relentlessly. A super Dr. Morrison, Mr. Denby, Mr. E. P. Persia must have a great effect that Germany is guiding Turkey

ficial view of the situation suggests Allen and Mr. Lagaox Simpson. Lawn, Holland, White Drill Figured on the British military operations in to Prints, Alpada. Tab'e Cloths, Serviettes,

ruin. Lavish promises have Towels, Sheets, Counterpaner, White Mesopotamis and will be a menace been here--the extended Turkey stars, including three gold stars for men A Service Flag bearing filty tore

coolie from Shanghai, en route for and Coloured Blankets Gent's and

which was to include Egypt, a share Lady's Handkerchiefs, White and · Blue | 02 our Indian frontier,

Mesopotamia, was charged before Mr. Avis gigantic indemnities and glory and killed in service, was raised over the Berge.

Wolfe, this morning, with refusing to recent Reuter's cable mentioned that riches for the Sultan and his Pasha Stacdard Oil Company's offices at

The following are the results of the the Turkish Government had asked A book just published by Herr Shanghai on Memorial Day. Thres

pay his car fare whilst sabore, and with

match, in the Junior Tennis. League St. creating a disturbance at West Point

Stephen College v. Chinese YIML.CIA., the Caucasian Government to consent FRANZ KULDER, well known Allied nationalities are represented by political writer, entitled "APolitical

His Worship said that were it not for played on the V.M.CA. Courts on Satur to the passage of troops to Persis, Working Programme for the Ger- the fifty-three honour marks on the The following letter of application the fact that the Secretary for Chinese day Auctioneers.

destined against the British Gover-man People," contains the following Standard Oil Company Bag. They for a clerkship received by the Afaira desired the accused to proceed Lob Ching and T. II Tin lost to H. 491 ment, and that this was refused. reference to Persia"A political stand for forty British, twelve Ameri- Manger of an Estate in British on his journey he would have sent P.. Few and 8. H. Ng 47; bent K. H

partition of Persia in As a result the Tarks have occupied Russian and a western Turkish half employés of the company, who have B.V.B. Herald:-

ancaster cans and one Frenchman, former North Borneo, is published in the prisoner to jail without giving him the Taoi and K. P. Lin 9-2, beat Britton and Erivan. A previous message from would only lead to complications, Moscow, riz Tiflis, stated that and would be regarded by our gone to the war. The three men whe To the Manager, Turkish regulars and Kurds, advanc. Turkish friends aea betrayal at Sunni hayo given their lives in battle are L.........Estate.

Islamiera to Schiam; Everything A. Dufour, who was twice decorated, SIT,

I beg to avail myself of the privilege | default, seven days" hard labour. Sujbalak and Uehane, whence they nothing must be done to weaken the The last-named was killed on March 21 acknowledged to subsist in your office.

as a candidate for the vacancy which is 1, will make for Eozeli, on the Caspian Pan-Islamic idea. Steps have been Sea, which will be made the base taken in this direction, and we mnat this year, two days following the opening The principles that constitute my de HONGKONG TRAHWAY CO., LTD. | Stephen's College (43. Jump eventually for attempts to canse support them. Besides, in any such of the great German offensive. Memo.sire to apply for au appointment. she partition Russia would dominate rial Day was selected as the first on Hotely concealed in the fact that as finan. unrest and strife farther east. The completely the Persian Gulf, and which the fag should fy, because it is cial poverty has rendered it impossible receipts for the week ending lat Junë, Turkish advance in Persia is fraught this must be prevented at all costs. with great danger to our position Turkey would be therely injured, the day of doing honour to the soldier

Boozkook. June 1, 1918.

(Continued on page 8.)

A. TACK & Co. ing in Northern Persia, had occupied must be done to saite and strengthen, Mr. W. Hamill and Mr. J. B. Bord

A Consignment of --

KODAKS AND FILMS

Just received by the "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA."

26, Des Voeux Road Central

THE CALENDAR,

KEMO. FOR TO-MORKOW.

(288

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Linens,de at Hughes & Hough's 2.20 p.m. — Auction of Furniture &c.

At Hughen & Hough's..

"GENERAL MEMORANDI. FRIDAY, Jone Z

5.15-Meeting of War Charities

Committee.

3,15-Meeting of Motorista. MONDAY, June 10

"a pon.Auétion of Crown Land at

P.W.D.

in the Middle East. A great deal depends on Persia's attitude in the matter and it is important that Great

for Persia a complete freedom and Britain should strengthen her position Independence, and to secure this by in this direction. Persia has ever an offensive and délensive alliance since the outbreak of the war between Feisia and Turkey. This remained neutral, although efforts alliance would be, of course, covered by the Central Powers Covered have been made from time to time in this case means dominated by the Germans and Turks to absolutel influence the Young Shah and Iris Government against the Allies. They have tried their level best to break Persian neutrality and to use the country as a base for operations and intrigues through Afghanistan against India. The AMIR of Afghanistan's - lojal friendship to Great Britain has helped materially thwart the enemy's designs,

and an important exit to the Indian dead in America. Ocean would be closed to us. Every thing, therefore, depends on securing

to

HONGKONG POLICE. RESERYE,

Cefors sened by Mr. F. G. Jonkin,

D.B.P. (8.).

HAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS AND MOTOR-CARS AT FOOCHOW,

H.B.M.'s Consul at Foochow in his annual report says:---

option of a fine. These disturbances at . K. Yue 8-8. West Point were becoming frequent and were very serious

His Worship fined the accused $7, in

·4 ।་

The approximate statement of traffic

for me to attain to a higher standard of is as follows education, nothing special has engaged

Receipta

for week.

Aggregate Receipts for s2 weeks.

13,533

255,800 E235

my attention but to regard the attach ment of myself to the office staff we may pursuing object The Lottes & for clerkship, I am say, arb only to be proved after 'have been involved in the complexity of the work in your office for a definite time.

The education I have acquired, under

This year Last year

Increase

Decrease

my vow-points, is unsound, but to ren LOAN FOR IMPROVING THE GRAND

der. To accessible to the work to by assigned in that post, nothing is innre

The proposed railway from Foo- chow through Pagoda Anchorage and theree to Kusiniow, a town further necessary than to treat it wisely. I down the river, is still engaging simply secured & pass in the Seventh

Standard Government Inspection attention. According to the Press,

CANAL.

Mr. Hitchcok, of the Siems Care Corporation, he signed an agreement

yo

Mosdeen and McPherson beat Xew and Ng 6—6","beat so and Liu 7 beat Britton and Tue 3

Rope and Moller. lost to Yew and Ng 3-8, beat Tsoi and Liu 7-4, best-Drita: ton and Tue 4

Scores Chinese Y.M.C.3 S2

and DIVISION HONGKONG

TENNIS LEAGUE

WIGWAM CLUB CLUB DE

DE TILBLIC This match was played off on Satur- day with the following reault set ng

Soares sad,de Bom best Brown and *Orangeli: 8-3,-ket-to" Kailton and Knoth 6- lost to Hebbe and Hicks

Ball and Hyndmas beat Bailton and Kaoth 8-3. brat Brown and Crapnell 7-4, lost to Flobbe and Hicks 47. Hyndman and Gonies best Brown 8-5. Jest to alton and Kuoth 4-7, lóst to Hobbs and Hicks 4-7.00 Total Club de Becreio 51;

Wigwam sa A

HONGKONG JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE.

for a preliminary Iban of Gold $250,00 a survey of the route has alreay been Singapore last year

to cover the cost of survey and intial

begun, and a company has been

Ishall try by every possible way to work in connection with the Grind formed to collect funds for its coz harden my scrubilities and observe good Canal The amount will probably be STANDING OF TEAM OF JUNE 322, 1018. Patrolmen on duty, are permitted to struction LISTA

morale sose to prevent revulsión from available immediately. This post of wear Winter uniform trousers during Compulsory subscriptions are also the office, as often is the gas with long for Gold #6,000,000 which will Indian Schools..

HOMEAZA O only represents portion of the whole OR 0. (c)

M. B. K. the present rainy season.

Parades and drills are to be consiffered Fukien for the construction of roads,

being collected from all officials inyoung cleiks,

At school I was attached to the Com construction.

Mr. Hitchcock ho fecommended ang Kowloot fe)

Chinese T.M.Q.A.. as cancelled in the event of steady rain

one of fire great experts as hiel enginer St. Stephen's College Enemy missions were frequently, sent which the parade, or drill is ordered. Lare to be nia between Foochow and comercial training, and now I am able but they are all of present engaged on R. GANT

tailing one hall; hour before the hour for on which light milwaye or raniways surreal Department so as to receive. N to the Amin. While those missions (D,O. 128), an BOWEL COMPLAINT IN

Chaunchow, a distance of about 100 to keep books and typewrité at moderate war working of there, however, will Civil Service (b) seriously embarassed the ruler in

SEARCH RUPERVISORE,

probably expedally relea Mr. Dockyard R. D niles, and between Foneliot and speed us wel as accuracy. CHILDREN.

his neutrality, they failed to meet Search Supervisors will in future re Yenping, a distance of about 100 beg you moet earnestly to grant, me Jubu Freto, he color Queen's College

port to the Bergeant at the Harbour

a fair trial that you may be enabled to can mechanical engnicer, will make t URING the summer months mothers with the success expected, or at Office, and not the Imports Office le D should watch for any boosunula of the chud's bowels. When least hoped (for. On the out

Though officially forbidden on thesedil I call contribute anything to the final selection.

• dat HARD PRACTICER, "⠀⠀

advancements of the properf ip your Tew loads, two motor cars and Wednesday, June 3th, Monday, June motor bon recently appeared in Foo th and Thursday, June 13th at 60 chow, but after one or two accidents

Hong the rickshaw coolies decided to go on request By Order, it re

strike, and, au acompromise, the 21.9.1 (E.) and Adjutant, bus service has been suspended.

given prompt attention at this time break of the war German emissaries, serious trouble may be avoided. Cham

berlain's folm, Cholers and Diarrhea who had long prepared the ground, Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all Chemists and Stoke scattered the most turbulent tracta keeper

of Femia with rifles, machine-gune

Shed

pim.

comply with

SOMETHING DEPENDABLE

ŒEA is always more or less Be preparent during this weather.

bolers and 2 it. Chamberlain's Colico The wa Hassin is now situated that does not need a minister of and effectual la lomedy is prompt Allars All the needs is a German for sala balways be c

Chem Cod" for Rochester Prat Sborskeepers%