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THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAY,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Troops have had to surround had disarm Lang Chal Kwong's recruits who have been causing the interrupt ion of traffic on the Tientsin-Pakow railway.

THE GENERAL MILITARY SERVICE

FORGE OF HONGKONG.

"INSURANCE OF MEN,

ENROLLED...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 1918.

· HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB,

CHINA AND SILVER.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Hongkong. Cricket Club was held in the Club pavilion yesterday afternoon. Mr. P. M. Hodgson presided over a good attend ance including Major Hammond, Mesars,

NEED FOR STOPPING THE EXPORT.

THE GERMAN NOTE

PRESIDENT WILSON'S

INQUIRIES,

The following is the text of ther

Tha Paking Correspondant of the China Prass writes-Some time ago the Chinese Government asked the Nots by the U.S. Secretary of State Diplomatic Body whether it would to the Swiss Chargé d'Affaires whiqu

Department of State,

October 8th 1918- SIR-I have the honour to acknow~

It is notified in the Goetenment Casetts that the following arrangements bays been made for the insurance of man whose names appear in the Gazette na B. Brown, R P. Thursfield, R.. Ken-give its consent to the establishment is referred to in today's cables being deemed to have been onrolled in nedy, M. Maas, F. H. Thomas, H. A. by the Government of an embargo on Bishop Charles Hanry Brant, ofend to belong to the General Military Niebet, U. A. Hooper, P. Jacke and D. the export of silver. This procedure

E Donnelly.

was suggorted in view of the fact that the Philippines, has been made Ma sjer | Service Fores of Hongkong

The Chairman said Gentlemen: with the satablishment of an embargo in the Americas Expeditionary Force in 1-Each married man, baving's wife The Committee's Report and the State by the United States Government ledge; on behalf of the President, your of pure Earopean descent, imant of Ascounts for the past season there would in all probability be an Nots of October 8th, andlowing a com- France, and is to have charge of tba.

» insured Ezkinet death in the have bean in your hands for some time increased export of silver from China, manication from the German Goveri- Protestant chaplains of the Army st

#um of £9,000.

and with your permission I will take condition "that would only add to the front

them a read. Your Committes cot the fascial embarrassment of the meat to the President; nad I am sider, and I am sure you will agree, country. The Diplomatic Body die instructed by the Fresident to requers that the accounts are highly satisfactory, cussed the matter these days ago, but you to make the following communion- particularly in view of a "falling off of reached no decision, as some of the tion to the Imperial German Chancellor=" inbscriptions and entrance fees and the ministers declined to commit them

*Before making reply to the request very high cost of material. You will selven without instructions from their observe that $2,000 has been written home Governments..?

of the Imperial German Government,

We gather from the agends for the next meeting of the Sanitary Board that Mr. B. W. Tío has been appointed by the Government to be a member of the Sanitary Board in place of Mr. Ng Boc-tsz.

His Excellency the Officer Ad ministering the Government has been

To-day's Advertisements The China Mail, plexied to appoint Mr. Leslie James

FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

OF HONGKONG.

BANK HOLIDAY.

[CTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that AD FIRE INSURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business an MONDAY, the 14th instant.

By Orran

A. R LOWE,

Hongkong, Oct. 12, 1918

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, Oct. 12, 1918.

THE DOOM OF THE

HOHENZOLLERN.

The rumours of the KAISER'S abdication

which have reached 81 Stockholm Beom too good to be true, just yet. It may come to pass, for

́MARINE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION there is no obscuring the fact that

OF HONGKONG.

BANK HOLIDAY.

JUTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

all MARINE INSURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the 14th instant.

By Order, LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,

Storeturica.

Hongkong. Oct. 12, 1918.

Blackburn to be a Temporary. 2nd Lieutenant in the Hongkong Defence Corps, with effect from the 7th Oct., 1918.

It is notified in the Gazella that the following persons shall, as from the 11th inst, be deemed to have been enrolled in, and to belong to, the General Military Service Force of Hoog. Long:-Perey Richard Glandizing, and Joseph Douglas Birrell,

Miss Martha Hunter Hoa Hing, a Chinese woman doctor, has just beca slected house surgeon at the Alexandra Hospital for Children, Dyke-road, Brighton. Miss How Hingy who is LRC.P, LRC.S., Edinburgh, and L.R.F.P.S., Glasgow, has been in Eng- land about soven years, and took ber diplomas in 1916. She has a brother

the overtures for peace have raised the question of the future of the Hohenzollern Dynasty, as well as the future, of the House of Hapshurg. The Governments of the Central Powers, President WILSON declared fortnight ago, "hare convinced us that they are without honour 832 and do not intend justice. They in the British Army..

observe no covenants, accept no principle, bnt force and their own

ROTAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

.

· The

new Governor of Macao.

(Senhor Arthur Tamagine de Barboss)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that interest. We cannot come to terms and Lady Barboun reached Dongkong

the FOURTEENTH ANNUAL with them. They have made it GENERAL MEETING of Members

will be held at the Carn Housh North impossible." The "offer of Peace".

1918, at 6.30 PM.

To receive the Reports and Accounts for the period ended 31st August.

G

1018..

from Portugal yesterday and the Port- uguese Community of Hongkong held reception in their bonour last evening as the Portuguese Clab when over 500 people were present. Mr. de Souza (the Coneal) and Mrs de Souza, MË Silva-Netto (President of the Club) and Mre. Silva-Notio, and the Club Com-

Foint, on TUESDAY, 18th October, has come, not from a representative parliament of the people of Germany, BU31119:

but from the KAISER. The "All Higheat" himself has proclaimed the fact, and by ac doing he has exposed himself to a humiliating rebuff. His position as the Head of the State has mitteo formally received the distin- become untenable. He has forfeited guished visitors.

To elect Officers for the ensuing year,

and other General Business.

KOTE-A Launch for the enrvchicace of Members will leare Queen's Status Pier at 5 p.m. on the 15th inst.

By Urder,

:

R. E MACDOUGALL, Hon. Secretary and Treasurn. Fongkong. Oct. 12, 1918.

833

the respect of foreign nations, and

it is very probable that he has forfeited the confidence of millions of his anbjects. They will see in the present aspect of the war the. falsification of all the boastful assur- TAE Undersigned have civium, ances by which the KAISER has

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Hongkong, Oct. 12, 1918.

(Continued on page 8.)

834

NEW MEMBER OF LEGISLa-

TIVE COUNCIL.

"MR. DODWELL APPOINTED;

His Excellency the Officer Adminie- secured support for a war which toring the Government has been is now seen to be destired to pleared to appoint, provisionally and overwhelm Germany in disaster subject to His Majesty's pleasure, irretrievably for generations. It was Stanley Hudson Dodwell to be an long ago predicted that the enemy's Unofficial Member of the Legislative peace effort would be more dan. Council during the absence from the gerons to the Allies than his arms- Colony of the Honourable Mr. Edward "Kaiseriam will be like a beaten Shellin or until further notice. bully, "screaming, weeping to escape

the final punishment; and vowing

"

repentance while trying at the THE CEREBRO SPINAL FEVER

EPIDEMIC. zame time to keep an agonised. clutch on the swag." That situation has now arrived, but it happily finds the Allied peoples absolutely united in the demand for gabatantial proofs

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core. They are convinced that the only foundation for peace is absolute.victory and that only upon that fandation will it be possible to rear the edifice of constructive justice. They have

absolately no use for the KAISER

as the architect, and his abdication in favour of come one other than [369 the CROWN PRINCE, who will reign not as a Military, Autocrat' but as a Constitutional Sovereign-if a Republic is out of the question- would be signal advance, towards the conditions demanded as n liminary to Pesca discussions.

CELLO

JUST ARRIVED,

pre-

Mr. F. B. L. Bewley, pursuant to notice, will ask at the meeting of the Sanitary Board on Tuesday :---

2.-Each married man, having a wife not of pure European descent, is insured against death in the sum of £1,000

Lideration.

but I am informed that this is not momentous interests involved require,“ the asse, The Authorities there have the President of the United States quite open mind on the subject and deems it necessary to assure himself of. hare submitted the question without the exact meaning of the Nots of the prajudice to the authorities in Tokio, bass yet have received no reply. Imperial Chancellor. Does the Imperial The fact that, there is sa yo no reply: Chancellor mean that the Imperial is believed to be das to the sature Germap Government accepts the terms desire amongst the responsible authori

3.—No part of this sum of £3,000 er £1,000, as the case may be, may he began thed by will or other of the pavilion which new standa It has been freely stated that the and in order that that reply shall be s wise. Its allocation is in the at $7,000 Certain repairs and reauthorities at the Japanese Location as candid and straightforward as the sule diräretion of the Govern nowals have been effected, but ow. are opposed to the proposed embargo, ment; and it is the intentioning to the beavy cost of building chas the whole sum shall be there are only temporary and it will applied in making provision for shortly be necessary to effect further the wife, and children if any renewals. I may say that your Com Any representations as to the mittee have long had in view the disposition of the money, that necessity of increasing the secomoda the maa inaared may wish to tion in the pavilion by adding a farther make, will receive careful con- story adding fully equipped bath-room and generally making the pavilion more 4-Eagh unmarried man is insured attractive and comfortable, but the lack

against death in the sum of of money has been the difficulty. Your ties in Tokio to take no decision just down by the President in his £1,000.

Committee have felt is their duty to at a moment when a change in Gov.in Aldress of the Congress of the Unite

Staten on the eighth of January het 5.This sum or any part of it may be the debentura holders to pay off debes ment is impending

The importance of the silver quay.. bequeathed by will. In the tures whenever opportunity arose, `28. event of the man insured dying for fifteen years only cleven debentures tion in only partly indicated by the and in subsequent Addresser, and that intestata the money will be dealt were paid off. Now I am glad to say exchange quotations. From the vary ohject in entering into discussions with under the law of intestate over half of the 300 issued have been commencement of foreign intsrecarie would he only to agree upon the

redeemed. When the az is over and with Chins there has been a fear on practical details of their application f

The President feels bound to say ourmembership increases we should with the part of the Chinese that there 6-In the event of diablement a

gratuity, baud upon the degree careful management soon attain a posi-would be a drain of silver. One of the of disablement, will be paid,

tion of Snancial strength such as to arguments need by the Chiness against with regard to the suggestion of an 7.-The amount of the gratuity,nable us to carry out our pavilion the opium traffic a century, aga Armistice that he would not feel at which will in no cass exceed scheme and at the same time offer that it drained the country of silver Shorty to propose a cessation of arma the sum in which the man greater facilities and comfort to mem-Chinese official documents stating the to the Governments with "kich the

szzeoution.

disabled. is insured, will be assessed by the Treasurer and one Unofficial Member of tha

Legislative Council, who will

The

or Our President, Mr. Maitland, is drain at TI. 10,000,000 per annum.

on his way back to the Colony. Mr. Morse, in the course of a bareful Government of the United States is You will have an opportunity of electing examination, has shown that in all associated against the Central Powers President for the season shortly and probability the movement of silver at so long as the armies of those Powers although Mr. Maidland has expressed a that time was inwarde; but in recent

a

be guided by the medical desire to retire in favour of a younger years undoubtedly the general move.err upon their soil. The good faith of certificate issued by the Military member I do not think that as long as ment has been outwerde. The follow any discussion would manifestly depend Authoritica, and, as far as Mr. Maitland is available we desire to ing table shows the value of silver upon the consent of the Central Powers possible, by the Army roles look for another President. Our thanke entering and leaving the treaty port regarding disablement amount of gratuity recommend ed will be referred to the Governor in Council, whose decition in the matter will be final.

8-The foregoing rules take effect, As regards each individual man, from the date on which he leaves the Colony for the par pose of proceeding upon setiro service The rales will ecetinue to apply to each man notil the date on which he is entitled to his disctarga from the Army at the end of the present war. They will not apply to i man who continues to terra to the Army after he is entitled to bis discharge.

Rules.

Importa value

Exports value.

in Hk. Tls.

Balance Millions

of Hk. Th1⁄2.

Ronad

are due to Mr. Maitland for generously since the beginning of the century, and presenting the Club before he went away the balancs on each year's trade with his five debentures. The War; which I am glad to say looks within resson- able distance of coming to su end with complete victory for the Allies, bas, I a sorry, to say, claimed mors of our members and we have to deeply regret the loss of Mr. C. F. Canningham, Mr. J. E. Greason, Mr. E. L Jones, and H. Arthur, all members of this elab Mr. 1901 Arthur was probably the finest wicket 1902 keeper who aver performed on this 1903 23,001,165 ground. M. LI. Jones will be 1904 · 23,518,638. remembered for the great assistance ha 1905 31,428,734 - 38,634,911 gave us in the many acneerts held on 1906 19,332,738 38,010,600 1907 7,069,020 38,277,750 this ground.

20,116,602 32,383,318 30,864,098 24,023,571

14,362,496.

18,437,479

20,460,208

32,282,133

8

13.

immediately to withdraw their force everywhere from the invaded territory, "The President also feels that he is justified in asking whether the Imperial Chancellor is speaking merely for the constituted authorities of the Empire who have so far conducted the war. He deems the suswar to these questións vital from every point of view,

29,046,532. 6 Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances 37,128,368

14 of my high consideration

7

0

19

(Signed), ROBERT LANSING."

31

.. 12

With reference to the coming season 1908. an attractive fixture list has been 1909

44,698,53422,803,887 22 arranged and although the Club may 1910

61,082,967 32,776,935 40 be able to, pat in the Seld a good 1911

45,098,297 25,849,845 20 representative team your Committes 1912

05,711,490 19,743,126 28 16,498,744 considered that it would not be in the 1913

30,191,693 interests of the playing members to 1914 epter for the Cricket League this year. 1915 20,717,306 39,099,820 65,766,448 The Tanais Tournament was a great 1916 37,088,320

14 19

28

21

9. Any payments under these rules will be apart from and additional tory payments under-Army 10-If loath or disablement occur

through a man's own fault or not as a result of his military success last season and War Charities 1917 27,507,292 48,490,390

*Import, surpluses shown in black duties, the Governor in Council benefited therefrom to the extent of $2,000. It is hoped to start the Tour-

type. may withheld the whole or any part of the payment provided mout this Setson very much earlier.

The report and accounts were adopted.

for under these rules. 11.All payments under these rules

Hoa.

From the above it may be seen that whilst the impors of silver during the

THE

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP :COMSAXY, LIMITED.

The report for presentation to the shareholders at the thirty-fifth ordinary general meeting is as follows:-

The General Managers beg to sub mit to the shareholders their report on the thirty-fifth year's working of the Company, ending 30th June 1918.

Mr. F. Maitland was re-elected

12-The Governor in Council shall, in Brown Hon. Treasurer.

will be made out of the current President. Mr. P. M. Hodgeon was represent century has amounted in value

Afte paying all running expenses, ravenues of the Colony.

elected Hon. Secretary and. Mr. C. Bo Hk. Ps. 196,000,000, the export

has amounted to Bk. Tl. 565,000,000 Docking Charges, Premia. of Insurance, hisole discretion, decide any The Committee for the year com- which gives an average annual drain Boans to Officers of steamers, and question that may arien regard prises:

Mr. Claud Suvern, from China of a little over Bk.. T. making provision for the amount due ing the application or inter C.G. Mestra. T. E. Pearce, HA 4,000,000. It is likely that with en pretation of these rules. Nisbet, Major Robertson, Mears. R. P. embargo or export from the United to HM. Government on the working of Thursfeld, M. M. Macs, R. Kannedy, States there would be an increased steamers under the Hongkong Liner and F. H. Thomas. Mr. D. E. Donnelly demand from China, and thus she drain Requisition Scheme, the amount at takes the place of Mr. R. HL B. Hancock. would become heavier. It is to prevent credit of Profit and Los Account

The Chairman observed that the re- the possibility of this that the Govern election for three years of the same mani is asking for the consent of their $448,812.64, out of which an Interis Commitee showed the confidence Treaty Fewers to the imposition of an Dividend of 8 per cent., absorbing, reposed in them by the members, embargo. If the embargo were impor: 350,000, was paid in Apri1 ̈ last," and ed, then no export could take place subject to approval of shareholders, it except under special license from the

LADY LADY MAY'S ROSA FUND.

LIST No. 8.

100,00

Inspector General of Customs, which is proposed to appropriate, the Balance practically means that there would be of $338,812-64, as follows:-

Account of Allied Governments..

(82.00 per share)... 40,000.00 To pay a Bonus of 10% (85)

100,000.00 per shure)

Already achaowledged 82,038.60 REGISTRATION OF AMERICANS IN no purchase from Chine, except on To pay a Final Dividend of (i) Has the Medical Expert on

H.E. Mr. C. Severn, C.M.G... Cerebro Spinal Fever wade say Anderson, Meyer & Co...

Major D. Macdonald. reports or recommendations to Mrs. Dowbiggin the Government with reference Mrs. Stanley M. Mayes... to the prevention or sra-tment Colonal Han

of this disease? If an, will the 1 Cheung-shia. Head of the Sanitary Depart Ho Wing.... ment ask the Government to Ho Kwong communicate such raports and Wong Jan-sang recommendations to the Board? Fung Ping-shan. (ii) Da the Head of the Sanitary Li Po-kwai..

Department and Medical Officer Chau Tung-ang of Health propose to take sny E H Kotevali. (and, if any, what?) special Zan Tak po....... steps with a view to preventing Lau lu-chong..... a recurrence of this disasso in Chay Chong... epidemio form during the com- Tong Yat-chuan ing winter, in addition to the Lo Chung-wan. ordinary routine of cleansing Mok Kon-sang and disinfection ?

Lu Yam-run. Young Boi-wong Li Wing-kwong.. Tong Wan-ting. General Gourdad, who has added to Chai Chung-yik his aurels in the recent Eghting, was Chan Pik-chnen..

DIPETHERIA-HOW IT MAY BE the youngest man in the French Army Chan Ngan-ting

AVOIDED.

to attain to the rank of general. He was You Sui-chi badly wounded soon after going to the Chan Tex-H... Dardanelles to attesed General d'Amads Choy Hing

PETRERIA is usually contracted

when the child has a cold. The He has a remarkably alert brain and is Pang Shia ming old prepares the obilna syntem for the reception and development of the absolutely fearless diphtheria gorms. When them are CASES of diphtheria in the neighbourhood children that have code should be kept at home and off the street until recov? ered live them Chamberlain's Cough. Homed and they will not here to

THE ANDERSON reals at home long. It also clean out W

MUSIC CO LTD

00,00 (25:00 25.00

20.00

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.

Features of last year in British North Borneo are given by the assistant Com missioner of Customis as follows

To write off from the value.

of the Company's Stea- mers and Properties 68,812.54 To place to credit of the

70,000,00 Reserve Fand...

To place to credit of Under- writing Account...

60,000.00

$338,819,64.

THE FAR EAST. 50.00 50.00

The American Consul General bas 25.00 10.00 received instructions indicating that registration of Americans in China and span, and apparently in the Far 25.00 East generally, under the Selective 26.00 Service Act of Jane 6, 1917, is more or 25:00

less voluntary although the Government (1) Japanese and Australian merchant 20.00

vessels calling at Sandakan regularly and 20.00 retains control of American citizens the former also going to Tawan direct. 20.00 through its passport regulations. It monthly from Japan-Formon from

June Anwar da... is provided, however, by the Army

(2) Forman coolies brought direct The Hugeng and Haicheng have bee 20.00 authorities that local boards will take to Tawan for the Japanese estaton, and ander requisition for Imperial Borrice 20.00 no action concerning any registrants the growth of these patates and Japan during the year and the Hallan and

ese bolding generally a plan bo og

June 6, 1917, were in China or (3) A Chinesa Sauce factory was start Bathong under Government Contral

by fanilor by ed on Gaya Island opposite to second since April last! 20.00 Japan Bod regiatored by

for manufacture of Chinese Ketchup 20.00 representative in the United States. from local products.

(4) The closing down of the British 20.00 Parsons thus registered, however, mast Boraso Petroleum Company and the The Hon. Mr.C. E Anton and Mr 20.00 report to their local boards immediately granting of a sub-concession of its rights Robert Shawan resigned on leaving the

to the Enham Mining Company, a 20,60 on their arrival in the United States. Japanese Syndicate,hich is now pros Colony, their places being filled by the 20.00 No detailed instructions as to the newpecting for oil in the Territory generally. Han, Mr. David Landals and Mr. 20.00

(5) The entry of the firm of Harrison law governing colective service have and Crosfeld, Lid who are eventually William Adamson 20.00 50.00 been received

20,00

20.00

20.00

20 00

20.00

Too Yu-nung

20,00

Long Nai-keurg.

20.00

SUNSHINE AND COMMON

Look Poon-shab

20.00

Ko Yik-kam

£20.00

SENSE

AN AID TO DIGESTION,

you have a fullness and

Lau Yik choul Ayeung Str

20.00

Un-ARIT Li-kong.

the culture bada, which form in a child's

in the stomach after throat when it has cold, and minimize eating you may know that you have Chin Cheuk

esten too much, and should take one of

Ahern obutrinting Infectious dis Chasebertain Tablela to aid your ensas Fortrade by all Ongelare and

Una Forzenie by all Chemists a

doctor 20.00 rheumatism.

your blood 20.00 application of Chamberlain's Pain Bala $20.00 few days It will got you tip $20.00 out into the sunabines then Natur

restore the rich rod blood ito. 23.029 6 and soon rid the sysĽAD

For

so de disense Land Storeica

to take over in this State the business of Blessrs. Darby and Co.

CHAMBERLAINTSST

beur

CONSULTING COMMITTER

The Committee, now: consists of Mr. William Adamson,.. Mr David Landale and Mr. A. D. Lang, who retire but offer themselves for re-election -

AUDITORS

and

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