1918-12-12 — Page 4

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conditions under which the soldier has lived these past few years and to the difficulty he must now be experiancing BONGKONG, THUMday, Dec. 12, 1818. in changing his view point. Bus "wa

THE PROBLEM OF THE RETURNED SOLDIER.

must see that he changes that view- point. If he has been a good soldier he will all the sooner become a good

citizen.

But

prove that ASBANK

REFERENCE

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SOLTENCY BISED, ON- THE DAILY

SUCREDIT BILINCE.

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The question. It's banker's reference

have bee

to acknowledge with

Sapat Noua. Bukter Street, Sunwhui- gratitude

tremendous weight of CH. Raschen writes in The Finan po, reported to the Police that while American interventier Other travel faler

he was walking kom Taikoktaal ba lers mention with the warmest ad

the Mongkok, ferry at about half- miration the genuine and widespread good one 2 is one presenting itself not past four this morning, he was at Bell-waorifices of the American people | infrequently. What is the amwar there, tacked by two men who threw him in the matter of food conservation. It cannot safely be replied to in then the ground and took from him $10 for the benefit of the Allies. So far affirmative, for why is it that tradesmen in Hongkong ben cent pieces. as self-esteem is concemed, John invariably require two trado references

when asked to open an account? Does A DEAD COMPLAINANT. Bull probably marches abreast with is not speak for fuelf Should ▪ bonk-fry Uncla Sam, even though he mayor's reference be offered the shopkeeper betmy it less naively. It is an asset would la most cases refuse it as fuade. to any people, after all, for it late, and for what reason? Because Romething that has to be lived of the doings of his customers (likely to the bank manager knows little or nothing to and competent observers feels still more eventuted, through the positive thah, big as his headlines recent bank amalgamaticus) and in many have been, our American cousin has cases only arrives at a conclusion as to indeed made good. That all the solvency wolely based upon the daily petty jealousies and misunderstand credit balance. He is stated as long ings of the past may have been it is in his customers favour, and the permanently obliterated by the new fight that war hoe brought surely fno unreasonable hope. Our response

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

bigger the balance the more s

does it suffice Should the bank not ge This latter fat i perfectly natural, but

a step further, and know more? Or

Philipp no Colony

SSION

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FOURESS AND

ommissioner

(Progress and Con nnually presented to

apart failed to carry out occasion of the decennial

statutory requirement, that

in such form as best "sab

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Manual Quanon who is the Pres ent of moral and material the Philippirie Sanata, Mr Thom Bar condition of India” shaw, the President of The Earnshaw been fue in the main to the Slipways and brother of Mr. Manosy method of compliation, for Earnshaw, former Residen

{has been "prepared in the In from the Philippines at Washington have been told

*From a large number of Mr. Carlos Cangan who is a prominent

received from India. Manila capitalist and De Jose half century the Repo business man in Manila, Mr. (Alegre, Busananto, shember of the Municipal of the anat ropellent Brise Board in Manila In all the Mission afde, co effort being. numbers abant twenty; the rest in follow.gmural survey of Indian dising on to Washington. Our raperenta elidate the real significan

tive was informed that, the Musicu had me of figures set out in the TLY distended leaving some weeks ago, but chapter

The case in which a Chinese was charged with conspiring to defraud another Chinese of $2,250 was again before Mr. Wood this morning. ship that the coraz lapaul had Inspector Grant informed his Wor- pershed with other member of his tamily in the Race Course cats trophe last February. There was nothing else to be done but to charge defendunt.

Defendant was accordingly charged.

ACCUSED HIS FRIEND.

· Freirent:Wien; asblad, Covvarin-General

fifa ilava, öf Manlhe requesting that he Some years ago we urged that a Incid Minn bassaolajid. The min ere azt, record, on the Egyptian model, net. by desinium of cying the imediat Lurd (mmer should be furnished fram in landence of the Philio en India, instead of the lavenly and fina interesting to now that this

Le Kin, » Chinese youth, was desire seèma to he limited to be pohti-belated piece of back worked a **Farmigned" "in" Mr C. Acad. Hele rips there and bas very li the amponca poally, flang by the India Ofless at

bonine's Court the morning, charged Manel Quezon, he Fredags feeding Parliament. This sugges from-the-Philippine businem, men with snatching a cap from the head the Senata is quite optiuristic as in the tion has now been acted upon of a baby which was being carried on result of the mision. Americans whe 63rd number of the statement, relating the back of h Chinese woman, in arrived in the Colon westerday my that to the year 1916-17 (Cd, 9165), is in now Cleverly. Street. Defendant pleaded beloved or many that the indipenden form, and is preceded by the sanounce ais rumour atiost in Manila, not guilty, stating that it was not will be given but that Manila will went that it has been, and will in fature be but one of his two companions. remain an American port. Of coure the be prepared by the Goverment of When chase was made, be was general Americau view is that the India caught, instead of the real thief indepen-lence, if granted will be of a Two policemen deposed that he was

limited form's the right man, and he was sentenced to seven days imprisonment and 10 strokes of the birch.

to General Pershing's prophecy of abstain from giving information excepting an inseparable union is a heartfelt in cases where absolute knowledge of his and fervent Ametä

customers dóltigat is to hand

Some few years ago the manager of leading book was inked with how many of his customers he was personally, acqitiated. The reply is still outstand ing! Can such methods of conducting business he looked upon in the light of justice either to the customer or to those requiring information as to his financial standing ? Antlers stand to-day banking account has but to be kept with a good daily credit balance, and the, in formation as to solvency reads all that might be desired. But, again, doen the sum standing to the customer's credit always belong to him: It might have been borrowed, and, sided thereby, he

For the twenty-four hours ending December 11th there was one case of enteric fever (Chinese) in the City of

Victoris.

It needed four of a kind to beat the chiel hotels bero yesterday. They were fall houses. This was due to a large inrush of transitory guessa.

The annual open Billiard Champion ship of the Colony will be held early inwildly gambles, neck-or-nothing fashion, in all directions. It succesful he is January at the Vetoria Recreation Club, dabbed a clever man, but in the contrary Intendis competitors are given ample case, when the east come his banke has sided him is being the cause of others losing money, for the sole reason that his daily balance, was satisfactory-

time to practice.

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After all an evening newspaper man ought to have that fellow feeling for the Kaiser, who is reported to be " "hurriedly writing and growing more and more догове

The Royal Warrant raising the pen- niods of soldiers disabled in former wars to the level of those granted to similar saferers in the present war was published on Oct. 9 as a White Paper. The in creases take effect as from May last.

The Canton Times says that the Shanghai money deniers have bad men collecting subsidiary coins in Canton for them. They are said to have got away with eleven million point. The Customs have been warned to take more

ABYFOTBETICAL CAME

ALLEGED FALSE BILL OF SALE

A SINGAPORE HAD MAN.

XMAS CHEER.

Previously acknowledged

Dsprance.

There are three introductory chapters, followed by a chapter for each province of British India, and one upon the Na tire States. Thisian far better plan then the old one of grouping the contents under administrativa beadings only, and scattering the references to provincial affairs right through the Report. for, an the introduction observes the problems 100 of government, social, economic, and

30 administrative, vary widely in different orres, nor is the rate of advance uniforms asiall. The war is first dealt with, kod 50% many facts are given to justify the tlaime an that the pert played by the Government. an and the country therein during the year

was perba pareater and worthier than is generally ascribed to India 330 Tho Report deals briefly with the

The Hon Treas of the Services Enter tairment Fund seports the following in crementa:- Chang Hong, a medicine-stop- Hon Mr. D. Lansiale... keeper, was armigned for implica- Hors Mr. Lan Chit Pak tion in a conspiracy to secure illegal. F.B.L. Bowley Hon. Mr. Ho Pook possession of a junk. He is said to Mr. Eldon Potter have approached the crew of the r. H. P. White boat, in company with some con- - Ms. Tub A-La

Mr. P. Festbente federates, to have presented a false Let us take a hypothetical ac A bill of sale, which he had forged with certain man is introduced to a banker-chops stolen from the bout, and to

course of political movements and thes a very simple matters as a bale I conta have claimed possession. Because

1845.40 problems of constitutional Fetare. Men- Major Apthorpe, of the commissariat unfol. He goes through the usual proof further evidence which is desired,

tion is made of the fact that the latter. #1595.40 question was taken up by Lord Chels department of our army, is sure to be a cedure and opens an account with, say, the case was remanded patil the 18th

ford from the outant of his term of popular addition to garrison society dur£5,000. It runs smoothly, the citomerinst. The defendant's bail was set

odice. Towards the end, of 1918 we ing the next four years. The Shinyo requires no facilities, keeps a daily balut $1,500.

fembodied our conclusions in a dispatch ance of between £1,500 and £2,000, his m

Greator care by the insurance were not made public, but it bare truit to the Secretary of Stats Its contacta maru brought bim

clerk pays in or withdraws money, and

writers has lowered the number of fires | in the announcement of British Policy the customer is soon unknown to the

A Chinese, wantly arrived in with the police which checked over mares taken in conformity therewith. urin Canton. Policies and to be registered towards India made in the House of Commons on Augnat 92, 1917, and in the get excepting by name. Time rolls. on. He has a fuller cr the Stock Ex. | Hongkong from Singapore, w change, to successful and tries sin, but charged with attempting to steal

The political events narratai, in the this time the hide Hows against him und $72 from another Chinese, who had

Introductory section

affect only a THY though potentially important, a heavy lows is iturred. He asks for just emerged from a money-changer's fire broke out in a stonecutters fraction of the population in Indnes timer even goes as far as to give a shop on Des Voeux Roud. It appears mashed opposite the Chinese Cametery far as the great names were concerned Receptance for the deb assuring his that the complainant, who had and Aberdeen at $.10 p.m. yesterday, and the year was prosperous and oneventful. and there was no widespread political creditors that his ficulties are but ter secured the money in bank notes in in ten minutes, the whole structure was movement or agitation. Still less, it we pray anh his bank balance the shop and bad put it in his cout burnt to the ground. The cause of the exceptione province Bengal) was there remains, satisfactory and his credis at pocket, was followed by the defenfimis attributed to the burning of some any serious disorder in any part of the the bank unimpaired until the inevitable dunt. A short distance up the street jos papers within the mastshed by one failure results, when doe might hear the the defendant hit him, got the of the workers. The damage done to remark But the bank gave a good money, und ran. Upon pursuit by the stonecutters personal property and reference, or, in other words, aided the detective who had witnessed the to twelve Ornamental head stones, is thair in his attempt to get rich quickly,whole proceeding, he dropped the estimated to be about $1,070.14 An Order in Council is published in with the accompanying disastrous con-money on the sidewall, hoping to the London Gazette, authorising the Ad-sequences. But all this could have been divers the detective's attention from mirsity to administer the grant of pens prevented had the bank been acquainted iors for wounds, and disabilities in the with his customer's abilities and had as of amoers of the Royal Navy and had a fairly good idea of his ways in Royal Marlies under sur scales as many general. be laid down from time to time.

In pre-war days matters were differ deally treated on the continent, for a

certain man in a town in France ap proached his bankge the day following the Baring crisis and suggested at un- secured advance of 500,000 to remit to Londen a few days hence, and repay

out to be conde tares to four weeks later. The baster did not demir an instsat, bait, readily assented. Now, the customer was neither sostanufacturer nor wealthy man, as his capital all told did not ceed $10.000, but the banker knew his man, and that fact aufficed.

CONTINENTAL ZANXIES WATE

Care/

One of the first things to do is so Reconstruction after the war in the problem which is at present occupying got the returned soldier cut of uniform the attention of all the countries which and into the garh which it is to be have been at war. This is as it should hoped he will wear the rest of his life. be, for no problem is of more import. This is one of the most important steps ance now that, war is over than how is the work of absorption. So long we are to get back to our normal he wears the uniform of a soldier, activities and re-absorb the men who just so long will be class himself have been spending their time at the soldier. It was all right for him to froot, fighting our battles for as in the | class himself as a soldier, when he was As may be seen in our advertisement trenoben. The question of the returned where soldiers were” needed:

colaum, entry forms for the Canton For soldier will constitute a problem, us, when be gete back to where citizens Show may be obtained from the Loss Secretary, C/U St. Paul's Colfers. Entries zoble as it is, the life of a soldier are needed, it is essential that he close on, the 21st inst. Arrangements are scarcely fits for civilian life. The should begin to think "as a citizen, being made to take the birds to and from Schief incapacity in the army is physical Geiting, him out of soldier's clothes | Canton free. They will be in the charge

tocapacity. As s soldier the man may will go a long way towards absorption,

of an European reward who will have a not get a good living, but he gets as we now have thousands of returned qualified att under him. good as his fellow, so that there is no soldiers walking the streets in usiform. A new addition to the China Mail ecossion for the worry and rivalry Most of them have been wounded, stad is Mr. Tom Wright former editor with which success as civilian many are still undergoing treatment, of the Daily Prus. After an absence of attended. The question is how fa and but few bare yet donned civilian ten years, during which he has worked ez idled in Malaya, Ceylon, France, England, felands, Mr. Wright says the changes here made him feel like Rip rap Winkler The greetings of a number of unforgetful friends so a pnt that right

himself Nevertheless, the detec tive continued the pursuit and caught him. Mr. Melbourne sentenced de- fendant to six months imprisonment and four hour stocas

country: The year saw the beginning of a resolute, and hitherto strikingly succesful attempt on the part of the Bengal Government to imple ment of active coupl story has led to with and master the danger. The intern

protests." Bat we have avisfied ourselves by careful and regulse inquiries fist the prisoners are trusted with considerat and indulgence, and that hope is detainee for longer than is necessary to the public safety

the

that some of the leaves had been taken out and new ones substituted with fresh entries. On receipt of It is pointed out that most matters of this information he went to the shop social and oral progress belong to the and found the defendants He quessara therefore dealt with in the provincial spheres of provincial: government,, and tioned them, and they said they were narratives. In such matter the function altering the book Horemost best of the Government of India is chiefly to with them, but they book so suggest and control policy, and to set as mediam for obtaining the sanction and proceeded with their work of the Secretary of State to increased ex Among the booke which they were penditure. The hope is expressed that ahering was the cost book, a leaf of which had been entirely torn off and one put in with the name of Kong Cheuk Chi, assistant man- ed to a local German institution of ager, appearing on it, in place of which fosse. Lowe, Bingham & another name. The object of this, Matthews were appointed liquida, said Counsel, was apparently to show THE IRON CIRCLE tors. Yesterday a constable found up to the Fobce that be occupied i

STOLEN BEDSTEADS.

Mu Wing was charged with the larceny of two bedsteads, valued at $40, trom No. 6, Basilis Lyttleton Rowl. An alternative charge of receiving was also preferred against defendant.

The property had foirmly belong

wer experience affects the men returneething This, naturally is due to the Africa Antralis, America and the Pacife expansion in word and fack Another und was einployed by another man Honted but they went on and the ing to hit status quo 33 8 CİTLİED, ( Of fact that the war, in a way, is still going on. Meantime, they are being kept on the roll. This is unfortunato,

thus we are sure that there are tens of Ahousands who are lunging for a return.

t is the duty of those of us who stayed: al home to so organize our economic.

it deprives those who want to get back to their old employment, or to affairs that the returned soldier ball new amployment, of the privilege of

so doing,

while it adds to the difically which will be experienced in getting

be able to resume his life, under as favourable conditions as existed before. When the call came, he went overseas and was shot at," and when he comes bick we must not be troubled with short But ra most look forward

well as back

Ferhaps the For do for the returned

saidior is to let him remain a returned soldier. The tendency will be to divide theoiti of the world into two clases, namely, one who fought and

and thỏ: more::be zrez will the action be

ba

The above details embody, that which nnderstand by, the world banking, which should be the assistance in trade instance of Continental-banker ways might serve here. An Englishman com manced business in this country with capital of £2,000, who, apart from home trade, wished to enter into businews.rul ions with the Contirat He app tel on a French

defendant with the bedsteads the high position, red was this ma rodd's When questioned by the con of good character stable, defendant said he was a coolie on discovering this again rembn to carry the beistends. The connext step they took was to get stable allowed the defendant to go bos rebound. After accused. away, but he came back, after some remed to hand over the books to

Yul took the ste time, evidently with the purpose of him, Tai

Eng Coume on reccyering the bester

Aramind was ordered to emblem udvised to apply fo kooste Police to find the mun lega jumal, lass" pose. On of defendant quid and given him the

related bubtead

The progamine for the masketry meeting of the Hongkong Deleace Corps is out. The meeting, which fixed for him, and exp the 25th, 28th and 29th December, em the Bratters 16mher

its nine event. There is the Com the sbsolute enter the back into employment those who mayndant's competition for teams of four custom akng the bank

be dev ping a tendency to live.on

inen, for prizes presented by Major H

Another problems is to A Morgan,, Major, D. onsidy and find work for the returned soldier. This work is at hand in reboliding and inter compar

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the fature further desolation of power will consign, the branche prey domestic administration stil: were fully to local Governments, Ange

dica: Coloms and. Bena visited Edinburgh inspecting the Gadi todially recFired

athorities, and enter by the Lord Provost guests referred to friendship between

express how much honour of thems to visit your Fleet