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GEN. TOWNSHEND'S RETURN..

Major General Sir Charles Townshend. FOR DEM, the commander of the Marolo garrison of Kas on arrival in London was received and warmly wel comed by a number of relatives and friends,

The General was in uniform and was Rocking well but worn and thinner than when he was last in Londer. He drove

LOCAL AND GENÉRAL.

The Empress of Axis has lost seaman for four months., Bews caught with counterfeit money.

An old Chinese warship, the "Nan- shaa" is in one of the local dockyarda being couverted into a merchant vessel,

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It is rise to be passing and to henz xo- may man nowadays ying to the now- lady. "No, unes that . Camma the

China Mail.'”

Today's return of communicable disso records one Chinese case of enteric (fatai) and four of cerebro-spinal fever, one fatal.

an hotel and in the evening accow panied's party of friends to a box at the Shaftesbury Theatre... In the course_ol the performance one of the actors at the close of some remarks about the Crown Prince of Germany indicated to the andienes the box in which the General was sitting, and said. "We hare with us to-night "General Town. abend, the hera of Kut." The audienes rose to their fest and gave vent to their feelings vociferously than the per Karmanes harl to be temporarily General Townshend bowed his thanks, and the performanos con-- aed, but the audience wore not so easily satisfied, and at the bee of the perfpinance made & frish demonstra lion in the General's innour, and called for speech. The General was brief buty promises of support were given sed

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to the point. "I thank you with all my heart," he said, "for your kind welcome, which makes up for all that I and my troops have feen through." He then escaped further demonstrations by making his exit through a sido tivor.

The Hongkong Institution of En- gincers and Shipbuilders is arranging for a colebration ball about the middle of February. It will be its first dance since the war.

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Canton going to hive a big Fair on February 2. There was a meating yeator- day at the Climber of Commerce, at which

some tentative arrangereta made.

· Mailrooms are to be established on the coast bost of the China Merohanta S. „N. on. A special offer to receive and caro for the malls will travel with each ship. Ho, is being sent by the Chinçae Post Offer.

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A man buye lottery tickets to get. richer, pot proror. This "in piu let tery tickets cannot be much good.

To arrested in holders of them who D'Aguilar Street are now $50 to the bar. That was the fine.

The British public have lost sight of Sir Charles Townsherd since the black day when his gallant little fare of DX0 Anglo-Indian troups, with fullewers, having resisted all the assault of the enemy. finally succumbel to want after

long and memorable siege Hali Pasha, the uncle of Enver Pasha, received be surrender, and the first endeavour of

The Indo-China 5 N. Co. Is re-open- General Townshend was to bring about in exchange between his hen and theng its Calcutta line which had to be abandoned owing to the requisition of stucers far war work. Three of the released chips will also be placed on the Shanghai-Hongkong run.

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Turkish prisonec in our lands. This endeavour failed, and the Genera separated from his men and recompant ed only by Captain Morland, of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, was ordered into a Turkish Thornycroft riverineneb Anopluma den was opened in Firs and despatched to Constantinopla His Street. This is n't a free advertisement real's though the "China Mail gets departure led to a most pathetic scene, nothing for it. It costs the proprietar for the whole of his pen lined the river $50, plus hid fee to Mr. P. W. Goldring bank and gave cheer after cheer at their who appeared in Court for him trusted commodor steamed away.

Townshend und told Halil, Pasha that

Jans Christian, Third Ofoer of the his man, were not fit to march, and Elalil three masted Barque "Astoria" found a had promised that the necessary means Chiseio tinkering with the boom-fittings of transport would be provided to carry of his boat. A large team was stolen and them. Hal is an honoumble soldier, had been chopped up. The guilty Chines sad no doubt meant what he said, but | was fined $10, which meine jail. Turkish promises are often more easily.

given than executed, and it is certain that proper provision of transport was

The number of 'cars. for hire in the Colony has for a long time failed to mest

not made, and that tho prisoners, many the requirements of the jording" of whom were in the last stage of ex-section of the community. To meet the haustion and suffering from dysentery coed a new surago has been opened— terribly during their long march to the The Breezy Garage at 81 Des Voeur Rd. internment camps in Asia Minor. Central. The proprietor. Mr. Tang Tsun cf. Manila has brought with him a rum- her of powerful new cars, these including Chandless, Hudsons and Oaklands. They will be among the best cars on the Colony's roads.

The terrible story was not, of course, known to General Townshead when to - was enter nined at dinner at Baghdad by Halil Pasha and all the senior Turkish officer in the garrison. Halil who spoke in Freach, eulogized the conduct. of Townshend and his wen, and compared the siege. of Kut to that of Pleron than which there contd be no greater, coin pliment amongst a Turkish audierice. From Baghdad Townsbend was trans- ferred by stages to Constantinople, and as he did not give his parole rot to escape he was interned in Prinkipe Island, one of the principal groups in the Sex of Marinora. Captain Morland was still with him, and two Turkish A.D.C.', were placed at his disposal, partly honour and partly us quarti

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GREEK BOSCHES.

In the reign of Shapur za! Aktaj of the Shami in dynasty of Persia (202-038 A. £.) | this werdy and adventurouk wanlar had the effrontery to go in disguise to the court his enemy, the Grok Emperor raining

WEATHER REFORT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

January 16, 124. 40m-No returns from Japan and Wladivostock. Pressure has decreuset slightly over the Philips pipes, and increased slightly to moder

NEWS FROM HOME.

tall, with a slight moustache, a rather dandified manner, but ampla per- soual condence, he used to be-known. "[From Our Own Correspondent.)--| in the clubs for his frankly eulogistiu, attitude towards his own work. He had the justification of wide success and since then he has proved in the

LONDON, Nov. 11.

A SUDDEN THAWSUI

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919.

VERSAILLES.

CHINESE CHRISTIANITY.

– In the days when Sydney had a fairly Versailles, where the Peace Conference expected to meet, bas hitherto badge Chiarse population, the Calestials who kept gambling and oplum dens, tragle memories for France as the scene found a smattering of English and some of her great jumiliation. In its palace knowindge of police cours praclure useful

Pance has come bikes sudden war that he possessed boundless in the famous "Galeries de Glaces and paying acquisitions, and they called

courage,

Another cricketer to come before the public eye in these crowded days

their knowldgs Christianity One of how, who ciel himself Jan Warzur offered his services an interpreter in a casa

King William of Prussia was proclaimed Gerasan Emperce on January 18, 1971.

The data was chosen as the 180th Harris. His unmediate claim to anniversary of the creation of the kin fame is that he has married Misdom of Prossia. The ceremony was an in which his fellow-countrymen, Ten Thug, Unity Mors, the prominent actress. extraordinarily brilliant one in the WAT secused of salt. His claim to in Crown Prince (Frederick, father of the and that he had acted an interprs- ter far witnesses 据您 ́ibe · Court: ol He is the captain designate of Mid-persunce of the old King William, of the serpet was that he was a Christian, dlesex, in succession to Captain P.

Quarter Sessions Mr. Thornton/ who Warner. In 1014 he proved present Emperor of Bismarck, gigantic useful change bowler, safe field and in his uniform of the white cuirassiere of was on the Roach, examined him, as to bis fively bat, scoring 60 and 67 against the old Molts, and most of the German est quifition. Ha aked: Whet Hanipahire,...

generals and princes, a religious service

tely elsewore. An anticyclone Lovers N. China, and fresh to strong monsgen will prevall along the Chine coast, over thaw, and yet it is remarkable how the N. Chian Sen

Rongiene Rainfall for the ss hours unemotional the public. have been anding a 10' a. to-day, 0.00 inak. Coral since January 1st 0.3 inches, about it. The loss in life and treas Captain Neil Haig, nephew to Lord arminst aaraan

instant frame of 0.35 inchesging at sure has been enormous, and the future is full of big and as yet vaguely 1000 on the 17th January 1910.

1.-Hongkong to Gap Hook: NE winds, fresh, cloudy, drizzling rain or defined problems for all. We have been strained until some resilience mist

N.. winds. has been lost. We are glad, Haven strook

outh coast of Chins between knows, that the nightmare is about over, but we are not "disposed to Hongkong and Lamocks; The same as Yo 1.

Youth coast of Chins between emotional mafficking. Hongkong and Hainen: The same s Vol.

Faces Channel:

REPORT.

JANUARY 18, 1919,--.

Station.

Hour

Baronster

Sea Level.

Temperature,

Humidity.

L.

Vididstock. B [.] Nomura Hakodate. Tokio Kochi Sagasaki... Kagoshima. Oshima Nabi Ishijim.... Ronin Island Weihaiwel 630, 97, Hankow Ichang Kiukingg.... Changaba.. Shanghai ..! Gutzin Sharp Swatow.... Taiboko 6.30.17 57 95 Taichu....| (30.10) 59

Wind

Din cuun. 2

Yeather.

ENGINEERS AND CHINA.

The

perform."

Tan Tang

of peace for the national well-being, for CANTON'S ANCIENT WALL. freedom, and civilisation. ?

The Grand Duke of Baden led the

The "fanton Times" mys: Thirteen

was held. The sermon. preached on & oharch to you go to on Eunday !" Jan The London correspondent of the text from Paalm 1x axulted in the replied: "Me no go church; me gottes Now our eyes are on the tens of

Yorkshire Post has the follow.defest of the French, who "intendedmat else to do, me work d→→d bard pence that are to be exacted from ing: Now that the war is coming chief against Thea, and imagined on Sunday." Mr. Thornton then said: the enemy. On that head, at any to an end, British engineers, I hear such a device as they are not able to the Chinaman rookie, "Me know von "What prayors do you know ?? ̈to which ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER, we are unanimoce there must are hurrying on preparations to re.. an extensive scale," the be po sentimentality or misguided sume, on

"After this prelude the King read ant warry ospital prayer, "Yours! Froo and do development of the minemt resources tenderness in enforcing the settle of China. The whole attitude of tas the patent establishing the Empire, and, log ty, and 'rm deliv'rance make, a'tween meut. He must be made to pay as Chinese people towards the develop. Bismarck, in strident tones, followed or laddie e Queen anì dish prisonerät de far as he possibly can for the ruin hement of the country's minerals has with the proclamation to the German Eng-bor" "Oh, that's no prayer," aid Mt. hue wrought.

been changed by the war, and the pire. If the German people and its rulers Thornton, and d'amised him. In the Law Courts a blackmailing uting classes have begun to realise bad bean faithful to its words the world bad to speak for himself, and managed by that the unworked mineral deposits would have been spared the present war. dick of broken English and viclant gestion suitor who fails is ordered, without are a trust to be utilised for the bene-It concluded: "Way God grant us and lations, to rebut the charge, and obsin, his question, to pay the other side's fit of the nation. Extensive plans are

our successors ever to be incressers of acquittal. costs as well as his own. To let under consideration for the Improve-the German Empire, and by warlike

ment of the inland waterways. Gennany off with the payment of resultant benefits to shipping will conquests, but with the graces and gifts the actual damage" as expressed affect, among others, the river which in the cost of the war, will not satisfy connects Tientsin with the sen, and to this causa is due in no small mea- most people. It would be tantamount sure the phenomenal growth of the to allowing her to contend that she northern port. It costs money to waged war with reasonable cause,

make such rivers navigable for large Moreover, the British taxpayer will steamers, but the expediture is re paid quickly. In this particular case be greatly chagrined if he has to go the money was provided by the ship on paying an enormous, income tax

ping firms. But the Central Govern because our Government is unduly ment intend, I hear, to follow the merciful to the Hun. There is a example of the Maritime Customs "small section cager to urge that, Ger bad the Salt Gabelle, and place the many could not pay a war indemnity improvement of the rivers and canals

Contracts are being offered to tenz_down": in addition to restitution and her own under European supervision. The bill of war expenses. No: she could pernicious. Hin system is applied to

the walk These parts of this ich not pay cash down, but she could pay all waterways, but a recent message

give useful 1 zicks, stones, and other thing, are being torn down fros by contracto s o the interest, and so shoulder the from Pekin states that the Central

annual burder of her crime that Government favour its abolition and Bismarck would otherwise fall on the innocent the substitution of a reasonable and 40,00,000), aid to submit to a Ger who make their profit out of what they Municipal Affairs Direstorate sometimes. taxpayers of Italy, France and Eng. equitable toll system, with a well-man entry into Paris and ■ German would receive from the material, Tha of land. It would keep the Hun peace administered department to collect accuration of a large area in France has to offer as high at #185 a sheng, or 100

ful as well as poor. It would keep fixed canal dues, which will furnish until the last instalment was paid. green in his memory the House of ample funds for keeping in order the Hohenzollera. To meet it the Hum inland waterways. Even now, there could save the money now expended is far more traffic on the rivers and on the Navy and on the upkeep and canuts than on the milways." training of the millions of men who spend two years learning the beau- Wes of the goose step. Those would be useful to the country for produc- otive work. Thus they would be able to pay the interred on thirty to forty thousand railloge strips and the Allies would not need to extract more, because with the German menace ended they could reduce their own armaments:

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Tainan

30.10. 59 Koshan...

04 70 Pescadores. 30.1 64 Canton 6.30.14-33 Hongkong- 30.08 64 Gap Rock.."30.06. Macso

30.03 Pashoi *** Wychow... 90.

13 Hoiho Pholica 7.30.02 Tourane ...

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This, at any rate, is the way many shrewd and far-seeing business inen are arguing. It will not satisfy them at all if the actual terms of peace inlet the aggressors off boo lightly.

C. W. JEFFRIES, Chief desistant,” Hongkong Observatory, Jan. 16, 1919. 1. BAROMETER, reduced to 3 tiegrees Fahnnheit, on the level of the inches, tenths and hundredths.

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de- Greer Fabrenheit

3. Huurry, in percentage of satura- tion, the humidity of air, saturated with moisture being 100

4. THRECTION OF WIND, to two points 5. FORCE OF WIND, according to Beadford Scale.

OVERCROWDED LONDON.

It is a great job to get a bed at a hotel in the inner ring of London just Dow, such is the rush to town of offi cere and civilians. Moreover, many families have moved in since restric

6. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, o tiens were established on season tic- detached cloud, d drizzling rain, fog, kets and the rates materially raised gloomy, bhail, I lightning, oo ercast, for stations beyond twelve miles of

P passing showers, a squal, r rain, 1 know, the City. What will the problem be

thander, v visibility. w dew, web

HONGKONG REGISTER.

Tretions

1p.me

Barometer Temperature Humidity Direction of

Wind -- Force Weather

30.05 30.08

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7. Ray in inches tenths and hun-when peace brings definite demo dredthe

bilisation? That is what is worrying the authorities. We now have about ten thousand officers and men in Lon- don every night: then there will be a daily average of three times that number, and each man will be given day Ou date at On data alla month leave. Thousands of thera will spend it in London, and where 30.00 they are to be accommodated is now engaging the closest attention of the departmental experts, It is also realised that the transition period will need an ampler provision of food for civilian neede. To meet it the Food Ministry will issue extra ration bood to the demobilised men and transfer cheat: open att Temperature on the 15th-food supplies from the canteens to "Lira spen air Temperature on be 16th-23

the civilian markets. Even so, with T. F. CLAXTON, Director,

ment especially rather scarcer than Bongketa Ubservatory, Jan. 16, 1919. last winter, it is realised that there will be times of stress and discon- tent, with no margan of food or liquor with which to celebrate the new order

things.

Eni

0.00 0.00 0.00

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tide table wiren below has been. compiled at the National Almanac Office

RENEWED SPORT.

12 Constantinople, who captured him alive, and the 1 à large array into Persin. The Greeks ulter'y'd vastated' the cu tre kad GROSS OUTRAGES. «

das royd any town that esme bit eir way Townshend endeavoured to open up fotil they came to the capital The En- communications, with the men of his peror hid brought the exptive ing alive garrison when they reached the intern with him. Ore day during the sirge of the ment camps of Ronich. Yozgad, Kara capital the king escapód, joined his army Hissst, and Aloom, but the Tettors and let them gainst the Greeks, who were which be wrote "wers intercepted by the celebrating a feet day with much wire Turks. His own treatment, and the bbing, after tus manner of the Hun, and completely ord. the abies on the treatment of the officer prisoner sener Fuperor, Tho was in hie turf captured. ally, was as good as could be expected. Super then drew up the, torme which ho He was allowed reasonable liberty and forced the Crak Emperor to accept. could take plenty of hard exercise, while Among them the following :-Thai he was allowed to buy all food that he the Emporer sheald send four, skilful needed. The treatment of his men was fem "Ruto rebuild all the "not good by our standards, but a coun-Places in I an that were laid wasto by the try which rations its own men with a Grecian Army, and to bridx olive trees and handful of beans a day was not likely to put them in the lece of the. paire trace in London from the result of the analysis One thing fairly certain is that the exulate the liberality of Anglo-Indian that they a cat down in Iraq and other of observations taken by means of an soldiers when they get settled down rationing. The treatment of the mon places. (It is wil this up to thst time antimatie tide-recording machine in the again will extend, rather than re- depended, as usual, upon the command there were no live, trees in Perals)ater Police Banin at Tam Sha Tand strict, their indulgence in sport,

during the years 1973-9.5 ants One of these commandants, forear or the Gierka weis to buld they

The zero of the table corresponds with They have all become accustomed to called Muzim Boy, stands accused of new town and buildings with kiln-dried to zero of the sounding in the Admiralty open wir exercises, and if they are to outrages upon our men se gross and bricks and mortar, whereas the old build Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet work at higher pressure for the future, horrible that his trial by a British mili

3 inches below mean sea-level

they must have a corresponding tary court should be one of the indis-fa: had been buils of ear dried bricks and To obtain the death of water on the balance of relaxation. pensable conditions of the settlement mud. This wi- Persian King knew his tide gange at the Victoria Naval Yard The men promament in wport are with Turkey.

business wel, nd the Albed Towers have add 3 feet 4 inches, and on the even now as engorly discussed by the

for making at Lamout Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet The power of the party of so-called hus an established pr cedo Union and Progress has visibly wano j the Geramos rebuild and reators what they lashes to the height given in the tablewolders as the biggest figures in the war. And this reminds me of two who baye appeared a very different waye in the news of the past fet! days. One has just been invaded out, after proving hirsell one of the most remarkable unipers of the wat This Captain Heath Pritchard; the game shot and cricketer He used frequently to howl for Gentle- men v. Flayers. As a writer of travel books and novel he also achieved name, and Un the fact Tamed line of work he attained a col labonition with his own mother, which, so far as I un awITS, 18. I Frecord in writing Ho married one of Lord Verudom's doughters: Very

at: Constantinople": Izzat Pasha, who have so mantonly destroys,

distinguished himself.greatly in the war

with Bulgaria, and is now Marshal, in

wn Hobest bluff soldier of the old

Turkin type, and the Grand Vizier is's

man on whom we can count. The Young

Tork Party enriche i themselves, with German gold, but neither paid nor fed

STRAIGHT AT IT

HERE i no use of our beating

the Army, which is now devoted to around the bush." We might acris

Izet, in whom it has confidence. Izzat

halongs to a family whose recollections woll out with it fimt as last. We want nt the Crimes have not waned, and he you to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy: su himself

beliares in the England of Load 126 part time you have a rough or cold. Beaconsfield's policy and has alwys There is no resoon so far as we can see denunced the war with England as a why you should not do so. This prepar crime. He has only asked that the ation by its remarkable cures has gained Tace abonld not diskoeur Turkey, and a world wide reputation, and peopin though there are terms in the armistice everywbare speak of it in the highest. which he must dislike, he can ce trusted terms of praise. It is for sale by all to fulf) then.

Chemists and Storekeepers.

January 17th-10 23rd, 1919.

'419'· PATTE.

LOW WATER

Fulch" Man

8.3

(To be continued.)

building of broadways. The large and the small North Onte are the only enes to ha yet worked at on the rext weeks. The expenses for konting down the gatos has bees only $21,000, the Sign On C any, contractors, hava hon willing taks very little for the joben oondition i takes the materials taken of the ga a f

cheers for the new Emperor, standing if the fifteen gates entering the anciens full view of the great series of Fictures city of Cantem baro. Toon t ken down so representing Louis XIV's wars against far in order om k room for the coming Germany, Holland, and Spain,

At Bismarck's lodginga, in the Ruo de Provence, Versailles, the preliminaries of the treaty of peace were negotiated by Bismarck with Thiera and Favre, re- presenting France. These were dictated by the famous Prussian statesman. The French were compelled to agree to the surrender of Alsace and much of Lorriane, including Strasburg and Metz, to pay an ademaity of £200,00 1,001. at first demanded

It has often been said that Thiers and Chinose quare feet, to tear down the pa ta

Yang Eik Chong, Americ Favis showed weakness fu accepting of the wall which give nothing of vale scich terms, and it is certainly true that Favre p ored too, soft is fibre for the college gariuato, is in charge of some of bu-incas of meeting. Bismarck. But the works, Mr. Yerg recenly g the Thiers at least saved Belfort by threaten-prize for furnishing the best design for w ing to break off the negotiations if pack lu Canton to be laid out by the Diee Bismarck persisted in demanding that torate of Mua'cipal Afvirs, fortran and Bismarck gave way, Bis-. arck's favourite trick was to talk Ger Thiers nor FATTE understood, when

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cough, it does not mean that you man, which note became THESE Tablets are intended especially

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CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS. The document containing the preling for disordersal the stomach livan foarica was signed on February 28, 1571. Bismarck using for it a golden pen with which he had been presented by certain Bador jewellers, and the French envoys sorrowfully returned to Paris.

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