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LOCAL AND GENERAL..

than £160 all told, and all salaries, Lord's Anointed have always been professional earnings, and employers' sacred hitherto, and to attack one is profts reduced to £180 per head to attack all. After all, we must not while lower salaries were not raised, forget that they are blood relations, and the surplus devoted to national and if we care so much for one, objects, perhaps £550,000,000 would we must be jealous of disrespect to have been available.... £550,000,000 the other. It is a matter of policy, is then an outside estimate of the you see, such as made Victoria, of part of home-produced income that blessed memory so dislike the French.. is the target of attack by extreme She knew the menace of republicanism.. socialists." So now he has got rid It is the one serious blemish of the of 386 millions. It makes us feel Peace Treaty that it overlooked the rather like Alice in Wonderland.usual safeguards for our monarchs. Even yet. the statistician bas no mercy on us. Not all that £550,000,000 is spent on luxuries. Great part of the national saving is made out of it, and a large part of the national expenses met. Subtract, these and only 200 to 250 |

Everybody gets a rise of wages millions" remain, which can "onto-day. The dollar is now worth 3s the extremeat reckoning" have been 63-16d.. spent on luxury."This sum" (this bagatelle) would have little more than sufficed to bring the wages cf adult men and women up to the minimum. .. In fact, the spendable wealth of the nation derived from home industry has been grossly exaggerated by loose reasoning. Well, if we cannot follow his figures, we can see what he is driving at. He does not leave us to guess it He concludes plainly that it is more important for the workers to go on The Banri Muru, which arrived producing, and to increase their in harbour yesterday, reports that production, than to bother about Samarang is infected with cholera.. "improving the division of the| product." We quite agree with him,

To-day's return reports six cases. of plague, all fatal.

drawn from the Tennis League.

The Hongkong C.C. have with-;

Five Russian nursing sisters arrived by the Dilware from Bombay yesterday,

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ADMIRAL BOATS IN TROUBLE.

"MAYO" TOWED INTO SINGAPORE,

SINGAPORE, May

SATURDAYĮ MAY 10. 1918.

THE MAGISTRACY.

AMONG SUBMARINES WITH BROKEN TAIL-

END SHAFT.

SALVAGE OF STEAMER IN NOTORIOUS DANGER ZONE.

(MBR. O. HUTCHISON'S COURT.}

PROFIT AND LOSS.

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In admitting a charge of gambling Connaught Road West, a Chinese formed Mr. Hutchison this mora-..

'PLAYING FASTAN, Two other Chinese were fined $5 of

Mr. Justice Rocha, in the Admiralty Court, on Thursday, heard a claim to "salvage remuneration by the The American auxiliary motorshipowners, masters and crew of the ing that he had already hast n Admiral Mayo was towed into Singa steam trawler Lolist, of Lowestoft,oney in the game. Defendant will pore yesterday. She had had engine for services rendered the steamship acther 88, which the covers- troubles and was eighteen days out Aquarius, which had broken her taitment wins. from Hongkong. It is believed that end shaft in a notorious submarine the steamer Admiral Sints is also in area. difficulties. She left Hongkong and Mr. A. E. Nelson appeared for the euch, för playing a little ga

plaintiffs, instructed by has not yet arrived at Singapore.

Messrs. funtan in a Chinese restaurant. in Chamberlain, Talbot and Bracey, of Queen's Roud West, Defendantes Great Yarmouth, London agents: pleaded not guilty and Segund Messrs, Botterell and Roche, of Ex Paine testified to having midel the change-chambers. St. Mary Axe, phee and arrested the men. EC; and Mr. Lewis Noad, for the stoked in the game was ordered to defendants, instructed by Messrs. be confiscated. Downing, Handcock, Middleton and Lewis, of Cresby-buildings. Crosby- square, E.C.3.

LOCAL AND GENERAL..

Latest shipping arrivals include: Archer, Yatshing Glenamey, Key West, Hsin Chang. Tean, Kaseda Maru, Awangse Chipshing, Linan, Taksang and Haiman.

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The Olympic Games for men of the Allied Armies will be held pro- bably in Paris this month and will be perhaps the biggest event of the kind in the history of athletics.

Kailan

The total output of the Mining Administration's mines for the week ending April 26 amounted to 74,383 tons and the sales during the period, to 92,660

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ARMS AND AMMUNTIIONS, Two Chinese were charged on fe and with being in unlawful posses- Mr. Noad stated that the Admiralty sou of arms. Court in Dublin had already awarded f Inspector Kent stated that defen- £750 to the Belgian steam trawler dants with another not in custody Raymond for services rendered the were intercepted by a Chinese con- samne vessel.

stable, behind Victoria, School, Wun- The value of the Lolist was given [ chai.. Another constable helped. as £14,000. At 5.30 in the evening When arrested the second accused of June 17th last, the Lolist, it was threw down pleaded was proceeding to Milford knife which he was carrying.

dangerous-koking Haven with her catch of fah; with

During a short respite in three Belgian trawlers, of which one nggle the other man manged to was the Raymond, and when of escape but defendants were ippre- Kinsale Head sighted the Aquarius, bended. reroiver and packed showing two black balls on her fore! pepper wew afterwards picked up ea stay, flying four flags, and exhibiting scene of the arrest. the signal "N.C., M.Q. Want immedi

It is believed that the trouble- ate assistance, Engines completely makers were lying in wait for another disabled." The two trawlers towed Harbour, where an examination vessel dealy, und relieve them of the staff. the Aquarius to the entrance to Cork Party in possession of illicit opinia, probably to swoop down on the sub- placed a Queerstown pilot on board,

After evidezco was given-rige, dist and the Aquarius was taken into defendant who was found to have The well-known Police Reserve last four years will be followed, and Queenstown by Government tugs and formerly served atchar bu

the Raymond. The Lolist lost a night's

One of the P. & O.. staff reture- It is much more important fored from active service yesterday. He those 1,100,000 non-producers. It is to be hoped the workers will be is Mr. Rosser, and he came back by Ltd made to see this as clearly as he

the Dikeara, dces, and as we do. But they, poor devils, carnot wangle millions like that. It's as much as they can do to tell the exact difference between 35s 3d and £3 10s a week.

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The iron lamp standing opposite į tons, No. 2 Police Station is on the point of collapse. The iron work at the bottom is cracked and bent.

morning the lamp is to be seen sup This ported by several scaffold poles..

June 3 will be a public holiday the King Emperor's birthday, but un- in India in celebration of the Majesty Jess the Peace Treaty has been signed before that date the custom of the

solicitor, received his Military Cross dressing C.I., Mr. Farebrother Mason, a local f there will be no reviews, salutefishing at 9 in the morning of the ceny, was sentenced to a year's in-

ships or other festivities, from the King at Buckingham Palace Flags, will however, be flown and the 19th. The tail end shaft of the set on the first charge, and Mr. Mason naturally preferred this usual Honours List will be published. Aquarius was broken, and she was Sned $250 on the second. The other procedure to receiving the decoration | by post.

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(defendant," convicted on one larga ta twelve only, was sentenced month rigorous imprisonment.

A SKRIOUS CASE

ous rubberies in Kowloon city I hope

In view of hold-ups and munier-

of the case." said Sergeant Murphy. your Worship will take a serious view

If the Chinese would settle their civil war, get rid of the tuchuns, and wait patiently till the League of Nations starts its real work (which it

at the mercy of submarines. will undoubtedly do) they would find

The case for the Aquarius (3,022 that their fears of Japan have been

A dispatch from Weimar says tons gross) was that the crank shaft exaggerated. It isn't that we acquit

that Edward Bernstein will probably "went" on the afternoon of the A professional boxer, Alexander be the future Ambassador to Londen 17th. At about 4.55 p.m. the Siz the Japanese of imperialist ambitions, Henry Lambert, accused of being an and Theodore Wolff, director of the Robert Hay attempted to tow, but for they stirk of them. I is that we absentee believe in this League of Nations. Court, was discharged. He held a sent to Paris. Prof. Lammarsch (an At 5.20 p. four trawlers arrived. Westminster Police Berliner Tageblatt, will probably be was found insufficiently powerful When the immediate European protection certificate, granted on the Austrian) it is said, will be sent to and at 5.35 p.m. the trawler Raymond scruting a Chinese arrested ar problems have been made ship-shape. ground that his was a and it has time to look round, we business."

one man Washington. Herr Bernstein is a made fast and began to tow: At Hunghom Raid with the unlawful deem it certain that the League will

prominent German Social Democrat. 5.55 p.m. an American destroyer bring up the "German of the Far East, with a round turn, if he in the meantime doesn't greatly modify his scheming. Naturally, we would find such patience less easy if we were Chinese and as patriotic as sore of the Chinese agitators are. The dis appointment of these people with their share of the Peace Treaty is

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(MR. LINDSELL'S COURTY)

THE JUBILEE ROAD AFFAIRS.

Four more, men charged before

A Central News telegram from of Vorwaerts from 1883 to 1901.

He acted as London correspondent arrived and alse stood by. At 6.12 posion of a knife in the early Rome says it is reported from

p.m. the Lolist made fast and assisted hours of this morning. Fited $10 Belgrade that the Serbian Govern-

the Raymond until about 8 pm, when ment has decided to abolish thesident of the Executive Committee of patched from Queenstown, came up The Duke of Buccleuch, as Pre-the Stormcock, which had been des teaching of the Cyrilian Alphabet in the Navy Leagte, appeals for new and made fast, and shortly afterwards all the schools and to adopt instead members and support for the League, his Majesty's ship Hellespont also the Latin Alphabet. the national income isn't nearly as

whose principal aim is to bring home gave assistance. At 8.30 p.m. the big as it looks. Perhaps you do not quite excusable. From their point of Grimble of Hongkong, is among the command of the sea. The establish defence, and shortly afterwards an-Mr. R. E. Lindsell in connection

Mrs. Hewitt, a niece of Mr. George the vital importance of retaining the Aquarius passed through the boom to the people of the British Empire Lolist was cast off. At 9.30 pm. the TO MING-On 8th. May 1919 at his know the Webb style of argument Something like this. "Two thirds 14 Seymour Terrace, Dr. To of the population, that is to say the Lag from the the pool of Shantung hai on the Dilwara. Mrs. Hewitt has British Isles and the Overseas Domin-bour of Queenstown. The services Road, were remanded silk Monday, Ming of Canton, aged 74 years. manual workers, obtain for all their only to fall into the maw of been on a visit to her husband who ions is one of the League's methods of the Lolist were assisting to low in Police custody. The funeral will take place, te- needs only one third of the produce of King Stork. But if they could only is on military duty in India, and is of carrying on its work, ' day, passing the monument at 5 each year's work." But Sir Hugh Sert, something has happened to returning to her parents at Shanghai.

with the Raymond and other vasels

A RETURNED DAXISTIE Bell of the Manchester Statistical curb the appetites of storks. While

| from 6.12 until 8.30. The weather A charge of returning from banish- Society, with the same figures before before there was a very real danger

Lieut. Col. Sir Hector Dennys, of Irish Freedom," at Philadelphia the land, and the sky clear.

At a convention of the "Friends was moderate, the wind northerly, off ment before the expiry of his tem him, calculates that 75 per cent of of political aggression, now the most KCLE, Inspector-General of the

preferred against a Chinese. DOUGLAS. On 23rd April at Dam the total sale value of the commodi. that Japan may venture is economic Punjab Police since 1914, accomon February 24 a resolution was service was rendered without difficulty Defendant returned to the Colony in

fries-Scotland Mary, the beloved ties produced will have gone to pay exploitation, for which the door is panied by Lady Dennys, arrived by passed at the instance of Cardinal or danger.

November lust, and was arrested our Wife of J. T. Douglas of Hong- the persons engaged in producing competition in this line are strangely Shanghai. Siz. Hector joined the Ireland to have self-determination said the writ was issued on behalf of he was not recognised as a banishes,

open. Those who fear Japanese the Dihoara yesterday on the way to

Gibbons claiming the right of His Lordship, giving judgment, a charge of larceny. At that time kong. (By Cable.)

them. The figures given in "one industry, to the Coal Commission, inconsistent Their fear breeds did not seem to bear that out; but hatred, and they eagerly circulate/Punjab Police, from the 28th Punjabis of American sovereignty implied in Lolist. The crew was said to nume! undergo nine months' hard labour."

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The China Mail.

TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIO SERVICE,

JONGKONG, Siyurday, May 10, 1919.

FIGURES.

To be "good at figures," is not the boast of everybody. Like the game of chess, arithmetic needs the sort of brain that suits it. Doubtless there are mathematically minded men who get the same thrills out of "combinations of figures that the artist gets from colours, or the poet from

on.

War Th Great

in 1888. then, we are not good at figures, and stories of Japanese commercial dis- these gentlemen are. They would honesty, Japanese arrogance, and so not wilfully mislead us, we suppose. Professor Bowley deals with the figures for 1911, when the national income was put at £2,100,000,000. He figures that it was distributed as follows:

(millions counted as units). ..... 800 260

wages......

salaries..... taxed incomes........... 936 various small items... 104

2100

But, he says, we are not to assume that the total of. £2,100,000,000 was produced at Home. Of the taxed incomes 194 millions sterling was

THE KAISER.

Veterans'

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and protesting against the curtailment the owners, master and crew of the but was spotted since. He will

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RUSSIAN GENERAL IN TOWN.

the scheme for a League of Nations. ber 11 hands, but these included A fund of 1,000,000 dollars (about two naval gunners, who were not to have learnt the horrid lesson well, Ottawa messige of Feb. 21, has resolution was carried declaring that defendants were stated to be the

The Japanese certainly do seem Asociation of Calgary, reports an

£200,000) to bring freedom to Ireland plaintiffs, and he would not deal was pledged at the mesting. Another with any claim on their behalf. The and to have acquired "swelled head" passed a resolution threatening to While doing so. But if they are so take possession of all desirable Gov state of war existed between owners of the steamship Aquarius,

trustworthy and unpleasant as re-

England and Ireland..

her cargo and freight, but the owners ernment lands within 30 days unless presented, will that not be a big the Government makes land grants

of the cargo and freight were not in handicap? If the Chinese do not to returned soldiers.

This afternoon at the Hongkong fact defendants. All he had to deal A China Mail man had the privilege love them, is that not a still bigger

Theatre the popular Charlie Chaplain with was the claim against the ship. of a short interview with Lieut.. handicap? Their trade rivals do not

is appearing uguin in various come. Her value was £67,000. He had General Kartsoff. The General is a need to fear them so long as they Air Ministry is about to inaugurate at 3 pan. and at 7.15 perdonnance. would be if he had had the whole of our man that he has been fighting The Daily Mail saya that the dies of two parts during the inatinee considered what the total award soldierly looking personage and told themselves behave properly, act a series of aeroplane flights to vari The imirers of this couie actor the salved property before him, and with the British in the Caucasus. honestly, and treat the Chinese right cus parts of the world to demonstrate sluuld not miss this opportunity, us dealt with 13-15tts of the total value. From there he went to India, the ly. It is up to the Chinese, really.

the excellence of British aeroplanes. he will be suvelling all over theThere was a cargo on board worth ately getting a passage here by the The first flight will probably be to work and may be away for some 2-15ths of the total property at risk. Dilwara. Asked his future intentions, Madrid. It is expected that the ma- time. To-night the magnifkent The services were short and rendered the General said he is taking the first chine will be a giant Handley Page drama Hungry Heart will be in fine weather. The towage was available bot to Vladivostock. He biplane of the type which flew to a sunset. There are certainly men derived from investments abroad. Some people simply cannot take a

to join Koltchak's India recently.

screened together with 'new selected for about 17 to 20 miles, and there then intends who don't and cannot, to whom [By now a considerable part of the hint the right way. It isn't always

comies. Needless to say, the musicW33 an enforced standing by, voluntary Army in Siberia.

We are fighting the Bolsheviks fractions and percentages are mazing capital from which this was derived politic to blurt out the plain objective,

Mr. T. F. Hough, District Grand provided in this theatre is much up-involving nine hours delay after the messages, and decimals what they has been carried Home in the form lest our enemies use it. Thus, when Master of Hongkong and South China Preciated, owing to its classical choice towage. The total time lost by the there," said the general with consi

It was derable pride. Asked wha the were to a famous Chancellor of the of munitions and food, the owners we wished to give these people a freemasons, who left for Home by the and the violin has an angelica trawler was about 12 hours.

fine, summer weather. There were decorations were be was wearing he soning. Exchequer, merely those damned receiving. War Stock in exchange. hint not to over do the "strafe the Empress. of Russia, has accepted an dots."To men of a certain type, Take 194 from 936, and there are Kaiser" business, we cracked a little invitation from the Grand Lodge of

present in this case, there said one was St. George order and sea the others war medals. A rel. figures mean very little, as in the case left 742 millions. Doesn't that joke about our own King's enforced England to represent Hongkong Free The Tokyo correspondent of the fore, either the element of

r sk to the salvors, or the white and blue ribbon worn like a of the man given to mnemonic devices. reduce Sir Hugh's 75 per cent. to fashion of speech. They didn'tsee masonry at the big Peace Celebra-. Osaka Mainichi says that some of the The height of Fujiyama is 12,365 feet, something nearer 50? If we are it. It has been reported to us since tions at Home, in which representa German prisoners in Japan, who nun element of high value of the salved lance stripe in the British Army, on and he noticed the correspondence wrong, it only shows how right we that our note was regarded as the tive Freemasons from all parts of the ber about 4,500 are still worshiping property. There were, however, two the left arm, denotes membership of of the figures with the months and were in confessing that figures con- disloyal utterance of a Republican, world will officially participate. the Kaiser, and apparently intend to

elements of importance. The salving the Russian Voluntary Army. -

Exchange of compliments between vessel was making large earnings at days of the year. Later on, in confuse us. Another look at his argument whereas the fact is that we are more

devote" themselves to the task of that time. Such vessels have to be the general and the China Mail man versation, he coolly claimed to have shows that he means by wages and royalist than the King himself, God, Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward is constituting Germany under Wilhelm. climbed a mountain that was 365,012 salaries (a queer distinction) payment bless him. Isn't it tiresome? The acting as Chief Justice of the Straits but the greater number are trying to encouraged to turn from this profit-ended with the general, who speaks feet high. The discrepancy did to workers who get less than £160 per Kaiser is now to stand his trial, and Settlements in place of Sir John Buck secure positions in the South Seas able business of fishing and big profits almost perfect English, saying "Good not shock him, even when it was annum each. Deduct the foreign the people are busy committing milf, who has left for Home on and China after the war. It is sild 10 the business of salvage, which, Day," polated out. It meant to him very dividends, etc., from the total wealth, contempt of court" by inventing leave, preparatory to retirement. that some hundreds of prisone although profitable, had its risks little. An abstruse proposition of and the produced tocome is 1906 punishments for him. As Wilhelm His retirement leaves another im- the Narashino Camp have made up risks to the salving vessel herself, Spinoza or Descartes would have millions, of which the producers get Hohenzollern, we thoroughly despise portant vacancy in the Colonial their minds to migrate to the H. and the risk of non-success in the been a clear concept to him, but 1060 millions. The way we calculate him, and would not care what you judiciary. Sir John, who was At-kaldo with the permission of event of the service not being com- tens of thousands merely meant a 75 per cent of 1906 millions we get did to him. But cannot you see? Has torney General in Hongkong before Japanese authorities, when they are pleted. The Aquarius was in waters let, an incomprehensible quantity. 1429,500,000 which is considerably history no lesson for you? Are you his promotion to Slogapore made discharged, in order to me their It is doubtful if to many people nore than wages plus salariés, and blinder than your forefathers many friends in the Far East who home there. The Main corres

Break-water yesterday Germany's little war bill, with its we feel a little uncomfortable in who lived at the time of the French will regret his permanent departure. pondent adds that as ther: min many teas of thousands of millions, differing so with a statistical pro- (Revolution ? The point is that

experts in one line, or other th the service of a destroyer belonging morning. The brother of the cox- means anything vivid. ...

fessor. According to Professor Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in spite of his A telegram has been received authorities are considering means of to our associates, the United States swain of the launch Yee Fat was. And they say figures will prove Bowley, both Sidney Webb and Sir crimes, happens to be a King and an in Bombay from Jedda, stating that turning their talents to good account. of America, to the salved property fixing the awning of the launch, when (and to some extent to the salving he fell into the water and was anything. In that respect they are like Hugh Bell were wrong. That 936 Emperor, and If one remain silent His Majesty the King of the Hedjaz logic. Logie says you can't have too millions of unearned income (paid to while, the rabble attack on India that, in case of any Moslem "HAIMON" QUARANTINED, there was substantial risk from sub-

wishes, it to be known throughout

property, which must necessarily drowned. His body has been removed proceed at a slower pace than usual) to the Kowloon mortuary. much of a good thing," the falsity "about 1,100,000" income tax payers, one cannot tell where they will stop. of which both intoxication and according to him, which gives em There is too little reverence for wanting to perform the Haj pilgrim-

marine attack. The proper award dyspepsia prove. If one dinner be about £850 each) dwindles down in royalty as such, or so much popular age, or to visit the holy tomb of the a good dinner, says the plain drith a subsequent reckoning to about 742 Kaiser-strafing would be impos prophet at Medina befpio, or during, metic of it, then two good dinners millions. He did not explain how he sible. It ia being

The Halmun (Captain Fage) arrived crew was £435, and in addition the purposes to loow how much ought to Joined in or after the ensuing pilgrim season,

expenses. He must be too good. But this is got rid of £194,000,000 so easily. He by people who think themselves the Arab Government are quite in port yesterday and went into sum of £25 in respect of certain ex-be allowed for

hadn't time, because he was so buey loyal, and were hurt by our supposed prepared to do everything necessary quarantine because of seves fatal penses that were incurred in going should add that other vessels were The Professor of Statistics at Lon-whittling it further. It is rather disloyalty, Simpletors! Those of for the comfort-of-plgrims, facil cases of cholera on, the voyage here to Queenstown and certain damage engaged in the salvage. He was not don University, Professor A L. fascinating to watch him doing it. us who believe firmly in kingship tating the means of travelling and from Bangkok. The deaths occurred done to the tow ropes. The total dealing with those other airties, but award, therefore, was £150. Hehe, of course, had to pay attention Bowley, is a man of figures who has "If now," he says, we take the dislike and dread the ease with which ensuring the safety of travellers, between Bangkok and Swatow.

The Linan also arrived from mentioned the £25 expenses separate to the fact that they have claims to published a book of figures, ap supposition that all 'unearned Income the rabble seem to make a scapegoat whether they desire to proceed to parently to pacify Socialists of the could have been nationalized, except of royalty down on its luck because Medina via Yambo, Rambegh, Jedda Bangkok yesterday but examination ly because it was often convenvient be remunerated in respect of their -

showed a clean bill of health and the to the parties for the purpose of services, whether they were salvage Sidney Webb sort by proving that that belonging to persons with less we so believe. The persons of the or Mecca,

vessel thus escaped quarantine.

apportionment and for underwriting or engaged services.

silliness...

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LAUNCH BOY DROWNED.

which had a most evil notoriety in the matter of submarine attack and in A fatal incident occurred at the spite of the presence during part of Yaumati

to make to the owners, master, and