FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
THE SHANTUNG QUESTION.
Suasonar, May 31. It in reported Hind America will support china in her plea for per with reservation regarding the wilt ment of Shantung 3 Japan.
A PRIMITIVE BALLOON.
SECTION.
An army correspondent" writes, The Times;
THE CHINA MAİL.
these short trousers, as it is beneath four dignity to expose our legs." I. could not help laughing-the idea of the half naked Arabs being too shy toto show their knees was too much for me. However, after much argument the Tindal promised he would put on his uniform if he was allowed to wear his burnous over it
CHINA AND COMMERCIAL
FLYING.
the highway of the air. The firm of China means to make early use of Handley Page. Ltd, have just received through their agents, the Peking
"THE ROMANCE OF TARZAN".
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1919.
EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY.
WEATHER REPORT.
June 22 19 1m-No returns from Japan and Vladivostock. Pressure has A much wider circle of people than decreased slightly to moderately at all ists" will be interested in an appeal over Japan, and in relatively low over those who are known as "education. stations reporting; it is probably highest
which has been made by the Univer- the south part of the China Sea.
Hongkong Rainiz!!! for the 34 hours quite rightly, is not made to the Total since January at 15.99 Incber capricious charity of the rich, but to the President of the Board of Educa soon on the 3rd.
against an average of 24.33 Inches.
Forecast for the si hours ending at thetion and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. It is à demand that the
mission toniga the Peace Trenty, Tigris—Arab as a villain of the as a sign of authority. I realized Syndicate, from the Chinese Ministry combined to produce entertaining sities of Great Britain. This appeal, ending it 10 today, 0.00 Inch.
THE SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.
Koteur persist that Peking will sem delegates to Phunghat to me the Peace Conference. the report Yang Yeling and Kong Plu-kit to
Mr. Edmund Candler, in his "Long Road to Baghdad," has depicted the Mesopotamian and especially the deepest dye; a thief, a murderer, and that he would soon find the bumous of Communications, a big contract a decadent. I can understand Mr.too hot, so I gave way, and after the for the supply of machines and Candler's point of view, as he is refer first plunge had been taken every ring to the earlier stages of the cam thing went smoothly. The paign, when victory seemed very far |
off and our prestige in the East had sunk as low as it possibly could; but when the tide turned and General
men
were delighted with the new garments, especially the boots, and Halbous, the Tindal, offered me cup of coffee, which I had perforce
organization.
Mr. Hand'ey Page stated that the first machines that will be sent out to China will be the twin engine biplane converted to commercial uses. will seat ten passengers and carry It
will be supplied, and the construction
-Hongkong Gap Rock. 8.E. winds, moderate; fair.
Those students of modern screen-
cessful cinema productions to discover craft who delight in dissecting suc
the various elements that have been
value and box office appeal should find a subject worthy of their keenest attention in "The Romance of Tarzan." now showing t Coronet theatre.
This spectacular seven-part film cera
of Edgar Rice Burroughs tion than the niggling sums that Hongkong and Lamocks. The samTS SA ing all of the picturesque and refresh- past. "Tarzan of the Apes." While retain have been doled
No. 1. out in the
-Nouth sonat of Chins betwoom We ing novelty of theme that set that the unprecedented demands that No. 1. production apart from other screen are thriat upon the Exchequer from
well aware of Ho-gking and Hainan. The same no
of Tarzan" offers, in addition, a country. But it must be insisted that and suspense are deftly woven into do nothing to start the young men swiftmoving plot in which excitemental other expenditure a futile if we natural sequence.
Treasury should sanction a very No. 1.
-Formos Channel. The sanie as
says the Cubinet has already sent Maude made his glorious advance to to drain, although I dared not think 1,800 lb of cargo. Experts and pilots drama presents the concluding chap- much larger grant for higher educa-1-South coast of Chins between.
Samarrah the behaviour of the Arab at the time of the risk I ran of con changed too.
tracting cholera..
ате
Slangbul to make prediuimary nega
of aerodromes will be undertaken. tithes for the sinaption thim
It was my privilege to conduct Two days later the strangeness of what was perhaps a unique experi- the uniform had worn off and theresret uses in the conveyance to the The machines will find one of their Conference.
The interior of China of Marconi wireless Peking has telegraphed in regment in the use of Arab labour, Inwere no further complaints. Team Buing a Pui-text the 1917-18 I commanded a balicon sec- men looked very workmanlike in the installations, the Chinese Government the Pruce Conference will he ion on the Tigris at Samarrah,, dur-grey army shirts with the sleeves having just 'concluded agreements. ¡ features of the day, "The Romance every spending department in the
da me qe jepange a sepatusteing a period when the Turk had rolled up and the neat khaki shorts. with that object in view.
pence.
CONSTITUTION IN NANKING.
ceased to be regarded seriously as After a while I allowed them to
an enemy in Iraq. My unit consisted entirely of officers and men of the then RF.C., and most of them were skilled in various technical trades..
It is reporteri tlust Chien Sung-In January, 1918, I received peremp will approve of the proposed to make the Consciutiam ir Narsing.
DISSOLUTION: OF PARLIAMENT,
The Au Fu Chule Isas declared thas It wild agree to dissolving the new Parliment provided their menabers be appointed Ministers in two certain: Ministries in any future Cabinet.
THE SUSPENSION OF A NEWSPAPER,
tory orders to replace as many white men as possible by natives. No details were given as to how this was to be done, and I was simply, told to for what natives I required. indent on the local political officer
RAW LEVIES.
The difficulty of replacing technical men by raw Arabs seemed insur mountable, and I frankly regarded the whole scheme as farcical; how ever, I decided to start with the balloon crew, whose work, though
parade without boots, as I saw that these were irksome to them, except from the point of view of vanity. had replaced about ten of the Arabe During the probationary period I who had proved unsatisfactory from various points of view. These men were all fairly old, and I found thèm far less intelligent than the boys. The Tigris Arab appears to be at his brightest between the ages of 12 and 16; when he becomes a man he is apt to be lazy and his brain appears to lose its keenness. There nation, and strangely none of theft; were, however, no cases of insubordi- the latter fact is a great tribute to the honesty of the men, as their
telegraphy are destined to play an Obviously aircraft and wireless important part in opening up China, and in settling the country politically. secured s big order for the entire Handley Pages have also just commercial air lines of a certain neutral Power
JAPAN COMMENT ON HONGKONG CASE,
At the Hongkong Magistracy re- tents were situated within a hundred Cently a Chinese boy, twelve years
Mach is also made of the dramatic white king of his jungle empire and contrast between Tarzan's life as the his later adventures when plunged into the complex world of high society. Here the various threads of the narrative are deftly joined to produce an effect that cannot fail to hold the attention of everyone who loves a good story, well told..
Wilfred Lucas, the director of "The Romance of Tarzan," and Bess Meredyth, who prepared the scenario, have made the most of the novel material provided them by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A remarkably
and women of the nation with the ability and the character to keep the annually spent by the State on nation going. The amount that is University education in England is so small that, as Mr. Arthur Hender son remarked to an Observes in terviewer it is scarcely more than the cost of a single destroyer,
ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
Station.
"
JUNE 1919.-.
Hour,
Barometer
24 Son Loral.
divostock 6
But before we ask the State to step into the place which in some measure was filled, in the past, by the "plous founders of Oxford and Nomaro Cambridge Colleges, we must make Ekodate up our minds what kind of higher Taki education we want, and for whom. Mr. Henderson tells us that the Kagoshima.
Nagasaki.
Kochi
她
The Yik Sai Pử may be low fairly technical, could be easuf yards. of my technical stores, whereof age, was fined $10,000, and his effective illusion of reality has been Labour party will not grudge in- Oshima resume pulögsticas on condäsion $1912 Samarrah, picking those that looked were kept thousands of pounds' sister, aged eleven, mulcted in the created in the atmospheric handling, | creased assistance from the State if Naba.......
it will host push anything mucal ap. The Elite, Mr. Pr, will also be released on a gunmute by the king Press Association.
BORDER. DEFENCE..
Lang tiki-kang went to
a
sation to inspect troops;
petek shat he will ad them to
the
Ritin and Heihungking ivaler
defence purposes –
BANDITS AS SOLDIERS.
the soldiers in Shes are
leant. I chose 30 townsmen from
intelligent. With the aid of my in extraction-I informed them that terpreter-a Chaldean of Hebraic
they were to be enlisted voluntarily into the Indian army, and that they would be treated as the equal of native troops; they seemed unir pressed, but showed some enthusiasm one rupee per diem. when I told them they would receive Their dress consisted of
nondescript brown burnous-generally in rags-a dirty scarf with a camel's hair ring on their heads, and a leather belt round their waists. I realized at once that these flowing robes would cause endless confusion in hauling down
worth of portable material.
DISCIPLINE UNDER DIFFICUL TIES.
same amount. The alternative was 12 months' hard labour. The chil dren
were employed to smuggle opium from vessels to the shore, When I got to know them fairly being provided with specially pre well. I instituted "native" orderly pared waistcoats in which the tins of room daily at 9 am, and informed opium were concealed. The boy them that I would listen to all com-gallantly exculpated his sister from plaints at that time. Strict military blame by saying that the opium procedure was adhered to, and pri-belonged to him, but both he and vates had to approach me through his sister refused to divulge the the medium of the Tindal; but the the
names of the people who difficulty of trying men for breaches engaged them to
smuggle the of discipline was enormous. But the contraband. No evidence was given culprit would be marched in between as to who were the parents or two native guards always very guardians of the children and no Chang Sui-ki has retur
smart and self-righteous when per attempt seems to have been made to Peking.
He vocats separating
forming this duty; the interpreter discover them. the tops from the lanulits and the ballcon.
would read out the charge, first in defended the sentence by saying that The magistrate wwwing the present litiny l Civil Governors. He le plat all headquarters at Bagdad. Army head-
Ther commenced my troubles with English and ther. in Arabic:- children were sent to jail in England MAHMOOD IBN SHOOKA, and in old days were imprisoned for isandits.quarters would not officially recognize excepting the der Chun Shumy Arabs as enlisted soldiers, and Charged with insolence to a N.C.O., were released every child in the No. 28, Mahmood ibn Shocka-smuggling, and that if these children Kron Kam-ju, and Chang Sik-Yurn. refused to make an issue of clothing.in that he refused to clean out his colony would be
The Conserria News.
I wrote, I interviewed. I cajoled, I tent, and used bad language when smuggling opium. The arguments employed in lied, but to no purpose; the Indian reprimanded by Tindal Halbous. do not justify such a severe sentence, army authorities could not realize
Courts in England always take into that unless my Arabs were treated
account the degree of responsiblity as soldiers they would not remain
of accused and would never think of with me. After six weeks' struggle
passing sentences on irresponsible I received unexpected help from the
persons for the sake of bringing officer in charge of the whole system
pressure to bear on those responsible of native labour in Mesopotamia. reprimanded him for leaving his tent for their actions.-Japan Chronicle. reWithin three days he obtained official in a dirty condition. While the sanction for an issue of uniform to evidence was being given the prisoner whistling noises, indicating his horror at the untruthfulness of the speaker, Mustafa-evidently a favourite of the Tindals would repeat the same story. I would then ask the prisoner what he had to say about the matter.
tissue of lies; no man in the camp swear, bad he listened to such a Never in his virtuous life, he would
ON BEING DEMOB:LIZED,
HOW A HONGKONG MAN VIEWS IT.
Witness-Tinda: Halbous,
Private Mustafa ibn Alwhow. The Tinda! would proceed to give evidence; Mahmood, who was in clined to be lazy, had called him unmentionable names when he had
Tonky feed a severe a throwing off of the brands of straint. huve Signed, fomus mul Shere, igandek is equipment qmy recruits, which was to consist would gesticulate fiercely and make
rratt, given away klak, sad of two pairs of khaki drill shorte, removed all outward signs of my one grey sweater, one grey army Baner connection with the Army shirt, two pairs of socks, one pair with which grew quite out native boots, and one armiet marked Sympathy.
I still have tituities to draw, which have been graciously awardoch, Sas these take time to get and charto be the man entitled to the meet in proved to the liik before the Pay Departmetic
willing
R.F.C, per man.
QUICK PUPILS.
gained. The next difficulty was one So far so good; one point was
of contract, for I had to have some worked harder than he did; his tent oficial document which would im was always spotless; as for insulting
Nothing less then a signed affair press on the Arabs the fact that they the Tindal, words could not express
will
He
guage was always courteous. his horror at this charge; his lan could bring evidence to show that,
by a responsible officer at the Rees at the same officer helped me again by were definitely enlisted men. Here Offer Whe down't know, 11 Nataly these curmudgeons of the Arabic, which every man was requir far, from being insolent, he had producing a contract printed in public pube
fito mufti atter more years in hereby promise to work with politely to his superior officer. On ed to sign. Roughly translated it ran: always made a point of speaking maitona tha I care to remetido, the Balloon Section, R.F.C., for a being asked for his witness he would free from the pains and perahies of period of six months or longer, if rename a particular friend. This ruan Military Law and King's Regulquired; I understand that I am sub would appear, and bear out his story; tions, away from the absurdly writ-ject to military disciplines and that I swearing by the beard of the Prophet ten and ally-interpreter-ngaites-must remain with the Balloon Section that the prisoner was the politest the soldier Pliy. Warrint and Mwherever it moves.” unce Regulations, I stretch or any
The last point was important, as I man in the whole of Samarrah arms, draw a deep breath and try anticipated trouble in the event of an pitying smile. In the end I generally The Tindal would listen with a replise it free!
advance. During this period of un: had to consult the flight sergeant, No more to be on the alect, for certainty my flight sergeant had who knew each man's character tively looking here, glanting there, been devoting the whole of his time thoroughly. If the man was found so that the starred unul crowned be to, training the 30 recruits, withi But puteri by without that teken of results little short of miraculous. In guilty, I would deliver a short homily humility of the soldier to the officer,side a week I could safely allow the would impose a fine of a few days' on the sacredness of N.C.O.'s, and the salute. So matter whom you natives to assist in hauling down the are with atter with whom they balloon, and in a fortnight they could pay. The verdict would be received are, it is their doc, their right by haul down without the assistance of matter would be forgotten till next with stoical indifference, and the King's Regulations only, but never the white crew. My flight-sergeant pay day, when it generally took some theless it is a sign of humility and did not know one word of Arabic, time to explain to the man why he inferiority as between man and mar, but with the aid of the interpreter was receiving less pay than the] So go to the length of teaning out and by sheer force of character he
of the lounge windows of the Hong made his orders understood. Four others.
kong Hotel looking for this umrk of the youngest and apparently the With some regret I received orders servility. These are the type chey most intelligent Arabs were taught to disband my gallant balloon crew knotting and splicing preparatory to at the end of October. The section
known as "one pip, uki dram.
and of Bing."
They must be being graded as riggers, and they
well-bred, because their life, sens
ne kang houf.
#
picked up in a week practically all that was needed.
KNEE SHY.
was recalled to England, as our work in Mesopotamia was finished. The
Arabs accompanied me to Bagdad,
In the process of evolution the
where they were of great. assistance Army is clunging. Conditions ure
in loading stores on to the river bar. better than they were, but the men cheery, exceptionally intelligent, and touching. Many of them asked to be The men were willing, always ges, and the final parting was quite are worth more wry and better amenable to discipline. At the allowed to accompany us home, and conditions than are in vogue yet. beginning of February the uniform were visibly disappointed when per And what just as inportant in that arrived. The Arab they are entitled to some up-to-date headmen, had been asking anxiously my hand, and waved mournfully Tindals," or mission was refused. They all kissed method of representing their griev-about it for the past fortnight, and when our paddle-boat started on its ances. At present half a dozen men hand begun to doubt its existence, 800-mile journey down stream. paruding to complain, no matter how and the lorry loaded with bales of genuine their grievance, are guilty of shorts and jerseys was greeted with to their comparatively primitive state I wonder if these men will revert uting Think of it. How ridic-broad grins.. lous. These relies of the punt ages evaporated when the kit was tried probably be offered work in the Lab- But this joy son now that we have gone; they will should be swept away. The Naval on, I had anticipated no trouble, our Corps, where the men are not then have proved that their giev but to my boundless astonishment treated as soldiers, but as low grade unces can be discussed at organised the bead Tindal Informed me with labourers. It is a pity that their neetings and representations mule an ingratiating smile that it would training has been wasted, but if a to the Admiralty, url the ailitary: be impossible for his men to don the proper etanding native army is ean do the, some, It really rests uniform. For a long time he would formed under the proposed Arab ad- with the ines themselves. But I mnnot explain why, but on threatening ministration of Arabia and Mesopo digressing. I started out to say how to dishcarge the whole crew' I dia tamia, and if it is methodically train- relieved I feel to bé demobilized. covered what was wrong.
ed, it will certainly be a quite respect A. A. W
"Captain Sahib, we cannot wearable force.
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while emotional acting of a high order is provided by Cleo Madison in the role of the siren who sets out to entrap Tarzan in her toils, only to find that she loves him too well to carry out her unscrupulous plans.
Y.K.K. TO OPERATE REGU. LAR LINE TO BANGKOK.
Bilaland
opportunity is given to every citizen ahi'iima whose mind is capable of develop elei ment
to have free: accessBankow *** social progress very largely depends." Kiomagg to the knowledge upon which lebang .. The way must be opened for the Changsha children of poor parents to pass Gatzlat.... Stangbai. through the secondary schools into Sharp Pk the Universities.
Amoy... Talboku
And the whole conception of a Swatow
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University must be widened. It should embrace studies more univer- Tainan..... Since last December the Yamashita the older Universities, and, on the Canton 03.29.
sal, more "modern," perhaps, than Koshan.... those covered by the curricula bt Pescadores. K. K. opened irregular lines between other hand, less technological than dan k Hongkong and Bangkok, and Singa those which are encouraged in Macao
Hongkong
steamers with 10,000 tons are being Colleges. pore and Bangkok. At present five some of the new University Wachow9a. operated on the above two lines. must include something more than Hofhow
University education Patho The Company recently contracted to commercial education on the one fourane..... Bangkok to South America. The dern life than that favoured by the Aparien 29 73 carry 1,200,000 tons of cereals from hand, and something nearer to mo St. Jame
Planlien
lized by the German steamship lines. In demanding grants for Higher Bangkok line was formerly monopo-old-fashioned don, on the other hand. Dagupan..... but during the war, the Yamashita Education it should be understood Legasp
Mania. K. K. and the F,
direct dole to business menin other Sarigno...... O. Company that we do not wish to make an in- filo
Taclobat
words, we distinguish education from Gam.... 4.90 instruction. Mere academic culture Labuan 6 a and technology are the two extremes between which we have to steer.- Daily Chronicle.
opened this line. It is reported that the Yamashita K. K. intends to make the present irregular lines to Bangkok regular ones in crder to retain the business secured during
the war.
DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CAR
WE HAVE CONCENTRATED ON ONE CAR AND ONE CAR ONLY, IN A DETERMINA- TION TO MAKE IT AS GOOD AS A CAR CAN BE MADE FOR EVERY PART AND EVERY PROCESS, THAT ENTERS INTO IT WE HAVE PERSONALLY ESTAB LISHED A STANDARD, THE WORK DONE AND THY MATERIALS USED IN EACH PART AND. EACH PROCESS, IN EVERY UAR, MUST CONFORM TO THAT STAND- ARD. DODGE BROTHERS WILL ALWAYS GIVE TO THEIR CAR THAT OVER CARE WHICH THE PUBLIC EXPECTS OF THEM
PEOPLE
2
HAVE IMPLICIT FAITI IN THE INTEGRITY OF DODGE BRO- THERS' MANUFACTURING METHODS. BECAUSE OF THE NAME IT BEARS. YOU MAY BE SORE THAT" THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE CAR WILL NEVER BE CEANGED A HAIR'S BREADTH DODGE BROTHERS HAVE ONLY ONE IDEA IN THE UPBUILDING OF THEIR BUSINESS. THAT IS TO BUILD IT SO SOUNDLY AND SO WELL THAT THE GOODWILL WHICH THEY HAVE WON WILL GROW AND ENDURE FOREVER
ITS STABILITY IS BUT A REFLECTION OF THE INSTITUTION ITSELF.
BOLE AGENTS:
TELEPHONE NO. 381..
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
St. George's Buildings, HONGKONG,
90:76
n. 99.7+
a. W. Jer, Chics Asmatant, Hongkong Observatory, June 2, 1819.
1. BAROMETER, reduced to 31 deger so Fahrenheit, on the level of the aos in inces tenths and hundredthe
1. TOPILATURE, in the shade in de croos Fahrenheit.
& Humry, in percentage of satura Hon, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100-
DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. 5. Fox of Won, socording to Beadford Scale.
6. STATE
WEATHER b blue sty, c detached cloud, d drizzling rain, I fog, ggloomy, b half, I lightning, a overcast, Ppasting showers, q squal, r rain, Janow tthunder, v visibility' w dew, wat
7. Ram in inches tenths and hun dredthe
HONGKONG TIDES..
The tide-table. xiven below has been compiled at the National Almanac Office io London from the result of the analysis of observations taken by means of an sutomatic tide-recording machine in the Water Fulice Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui turing the years 1905-8.
The zero of the table corresponds with the zeza of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet 3 inches below mean sea-level
To obtain the depth of water on the tide gango at the Victoris Naval Yard add a feet 4 inches, and on the ganga st Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet 4 Inches to the height given in the table.
June 3 to 9, 1910.
24 antar
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12
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17.10.
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29.73
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80
Direction of
Wind
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4
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0
Bat 0.14
0,00
0.00
Miglanes open air Trupernatre on the last Lawont open sir Temporaines on 124 tot 17
T. F. GLATTON, “Director. Hongkong Observatory, June 2, 1819.
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