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AUSTRALIA ALWAYS THERE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THREE CASSANDRAS.

General Currie of Canada, told us Cassandra the daughter of Priam. yesterday that in the British Empire and Hecuba was a true prophetess (of to-morroW every suggestion of of evil, but denied by Apollo the political inferiority must be removed."trust of mankind. Someday someone This remark would appear unpatrio may develop this startling parallel tic in the eyes of a certain sort of with the relations of Press and public Imperialist, to whom the suggestion in Hongkong. In the meantime. that there have been or could be eur purpose is merely to note a such suggestions is a disagreeable coincidence, kindly pointed out by a disturbance of a dream. The old

Constant Reader. suggestion that the tail must go on The other day Reuter told us how

wagging the dog was long ago squelched, and it is not easy to guess at what exactly prompted General Currie's remark. Had he been Aus tralian instead of Canadian we could have guessed it, perhaps, to rest on Australia's disappointment with the dispos of the Pacific Islands,

to which h

was over-ruled "at Paris.

be substiturien of Japan for Germany does not satisfy them, because they also have their Monroe Doctrine, as is well known.

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JAPANESE BOYCOTT AT

CANTON,

NANYANG BROS. DISPOSE OF FALSE RUMOURS.

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CANTON DELEGATES INSPECT HONGKONG FACTORY.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 4. 1919.

HONOURS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

SIR HENRY MAY NOW K.O.C.M.G.

DRAGON BOAT RACING,

BIG CROWD AT MING YUEN

GARDENS. $

Yesterday being a holiday for most people, and also the first annivers wiry of the opening of the Ming Yuen lens, the management of the katter arranged a

programme of Chinese navy bout sucion verreponded somewhat to un Fing went and people attending to wit; lish Regatta so far as the meing

nes the sport.

NEW GOVERNOR IS KA MAR

A Canton the Nangang. Bot.

His Majesty the King has been Tabarcs Company enjoy wide pogueraciously pleuser to appanse of the furity for two reasons, their cigarettes following appointments to the Most the s.s. Cassandra had been wrecked and their benevolence. For educa-Distinguished Order of St. Michael by an Iceberg in the Atlantic. hospitals, and the "poor generand St. George---

Constant Reader points out that udly, Naoyang Bro-, give large sumus.

Sir Francis Henity May to he HMS. Cassandra was mined in the for money. Therefore when a mali- Khight Grand Cross, Baltic only a little while before, and fee and false rumour was spread

MR. Reginald 'Edward · Stubbe evidently regards the name as ill-thoughout Canton, shat the Non-

The venue is certainly more suit- Governor designute of Hongkong)able and agreeable than at Abenfeet. omened.

sung Company wis Japanese, and to be a Knight Commander.

It is surmised these events will be Lehnt it used Japanese tobacco lead. | His Majesty the King is also been bed apoually opposite Ming Yuen Fant other pax in connection withaciously pleased to approve of the Gardens and Aberdeen will probably

wilowing appointments to the Most be supplanted for the

Dmigon Esecllent Order of the British Em- pire (€3vil Division po

There was Ar enormous crowd, Mrs. Stubbs and Mr. Arthur including a good number of Fan- George Murchis Fletcher to be peans. The thums were packed, and Commanders (85) Classe).

numerous motor ours also conveyed Mrs. Et Stubb, Mrs. Alice the spectators. The spacious Ming Hickling. . Robert Sacherland Yuen Gardens were crowded, every Mr. George Shavdemikh Young, unk Mr. James Arthur Edward Bulb filled, and the hills and held num- point of vantage in the building was to be Members with Chash

bers of interested spectators. Tick road was congested and the beach). was filled in the vicinity. On the water were launches, motor boateų junks and sampads numbering about 2

The ring aroused intsuse interest among the Chinese. For the first three races there were the sather

even entriess, Elch boat bout

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cigarette klag. it gave pain not aily to Nanyang Brus, best to those Jeannected with the institutions that accepted tits charitable donations "of Today's dollar is worth 38. 6 the guette fina. - 16d.

As our renders knew the Canton- and possess, Dany Societies, and res of plague, and one of C. S. fever.

Today's return shows ten casessentatives of these util the hos pitals, etc., approached Mr. Kan Kuru Sek. Nangang Bros. repre-i sentadive ut tante, atud told him at į the cunts. They said they would

Any one suggesting "political in feriority" in the Australians as a people has a tough proposition to! maintain. They alone in the Empire have kept the flag of the true democracy flying. They nailed it to

Since May 12, the NY.K. has the mast when, in spite of the blar towered the Japan-Singapore rates dishments and intrigues of Mr. Hughes, they twice turned downy about two yer to nine yen. The Conscription. This was an u: popular fate to Penang and Malacca has also

been lowered to twenty yen. thing to do, and privately the sort of Imperialist we don't admire deemed

General Stephanek. War Minis them wrong to do it, but he didn't terci Ciecho-Slovakia, was command or wasn't allowed to say so openlying the Czech troops from an aer While sticking to thy principle, they plane in a battle with the Hungarian Ltd proved that it wasn't on account forces in Hungary, when his machine

of any reluctance to do their bi" by sending 330,000 men over fell to the ground and the General

was killed. seas, of whom 57,000 did not return. Recently we have seen how they

Capts. Yamashita "and Ogisuda, tackle situations that call for action of the Japanese Imperial Cavalry, "Australia will be there," a Brisbane mob set forth to clean out a local dered to Germany to study the post bellum ondrian at that country for nest of Bolshevism. They have

three years They left Yokohama always known what they wanted (a virtue in politics) and seen to it that on May 18 pers. Tenyo Maru they got it, from the time of the "angry mob" mentioned by Sir Harry Parkes in 1888 up to the numerous demonstrations of this war. They are a politically-minded people, and the future of our Imperial Common wealth will not be impaired by con ceding them a larger voice in the decision of its policy.

to investigate for theruedves anal prose once and for all whether the company was genuinely, Chinee!

1. Fa was obvious that if th company lad dapanese censet hus | they desired to dather associazion

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For the meeting short, AAR, not, the Blon. Mr. Bern Wh Pak Mr. Fate Khare Nek at once cosas given motive of class questions: miestent with the Hongkong office.

stantly are invitation was sent plaints receding time prompt of the dragon's head and tai at x w 1. Bere being For s com Padice Berbasis to see in ker fences in many ensen

lank

to Canan besat e many pre sertatives as they wished to see the Baetary and othee for themselves. They wanted to dars it things Notine was best big the Cantonese,

Chinese origin and manufacture. A sing was enllest and representa. ves elected to prered to Hong keng to jusige mitters.

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*RUTE, JUSTICE, PTBLIO SERVICE."

AONOTONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1918.

THE SIGNATURE.

Here on our island We are geographically more remote from the Council of Versailles than Napoleon was on his 105 years ago, when at she Council of Vienna the Prussians alked and claimed as arrogantly as now. Practically we are closer and

NEW STYLES

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so thorny, and so many that

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very fair equivalent for the menace that escaped from Elba while

A ROYALIST CONCERNED.

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Conseptently 34 presentatives of the principal schede, hospitali, mer Pany's traffic receipts for the weeksets wind different Societies in are $13,511 or $329 more than Kwangng, came to Hongkong by

inaan hoe night.

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same week of last year. For the weeks the aggregate takings were 5310,692, or $16,562 more than in the corresponding period of 1918.

This morning a Uliina Mail reporter tab arcspanel them on a visit inspection of the Nanyang Bios. Kigarette Factory,

Kum

It has been decided that from July next construction of submarines

The party went down in motor at four Naval Dockyards and two and were met by the fecal man- private Shipbuilding yards in Japan, Mr. Wong Mui Suen, and the shall be taken in hand at the same

Canton representative,, Mr. Kuih Sek. time, and twenty-seven of them are; We hasten to allay the fears of expected to be launched by March, get Chinese gentlemen and young The party which included several "Royalist hos

whose letter appears it

Western educated Chinese, went article on Monday, which appeared to him to be a defence of Bolshevism, was in reality nothing of the kind.

in

1920..

The British and was nuELICAN

In so far as it was not an elabora'e the Chinese Guild

att mina dagokat ve sku

stern resfectively. The tail failed to will the story on one bout and after many Doverument state-

efforts to Six it one of the crew silk. (4) What was the art munded it. That bous had no jo, Ber of hawkers Beeters clues head! In the boats in the first three cents ever been issuel, atsi wiat is the there were so less than 6 men, nae total number of current licences heat the drum by which the new Bined their strokes, one ekippered that have been issueti to date?"

b) In view of the fact that the the bat, and 54 bad paddles which refusal to issue suel Hernees muy they used to good purpose. Nearing operate hardly on many deserving the winning post in the second 3 poor people, and of the considers one bait struck another hard ambl tion that those who are able to ships but fortunately, without any obtain such beknees may, go to apparent injury to bouts or crews. swell the number of bad wharacters The Shankiwut men demonstratal

With the stað: „ in this Colony, whether instrus their superiority. tions will be given to the Captain bout. No. 4, belonging to the "Hap Superintendens of Police not to! Wo Tong section of the Shaukiw withhold eences frone applicants community, they annexed at the therefor, taless they are town to races entered for. They kept up a be bad characters?

quick, even stroke. which propófed 27 In the case of boys anrusted for the boat at a Est rate.

The very hawking without a vence, will the hot weather seemed to las ag Goverminent have the law so amend effect on fouten thua on the protag punish the parents or gaaians in refreshments available in the bar- as to empower the Magistrates robot who partook #berally of thos stead of the boys thetasetres?

The Hon. Mr: Q G, Alibuster, 0.B.E., will ask tion Road to the North of Fife Street 1. When will the section of Corona-

dem.

The event was for smaller bouts having 25 of u crew.

The following were the results: - Wo Tong, Shaukiwan); 2, No. 2 Dont, Pin Buce.-1, No. 4 Boat Hop

No. 6 Bat (Hung Sing Roon, Sha kwan). Two Aberdeen and two Taumuti bouts were implaced.

the Vienna conference was sitting. It we should not, even in a Debating Britishers, thirty Americans, and thousand to "the inmate, and the completed so as to develop build. (Chow Shun Tong, Shaukiwan): 3,

is the L. O. N. that to-day takes the Club, care to attemp: a defence of fifty Chinese.

sites and to provide through af and Curtle Peak Re he with a direct ronte to the Taipo

2. Will the Government consumet

Second Race.--1st and 2nd we

merchants at Tientsin organized a Factory. They were afforded every business men's club conjointly with opportunity of closely examining there. The everything. They were particularly and rather obscure jest, it was a German Club will serve as its office.terested in the tobacco leat, the defence of argument, and only that. The

members comprise thirtyigarettes which came forth at the machinery. The machines filled and eut the cigarettes with astonishing pility seeing that euch machine is in charge of a single Chinese femala temporary riesia ad fun a point the same as in the first race; 3, No. usually sma

These were extremely deft in their manipulation to the train gate of the lid Kowout

on the Yamati-Kowloon City Road Boat Ip Yee Tong, Yaumati). of the machine and handling the Waded City s

Third Bace.-1st and 2nd were they cigarettes..

to render theme as in the first race; 3. No. 7 Three who spoke English appealed the west of it accessible by wheeled

walled city and numerous houses to Boat (ip Yee Tong. Yuunati.. several times to our reporter to cad

Fourth Pace.--1, No. 1 Bont (tio • Hing Tong); 2, No. 3 Boat (Go Hing out the name of the maker of the Yebleles froi Yamuáti:

8. Is it a fact that the new market Tong). machinery. This was satisfactory us at Sansuipe has no supply of fresh it was nearly all of British and water? American make. Mr. C. Y. Wong

the Educatiomi Association, 200 molem" "biklings (including a

4. Is it a fact that there are about-

The Indo-China steamer Kwai-

age passengers.

Mr. A. King was the judge and Mr. Mok Ling the surter,

CORRESPONDENCE.

BOLSHEVISM?

place of the Iron Duke, to whom the Bolshevism, for fear that we might Emperor Alexander is supposed to do it successfully, for we fear and The Dockyard Recreation Cleb have said, when the position was hate Bolshevism probably more than had an all-day bathing picnic to Castle realized, "Eh bien, Wellington, c'est Royalist" does, possibly knowing Peak yesterday. Having the big vous encore une fois sauver le monde.”

better all it threatens. To make launch, C409, a large number were He did it, with the timely help of our position plain to him, seeing able to make the trip. Nearly all Prussia, and here our historical that he has so obviously written his the children and many adults enjoyed parallel grows interesting, es we read letter. inspired by preconceptions the bathing. The Wiseman Cafe of the Prussian claim to the right to derived elsewhere than from the catered for tiffin and tea to the help once more. Is it sincere, or article itself, let us take our attitude general approval of the party. one of many devices to soften to the theologians as an illustration. the effect of defeat? Only In practice, we are with them in very credulous and simple person respect of faith, but in their argu could believe in its sincerity. It is ments we are against them. We are sang (Captain T. Grant) a Hongkong against all knowledge of human nature with the anti-Bolshevists in faith, built ship has arrived from Calcutta, to expect it at the moment. The but opposed to their present style of which port she left on May 19. Then, also skel og questions Public Dispensary temple and more interested. Will the Germans than we believe them to be if their uyu a ter call. We have tried general cargo for Hongkong and 503 able to speak English. The accommodating about 6000 people, Germans must be much better men justifying their faith. We expect no Kwaisang brought 1,849 tons of behält of his patriots who several factories at New Sum-uipo sign? What if they don't? Those are desire to join the LO.N. forthwith is it and found it Impossible.

ave tons of pig iron for elsewhere. She whole party, and more particularly we have no fresh water supply ex- the questions that men askeach others properly motivated. It isn't, of

the younger and English-speaking| as the belated Reuter messages keep course, and we fear that the motives insist on his arguing logically. This had 11 saloon and 118 Asiatic steer

is reasonable enough, isn't it?

members, seemed very serious incept three street stand-pipes?

5. Is it Gel that there are about coming in. One almost gathers from above suspicion. All of which makes in Lenin and his hopes and ideas,

the enquiries and search for things 200 bout-buildes at Pheung Sha of some of the other parties are not If "Royalist" is really interested

Japanese. the telegrams of the French service the job of saving the world harder. and will call upon us any afternoon, during last Saturday's demonstration, looking at the manufacture of the who have no fresh water supply ex (To the Editor of the China Mui.")

After some time he been spent

Wan to the north west of Sansuipo, that some people hope they may Japan is 2 doubtful adherent we will show him such information which is estimated at over $4,000 cigaretes, from the buf to pasking thy rubbish here and name pite?

America has already given warning as we have; but that she

we will not the Sun Company are reported to the led tius into cases, through usi may shirk some Fer duties, when her superstitious the China Mail, for the reason that claim to the Military Government, the fee

of advertise the gentleman's theories have sent in a protest, and also a the processes, the party adjourned to water fire service at Cheung Sha Was concern four leader in last night's

6. Is it a lot tinit there is no fresh Dear Sir-I have read with regard for the Monroe shibboleth may we do not want to spread them. We The Sun Company issued yesterday cause her to decline to act as

Here there was a good deal of talk sulpo and that most of the one entitled Another Proventiv another choice would offer difficulties. attack such. How far the mischief they will discontinue to buy or sell animously of opium that the rumReservoir hesensitably more his flowers in Russia to-day-and mandatory Power in quarters where them help to spread them, and so we distributed, informing the public that informed that the panty were up-

consider that weak arguments against circulars, which have been widely in Cantonese, onu er reporter was kings are innble from the Article." This article uppours to be

Fire Flou

adalencs of **Bolshevism* in Belgium, France, and Russia, Italy has to be bought with a price, has spread we don't know, but con- low grade goods." The Sincerer was entirely lake, and that they put it this year that the sime it appears to uphold the theory that 7. Is it a fact that the Kowloon preached and practised by Lenin an.! should be "brought home" to them. and the signs are that in our own "stant readers know that we have Company suffered damages to the were satisfied the true Chesperiod last year, and set the meineny means may be properly employ The Mosaic law of punishment, the called Empire, which is so patently denounced everything that threaten. extent of about $1,250 on Saturday status the Nanyang Bros. Com from the Reservoir in whin used to attain in End-if that Enbe

not an Empire but a glorified Comed in our judgement to help it. Just last. says the Canton Times. tooth scale of reprisal, easily survive monwealth, the Dominiers now have listen to this, from the Manchuria

some objections to moot. The happy Daily News of May 17: point of view to take is that the tangle of problems confronting the L.O.N. in prospect serves to emphasise the need of it. That, after all, was a lesson that had to be learned.

not sign. Many of OUT own people, astonished that the Germans are no more meek in defeat than they themselves would be, feel that the rest horror of war, as experienced

ye for an eye and the tooth for a

THOSE FIGHTING SAILORS.

nineteen hundred years of Christian preaching, because it is the instinctive, natural, human conception of justice that springs ready-made to the mind. What more just than "on for ton"? How more truly to make the punishment. fit the crimes than to bomb of Zeppelinism Balin? At the bottom of our hearts, even after digesting all that

Americans argue in favour of the has been disclosed of the Peace habit of boasting that the boaster Terms, we shall all feel, if the Ger has to live up to his professions, to mans sign, that the enemy has got

make good as they say. Conse off more cheaply than he deserved. quently, the more a man boasts, the It is this which explains the general more he tries. This explains their eagerness for the personal punish fondness for "Euttons," those badges ment of the Kaiser, who would thus bearing legends of all sorts, state- serve as the scape-goat, and be the ments "boosting" their home town symbolic corpus vile of Prussianism. or state, or announcing their political There is reason in it, too, for the convictions. In the case of the street Germans would no doubt realize fight between "British troops and more effectively their downfall American sailors, it seems the Ameri the day that their chief cans were wearing "buttons" that spokesman and pattern is strung up, said:

A question that might also be asked

is this. Supposing the Germans do

sign the Peace Treaty, does it reces.

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WE DID IT..

YANKS AND TANKS.”-

sarily mean peace? This is not a This temptation was too much for

BRITISH SOLDIERS INFECTED WITH

BOLSHEVIKISM.

As a result of the damage

cept four shallow wells strounded.

pany. Several meubels of the party listance and at a vénent level good. expressed to the Chias Mait reporter for supplying Senpo real Cheung their personal satisfaction of the result of the inspection.

Sla Wen?

8. When will an mipate supply water (1) for deste ve, (2) for rice be provided for (a) New Simsuipe and (6) Cheung Sha Wan?

Can you let me know exactly what End Lenin hopes to tuin by the methods he has adopted?

In short what is the creed of

Bolshevisin. **?

A report from Kumamoto states Mount Aso, an active, volcano in South Kyushu, has been abnormally On rewan to Canton, the result of It was found that, in the British operative of late, the subterranean the visit to the Nanyang Bros. Fure Army an extensive intrigue had rumblings and fall of ashes being tory will be freely published in the been batched. The plotting or frequent and heavy. The rumblings Cunton papers, relating the base ganization was the Soldiers Lea are intermittent and occur with rumour that the Company is in any gue. Their propaganda pamphlet regularity every quarter of an hour way under Japanese Influence, of contains the following clause or so. A column of smoke rests that goods from that county are Ordinance for the more effectual pro-kind in general and to the inhabit "The Russian revolution has made over the mountain during the day. ed. the labourers the rulers of the and is lit up at night like a pillar of

The party afterwards went to the country. Why should we not carry fire. Three sharp earthquakes have Ming Yuen Gardens to thin.

been experienced in and around

of the Soldiers' League harboured

out our revolution, and become the Kumamoto during the past month, rulers of England?" The leaders doubtless having their origin in te DEPARTURE OF ADMIRAL'S the intention to dynamite the seismic disturbances in Mount Aso. Buckingham Palace and to propose

STAFF.

It would be interesting to me, and 1 hul not to many od toy fellow countrymen to know exactly what Past reading of a Billintituled An benefit cun possibly accrue to mare

The orders of the dy are ---

tection of purine stores.

unts of Russia in particular as the First reading of a Bill intituled An ultimate outeome of the apparently Ordinance to amend the law relating devilish and inhurian methods to the registration of births and advocated and practised by the Ba deaths.

hevist leplers in Eastern Europe. First reading of a Bill intituled An

I should like to see your views se Ordinance to amend the Arms and forth. Will you oblige? Ammunition Onlinance, 1000.

Enclosing my card I beg to subs First reading of a Bill intituled Anscribe myself as appropriately as

possible on this Particular date.

the dethronement of the King. By While the earnings of the 'ast

Vice-Admiral Sir F. C. T. Tudor the investigation of the police, term were considerably below those twenty bombe were found in the of the previous due, the N.Y.K. still lett for the North on inspection duty Ordinance to make provision for compound of the Sinn Fein head holds the reserve fund amounting to some, tinio ago, To-monow Capt. determining the date of the tennira. quarters. At first many soldiers 200,000,000 yen, and therefore the F. C. Fisher, R.N., the Admiral'stion of the presen; war, and for pur- had joined the League, but as its company bas made many progressive Flug Captain, accompanied by the poses connected therewith. true object became known, many plans despite the decrease of profit. rest of the Admiral's Staff, leave.

First reading of a Bill intituled An

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ROYALIST.

Hongkong, June 8, 1919. [This letter is answered in the editorial columns.-Ed. O.M.] .

of them have left the League. With the profit obtained during the Hongkong by the Chipshing for the Ordinance for the better Prevention Glasgow, we have heard more war the Company expects to build Nortis and will join Admiral Tudor of Corruption. than once, is a hotbed of the 300,000 tons of new chips, to under-at-Wai-Hai-Wei, where the C.-ia-C. First reading of a Bill intituled ån disease, and there are sporadic take shipbuilding industry by improv and staff will spend the remainier Ordinance to authorise the Bank of Qutbreaks observable from time to ing the Yokohama Dock Company, of the simmer. As Vice-Admiral Canton, Limised, to convert its silver SAFE, SURE, ALWAYS CURES. reference to their cynical contempt the British soldiers and sailors, who time in England. Will "Royalist" and also to establish a marine in: u: Duff has been appointed so the comm- capital into goid. [Thia Bill will be in the stomach hon Chamberlain's Opot/suffer from cramp colle or pain ask the first clergyman he meets how ance company with a capital of ten mand of the China Squadron, its carried through all its stores at this he feels toward those unqualified million yen. The insurance on the Tkely be will assume command in meeting.)

Colic an Diarrhres Remedy goes to the right spot and gives immediate rehef. Christian apologists who attack well Company's ships amounts. to an the North, coming here with his staff

First reading of a Bill intituled As You cannot afford to be without it if instructed Rationalists? If he does enormous figure, and the new insur for the winter months, by which time. Ordinance to provide for the Incord are subject to attacks of this kind. That did it, and the argument pro- that he will understand better our ance company will underwrite all his command should be nearly up to portion of the Missions to Seamen For exle. By All Chemists and Store shat prompts the question. They are ceeded as reported.

provocative article."

ships and cargoes of the N.Y.K.

its approved establishment.

in Hongkong.

krepers.

for "scraps of paper" because the guarantees arranged for cover that Tirk. It is, curiously enough, a con- sideration of the difficulties embarras ding the other signers of the Treaty

poissed out that there should be another line:

AND SWANKS.