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THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

•To-day the rebels of our American colonies have been once. more

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THE CHINA MAIL.

and charge him with knife and fork conduct calculated to lead to felony. He would run in a man of sedentary

ets,

EVIDENCE.

OUR AFGHAN POLICY..

INDEPENDENT AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBOUR.

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FRIDAY JULY 4 1919.

FIRE AT THE EWO COTTON MILL.

THE TYPHOON STREET

INCIDENTS.

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Several incidents occurred In the At 616 am at Shanghai on June heart of the town this morning as 25 the Ewo Cotton Spinning and the result of the extraordinary dowo- Weaving Co., Yangtacepoo Road. pour of rain and the strong wind reported a fire at the mill and a which was blowing. Three fag station call was given to the Hongkew decorating the verandat of the Land Division, who lost a little time in Investment Co's offices and which arriving at the fire.

must in their saturated state weigh a first floor of one of the large go-them to the tag staff and fell to Smoke was found issuing from the great deal, slipped the rope lashing downs on Jansen Road. The milf road. narrowly missing a European staff had just got to work with a line passer-by. of hose. The Brigade tried to use A Signboard hanging outside a the mill hydrants, but owing to these money changer's shop opposite the being a difficult size, it was necessary Hongkong Hotel was torn from its to lay on a line of hose from airon support and hurled to hydrant some distance along Jitsen ground and smashed. Fortunately

Some well-meaning teetotaller at habit as an accessory before, the Shanghai puts advertisements in the act, and every man with a red local papers from time to time, quot- nose would be arrested on

ing opininas on the evils of Strong suspicion. Probably no criminal Drink." Here is one

The advent of a new ruler on the was ever perfectly healthy. The Major General G. M. Ludlow of Afghan throne is an occasion which connection between physical irreguthe US Army had this to say about may lead some of us to think again larities and moral irregularities can drink and disease in the tropics —

over the nature of our relations with Inot be denied; but it do not alter

Afghanistan. In our main policy we "The use of intoxicating drinks shall certainly make the change to in any way the requirements of

of any kind in the tropics con- the future, as in the past, we shall social life, that the lawless impulses i

duces effectively to attacks from preserve the independence of Afghan must be controlled, and the uazon-

disease. It is believed by this Beistan. What we may well consider, trollable suffer for the benefit of the

pariment that absolute abstinence though. is the best method of carry rest. The law is fall of unscientific nonsense about motives ard-wilful

is impérative. In almost everying that policy into affect, With the suggested re of

case of Yellow Fever thus far

Hitherto our method of preserving developed among the American the independence of Afghanistan has doctors, it would be as full of im

troops in Cubo, it has been found been to pay the ruler a subsidy and practicable considerations refaling to

that the patient was in the habit present him with arms on condition pathological causes of acts. All that the law can safely take cognisance

of drinking."

that he had no relations with anyone

The conditions were severe not of are the acts. Even there it has a

Without saying that the Major was

but ourselves. The dominant con- with the smoke, but with the ex wrong in his conclusion (for abstin sideration on which our relations treme heat, the compartment being ence has its known advantages) we do say that the quoted statenent is had been the approach of Russia pressed on behind spray nozzles, fairly tight. The firemen however not evidence. As the majority of towards India, Russia was a great some of them using respirators. the soldiers would be non-abstaiters.land Power advancing-irresistibly. the statistics proved nothing. If they so it seemed over the level plains to the top floor, which in places was Simultaneously, attention was paid could have shown that a reasonable of Central Asia, absorbing one weak exceedingly hot. A line of hose was number were abstainers, and that Khanate after another, till at length taken up this floor in readiness. not one of these was attacked by she had come into direct contact should the fire by any chance get or succumbed to Yellow Faver, we

with Afghanistan, which country-through. should have been more impressed.

also, she had tried to bring within the sphere of her lufluence.

sufficiently hard job of it, since it cannot always be sure that the acts were committed. Human evidence

is tainted, andi Justice mast some- times take on iniustice.

REVOLUTIONARIES.

BANDAGES FOR SIBERIA.

We publish elsewhere to-day an interesting reprint about Siberia's need of hosp tat stores. Mr. Ralphs suggested to the British Red Cross authorities in India some time ago that if they had stores avaliable as result of demobilization they might transfer them to Siberia, ef whose need he fly awvale. So far hat mai na reply.

with Afghanistan had been based

Road.

practica y up to the ceiling in places, stack was compressed packed Indian was well alight. This end of the Cotton and the fire had already ob tance a hold on some loose bales of heal cotton and was just working round the whole end of the compart. ment.

the

A third incident ocurred on the

there were no pedestrians on the footpath at that particular moment tram lines, when a ricsha which was strong gust of wind. The puller was happy empty was blown over by a

blown off his feet and fell into the drain which was full of water. another ricsha puller who had left Outside the King Edward Hotel, his vehicle to seek shelter under the verandah was surprised to see his vehicle run off on its own accord

and had to chase it fully a hurdred yards before he managed to arrest

JUNK CAPSIZED.

A launch belonging to W. S. Bailey Co. was cressing the harbour when they came across an "upturned junk. The crew were rescued and taken to The Water Police Station after being tanded at Statue Wharf. The launch

other damage done to it by the wind. had its owuing blown away and

The warning to the government of Hungary, sent by the Allies as reported by Reuter to-day, is unusual On the ground that they merely fought for ideas and principles at variance with those of the Hun- garians in power, the Allies object to severe measures against the Hungar ian counter revolutionaries Unusual times excuse unusuall stepe, but we cannot pretend to be surprised if Bela Kun was indignant. The probability is, of course, that there was no such indignation and no such warning to provoke it. The inven tion and distortion of news has. made wonderful progress in the last five years, and we have arrived almost at the stage where we cantor depend on the approximate truth of any journalistic report. The combined effect of carelessness, ignor. ance, and haste to be sensational are responsible. Even the Americans, who have fed a declaration abou

the consent of the governed" and their right to change any govern ment that does not suit them, in practice vigorously suppress any con- certed movement of the sort. As we ! The Portuguese s.s. "Sun Tak "The Russians were fended off, and said a little while ago, the only re volutionary movement that is allowed to be respectable is the one that suc- ceeds, and until success crowns ic, it

The men working towards the seat of the fire, who were covered THE GATEWAY TO INDIA..

by a jet at the back, gradually We were a distantisland-Powerwith forced their way along the narrow a minute Army to all appearances passages between the cotton and incapable of permanently holding after a difficult task reached the seat india against so formidable a rival of the fire in about 10 minutes, so securely based. By every means where it was found that the end of at our disposal, therefore, we had to the large centre stacke which was prevent the Russians from establish thus securing the gateway to India. ing themselves in Afghanistan and we wanted the warlike Afghans to be a buffer between us and the Russians It was to our interest, we thought, that Afghanistan should be united,, strong, and independent. And this being the Afghan wish also, our This end was very congested, but interests appeared to be indeptical. the fire was checked as far as pus- So we gave the Afghan ruler money sible and a quantity of the cotton SHIPS IN HARBOUR.. To-day's dollar is worth 3s. 6 and arms, and guaranteed his country shifted outside, so as to cut the fire 716d.

against invasion on condition that he from working right along the stock placed his foreign relations in our and to save water damage. The hands.

men worked in reliefs as the heat; morning. was naturally very trying and the British men temporarily felt the effects of Kaifong the smoke. With spray nozzles the Bessie Dollar men got on top of some of the bales Kanchow and damped them down.

is everything that is bad. Our own people have reached the stage where even to talk of possible alterations is Bolshevism, the modern ward for anathema. If Mr. Smillie does

not take great care, bis ideas He must not bank tog much on this sudden and surprising tenderness of

revolutionaries of Hungary. Let bim⠀

will yet get him into trouble.

the lies toward the counter.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

"To-day's return shows two cases of plague and one of puerperal fever.

brought 1,200 tons of rice from Saigon yesterday afternoon.

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The Dairy Farm has just re. ceived a consignment of Daisy Butter and will be able to meet all demands from to-morrow,

The B. & S. ss. "Kanchow "

of rice, timber and general cargo.

Reports stale that several sampans capsized and sunk. One sampan was upset in the vicinity of HM S. Tamar. The men on board rescued two children, one of which has since died.

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List of vessels in port this

Chakaang

This "policy and the method of carrying it out seemed to suit our immediate purposes very fairly well. the stress of their expansion worked

After about two hours steady Hauroto self off eastward towards Manchuria instead of southward towards India. work, no burning cotton remained in Hopsang. And the late Amir resisted all the the compartment and the fire was Changsha attempts of the Germans to make practically confined to the end of the Yuensang

centre stack. In doing this the Prometheus him sever his connection with us.

So far so good. But the question | Brigade effected a remarkably good Pheumpenh is whether, under the new conditions stop as the place where the fire Benarty which now prevail, a more satisfac-started was right at the far end of Chingchow (Capt. P. H. Cowan) Bangkok arrived As long as Afghanistan allows her the heat and smoke had to be faced. Hong Waa. I

tory arrangement could not be made. I the compartment and to reach it all Kwaisang sterday afternoon with 1,600 tonsself to be paid money and arms she as the only windows were rear the Telemachus

Amherst is not really independent. And as entrance. long as we pay money and arms to Something like 125 bales of Indian! Kansu Afghanistan, but have no means of Cotton and a number of bales of Norwegian- ensuring that these are not used for loose cotton were affected by fire. Haldis lion caused by oppression, and as Tis. 140,000. The contents of the long as we are responsible for pro- godown are insured for Tls: 540,000 Dutch :- Besitang tecting Afghanistan, but have no mainly in Companies for which means of ensuring that she does not Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co American

Quinnebaug proveke her. neighbours, no one can fare Agents. The other compart call our own position satisfactory or ments of the godown are not affected dignified.

in any way..

at a British celebration. Called upon rather regard the stoppage of the two will be held at the Cathedral of the the suppression of rivals or of rebel The compartment was insured for

French demagogues on their way to talk, talk, talk, at the Southpor: Labour Conference. "That is probably more truly indicative of the temper of the time.

SALARIES COMMISSION.

A thanksgiving service in connec tion with the conclusion of peace Immaculate Conception, on Sunday next, the 6th inst., at 9.30 a.m.

We are sorry to learn that Mr. C. Bond, manager of Mears. Gande Price &Co,. has had to go into hospital again. Mr. Bond is suffering from the same trouble as betore, a poisoned arm.

INDEPENDENCE AND FRIENDSHIP.

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THE HONGKONG THEATRE.

In spite of so many attractions

You know what the American said to say a few words, he said;

"It was

& grand old hen that hatched the American Eagle."

They seem to have a special-knack of terse and picturesque expression, which we rather envy them. I found its supreme type and culmina. tion in Mark Twain, as much of a giant, in his own unique way, as our Shakespeare, and for some of us It is not only the workman at much easier reading. From their Home who finds that the war has earliest days-from the pre-revolution made a difference to his private i

What we really want on our North- The advocates. of League say! glorying in their successful Bot period of Benjamin Franklin's alma exchequer calling for adjustment wittily that over it this only half a west frontier of India in a neighbour BATU CAVES RUBBER CO. shevism. [Humorous. They have hack-this people has cultivatedThey have had a Commission in been repeating words about the humour with the most excellent re Malaya, where Government servants League, it's half a League onward, to who will be both independent and And what we have to friendly. tyranny of the English King which sults. It not only, permeates their drawing over $25 a month have been contend that half a League is, that of money and arms to a ruler is the Rubber Company for 1918 states!

which the opponents natury

consider now is whether the payment The report of the Batu Caves would sound shocking up the Peak, conversation and ideas, to the bright getting a 25 per cent. increase as a Ditto] Their professed decent, ening of social intercourse. It affects temporary measure, with a maxim-

much too much if it's into the jaws best way of making a neighbour that the profit for the year amounted here and at Kowloon the patronizers regard for the opinion of mankind" their politics, and saves them um increase of £1500 a year. Instead of death, into the mouth of hell

independent and friendly.

to £32 521, and, after making the of the above theatre have not entirely does not extend to that sort of from a good deal of pompous of the war bonus, salaries are now Philadelphia. North American.

On the face of it the method seems appropriations and adjustments deserted the evening and night per- Englishman. In the guise of an error. As business men they gain to be increared 30 per cent, pending |

crude and clumsy, and more worthy applicable to 1917 and paying anformances. During the "Ultus" independent Power with a separate by it, because in order to speak decision on the Public Services Com-

As showing the cost of living at of a huckstering trading company interim dividend of 25 per cent. (ess show the attendance was very fair (and rather pretty) dag, they flaunt wittily a man must grasp a point mission's report. The report makes Home at present, a correspondent than a great people. And personally income-tax), there remains, including which proves the picture was well their freedom and their power in our quickly and see shrewdly. Nor does rather startling suggestions, which informs the Malay Mail that a mar

I have for years thought it thoroughly the amount brought forward, a appreciated. The programme for faces. Yet we are at annoyed. it stand in the way of a high serious however, are likely to be adopted. tried couple from the F.M.S. had to derogatory to us and degrading to credit balance of £47,067. A second to-morrow will be very attractive, Some of us will so far forget our ress where such is desirable and So far as.

the pay six guineas a week for bed and the Afghans. But it has produced interim dividend of 25 per cent. (less and a new splendid serial film of 18 patriotism and our loyal principles proper. We all know what ideals are figures have not yet been published breakfast at a fith rate hotel is reasonably good results up to the income tax), amounting to £6,687, episodes will soon be screened, in

"England," as to go and drink their champagne, theirs and how much a part of their in the Press, but the China Mait has called) near Euston, smoke their cigars, and shake hands lives they are. In Woodrow Wilson ob ained them privately. All the adds the correspondent," is no place present, and there is no use in abusing was paid, and the directors propose which the well known protagonist

it unless a belter can be suggested. to pay on May 19 a final dividend | Marie Walcamp in the "Red Ace with them. Queer. Another of they have a spokesman who has been professional men (except schoolmasto live in at present, and I believe.

The better method, I suggest, is of 60 per cent., less income tax (mak will appear in the "Moon Child,” a Time's whirligigs.

i able to make that aspect of ters) are recommended to be the continent is aven worse. Living that of helping the Afghan rulers to ing a total of 110 per cent. for the picture of the most excellent and

Americanism plain to the least started with 5400 a,month, doctors is far less expensive in Malaya..

make for themselves all the money year), which will absorb £16,050. to thrilling incidents that has ever been observant of us.

(as older men) $440. to rise automati-

they need. By adopting we ought place £4,000 to development reserve produced, such as a woman's honour, to be able to make them soth more and £5,000 to taxation reserve and to the Leopard's fangs, the net of terror, independent and more friendly. The carry forward the balance of £15,330, a woman's scream, the secret docu- Afghans are an intelligent, a robust, The yield of rubber was 593,664 lbs ment, the dungeon of terror, quick- and an enterprising people. Their The planted area remains at 1751 Bands and several other astounding country does not abound in natural acres. The crop for 1919 has been feats and adventures. Watch for resources, but a great deal more estimated at 720,000 lbs. About 55 the advertisement and programme. might be made out of it than is at per cent of this has been sold for

EMPIRE REVUE,

Facing his stern father, with the hatchet stil in his hand, and the mutilated cherry tree at his elbow, George Washington decided that in the circumstances it was no use wasting a lie. He said he did it. He has gained the indulgence of history in the same way. He rebelled against his King, and the goods are still on him, so we forgive him. For they are good goods.

The millennium has not yet reach ed the United States. It is not even scheduled, or skeduled. But residence in the land of the Stars and Suipes can teach even an Englishman that the English government is not perfect. Both English and American

We congratulate them on the proud position among the nations that they hold on this anniversary of their in dependence. We wish them success in the pursuit of the ideal that has put them where they are, and which should, if earnestly and sincerely followed, without turning away after false gods as the Germans did, put them higher yet. It is a mighty fine eagle that our old hen hatched..

SATYRIASIS.

A correspondent from Canton ought to revere the other George, makes a suggestion to-day that the

too. If it hadn't been for George Government is unlikely to take

Sam to intervene in this war, where | admissible we should want every would we have been to-day?

Court of Justice and every case in it

we know,

cally by annual increments of $25 to] . A correspondent writes to the $880 per month, Subject to an Times of Malaya : The Chinese "efficiency bar at the $600 stage. language is not the least of China's The senior billets, of course, will have handicaps, which Dr. Lim Boor higher pay then that. The school Keng urged the Chinese to learn in masters are to begin at $300, rising a lecture at Singapore recently. by $25 to $400, and by $20 thereaf- There is no Chinese language spoken ter to $650, with the exception-of-four and understood throughout China. present produced. What we should ward for delivery during the year at jobs that are worth from $700 to $800. Northern Chinese often speak indo is to help the Afghans to develop prices averaging the equivalent of There is Bolshevism even in the pidgin English to Southern Chinese themselves.and their country. 1s. 10d. per Ib. in Singapore. A fur- Civil Service. A report that Brigadier as the dialects are totally different- In place, therefore, of giving the ther sale has been made of 268,800 General Hubback, formerly F.MS. and they call each other foreigners. ruler a subsidy, and arms which is lbs. for delivery in 1920 at 1s. 10d. architect, was to be made the State The Mandarin dialect is only under not respecting, but debauching, his per lb. in Singapore. Engineer of Selangor, although he is stood by those who have studied, i.e., independence-I would offer him "not an engineer," caused a meeting one or two per cent. of the people. unbounded opportunities for im- of the engineers at which strong

proving his country and strengthen- things were said. They even decided

BOLSHEVIKISM."

A correspondent writes in the ing his position by allowing and

of view, object to the bringing of the mouth in contact with articles' com-

A

George Ross's company played "Oh Baby." last night. It is excellent fooling, and provoked continuous laughter. The audience was smaller than such efforts deserve, but pro- bably the weather was to blame.

They end their Season on Saturday

to take the step of protesting directly Brisbane Courier as follows:-Kindly inviting as many men as he may cash down and frequent supplies of leave for Singapore on Thurs Grenville and his Stamp Act, the seriously. If it were, we should have to the Impecial Government, ignoring allow me space in your paper to put like to come to India and England guns and munitions. But there is no day by the P. &. O. Dunera. The little argument between George III to oppose it or demand a modifica the local authorities. When are forward a suggestion re the kissing to learn of us in military affairs, urgent hurry about fixing the condi- company has been unlucky with the and George Washington might have tion. We do not want to see one Hongkong salaries to be adjusted to of the Bible. At the present time, civil administration, science, agri tions of our relations with him, and ladies of the chorus, first one and been postponed sine die, and by particular kind of criminal case tried the new conditions?

and, in fact, at all times, there are culture, civil engineering. mining. it is worth the expenditure of much than another being ilk Mis Berry George l if there had been no Uncle by a jury of doctors. If that were

time and patience and friendly per- had to go into hospital yesterday. persons who, from a sanitary point and industrial development.

suasion to bring him and his leading The company are giving a matinee A FORWARD POLICY. Every facility for profiting by our men round to see the ultimate advan- to-morrow and the evening per- In expressing admiration for these in the same hands, because every From any teri men you can obtain mon to many. Now, could not accumulated knowledge and experi- tages of this new manner of securing. formance, Peace night, is the farewelt

show. Vaudeville, and "Very Good still unpunished rebels, we are not aberration of human conduct has a ten different definitions of Socialism, leaflets (single dnes), say with the ence I would place generously at the independence.

By employing such a method we Eddie" is advertised to take place. actuated by disloyalty. (That's for pathological meaning. Every man or Christianity, or, Beauty, or Art first chapter of St. John or any other disposal of the Afghan ruler and any the Peak folk). Still less are we being is a satyr, that is to say, half man When it comes to Bolshevism, it chosen chapter be printed? One of of his subjects. I would not urge could put our hearts into our Afghani

OBSTRUCTING-TRAFFIC. guilty of the Englishman's lault of and half beast, and in what our seems we get twenty. The following these could be given to a witness and upon him that he should take British policy as we never have been able to praising tactlessly, in a patronizing cerrespondent calls "sexology the is reproduced, headline and-all, just not used again. The cost would be advisers and experts into his service put them when we were using the manner. The Englishman who has doctors "are as much at Bea as we clipped it from the Manchuria small, and the objection to the other in Afghanistan. But I would invite timid degenerate methods of the past.

Prosecuting the foreman of æ* lived under the American flag has as an ordinary Jury Some Daily News...

done away with. [The usual way ishim to send Afghan officers and off. Our policy will become a truly had to envy the Americans a good late. Freudians, some are fot. There

to hold the book with the thumb up cials to come and consort with our forward policy, for it will bring paper mill of Aberdeen for obstruc- tion, the Captain Superintendent of many features that we haven't got, is an intimate if obscure relationship

and to kiss the thumb If the thumb great Generals, attend curcamps of in- Afghanistan forward, make her Police informed the Magistrate this. as well as their emancipation from between crime and the digestive Dr. Sun yatsen, who had been probe clean the dangers small.

struction and staff courses, inspect our strong in her own strength, and morning, that the obstruction was of

And Some that we have. This is not the processes. Unlawful acts of all sorts pagating Bolshevikiem at Shanghai,

agricultural colleges and demonstra- therefore really independent. appropriate day to particularize, can be traced to unregulated livers, sailet from Shanghai to Formosa and

tion farms, irrigation canals and in the long run such an Afghanistan load of paper was completely block- Here in Hongkong to-day they are If judges and juries and policemen arrived at Kobe on the 17th. per 5.8.

canal colonies, mines, factories, will be a far better neighbour to the ing the thoroughfare the other day. our guests. We would like to share were medically trained, it is possible"Kumano Maru?. On arrival there

schools, colleges, and technical in self-governing India of the future Four motor cars on either side were with them in their very proper rejoic that the law would become more he disappeared and the Hyogo Police DISTRESS in the storich efter eating stitutions and let them come and than an Afghanistan ling fanaticism, stopped and great inconvenience was ing, and to enhance their happiness, terrible, and men more respectful are after him.

is relieved by taking one of Cham learn there also if they wish to. staw in own seething

experienced. berlain' Tablets. Try it the nost time if we only could, by saying the right. of it, because the doctor-policeman Now what has the mild little Doctor you cit me then you should For sale ruler would prefer these facilities to

. It is perhaps unlikely that the new a constant menace to its neighbours.

-Ex. thing in the right (American) way. would observe a man at mealtime, I been up to ?.

By All Chemists and Storekeepers.

CHINESE. BOLSHEVIK PROPAGATOR

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WHEN YOU EAT TOO MUCH.

a serious nature. A truck with its.

His Worship inflicted a fine of $10

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