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when it is accompanied by the amount of unemployment, low wages, bad housing, and the like which have (exlated up to the present time. The peasants of Russia and of other countries are asking whether the land-systems of the past are compat ible with democracy. In a word, the arcused self-consciousness heretofore submerged.will force a widespread struggle over fundamentals of social organization and social policies.

The world has neither compre herded nor felt the full power of the forces underlying the radical Social istic movements shaking Europe today. These movements are due to the cumulative discontents of generations.. The Bolsheviki, the WW, and similar organizations may be crushed as organizations, but this will not stifle the revolt they express.

THE MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

WAR LOSSES AND THE FUTURE.

At

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 919.

APPRECIATION OF THE THE CRITICAL HOUSING

MERCANTILE MARINE.

PROBLEM.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS

DOINO.

A. Ettle while ago a correspondent in these columns complained that although shipowners and others Interested in shipping had proasted THE ADMIRALTY CONDEMNED, greatly by the heroism of the othcers. and men of the Mercantile Marine in

Some withs ago the china Mail! keeping their ships running without pause throughout the whole of the pushed up article on the" Housing submarine war, few of the recent let, At this time we wared donations of such had been directed the Government, of the ofitical situasj to purely nautical charities.

Fon the wild arise when the naval

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FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

CHOW SHU-MOO TO BE PREMER.

SHANGHAI, Jiby 8. Cu Sai-clong has instructed the abines to prepare a formal notifiou- tin nominating Chow Shu-moo Premier Cher Sui-chong bus deg

The Fois Club has shown ther President a draft relegata stating time if Clone Shu-moo is nominated, desang, their own dissolution. they will sue a wronkar telegmm

HINA'S REFUSAL TO SIGN

PEACE TREATY.

The Cabines bus not prepared

The Messageries aritimes, the premier French shipping Company of the Orient suffered severely during che war. Of their fleet no less than 22 ships were sunk, M. Taurtet the local manager informs a China Mail reporter. Of these the best known

It is, therefore, with all the more military her cute up to posted that if the On Fook Club will in Hongkong are the s.s. Ville de gratification it will be fearned that, or bisher ength. Today approve Chow Shoo's up- la Ciotat," Ernest Simons, Athos, at the recent annual meeting, Messrs we learn that the Government is buy

poutinens, he will resign, Sontay and Karnak. The loss of Mackenzie & Co. voted a sum of ane on a scheme to "resume" lanill fe life among the ships staffs numbered thousand pounds sterling to the lasses. 450.

Fryatt Memorial Fund in apprecia- Now the war is ended the company tion of the line work of the British appears for a muthor matary

Adresly the writing on the wall These organizations are anticipate additions to the fleet. Not Mercantile Marine during the war es have secured pussies he concrete manifestations of economic unnaturally they hope for some of A draft for this sum has since been the P. eo. Nagy which is the

the German ships as part re forwarded to the China Coast Officers here on July 21. Founately the discontent of the peasant and labouring classes, and discontent is compense for the devilish acts of Guild for transmission to the Trea-

ure sudicions empty qarters anak- not cured by force. In ancient times the German submarine crews. surer of the Fund.

able for these but whcnother party! the control of society was in the present the company has been

Although Messrs. Mackenzie & Co. Jarrives, as is expec when passages the 9.9. Scharnhorst, a is not an old established shipping er he obtained, it seems a certainty hands of landlords.. During the Riven.

ship, to operate for firm, having, in fact, less direct that some of the civilian occupantification regating Chris refun class emerged and compelled the French Government account. The connection with shipping than fina parters must receive to sign the Treaty, but has med ater Middle Ages the capitalistic German landlords to divide social control Scharnhorst in pre-war days was great many other firms in China, the tice to quis. Bet us hustote thes with them. During the eighteenth on the books of the German Lloyd ( gift is one of the largest of the kind situation. I no nf times a British of public sentiment, the delegates ins and nineteenth centuries the skilled company. She is now running be that has hitherto been made and will mechanics and small farmers forced tween Marseilles and Saigon, prin-earn the gratitude of those who seement is a por of the Houchins Paris refused to sign the Treaty.

place for themselves in the cipally for carrying French govern down to the sea in ships as a mark but will come before many more

garrison. This is hiding at present As the further complicates t political and economic control of ment stores, produce, and military of appreciation for those who hates puso. At a reasonable 'ultimate resuk k is inpeable to

diplomatie sienation, what will be ther society. Now the laborers of passengers. The Scharnhorst will given their lives that the flag of Europe and America. with the ot make Hongkong a port of call Britain might not be driven from the tech a regions, will being tell. peasants of Italy and Russia, have under the present arrangements.

The company has been notified emerged into self consciousness and that another German ship the 5.5. Memorial Fund for this generous with Machine Gun Corps reported BOYCUFT MOVEMENT MUST

The selection of the Fryatted to by those that will arrive demand participation in the manage Batavia leaves Marseilles this month donation is peculiarly fitting since being part of the posteren are ment of the world's life. The up- rising of these groups is due to and will also be operated on Govern the fund was established by the rise artillery, angide is nnd staff causes that have been operating ment account. The Batavia under Imperial Merchant Service Guid as and departmental services.

present arrangements will call at a lasting memorial to the shipmaster

The Hongkong Governmens fully over a long period of time in Russia. Hongkong and Shanghai and will who was basely done to death by reales the gravity of the situation, the various prokines rust be Germany, France, England, Italy,

stopped, im only to onintain friendə the United States, and lesser nations

the cowardly Germans for doing purectly. Being aware of it is do -causes too fundamental to be

what every British shipmaster before use areas they are prepared to meet ship with a frendy Power. dismissed with superficial concessions

and after him has done or been the threatened emergency, and it is fore, ut Potce Courts are held prepared to do, to run his ship in god to hoor that they are a deponsible for the stoppage of the or crushed by political or economic

spite of the brutal threats of an fint move to-lag, of which more unscrupulous and dishonourable foe. anor

force. Though they may lose in their early efforts, they will continue the struggle until they win self-govern- ment and justice.“

BREATHING AND CRIME.

Here's a clipping: The great cause of Social Crime is Drink; the great cause of Poverty is Drink. When I hear of a family broken up, I ask the cause-Drink. If I go to the gallows and ask its victim the cause, the answer is Drink. Then I ask myself in perfect wonderment. Why do not men put a stop to this thing? From records kept during years of 156.230 prisoners committed for crime, it was shown that 91 per cent! were

drinkers."

And here's a comment: All those criminals were breathers. Ergo. oxygen is worse than alcohol, in the

The China Mail. from examples witnessed on the proportion of 100 per cent. to 91.

** TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIQ SERVICE.

their boxing, probably derived

dancing floor of the Moulin Rouge. If your French opponent succeeds in kicking you on the chin, you are considered to have lost on points.

HONGLAND, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1910. The Japanese judo has no hitting

FISTICUFFS.

with the fist, as experience has shown that it is less unseemly to dislocate, a bone or two in your opponent's skeleton, This usually induces him to desist. The ancient Chinese way A man called Dempsey has hit of making faces" to cow the op a man called Willard harder than ponent is less fatiguing and less Willard could hit him, and Anglo-brutal than the British form of fight- Sazon mankind the world over is ing. The words." box" and "bash" much more interested in that than are probably both derived from the in the first session of the League of Danish word task," a bufet. For Nations executive. It isn't only the as these facts and data we are athletes among them, ether, that indebted largely to the Encyclopedia are excited about it. Thousands of Britannica and back numbers of the little men, themselves "unpractised Parish Magazine, to whom in exchanging knocks," are discuss. ing the event, and telling how Will: acknowledgements are due.

ard was the "White Hope" who beat

Our

were

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

takefight and passengers from these ports to Marseilles and intermediate ports,

The Messageries Maritimes hope shortly to have steamers allotted to thern for working on their own account.

JUNK CARGO SUNK.

NARROW ESCAPE OF "OHOFU MARU.”

seas..

Forsies. This number man b

Greater telling unustating that, in viewi

BE STOPPED,

Meanwhile, the boycott movement

movement

The

JAPAN GETS RICE FROM "SOUTH CHINA.

LUK TSING-CHEONG: TO RETURN TO PARIS.

Instead of erecting an elaborate Of the 21 civiliun frmilies now memorial in marble and brass which, occupying military quarters neaiz while striking to the eye, would have all are Admiralty employees. This been of no practical use, the Imperial Establishment with about 70 Euro-

Chu Shu-tsang wil assist Japan Guild chose to make it one that, pean employees now, and about 100 f while keeping the name of the in nonnal times, provides quarters, to obtula rice from Southern China” martyred master prominently before for sis of its c'viään employees! Kings opposes but Ambui agrees. the world, would, at the same time, i Thus it will be seen that the AdHe has already exported 200,000 be of assistance to those in distress, mirulty is to a consicherbly extent picuds. and already many thousands of responsible for the serious housing pounds have been disbursed in aid of sitation. The Militars were not Yesterday just after noon the the widows and families of seamen who blameless in que-war days as there Japanese s.s. Chofu Maru narrowly have fallen upon evil times owing to were insufficiens quarters for their escaped sinking by the Australian the loss of their bread-winners through recred folk then, aut the overflow and Oriental s.s. Changsha. The the operations of the barbarous sub-were put inter about 50 rented houses,

The Government, has Instructed latter ship left her mooring at B11 marines.

in Kowloon. These were given up luk Ting-chenng to return to Pari to commence her return journey to In this manner the fund is being in the early days of the war and are from Switzerland. Australia. She steamed past the administered so as to be of present now occupied mainly by Portuguese Owing to a fracas in the Lower ss. Childar at C38 on the latter's benent to the living, as well as a land Chine

Hoise, the Fmplier. Achministration starboard, and then it, seems some memorial to the honoured dead, and

The day is now drawing near when Bith will be draived for a the thing went wrong with her steering in thus assisting the Fryatt Memo-

mimber of European, tamilies in Hongkong Chinese Commercia gear. The Changsha crossed the rial, donors are expressing in a most mary quatters will receive a fort- News, Childar's bow and inexplicably ran tangible form their recognition of niza's or a month's nice to quit. bow on to a cargo junk alongside what the sacrifices that have been here are they to go the Chofu Maru. The junk had her made by the seamen of the British bottom knocked out and her cargo Mercantile Marine have meant to

the public.

went through,

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The Hotels have at the boarders alone. In any case the Admiralty they want at permanent rates. The is deserving of the strongest cerrures But for the junk acting as a A message from His Majesty the hotel, proprietors want more visitors on both counts. We are very gla

and Lover Tumanent guests. Al- to hear that the Government is al vet buttress to the Chofu Maru the latter King, issued while the war was ready some of the hotels are decin to the pressing need of quick actionė must have been sunk. As it was the still at its height, read: The Today's dollar is worth 3s. 6only damage the Chofu Maru re- King

ing to take a sale ullitional per and that it intends to act quickly. feels sure that the 11/16d.

ceived was her rails bent 16 feet. country at large joins with him annat bounder. We know of a case

STATEMENT PROMISED FOR The junk No. 2735 sunk but re-in appreciating the noble services of an Imperial Government employes To-day's return shows two cases floated and is now alongside the rendered by the Officers and men of poly ruding at one of the

JULY 17. of plague.

Praya. She was of 917 piculs the Merchant Service since the beginners hote's and the hotel hill capacity and was loading the Chofu ning of the war and the heroism diso Maru. Her owners are Yee Cheongplayed by those who risked, and often Lung and Yee Lung.

gave, their lives in carrying out their arduous duties."

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Peak

Publie rieshas in the district will not be available for hire after 9 p.m.

The police allege that there are gangs of young rowdies accustomed to extort money from brothel in- mates by threats Four were charged to-day, and let out on bail.

On application from Mr. Leo d'Almada two Chinese were remanded by Magistrate Lindself on a charge of being in possession of Arms. Bail was fixed at $500 and $100 for each accused respectively.

Mr. N. R. Armitage, who recent ly left Bangkok for Hongkong has been appointed manager. of the branch of the Hongkong and Shang- hai Bank at Canton, in place of Mr. A. Forbes, who has gone Home an leave, says the Bangkok Daily Mail.

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Some of the cargo could be seen floating all about the harbour. The damage to junk is estimated at $3,100 and cargo $17,000. The junk master also submits a claim for $200 for fixtures, etc, on the junk, $300 for clothing, $500 jewellery, and $750 money, a total of $4,850 ex- cluding the cargo.

The Changsha proceeded on her voyage. Her agents are Messrs. Butterfield & Swire.

KOWLOON HOUSE ROBBERY.

TWO CHINESE CHARGED.

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or bought the negro Jack Johnson CANADIAN LABOUR TROUBLES, in 1915, and how Jack Dempsey is a boy of 24 who wailoped Gunboat Smith and Porky Flynn and is now The labour troubles in Canada, the heavy weight champion pugilist which began to look, rather like of the world by strength of arm. It Bolshevism at one time, began at is queer, isn't it? Some of these Winnipeg with quite a small dispute, men, if you slapped them, would in which three Conservative em call a policeman, and others, if ployers refused to treat with their collectively," This aroused they sat out the actual fight, would men feel like the burly Russiana at Omsk, all the Trades Unions in the country, who, watching a boxing display by and "sympathetic strikes" the 9th Hampshire regiment, found ordered to uphold the principle of it "a little too strong for their collective bargaining or Trades

The two Chinese said to be in nerves." The British claim it as their Unionism. There are always extre

Says the "Topicist" in the Sinvolved in the robbery of money and national sport, and the tradition will mists on the fringe of such troubles, die hard, even in these sentimentally and these joined in and started a gabore Free Press-People interested jewellery to the extent of $3,175, in the rice question are asking them from Mr. E. Abraham's residence in humane days. Every male Briton's sort of Soviet system, which issued

selves why on earth "the price of Kowloon macé restaur. permits to

their appearance mind is a hive of 's-Beef is, he licences

Siamese rice has been fixed higher before Mr. G. N. Orme this morning. to thinks, peculiarly English, and Beer is ants, bakeries. etc.,

Carry

than the market price and the ex- by permission of the Strike

Mr. Abraham, it was stated, left his patriotic drink, even when he pre-on,

The government planation of the new Food Controller the house one night to visit the fers whisky while the art of Bashing Committee." is so much a vested interest of his naturally objected to this usurpation that it would be necessary under the Theatre and on his return found his national spirit that even his curates of its authority, and managed, with new scale for consumers to pay house had been broken into and

As a prattle about it.

"harden out using the soldiery, to stop it. thirty-six dollars for what bad jewellery stolen.

hitherto cost 26 does not seem en- exercise it is doubtful' There seems little doubt, from the ing" if it has any merits over others, extent of the trouble, and the real tirely satisfactory." especially now that the old endurance feeling imported into the struggle. rounds" has that if the authorities had not kept test of unlimited

or

Second accused held that he had kept guard whilst the first defendant plundered the house.

Inspector Gordon informed the

A VISIT TO THE SLUMS.

fuenly" ermodderably exceeds lgnated pay and allow- fu wow be use a family in This morning a party motored to molemtely craging bounding bouwe Ting Street, of Queen's Road West, That lip-service in plenty has been abl which for a months board el Albert Rouf, to see the land rendered is well known, but whether logging exceeds the man's earn which the Goverment intend to the devotion of the Mercantile Marineing by $100 a month! Fortunately resume.

H.E. Mr. Chund Severn, Hont Mr. has been recognised in a tangible uparing timermanent is the ser manner by contributions toward. the und not the indiv dat's in these 5. H. Dodwell, Hon. Mr. A. G. M comfort, if not subsistence. of those curs. But soon diese people will Fletcher (Colonial Secretary), Hon who thus gave their lives, is more be called on to find a rudence Mr. W. Chathan (D.P.W.), Hom doubtful..

and will leave to pay their way. This Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Hon. Mr. Ho True, several shipowners and the que ten cz salary, which Fook," aux representatives of the loi newspapers. visited U Fangs others who have existed by the miss be rele val to later. activities of shipping at home have The military authorities are resume, off Tring Street. recently left sums of money to puted to have in and the erection H.E. the Governor gave an in charities unconnected with the sea tancre quarters to necomodate the teresting accourt of the place, which and have omitted to include such files of the tros due to garrison she reached, the party were see nautical charities in their benefac- Hongkong. But all civilians in muling under the most favourable cod tions, but when a firm such as this, tury queries must be evicted all the tone, the day being blessed withi far away from the actual scene of same.

Leonline.

conflict, makes such a generous dona- What is the Hongkong Govern U Yun Lane is better describod tion to a fund that is eminently the nient doing? Where are, the wealthy us an 'alley way. By stretching nut sailors' own, a donation that will and companies now? The a un your arung you can touch each side possibly be the forerunner of many opportunity for the hitzer to disprove with ease. There were about six others, British mariners the world the oft repented charge that they houses packed in this small space, over can rest assured that their exist only to squeeze evey possible with other wow back and front of it. services are not being forgaten drop of blood from the house ex-Two are already pulled down and the Shipping and Engineering.

e. If ever they had an opportuothers ure in a tumble down con- nity of do'ng a-pices of goal work ditio they have it now. The Governmen

His Excellency, said it was intend refiment to wift their plessure angled to resume this small patch, an longer. E pur si manes! It moves. pall dewan the houses which will give Thres-rocen Hute a $10 or $45 breathing spaco to others in close dollars a month are wanted now, proximity," Not in three years time, but in three maths or less.

THE PEAK TRAMWAY."

The cost is $23,000 which worked cut at $6.40 a square foot.

given way to the scheming for the their heads something very like SOMETHING ATTEMPTED. Magistrate that the C. S. P. would foresight. A retaining wall shoplin unibors now as it is ever likely the Colony as bad or worse.

knock out." The pugilists are so Bolshevism would have gained a ilogical. They employ anatomical footing. They are to be praised for knowledge in discovering "kidney their sober handling of a difficult punches" and yet they bar a blow situation. The following notes are jower down where it would be more relevant and interesting: .quickly effective. They put on gloves "The laborers and peasants of to soften the blow where they ought Russia, the factory hards of England, to use the "caestus" or knuckle and the common laborers of America duster to enhance it. Their ambition have been fired with a vision of a is to hit the other man so hard new world in which their past suffer. that he will remain stunned while; ings will be replaced by a greater they count ten, whereas consistently degree of welfare than they have en- they should strike him so that his "joyed.

unconsciousness would last ten times Many people believe that Amer ten millions. The Germans have ica's reconstruction labor problem la always been superior to this brutal, a struggle between capitalists and sport, and declined to stand up to it, organized labor over the question When forced into a personal encoun whether or not labor will retain the ter (an accident liable to happen to advances in organization and wages any gentleman they have preferred which it has obtained during the war.

Indy judgment, that struggle

the opening skirmish of a ach further-reaching contest. ons of workers have been arot

the

ask whether democracy is a reality

SOMETHING DONE.

Peak residents are complaining about the stoppage of the service

Everyone admits than the Ex from Barker Road to the top and

Is is undoubtedly a worthy tot buff from Kennedy Road to the terminuts.

They say the whole fault is lack of population is as misch reduced there must be many other place in: to be. When the residents on leave The party then went to visit Albert have been put there when they like a committal if the case were altered the gradient in order to separated come suck, and the many the same interest as U Yam Lane.

return, when families that have been Raul which His Excellency had not proved.

climinate the depressor." One

While discussing the matter. Ha Navel and Military officers arrive resident stopped, a China Mail with their families, when thore Naval Excellency said something about thes reporter in a hurry to say that any Dockyard, employee cone, and the Government's intentions an reti layman could have seen that the civilians before referred to leave mil European housing.

He hopes to new cut at the top would subside asary quarters, where are all these make a statement in the Leg shit vet soon as there was heavy rain.

Council on July 17 on the subject.,

Hearing was adjourned.

MR. HUTCHISON TO ENQUIRE INTO RICE

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QUESTION.

Some months ago the China Mail ventilated a grievance of the Agree- ment employees of the Naval Yard. They have been petitioning the Ad. miralty for years past and have now obtained partial success. The article In the China Mail was reprinted in the Naval and Military Record and other Home papers.

Mr. R. O. Hutchison who was Thanks to this means of airing formerly Chief Magistrate, has been the grievance and the efforts of cer- commissioned by the Government to tain M.P.'s, chiefly Sir Clement Kinenquire into the rice question with a loch Cooke and Mr. Hohler,, the Ad-view to price control.

No one could be better chosen for miralty notify an increase of 10 per cent. on salary from Jan. 1, 1918. In this work than Mr. Hutchison, who addition all emoluments are reckoned was for some time Superintendent of at a 2/- dollar which reduces the Imports, and -Exports prior to his amount to be paid in Income Tax by departure for Europe. about half.

Mr. Hutchison's place as magis tate has been taken up by Mr.

But the employees concerned think the concessions are inadequate.

“N. Orme.

He says they had three months of going to live? limited service ́a short while ago. To It was up to the Hongkong Govern. It appears the Government plan tok add to the discomfort, of those toyment to do something and that erect a large building on Salisburys

It would not be out of Road, Kowkon, for the British resi side, somebody, without authority, quickly, closed. Findlay Path. The barrier place for them to remonstrate with dents. The building wil be on hotel

the Admiralty in the stagest" pos-mes, and there will be many three has now been removed.

His last grouse is that the company the terms for not providing their rooted flats, each containing it own the pulleys from European subordinate officers with offices. The outline of the plan pro has removed Kennedy Road to the bottom which quarters. It might be outside the vides for adming on white rest be pessimistically concludes means a Government's provibos to enter dents can dine or meals can be lad against the inadequate in the fats. We suppose there wil protracted restriction of full service. protest

For the benefit of Peak residents larice they are paying to some of be conveniences for this.

The outlay necessary to build such we hope he is wrong and that what their European employees. It may the company told the China Mail surprise the local Government to a place is estimated at $1,500,000. is right. That is that alterations know that the Admiralty pay a Fuller details are expected at the will be effected in a period of a week salary which including all allowances, Legislative Council meeting on July

is shorn by about one-dirird for rent 17.