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To-day's dollar is worth 38. 7

Under the system which affects the dockers at Home and our local coolies, the system of a reserve force of casual labour, the worker gets no pay at all when the employer 3 16d. doesn't need him. If that isn't shar ing losses; and sharing 'em in ad- vance, before they are made, what

is?

The 3.9. "Banri Maru left for Moll yesterday with 400 tons of rice and 400 tons of general cargo.

It will be seen that under such system the casual labourer has every moral right to take advantage is due at 4 p.m. to-day and will go The RMS. "Empress of Asia " of the law of supply and demand, alongside the Kowloon Wharf.

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The sa. "Nichirin Maru" from with 2,000 tons of rice not for Haiphong arrived at 6 am today

Hongkong.

. To-day's return of communicable disease, shows one case of plague. one of diphtheria (Portuguese) and two of enteric

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919.

BLEAK ROCK TO SMILING RICE PRICE DROP.

--EDEN.

A CEYLONESE'S VIEWS OF

HONGKONG."

A FEW IMPRESSIONS AND REFLECTIONS.

[By Albed E. Pieres.] "O wad some power the Giftie

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SIAM RICE OFFERED UNDER "FIXED". PRICE.

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EFFECT OF PANIC AMONG DEALERS CAUSED BY

CHINA MAIL.

Yesterday, we are informed, big lot of top quality Siam rice was

offered at $20 per picul.

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THE RICE TROUBLE.

TO.DAY'S COURT PROCEED. INGS.

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Up to very late last night Chinese cargo boats and junks were dis- charging rice into the various co- downs in West Point. A large crowd gathered and to avoid any possibility of a fresh outbreak a posse of con- stables was put on guard.

In Yaumati, Hungbom, Shaukiwan and Sam-shui-po free congee was dis tributed to all the poorer working classes and the situation has more or less calmed down.

In connection with the recent riots

since he is always the first victim of that law. His convenience isn't con- sidered when he isn't wanted, yet he Yokohama this morning with a cargo- The 5.9. "Fooshing" left for must go on living. When he strikes of 1,800 tons of rice and 1,500 tons: when he is in demand, he causes

of sugar. public inconvenience--that's obvious. and is promptly denounced as a. disloyal, selfish fellow.. Is it fair?

We have seen that when profiteers, Trusts, carnerers, and other ex- orbitant chargers cause public incon- venience, it is almost impossible to get at them. Until this war made ther conspicuous, they were never censured as the strikers

We admit with pleasure that so far the treatment of our rice rioters The ss. "Kaijo Maru "arrived has been very reasonable. Merry from Wakamatsu this morning with tempered the necessary justice.--We|2,000 tons of "coal consigned to fing. Gradually, a fort, with ugly gu couldn't be done is now plain. It is spot where, he suspect, however, that if they were Furakawa & Co. ! to co-operate in a strike, thus holding

up the work of the port. some local The s.s." Butoka Maru "left for Bonar Law would arise and want the Yokohama via Keelung this morning troops called out. By ricting as they with a cargo of 800 tons of rice and did, they worried only the rice shop 400 tons of sugar... keepers. and the rest of us were philosophic about it. By organizing

are:

a general strike, they would worry St. Vincent de Past begs to acknow The Treasurer of the Society of Ltd us all, and we'd all be very angry-ledge most thankfully the receipt of Yet surely to riot and rob is worse, $20, toward the furds of the Society. morally and legally, than to come from an anonymous donor. out on strike?

used to at Home. Even now.

You see? Very well. In dis- cussing the Home strikers try • Boy Sheppard, formerly in to be less unfair, and meanwhile charge of the Tientsin branch of thank the gods that local labour Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., has hasn't reached the same point of turned from Home leave and has organization and power.

joined the Shanghai office of his firm.

The Government has received

Give 'em their necessary rice dt a reasonable price, and keep 'em so. For all our sakes, let the Government elegraphic information that Sir be less squeamish about meddling Reinald Stubbs, the new Governor with the trade of the port. Let it be and Lady Stubbs will leave England as bold as it is when it sets out to for this Colony on August 8 by the limit our personal liberties and P and O. "Khiva!" which is expected curtail our rights (Pass Office and to arrive at Hongkong on September Censorship). Let it get after those 19 or 20. gamblers and profiteers, and stop the exports. We have been told it can- not be done. That's fudge,

OUR "SMILING EDEN.",

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First impressions are said to be lasting ones and my first impressions of Hongkong were decidedly favour- The mere threat to stop exports able. 4a a lad I longed to see China.was sufficient to weaken the demands at West Point, two Chinese were dreams, for was it not the home of dealers is already such that further this morning with rice stealing in It was the mystery-land of my of holders. The tone amongst the charged before Magistrate Lindsell

Aladdin Naturally, Hongkong being drops in quotations are counted Borham Strand East. Defendants the first place in China I touched at, I upon. The Government does not said they were asked to carry the took an izstinctive liking to it, of the need to "take over" any stocks at rice.

Complainant stated that he had sort that one feels towards a long all. All it has to do is to refuse known friend. The little islets around expert permits, (except in a few ordered some rice from the Kwong Hongkong her outposts if I may so legitimate cases) whereupon the Sang Cheung shop, and whilst the designate them were the first sign holders are in a hurry to unload, the rice was being taken by trucks along of land. and peeped through the artificially inflated prices fall, and Bonham Strand he heard cries of rice snatching Police whistles mists of a foggy wintry January, morn the situation becomes normal,

The answer to those who said it were blown, and he rushed to the materialised into shape. I was on

saw defendants deck at the time talking to an Eng-that it has been done.

carrying away hagy of rice in the direction of the Praya and immedi labour of love in Szechuan after a lish Missionary going back to his holiday in the old country. Pointing

ately had them arrested. The values to the fort I remarked: "Where

TYPHOON WARNING. of the rice stolen was said to be $27. First accused, who had a previous every prospect pleases, and man The telegram quoted below was conviction against him, was sent alone is vile." "Strange," remarked received by the U.S. Consulate from enced to six months jail whilst the thoughts were fitting through my on July 31: Cyclere, or typhoon N. my friend of the cloth. similar the Manila Observatory at 7.30 p.m. second defendant was given six weeks.

RICE FRACAS IN SHAUKIWAN mind." This sentiment was re-echoed W. of Naha moving N.N.W.

While a Chinese detective was on plain-clothes duty at Shaukiwan on the afternoon of July 27. he was attracted by a crowd of Chinese endeavouring to snatch rice from a grocery shop in 149 Sai Wan Ho. Restoring order was

not an easy*** task, as the crowd repelled him. He was set upon by one of the agitators who was produced before Magistrate Orme this morning for assaulting the constable.

right through my stay in Hongkong

while indulging in solitary rambles

up the zig-zagging mountain paths,

by the edge of the beautiful bays, of the various communities. The and in strolls through the narrow, evil, in my opinion, can best be coped ill-ventilated-but full of life-streets with by the layman realising his of Chinatown.

responsibilities than by the priest in the shaded cloister. The Church ail religions should co-operate with the Press and public, not vice

WHERE EVERY PROSPECT

PLEASES.

abruptly from the misty deep, Hong much, scope to effect great improve- A richly-garmented rock rising versa. A Social Reform. Society has kong challenges one's attention atments...

Inspector Angus informed his once, and, like the glittering eye of Education is being widely diffused, defendant to have struck the cons- Worship that it was possible for the Ancient Mariner, holds one in but it is not sufficent that this educa- table ignorantly as the latter was in thrall. Where once bare bleak rock tion should be confined to the sort plain-clothes and in the crowd. alternately flirted with, and altern that turns out neat quill-drivers, smart Giving evidence, the constable

ately repelled the advances of, wind manipulators of figures, and adept said that he was surrounded by the and wave, there has now been type-writer rattlers. Female educa- threatening crowd and had pulled The Rev. A. J. Stearn. M. A. evolved, by British enterprise and tion is, by no means, sufficiently out his pistol. Accused tried to (Cam), has been appointed Chaplain modern science, a fair prospect of catered for-here I am referring snatch it from his hand. He shot and Assistant-Master at the Diocesan green trees and smiling valleys, chiefly to the Chinese-and the result the latter in the arm. Boys' School, Hongkong, and will lovely beach and shady walks, to numbers of ignorant young girls Mr. Orme to witness. Have you begin duty in September. From richly-coloured trees and delightful is deplorable." For a mere pittance used a revolver before? Complain The special article entitled "Bleak 1915-1918 Mr. Stearn was Chaplain clumps of bushes. Hongkong, by a they are compelled to do urskilled ant: Yes, Mr. Orme: What are Rock to Smiling Eden" is contributed of St. Andrew's, Shanghai, and touch of the Britishers' magic wand, work at factories at, sometimes, costs your instructions? Witness, did not by a journalist who is leaving Hong-Assistant Chaplain at the Cathedral, so to say, has eschewed her ancient repulsive to recount. The wealthier reply to this question but Inspector kong on Sunday for Japan. It is Shanghai.

funereal robes of sombre black for Chinese particularly that set that Angus stated that detectives had. interesting to have the point of view

one of sparkling emerald green, nightly debauch at West Point-instructions to use their revolver,

The China Mail. Well, here's another bit from the newspaper's policy" or an editor's

* EROTR, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1. 1919,

RICE TALK.

The Government argues woman fashion. If you meet her and convict her one way, she doesn't lose face, but sails off on another tack. Quite often, she comes at you two ways at once. The Government achieved this when it explained away the rice riots as largely due to stevedores out. of work owing to typhoon weather, and in the same breath hinted that raising monthly wages in some by two dollars would measure" bring relief.

Stevedores don't get monthly wages, do they?

We are assuming that by far the largest proportion of workers hit by the profiteer price of low quality rice are those who are paid by the job. The situation of these people is on a footing with that of the dockers at Home. Commerce prefers to have certain labour in this reserve supply form, that it may draw upon when required, and leave to fend for itself when not. Shanghai has now found its supply of casual labourers

no

paper cited:

The point that we are more en-

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of a newspaper man who thus feels Rey. Robert Griffiths, a mission-studded with countless floral adorn can, and should, make a determined when necessary. free to air his true thoughts, untramry, preaching at Carnarvon on June ments. In no other part of the East attempt to remove this blot from In binding the accused over in a melled by what he believes to be a 8. toid the people that Japan is the except, perhaps, the hill stations of Hongkong's escutcheon. Women personal bond of $50 for six months Prussia the East and that she India can one see the wonderful should not be looked upon as mere Mr. Orme observed that he did not crochets. That is why we print it. would start another world war to sight of pretty houses dotting the chattels of the Male. This brings impose a fine on him as he had been It is estimated that, ten years Of course we are not so vile asset Britain and America out of sides of the Peak.

one's thoughts to the horrid custom shot by the policeman. ago, the average daily wage of the allusion makes us Many of us China. He didn't believe in the L.O.N. Lofty buildings, well planned and of of bartering children, especially awharf coolie was only about 400 are stupid and thoughtless, but the We guess he didn't believe in God; tasteful architecture, good roads, innocent girls, like merchandise. No cash, or 40 copper cents, equal. really vile men here could be either..

free from dust and dirt, great nation can ever hope to be really great at present exchange, to 14.2 counted on the fingers, probably.

wharves and industrial concerns, that, directly or indirectly, acquiesces

ANOTHER RICE RAID. pence. A year ago, this had

Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Railton leave have followed in the wake of British in this nefarious trade. Hongkong .risen to 700 cash or 24.9 pencegrossed in Mammon than in "higher for Japan and the North to-morrow. enterprise. Righ: proud, and justly Chinese should eschew their laissez The C.SP., Mr. E.D.C. Wolfe, was while the current wage is 1,500 purposes" must be admitted; but it Mr. Railton who is the proprietor of 50, may Britain be to have faire attitude in this direction, and a witness of a big disturbance in cash, or 53.3 pence per day, should be recognized that we are the China Directory goes to Yoko converted a gaunt ugly rock into a strive to prevent further perpetra. Connaught Road West, yesterday. assuming the exchange to have mostly here for the reason that good hama and other parts of Japan, after smiling Eden.

tion of such a monstrosity. The afternoon. "remained stable. It has even money can be more quickly amassed which Manchuria, Harbin and North

British Government will readily aid A Chinese merchant was having occurred that 5,000 cash has than elsewhere. Those of us who China will be visited in connection

them, but the initiative should be 87 bags of rig removed to 110, been paid where it has been a are able to afford devotion to "higher with the directory's business, return-

To the magnificent barbour, ever taken by the Chinese. It will afford Connaught Road West, when matter of urgency that the ship purposes" do not stay here. Mening about November when the South straining a precious burden to its untold pleasure to many a lover of hundreds of coolies attacked the rice should leave.

who are frankly on the Mammon will be visited.

breast, Hongkong owes its prosperity. China, and especially of Hongkong, escort. There were four trucks of The result of this has been tack now may have worthier ambi

The grey battleships straining at their to read of a legislative enactment rice and the first two were cleared that, in many cases the cooliestions in reserve.

moorings like bloodhounds at the prohibiting what is no less than before the Police arrived. have been earning more than

Still, that doesn't excuse the horri Lyttleton Road on Wednesday morn leash, the imposing passenger vessels slavery.

When the Police received the they knew what to do. with. ble literary appetite of the majority.ing a European girl of 14 was set lives, the more modest cargo-steamers badly. That anyone and everyone, they quickly arrived at the place. with their precious freight of human The picture houses need censoring alarm by the blowing of whistles, Their manner of, living bas not Wait till the China Mail starts its upon by two Chinese in European had time to adjust itself; they

Book Shop.

of merchandise without discrimination of age or sex, The Police recovered some of the. attire, one of whom knocked her

unloading bales know nothing of saving, and in As for the morals" of Hongkong, down whilst his confederate attempt brought from the four corners of the should be allowed to gloat over rice but the merchant lost 44 sacks, consequence they appear inclined if Mr. Fieres is referring to these ined to snatch her bag She resisted. earth, the galleon-like sampans, the pictures meant (by the producers of valued at over $1,000. to work only so long as will the customary restricted sense, the and raised a ay for help. The noisy, fussy little launches all these the film) for the most biase roues is Three men were arrested, earn them the necessary amountless said the better. The place is as fellows took to fight. No arrests impress one forcibly with the raison surprising. Are all the films exhibit- of rice and cigarettes, after dreary as a Sunday School. The have been made yet. But on the d'etre of this place, its trade. ed here passed by the British Board which they knock off until gay haunts of vice he has heard of other hand the work at the Pass

This is accentuated when one of Film Censors ? hunger again drives them to exist only in the imagination of the Office is being efficiently and be in a desperate hurry. Time is comes ashore. Everybody seems to

HOUSING. work, Each rise of wages, innocent. There is nothing to attract conscientiously done. therefore, means, for the present

The scarcity of adequate bousing! money and Money is the bewitching lass Hongkong is infatuated with cannot be gainsaid. Is is a problem Last year, the Kobe Municipal No time at all to devote

and will continue to remain so as

1 Victoria. From

at least, less work per day from the diminished number of coolies available.

The parrot Press at Home main tains that the workers have no right to share profits because they never share the losses.

That's a patent fallacy. Listen,

The capitalist employs labour 30 long as there is profit in it. When profits are high, and labour short, he willingly pays higher wages. Not on account of the cost of living. Not out of philanthropy. But because it is business to use a sprat to catch a

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the young man from the path of virtue, and should curiosity lead him

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MESSRS. KELLY AND

WALSH.

NEW BRANCH AT HANKOW.

Metara. Kelly and Walsh the well-

is going to Hankow to assume charge Mr. F. S. Ramplin from Shanghai of the new branch.

to investigate, there is enough to authorities increased the salaries of higher purposes. That would be a long as people choose to live huddled chase him back to it. There is no all Municipal officials because of the sinful waste of time! And money need for the professional moralist to high cost of living, and quite recently may be lost by so doing. And to residential and hygienic point of knows booksellers, etc., are shortly meddle.. The professionally vicious are doing his good work for him, by a special allowance was granted for the tune of "Money talks" all heads view, Kowloon and its suburbs is the opening a branch of the firm at being as repulsive and dreary and the same purpose as a bonus for the go wagging.

ideal place 'for the majority to live first half year. This has never been sordid as it is humanly possible for done before. In view of the press a small use made of the excellent business hub of the Colony. Why is

This probably accounts for such in Victoria is, and should be, the Hankow. There are already branches at Shanghai, Hongkong. Yokohama and Singapore. more than

system of building. Why not modest such people to be. Vice that boresing difficulty which has arisen owing libraries in the Colony. Scores of the Colony content with the Flats- any "Social Reform Society,"

the Municipal authorities are said to hundreds in the University library cottages or villas, in which house have drafted a bill to be introduced seem to be just as new as when they holders could live separately in to the Municipal Asserably in the just left the publishers' bands. On Kowloon? course of a day or two to increase more than one occasion I went to a

TRANSPORT. the salaries of all city officials by 50 bookseller's shop in search of a few The only means of transport, on or 60 per cent.

English classics. They were not terra firma, is confined to ricabas and ávailable. No demand for that motor-cars. There is, of course the stuff,” said the man behind the countramway service. Decent horse- ter with a contemptuous twitch of carriages phaetons or landaus

"IMPRACTICABLE."

Mr. B. Law, answering a question in the House of Commons, said that a referendum on the nationalisation of coal was impracticable.

GET YOUR BOUQUETS READY, BOYS.

The Banvard American Musical

You will notice in that quotation on the wharves insufficient. Short-the usual stuff about their ignorance, age of shipping dispersed many of thoughtlessness, thriftlessness, lazy them, and, as Shipping and Engineerness, etc, all the stuff that is applied to the home strikers; but never a ing says:

The increasing industrialism word of criticism of the system.. of Shanghai and, it might be said, China generally, is tending to draw away a large part of the Roating casual labour that was orce looked upon as the peculiar field for the recruitment of cargo-,} coolies and other forms, of unsk led labour. These are finding that. though the pay in factories is little, if any, higher,

Mr. G. Burton Sayer, who was the work is of a less trying

Impracticable "means, in science, Acting. Editor of the North Ching nature and, once having been

something that cannot be done. In Daily News during the first half his mouth. Breezy, saucy stories and might be introduced, with advantage, Comedy Co, who is now appearing in tried during the period of ship

politics, it means something that the of this year, arrived at Dairen novels, magazines of all shades of into Kowloon. There is a Je ne sais Vladivostock and doing their bit to -ping depression, they have

Panjandrum doesn't want to do. by the Kobe Maru on July 20. morality were to be found en masse quoi pleasure in driving in a carriage,wards the entertainment of the inclination to return to their

It is the Pan andrum who is im- Mr. Sayer, who has not enjoyed The conclusion was obvious, surpri- even a single-horse carriage, that Allied Expeditionary Forces in former occupations.

practicable. --"No can "" is his good health for some time, will spend sing, and a bit painful. To this same does not exist in motoring. A for Siberia will soon return to Hongkong Agriculture has also, within

favourite refuge in time of trouble. the summer with his family at craze for money is probably due the tune awaits the enterprising man in for a brief engagement, opens the past two years, held out

No can" is an irritating lie, most Ogondai, (Golden Beach), Port apparent neglect by residents here this direction.

the Theatre Royal, Thursday night better inducements to casual

times.

Arthur, where he has had a of the Botanical Gardens. They

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST. labour. The great increase in

Aug. 7. The Banvards are on their INot always. He has been known Why is a referendump impracticable? bungalow for two years past seem to be meant for visitors to the

Goodness seems to radiate from way to India and this will be their the cost of rice has made it to try to reduce wages, on the ground Because it would cost nearly as Mr. Sayer has, retired from the Colony, advantageous for the farmer that the business wasn't paying. The much as a general Election? Still, editorial staff of the North China

the Hongkongite. The cosmopolitan farewell performances in Hongkong, WHERE MAN ALONE IS VILE. many casual worker whose wages are reduced is that doesn't make it impracticable. Daily News after a long period of

races here, to td. employ

all appearances, and the same capacity audiences will hands As posible, while sharing the employer's loss. Some The, Panjandrums are

To sound praises only is flattery, pull well together. There are no doubt be on hand to enjoy the wasting successful service which has been re the starting of large cotton times he does more. One of the money, on worse things,

cognized in a practical manner by the and, even at the risk of giving certain aspects in their relations merriment. bu

It can be safely said that the growing concerns, many on worst strikes that ever took place in The referendum is not impracti- Board of Directors of the newspaper. offence to some, I must make a few when they fly off a tangent, due to co-operative basis, as that at America was the famous railway cable, especially if it were made a

"olo" custom of East as well as of Banvard Co. is by far the best and reflections, apropos. the morals of

popular Hongkong. That they are not worse West. But that is fast disappearing most Tungchow: has drawn away an strike in 1894. The immediate cause real referendum. If the party poli

musical comedy immense amount of casual labour of that strike was the action of the clans go on the stump.pleading for from the surrounding country Pullman Company, which reduced aye or nay, then the principle of the SUPPLIED BY ALL CHEMISTS. than those of other, big cities is, and as the nation's learn to know each organization that has visited Hong- perhape, true, but is hardly another better, with the wider diffusion kong in years and the Hongkong that would otherwise have drifted the wages of its warkingmen, and referendum is spoiled, and you get PHYSICIANS prescribe Chamberlain's excuse. Such a beautiful place ought of broad-minded principles, the bar theatre-goers, appreciated that fact to Shanghaibun

Korvause neither reduced the dividends which the negative result, so far as proof} Colic and Diarrbon Remedy be to have its head and mind, like the riers of prejudice and mistrust that judging from the way they turned Those that stuck on, the rascals, it paid to its stockholders nor the goes, of an ordinary election." exuse it relieves cramps in the stomach Peak, striving to reach the skies, now separate man and fellow man out to see the Banvard shows, want higher pay, and are getting it. salaries of its highly paid officials nor It could be done simply, and and intestinal pains quicker than any Corruption is rampant, and one must will die away like mist before the Mr Banvard, the manager of the If they didn't get it, and struck for the rents which it collected from the cheaply and easily if they liked. preparation they can compound. It can be blind not to see it. The moral sun, and the golden era when East company promises a repretiore of all

Bat-they don't like. All big issues will keep for years, and as home is com: Augean stables need

be bought from any chemist. . A hottla. it, and thus inconvenienced the trade cottages which it leased to its em-

laugh-producing melodious lot of clean-meets West, in true brotherhood, will new of the port, we should expect to hear ployees. In that case they levied (like this one) should be settled by plete without it For sale By All sing. This is, primarily, the duty of dawn, Rudyard Kipling's dictum to comedies, with an entire change of

referendum.

Chomists and Storekeepers

the Press and the recognised leaders the contrary potwithstanding. the same old fallacies that we are so

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Sometimes the employer has to mark time." If he can keep his business going, without loss, he will sometimes keep on his men in the anticipation of future profit.

the loss on the workingmen,]

costumes and scenery,