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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1920.

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE BOYEKKOONES

* General Auctioneers Share, Col and General Produce Brokers and Dommission Agents,

PROPRIETORS - *To-Kwa-Wan' Coal Storage,

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TO LET.

SALE OF

WORK

will be held in

GOVERNMEST HOUSE GROUNDS

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30 Cta Children ... 10.

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY.

[Continued from page 2.), "One of the most striking things which our maps and diagrams show

WAR INTELLIGENCE.

ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS.

LECTURE BY AN EXPERT.

The

E the way in which the expansion of the Chinese Empire in the opening

Under the auspices of the United centuries of the Christian era thrust Service Institution of India, a lecture the Nomadic people westward and on Intelligence in War.” Wis led to the smashing up of the Roman delivered recently by Brigadier Empire, and another thing is the General 3. C. Charteris-HE the close connexion there was between Commander-in-Chief, presided. the Mongol conquests of the thiraudience was fully representative, teenth century and the discovery of almost all the officers of Army Head the sea route to India and of America. quarters being present. The lecturer "The biggest thing I have learned took an hour to describe the working in writing the 'Outline' is the import of intelligence in the last war, and ance at Central Asia and China.his astounding revelations regarding They have been, and they are now the working of the secret service still, the centre of human destiny.

WHAT KEST?

"In my last part,"greatly daring I have carried my history beyond the present time. My last chapter is antitled. The Next Stage in History," and it discusses the probable develop ROYAL.ments of the present time.

THE UNITED SERVICES

J CONCERT PARTY

will give WITH immediate

EXCELLENT FURNISHED A GRAND CONCERT November 3, 1920, commencing & 230 FLAT three rooms, Queen's Road Central Apply:-PERCY SMITH SETH

다.

TUESDAY,

pim at their Sale Rooms, No & Des Year Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

WHITE GOODS, se, ke. Comprising :-..

possession

& FLEMING, 5 Queen's Road Central.

BUNGALOWS FOR SALE.

T NORTH POINT-A pair of 5-roomed Bungalows with Tennis

Fillow Cases, Quilts, Turkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bath Shecks, Double Court Bed Sheets, Drawnwork Bedspreads, Table Covers, Crochet and Drawn work. Dailies, Table Cloths, Linen Damask Servietes,

Also

A few lots of Kit Bags, Suit Cases,

and Attache Gases, etc. Pall Particulars from Catalogue). TRAM:-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,,

Auctioneers Rongkong. Kovember 3, 1920.

FOR 1000EST OF THE CONCERNED),

120

TUESDAY,

ember 9, 1920, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Faux Road, Corner af

Ice House Street,

TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNI

TURE. BRASS AND TEAKWOOD TWIN BEDSTEADS BRASS-MOUNTED

BEDSTEADS, CARPETS,

B

comprising:-

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Chesterfield Sofas, Arm-chairs (w) Folding Card and Occasional Tables, Bedroom One Upholstered Saite, Farniturs, comprising Testwood Twin Bedsteads, large and small Ward- rabos, Drending Tables, and Chairs, Wash- stands, áo. (famed Teakwood, Side boards, Dinner Wazzvas, Extension Dir- tag Table and Chies, de, Dinner Secricos, Crockery, and Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, &c Bath Ware, Bcom Utensils, Electro-Plated

Electif: Reking Lamps, Teakwood Sareena, Sundry Blackwood Famiture, Side Tables, Chair, Cabinets, Fictures, Carpets, &c.

Also

One American Ice Chest. 1 Piaco in good condition, several lots Tennis Halls, &c. &c.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue). Terus :-Cheb.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, November 3, 1920.

[res 1000t oF SHE CONCENTRO),

од

FRIDAY,

-Navsenber 12, 1920, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner

of Ice House Street,

AK-ASSORTMENT OF

Chinese: Porcelains, Carion,

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it &c, Including a variety of 5 coloured and 3-coloured Vases, Wall Plates, Table Screens, Blue and White Vases, and Incense Burners, Old Bronze and Bran Figures, Vases, &c. Kakemonos, Lac quered Ware, Ivory, Agate and Crystal Ornamente.

The above stock recently arrived from the North and includes pieces from the Ming, Kunghi, Kienlang and Tork- wong Periode,

The bulk of which will be sold with- ozt reserve.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogne).'

Terms:-Qash,

Ou view day of sale.

HUGELIS & HOUGE,

Auctioneerz.

Hongkong, November 2, 1820.

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cure the DESI COLIGEN

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NOTICE.

THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England)

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL,

FROM the First of November we will

be located intour new quarters. Rooms 7 and 8, Hotel Mansions..

GETZ BROS. & CO. OF THE

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Hongkong, October 30, 1950.

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

ANNUAL BALL

in aid of Italian CozyaRE (West Point.) TO-NIGHT (Friday) 5th, & Saturday, 5th Nov.i

at 9 p.

LONDON SUCCESSES, IMPERSONATION, BALANCING FRATS, TWO COMEDIANS AND A MOTOR CAR, ETC., ETC.

The Party will include many ..well-known local artistes.

PRICES:

$5, $2&. $1, Booking & MOUTRIES.

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IMPORTS AND ESPORTS OFFICE.

› PUBLIC“ HOLIDAY,

were listened to with amazement and attention.

different

General Charteris said that the work of intelligence, in the words of Lord Haig, was the collection, collation and dissemination of information with regard to the enemy in so much that it should enable a Commander, on "There is an old, saying that's the one hand, to avoid surprise by novel ought taend On a the enemy and, on the other hand, aste of interrogation. I do not know to enable his troops to obtain a whether that is right about the novel, surprise by their own operations. but it certainly is about a history. In the last war a great portion of the A contemporary history that does intelligence had to be devoted to not leave the reader speculating what

'economicTM-in- was called ", about the next thing that is going to telligence, which could enable the happen must be an extremely dead Allies to gauge the enemies' reserves history. And it seems to me that in men, material and money. The any historical teaching in the schools į organization of the intelligence staff that does not make the student cagar at Headquarters was divided into. to read the newspapers to see what the following main sections(a) is going on has failed altogether in Information regarding the enemy's its object.”

armed forces; (b) Information regard. What the world will be a million in the enemy's resources in arma- years bence. Mr. Wells declined to ments, both as regards number and speculata. But, taking the next type; (c) topographical information handred years, he declares that there of the theatres of war; (d) the must be either one wise and peaceful organisation of secret service, both federal government dominating the for espionage and counter-espionage, including the intercepting of tele- world or decadence.

"We have," he said, "to suppress phones and wireless, and decoding the military man, and also the milt enemy cyphers: (e) the prevention tary-minded man--for example, Mr. of leakage of information, compri- Winston Churchill soon and sing control of censorships, control thoroughly. The greatest danger to of press correspondence etc, (!)_a divilization at the present

time propaganda section devoted to the lies not in the Bolshevik issue of all information as might but in the aristocratic and monar confuse the enemy, depreciate his chist adventurers who dominate, the moral and maintain the moral of the foreign affairs of France, Britain, and Allied peoples, and influence neutrals Poland to-day. These people have in favour of the Allies.

After detailing the no sense of limitations; they take no heed of the cost of the things they branches of intelligence work, the THIS Office will be opened for all par-do, because they habitually expect speaker dwelt at length on the

they

"obtained whereby poses from 9. to 12 Nooy un other people to pay for their advert means MONDAY, the 8th November, 1920. tures. They constitute a real con- intelligence. Their main sources of be spiracy against the peace and welfare information were reconnaissance by of mankind. They will go on doing air and by raids. The examination mischief if they can until they provoke of prisoners, examination of docu- a social upheaval that will overwhelm ments of the enemy and secret us all At any cost we must restrain service reconnaissance by air haver them. If we do not do so their reck- obtained first hand knowledge of less and imbecile aggressions and movements, but was useful for the intrigues will destroy the orderly verification of news got from other sources. As regards the examination development of the present system altogether and lead, not so much to of prisoners, the primary examination always directed towards revolution, as to the breaking down was of our whole social order. They will the verification of the enemy's

of achieve a smash up more complete į order and swift, a Decline and Fail of much information could not be Europe more thorough and final than obtained from these prisoners, 25 the Decline and Fall of Rome.”

their knowledge was limited; bat! most valuable information was ex- tracted from the servants of the enemy's officers. but invariably, the British Intelligence Service did not go beyond the limit of words of threats. As regards documents these

00 were,

the whole, most valuable source of information, owing, firstly, to the German lack of efficient censorship, and secondly, owing to the Germans being a nation of letter-writers and diarists. Au A long and persistent drought average German soldier world not threatening the Tsangchow (near distort facts in his letters home, and Tientsin) district with famine and the detection of these letters revealed civil disorder has been brought to an end (as the population firmly believes) Those letters which reached Germany a good deal of useful information. by miraculous means. All the time were talked about in the market honoured methods of appeasing the gods and bringing rain from heaven obtain the essence of those com

places, and English agents could bad been exhausted, says the munications. As for the system of Hongkong correspondent of the collation and co-ordination of in- Central News.

formation; the co-ordination of A pilgrimage had been made to the economic information, such as man famous-Dragon-Well at We Lung power and other military resources Tang by a Yamen representative, and of the enemy, was vested in a bottle of water brought back as an the War Office, while, offering to the God of War in his regards strategical information, the temple near the south gate of the co-ordination and collation was done city."

solely by General Headquarters.

Licensed Warehouses will entirely CLOSED on that day.

C. W. BECKWITH,

Superintendent, Imports and Exports. 'Hongkong, November 1, 1990.

·BANK HOLIDAK.

accordance with. Ordinance No 5 of 1912, the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS on MONDAY, the 8th instant.

Hongkong, November 4, 1920..

LADY'S NEWS.

PRACTICE DANCES in connection WE are Exhibiting from WEDNES

with the above will take place at the City Hall from 5.x, to 7 PM. DE TUESDAYS Sb 16th and 23rd November.

. Dancing shoes must be worn.

T. W. HILL.

Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, November 3, 1927.

BATTERIES!"

A complete shipment of the famous

“KWIKLITE” BATTERIES

for pocket Torches has just been received.

“KWIKLITE”.

TORCHES

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collection of LATEST STYLE Dresses, IRON TABLETS BRING RAIN, Cloaks and diverse Ladies fashions, which, are incomparable. An early visit will give YOU the opportunity to see everything and get the best choice. As the Exhibition will only last one week, it will be advisable for YOU to give us a call as soon as possible.

KOMOR & KOMOR,

Alexandra Buildings Hongkong October 28, 1920.

JAPANESE ARTIST.

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A local magistrate and a aum- Coming to the dissemination of ber of the gentry had gone in intelligence the primary object was to solemn procession to the temple disseminate to nations such informa and made solemn obeisance to the tion only as they required for the god. The Temple of the Dragon execution of their immediate task. God was also officially visited, and This dissemination of Information processions arranged in his honour. was carried out by the circulation of All was in vain. The heavens recally summaries, so as to prevent the mained leaden and the gods seemed circulation of wrong rumours so as have gone dry. As a last to ensure that any variation from resort, leading citizens approached their knowledge could at once be request brought to notice, but the most im should that he

Bend for portant of the Intelligence depart number of the celebrated rainment's duty was an accurate know- producing tablete from Han Tan ledge of the order of battle of the Hxen. The magistrate, yielding enemy.

to

OFFICE FURNITURE the magistrate with a

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against his will to the request, voted Touching the part played by the 50 dola from public funds for the Secret Service, General Charteris said expenses of the delegation, who were that the difficulties did not lie in the dispatched to "invite the miraculous places where an agent could get in- tablet to the stricken neighbourhood. formation, but in communicating Those miraculous iron plates are with him. Concluding the speaker kept in a well in which a patriotic said that one more fartor that helped Magistrate drowned himself years the Allies was, that they could judge ago, as it proved to some purpose, the strength of the German man- for bringing rain.

power from the fact, that in 1914 she The local Embay duly arrived at depended on men of 20 years of age, Tsangchow with their precious tablet while in 1915 she fell down to the 18 wrapped in yellow silk. An hour years limit. Another factor, that ister a terrific storm broke over the was sometimes helpful was - know. city, and deluged the streets. Next ledge of the mentality of the oppos= morning the tablet was escorted by ing Commander. ††`añ enthusiastic crowd to the Temple of the God of War, where all day | lòng it was worshipped by thousands, chicfy women. The tablet was duly? refurged to the well accompanied by Deful of the colda you take at a replica bearing an Inscripties of its this time of the year. They red virtues as a rafts-bringers: Se rest in particularly danous. A lecte musa a winter long bold. Taka. the fame of the Tringshow/ eniracle Chim. Cough Remedy at once.. that the well peoïsses to become a För side, by all Chemists "and Store- dimp for old iron.

EARLY COLDS.

NOTICES,

NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 6%

Not Redeemable.

非

PRICE OF ISSUE 100 FRANCS.

Interest payable twice a year on 18th Jane and 16th December first semi-annual interest to be paid on 16th June, 1921.

Applications will be received by the BANQUE DE L'INDO... CHINE up to the 25th of November.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

V. MARSOT,

Acting Manager.

Eengkong, October 14th, 1920.

WISEMAN,

LTD.

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Pascall's Butter Scotch & Toffee.

Bunte's Confectionery,

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Tom Smith's Crackers &

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