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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

AUCTIONEERS, &c.

PAUL BREWITT,

2. Zetland Street, Auctioneer, Appraiser

and Commission Agent.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers to the Government, and Shara And General Brokers, corner Ice House

Street and Prayu Contral

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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

MERCANTILE AGENT-

WOODS & Ca.,'

Duddell Street, Agents for American and

European Export Houses.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

E HING,

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rate Rates, Ma, Queen's Road East.

Anctionoor, Valuer and Goods Broker. MEE CHEUNG,

Dudiell Street.

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148 and 150, Queen's Road Central, YEE CHUN,

Comfortable and Cheap."

THE WESTERN HOTEL.

Excellent Accommodation, $2.00 per day.

90 and 92, Queen's Road West,

BOOKBINDING

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W. BREWER & CO.

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CALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] THE NAVY AND THE EMPIRE,

BY

W. LAIRD CLOWES. (Author of "The Royal Nory" &*

V.

THE OFFICERS OF THE NAVY.

110

Only the other day, in South African waters, Captain Stardes, whose paper was not published an officer was grossly imposed upon by the until after mine had been read: “It is vory master of a vessel carrying contraband of curious that you should have treated the quar war, The Duanifest was in German. The tion of the ram as you did. Knowing nothing officer knew word of German, and of what you were doing. I parsaed almost'eract- had no que on board with him who did.ly the same line of research, and had, in con- | He therefore accepted the German easter's sequence, to come to almost the same concln- version of what the manifest contained, and afons. You will find them in my prize esany.". the suffered the ressol to proceed. There are The conclusions then expressed are now, I be- ; probably not thirty offlers in the service who liars, accepted by all thoughtfulnaval affteers in know enough German to be able to ask any end the world; although their acceptance in our

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The officers of the Navy may be classified in three categories. First, there are the keen and inary question in that language. Even French navy is, of course, no to the fact of their harE LORD Optr.cerises bruoze. capable oflcem, who are wrapped up in their is understood only by a very, very few. Yet ing been reached by Captain Sturder, The profession, and who study it incessantly. These knowledge of languages is doucestrably more

naval servico is still above taking lessons in any are the men who are not content to know merely useful to the naval officer that to almost any technical matters from a civilian. But the what they are required to know, who bring in other created boiug; and the fact is fully Admiralty, I ani happy to say, las listened often. dependent reading and thought to bear spon recognised in every uncy except our own. The and will ret listen again, to the voice of any uval problems, and who may be ranked as the old bad school depreciates the utility of general intelligent outside eritia; and fortunately, xuvol equals of the best paral officers in the world. information even more than it decrios the value reforms come as often from without as froma I am sorry to say that they are, for reasons of languages; and it has depreciated it, alas! within. which I will presently examine, only a small with only too sid resultà Sir Clements Murk- body. The corresponding badly in each of the ham, I recollect, once told me of a naval officer other leading navies is, I do not hesitate to say who confessed that he really did not know who relatively much larger. During many years I Milton was. I wonder what the lower-desk, which have associated very intimately, both dost and always now includes a fair proportion of intelli- aahore, with naval officers of the United States. gent readers, thought of that offer. I wonder, Germany, Austria, France, Russia, and Italy. too, how such an officer could carry out certain and I can say with absolute conviction that among functions which sooner or later soldam fail to each of those groups, kuraness and eagerness on fall to the lot of captains of Her Majesty's professional subjects are conspicuously more pre-ships. Negotiations have to be undertaken; ralent than among British officers. It is folly to diplomátis work has to be done; men of educa attempt to burke that point.. I do not now insist tion have, to be parlayed with and convinced upon it for the first time. Years ago, over the and surely the may who does not know who

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Let it not, however, be imagined that, taking into consideration the disadvantages under which he labours, and the small in lucements that are held out to exel, the average British naval officer falls for short of what one has a right to erpoot. The system is more at fault than ho is; indeed, it is very exeditablo that, with the existing system of entry, education, promption, and retiremont, there are any keen and really first-rate navel officers at all. I have aeror been a merely destructive critic; and it is, I think, wrong and unpatristic to attack any

same time, to advocate a better one. I will therefore, end this paper by stating concisely what reforms seem to me to be noaded if merit Rattan Furniture, Bamboo, Blinds, Mat the production of a foreign naval ofcor they were are really keen and absolutely efficient is not far and capacity are to receive their due encourage read and criticised with the greatest respect; bat to seek. Excellence, except in certain branches munt, and if the standard of the British naval as soon as it lenkai out that an English civilian of purely technical and entirely panotical know ofBeer is to be brought up to that of the val was the writer, the author was only abused and ledge, is not en ollut ante clear is hardly oficer of the most advanced of the competing ULLAH SIDE BONHAM ROAD. traduced. I lind remembered that the prophetprovals. The all-round able effcor is hardly nations. These reforms are is not without honour save in his own country; more likely to get on in the service than is the

---For cadetships, open competition, and exten- and that is why I hal thought it wise to pose us shirker or the incompetent, who has influencesion of the maximum age of entry. an alien, or rather, to allow myself to be misbehind him. Promotion in the lower ränks is on for one, tiven the editors of the "New by selection; and in the Navy, selection too Review" and the Fortnightly" did not at the often means favouritiam. If it were possible

Promotion, from midshipman to admiral THE GLOBE (TEJUMULL POHUSING).

time knew who was writing for them. If only for a young and keen officer to push his ad- the secret could have been permanently kept, Icancement; if promotion were by merit and not selection and examination only, except is eases Indian, Chinese and Japanese Silk Goods.

Cashmere Shawls. Spanish Wines and Torily believe that a vast amount of good might by mere selection; if no stop, either in the higher of distinguished conduct in action.

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identified as the author, my chance of benefitting Passing of an examination not only in purely of pay, upon failure to pass a poriodical (tiva. / MESSES. DAVID SASSOON, SONS & CO. Silk Handkerchiefs, Shawls. Table Covers my country disappeared for the time. Nava technical subjects but also in general knowledge yearly) examination in professional subject, or

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friends, in the Mediterranons and elsewhere, wrote to me, not to deny the truth of my asser- tions, but to reproach wo for haring publicly called attention to certain weaknesses and defciencies. "For heaven's sake," they said, "don't depreciate this service, and induce foreign ers to suspect that we are in suy degree worse than they." I was regarded as a kind of potty traitor. At the presont day, when questious connected with the defence of the Empire base forced themselves into very serious prominence I venture to hope that I may be listened to with more toleration than in 1898 and 1994,

OFFICERS AND OFFICERS.

such as should be the property of every gentlemun,

and in physical and intellectual efficiency, the standard would be immensely raised, the keen and capable would be rewarded, the useless and in-

upon a second failure to pass an examination for promotion.

Encouragement of young officers to mora

free express their views upon professional abiects at the Royal United Service Eustita-

tion.

The greeting of liberal facilities to approvod officers for increasing their knowledge of foreign languages.

The establishment of a Naval War Collego.

for the instruction of offers in history, stra- tegy, and tactics, the college not necessarily to be ashore.

The appointment of an incrassed number of naval ottichés abroad.

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different would be weeded out, promotion would be accelerated, and the service would be bene Bitted in every way. The existing system of nomination for cadetships ought, moreover, to be abolished, and the way ought to cease to be in any sense of the word, a close korough. The army is open to all, and I have yet to learn that it is any the worse for being se. Why a boy, who can go up for the aguy without saying by your leave" to any patron, should be' required, s ha muy go up for the navy, to obtain the There are, then, firstly the good and keen favour of some highly placed parsonage is more officers, who form a relatively small claan. Se than I can understand. But the navy is theTHE CHINA AND JAPAN condly, there are the officers who have no par.nce conservativo organisation in this very equ ticular keenness, and who secrn to bring rither sarrative hand and most naval men are willing imagination or reading to bear upon the problems to tolerate any absurdity or any abuse if only it of their profcision, but who do their duty can be proved that it is of ancient standing, thoroughly within the limits of routine. Thess. This is why, for example, hoarding pikes still I believe, form the majority of the oflcers on form part of the armament of Her Majesty's the active list. The third class is, however, a ships. It is always a subject of wonderment to LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.,

very much larger one than it should be. It is me that the navy was ever able to make up its Tailors and Outfitters, Pianoforte Dealers made up of the indifferents, the slorerlies, the mind to dispense with hows and arrows. The shirkers, the ignorants, and the incapables--same reason explains why the rations of the Shiyelilers Furniture Desks and officers who cause themselves to be regarded men romain as they are, regardless of the fact Upholsterers, Wine saal Spirit Marwith contempt by their men, and whoss bust it that for years it has beru found possible for

cheats

iz that they detest the service, and that they overy mail steamer in the world to give Its Beser do any duty which they can avoid without pussengess frech must and new bread daily, incurring the risk of being court-umrtialled. We are a practical people; and most English The good and keen offcer will; we all know. writers seer to consider that one intensely Store.develop occasionally oven in the most unfavour.. paction! natare ceisitatos oar supreme menit. able soil. Som men, and many Englishmen. That is, I ap rus, a wrong conclusion. Chur must do their very best in any position in which practical nature e, fu reality, a dangerous snare Presidence may place thera. But how terribly for us; since it teaches us to under-rate the im- unfavourable is the soil of the British Navy for portases and value of theory. Ask a German the nontagement of the geed and keen naval officer what he would like to do in action. ear. A youngster is thrust into the zertice while if certain circumstances should wrisa. - He will he instill a child. He has only the mèrest ru-show you in his reply that he has deeply studied R. HAUGHTON & CO.,

dimants of an eûnestion. His segraintance with the matter; and, whether his tartical plane by Navalalilitary and Cent, 16, Enver's Road, the classics, with any foreign longuere, and with right or wrong, ho will give good reasons for

Opposite Kalm's Curio Store.

the tertare of his own country, is of the most the faith that is in him. Ask a British naval Emited charactor. He goes to sex, and has prap- officer a question of the sanie sort; and you will fically no further exportunitize, save what he too often, nar geneally, parceive that he has no may make for himself, of inproving his general well based theories whatsoever to make up for knowledge. But" say the advocates of no his lack of prantical experience of modern war- dlange, "it is surely more important that ho fare. Chuce after a lectury at the United Service should improve himself in professional know-Institution. I asked a very well-known flag LGHTING CONDUCTORS, lodge, expecially of practical kind; and this he officer what, if he were captain of a certain ship cannot avoid doing at sea. This line of argu in antion, he should do in a giron cam against meat is all nonsense. If it were incumbent a specified opponent. "Oh!" he said pirily, "I unen every young officer to giva evidence, from should go for him straight, and man him." The time to time of really high proficiency in the excellent ofoor disdained theory. He shat his practical part of his duties, there would be eyes to the fact that, in the given conditions, some little to be sail in favour of the present ramming would be impossible. The episode iz system, but I am sure that every last duced me to prepare a legtuvo, delivered at the navel officer will admit, that the necessary level E.U.S.Z. on Jsiniry 1941, 1894, ju which, after to be attained in, relatively speaking, a very low analysing many cases us I could my hands- one, and that the greatest asses may, and do, njen of the facts of the sau in action reach it without diealty, Evon, however, it and in accident, I thier to show what are the KRUSE & CO,

it could be autood that all offéers could limitations of that weapon, and what its danger, Wholesala and Retail Hovers and Mundlabe well versed in all the practicat details of to its user as well as to the encray Said the

Cigars, Egyptian Cigarettes, Dalen in their preferaion, it would not, now-a-days, be Globe of March 27th following, by the pen of its work.

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Connaught House, Qneous Eudough. The geed ofleer, besides being a naval correspondent, then a retired feet engincor

Trained Mechanicians sent to Out-Ports to practical ass, must have cultivated his judge who was full of stavico prejudices:- Mr. Laird went and critical facrties by reading: his gene Clowed's paper, was erunt not much fit up Intubations if required,

faluses, by the sindy of kinggw; ma torthe taste of the naval officers present who, in. finenca over re by the acquisition of deal can hardly be expected to malish instruc that general koowleden af mattyas api manuers ten o with panty toelatent mattera, from Be which, ruore than suything else, gas to make mouth of a civilian, however skillet he may haj }, glene. No," $35 the feesis of the old bad pen to be in naval History.

On the school, mene of these things pre rated" I whole, the verdict of the mosting war against the say eraphatically that fry an augolutely noose conclusions of the lecturer?" sary for die mijufkelare, of a stretol Of course, Equs properly improbated for the cffolent agaak efle in the present day; and moment; but little later I was completely cou-

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