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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS & ORINA OFERLAND TEADS REPORT

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China and Mongolia,

Promoting Japanese Trade

Hongkong's Currency.

Bandora Reflections.

Hongkong

Wedding at Kowloon,

Hongkong Tramway Co., Ltd.

H.E. Sir Henry May on the War.

·Bolilios Public School

St. Paul's College.

Corrispeadores:

This Currency Question,"

Notes from Peking

War at Fanling.

Macao Notes.

Prince of Wales' Fund.

Belgian Relief Fund.

Hongkong Gifts.".

For Soldiers and Their Families.

Japanese Sugar for China.

British Company Legislation in Chins,

Chisa and Militarism.

Japanese Commercial Mission in South

-China.

German Trade in China.

British Steamers at Tsingtau.

American Educational Works in the Philip

pinos.

Hankow British Conassiou.

Oil Mill Fire at Shanghai,

Barking Progress in China.

Opium Smuggling at Manila.

The Shell Company.

Sanitary Board.

Alleged. Theft uf Patent Medicine.

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora

tiou.

.

Dasco at the Naval Canteen.

Company Meetings; --

Hongkong, Cauton and Macao Stein-

boat Co.

Union Waterboat Co., lad.

Kowloon Land and Building Co., Ltd.

Trading with the Fatomy

Telegrams.

The Disaster to the Tien Kwan,"

Special Police Roseren.

The Censorship...

Sipreme Court.

The Magistracy.

Alleged Robbery from a European.

Daring Highway Robbery in Yaumati.

Robber Killed at Sheng-shui.

Hongkong University.

Chinese and War..

The Loss of Mining Coolie

Hongkong Police Force.

The New Chairman of the T. & O.

An Unsinkable Bunt.

Logislation in the Philippines.

Dr. Wu Ting Fang at Manik,

Local Sport

Commercial.

Shipping

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Hongkong, 12th February, 1915.

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WAPIER JOHNSTONE'S

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THE SAME TO-DAY AS IN 1745.

BEWARF OF IMITATIONS

SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG

LANE CRAWFORD

WEATHER BEFORT.

On the 11th at 11.40 A-The northern deprealen haased Into the Pacific. The Boulbera depremlen has deepaned slightly in now denied over N. Annas A Ahallow depression lies over the N. Twoohoo.

The anti-cyclone over N.E Chins and Mon- gelis has not developed Pressure is relatively high, however, over Lie former di trist,

Pressure has decreased slightly over the Philippines. It is now increasing slightly at Hongkong.

Moderate monsoon is indicated along the east Coast of Chira

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 0.00 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noen to-day in as follows:---

FORRCABZ

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Formosa Channel -

Hongkong & Neighbourhood 8.E. to E. winds, moderate; fair. JN.E.winds, med.

erate to fresh.

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METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

11TH FEBRUAET, 1915, AM

mait

Wind

Temperature.

Humidity.

Direction.

Weiber.

Farco.

Vladvostook Nemuro * 6, 29.99 Hakodate

7 30.05 22,50

Tokio

30.01

HTS

29.95 WBW

H

n 30,16

Koobi

Nagasaki veszek,

29.95

Karoshima

29.94

19.89

Nahsma

Bonin Is

30.10 26

Chefco

Weihaiwe

Hankow

lakang

Klukiang

Changeha

Shanghal

Gutzlaff

Starp Peak...

Swatow

Taiboku................. 6x Taichi $29.98

29.98

"

29.94

Tainan Koshun Fecadores..

Canton Hongkong.. Gap Bock..

Wuchów Hollow Pit Pakhoi Firulion Tourenbiceiuz Cape St. James Apari

Legaapanis Heilo Bacolod... Cotni Labuan

$29.9

T. F. CLAXTON, Direston

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CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO THE

TROOPS.

"Eye-witnon" thus describes the die tribution of the Christmas gifts to the troops at the front : ——--

ONE DAY OF PEAOÐ AT HOW ADMIRAL YON

THE FRONT.

WAS CAUGHT.

ADMIRAL STURDEE'S STRATEGY,"

|_ Mr. H. C. Forraby, the Daily Express

The following is a remarkable description by an officer at the front of how the British and Gormans coused hostilition at his part of the line on Christmas Day :---- Christmas will romain engravon on the naval correspondent, says: Bome people On Christmas Day every officer and

in our trenches hore as one of the most Sir Frederick Stardee to encounter the man in the field received two must accepi-memory of many British soldiers who were seem to think it was good look that enabled ablo gifts. From the King and Queen extraordinary days of their lives. For German squadron so opportunely near the came a card. On one side of this on that day British and Germans ceased Falkland Islands, It was nothing of the. were portraits of their Majesties, the fighting with each other for an interval, sort; it was the outcome of clear thinking. respective firing lines, buried their dead; Staff had followed all the moves of von King being in khaki field service dress, no out into the open hetween their Admiral Sturdue as Chief of the War and on the other side was a greeting in and hold a short service in their memory Spee in the early months of the war he facsimile of the King's handwriting:

Our chaplain had come with the colonel had summed up the kind of strategist he to officiate at the funeral in our tranch of was, and ho could foresee as nearly as any With our best wishes for Christmas, 1914. May God protect you

one of our Boottish soldiers, During the human being could do the course that the progress of the solemn rites it was noticed German admiral would follow under any that one or two fellows were standing out given circunstances. The Consor has side. No attention was paid to this till permitted the publication of the statement the service ended, when the colonel from the wireless station on the Falkland Como inside, men!" The Islands that the Germans tried to avoid the British squadron, but miscalculated shouted reply was that some Germans were stand- ing outside theirs. Gradually more and the route which Admiral Sturdée would more of the enemy some of the officers take.”.... by their uniform-appeared, none of them alarmed.

and

bring you home safe, Many R. Groton R.1.

The insoription on the special card for the sick and wounded onded with the words, May you soon be restored to health

$

FOOTBALL MATOR WITH A HEAREST

OUR BIN' ALLIES: From H.R.H, Princess Mary's Soldiers' and Bailors Christmas Fund came present. This varied according as the

At Inst our commanding officer resolved recipient was a smoker or a mon-smoker,

to get out and see for himself. The and also varied for some of the India troops. For the smokers it consisted of chaplain jumped up into the open at his the following A briar and a small gilt heels, and crossing a ditch which runs casket containing a photo of Princess down the middle of the field between the Mary card with the inscription, lines cried: Does anyone speak Eng

With best wishes for a Happy Christ mins and Victorious New Lear, from lish f" As reply a private stepped for Princess Mary and friends at home, an ward, and then to our amazement we saw paoket of our chaplain cross the ditch, salute the ounce of tobacco, and cigarettes. Embossed on the cover of the Gorman commander and his staff, and box is a portrait medallion of the royal begin to talk with them. Almost at the donor with the superscriptions Imperium same time a hare burst into view and ran and along between the tronches. All at once Britannicum, "Christmas, 1014," the names of our six Allies, France, Germans came scurrying from their Russia, Belgium, Serbin, Montenegro, trenches and British from theirs, and a marvellous thing happened. It was all In quarters, in the tronches, and in the like a football match, the hare being the hospitals the tokens of the kindly thought football, the grey tunicked Germans the of their Majesties gave the most intense one side, and the kilted Jocks" the pleasure. In fact, the eagerness shown other. The game was won by the Germans, by some of the wounded to receive their who captured the prize. But more as presents was almost pathetic, and many secured than a hare a sudden friendship soldiers have written personal letters of had been struck up, the truce of God had thanks to their Majesties. The Indian been caled, and for the rest of Christmas troops exhibited their boxes with Day not a shot was fired along our section, undisguised pride and glee which showed how these prizes would be treasured and handed down as heirlooms. jad

Japan

Now, this fact is of extraordinary significance. It means, in the first place, that von Spee know a squadron was on his track. How did that knowledge reach him? It is possible, of course, that one of the Karlsruhe's scouts came into touch with Sturdee's squadron, and gave the warning, but it is far more likely that from some indiscreet paragraph in paper the Intelligence Department of the German Admiralty received a clue.

Von Specs, as it happened, blandored in to him, as he had blundered continually in bis use of the knowledge that thus came his handling of his squadron.

THE WAY OUT.

Now there are several ways into the Atlantic from the Pacific, the two main routes being the short cut through the Straits of Magellan and the longer route round the south of Capo Horn Von Spec, it is evident, determined to abandon the Pacific and transfer his attentions to the Atlantic. He calculated that Stardes, in his haste, would take the shorter route, and so with his ships he steered south past the Archipelago and round by Staton Island. Ho miscalculated; Sturdee, expect ing to be expected to take the short cut, followed the longer route and encountered the Germans just as they wore entering the Atlantic.

Dotted over the sixty yards separating the trenches were scores and scores of dead As can be imagined, the distribution of soldiers, and soon spades were hung up this number of parcels in addition to the by comrades on guard in both trenches, immense amount of warm clothing and and by instinct each side set to dig

That, however, was the other gifts for the troops was no easy graves for their dead. Our padre had task: But the organisation of the trans seized his chance and found the German least of von Spoo's mistakes. The real cause of his annihilation was the long port, the supply, and the railway services commander very ready to agree that after was sufficient to cope with the problem. the dead had been buried a short religions delay in the Pacific: After the battle of

He told us All the Christmas traffic was handled by service should take pigeo. menas of a special staff, with officers that the German commander and his Coronel. A man in his position, waging stationed at the bases and railheads, officers were as anxious at the British guerilla warfare against a nation that of power, had no business to remain. prevent any loss en route of the presents of peace. That was quite in keeping with chained to one area for a month at a time, Elaborate precautions were taken to could be to keep Christmas Day as a day he must have known had ample reserven They the behaviour of the Germans, who had Von Müller, of the Eden, was wiser than of the Princess Mary's Fund, were conveyed in closed vans locked by kent up only an occasional firing on

von Spee. We shall probably never know letter-locks of which the key word was Christmas Ere, and were very busy singing the real reason for his delay, though I am known only to certain officers. Some of carols and glees.

inclined to suspect that it was due to the vans were also tied up with barbed

supply troubles as much as to bad strategy. There have been significant little incidents during the past month. The seizure of the Chilian Island of Juan Fernandez as a base was all of a piece with the arrogantly neutral nations that sharaotoriou thr German conduct of war, but the seizure contemptuous treatment of the smaller

wire.

SOUVENIRS EXCHANGED.

We dil not know all that was being said, but afterwards we asked the padre two questions. The one was, "Why did you and the German commander take off your hats to one another?" What happened, as we learned, was The German wok his cigar case out and offered the padre a

THE MISSING WORD. This great precaution nearly led to disaster in one caso. The receiving officer had either forgotten or not recived the Opening word, Noel and could not get the van open until he hauled at the fastening with a motor-lorry.

In regard to the King and Queca's cigar, which was accepted. The padre said: May I be allowed not ta smoke, cards the chief difficulty surmounted was but to keep this as a souvenir of Christmas to ensure delivery on one day to units here and of meeting you on Christmas scattered at bases, at advanced bases, on

the lines of communication; and in the Day?" The answer, with a laugh, was: trenches. Many units also were actually Oh, yes, but can't you give me a Souvenir ? Then the hats came off. For moving.

A certain amount has been said about the souvenir the padre gave was the copy. the hardships under which the troops are of "The Soldier's Prayer,” which he had fighting which are, of course, mostly carried in the lining in his cap since the incidental to the conduct of a winter war began, and the German officer, in campaign. On the other hand, every accepting it, took off his cap and put the thing possible lia's been done to mitigate the slip in its lining, saying as he did it: rigours of active service under such con- valao this because I believe what it ditions. The troops are fed as no army says, and when the war is over I shall take in the field has been fed before. Both it out and give it as a keepsake to my from publie and private sources they are youngest child." furnished with every imaginable kind of thigainont

I BAROMEZ, reduced to 32 degrees Tabrenhuis on the level of the sea in inclus, testhe and. hundredths.

2 TEKPREATUER, in the shade, in degre Fahrenheit.

& HUMIDITY, in percentage of saturation, humidity of ale saturated with molatore being 100.

4 DIRECTION OF Winn, to two peinte

8 FORUM OF WINE, Rocording to Beaufort Bonis.

6 STATE OF Watza, b blue sky, o detached elond, á drisaling-rain, 1 fog, s gloomy, hhsil, lightning, o overcast, pesaing ahowers, q equall rrain, now, t thander, viibility, w dew (wet)

7 Rate in inches, & tenths and hundredths.

HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER

Hongkong Observatory, February 11th.

Previous; On Date On Date

Day at

Barometer nam ĐỊN Temperature

flumidity

Wind Direction.....

Forca

Weather Rain

at 2 p.m. 6 am,

29.90

ST 2pm.

29.80 29.96

78

72

65

|

74

93

ន

SW

92: W.N.W

3

2

3

.0

ad

Highest open air Temperature on 5th 78 Lowest open air Temperature ou 9th.69

HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.

From 12th to 18th February, 1915,

HIGH WATER

79-5

Dass of

Week

Daya

Month

H'kong.

Meau

Height

Time

h. m

ft, in.

LOW WATER.

H'kong

Mean

Time

h. m.

Height

THE DEARTH OF MOUTH ORGANS.

want

for

of a Norwegian sailing vessel laden with coal and the forcible transference of the coal to his own ships shows, that von Spea was hampered by a failure of his pre arranged supplies.

SHORT OF EHELLS.

We shall probably not be far wrong it we conjecture also that tenders bringing him ammunition had also failed to keep the rendezvous, a fact that would cause him serious disquietude after the expandi ture of ammunition in the engagement with the Good Hope and the Monmouth Until they turned up he was chained to his base at Juan Fernandez.

The second question was, “What was in

His best course immediately after the the notebook the German commander Coronel engagement was to make for

The answer was that he another ocean. showed you?**

He could, for example, had been shown the name and address in have tried to reach German South-West Materially, our soldices nothing which it is possible to give threin England of a certain brave British officer. Africa, which has not yet been conquered There he could have in the circumstances. Morally, they are He had been killed, and as he was dying by British forces. in very good heart and contented.But the commander happened to pass and sawin low for a few weeks. Then, while Sir there is one thing which nearly all of him struggling to get something out of a Frederick Sturdee was sweeping the them refer to when asked, and that is pocket. He went up and helped the dying Pacific for him, he could have sallied forth the lack of means of making a cheerful officer, and the thing in the pocket was noise, or, in other words, the dearth of a photograph of his wife. The commander to repeat the success of the feat off Coronel at the expense of some of our weaker mouth organis!: When the men are said, "I held it before him, and he lay cruiser squadrons in the Atlantic E collected in the burrows and dug-outs looking at it till he died a few minutes failed to do that, as he failed at the begins behind the firing line in the long, dull after." Our padre took down the name evenings when nothing happers, any and address and has been able to pass on ning of the war to striko hard, as he should have done, at our China Squadron, which musical instrument for the performance

could, it is true, have given him a good of a solo or the accompaniment of a song is a godsend.

If the mention of this want should result in any mouth organs being sont to the troops, it may be pointed out that esoopt when one is sent to an individus the parcels should be addressed to the unit and despatched to the care of the Military Forwarding Ofheer, Southamp ten, in the ordinary way.

the information to the bereaved home.

A FINE SPIRIT OF RESPECT.

The whole German staff showed a fight, but against which, in view of the able chance of a victory. He failed ever spirit of respect during the service for the oxocllence of his gunnery, he had a reason dead. On one side of the ditch half way to keep his squadron together in order to between the two lines stoorl German oicers put up some sort of a defence of the German Pacific Islands. The Schurnhurst with their soldiers "about them; on the other the officers of the British regiments and the Gneisenau wandered among them, fugitive and unsupported, while the in the section with their soldiers about them, and between was our chaplain, an Australasian forces were seizing Ger

German divinity interpreter, and

It will probably be gratifying to the thousands of kind-hearted people at home student serving with their army. Our many's colonies one by one and robbing the chaplain read the gard Psalm in English, von Spee of his last bases. The whole of who have sent out luxuries for soldiers to learn that there was no lack the German student reading it after him his campaign was ouddled. It was of Christmas fare for them. At every in German. Then a short prayer which marked throughout by a failure to grasp 60 the chaplain had written on a postcard the necessities of the moment. He could regimental headquarters could be piles of plum puddings, chocolate and the interpreter had turned into Ger- have made an assault in force, and pre- tobacco, and other luxuries Of Christ man was read, sentence by sentenor, by ferred the mosquito tactics of commerce us both materially and in prestige, as the mas puddings alone over eighty tons the student after the English form had raiding. The former could have damaged reached the different railheads between been recited.

December 24th and 20th The men who It was a memorable sight to see officers Coronel fight showed. The latter barely came from their turn of duty in the and men who had been fighting and as I succeeded in nnnoying us. Apart from the trenches, weary, sodden with water, and chilled to the bone, were soon sitting write are fighting against one another as Emden, which left Kruschau at the begin down in their billets to tat their dinners fiercely as ever, bareheaded, reverent, anding of the war and never rejoined the with greater relish than if they had been keeping sacred truce as they did homage flag the damage done by von Spee's

the mory of the dead on Christmasquadron did not amount to £500,000. in barracks at home.

Dag, 1914.

VALUE OF HOME COMFORTS.

SEA SUPREMACY. GERMAN URGES ABOLITION.

It is wonderful what, effect a little rest and warmth and a change of clothes has ft. in. in enabling the men to recover from the 0 5 4 2m 2:34

exposure and strain of life in th 12m 924

One night with a goof over 7.557 6

trenches. 14:35

A New York despatch says that Herr ૐ ·m 310° 0.5 their heads and near a stove fire and they Bater. 13m 9 5414

158 3 2 8:45.7 6

are again fit for anything. They suffer Dernburg advocates the cessation of sea 44 tu

44 06

most in their feet, which are apt to swell domination, which, he urges, would secure 14 m 10 21

Fleets should be Sain

after much standing in mud and water, permanent pesca. 9:30 a 75 44 2 8

4 & m

0.9

but they soon recover once they have relegated to territorial waters, and for- 15 m. 10:45

28 a.2 10 11

taken off their boots and put on a dry bidden to traverse the high soas, and the 1:2 7 m. 4:46

pair of socks. Certain means are now sending of troops to the territory of others, 16 m 11 74

294 boing taken to give protection against the or to neutralised parts of the world, 10-486 8,411

49. 514 1.6 17m 11 28

These precautions enable a good 11 21

4 55 24 60

deal of damp and cold to be endured, and should be regarded as a casus belli. 20 5 1 m 5:42 Thurs.38 11 48

the proof of their success is the small 5412-6 -11 563-5-3.

amount of sickness even in such weather as we have recently experienced.

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

6

wet.

Herr Dernburg admitted that Germany was seeking to replace copper with alloys al other metals, :

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

OEDERS BY MAJOR D. MACDONALDI

TRIVE.

1.--Pto. L Forster to 10th March, 1915,

Gr. W. H. Morris to 8th August, 1015. Pbs A, D, Hopke to 6th October, 1015:

(extension).") te

- FÅRÅDEŞ,

Parades for to-day (Friday): Nil

3.-Orderly Officer: Lieut. Kennets

Orderly Sergeant: Berreant Cooper

To furnish Guard' to-night: Scouts Co.

G. E. STEWART. Capt.,

Adjutant, HK.F.C.