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EUROPEAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,

HONGKONG HARBOUR

TRAFFIC.

CONDITIONS RELAXED.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH, 1915.

GARMENTS FOR THE TROOPS.

Lady May wishes to inform the ladies: who are working for the troops at the Front that Mrs. Lau Lin Yeung has most generously sent her 100 lbs of wool:

to be made into socks and Balaclava caps, The following • Notice" was issued in a etc., and anyone who is anxious to work Gazette Extraordinary yesterday — should call at Government House on Friday, the 10th, between 11 and 12, to fetch materials.

VESSELS LEAVING THE POST.

Harbour Master's Department.. No. 16-With reference to Government Notification No. 266 of the 3rd August, 1014, the following modification of Part III. of the Public Trafie Regulations for the Port of Hongkong is published for general information

(1)-Application must be made to the Officer in charge of the Examination Service, H.M. Dockyard, through the Colonial Harbour Master at the Harbour Office, (E)-Masters must state when applying whether they wish to leave by day or night. (3.)-Application must be made between

the hours of 9 a.m. and 4.40 p.m. (4.)-Instructions ns to what signal will pass the vessel through the defenes will be given to the Master together. with a written pass signed by the Officer in charge of the Examination Bervice. Without this pass no vessel is to attempt to kave, (5) Vessels must leave during the period

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the members of the European Young Men's Christian Association was held at the Association's | rooms, Hongkong, last evening, the Rev. O. H. Hickling presiding in the absence of the President and Vice President.

The eleventh annual report stated that the past year had been an eventful one for the Association. Prosperity and adversity had been experienced in turn, so that its position at the close of the year might be

Until further notice Merchant Vessels regarded as highly satisfactory, inasmuch will be permitted to leave the port at any as, although now occupying smaller pre-time by day or night under the following mises, it was free from debt, and the mem-conditions:- bership, though reduced in size, was u healthy one. The first five months of the year were marked by development and success, unparalleled in its history, in every department. In June we met our Erst misfortune by the departure of our Secretary, Mr. F. G. White, who had so ably directed our policy for a period of two years and who was compelled to resign through ill-health. The same month, in consequence of illness amongst the mem- bars and staff cocupying the residential Booms, these and the Mess were somewhat abruptly closed, and, at a subsequent members' meeting, it was decided to dis ponse with this branch until more suitablo quarters wore obtainable. This decision was arrived at on the best advice and after ample deliberation, and the result was to deprive the Association of a very largo portion of its revenue so that future operations became a matter for serious con- sideration. For this purpose a further members' meeting was held at which it was resolved to carry on the Association in the five general rooms at Alexandra Building, and to invite subscriptions.from: the trembers to incet the then estimated deficiency for the remainder of the year. Subscriptions to the value of $358.90 were eventually received on this account. With the outbreak of war the outlook changed again, and it was deemed advisable, in common with others, to conserve qur finances as much as possible. We accord- ingly moved into our present premises, and, as will be seen from the balance wheet, succeeded in achieving our object. Our new premises are a little limited for room, but have given general satisfaction and are made good use of by the members. Early in the year the Library was thoroughly overhauled and put in order.. At the same time considerable additions-

were made,

The balance-sheet showed that the year was started with cash in hand of $150, but there was a debit balance at the Hank of $218. The principal items of income were members' Les, 23,203.60, and dona tions, $1,485.42. There remained at the end of 1914 a credit balance of $86.89. Under the heading Special Account the principal sources of income were the pro- ceeds ut a concert, $837:75, and the pro- eeeds of the Halo of furniture, etc., $1,060.83. On this account there was a credit balance of $1,559,60,

The CHAIRMAN said it would be seen that the Association had passed through a critical time, both in the matter of mem bership and finance, as a consequence of the trouble in the old quarters and of ho outbreak of the war. The necessity of choosing less expensive quarters, and of curtailing some of the various forms of activities, had severely crippled the Association, and a very considerable effort had been rendered necessary to keep things going. Thanks were due to Mr. Fuller for undertaking an immense amount of detail- ed work, in connection with finance especially, and but for his good offices he personally believed the Association would have gone ander. Then there was the difficulty of gathering in the donations. An impression got abroad that the Asso- ciation was expiring, and people did not

care to contribute funds to an Association which was practically defunes, but Mr. Pollock undertook the very arduous task, and he had succoeded in a way that sur prised everybody. To the two gentlemen whom he had named they were under a gran obligation. (Applause.)

On the motion of Mr. C. C. HIKLING, seconded by Mr. A. J MACRTE, the report and accounts as presented were passed.

On the motion of Mr. G. Piercy, H.E. the Governor was unanimously re-elected President, and the Hou Me H E. Pollock, K.C., was also re-elected Vice- President.

Mr. A. S. KEMPTHORNE TOSO to a point. of order, and said that the President and Vice President were elected by the Board of Directors.

of official day or official night for which the pass was issued. otherwise a fresh pass must be secured. (G)-Vessels wishing to leave by night

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COUNT OKUMA ON AN

ARMED PRACE,

MILITARISM A NECESSITY.

In the February number of the Shin Nippon, Count Okuma has an article on diplomacy, in which he endeavours to show that diplomacy to be really effective must be backed up by force,

In the present condition of international political morality, says Count Okuma, it must not be supposed that the claims of

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LANE,

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JUST ARRIVED:

AND BROTHS.

The following letter has been received answer to a box containing 182 woollen and flannel garments made by the country, however right and reasonable,

will always be acquiesced in by the other PURVEYORS women of Hongkong, which was taken party. Diplomacy, to be really effective home by Mra Grant, wife of the Cap-and successful, must be backed up by tain of H.M.S. Lampshire, for her sufficient rational strength. Instances in support of this contention may be found husband's men :----

in modern,Japanese history. An incident H.M.S, HAMPSHIRE that took place in 1861-shows how helpless - February 6th, 1915, was Japanese diplomacy at the time. In DEAR LADY ALAY,I have just heard from 1880 Russian warship arrived my wife that abio is bringing homo a large Tsushima, and asked for the lease of a FRANCO-AMERICAN collection of warm clothing which you have portion of the coast there, for no other

SOUPS collected for my man. I cannot say how reason than that the Russians wanted it. grateful we all are for your kindness, and 1 The Japanese authorities refused the am sure they will all appreciate it more demand. In March of the following year EDGAR'S than anything, coming as it does from Hong- the Russian warship returned to Tsushima kong. With an good wishes and sgain and landed men on Imotaki-ura, felled heartinat thanks from the Hampshire to all timber, and built a shed, and after doing who helped.Yours sincerely,

HW. GLAST.

this, the Captain of the warship asked the Lord of Tsushima for the lease of the place he had occupied. The Japanese refused the demand. but the Russians failed to depart. The Daimyo reported the matter to the Bakutu Government, which dis- LIBBY'S patched two officials to Tsushima and demanded that the Russians uit the place. The Russians, however, turned a deaf ear to the JapaneseTM remonstrances. Bakufu thereupon referred the matter to the British Minister, Sir Rutherford Alcock, and asked for his advice. Sir Rutherford at once visited the Russian

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

COMIPA ORDERS BY LIEUT.-COL, A. CHAPMAN, V.D.

JOINED.

The undermentioned have joined the Corps, are all Corps numbers and posted as followe

H

No. 70-Pte. A. David to Scouts Co. No. 1777-Pte. T. O. Wilkin to Left Sec

tion M.G. Co.

LEAVE.

must provide themselves with two red and two white lights. (7.)-Should the Senior Naval Officer con- The undermentioned are granted leave of

sider it advisable to close the portabsence as follows:-. to outgoing craft by night, three red lights hoisted at Blackhead Hill will indicate Eastern Entrance. closed, three red lights at Harbour office Western Entrance closed.

By day three red balls will be hoisted as previously notified. (8)-A limited number of monthly passes permitting launches and pleasure oraft to leave the harbour will in future he issued. They may be obtained under the same conditions as at present, ri., from the Officer in charge of the Examination Service through the Colonial Harbour Master with the permission of the Provost Marshal. These pazses wil! be renewable on the first of "each month.

Special arrangements will be made in the case of yacht races on application to the Officer in charge of the Examination Service, BASIL TAYLOR, Commander, R.N.,

Harbour Master, etc.

17th March, 1915.

CHINESE SOLDIERS IN TSINGTAO.

Pte. R. H. Whittall from 17th March to

17th May, 191.2 Supper W. G. Clark from 1st April to 1st

December, 1915.

WEEKLY NEPORIS.

O.Cs. are reminded that the weekly stato is required at the Orderly Room not later than 6 p.m. to-day.

PARADOS.

Parades for to-day (Thursday:—

O p.m. Signalling section-Musketry Instruction on Kennedy Road Range. Corp. Grimes, R.E.. will attend.

5.15 p.m.-No. 2 Section Artillery-10 pdr. drill at Headquarters Right Section M.G. Co., Centre Section M.G. Co. and Civil Servico Company. Aiming drill and Musketry Exorcises, under Company Com manders, on Cricket ground. Remainder, Mil.

On duty at Volunteer Headquarters and Mount Austin Barracks --H.K.V.H...., S

G. E. STEWART, Capt.

Adjutant, H.K.V.C.

VOLUNTEER RESERVES,

"ONDERS HE MAJOR WAKEMAN, Q.C., H‚KY.E,

PARADES.

A, B and C Companies (with the execption of the members detailed for Musketry) will The Japanese military authorities at parade on the Cricket ground at 3.30a.m. Tsingtao have had the lata Civil Administraining. This parades will only be compul on Sunday, March 21st, for a half-day's field trator in Tsingtao under examination, sory for members who have not done field. and have discovered, alleges the Hochi, firing either during the Stonecutters Camp that during the siege of Tsingtao he or on the 7th inst, Dress: Marching order but enrolled a number of Chinese as soldiers, without waterbottles or haversacks Recruit These auxiliaries were stripped of their drills will be held on the Cricket ground at military uniform just before the capitula 5.15 p.. to-day, to-morrow and on Monday, tion of the fortress, and so escaped being March 22nd. Parades for the Sections on taken prisoners, Other complaints are duty as ordered by the D.Cs. Guards. mado against the late Civil Administrator regarding the disposal of Government The Sections on duty will he refiered by property and other matters. He is to be the HK.V.C. at 7 a.m. on Saturday, March taken to Japan upon the conclusion of the 20th. examination,

The decision of the Japanese authorities in regard to his treatment-whether he should he treated as a prisoner of war, as a spy, or an ordinary criminal suspect still remains unsettled, but for the time being he will be interned at a depot as a prisoner of war.

ENGLISH BARRED.

GERMAN ORDERS TO CHINESE SHOPKEEPERS.

The Daily Mail correspondent in Tien- tsin, Rays

Anglophobia has reached its zenith hero. and the authorities of the German Conces sion have ordered the Chinese shopkeepers to obliterato their English signs from their shop fronts, failing which they will be called upon to pay a tax of three dollars a month."

This, of course, must apply only to the German concession.

JAVA EDITOR SENT TO PRISON.

· MAIN AND PEAK GUANDS.

MCKETHY.

The following members are ordered to attend at the King's Park Range punctually either at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, March 20th, or 9.30 s. on Sunday, March 21st, for the purpose of firing the Standard Test (Recruits

course),

A. Q. Lang, H. Hancock. A. C. Little, E. A. Ram. J. O. Shepherd. J. M. Gordon.. E. H. Summers. " H. Tobias, J. E. Joseph, V. B. A. Moore, F. T. Chapple. J. E. Raymond. F. B. J. Bowley.. C. G. Alabaster. W. Davison.. WH. Ford.

P. Oliver.

J. J. Stabbias. J. Waldron. C. E. Howell, H. Macfarlane.

8. Gray. S. G. Newall-

W. M. Johnston. C. C. Hickling. R. Intes

H. E. Goldsmith. W. Weatherspoon. J. McCubbin.

E. Howard.

R Mitchell.

FROMOTION. Pio G. H. M. Bannerman to be Corporal. POSTING. Corpl. Bannerman to Co. C. Section 4.

BLANE AMMUNITION

When using blank ammunition single load. ing only must he practiced. It is dangerous to change and load from the magazino.

W. L. CARTER, Capt.,

Adjutant, H.KV.R.

SPECIAL POLICE.

GENERAL ORDER (No, 3).

The following appointments are made

A Lammert to be Sergeant (to-date

MARROWFAT PEAS.

CHIVERS

FRUITS IN TINS AND BOTTLES.

TINNED

The DEL MONTE

MEATS.

FRUITS AND ASPARAGUS.

VEGETABLES AND SALMON.

Minister at Tedo in reference to the CALIFORNIAN matter, but failed to obtain a satisfactory reply from him. Thereupon the British Minister, in conjunction with the French and American representatives, obtained a plodge from the Japanese authorities that Teushima would not be lenged to any foreign country. Fortunately a British squadron arrived in Japan at the time,

and the Russians, thinking discretion the better part of valour, weighed anchor and departed from the place of their tem

orary sojourn at Tsushima. It was explained by the Russian Minister that the Captain of the warship was responsible for what had been done, and that tis Russian Government was in no way con- cerued in the matter. Japan had no other alternative but to accost the Minister's explanation as it was offered.

In those days, continues Count Okuma, Japan had no sufficient force to back up her diplomacy, and was practically at the mercy of any Power which chose to prefer a demand on her. With reference to the episode above related, the conflicting interest between Great Britain and Russia saved Japan from consequences of portentous dimensions which the incident might otherwise have assumed, including the possible occupation of Tsushima by Russia for evor. Another instance of the helpless nature of Japanese diplomacy in the early years of Meiji may be observed in Japan's agreement to give up to Russia the Kurile. This question had been pending between Japan and Russia since to close the bargain in the fashion stated. 1953, and in 1875 Japan was finally forced

Saghalien and the Kariles belonged to Japan, and, if she had been strong enough to resist Russia, she would never have yielded to Muscovite pressure and cedza Saghalice. As it was, the Japanese Government acted wisely, as a foolhardy resistance to the Russian demand at the time might have brought disaster on Гарад.

CRESCA

OLIVES, OIL AND SAVOURIES.

PHILLIPPE & CANAUD'S

SARDINES

IN OIL.

We are now receiving our Regular Shipments of Stores from England, France and America.

ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. FREE DELIVERIES TO PEAK TWICE, and Kowloon once DAILY. ORDERS OF $50 FREIGHT FREE TO ALL COAST PORTS.

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Count Okuma comes to the conclusion that the history of Japanese diplomacy throughout the greater part of the Melji era was a series of helpless disgraceful humiliations, which left an indelible impression on the minds of the Japanese that their country's diplomacy, to be respected and effective must be backed up by powerful force. International com- pacts are based on a similar principal. Unless Japan had been provided with sufficient force, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance would never have become a reality. It is only ten or fifteen years since Japanese diplomacy began to carry weight with foreign countries, and it. began from the time that Western Powers commenced to recognise Japan's military strength.

MARIE CORELLI ON THE KAISER.

In a powerful and sperited article Marle Corelli pillories the Kaiser with relentless but unerring accuracy. There can be nothing more terrible, more lonely, or more accursed in all the realm of fact or fiction than the figure of the Kaiser-this miserable man who is responsible for shrouding his Fatherland" in the black veil of mourning, and for drowning its peace and progress in a flood of widows and orphans tears Mentally unbalanced, physically inefficient, and morally lacking as one pursued by the Furies in an armoured cage, and surrounded by guards on earth and in air, lest by chance his Gott" should kill him, he moves one to amazement and pity, for the whirlwind has him in its centre twirling him roun

Mr. Van Geuns, the editor-in-chief of the Sourabaya Hendrisblad, has been sentenced by the Sourabaya Court of The CHAIRMAN said this was correct. Justice to three months' imprisonment for He was sure, however, that it would violating the neutrality of Netherlands from Ist inst.). be a source of gratification to His Tadis by publishing particulars of the F. C. Mow Fung to be Sergeant (to-date and round like a veritable monniken of Excellency and Mr. Pollock that they had

Emden's movements at Sabang The from 11th. been elected unanimously by the members. defence was that there was க cargo The Committee of Management were re-steamer of the same name at Sabang at appointed. The members are as follow: the same time as the warship. The Java Rev. CH. Hickling, Messrs. A. S. Kemp- Press is indignant at the severity of the thorne, W. T. Harbord, B. Ixer, E. R. sentence Dovey, and T. Fuller...

It was unanimously decided to recom- mend the Board of Directors to appoint Mr. H. Sykes as Librarian, and the CHAIRMAN paid a warm tribute to Mr. Sykes' work for the Library

The CRAINIAN said the Association should be heartily congratulated on emere- ing from a period than which none could be more trying and severe, and said, that they could look with all hope to the future,

TIN OUTPUTS.

The output of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd, from all sources for month of February is piculs 2,179.

The cutput of the Rahman Tin Co., Ltd, during the month of February was 605 piculs (322.41 piculs mill, and $13,47 piculs tribates).

sport for the dread gods of destiny. The Kaiser's voice is heard above the din of battle, shouting, To England! England The fondness of our soldiers for kicking the for! My mother's land, which I hate about a football whenever they have would that every drop of British blood in spare moment has often been noted. The my veins might be drained out of me!" men of a supply ammunition column halt Well, why not? A calf has been ble-l ed by the roadside generally amuse them before now, and not a drop of its mother's. selves in this way, and the troops in se blood has been left in the carcase-Extract serve close to the fighting line sometimes from the Whirlwind of War in T.P's. while away the time in this manner even Journal of Great Deeds of the Great when under fire. Our Allies occasionally War" join in the game with great zest, and is not an uncommon sight to see a crowd

of French and British soldiers struggling The Barber Line str. St. Egbert left Manila on Tuesday and is therefore ex- madly round two sticks representing a goal not so very far from the fring line.pected to arrive here on the 10th inst.

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