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-TEM HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER PUTH, 1915.

VISITORS AT HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL:

Mr A. Adler Mr Geo, E. Anderson Mr & Mrs F. X 4

Alemads e Castro Mierà Almada o Castro Master d Almade e

Castro

MrJ H. Back honte Mr J. z. Baring Mr R. Murray taln Mr R. K. Bitchelor Mr H. E. Boli ios Mrs E. B Beilltoe Mr C. D. J. Bell

ER. B. Jepson Mr E. M. Jesoph Mr E. F, Johnson Mr.). Jaurumi Mr A. M. Kirby Mr, auritson Mr G. T. Lloyd MrS Longfield Mr&Mrs W. Manninag Dr & Mrs O. Marriott Mr G. Mor Mr S. M. Mayes

Air D. Mo Murray Dr. M. McKein

Mr Men E. Lernheimar J, Mere ki

and child

Mr G. O Boumes

Mr W E. Bowermin

Mr B. K. Mehta

Mis M. do Manézis

Mr H. Molden

Capt H. E. Horton

Mr Win, Moore.

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WEATHER REPORT.

On the 19th at 11.15 am The northor depression bas moved to the vicinity of Hakodate, and pressure his consequently decreased sharply over N. Japan. Siight de- oreases bave occurred over the Philippines, and Ап slight to moderate foorcases elsewhere. anti-syclone is forming over Mongolia, and an ares of relatively low premure covers Andam. the Chion Sea and the Philippines.

Moderats to fresh easterly winds and anaattled weather will prevail over the north part of the China Sea.

Hongkong rainfall for the 25 bears ending a 10 am to-day, 3.86 innber.

The forecast for the 24 Your ending at moor to-day in as follows

DISTRIOS.

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DICTIONARY.

England, was apparently at one time a Rugby term. The Dictionary finds it for the first time in Tom Brown's School- Professor Ernest Wookley writes in the days (1857), and it is no doubt, owing Daily News: This acetion of the Ox-to the popularity of that glorious book that it has now become recognised as ford Dictionary was so have concluded an important part of the vocabulary of

every properly-constituted school.""

A

JAVA DURING THE WAR.

TIPPERARY ATMOSPHERE.

It has been said that a man should give his impressions of a foreign country only after he has been there for twenty-four, but the long and serious illness off hours twenty-four years, A stay of Sir Jaines Murray has made it mesos- few months serves only to confuse the visi-sury to call a halt, and leave the rest of thu letter for the next section, which lor; while residence enduring through will take the Dictionary well into U several decades tends to blunt his memories Like all its predecessors, the instalment of his own land. Books descriptive of foreign nations have been written by those now before us is a wonderland alike for

the philologist and the general reader who have travelled through the country at And, to begin with, how many people express speed, and some of these works know what atrink' 10 or, rather, "Before coming over here you asked me have been extraordinarily interestingas was? It was a kind of fixed shing to let you have what information. I could tours de force. The way of all others to net, formerly used on the Thames, and get an insight into the mind of a country from the 14th century onward frequently gather re the real feeling of Dutchmen in is, of course, to study its Press, and, when mentioned in legislativo onactments. In Java about the war," writes a correspond- possible, the correspondence of its inhabit fact, it has always seemed to me that ent of the Singapore Free Press:

when the City Fathers had nothing else

My first intimation began on board the It may be postulated that every and has to do, they filled up the time with by the Press it deserves, and, if this theory laws or petitions to the Crown. ament Rumphins when I was kept awake half be accurate and there are few who will the use, or misuse, of kiddles, trinks, the afternoon by a fellow (Dutch) passen venture to deny it-this is the most severe weirs, and other waterside engines conger playing " Tipperary" and "God save

Marseillaiso charge which can be brought against Gereed with fishing. Apparently nobody the King with the METEOROLOGIUAL.||many, I well remember when I was at took any particular notice, As for the chucked in now and then as a variation school in Frankfort-on-the-Main, a quarter origin of the word, the Dictionary men- Nobody else was in the music and

tions Italian and Spanish trine Kot a century ago, being much amused to rope, cable, etc., but considers that there video pinying for his own edification-certainly 00% mine. In hear that the most important newspaper is no evidence for such a connection: published in that city had on its staff a The next word, trinket, is also an most of his spare time whistling Tipper

Batavis the hotel hoy (Javanese) upang e prison-editor "that is to say, a gentle- |colved problem, though various conjec man nominally responsible for its conduct,tures are mentioned. Also, there are ary.". Apparently the band at the Cinema who, when the paper was found guilty of three other trinkets, not, think, did not know any other tune. I caught the contumacy in any direction, served the familiar to most readers, and meaning Eurasian ticket inspecter hunting the

small

drinking-cup old thing in the refreshment car on the awarded term of imprisonment. This was respectively an admirable arrangement, since it did (Chesh. and Lane), some kind of for way to Bandoing, and then to cap every nat deprive the journal of the services of sail, and a narrow channel or water-thing, ou my arrival at this hotel, about seven small Dutch kiddies were yelling it an effective member of the editorial staff course.

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Since I have been in Java I have spoken with a large number of Dutch people of various classes. Government officials (1 have met three or four heads of depart- meats) make no secret (in private) of their pro-ally sympathies. Planters and merchants appear to be all strongly on our side, and I have not yet come across ang important newspaper here whose leading articles (when dealing with the war) were not also on the side of Right v. Might I sonrched the leading bookshops to see what Dutch caricatures (a fairly good test) had been published on the sub-

THE GERMAN CENSORSHIP, The "prison-editor" in Germany was "The most important word in the sec the counterpart of the fighting editor," ion is turn,' of which the simple vorb who, it is alleged, was always kept on the has 47 main senses and 56 sub-senses, premises of the gutter-rags of the sixties not including the many special phrases to interview truculent visitors who came in which it is connected with an adverb with the intention of protesting with vio or preposition. This is one of our very lence against the attacks made on thera in earliest loanwords, and its origin, from The prison Greeks through Latin presents no diffi- (the columns of the paper, editor waga necessity in Germany, for culty Not so with try, which aled nowspaper prosecutions were rife in the occupies a considerable space. Its oldest preserved by French land, and almost any article could be gou-meaning, still

trier, is that of sifting, or sorting, and strued into Majestätsbeleidigung,"

easily be this fundamental idea can Téne-majesté. The spy was everywhere-traced throughout its sense develop From Hamburg to Stuttgart, from Metz ments. Even ou late as 1804 a ry to Posen, people went in fear and trembl-was, in Herefordshire, a wire sareejects of the war, and I send you herewith ing of him. At a dinner-table in a Ger- for cleansing wheat from the chaff all I could find. In fact the only pro man household. I have heard on elderly The trying out of blubber by whalers German I have yet come across is the Englishwoman who was speaking quite still preserves the oldest sense. As to badly wanted Mr. X. I have been told harmlessly of the Kaiser begged by her its etymology, al vory natural conjecture the whole story of his escape and subse- hostess to be silent because any of the ser- is a volgar Lacin britare for_' terore," vants might report and, in so doing, dis-but this is precluded by the Provencal quent advertures-but not by him. Dutch- men are complaining that the war is cost- form. tort-the conversation.

ing them nearly as much per head as it does any of the belligerents; they say their through traffic business with the Contin- ent is practically stopped and they are A remarkable case of change of feeling kept fully mobilised. is illustrated in the proprietor of this This gentleman is a excellent little hotel. pure Transvaaler and was wounded seven times by British troops in the late Boer (I have been the scars.) He still has a British bullet in his neck which pains him when it is going to rain and thus makes an excellent barometer. It was his father, who was the commandant, who cap tured Lord Methuen. He was afterwards killed by a bursting shell, He is one of

In this country since the war broke out "From the point of view uf etymologs, I have heard English journalists complain this section of the Dictionary, which is of the restrictions imposed by the Press of course not an etymological dictionary, It contains Censor, and this not merely in the privacy is rather disappointing. of their offices, but their clabs and even in many well-known problems, but few new the streets.

solutions, though the ample material it In Germany, even to criticise provides will make the path of the the Prese Censor would be treated as n serious offence, The dignity of the Goy future etymologist much easier. Among ernment is in Germany upheld with all the words on whose origin we regret to find no new light are tripe, tryst, tup force of law. The Press itself is little moil. The first is, of course," from Old wor more than an appanage of the State, It Freuch, but is ulterior history has never receives its instructions from that Depart been cleared up. The use of the same ment of the Government charged with its word to denote, in Tudor and Stuart control, and woe be to it if it oversteps by times, a coarse woollen imitation of the least litt hit the limits within which velvet, will be readily understood by any it is ordered to confing itself. The un- one who has studied the appearance of instructed reader can learn nothing from the wares displayed in the window of the most perfervid Gorman haters it would

WHAT GERMANS BELIEVE.

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I believe one of tho

He

flourished on a plentiful supply of fresh milk, eggs, vegetables, etc.

the German Press; he must know the tripe shop.. Tryst, earlier found also

Two of his brothers bave standing of each paper, and learn to as rist or tristre, is a poetic word be possible to find. The feeling is quite.

which has long been an otymological genuino too. A our "spot" the "inspired" articles. gestion in a journal that all is not well with puzzle. It is known to he Old French been through the S. W. Africa campaign Germany results in the suspension of the and to have originally meant ap ap- with Botha and are now going to fight

pointed station in hunting. The existenas for us in Europe, paper or, at best, the fining or imprison of Peter atte Treste, whom I find living reasons for this change of feeling on the ment of the editor and the writer of the

in Bucks in 1273 (Hundred Rolls) sug part of a large number of Boors is due to offending article.

gests the possibility that the Old French the refusal of the German Emperor to re- Triste was of the nature of a light build-ceive the Boer delegates who went to A study of the German newspapers is a ing or hunting lodge. Turmoil, prob- Europe during our little trouble with ably first used as a verb, to egitate, them. After the reception of the Kaiser's delight to any one gifted with a sense of harass, etc., first appears in the 16th celebrated telegram they didn't expect humour. First we read that the German

The Dictionary mentions pre such treatment.. century,

My friend has now army was to be in Paris in six weeks-forma Skinner's derivation from Old settled down in this delightful spot. when that attempt failed, were explana French tremouille, the hopper of a has bought this totel and runs a form in tions of the failure attempted? Not at roll, but this etymology can hardly be conection with it. Consequently we all; the fact that the prophecy had not taken seriously. been fulfilled was simply ignored. Then

"ТВІРОВ." we read that the German armies would be

I'm not being paid for this "puff," but ***Among words with particularly in possession of Warsaw before Christmas.

noted it is only doing Singapore people a kind- fascinating history The German armies did not enter that city

may. bo truckle, 'tripos,

truce,'

ness to let them know of this place 4,000 truck, before Christmas, and to this second falsi-

tulip, and turkey.

The tripoe feet above sea level and only half on hour fed prophecy there was no further refer-.

Temperature bachelor of arts ap. by car from Bandoeng. Within was originally a once,

There It was buried in silence, the last few days the Hamburger Nach pointed to dispute, in a humorous ar last night was down to 15 deg. F. richten has stated that the blockatle of satirical style, with the candidates for is plenty to do here, the volcane of Ten- socalled from the three koeban Prahoe is about two hours away degrees. England by submarines is an accomplished legged stool on which he sat.' In this and pretty walks abong. The food is fact, and that our counter-blockade of Ger- sense we first and the word in Penys. A good and so is the whisky, but 1 recom- many has been entirely barren of success-truckle-bed goes back ultimately to mend smokers to bring their own Reina It is a commonplace of German journalism Greco-Latintrochlea, the sheaf of a Victoria's. This is perhaps as much us that Great Britain is on her last legs; that pulley. Originally used of Smell the patience of yourself and your readers starration is rampant in the land, that the grooved wheel, it was later applied to will stand, fin Zeppelin raids have caused such terrible the rollers by mess of which a small bod havoc that men and women stalk about in could when not in use be pushed under Hence the terror of the next visit of the airships; a large standing' bed.

Truco is that our trade is all but ruined--but it is phrase to truckle under."

bodice, chess, quince etc.. not necesary to narrate the whole tale of like our misfortunes oe seen through German originally a plural, from an Old French The Kitchener Army, we read, a word (now trève) ultimately related true. And, by the way, the myth; in numerical strength, at least, it is Dictionary rather upsets the generally contemptible, while it is not, and never accopted identification of * Trousers, ean be, equipped. On the other band earlier trouse, with French trousse, Germany, we are told, is successful every; used of a page's knickerbockers. The

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THEIR COLOUR."

Fair play is a jewel, but in England,

where and in everything; its financial sense-development of trunk is curious according to the Cologne Volkszeitung, liko

used

The time-honoured with about English "fair play" has been destroyed for ever by the immensity of England's crime. The destruction of false mythe is always a profitable process, and it is good ta. tear down attractive masks tha. hide the hideous features beneath.

position is unassailable; it has reduced

some of its meanings having become fused those fabled gems which lose their colour France to impotance, and the pitiable Rus with those of trump, as, for instance, when they deck the broaste of the false and sinn Army is fleeing before the magnificent in the trunk of an elephant, French German hordes, There is, of course, 4

trompe. In the sense of box or chest frail, its lustre has been dimmed by "the remblance of truth in this. The issue of we go back to the ancient carpenter who gross iniquities of the island poople"; paper mong makes currency-iu Ger constructed such a receptacle out of many easy for the moment; France and hollowed tree trunk The word is England are marking time; and Germany in many compounds and phrases, but the has now advanced into Russia far beyond dictionary does not appear to have con- Warsaw. Indeed, there are only the ever sidered the now established trunk mur

Tulip' recurring casualty lists to remind the der nation of the price which it is paying for what it has so far achieved. Of the true facts of the situation there is no hint in an occa. any German newspaper, save. sionnt allusion to the fact that if Ger mony's financial position is not to good as it might be, all will be well when the enemy foots, the war bill of the Central Empire.

Mrs. Allen, of Thomas-street, Bath, Te cently celebrated her 101st birthday. De spite her grot age, she follows the war closely, and so enthusiastic is she in Bri tain's cause that she has tied her hair with red, white, and blue ribbon, declaring that 267-1 she will wear it in this style until England

has vanquished her enemies,

as worthy of inclusion. is the same word as turhan, the flower having been named from its likeness to an inverted fez. It was earlier called a Turk's cap, and in Cotgrave we find delicate flower called a tulipie or Dalma Old French tulipan glossed as the lian cap. We find a reasonable explana tion of the name turkey applied to a bird which is a native of America. It appears that still earlier the name was used of the guinea fowl, an African bird, which was probably introduced into Europe by the Turks. Early travellers applied it to the American bird in the casual way that early travellers had

"It is always interesting to note the word, first literary occurrence of a

Trouhee is now rather crude, but, ac cording to the Bible translation of 1551,

the Lord trouted Sisara and all his

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The fox-hunting of the aristocracy is and an a symbol of England's war, example of that which England under- stands as "fair play."

An immense troop of wild dogs and galloping horses is let loose on wretched, defenceless fox. The poor beast is chased amid the agonies of death along England's lovely hills and dales, until it is pinned down and torn to pieces,

In Germany England would fain sec the fox personified, and her helpers are the blood-thirsty huoting dogs and the furious steeds, but the German fox will be found somewhat too cunning for the English huntamen.