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-THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 1915.

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'BRITISH SOLDIERS' GRAVES CONCERT AT THE SOLDIERS

AT TSINGTAO.

Buried where they fell, some five or six miles inland from the Tsingtao Bund, just off a rough yond anfrequented save by a handful of Chinese agriculturists, he ten brave men belonging to the South Wales Borderers. Again, perhaps another ten Diles away, are two more lonely graves, and they as the others are marked only by zel rough wooden cresses whose inscrip tions are almost obliterated by the harsh northern elements which have played upon them for over a year, When our troops were drafted home, their work in the Far East for the time being weed, careful inquiry was made by the British Censul in Tengtao as to what were the wishes of the regiment in regard to their Reply was made that a fallen comrades. special fund for such purposes was at the disposal of the South Wales Borderers and to arrival in England arrangements for a ripe fitting inemorial would be

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L'hound prop however,

AND SAILORS! HOME.......

The Hall at the Soldiers' and Sailora Home, Arsenal Street, was crowded with a very enthusiastic audience last evening, when a concert, arranged by HE. the Governor, was given with the object of securing money for the Piano Fund and the Funds of the Home in general. His Excellency had gathered sine of the est talent in the Colony, and the programme was a most excellent one. Mr. R. Sutherland made one of his all tou rare appearances on the concert platform, and his clever and humorous impersonations His familiar evoked roses of laughter. favourite, English as she's spoken," was as popular as ever. His Excellency recited with much effect a powerful Irish love Phaudrig Crohoore,"

and the Borderers are still far from home. story, entitled

As everyone knows, they have suffered and in response to the demand of the very leavily in the Dardanelles and in

ALIEN ENEMIES" IN HONGKONG HOTELS..

SENSATIONAL LICENSING BOARD MEETING.

HON, Mr. REWETT SPEAKS HIS

MIND.

THE PEAK HOTEL

HON. MR. HEWETT AGAIN SPEAKS OUT,

Application for au adjunct licence at the Peak Hold was made by Mr. P. 0. Peuster.

"

The Hon. Mr. HEWETT remarked-1 do not think a man of German or Austrian nationality should be allowed to hold the licence of an hotel in this Colony.

INTIMATIONS

LANE

ORAWFORD & Co.

There were some sensational develop ments at the Licensing Board rating

Mr. Penster was then called in, and. yesterday, when the Hon. Mr. Hewes again brought up the subject of alien the Hon. Mr. Thomson asked, "What enemies and naturalised Germans and is your nationality-British, but Ger- SPALDING'S Austrians holding hotel licones in the man by birth.

Colony.

The scene commenced when the Grind Hotel licence was considered, the appi- cation being made by Mr. F. Reichmann,

The Hon. Mr. HtwETT said that the

holder of the hence was of fierman

the nationality, and he objected to application. It was very wrong indeed that two of the leading hotels in the

View of this and that there is no likelihood / audience gave some diveiting Irish yarns. Colony should be occupied by alion of provision being available for some time. The Hon. Mr. Claud Severn was responencies who had bad military training, British visitors to Tsingtao, at the instigasible for a couple of well-sung items, while tion of their Cearsal have collected a sum of money in the extent of about six hun- dred dolars in order that the apparent neglect of the oldiers' graves may be at aner remedied --N.-C; Daily News,

CHINESE IN MANCHURIA, EXCREASED GOVERNMENTAL

ACTIVITY.

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Hon. Mr. Hewer-Sines when have, you been British Four years ago, sir.

What is your age 1-3 years.

Hon Mr. THOMSON-Were you natūrali. sed in the Colony liere !—Yes, sir.

Hon. Mr. HEWETT-How long have yon lemn in the Colony i-Eleven years.

What were you before you came to the Peak Hotel --I was the","rumier fore, and worked my way up.

be

The CRALEMAN 2marked that the poliest had made a report that the applicant

Was

convicted before the Magistrate, under the Travellers' Reariction Ordi

uance, and fined as for failing to sud and he asked that a vote should be taken a proper report of a person leaving the

hotel. The person in question WAS Mr. H. E. Muriel sang breezily of "The He spoke on the same subject last year, Gennan missionary lady, who went to

it again. the vote on

Mutilela Hospital.

that Sea," and "Four Jolly Sailormen" (as and they should

the correct?" asked the Chairman, "You said મૈં in encore); end

good deal

sir," Baid Mr. England, and in all his well-trained subject last year,

to the Chairman, baritone was heard to much advantage. Hewett

** and The stirring bagpipe solos of Captain C. Campbell, of the 74th Punjabi afforded much pleasure.

Mr. PRUSTER--It is correct, sir. Hon Mr. HEWETT Supposs, | Penster, if you went longe to Germany,

SINGLE

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DOUBLE END

STRIKING

BAGS

KNUCKLE MITTS.

GLOVES.

Mr.

STRIKING BAG

SWIVELS, ETC.

I also said a good deal, and again they would never recognise your Hong. kong naturalisation; they would put you say it is absolutely wrong, with a war in the ranks and they would make you for going on; for alien chetnies to have an fight. You would have to.-First of all, Smythe was warmly recalled her sympathetic rendering of Home-hutel here one a man who is a German, I am an invalid. where a Voice is Calling," and responded and another a man who has recently taken with the ragtime "Get out and get

It is a under. Lent. and Mrs. Villiers Smythe out naturalivation collaborated in a very pretty dance and scandal, in a Colony like this, for the

Mr. Shiron, Chief. Civil Administrator of Kwantung besed Territory, in a state- nunt given. Teently to Press representa- tives, said that since the signing of the

At the close it was Take a sip.' new Chinu-Japanese treaty, the Chinese Government was putting forth great, efforts for the development of Manchuria announced that the collection had realised and Mongulia by establishing the Mining, the most satisfactory sum of $285, Land Investigation. Judicial and the Colonisation Bureaux. in addition to Colonial Bank, On the other hand, the Japanese Government has not yet under- taken any noteworthy work, hut, the Miqui and Mitsubishi firmy of Tokyo aro conducting elave investigations respecting Mr. the conditions of the two provinees.

PUPIL'S PIANOFORTE

RECITAL.

The pupils of Professor E. Danenberg will give a pianoforte recital in the old Shirani ala states that winer the with Chamber of Commerce Room to-morrow, drawal of garrienn troops from Manchurit when the following programme will be

presented : ~~ became

has

the

Chinese behaviour of Japanese reitints urrogaat.

towards very

CHINA'S LAND TAX.

THE YEAR'S PROCEEDS... The proceeds from the land tax in the provinces received by the Government for the first half of the year have aggregated $38,-149,300, an increase over the receipts of the corresponding term of last year. According to information from the Minis try of Finance, the reports from the pro vinces state that the proceeds from the Iand-tax for the latter inlf of the year will show a further increase of over one million dollars, It has been calculated that the total proceeds from the land tax for this year will be more than 90 million dollars-Peking Doily News.

papers.

Government to allow two of the leading hotels to be held by men who are alien enemies; men with military service. It is a disgrace to the Hongkong Govern ment, and please put that in the papers." When Mr. Reichmann was about to be called in the Hon. Mr. Hewett exclaimed -“I do not want to CC a German; all I say is that it is an absolute

scandal that the Hongkong Government should allow an alien enemy to hold a licence. We do not want to see him." -Mazurka, (Bormeski). Master William

Hon. Mr. TROMBON-We are sitting Mace; Phantom Melody, (V'en Biene). Miss Marie Souza; Andante, (Mozart), Miss here as an official body, and we must call Connie Martin; Song, Little Grey Home the applicant in. Every man has a in the West," (H. Lühr). Miss Camilleright to say something on the subject. Castro; Dancing with Dolly, (Zilcher). Miss

Hon. Mr. Hewerr-You can call him Angel Ormiston: Poeme Erotique, (Grieg),

Supposing you were not an invalid, and you went home, you would be in the fighting line, would you not? The circumstances, I would get five years' hard Probability is that, under the present labour.

SOLE AGENTS FOR

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BY THE BEST MANUFACTURERS,

Then you have not played the game to your own country; you have not played | WICKET KEEPING the game to the German flag.-I am under the British flag, and I have played the game to the fag hore, sir.

That has to be proved-Or disproved,

sir..

You have not played the game to your Cown national flag.

The first voting was as follow Against the licene Hon. Mr. Hewett, and Messrs. Bird and Craddock.

For the licence-Hon. Mr. Claud Severn.

Neutral Hon. Mr. Thomson and Mr. C. G. Alabaster.

Subsequently Mr. Alabaster voted against the licence, and the voting favour, 1; was Agaiusi, 4; in neutral, 1.

then

OTHER APPLICATIONS..

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE.

Mr. R. HOWARD applied for an adjunct licence for the Alexandra Cafe,

The CHAIRMAN--The police report says that you have, for days on end, heen Hon. Mr. THOMSON-You can ask his absent from the premises. Is that a fact? questions.

Miss Alda Basto; Prelude No. 17, (Chopia), in if you like, but I say again that it Lieut. Hamilton; Polonaise in C sharp. is an absolute scandal that the Ifongkong minor, (Chopin), Miss May Woo; Humores- que. Donut). Master Clon Man Chan; Government should allow two of the Song, "Il Balen" (Trovatore), (Ferdi). Mr.leading botels in the Colony to be ran F. X. Botelho; Concertstück, ('haminade), by alien enemies. Miss Elfrida Quend; Song: "Prologue from Pagliacc)," (Lecavallo). Mr. E. J. England; Nocturne, (Field), Miss Elsa Alves; Polichinelle, (Rachmaninoff), Miss Evelina Racha; Dance Creole, (Chaminade), Miss Bruna d'Almadi e Castro; Cache- Cache. Gobriel Piera), Master William Mao Song, Occhi di Fata," (Denze), Mr. E. Aquino; Concerto in minor, (a) Andante sostenuto. (b) Allegro scherzando. (c.) Presto. (Saint-Saeus), Mrs. F. T. V. Ribeiro: Song, "Because." (Gay d'Harde It is reported, says the Inpan Advertat). Miss Camille Castro; Wedding Day. tiser, that the Japanese Government has

JAPAN AND THE MON- ARCHIST QUESTION,

Hon. Mr. HewETT (emphatically)-1 don't want to have a dam German in the Colony. It is a scandal to have them here during the war, or even before the war. It is a dam scandal. I told the Governor so a few days ago, in your

The Hongkong Government. presence. ought to be ashamed of itself.

1 Howsun-I think it is a fact, for the simple reason that I have just an adjunct licence and my presence is not | altogether necessary.

Hon. Mr. H&WEFT-What are the terms) of your licence, Mr. Howard? You have an adjunct licence, and, that being so, you should live on the premises.

I am on the premises according to the terms of the licence.

But the police say you are not The CHAIRMAN-The report says that for I told days on end you are absent from the

already decided its attitude towards the (Grieg), Miss Ruby Mow Fung; II Rhap the Government so last year and I am premises

monarchist mocement in China, although it has not been made public. Bet the decision of the Government ennot be taken as final, for the Privy Counil has power to shift the policy of the Govern ment. Members of this council are reported now to be making inquiries into this ques- The tion froin various points of view. questions they are asking, it is said, are: What effect the change in the form f Government in China, if carried, would Will have on the interests of Japan? any disturbances occur in China after the hange, and what attitude will the other Powers take toward the same question?

Baron Tsuzuki, a member of the council, has visited Count Okuma, the Premier, twice, to make suggestions in regard to On tho the policy of the Government, main points, it is said. most members of the council agree with the Government authorities.

The Japanese papers are paying much attention to the question, One says that Japan will recognize the change, another say's that she will oppase it, while a third one reports that she will try to interfere with the movement. A diplomat, quoted by the Tokyo Tsushin, however, does not believe any of these steps is likely to be taken by Japan. From Japan's policy toward China hitherto, it is most unlikely. he says, that she will give recognition to the new monarchical form of Government in China immediately, because, if she does, will publicly demonstrate that she has no fixed principle in her policy to- wards China. The second or third step will not be taken, for they will only give her enemies a chance to say that she has interfered with the domestic affairs of her neighbouring country. The best Japan ean do in this question is, in his opinion, to remain silent.

sody, Bondel's Version, (Liszt), Miss Sophie Silas; Song, "The Curfew," (Gould). Mr. E. J. England.

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

FANLING RUNNING POOL, OCTOBER. Class “A” — Handicaps of 10 and

under'

Mr. A. B. Stewart Mr. G. S. Archbutt Mr. C. D. Martyn Mr. A. Ritchie

S-1-9

80 3- 86-B 91 84-82

Mr. C. Bulmer Johnson ... 59-693 Mr. R. E. MacDougall ...... 01-7 84 Class B. Handicaps of 11 and

No cards returned.

over:--

35 entries,

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

R.G.A.. HONGKONG CİNSİ

To be played on the Club Ground to- day. The team is as follows:-Garrod : Caple and Weeks; Edgeler, Lovelock, and Gillespie; Shakespear, Fisher, Young- man, Swan. and Hooper.

HONGKONG FOOTBALL LEAGUE MEETING.

A meeting of the Hongkong Football League was held at Victoria Barracks last evening; practically the whole of the Clubs in membership being represented.

delete this amendment from the rules.

We

there baking after the business.

Mr. ALABASTER-What is the reason for going to say the same this year.

your absence For the simple reason know he is a Gerinan, and we don't that everything is going on just alright, want the fellow in the Colony, He and I do not worry,

Hon. Mr. Haverr-Don't you think, should be in the prisoners camp: he as a businessman, that you should be. should have been in the camp long ago, This fellow is a big strapping chap, and if he went to Germany he would be put in the army at once,. while. because he is quite the age and could fight."

Mr. Reichmann then came before the Board, whereupon the Hon. Mr. Hewett asked-"You are a German subject, are you not?

Xo, I am a British subject. You are not a British subject.—I have applied for the papers...

I admit I should be there, hut at the came time the amount of profit on the whole thing does not make it worth my

Hon. Mr. HEWETI-Then it is not worth your while to have a licence if your pro. fits are so small that you can afford to kern away most of the day.

The CHALESIAN-The police also say that' you are not of sober habits

Well, between you and me, your worship, I never drink in the cafe, and, as far as the police reports are concerned, there is nothing to report against the Alexandra Cafe

Mr. ALABASTER-The report is against you, not against the cafe.

That is so. If I happen to go across the road and meet a couple of my friends I get a couple of drinks.

But you are a German subject at the present moment I am a Britisher, sir.

You are not.-In my mind, I am.

Hon. Mr. HeWETT-The licence is given who Legally you are a German subject?-10 a respectable person, and one

keeps himself fairly staid, and is pre- Yes, sir.

pared to look after the thing as long as the place is upen.

What is your age?—I am 35.

Then you are of fighting age. If you went home you would be jn the fighting line with your campatriots?—I should never go there, sir; I never want to go to Germany,

an absolute

Subsequently, the licence was refused

THE KING EDWARD HOTEL, Mr. F. L. Cooks made application for the licence of the King Edward Hotel,

Hon. Mr. THOMSON asked applicant the terms of his agreement.

Mr. Coca replied that from December You are a German, 35 years of age, of 1st laat he had a twelve months' engage- fine physique; what a dam, good soldierment which terminated on the 30th inst. he would make It is

At the end of this month he would have nothing to do with the hotel. scandal.

Hon. 3. HEWETT-Then the lience Hon. Mr. CLACD SEVERN (Chairman)and engagement terminate at the end of But we have got to decide about the this month 1

licence.

The Hon. Sec. etary reported that if an amendment to the League rules which was

Mr. Cooke-That is zo. From another source it is learned that adopted a year aga regarding reinstate.

The application was refused. while no official statement is available con ment of players were allowed to remain cerning Japan's attitude towards the it would enuse considerable inconvenience When the granting of the licence was The applications, as a whole, resulted

as follows:- pending question of the restoration of the and trouble to Secretaries of various finally considered, the Hon. Mr. Hewett

Granted-Hongkong Hotel, Royal! Monarchy in China, it is quite evident Clubs. He thought that the mandata remarked that he could only repeat what George Hotel, (subject to inspection re that the Government's policy, which is one had been adopted to meet a special case,

"I do not think aerection of an office separated from the of watchful waiting, will continue with and regarded it as being unnecessary in he had said before. the careful avoidance of any official ex present circumstances. It was decided to German ought to have a licence, and I bar, and question of residence), Belle shall vote against him; I move an View Hotel, Astor House, Tokyo Hotel, pression or evidence of other influence

Nomura Hotel, Stag Hotel, Harmony which might suggest Japan's unwarrant. The urgent necessity for more referees amendment that the licence he refused."

Mr. H. W. BIED We voted against it Hotel, Yoshizama Tokuhachi Hotel, a ed interference in China's political affairs was emphasised, and the following names last year, but the Government granted it new licence for a Japanese hotel at 20 and her choice of the form of Government. were suggested as possible candidates:subsequently.

The majority of Japanese business men Master-Gunner May, Sergts. Pragnell, Hon. Mr HEWETT-I don't care, I say regard the entire question with indiffer- Phillips, and Ross, R.G.A., Sergt. Bux-it is a public scandal, and the licence ence, maintaining that it is immaterial ton, A.B.C., Corpls. Youngman and should be refused. whether Yuan Shih-kai is President or Bourner, R.G.A., Corpl. Brickley, S.LI,

The voting resulted as follows: Emperor. They consider that there is no and Acting-Bombardier Harwood. Names: Against the liernes-Hon. Mr. Hewett deep-rooted devotion on the part of the previously sent in were those of Messrs. Bon, Mr. Thomson; and Messrs H. W. Chinese for any particular form of W. F. Knapton and . W. Bishop and Bird, D. W. Craddock, and C. G. E. A. Hewett, Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson. Government, while outsiders, who are Chief Stoker Caldwell, An examination Alabaster.

and Messrs. C. G. Alabaster, H. W, Bird friends of Chine, are only anxious to see of referees will be held at Victoria Bar-

the licence-Bon. Mr. Claud and D. W. Craddock, with the Secretary,

·racks on Thursday next.......... a stable adminstration established.

Mr. G. A. Woodcock,

For Severn.

Peking Road. Kowloon, and an adjunct licence for Wiseman's Cafe.

Refused-King Edward Hotel. Grand Hotel, Peak Hotel, and the Alexandra) Cafe (adjunct licence)..

The Board was composed of the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn (Chairman); Hon. Mr.

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