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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 157A, 1916.

CHANGING CHINA,

THE WEST IN THE EAST,

At a recent gathering of the Central Asian Society at 22, Albemarle-street, Loudon, Mrs. A. S. Hoc lectured on The Changing Conditions in China,” deserib ing the changes which she observed in the social matters and customs after the Revolution of 1911. Sir Thos. Holdick presided.

CHINESE NEWS.

GENERAL TSAI AO.

Szechuan is now rapidly settling down to normal Government, General Tsai ào.

the Tu Chu appointed by the Govern- ment, entered Chengtu on July 29th General Lia Tsun-hom, an old protege of Genorai Tsui Aó who took possession of

**THE ACTING SUB.

A NAVAL STUDY.

**TAFFRAIL"]

He was a very junior young offer

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GERMANY AND THE GREAT FUTURE OF CHINA.

A COLONIAL PROGRAMME.

The executive of the German Colonial Society, which has heen to the lost. Ger- man colonies what the German Navy League is to the German Navy, has solemnly propounded a set colonial pro- gramme in 10 paragraphs.

indeed when the powers that be first gladdened his heart and ruined his clothes by sending him to a destroyer. A

sub-lieutenant with (eting) Mrs. Roe said that when she paid her Chengta when General Chow Chun left after his nanig, which, as any proper first visit, to, China, ii 1907, she found the city to fight the Yunnanese who were sub will tell you, is a sign extreme

The programme insists apon Germane few outward and visible signs of the then advancing on the capital of Sze-juniority. Moreover, the single gold colonial activity as essential popularly, changes which were supposed to have chuan, seems to have thrown in his lot stripe on his monkey jacket was till pulitically, economically, and ethically" take place. But when she paid her with the new Tu Chan without reserve, suspiciously new and terribly untarnish says that the German colonies of the second visit at the beginning of 1912 she The troops under General Chow Chan jrd, found that certain vulnerable parts of have sen either dispersed by the Yunnan

Not so very long before he had been ano: demands the maintenance for

future must be capable of effective de the country were simply full of changes troops or disarmed and disbanded. The

snotty (midshipman) in a battleship, colonial purposes of a sufficiently of one kind and another social, intellec

a mere dog's body, who had to obey strong navy", declares that, in adition tual, and comercial. Dr. Sau Yat-sen defeated Chow Chun is said to be at

the orders of almost every officer in the to the navy, Germany must acquire an was, at the time, installed in Nanking as Chintangsian with some of his men.

ship, except these few who happened to adequate number of naval, coating, cable, the first provisional President of the fe-

be Junior to him. It is true that he and wireless stations which cane forti pubite. and You Shilkai was playing

exercised his authority and severe disfied as required" and says that such his cards in Peking with such skill that

cipline on those widshipmen Who had the bases, if they do not consist of islands, he speedily won the game As to the

misfortune to be a year or so younger people in general, they were divided into.

During the course of the last few weeks,

than himself, and that he expressed a

must have, an appropriately large two classes-those who did not know that Japanese papers have repeatedly reported hardly contempt for the sasistant clerk colonial Hinterloud."

conclusion of anything had happened, and those who the

$1,000,000 UT

But he lived in the gun-room, slept in a

It is laid down that Germany must in- expected the new Republie to be the be- $30,000,000 lua from Messra, Ꭻ .

hammock, kept all his worldly possessions crease her colen al possessions without ginning of a golders age in China. Need-Morgan đ Co. and Lee, Higgins in a sex-chest, and bathed and dressed in cowardly timidity," because “such less to say, their dreams of Utopia had & Co. of Amerien; ple. suffered a severe shock. Sour of the new stand says the Peking Daily News) young gentlemen.

We under the company of fifteen other boisterous favourable opportunity cannot be expet- ind to offer itself again at an early date." officials who had studied in Japan or that all those Amerien sa delightful appormities for foundation and that though China is in and his pickes hot to run in barbour, the ost obvious field for, German Then he had his watches to keep it seus thon declared that, whi Afrient is putting their new theories of goverment urgent need of money for the reconstrue while his spare time was fully employed colorful activity, “the great future dif into pracier. bus men of the pet school tion of the entry after this disastrous in mastering the subtleties of gunnery, China requires the maintenance and ne- found the sham foreigners,” as they internal strife, there is no formal nego torpedo work, and electricity, and inquisition of bases in the sphere of the In- were called, far more ressive than the Listion sither with Japan or the U.S.A.

rubbing

ALLEGED AMERICAN LOAN.

reports

Sure

without

officials of other days. But to dowend 10 for a loun. Ju fact, unless piace and ledge 27" his rapidly dwindling know dian and Pacific Oceans." the lesser-changes: China, although order are perfectly restored in China, Foundation of European and there is no hope for any foreign loan.

had Failed assimilate the

REQUITAL OF SERVICE.

eginering and e and g 1 was well that he did so, for at some distauf period when the war ceased he would have to pass certain stringent examina tions before he could be confirmed in the rank of lieutenant.

Germany's first concern will be to retain Finally, after the elprvation that the Colonies which she possed before the war, the Colonial Society lays down rules for the selection of new colonies.'

First, Germany should acquire now laně. for settlement. Secondly, for military

So on the whole he had been kept fairly With a view to requíting the services busy, more particularly as watch-keeping rendered by the “Wei den " or Great the guns with the ship at sea, in all purposes, Germany should acquire bases und seize such colonies as are capable Meu. the Government has decided to weathers in war time was not all jam. Yu-wei, Liang Chi-chao, for the little ship spent for more time at coloured troops. Thirdly, the colonist

But when he was sent to a destrower of strengthening the home resources of erente a House of Elders, of which Kang

he found the life was more strenuous, Germany's enemies by the supply f

sea

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seized with avidity on the bowler hats, frock coats, leather shoes, and hand shak ing of Europe. The lecture went on to relate a number of amusing examples of the effects of this tendency. One man, she said, unable to recare a real bostler hạt, conerived the idea of making the out of old oil thus, govered with flare lette. In one city in Szechuan a young daudy might be found wearing a pair of husan Hsu Shin-chang, Chang Ping-ling.

The weather was sometimes very must supply those raw materiale of which Forsels by way of an outside wrap All Sau Wen and Huang Hsing together

with one representative each of the Man bad deed, and al first he was sen- Germany is most in need, and must ba the officials who could afford it dressed chas. Mongeis, Turks and Tibetans, will sick, but it was always a consolation to markets for German goods. Fourthly, in European mothers. A vertaili section Of the people thought that under the new become members. Several others may also have a cabin of his own, to live in the those colonies are to be preferred which régime the "five evils

re- will not require excessive Imperial sub- of China wold be invited to serve in this House, but Wardroom, and to be treater as sponsible officer' instead of a

mere sides. Fifthly, the geographical selve- disappear. These five erifs were, in their their names are not yet disclosed.

The Yann Shan or the Chief Executive,

maker learn."

tion should have regard to connection. opinion, the smoking of cigarettes, the has ordered a number of Swords orná- He had to work at least sixs Times with old German colonies and to

44 pre- wearing of jewellery, the eating of

mented with wing seven and five lion-harder than he had in a-battleship. For venting certain foreign colonies from black dirt (pin), the binding pack respectively to be inde, for one thing he had all the charts to correct falling economically or politically to, or women's feet, and the worship of idols.bestowal upon those who have fought for and to keep up to date, no small labour remaining in the possession of Powers It was true that opina smoking was being the maintenance of the Repablie this time with pensil, dividers, parallel rulers, and whose rule would precisely at that point done away with. Thousands of acres rice devoted to poppies were

now planted as a mark of exemplary honour. It is much red ink in these days of

wat-be specially inconvenient for Germany.” with vegetables, while forly millions of believed that among the recipients of this prolific miehields, dangerous areas, ex- revenue had been sacriticed. Also, in the Yung-ting. Tang Chi-yao, Tsen Chan- als assisted with the ship's gunners and distinction will be found Tsai A, Lofinguished lights, and removed buoys, He early days of the Republic WAT WILS waged against idols. The Chinese Chris suan, Lin Hsien-shih Lu Kung-wang. at sen kept a regular three watches, right tians laid great stress the fact that Dr. Lielun, Láu Tanng-hou, Lo Pei-hors out of every twenty-four, with the Sun Yat-sen was believed to be a Chris king, Chen Pine-kun, and several other first lieutenant and gunner. But it was sense of responsibility and the feeling (18). And the Republican soldiers who well-known generals.

that he was doing really useful work were responsible for the destruction of

which gladdened his heart and kept bin the idols in Nanking considered their |

keen and energetic. selves far too up-to-date to be con.erned

"Have you even been in with such superstitions, There were

1 destroyer before? his commanding officer had asked him as soon as he joined...

No sir.

THE HSIN-HUA PALACE CURIOS.

BON.

the

Ever kept officer of the watch at

kea 25

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE,

LECTURE ON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. Members of the Staff, and all Inspectors

Again the answer was on the negative.

Well, you'll have to do it here, my All son. If you want to know anything come to me. There's nothing much in it so long as you keep your eyes skinned.. You'll soon learn.

The skipper had said there was nothing in it, but the first night at sea he found himself alone on the bridge in charge of the ship be thought differently

ulbtarian regions, also, for the destrue; tion of idos. The Republie needed bär- racks tundi sripools, and many temples were! converted to use for these purposes. ACTION" BY LATE PRESIDENT'S parts, for the time being, the Confucian classics were put cutirely on une side, and Western learning adapted in their place. The Chinese used to say that we foreign-

A native paper says that after the ers, had no manners, knowing nothing of death of President Yuan, there was The 3,000 roles of etiquette of the Book a mast bitter quarrel among his sous un of Life, but still it becarne fashionable to account of the division of the Hsin Hun behave in the free and easy style of what Palace euros, "They have transported they called foreign etiquette.” For in everything in the Palace to their home at stance, young Chinese girls astonished Changtel in the Palace to their home at their relatives by sending proposals of Changtch in Horan, and the curios are marriage to young men whom they did most of them the rare relics of former not know, but whose appearance had dynasties, which should be regarded as

A light cruiser squadron and two taken their fancy. What would Confurnt onal properly. Those things which flotillas of destroyers were steaming at 20 cius have said of. independent young women that the Republic of Coita usare inconvenient to be carried away, they knots in close formation without lights

to piens. The night was as black as the woll's [have mercilessly smashed duced? There were wonten soldiers (soon Among the debris it has been found a mouth, and the rapidly rising wind out disbanded, however), suffragettes, writers, and still very active the women spiest to own handwriting of Shenying over the bridge in constant showers. tost valuable stone monument carved the tops off the short seas and sent them detectives There was another

of spray. Moreover, the perpetual pitch- caange, which the farmers very nich obsitang. The said handwriting was for- Jected to, and that was the change to the morly reproduced and distributed as rare and rolling soon gave our friend a Gregorian calendar. The year that this gifts to high officials by the thefunct Man-queamish and altogether nasty sensation in the region of his waistcoat, and in ten change was made the snow came three chu Court, This monum at was also minutes, by which time the water had weeks before its time. That came, they highly regarded and valued by all the found its way through his oil-skins and said, of following the foolish ways of the Emperors and great politicians of furmer

was trickling merrily down the back of foreigners, and so return was made to the Dynasties. In order to clear his family his neck, he felt miserable, oli urder of things. The merchants from the scurrilous attacks, we under- agreed with the faciers, but the Yamen stand Mr. Yuan Keting has again memo- and Government departments contined rialized the Government requesting that to take January 1st as the official new an officist investigation be made about

So-called foreign fashions had same without delay.

year.

been a great deal on the increase in China, but, a at Englishwoman, the lecturer was always grieved to see that

the foreign goods ezane from chiefly Japan, Germany, or Aroerica.

She related at amusing instance in the confusion which arose in some parts as

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The ship was in the middle of a lion of eight destroyers. Two hundred yards ahead of him he could just discern the dim black blur of the nest ahead and the occasional splutter of whity-grey foam in her wake as her stern lifted to the seas. At times, when a driving rain squall canic) down from windward, he seemed to lose sight of her altogether, and, through in- experience and in his anxiety to catch up, increased the revolutious of the engines not wisely but rather too much. The next thing that happened was that the squall cleared, and he found himself

and Bergrants and all members of the Mounted and Motor Patrols will attend a Lecture which will be de- livered by Inspector Garrod, Hong- kong Police, at the Headquarters' Club, on Wednesday, August 18th, at ⠀ 6. Uniform.optional.

NO. PLATOUN.

recruits,

Nuris, Faiz Mohamed. Mahmood, and Kassim Mohamad, are pased, and will attend all parades of No. 2 Platoon and of Sections 3 and, 4.

PARADES. CENTRAL STATION, & Par Tuesday, August 15th-Whole of No. 4 ▼ Company, under the Sergeant Major, Uniform, helmets and rifles. Friday, August 18th.---Same as Tuesdny,

August 151b.

HEADQUARTERS' CLUB.

The Club promises will be open to Ladies on Friday, August 18th, from 5 to 7 The Police Reserve Ordiestra will be in

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attendance. Membere making use of the Club on this

neersion will wear uniform,

F. C. JESKIN,

D.S.P. (B.)

VALUE OF THE SOVEREIGN.

Commons recently, Mr. Pretyman said. Replying to a question in the House of the purchasing power of a sovereign in March, 1915, as compared with 1914, was 17s, 3d. In 1816 it was 15s.

In an hour his helpless feeling had gone and he was jogging merrily along without any difficulty

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graphs passed with a tew feet of his

It was then that he had horrible nead, he knew at once from their agitated thoughts of being scrabbled for the movement when anything really desperate deadly sin of losing touch with the flotilla was happening. So when the helm went and meandering about the ocean like a over and the revolution telegraph re loat sheep looking for his next ahead. If volved frantically five or six tunes in quick succession he yawned wearily, nung off his rug, and sat up.

he did not succeed in finding her some body's blood would be required.

It was rather trying for a novice, and; many times he remembered the command

I won't go up and interfere unless he scrds for me," he thought to himself. He must learn." He had been a "sub". destroyer hirase]F. The suminous.

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Chimese seerrities have been wither more to the respective uses of watches and active than usual, recently, remarks the clocks.. Our young utat was seen to have London Economist of June 24, and prices a very big bulge in front of him, and it have risen especially since the end of May. almost on top of her, and had to put But the skipper, was was accustomed was found, when the note of a bird was heard. that he had purchased a cuckoo Chinese loans have jumped about in a rather avoid a collision.

The following table shows that prices of the helor over, and sheer out of line to to the ways and tricks of newly joined At the same time he officers generally, and sub-lieutenants, in clock, and decided to wear it as a watch erratic muner. But the recent rise is signi- reduced speed to drop back into station. particular, had been awake the whole Referring to the progress of hospital ficent. Both the Crisp and Reorganization Bonetimes he reduced re than be time. He always spt with one eye open work in China, Mrs. Roe related the case loans show good rises, and yield over 6 per should, with the consequence that the at sea, and as the earthouse was immed of a native doctor who grew long nails, cent, while the railway bonds give a higher next astern nearly bumped hun, while talely beneath the bridge and the anaft- because he found them useful for measur-return. Yields range between 5 and 7 per the leader shot ahead and vanished into ing of the wheel and engine room tele- ing out doses of quinine! As an instance of how far the imitation of the West ear-cent, which does not put Chinese credit in a the darkness like a ghost. ried, she said that many town bulls had been built throughout the country in foreign style, even with a clock of the wall. As often as not, however, stras not a real clock, but one painted on the wall, Coofing to the subject of the Chinese railways, the lecturer said they looked well enough on imper, but in were disappointing. China, in fact, reminded her of the snui in the nursery, story, which elimed up five feet every day, only to slip back, four feet in the night. She seemed to have fost so much that she ones had gained. However, a new spirit was abroad in China. Every now and again our came across new types. Long ago the soldier used to be considered-and in China rightly co-the soun of the earth. Now he was not only sans terreur, but sang reproche. Every now and again one met officials who did not accept bribes, and who worked, not for their own good, but for the good of their country. Chinese Conservating was crumbling away.

Sir Evan James remarked that the change that had come over China was most astounding. He ventured to say that it seemed improbable the country would settle down, until some great Chi nese military leader came and quered" it. Unless this took place, he was afraid the country would break up into little bits.

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At three o'clock, by which time the was breaking, the "C.O.” 'did appear on the bridge.

ing officer's standing orders. Do not hesitate to call me if you are in doubt or Do not " difficulty," they said, with the underlined twice. Should he rouse the skipper ar should he not? · He was asleep | dawn in his clothes on the cushioned settes in the charthouse underneath the bridge and would be up in ten seconds if required. But the acting "sub did hesitate to call him unnecessarily. After all, it was quite possible that the C.O. might be rather peevish if he was hauled out for no reason. He was not really in dif- ficulty," he persuaded himself, and he certainly did not wish to patent the fact that he could not keep the ship in atation whatever the circumstances

No; he would not call him. He solved know,

the problem by increasing the speed of the engines ever so slightly above the normal, and five minutes later heaved a

Well, Bubt he asked. "What d'you think of station keeping at night

Quite easy, sir," said that young officer blatantly, quite unaware of the acoustic properties of the charthouse. "As easy as falling off a log."

Did you have any difficulty in seeing the next ahead??** Not much, s

sir. It was a bit dark at times, though"

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The "CO" smiled to himself.

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The "

Bub

he has passed out of the sting stage, is now an expert at the sigh of profound relief as the black shane game, and, to use the phraseology of his

of the next ahead hore up out of the latest confidential report, is energetic darkness.

(Continued on next Column.)

and trustworthy and a most promis-" ing and capable officer."-Daily Mail.