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REVENTION OF BIGAMOUS MARRIAGES.

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FOREIGN BRIDEGROOME

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It is only natural that when the mai For the purpose of eliminating the evils hood of a nation is taken from its police arising from normal marriages, can- time avocations and mustered to armstracted between a Filipino woman at something in the upheaval is bound to reflect upon the national morale

The worst of it is that the few good folk who are the mainstay of vigilance movements and anti-something or otior groups give tongue to alarming rumours These fork are those who can never hear the word soldier without mentally coupling it with the adjective licen-

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THE MURDER OF A HAGE. HOW ARMENIANS WERE

EXTERMINATED,

MOSLEM EVIDENCE, Among the abominable cruelties and OxV150 nssacres perpetrated by Gers, Chinese or any other foreigner, such as my und her Allies, the deliberate at where the man contracting matrimony tempt of the Turkish authorities to extra with the native is already married in his minate the Armenian people stands pre- own home,, n Bill has recently been in emcat. To evidence available of this troduced into the lower House of the colossal crime has, however, boen oh Manila Legislature which regulates tained hitherto mainly from Armenian celebration of the marriage of any refugees, American Consuls and mis foreigner with a Filipino and prescribessionaries, and, in some cases, from the conditions under which may foreign missionarios of German race. Musulman

native,

tious and imagine that a regimentsky thay be married with the will provides testimony has been cited as eccond hand,

canteen is a place of alcoholic saturnalia

They are only a handful, but they have the power, us every irresponsmle individual has, to start mischievous and groundless rumours and to sputter the honour of the Army,

The bist article of the

that in addition to the requisites already and could not, therefore, be expected to specified by the existing laws, the fellow carry the weight with the Musulman in additional conditions should be ful world that would naturally attach to filled by any foreigner desiring to con-Arst hand reports from reliable Moslem tract marriage

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Filipino woman eyewitnessce

The Press has done the country excel lent service in dispersing these calumnics and in bringing forward the evidence Spanish, and signed by the register tested by personal examination (says The

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HONGKONG POLICE RESERYE,

H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S INSPECTION,..

FEBRUARY 10TH,

TRANSPORT.

((a) Members in the Central and Westarrs Dalciols on this date, tony, travel to sud from the neighbourhood of the Polo Ground by Irve, căra, provided. by courtesy of the Hongkong. Tram- way Company

Thoy will report to their various Platoon Continanders at the Queen's Statue, near the Law Courts, at 2.30 p.m. sharp. Fifty man only may travel on each car, Mr.: Franka. ASP (R), will supervise Five cars will be provided Members une able to find accommodation on these: cara are requceted to travel by other cars and pay their own fare. On production of tickets at this office, fares will be refunded.

Police Launch from the Police Piar. (next to Star Ferry Pier) at 8,30) p.to Causeway Bay, They will return from Causeway Bay by launch at about 4,45 p.m.· ́ ̄`·

(b) Members in Kowloon will travel by

(a) Exhibition before the minister cafe. We have now received the personal rating the matrimony, of a certificate if narratives of two such Musulmans, whose bachelorship written in either English or former official standing is known to us, and whose veracity we have carefully tiquary in charge of the civil his municipality, or of any entity re-Times). We append the gist of their cognized by his government for occurences which they themselves witness All canks, except the Buglers, and. Ho

for these reports, which necessarily cover, only the cases.

(c)Authorizatiort by the Governor General, or his agent for the celebration of the marriage of strangers with the natives based upon their baths of bache lorship, t

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ornite, will wear Helmets and spikem for mushroom tops,

Buglers and Recruits will wear white

ps and covers, d Swords and balts will be worn by the

following only All Superintend ents, all Chief Inspectors (excapt CI. of Musketry),- all. Company Commanders, and by Staff. Inspectore in posecasion of same,

FIQUET DUTY:"",

A

certain number of men will be de- tailed for this duty. They will be in. charge of Staff Inspector Taylor.

"POSITION" DE, OFFICERS,

The attention of all Inspectors, and Unit

and Bection Commanders is drawn to a notice on the Board at Headquar ters' Club

()The presentation before the amed of besed of ip their neighbourhood, minister of another paper either in Eng and therefore relate only to a small To treat the soldier as a man of erillish or Spanish, signed by the consal, the portion of the atrocities actually com

agent of hiemitted, life, to hedge him about with restrictions vice-coreal, or any and make him feel tage so long as he nationality, and which will lifewise mitted. KILLED ON THE MARCH weare uniform he is an outcast from the certify the real existence of an office of In August, 1916 (relates the first eye, ranks of respectable people that is not civil register or of any other office official witors) I saw in the suburbs of Mush the way to strengthen his moral certify the bachelorship of the inhabi men, women, and children lying o recognized by his government to large numbers of dead bodies of ArmenİRM warrior. Ket the cranks talk and publish tante under it. unpleasant little brochures about the

fields. Some had been shot, some stabbed, segregation of numbers of young men

and nearly all horribly mutilated The in military areas and the need for careful

women were mostly naked. In the same month I saw about 500 women, girls, and neighbourhood. This is exactly what the

children, guarded by gendarmes, in a Germans want them to do. Any lung

Every minister duly authorized by law camp outside Bitlis. The gendarme that contributes directly or indirectly to to administer marriage must require the said that these people were being de- lowering the self-respect of the British foreiga bridegroom, before solemnizing ported, bus that the orders were to let soldier is sure of German support and marriage, to exbibit all the documents the Shotas, or bands of Kurds. you may find names identified with these specified in the above article, no that they Turkish gendarmes, and criminals, deal obscure movements and propaganda that may be properly recorded in the civil re with them on the way. The bands had

in the were before the war equally well identigister of marriages

executive

been organized by the Government for Bed with policies of disarmament and bureau

the purpose of massacring the Arrica rapprochement with the Hua. bill will be punished with imprisonment Armenian bodies Deating in the water.

violation of

of the provisions of the fans. At Bitlis I saw a number of In an army of millions of men it cannot be expected that every individual of not more than one year or a fine not Samo had been washed up on the banks. will wear the halo of saintly life, exceeding E.10,000, or both, at the dis- though even the meanest dare not abusecretion of the court, and all marriages The smell was terrible and the water their honourable death upon the field of which in the future shall have both cele undrinkable, battle. The average man knows that the brated without fulfiling the conditions In the some month of August, Army is fundamentally sound and docs specified herein with be declared null and about two hours from Zeart, I saw masses of Armenian bodies piled up in voida not bother to look up exact arts, make

two ravines. I estimate the number at inquiries, or investigate statistics. It is MARRIAGE OF THE COLONIAL about 15,000. I learned that the Arisee

ian Bishop of Zaart bad not been killed only the antis" who do that, and who parade all the evil that they can Fake SECRETARY OF THE STRAITS. with the others but had, at his own together, omitting and suppressing the

Mr. Frederick Seton James, OMG.. request, been shot in a cave near by. vast and much greater mass of goud, Colonial Spcretary of the Straits Settle On my way back from Zaart to Mush The facts are astonishing, lasting ments, was married to Miss Doris Frances there were 500 Armenians herded to tribute to the sterling qualities inherent Basevi, daughter of Lient-Colonel W. H gether in a stable near Mush and looked Basovi Army Pay Department, at Stan. Through an opening in the roof the Andrew's Cathedral,

oh gendarmes threw taming torches, I saw

victims all of whom were burned alive No exemption is to be granted from

At Much the streets were strewn with Armenian bodies. Whenever an Armense parades except by the under

signed, an eatured out he was killed on the POLICE PUGGAREES, spot. Neither the old, the blind, nor the Those will be named to Section Com sick were spared.

in the race. p.

Drunkeness, crime and immorality in

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Pc. 120 Chan Fai is dismissed from the

The services of Fc, 679 Maxwell gra dispensed with as from this date.

of all equipment except trousers and jackete

uge so low tax no civilian community The congregation which assembled in could rival it. the standard of military cluded H E, the Governor (Sir Arthur good cunanet is exceedingly high, framed Young, QCMG) and Lady Evelyn as it was in the past for a regular picks Young, IE the General Officer Com Army. It has not been lowered or fiind munding (Major General D. H. Ridout, died in any way to meet the free CMG) and Mrs. Rident, Admiral standards, of the pas orord of cities Grant, C.B., and many others of the Icad On the way from Mush to Hinis. I saw. quy catering military life. Indeed, ing members of the community. The piles of Armenian bodies at short inter one takes into account the severity of officiating clorgy were the Bishop of vals, in the fields by the roadside, Be mlitary discipline when overseas upon Singapore (Dr. Ferguson Dave), the tween Hinis and Sherkis Keni I saw two zetive service it will easily be seen tint Colonial Chaplain (the Ven. Archdeacon ravines filled with Armenian corpses, The standard is a higher one than Swindell), and the Chaplain to the mostly men. There were about 400 in civilians have ever had to live up to Forces (the Rev. B. C. Roberts). The each ravine. Another ravine was filled Force

Taki a general census of opinion chair was in attendance, and the service with this bodies of little children. Ab throughout all ranks and classes you will was fully choral. The bride presented Kara Shuban I saw a large number of fad that to Army training and Army

a delightful picture in her dress of white Armenian bodies floating on the riter life have effected a wonderful rooms satin druped over net and chiffon and Maradoksment officers will see to the return tion in the morals and customs of these embroidered with pearls, with the white This is what I saw. At Erzingan I very civilians who, the muck-racers tulle veil edged with pearls over a was told that wholesale massacres had feared, would be defled by contact with wreath of rango blossom. She carried a the uniform. If you need to know what bouquet of white orchids and roses. The effect this national training has had to bridestunids, Miss Gove and Miss Pigott, the ordinary crime average compare the looked charming in simple but very Old Bailey Sessions now with their fire pretty dresses of soft white net, the cor- runners of the years before the sage trimmed with Irisa insertion and They show an extraordinary, sibat inished with a cupe edged with silver; one side being caught up by a small pink In order to get absolute informaton rose The overskirts were draped in with regard to the general behaviourof handkerchief points and also edged with the troops in the most unfavourale silver. The hats were large black straws circumstances, was allowed to lok trimmed with pink roses. The brides into the mechanism of the Provost Mrmaids also wore platinum, pearl and shal's control of the London district. }

The Provost Marsin himself spec highly of the general conduct of the and the witting and good heart co-operation of the various trades, suh as the licensed Victuallers and theule managements. I was also shown te Various police reports for the districi,

unbelievable, improvement.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY, ACTION BY JAPAN

taken place there, aut in the whole country round. Besides these whom the Turks had killed and burnt alive, thon- sands were thrown into the Euphrates. Many drowned themselves out of fear of

worse death, deliv The socond ore-witness, also a Musul-

man, states

AN IMPERIAL ORDER.

I was allowed to choose my own tin with the enemy in accordance with thecompanied the Irauch, saying that the

resolutions

Armenias had thed Hoslem blood, and

Mounted Police, subject to perfor mance of February foot Patrola,

(8d.) F. O, JENKIK,

D.S.F., (E.). Hongkong, 6th February, 1917.

French is transferred to the

In April, 1016, an order came from Farmer Hodge (reading latest fashion- Constantinople to Erzrum, where I was able novel); I'm out of all patience quartered, that the Armenians inhabitat with that Gladys Fitzallwyn in the story. ing frontier towns and villages should The way she's abusiu her

Mrs. onamel brooches and carried bouquets of be deported into the interior. I saw doesn't deserve to have any."

Hodge:

ges What's she been doing now?** pink roses, both being the gifts of the large convoys of Armenians go through Farmer Hedge: This book is full of bridegroom. Licut. Colonel Basevi gave Erzruth In May I was transferred to it. Firse she threw her eyes up to the his daughter away, and Mr. Reginald Trebizond. In July an order came thas Crichton of the F.M.S. Civil Service, all the Armenians of that vilayet should ceiling and then let them drop on the was the beat man.

also be deported to the interior. As for then the darted them down a long corridor, afterwards resting them on the was a member of the Court-martial cool waters of the lake. Then she must have called them hack somehow, for it a pile of returns practically unanimos

know that deportation meant massere, Besides the deportation order, an ImRys she bathed them in sad, tears, wiped in their statement that the public-hones

perial Iradeh commanded that all desert them, and swept them with long lashes. were well conducted, the laws were nt

It was recently reported that the ers, when caught, should be shot without Once she was fool enough to rivet them infringed, and no help given to the

were drafting re-trial Amcret order, however, said on the dome, and, where I left off she was who desired to assist convalescet Japanese authorities

Armeniams instead of "desertora," A fixing them on an overmantel. gulations to prohibit Japanese trading. soldiers to evade the drink prohibition.

fetve from the Sheikh-ul-Islam ac

and place to go round with the militar Economic Conference at Paris: In this reached at the Allies police, or stand, if I cared, on picke

that it was lawful to kill them. I heard children. I became ill, but wes kobe duty watching the London streets for conection, the Mainichi quotes Mr. any sign of bad behaviour. I chose a Nakachoji, the Minister of Agriculture that all Armenian mon were being mas that as long as the Armenians were alire

and Commerce, as saying *-***

sacred on their way into the interior. I should be sent from one place to wa evening in the centre of all things Although the Diet has been dissolved, They were lined up on the edge of dit other. Finally my batch was includen Piccadilly Circus and everyone wh preparations for enforcing the prohibiches, prepared beforehand, shot, and in another batch that had come from knows London will admit that the bea tion of trading with the enemy will be thrown into the ditches. The women and Erzerum in charge of Mohamed Effendi of from the Hippodrome to the Pavilion continued. The necessary procedure children were attacked by organized the gendarmerie. He told me afterwards should show the largest proportion of comes more within the purview of an Im bands, called "Shotas," plundered, out that on leaving Kamach in the Euph sin. The purity pamphleteers themselve perial Edict than of law, so that taged, and murdered. The children, of rates Valley à band of "Shotas" stop-

although the dissolution of the Diet has would be lost without this &TOR

were also massacred. At Trebizond the withdraw, and then shot every Armenia bright nights one in the middk of the enact a law for the prevention of enemy ildren whom the American Consul and threw the bodies into the river,

I was fortunate in picking two fine rendered it impossible; for the present, to what the Government had taken charge, ped the convey, ordered the escort be week, the other at its end. Through thi trading, the preliminary preparations taken charge of, were removed. At Trebizond Moslems were wanned

will be proceeded with. Regarding the congested area poured the evening orowds; I saw the closing of the various winding-up, liquidation, control, etc., of taken out to sea in boats, stabbed, put that they would be liable to the death bars and cafe restaurants, saw the enemy juridical bodies, however, a law intocks and thrown into the sea. Some penalty if they sheltered Armeniars by Government officials, outraged, and soldiers come out into the streets per is necessary, and a Bill will be introduced of their bodies were afterwards washed The best looking women were picked out

in the next session of the Dist. Trading up on the shore

murdered, N fectly sober and wander along to a chess with enemy individuals, on the other in July I was ordered to accompany At Kamuch I saw in prison thẹ seat at a tacatre or cinematograph the hand, is to be prohibited by Edict, and a convoy of Armenians, the last batch Kurdish chieftain Murza Bey. I asked

I entered various resorts and admittedly hunted for drunken " or " licentious this third eine for more on From Trebizond. It consisted of 120 men, hirm why he was there. He said, I have forced without waiting for another session 700 children, and about 100 women killed 70,000 Armenians, and now they Soldiers. It was pure waste of time, the of the Diet. The necessary procedure place was stiff with suldiers; but they will shortly be taken and the prohibitook them to Gunishkhaneh. Here, the have arrested me for striking a gen-

men were removed Links ordered to take darme He was afterwards were were not drunk and not, to the tion announced." unjaundiced eye, more licentious than when they were civilians in 1914 and went

warda, all killed. I was the women and children to Erzingan.

executed.

secretly

Ie roply to a question sa to the reason

to church in place of church paradeguard-room of the military police They On the way I saw thousands of unburied for these massacres, this eye-witnesz I watched Piccadilly that evening forad only one guest, an absentee who had Armenian bodies, Several bands of rated that they were ordered as a päto two old hours, and saw only one man arrested in hole thing, the

been a dairy,

** Shotas“ met us, and asked me to kad of the settled Young Turkish policy of over the women and children to them enterminating the non-Turkish race of slightly vociferous. He was a civilian behaviour of the British and overseas

I refused. I did leave about 200 children the Ottoman Empire. The motive was and a foreigner. Thousands of soldiers troops is little short of marvellous in its with Molem families, who were willing political, not religione. It was inspir passed and two were halted by the picket, excellence. Take note of it for your In such case for some minor inaccuracy elves, and, having seen it, pride your to take care of and educate them. Fromed by the "Fan-Turanian idea. He saw in the adjustment of their uniform. At elves upen it as a feather in the national Erzingtan 1 was ordered to go to no German cficers actually connected with midnight I played my trump card and paid an unexpected visit to the cells and P. London to-day is four times a safer Kamach, where; however, the authoritiene massacros, but the German military nd a hetter city than it was three years refused to take charge of the women and authorities in Turkey team of fem and

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