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PAUL DUFAULT,

A DELIGHTFUL TENŐR,

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WEDNESDAY,

APRIL 4TH, 1917,

JUNK SERVICE.

CANTON NEWS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

Cazox, April 2nd: CINEMATOGRAPH TAXES. Owing to the recour increase of cine that the Colony is sadly lacking inmatographs in this city, the Financial appreciation of high-class music. Rarely Bureau has fixed the monthly tax on has such a perfect light tenor voice heen each cinematograph at one hundred heard in the Colony, and Hongkong has dollars. been visited, if at rare intervals, by some notable vocalists. Paul Dufault lives: with his songs; he passes through all the musical emotions they contain; his rich voice expresses that which he feels. Like Jean de Reske's, Dufault's tempered voice is capable of an infinite variety of ahading, and at all times it is rich and warm in colour. These qualities were always evident in his various renderings last evening; and the general result was an unqualifed success. Dufault was first heard in the aria from Verdi's Aida," Celeste Aida.” This was followed by

NIGHT FIGHTING AT SEA. THE TRUE TALE OF A DESTROYER. [BY JACKSTARR.}.

TURKEY THREATENED WITH FAMINE,

FATALISM AND FILTH. There has just arrived in Holland, The following description, by one who writes the Amsterdam. correspondent of gentleman who jof what night, fighting in a destroyer is holds a very responsible position of &. com-

been through it, gives a vivid picture the Daily Chronicle) a likes. Such events are among the most mercial and financial character in ens of thrilling episodes of the war, though the the largest business houses in Constan- aconic. official statements which convey tople. He brought with him the very latest impressione from that city, and the picture he gives me is by no means a cheerful one.

The Chief of the Water Police has news of them are usually as dry es warned the junks, plying between Cantonmouthful of sawdust.

We were spinning along," ang the

Privately I send you his name and posi-) doubt their. statements you need not and country places not to sail at night narrator,. in darkness a dense tlust one chunks. A really dark night at sea and time if they wish to avoid piracy.felt it would be possible, to dig. it away in tion, so that in giving publicity to his foggy day at sea are two things, of which genuineness and seriousness. Were you to The chief mason for this notification: is

Form any real conception. We could sqwould come off in Constantinople. that the gunboats cannot necord them only those who have experienced them can publish his name, more than one head bsolutely nothing, but we felu plenty, and I asked first for a general impression of most of all the biting, cast wind which the conditions in Constantinople. Ha protection except in day-time,

swept our decks as though the Weather than gave the following gloomy picture: Clerk were mowing across thirm with a

the way these battered on our oilskins and keenly tempered scythe. Rain and flying par speay bent upon us fierary: From cut into our faces one night his imagined at us from short range. that volleys of buckshot were being fired

GENERAL LUK WING-TING'S ITINERARY. The Local Government has received"

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telegram from: Gbporal Luk Wing-ting announcing that he arrived safely at Peking on the 24th of March and will return to Canton in the middle of this

He has interviewed the The a group of songs, (a) Boat Song" month. (Ware); (b) "Au Pays" (Holmes), andsident, the Premier and some other pro- "Lorraine" (Sanderson). Au Pay" minent officials with regard to important reached the "house" in a remarkable political questions in Canton.

Inanner.

It has been described as the "tragedy of a lifetime compressed into a few lines of music," and Dufault in fused a wonderful amount of deep and passionate, yet withal delicate, feeling into the melody. The singer again intro duced much that was dramatic in How's my boy" one of another group of three songs, in which the vocalist has to live if real success is to be attained. his СОДЕ

WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT? Dufault attained this success.

Why, in the dark, of course,

And why ?

Because be had no Candles in the House.

Don't you be had in the same way.

ALWAYS KEEP CANDLES IN THE

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JKSATMENT OF GERMANS IN CANTON The Civil Governor Chu has instructed all Post and Telegrapli Offices to examine carefully all German correspondence.

It is reported that there are still some junks which Ay German flags while they carry German goods between inland places. The local Governors: have dieter fore instructed: the Chief of Water Police to despatch gunboats to various places in order to stop this practice.

The local Government has, received a In his duets with Miss Bindley, also, the famous tenor retained the high favour telegram from the Ministry of Foreign of the audience. If Dufault was the solo. Affairs at Peking announcing that, with entertainer no audience, if it were really, the exception of the Consul, who must musically inclined, could tire of listen-leave the city, any Germans, who desire ing. He is, however, assisted by two to remain in China may do so providing, The Superintendent of very able entertainers in Miss Petline they register their names, occupations, Bindley, a soprano of much merit, and and ages. HOUSE-Mr. Ernest Empson, a pianist, who, like Foreign Affairs in Canton. is instructed Dufault in his singing, puts soul into his to give, strick attention to this watter playing. Miss Bindley was heard to much and to submit a list of such persons

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Constantingle is a starving city, where

and a half typhus, cholera, and plagus very certainly dozens of peor creatures epidemics. perish every day, and where for year

over all hangs the terrifying spectre of have never been absent

famine, which also threatens nearly all Constantinople is physically filthy, and

Turkey in Europe,

A MISERABLE MOB With characteristic fatalistie indiffer- ence the authorities make no effort to One dirtiness. cleanse the city, but have abandoned it to

of repulsive a condition of has hardly set foot out of doors when one is surrounded, alinest assailed and borne down, by an insistent mob of beggars, · dirty and half perished with hanger.

"Underfoot evary place was so slippery that it was difficult to keep foothold, und if one lost this there was a chance of being washed overboard like a stick of wood, as the sees ware breaking over our hout just

it And

Bainciava anyhow,

war cold. helmets,, sou-westers, oilskins, set boots, and thick clothing, couldn't keeps warm neither could they keep us dry. We just had to hang on, get wet through and freeze,

"Every race of the Orient, every Ral It is not often that I envy the fellows

oing the Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed kan tribe, is represented in this army business in our engine-room of beggars; Turks in turbans, Jews in nego

at least warm. In fact, while we ontuccata once white and waistcoats-

tains, African negroes, wild-looking Al- stoked, but I did that night, for they ragged overcoats, Greeks in buggy gar baniaus all are there mingling poll-mell deck, ware, suusled up and, freezine, those finely cubroidered; Bulgarians, Egyp Bat it's often that way in a destroyer.

with maimed and halt soldiers, and others with grave

war wounds." less obvious "For a long time we weathered it i

but below. were half naked and nearly melting.

asked

"is the Next, And what," I this fashion, and it seemed that once again we should get through the night without

a chilly condition of the more fortunate classes, meeting anything worse thon

in the war?" to continue to take eruises, is the possibilities

The uaveller replied: "That I cannot dronning. The one redeeming feature of and what is the feeling about their power

hold.

form any definite conclusion about, but it If it's a mine, so these midnight enver know what you are going to mad wit the better, for you can then set about all appearances, and all that a member of are at the end of their resources. In any mud, the worse; if it's an enemy, sa musel needs no gift of prophecy to say that from cuse Turkey has certainly mobilised all that she has to mobilise old and young doing the job a sailor's paid for and that the general public can hear, the Turks

TUBING INTO ACTION.

men with one hand or one eye I have seen will walloping the foe wherever you find

under military orders. Khowing that whatever comes come without warning, you always keep the top line ready to act imme- I don't we just tumbled into action. distely. Well for us that we were so for know a better way of expressing whint

GERMAN'S HEAVY HAND. uccurred. We could not netually see them

"Complete control of the Turkish army clearly, but by the sort of instinct, which destroyer cost other are create highest and higher commands are filled crews acquire by long practice has been assumed by the Germans All

by Germans also the administration and guessed femer than discerned the

national affairs is in German hands, wi Promptly we challenged the reply the result of a perfect inundation of Ce

Inaa officials everywhere. The Turkish was unsatisfactory, and instantly the

Voice in There was no prelimin military have absolutely no scrap began. ary feinting. Blow followed word almost directing affairs, the German feldwebel or soon as the word was spoken. Knowing sergeant having higher power than that we must be hostile, there existed no Turkish captain,

And he didn't; he let fly at us struck. need for the enemy to speak before he

instantly

was a great favourite with the audience Trap Anzil X GT faint. Toom of a hull in the darkness,

her sweat voice and dainty, treatment ef Mr. her numbers being delightful. Empson's piano selections included the Chopin Polonaise, in "A" Major, ANİ Bark bark, the lark" (Schubert-Liszt), He attained a high level of excellence in each number, and proved himself a very worthy assistant of the famous tenor.

spector Gerrard)." Wednesday, April 11th-Class XI. (In-

spector Gerrard). Thursday, April 12th Class X (Im

spector Gerra), Friday, Apr 13th Class IX. (Inspector

- Kerr).

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Turkish losses up to now have been a position to form a fairly accurate esti mate, put them at a milion and a half very heavy. I heard several, who are in

men.

"

The Turkish soldiery are only kept in order by vigorous, vicious and constant corporal punishment for any and every PARADES, CENTRE, $30 PM.

alleged offence

gathered the impression that the Tuesday, April 10th-Whole of No. 2

First blow often counts heavily, and Company, under Chief Inspector the enemy wisely tried to get it in One Turks are secretly convinced they will not Lammers and 0.0. Company, Needless to say, all three artistea were Wednesday, April 11th Whole of No. 1:1 well-placed 'salvo is usually as much as a bu üllowed to retain Constantinople after

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warmly applauded by the fairly large audience, and the measure of success achieved augurs well for the next two concerts, which take place on Thursday. and Saturday evenings, with a complete olange of programme for each concert Wednesday evening's programme will be found in our advertising columna.

H.E. the Governor and Lady May were among those present last night, and wate accompanied by Mr. Sandeman,

SERVICE SMOKING CONCERT.: An enjoyable evening was spent in the Royal Artillery Theatre on Monday even-

Company under Chief Inspector Lammert and 0.0. Platoon. Thursday, Apri: 12th-Whole of No. 3 Company under Chief Inspector Lammert, and O.C. Company.

WARNING OFFICERS,

April 3rd, 1917.

the D.S P's.

ing, when the members of the Army Ser-appeal recently to the members of the denly disappear would cut a broad, sure," he added,

top

destroyer can stand. Nine times out of the war. Frequently I was able to talk ten it will put her cut of action. But with financiers, merchants and business shoot men. Their views are all coloured by Oleans shooting in the dark

And sinister presentiments regarding the ing at random to some extent, the difficulties of it are increased by the future. Turkey, they admit, can only lose

as the results of the war. fact that both shooter and shut at continue

To slow down They argue that the Turkish Empire moving at high speed.

In these circumstances having such widely extended const-lines, it one may have the bad luck to catch a salvo would have been the policy of Sultans to A: Warning Officers, except of Mounted would be fatal.

Police, will meet at

Enemy whose dominions there live the greatest office on Thursday at 5.45 p.m. Uur one may have the good luck to miss it. maintain good relations with Powers in

"Good luck came our way.

number of Mussalman subjects, and who form optional.

projectiles went over us and fell astern, (Sgd.) F. C. JENKIN,

but none of them bit us. Our own guns, possess the strongest naval forces But D.S.P. (B.).of course, weren't idle. They began it is against these very lovers, they yapping practically as soon as the enemy's mournfully continue, that Enver and did. I say yap because that word best Talant and Djemal and their accomplices. describes the noise destroyer's quick- have ranged themselves, and it is only fear

consequ

which pre Airers make. It's a sort of sharp, ear of the dreadful

vents us from speaking out.” RE-ENTER MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.

tonation which pierocs right

My informant said there so far has been- All around us this one's head,

no open rebellion against conditions, as the noise was now going on. We could se the Although his weekly review

the German police, who keep order in the Zukunft, manifests a somewhat chasten-gun-flashes both from our line and the this is quite impossible under the rule of ed spirit, Maximilian Harden himself enemy's making bright yellow rents in

city with iron dugatis, but deep rega remains usmuzzled. He made a stirring the black curtain of the night, then sud Now and again the

and discontent are universal, and I am. the popular wrath only beam of a

In waits till the Germans leave the city darkness, vice Corps and the Army Ordnance Corps Socialist Workers' Society of Munich, bright swathe through

violence. gave a smoking concert to welcome the but it is significant that no Munich paper stantly many guns, would be turned upon before it breaks out with the utmost

was permitted to report it. The extract

Searchlights, however, cannot be used hew drafts from home. There was a large appended comes through a Danish Social any object which the light revealed.

much, for the reason that they give a attendance and plenty of talent. Amongst 1st source :→→

The fact should be better brought vess I's position away, and an enemy the gueste were Major Robertson, A.0.0., home to our people that although the always fires at them promptly. It's often between destroyers are short, and sharp

While the as this particular one was. Pretty soon it and Captain Milner Jones, 4.5. The German armies have conquered territory the best target he can find.

in Belgium, Serbia France, Montenegro enemy and ourselves were thus slamming had resolved itself into a chase with the following contributed to the pro Roumana, and Russia, the armies of away at each other the elements continued enemy running for home and us pelting. well. The seas still washed along after bird banging into him all the grande-Corpl. Wood, A:0.0., Sergt. those countries have not been annihilated, their war as Maiau, K.S.L.I., Mr. Crocker, N., nor have the leading Powers bees des down, the wind drove the rain and slect time Owing to the impossibility of in upon us, but in the excitement of the making securate observation it's difficult feated. Corpl. Greenfield, A.0.C., Pte. Hearne,

With regard to the end of the war, the combat we paid little heed to these minor to say how much damage you do to the

pen to sink some of his Shella whizzed over our

craft outright. A A.O.C., Berg. Lyth, A.8.C., Corpl. victory of Germany and her allies is a matters, though they didn't make our job enemy on such occasions unless you hap- Meados, A.0.C., Bergt. Davis, R.A., consumenation hardly to be desired; both any the easier. Corpl. Frost, A.8.0., S.-Cdr. Brand, for the sake of humanity and for the wel boat, one skimmed just over the deck with thing like this can be seen, but a destroyer fare of future generations of Germans, out hitting anybody, and others fell short, might be ever so badly knocked about end under cover of the darkness, with A.O.C., Corp. Ramsquill, B.B., and because in that event the 600,000,000 in for we could hear them splash into the have half the crew inid out and yet get out her opponents being able to see how habitants of the enemy countries and

much she had suffered. All one can do is members of the crow of a ship in port, the colonics which are at at present Special mention should be made of Corp. opposing us would remain in coalition "Every now and again s torpedo would to make it as hot for the enemy as one ***During the brush. I am speaking of Frost, who, attired as Charlie Chaplin, against us precisely because of their debe loosed, and, of course, we didn't know can, and our chaps always do that

when one of these unwelcome messengers feste kept the

company highly amused.There would then seem to be but one from the enemy might reach us; there our flotilla suffered little. We chased the. Pte. Hearne A.0.C., and Pie. Broad reasonable and logical way out of the were plenty of them cruising about. I enemy as long as we could (we had to Igave it him hot and strong all us any harm and too fields) and g too far behind to do hurst, K.S.L.I., de eficient accom fearful tumult and massacre, but one saw one break water right stern of us; beware of getting drawn into his mine

solution to it all the

As to what damage we did ta panista. Sergt. Major Harrow, A.S.C., ment among all the belligerents as to the far ahend of our next in line to hurt, her him I will only pay that to wao, undoubt who occupied the chair, thanked the most important quest up 15%

which was lucky Catching a salvo is had him I Theres, however, one thing to be for enough, but cutting a torpedo into you edly a lob more than he did to us.

means a knockout for the boat and King While the scrap lasted it was a lively officers for attending and mentioned thated, and which should be avoided almost dom Come for a good many of her crew enough set-to, quite a welcome break in the excellent rangements were largely at any cost--the sinister intervention of

may try their best to save life, but you on night patrol. And though I've cons due to the efforts of B. Sergt. Richards, the United States in the affairs of probably the lot of them. Her consorts the monotony of battling through a gale

Europe."

may imagine the difficulty of picking up my best I'm afraid I've not managed ta A.D.C., and Bergh Roberts, AS.C

men from the water in circumstances such convey a very realistic ides of what a es those I am describing. Major Robertson and Captain Milner

When Admiral von Hintze went onė Jones suitably responded. The thinks of

board the Rembrandt, the Chinese official the detachments AS.C, and A.O.C, are in charge of the embarkation asked for due to the local Service Entertainment a letter as evidence that he find be in seen Fund for kindly giving a grant towards out of the country. And (says the N.

Dain Nepe) the letter that the German the expenses.

ex-Minister gave was in-English,

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TORPEDOES CRCISING AROUND..

«Besides, there's always the enemy to think about. He's never willing to stand easy in order that resore work may be done. Usually these night engagements Continued at font of nezt column.}

away

night fight between destroyere în this wintry weather is like. Really, it's a thing that cannot be adequately pictured in words, nor on canvas either. There it would he all blacks and reds. Only by

understand exactly what it's

Tike

- Daily going through this experienes can aprone

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