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CORRESPONDENCE,

THE SERVICE DOLLAR. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DALLY PRESE."] Si-Re your article on The Service Dețlar." It is a very exposition

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES."]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 24TH, 1917.

SIR Justice "opens up quite à now possibility of the Service Men obtaining" redress, and at the same time gives civilians a favourable opportunity of

THE DYING THROES OF

DECLARATION OF CHINESE TROOPS.

CHANG HSUN'S AMBITION TO BE

EMPEROR.

THE MONARCHY.

CHANG. HSUN STILL STUBBORN.

FROM OUR PEKING CORRESPONDENT.]

PEKING, July 11th, ⠀⠀ The dragon flags have disappeared from in Peking. The maintenance of order, in the city has been innded over by Changed the following declaration in Peking Hsun to the gendarmerie and the polise Yet the semblance of monarchy remains in the Forbidden City, despite the wish of the Imperial Household to have it

The 1st Army Division, the 1st Brigade of the Metropolis and the 3rd- Battalion of the 10th Artillery Regiment

of the elise of those of us who are doing a good deed for the men. Your the public buildings and from the shop of the 10th Army Division have distribut

suffering financially from the vagaries of exchange. There is one point, however, on which you say you are not quite clear, and that is why the question raised in the House of Commons by Mr. Heller referred only to the increase of Income Tux. The reason is this, this the web in question' are paid at a fixed number of dollars per week and as exchange rises the value of these dollars increase

and often takes a man from one sente of Income Tax to a higher, meaning s higher rate of Income Tax. Thia does seen infair, but it is a small grievance compared to that of these on sterling

par.

The letter of Justice" contains a

leading article also helps, and it was a pity that Mr. Hobter did not speak for sailors and soldiers and was not better supplied with facts. I feel sure that had "Are you he asked Dr. Mucnamara:“ aware that when silver increases in price it means the sailors and soldiers otherwise.

quear in Hongkong get less pay?" the

The Republic, which was established through iron and blood, has existed for

period of six years. In compliance with the requirements of the time, the late Tsing Dynasty did its best to assist the efforts of the people by abdication. As an appreciation, the Republic made Favourable Treatment Agreement, which has shown the world the liberably and magnanimity of our people.

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CHANG HSIN A TRAITO. Recently Chang Hsun arrived with ↑ his troops at Peking with the express purpose of mediating between the con- flicting parties and settling the situation; but unexceptedly he surprised the evan- |-

On Saturday it was reported that tion would have provided a laugh, because Chang Hsun would be dismissed by Im. the fact is so incongruous that a sailor,perial Edict from his position of High or anybody else for that matter, should Minister of the Council of Regency and be paid according to the price of a com.

that he would be ordered to return to modity. Mr. Hohler would doubtless Henchowfu. Such a decree daly appear. have left the House muttering "Theyed, but it only inde people smile, for they wouldn't believe me." It is quite likely knew that all edicts are authorised by the that the permanent official who frames great Chang himself. It was also under stood that an ediet would be issued the replies for Dr. Macnamara and the cancelling the monarchy and re-establish-

its appearance. Instead, a decree was He forged Imperial Decrees, memorials, issued on Sunday authorising a number ute, and in the nurme of the Son of of resignation, from the Cabinet and ap Heaven! he usurped all political powers, pointing other men to fill the vacuncies. The Boy Emperor, being so young, did By Sunday the investment of Peking not understand what was going - on; was completed. Chaug sun and his while the Imperial. Consorts and force were completely hemmed in. Yet Guardians wept in the Palace, prefer

very excellent suggestion. If the lending like does not know that the dollar ising the Republic, but it has not yet midle try by the restoration of the monarchy.

business ned in the. Colony could be indeed to present to the Home Govern ment their anbiased opinion of the grievances which have been represented by both the Naval and the Military authorities it is not seen how the Govern- ment could shut their eyes any longer to the facts, or try to throw dust in the eyes of the public by a magnanimous grant of business to people drawing Inss than £250 a year, the whole of which will be swallowed up by the rise in the Offcial Exchange from 2s. 6d. in July to %. d. in August.

But people with incomes of only £250 a year are not the only ques affected. Take a person with an income of £790 year, including allowances. He pays 4th in Inconte Tax, leaving £330, or £32 a month, which, converted at the official rate for August, is 105 dollars-none too much for a man with a family to live on in Hongkong,

The justice of Qur CASC must be sbvious to everyone in Hongkong, but how to make it equally obvious to the Home Authorities who either will not or cunt understand is the problem. The suggestion of Justice," if brought to

fruition, will, I believe, do more ↳ uchieve that result than any number of official letters, which, naturally, might be

based on the price of silver. So far as the sailor and soldier are concerned it might be based on tin, tea, or Japanese poodles. Silver being so susceptible to violent fluctuation, especially in time, how unfair to give a man his money according to the price of such commodity Service men are not allowed:---

WAT

To ventilate a grievance in the Press. To add weight to complaints by com-

plaining in a body.

To hold a meeting.

To protest, or strike, or in any way equally anxious that warfare should be

cease work,

while it is indisputable that any who complains is not exactly noted for early promotion.

I hope, sir, that you will see your way | to publish this, and if possible to see that The Times and Truth receive copies. of the issues in which correspondence and articles on the subject of the dollar have appeared.-I am, sir, Yours, etc..

LAST STLAW. Hongkong, July Brd, 1917.

[We have reived other lotters upon the ahore subject which are held over.--En. 1.K.D.P]

THE SÉDUCTIVE CIGARETTE

$

to

the anticipated fighting did not take

ring to die than to see their boy ex- place. The Diplomatic Body had interposed to great daugers. Although he vened with the suggestion that, if possible,hus declared that his object was no fighting should take place within support the claim of the Boy Emperor, the city. The Chamber of Commerce was Chang Hsun's ambition is to become an conducted outside. Such desires undoubt. Emperor himself. His mind, like that

signs. Tuan Chi-jui wished for the un edly prompted the opening of negotia of his prototype Szo-ma-Chao, can be read by any passer-by in the street. The conditional surrender of the rebel Chang, act of treason against the Republic by but the latter declined to take any such

the suid traiter is sufficient to obtain step. Then the military lenders in for himself the sentence of death. More Peking endeavoured to arrive at some over, he is an enemy to the late Tuing form of settlement which would be accept House, as be has sacrificed the orphan able to both sides. Here again the and widow, survivors of the Dynasty, in Diplomatic Body offered a suggestion,order to compass his own ambitious end. namely, that Chung Hsun should be treatWe believe that the whole country has ed as a political offender and accorded been convinced of his manifold crimes. the shelter of the Legation Quarter, or else allowed to depart, on disarming. under proper guarantees from Tunn Chi- jui. Chang refused to entertain such a proposal and declared fris rendiness to fight to the denth..

It must be admitted that Chang's reply

THREAT OF SEVERE PUNISHMENT. "We, troops of the Republic, have placed ourselves under the direction of General Tuan Chi-jui, Commander-in- Chief of the Republic Army, and we have deep sympathy for the people of the Capital and the Tsing Family, who are. under the pressure of Chang Haum. - W♬ have already ordered Chung Hsun to march

military influence

his troops out of Feking, in order to allay the consternation of the inhabitants

and

A Chinese accountant of 18, Bonhamton Chi-jui isly and dignified He recalls that the Tuchung and Tuan supposed to give only a biased view of Strand East has reported to the police Chi-jun himself approved of the monarch the question, and if "Justice" will only that on the 17th inst. he sent out a Jakical project, but now they had betrayed carry his suggestion through he will reprive the hearty thanks of a large The money was collected, and then, the him. He asks to be treated as an honour

opponent and not as number of prople suffering under a very ' fuki states, he was met by a man whom

a brigand and to make a settlement of the situation "Why am I no," he says,

414 accorded the

to collect $360 on behalf of the firm.

able

heavy grievance, among whom is.-Your, he did not know. This man took him to customary right of honourable negotia-/possible. We have now stationed our

humble 'servant,

COMMUNE BONUM. Hongkong, 23rd July, 1917.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

Sin-Could not Sir Henry May do something to help the Service man? He is described as Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hongkong and its dependencies.

The Service man gets little sound back. ing from his own superiors because they xre above the discomforts caused by having a dollar or less a week to spend.

Yours faithfully

HOSTILITIES ONLY. Hongkong, 23rd July, 1017.

"RONGKONG

TO THE EDITOR OF THE

DAILY PRESB.**]

SIR, “Justice" gives one hope. The local Community. by acting, may get the

Government to intervene.

The plight of the married man, whether his family ho in Hongkong or elsewhere,

į

an eating-houst: in Queen's Road Central; and afterwards they proceeded to the

· Public Gardens.. On entering the garden gates the strange man gave the joki a cigarette and, after he had smoked it, the fuki became unconscious, quently the fok was taken to an English hospital" by another man, and he did not regain consciousness until 7 am, on the 22nd inst The foki then

this arch traitor dare to attack our to march for the protection of the Expital;

troops, we will attack his troops without merey, and dispel forever the evil in- Auence. The Commander-in-Chief of the Gendarmerie and the Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police are hereby requested to do their best to afford pro- inhabitants and the Foreign Legations, toction to the life and property of the

and the Ching Wei Troops to protect the palace of the Tsing Family.".

and to surrender unconditionally, on the tion I am told to come out disarmed troops at Pelyian and Tangchow, ready

one band, and, on the other, I ao advised that I have to expect the slaughter of my ma and the sacrifice of my life toge Subsether with my cause. What alternative is there here for a man of honour? What inducement is there to spare the populace in Peking the fright which a Sual combat would give them? Im as solicitous for the welfare of Feking as my opponents, but I am more solicitous for the welfare. of the Ching House and for the honour of my following and myself. "

discovered that the 360 were missing.

TO ENGLAND.

Co Monday it was announced that one (With reference to her Eastern trade;) hundred thousand dollars would be offer

ed for the bend of Chang Hsun, dead or 1

With methods that Adam would shun ? Large scale enterprise now fills the bill, You must do it, old girl, or be done.

going ont.. Curiously enough, the only passenger injured by the firing on the down train was the Japanes, mail carrier, who received a buller wound in the thigh, but, nevertheless, he would not be parted from his' sil-bags, meta

Peking has been panicky since the Re publican

troops surrounded the city and Well, England, how are you? Conserva--alive-a proclamation by the generalis the prospects of street fighting became

tive still

simo which must have stiffened old imminent. The feeling of unrest was not calmed in any way by the occurrence of Chang's back.

He has threatened to Saturday night, when the troops Lutside publish all the correspondence relating to the East Gate exchanged shots with the the Hauchowfu Conference and the deci-roops inside until the former were as sured that the latter belonged to their sion to restore the Monarchy, This may party. Then they retired outside the

tarists, and may partly explain their were heard outside the Hatamen and the prove awkward for the Republican mili- gate but not before they had killed a ricsha coolie. On Monday night shots

wish to come to terms, but if they choose Yungtinen, but it was learned that this

the 11th and the 12th Divisions, probably unable to distinguish friend from fee in the darkness Nobody was killed on this

Though the monarchy movement : is and trouble

commonsense, too,

You've got brains, you've got money, and

Why don't you shove, like Americans do, Why don't you use your old head

And watch your businesses spread?

is indeed parlous. In no sense does ho Sometimes, old girl, you just make me to deny that any such decision was due to a misunderstanding between

crupy a white man's place.

tired

actually reached Chang will be further It is high time that the white soldier To see the good chances you miss,

Where's the ambition with which you discredited, especially as it was freely

were fired

declared among the Chinese that the

was paid as a white man. A little higher dollar and the white soldier-will get less Before you slowed up like this! than the coloured one. Yours truly,

- TRADE UNION CANDIDATE.

Hongkong, 23rd July, 1017.

fro

THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS.

occasion, tim

Tuchuns Juïd a trap for Chang Hsun into dead, Chang Hsun is not too, that

may yet be expected

|

Your Ancestors were clever; they set the which he fell, by coming up to Peking and

Tuan Chi-jai's soldiers are entering the attempting to restore the monarchy. city every night by the cast gate under Now I don't want to seem unkind-

Saturday witnessed the re-opening of cover of darkness, while Hsun has sand- bagged his residence and erected" "light the railway service between Peking and aftlery is position. Doubtless a com Tientsin. Those who travelled by the promise will be effected

Do you realise yet that you're losing the

And you might soon be left behind?

ways,

Forget your family tree,

That this is expected is evidened from

дей

St Justics" hits out in quite an You've got to get out of your ladi-da first train had to undergo somewhat try the fact that the politicians are beginning original

ing experiences, as it was fired upon at to talk. The Kuomintang are inclined fashion. It now remains to be

Fengtai daring its stop and the driver to suggest that Tuan Chi-jui and the Pei seen if a public-apirited gentleman will Take off your coat, you'll find that it pays decamped. However, Mr. Bone came to autorney as opposed to democratic gov yang party are working for a military come forward and take the initiative, or In business, as on the sea.

the rescue and the train was taken out | erem ut, quoting in support of this con- failing a gentleman. a Indy.

Try and get your Consular Service to aid of the danger zone, although another tention Tuan's nomination of former

monarchists for portfolios in his shock was experienced when an aviator Cabinet. Tuan's record, however, is con- dropped bombs over Fengtai, After asistently anti-monarchical He the list of fourteen generals who Journey lasting double the usual time, the the Imperialists in the Revolution of 1911. train reached Tientsin 10 safety, The He opposed Yuan Shih-kai's imperial- Through the leaves of the business tree. upcoming train from Tintain had also that powerful man. Now he has led the ambitions and caused the downfall of You'll have to sit tight and jolly wella prolonged journey, though with none movement against the monarchical project

shove, Or else you'll get left you'll see,

of the adventures which befel the down of Chang Hsun. Whatever charges may be laid against him it surely cannot be (Comitiued at just of next column)- “OBSERVER".

said that he is a monarchist.

It is damnable that Service men should Introduce a commercial strain, see their pay already little dwindle. Don't let us all be put in the shade month by month because somebody in New While others reap all the gain, York Calcutta, or elsewhere buys a lot. of silver,

Generals, Commodores, Colonela, M.Ps, an far have been able to do nothing. Perfinns the community of Hongkong. headed by Sir Henry Max. may be able to do something.Yours faithfully

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