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INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 1917.

MOUTRIE'S

PIANOS

TO

HIRE

FROM

$10

Per

MONTH.

TUNING AND REGULAR

ATTENTION

INCLUSIVE.

The "nip" in the air at night

causes one to feel the necessity of warmer

PYJAMAS

We have just received a large stock of Ceylonette Sleeping Suits suitable for present wear, which we are offering at

special prices on account of high exchange.

$4.75 per sult, 3 suits for $12.00

124-2

ANTIMONY BOOM PASSED..

WHAT CAUSED THE SLUMP IN CHINA.

THE CONTROL OF FREIGHT SPACE.

PEKING NEWS...

[ruca our owŃ CORRESPONDENT.]

PEKINO, September 27th. ·

THE FLOGISA HUGE AREA SUNMERGED -

After a summer of alternate drought

SWATOW NOTES. (PROM ODB OWN CORRESPONDINT.]

SWATOW, 6th October,

One of the minor horrors of war is the Although there has been no alteration freight-space broker (says the Japa

8 WATOW WATER COMPANY. in England in the official price of me. Chrowcle). It may seem rather late ru

It is reported that the Swatow water taille antimony, it has been increasingly the day to take particular notice of us and drenching rains, which have been sure company is not in a very flourishing con- clear for Home time past that the great activities, but in view of the possibility trials to the farmers of the whole plain I dition and that, if failure is to be avoided.

of north-east China, the Boods have come steps must be taken to improve the Com as a crowning calamity. The interest of pany's prospects. On the other hard, the the foreign corinninity is, of course, con- consumers of water say that the fluid is centrated upon Tientsin, where enough the most costly of all plain wafers they damage his stready been done tos instire a know of, and they complain that the

reassuring to the sight. It is a matter of supremae importance to Swatos, as the wear resources of good water are non- existent. Formerly foreigners living on the Swatow side had to get their supply

necessary to bring the latent chant in Japan who wishes.to slip goods winter's inconvenience and dieronfort supply is neither constant nor is its colour

explains hus

antimony boom is passed, writes the in-of State control of freight space upon ing Jusrual, August 18th continuing Japanese ships-partial control, if not We have always pointed out the neces complete-it may lead to some improve sarily transitory character of such ris ment in the present highly ansatisfactory in the past, which are due solely to the state of nflars to set forth briefly the requirements of modern warfare. Modern

A case we wars have not been either sufficiently have in mind is that of a foreign mer-

position as it stands

in-day general or protracted to furnish the capital

to India. as say he has five hundred deposits of the world into production tons of cargo to ship. He goes to the office for all nad very real misery for a great I on a large scale. The present earns of a steamship company an umber. Reports from the country, how

however, has not only created wants. The freight exceptional demand, bub has also, by ite duration and the immense amount of tons on the first available steamer and the ere, give evidence that the destruction same amount of space on the next. At money provided for supplies, filled that this rate it would take about twelve wrought in Tientsin is trifling compared demand on an overwhelming scale, Doily News) a recent official report on shipment, and here is where the flat country to the south and west of the from welis on the other side of the harbour

In this connection, (says the months to clear off the goods ready for with that done in the great streich of

broker comes in China, which is the main shipper is unable to get space for

mes in. Although the bad bele

interest, Chinn fag fear axport in the the broker who has the ear to ship and

over will have is alle in some latter containing about 70 to 74 per cent ordinary way to get a very considerable metal and 11,572 tons of ore. Antimony amount of space placed at his disposal, ores are distributed over a wide area of which he proceeds to place at the disposal

of China, comprising the provinces of other people. The broker does not din Hupan, Kwings, Yunnan, aud Kwang this altogether out of a patriotic desire to tung In this region Changsha is the facilitate Japan's trade. Conseaner chief centre of the business, but Wuchang with only Afteen tons of space given other points on the Yellow River between and Swalow, the inference being that

the shipper explains the plight be has a

The industry

source of supply, may be read, with which he has all ready; to put on cargo city. In Tientsin the Hun River, whidi and engage water-bonts to bring it across.

Inst

all

refining works which smelts a large considerable amount of ore...

# is in,

of

MACKINTOSH ou consignment when prices were high

▲ CO., LTD.,

Men's Wear Specialists,

16, DES VŒŒUX ROAD.

THEATRE ROYAL. TO-NIGHT, AT 9.15. LAST CHANCE TO HEAR THE

FANTASTICS

IN THEIR

!.

NO. 3 PROGRAMME! COMPLETE CHANGE TO-MORROW.

TELEPHONE 29

NO. 3 PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT! ELSIE BLACK in flute and piccolo-solos.

1103

FERN FRENCH and HILDA FELSTEAD in two songe-"THE Roská HAVE MADE ME REMEMBER" and "Love 1 A SLAVE," and a duet-

Dows THE VALE."

RAY TRAYNOR in "On, Joussy, O¤”! and "I Scorpen," Looxto, and

LASTEXED."

IVY ALDOUS and FRED KEELEY in “BACK TO THE FARM" and a

"DOUBLE DANCE WITHOUT Music."

FRED KEELEY in "THE SCARECROW Dance."

INTERVAL

HILDA FELSTEAD in @PADEREWIEL,”. “ISN'T THAT JUST LIKE A Man,”

** THE SLIPPERY LITTLE SLIDE" and "TirrenanY ÁDAPTATIONS.” REDHEAD WILSON in the Acrobatic Monologue--" FLANAGAN DID." BILLIE SEATON in "To THE STRJISS OF THE WEDDING March,” “KeeF FOUR EYE ON THE GIRLIE YOU Love,” “The ViolIN MY GREAT-GRANDADET MADE,"EVERYBODY'S DOING IT AT THE SEASIDE."

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BAD IN EVERY GOOD LITTLE GIRL." NELLIE BLACK, the Scottish contralto, in "CALLER HERRIN" and

"Mr Ais FOLK."

LEONARD NELSON in "How's your FATHER? THE HONEYMOON,” TRE FELLOW I want to Get," mud “There's a Gentleman HeRE

·TO-NIGHT."

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BOOKING at MOUTRIE'S.

NO. 4 PROGRAMME

TO-MORROW

ANOTHER COMPLETE CHANGE.

KEATINGS

LOZENGES

cure the worst Cough

[1210

Over 30 years ago ibe lata Lord' Beaconsfeld testified to the banelita be received from NIMROD'S CURE, and every postdrings similar letters to-day.

HIMROD'S

CURE for

(FERED FOR 40 YENDA.

ASTHMA

Sold in una by all Chemists and Kiaros throughout the Cointre

(of Imitations.

[617-4

The effects in China were that mines and smelting works which were not exceptionally well favoured with respect to transportation and ore supplies could stop work; also several large compiles, trusting to the continuance of high prices

many months.

not bear the financial stráin, and had to te service is carried un

tel.

rises îti the desolate and dusty country | northern Shansi and carries with it a vast amount of mind and sand and has there fore the same tendency as the Yellow River

to raise-its, bed and overflow, the country, is held responsible for the trouble, but from the south of Pacinglu and from

A

Recourse to this system would be calamity, and, recording to reports, it can only be uverted by the services of a good engineer.

EMIGRATION BUREAU.

An Emigration Bureau has ben sat up, or is about to be set up, hotlin Canton

him where he wants five hundred the Kaifeng and the sea come reports of those emigrating from Salow and The greatly increased demand for anti-| broker offers him a hundred tons or so mony in the making of ammunition has at a premium. We have seen the down-breaks in the northern embankments of Canton are not dealt with in any case as beers immensely stimuinted by the war: ments in regard to a recent shipment to the big stream," "which, if true, must spell they should be It is truly pleasure to and the Chinese, knowing well the great Indian port, showing that while the resourees of their country in this respect regular fre the broker Y40, and on top by many milliums of people.

freight rate was Y3 per ton, the disaster to a tremendous area inhabited | note a spirit of altruisto appearing in the and the good quality of the metal which shipper

At all Cantonese Goveråment! they manufacture, opened an office in New of this another Y3 for extra charges,

avents; it is known in Tientsin that to the CHINESE APPRECIATION OF FOREION MEDICINE, York, and were very anécessful for a time bringing the total rate up to Y43 per ton. in disposing of their products at excellent. It thus happens that on the same steainer, west about (5.000 square miles of country. It is reported that the Yongkang hos profits.

for the

the same class of goods, to, the same But the demand also stimulated the destination, the merchant is able to ship are under an average of four feet of water.pital, in the county of Jasping, is meet- industry in other parts of the world; arid a small lot of goods in the space engaged and that the swollen streats, running jing a grent nerd 'in the pojmulous neigh- it is certain that, although there were no by himself at 32 per ton, and a larger through deforested' country and still ird bourhood. It is run under the auspices complaints about the quality of their pro- consignment at Y43 per ton. This sort

of ducts. the Chinese sustained heavy losses thing happens every day; we mention it by persistent light rains, are currying of the Swatow American Baptist Mission, in 1916 in this business, because of the not as an item of deas, but as a recent about three times the capacity of their and much success has already attended severe depression in--the market prices example of what has been going on for in January the Hankow Customs valie

the doctor's labours. At present, however, lower outlets, antimony regulus was ITk. Th. See a con

It is not only in regard to shipments The foods have been well advertised in there is no room for purely hospital work. and crude antimony Hk. Tis. 50. In to tadia that this extirardinary state of December the corresponding rates were

vere affairs, exists.

Granting that the official gireles, and in the vernicular The Chinese in the neighbourhood, realise Hk. Tis. 218 and Ik, Tis. 113, the depre- demand for #nce bak ineroared papers for several weeks, but the serions-ing the value of a foreign cloctor in their viation being practically continuous enormously, and that the available ton throughout the year. It should be kept age is capable of carrying only a part

ness of the situation did not impress itself | midst, are now dealing with the problem. in sind, however, that exchange was of the freight, offered, the fairest way of upon Tientsin until last, Sunday and of finding a suitable site and of contribut- steadily rising.

distributing the space offering would be Munday, in spite of the fact that railing the wherewithal to build a hospital. That disaster swiftly followed is not Lo share it out among the company's

HERP-GROWERS IN A BAÐ PLIGHT. surprising. Sonic of the important regular clients on a pre eta basis, accord communication had been interrupted en causes were due to the consolidation bying to their previous requirements, at the both the Peking-Hankow and the Tientsin-

Hump-growers are in a bad plight, for the large consumers is to the buying same time setting aside a proportion for Pakow ines. On Monday, however, it hemp is being sold at four dollers a br n- requirements, especially in New York; to new.constituents of sound standing. the developnient in Spain of large any-No doubt there are many serious difficul was realized that all the country about dred catties instead of at twenty dollə iri plies of are for Girent Pritain; to ores ties in the way of such an equitable the native city and the foreign settle The nasun given is that the cultivalfors From Bolivia, coming into the market for distribution of available space as would sune months; and to shipments from please all parties, but this much is munts was a great lake and that the race. have been compelled to sell before the sea China to New York of large quantities certain that the activities of the freight-course was under water. On Truesday, the son, owing to the fact that the Jargo brokers do nothing to alleviate existing Japanese Settlement was four feet under tobacco output has been a failure in co6- resulting in a glut in New York.

but rathis

rather herense them. engaged in export business the flood and large foires of natives, An- sequence of over-taxing of the pla at by- are faced with more difficulties nowadays namites and British volunteers were put greedy governments. Under urina i con- than have ever before been known. cables are shockingly delayed and shame to work upon the canal embankments and ditions, the money secured by the earlier mutilated, and as the world's upon improvised dykes about the French sale of tobacco enables the hemp grower

under war

settlement in an effort to hold the tide to retain his hemp till the period in which conditions no liability is admitted any-

resulting from delays, within check. Military Governor Tsao the hemp attains its maximum value. mutilations," or even appearance of messages. The dificulty of consuls, had the Tientsin Pukow loop understanding the requirements of the

It is reported that in this Wantoneso elient at the other end of the wire having line cut in several places to give the water Province there. aro frequent sales of at last been overcome, it is found that the market has jumped very considerably an outlet, and set about commandeering magistracies; that a company is formed since the first guntation was submitted, food and boats. The native population of which contributes into a commend a fund for necessitating farther telegraphic com the surrounding country and of the the purchase of the magistrae ; that the unatcation with further delays. The deal at last being closed, the order is placed

most suitable person in the company is with the manufacturers in Japan, and it

chosen for the post; and that the profits is not at all impossible that the merchant

of the post are returned to the company. bere finds he has no place to put the goods

The story may account for the stories of when they are verity for delivery. His were crowded with refugees. There is which one hears of the At midnight, the prosecutor, acting as

notorious - a decuy, pretended to be sprawling drunk goduwn is full of stuff he has been unable

water in all the streets of the British capacity of some of the magistrates. 10

additional ship,

godown space cannot on some steps at Allington street, near Victoria Station, with a large bottle of facturer having no storage space himself great demand as a means of conveyance.

for love or money, and the many concessions, and sampans have beai in THE IDEAS OF ISLAND CHINA.

Inland China lives in blissful ignorance whisky protruding from his trousers to spare threatens to dump the stuff in pocket. Prisoner came along and took the street ontside the merchant's office deep, the electric light works are out of China has declared war is treated as

At many crossings the water is four feet of the country being at war Newspapers penetrate the interior, but the fact that and also a tobacco pouch, from This is not an imaginative the boille, and pockets, nothing being picture of conditions as existing in Kobe commission, the water works have ceased augered to be is the pay of the Germans

or exaggerated

joke, and, as for Bua Yatsen, he is done to prevent him. Examining the to-day.

Meanwhile quiries have buss! tobacco pouch under an adjacent street going on in

to frondon Let their supply, food and coal delivery is and to have recuived er ormou sans of us say the goods are for lamp, prisoner remarked to a Canadian soldier, in his company as part of the merchant applies for a couple of hundred irregular, and the weather is getting cold. money recently in order to negotiate for tons on a certain steamer. It is explained It is roughly estimated that if there is police trap, There is just a quid inside."

at the shipping office that the entire allai no further rise and if a dyke can be built Lange-Corporal Willerton, of the Cana

ment for

as made by the head offics, dian. Military Police, said prisoner had

whom he thought to be the worse for

eximent in the best of similar institutiona drink

abroad. With the opportunity afforded to Mr. Francis said the case was very

Chinese students to secure a high-grade clearly proved, and he should like to

medical education without going abroad, know the prisoner's military record,

varying results application the space coming winter is, of course, a menace, diseases and conditions

and facilities for

Brst-hand stay of the A young lieutenant in the Scots Guards have tremendously said prisoner had been two years, in the allotted for Kobe cargo has peculiar to China, to great develop Army, and his character might be describit is doubtful whether the steamer will freeze and will be pagmented in the ments in medicine within the next gen.

and so on. Finally the mer-

eration in China, Dr. Reinsch said that ed as only fair.

sail formed that his application for Spring by the annual Spring floods. The those responsible for the present work were chant is Mr. Francis remarked that was very two hundred tons is refused with regret, Chinese are desperately pessimistic, view animated by the same spirit and ideals general, and did not tell him much.

The officer said he was not allowed to that an allotment of ten tons has been the whole situation as a visitation from who had been conducting such useful work

but

as those British workers of the mission given him.

He learns that, there is detail the issue once befors for doing Africa at 250s, a ton, with the result that River has not already changed its course prisoner's record or to show it. tremendous amount of cargo for South Heaven, and are certain that if the Yellow

London cargo at 1458. is not looked upon

and to no new sources of supply being whire for loss the complete is Kun, upon the instigation of the foreign SALE OF MAGISTRACIER.

opened up, over-speculated, and failed.

WAR OFFICE RED TAPE. Feigning to be drunk and acting for certain purpose, Sergeant William John Brown, of the Canadian Military Police, arrested Malcolm Honaid, 31, a private in the 3rd Scots Guards, who was charged before Mr. Francis, at Westminster, with

theft.

lar

of

Tho

Tientsin suburbs took refuge on the rail- way and other embankments with their household effects, and all trains to Peking

16

the transference of Germans to safe quarters:

been previously seen, to accost Canadians 18 two thousand tons, for which there are around the concessions, they can be pump: in every respect, aud with the high a couple of hundred applicants requiring ed dry in three weeks. Assuming that staniards of work that are already from hundred to a thousand tout each.

it.

Mr. Francis (warmly)--Well, I don't know what you are here for.

The Officer I nu supposed to state any thing merely in very general terms that is the Army order.

For the moment no information can be there is no more high water from up given as to the space which can be offered. country, it will take more than 200 days Repeated visits to the

shipping office have to drain the surrounding country. The

for space

rates for his London to pay Cape

cargo, and

with any great interest by the shipping it is bound to do so as a fitting climax company. He offers

TOWA

to. an overwhelming calamity. may get bit more space tha 3

that way,

İEKING "CTION MEDICAL COLLEGX-13RICA's Meanwhile the freight-broker has been busy, and the worried merchant Gnds that by paying

BENEVOLENCE.

A very interesting and important cere-

in Peking

management, but in the exact application China had little to learn the West concerning control of wience China might learn much. After the struggle in Europe was over inen would again use their energy for the bet torment of the human race. The work would therefore be of universal usefulness. but primarily for the Chinese people." H.E. Fan Yuan-lien, Minister

Mr. Francis-Well, it is the first time I have every been told that. During the this individual, what he asks for space, mony was performed at the beginning of Education, laid the corner stone. twenty-one years I have been a magistrate de can get another fifty or a hundred to the week; when the cornerstone of the

gre

The

I have always been informed of the pri:refused further space op. Thas been new building of the Peking Unior Medi-uildings so freely given to China be have made quite respectable fortune gathering of Chinese and for derive actual beriefts from the institution.

ant as well.

the

who

The new

Every Bor

on the very steamer - which

said, soner's antecedents, and, in fact, the number of men in Kobe and Osaka who cal College was laid. There was a large rican good will. In future when people are only an outward sign of Ame papers have been handed to me to see..

The Officer-They were not supposed to respectable in size, if not in origin-by the American Minister;

among them being Dr. Paul S.

they will be,

vill thank our foreign friends for Mr. Bielby their benevolence. this system of brokering freight space. Alston, the

I am sure it will be The Magistrate-Who says it is wrong? The steamship companies do not prout Admirat Knight (the Commander of the means to further cement the

British

'Affaires Charge The Lieutenant-The commanding by

e existing it merchant does

the

not profit by it: S. Asimic Fleet), the Red Cross Mission friendly relations between our countries. oficer of the Scots Guards, and the adjutit are the brokers and certain others into Russia (which was then in Peking,

only people get anything out

on building

fur will be a magnificent' with all the The Magistrate-How long has he been positions of authority who pull the s ng the way America), representatives of

strings the

the appliances and research work. study various departments of the Chinese commanding officer of the Scots Guards for them. If the Japanese Government Government, and cuestional and religi

branch of medical science and sur- Because we have had hundreds of these freight-control by the State, which is cer lings with the Allies on the subject of

up

will be dealt with. The Lackfeller in the Tu Wang Fu (Pri Palace), dollars for the building, but many more 0118 institutions. The

took place foundation has eases before, and information has been

already allotted a million tain to mean a further restriction of the which was purchased by the Rockefeller millions are to be spent on the work. Out- given What is the object of an officer attending here if not to assist the magis- the general merchant, this iniquitoused to extend their work to Peking. Dr. hundred of the higher grade students will amount of space available for the use of Foundation Endowment when they decid-side of the preparatory department, two trate by telling him of a prisoner's record! system of hawking freight-space by men Francis McLean, the official deputed by find arc in the Army? It is essential to know in who should not have the option on a single the Foundation Coremittee to take charge staff of forty of America's specialista order that justice may be done, and I ton, since they are not genuine shippers of its work in China, said, "It is the 11 have charge of the work, and in two will remand the accused until I do know, and do not intend to be, must be effectively purpose of the Trustees of the. Peking ears' time, the date when it is anticipat- It is an absolutely ridiculous position, stopped, and & more fair and equitable Medical College to establish here an ined that the building will be ready for and you can take that message from me distribution made of the space available stitution, devoted to medical teaching and fopening, the Foundation hopes to be able

so that merchants are not compelled to to your commanding officer:

Prisoner was further remanded in condone shady practices as an alternative research and the care of the sick, complete to claim to have the finest institution of custody.

to going out of business.

(Continued at foot of next Column.) its kind in Asia

Su'a

accommodation.