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HONGKONG

MAGISTRACY.

EXPORTING SILVER DOLLARS,

A Chinese woman was charged with attempting to export eighteen silver dol

Sure,

It was stated that defendant, who was arrested on the Lee Ke Wharf, inform- ed the lukeng that she came to Hongkong to collect debts due to her.

Mr. J. R. Wood indicted a nominal fine of $1 and advised defendant to change the silver into notes.

was

CHINESE ADMIRAL IN COURT: Liu Hon Hong, described as an Ad- miral of Lang Chai-kwong's fleet, eharged, on remand, with aiding and abetting an armed robbery at Wanchai

cently.

Mr. E. J. Grist, who appeared for de fendant, applied for bail.

Inspector Sim arid he had been in structed to suggest a substantial bail.

Mr. Wolfe remanded the case until ext week, fixing bail at $1,600

OPIUM CASES.

A Chinese youth pleaded guilty to being in unlawful possession of one tael And three mace of opium dross..

I was stated that defendant was ar rested on the Hop Tack Wharf with the opium dross in his hand. He was search- ed, and several other pots of opium were discovered, concealed within a belt.

Mr.. E. D. C. Wolfe lined defendant $100, with the alternative of a month's hard labour.

-A Chinese was charged with being in unlawful possession of 21 taels of pre- pared opium and the of raw opium.“-

Defendant said, the opium belonged to friend who came with hire on the same steamer from Singapore.

Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe fined-defendant $1,100, with the alternative of five months' hard labour.

HARBOURING A MARRIED. WOMAN.

THE HONGKONG

STABBED FIVE TIMES.

MAN. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.

A Chinese male night-soil carrier was removed to the Government Civil Hes- pital on Monday, suffering from five stab wounds in the band and body.

The body was picked up in Des Vicax, Road West near Salt Fish Lana,

A man has been arrested in connection with the crime.

DROWNING. FATALITY. INDIAN CONSTABLE TO THE RESCUE.

A

The Police have received a report of drowning accident which occurred on the 20th instant at Ung Long Creek. youth, seventeen years of age, accom- panied by a friend, went for a swim in the

creek. The youth suddenly got beyond his depth and was noticed disappearing His companion raised an alarm, and an Indian constable, who was near the place, jumped into the water to effect a resets He made several efforts to discover the body, and at last succeeded in bringing it to the surface. Artificial respiration was resorted to but proved unavailing The youth romained unconscious and died a few minutes later.

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THE IMPRUDENT PRINCE

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MUSKETRY AND EYESIGHT. SOME NOTES ON INSTRUCTION.

JUY A MUSKETRY OFFICER

One is very far from being unished with the eyes of a recruit when bo has passed the eyesight test on joining the

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With these things in his mind an in- structor has to be continually watchful of the eyes of his recruita He can test their trigger pressure, or the steadiness of their him without difficulty. The one WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A NICE SELECTION thing that he

It costs a good deal to be a gentleman in Germany, as Prince Lichnowsky has just discovered.

Prince Lichnowsky was German Aine himself will suddenly discover them again when he comes to do his musketry baseador in Great Britain from 1012. 1914. His qualifications for the post course, and to the musketry officer they were unique; he was a German gentle a continual problem. For he know? man. To be more exact he was a Silesian that then men's eyes are put to a use "Wo Germang will never be to which they are quite unaccustomed. gentlemen," a German authority has said For the first time in their lives, prob but there may be lapses among nominal ably, they have to look-siendily at a Germans. At any rate when a gentleman small thing with great concentration. was wanted for, Ambassador, the rumour He knows also that two things are likely that one had been found in Silesia was

begin to wonder if they are weak, parti nowsky was despatched to London. promptly acted upon, and Prince Lichto happen. A was with good eyes may In 1912 Germany had already decided cularly if such a possibility is suggested to him. He may begin to think it, simply fixed the actual date, for it was necessary this unaccustomed work of concentration upon the Great War. Probably she had because his eyes tire very quickly under to wait for the opening of the enlarged on small thing and so an instructor Kiel Canal, and that was due in the has to be continually telling men that summer of 1014. It was the Ambassador the eye needs rest bernuse it is business in London to keep England quiet work for those two years. The best way to do On the other hand, men who were un- this was to pretend to be working for an conscious that their eyes were not normal Anglo-German understanding. The best and who could pass the oculist's tout card no need to pretend, but honestly thought weakness at musketry. You might have man for this pretence was one who had without difficulty will discover their that it was his business to bring England been content all your life, to see a thing and Germany together; a straightforward in the distance a little blurred (you might gentleman acceptable to the British. even not have known that it was blurred), Such a man was Prince Lichnowsky.t you are not content with that, you become very conscious of your weakness Unsuspicious of what was coming, when you have to fix the thing clearly and could be relied on to work for an under firmly with the foresights TOBACCO standing with an equally unsuspicious England, while back at Berlin, the German Government chuckled to itself and prepared for The Day. How could The "following is the subscription list the British Government suspect so ob

cannot actually test, bus viously honest a man as Prince Lichnow

the one thing it is most interesting sky 1

When war was inevitable, the German know, is how they see things. He does Ambassador was asked if England would not want to make them fidgety, to net come in. He said "No." What else them thinking about their eyes when they could he say! He had looked at England ought to be thinking of something else; with the eyes of a peace-lover; he and Sir but in many indirect ways, by a fire Edward Grey had been working together order, by getting them to judge distance for peace; he had put the thought of ware can get some idea of how they, see between Germany and England far away a thing,malo ng interontha

He mako many interesting dis from him. So he said, "No" and coveries. He will come across odd cases England came in; and Prince Lichnowsky like a man who was told that he would went back to Germany in disgrace.. be put back for a course in order to His crine was that he had deceived the bave his eyes tested for glasses, and who German Government as to England's into the astonishment of the officet, said tentious He might have retorted that that he had a pair and produced them When asked why on pocket, the German Governsent had deceived from his him as to Germany's intentions. He was th le did not wear them he answered an Tonest gentleman and his Government very seriously that they bad cost him a had taken advantage of the fact. For two gunes and that he wasn't going to run years he remained silent, and then he any risk of having them broken. He will find, too, how very eareless men are put down on paper something of his with their eyes and how little they under private feelings.

The world knows now that owing In the early days of the war very many indiscretion. of n friend those men who wore glasses left them off in to the private feelings become public. There order to join the army, not knowing was nothing in them to surprise the world that the army order which made it im- outside German explanation. It bay.

hut the German people possible for a man with glasses to enlist naturally wanted

been cancelled. had Fallen to the Vice-Chancellor to give it would for that same reason do their best Sonie, no doubt, The Vice-Chancellor explains (presumo conceal their weaknees from the ably the Chancellor was exhausted after musketty Officer at others did genuinely his recent explanation of the Russian seem to expect that, though they peace, and had to leave it to his Deputyed glasses for all the ordinary business that the Prince had "apparently received of if they ought for some unknown 921.39 from a third and wrongly informed quar reason to be able to shoot without them.

ter inaccurate information." Moreover,

It is such cases as those that bring the 827,611, 56be had tendered bis resignation of his musketry officer to the final and not the present rank, and as he had doubtless lenst interesting of his discoveries. no bad intention, but had simply been Knowing himself how impossible it is guilty of imprudence nothing further for him to test a man's cyes, he will would be done in the matter.

that any inan who wished to have gone cautiously to work, fearing shirk would

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A Chinese was charged with harbour Mr. F. G. Becke, Wham-

"pou, sub, April ng a tourrig woman.

3. R. E. Lindseth, of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, said the complainant, the husland of the woman, was adopted by an When the unele who had no children.

boy grow to aanhood te married a weman chosen by his parents, and about a year Sago, in deference to the wishes of his uncle, he entered into a second marriage: with the woman in the case in order to raise up issue for his uncle's house. They lived happily for a year. Then te fendant met the woman and they both sud- denly disappeared. They were traced to The case was an unusual Hongkong. One. Defendant stated that the woman

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April, 1918 Since expended: ---- eam, of her own free will. She was mar-150,000 cigarettes sent ried to the husband as pin chai. It was a legal marriage and recognised by the Supreme Court as following the manners and customs of China. It was similar

to a Life marriage.

Mr. J.. R. Wood remanded the case till to-day.

IMPERSONATING A POLICE

OFFICER

A Chinese was charged with imper. gonating a police officer and with extort: ing money from another Chinëse..

Complainant said he arrived in Hong kong from Canton on Monday morning with the intention of visiting several firms. On his arrival he purchased two pots of opium, and went to a boarding house. While he was smoking, defendant entered his cubicle and charged him with being in unlawful possession of opium. Defendant, representing himself as police officer, threatened to arrest com plainant if he did not offer him come ** cumshaw." Complainant demurred, "saying that he had no money. Defendant then took the two pets of opium and was going away when an alarm was raised and some of the other boarders managed to arrest defendant.

Defendant denied that he demanded any money, saying that complainant was an old friend of his and had presented him with the two pots of opium

Mr. J. Wood sentenced defendant to the mouths hard labour.:

GERMAN'S GRIM ADMISSION.

Mr. Philip Gibbs writes:-It was a

German officer taken in our recapture of Ayette on April 3rd, when an adjutant, three company commanders, and other officers were caught in the cellars by the quick rush of our assault, who said the most tragic thing about the battle for which joy-bells were being rung in Ger- One of our officers said to him: You have gained a good deal of ground lately," and the German officer looked up with haunted eyes, and his answer "Was? We shall want all the ground we ran get to bury our dead.”.

many.

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Doubtless the Prince had no bad inter tion. Indeed his only intention was to be quick to see the opportunity, and that be an honest man. He had simply been men would he only too ready to excuse guilty of imprudence. He had been carelessness or bad shooting by putting enough to be honest and it down to their eyes. It is with that prudent 27,797.08 gentleman, whilst still in the service feeling that he would begin, and then of the German Government. As a result to his surprise he would discover that 44.48 he has lost his rank, and is more in dis his difficulty was all the other way, that grace than ever. It most certainly does so far from men eviggerating any weak- not pay to be an honest gentleman iness of the eyes it was the hardest thing Germany.nce Lichnowsky was Whether it is that they are afraid in the world to get them to confess to

W. A, DOWLEY, (Hon, See, and Treasurer). Hongkong, 28th May, 1918.

AUSTRIAN VIEW OF ALSACE

However,

to

spored on thing He was imprudent they will affect their position in the and wrongly-informed, but he was not army, or that there is some odd feeling told, as was Dr. Muchlon, that he was of shame about weakness of the eyes, or suffering from neurasthenia. Dr. Much simply that men are careless and ignorant on an ex-director of Krupps, had made about it, the fact remains that they will a statement in regard to a conference not confess to it unless they are forced. An important speech by Dr. Lammasch which he had with two exalted personages It is this reluctance, more than any in the Austrian Upper House, on Febri in July, 1914, from which it appeared thing else, that, a musketry officer has to ary 27th, is reproduced in The New that it was not the intention of the Gerbear in mind when he is taking stock Europe Dr. Lammasch, who was preman Government to maintain peace of his recruita. sident of The Hague Tribunal, and has The Vice-Chancellor again obliges with be helped to found. the Neue Politische an explanation. No importance could Gesellschaft, to convert Austria to attached to the revelations since the Liberalism, spoke on a vote of confidence two gentlemen referred to had denied COST OF THE ARMY. in Count Czernin for his soient last them. (A simple-minded man, the LOSSES FROM FRAUD AND WASTE.

the statements attributed in pursuit of an honourable and last them. ing peace. He denounced the jingo Vice-Chancellor.) But then how come sentiments of Dr. Pattai, which he said Dr. Muchion to make his statement i In 1916-17, according to the appropria were not those of the Austrian people, The answer is easy. Says the Vice-Chan tion account, the net cost of the Army and, referring to the parallel drawn by cellor, Dr. Muchion was suffering from Count Czernin between Trieste and neurasthenia at the

time.

*** WAR £587,795 507, compared with strassburg, gaid he could not accept this So it seems that there are two bonest £526,712,664 in the previous year. Below parallel Trieste was a vital necessity to gentlemen in Germany. One of them is Austria, while Strassburg was an imprudent; the other is obviously suffer are the figures ander the principal heads tremely valuable and beautiful

city

like ing from neurasthenia: Doubtless neof expenditure so many other cities of Germany. He ther of them had any bad intention, but might even venture to say that Trieste in their example is certainly worth avoid Austrian possession was more important ing in Germany. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ to Cormany than Strassburg in German possession:

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However that may be, we are

bound

to defend Strassburg and to maintain the pire. But it does not follow that we are territorial position of the German Em obliged to make further demands on our strength in order to perpetuate the conditions in pre-war constitutional Alsace-Lorraine (Dissent.) If a podce were possible on condition that Alsace Lorraine became an independent Federal State, with all the rights appertaining to such a State, and with a constitution free ly decided by the people, there would be no reason for us to continue the war in order that Alsace Lorraine should re main

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HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

ORDERS ISSUED BY MR. P. C. JENKIN, C.B.E.

SEARCH SUPERVISORE.

All Visiting and Warning Officers of this Squad will meet at Headquarters Offies at 5 pm on Thursday, May

VERING SERVICE. RIFLES,

Members of No. 1 Platoon who have not yet done so will draw rifles at Central Armoury between 5:50 and 6 p.m. on Prussian administration. Lively dis Units will parade Central Station at

Reichsland with a preponderating Wednesday, May 28th. sunt.)

that our oppon 5.45 pm Uniform, helmets, and end, would be abashed with such con cessions, and taking solution of trans. Wednesday, May 29th-No. 1 Section.

spikes. our circumstances into consideration," the forming Almace Lorraine into an indepen

Thursday, May 30th--No. 2 Platoon, dent Federal State would be congenial to Friday, May 31st-No. 2 Section at Water

Police Station. Austrian idees Conquests are expressly negatived by the declared policy of our Foreign Office. It has solemnly identi fed itself with the policy of so annexa tions. The so-called petoe of victory would be an evil peace. (Dissent.) - It would be a mere aristice prior to a more horrible clash of arms.

A JOINED, No. 2 Section--P-c 151 A. C. Pike. Band P.-c. 453 A. Bervignon,

By Order,

T. F. HODOX, A8.P. (R) and Adjutsut

May 28th, 1918,

Pay and allowances £122,183,423 Supplies and clothing... 251,788,123 Quartering transport and

Temounts

Ordnance

establishment

95,842,637

38,380,604

26,430,733

27,401 0652 9,844,686

and stores..... Armaments, engineer stores, and, aviation ma Works and buildings i

·Medical establishment. Separation allowances absorbed 277,843,410,

against £52,870,267 iri 1915-16.

Losses due to fraud, theft, arson, or gross negligence amounted to as much as 153, 230, and other losses regarded as irrecoverable are put at £562,307; a total of 195 items are enumerated under these heads. The approximate amounts of store and cash loses enstained through

the fall of Kutel-Awara vero £00,648

Various items in the account are and 237,718 respectively. subject of criticism by the Auditor Gen- cralia board of two Treasury repre- sentatives and a War Office official ex- press the view that the whole system of

Army

the

Darts outcome of this simplification, and as an outcome af

have pressed the War Office to consent to the appointment of a small committee to consider the whole question of accounting in the Army Pay Offices The matter is still the subject of corres pondence between the departments -

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