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JAPAN'S ENTERPRISE IN SOCIAL REFORM BY DANCING

CHINA.

SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS.

OPEN DOUBLES, CHAYPIONSHIP,

المسحميمه

WON BY N. E. KENT AND, F. A. REDMOND

HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPA.

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS BY MAJOR H

MORIAN, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT.

STRENGTH. No. 598 Pte. A. Forbes, "D" Co., is permitted to resign, on leaving the Colony, to date from May 1st, 1919.

APPOINTMENTS.

[BY THE DELY OF MANCHESTER) A CRITICISM.

"Dancing is as old as humanity itself, In an article in a recent number of the ai old as tears and laughter, the natural iecurical Review there appear sole rhythmical expression of human emotion interesting remarks on Japanese enter and of the joy of life. Dancing ia tot

rise in China. The writer says:

merely a product and a feature of town. The exhibition of tennis given in the The great dificulty facing the British It is remarkable that Scottish final of the Open Doubles Championship () .E. the Officer Administering the Puritanism, even in its severest days, has met evening was perhaps the best that, pever suppressed dancing in the High has been seen throughout the tournament. land glens To-day in districts of the NE. Kent and F.A. Redmond defeated Highlands, where the old strict obser J. S. Jennings and Captain Murray, as vance of the Sabbath survives, dancing isit was expected they would do, but they the most popular social recreation, and had to fight hard throughout. Previous Inds and laws, who to the townsmanly when these couples met and the match().E. the Offer Administering the the Addle strikes up suffer a change and rain, Kent and Redmond had all but wof might appear heavy and dull, as soon as had to be abandoned on account of the appear alert and graceful. In our great

in Coins to-day is the competition of the Japanese. It is always best to be quite rank about these matters, and the best friends of any Uriental nation are those who speak out. But it is unfair to hide the good, and throw the search-light only on to the bad points

The writer has travelled in Japan, and he cause out to the Far East decidedly pro-Japanese. people our pupils-did not Sir Alfred Are pot these amazing Ewing, Ayrton, Perry, Robert H Smith, and other nien so well known in our engineering profession introduce the acicace of engineering into Japan! Do more popular "ur more universal. It Capt. Murray's recovery of form was we not rather faster ourselves as we refer seems to provide a natural outlet from nothing less than starsling, while Jen. (c) to Japan as the

Britain or the Farts ditabress of surroundings and the Last

1 Are they not our Allies Yes monotony of modera industrial pronings took all manner of, chances which all of those things are true. Japan is, for casses, the tourist, a delightful country.

seemed invariably to come off. They Japanese Bre nation of devoted

started in fine style and won four out patriotism and remarkable adaptability

of the frit five games and five out of thẹ to Western progress. They are splendia

arst seven, eventually winning the s organisers. But in political and economic matters the Japanese have done some things that necu a good deal of explana

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industrial towns dancing has never been in three straight sets.

The Diris especially seem to feel an abso late necessity for some outlet for, their physical energy. Even after long hours in a factory, though mentally tired, they will still dance. In the absence of male companions they dance freely and readily" among themselves:

JAPANERE UNPOPULARITY, Let it be bluntly said at once that the Japanese are unpopular in Chian. The Chinese feel themselves, powerless The European traders in the treaty ports have many stories about the Japanese, and very

few of them are in their favour. Decidedly, the Japanese are unpopular in China

There are two recent political action of Japan which must make the Briton pause. When our country was at grips

the

with the biggest meance to its life when days were dark and wo had not Americs with us, there swept through Japan a violently anti-British Press cam- paige. The military party of Japan was 10 power-no patriotic Briton out here at the time will ever forget that attempt to damage our national prestige in the Far East at the mat critical moment of our,

history. It was, as une phrase goes, not playing the game. If the Japanese Government did not inspire it, bome of us think it could have prevented it

THE TSINGTAG PROBEKM.

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Government has been pleased to, appoint Mr. Alan Oerton Brawn to be a Lieutenant in Command of the Cadet Co., H.K.D.C., with effect from April 18th, 1918, rice and- Lieut. J. E. W. Beard resigned bis commission dated March 1st, 1910.

Government has accepted with re- gret "the resignation of Major D.. Macdonald V.D., of his Commis sion in the Hongsong Defence Corps, with effect from May 1st,

1910.

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E.E. the Officer ddministering the

Government has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Hongkong Defence Corps, with effect from May 1st, 1010. Major G. E. Wakeman, V.D., to be Second in Command of the Infantry Battalion, vice Major D. Mae- donald, V.D., resigned. Lienta AE. Wright and E Evan-

Jones to be Captains.

LEAVA

In the second set Kent and Redmond Uprofaned by group of man,

worked like Trojans. Strenous play and Maidens speed their simple orgies: Mary Jane with Mary Ann.

luck gave them the first two games. Then Pte. Many girls go wrong" because they Murray came into the picture, and won are not provided with some wholesome a game by a series of magnificent ser-Pte. outlet for this physical energy.. They some fun." come out from the factory longing for Vices This was followed by another

Someone suggests a drink starting performance. Murray and his Spr. and the descent is easy.

partner, snatching the game from their; opponents after the latter had scored 40

To girls and men of the working class dancing is, as a rule, a far more solemn love. Jennings put in some very bril. Gr. richer brothers and sisters. No doubt and stately proceeding than it is to their Hant, if risky, shots from the base line,

there are undesirable dancing-ball, where while Murray finished' a long rally withie the bunny hug and the dip" are a tremendous smash that gave the others unduly prominent, but this is by n means a necessary part of the joy of no chance. With the set-standing at dancing for them

all-a-ding-dong struggle ensued. Each The time Kent and Redmond won a game, the others equalised antil they stood at 5

To the majority dancing is an art, and they have retained many of the stately measures of cur forefathers, which have entirely disappeared from the modern games ali. The next two games, however, society ballroom. Many varieties of step went to Kent and Redmond who thus dancing are practised instead of the per- pethal Boston and waltz. An M.C, who won the set, 7-5. takes his position very seriously rules the proceedings with a firm band, and which had served them so well in the Continuing those aggressive tactics all obey him implicitly.

dance, go to a sergeants' ball.

Il-you want to see a really stately match so far, Jennings and Murray won had the opportunity during the Past Murray's services always gave him an I have the first three games in the third set: year of witnessing a dance in a large

girls' hostel in one of our munition avantage, and there

were many long centree to which men, mainly soldiers, rallics. wardacted with great dignity and deco them, Redmond and Kent pulled them

When the set stood 4-1 against were invited, and the proceedings were rum, In a considerable town in the selves together to such purpose that they Midlands, under the supervision of the won five games in succession and thus held in the town hall. On each occasica the set 6-4. The change was due in large rector of the parish, a weekly dance is

a prominent citizen of the town and his

J. E Joseph, "B" Co., is granted one year's leave, from May 15th, 1010.

A. O. David, Mounted Section, is granted 3 weeks' leave from April 94th, 1910.-

E. Grant Smith, Engineer Co., is granted 7 months' leave, from May 1st, 1910.

A Stevenson, Artillery Co, is grant ed 6 months' leave from May 15th,

1919

A. A. Clarion, A Co., is granted 5 weeks, leave, from April 9th. 3019.

PARADE.

Corps (except Engineer Co.) will parade as strong as possible on the Polo Ground, at 6.30 p.m., on Tues- day, April 20th, to practice cere monial Dress, drill order (shorts and putties). Officers will carry

swords,

EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION.

Reference Corps Order No. 3, dated January 10th, 191, a lecture will be given by the Adjutant at Head- quarters

骂 Wednesday,

30th, at 6 p.m.

April

ORDERS FOR ARTILLERY COMPANY BY MAJOR

----~~ J. —E———— ARMSTRONG, V.D.

Both Half Companies will parade with.

the Infantry Battalion at the Polo Ground, at 5.30 p.m., on Tuesday, April 29th. Uniform, drill order (aborts and puttins). Hongkong re idents parade outside Law Courte," at 6.10 p.m. and proceed by tram to Causeway Bay.

The ambitious island power of the East has acquired more wealth than any other nation because of the war, Fortunes have been made out of munitions and ships. She is cur ally; she turned the Germans out of Tsingtau, and she swept the seas to protect her own and our com- merca. But in 1915 she made demands of China which astounded the oldest resi dents out here an acute American observer, Paul Myton, who has lived in the Far East, wrote of those demands at the time as follows

The programme of Japan in Chink, announced day to day during the

from da last few months, in The mind is overwhelmed in its considera simply stupendous tion.

The world has never known, any thing

Like declarations of the Monroe Doctrine on dancers, and preside over the proceed the Atlantic and the Open-door Policy on the

ings. Facific become mere kindergarten The fact is tant, our young men and babbling by does 18 by comparison. For not only women do not desire bad dances if they of Chinn ber most can get good dances. A very moderate valuable concessions, industrially and degree of reasonable and kindly super commercially, including railways and -mining franchises, but she would prohibit

vision is all that is required China from hereafter ceding, such

Young men and women will dance to splendid play by Murray and partly cesions to other countrice; thus practithey have danced since the first dawn of to several weak shots from near the net cally making herself not only the abeciate time Why should opportunities of by: Redmond „Then Kent and. Redmond political master of China, but, indeed, reasonable social intercourse and of the the lord trustee of all her domain, and natural human joy of ordered rhyth won a game but Jennings and Murray in demanding that the Japanese bemical movement to music be confined to secured two out of the next three and the song and daughters of the wealthier brought the scors 5-2 in their favour. of the navy, and of the police, us

The next game produced long rallies, and was eventually claimed by Kent and Redmond. They won the ninth and tenth game also and thus equalised, but the

it before, and our own petty wife' act as host and hostess, receive the measure to Redmond's distinctive workhe Barker Cup Rifle Competition be-

employed to the highest rank of the two cluence Men and women of goodwill

as to the highest positions in the Customs are rendering a wise and kindly service and Departments of Finance, they to the community when they help to attempt petuational advantage in the per- provide such well-ordered dances.

of hitherto unheard of power which is a tremendous in its possibilities as to bewilder the mind in an

at the net and to his good placing while Kent's accuracy could be relied upon. In the fourth get they repeated their performance of the third set and won the first three games. This was due partly

attempt to find even a moderate compar commercial men will realise that the a decision could be obtained. Murray's full confidence that her statesmen and tenth game went into eight, deuces before son to it in the long history of the world's sanguine think that already they do so. great conquests.'

A FALE FIELD ASKED FOR.

If the British are Allies of Japan, they are, and always have been, good friends of China.

The British want to trade with Japan service gave him the lead in the eleventh policy of the future in political affairs Kent and Redmond, who thus won the as with China; co-operation must be the game but the following two were won by

Had clean, good-humoured competition

in the markets of China. As a fact, she

Chine trade,

hardest fought and beat set of the four 8-6, and the match, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 8-5.· ́ ́

The thing which makes the British man of commerce feel so sore in China is the intter really means co-operation, for the fact that the Japanese trader methods which he himself will not use.

uses greater the stimulus the mors will be the

trade that

N. E. Kent and F. A. Redmond are due on. Britain opened the It is useless enumerating examples. The oyster. of

but there are to meet the holders,, Ng Sze Kwong and cotton manufacturers in Lancashire have plenty of publicly

complained

Bir of Beans for everyone. We most Wong Po Koung on Friday, but the Imitations of

not want to. exclude any British goods are said to be sold a legitimate competitors from the markety match will probably be advanced as the British in a most unblushing manner, of the world. The British trader and two Chinese players are due to leave for although they have been made in Japan, manufacturer can hold their own against Manila on that day.

The electrical trade of Japan has in-all comers if all comers play the game creased by leaps and bounds during the war. So long as the orders are obtained

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These words are written in no spírit

CANTON NEWS.

CANTON; April 25th.

THE GERMAN BANK IN BILAMEEN.

It is said that the German bänk in Shameen and all its property will be sold by auction.

ROBBERY IN A MOTOR-BOAT.,

A robbery took place a few days shortly after she had left Canton for Waichow, Everything in the boat was seized and more than 90 of the passengeri

in open competition, and the goods sold of malice, nor even of hostility, to Japan, are what they are described as, every

They may seem harsh to those who aro in China wishes Japan Good lack blinded by the dazzling brilliance of the There is any amount of room in the Rising Sun. They will be agreed to by enormous potential market of China for 90 per cent, of the Britons in the Far the output of Japanese American, and

East British factories All that we nak for is

JAPANESE ELECTRICAL GOODS. a fair fold and no favour.

The fact of the matter is that the We are, indeed, proud of any good work done by Japanese electrical goods is not doing the Japanose But they must not expect.

the engineering profession very much British men of commerce to sit quiet benefit in China. To put it bluntly, 801 while they exclude them, by so-called far as the pbservation of the writer rom, ago on the motor-boat Ting Ming, diplomatic methods, from the China 'they are shoddy. They have been selling trade. Their record in Kores and Man at high prices, and Japanese wires. churia before the war may have been of lamps, etc., bought in Hongkong, have small moment to British statesmen, but been very unsatisfactory. The climate it did not please British traders,

of the China coast, finds out any bad spots were carried off for ransom. ADVICE TO BRITISH TRADERS, Let us keep our end up

in cables, instruments, etc. Remember, ARMS: EMUGGLING... in Chine

that for some three months in the year and make a bold bid for the external the humidity of the atmosphere is about commerce of the country. We can succeed 90 per cent Japanese wire had to be in fair competition, with Japan.

used by the writer he could not get shall only be too pleased to see Japan

ny other. But it gave him plenty of prosper we want to be friends with her trouble we admired her pluck in the war against looking the fundamental principle that The Japanese are in danger of over- the Russians, and we have a right to remind her that wo kept the ring for in all engineering work time tells the her while that struggle went on Bat tale. The Chinese buyer is ignorant there are certain definits Anglo Saxon he just buys the wire or the lamps be ideale in politics and trade, and we will cause they are cheapest. Some of us depart from them to please anyone on to explain that tests are essential. are using up our energies in the endeay All we ask for is open competition and the fair deal. We have paid too dearly when your going Chine of the

but surely, the Chinese of the The-Peking Government has been in kept blinkers over our eyes. It can do point. But the Japanese are going informed that China is entitled to receive Japan no good in the long run to use stallations in remote towns and villages are being distributed by the Faris Co

land and getting orders for complete in- four of the German submarines, which trade methods which are utterly at vari ance with Anglo-Bazon ideals. We have When the plant, in in working, all goes ference. The Peking Government has

(Continued ur foot of next column,) ·

well for a few months. Later on the sent a commission to take charge of the. failures will disciorage, the Chinese.

not

The Custom officers discovered four cases of cartridges and a case of rifles on one of the Hongkong-Canton steamers yesterday. No arrest has been made.

STATER FOR ADMIRAL CHING.

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ties stating that the statue for the late Wu Chui-shu has wired to the Authori Admiral Ching Pik-kwong has been ordered from one of the factories in France. It will cost about. 80,000. Frs. PEKING CARE NEWS. and will be completed within six months.

Vessels.

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1.-D.E.L. Practice Runs for trained men" are discontinued after April 23th until further notice.

1-D.E.L. Instructional Class for Be

cruits. Becruit will attend for D.E.L. Instruction under B.E. Staff Sergeants at Belcher's, at 9 p... on Wednesday, April 30th. Officer 3-Instructional Classes for Officers and

on duty-Lieut. Stevenson.

N.C.O'z-Officers and N.C.O's. will attend at Wellington "Barracks for Infantry Instruction Class under R.E. Instructor, at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, April 29th, and on each subsequent Tuesday until further notice.

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L-Infantry Iastraction.-Nas, 1, 2, and

4. Sections will parade at Welling ton Barracks, and No. 3. Section af Taikoo Dockyard, for Infantry instruction under R.E. Instructors, at 5.30 p.m., on Friday, May 2nd, and on each subsequent Friday until further notice. Recruits "will attend these parades.

These parades take the place of D.EL. Fractice Runs, and medical certi ficate must be forwarded with ex planation of non-attendance -Pay for March will be issued at Engineer Co. Office, H.K.D.C. Headquarters, between 1.30 and 2 p.m.; on Saturday, April 28th, and between 5 and 6 pm, on Monday, April 28th: Pay not drawn by April 29th- will be forfeited and re funded to Treasuryen ORDERS FOR INFANTRY BATTÁŽLON NE MAJOM

HI,AMORGAN.

Tuesday, April 29th-

8.30 p.m."," "B" and Machine. gua Companies, Mounted Section (mounted) and Signalling Bection on the Polo Ground Dress, drill order. Officers will carry swords, Hongkong residents will parade outside the Law Courts, at 5.10 p.m., and proceed by tram to Cause- way Bay.

CADER: COMPANY, STRENGTH. Bergt, C. Graham Pic IC Marßmith

and Bugler L. Graham are per mitted to reaign, on leaving the Colony, to date from April 12tb,

1918.

GE. BIKWARE, Capt

Adjutant, LR,D,J Hongkong, April 25th; 1919,