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THE RICE RIOTS. ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT LOOTING.

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Another attempt to loot rice from store in Connaught Road West was frustrated yesterday morning. by 'the timely arrival of the Police.

Defendant stated that he was out fol Boxing the example of a number of his comrades. who were furrying away bass

DE rice.

THE TRANSPORT BILL.

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THE HỌNGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST SI#, 1919.

"There is abundant evidence that the [Government will have to face determined opposition to the Ways and Communica tions Bill, whenever that highly controver- ial measure again comes before the House

At the Magistracy, resterday, a Chinesa (says the Daily Telegraph). The General Purposes Coramitter of British Con- was charged with stealing rice,

monwealth Indon has prepared mirandum dealing with the far reaching powers which the hill seeks to confer on the Transport Minister. This is being circulated to those roembers, some 200 in number, who, at a meeting as the House of Commons on Tuesday, decided So legaph to Bonar Law in Paris ask- ing him to meet them at a special' con ference before the report stage of the bill is taken.

A reply was received from the Linder of the House last night agreeing to grate the desired interview on Monday afterbean.

Inspector Macdonald: A puber of people were raiding the stores at Wesi Point on Sunday. This mug was een footing a burgo-bont bring alongside the Praya Wesk

Mr. Lindsell: How is it that he is the only an arrsted.

Einspector neongid: He was the only man caught in the net. "The ring belongs e to the Tong Seng store which had bem looted at 12 noon. There were over

I want 300 to 400 persons present. heavy penalty. On my way to the Court this morning there was another attempt made to rush a cargo-buat,

My Lindsell: This man is on ordinary street coolie î

Inspector Macdonnid: They are all

street coolies

Mr. Lindell: Then how can I impose a heavy penalty

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Meanwhile, it may be remarked that the opposition to the bill appears to be well organised, and present prosprets paint to a keen fight tá prevent the Government's scheme passing in its present" forin. It is state that two main demands will be

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(1) Fur the exclusion of roads and docks from the bili:

(2) For the placing of ectricity. after the passing of the Electricity Sap" ply Bill, under the Board of Trade and hst under the Transport Ministry

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THE BRITISH" "EFFORT. WHAT THE EMPIRE DID AND SUFFERED.

BEATISE MARK

JERUSALAM.

ON

CITY CLEAN ED, STREETS. WELL POLICED, ABUNDANT WATER.

The following letter describing the vast

Syria since the occupation by the Allies has been received from Mr. F: Renwick, Look's Tourist Agen; at Jerusalem, by

New York:

Sir. G. F. Harrison of New

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Dear Mr. Harrison-The other day S&W in un American newspaper a refer ence to your recent visit to the battlefields Northern France, so I thought you would be interested to hear something about Palestine

An interesting article on The Military Effort of the British Empire," in whica such justice as figures can express is given to the supreme effort of the Empire Jury improved conditions Palestine and ing the war, has been published in the Bound Table. As the writer points out. igures cangur measure the extent to which the military effort of the United Kingdom was handicapped by the necessity of making munitions for the Allies. austing their Bnances. maintaining the command of the sen. and keeping up the overLeas carrying trade. Moreover, statistical e mparisons are dificult to draw sines national totals are rarely compiled by the Rame method. Yet when these necessary drawbacks are taken into consideration. a very striking impression is produced by a study of the figures for the total enlist ments and casualties of the British Em- pire. and their comparison with such statistics as are available for our chief Allies.

The following table shows the total ex'sting forces of the United Kingdom in August 1911, and the totals recruited during the war:

Existing Farow in

Ang tult keeratied

United Kingdom,, 733,5 4 Englant Scotland

Wales & Monmouth Ireland

United Kingdom

40.6,128

497,618

279,924

34,20

Chial

In Ara

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the

LOTUM2 5,704,4 6 Exnetly parallel figures from Dominions are not available, and the following table inctades eelistments-fo

"After an absence of over four years December. reached Jerusalem "Inst Egypt is still the gateway to Palestine. after spending a few days in Cairo, the evening 1 left by the 6.15 o'clock train and reached Kantara at it o'clock. Here a transfer had to be made by motur lorry over the Suez Canal to the East The military railway follows on the ancient caravan route, used from time immemorial, across the Sinaitic Desert to

aza

hundred and twenty years matched his army over this Napoleon ago!

andy stretch about

To day it is cov

is covered in fine continues 10 a northerly direction through the Samson country to Ashdod, and on to Lydda, now called Ludd, noted for

its. fine groves of olive trees, which t om glad to say are still standing. The train runs on north along the Plain of Sharm

to Huila, so a

bound Was necessary to make change. From here the line follows the trom Jafta to which original track Jerusalem. I reached the Holy City at 11.30 o clock in the morning. he unc

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seven days. hours. many

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The

for

The memorandum of the British Certain forms of auxiliary service which tuinty of being able to land at Jaffa is

monwealth Union states can

(4)That it is inadvisable that Parlia

Inspector Macdonald: if there is, i benyy penalty there will be a continuancement should confer upon single Minis. ter of the man the powers contemplated of this port of thing. The only way to

in the bill, and that during the report stop looting is to inflict heavy penalties.

stage of the ensure in the Hous- limita Mindwell: But the men are hungry? tions should be impered upon the minis fer-designate which would prevent his Inspector Mardonald: That may be siis.

Individual decision operating against free The men did not care, whether they were development and competitive advantage which private enterprise in transport has afrested or not.

up to the present time conferred upon the

Mr. Lindaelf (taltelerulant): Why did | cómunity. $ dis it?

Defendant: Beenuse I was hungry.

You get free confor now? --Childreu do 'not like conjee, and the small boys do not know where to get i I have several children and they must be fel.

Hispector Macdonald: But conjer is distributed twice a day..

-Defendant: I do not know where to

get.it.

Mr. Lindsell: There is no reason at all Why you should do this sort of thing Twenty one days' hard' labour..

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(6) That before the House of Coinmens

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are not included in the United Kingdom rreraiting statistics:

Country-

Total in Arms, Total Canadia

€25,964 4.18,.9 Australia New Zealand South Africa Newfoundland Total Small Colonies... 12.000 Empire

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Kingdom)

United

138.070 11,9

1,495,861

now a dream of the past. Some time in the near future travellers will be able to rat and sleep with comfort on the night journey just referred to.

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Jerusalem is just the same. 1.ts

and buildings did not suffer bombardment. Since the British cupation it certainly Been attacked -by the scavengers-and with good re

one can now walk through

thos streets without ex any the old disagreeable"

of

and there has been

suling narrow

The total number of enlistments

in the streets are well policed, better

enimiits itself to a policy of bureaucratic [ British Empire therefore amounts

'control of the whole machinery of truas 7,20,290, to which must be added 1,524,18 are set up in different Westerners

is a feeling of security, brought a distance of to twelve miles to the city, and stand-pipes. where witer can be ahtained free.

will hardly realize what a blessing this is to the inhabitants, who, before the war, had to rely on cistern water. Just inside. 27 the Mocammedan Custodians,

but I Flad to see standing outside a British Tommy on guard with rifle and fixed bayonet.

The Mosque of Omar is guard YUR ed by Indian soldiers, but the old sheikhs continue to show visitors around and ex- pect the customary bakskeesh.'

port, including railway cunals, and har: Indian and coloured troops, making s laners, an exhaustive examination shouldgrand total of 8,834,467. be jade of the financial results of rail- The forers were distributed in the ways, canals, and docks, administration various theatres of war as follows: previous to and during the procus ei

Maximum. Total the war, so that unquestionable enta may

Strength. Employed. be available up in which to found a new transport polley within the United King dam.

Theatre. France Italy Salonika Dardanelles Mesopotamia Egypt and Palestine Other Theatres

(e) That it is quite within the pro vince of Parliament trs devise means for the investigation of every phase of trans- port and harbour administration contem- plated by the bill without conferring, auto- cratic powers upon a single Minister and that, therefore, the tore of Commons Total All-Theatres should consider the creation of machinery with this chjeet in view a precedent th the endorsement of the powers to be con-

bill.

2,046,901 5.399,56

*145,769 132,607

404,207 2283,091

1:27,137

408.97

447.531 439.857 293.095

880.702

Before the war it was considered an 1,199.511 event to see an automobile.on the pond. 475.910 now they are rushing about everywhere,

mostly of Ford make. They have rer tainly done invaluable service in the re

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Eight Chinese plended guilty 15 steal ing rice from Connaught Road West."

Inspector Macdonald stated that at noon on Sunday about 500 "exities rushed ferred upon the minister designate by the contains certain Labour and Lines of: Furtzish military authorities that 'carl-.

a lighter and stule over one hundred bags of ries. “A large quantity of the rice was recovered. The men juraped into the sea

to evado arrest.

Mr. Lindsell sentenced seven of the de- fendants to four weeks' hard labour each, and the eighth, who had a previous con- viction against him, to six weeks'.

It will be observed that this total is slightly larger than that given above. It Communications units which cannot be (d)--That the provisions of the bill as regarded strictly speaking a fighting it has left the Standing Committee de troops. If the figures for the Navy. Mer not adequately safeguard the interests of chant Service, and men employed at home owners and shareholders in transport en-for auxiliary military service were in terprise and that such conditions should cluded, the lotal man power raised for be imposed as will safeguard the invest servien by the British Empire would ex- ments which the public his made in build.

upgral transport corporations which seed ten millions. Woman-power as re- have contributed so much 16 national Presented only by women wearing an officially recognised uniform, amounted to

prusperity.

(e) at the most careful considera- SAIGON BLUE MARKET- tion about extended to the alleviation. of the burden which may be imposed upon. The Compagnie de Commeres et de the taxpayer in handing over to the State

the

vast itchinery which the enterprise of Navigation d'Extreme Orient, of Saigon. the nation has built up for so many years.

and with which is bound up. in their report dated July 18th, state:-

from KQ many points

nts of view, the welfare of thousands Our market just now is in a very of investors large and small, who, on the As we mentioned in faith of a succession of Acts of Parliament, péculiar position.

have invested their savings in the develop- our previous report, our crop is veryment of national transport. short. The Government authorised the) (That the cost of transport, so in- export of 75,000 tons for the manth bithatele affects the success in world cons

'July; but of this quantity about 30,000 tons have been bought by the Straits" Government and about 10,000 tons by Java

Japan.

250.0

The proportion of male enlistments to the cocal white male population of the British Empire is 24.07 per cent., while to the total white population of the British Empire it in 11.57 per cent. The following table is eloquent as to Ireland's achievements:

Total enhet. menat from Aug 115, to Nar, 11, 118

Estimated enllatronats,

Main Population Population

George's Cathedral an amusing A aideat happened during the war yuang ipitant to fame informed the norwere hidden in the church. Men were sent with picks and spades, and in the north transept a large stone was re- moved and earth shevelled away for Home depth, and, of course, nothing found. the Lurgish, and bad cond

neused tãe peage. Tucanons, of the church with the de structive cannons of war.

1 an sending you picture post-cards of the three large buildings erected around here by the Germans in recent years. They are now lating used by our n.litary authorities.

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"Not far away from Jerusalem ed a spot where a big fight, had taken place. The mosque was bombarded and almost destroyed by the Turka, Trenches wory hastily dug and the gun pits are. atill there, and shell cases, empty car Percentage of tridges, bully-beef tins, are scattered all

around as

as evidence of the struggle. There are one or two barbed wire en-

remains plousures, where lie the

of our brave boys, marked by wooden erouses

"From Jerusalem I weat to Haifa. then by rail to the Lake of Galilee,

Which I crossed in a row boat to Tiberias. Derelict motor cars und lorries left by the Turks and Germans are to be scen

bout.

continued on the railway through the romantic and beautiful Yar muk Valley to Derus and Damascus. Then on to Baalack, with a visit to those magnificent ruins, and, afterwards to Beyrout

Codury' England (less

Monnuth) - 4,000,138. 16,681,181 2402 Wales and

Monmonth 272,924 1,268,284

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9,36,843 Ireland,

2,184, 33

134,

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petition of the manufacturer and business man that is is dangerous to transfer from the existing expert administration of transport to a Government depårtinent

Total, United the machinery relating to transport facili

Kingdom 47,902,485,501 ties, with all the incidents of heildon,

The table above includes only the en which are characteristic of State manlistments since August, 1914, and not the At this date there remains only an ap-agement of all enterprises.

total of 7:23,514 serving that time. The proximate quantity of 20 to 28,000 tons, That the welfare of the worker full total for the United Kingdom is given and the paddy coming down from the in under present-day traditions of transport in the following table, so as to make the management shall be more unsatisfactory figures parallel to those shown for the derive is bought ac increased prices every¦ in the hands of the State, where hurend-

cratic methurls shall replace the closer Dominions. day.

personal tunch between direct managemeť and the employés..

Another great difficulty is the impossi bility of making any arrangements for exchange, the Banks refusing to contract for any delay. For this reason our mar- ket is very excited, and the only chance to do business is to get froma buyurs Firm offer. In present circumstances, no quotations can be given."

The total amount of rice exported from January 1st up to the July 7th is 63,178 100s against 784,802 tons in 1918."

POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION. At the Magistracy, yesterday four Chinese were charged with being in un- law fal possession of an automatic pistol

aud several rounds of ammunition:

(4)-That under the direct control of the State the insentive to improved methods shall be, hampered and limited, and that the desire to develop transport facilities shall be governed by depart- mental and political considerations rather ↑ than the emulation of private competitive enterprise.

London members are organising sup port for a cinnse to exclude the Port of London from the scheme."

MYRTLE DINGWALL.

J! Total sent nverven of las Patios, tod: serving troops

Postage of rajully as a whise main to white man

Nov.

population. populatica.

944*36

5,704416-22,485,50}}

Country United King dom-....***** United King

dom (less Ireland)... 5,540,314 20,301,700 $97-78 Canada 458,718 3,400,000 13:48 Aditrali 331,811 2,470,000 1343 New Zealand 13 580,000 19.25 South Africa 76184 380,000 11'1%

The casualty list for the British Empire is shown in the following table :

Uafed

Per censax

Caus ties to

peplu iations

Country. 'Killed Wounded. Mining, Tolai.

| Kinnkom 549,97 1,699,998 (S03,303 2,133,506 10/3:

United King-

JAMIN SA T07

Tesland) - Canada

$4.175 Australian G 1112 New Zealand 28,150 24,10%

80.

1,608 1091 1,176 3,12: 5.1

Do lad D-M 14.00% 112,313 -

In Miss Myrtle Dingwall, Banvard's Aunerican Musical Comedy Co. have a leading lady and prima dorns of merit,. who is as versatile as she is clever, and bears the distinction of being not only .0 very capable leading lady, but a grand opera artists of ability. Miss Dingwall various theatres of war were as follows: | is an excellent linguist, and sings fluently

Percentage to men sent out.

"The percentages of casualtics in the

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It may be of interest to you to hear that the American institution, the Syrian Protestant College at Boyrout, under Pre- sident Howard Elisa, carried on its splen did educational work all through the war, with an interruption of only two weeks when diplomatic relations were broken

off with Turkey..

You are Turks commonly aware that the most of the camp equipment from our depot in Jérusalem. We intend to renew as soon as possible. as this method of travel strongly appeals to the robust, and is really the only sati factory way of visiting places "off the beaten track, such as Palmyra, Juraa and Petra, that fascinating rock hewn city of Eden.

The past five years has been a period entirely of pulling dawit, Now is the lor econstruction: railway rolling sLock requires renewing, bridges building rouds remaking, hotels refurnishing, and endlem other things. It will time. I hope something may be done to ward it by the end of the year, so that next spring American travellers will be able to visit the country, and we will endeavour to give them a real good time.

Full figuren are not available for all our Allies, and in the.. next table the French, figures clearly do not include the 12 slightly wounded:

22.80

15-78

..567

8.60

12

B

12

6:53

13

The reason for the arrest of all" four

in Italian, French, Spanish and English France 33-96 men, as explained by the prosecuting wr-

She has a delightful accent that fends Dardanelles geant, was that when a constable ap- charm to her vocal offerings Miss Ding- Mesopotamia proached the first defendant, who was wall is a talented musician, are handles Other Theatres

the touch of a master. Violin wit

Salonika standing in the wharf, with luggage, and During the engagement of the Banvards East Africa asked him to whoar the boxes belonged heat the Theatre Royal she will have plenty Egypt

opportunity to prove ber remarkable pointed to the other three men. The "re

Min Dingwall is a wingorat

of her volver and ammunition were concealed in young lady hardly qut

teens, very, the inside of quilt-

pretty and possessing a charming-per- [sonality. She has held many atellar The second defendant claimed the pistol, engagements in America and comes to na stating that he bought it at Vancouver fresh from Up in the Air," one of the as a means of protection against robbers. latest American musical comedy senna- Mr. Lindsell fined the claimant 150tions. The first night of the return on and discharged the other two men.. gagement will be Thursday.

23, 201

DITURE

104 Drone 1:2 7,300 44 300

Coen Killed. Wanded. Prianere » Mímulog. Til

·4%, 00-

1,100 Pat..

15,70 44,

10

430 2 bin 5000 1,48 70,4255

The final comparison is made in the con- cluding table: 21

Italy.

4-78 These figures may be compared with the statistics of some of our Allies.

UNITED STATES.

Tatare. Priage. Pardoning Totul Prip TH. For t

Aardal, camel. of U.S. „trumspreted Forces

ties in the Juve, 1918 sa Europe. to Popi Cancalties · Fornes, to Ing. 109,500,673 2,040,00 197 254,300 12:00

(Continued at foot of next column.),

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Allied and Paghlaim, un fed, rents e British Empire...01,207,20 2,782.779 451. France 210,000.000 170 100 F39 Serbia 5,000 000 178 163 3+56 Belgium. 7,500,000 55,402 078 United States ...103,500,473 930,413 029 The naval effort of the British Empire is not included in the foregoing statistics.

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