1920-12-04 — Page 2

Page

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS BATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1920

THORNYCROFT

JOHN L THORNYOBOFT & CO., LIMITED,

SHIPBUILDERS AND ENGINEERS,

TONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BASINGSTOKE

"Shanghai Office: 65, Szechnen Road

15 B.H.P. 30 B.H.P. 50 B.H.P. Engines in Stock

For quotation-app y

PYJAMAS

·unexcelled for

QUALITY. DURABILITY

VALUE and

MODERATE PRICES

All cut specially for us

on full free lines that prevent tightness "at

any point, and give full

freedom of movement..

K. R. ROXBURGH,

Manager for Chias HONGKONG HOTEL,

CEYLON FLANNEL

Light weight'

31.75 $7.50 per suit.

“Clydella”FLANNEL

Medium weight

$12.50 per suit

"AZA" or

FLANNEL

Heavy weight

$11.00 $18.50 per suit.

MACKINTOSH

&.00, LID...

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS.

16. DES VEUX ROAD.

TELEPHONE 19.

THE LEADING BRANDS

MANILA CIGARS

EL PALACIO

IMPERIO DEL MUNDO.

SOLE AGENTS:

THE HONGKONG CIGAR STORE CO., LTD.,

TELEFECTE No. 151.

HOTIL MANHIONS,

Hotels in Japan & Manchuria

MEMBERS OF JAPAN HOTEL ASSOCIATION.

Average Rates for Single Rooms (without Bath) including meals

Y10-12 in cities and some popular

Uhuzenji (Nikko) Lakeside Hotel Kamakura pa

Kathia Hotel Karuizawa sila

Miram Hotel

Kobe

Onental Hotel The Hotel

Y 8-10 in country districts.

IN CHOSEN

Keijo (Sepul).

Chosen Hotel

Fuzan Station Hotel Shingizhu -*-*-*-*

Kyoto

IN JAPAN PROPER

Kyoto Hotel Miyako Hotel Malanghima poin

Naza

Shinoka

Daitokwan Hotal Tokyo!

Imperial Hotel

Tokyo Station Hotel

Trufiji Baiyoken Hobu Yokohama u Grand Hotel

Nara Hotal Nikko

Kanaya Hotal Park Hotel

Nikko Hotel Miyajima, 200 Oska

Miyajima Hotel Osaka Hotel Miyanostuta Pinionored,

Frilys Hotel Ban-yo Hote!

IN TAIWAN (FORMOSA) Taihoku Taiwan Railway Hotal

IN MANCHURIA

Bhingahy Station Hotel

Changchun

Yamato Hotel

Dairen

Yamato Hotel

Hoshigaura

Yamato Hotel

Hotel (Mukdez)

Yamato Hotal

Bygjan (Part Arthur)

Yamato Hotel

For 120 page handy guide, book and information, please apply to Offices of JAPAN „TUURIET BUREAU, THOS, COOK & SON, or AMERICAN EXPRESS CO, or SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION, do Traffic Burdan, Government Railways, Tokyo,

REALITIES IN RUSSIA.

RAPID GROWTH OF MILITARISM.

THE RULE OF "FORCE,

Dr. Hadea Guest, Join Secretary of the British Labour Delegation to Busan, on his return from Russia, bas contributed

DOLLAR BASIS FOR THE

WORLD'S MATES, POSTAL UNION CONGRESS.

A Madrid dispatch to the American press on October 10th said

REPORT ON WEI-HAI-WEI,

DISTURBANCES IN CONNECTION

SALE OF THE “DUSIT

ULAIM "FOR DAMAGES.

WITH NEW SALT TAXA

In the Foreign Causes Court, Bangkok, tha k The Annual General Report for 1919, hearing was, begur of the claim for dam signed by Sir J. IL Stewart Lockhart, year amounted to $176,430, a4 compared with Siam Steamship Co., Ltd, in liquidation, fat states: that the revenue collected during the ages bought by a shareholder in the Chino $150 during the previous year, and damages assessed at about Tex exceeds the ungical estimate by $90,148.

100,000 his is the largest amount, wollected in which the company is alleged to have suffer ed through Phra Anuvatna selling the Dit rama" under. British administration.

ion Utd when the actual value was To 200,000 or more.

At the outset Mr. Brighhouse said that under the charter

Company, with the committees in most cases fairly repre14 sum of $1,339 was paid a war allowance holders and offsputes between share-

of the company hard to be submitted to arbitration.

The Court held this did not apply to an action by a shareholder chiming damages. Nai Hoa was the first witness. He sid be was manager of H. Swee Hand Co.. Sim Company. His firm had never been consulted in the matter of selling the Dusit

Changes of sweeping importance in the A Pries of articles to the Times on Ruspotzi relations of the world will be effected sian bonditions. The following is one of rest of the deliberations of the Inter-

national Postal Union Congress. Several one year, since this Territor enditure for for Tes. 100,000 to the Anglo-Sian Corpora his concluding article

“One of our first experiences un entering.

comittees already have drafted their rethe year amounted to 8x57,1(1; as compared Soviet Russia was being ushered into Horts, which must be submitted to the full with $194,000, ia 1913, and is: $22.800 in special train made up of triages of the whole Congress for final approval, but as

general committee and thereafter to the excess of the original estimate. This excess

is more than accounted for by the fact International S'eeping: dining-car and kitchen attached.

This cut the flows of the entire body of dele, to obicials, both British and Chinese, and train was not only profusely decorated on a virtually certain that 87,021 were expended for the purchase

of acceptance

of new rifles and equipment for the Police with red bunting and green highs, bath notable item upon which the com Force of this Territory, The Territory is

The establishment of international Imperial funds. • payments for the transit of mails on a gold dois he sxing of aut inervased max The general condition of the territory The boat was purchased for Tex 180,000 and rate for postage an international mail, but during the year 1919 cannot be regarded as since then repairs had been excuted to the with the proviso that the United States drought in crops were almost an entire therefore calculstal the value of the Dusit satisfactory as-in previous years. Owing to

toralue of several tens of thousand ticals He and other countries may retain the present failure. Notwithstanding the failure of the at about Tes 200,000 and Phrs Anuratna own idens as long as they do not exceed the the behaviour of the inhabitants of the rates Op fix their rates according to their cro

selling her at Tus 100,000 had used wax accepted by the Union,

a similar aunt. He did not simply considered he had been negligent Dant before selling her. En know suggest fraud against Phra Annvatna bat in not ascertaining the proper price of the the value of

ships went up and, down sesor

alto guarded by a number of very smart lives reported favourably are :-day still dependent on a grant-in-aid from and that firm bid 1.10 shares in the Uhing

The an maximum

* GENERAL OBSERVATIONS

crops and

1818

food

stood with, uncovered heads. The Interal being excluded from voting, although they | as compared WILL CO consider ding to the value of freights but he cond

INCREASE IN HATES,

a

officers of Bashkir Cavalry, beautifully dressed, and with flowing blue silk pelisses over their backs. At our drat top Russia: we were received by a guard of honour, and "our" party impacted this guard while it stood at attention. It was interesting to hear a military band play

of the terri ing the Internationale while all the future Congress only parent of a serious nature within the territory, good at the waste and all civilian countries will have voting power, coloules though the daily average in gaat was 37.

arent tory was excellent, and there was no crime

zeliczale has become the National may send delegates, Anthem of Russia. One of our strong The creation of a pan-America were in a disturbed

Bat

it the districts

on the territory first impressions of Russia was that it 1 Postal Federation

military Power

able number of burglaries and and

the year.

was He know when the Company hold we inspected tremendous military

Owing to the introduction of a new tax on

their annual meeting from the notices in naval parade in the Place Chritzski, near increase in international postal rates, the ing stations were barat down, and some of

DOW PLOWES the Wintec, Palace. The sailors were Americas opposing augmentation on the the officials connected with them were mur. Chinese Chamber of Commene was pro- A letter in Chinese from his bra to the under the command of L. Zelenyi, with ground that such a measure was calculated dered. This happened in the Laiyang duced by Koh Hui Chouk, and the witness whom I had a little talk and he told to injure commercial interests, greatly and district, and caused much unrest in the dis- admitted this letter was written by his me that he was chief of the Baltic was necessary for revenue purposes. The tricts adjoining this territory. In June Fleet. There were about 2,500 sailors in new maximum rate had not yet been fixed of pirates, nambering 40, having landed on this parade; their physical condition is defnitely by the committes having the the coast beyond the boundary of this terri- necessary for him to examine the various Plaintiffs lawyer then stated that it was good

they marth very well, higlothing matter, in hand, but the United States and tory, committed various robberies, captured exhibits produced by the liquidator and is good, and they are armed with ribs the Latin American countries declared a Chinese police post, The sailors are the pets of the Bevolution,dearly they would not agree to an increase.

and carried off per: letter in Chinese before he could pro and those who complain of them say they The committee Snally accepted the position The original um demanded was $100,000, had not had an opportunity of doing so an

Weath Kona of

whom

cred with his witnesses, as up to now he they held to ransom. do to work, bat five on the fat of the that the Western hemisphere could in its but was subsequently reduced to 850,000, the Court adjourned the care till the 6th land. A considerable number of the old officers are still serving with there own rates if they did not exceed the maxi. The yang finally captured sjunk and made December-Baugkak Times

their escape, "After the sailors came two companies, of um eventually adopted by the Union,

although 500 troops and police well-equiped soldiers wearing the grena-far-reaching decision was arrived at capture them. The success of this gang

and two

were said to be trying to gave rise to persistent rumeurs that similar gangs to the number of 3,000 were about to try their lack in the same neighbourhood, and this created a great ware among the people, and cassed a number of wealthy people to seek refuge within the boaters of residing

In Petrograd, abortly after, we arrive were sharply divided on the question of an salt, several of the newly-established collect the

The Eastern and Western hemisphere scurred in those districts duringbberies not Ray what the market price of the f

+

is to say, boys undeveloped The tail end of the procession was brought up |by a large number, some thousands of pub

trado un poisto, who, I was told, veje. marching by orde

DISAPPEARING DICKENS. OLIVER TWIST'S WORKHOUSE CLOSED.

4 goog

firin.

"WITH THE INDIANS IN FRANCE."

SIR JAMES WILLCOCKS TRIBUTE TO INDIAN CORPS.

Sir James Willcocks bout With th

diers cop

with a Communist star in frost. The next detachment was a battalion of the tral America with reference to future Labour Army, about 11000 strong of whitpostal arrangements. An executive com we should call the B.3 type in England; rites was nominated for the creation of - Labour Army detachment of 300 follow-

low Ta Pärs Americas postal foderation, to in ing them were not quite so good, but most chide every republic on the western side of them were Be After the Labour of the Atlantic. The new organization, it battalion marched six companies of in-is announced, will come into being and the lensed territory, where they are still

wel clothed and boold, properly begin ite functions after the congress at The detachment of the 18th Infantry : Indians in France" published by Constable, fantry, armed, of the B. typs. The next two Buenos Aires in August 1921. companies, well clothed and armed, were An innovation in the congress was the mand of Captain A. C. Binny, made contains intersting details of the achieven.ant

giment of the Indian Army, under the eme- of the A-1 type; the next three companies presence of a woman delegate in the pezzo periodical tours round the territory and of the Indian Corps in 1914 and 1015 and were 4.1 men also. The chief noticeable of Miss Elizabeth Lee Woods, who without its feature with regard to the battalion was voting power, represented the United States its border, and its presence has undoubted abounds in individual exploits of British campaign, which is an occasional variety in their uniforma jointly with Second Assistant Postmastery given confidence to the inhabitants of the and Indian in the

territory. This

detachment is about to described as the test which proved the and is their equipment. The companies General Otto Prager and B. M. Weber um to Following immediately afterwards they artistant amperintendent of foreign maile. in. Weisival, where it has bo in the mised and lighting spirit of the officers and aiem

made itself very

the existence of the dire need for passed I classified as B... and ade Branch which was well recited speech in popular and much respected anent the high quality

equipment. He pays tribute to classes of the community by its excellent the

of the British. OfEcers. bebaviour wh

which has been faultless daring

thinks,

Indian officers al its stay here.

nbravery and l Victory Pies, which was opened at the sacrifies will never be able to replace

te their equal in end of 1918, and the most of which was met owing to the difference of training and by an increase in shipping-dues, has more tempo of a visit to the India Co

mentions that, on the This parade in Petrogrul aby to

than justified the expectations of its Occasion usefulness by its having means the last military adventure:

been

used for Lord Boberts empl

eppliasised the daty of abipping and landing t revelped another big-military display at St. George's Workhouse in the Mint of the cargoes exported and imported. It Command that Indian troops must be used

g the largest proportion

tion Corps Commander to remind the Higher Moscow, where again we stood at the salut Borough, has been closed by the Southwark has, in lath proves been recommended for into buttle indiscriminately.

on a raised platform decorated Board of Guardians, and the inmates trans.

to be ancha success

Cess with discretion and not be Bang with bunting, decompanied, by the way, ferred to their other institutions, says the the building of a sea wall and the making the deterioration

Touching upon by a diplomatic representative,

number. and Turkish gens

Times. This is the workhours described by of a general, from the so-called Tur-Dickens, where Oliver Twist asked for neighbourhood, so as to facilitate the sorting that recruiting was discorraged by the

ground in its immediate type of the reinforcementa, he alleges. kith

Nationalist Government. This more though in the novel he placed it of cargo on arrival and its storage whilst failure to keep ladis informed of the achiu- typical Turkish officer expressed his desite come distance from London. The copper is awaiting, distribution or shipment. The vements of her soldier, while he declares that to do his utmost for humanity. On an which the gruel was made is to be present estimated cost of the scheme is $40,000, on several occasions the Corps was not given other occasion in the Grand Theatre at Moscow Trotsky came in to our box, and to the Southwark Borough Council for which it is proposed to meet, as in the case any share of credit for hard fought actions. we had the opportunity of talking over rond.

preservation in their museum at Walworth of Victory Pier, by an increase in shipping Alluding to Lord Kitchener, be affirms that

ondues.

no other man could more stuanchly have up- the situation with him. There is be doubt that Trotsky

/ CHOLERA OUTBREAK,

held the name of India and its anny. tremendously popular when he appeared at the front

Among the Chinese population there was of the box at the beginning of the third act he received a great spontaneous ovation. I had a little

private talk with Trotsky about the Army and he told me that the Political Commissar who is attached to each body of troope bas taken over and water, and with a corn factor to supply

periodically small quantities of oatmeal,

with an onion twice week and a roll on

that a

Dickens states that when young Oliver of Guardians bad recently introduced a sharp outbreak of cholera during August came to the house the St. George's Board

in

HANDS.

A correspondent writing from .... Kuling.......

new dietary scale with a view to reducing and September. The outbreak was, not pec- KULING FOR BETIRED CHINA the number of inmates. The guardians, beuliar to this territory, as cholern was wide- writer, have contracted with the water spread throughout the north of China, and works to lay on an unlimited supply of extended as far as the Ixiand, of Formosa, where the disease was especially virulent In a territory with an area of. 285. square more than 300 villages, the situation was not

the mail medical and sanitary staff under Dr. Must, the Senior Medical Officer, with

the circumstances, and deserves great credit his [control did all that was possible under

with a very trying situation. The treatment shortly, nearly half a score of famillies or for the skill and tact with which be dealt

It is becoming the home of retired: Chins hands. There are, or will be

extended the functions which, were for and issued thred meals of thịn gruel a div. miles and a nonglation of 180.000 inhabitings anys

which in our Army is done by Y.M.O.A., by various canteens, by con cert parties, or by the chaplains is done in consequence of the increase in the under in the Russian Army by the Political. Com. taker's bill, and the necessity of taking fa missars, who undertake in addition the the clothes of all the paupers, which flatter polit.cat education and the Communist pro-after a week or two's gruel. But the num ed loosely on their wasted, shrunken form paganda among their men.

When on the Volga I had the oppor.ber of workhouse immates got thin as well General Baltiski, who was a general of the Russian Guard and of the Russian General Sinf General Baltiski told me that about half of the old officers were now in the present Army. He explained the defeat of the White Armies of Kolt chak, Denikin, and others by their bading his office with his wife, while both IMPROVEMENTS ON 28LAND

ry discharged by the priest. Every Buadays, it was rather expensive at first easy one to deal with effectively, but in addition to its well-known summer re-

and

Kuling has become quite a winter-resort

150 foreigners on the mountain with 127 putation. There are at present nearly Chinese servants."

f

tunity of discussing military matters with the paupers, and the board were in adopted was that of saline transfusion, persons who have retired from active

administration and by internal political dissension which tore them to pieces.

ecstasies,

The workhouse in the Mist has also not able references in "Oliver Twist," and readers will remember that here it was that Mr. Bumble, marrying the widow Coney, afterwards become master, altimately los ended their days in the workbauso where previously they had bullied the poor.

* THE MILITARY SPIRIT.

of the 232 cases treated the rate of morta-

lity was 22.3 per cent. The greater number business or professional life, who are moribund condition, many being clothed in ence you would have to travel far in of these cases arrived in hospital in a making this place their permanent resid-- their burial garments, but still recovered many lands to find a place with more ad- Three transfusion stations were established, vantages for such a class of folk, and were much appreciated by the Chinese.

which

There are British and American schools. here for foreign children. The American School building, which is an imposing roof, and will be occupied by about 70 three-storied structure, will soon be under

students next year.

primitive simplicity...of revolutionary Naval J. B. Mair, R. N., who decrease was that of cotton yarn, which 'is'

The improvements on the Island of Lin Baltisk himself commanded the Folga

Kung, referred in the last Annual Report, Aren, which was a large reserve and train-

are being carried out in order to ing area, and included the Governments

make the island a health resort in every way of Samara, Baratov, Astrakhan, and five

satisfactory for His Majesty' others. It was perfectly

obvious that

The Red flag is being overlaid with gold progress, the erection of the model Baltiski was not only an officery but ambroidery and military inscriptions, the for the of Chinese employed the and made it difficult for them to purchas Guards officer he was well-dressed, beauti- fervour is giving way to the glory of Surgeon the duties of Medical Officer of usually imported from Japan. The chief

luving been fully shaved and his calls were mani military decorations insignis af

the bare necessities of life. The chief complated. cured. I am prepared medically to testify art belte and all the rest of the familiar Health on the island in a most efficient increase was that of four, C1,898 bags,, that be was in very good physical cood!.

and who was a strong supporter valued at $124,555, having been imported, as Russia the more her military spirit ins of to a large extent master of the creases for whoever suffers first it

mentioned, left for compared with 606 bags, valued at $1,454, in e and was situation, looks after itself. It is, indeed, as which suffere fast. And the Azmy of Health by Surgeon Commander P. Lin popularity among the Chinese of the torn

hone admitted that the Army comes first in sideration of rationing and

Crosbie, great pillars and sup.

B.NE The extent to which mihtarization has ports of the power of themigraded into the pulling down of old Chinese houses in tierpsied that dour-will continue to form an try, and now that supplies not available still during the war be obtained, it is an

rank,

tion It is perfectly clear that the Army Paraphernalia. The more we hammer in succeeded as Medical Officer 1918 Machine-made flour is rapidly increasing e

can which is age

of the

the

autocratic Coun

gone in Russia was in evidence every la great Army with a tremendous reserve Fort Edward, and having the town laid Important, Brticle the FEAT HORG

where, but two instances struck me parti on which is can draw for reinforcements out on an approved plan cularly, one a review of a large number of school children under 16 who ars, enlisted Every month and year which goes by keep.

TRADE AND SHIPPING

Ak by steamer

in value at

was in cotton yarn,"

only out: Chinn, and the refusal of the Chinese

to have any dealings io, or with 062 hales, valged

emanating from Jame

off

in Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, and who 1ng the Army in the field and the military took part with some thousands of young for autocratic government and rule by by the boycott of Japanese goods through at 82,340, having been

chief falling | spirit going strengthens the forces nfaking

Trade during 1919 was affected adversely with 82,009,2016 in 1999, as compared persons over 14 and under. 18 in giving force.

ning bales, valued exported, as Dompared great display of military exercises at Moscow. Another incident was at the favour of Thardom are building on dela to handle theatre in Moscow where, during the in-ions.

The possantry, who form 80 per sources.

Those who hope from this a reaction in in

the patata were made of."

previous years -0,129 during

the

during Imports by

the

terval, when we went out to buy lemonade { cent., of the population, will never consent refusal, but it was not possible to persuade extimated in value at 3,101,401, as compared and little cakes at fantastic prices to go back to a regime which might resulted in the cessation: si exports IE COTTA Year Denne ta 8403,344,

the

Chinese to change their attitude.

and the

year were ith 81,221,124 Lask

Exporta

by junk during the

with $857,416 in 1916 Weihniyet was visited dining the

number of smartly dreased soldiers with charming young women and in particular priated. If a new Russian autocracy is and imports into,

prive them of the land they have expro- one" very well-dressed young man with a to rise it will be on Napoléonic fins from the trade of this port of Japanese year by a total of 612 steamers, with Sam Browne belt on and various insignia If, however, peace is made now Russia's steamers. Ly to the end of May, twenty

[of: rank accompanied by one of the pre own tremendous power of development)ight steamers had visited the port, after total net tonnage of 487,026, ad compard

siest and one of the most charmingly will probably turn away from militarisin dressed women I saw in Russia. One was which is repugnant to the national spirit reminded inevitably of England and But the danger of the militarism of Bus sing that the present motsent one of the perils Europe.

France during the war.

(Continued at foot of next column,)

which date only three stesso the local 1918. The total number of Janks entering with 619" with net tonnage of 442,238, in and passengers. The failers of the local and clearing during, 1919 was 436, as com crops also had a very bad effect on trade pared with 2,483 in the previous year, this formed as farmers to great straits, Increnne being mainly due to the large

(Continued at foot of next column.){

importation galt,