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HONGKONG | DAILY PRE88, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1018,

NAVY AND ARMY CANTEENS.

SELECT COMMUTŢEE'S REPORT.

THE USE OF PROFITS,

The Report of the Selet Committee on Navy and Army Castreng was issusil an August ist.

STANDARD OF LIVING IN CHINA! INCREASE IN LAST DECADE.

SINGAPORE DOCK.

AN ELYSIUM OF THE EAST.

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enable the hand the letter to "plag

the performers: The pillers have renovated in a manner giving them appearance of marble,

LORD HALBANE AND ADMIRALTY. REPULSE BAY HOTEL WE-OPENED. Viscount Haldane, as president, was in After some weeks, during which the K. C. Li, president and managing direc" the chair as the resumed conference of the building has been partially Kidden from tor of the Wahchang Trading Co. since | Institute of Public Administration at view by scaffolding the Repulse Bay, 1918, who faruished much of the tungsten, Trinity College, Cambridge, on July 5th. | Hotel was re-opened on Saturday night Mr. B, S. Gott, secretary of the Mid-with a dinner and carnival. Many in- The Committee, it & revuties, Were asko antipony and other metals uwil, in the war to inquire into the circumstans in which the United States and Canada, after diesex Education Commities, opened with provements have been rifectel the Savi, aml Army Canteen and took sight manthe vish to China told a paper dealing with the relation of ceneral dancing floor has been geptuned, the over the assets and liabilities of the Exp the correspondent of the Christian Seware and oral estucation authorities. He von balls and passageways -decvated and, Monitor that a steady levelling up of living plained that the Board of Education used where the offer" formerly stand a bayile ditionary Foren. Canteers and the general conduct and administration of the card. conditions was more apparem in China than the unlimited power they passed it in stand has been providel, standing Afte In additim to examining witnesses," they in any other country in the world, except, f forwarding the cause of vilation but in inches above the floor level.

hiudering, at the bidding of the Treasury; prove a great fivement especially jeonsidered the Reports of the Canteen O. Perhaps, the United States,

During the past ten years die standard of a great deal of much-needed development when professional dancers appear, as it ganiation, Committed the Commiting living in China has increased by between As for the Treasury, they appeared to b on Custom Profits are that relative to 25 and 50 per cent, areacting to where the animated solely by the narrowie imegint War Service Canteens. The Committee spirit of change has been most intensification of Gesides, the mischievous witness of record the opinion that:-

The brand fitess of China's well-being are Machiavelli, and the social antipathies of The charges which have been brought so obvious that handly any foreigners take the evil one. They had no caros pad "ers- by Lord Wolmer, Brath, usul others to the

the trouble to know them. Thus there is ponsibilities so far as the right, and privile

There were about 200 people present on effect that improper uses were made of the

at least $1,000,000,000 uf-silver"gvinage inges of lost education authorities were eau. Saturday night and they spent a most profits of the Expeditionary Force Can-China at the present monent--a

unique | Arued, and they wemed to have equally "itjoyable „evening. “Mr. J. H. Taggart, ' teens have not been substantintel.”

edition. And in the past 50 years the little ese what kind of measure they in a few well chosen werde thanked the country has produced · 5,000,000,000 descansed the Board of Education to tread gathering for their attendanes of silvir; it is still there in one form or while they piped their little canes of added that the "proceeds of the night's another.

fab-ely-directed evanomše,

entertainment were to be devoted to tho Sir Edmund Phipps, of the Board of Japanese Relief Fund. Education, vigorously mplied to:Mr. Gott, } declaring that it was wholly wrong to say that ths permanent efficals of the Board | wive autocratie and that they influent the Minister himself. The Beard we a difficult position, because at the biling of the Gay crument, the brake suddenly had to be pateneimation.

on Saturday, | llawrick O'Gendy. 2d Robert Spoprs, 21, Viscount Haldane said that while beras Saunder, 31, and George Breide-

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FOUND IN MIDSTREAM. ALLEGED STOWAWAYS ON THE

PRESIDENT GRANT."

With regard to Lord Wolmer's sugg tion that the profits of the Expeditionary Pores Canteras should have been divided Jämqug exsoldiers and not use bu make

up the winding-up losses, the Committee's great bugbear, and when the 'thur come view is that loves in winding-up were un- | we Chinese istuess men will base"son avoidable, Further, it never was intended thing to say about them. But so long us to divide the profit» quly among ex-soldiers foreign, imaks, whose deposits are largely of the Great War, but that the War offer from Chinese clients, are able to be so should deal with them primarily to allevia niflucntial in-China and sometimes with ate the nfferings of disabled ex-sulchers, the best af purposes. Chiuse business men not limited to soldiers disabled in the Great will remain united on the essential prin- Warj, and the allocation of the remainder" eijte of "less_fanigu Interference, more "was to be applied by the Aring Concil in ¦ ismestic" independente, their absolute discretim to the benefit 'ai His last trip to China had made him reciated to the full the need for econgan, 21, were charge before Mr. J. K. omy, his complaint was that there had Wood, with stowing away on the 8.9. the soldier and his dependents.

been a failure to create an intelligent order | Persidani Girit when that vessel Inft. of urgency in the master of expenditure on Longkong on Friday for America. ・・・

The witness before the Committer in- eluded Sir William Plender, the members of the 1990 Committee of Inquiry. Lord Wolmer, M.P., and wit is suggested by

the editor of Zegtk.

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public services. There was that bold, bad

fee, said Mr. Li, that foreign complaints of anti-foreign feeling in China as similar lacking of friendly en-operation on the part of the Chiness themselves, were body, the Board of Admiralty, the most dangerously in videlice. Ile concluded patent of all Department of State. Te

Good will is absolutely necessary. for the and a half million were to cone out of. The Navy and Army Canteen"Board development of true; China eo be the attenuated estimates for Singapore began in 1917 to supply the troops opened up" by roncessus that afe Dock. That dock was a delightful thing home and it permanent arrus abroad, as against the united wishes of the Chinese to have, but it was a luxury. He did apped to the temporary war areas súp. ! Prople. I think Chin will get real s3 NI- { know what Power (we were going to war! plied by the Expeditionary Force Canteens, fpathy frour abroad svón--she has had it in with. Singapore would mean niore cute inj and in April. 1910, the Board took over the the past-and when she gets is the hariumy education, and that was a grave situation. Expeditionary Force Canteens, The Come of her own conditions will be much more There was even a more poient voice than mitter's view is that it was arranged that apparent. Her stability will always speak a trusted Minister and the Cabinet itself, the Navy and Army Cantern Board should for itself.

and that was public opinicu, but the great take over the business of the Expeditionary

difficulty was to know what public opinion Force Canteens, and wind it up as soon as

wanted, Public opinion was growing and possible, but it was necessary that the DUTCH EAST INDIES NAVAL would soon assert its moulding power. bushless should be continued after the Armistice so long as trogs were main- tained in war areas. It would have been imposible to wind up the Expeditionary Force Canteens without incurring loses goods bought in war time had to be sold in peace time, and oficials had to be sent home and maintained during the wind mercantile marine-in Batavia, with ing-op of the understaking. The (versupplementary bases at Matassar in the ment's change of policy in demobilizing the Celebes and at Rion and Sourabaya. Ma-

BASE.

Watertight educatioiul establishment, werd Educntini erided not with the no good. "} all necounts be true, says a house university but the grave. The Admiralty paper, the Netherlands Government is was a potent Department, beenuse with about to improve its naval base in the Englishmen this sea was a great tradition, Dutch East Indies, The their will. Education should equally be a tradition of be at Tanjong Priok so well known to the country, and educationalists should

work to that end.

At the Magistracy,

employed seamen. The fourth defend It was stayed that the first three work aus was described as grond, cook on the 8.5, West Propert,

'O'Grady, sail they went on board and were invited to rakfast by the crew.

They had nap on board and did not. wake up until the slip was moving inte midstream for her voyag

Bridegan of the ha, Wed: Prospert, said that he also took u nap having ben lent a banket, by cue of the crew for that purpose.--

The case was remanded to this morni

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DENGUE AND MOSQUITOES.

THE PARASITE DISCOVERED QUITE RECENTLY.

the Y.M.C.A.

In the course of big recent lectura t Mosquiters and Disi ense," "Lieut, Colonel E. - Bisset, I.M.S... Director of Public Health, Burma, nid", every resident in Rangoen, was familiar

Army more quickly than and on a different rasar, which has a fine harbour, will be POSSIBLE" VISIT OF DAME \ with dengue and mest of them had per

ANDERSON TO CHINA,

sonal experience of the agonising paiņs/ THE GREAT MILL LABOUR EXPERT. it caused in one's bone, and of the drond-

ful mental depression and feeling of“ Alerter-just to hand from Duine Ade-atter misery thit might fellow an attack. inide M. „Anderson, unül recent His Majest, Tuspector of Factories in Great

Dengue commeuly occurred in great One is

Fortified. The fleet to be maintained in „nethod from that originally intended' was

also certain to ensure losses by the Board. connection with this scheme is laid down beenuse stocks had iner parchasil on that four cruisers of from, 4,000 to 4,con understanding that, demobilizacion would to twenty-four fast serangollig destiny. goon slowly, and because of the quicker yers, jour gunboats of 16-kdir sjuel; demobilization such purchases became use thirty two submarines, with the usual com

bought.

The Committee were satisfied that the reformisible naval and land air force of over other subsidiary chips, together with a

port of Sir William, lender in 19 accurately represented the financial pest. 100 neroplanes. Of course the greater part tion, and that the sums standing to the of the feet is to be built, and that will properly handed over. The net profit up take a pretty pony, the whole expenditure, to December 1st, 1920, disclosed by the which is to be covered in six years Navy and Army Cantern main secourts amounting to about £6,000,000. The point was £1.031,720, and that disksed by the

less for the purjuse for which they were plement of depot ships, minelayers and Britain and now visiting Austrnfin, ipidemics so that nearly every

credit of the two instalations had been

risit to China in order to study the

lad year might go down with it in dichte her readiness to pay in lengthened,

a comparatively short period. It was" situation here and help in any way possi. not infectious. The parasite which was. ble, Writing to Bishop Roots, Secretary of like the organism which caused Yellow Fever was only discovered quite recently. the National Christian Council, she says:

There was no doubt that the disensë was hie and help in heart response to the pride by insects. The portions of the Expeditionary Force Canteens up to April of the Dutch scheme is that it ents ir two imitation you from the National world where the dinoate existed exactly 30th, 1919, 10,256,291-total, £12,166.620. the line between the Straits Settlements Sat, 120, discloset by the Navy and Army | talin. Agninst a great parn] power, fight. tunity for entering at an early stage intacturer had called tiger mosquita/s, The loss from May 1st, 1919 December and the nearest point in the coast of Au Christine Council of Chirm. This oppor- cerresponded with them where what the

Guntern Board aversing areas accounts was

109,370. The excess of profits thus shown ing n

light to win outright in the of £8,718,049, supplemented by adjust Pacific, Holland could not ho'l her ments, gave £0.803.623 as the total distri- Eastern possession without outside but butable profit. La addition to the actual stantial aid. The first Power to seize these distributed total of £9,531,246 (iletails of the distribution are indiested), further islands, and take possession of the bus payments in respect of reintes were made would obtain an immeasurable advantage to units of the Forces aind to forecs of the U.S.A., so that in all there was applied

Cover an opponunt. The ex-Kaiser, long by the Army Council to the good of the had his eye on his neighbour's vineyard in soldier and his dependents £16,097,347. the East. but it was British Naval power

that prevented by consummation, The Report mentions that Sir William perhaps Holland again recognises this, and comes to look at this organization as a Britain and not a menace. Plender said in evidence:When one that her naval policy is as an all to whole, whose turnover. £160.000.000 sterling, and that the net · profits, including the rebates, come to £10,000,000 sterling or aqual to 10 per cent, on the turnover, and

that such profit was earned under war con ditions, when buying was difficult, when sales were very often made under fire, when consignments passed through many countries and many bonds. I think that the sultand I speak as a business man with sono experience is not unsatisfac tory."

EGYPTIAN COTTON PRICES GOVERNMENT FINANCE AT ITS WORST.

are of opinion that Major Boyd and Major ton, while taking measures to render such

"I am anxious to come assoan is possi

the diffculties of the rapid growth of the (stegomyae) were found. It had been factory system in so great aud ancient a transmitted experimentally by inaking country as Chion I feel to in a great one, infected tiger mosquitoes bits men in The very rapidity in growth of the factory areas where Tengue did not exist natur system may lend China' to a readiness to ally. There was still a little doubt as believe in the supreme need of a moral rule to whether certain species of hunchhacks over the mechanical and economic forces in (euliche) were not"implicated, but on the industrial life. I am most willing to do whole the evidence was against it. The all in my power to help the Council and incubation period was from three to yourself in investigation of the factory right days, but it might be as shart as conditions and in giving the best advice 1 two and a half days or as long as often san out of my years of experience in daya The disease was rarely fatal Europe."

One attack, does not product immunity." She expects to leave Australia on Octo Many people got it year after year. ter zeir or if possible October 12th, People who were suffering from the dis- that he will reach Shanghal unot later

than the middle of November and will proase were only infectious to mosquitoes bably be ablu to spend about three months for a day or two at the beginning of the attuak. Bulika-malaria. men were. in the country,

not carriers

The mosquito was the reservoir of the

are right, you may see, well yet have the conditions were always suitable for

CAIRO, August 1st. munique states that the Egyptian Cabinet Arif Egyptian Government com

has discussed a Memorandum submitted by Dealing in detail with the evideuss, the the Blinister of Finance suggesting that THE VALUE OF GOOD SIGHT disease. Once a mosquito was infected Committee record that they do not think the Government enter the Cotton Market Any reliance can be placed upon the in order to keep up prices. After consider cannot be over-estimated. Sight stands it appeared to remain infections for evidenes of Major Van den Bergh (who itation of the reasons advanced by the Min- for everything that is valuable or enjoy several werks-possibly to the rest of I said supervised the disposal of surplus ister the Cabinet decided to open the stocks). Maior Boyd, or Mr. Blake, "They necessary credits for the purchase of cot able in life; You cannot tell if your eyes its life. In a place like Rangoon where Van den Bergh failed to exercise urdinary exceptional measures unnecessary for the defective eyes. If you wish to have your the breeding of mosquitoes the disease." care in disposing of the property of the future. Board, and it is a remarkable circumstance that most of the goods sold at low prices influenced the Cabinet, for the futility of Hongkong Optical Co., successors

The approach of the elections probably eyes tested, the Refracting Room of The preliably never completely died out but in places where the conditions were only to suitable for a few months of the year wore sold to ex-officials of the Board who this expedient has already been prayed. Clark & Co., Refracting and Manu- and where adult mosquitoes were killed were friends of these two persons.”

Many important cultivators, however, who With reference to a contract with Mr.islike unloading large stocks at low prices facturing Opticians the most competent off by cold, a re-infection of the locality Blake for the sale of some eighteen have long been bringing pressure to bear optical establishment in South China was necessary to produce an epidemic. That might happen from a traveller thousand cases of meat pâtes the Commit on the Government, to intervene. These located in 3, Queen's Bond Central-- having been bitten in another place and tee'sny that they were not satisfied with gentlemen can influence

many votes, and the explanation given by Major Boyd, and since the Opposition is getting its big guns is at your service. They have the equip developing the fever in the new locality. mads it would appear that the goods were that the moment has come to make a move Testing the sight and fitting glasses dually the disease was brought by in- that is the result of the inquiries, they into action, the Government perhaps feels meats to test your eyes accurately no infecting the mosquitos, but more

fected mosquitoes travelling on ship sold, not as stated, at a profit of £1,750, even at the sacrifice of sound finance but at a loss of about £1490....

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