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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Suicides in America,^

We mentioned yesterday that, according to a United States

DAY BY DAY..

NOTES ON THE CRISIS.

THE SPECIAL POLICE.

TREASON DOTH NEVER PROSPER, Į BARL KITCHENBR'S LATEST A WORD AS TO THEIR work.

WHAT'S THE REASON! CALL IT TREASONSir J. Harrington.

WHY IF IT PROSPER, NONE DARE

The Weather. Lower level 8 a.m. Temp 82; eunahino.

At the Peak 8 a.m.. Temp 75; sunshine.

| paper, suicides in that country are becoming more prevalent, than ever. Our contemporary gives numbers, proportions, monthly returns etc, but makes no attempt at assigning day cause. If the Americana can give no reason for the increase of self-slaying in their own country, it is very certain that Hongkong people can sosroely be expected to do so. But conjecture, within bounds, is! always permissible. Most of. those who ended their lives were Siberian Mail-Arrived per s.. between the ages of twenty and

Amazone to-day. fifty years, generally considered English Mail-Arrived per the prime of life." This seems French Mail.--Closes per

Arcadia to-day, natural enough, for it is compara Amazone to-morrow, at tively rarely that, in any country, one hears of suicide among the very young or the very old, unlesa it be in France. Ats rough guESA we should say that this tendency

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The Malls.

Count the Columns,

SPEECH.

Magnificent Behaviour of British Troops.

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Facing the Task with Fine Cheerfulness;

PRIZE COURTS.

Constitution of Courts in British Possessions.

The establishment of a prize

Remark was made here yes court in Hongkong is but follow terday of the excellent work being ing the precedent that has obtain done by the volunteers and volun- ed in England since she had a teer reservee in the Colony during navy worth speaking of as such, this time of trouble, but it would and since she indulged in her be positively unfair to leave the firet great naval war. It was in

Earl Kitchener is more of fighting than a speaking man, but he can speak to the point when necessary. His recent announos- ments have made plain the fact matter at that without taking 1032 that the office of Lord High s.8. that he makes up his mind to also doing useful work which mission, all the great officers of

notice of the fact that others are Admiral was first put into com 9.8. embroidery:

say a thing and says it without falls to be done at present. For the state being Commissionera.

Bis meaning in quite clear because he says what ourselves to the work of the Duke of York, was appointed the moment we shall confine At the Rastoration in 1660, James he means and no more, and means special police, but there are others Lord High Admiral of England. no more than he says. His recent to be considered. Just how many a position which he held until words of advice and warning to

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Yesterday the Telegraph

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to end life in de fance of nature,lished 36 columns whether in the States or in any

other country, springs, where reading, matter, To-day there will not be forgotten by, the is considerable. As in the case took the opportunity of reserving

men are concerned, from the uni- will be 34 published. versal feverish parenit of money, Hwang Hsin In America,

Another interesting paragraph in our General News column

The rate of Sabecription to the "Hongkong Telegraph "will yesterday took the form of a San

be as follows :-

Daily issue-$36 per annum. Weekly issue-$13 per annum.

The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Sabeoriptions for any period less than one month will be charged as for a full month.

Francisco despatch which saya shat the Chinese consul general in that city has made application to the United States Government for the arrest of Hwang Hein and other revolationary leaders, who have taken refuge in America,

The Dollar.

The rate of the dollar demand to-day is le. 0.5-16d.

Furniture Sale.

on

To-morrow at 1 a,m, Mr. G. P. Lammert is selling a quantity of household furniture at 5, Hart Avenue, Kowloon.

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the troops were conched in a most private members of the com- 1873, when the commission was excellent spirit and will probably munity have taken in hand this revoked, to be returned to bim of solid have an effect upon, because they not be stated, but their number reinstatement that King Charles task of acting as policemen need again in 1684. It was on this troops even after war is over of the volunteers, too, in no case to himself all the droite, and Bie latest statement faces the has the private business of the perquisites that had been claimed present position squarely. Serious Colony been interfered conflicts are ahead of us, he says, We take leave to doubt whether

with. by the Lord High Admiral, and they will entail big sacrifices, in any but a British Colony the But the great heart of the Empire

These droits and perquisites same could be said. We may be were sound. The troops are behaving wrong, but it seems to us that this inconsiderable

by no splendidly, the Territorials are is one of those British traits which flotsam, ligan, treasure, deodands, meane displaying a fine spirit of patriot-British colonists have a way of derelicts, found within the and included. ism, and the Dominions are communicating to others. rallying to our help. All is well

Admiral'a jurisdiction, all goods with the Empire. That, in effect,

picked up at sea; all fines for Not too Easy. is the gint of his speech "and no

feitures, ransoms, recognisances The work of the special police and pecuniary punishments, all parade for drill at the Central more convincing or reassuring is not altog ofthe special police

could be wished for.

sturgeons, whales, porpoises, on Friday, August 28,

trained men. To tramp about dolphins and grampuses and all who is sparing of words and never saya more than he can six to ten, sometimes from ten goods of the enemy coming into amply justify; it gathers added till two in the morning, some any oreek, road or port by stress times from two till six-is not an weight.

of weather, mistake or ignorance easy matter for men unused to it, of the war, all ships seized at An Interesting Reminiscence. Add to this that many have to salvage, together with shares of By the way, in a recently carry a heavy rifle about, and it prizes. with

published book of recollections will be understood that the task of the Franco-German war, Mr. is not one which men would

Special Police.

The Peak Special Police will

The daily issue is delivered free- when the address is accessible to We are inclined to hope that the

noreenger, Peak embecribers can have their copies delivered at consul will get his way. As we Police Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp Coming, as it does, from a man for four hours-sometimes from such large fishes, all ships and their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00

per quarter.

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Single Copies, Daily, ten cents. Wookly, twenty-five cents (for

cash only), Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed

period will be continued until countermande..

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bave argued before, it is one thing for a civili-ed country to extend its protection to political refugees who are merely seeking The Eastern Extension Aas to save themselves from a horrible tralasia and China Telegraph Co., death which may be quite :Ltd., advise as that direct tele unmerited; but entirely another, graphic communication for it to give hospitality to men Japan is restored.. who have worked untold harm

Kallan Output.

Scalded.

some

lo 1702 Prince George of

in their own country and who are

Vizetelly has an Interesting willingly face except in a time of Denmark, who then held the seeking a song asylum whence The total output of the Kailan reference to the new Secretary of danger. It says much for the office of Lord High Admiral, sur- they can work know that the Chinese refugees for the week ending August 15 author and his father were taken so many of them should cheerful. all rights, profits, perquisties and more. We all Mining Administration's mines State for War. At Laval the men of Hongkong, therefore, that rendered, by a formal instrument now in Japan are constantly seek amounted to 46,758.71 tons and for German spies and went ly have taken the work in hand. advantages whatsoever appertain ing, by correspondence, to stir up the sales during the period, to through further strife in Peking, Shangba 55,193.10 tons.

exciting ex- It would be foolish to deny that ing to the office, for the benefit: periences before they were graut- there have been grumblers, but and use of the public, and in Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which and Cinton; and it is fully

ed a safe conduct. This they they have been very few in nom.

1806, after several minor requires thom to forward their names and address-s with conceivable that those 'in

handed to a party of National ber.The majority have wisely increases, the emoluments attach- communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for America flatter themselves on A Chinese, aged 35 years, bas Guards for their inspection out-faced the fact that they have not to the office were fixed at publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides.

being able to do the same from been sent to the hospital by the side the hospital" where at that been called upon without ample $5,000 per annum. there. With these points in view Wanchai police suffering from moment I little imagined that a reason, that the work is absolutely The objret af shit napar en zo zrublish e vreci information, in verme the truth we cannot help feeling that the scald wounds caused by an escape young Englishman-a volunteer necessary, and many have sotnally captors by the Crown under the All prizes are given up to their extraditing of a few of these of steam at Mesure. Jardine's in the sixth battalion of the Cotes managed to rezard the business old rules and, in the absence of eobemers might prove an un-sugar refinery during last night, Idu-Nord Mobile Guards (21st) as something which breaks the the new ones recently issued, the Army Corps) was lying invalided monotony of existence and which court here will proceed on the old.. French Convent School, by a chill which he had caught occasionally provides a minute of The matter of the compulsory

The French Convent School daring an ascent in installation of wireless apparatus re-opens. on Tuesday next.

our agreeable diversion. That is the A army balloon with Gascon wisest spirit in which to face such on British vessels oзme forward new course of studies meeting Tissandier. Since then that young a task, at a meeting of the Standing Com- the requirements of the Code Englishman has become, famou mittee of the House of Commons and the Hongkong University, as Field Marshal. Viscount Kitebe recently, when there was discuss has been drawn up. Private ner of Khartoum." ed at some length a draft agree lessons are also given in Frenck ment between shipowners and English, music and stenography, the Marconi Company which bad been provisionally arranged.

and print the news 'without fear or favour,

Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.

Telephone: No. I A.B.C., 5th edition. Western Union

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914.

THE BIG BATTLE.

best to avoid leaping at definite conclusions.

is

doubted boon to China. Compulsory Wireless.

by the Board of Trade for the

The Yarn Market.

to

basis.

The Prize jarisidiotion of the Court of Admiralty may be said Difficulties Made Light of.

to be of modern origin, and dis tinct altogether from the powere For the most part, however, it which were given to the Admiral. Congratulating the Troops.

is tiring and monotonous work To copetitate the authority for Earl Kitchener's telegram to

which has always to be faced at trying prize causes, a commission Sir John French in which he sights. Some beats, it is true, under the great seal issues to the Mesars, Polishwalla and Kole-congratulates the troops on their we could name a few where, at mencement of every war, to will are more plaassat than others, and Lord High Admiral at the com supply of wireless apparatus wall write as follows: In the en- splendid work and adde, "We are certain hours of the morning, the and require the Court of Ad- and operator B mercantile tire absence of all business in yarn, proud of them," is certain to ship. In the discussion which we consider it useless to issue our rouse them to greater efforts when oppressive. Equally there are judge of the said Court, his atmosphere is aball we say miralty and the lieutenant and ensned, the opinion was expressed usual circular for the mail. The wanted. Coming from The big battle, so far as it has gone, has not resulted in a that the agreement was in the quotations given in our last Secretary of State for War the have heard of ons which cannot cead, on all manner of captures, any lonelier beats than others, and we surrogate or surrogates, to pro- decisive victory for silber side. There has been heavy fighting and to the Marconi Company, and it be taken as approximate basis appreciated the tribute. Coming But all these difficulties are made and goods that are or shall be nature of preferential treatment circular (dated August 19) aro troops in the field would have be covered within the four hours. seizures and reprisals, of all ships both the Allies and the Germans have suffered heavy losses-enor. is noteworthy that most of the of prices.

from the finest soldier in Britain, light of by the men who have taken, and to hear and determino mous, indeed, is the word employed in a massage received to-day. criticism on these grounds oame

they should have double value. It been chosen. Some one has to according to the course of the Ad- With the held of operations so vast and the dietribution of news so

from Liberal members. The way

The Requiem for the late Pope. it good to read that all reportsagree do the work, and, the choice miralty, or the law of nations; and a carefully guarded, it is not oney even partially to guess at what the great shipping firm,, who TK.Deals Headmaster of Queen's only what was expected of them have been believed possible a few

was led by Mr. Holt, a member of latePope, yesterday. Dr. Comas, Mr. the British troops, but that was much more willingly than would Admiralty accordingly.

At the Pontifical Requiem for the in praising the admirable work of having fallen on them, they do it warrant issued to the Judge of happening and what the issue will bo. The world, as Router auid suggested that the provisions College and Director of Education, They have to fine traditions weeks ago, Aside, too, from their of the House of Commons, stands "in an atmosphere of tense ex- should not apply to any ship until and Mr. Francisco Tae Yat, were behind them ever to behave other police duty at nights, they have made for the constitution of pectancy." Until more do&nite information comes to band it is the Board of Trade had made alec present. Vice Admiral Jerram, than with much steadiness. And if to undergo drill during the day. courts in British possessions

By an act of 1894, provision is such arrangements as would en- the Commodore, and Captain L.de they did not behave with more The result is that a considerable commission warrant for instruct- It is possible, however, to extract some little satisfaction from necessary apparatus and service last moment, prevented from fall of Waterloo most people in the handling of a rifle and mirally may be issued at any able shipowners to obtain the Magalhaes Corres, were, at the then usual gallantry near to the body of men is being instructed ion from the Crown or the Ad- the messages which have come to hand. When Lord Kitchener, at a reasonable cost, based upon being present, Ceveral Catholic would be very much surprised. (useful training in every walk in time, even in peace and upon. for instance, sends a message congratulating the troops on their the actual cost to the supplier. splendid work and adds "we are proud of them," it is safe to assume The Critics.

military officers were also absent. Sentiment goes for a lot with the life) is learning what it is to be such issue, subject to instructions that these troops have done, if not all that was asked of them, (and they may have done even that) at least great part of it.. Lard Kit Henry Norman, regarded the

Another Liberal member, Sir Within Market Limits.

British soldier..

under discipline. They may from the Crown, the Vice-Admiral chener in not the man to offer congratulations before the event. It anggested agreement as one of Court, before Mr. CD. Melbourne, News from Taingtau is very fact that their work is not going fied by information from

This morning, in the Police is true that the French and British troops have fallon back, but too the most surprising Parliamentary Inspector Kent prosecuted a scarce, but a telegram has come without due appreciation and that Secretary of State that war has Tsingtau Stoicism." congratulate themselves on the of the possessions, on being satis much need not be made of that. They were not driven back but doenments he had ever seen, and hawker for plying his trade from New York to the effect that they are themselves learning broken out between Great Britain retired with magnificent steadiness because, we may be sure, retire- suggested that the negotiations within market limits at Stanton the Kaiser has sent a pessage to what should be of value to them and a foreign state, may make ment was part of that immense scheme of operations which is being with the Marconi Company+hould Street. The Inspector explained the garrison instructing it to in after life. If they gain no proclamation to that effect, carried out by the Allies. Mr. Asquith's words seera to bear this out. be dropped and the shipowners left to his Worship that there had defend the position to the utmost. more, they should gain a certain and the commission or warrant He informed the House of Commons that the withdrawal of the to look after their own intereste. been a lot of this going on in that This, says the cable, was received amount of physical fitness, which comes into effect. The warrant troops had been successfully accomplished, admitted that the losses Another critie plated that it was locality. As a result there had stoically. That word stoically is more than merely something; may authorise a Vice-admiralty. had been considerable, and remarked that it was undesirable to say unfortunate that the Board of been many complaints and ILE. seems very like a dramatic touch it is quite a deal to gain. more at present. That may fairly be interpreted as meaning that Trade should have entered into the Governor liad given orders added by some imaginative newe- so far the operatione have gone much as expected and that ultimate negotiations

Court or Colonial Court of Ad- guccess might be endangered were anything said of what is next to Company, seeing that there tended to. A fine $10 was im assume that the news come from with only one that it should be specially at paper man. It is reasonable to

miralty to act as a prize court, or be attempted. The issue is still uncertain, but it is clear that up were

establish a Vice Admiralty. Court till now we have done not badly.

no fewer than seven posed.

for that purpose. The Court is independent concerns in the

a German source and, in that Meantime the Belgians are still not only setting up a fine country who

Leprosy Not Hereditary.

anthorised to act as a prize Court could supply

event, if any mention of how the defence but acting brilliantly on the offensive at times. They have apparatus at prices lower than

Binghamton, N. Y., July 30,

during the war and, after its con- message was received at all had W. T. Danner, American secretory olusion, continue to act as such sallied forth from Antwerpond driven the Germene from Malines for those the Marconi Company were

been made, the words cheers or of the Interdenominational Mis-and finally dispose of all matters a matter of ten miles. Work of this kind is bound immensely to charging. Despite all the orga

enthusiasm would have been sion to Lepers, in addressing the arising daring the war, incl assist the Allies in carrying their operations to final success. The mente, however, the Bill upon

ding mentioned for certain. To be International Bible Association all forfeitures and penalties in most assuring feature of the whole situation is that British, French which the discussion took We are quite fair, we do not doubt that hore last night declared that lep-curred therein. Egles of and Belgian troops are all determinedly hopeful. A spirit of that was ordered to be reported to the

place The telegram quoted below was the message was received with rosy is not bereditary nor easily may also be made by Order- kind counts for more in war than mere weight of numbers and, so House. Following the recent salute General, Hongkong, from conceived a garrison which felt more than one million lepers in the Naval Prize Aat the pro- received hy the American Con enthusinam. Bat someone has communicable, that there are Council for regulating, subject to long as it is maintained (which, we may safely take it, will be dar escolation of the Government the Manila: Observatory at 7:22 that its task was hopeless and the world, and that, while two cedare and practice of prize ing the whole war) the outlook for the Allied forces is quite bright, with Marooni affairs, ons is not Events may appear to move slowly, but that is inevitable where the surprised that the criticism noted P.m. yesterday

which received the instructions, leper colonies exist, seventeen courts under that. Act, the datin

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