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NOTES ON THE CRISIS. JOTTINGS BY THE WAY. ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF

CLUB.

BERLIN'S "ADMISSIONS."

Good Progress by the Allles

Everywhere.

The Russian steam-roller is

under way again, and both the German and the Austrian armies are painfully conscious of the fast.

Two members of the Krupp concern have been appointed

doctora (honoris causa) of the Mixed Foursomes Competition

at Faaling, University of Bonn. That Bonn doolorate bids fair to become 'aé ropular as the Iron Cross; "Everybody's gettin' it," sort of business.

The Mixed Foursomes Medal Competition was decided over the eighteen hole course at Fanling

plates used by music publishers there was not the lightest

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Some time ago, Home papera on Saturday. Of the 37 couples stated that, on account of the entered, 32 played, and the or- shortage of lead in Germany, the rangements were so good that confusion. Despite the extra- When Berlin official statements for printing scores had been com adrait that German attacks have mandeered by the Government. ordinary combinations of talent, coare there is something in the Canadian and U.K; Mil. Clazes ceased in certain localities and Bat that wasn't good enough for the Committee tackled the puzzle argament that what the Chinese

that the Kassians are taking the Philadelphia papers, one of of handicaps in a satisfactory There were four prizes and a have been accustomed to for any

ground, we may be sure that the which has since been delivered manner. number of centuries can do them little harm now; but that "some-

On Saturday the Telegraph Kaiser's forces are in a sorry way of the announcement that all the

pinched" for the sake of the going to Misa. Kelly and Captain thing" might disappear when published 42 columns of solid for post experience has shown pianos in Germany had been hidden number, the first bonours, confronted with the mortality reading matter. To-day there that the German military auth-

orities have a little habit of pound or two of lead contained in Heath with 104-12 equal 02. returaasmong the people of China. will be 35 published.

keeping the tinpleasant from the each. Keep it up, Philadelphia: Mr. Turner and Mr. Pare also The Dollar,

(108-16) tying for first place. The survival of the strongest- stomached asems to be the rule

The rate of the dollar on people's ears as long as they isn't it almost time the Germane turned in a card with 92 not, possibly can. It is not straining took the blacklead off the grates Two holes under match play conditiona decided the question, Chineso in general demand to-day is 18 9.3.16d.

the facts, indeed, to state that for conversion into bullets? Among

Sailing Postponed. Missionaries, Sanitary Boards and

Mrs. Pethick Lawrence has the first being halved in six and native doctors who have received The sailing of the s.s. Haimun, the German war spirit has been a western education have all which is advertised for Wednos-kept alive by painting the picture

on in rosy hues witness the circula- been saying, while on a lecturing the second going to Misa Kelly undoubtedly done their best to day, has been postponed inculcate cleanliness among the account of the steamer having to tion of the story of the greatest tour in the States, that the only and Captain Heath in 5 to 6.

victory in the bistory of the world, weapon against militariam over which Berlin went into feminism. Ther, for the Lord's For the Fighting Men. Chinese; but if the people as a go into dock. whole refuse to listen to reason,

The result of the working par-hysterics, until the unfortunate adke, let's have the militarium; what more can be done? Nothing. beyond seeing their insanitary lies last week was that 62 gar-foot leaked out that it was a we've ro time for a remedy that The Bomb case last week did disease among innocent people Lloyd Thomas, 116, Marray Street, which was nothing but the The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will practices do not spread contagions ments have been sent to Misa vague and bloodless vickry, is worse than the disease.

who, of themselves, are taking Hoxton, London, for distribution product of a vivid imagination. every reasonable precantion amongst the families of soldiers But the truth will out and, with some little good. We now have against epidemica.

sad sailors at the front and for the Czar's troops drawing ever it on the word of a Chinese in Dearer to the German frontier, it terpreter and of a local KC. that Belgian refugees.

Malta's Cargo.

is apparently deemed wise to Lang Ohai-kwong is Tatah of Kwangtung. Of course people A True Picture.

The cargo shipped from Houg- prepare the people for the coming have tried to keep the fact dark kong by the s.s. Malta on the 19th invasion.

Given a continuance of the for the past sixteen months, Reports from missionary and inst, included 100 bales of waste evangelical societies in Obine all silk, 182 bales of raw silk, 687 t'resent ran of events, the Ger- but it's astounding how the Law too often paint the picture in bales of coccon, 845 half-chests of man public would soon be con- ferrets these things out.

The German score for this week colours which are a trifle too tea and 1,000 slabs of tin for scioas of the success of Russian glowing to be natural, when they London; 199 half-chests of tea arma, whether officialdom obose deal with the general conditions for Havre; 99 bales of raw silk to make "admissions" or not, and ending is not quite so good as which prevail up and down the for Lyons; 1,486 half-cheste of tea it is doubtless a recognition of usual. It is only two hospitals, land. It pays them to make a and 220 bales of raw silk for this fact which has impelled the and a few caterpillar in a cab

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By Order,

BIRTH.

Marseilles.

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is

deal of fuss over the "awakening

authorities to admit what they bage-patch at Dover, as against a bave. What the Russian advance cathedral and two churches last of Obins," "—an awakening, by

HONGKONG BECOMING

will mean to the war as a whole week. Now Willy; get a hustle the way, which the average

AN IDEAL COLONY.

we have many times indicated on you! it will have a vital bearing on! resident in the Far East somehow. or other does not see to have been

There were only thres the campaign; if pressed home to attended with any particularly good results. As a contrast to charges entered at the Central the fall, it will, indeed, menn This sort of thing it is refreshing Police Station on Christmas Eve, the beginning of the end, to read some remarks in the latest one on Christmas Day, and seven

FOWLER-On December 22, 1914, at "Bedfordia," 87 Yu Yuen annual report of the Christian over the last two days. Hong- Road, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Fowler, a daughter.

The Hongkong Telegraph.ception of what is taking place

HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1914.

"ARMED ROBBERIES.

in Chico, and it does not hesitate to give voice to a few plain home truths concerning the general outlook.

Some Blunders.

race

A Noteworthy Advance. The Allies in the west contiane

We gather that a German "bone-orchard" has been opened

ot Kowloon, as a lady on the ferry was heard, the other day, to ask whereabouts the Germane were interred.

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The third prize, went to Miss score being 98-5-93." Sat-Stewart and Mr. Carey, their

The fourth prize was divided, Miss Wilkinson sad the Reverend Tichborne and Miss D. Gordon and Mr. T. A. Loughlin both

The hidden nutaber was 111,. coring 01 net-the former couple 104-10 and the latter 118-24:

the prize being won by Mre. T.

E. Pearce and Mr. Bowker after tie with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Carleton,

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The following is the complete

list of the cards turned in Miss Kelly and

Miss Stair-Stewart

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Capt. Heath...104-12-02 Mrs. Tarner and

Mr. Farr.....108-16-92 and Mr. Carey 93— 5-93. Revd. Tich- Mise Wilkinson and

borae...104-30-94 Miss D. Gordon and

Mr. Loughlin 118-24-94 and Mr. Smith110-21-95 Mrs. N. L. Smith Mrs. Mas Dougall dad Mr. Mac Dougall 114-19-95 Mrs. Gedge and

Mr. Grist 100—3— 97

98

Mr. Bulmer- Johnson120-20-100

und Mr. Wode- house

123-22-

Mr. Davison 121-10-102

114-11-103

Gale....

Literature Society for China, kong is surely taking a turn'

to press on, and one fact not to be which has just come to hand. for the better.

According to one of our Manila lost sight of is that the wires of This body bus a pretty clear op: NEW ZEALAND'S

and Mr. Hill...110- the past few days have spoken of contemporaries, the Australians Mra, Baker-Brown DEFENCE POLICY.

perceptible progress in the are giving Russia a hot time in

Mr. Ritohte 117-18 99 Helping the Empire.. Argonne forest, despite the heavy West Galicia. The news will Mrs. Ritchie and Wellington, N.Z., Nov. 16.-In snow which has been experienced. come as a sad blow to those of as an slection sperck at Milton, Mr. The retreating German armies who were under the impression Mrs. Beavis and

found a strong defensive position that Australia was loyal to the Allen, Defence Minister, said that in the rocky and forest-clad Empire, and therefore not up Miss Alex Gordon he regarded the Imperial Navy Argonne and they have maintain, against Russin at all.

"In passing a sentence of five blunders by incompetent men," necsesity. Fer the time being since. Sometimes they have made In speaking of some "gigantic lander one control as an absoluteed a furious contest there ever Judging from the current issue of the Shanghai Municipal centred years' with hard labour," observes Miss Caldwell and,

have been characterised by the a contemporary, "his "Lordship revolu. Admiralty. As years went by it hatred, Gazette, Hongkong is not alone in having to deal with the question was

be altered, and representativea of armed robberies. committed by Chinese. In a repur to the tionaries thinking that if Mauchu might be that the control would phases so markedly demonstrated remarked that the prisoner had Mrs. Gale and Mr.

in the fighting in Belgium-the cat his wife about a good deal Chinese Obamber of Commerce in the northern city, issued by the rulers were replaced by Chinese,; local merchants, and forwarded by the Chamber to the Municipal then Chins would prosper. The from the Dominions would have a concentration of great masses of and he had no right to do it" Mrs. B. Hanecek Council, it is stated that: "This year the violent condust of des-second mistake was the supposi-seat on the controlling authority, men at certain points, the hurling Well; that question is settled at peradoes is such as never has been before; all for the reason that, tion that by a change of. Govora and there consider questions of of them forward with absolute any rate, and in future any man Mrs. Bernard and after the commission of the offence, they are not sought out and arment into a Republic, all the peace and wor and the aval disregard for the loss of life in- who does cut his wife about will the no longer shelter himself behind rested with severity, but asuster at large as if beyond the law......Mancha evils would be eradicat-defence of the Empire. But that volved, the occasional capture of do so at his own risk, for he can

Bome position, and then The audacity of these bad characters is daily becoming more fierce; ed. The third blunder was the day had not come yet.

Those opposed to him believed inevitable recoil from the counter the excuse that he didn't know he and, even in busy places, thefts and robberies incessantly occur." entrusting of important positione

The report, from which the above is a brief exirect, has been in the Government to men who that they ought to pay a subsidy attack of the Allies. The nei mightn't do it.

Talk about the skeleton at the. a steady gain by the Allies, by forwarded to the Municipal Council, whose Acting Secretary has only had a superficial knowledge to the Mother country, and allow replied..at soms length. From January to November of this of world-wide history, who had her to do what she pleased with result, as we have seen, has been year, he says, 114 reports of robberies bave been investigated no experience in practical states the money-build up her navy which the invadere are being feast the other night, in a local Mrs. Maitland and

Camping ...100-3-108 and 39 persons have, in consequence, been arrested, 33 of whom manship, who advocated the in- with it, and save the British slowly pushed out of the Argonne hotel, the chief shroff of the Mr. Maitland 123-17—106

Mrs. Harvey and have been handed over to the Chinese Government; and of that dependence of the Provinces, taxpayers. It was said against and towards their own frontier. establishment was seen prowling Mr. Moxon and Mr.

Mr. Harvey...128-21-107 33, 11 have been executed. We in Hongkong know well enough socialism, the distribution of the him that he was seeking to lead And what is taking place in about, in and out of the billiard- the country into wild and reckless Argonne is typical of what is room doorway. Anything more that it is one thing to arrest a snspect and quite another to bring a property of the rich among expenditure. He denied it. Those occurring elsewhere in the western unbusiness-like, on the part of the

Ram.....134-28-108 Shanghai did with the odd 56 gentry whom it refrained from hand-ties, and the increase of wealth,

Beswick and ing over to the native Government. Doubtless some got esnt to gaol not by hard labour, but by the themselves prepared to tax every surely, the enemy is being beaten Not a man had the hardihood to and some contrived to establish their innocence to the satisfaction, simple method of issuing paper person in the Dominion up to 10s. at least, of those who tried them. But the Acting Secretary proceeds money.

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Mrs.

and Mr. Beavis 122-19-103

Fleet Surgeon.

128

***122- Rayner and Mr. Bray Miss Cunningham

and Mr. Can- ningham.115-12-103

crime home to him; therefore we may feel inclined to ask what the poor, the dissolution of family who made that statement wore theatre. Slowly, but rone the less management, we never heard of Mrs. Ram and Mr.

to point out that the prevalence of erimes of violence within the

Settlement is due to the non-infliction of the bamboo, adding that The Results.

the complaint of the merchants "forcibly illustrates how unfortunate

This assuredly is no over

it is that the Mixed Court ever undertook its experimental cessation."

as a subsidy for naval defence. That money would be banded over to the Imperial authorities to do what they liked with, and they would have no say in the expenditure,

back,

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Mr. Beswick...127-19-108

Mias

M. Rodger and Mr. Bennett....

call for a drink while that search- Mrs. ing eye was on him. Japan and the War. More than passing interest Speaking of hotels, the annex

Bowker...... 12 Some amount of attaches to the suggestion of the of one of them is sorely troubled Mrs, Peatos and Mr. Paris Temps that, in view of the with rate.

****In the Foreign Settlement," he writes, "such crimes have since statement of the facts of the case, His proposal to, build up the diplomatio situation," the armed anxiety is felt locally lest the Mre Carleton and.

boon visited merely with imprisonment, for which criminals have and we imagine no one who has Imperial Navy was to make an openly declared their indifference."

to increase and not to order the "experimental cessation" of

taken the pains to observe for.

intervention of Japan in the affliction should spread to some

men to take an interest in Im-average mind that some other.

Mrs.

B

"There's nothing like having

Miss

Wolfo and Mr. Mr. Carleton...132

Jacksonya Baker-Brown and Col Baker

135-23-112

due sense of proportion and of

Brown .......141-27-114

Hay nai 137 22 115

It is but rarely that Hongkong can boast of stealing a maroh CB himself will disagree with the appeal to the patriotism of their European war is to be desired. of the boarders. Shanghai; on nine mattera out of ten Shanghai can give us all too compilers of the Report when people to allow their own stated though it would appear to the many points; but in this question of laying on the rod we can teach they say that the result has been perial concerns. They might in reason than that quoted will bare dwellers in this Colony. Who the people are who are responsible for existed before, economic chaos in policy the 'Commonwealth Gov./Hitherto Japan's energies in this mured, the cinematograph pian Mrs, Butlin and Mr. our northern neighbour something fortunately for the European corraption exceeding that which the course of years adopt the to be found to justify such a step, the eternal fitness of things, mor- East, and the splendid work which a moaraful procession of Belgian thie"experimental cessation" ofcorporal punishment in the Settlement the Provinces, the filling of the ernment had adopted, and not war have been confined to theist,while the screen was displaying] it is difficult to understand; surely no one who has had much to do land with brigands and despera only train their own personnel, she has done has won widespread women and children leaving one with the Chinese criminal, Great Britain would not be far out does, the bringing of lawlessness but provide ships as they were were she to baset that ebe is as free from crimes of violence as any to a large portion of the country, able to do it, into which to pat/admiration. That, for the moment, of the bombarded cities. And country in the world; yet even she, with all the milk-and-water and the plunging of the nation their personnel. Then, if oe would appear to be all that is ra- straightway he struck up: "When

Europe were going against the for Alabam " methode which many of her people desire, has found it necessary into a deep mire of national debtsion arose, everything would go quired of her. If the battle in that midnight, choo-choo-leaves George W. Goethals, Governor of

years to recover. The Society is authorities. flogging. The violent criminal is the same all the world over, from which it will take many over automatically to the Imperialien, then there would be some and only infliction of physical pain will deter him following out his not hopelessly passimistic over the facts of to-day justified the reason in asking Japan to lend a profession, no matter whether he is Chinese, German or Britisher. the future, however, for it sees in Commonwealth squadron. The band, and, if she were called up. Peking, Nov. 16-A report/portation on s strictly temperance As regards the Chinese in partionlar, it, is too often forgotten by President Yuan Shih-kai a strong, Government's naval policy was on, we may be sure, she would frem Kobe alleges that the Emden basis. The order provides that those in authority that, save among the business people who are wise man who can save China sound, New Zealand's fiosocial willingly bear a part in the task was enabled to sink the steamer all persons employed on the canal thereby restrained from making money for a time, Imprisonment of that is if he can secure the copoution' was strong, making an/of crushing a common enemy and Troylus through a wireless mes who have marine licenses must reverse of merciful. If Shanghai wishes to reduce the number of people in the task. But, as imposition of a war tax un cover herself with glory in doing wage sent out from Manila. The abstain absolately from liquor. unwise, since it might cause a the laab, and if Hongkong wishes to exterminate such crimes it will reconstruction can hardly be said cessation of industry and pro- likelihood of conditions being German merchant at Kobe, who captains of tugboats, mates and armed robberies in its neighbourhood it will return to the use rightly remarks, the work of 200caaary. Such tax would be hired, and there seama little patched theretomavately by a ships through the, oarial, the lay it on a little more frequently

itself is no real punishment; for the race has been used, for too many centaries, to preventive or punitive peasures that were the operation of the officials and the

to have begun yet.

duotion.

An Emden Allegation.

No Liquor in Canal Zone, Panama, Nov 14-Colonel

the Panama Canal Zone, signed an order to-day placing all peraons engaged in canal trans

80. But at present no such aid is information, it is stated, was die This

changed in this respect.

has since been arrested.

others.

includes pilota, taking