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GENIBAL NEWS,

Betrothel.

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The engagement is announced, mya the Malay Maï, of Mr. AEN Holmes-Brown, wohor Bharu, and Miss Cortis, daughter of Mr. AT. Curtis, Central Workshops, Kuala Lumpur.

Sir West Ridgeway, Be The Right Hon. Sir West Ridgeway, chairman of the Brit- ish, North Borneo Corporation, sailed from Home last week by the P. and Q. steamer Medias on a visit to Borneo, and will be absent from England about three months.

President Wilson a Grandfather. Washington, January 18.- It was announced at the White House to-day that a son had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre at Williamstown, Mass Mre. Sayre was formerly Miss Jeanie Woodrow Wilson. Cablenews American.. '".

Empending Marriage, A marriage has been arranged, and will take place on 21st inst., between Sydney Cameron West all, son of the late Alfred Charles Westall, of Shanghai, and Hilda Madeline, only daughter of the late Major John Thraston, of the West Yorkshire Regiment.

Forthcoming F.M.S. Wedding.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1915

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youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Position of Combatants and

Armstrong, of 43, Wimpole-street, and grandson of the late Sir- Andrew Armstrong of Gallen, Bart, and Stella, the

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Televraph." stook the waters of the department question which are bee ming depleted, grasped the distinction between country's armed forces, they do KOWLOON DISPENSARY. Two employees of the Aquarium the particular condition of things do at their own peril, and are ander the direction of the Bureau known as enemy cocupation and liable, if captured, to be treated of Science left last week for the the proceeding which leads to this by the enemy as war criminals, Colony to get the fish and a Chi--namely, invasion. This subject and not spared as prisoners of war. nese carp export will accompany can be reserved for another time. them on their return.

Rights of lavaders.:

For the present let us consider a If auch daring individuāls prora problem which is now very much successful and manage to best Sir Henry Howard. Sir Henry Howard, K.C.B., cocupying Englishmen's minde. down the enemy, and prevent his || K.O.M.G., who has gone BS If a considerable band of Ger- further operations, all well and Envoy Extraordinary and Minie mans should succeed in landing good-a magnificent and patriotic ter Plenipotentiary on a special on our ahores, what are we sohievement it would indeed be. mission to the Pope, was British civilians entitled to do, and what But, of course, it is not likely Minister at The Hague and Lux are we legally debarred from do that this would come to pass in a emburg from 1896 to 1908. Ining? In some quarters people, conflict between untrained, an- 1887 he was Scoretary of the in thinking about the possibilities, disciplined citizens acting indi British Legation at Peking. He have become unreasonably panic-vidually, and an army possessing belongs to the leading Roman stricken; in other quarters it all the engines and implements Catholic family in England, must be admitted that too many of war, and anting systematically, being a kinsman of the Dake of havoremained entirely indifferent, with, in these circumstances, no Norfolk. For the last few years hond too ecoksure that, whatever thought of mercy or quarter. has book living in Rome.

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Enlistment of Planters.

A message from Colombo to how or other. Singapore, dated December 19,

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international law is not con- TEL. 1292 administration of labour had they would not expect au un corned with the composition and impeded passage-even if our become difficult owing to the dan armed forces were not present constitution of regular armies. gerous depletion of the European at the time in that locality-nowThis is a matter which the na- stuff, caused by war recruitment, that they have realised British tional or municipal law of every and has requested that discrimi-determination, and their own State has to determine for itself. pation be used in the selection of previous miscalculations elec Similarly, it is for this law alone recruits, The Secretary of State where. But they would expect unteer corps (which in some

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MEMORIES OF THE KAISER'S Ted la one arm in one of the re dry cent battles in the north of France, by Anne Tophan Be is now in hospital, but we be sincerely hope that he will make THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN a speedy recovery.

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Mindanao, and is at present in their respective private citizens. war apply not only to the members Damsgaste, Baya the Cablenews American of January 19. Cable: Thus the position of the armed militia and volunteer corps fal- Limanimche Wanlay Haiphons grams were received by the Bares from that of the unarmed in Alling the following conditions: St., Iloilo.. of Customs Monday morning from

arm (1) They must be commanded Manchung Yeosang Yuen, the customs collectors at Cebu and offensive population. In earlier. Iloilo, telling of the search and times, belligerents recognised no by a person responsible for his Levuka.

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emblem fired and recogni eighteenth century, however, it

and recognisable at a distancs; (3) They must dar their arms openly; and (o me to be generally recognised that non-ocmbatania wars hot to

They must conduct their opera

final discovery of the lannoh Dixie Sankara cuppa aboard, with the atom Over a week ago Mr. Tatom lafs Qaipit Point in an endeavour to reach Ceba. The launch broke down and rough weather drove the small vessel nearly 80 miles In a souti-westerly di isunderstood that a

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LETT8'8 DIARIES 1915.