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THE CHINESE EXTRADITION CASE,

Adjourned.

Before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Police Court, this afternoon, Chan Sing, was applied for in extra dition by the Chinese authorities on a charge of murder and rob

bery.

THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.

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Effect of the Unofficial Story of

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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1915.

THE MINNESOTA.

Repairs Making Rapid Headway.

CONTEMPORARY. OPINION.

Unpreparedness in War an American Habit.

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NOT A LAUGHING MATTER

M.P.'s Protest Against British Attitude to Zeppelins.

To read them would bit. The country actually stumbl imagine that every war in which' ed into war with the leading Po the nation had been engaged was wer of the world without an army a succession of glorious victories or a navy. for American arme. How much On paper the land forces con- Mr. O. F. McWillians, General

eloquence, how many resma of sisted of 35,000 men, but hostili. Agent of the Great Northern

poetry, have been expended upon ties began with 8,744 under nrme. Steamship Company, states that

the valour of the minute men of Large numbers of militia were Yarmouth, protests against the Mr. Arthur Fall, M.P. for Great he has received satisfactory re- The following leading article 1776, the gallant esamen of 1812, summoned, but some of the States general attitude of levity adopted ports of the progress of the repairs was taken from the North Amerithe victors at New Orleans and refused to send their quotas. in England regarding the recent Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Crown

to the Minnesota recently docked cun of April 17

Buena Vista, the armies that won Those who did take the field lock-Zeppelin raids, Solicitor, made the application No Government in history" at Nagasaki. Some doubt has and in doing so said that on April he said, "has ever had such whole been expressed as to when the Honolala harbour, coffined in the pictoresque heroes of Santiago and blaukete. The great plan of "I am sorry to note the general Forty-eight fathoms deep in renown in the Civil War, the ad arms, ammunition, uniforms In a letter to the Times he says: 8, this year, a gang of robbers at hearted support from all parties boat would be ready, and the steel shell of a worthless sub-and San Juan!

the government was the capture tone of the comments on the two tacked a village called Po San in prosecuting a war, but I will supposed delay was attributed to marine, lie the bodies of au Well deserved the eulogies are, of Canada, but only one of the recent Zeppelin raide on this Pun in the Houngeban district, venture to criticise the Crovera her damage being extensive, A0 sometime in the evening-abour ment in one principle. Meetings a matter of fact, says The Adun American naval lieutenant and Yet the truth is that in every one four campaigns of invasion yield-country. They have been des-

twenty-one seamen, How they of these wars the nation exhibited ed even a trifling saccess. nine o'clock. About fifty or such as this ought not to be necestier Captain Garliok writes that died, and why, will not be known colossal incompetence, ghastly The force that was to move amount of the damage that was oribed as fiascos, and the small sixty of the robbers, all armed, sary to stimulate recruiting."

the actual damage was not at all until the wrecked craft is raised unroadiness and confusion so from Detroit surrendered without done has been commented on, and the prisoner being one of them,

Britain is the only country of extensive, and the apparent delay and the sporets of the corpse-laden calamitous that if sesmed as if firing a shot. Reluctance among they have been more or less ridi attacked the house, where a man all the belligerents where such is due to there being a big job on hull are laid bare. was killed. One of the masters meetings are necessary.

only the mercy of a patient pro- the militiamen who were to cross caled. I fancy our enemies will the vessel's stem, a steel structure, But a voice, as if from the vidence permitted this careleas the Niagara river led to homili have a very different opinion of It may of the shop, who would be called, be said that in other countries the whigh meant the casting of a pat dreadful deeps, has already people to outlive their fathomless ating defeat at would tell the Court that he was men are compelled to fight, but tern, snuealing and some ma- reached the living world. Three blundering.

Queenstown. them, and the German Staff will living with his brother Tean Chai they fought as whole-heartedly as chine-work. The stem has now days before the disaster Lieuten-

Mutiny rendered abortive a pro- consider that these raida have Ki at the latter's house, his own the voluntarily enlisted men.. been cast and is being annealed at Ede, commander of the vessel, American, at least, have some real. York, now Toronto, was all, that was expected of them, Readers of the Sunday North posed expedition against Mon-accomplished all, and more than place being about if doora "I think the reason for these There is every prospect of the wrote to his brother that there understanding of the facts. The raided and burned, and that was and they will to-day have been away. When the robbera attacked recruiting meetinge being neconsteamer leaving Nagasaki before had been a hydrogen explosion series of articles by Oscar King almost the sole victory. Up to piecing together the great amount the village, he got on to the roof sary is because the country does her due date, June 16th, or 42 and several engine breakdowns, Davis, extending from January the end of 1913 the United States of information they have gained. of his brothers house and by not realise the extraordinary days from the time she went into, and he added, grimly jesting 31 to April 11, has set forth with bad in service 10,000 re- mence of going coroas various danger of the situation. This is dock. The Minneacts will then pro with the porile he sensed:-- relentless exactitude and convinc galare and 130,000 militiamen, that everyone with a rifle, or even Mr. Fell makes the suggestion roofs he reached his own house brought about by two causes and Yokohama to pick ap several down fifty feat and no bottom of our criminal unpreparedness tually nothing, although there a Zeppelin when it comes, as, ceed-to Kobe, possibly Shimidzu Take a mere trifle like today-ing detail the melancholy history yet they had accomplished vir a shot gan, should try and shoot and he got a good view First, the reliance upon our of all the robbers plundering national insurance - the Navy thousand tons of cargo awaiting below, and water trickling in in every armed conflict since the were in all Canada only 4500 although one ballet will probably all the houses and shops in the which has guarded our shores her, en route to her home port. through one of the valves. It government was founded. village. He would tell the Court and had prevented Britain from

regular British troops.

do little harm, hundrede of bullets doesn't even give ne a thrill any Our annals are filled with. the that he saw the robbers were all sharing the fate of Belgium.

Meanwhile, the nuvy had ac will most certainly damage the more. In fact, if the whole boat stories of heroic figures and the quitted itself with extraordinary anwieldy airship, and even if they armed and had torches which lit

should vanish in smoke, I don't thrill of famous war ories. The gallantry. The vessels acald escape over the sea they will be up the place, and he recognised

terribly barefoot men of Valley Forge, the outsail and outmanoeuvre the leaking gas and damaged so that the prisoner. He said he did not

gallant defenders of the Alamo, lumbering British war craft, and they will be unlikely to regain know prisoner before; be had

Paul Revere, John Paul Jones, warme of privateers were let the Elbe. never seen him before, nor had hie

Anthony Wayne, Grant and loose against the enemy's com soon him since except at the identification

Sheridan, down to the familiar merce, one of these raiders cap- leaders in the Spanish war-these turing no fewer than twenty-three the camps were "gruesomely we all know. But how many of prizes in the English Channel. inadequate." us realise the shocking recorda Perry's historic triumph on Lake that their great deeds hide-how Erie and a notable victory on beef and of murderously inaanit- the American government blun- Lake Champlain furnished other dered and maddled its way through bright chapter for a dismalary conditions have not been for the early days of each war, betray-record of fatility and failure. gotten. Thousands of untrained ing its own defendera to needless la 1814 came the great dis weeks without even a test having men were herded in osmps for death and positively inviting grace. Two years after the be been made of the water supply, irredeemable disaster?

ginning of the war, with British and disease raged among the Take the war of independence, naval forces raiding the settle which most of us picture as a ments along Chesapeake bay, the country's defendere as if they had succession of triumphs of "e-national capital was still left Eight times as many died from been imprisoned in a foul slam. battled farmera" over the picked undefended, except for 2200 mea, fever as fell by the bullets of the troops of tyranny. Eighteen without forts or artillery. A commander-in-chief General made a leisurely march on Wash fighters, did its work with com- months after he had been made their convenience the invaders

The navy, with its disciplined Washington officially reported: ington, burned the capital and parative precision. But even in "To place any dependence upon the White House and departed that department the condition militia is assuredly resting upon a without molestation. The shame was pictured in the fact that broken stall. The evils to be was partly wiped out by the Schley's famous flying squadron apprehended from a standing splendid victory of New Orleans; consisted of eix ships, no two of and inevitable rain. For if I ago chiefly boause the enemy was the lack of adequate provisiona army are remote, but the consebat the truth is that America which had the same armament, quence of wanting one is certain won the war of a hundred yeste spoed or ateaming radius. And were called upon to declare upon preoccupied with the great for transport compelled the oath whether the militia had been Napoleonic contest. more serviceable or huitful, upon the whole, I should subscribe to the latter.”

Secondly, the people of this country are not permitted to know sufficient of what the troope are doing at the front.

"From my experience as Press censor during the Boer War, I

VOLUNTEER ORDERS, Corps Orders issued. today by Lieut-Col. A. Chapman V. D. State:

Resignation.

Parados.

Parades for Wednesday, 2nd Jund. 7.00 am. Signalling Seo tion-Signalling Instruction at Headquarters: Remainder. Nil.

Detall.

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On duty at Headquarters H. K. V. R.

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Kowloon H. K. V, R.

On duty at Gan Club Hill, At Kowloon (Detention Camp) On duty to-night Nos. 3 und 4 Sections Scouts Co, and 3 men of Right Section M., Co. Ofeer on duty Lient, Murphy.

On duty to-morrow night Centre Section M. G. Co, Officer on duty Lieut. Wright,

POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. Police Reserve Orders issued to-day state

Parades.

Wednesday, June 2nd.-Com- bined Parade at 5.30 p.m. sharp without Arms.

think I would be astonished."

In response to alarms and demande, to the testimony of experts and the reports of trained oflicore, Secretary Daniels has repeated the well worn phrase that ship for ship and man for man, our navy has no superior in the world"; and at the launching of the Pennsylvania he eulogised the entire navy equipment, including the underses craft, as and "powerful, ready more efficient" than ever before.

Against these utterances put the unimaginable horrors of that incident at Honolula a war vessel, representing presumably the moat advanced ideas of con- atractive science, in mancareing in time of peace, placid sinking helpless to the ocean bed, carrying imprisoned her crew to agonising death.

These matters involve technic alities which we do not feel com

of Commander Yates Stirling, of petent to discuss. We should have to rely upon such judgmentsaathat the Atlantic submarine flotilla, who reported that none of his vessels were fit for war service, because of "neglect by the depart mant." But every citizen who reads the news knows something, from trustworthy testimony of the appalling unreadiness of the defensive forces of the United States,

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The horrors of "embalmed”.

enemy.

of dollars for vessels, many of government to expend millions them grotesquely unfit and por- chased at grossly inflated prices.

dents of gallantry and eliciency Despite the conspicuous inci- displayed in the various ingage will agree that the United State ments, every intelligent hitorian won the conflict only became its antagonist was somewhat nord inefficient than this country.

among others. can say that it would be perfectly Pte. W. H. Jenkins is permitted When the robbery took place, proper to allow accredited corres-to resign, on leaving the Colony, jewellery and clothing were stolen, pondents of the leading news dated 1.6.15. and the robbers kidnapped papers to be attached to the head- various people for the par quarters. A more honourable page of obtaining ransom. lot of men cannot be found. - This was not the charge-natur- "The other day an account of ally they put down the higher the battle of Neave Chapelle by charge, murder. Thore were three a anonymous correspondent men taken away from the village, appeared in the newspapera,. also two boys and one girl. The and I venture to say that that man who was shot was a hawker, report has brought in more about 60 years of age. He died very recruits than any epeach which shortly after being shot. The any Minister of the Crown has prisoner was arrested going.on themade, Macso boat, and there was more "I have absolutely no doubt than a prima facie case against as to the result of the war, but we him,

since he Way found mast do what we can to bring in possession of property the end sooner rather than later. which had been identified a The class of men we are part of the possessions of one of getting are fine indeed, and the the inmates of the house. The letters from officers at the front owner was not there at the time, praise them highly. Class dis- but it belonged to the house from tinotion disappears when a man which the witness came. It had gets to the front, and I sincerely been clearly identified as belong hope that one of the reaalta of the ing to one of the owners of the war will be that when it is over shops. Thiaclearly showed that the class distinction will have disap-

It is not necessary to recall the prisoner was probably there, and peared from civil life as it has

disasters caused by unprepared 'st any rate there was more than gone from the field of battle.

a prima facie case male out.

ness in the early days of the Civil "Had it not been for unprepared- War; even men still young can The hearing was adjourned. COMPANY REPORT. Friday, June 4th-Chinese

ness and a half-hearted polioy," he recall the almost ingredible in Company, Rifle Exercises. 5.30

wrote, four years later, GERMANS AT LARGE.

Nordanat Rubber Estates.

p.m. All Recruits from British

capacity and the criminal care This matter of the enemy alien (Jokore) Rubber Estates, Limited, May 17) and Portuguess Company, The report of the Nordanal Company (as before detailed for

"We never should have had to lessness which made the Spanish retreat with a handful of men American wer & 8candal as still uninterned is assuming a states that the total cultivated Rifle Exerciser, 5.30 p.m, under directed against President Wil- for the fate of America; we should

Mach aorid humour has been across the Delaware, trembling well as a military triumph. very serious aspect, says the Globe, area is now 2,485 acres, a faither Sergeant-Major Roylence.

For months it had been clear Thore is not the smallest doubt 361 acres having been planted

son's conclusive utterance upon not have remained all the succeed to every intelligent public man that German spies are operating during the year. The orop har

Musketry.

national defence. Thursday, June 3rd. All de- men must not be trained as sol- we should not have been under ble, yet when the fateful resolation it is not that we should plunge

Our younging winter at the enemy's mercy; that war with Spain was inevita successfully in this country and vested for 1914 amounted to tails concerning the Musketry diere, he said" there is another the necessity of fighting at was passed, on April 19, 1898, headlong toward a policy of mi

What is the lesson ? Certahlý we have it on authority that the 575,874 lbs,, against an estimate Shoot by the thirty odd men tort of energy in us, and it will Brandywine, with an unequal hardly a move had been made to tariem; but just as certainly it i Intelligence Department of the of 530,000 lbs. The average gross elected will be issued on the know how to declare itself and number of raw troops, and after prepare for action. The regular that we should devise and steadily Admiralty is in possession of in- pricerealised was equivalent to 24. Parade of June 2nd. formation as to an extensive aзn-2.08d. per lb.. London landed

mark itself effective should oo ward seeing Philadelphia fall army consisted of 20,000 men, follow a rational programme of spiracy being carried on by

oasion arise." But the serious we should not have been at Valley but hardly a company was fully preparedness. German agents" to foment strikes free on board Singapore, including terms. The cost of production

wrong he committed was in this Forge with less than half the officered. There was no general among workmen in order to ham-commission to staff and deprecia

We all desire peace. Bat. forces of the enemy, destitute of staff, and no complete plan of history and per the performance of war con- tius, was 9.218. per lb. After At the Police Court, this after we should be prepared to do? To found ourselves" this spring so upon. Arms and ammunition teach that peace is not always What is it that is suggested everything; we should not have operations had been determined the irrefutable facts of life logic and tracts," "If the Admiralty possess adding directora fees, agency noon; five riokahs cooties were defend ourselves against attackt? weak as to be insulted by 5000 were pitifully lacking. Thirty within our control. le depende that information surely the first commission, office expenses in charged with robbing John We have always found means to men,unable to protect our baggage days before the declaration the not only upon us, but upon others.. thing to do is by a more London, freight, insurance and Hutchinson, an officer on board rigorous internment of the

and magazines; we should not government advertised for bide Either we must adopt the ingen entiny in our midet to reduce all sale charges, but exolud- the 8. Chon King. The case

President Wilson is a historian, have seen our country ravaged, for 2,000,000 rounds of rifle carious doctrine of non-resistance s risk which carries with its 1b), the total cost of production which was reported in the Tele-records of the country's past. And plundered, abused, murdered with troops for one day's brisk fighting, urge that this country should ing war risk insurance (26d. per was the outcome of the attack exceptionally familiar with the our towns borned, the inhabitants tridge enough to supply 20,000 there are noted Americans who national danger. Where is the amounted to 11.40d. per ib. The graph about a fortnight ago, which he must be aware that the United impunity." sense in elaborating committees.

Untrained volunteers were "serve humanity" by submitting crop of rubber for the year 1915 was made on an European, who States has never gone into a wer The bloodstained snows and officials promising war is estimated at 000,000 lbs. The took a riokahs from Blake Pier well prepared and has never Valley Forge will ever remain a or uniforms or tents, and supplies conquest or we must be ready at hurried into camps without rifles to the "viosrions snorifice" of abstinence pledges if all the time these devils among us are work- ing their nefarious ways? Months must be added the balance brought as $300 and a gold watch and itself except after suffering the ales an indelible indictment of digality and lack of foresight it does come, with suddehness.:

net profit is £36,686, to which to West Point. The amount takea

"found the means" to defend picture of American heroiem-bat were transported with auch pro- for the test that will come, when ago Mr. McKenna told us that the of 839,634. An interim dividend A pharge of receiving was

forward, £2,847, making a total chain.

most needless and shameful the national heedlessness which that they lay in gigentia heaps For this reason we believe that proper time for a ganeral round- of 5 per cent. has been paid on preferred against another coolie,

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condemns the county's defenders at various points, while the the most pernicious folly possible lug up of the enemy was when account of 1914, absorbing £14, and the hearing was adjourned. the learned executive upon these through unpreparedness, reported that in one camp one places that "we have always found Any schoolboy might instruct to such inexcusable suffering troops went unfed. Inspectors is the theory promulgated in high raids were imminent. Well, they are not only imminent; of £25,534. Out of this balance 000, leaving a balance available

notorious facts. No, we must The war 1812-14 furnished a half the men had never even fired the means" to defend ourselves are having them twice a week.

withdraw the phrase the Ameri-record for worse. Although the at a target. Regiments were sent. This is true. But we have found And we know that half the pre- toreserve for development, £5,000, We regret to record the death hopelessly ignorant apon the Lity of the British government ride which an expert called "s in the weeknose of the enemy, can schoolboy, like his elders, is increasing tyranny and orimina to Cubs armed with an obsolete them, as history shows, chiefly cautions taken are against the and they recommend the payment of Corpl, Bigge of the R.G.A., Eubject. Our school histories, so daring six or seven years had begrimed and suicidal bladder and have perfected them only at alien enemy, who is yet allowed of a final dividend of 6 per cant. which took place this morning at far as the country's wars are con- made the conflict inevitable, buss." Some detachments receive the cost of bitter humiliation na to be at large. There are 18,800 (making 11 per cent. for the year), the Military Hospital. The de- cerned, are most of them con- there was an utter lack of pre-ed their tents only after they had tional peril and unnumbered lives German males above the age of 16,800, leaving to be carried ceased had been suffering for some coctions of bombastio 17 free in the Kingdom to-day! forward £3,704,

isparation. Unreadiness was not returned to this country. Food sacrificed to sloth, ignorance and information

am gooident ; if had become a ka- was short, medical supplies in baseless self-confidence,

ALLEGED ATTACK ON

AN EUROPEAN.

the directors propose to transfer Hongkong Soldiers' Death.

time from dysentery,

statement:

do that."