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Golf Record...

Harry

London, April 6, Verden, the open golf champion, who last week equalled bis long- standing record of 84 for the South Herts course at Totteridge, bag now beaten it by doing a remarkable round of 63.

Plagua Morially in India, The morality from Plague in India during the week ending 15th May was 15,600 seizures, resulting in 13,878 deaths, in the Provinoon. Bombay 334, Madrág, 6, Bengal 035, Panjab 11,704, Burma 52, Cntral Provinces 61, Frontier Provinces 51.

The City and Princess Mary, London, April 26.-Princess Mary, who completed her eigh teenth year and 'came of age yee- terday, on the following reply. to a mearage" of congratulation which she received from the Lord Mayer on her birthday:-"Please accept my best thanks for your Lordship's kind telegram offering on bobalf of the citizens of London congratulations and good wishes on the occasion of my birthday.(Signed) Mary."

China's Censors. According to a recent report from Economist, China, aya The the President of the Chinese Republic highly appreciates the energy displayed by the Censora in denouncing delinquentcfficials. He intends to present to the Board of Cenors à tablet with an -in-cription written by him, 10

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It was the question on which the famous dispute between Admital Dewey and the German Admiral ven Diederich teraed at Manila in 1898. The latter maintained that the neutrality and identity of a vessel were shown by her colours and appear- ance. Dewey answered that "her coloure alone do not establish that identity, for it is a common rase of war to bolat false coloure."'

Nowadays we do pot even trust Thia "Always mystify, milead, and to the flag of truca, but we blind example set by the great Chinese surprise the enemy," said Stone fold its envoys. When De Winter Republic might, perhaps, beall Jackson, and he merely was blockaded at the Texel followed by our less democratic echoed the teaching of every by Duncan in July and Augurt, Government when the time comes master of the art of war, to reward those illustrious but unknown officials who open our private letters and prevent unsuit- able information from foreign countries reaching the electors of the United Kingdom.

The Spanish Prisoner ".

Arrives in Rangoon. army, they merely gave us a Howard, of Armada fame, called The public are warned against variation of Gilcon's 300 men "a brag countenance" when "not a lengthy appeal made in a letter who "with the'r trumpete and the withstanding tha: our powder and "by a Spanish prisoner, who sigus empty pitchers and the lamps shot was well rear all spent, we himself as "Enrique de Fonseca," within the pitchers" pat to flights in a bag countenance and which has already been received. the vast army of the Midianites give them chase." Dundonald by number of residents with camsle innumerable is the came out of several tight corners rescu:ceful ma1,080 turn the UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS, in Hangoon. The appellant sands of the seashore."

by eating en "a brag contricks of his opponent. The best instance, I know of was when the bad bern upjastly impri There is not only a curious ten- We frqntly forget that Samter was blockaded by the Iro soned by the Spanish Govern dency of old strutage me to be though the Germans bive little quoio in the neutral waters of St ment on a false charge of defraud-reproduced with success, but also initiative they are exceedingly Pierre. Her captain became aware ing the Spanish Treasury of for the tricks by sen to resemble painstaking and born copyiste that an errangement had been very large amount of money, and three of the land. Thus in naval Consequently every doubtful trick ale with a merchant ship to afterwards absconding to Lon-manoeuvres, we have hidden ships which we hava light-heartedly signal with lights if he got under don. He is said on bis reture to under the land by covering them adopt din naval manoeuvres is n

way doring night time. Oro Madrid to have been arrested by with foliage. Similar cncialment precedent and a justification from night he moved off as if to go the Police, who seized all his is prectised every day in the land their point of view. We have south, under the high land, to one baggage and bad him incarcerator, even an armourad train being beer! a good deal about sub-end of the lay. The lights ware ed. In the false bottom of one painted green and tied round mines having torpedoed the displayed, and he saw the Iroquois of his boxes be is said to have with shruts. In all probability Aboukir, Hogue, Crefey, Hawke, 18oing to the south while the placed English bank solea for we have had a good many cases and the Russian cruiser Pallada. Samter as shrouded against the the sum of £21,422, and whose of prisoners being captured with hy sheltering themselves near land. The Samter then made to the over sendo a large sum of money false despatcher. It is a device dero abits which were flying north.. to the Priest of the Prison, one more likely to succeed in naval the Dutch flig and were liable to Sgar. Don Abelardo, of Ramirez, war because it has to be done on Tarascon, would be able to get eo extensive a coale. B uix escap-

Joenoen Vesinglee, Shanghai. this fortune of his, as well as hip led from the Mediterranean by

Junyen, Shanghai. daughter, who is said to have allowing Bridport to capture rabean marceuvrea in 1902, where to mislead. Material thrown over-

Messrs. L pean, West Point, beon left unprovided for and naveeeel with despatches addressed we have both the false flag and board from ships often leads to protected ever since be was im to the fleet, at the wrong plaos-the attack under it: "

inferencese.g., stabla litter, eto, Shanghai.

Lowloew, Yueton and Com- prisoned-Rangoon Times. in this case Ireland.

"The same evening the collier that transports have passed and

R. BLACK, Civilizing China by Cigarettes.

Rowtor, disguised as a German it is a fair inference that when pany, Amoy. A rec it investigation made in

Superintendent. On the whole the naval side of teamer by X Fleet, left the bar- transporte pass more will follow.

Hongkong, 4th June, 1915. certain quarters, reveals the fact the war, so far as it has beer tour with an oficer and signal Following a gale, it would be fair that Japanese cigarettes imported made public, has been singnu-man from the flet or board, and game against submarines for an into this contry have reached a larly disappointing in the ruse X torpedobont lashed along her armed merchantman to disguise very high figure says the National de guerre, for there has been, at rbcard side." The account then itself as a derelict.

In conclusion, it is well to insist Rereiw. It is estimated that in with a single exception, only the goes on to describe how the tor- Northern China Japan imports state old devices of fa'se colours padoboat was twice slipped to that our command of the sen giver 2,500 cases of cigarettes each and dummy funnels. The Rageian make attacks on blockading crui- as entire scope for the preparation The Poking Government has month and each box. contains Admiral von Essen is said to have gers, The torpedo boat then of all forms of traps or ruses, and drawn up a set of regulations 20,000 cigarettes. In the South, disguised his squadros, on Auge turned to harbour. The usually the best are those which governing the organisation of a the number of Japanese Cigarettes 27, to resemble German ships, Rowtor proceeded to Navarin, offer the most templing bait, commission to look after and consumed, equals only cns tenth and joined the enemy vessels to which place she had been Toe man who is always thinking strengthen the national defences of those supplied by the British under cover of a fog. He is stated ordered, and despatched a tele-in terms of mere muscle of the country. This new con

uc-mission says the National Review! American Tobacco Company, and to have cunk the Magdeburg and gram thence to the commodore of and material is quite sometime ago the Japanese damaged another craiser and a X Fleet (Prince Louis of Batten- fitted for command in modern will be known as the National attempted to drive the British-number of destroyers, A few berg) reporting all that she had war, Against a submarine the Defence Commission. It will American Co. cut of the field of days later the Press Bareau issued bserved of the dispositions of A bait is easier to prepare and the hold a Conference in the Autumn competion, by a cut of one third the statement that "sever German and B." She then returned, and trap easier to conceal, on account of every year at the Headquarters off the ordinary price of the grole, destroyers and torpedoboats have her disguise even deceived the of the defective eye afforded by of the Chiang Chuc-fa of the but sicce the Chino-Japanese arrived at Kiel in a damaged officer of the guard of his own the periscope. The matter is Central Government, The bills diplomatic question arose, the condition, and it is underate of fleet, who addressed the master very much simplified by the fact relating to the national defence sale of Japanese cigarettes has that others have sunk in the vici- in German when he boarded her." that, with the exception of a few will be introduced either by the been greatly affected in Couthern nity of the canal."

Prizce Louis sabar quently escap attempts at mining, the sub- President or proposed by the de China and only 200 cases a month ||

ed by the clever rate of making marines are the only enemies who legates of the Commission. The officials at the Headquarters of are sold. In such places at We need devote very little at a decoy squadron carry double go to see: Shantung sad other parts of tention to the perfectly legitimate sets of navigation lights, and Without a blow a wholesome the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern China, Japanese msn rase of flying a neutral flag except also firing rockets in the hope of idea of risk was instilled into the Army and Navy, the Ministers ufactured cigarettes are being to express astonishment that it confusing the enemy's rocket mind of the German higher com- and vice-Minister of the Ministries pushed energetically in the market should have succeeded in the case signals. Another clever rure in mand in regard to destroyera, of the War and Navy and the and competing with the British of the Emden at Penang, and of the Mediterranean was published then light and armoured cruisers, Board of General Staff, the American Tobacco Company, the German oraiser which out the in the press in 1905 when a and finally tattle-cruisers. Zep. Chiang Chun of the provinces, The Japanese ere establishing cable at Fanning leland. The blockading squadron got two dea pelins have feared the North Sea the Defence Commissioner, the cigaret'e manufacturies at device was used on several occas-troyers into an enemy's harbour weather from the first, and, Administrative Chief Officer of sica by Dandonald, who re-by sending them in with a orniser having worked up enough cour Special Districts, th Inspector cognised its crad.ty by sap in chase, the idea being to get age, have perished by it. Con- Generale of the Southern and them inside before they were sequently, the whole ingenuity of Northern Waters, and the Cɔm- identified as enemy vessels. or navy is turned against the mander-in-Chief of Navy will be The American Civil War ibmarine, and I have no doubt the delegates constituting the

Commission. ahowed several oases of how a whitever an to the result;

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