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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.

HONGKONG TRAMWAYS. ROPE THIEF PUNISHED.

The Secretary of State's Thanks.

The General Manager of the Hongkong Tramway Company, Ltd. has received the following letter from the Hon. The Colonial Becretary

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, April 30, 1015. Sir, I am directed to inform you that, in forwarding a report by the General Ofoar Command ing to the Secretory of State on the Military operations in this Colony from the outbreak of the war up to the end of the Excellency year 1914. His

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the Governor pleased

to bring to the notice of the Secretary of State for the Colonies the public spirit exhibited by the Hongkong Tramway Co. in placing their services at the dis- posal of the Military Authorities and rendering much valuable assistance, and that Mr. Harocart hasdesired His Excellency to con- vey to you his appreciation, which

is shared by the Army Council, of

the assistance rendered..

:

I am, Sir, Your ot dieat Servant,

"(84. CLAUD SEVERNJ Colonial Secretary, The General Manager, Hongkong Tramway Co., Ltd. VOLUNTEER ORDERS. Corps Orders issued to-day by Lieut-Uol. A. Chapman V. D.

atate

Leave.

The undermentioned are grant ed leave of absence as follows:

Private K. Brayshay from 19.

6.15 to 6. 7. 15. /^-

Gunner O. Humphreys from 22, 6, 15 to 22.8.15.

Parades.

Parades for Wednesday, 23rd instant. 7.00 am, Signalling Seition Signalling struction at Headquarters..

530 p.m. Right Section M. G.

In

The defendant was sent to pri son for, three months with four

hours stooke.

SPECIAL POLICE RESERVE

Hongkong Police Reserve dera issued today are as under:

Parades.

Service Rifles.

This order does not apply to the following: Sergeanta Sirdar Khan, A. E. Alves, Mow Fung, Wei Wing Sam, F. da Silva and P. Cs. James Wong, O. Chan and

H. M. M. Remedios.

Musketry,

The Police Reserve will shoot against a team of the regular Police on Saturday, July 3rd. at King's Park.

EXTRA

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1915.

WIRELESS IN SEA WAR.

The Emiden.

THE WORLD OF SPORT

AND WAR,

The Sportsman's Roll of Honour.

Racing to Stop.

THE LUSITANIA

A Test for the American People,

The latest exhibition of Ger-

of reprisal against Great Britain, if it existe at all justifies her in taking the lives of the citizens of neutral powers is sheer madness -the madness of desperation. That such a claim will be allow ed, that such practices will be tolerated, is inconceivable.

But our own share in the

is not the first, nor is it likely to

'bridgo trial_eights and Stewart was a member of the New Col· lege crew, who rowed for the This morning at the Police How It Compassed the Loss of

Grand Challenge Cup at Healey lastsummer, One of the prominent Court before Mr. J. R. Wood,

(Continued from page 10.) Oban Fuk was charged with the

member of the London Rowing, theft of a quantity of rope, the

the swell, well battered, the fore club, Shove was in the Cambridge property of Messrs Alfred Holt's is playing in the war we shall not other, nothing to be seen but float in 1912 and 1918. Another Rugby What part wireless telegraphy top-gallant-mast gone. Of the boat in the races against Orford Steamship Co. The value of the know natil the war is over. That ing wreckage, with here and there international Seo.-Lieut, W. P. man "frightfulness" In waging tragedy must rot blind as to the rope was said to be $28.

it is an important part, both at a man clinging, and the Molly. Hinton (Royal Irish Regiment) is war paie the American people to fact that the blow has fallen on The case for the progeantion; sea and on land, may be guessed, hawke, the vultures of the sea, wounded. An old Wesley College the test. Are we sane enough, the citizens of other neutral for which Chief officer R. Dodd and in one car at least the veil swooping by. The wind moaned by Hinton was one of the best strong enough to look the situation roweru se of the ae. Ixion appeared, was has been lifted. But for wireless and death was on the air, -

well and most that the rope was on the defend the Emden might still be carrying

full backs Ireland has produced calmly in the face and highly heavily and with equal injus ant'e boat and that he threw it

Then, see! out of the mist for some time, and from 1908 to resolve to safeguard the civilisa tice and inhumanity on English overboard on the approach of the In an arrelson Wireless and loomed a great four masted bar. 1912 he took part in sixteen inter- tion of which we have become men, women and children. This

on her depredations. Police.

almost the sole trustees, or aball War at Sea, which Mr. Archibald gt ost-ship ehe seemed. Slowly,

que anderfall canvas. A great national matches. Hard contributes to the just majestically she sailed by and

we give way to the passion which be the last of Germany's reprisale issued Year Book of Wireless vanished in the night." A young

the German outrage has provoked in which innocent and neutral. and join in the madness which lives will be offered up. Is not Telegraphy and Telephony, there private in the Loyal North Lari

The mandate has gone forth has all but wreoked that civilisa our duty clear? Our Government, appear the following passages: cashires writes home as follows: that Racing is to stop. The desi- tion? There can be only one on the first proclamation of Ger- by assisting the ecouting opera-hankering after was a wash and "Centaur" writes) has been dic-shall not go to war over the desher that we should hold the Wireless telegraphy, in great-One thing we were always sion (our Racing Correspondent answer to that question. We many's piratical designs, notified ortions, placed in the hands of the a shave, When I got the bullets tated by sentiment rather than truction of the Lusitania with all imperial Government to atriot stronger navy the ability to effect in my hip and leg I lay for twelve by sense. The man in the street its precious freight of human accountability for the destruction concentrations in force. Our hours before I thought I would who knows nothing about the life, not to avenge the slaughter of American lives and property. To-day, Jane 22ad,-Nos. 3 illustration of this overwhelming try to crawl away. It was laoky conditions under which the sport of our fellow-citizens, not There is no reason to doubt that and 4 Platoons, Portugaers Com-advantage to the supreme sea I did crawl, for I have heard since is carried on, and on the whole to vindicate neutral fights, the promise will be made good. papy. No. 1 British Platoda and power, and the only one which that the men beside me were has always been rather prejudiced not even to save the The President can be trusted to Indian Platoon. All at 5.30 p.m. can be mentioned, perhaps, while taken prisoners. I crawled along against it, undoubtedly viewed sacred body of international aut promptly and resolutely. But Wednesday, June 23rd.-Nos, the war is in progress, is afforded until I was picked up by a battery, with disapproval the continuance law which is daily being outraged. it is to be hoped that he will not 1 and 2 Platoous, Portuguese by the destruction of the German and then they had to get rid of of race meetings whilst we were We shall not become partners in act alone nor in the interest of our Company, and Nos. 1and 2 Obin cruiser Emden. After a. more me, sa they had to go into action. in a state of war. This feeling the destruction of the civilisation country solely. We are not only ese Company. 5.30 p.m. successful career in the destruc. I arawled on a good bit further has been exploited for all it which we have, through half a the greatest of mentral powere, Thursday, June 24th-Nos. 3tion of commeros than even the until I was picked up by some of was worth by a group of news-century of peaceful striving, aided but we are, by virtue of that fact, and 5 Platoons, Chinese Company Alabama, of historical fame, ach the R. A. M. C. The first man papers. An anonymous letter in building up.

bound in a common cause and in ieved, she patinto Cocos Keeling who spoke to me was my own here and there, a paragraph ex- And this is not because we see the face of a common danger to All members of the Chiners, Ialand, and landed a party with brother. And what do you think aggerating and magnifying cer- any justification for the act in act in behalf and in concert, with Portuguese and Indian Platoons the intention of isolating this was the first thing he said to me? tain incidents have served to in question. There is no warrans all other neutral powers, in possession of Service Rifles emall community.

What the dickens have you done fame public feeling. Indeed, the for it either in international law It has frequently been suggest mast return same to the Armoury "The wireless operator had with my razor ?11-

manner of prosecuting the cam-or in the practice of civilised ed in the course of the war thas on Wednesday, Jane 23rd time to send out a message for

paign has been perhaps the worst nations. If, as the German Gov between 5.15 and 5.30 p.m. help. The signal was picked up

feature of what breeders and ernment asserts was the case, the of neatral nations to determins our Government call a conference by the senior officer in charge of

owners, with huge capital in- Lusitania had been in fact a con- what steps should be taken to the cruisers which were convey- ing transports from the Antipodes Lieut. W. S. Bird of the 6th. to put up with. Misrepresentations with those on board, while still interests and to concert measures Another first class cricketer, vested in bloodstock, have had verted oraiser, her destruction, safeguard neutral rights and to Europe. The information was Battalion King's Royal Rifles, and unscrupulous argument have an act of barbarism, would have for restoring the sanctions of to full and accurate, and was has fallen in action. He was one been used in a way wholly foreign had a technical justification in international law and public right. received so rapidly that no doubt of the best amateurt wicket to our British notions of fair play. international law. Even neutrale La not this the one clear and enemy's ship or possibility of gained the honour of being select evening paper came out with copt the consequences of travelling the present situation? Germady existed as to the identity of the keepers of recent years, and Thus early this week a London may lawfully be required to ac ecolive method of dealing with catébing her. The senior officer ed for the Geatlemen against the this contents bill. "The Derby. in a ship-of-war. selected for the duty of destroying Playera at Loria in 1908, Bird The King's sotion." Because His But the Lasitania was not a

may deem her, national emerg the Emden the Sydney, of the was contemporary at Malvern Majesty's horse Friar Marcus bad ship-of-war, but a peaceful mer-ency great enough to warrant her MAD KAISER WILLIAM.

Royal Australian Navy, a vessel with A. P. Day and G. N. Foster, been scratched for the Derby the chant vessel, and the utmost risk, single neutral power, however in rejecting the warnings of a more powerfully armed and swif- and was a member of the School suggestion was made that the which, under the rules of interns- The following are the views ter than the Einden. Within a eleven for three years starting in King did not wish the race to take tional law, her passengers assam-great she may even dare to defy Co-Squad Dall at Headquaters expressed in a Yorkshire paper few moments of the signal of 1900. On going up to Oxford place. As a matter of fact, Friar ed was the danger of having a world in arms. But a congress German Emperor's dietress being dispatched from he took part in the Freshmen's Maroua wa seratched because it their voyage interrupted in case of the earth, convoked in no Cocos Keeling Island, this man match, but at the time W. was recognised that he had no she should be taken as a prize. hostile spirit, but animated by of war, cruising many miles Findlay, the present. secretary possible chance of getting the The ship was, indeed, liable to away, bad changed her course and of the Surrey county clubs, was mile-and-a-half of the Derby capture and probably to destruc

a sincere purpose to find a was bearing down upon the Emden the Dark Blue wicket-keeper, and course. The decision not to ran tion, but the crew and passen intolerable situation, to

peaceful solution of an for the purpose of destroying her; Bird had to wait a year for his him was arrived at immediately gers, being non-balligerents, were examine and, so far as possible, to and destroy her she did.

Blue. Captain of the Varsity after his poor show for the Two clearly entitled to be taken off in Wireless telegraphy was thus eleven in 1907, his most success. Thousand Guineas,

safety.

readjust to modern conditions the responsible for the complete des fal experience against Cambridge

On this point there can be no well succeed in finding a way out rules of international law, might Apparently the evening paper truction of this most famous of was in 1904, when by helping the referred to was ignorant of the honest difference of opinion. The of the impasse into which the war all commerce raiders; but for late W.H.B. Evans, who lost his fact that the King still had a rule that "before a prize is burat Signor Marooni's invention there life in a flying souident before the hores named Sammarco entered or sunk the captor s bound to world. And if the worst should as now waged has brought the ia no saying when her career war, to score 3 for the seventh for the Darby. In Parliament too provide for the safety of all per would have come to an ead."

It is significant to note that at for saving his side from defeat. to the supposition that racing was authorities on international law, tion be led to abandon her illegal wicket he was mainly responsible questions have been asked leading doos on board," is asserted by all come to the worst, if Germany Cannot by any means of concilia- present the high power stations in On "going down" Bind did not interfering with the Railway and this has been the invariable and barbarous methods of carry- Germany form the sole direct link play oricet regularly, but he services and was occupying the practice of all civilised nations between.

the Austro-German assisted Middlesex on a good time of policemen whose services in modern times. Nor can it ingon the war, the neutral nations, authorities and the world outside

Boting in concert, will find other occasions many

while he were urgently required elsewhere. make any difference that the ship means than that of warmeaos their immediate neighbourhood. took part in several As a matter of fack no special was conveying contraband of

more effective using nets within the harbour bat, Hall would be more hellish The German gables, on which of the Searborough Festivals, police had been requisitioned for war. Whatever the nature of the ingreff to ver the war- of bling- limits, for the purpose of lifting

money has been lavishly spent for Another 'Varsity cricketer Second Racing and no request for cargo, the ship, being an enemy outlawry, an international boycott, articles from the bed thereof, on

If you got in I fear." many years past, were cut by the Lient. K.B.C. Wood-affe of the Metropolitan Police on behalf vessel, was liable to "Where can I go?"the monster British within forty-eight hours Rifle Brigade attached to the of Ascot had been made, Nor ture or

cap involving the cutting of all com the 22nd inst., without' written

destruction, and cried permission from the Harbour

on of the declaration of war, Welsh Regiment is also reported had any complaints been made the persons on board whether

munications and the severance of Matter.

Heaven, Earth, and Hell, and Defendant was fined

all relations, commercial end wireless long-die- killed. Woodroffe had a remark to the Government by the Railway enemy subjects or neutrals 'No,' $10, while Chan Mai, master of "There is a place the Davil colonies were successively de-one. It began at Marlborough, cumbering those systems which struction. She would then learn that the

tando atations in the German able cricket ca eer though a short Companies that Racing was in- were immune from capture or de-

other, with the offending nation might as a last resort be employed. another pasenger boat, who was

Baid,

stroyed. charged by P.C. Lau Fat with

where in 1913 his fourth season are engaged in the transport of Bat, say the German apologists, publie opinion of the civilised the same offence, was also fined Where all the double-damned

"A thousand leagues below,

as a member of the eleven, he men and material of war. We Great Britain is making war on world is still a force to be reckon $10.

was captain. A fast bowler behave this on the authority of Sir the innocent population of Ger gained his Blue st Cambrige as a Herbert Walker, General Manager many by her blockade, a war of Freshman and also took part in of the London & South Western starvation, and the Imperial A Chinese charged with the Lorda last summer.

the interVarsity match at Company, and Chairman of the Government is merely retaliating theft of a cost that was hanging at Marlborough he was chosen Committee, Those who have the English people. Even if we Whilst Government Bailway Executive by making war as best it can on on a nail in a shop at Yaumati, to play for Hampshire against succeeded in their effort to stop should admit this argument as a The presence of a fiend like you, the prosecution was the result of for a sotoolboy, and last seison a thought for the loss it must principles of Internationclas success in the work of afforett- Found shelter in this place, told Mr. Wood this morning that the South Africana, a big honour racing seem never to have spared ground for repudiating the settled tions his achieved considerable Depart foul-fend, your presence the complainant. He did not matches. In one-against Surrey who in different parts of the Unit principles actiled on grounds of Line. The Director of the Tientein-

Would add to their disgraces quarrel between himself and he turned out for Sussex in two inflict on the great community, between

the⠀⠀⠀⠀ belligerents *tion along the Kin-han: Railway steal the jacket and in fact the at the Oral-ho accomplished aed Kingdom are engaged in the humanity and civilisation it is Pakow Bailway has submitted a complainant was wearing it when sensational performance taking breeding and racing of horses, obvious that it can have no bear petition to the Ministry recom be arrested the defendant. the man's tale and sent him to Barrey to lose when there did not the peonliar circumstances and is, indeed, in omorations that the places in the vicinity of Bix wickets for 43 runs on a bate The arrangement is that racing ing on the rights of neutrals. mending that similiar steps be His Worship did not believe man's pitch, and nearly causing is still to go on at Newmaket, The right of reprisal, les talionis taken along this Line. He says prison for six weeks with four seem any doubt that they would industries of which, dependent oognised in international Ka Chen, which is extensively hours stocks.

win. The name of three well as they are entirely on racing, law. If the Germans se interspersed with mountains and know Varsity carmen have also combine" we are told, to make poisonous gases in the trench

hills, provide plenty of scope for appeared in the casualty lists, this exception expedient." But warfare in Flanders, the allied We Enve received from Measra There was a fair attendance Lieut., A. O. F. Garnet-Bo field there will be no Derby this year armies may also resort to the same small amount of money is re the work of afforestation, - Only Kelly and Walah a handsome this afternoon at Mr. G. P. Lam- (South Wales Borderera) and and no racing at Ascot, prom, bellish mode of destroying the quired for the enterprise hat the little production: Hongkong," which consists of in Csins Road was offered. No 40, (Rfe Brigade) have been Kimpton Park. I shall have some- dum bullets against the Germans,

was where 1040, Bare Stewart Randoon Park, Hurst Park and onem. If the French na dum profite Beorning will be a vary ten fine photographs of local Caine Road went to Ohan Wing killed, and Lieut, R. S. Shove thing to say next week about the the latter may employ them

large on His project has been for $17,150 and No. 42, Caine (R. F. A) is among the wounded, effect which this must produce against the French. But for official was born

approved the Ministry and an subjects of interest.

Road to Chan Yan for $22,900, Garnet-Botfield stroked two Cam on the Racing industry;

Germany to assert that her right proceed to commence the work.

for Recruits who are not to the out to-day.

Detail.

fature:-

I I

as

had a dream, ob such a dream,

I almost fear to tell,. dreamt I saw mad William,

Outside the gates of Hell.

stamped and raved, and

On duty at Gan Club Hill, Kowloon No. 2 Baotion Artillory Battery. Oficer on duty Capt. Murray Scott. On duty at Kowle loon (DetentionCamp)—H.K,V.R. Orderly Officer Lieut. Kennett. Orderly Sergeant Sergt. Frith,

HARBOUR OFFENCES

Before Commander C. W. Beck- with R.N., at the Marine Court this morning, P. C. Kong Pai,| charged Chan Teeusg, mistress of a passenger boat, with anlawfully

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"P. O. Dyke, charged a boatman, with moving about the harbour daring prohibited hours on the 21st intt., without a special per mit. A fine of $10 was imposed.

Another boatman who was by ged with the same offence, by Lance Sergeant W. R. faston, was fined $10.

Acting Police Sergeant E. S. Bond, charged six bawkera, with unlawfully being co beard the s.u. Izion, without the permission

of the master, agent or officer in charge of the ship, on the 21st inst. The first, third and fourth defendants were sentenced to two monthe bard labour, the second defendant fined. 850, while the others were discharged.

P. O. Dyke charged three boat, people, with unlawfully moving about the harbour, during probi bited hours, on the 20th inst. A fine of $10 was imposed.

cursed and swore,

And kicked up such a din, The cause of all his anger was, They would not let him in. Do you not know, theo, who

am"?

He cried with such a shout, The Devil answered: Yes,

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we know, castawaye of Heaven and That's why we keep you out.

Earth, Are all sesembled bure,

still,

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may go,

D

Thoy may, or, may not let you in;

Who are too bad for Hell,

I really could not tell.

Attila, Nero, Jezebel,

bere,

Pollates the Courts of Hell;

There is no place in my domains, Where such as you may dwell." woke to find my dream was true, Thas ended Kaiser, William,

I really blush to tell,

I

The castaway, of Hell,

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