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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, M NDAY, “AU UST 2,

Congratulations to Chinese

Special Constables.

DAY BY DAY.

OUR DOUBTS ARE TRAITORS AND MAKE US LOSE THE GOOD WE OFT MIGHT WIN

BY FEARING TO ATTEMPT-8bake- speare.

The Weather. "Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 82; showers.

At the Pask 8 am, Temp. 74; ebowers.

Count the Columus.

Aa interesting evidence of the seriousness with which the young Chinese Specials" are taking the work which they have under taken to do appeared in our Extra of Saturday. Two of these young men returning from drill came across a man who had been knock- ed down by a cait and they wasted no time in getting him to the hospital. This incident is not a small thing, for it shows that at least two members of the Police Reserve have fully grasped On Saturday the Telegraph the idea that His Excellency had published 43 columns of solid in mind when he formed this reading mater. To-day there special body of volunteers. The will be 421 published. Reserve was to consist of men who were prepared to be, before all things "bandy"; men who, while they could learn to obey could al- 8, et peed, show themselves possessed of useful initiative. The "Special" if he is to be of real service to the

Government and the community general ly, must be a man of active body and brain, ready to do cheer- fally whatever his officers order

1916

NOTES ON THE CRISIS.

CANTON NEWS.

JOTTINGS BY THE WAY

A MIXED BUNDLE OF WIRE.S.

Germany, Russia, and Italy:

Peddlers to be Licensed.

From the Times column-Will any

Our Own Oorrespondent), having no further nas for Canton, July 30. gramophones or records

Since the day when a man came to 0..0., etc. dressed as a peddler attempted neighbours for whoes gro the life of General Lung by bosse and records we throwing bomb, all people of absolutely no use whatever; and, that class have been put under a if they will send them to 0.0. we Yesterday was a full day as re bin. An investigation reveals will come down handsomely to gards actual wires; yet the news the fact that the maj writy of these wards the expense of shipment. contained in them serious war men come from outlying places,

news, that isis meagre enough. making it difficult to find oat The cobbler's wife goon the the Polish town of Lublin is per instructed the Chief of Police to of exporters at which trading with The Russians abandonment of about them. General Lung has woret shod. At a local meeting haps the most important item. notify all people, that peddlers the enemy was pretty thorough The Germans will doubtless be who wish to sell wares, inside ly discussed, the poncila served oat for the use of note-takers were American and Siberian Mails.occk-a-whoop about this for the the city, must be licensed.

Contribution of the Central staioped "Made in Germany." Due pers.s. Awa Maru to-day. next few daya, for Lablin is pro- American and Siberian Mails,bably the third largest city of

The Malls.

row at ll'a.m.

Siberian MailCloses per as, Yingobow to-morrow at 3 p.m.

Government.

Instructions from Peking bave. We understand that some of Close per as. Persia to mor Poland, having a normal popula

tion of about eighty thousand, been received to the effect that the looal scions of noble Tooting and the strategic aportance the Financial Board authorisse familie objsoted to Saturday a

an enemy that the local authorities to draw out performance of "Milestones" of it to also intends taking Warrew the sum of $200,000 from the mainly because the loud voices of is obvious enough from a glance amount of taxes in their hands the actor seriously interfered at the map. To the Allies' which ought to be sent to Pekin with their own private converta- sympathisers it is naturally more and to use it for the relief of the tion." pleasing to dwell on the undeni- sufferers, They are also authorie-

Up to the Minute-Share Market NewI.

Closing prices :-No charge.

and to employ common sense and promptness in face of any difficulty which he may be suddenly called upon to face. These two Chinese did everything in their power to The rate of the dollar render immediate assistance in an } demand to-day is Is 9 1/16d. accident which they had encoun-

The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to tered at a moment's notice, and we

the truth and print the news without fear or favour.

Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong,

Telephone: No. 1 A.B.C., 8th edition. Western Union

Office address: 11, Ice House St. -

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, MONDÁY, AUGUST 2, 1915.

THE PHILIPPINES: A NATIVE VIEW.

"The Dollar.

Anniversaries.

ably important saccer of the ed to take out $20,000 from Reator's Petrograd man opines Italians on the Carso Fistean. The the sum to be sent for the Presid-that when the Germans get to on ground annexed sounds small ent's salary. This is the amount Warsaw they will only find grey- when messered off in miles and of the personal contribution of beards, women and children. yards, but the capture of it, while that official.

That's all very well, but unless a

comparatively cheap from Italy's It appears that the Peking few churches, libraries and art hope that their example will be To-day is the 211th anniversary point of view, has been carried authorities do not intend to allow treasures are left for them to followed throughout their ow of the Battle of Blenheim. Yes-cut at a fearful cost to Austris, all their fande given for the die destroy we shall have them company-and others.

terday was the first anniversary not only in actual lives but in the tressed people to be distributed threatening to go out on strike, of Germany's declaring war on fact that it shows her how feable according to the ideas of the Russia.

The Dust Cart.

-On

her power of resistance is becom- local officials. They have appoint- There's nothing beats making ing, even in what everyone had ed Mr. Li Hong-fan, Ex-Minister hey while the sun shines. The It is interesting to notice that Another Kowloon Robbery, regarded as one of her strong of Education, to come to Canton Primitive Methodist ministers of the vehicle which caused thei Miss Manchen, of Kowloon, has holds. If we contrast the capture and take charge of the distribu- the Roading cirouit have been accident referred to above was reported to the police that of these few square miles of land tion. He has ment a telegram to holding a meeting at which they one of our Sanitary Board's between 11.30 p.m. on July 80 with the Austro-German Canton thas he left Paking on demanded" war -- bonuses,

sooount of the increased cost of dustoarte. Two or three yours and soon the following day some triumph in Poland, we the 24th, mit de

no difficulty in Danger from Fires. |living con equent on the war, ago the Telegraph, after long and onestole from her dressing table, a chall have

that in gold wrist watch with green sirap, | seeing

the weary effurt, succeeded

enemy's Small blasse are almost con-Now that the price of whisky is drawing such attention to the and a small gold bangle to the power to deal blows is prettyantly breaking out here and going to rise we shall see other danger of brakeless trucks as total value of $65.

mach dependent on the temporary there in all parts of the city, pre members of the community de resulted in the framing of

weakness of the other side. When mumably from careless amokers, manding the same thing, on the he is opposed by fresh and well-pyromaniacs, careless acoks, same score. munitioned troops, he has a fatal possibly thisves who hope to tendency to caving in.

More Civilised Warfare.

profit by the confusion: Fire From the fact that our educated brigades are in demand all over compositor set up the heading the city. Fourteen brigades have Allies Flosting Arsenals been sent to protect General among the Church Notices ne Lung's yamen and two or three to can only surmise that he some- watch the court of the pacificator. how connecta three, in some In spite of their vigilance small dimly understood fashion, with fires are reported with amazing Nosh's Ark. frequency.

an ordinance which insisted that Piracy in British Waters. all trucks should carry-and. u58 A case of piracy is reported -efficient brakes. Watching the from Deep Bay. The master of a imposing procession of duet-arts licensed junk has reported to the that passes this office every morn-police that on the night of July ing, we long ago" concluded that 29, while he and bis fokis were the Banitary Board's coolies rise fastaaleep, twelve men armed with superior to mere ordinances; for revolvers and rifles boarded his The use of flame projectors by the brakes on their carts are craft. They ordered the fokis to the Germans, mentioned in Sir saldom applied. These savoury go down into the hold and, then John French's despatob, is yet vehicles come down the bill at a ransacked the vessel, stealing four another interesting example of

By the way, that young men On Saturday we printed a long letter which has been addressed dangerous speed, with half a rifles, a revolver two muskets," Bow Germany makes war," to the San Francisco Chronicle by a Filipino who, resident in dezen coolies hanging on a rope a cannon, ten dollars in sub. Nothing is too low, nothing too

has not done badly this week, America, might be presumed to be capable of taking a more or less attached to the wheel or cart, sidiary coin, and a suit of clothing, ruffianly, for this ration which,

"Officers and crown of the ships" detached view of the position of the Islands and their claim to and why an accident does to tho total value of $106, without waiting for the agreement

is well enough in its way. "Booby day independence. The writer of the letter feels, and very rightly; that not happen every

killers" for "baby killers' showS of other races, has decided to term people in the United States are taking their stand, whether favour the week is more than we can Pocket Picker Caught.

itself the land of culture and re-

yet again how often his mind is able, antagonistio or indifferent generally, he considers, the latter explain. Now that the death This morning in the Police finement. The submarining of the The present typhoon seems to running on Tooting's best blood; as regards the Pbilippines with next to no real information for a of a man injured by one of these Court, before Mr. R. Lindsell, a Iberian is also another of the be making an endeavour to com- but what about ""German writer" backing. In spite of all the talk, he argues, "nothing palpable and carts has raised the question once Chinese was charged with pocket instances-au wearisome that they plete a circle round the Colony, when we had carefully written practical has been done" by any party. On behalf of his compa- more, we hope to hear that our picking. The evidence for the long ago began to fall of Garbaring, since it first entered the German waiter? Can he too he triots he pleads for "a definite and sproific policy" without further Sanitary Board will receive a prosecution was that the defendant many's chivalry sad of her com-

three hundred mile radius, altar- of the opinion that theis's precious delay.

gentle reminder from head-snatched a purse from another prehension of civilised warfare, ed its position from south east of little distinction between some quarters..

Chinese and, dropping it into his Thecironmstances are pretty much the colony until this morning a scribes and some flankies? umbrella, made off. The com- the same as usual: the vessel was ball was hoisted showing that it is with high spe plainant gave chase, saw the man shelled without warning, she was was now due west. At nine In future "Peak cape" will be

Many of the argaments which he advances in favour of Filipino The Hind Leg. independence (or something akin) are stale to Hongkong people;

of

THE TYPHOON.

but in others there are new and 'striking ideas. He points out, for

Talking of Banitary Lffaire the pen his umbrella, and drop the manifestly s peacefal" trading clock on Saturday morning worn by Specials doing night instance, that, "with the European war, new factors have entered following, from the Wiltshire Purse to the ground, in the hope, craft and, being a Leyland bost, an inverted cons over a drum daty. We ought to add that the of stopping his pursuer. This it was a safe assumption that indicated that the typhoon had wearing of one of those does not into Asia's problem, vitally affecting America's policy in the Advertiser, may interest our read-mancearre was seen by a lakong there would be at least one or two entered the three hundred necessarily justify any and every Orient;" and to this he adds: that there in a need for consideringers: The Sanitary Inspector who took the matter in hand and Americans aboard. "the present movement towards Pan-Orientalism, seeking to bad smell in the chalkpit, leading enteroing the man to three produced a letter complaining of a finally effected an arrest. In establish a strong and unified federation of all Oriental countries with Japan as leader, and forcing an Asiatic Monroe Doctrine. He visited the place and found remarked that now the floods had to Maddington Farm, Upavonmonths hard labour the magistrate Asia for the Asiatice." He next proceeds to trace analogies where the hind leg of a fowl in the absided the man had apparently the rise of Japan and the Chinese revolution are concerned which, we fear, Britishers resident in the Far East will find some diffiealty roadway leading to the chalkpit, come down here to steal.

which had evidently been taken

in recognising. He alludes to, to the strong contract between there by dogs. It was putrid and modern German savagery and modern Malayan mildness, and to the smelt very badly. He had been facts that "the Filipinos are peaceful and law-abiding by nature, trying to find by whom it was that Colonel Watterson, during the Sulzer trial remarked that the taken or sent there but had not Americans of New York "were hopelessly incapable of self-govern-succeeded. A notice-board was ment," that the rioting in Manila last Christmas was as nothing, placed there but did not seem to

mile radius to the south east Kowloonite or dweller upon the of the colony, while wind signals lower levels in claiming an modue gave its direction as westerly, familiarity with all those who Later in the day the drum was live up above. The cowl doean's The Empire Keen on War,

taken away, the typhoon had got make the monk Bot what stands out most to a duo south position yeater

"The advent of the Spaniard plainly of all from the week ond day the addition of a ball showed wires is the fixed determination that the storm was then to the bad the American gave a tonal of the British Empire to break south west and an slteration at quality to our physical diapason, Germany, and not to 0:ase fight about 930 a.m. to-day indicated and through this racial osmosis lag until she owns herself broken, that it had now got due west. we have unconsciously inherited The forthcoming arrangements The only effects of the typhoon a sait of amorphous internation- for the observance of the anniver-upon the colony have been a re-slism. Another injustice to the have nothing to do with peace wind and a considerable amount eyes on the above we not an- suggestions. As Sir Edward Grey of rain. No reports of damage naturally attributed it to Car- has often said, and as he again have been received. hints in his message to the American proms, Britain did not enter into the war without due

compared with the labour upset in Colorado, and that, by the side have the desired effect. Oh AUSTRIA'S HOLY ORDERS. Bary of the opening of the war daction of temperature, a little Daily Mail, When we first set

of Mexico, the Philippine group is an earthly Paradise.

conscientious inspector!" Would

any of our officials take all that

Archducal Intercessors, in, Paradise.

ADVENTURE WITH A

DEAD TURK,

|melite House—or possibly Print- ing House Square. We find now that the writer was a Filipino.

Petrograd abandoned, "esys a local contemporary, which by

to add "London evenated, some means or other quite forgot

doubtless it will be to-day-

It will be seen that this Filipino correspondent (his name is trouble over the "bind "leg of Juan F. Salezy) has a very shrend eye to the position all a fowl, smell it never so vilely? round, and that, in his repeated exhortations to the Washington Our only quarrel with our Government to do something definite," he is only echoing the bucolio contemporary is that it June 18.An order of the day, consideration or until the wretch- ples of all Britishers and most Americans who live in the Orient, neglects to tell its readers the signed by General Novak, of an od perfidy of Germany forced her The letter is one that should be given prominence to and should be wording on the notice-board. Austrian brigade, found by the It-into it. The British temperament read seriously by all interested in Far Eastern questions. It is not What is clear is that sanitary aliens on an Austrian officer, says: was obvious in the declaration of Lent. F. MyLaren, M.P., who flawless, to be sure, and the writer's contention that the Philippines matters is a more serious affair at "It is absolutely forbidden by the war against Germany, as it is is serving in the trenches in the Bank Holiday trippers. are able to contribute towards the civilising of the West, and his Maddington Farm, Upavou, than Archdake Eagene to retreat now in the prosecution thereof. Gallipoli Peninsula, writing home implied claim that the people of the Islands have themselves long at Victor's, Hongkong. The From our positions we can fire on The typical Britisher is not, to Mrs. McLaren describing the ago reached the top-notch of civilisation may raise a smile on the Wiltshire Advertiser. (which wel the advancing Italians as if we by nature, quarrelsome or life, sage: After dinner the lips of Europeans who have not forgotten that the very civilisation should like to see on the track of were sbosting from a ten-storey s bully The commercial lieutenant and I walked up to the of which our friend boasts is of Western origin, and that the our Sanitary Board for half an house. It is our duty to profit by or calenlating side of him warns firing line. The road is strewn Sixteenth Century Spaniards who annexed the Islande found hear) doesn't know when it is these natural advantages which him that it is usually well to avoid with corpses in wonderfully the inhabitante mere savages. Bat that by the way. The well off, Oar Board would not God has granted us, a main thing is that Jasa T. Salazar and his friends have a perfect beatir itself over even the neglect

a fight if possible: when it is dramatic attitudes great, big "Entrench yourselves, make proved to him that he must not Tarks with picks, shovels, and right to demand that the United States shall take it or leave it;"ed hind leg of a mule.

barbed wire delences, help each avoid it, then he throws himself riflea sesitered round them. When aball outline and follow a definite polioy which will leave no room

other shoot straight, and remem- heart and soul into the conflict, was quite dark we walked ber this mountain country is our This is what Britain and her home. One of car officers shot

for farther debate. We believe that most thinking-Americans are

TYPHOON WARNING.

Lärough, the courtesy of the American Consul

BOT

along degre

Aug

conscientiously of opinion that the annexation of the Philippines by Daserved One More Trial-A chief strength We shall be an dominions are doing to day; and eleven Tarks with his Maxim a people without experience in colonising, and having no earthly woman lately wrote an editor of dous if you abandon an inch of those who can get no encourage They came up to the wire by we need for overseas dominions was a terrible mistake. But the evil the personal columps, and said, ground. Spend your nighta mak ment from the spirit shown by night, twenty yards

if evil it be is done and cannot be undone. For America to "I have lost three husbands, ing trenches Fight your best, Australia's latest piece of abandon the Islands would be as unjust so for a philanthropist who and now have an offer of a fourth and the Archduken Albert ficent generosity, from the has adopted a street arab, and given him three or four years' Shall I accept him ?" The reply Radetaki and Tegethoff will be of the Overseas education away from his own olass, to turn him suddenly adrift came: If you have lost three pleased with you in heaven, and and from the note again. She has taken upon herself's responsibility whose serious husbands, I should say you are will pray the good God that we be the arrangement ness cannot well be exaggerated, and it is for her to justify herself too careless to be trusted with a victorious. Onward, for God and Fourth, are now by a period of kindly, but definitely firm handling of a people fourth.

the Fatherlend! Whom cironmstances have called upon her to govern.

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Britishers.

orpses were counted in the mor ing. Another officer the road later, sees All of him, thinks

for keeping the on him with a

cor specimens of to hit disgust that the

corpse and some days old at that waving