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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 30,"1915.

THE

WINE OF KINGS THE

KING OF WINES."

CHAMPAGNEDE ST. MARCEAUX

IS A GUARANTEED VINTAGE WINE.

VIN BRUT, OR VERY DRY, VINTAGE 1906, THE WINE OF THE CONNOISSEUR.

SOLE AGENTS

A. S. WATSON &

The Changing Manchus.

DAY BY DAY.

PHILOSOPHY TRIUMPHS EASILY

PRESENT

EVILS

OVER PAST AND OVER FUTURE EVILS BUT TRIUMPH OVER PHILOSOPHY,~~

Rochefoucauld

The Weather. Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 84; overcast.

At the Peak 8 am..

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Temp. 76;

Count the Columna.

We mentioned on Saturday that five Manohas, three of whom have just been successful in passing the Magistrates' Examination now insisted upon by the Peking Gov. ernment, have obtained permis. aion to adopt Chinese names. To the comparative newcomer to the East there is no thing particularly strange in this, but the old stagera can fog. remember a time when a Menchu would have been as likely to ask such a permission as a Mohamme dan to seek admission to Christian or heathen worship. In fact the will be 36) published, boot was on the other leg, and the man of non-Manchu birth wouldof-i toneirain every effort to be allowed to change, his name to one of) Manchu origin. Perbape this act on the part of these five former topsawyers may be regard ed as the beginning of a welding

Co., Ltd. ofthe hitherto irreconcilables.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG.

Sach weldinge have taken place in many other countries and always for the ultimate good of the united nation. May this be the case with China. She could do with a little unity just now,

The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to Our Street Lighting.

the truth and print the news without fear or favour.

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Telephone: No. 1 A.B.C., 5th edition.

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Western Union

Office address: 11, Ice House St.

The Hongkong

Telegraph

HONGKONG, MÓNĐÂY, AUGUST 30, 1915.

THE STATE. AS AN EXAMPLE. ·

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The Government branch that ia responsible for the' lighting of our streets either takes life very easily or else is unfortunate in ita choice of Chinese underlings. For two, if not three, nights last week the electric light in Dos Vosur Road, opposite the King Edward Hotel, refused duty, and, on Saturday night, the one in Queen's Road opposite the Grand Hotel went into. state of partial eclipse, donbtlose out of sympathy with its fellow. The result was that the greater part of Icehouse Street was more or less in darkness. One could understand such a thing's happening for an hour or so during one evening, before workmen could be sent to adjust matters; but why should the darkness continue for a whole night or, as in the first csee men tioned, for two or three night?! Hongkong is not so gorgeously lighted that it can afford to have a couple of its lamps out of

NOTES ON THE CRISIS.

BRITAIN'S BRUTAL DOMINATION.

Germany and America..

As usual, the wirea contain nothing that is very creditable to Germany. There is more about On Saturday the Telegraph bir promises to America on the published 46 columns of solid submarine question, there is some reading matter. To-day there rather pointless drivel quoted from the Norddeutsche concerning Sir Edward Grey, and there are sistements to the effect that enemy 8.8.aeroplanes have been activo

The Malls.

Siberian Mail. Due per

Chenas to-day. American Mail. Dae per s..

Aki Haru to-day. Canadian U. R. and U.S. Mails.

Close to-morrow at 11 am,

UNIVERSITY OF HONG-

· KONG."

Matriculation Examination, July fols,

JOTTINGS BY THE WAY.

The Minister of Agriculture directed the local authorities to aseint in securing suppline of school-children," is a contempor- ary's reading of one of yesterday's The following bave sitisfied the wires from which we gather that: Examiners:

experimonte are going to be made in Berlin with a new kind of baby killing bomb.

though the only result thereof of seems to be that two (no, three) French purees and one baby have been killed, and that one or two German aeroplanes were destroy-

Siberian Mail.-Closes tomorrowed.

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at 3 p.m.

Up to the Minute-Share Market News,

Closing prices:→→

$395,

Canton Insurances.

bayers. Douglas's. -$69, boyers.

(Combined $148 e

:00 *. Deferred

55 p.

·Indo

· Ohioso... Preferred

Ural Caspiana 39 com. Ewo-fis. $178, buyers. Langkat, Tia, 37, bayera. Hongkong C. and M.S. S. $22,

sellers,

Hongkong and K. W. and G

Oo. Ld.-675), buyere. Shangbai Cottons in Shai

Tla, 104, buyers." ・・・ China Borneos.-$10, bayere. B. K. Ropes. $28, nom. Humphrey's Estates. - $6.65,

buyers. Hongkong Hotele, —

div. buyers. Electrice $424, buyers." W. Powella'-$61. Shanghai Docks 023, buyers: Kang Yike-Tle. 164, buyers,

The Dollar.

1131,

The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is la 9 3/82....

-To-day's Anniversary.

To-day is the 38th anniversary of Osman Pasha's victory over the Bassians at Plevna, Balgeria.

The only other feats accomplish-

ed by the trusty servants of B.I.M. The Kaiser are the disseminating of quite a respectable number of lies on Rgasian and Bulgarian matters, and raffenly attack on a British Consui by a German Consular agentin Persia. Thus the essential beauties of the German character go on unfolding them- calves day by day.

The Submarine Declarations.

Judging from one of the later wires it would seem that the Americans scarcely know what to think, with regard to Count Bernstorff's promises As to the past, present and future

of

the submarine industry: America would not be the shrewd country that she undoubtedly' is if she swallowed everything that Germany

Honour. Liet.

7. Pan You Bang, : 8. J S. Landalt, 21, Oban Chun Him, 42. Chen Ab Pub, 47. A. E. Golding, 62, Oon Aik Keong," 66. Phcon Seck Wong, Not eligible for the Faculty Medicine.

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PASS LIST.

1. Wong Yil Oho, 3. Cheung Him. 4. Ng Kion Pak, 6. Sn Ping Fuo, 13. Lo Wan Kai, 15. Ohau Kuk Him, 18. Cheung Lam, 20. Kwa Obong Keo* 22. Amir Oband, 25. Yeung Wa Fai, 23. Wai Ying Sz, 35. Mok Chen Kİ, 37. Lo Han Hin, 39. Li Ping Sum, 45. Ngan Shai Leung,

Ip Kam Wa,

62.

V. Young,

55. Herbert Kwong Hu, 03. Leong

Siew Kwan, 69, J. M. Jaok. Medicine,

"Not eligible for the Faculty of

Matriculation Examination July, 1915.

That untsmeable vo’oano of the Crown Princelet's in a loss opisimile than the boiling over of apotful of milk and water would have beep.

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Last Saturday, was the second 'anniversary of the establishmant of the Palace of Peace. We wonder to what use it is being par.

Says the Straits Boho: " number of the smaller German and Austrian towns have adopted a heavy tax on unmarried people of both sexes." (An extra comma might have removed some slight ambiguity there i)! The tax icoreaees with the age, and amounts to £50 for men over forty." But surely it was said by them of old time that peace is cheap at any price.

A Home paper says that one, Krapp von Bohlen, chief of the Essen firm, has given M.100,000 Ro von Hindenburg's army, "for purposes." The army

has to say on this point. The following have failed 12 that if there are

and it is not surprising that her the Matriculation Examination

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14. John Ng Shia Chung. " 18. A. O. Omond.

People's "optimistic speculations" bas have been awarded Senior ehould be quickly followed by a Local Certificatea: "wave of increasing doubts 9. Tam Wing Pin, Distinction Presumably Germany has now

in Trigonometry. intimated that her modification of

10. R. M. Rocha. her submarine programme will depend on America's represents- tions to Britain. What Britsin has to do with it is more then we con imagine. The Germans know perfectly well that no representa lione that the United States Gov- ernment could make to our Foreign or War Ministry would either affect the blockade or make an

The Speaker of the House of Commons may be said to have made one of the most practical suggestions offered by any public raan since war broke out. In his speech at Penrith, mentioned in our Extra of yesterday, Mr. Lowther observed: "In war time, thrift is a virtue, generosity a vice, and waste a crime. The State should first set an example in economy by discontinuing the salaries action. The frath ia that Another Unmuzzled Dog, of Members of Parliament in war time, however right these may be the whole system of street- Mr. Nicholle, residing on the honourable end promise keeping in times of pease. It might also reduce the number of officials." lighting here wante overhauling. Peak, was summoned at the Police country of Germany, The, matter That one so high in cffice, and consequently so well-informed, as Such lamps as we have are ex- Court to-day, for allowing his is entirely one between Berlin the Speaker should suggest economy on the part of the Government, cellent, as a rule, but there is not dog abroad, unmuzzled. A fine and Washington-as to whether may be taken as a tolerably sure indication that the Government enough of them. When they are of $5 was imposed. has not hitherto thought it worth while to practise that virtue. in working order they illuminate the hint had come from some person or persons unknown, we should the roadways bravely; but what The Manager of the Taiwan have been justified in deriding it, and in assuming that the Govers about the pavements? These are Bank has reported to the police ment, of all ecctions of the community, would be the first to see that entirely dependent on the lamps the theft from his bedroom at his its own windows were clean. Bat the remark was uttered by an from shop windowe, and we have residence in MacDonnell Road the exalted official who, from his very position, maat know within a never yet come across a shop-sum of 871.80 in money and $95 little how matters atand with the State's finances: a man who is a keeper so altruistic as to lay him-worth of jewellery. strong Conservative, is hold in the highest respect by all schoole of self out to keep his lights burn- Queen of Holland's Birthday. political thought, and is acknowledged throughout the Empire to being all night for the sake of in point of personal honour, strict justice, uprightness and rigid sparing the Government. common sense, all that a Speaker of the House of Commons should be.

either

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The Motor Ambulance,

Bank Manager's Loss.

or not the latter can force" the former to respect the rights of American abipe and people on the high stas

The Russians Optimistic. That the Russians should take their Minister for War in a Times the optimistic view expressad by

te interview is nothing to wondered at. Their munitions

"We are informed that on no count of the war the Vice-Consul dificulty, like our own, is now! in charge of the local Netherlands well in hand and they know Consulate General will not be that the Westera Allies will "at home" to-morrow, the 31st stand by them as they have August, being the anniversary of food by the Western Allies. By the birthday of Her Majesty the their patience and endurance they have enabled Britain and Queen of the Netherlands." France to right themselves, and

Supposed Thief Hurt.

state":-

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19. Chan U To.

23. Shaik Hassan Ismail. 24. Wali Mohammed Methal. 26. Chan Yat Fook. 29. Tang Lai cang, 30. F. A. Xavier. 32, R. A. Basto... 34. Lau Chang.

same breed an some of the uslaving chicon of the Fatherland whom we have met in the East;

will need

many in it of the

We understand that, at the next meeting of the Sanitary Board, a Member will enquire if journalism can legitimately be classed under the head of offensive trades.

68. J. Day, Distinction in Meia of opinion that dynamite is a

dicines

A F.M.S. agricultural expert good fertiliser. If he mesna on the indirect or "Clementina" principle, we shou'd have thought it would come in rather expensive. Usually the remains are ao difficult to collect after its operation. As Mox Adeler's gardener remarked: "Dead ancestors is beat; and next" 83. Chau Wa Fuk, Mathematics, to that, dead dogs:-Resuming, 81. Leung Ping Sun, Arith- of course that they have died from metic and Trigonometry, ostural causes and have not had 25. Fung Skin Teong,

to ba " Icoked for."

Senior Local Examination,

July. 1915... The following have satisfied the Examiners:

81. Lee Man Kwong, Datine

tion in Arithmetic and Chemistry.

89. A. E. Kew,

90. Chau Tu Nin,

91, Lee Hon Kam, Drawing.

92. Wong Wai Hon, Arithmetic Gaol

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Death-On Thursday, in Victoria Wong Cheak, Deeply 3. B.C. Rendall, Mathematica mourned. "He died while doing

and Geography. 94. Kwong Hing Fak,

Trigonometry."

95. William Thomas, 96. An Wai Kwok, 07. Bori Pieco,

his bit."

Reuter's Washington GOTTC- spondent says that one of the anti- German measures contemplat Bibliced in the States is a rigorous cen

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Matriculation: The following have qualified

81. Lee Man Kwong, 90. Ohau In Nin," 92. Wong Wai Hoo. 93. B. C. Randall, with honours.

Wo have at times Baid 107. E. Manning,

our haste that Britishers

Girl Candidates"

or a certain section of them 121 L. E. Utenalloy, Distinction -had the monopoly where

in Needlework,

Why has the Home Government waited over twelve months before affecting the reforms outlined by Mr. Lowther? It is true We trust that our lady that there has been, more particularly of late, a certain amount of readers will do all in their airy talk about curtailing expenditure and harbouring resources, power to farther the excellent hut, until this suggestion from the Member for Perrith, little that soheme, mentioned in our issue was definite and tangible has been proposed. And meanwhile of Ea urday, for supplying a

A coolie has been sent to the they will reap the reward of their expenses go on. If even in our own little Colony, of Hongkong motor field ambulance for use Government Civil Hospital sulfidelity. As to a winter cam-

98. Teui Kwing Kwong, things are Tot perfectly adjusted, what must be at the Front. So far as we are fering from injuries to his armpaign-they naturally smile at

al Knowledge. the state of things at Home ? How many,

score aware, the idea is comparatively caused while being chased by a the idea. If it comer, it comes. hundreds even-of officials are

grossly overpaid novel as far as the Colonies are watchman employed by the Hong. It is for Germans and Austrians, 101 Percy Edwards, or elee are holding posts which are virtually sinecares? If this were concerned. We see from & Home kong and Kowloon Wharf and not for Russians, to tremble at 103. G. E. Rowan, not the case, the Speaker would not be for reducing the number of paper "that' the Catholic Godowa Company, for the alleged that possibility, All their ar- 105. Shin Yan Kwong, those who are drawing the Government's wage. One of the first Women's League of England is larceny of a pair of shoes from rangements are made, even down 106. Tang Ning Kang,

to the training of a couple of 107. E. Manning, thinga that most commercial firms did on realising that the supplying an ambulance, but the a.s. Glenifer.

million extra men for use next 108. B. Hoog Fach Tra, Empire was involved in a war that promised to be lengthy was to hitherto there seems to be ro reduce the number of their employees; and it is a little difficult to competition from the Dolonies. VOLUNTEER ORDERS. Spring if required. In carrying 109. W. H. Peters. understand why the Imperial Government did not follow this It would be a great secre to Corps Orders issued on Saturday the East Germany is but hammer-for

on her "crashing" operations in practical example.

Hongkong if its ladies could be

by Lieut. Col. A. Chapman V. D. ing her head against a brick wall, the first of any Colonial women

and donbiless she will come to We wonder if the authorities will take Mr. Lowther's hint now. to help our troops in this very

Jained.

realise this before long. For years encugh the Government has been bugging to itself a number practical manner. Narsing and

Privata, A. V. G. Meadowa jin-

Brutal Britalit. of useless hangers-on who, under high-sounding titles, have been tending the wounded is women's ed the Corps on 27th instant, daing less than a third of the work, which practical men could and work, but there are many women allotted Corps No. 1002 and postin would do for a third of the money paid to them, and yet no man who lack either the leisure or the ed to Signalling Section. other than some democràtic crank with an itch for saying the wrong training to volunteer for this. thing and a fine talent for being misinformed can be found to come The next best thing that they forward in Parliament and tell the truth about these mattera. Now can do is to send a contribution is the time. The Speaker himself has given the lead. Government to the Hon. Treasurera: Mrs never had a more favourable opportunity in the whole of its exist. Kemp, 3 Gomes Villas Kowloon;

The 124. UD Pak Son, Honours. ence for wiping out not just temporarily but once and for all-me Mis Sinhb, 117 the Peak. of the sham posts that seem to exist solely for maintaining incompet

yard, under Sergt. Major Higby. Norddeutshce has laid it down 125. Minnie Ohca, Honours, Right Section M.G. Co that "the German aim is not pre-

Drawing, ent partone. So with the question of the payment of Members. Since this scandalous practice was dragged in by the ears by an in-

Squad Dill and Skirmishing at dominance but to free Europe terested Radioal Ministry, there bas never been a really sound op-

lead quarters. Remainder Nil, from Britain's bratal domination."

Detail.. portunity for quashing it. Now that one has arisen, it is most earn-

That is the special aid to diges. Gan Club Hill, Kowloon. On tion that was laid on Hongkong eatly to be desired that preotical mon in Parliament should not al- the Bijou Theatre on Saturday duty until morning of 31st breakfast tables this morning. low it to slip. Why should the State pay over six hundred cheques night, when

excellent K. V B. 60 of 4400 annually to men who, in quite a large number of cases, programme was gone through. In would never earn more than £100 a year at any trade or profession? addition to one or to god Sec. Arty. Betty. and Left

Oa duty 3lat instant No. And why should men of the Snowden and Keir Hardie stamp take the comios there wae a lengthy four-M.G. O nation's money for wasting the nation's time, and occasionally for past film "Protea"-a sensational preaching treason as well? If a man is really anxious to serve his detective story, wonderfully well country and his fellow men in Parliament, he will do it without produced. But the special item putting the State to needless expenditure, especially at a time when was a really magnificent fim-re- every available dollar is needed for the carrying on of the war, for suppresentation of a couple of sobe porting the dependents of those who have given up everything to from Beaumarchais' world-famous go and fight for the King, and for the thousand major and minor comedy "Le Mariage de Figaro." needs contingent on the present trouble. The Home Government This is a picture which no one will never find a better chance to end such abuses, and we hope to should on any account fail to see. hear soon that it has decided to take full advantage of it;

Bijou Theatre,

There was a well-filled house at

Parades.

instant, 5.30. p.m. Becraits of take it back. The German Lu-

Parades for Monday, 30th hypocrisy was concerned. We 122. F. L. Choaalloy. Honours,

Geography. Engineer Company-Musketry and theran beats the British Puritan 123. M. I. Xavier. Rifle exercises at Taikoo Dook at every single point.

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Officer on duty until instant-Capt. Armstrong,

Detention Camp, Kowloon. On duly until morning of 31a inst., II, K. V. B......

ряду.

On duty Blat inst., Scouts Com Officer on duty Blat inst., Capt. Hutchison.

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A. C. FRANKLIN,

Registrar.

Preparing for Peace.

sorship of the German papere: Why not make a gook job of it and extend the censorship to the UB. "papere. Some of those want going through with a chäff-cutter.

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We hear on excellent authority that the S.P.O.A. has discovered that it has a balance of $400. The nows came just in time to pre- rent our sending it a cheque in humble acknowledgment of its assiduities during the past year.

Among the things which we look forward to seeing (in acolher отец-

and a better world) is the "

ing edition" of a monthly review, of which a contemporary. makes mild mention.

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"This was an international, im- portional imperlineace," said our educated comp. last Wednesday: We haven't a ghost of an ides aÐ to what he meant, and can only

We should like to hear the views Havre, July 10. It is under think that he is tired of comp Luxemburger, a Pole and an in- ment has suggested that a con- coming a bona fide Northolifian of a Belgian, a Frenchman, a stood that the Belgian Governing" out hero and aspires to be different honest Turk on this ference should be held in Paris, journalist, His other recent BB- matter. Britain's brutal domina attended by delegates represent ertion-that a funeral took place tion! Was it Britain that made ing France, England, Russia, at 50 o'clock we attribute life a hell to the Poles and the Italy, Servin, and Belgium, with to his having specialised in time Alsatians; that seized on the a view to discussing means for notation while at school. That's most slender thread imaginable establishing after the war an just the sort of thing some of our for quarrelling with France and economic entente between the local colleges would specialise in, for seeking to anner Belgium 7 Allies, directed against the in preference to the less showy Bat the matter is hardly worth dustrial activities of Germany one of orthography: dischasing.

and Austria-Hungary.