TAE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915.
DAY BY DAY.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS
A YEAR AGO TO-DAY.
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The Criminal Sessions,
The criminal sessions opened yesterday morning, and, as in the care of last month, the list to go wITH SWALLOW'S WINGS; KINGS TRUE HOPE IS SWIFT. AND FLIES before the judges may be termed IT MAKES GODS, AND MEANER a light ons — and consequently CREATURES KINGS-Richard 111, one on which the police and the public generally may congratu- fate themselven. Seven cases stood in the list: three of which were armed robbery charges, the other four being those res pectively of argon, possession of stolen property, possession of ex• plosives Dader entpicious cit cumstances and defiance of the Daportation Ordinance,
The Weather.
sunshine.
Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 80;
At the Peak 8 am. Temp. 73; slight fog.
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LEADING EVENTS IN THE GREAT WAR:
Extracts from the war news con tained in the "Hongkong Telegraph" of September 21, 1914
The Kocaigsberg Disables H.M.S.
TRICK CYCLISTS.
A Case of Riding to the Public
Danger,
At the Police Court, this morn- ing, a Chinese employed at the The folly of the authorities in
by D.B.P. (R) F. U. Jenkin on General Post Office was charged banning the war correspondente
Pegasus. is aptly illustrated by our present
behalf of P.o. (B) Arnold with The German cruiser Koenigt- information or want of informs barg attacked H.M. Pegasus driving a bicycle in such a man- It ia Yesterday the Telegraph pub- tion-concerning the exact rela- while the latter was anchored off to be dangerous to the clear enough that the heavier lished 38 columns Bentonces dealt out of late are reading matter. To-day there Germany. Yesterday the Germans and completely disabled her. Magistrate,' said he could prove
of solid tive positions of Russia and Zanzibar repairing her watchinery public, in Statue Square. will be 314 published.
Mr. Jenkin, in answer to the claimed the capture of Vilan; but The Pegasus, which was cutrang that" driving" a bioyole was the subsequent ance the cavalier fashion in Australian Hall. Das per .. anything of the kind. We are not
Petrograd comed, lost twenty-five killed and correct term a person maniques make no mention of eight wounded. which the Chinese regard the Deportation Ordinance still re- maine unsettled. We are gratia. Siberian Mail.-Des pers.e. Nan-war correspondents could work
supposing that even the best!
H. M. S. Cumberland reports hold that" driver of every hioyale ed to find that one lot of gang American Hail-Das por 6,8. of a few hours, results of which fully attempted to sink E, Sant charged under Section 66 of. miracles, and tell us, inside that a German steamer unsuccess is liable." He wanted the defend, robbers met what they deserved six years' bard labour each, with
selves were all barely aware; The steamer the commanding cfficers them. Daart, with an infernal machine. wanted to say something about Vehicle Regalations. He also fourteen sirokes of the *
Dat" and we hope that our vernacular
but it is only reasonable to assume captured. Another
this CABO.
This was a case in
having their good effect, and
equally clear that our old gridy-
contemporaries will give the
fulleat prominence
to
the glad tidings. Gang rubbery -theft by sheer bullying and mobbism by men who, individu ally, have not the pluck of a in Kwangtung Province, and it hes grown considerably, of late years, on account of the apparent esse with which all and sundry can get possession of fire-arms,
BULLDOG guinea-pig-isa favourite pastime
ALES and
ARE RIGHT
STOUT
IN THE FRONT ROW We don't want it introduced into
SOLE AGENTS,
& Co.,
A. S. WATSON & Co.,
HONGKONG.
BIRTH.
this Colony, and the Chief Justice 1-emphasised that fact in a very
manner yesterday. Ltd.,
Ltd., other Gases,
Meanwhile, when are the judges going to be empowered to deal
WILSON-To Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wilson, St. George's House, more heavily with these returned
Kennedy Road, on September 15th, a daughter.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915.
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Share Market News-Opening
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then
4
Items.
German Steamers Captured
and Wrecked.
was afterwarde Germen
Was
Cathedral.
Allles' Left Wing Makes Further Progress.
could
drive a bioycle. There was the case of Taylor in which it was
K. and Canadian Mailo, Yasaka Maru to-morrow, Closed per se. Tamba Maru to day at 8 p.m. Siberian Mail.-Closed per. 2.8. British and French newspaper is slightly damaged. The as gather, a member of the Police that the presents of a few reliable pleamer rammed the Dwarf; which which, as his Worship might Liangchow to-day at 3 p.m.men, experienced in war matters, sailant herself
Reserve was firat engaged and its wrooked, could add more than coat. per losing four white and ten colour as one of a half naked native cant. to the general fand of od men. Eight white and four- doing trick eyeling around one of information without in any way teen coloured men are missing. the public streets. He was ap doing injury to the cause of the A Gorman launch carrying ex-pearing because he considered it Allies. As it is, we have to be plosivoe was also destroyed,"
was necessary there should be content with "The Ramions are Germans Burn Rhelms
some understanding between the west of Dainsk," or "The enemy's stubbornly resisting to the north-
Bench and the men doing police The Germans have persisted in duty, and whether the public: attacke were again repulsed," and firing on Rheims cathedral, which streets of Hongkong old so forth. If we are to take the is in flames. The hills of Briment, be used BA • track. for two latest Petrograd com- near Rheims, part of which we triok oyclists and racers. He be maniques as they stand-well had taken, have been retaken lieved that when the Bench had fighting victoriously in the south-Pompelle,
the Russians are still bat we have taken the Grove of heard the evidence of P., (B) John Arnold-if that was correct British Steamers Sunk la ern theatre," and the enemy is in
it would be held that it was BORSE fall fight, the Russians capturing
Eastern Waters.
in which something should be The German craiser Emden, done. There was no doubt about entrenchmente, maubine guns, from the China Station, suddenly it being an offence against the and priconors with but insigni- ficant losses. What is the actual appeared in the Bay of Bengal on Traffic Regulations to which he baniaheos? The gentleman com-
trath about all this?
September 10 and captured six had referred. On such a charza mitted on a charge of disobeying
British steamers, two of which as this evidence was admissible the Ordinance yesterday had, of
were sank. The sixth was sent to as to the nature of the traffic, course, some excellent exou208
Calcutta with the crews.
pedestrian or otherwise, which ready, but these did not affect the
might reasonably be expected to facts that he had been banished
be there. There Tae no for five years in 1913, had returned
The left wing has made further necessity for anybody to be To-morrow's Anniversary without an invitation in 1914,
There is more of political talk slight progress on the right bank there, or hurt, or harmed, to To-morrow is the 828th anni- than of war news in to-day's of the Oise. The honour of cap show that it was a spot where was thereupon sentenced to six vereary of the death of Sir Philip wires-s state of things to which turing another standard belongs traffio might be expected, and if a months' imprisonment with ban-Sidney, at the battle of Zutphen. we are now becoming accustomed to the Algerian division. All the man was conducting himself so MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S LETTER.
ishment for two years (whereon
and resigned. At the moment attempts of the enemy, supported as to be a possible danger to such ho seems rather to have scored,
Bijou Theatre. Yesterday Router sent us the gist of a letter which Mr. Lloyd unless our arithmetic is at fault);
of writing, the only news items by numerous guns to break our traffic, he submitted he should be The Bijou Theatre has experi- that do not relate to talk are (1) front George has written in reply to a suggestion that "the Government and has new turned up smiling enced a very successful week-end, that a German submarine has been Rheims have been repaleed.
between Craɔnne ought to give the nation s load" in the matter of the to be or not again. Do our readers need a its programme consisting of the sunk with all hands off the Nor-
and convicted. to be of especription. The Minister of Munitions agrees that the better proof of the justice of our first four parts of the popular wegian coast, (2) that the position
Defendant said he was driving Government should do so, and adde that it is" examining the subject oft-repeated complaint that the cinematograph drama "Lucille on the Franco-Belgian and Alsace-
carefully. with a view to coming to a right decision." If figures subsequent present method of dealing with Love." These will be showing Lorraine fronta is pretty much ly show that we can win this war on the voluntary system, well and such people is laughable? And until to-morrrow night. good, say Mr. Lloyd George; it would be folly to raise a discussion even now the offender is only about what will not happen. If they do not show this, compulsion sentenced to eighteen monthe' we must have; but Mr. Lloyd George has not yet heard of the man bard labour, with no further men- morning a gentleman thinking co operation with British who would racist compulsion under these latter circumstances, It tion of banishment! In a couple bis neme had been called went ships. Of the Dardanelles still rush wien arose, they would receive no support from the working of years' time be will be back to the jury box and was sword in. nothing. The "talk" part of the G.J. B. Sayer took plaas yester-simling Queen Victoria's Status. olase, he adds. His principal point is that nothing but the exertion again-unless by that time and the His mistake was pointed out to business is a judicious mixture of day evening in the Protestant Witness held of our whole strength will enable us to obtain a victory on which mercy of Heaven some amount of his Lordship, Mr. Justice Gom Home and Foreign, the latter resection of the Happy Valley, the when the defendent was thirty so much depends............I have felt driven by the jeopardy of our common sense has been introduced native land to sound a note of slarm. I have done so in the confident into the Ordinance. The Colony's periz, who however retained the lating to the reception of a de-ceremony being conducted by the yards aW97. belief that, if it succeeds in rousing us in time to put forth all our object is not to make prisoners of called thus getting off his service. political parties by the King of lain to the Cathedral.
jazor, the one who was really patation of his various contentious Rev. V. H. Copley Moyle, chep either fell off the machine or strength, we shall win."
Defendant then these people but to keep them out Of course the weakness in Mr. Lloyd George's argument is so of here; and if they kcow that a apparent that it hardly needs specially indiosting. If nothing but life-sentence overhangs them in
Bulgaria, and to the Bulgarian
pushed the bicycle at witness, He legal pressure can save us, there is no man who will resist compul- the event of their returning, they the Victoria Theatre, which has do much in the ioscutting line. University Lodge, Mr. T. Fing Post Office uniform. He asid view of the Entente's Note; none Mr. Hooper, chief mourner, the coming back for the machine The cortege was followed by then ran to a tree and got his cost, sion, he urges. In that oase compulsion would not be compulsion. will show most remarkable zes! been enthusiastically received by
The week-end programme at of whioli looks as though it would Hon. Mr. Cland Severn, W. M. afterwards. Defendant was wear- Assuming that the country should presently be in such dire straits and sagacity in keeping away its many patrons, has consisted of that every available man is required for military service, za one,, from Hongkong. Thexperiment Parts 3 and 4 of "Lucille Love" Bocording to Mr. Lloyd George, will object to being told that he might at least be tried.
Hough D.G.M., Col. Chapman, something to me in Chineze must calist. If that is so, "conscription" is not coming. Or does
some first-class war pictures, and
Col. Iles, Major MacDonald, Capt, which I did not understand and he mean to imply that there is a very considerable residue that is
G. Lammert, L. Croather Smith, I told him in Chinese to be quiet." "My Cousin, You Know,"-one of waiting to see the Empire right up against the wall before it will
Capt. Pennefather, Inspector There was usually traffic-bath- offar its services, and that he himself is seeking to frighten the said extraordinary race.
the cleverest little French akotoh. The Chinese are certainly an es we have seen. The new pro
Sim, Meaara, J. H. Gardiner, G. P. ing parties and persons going to residue into volunteering?
Northern
Concerning politics at Home, Jefferies, E. J. Hamilton, O. and from Statue Pier about that Currie, H. A. Lammert, W. G. and from the Hongkong Club, gramme, which begins to-night, the Chronicle describes the situa Clarke, M. 8. Northcote, Hanson, hour. In addition to this man The main feeling that one bas about the letter is that through scheme, iz
papera speak of a proposed includes Parts 5 and 6 of "La- tion as being much easier, and Orawford, J. Rodger, T. Petrie, there were several cyoliste of the it, an through so many public utterances on the war position, there a sinking land, to which a piotore and a variety of interes certain dark whisperinge against Lafrente.
of oille Love," a new Max Linder cites-as giving the lie to J. Brown, G. Underwood and same class, but better clademoro rons & definite note that tells of lack of men for the Front. The more two-hundredth part of the total ting comics, general statement that we sometimes receive from Home to the effect receipts from the Provinces for that "recruiting ia atisfactory" is well meant; but, if it is each year will be credited, (the
suitably clad. They were making Wreaths were sent from the sort of circus of the status, satisfactory, why does every
public speech sooner Provinces also each depositing
the fact list the Premier has following:-From his dutiful and Defendant denied that be bad bron entertaining him down
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More About Flood Relief.
the nature
The Mistaken Juror.
what it was before and (3) that FUNERAL OF THE LATE German defences along the Bil- gian coast are being hammered
MR.G JB SAYER.
In the Supreme Court this by the French heavy artillery in
Victoria Theatre.
LANGKAT OUTPUT.
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or later harp on the old chord? It was mentioned one day last week not less than 850,000 a year) all that the entire recruiting figures were over three millions. It is folly of which is to go to flood relief. to belittle such a response to the King's appeal to the country; the In other worde, the State assumes result is a splendid one undeniably, and, eo far as we are that there are going to be more allowed to know, the number of men now actually in the field or in floods and that distress will training is sufficient to allow us to help the Allies to smash Germany. 'follow. Of course the assump But what about the men who have not sulisted? Are we to take it ton in both cases is all too rafe September 1 that, ont of a population of forty-five million, only a fifteenth an one; but does it not occur is able to do military service? Surely the proportion of healthy to the sapient individuals who mon between the ages of eighteen and forty is much nearer two in are godfathering this profound fifteen than one. We might argue back and forth forever on this plan that the same amount of recruiting theme, and still finish at the same point: that, allowing money, expended in a proper for men who are excused on medical grounde, and writing off a very manner, would very quickly and liberal margin of other men who, if all the facts were known, the floods themselves? And who would generally be adjudged as having a perfectly valid excuse for is going to mount guard over the not enlisting, there still remains a number-perhapa a million or fund and to ensure that it will be more-of men who have no excuse at all, and are barred by nothing, there when it is wanted? Chineas but personal cowardice or monetary meannem. are Mr. Lloyd George's theories going to affect that million? in the past, have a peculiar man- How officials, from what we have seen Will they bo
any less cowardly or mean when com- ner of looking after publio money. pulsion ances than they are now? They will have, like the Ger. If any good is to be done at all in man conscripta, to be driven into battle by the swords and revolvers this direction, it will be achieved of their officers, and will be a continual danger to the lives of their by handing over the amount to be bettere. If we cannot win on a volautsy army we cannot do so on spent to come foreign Power that a pressed que. It is idle to quots other nations and their success with can be relied upon to produce it conscription; and just se idle to argue that many of Nelson's best when wanted, and then setting to Bailors were pressed. Modern Britain is a thing apart from other work to follow up some such pre countries and from historical Britain. If her men will not go vol vention plan as that discussed untarily to battle, she at once proves herself the decadent country last week in the Chinese Chamber which her enemies thought her; and it is time for her to go under of Commerce of Hongkong, and make way for Powers that will fight,
נו
Political Situation "Much Easter.
war
the obs-acter of Mr. Lloyd George
PoliceconstableArnold(Reserve) said he was on duty on September 14about 7.20p.m. in StatueSquare. He saw defendant riding a bioyole with both feet on one side of the bicycle and his arms folded across his chest. His only wearing apparel was a pair of trousera The funeral of the late Mr. rolled up to the knee. He was en-
up his hand
in Wiltshire. It isa pity that such Borrowing wife, his loving and both feet on one side of the whiererings cannot be done with- Borrowing children; his loving bicycle. He had hold of his grandohildren; his sorrowing sons-handle-bars. While the witness or that they should be in-law; B.W.M. T.F. Hongh was chasing another man defen- rapeated. It will be time enough and officers, D.G.L; Brethren of dant's menhine did go “zigzag a to dieouss Mr. Lloyd George's Victoria Lodge, No 1028 E.0 little."
out,
more intimate political dealings Officers and brethren of Lodge His Worship in doing the and ambitions when the war in St. John, No 018 S.E: Officers defendant $10 said if any of the over. It can make no earth and brethren of Zetland Lodge, defendant's friends came to Court ly difference to the individus! No 525 3.0; Principals and Com- on that charge they would be Bitisber whether this gentleman!
is single-minded or not in his panions, Victoria Ohapter: W.M. Beverely dealt with. aspirations, if the foot can be ofera and brethren of United established (and it can) that firet ; O. W. M. and brethren of Services Lodge, No. 18412
and foremost in his mind is the Univerity Lodge No 3666 E. C
satisfactory ending of the war. If
W. E. Z. and companiona of
it could be proved that any United Chapter 1341 E. O Mr and HONGKONG TRAMWAY Minister was contributing to the Mra T. Petrie, Mr and Mrs A. E,
dragging out of the campaign for Crapnell; Mr and Mrs F. M.
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to the war.
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and Mrs G. Lammert; Mr. and
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