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NATURES HAIR

WARNINGS

THE HONGKONA.

Nature never strikes without warning.

But people as a rule put off It is when the pillow shows the truant hairs in the morning when, dandruff and scurf sprinkle the hair, when it is dry brittle--that it is time to mence AT ONCE using

WATSON'S

Sir John Sim

The resigni Simson has removed one of the most promising young Liberals↓ from the Cabinet. Entering the House of Commons, less than ten years ago, he came into sach prominence that, inside four year, he was appointed Attorney General, while three YESTE

BY DAY

"TEŚ "HEAVEN ALONE THAT IS

GIVEN AWAR

"HIS ONLY GOD MAY ELHAR FOR 295 2914YG - Lowel

-The Werther.

At the Peak 8 am. Temp. 59; Lower level Sam. Temp. 68;

later be secured a seat in the rain. Cabinet. He is now only 41 years been very rapid, and it had many times been predicted that he

of age. His rise at the Bar had.

NOTESON THE CRISIS.

THE DERBY FIIURES.

The War, Need for Economy,

At Salonica.

The new year opens to times of annety and trouble, The Front War Breme no resver its and than The Salonica position does not

it did ́s "your ago. No one has row less interesting from a point been able to claim a decisirs view of view of international leatory and now it looks more than time goes on. There is plenty over, as if the result would finally of talk of enemy Intalition for be resobed by the exhaustion of the arrests of ecasals etc. by the one side. We can all see now how Allies; but we notios with satmportant it is that everyone who faction that these acrestmatilla on wishes the cause of the Alliam to and (smow the Franse and not the be successful should practi British Government is talking 6000omy. It is specially nece The rate of the dollar on matters in band) seem likely to say for us out here in this dists

colony to take our share în begri demand to-day is 1/11 1/4

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The Malls.

old rentally reach the Wool- and ack. The war, however, and Įthe coming of compulsory ser comics, bare put a different complexion on his career. A few daya ago his name was mentioned, with that of Me. Walter Lang, in I connection with the drawing up of

the Conscription Bill, and althought the reason of his resignation wary of the bombardment of the is not specifically stated, it may, Southern forts of Paris by the we think, be safely assumed Germane: that it has its basis in his

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915.

THE GERMAN OVER THE FRONTIER.

insemua sa be was one of those named as being opposed to the Cabinet's decision on this matter.

Thomorrow's Addyversary. To-morrow is the 45th anniver

Bankruptcy Court.

been fixed for January 21

The art Bankruptcy Court

Week of Prayer

In connection with the Week of

|

What Greece can do in the IRS-

Cat

have taken Ser

France's Financ

Allies here clear the town of all ing the economic burden of one pparently the Allies Empire. It seems that at home med a useful femen in England economy is being haa befallen aber protised in many gavs by people who have previously been ac where such suspects were permitted to remain at large Customed to unlimited luxury.minique admits trak

Butis this the care hater, besides talking, we do not here? Is it noticeable that persevere for

any considerable effœtateconomy has yet been made? We shall not

or to win the War if we are socord, given, not prepared to exarcias idé

of Jannery, denial in the matter of luxurian and it is better surely for the oratorium, least patriotic to exercise "TO- luntary economy now than to be deposits and current compelled to exercise it Ister on.shle sums of mon Let us face the new year with the

pas into general dire fall determination to take some bearing the burden of War. pirt, if only a financial ons, în

And let us realise that every

From his upbringing (he is the Prayer, which is being held this son of a Non-conformist minister) week, the Ber, J. E. Maconschie to it was only to be expected that he will give an address at the City

would resent the introduction of Hall, this evening at 5.30 pm compulsion. The wonder is that on “Nations and their Rulers”. so far he is the only member of The chair will be occupied by the the Cabinet to have signed on Ber. C. L. Cooper Hunt the question.

Mail Matters.

It all be seen from our tele- graphic news that Hongkong is directly affected by the torpedoing

Alterations In Salling.

very well nea....... HelfmessutSE SIS of no use and if the Allies have determined to make Salonies “heir temporary resting plac they can hardly be blamed for dictated by common prudence taking such precautions as ers

In East and West,

pay on demand the

This messure dol

The Jars Chins Japan-Lys the Balkan fighting, matters have "In the fall that has followed an nounce the following alterations developed in the Western and in their Smaling the pet Eastern theatres. In the West dollar speat on luxury is so much departure of

the Bean nothing occurs or break the tape from the resources of cur from being Spilbergen will be

of the Persis, insetruch se certain January 8, and the as. St. Joeb/deadlock, though there are signs Empire, and by that amount the conĚTRZY, OR 33 mails from Home destined for this will leave on or about January 20that the French and British 26 resources of our Empire have | This coesame show

to show the enemy what they are there for On the

ship. Fortunately, the Siberian (mail is now used very largely in only.

preference to the Sues route, and

for that reason the low, consider able though it may be will not be

for Home

4

of ber

tually Penang) and Singapore the Busman front, on the other enemies. We have need to feel

more

and

Late Sir Thomas Jaciam's Sons, brad, there seems to be sure the importance of sech in-being deprived

doing",

dividual doing his minnet for of the late Sir Thomas Jackson's less and less hope of the enemy's the common cause, and of & ch Devartbalose, wit

recourse to the pal

Brigadier-General Jackson, one

Brigadier General Blana, “

to

*

WOOD.CO too Bands for a stur

for the success of our canse in

was. However areas and

COCAINE P&BSESSION.

endant Who Thought it w

Į so great as though we depended three soldier sons, must be one of finding much rest for the sole oss feeling that a harden of re-i attending „pablie solely on the all-sea route for our the youngest brigadiers in the of his foot, despite his elaborate sponsibility lies upon him or két-{ covered the Nation mal matter. Mention of the Army, as he is not yet out of the preparations and enormous for website how up Siberian mail serves 29 8 25-thirties. When war broke out he tification scheme. Farther Esat minder that, until to-day held the rank of Captain. Both still, the fighting round about are giving their lives for the exose milliard fance (280.

of our Empire, which we knoW considerable time his brothers, who have been (Paris is deciding itself more the cause of rightecustomer, it în |

than ever in Rossin's favour, and now, no letters have been re- wounded in the war, the Germans have yet again, the nos a great deal for the rest of us ceived in the Colony by that greasing well. service. Recently, it would seem,

to practise self-denial in the plossing prospect of seeing or matter of luxuries. the route has been, for, some Brig General U. D. Blane, of their mighty programmes

And the new year ought to cauES In discussing, in the past, the question of the delay in removing reason, blocked, and that is pro- CB, who has been given the brought to nought and the Germans from Hanghom camp, we ventured to point out that bably why no maila hare been com- command of a brigade of Arpillary ridicule. The wearing-out process

na to redouble our efforts at prayer delay was more or less excused by the number of pros and contrasing to hand, though their expected units, served as a gunner officer a dangerous one to attempt that had to be taken into consideration by the authorities. But in arrival has been periodically notifi for 33 years. He took part in the inst a country like Bassia.

sirennous our nation's efforts, another matter wherein local or sezi-local Germans are concerned, ed. With conditions as they are, China Expedition of 1900, was

however wise our generals and The Enlistasent Figures. to which we have more than once drawn attention to wit: the en- one wonders whether the outgoing in the march to Peking (men- |

At last the Home Government commanders, however brave cur ployment of Germana to search British ships at Chinese porta-maila are delayed or whether in toned in despatches, model).

soldiers and sailors, however there are no "pros" to be discussed and the “contras” are suficient fact they get through at all. Án Chios Campaign Veteran, finds itself in a position to give to have decided the matter long ago. Daring the summer months official notification on the matter Brigadier General G. W. C. figures in support of its statement cited our people and our Allies,

we, -cannot wing unless the Telegraph very earnestly urged that the Chinese Customs should would be of distinct valms at the Knatchbull, Indian Army, pro- that the Derby recruiting scheme

hare God's blowing And had moted to command a brigade, i

been be persuaded by the British authorities not to send officers of enemy moment.

unqualified

Ch only gain that before Mr. Hasmand at t nationality on board British ships. A strongly worded protest was

snother Chins campaign veteran, success. There, is seen blessing if we are spraying Coast yo

five million men sent to the Inspector General of Castame by the captains of such; “ Treating."

1900, for which he holds the e ships, and the apparent outcome of the agitation was that the The No-Tresting Order, to medal with cloep. He also served military age, of whom more people. Probably all our readers Chinese med obnoxions Customs men were put to other work than searching these which we have before referred in in the Burmese War of 1885-87 than half have either enlisted Pay every day for God's blessing charged with the ships, so for as Canton and some other ports were concerned. At this column, has, as is well known, (mentioned in despatches, medal or been disqualified as the case on our fighting forces, but more son of more than 12 the same time the officiat reply to "the captains" protest was not been resented in some quarters at

with bleep)

may be; and the remainder is might join in common prayer for of poison, namely altogether safafactory. It argued that, since many men in Customs Home, bat there would appear to

Served in Hongkong. Sgures show that, of those, over daily intercession service in the Mr. B. L. Aga

well over two millions! Later this object. We are glad that a containing 299 oct

few” are able to attend the | “Def= employ had gone Home to enlist, it was impossible to fill the places be grounds for the view that if has

Major Hetry Tenor Napier, of those who had gone save by appointing Germans, and that these served a useful public purposedur-11th Sherwood Foresters, who lost & million are single men af Cathedral, but we ought to have men, so long as they did not obtrade their nationality, would be ing these times. We have had it his life in the sinking of the whom she already reported is forty or fifty, ovary morning Clas expected to be allowed to perform their duties on board British ships, definitely stated, in fact, that one hospital ship Anglis, was the hundred and try thousand instead of the numbers we get It was further hinted that the matter would be best left in the hands of its consequences has been seldest son of the late Commander are not engaged in sys. Seeing how many Lacion of our Minister at Peking.

marked dimination in dranken Lees Napier R. and Mrs. My trade. Another interesting there are passing the Cathedral new An interesting point in Napier, Edncated at Badley feature is that considerably more about 10 o'clock one can see that connection with the Order was/College, he received his first come married men than single harof people, realised that ended Whether the Minister has or has not been approached since, we recently disposed of in the mission in the 4th Sherwood volunteered. There has been a are not in a position to say; but we would point out that at certain | Jesticiary Appeal Court at Edine Foresters în 1899," and went with lot of talk about compulsion - is/ Prayer is a real power we should ports-notably at Samshui-Germans are still told off for this work|burgh.. It appears that of searching. What, then, is the position of a British shipmester publican was charged with per

that battalion to the South Africauit going to be pas into action, or War in January, 1900. He was is the Government just going to who has been ordered by King's Regulations to receive no enemy mitting "reating" and the Sherif wanaferred to the 1st Sherwood continue talking while our men subject aboard of his ship? Practically, every time he allows one dismissed the complaint, holding Foresters in April, 1900, and die in the trenches fur want factory that throughout of these Germans to board him, he is disobeying his King's order! that

**trasting was not served with it until the sead of the support 2 Can the British Minister do nothing in a casas like this? If we were common law offence, that Par-War He beequently served The Submarine Work at war with a civilised nation, matters might be different During liament had not made it an with the lat Battalion in Hong- the wars between Britain and France the most cordial relations were offence and that the Order of the kong and Bath China, Singapore, frequently maintained between individual Frenchmen and Britishers; Control Board was therefore and India, and retired in duena for the warfare that was being waged was an honourable one, lear invalid. Some very nice points 1909 in September 1914, he was ing no tinge of shame behind it. In the present circumstances we of law were raised in the case, appointed to thech Sherwoo have learned, only too oftes, to know that the German is best especially in regard to the power Foresters is captain, and received detected by the trail of cowardly and speaking actions that he leaves of His Majesty in Council to big jurity a month later. : wherever he goes. Is there any sane man in this Colony who would legislate, as distinct from the be willing to trust an alien enemy in his house or shop or offices? power to carry out executively After all that has happened at Home, is it not natural that we should the enactments of Parlis- suspect the whole ruffian race of readiness to take a mean advantage ment, In the and, however, the wherever possible? Can we ever forget the "accidents" which des Sheriff's view was over-ruled, the troyed three British warships and seat hundreds of brave fellows to Lord Advocate remarking that it their death at a moment's notice? And yet British shipowners scour was difficult at this time to con- willing for their vessels to be contaminated by the tread of Germans caive" who are capable of any filthy action from incendiarism to sssasination! | decisi

The Russians have recently expressed themselves in no uncertain. manner as to the desirability of asking China to intern the whole of the ragamuffin gang that has sought her protection; and it might not teamies if other Governments would add their persuasions to Barais's. There is no need to recapitulate what Germans have done in Chine since war broke out. There is not a low or mean action conceivable of which these cul-ured gentlemen have not, at one time or another teen guilty, from yostling British ladies on Shameen to publishing a daily and systematic hist of lies against Britam. How long is this to go on? Surely it must be possible to make the Peking Goven realise that the Germans only await the

opp

havoc Ubins as they have brought about in

and foremost, for China's own good, the

control over these people. And,

would suggest the

nthy to canas 18 24

L

NAMING OF ISFANT JAPANESE PRINCE

have the side Chapel fall every morning. And there would be a reflected influence for good on those who prayed. It is 831

paat - year we have had congregation on Thursdays The two points of interest con- the Encharist which in earning Germany's submarine with specist intention for the evelopment are the American War, but hate again we migi VIEW-OF —of what has reasonably expect a much larg happened,” and the plan sag-attendanes. - Might not many of geeted by Le Temps for pre our readers make (and keep) a Tenting further piracy. Le Temps resolution to attend once a fort takes a practical attitude and night or once a month at least. Te shewn that it is poemble to defearm noticeable bow very few of the enemy a kasvish tricks by those for whom we have been destroying his bases and so yco-praying by name have fallen venting him from getting the been wounded during the past supplies that needs for his year.

Baron Histano, Minister for the more mischievous Imperial Hoosehold. announces possible

that the Infant Prince," who was born on the Zad nit has been named Torahito and will be known as Samino-Miya. On the Sth alt. an interesting ceremony was gone through. the Adyams Palace or the coca of the neming of the

LANGKAT OUTPUT.

Homer. Wright and Hornby

sens that the Langkat out put for the current month

On

ide Chipela Thomas Day the Bis

the new side: Cha which is now used for head day services.

CONTRmience, and our thanks are due to supplying

boon falt

Evidence