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PEG O`MY HEART

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY

“Unkappy” Valley.

DAY BY DAY

THOUSAND- TRÅRS SCARCE SERVE TO FORM STATES

AN HOUR MAY LAF IT IN THIS DUST --B-DL.

The Weather.

1916,

NOTES ON THE CRISIS.

THE BLOCKADE.

Bomb and Artillery Activity,

BRITISH TRADE IN g bers, I grant, who

CHINA

THE ECONOMIC WAR WITH GERMANY.

Biss truth which may be tested by experianos that those who go to Happy Valley on Saturday afternoons at the present time do so with a good deal of risk to their personal asiaty. And the," danger emanates from those who, really ought to know better. Of course it will be said that it is all clear. the result of an unfortunate clash

day, we gather that his disciples To-day being the Kaiser's birth- ing of events, but that reach clear.

propose to spend it in bombing would apply to every Saturday,

the town of Nancy. On His Im- whilst the football season izin pro

perial Majesty's last birthday the gress Take laat Saturday 1830. Siberian Mail-Due per Allies were promised all sorts of

The Telegraph bas been ample. There was a large crowd of

terrors which never came sboat, fortunate scough to secure an in- football followersstanding around Siberian Mail-Olosed per ssd, judging from the general terview with Mr. Arthur More watching a game that was to de

Sinking at 3p.m. to day.

At the Peak 8 sm. Temp. 53;

(1915, 57 cleaf.) Lower level-Sam Temp. 81;

(1915, 66 clear.}

The Malls.

Kashmir to-day.

INTERVIEW WITH MR. MOORE-BENNET.

far better employed in thegin tremobes, or in fighting in tha→ bat equally thers are man who have enlisted who could be doing far more for our Empired corn bating Germany's business plans in China. Est's larva sentiment out of it, and my bold- {ly that a min can be as big s hero by doing his duty in Britain' economic war as he can by going to fight in Flanders

**In what particular respect doee the fault lie with the Govern- ment?

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we asked.

The Government's Duty.

"In the first place,” said Mr. cide which of the teams engaged English Mail-Cloces per sativity of French and British Bennet, who has just passed

artillery and aircraft, it through Hongkong on his way Moore-Bennet, the represents- should play in the next round of,

Exshmir ap.m. to-morrow looks to us very much as back to Peking, and his remarks tires of the Foreign Office ont the enemy will need all his are of special value and interest here evidently underrate their energies to-day for warding off in view of all that has lately been The rate of the dollar on the attacks of his opponents. The said and written on the subrest Power to help the trader. (thera

the Hongkong Football Shield, when, all of a sudden, a gentle-

man was surprised to hear the

The Dollar.

thad of a golf ball dropping at his demand to-day is 111. 3/3. feet. He was by no means, the

only person there and it was just

-To-morrow's Anniversary.

Paris.

a matter of pure lack that some- To-morrow is the 45th anni-

blow body did not have s nasty from the ball happening that Tersary of the capitulation of all will agree is liable to cause grievous harm. This was not Another per- the only instance.

attempta on Nancy and on the of German v. British trade in are, of course, exceptions, and is is only fair to say that I have Kent coast still further serve to China Mr. Moore Bennet is a

met Consular officials who fully show how desperately determined civilengineer of very considerable understood their work and did is Germany is to do all the reckless repute, who has spent some ten thoroughly) To the German or and senseless damage possible years in the interior of Chias ( American or Japanese Consul, the before she capitulates, and this(Yunnan, Szechnen, Kweichow man of his own nationality whe should be all the stronger in-and Kwangsai). While devoting comes to a district advertising or Maycentive to the Allied Governments himself to topographical survey

representative of his country, and, ale to cut about her mischievousing, mineral prospecting and rail-selling a certain commodity, is a Career a speedily as possible. Anway work, innumerable oppor as such, must be given every pos- enemy that is bent to real sad tanities have come in his way for sible assistance. To many of our final conquest commands a certain contrasting our British methods British Consule, on the other Mrs. C. W. Beswick was among amount of respect from those on with those of the Germans, where hand, such a man is merely an

the other side; but an enemy that trade propagation is concerned; The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to eighteen inches. There was no the passengers on the Home-got is already three parts beaten and land his observations have led him individual, and, to their way of

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MARRIAGE.

COURSE-SUTHERLAND-On the 27th inst. at St. John's Cathedral, by the Rev. Copley Moyle, Arthur Course to Isabel

• Margare: Sutherland, both of this Colony.

DEATE.

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BE

Departed.

Prize Day. To-morrow at noon, Lady son was calmly walking from the is presenting the prizes sa Club ground to the Naval ground Balitios Public School. and was startled by a ball whizz-. ing past bis head a very short distance away-not more than

thinking, apparently they would warning call of "Fore," and the

trodden dows, and whose sole to the conclusion that Britain is be stepping outside their duty golfer who had seen fit to drive || the ball in such a reckless man-

remaining desire is to atsb his going to be a bad loser in this her took no notice of the matter, Mr. P. S. Dixon, solicitar, left conquerors in the back, deserves commercial warfare less she were they to go out of their way just as though it were the proper to-day for Eome by the as. Saza zeither pity nor mercy the more very materially alters and enlarges to help a mere individual.

A Ministry of Commercê. thing to do. During the after- Mard. We understand that Mo when his insane plaas are her views.

"Our people's opportunity is noon there were still farther Dixon intends proceeding to the made without reference to the

"In the second place, why is instances of this sort of thing and Front,

hardships of his own people. It here and now," he said, în dis- is German blood, far more than cussing the question, "and yet we there no Ministry of Commerce ove began to wonder whether it

Ars Britain's com- British and French, that is few refuse to see it. China has open at Home? were safe to be in the vicinity of the ground at all. This has been

a long-standing grievance, but surely it is time that something was done to meet it.

SIMPSON—Ai Dundee, on the 26th Jan, suddenly. David More Care Needed. Simpson, father of A.M. Simpson, of Kowloon Dock.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG. THURSDAY, JANUARY, 27, 1916.

MR LLOYD GEORGE'S PROMISE.

Everyone recognises that the problem of solving this state of affairs is not easy. The members of the Golf Club rightly desire to play their favourite game on the one afternoon that business men can get free, and it is also inevit-

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Sawa Maru to-day.

For the Froat.

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The Mongolia.

Police Reserve Photographs.

That Blockade.

that she

The P. and O. outward mailing while all these marrelloused up more, during the past five mercial needs so far behind or paval, or steamer Mongolia, with the Lon-operations of the Kaiser's are in years, than in the previous five her educational don Mail of January 13, amived progress; but that never seems centuries; her acti-foreign pre-military or internal or Irish at Port Said on Monday ever to occur to himself and his friends. jadices are almost dead; her cut-requirements

look is broader and bigger than afford to neglect this branch al- ing, the 24th instant.

The announcement by the it has ever been and we are together? Until we have a proper- Foreign Office as to the discovery content to stand by and allow ly qualified Minister of Commerce The photographs of the Hong-of more goods on neutral vessels Germany to proft by all this we cannot hope to make the pro- kong Palice Reserve, which were destined for the enemy, and the There is a popular idea and a gress needed. Under him there taken at the Central Station last description given by some new very mistaken ons-that the should be a Director for every open Saturday, Are now on view at tral journalists of "a maseum of Chinese prefer German goods market-Brazil, Chias, or what- Messrs. Kelly and Walsh's. such goods, form a grimly amas That is nonsense, the Chiness actin the world. Each of these ing commentary on the Press, will buy the goods of the man Directors should have power to" Barean's comewhat ragged de who happens to be on the spot; appoint ten men to work under

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Opium Offender Fined.

Reported Theft

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able that the football games A Chinese who was charged fence of the effectiveness of the and it seems as though ours ever hin-thoroughly experienced and well paid men, each capable of should be played on this day. with the unlawful possession of blockade. Now here is another ca the spot.

handling one-tenth of the district The ground has been laid out nine teels of opium dross, was wicked waste of words and time

How to Counter Germany. fer which his individual Direc- with a view to allowing as fired $100, or, in default, one by the Press Bareas. The bicck-

is responsible. Doring macy as possible to use it month's hard labour, by Mr.ade is not effective, and it would

What are we doing to push our the dry season these men shoală It M-. Lloyd George is correctly reported in the interview quoted at the same time, but as it Eazeland at the Police Court this be difficult to find anyone cre-

dulous enough to think that it is. country's trade? And what is travel through their districts, Inë by Beater in yesterday's wire, he has committed himself : what is the one decent piece of fist morning.

Then why all this eager defence Germany doing? Germany is ing no opportunity of inspecting, may be regarded as a very definite promise to the Epira: Ger- groand we have in the Colony it

It has been reported to the of it? It has, we know. bean receiving an enormous sam daily of gathering matter for subsequent many, he is represented as saying, "will very shortly feel England's is perhaps only natural that on whole weight in the war. We have cow one of the greatest armies half holidays it should be pretty police, by a man living at 15, suficiently forcible to make Ger- from the Chinese (Boxer indemni- reports, and of advancing British in the world, and it will shortly be the best equipped." The well crowded. There are cer-Gage Street, that between 10 and many exceedingly angry, to put 19, repayment of Loan, interest trade in all ita branches. Daring Minister of Manitions farther stated that the war has produced a mainly more going the rounds "12 o'clock on the right of the her to a lot of inconvenience, and on short term Loans through the wet season, they would be "new industrial Bitsin" and that the valuable automatic machinery with their golf clube; in fact, they 26th inst. some person stole from to condemn, the rank and file of Krupps, etc.) and the profita on occupied at their base or in going erected would enormously affecs our industries. "At the end of the follow each other in quite risky his cash bez jewellery to the valas her people to short commons that eam are being laid out in Home to report to the Minister war, far from being impoverished, the country will be richer in proximity. As far as one can see, of $641 and $35 m money. The Bat how much more might have trade propagation; in founding well as to bring Home manntão everything that constitutes real wealth." Now, to be fair to M-there is only one way out of the money has not been recovered and been done had it not been for the 80 enormous commercial organi- turers to see the need for co- over-readine-a of some of the sation which should enable her, operative effort. They would, in Lloyd George, since war broke cut he has refrained steadily from difficulty, and that is for golfers no arrest has been made.

m0:0 care when

Accidentally Drowned. authorities at Home to be in when war is over, to run every fact, be the means of educating committing himself to the airy and vague promises and forecasts to exarciss

A Chinese child, who was play-fluenced by sheerly sentimental big city of China-unless we are the British manufacturer and banker in the methods no æ par- Bo dear to the heart of the political party ander which he served his playing under such conditions

bave been. mentioned. ing on board the ss. Ho Nam as considerations? We want is prepared to intervene.

"How would I counteract sued by their trade opponenia, apprenticeship; and this fact should be allowed to weigh with read-as

of the

hales the the bost was lying alongside as their war ended by the ers, of all shades of political belief. Nor, it should be added, has On some it ever been his way to be Kaiseresque in his denunciations of the "fairway" goes quite wide of wharf, fell into the water yester- ehortest means; and since cod this? Well by means of a sad so would be meeting those siversary, or to launch crashing threats that have nothing but wind where the footballers congregate, day, and was drowned. A Earo fortans has placed the control of really efficient trade service in opponents upon their own ground

Proper Selling Bases Wanted. behind them. In view of all this we are justified, sarely, in attach- but in other instances it is dan-pean officer, who was present at the seas more or less completely China that is not controlled in ing decidedly real importance to his statements, whether as to Ger- grously near. Could not players the time, tried artificial respira in British hands why not make sny way by the Foreign Office;

I spoke of each man's base. the fallest use of car opportunity providing greater and better may's shortly feeling our fall weight or with regard to the glorious agree to divert their aproach to tion, bat, without avail

the green in these latter cases, body has been taken to the ties? If the stumbling-block banking facilities, and by the The Germans and Americans industrial fature that lies before our Homeland.

even if it meant the temporary mortuary."

were solely the question of not employment, in that trade service, have, for long enough, been sett Armed Burglary. riding rough-shod over the in- of men specially skilled and ing up selling-offices in racions We do not deny that the statements here and there may tempt raising of "Brey's" figure. Any

A farmer living at Cn Kong, & treats and sensibilities of the gaslified to handle the problema parts of China. Cannot we do gae to cavil perhaps because even Mr. Lloyd George persists in the thing would be better than a bad icevitable shortly": a word behind which the Premier has so accident, and there is every small village in the New Terri neutral rations, one would have with which we are faced out here. the same? Look at this map of many times sought to shelter himself since war begin, and which has possibility of that happening iftories, has reported to the police, no right to complain. No decact The blame for our pre-China. Every one of those marks so cften been proved to cover very little that was substantial. Bat the present "abandon" exbibited that, whils: he and several other Britisher is anxious to get a seat insuccess falls partly on represents a German headquart- we must hope for the best. After all, unless we Britishers have hitherto by golf playera is continued much persons were asleep in the house. character for hogg abness and local shoulders and partly on ers or base, in some provinces, feur men, armed with four Laives brutal churlishness. Let the thore of the Home Government, you will see, there are se mszy been the most hoodwinked soule alive, it is high time that there longer.

and an iroa ber, broks open the Germans keep possession of the sounds rather invidious as seven or eight."

in single out one particular con- "Bat all this is going to take should be something in the Government's promises. Whatever it

door. Having tied his hands, theycorner that they long aga

coin for praise; bat I feel bound time." wo hinted. ransacked the bouse, stealing a made in that sort of gear. Complaints regarding electric light in Kowloon-or, and $8 in Hongkong tan-cent qasatity of jewellery, clothing rather, the lack of light-are-

pieces. freely expressed at the moment.

$4.

has asked the people for, it has had; snd, while the British are a Kowloon's Electric Light. race that would cheerfally go on giving, it is but just that they should now and again be permitted to peer through the curtain and see what the fature has laid up for them.

the

Dishonest Apprentice.

The

Trade With the Enemy.

ssented, we should

them. Doesn't it strike Every Man to bis Trade, that the mere repo

trade apostlesin the **For this sort of work, we want be of incalculabl

find

to say that, if the methods em "Of course it's going to take Our rulers are mightily anxinus Tobzeco Company were followed once. We should need," said Mr. played by the British American time. Nothing er be done all at

to consider the convenience Liby other firme out here, matters Mocre-Bennet, at least three neutral countries; but have those would not beas bad as they are. The years to get fairly started, the We should be worse than pessimistic-we should be poor-spiritedIt is becoming quite a commen Ta Mr. Eazeland's Court, this entries considered us? Bo BAT chooses good men, insista fires two of thoes years being what -il we saw no matter for rejoicing and hope in Mr. Lloyd George's experience, from all we can hear, morning, a tailor's apprentice canse we have listened in the on their learning the language of I might call purely organisation utterances, both on the war and also on the question of our industrial for the current to be suddenly was charged with stealing from farture. Probably no Britisher not even the worst of the wet blan and frequently cut c On his master at 146, Shanghai pat to more or less groundless the district in which they are years. At the end of the kets hea ever really doubted his country's power, in co-operation Tuesday night in particular, re- Street, Laumati, a geld watch Protests from them, are we 10 20 working, and therein sets an ex- third we should begin to look with ber Allies, to win this war; but there have been times when the sidents on the peninsula were anb and several articles of clothing, great detriment? It is not the seem to refuse to follow.

doing so forever to our own collant example, which others seriously for results. And, be and looked as far off as ever. Moreover, many of those who were jected to very considerable anno valoed $17:30 Bargt. Wille prose British Government's way to the most hopeful where the military side of affaire was concerned ance by the irritating manner in cated and stated that most of the push along regardless of the were disposed to take a severely gloomy view of the economic outlook which the lights in their resid-articles had been recovered: The aims and rights of wanker after the re-establishment of peace. To those, Mr. Lloyd George's ences intermittently popped on boy, who admitted the offence, tics; but there should be s statement that we shall be richer than ever, must bring comfort of sad off The worst of it all is that was sent to prison for two months limit to its patience, and to its the best and strongest men, men merchants and a sort, even though they may be less than half convinced. It is easy this sort of thing almost invari and ordered four hours' stocks readiness to stand aside and willing to take themselves sericus Home? What to be led astray by history and precedent. Because, after every big sbly occurs just at about dinner- Mascots for the H.K.P.R. war hitherto, these has always been a season, long or short as the rim ca cely the time when

make concession. Every con- ly and to regard themselves as Trade reports Yesterday Mr. She Shiu-tation where enemy trading and case might be, of financial depression, we have not unnaturally people desire to be planged into experintendent of the Tang Shing the blockade are concerned musting the past few months there has 1 fals pioneers of a big enterprise. Dar-stand T cultivated the habit of looking forward to poverty and debt and gen- total darkness. There may be Hop (the recently formed leather eral financial crippledom after this present war in ended. That, some very simple reason for the tauning company) and H. Mi mean the lengthening of the war been a lot of talk about its being kong ret doubtless, is becuase we have lost eight of the considerations whereof state of affairs complained of, or Kon-sang, compradore to Mesara period; and it is almost time the the duty of men out here to go to the Mr. Lloyd George now reminds us thatch of the money which there may not be. That is hardly Batterfield and Swire, presented the neutrals realised this and Europe and fight for their compte Col the nation has been called uporto spend has not taken the form of the point. The sufferer is not so to the Hongkong Police Reserve made ready to help instead of to Now that's all roxy nice. I think shot and shell but has been well invested in apparates that is going much concerned with the cause; a remarkably handsome part of hinder. Even if their trade I'm as loyal to my country se suy to be af service in re-establishing Britain's commercial prosperity, he has very strong opinions on great Danee, black and white suffered seriously, they would of your readers can be, but, Mr. Lloyd George does not tell us how he proposes to deal with the the effect, though. It is sufficient spotted; two years old. We get their recompense latar didly, I do not see the use of unemployment that must of necessity ampervane; but there is no use for him that he expects effective understand that the same gentle- in anticipating troubles. If we have the staff in me to defest Germany, and regular lighting but fails to men are very kindly providing we ought also to be men enough to handle the economic situation get it. Something is evidently the dogs with collars and oth that follows. Let us first win the war.

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