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ROBERT PORTER

& SON'S

BULL DOG

LIGHT ALE

IN PINTS AND

SOLE AGENTS.

SPLITS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916.

The Cobdenites' Fears.

Although the British delegatou

who went to the: Paris Hoonomic

DAY BY DAY.

THE MONEY MARKET,

Report.

Conference were not committed to |--

EVERY MAN IN THIS LIFETIME Messrs. Montagu and Company's any particular policy and had no NEEDS TO THANK HIS FAULTS- |authority to bind Great Britain | Emeros..

to say specific course of motion, the Cobdenites appear to fear that their stubbornly-beld theories are endangered, for we see by the fios. Home papers that they have issued

The Weather.

At the Peak 8 am, Temp. 77;|

Lower level 8 x.m. Temp. 84;

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The Mails.

s manifesto obviously designed fine. as a defence against the "general tone of the resolutions passed by the Conference. As we have pre- English Mail Closed per .. vionaly observed, we cannot see

Somali at 10 am, to-day. how the aims sought—discrimina-{Australian Mails.—Closed per a.s |tion towards the Central Powers Taiyuan at 11a.m. and

ia commercial warfare.can be. Aki Marn at 3 pm: to-day sttained, in the osse of Britain at American, Oanadian and Siberian | least, without a radiost modifion Mail-Olose pers.8. Shinyo tion of our cal policy. The Maru at 11 am. to-morrow

The Dollar. this point also: bence their

The opening rate of the dǝllur manifesto. The arguments they on demand to-day was 20. 1.9-168.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., Free Traders apparently realise

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To-morrow's Anniversary. Trade having been Britain's

To-morrow is the 131st anniver- bulwark in the past and contend,sary of the birth of Thomas de without in any way proving it, Quincey. that Protection stands condemned. Those generalities will hardly suffics, we imagine, to wipe out the feeling revealed in the Paris re Bolutions. For it is now quite plain that opinion is strongly against continuance of the old policy

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Crushed to Death. Whilst a coolis was following

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Mother and Son.

Messrs. Samuel. Montagu and. |Co., in their report, dated July 6,

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Gold.

For the sixth time in succession the external movements have been in favour of the Bank of Eng"

THE YUNNAN OPIUM SCANDAL

Four Members of Parliament Arrested.

RUBBER AND COCOUNTS.

The Soengle Rampah Rubber and Coconut Plantations Ca

Mr. A. Denison advises us that the orope from this estate for the month of July 1916 were ----Rub-

{nots.

Says the N. C. D. News of ber, 1,340 lba; Coconuts, 1,800 August 10:--:

The lower crop is scoounted Three members of Parliament for by the great floods in this" from fannas had the experience district during the past month. yesterday afternoon of appearing On no less than 21 daya rain in- at the bar of the Mired Court on terfered with tapping on our charge of being in possession day no tapping at all was done, The following amounts were of opiam the importation of which while on two others the tapping received by the Bank :-

prohibited. Developments was finished and then washed July 3, £5,000 in bar gold: July of twenty trunks containing of no tapping on scoount of the June 30, 833,000 in bar guld, followed rapidly upon the seizure away. There were also two days 5, 1018,000 in bar gold. 840,000 opium in an unoccupied house in Javaness Hari Raya Holidays. in sovereigns released on Eg7p-Chapei. tien socount.

land

ia

The main facts of the story hays Withdrawals were made as been given already bas it may be

under:-

convenient to recapitulate. It ed containing opium, which June 29, 8103,000 in sovereigns will be remembered that on with that seized the pre- for Spain. Jane 30, £5,000 in Saturday Chang Yo-teeng, vious day totals approximately sovereigns for U. 8. A.

Minister of Education, arrived on 7,000lb. and is valued at well During the week the net influx the M. M. S. Athos soccmpanied over Tls. 1,000,000 probably the amounted to £989,000.

Silver. The Market has continued to be apathetic, and prices have tended downward.

overcome

to

and in

the

by certain Yonuznese members largest seizure made in Shanghai of Parliament. They brought with or along the cost. The Chapsi them a large quantity of luggage authorities objected the which bore labels reading "H. E. removal of be drug, bat Chang Yo-taeng and delegates."their opposition was eventual- The Juggage was brought sahors y The London stock now exceeds and for the moment disappeared, early hours of yesterday morning ten million standard ouaces, and The tracks had passed the Cas a string of seven motor cars, fire the fact, whilst not any evidence toms in safety by reason of the containing seized opium and the Before Mr. Hageland, at the of weakness-for a large propor-fact that at the request of the other two the gratified searabere, in the years preceding the war Police Court this morning tion of the amount is not at all Taopin of Chaper the Coatoms returned to Lonza Police Station placed her ahead of the other with catting grass. A fine of $5, has rather discouraged outside meota to the nanal diplomatic safe keeping. and would, if persisted in, have mother and son were charred likely to come into the Harket-oficials had treated the impedi-where the drag was lodged in nations of the world. Germany's for in default, 14 days, was im- buying, such as from the Indian courtesy of allowing it to pa

Yesterday morning warrante things for her, and Britain, by economic policy had done great posed.

were issued for the arrest of even adhering to an antiquated system, had only helped her in her aims

"It was due to my stupid fokis," caused as to pause and consider Mr. Eszsland, at the Polios Court of world-conquest. The war has said a Chinese charged before

revision of our old-time methods obatraction. these facts, and if it causes a this morning, with causing an His stupid fokis it will, then it will not have bren in this respect, as we firmly hope coat a $5 fins.

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MARRIAGE..

MACKINTOSH STONEHAM.—On the 8th June, at St. Mary's Parish Church, Acton, by the Revd. G.S. De Sabamarez, M. A., Rector of Acton, Harold Vincent Mackintosh, eldest son of Councillor and Mrs. John Mackintosh, of Halifax, to Constance hich Emily second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Stoneham, of 9. Cumberland Park, Acton, W.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

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Stupid Fokls.

The Hon. Mr. Wel Yuk Indisposed.

Turf-cutter Fined.

Victoria Theatre.

Bazaars. The main cause of the

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tion...

June 15.

June 22.

Jane 30.

zoexamined.

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to have warned

The three men,

besviness of the Market is a Certain members of Parliament Chinese all mid to be members certain amount of selling by then showed up at a lodging house of Parliament. The matter was Banks dealing with China, which, in Bapeh Road-even in all, we put quickly in hand but some at from Americs, bas met the sixty tranke and it is suggested of what was hanging over them together with normal supplies are informed. With them went least of the suspecte got to learn demand for coinages demand by those who have an interest in and managed to get away. Three necessarily urgent and continuous. the matter, that the whole of that were apprehended and a fourth It is reported from New York number contained nothing but was asid to to have gone out to that "another cause which is opium. The lodging house seems see a friend. If he returned be operating in favour of silver is to bave acted as a distribasing found a detective waiting for him. the universal rejection by the centre for the trunks for when the Three are definitely stated to have Hia meny friends, both Chin- Mexican people of the Carranza police and officials of the Opium way! That very "hard cass" sad forsigo, in the Colony will currener, and their hoarding of Combine arrived there on Mos-

The three pricocers were Australian newspaper man, Mr.hear with sincere regret that the silver. One large copper producer day afternoon, they found the brought before the Mized Court A. G. Hales, has again been Hon. Mr. Wei Yok, C.M.G. is informs me that out of their total of sixty that they had yesterday afternoon. They were giving the Government at Home confined to big honse with an monthly pay roll 25 per cent,, of expected to find reduced to named Sang Woe-ding, Wong a piece of his mind on the sub-attack of fever. ject of our national tendency to

silver disappears each month from four. The two occupants of the Tab-9ai and Wong Tah-sai, alise handle the Germans with kid

room showed great indignation Wong Tech-ling. All were de glover. Ia the article by him. The maximum penalty was

It will be noticed from the when the searchers entered and ribed as "Chinese Officials." from John Bull, he rube in or a Chinese charged with turf serve of the Indian Treasury had manded the names of all the mem-opinto the importation of which we reprinted yesterday asked to be inflicted in the case figures below that the silver re- one of them is said to have de The charge perferred at present is one of being in possession of rather subatantially bers of the party, the nocomfortable fact that catting on Crown land, before increased

is prohibited," "we are treating the very Mr. Hazsiand at the Police Court between the 22nd. and 30th, them of the imminent arrival of mearest of our enemies now in this morning. His Worship Jane, Whether this is due to Mr. Yang Tcheng, and to have clothed in white and each carry- HONGKONG. TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916.

our hands ten times better than inatexi fined defendant $25. the addition of newly purchased threatened to proceed against hie inga fan, did not appear to realise silver or some easing off in the visitors for heavy damages to the seriousness of their position we are treating some of the SOCIAL ENGLAND AFTER THE WAR,

grand-hearted men and lada who The special programme at the drain of Rupses is naturally not compensate him for the serions and entered the court smiling and chatting. Their demeanour con- have fought gallantly for us, and Victoria Theatre last night which stated, but it should be noted that loan of face he had sustained by siderably altered by the time We Britishers are more essentially a trading people than most are now down and out as far se included a splendid list of the increase of silver reserve was their intrasior.

brief session had finished. He also refused to open the four of us care to admit, and this may account for the fact that the sative service is concerned." Mr. musical numbers by the Band of less than the increase in the total

note issue during the period. tranke, saying they contained the prosecution and maid: A war- M. G. D. Muso appeared for majority of the attempted reaps into the fature which appear in the Hales lays this criminal weakness the 18th Infantry-attracted a

The last three Indian Carrency official documents only, he re-rant was issued this morning for public press relate rather to trade matters than to any other. For of ours at the door of a class not large he and included were Beturns received by cable give fased to break the seals but said the apprehension of seves people -one speculation sa to our post-war army or E6Vy we aball probably ory.minutely defined. Our all comedy and included an ex details in lakhs of Rupees the searchers could take that re-\connected with this matter. Three

find a couple of dozen which relate to commercial possibilities. The Royalty is sound," he says; "our cellent three-part Max Linder film. social side of the fature is reflected in much the same manner-Bristocracy is sound, our working Lax Boarding House Keeper.

sponsibility if they wished,

have been arrested and we pro- again ruled out by interest in the dollar. And yet this particular popolation

Bound-but A $100 fize, or, îu default, two']

Meanwhile the odour from the official documenta

poze to ask the Court to take side is by no means unimportant or secondary, though it is canosiv- there is a section of the com- months' imprisonment, was im

Who Auspi-

evidence of arrest and have the able that speculation in connection with it has a greater charm for unity that is as rotten as an posed by Mr. Hazeland at the

ciously like that of the drag for

case remanded. us people in the Esat than for those at Home who have been able over-ripe pear." It is not difficult Police Court, this morning in the Notes in ei-cals-

which the search was being made, to watch the progress of events close at hand. It may well be, too, the writer aims. The home end keeper, for not registering a man Reserve in silver

Inspector D e; of Loui Police and on opening the trunks they Station, gare formal evidence of to discover the sction at which case of a Chinese boarding houss that we eat here are by no means the best qualised to do the specu the combatant aspects of the war who had left his house. The case

...8787 8888 7113 were found to coatsin opium, arrest, lating, for we only know at second hand the various new needs and have been cursed by the inter- was described as a serious one.

"The prisoners had been Saizare naturally followed and an apprehended at 184 Hupeh Rosd. coin and phases of life that have come into being since we left the Homeland.

arrest was made. Thes were four The Folios had information that ballion 2054 2130 2364 trunks out of sixty sooounted for, three others had left Shanghai But there is no harm in guessing.

Lawn Bowis. And yet where is the guessing going to end? The whole edifice

|Gold coin and

Fifty-six trunks were still to sad one had gone out to see some On Thursday afternoon, at bullion

1235 1240 1251 be found. Whether all the esso friends. of English life-religions, educational, political, sporting, literary

5.15, Merara, H, J. Stanley and J. Gold in England 1192 1192 1192 took the trip to the French Con left to await his returo,

A detective had been etc. has had its foundations more or less shot from under it, and

Blaks meet to decide who is to be The stock in Bombay consists cossion that twenty are known to nothing short of reconstitution can do it any good. What one as

the holder of the Civil Service of 4,500 bars as compared with have done has not yet transpired. Aessor :-The prisoners are not Mr. Grant Jones. British turally wants to know is: Are we going to throw away our oppor The modern lawyer politician, Club Bowle Championship for 4,700 bara last week. tunities and make as big fools of ourselves as we have done in the particularly be of Radical in

but it is known that at least year. So well does esch past? Much of the reconstruction must necessarily be automatio; stincts, can never keep his eyes off player handle the woods that San Francisco to Hongkong.

No shipment was made from twenty trunks were moved from represented by counsel and it is indeed it has begun already; but equally there will be much that the next election. The prigs and opinions differ as to what will be

184 Eapsh Road to an address out on bail. The suggested bail saggested that they be allowed will lie in our own hands, to make, or to mar, Already many old prades who sent him to Parlis. the result of the ene unter, and Jane are appended -

Statistica for the month of in the French Concession by is The 10,000 per man. Have class distinctions will have been laid aside, if not banished forever, ment will not send him there again there is no doubt that onlookers Highest price for cash. 32.7/8 mode of conveyance, hired from motor our and shence by the rrme

you any objection? and the same may be said of sex distinctions as regards the appor- if he should be an active party in will witres a very fine and Lowest price for cash...... 30.one of the principal garages here is all right.

Mr. Mono-No; I think that tionment of labour both skilled and unskilled. One of the happiest hurting the dear Germans. Con-kaly-contested game.... features of present-day life at Home is that mea

Average price for ossh-... 31.06) to Chapei. Four motor oars were of all sequently, while our own poor fel-

Busy Thieves.

Quotations for bar silver per used to transport the luggage.

The prisoners were removed. grades are rapidly becoming Issa effeminate, and, in consequence, lows are being tortured to death at Mr. J. W. Board, 6, Aimai os. std :-June 30, 31.00; July 3, The anthorities got wind of with friends by means of the and endeavoured to get in touch we may hope to see, when peace comes, that the percentage of Rableben eta, many Germans are Villas, Kowloon, has given in 31.00; July. 4, 304 July 5, 30 this movement of the opiam sad, telephone." youngsters who banker after shop and office life will be small where still at liberty to go where they formation to the Police that some July 6, 304; No quotation fixed we are informed, traced a driver. formerly it was tragically large. Before the war many thousands of please at Bome, while even those person entered his bedroom for forward delivery.

In the meantime a perasal of young, robust men were perfectly content to gain a living (often it who are interned are, in many through the open window- and

of one of the cars. On Tuesday the documents found on them at was only half a living) by work which any woman could have done cases, having a better time than stole from under his pillow Bank Rate 5 per cent, Bar Gold drive to the place to which he farther interesting information. Average for the week, 30.7. evening he was instructed to the time of arrest brought to light equally well. To that kind of thing we have earely said goodbye. they ever knew in their lives gold watch valued at $200, per ox. atd. 77/9, French Gold had taken the trunks and, to the

Education, too, will be turned upside down, well shaken and belors. And where Mr. Hales small fob, valued 35, and coin per rs. Nominal, US. A. surprise of the party accompany-wa letter written by the pat to rights. The men who one day are going to take their share again scores is in his reminder cigarette case, valued $5. Mrs. Gold coin per os. Nominal. in holding up the British Empire must be fed on something more that "the better you behave to the Summers, living next door, st

ing him, took them, and some prisoner to friends in Yunnan. It nourishing than cleae-book theory and musty routine. The mental average German. the more he No. 7, has lodged a similar comis, 1.3/16 below fixed a week ago, had been picked up en route to three things: (1) How to get The quotation to-day for cash officials of the Chapel Police, who stated that they were worried over food of the coming man will have to be both practical and harden-despises you."

1.” This is a point plaint, the thief in both cases ing, for obviously the unpracticality and the softness of the prevent that some of our Solomons at using the same mode of entry. She

the entrance to the Taoyin's back their lost face, 2) How to generation have contributed a big share towards the lengthening out Home seem to ignore.. Bollying has lost a watch valued $50.

yemen. It is slated that the dispose of the opium in the of the war. It seems to us that the schoolmasters will have to bear in is in the Germen blood and only

Chapei officials seeing where they Taoyin's yamen and (3) What to mind that some of their pupils will one day become politicians-and a surgical operation would die.

had landed made off as fast as do with the reat of the opium, A case was heard some weeks that it was the politicians who have often threatened to lose the war lodge it. The German bully in age in which a Chiness WAE

they could go. for us. Grit, nerve, good sense and a bealthy abhorrence of fad are convinced that any

The yaman is divided into two large.

There are still ́36 trunks at. Act of charged with theft, and he stoutly what the schoolmaster and the parent have to cultivate in their chivalry-asy of the commonest denied any knowledge of it,

parte, which, of course are con This was immediately com- charges if the Empire of the fatars is to hold its own. It would be and cheapset politeness, even saying at the same time that it The following is the approxi-proted to the one part the manicited to Hr. Great Jones,

throughout the war. Five millions of them voluntarily 'shouldered himself in Britain and in one who was a very bad man. So for the week ending August 155 Taoyin's residence, It is now and the men were keps in custody... libellons to say that Britishers as a whole have been wanting in grit is a sign of fear, Thus be scilled must have been bis twin brother, ante statement of Traffic Beceipts official business is transacted and he discontenanced any idea of the second was need se she bail in view of this development the rifle for the sake of the Empire. But we must not forget that Colonies years ago, and the emphatio was the man that the 1918- want of that grit bas betrayed itself in all too many cases. It was warmer the welcome we gave him, Police made enquiries and found! nothing but the need of that perticaler quality that was responsible the more he acorned us as cowards there was actually a twin brother. for the striking, conscientious objecting and general whining and If we are to appeal to the beast in Tais man was charged at the disloyalty displayed by a considerable proportion, of our young men a manner that he will understand, Police Court this morning with This Year: at Home. If the post-war spirit engenders more real manliness in it must be by treating him to returning from banishment. The Last Year:... the Britisher, Ara-sixths of the industrial disputes may be looked some his own medicine.

osus was adjourned.

·upon se ended for evermore.

ference of men whose mission in life it is to talk, to squabble and to scheme for eeeh anda.

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How the German Construes

Kindness.

this

Twin Brothers.

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HONGKONG TRAMWAY

COMPANY, LIMITED.

Increase:

Oas of the documents found

Receipts Aggregate

however, unoccupied, the Tapyin A fourth arrest was made later in for week. Receipts having secured another house the day of Yih Zian, Alise Yih

for 39 works rather nearer the International $18,823 $458,875

Settlement,

Bằng nh, command pin chi 11,590 847842

The opium was not found there of the 5th Republican Army, and 7,238 110,833 but in an adjacent building, special delegate to the Military

Conferenos for Zunnar. Twenty caset in all were discover/