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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH," WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 116.

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DAY BY DAY.

The Weather.

At the Park 8 sm. Temp. 71; finn (1915, 75 clear.)

We shall look forward with more than usual interest to nexi year's Police Report, for we fally

THE POOR OFTEN REPAY HOS- expect to learn from it that crime FITALITY BETTER THAN THE RICH, in the Colony has appreciably FOR GOD ET ISELT HOLDS THE incrassed since the urush of PURSE STRINGE- visitors from Canton began.) |Owing to the amazing wisdom of our rulera, no check meme to-be- kept on immigration; and China

Lower level 8 am. Temp. 84: of all sorts are allowed to swarm linto

the Colony at their fine. (1915, 85 clear.)

will. Own awcet

No police in the world could guard against the commional entry of rogues and vagabonds into the Colony, considering the sbormony numbers of strangers who are arriving by every boat, leren in normal timeï. But it eeems to us that the Hongkong

The Malls.

American, Canadian and Siberian Mails Closed per s.a. Shinyo Maru at 11 am. to day. Siberian Mall-Closes per

Sisking at 3 p.m. to-morrow:

The

The Dollar.

opening rate of the dollar Ltd., police are burely given an oppor- on demand to day was 2.1.9-10d.

Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which names and addresses with requires them to forward their communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides,

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Daily issue-36 per annum. Weekly issue-$13 per sanum.

for

tunity of seeing these gentry as

To-morrow's Anniversary. they land, for they rush from

To-morrow in the second anai- the river boate in dense crowde sad, before any kind of ob-versary of the transfer of the servation of this human cargo Belgian Government to Autwerp

it bas (vince transferred to Havre)

Can

The Turastyle System.

Chamber of Commerce. We have received a bound copy

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JUTLAND AND THE GERMANS

The Damage they Really Suffered.

GERMANY'S HOLD ON RUMANIA

OPIUM SHUGGEING:

Trade and Finance in the Hands

the Haus.

Three More tieavy Fines,

Several cases of opium zmag. gling wars before. Mr. F. L. Hisseland, at the Police Court this morning.

Ever since Russia's successful On July 13, the Daily Tele offensive began everybody has In the first case, Sergeant Clark graph's special correspondent at been watching Romanis sad told. His Worship that he boarded Rotterdam sent the following wondering how soon our Ally's the e.s. Kuight Companion, which interesting mesesgo :---

advanos would have an effect on had arrived from Glasgow, wia ber. The following article from Cape Town. He saw the defend From reliable sources I have the New York World explains how ant hauling something out of the received information proving con- strong hold Germany still has tank at the aft end of the ship clusively how tremendous was over the councils of Bakerert.

and this was found to be opium. the punishment inflicted on the

The peaceful penetration by witness went down into the tank German flest in the Battle of Germany of Romania, and the and altogether there was found Jatlend. Without purporting to work and organization scoom 100

Ibu. of "'raw' opium give a complete list, I am able to plished before as well as alter the and 45 tel

öf prepared. state that the following fees commencement of the war by the Some of it was bidden under sir men of-war are at present repair Germans in this country, invites inches of cement and bad to be ing et various yards.

the wonder and even respect of

hacked out. The Police had Battleships of the Dreadnought an impartial observer, if there was received information that it bad Markgraf, Rainerin, and Kaiser, and means adopted by them to Defendant said he was sabed to type-Kosiz, Grosser Kurfürst not a discrimination in the way heen put on board at Glasgow,

Older battleships-Rheinland | schieve their ende.

ɑheal the opiam un for somebody and Heaven."

To study the Bumanian com. A fine of $4,000, or six Battle cruisera-Seydlits, Mot-merce, industry and finance is to months' imprisonment, on both know the story of German aharges was imposed $8,000 in enterprise, German work and

Light cruisers-Regensburg, German initative gaining the all, or 12 months.

A female-sesrober on one of

It has also brea stated that the mastery everywhere and in every the wharves early this morning

be taken, dispersed to the four quarters of the city. In every each crowd we may take it that there are one of the report of the General Cem-tke, Daflinger, Von der Taun. or two individuals who are either

mittes of the Hongkong General "wanted" by the Chinese Govero: Chamber of Commerce for the Stettin, Kold, and Frankfort. ment or else who are retorned deportees. Obriously what is past year, which was presented to

the members at the annual meet-Stuttgart and Munchen are like-walk of life. needed at every wharf is a turning held on March 28 lset.

wise repairing, but of this I have lera Prince was put on

Since 1860, when a Hohenzǝl- found eight tuels of opiam con- the oes'ed on a women, who, when The rates of Subscription to the “Hongkong Telegraph" will stile system, whereby each new

no confirmation. In itself, however, sirival would have to pses under be as follows :-*

Jewellery Theft. the list of great shipe named in Romanian throne, until the charged. anid "My father is very the sorajiny of the police,

A large jewellery theft was re-anfficient to show how nearly the present day, Germans have grad-poor. He is 80 years old and I ported to the Police on Monday German fisetescaped annihilation, uslly, immigrated and settled was taking it home for bim to here in large numbers. In the smoke." A fine of $800, or three

months, was imposed. The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscriptions

Of course we do not claim that by the occupier of 29, Caine Road. It was, indeed, a beaten and ity of Bacharest alone the sum- Another case was that in which for any period less than one month will be charged as for s

such a system would entirely de- The jewellery stolen was valued bruken fast which, ander cover

* woman was charged fall month. The daily issue is delivered free when the address is accessible to fend the Colony against the at $2,000, and this has now been of mist, found its way to its Wilber of German residents is over

messenger. Peek subscribers can have their copies delivered at inroads of undesirables, but it recovered, together with $2,043 helmshaven lair. There is no 2000, while in other Rumanian 17 role in her room with having

worth of jewellery not reported question of the ships I have cities there are not less than a

further 50,000. To these must drug was found concealed in.... their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by would certainly give the police missing. A man has been arrest-named being in the yards merely be added 240,000 German cloth which the women

and the sanitary authorities con- port an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.

ed in connection with the affair. for overhauling. Every one of contral over The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00 siderably more

criminale and persons 'anføring

and he was formally charged them was more or less battered by speaking Jews, who are always carrying. She was on board the

The case #68 Single Copies, Daily, ton cents. Weekly, twenty-five cents (for from communicable diseases than at the Magistracy this morning, the British gunners, and it will the forerunners of German inter-.. Haitan as the boat was about remaaded fill be months before most, if any, will eats and German propagands. to leave yesterday. A fise of they have at present. Such so

Monday,

be ready again to seek another They hold the most valuable $1,000, or four months, was aish only),

limposed. Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed arrangement need not entail an

anob dietrons "victory" as that properties and estates in the

Before Mr. Hassland, Sergeant andae waste of time. The system

ospital and in the other large period will be continued until countermanded.

of June 1. of making everyone pass through

citine, as well as rich and fertile Cookie applied for the con- fiscation of 1,188 tanie (Payable in Advance.)

As far as the Dreadnought bat-lande in the Dobradja district, leships are concerned, no in- formation as to the extent of the tries, in Ramania also, German hoard the ze. Haldia on Monday. As everywhere in other conn. of prepared opium, valued at $11,680 which was seized on damage done ha resched me, bat official and unofficial agents have

ner quarter.

The "Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale st, and will be delivered subscribers by, the Dairy Farm Company, Ltd., Shameen,

Canton, who have been appointed our agents there.

By Order,

"HONGKONG telegrapH."

DEATH.

DAVEY.-At the Government Civil Hospital on the 15th inst., Authur Edward, aged 41 years, son of the late Oliver Davey of Bude, Cornwall. The funeral will pass the Monument at 6 p.m.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1916.

WHAT THE WAR IS DOING.

Yesterday we had something to say regarding the new social conditions which may be expected to aries in England after the war Changes; significant in character, have already taken place, both in the social sphere and in the realm of politics. These, on the whole, have been of a healthy kind, and we venture to hope that the new conceptions of citizenship which have been sugendered by the fact that the nation has been called upon to justify its very existence will find a lasting place in our national life. These fresh ideals are rot the monopoly of Britsin, for we find the same spirit manifesting itself among the other Allied peoples, especially in France and Russia-a spirit which, happily, is drawing the classes and the messes closer together, and enabling each to appreciate the view

point of the other.

a

Corrosive Fluid. The occupants of two differnt

tarastile is in use on all the floors at 28, Aberdeen Street, have ferry wharves on the Cheshire had quarrel, and one of the side of the Merasy, from Birken parties, seeking to get eatielac bead to New Brighton-albeit

TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

may

Squadron Smashed Up.

WAI

The

not for the same reason as that tion, scoured a quantity of cor- in the cases of all the others it spared no efforts of The drug was found in the above suggested and thousands rosive flaid and threw it over a

be accepted as very great, their endeavours to increase their boenn's room, His Worship order“

ed the confiscation, of persons pass through by the lot of clothes which were hanging The battlecruiser Seydlits is influence and to multiply gradu

some bamboo poles to dry. morning and evening boats with The damage caused it to the practically a wreck. It is quite ally their enterprises and com- tras, as has been stated, that she meros. While England and out inconvenience being caused

When either ran ashore on the German France together have only ten PROMISSORY NOTE CASE: to spycne. And even if a little extent of about $10.

charged at the Police Court this coast or perhaps sank at high tide consular representatives in the delsy should be occasioned, that morning, before Mr. J. B. Wood, in very shallow water. She has, country Germany and Austris would be better than the present the defendant was sentenced to however, bean salved, or, rather, are represented by 25 consular hopeless lack of obeck. Io caix weeks' hard labour and order-what was left of her. Apartagents. As to non-official, com- where the police felt that farthered to pay $10 compensation, or from the

The case was concluded in the enquiry wee neccesary it would undergo another month's im-when she went aground, it is can be no comparison, as the which a claim was made by the damage sustained mercial attaches and agents there Summary Court this morning in the quite easy to divert the suspect prisonment, linto a side channel for ultimats

little less than a miracle that Germans alone have several scores Tang Yuen firm, of 79, Main examiration. At present the police,

she did not sink on the high sess more than their adversaries com-Street, Kowloon City, sasinst the from the effect of the ganfire. Of bined. They have also a chamber San Chuen firm of 76, Main" koen and concientions in the carrying out of their duties though

the whole superstructure there is of commerca

being in the city of Street, for $332 40,

of nothing left. In the literal sense Bacharest, while the French and amount principal and they undoubtedly are, are bound

das for of the term her decks were awept | English have no such thing in interest

money more cr lecs to work in the dark and to rely on chance. If they are Entries for Hongkong C.C. Event.

clean..

thie country.

lent under a promissory note. to be of real assistance to the Gov-

The country's commercial, fin- Mr. Otto Kong Sing appeared ermeat the Government must lay

ancial, economic, social, edue. for the plaintiffs and Mr. P. W. itself out to meeist them.

ational, bygienic, and many other Golding for the defendant. For the men's doubles tour- It is clear that the whole of the phases are thoroughly studied Judgment WIE given for nament which has been organised | First German Battle Crainer and reported on from time to plaintiffs. "Recommended!”

Yesterday we published one or by the Hongkong Cricket Club, Squadron which took part in the time. Anyone interested in Bo- two questions and answers that an excellent number of entries opening phase of the battle manias affairs is obliged to refer recently arose in the Bouss of has been received and as a result rarrowly escaped the fate of the to the German reports. Commons in relation to the some extremely interesting games Latsow. It comprised six chips, With snob so organikstion and

Games will including apparently the older the koowledge resulting from it, competitors that appeared in the But at the present moment the most striking change which employment of two Hungarisas are cnticipated. have been produced by the war are to be seen in the extent to and a German in the Bussian Bank commence on Saturday, and the and smaller Von der Tann. Only the Germans, with their low old were the Americans, but the which government in Europe is being socialized. This practical for Foreign Trade in London. On second rounds are to be completed one is aaaccounted for with the priced goode "made for the Germans by their diplomacy

to the a week later. The following is Latzow at the bottom of the ass, Orient," and long-period easy drove them off demonstration of Socialism is not confined to the Allies, for we know. Mr. Peto's asking s that Germany has very largely adopted State-conducted enterprises nationality of the gentlemen and a list of the drawe, together with the Seydlitz a battered ball, and

payment... system, became the since she has been thrown so much on her own internal resources. the nature of their employment, the handicaps

the Daflinger, Moltke, and Von predominant masters of the Ram- Almost all the electrical works Practically all the principal commodities are now controlled by "ale Mr. Samuel blendly admitted that First round.-F. W. Cary and der Tann badly damaged. Where anian market, thas importing in the capita' and in the provinces societies" which the authorities have ordered the producers to form. they were alien enemies and N. E. Kent (owe 15-4). B. is the sixth ? Admiral Jelli goods asboally to the amount of are in Germs hands. These oficial organisations are forced to co-operate closely in pro- that the German, Schneider, "had Kennedy and E. Longmire (rec. coe's list of the enemy's losses at out £5,600,000 (during 1913) Fernie Iron Works, the port duction, as well as in distribution and the regulation of priose, to handle documenta regarding 15). J. Gleister and J. Franke mentions a battle-cruiser

from Germany, out of a total of foundries and the shipbuilding They are also largely answerable for the handling of labour ques- the shipments of munition to (rec. 3 6). F. Vanderwal and J. among the ships seen to be zo 29,520,000 of general Rumanian and repairing at Galatz are owned by the Krapp Company. Almost tione under Government direction. It may, in fact, be said that the Rassis." The Russian Embassy Jonckheer (rec. 3.8). Capt. severely damaged se to render it imports. relations between capital and labour hare very largely cocupied all had recommended that he was Milner Jones and Col. Griep (owe extremely doubtful if they could

In order to maintain their con-all the companies that manufao- ture cloth, cotton, cement paper, the nations at war. France has practically conscripted labour and indispensable to the Bank He 162). W. G. Worcester and reach port. So far as I can dis-merce the Germans opened many has even gone the length of taking steps to apprentice all anemploy and been "recommended" for re- G. A. Hastings (owe 2.6). D. G. cover the sixth unit of the First banks and established many sad many other industries, as also ed children between the ages of thirteen and eighteen who are not patriation and the two Hungarian Cheeseman and S. R. Walker (rea. Battle-Cruiser Squadron is not in industriel houses, and by hard the wood exporting trade, are in attending school. This is a most admirable plan, and if it were persons had been "recommended" 3.6) v. W. Hoogerwerff and H. any of the repairing yards. It competition and various devices the bands of the Germans. If adopted in England it would very largely solve the industrial for interament. This is the kind Weyler (rec. 4-6). A. C. Leith and would be very remarkable if this became the owners of part of the you add to these the Austrian and Hungarian enterprises, you training question to which we alluded in this column on of foolery that makes one wonder H. G. Hegartz (reo. 46) v. J. ship escaped undamaged whilst petroleum mines.

will have an approximate idea of Monday last. So far as England is concerned, we know the how on earth it is that the people Bialker and E. Abraham (one of the other units in the squadron

Control_of_Petroleum Field. measures which have been taken for regulating prices, placing mines at Home hare not risen in 3.6). H. E. Mariel and C. F. one was sunk and the other four

From 1895 to 1900 the German what the so-called--Rumanian And railways under Government control and calling upon factory- body and demanded the dis- Maltby (owe 5-6) v. M. M. Mass badly maeled. I think the ip capitalista, supported by German industry consists of

ference in clear that this in the diplomser, strove their utmost to With German commerce and owners to lend their aid in the production of munitions: In a thou-missal of such Ministers as Mr. and L N. Marphy. (owe 15-2). sand and one other ways, too, the State has astepted its right to Samuel and company. We would Second Round. The following battle-craiser to which the British become the sole masters of the industry predominating

In Bamanis, it is natural also that regulate production and to stimulate the output of necessities. The be the last to wish to see the least have drawn byes in the first round: Admiral Commanding refers, sad entire petroleum field. Government has even gone so far as to establish official black-shadow of discourtesy offered to. Ridgway and P. R. that his doubt as to her ability to this endeavour shey had two German finance should have made list of employees in controlled establishments who leave their our grand allies the Rumians; Cassidy (reo. 2-6) TAG. M. reach port was more than justified. points in their minds one was some headway in order to make but it was the duty of our Govern Fletcher and.P. P. J. Wodehouse. Although not to terrifically economia the other plitical, the Ramasion dependence on employment without due cause.

As to how far this process of Siste regulation and control will ment to consult the wishes of its 9.3. Bodge and J. M. Walker punished on the Seydlitz, the At that time Germany had. Germeny still more complete:

people where Schnsider persist after the war, time alone will tell. Bat the lessons which owa

(reo, 2-6). 8. E. Green and C. Dalinger, Holtke, and Von der ready coroladed secret political Oat of 800,000,000 of Bamanian have been learned during the present abnormal situation will, with was concerned, before consider L Cooper Hunt (ore 30). F. Tann all had the greater part of alliance with Rumezia, and abe public debt, about $82,000,000 out a doubt, be kept in mind for the future. Government will never ing the convenience of the Bus-

Berington and W. E. Clark their superstractates ***PL was pleasing to ensure the supply have been borrowed from the be the same again, we may be sure. The Socialists will point to the sian Bank. Our army and navy (soratah). F. W. Cary and N. E away. A farther interesting fect of her needs of petroleum in osse the Berlin banka, and to-day the fact that in our time of stress we were compelled to turn to Socialism, bare suffered no terribly from Kant (owe 16-4), or B. Kennedy I learn about the battle in that of war, as she knew well that State of Humanis is paying and no-one will dispute their right to push the argument as far as the Ecoundrel acts of German and K. Longmire (reo, 15), O., the German Admiralty was vary Ranch would side with her 28,000,000 insecoet and they choose. But the prime fact of the situation is that the Socialism spies, that to leave a single alien Bitter and G. Bewell (ecratob) diepted with the chest of the mise, and that she wonis, nos to the Germans. As mood of the

at large particularly which is to-day being practised by the belligerent nations is not the enemy revolutionary Socialism-the negation of good government which where he has power to handle E. Mariel and C. F. Maltby fre and she other qusities of their be able to mas very much toaterial capital borrowed in Gaute

(owe 5-6) M. M. Mans and L. N, 305mm artillery, I understand from the United States, owing to gone to pay for war and these extremist presch. The tendency of government in recent official documente is an tot of Murphy (ore 15-2). AA. Claxton that specifications have already the English blockade; so it was materials manufactured fa times has been towards greater State control; the process has been criminal folly and treason. We and R. P. Thursfeld (scratch) v. been prepared for changing this her endeavour to have the Ram, many, not a cent bas hastened by the war. That is the lesson which present conditions should hear with the livelin C. Thomas and J. B Wood (owe, part of the ships armament, aninos as her allies with the country and have to teach mand, so long as individuality and enterprise-do isfaction that some of our Pro 3-8), R. A. Brand and G. Mintin This, however, is not the reason petroleum folds under German pate it, the paymen

welcome the retention of mach that has been German offojals

(Ows 4-6) v. J. Macdonald and W. for any of the ships I have named ownership, she could amply pro-allions is an ABERA (37 Morrison (cap):7)

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