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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1917.

Our Clergy.

DAY BY DAY.

YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS THE MAN WHO NEEDS YOU.

Arising out of the comments which appeared in this calama yesterday concerning the loca clergy and volunteer work, we gather that at least three clergy-

The Dollar. men of the Church of England ars serving in either the Volan-

The opening rate of the dollar the Volunteer Be on demand to-day was 2x. 881ven, and we gladly make 4,9/26a.

Leera or

SIR ROBERT BURNETT this information public in fair-

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ness to three gentlemen. In To-morrow's Anniversary, view of the feat, however, that To-morrow is the 18th anniver- ail lay

civilians of eligible sary of the founding of Gordon lage are expected to join one College, Kbartum.

or other of the Colony'a suxiliary forces, we adhere to our view that this the duty of all clergy and ministers, who are of eligible age, and are physically fit, to follow this load. And we feel sure that

we shall have the sapport of the general public in taking that

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MARRIAGE.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

A Painful Matter.

Pocket Diary.

From the Nippon Tasen Kaisha we have received a useful pocket diary for 1917. The Compaor now has a fleet of 101 vessels, of

470,000 tons aggregate tonnage.

Kailan Output,

Mioing "Administration's `mines for the week ending December 23, amounted to 85,284 tons and the asles during the period, to 59,768

GERMAN - CHANCELLOR'S LAMENT.

Material for Allies from Nearly All the World.

SATURDAY'S BOXING,

KAISER'S PLOT IN ASIA.

Hoaxed by a Bogus Indlan Ruier.

Scott at Work Last Night. The principal event of mixt Baturday's boxing programme, Mr. Chamberlain, replying in which has been arranged by the the House of Commons to Sir Police Reserve, promises to be Elwin Cornwall, said a-m Amsterdata, Nov. 30.-On the very fine fight. A few days ago

"In the spring of 1915 the ocession of the Imperial Chan-we had en opportunity of sosing Grman Government decided to cellor's birthday his place at the Stapleton at work, sud leat even-send a minion to Afghanistan. Federal Cancil table in the ing the preacat champion war For this purpose they selected Reichstag was dresrated with having a tura with a number of among a number of Indian acai- sparring parizers, some of whom chists in Berlins young landowner The debate on the first reading will themselves, figure in Estar from Oadh, who posed to them of the Bill for. Compulsory day's programme. Soult is in as a ruling chief, and as such wat Civilian Service was then began. very fine form and last evening received in audience by the Em The Chancellor introduced the demonstrated his genuine all."

peror. |round ability against men with a Bill, saying :—

The insatiable war is still variety of styles.

flowers,

** This person was socompanied raging. Our enemies desire it. Having seen the two men, one by party of German officers, They hail last · summer” as in bound to say that the contest is rome Tarks, and another Indian The tail output of the Kalan | victorious one, but oan they a fairly open one, for if Stapleton (ara-chist, a Moslem. The prin- he will have gone the way of the von Hentig, was the bearer of a impose their will on us ? Our lines gets in that terrific panch of his cipal German officer, Lieutenant are still unbroken,

letter from the German Chancel- "Ramanis, which was to have victorious, whilst if Scott can brought about a revolutionary evade this and make full use of or to the Ameer, in which the change, is paying the penalty. his quicker movements, the result latter was invited to advise the pretended Rajsh how best Indiu An extraordinary general meet. (Bravo!) God has helped us will be reversed. At all evente:might be liberated from British

plenty of

tyranny. hitherto, and will continue to both

"The almost superhuman deeds of our troops, for which no thanks

Well-conducted Chinese will road with sincere regret that it has been necessary for one of our readers to demand a public tone. apology from a local Chinese firm,

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can be adequste-("Very righ!!"|land, inwarda our warriors and Very true! and chears) and

on account of the insolenos of ens of its members or employees to ing of the Green Island Cement

"Von Bentig was also charged European ladies, We Company is to be held at noon

to make important relations to beartily wish it were possible to to-morrow for the purpose of con

the Ameer regarding the relatione say with truth that rudeness frming the resolutions passed for

which the German Government foreigners and especially reducing the company's capital. to foreign ladies-in

Bijou Theatre.

strength where it is most useful between Afghanistan, Germany, rarity here: Such rudeness is, Mile. Souis Halapai, the Ras our clear consciences as the first our dead heroes he will give his hoped would in fature exist

Austris Hungary, 'and Turkey. from all we hear, on the increase sian dancer, is still attracting and only one of the belligerents for the purpose of the WAT.

"Opinions about the details of "The mition broke up in rather than not, ard, as need large audiences to the Bija who was and is ready to terminate hardly be asid, our energetic Theatre, and last night the gave the war by a peace safeguarding the Bill may differ. On one or Persia, and succeeded in making Government is in very great a farther exhibition of her skill our existence and our future, another point it may be condemn its way in small parties inko The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscriptions measure to blame. When the in the bare-foot dance "Vales justify this confidence. In spite ed, or found lacking by some| Afghanistan in the late summer.

of this confidence, we must not people. This Bill is created They were arrested on arrival and ... broke Lente."

neglect our duty.

for war time and will be eventually conveyed to Esbul Football. Revolution of 1911-32 cut, the Chinese tock

"Our enemies do not desire testimony that we will for ever towards the end of the year. There The H. K. F. O. and the K8. anch L.I. meet in the U.S. League cn peace yet. They are mach ruper cling to the spirit of the recipro is reason to believe that the for granted that republicaniem

end to

Almost the cal confidence sad readiness to Amser and his people quickly put so out-of-date ibing a courtesy Saturday; kick-off at 4 p.m. ior numerically. and respect; and, so far from The Club team will be:-Golden- entire world supplies them with help which brought us together appraised these Germans and the Kobinson, is shown by the Somme fighting, people, and on which alone our they were accompanied at their employing special means to guard berg: Black, MeCabbin; Ralston, war material. The result of this in the most serious need of our Indian adventurers by those against all this, car sathorities Stewart, Railton;

the organisation of industry against the outer world and free **It is tras that the intervention meekly allowed themselves to fall Chaweels, Stalker, McTavish and Every day the war is prolonged fatore can be built up strong true value. in with the idea. The result of Rodger.

becomes a more decisive factor. at home. In the name of the of Turkey under German Alice Memorial Hospital. The Hon. Treasurer of the Every hand at home which pro- federated States I ask you to seeist is fluence created a complication, the Government's pasillanimity was not long in proclaiming itself, The end of 1912 saw British Alice M.morial and Affiliated duces gaus and shells replaces in a work which will bring ua sad placed his Majesty the Ameer 80 exceedingly difficult position. authority set at defiance by the Hospitals begs to soknowledge man and protects young life in new forces, thereby leading us to in

Dr. Helferich, Minister of the

"But at the outbreak of the war establishment of a boycott of the with thanks the following dons the trenches. Er.ry idle band at peace and victory. tramway. A rerolate administrations to the fund of the Hs-home supports the enemy. This

bis Majesty gave the Viceroy the tion could have stopped this within pitals:Boarding Hone Keepers is the warning taught as by every Interior, akid :-

Thit Bill is one necessitated mort solemn asenranoes of his twenty-four hours; instead, it was Guild, $130; Old Clothes dealers' commanique, which impresses it

by an iron time. Nobody foresaw intention to preserve the neutrality Public School, $25.

The reasons for this Bill, for approximately what gigantic of his country, and it is with TOD-SACHSE-On 3rd January, 19.7. at St. John's Cathed-sllowed to continue for weeks: Guild, $30 Papile Belilios on our heart and mind.

Deaf and Dumb Bankshee. the adoption of which we ask, demande the war would make

great satisfaction that I acknoW- ral, Hongkong, by the Rev. H. Copley Moyle, M.A., Peter, eldest long enough, indeed, to persuade

A deaf and damb Chinese was were not thought out at the elady on as. The soil of our Father-ledge on behalf of his Misjșety's son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tod, Shanghai, to Freda Nancy Lennox, quite a number of the Chinese younger daughter of the late George Sachso and of Mrs. Sachec, that the Government was siraid

At Home on and after the first Wednesday in to iske upon its shoulders the charged before Mr. J. E. Wood, deak, but were forged under land is rich in wealth which most Government the royalty of the Hongkong.

duty of establimbing British at the Police Quart this morning, incesant fire at the front. We be produced. The war is not only meer to his pledged words. February at "Kingsclere."

coinage in the Colony, or to with returning from banishment, have discussed and considered the contest of arme, but also an sicred to the troe Moslem as to panish those who opposed it. Inspector Sim, he brought the fundamental principle of the Bill economic wer of whole nations, ours: Ives.

ase, said that the man had been sad the organisation in question, England, who always speaks of "His Maje'y hes firmly rofaned Bince that time there have been banished three times within 18 first with representatives of all of the protection of neutrals, has the inducement- seductive they are narealisable-bold- many proofs that this abral months and had very bad classes, and later with the Main cat them off from all supplice and

out to him to indase him. HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1917.

pirit, born at the Revolution, character. His Worship adjourn Commisses of the Reichsteg. For caused them more damage than

the preliminary work we are any previous enemy.

to forsake his all", and bas used has by no means disappeared, ed the case.

Banlsbee_Committed for Trial. indebted to the energetic, devoted "In the economic war we stand his influence to prevent distar. GOVERNMENT AND LAND SETTLEMENT.

Chinees of the coolie class have)

At the Police Court this after labours of the Main Committee, alone with our Allies. Half the bances on the frontier.

"The Ameer dismissed the. We commend to the police of our renderna epeech of Sir Henry been brought before magistrates Rider Haggard's which, under the above beading, appeared in for insolence to white women 2000, Mr. J. B. Wood heard the which may enable us to come to a world is at the disposal of the

Mak Tak-wai, who was charged | The more thoroughly we tion of work. The mobilisation be in the public internet to slate yesterday's Telegraph. The speech falls naturally into two sections: and the sentences delivered bare case against a Chinese named speedy and suposeful termination. enemy. For as it is now a quod mission in May last. It would not. the Britisher day (a), to his own country and (b). to the Colonies made our courts a laughing-stock, with returning from banishment discussed the anbject, the more of all our resources for the aim what has become of the various and the Empire generally. The popular author and traveller makes and have put a premium on the

record showed that defendant was the task of organising the entire enoe is completed by this Bill, been caplared by the Russians it clear that, while it is for the people at Home to see that the continuance of such behaviour. before he should. The police clearly appeared the greatness of of the war and for our independ-members; but some of them have any other colony it sentenced to two months hard energy of the whole nation for the bat is not begun thereby, becs and the British after leaving country, at need, shall produce enough food to supply the wants of la its population for a lengthy period, they sleo bave to remember that would coour to those in port labour for being a rogue and prosecution of the war. Gigantic the reorganisation of industry and Afghanistan. it becomes them, is normal times, to turn their thoughts-whether that there is a short and effective Tagabond in 1911, and to sixes are the inroads on our economic the transfer of trades began in

| landowner have been sequestrated ss regards supply and demand or in connection with emigration-remedy for disrespect to European months hard labour in 1913 for life, are they not small compared the first days of the war.

ladies. The case in question returning from banishment. De- with the magnitude of the war? The most important question by the Government of Indis. to their own overseas possessions first and foremost.

"Letters were also addressed. No one who has resided for a reasonable length of time in the shows that this sort of behaviour fendant's record having been Very true.) The possiblity of to-day is how to produce supplice agricultural districts of England will disment from the view that the ie not confined to the coolis

for. Extreme necessity demands not be solved by voluntaryism. way of the farmer, whether grower or stock-breeder, has been made element; and here it may be well pot d he was committed to the compulsion had to be provided of musitions. The question can by the German Chancellor end.

an iron will. The possibility of There must be no idlers. Every number of ruling chiefe.” so hard for him during the past thirty years that he has been fully to remark that some of the

Ten Chinese were charged be coercion will provide the firm one, whether he likes it or not, justified in rowing never to bring up his sons to his own calling. Hongkong schools are not gailt- Kent charges, 13168 snd foreign competition have been his bane, less in the matter. We know fore Mr. G. D. Melbourne, at the ground upon which we must must be mobilised."

at loset оде wherein Police Court this morning, with stand in order to build ap behind Dr. Helferich pointed out that POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. and, when the war broke out, he had practically lost all hope of ever of bring able to make head way against these. If he improved his land it is understood that masters may frequenting an opium divan at our fighting front an organised for the Bill to be effective, as Marshal von Hindenburg had his rent was raised; if he decided to sacrifice everything to e g. corn not inflict corporal punishment 63, Ballaky Street, Hanghom, army of labour.

"The work can only succeed if aid, coercion must exist, but the from abroad dirt cheap. And act only did the farmer himself is little proper discipline in the with keeping the house for the it represents when in operation measure would be primarily based of bops, the foreigner strangled him by sending thren commodities the consequence being that there The first defendant was charged enfer in these circumstances, for the labouring classes who, in establishment; some of the mas-

defendants denied they had gone the voluntary decision of the by a patriotic sense of daty. Dr. state former years, bad contrived to clear enough money by the annual ters tolerate open impudence, and purpose of epiam smoking. The not the result of coercion, bat of on energetic conviction guided O. Jenkin, D. 8. .P. (Beeerre) harvesting and hop-picking to side the family over the winter the Chinese boys leave school there to smoke opiam, but said entire people, and if our industry Helfferich continged;

"From the less important in-

All Crown Sergeants and Ser- months, were all too often robbed of this means of making money under the impression that the they all lived there, it being and our agriculture, our work-

a poor, pithless Goalie house. The first defendant men, our contractors and their dastries workmen will be taken

The Bernts of Classes I, II, and IV by the generous broad-mindedness of the respectable Free Traders Britisher is

general said he was a gatekeeper at the organisations give their services for at Home, who could consider the foreign exporter a convenienos bat specimen of humanity

can be "checked" with impunity.

{for examination at 5.30 p.m. on not that of the British taxpayer.

the following dates :--- With such conditions prevailing in England, what wonder was it If the white man's, and still icon Docks and was victims in willing devotion. That this material restriction of personal will attend at Headquarters Club

paraphernalia that was found on fidence.

men will have to take up ruoh

Monday, January 8.—Class I that the agricultural population bankered after the high wages paid more the white woman's, position the opinn smoking babit. The will be so we can expect with con- freedom is necessary in bear al "This confidence is justified by work as is assigned to them and in the United States of Amerion, and eo shook the dust of their own ie to be at all tolerable here, there the premises was what he kept

A fine of $5 the spirit in which the German leave their on Homery occupation. (Chief Inspector Kerr):

Wednesday, Jaaniry 10.- country of their feet? With a reasonable amount of Government will have to be drastic changes in for his own use, control, thousands of idle acres of land could have been produsing our methods of dealing with the each was inflicted on the fret!

war has accustomed itself to the Regarding women, they will con-

Friday, January 12.-Olass IV corn all those years, or else supplying ample grezing for livestock. Chiasse. The Datab, in their

rest were discharged.

war, and by the great achieve-tinue to replace men ai bersio-

(Inspector P. O'Sullivan). ments which this spirit before. contented peasantry, why cannot we? It is not denied that, with prescribing the lash for such

hitherto orested. The spirit with The gigantic provisions of the North and Midlands given up to mining and factory work, and noon as we have mentioned

which everyons in the country this Bili are not the result of any to the huge urban settlements that this implies, it is idle to look to above, and it would be well if the

has been filled since the outbreak, feeling of despair, They only the Homeland as a permanent producer of sufficient oorn and meat same ruls were introduced here

of war has been one of determina represent the expression of nern. to satisfy the wants of the entire population; but even so, sa Bir H.and makes what Exeter Hall

tion to assist and soaparate in strength of a nation which in to sok: Rider Haggard insists, there are other countries to which we can thinks of it. Menawhile we would Supposing

No Noufications in Future.

every possible way. Thin spirit curtain of victory. Already in ormita, look for supplies without deluging the exchequers of foreigners vėpiars

is again roused; and everyone the current larvest year our

The drill ordered. for Friday, with our money; other countries too, to which the more restled and the husband or brother of either

The Post Offie innen the knows that he must not relase, to enemies have lost their advantage. enterprising of the people oun betake themselves without living of these two ladies had happened

follow the call while on tha bui- The troubles of the enemy are Jen. 5 is esnes!led. “Toinsd- under the shelter of a strange flag, Canada, Booth Africa and to be in waiting, and and promptly following notification:

*Particulare of outgoing and tiefeld hundreds of thomande daily increasing.

Trooper 105 A. G. Connor and Australasis see all of them white men's countries", wherein handed out a salutary hiding to

“The German people is fuos lo Trooper 195 A. 8. Címpbellbe face with a great- śrial. It will No. 2 Company and Bant. manca! work is orally within the ompass of the European; and the clander, what would have antold millions of sores in these Dominions are still untenanted and been his portion as the police incoming Malls will not be bleed to death la defending the

*Nobody at home will be able and must overcome it. Every Will parade at Qasey's Bistas, untilled. The Britisher who sets out for one or another of them, court when anmmoned for assault advertised in fatare. The Post Falberland. is going among bis own folk, and is remaining aúder the rals of and battery? Would the bench Office will forward all correspond-

Persons requiring special unless he bears without grumble thought that we are all carrying on Tuesday, January 9. Uniform the Empire. Farther, he is not shirking his duties as a British have asked him to produce some posted by the lastest routes to say that he has done his utmost sacrifios is consecrated by the Chater Road, at 5.16 pret sharp sitizes by taking his money or his labour into the foreigner's land. one to say that he was a good information mast apply at the ing the burden which the state of forward stoom for the building paying The bead will The waste isade of the Empire are still demanding, thousands of man,” and then hava dimnissed

usell of the G. P. O." workers, and it will saraly be incumbent on the Government, when him with the magisterial bises enquiry counter in the Peblis war imponas upon him. From hle of a better future for the Palier stand, "The 05 0 Compan the war is over, to see that this ory of the land dons not go unheeded, 'ing ? - We hardly think so.

who

next Criminal Sessions.

Opium Smokers Fined.

The estates of the Indian

Orders issued to-day by Mr. F.

Police School.

If France and Holland have been able to produos a thriving and colonies, make no bones about and second defendants, and the people sinos the first days of the The Bill only concerns mslow: Cissa II (Laspector Gordan),

MAIL NOTICE.

sense of duty towards the Father-

(Great cheering.)

Parades. Castral 6.31 p.m. Monday, Jin. 8.—All Rearaits. Tuesday, Jan. 9.-Maxim Gan Wednesday, Jan. 10.—AU Re-

Mousted. Polici.

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