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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

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QUALITY.

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Telephone No. 616.

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names and addresses communications addressed to the Editor, not accessarily

publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides.

The Treacherous Hun.]

Daring the past few days the

point must have suggested itself

to very many people that some

DAY BY DAY.

WHEN A MAN'S OWN DOG WONT

The Dollar.

1817.

CHINESE ENGINEERS.

Their Employment by British Firms,

It is a reminder of the length

The offer was duly made by TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY. letter to the graduates in civil engineering. The result was un- expected. For various reason", none of which touched upon the significanes is to be attached to FOLLOW HIM BEWARE OF THAT

remuneration offered, they all de- of the war to the name of Julius the faol that the rows of GermBD MAN.

alized. This so astonished the Car in the honoure list, saya the steamers interned in American

writer that he determined to find Daily News. As a fact, Lieuten- ports have been damaging their

Profesor Middleton Smith, of out what had happened daring ant Julian Hildebrande Car, of ressels to such an extent as to

the Hongkong University, con- the five or six weeks which had the "Shropshire Light Infantry, make them gofit for seagoing|n"

tributes the following article to a elapsed since the results of the has been awarded the Military purposes in the immediate future. 24, 4.9/16a,

recent issue of the Engineer:- fuals had become known. He sent Cross. There was a famous Sarray oricketer named Julius If the Germans really believe

Having completed a four years' for some of these graduates in er- that the present crisis will not

member of the Oval team which come loan satual breach between To-morrow in the 142ad soni-course of study, the first gradostes gineering and exchanged views Car in the sixties; he was

beat All England. A tale is told their Government and the United vereary of the birth of Charles in engineering of the British with then. Stater, why should they inflict Lamb. injury on their own interests

to turn them to the immediate of herself and the Allien

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country!

All communications intended for publication should be addressed praeities of the Hans, does not

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Cable. Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.

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The opening rate of the dollar

Hernand to-day

To-morrow's Anulvcesary.

No Permit.

- Plato Recital Proceeds:

An Additional Defendant,

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University of Hongkong have| The Government Service. been seeking what is really "the At this time-August, 1918-of an occasion when the crowd start in life." About eight weeks China was in a state of cžnosireand the ropes were, in the in this way? The only reasonable motive which one can ascribe to! A Chinees who was charged after the pass results of the finals and confusion. After an abortive | usual way, diecussing the merits these German marinere for so before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the were made known, a British firm attempt to found a dynasty, the of rival counties. Ons enthusisst roting is that they are convinced Police Court this morning, with in the Far East applied to the one strong man in China, Yuan referred to "the time when Julius that a raplate will take place, exporting a qusatity of sulphur writer for two assistsat oivil Shih-k'ai, lay dead. The Parlin-Car played for Surrey." "Garn! and, dog-in the-manger-like, they without a permit, was fined $100, engineers. This firm suggest ment which he had peremptorily Who're you gettin' at?" replied

that,

dismissed, two or three years an indignant listener, The most. young argue that, if America is to seise or, in default, six weeks' harded

Chinese graduates had not the before, was re-assembling in famous Julius Car, other than these rassels, she shall not be able labour.

advantage of practical experiencs, Peking. Its previous performances the original, was Sir Jalius, born they were prepared to offer about bad been se exasperating to all at Tottenham in 1557, who was ten shillinge a week for the first friends of progress as they were a judge under Elizabeth, and after generally. But, in the meantime, The procesde of Mr. Denman

year, fifteen shillings a week for pathetic to all true friends of a distinguished legal carest was if war is everted, these individ- Faller's piano recital given at the second, a pound a week for Chins. For this Parliament of appointed Master of the Rolls by uals have forsooth been rendering Government House on Monday last the third, with a place on the "young Obins" had talked and James L. in 1814. He was a very pretty service to their amounted to $1,000.25 in all, of permanent staff at the end of that done nothing. It had voted predecessor of Mr. Bouer Law an Whether these in which the eum of $145.25 goes to time, if these young engineers, in it-elf much money, and its mem-Chancellor of the Exchequer, which cidents are to be traced to the the Scottish Women's Hospitals the expressive phraseology of the bers had fought bitterly for the though the office did not mean with belief we have cited, or whether Fand and the balance to the Americane, "sde good." As spoile of office; but it had never quite the same thing in the those

for they may be attributed to the H.K.W.W. Association

mity of the graduates in civil jzsified ita exister ca. It was days. inherent” mischief-making pro- |

engineering in Great Britain as-re-assembling in Peking. The

The spirit of a free people, al- asily found it difficult to obtain Treasury was empty; the PowerS really matter very much. The

Before Mr. J. B. Wood, at the employment without the payment stemed disinclined to allow Euro- though overwhelmed by the one point to be kept in mind ie Police Court this morning, another of a premium-the writer is, of pesa bankers to advance money. Hans, in not destroyed, says the. that these happenings only show man was charged in connection course, thinking of pre-war con la Canton, not a hundred miles Globe, end it is interesting to learn how sharp sn eye needs to be with the seizure of 1,400 tasle of ditions-the offer seemed good. frem Bonekong, murder and from the balletin of the Imperial kept on the German abroad. If opium on board the s.8. Sai Ksi,

An elderly and bighly respected looting and piracies and fighting Institute, that, in spite of the he will do these things in the the master of which was charged Chinese British citizen was con- between Chinose troops were fact that almost the whole of Ta Belgiam is in German occupe. territory of a nation which is still yesterday. The man was remand-sulted, and be a ivised the writer things of daily occurrence. seatre, to say nothing of the ad until next Wednesday.

that the terms offered were not spite of this untappy state of tion, the Belgian Government blowing up of bridges, railways

good enough. Indeed he spoke offsite, the main object of these continue to carry on the work of and factories, what would he not

civil developing the economic re- graduates

of their Taet Afri- do, if he had the opportunity,

Practices for "The Elijah" seriously on the subject that young when the neutral nation became will be held in the Cathedral si again to interview the would-be enter

there seemed nothing for it but engineering seemed to be to sources

the the service of the can colony,

Belgian aaworn enemy of his country?

6.15 p.m. ou Thursdays during employers of Chiness graduster. Government. They all wanted Congo. The quarterly "Ballotin Lent, commencing on Thursday. These people very kindly agreed to become servants of the Minie Agricole du Congo Belge" is Mr. Denman Faller that the conditions in China are try of Communications. Appar- pablished by the Ministere des The promoters of the Police will be glad to hear from any very different from those which ently two of them had already Colonies Belgen at their temporary Reserve entertainment which is to wishing to help as soon as poe- obtained in Britain before the done so, and their friends told the quarters in London. Products take place lo-morrow night surely sible. The performscoe will take war; and it was on those condi- etory, which seemed incredible, are being sent from the colony deserve s word of commendation place on Good Friday evening tions that they had based their that the Ministry valued the ser- for examination, and inquiries for introducing into their pro- and a collection will be made on offer. They were auxious to give vices of these two young men at relating to tropical agriculture gramme a boxing display that behalf of certain deserving War the new graduates a trial, and twenty pounds a month for the received. As the Belgian can be watched by ladies. From Charities.

would be glad of suggestions the average boxing match women are necessarily barred, in a dozen ways. Often there is heavy betting: on one of the contestante, and bot- ting may mean a good deal of excitement, and sometimes a good deal of language. The house, tco,

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The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1917.

THE ENEMIES OF MANKIND.

A Useful Innovation,

March 1

The Elijah.

Caught by Police Reservist.

A Chinese, of the coolie class, went into a shop in Queen's Road West, yesterday, and said he went

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first year. It may by remarked authorities have not their criginal

to remuneration from those who that this division of the Govern-facilities for dealing with products had trained them.

ment deals with the railways of or inquiries as in the splendid |institute which the late king built This put the writer în rather a China. dilemma, He quite bonestly There are 5,701,470 kilome, of in the wood at Soignier, the thought that the original offer Government railways in the Re Imperial Institute is frding

saistance. •

ed to buy a jacket. He was shown was one which any young en public of the Far Eat. About 90

one, sad, while the shop people gineer would be well advised per cant, is above Yangtze River.

Godown Employee Charged.

Should the candidature of the

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may feel called upon to express were doing other business, he ran to accept. However, the For each mile of railway there

referee's out of the shop with the jacket. | foot WIS certain that the are in China 458 square miles of Austrian Archduke Stephan to Yesterday's cables produced quite a crop of incidents illustrat. its opinion of the

the extent of Chaes was given but the man Chinese themselves thought that land, and 108,711 people, as com the Regeney or to the Throne of -ing Germany's conception of abiding by ber pledged work. Chief raling ta smongst them was the sinking of a Danish steamer which was carry-what, to the average feminine eucceeded in getting as far as the salary was insufficient. On pared with 40 square miles and the new Kingdom of Poland he ing a cargo of maize for the relief of the Belgien, which is in direct mind, would be practically a riot. Des Voeux Road, when he was the one hand, it would be a good 8,600 people in Indis. Of the re- persisted in, sare the Daily News, contravention of the assurance given to the American and Spanish At times, moreover, contestants caught by P. S. (B) 67. Before thing for the University of Hong venne from these Chinese rail-it would be another straw to mark Ministere at Bruarole that relief ships should not be interfered with; themselves get out of temper being caught he had thrown the kong if this British firm absorbed ways for the first six months of the fresheuing wind between When charged a couple of graduates in engineer- 1915, about 50 per cent. went to Vienas and Barlin; for no one, despite the Archduke's Polish Adelaide; and the submarining of the Peruvian sailing ship Lorton need not go into detail, but there before Mr. J. B. Wood, at the jing each year, as they, possibly cover the cost of operation, 30 per blood, can imagine that the claim the torpedoing, without warning, of the passenger steamer Port and again things happen. Ons jacket sway. in Spanish territorial waters. These cases are suficient to abow is every reason why the average Megistreer this morning, the might do if they were satit fed cent, to cover interest and other

On the barges, while 20 per cont. was at can be grateful to Germany. There that Germany has definitely pledged berself to the policy of unreman would not care to take bin was sentenced to a month's with thees. first 10.

other hand, they must not expect the disposal of the Government, te signs, indeed, even discount- stricted submarise warfare, by which she hopes to frighten the womankind to see the typical hard labour.

100 much firm young men, who, It is particularly noticeable ing the statement which ha Allies into peace and to scare neutrale from taking measures for the fight. Bat that irreclaimable

while excellent draughtsmen, and that the "general expenses" are already appeared in print that protection of the lives and property of their subjects. Up to date innovator, the Police Reserve, bas

A Chinese employed by the reliable as calculatore, knew not 18 13 per cent., while in the Unit- the German pesco offer originated and a week has passed tincs the new German "blockade" was seen a way out of the difficulty, put into operation-the new frightfalness has not been very whereby ladies can sit and watch Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf a great deal abeat civil engineer-ed States they vary from 3 72 so in the Ballplats, that the situation fraitfal for the enemy, but, apart from the number of ships sunk, all the essentiale of the sport as a and Godown Company Wasing. For, after all, while they 10.20 per cent, of the total in Austris, could we know more the instances which we have quoted suffice to reveal Germany in port without being in any way charged before Mr. J. R. Wood, had bad what it is believed is a operating expenses. One bas about it would shed a great deal her self-confessed role of a nation which neither knows nor respects annoyed or revolted, and on this at the Police Court this morning, sound general training in the vague feeling that if the Chinese of light

matter as well as on many more, with stealing a quantity of tinned general principles of engineering railways were managed sud ed-weg's dramatic announcement. any of the laws of humanity or of civiliastion.

milk, rome isinglass, and salt work, they had only been intro-mini-tered on the same general Records of those who have If we look a little closely into the cases cited wo chall res what we tee it our congratulatione,

fish. It was stated by Inspector duced to the subjsots of survey- principles $9 the Maritime sort of a nation Germany ie, and what her ideas of playing the game

Gordon that the fish was taken ing, and the design of structures, Customs of the country, the fought or are fighting for their are. To take the instance of the sinking of the relief ship, not only Wake Up, Reuter.

"would te country may be found in user- do we find in it a breach of a solemn undertaking it also meɛne For what, pray, are the four out of a bale which had been for a couple of years before "general expenses that Germany does not care a rap whather French and Belgian Hongkong papers paying Reater broken into, but the other articles graduation, and they had given reduced, and money at the die-rooted placer nowadays, says the citizens in occupied teritory starve or not. Ordinarily there is an good round anm every year ? la could not be trece se mirsing. their attention, daring those two posal of the Goreroment would Chronicle. A railway carriage, obligation on invaders to see to the well-being of the people of it for special war news and for They were obviously etolen off a year, to other subjects, such as bз increased. It cannot be con- that since the war began muet occupied soil, but we all know how great the necessity has become items of peculiar interest to the ship. The defendant admitted bydraulica and electrical techno-sidered as tending to national have made innumerable journeys economy for any Government to and from a namelere seaport, in this war for sentral nations to step in and do that which Ger- Far East, or is it for "descrip- the theft, bat said he took the logy.

The firm seemed willing to be department to pay a graduate, bears inside it, on the white many herself has been both unable and unwilling to perform. It live" twaddle, done in best Daily fish to eat, and not to sell. The

a salary of painted boards of its roof, an has been a distinct relief to Germany to be able to count on each Mailese end for slabs of staff case was adjourned until Monday generous, and the Chinese seemed however brilliant, sesistance from ontside sources, but what din be said of a nation about Indies politics? It may be that his Worship might be to put a considerable value on twenty pounds a month for the intricate but orderly record of the fighting men it has carried. The tele begina on a certain date which, when accepting the offer, agreed not to molest the supply that Reater is a little hazy as given an account of the man's technical ships, and then coolly sends one of these vessels and her precious to the geographical position of record. cargo to the bottom of the see? Nor is Germsay concerned about places like the Straits, Bong. her plighted word to the United States when one of her submarines kong and Shanghai: During a torpedoes, without warping, a steamer carrying civiliau passengers, brief acparo at Home two or as in the case of the Port Adelaide. And se another indication of three years ago we found quite a the value of Germany's professed sariety to consider neatrals we have number of otherwise well-inform- the sinking, in the territoris watera of one neutra! nation, ed people who were under the of a exiling vessel Sying the flag of another non-combatant country. impression that Singapore is in Net Proceeds of the Production, a month for the third year. It already possesses so many office-date than the one before, and the Can it be wondered, in laos of facts like these, that the world should India and that Hongkong and rise in protest against the German idea of warfare? These three Shangbai are ea closely related as cases alone supply ample justification for all sentral nations to Liverpool and Birkenhead; and declare war on the enemy of mankind, as, whether the interests of this may account for our friend's After paying all expenses of student for about thirty-six change of Government in the hope blank spaces wherever they find specific countries have been injured or not, they mark a deliberate thicking that we out here are production, a draft for 4550 pounds for a whole year, Chinese of employment, then there ate them do not often dignify the It space they use, but these records ignoring of principles which all oivilised peoples profess to uphold. burning to know the minutest eterling has been forwarded to The food is very cheap, and the holders of appointments.

about Indian But there is another side to the picture, and that is the rail-details

affairs. Lady Cowdray, Hon. Treasurer of abire fees are calculated so that may be that the old system of are a different affair. It is to be lating attitude of our enemies, due to their inherent cawardios and But it does cover the British Women's Hospital the University receives a res-examinations for Government hoped that when spring-cleaning the fear of speedy punishment for their sins. For example, the Renter's other cffences: soch "Star and Garter" Bailding sonable rate of interest on the posts make the Chinese still as time comes, the railway com Americans taken prisoner from the Yarrowdale have been released offences as the sickly blether in Fund, as the result of the per capital expenditure for the build-mooiste slady with official posi-panies will spare the places where on declaring that they were not aware that armed merchantmen yesterday's wires boat" thrones formances of this play, which inge, after paying all of the tions. It may be that there are so our soldiers have thus" written are regarded by Germany as warships! Here we see the fear Ger- shrouded in white alot be, almost probably creates & record for rauring expenses of the colleges, many well-known instances of themselves up."

"get rich quickly" methods. many has of adding to the number of her enemies. And if proof of sepulchral" and ea forib, Nor theatrical contributions to obar or hostels, in which the students the

live. It was therefore, ressonable of the past few years in the Go- The Anchor Cass, hypocrity in required, it can easily be found in the fact that German does it excase the fact that weities sent from this Colony. #nbmarine commanders do not as a rule, before sinking a vel, have never had a word either of The Committee of the Amateur to suppose that the swisiant vernment service that ambitious The former First Omoer of the interview neatral passengers or seamen who may happen to be confirmation or of denial relative Dramatic Club take this oppor. engineer on five pounds a month young men hope to have similes, Hus, who is charged with aboard. The wriggle is obviour. Then there in the pitiful figure to the Havas statement that the tonity to thank all those who would be able to keep himself. It chances. It will take a long time stealing two ships szobore, wAN which Count Karolyi cate when he squeals about the two million Moewe had been sank. Nor, assisted in any way in the pro. was, of course, almost certain to change the conviction still befire Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Hungarian aubjects in Amerion," whose fats, might be serious in again, does it explain why we duction, as well as the many firms that he would be married before firmly rooted among the Chinese, Magistrany this morning, on a the event of war. We have in these incidents, picked at random recently received a Japan wire and business houses who so kind- gradantion, but then, according that a man may profitably only formal remand. On the applica from a day's telegrams, a trus pinture of our enemics-bullies at two days after having received ly helped it to arrive as.so good to the custom of the Chinese, his serve his country in the Governtion of "Mr. F, C. Jenkiu, who is defending, the next bearing waa one moment, and abject cowards the next. And so will they go on the Tokyo papers containing a reunit by free gifts or reduced wife and family would live with ment service,

fred for ouxt week. the add of the piece. But that end, if we read the signs of the times fall sooount of the matter in hand, pric correólly, is met afar of

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these circumstances the writer

The Old Iden,

knowledge. Under first year after gradustion. suggested that these young se- It is not only in engineering in 1914: "O Company, Dash- sistant engineers should be paid work, but in almost all of the shire Regiment, To France." Bre no names, bat the equivalent of five pounds a walks of life for which a Univer- There

long list

of companies month for the first year; seven sity career trains a man, that the a pounds tea shillinge a month for aim and object of gradustes is the and regiments follows this first the second year, and tea poands Government service.. China inscription, each bearing a ister should be mentioned that the seekers that, whatever Govern words" Same direction" coming Voiversity of Hongkong fatement is in power, Peking seems after each record. Those who board and lodging to a Chinese to have more people waiting for a make a hobby of eoribbling on

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