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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917.

America's Überty Loan.

DAY BY DAY..

~FOOD SCARCITY.

Oor American "aily bás aguin given abondant testim ny to the fact that she has entered the war fally determined to do har utmost to help to bring it to a successful conclusion. From one of the telegrame in today's isans it will be seen that the hüge "L barty Loan," Soste recently, has been ex-orer-subscribed to the extent of many hundreds of million dollars. This splendid result indicates that the finances of the United States The opening rate of the

demand to-day sru în an ex'rèm-ly healthy state, on that America is indeed at pre 2a, 5.9/63. sans the wealthiest country in the world, and that an overwhelming

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DEATH

The Dollar.

"War-like Goods."

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY

Hainault Forest, where the Lons

Japanese Mission's Adventures, don County Council golf courses

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will be closed for the remainder of the war, bears a title that tör

ments the antiquaries, some of whom have gone to Germany for

The present food position was decribed as very serious by

The Japanese delegates while Captain Bathorst Parliamentary arneying to Rome to attend Secretary to the Food Controller, conference bad as exciting ex

a derivation, saya the Chronicle. at a meeting in Oxford recently.perience as they passed through

But "Hainault" is really a modern". The speech was delivered at a Raseis. Viscount Mastochi corruption of a word variously, dollar meeting of Citizens' Emergency Okochi described the adventures written "Hinehols" or Henbolt,

which standa obviously was Committee (Food Economy and of the party to a new paper corre the Saxon Hean bolt, means

ing

Kowloon Résident's Loss

Entered by the Verandah.

Wad

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the

entire

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for

Barmah beans, now taken over. ;

HUNTER-On June 2nd, at hie,, residence, Kitano-cho, Kobe, mrine campaign, and, having/verandah of the house next door. potatoes within the reach of their | where we had previously arrang toe. Of these old collegians and

- Edward Haslett Hunter, aged 73.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

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stolem.

Case Remanded.

Rations), in the Union Do- spondent. Ia Siberia they found "worthless wood." This

Hall, Oxford. Cap food plentiful and very cheap:

• Religious Meeting. tain Bathurst aid it was at but when they entered Russia is same name of "Hyaebolt" was majority of the people have not The weekly religions meeting one period of the war deemed only every confidence in com- of the Helena May Institute desirable to conceal from the Europe they found it very difficult formerly borne by part of the to obtain food, particularly bread. Royal forest near Colchester, plete victory for the Alliea, bat will be conducted to-morrow at British public and to reil in When they reached Petrograd priced that portion of the great

Anciently Esiosult Forest com

that they

and 5 o'clock by the Bishop of diplomatic language apparent they found the people simply Forest of Waltham which lay are ready

facts and cooarrences for fear willing to do their utmost by Victoris.

starving, there being an entire contributing out of their wealth

either of informing the enemy or abs ace of bread and fast. They south and east of the River Rod- towards bringing about that very When a Chinese wis charged creating a panic at home. Such beard of the revolution whilst en ing, and was administered by the dreirable result. This sanoial before Mr. Dyar Ball, at the a pilioy was, he thought, atterly route for the capital, and when xsame cficials as Epping Forest. ffort is well-described as Magistracy this morning, with mistaker, partly because it a few miles from Petrograd their Liberty Loan," for there need attempting to export 4 lbs. of sumed an ignorance on the part traia was stopped by soldiers and be no doubt that, were the calcium carbide, it was stated by of the enemy which generally did civilians wearing red banda round Central Poware to accomplish Inspector Kent that the export not exist (bear, hear, and their arms and carrying the red by the Fuad Controller, are not, what is now a baulutely unthink- was prohibited, aa it was classed secondly because panic was not flg. These searched the trains ons might expect, a product of able, namely, the defest of the as "war-like goods." A fine of one of our national ailments. He for soldiers, and particularly for that country, any more than Bath Allies, America's cherished liberty | 85 was imposed.

proposed to state few plain facta Rasian officers. Five officers buns are of that city. Although would soon be in a precations

on the present food position and

were immediately taken out and indigenous to Barmeh and Cochin s'ate, as woold, indeed, that of all!

Mrs. Bauer, of 12 Kout-ford so ask for whole-hearted co-opera-revolvere pointed at their beads. Chins, more than half the beans of the European belligerente.Terrace, Kowloon, reports that

tion in food economy.

The question was pat, "Are you imported into England come so handsomely and in doing in on Saturday, her house

The food position, he said, was with the people or the Tsar?" from Egypt, and a goodly pro The Americane, in contributing between 8.30 p. and 12.30 p. serious, and the outlook during Apparently the officers were with portion of the remainder from Correspondents are requested to observe the rule requires them to

the most suitable for human con- forward their names and addresses with other directions what they have broken into by a thiel removing the 4 months which would the people, for they were given Spain. The sos a beans, which are sommunications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for domein building 88 fast screen door. Thirteen pieces elapse before our own corn har-red bands.

eumption, come chicfy from Arriving at Petrograd they China and Japao. possible large fleet of sab of silver ware, thirteen pieces of Tests gathered was a world- marines, seroplanes and wooden brass ware, and two ornamenta shortage of wheat, and the potato found the station in the hands of ahiptire manifesting the usual'

were stolen, of the total value of orop of 1918 had been a partial revolutionaries, who were parad whole-hearted spirit in which

failure, owing largely to $450,

How excellently our Universi- car cousins enter apon any serious

presence of fangoid diseases. In ing the platform singing and

aheering. There were no porters ties have done in sending men to undertaking with which they

about four weeks our identify themselves. Sach a

Mr. White, of 4B, Conduit supplies of British potatoes would or cabs, but some people crowded the front is made clear in stion as the United States would Road, has reported to the Police have ran out. He hoped that, in allowed to carry their luggage office. Down to the end of last round them and asked to be record just issued by the Field that between 2a.m. sad 6 a.m. 0s the interests of the very poor,That was the last we saw of it," not tolerate interference from any Saturday, ber honse was entered, who were finding it increasingly added the Viscount, with a smile. Varsity men (to give round year, it appears that some 88,080 European Power, such as Ger- many has placed upon American the thiele or thieves gaining an dificult to obtain substitute for At the hotel outside the station, figures, have gone to meet the commerce by its ruthless sub-entrance by climbing over the

which is at present ancccupied. to do so would abandon potatoes dows broken and the walls riddled their lives for the esuse, and parser, everyone who could afforded to stay, we found all the win new about 4500 bave sacrificed entered the war primarily a fer bedroom was searched and entirely and obtain substitutes with ballete, and all the servante protest against each an attack

large numbers are missing and upon their rights, the Americans jewellery valued at $285 was for their own table use.

We decided wounded. had disappeared.

Honours have `come with characteristic zeal,, fully in-

We would have to become to stay there until our Embassy to them in plenty, something like tead to leave nothing nadons to

Before Mr. Dyer Ball, at the much more largely self-contained could assist us. Every courtesy 5000 being among the "mention- “ase it through.'

Police Court this morning, Mr. Dountry than we were to-day in was shown to us by the people. ed" and decorated, including Leo D'Almada appeared to defend the matter of breadstoffa. Ger- If was six days before we could two desen V.C.'s and a fair Doubtless thers will be differ- Chinese whe was charged with many had failed in her prodigious leave Petrograd, and during that number of awards from the ences of opinion regarding the being in unlawful posesion of military efforts during two years time we witnessed a wonderful Entente Powers. Government's announced inten- $100, and also wish caring and a half, but the cumulative change. Everybody had resumed tion of releasing the Irish political bribe of $20. The man pleaded effects of her cubinarine activity working, and there were aband. In an appreciation of Mr. Lo Once again, it seems, we have to prepare ourselves for trouble prisoners. The Uisterites and the not guilty, saying the money was were very considerable and have ant supplies of foodstuffs.coming Sage, the Daily Telegraph' of rather a serione character in Chios. When the friction between mij rity of the Coreervatives, his own. A remand was applied got to be faced. Our Government into the capital."

of the jurnalist's difficulties Tarioas coof cting elements in the North Seat broke out, there were both of England and Ireland, will for, and this was granted, bail had no intention of sllowing the

before the telegraph came into those who held the hope that a little the fulness and all-round receive the announcement with being fixed at $500.

as they toleranos would result in the avoidance of that internal strife which considerable anxiety,

ner. It prompta a reminiscence by À, Chinese jeweller, of 38, were, so far as their rescurces be borne in mind. We must cut a veteran Ecribe, who gives a has weakened the national life of China for many a long year now. naturally believe that aby appar Queen's Road Central, has com permitted, equally determined to down our consumption by one-typical example of reporting But tactfulness and tolerance are qualities practically unknown to eat weakening of the Govern Chinese politicians, and to-day, instead of harmony and co-operation meat's attitude towards political plained to the Police that he has ward off any such eventslity. But third, and the reduction must be daring the Geners! Election of manifesting themselves, we see the country on the verge of another milesatente, such as the rebel- been robbed of three diamond in this task hie Moj sty's Minister effected mainly, but not wholly, 1859. "I was then on the staff of of those upheavals, the frequent occurrence of which makes the lione Sinn Feiners proved them ringe, valued at $2,510. A man required the unselfish co-operation well-wither of Obina almost despair for her fatare. Faotion is set salves to be, is an sot more of and woman entered his shop and of every men, woman, and child at the expence of those who did one of the Edinburgh dailies,” he daye. As Bir William saked to see some tinge, ordering in the United Kingdom, and not depend for their health and writes; "there were three in

efficiency miuly upon this staple those sgainst faction, clique against clique, and, so long as a trial of than of sound policy three to be sent to a boarding especially the co-operation of the food. The problem could not be Barcourt was a candidate for the strength takes place, neither the one camp nor the other would Tae vast majority of the people! appear to convery itself over the unhappy consequences which must will, however, we believe, be of house in Connaught, Road. He ower, who in the sphere of solved by the sabstitution of one Kirkcaldy Barghs it was essential. follow the constant repetition of these ever-recurring political opinion that the Government issot sent one of his fokia with the rings domestic economy reigned supoareal for another; it was deair that his meetings should be at wrangles.

ing wisely in the indicating in a to the boarding house, and a man reme. In the general scheme of able to decreases substantially the tended. One reporter from each

especially if We need not go into the causes which have led to the present thoroughly practical way its desire met him, saying he would take food economy.

The applied to eating-houses, it was Donemption of all cereal foods. paper went across the Forth so

As announced in the House of the place of gathering. inpaare, though it might not be difficult to trace the hand of the that the forthcoming Convention the rings to the woman. Han is setting party against party, or, at least, in encouraging, should enter upon its datias in the man entered a room, and appar- possible to justify what were Commons that afternoon, it was

not proposed to commence the "As by the time Sir William rather than otherwise, a battle royal between the rival groups. For most harmonious spirit. There is ently decamped, for he has not called meatless days if, and if only, the bread ration was aim- it must not be overlooked that it was over the question of war no doubt, sa was evident by the been seen since.

ultaneopaly strictly limited, but unpleasant process of destroying bad finished speaking all the against Germany that the trouble frat broke. Bat, apart from the manner in which the announce-

Chineas who was formerly in the ordinary household absten- even superfous doge. The dog prasenger steamers had gone, our zoot osuse, we know that a situstion has beso reached which is fallment was received in the Eonee the keeper of a tailor's shop intion from meat tight constitute was even more valuable to the only way of getting over the six poor man than to the rich, and the miles of river-for the Forth of the gravest possibilities imaginable. It wse comenbat strange of Commons, that both Parlis- --perhaps a little ominous-that, at the beginning of the trenbie, ment and the people as a whale, Queen's Road West, was charged a positive danger to the country Government would proceed with Bridge was non-existent was by Lefore Mr. Dyer Ball, at the Police if thereby an undue strain were very grest hesitation before the hage, lambering boats that the South appeared to be indifferent to the turn of events in Peking will now be more hopeful of good Mach, however, appears to have been going on beneath the surface results being attained by the Court this morning, with the pat apon our limited stock of taking any drastic action in carried the luggage traine from

larceny of six yards of silk. De brendetoffe.

regard to dogs. But it must be Borntisland to Granton. Boarding and now we know that the question of "an expedition against the Convention.

teativo Sergeant Cockle stated No person should exceed two clearly understood that the time one of these we extended our North” is ander seriona consideration in Canton. That even to The Peace Manoeuvres.

that the complainant, a salesman, ounces of bread per mea', nor had come when biscuits or other shorthand notes by the aid of what indicate the growth of the unrest, farther proof of which, ia to be Facts are scoomalating every took six yards of silk to the shop make up the deficiency by asing foods compounded of wheat and light could be obtained from the found in the fact reported by Reater that the Southern Provinces have day to show the extreme anxiety to have it made up into a garne in some other form. The fear should not be given to doge or steamer. At Granton we wete telegraphed to the President intimating that they will not recognise of the Central Powers to conclude ment, but the shop was enbee consumption of breadstuffs should other like animals. As to pleasure met by three oshs, in each of his authority, resentment being spparently folt at his Mandatea hasty peace with Basis, bat it quently closed and the silk was be confined to the absolute horses, we could not afford to which, was a boy with a lantern, ordering the dissolation of Parliament. Thus the old question of is intensely reassuring to read in sever retarded. Defendant's minimam legaired for the main-fed with valable cereal foods and so the writing went on until North 7. Spath is raised again, and, if rumours count for anything, e telegram jast to hand that the story was that he had to go to tenance of physical and mental horses kept mainly for pleasure. we reached our offices." the separatist movement is likely to assume disqaistingly large Dams has expressed itself in a Canton and whilst he was awy efficiency. There was a babit The oat ration of a single horse dimensions in the near future.

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917.

UNHAPPY CHINA.

C

The Irish. Political Prisoners.

grace

The Missing Rings.

Stolen Silk.

people of Great Britain to be starved, and the United States

+

veteran chief, mention was made

most decided manner both against his fokis stole all bis goode end which had come to be called the would entirely support 20 or Bad" as is the sccommodation

MEDICINE BOTTLES,

Result of A Recent Appeal,"

+

That is the situation as we see it to-day. What the ereatual separate pesos and against absconded. Sergeant Cockle said tea habit. This used to be a par 30 human beinga. He was for ladies in the preacurt House apahot will be, rone can tell, bat, frankly, we do not at all like the farther inactivity on the front, that no report of that had ever donable weakcess. It had become applying that bigh figure of Commonë, it ja lazurions com- appearance of things. Looking back, we cannot see that the estab- Despite the unabated exertions of been made to the Police, and a real public danger calculated to the zaoshorse. The question pared with the loft between the lishment of the Repablia baa done mach for China. Since that earmy propagandists, the Russian defendant had had every oppor- to impair our national strength, might be raised before long as to ceiling and the roof which was time, the political history of the country seems to have consisted of Parliament asserts the supreme tunity to make the leas good. His It was hoped that the Cake and whether it was in the highest in the only plaos in the old House. little else than the periodio summoning and dissolution of Parlis necessity of a renewal of the of Worship gave the man until 10- Pastry Order, which appeared in Lerests of the country to continue to which ladies were admitted. ment, interminable revisions and re-revisions of the Constitution, lensive. That is Russia's answer morrow morning to find 9, the the press that morning, would racing as one of our great national The loft had standing room for and the equally freqasnt arranging of military expeditions of one to the Central Powers. Meanwhile, value of the silk.

Lill the habit in its moet sports.

about 30, and of these perhaps & kind or another. Viewed in the large, it has all looked like it is interesting and illuminating

malignant and demoralising oramble for power. These are the matters upon which Obica's to read that the bearer of Ger-

The Government did not wish hole in the ceiling of the scene dozen could get a glimpse through aspect. (Hear, hear.) Bat if the statesmen have been wasting their energise, instead of addressing miny's pesos cor has been

annecessary guzzling-laughter) embark on compulsory rationing, below. It is not surprising that themselves to the thousand and one pressing problems which cry expelled from Russia because he

of the public eating-house was unless they were abaclately driven the more daring of the sex some aloud for practical treatment. No in'elligant observer expected that is discovered to be a German

simply to be transferred to the to take that course. It was almost times frequtated the Strangers the formal adherence to ec called Repablicanism would, in the agent, while two Austrian officers

homes of their frequenters very impossible to enforce a general Gallery in male disguise, and twinkling of an eye, asher in the Millennium. to a country which and two privates who feigned to

little good would result. The scheme of rationing and prevent the beautiful Mrs. Sheridan, ad for centuries been abominably miegoverned, but s reasonable carry s message of trase to

same remark applied to school frand, but he thought the rationing among others, is said to have slope was entertained that, in removing the obstacles to progrese, the Rassian soldiers have been.

The recent appeal in our treats and parish toss. If they of sugar was a comparatively

her husband speak. reformers. Thet, unhappily, has not been the case. We abculd say, Austrian Epionage Barrau.realted in a matter of 500 bottles themon

10 exceptionally any excess of food in possession ndeed, that the greater part of China's troubles in the recent past Russia is evidently in no mood to being collected. In order to give msgnificant reale when the war of the rich and not essential for as been caused through bickering, equal bling and intrigue among listen either to direct representa others a further opportunity of was over. We ought no longer the maintenance of their efficiency diese latter, rather than between them and what we may terms the tions from the enems, or to sending bottles, it is intended to to such Conservative element in Chingas politics. That corruption, incaps allow intriguers to worm them keep the matter open a few days

hy and favouritism still bold considerable away in the centre of selves into high quarters, there longer, after whom the battles most uneconomical form in which by the men at the front, by the Bus patice, on osals of ported be

Tosat was, he remarked, the stock. It was the spirit displayed | A Chinees salesmen, of. 830 China's political life we would not deny. Perhaps, indeed, force to exercise their baneful in be dispatched, freight free, to eat bread. Fifty per cent. wa Rossions in the face of enormena the Police, on behalf of his mas

wer and by our let that on Saturday he fue process will be speedily operated and that will be beet by the latest telegrams, and there fold and Swire, to the Elospital at staff above our present and, pro transatlantic kineman that stone, which to pa verkin and if all the opponents of the old order consolidate their strength is hops still of great deeds: by Pakshot Bottles may be 30 spectre cappliat He hoped the old curry as to fasl victory, which to pay to power. Failure to do that, will be equivalent to placing party our Russian ally. im before the action's general well-being.

St. Stephen's College.

gravity of that statement would (Cheers,)

there would be something approaching unity between the would-be arrested as members of the columns for medicine bottlen hai wanted sobool treats then have simple process. He urged that attended in such disguise, to hear

The Old To

coola has not been

rusted.