1917-09-22 — Page 10

LOOKING AHEAD.

A Parable and Its Moral.

H. Dennie Bradley contributes the following article to Mens Wear:-

sheet in his band.

And the Poor Civilian started

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1917.

As he wiped his moist fore- head he laughed, but shad- |dered agaio, for, fantastic as the nightware bad been, it bad con- ¡tained one or two grim elements

of actuality.

avoidable wasto.

bankrupt State.

AMERICAN TROOPS:

Reception in "London,

officere.

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HONGKONG TRADE.

MANILA'S SILVER.

MISS ADVENTURES.

SWEDEN'S TRADE WITH GERMANY.

Resentment Over Charges in Washington Statement.

Chamber of Commerce Fortnight

ly. Report..

Disappearence From Circulation.

Where in the silver change of

She Goes Into Trousers.

the breast, and touches of scarlet

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Bamours that the silver carrency

Every business man «kbow that the secret of success is troops marched through London Begbie writes

London, August 15.-American

In the Daily Chroniels Harold method and elimination of wasks to-day. They were reviewed by

Stockholm, July 12.-General The Fortnightly Price Current coin of the realm gone to? saki The commercial community the American Ambassador, Mr-three Selfridgetics who have un- been aroused in Sweden by the Hongkong General Chamber September 18. This is the ques They stood before me in a row, resentment and indignation have, and Market Beport, pablished by the Manila Daily Bulletin of It was the dawn of the year bas paid, is paying, and will have Page, and later by King George dertaken man's work, even to the news dispatch from Washington of Commerce under date of tion now asked in all quarters of 1920. The sunrise bell echoed to pay for the war. Not only is at Buckingham Palaos. Grest down the bare, uncarpeted cor- this war a ghastly sonikilation of crowds lined the streets, which point of wearing trousers. giving what is termed "an official September 21, containe

Manila, but apparently an answer ridors of the Government Hostel mankind, it is a war of financial were decorated profusely with One of them was a frewoman, report to the Government" on following:---

is not yet forthcoming, That for Civiliane commandeered annihilation, Aud 1917 is the American and British flags, an electrician, and one a door Sweden's exports and imports. Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy silver coin is fast disappearing. Rowton House and the Poor orities! fusncial year. Britsis Enthusiasm was shown every for them in the establishment by authority is not named, deolares, very quiet and prices have of Manils has been made to feel girl. Their costumes, designed The report, for which the Cotton Good-The market is from airealation, every resident Civilian rose from his plank bed to-day is thriving only on an where. The Americans were with a groan, donned his thread artificial prosperity on the pro- cheered by civilans, by soldiers They looked like ballet-giria Germany great quantities of advances in the price of silver and everywhere are finding it

• Frenchwoman, were charming, in brist, that Sweden exported to declined somewhat. The heavy reoently. Stores on the Escolta bare standardised clothes, holted portion of the 7 millions day on their way to the front, and by playing at shops." The fire materials for making ammunition, indicate higher exchange and, difficult to make change, while in bis standardised breakfast, and spent in the country. In other wounded men. The troops were women, tell and strong, but including especially iron ore, no doubt, this is why buyers are the markets, vendors and stall set forth on his standardised day words, we are living on borrowed escorted by Guard bands, of standardised work.

capital. But what of the reckon-

entirely feminine, and with ferro-silicates, manganese, stael, holding off.

holders will not change a bill A meeting of the Cabinet was

most demure manner, As he passed the Bureau st the ing?

in progress when the Americans

wore a copper, sulphur, sico, sad wood Cotton Yarn. The same quiet-aren at the expense of lowing a entrance to the Hostel rough The patriotism of the commer- approached Whitehall. It was-o'shanter and a long, loose pulp, and imported iron ore from nes of businene prevails, but there purchase. A two-peso bill may voice called him, and he entered cial community is not in iesne, spjourned to permit the Premier cost of corduroy, dark green in Americe to replace the surplus is no doubt that considerable not be changed for the asking, to find the Official with a balance-The business man is willingnd his colleagace to pay their colour, with a scarlet badge on exported.

country orders are being held and even an offer of purchaas wili to sacrifice all, to endure all, compliments to the Americans.

Even newspapers most friendly over in fear of higher exchange, not Induos a Chinese wtorekeeper "You must be prepared to do to pay gil, but he has learnt the Cabinet went in a body to the Piping here and there; ber baggy to America join the chorus of Quotations are nominally No. to change the smallest paper

trousers were of the eame indignant condemnation of these 10s at $150/170. No. 12 at money. better this year,” said the Official, by experience that the system of War Office.

material. The doorkeeper, a charges. The papers call atten $160/180. No. 158 at $200/210. threateningly. "I see that last izning bank cheques in vicious. At the Americans passed the little less tall, sported a white tion to America's attitude re No. 20s at $220/240. Arrivals has been disappearing from cir year your profit was miserable

He wante sccounts, and he wants Horse Guards parade to White linen cost, with long, many-garding exports, and arraigo nil. Sales mil. Shipments 3,500 calation have been current for $10,000, from which the Govern estimates free from errors of ball they were greeted from the buttoned gaitere, which, I aur what they term the Government's bales. Unsold stock 9,500 bales, days, or since the published re- ment only gets 971) per cent." [couple of millions a day (the windows of the War Offos by the

I'm doing my best for my war, we are saddenly sold, is Fmmier, Mr. Lloyd George, the mise, reached to something in the inconsistency. They declare that Bargains 25,000 bales,

porta in the local press that the Stammered the Poor costing us 47,450,000 a day), he Foreign Secretary. Mr. Balfour, slashing Panama hat; she had a England against precisely, the in quoted at $42/44 per pical, at upward, but its scarcity was not nature of breeches, and rather Americs repeatedly protested to Raw CottonChinese Cotton price of silver was going steadily country. Civilian, sadly.

wants to be sure that the method the Chancellor, Mr. Bonar Law, whistle and chain for decoration. same policy which Washington which a small quantity changed made more apparent than yester is sound, and that there is no the Secretary for War, Lord The electrician, small and mie now threatens to adopt against hands. "You are getting into arrears.”

Darby, Mr. Winston Spencer

day, when for love or purchase said the Official, sternly.

•We

Woollens. Extremely quiet.

one could not get any smali allow you to keep 2 per cent.,

He wants to be sure that his Churchill, Minister of Munitions, chieraus, with glittering red hair, Sweden. The Associated Press

Canton Silk-Mosers. Herbert change. and at the present price of swedesacrifices are being utilised to the Mr. George N. Baross, member or a long, loose smock and received from an authoritative

shapeless unmentionables of source the following statement: Dent and Co., in their report But perhaps the most manifest it doesn't pay for your board and full; in order that his sons sed of the War Council; Admiral|¿all meuve, with a more or less "It is no secret that we are ex-dated August 25, etate:Stock: and widespread occurrence #bich lodging here. You business men the sons of the men who are eat. Jellicoe, and other high officials, Phrygian dust cap of s

You should fering and dying in the trenches as well se by French and Belgian colour, but relieved by a reddish-exporting it for more than twenty Exchange hra steadily advanced situation yesterday was the fact like parting iron ore. We have been 4,000 balea, Market-Silk-called forceful attention to the have no ambition. not be content with a turnover of may not inherit a bankrupt

yellow edging; she est on the years. It is our chief article of since our last circular was issued, that the men in the employ of a hundred thousand pounds: concern, and become citizens of Millions of Londonere, many fear, cross-legged, as pretty as export. But we export also to amall wonder then that eattle certain concerns were not given

of them waving Americas fage, doable it, treble it, quadruple it.

Engload and other countries, and ments have been confined to 50 their weekly pay on socount of We must have, more money. Con- All war is waste; wicked, cheered themselves hoarse until you please.

They have taken the place of the proportions of our exports bales for France and 50 bales for the same scarcity. At Olarka's centrate! Concentrate! We have damnable waste, but there is the the Americana departed. The

men gone to the Guarda

war. Mr. remain nearly the same as before Amerius, the smallest fortnightly refreshment emporium the man- farnished you with a Hostel; we usvoide ble wants and the avoid streets, from Hores

Selfridge, whose faith in the the war. We exported wood palp business for a long time.. Prices agement had to nocept two chits able.: feed you, we clotho you; we have

The "blank cheque" ap. Whitehall

to Trafalger abilities of women is unbounded, to Germany, but also to America, for silk have gone back somewhat, from customers on sooount of its relieved you of all personal cares.ystem, and the insane attempt to Squere, Piccadilly, Grosvenor

professes bimself more It is your duty to make more stifle intelligent criticism, have Gardens, Buckingham Palace, satisfied with their work. He We exported ferro-sificates to change has advanced, so that it stands and establishments where than France, Italy, and other countries, but not in the same ratio as exability to make change. Cigar money to clear off your arrears of failed to check the arcidable Mall, and Westminster Bridge expresses the liveliest derision of Germany, and also to England would seem that silk is not only the Manila public are wont to taxation,"

waste, which, if continued, will wore baoked solidly" "Bat bow can I?" said the gltimately render

firm on the market of coneampongregate, found themselves with men, women, and children hours opinions which are critical pfad Rassis. 08

women's espacity. Both in Ame- "The statement that we are tion bat would even to have yesterday in the same predio Poor Civilian, timidly. "Look at colossal debt which will be n before the march began. When rics and England, beavers, exporting sulphur and zino to advanced somewhat in price.ment, while last night the the trade rostrictions."

milletone round the necks of the the troops swung into Whitehall

roar of cheers, which was beard women are the equals of men, Germany is a ridiculous error. Native dealers are doing all they Malabon Cine had to close for “How dare you argue, civilian, coming.generations. Go away and read the latest There is nothing anpatriotic in many blocks away, was started. Very often their superiors. There We must import sulphor for our oan to stave off a declins but it the night at nine o'clock for e

It continued all along the route.

ie no duty they are not able to own use and Germany produces seems inevitable, if buyers are same reason. Board of Trade Guide to Cam saying this. Germany ie in a far All traffic was stopped. Windows discharge. The one thing neces-mare zinc than ehe nues. compelled to be kept out of the

Certain Chinees are out buying mercial Success, Be docile, and wores condition. She is gambling and roofs were crowded. Persons Bary is to know how to manage "Another mis-statement con- market for long to prevent dollar all the silver change they can lay you will be happy."

with paper on the chance of in the throngs of spectators con-

them. Hark at the man 1 military victory, but when the tinually shouted out greetings answer all my intimata questions no iron ore from there. Before About 200,000 in all. Quotations: seven centros over the peso was cerns our alleged importe of iron prices falling to a workable level, hands on. It was stated yesterday These three young ladies, who ors from America. We import Flour Market Report-Stook: in certain quarters that offers of to his office.

war ende ehe will be unable to such se "We're glad to see you, with the friendliest smiles, but the war we used to import a low American Patent, 34.65 per saak; being offered by certain silver On his way he paweed at the settin. In neutral markete the corner of Berkeley Square. There German mark now standa at 711. America," and "Go, get them, with a steady directmens which grade of pig iron from Bugland. American Cat off, $3.50 per sack; manipulators.

boya." tood his old home, the haunt of (nearly 40 per cent." discount).}

shows that they take themselves These imports have dropped to Japanese 2ad Patent, $2.94 per The greatest crowd gathered in msay memories. The windowe Germany can afford to gamble front of Buckingham Palace, seriously, tell me that life has a third of the normal, and we sack; Japanese 3rd Patent, $2.88 stared blankly, dally-blindless because she is already financially The people completely filled the become more interesting since have been importing from per sack; Japanese Straight, and cob-webbed. Many of the beaten. Britain cannot afford to broad plass and overflowed to

they went into trousers.. One America to cover the deficit, but $2.95 per usok; Shanghai Flour, window panes were missing, and gmble because her fatare, sen the palace grounds.

may be pardoned for saying that the entire imports are insignific- $3.00 per sack. he noticed wearily a furtive cat nation depends upon her financial

The evening newspapers By the question.

hitherto they have only skirted sut. We export pig iron of a||-Sugar.-Market dull. performing his ablatione in the resources.

that for a parallel to the scenes

domare higher grade to both England. littered porch.

We bave signed the blank che: witnessed to-day in the neighber had

frewoman hag not yet and Germany. Our exports to ques, and we ask whether we are hood of Trafalgar Square it pro confisgration, but

&# experience of a England are still nearly normal, "How well he remembered being getting value for money. Wobably would be necessary to

aho pro

For our industrial life wa turned out at a few hours' notice | know we are not.

recall the time of the South herself unslarmed by the must have dyes, coal, and medi- when one of the early Ministrise Department after Department African War and the return home prospect of so great a calamity cines from Germany, and we have Commandeered, it that was in has arisen; Bureaucrats swarm of the troops.

she tells me she has been drilled nothing to give in return hat the second year of the war, he in thousands and tens of thou-

to a nicety, and could carry a iran ore and pulp since the em -thought-and since then it bad sands; hage ex-hotels are throng-

woman of considerable displace-bargo on all provisions. We get stood tenantless, deserted, fallinged with staffs of incompetent

ment who had been overcome by some coal from England at the into slow decay because it had Rappers" earning inordinate hamour in order to retain one's smoke. "I was asked to volunteer risk of sailors' lives and of their not enough bathrooms, and there wages-and what are the results? sanity.

because I am strong." Never akipe, but it is only a small por- Capt. Benjamin Bragg, com- were twenty-three doors.

went prodigious physical strength tion of what we require.

mander of the American bark- with so gentle a spirit.

**Germany brings us ccal infectine Hildegard, which was

Passport regalations by the The doorkeeper has a hundred her own ships, without risk to destroyed by a German submarine published in the Hongkong Governor of Singapore Are stories. It is wonderful what a de

We do not understand how in the English Channel early in Government Goats for general He walked on and reached

doorkeeper ssee. As she stands America, which insisted on our July, reached New York recently his office. After seeing that his are encouraged to eat meat. One For the sake of our own sons, at the edge of the kerb, whistling letting her cotton through to Cher and told of his experienco with the "time" was correctly checked by day we are ordered to est two and for the sake of their sons, let up a taxi, or opening the door of many and protested so vehemently submarine and her commander the representative of the Board of courses, the nort we are gracions us from now endeavour to put a carriage, the whole world of so England against efforts to in. before, during, and after the Time-keeping, he apologised to ly allowed to take five-stomachs our house in order. Let them not adventure flows up and surges terfere with her trade, can take sinking of his ship. the army corps of Government permitting. Don't wear now find their heritage an insolvent over her conscionanses. The tipe such an attitude toward un,” "We left Baltimore," said obeyed when smoke appeared on typista, billeted on him by the clothes-waar standard suita. Eat country given over to a despotic she refuses would endow a cot in

Capt. Bragg, "in April with a the horison and two destroyers Board of Typists, for the insuffi- lera, bread-eat more caviar, and unintelligent Bureaucracy, a children's hospital,. She is some-

Famous London Church.

cargo of lubricating oil, and safe-wore seen coming at a great ciency" of poudre de ria, and was Don't be extravagant this Obrist Let moderni busiasm methods bething more, you must understand,

The historic Orange-street

ly reached the other, side and speed toward as. The German about to compose himself to work mago on buying War Loan applied to the business of the than a whistler and s handle church, Leicester-square, built discharged. I had a crew of sailors did not appear to mind when he was interrupted by the Certificates. And so on al infi | country.

turner. She is asked ten thous by the Hugenote in 1688, and, eleven men, and we started on the them in the least, but went about sudden entrance of a representanilum.

Europe is to-day paying a and questions a day about the together with Sir Lassa Newton return trip on July 9. Coming their work of placing their bombs tive of the Board of Mutual Ad- The National Service Boheme terrible price for the errors of the bus services, the tubes and the house, demolished in 1912, has through the English Channel, we in the bold of the Hildegard, set

has become a joke, but anch a older generation which the nearest way to every street, been replaced by a new building,

were twelve miles south-west of the fuser, sad then came back to A new form," explained the bad and etapid joke, in that it has younger generation is spilling eqasre, road and terrace in the which was opened recently by the Start Point when aanbmarine bove the submarine in my boat. Official, briefly. "Sigo it," | cost thecountry tens of thousands. its life blood to wipe out. Bat| metropolia,

Rev. Lasac Hartill. For the first

insight and fired a shotatus. She "Then the German commander Bill, one's philosophy comes to must it be only the blood of our the rescue, when one considers young men that is spilt? Should is so happy in her own bears that held by the Hugenote, then came and I ordered the boats to be clear the way. We didn't lose and time As for the little electrician, she handred years the church wasn't more than five hundred told me to get aboard the bost yards away, but she didn't hit an, and take my men and get out of they might have taken the Carlton they not now be given the chance I conclade it matters not a jot the Anglican period, in the course ed away and the crew to prepare in doing that, and, while we were This is the best, wisest, endinacead of St. Ermine.

to spend their breine? As the what she is doing with her hands. of which Toplady, author of greatest of all possible Govern Accrape of the pen stope rac older generation done so brilliant. She is like a sparrow, who will "Rock of Ages," serred as minis to abandon ship. We-awang put pulling away from the submarine, mente.”

ing on the pretence of a shortage that it can claim a monopoly of chirp on s gutter as cheerfully aster. During the last 130 years two oats and the crew got in the lead destroyer fired a shot **Everything is for the best if of oute, Then we are told the osts wisdom in sny sphere? Let some from a green branch. Her pae- the cherch has been in the baude them, the submarine in the man- the enmarine. It osme glowe, it says it is 60,"

shortage is not the résson, bar endeavour be made to save o sion seems to be for work; she of the Congregationalists.

time shelling us sad firing a total bat didn't bit, and we rowed out.. "It is anpatriotic and imperti-public opinion demands it from the twin friends, Ioooms couldn't bear to be idle; and she

of six shote while we were getting of range of others" that followed, neat to bresthe one word of Pablic opinion "as represented potency and Waste, and their is proud of her job, which she

away, not one of them hitting the The submarine was slowly sub. oriticism."

by faddists and mandarins satellite, Bureaucracy. Let the feels to be scientific. She knows

skip

merging, and got beneath before: ignorant of all intereata involved, millions of airificed men and almost as much about electricity toreat of their employer is their away from the bark the submarine We were taken aboard a destroyer "When the host I was in got the destroyers got a good sim. are their own pany prejudices. the millions of money be treasured as Kelvin. At any rate the is

One would dearly like to hear and used only with the atmost just beginning to learn how to interest as well,

came alongside and took me and and pus sebore at an English 'public opinion "un many things efficiency.

wire a lamp, and this, she says, in

In a generation or two, will the men with me off and on to the port, the real "public opinion" of Let commerce be maintained, "jolly interesting."

anything be left to man except submarine. The captain spoke "While on the submarins I Civilian. It would be illaminat treated with contamely, and ham, whose restaurant alone is the cual and the occasional privilege tended to sink every vessel he me think. In the first place, the the Army, the Navy and the fostered, and encouraged, and not Oan goes out of the buge ators, perhaps the carrying of seks of perfect English, and aid he in- observed two things that made

"I know nothing about basi-ing.

perad out of existanos by illogical biggest in Europe, wondering if of making love to his veritable saw, and that there was an Eng. submarine was encrusted with a st ness, or business methods; the Example may be piled upon restrictions. Let construction and there is any single thing that mietress ?

lishman olose behind me that thick coating of green moss and Government knows everything." example, but still the old men and not destruction henceforward be women cannot do, and (in your Certainly women are a squeez. was to be next.” ...

non-weeds, showing that she had "I love the Government, the incompetent howl for more the raling policy, so that, when ear) better than men. I leaming sex, and there are an awful **While we were standing on been out of drydock for a long Everything it does is right, Long sacrifices, more blank sheqass, peace is declared, we may prove that they are more conscientions lot of them. Perhaps when they the submarine's deck, her captain time, and the sailors were all may it govern."

and waste more money and more carnelves worthy combatante in than men, more aware of the im-have squeezed us right out, being ordered some of his men, to take very dirty and hairy, not a facs And, reaching for a pan-he mea. It is a tragedy which the industrial war which will in portamos of small thinge, more kind of heart, they will keep us her to the barkentine and blow there having kno swakened from his dryam, demanda a' superhuman" sense of evitably follow.

as pata...she nicest of nu, her up. This order weg bưng

Poor old home!

It had always been good enough for him. But then his notions had never been extravagant.

miration.

The Poor Civilian glanced at

the paper. It contained a series

of affirmations.

contented

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"I am perfectly bappy and with anything any Board, Department, Baresu, Minister, or Offinial has done, may do, or can do.”

"I will be good, and I will try

to be happy."

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A hopeless confusion of con- Intelligent criticism is a pans tradicting orders, instractione, 003, and must never be stifled. It and restrictione.

is a panaces sought for by the One day we are told to go brave, sad feared only by the meatless, and the next day we wesk,

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AKRIDGE to

The

sensible of the fact that the in-

U-BOAT'S PRISONER.

Freed When British

Destroyers Came

In answer to repeated questions yesterday as to where one could get change, the insular tresary was being pointed ont. Bat is there enough in the treasury to go round?

New Conditions.

The Gasette contains additional conditions of licences to store calcium carbide, and also petrol for the use of motor cara.· ́

information.

Passports.

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