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OUR

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAP

CHINA BY LAND & WATER

IS A GIFT THAT WILL BE PARTICULARLY WELCOMED BY CHINA HANDS WHO ARE LAND SERVING THEIR COUNTRY ON AND SEA IT WILL GIVE THEM AND THEIR OMRADES INFINITE PLEASURE.

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Fraace's New Minisṛry.

It is interesting to rote the effect the war is having on various political combinations, for there

DAY BY DAY.

19 is not one of the belligerent THAN FICTION

nations which to-day retains the

| same Ministry with which it ex-

mcised power when hostilities i

ER 19, 1917.

HONGKONG DEFENCE

COBPS.

CANION UNBEST.

"TRUTH IS MORE OF A STRANGER

The Camp Arrangements.

How Serious Happenings

Were Averted.

Opt

1o-morrow's Anniversary, To-morrow is the second inni-

first broke on'. The latest change | VANITY of Lord Kitchener's

The Dollar.

10-DAY'S HISCELLANY,

**The Kingdom of Haavia” i the name by which Landy- island in the B-istol Chamel--- has been know.vizon it was par- Canton correspondent chased by gentleman of that Orden for Latentry Battalion, writes under date of the 18th oms in the year 1836. Father und son were in succession the

is in France, where, for the sixth arrival in Athena, where he ballinned by Major H. A. Morgan, instant as follows:-- time sincs, war began, a new an sudience of King Constantine, state:*** Cabinet has been formal, The first Ministry, headed by M. Vivisni, came into office because the war executive needed more power. The second, honded by M. Briand, was the realt of the de- mand for a Coslition Government. The third, also beaded by M.

on

The opening rate of the dollar

qemand

wa to-day 10.5/83. The closing rate will be found on Page 1.

21.

It is possible that very serious autoorate of Landy until a fow R. O.No..659 (1) dated 19.11.17|evente would have occurred on years ago, wheɑ' the nos diod. is republished for information of the night of the 15th instant, Landy has now been purchased sil conserved-There will be when the Tuchun left, but for the by Mr. A L. Christie, a brothers Camp for the Infantry Battalion timely and intelligent action of in-law of the Earl of Portmonth.. (including Machine Gun Com naval and military commanders. Measuring miles by one mile, pany, Mounted Silion. Signs! It appears that Mak Wing-son, the island miteins an altitude of ling Section and Stretcher Bearer the Acting Tachan, soon after the 525 feet, and its population, which Heleas May institute." The workly religious meeting Seation) of the Hongkong Defence departure of Tachen Chan, doen not exceed 200, are fortunate 22ad | received what purported to in this: they have no nies ‘or- letter from tires to pay, they have no poor PACKED IN NEAT BOX READY FOR POSTING. Brisad, was due to desire to of the Heless May Institute on Corps at Lown from

placa the conduct of the war in Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock | November 1917 to 23rd Decembe an official the hands of a smaller group of will be conducted Ly the Rev. bar 1917, during which time, in the Police Headquarters, appear because all the inhabitanta hare administratore, The fourth, headed H.E. Anderion. The meeting i nocordance with the Military ing to be signed by Nasi Pong work found for them, and there Service Ordinance, 1917, Firstling. It stated that the Comare no police because, presumably, by M. Ribol, waa östablished be-open to all women.

appendix, paras. 7 and 11, manders had demanded not only there are no lawbrakes. We osure its predecessor had not been

Church every member is expected to put that Tashan Chan should leave are also told that the inhabitant sufficiently Parliament

the case may be)attendance. Saff son) and others must leave also, or Game Laws or the Education. and Departments will render any and that if order were not com- Act. assistance required; any expense plied with at cnos, military force

PRICE $5.00

C. E. M. S.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., only rank with lay maile The next meeting of the Ghul co in pot Iras than 8 or daya (as Canton but that he (Mok Wing: ars not troubled about the Liquor

to the Editor.

HONGKONG.

Tel. 16.

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Business correspondence should be sent to the Manager.

Capio Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.

Tajnskons : No. 1 A.B., 5th edition.

Western Union

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to becharged to local Government would be used. On receiving this The antiquities of Lundy in The following arrangements latter, Hok ordered his foreea to elude a number of historia kists, bays been made to enable men to prepare for sotion and immediate-, remains of round towers and a pat in the requisite training stly called the commanders of chapel, and the ruined castle of his troops into the yamen, where the Mariscoss of the eleventh to Comp of Exercise, 1917, he showed them the letter. One, the fourteenth centuries, About Comp November 22 to December 23. or two of the commanders aug the twelfth century Landy waw The Camp will be at Lowa in the gested that in view of the faol the stronghold of pirais, becs- New Territories,

that Ngai was in mourning for usere, privateers, and snugglers. Members of the Corps can his father, who had just died, it It is mentioned in Kingsley' attend eight days in Camp by was unlikely that he would take" Westward Ho !" was the desthe sank a step and urged that the place of Judas" Stakeley, and attending an follow

letter be taken to him for an exagarriained until 164) for king planation. When the latter was fou Li The island has tries berm 21-placed before him, Ngai absolute in the hands of foreigners-once

Two Days,

Saturday, November

The Hongkong Telegraph.tantly ocurring, the principal man stated that he did not know leaves Lowe: at 6.00p.m. for all the commanders to a meeting by landing a coffin filled with

HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1917.

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Two Days

the Cabins just overthrowa, hend“ hold in St. Paul's College, to ed by M. Painleve, was the direct morrow evening, commencing at outcome of the Socialist cry for 9 pm, when a paper will be read larger infuence." The lea-pamed and discussed on "The position Premier has gone out of office on of Women in the Church.' a purely domestic disagreement

Small Fire. rule which requested to observe the

not affecting the country's foreign On Saturday morning, a fire Correspondents are Fequires them to forward their games and addresses with

munications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for policy, and his disappearance is broke out sts matrhed si Ma Sha somewhat to be regretted, bes, Dear Si Wan Ho, which was pubileetien, but as an evidence of their bona fides.

in a man of great intellectual dis-occupied as a family house. The

M.

fre spread to some more sheds, All communications intended for publication should be addressed tinction sad high obarsoter,

Clemencesu is, however, but the Fire Brigade was able to familiar figure in French polition, confine the firmes to a small and, as an advocate of a vigorous radins, The origin of the fire prosecution of the war, it is to be is unknown and the damage is hoped that he will be able to not great. There is no insur- carry on the government of the pountry without serious impedi- Revolver Possession. ment, though it is known that he A Chinese, who has been for Special Star Ferrien leave 1.40 p.m. Is denied that it was signed by whan captured by a band of when to burn the town of Ilfracombe, has enemies in high quarters, the past eight years resident in and 150 p.m. (Kawloon members him, and he hoped that Mk would Tarkleh pirates, who threatened Changes are inevitable in a genai | Americs, wu charged before Mr. to be st Railway station 1551 take like precautions way like the present, but it is Dyer Ball, st the Magistracy this Special Train leaves Kowloon 2.15 receiving other communications, and again in the time of Willisma. As the police and soldiers were all 1II, by French privajones, who something to feel that, with all

morning, with the unlawful p..

Sunday, November 25.-Train fally umed, it was decided to call are said to bave gained possession the reconstruation that is con

possession of a Colt revolver. The

and thus it was that no military arms and ammunition es pretenos, constituting the Entente that he was not allowed to bring Kowloon,

arden were issued that night, that it contained the body of their are as oss in the steadfast purpose revolver into the Colony, sad

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On the same night, the com, osptain, whom they were anxious, of continuing the struggle till his Worship imposed s nominal

mander of the cruiser Wing to bury in obsecrated ground? victory is attained.

fize of $20.

Friday, December 7-Special Cheong, which is anchored off the Is was feared that Landy might A Defendant's Allegation. Star Ferries leave at 5.50 p.m. and Generalissimo's Headquarten, have pamed into the binds of one- Russian Affairs,

A Cairere was charged on p.m. (Kowloon members to be was ordered by Dr. San to fire ca who cared little for its strange Out of the confusion of cor- the condition of affaire to Basis at the Falice Court this morning, at Bailway Station 6.15). Special the garrisons, on the ground that history and interesting itadito tradictory, atatements regarding remend, before Mr. J. R. Wood,

Train leaves at 6.25.

they had betrayed them, but the Sunday, December 9.-Train Commander strongly refused to M. Painleve, who has " just- the facts DOW *ppear to be with the theft of an ignot of

do so, saying he must wait for the resigned, has shot to the front- emerging On Saturday Reater's opper from Taikoo Dockyard. leaves Lown at 6 p.m.

order of Admiral Cheng." A die in French politics "with ex- correspondent at Petrograd was When a statement he made at the

pate was eventually avoided traordinary rapidity. Bas that able to telegraph bow, mettere Police Station was read out to

Friday, December 14-8 me throught the good offices of Com is only in keeping with the re- then stood sfter the exciting him, he said that he was strack

as Friday, December 7.

mander Li Fook-lum.

markable precocity that has While it je quite reasonable that China should have something events of the past week. The sad compelled to say what he Elis Worship pissed een-

Sunday, December 16.-Train During the night, the inhabit marked the whole of his career. to say concerning the agreement which has been reached between the

moet serious encounters between did;

of three months hard

leaves Lown at 0 p.m...

unu, seeing the police and eldiary At 23 he was a professor at the United Staten sad Japan as to their respective policies in the Orient, the followers of Kerensky and to the more that is revealed regarding the nature of the undereunding. Lenin appear to have taken place labour.

fally armed, became alarmed, and University of Lille, at 28 ■ Ship Theft.

Two Days, the less cabre one sees for the display of say serious anziely by the in the vicinity of the Russian

large numbers went to the Band lecturer at the Sorbonne and Chinese. China, we are told, has protected against the conclusion

Saturday, December 22-3ame and secured bosts in readiness to at 35 a member of the Academy leave in case of emergenos. It is or Sciences and ■ Profemor of any agreement sheeting herself by outside Powers without capital and that they were for As a coolie was leaving Hois's some time vigorons and evenly. wharf yesterday, he was found.

be carrying a large irons Batarday November 24. reference to the Chinese people," That, in broad principle, is a contested is clear from the to

Sunday, December 23.-Train thought that if a single gun had at the Ecole Polytechnique.

been fired that night, there would Long before the war Bound attitude, but, sinos the understanding now reached between

Selo shackle, which was later discor fact that Testoe

had made himself one of the first Personal baggage of Hongkong have been terrible fighting. `America and 7spen'is.nH to China's advaniago, we cannot altoge changed bands twice. As was pre-jared to have been stolen from a leaves Lown at 6`p.m.

During the afternoon of the authorities in France on aviation, ther see why the Peking Government should go out of its way to holy reported, Kerensky we ship alongside. Before Mc. J. B. lodge a serioas protest against ita conclusion. If the agreement and

so called citizen in the earliest days of the develop in any way placed the integrity of Chine in jeopardy, there would supported by the Cocks, bati: Wood, at the Polios about thie residents to be at Defence Corpa have been good and adequate reasons why objection should be taken now appears that they were morning. Mr. Hunter. second Head Qasrise by 18 a.m. on the 14th and the morning of the 15th having down with Wilbur Wright

present only in small numbers, officer of the ship, identified the 24th November and 22nd De-instant, the

the south gate of Heungaba well qualified for his appoint to it by the Chinese, but, innemuch as it is of a directly opposite The rejoicing that was universally shackle, and the defendant was cember and by 2 pm. on the 7th soldiers made several attacks on ment of the art. He wat singularly Personal baggage of Korloon City, but they were repulsed by ment to the Ministry of Publis character, we should have thought that the Peking Government felt at the end of last week by the sentenced to six weeks' hard and 14:6 December,

residente to be at Kowloon Station machine-guns. At present Com Instruction, instituted se a result/ The communication issued by the United States Omul in sanoassement that Kerensky had labour and four hours'stocks.

been successful in re-establishing

A mansed women were charged and handed over to a representa mander Yuan Tei's troops are of a report of his own in 1915. Hongkong, which we published in out issue on Saturday, abeds himself in Petrogrid must now for Ms. J. B. Wood, as the tive of the Corps by 11 sm. on stationed on the hille surrounding The reputation created there has farther light on the nature of the agreement and, incidentally, it give place to the statement that serves to confrm our original opinion that China has everything to is scourageousyoung states Magistracy bie morning, with 24th November and 22ad De the city. All the shops in the been greatly enhanced at the gain, and nothing to lose by it. It shows that the opportunity pro man is once more a fugitive from the poemon of 8.50 rounds center and by 3 p.m. on the 7th the city are closed, bus them is Ministry of War. Three years of vided by the visit of the Japanese Mission to America w utilised the Rumian capital, and thes b of Mauser ammunition; The man and 14th December. The bag. ample food for all. Yesterday, war have cried the Sorbona pleaded guilty and the woman gage will then be taken straight Commander Yaan attacked the Professor to the very forefront for a fren and friendly disasion of the intereste of the two nations hopes of an early return are on the chance. Mr. J. B. to Camp, where members can citizen soldiers on Ma On Bill and the political life of France.

captured the position. Yasn' in the Orient, and, an understanding having been resched remote than ever.

Gardiner appeared to defend and obtain it. to the actual satisfaction of both, it was, considered politio A Socialistic State.

mid that the whole of the am- inmanition belonged to the man.

AMERICA, JAPAN AND CHINA,

would have welcomed it rather than otherwise.

that main fextares of

"in to disclose the

agreement order to silence mischievous reports that have from time

SCEM

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Ammunition Possession,

A Parcel of Hem.

Two Days:

POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.

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troups burned one of the villages. The only park in Lond from which the oitison soldiers where one may now fad pesc The Mazinalists

were recruited,

(saya a correspondent to a Hi to be The faou were told by Inspector

The Wai Boi, a steamboat ras- paper) the Green Park. E to time been circolated." Is is common knowledge now that power, and

mach O'Sullivan, who as d tist Sergeant existed which were having matters vary for some years past circumstances ·

ning between Haoso and Kong Park is too vas, jod the way: This means Bond wie with some consiables

moda, has been asised by the valence of khaki in it je di gradually leading to the estrangement of Amerian and Japan, and, their own

citizen soldiers and, more than abing. In Kennington Gar since the war, Germany, with her characteristic propensity for that the attempt is about to be searching 90, Ko Shing Street

dozen passingers captured. the fairest of tbom sil, a ch intrigue, bar been moving heaven and earth to fan the smouldering made to introduce's pure Socialis for opium when 300 rounds were It is found in basket which the

A number of gentry from sense of fashionable "pro embers into fime. That much was revealed some time back by the tie regime into Rossia. exposure of the German plots towards that end in Mexico, and 200 also stated that the different woman said was here. Later the

Ordera ispard to-day by Mr. F. Henngaban recently came to | reigos. In 8t. James's Pari "

Canton and held a meeting its fine trees, unich olde we have the American Minister to Chins openly saying that the peoples in Russis (and they are man came in carrying 600 more

the Greec Japanese Minioners who visited the United States hare cleared many) will have the right to w rounds, early all of which were 0.Jenkis, D.,5.P. (B.), stats :—

|among Beangshan residents here, those in Superintendents. the diplomatic atmosphere of the suspicions which had been soup independent States and set concealed in bía girdle. The

collection Ibe administrative duties of They paared a resolation asking and its valuable and This recognition woman wee discharged and the

of wa carefully spread by German propaganda." All, the way through separately.

• principle which

another starlings used to congregE the correspondence constilating the now understanding there raus of

if mLD WR faed $500, or three the Police Reserve Force will, the Civil Governor to transfer ed

autil further orders. be carried Commander Yaan to

place, because so long as he re-evening and chatter so tha one note, and that is that Japan has definitely pledged herself not one of the most important in months' hard istoar.

oat to the following way :- to follow's policy of aggression in China, not to in any way in the eyes of the allies in the one

One of the boya employed at (I) Asistant Superintendent mained there would be no pess6, speech was almost drow At the same time, they demand even magpies have by fringe the independence or territorial integrity of that country, and bright texture in seitastion which not to deset the policy of the "Open Door," or, to give the term it most, people will onclude i Meterr. Wiseman's Cafe & Frenks will deal with all reports, that Dr. Sun disband the citizen feeding on the wormin

report sheats and disciplinary soldiers.

What it is like now oni real meaning, equal opportunity for every nation in commercial and otherwise, very mapromising. On charged lef r, Mr. Dyer Ball, st

in general. He will

News received from Canton this say; but ered befois ? industrial dealings. More than that, Japso declares that she ci generel grounde, however, no the Police Court this morning. mitters

afternoon alates that Teoben had began to be brew opposed to the nequisition" by sny G vernment" of special rights questionably the scornful fat-with stealing gasotily of cooked attend Headquarters Office from

ting op of a purely Socialistic ham, valued at 83. He pleaded 45.30 p.m. daily (Saturdays and Chan, on hearing of the latest thoroughfare a short or privileges. In this atstement of polioy America fully concurs,

From whatever standpoint the agreement is viewed, it would state in Rusia or anywhere els not guilty sed was represented Sundays excepted.)

(2) Aints Baperintendent developments, immediately re- pervadin ož ali grader,

tarsed and will probably resume of deperimente toly appear to be to the motel benefit of Ukins and of all the nations for fanciful to be seriously enver by ME. Davi-icon, it was stated

office at one.

the consint etream having intaccurse with her. For years paat, saepicions have exist tuined, & cislim to be successful that defendant waard by an Io-Hoogh will deal with

like, ambitione faces ed in many goartera thai Japan has had designs on the steereignty must be a world wile santement, disg watchmen leaving the lane craspondents applicatione, elci

made the idler feel dif of Chins. Iony pond grounds existed for the holding of such a ane, spart from that, it succes by beds of the preaner with icepting reports, under Departe

Whontal Order No. 73. He will!

Here and there a belief, they are earey now removed by Cun rary definití obcracter fat operating would decuitatea | Dark under hie erm.

"Admirai Rodgers Dead.

asually in a poorly of Japan's pledges: It is true that the unde-atur.ding ka nɔt the changiunt only of economic and a-ked in up, the man in away, stead Headquarters Office from

*m daily

Washington, Hovember "fimm migh: le seen, unel fall satbonty of a rolema Treaty, bat isinuda & clear" non political steme, buy, likewise a bus was eroght wear the Flong 330 pm, 10.30

{ercept Anadiya)

died today at his residents at 55. atmor pliere, pot anambiguorsetetement of policy. If it bad bad ao line off et changain boma Athi kong Hvel. When charged, he

bring said that he bought it loom a come The D poly Sipariovodnet es, Long island, at the age of with a great crow than securing this understanding, the rise of the Japaome Minion even tevolutions" cannot

round his fat to Americs would have been of the most internecious! valas, nod shout, If the Maximslists are prodore'wabop, bar this was funn and both Assist Bogenaten 75 : it is to the credit of both astions that they has been able to agreeable to bring setited conditing to be unune. Mr. Goodall, she depts will be available for Admiral Rodgere was born, he would say, wor on anch broad and nezeral linen. Ameriqn bus ever been the friend of allaire into Russia they manager of the Cafe, said that he interview ander Deparmental Ostobee A, 1842 and entered the rail; or even on kis mity of service September 25, 1857, de ing on trombe from of China, and that fact alone ought to remove any canes for appre will be doing something she could not definitely identify the Order 108. beusion on the latter's "pirf odnosening the understanding now will sun them the gratituds of ham. Ton defendant bal been

Heather may be worn with 38 yeses service of which 21 years msched. For we know that America's policy is to preserre harmony all, be Randa ha bees in temployed for two and a half "Heather Day"-November 30, retired Dotober 3, 1904, after had he'd his

was spent on the seas, uniform on November in the Orient and to lend all har weight to any movement making) deplombla, eitantion for far too yourn. The case was adjourned,

bail bring gunbed in $50, for international pasos and goodwill.

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