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DRY GINGER-ALE

FRAGRANT, AROMATIC, DRY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1917.

Dryness is a feature which has helped to give this drink the popularity it so well deserves.

Pints $1.20 Per Doz. Splits 70 Cts.

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Service Pay.

It is a matter for deep satizfzo. tion that the pay of the local troops and naval men has been

DAY BY DAY.

PRIDE BREAKFASTS WITH PLEN-

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To-morrow's Anniversary. To-morrow is the 58th birthday of Admiral Sir Jahn Jellicos,

placed on a more satisfactory basis, DINES WITH POVERTY AND than has hitherto prevailed. SUPS WITH INTAMY. Yesterday we were able to give the details of the new arrange" ment and from the particulars we gave it will have been noted that | a very rabatantial proportion of the men's pay will in future ba calculated on a two-shilling dollar. That is a concession which will, we on feel ruse, be deeply appreciated 2.

The Doller.

The opening rats of the

demand to-day 11.1/8d. The closing

will be found on Page 1.

The Colony's Health.'

PERRY SURVIVOR.

Arrival in Japan.

THE MONEY MARKET.

Report.

and

The welcome accorded a "State visitor awaits W. H. Hurday, sola survivor of the Perry expedition Co., in their report dated Octo

Mecara Samuel Montagn

to Japan, when he arrives in ber 11, state- Yokohams to-morrow morning

Gold.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY", Dr. Horton, whose anto biography has just appoured to

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A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., of Service pay depending on the of the eaterie fufferers was so the affairs planned for the Ameri- have a monetary valve, and per in a temple near Trichinopoly,

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Messrs. Montagu and Company's delight an, began his career with a legitimate gristanos. Becau90- he was a Nonconformist, he was- debarred from holding a Univer

Blackie, after hearing Mr. Horton sity appointment which he had Won. Professor John Stuart-

in his early years sa a preacher, dollar from Seattle aboard the Mexico The Bank of England gold called him that young prophet

wae Mart, says The Japan Advertiser reserve against its pots" issue

Hortos." When called to Hamp rate of November 17. Mr. Hardey's shows a decrease of $169,810, stead, where he has been minister by those concerned. We have not

status with the Perry party has compared with last week's return. Ter Rinos, Dr. Horton had the yet had an opportunity of

not been definitely learned; he Alice Memorial Hospital,

Currency.

gratification of seeing the names scertaining how the men regard The Fon. Treasurer of the may have been a railor or a asval

The Rome correspondent of the of E. H. Asquith and W. L. the new scheme or precisely what Alice Memorial and Affiliated officer commending one of the Times cabled on October 8:-"I Courtney among the signatorise difference it will make to their Hospitals begs to scknowledge vessels, but that has not counted order to prevent the hoarding of urging him to come. "Mr. Asquith pay, for the question is somewhat with thanks the following dona in the preparations to welocme silver currency caused by the spoke at his twenty-fifth annivers intricate in character. But it is tion to the Fands of the Hospitale; his retara.

increased valce of silver, the Bary at Hampetand. soparent, on the face of it, that a -Frait and Vegetable Guild,

AB #udieron with Their official Gazette publishes A fixed dollar at a much lower rate $100

Majestier, the Emperor and Fm- decree saying the one or two The Orloff diamond which has than the prevailing exchange will

prese, at the Imperial Garden lire (nominally 25 lire-61) disappeared from the Rumiza be fir and away better for the men During last week there were Party Tuesday, a trip to Karibama silver pieces may be changed Imperial soeptre has, like the than to be placed in a position fire non-fatal csses of enteric where the Perry party landed, for paper money as from Novem- Koh-i-noor, a strange history, of which means lene pay the higher forer notified and one fatal receptione, dinners and lecture ber 1 next to December 31. The which there are several versions: the dollar goes. The whole system occurrence of diphtheria. One appointments are only a few of silver currency will then cease to It once formed the eye of an idal

fucleations of stebange is funds- Britisher, the rest being allen who, it is reported, is 81 years sons found is possession of tilver whence a French deserter from menially wrong, and we there | Ohinese

old: Mr. Hardey will arrive with pieces over 10 lire in value will the garrison stole it, carried it to fore welcome the new scheme,

a party of sixty Japanese tourists be fined from 50 to 1,000 lira. Halaber, and sold it to a ship'e whereby a man will in future À Chinese was charged before from Seattle, and it is thought The sterling smonat, however, captian for 2,000 guiness, A be able to count on sa assured Mr. A. Dyer Ball, at the Police that Japanese from America have involved is not large. The United Jew next bought it for 12,000 weekly amount at a favorable Court this morning, with return been appointed to care for him States Mint Report gave the total guiness, and sent it for exle to which dollar rate.

ing from life banishment. during the stay here.

strok of silver Italian coin in Catherine the Great. That A Teutonic Boast."

Defendant pleaded guilty, and | The visit to the scenes of bis 1913 a $22,400,000 or $0.84 sagscious lady would not bay, It is not often that we have his Worship sert him to prison youth with the expedition of per ospital. This is, of coures the but left it to a courtier, from. direct statement from "General | for a year.

adventure was suggested by a nominal value.

whom she received it as a gift. All communications intended for publication should be addressed on Ladendorff, the mighty mso

Japanese school giri, a graduate It is reported that a Bill has He was ennobled for his pains, who is credited with being the Before Mr. A. Dyer Ball, the of Aoyams Gskuin, who learned been introduced in Denmark for and give his name, Orloff, to the *All Highest's" closest adviser. Police Court this morning, an of the lone survivor of the Perry the issue of small money made of jewel. Ludendorf ban, despite his elderly Chinese was charged with party and started correspondence iron.

threatening exalted position, been all along writing s

latter, in order to improve her English.

•Silver.

Will the rapidly rising price of somewhat of a mystery to most demanding $5,000. Mr. W. BIn one of her lettere she suggested The tendency of prices has con- tes land to a wide reintroduction prople. He has kept very much Hind defended, and the case was that Mr. Harday revisit Japan, tinued to be downward. There of our various native substitutes, in the background, and all that adjourned, until Monday, hail and the present trip resulted. was a daily reduction of £1. natil & was the case when tea came to has been known of him has been being fixed in the sum of $1,000. The welcome to the man who yesterday, and of i, yesterday as from China in miling "clip. decidedly vague. Now, however,

aided in opening up Japan's and to-day.

pers" and cost between six and- we have a direct and, apparently,

In the 2nd Division of the resources and trade to the world The market has been rather ten shillinga a' pound ? naks the an emphatic statement from him. Hongkong Leagon the R. E. Bizy-eix years ago, will start better cupplied, and weakness of Manchester Guardian. Our best He says that the war will not end eyes meet the 87 h Co. R.G.A. wheqjhe Mexion arrives in Yoko- the Shanghai exchange has con- British counterfeit, says a corrs in a drew but in favour of the tomorrow on the Navy Ground, hama harbour, Viscount Kaneko tribute to the dullness of the spondent, was furnished by the Central Powers. He does not say Happy Valley. Kick-off 4 p.m. and other officers and members tons. Some of the silver which leaves of the blackthorn, or sloe how this is to be accomplished, The R. E. Reserves will be of the American-Japan Society, had been purchased for Chins and in those dark days an exten- ncr is he reported to have represented by:-Salter; Simonde representatives from the American has been resold, and there does sive manufacture of "glos-lent" admitted that at present the and Cruickshanke, Cuckow Embassy, Governor Ariyoshi of pat ɛsem much immediate pros- tex" was carried on in this situstion by no means favour (Capt.), Waller and Webber: Kanagawa, Mayor Ando of Yoko-pect of a recovery in that quafter. country. Ola "Dr." Bell, bia belief but rather gives the Millard, Baker, Darose, Todd and hama, Mr. Otani, President of the The price of silver has fallen who lived a real hermit's life lie direct to it. On Lone cf. Reakee.

Tel. 436.

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CLEMENTI SMITH-Oct. 12, at Kirby House. Hungerford, wife of Lient-Col. Eubert Clementi Smith, D.SO. Royal Engineers, daughter.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1917.

THE STRUGGLE IN THE WEST.

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'Back Again.

Alleged Threatening. Letter.

Football Match. »

the many fronts can it be gair thst Germany is really in thei ascendant. Not D acre EX-TSAR ON REPUBLICS. of British oil is in the hand-

man

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clergyman,now living in retire ment at Bournemouth, still bas a sample of this "aloe-tea" in his. Possession.

Yokohama Chamber of Com-10 pence in 14 working days "ander the greekwood tree" in merce, and other notables extend from 55 pence to 44% pence. The Esinsult Forest, told the present ing a greeting somewhat different rate of descent was about double writer that he zaed at that time from that received when the com-the pace of the rise from 441 to make a comfortable income- modore landed at Kurihama more peace to d5 pence which took (for a harmit) by selling slow- of the enemy, while Germany's Amusing Talk With The Kaiser than half century ago. place in 25 working days.

leaves at sixpeños a ponad to the colonies have one after the other} About Norway's Raler.

Viecount Kaneka and other We bear that thousands of tana the grocers of East London. It been wrested from her. And is it! Some amoring passages cecar potables will or Monday escort of Mexican silver dollars have was discovered, however, that this

"vice-tes not the case that Amerio is at in the complete text of the Kaiser Mr. Hardey to Urags and Kuri been imported into the United

was chiefy employed. present preparing on a gigantic Tear correspondence in 1904, hama where the people sre

States in the few months prior to for the purpose of adulteration, scale to throw in her weight which is now being published in Preparing welcome, Old September, for melting and and the manufacture was tap agsinst the Central Powers? No, the Norddeutsche Allgemeine pictures of the Perry landing re-sale as bullion.

pressed. Professor Henslow, Coubt the worthy Ladendorff is Zeilung, and are communicated have been gathered, the iron pot It will be observed from the son of the Cambridge savant who The telegrams of the past few days, with reference to the doing his best to keep up the by wireless from Berlin (Admiral- in which it is said the Americans following Indian Currency Rehse received credit for making cooked food and several Buddhist turns that there is a substantial Darwin a naturalist instead of a fighting on the Western Front, bear ample testimony to the fact that *pirits of the Teutons when he ty, per Wireless Frees) the struggle has been of late more scats than for a considerable makes such a statement sa is Regarding the Northern States tools, which were used for abairs increase in the bolding of gold

(In lathe of rupees) time past. It was not to be expected that the enemy would appear attributed to him. It appears to be which were then mentioned, and at the meeting of Commodore

Sept. 22. Sept. 30. Oct. 7. to be indifferent to sach a striking manifestation of superarity as case of the wish being father to especially Denmark, the Kaiser Perry and the Shogan at Kuri- was shown by the British in their brilliant offensive more which the thought, for no one knowe wrote a letter to the Imperial hama where the memorial stone Notes in Cir

sulation... 10707 10843 11013 as so successfully carried out in the vicinity of Et. Quentin on the better than those in command of Chancellor on July 25, in which a been erected in commemors- 20th ultimo. The totally new tsotios employed which followed up and cannot possibly do so.

is the enemy that he is not winning he reported a conversation with tios of the exhibition. The Reserve

It was pleasant to find some Tears followS ;-)

natives are making many Ameri-

Filver coin a piece of strategy that is practically unequalled in the whole courge

evidence, writes s correspondent of the war, so completely took the Germans by surprise that they Russian Affairs.

As regarde Norway, the Tear can flags.

& bullion 2857 2957 2950 to a Home paper, that Tilbot had to yield no less than two hundred square miles of territory

Baines Reed is not yet forgotten That M. Leniu and his followers 758 very concerned. On learning Besides the mayors of the two Gold coin & bullion in

by our boys, Alons of all writ- before they were in a position to hold up the British onrush and the Bolsheviks, Maximaliste or that it was a matter of indiffer- towns, three old men, each older!

India" * to retaliate. Aided by reinforcement, the enemy has now made a whatever they choose to call ence to King Oscar of Sweden) than 80, are on the Reception

1522 1585 1782 ere, as far as I can recollect, he was able to produce an entrancing desperate effort to retrieve his loss, and, judging by the news to themselves are by no means who might be his neighbour, and Committee to meet Mr. Hardey, Gold out of

180 163 163 story out of the everyday events hand, a very fierce struggle has ensued, the attacks and counter-likely to have matters all their own that the King had no objection to when be visite Urags and Kari India attacks on both sides meeting with varying fortunes.

The "stock in Bombay on of a big public school-and how way inevident from one of the Pot-Repablic he threw his hands bene. Two of them are ill, sp It is clear, however, that the enemy has unquestionably been rograd telegrama to band. In it above his head, exclaiming and caly Mr. Shoyemon Kodzachi October 9th consisted of 3,500 unimaginably pedestrian they dealt the heavier blows, despite the large body of troops he had it is stated that the ex Provisional that too! Well, that was the will be on hand to extend a wel bars, as compared with 3,200 bars are simply by observing the

[object "as in itself it really is.” engaged in the operations. Realising that to be effectual in the Goverement has re-appeared on only thing that was lacking (col come to the native village after on October 2nd. effort be bad to make to oast the British from the positions they the scene" and has issued alloquially this is the last straw), the prolonged absence. The old The stock in Shanghai on the To what desperate straits the had just won, the enemy attempled what is described as an encir Manifesto to the effect that they as if we have not already auf. remembers vividly the 6th Oct. 1917 consisted of about average writer of "school stories" oling counter-attack." He appeare to have brought together a are the legal authority in Rassin cient Republice in the world." arrival of the Perry expedition, 24,100,000 ounces in sycee and is driven in order to touch bis large body of troops for the purpose, and to have made a desperate and that the decrees of the Be was of the opinion that if no the fear of the natives; the 14,900,000 dollars, az compared theme with interest and anima- attempt to achieve his ambitious project. The enemy" advanced Bolabeviks should be disobeyed. Swedish Prince were to go there friendliness of the foreigners and with about 23,200,000 onnoes in tion! We all know his tricki: a. in masses," we read, and, so ueual, made some headway at first. The attempt of the Bolsheviks to and if Copenhagen were interest: the final understanding between syore and 14,900,000 dollars on head master who happens to be a Owing, however,"

the September 29th.

dangerous Nibilist; his socom to the magnificent defence and stubborn conclude a separate per os faed in the matter, that Prince the two nations, resistance of oar troopa, the

Quotations for bar silver p. oz. plices the French and German enemy's object

also condemned,

Waldemar might be sent as he It is regret-

Message to Japanese People. completely defeated." · At

atdOctober 5, 46 1/4 casbmastere, both gentlemen with certain points the Germane table that the framers of the bad some experience of life, hed

On landing in Japan, Captain October 6, 46 cash; October 8, interesting paste. Then we have. were temporarily successial, but the subsequent move-Manifesto were not in a position an elegant wife and beautiful, Hardy, the sole survivor of the 45 3/4 cash; October 9. 45. 1/2 that impeccable Captain of the ments of our troopa resulted in the complete collapse of the enemy's to support it, or at least to arouse robeat children. I agreed with Perry Expedition to Japan sixty cash; October 10, 45 1/8 cseh, Bobool, of high birth, upon whoes enciroling movement: The Germans were equally unsuccessful at the people to a sense of their him, but drow his attention to the four years ago, caused the follow-October 11, 44 3/4 cash. other points where they also counter-attacked in force. South of responsibilities. That the Bol-fact that, according to private ing message to the Japanese Crevecoeur the enemy appears to have effected his one and only heavy cheviks have the support of the information from Corenhagen, the people to be published: blow, for we read that there" he forced his way into our lines on a soldiers is apparent from the fact King of England possibly had I wish to extend to all of the considerable front, capturing a number of prisoners and reaching that those newspapers which had already elected his son-in-law for Japanese people my thanks for -our gan positions in pieces." In a counter-attack our reserves re the courage to publish the the position.

the most cordial greeting to me, captured a great part of the ground and re-took. Gonnelin and the Manifesto" have since been

The Taar was very diasgrecan old sailor, who is almost Bt. Quentin spar, along with several hundred prisoners,

suppressed and their plant ably surprised by this sad pre-at the top of his career and about delivery is 3d, below that fixed From these statements and others of a similar nature contained confiscated by the Red Guards. tended to know nothing about it to sail into the home port and week ag in the reports by Sir Dongles Haig and from Renter's correspondent This vindication of the power and said he was of opinion that cast anchor once and for all. I at Headquartere, it is apparent that the struggle was fierce and wielded by the Bolsheviks does his consin was absolutely ansait can fruthfully say that there is tensions and that heavy blows were both received and given. Soon not necessarily mean that they able for the poet as he bad never nothing that has given me greater we may expect to know exactly how the line now is, and we think will be able to conduct mattera se been anywhere, and had no pleasure than to be able to stand that it will be found that, despite all the enemy has attempted to do they may think fit. The suggested experience of, life, and that he once core on the beautiful shares Military Attache to the Japanese during the prst few days, we are still in close proximity to Cambrai armistice is not yet so sccom-wae indolent," Waldemar would of Japan sfter an absence of Embsary in London, is reported and that we have lost very little of the large tract of territory which plished fact, and the voice of the be for more suitable as, through sixty-four years, and I wish to sar troops so gailently won in their last splendid attack on a grand Ruesian nation has yet to be heard Karl (Prince Charles of Denmark congratulate the Japanese nation to be somewhat better. Admiral scale. Meantime, it is pleasant to read that present reports show regarding this point.

Neither new King Beakon of Norway) for the grest progress abe has Takeda, of the Japanese Navy, that the enemy was not only completely repulsed but that the total van Ladendo: 8 nor H. Trosky, England by fair means or loul, made, and may she progtees in

has left London for Petrograd, number of our prisoners for last month is now definitely ascertained appear to be at all certain of their would point its finger towards the future as she has in the sixty- to have been 11,551, including 214 others. We also took 138 gant ground, and the situation would Norway, gain infance, begin four years that have passed. inolading 40 of heavy calibre, 302 machine guns and seem to be one in which the intrigues, and, finally by the When I had the honour to stand watches his son grow from a course, actors have belire now 64 trench moriar, together with quantities of engineering alores unexpected is most likely to conpation of Christiansand, on Japanese suil for the firel time small boy to be a big and power- lectured at the City Templat and ammunition material all of which goes to illustrate most happen. Whatever takes place would close the Skagerack and there was a little spark of love fal man, so bave I watched the this will be the first time for our strikingly the very substantial charecter of the work sccomplished, it is to be sincerely hoped that she shat me all out from the Baltic kindled in my heart and that has Japanese nation grow to be one to speak at the famous servic It is quite obvious that we have very good reasons for feeling elated Russian nation will not be so, and thereby the German never ceased to grow as the years of the greatest and most rower-founded by Da Peker who had at what has taken place and that we may look forward hopefully titasted as to appear to be sporta in the north would be done have tolled by and as I have ful nations of the world.

often La Tould and other so „towards the evanta of the immediate fatare.

traitor to the Allied cause.

for (erledigt),

watched Japan grow as a father

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Japanese News. Items, Colonel Kanisige Tanaks,

CAPT WH HARDY

life the aforesaid Hesd entertaine complicated designs. Meanwhile the boys pase the term in promi- sonomaly raiding the neighbour- ing village and engaging them. selves in determined pombat with

a tarring and feathering the local the "Townees," or, as a variation,

constabulary, And throughout all these "enthralling stories of sobool life", we, are bound to observe the skill with which any reference to educational activities, either on the part of the mastera

te po Bemly rappesused.

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The City Temple is about to provide go with yet another in- novation. Mr. H. B. I ving, the Botor, ban consented to speak st the Thursday-n000 PATTICS.

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