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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSIJAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917,

CONCRETE EXAMPLE. daction, "I've found a wizard in

By Lieut. Victor MicClure.

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reinforced concrete. He's got a notion for that now bridge. Here's bia sketch, sir.

"DONT'S,"

Chlon.

FIGHTING VICAR.

PRUSSIAN MILITARISM.

FALL FROM BALLOON.

The tousled Major grabbed the Advice to Foreigners Concerning Gives Up £500 s Year to Enlist." note-book and took a quick look at Peter's sketch. He shot a for Sergeant Peter Pybus of the rapid questions at the Sergeant and found he was talking to his Signal Sappers hang about the master in ferro-concrete. The Divisional HQ. His right arm troualed Major grabbed a battered way stiff from a wound caused by cap and rose from his desk

Come with me" he ordered. a aplinter of a shell that had

And Peter and the young officer knocked his cable wagon out of trailed after the Major to another He had dodged the othee Here they found the sotion. doctor who would bave sent himO.R.E. a grizzled officer with a Scoia accent. Es wore tabe in book from the firingline, and by dint of much persuading bad been allowed by his 0.0. to stay near the Company. Peter was a hard worker, was most efficient. and therefore was something of a favourite with his officere. The .0.0, had told him that, he could rest until his wound became less troublesome, but that he had to report each day to the RE. Burgeon. at H. Q. Peter did not **want to go back to the General Hospital; if his wound had been "Blighty one" be would England, but as it was a clean scheme, but A'll just speak to

American.

Attacks in Hungary.

Air Mechanic who Hold on for Eight Miles.

Inqueata on the

LAWN TENNIS.

The Ladies' Championship.

In the semi-finals of the Ladies' Singles Open Championship. two Birra. Kent beat Mrs. Bell, and

CANTON NEWS.

The Bev. Philip J. Kelly, Mr. A. Beaumont writes in the After glancing over some ban. Vicar of Collingham Bridge, Daily Telegraph from Milan under dreds of foreign newspapere, Yorkshire, who recently disp-date of September .25

6 mechanics who lost their livesias Wilkinson beat Mrs. Digby. magazines and trade publications, peared from the rectory leaving a follows:

through some balloons breaking According to information from away from a place on the outra. Kent and Hise Wilkinson The final takes place between any of them containing articles wife sad six young children, is pertaining to the Far East, we new Ganner "Jim" Kelly, of the Switserland, friends of Honsignor skirts of London were held would like to offer some advice Royal Garrison Artillery. Marchetti, through whom the recently,

on Friday, the 28th instant, at to Americane and other foreigners He left Collingham ostensibly Germanic replies to the Papal

this subject, says Millard's for a cycle ride. Before doing so Note were transmitted to the sway. Two sir mechanics named

Five captive balloons broke (3.30 p., on the Ladies Ro

creation Club coqɛtɛ. Review:-*

be sent to the people's warden the Vatican, state that further sotion Pegga and James were caught Don't use the word "China. following strange letter:-

will be taken by the Holy See to by the ropes and dragged into his collar and a coloured bend in man" for it is about as pleasant Dear Mr. Teid le,When you bring sboat negotiations for the air. Jamaa let go and fell his cap. Without much cere-

to`s "Chiness

as the word read this I shall be on my way peace. The Vatican will im-after the balloon had travelled a mony, the tousled Major shot the Americanman" would be to an to the recruiting officer, and this mediately take advantage of the short distance, while Fegga fell sketch in front of the C.RE.

may be good-bye. I have resigned declaration contained in both re- at South Norwood.

Our Canton "What do you think of that "for Dan't use the term " Jap" for my living. Will you kindly make plies of willingness on the part both

correspondent the new bridge?" he asked. The the same ressan. Say. Japanese." provision for daty in the fatare? of Germany and Austris to discuss fight sergeant, who gave evid-19 as follow

"There was a gale," said a writes under date of December O.R.E., pulled his spectacles Don't make invidioas com Get in touch with my wife. Good the pesce question, to ask each of anos, and my balloon was Fong Sing-to'a wound is not down and peered at the sketch. parisons between Obinese and luck.Yours sincerely.-P. J. these Powers to descend from nearest to the wind. Suddenly very serious. The balles has been

"Un!" be murmured, "wha' Japanese. It's about as pleasant Kelly.

generalities and to specify their there was a bang and the cable extracted. The Aresssin bss not did this ?

to a Chiness to be told of the The vicar had failed to tara intentions regarding Belgiam, was broken. I shouted 'Stand so far been captured. "This Sergeant bere," said paperior socomplishments of the an at charch to take the services Serbia, and

Alsace-Lorraine. clear; leave go, everybody!' Li Liteban, Commander-in- the Major...

Japanese as it is to tell an of the provious day. He had These questions will probably ba "The balloon shot up into the Chief of Yunnan troops for attack- "Young fellow," said the American he is inferior to an asid from the pulpit on one pat, but in open public documente, sir, dragging Peggs and James ing Fakien, has wired to various CBE,Ya know something Englishman.

of batin private preparatory negotia with it. They were caught in the Provinces that the man who Don't use the word "Chiak" military age, he wa quite tions between the Vatican, Berlin, rigging and had no chance. attempted to 8888ssinate Fong. cheerfully have gone back to parent. 'A thirk we'll adopt your {unless you are trying to form prepared to go into the ranks and Vienn's. It is alleged that a Eventually the other balloons Sing-to was sent by the Tashun

about concrete-that's very ap

at any time if the congregation profound change has come over broke away. James let go and of Fakien; therefore he must enemies wholesale.

Don't write your friends in thought he ought to be fighting minds in Germany. The peace fel!, being killed instantly." The attack the latter with both paval current is still desperately oplast he saw of Peggs was that be sad military forces, partly for the Canton and tell them to give instead of preaching. your best regards to your other

Many efforts were made to trace posed by the Pan-Germanic and was hanging on to the balloon. aske of the country and partly friends who live in Peking, for his movements after leaving Prussian militarist parties, bat. A second-lieutenant of the for revenge. Pater felt restless, His arm “Here, Starrock," said the C.R.it takes longer to travel from Collingham, but with no success these are daily losing ground, B. F. C. said if the men had been Yaen Tai, the commander in The Vatican hae decided to able to make themselves fast they Heungshan district, bas reported was too stiff to permit work in the Ewe'll have to borrow the Canton to Peking than it requires until it was learned that ou leav Signal office; alt he could do was

to travel from New York City ing the rectory Mr. Kelly cycled lend all possible support to the would have been saved, because that his troops have destroyed to moon about the Divisional .. bit, A'll write a chit to Banks to San Francisco and return.

Sergeant from the Signal for a

to Bradford, then proceeded by pacific tendencies, with a view to the balloon would automatically a robbers' lair on Koon Hill looking bored. He spent a week

Don't address all missionaries train to Chester, where be pre-cause the tide to turn definitely deflate. The balloon drifted Over sixty robbers were killed doing that and bis arm showed about it. That'll be all right,

"Reverend," for the one you sented himself at the recruiting in favour of peace, Germans eight miles before Peggs fell. and 13 kidnapped persons were Bergeant." signs of becoming all right again.

The O. 0. Signals made no are addressing may be a physician, cffice and was accepted se a arriving in Switzerland bring A gardener who saw Pegge released. More than twenty He started bothering the Major bomes about giving Peter in loans teacher, or a T.M.C.A. worker gunner. He is now training with them an extraordinary falling said the body crashed people held to ransom were shot

Eng conviction that, pesce must through some trees, and fell about by the keepers before the laster. Don't imagine that all foreign-land

which come within the the constraction Sappers, and and not a minister of the gospel, in

пет three three feet away from the witness. fled. Peter found himself installed in i

are The balloon was shot down by an They anti-aircraft gun."

Verdicts of accidental death were returned.

flesh wound, about which there were no complications, be pre- ferred to stay near the Company.

for a job of work.

"Look here, Pybus," said the Major. "you're nothing but a

damned naisance. and don't bother

me, You

ed. Go away and rest properly."

the General abous it. Yo'll have to do the plans yourself. Your Company?"

Peter explained.

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for & Career

The Austrians

the drawing office beside the touglers in Obina live in mud hate will enable him to put into months."

It is reported that the Tackun Joyed Major. He found all the instra with thatched roots, and subsist practice the theory he enunciated more categoriest still,

in his laat letter to his parishonors, are disappointed on learning

will go to Kwasgai to consult with Lak Wing-ting on import- ments be needed to hand, and on rice. tu ust rest for 8

Don't jump to the conclusion in which he stated: "My chief the attitude of the Entente, -bit, Major Starreck brooded over him

ant military afsire and that the really, and get that arm of yours like mother over & child. Peter's that because an American lives in sim is to help you to realise that which demands the complete sur

Civil Governor, Li la han, will be properly healed. I let you stay at drawings were things of joy, and China he is necessarily warped" Ohristianity is not a kind of render of the militarists, but they

saked to act for him temporarily. B.Q, on condition that you reet-

io ·views on the "Chinese-sentimental something which nevertheless retain their convic two days found the scheme work.

A grand entertainment wa led out on paper. The O.R.E.Japanese." question, or that the makes as feel nice inside, but the tion that the time has come when Address on Austria and Russia, given by the nine Benevolent

barden for the same thing is true in the other senest expression of practical Germany and Austris must yield made life

Mr. Shen Jai-ling, former Societies and the 72 Guilde to to the demands of the entire Chinese Minister to Austris, gave Wa Ting-fang, Tang Shao-yi, He talked direction if he happens to live in common sense." rest of the Staff.

The living of Collingham is sivilised world. Great changes, ea address to the War Commis- Chen Sio-ching and Admiral office. Pybos was a little man Sergeant," and the "bouny wee

Don't imagine that all Chinese worth £500 a year and the rectory, it is declared, have taken place sion in Peking last week con- Obing Pik-kwong for the purpose built of wiry muscle. He looked

plans," fill the younger memberaroman bind their feet, or that all The pay of a gunner of the within the last six months in both cerning the present situation in of persuading them to mediate insignificant in A way. for

the enemy countries. Never before Austria and the chaos in Bussia. 8000 as possible. Dr. Wa of the Staff declared that they Chinese men wear queues, Mod-R.G.A. amounts to 18. 2il. a his appearance wes dietiactly

was there such widespread dis-

made a apeech, and Admiral. mild. He gazed on the world were sick of "Old MacUrombee a ern Chinese are discarding these

sension among all political parties, Hr. Kennith R. Snow, recently Ching's speech was received with Bonny wee Saizgint *"*

and the subject of discord is the of the British American Tobacco cheere." He said that his object question of peace. In Germany

"Oh very good, eir,' asid Pybus, meekly. He clicked bis

heels and marched out of the continually of "that great wee Japan.

about it.

and

He

At first sight, one was apt to think him the mildest thing that walk- "What's this I hear about a ed, but about with the gloves or wonderful Bergeant you've die

fall or two at wrestling, was the covered, MacCrombie ?" best corrective for each an opinion.

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things, just as modern American

Bro ceasing to wear hobble skirts" and American men to wear. "peg-top". trousers.

is like Americs. Don't say the

A Fins Film.

day,

In Austria the various national*

For France.

Lang Chai-kwong hag wired to Peking that he has commenced to send troops to inspect the

Lak Wing-ting is to return to Wuchow and will meet the Dun on high officials there to consult on-the-military situation of Kwangiang.

NEVER NEGLECT YOUR ILLS,

consequence in the Triple Alli

There are many people, inclad.

any

ing most women, who will take far more trouble about anyone. else's health than their own. This

with a touch of wonder through dodged the old Boots Colonelobble rimless glasses. But Peter bad where possible. The General of won his first stripe by gentling & the Division, himself a Sapper,

the division exists not only be Co., of Hankow, and Mr. John P. in bringing a squadron to the bad littls horse, and sheet courage came to hear of the new bridge whether he eats rate and dogs. Victoris Theatre, says that he has between the Federal Stated.

Don't ask your Chinese friend Mr. Blake, Manager of the tween the political parties, bat Reid, late of Mackenzie and Co., South was for the protection of and efficiency after that had and bow wonderful it was.

law and the peace of the country; Ltd., also of Hankow, were to

therefore if any one tried to rain leave Shanghai recently en route raised him to the rank of sergeant. He was a deceptive little fellow spoke to Colonel MacCrombie It will please him just about as a film case on which is tacked s

much as it would please an card reading "Toere is a pre-ities are opposed to each other, the Coolie Corps and possibly to people he would exppress them for Taingtan to connect up with the places and terrorise the American to ask him if he ate cious treasure in this. It is five and in Bungary there is an esil for France shortly. snakes and toad-frogs.

with strong measuree, reels of celluloid-Baby Marie open conflict between the Govern

Siamese Institutions- Don't try to make persona be- Osborne in 'Captain Kidds.ment parties and those in Opposi

The report on the Siamese poet, lieve you know all about Chins, Don't miss it." Mr. Blake is tion. The censorship at Badapert "Man, General," said the just because you have visited giving Hongkong an opportunity is permitting open attacks on the telegraph, and telephone services land and to suppress bandita, C.R.E, ye've never seen the Chinatown in San Francisco, to obey the command by presen Government and the Constitution, for the year 1916-1917 shows that Sergeant Peter Pybus wander- like O's. The neatest bit of con- Shanghai,-or-Hongkong. They sing Captain Kiddo on his which were impossible two-years that the revenue from Foetal ed round the E.Q.sa ter as the struction I've ever seen in a my are no more like the real China Christmas programine.

ago. Revolution is everywhere receipts was Tcs 458,838; tele enclosing pickets would permits. That wee Sorgeant's-a-than-the-Exet-Side-in-New-York-

broodiagnotriolent armed graph receipta Tce 707,194; sad He examined everything he could wonder!"

revolt bat an intellectual rebel- telephone receipta Tca 171,724, in his travels and strolled round "Produce you plans, Hoo"Far Eastern Question is of no

lion, which is feared even more

The postal payments totalled Tea produos quite bored. He was quite bored Crombie-and

your consequence to me." Remember have studied the field sad worked than physical resistance. The Tos 687,592; and telephone pay- 406,413; telegraph payments until he came to a company of wonderful wee Sergeant." you may have said the same thing just as carefully and painstaking following is an extract from a Sappere working on a bridge. Next morning there was a sort a few years ago discussing Early as they did when the business leader published by the Magar-monte Tos 157,968. The total

the General's

proft was Toa 105,594. e Then he pricked up his eara and of procession to

was started at home. You can't armag, of Badapest, making a opean affairs. sat on a pile of billets to watch office. Colonel MacCrombis carry- "Don't call China a "heathen" transplant an Amerioso business terrific onslaught on the Prussian operations."

ing the precious plans, Major nation, for Chinese civilization and expect it to blossom over-militarists, and Austro-German A young officer of the Sappers Starrock following and Sergeant was well developed when the night on the soil of China. It suotocr8oy:- strolled up to bim, and, probably Peter Pybus bringing up the rear. ancestors of Americana and must acclimaties itself.

Theories of violence rule over ance. I saw the danger. We beosuse Peter looked such The O.RE. placed the plans in modern Earopeans were living in

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Don't send your Spanish certain countries, and their were sitting on a powder mine lonely little soul, spoke to him. front of the General and stood aaves and hats made of skins and catalogues (prepared for the peoples are deceived by fictitious that could explode at The ofhoer carried & roll of trac back to watch the effect. The obtained their food by killing South American trade) to Chinese Constitutions. These countries moment. I decided to bring sort of unselfishness is not really ings and, before he knew where General ran a trained eye over wild animals with stones and merchants and expect them to be are controlled exclusively by a about a rapprochement between kind; it is not right: A person he was, he was showing them to the drawings and saw that they other primitive wespons, and then read.

prejudiced military caste, which France and Austria-Hungary, Sergeant Peter. In a few minutes were good.

ate the flesh raw," because they Don't give your agent in China mutilates every noble institution, and with what

in bad health is always' a burden the officer and Peter were sitting "Oalon'sted all your straine, did not know the use of fire.

hopes did (unless you know him to be These baneful growths must be I not start for America?

I in some way or another. To sate side by side on the pile of wood, Sergeant? It looke rather thin

When writing to your Chinese reliable) an appropriation for ad- eradicated. They have placed was able to undertake the task others from becoming a burden, deep in a highly technical at first glance, hey?" said the friends, always use the street vertising your product in China, Europe in distress, and the longer with good hope and confidence, and allow one's self to become an discussion in which mention was General, looking over his born-addrese, for the American Post without investigating as to how the struggle continues the more having seen that my negotiations invalid, is neither made of "stresses," "Isators of rimmed spectacles.

master in Shanghai once estimat the money is to be spent. It may radical must be the transforms with the French politicians and generous. safety, ""tbrasts," and all sorts "Ob, yea, sir," eald Peter. Heed that there are more than five be used for other purposes, such tion: We still hear a desth-rattle fanciers in Paris met with up- of weird terms not understand produced a nest sheet of tables thousand Chinees in this city as the purchase of an automobile incitement to fighting, orders preciation and sympathy. Whilst of the illa which afflict mankind, able by the layman.

and curves and placed them in alone who bave "Wong "as part by the manager, or the payment forcing us to murder, raving and I was on this great mission of and women especially, are dus so Why not build the thing of front of the General. Another of their names.

of his rent. Select your advertie-violent stupidity seeking to drown pesos the lunatica of Vienas and poor and thin blood. This is reinforced concrete? 1 take it inspection and a loner of extreme Don't become discouraged at ing mediums in Chine just as ideas of peace, and humiliating Berlin plunged the world, into bind that is not go on she little blood, and there's no bufry that little pleasure on the General's face. China's struggles in establishing carefully as you do at home. hamane nature and intelligence, this war, and I was sccused of bridge is capable of taking, all "Ah," he said, "a very nest a permanent centralized" govern=" Don't expect all Chinese to All this we owe to Prussian treason against my country by blood will put an end to a number moment you realise that new thetratho until the advance comes bit of work on the Daring ment. After some thousands of be honest any more than you er- militariem.

Tieza's partisans and their Press, of. There's bags of cement over system.

years of absoluțiém, it isn't peot all Americane to be honest. The paper goes on in the same which was hired for inciting to of ailmente rheumatism, nervous in the factory, BDY amount of "Xouse me, air," marmared possible to organize modern Don't think that because one strain for another column. On war. My crime was that I de weaknow, indigestion, bloodless- rails at the damp, and lashings Foter, It's an improvement on democracy in eix years. Remem- or two Chinese in your city the other hand, Count Karolyi, in sounced the policy of our Govern-ness, and the beadaches and of steel laths and bare. See here, the Dering system ["-" ber that it required beveral years operate laundries, that all Chinese public spheech, attacked ment, both before and daring backaches of the fair sex you sir-" And Peter took a stub of "What, what?" said the between 1776 and 1885 for the in China are engaged in the same Austro-Hungarian diplomacy as the war. We must do all know that a remedy is in your pencil from his pocket. He next General, Young feller, you American nation to really kind of business.

responsible for the war. He was; in our power to bring it to own hands. For it is well known produced a notebook of the aren't troubled with modesty. establish itself.

Don't try to purchase "obop it may be remembered, travelling a speedy conclusion. The ques and proved that Dr. Williams" squared paper dear to the heart Why Dering won the Buick Don't send the office bay or an saey" in China. It's a dish pre- on a politics! mission in July, tion is, who can not as intermedi- pink pills for pale people are able of the Sapper, and he rattled off Prize in 13,"

unpopular salesman you want to pared by Chinese in Americs for 1914, and was on a steamer comary? The Holy Father might do to make abundance of new blood, a sketch of a bridge. The officer He gazed through his born get away from the home offices American consumption and is ing from America when war was much in the direction of peace purest, such se flows in the veins and this blood the richest and. watched in wrapt attention. rimmed spectaclea si a pair of to represent your firm in China, unknown in China.

declared. After some, detention mediation, but only the Great "My word, Sergeant," he asid, mild, blue eyes that looked for the Chinese business men he This fist might be extended for he was allowed to return to Hang Powers themselves can discuss it of vigorous, healthy people. It "you're a nailer at concrate. through rimless glasses.

happens to come in contact with several columns, but the Reviewszy. He said in his speech at with euccess,””

ie important, though, to get Come and see the 0.0!"

"Yes, sir, I know," said Petar, may be graduates of American or does not wish to deprive its | Cregled: Ada This remarkable apocol, de the genuine Dr. Williams Bergeant Pater and the Sauper "but you see I know Dering's European universities with subscribers in Chins of the Long before this universal livered in a public polition at shops, for subatilates do not officet strolled over to the BEeyatem inside out."

pleasups of sending in additions war, during the Balkan campaign, assembly, is now printed in fall help you. The genuine Pille are office and found a frawey officer "You do, do you, hey? Then Don't establish a branch office to the list. Does anyone else I severely criticised the siminis in the Budapest papers, and sold by all respectable Chemiste, wrapped "up ‘in, Whatman and perhaps you're Dering himself?" for your firm in Chins and expect know of any additional popálar tration of our foreign affairs, be-shows that Prussian militarism 18 Williama”. Medicine Co.: 90 Bes also obtainable direct from Dr.

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“That's just arsotly, who I to ammess, forings in three misconceptions regarding China canse I saw that we cannot beginning to receive hour blowa trading paper,

say, sir,” Bid the young am, sir," said Pater. I'm Peter months, Firms that have been and the Chinese, that are prors- soquire frienda by such a policy, from the Magyarn, from whom Sapper officer by way of intro Pybus Dering **

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for $1.50, six for $81, pom (n.