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WATSON'S

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1918.

HYGIENOL

Memorials to Soldiers.

DAY BY DAY.

CORRESPONDENCE.

FThe opinions expressed by sorres- pondents are not necessarily those of the "Hongkong Kalograph.”]

foreign trade must in the future TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY. pay off all the servioss of the war

This is hardly the time when The telegram stating that the

Habtand inaddition provide a live-

hood for our people on a better one would expect German disbee Imperial War Graves Commission

and higher plane und standard to become popular in America, bas spproved of the provision of MOST OF THE SHADOUS OF THIS

LAFE ARE CAUSED BY STANDING A PLEA FOR CONSTITUTIONAL of living than has been possible but the United States Department memorials in British military IN OUROWN SUNSHINE-Emer303. cometeries abroad and that the Government has undertaken to bear the cost of laying out and

A HIGHLY CONCENTRATED AND PERFECTLY SAFE masining such cemeteries,

DISINFECTANT.

The best preventative of

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INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

SOLD ONLY BY

To-morrow's" Anniversary, To-morrow is the 17th An- ! niversary of Paardeberg-

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The Dollar.

REFORM:

[To the Editor of the "HongxoUEN, Telegraph."]

in the past, the time has surely of Agriculture, at any rate, is un- come when the representatives of prejudiced enough to recommend that trade and commeros should the : more general use of esuar- Sir-As it is well known that have a greater voice in the "Gov-kraut. A tremendous rainfalt the most authoritative works on erament of the Colony, than the throughout the country has result- makes very pleasant reading.

The opening rate of the dollar any foreign country are always sondemic administrators of the ed in an enormous cabbage crop. The underlying idea of perpetual

written by visitors after about a ing the memory of the men who on demand to-day was 24, 119/8d.week's residence in the country who have shown time and time are of opinion that the large permanent departments at home and the experts of the Department have laid down their lives in a

Forthcoming Boxing Contest concerned. The writer feels that again in the past three years of quantities now coming on the foreign clime in order to keep in connection with the Policeho spology is necessary for this trees and strife that they do nos market can best be utilised in anfe the beloved country of their Reserva forthcoming boxing conlaster, written after attending the reflect in any degree the feelings this form. This method of food birth, is nothing has praise tests, to be held sometime next meeting of the Constitutions of the great mess of the people. conterration is said to be simple, worthy, and the Government month, we are anked to atate Reform Association and after will receive the support of that Kelly, of Kid Marriot's listening to the very able speech the whole nation in the step it school of boxers, challenges any of Col. Ward on Wednesday last. in not the time to worry the practically no outlay of capital. has taken. The French Govern featherweight in the Colony. ment snapärced some time sgo

Very Much Alive. ite willingness to make a free A recent issue of the Manila grant of the land which was the Times contained a notice of the site of British cemeteries, and death of Mr. J. R. Flynn Ander now that the various regiments son, the well-known proprietor of

It is frequently said that now and to require little labour and

and other military formations the Dollar, Directory Company. peoples of Europe real democracy. the Reform Act which, as is well- are known,"consumed more time in the All these Governments A. S. WATSON & (Co., Ltd., have been asked to send in eng Mr. Anderson writes from Sing inviting their people to make Boure, and at the Speaker's nos-mented by the sauerkraut procese,

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To day every government of the Government with the question The ferment which develope Allied cause is presching both at of change in the administrative in sauerkrant is the same seid is Home and abroad, that this was methods, but if this is so, why that which is found in sour milk, is essentially a For against has the Home Government found and is believed by many to have autocracy, a war to give to the if necessary to bring into being a beneficial ffect upon the health. To a certain kind of pickle, for- gestions for the design of head apore complaining that the sails real sacrifices of life, time and ference than any other war time was secribed the good health of atones and there is recommended newspaper only gave him su

If this is neccss Japanese soldiers during the central memorial in each obituary write-up of half a dezsa money in upholding what has messure. cemetery in addition, it would lines, and expresses the hope that became a scored crusade of this ry in Britain it seems to be Russo-Japanese War, and Uncle" century, above and beyond all aves more necessary here, where Sam, profiting by this experience, seem that the memory of Britain's next time he dies the paper in other Crusades that. Christian we ought to have the whole of the has ordered large quantities not countless heros is not going to be question will give him half nations have been urged to take machinery necessary for advance only of asuurkrant but of ancam- ing our trade and commerce readyber pickles and similar foods for which permitted to fade into the forget calama at least, e

pert in.. falness that time always begets. Ac Old Woman's Oplum.

In Hongkong not less than in against the time when we shall the use of his own troops. The But grateful remembrance must be There was only one case of any Britain the British inhabitants be thrown into the whirlpool of Department of Agriculture is circulating particulars of the shown in some tangible form to the importanos in the Police Courte

At home a dozen committees sauerkrant process, which can be living dependents of these to-day. An old woman had been are invited to give their lives and competition against the world.

money for this smored cause and glorious dead, and to put up searched outside Kowloon Rail yet bere at this time, it seems that are sitting studying the methods employed also for the preservation headstones and give only paltryway Station, when six tins, each

an and plans to be adopted in the of string besos, best-tops, tur allowances to the widowe and containing one tael of opium neither be justified by military ransition period of demobilisa-nip-tope, and other food material peace has been which would otherwise go to waste. orphans would be unpardonable were found in her possession. hypocrisy. But the temper of Two tins were sown in the collar exigency not by political need.tion after

Referring to a recent story of the country will insist on justice of her coat and two ander each people who have made signed. The least that should this colony the amocess it be done in Hongkong and even if it faile to secure genero- armpit. Mr. J. R. Wood consist in bave 20 greater privilege other Crown Colonies should be a dog which took seriously the sity, and with this assurance we ed accused and fined her $800 than to be allowed to pay taxes to arrange to have an elective pretence of a man to be a dog and feel that we can give a hearty with the option of six months for the upkeep of a government Legislative Council which a bit him in the face, a correspond. welcome to the scheme of tributs imprisonment with hard labour, which they neither control nor faslly flected the considered ent to the Manchester Guardian, and ordered the confiscation of exercise a dominating influence thought of those whose money says:-The incident Flustrates the opium."

and lives have been freely given the dog's faculty for taking foolish

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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1918.

PROFITEERING.

paying memorials.

The Travall of Russia.

GAZA AND THE PROPHETS.

People Who are Sure this War Is Armageddon,"

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Prior to the war the Govern-in the war, and upon whose human beings plry in deadly ment in Britain-so-called demo efforts and knowledge the succeen sarrest for the time being, and arsay notwithstanding —made of our trade and financial well may be paralleled. A wire-haired terrier and myself once as two great efforts to instill into the being minst dopend...

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Russia is indeed in sorry plight. Torn and divided by anon- promising pivil war, her people st the mercy of countless and ruth-

people some ides of their manifest The difficulties that have to be girls one of them the dog less factions, she is now being

duties towards the country in refaced in Hongkong are quite well mistress pretending to be two swiftly invaded by the power who

garde to the payment of taxes and understood, bat if the people in dogs in disgrace and advancing but a few weeks' sga was holding The capture of Grass started all so forth. Steadily setting its Britain can be trusted to take a on hinde and knees in reluctant out the band of peace-gloved as the studente of prophecy Looking face against any enlargement of greater measure of responsibility and abject obedienos to the stern "Come here!" of their master, it was by deceit. History will for the end of the world.. the privileges of the people, in the government of the country furnish fewer more poignant The Protestant British Larsel with the well-known result that a in the future then has been the with their tongues nervonaly stories of mis-directed idealiem League held's Convention at the Britisher abroad was thrown en- case in the past the same holds licking about their mouths, 871- than that which tells of Rasais's Westminster Central Hall on the tirely on his own respurces even good in the case of this Colony sive looke, and every doggish migo Borrowa since the osat of the Second Advent, and the posters when he was doing his level best and the neede of the Empire oforinging humiliation. The dog's autocracy of the Romanoffs, for somewhat superfluously added: to protect the industrial and could be quite well afeguarded sympathetic anguish in his mis. Liberty has raa smok and "In case of air raids there is safe commercial communities at home by allowing the British people tress's strange diagrson was almost from the governmental supported here to elect the four non-official too pathetic to be amusing fo One hears a great deal-about-profiteering at Home and the bred its abrogation-Anarchy, shelter in the Central buildings,

The principal speaker was Mins encroachments of German and European Members of Connoil and tried to conciliate the stern master steps that are being taken there to punish those, who, out of sheer whilst co-ordination and unily greediness, inflate the price of commodities to such an extent that have give place to dissection and Augusts Oook, who said that the other interests-bus to-day in by permitting a greater ebare of by licking his hand miserably they enrich themselves enormously in a very short time. With chaos. The latest news through present war was the Armageddon view of strong public opinion the control to fall on the electorate and looking back towards the relief we hear they are being weeded out and dealt with in such a points to a total demoralisation, of the prophets, and the capture Government has at long last Charity begins at home where the two culprits-pleading sa plainly severe manner as to make them pause before erring in the same the final result of which is of Giz by the British heralded awakened to the necessity of people have made greater storia dumb creature could for crime. And only last week I saw- direction again. Sooh an example is made of them that should act difficult to foresee. Bussia has the last phase of the struggle, practicing what it has so confiesa of time, money and life than forgiveness of their unknown. as deterrent to others who would follow similar methods if they been the disappointment of her Russia and Germsay would then siatently preached, and the Bill they have ever been called upon conld without being taken to task. That is what is being done at Allies. A study of her travail enter into an alliance, and hold which comes into operation this to make previously and the rulers another terrier ladicrously afraid year will give our people at home of Britain have at last realised of a little girl of four who, Home.. But how many people living in Hongkong think, or if they re-ffirms the traiem that without Jiralem against the British.

A battle would take place on these privileges which shoold that we mast protect frst of all Bouncing that she was a lion, do think, take any steps to pat down the profiteering which is rife control even righteous emotion. in this very colony on the part of most Ohinese dealers. It flourishes ie but the precarear of hysteris, the plains of Galilee, which would have been theirs for many a long our own natural bora peoples, advanced, with rolling eyes and and our own shops, factories and gnashing teeth, rosting apon a here on an enormous scale, and will continue to do so unlese come for Bossia ia bysterical not end in the victory of the British year ere this,

She has failed her and herald the Second Advent. The excuse put forward again industries, before we can consider devoted aunt and proceded to devear her with gusto. Barney determined front is shown to those who practise it. The Chinese inactive.

time when they The British Israel League are and again in Britain by the those others who, although our shopkeepers have a nasty way of looking apen foreigners as persons friende sta rolling in wealth who should be squeezed as dry as possible, and needed her moat, bat she has the thinkers who believe that the permanent officials who have subjects have not been called was abocked and soured that the way in which they do it is so systematic and atterly barefaced, failed herself at a janoture when British nation is descended from always been the real rulers of the apon to endure those priva- he retreated trembling toder the that one is often strack damb at the collosal impudence bf it. true greatness seemed so acces- the lost ten tribes of Israel. These country against giving the peo- tiona and Bacrifices that car gown of his mistress. And yet he himself can assume a ferocity If the war which terrifies the young lion Sicos the war the cost of living in Hongkong has gone up by aible to her graep. Censare of ere to be distinguished from the ple a greater measure of control, own peoples have. leaps and bounds as everyone can testify, and while in certain com- her present visionaries seems only Jews who are descended from has always been that the common her tough: as nothing else it as herself, and might deceive any modities a rise in price was to be expected, the fact remains that in just, but when the soul of Russia Judab, which makes it more re- people were not sufficiently educa- taught us both, common people body, so he might know it was

only acting," t many cases tremendous advances have been made for which there coke out from a re established.markable that if we are the Lost ted in world economics and inter- and government officials alike, is not the slightest justification. When surprise is expressed at Government there will doobiless Tribes we should be inviting the national law to be able to intelli- that the people who have fought gently handle difficult situations and esorificed are the people that

It is one of the paradoxes of the dearness of certain articles the compredore say nonchalantly be a beartfelt contrition and & others to settle in Palestine.

wealth saya the Japan Chronicle "The War," bat in numeroas csere be is a prevaricator of the return to effective service in the The Tanner of Israel, the organ sa they arose. This cannot be alwe have firas of all to consider. apon those people very first water, for there are many kinds of food upon which the establishment of a world-wide of the League, recently published lowed in Hongkong where the men It" ja war cannot by any stretch of imagination be said to have any democracy.

an article by M. Jerrim, who who control the great businesses of that the burden of paying for the that those who have it pot, always effect. Yet the compradore blames the war because incresses

states that this war i Armaged-the Colony are all of them picked war must fall, not only in this now much better what should have been made. We do not intend to detail the msay articles of Briteas Overseas.

don; but the editor of the Ban- men of many years experience generation but in the generations be done with it then those who are in actual possession. The food and boueshold ncoessities which have risen abnormally in There is not a member of the ner is not sure. He says it has and at least as well educated as to come and that in order to rights Toradza undertakes to instruofi

the permanent officials who control protect these peoples and the pro prize, though we could do so if eo minded. Suffice it to eay that Overseas Club in Obina yet to be proved. there is a good deal of profiteering going on in the Colony who will not receive plearare from

No doubt he remembers the the colouice through the Coloniel ducts of their hands and brains, the Japanees millionaires on how which should be investigated so that the foreigner could be reading what Field Marshal Sir dismal failures of the prophetic Office in London. More than both in Britain itself and in those they should dispose of their our work and money. In fact it carries the protected from those who fill their pockets at the expense of his. Dongles Haig said in his letter to students who identified Napoleon this the man that constitute the Colonies that

The work is one for our erstwhile friends the Food Committee, the Overeess Club, in thanking Ill., the Princa Imperial, and life and well being of Hongkong money bave created, it is only just proosa far beyond the millionsite Prince Jerome as Antichrist, and are far more likely to know sad and fair that they should have plass, and suggests that ¥10,000

might be extracted from we are not going to sak where they are, for we have done so on so the Changhai Branch for a geoer.

understand the real, needa of the privileges comasasarate with had to move the propheoy on. many previous occains that we have began to believe they are our gift of money for the pur; o e

Tokso motorist in order to pay There was D- Camming, who Colone than tfficials secluded in the sacrificse they have made for the much-needed improve posted as "Missing". The Food Committee has nominally been in of providing hampere for the men

and that they should be given a existence long enough for the public to realise that not much is to at the front. At Sir Douglas was so impressed with the coming the offices at Whitehall. be expected from it, and this being the cass it would be better if Haig remarked, it wAS" end of the world that he used to The war has considerably greater messure of control thement of the roads of the ospitales

will hail the suggestion with en- demonstration that get his posle in by the half changed the views even of the others who have not been called The motorists, we have no doubt;”

tbusiasm. There must be some- foreign residente in Japan have been victimised in the same way Britions oversess are prepated to hundred, and yet left the world most conservative of the per-upon to make such a crifice.

maneat officials and the Home Hongkong representamore than but from reports of the messures they put into operation, we rather make great sacrifices for the going strong when he died. think they have more enterprise than we possess in Hongkong. The common canas.

a name, it represents to Asia the thing peroliarly ostentations in Since war com~

M.Jerrim write: According Government has all through

been compelled i British idest, and so that ideal the look of a car. Dr. Baty in

recent book referred to the Batchers Guild some time ago in Japan got the profiteering fever menced the Overseas Olab has to the prophecy in Jel iii, we this war

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its councils is changing and has changed tendency of magistrates to make pretty badly, but their foreign patrons did not do any shilly shally done a tremendous amount of may expect this great war to be to ing. They combined, with the result that in the face of the good in a variety of ways to brought to a decision in the Valley business men of all abades of daring the dust three years the opposition meat was brought down to a normal level. It is a com- help the war alone.

Though ofJehoshaphat, which region has political opinion in order to sap Government of Hongkong mait

in the wrong but because he wa bination of forces against the compradore that is necessary in Hong-e abroad are far removed Leen strongly garrisoned by the plement the knowledge of its needs follow suit or we shall kong before he can be made to see that people do not leave England from hostilities wo neverthe Germane and Turke, who seem permanent cfficials and permit held up to the world by our

↑ Japausse idea of the sigaifiosnos merely for the purpose of putting money into bis till. There is no less realise that that the old determined to contend fistcely the work of organisation supply critica to fidioule, Oar presumed to be wealthy. The earthly reason why we should not consider enggestions similer to country is in need of all the with the British forcee, who are and control to proceed. It is efficiency instead of increasing of a car is evidently still o those made in Japan of starting a foreign co-operative are cistion, assistance it can get, and it would slowly but surely approsching! freely admitted to-day in the muat needs retrograde, not indeed

Osbinet, that without the know because of ridicals, bat, because liberal one. There should be no difficulty in floating such a scheme, and it would be lasting stigma on Bitone that way from Egypt be in the interests of the foreign community if it was put into scattered all over the globe if As this is the region south of ledge supplied by these same the lessons of the war will have operation. Erea in Peking where foreigners are not large is num- they stood aloof from the great Jerusalem, it will not be hard for business men, and labour repre- been lost upon of. ber, many of them club together to procure curtain foodatas and struggle, and never raised this prophet to claim that be sentatives, the war could not have For three years the war has

been proving to us day by other articles from Rome, the cost being much less than they would finger to help along the canse of rightly interpreted the Scriptures, been carried on have to pay if they patronised the compradore for everything. Com-their mother country. The Hong-Bat it will be very cheering to Hongkong stands first of all ss and hout by bour, the great plaints of profiteering are as humerous as the leaves of Valambrosa, kong and Shanghai Branches of the Government and the Allied an advanced agency of British of British trade and comme bat no-one does suything to alter conditions, and if they continue to the Overseas Olab bave Story War Council to know that the trade and do nothing but complain of the way in which they are being faced reason to feel proud of what they British-Israelites are with them fin business round the Central Market, then they have have mason sliched in the way of and ovnfident of victory between

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