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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918.

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FOR DEVOTION TO DUTY. TENNIS TOURNAMENT,

Great Britain Honours Her

War Workers.

Last Night's „ Play.

OPTIMISM IS LIFE-PESSIMISM

SLOW SUICIDE.

To-morrow's Anniversary. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the earthquake at San Fran, cisco in 1906,

The Dollar.

The opening rate of the dollar on demand to-day was 3a 15 d. Theft from Kowloon Docks.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY,

An Army pigeon, har equalled- the feat of Napoleon's ADⱭ. who galloped up with a message

Last evening there was in the press of battle, and being" fairly large crowd on the cricket saked. “You are - wounded P. (By Basil Clarke ). OWDHIS of ONG-MAN

ground to witoms matches in replied. "Pardon, mire, I am dead,” busines. Taken to a whole

Devotion to daty-that is the connection with the varicas com and fell lifeless. This pigsós they are a class who have felt the

basis and prime reason for bestow petition of the Hopakong Cricket few home with one of its lege war'e severity more than suyone

al of the new order of obivalry Club's Toorosment. The match shot away, only to fall deed in else and it is gratifying to notice

which the King of Roglend has in the Professional Pairs between the loft floor. But ita meage, that at last their case has receiv ed cficial 'recognition, and that Before Mr. Dier Ball, st the catablished. It has been designed N. E. Kent and I. 8. Jennings almost driven into its body **eps are to be taken to better Police Court this morning, an to reward especially devotion to and the Rev. 1 L Cooper Hunt he the abot, usred the lives their lot. Many of these men for employee of the Kowloon D'oks duty in war work behind the field and Lt. Col Griep was the most of hundreds of men: Gae years before the war by dint of was charged with stealing a of battle. The 300 citizens upon interesting some exordingly alonds and barrage arsaften mach thrift and self-sacrifior, quantity of brass piping from whom it has already been good play being cern. The first need by the enemy to prevent bestowed are.dman from every named pair proved to be the communication, but the pigeon. saved inficient money to set the Dock, The man frankly possible field of non-military war stronger and won the match in from the front-line trenches homes themselves up in basineer on admitted the theft, and wa their own sccount, sad in many sentenced to three weeks' hard ervice. The comprise women 88 NG PIF, the Fores reading in through without a turs, when well as men; distinguished peo their fawnr. 14-12. 46, and 6-1. nothing else would live through instances were able only to farm labour and four hours' stocks.

plend andistinguished; rich The Mixed Doubles Bradiosp it, and then to ita: left, whenon over fufficient to support

Theft from Warders' Quarters, people and poor people slike. It match in which Mr. and Mre, the merange in went to Bard- employment of

A canteenboy" in ine Word is in fact, the unique quality of Vermey played Captain Gray and quarters by the speediest means. the WET SYD and

sra' quarters of Victoria Gscl. this new Order quality that Miss Robertson, was slap watobed Some of the lofts are like they were immediately faced with was charged before Mr. Dyer Ball, rendere it exceptional among all by a grod number of spectators, motor omniburse, and esch bird two problem which they could at the Hagistracy this morning. Europe's boncara sad distinctions The former couple played the knows its own "bes and homes to not ignore. One was their desire with stealing several pairs of that is knows no limitation in pager game throughout and won it. The has is moved from time to join the forces, and the other boots belor ging to Ladian wardite sphere of applicability. Thus the match by 63, 8-6.

to time and still the was the very natural desire to org. He was arrested coming its fille a gap. Previously the The only other event decided birda recognize it. Many keep their business intact, for they down the stairs with the hoote in rank and file and the work-a-day was the re-play between vasble messages have come Lad the fature to look 10. Unfort his possession. which

Hie Worship citizen of Great Britain, no mat Winkler ant J. M. Soeters in the through by pigeon messenger, Sarrespondents are requested to observe the rule

with anately many of them could nemos and addresses Jogaires them forward their

The bot an amusing story in told of for not do. balb, and the real sentenced the man to six weeks' ter how useful or how valuable Handicap Singles - "A".

bia, pervica Bo the nation, former, who received 15/3 defeat-nos occasion when anxiety wa Jommunications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily

was that hundreds sacrificed sil·

could not Sahilsation, but as an evidence of their bona fides.

receive honourable ed the fatter (recs. 4/6) by 6-4, faft as to the progrem of an in- to spewer the call for fighting! men, while other received exemp Before Mr. J. E. Wood, at the recognition from the King while 7-5.

| tortank battalion. The General This evening there are several Staff were all awaiting news with tions, though they would bare Police Court this morning, thres still retaining his original rank

lively sïpentendy when a pigeon preferred to take their place in chair coolies were summoned for and class, ua bonour was available matches due to be played.

was seen boming to its loft st top the trenches. The position of refusing to accept bire. Evidence for him that did not entail scoial

speed. The means go was eagerly both classes was indeed unea was given by Mrs. Danenberg to promotion to some class in which

the effect that she went to a chair only too often he felt himself on MESSES. A, S. WATSON & opened, and this is what it con- viable..

stand in Bonham Road, Weet 'outsider." As for women there

tained: "Lucky pigeon to escape from this bell of a place." It was Point, and wanted to take a chair was no boncuravailable; she could to Queen's Bosd. There were two attain to no distinctive rank or

signed by a Canadian (fficer. The We are authorised to state that Germans bares good pigeoh It is satisfactory to notice that chairs at the stand, but they both title eave through ber husband. the Local Government Board, in refused to take her and ran away. The "Order of the British sabiat to sadit the profits avail-service, but their sizzons are not conjunction with the Ministry of She informed Inspector Mao-Empire" with its separate alastes able for distribution amount to as good as English bred birds. Nasional Service, has, after Dorald, and he had the deand the Order of the Companions $101,508.66 which the General conanitation with representatives fendants arrested, the other man of Honour" do away at last with Managers and Copanting Com of a number of associations, adopt getting away. His Worship-impos all such limitations. They may mittes propose to dispose of sa ed certain proposals, the detailsed fires of $1, $5 and $5 on the be deatined to become the most follows

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918.

CORRUPTION IN GERMANY,

Preserving Their Trade.

from the fact that the scheme

Before the csses are decided s

hard labour.

Chair Coolles Fined.

defendants respectively. Stones on the Peak Tramway,

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CO'S. DIVIDEND.

Dividend 70 cents per

abare Consulting Com

mittee Fees

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General Managers'

Ommission

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Some time ago · Lord Charn-

wood stated that there were no

less thae 200,000 British soldiere. arippled in the war, who require 63,000 00 physical training. From s slats-

2,000,00

ment which has been shown to

me, (sayas borrespondent) is -- would sem that the chanos of a 5,033 18 considerable percentage of them

obtaining it is very remote. The 2,000.00 Army Council say that they asanot keep men for long perioda 25,000.00 in military hospitals, because 4,475 48 they must make room for re- cently wounded men. Hen $101,508 66 bose external wonunda hava healed are therefore evacuated from the military hospitals. The

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of which have now been issued to

core'ed and most truly honour the tribunale. The obj>ote of these proposals are that measures shall

able of all British boncurs; ther the most truly decoratio. The Chinees bor, who wSH be taken for preserving the bus*

It may seem invidious to pick inesses of men who are released charged at the Police Court Not much is heard nowadays of Germany's burning desire to for the Army, sad that, in so far yesterday before Mr. Dyer Ball. cut any of its recipients for special as is reasona ly possible, men who for placing stores on the rails of mention and yet it is only by spread her "kultur." At the beginning of the war and for s con-

Fand illastrate the many types of siderable time later one heard of little else from German writers. Itars physically well qualified shall the Peak Tramway, was again some euch selection that one can Par Staff Provident

tion was, according to these idealists, for the betterment of the world be released for military service, before Mr. Dyer Ball this morning,

been granted. Among 17 that that panaces for all the evils that existed-Teutonic kaltut This is a step in the right direc he having bad his sentence dr service for which this honour hea Write off for deprecia

Carry forward recipiente-of-the bigbest order, should be spread abroad and that Germany abould domineer the ion and will be welcomed by the ferred to see if he were physically world. The world knew then sa it knows now that German ideala many-owners of small businesses it to receive the birching ordered-the Companionship ef Benour,

Mr. F. X D'Almada appeared for had neither been exccessful at Home nor abroad, and that civilisation sea mark that their position is sp the boy and stated that it was the one finds, for Example, Mr. preciated to the fall. Of course the as understood by the great free democracies of the British Empire,

Unica secretary for the osñal who very soon revealed themselves as the most barbarie people of diffialties of this complicated stones there, He asked that a hostmen and hargees of Great women of humblest rank whoj majority of arthopaedio cases are of France, Americs and Italy bad nothing to learn from the Germans scheme will not solve all the lad's companion's who placed the Hepty Goeling. He is the Trade

fine be impored. His Worship

Britain, a ** who has have been granted the Medal of quite anfit for military services, modern times, thoroughly anacropalone and dishonourable in every problem, but if it is adopted thought the case serious and row

a barge the Order for especis! devotion to and are discharged. Many of them respect. Recently the American press pablished extracts from a thoroughly, and with the co-ordered the boy to receive five himself worked, on

operation of the tradera concerned,

and who ha br sheer duty. Here are acme examples: muet drift into the class of un- pamphlet by Herr August Thyssen, a relative of the well-known

strokes.

merit risen to be leader of all Miss Mead Brace, a forewoman employed cripples. Theoretically German iron-master, in which he relates how the German Govern. itabould go a long way towards of such

Spotted Fever. ment, before the war, enlisted the support of the commercial and lightening the lot

For the twenty-four boors ended transport workers unicos of Great at an explosiver factory controlled the Pensions Miniatry will look individuals In the absence. industrial leaders of Germany, himself isoluded, for the Hohers).

April 16, only five cases of spotted Britain. He helped the Govern women's fire brigade dorings after them. Bat the Pensiona of such lern war policy, on the ground that it would pay them; and how a scheme bardabips fever were notified, three being ment in the war by guiding it in fire and though all of them might Ministry can only pay pensione,

enine to 8 that Government made specific promises of this or that ehate of the must certainly

from the City of Victoria and two i's dealings with transport labour have been blown to bite at any ad provide industrial training. booty to be acquired, Thyssen's own share being 30,000 acres of greater extent than hea already from other districte. The number problems. For similar labour moment they continued coolly the man ir physically act for

That be land in Australia and a loan of £150,000 at 3 per cent. from the teen experienced.

Braseworkers' Mise Dolly Gladys Vickers between the two waterlight com- Deutsche Bank to develope it. Reading the scrdid story, our mind question is being thoughtfully of deaths in even and all the, service three other Trade Union at work under her leadership, this training, he is left stranded

sufferers are Chicese. It will be secretaries, the went back to some of the German literature of 1915. A certain grappled with can be gathered noticed that to-day's announce secretary, the Railwaymen's core picked up a fure that bad partments of the Amy Council pre-eminence among the literature of the time was attained, owing to the writer'a reputation, by Prof Peer Sabari e disgraceful little proposes that cases of all men in mens slows the number of deaths try and the Ship constructosa exploded in her hand and though and the Ministry of Pensions.

My informant-states that he has Lord Faringdon, the throw it outside the building brochure Handler and Belden (Tradesmen and Heroes); it was the same trade, shall come before to be in excess of the number of tcretary ste granted the same it was burning she carried it and

casre. This is explainable by the order. written, as he explaine, only for German readers, but unluckily the tribunal to be dealt with fact that four of the seven deaths Marchioness of Lansdowne, Vis- away from other explosive which ab doubt that there are already count Chetwynd and other exalt might have caught fire. Annie at least 50,000 men with injured profane hande got hold of it. Is details are not worth mach thought to day, unless suyone wants to see how pitiful sa intelligearvey of the needs of the district were asees Fent to the mortuary, people are in the same class. Ross lost half her hand by the ex- limbs who inquire prolonged -

i to be made by a competent and, in addition three former

cases, previously reported, have These people, though nobles had plosion of a face but returned to treatment and training to ensule ence a really great economist, who cccupies a chair at Barlin, CAD men, and, so far as possible, died. "Ostea" represent patients nevertheless to earn their disting work and by her own with was them to be of service to thema.Ives exhibit when he gets outside his own sphere So far as without infioling such bardehipe being treated for the dieesse. consists of abuse of England, well, we

tion. The last named for example *mployed on similar work, Ralph and the community. There is st ore" at war, and

did so in the days of the British Goldney though suffering from present so provision for more then that is to be expected; and so far. B it copiate of as would justify exemption under

Opium Canes. Sambert patting his signature to statements which he prefert onditions, exemption

There were several cases of on shell shortage: Taking his life in mercurial poisoning due to band- & ifth of this number. Even from knows to be false but hopes may be useful to Germssy-all, he is should be limited to the minimum lawinl opiem possession before his hands be experimented with ling falminste of mercury would a buriarse point of view, the reed a German professor, and we have learnt that that is to be expected of man-power for meeting those Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Marie trees far machinery and made it not leave his work till a new should clearly be met as occe also: Bat bia representation of the war as a contest between two

this morning. One Obinere was adaptable for the treatment of worker could be found to replecs and it ought to ha' a national national souls, the soul of the tradesman and the soul of the hero,

ebarged with having 28 taels of explosives. He erected a new bim. Mise L. M. Ede a inspector charge, and not left to baphesset A Good Scheine. the Englishma cccupied (at beet) with big rights and the German

opinm dress, which was found infectory in a few weeks and work of munitions discovered a defect charity. I state the facta as I have with bis duties, rather sets one thinking to-day. For eométbirg bes

With regard to preserving the loggage te wee carrying. Being and sleeping thera he in a certain type of shell face received them; but I think most We managed with bie makeshift and which bad bitherto been and people will agree that there asn gone wrong with the hero soal of Germany; very far wrong, if we businesses it will be seen that the pleaded that the bundle may trust German acccante. Indeed, if Thyeeen's very circometan- sobreme has been thoroughly gone given him to look after by another dangerous machinery and with coverable and which had rendered be no question of the wounded into sod will no drubt be Chinese, and, his Worship believ. volunteer helpers to fill abella and defective large numbers of shella, soldier's abeolate title to any It did sound so well; we British, who had faced a war for which prietors of businesses who are is For the onlas ful possession of: 1 at that me threatened Briti ha locomotive ran away in an as he requires it even if the cost we were absolutely unprepared in order to keep our

ordinance factory, jumped on prove sa grest as one whole day'e certain grades, it is proposed, taels of prepared opium a woman sorcees in the field. pledged word.

Among women recipients of the it at great personal risk and war. and who took it as a matter of course that we should do so, without should be made available for the was fined 3750 or four months discoursing stout the "Morally Grend," did wonder a little. We roy to the fallest possible extent, hard Is bour and a similer penally bigbest glass of the Order of the stopped it. Several divers are

"With the Wounded," is the wondered whether perhaps only trademen were supposed to keep though it it must not be forgalton se imposed on a man who was British Empire are the seep, bonoured for most dangerous their worde, while heroes were exempt. We wondered why. if com- that their right for exemption in arrested st Kowloon Station whose hospital and social work service in the salvage of ships, organ of the Brondesbury Park mercialism was such a vice, the heroes of Germany had for 30 year raceptions-case is not to be sesterday whilst trying to export during the war has been of the As-e-last instance cue may men Military Hospital; ir enhoes those molt exacting tendard. Lady tion the osse of Thomas Harper high spirits which seem the given their whole minde to making more money that we did, and taken awa. Io other grades small 20 isel why they boasted so freely that they were succeeding, that their trade, men'e exemptions will not Robbed Fellow Workmen. Paget whore Red Cross work munitions worker aged 74 who pecalist property of war bospitals, trade increased faster than ouse, and so on.... The demonstration be oppraed if it means the closing An employee of the Taikoo among the Cerbiane was a model had retired from work owing to Ita coulenta include,Euclid in that the British commer. isl traveller was a bucketer and the German down of their business, but a Sager Banery was charged be of womanly devotion and fearless-old age and gone to Australia to the Army, from which we extract variety a hero never seemed entirely convincing. And as the war proviso that they shall engage in fore Mr. Dyer Ball at the Pulica nees and Lady Reid who end his remaining years. At the the following definitions went on we wondered still more about the German heroes. We do work of nations! importance to Court this morning, with the "mothered" the troops of Australia outbreak of war he wrote to-hi All-regimental sergeant-majors not mean the army; that has fought well enough, as every other an extent that will cot place apon theft of a quantity of clothing and that came over to help their old employer effering his services are equal to anything, but the side for war work. He returned to of say three sergeant mi jɔre people without exception has done. Nor are we talking about the them so unreseonable hardship, money, belonging to other emhome-country.

Red Cross work, the making England at his own expense and taken together, is less than that policy which has degraded the German navy to the practice of mere ill to mude. It is very inter-ployees. It appears that while marder; for at least the sakmarice Crewe die, and in no very plea esting to note that men of this the other men were absent from and organ setion of monition for the Irst two years has of ang three brigadier-generals Bant fashion. We are thinking of the Germans at home, the class will be need to maintain the the quarter, the defendant supply, recruiting war finance, done the work of the gonger taken at random.

businesses of others in the same broke open commercial classes principally. We have seen them piling up bad be joined the polours and stole the property. He work and even oberity orgapies his work bat he has refused to go per been mad

their boxes shipping, foreign trade, accial men. Often be bas fainted at 4 major bas the shortest tem- enormons" forttines from the war, and we have noted to vary significant fact that the rise in wages in Germany has been trifling Where they are not so headed, was trying to escape to Canton tion, these and every branch of home saying that he could not in comparison with this swollen profits. It looks today if the they will have to ergage in other on the ea Tei Ming, when arrest war service have their represents Test while be knew his countes whole of the sham hero-legend of Germany, promulgated by Som work of importance. The scheme ed by Sergeant Fallen. He tives in the list of recipients. One needed shells. bart and bis like, is exploded; and abettver "the Good, the Noble, should be well received for it has struggled violently and it took actress Miss Lena Ashwell is Sach is the devoted arrvices we learn that preparations fo Bnd the Morally Grand" may be residing at the moment, it is not exceptional merits, and if it works three Chinese Police to take him honoured for her work in enter-which this new order of Empreis being made by the Chosen smong the German civil population. We are not immacolate in succeessully it should be he to the station. A good deal of tainining soldiers in the Field to honour and these are but a Railway sathorities to transport Britain, by any means; we have our profiteere, big and small, like means of keeping alive the trade the property wes rock vered. Ben Bat for most people the special few instances of many. A nation at short not de largo bodies of other people. Bat on the whole we are pretty honest. And the of small business men who would tence of three months hard interest of awards will centre with each citizens to honour can troops over that system N.C.

otherwise loss al'.

labour was passad÷ German at home, by his own account, is not,

msnes of men, and, but take pride in honouring them. Daily Vau

nerde.

tial statement be true, there never was any hero-coal at all; only a zccepted as a bon. Sle, pro-ling the story, discharged the man, to make good the shortage which 0. Ogilvie en sn cocasion when trestment he may require as long

association for loot,

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Transportation of Troops From information received