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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918.

To Correspondents.-.

DAY BY DAY.

THE REWARD FOR WORK IS MORE WORK AND HARDER WORK.

"Two letters which we received yesterday for publication anggot that the writers have a rather mistaken conception of the fanations of a newspaper. One of the eorites indulged in a dealery of presumably cynical personalit ies in which even His Excellensv the Governor was not spared, whi'e the other went the length

to fight which had been thrown

oat to him by A seemingly

bellicose individual. The point

who exceed the bonada of reason-

ableness,

The German Way,

To-morrow's Anniversary,

To-morrow is the first anniver of the appointment of M. Kerensky se Premier of Russis.

"י

The Dollar.

Infected Port.

For the Troops..

We schoowledge with thanke a big batch of literature for the troops from Mr. BL Frost.

Peak Church.

Found in Barracks;

"THE TAI O`TRAGEDY. from hour to hour for British TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

law and order in a part where

Funeral of Sergeant Glendenning.

Gogg (mounted).

Police Reserve Inspector G. W.

Меен

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The slam scandal of

priston and other ill-doers haunt, The American Navy has given With only Asistio zubordinates to us a lead-in democratio assist him. He has fallen and nomenclature: One of her new Publio Borrow at the terrible many here are the poorer "by the destroyers is named, after a tragedy by which Orown Sergeant loss of a vained friend and gunner's mate dead in this war. Glendenning lost his life at Tai O comrade, while the public service We may by this time have on Wednesday, and the great seis deprived of an able and trusted somewhere al sex" a Jack- teem in which the deceased fficer offiser. There are those whose Cornwell; there is room in the list was held by all who knew him, sorrow is so deep that even our for the name. We have among our. were evidenced by the extremely words of sympathy seem intrusive, ships Kings and Queens, begin- at. Yet we do think with heartfelt ning with our present rulare; we The opening rate of the dollar large and representative of publicly accepting a challenge on demand to-day was 3a, 3561.tendance at the funeral which armpathy of the widow and her have the Prince of Wales, we have tock place at Happy Valley little child. We pray that she Princesses, and a grand array of Lisat evening. Besides police may be comforted in her sore heroes, bat nose of our mighty Bengoon bas Geplared Hong and military units and repre- distress and directed in all her men of valoar of the lower deck. that we desire to make is that kong an infected port on account-entatives of practically every fature coarse and that the com- there are limits to the privileges of plague.

branch of the Government service, passionate feelings which go out The late Duke of Northumber eccorded to correspondents, and

there were hundreds of civilians to her to-day from her friends land interested himself deeply in in these instances they were, to

present, while beatiful floral and from the whole community benefit societies, and made, one- our way of thinking, decidedly

tributes were sent in profusion. may be used for the partial reoslle, an imposing figure dur overstepped. That is why we

The coffin, which was borne on a bealing of her stricken heart by ing his admirable chairmanship curtailed one of the letters and

gan-carriage and enveloped in a the God who is the father of the of the annual meetings of one merely extracted the essentis!

Union Jack, left the Mortuary fatherless and the husband of the such body. His graos knew how paint from the other, and we con-

We are asked to sinis that Sun at the Government Civil Hospital widow in His holy habitation. to rule a big orowd bristling with

after four o'clock

The very many floral tribates ideas, and his strong personality fees to being somewhat earprised day evening services will be abortly

on arriving at No. 5 included wreathe from the follow was sexisted by his luxurisat that two of our contemporaries commenced in the Fask Church and eboald. publish the communica-on Sunday next at 6.30.p.m. Police Station was joined by ingHis scrrowing wife and growth of whiskers. In a ball No Plans Furnished. members of the Force and the child; his brother, Walter, and fall of democrats the duke beld tions in fall. The public. Press is

An elderly Onese appeared band of the 25th Battalion family; the BW.M., officera and his own right imperially. One not the place in which to indulge, in personslitice, weither is it the before Hr. J. R. Wood, at the Middlesex Regiment, which, to brethres, Lodge of St. John, 618, delegate summed the titled this morning, the strains of Chopin's March 8.0.; No.. 2 Station Mess; Ser-chairman up afterwards no “a medium through which the chal Police Court lenges of would-be law-breakere summoned for erecting a building Fusebre, headed ths cortege to geants' Mese 87th Oo. B.G.A. fine figurehead, with a fine head- should be taken up. There have without farnishing plans to the the Monument, the end procession The Staff, Magistrees; Constables for figures." bess times when we have had Public Works Department. Mi being watched by large crowds Mens Water Police Station; occasion to criticise the Govern- Eldridge asked his Worship to as it passed through the streets, European Staff. Supreme Court No Percy was so zemeîtive to which mest and its servante, and when make an order for the erection to At the Monument, the band of the European Staff. Imports and the claims sad datise of the Boza ames, and addresses with the circumstances justify it we be pulled down, but hie Worship Police Reserve and a large con- Exports Office; Hongkong Tram of Northumberland as the 1ste mmunications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for shall not besitate to do so again. replied that it was hard lines on core of civiliane joined the way Company; No. 1 Police Lean- duke

But we trust that we have always the poor old man. He would cortage, which, in charge of Mr. ob; Sargta. Mees No. 5 Police Walbottle affected him deeply, steered clear of cffensive personal remand the case for further P.P.J. Wodehouse, Acting C.S.P. Station: Taamali Police Station; and drew from him a vigorous allusions. Our columns are consideration.

(who also represented His Ex-RN: Dockyard Police; Members defence. It is sa odd reflection R.A.M.O.that this ancient family bas had osllency the Governor) wended Sergeants always open to sane, soberly

Two Chicere were obarged its way to the Cemetery in the the Warders of Victoris Gsol; more than one long break in its

the boys of the 25th Middlesex, titular career, and that "Smith expreses criticisms on matters of poblic interest, but the use there before Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, at the of be fxtended he shoes Magistracy, this morning, with following order

anlawfully being found in the

attached to the H. E. Police aon" is now the true hereditary Oataide Staff Tramway Company; name. It was the second dake, Victoria Barracks without permie-

Sergeants Kew and Arnold, Sergt. Meas Central Police Sir Hugh Smithson (the unsuit- sion. The defendents were found by a Sergeant in the billiard (Police Reserve, Monated Section). Station; Taikos Olab Bowling ab'e same was, of course, shed); Members; Bergta. Moss Water who complained to George III Band of the Police Reserva, room. The Sergeant stated that!

Band of the 25th Middlesex Police Station: Garrison Military that until his time no “Percy” had One has become ao used to the main path was open to the

Polios; Mejor Cassel and General been refused the Garter. "True," Regiment.

B.. reading of German inhomanities public, but where the defendsate

Gan carriage bearing the coffa, Steff; G. A. Serta.aid the King, "but it is also the that the news contained in a were found was private, Both drawn by men of the Hongkong Mess, Victoria Barracks; Staff, first time that a Smithson haa B-ater's telegram that enemy

Harbour Department; Bergte claimed one." Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Aotg. of the 25th Batt. Middlesex ambulance station, kiling two

08P, Mr. T. H. King, A.8 P., Regt; Megar. F. C. Jenkia, If he did not sotually invent and wounding nine of the occup

Chief Inspector Kerr, Hon. Mr. DSP.; JW. Franke, A.S.P.; T.F. the phase "The Simple Life," ante, is hardly cslcalated to do

Remanded. Before Mr. J. H. Wood, at the Clad Severn, Colonial Secretary. Hough, A.S.P., sud Hongkong Charles Wagner, who bas just more than osuse & passing increase Police Court this morning, two

Inspectors and Sergeants of the Police Beerve: from the Indian died, certainly gave it world-wide in the measure of contempt that

Hongkong Polios.

Police; Hrn. Mr. Claud Savero: popularity by his book under that all decent people feel for Germany lawful possession of a quantity 25th Battalion Middlesex Regi-C. Wolfe; Commander C. W. Paris in the old days will remem

men were charged with the un-

Military Police and Men from Hon. Mr. J. H Kemp; Mr. ED title. Many British visitors to and the Germans. To detail the

of clothing. One man was arrest- list of atrocities the enemy has

tooked in Possesion Street by amen and the Royal Garrison Beckwith; Mr. P.P.J. Wodehouse; her the little hall in which committed

Mr. T.H. King, Mr. G.A. Wood- Pastor Wagner are to lecture. since he bis

mad plange for world detectivive darrving a box fall of Artillery.

ock; Chief Inspector and Mrs. Hie was so engaging personality, Hongkong Police Reserve, and Kerr; Inspector and Mra. Sim; modest and fall of charm; the detective to Circular Pathway

large body of civiliane, Inspector Macdonald; Staff In-notoriety his book brought him ion of acte at once revolting and and pointed out another man,

At the Cemetery gates, the epector 0. el Arcalli; Inspector never affected his humility. He whom he said had given him the inbumen, and, painful though the box. This wee denied. Inspector coin was carried by deceased's and Mrs, J. Grant Mr. and was 67, sad has lived to see his recollection of them be, the duty Kent applied for a remand saying side, where a most impressive B. J. Wilton; Mr. and Mrs. B. J. heights of heroism.

comrades in the Feroe to the grave-re, S. B. C. Rosa; Mr. and Mrs. beloved Paris rise to glorious is thrust upon all men interested in he was of the impression that the human progress to keep them well was the seme as one that bad ceremony was conducted by the Dizon; Chief Detective Inspector

Pastor Wegner, by the way, sight when viewing the cause been stolen from the ferry wharf. those at the graveside besides Inspector and Mrs. Angus: C. J. was born in Alsace. He obcse

Rev.J Kirk Haoonachie, Among Hurison; Mr. D. E Donnelly; The terrible double tragedy at Tai 0, of which we gave fall sad couree of the present struggle. He wanted to make enquiries nits of the police, military, Dock-Poole; Mr. and Mrs. I. 8. Smith: Franca as bie country, after the details in our issue of yesterday, and by which & most popular War is not a kid-glove game, but The remand was granted, Dail European officer of the Police Force lost his life, has created a deep when a nation, boastful of its high being allowed to each man in the yard Police and Police Reserve, Mr. and Mrs. H. Steinfeld; N.B. crime of 1870, though. Germany wers the following:-Mr. Walter White; Mr. and Mre. F. Reich bad far greater scope to offer for eenustion in the Colony. Following on the cold-blooded murder of attainments, both educational and

Glendenning, brother of deceased mann; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. King; one of bie Latherian connections. nother member of the Force in the open street while on night duty social, stoops to commit calculated 2m of $50,

A lokong who was on duty in chief mourner), Mr. P.PJ Wods- Inspector and Mrs. Gerrard; Mr. He combined the dreamer with and the more recent affair in Greeson Street, it has served to remind murder, deliberate eacrilege, and

cf action, and the the public that the guardians of the law in this Colony face almost died violation of every code of Hankow Road, Kowloon, st three house, Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, and Mrs. A. Conres; Kra. J. the men daily risks in the execution of their duties. In the beat of environ-honour and right dealing, there o'clock this morning, sawa.M.G. Commander C. W. Williamson and daughter; In-inspiration of his books may be mente, the policeman's lot is not an enviable one; in Hongkong it is can be no acceptance of the Chinese carrying a long coat in Beckwith, Mr. F. 5. Jen- spector and Mrs. Terrett; Sergt. found in the dedication of one of fraught with dangers peculiar to the Colony and which, we fear, are law." Enough has been written where he had obtained it. Failing Le Hall, Heer. H. A. Lammert, sad Mrs. B. E. Wood; Mr. L. passera by.

ples that "necessity knowe po his band, and questioned him as tokio, Mr. J. W. Franke, and Mrs. Parden; Mr. Eldon them: "To my dear collaboratore, all too often overlooked by the inhabitants who owe their general of Germany's

Mr. TF. Hoogh, Mr. T. E. King, Potter; Mr. D. W. Tratman; Mr. the flowers, the insects, and the orimes And to get satisfactory reply, he arrest- protective forces. If the records of lives lost among the police!

The amazing story of one of while diecharging their daties, say during the past ten years, could has been filed to stamp ber violent, biting the lakong's fingers Hamilton, D. Harvey, O. Bond, Gordon; Inspector and Mrs. be made public, the total would no doubt come as a surprise to the nation of Europe whose reak-in bis efforts to get away. With E.L Stainfield, A.W. Blige, ED. Garrod; Mr. and Mrs. W.Boar fighting plance which, after most people, and would provide striking testimony to the point we lesa unconcern is the gravest asistence the lakone took the Wolfe, J.J. Blake, T. Hynes, Hedley Mr. C. Estt; Mr. O. J. on air battle, flew sutomatically are emphasising.

While it is true that the murder of Crown. Sergeant Glenden. Each day the war goes on is man to the Police Station, and Chief Inspector Kere. Inspectors Higginbotham: Mrs. R. White; for over two hours with ite pilot sodonald, Brazil, and Mrs. Davitt, Mr. and Mim eventually descended with them ning was in no sense due to the activities of rogass or oriminale, it becomes increasingly clear that exquiries revealed that he had Angur, Sim, O'Sullivan, Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lloyd; Inspector and observer dead on board, and

stolen a bor from the servante Lamont, is sufficient to illustrate the risks to which our police are liable, the nations of the world arraigned quarters at the Palace Hotel, Davitt, Terrett, Gerrard, Garrod, Wildin; Capt. A. Jenkina; Mr. in our lines, is surely a gift of an He was in charge of a lonely out-station and was attacked by a against the Central Powers have taken it to a lane in Haiphong Grant, Arcalli, McEwen, Land Mrs. E. B. MoEwen; Mr. SM. unimagined "eituation for a former member of his own ets who, in a fit of seeming insanity sacred mission to fulfil in tak Road and extracted a quantity of d'Almada, Fisher, D. Mackenzie Bander; Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Tay- novelist. It is aviation's own following feelings of revenge because he was being prosecuted, diding away the power for evil

Before the fasl committal A. Cook; Mr. G. D. Melbourne; man" brought up to date. How the officer to death when he was utterly helpless to resist. Sach possessed by this already doomed clothing, some of which he was.. Wilden and many others,lor: Messrs. J.E. Hamilton and varisat of "The Headlees Horse incidents are likely to occur at any time, and they cannot, of would be to earn and deserve the the defendant, was sentenced to Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie spoke a Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cotton; Sergt. delighted "Monk" Lewis, whom

To falter now, Mr. E DO. Walls this morning sentences were pronounced, the Mr. J. Watt; Mr. B. A. Lammert; its possibilities would censure of humanity.

six weeks' hard labour for the few words to those assembled, and Mrs. Cashman; Mr. and Mrs. Haslitt described as the greatest latory and to a farther month's Baying:-We have to do honour Woolley: Sergt. and Mre. Mackay; master of freezing the blood in bard labour for sealing the to the memory of one more brave Sargts. Grimmett and Ogg; Mr. England. lakong, the sentences to be con man whose life has been yielded and Mrs. F. E. de Bilva; Sergt. offensive secutive.

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aviators have bombed an American

know they were in a prohibited men maintained that they did not Police. place, bat bis Worship imposed

a fiae af 83 Aob.

The Hongkong Telegraph. domination in August 1914

in August 1914 clothing and he then took the

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918.

THE TAI O TRAGEDY.

would be to recite a воссевн

in

A Violent Defendant.

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Indian Police,

peace and security to the vigilance of this branch of the Colony pufficient indisputable evidenced the men, who became very W.B. Roberts, Eldon Potter, E.W. Perpetuo; Inspector and Mrs.]

course, be guarded against or prevented. But that does not get away with another point-namely, that police officers at distant posts have not the same measure of security as have their comradea)

mentes the world has ever seen.

combination.

in the more thickly populated parts of the Colony. By the very nature America to the Fore.

of things, they are daily in greater danger, and for that reason it

ci

The new German

wearing when arrested. Before

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have

in its early prime in the course of Lannigan and P. O. Oatles: So much confasion seems still is only right and proper that they should be provided with every

daly. Far too often has it fallen Sergt. Spear; Mr. J. H. Mead; Mr. to prevail about the difference facility to keep them in touch with those who, in case of need, could which has so soon been held by An Awkward Moment. come to their Basistance. These are troublous times in South Chins the Allied troops has provided At five o'clock this morning, a to na to do this daring the recent HH. Taylor; Sergi. and Mrs between Culture and the German generally, and there are abroad innumerable ruffians and scallywaga occasion for the Americans to detective arrested a men in months, when one sad occurrence Willis; Colour Sergi, C. H. W. war cry, Kulter, that it might be who care nothing for the law's restraints. That is a fact which show their mettle. It is only Queen's Road for the unlawful after another bas deprived the Kew: Mr. and Mrs. W. Wright; mesful to dispel it by an explan- cannot be overlooked when we think of the men xho are posted to therefore right and proper that the possession of a quantity of cloth public of the service of trained Hr. J.D. Noris; Bergt. Macdonald; ation. We are prone to sadwer the out stations. The attack on the deceased police rfficer might jast London papers should emphasise ing he was carrying. When and trusted officers of our Police Mrs. D. Glendenning sad Mr. E. the enemy beast about Kalter by A well have been the work of one or more desperadoes instead of the the great part which they play taken to the Central Police Station Force. If even by this graveside Glendenning, Inspector dim and quoting Nis zsche's hackneyed act of a mentally unhinged Indian constable, for, with armed bande ed in upsetting the enemy's plans. the man told a story of having 008 may point some good which family; Mr. A. D. Macdonald; charge that Germany has destroy

and Pain; edit wherever the bas extended her of robbers moving about, there is no guarantee of police immunity Whether the Germans knew that had the clothing given to him has come out of the losses, it is Sargeanta Cookle

encounter the by his ancle, bat he

that the public at large has come Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fincher rule. But Nietzsche's Culture was "from their attentions. And in such an event the danger is every they would

and · Mrs.Ĵ not the Prussian war-substitute;" whit as great as that in which Sergeant Glendenning and his little Americans in this thrust, we just in the middle of his to some more adequate knowledge and family; Mr. family found themselves.

do not know, but they were not recital when a man came to the of what it owes night and day to J. Ballen; Mr. and Ms. Kaltar. The philosopher used The point therefor recars with all the more emphasis that the left long in doabt over the matatation and reported the loss of the fidelity and skill and the vigil. 4. G. Ularke; Sergi and Mrs. the word and its meaning with suthorities owe a duty to these partionlar members of the Police ter, for the US, trocops swiftly me

clothing,

identifying ance of those on whom the respon Evans; Bergt. and Mrs. Pitt; Mr. which Matthew Arnold familiar. Force. That duty is to see that they are given every possible means counter-attacked, ang detach that in the other man's possession sibility for dar general security J. C. Saunders; Mr. and Mrs. ised this country--the "Caltas" of protection which can be devised. For that resson general public meats of the enemy back over the his. It transpired that the in person and property rests, Gollen Mr. B. J. Everest and of the Romans, Haliae merely support will be forthcoming to the again-repeated suggestion that Marne and succeeded in emprar men lived together and that the Grown Bergeant Glendenning family; Mr. and Mrs. J. J.. Watt; significe technical education the All these out-stations should be telephonically or otherwise brought ing close on 1,600 Hans. The one had risen early and stolen his held his post at a remote and Mr. and Mr. J. Oxberry; Mr. EW, anti-alamical ostricalum,, servios into communication with headquartere and with each other. Such lesson should be obvious to the companion's sicthing with the backward spot, the only European Hamilton; In peotar and Mrs able in the ungentle, ark of a step would not, of course, necessarily prevent such awful occur. Germans. It is that Americs is ides of pawning it. He had also in a large population reputed by O'Sullivan; Mr. and Mrs. C. Bond; "getting on in the world. zanose as that which occurred at Tai O on Wednesday, but it would new an active factor in the war, stolen some pawn tickets. The those who know it to contain Mr. and Mrs. E. Walker, Mr. and at any rate be one more additional safeguard against the constant and the nation which the Hass dishonest one was charged before many evil elements. Few of us Mrs. J. W. Gaygill; Loupector B. danger which fall to the lot of these men who are carrying on an profeseed to scorn is destined to Mr. E. D. O. Wolfe this morning essential work often smid uncongenial surroundings and far outside play a bigger part in the struggle and was sentenced to fourteen

the limits of the public view, 20

as the war proceeds.

dayn' hard labour,

perhaps give much thought to the Mecken; Bengt. and Mrs. Ap Ingham; Hai Hong: Ling Shan position of a man in such circumpletons at and M. Aria Mrs Ping, Wong Young: Ya Ha Fakt, stanced as those, wolely responsible and Mrs. Califord, Mr. and Mrs. Pools Singh and others.