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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH," TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918.

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Cruelty to Animals,

When we read of the sotivities

in other Far Eastern settlements

of organisations for the prevention

DAY BY DAY.

THE CENSORSHIP,

THE PROUD AND COVEIOUS ARE

Its' Rights and Wrongs. /

To-morrow's Anniversary.

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FOR WOUNDED SIKHS. TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

Further List of "Sabscriptions.

Amongst the men of the Cikinese The Hon. Secretary of the Sikh Labour companim now in France Temple desires to very thankfully there exists" alanishness that saknowledge the receipt of the shows italf in many curious ways. Daring the last two days we following conta.butions towards According to our Western idosa Tomorrow is the third anni-observe that three of our con- the Sikh War-Wounded Soldier perhaps one of the most remarks

of cruelty to animals we cannot NEVER EASY-Temas a Kempia.

but marvel at the continned

apathy displayed by the Swisty

in Hongkong which is supposed

to devote itself to this matter. verary of the acceptance of the We have nerar yet been able to Greek Premiership by M. Vani fathom the reason underlying the selos. somnolence of this particular body, for surely if there is one place in the globe where animals

THE PREMIER SCOTCH OF Oruelly treated that place in

THE FAR EAST

FOR

25 YEARS,

POPULARITY MAINTAINED BY ITS EXCELLENT QUALITY: NOT BY EXPENSIVE,WORLD-WIDE

ADVERTISING.

Hongkong. We all know how utterly callous certain classes of Chisees are in their treatment of

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. lattened ducks (whose legs were

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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG. Telephone No. 616.

BIRTH.

DEATH:

SUTTON-On the 19th, at the Peak, to Mr. & Mrs. H. Sutton LYSAUGHT-At the French Convent Hospital, Hongkong on August 17th, John Joseph Lysaught, aged 42 years.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mrs. J. J. Lysaught and family beg to tender their heartfelt thanks to their friends and relatives for the sympathy shown them in their recent bereavement.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918.

THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT,

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The Dollar.

temporaries have found reason to Fund- complain of what they describe as Previonaly

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able in their attitude towards money mattere. A number of $527.50 them will be in a shop examining.

to buy an article and finding perhaps that he has not enough. money will calmly help himself from the parts of his neighbour, who looks upon this quite a3 1. matter of ocurre and raise Lo

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Sosia Singh, A& Watson's Warehouse

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Mr Shen Singh, Sik

Fish Lize ̧

Chi Kwok

Bhan Singh, Lai

an inconsistant exercise of the ledged powers of the Censorship, says Mr Mota Singh

the London M Kiber Singb recent iena of The opening rate of the dollar Merning Post. Both the West- Cement Factory

demand” to-day was. Se.minater Ganette and the Daily Mr on

Chronicle state that the excisions For American Soldiers.

made by the Censor in articles Mr. Mr. Chiu Nam, of Hongkong: dealing with the military situation dumb creatures, yet they are per and his son, Mr. Kan Sat-hing of change the meaning and the r mitted to carry on practices which Shanghai, both tobacco manaise intention of the context, while the

writes of in England would involve the tarsrs, will donate three million

Daily Telegraph offenders ins prolonged sequaint, sigarettes to the American troops discussion being forbidden.

an- We

do mot understand ance with life in gaol. A reader in France. This gift was informs us that this morning he nounced by Mr. Ka in San that our contemporarias Mr Sarwan Singh, 8. 8.

find fault with the courtsons and saw a Chinese carrying two well- Francisco.

Opium Possession. A Chinese, was charged on paine-taking gentlemen who die tightly bound together) by a piece of rattan fastened under- remand at the Magistracy this charge a singularly- thankles neath their wings, the result morning, before Mr. E. D. C. office, but with the system in Mr being that the whole weight of the Wolfe, with being in unlawful powed upon them. And in all birds was borne on this material, possession of four taels of opium matters connected with the Cen

Chins Sugar Befa- understood that the offoislı which must, if their struggle Inspector Browne prosented, and sarahip it cannot be too clearly meant anything as all, hare out an Indian watchman said that the themselves are not in question. Mr Diab Singh, Sony well into their flesh. This is only opium was in a bag suspended we are not at all in accord

typical instance of the kind of from defendant's girdle. His with the view, so commonly Mrand Mira Badan Singh thing that is happening every Worship fined defendant $400, expressed, that the Censorship, Sabedar Paila Singh, 74

Panjahin such, is an objectionable The Colony's Health. rap about it Why cannot a

inatitation. day and nobody seems to care a or six weeks' hord Isbour.

On the contrary, Hr Gaju Singh, Rope For the week ending August

Works meeting of the moriband Society

* "Ohian Queen's Building .... be called, an setive committee be 17 four essss of babonic plague we believe that it is absc- formed and the co-operation of were notified (two fatal), three lately necessary in time of war for Mr humane-minded people be enlist cases of enteric fever (two fatal,) the protection of the public

Hotel, Kowloon ed in a regular campaign against two cases of puerperal fever interest, and also incidentally, for Mr Megt Singh, Sintion the cruelty which is so rampant (one fatal) and two fatal cases of the protection of newspapers, We hore ?

summoneɛ is needed, The Japanese Riots..

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be falt at the nawa that women

doctors are to be put on the me footing as man at the London Hospital Tat what a change it represents in the masculine attitude towards women sinos the day when Mrs, Garrett-Anderson, sparned by the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, man=” aged at last to mit for examination at the Society of Apothecaries, which was unahla by the terms of ita Act to exclude har on the |ground of sex ! »

' Rat-a-t— is the word gener- ally used to describe the sound of machine-gun fire in the air. The phrase is a convention, and is any case the sound varies sccard- ing to the distance at which it ie heard." Tat-tat-tai-tat "" 'parbape best represents the maddening monotone of a Vickers at sharp and quite close enough quarters. Farther away distance modifes the fire sad the sound of balleta from a Manser, to reproduss them. in terms of the slphabet in an exercimin the art of onomatopoei which has whiled away many an⠀ hour's sitting tight in trenches.

A. sharp blow from a mallet on wood-plul picot crack- ping-ach of these and many more are the different sounds of a rifs sad its ballet according to cirozmetarices. In one line Julian Grenfell sohieved a perfect render- ing of sound under rifle fire when he wrote "And in the air Death moans and sings". It is the sound 1

of spent bulleta, any soldier will tell you. And there is one thing #688.50 to be remembered about a rifle. When you hear the bollst it has already passed you. The ballet travels faster than its sound.

LEAGUE TENNIS.

K. C. C. v. Club de Recreio:

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The Prince of Wales must have In the Fires Division of the found many British associations

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Sergi We are glad to notice epoked fever. During the 48 do not conceive there is a single Mr Mehar Singh, Police two Police prosecutions to-day, hours ending August 19, one newspaper which would wittingly but something more than casual non-fatal osse of enteric fever give help or information to the Mr. Boots Singh avery newspaper Mr Dia Bingh ..... enemy; and was notified. In every instance should be extremely grateful to Mr Tejs Singh, LP.0. 52 the sufferer was a Chinese. It would seem from a reading Alleged Diserter From Hongkong. professional naval and military Mr Bej Singh, LP.0 342

A soldier named James Grant supervision which prevents un Mr Jews Singh

It is Mr Ojiger Singh, Wat- of the telegrams that the riots in Japes are proving far more (40) was committed for trial by conscious indiscretion.

the Kingston-on-Thames Bench upon that principle the Cen serious that at first seemed likely. We

that recently on a charge of stealing sorship should be strictly based. Mr Chanan Singh, Sergt. are told

of rice is money and articles of the vaine Unfortunately, it is arranged Mr Mit Singh, Pokialam the high price only pretext for giving rent of 527 from a heuss in Victoris apon quite a different and in our Mr Sunder Singh to popular antipathy towards war Road, Surbiton. When arrested view an extremely unestisfactory Mr Gajan Singh profiteers, and if that is the case prisoner was wearing two rows basis. Newspapers have some Mr Nidhan Singb the movement takes on a wides of war decorations and a corporal's right to raise objections, because, Mr Ohhar all spread significance. It is, of course, stripes, to which he was not on. apart from other cogent ressos, Mr DhirSingh, Gar Co. inevitable that a world-war like titled. By direction of the chair an excellent scheme was devised Mr Chet Singh, Palace.. There are certain phrases which, by their continual use and the present should have its refleoman of the magistrates these were before the war by the naval and the newspaper representative parrot-like repetition, become not only hackneyed and stilted, at tien in a general advance in the removed. Frisoner wse alleged military authorities together with Mr Sander Singh, P. lose a great deal of the expressivarese that originally attached to cost of living in all countries; the to have deserted in Hongkong, them. One of these that is in no little danger of becoming a saying freight and other questions all and worked his way to America, Upon the outbreak of war it was or ite variation tend to produce that effect. But afterwards coming to England hastily replaced by the present rather than a meaning is "Business Government,'

Government on Business Lines." In spite of the common accept dear living prices can be broughts admitted breaking into the arrangement, but it is probably back and upset the old man's Office and we would eaggest it

resurrection. ance without thought that is now being given to such phrases, about by other means also, nor house, saying "I went in at the still in the archives of the War there is a very reel progressive ides underlying these words, and if ably by the activities of money.

A good deal of misconception they are ever to be given practical expression, people will have to grabbing profiteers. There is place.”

exists concerning the Conscranip. much more fally evolve the prooses by which parsly political dividuals exist in all countries, government is to be superceded by a livelier and more businesslike and there can be no doubting the POLICE RESERVE ORDERS as now administered. Many per. Bone, for instance, suppose that aireotion of public affairs. However much has been accomplished point that they have had plenty

Orders issued to-day by Mr. it is a legal offence to print what, by the Home Government during the stress of war, no observant of ecope in Japan, where the

the Censor has condemned. It} thinker will deny for one moment that a far greater degree of authorities appear to have been F. O, Jenkin, O.B.E., state;-

is not 20. There is no penalty in Tennis League, Kowloon 0:0. in Rome na bia, recent visit. The eficiency could have been obtained if men practised in the daily far too tender-hearted in dealing bandling of business problema bad had's fuller hand in matters with them. It is obviously the C. 181 Lenng Chang Man, law for disobeying the Censur. were at home to the Club de train of Tomas Becket lies in from the onset, At fires the professional politicians endeavoured to daty of Governments to protect Ambulance Platoon, ie commend. If, as the result of printing Recreio on Saturday and secured one church, his arm in another;

ing, as the inscription says, carry on in the face of changed conditions and needs, but there acon the peoplefrom rapacious and coned by the OSP. for perseverages matter condemned by the Censor, an easy win by 62 games to 37. in a third is a sculpture contin Green and Abraham beat heart of Daniel O'Connell who, came a time when the great captains of industry had to be called scienceless dealers who make is in attending the victim of an the Defence of the Realm Act or The scores were to the country's service, and, acting as Directors of this or that their special business to esise sccident in the Harbour during any other Act is infringed, the

newspaper committing the offence Ivanovich and Pinos 7.3, lost to dying at Genna on the way to the Ministry, they have more than justified their appointment, bringing apon opportunities such as are the recent typhoon.

No. 3 Company. · is liable to prosecution under Lopes and Lopes 5-6. beat Mar- Eternal City, bequeathed his soal to God his body to Ireland, and order and guaranteed output where confusion" and uncertainty of presented by wars to earish

Consequent on the re-arrange such Act, but the discbadi-ques and Ivanovich 6 5.

Manley and Lindrell beat his heart to Rome." Farther afield supply ruled before. The question naturally arises that if so much themselves at the expense of

ments necessitated by Search ance to the Censorship is no part good has been accomplished by such men in this time of need; others, and when they fail to dis.

very necessary Supervision duties, this Company of the cfence. When we cureleves Ivanovich and Plans 7.4 beat is the grave of Keats, and in the Burely they would be an acquisition of decided value to the Govern charge this

must expect has been re-organized. The were preeecuted upon recent Lopes and Lopes 65, beat Masacred sore adjoining, the heart of Shelley, both in the shadow of ment of the country when the piping times of pesce retara, and it function they

cccasion the prosecution was not quee and Ivanovich 8.3.

Crook and Stapleton beat the old pyramid of Caine Certins, is the necessity of keeping the public mind fally alive to this that popular revolt in the long ron has been occupying the attention of a number of Home journals:

Men who have given thought to this question are convinced Japanese tiota teach. No Govern

rejected by the Cenedravanovich and Pinna 7-4, best upon which St. Paul looked, it is The Keats and Shelley memorisla that, if the country is to meet the post-war situation access ment in these days can afford to

published, bat upa grounde con- Lopes and Lopes 83 beat Mar- said, sa he marched to martyrdoia. Gected with the Defence of the ques and Yvanovich 7.4.

look marvellously new siter a fully, the conatractive talent in industry, commerce and agrical-ignore popular demande. Tost

Or. Sergt. 41 Pan Yan Fong is Resim Act. Therefore, the powers

century. ture will bars to devote some of its energy and wisdom towards tempt to do so is to ask for trouble.

The days A Coming Election.

prated to No. 13 Station, assisting in the administration of public affairs,

C. Sergt. 42 Kank Ying Kien advisory, and are unsupported by result neither the public nor the shead will be full of big opportunities and even larger neede, sad, The question as to who is to

a penalty. We consider that in newspapers have any guarantee if the fall is to be made of them, reliance will have to be placed on temporarily occupy the place of i, posted to No. 14 S.etion..

Cr. Sergt. 59-Young Shak Ping this important point the system that the restrictions of the Censor- recorded on the photographic men of practical action rather than on men of purely political the Hon. Mr. H. Pallock, KU

La defective. Again, the Censorship are not imposed for ressons plates of the astronomers, yet thought. It is only truth to state that we have placed too much on the Legislative Council during is posted to No. 15 Section.

Cr. Sergt. 58 Wodg Teo Ting may condemn ansitiole or a pas quite other than raval and mili. almost simultaneously fire obeer- reliance on politicians in the past, and whilet each reliance may not his absence from the Colony is,

sage, not solely because it aids or tary: The public may be surprised vers discovered the new star, and have been productive of touch serious berm, the situation that will apparently, caly going to be is posted to No 18 Section.

gives information to the enemy, to learn that in practice there is the Royal Observatory had it duly confront the country after the war will be one that will demand for settled by an election, for there.

Patrolmen who have not receiv. but because, in the opinion of nothing to prevent the Govern- reginered, and ita magnitude ite adjustment more qualifications than politicians alone can be are no less than six candidates expected to possess. The government of the future will have to be mentioned as likely to put the ed Warning Notices for period the Censorship, it infringes the ment from using the Censorship determined before the right was on business lines, bowever much the politician may object, for it matter to the vote. When one commencing August 22nd mast law, In our view the Censorship of political purposes. Now out, They will now here to

occupancy of must be apparent to nyone who gives eren superficial thought to the considers that the

upon itself a quite superfluous abuse is possible is, in our view record its temperatare. Then subject that society in resolving itself more and more into a purely the seat will only be of short durpet at once to the O. O. Com-here exceeds its cfice, and takes system ander which such an analyse its contents, weigh it, Search Supervisors. legal capacity. A case cecurred wrong system. While both the they will tell us whether it is a commercial and industrial organization, in which the capitalist and ation, this expected competition

acquiesce in the from view by anobetracting derk the trade unionist are its real expression. Every political question, is indeed a healthy sign, reflecting No. 8 Platoon (Nos. 15 and 16 recently in which the Censor pablis and the newspapers are atar which has been obtoured or, to be more precise, every domestic political question, is becoming as it does a keenness to parti- Sections) of Na. 3 Company is condemned an article submilled anxious to a maiter affecting business, and it will only be a natural order of cipate in local management quite specially detailed for Search to him on the ground that it strictest arrangement whereby star, or whether two worlds have things if those who are most affected decide the it as. The old anenspected by the majority, Supervisors daty until further infringed the Official Secrets Act. the enemy is prevented from dashed into frightful collision, to A right system would include no receiving aid, encouragement, dame out into a blazing new son. political cliques have survived beyond their need, representing as who hars been content to lie bick Ordere.

Inspector How Fang will desl Bach responsibility, In all matters or information; they are by no

In view of the new stamp tax they do Victorian ease and laisses fairs in a time when such esse is end ssamme a traditionel indifier- no longer possible to the majority but when the whole of society is ence on the part of leading with all duty warninge, applics outside naval sad military on means ready to submit to pon-

citizens. Members of the Cham- tione for leave, and disciplinary aiderations newspapers should ditions which fail to secure them the Bishop of Manchester, has and demand.

oration. And if she Censorship sion. It is for the sake of fairness, cfended" if postcards are used

following postings are made That is the lesson, which thess Inspector Мон Fung is based upon the fact that an article

appointed Platoon Commander in charge of No. 8 Platoon vice Inspector Tape.

pany.

No. 2 Company.

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of the Censor in this respect are

About 100 million stars are

a structure dependent upon the great commercial laws of supply ber of Commerce and the Tastices reports in connection with this be left free to use their own die sgainst another kind of suppres- - intimated that he will not be

When political economy first made ita appearance as a soience of the Peecs are the only sections platoon.

Cr. Sergt. 5 Chow U Ting in wae solely concerned with naval impartiality, and the protection for communications to him. I it heralded the doom of government by oaste, and the wheels of pro- of the public given an opportun grees have sufficiently revolved to make effete and a cham say ity of a direct vote, and the posted to No. 8 Platoon and will and military aspect of matter both of the public and of news has taken 30 years to break down control other than an industrial one. To some, who look upon the conteste that have taken place perform the duties of Assistant submitted to it the newspapers papers that we urge on the one the feeling against postcards. na would gladly accept its every hand the extension of the powere infringing the privacy of the past, industrialisation of mankind a retrogressive, this is a truth that among the former body and the Warning Officer

of the Censarahip to include ther. Gladstone did his best to: Reversions and Promotions, decision. pains, but to others who see beyond the mere regimentation of one that is now promised among

But the condition of such an enforcement of its orders under popularise postcards, but few humanity, who can see that in an ordered and prosperous commercial the latter amply demonstrate that Or. Sergt. 50 Chan Big U community there will be a place for all the higher traits of mankind if a faller choice ware given to reverts to the rank of Bergt, at arrangement would necessarily be penalty for infringement, and in public men have followed his that the only arbiters were the the other, the restriction of its example. Now with the rise of to find expression, the passing of the professional politician to make the general public, Hongkong his own request.

periodically witnesa Sergt. 58 Wong Tai Ting is navel and militery authorities scope to purely naveland military postal rates postcarda at 1d. will way for a basineee-like and practical direction is an imperative would

appoined by the Admiralty and matters, concerning which the certainly become a genersi neceE necessity. It is to the masses that the ides will have to be made keenly fought elections. As it is, promoted Or. Sergeant:

P.C. 92 Chong Se is promoted the War Office, with reference naval and military authorities, sity, Write it an a postcard” apparent and instead of looking on industrialiam as a mechine for the majority must be content to

if advisable to the Foreign together with the Foreign Office, was one of W.T. Stead's injuno. the grinding of the worker, it will have to be made manifest that it wait until our Constitutional Sergeant.

P. 0.69 Taeng Hok Chan in Offs. Under the existing system should be constituted the sole and tions to correspondents given to

verbosity. is a sure step to that security and happiness that must always be Rsformers get busy and justify

promoted Sergesit,

there is no euch rule. In the final erbiterra the ultimate aim of politics.

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