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Thon

stand that there are goo

why partial ailance should be STATE OF SUBJECTION THAN IN IT IS MORE STOURE TO BE IN A preserved, in regard to the des- AUTHORITY.Thomas a Kampis, truction of German submarines,

on

6,15/161.

The Dollar.

To His

ephew in France.

Hongkong, Sept. 5, 1918

Dear Alick,

... and Jaust sys I've to thank you very much for the field, oup ye sent." "Man, she likes the

[the opinions expressed by corre

pondenta arenot necessarily, tons of the Hongkong Telegraph. "J

PORTUGUESE AND THE

POLICE RESERVE.

To the Editor of the “ Hongrons Telegraph."]

Well, if bay it, he could too Thomas took soms hom Late when he got there), ing the parcel on the

went to bed. Now it was his wife's

The opening rate of the dollar twa wee buttons on the front. No your correspondent "Britiabar" on Sunday morning. But this time Biz,—Ja vnur iœna of venterday, custom to take him a'cap of tas up demand to-day was 34. wonder the Germans are getting invites me to print cut any she was a bit late, and he, zalber fair tired of the war if they're Portuguess Colour where there drier than usual, cailed out, compelled to wear things like existes large British Sub Colony." Mary, arts bringing me any tse

It was not me intention to parade this mornin'?". "All rest! I'

Returned.

150 of these German peets had Among residents who returned that. It's only a woman that can this correspondence soy further, bring i directly," came the reply.

Motor Mishap,

Alleged 'Misappropriation,

The Hongkong Telegraph.de by some sort of till next week.

"An Assault Case.

seen - some men whose hardest work here maa raking in the

After

many Britishers have long sincs Te-marow's Anniversary. falt that the authorities at Home

To-monom i the fourth might from time to time give out anniversary of the most santherly certain information in regard to advance of the Germana towarda what has been recomplished Paris. in this direction, aspecially after afficient lapse of time making the information of ao value to the enemy. Something of this character. was done recently when the Prime Minister sunounced that at least been scocunted for. Of course, M. Me I. Mesra, the Rev. and and pretend they like it, and ity of the columns of the Prers. Thomas called out again." After to the Colony to-day are to Bon. wear a thing that's ne comfortable when I first bought the bo pital-Bai time went on and no tea. Bo iha statement was denied' by the] enemy Press, but acw it is de- Hastings, Mr. A. Chapman and alone a German, could look his correct any false impresioned ferpale, perepiring freely from Mr. W. T. Featherstone, Miss goodness only knows no men, lot my parpon was to endeavour to a strained ten minutes a distroes foitly vouched for by the Mr. R. E. Belilios. A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., pablication by the Admiralty of *" the memes pf the commanders of

best ins thing that locks like a

Mr. Jenkin might have created every visible pore, with face the destroyed U-boste. Thas A Chinese asipe Chang Sazon, cloth collar box But mind that I did not seek to create any tinker, bounced the cup of las by bizoriginal statement: Beyond hands, and arms as black sa a we are in one stroke vindicating 18 years of age, has been sent to as a souvenir it's in a class o' its estrangement between the on-on to the chair beside the bed. our own cisims and at the same hospital suffering from injurise own that in if it could be wunities living in harmonious with "There's th tas, and if tha time showing to the world what in the leg caused by being knock framed............ liars the Germans are. Everyone ed down by motorer No. 144

relations together in this Colouv, brings whoam any more of you will be glad to see that the Admir in Queen's Road Central, near the

Ayr, nearly half of the Hongforreation desired by "British make the fire thiself! So much Bat with a view to furnishing the chips ther'l her to get up sad alty carefully files the names of City Hall

kong Force railed last week and Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which those Commanders who have been requires them

by this time will be nearer France just wish to be allowed to for his asparagus, to forward - their

V. P. C. Meeting. names and addresses with guilty of "particularly wanton com sunications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for and despicable outrages," and Victoris Recreation Olaba po ss much as a penny whistle to Clony" in Portagne East Council by which all physically

The annust meeting of the day. But it was a poor turn-out;

than they've been for many a long convey to him the frot that there publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides.

iny vary laren British "Rah. All communications intended for publication should be addressed swiftly to terminate their sctive over by the Hop. Hit Cland play them off. Aye, ila an awful fries, and in Lourenco Karquer, at unmarried men of a certain The drastic Canadian Order in that special endeavours are made held last night, being presided | OMIEBIE. What those measures Severn, C.M.G. For the firet

thing, war. Of course the weather

the, Canital, there are more than age were taken for the army, no sts, we are not told, but if the time, wa, believe, in the history be expected that folks with so

was bad and besides it couldns | 1:500 Britishers, ** The rates of Sabeoription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" wili avarage Britiaher had his way of the Olab, the meeting was a mnoh work o' Imperial interest

no matter what their claims to Yours etc. precisely what they are would admitted. We understand, bow for an hour. Ave, as I said before, these murderers--for that is private one, the Press not being on their hands could get off eren Hoogkang Sept. 6, 1918.

exemption, has been upheld by B

the Supreme Court, says the New of a stout rope. Even that woold were discussed, terminate their careere on the end ever, that some interesting matters war's an awful business. Man, I've

York Evening Fest. Had the be letting these inhuman cars of

decision been against the non- stitutionality of an amendment of The daily issue is delivered free when the addressen is accessible to prove effective in preventing charge of misappropriation was off from the Chinese themselves sentation to Mr. Wilks, it is flexibility the Canadian Con-

lightly, but it would certainly

the draft sat by Order in Council At the Police Court to-day s comshare, getting a better send-general subject of the remarks hardly have been avoidable. The Sir-With reference to the parliamentary session would messenger. Peak subscribete can have their copies delivered at them from doing further mischief. preferred against a Chinese clerk their residences without say extra charge. On copies rent by

make by Mr. Jokin at the pre-judgment shows how much post an additional $1.80 yuarter is charged for postage.

employed in Hemera Jardine the Special Constables that correspondenore in your issue of to which by the North America ... I will mind fine, no doubt, regrettable that "Britisher's atitation derives from the British, The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.60 Our Merchant Sexmen.

Matheson and Co. The defendent, gotten ap bere when war broke last evening only serves to add Act it must always be "similar in per quarter.

it is alleged, was given #3101,- out. Well, just after you went fuel to the fire: Bingle Copies, Daily, ten cents. Weekly, twenty-fire cents" (for

The news that His Majesty the 8 to convey to the Hongkong ansy they made's nest job of the cash only).

the King has approved of a Bank, together with the paying business and got up a proper Police Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed special medal for war services ren-in-book, but instead of proceeding Beserve. No eperking of the Jakin haa erred, and he would Government renewed its defence It cannot be denied that Mr. are the arguments by which the principle." Of special interset period will be continued, until countermanded.

dered by the Mercantile Marine, to the bank he went back to his rack and file, they've now got thus ead the controversy rather Boms 40,000 men, in camp of The “Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be delivered seamen, will be received with the paying-in-book through the and officers with silver sworde to Britisber" to provoke farther affected by an adverse ɑdecision ;:

(Payable la Advance.)

and also a special aniform for ocuntly. Later the scoused sens gaza ad revolvers and maxims then allow Anti German" and some overseas, would have been be wise to acknowledge it and of the expediency of the order, to subscribers by, the Dairy Farm Company, Ltd., Shameen, great satisfaction by the gallant parcel post to the firm and the brighten things up. Canton, who have been appointed our agents there.

officers and men of this ureful saspicions of the polios were that it By Order,

service. It has long been felt aroused, and the defendant

was only a short disagreeable correspondence. and there was published a cshle that, having in view the good arrested. The case was remanded mounted section was thrown in that it is most unbecoming of England declaring it is most step till a brassband and a

I cannot refrain from saying from the Canadian authorities in them,

as a make-weight so to speak for patriots who have joined in the reach England at earliest posible "Britisher" to ridicule my com-jessential reinforcements should recognition should be given them, but for some reason Chinese 788 charged on to call them mastiffa in my young bye two mascots, though we used or other the granting of these two remand at the Polios Court this days. A fine body of men mind calls for a reply that is as dia than 82,500 men had been enrol Great Struggle, a ridicule which moment." Up to July 1 more marks of apprecation has been morning with assaulting another ye and they've been the life of greasble to receive as it is led under the draft sot, and it in held OVBT. Apparently the Chinese at the Teameti Thestre. the place ever since they've been repugnant to make, that though hoped to reach the limit of 100,000 powers-that-be have at last bad Bergt. Murphy prosecuted. Com formed. For pambers they knock they are so few sa o be 8000. the knowledge forced upon them plainant, in giving evidence, said the suld Volunteers into a cocked hand, all honour is due to them, Council to amend the act, and two The Alberta Court had what the

Mercantile Marine that he went to the theatre on hat-ix hundred strong, I'm for they are all without exception Dominion judgee disented from counted on finger-tips of one decided against the power of the merits. Itie, however, surprising August 26 He was a cook. The told, that something of the sort has not defendant had a game with him the means of Tetting nearly and they're been been done long ago, for the work in which the complainant lost seventy o' the Regular Police lovers and hard workers and we While Germany at the moment has good cause for thicking only which our merchant seamen have even cents. When the defendant away to the Front. That's some are very sensitive, indeed, of the favont with the American soldiers

only loyal and valiant volunteers, the majority opinion. of the actual military operationa, which are daily, proving an in- performed since the outbreak of was going away he asked him for thing in itself. I forgot to men slightest act of kindness shown amongst the many forms of camp

We, Portuguese, are all pesos-1 creasingly bitter experience, the time will come when she will need war has been beyond all praise, the money. He told the defend. tion that they've got their own to look & little closely into bez finances. The daily expenditure of and it is only right and proper ant to go and have his chow first elab where they've got to pay for tone, but we will never best car the Government and the deficits on the Budget, have daring the last that this work should be recognis and when he came back, witrees everything as soon as they drink brow when abased. two years risen by geometrical progression. What the actual posied in a fitting manner. Much would pay him. The defendent it. Of course, the Regular Police tion is in this regard, we do not exactly know, but recently it was of it has been done quietly, and did not agree to aisted that the total credite voted ware £8,200 millions, and the whole many of the gallant deeds which told the defendant to wait till bis soon got over that and they're all this, so witness was a bit sore at firet but they of this has certainly been added to the war debt. Bat the end of the have been performed will never cost was dry to that he might as thick se thieves now if the st-closed-Ed. H.K.T] wer is not yet, sad all these processes tend to accelerate. In the be known, but others have been bring it to the pawnebop, and tendance at the Clab is to be meantime, the Germans appear to have been calcalating what they done which cannot escape the pawn it, so that he could pay him, reckoned on." would have to pay if the war ended now, and they got no in notice of a grateful pablic, and it He did not agree to this and saying, the other night they demnities:

Well, as I was The oslculation which seems to have found most acceptance is are to be given some tangible re-seascited him. His Worships Sergeant o' theirs, and a is gratifying to know that they alleged that the complainant had gave young Wilks that wan one made by Count Freysing in the Bavarian Upper Haas on cognition testifying to the ser- fined the defendant $10, or 14 February 9. He reckoned on a yearly increase in Imperial expendi- vices which they have rendered. daye hard labour. ture after the war of M.12 milliards (£800,000,000) over peace time

& grand set off to the front of two of his countrymen many of kinema films are exhibited (H.2 milliards), making M.14 milliards (2700,000,000) a year alto. The German Way.

with some speechifying and a fat | years ago, was praduated twelfth gether. He took the Federal and Oɔmmunal expenditure se doabled,|

cheque thrown in, M.66 milliarde against M.28 milliards; thus making altogether

You'll no mind o' Jenkins, members whose commencement bat already 1,500,000 feet of highest in the 1919 class of 137 very week. The work has only M.10.6 milliards a year, or £980,000,000. He said that to meet this, continued retreat of the Kaiser's

Well be's their No. 1 man now, abae lecently beans held a year filma have been on view in the just been introduced into Frande, Germany would have to levy 50 per cent. to 60 per cent, of the hordes are too funny for words.

sharp featured national income, or four times the pre-war taxation. (It would A few days ago the German

chap and a shead of time. Mr. Wang is a obviously be vastly more than this; Custome cannot be quadrupled, pablie was let into the secret tl at writes follows:

Canton correspondent Well anyway he got up and after 1915, and has made's record in tween 75,000 and 100,000 feet of barrister before he got this job. Princeton graduate of the class of various YMCA. bute, and be so taxes must be more then gasdrapled.) One word shout Count a certain valuable point had been Preysing's 169 milliarde a year. This inolades not only interest lost by a statement to the effect

telling Wilke what a fine chap both Princeton and West Point pictures are crossing the The M. Pe who are natives of doesn't he wander from his popular one. Et appoint Edith Donham Foster, editor of on ascertained liabilitiee, like debt, bas certain anseoertsined that the place "is now in front of Chekiang have jintly despatobed text and start to rattle the sword mant to West Point was made noe of the big kinemas companies. rightly too as a good student and the service is a woman-Mr. waters svery week. The censor of liabilities of 200onstruction, These are legion.. Pessions; our battle-front," while one of the telegram to the President and s bit and speak about some possible by special Act of Con She Bases judgment upon all the repayments due to the Commangs; amortiastion of debt; German compensation for war damage to East Prussia and the whole mass osme to hand yesterday told the Government for having agreed to Corps aleckera no doing their bit the entrance of two Chinese. Mr. basinet told a press representative communiques which others strongly protesting to the o' the Portuguese and Defence gress in 1813, which provided for myriads of feet of films, and whe of the middle classes; the shipbuilding subsidy; renewal of material story of the retreat in these export from Choking one million for their country and Wanchai. L. 8. Data was chosen last wear that abe hardly expects to sleep for the Army and Navy; revision, badly needed, of the sesle of werde: Between the Scarpe pisale of rice to Japan and thus so to speak. I didas see much for the other appointment. This official salaries; reconstruction of the railways; completion of the and great echemes of frans continental carale; the vitally argent build. which were commenced on the ordinarily high, causing the poor myself except that one paper has extended the courtesy of West

the Somme, movements rendering the price of rice extra-wrong with the newspaper report is the second time that Congress till the war in over. We on well ing programme and provision of dwellings for the poor these are night of 8 ptember 2 were classes to suffer terribly,

or to eat with any thoroughness some of the items mentioned by various official speakers, Some are completed in accordance with yourly charges; others will brossaiste fresh loans, interest and plane." That these movements

spoke aboot some policemen Point appointments to Chinese. amortization on which will be yearly charges. How much of these were backward movements is, of Long Chai-kwong has arrived at was a bit far-fetched. But man gracing the proceedings with A rumour prevails here that their presence which I thought Count Preysing included we do not know; bat we do know that course, not mentioned. Now the Amoy.

With the present necessity for preliminary estimates of the money required for such things are, Orown Prince enters the lists and,

saving coal and gas some atten there's been the devil, and all to slmost invariably largely, exceeded in practice...

tion might be given to the theory after referring to the German

The Flood Victims, Naturally the biggest item of als was not included in Omantelestia delence," he calmly saga districts shows that although the say knife didn't they

pay with the Paringusree this thick the other's too strong a put forward soms Reports from vazione flooded week, for before you could mathematician for him... Freyeing a estimate the restoration of the countries Germany bea that we do not went to annihi water bes enbaided rapidly, home writing to the papers and the here started a War Bond Draw the game chemical ago by Dr. BIR start The St. Andrew's Society here cooking mest by rained. We need not trouble much about the thirst for indemnities. Tate oaz enemies, but only to hold less and hungry sufferera are soat office typewriter and cffice ing for two Isca of dollars, half of changes can be It means that Germany would have to reduce the ees powers, Britain our own. The idea of killing tered in groups along the river stationery in the Colony is being it for war charities. The place is take place in and Americs, to such condition that they were willing to buy the enemy, which is, after all, the banks, hoping to be fed sadly depleted as a consequence fair plastered with bills about it, tsined, by Germany out of North France and Belgium. Bat North France chief business of warfare, never by benevolent vocistice, many of Men, this war's an awful business showing a old Highlander putting tex and Belgium are going to do so many things for Germany already, occurs to the soft-hearted Crown which have already started to indeed, They are to be retained; to be exobanged for the German colonies; Prises, of course. As for "hold distribute cake and rise to them. But give

s Hon dog pot o misery. Is'e a mo

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918.

THE GERMAN WAR BILL.

German "explanations" of the

to be exchanged for an indemnity in raw materials; to be exchanging our own" that is scarealy

ed for an indemnity in money; to be used to hay cff the soonomic: what the Germans are dois war, The thing is hardly worth disonssing Talk about indemni- the moment, so ties may serve to Kings the maates; but nobody in Germany really the Crown Pr believes in them. Certainly the Government dosa no'. For it is failure of the Germen fotroducing a law to prevent Germans after the war flying from Ger there are greater diensters comin many to escape their financial liabilities'; a pretty clear proof that which no amount of they know thas Germany will not be a happy country to live in will hide from the Gam

CANTON NEWS.

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Street Improveme

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The kinema is easily first in

amusement. The suthorities re- cognise. this generously enough, and the "recreation boards" have appointed a staff of well-known with the object of directing kinematograph service which will conform to the requirements of Successful Chinese Student.

the men. Artists and dramatic. critics have also been enlisted in Keng Wanz, the first Chiness taken. In the training camps of at that I'm told, at West Point sinos the graduation Americs some eight million feet this movement so seriously is it

[This correspondence is now kinema producers to visit Francs

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bill

himan

believe it.