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ANDERSEN. MEYER & CO., LÏD.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

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8250 三拜禮號登廿月五英港香 WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. *1919.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE AFGHAN SITUATION.

DESÜLTORY FIGHTING REPORTED.

Simia. Mar 17. The Viceroy has sent a message to the Mehtar of Chitral expressing cordial thanks for his loyal and efficient aid in driving out a force of 300 Afghan javaders, with hearty con- gratulations on the success achieved by the Chitral Scouts, the Mehtar's bodyguard, in repelling "the invaders without a single casualty.

Reuter's special Peshawar correspondent relegraphs that the Mahomedans and Hindus alike are evidently united in antagonism against the Afghans. Regiments which have done garrison duty in ❘ India are delighted at the chance of fighting before returning home. Troops are pushing forward with wonderful celerity. In the recent fighting the Afghan gunners stuck resolutely their guns, which were well placed and provided with beadcover. cessitating their being bombed out. The Afghan infantry is less resolute and badly equipped. A few cavalry have been seen and they have imitated

the Arab custom of riding as close as they darə, firing their rifles and racing back to safety.

An official Khyber report says that a reconnaissance made from Dakka towards Basawal met with slight upposition, but when returning to camp at Dakka the Afghans followed up. Fighting ensued and the enemy, after breaking off. is reported to have moved south in the direction of the fort at Tsatsabi Fass connecting the Afghan plains with the Bazar Valley.

Attempts are being made to harass our conve sat Khyber Pass. Sniping is frequent near Alimusjid. There is an change in the situation on the other fronts.

"THE WAR BILL”

WHY GERMANY SHOULD PAY IS FULL'

Londen. Mar 14.

In the House of Commons. Mr. Claude Lowther asked: Do the peace terms.compel the enemy to pay fully the Allies War Bill Mr. Bonar Law referred to his answer of the 12th inst.

Mr. Page Croft pointed out that the Germans when they last made peace inflicted the whole cost of the war, besides very heavy indemnities.

Bonar Law replied that the peace delegates had never

forgotten that at any stage (Cheers).

FUTURE LOANS FOR CHINA.

DISCRIMINATION

AGAINST JAPANESE.

UNORGANISED BOYCOTT

IN HONGKONE

NO BIDDERS AT SALE OF

"CHIYO MARU.”

LONDON BY-WAYS."

THE QUEEN'S. VISITTO

SLUMS

"I want to come in the spirit of a mother to her child- Fren," was an expression, that Her Majesty used during a. tour through the condemn ed Brady-street area of Bethnal- geen. Here for the first” time the Queen got an inkling of the real squalor and wretchedness in which some of the poor live.

It seems that I have been

in

There have been many rumours circulated around the Colony during the past few days, in" connection with the spreading of taken to the highways, not the the anti-Japanese boycott in byways of the poor when I have Shanghai to Hongkong. Until visited them before," the Queen to-day, there was no tangible said after the interview evidence of such a boycott in the Buckingham Palace with the Colony, although, upon enquiry Mayor of Bethnal Green (Lient.- we learn that the Chinese

Colonel W. J. Lewis), who ex-i merchants have been rigidly plained how bad housing con- | excluding the purchase or ditions were in certain parts of

sale of Japanese merchandise this borough, writes in a quiet way for some time spondent in the Daily Chronicle. past, Our attention was referring Her brought to

Majesty the Queen's visit to motning, when the auction sale Slums on the 17th March, 1919.

the London of the wreck of s.s. Chiyo Maru at Messrs. Lammert's saw the "byways", and insisted Yesterday afternoon the Queen sale rooms had to be abandoned, upon being shown the real condi- there noz being tions in which the poor live. She made a careful and practical in- vestigation walking ever a mile through byways teeming with Joung life.

thwing

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the matter

this

a single bidder present, In the ordinary way, at such sales there is a large attendance of Chines and bidding is usually brisk. The contrust this

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round,

A WALK THROUGH BRADY-STREET.

CorTe-

morning The visit was quite informal prompted our representative to the Queen being attended only by make further enquiries and the Lady Ampthill (Lady-in-Waiting) information gathered shows that and Mr. Harry-Lloyd Verney (her boycott is in full swing, though private, secretary). The mayar, being quietly operated.

the town clerk (Mr. David J. 4. prominent Chinese com: Knep) and the sanitary inspector mercial man when asked for of the borough showed her Majesy details, stated that although the Hongkong Chinese had decided to exclude the sale purchase of Japanese goods from their business operations, drew up near Brady-stand a At half-past two a closed-in-car there was nothing in the A BETTER ARRANGEMENT.

nature of an organised campaign. quietly-dressed lady black London, May 14. We are living in a British veiled, and wearing a small black Curious faces The Daily News Paris correspondent says the Consortium, Crown Colony", the gentleman toque, alighted referred to in a cable of the 12th inst.,, will embody no Government said, and we realise that it peered from the adjacent tene guarantees and will threaten China with no possible infringement would be unwise to take any realise who the visitor was. The i ments, but no one seemed to of her sovereignty. All future loans to the Chinese Government or action such as could be classed individual Provinces will be made by the group as a whole and the responsibility shared pro rata by the participating banks. It is proposed that the existing interests of the participating Banks in China should similarly be pooled. The proposal. if carried out, would mean that particular Powers no longer had a predominant influence in particular regions of China. The importance of that doctrine in its application to Japan's interests in Shantung, for example, is obvious. It will be definitely laid down that no future loans will be allowed to involve the creation of special spheres of influence in China. There is strong reason to hope that the result will be a marked stimulation in the development of China's transport system and exploitation of her vast mineral resources. The British representative on the group is Sir Charles Addis..

TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

Service!

Chinese Commercial News"

THE CHINESE "DEADLOCK.

"WILL THE CONFERENCE RESUME?

Shanghai, May 20. Liang Shi-yib and Hun Chi-ling interviewed Chu Sai-chong and asked the latter to instruct Chu Kai-kim not to leave Shanghai.

According to a certain important personage, there will be no break with the South West, but Chu Sai-chong is not satisfied with Tang Shao-yi and the On Fook Club is not satisfied with Chu Kai-kim. If the Peace Conference is to be resumed the chief delegates must be changed.

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This is There was

To-Day's

Exchange.

The closing rate of the dollar

on demand to-day was 38 6.7-184.

The Weather.

Forecast Fairt

89.73. Tempera

Humidity. 2pm.t

pm-88

LEST WE FORGET

I was at the battle of Mons and all through, the retreat. When we had begun to advance again

I should say about & fortnight after our advance had begun we passed through Brumetz + and we came to a village about 2 pim. We halted at the village. The Germans were holding the village against us. We captured about 100 and drove the remainder out. My troops halfed outside a bakerý just inside the village. It was a private house where baking was done not like our bakeries here. There were some women-about two or three standing at the door. The women motioned na to come into the house as also three civilian Frenchmen who were there. They took us into a garden at the back of the house. At the end of the garden was the bakery. We saw two old men-- between 60 and 70 years and one old woman lying close to each other in the garden. All three had the scalps cat right through, and the brains were hanging out. They were still bleeding. Ap- killed. perently they had only just been The three French-divi-

lians belonged to this same house One of them spoke a few words of English. He gave us to under- stand that these three had been killed by the Germans because. they had refused to bake bread for them.-Official deposition of Brilish officer before the Com nittee on German outrages.

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ORGAN RECITAL.

Mr. T. A. Martin is to give an organ recital at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on Friday, 23rd May, at 9.15 pm.

The Programme is as follows:-

Prelude A Water Scene-

(Narcissus)

Calvary.

Borowąki.

....Nevin

Rodney.

(Diocesan Girls' School)

Minuetto Baptiste Calkin.

HYMN. 279.

Evening Song......Schumann. Hark, Hark my

Soul..........Adam Geibel, (Diocesan Girls' School) Cloches du Soir......Chauvet. Postlude-Moderato

in B Flat

Faulkes.

EMPIRE DAY.

CHURCH SERVICES.

go upstairs to see what the bed-1 got seven and then she would SMUGGLING OF SPIRIT. room was like, and she saw the picture of my husband. How in CHINESE BOATMAN the London Territorials in Egypt

IN TROUBLE. on the wall, and wanted to know when he was, coming back.

A case of spirit smuggling "I told her all about my money between Mirs Bay and Shaaki- as an organised boycott. Indeed, Queen went down Brady-street from the Army and the allowances wan has been discovered by the ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH

and Merceron-street,

through for the children, which I do not Revenue Officers. The Chinese it would be ungrateful to do so,

A fishing boat for it would put the British exeira-street to Neath-place, think enough, and taking in all master of

was arrested and brought authorities in a rather awkward both ends of which she inspected. round she must have got a very

before Mr. R. E. Lindsell position. But there nothing others and children commenced good idea of what our home life

this morning. He was charged to prevent a Chinese merchant to take a greater interest in the is like." to deal with The proceedings when a whisper went

What I did like," declared with being in possession of 451 refusing Japanese if he chooses, and round that it was "the Queen." another woman of the good-gallons of spirits on which duty since such merchants

Entering some of the cottages, humoured and buxom East-end had not been paid, and with fail- very bitter over the Shantung she was very quick to observe the type, "was the way she spoke to ing to report to the Superintendent question there is no doubt that extreme smeliness of the rooms, the children. She called mine of Imports and Exports within four hours of the arrival of their feelings are finding outlet defective lighting, the bad ven Duckie.

tilation, and in what cannot but be termed a

the frequent

the former Then there was a working lady his boat. To. who declared to the writer that charge, dampness.

he pleated guilty strong boycott."

Our representative subsequent-

The population in this area of she really couldn't help it, but but as to the procedure mentioned ly visited other Chinese gentle London is a teeming one, and it the very moment when her in the second charge he professed men in a position to know what is not the lack of care and pains Majesty arrived she was dis profound ignorence. "I do not is going on and it was disclosed which the poor give to their posing of half a hundredweight know much about it," he replied his bead with a the majority of recent home--a suggestion they would of coals. And when she shock shaking) contracte signed by Chinese justly resent but the utterly hands with me, I do declare I profound air and smiling at contained a covering clause that inadequate accommodation to didn't know what to call her, so the same time. He apparently

which they have to submit.

found the idea I simply said: "How are you..

humorous. no Japanese material of auy

The Court Interpreter reproved description was to be

9 DWELLERS IN 2 TINY ROOMS. Queen? I do hope you are well. used. particulary in connection with The Queen was very deeply And I was very glad to find she him Don't smile. ship chandlers' contracts and interested in one house, which was," added the lady complacent-nothing to smile at," this appears to be typical of the contained only two tiny rooms ly, if ever there was a lady-it's however, everything to weep over, for his Worship inflicted a attitude of all the Chinese bus-and a small scullery, with a tiny her." ness houses.

yard at the rear. In this dwelling One thing the Queen made $500 fine or four months' hard lived a man and his wife and very plain to her hostesses, and labour, and ordered the boat to be seven children.

that was her admiration for the detained. This was done at the Everywhere the Royal visitor general cleanliness, and splendid request of Mr. Tratman and as a showed a real desire to get at the housewifery which she saw in sort of counter-measure against THE LICENSING BOARD. difficulties which face the local evidence so abundantly.

the attitude of the accused in authorities on the one hand and When questioned, the inmate persisting to disclaim his owner- the poor on the other. When of one house told the Queen that ship of the bost, thereby hoping is to be held at St. John's she had walked through Dixie- she had no desire to leave her to avoid the second charge. Mr. Cathedral on Empire Day, nominations for

the street

the Queen present accommodation, although Tratman hoped that the accused Samrday next, at 9am. The vacancy on the Licensing Board entered a number of bousse in it meant living five and seven in would be brought to reason when service is intended primarily created by the departure of Mr. this quarterback-to-back a room, because they would have he saw his boat being taken for the British childrer T.F. Hough for Home, bave se houses. Finally the party difficulty in getting another place way.

of the Colony, for whom the far been received at the Magis went to the western end of the so cheaply, or in fact at all.

The accused, it appears, had nave and both transepte will be tracy.

borough and inspected the CRITICISM OF BAD CONDITIONS. made several trips between. Mirs reserved. The general public The election was to bave dilapidated site whereon stood "We cannot afford to pay more Bay and Shaukiwan with car-will be accommodated in the taken place to-day,

formerly, a number of houses rent," it was pointed out, "with 2008 of spirits. Mr. Tretman nave aisles. which had been closed by order the price of things double what stated that Shaukiwan is a for- of the Borough Council.

they were before the war.”

bidden port for the importation The ruins of these place are An Irish woman who had of liquors, and on this account still existing, and it is possible to listened to some of the con- another charge could have been jadge the general character of versation thanked the Queen for brought against the accused. He, the buildings in that neighbour her thoughtfulness in coming to however, did not take the trouble hood by what remains.

see them, and wished her "good to do so, as he considered the The following telegram has The Diss-street ares was the luck" in so rich a brogue that it accused to be sufficiently dealt been received by the Colonial last place her Majesty visited, amused the whole party.

with op the two charges which Secretary from H.B.M.'s Consul and here she saw much the same. In Neste-gardens the Queen were being proceeded with. General at Bangkok →→ Govern- ment of Siam informs me that squalor that existed in other talked with some more mothers,

and in this neighbourhood ex-taking evident delight in the. Hongkong has been declared parts of the borough,

A Daily Chronicle represent-pressed her very strong die-visit. infected on account of plague.ative found Bethnal Green approval of the horrible con- Before she left Brady-street, All Hongkong and Swatow mothers and working families ditions that existed in certain residents, with shining faces and A Japanese submarine, formerly: German, with the cruiser vessels clearing for Bangkok through street after street in a parts...

after May 16th should call at happy furore of excitement, and

much waving of hands, gave the Nissim and destroyers, has arrived here.

In Digby walk she had a con-quiet lady in black such arous Kohphra to be examined.”

the complete informality of the versation with silver-badge man, ing send-off as has not been heard whole visit had simply won all, who had to his credit something of in that quarter för many a their hearts,

like 24 years service and who long day. It seemed as though A Chinese woman was to-day "She leant against the table," was now living in a tiny “back-the entire alley turned out to p.m. fined $2,000, or six months, for said Mrs. Noon, he lives near to-back house. On another oc-ssyGood-bye to the Wen the possession of 29 forged Brady street, and had quite an casion the royal visitor stopped a hearted any who had so quick was alleged that the labels were First, she acked me all about the of bread and butte Government opium labels. It interesting personal conversation. girl who was munching.

used in smuggling opium.

house, and my family I have a crowd of mothers

The On Fook Party advocates appointing Ng Ting-chong or Wong Yap-tong as Northern Chief Delegate, saying they have received a private telegram that the South will retain Tang Shao-yi The Cabinet instructs Chu Kai-kim to remain at Nanking to await orders and not to proceed to Peking Chang Sui-ki left Shonsi for Peking on the 17th.

Tien Ting-wong requests that the proposal sppointing him Minister of Education be cancelled, but the On Fook Club refuse and still advocate voting on the proposal on Tuesday.

When Choy Yuen-pui arrived at Shanghai he immediately proceeded to his native place in Chekiang. He, however, sent his brother to Shanghai the other day and he had an interview with the delegates representing the Peking and Shanghai student bodies. He advised all to return to school and resume study, adding that Choy Yuen-pui would return to Peking if the Government would treat the students leniently.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

U-BOAT FOR JAPAN AT SINGAPORE.

Singapore, May 19.

A ȘUCCESSFUL SINGAPORE FIRM.

Singapore, May 19. Another record year in the aerated water business was reported at the nesting of Messrs. Fraser and Neave. A final dividend of 1714 per cent, making 30 per cent, for the year, was approved.

No

-DAY BY DAY.

area,

ared herself. hearts, in

A short commemoration servica

A Government launch, avail- able for Kowloon children, will leave the Kowloon Fier at 8:20 am sharp, and will leave Blake Pier on the return journey immediately after the Service.

There will also be a service at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, His Lordship Bishop Fozzoni“ officiating.

DON'T FORGET.

Victoris Thes Coronet Theatr