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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1919.
BRIGHTER DAYS IN RUSSIA.
NOTES AND COMMEN
AN EXPLANATION.
DAY BY DAY
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TO-DAY'S MISCKELANT
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hand potes at the
- In our accost. – of U S. Memaris Day observantes în Hongkong we recorded the fact
The price of rice locally still The wife of the Governor of keeps going up and throughout that the absence of the Consul Macao gave birth to a son on the week there has been one General was the subject of com-Wednesday last.
ance, is said to ment by American civilians who
steady rise. The commodity is
"The Times of ftylon kiitosfastost shorthand attended the ceremony at Happy
being freely exported from the Mr RG. Horniman has at last fie offered his services to
typists England has prodnoed. Valley. Mr. Anderson's absence, ward-bound passenger by the s.5. Penang and the Federated Malay Indian authorities and he has the war, and in the capacity of Mr.D.W. Tretman was a home- Colony while in India, Singapore, exhausted the patience of the Government at the beginning of we now learn, is quite easily Mentor on Saturday. axplained, and it 15 evident that
States restrictions have been been placed on those who commented on it did so
placed on the exports. At the England. All things considered Cabinet, has done much official a steamer for private secretary to Sir Maurice Mr. C. E. Warren is going rate at which rice is leaving our
Hankey, Secretary to the War in ignorance. The ceremony at Home on the Empress of Asia on shores, there is every prospect of a it is surprising that the authori-reporting in various parts of the Happy Valley was of a naval the 12th instant. He will comfamine in the next few months, ties have tolerated the editor of world. It is doubtful, says “Fit character and civilians were pre bine business with pleasure. sent by courtesy only. Being a
It is felt that the Government the Bombay Chronicle so longman's Journal,“, which gives an naval affair, it was incumbent Messrs. Gerin, Drevard and Coat least twenty-five per cent of siastic advacacy of the Home hand writer has ever, had the should step in and stipulate that as they have done in his entha interesting sketch of Mr. Sylves on the Consul General not to have removed their offices from the imparts should remain in the
ter's career, if any other short- He has not privilege of recording so-many.
break of war (August 4th).
Colony.
The remarkable results obtain-
be present; otherwise, as the St. George's Building to the fourthi Colony. For instance, if a rice Rule movement. ranking officer of the Uniteddoor Hotel Mansion States present, he would have qu
merchant imports thousand infrequently shown himself like secret proceedings and decisions had to take charge of things and
tons of rice from Bangkok^ar without moderation or scruple, especially during some of the this would have detracted from We hear that the Peace Saigon, 250 tons should remain During the recent riots he was more critical days of the war. the naval character of the event, celebrations in Hongkong will in stock under Government Moreover, in view of his official in all probability synchronise with control. If this precaution be soon in the forefront of those who position, Mr. Anderana could the fifth anniversary of the out-not taken, there is fear of a rice were spreading fales rumours and ed at Cornell University by keep- pot attend such a ceremony
famine being experienced in the unjust accusations outil being chicken coops lit up during la a private citizen. We ex- plain these facts in fairness to Young English", of Hong-
reached climar by publish the night will interest the poultry the Consul General and in kong, is willing to box anyone in
A ing
story that Hongkong has been the second
British experts at the Fontainebleau. the Far East within the light-largest importer this year of Siam bullets to shoot down murderous out, a certain number of hans order to correct any wrong
troops had used" Dam-Dom":
Agricultural College. The die impression that may exist in the weight limit. Acceptances sent rice.
experiments have been carried Up till 29th April 67,333 minds of civilians on the point to the Telegraph will be forwarded tons of Saigon rice were shipped miscreants who were killing his being given a daily ration of a It may be added that at various to the proper quarter.
to this Colony, Japan 84,985 tons, countrymen and seeking to set glass times the matter of holding a
of wine per bead, formal civilian ceremony
Singapore 29,903 tons. Europe up reign of terror in India. No while a similar number had no on We learn that the Chinese mer. 24,409 tons, and the Philippines baser calumny could be directed wine. In Memorial Day has been con- chants at Macao have sent a 20,005 tons. Stocks locally are by an Englishman against his hens that had the wine prp- the result the sidered, but owing to the small joint telegram to Lisbon request-the scantiest. Even's hundred countrymen. Mr. Horniman did dazed in a given period nearly size of the American community ing that the present Governor be tons of garden rice is stated not hesitate to do this and if his seven times as many eggs as the here and the difficulty of getting retained in office. as they to be difficult to pick up in the only punishment men out to Happy Valley in the frecard him as a very progressive market.....
is deporta- teetotal hens, and the eggs of the tion from India morning, it has been considered man
he can wine bibbers were said to be of impracticable.
consider he has been more gently very superior quality. The wine CRIMINALS FROM CANTON.
Last November first quality treated than his countrymen feel provided was only in ordin- The Hon. Mr. J. Johnstone left Siam rice was quoted at the mills be deserves. Without the per aire," and it was suggested that the interest displayed by the Hon. Sang on Saturday morning, last and second quality Tes. 9. To- Chronicle would besorae a non-resnit if a vintage of repute were We have every sympathy with for Shanghai by the ss. Wing in Bangkok at Tex. 10.50 apical sonality of its editor the Bombay & still bigger output of eggs might Mr. Lau Chu-pak towards the We understand that the object of day these prices are Tcs. 26. and entity and the directors of theserved; but I have not seen any. taking of adequate measures for Mr. Johnstone's visit is to under-Tes. 3. The Food Controller in Chronicle company have made the statement that this suggestion keeping bad characters out of 80 the Pasteur treatment as a the Straits has recorded with censorship restrictions the excuse was adopted at the College. Hongkong and for keeping a check Precautionary measure after hav-some complacency that before for closing down the publication. on the activities of such of them ing handled dogs which have the end of the year there will be Mr. Horniman will no doubt How there came to be an Army as filter through into the Colony since developed rabies.
no rice in Siam to export. In view Present himself to the people at in Paris at the proper time to sally ject, Mr. Lau speaks of stringent | In his latest question on the sub-
of this fact, is the Hongkong Home as a martyr. Those who forth on the German right wing The ss. Wing On, which has Government going to do anything have watched his unscrupulous and settle the fate of France at being taken in Canton to root out the past twelve months, has now We are undoubtedly drifting into as a very leniently treated man. and drastic measures which are been on Government service for to conserve our local supplies conduct in India will regard him the Ourcq was told by General such individuals, and seeks to resumed her West River run. rice crisis and the the cry of the
Messimy, who was Minister of War till the end of August, 1914. know what the local Government The s.s. Tai Lee, which has also poor is already bitter. During
before the special Commission intends doing to prevent such been on Government service, is April, Bangkok exported to Hong-
which is inquiring into the Briey people from using this Colony now in dock and will shortly be kong 215,655 piculs of white rice. as a field for their activ-ready for resumption of service According to statements made in
question. He said that in spite of the Cabinet's decision not ities. The Government's reply on the same run.
Japanese papers, the imports is that it has no information on
to concern itself with the conduct of foreign rice into Japan the measures said to be taken in
In the Summary Court, this of operations, though maintain During last week there were
have shown a · large Canton and that it is inadvisable notified 30 cases of plague (22 worth of rice was imported up to action brought against Jose C. he dispatched the following order in-morning, judgment was delivered ing general direction over the crease of late. Y64,270,000 for the Weing Hing Firm in a war, on the night of August 24-25 to make known the methods deaths), four of cerebro-spina! the end of April since the begin de Obaldia, formerly Consul for to the General Commanding the adopted here for dealing with fever (one fatal), two fatal occur- undesirable characters. On the rences of small por, three non-ng of the year. This is a nine Panama, to recover the sum of Armies of the North-East: Five first point, we will confess to being fatal cases of enteric and one the same period of last year.
fold increase as compared with $98.35 for goods sold and deliver-morning. If our Armies do not quite as ignorant as the Govern non-fatal case of diphtheria. ment.. We have heard nothing of There was a British and an Indian
ed, the goods comprising house-have their efforts crowned with bold utensils. any extraordinary police activity sufferer from enteric. All the
victory and are compelled to in Canton, and even if we had other cases were Chinese.
retreat, one Army of three Corps of first line troops as a minimum we should not be prepared
must move to the entrenched to. admit that it
camp of Paris in order to assurS its safety. All responsibility for this order will rest with me. (Signed). Messimy."
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"Although the price of Japanese coal is still going down, it is interesting to note a revival of interest in the importation of Australian coal, the f. o, b. price
ALUMINIUM HOLLOW WARE of which is very much below the
TRADE. parity of Japanese prices.
Birmingham is the centre of a movement for placing the British While the Directors of the Star hollow-ware an
manufacture of aluminium more Bolid
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would Mr. Vandevelden, of the School be uniformly and consistently of Motoring, is & famous Belgian directed towards the rooting out aviator who has received the of all bad characters. On the "Ace of Spades" from the Belgian other hand, it is a notorious factGovernment for his aerial record, that the authorities. in Kwang-He is credited with having tung have for long past shown a brought down some forty enemy Ferry Company have
Indulgence is asked for the very weak hand in keeping down aeroplanes and with having pilot- graciously pleased to sanction has been formed for promoting
following, sent by a correspondent piracy and robbery, and we are ed the Queen of the Belgians reduced fares, operating from Sun: the interests of the trade, and
been basis. A national organisation to the Daily News If any justification is needed for the presence of Allied forces ot convinced that the methods from Cherbourg to Duver. He is day the 1st instant, they have this may be taken as a sign that
A crowd had gathered in the in Russia, it can be found in the latest news from that distressed adopted there, even when extradi- the recipient as well of the D. C. in their extreme graciousness
street- country. For some days past, the telegrams have told of the grad-tion proceedings ensin Hong-M. and a medal for, bravery from overlooked the fabulous charges the markets in face of powerful!
I rushed to hear the news; ual subjugation of the Bolshevik armies in the north, until we have kong, are above repśción.
& vigorous fight will be waged for
"Look!" shouted one excitedly, reached a stage when the capture of Petrograd and Moscow seems concerned, we think if hardly The Government is erecting their machines to the Peninsula developed before the war. Then So the American Government. exacted on the owners of motor American and German opposition,
"There is no time to lose!" far as dealing with criminals is well on the way to being accomplished. It is a happy circumstance
cycles who wish to transport the industry was being steadily that the Bolshevists have not been allowed to have matters all their likely that Canton can teach the search shelters on all the wharves If he transports his motor-cycle came the time when the raw own way in Russia, for if they had been permitted unobstructed Hongkong Police very much. control, the country would have been plunged into anarchy and the SPECIAL EFFORTS NEEDED,
on Connaught Road Central with his side-car establishment of a sound and stable regime would have been
wherein the baggage of female cyclist to has Day 50 cents ed for more urgent purposes. motor- material had to be commandeer-
. A card: "Two Rooms to indefinitely delayed. There was a time, not many naths ago, is too uncomfortably near to wil
We will admit that Hongkong passengers arriving in the Colony and 10 cents for the chauffeur. There is no artificial restrict After all, poetry has been defined
*Let**! when these impracticable people certainly held the upper hand and Canton, and that a deal of the Formerly these searches were the friend who is go to occupy but supplies, of aluminium are
be searched, in future. with 10 cents (nzent rate) for lion now on the when it looked as though Russia must suffer a prolonged period of criminality perpetrated here is conducted in the open and in full the side-car. There single not coming forward, at all freely. can hardly have had time, to manufacture, 29 emotion remembered in tran- unsettled conditions and loose government. To-day, however, the the work of rogues from the ad- view of bad characters who trip costs him 70 cents Really the Latterly there has been a very
quility," and my correspondent horizon is brighter than it has been for many a day, and we see facent city. emerging from the struggle, into greater prominence, the leaders of which has long been recognised, the object of ascertaining the dis benevolent. It should charge at high rates that prevailed. A few That is an evil congregated on the wharves with Star Ferry Company is extremely substantial moderation in the
become tranquil yet. a better and more constitutional order.
and it has taxed more than one position of valuables, for future least $2 for the transportation of The hopes of Russia's salvation are to be found in the joint C.S.P.'s brains in the attempt to operations. By the new arrange-motor-cycle. I wore of the local manufacturers have should be permitted in church is The suggestion that smoking efforts of the Russian anti-Bolshevists and the Allies. These forces evolve are now working together most harmoniously and effectually, the danger may be mitigated.within the shelters only in the well-to-do L A single mer and considerable extensions, are, in the country districts ofScotland some method. by which ment all baggage will be opened plead in defence that it taxes the duction of aluminum hollow-ware seem. Scott records how farmers got to work again on the pro-not so revolutionary as it may Admiral Koltchak and General Deniken here from the first been Whether the Canton authorities presence of the officials and the cycle pays 20 cents, and the rider in prospect, as plant put down for were accustomed to light up as solid in their opposition to the Bolshevik danger and are rightly are as alert as they might be or parties concerned. regarded as the respresentatives of law and order, whilst Lenin and whether they are not hardly his supporters are the destructive element in Russia's affairs. Had affects the issue. We know that the anti-Bolshevists been left to themselves, unaided by the Entente, the danger is there, and, with Mr. they would have been dispersed, if not actually wiped out, long Lau, we want to see everything ago. At a time when the situation looked far blacker than it possible done to keep the scum of dose now, many were the criticisms uttered at the presence adjacent territory at arm's length. of Allied forces in Russia, but to-day the support, given to the The Government, cannot loyal element amongst the Russians is being splendidly vindicated blamed for declining to make its be Good generalship and the enthusiasm inspired by the hope of methods public, but it would per- bringing order out of chace have steadily eaten into haps be something if we had an the Bolshevik strongholds and now we are beginning to see the assurance, in view of the recent To-day being the fifth day of results of wise co-operation. That the Bolsheviks are being over-wave of armed robberies in the the fifth moon (Chinese style), course, come is shown by the fact that Lenin has already began overtures for Colony, that special efforts are be- the Dragon Festival is being an an armistice and that the. Bolshevik regime is credited with the ing taken to keep Canton visitors cheerved. As usual, there has possibly point to the intention of transferring its headquarters to Ukraine. So well has under observance. It is a very been some racing at Aberdeen, whole-hearted way the public dificulties in which they find Spurgeon, indulged in tobacco, the situation developed that the Entente has decided to recognise difficult matter to keep check on but only two boats have been subscribed to all appeals for the themselves in competing with but the latter repented ere it was the Koltchak and Deniken Governments, provided the leaders incomers by boat and rail from participating.! thereof agree to accept the verdict of a Constituent Assembly as Canton, but it is a glaring anomaly
wounded and others; so they regards the future of the country. With the facts thus, we cannot that whilst liners from Europe and kong residents will have an prices.
To-morrow, however, Hong palmed off the bogey of high coal Japanese, matches. Since the too late. That is the very but feel hopeful in viewing the general outlook in this great country. elsewhere are subject to Polihe opportunity of witnessing a good
Swedish embargo on exports, authority for asserting that Sp An unsettled Russia would be a continual menace to the peace inspection, no.organised examina display at North Point, for the Exports of Japanese matches ports have, in consequence, great during his life, because his doin
Australia has turned to Japan geon on his deathbed exy of Europe, and that is why the Entente has maintained forces in the tion of the riff raff from Canton is management of the Ming Yuen to Calcutta and Bombay, China, increased of late, Japanese se had led many Christians
for a supply and Japanese er deep contrition for having smoke country even though the war is virtually ended, and despite the in force. This matter will have to Gardens has arranged a special Formosa, Java, and Singapore papers say the total value of Jas-follow his example, fact that many Russians have proved false to themselves and to the be seriously faced if crime is to be series. Allies as a whole. There is a great future for Russia if the kept down in this Colony.
of races. in which are increasing. The price panese exporta for the fiscal year country is properly governed. This proviso unfulfilled, the Russian
dragon boats from standard safety matches stands stood at Y2,000,000. It is feared people will never attain to that larger liberty which the whole
Aberdeen and two each from Yen 50 at present, A further that the adoption of the sugge tivilised world wishes to see assured. Between Bolshevism and
Yaumati and Shaukiwan will increase is expected. The prices ion by the Australian m Tsardom there is little to choose, both bespeak tyranny and
take part, prizes being offered by of sticks and potassium chlorate ufacturers will prove a oppression. But if in place of the old-time autocracy there can be
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the max agement. The racing have also risen to Yen 35 and scope given for well-ordered democracy, the Russians should at last Carregyddyfnallt Inn, Llanfair and the judge will be Ah. King, nection, mention may be made of Applying for the licence of will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Yen 31 respectively. In this cor come into their own and a future full of hope and promise be assured. fechan, at Bangor Police Court, whilst Mr. Mor Lin, of Ah King's the. Australian embargo on the It is for this reason that we look with satisfaction on the present an ex-Metropolitan Police ser slipway, will act as starter. No import of Japanese matches developments, for out of them, we feel, will arise a new and a geant apologised to the Bench doubt many residents will take seems that repres happier state of affairs for a connay, which has for all too long for his inability to pronounce this opportaits of witnessing factory girls in Melbo laboured under misery and happine
DRAGON BOAT RACES.
ATTRACTION FOR
three
HONGKONG PEOPLE
BATTLED TOKIJE SBOLET
another 10 cents present rate,munitions will be adapted to this soon as the minister announced Before, motor cycles were free anch of industry. Reconstruct his text. The idea would, how- Last year the Directors, by Han is in progress at a number of ever, have horrified M. Andre strange computation and a study works. This manufacture is Antomarchi, who twelve years of the clearing returns of the ited to the industrial genius of ago published a work entitled local Banks, came to conclusion that the general
the Birmingham, and there will be Un Chretien Fait-il Bien de public were flushed with cash; disappointment if it does not take Fumer answering the question raise the single monthly fares so they straightaway decided to forth.
more prominent place hence most emphatically in the negative. He admits that smoking is not others in like proportion. from $5 to $8 and increased the
expressly forbidden by holy writ
but neither is absinthe-drink-" Of they had to coin
ing or card-playing, which prac excuse. They couldn't
and asked him to increase the tices are admittedly sinful. Customs duties to protect their With sorrow, be it confessed, two interestes asiting forth the leaders of Christianity, Vinet and
tatives of the
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