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EDISON LAMPS

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED `1881).

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBExt 6. 1919.

FROM ELECTRICAL DEALERS

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SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

From Our en Correspondent.)

STOP PRESS TEL GRAMS,

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

ALLIED CONSULS LEAVE FOR ENGLAND.

Archangel. Septeinber 4.

All the ex-Ambassadors and ex-Consals who have came here from Petrograd in the past year left from England on the Kildonan Castle, which also carries the last batch of conscript British troops.

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The Russians have issued a proclamation that all Bolshevik prisoners will be enrolled in the Russian National Army. The latest prisoners are well-conditioned and have good great-coats and boots.

GRAPHIC RELIEF OF ODESSA.

London. September 5.

DUTCH COLONISTS AND THE QUEEN.

Singapore, September 6.

A committee has been formed in Batavia with the object of Purging the Queen of Holland to visit the Dutch East Indies, with a view to tightening the bonds between the Motherland and the Colonies.

MILITARY OFFICERS FOR HONGKONG..

Singapore, September 6. Major tickling. R. G. A. and Captain Oliver, R. G. A.. are preceeding to Hongkong for duty on the ss. Thongwa.

ATTEMPT 10 EXPORT SUGAR,

A message from Odessa, undated: says a naval force from Sebastopol assembled on Apgust 22 sixteen miles south of Odess and a transport at dawn next day landed the Volunteer Army - unobserved. The force divided into parties and marched along the coast, capturing batteries, and also inland toward Odessa. Reuter's corres dent accompanied one of the latter and witnessed skirmi shes, sne Bolshevik detachments bolting after a few rounds. The party reached the outskirts at nightfall and bivouacked near the chief to export twelve bags of sugar to Tongkab. The shop list of the bags Tan Chon Seng has been fiue $1.000 in Penang for attempting

Singapure, September 5. Prison, in which were 500 hostages. The party was anxious to referred to described them as containing preserved fruit: storm the prison forthwith, but the Commander dissuaded it, know- į ing that the guards were strong, including 200 Chinese desperadnes with machine-guns. On the following morning it was found that i

the guants had decamped and the hostages were safe. Troops THE EYE OF THE WAR OFFICE. entered the town and the inhabitants poured out cheering. kissing and beflowering the soldiers. The Captains of the British ships! walking the streets are now acclaimed: Thank you Englishmen."

GERMAN VIOLATION OF PLACE TERMS.

PASSPORTS.

WHITEHALL'S GERMANY HONGKONG RESTRICTIONS

FROM THE INSIDE.”

LIFTED.

BETA SINGLE COPT: 10 CTS

HELPING THE SOLDIER.

WAR OFFICE AND VOLUNT- ARY ASSOCIATIONS.

$36 PERANN UM.

Certain-teed

Roofing

ANDERSEN MEYER & 00110

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

demand to-day was 4%./- 11-16d.

The closing rate of the dollar da

DON'T FORGET.

V.R.C.-Aquatic Fete-9 p.. TO-MORROW.” Coronet Theatre-5.15 and 9.15

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m.

years before the war had worked in conjunction with the Military Authorities, and had been to some There is no objection to your ex- extent officially recognised. tending to these Societies what- over privileges they have men- From Military Headquarters,joyed in the past. China Command. Hongkong, we 4 As regards financial assist- of a War Office letter on the sub-bodies, the policy adopted by the have received the following copy ance given locally to voluntary

TO-DAY Coronet Theatre-15 and 9.13 jet of Voluntary Associations Army Council is based on a p.m and Organisations ~

recommendation of the Central by The Globe Trottars" Concert Viétoria Theatre Performance 1. I am commanded by the Funds Representative Committee Party 9.15 p.m. Army Council to inform you that and is to the following effect they have recently had under con- In order to avoid overlapping. sideration the policy to be adopted no allotment should," without by the Military Authorities in re- reference to the Central Funds: gard to voluntaryAssociations and Representative Committee, p.m.

be Organisations working on behalf made from any Command,District of serving and ex-service Soldiers for Garrison Fund and their dependents:

philanthropic society which does Such bodies are very numerous; not CATTY. on'

its many of them desire to be more exclusively in the Command,

operations BIG BEQUESTS TO MUSEUMS, o: less officially recognised, and District or Garrison concerned.

It was announced at Newcastle all of them are anxious to receive The effect of these recommend-has left £50, 000, on the death of recently that Mr. J. G. Joicoy financial assistance from Service ations is that financial assistance his brother and sister, to found a Funds. Moreover, most of them should in no circumstances be John George Joicey Museum at work as much in the interest of given locally from Service Funds Newcastle. He left all the ob- done by the Army can be adduced the Command, and whose opera- to the Gallery, and all the curios Army, and accordingly anything whose headquarters are outside Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, the Navy and Air Force as of the to any body or organisation jects of art at present in the as a precedent when such bodies tions are not of a purely local stored in the Chancery-lane Safe approach the Board of Admiralty character. Organisations work-Deposit to be divided between or the Air Ministary for assistance ing for the Army, or the Services the London Museum, the Victoria and recognition.

as a whole, will, if thought desir-jand Albert Museum, and the

from Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.

to

any

assistance

2. You are probably aware that able receive the three Ministries concerned de- Central Funds in the form of cided some time since, to take grants made by the Army Council set up a body thoroughly repre- C. F. R. C. joint action in this matter, and to acting on the advice of the

and individual efforts to assist sentative of all" interests con- 5 Recognition should follow serving and ex-service Officers cerned, including ex-service the rule as regards financial and Men. In most instances such Permission is given by His

Officers and Men, with a view assistance referred to the prece- efforts are highly praiseworthy Excellency the OfficerAdminister to co-ordinating the efforts of the ding paragraph. Recognition of and deserve support from all ing te Government under section and determining the conditions one of these Societies, other than but their private and individual various voluntary Association, the privileges extended to any interested in the soldiers welfare, 10 of the Travellers' Restriction under which these bodies are to those mentioned in paragraph 3, character should be maintained. Ordinance. 1915. as follows

On and after the 8th day of receive official recognition and cannot well be withheld from Clearly it would be inadvisable. September. 1919:--

any other Society," and it into extend official recognition to This scheme is still under accordingly considered advisable all such Societies without a 1-(1) Persons who are in consideration, but it may be some not to extend any sort of official previous investigation of their M. Clemenceau's letter of protest against the second paragraph publications. The result of its possession of such passperts as time get before it can be pro-recognition to uf Article 61 of the German Constitution declares that it constitutes labours often stupefied the Ger- are hereinafter mentioned and mulgated. Meanwhile the Army Instances have been brought to possible to assist them all fin- ang of them. character, and it is certainly im- a formal violation of the Peace Treaty, firstly, by providing for themans, who were at a loss to produce the same as hereinafter Council are anxious

circumstances cautions

WHAT THE ALLIES DEMAND.

Paris, September 5.

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Another Government war child is drooping. After a short but very vigorous existence M.1.7.D. is threatened with extinction.

M.LTD. is the Government Department responsible for the laste of a daily review of foreim newspapers, including all enemy

assistance.

admission of Austria into the Reichsrat, thus assimilating Austria account for the obvious know-mentioned are permitted by His action should be taken in Com-meetings of ex-service men's these

that no the notice of the Council where ancially from Service Funds. In to the German Empire: secondly, by admitting and providing forge of their internal affairs Excellency the Officerad minister-mands likely to prejudice the free organisations have been advertis-policy is to be adopted until such the participation of Austria in the Council of Empire, thus held by the British authorities. ing the Government to leave the action of this representative body led in Command Orders, and in time as the representative body creating

common political tie.

absolute The starting of the Daily | Colony without a pass from the when it is constituted. opposition 10 Austria's independence.

one Command units were advised referred to in paragraph 2 has Consequently, the Review was insignificent, said Captain Superintendent of Police 3 There are certain old esta- officially to support and assist been established and has had time Allies invite Germany to take legal measures in order to remove Colonel E. St. Aubyn Wake, without undelay this violation, by declaring that this Article of the head of the department, recently.mitted to leave the Colony, with- and Sailors' Families Association, practice should cease.

(2) A British subject is .per-blished Societies, c., the Soldiers one of these organisations: Such to make rules for the co-ordination Constitution is null and void. The Allies will be compelled, if

Early in 1915 a bundle of cot a Police Pass, provided that he the Soldiers and Sailors' Help

of such philanthropic bodies work- 6 In addressing this letter to ingon behalf of the Naval, Military Society

National Commands, the Arms Council do and Air Forces, as it may ultimate- br decided to recognise

and the

satisfaction is not given in fifteen days, to order an immediate enemy newspapers was found in has in his possession a valid pass Association for the Employment not wish it thought that they are ly

of Ex-Soldiers, which for many desirous of discouraging private officially.

extension of the occupation of the right bank of the Rhine.

AMERICA AND THE TREATY.

SOME IMPORTANT RESERVATIONS.

Washington, September 5.

a captured German vessel and port which has been issued or re- passed on to the British Warrewed within the last two years Office for examination.

and provided that he produces "The information these papers such passport, on demand, on yielded laid the foundation of board of and prior to the departure this Department. Soon after.) of the steamer by which he is secret agents were ser to work leaving.

to obtain copies of all enemy (3.) A Subject of a Foreign publications. How they got them Power is "permitted to leave the must remain a secret-at present. Colony without a Police Pass, They were mec and women of provided that he has in his great daring and endless resource, possession a valid passport grant- who loved adventure.

ed by or on behalf of the Govern- The Senate Foreign Committee has ordered the Peace Treaty obtained.

"Anything we asked for was ment of the Country of which he to be reported to the Senate after adopting "four reservations pro-was the copy of a valuable book produces such passport, on de- A notable capture' is a subject, and provided that he viding that the United States be the interpreter of the Monroe dealing with a new process of demand. on board of and prior to Doctrine; that tariff, immigration and other domestic questions be manufacturing steel determined by individual nations; also that the United States

the departure of the steamer by declines to assume any territorial obligation or mandate without a important information kept leak-

"All unknown to the enemy, which he is leaving. direct resolution from Congress, and reserves the right to withdrawing through in a steady and, to leaving the Colony by the same 2. A person arriving in and from the League of Nations.

ACUTE SITUATION IN BALTIC PROVINCES.

VON DER GOLTZ DISREGARDS ALLTES.

London, September 4. It is authoritatively stated that the situation in the Baltic States is most acute. General Von der Goltz shows no signs of cessation of activities but continues his insolent disregard of the Allies' wishes. German landowners who have settled in Latvia are following his example.

Trouble appears to be brewing between the Poles and the Lithuanians.

In South Russia, General Denikin's advance towards Kursk has received a somewhat severe check although there are no signs of a Soviet break-through. The Bolshevik counter-offensive north-east of Kharkov has been checked and forced back eastward of the Byeloored-Kupyansk Railway.

IN MEMORY OF BOTHA.

London, September 4.

them, mystifying stream. Our steamer is permitted to leave the staff of examining experts grew Colony, provided that he has such in number, and we had our finger valid passport as aforesaid and on the pulse of German national provided that he produces such life.

passport, on demand, for examina- "Little paragraphs in obscure tion on board, both prior to the provincial newspapers, which had arrival of the steamer in the ascaped the eye of the German Colony and prior to its departure censor, gave us light on innumer-from the Colony... able occasions. Instructions to 3. Members of ships crews are German newspaper editors from permitted to sign on without the German Army authorities, obtaining a permit from the giving them guidance as to how Captain Superintendent of Police. to treat certain subjects in their Note-1. All persons, who are columns, found their way into either without a passport or with- this Department, with what must out such a valid passport as above bave seemed to the Germans un-mentioned, must continue to com- canny frequency, and were used ply with all the provisious of the for guidance' by us.

Travellers' Restriction Ordinance, Even parish magazines were 1915. not despised, because the German 2. To prevent delay in sailings. censor neglected to keep his eyee Shipping Companies should on these publications.

satisfy themselves that intending a very important cure for trench passports

"Among the 'discoveries was passengers have the necessary gangrene. The German Press had possession.

aforesaid ip their described this, and a learned British professer noting this in the Daily Review, was led to experiment with certain bottles success of our country. Our of unknown nature, that had been Allies, too, were not neglected. discovered in a captured medical "Later the work of the Depart- dug-out, with results more satis ment increased until we had 123 factory to us than to the enemy. readers in 26 languages, and we "As this Department collected examined 4,000 foreign publica- the information it was collated, tions each week. Subsequent or Office, who in its turn supplied, of a serves of supplements dealing printed, and supplied to the War genisation led to the publication the information to the Army with the situation in enemy conn- Headquarters, to 13 other min tries, the general economic situat- istries and departments, to the tion abroad, food supplies, tech- Press, and to innumerable persons nical subjects and other mattere

An impressive memorial service to the late General Botha was beld in Westminster Abbey General Sir. W. R. Birdwood represented His Majesty and others present included Mr. Bonar Law, the Food Controller (Mr. Roberts), various High Commissioners, Agentes Clameral and representatives of State Departments as well as numerous other distinguished personages, besides members of and associations who in one way of particular interest to venown

Dutch Reformed and Nonconformist Churches..

or another, were working for the manufact

picture is

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