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TO.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER · 14, 1919.

MisGLORIA FONDA, who takes the leading role

in to niches play. "Lombardi. Ltd.." at the Theatre Royal.

OPIUM REVIVAL.

A PICTURE OF CONDITIONS) IN SZECHUAN.

PROHIBITION IN MANILA.

MEASURE NOW BEFORE

LEGISLATURE.

LEYSTONE

A scene during the recent Police strike at Boston bidrs to hold hard s up."

the militia ordering gani-

H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, on a Canadian ranch.

Philippine

legislature,

Dr. Friss D. Gamewel through the inflative of the Pail- erai su reday of the China Curisa tian Edwvational Association with the gestion of prohibition. ippine senute is now face to face who has just returned to Shark-Setor Altovas in "L'apiz." fol bai from a trip through Szechuanowing the exam set be the in the course of witch he travelled paired States, introdus de bell over the great road from ('hung-)

at thus we sedan of thự,

ongodution to hug art, man afac

Felt. int. retarga, or give as

king to Chengt & ten des or house naking it llegal ter Burney had much of interest De rell a representätive of the M Dalle Nos of the ovidiences? which he found of the large in.. crease in the use adoplum in chati province and the reports Le bes ceived of opium-growing carlier) in the fear, which the sights

saw seemed to corroborate. Dr.

Gamewell has had a long my nection with Szechuan. His first!

for auramental, hadicinali tre- chanical chemical. 1- uther

entitie purposts.

Seat Algavas stated recently anything better fit the people, that the Philippines c m`l nut do

visit to it being as he so as 35

that live here and for the enhan

years, and with other visits paid end of their cause in the there on occasion his experience bain in the Philippines. He. United States then to adopt pro- of the province hight Safely hel cons dered sufficient to make believes that the sooner prohibi-

tion is adopted here the better for) the country.

Authorit tive his description of d there.

what he fou

It was too late in the year for hira to see opium ac..

wally being

were falling back into their old) the pro-i Krown. but, throughout

groove over the matter of opium) zons! vince he was told by pei. and while there were still many whom he could very well believe in. ho would not take the drug the the poppy had been grown se they realized it was bad

becau freely in the valleys away from

-his chair-bearers, over- the main roads. There was also for them

heard discuing the matter. er that they did

was bad for,

ing its hold upon the people.

©KEYSTONE

W J. BEACH

Above is seen an aeroplane which is built to fly straight upwards, and its inventor. Mr. W. J. Beach. The lifting surfaces revolve. The motors are at the berufoils and mounted on a track.

The inventor cumpares it to the planetary system with the central axis as the sun. Revolving wings and stabilisers on top give the machine stability. When it is up, the propellor seen at the front drives it ahead..

AUSTRIA'S WAR GUILT.

VIENNA

It

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The trial of Georges Quien, betrayer of Nurse Cavell.. Accused's counsel addressing the Court.

At the afternoon conference

information to show that the plant informed each ot..."

From the protacol it is absol-without previous diplomatic steps. was adopted by all except Count have taken cognisance of the con- utely clear that the war was An ultimatum to Serbia might Tisza.

tents of this Protocol." had been grown in Kueichow and

provoked by Austria-Hungary: contain hard terms, but not terms]

The semi-official communique not smoke because it Yunnan, as well, and as showing to tae was ever STARTLING PROOFS FROM that as early as one week after such as could not be fulfilled. Baron Conrad was asked to reply published in the Press on the day how common the drug was in thei

the assassination of the Arch-Count Berchtold said, in reply, that to three questions. His replies after the decisive conference of duke Franz Ferdinand and his a radical cessation of Pan-Serbian are not included in the Protocol, the Austro-Hungarian Govern- province he visited, Dr. Gamewell present danger of opium increas said that the cost was so low as

The officials were greatly to

consort at Serajevo war had propaganda could only be brought as he asked that they should not ment stated only that questions almost to approach the bad old blame in the matter, he said. for

An historic document of extra- already been firmly decided upon about by energetic intervention. ba recorded. The questions were of international administration days of some years ago when esi

Whether mobilisation should had been discussed by Ministers, The Austrian Premierexpressed much could be bought for 16 cash if the province had a governor ordinary importance was publish.by the then rulers of the Dual Monarchy: and that absolutely

first be carried out against It is now proved beyond doubt who was perfectly firm about the as a man could smoke with safety matter and determined that there in a recent issue of the false representations as to what himself strongly in favout of im-

Serbia alone, and only later, that the war was not forced upon That state of affairs passed away should be no opium smoking in Arbeiter Zeitung. is the was occurring were given to the mediete military action. Baron

when necessary;

against the Monarchy, but that its Tulers Bilinski, who was one of the

desired it, and that Count Berch- when prohibition of opium-grow-

Russia; leaders of the Poles in the Mon- ing was first enforced, but things is province, there would soon protocol of the Austro-Hungarian public there.

Count Berchtold, in opening archy.

Whether large forces should be told was above all responsible for be practically none. There was Ministerial Council bf July 7.

also supported Count are getting gradually worse and also the fact that large sums 1914. held under the presidency the sitting, remarked that the Berchtold, expressing the convic- kept in Transylvania to in-it. smoking is carried on perfectly

being of the Foreign Secretary. Count question must be answered

timidate Rumania; and tion that a decisive struggle was openly and without any of that

Where the struggle against element of stealth which would learned by the popps and its Berchtold, and attended by the whether the moment had not, sooner or later inevitable.

Russia should be resumed. It was the most valuable Austrian Premier. Count Stuer-arrived for making Serbia in- suggest that the authorities were

During the ensuing debate Finally, it was decided that Count crop a man could raise, even if it gkh: the Hungarian Premier. nocuous for ever by energetic thought to look with disapproval did take a great deal out of the Count Tisza: the Joint Minister action. The German Govern-Count Tisza, whom, the Protocol Berchtold should report these

soil, while the amount of smuggl of Finance. Baron Bilinski; and ment, he said, had been sounded, shows in quite a new light, again secret deliberations to the Em-Chinese newspaper In the Inns," Dr. Gamewelting that went on and the heavy the Joint War Minister, General and Germany's unconditional raised a warning voice against peror at Ischl on the following shortly to be published in Shang- said, I saw men smoking open-ifines that were sometimes paid] Krobatin. The Chief of the support in case of a warlike com-war, while all the others advocat day, which he actually did. bai announces that the paper will The Emperor Francis Joseph be distributed free of cost during ly." There was nothing to suggest showed that the Chinese there General Staff, Baron Conrad, and plication with Siberia had been ed action. that they were afraid of getting were perfectly willing to take the Rear-Admiral Kailer, as repre- secured.

A resolution that demands must acknowledged receipt of this Prothe first three days of publication, into trouble for doing so and the risk of being caught so long as sentative of the Navy, were also Count Tisza-raised objections, be addressed to Sertia of such a tocol only a fortnight after the and that no charge will be made fact that it was not being done by they could get a portion of their present at the continued sitting declaring he would never consent far-reaching character as to allow outbreak of war, ie, on August for advertisements during the stealth gave one the feeling that product past the authorities, the same afternoon.

to a surprise attack upon Serb'ala certain refusal, to be foreseen 16, with the endorsement: Iirst week those responsible were not trying

upon the practice.

men in.

to enforce the law. At the inns one found the opium lamp burn- ing and the pipe ready for use and it was, common to see

of five groups

six or smoking 85 one went

"The night before I left Chung- king, I left the boat and went up on to the river bank and walked among the huts of the people there-trackers' huts. I smelled, the odour of burning opium andi I went into one hut. No one was surprised and I said 'Are you smoking opium ?*

***Yes, they said, 'Do you want a smoke?'

"I said 'No,' and told them I only wanted. to look on. I went in and saw six or eight men, all smoking. They were trackers, people who could not afford to pay much for their opium."

Dr. Gamewell emphasized the bad state into which things were getting. The Chinese that he met

of

use.

"

money

were

DOINGS OF THE DUFFS.

Tom Was Prepared For the BadiNews.

I'VE SORT OF BEEN

LET'S HAVE

IT

TOM, HERE'S A LETTER VE GOT FROM THE LANDLORD

THIS MORNING - ! HAVERT OPENED

IT YET-

EXPECTING A LITTLE

MESSAGE FROM THAT

BIRD-

WELL, NOW WELL SEE WHAT HE HAS TO

SAY

GENEROUS!

The management of a new which is

BY ALLMAN,

I hereby notify you that beginning the first of I

next month your rest.. will be increased

twenty five percent-

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