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A MEMORIAL SUGGESTION.

SATURDAY. MARCH 27. 1920.

DAY BY DAY.

1895.

IF YOU GO INTO SILENCE FOR HONGKONG TWENTY- AN HOUR, IT IS WONDERFUL

FIVE YEARS AGO. HOW MUCH

NONSENSE YOU WILL CLEAR

OF OUT

YOUR

IND.-Carlyle,

There will doubtless be a good deal of sympathetic support for the idea put forward in the letter which we publish to-day from a member of the Overseas Club on

The March Boger Pool was the subject of Hongkong's War Memorial and of the desirability won by Mr. F. B. Marshall, I to secure a room named after the down: 18 cards were taken out Colony in the new building which

London.j The name is being erected in

of Mr. Joseph There is something to be said for Duguid, Colonial Dispensary, his argument that very few of us has been added to the Register regard Hongkong as our per-of Chemists and Druggists. manent home and that whatever

Albert

memorial we erect here will re- His Excellency the Governor present but a few. The plea is has appointed 'Mr. that as overseas men we should Denison, to be a Member of the support the idea of having in the Licensing Board for a period of heart of the Empire a memorial three years. in a building solely associated with oversea Britons. To mem- bers of the Overseas Club that is

all very well and can properly be supported, but we feel that in our own Colony there should be some worthy reminder of what has the writer says,

(Compiled from the" Hongkong Telegraph" Ales for week- ending April art, 1895.)

THE DOLLAR. March S.-The rate of the Dollar, on demand, to-day is 2s. 0-3 id.

A HONGKONG LABOUR STRIKE.

MAIL DELAYS.

GOVERNMENT CANNOT REMEDY INCONVENIENCE.!

The Gazette notifies that the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K. C., gave notice, on the 9th March, 1920, of the following question

"What steps is the Government taking to ensure the more regular delivery in future of Mails from Great Britain to Hongkong, riu Suez?"

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph"]

THE WAR MEMORIAL. Sir,It is possible that a large section of the public will endorse the decision of the War Memorial Committee to erect a simple but appropriate memorial to the dead" on the nest site of the Colony.

At the same time, 1have grounds The reply thereto is as follows: for believing that a number of re- The inconvenience cannot be sidents. ferl. like mysell. that March 25th-The strike of remedied by any action of this Hongkong should not confine itself coolies still goes merrily on caly Government as it is due to the to building a local memorial, but the wrong way for the hapless abnormal shipping conditions at should secure representation in a coolies. They refused to coal the the present time.

The Postal

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HOME POLITICS.

The

"OUTCAST.

Summons

At Home in the towns and

erected to the fallen. there is u local patriotism which has no The different counterpart here. communities are honouring "the memories of those who were born and bred amongst them. Here we take pride in the Colony valuable asset of the British E-

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our

be

Conpans of Hongkong Limited ing stories lately, by proclamation seldom been given to any visit-representation

and W&5 also War Memorial Building which the

will, ualess cause is shown to or otherwise, the difficulty woulding actress, the contrary, be struck off the be got over in a Register and the Company will measure. be dissolved.

P. and O. liner Pekin, and would Authorities in London endeavour memorial designed to perpetuate not werk the cargo of the Priok to send the mails by the quickest the memory of these countless to-day. The result is that the route available and the recent fellow-subjects cf ours who answer- Pekin has been coaled by 50 exceptional delays in the deliveryed the call of duty from overseas The King's Exequatur em convicts from Victoria Gael, and of certain mails were due to the and made the great sacrifice. · powering Mr. Octavio Diez her cargo has been handled by delay and diversion of vessels of

After all, many who went from Canseco to act as Consul General the Malay crew and by 150 the Ocean Steamship Co. for for Peru in Hongkong has Volunteers from the Rifle Brigade, purposes which were not known here came from different parts of received His Majesty's signature. while the cargo of the Priok to the Postal Authorities at the China: those who were resident in has been worked by her own time when the mails were put the Colony, may probably have It has the Governor this it is clear board.

now been been here a comparatively shart

of the British Empire and those

the of the rank and file of the Rifle despatched by the Indian mail, arrived. men who went from here not to to act as Registrar of

can be relied on to that is by the weekly service via return should be kept fresh in our Supreme Court (In Prize) during Brigade memory by some such memorial the absence on leave of Mr. H. A. volunteer to do all the lump- Marseilles, Bombay and Nega villages where memorials are being

ing" that may be requisite to patam and it is hoped that this as is suggested., We are by no Nisbet, or until further notice.

keep the trade of the port in arrangement will proye more His Excellency the Governor full swing.

action of satisfactory." means against the suggestion by "Overseas Club" but it should

commendable and only be supported as an auxiliary has appointed the Hon. Mr. the Government on this occasion to our local expression. If the D. W. Tratman to be a Director is highly Committee finds that it has any of the Widows and Orphans' should have the effect of bringing spare funds, after everything has Pensions during the absence on the ringleaders of the agitation!" been met and paid for, we don't leave of the Hon. Mr. C. Mel. to a proper sense of the folly of think that residents would mind Messer, O.B.E.. or until further "kicking against the pricks." MARIE TEMPEST SUCCESS. pire, but few regard it as their

The story about the "pall-tax " **Outcast" was staged at the home.. is a ride too thin, and it is Theatre Royal last night by the In addition to preeting it being sent Home for such a notice. purpose as is suggested, but until

It is notified that at the ex-probable that if the lie is given Marie Tempest Company. At its own simple memorial, therefore,

the incomparable couid not some means our local memorial has been

to secure Hongkong's properly carried out there should piration of three months the to those who are understood to conclusion, be no definite commitment. At Anglo-French Steam Navigation have circulated so many mislead Marie receive an ovation such as found

io the great least, that is our view.

very short made the recipient of a magnifi-Overseas Club and Patriotie League cent floral basket. These tributes are about to set up in the heart of followed what was an amazingly London Contributions are invited LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. clever and forceful interpretation towards this Memorial Fund with Mar. 29th-A meeting of the of the principal role in this well-the ilea that donation's from reach His Excellency the Governor

was held known play. It was a new Marie of the Dominions Oversets, and has

appointed the Hon. Mr. Legislative Council

British communities beLiterals and Conservatives, we Percy Hobson Holyoak and Mr. yesterday afternoon. at which Tempest that last night's aud-from Ltd.stated that it would inevitably Alexander Colbourne Little to be there were present: His Excellence saw. In the other plays Foreign lande, will be kept distinct

lead to strong opposition on the Members of the

by the Authorized eny the Govenor, Sir William presented

Company and the Central Corumittee will, part of Mr. Asquith and those Architects Committee rice the Robinson, K.C.M.G., Mr. J. H. she had been seen in light according to the amount contri

Lockhart. (Colonial comedy parts giving her great buted, name various portions of other independent Liberais. That Hon. Mr. Stanley Hudson Dod-Stewart

for that charm and

the building accordingly. HUMPHREYS. At Montclair Hospital. New York, on 18th opposition has come, for in well and Mr. Herbert William Secretary); Mr. A. J. Leach, scope inst, Mrs W. G. Humphreys.

(Acting Attorney General); Mr. delicacy of acting which we have Overseas Building will be a contre. yesterday's telegrams we were Bird. given an interesting precis of a

F. A. Cooper (Director of come to associate with her name. from which those who are devoting speech made by Mr. Asquith at

His Excellency the Governor Public Works); Commander R. M. Last night she had a heavier and themselves to the great work of the National Liberal Club. He did not mince words, apparently has appointed, provisionally and Rumsey, RN, (Harbour Master); more exacting role, and in the reconstruction after the war will Mr. A. M. Thomson, (Acting portrayal of the character draw their inspiration. Every subject to His Majesty's pleasure,'

the girl from He stated that Mr. Lloyd George's Mr. Edward Victor David Parr to Colonial Treasures); Dr. Ha Kai of

the British subject outpost of Empire challenge to independent Liberals!

up will feel that here is a spot sacred a Chater, A. MacConachie, and E. by should be taken up at once and be an Unofficial Member of the Mesers. J. J. Keswick, C. P.streets,

jilted Legislative Council during the

to the memory of triends who have It will be a home free Liberals absence from the Colors of the R. Belilios, unofficial members. bachelor, later thrown over and

"gone home." A. Seth, lerk of then re-accepted, she rose to and a meeting-place in London not going to be Hon. Mr. Stanley Hudson Dod- and MI

great dramatic heights. We for British subjects, Councile).

have never seen the part more women, from overseas, and not THE COOLIE STRIKE.

forcefully interpreted.

only that. It will be a temple April 3rd. The very question Graham Browae, as Geoffrey, had dedicated to a sacred conse; "to able policy

adopted by the a no less exacting task, and every movement which has for 49 Senators were in favour of ratification and 35 against. However, ment's dealings with the Home Happy Valley on Wednesday authorities during the past four he also showed a new side to his its object the creating of a better

next 31st instant, bully-off days of engaging coolies for abilities by wonderfully powerful and happier Empire. a two-thirds majority was required to conform to constitutional Rule question, and it was

5.15. p.m.-J. P. Jones, M. foreign hongs at a dollar a day acting in the more dramatic criticism which will find a requirements, and as this was not obtained, the flecision amounts to sympathetic echo in the minds Railton. C.. Hickling. Veach was continued this morning, a rejection of the Treaty, even in its amended form. The Treaty of all who wish well for Ireland. Smyth, E.J. Mitchell, B. Chen upwards of 200 strikers

Hale, R.A. Brand, E. L Sim. has, therefore, been returned to the President with an intimation of

parties 272 in need of a blame for this unfortunate development, opinions will differ. The Ettle clearer definition than we and B. D. Evans, Democrats will blame the Republicans, whilst the latter will attempt

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 27. 1920.

REJECTED BY AMERICA.

Those who had hoped that, with the reservations which it had scon fit to make, the United States Senate would ratify the Peace Treaty have been grievously disappointed. On a vote being taken,

At the time that Mr. Lloyd George made his speech on March 18 in which was suggested the permanent fusion of the Coalition

added

that as were

to

well, or until further notice.

they tied

the

chariot Tory wheels, but

going to were

and preach.

practise retain. their principles. He very seriously criticised the Govern

The following will represent the Club against the R.E. at

who was taken broken-hearted

Mr.

men

ם:

The

and

the Senate's refusal to ratify it. On the question as to who is tot is patent that English political K. Mackenzie, J. V. Braga vessels in the harbour. If the plished actors would be led into campaign in the Old Country

many

in

principle

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FOOTBALL.

are:-

(1) To erect in the heart of the Empire a building dedicated to the memory of the men from Overseas, who have made the great sacrifice, and which will be devoted to the interests of British Subjects from across the seas for all time.

(2) To promote the welfare of those who have suffered in the Great War and especially to look after the Empire's children -the citizens of to-morrow,

passages of the play. He had a No Imperial Society has a finer fine conception of the part, and record than the Uverseas Club, were told off" for duty on various is restraint where less accom-Now it is just starting an active authorities imagined that this extravagant exaggerations show-to save the lives of the children in system of supplying the palcon-ed his deep understanding of our big cities. Mr. Fung Ping-shan, the pro- tents with funds where with to con- Bsychology, The lesser parts: Let us have our local Memuriai to lay the onus on Senator Lodge and his associates: It is interesting, have seen lately and the return in this connection, to recall that in December last, when there was public political life of Mr. some hope that President Wilson would make some more which Asquith has inaugurated "what prietor of the Sui Fong-hong and tinue the struggle was the best were also in very capable hands, by all means and let us make it would make ratification possible, an official statement was issued Promises to be a period of very also the Yinkon Bank, and Mr.

who are virtually ruly the Dorothy Hamilton as Valentine. ourselves to that and forget that we the Sanitary Board, and labour market, they are greatly from White licuse disclaiming any such intention and adding that clear cut parties, instead of the Chow Shan-son. Chinese member way of breaking up the "ring" a special word being due to Miss worthy, but do not let us cor fine

merged group of politicians who

To-night Somerset Maugham's are a small part of a great Empire. the President has no compromise or concession of any kind in have lately had the power in Director of the East Asia Bank, mistaken, for it simply amounted comedy, "Mrs. Dot," is the The objects of the Overseas mind, but intends, so far as he is concerned, that the Republican their hands. It was all very well Ltd., are shortly leaving for to putting a premium on what may attraction.

Memorial Fund, briety stated, leaders of the Senate shall bear the undivided responsibility for the to drift along in a compromise of Peking to negotiate there a not unreasonably be called as fate of the Treaty and th present condition of the world in conse.

of scheme with the Chinese officials crime in view of the fact that it necessity in the days quence of that fate." This statement was not, apparently, well

new these for starting

Bank in was to all intents and purposes a the war, but received by the public at large. it being felt that the issues at stake

Hongkong

rebellion with which the powers days of reconstruction, when so were too great for the flaunting of partisanship on either side.

things of

that be" have been called upon Republicans, especially, argued that for any failure to ratify, the remain to be decided, far better The offices of the Supreme to deal and not an ordinary

HOLLAND v. ENGLAND. Deniserats, by their stubborn attitude, would be just as responsible would it be to see the old system Court will be open daily from 10 strike of disaffected labourers. The presence of Dutch seamen as the Ledge group.

only wonder, there- from the warships in harbour to a defini issue. For this Vacation, except or public and fore, is that not that the so-called gave Well, we are not here concerned with the matter as to who is to of distinct schools forcing things a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Easter The

an opportunity for an blame for the present deadlock. That deadlock has been reached in reason alone we are glad to see general holidays, when the offices strike has continued so long but, international football match, and spite of frequent appeals by Press and public that the Senators, regard that Mr. Asquith has taken the will be entirely closed, subject, that it did not assume very serious yesterday afternoon a team com Jess of parts, should agree upon reservations and consolidate the two-stand he has and whenever the however, to the provisions of aspects and continue for several prising men from these war- thirds maority in favour of "atfication. They have not done so, and thus

next general election comes section 5 of the Supreme Court weeks.

Happily, according to ships and two local Hollanders, the United States is still technically at war with Germany. The round it is certain to be as Vacations) Ordinance, 1898, 90 reliable information received Mestra. Boysenand Zeveryn, grounds of the dispute between the President and the Senate are interesting and as eventful as any far as it relates to the Criminal during the afternoon the strike is met an English team from familiar to us all by now. The Senators argue, and their viewpoint we have seen for many years.

Sessions. The Easter Vacation now practically at an end, a the Staffs and .Depart- begins on the 2nd day of April, large number of coolies, includ-menta in a charity match in aid

(8) To draw closer in the bonds cannot be disputed, that it is Congress, and not the President, with whom the power to make Treaties rests. On a point of procedure, NAVAL STRENGTH.

1920, and terminates on the 8thing the coal lumpers, who have of the St. Dunstan's Home for

of comradeship British sub- therefore, no dispute can be raised as to the rights of the Senate in

day of April, 1920, (bath days been specially loyal to the Blinded Soldiers and Bailors. jects in all parts of the world. British naval men seem to be inclusive). refusing to ratify any Treaty. It is argued, as we all know, that

strike leaders have returned The match was devoid of ex-

Surely they are objects we would President Wilson arrogated too much power to himself in assenting in no mind to neglect the strength

to work at Quarry Bay, East citing incidents. The Holland-gladly forward, and, surely, when to the Versailies Treaty, and now the Senate has got its own back" of our Fleet and have apparently

The French Consul informs us Point, and on board some of the ers cannot be credited with the Finance Committee is consider. by declining to give the necessary two-thirds majority in favour of adopted the attitude that, apart that he has been

asked by ships in the harbour, in all about classical play, and, 25 Wasing ways and means it would not ratification of the instrument: The position thus created is that if altogether from the question of Lieutenant Teglaru, officer in 6,000 men. During the day the to be expected, the be difficult for it to allocate a small the Senate is truly reflective of American opinion, the United States expense, nothing must be spared command of the Rumanian Gaelic has been worked at West tactics they adopted were proportion of the funds to the at the moment has a President whose policy sharply conflicts with to keep our defensive arm up to detachment on board the Point wharf by, 200 privates of rather elementary. A few minutes establishment of a Hongkong room the viewpoint of the people-a most incongruous state of affairs in the highest modera pitch of B.S. Antilochus, to state the Hongkong Regiment, while after the commencement the in this Overseas Memorial Building

efficiency. We have now been a great Republic like America.

that the incident which sailors and marines from the Hollanders trooped into their providing that it was considered There is one point, however, which is often overlooked. It is given the names of six big battle-necessitated some measures of Centurion have been discharging opponent's goal and literally such a course would meet with the that bad it not been for American participation in the peace ships that are declared as being precaution against some of the flour from the Empress of China. bustled tire ball into the net. This approval of the subscribers. negotiations, the European nations would have made a totally obsolete and

learn Serbo-Croat troops on board, did The convicte, too were hard at score which was made by Zeveryn,

In issuing their appeal the Com. different settlement to that finally agreed upon. Mr. Frenk H. that H.M.S. Hood, which has cost concern the Rumanian it coaling ships and handling proved to be the only one in the mittee might ask subscribers to state Simonds, one of the most level-headed and balanced writers on cur- the nation six millions sterling detachment, consisting of one cargo at Wanchai throughout the game. The rest of the time was whether they would like that sam rent events that America has, recently declared, amongst a number has been designed to withstand officer and 55 soldiers, and that greater part of the day. occupied by the Hollandere in method might be desired for testing of other instances, cited, that France agreed to surrender the Rhine several torpedo hits without ser no measures had to be taken

displaying such peculiarities as the feeling of the Community. barrier solely because she was assured that if she did not, the iously lessening her speed. This:

individual efforts, participation in The cost would act be more than a United States would not aid her next time, and that if she did, is, apparently, to be an age of against these men, who proved to

be quite reliable.

the attacks by the backs, etc. few thousand dollars. Laly Des American millions would as physical barrier replace the naval competition and though on

The marvel was that the English Voeux, who is one of those in geographic bulwark of the Rhine. "Europe made peace with the the grounds of peaceful principle

The London General Post Office team did not effect any score, charge of the scheme. would gladly President of the United States," he says, "in the firm conviction it is to be regretted that the that the President spoke for all America, for the political opposition world has just come through a League of Nations in one breath has returned to the senders all this fact being in some measure as well as for his party associates. Europe has been mistaken, titanic war and is still in the mood and then almost at the same the foreign sweep letters which accounted for by the first rate sive suy details that might be the skill of the goalkeeper of the required, and would see that the desires of these providing the money and to-day's development is the final and the worst of a series of for building up armaments, there time to lay in a stare of tremen-were recently seized, an

But the ground that sweeps are illegal, Dutch team. This player seemed

were Isithfully carried out.-yours, recent, disappointments. What will happen now, it would be is no question that Britain is dous naval strength.

etc., premature to say. "But, so far as one can judge, America will have bound to maintain her relative world is in a perverse mood just whether honest or fraudulent. very well-fitted for his job, as no

however concentrated, +

OVERSEAS CLUB. to make a separate peace with the Germans, negotiating a disposition in face of what other now and the old saying has it The letters which were opened, attack, tinctive Treaty for that purpose. A more inglorious ending to nations. are doing. It seems Needs must when the Devil in order to ascertain senders' could break down his habitual

addresses, contained £22,000, coolness or judgement,

Hongkong, 20th March, 1920, America's magnificent effort in the war we can scarcely conceive. strange and perverse to talk of a drives."

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