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DAY BY DAY,
Ex-Servicemen's Meeting. YOUNG MEN THINK OLD MEN H. E. General Officer Com-FOOLS, AND OLD MEN KNOW
YOUNG MEN
TO BE 80,-Dr. manding must havebeen extreme - ly gratified at the very large
Metcalf attendance of the Colony'B -@X» Service men st last night's meeting held to consider the
A Chines who foll down a
desirability of forming an ex-staircase af Becond Street was Servicemen's organisation and arly yesterday morning or
to the Government Olvil Hos- also at the outcome mesting, which is that a branch pital.
of the
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the
A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. with the advantages of organisavai Wah Lowing. De quer vent claim to appoint their own ambas- himself to be possessed of broad-known only the simple truth."
Among the number of charges its author Mr. Thomas Nelson that have been brought against | Page, the Japanese of persecution of Ambassador to the Quirinal from who was American Koreans, probably some have been 1918. His evidence is valuable fabricated, some have contained both as to the political develop misrepresentations andere mente preceding Italy's interven THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH. does not dimfnime quilt in phases of hor campaign. In còn- have been exagge This tion and upon the successive In a few weeks the Premiers of peo
atrocities nection with the ruinous effects Britain's far-flung territories will perpetrated. A bad example of discontent in the ranks, and . father in London to discuss the that which occurred in Fongtion its consummation at Caporetto, Dominions to the Mother Country number of Koreans, chiefly implicit confidence in his men future relations of the Overseas ber and November last, when a current "that Codorna had such -Chinese territory during Octa- he mentions's report subsequently which imparts an opportuneness to a treatise by Mr. H. D. Hall Christians, were put to death, by that he discouraged persistently of the British Legion be formed
(Methuen, London: 10s. 6d.) Japanese soldiery and in Hongkong. This matter has
entitled, "The British Common-churches burnt. These happen any officer who reported lack of their any complaints of them, and that been referred to in the columns Members of the Q.C.O.B.A. are wealth of Nations." This phrase inge ara described in a booklet by loyalty in troops under his com- of the local press on many reminded of (1) The Annual Din- was, I believe, coined by General the Rev. A. R. MacKenzie (of mand was likely to find himself occasions and it has generally ner to be held on Saturday the Smuts at least I first came upon Hingkingfu, Mukden, the neigh-relieved and sent to Libys, or at been conceded A pity that 23rd inst. in the College Hall at 8 it in a speech delivered by the bourhood those who had so much in com-p.m. (2) The Cricket match to South African statesman during Persecution), which is published other
of much of the least transferred to some mon during the strenuous days of take place on the same day at the war.
by the the war should be content to live 2 p.. on the Indian Recreation
command." Of Italy's Tientsin Press together in a small community Club Ground at
at broad service to the Alliance, The great and still unresolved the events in detail, and re-half-million dead and her million 25 cents. The author narrates Mr. Page observes that "with her like this without some organised Valley and not on the College in the constitutional relations af to the official statement of the the deprivation, hardships and Bookunpoo changes which the war has made produces in an appendix his reply and a half wounded, with means of common intercourse. Ground as proviously advertised. the British peoples are not clearly Japanese We have urged that an associa tion of ex-Servicemen could, in
understood. Note may be made of Shanghai-presumably
Consul-General at sacrifices of her whole people, addition to providing themselves Two Chinese were yesterday Treaty by the Dominions, their named. Mr. Suzuki bas shown needs to have presented and made the separate debate of the Peace Suzuki, though the official is not among her Wastern Allies, she Mr. unmeasured by anything similar
business to promote the social used, and with such effect that dieting assertions of their Pre-his explanation strikes one as great; yet was this comparison
special Kwai Lane, Daggers were sadors, and the apparently con-minded views, but in this instanco Italy's sacrifices welfare and happiness
of two men were afterwards admitt-miers that while, on the one hand, inadequate.
were truly tho regular Bailors
anded into the Government Civil they now have an "equal status" Mackenzie states that the most soldiers among and we Hospital suffering from wounds before the world with Britain, that can be charged against the
The Rev. Mr.necessary 7-even if correct. trust that when the Hongkong in the head and other parts. they are determined to preserve Koreans is that two or three branch of the British Legion has The theory of a Triad Society in some form the Imperial tio. Is joined some Chinese outlaws, been successfully launched and feud is receiving attention from it possible to devise a plan which which is no ground for visiting known, has severed his connec Mr. B. W. Matz, whose work organised that that will be made the Police,
in connection with all things will meet these difficulties square- vengeance
associated with Dickens is well one of its chief aims. Nothing was said directly on this question
ly, which will get round awkward members of the community. An tion with Mesers, Chapman and
upon law-abiding at last night's meeting, but we know that the hope we have ex-glected to use steel work and rein-like by providing for the co-opera-seeking to impose upon theers, Mr. Cecil Palmer. Mr. Matz, problems of foreign relations, outline is given of Tai-yu, the Hall, and is about to join forces A Chinese contractor, who ne-defence, treaty-making, and the religion which the Japaness are with one of the younger publish pressed above is shared by very forced concrete into the construction of a number of autonomous Koreans many who were present. To tion of the verandahs of several States? Major-General Sir George Kirk-houses he is building at Yaumati,
the place Christianity. The author also patrick, who took opportunity was this morning charged at the
Mr. Hall believes it is, and states that the of the Unity scheme among instance of Mr. Vergette, of the points the way.
Chinese In the earlier) have, not Home organisations to P.W.D., who produced plans to
passively initiate the local movement, show thatthese materials had been very sincere thanks are due, stipulated for in the contract. A because by his action he has fine of $100 was imposed. provided the chance that so; many have been waiting for. The
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
Telephone No. 16.
Marriage.
CLEMENTS-CLEMENTS.-On April 16th, 1921, at the Rosary Church, Kowloon, Harold Claude Clements, of Shanghai, to Agnes, eldest daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. H. Clements, Birkenhead, England. Shanghai Papers please copy.
e Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1921.
THE CIVIL AVIATION POSITION.
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1905, and has continually exerted himself to foster in- terest in the great novelist's personality and works. He is a brother-in-law of Mr. Ridgwell the well-known
Between Ourselves
By Robt. MacWhirter.
"Tootsie broke all out into chickenpox the other day ?" matter germane to the subject this verb into a noun? What! No one? Well, we'll take that for Ah, very good. Now who can give me an instance converting chat has accumulated in the pro- our lesson to-night. Look at this picture and repeat slowly after mor
ceedings of overseas Parliaments and in the speeches of Dominion leaders in latter years.
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YES. HE AS OFTEN AS NOT
BREAKS THE SPEED LIM IT AND THE TRAFFIC. REG-UL-ATIONS.
IS HE NOT A VERY PUSH-
ING MAN?
NO, HE IS PUSHED BY OTHERS-IM-PET-US IS GIVEN TO HIS MOVE- MENTS BY THREE STAL- WART COOLIES.
THEN HE IS NOT A FOR-
WARD MANY
OH, NO, EXCEPTING WHEN HE DEALS IN FOR-WARD TRANS-ACTIONS.
WHY DOES HE ADVANCE SO
FARY
and historical part of his book he but actively, co-operated in the outlines with admirable clearness persccution. and with sufficient fullness the steady progress of Dominion autonomy from the Durham Re-(Chapman and Hall, 258.) has for novelist.
Italy and the World War" McCullum, port on Canada in 1839 to the Committee, as chosen fast oven-) An attempt to rob a house events of last year, when Canada At present this outpost of the Empire does not ing, is a thoroughly representative belonging to a married wonten in proposed to appoint her own Am- participate extensively in aviation. Things may be differ-ho ter je me reason why Sheun Yuen Village. Baikung has deferred, at the request of the bassador to America-a step she ent in the not-distant future, and at all events we cannot kong should not combine to make perpetrators
all the ex-Servicemen of Hong-district, resulted in one of the Home authorities, pending the be indifferent to the course of aviation in its relation to the newly-formed association a by
boing captured forthcoming Conference, every-day life. Commenting the other day upon the position power for good. There is plenty of the alarm was given.
the villagers ⚫ when
In his concluding chapters, the author of the civil aerial service at Home. we alluded to the lack scopo, as the promotors well robbery took place on Wednesday
works out in detail, with a of support accorded to it by the Government. The position
night, when the
courageous facing of difficulties, is more unfavourable than had been supposed. After much The New Taxes.
asleep, the four men who took a highly interesting and well- and lengthy persuasion. the Government
articulated plan for free co- part in When a body of the size and by knocking a hole in the wall. ship of such a Commonwealth to rocks? Ah, but vessels are not alone in that respect. You saw in
effecting entry
operation, including the relation-Ships? Why ships, Petor? Because they're sometimes on the £60,000 by way of subsidy.
Friday again, children. What shall our lesson be-to-night? Besides being altogether importance of the inadequate, it looks as if the subsidy has come too late, General Chamber of Commerce presette robbers had effected a to his task a clear mind, a know. Now children, can any of you give me a sentence with "breaking" Hongkong The flourishing of daggers the League of Nations. He brings the photograph the waves breaking over the boat? Is that ea? The British manufacturers of aerial vehicles have been decides to resist the new Stamp until the a ledge of Australian as well as of in the past tense? Yes, closing down for some time past, and one by one the British ground that they amount to light of torthes, the robbers inado and Balliol man), and the fruits of
Ordinance provisions оn the get-away. Before this, in the aerial transport companies have been forced to abandon vexatious, and harmful legisla thorough overhaul of the
English thought (he is a Sydney their services. Now the last of these, the celebrated Hand-tion, it must be evident that premises and stole jewellery and judicious study of the mass of ley Page service between London and l'aris, has ceased. there are serious grounds for clothing of the total value of $70. Travellers who prefer the swift passage offered by the complaint. As we observed at One man was captured by the air, and traders who have to send or to receive urgent the time the measures were first villagers merchandise, will not be deprived of opportunities. The which, by reason of its com- proposed, the question is one on difference will be that the aeroplanes and pilots, the plicated character, experts well designers constructing the engines and machines, and the versed in the technicalities Possession of 500 rounds of companies owning them will not be British. They will be involved are alone entitled to ammunition, a revolver and the recently by the announcement Much interest was aroused French at first, and probably before very long Belgian business men of the Colinstituted the charge preferred at all the literary traditions of speak. Well, the experts- the magazine of a mauser pistol con- that an American lady had upset and Dutch, Swedish and Italian. perhaps Gerinan, also have now spoken; and they with the Police Court this morning Japan. Throughout the centuries The change will be great from last year, when British one accord oppose many of the against
returned Chinese it has been written that no! aviation was supreme, nor has it come without warning provisions of the Ordinar.ce. That emigrant. With a frankreas that foreigner could cope with the One after another, the British companies have had to give opposition is the result of an eventually saved him from a native poots of Japan. But Mrs. in, and the Air Ministry has been watching the replace obviously careful ana' ysis of the heavy penalty, the man informed Charles Burnett, wife of Col. ment of British by foreign machines at its London shout last night'sme eting was thated his luggage yesterday, of the Attache at Tokyo, stepped into now measures. What impresses us the Revenue Officer, who search- Burdett, American Military Terminal Aerodrome. In the week ended February 20, the Chamber did riot oppose the presence of the arme in the false the lists this year, with results for example, out of twenty arrivals and departures only Bill for the more sake of doing so bottom of his trunk, Mr. A.H. that have sat agog the literary one was British. In introducing the Air Estimates Mr.the critician was based on Crewe, who appeared for the de- world of the Orient. Churchill stated that attention would be paid to services what commercial inen consider tence, represented to his Worship written by her in Japanese char A poem to the Continent, particularly the London-Paris line, constructive criticism, also, for in traveller, that the portion in the of the 10 prize-winners at the reason. What is more, it was.
that his client was a bous-fide acters, has been selected as one Yet the Handley Page Company states that when it made place of weeting abnormal ex- representations to the Ministry shortly before discon-penditure out of yearly revenue, also to keep the ammunition from much of his life to Japanese
trunk was merely used to pre-annual Imperial Poetry Conteat. OH, SEE THE MAN. serve the clothing from rust, and Lafeadic Heare, who devoted so DOES HE NOT LOOK PROS- tinuing its service, no reply, or only an unsympathetic one. the was obtainable. The French service having reduced its far better method
Chamber suggested the issne of Government
rolling about. These arguments history rates by 30 per cent. in the case of passengers and 20 per constantly, adding to
were accepted by the Magistrate, not get
and lettor, did
far who imposed the nominal fine of Each cent. in respect of freight, the Handley Page Company taxation. The Chamber is, haption for a period of three months, Imperial Poems, which is a WHAT IS HE CON-SID-ER. HAVE HIS CLIENTS GOT
this. December $25 and confiscated the ammuni- is announced by the Bureau of subject could carry on its service no longer. Meantime French pily, in a position to press it at the end of which the defendant branch of the Home Department. commercial aviation, aided by subsidies exceeding half a we wish it well in the task.
views, or the Government, and million, is going ahead so rapidly that 50 machines are who is going to look after the turn, subject to the production of at the Meiji Shrine." That there
But is permitted to apply for its re- This year the subject was "Dawn HE IS PON-DER-ING OVER expected to be available for the cross-Channel route at an interests of the householder whe proper permit. early date.
Last year British companies, although the route bepay an extra 7 per cent. in taxes? on July 1st will be called upon to tween London and Paris is surprisingly difficult, proved meeting that lower rents were Wilbelm on February 27, 1881, student of Japanese poetry,
Mr. Edkins said at last evening's Victoria that a service could not only be maintained but made to needed. But the Government is He became Emperor in June, raised the beretofore unheard of HE IS A BROKER.
when Abe married Mrs. Burnett, who has been a WHAT KIND OF BUS-I-NESS. pay if given initial support. Unfortunately they received causing rents to be increased. 1888. She was the mother of six question of whether or not a WHAT ARE THE THINGS HE none from the Government. The Post Office refused to Who is going to take up the sons and one daughter. She gave foreigner could compete. It was transfer its first-class mails to them, although in the cudgels on behalf of the house her life whole-heartedly to raising agreed that she could submit a United States the Postmaster-General not only used aerial holder? There's plenty of time them as she believed they should poem, though it could not be OH, transport but saved money by so doing. A direct subsidy, public meeting
between now and July 1st for a be. long ago recommended by Lord Weir's Committee as vital Couldn't the C.R.A. and
Wilhelm, the ex-Crown regularly entered in the contest of protest. Prince, was born May 2, 1882; because of the rule that only DOES HE BREAK to the early stages of the industry, was refused. It ap-K.R.A. mite in convening such Adalbert, August Wilhelm, Ostar, when her poem was read it was NO, HE CAN GET MONEY MAY WE NOT ALL
the then Came Eitel Frederick, natives may participate. But HOUSES? pears for the first time in the Estimates for 1921-22, the a gathering? There would, we Joachim. and Victoria Louise, declared so technically perfect, amount being only £60,000 (about one-tenth of the French are sure, be unanimous public The Crown Prince's marriage to under the Japanese rules for subsidy.) But before the Vote was passed the hérial support for such a move. ervices had collapsed through lack of official encourage- The Ex-Empress.
Cecilia, Duchess of Mecklenburg, verse writing, that it was at once dent. Governments are sometimes blamed hastily. In
proved uncongenial, Eitel Fried-classed among the best 10 to be rich brought sorrow to his mother submitted. A total of 20,000 his instance there is strong ground for criticism, the im- funeral of the ex-Empress of Ger- committed suicide some months literally translated, roads:
The news of the death and by his wild escapades, Joachimi poems had been sent. Her verse, ortance to the commerce of the country and of the Empire many, f developing the new mode of transport being manifest.
as cabled through by ago. The ex-Empress watched Reuter, goes to show that although Germany plunge into the war
In the dawn of the New Year Just as we have written these lines Reuter apprises us brought trial and sorrow to the it would mean to her people.
the Imperial House of Potsdam with a heavy heart, realizing what!
Before the ancient portals a debate in Parliament last evening upon this question, German people there is still a Through the trying days of the
Of Eternal Truth, the result of which a new subsidy arrangement has beer strong regard and esteem felt for war she remained as near the ex-
Behold, in changeless ma-
jesty tered into. As two companies appear to have agreed to the exiled family. For the late Kaiser as possible. And then, sume their London-Paris services, the terms offered are special sympathy, for tragedy and Emperor had to flee for his life to give a feeling suggestion, a
ex-Empress theie was cause for when all was lost and the ex- esumably satisfactory, at least in respect of the test sorrow predominated in her life. the Kaiserin aided him and brief remembrance of a mood, an riod, though they look meagre by the side of the French, She was the daughter of Frederick, joined him d represent but a fraction of the sum that is being absorbed Duke of Augustenborg and was soon Moutine expenditure.
*e impression or a pasalon, but bo had. found sometimes with a deeper mean known AN Prirjoess Augusta qua¿ters.
ing.
loans than Current
in Holland
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shall be no favoriteism shown, the name of the writer le sealed in a separate envelope.
The light of God, Japanese poems are intended
PER-OUS? YES IN-DEED, ALL THINGS AP-PEAR TO BE COM-ING HIS WAY.
ING ?
THE RATE AT WHICH HE WILL PRES-ENTLY GO TO THE BANK,
IS HE EN-GAGED IN?
BREAKS ?
THE MAN BREAKS MANY THINGS.
MUCH EASIER THAT.
INTO
THAN
HE DOES SO IN ORDER TO BREAK HIS CLIENTS THAT HE MAY PROVIDE HIM- SELF WITH YELLOW DIAMONDS AND A RE- TIRING ALLOW-ANCE IN EARLY LIFE.
NO, ALL HIS CLIENTS HAVE
MONEY THEN?
GOT AFTER THE BROKER IS FINISHED WITH HIM, IS HOPE,
CAN THEY SELL HOPE? NO, HOPE IS ABOUT AS TANGIBLE AS THE SHARES HIS CLIENTS SOMETIMES BUY.
IS THE BROKER A FAMILY
MAN?
YES, AT TIMES HE GETS THE BABY TO HOLD, BUT THAT IS NOT OFTEN.
BROKERS?
BE
FORTUNATE. A SUO-CESS. NO, WE CAN-NOT ALL BE 50
VERY HARD NECK, A MEN FUL BROKER REQUIRES A DA-CIOUS DIS-POSITION, AN OFFICE AND SEVERAL ASSISTANTS.
OH. OTHER PEOPLE WORK
FOR HIM THEN!
WHAT IS HIS PRIN-CIP-AL
SOURCE OF REVENUE? HE MAKES MON-EY FROM CLIENTS, AND BY NON-IN- TER-FER-ENCE ON THE PART OF THE GOV-ERN MENT. WHY DOES THE MAN
BREAK HIS CLIENTS7 BECAUSE THEY ARE MOST. LY SUCKERS AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HIM SELF WITH HIGH POWER- ED RICKSHAWS. DOES HE BREAK ANYTHING YEA, VERILY TIS PRETTY:
WITH THESE VEH-ICLES ? SOFT
YES, ALL HE DOES IS TO RAKE IN THE GOLDEN AFTER THE FRAE TRADE SHEKELS AND 100K OF THE COLONY, L=1) PRETTY SOFT, 18 IT NOT A
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