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POVERTY IN PEKING.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

STINNES.

EQUAL CITIZENSHIP.

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Woman Franchise Test Questions.

A Strike of Thieves and

Beggars.

A Sketch by Maximilian

Barden.

FRIDAY, APRIL 21.

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In olden times the beggars of Hugo Stianes, that's the man, a To all Parliamentary candid new type in Germags: the capatea, the National Union of S-Peking all bad to belong to the tain of industry; the parvenu of cieties for Equal Citizenship in Beggars' Guild, a powerful or Two Kanisation with the King of the an old established family which submitting ex questions.

Beggars at its head. He made did not get rich quickly; a business of these arsim head obeessed by a constructional Will you urge the Government the rules for the guild members, urge, but still, the colliery-owner, to bring in a measure to extend told them where they could beg. the shipowner, and merchant from the Parliamentary franchise" to saw to it that they did not-en- the small town Mühlheim on the women on the, same residential)croach on each other's territories) Rubr. Sung-the very name qualifications, and from the same and required each one of them stunde for system and myth, age as men, and to pass it through to pay him something toward the all its stages next Session? expenses of the guild and his dynastic legend and apotheosie.

Men whose names are constant- Will you support legislative support.

To many of the rich people I on the lips of the masson (sava and administrative measures to Maximilian Harden in The secure full professional and in-[(says Mr. S. D. Gamble in Wid's Word) are called by ons dustrial freedom and opportunity Outward Band) the entreaties of zame only. Lieutenant Buona for women, with equal rights of the beggars standing in front of parte, Citoyen Napoleon Buona-training, entry, and promotion, their gate was a constant bui- parte became, even before he was and also to secure equal pay for sance, and the beggars found that they would receive more if they crowned, simply Napoleon. "Old equal work?

were given one contribution for Pam.""Dizzy.""Gladdy." "Joe,"

the year. Consequently the guild! "Teddy

diminutives "--such

cate, which regulated production, often made contracts with the show confidence rather than

prices, and disposal of the Ruhr well-to-do people whereby ther tenderness. undiscriminating

district.

paid a certain amount, usually sec Whoever Would

the put

He created the mighty Rhei-by the guild, and then the guild in Christian name

front of

nisch-Westfalsche Elektricital-į guaranteed that they would not Cromwell. or Wellington or Kitchener? Even if the legend Aktiengesllschaft, united it with be molested by beggars, Wed- the Siemens-Schuckert Concern, dings and funerals were, off brought in the Gelsenkirchen course, special occasions, and when the surnames remind us of Mine Works and the Bochumer naturalis special contributions EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE. Whiteball, Waterloo, Khartoum Union of Mining and Steel were not only expected, but

Hogois accidental, Stinnes is a works, and called the whole demanded. gannine product of the shore of "Siemens-Rheinelbe-Schackert- The stores tound it trouble- the Rhine, whera Tunges is Union. One csa realise the ex-same to have beggars standing cherished popular character tent of this undertaking by the in front of their doors whining Hangesje the clown with the fool'set that it employs 200,000 and

pleading for alms. Formerly the workers. wooden sword.

gradually they developed the Muhlheimer never announced He created an Oceanic shipping custom of keeping a basket of himself on the telephone other company and dockyard on the cast, small coins with a square wise than by the sentence: Huza largest scale, first in Emden and hole in the centre, worth about Stinne here. That was long then in Bremen. He acquired in one-tenth of a farthing, under the If he himself were to make Austris the Alpine Montangesell-counter, and of giving two cash a call nowadays, he would surels schaft, in Steiermark in Braberg. to every beggar who came. They use the surname only.

the riches; ore-field on the Coa-would not give to the same man

is not told, it will unfold itself

ago.

That name is declined and continent. He bought forests, land-more than once a day. so long jugated, it is both noun and serbed properties, grand hotels. lines of beggars used to file down in the newspapers of radical tenement houses, fisheries, paper the business streets, each man socialism one meets every das factories, newspapers-no: mere collecting his two cash from each with new.coined words like "Stin-1 in Germany. not merely in store and then disappearing until nesier."Stinnesiren," "Stig

the next day. nesismus, "Stinnesregierung.' He reached later on the goal! The opening day of a new store

All this is meant to designate not merely a clearly-defined man, but a special form of commercial Conquistador, something, in spise of their fundamental differences

Rockefeller as well as of al Wren Hastings

a Cecil Bavdes.

Europe...

pay more.

Sometiales the people though: that the amount demanded by the guild was too high and refused to pay it, but not for long. Their house or store would be besieged by a great crowd of the "finest beggars that the guild could pro- duce, and the street would be sol filled' that customers or friends would not be able to reach the gate. all- The beggars, guild was a rec-1 Gorerament wished to nation politicians; but he bas entered ognised part of the economic ali The industrialists theme Reichstag, their most offen-ife of the community and would selves believed passionately in sive arena. the superiority of private over

towards which be hat looked for naturally meant a special contri- a long time-independence of the bation to the beggars guild. I banks, the almighty industrisi 1906 ten taals (approximately banks, the directors of which have thirty-two shillings) was demand- the deciding vote as credit-givers. of an ordinary sized store. in all irdustpal concerns, and Larger stores, of course, had to who ar, as indispensable to the nature of German administration A BILENT YOUNG MAN. as the close union of laborators 1 sax this man for the first knowledge and practical time nesrly twenty years ago. In technique. Only at the age of partner sip with a big bank, the fifty did be achieve this freedom Prussian Government had set his power bas now grown beyond Ibe whole of the Rhenishall banks. Everybody obeys Westphalian industry is an uproar | willingly his call. by their attempt to acquire

SOME LIMITATIONS,"

secretly-the-controlling interest Her Stinnes speaks-landly of

in a mining concers, which the his

contempt

national management, and I was of the conqueror,

for the

often express its displeasure over

Hetalks apeat the cruel heart some act of the officials by going and forgets un strike. In 1919 there was a certainty of great protest against the award

a spectator of the fight at the what be in bis

mura

It was more profitable to see that to hear the heads were interesting than the speeches. I noticed especially a who sat vilent young man almost motionless, resting his band: only head

his in the interval did he give orders

He was Is in a

tope.

general meeting which was to victory, demanded from those of the German rights in chantung make the first decision.

whom be considered conquered. to Japan by the Peace Conference

He

L strove for customs at Versailles. The Chinese blam- alliance with France, so that heel their officials for allowing it to might unite the coal and ore of happen, and demanded that those: Europe in one gigantic structure, who where thought to be respon- and when he did not immediately sible for it leave the Government. obtain it from M. Loucheur, be The students of Peking started

and over turned crossly towards England. the protest.

900

He

that io their of

in them

arrested of

Germany of | mismanagement

wo days. In Shanghai and bureaucrats will medium size, big-boned, dressed the

ase other cities of Central China like the book-keeper of a firm in the Germosu need for credit to the merchant guilds all went on some small town, and his pale face transform railways and postal strike, and were even joined by with the brilliant eyes of an services into companies: but he the thieves and beggars guilds. enthusiast, was framed by dark forgets that this denationalisation For three days there were no hair and heard.

will not lower prices in our time robberies and no begging.

on

sepa

were

He reminded one faintly off of need, also that they must not In recent years the Peking police Michel Angelo Buonaroth, but be degraded to anti-social under- have tried to deal with the prob- still more of pictures of the takings through the mass dilem of begging. They have dis- ecstatic artisans and fishermen missal of scrplus officials and solved the begzara guild, and now. ho, having b-come the disciples workers. This he fails to see, and fficially, no begging is allowed However, 80 of Jesus, wanted to become the again forgets that the "stust on the streets. apostles of His Evangelism: a which would give to the masters many people are in desperate face not easily forgotten by eyes of the most important raw materi- need of help that the police have which did not look at the mere als also the control of the chief to permit some begging, though surface. I asked my neighbour roeans of communication would they see to it that people are not who this gentleman might be, and defeat itself.

seriously annoyed. received the answer:

.no

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April 214: 11h. 45m.-Press has increased moderately Vladisbstock and Weibaiwei i decreased moderately at Sha hal. Changes since yesien are small elsewhere.

The anticyclona is central č N.E Japan.

A depression lies over Yangtze Valley.

Fog may be expected slagg east coast of China.

Hongkong Rainfall for the bour anding at 10 am.to-di 0.00 inch. Total since Janua 1st 11.90 inches, against

average of 9.63 inches. FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOU ENDING AT NOON TO-MORED

50 dla

2/6 2/6.1/16

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TOKYO, JAPAN SPEC ADY STEWED PUGEKI

4 m/s.....

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TIT Shanghai

Not

T/T Singapor

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T/T Japan ma

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FIT India...

198

Demand, India

TIT San Francisco)

55

& New York.f

TIT JAVE.......

146

T/T Marks

Nom

TIT Francs

5.90

Demand, Paris

BUYING

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2:7

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2174 274

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EVACUATION OF SHANTUNG.

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0578, from Ningpo.

11.30

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7.30

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Tipahkun Motorcar Club Cen- tral, from Shanghai.

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He does not even consider one of the fundamental reasons for Why, that is Hugo Stinces!' Although not yet thirty-five our present economic weakness- years old, be had already attract-that a good third of the product ed public attention by all sorts of of German industry (metals, business enterprises which won chemicals, textiles, etc.). which First Chinese Guards Arrive. the admiration of many, but until 1914 supplied the require- A Tainan message of the 11th. which others called foolbardy and ments of foreign Powers were inst. states:-China began the re-

War demption of the Shantung railway hai. reckless. But my physiognomic manufactured during the diagnosis, which recognised in by Germany's adversaries, and his morning, placing 200 trained bim the strongest power among that the output of these products Peking police along the first third these industrial leaders and bas been doubled at a time when of the line. The Japanese will masters of finanse, was politely the purchasing powder of Europe, evacuate two days later. laughed at by the professionals.

from the Rhine to the Black Sea addition to the guards. the 42nd. Agifted dare-devil," they said: and far into Siberia, has greatly brigade of the Shantung infantry deliberately has been ordered for railway duty "but compared to old August decreased.

11029/18th, Davieboag, from Thyssen, the coal king and the ignores the need of bonestly as protection against bandits. wealthiest man in Prussia, he is identifying Germany's fortunes,

Dr. Charles Wang, bead of the

Adelaide. more her happiness, redemption commission, told = nowhere."

and even

TH, KKING.

8747/13tb. Hewitt, from Cor Nevertheless, doubt remained with his own advancement. To Press correspondent he was con-

regidor. Superintendent. be really great he should hold this fident Japan will keep the pledge in my unprofessional bead.

8221/12th, Intertext, creed as a foundation-stone of his made at Washington, but he hopes Hongkong. April 20, 1922,

Shanghai.

8757/13th,

Litim, the bill will be reduced below the Herr Stinnes had at that time power.

His danger is the danger of all unofficial estimate, and appears already created the Deutsch-

10637/17th, Manager Syc Japp Luxemburgische Bergwerks-and despots the court. He is Fatto tinipste that it will not EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL-Washingtonde.

ASTA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO. the rounded by a crowd of people who

exceed $100,000,000. Hutten-Aktiengesellschaft,

10294/15th, Apexing, from New Company, from Saigon.

8338/12th, Kongsteel, from yearly production of which was look on him as a born genius, as

York. about five millica tons of coalfa character from German my-

10879/17th, A. F. Bemis Hotel Bangkok and three quarters of a million of thology; they worship him as the

For 19 1 the general fund of Astor, from Calcutta. pig-Iron. He was, without push-future saviour of Germania, and ing himself forward, one of the they would like to crown him the Society for Propagation of 9877/15th, Mr. Blankenship U. S.

men. in the Lord of the Germans and the the Gospel stands at £218,075, Wilmington, from Shanghai. most powerful

record. Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndi- founder of a "People's Empire."

THINGS DONE.

B.P.G' RECORD INCOME.

2681, from Hankow. Niptaison, from Shanghai. 5655, from Shanghai.

..

fröm

from

M.EF. AIREY,

Superintendent. Hongkong, April 20, 1922

On Saigon

On Bangkok 82 Sovereign ............ 7.85 Fold leaf per Trek... --- Bay Silver, ready... 34%

forward

3494 Bank of England rates 4% New York/London... 44214

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

'kong 50 ct. pieces

10.

раг par 3/54 dia

18.3% día.

-5 Canton sub. coins

Hongkong, April 21,1922.

District.

* Formosa Channel

3 Bouth count of

China between H.K & Lamocks.)

...

Forecast

NE or varishis

winds, modera

to light fair.

1

The 830

*s No.

The p

4 South coast of The Sai

China between

*s No.

HK. & Hainan.)

T. F. CLAXTON, Director E.K. Observatory, April 21. 19

METEOROLOGICAL

Barometer Temperature 20

Hamility, Wind Direction Wind Force

Weather

Previous

Day

on date.

29.87 29.88. 29

71

72 26

R 0.00 0.00 "Highest: "open"

Temperature on the

Lowest open

Temperature on the

T. 7. CLAXTOS.

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