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EXCELSIOR

or. The Climber.

A SIMPLE STORY BY

ELINOR SLIM..

CHAPTER II.

DAY BY DAY.

· LET US FEAR THE WORST BUT WORK WITH FAITH, THE BEST · WILL. AL-

The Very Idea!

WAYS TAKES CARE OF ITSELF,--Vic || Mr. J. A. R. Cairns, the Thames tor Hugo..

The P. and O. 9.9. Kashmir, from Shangbai, ia dua hore at 6 n.m. on Friday.

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A sneak thief who stole a watch and purse from the bathing sheds at Kennedy Town wae given two months by Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Contral Police Court this morning,

As to the real value of the Kellogg Treaty, that will entirely depend on how Its signatories re act to their obligations under it. It may, as Sir Austen says, amount to much or Httic. In this connex- ion, the attitude of the United States when crises arise will be all- important. Knowing American disinclination. to enter into what Washington is fond of describing

Yesterday's return of notifiablo as entangling alliances, It is hardly Mr. Kuttle was very sympathetic discasce shows one case each of

rocalving Eunice's to be expected that the United on

letter, small-pox, diphtheria and typhoid, because he had lots of All were Chinéso States would declare, in advance, troubles himself. He found it the line of action to be taken in a relief to write about them. cortain eventualities. Sir Auston He had just undertaken to Chamberlain thinks that a great run a bachelor's mess, and one day

when the

compradore's bill had deal will depend on how the rest just come in, and the cook had left of the world thinks the United without notice, and the boy had States will judge the action of an and the chauffeur had gono sick been arrested for being Bolshifo,

Mr. Tu Shu-cho was fined $28 by aggressor. If there is a weakness because the wash-amah had hit Mr. W Schofield, at the Kowloon in the Treaty, it is its failure to him over the head with a spanner Magistracy this morning, for fall define a war of aggression, and this when he was trying to make loveing to repair defective water pipes Is all the more to be regretted see had happened to say in his letter at the rear of four houses in Lai- ing that each Power is to be com-to Eunice how nice it would be if petent to decide what is and what man had a wife to look after all

these things for him.

The usual fortnightly whlat drive is not self-defence. It would, we

Ha did not mean to propose ex-of the Kowloon Rowling Green cannot help thinking, have been far nctly, but it sounded a bit like a Club will take place on Friday, August 3, Instead of Saturday, better had the Treaty made some proposal if you read it that way. provision for machiney whereby impartial judgment would be given on points of that nature. But that there is some value in the formal declaration outlawing war, there can be no doubt. And it is certain that Britain, in subscribing to it, is animated by the underlying spirit

foundations for a lasting universal

pence.

to her, he, feeling rather-fed up,

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Eunlet rushed to Angela and showed it to her,

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chikok Road.

Angela simply shrieked. "You've got him, my dear. About Hong Kong, That's quite good enough. Tele- graph at once."

Then Angein's husband came in, and he said, "Leave it to me dear. F'll fix it."

He sent a telegram in code which said:"Referring to your letter to your question is Yes,' ?!

KELLER KERN & Co., Ltd of the Treaty, which is to lay the of the 13th. The reply

16/18 CONNACour Roar, O.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1928

WORLD PEACE.

Britain's desire for the pre-

Poor Mr. Kattle did not remem- ber asking any question and did not quite understand, but he was so fed up with things in general that he did not bother much.

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Do you know that

Although it was officially or dained a few years ago that Hongkong should be spelt as two, it was originally laid down that it should be only one word?

By a Proclamation published in the Gazette in June, 1843, the name of the Colony was fixed IN "Hongkong"-not "Hong Kong," as had been previously used.

By the same Proclamation,, the city was named Victoria. 1. had previously been known as "Queenstown."

August 4, owing to the Kowloon Cricket Club Concert being held on this day.

magistrate, weary of the long parade of women complaining of the conduct of their husbands dur ing the week-end, sighed and made

suggestion

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"I think," he said, "that overy Monday morning wo shall begin the service here by singing Pack up your troubles in your old kitbag,' with the usher leading the choir.

"I wonder how it in that every Monday morning I have a long parade of women complaining about their husbands, but never a husband. complaining about his wife.

"I wonder why.all women aro ·

and all husbands angelle diabolical!"

[Dame Fashion decrees that ladies waists shall once more ap- pear in the natural position.

Fair Daphne, though I'm glid,

my dear,

Your waist to see again, It never really worried me

Nor caused me vital pain Because you chose to hide it

'neath

A loose and shapeless gown; No matter whether high or

low,

I still declined to frown.

"Twas inmaterial to me

That you should agitato

To have a wasp's circum.

ference,

Or Juno emulate; E'en when your belt. from next

your heart

Descended to the hip, -. Or tried to clasp you round the

knew,

No proleat passed my lip. For, strange to say, despite the

mode,

You never lost your charm, Nor I my instinct whereabouts

To put my manly arm.

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"But what are your duties on the railway?" asked Mrs Busybody of a man at the station.

know the bloke wot taps the car- "Well, mum, It's this way. You ringe wheels wiv his liddle 'ammer. Well, I'm his mate. I clps 'im listen.""

Nanking Settlement. Although it is mainly a reitera- The next thing, Angela had lent dion, Sir Austen Chamberlain's Eantee the fure and down she came frank statenient of Britain's 'ntti- very quickly, and Eunice sometimes to Hongkong. It was all fixed up

tude to China, comes at an oppor: wondered while she was on the voy- tune moment and should have age down whether she was doing Calming effect. In the diplomatic the right thing. Mr. Kuttle was a short tubby man with rather a sphere, serving to relieve any ten-fat red nose, but she thought the sion resulting from Dr. C. T. would soon get to love him if she Vang's arbitrary abrogation of tried, and, anyhow, he was fairly

"And what is that large iron thing?" certain Commercial Treaties and easy to manage.

The forthcoming wedding is America's apparent, opportunism.

announced of Mr. F. F. Reynette- "Oh, that's an engine boiler." servation of world peace was well Assurance is given, if assurance is one very nice people called the Hongkong, to Miss M. C. F. Bar- to boll them?"

She stayed in Hongkong with James, of No. 4, Mount Parish, "Fancy! But why do they havo emphasised in the lengthy ex-

necessary, that Britain still ad-Koff-Lozenges whom she had made nard, Worcester Park, Surrey, on position of foreign polley made heres to the spirit that inspired friends. with on the way out to route to Hongkong by the 8.8. we get the locomotive tender?"

"Well, madam, how else should in the House of Commons on Mon- the famous Declaration of Decem awfully subject to earns and Eunice

China. Mrs. Kel-Lozenge was Naldera. day by Sir Austen Chamberlain. In her. 1926. but Sir Austen does not had once. lent her some wonderful his speech, the Foreign Secretary brook the fact that if the China stuff that did them no end of good,

A Chinese woman, 35 years of made it clear that, whether the situation has been much worse in and Mrs. Koff-Lozenge had said: age, yesterday endeavoured to com- "You must come and see us when-mit suicide by jumping from the Kellogg Treaty had been brought the past. It could reasonably be ever you pass through Hongkong third floor verandah of her home forward or net, Britain had made much better than it is to-day. The again my dear."

at 1, Eastern Street. She was other day I missed n putt. I mies- up, her mind to keep pegging away instrument by which the Nation- She hadn't quite meant to invite removed to hospital suffering from ed it twice. In fact, I had so many goes at it that you would have at the disarmament problem, inalist Government of China can Eunice to come and stay with them serious injuries.

| for n month, which is what happen-

thought I was hoeing a refractory the hope of eventual solution. Ap-realise their aspirations is in theired, but Eunice was so nice about it

potato, and the worst of it was that. parently her efforts have not own hands, the first step being the that it was very hard to make that 161, Tung Choy Street, has report-picked in the line to the hole all The Kwong Yuen Hing firm, of I didn't know why 1 missed it. I settlement of the Nanking Inci-clear to her. After all, a wedding been in vain, for Sir Austen was dent. It is extraordinary that nois a wedding, and Eunice was theed to the police the disappearance right, my follow through went over able to announce that a compromise much dieulty has, hern expert type of girl who was pretty sure to fof an employee who is alleged to the right blade of grass and my get on in Honghong, and Mrs. (have embezzled $3,800, monies stance looked like an illustration in agreement had been reached with enced in Britain's efforts to obtain Koll-Lozenge did not want to make which were collected from a num- the "Complete Golfer," all with no France on navál issues. At the satisfaction, and the only conclu- an enemy of her.

ber of customers.

result, moment, the nature of that agreesion one can come to Is that the

While I was brooding over it at One case of plaguo occurred last home, I caught sight of an adver- Well, the banna were put up, and

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Thus a humorous writer in a Home paper;--

As the poet neurly said, sweet are the uses of advertisement. The

nient has not been disclosed, but Nationalists have failed so far to Angela came down and as soon as week, four of sunlipox (one death) tisement which said, "You miss is based on a desire to reconcile reciprocate in the spirit of friend-possible, they had a lovely wedding and five of enteric (ons death). One YOUR putts because you wear such differences as have arisen ship. What other explanation can in the Cathedral, with flowers and ench of small-por andi enteric casas fitting golf shoes. This sounded on the question and to discover there be for Nanking inconsis-organ accompaniment.

wore imported. All were Chiness., so, plausiblo that 1 immediately sent 24 method whereby progress tency? In March, terms were doubtful whether he really had and one frum puerperal fever. Thoro

Mr. Kuttle was inclined to be Two Chineso died from influenza off the coupon, and felt much better., may be made. In due course, offered to Britain on linea impos-meant to get married, but Eunice was also a Chinese case of para found I had been premature. It On another page, however, I the details of the Anglo-French sible of negotiation. Sir Miles soon made up his mind for him, typhoid. On Monday, three further said there, "Do you miss putta? compromise will he made known, Lampson returned to Peking and and when the time came all his cases of small-pux were reported and Then you use a ball with an uneven and it is to be hoped that they will left further discussion in the hands friends gathered round him, and he one of puerperal fover, all Chinese.

core." So I sent off another coupon. Then I saw a picture of a man be of suck a nature as to contribute later, it was announced that the the women, becatise in Hongkong labour was imposed this morning got them in because he wore the

of Sir Sidney Barton. A few days felt almost happy about it. In fact,

everyone was nice about it, even Sentence of six months' hard putting, and it said that he always materially towards the end in view. US Government had settled the no nice girl is ever jealous at a by Major C. Willson on a Chinese right kind of suit. You can't hent

In his references to the Kellogg Incident. The published terms wedding. There ure Treaty, the Foreign Secretary was would have been quite acceptable many fish in the sea as ever came alon of a dagger, without a permit people, and my own coat never did always as who pleaded guilty to the possessgreeing with the advertisement at some pains to stress the precise to the British Government, and out of it.

| were, in fact, those which Britain meaning of the British reserva had demanded and had been un-

They had

from the Captain Superintendent it me like the one in the pictures, a nice quiet honey- of noon at Macao, and, though it

Police. Defendant claimed off went another coupon, tions in regard to self-defence. It able to obtain. Confort. may per rained all the time, Kuttle said that he was a stranger in the Co-

Five minutes later another' an- haps be taken from Sir Sidney Eunice would appreciate it Inter on lony and did not know the regula-nouncement convinced me that alk Barton's departure for leking when they got inte their house on lions. He said he had only re- the time I have been wearing the yesterday, as announced in the the Peak, where It rained all the cently arrived from Java. - Telegraph, his visit huving conal-time and was foggy, too. [derable bearing on the Nanking

to the head, and without a head full On admitting a charge of of blood you can't soe properly. are, Sir Austen did not stats, but this is an indication that the Nan- now that she was married, and No. 6, Woosung Street, an Indian, vision, I noticed a statement that Incident negotiations. We trust Eunice did not care if it snowed slapping a young Chinese girl of

And while on the subject of he did suggest that no such com- king authorities are now prepared soon began to make plans for named Usoff Ismail, was fined $10 nine men out of ton bave unequal plaint had been made by the United to accept their responsibilities, for brightening up her man and sort-by Mr. W. Schofield at the Kow-sight, which, of course, made it States. The British position' was by this means only will they finding out his friends. Some of them, loon Magistracy this morning. quite clear to me that unless I madó abundantly clear by comparable proposals for a change in the helping her into the "best circles," ed to sign a bond for his future would never be in the place I saw it, Britain ready to consider reason-she knew, would be quite useful for The defendant was further order bought that pair of glassen the bole ing it with the American attitude Treaty system.

but others would only be a drag and good behaviour. The accused but somewhere else, would have to be gradually dropped. claimed that the girl had insulted

would seem, from his remarks, that

in some quarters a fear la held that

those reservations might wreck the whole movement. Who the eritles

In regard to the Monroe Doctrine, and Sir Austen was able to show that the line taken by Britain

and the United States is identical.

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wrong kind of collar for putting, because it prevents the blood going

Then, as, the proprietors of "Coke. One thing she decided on very him by calling him an "Indian de Nuts," the quickly, and that was that hor vil." This, however, was denied unless you eat the right food, your breakfast food, said, husband would have to begin to by the complainant.

use his proper name. The foolish man had been signing his mamo, just "C. Kuttle," which was

physical and mental faculties uro not at their best. They never Enid: " puything definite about golf, but I knew they meant me,

That was yesterday, however. his morning, on further reflection, think I know why that beastly because I didn't hit it straight. ball wouldn't go into the hole. It's

America does not contemplate COOLIE GETS INTO TROUBLE.

This morning's Harbour Omec abandoning, her rights under the

absolutely ridiculous in a place like reports: gave 17 arrivals and 10 Hongkong where family counts for departures, with British holding Monroe Doctrine, nor does Britnin

A coolie who was seen carrying so much, and, as she said to him, top place, returning five under intend surrendering hera in cer- a dead pig, at Shaukiwan, was "After all my dear, you must never each heading. Tonnage was high Lain parts of the world in which the stopped by a policeman and at the forget that you are one of the but freights were generally low,

Police Station ho stated he WAB Coles-Kuttles of Kylon." preservation of the Integrity of engaged by another man to take

with 11 inward registries of which certain countries is essential to the it to a certain address in the dis- though she was very practical Inmark. Through returns were bet Eunice really had big Ideas and only four were over the 1,000 defence of the Empire. In taking trict. A report received subse some ways, she loved to sit and tor with nine registries, only one of Mr. William Graham Croft, who From a diary found in the pocket This Hine, as Sir Austen so well ex-revealed that the pig had not been would be one of the "inner circle" of 9 a.m. there were 55, vessels in chest, it is fairly obvious in the quently from the slaughter house dream of the days to come when she of which was of three figures. At died of a gunshot wound In the pressed it, Britain is not animated slaughtered, and there was ground Hongkong society: when she might harbour, of which 21 were British. Coroner's opinion that deceased was bv' any policy of aggression or offor the belief that the carcass was even be one of the few who had a territorial expansion-it is a mere a diseased or tainted condition. handle to their names. "Lady matter of self-defence necessitated Lindsell, at the Police Court this How perfectly lovely!

On appearing before Mr. R. E.Eunice, Coles-Scuttle de Kylan,” by the geographical conditions of morning, the coolle was remanded

the Empire. In other words, Bri-

tain claims the same rights under the Treaty as America does.

suffering from the delusion that he himself was electricity and every thing and everyone was electric

A verdict of suicide 'while of un-"

Hull Chamber of Commerce and Little did she know of the hard | Shipping has approved of steps for twenty-four hours in police times ahead of her If she was to being taken to induce the Postbound mind was returned. De- custody to enable the Veterinary climb the uttermost heights of the master-General to make Hull an ceased, an old Etonian, was the heir Surgeon to present his report on Peak!

air port for the transmission of to the baronetey held by his brother the condition of the meat......

(To Be Continued,)

mails to the Continent

Sir Frederick Leigh Croft.