Straits Echo, 14 April 1915

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    37 1 Straits Echo "v- fid. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVERTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Fer Annura. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 14th APRIL, 1915. Smile Cep;, It cnili. No. 83
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    The Russian Army.
    1200 2 LEADERSHIP OF THE GRAND DUKE. (By Stanley Washburn.) In what I have written I have tried to give the reader an idea of the assets, both material and moral, which Russia has at her disposal in the field during this campaign. If what I have said seems
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    On Being Hard Up
    735 2 The minor dislocations of war have made it difficult for many, and impossible for some, to mak ends meet. Ends that were overlapping handsomely nine months ago now show a wide gap, even with the most anxious straining. For a few of the victims a certain
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    Legislative Council.
    803 3 The following are the Order* of the Day for the meeting on Friday 1. Questions by the Hon’ble Mr. F. W. Collins (1) Why the Colonial Chaplaincy of Malacca has been abolished (2) Why due notice was not given to the Church Authorities in Malacca of the intention
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    Singapore Mutiny.
    527 3 THE COURT-MARTIAL. 3atukday’s Pxooiisinm. On Saturday morning the Summary General Court-Martial consisting of Lieut.Col. Brownlow, R. G. A. (President), Major Harris-Edge, K.5.L.1., and Capt. Ball, sth L. 1., concluded the hearing of the case in which Lance-Naick Feroog Khan is charged with mutiny. Accused is alleged to have
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    Chinese and Christianity.
    292 3 Those of our readers who can lay claim to something of au intimate knowledge of the Chinese may smile a little wearily at the tidings that Doctor Timothy Richard has offered prizes of three and two hundred dollars to the Chinese authors who succeed in writing the
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    Murder in Raffles Square
    128 3 A shocking murder was committed on Sunday morning in Raffles Square. At the new building of the Chartered Bank, a carpenter, a Chinese, employed by Messrs Brossard and Moppin, the contractors, drove a knife into the foreman carpenter with such force that the unfortunate man speedily
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 4 Published daily (except Sundays and publio holidays) ▲T THU CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paicu. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra, if ail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 KB.— All busine«« cpmrmtnic»tion* should
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    THE TRIUMPH OF IMPERIALISM.
    1308 4 The Germans are not the only people who have had to change their opinion regarding i be indissoluble unity of the British Empire; there are many people at Home who had to experience the same sensation. The surprise for the Germans has been as unpleasant as
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    M. A. P.
    943 4 Mias Chuns Chin Kin, daughter of Mr. Chung Tbye Chong of Gopeng Road, has succesefully passed her Senior Cambridge held in December last.— T O.AI. According to the Temps, Marshal von Hiudeuburg is to be transferred to the Western front about the middle of this month. Mr.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1018 4 Steady progress is being made by the temperance campaign in Penang. F Ur 0 j the most “hearty livers in the Settlement have just bound themselves by a solemn oath and covenant —and, what is more b, the point, under the penalty of a substantial contribution to the
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    571 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. brilliant french feat. the affair at gussainville. Paris, April 13. Detail* have been published regarding the capture of the Tillage of Gussainville between the Meuse and the Moselle on the afternoon of April 4. Without warning, the French artillery opened a terrific fire
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    “EYE-WITNESS’S” NARRATIVE.
    542 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OUR GRADUAL PREPONDERANCE. UNAVENGED NEUVE CHAPELLE. London, April 12. i The “Eye-Witness” attached to the British Headquarters, in hi* despatch, states Quiet Generally. Quiet continues on our front with the j exception of the activity of the artillery which was diversified by occasional mine
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    566 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BIG DECISIONS IMPENDING. TURNING MOVEMENTS ATTEMPTEDLondon, April 12. An official statement announces We repulsed on April 10 great enemy forces which attacked us repeatedly in the direction of Rostoki, in the Carpathians. “We made progress somewhat and a violent battle ensued in the
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    THE SUBMARINE WAR.
    670 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GLA GOW STEAMER SUNK. London, April 13. The small Glasgow steamer President was sunk by a submarine off the Eddy stone lighthouse on Saturday. Further Details Regarding the Wayfarer,” No lives were lost on the Wayfarer which was torpedoed by a German submarine
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    THE NAVAL POSITION.
    1144 5 A SURVEY. (From a Naval Correspondent) London, March 12. 1 From the point of view of naval strategy, i Europe, excluding the British Isles and Norway and Sweden, may be regarded as a peninsula. The sea runs right round it on three sides, from the Baltic ro
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    Parade of the Forces.
    339 5 Aa Imposing Spectacle. An exceptionally largo crowd gathered on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon to witness the parade of the combined forces of the Penang Volunteers and tbe local Police. Fall in Markers” was sounded at 5.20 pm. and five minutes later the men to)k their places
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    Municipal Commission.
    129 5 At the meeting of tho Municipal Commissioners held yesterday afternoon there wore present Messrs. W. Peel President J. Mitchell, P. T. Allen and Lim Eow Hong, with Messrs L- M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) aud L. A C. Biggs (Secretary) in attendance. The meeting was of short duration, nothing
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    London Market Prices.
    38 5 (Reuter). London, April 12. The following are the London market prices: Copper £72 3-4. Linseed, Argentine, 48| April aud May paid, Bombay 54. Tin 172. Iron 68/7. Rubber, 2/4j. Coconut oils, afloat 45j, shipment 455.
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    The Prince of Wales' War Relief Fund.
    105 5 April 12 By Balance $14,128 05 13 An Englishman 15 00 Amount collected by AT r. A. L. M. Scott: A. L M. Scott, Sungei Kechil Estate 10.00 Khoo Chiang Hock, Sungei Kechil Estate 3 00 Chiuese and Malays, Sungei Kechil Estate 1444
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    The German Intellectuals.
    1353 6 An Oeot ow Megalomania. Since the beginning of the war the German intellectuals have shown themeelves in a light which has stupefied the men of ■cience and of letters all the world over No one would ever have thought that a Gerhardt Hauptmann could have been foolish
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    Penang Golf Club.
    431 6 Presgrave Cup for April 1915. Result. C B Redway 1 down HG R Leonard 2 SF B Martin 2 C T Beath 2 F Oienbam 4 R T Reid 5 C G May 5 T S Nash 6 E R Henderson 6 J C Brown 6 A
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    Modern Peking.
    1006 6 The Haunts of Old Empeeors. Visitors to Peking are studied nowadays in a way that would astouud those who remember the Peking of but a very few years ago, writes a correspondent in the Time». Readers of the Time» will recall Sir Valentine Chirol’s vivid description of his
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    Review of Troops.
    2293 6 THE GARRISON’S PART IN REGENT MUTINY. Men Addressed bt the Governor. As already briefly announced by telegram, the military forces of the Colony mustered in strong array on the Esplanade ground m Singapore on Saturday when His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G inspected them and
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    The Censorship of News.
    886 6 Debate in the Lords In the House of Lords on March 12, Viscount Bryce asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government would lay on the Table of the House a list of the persons who were employed in tho censorship of news (other
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    Police Dogs.
    1280 7 Bt Horace Hutchinson. The actual or possible value of dogs as aids to the police is a question on which there has been much and various debate. Sir Melville Macnaghten, who writes with all the authority of a Chief, for a long period of years, of the Criminal
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    Lord Bryce and the Future.
    667 7 Lord Rosebery was in the Chair at King’s College, when Viscount Bryce gave the annual Creighton lecture established at the University of London. Lord Brvce’s subject was Race Sentiment as a Factor in History.” During the century and a half,” said Lord Brjce, all over
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