Straits Echo, 28 May 1915

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 28th MAY, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 120
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    Sir Edward Grey.
    1181 2 Sir Edward Grey, K.G (George Newnes, Limited.)] Books about living statesmen are generally unsatisfactory, for little can be told which is not common knowledge, and it is all too easy to fill the gaps with banalities. But the little book about Sir Edward Grey which comes this
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    Germany's Chief Enemy.
    723 2 Socialist Controverst. An interesting contribution to the discussion on the question whether Germany shall offer her friendship to England or to Russia is made in the Vorudrts, the official organ of the German Socialist Party, of Sunday last. The Vorwdrt» announces that comrade Heine requests us to
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      1145 2 Harmston’s Circus AND Royal Menagerie LOCATION DATO KRAMAT GARDENS. Last Last 2 Nights Nights Of thi# Great Show in Penang, To-night! To-night! SOUVENIR NIGHT WHS* A Handsome Gramophone will be fciven away E very person purchasing a ticket will receive a coupon entitling him to a chance of winning this
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      89 3 Cornelia, Br. 5.?., 194, Ferguson, 28th May, Teluk Anson, 27th May, Gen —E. S. Co., Ltd. Lama, Br. s.s, 957, Moth, 27th May, Singapore, 25th May. Gen. —H L. k Co Hok Canton, Br. s.s, 287, Bergwitz, 27th May, Teluk Anson, 26th May, Gen, E. S. Co Ltd. Malta,
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      DEPARTURES.
      73 3 To-DAT. Perlis, for Traug, Tongkah and Pang Nga Omapere, for Tongkah, Kopab, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy Jin Ho, for Asahan i Pin Seng, for Port Swettenham and Singapore Hebe, for Teluk Anson Un Pong, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and > Setul Pangkor, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Bagan
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    The Singapore Mutiny.
    1170 3 Questions in Parliament. It is unfortunate, we think, that the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Under-Secretary of State for War and other Ministers have to reply so vaguely to the questions which are addressed to them. When the ordinary channels of communication and publicity are
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    Penang Golf Club.
    186 3 Ladies’ Monthly Medal for Mat, 1915. Result. Miss Thomson 43 39= 82 —18=64 Mrs Hoefeld 46 40= 86—16=70 Mrs Samuel 35 34= 69+ 1= 70 Miss Brown 40 37= 77- 4=73 Mrs Macintyre 52 48=100 —24= 76 Mrs Low, Mrs Rose, Miss Barnett, Mrs F Pritchard, Miss
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    An Extraordinary Story.
    299 3 There must surely b 6 some mistake in the report of a lecture by Mr. Fred T. Jane, the well-known naval writer, which the Daily Mail has published under the sensational headlines Foiled invasion How German Spies were Deceived.” Mr. Jane is represented as saying that there
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    Sarawak News.
    222 3 Another Expedition Against the Balleh Dtaks. The ss. Kuching sailed for Singapore on the 4th with passengers Mr. H. R. S. Law and Rev. Dexter Allen. Mr. Law has retired from the Government Service and taken up military duties in Singapore. The s s Rajah of Sarawak sailed
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    98 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) at THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Paic*. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 N B.— All butintst communication» thou
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    Marriage.
    24 4 Acton —Mead. —April 19, at LondoD, R D. Acton, to Beatrice Ena Mead, widow of the late C. W. Mead, late of Shanghai.
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    MILITARISM IN SINGAPORE.
    1311 4 One of our minor complaints against the queer people down in Singapore who are running what they honestly think is a press censorship is directed against their habit of notifying the local newspapers that it is not considered desirable that such and-such a topic should be discussed
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    M. A. P.
    704 4 Dr. and Mrs. T Hill Jamieson returned from leave at h .me yesterday evjning by the P. O. s.s. Malta. ji Sergeant Clarence Clouet, a Singapore; French reservist, has been proposed for the Military Medal of Merit for conspicuous gallantry on the field. At a meeting of
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    The Late Mr. Dundas-Mouat
    256 4 News was received in PeaaDg yesterday of the death at the front of Mr. G. DundasMouat, who counted many friends among the older generation in this (Settlement. Mr. Mount joined the Penang branch of Messrs. Sandilands. Buttery and Co. nearlv twenty years ago in 1896 and
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1019 4 Down in Sarawak the bally Dyaks— w# mean the Balleh Dyaks—have again becom« troublesome an-i it has been found nece?sarv for the Raja to set out on a second expe,], ticn against them. i The poor, simple creatures have no doubt been got at by German intriguers There
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    599 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMANS DRIVEN TO DESPERATION. Steady French Advaace. Paris, May 26, 4 45 p.m. A Paris communique states The recent checks beve driven the Germans to very violent,action. Furious fighting to: k place yesterday evening. The Frenchmen showed magnificent courage and tenacity and maintained
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    ITALY AT WAR.
    579 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. KING IN SUPREME COVM \ND. LEADS HIS MEN OS THE FIELD Rome, May 26 His Majesty King Victor Emmanuel has gone to the front in supreme ccmmand of j the Italian land and sea forces. H. R. H. the Duke of Genoa, who
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    THE DARDANELLES.
    980 5 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. A OTHER WARSHIP LOST. H.M.S. “TRIUMPH” TORPEDOED. London, May 27. The Admiralty announces that H M S i Triumph, while operating in support of the Australasians and New Zealanders in the Gallipoli Peninsula, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine Captain and Commander Saved,
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    471 5 FURIOUS BATTLE RAGING. HURRICANE ARTILLERY FIRE. Petrograd, May 27, 4.45 a in. A Pttrcgrad c fficial aniHuncimctt stales: On the 24th and the 25th the Russians repulsed several attacks od the left bank of the Vistula A veiy desperate battle took place on both banks of the
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    122 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May 27. At the Rubber Auction yesterday, the proceedings were dull, 210 tons of rubber being offered for sale and 120 tons being sold at the following prices Sheet, fine,Bmoked... 8125 to $l2B p9r picul fair to good $122 $124 plain, smoked
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    THE NEW MINISTRY.
    447 5 (Ruter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. FURTHER APPOINTMENTS. t Land in, May 27. The following appeintmen s cut-id* the i Cabinet hare been made Fostviaster-Genei al —Mr. Herbert Samuel. Solid* nr -General.— Mr F. E Smith. Fir.ancial Secretary fo the Treasury Mr. E. 8. Montagu. UNIONIST CONFERENCE. Mr. Asquith's
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    Bogus “ Emdan ” Survivors
    413 5 Bogus Emdan Survivors Amsterdam, April 2G The German newspapers announce th»t several men have recently appeared in Berlin as survivors of the Emden and the Ayesha, and have been made heroes of by the public, whom they have cheated in all sorts of ways. As a matter of fact, the
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    THE TOWN GUARD.
    675 5 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, Is it not time that, what I venture to suggest is all this cant and twaddle about "impossibility” to join the Volunteers sbr uld cease Name me any one of the prohibited 30, M\ Editor, and I will guarantee
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    A Charge that Failed.
    314 5 Before Mr. E. E. Colman in the Second Court yesterday afternoon a Chinaman named Lim Lak was charged with being in possession of bhang. Mr. A. West, Held of Preventive Service, Government Monopolies, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown and Mr. G. H. Gartside appeared on
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    Neglected Armenia
    894 6 In The Asiatic Review, Miss F. R. Scatcberd makes a strong appeal on behalf of Armenia. Armenia, she writes, has for centuries fulfilled the same rile against the barbarian hordes of Central Asia that Belgium did against the Germans at the beginning of the war, yet while Belgium
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    Germany Fights for Freedom.
    903 6 Professor Delsrcok’s Apology. The Atlantic Monthly presents the case for the several belligerents with due impartiality, and the editors, introducing “Germany’s Answer,” by Hans Delbruck, say: “It lends especial interest to this paper to remember that the autbbr is Professor of History in the University of
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    Exploiting the Crescent.
    997 6 PAN-IBLAMIC AIM*. 1 Those Simple English.” (From the Times’ Special Correspondent) Cairo, April 25. When Sultan Abdul Hamid organized a defensive Pan-Islamism centred around the Turkish Khalifate, his object and that of the largely Arab camarilla which inspired his policy was two fold. In tbe first place
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    “John Company's Correspondence.
    620 6 The English Factories in India, *****65".” A Calendar of Documents in the India Office, Westminster. By William Foster, C.I.E. (Oxford: at the Clarendon Press.) 12s. fid. net.] Under the not very inspiring or illuminating title. The English Factories in India, 1646-1650,” the Oxford Press has published another
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    The Prince of Wales’ War Relief Fund.
    86 6 May 26 By Balance *19,930.21 27 Town Club 500 00 Amount collected by Mr. J. H. Phipps as per list attached Treasury 7 00 Audit Office 12.50 Public Works Department and Survey Office 62.00 Chinese Protectorate 630 Surveyor of Ships Ofice .50 Indian
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    Germany's Financial Outlook.
    832 6 INTERVIEW WITH DR. HELFFERICH. Ministerial Confidence So much has been said recently ns to the financial status of Germany that the following details of an interview with Dr. Karl Helfferich, the Secretary to the Imperial Treasury at Berlin, obtained by Mr. Ackerman, the Berlin Correspondent of the
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    39 6 Maj 26 By Balance f 268.17 27 In Memoriam,3rd contribution 24.25 Balance, May 27 293.42 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$13,***** We have received some artistic wall picture* from Meier*. Oaldbeck. Macgregor Co., advertising Sakura Beer."
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    Military Service in the F.M.S.
    622 6 THE STRENGTH OF THE M.BVR. How the Call of Duty hah been Answered Not enough has been said about the way in which the British men in the FM S. are doing their duty in the matter of military service, J Much is being heard
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    Death of Mr. S. J. Ally.
    176 6 We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. S. J. Ally, Works Manager of the Pinang Ganstie Press, Ltd., which occurred early this morning at his residence, 119, Penang Road, at the age of SB. Mr. Ally had for some time been
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    153 6 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Champiomhip. Terzano t o.o. from R H Reid. Championthip Pain. Dr Rose and Southam beat W S Dunn and W Houston 21—13. We have to thank Messrs. Patersou, Simons <£ Co. for a useful blotter advertising
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    War Gossip.
    1876 7 (From Our Own Correspondent London, April 30. It is most satisfactory to learn that British scientists have already found a means of checking the devilish German cunning which has matk d the progress of the operations of the Kaiser’s kultured troops since the war started. A simple means
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