Straits Echo, 21 August 1917

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THB FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 15* $24 Per Annan. PENANG, TUESDAY, 2ist AUGUST, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 195«
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    Affairs in China.
    997 2 The Peace of Peking. It is quite time that normal conditions had returned in P. king. It is a month sire* Cbaog Hsun made bis declaration of a short- lived Restoration, and more lb u.h for nigtt since the whole movement collapsed. There is now no more
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    Russia and The War.
    1057 2 The revolt which hag occurred in Petrograd will occasion no surprise. The wonder is that more outbreaks have not taken place for a Revolution, by its very nature, breaks up the old traditions of order and cannot replace them until some considerable time has elapsed. In
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      12 2 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure la. 6d.
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      535 2 A Knife Thrust would be welcome to many compared with B™" Wo,i bbi W.J* «out* th3S ,h 9 me Wh h 9 not -beard LITTLE’S ORIENTAL BALM jnd the miraculous relief it bring, to tha tortured sciatic nerve. Ju-t rub a lit Q iS «here the pern is and the
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    Recollections of South Africa
    1509 3 Licture by the Chief Justice. Opportunities of bearing a good lecture delivered by a really good lecturer in Penang are very few and far between and when one of these singular opportunities is given the general public of this pises hasten to avail themselves of it.
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    53 3 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade tc-morrow evening from 6 p m, to 7 p.m.:— 1 Overture Under the British Colours Kliug 2 Polka I Love You Andres 3 Selection Las Educandas de St Dimas Flotow 4 Waltz lomense Success Krier 5
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    C.R.C. Tennis Tournament.
    442 3 Toe find in the Open Doubles which was played eff on Saturday resulted in Foo Joo Wan and Ho Kim Teik beating Lee Tiang Liat and Oh Teik Lee by 6—3, 6—4. The championship tie between Foo Jco Wan and Lee Tiang Liat will be played off
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      546 3 FRONTIER 1 a MIXTURE. IT" PATRONIZED BY ROYALTY B. F. de SILVA MANUFACTURING JEWELLER AND DIAMOND MERCHANT. Diamond Rings, Pendants, Brooches I j OF ALL DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE. Fine Workmanship with a rare Mending of i Precious Stones combined in designs artistic I I and unique, result in exquisite productions of
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    94 4 MIM tiOjr (tzoept Solid»,■ tod poblio i fcoW»T») AS HI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. B*, 59, B mtsh Street, Penang. VfelOß’ P*3y Leeal W 4 per annom. Postage Extra. Hail riitiir (Poet Free) 917.50 ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 596 Printing Department 343 N.B.— All buain«M communication» should b«
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    A FRIENDLY CRITIC OF GERMANY.
    2572 4 During the progress of the war we hare had paeans of idolization of Germany and everything German, from German pens, and pages and pages of vitriolic abuse and righteous wrath, from the pens of the writers of other nations. And the really impartial student of
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    963 4 Ireland the Land ol the Free. There is only one really froe country to-day—save, perhaps, Mexico -and that is Ireland. A score of nations are at war the neutral nations of the world are u 0 I settled and troubled by the disturbance of their trade and industries
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    1711 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ANOTHER SMALL PUSH. All Objectives Captured. Lindon Auguit 19, 4.50 p.m. Field-Msrshal Sir Douglas Hiig reports: A( th0 faults of a minor operation in the .aighbourbood of the Yprei-Poelcapeile R)i(] our lice was advanced to a depth of fire hundred yards on a front of a
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    379 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. RHEIMS AGAIN SHELLED. Tke War ia tke Air. London, August 20, 12.25 a.m. The Fiench communique says t The artillery struggle assumed marked activity in the region of Braye, Cerny and on beth banks of the Meuse, especially in the Bezonvaux sector. Rheims received
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    London Rubber Market.
    323 5 (From Out Own Correspondent.') London, August 20, The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe Diamond Smoked 2 The Rome Nationals states from Zurich that German naval men are talking of Admiral von Tirpitz resuming the Ministry of Marine. On the 17th instant, before
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    ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.
    336 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ON THE ISONZO. BITTER BATTLE ON A WIDE FRONT. Am Auitiiuu Aceeuit. London, August 20,(12.50 p.m, The wireless Austrian offioial report says: The Italians attacked the coastal territory on the Isooso whioh has belonged to Austria for centuries. After a very strong artillery preparation lasting a
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    Tin.
    408 5 Latest Quotation*. Tin (unrefined) is qnoted here at $109.75, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $111.00, baainea* done, (75 tona eold) and in London at £243 apot and at £240 .three montha. From the Penang Note* of the Dieeeea• Magazine we qnote thia blithe paragraph Some time ago
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    380 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] RUMANIAN RALLY. Situation Satisfactory. LondoD, Aug. 20, .-Ibe situation on tbe Russian and Ruma nian fronts is generally satisfactory. Tbe Germans at present are not making serious piogresa in Poldolia and Bassarabia, while the magnificent resistance of the Russians and Rumanians is holding the enemy
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    Outside.
    258 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages F»ge2.—Russia and the War. Affairs in China. 5. —Recollections of South Africa. Tomorrow’s Band Programme. C.R.C. Tennis Tournament. 6. —Telegrams. Court of Appeal. The Child and the War. The Mesopotamia Muddle. German Plots in China. Chinese Migration. The Week’s
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    MR. GERARD’S REVELATIONS.
    656 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GERMAN IDEA OP PEACE, The Question of Belgium. Suae Coaprekeasive Guarantees." London, Augnst 30. Mr. Gerard, formerly American Ambassador at Berlin, continuing bis revelations in the Daily Telegraph, gives the German ides of pesos. He says that never could he get anybody to state definite
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    Indian Self-Government.
    705 6 [Reuter's Telegrams.] OFFICIAL SYMPATHY. Mr, Meiltagu’s View* and Iateatioas. London, August 20. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Hon, E. S. Montagu, Saoretary of S ate for India, announoed that tbe Imperial and Indian Governments were in complete accord regarding the desirability of associating Indians in increasing
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    The Mesopotamia Muddle.
    975 6 The announcement made by Mr- Ponar Law that the Government have decided to drop the Mesopotamia inquiry puts the finishing touch to a discreditable fiasco. Two reasons are given for this decision. The first is that there are objections to any further proceedings, and the second is
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    German Plots in China.
    435 6 A northern contemporary publishes an extremity interesting article revealing that German intrigue was at tbe bottom of the recent crisis in China. So far sb has yet been ascertained German interference in Chinese politics began in March of this year when tbe question of the breaking
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    The Week’s Events.
    508 6 Wednesday, August 22 Towu Band, Esplanade. > Thursday, August 23. I Selangor E»c a s. Parish Had Entertainment, 8 p.m. Friday, August 24 Town Band, Esplanade. St. Bartholomew. Polo, Selangor vs Penang, Kuala Lumpur. Penang Automobile Club, A. G, M. Chamber of Commerce, 4.15 p.m. 1 Saturday,
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    The Child and the War.
    980 6 The attitude of children towards the war has been the subject of an exceedingly interesting investigation by Dr. C. W. Kimmins, the chief education inspector of the London County Council. Some of the results of the investigation have been laid before the Cbi d Study
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    Chinese Migration.
    257 6 DIRECT SERVICE TO BURMA STOP! ED. Much inconvenience, rays a Rangoon exchange, will be caused to the Chinese community in Burma (who number at least 100,000) by the action of the Admiralty in commandering the last remaining ship which made direct connection with China. Just now there is
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    733 6 At the Eastern Produce Exchange 1 160th Auction Sale the following prices were obtained k per picul. Diamond Smoked Fair from $105 to $115 r I Diamond Unsmoked 100 to 103 j Plain Uusmoked 96 to 102 Scrap Crepe 61 to 71 Bark Crepe 63 Loose Scrap
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    Court of Appeal.
    1033 6 CUSTODY OP A CHINESE CHILD Mithe&’s Unsuccmssfcl Application The hearing was concluded before the Court of Appeal thi. urornio* o,™ application for leaae to appa.l* pl,'n 7 r T dcciaiou of the Pull Comt of Appeal lu a Malacca ca„ in whrch an action as to the
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    The Silent Service.
    613 7 a squadron cruising the wide wet Th wav from here to ends o’ the earth. Prom the broadest range of ocean blue to r the narrowest river and firth, Vanned bv a roving, reckless horde that M C tme from God-know, where TTho’d .ail their way through
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    A Record Seizure.
    183 7 The Urges* seizure in value of contraband this Besson in Burma took place recenHy on board a steamer belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Company which came from the Far East, Acting on information received Mr, T. Jordan, Inspector of Excise, with a party boarded the
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    Stories from the Magazines.
    958 7 It seems to me, my dear,” remarked the young husband, that tbare is something wrong with this cake.” 11 That shows what you know about it,” laughed the bride triumphantly, because it says in the cookrv book that it is pjrfectly delicious.”— Windeor Magazine “No, mum,”
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      5 7 i Penaog, 3rd Auguat, 1917.
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