Straits Echo, 8 March 1918

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    33 1 Straits Echo RONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EASTjGENERALLY. VOL. 16- $3O Per Annum, PENANG, FKIIM.V, Btta MARCH, 1918. Single Copy, lo cents. No. 66
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    What is War ?
    1954 2  - What is War (By Major C. W. Redway) War is a term that is in varions senses as the opposite of peace. Ia tbe first pl*oe it denotes the condition of a commun ty that has taken up arms m order to enforce its conception of right, wneo its relations
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      50 2 Why It Sells. Chamberlain's Cough B°m?dy is the Urgpst selling ocigb medicine in tbe world to-day because it does exactly what a ooueh remedy is sipposed to do. It stops tbe cough by curing the cold, and does it ipe»d> ily and effectually. For sale by ail dispensaries ard d„:!3r#j
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      50 2 Whj It Selin. ChamberUio’a Cough H'mrdy is tbn argent selling coueh medicine in (be world to-day became it does exactly what a ooogb remedy ia supposed to do. It atopa the oough by coring the cold, and doea it speedily aod effdotually. For aale by all diapenaariea and dealer a.
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      543 2 Shako Off tho Clutch :°4.«*o"rr' th •—*—rl You can do it, As evidence of this you have w aider any one of the thn j to f°othat have effected by th> useTf* f CUre LITTLES ORIENTAL li l f w Many of those cured were told bv th i physicians
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    That Ass, Wright.
    574 3 [Bt Himsblf] i You saw, some cf you, what wai going to happi n. From time to time in my more >eot<nt writings you nohd the baftioniog and progress of a Dream. Y u abo'.k your h~ada, murmuring: Silly age, tbey’il skia him. Man of bis age
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    French Consular News.
    184 3 Paris, March 2, 6.45 p.m. The newspapers commenting, on the new espionage affair discovered in Dijon, assure that the accuse! had received the mission to give information to the German submarines about the comic g in and out of the steamers in the French ports and also
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    To-day’s Band Programme.
    48 3 The following programme of mnsio will be played at the Esplanade to-day at 5 p.m i—--1 Selection From Alfred’s Cellier’s Comedy Opera Doris Godfrey 2 Galop Carillon B’umeathal 3 Selection Sue tone PaUdtlhe 4 Walts A Maid of Kant Lowtbian 5 March Dorothy Djam Bilton
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    Tin Output.
    122 3 We are advised by Messrs L’*n A Co., that the output of the Ipoh Tin Dredging, Ltd., during the month of February waa 270 piouls. At a reoent meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board the Chairman pointed out the neoessity of exeroisiog greater supervision over the meat
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    F.M.S Topics.
    759 3 F.M S. Government proposes to introduce legislation at an early date to provtd for the compn'sorv registration of all j* 1 0 Bj iti ah iuhj‘cts of E iropean deacpnt Dot ween the sgs of 18 and 41 years resident ,n tbe Federated Malay Brat-s and to take
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    Ipoh Items.
    327 3 The Committee of the Perak C R.C. bap decided that the annual sports meeting of the Club should take place during Erater week, probably on March 31. Tnera will be events for members of other Clubs. Tne scarcity of cows milk in Ipoh in growing, and the Bengali
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      527 3 EMPIRE THEATRE I DBiiPRtRTOR H. J. A. HOT.M. MANAGER: THOM PROPRIETOR I H. J. A. HOLM. ‘METRO 6 acis METRO fll B T*HB PICTURE OF PICTURES §P iTHP MOST SENSATION AL PRODUCTION OF THE EMMY WEHLEN: th l V 1,4 m sVjjjjA a* v >•* V. > v> TOO tmmyWehlen
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      210 3 Penang Sales Room By order of the Custodian of Enemy property TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION At No 33, Seach Street On Tuesday, 12th March, 1918, AT 11 A.M. 2 cases Cotton Goods and other sund:i»s Usual conditions of sale. Terms:—Cash before delivery. KOH ENG HIN, 152 Auctioneer, Penang
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays.) AT .THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Dally Local $30 per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $18 per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Eoho) 588, Printing Department 343. M.B.—A 11 bu.ineM communication»
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    A WORD IN SEASON.
    1231 4 Tbsre is an old French proverb which says with some truth that deep down in the heart of every human there is un cochon qui tommeille There are times when one ia inclined to think that deep down in the heart of a great many military
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    The “Khie Heng Bee” Fire.
    130 4 Incbndiaxism Allbgbd. As the result of the official inquiry into the outbreak of fire at the Kbia Heng Bee Rico and Oil M'lls on Febrnaiy 16, Karim, a Bsogali, and Koh Sui Ho, a Hokien, were this morniog brought up in tbe Second Court before
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    M. A. P.
    921 4 Mr. Tom W.ight’s last letter w*s dated from Jacksonville, Florida, USA, but he should be by now baok in Honolulu. s s Mrs. W. H Ross, who want to Java on three months’ holiday, returned this morning. She was met at Singapore by her husband, who travelled
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    Tin.
    26 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (nnrefined) is quoted here to-day st $l5O, buyers no sellers, and in Singapore (refined) at $150.50, business done, (125 tons sold). j
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    936 4 Vicarious Patriotism. Says a correspondent of the Fr M the coarse of a letter on ,n Military SerTioe, 0Q and Unfortunately I m pMt age but I .Ml be moat h!p Dr lo p eon at the disposal of my K' c >• 7 Qaite the old Roman
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 4 (From Our Own Corrttjwndtnt-) London, M*rob h The prioes in the London Bebber Karkel to-day were: Pale Orepe Diamond Smoked Sheet VH
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      101 4 PRITCHARD’S STORES BEST ENGLISH HARNESS •v .<< BLACK LEATHER HARNESS WITH BRASS MOUNTS PONY COB HO H $B5-00. $95-00. SIXO-00. FIRST QUALITY BLACK LEATHER HARNESS WITH E.P. SILVER MOUNTS PONY COB HORSE $125-00 $135-00. $145-00. LESS 10% DISCOUNT FOR CASH Lr 101 OE lOE CALTHORPE! s' BRITISH MANUFACTURE 0 G
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    CENTRAL POWERS AND RUSSIA.
    642 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] Press Comments en PeaceLondon, March 6, 5 30 p.m, A cable from Amsterdam states that the e l„io« of pe.M tb Eas,l eToked B ticular excitement in Bsrlin or elsewhere and press comments are up to i0 no wise unanimously jubilant. *Xbe Norddtuteche Allemeigne
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    CENTRAL POWERS AND RUMANIA.
    549 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] PRELIMINARY TREATY SIGNED, The Terms of Pmos. Amsterdam, Maroh 6, A telegram from Bukharest states that Rumania and the Central Powers signed the preliminary peaoe treaty yesterday. Enemy Conditions AorcptedAmsterdam, Maroh 6.-—Later. A telegram from Bukharest states that the preliminary treaty signed at Buftea
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    GERMANY AND FINLAND.
    631 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] SCANDINAVIAN PROTEST, A Baltic Hegemony? London, March 7, 8.15 a m. A oable from Amsterdam states that the apprehensions recently expressed in the Swedish press as to German designs in Finland are now justified by the arrival of a German foroa at the Aaland Islands.
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    IN THE WEST.
    578 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] RELATIVE STRENGTH. The Coining Offensivei London, Marsh 6. i A high British military anthority, in the i eourseufhis weekly review, says that the jetemy has now a majority of sixteen divisions over the Allies on the Western (front and this is still increasing. Of oourse,
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    ADMIRALTY CHANGES.
    689 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SIR JOHN JELLICOE’S DISMISSAL. “A NATIONAL CAL\MIIY.” Ministerial Responsibility. Loudon, Maroh 6. 1 Daring the debits on the Naval Estimates 1 Sir Edward Carson stated that he was not consulted regarding tha removal of Sir John Jelliooe from the Admiralty, although he was then a member
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    THE WAR AND THE FAR EAST.
    518 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] JAPAN AND AMERICA, An Authoritative Statement. London, March 6. A oable from Washington announces that i autboritativaly stated that the United S ates has not oommnoicated wi h Japan as > regards intervention in Siberia. If any views of the American Government
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    Outside.
    97 5 The following articles will be found oa oar outside pages Pages. 2 —What is W ir P 3—F. M. S Topic». Ipoh Items. T». d*j’s Ba<d Prrgr*mrae. French Consular N-iws. Tttat Ass, Wright. 6. —Tn* Military and the Public. The W'fik’s Events. Telegrams. V ♦al Statistics. Eastern Prod ace
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    The Week’s Sinkings.
    636 6 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] ADMIRALTY RETURN 3. Twelve Big Ships Lost London, March 6 An Admiralty report states that the arrival! during tbe week numbered 2,015 sod tbe sailings 2.209 Total 4 224 Twelve vessels over 1,600 tons and six under that tonnage, making a total of eighteen, were
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    Mr. John Redmond.
    649 6 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] TRIBUTES FROM PRES 3 AND PARLIAMENT. Universal Regret London, March 6, 3.40 p.m. There is universal regret at Mr. John Redmond’s uxexpeoted death. Tne evening papers contain long and sympathetic accounts of his oareer and describe him as the leading figure in Ireland s Parlia*
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    The Shortage of Shipping.
    272 6 [Rmrrna’s T*l««rams. j U. S. Cotton Affected London Maroh 5, 12 45 a.m. The limee states that owing to the shortage of tonnage for American cotton, the Board of Control has decided to allow only fifty per cent, of the spindles (employed) on Amerioan cotton to
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    Havas Service.
    381 6 THE ENEMY’S OFFENSIVE TACTICS. Main Object FrustratedParis, March 7, 5.30 p.m. The enemy has just attempted a serious attack in the region of Rheims, Artillery preparation which began on February 28 at II p.m. extended for 15 kilometres from Loivre to Sillery, completely encircling Rheim*. It subsided on
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    “Misapplied" Activities.
    389 6 “Misapplied Activities. A correspondent to a Singapore oontemporary waxee soathiog nnent the was eof mmey due to the plethora of theatrioal p«rfo mances, lĕ es and so forth from which Milaya is at present suffering. In his opinion every theatrical performance and every race meeting is productive of a waste
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    80 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March The following prices were realised at the Singapore auction sale: Smoked fine ribbed 79 to 83 per picnl Good 63 78 do Uosmoked fine plain 60 do Crepe fine pale thin 87 90 do Good 73 86 do Pale blanket 71
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    65 6 At the Eastern Produce Exchange 215th Auction Sale the following prices were obtained Diamond Rmoked Fair From $69 to $74 Diamond Uosmoked 47 to 48 Plain Uasmoktd 43 to 45 Brown Crepe 41 Bcrap Crepe ff 24 to 35 Loo*** Untreated Sorap 17 to 23 89,923 lb
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    Vital Statistics.
    81 6 The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ending February 9, 1918 (-Male 48 Y Total Deaths < 66 Female 18 Death rate 32 24 per mi lie per annum compared with 29-31 in the preceding week *nd with 37.39 in the corresponding
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    Singapore News.
    118 6 EURASIAN VOLUNTEER CORPS. Last Night’s ResolutionC From. Char Ovm Correspondent!) Singapore. March 8, There was a large gathering of Euraaiana laat night who discussed the advis* ability of again approaohing Government for permiaaion to form an Eurasian Volanteer unit The meeting paaaed by a large majority a resolution
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    The Military and the Public.
    786 6 VOLUNTBURINO IN SINGAP-OBli We bare been told, on what we conaider to be good authority, that in connection with our rema-k* ou Saturday regard ng tbe question of Volunteers being informed that leave might depend on their attendance at drills which they are not required
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    The Week's Events.
    135 6 Fkidat, March 8. Town Band, Esplanade. Saturday, Masoh 9, Town Band, Golf Club. Surdat, March 01. Fourth Sunday in Loot. Penang Swimming Club, Monthly Medal Competitions. Mowday, March 11. Town Band, Esplanade. Torso at, March 12. P. V. Battalion Drill (Compulsory.) Jobore Planters’ Association, Annual General Meeting.
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    China To-day.
    845 6 HER PROGRESS At) A RKP DBLio Bt Gm-.eei. Hi.va Tohem, Chinese Militeei 41.«, io ta Cbia* m iu tbn cm ious posm n t k l»r*e and well tr*ined armies at be? of desiring to co-operate in a city with her European AU»p, *7 oemg utterly unable to
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    The Hardest of Hard Luck.
    148 6 Io its report of the raoes reoently held the Siamese capital, a Bangkok paper »»J* that the racing was not wanting In lensstion for in the fifth race, Mr. Watson, in whom the Jieho believes it recognise* previ ms Penang gentleman-rider, brought his mount home
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    A Wild-West Food Law.
    1232 7  - A Wild-West Food Law (By R. B. Townshend.) a rv r half aceotury agotbe settlers A trtl v fomied tenitury of Colorado 0,tb D lh h selves practically block*d d. foOBd 1 Aiu ic n D Beit, so nam d by Toe8 r a n„ocn.bers, but b^ter known tj th
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    Our Main Lines Of Communication.
    1294 7 Any policy which h aimed at concluding P‘?acfl after, and not before, tbe military strength c.f Aui a ri’a has h“en c*st into the ■*c*le against tbe Centrtl Empires must put in the fomfront thv problem of shipping tonnage. Unless the transport facilities *t the
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