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States of America to make two fleets of valjem." When the typhoon of LOWSON MUBWAY. -- At the British Cou-about equal strength. The rise of Japan | September 18 swapt out of existence late General Tokohama, on Dec. 3. before E. M. Hobs -Hampden, Esq, to the front rank as a naval power the means to livelihood of thousands of (Acting British Gul General), and Afterwarda-u
-at- the Ualon Church Toko has undoubtedly called for a revision poor Chinese what happened? Did THE OPIUM CRUSADE,
the selfish individualism" of the ANDREW BARIE LOWSON of the Hongkong
richor Chinese prevant them from and Shangh i Banking Corporation, Formerly there seemed to many more succouring their poorer bratbren? A
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LOMETA. On Dec. 10
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(Chines Mail's Service:)
Paxing, December 16.
The following are the articles' con- cerning the suppression of opium which hospitals and other public services by have been successfully negotiated
Farryton, Forfar, Scotland, and CATERINA necessity for the maintenance of a glance at the subscription lists of the Fer younger daughter of the late Fakten Marrey, Eng., M.D., F.
strong feet in the Atlantic whore the relief fund will supply the answer. Tho of Forfar.
danger of a conflict with any of the generous support which is given to Holy Trinity, Shanghai, by Rev. A. Jgreat European fleets was imminent, Walker,
LEDFOLD CHARLES ALLOWS, of the London Mission, The Pacifo fleet was regarded more as Huangpi, son of the late Daniel Tomkins,
Wey. Here, Engwad
the Chinese is in itself a refutation of batwaan Prince Ching and Tong Shao
Sir R. K. Douglas's sweeping assertion.
of Great Yarmouth, to MAEY KATAY, a protection for the trade with the If he is wiso in the future he wilYi on behalf of the Chinese Govern. Wormley, Horte, England. Stratford, East and as a means of impresing the refrain from attempting the imposiblement and the representatives of the Oriental countries with the prestige of and not commit the folly of letting his various Powers, among whom only car the United States. Now, however, love of a felicitous expression lead him has to wire his home government for
DEATH.. Bears-On December 11, at Eashing Many Chixe Bram, eldest daughter of Rev. and Mrs J. Mercar Blain, agod six
years.
FACE & SCALP M J. R. CRAIK and Family desire to
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MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. Auction. 10a.m.-Auction of Bundry Naval and Victualling Storm, at H. M. Naval Yard,
Meetings. 2.13 p.m.-Meeting of His Majesty's
Justinen of Peace at Magistracy, 9p.m.-Mesting of Eothen Mark Lodge.
Amusements.
9 p.m.-Concert at City Hall.
General Memoranda,
WEDNESDAY, December 19:-
.
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Japanese Fine Art Curios & Embroideries, c., at Mr Goo. P. Lammert's Sale Rooms. Goods per Kumang undelivered alter
4 p.m. on this date will be landed. THURSDAY, December 20
9p.nt Performance by Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club in City Hall. FRIDAY, December 21
pim.Austion of Japsume Art Curios and Bilk Embroideries, &c., at Mosses Hughes & Hough's Bales Rooms. 2.15 p.m.-Anction of Household Furni
ture, do,, at Major Ɑ, G. Pritchard's residence No. 3, Hillside, Pank..
:
that Japan, Los shown that her navy into a ridiculous and indefensible
can compara in efficiency with any of position.
its size in the world the United States
..
has been compelled to acknowledge
that it is essential for her to pay as much, if not more, attention to her Pacifio feet na to that in the Atlaatio. It will be interesting to
observe for which fleet the new bat-
tloship is intended. The completion of the Panama Canal will of course ̧ add' materially to the naval strength of the
LODAL_AND_COAST NEWS.
About thirty Filipinos are now study ing in Tokyo.
A serious spidémie of dysentry has broken out at Hiroshima, Japan,
The English Mail of the 17th Nov. was delivered in London on the lüth Dec.
The Sanyo Railway, Japan, was taken
United States. The mobility of her over by the Government on the let inst. warships will be vastly increased and A secret manufactory of tobacco has she will be able, with: very little loss of boon discovered in Nagano Prefecture,
Japan.
time to mass her vessels in the zono of
greatest danger. Nonetheless it is es
The Osaka Municipality has approved
Bential for the United States to increase of the proposat of the Governor to purchase ber navy at the same rate as countries five steam fire engines. with which she may become embroiled. It is of course impossible to furecant the future but indications appear to point to the probability of a struggle for supremacy in the Pacific rather than the Atlantic.
The Japanese House of Poers is anid to be criticising the Government for not taking steps to chook the betting at the mosting of the Tokyo Race Club at Kegami.
There were 320 Europeans and 138 Chinese visitors to the Cizys Hali Library, and 167 Europeans and 3,067 Chloeso visitors to the Museum during the week
The October number of the Trans-ended 16th Dec. Goods per Simia net cleared at 4p.m. on actions of the Asiatic Society of Japan
this date subject to rent. Saturday, December 29 :--
The China Mail.
RONGKONG, MONDAY, DECHEUER 17%, · 1908.
AMERICA'S NAVAL POLICY,
Anyone desirous to seaurs choice Japanese Art Curice should not fall to pay visit to G. P. Lammert's auction rooms, finer display of these goods has seldom heen made in the Colony.
A
~~~D. “ðkorrow" (quartermaster, employed
#onfirmation.
1.The prohibition of opium aħall
apply to all traaty ports
2. All countries with which China
baa entered into agreement re lating to opium, shall agree to the entire prohibition of opium within ten years. 3.-Opium imported from countrier with which China has no ogrés- monta eball be dealt with
according to Chinese laws. 4.Morphia imported from all
countries shall be sent to the Chinese authorities through their respective consule. 5.-Morphia and other illegal opium remedies which are likely to pro duce harmful effects and, which are sold by Chinese in the treaty ports shall be dealt with by the
Chinese authorities.
13
YUAN SHI KAL
HEAVY DEFICIT.
(Chinees Mail's Bervice.)
PERIRO, November 16.
It is reported that Tiehliang bas discovered a deficit of four million
taols in Yuan Shi Kais accounts, and thut six million taele borrowed from begged M
foreign countries against the sali re- venus have been wrongfully applie towards the deficit.
A SHIPPING DISPUTE.
Deok Cargo Jettisoned.
should prove extremely interesting to 3.30 p.m.-Auction of Faney Goode,.,philateliste. A summarised catalogue
at Mr Geo.P. Lammert's Bales Rooms. Goode per Filch undelivered after this of the postage stamps of Japan is
date subject to rent.
given by Mr A.-M. Tracey Woodward and is copiously illustrated. In his. introductory remarks Mr Woodward A German Chamber of Commerce has informs us that it was not until early advised the owners of various factories not in the sixteenth century that com- to admit Japanese to their workshops, munication between private individuals alleging that the principal. Japanese pro- ducts are imitations of Gerton mand, in Japan came to be considered so
factures. important as to lead to the establish- mont-of-reliable-postai guilds in the THE United States Secretary, for, the principal towns of the Empire. Prior on the Monteagle" was convicted, at the Navy has formally submitted a build-to that transmission by courier was Magistracy, of absenting himself from duty ing programme which involves the confined to the despatches of the Officer stated that defen·lant was not pro- and being drunk and disorderly. The Chief construction of a vessel of the Dread. Shogunate. On March 1, 1871 a letter sent at midnight when he should have gone nought"
type but with a more powerful post service between Tokyo, Yoko-on duty but returned on board an hone or hama, Kyoto and Osaka was opened so later and commenced to fight, Defen- armament. This is in consonance.
by the Government. Early in 1872 the dent said that the trouble was that he did with the steady increase of her defen- newly instituted postal route was ex-not get along well with the other quarter. sive forces which the United States tended to Kobe, Nagasaki, Niigata master. He was ordered to go to gaot for found necessary after the war with and Hakodate. At this time British, 7 days on the first charge and food $5 or
14 days ou the second.. Spain. Until that time her statesmen American and French postal agencies hold that her geographical position, and were maintained for international cor- the fact that she had no outlying coloniss respondents but in 1877 Japan was pres of Japan," had a particularly lively formally admitted into the General time at the Criterion Hotel on Saturday Postal Union. At the end of the night as a result of which he was charged pamphlet, which describes minutely this morning, at the Macfetracy, with be the defendants. all the adhesive stamps issued by the jug drunk and disorderly, assaulting the In his judgment the Chief Justice Te Japanese Government, is given a list proprietor and his wife, Mr. and Mrs marked that plaintiff had been unable to of the stamps of a value of over $50. and assaulting two Chineas con- attend the beating but that this case had stables. Defendant was stated to have not suffered thereby, as Mr. Slade had put
forward everything possible on his behalf- issued in September, 1873 which is disturbance in which he aœaulted Me and issue could have been decided in his favour different position which had to be listed at $1500.00 though it is doubtful Mms Green and resisted the constables The plaintiff eved in respect to the non-deli- faced in a different manner. It bas
whether it can be procured at the when they came to the rescue. He was very of indigo shipped by him on board the not been necessary for the United price. There is a cue son stamp which found not guilty of the first assault and China Navigation Company's "Yunnan," States to largely augment ite land forces, is worth $250 and several which are fined $15 on the other charges. The military arm will; for a consider priced at $200, $150 and $100. able time to come, only be called upon
rendered unnecessary the creation of (in pints and splits) any considerable land and sea forces The annexation of Porto Rico, the virtual protectorate over Cuba and the aequirement of the Philippines and
AND
Thomes. W. Smith, from the " Em-
In the Supreme Court this morning His Lordship Sir Francie Piggott (Chief Jas- tics) gave judgment in the action in which the Yu Chom Shing fit sued the China- Navigation Steamship Company for 85947.78 damages sustained by, reason of the non-delivery of 220 tubs of indigo at Kewolwang, shipped by the plaintiffs on the "Yunnan,"
Mr M. W, Slade Gnatauoted by Mr.
E H. Besvia) appeared for the plaintiffs and Bun, Mr H. E. Pollock, B.O.. (ins tracted by Mr H. G. Q.Bailey) represented
ROBERT PORTER & CO.'S other islands in the Pacific has created a The most valuable is a 20 sen stamp come to the hotel drank and made but it was impossible that the very clear
BULL DOG
BRAND
OF
LIGHT ALE
The company alleged the indigo was shipped on deck at the shipper's risk and was,
Indo China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. through force of circumstances, jettisoned
- With refacence to the General Man-Plaintiff deci.d the cargo was shipped on *Solfiah Individualiam" is the leaders' intimation of the 11th inst. regard deck and if it was carried on deck it won to provide garrisons for the colonios ing characteristic of the Chinese ing the proposed alteration to the Articles directly against his instructions. The and a reserve force available for service says Sir R. K. Douglas in the Asiatic of Association of the above Company, lasues were therefore Was the plaintiff's upon emergencies similar to that Quarterly Revisto. This is a daring Mesra Jardine Matheson and Co. now indigo abipped on deck and wan it so shipped with his consent. Two (in quarts, pints & splits) which recently arose in Cula. On statement and one which shows that inform me that subject to confirmation at a witnesses were produced who alleged they the other hand in increase in the Sir R. K. Douglas knows more about meeting to be held in London on the 27th
they saw navy became imperativo. Obviously at the Chinese than many who have lived at the proposed scheme has been ap board, being shot into the hold prior to proved. The Preference Shares will being stored in the ballast tank. The on for the Atlantic and one for the them, or else that he imagines ho doce per cent instead of 56 per cent, so first pro-to as the ballast tank was then full. The porters in our Bitter Allments. Pacific. Until this year it was deemed out that to hit off the charactor of
Time after time it has been pointed pored.
advisable to divide the Pacific feet over four hundred million people in a The Indian Trouble.
the indigo Leing put on
"These are our Stout sup-least two separate fleets were required the greater part of their life amongst however bear a cumulative dividend of 6 people from the ship denied that this was.
man who put the indigo on bosta usid 'that the unta's certificate did not bear the words on deck at shippar'a risk!!, but the into two squadrons, one to operate in phrase is ridiculously impossible to record to-day in connection with the followed from this that the cargo was There were no further developments Chief Justice did not believe him, and it
home waters, the other to remain in What would be thought of a writer Indian troubles at Kowloon oxcept that the shipped on deck with his causout, A. S. WATSON & 00, what we call the Far East Recently who said the loading characteristic man who was arrested on Saturday has been Judgment was given for the defendants
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of the European is aggression"? Such liberated again. As previously indicated with costs,
a statement might be true of one or
the Chinamen are not able to identify the these squadrons and place them in
robbers, and benco, although the police General Tharagi and a number of others two of the races of Europe but it der may datch the right men, they have no have formed a kyndicate for the purpose command of an offer of rank equal to tainly would be untrue of the reset. chance of bringing the offence home to of organizing a mee-course for Omaka. that of the commander of the Atlantic There is just a much difference be-them. In order to help in keeping order AN ATTACK OF CROUP WARDED
in the Kowloon Peninsula it would be a Beet. The necessity for two atrong tween the numerous reces which com-
good idea if the military authorities were to
BURGLAR....
UR little girl, two sad, one-half yeaTE
it. She went back to slowy and woke up
cortainly
groah-metion
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. at once by a glance at pose the Chinese Empire as between suforce an order that Indian soldiers should old, wake up coughing with the the map of the world. In this event of the people of North and Southern not leave their barracks out of uniform anderous and evening recently. We happened war each doet would have to act indo Europe. On what dats does Sir R. K. thus give the police à belping hand to have some of Chamberlain a Conch Remedy on band and gave het two doses of Donglas baso his sweeping aformation? pendently, I would be impossible We are not to be misled into com CAUGHT COLD WHILE HUNTING. A that morning without a trace of cold TE BUILDINGS, for either to remforce the other how mitting the error which we rebuke in
editor of St Vin ever essentia such reinforcements, that writer by giving a direct negativa Constable at Chapleam, Ontario, always be warded off by r
of aroop bin rriving this remedy. might be. Consequently, sa danger is to his statement. But it is reasonable Cunday I ought severe cold soon the o droopy cough appearaz It white hunting s burglar to the forest has been in use for many years and ba az much to be feared on the one side, to point out that the Chiness frequent, swamp last fall Bearing of Chamberlain never been knows to files foronane no ne the other, the decision was foroenly not in a manner which cannot be Cough Remedy, I tried it, and after using Barmfal draged, may be
Ero small bottles, I was completely pared ackert child, with perfect confidénon upon the Government of the United expinined by alleging "selfish individ-Forsale by all shemale and ver
#ESTABLISHED A., 1841
Hongkong, 4th December, 1996.
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