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The Imperial Resident at Lhassa las! Gecated Goods, &o., at Central Police things which are generally discounten-sent in a memorial pointing out the neces Station's Compound.
aneed. To s gradual extension of these sity of establishing a provincial Govern international regulations the Conferencement in Thibet. Chao Eri-heun has been ordered to study and report upon the might well devoto its attention. But endless talk" on abstract principles will not advance the cause of Ponce one inoh Speech-making may be highly gratifying to the speech-makers but no edifee can be bailt with words. What is clearly wanted is less talk and more work.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1907.
A PANIC AT PEKING.
(From Our Correspondent).
TIENTAIS, July 25.
BY TELEGRAPH.
PARLIAMENT FÖR CHINA,
A positive panic has prevailed in the North since the Anhui affair, and the Viceroy has shut himself op in his yamon Viceregal Recommendations- on the ples of ill-health and not a soul is allowed to enter the precincts without a
(Chinees Mail's Correspondent.)
PELINO, August 4.
The Acting Viceroy at Canton has special pass. Almost daily arrests aroy been provided with the money for the pay-baing roado of so-called revolutionaries, mont of the indemnity in connection with who are as often as not perfectly loyal and the Lionchow troubles by paying 1,700 barmloss individuals. One man brought tauls to Germany and 4,400 tacle to Ghent down to-day from Shanhaikwon is said to karo absolutely nothing against him, Britain.
and was in fact arrested by the police for man whose description he does not in
A writer on Harbin says: There is absolutely no attempt et sanitation
CORRESPONDENCE.
SUBSIDIARY-COINAGE.
(To the Editor of the CHINA MAL) Sir.-Your columns have been so freely opened to discussion of the vexed question of subsidiary coinage that I vonture to the trespass. Those who advocate strong mea city, and all the drinking water is drawn sures, such as the exclusion of Chinese from wells in close proximity to which subsidiary cains, have probably much to there are frequently vile refuse heaps and way for themselves, but before any such stojí drains, while the filth of the streets is i takon several things ought to be enre- First its offcet on Well-wishers to Hongkong can worse than the dirtiest parts of Tientsin fully considered. city in its worst days. It will not be trade. rourkable at any time if an epidemio of serious naturo breaks dut."
The Empress Dowager intends to
H. E. Tuan Shih. Kai recommends establish a Parliament for China.
Prince Ching to be Prime Minister,
Prince Ching has recommended Yuen to be a member of the Private Council, Taan Fang to be the Viceroy of Chibli, Chang Chih Targ to be Viceroy of Lian-kiang and Tih Liang to be Viceroy of Lian V.
CHANG YI
Restored to Power.
Regarding the impeachment made by Censor Chen Ching-kudd against Viceroy the least answer to. Morocco le again drawing the atten-Tsen Chun-hstan, the Metropolitan native tion of the world. The Algeciras Con- officials who are of the same ference was supposed to have put movince with the said consor, narcels 2.30 p.m.-Auction of Valuable Furni: matters upon a satisfactory basis but, Kwangtung, consider the impeachment is
ture, &c.. at Hotel Baltimore," Wyndham St.
for reneone which it is unnecessary to not good as it is alleged that it had been sent in at the instigation of a certain high recall, Franes and Spain were not
official. given so free a hand as could have bech desired. Weck countries invari- ably resort to the expedient of playing oue Power off against another when they are brought to book for their China has adopted this plan en several occasions with great success, indeed it would be hardly too
nover hope that trade with Chinn will be in- creased by a law which excludes the much to say that the Empire would, in
Inrger bulk of Chiness coinage from all probability, have been dismembered
the Colony, Even supposing that the the Grand Council. long ago had she not assiduously
We are glad to hear it reported that Chinnau on coming to Hongkong brings
[Chang Yi, alias Chang Yin Mo, it may fostered international jealousies. Mo. business just now is going very briskly at mostly paper money with him, the conver-bg romctabored, was Diruotor General of
Moukdon, and re consequence the Rail- rocco is, no doubt, perfectly well aware way line between Hsin-win-tun and Mouk-sion of this into subsidiary coin and the the Chinese Engineering and Mining ha enter- ed into
Π with that friction existed between certain den is packed with traffic, says the Clins dealings in the latter which he Company. He was dismissed from office firm by of the Powers and she has trusted to Critic." It is also pleasing to hear that must have with his own country must-
when ho was restored to rank to enable this to prevent a loss of her indepen. the crops outside the wall are in excellent hamper business to a great extent. Trade which ho sell the
condition this year, being much in advance will eventually follow the lines of least favour with the Court until 1905,
him ExPLESS talk is the order of the day/dence. But we are inclined to believe of provious years. Round Sarhouse and resistance which just might be, a channel to proceed to England to pursuo the
other than Hongkong. Then, again, it has |
case which was pending in the High Court, that Morocca has over-reached horself. Ning-Yuen-Chow, they are particularly been found many times over that rigid laws of England. He returned the same year, Relations between France and Ger. healthy and pleztiful. many are much better now than they wors a year ago, and Germany will,
The Chim Mail
HONGKONG, MONday, auguet 6, 1907.
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
a
at the Hague Conference." Thus road our special cablegram published on
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Saturday. Few of our readers will feel surprised to learn that the Conference doubtless, cordially acquiesco in the
The Emperor of China bas bestowed gives every indication of being as punitive operations which has now on Mr G. D. Adrocant, Consul General of the Notherlands, the Order of the Double resultless as was expected-except by become necessary. It is in the in-Dragon, Third Class. the peculiar people represented by Mrterests of all the civilized Powers that Stead. The fact is, of course, that the state of anarchy now prevailing in
are
(Chinese Mail's Bervice),
PERING, August 3
memorializes the Prince Chun Threne recommending-Chang Yi to
on account of the and lost
FREUTER'S SERVICE.). THE HAGUE CONFERENCE,
LONDON, August 2
of this description don't always act as they but has not been mach heard of since-F
expecteil to: Strict tariff laws Q.M.] increased dishonesty in officials, and smag. gling, and eventually did more harm than goud. At any raid for any final settlement of the currency question two things souM certain: (4)There must be co-operation with the Chinese Government. This seems the
In a debate on the Foreign Office vote more reasonable now as apparently in response to outside influences, the latter Sir Edward Grey, referring to the Hague, make a disarmament proposal which would British practice. I am told on good authority that the Kwongtung mat is at tursa friendly into a divided Conference; but even if he definite rosulte had been present issuing an Imperial collar. 9/10ths reached they had at least prevented the fine and that little or no subsidiary coin is
subject from dropping. His Excelloney Sir Cher Tong Liang
This dollar might be being minted. Cheng, the retiring Chinese minister tomate a standard coin and the subsidiary Washington, whose arrival at Shanghai on money reduced to mero token moury. But the a.a. Hores has been announced in a it must be borne in mind that the Chinese telegram which appeared in these columns subsidiaryenin isuot more token last wook, arrived hero this morning.__
national nature is the same as human Morocco should bo put an end to. | M. L. Halard, the French Consul General are acting much more in accordance with, said that the Government was reluctant to
anture.
A largely attended dinner was given on Thursday night at the Shanghai Club to
who is shortly leaving for Europa on a holiday.
THE RELEASED MR CHUNG.
:
Arrives in Hongkong.
THE MOROCCO. MASSACRE.
Cruiser to the Scone.
LONDON, August 2
money in our sense-it is payable for any amount and is sometimes weighed out
The French cruiser Galileo has lo as so much silver, but on the other hand it. Tangier for Casablanca, where the towns resembles token money in that it is only people, headed by the tribesmen, have 4/5ths fine. (b) The Government must be perpetrated many murders. willing to redeem its subsidiary coin at its A Govemment which is
Mr Chung, Chinese Headmaster of the face value.
A Combined Force.
LONDON, August 2.. It is inderstood that France has-pro- Canton Christian College, who was arrest-unwilling to do this is in the position of n cd at Tientsin on a charge of being a re-bank which is unwilling to honour its own volutionary, arrived in Hongkong to-day paper. When the British Government has posed to Spain to land a France-Spanish agreed to this it might use every effort to force at Casablanca in accordance with the in company with Dr. Wisner.
We understand that Mr Chung is to be get the Chinese Government to do the policing powers under the treaty of.
Algeciras. (1) The cost of immediate redemp entertained by the Chinese Department of sume. Of course, it would involve a loss
ท
bax
nf .tho
By sacrifice and foresight As Germany has considerable com Great Britain has won the supremacy ofercial interests in Morocco it is to bo anticipated that she will extend the sea. Whatever professions may
that country to moral support. Firm have been uude, ostensibly on behalf of action must be taken now and a stable Great Britain, by Sir Henry Campbell-Government appointed in Morocco. Bannerraan, everyone knows that she That is necessary not only in the intends to keep that supremacy until interests of the Powers but in the in she is forced to relinquish it by force terest of Morocco herself, majeure-if that time ever comes, which
LOCAL AND COAST NEWS, God forbid.
Any proposition which had for its object the weakening of Tho Tsing-Tao Railway has been Great Britain's aval power would destroyed at Heinhsiang-hsian, Honan, by Our Aerated Waters hold naturally be opposed by the British the people who suffer from fawine and the Guvernor of Honaz has sent his troops to As with our Empire in protect the railway.... the premier position for excel- delegates. lence in the Far East. Made regard to the sea so with Germany in
Hu Wei-teb, the Chinese Minister to with the greatest care and with regard to the land. By sacrifice and St. Petersburg, has recommended that
the Y.M.C.A. foresight Germany has laboriously built Prof. Jenks be employed by China to
Six Warships Ready, the finest materials pavourable;,
Our Tientsin correspondent writing tion and (2) the casantion up the strongest military force in effect the reform of the currency of China.
July 25 says:-Mr Ching, the rather lucrative business of coining
LONDON, August 3 they supply a pleasing variety existence. Is it likely that she would
subsidiary money. This the Government Christian professor of a College in
The French battleships, Suffrou, Charle On the 27th July Viscount Hayashi, for all palates.
agree to anything calculated to impair the Japanese Foreign Minister, was receiv. Canton, of whom I wrote you before; should bear. There would probably be s
at last boon released from the further dead loss due to minting, abrasion, magae, and Republique, also the cruisers yamon, where he has been under detention cte. At Home part of this loss is apparent Jales Ferry, Victor Hugo and Desaix are its value? The great weaknces of the ed in audience by to new Emperor of
Koren and decorated with the highest order on suspicion, although there was not and by borne by the banka. The Bank of Eng-preparing at Toulon to sail with the tluce Conference is that if only one Power and left Seoul on the 28th July for Japan ever has been the slightest ground for it. laud on receiving back silver from the other transports ordered to convey 2,500 troope declines to assent to any proposition it and arrived at Moji on the 20th July..
As he came up with Dr Wisner there should banks "usually makosa small charge of to Morocco.
The British cruiser Antrim at Gibraltar We
not have been any question as to his boun about fi per hundred pounds to cover the must, perforce, be abandoned. Our Lemonade, Orange
A number of Socialists at Tokyo Ades, but someone was apparently bent on trouble and risk." Banks have a monopoly has received orders to be in readiness for
from the Government and ono of the waya peremptory sorvice. Tomarked Боже time
that ago adopted a resolution on July 20, recoge making out a case if possible.
io which they should pay for..this Champagne, Raspberryade, the Conference would afford a zanguinising the liberty, independence and It has taken a whole month to find out Lemon Squash, etc., possess ficent opportunity for the exudation self-Government of the Coresin people, his innocence, and then some people bogia monopoly is to make good the losses THE EVICTED TENANTS BILL, the true flavour of the finest of noble sentiments.
denouncing any encroachment thereon as to slobber about the great improvement in connected with subsidiary coin. Subsidiary Peace would be tainical to the cominos interest, at the conduct of the new native court, pau money might then be reduced to a more Fresh Fruits and are perfectly extolled--by men in military and naval hoping that the Japanese Government will belnud modora Chinese justice. For tokan carrency, the banks or other govern third reading in the House of Commons, pure and wholesome.
uniforms--as the ideal condition. All be faithful to their plaign for the main-tunately for Mr Chung as there are so out offices acting as bureaus of exchange by 298/49. We would draw special atten- this sort of thing we have heard before, once of Coren's independence. They many Cantonese round the Yaten ho last which people could get standard money
sent copies of the resolution to newspapers been well treated. When the Emperor of Japan declared in Europe and America.
While one might sympathiss with the tion to Our Lime Fruit Cham-
Chinese officials in their efforts bo tako war against Russia be announced that pagne, which has the pleasant.
it was only his unquenchable desire to The Shangliai Mercury" says, that precautions and trace the hati-dynasties, characteristics of the finest Lime
preserve the peace of the Far East which Boattle flour millors are taking no orders wholesale arrests such as are now taking pending the oncoming of the new wheat place will alienate that sympathy, and if ad Fruit.
induced him to take such a momentous crop. The sillers are desirous of having is threatened they recort to seizing and step. We know the value of pacifica dofinito lies on the yield before they punishing the whole family, women and professione. The Conference, as has make a price on new business. Exporting children, great larm will result. There is to the Orient is out of the question, in already great indignation manifesting
itself here. been pointed out on former occasions, competition with the Australim product, may possibly do something to minimies and the millers do not know just how Our Sarsaparilla is not only the horrors of war. This is a problem much of a top td figure on. Practically which should certainly be given overy all the orders at present in the market are a delicious drink but a blood
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THE PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS.
Consternation in the States.
WASHINGTON, August 1.
The result of the election for delegates to the first Philippine Assembly has created. consternation in the United States. Many newspapers commont. on the subject and point out the ignorance of the Filipinos as shown by their choice of legislators.
The Japan Advertiser" states that tolographic communication between Eng. land and Japan will probably be effected in future at about half the present charge, At the present moment. message those obtained in the election. between the two countries via
The Washington Post" says the elec tion shows tho necessity of radical changes in the government bero, and the ruling of the natives by botter methods, and ones calculated to produce different results than
IN THE SULRS,
Chao Declines Billet.
the
A number of eminent Congrossmen throughout the country havobeon interview-
It is reported in Chinese Official ciroles Gront Northern Telegraph Company caned on the subject and state their belief The Bandmann Opera Company stag here, that on the recommendation of Princs be transition at the rate of Ten: 2.4 that recommendations will be made to the status the Our Stone Ginger Beer belligerents fought as primitve mand Florodor" on Saturday evening at Ching and the other Grand Councillors of per woul. It is now reported that, as the next Congres for a changing of
The Neation of Gomez especially bas To be had at the FOBINA MAIL Ofies since its introduction, has been would have fought. Wounded men the Theatre Royal, the theatre boing State, H. M. The Forpresx-Dowager recent result of arrangements use between of the islands.
steadily growing in popular were allowed to parish of thirst or corded. The performance was an ox-ed to the newly-restored Censor England and Russin, the rate from Eug embittered some of the best freuds of the tramaly enjoyablo one, and was a veritable Chac Gid-lin; in in native home in Himan, land to Vladivostock has been fixed at 82 Fillipines. His chameter is well known favour.
exposure because recognition was denied
success for Mr H. Cole, whose reputation commanding him to proceed up to Telingsen per word. The Japmose authorities throughout the United States nod the fact We confidently state that no to the Red Cross flag. Any person has boss considerably enhanced this tour, for re-employment in the Cravorate, beare, therefore, contemplating inaugurating that Bamils, the leading bily of the tire, has s estranged many The have uf anti- Aerated Water Factory in the possessed of feeling will hope that air Cole was the main stay of the piece cause the Government considers him to be in wireless tolepropli system between Vladi archipelago, chose him for its representa
ing a direct service at the rate of 40 so importalism. repitition of these horrors will and, particularly in the second act, had the good official for during to speak against the stock aud Tsurugar with a view to open been the brengest support t audience convulsed with laughter. He highest authority in the country (Prince por west. The now plan will be submittedIt is beloved that Gomez will not be By Prof. H. PAEKER World is more replete with Prendered impossible. Whether it be was recalled times out of number, until Ching, which is in nood of the services of for approval to the International Tule permitted to take his sent under any
to-date appliances, thus assuring
possible to reguluto war or not we do bually he had to dealing. Miss Lait sang such strong men, oto. But, in coply, Mr Chnograplus Convention to be bold in April the highest degree of purity and
not profess to know. War is waged capitally and the gom of the piece has tondered his boat thanks for the extra "Dolores" was well sung. To-night. "The Renes the Macchu Government has shown freedom from any form of con for the sole purpose of inflictin Earl and tho Girl will be presented an him this taas, by restoring his original the greatest damage on an adversary, to-morrow evening "The White Chrysin heial rank and title, adding that as he has
no intention to become an official again he 10 Grand Council has received an the incapacity of the Pilipints. - for self If this be done
by contravening themum,"
humbly declines the offer for re-emplor. Imperial Dacred to the effect that, as along government is exhibited strikingly in their
the Yangtso region, there have boon lately selection of a man of his charactor.
a monty and requesting the Grand Councillors many societymen causing disturbances and The Washingtonnuthoritiesare dreadfully 8. WATSON & 00, regulations for military commanders
SICKNESS COMES WHEN LEAST to thank Their, tajostiae (the Emperor and that the admiral in commoud is responsible disappointed in the outcome of the election, would hesitate to take the obance. But
of the river, it is ordered EXPECTED, E
the Empress Downgor) on his behalf for for the policing
While Secretary of War Taft refuses to there may be certain fundamental re
LITTLE forethought may save you no Elisir kidnes. Mr Chac is ovidently not that Cheng Wen-ping shall, in consultation be quoted on the mattor it is known that
with Tunn Fang and Chang Chih-tung, gulations which all sivilized nations A end of trouble. Anyone who makes satisfied with his recent degradation or probet ft policing of the river properly and among his friends ho deplores the putting
in office of mon of the type olested. would agres to observe. In fact at Cholers and Distrhoes Remedy at hind ably be ortests promotion through the errosh any of the societymen sons to The use of self government has lost
movement spreading tremendously by the election. knows this to be a fact. For sale by all strong assistance of his late enemy, the prevent the
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POLICING THE YANGTSE.
A number of newspapers in the country in editorials state that a fatal mistake was PEKING, July 24.mado in the election of Gomes, and that