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Editors surely know the history of their own country. In the Declaration of Independence the American Republic went out of its way to assert the right of every man to liberty. What was ap- plicable to American citizens should surely be applicable to Filipino citizens. The fact of course is that America found herself on the horns of a dilemma. When she saddled herself with the Philippines she was handicapped by the Gooda por Nyanza not cleared at 4 p.m. pious abstractions to which sho bad subscribed when she was young and foolish. For a time her natural shrewd- ness deserted her and she endeavoured to put her professions into partial practice. Sho deluded herself, but no- one else, into the belief that the ex-
General Memorauda,
THERIDAY, August 8 --
on this date subject te rant. FRIDAY, August 3
2.50 p.m.-Auction of Valuable Fumi- ture, &c., at Hotel Baltimore," Wyndham St.
Monday, August 12:—
2.15 p.m.-Mocting of His Majestyle Justices of Peace at the Magistracy, Goode per Korea undelivered after noon
this date subject to rent,
on
LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.
The German Mail of the 3rd July. was delivered in London on the 3rd Aug.
The Ministry of Finance lane ordered
the establishment of a branch of the Hupu Bank at Talven with a Mr Ide na Manager.
It is reported from. Peking that Chou Shu-ma is to succeed Chêng Teh-ch'ann as Acting Govornor of Hoilingkiang province (Northern Manchuria.)
TOMMY!
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1907,
"Tommy this, and Tommy that."
Os a big round bob a day!
That point struck us too.. Wo unquízód, therefore, and found that twenty-nine conts is allowed for each man's food a day out here for all ranks, Officers included.
Amongst the Government Services in What a tremendous sum of money. We our great Empire there is one which re-have not tried ourselves to live upon ceives more attention on paper than our twenty-uina conts' warth per diem, and Araty. Not a day passes but the Nation are not sufficiently professional in the is delighted with some fresh reform which fasting line te attempt to do so. But is to entirely alter this great organisation twenty-nine onty in Hongkong for a and for years past not a Government has strong healthy man whose duty it is to come into being and power that has not keep strong and activo in defence of our promised much for the Nation and dono dominions! Our pen fails us hero. Perhaps A Harbin telegram to the "Mainichi" nothing practically speaking for the Army one of our home politicians might like to states that extreme beat is prevalent there, itsolf. Amidst thunders of applause our come out East and try a twenty-nino cents" the thermometer standing at 150, Cholem political speakers in England have fron time. Per words would fall him, has broken out at Fasjanten, near Harbin. immomorial used the British Army as n
too! Who can say
It is to be asanmed, therefore, that Mr species of lover to hoist--if we uny use the Atkins has to draw upon his princely pay The water supply of the Colay, tested expression-enthusianem onto a patriotiq of eeronty-eight cents to keep himself up at Kowloon, Pokfulum and Tytam, is, plane.
to the mark. Still, the public can be put Before the South African War a great of the scent by a defender of our systems secording to the Gorernment Analyst, of excellent quality, no sowage indientions speech by a great statesman was reported of How not to do it by stating that in the Birmingham Press. There was Atkins-our doar old friend Tommy being found.
great deal of “gentlemen "introduced into Acting Viceroy Ku of Canton has that grand oration as if to call possible the cloudy weather of war bangs over our Atkins, whom wo love so much when
Gorornment to appoint Mr Wei Han asible were the best way of keeping the
Goods per Polynesien unclaimed after thirperiment would result as she wished obtained the sanction of the Coutral voters "goatlemen" as frequently as pose heads; and who resembles the neglected
date at Noon will be subject to rout and landing charges,
date subject to rent, WRDNESDAY, August 14:-
Ld., ut Club Premises.
THURSDAY, August 15:-
11 8.m.--Auction of Que Marine Triple Expansion Engine, &c., at No. 1, Ke- clamation Street, Yaumati.
SATURDAY, Augnet. 17:-
Noon-Mecting of The Hongkong and
Wêu.
Shanghai Banking Corporation, st the gratifying to the national pride, brings provincial authorities to start & Bureaux for been better prepared for war Nevers do we? Yes! A thousand times yus.!. We
The greater the delusion the more bitter the Chinese Director of the Kowloon-audience up to the mark and weil pleased umbrella of the rainless soun, unhooded Goods per Glenturret not cleared on this the awakening. What the end will be Canton Railway.
with themselves whilst rendering it blind for the time, but a tremendous blessing no-one can, at this juncture, foresee.) A certain Chinese Prince has issued to the real points of the speech; points when the storms are upon us; our deat friend Atkins gets his clothes from. He 5.30p.m. Mooting of Bowling Club, America has simply repeated the mistake instructions to the Viceroys and Glovernors which dealt with the Arty.
of provinces to offer a reward of Tis "Gentlemen," thundered the states.does. Assiredly he does, we are informed, «» made in Russia and, in all probability, 150,000 for the capture of the Redman, "Gentlemen! I say it, gentlemen," At the same time, it is well known that she will have to pay dearly for it. It is a Republican, Dr Sun Tat-son, alias Sun without fear of contradiction, that novor, clothes here will not last like they do at lesson that had to be learnt. Assuming
gentlemen, in the whole course of its home and any deffelenetes must be made
up out of Mr Atkins' pocket. the position of a world-power, thongh
Orders have been issued to the Chinese history, gentlemen, has the British Army
Well, well! We don't care about Atkins,
the diaqussion of constitutional government, gentlemen, has the mining of our do. We all do! We forget Atkins! We Army been more perfect Nover has forget many of our best friends. We are the personnel, the discipline, the physique simply selfish. We are at peace. We are and the morale of our Arny been bettor secure. What is this? The clouds of Never have greater facilities been afforded pence inve` burst and a storm of war is It is stated that H.E. Chén Pilthe soldier for obtaining that efficiency upon us. We cry unto the Lord in our President of the Yuch'umpa, bas
trouble and Ho sonds Thomas Atkins to memorialized the throne, strongly urging
deliver us out of our distress. “Stop in the necessity of making the various minta
front Mijster Atkins," we say. use Yünnan copper only in coining cel
This was a bad bit at the time a the and ten-cash pieces, and to forbid the pur-subject of inadequate range accommodation cluso of foreign copper.
City Holl. MONDAY, August 19:-
Noon-Meeting of Hongkong & Wham pon Dock Co., La., at Co.'s Offices. 3 p.m.-Auction of Leasehold Property at Mc Geo. P. Lammert's Sales Poom.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, TUrsday, August 6, 1907.
with it a number of unforeseen problems and anxietice. In our opinion America has not hitherto gone the right way to work but we bave every trust that the: genius-of that great country will enable her to win throngh. Having put her hand to the plough she cannot look
back.
and deliberative assemblies, which gentry and merchants are to be also invited to
attend.
with his weapons without which
Here a rudo man shouted: "How about ranges ?"
was crenting no small atir in England.
The Statesman patised but for a moment. "Gentlemen," he said, belilly, "Ranges: are out of my range."
Mister Atkins cheerfully does So. ***God bless you, Tommy Atkins, you're- a Soldier and Man!" we quote with enthusiasm.
The persistent rumours and the,
The statement having been published actual araassination of high ofholula focally that immense loss of life was caused THE PHILIPPINES EXPERIMENT who are natives of Manchuria, have set by floods at Tientsin the "Chiness Mail' the Imperial House of China in a state wired their correspondent there and receiv- AMERICAN newspapers profess to be of consternation. Of the four Manched a reply that whilst the floods did damage dumb-founded because the Filipinos Viceroys and Governors who exercised only a few lives have so far been reported at issue for the British Army at that tune niso that if we want a good article we must
as lost.
Yes. A Man! A Man whether in Prace or War! A Man! We recognise you as Mas in War; why not recognise you as
As a Commercial Nation we must recog
was thus missed and the "gentlemen" allowed the feather of national self-pay for it. We are a rich nation and wo must recognise else that, where money is glorification to be drawn serase their eyes the sineys of
WHY. money must be and subsequent generations of voting
Tumultuous applause bus: forth at his scoring this point and the whole "pintaan in Penco!
ÆRATED-majority of members pledged to in-provinces, within the space of barely a
dependence. If this astonishment in which beyond the possibility of any very dall both in import and export and gentlemen have done so ever since, and exponds to get first of all our best
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an assurance from Admiral Dawoy him- sell that this recognition would be given. Admini Dewey denies that any such assurance was given but it is very esident that the Filipinos would not have Our Soda Water is the most extended any assistance to the Americans
can be taken
all sides.
Your fat, eapon-fed, politician at home
they? Deds are required. voices the Nation Words! Words! What
Fortunately the Press also roles the Nation-but-in a different way.
A man reads; thon ha marke; aud again ho lentos; and finally understands.
Though many thousand miles from
have retuned to the Assembly a supreme powers in four of the eighteen
Our Tientsins correspondent writes rontb, two have been aasassinated, guder date of July 20: Trade continues genuine it betrays a vast amount of doubt, tends to show that anarchism there seems no prospect of improvement, Britain holds together.
will do so, doubtless, so long as Great fighting noterial; and secondly feed it. and pay it so that it will give the best -results. political ignorance on the part of our prevails throughout the
but in spite of thin building operations and Empire.
Strangely enough, the same specches are trans-Pacific contemporaries. From the Whatever may be the result of this, and handsome houses are springing up on Unconsciously politicians who make them
improvements of all kinds are going forward
reported to-day, and day after day any very first American rule has been un-one thing is certain and that is it is a To step which should prompt the Chinese
are quite right so far as the officers and popular in the Philippine Islands.
The address from the Community to tea of the Army are concorated. That is gain a proper understanding of the Fili-Government to keep the promise made
H.E. Sir Matthew Nathan has safely as regards the excellence of our material. pino point of view we have to go back Travelling Commission that a constitu- Hon. Mr E. A. Hewett Sir Matthew Nathan good material is studied closely and the to the public on the return of the rosebed its destination. In a note to the If, however, their managen.out of such to the time of the Spanish-Americaution would be granted. From latest writes as follows:-Tho nidress arrived great method of "how not to do it" looked London, the case of our Military here raty War. Aguinaldo, who at that time was information from the Capital it appears here at the end of last week. "The covers into, then, indeed, some questicas might tanvel thoso, miles and be taken up by in rehellion against Spain, always that the Empress, under the advice of are a beautiful piece of work and the be asked both in and out of Parliament some ONL who, forgetting politics, claimed that he gave assistance to Yuan Shi Kai, bak summoned the number of Signatures makes me very which would tend towards the founing of will try honestly to do his duty
pleased and rather proud." the Imperial
some schemo in which how to do it, and as regards the pay of Admiral Dewey on the distinct under-Imperial family to
our Army. sacestral temple to have administered
The week and train to Peituibo, which | how to do it well, would form the primary The Givil Servants lave received standing that when the victory was
certain amount of financial satisfaction. the premier position for excel- gained a Filipino Republic would be to the one intention, and that is to Sunday night in time for Monday morn
oaths such as will bind them ons and leaves here on Friday night and returns object and in
Although the Army is the Puliament's Our Military Servants should surely now lence in the Far East. Made recognisel. He asserted that he lind agree to n constitutional Government, nt, being well patroniaad, and the from your to year by the tray Armant know only too well "How not to do it? ing office, is, says our Tientsin correspond. own, legalised and laught inle boing be treated with equal consideration. We with the greatest care and with
for fear lest Prinees should object to arrangement ande by Director Chow is Act, the Public is as blind to this as only at those at Home-al posibly here?- the finest materials procurable;
such a change. With a representative greatly appreciated. Fifteen left for the our British Public can be to matters of show "How to do it" with justice to our they supply a pleasing variety
Government the Empress expects that sea side on Friday last but owing to floods importance. The Public is as blind soldiers. Is there any reason why they
toxlay as it was in the days of the should not? all difference between Chinese and on the line the night train did not run Crimes. Soldiers of the King we dah our and Most
Manchus will be settled and the terrors Sunday and the party did not return till warriors and we love to have it so ;]
THE ANARCHY SCARE. which are daily driven into the hearts this afternoon,
woll knowing in our hearts that our of high Manchu officials will be stopped. Typhoon Warning.
soldiers are the servants of the Parliament Reported Murder of Governors. Up-to-date whole daily leverage that had they known that all that was to be Whether such su espectation can be
and should receive all the attention and help The following telegram has been that Parliament can afford. Do they get gained was a change of masters. Thus realized or not, the future, after the received by the U.S. Consul General from these advantages It can hardly be con-
On Saturday we received a telegram from American control of the Philippine grant of the constitution, will show. In Manila, dated August 5th, at 5 Pacientiously urged that they do. So-called that Governor Lun Fu ef Shinkiang Province our Peking correspondent to the effect Our Lemonade, Orange Islands had its beginning undor a cloud. a telegram from the Peking correspond-
"Probably typhoon East Northern Luzon.”
Service members are few and far between has been shot by the Magistrate of 1. Tiu." Champagne, Raspberryade, The national disposition of the Filipinos ent of our native saue, the "Chinese
and the consequoneo is in peace time that, The information appeared in the CHINA- B.M.S. Britomart left here yesterday besides God Boing forgotten, the soldier Man on the same day. The following Lemon Squash, etc., possess is to brood over wrongs fancied and Mait," it was stated that Viceroy Yuan the tet: Havour of the finest real. Some of them may have seen to be the place to deal with all matters cruiser Bruix left Woosung for Vladivostock condition as a whole. Still individuals out added that both Governor Shum Chun
Shi Kai proposes the Long Yun Yun for Shanghai. The German gunboat itis slighted and officially neglooted,
It is with regret that we note that the morning, otla telegrams reached the left Shanghai on, July 31 the French Fresh Fris and are perfectly that material advantages have fallow appertaining to the proposed constitu-
Colony is not at present in a prosperous Colony confirming the shore report and Secret pure and wholesom
ed the advent of the Americans and that tion and that Prince Ching be appointed arrived at Shanghai from River ports on would be unheard of. We refer to the hun-Viceroy of Canton) and
on July 31; H.M. .s. Feal and Kinsha here enjoy salaricson paper which at home Ming (brother of Shum Chum Hsen, the We would draw special attenthe real interest of the Filipinos is to be head of the Yup. In the meantime, July 31; the German gunxats Tiger and blest positions, Official and Unofficial. In Yan Sat, Invo been assassinated. Fo tion to Our Lime Fruit Cham-
found in accepting things as they are. Viceroys Tuan Fang and Shum Sau are Vorworts wore at Kiukiang én July 28; every cuso, with the exception of the view of the gravity of the situation, But it has to be remembered that the frightened out of their wits both of the Chinese revenue cruiser Chunting loft Army, some suitable advance in slay is we wired Shanghai, Puking and · Tiontsu |pagne, which has the pleasant
great bulk of the Filipinos are only semi-thews are Manchus the former being Shanghai on August 1: the German made for those who leave the Old Country for further particulars, and bito in the characteristics of the finest Lime civilized; that as a matter of preference Viceroy of Liangkiang and the latter, gunboat Tiger arrived at Shanghai from for this distant outpost,
In speaking of a class It is better perhosing replies :--:
efternoon yesterday, we received the follow- Viceroy of the Minchi provinces. Tuau Blankow on August 1. they would sooner fight than work.
to refer generally to those members of it who
From Tientsin. dater Angust 4. 19.20. Fang was so alarmed (for who knows The Murdar Charge
are the most numerous. They may be said Nature has been so prodigal in those that one of his subordinates might not
p.nr. Lun Fu, Governor of Shinking, The charge of the murder of the to suggest tho Ruic. There are a few excep. wounded." Our Dry Ginger Ale is a
favoured itles that the primitive wants be an anarchist,) that he is reported to Chinew foreman of Beasts A. 3. Watson tions to such. Buis naturally, but these are From Shanglu, dated August 4, 6. pap. beverage of delightful flavour
of man can be supplied at the minimum have sent back his family to Peking and Co.'s soda water factory, proforred few and far between. Urged en hy the "Reported murder of Shum Chan Ming, and Yan Sau anfounded." "Assasination and aroma.
of exertion. There is no luducement and to have menorialised to be relieved against five suolies, was continued at the bitter cry of the Government Civil Servants, of Lim Funo partientars, No reply
rise in the price of ovarything during the for men whose testes are rudimentary of office. What drives the most terror ngistracy this afternoon, hafors Mr E. Anduced by the rise of the deer and theirs rone from Peking.Chinese Mail.
auce in Des Voeux Road and saw the enquire whether there could by any pos
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aro servants of the Government-one the latter was caught the foreman struck trouble amongat Government Military Alain Din sued Munshi Gulbark, in the and no doubt, look Ick to the "good heing a superintendent of Police, the him and thon. the first defondant ran out sorvants. We find these gallant defenders Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Our Stone Ginger Beer old days" when the slothful Spaniard other a magistrate. The telegram from under a vemradau and stubbed the of ours in far worse plight owing to the Court this afternoon, before His Honour Os, Snow Hill, Hollers Fidus, z.. since its introduction, has been exercised a sway, which was hardly which we reproduced on Saturday foreman. The foreman foll down and the D. J. KEYNER & Co., 3, Whitefriars Ch. 1.0. MATHER & CROWTHER, Eta, steadily growing in popular more than nominal, over them. The containing the information that the two coolies ran away.
adjourned. American point of view is so utterly Governor of San Kian Province, (n divergent from that of. the Filipinos place in. the out-of-the-way corner A Robber Caught.
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The case was
above causes and their effect upon alaries. Mr A. G. Wiss (Puise Judgo), for 8151.81. already at a minimum and paid upon a Mr E. J. Grist appeared for the plaintiff sterling basis,
| mud stated that plaintia was a contractor For service in the Colony we gather that on the railway works and employed a private soldier or a non-commissioned defengiant as his clerk.. Plaintif paid his We confidently state that no
that outsiders, who inevitably see inore known to the Chinese ns New Some twelve months ago two robbers officer up to warrant ranks gets absolutely clerk $151.81 for the purpose of paying FAYRE & Co., 18 Bus de la Grang Aerated Water Factory in the
of the game, anticipated what has just Dominion, in Manchuria,) is necessarily broke into a house at a village nur Tuipo nothing beyond his Europena pay. How coolies' wages, but defendant had not paid AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW to-date appliances, thus assuring expected that the Filipinos would be so
World is more replete with up-happened. Apparsally the Americans wegre owing to the distances of the and attacked the uninto a Chinaman ever, let us stick to the most numerous the coolies. Ho had appropriated. the
tragedy. No doubt full details will cutting him with a chopper and burning military class the Private Soldier. It money to his own use.
Plaintiff having detailed the cou him with a torch. As the victim refunct appears that ho gets ons skilling per diem 1
In addition he gets Zeepence for messing stanges of paying over tho money, defendant the highest degree of purity and full of gratitude to them for in
to disclose the whereabouts of his monoy, and kit allowance per diem with sorvise get into the box. Ile-admitted receiving OLYLON 1-W. S&Co., Ta freedom from any form of con-creasing their material prosperity that
In the Wreck of a Chinese special train the two robbers carried him to his daughter pay ranging from fourponce to sevenpence 8200, with which to pay wages on the Canadian Pacific Railway near in-law's residence, some distance off. She according to his military ability and length for 10 mos, and he pail them. The SINGAPORE, STRAITS, &:-KLEY a tamination,
they would acquiosce in the loss of the Winnipeg on June 20, ten Chinamon wore was threatened and, funting similar il- of sorvido,
receipt book did not show tho independenso for which they had killed, also the guard, O'Connor. Many treatment to that which had been metod Now let us examine the case of a man amounts, paid, but defendant, produced out to her father-in-law, tho woman polat out here upon, say one shilling and nine list of his payments, showing that to Itam fought so long and so strenuously, were injured. A: S. WATSON 00., Even the optimistic Mr Taft is
of to a drawer in which the robbers found ponce por diem and let us suppose that his Ali (mother clerk) he paid $45.00 odd, represented as being ilerly taken TVBEN you have pains in the small of $76. They took this and decamped. No servico dellar is two shillings and threo-As thio Puisno: Judge could not got to LIMITED,
the baci, dempen a piece of thick arrests were mado until recently when the pence, Roughly his romutomation in the bottoms of it ou defendant's statement aback by this exbibition on the part of homol slightly with Chamberlain's Pain pclics arrosted a suspect who was charged saventy-eight cents a day, an
Ah your politician will a5; "Buy Hongkong, China & Manila, the Filipinos of a desire for comploto Bali and bird is an over the pad of pain, bofore Mr H. II. J. Gompertz at the
and quick relief will follow. For sale by Magistracy to day. & Lensand sensgranted, Gentlemen, ha gets his food you know ! freedom, But Mr Taft and the American all chemists sad storekeepers Hongkong, July 27, 1907.
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