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pro being demolished as rapidly "There is every prospect that with our v Septemba, at 81 Woll- buen." The Peak, to Mud Mrs GEORGE possible. When all these things are almost certain conquest of the patho LANCING, a daughter.
considered it would certainly seen ne logic conditions that exist in those there were some justification for sup-regions their utility to mankind will illness, at the Pouk Hospital, at 11.40 on posing that the Throne had accepted civilizations than now occupy those bo vastly increased and that higher
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VANSTONE After a long and painful Sunday morning, the 22nd inst, LIZZIE VAN the inevitabile not only because it was STONE, the bared wit of Jamus Van- stone, caretaker, Zotland Ledge, aged 43 yens, Deeply regretted.-Portsmouth papers please copy.
MEMOS FOR TOMORROW!!
Miscellaneous.
Goods per Benmoka undelivered after
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General Memoranda, WEDNESDAY, September 25
5.30 p.m.-Mesting of Kowloon Cricket Goods por Ocean not deared at 4 p.m.
Club, at Cricket Ground.
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FRIDAY, September 27-
lands will be developed. We may not
FATALITY IN QUEEN'S SQUARE.
PERSIA.
MOROCCO.
Prospects of Peace,
(Exclusive Bervice, supplied by Reutersi sia Bombay).
Allaying Popular Fears.
(Exclusive Service, rupplied by Reuter, via Bombay, LONDON, September 21.
LONDON, September 21. Reúter's correspondent at Telcran
At the request of the tribes Generał states that the Persian Goverment Dradis, in command of the French bas communicatod to Parliament a
troops in Morocco, has prolonged the memorandam explaining the Anglo- oxisting truce and has also extended Russian agreement.
the time limit for definitely answering the peace terms.
Both Great Britain and Russia had
seat Perein a memorandum of the
wards allaying the popular suspicion that England and Russia intended to divide Porata.
(From Our Correspondent.)
Suasana, September 23, Mr W. E. Favorite, one of the assist- ants in the employ of Messrs Mustard aut Company, died on Saturday evening at the Recreation Ground while playing
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
met at the Legislative Council Chamber baseball. under the presidency of Sir Frederick This afternoon the College of Medicine
Laugars and re-elected the Hou, Mr F. H. May as Rector.
expedient to do so bat because of a be able to look on the tropics us a realisation that the welfare of the permanent home for the best of the dynasty and the Empire were only to be ruling white races, oven two or three preserved by hastening reforma. The centuries honce, but there is hardly lesson of the late war has probably coa-much more habitable and useful than any question but that they will be tributed in a great measure to bring they have been in the past," about this change of opinion-assuming always that there really has been a change. The Chinese saw two alion powers fighting for the possession of
This morning a fatality occurred in what provinces to which neither of them had is known as Queen's Square-near Queen's the shadow of a title. But she was un-and one of the coolies was struck, ap agreement, in order to contribute to- Statue, Two rickehus not at a fair speed able to even protest. This brought parently on the spleen, aut fell down bome to the Chinese Court the degrad-dead in his tracks, ing workness of the country and this left lying in
With Oriental callousness he was the middle of the 3 p.tn.Auction of Leseshold Property,
has been the more emphasised by the mad. A Sikh, with the usual business. at Messze Hughes & Hough's Sales recent treaties and understandings en-like style of Sikhs, ultimately up- Rooms, 5.30 p.-Meeting of Hongkong Foot-tered into by Japan. In each of these coolie into custody and marched, hit off.
proached and took the other ricksha FATALITY AT SHANGHAI. ball Club, at Hongkong Botel. treaties the "integrity of China" is leaving the dead Chinaman in the roadway. guaranteed. Elsewhere to-day we pub-informed before sunvono sie along and It was over an hour aspi a half-wo are lish a telegram which states that China removed the dead man. In the meantime 650 p.m.-Macting ef llongkong St. Au- has protested to America in regard to the corpse was the subject of much curios ty
drew's Society in City Hall, SATURDAY, September 28-
these treaties. What precise good such
to the passing Chinose. Noon-Meeting of Douglas Steamship a protest will do is not evident but it is
Co.. Id., at Co.'s Office. SUNDAY, September 29:---
easy to understand the feeling which Transfer Book of The Dairy Farm Co., prompted it. No greater humiliation Ltd.. close from this data to 14th Oct., could be inflicted upon a country than for a number of other powers, without cousulting the entry in question, to guarantee its integrity. China has been treated as a negligible quantity and she resenta it. And what she resents Bare is that this guarantee by Great Britain, Japan, France and Russia is, in effect, confirming those countries in the possession of those parts of Ching which they now possess. Each one of these Atarose the opinions of the man on countries holds portions of territory the sport are usually of greater value which China claims but by these treaties than those of the remote observer this China is prevented from attempting to Ges not always hold true. Proximity come by her own again. Li, as we have to wint is being studied sometimes suggested, these facts have really resalts in a loss of scuse of perspective awakened the Throne to the pressing presiding at anch a weeting has more a which is fatal to sound judgment. We necessities of the Empire then a better day are led to these conclusions by noting is dawning for Chion. Whatever the the attitude which is taken up by the ultimate effect may be we may express American prese in reference to the reform the hope that our Americau contorn- rovement in China. Many authorities,porary nuded above is right when it in the Far East, basing their opinion on declares that "the Government of China their knowledge of his character has entered in perfect good faith on the gained from first hand observation, are path of reform." inclined to regard the recent Eliets
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BONGKONG, MONDAY, ABPINNER 23, 1907.
AMERICAN VIEWS ON CHINA.
which show a leaning towards reform,
Many people incline to the belief with cynical reserve They think that that white races will never succeed in these Ediets are inspired, not by agnining a permanent foothold in tropî- genuine belief that the time has come cal countries.
A writer in the
There was a large attendance of doctors, licentiates of the college and students. re-election of the Hon. Mr F. H. May The Hon. Dr Ho Kai, in proposing the
referred to the keen interest shown by Mr May during his five years' rectorship.
Mr Kwan King Leng seconded and Mr Wong Chung Yik supported the proposition, which was unanimously enrried, aunist enthusiasm."
Death was due to heart failure.
WAR HONOURS.
Distinguished Japanese Rewarded.
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Tonvo, September 23. The following special war houours
students und licentiates, for his re-election, The Hon. Mr May replied, thanking the While deprecating the very inttering remarks of the Hon. Dr Ho Kai, the have been announced:
colloge in futuro. Rector promised to do all he could for the
to which Sir Frederick wunarkod that Dr Koch proposed a vote of thanka to His Excellency for presiding, in answer
College of Medicion was an institution in plensure than a duty-for the Chinese which he had the very deepest and most cordial sympathy.
LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.
terday afterquORS.
H. M. S. Flora canie out of dock yes.
Yesterday afternovu four torpedo des- trayera came into port from the north
Marquis Yamagata, Marquis Ito and
Marquis Oyama are created Princes.
A FRANCO-CANADIAN TREATY.
Signed at Paris.
(Exclusive Service, supplied by Reuter, .vis Bombay).
LONDON, September 21. A tronty bolwean Franco und Canada was signed at Paris yesterday: The treaty provides numerous mutu- al tariff concessions.
[REUTER'S SERVICE} THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN AGREE- MUNT.
Important Provisions.
LONDON, September 20, It is stated in St. Petersburg that the Anglo-Russian Convention gua rantees Great Britain against Russian extensions on the Persian Gulf and recognises British predominance in Afghanistan which Britain agrees not to use as a place of arme against Russian possessione.
and Russia will be allowed to enter The Buddhist subjec's only of Britain
Tibet, if desirous of seeing the Dalai Lama, but in exception is made of the valley temporarily occupied by Great
Count Inouye, Count Matsukata,
created Marquises. Count Katsura and Count Kodzu are. Britain.
Baron Yamamoto, Admiral Togo,
ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION
Baron Kuroki, Baron Oka and Baron Comments of the British Preas Nogi are created Counts.
Baron Komura and Lient-General ferauchi are created Viscounts.
LONDON, September 20.
The London papers generally onu. tiously discues a Russian forecast of [Princes Yamagata, Ito and Oyaum are
the Anglo-Rassian Convention, and too well known for any recapitulation of consider that if the forecast is true, & their services to be necessary. Marquis bad bargain, and one absolutely without The Changsha arrived from Australia Inouye is one of the Elder Statesmen and benefit to Great Britain has been made. today with full general cargo, fullWho's Who in the Far East," which They denounce the failure to protect passenger list, 56 Chinese and 11 Japanese.gives details about all the statornion and the integrity of the Persian people, The voyage was a fair one throngbout. generals mentioned above, states that which the Liberals Liberal papers) necompanied Prince Ito ou his scoret visit.
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ORIENTAL IMMIGRATION TO CANADA.
A comprebuzive report (the twentieth to Eugland in 1864. Marquis Matsukuta dolara ia tantamount to the destruction for China to adopt better methods of gor-"Journal" of the American Medical annual) comes from the Vancouver Boudis President of the Japanese Red Cross the nation at the moment of its ernment and administration, but by a Association combats this viow. While of Trude, satting forth Vancouver's work Society. Marquis Katsum was Prime revival. sinister resolve to hoodwink, not only not altogether agreeing with the reform and is illustrated with handsome Marquis Nodzu commanded the Fourth during 1906-7. The report is in pamphlet Minister of Japan during the war and the people of China, but the whole world, only expressed opinion of Colonel views which make the dweller in the Army in Manchuria.
Gorgas that within the next two or tropics thirst for a swell of snow-laden This view is not taken by most of the
three centuries the tropical countries American papers which have devoted which offer a much greater return for
breezer.
attention to the subject. For example man's labour than the temperato zones
Count Yamamoto was Minister for the Navy during the war, Count Togo of course was Naval Command- er-in-Chief and Counts Kuroki, Oku and, Files to hand from Australia to-day Nogi were in command of the 1st, 2nd and show that W. P. Crick, the notorious 3rd Armies, respectively. Viscount. Ko-
· WHISKY. the New York "Commercial Bulletia "will be settled by the white races, this solicitor and ex-Minister for Lands in the aura was Minister for Foreign Affairs and in a recent leading article on the Future writo" says that the possibility of the the roll, account of his connection with Viscount Terauchi was Minister for War in N. S. W. Assembly has been struck of later Sonior Pears Plenipotentiary and of China declared that all the indications equatorial regions becoming the centre the Land scandals. He was also ordered the Katsura Cabinet.Er., C.M.) point to the Empress-Flowager being in of population and civilization cannot to pay costs. earnest in her desire to bring about thobe dented a priori. To quote:-"The great strides made by medical science
stupendous changes which free Govern-
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WU TING FANG.
A telegram has been received at Canton from Peking saying that it is-again pro posed to soud the Hon. Wu Ting Fang to Washington as Chinese Minister.
HONGKONG AND SMUGGLED ARMS.
PERING, September 16. There is snuggling of urus and ammuni tion in Hongkong and the Wadwupa bas wired Chen Yi-fan, the Charge d'Affaires in
do su
LONDON, September 20. Council has resolved Hindoo labour and on advocating a The Winipeg Dominion Trade Labour
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oo opposing
The Vancouver Minister, Mr Temple man, and the labour leader, Mr Smith, have made speeches declaring that Asiatic immigration must be regulated by negotiations between the Govern- ments of Japan and India.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN MEXICO.
LONDON, September 20, Forty-one passengers have been killed and thirty-four injured in a collision of an express and a freight train at Encarnacion, in Mexico.
PLAGUE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Loxnes, September 20. Thirty-five cases of bubonic plagua
Twenty more suspects are under observation.
CHINA'S PARLIAMENT.
on the face it probable but, as we bare whether the white man can retain hiastakor at the Masonic Hall and Tyler of nendor, to ask the British Government to affirmed on many occasions, we conceive physical stamina and energy through death of his wife, after a long and painful strictly prohibit the smuggling and the bare ecuried in San Francisco, of
the Lodges, will regret to hear of the instruct the Govornor of Hongkong to it to be the height of unwisdom to be residence in the tropics for many illness, at the Peak Hospital on Sunday British Government has consonted to which twenty have proved fatal to date. dogmatic in regard to Chinese politica gecorations, and whether the more list. The funeral took place this morning, Still there is no barm in considering conquest of pathologic germs is all the service being conducted by the Res. what are the facts upon which a belief that is required. The productivoness in the old residents' ground, the deceased
F. T. Johnson. The internout took place THE NEW CANTON VICEROY. in the genuineness of the Empress of tropical regions is of iteolf a dras having been for 22 yesen a resident of the (From Our Currespondent.) Dowager's new-found zeal for reform
back. The average man works only Colony.
CANTON, September 21. is built up. Recent Mlicts, it is true,
from necessity, and what renders mero
LONDON, September 21. The rival of H. E. Chang, was not Our Wachow correspondent writes under $15.00.ave been as advanced in sentiment as
oxistence the easier does not necessari- date of Sept. 20:-Wachow has sustained He is to take nor the seals of his office projected Government Conneil which is A Peking edict appoints Prince attended by any special demonstration. Pulun and another as Presidents of a. ly tond to the higher development of a very sad loss in the death of Mr Tipton, tontorrom were those issued by the Emperor in the race. Sir Charles Dilke, the writer wife of Rev. J. Tipton, of the Americau 1898, kind. which led to lais practical rominds us, once called the banana the this morning very suddenly after a very Hankow Railway in overy way that he can
to be formed as a Baptist Mission. Mrs Tipton passed aw to push the construction of the Canton.
I am informed that he comes determined regular parliament."
preliminary to n dethonement. If these Edicts really curse of the tropics, and held that where brief illness. She was much respected by With that in view he has made speciai A. 3. WATSON & 00, illustrate the mental outlook of the Imit abounded human progress and ambi-all who knew her. The loss is keenly and careful investigation into the manage
perial lady who still guides the destinies tion dieappeared. There is enough felt in Missionary oizoles. Much sympathyment of the Feking-Hankow Railway. LIMITED,
of China there is little more to be truth in this to make it unlikely that is felt for the breased husband and It is to be hoped that he will also bring Great Britain, including railway men, said. But the diets do not stand the tropics will be the leading centres
his official influence to bear upon the flaxworkers, patern makers, the ship-
children.
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STRIKES IN GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, September 21. Numerous strikes are threatening in
gow, and the shoemakers in Norwich. It is believed that this siguies a general labour unrest.
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