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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1907
THE VOLUNTEER CONCERT.
$130,00 towards the Matos insurrection doubt Loodlumis would soon disap-CHINA AND THE CULT in 1902-3. It was admitted by the pene. No man-especially the man in
OF THE COLOSSAL
The conditions were delightful for turo, at No. 11, Austin Avenue, Kow-company that the money was paid to the street-liker to be held up to
ridicule or contempt, and it
open air concert last night and us the ię the insurgents but it was claimed that
| progaanime rivalled the weather the enjoy. contempt that is going to kill the Ubina in argus oyed. Within a wollment atorded these who altended war- it was a forced levy: that Matos had light of fancy of Demos when that defined and limited sphore she is quick great. Interest was centred in the re control of the territory in which the power of oxaggeration is to he killed. and keen and intent to make the most and appearanes of Mes A. G. Gordon on the company's property is situated and that, All the same the Briton can scarcely but of every silustion that arises and to concert platform, and it must be indeed as the Carnens Gerernment could not
throw brinks at the Ballingbun hood. turn to acerent all its dircumstances, flattering to her to be told that a great Jums at the nine period Britons From the earliest days of Western many present spacially to hear her wern give it efficient protection, it had to were doing their test to drive Asiaties intercouree, when Canton was the only those who are saldom been ut concerts. subtail to be blackmailed by the in-out of British Columbia.
open port and restriction al monopoly Mre Cordon is the powestor of a marvellous the guiding principle of conucrve opted and sympathy, and her rendition of contralto voice, full of beauty, tendences, alike in East and West, Chinn fuas watched jealously the nature and extent of all praise. It was regretos that the singer "Kathleen Mavourneen" was beyond inports that are
said by her own had to decline to respond to the rociferous authorities to drain the wantry of its ancoro with another sang, though no doubt silver."
5.30 1.0).-Meting of Corinthian Yacht
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11a.m.-Auction of 10 Duz. Slazenger's Racquets, do at Messrs Heghos & Hough's Balos Rooms, WEDNESDAY, October 25-
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surgents. American exchanges to hand
by the last mail were very indignant
One of the recent itetas of news with Castro. Ho is described as "a dis- from Peking indicates that proposals turber of the world's peace," this preda-havo been under consideration by the ccousmuntebank on the Caribbean" and propor high authentics at the capital which, if once adopted, could not fail by other unflattering phrases. Nodoubt the Belgian capitalists will recognize sweeping and momentous changes in to lead in process of time to the most with gladness that the United States is the entire system of administration fully persuaded of the necessity of sour throughout the smpire of Chine, and, ing from Castro some pretence of legality it is also safe to prophesy, would do aur justice and will overlook the fact more than most things cls to promote national well-being. Out of what is the stability of the empire and the known as the missionary question in China has arisen a situation which, according to the advanced reforming
at Mr Goo. P. Lammert's Sales Foom, that this consciousness did not develop until American intervets were at stake. Castro has performed an act for which he shoebe erally thanked by the
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sho did quite right in rosorving her voice
The problems of railway construction on for her second appearance in the latter a gigantic scale is now before the minds of half of the programme when sho sang material, of highly-paid westem oversight latter as an ancore, as only Mri Gordon cas the leading native statesmen. The cost of "Sunshine and Rain," and "Becauso," the in engineoring of locomotives and other sing them. which also great industrial nations will not undoubtedly Mr Jakt's violin solo. We rolling stork, Do contemplated outlay from The next gem on the programine was it to derive large het, is not viewed have all hand, and sang, Mr Joki's praises with equanimity."
so often that it becomes difficult to avoid cancellor schemes for avoting the hard plinases. Mr Jokt sorainly excellent him- From the perturbed minds of the native repenting ourselves without using atcok
foreign control, and railway caterprise in know that bis last public appearance was necessity of railway construction under self last night, and it must please him to China for the large benefit of the West, the means of so much pleature to so many, are evolved.
We are losing much more than most of ve
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Feking for the establishment at Wuchnug, is satisfaction in knowing that Mr Joh! The antive pupets outline proposals made think in Me Jokl's departure, but there
Hupeh, or a onllossal nilway contre leaves us in well-earned promotion, and whore railway in shall be manufactured in his futum place will please others as he specint character wherein uon-by Chinese workinen from material dog has pleasău. Chinese properly accredited, mayin uso mines by Chinese miners, and
Mr Claxton's first appearance on the 9pear with Chinese to assist in in-
will
hier tis Trosidentin chair in one revented in the seizure of the Philbo bind to the fact that its coner-blue."
pines entitle us." Good old Hobson.
where also rolling stock of all kinds shall platform when he sang "The Stor tigating and assessing matters in trained workers. The proposals are in- in the fubwo when used to nervousness. be built for the nation's railways by its own Fiend was a plossing one, and no doubt Tispusti It is affirmed that the instructive as showing that China is alert, will do great things with his voice. stitution of such courts where procedulatious, and not without confidence in
The violin, 'cello, and piano trio (Messm Pearson Hobson is this the kissing Western lines, could not fail to remove the rut if avay to help to sway the in his item "Nirvana" hotter than he has
ure would be modelled on the approved elf Step by step Wostom civilisation Joki, Kovni; and Grimble) went we
has become an object of ardent desire on nicely and was encored. Mr Mooro sang whilst it would also tend always to race are nu mere antervalued in China enenred, when he again did well. the causes of fuel dissatisfaction, nation's destinies. Its last gifts to the done before in public and was doservedly
aly so in influenes in Chinn aud rób bor of that scampista mnguate characteristic of Geining them are nearly always as to the famibal, Walter Benedetto, Fred Car, avert the the frequently recurring than in the West. Questions raised con The comics and sosio-couries were Messrs predominant share in Asia's cousmerte
the prevent
means of securing, not as to tho desibility and Leckie, and all dir well and met with conditions. It to which nature and nature's love, as
or the necessity. Discussion concerns the encores. The last two owing to the < fur more, but China cannot how and the when, not the "to be or not Inteness of the hour and length of the
programme did not respond. quences will not be coulined to any
Lendurs in the new China hare, however,;
The Baud played batter at this concer It is no interesting coincidence that particular sphere. Administration of to learn from history in the West-and the than at the last, but there is still room for at the time the fint effectiva stop to
law in Courts and by forms of procedereintion of industrial pre-antionce himprovement when tuning the roeds. with a mhash os be can find in the banish opium from common use is taken ure modelled on those of the West, if evolution which the East is as slow to not been without relation to other kinds of
WU TING FANG'S OPINIONS. The President of Venezuela, in the old world an equally important achmitted at all, must needs herdmitt realise as the West is luckward in its law is enacted in a grent American od wisely, and in due then such understanding of the East. We are all
Wu Ting Fang, (who leares Hongkong State to stop the manufacture and Fate proceduro must displace the old slow to understand processes, and reluctant shortly for Washington) has containted poker 19 greater over them that of aneinal or mechanical purposes. It is dicace qucation in Peking legal reforms
Jourand," in which he tries to explain Leome of thewonditious in China with which Fontenle sevign He named office noteworthy that in both the old and the in China may be long discussed-with-ndering now industrial situations and the outside world is more or less familiar. ra 1891 and beune constitutional Pre- new world these decisive steps against sident in 1905. In 1911 a new President the perpetuation of labits of unhealthial is ay posed to be elected but it may be by greatdemonstrations in favour of the and demoralizing effect were grated new ers. In the chief cities of both
these states be there for life unless other aspiratilor the position get the upper hand on he has to fly the country
Treasury
Sewer Castro, smule driver, is an ex-
celent example of a President whose of alcohol, except for legitimate, wedi perniciouaayatom of things. Like the ants allow for the time element Certain article tothe "World's Chinese Studens
assemed
unless Castro estranges the
will be continued in office. There are
ways of bringing about this result with
outstanding facts should, however, prove suggestive to
the Chinese statesmen
out pretical issue, and like the audience problems. question reform of the administration of queues su vast that appareatly fruitless law holds in it possibilities and coose?+
discussion is likely to continue for years
He claims that most of the trouble occur ring in his country have arisen from riots
directed against missionaries, and quotes
Tring the last. Uirou docle thina is Amerien. Their use is established and there would be no foreign complications. bought, in ever increasing antities, cloaks and watches from England and affect that if there were no missionaries, saying of foreigners in China to the well nigh general in the provinces. Is This the ex-Minister diplomatically refuses
which Castro is quite familiar and he has outward indication ef rejoicing. The abuses Bhat now hinder sound prograstructed in all its parts by Chinese-wore sent by the Chinese to foreign lands
hot as yet girm any indication of squamishness in adopting means which
Powers have doomed oplam: it remains in Chiou.
to be seen whether the other American
LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.
there were 2868 houses linewashed, of During the work emlett September 24
actions of the Venezuelans, that be China soil Georgia there were proces. [and decades until the tide of reform rises not, however, a fact that as far the to either endorse or deny, but he argues
sions of pleased citizens, hands of sufficiently high to sweep irresistibly Chinese have not leaned to mufacture as folie: music, decorated streets and other forward, carrying with it those ancient clocks and watches? They pair thou
But let us put the show on the other well enough, but a clock or a satch cou-foot and supposes Confucina missionaries natite product which serves the purposes with the avowed purpose of gaining of a clock or watch-- does not, in the best proselytes, ant that these missionaries of our knowledge and belief, exist in the established themselves in New York, Tim China will one day maku clocks anti public mootings, and opened schools. It eighteen provinces.
The fret, and fact it is, spunks volumes.cities, and that they built temples, held Philadelphia, San Francisca, and other
watebes to competo with the finished manu-woukl not be stange if they should gather": factured time-pieces of Geneva or Coventry around them a crowd of men and women is almost certain. The time is not yet; and children of all classes and conditions. nor will it be hastened by the setting forth If they wew to begin their work by or acceptance of proposals for doing such making vehement attacks un the doctrines work in a colossal scale. It is a question of Christianity, denouncing the cherished of wil development under moral c
institutions of the country, or going out of and ready adaptation ditions, as well as of ambitious endeavour their way to ridicule the Inalions of the forsiga models, day and perhaps giving a learned discourse-
than harmless purposes.
It is difficult to see how the Court
which 2047 ware in the Eastern District.
States follow the lead of Georgia in are not quite legal to achieve his ends.enneting legislation which will really Secure in the sudor of the Monroe prohibit the use of alcohol for allier Detrine Curstore been posing as a palot for when the might of all Eumpe has no lerrors
A few years Martial in regard to the grounding of ngo he practically had defience to all 1. M. 8. Florn could have had the Popean Fisers, particularly Great different termination. The evidence Britain and Germany, and he suffered showed that entering the harbour on nothing as a result of his temerity.& night such as that described by Que recently he repudiated a debt of many of the witnesses was necessarily shows the water to bof excellent quality,The same is true in respect of railways and on the evil effects of vursets upon the.
four million dolles which he admitted
3
Dering the quarter ended September 30 three samples of both gin and pert wine And one ample of milk were oxmained, all being found to be madulterated.
The analysis of the water in the Pokfulum. Tytam and Kowloon services
there being no trace of sownge.
A special jury will he let at the Criminal Sessions this month to consider the charge of muvier preferred against
Willion Hall Adsetts, who was committed for trial on Wednesday Inst.
hazardow and the fact that the buoy Splits.ith cynical sukness was due to
to which so much importance was attached was incorectly marked on Belgium but which he asserted he had the chart was undoubtedly an excul- no intention of paying. 1le has been pating circumstance. Ουτ naval more instruments than any other single officers are a body of men of whom indricinal in winging home to the wo bave very reason to be protid and Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, There wero 386 European and 157 American peopk that there is something now that the facts connected with and 150 European sud 1,955 Chinese besides grandewin the doctrine that the Flois mishap have been made visitors to the Museum during the week
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RIOTING AT NANKAN.
What would be the consequences if, instead of taking hostile demonstrations of this chameter philosophically, they should On the Gill October serent tons of ken their temper, call in the sit vĩ tho city from Nankan-haion. The government ment at Washington, fox official inter- thousands of bandits attacked Kanelow-fupotice, and report the case in the govora troops at Kanchon defeated the bandits, forence? I vails believe that such netion of the tingleaders and captured motiur of would render the missionaries so obnoxious killing several hundred and also killed ond the ringleaders,
to the Aracrican people as to put an end to The mortality statistics for the week | Catholic priests to Chini-fu. On the way
The government trumps have ecorted the their usefulness, and that the American ended September 21 shows that the death the bandits discovered this and followed nito per thousand for the civil population and attacked them but the bandits were of the Colony was 16.4 agaiust 20.9 for the bands Lad 1,000 igen killed,
reputed by the government troeps. The corresponding period last year. For the Many American pepers owed with
Chinese population it was 19.3 against 38-4 a Spanish-Amerian state can indulge considerable disfaveur hattaess
and for the entire Colony 18.6 ngainat 34.7.- in axek hercies to the top of his bent which were made upon the Hindus at!
In yesterday's isno wa montioned the without fear of paishment. But Castro Bellingham (Washington) details of high rate to which the price of what bus is going a little too far. The Govern-which we cabled to Hongkong at the ison, and apa inquiring to-day as to the stock of four in the colony wo ascorbinet mentof the United States may not lose time. The "Pittsburg Dispatch" de- that the estimated amount of American clares that American civilisation has flour is 62010) toris. This wax hought some ita night's rest worrying over the
beon put to the blush, and the state five or six months age. Wo undestand Wrongs of B
imcapitalists but when of Washington has the blot of hoedershipments have been made tofindia,
there is a shortage. Castro starts alig feathers out of the lamison: put upon it as indelibly as it
protecting eaglesuil it is safe to look out has been put upon California. The A Dishonest Coolie for au explosion of righteous indigna- country had expected better things of this moming, before, Mr F. A. Hazdand, in Japan. The air of the fin of the tion. This is prosely the amusement California is an old story, but in to the property of Messrs Loxley and Company hart the genial. and popular knight. He the Northwest. The intolerance of with stealing goods to the value of $1,182, chrysanthemum and other things did not that has fascinated Castro at the present new Northwest-the disappearing bor. The ace was engaged with others to looks fe for even "stritegom and spoils. moment. The Cearts in Venezuels are dorit was expected the motto to live remove wane gocis frin a godown and is
government would cause a law to be enacted against them as public nuisances.
Can it be wubdered at, thou, that now and then wo hear of aiote occurring against. inissionaries in China, notwithstanding the SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
precautionary r
measures taken by the local Authorities to protect them? It must not be understood that I wish to justify or Mr Archibald Henry Blent, owner of extenuate the Inwlass acts committed by ignorant mobs, nor do I underestimate the large astates in Herefordshire, Imus bo- noble a
unselfish efforts of Christian quoted about £80,000 to Tiste University, missionaries in general, who spend tho
of their lives in China. What best part In the coming relief senses, the half the gospel of Christ in the interior of China
Jestro to
to polat out t is that the preaclung of company of the 3rd Battalion Middlesex (oxcept with great tact and discretion) will, Regiment will more from Tientsin to in the nature of things, now and then run Hongkong. The garrison of Nath China counter to popular prejudice, and lead to is to be reduced by oro sepoy lultation.
somo disturbance.
Sir Houry Berkeley returned to the CANTON-HANKOW KAILWAY. A colio was chargul at the Magistrady Colony yesterday after a pleasant sojourn
(Event Our Correspondent.) Day Camros, October 12. Canton-Hankow Railway, pestorday called Tantar Kwong, Engineer in Chief of the apon Viceroy Cung und spent more than,
of course entirely under tho President's and let li would find place. It was alleged to have stoles a large quantity. Sir Francis Piggott took his seat on the two hours with him. Tire Viporoy tande Four conties who wore also engaged have SOLE IMPORTERS & AGENTS:
contal-the judge know perfectly wall expected there would be in that outilled the accused as one who was Bench today at the Summe Court after a searful inquiries concerning the progress by whom they appointed and what bountiful and some respect for intorsmanded in order to further the investiga trip incholy and returns to the wig and The Portuguese Consul and the Kowloon
engaged with them. The case was vo boliday in Japan. Sir Frucis cujoyed his of the work. A
national hw, the tresty, obligations of tions. WATSON 00,, is expected of them. A fine of
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