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PARIS, or a Liberal Gövgrément proved 110 little or no smuggling of foreign opium truth of the tourt iExt is so busy but that the native product is ammuggier STREET.
looking after the rights and liberties to a considerable extent. We may take 5 3 6.
of those who are not Britishers that it it then that, while the return in regard entirely forgets that those of their own to foreign ophura is substantially blood, those who ani British, have use curate, that relating to native opium rights and liberties. A Radical en- does not accurately represent the full ANOTHER LOT OF NEW ber proposes, no doubt amid approving, increase in the growth and consumption cheers, that the King should be can of opium grown in Ching. No doubt sured for going to Russia because the these Egures will supply the Shanghai Russian Government infringes the correspondent of "The Times" with o Liberties of the Russian people. And text for another eloquent appeal to Great Britain to "aume" China's the same member and his associates
sincerity. Mr. Stewart's motion was of ecurso rejected. Everyone sympathisca
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MARRIAGE. CALVI-NOVES-MOREHOUSE.-Ou 26th. at St. James' Episcopal Church,
snubbed the Government and denied
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1908.
· LOCAL AND GENERALN
· Ths" dolinx- to-day stands at -10%, a fali of one sixteenth.
Damage to the crops estimated at three million yen has been done at Nagano Prefecture, Japan; by frast:--------
"FISHING" FOR EVIDENCE.
44Lsubmit he is not ontilled to have this. case heard first, my lord. He is no doubt anly fishing for evidence," said Mr Grist at the Supreme Court this morning when Mr S. Dixon was asking Mr B. H. J. Gomptit, Acting Paisne Judge, that a
A telegram from London states that case might be heard prior to a case in Russia will sell the Harbin-Changchun which his clients were interested, and
Original Jurisdiction, ment of the Chinuse Eastern Railway which is to come before the Court in This caused a ripple of laughter sanongst the members of the Bar.
to China.
Thirty. Japanese soldiers and police were attacked by some 1000 Konsus on
May 17 at North Kyongsang. Most of the Japanese escaped but five are reported to be missing.
According to a Moji dospatch Honds
Mesra Jardine, Matheson, and Co. ab#
THE TYPHOON.
The Glenavon's Experience..
The Glon steamer Glenavon (Captain B..
with the Government in the extremale Takeo, a clerk at the Shimonoseki office of Woolienden) from Singapore received a awkward position in which it found conded early this month and has eluded dusting in the typhoon which fixe been itself. However, much Downing Street artest up to the present. Ho had been ging to the South of the Celony. The Glenavon left Singapore on May 21 and rea- may insult the Colonial Government and it is said the defalcations amount to
employed by the Company for many years,ched Hongkong yesterday evening. When
the rights and liberties of the people April of Hongkong. This illogical hypocrisy Florance (Italy), by the Rector, Rer. H. this solicitude for the rights of aliens the latter cannot resent it because the Yen 50,000, which Ens probably been lost in the vicinity of the Paracels the steamer
Venables, assisted by the Res. J. Burgess, Cera CALV Captain of the 4th Regi- ment Bersaglieri of Turia, to Msan Donts, widow of the late Walter Noyes Morshouse, Commissioner of the Imperial
Maritime Customs of China.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Austion: Noon-Auctior of Diamond Rings, Gold
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and contempt for the rights of 260 constitution which Mesars, Osborne aul kinsmen-might well excuse an out- Stewart deem worthy of adulation gives: burst of indignation on the part of any Downing Street the power to treat it member of the Council. Mr Stewart with arrogance and contumely. At all resisted the temptation to lay on events a protest, immeasurably streng-| I the colours too thiel; and consequently thened by the adhesion of the Hons. Lamhe succeeded in prosenting a calm and Dr. Ho Kai and Wei Yuk, who possibly dispassionate, hat powerful, indictment may know as much about the opium at the of the political incapables and oppor question as anyone, has been recorded túnitiate who now unhappily guide the and we are inclined to believe that how destinies of the Empire. In one way ever deep the contempt that Downing Mr Stewart had rendered it impossible Street feels for Crown Colonies it will not for him to take up as strong an atti-be altogther disregarded. If an attempt tade as could one whose impetuosity is made to disregard it other legitimate had not led him to give an unsolicited |
and lawful means of continuing the certificate of merit to the Crown Colony
struggle for our rights are stili fona of government. Thus, to pro-available.
Tender Closed.
Unlice of Colonial Secretary,
Meetings. Noon-Meeting of A, 8. Watson & Co.,
Limited.
2 p.m.-Meeting of Watkins, Ld., at
Do.'s Office.
Amusements.
9 p.m.-Concert in City Hall -
Miscellaneous.
Goods per Bentomond undelivered after
this date subject Goods per hin unslivored after this
date subject to rent.
General Memoranda,
MONDAY, June 1:-
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Japanese Sülk Embroideries do,, at No. 29, Queez's Road Central, under Hongkong Hotel, after Goods per Tonkin enolaimed
this date at Noon will be subject to rent and landing charges. TURSDAY, June 2:-
Goods per unga undelivered after this
date subject to rent.
Goods per Hongkong Maru andeliversä
after hoor this date eubject-to-rent.
WEDNESDAY, June 3:~-
9 p.m.-Performance at City Hall. Goods per Glenavon not cleared on this
date subirer to rent.
THURSDAY, June 4 --
serve a reputation for consistency; it was absolutely necessary that Mr Ste- wart should say. "I particularly wish to dissociate myself from criticism of another kind which finds in the pro-
in speedfation.
iran into a heavy gale, the wind blowing with terrific force and raising a high, con- fused yes in which the steamer rolled and SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
plangud honvily. Constantly her decks were — "being swept by hugo sens, but fortunately Sir Cowasjee and Tady Jelangir were no great damage was done and the sen passengem by the Delta from Shanghai worthiness of the vessel and the care taken · in the navigation brought her through. The King's birthday will be observed at safely. The barometer registered 29.10. all house stations on June 26 next, and at When Bearing Gap Buck the gale dimin foreigu stations on Nov. 9.
Sub-Lioutenait W. H. W. Ridley joins the cruiser Kent, on the China Station; on pasting for service afloat.
The Japin papers contain news of the been resident of Yokohama since 1865. death of Mr Carl Eduard Berger, who had
ished and thence to port the steamer had strong northerly winds.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE OPIUM QUESTION.
(To the Editor of the Unisa Mazz). Six-It has rarely been my good-fortune
The and event took place on the lefto enjoy anything more heartily than the Mr Berger was a native of Saxong, and
Was unsarried,
Says the L and C. Express" Vies Admiral Sir A., V. Moore, antil recently Commander-in-Chief of the Caina Station, LOCAL AND GENERAL, arrived at Plymouth on 24th ult. from Hongkong by the P.. and O. steamier To-morrow, in Decoration Day in the Marmors." He landed at Mount. Wiso United States.
perusal of last night's issue of your as cellent journal. One of your correspon........ dents, or you yourself in your editorial columns, anyhow someone somewhere, asked: Is the Government and is the Celony going to take it lying down?" The answer www supplied yesterday. The officials to a man are prepared
at night, and left for Cowes next day.to accept inault wrapped in red tape- Among other passengers from China by the ging down like es to spook-decossed sent occasion an euse for attacking knocked out "Jim" Roche, at Dublin, Justice Wise, Puisas Judge of Hongkongre prepared to lick the land that-excusT Bill" Squires, the Australian boxer, P. and O. stvausdių →Marmora were Mrbirds, with their feet in the air. Like the fullful and affectionate friend of man they
by a somewhat circuitous route, the in the fourth round,, ..
constitution of the Colony," Of course Gosemerent majority of 54 in the
Mr Stewart knows that if it were not | Canadian House of Commons rejcëted a
and the Bishop of Victoxin,
the slang licks them. Ent after all it is- the hand that feeds them. This admirable To-Lerve.morning Capt Hodgins, of humility, this patient and resigned se-
for the peculiar constitution of the resolution to abolish the system of paying the Douglas steamer Hiching, Mrs Bodgins ceptance of treatment, so contamelions that
bonuses to encourage inundation.
and won, leave on the Sade Marir for Japan it might be expected to evoke protect from Colony the Tiberal Government would
bound for Europe ris Siberia. Captain the maekest of humanity, seves me almost There is a steady stream of stringently. Hodgins is one of the most popular tears. For the Hon. Mr F. H. May in not have dared to give us A hours' notice that wo shoulì surrender a gust-selected agriculturists for assisted pages kippers on the coast, and with Mrs particular 1 find my regard and admiration to Western Australia. The unler Hodgins has a large circle of friends so great that mere weak wris tail to' tor or a fifth of our revenue, It is the emigrating exceeds the average of last year, who will cordially wish them an enjoyablo i express it. So antions was he that the Heico Govoruncat should beäeva that the trip. Captain Hodgins brings out a new Legislative Council as a whole was humbly
constitution which he so reveres which
5.30 p.m.Meeting of Hongkong Club
at Club House, ap.r.-Performance at City Hall, Goods per draudia zot cleared at 4 pm.nude
on this date subject to rent.
WEDNESDAY, June 10-
11 a.,Action of Serplus Stores and Office Failuru, &c, at H. M. Naral Fard Extension,
prolest. Tennyson's lines:
less consideration than Boer ex-rebela that he endeavoured to block a proposnį
necessity-Kis-able and eloquent. The mortality return for Singapore foramer for the Dotglas Company for anteful at being treated with infinitely
Mia work colol May 10th shows the high survier on the conat. Her name is the rate of 51 23 per thousand of the popnia- Haiyang, and the Company's friends will trou, say three lings as great as that hope her future will be ne brit as her of Tandon
name implies
His honour rooted in dishonour, stood And faith unfaithfal kept him falsely true world apply in his case if "consistency" ware substituted for "honour" and "Inith." and the consequential emenda- Letters relating to business should be addreṛtions were mide. But, in view of the service he has done this community wo
od to THE MANAGER,
NOTICE.
Communicatione relating to news should be addreead to THE EDITOR!
Correspondents must forward their names and addresses with any communicatione ad- dressed to the Editor, ut for publication
as evidence of good faith.
-
All letters for publicction should be written on one side of the paper only.
No anonymously signed communicetienu that. have already appeared in other papers will be
have no desire to be hard on Mr Stewart. He has expressed the case for the fly admirably and he has made it evident that Radical Ms.P. have no monopoly of Lorality. He has made it clear that this Colony is quite willing to forego
A young indoo ma atok at Dhoby off ndard Road, Singapore, aur the fadies Tawn Tennis Club at noon on May 18. He stabbed two other Indians
to divide with a point of order which; it ans evident to the nieanest intelligenes, was a disorderly point.
The Emperor of Japan las conformed a
But Mr May was not the only gentlema decoration on Mr Henry Clews, the well-
to cover himself with glory. The Hon. Sir known American baaker and author. Mr. Burkeley su him close. That gentie- Claws frat came in touch with Jnanose man who is, anderstel, as unflcial pien and athaira in 1871....... In that year, the member, garo us some fiŋslegal subtleties. Japanese Government despatched a mis. He said in effect: **It was said that foar TheUlly Express" dculares that sion abroad, which included amongst its collective nose was to be pulled at once. enlistment for the Teritorial Army has members the Marquis (now Prince) Ito. am opposed on principle to our nose being been a failure. Instead of 75 per cent. of President Grant desigusted Mr Chews to palled. But we find that (socording to
boften be-was-captured-
the volunteers, and 90 per cent. of the Imperial Vexmary enlisting, only 30 per sent have calisted, and few now, men hayo
come forward.
expisit the workings of the American cur- rency, and some of Mr Clers' suggestions were subquently adopted. Since then Mr Clews has reaintained correspondence with Prince Ito, nad has entertained many distinguished.Japanese.
I
official statement) we are only to make the uucessary arrangements to have our use pulled. This is quite a different mat- ter and I will onthusiastically vote that we should make fitting anangements to have our nose palled." I congratulate Sir the revenue it derives from pin if The Imperial Commissioner for the pro-
Berry on his first appearance as an un- section of the opion crusade is investige- reasonable time is afforded it to do so sing the enforcement or otherwise of the
official raember. He has certainly achiev The marriage of Miss Violet Woodfalled distinction as one who supporte a bad Orders for extra copies of the CEA MAI should be sent before 11 cm. on the day after and if China exercises similar self Imperial Ediot regarding the prohibition of Breit, only daughter of Mr and Mrs. cause with worse argumenter. publication. After that hour the supply is denial. What this Colony will not con- opium smoking in the Evang provinces, Arthur Bren, formerly of Yokohama, to: limited. Cash 10 els., Credit 20 de persent to do is to sunumarily involve itself. He is on his way to Shaching and Tak Mr William Hutton. Williams, a mining Henry Berkeley I do not think they were
inserted.
copy.
Hing Akerations and additions to Advertisements in financial disaster in order that a or Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be sent to our
Ofice et 5 Wyndham &rect not later than 11 crippled and discredited Government .. New Adisytiermerin should be sent to way lay up merit with easily fooled our Ofice at 8, Queen's Road Central before electors. Neither does this Colony in Jp.m.
Adartiements and Subscriptions which are tend to be the laughing stock of the net ordered for a sized period will be continued For Fast it, as scoms highly probable, it is proved that China's sincerity is not of heating quality. We published a telegrazo, yesterday which throws a fierce
until countermonded.
Telegraphic Address: Mail, Hongkong. Telephone No. 22,
The China Mail
-HONGKOND, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1908.
THE OPIUM QUESTION,
With all respect to the officials and Sir
engineer, took place at All Saints' Church, quito justifio.in branding Colonel Seely.
A coolie was soon carrying some topper Norwood, on April 26. The vicar, as well say another. The first news of assisted by a cousin respectively, of the the Radical Government's lateat caper wis, I recollect, published in your columna and a half Is of brass from the Royal bride and bridegroom, performed the cere found to be the property of the Admiraltydig was a "Violet Naval Dock Yaul which was subsequently mony, which was fully chorl. The wou-on 7.
one. The gouple.
hard labour.
I have turned up the telegram and End
and this murning Mr J. H. Kerap, at the left by motor var for Hindhead on their ant it stated that Colonel Seely said that Magistracy, firet hini 825 or seven days honeymoon and had rather an experience on the journey, being caught in a blizzard. They had eventually by abandon their car walk some 3 miles in the snow to
The police have recently received com- plaints as to the antyance caused by native dealers, in crying their wares fa Queen's Bond Central, and this afternoop,
their destination.
Should Queen Alexandra survive the
the Government "accepted" the motion recommending the closing of opium dens Crown Colonies, Moro definite still was Colonel Seely's Intex statement: "Opium deas in Hongkong are to be tamediately abolished."
white light on this question of China's after an exciting chase round the soldiers King, Sandringham is to be her dower-grani which bears out what was reported
sincerity. The proofs" of the in-parade ground, one of these deals was house, and the alterations consequent on cerity of China up to the prescat have arrested.
ent parts of the Frapire. The oriilence
recommissioned at Hongkong.
..
I have further hour of a private tele--
by your London correspondent. Colonel Ssely del apparently say that the **dens? the uprooting of the avenue were delayed were to Go closed immediately. Now if the been the issue of some Imperial Edicts, The cruiser Vindictive, of the Hone until they had her approval. She maile Goromment has in ita ponspesion a despatel Dany changes in the suggested jars, all showing that Colonel Sealy has been inis- similar in true to others fitfully pre-Flust at the Nore, was recommissioned attending in the direction of a greater meinted, or did not know what he was
about or deliberately stated something. raulgated ever since the opii labi Chatham on tut. with a new nucleus sure of seclusion the Sandringham as he knew to be inceurate; it is up to it to grow for further service upon the couplo-hithertu enjoyed, and these will add to the obtain permission to make it pablie. Re- hecemo established in China some cen-
tion of her seft, Sho will leave the Med-beauties of the grounds instead of detract collection of its deferential duty to Down- turies ago, and some inconclusive way in June for China with now crews fox ng from them, as the original scheme ing Street ought not to cause forgetfulnuss
|| of its condescending duty to this Colong: THx added force which restraint is
evidence of anti-opium activity in diffea-the loops Cadmus and Ollo, which will be would have done. One of the King's first His Excellency the Governor undoubled- calculated to give attaches to the ex..
visits while in Copenhagen was to the ly got off the most brilliant thing yes Mixed with Aerated or tremely telling speech made by the
Queen's villa of Hvidcre, which he had no teniar. He said: "I think, i trast, that on the other sido is found in the cold,
The programime for the Empire Day before seen, and the taste and simplicity we can rely upon the statesmanlike
qualition of the British Cabinet." His- plain water make Bon. Mr Murray Stewart at yester-hard statistics issued by the disinterest conext appear in our advertising columns of its arrangements greatly charmed him. Excellency is pleased to be jocuing ap- and from it readers can judge for them. It is fitted up in the comfortable English paroutly but the jocularity has a biting day's meating of the Legislative ed Imperial Maritime Customs which solves of the excellence of the ontertain style, but furnished largely with the things edge to it. Council. The affront offered to the wo published yesterday. It is shown ment. The concert will terminate at 11.15 bequeathed by King Christian to the Queen to nothing to say. He started in the Race Of poor Ms Murray Stowart I have next Government and people of this Colony that the duties collectest on oplum gm, but prior to the singing of God and the Empress Mario. One of the for Faro blindfolded by a bandage prepared Lieber'a Standard : Watkins and A. Guaranteed to be made from by the Liberal Government was so generally have increased that the duty Save the King" the buglera of the Hong features of the otherwise quite rustic little by himself and consequently it is to wonder kung Voluntieru will sound the General hours is a splendid billiard-room, in which that he lost himself in a wilderness of words, wanton and so gross that the unofficial collected upon foreign opium, has de- Salute.
the sisters spend many hours, both being (allegorically) barked his shine badly.
All the gentlemen who took part in the fond of the game.."
discussion or voted yesterday havo one spokesman might have been exoused creased by some Tls. 37,000, and that
ground for congratulating themselves upon. They one and all proved more clearly than il his speech had been pitched in the duty on native opium has increased
ever what a Boreaming faree is the much bigber key of indignation. The by about double that amourt. There
Yours, eto, Crown Colony forms of flovernment, A. §. WATSON & 00, Goverment, the Legislative Council, sems to be no need for comment. Sub
·SYFTEM, and the Colony generally were treated jet to correction we affirio that these LIMITED,
with less courtesy than a gentlemsuly figures entirely justify our demand that
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