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LONDON, March 1 Private advices received in Paris
at present on a flying trip to England, ox- posting to be back in Shanghai within six state that at Lisbon on the occasion wooks of his departure.
of the Carnival a body of revellere re-
FARIS, month ago Reuter telegraphed that the proudest task of statesmen; but they town had gone mad over a melodrama are concentrate on the glorious task of
Sir George King, lately Superintendent STREET.
entitled "An Englishman's Home," make believe' and luave relegated it of the Royal Botania, Gardons, Calcutta, which we were told sought to bring to the VICENT CRUMMLESES. Is it not is dezit. before English eyes the unpreparedness easy to picture the scone? The blaring The Yuvarajah of Mysore, who has been if the country to meet a foreign invader.footlights, the greas paint and the on a visit to Japan, returned to Hongkong Ready made Day and Even- Subsequent telegrans conveyed the news limelight, the blatant gontiment and yesterday by the Aws Mara, cu route to
ing Gowns, Paris Models that the newspapers taking advantage mock hornies, with the recruiting wer in Hats and Toques, of the excitement advocated the station-geant in wait at the doorway to entrap Laces, Trimmings, Undering of recruiting officers at the theatre excited youths into doing their duty
Joors
to ourol men for the Territorial Faugh! It is enough to make a men clothing, Boots and Shoes, Army while their brains were still afire ill. Is it any wonder that foreign Hosiery and Gloves, etc., with the spectacle displayed upon the peoples, who undertake the duties as ete.
boards; further, that the London Scot-well as the privileges of citizenship, 679 tish had made a recruiting march should feel inclined to condemn us through Landon when large crowds when we seek to excite men into a gave theru an enthusiastic welcome; and national duty by the tricks and bathos that Lord Lucas, ia a speech, said that of the melodrama? If any man of Goods por Kurang undelivered after the territorial forces were now recruiting standing have lont their countenance to from 200 to 300 daily, with the result, this degrading buffoonery, they cannot Reuter announced last night, too quickly disassociate themselves from Property, at Mr Geo, P. Lammert's within a month London has headed the it. We cannot help the cheap sesa
recruiting list. Hysteriu, blind hysteria! tionallem of an uneducated press. For And what was the play which set goodness sake, however, never let it be this wave of falso emotionalism 1.pon its said that an Englishman of standing mad career? From a paper to hand by allowed his name to be associated with yesterday's, mail we call the fol- movement to sabstitute a tawdry stage for the floor of the Mother of Par- fiaments, the mime for the statesman."
MEMOS JOK TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous
10 a.m.-Military Qua Practice.
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THURSDAY, March 4:--
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Noon-Meeting of The China Fire In-
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rch 5 Goods
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MONDAY, March 8:---
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lowing:-
The new play is a drama of the grim realitics of war, not of its pomp and circumstance. The scene is laid in the Villa," at Wickham in Essex. playroom of Mr Brown's house, "Myrtle
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The death is announced from appon-presenting the assassing who last year dicitia of Edward George Hugh, For murdered members of the Royal Grosvenor, heir to the Dukedom of West- minster, who was born on the 18th Novem-family re-enacted the part of the her, 1904. King Edward stood sponsor at gividus. There was a mock inneral. his christening. The Duchess of West with coffins and skeletons. minster was one of the beautiful daughters of Mr W. Cornwallia-West, and the mar riage took place is 1001
Rev. John Macgowan, of Amoy, Chirs, has been clected a member of the Royal Society of Arts. The following have bonn proposed for cleation :-Wee Hap Lang, 19, Roger street, Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S.; and Company, Limited, Hengkong; Chesh Cheang Lim, Ipoh, Perak, F.M.S.; Khoo Choow Trong, 24, Light-street, Penang Khos Siow Jin, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo; and Hidemi Maruta, Mliau Bishi Dockyard | and Engine Works, Nagasaki, Japan.
John Ingram Androw. Howrs G. Fenwick
Me Edward A. Sandeman died on Satur-
The police interfered but were stoned and charged. Ultimately, with the aid of revolvere and awords, the troops aloared the streets.
There were 300 arrests made.
SERVIA'S TERRITORIAL
ASPIRATIONS.
NO SUPPORT FROM THE
POWERS.
(Rautar's Service la the Chino Mak÷
- Oopyright protected under
Ordinames
of 1894) LONDON, March 1.
day night (says tha Straits Times of February 23rd), and was buried at the new Twenty pieces of sergo have been Jewish Cemetery in Thompson Road, at of the late Mr Abraham Solomon, he was
A Russian communication to Servi stolen from the new godowns of Museroon, the following day. The eldest son Butterfield and Swire.
born in Singapore soma 66 years ago. For declares that in view of the political' some years he was employed by Massza. situation the maintenanes of a pacifie David Sassoon and Sons, of Hongkong, as attitude would be in Servia's vital thei: agent at Chotos, Newchaug, and interest. The Russian Government was - other Chinese ports, but some time back in a position to know that the territorial · he established himself at Singapore as an
Here we are introduced to a motley crew of men and maidens whose sole interests lie in football and other sports. There is one exception, and he is a whole-hearted Volunteer, who, spends
Another fatal case of plague was re- all his spare time at the rifle ranges. portad during the 24 hours ending at noon Then the peace and quies of this home to-day, the district being Kowloon City. is broken in upon by a company of intensely basiness like foreign soldiery, Mre Dennys has reported to the Police and we gather that an invasion has that she has lost a marquise shaped gold taken place under cover of a fog. The finger ring, set with an alendroit green invaders, who are of Bome vague stone surrounded with diamonds, value nationality, know our country backwards, $200. and find us engrossed in sport and utterly unprepared. They have landed on the coast under Prince Yeland, occupy the villa, and the inhabitants are relegated to the kitchen and ecullery, and warned not to attempt to escape.
President-elect Tuft is said to be still undecided as to who shall he Secretary of
the Treasury in his cabinet. Be has been conferring with Mr. Frank Hitchcock on Caomy the subject.
The next morning the evacuate the villa which is then occupied by a detachment of the 6th Volunteer Battalion Blinkshire Ra giment, under the command of a worthy, but most incompetent, captain, Captain Finch, who would be helpless were it 12 30 p.m.-Meeting of Bongkeng and not for Colour-Sergeant Harris, of the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ld., st↑ Welsh Guards, attached t the
THUESDAY, March 11 :----
The Khedive, in opening the Essel Barrago, thanked the British officials and contractors for their great work which would be a source of prosperity to Egypt. and her people.
In the report of the Berlin Chamber!
exchange and bill broker. His wife died aspirations of Servis found neither supe last year, and his two sons, ona a barristar, port nor sympathy among the Powers, and the other, a civil engineer, are both at and might lead to war with Austria, Shanghai.
NO BRITISH CONSUL AT
ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
A native woman who was found in unlawful possession of opium was fined £70, at the Magistracy this morning.
Alexandra Gillan, an unemployed sea- man, of America, was fined $15, by Mr J. E. Wood, at the Magistracy, to-day, for assaulting a motor-man on a tramcar.
HARBIN
EXPENSE UNWARRANTED. ·
(Reuter's Service to the China Maul; Copyright protected, under Ordinance 3 of 1894)
LONDON, March L
Teplying in the House of Commons
A Macao Chinuman tras fined $10 at the to a question put by Mr Rees, Mr Messrs Jardine, Matheson Co.'s Office. Volunteers. They are joined by Pau of Commerce it is stated that the so-Magistracy, this morning, by Mr J. H. McKinnon Wood said that the Govern
Robinson, a friend of the family, and 8.46 p.m.-Meeting of Institution of En-proceed to put the house into a state of called Yellow Peril exists caly in the fertile Kemp, for unlawfully occupying part of the ment had considered the question of the appointment of a Consul at Harbin and ginners & Shipbuilders of Hongkong, defence, much to the wrath of Mr imaginations of those people who are ever premises at 34, Robinson Rond..
had decided that British-interests at at Engineers Instituto Rooms.
Brown, who curses them and the enemy desirous of making mischief. MONDAY, March 15-
Two Europeans, whe did not appear at present represented there did not yet with much impartiality. We hope it is 9 p.m.-Military Band Concert at City a libel on our forces that they would be Samui, while trazeferring his belongings mons of behaving in a coley and disorderly had been made by which the Consal at Mr Macarly, ungineer of the as the Magistracy, to-day, to answer a som-warrant the expense. Arrangements
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a futile and foolish as these sorry defendlers, who know nothing, are ashore at Quarry Bay, had the misfortunezoaner in Pedder Strest, had their bail of Mukten would occasionally visit Harbia utterly undisciplined, and entirely to loose his certificate and several other | 820 each estreated. without knowledge of war or the articles owing to one his boxes falling into
be
wherewithal with which to carry it on.
Letters relating to business should be address.
ed to The MansurI,
Correspondents mus jorward their nomes
the harbour.
Sir Charles Lacas, the head of the
Dominions Department of the Colonial
None of them seem to realise the seriousness of the position until Geoffrey Smith, tha chief humorist, anddenly drops, shot dead by a bullet. Die positions are made under the direction Office, in pursuance of instructions from of the Colour Sergeant, and the villa is the Earl of Crewe, started in February for and addresses with any communications ad-shelled by the enemy, the seruming of a prolonged tour in Australasia. He will dressed to the Editor, nct for publication but the bullets, the moaning of the shells, be accompanied by Mr. A. A. Pearson, of as evidence of good faith.
and the falling in of the walls and roof the Colonial Office. Al·lettera for publication should be written being most realistically done. At last on ons side of the paper only.
the defenders have to fall back, all
No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will
inserted.
Andonio
be
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CLOSING THE OPIUM DIVANS. It is interesting to note that those re-
On Monday March Ist, in accordanco with sponsible hare taken the hint given by the China Mail with regard to the spittoons, the order issued by the Imperial Govern which have just been provided at the ment last year, threaty-six opiam divans, Magistracy, being waveral feet away from were closed in Hongkong. This was done the notices informing persons where to through an arrangement with the Opinim expectorate and they have been remov- Farmer and the Hongkong Government. A young Tengali was arrested, at going gave Mr. Brown, who refuses to Benares in connection with the outrage on ed, but after a fair trial it may cou- The present Optim Farm contract expires bandon his house, and in a paroxysm the Queen's statue in Victoria Park, which tidently be said that "the latter stage at the end of next February before whick of rage, seizes a rifle, and shoots one GF remains closed. A police sentry does duty is worse than the first." It is quite time the whole subject will be duly ·
wo of the advancing enemy. He is
and presence of His Excellency, Bir Ideal Perfume, Fleurs D'Amour, To be given by the Band of 2od Balt. Bouquet des Amours, Indian should be sent before 11 am, on the day after Prince Yoland, as a fighting non-from the face and neck but still disfigures complied with the request of the Gov-1
captured, and ordered to be shot by by the statue. The tar has been remered true that the Chinese in particular hase
the Buffs (by kind permission of Lt. Col. Bayard, D.S.O., and Officers).
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At first some of the audience seemed inclined to take it as a farce, but as the plot developed the reality of the thin gripped them and the tragedy of it all received a telograma stating that the accorate
them silent.
It is an open secret that "A Patriot" for the year 1908 of the Equitable Tife is an officer in our Army, and he drives Assurance Society of the United States bis arguments home in most telling show as follows:-New Insurance paid fashion, wailo ns the fighting scenes are for $91,202,101; Outstanding Insurance, The was when the Englishman was vivid pictures of what might happen in Surplus, $81,267,467. These figures show capitally stage-managed we get most 3320,478,540; Assets, 8472,949,508: credited with being the most stolid of many an Englishman's home once you morkable advanco over 1807, except in
admit the possibility of invasion...
The mortale, a man of deliberata speech and
play is well acted from first to last, the single item of Outstanding Insurance, sober commonsanee, whose cumbersome particularly good helug Mr Lawrance which is $13,847,814, a decline anticipated Grossmith as a bounder footballer and by the number of policies maturing and mental processes were of the slowest and Me Arthur Wortner as the young lapsing during 1008 therefore very exasperating to more volunteer who alone scents the com The Herbert Withers Concert Com- volatile people. Indeed, it was matter for no small national pride that ou
At this distance the play seems auditional imperturbability drove more quick-witted nations to fury. But all tawdry enough in all conscience and these illusions concerning our character we agree with the 2Times of India in were rudely sant overboard ita remarks upon it and the effect it is
Mafoking Night," while the antics created in the cld country-
on
ing danger, but when trouble.comes can find no one to tell him what to do, but only chaos.
of the buffageties, and all the
"We mistrust this sensation. It reeks anti-this_and__ ant that movements of the maudlin, sensational sentimen which ofiaracterize English public life talism of the halfpenny press, But at the present moment, but confirm the that such things should be done and truth of the observation that in the said in England
opening decode of the 20th century we really think upon these thin have temporaris Itat our hustorid men
pany, including Herbert Withers, "collist; Mmo, Luisa Sobrino, prima doans, soprano. of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden; Chiar les Bennett, baritono; and Mme. Marguerito Ely, T.R.A.M., solo pianiste, appear to have had rare good fortune in the inauguration of their round the world tour ander the direction of the Canadian impresario C. H. Gibbons, who had the management of a anilar tour for Madame Also last season. The party and its individual members are very highly spoked of by the Indian Press, which goes so far to say that it is incomparably the best
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