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Are we as Britishers doing our admitted that generally speaking we level best in this direction, not merely have got there," it does not follow in Hongkong but the world over? that this characteristically British We are led to pon this query after attitude will always take us to the noticing some pointed observations front This clarion-call from one of which LORD FURNESS recently gave
Britain's leading men of commerce expression to in the columns of the should stir us up and aronse a deter Times He anys that he is impelled mination to keep our Empire in the
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NEWS OF THE DAY,
To-day's quotation for Faza rubber,
dosers Vernon and Smyth is de, 4d HM.B. Newmalle left for Wai-hai- st yesterday.
The next Siberian Mail la dua hors, ou Sunday, 7th inst
All the parcels posted to Shanghai suti.
to write upon the difficult topic of front among the commercial coun-Hankow by 6. Asia have been lost; Britain's commercial future because tries of the world.
of the serious concern, which he feels! for it, and as one roads his weighty and essentially commonsense words one cannot but feel that they come trum A man who is in dead eamest on the subject with which he is dealing After referring to the ubiquity of German commercial men in all parts
FOGS ON CHINA COAST.
(Sperially teritin for the CHISA MAL
At this time of the year, as rocant ship ping disasters have only too forcibly brought to notice, fogs are specially provelant on the Chian Coast. An interesting article on the subject was written by Mr F. G Figg of the Kowloon Obervatory in his
of the world LonD FURNESS says report for 1900.
"It is a decade now since his
Me Figg's article is based on observations taken at the Treaty Parts and China Coast
Hojhow on the South during the five years 19023 inclusive...
A party of 250 British tourists on chartered steamer is to visit Manila naxt: February 5.
Fifteen picked-men of the United States cavalry will take part in the interns- tional home show at London.
There was yet another case of plagan in the Colony waking the total up to 23. The patient who succumbed was a Chinese.
Amorement has been started by Representative Cox of Ohio to make the
of the Philippines on its programme.
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THE RACE TO THE SOUTH POLE.
GERMAN EXPEDITION
STARTS:
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LONDON, May 3
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TWENTY: MILLIONS “SUB- SCRIBED IN JAPANA
(Independent News Agency's Service to the China Mail)
TORTO, May 3 The Subscribers applications for Chinese Bouda, in connection with China's £10,000,000 loan, isted by the Yokohama Specie Bauk, amounted st
The German. Antartic expedition sails from Hamburg today, Wednesday, aboard the specially equipped bark the "Deutschland." ~~~The Expedition will proceed first to noon yesterday, when the subscription
Eats were closed, to Yan 20,000,000 Buenos Ayres.
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note of 'Wake up, England!' That | cry has been echoed and re-echoed. When are we going to wake up?) This is no arm-chair business with me. I am not an old man, but I have beon-going about the world for forty years, and still go, in order to bring orders home; and I state deliberately that unless we apply ourselves as siderously mild nationally to develop our commercial methods on the highest 5.15 p.m.-British and Foreign Bible possible plane, we cannot hope to
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hold our own-it would be a natural impossibility.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW."
General Memoranda.
Saturday, May 6 :—
King George V. Acepsion Day (1910).
TUESDAY, May 9-
Anniversary of Death of Confucius.
WEDNESDAY, May 10:--
7 p..-Entries Close for Second Gym-
khana Meeting-
SATURDAY May 13-
6.16 a.m.-Penumbral Eclipse of the
Moon.
2.10 p.m.Full. Moon.
WEDNESDAY, May 17 –
King of Spain's Birthday (1898).
THEDAY, MAY 18:
Emperor of Russia's Birthday (1868)
Taning and Regular SATURDAY, May 20
Attention Inclusive.
S. MOUTRIE & Co.,
LIMITED.
WM. POWELL,
LIMITED,
NEW
Census of Hongkong to be taken.
China Mail Census Competition Close,
"I cannot resist the feeling that we are half-hearted about it all. We say, Wake up, England! and we mean that some other body, is to wake up. The idea of world-wide trade dominion is not an enthusiasm with us. We destine our sons for the Services, or the Church, or the professions, and in our hearts we despise trade and look down upon it, and in the main upon those who follow it. The medieval attitude lingers amongst us. We are luth to part with it. We may have grown rich by commerce, we may watch the national trade returus with absorbed interest,
The general conclusions arrived at ago 2-
The Opium Farmer reports that some
one entered his promises at Sheungah and carried off 300 large pots of epiom: 200 small pots and 80 in money, of the total value of 846, 1
Some men made an"attempt at an
that fogs are more prevalent in the North than in the South, they are also more prevalent about the lighthouses, which are generally-on-islands & for miles of the coast, than at the ports which am often semo miles inland, but they are seldom encountered at san beyond 100 miles armed robbery at No. 311, Queen's Rond from the const. In the South from Hoi-Central on Tuesday, but fortunately one of how to Breaker Point, March and April immates gave the alarm and the would-be
robbers doesmped.” Channel, March, April and May, in the are the foggiest inonths, in the Formosa:
Yangtze Estuary, March, April, May and June, and in the Gulf of Pechili con siderable fog occurs from April to August with maximum in July. The autumn
and early winter months are practically free from fogs at all stations.
The training-ship Taisei Maru of the Tokyo Navigation School, which left Singawa Bay in October last year, arrived
at Capetown on on the 19th instant. -Sha
expected to the 25th insant for Mel---
bourne.
Fog is liable to odbar whenever a warm Secretary Elliott promises that in siz humid air current coming from tho sen im-months the Philippines will have complete pinges on the much colder air lying over postal privileges with avery other country |the coast; this is especially the case at the in the Orient, as well as with the United
break up of the North Eastmonsoon in States. the spring. In the South the hot weather conditions over the land are established early in the summer and fogs consequently practically over by June, but it is not till the late summer when hot weather conditions are completely established over the continent that fog ceases at the northern stations.
Mr H. Figge, the Manager of the Deu- tach Asiatische Bank at Shanghai, has been decorated by the Chinese Govern went with the Order of the Double Dragon, Third Division, First Class, for services rendered in connection with the recent
loans.
The latest news from Tangier states
that & French column had left Casa blancs and Rabat for Fax, became very
excited and proclaimed Jehad Sultan of Marocco.
THE VETO BILL.
SECOND CLAUSE. ADOPTED. ›
(Reuter's Service to the China Max.) Loston, May 3. In the House of Commons, iñ, Com-
wittee, a vote was taken on the second principal clause of the Veto Bill.
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THE NEW NAVIGATION:
LAW.
PETITION BY PHINESI
SHIPBOWNERS.
(Independent News Agency's Servica
to the China Mail)
TOXTO, May 3. A-petition-has-been made by the Chiness Shipowners to the JapaneDS- Government to request the Russian Government to postpens till next year the enforcement of the new Navigation LAW..
By enforcing this law the Russia. Government will prevent foreign ships from participating in the Casting Trade of North China and the Russian portion of Saghalier.
In the event of their petition, zot
A COTIN PARIS.
The clause was adopted by 299 to 195. (Note: The wording of this second being accepted the Chinese Shipowners principal clause of the Teto Bill was have greed to take sent us by Router and published in our jasue of March 23. 1910." The course against the Russians and have chuse reads as follows-The second determined never to sell their steamers. resolution
that provides
Bills "other than Money Bills, if passed in three to any Russian agent. -~- successive sessions by the House of Com- mons, shall become law without the consent of the House of Lords on the Royal sesent being given."ED. C. M.]
TE.
MAY DAY IN BUROPE.
TROUBLE IN PARIS.
(Reuter Service to the China Blaš.) “
LONDON, May 2. May Day was quietly observed on the Continent except.
At Paris where
1
VICEROY DIOTATES TO
THE WAI-WU-PU.
(Wah T Tat Po'x Service.)
Periso, May 2 Chao Urh Sun, the new Viceroy |designate. for Manchuria, before, no- cépting the post, demanded the follow-
1. All national affairs that have been settled with foreign countries must not be interfered with by the board.
3.30 pm. Scound Gymkhana klecting but for an overmastering and consum condition of the Crown Princess of Japan Europe on a tour of inspection, in connect demonstrations were prohibited, re-ing cenditions from the Wai-wa-pa..
The China Mail
BRITAIN'S COMMERCIAL
DEFICIENCIES.
ing passion to capture trade on scientific lines one has to look else where.
between the Japanese Navy and the Yard sulting in constant scuffies with the for the construction of a 27,000 ton cruiser. troops and police.
The case against a Chinese who was JAPANESE AVIATORS AT charged at the Magistracy this morning with harbouring
VERSAILLES.
a married woman was remanded. It appears that the woman' left her husband some sir months ago and THREE MEMBERS AEROPLANE
umutok - film ---karo-Lakao - sunrried- another man. However one of her country- men recognised her in the street.
2. Any matters referred to the Board cannot be refused by the Board on any pretext whatever.
to
3. The Ecard is to have nothing. do with any Icana entered into by the Eastern Provinces.
Mr E. Matsukata, President of the SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard, Kobo, will, According to the Japan Ganette the it is stated, shortly proceed to Americs and has not berii recently quite satisfactory, ion with the recent contract sigued her temperature showing a rise, while she has been considerably troubled by a cough. The condition of General Viscount Taoi, "America, Germany, Japan, to a prominent member of the Japanese House HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1911. mention three only, are, in the field, of Peers, is reported to be hopeless. Dr Aoyama and other eminont physician's and finely equipped, and if England is recantly visited the patient, who is rapidly to retain a leading hand in game fami
"TO BUO." "Gren" England's best blood, her highest
Mr J. Freeman, president of the Glen- intelligence, the skilled aid of her Age Coal Company of Indiana, was a
(Reuter's Service to the China Abul.j official departments and every modern passenger by the ss. Tenyo Maro which
LONDON, May 9, THESE are days of keen competition auxiliary must be directed uncens-arrived here yesterday morning. Mr Free
The Japanese Military Mission how
5. The Viceroy himself will have between the commercial interests of ingly and unerringly to the desired man is well known in mining circles and is at the Cathedral, under the presidency of at Paris visited the aeronautical park the world. International rivalry in end. Here in England we debar a
the Patriarch, to consider the separation of at Versailles, and Mesars Yamaguchi, sole power to apprint all Government paying a visit to the Philippines.
Church and State. It was resolved uni Toyodi and Micshi aeroplaned to Bac, officials. business has, indeed, reached such man, whilst engaged in commerce, The Hon Mr Benry Keswick and Sirchingly to support the Patriarch, and to a point that it may almost be said to from holding office in Governments; Paul Chater, Hongkong's representatives undergo every sacrifice in defence of the piloted by French officers, have become a fine art. Hongkong we discuss in the millest way the to the Caronation in Londen in June, left rights of the Church and the priestly scarcely needs to be reminded of desirability of establishing u Ministry Keswick was entertained at a farewell
to-day by the German Mail The Hon Mr office. of this, for here, occupying a position of Commerce, and in general we are banquet at the Hongkong Hotel on Tues- at the gateway of the Chinese Empire, muddling along" in the good old day night, by the employees of Messrs we are, from actud experience, as English fashion. Yet in Germany I Jardine, Matheson and Cn., and a right conscious of the trend of events in pray you be not nauseated with the this particular direction as the people so frequent reference-in Germany)
royal time was spent.
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Telegrams from Lisbon state that a great conclave of ecclesiastion has been halu
Yesterday afternoon a motor car in its
attempt to get round the clock tower, was seen to make a vicious dig at the new wing
of the Hongkong Hotel. Luckily no pedestrians happened to be in the way
An interesting presentation took place otherwise there would probably have been at Craigengewer Cricket Club on Tuesday a fatal accident. Beyond an ugly indent
THE JAPANESE ANT- ABOTIC EXPEDITION,
RETURNED TO SYDNEY.
{Beuter's Service to the China Mail,}
LONDON, May 2.
4. Any equiries made to the Board
must be replied to without delay.
RUMOURED RISING IN
HUNAN,
(Woh Te Yat-Puta Service.).
SILASIONAL, May 24
A rumour is prevalent here that s
A telegram from Sydney states that rebellion has risen in Hunan Province. the Japanese Antarctic Expedition has Every part of the country is well.
MILLINERY of other grent tradal centres in other they are not content to muddle along, evening, when Mr P. Currie, who left for tion on ouo of the massive granite pillars, returned to that port, having been protected.
TRIMMED AND
SEMI-TRIMMED POPULAR & ELEGANT
SHAPES,
CHARMING
of
VARIET
HATS
READY-TO-WEAR-
his home in Australia by the a.. Changsha no harm was done, but in this congested obliged to turn back on account of thus afternoon, was presented with a hand corner the motor car naisance constitutes icebergs and pack ice, and also because some silver card stand on a blackwood a decided danger to life and limb.
most of the dogs had died. - base, suitably inscribed, by the members
The directors of the Chinese Engineer- popular since his arrival in the Colonying Mining Company, Ltd, have contened The petition of I. R. Michael to wind nearly three years ago.
an extra-ordinary meeting at Winchester up the Shanghai Stock Exchange was House on 17th May, for the purpose of con-again before H. B. Me Supreme Court sidering a resolution authorising the direc on April 27, when counsel for the petitioner toms to borrow or mise such further sus naked the Judge, Sir Havilland de Saus of money sa they may think it, but so that Two Fox Turier fups are to be sold the amount borrowed or anised by the company and then outstanding shall not by auction on Frifly
exceed three-fourths of the issued, capital of the company,
NEWS OF THE DAY.
parts of the universe. Competition in even governmentally. Reuter's news all around us; it can almost be felt from Berlin, under date January 28, in the air; nobody can afford to is thut A most important change in IN under-estimate it, much less to ignore the economic education of candidates of the club with whom he has ever been
Fit The peculiarities of our position for the Consular Service, in order the cosmopolitan character of the thoroughly to qualify them to deal trade of the Coloiy and the equal with the rapidly-increasing commerce · fight which.. business men of all of the German Empire, has been. nationalities are waging on a level decided in the course of a conference footing all tend to make Hongkong of officials and leading manufacturers, something-of-a-little world to itself commercial men and shipowners, Here we can carefully observe how which has been sitting at the Foreign commercial rivalry in carried on, Office throughout the week. In what methods are employed in its fature candidates must possess pursuit, and what are the char practical knowledge of commerce, actistics of the business men of the industry, and, shipping before being The House of Lords has rend i second his last organ recital for this secre different countries engaged in the admitted into the service
time, and went to Committoo of both fairly large congregation, including Lady struggle. Though, as we have anid,
"This is but an instance of the Houses, à Bill, introduced by Lord Chi Lagard Mr Fuller's mastery of the there is here an absolutely open concentration of purpose that is cluster, to organise the profession of scorgna inne well know it is needless to say by instituting registers and prohibiting items most appreciated were perhaps,
a
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Yesterday afternyon at St. John's Cathedral Mr Domman Fuller, F.R.Co., L.B.A.M., the Cathedral organist, give
Very Moderate Prices. | market for all and sundry who, wish making of our German cousins com-countants on the lines of other professions all the pieces war excellently rendered. The to make the Colony. the base of vetitors so formidable. The matter únganlified persons from holding them- Bach's Fantasia' and 'Fugue in C Minor, trade operations, and though all are is not one that requires us to be selves out as professional accountants. Borowaki's 'Allegro2 (hrat mite) and Lem- welcomed irrespective of nationality concerned for Gerinny or German The agent of the Canadian Pacingman's The Storm. The quartettos, were
·CINEMATOGRAPH THEATER, for the success of British indusay concern should be for our own neelect Lukohams Office is in repeipt of a wizelos addition to the programme, The rochiista -
yet naturally our greatest solicitude is methods or Gennan system Our Railway Company informs us that their very sweetly ming and were a very p Not, that we for a moment desire ofany real method our disregard ontolegrain from the R... Monteagle were Miru Watts, Mra 'Schofield, Mr Watte
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that this success should be necessarily at the expense of f some other friendly rival; but surely everybody will
agree that if good business can be done in
and Dr Schoßeld, IN
which left here on the 18th alt. advising an any scientific and lightly organized and weather and all well. system, our lack of any purposeful was 1,080 miles from Japan and insistent campaign.
ab 9.00 pm, when deerutche
In writing as he did, LORD
Tremendous Success of the Celebrate Hongkong it is only right and propFURNESS did not offer any
Italian Operatie Artistes DIGNORINA SALYATI, AND SIGNOR FALAKTO
-Miss - BASCANE," English, French and Italian Songy GORENG --The well-known and celeb
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that the representatives of the Empire which has called the Colony into.
remedy or advocate any being: should enjoy a big, share of
Ime of advance. His sole "Whis⋅ to arouse serious attention the fruits It is equally fair, bow d ever, that that country's business men Berge
our undoubted deficiencies, and we only merit the plums who take are sure that is alator for the future every care to adapt themselves to some measure justifiables tottern conditions and to make the the past, as he has said we have
y pleaking
Regarding the discussion in Parliament. yof the proposal that all Cabinet secrete on anossage was. Imperial affairs shall be communicated con-
fidentially to the Colonial Premiers,
The Timer given great prominence to letters, evidently written by important personage, pointing out the weak spot the conatiti tional
are, for leave to withdraw the petition, with liberty to file an amended petition
Is J. U. B. Douglas represented the petitioner, Dr H. S. Opps the Stock Ex- chango, and Mir D. McNeill the Cathay Trust Leave to withdraw was gifted.
theory of the Ericah Empite Ais, FROM the Times correspondents
out, to the
tocrossing reluctanes of Colonial Govern ments to let Fardard entirely manage their
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would happer
ta suporta pol
policy.or it.
to threaten
tions were AN:
PRINCES AND HIGH OFFICIALS STRENGTHEN BODY GUARD J.
(Wah Te Yu Fo's Service.)
Perino, May 2 The Princes and High Officials, on hearing of the events in Canton, inmedi ately strengthened their body-guarde.
Some added to their guards horsemen, carrying loaded rifles.
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