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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1911.
[COFFRONT.)
THE POLITICAL QUARREL.
OPPOSITION TACTICS
DENOUNCED.
The Work of Irreconellables.
(Reuter's Service' to the China Mail)
- LONDON, July 25, The Liberal papers denounce the Jisplay of the Opposition in the Housh of Commons as one of impotent im- becility".
The comments of the Conservative
papers are indicative of a party split The Morning Post, the Standard and
TYPHOON WARNING,
The telegianu quoted below was récuired in Hongkong from the Manila Observatory at 12:15 p.m. to-day-
Manila, July 28, 11,20 a.m.--Cyclone or typhoon W. of Bashi Channel, moving W. N. W, or N. W.
At three o'clock this afternoon the local Telephone Company kindly informed us that the black drum Bad been hoisted, indicating a typhoon to the East of the Colony within 300 miles.
THE APPIAL CASE,
|
THE MACAO DISPUTE.
Some of the Points at Isano.
THE CHINA MAIL.
intelligence had rumeheil headquarters of a ronowed endeavour on the part of the natives to resume the intended extension of the dam and its consequent intrusion into Portu- guese waters. H.E. Senhor Machado bad Our Mamo certospondent writing under driven out to the locality that afternoon date of July 24th, dents with the Macuand on verifying the report had ordered harbour dispute na follows :—
the immediate suspension of the work. Tha As a more mentor to the still uninformed inatter was subsequently referred to Canton fraction of the public, having shouldered and the happy issue of the negotiations the task neither of a self-appointed arbi-with the Viceroy, which at last put an end tator nor that of a critis, I have already to the over recurring rexations arising
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introduced the lover of truth and fairplay front thu dam trouble was song the You can read the latest up-NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS!
to the real contrivors of the over deferred clever niores which qualified Sr. Machado delimitation of Macao. It behoves me now to attest the legitimacy of the conviction in the policy of the Provincia! Assembly, The appeal case" came again before the the self-government er other Societies of Chief Justice, Sir Francia Piggott, and Mr that ilke to hamper the successful denoue- Justice Gompertz, sitting as Full Court, atment of the voted question, in other words, the Suprine Court this morning, Li Po to show up their hidebound resolve to east Hung being the appellant and Li Ling Shi the Portuguese from their only coign of
the Daily Mail consider this to be the and Li Teung Pak aud Li Pe Lung and L: Fantago in China, reckless of the means portion of the rochimed plot to the south of Į
inavitable result of the "shomeless and unexampled violence" shown to r Asquith, while the Daily Telegraph says the atcer brutality and senseless insolent interruptions were simply disgusting. Such an exhibition of political unwisdom by the extremists, it says, ought to lead to a speedy collapse of whatever influence they possess.
MR BALFOUR'S SPEECH POSTPONED.
Mr. Balfour has postponed his import-a ant speech to City Consermitires to-day. The Morning Post says the postponement was the result of a dis agreement among the committee as to the terms of the resolution which it was intended to submit to the meeting, and to which the growing dislike of "white faggers" might have provoked angry
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for a grateful appreciation of his tact from the Colony. What the actual issue was never transpired, but we may safely sanjee turo its nature when we nots that although, the extension of the dawn and the sab- sequent reclamation of the enclosure was sanctioned by the Macao Government, the
which their prolitle anti-foreign fancy the coronanted border line is under P. Yung repondents. The motion was might suggest. The captious agitators | Portuguese jurisdiction. The many arbi that the judgment in the action delivered have entrenched themselves behind the trary acts imputed to the Macas Govern on March 3 might be reversed and that it treaty of 1887 which was ratified in Poking moat were all perpetrated within the above might be judged that paintiff recover on 28th April, 1889, and the pivot round mentioned bounds. Who's the bluffer, and against respondents contribution in respect which all their contention is made to evolve who is being bluffed? » of the sum of 882.212.40 and interest thern-lies in Article. It which says: China on, and the muda..
confirms in its entirety the second article of the protocol of Lisbon, relating to the perpetual occupation and government of Macao (and its dependencies) by Portugal,
Hon. Mr G. C. Altaster appeared for appellant, instructed by Mr C. E. H. Boavis and Mr Ellon Potter, for defendants, except the Srst and last, instructed by Mr (ss any other Portuguese possession. At present writing I an informed that the I
W, B, Hind and Mr G. K. Hall Brutton,
Mr. Justice Gompertz said that he had bundle of documents which were called mortgages and he wished to know if they
were in.
The two bracketed clauses refer to the wording of the protocol.
"It is stipulated that Commissioners appointed by both Governments shali Mr Potter-3pparently they are. One proceed to the delimitation of the of my arguments at the end is to be that if boundaries, which shall be determined by the documents are not really in they exght a special Convention; but so long as the to be in.
delimitation of the boundaries is not concluded, everything in respect to them shall continue as at present, without addition, diminution, or alteration by either of the parties." The dredging of the
Me Alabaster-They were not put in they were not proved. If my friend is going to say it was an omission on the part of the Registry to stamp them that is
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But as we now hear that the Peking. Government has taken in hand the "com plaint of the Provincial Leably and his antified the Viceroy of Cauton there No Subscription." anent it seems advisable to await further developments before resuming the topic. Governor of Mac has not yet been ap proached anew on the matter, though it is five days since telegraphic orders left Paking to that effect.
CORRESPONDENCE.
MR HOOPER'S REASONS FOR.
RESIGNING.
(To the Editor of the "CHINA Man.") Dear Sir,s 1 have now received His Excellency The Governor's acknowledg ment of my resignation as one of the
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harbour now in oportion they contend Sanitary Board elected by the Community. The White Owl, by Este Korn.
infringement of the obligation. To reinforce their challenge the Provincial Assembly in their memorial to the Viceroy adduce the following charges :-
THE HALSBURY BANQUET. Mr Patter-Supposing they are not technically in I am going to ask your The organisers of the Halsbury Lordships to admit them, but my sab. banquet state that 120 Peers and 100 mission is that they are in. Continuing, Commoners, including Mr Austen Mr Potter said that at the last sit ting of the Court he had submitted Chamberlain, will attend. A strong thi there
no necessity for the letter will be read from the Rt. Hon.agreement to be in writing because Joseph Chamberlain
it did not come within the statute of frauds harbour, seized fishing junks. interfered and it was important to note that there with the superintendence of the fish was no substitution as his friend would wish their Lordships to hold. He suggest. industry in Lappa and demolished the
Later:
The Duke of Northumberland and Lord Milner are included in the toast
list
LORD LANSDOWNE'S FEELER.
Lord Lansdowne has sent letters to his followers requesting them to state whether they are in favour of his policy, and 110 hare signified assent.
KING'S GOODWOOD VISIT POSTPONED.
Inter.
A Court Circular has been issued stating that the King has postponed bir visit In Goodwood on account of the crisis.
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Many Unionists are signing & memorial to Mr. Asquith regretting their personal discourtesy at yesterday's scene, which was prearmaged by irreconcilables.
ovation.
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FURTHER SCENES.
LONDON, July 28.
of
Lord Hugh Cecil, who was prominent
in what the Liberals describe as yester
WAS
"The Portuguese anily perpetrate acts of high-handedness and violence, they have secretly removed the buny of the inner
ed that by reason of the further oral agree. dam." ment there was no substitution for the
...
"this savage procedure points written agreement by the oral agreement. to a well-defined policy of gradual
The two together formed one curtract.
Mr Justice Gomperts-It is a contract partly in writing and partly verbal.
case is the written contract plus the sub
Mr Potter-The real contract in this
sequent verbal contract.
Mr Justice Gompertz--What evidence is there of the oral agreement?
Mr Potter-There is ample evidence. Mr Justice Gompertz-Did the parties give evidence ?
Mr Potter-These is oral evidence of the evidence.
Further argument took place. Their Lordships reserved their decision.
THE LATE FT. A. POLETTI.
Funeral Service.
Valley. His Lordship Bishop Pozzoui was
croachment."
Cess
to
on
channel no-
theboh which give the
whoever holds the key to the said water gato of the Heungshan district and
way may wring a will the neck of the whole Kwang Tung province."
involved in the jurisdiction of the waters hence the important barring
of Macso... In the treaty of 1897 Chim allowed Portugal only to occupy Maco, no waters were given ber."
by allowing the delimitation question to lie in abeyance til now the Chinese Government has already called down on itself the contempt of the Eu pean nations."
I desire to communicate to them their Noakes, by C. A. Dawson Seats. reasons for resigning ix months before The Hand of Venus, by J. Mergan do my term of office expires.
On the 20th Juny the President sub. mitted to the Board now sot of Draft Bye-Laws relating to Scavenging and Con- Mervancy to replace t the existing ones. ces it was accessary by Special Resolation Before considering and making the per
to
was
repeal those then in force.
Groar.
True Woman, by Baronesss Overy. Robinetta, by Kata Douglas Wiggin. The Vision of Balmaine, by G. 1. Burgio. Honour'a Fetters, by May Wynne. Some Happenings of Glendalyne, by Doro.
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Huntly McCarthy,
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The repealing clause stbmitted in daft as follows: AB tho bye-Laws originally contained in or since added to Mr Thompson, by W. B. Maxwell. Schedule P of the Public Health and The Cue Way Trail, by Ridgwell Cullum. Buildings Ordinances, 1993-1999-publish- The Land of Promises, by Stanley Portal ont para 480 of the Regulations of Hong-
Hyatt kong, 1910, under the heading Scavenging
and Conservancy, are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor."
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Board.
side-bet and purse, presented by Mr Bishop. The order of the procession was the Viceroy and the Copani-General for July records that they were made by the be handed over to the winner at the close In fact the Gorerumont Gazette of 7th Bysack, proprietor of the Hippodrome, will follows:-The clergy, members of the Portugal on that point. The latter office Sanitary Board. Italian, French and Spanish Missions; the was then rested in Sr. Cinatti, the same deletion of the words by the Sanitary Board Now, as to the merits of the retention of Christian Brothers; Sisters of the Italian who came over in 1900 with the Boundary I bare nothing more to say, and if the in our advertising columns later.
Further notice of this event will appear Convent and of the Asile de la Ste Enfance Commission from Lisbon. By virtue of Board had retained them I should have with the school girls; pupils of St. Joseph's the said Convention it was regulated that College; Chinese Christians from Kweishin
The grievance I complain of is:-That To commihomotato their success in win- district, and the European and Chinese an imaginary line was to be drawn midway an act of the Board after full discussion is ning the Championship of the Southern friends of the deccabed. There was a large between Groen Island and the Ah Pao unconstitutionally set aside, not by the Langue, Swindon have been presented with number of people awaiting the arrival of Sind rocks
Legislative Council or His Excellency the which would
thereafter Governor, but by some-Department of the the cortege at the Monument. The hearse determine the watery limit where the Government without a reference back to stopped at the gate, where Fr. Poletti's jurisdiction of Portugal ceased and from own converts drew the coin and carried where that of China conuenced. Such is it on their shoulders to the side
day's "Hugbliganism," attempted to put a supplementary question, but was drowned with shouta of "Divide!" *Hottentot"?
A wrangle ensued in the course of which Mr Asquith characterised another member's question as insolent.
Ultimately the House went into debate on Supply.
It was noteworthy that Mr F. E
Smith left the Front Betch for a seat next to Lord Hugh Cecil below the
gingway,
BALFOUR. SIDES WITH LANSDOWNE.
LATER.
aa Ievance to the subject.
bowed to their decision.
of the contest.
unique memento. It takes the form of a beautiful model of a Grant-Westem train. the Board, or without even infunning the The engine is an exact reproduction of a Legislative Council that the words Cam Locomotive of the 4.4.0 Athen clias and plained of had been by Special Resolution disapproved of by the Board.
is named "Fleming." The earringes are The President of the Board atates:-adorned with the records of the various before it was submitted to the Legislative leaning out of the first window is a guard 1. He was not aware of the addition clubs in the competition for 1810-11, and
2. That the words were re-inserted by wearing the Swindon colours, while walk- ing in the road in the rear of the train are Portsmouth." The present was given by Brighton and Northampton.
GREAT COMEDIAN AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE.
THREE
of the grave. The numerous beauti. the situation relative to the inner harbour ful wreatha wore ale carried by the in a nutshell. It gives one furiously native Christians, who Presented an to think how the Peking government, affecting scene as they followed the sur pliced clergy in the processing to the whowe parternal concern for the Council, graveside. The route was lined by the ouaiscience of the Canton Provincial the authority of the Colonial Secretary. Mr Balfour said he thought the
girls from the twe convents who were in Assembly induced them to entrust the majority of the Lords should support assisted by Rev. Fathers Pinczek sad
charge of the Sisters. Bishop Pozzoni, latter body with all the weighty socrote me that the very, words struck uut by the
It is extraordinary and inconceivable to figures marked "Southampton" and Lord Lansdowne. He etated that the Banque, otheinted at the service, the res of the delimitation coference, should have Sanitary Board were re-inserted by the real character of the peril had been pose being sung by the whole body of withheld an item of such important re-do so, and as the President of the Board Colonial Secretary unless ho were asked to clergy present. Tho Nervice WIA obscured by the clouds of controversy.impressively simple character, the thrce
denies that he was a party to it, Who did There was no resemblance between a hymns being "In Paradisom," Kyrie How are we now to account for the so And why
Eleison,"
" and "Benedictus. In the recital alleged demolition of the dam when it is The Peer proposing a vote to restore the of the later Nater the whole necmblage visibly and palpably not only still erect constitutional minner-which had to be powers of the Board have of Inte years hoen considembly curtailed in a Lords' amendments and a soldier dying joined. After the Blessing, pronounced by but ins, to all appearance, been vouchsafed inevitably accepted by the Board. When
Mussa Ramos, and Ramos Bake at his post.
the Bishop, the leading members of the Chalice congregation from Salkung stopped prolongation into Portuguese donin, nt, bowever mach I may wish to assist to the Hongkong public and their later: its actions are set aside irregularly I feel speciality of introducing the best artists. forward and reverently lowered the coffin into the gave, and as concluded the overstepping the aforesaid prescribedlimit? for the general good of the Public, I can mournful servico.
great nut waste my time ata public body working success is Mr Frank Melrose, a Among those present at the gravesida:
under statutory power when such treat London comedian, who is known ip Viscount St. Aldwyd had an audience wore:-Bishop Pozzoni, Father P. de More than a year ago, on the ostensiblement an aboro indicated is meted out to its all parts of the world. Elis From notices with the King) yesterday afternoon, Marin. Fathers J. Robert F. Noral, plea of wishing to secure a small patch of
members.
alone fill several large albums so that ho while Mr Balfour had a lengthy internal-General for Italy;
6. M. Bpads, and G. Avert; Mr Gaground for agricultural purposes, the elect some other mother
For theen reasons I would ask you to Mr J. J
my phen, view with Lord Lansdowne..
came to Hongkong to appear at the Victoris Laisin Consal for Portugal; Mesars Chinese population on the hinterland In savering my connection with the Theatre with a big reputation to main Gardener and Osmund, of the St. Vincent started to raise a dam from the shoreline Beerd I desirete express to His Excellency txin Mr Marise from his appearance has de Paul Society and Catholic Union; M of the innay bay running from east to west of the Board my tanks for the support gained the appellation of the escond Don SOLE AGENTS
the Governor, the Pablie and the President
in a parallel drift with the stipulated they have given mus in my endeavour to Lono." Comedian and humourist is writ jurisdictioanl division. At few metres improve the status and usefulness of the large all over tim and for iccentri
Board. Yours faithfully,
CONFERRING
LATER.
CAMPAIGN ONLY JUST BEGUN.
LATEL
Mr Balfour bas sent a letter to Lord Newton in which be dwells on the danger crested by the Parliament Bill'
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