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As the steamer which was bringing me back from Shanghai glided between the verdant banks of Lre Mun, I leaned against the rail and told the tourist at my elbow how lucky he was to have postponed his trip to Hong- kong by three months.
.COMES TO THE ORIENT.
TWO BEBELS."
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THE CHINA MAIL.
Fieter Elberfeld and Simon Bolivar were rebels.
Elberfeld was born in Batavis and attempted to overthrow the Dutch Government and place himself at the head of a government of Java which should be independent of Holland Pieter Elberfeld Failed.
ful.
Wherever one goes in, the fire re- OPIUM AND COCAINE. publice ons is notfranted with the ¦
BEITURE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
name and portrait of Simon Bolivar. AMONGST "NANKING'S" CARGO, He figures on their postage stamps, their Houses of Parliament and other public buildings. He looks down at you from a large bronze horse in the squares and his name is given to their 'battleships.
soon in
because he
-
of
made
waterfront
When the China Mail steamer "Nanking” arrived at San Francisco Of course be bad circumstances in on her last trip across the Pacife from his favour. The English North Hongkong narcotics valued more American Colonies had set the fashion than $250,000 were found amongst painter and the the goods being unloaded on the Bolivar was born in Carscas and of cutting the
Was reckoned attempted to expel the Spaniards from mestizos and criollos of South America steamer's pier. It
be the largest seisure some of their South American are just the people to whom the idea to colonies. Simion Bolivar was success of revolting appealed. But, he was unlawful drage ever successful; and the name of Simon the San Francisco
and a thorough search of the liner) Rebellion goes by various names, Bolivar will not be forgotten, according to the magnitude of the
And Pieter Elberfeld! Perhaps he was ordered.
Raporting the discovery, the San rising and the result of the revolt. I was a hundred years too the numbers of both parties are near his attempt to cut the painter. Franciso Chronicle of April 20 said:
it Perhaps
"Fourteen hundred cans of opium FOOTLIGHT FAVOURITE. y equal, the struggle is known as a
Civil War. A successful revolt of a did not take sufficient precautions or and twelve pounds of cocaine were colony is called a War of Independence, make sufficient preparation. Perhape found in the forenoon in unmarked The smaller affairs which are sup again, it was because he had not packing cases on the pier by Inspector pressed by the authorities are known people of Spanish blood to support of Customs W. F. Fitzgerald. The ! Misa Adele Blood, footlight favourite as revolutions, or risings, or, if they him. He rebelled against the Dutch cocaine was dans up in eight separate and screen idol, as well as being are smaller still, as mutinies. If the who are more cold, more stolid and packages. Continuing his search known as "America's most beautiful scheme comes to the knowledge of very practical. They made very through the freight sheds, the in- blonde," was amongst those who theee against whom it is directed be short work of him. At any rate he spectar during the afternoon found came to the Orient on the Pacific fore any overt acts have been fallend has been almost forgotten. 1200 additional cane of opium in fact remains that Pieter twelve packing cases, also mimarked. Mail Liner Empire Stato." Miss performed, the leaders of the revolt
The narcotic is in the form of Blood's trip is for the purpose of are just called traitors and executed died was net successful and is
t-day referred to in history books sa prepared making opium and has an Promoting the moving picture out of hand.
having been a "rather influential half illicit trade value of $100 a can. The industry in the Far East.
caste." It is easy to sneer at the fallen.tins re about the size and shape of This rather influential half-caste small tobacco cans. Thus far no cine had induced 170,000 natives to take has been found by the Federal in- part with him in an effort to over-spectors as to who attempted to throw the Dutch garrison. He also smuggle the drugs into San Francisco. had secured the help of the local The Nanking" arrived Tuesday from Over now. "Why yes", I assured him; about her reported engagement to a Inquiry by a San Francisco, paper sa Taikoo, busy as
The garrison the Orient and it is presumed that the Bolivar worked well and carefully independent sultans ever, pashed itself into view Hongkong appeared well-known figure in business and and was preparing his plans for was to be overpowered and a govern- contraband came on this vessel. The indeed to present a perfectly normal political life brought the reply that several years before he took arms met fatablished in Batavis with opium had been packed in innocent- even visited Elberfeld at its head. (Was not looking containers and unloaded on Sunday morning appearance. There there was absolutely nothing to it. against Spain. He were the docks going in full awing, & Pressed to say if there wasn't some England, France and America taseek Bolivar dictator of New Granada?) the dock with the rest of the package The smugglers evidently, Perhaps the countries Only three days before this plan freight. train was paffing away from the other lucky man she said, "There assistance.
Peak Tram may be but until I have completed he liberated, have not been as pro-was to be carried out, Elberfeld was according to Surveyor Flaherty, in crawled up the hillside like a fly on my business in the Orient all talk of sperous as he might have wished, but betrayed. A Malay girl told the secret tended to remove their spoil aptown Elberfeld was either in the confusion incident to a window pane.
report of my contemplated marriage prosperity will come with settled to a Dutch officer.
the government and this will be attained beheaded together with forty-six of handling a big incoming ocean cargo, or else they planned waiting until background. When I rasarn there as soon as there is an alternative form his accompEces.
of election. At present a general
There is no statue of Pieter Elber-darkness to spirit it away." may be a different story."
election takes the form of a revolution fald. His house was razed and a wall in some of the republics and votes are built round the spot where it had cast with rifles. Where the spoils of stood. On this wall was placed Elber- office are more or less fairly, divided, feld's head on a pike and the "Skull revolutions are not so popular as they of Pieter Elberfeld" is one of the sights recommended the tourist in were.
But, in peace and in strife, all Batavia, political parties claim to be followers of the Liberator. Each of the coun- tries he freed keeps his name very
"We were in a mess then " I told him, "a hundred and fifty boats park ed up in the barbour, to hotel boys, no house boys, no nothing." He wanted to know if it had all blown
raway station,
A stateroom banked with fowera from admiring friends attested to the woman's popularity. Miss Young Blood has recently completed a successful theatrical tour.
will have to remain in
a
My tourist friend took it all in through his big spectacles and said nothing until we were close to our buoy in the fairway. Then he brake Although Miss Blood has been silence. "Sar" be queried "do the twice married and divorced she is Navy run your fatrics?" I looked Dot pessimistic abou: marriage. She scross to Blake Fier and saw a Star was once quoted as stating that ferry coming towards us. It seemed mariage, if it turns out happily, as to zigzag drunkenly and I saw that it often does, despite divorce there were bluejackets aboard. Other records, is the ideal happiness for people had seen them too and were woman Riches, fame, career speculating. They began noticing everthing pales into insignificance things that had not been specially before a happy marriage," the said significant before. "Yes" said one "I heard the seamen were coming out again. Over that business about their President."
"And if you notice": chipped in another "there does seem to be a lot of shipping hung up in the barbour. And look what a lot of sampsos- I wonder if we'll be able to get a "walla walla"" The police Praya Wall." sergeants who came aboard to check our passports cleared up the mystery for ox. It was only the launchmen, they said, and the men who ran the
ferries.
I scrambled into a sampan with
my baggage and persuaded the lady
an hour and a half to get scross. The sailors do their best but they don't krow much about them yet. Once you get aboard & ferry these days you never know your luck. You may end up at Wanchai or up against the
Simca Bolivar succeeded and be came known as "El Libertador". He liberated from Spanish authority,
known-to-day the countries Venezuels, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. He became dictator of New Granada.
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LAW AND ORDAR.
49 RGA MEN JOIN POLICE.
Altogether, 19 N.C.O's and men of In the wall below the skull is a the BG.A. have sworn in as tem- large stone which bears the following porary police for a period of four inscription in Dutch and Javanese months. Nineteen took the oath In detested merry of the traitor at the Magistracy on Saturday, and Pieter Elberd who was ex-yesterday another 31 were presented ecuted. On ti a spot shall no man before Magistrate Fraser. build, construct, lay bricks or till the ground from now until the last day.
Batavia, April 14, 1722. The Malays say that the place is tempat Hanto" and make offerings there."
much alive in countless ways. Bolivia calls itself after him. The Venezuelan
know coinage consists of francs which are
'bolivares' 68
and thia
Before administering the cath, republic also confez
the Magistrate asked the men if they upon her distinguished citizens the "Order of
fully understand the questions in the Bast of the Liberator." In the
the declaration forms they had filled days when Castro was in his prime
in. An N.CO. thereupon saked if this order was also conferred upon the
the service was absolutely voluntary unsuspecting stranger.
and upon being told that it was, said The writer All day long I kept meeting people was told that he had merited it and
Simon Bolivar, "El Libertador" is that he did not wish to be swom in. who had something to say about it. that there would be a trifling matter the founder of five republica, their He was asked to stand aside while the One man told me that the strikers of 503 bolivares to pay in the way of national hero, the George Washington oath was administered to the others bad put sand in the pistons so that charges." There
Tot aboat of the South. He rebelled said each had art
raised any ob the navy men were unable now to get seventy-seven ways of saying "Noceeded.
jection. There ́ LEW additions up any sort of team pressure. thank you" in Spanish without "On this spot shall no man build, the Force brings the strength of the Another told me of a big scheme for causing offense.
construct, lay bricks or till the European contingent to about 250
is sure to contain Plazs Bolivar or Day."
Each large town in the five countries ground, from now until the Last men.
five
it.
streets and avenues beating his name executed." abound. Then there are the statues.
At home, after dinner, I listened to
where revolutions are
It is very difficult in a country an ancusi sfair tu erect statnes to
anyone without causing, offence.
to
Fieter Elberfeld fall- The first batch of recruits have already been issued with truncheons, árralets and whistles, and at- tended the training school under Inspector Gerrard yesterday after- noon. They will be ready to take on duty in a couple of days' time.
at the tiller to ferry me over to making $150 a day towing passengers Kowloon She shrieked all the way across in the barges, All it wanted, scross that she would want two he said, was the help of the Govern Plas del Libertador. And the ed. He was only a traitor who was dollars for the job but seemed rea- ment, some barges and zonably happy when I gave her one. For eir Europears to Once ashore, I found that everybody He agreed with me that something in Kowloon was talking about the to tow the barges would also prove strike. It seemed to Eave got on useful. their nerves. They were discussing it at the Mess when I blew in "Didn't you" they asked "hear all about the strike when you were in Shanghai ? "*
Well no" I replied "I can't say that Shanghai a exactly shaken to its foundations over it, but what's all about it." Well" they chorused, "it began on Thureday and ever since then it's been a proper picnic. We haven't been able to get back to tiffin and sometimes it takes
CROUP.
a group of people talking on the President Castro explained to the verandah. They were discussing writer that most of the Venezolanoe earnestly whether, in the event of a
to whom one might erect statues had Star ferry tarping turtle in mid been identified with same political harbour, the explosion of the boilers party and any monument to them would smash up the hull enough to might be the object of a hostile de- let the submerged passengers ezcape monstrasion so he could only com to the surface.
memorate the deeds of two men in
I went to bed then. But it was to this manner: Christopher Columbus dream that I was one of the submergand Simon Bolivar Bome few
ed passengers of an overturned terry months before Cipriano Castro had and that the explosion of the boiler capsed the statues of one of his pre- blew me up and up until I landed on decesso to be dynamited, so he knew the roof of the Peak Hotel. And then all about it. The disease is so dangers seiso Mr. Lesac Marcosson, who travelled
Castro was very fond of invoking rapid in its development that every mother of peace chien should re with me on the steamer, polped his the name of Boil var. He was always prepared for it. It is very risky to wait head through a chimney pot and de speaking of following the lead of the unts: the attack of en up afters and manded to be given, for the benefit Liberator and was proud to be Presi
Lez rend for medicine sad lei bebili
is until it can be obtainet. Chamber of the readers of the Saturday Evening dent of the land which gave birth to l's tough Kemedy is trompt and Fost a zesume of my sensations whilst Balivar. At each mention of the efectual and has never been known in flight. I opened my mouth to
name he pointed dramatically to the fail many case Always have sectie give him a full account of what portrait of Bolivar hanging in the
-the home. For sale by si magis. and storekeepers.
thought of him and then woke up.
Benate in Caracas.
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BRINGING
Fity IndiaLs of the E. K. S., RGA, attested as temporary con- Tetables at the Central Station this morning and were issued with truncheons, armlets and whistles.
FOX-TROT COMPETITION.
POSTPONED.
CALICO DANCE INSTEAD.
Dancers will learn with keen dis appointment that the fox-trot competition planned for the Kowloon Theatre this evening has beeût postponed owing to the launchmen ́s strike. The novelevent has now bern fixed for next Tuesday, but in order not to disappoint Kowloon dancers ats further, a calico dance will be. held ronight on the lines that have hitherto proved so popular.
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