September 16, 1899 1
DX-ZOSGZ CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG WATER POLO ASSOCI- ATION CHALLENGE SHIELD.
FINAL TIE,
The deciding struggle for the above shield took place on Monday at the Victoria Recrea tion Club's enclosure, where a large lighter been moored to provide extra accommodation for spectators.
The contestants were :-
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Victoria Recreation Club “ A " team, (Red caps) Goal, Machado; Backs, Loureiro and C. Hance; Half-back, A. A. Alves (captain); For- wards, Armstrong, L. Jorge, and Henderson.
Kowloon. (white caps)-Goal, Sutton; Backs, Logan and Muller; Half-back, Lapsley; For- wards, Kenneth, Millar, and Humphreys (captain)
The former team were the winners last year, when they were captained by W. A. Stopani, and before the game yesterday the odds were decidedly in their favour. Although there was no donbi as to the result there was a very good attendance of on-lookers.
In the opening race Jorge secured the ball and passed back to Alves, who shot wide. When Kowloon's goal keeper took the throw he carried his arm back with the ball through the goal, at which the goal judge put up his flag, and Mr. Meek, the referee, allowed a goal-a most erroneous decision. Not until the ball has left the goalkeeper's hands when he is taking a goal throw is it in play, and nothing can be scored when it is in touch. On the re-start Millar secured for Kowloon. He passed to Humphreys, who put in a good shot, and this being saved he made a strong attempt himself, but without luck. Then the V.R.C. men attacked and Sutton had to save from Armstsong at the expense of a corner. Immediately afterwards Alves made a good throw into goal and Henderson meeting it punched it through. Then Alves got one for himself and, after Kowloon had made an ex. cursion to the other end, Arms rong out. manoevered Muller and notched a fourth points This roused Kowloon and they madestrenuoue efforts to effect a score, and certainly they wer unfortunate is not doing so, both Millar and Humphreys making good attempts. There was, however, no alteration at half time, when the score stood 4 to nil in favour of the V.R.C.
On play being resumed Jorge again was first on the ball, and from his pass. Alves put in a terrific shot which struck the upright. There was very keen play for a considerable time and try as they would the V.K.C. could not get through the Kowloons' defence. Muller and Lapsley were playing very well for their team. By and bye the referee made a mis- take in giving a foul against Logan, and Hen- derson, profiting, cleverly scored. Armstrong a little later picked up a weak throw-out by goalkeeper Button and registered No 6; Alves was responsible, with a fine longshot. for No. 7, and Armstrong added the eighth. Time prevented any further addition to the score anp the game ended with the V.R.C. winners by 8 goal to nothing.
A. A Alves Jorge, Armstrong, and Hen- derson were the pick of the V.R.C. team, the first-named being without doubt the finest player in the Colony;
Of the Kowloon men Lapsley was by far the best. Muller played exceedingly well at back and Humphreys and Millar did good service forward. The team was not so much overplayed as the score indicated and no doubt will render a good account of itself in next season's contests.
THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
CAPTAIN'S: CUP AND SILVER MEDAL FOR SEPTEMBER,
There was a fair attendance on the first day of the meeting and an average number of entries for the Cup The links, however, had been bally out up in consequence of a steeplechase on the previous day, and many were the growls when a player found his ball deeply embedded in a hoof mark - The ground was very saft, owing
APTAIN'S CUP
Mr. C. A. Tomesha kater Mr. C. Palmer
96 11 #95
Lient. B. V. Brooke, R.N. 03 Mr. G. Stewart .. Mr. C. M. G. Burnie
18 entries. FOOL
08000
92
91
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There were eight entries for this, the only returns being those given above for the Cup.
CORRESPONDENCE,
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspomulents.) CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO JOHN FOREMAN'S NEW EDITION ON THE PHILIPPINES.
DAILY PRESS.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE " to publish some correspondence that has passed SIE-I am taking the liberty of asking you bewteen Mr. John Foreman and myself, relative to certain objectionable statements that were made in his new edition of his hook on the Phi- lippine Islands..—Very respectfully yours,
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ROUNSEVELLE WİLDMAN. Hongkong. 11th September 1899.
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THE KOWLOON CUSTOM
THE EDITOR
Sir day last Stations and h
THE DAILY
has not been the subject of tubliefts/Ca in to say the least surprising. Whi ase is there in saying the Kowloon
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has no oficialistatus? Why will kong public bury its head in The Hongkong Chinese Custom ho verned by the Viceroy and Ho Commissioner in turn governs i from Hongkong. He sits the missioner, hears petitions and Inf otherwise behaves as a person of short his whole attitude is highly every point of view on w
I am not.. incumbent, but the once, though incumbent has been hone too Hongkong in the past, when another capacity. master General is aware that all official covers It would interesting to know if the Post. and correspondence since the stations came into the hands of the I. M. C., have been sent those stations without having been stamped! How much does the Postal revenue lose yearly by this exemption, and why is it permitted P
With the usual apologies I remain, your': truly,
H John Foreman, Esq., care Messrs. Scribner &
Hongkong, 10th June 1899. Hongkong, 11th September, 1899. bildi off Sons, Publishers, New York City.'
THE OVERCROWDING ON THE 6 20 New Edition of your work on the Philippine Is- SIR-My attention has been called to the
" TARTAR":{ungd as popinsfla lands. On page 367 I find the following sen-
TỔ THE EDITOR OF THE " DAILY. PRESS.] >:II tence:-"The American Consul in Hongkong, steamer Tartar are not surprised by statementa
Dear Sir, The discharged soldiers on-thawot Mr. Wildman, accepted the honorary post of made in the papers of this city by officials inev Treasurer of the Patriotic League Fund." This authority in the U. S. Army trying to throwAN is absolutely false. I never was Treasurer of it sand in the eyes of the public, joking with... or any Association in the world, and neither truth in such a manner as to excite the indig-A¦ have I ever heard of the Patriotic League nation of the men, and trying to put the blame // - Fund." Your statement is nothing more or less than libel, and tends to damage my official cha-mistakes. The sympathy of the European and I on the victims while whitewashing their owner racter. Had not Mr. Spencer Pratt already especially of the British people with your obtained an order of the Court stopping the sale sufferings, which sufferings the abové named 568 occurs the fallowing statement :-" Consul by us, nor by the American people whene of your book, I should have done so. On page officials try to belittle, will never be forgotten General Pratt thereupon sent Emelio Aguinaldo the facts are fully made known to them with his Staff to Hongkong with instructions We desire to place the truth before the public, to Consul Wildman to put bim in communica and would not worry you with our grievancem tion with Commodore Dewey, which he did, and We would consider it beneath the dignity of Commodore Dewey, before he left China for Manila, gave orders to Consul-General Wild- anity's sake, the humanity for which we hays
our manhood to answer, were it not for hum-3 man to see that Aguinaldo and his staff followed bled, and suffered, fought, the humanity that if on an American war ship." While this state is denied us to-day. ment may not have been intended to be malicious, it is historically incorrect-(soe my dispatch No. 83 page 336 of the "President's Message to Congress on the treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain.") If you had taken as much pains to have looked into the American documents relating to the war, as you did to get together the numerous proclamations of the Insurgent leaders, the last three chapters of your book would have been as valuable to futurity as the first edition was to the past. Publishers in America may read it.-Very I am leaving this letter open that your truly yours,
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ROUNSEVELLE WILDMAN.
Rounsevelle Wildman, Esq., Hongkong.
Sir,-Your esteemed letter of the 10th June reached me only on the 8th instant, and I has ten to reply to the same. I beg to enclose a copy of the new pages 567 and 568 which have been printed to take the place of the pages which you refer to, and every book sold in Lon- don, America, and the Far East will contain the amended pages. The necessary number of new pages, for the purpose, has gone forward to the respective Far Eastern ports by mail. You will observe that in these amended pages, your name is eliminated, and you are not referred to directly or indirectly. It affords me the greatest pleasure to find that in doing so I have fully anticipated your objections, and whilst assuring you that it was far from my mind to make per sonal allusions to any one with malicious inten- tion. I beg to apologise most sincerely for any
London, 11th August, 1899.
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term of enlistment expired when the President::a We enlisted for the war with Spain. Our of the United States declared pesos restored, which was on the 11th April, he himself declaring at the same time that we were entitled to our dis, charge. The new Army Bill passed by Congress ordered our immédiate discharge, but it that if we desired to enlist, for six month we could do so. We were entitled application for discharge, but We were kept against our was not accepted by the omoisla
terms of our contract, against the by Congress in the new Army Bill. did get our discharge we did not full transportation money, not because eral Funston states, Congress ba
way from the Privates at the the war, but because General Otit away
the General Paymaster to issue. order, which has not to this day received. sanction of the Controller of the U.. sury and of which: Congress t nothing officially.. Full travel pay to the beginning of January of every discharged soldier, both were disabled, to those w favour and had never seen service, and to the soldi expired: None of the again. To force them to re passed as above stated. August received our received no subsistenos live on our own money, tence we in oar wesk state.
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to a good deal of rain having fallen during the monoyance, which the statements in question nor could we have done
previons two weeks, and riding should not have been permitted; it was a cruel shame.
may have paused yon.—I'am, sir, very respect; fully yours,
JOHN FORIMAN.
men. And although our
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