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(Daily Press, 27th January.)
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diniek. The flouting criminal population which continues to infest Eastern ports by the process of continual change of habitation could by a consensus of opinion among the The harefaced case of highway robbery various places bo deprived of what aro at which took place on Kennedy Road carly present convenient sojourning grounds, to on Saturday afternoon once more calls
: the indisputable gain of the European settle- attention to the way in which Hongkong
Each country' should undertake nients. residen's are exposed to danger from the the task of dealing with its own criminals. presence of so many undesirable persons in At present the system is that the place the Colony. In the near past we have
with the laxest supervision gets the out- written more than ones of the insecurity of
casts of all its neighbours, of any race, property, and even of the person, owing to of various nationalities who find their way we have always had the greatest propor to the numbers of vagabonds and criminals poured into it. Unfortunately for us, Hongkong is the laxest port, and therefore hither and roam at large until their detectionate number of undesirable people at tion in rome nefarious work puts a tem-large among us, although at the same time With the we have for a considerable time been the Eorary end to their activities.
beachcomber" class we have enough, freest from great disturbances. Such a trouble in dealing, not to speak on the
state of things is highly discreditable.
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
But that evil is a
disgrace which such ill-conditioned waifs brieg upon the name of white men among small one compared with the curse of th; the respectable Chiuose.
Chinese rullian, of whom we never get rid from one end of the year to the other, white about China New Year he is particularly!
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(Daily Press, 28th January.) In the last number to hund of the London and China Express - that of the 26th we read as follows: -- A December
telegram from Hongkong reports that the committee of the Chamber of Commerce has levided unanimously that it is im- "possible to introduce a gold standard in Hongkong while China adheres to a silver standard. For the reason given this is. as we have frequently pointed out, the only possible conclusion that can be come to under the circumstances.
In this
(Daily Press, 29th January,) Rumours or another impending rebellion in China have been current for the past fw days in certain circles in the Clony, nud they derive colouring from a rase which appeared before His Worship, Mr. F. A HAZELAND, at the Magistracy, when fen Chinamen were charged under the Foreign Enlistment Act. 1870, with fitting out and preparing in this Colony, at divers dates, a military expedition to proceeds against a certain frieu fly State, to wit, the Empire of China. To this accusation the defen- dants pleaded not guilty, and were formally remanded. So much has alrendy trans- pired; as to the nature and extent of the suspected movement, speculation and runs take the place of certainty. Of official denial or confirmation there is none, for, as usual, the authorities are reficent, but their very disinclination to speak on the matter, compled with
at tl:ethraclitugs the Magistracy and the fact that a body of police was despatched carly yo tras morning toward the frontiers of the N
active. We do not wish to minimise in any Territory, sms to point clearly to some thing unusual being afoot. What informa- way the difficulty of dealing with the tion we have been able to gather is briefly problem, or we are well aware of the i
opportunities unavoidably offered by a free The stories of this latest disturbance inport such as this, situated on an island the political arena of China cumate from barely separated from the mainland, to the
social harpy of the burgling and watch.. native sources, apparently. The Triad Society is said to be the moving spirit, and to snatching class and even to worse criminals. have planned that the first blow of the rising But there re e rtain points in which it should be struck at Canton last night seems to us that the Government of Hong-"connection we may perhaps note that Sir EDWARD SASSOON points out as regards Whether or not it actually was deliveral it kong owes it to the residents to act with
more vigour than has hitherto been dis- India and the effect of the monopoly is impossible yet to say, but, in view of the
rated rupee, that, unless China is assisted publicity that has been given to the alleged played. It is plain from recent cases of
to place her chaotic monetary régime conspiracy and the alertness of the authori- bighway robbery that the upper roads of Victoria are not yet sufficiently patrolled.
gobl basis, an enquiry (respecting ties here and, it is to be presumed, at
India and the effect of) will free itself, Canton, it is unlikely that serious develop. Frequent travellers by these roads commot je
“and that before long-and, let us hope, ments have taken place. Be that as it may, help noticing the absence of European con-
before it is too late-upos the attention however, recruit ug for the rebel ranks stables, for the most part, in such parts of
of the Indian Government.” We are not appears to have been brisk here and in the Colony, Has the Police force hee, neighbouring ports, for, again according to iurreased in proper proportion to the growth native informants, Chinese from Hongkong, of the Colony ? from as far down as Singapore, and from Japan, were to flọck to the banner of the Triad Society when once its desi, nshal been definitely declared. The reason for all this unrest is said to be camily against, the maudarin class for excessivo "squeezing of the pe ple, inferentially for the payment of the indemnity as well as for their own personal gain. The people, it is said, are tired of the present system of government
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quite certain of the purport of the last sõutenes, But we gather that our con- temporary considers that the decision come to by the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce in December Was the only In fart, the view is maintained possible one
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to us, he iù te negative. Extra police means extra money; but if the puldie is not yet paying though to insifre adequate pro- tection then it cannot object to paying more if a fair return for its money is guaranteed, that the question of Hongkong "going Secondly, there is the question of the gold " is only to be considered in conjunc treatment of convicted" prisoners. Intion with that of China adopting a gold priods of especial prevalence of crimes | currency. This cannot yet be held proved. af violence, excmplary sentences no doubt ! but it must be admitted that matters would do something toward discouraging others, be infiutely simplified by China establish- but when a thef emerges from" goal |ing a gold standard. We published recently in China, and are even anxions that the
he in a majunty of cases, it is to be the first half of a dissertation by Mr. E. S. country should be taken over and admiuis.
feared, has not, lust his former pro- | LITTLE on the currency question, whieli tered by an European P'over or Powers.
He is obviously an undesirable appeared in the North-China Daily News, All this, as we have said, is rumour, and į pensities,
The power of and we have since received a copy of Mr. how far it is to be depcuded upon we leave resilent in the Colony, our readers to judge. It is certain, how, bonishing him from it exists unquestioned, LirrLif's entire pamphlet on the subject. scruple in using it. In the first section of his plea for IL ever, that affairs are uol so tranquil as they ; and there should be no
gold standard Mr. LITTLE urged that all appear to be. Some of the metí arrested; All natives proved guilty of Viod at robh ry here and now under remand were found in and worse offeners should be deported, for the important trading nations of the world a house at 20, D'Agular Street, where it is not the duty of Hongkong to try to use gold as the only standard of value in the exchange of commodities; that China uniforms and banners were also įliscovered, † roform the seum of China, which has a way The police bad had information of their af Hoating hither. Thirdly and this point is now the only large and important nation in the world which continues to use silver; whereabouts and schemes, and took then is one of great importance- it should no quite by surprise, Not all the occupiuts longer be posible for neigblouring parts to that the ranks of silver using countries are of the house were arrested, however, for send their undesirables to Hongkong, here being rapidly thinned by the replacing of we believe that several, incfueling the
to mingle with our teeming population and silver) with gold; that frade is becoming ringleaders, escaped by the back-door a
get fresh opportunities tu practice evil ways, increasingly difficult in China owing to the În Gould surely, be an ersy matter for diminishing value of silver, and that the the representatives of the law entered by
in preventing inpoft trade is receiving a serious check the front. The anests were effected on British Colonies to unite Sunday last, and Ee. Buitish Consul | ingress to men deported from any one of owing to the enhanced prices in silver
them. also trauspices, Was at Canton, it
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With regard to the foreign places required for all foreign commodities aud once advised by cable of the mattes of which have an agiccable custom of turning the flifficulty of doing business with a events. Active measures
are still being over to Hongkong those whom they do not ; medfum which is so constantly and violently more fluctuating; and finally that some remedy juursued by the authorities, and develop. want then selves, the problem ments may be expected.
difficult, but surely not incapable of solution. must be found, and that immediately, the It would be to their advantage also to agree | only remedy seeming to be the establish- † with British ports in giving warning of the 'meift of a "gold. standard in China. We tioners qualified to practice in the Colony the | banishment of any individual proved to be | gave in full the carlier part of Mr. LITTLE's name of Mr. S. A. Villa bus boet added
an unsuitable resident within their b.un. ple. He goes on to show, in the second
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