plaguio and other Infectious disease, Jusve im- pressed most prop]). It is to be regretted that the gentlemen he engaged to rebut the state- ments in the Peition were not as reason. able. Unlike them HE is evidently open to conviction. Recognising the serious con alition of affairs, he requests the services of anxpert This, of course, had boon
previous to H.E's dispatch third latter of Suratator" (a copy of which had been sent to the Colonial Ofice a mouth before) in anmerons Treks telegrams, and in the focal newspaper Therefore Hits to be praised for His prompt and sympathetic action in response to the manifest wish of the community. It fun tribute also to the atility of the loool Fress, which Officials are not apt to recognise until somewhat late in the day,
In pr. 3, 1. points out that ho has oleor fod some mysterions connection between rinderpest and plague. E is probably Har that this was threshed out in 1893, when staff-Surgem Wilm identified the bacillits of plague and rintarpest as the same, s state
was completely ment which unfortunately wa
In par. 11, HE. refers to hub very or collent innovation, the introduction of public bath-houses for Chinese H.. has deservedly received much credit for having sanationell what the Government had hitherto persistently neglected, though recommended by Mr. Chadwick. As far back as 1892, the Sanitary Board proposed the orection of ten bath-houses- & proposal ignored by the Government. A fow public baths for poor Europeans would also be appreciated,
In par. 12, reference is made to efforts 10 combat the diaras, which fortunely seemed to be unavailing. In this connection it should not be forgotten that the Legisla tive Council prevented the cleansing of the villages and the Government did not
move
in the matter. Last February the Sanitary Beard could obtain no sanction er assistance to carry out prophylactis mensures.
Par. 13 hardly harmonises with the second part of par. 7. but it is ocnseling to kuow that the possibilities of future post are not likely to exceed the past waste. H.. is hardly correst
in stating that Mr. Chadwick's reports are
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The message from the Mediterranean foot The Australian Vaudeville and Specialty Company gato another very successful per to the British publia is very ably delivered in formance on Saturday night, before, a large the columns of the National Rezim by Mr. audience, the bottom portion of the house being Arnold White, M.P. Thrice during the past chief fighting fleets, and in the course of thous filled to overflowing. The programme was an year, Mr. White tolls us, he has visited our entire change of that which had been given at journeyings, he writes, "I have discovered that the previous performances, and the entertain the feet has formaleted a message to the people ment went off with a capital swing. The of England. How far Mr. Arnold White is opening chorus of selections from "The the accredited messenger of the admirals and Geisha" was remarkably well rendered and captains of the British endrons is not revealed, but he assures us that the naval officers with was loudly applauded The Carnival" whom he bow boon Irought into contact are Miss Jessie Forde rendered very artistically. absolutely unanimous in considering our naval | and, with the excellent artistic singing of Miss position, and especially that of one Mediter Beatrice Warde, kept the performance from ranean Arat, dangerous. Mr. Arnold White deteriorating entirely to the level of comio opens his excellent paper with an ralogy of the perannuel of the Royal Navy. The officers are loyal to their chiefs, and do not, he says, songs. In her song "Onë heart divine" Miss rig them. They have no influence with present, more assertion, since the Navy Estimtes Warde was heard to much advantage, and was erit Frees, or at Court, nor any in Society. recalled. The other portions of the first part
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have not been started even during the present careful not to caestate their case, if they desire costly war. Let Mr. White and the Longue ba to rouse the public, for they have a case, and a
disproved by Koh during his researches being widely read und considered, because there recalled; "we have half a dozen amateurs who command, will not speak or write of the perils of the Naval Defence Act aleven years ago.
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In anb-section (f), H. E. describes the Tang Wa. Hospital as an excellent charitable institution supported entirely by the Chinese." This hospital is in receipt of a large Govern ment grant. In par. 5 when the foalth of the only trained canitary inspector benke down, ILE. recommended the appointment
of an assistant malical offer of health For
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are only known to be two copies of the Report in the colony, one of which was placed at "Seratator's" disposal by one of the pestilent local agitators, and was used in compiling the Petition. I doubt if the Government actually possess a copy. It is a pity this was locked by the compilers of the Memoranda, as it might indeed have formed on excuse for the Export's reforme never having been carried out! There is nothing more iu H.E.'s report that calls for special comment. The local medicos, 4 might be expected, are sceptical of H.E's theories concerning plague, and regard oven with levity H.E.'s references and conclusions.
would get. Sus Howley, tits, Wonderful singing. Ma, San Rowley has a wonderful voice, which was thrown sway ou the nonsense sang, though he was very funny and was onoored. The Sisters Linwood gave a very pleasing danco, sud wore followed by Bliss E. Warde in her careful rendering of "If all the stars were wine." One of the best numbers of the programme was the clover operatic sketel by Miss Annis Moore and Miss Jossle Forde of "Oh my daughter" from The Gaiety Girl. Miss Moore's representation of the parson was remarkably good, and Miss Forde made a pretty daughter. These two young
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in which it indicated the importance of a Hongkong, 7th February, 1901. [439 O. Boresford, apon whom this gift of silence law not been conferred. His Lordship has my tire fabric of our Empire may be said to
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The Undersigned having been appointed its way into print, and this letter amply un- and eighteen captaine who control the destinies firms Mr. Arnold White's warnings. Years of the Channel and Mediterranean squadrons. back, says Mr. White, when the British held Nevertheless, bath Mr. White and the Lengue AGENTS for the above Company, AT pre- command of the sea, the Admiralty-divided appear to us to overstate the strong case whichpared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRD at
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Agents. the surface of this plaust into uine commands, they have worked up in farour of strengthening Current Bates. Our relatively weaker teet for this country to maintain overwhelming order to reuse public opinion, but the system nine squadrons, although it is no longer possible accessary to strike the note of sensation in we hate to ship equal to the Russian armoured much. When all is said, it is impossible to quadrons in every sea. In Australian waters has its dangers, since it is easy to protest tos cruiser Gromoboi, with her B-inch quick firare; doubt that Bir. Arnold White and the Navy
and, according to Mr. White, we are equally the combined squadrons of France and Russia: tirely articles.-Naval and Military Record. orichssed in North American waters, in the East Indies; in the Pacific, and specially, be it noted, in the Mediterranean. This diffusion of bad strategy, unless the supremacy our squadrons into nine commands is certainly assured. What was possible after Trafalgar is clearly impossible to-dag, owing to the rapid riso of several maritime rivals. The unchallenged. command of the seas can no longer be ours when
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the slona, Apparently this is a reference to Professional men were over thus opposed to artistes have grown much since they were our China squadron is greatly outnumbered by Leaguo have rendered a public servicy by thomHE Undersigned, having been appointed
the investigations of the layman, but the before an Eastern audience with Pollard's Lilli. if the putians, but they have lost none of their former purgannen of such studies, even ultimate conclusions be denied acceptance, is skill. Miss Farde's voice, if well trained, gives worthy of inuch praise, and such devotion expromise of a successful future in operatic work, hibite an earnest desire to do something far whilst Miss Moore should, with her marked the benefit of an afflicted community. Un ability, taken prominant place in Australian fortunately this is the age of specialists, sud it drastic sircles. The company will repeat their performance nightly, and it deserves to be may be argued that H.E.'s energies might be well patronised by those partial to a variety more profitably devoted to less technical sub. jects, and the investigation of plagus left in the and of those trained to deal with it. The expected arrival of the new bacteriologist should, however, set at rest any anxiety on this point.
two years the Sanitary Board have hout urging the appointment of an assistant to Dr. Clark.
In par. 6, it is stated that, the public Press published letters and articles "that increased the articles and correspondenes which appeared in the newspapers, pointing out the existere of grave scandals, the apathy of the Govern- ment and its inability to adequately cope with the disastrous station. When within a for weeks—to quote I. 5.— twenty-five Europeane had been attacked and nine had died, surely "the alarm needed no incentive from the newe- papers? The articles in the Fress were endorsed by every douter and civil engineer in the colony, and the Government natural did not sypreciate the publication of the true state of affairs The Governmentiras not blow to avuil itself of wereral good suggestions minde byt that some fools and newspaper correspondence, thoug sporadic offerts had but little using the gradual Spearative of epidemic. The Militar tha thorium All likewise, but unlike the Goverment mot hotated to acknowledge snek Indebtedness
In H.E.'s covering letter of 18th July, 1901, addressed to Mr. Chamberlain, there is only ene paragraph that need be referred to, as the other statements are taken from the Official Memoranda, to which I intend to voter in n second article.
In par. 2, H.E. "fears the signatories
performance.
POLICE COURT.
Saturday, 3rd August.
BEFORE MR. HAZELAND,
DISHONEST RICKSHA COOLIE,
Capt. Mirlos told his ricksbn coolie to wait for him while he went into the Hongkong Hotel, at the same time tearing a parcel, oon- shirt, total value $7, in the risksha: When he returned from the hotel, coglie, ricksha and parcel had disappeared,
Aconsert pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three weeks' hard labour.
MORE GAMBLERS.
In part, HF refers to his possible theory to the Petition were not acquainted with the taining one pair of canvas shoes, two belta and a Money to the amount of 41 millions remains that the plague opals fro to strmospheric facts." It may be fairly pointed out that to their conditions which is some slogous to the regret the majority of the Felitioners bad en idea that malaria is duote. There are perfenced the facts contained in the Petition but few layman who dare venture to discuss and furthermore, that in the Official ex- the clinical aspects of plague, and HE.'planation of the one" terrible dificulty" among in doing so is worth admiration if others that the colony is placed in, non of unsafe for general maulation Personally the the facts quoted in the Petition, mainly from writer favours Eatmorphorie theory Offeisi documents and utterances, were dis. that is in Hongkong or if H.B. in his rambles will get withii even a thirty yards dins ofproved by the Official trio whose duty it was to explain, admit or refute them or better still to have left them alone.
courage
one of the shafts of our local drains--the system of which we are fold is so perfect he will be at once couvined, that not only plaguo but many other deally diseased are traceable to Hongkong's “atmospheris condition."
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H.B. is needlessly going out of his way in stating I observe that some of the signatures
P. 8. Gordon, No. 38, had a aquad of twelve men, oaught gambling at Honghona, before His First and second defendants were fined $10 for Worship. keeping a common gaming-house, and the rest $2 or seven days for frequenting a common gaming-house.
Inspector McDonal of Honghona station also bad a batch of nine gamblers before His Wor- ship. The first and second accused were fined $15, and the real 33 or eight daya,
DRUNK AND DISDELERLY.
Private Thon Davis, R.W.F., for being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner in Kowloon was fined $3 or seven days.
BURGLARY AND THEFT,
Lui Shing, for barglariously entering a house quantity of clothing, received six weeks hard Inbour.
hot of 150 lbs. of coal brought Chan Cheung a five of $10 or three weeks.
Theft of a tin box, leather trunk, four pieces of clothing, gold mounted rattan bangle, au opium pipe, three money receipts and ten pawn tickets (total value, 318), cost Chan Kaun and Wong Kin two months' hard labour.
those of aliens. The few Chinese whoso signatures were obtained are, I am informed, HE. surely cannot be serious in writing") have no reason to believe that the sanitary staff men of small consideration among the Chinese community. Considering that the aliens pay are not doing their duty faithfully? If so, rates and taxes, like the Chiness of much con then he is an unconscions humourist The sideration who did not sign, they are surely sanitary staff is so alwelataly insufficient and entitled to the privilege of asking for adequate kinergient--that as the Petitioners pointed out sanitary surroundings, nor are their lives of at Shek Pitt Chung and stealing therefrom a
Sanitary Inspector takes
less value than those of other ratepayers, to visit thoroughly bis health striot, a duty | Such a theory is contrary to uil British ideas of which should be done and there but just government. As for the Chinese, E.E. was one Inspector for the wh
markets in no doubt well aware that among the few who the colony. It goes on, and if they are, expressed a decire to sign, there were no less than then with the large powers given to the M. O, four Chinese medical men, graduates in Western there should not be in Flongkong a house science Chinese lawyer and several newspaper unfit for habitation, nor should any house be editors. The others signatories were mostly lead porialtted to stinge in an insanitary state.
ing stors-keepers-men who usually know what With deo deference and respect to H., this may they are doing, and are not exactly sackling be described as absoluto nonsense. H.E should babes. The Government, in fact, were well know and as Mr. May once poin ont, it is aware that Chinese signatures were not the duty of a Governor know that houses solicited, as they were unnecessary for the unfit for iman habitation have been repea purpose the Petitioners had in view, and none anitary Board and illegally most regret the lack of Chinese signatures more than the Government. What an oppor tunity it would have given the Trio for die coursing ou Chinese opposition to Sanitary Progress!" Lacking this they fell back on the ansorapalons landlorda! It has been whom alleged, and not without reason, that the Go Deseren vermont were indirectly concerned in the
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From home papers by the English mail we learn that on the 6th alt, a great 1200 designed to test the value of water-tubes as opposed to oylindrical boilers entered upon its first phase, when the second-class cruisers Hyacinth and Minerva loft Plymonth on their rush to Gibraltar.
as urinale attempted opposition Fetition from the Chinose-nch interests this, but the outward journey to
But this collapsed, and with it may also be report buried other memories. Requiescat in pace! SCRUTATOR. Comment
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we are content to maintain ten battleships in the Mediterranean. Sach, at least, is the view of Mr. White, which gains in weight by his assurance that this is also the view of respon- sible officers allost. The Admiralty, he con- tinues, must not be blamed for failure to retain command of the sea in all parts of the world. Pretentions of that kind were finally disposed of daring Lord Guschen's second term of office. When as First Lord he came down to the Honze of Commons for three cor- secutive years and asked for certain moneys for the float, be said that his succussive pro- "posals wore the least compatible with safety unexponded, from which it may be deduced the most of this argument. As a member of that the country is unsafe. Mr. White makes the Navy League, ho could not fail to do so Mr. White bases his case very largely upon the alleged weakness of the Mediterranean syadron, and the relative superiority of the French and
His Hussian force in that sea.
personal would not though interesting, domand special attention, since any man view,
many can contrivo can count battleships an
British squadron. The fores to take of his indictment lies in the assurance that every officer in the Mediterranean and Channel squadrons, from Vice Admiral Sir J. Fisher downwards, is uneasy about the situation in the narrow seas. We have already devoted two articles to an examination of the relative strength in battleships of England, France, and Russia. According to Mr. Arnold White, Admiral Fisher'e ten ships are confronted in the Mediterranean by fourteen of France and ten of Russia; but he does not name these foreign battleships, and we have already shown that the maximum force which France and Bussia could possibly assurable in the Mediter
IF you VALUE your PIANO at all, you dron, would amount to twenty battleships and ranean, including the Freach Northern squa about ten oralsers. It is crefore evident that should have it TUNED REGULARLY by Mr. Arnold White exceeds his brief, overstates his message iu naserting that Admiral Fisher's
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have not had their premises LIMEWASHED and CLEANSED) in accordance with law, are reminded that the period during which the work should be finished ends on the 3 st day of August, 1901, and the Eanitary Board being convinced of the necessity of CLEANLINESS in its efforts to STAMP OUT PLAGUE is [1232 dotermined to RIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE any Ownor in default after the above-named date.
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two or three ships. It is the habit of Navy and TRAINED MEN ONLY, who are and in the Eastern Division of Kowloon, who Leagners to exaggerate, and here, at Mr. White has overstated the care; esser ground for bis assumption that the forces of the employed by us. alties will be able to form their junction before we can despatch our powerin! Charnal squadron to Malta. Like Col. Verner, he is obliged to rely upon this assumption, and also upon the assnmp tion that war will be treacherously declared without warning. Thus: "The occasion for the great coup against the British position in the Mediterranean will be when the Brest and Toulon fleets have united in time of peace, and when the French admirel finds himself in & position of commanding strength, perhaps with big whole force sandwiched between the work British foot and its base at Malta Malta, ho reminds us, has changed hands thirteen times. It is the symbol of sea pover, but could not be held for six months after a naval defest. On the other hand, the 76,000 French troops in Algeria will never be able to land at Malto until our fast is baaton, and perhaps not then. The French views quoted by Mr. White are not specially noteworthy. We do not care for food supply, and a second quotation is the opinions of M. Germaine Bapst, on our anonymous. The proposer alliance with Spain night secure to us Port Mabon and secure the prenta corresponding disadvantages. In the Gibraltar works from and attack, but it fourth section of his paper Mr. White states in the Mediterranean. It lacks auxiliaries, in detail the defects of the British fleet raisers, hospital-ships, telegraph-ships, and colliers, as well as telescopic sights, smoke. less powder for the larger guns, armour-piorsing shell, breechloading fell guns, and wireless but there is, we believe, a system of boom telegraphy. At Malta there is no breakwater,
Fow naval greata for years have aroused so the Rock pro ises to be less exoiting than the homeward one, which will end at Portsmouth.
Both cruisers have had their bankers filled with specially hand-picked coal, grant care being takon to insure that fuel of equal quality was An amusing incident occurred at a meeting given to each. They are to burn this all out Le pets slung on of an X-ray society recently bold at a fashion while travelling at a speed of airteez knots, and then put into Gibraltar, whore their bunkers klo hotel in New York. The rays were sud-
will be replenished on the samo plan. denly turned on a lady member, and revealed a
Then will begin the contest in earnest, for apoon concealed in her corsage. It was just after the society's dinner, the woman having the two cruisers are to race at top speed for taken the spoon as a souvenir. The discovery Portsmouth.
The officers of each ship are entering with Look the offender completely by surprise, and rks that caused considerable merriment. The confused grout zast into this Naval Derby, but the culprit blushed and stammered at this startling Hyacinth is a decided favourite. Both ships aro supposed to be of equal speed, but in 1893, gue revelation of her guilt, and confessed that she Indian had merely taken the spoon as a memsite of a during some trials off Gibraltar, the Minerva defeated the Highflyer, a sister ship to the from very pleasant evening. Some other lady men-
hers excused themselves in various way from Hyacinth.
In the competition trials, which ended a wook being experimented on Hotel proprietors are
abotter speed result than did the Minerva, and it is understood that the Hyacinth's officers Egypt is undefended, but we are content to bardon the Mediterranean Bloet with that task so sure of winning the race from Gibraltar tant also. The auxiliaries, stores, &o, of which Mr. they have offered to bet the Minerva's officers a White writes, might have been obtained by dinnar that they lose.
Lord Goschen out of the millions he failed
the to expend on ahipbuilding The faut that they appeals of flag were not obtained, despite need not deal here with Mr. White's comments offers abroad, betrays had administration We upon Navy rations, sin this grievance is not quite germaine to the strength of our Mediter runean equadron. On the question of rein furving the Mediterranean feet on the eve
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