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Pollard's Lilliputians are arranging to risit Hongkong in October. They leave Australia for the East next mouth.
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OUR NEW PARIS REPRESENTATIVE.
LONDON, 24th August.
THE WAR.
THE AIMS OF JAPAN.
There is now, in London a very notable Japanese statesman, whose command of the English language enables him to familiaris the press with Japonesa ideals. This is Baron Sayomatsa, a former Minister of the Interior The Baron come down to my of tho Mikado.
office last month, and I vicised the opportunity
JAPANESE OFFICIAL DESPATCH.)
TOKYO, 24th August, According to the report of the commander The Rt. Hon. Sir Francis L. Bertie, of the Asashio, the Sevastopol, while bom brought by the s.s. Heathraig for the Yoko G.C.V.O., Great Britain's ambassadorialbardig the Japanese position en hund from Tama Race Clah were described by the Jugs representative in Italy, succeeds the Rt.nside the harbour, on the 23rd instant, Asia for the Asiatics," and the posible exten- Hor, Sir E. J. Monson, G.C.B., as ambas struck a mine and inclined couniderably
starboard with her bow suluerged in wate and was towed inside. sador to France.
Gazette as the scrappiest lal yol.
to block the Caual, as they would depend opon it, equally with ourselves, as the route for coal, ammunition, and food. It is a
The Lobal Anzeiger's Lisbon correspondent question for naval experts, almost solely, and we have seen that doctors may differ.telegraphed that u report had been going about of the sudden death of King Carlos on board If the presence of a few cruisers in the Gulf his yucht. The trath appears to be that the | of Aden can induce vessels to reduce their | King of Portugal, when in a heated condition. cargo space in order to bunker for the drank two glasses of ice-cold beer, ansing a voyage round the Cape, it is not easy to mash of blecl to the head, in consequence of realize what things would be like in the event which he remained some fine umempians, of a European war between supreme naval
The Shanghai Municipal Council, anxions to in that powers. Of course, the conditions in the further the social parity crusado' FLAVOUR Russo-Japanese war are absolutely I ssimilar Settlement. invited the Consuls to lay their to those postulated. So far, Japan Ims Enduits together and agree upon mer uniform no ships available to be detached and sent drastic Jenalties for such persons as might [he canvicted. The Senior Consul replied that so far away from her own waters, or Withers could be no interference with the right of should have heard less of the panic amongst the various nationals to be tried by their own
Still, the effects of the Consuls. merchantmen. BLEND interfereates recorded must go far to awaken our Home authorities to the possi- bilities in case of sich a war as we have presumed possible. The “dear loaf" would in such case be something much more real and significant than a mere election cry, Heace, doubtless, the periodical advocacies
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS."
24th August. S-Might one suggest that there shuald Ord Hume at lust a 2ud elusi accommodation for mille Rossini class Buropats and other nationalities who Belf can afford ta ray 1st class, and being of Gillet Plantation" deanor habits than the bulk of Chinese would Chamber not mind paying a trife more in order to avoid Phelpsed clase fure and its numerous parasitical
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The Choristers". Two stepMuublin Moes "...........
"Goal Save the King."
Thurban
If not convenient to reserve 2nd class »pace. then I would suggest that Europeans and other
of humanity are not surprised at, or de. Commander, is one of the best known and nationalities. other than the well-to-do class.
ceived he, the inevitable over-emphasis of GREAT AGE, BEING THOROUGHLY persons who are pro-this and anti-that.
Li Bicho de Chine, the decidedly pro-Russia
to i pro journus Shanghaienne Japanese, has for some time been carrying
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RUSSIAN CRUISERS FAR SOUTH,
to interview him as to "The Yellow Poril,"
son of Japanese ambition.
The Baron, who is u genial humorist, guily laughed at the notion that the Japanese could ever fall a prey to the taraptations which success in war so often brings in its train.
"As for the Yellow Peril," he said, "tell me. what is the meaning of this yellow peril P"
Oh, it is very simple," I answered. "Japan, if victorious, will Japanise China, and the four- hundred millions of Chinese, organised and drilled by Japan, would declare for Asin for the Asiatics, and where would Europe be them?"
That assumes that we are Asiatics," said Baron Sayemata; and that because Japan can organise the Japanese she can organise Asiutits. But it does not follow. Neither is it to be assumed that because Jupan can oquip victoriona fioots and armies Asíutie uations can do the sung. They are distinct from us, and the Chinese are very distinct. They are of We are the most peaceful, of different race. men. We have an intense pride in our ention« ality with them patriotism in our sense is
Dosvos, 22nd August, A Durban steamer reports that an unknown warship, believed to be Russian, was off Cape St. Francis. on Thursday,
The cruiser Teretz and two torpedoesnakaown. They have never conquered anybody.
passed the Great Belt yesterday en route to the Red Sea in search of merchantmen,
AMERICAN TRUST IN JAPAN.
JONDON, 22nd August.
They ouly ask to be let alone."
But Genghis Khan--"
Was not a Chinese. It is Russia rather than Japan who is the heir of the great Tarlar conqueror. He plundered and conquered this Chinese."
"Well, have it so. if you will, lint if Japan
Officials in Washington state that Ames-wins, will the Japanese head not be turned by can warships have been specially instrucial your victories? I have known European
nations fall s prey to such a temptation," not to attempt to protect Chinese neutrality,
"Oh," replied the imperturbable Baron," Europeans night. But you are we are not. The admiral has not been instructed to interfere with the notion of Japanese vessels. The oficials are convinced that the Japanese
Captain J. R. Durant, of the ill-fated Knight
respected skippers visiting Colombo, says the Times of Ceylon. A letter has been received ini Calcutta by a friend from Captam Durant, Inted Straits of Malacca. 21st June. In this am again on this side of the Canal on a long, terlious voyage to the Far East. First we ge to Singapore (there to-morrow D. V.), then to its diatribes to absurd Jeigths. Our aversion | Manik-thune, Shanghai. Yokolinea. Kobe, to valgar controversies enunot restrain and finally Cumulpo. For the lultor port we from labelling as very silly ar Gallie have about anna tons of bridge material and contemporary's regent description of the nearly all 7-10 pieces. I would rather be Japanese action at Chefeo as "une violation ading soul in Kidlapur than this. We were in New York a month leading. How Your it will take us to put it out I know not. Fancy, A. S. WATSON & CO. indigne des principes les plus élémentaires
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be allowed the option of travelling 3rd class. doubt whether the better class of Europeans would almso this arrangement, and at the same time, it would be fairer to that class of poorer
all of whom would appreciate a 2ul class fare,
The present systern of the seats being used alternately for 1st and 3rd class is anything but good. No doubt. with time, many of these little inconveniences and irregularities will be swept away. We all look for a clean seat; the less attempt at fancy sushions, the better for the sanitary condition of the cars.-Your traly.
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it is forty-five days to-day since we left New DISESTABLISHING BUDDHISM IN York. I expret to be in Chemulpo a month.. We are all the sapo erew. and nons of them like it-who would?
RUSKIN ON WAR
The Yunan correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News makes the following interesting
comment.
CHINESE OBSTRUCTIONIST
FOILED.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Tinen
Europians. We are Japanese."
"Angels evidently, I said laughingly, not human beings. But what will this angelics
nation do if victorious "
Thut," be replied, "we staff not say until we are victorious. It will be time enough then."
Bat," I persisted, "I suppose that, speaking Folely as a private person, you might be able to give me some idea of the limits boyond which the angelic nature of the Japanese would forbid theate
We all have cur ideas, of course," said the Baron," and the main lines of our policy are open to the world. We seek no conquests."
"We want no gold mines; we want no We he heard that territory," I said. before. But we got both when our war was
over."
Maybe," said he; but the Japanese uro different."
Well, then let us hear what you want. Corea, I suppose?"
telegraphing to that journal last mouth, said: The official commencement of work on the Shanghai-Nanking railway, which lind been arranged for Juus 3, has been postponed, de la civilisation et de l'humanité." So far,
owing to unforeseen diffenttios raised at the if we except the klessness with which
last moment by Sheng Ta-jen. The persistent cbstruction of this notoriously corrupt official extrew the were allowed to mines"
to all British enterprises during recent years high seas, and debar the cavalier treat.
contraste strongly with complaisance to Fraveo ment of unarmed Japanse junks and
In the present instance Belgian financiers. The Master said: "What you do not like the British and Chinese Corporation, anxious evasters, the Russo-Japanese war has to be
It cannot boregarded as mahapropus to quote, when done to yours. do not do to others.” deseribed as a war in which those principles:
had consented to several new conditions rogard have been well observed in both sides in these days of sentimental horror at some very We have had a startling example of how modern to carry out the work without further delay, We-discount the allegel Rassian atrocities parut disables, some words Int Ruskin Confucianists carry out this precept. A few
spoke to the cuitats at Woolwich. Rustia weeks ago a proclamation wuler the authority ing ouginearing and fiancial details, but was unable to meet Shang's latest demand--namely, in Manchonia, and the Japanese illtrent had taken the facts of history a necessary of the Governor of the province was issued in
that the chairman of the board of direcİDĽK ment of Carcans, attributing much nucleus process too often omitted when fucts are Yusufu ordering Buddhist monks and nuns
should be a Chinese. For this demand Sheng of fact as may underlie these reports to the antirods, be had sought out and discovered to leave their temples and become laymen again,
face, but the precantion was not taken in the “black step” always to be found in every their application. Some ideals are very pleasant All over 50 years of age, who were not supposed alleges as a reason his desire to save Chin's
And how far dous Coreu extend P As fur case of the recent French and Belgian railway.
ax Makden " to receive a pension from the Government. concessions, in which full control over ex- army. Perhaps we ought to add that the to conter plats philosophically. That people to be able to earn their living at laginen, werg
Nothing of the kind. Cores is bounded by sentiment quoted would be reasonable in stubborn things, and results that were patent The rest had to find homes for themselves. It penditure was recognized as belonging to the Yolu, although it is, perhaps, tre that the the month of a (anker, a Tolstoy, or ato Raskin may bo just as patent to others who is reported that this exclamation touches nearly those who provided the funds. Upon the Stead; but we would be surprised to hear realise what way lies stagnation and decay. 2,000. people. Why this anti-Buddhist pro- strong remonstrance of the British Minister influences of Corea did extend north of that
river" paganda? Has the Governor hen reading the Waiwapa has now directed the Chinese that the belliense Echo de Chinr claimed to Ruskin said :
I thought so. “All the pure and noble arts of peace a16 contemporary history, and does M. Combes, the
And your antiquarians will speak from a common platform with those founded on war; and great arts nover rose on French Premier sera a hero to him? Is there
Ministar in London to issus the loan bonds. At discover that Mukden is essentially a Carme idealists. Rather we would attribute to earth, but among a nation of soldiers.
sach There is no great art possible to a nation 2 Uprising in China also against the clergy the same time the intimation baa been convived city. We are known such things." to Sheng Ta jen that his Majesty's Government With you, perhaps, not with us. cannot view with aquanimity any further not fighting to extend our frontiers, only to manifestation of hostility to British interests.
secure our own safety." Sir E. Satow's energetic action is regarded as
tions are often incontrovertible; bat facts ure
our excitable cantensporury some emotion as the kitten evinces, when it that which is based on battle.
:
W ben
Students Nothing of the sort. Funds are low. must be sent to Japan. Local rautarins won't
demonstrates before its feline mother. I tell you that war is the foundation of all this touch.. the ordinary funds for this new charge,
ability to swear at nothing in particular.
Yesterday's plugue returu : a.
Many Canadians and Australians volunteered for service in Tibet.
The Penang Amateur Dramatic Club staging The Magistrate this week.
Burmah kerosone nï. unkler the name of
at 5 cents a tin.
arts. I mean also that it is the foundation of all the high virtues and fuenlties of men. It is very strange to ins to discover this; and very dreadful-but I saw it to be quite an undeniable
fact
The common notion that peace and the virtues of civil life flourished together I found to be wholly untenable. Peace and the viccs of civil life only flourish together. We talk of peace and learning, of peace and plenty, and of peace and civilisation; but I found that those were not the words which the Muse of History
and hence they have decided on the disendow ment of the Buddhist Church. The people ass whole resent this wholesale confisention, Red trouble seems to be brewing.
[We may remind naders that the diseadow. ment of Shinte was differently effected in Japan. En passard, can nuus beerzulaymen ?)
THE CHEFOO INCIDENT.
THE position or treatment of the Suez Canal, in case Great Britain were at war with a naval Power, las often been a sub- ject of speculation. Some luce suggested that we, or rather our population at Home, would be placed in dire straits if the Suez Canal were to be blocked by a European enewy. The blecking of the canal, os everybody who has ever passed through it must have rcalized, would not present in-Chop Gajah, is now being retailed in Singapore superable difficulties. It would be by no means so hazardous or teclious au operation as the Japanese discovered the bottling of Port Arthur to be. Once blocked, there would be a great augmentation of trathe round the Cape, and the southern route would thus become a happy hunting ground for inimica cruisers. Tho telegram we published yesterday morning, referring to
"I've seen a good for weddin, and think responsibility rested on him (the Admiral) for the presence of a Russian cruiser off south- east Africa, brings this all the more foreillyphoon, bagan writing to kill time during a six there's minay wasted at weddins as a cum in the contretemps, and that he would see the wak
ronthe spell ashore, says the deademy. The very andy sumtimes urterwards."
not made to suffer in consequence of the affair. I never took much to gardnin, but the root-Shanghai Mercury, of orl evil is a plant. I wuldn't mind avvin a try to rear.
coupled together that, ou her lips, the words wers--prace, and sonsuality—pears, and selfish The H.V. Corps Orders yesterday notifiedness-peace, and death. I found in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word. that Mosses T. Abley and J. E. Ellis lad joined the Volunteers, and teen posted to this and strength of thought. in war; that they nourished in war, and wasted by pace; taught Right Huli. No. 1. Company.
by war, and deceived by peace, tened by war, and betrayed by peace in a word. that they were born in war, and expired in pace,"
A Bengali has been fined $15 and sentenced to one day's imprisonment at Singapore, for kidnapping a Europear child about two years of age. The penalty seems inadequate.
Mr. Joseph Conrad, author of The Ty
home to us. In a footnote to that message,vice of killing time" therefore has turned up we duggested that the Russians were prey-trumps once at least, ing on vessels that are following the Cape Another obvious - route to avoid Canal dues.
and excellent reason for avoiding the Canal has been afforded by the presence and be- haviour of the Russian Volunteer cruisers
The Portland & Asiatic SB. C. inform wo that the ciptured steamor Arabia was to leave Vladivostock yesterday. The Hongkong cargo was released, The Arabia is to-day unnounced to sail from Hongkong on the 5th prox.
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an indication that the Government will now insist on the unobstructed development of this and other valuable railway concessions, obtained by England as a result of China's breach of
faith in 1898.
PENANG JOCKEY SUSPENDED.
Everybody who knows Mr. W. Butlin, the importer of grifius inte Penang, holds him
"Ok, dear me, no, any more than you want Egypt. We defend the independence of Corea, and to secure that we shall put it under the protection of Japan, excluding Russia from an F share in Corenz affairs.".
We are
**Be it so. Manchuria ***
-Ch, Mapelaria belongs to China. All that we shall seek is to secure an international guarantee that it shall always balong to China, and that Chint shall never hand it over to any other Power."'
What do yon propose to do with
And this Russian railway ??.
Oh, that will be made international aud strictly and exclusively commercial, with its access to the son in Port Arthur."
It is worthy of note that the Russian destroyer
in good report, and local turites all adaire "I see; you propose to reproduce in the Far Riesitetini, which was 'so ignominiously towed out of Chefoe harbour by the Jajimose, is the
the clever riding of his sch. young "Jackay" East the settlement made in the Near East Betlia. It may be news to a good many. low- after the Crimean War. Corea Japanised as destroyer which fired on and torpedoed the Indo-Chim steamer Hipsang off Pigeon Buy.
ever, that the lad, who has always been known Egypt is Anglicised, without annexation, and Wo understand that Admiral Sab. the com-
as "straight." was suspended for six months in an international guarantee of the integrity of under of the Chinese squadron at Chefoc. feit the action of the Japanese destroyers in ignoring Australia in a manner which the press of the the Chinese Empire in Manchuria. The rail- the Constantinople of the Fur East; with free his authority so keenly that he hauled down his country unanimously agreed was bordering on way is to be the Bosphorus and Port Arthur Bag and telegraphed his resignation to the
The consequence is that the lad cannot ride access for trade, but hermetically closed for all Viceroy at Nanking. The Viceroy, however, refused to accept his resignation, and, it is said, in the Straits. His father is naturally indig-purposes of war. And do you think the Russiang
pant at what he considers hard treatment, and will ever agree to that?" assured the Admiral that he was convinced no
"Nut willingly, of course," said the Baron, certainly the case seems to us to refleci in no
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report :---
We woomen expekts too matek from men, wile man thinks we're jest ere on orth to make the parth of life & flowerstrowed way for em."
If you take my malvice you'll keep all yer On the 23rd at 358 p.m. orders were given eyes open wen you're in the company of sumone to hoist the black 8. Cone and black drum. in the Red Sea, so that we have to-day some Among the passengers who left by the wat's got nice manners.”
On the 24th at 8.45 am, orders were given to You can git dereeved as eesp with an egg as hoist the black S. Cone. illustration of the state of things as they Empress of India yesterday was Mr. Irvin
In both cases there's
At 11.12 a.m. The barometer has risan in the would be were the Canal actually obstructed W. Kow, who has been working with his you can with a wall. as suggested. Commander W. C. Cauren- trothers for some time in Hongkong, and has disserpointment, but you notise it quikker with Philippines and the extreme north and has re- mained practically etationary throughout Chins, LEY of the Royal Navy Reserve has recently dental department of Harvard University.
now gone to study for his graduation in the the egg.
Abbit is a tine thing, if you start orf in the A slight fall is registered at Gap Rock. said that there would be other and equally
rite derekshan. The worst of it is people are The typhoon is now situated nearly due south Doctors and others make a great mistake, apt to incurridge had abbits insted of good uns" of Hongkong and is still moving westward. important difficulties attending the pur-
Suore sed one day in my etrin that men Moderate N.E. winde will prevail in the suit of the Cape route, the question of coal says a feminine Home paper, is crusading against
corsets instead of tight-lacing. The corsetless was only wat we wimmen made on. Orl I can Formosa Channel and strong E. veering to
ing facilities being particularly emphasised.
unfairness.
way upon either owner, trainer, or jockey, and lighting his cigarette. "But possibly. Who yet all three were suspended for six months! can say "—Feview of Reviews. According to Butlin, junior. there had been a boycotting of a certain meeting by a number of trainers, and the sentence imposed Feemed to be a
A of revenge.
matter
NO FOOLS LIKE OLD FOOLS.
Clso do Merode, the dark-eyed dancing girl fortnight before the fatal nce he had sterod Irvington (the horse disqualified to victory, with raven Botticelli locks, on her return to In the next race it did not run, and then was Paris from Sweden, Norway and Denmark, was entered for the Somerton handicap, as well as interviewed by Jules Haret, to whom she turned The over as human documents three thousand love a stable companion, Bright Pilgrim. latter won, with Sport Royaí a neck behind und letters received from Scandinavian admirers, only u neck in front of Irvington. The papers and a summary of which, without the signatures, described it as a "splendid finish. Could suy-filled half a page of the Figaro. The writers thing sound more straightforward and above were princes, architects, students, politicians, beard? The charge was that Irvington was ranging from fifteen to seventy years of age. not meant to win. Butlin and the trainer wore Six hundred were from men from forty-five cross-examined, and left the meeting thinking to fifty-two. Two-thirds of these were married. there was nothing of importance in the incident. Mlle. de Merode said: "My experience teaches To their surprise and chagrin owner, trainer, me that married men in or approaching and jockey received six monthe, and an appeal the fifties are the class which produces the Forecast-Strong E. to S.E. winds, squally, tails of the charge seem to have been kept asses, who make the biggest fools of thean-
sultea" mysteriously dark-Pinang Gazette
Cape Town could supply a couple of thou.avage and the miracles of Greek art who are held say is that if I couldn't git better results than SE, winds in the northern part of the China failed to obtain a reversal of the decision. De largest contingent of ridiculous amatory jack-
up to us us models did not cycle, motor, rush sum of em as I've spotted, I'd take on eharrin sand tons a day, Saldanha Bay might be around through a "season," cat four heavy meals single charrin-and leave mattrinunay to the
fers."Kobe Herald. very helpful; but East London, Port a day, nor do many other things that we do.
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showery.