CANTON.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.J
January Int.
THE TWANGTUNG HIGH COLLEGE.
Vienroy Shum proposed soino time ago to establish a high school in Canton for the training of instructors for the lower Military and Civil Colleges. The site solastad is the He decided to use the old examination hall.
POLICE REVUN M.
The Viceroy his received a despateb from the Board of Polico in Peking requesting the Viceroy Lo furnish a corses of all the districts that are policed under the new systuga, with full particulars regarding the number of in habitants and their occupations. The Viceroy has issued despateles instructing the responsible authorities to furnish fall details within two months.
CHINESE SPOLTS,
HAMBURG.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Nor. 28.
GERMAN PHILOSOPHY OF WARC
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4TM¤, 1966.
At a time when the reform of the military system is one of the burning questions of the. day in England, it may be of interest to not
KAISING THE MONEY.
Halom.
REVIEWS.
The necessity of such à measure seems to me Brueche zur Heimal. Bremen: G. A. von so obvious, that I cannot understand how people in England can persist in attributing it to: warlike designs on the part of the Kaisor, The difficulty will bo to provide the accossary funds for the purpose, the finances of the empire, as I pointed out in my last, bing by
a flourishing condition,
no means in
The
proposed increase in the tobaero daties I have already mentioned, but as an additional 250
This is a very attractive looking German periodical, dated November, and oridently. nr. ranged, as its title shows, to net as a bridge across which the thoughts of colonial Germans may fly homewards. There are excellent photographs of the Prince of Lippe, and of King Alfonso's entry
to Berlia. Topical artjelon, suels as the Gor man colonial troubles, the Rassian orisis, and Trafalgar contenary, as described and illustrat- ed. It has a strongly patriotic tone, and a teacher bownits the frel sort German ohildren abroad are not more encomagad to tako paraly
German studies. There are also Christmas stories and pictures.
How to Write the Radirale ; "by J. Dyer Ball, 2nd
ed.. Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, Ed There is one thing, to be said for all Mr. The introduction of receipt stamps is alzo Ball's books, and that is that when he sets but under consideration, and it is believed that the to instruct the reader, he puts things so clearly English system of a penny stomp 10 pfeu-al lucidly that he who runs can read and ven aige] on amounts excooding a certain figura remember. will be adopted.
funds casual through the disposal of the the views entertained by the old Emperor Willlion marka will have to be raised, in order
Temple of Longevity, but fearing that them, who as King of Prussia so successfully
to meet all the requirements of the budget, proceds will be insufficient, has now started Accomplished the reorganization of his own other sources will have to be reado grailable nu a subscription to raise the necessary funde.army early in the sixties of the last century. wal. It is intended to lay an imperiol duty It is reported that aferers Showan, Tomas & book consisting almost entirely of the on beer, which so far has contributed only to Co. hato subscribal $!JKD.
presim nerba of the monarch en Cie many the exchequers of the different states themselves. subjects which engaged kisaftosti, a during hiAs the principle on which the duty has been 10g and eventful life, has just been published. levied by then varies, it may not be say to It is from this I take what follows, regretting desine a mode that will be acceptable to al only that space, does not permit of my quoting the very words used by the King. He was much opposed to national armies, whether past ing under the appellation of militia, national guards or some other name, as he held history to have shown them to be a danger to the state ia timon of revolutionary troubles. Nor was la in favour of military training in schools and colleges, nor of multivating shooting sad riding a apusements of the people; "I do not wish to make the Prussian people a nation of Numidians a Cosechs," he said or one occasion, and he mors than ace expressed extreme satisfaction that popular enthusiasm had not during the war with Austria in 1866 led to the formation of The Viceroy is very disappointed; be had volunteer corps or other undies of irregular intended to appropriate the funds, realized troops. The proper plaen for volunteers was through the sale of Chau Tung-sang's pre he thought, in the ranks of the army. Ho works in declared that he would rather take the field with perties for public and other Kwangtung The Board of Revenue has limited number of thoroughly efficient sekliers, decided otherwise, however, and the funds are than with a large army of imperfectly and THE OPPOSITION TO JAPANESE to be cruittal to Peking. It appears that the consequently ill-trained mon. Throne has refused Viceroy Bhum's request to enter upon a campaign with full confidence of utilize the funds locally, at the instigation of sintory, required a strong nucleus of perfacily Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, who memorialized the reliable troops; courage, discipline and a belief Throne on the subject Viceroy Chung stated in the righteousness of the cause he valued that when he was in Kwangtung be frodinfinitely more than superiority of numbers. Chan Tung-souự Ts. 200,000, and that the money had [not] been forwarded to Paking The funds emberaled belonging to the Customs
The Educational department has notition all the Civil and Military Schools and Colleges that sports have been arranged to take place on the P and 17th of this month at East - Giate parade ground. There are 20 events on the programme and peruus prizes will be distributed to the successful competitors. The pants will be patronised by the bigh afficials.
COVETOUS, CHINESE OFFICIALS.
retero, should be handed to the Throne.
To be ablo Lu
Reliability is attained by careful trai010, moral as well as physical, and not by drill alone, in his opinion. You cannot, he says, turn a man
into a soldier in sixtoen months.
Drill, sentry
A measure, which it is supposed will meet with greater opposition than thoes numerated, is that of imperial succession duties to take the place of those now loved in theilffurent states of the empire, these to be indemnified by receiving about one-third of the proccess of the new tax. Beguests under M. 30 will be exempt, as also to from husband tɔ. wife, fiam wife to bus- band, and from parents to children. All others wil be subject to a duty rising in accordance with the distance of kinship up to w`n per cent. in cases of gon-relations. In cases where the amount exceeds M. 300,000 the rate; will be
doubled.
IMMIGRATION.
RESENTMENT IN JAPAN.
There is ur oxcursus at the back of this which gives valuable hiuls on the use of Chinese dictionaries, but about the radicals there is neither excursus nor discursus. Just sufficient to show at glanes how to write the radicals," and how interesting and important it is to write them in the right way.
A New Geography of Japan; by C, D. MITFORD, F. R. G. S. Yotolama: "Japan Gazetto" Co. Kally & Walsh, Ld.
Except that there might be mere of it, wo hare not a criticism to make concerning this New geography for the upper forma of schools and coll ges, with maps, illustrations and bistorical note." The illustrations are actual, Į excellent and well-selected photographs, the maps clear and correct, mud the letterpress compact and discriminately set out. It is an saminen ly sensible geography, and at. 75 or $5 couts, according to bioding, ought to sell like kot cakes.
MARGOLIOUTH. London and New York : G. P. Putnam's Sony, s.
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This is a very authoritative addition to a well-adited heroes of the nations series. The author is an Arabic scholar, and a very This book, painstaking sifter of ovidenco. while not so attractive to the gonoral render as
The Jiji Shimpo, writing with reference to the migration question, observes that although Mohammed and the Rise of Islam; by D. 9. Japan bas now been admitted into the ranks of the first-class Powers, as is evidweed by their xception of Japan the nation of individual Japan in the ages of the world seems to Love made no matórial change. In the United States. end Australia the Japanese emigrant is still treated in common with thor Asiaties, ond there appears no prospect of immediato im
In America there is a law pro- provement. bibiting the admission of contract labourers into applicable to all people, irrespective of race colour, the immigration of contract labourers into Amorica is confined to Asiatic, and the legislation may be said to be directed against the latter. In Australia there is in regne what is known as the educational tost, which is a dovice practically prohibiting the influx of Analic immigrants. In British Columbia also there is a feeling prevalent against the intro- duction of Asiatic labourers, though it has failed to take definite form owing to the veto put itğun it by the Dominion Government.
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troubles as well as the rich, and that it is no use exploring strange Belds in search of happi- news. If it does not find us out, we cannot find it, Who is uninterruptedly happy all his days? We have to thank the author and pallisher of this back for 3.9 pages of undilated Lappinere.
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The Inseparables; by JAMES BAKER. London:
George Bell and Sons,
This Oxford Novel of To-day" strikes us as rather a highfalutin' sort of book, in which the characters are a littls anore than human. Ono gets a little tired of their intuitions and nspirations, and while their doings compol interest, we wish they would kiss and court more like flesh and blood creatures. It is a book that should appeal to YMCA¬youtha who are high-tuned and wish they had had!
The wicked woman Oxford opportunities. herein is quite too melodramativ.
The Minister of War. on the other hard, bus duty, shooting, &c, may be require mushani. asked that this funds raises through the ally in a short fine; a recruit may la taught it sale of the properties seized should be placed in six lo ten weeks,, bat he will not be a soldier the country, and though theoretically this law Carlyle's splendid any, will be welcntied byt. Kipps: the Story of a Semple Fork; by H. G. in the coffers of the Arty Reform Fund. His Excellency, grustly annoyed, has now decided to raise funds by other means and has once more turned his eyes and open bauds towards the different monopolists. Thus the Sui Kaan Pantsu fuers has been requested to pay an additional Tls. 101,000 and the Shan Piu lottery concorn Th. 500.000. The former was only recently tude to pay an additional Tis. 150,009, and the latter was advised to lard Tls. 1,000 to the Government & stort time ago; and to inertas the zeralty noder threat of lesing the
for all that. He will be a drilled peasant and wo more. For the first two years in the army, drill and general instruction in the duties of his profession require the entire attention of the recruit. In the first he learns things me- chanically; in the second he begins to under stand the meaning and resson of them and to act with a certain amount of independence, but his inforce over the younger men is still light; it is only in the third year that he becomes imbued with the true foling and spirit
studious. It has no savour of hero-wership, nor WELLS. London: Macmillan and Co., Lal. has it any sign of want of appreciation. It is, We notice that this book bas led to strange. as the author says, neither un apology noran
division of opinion among Mr. Wolls' advicers, indiotment and we read it as a sane estimate
some saying that it is unworthy of his gift and of a deeply interesting character, incapable of
others that it is the crowning triumph of his offending the devotee of any cult. There are numerous illustrations of peculiar cxcellenco.
output. Without going to such extremes, we regard it as an improvement on "The Wheels For Richer, for Pourer; by Evisu HENRIETTA of Chau ce," with a strong flavour of "Auticipa FOWLER. London: George Boll & Sous. tions" about it. As a story of a simple soul, While it is rident, continass the Jiji, that We are sorry that we have nothing kinder to we find it wholly satisfactory and a delightful ao exclusion of Japanese from America, xay of this story thad that it is exceedingly study, in which the author bes avoided that Australia, and Canada la Jusod mors en political harmless and affords lots of reading. We gave air of finality which sometimes, spoils the offert. and economic reasons the racial prejudice, sach discriminatory treatment of the people of the hersins up as impossible after a hundred of a character study; and instead has attained She is as that Fect which Sam Weller desiderated ia country which is now a first-class Power enn pages of her irritating ways. sagreely be tolerated. The admission of Japan irritatingly virtuous in a different class) as leitors, making us wish there "sos more on it."? attention. He has deposited a se of Tidors it, habit being second Natare. The longer into the council of the great nation's is Samuel Richard-on's Pamela," sickouinglyThere is realism in this book, and humour, andį
and moral capabilities of her people as equal to pious and yet just as selfish as most people comaly, and sound philosophy, end, in fact, ul analogous to the recognition of the intellectual nasty corner, as that amount is liable to be colours and afterwards in the reserve forces, those of other countries, and there is no reason Anything more likely than bor immediate the nameless churn of the unexpected and seized at any time. This famer owns fourteen in time of peace, the more valuable will such why the Japanese should be necarded Irentinent conquest of a strange rector we have never satisfying that Mr. Wells always imports into hauke bere and thress banke in Hongkong, men be in time of war, in giving steadiness and in any way different from that meted out to other civilised people. The representatives from California have introduced to Congress, and a general panic will to the result should | confidence to this hastily-drilled now lovies. be come to grinť.
The signs of a true soldierly spirit are nu- questioning obedience in carrying out orders A letter bas som received here by a maber from a sense of daty and not from fear, Roosevelt, in his message to Congress, referring
farm.
The Shan-Ein lottery farmor, being a wealthy was, has been the object of the Viceroy's special
1,000,000 as a guarantee, and finds himself in
CHINESE STUDENTS IN JAPAN,
schoolmates, advising them to submit to the new order of things. They made porches and raised the glandents' anger to sneha pitch that their assassination was planned by the more hot
of a soldier, that ho roalizes the diguity of his profession aud is lit to act as an instructor aa d an example to his younger comrades,
Lubit
therefore the training lauts when with the
ritten before.
If we were a rector, and s
bis work. Technically, it is a masterpiece; and if it does not add to our list of household
perfectly strange 'young lady cams and sat on now in session, a Bill providing for the exclusion the edge of our chair un rubbed her cheek of Japanese and other Asiatics. President
get ours at the first intervior-bot happily ruckers Mr. Conte, we shall be disappointed
to the immigration question, urged the Legisla and the cheerful ture not to adopt partial and narrow-minded to the traditions of the aud
mesures, contrary hardships, A
country, but to welcome the introduction of any qualities cloments which are likely to be beneficial to the The of all country irrespective of religion and racs.
Presidential message particularly referred to the Japanese, and from the context in which it is mentioned there can be little questing the
we are not a rector, and so safe.
The Better Ways by CHARLES WAGNER, author of The Simple Life" Loudon: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Paper, H. "The Simple Life" was horribly booned by simple people, including President Roosevelt, and The Better Way" is just what wo
Kempis. The briefest and most accurate way of hitting it off in a phrase would be to call it a prose" la memoriam."
Mr. Conto is absolutely Dekensian. The drapery folk my squirm, but they cannot deny the nccuracy of the view here given of life iu tho provincial craporium. To sum up, "Kipps" is great, and no one
read.
Can afford to leave it
of the gentry from Japan giving full parti- anflinching courage
of fatigun enlacs coueurning the students' utrike in Jagan.onduranen The scholars aro highly indignant to see their To call forth and develop these Shorty restricted by the new regulations amilis, and has always bean, Las bave made up thoir minds to return to China training in the Prussian army; it bas re. It appears that two scholars surnamed W and sulted in the true soldierly spirit poruoating Wang have been trying to influence their all grades, and this spirit is kept up and streng-President urged Congress to treat them on the expeetod it would bo, a sort of popabor Thomas An Australian Cricketer on Tour; by FRANK
thened by the chivalrons sharantor of a body of ama-torms as white people. offers unequalled elsewhere. To keep up the true military spirit in the army, particularly during long periods of peace, is the duty of the sovereiga, for 'upan the spirit of the army depends the aristenes of the state. It takes discipline casier and inspires deeds which tire for ever in the annals of the country and in the meory of its inhabitants! To give it full effect, however, it is necessary that the uation should understand, apreciate and honour it.
headed lot, and they only cuped through timely warning. They are now in hiding in the interior.
THE GERMANS, IN CHINA.
MOTIVES OF THE PROPOSED WITHDRAWAÍ, OF TROOPs.
lu Australia, observes the Tokyo journal, thers sens to ezist considerable opposition to the White Australasin doctrine, bat in Ameries the agitation for the exclusion of declining. This discrimination of Japanese Asiatics is steadily gaining ground instead of from the rest of civilisod people is not only u light on the prestige of the country, but, economically considered, it places Japan in s very disadvantageous position in finding wo outlet for her surplus population, which is inerea ing at a rate of half a million a year.
fa Uno of the canges which have brought inte axistence the discriminatory treatment between Princo Buelow's organ, the South-Carmar
If the artay has been a special object of Europeans and Asiaties in the matter of Reichscorresponder, in a rucant artjels defended the German proposal for the withdrawal of solicitude to the obl Emperor and his predecimmigration is that, unlike European coun. troups from the province of Chikli, and donied
sors on the Prassian throve, un additional duty tries, Eastern countries have been submitting to palpably unfair legislation with little or ne that it represents any breach of consistency has devolved on the present Kaiser, this develop protest. Now that the plus population, which in German policy. Stress is laid
upon tho initiative adopted by the German Emperor. ment of the naval power of the coautry. His is inoressing as the world has risen it is only which, it is alleged, has everywhere met with great ancestor in the seventeenth century, proper that treatment becoming to their new status should tu accorded them by other Frederick William, Elector of Braudonburg, countries, and at the same time it is necessary ready approval. The German troops in Chinu," it is added, "were barer intended to be the r of acquiring a piece of the Celestial Empire for perceiving the importance of foreign trade to that Japanese should also endeavour to acquire Germany. The idea of a partition of this is his state, was the first to found a colony a proper position for themselves. Australia
a colony of Japan's ally, while America is on on the west coast of África and to pat sach friendly terms with Japan as to be her hallucination falsely attributed to German diplomacy. We voluntarily declared our reau. etation of a policy of territorial conquest in the a few ships in commission for its defence, but ally for all practical purposes, and there Anglo-German exchange of notes in October, owing to adverse circumstances both these eu-every likelihood that if the Japaness Govern 10. This agreement, with which the other torprises had to be abandoned later on. Nearly ment approaches these countries with a proposal as to the removal of immigration restrictions Powers associated themselves, was affeotext before
two hundred years afterwards, when a Goriaan the matter may be arranged to the satisfaction the war betwour Russia and Japan and also before the conclusion of the Anglo-Japanese parliament mot at Frankfort for the first of Japan and the Japanese. Alliance. Those facts dispose of the assertion time, and hopes of a united fatherland ran high,
we are intimidated by the new Alliance between Great Britain and Japan in the cry for a last was raised again.. By means East Asia and that we have consequently of voluntary contributions several ships were adopted a policy different from that which we bought and equipped, but when the reactionary bud hitherto spontaneously pursued with a view to the maintenance and development of our policy of the ruler prevailed over the liberal interests in that part of the world,
aspirations of the people they were sold by
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PROGRAMME OF YEW CONSTRUCTION.
What Foods Feed Us; by EUSTAVE MILES.
London: Georgs Newnes, Ld. 18. This is the apotheosis of the Proteid, by one who admits that there are other food oloments. The author - also confesses that he cannot lay down a chow rule that will suit everybody, but appears very proud of this rhyme, which gives the most "proteidinha” foods in Tusir seg genc
Cheddur, lentils, haricots. Chicker, peas, and after those, Beef, salt herring, oatmeal, egg, Wholemeal flour, some parts of pig, Walnuts, next fresh fish, then fig, Cabbage, milk, them prunes, then roots, (Like potatoes) theu fresh fruits; Iu butter, arrowroot, and tea, ~ And ragar less and loss we xeo
Of the body-imilding staff
is
Tha Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued were added, until under the imperial fermone Philippines and two for service on the
fag after the Franco-German war, it has at 1La following report -
On the 3rd at 11.55.a.. The barometertained its presont position amongst the navies has risen over N. China and E. Japan, sad of the worll. It is felt, however, that the rapid Pressure romains low to the NE. of Japan, growth of the mercantile marine of the country and the high pressure area still lies over Chine and the equally rapid expansion of foreign trade to the North of the Yangtze.
Jomand for their protection a further angmont-
fallen över 8. Chiua and FormosaTM
Strong mensoon may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the Chins Sea.
Forecast:-Moderatə N, winds; feir.
ation of the naval force and a bill to that effect will be shortly laid before the Reichstag which has been opened to-day.
Of which four ounces are inong.. In daily food for most of you,' If professors' words ure trie.” Book-Keeping Down To Date, by ANDERS
MUNRO. LONDON: Effingham Wilson. This is a second edition of a deservedly well-known work, which contains instruction aud examples of over two baudred points that can ocen in book-keeping. It is almost a completo business education in itsolí. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight, by the Author of "Elisabeth and her German Garden, London T. FISHER UNWIN.
Three first-class battleships of at least 18,000 tona displacement and eighteen knots speed; three scout cruisers of 5,000 tons displacement: Helena class, and four one gunboat of the other gunboats of light draught, two for use in rivers of China, with additional torpedo konts This is one of the freshest, most refreshing and torpédo-boat destroyers, are the principal stories of the season, brightly written, philoso-
in the recommendations of the General Board Navy in its programme of new construction to phically chourful, and full of vraisemblance and now under consideration by the Board of expected but none the less thrilling adventures be authorised by the next Congress, which is real human interest. It tells of the quite-to-be- Construction.
of a princess who took too much ia surnost the The construction board is new, figuring spouilouts of bor simple-minded old tator, uDŮ PAD the possibility of adding to a ship of 18,000 tons trial dieplacement two (welve-inch guns in away to enjoy the simple life. The lesson is that ercoss of the number carried by ships. of no matter how comfortably off we are, there are 16,000 tons trial displacement.
others no happier. The poor have their
LEVER. Loador-Gerge Bell Sony. - This Mr. Frank Laver's reminiscences, impressions and experiences of two trips with Australian cricket tearas to England, and while literary werit is claimed for the production
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BABY CAME
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"He was had about eight months when we tried Cuticura. I had not laid him down in his cradle in the daytime for a long time. He had got so that he just slept in our Bruss all the time.
washed him with Cuticura Soap and put on one application of Cuticura Ointment and he was so soothed that I put him in the cradle. You don't know how glad I felt when be felt better. It took one box of Cuticura Ointment, pretty near our cake of Caticurs Soap, aud about half a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, to cure. I think he would have died only for the Cuticura."
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WM. PARLANE, Manager. [47 and a place here might have been pardonable, Hongkong, 18th November, 1901. but in a book intended for wider circulation they might have been excinded with profit. However, we are glad to have Mr. Laver's impressions and his numerous excellent suapshots, thoughi the- His latter might have been bitter arranged. opinions and comments are certainly worth pruni by those interested in cricket. He Favours test matches being played to a finish, and he suggests that other alterations may be made with advantage in the rules of the game.
IN DEFENCE OF CORSETS.
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pneumonia blouse which he never caused Kucere so far as 1 know. Look at the flimsy garments women go about in regardless of weather and temperature, and then compare them with what men wear. Look at the way our grandmothers dressed in their youth-from their chins to the soles of their feet. How is it that
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