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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 17th, 1906.
L'Avenir du Tonkin enuounens Ibat the This 1968 edition of the Directory for Bang TELEGRAMS, poet, whose refrain of resignation was
Rall ou, great world, roll on.” As we native King of Cambodia will visit the Colonial kok and Sism has just reached ne, and wa know, and as the deceased bumourist naive-Exposition at Marseilles,
ly commented, "It rolled on." And the literary Juggernaut of Britain rolls on, A. S. WATSON & CO., influencing, despite SCHOPENHAUER's idea
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of its permanance, the national character. We Doed only mention one instance as a stimulus to independent consideration of the point. The devourer of fiction prefers stories that." end well," and the satisfactory ending, as we know, must be in the way SPIRIT of poetic justice. The character who enlists his or her sympathies unst triumph; alt obatacles that prevent the fruition of hit hopes and the granting of his heart's desist are removed by the obliging fiction writer. BULL DOG BRAND Thus the wife or husband of the married man or woman who falls in love again is made to die conveniently; or two or three ROBT, PORTER & Co., LTD., innocent people who stand between the hero and his inheritance are ruthlessly wiped out in a single chapter. Can it be believed
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Famine is feared in certain districts of Saigon owing to the pour rice crop this season, the lose on the pressat harvest boing even greater they last year.
find it brought up to date by the inclusion of very recent sanctaments and oventa. Besides the lists of officials, Erms and residents, 'the book contains all the important tevatios con cluded by Siam with Foreign Powers; the
Ordor in Council govorcing British residents in Siam, as well as much valuable information A March 10th tolegrum to Manila maya:-relating to the history, topography, the Frithjof Nansen bus kasi appointed the first administration and the trade and commerce of Minister to Englund from the now Kingdom of the country. Norway.
Four member of the Police Force left for home last wook, and it was remarked that each was a representative of the four nationalities in the United Kingdom.
This is St. Patrick's Day, and loyal Irishton will ensue the memory of their patroussint in the time-honored fashion. The only public celebration in the Colony is the courert at St. Patrick's t lub to-night.
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ANOTHER RUSSIAN SCARE.
HINESE FEAR INVASION.
TIENTSIN, March 15th. A large body of Russian troops, which has penetrated Wusuli and
"Delivered yesterday.
A paragraph in the World says; Granting Helungkiang, is causing the Chinese at andre excitement is a nerve-shattering grave concern.
The Peking Government bas tele- thing. what about the nervous influence of placid uneventfulness and inundrum monotary? The statistics of rural hamacy supply a highlygraphed imperative instructions to the suggestive auswor," "The influence of Tartar General at Helangkiang. placid uneventfulness and humdrum monotony " in toward abnormal longevity: the statisting of rural lunacy sro to be explained by genovations of constant in-breeding. A wise old woman in a northern village said to a young may not long ago, "Don't then marry a Bassenthet lass, if thou doesn't want to marry a relation" Tha World's "suggestive auswor" is certainly a bir
concerned, is not a fad, buž a truiam,
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THE NEW FRENCH CABINET.
LONDON, March 14th.
SUPREME COURT.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
Friday, March 16th,
BROBE MR. A. G. Wise (PUISNE JUDOR).
PETTY DEBTS.
E. Osborne, proprietor of the Kowloon Hotel, ael F. E. J. Bishop for $21 ed for refresh- ments supplied. Judgment was given for plainti
Job Lemm suod Mes. V. Marshall for the recovery of Z130 for goods suppliet. Defendant admitled the debt and judgment was ontered for piati.
Mrs. Marshall was also sued by Madame Jay,
for 52, jndgrout being again given for
plaintiff,
A FIIND COCK.
An Indian engineer employed at the Sugar | Refinery was sued by his Indian cook for $23 for wages dus and rationa supplied. Deleudant said he paid plaintif bis wages regularly. On March 5th be asked him to prepare some coffee
The new French Cabinet, which is des-tight, but plaintiff doclined because bo was tired. Defendant then dismissed him. HIA
tbut a consistent reader of this sort of thingonps, spoode wars won by Gunners Pagb, Biden mistake. The simple te," so far as sunity is evibed as the most advanced one yet" seen, Lordship said plaintiff had failed to prove his
The Manila papers remark that much of the
success achieved by the American soldiers at Mount Dajo was due to the co-operation of the naval force which contributed the time-honoured valour of the sea-fighter and the needed skill of the sailormal.
At the February shoot of the members of Right Half No. 2 Company for the Nicholson and Reed. The next shoot. takes place on can avoid wishing that in real life such | Sunday, Zoth inst., at Tai Hang. convenient solutious any occur at times? As a matter of fact, that is what -bappens, especially in the case of the young and Busceptible, and the moral tone is une doubtedly lowered. We have no sympathy with the old Puritan objections to theatre- going and novel reading, but undoubtedly we have been reveling in a surfeit of
The following is cat from the London Daily sentiment, a debauch of artificially inspired | Telegraph of January 19th--- Halfe. - Julia emotions, and the effects are becoming Relfe, iomste of the Regal Hospital for apparent qparent indred-to-lucvratles, Patoex, for 11 years, being the ake some thoughtful men welder for a first admitted to that institution, aged & years. could be moment if the nor universal ability The Foochow Behe wonders what
ilone in thjes hospital towards lanening to read has been a unmixed blessing,
mortality in the "cicable" variation of diseasu,
SEDIMENT An observer in London, writing from the
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point of view that it is demand that The bas created the supply, remarks: origin of this demand may be found in the first spread of education, At the time of that movement-resulting in the production of the "half-educated "--books were very expensive: cheap reprints of standard works were unheard of, free libreries were yet to come. So here was a siderable mass of people able to read, but pocuniarily
The "next shoot for the Rifle Associativa Trophy and Handicap Cup will be held on Saturday, 12th May. The following rule has been added by the Committes to the conditi onu "No wembar governing the Handicap Cup: touy eater for thin Cup, except as scratch, nuleaz he has retorned from this data at least three club tickets or three 'authorized Half Company competition tickets.
THE FIRST GYMKHANA.
The programme for the first masting of the
Hongkong Gyukbana Cnb, to be held (rather permitting) on April 14th, has been issued. The six oronuts appear to be na umrat, and we trust there will be a succoustul day. There off races are enjoyed by the public fully as much as the regalar race meeting.
VISIT OF THE FRENCH FLEET.
met yesterday and decided to continue the taking of church inventories, and to follow M. Rouvier's foreign policy, especially in regard to the Algeciras conference.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM,
LONDON, March 14ths. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, at a banquet given at the Reform Club in his honour, said that n reform in the procedure of the House of Commons was most urgent,
· Admiral Richard, in command of the French, in order not tu waste the time of the House]
aquadron on the China station, has informed | on trivialities-as-in-the-pasu
L'Avenir du Tanhin that the departure of the font for Hongkong, to return the visit of the British squadrons to Saigon, has been delayed for several days, but that in all probability the visit would be minde before the end of the
prosent month. One of the causes for the delay was the departure of Admiral Noel and his successiou by Vice-Admiral Moore.
CANTON,
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March 15th.
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY,
The Viceroy Las sent a long despatch to the Chamber of Commerce dackling that the A book used to be a hand-box for a man's management of the Canton-Haakow Railway
THE REVENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, March 14th. The Revenue returns indicate the prob. ability of she current your ending with a surplus of about £900,000 above the estirantes. The Times anticipates that according to present appearances the surplus will be about £1,750,000 for 1906.1907.
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ease, and judgment was given for defendant with coste.
POLICE COURT.
Friday, March 18th.
BEFORE Ms. F. A. HAZELAND (FIBST
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
ADMINISTERING MORPHINE.
Sergeant Gordon charged a native with administering morphine not prescribed by a medical practitioner.
A fine of $25 was imposed.
AN ARM OR A TOY, Inspector Macdonald of Yaumati proceeded against a Chinaman for being in possession. of a rifle without a licenco from the Captain Superintendent of Police.
Mr. R. A. Harding, who appeared for the defendant, pleaded not guilty. He anid the rifle was not an arıs, but a toy, The case was remanded.
ATTEMPTED LARCENY.
Lai Yau was charged with the attempted larceny of u door from a private house in Con- naught Road.
The evidence showel int defondant unhinged the door lending into No. 265, Connaught Road, and was carrying samo away when Mr. Winston Churchill, in the House of tenant appeared. When asked what he wea
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workmanship, the employment of author ship of a considerably lower grade, and thus the modern ephemeral and sensational novel was started. Once having obtained a hold its growth became prodigious, until to-day it so thickly covers standard works of allelosses of hterature that ninety per
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Noa onymously signed communications that hav already appeared in other papan will be inscried,
Unders for extra couses of SaшLY Pse should be
popular publishing houss is a factory for manu-
of this people in taking up shades and requests.
appoint an energetic and wealthy man as director general of the compsey, and has also sent to the Chamber a copy of the British loan hesgreetust showing the amount loaned and the interest to be paid by the Kwangtung Province.
is required when taking these just serve with plenty of illustrations and wide margins. When a man gets half an idea, be sends for a reporter. When he gets balf a thought, sends for & publisher. When he gets no entire thought, his friends send for a doctor.
4: His
Mr. Wedemeyer's removal to Foochow has apparently lifted the art of the amateur beneath it. The only practical sugges. Thespins there to a higher level. tions seem to be those of State interference Excellency the Governor" has jush been played with the supply of fiction by free libraries, by the Foochow A. D. C. under his direction,
CONSTRUCTION WORK.
On the 11th inst. in the afternoon sovers! depoties accompanied by three foreign engineers went to Wongsha to examine the stock of railway materials. It is rumoured that work will be soon started to complete the trunk line from Wongsha to Ko-tong. The money required will be advanced by the
and that it would affect the emigration of the Straits and Burmah, which were both included in the convention. As far as the Tyment was concerned, she convention could be rendered a dead letter by the Cousal resuming the powers delegated to the emigration agents.
AMERICA IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE MORO PROBLEM.
sent before 11 a.m. an day of publication,¡åfles that ¦ majing those who want it buy it —a proposal ( and the Echo says that it was "better staged Government and will be refunded by the wounded in the two days' fight at Jalo the sent the mpply is limited. Only supution that opens up many thorny paints in
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BUSTIE.
Our March 15th, at Devonia 11, Peat Kord. Hongkong, the wife of Sros A, Levy, of a daughter,
the necessarily objectionable censorship and the better supervision by parents of their children's reading,
than anything we have had for some time."
Mrs. Schler. Mrs. Gilby, Mrs. Michie, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sesats, Mr. Balloor, Mr. Mos, Mr. Lechian, Mr. Michie, and Mr. Unfortunately Wedemeyer we highly praised for their the modern parent seems to be a great acting: Miss Drow's magical labours wors [nuflender as the child. The free libraries also appreciated. The following concluding are undoubtedly at the root of the trouble, omitted to mention that the lighting of the reference appears to be sur rastie : I have And it may yet be fonul that CARNEGIE stage was exellent. In the third eet, when the thstood of being a philanthropist, has, like lights were turned out, it was impossible not to į many other well-meaning people, been notice the difference,”
dving baru instead of good. The man who eid, let me make the songs of a ustion,
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engineers are offering to contract for $40,000 the extent of 60 of the population. In other company later on. It is said that some foreign per mile.
THE RETIRING MINISTER OF COMMITROE.
The Cablenem says: With 19 dead and 52
American forces solved the Moro problem to
and perhaps unwise to say this, but what solution than termination is there? Not the killing of every man, woman and child of the Moro race, but the weeding out of the warriors, the sanihilation of the fighting spirit, and the coudige punishment of every attempt against
Yosterday, Chenog Pat-si, Minister of Com- mere, made his farewell calls on the local officials prior to his departure, which is to the American supremacy. place shortly.
MORE RAILWAY BUSINESS.
It is either this or get out of Moreland, Major General Wood knows it, and so did guilds have decided to hold a meeting in theater we are to remain in the auth we must The right charitable institutions and the 2 Goreruor Tall. Both are humane men, both deplore the stort necessity of the situation
Chamber of Commerce to draw up a telogram have law and order, and though they are more to be forwarded to the Poking Chamber of savages who defy us, and porhaps deserving of By kind permission of Lieut. Col. A. G. Commerce relating to the question of the reg-eharity for their ignorance, yet one cannot oven be gentle with a savage when he seeks
own house.
The tenant attempted in arrest
dropped on his toes and tho defendant ran away. He was parmed and exptared.
His Worship held the charge provod, sad committed Lai to gan] for fourteen days with
bord Inbour.
AN EXTRADITION CASE.
The application for the extrad tion to China of Tai Mao to answer a charge of armed rob bery in the Kwai Shia district of the Kwang- tang Provines was resumed, and after hearing further evidence-bis Worship committed defen. sunt fprison till the pleasure of the Governor be known.
A CIRCULAR isoned in the Bouy this week and I care net who makes its inws," wogl Fitton; D.S.O., and Officers, the Band of the istration of the company and also esacerning one's life in the rough way of the burs of They rage of Art (with a capital A), and' parente -by what society it is interid to min./day, without alating the truth of Second Battalion "The Queen's Own" Royal questions relating to the construction of the Mahomet, tiou-says it is pitiably sad" to thank of Philosophy, prefer to supply is reading programme of musig during dinner at th
the number of prople whose meŋtal exercise consists of merely frittering news pajer and novel reading." By a coincidever, on the same day Mr. II. HERSTUOUSE was lecturing to the United Church Literary Society on The Evolution of the Modern Novel." The subject interests and concerns such a wide circle that it is really lifted
matter.
The annual fuspection, of the Hoagkorg Volunteer Corps takes place on Saturday, Slut inst.
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The monthly shoot of left. Half No, 2 Co. Hongkong Volunteer Corps takes place to
merrim.
The Diview, which only returned this work higher than the level of most of the skerom hor, whither it reaveyed H. B. H. Prince issues discussed in the intervals dividing Arthur, left hero yesterday for Japan. supposedly more momentous happenings. The prevailing comment is that the favourite
Pla March Criminal Sessions opens on Mon-
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KING-CHOW TO BE (PENED,
In the most important fight with the Moros before this one of Jole there were over 490 of Hongkong Hotel this (Saturday) evening !— Some time ago someone proposed to the the natives killed. They baro anclanen against
our machine guns, rifles and skill, and the mus March "Hypadia," ................... Ingham Waiwape to open King-chow in Kwangtungar is accordingly disproportionate to our Övertine to..... " The Bologni on Girl,“
Halfe to foreigu trade. The proposer stated that u loaves. General Wood has been discreet Vale "Authore, Selection from The Emerald Isle," Sullivan certain country has a keen desire to obtain in his government of these people, but when
Killar
Paradiso and hours are in promise for the slay Song.
Hilfe this island and to check them, it is necessary ing of Christians what hold ean government “Moonlight,” Serchal
Moret *Beminiscences
to open King-chow to foreign trade. Godfrey Ireland"
The have on a Mulay Moslem ? Disset-Roos Doonerus-Fgg and Anchovy | Waiwapu kas seat many private telegramA Perhaps it were better first to rid them of Campus, Somp-xtail Simp. Fish Fist Cut-
to Viceroy Shum with regard to this pro-
thair religious prejudices, and to this end to lets and Bgange Sauce, Einces-Braised Log
Kend scors of missionaries among them. Some of bual and Ilarict Boats, Jagged Hars and posal, asking him to investigate the matter of these who are in China now and who will Red Currant Jelly, Veal dad Main Kissoles. It is now reported that Viceroy Shun haither leave soon er shall is martyrized, might
inseradies, Past Con and Celery Sauce, objections to opening King-obow to foreiga Curry--Prawn Quoy, ints Roast Rib of Beef replied by felegraph that there are many do well in the Mora country, Boiled Panel Leg of Pork and Pease Pudding, vald Konst Wild Puck and Plain Salnel.
Sweete -Sevda Pudding, Maraschin to Cream and Fing & Cakes, Apple Tank, Tipsy Cake Dessers,
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A MIDDLE-AGED GRIEVANCE.
A pleasantly written grumble by a man of rocout English matare gs appears in magazine, in which the modern youth is taxed with his faults. The writer says:- Not only are notions dismissed generically as old-fashionarī: that would not offend us; to achiel col legible tag of opprobrium, and the mounts of you are conveyed in a set of portals and well chosen phrase. Our taste in Furniture and If we shrink from gloway, we are contemptuously tall that fiction ornament is Victorian." Gorky (or whatever he be called) because he is
is 16 urt, and not s porny wwfig Modern youngsters are so very clever they do not realise that with advancing years the only phi- losophy desire in a quiet pipe in the garden." trivialities. A definity pursuit of a practical object could be umlarstool. If our children were bout on joining the Salvation Army or emigrating to convert the Chinese, our open Beron would conceal a sneaking almiration, Asil is their passions, whether moral or artistic, ure so far-fetched and refine! as to wake
Every kindred spark in our own boss. healthy mun of fifty is something of a Philis tine." realising that facts const, and philosophy mast Field to broad-winning. Granted that some act is bad-what matter? It has com forted thousands, and the yenag should learn moderation. Our present grievance is, that the young are too much with us. Given an insh they have taken an ell. In a rash moment wo allowed them down to dessert, and before we could apply an effective chook they usarped not enly regular places at table, but the functions of wit and patron to the company at large, Occupying, immovably as it would seem, the In modern German literature, a woulth of
sests of the scornful, thoy ans by this time so idealism, and joyous vitality, has come to light,
numerous as to exclude us from the conversation says Herr Francke in the Atlantic Monthly. altogether. We, who have earned our places at The system of government at Hongkong has A political parody has appeared,, which The Geron novel has südergone a complete the board of life by hard work and cuequored found an American admirer. The Sunday Sus follows haltingly the ballad of You'll remem- novelists have learned at last the secrets of consternation while the young muke plirases.
transformation in the last fifteen years, for experience, are permitted to sit by in granting: says:-The Munila business mou should take aber me," with Balfe's pretty melody. It will simpleness and of truthfulness of characterisa. hand in the game, and here is our suggestion.
tion.
What, however, gives thoir peculiar be seen from the two stanza me quote that significance to these id silue us humanity
FORTNIGHTLY REPENTANCE. Appoint a committee of, say, three members to political poets are not always consistent. One
of to-day is the nobla. generous
London, February 14-Sir Lewis Dihein, to Hongkong and Singapore and collect data verse approves of Chinese "voslios in South pervading them, the sympathy with hama
suffering
and struggling, the charitable of the Afches, gave judgment yesterday the in the case of the Rev. E. C. Fillingham, Vicar help in the administration of even bis red-tape in British Colonies. continod Crown colonies. There, the charabers
criminal, the openness and hospitality for any of commerco nominate to the Legislative Councils members of their own bodies Got the faets, and lay them before the President, Roosevelt's good sense will prompt him to immediate recognition of the Manila American business-mon. if only the facts are brought to Lia notice. He will never let it be said that more business method characterizes the running of a British Crown colony than is apparent in the management of dollur-and-conts America's
reading of the modern Briton, as provel by day, Thero is only one cose on the list, that of Quee Fruit.
sales and public library statistics, is trashy in the extreme, As usual, there is some-
thing to be said on the other side; but our opinion is that the mental' pabulum of the average Briton to-day is not only unprofit able but injurions, and that it largely
a Chinaman charged with forgery..
Cape
It is expected that the German steamship Dreima, which rack # rock neur Kams, in Haluan Straits, wilt benne a
tols wreek.
Mr. F. M. L. Conwford has joined the
trade; He asks that the matter be left for future consideration..
POLITICAL POETRY,
MØDERN GEUMAN LITERATURE,
aecouuts for the degeneracy which we hara Volunteer Corps aud been posted to Faft. Half as to how John Bull silow the business-un to Africa, and the other objects to foreigners taken even of the degenerate and the of Hoxton, Herts, who was tried at the Court of
just noticed as waking itself apparent during the general elections, and in other ways to which we have no referred. Un- fortunately, the phenomenon appears to bug like the carthquake, & disturbing influence which we may study but not cure. The local lecturer made an apt selection in describing the modern novel as a product of evolution. Like Topsy, it has certainly "growed." Everybody has laughed at the parenthetical remark by the late Mr. Gr BERT in that "Bab Ballad" which conveys he pessimistic gush of a sombre young
No. 1 Company. Mr. E. G. Ferguson uas joined the troop.
The Japanese Training Squadron, which is Expected to visit. Hongkong mit week, consists of the cruisers laukrakinu, Matsushima, and Hushadute, and is under the era of Roar It was to have left
Admiral Shimamura. Shanghai yesterday.
A solicitor wos informed by the Puisne Judge at the Supreme Court yesterday that he had
male up bis mind on a certain case. "But if faraway islands. If the facts are not secured your Lordship will hear me, I can convince yon, by the commercial conuaunity, they will not be I think, tint my client is right" The Judge raked up by the government. The reason is,
of soarse, apparent. did not encourage the experiment.
When Chinese from the Cape are gone
And Miues begin to elcro, When winding wheels and enginus all
Are gone to their rep se, When gold is scuror, and food is deur
Then on the Rand you'll see Briton aud Boer, with one accord,
Cursing both you and me. Yes, loudly cursing, carsing you and me. Alas, Dear John, bad I but knowu
How foolish you could be
In letting foreigners step in
To Home and Colony
To rob us of the bard-earned gains
Our fathers won of yore,
I would, upon my ghostly word,
I would myself have swore.
Ob, yes, I would, I really would have swere,
kind of strong genuine feeling, the belief in the Arches in Decombor last for having. ia disob- sacredness of life. the earnest desire to do disco of the commands of the Bishop of St. justice to all of its types, the eagerness to Albans, ordained a Nonconformist minister
the Rev. A. C. White-st Emmanuel Church, upproach all questions of private conduct or public morality without prejudice or malico, Southend. The judgment of the Court as pro The trual in the
saving quality of pounced yesterday was that the accuser be de- honest endeavour and courageous grappling prived of his licence unless he express regret with circumstance. These novelists are moral fortnightly for lie offense. leaders, even though they do not intend to b The Deau, in giving judgment, remarked They are helping toward a wider and fuller that the case was unprecedented in the Anglican conception of humanity. It is aufortunate that Church-This man Fillingham oat-Kensitz
Keusit. He visited Japan the Church, both Protestant and Catholic, is
couple of years bell icef from these new ideals; for no people ago, and endeavoured to create troubleas Yoko. in at heart more deeply religions than the huma, where a hard-working clergyman was German. But the Church has not placed herself doing excellent work. The agitator left Japan en the same level with the gusts, the thinkers, berriedly, without waiting to proseouto a and the artists. This is described as the cardinal threatened libel action against a newspaper
which had referred severely to his conduct peradox of contemporary German life.