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partially. In this spirit we now proceed | be moet disconcerting. If a Christian's to unfold the interesting story algedy cloak be taken, we understand he is expected mentioned, premising that, if it should be to offer the thief his coat also. The wrongly coloured in any way, the bins Protestant. Missionary quoted had this in ja not to be imputed to us. Somewhere in mind; he concludes by assuring the Catholic the province of Cheling, there is a place | Bishop that Taiehow Protestants do not where the natives are being advised to fight; their kingdom is not of this world; abandou their own faith, and to embrace
"they are taught", he adds, "to bear one of the two which are offered. We gather suffering for Christ's sake, and to look for that a Chiuese pond-keeper named Ky'rÚ their reward in the next world". To bear huil elected to be a Protestant; and that suffering, and to want ao reward here at a certain season, by official permission, bilow-that is indeed consistent with our
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Discussing race-week tiflios, a writer in the TELEGRAMS.
The footpads who are plying their craft on the stress of San Francisco hava turned their Shanghai Mercury remarks: In the days gone attention to women and are making them band by, the curry would probably have been frog, over parsse and jowola, À thirteen-your-old but in these dagenerate times the delicate girt, daughter of Rev. Dr. Bradford Leavitt, oftatrashing has gone very largely out of the First Unitarian Church, and Louise Sloss, fashion. I suppose the vast increase of new 17 years old, daughter of the millionare banker comers has hal something to do with it, for sud capitalist, are the latest victims of the your insular Britisher still tilte in holy horror the tip of his most ancritical use if you indiscriminate outlawry. Stopped by thugs on the streets, both girls had to subunit to search | whisper to him of frega, or sails, or any and was so badly frightoned that they are still other such delicacies. suffering from sliock.
The Japan. Chronicle comments:-A great pians of those in the Far East who are not government officials wish that they were--and enquire, does that 844302 with the possibly 'ce versa. From Hongkong soutem Protestant Missionary's own statements (poraris wo Boto that one of the barning our first extract of his deposition) that questions of the day is the cheerful one the loss of chestnuts as not borte for any one speaker at a meeting of the Suntiary Why do Civil Servants got cheap graves?" sake, but that an appeal was mate; that Board said he could not see any reason why it was a Protestant preacher who caused the government officials should only be charged 75 militia to be called out; and that the old fats for a grave space while other residents poud-keeper, instead of waiting for the future reward he is taught to wait for, has neveptid compensation for
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Roman Catholic Bishop has written | to say the said chestnuts were wild, and whoever wishel to gather theo rouki du so. For they belonged to an eine ". Whereupon a Protestant Missionary rejoins that they chestnuts? These be puzzling things, and “We hava", howe certainly munot give judgment for either were nothing of the kind. writes, "two very listinct varieties of side on the evidence. To bind both parties waterchestnuts here. One kind grows wild, over to keep the peace, under pulty of has small leaves and a sand insignific.texpatsion from China, seams the nens nut. The cultivated variety has a fine large thing to justice; and, as they would be sure leaf and grows a large well roundel nut
to fail to keep it, this solution would doubt about the size of a pigeon's egg, asith a large less be welcomed by the Chinese and the I brought home some plnuts, from forsiga diplomats as well. Sir ERNEST kernel. the Hainen pond. They are not wild, but Sarow, it is worth noting evidently in 1983 are bautiful specimens of a cultivated | regarded the Catholics as the chief offenders. variety". As impartial judges, we should His last words obliquely prayed for "asprond. point out that both witnesses no obviously of a genuine Christianity among the people prejudiced in favour of their respective ¦ of China"; but, if we accept the teachings clients; but, assuming that neither roy-ren at Tajchow as defining genuine Christianity, gentlem could be guilty of deceit, we hit it is clear he does not quite know what it upon the theory that, on the same pond means, for the purport of his circular was there may have been growing both kinds. that the aid of the Cong should be invoket -Unless some such opening for a saistale is made, it follows, as the right the day, that one of these two reverend gentlemen has committed breach of the comaninduent forbilding the bearing of false witness. This is indeed an alarming possibility, for the
Chinese have a great regard, it only academic, for truth; and it is obvious that if they find one teacher false, they will suspect all. We have not the least idea S. WATSON & CO., which was the worse culprit, but the Pro-
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testant Missionery deposes as follows :.
“The proslamation of District Magistrate Wang orders Ky'id to plant waterchestnuts for his own use and forbids anyone to stes them. When the Roman Catholic ucolyta persisted in taking shestnuts from the pond, an Appeal was made to the Ifsimen geutry, and it was admitted that the waterehestnuts belonged to the
thur Kria, Lala", when the anlyis
a crowd of his associates and made an attack on a company of Protestants 10 keep them from interfering with his coolism as they picked the waterchestnuts, the Militis took one of these coolin prisoner. It was compliance with a request from the Protestant preacher that the Mitic were called out, hen the magistrate Sino gave judgment at Haime, he ardared that the pond-keeper be recompensed The pond has now been cleared of waterohet- for the waterchestnuta taken from the pond. Edats, and the foals have promised to pay the
rrespondents must forward thew namai and ad drek with cruncations addressed to the Bdisar not for pakiration but as evidenca of good farth,
in letters for pallication should be written of #3· E:® uf the paper only.
Weaning meusly signed communications that hour it rany appeared in other payers will be imeariad.
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The Catholic Bishop was informed that
bad to my 815. From this distans it would almost saem that the government, authorities, in offering the specially reduced rates, wie anxious for Cvil Servants to get barind quickly
that they may not draw their pensions.
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THE SIKH RIOT AT SHANGHAL
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REMOVAL OF RINGLEADERS URGED.
SHANGHAI Norenber 15th. Following the investigations made
strike.
String affidavits confirmed their guilt, -and- ] account of the seriousness of the disaffection, the removal of the ringleuters to fidia was urged.
According to a talegram received by the Japanese Government on Nov. 5th from Mr. Uyeno, Japaness Consul at San Francisco, the people of San Francise lund an ear to the repeated protests of the Japanese Consul, by Major Hall of the Baluchi and persist in their views. The Japanese children who were expelled from the schools have not gent, Tientsin; and a Jenidar, Fraucisco citizens declare that the central instigating their fellow police to yet been allowed to be ruinstated. The Sante Sikhs were charged to-day with
Gorerament has no authority to interfors with the separation of Asiatic children from Ameri. can in the schools, on the ground that the agregation is orried out on the strength of powers vested in the State. The boycott of the Japanese restaurants has been stopped, but there are still signs that the anti-Japanese festing of the public in general still remains ligh. The Japanese Consul, in concert with Mr. Motcalf, miles was started in Japan on November 5th. is taking all necessary coeasures to relieve the Tho race was arranged by the First Cavalry Brigade, and twenty offers and man from the 13th and 14th Regiments end the Imperial Guard Cavalry Regiment-sixty men in all Bays, the omiras be ng divided into two routes, suternd. The distance was to be covered in five
ous from Tokyo te Fukushima, by way of Mito and Shirakawa, and the other from Tokyo to Fukushima, by way of Utsunomiya and Shirakawa
Half of the competitors go by one route, and the remainder by the other, the return journey to Tokyo being mide by the alternativo route in anch caso. In this way all the competitors travel by both routes.
FILL.L
A military riding raon far a distance of D
The N.-C.Daily News anya:-Tho approach- ing visit to Hongkong of the Duke and Duchess of Courengat and Princess Patriots will not
in all disputes. At Taichow, it is admited,annaturally create a wish in Shanghai that the they invoked the aid of the Militia How can any really impartial observer approve of either side?
Surgt. Gidler and Gunner A. have been permitted to resign Volunteers on laying the Colony.
Shefeld from the
In Yuamati Bay on Wednesday morning a Chinen bey, three years of age, fell overboard
from a simpan and was drowned.
Sixteen stray dogs were shot in the oatly ag districts adjacent to Bougkew one morning by several members of the S. M. P. within a space of a couple of hours.
tour may be extended to india this port. That a very bairty welcome would be extended to them, were they to do so, almost goes without saying. We can see only one possible objection an international settlement there might be some to the proposal, and that is that Shanghai being difficulty in arranging for an official visit here of members of the British Royal family, but the fact that Their Royal Highnesses came here IDEAS reduce the informally would by a cordiality of their walpoms. King Edward and his brother, the late Duke of Edinburgh, visited Shanghai in December 1891, and a most cordial welcome was extended to them.
situation.
HOCKEY.
The Dongkong Hockey Club plays a naval ground. The Club will play in solours, the textn this afternoon at 4:45 pm. on the Club
teams being :-R-v. C. G. Searle (goal); Masser, L. Murphy, captain, and J. M. Gillioray (backs); A. B. Ogle, "R. P., C. P. Chater and I. J. Barnett (hatres); H. G. C. Bailey, R. F. C. Mauter, L. G. Hiri, P. P. J. Wodehouse, and C. B. Down, R. A. (forwards),
CORRESPONDENCE,
HEAVY RATES FOR PARCELS.
TO THE KNITOR OF THE "DAILY FEESS."
Hongkong, November 15th. SIC,-In 1899 the Parcel Post rate to India aud aven to. Zanzibar was 15 cents per lb. (1 lba, x 15 cents 31.65). At that time the "proximate average of exchange on India, was
Rs. 146.
At present exchango stande at about 171, and we have to pay 40 cents per lb. on parcels. Fancy! What a ridiculous way of adjusting the parcel carrying rates.-Yours truly,
MASONIC.
A READER.
At a meeting of the Royal Ark Mariners Is an icle in the North American held in the body of the Naval and Military Review M, Arthur Brisbane aya of the Royal Arch Chapter No. 302.8.C.. when many The couate of Cambridge University has champion of municipal ownership: There Companions were present, the following Com finally adopted a new schema in connection with no doubt that Mr. Hearst will be elected panions were elected as office-bearers for the the Mathematical Tripes. This change involved President of the United States if he liver," ensuing year, and wore duly invested in their the abolition of the existing senior wranglership. The Editor of the North American Review, respective office by Most EX. Comp. H. Horlog, W.CN. Brother A. W. Hill elected not At the Magistracy on Monday a coroner's in reply to Mr. Brisbane's eulogy, says :--- "' As inquiry will be held conesratng the death of
a journalist, though ken, enterprising, and installed); W.S.W.S. Wor. Brother J. Smith; Mr. R. Houghton, who was found dead in his rosourceful, Mr. Hearst is a bucuing disgrace WJ.W.S. Bro, J. Mel, Gibson; Secretary, to the craft; politician, though shrewd no. J. J. Blake; Treasurer, Wor. Brother room in College Chambers on November 9th.
and at times even sagacious, ko is no more H. Horley, Son, Detoon, Wor. Brother J. The first of the series of shoots arranged by scrupulous than the basest of those whom he Roberts; Jun. Deacon, Wor. Brother N.A. the Left Half No. 2 Company, II.K.V.C., has tigriatised as criminals; as a partisan, | Johansson; Guardian, Wor. Brother Young will take place on November 18th. It was though earnest and efficient in appealing to the Heu; Dir. of Cor.. Wor.Brother J. Hutelesou: originally fized for Sept. 29th but did not take masses, bo is a traitor; as an off-hotder he Steward, Wor. Brother C. H. Parkineon
is pre-eminent is a shameful disregard of Warden, Wor, Brother J. Vanstone. After the his duties, se no agitator bis delight oousists election, a very pleasant evening was spent. in revelling in insitement to evil pessions."
plaes owing to the typhoon.
A mall fire occurred on Messrs. Butterfield
Tchatsoí, ob Wednesday night. An Indian's matahed lighted in the owner's absence,
On Uctober it, at Bedbourn, Hawrs, the wife some of the Protestant brawlers were and Swire's reclamation at Blackhead's Point, I punclusion, the review says that Mr. of Doublar. Bonuso Metaroon (Shanghai), of scoundrels hired by the day, and armed
On November 8th, at HM. Logation, Peking, with repeating rifles.
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the wire of W. CAMPBELL, Esq., C.M.U., of a dinsionary earnestly denies this; and but the police aoon quelled the outbreak.
daughtir.
On November 9th, at Shanghai, the wife of N. referring to some struggle over the prisoner G. MAITLAND, OF A BON.
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or prisoners, goes on:
Hearst is a living and glaring reproach to American civilisation."
POLICE COURT
Thursday, November 15th.
BEFORE MA. F. A. Mazeland (First POLICE MAGISTRATE).
STEALING BICYCLE..
Winetoa Replying to Mr. Lyach, Mr.
The following decree was published at Pok- Churchill said that the Bill which had beaning on Nor.8th:By command of the Empress passed in Natal involving the exclusion of
Dowager and in response to the memorial of In the story about the liberation of the British Indians from municipal franchise was
Vicardy Sbum of the Two Kwang provinces, prisoner the Bishop is greatly decored. There
An able sezman med Prestou, from the was no attack upon the yamea. The mau had present receiving the attention of Lord Elgin who reports a terrible typhoon in the 8th meen
which sproud devastation over the soncoast Pailing abip Chapman, was charged with the bead
opprehended simply to pilenar the French
St. George's Ball at Shanghai-now recogniz-towns of Kangtung province in the profeclaroery of a bicycle from the door of a house in priest who refneed to accept of the magistrate': decision unless a Protestant was male prisonerad as the opening event of the social sassoa turos of Kaschou, Chao-chou, Lei-chor, Lion- Western Strout.
Judge Sunsmarcż ordered seven of the prisoners to find security in the sum of $1,000, each, and three in the sum of $500 each.
CHINESE RIOTS AT SINGAPORE.
SINGAPORE, November 15th. The strike continues. The Sher- wood Foresters marched through the disaffected quarter this morning, and the fighting between the rival clans subsided in the town. Isolated out- breaks have taken place in the suburbs. The police are exerting the utmost vigilance,
JAPANESE SHIPBUILDING
TRIUMPH.
TOKYO, November 15th. The "Satsuman," the largest battle- ship in the world, and the first built
Japan, was successfully launched at Yokosuka in the presence of the Emperor this afternoon.
Lord Tweedmonth, on behalf of the Admiralty, has wired congratulations.
[REUTER'S SERVICE.]
THE STRAITS CURRENCY:
LONDON, November 13th. Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons, said that the Governor of the Straits had. strongly advised Lord Elgin not to abandon the fixed rateof exchange, on the ground that business would be dislocated and trade hampered. The Governor added that the leading bankers and merchants were entire- ly in accord with him, and that the sooner gold was made the legal tender, and preparations made to replace the dollar by one of less fineness, the better it would be for the community. Lord Elgin considers that it is impossible to direct the Governor
to suspend action, urgently required to meet a critical condition of affairs, for the
The Roman Catholics peiated out the man they there was held on Nov. 9th, with about 800 chou and Ching-chou, as well as in Hongkong, a He admitted the charge, and his Worship wouted and he was apprehended about widnight guests. It was agains conspicuously successful calamity which is the first of its kind in several remanded the case to ascertain when his chin purpose of enabling the House to discuss
arrest. There was no demonstration or use of
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function, with Sir Pelham Warren, K.C.M.G., | tens of years that has visited the viceroyalty, we wish to express our deepest pity and syn- Presidout of the Society) as the official host.
pathy at the great loss in lives and shipping
Recently the head fireman at the Quarry The directors of the Perak Sugar Cultivation caused by the typhoon, and hereby command Bay Sugar Refinery Co. bad occasion to speas Company, Limited, baro decided, unbject to the that the sum of its. 100,000 be paid out of the to one of his mon for leaving work too early. andit of the acconats, to propose at the forth. Privy Paras which is to be distributed first from Twanights afterwards nine nativos, invited by coming annual general meeting of shareholders the Provincial Treasury to the sufferore. Let
who was the man
reproced, attacked the
4.00 per share) for the season ending Augustation of aid be given to that no one may be left the payment of a dividend of 8 per cont (Fle. them be relieved properly and an honest distrib-complainant on his way home, and sabjected him
to some rough handling. 31st, 1906.
oat of the Imperial Bounty,
The ringleader and another of the gang were ebarged before His Worship yesterday with A Shanghai contemporary says:-The Police assault. The first defendant was fined $95, the are now investigating what appears to boa grasscond 310, and both were bound over in the piece of corelessness, to pat it lightly, in the
sum of $10, Panshan District, on the North Szsobasa Road. Extension. One of the residents on that road, a sick lady whose husband is absent in his ship, was awakened at 6,3 a.m. on Nov. 9th by hearing three shots fired, apparently next door, and on making enquiries from her servants she The listing of the charges against Mr. H. C. tearned that some "gentleman" living in the Rogan, formerly Managing Director of Hogon house next to hers in the terrace bad fired at and Company, and Mr. J.B. Eobertson, formerly her chickens with a shot gun and killed six of Company, has been concluded in the police-court among the Chiness in the district, and the Secretary, in connection with the affairs of the them. Owing to the amount of lawlessness
at Singapore. Mr. Robertson was discharged, stories she had heard of a house boy having the Ses of Japan. but Mr Hogan was committed for trial on five been shot in the leg by a stray ballet, and
The French colonial papers state (according to a Berlin wire) that in Congress-between the Senate and the Chambers of Depatice-au official report was read demanding that France should occupy the island of Hainan, is the Bouth Chiza Sea, and several Chinese provinces, in order to strengthen ber position for a future the war in the Far Esat.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:
HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 10rs, 1906 Ler it be understood that what follows is cits, accompanied by the saimen preacher, went on Sunday. The Protestant pastor from this chiefly a synopsis of ex parte statements at once to the magistrato and told him that the man was not a Protestant and that they did not made in a Norik China newspaper, for think it was right to apprehend him. The man which we necept no more responsibility than was set free shoat twenty minutes after his that of quoting theni na au interesting fores anch as the Bishop describes": indication of what may sometimes be going But although there were on in the interior, away from the sympathe Protestants (according to thie witness) tio or other observation of the treaty ports. there was quite a formidable mob of The story, which we again repeat must pseudo-Catholics (also according to this have more than one side to it, is not only witness). He continues: auggestively interesting: we take it that it
"He [the Bishop) says Tha Catholice, who may partly explain the manifesto by Sir ara very numerous in Haimon, cloved their ENEST SATOW in 1903, which Mr. Consul- the Roman Catholic church are numerous in missionary'. Does he mean the members of
General MANSFIELD of Cauton recently Haimen? I do not think he can mean this. The Bishop must surely know that there are not invited us to publish. Ignoring the state-a hundred Roman Catholic members among
me alkout to quote, for the 20,000 residents of Haimen. What door ho
mean?
Probably he means these scores of moment, it is permissible to point out that armed men who marched from the surrounding three years ago it was oficially recognised country to invest the town, cow the magistrates, that at least some missionarios were dia- and if necessary kill the Protestante. If this be
so the Bishop
has supplied the information that tinguishing themselves by, shall we say med men who woro quartered in the Roman
I wanted. Does be know that among the excess oi zeal. It Was considered Catholic premises and in
the acolyte's house, officially necessary to warn them that and in Nyan's compound, there were about forty
desperadoes,robbers, pirates and lawives meni "Article 8 of the Treaty of, Tientsin did not Will the Biskop in his next 2otter explain how churgos of cheating and attempted cheating. sow having been wounded very seriously while over the Eastern Bea, and fresi monsoon-is
confer upon them" any right of intervention it is that those mon by paying their eventy.
atu, hail being allowed in $30,000,
feeding at the back of her housi, she was badly forty, or one hundred dollars a head; to the Sir Roman Catholic Charcb, are termed paori
A French observer calls attention in a home frighted, being alone in the house, and very and are protected by his church from the civil journal to the fact that Japan, while equipping, adding to her nervous state. The police berself according to moderr methods and ap. were called for, and on enquiry found the “gentleman" whe admitted killing the There are grave, not to day uncharitable,pearing absorbed by political and commercial
This is evident from the fast that Antwerp, rowing"! We understund, however, that one of the great diamond markets of the world, owing to this pleasantry" occurring outside Formon Channol... of distinguishing between rival sects, for hope that no Sunday-school children will be now reckons Japan as a good client, while quite the Settlement limite, the Police are com- South coast of Chian between ?
do paratively helpless to except when one or the other appears to be permitted to read about this, for to the recently the demand from that country was
anything, in consequence of which so far¡ no proceedings. acting wrongfully, we respect both in. ingenuous mind of a child, such things must almost nil.
have been taken.
on behalf of native Christiana".
ERNEST SATOW said he had reason to know that this view was shared by the managing. bodies of Britian Missionary Societies
power!
On the 15th at 11.50a.m.-The barometer las risen over the Loochoox, and fallen over N Formes and Meaco Sine.
The typhoon is gradually filling up to the Bouth of Neha (Loschook). It bay moved
and Japan. It is still high over the North of slowly to the Westward since yesterday.
Prassure las given away slightly over China
it,
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LONDON, November 18th. The House of Commons rose at 9.40 this morning, after a nineteen hour sitting, on the Land Tenure Bill.
NAVAL MOVEMENTS,
LONDON, November 13th. The Atlantic fleet, after hastily provision- ing, left Gibraltar last night. It is believed that its destination is Tangier.
[N.-0. Daily News' Service.]
A NEW SHIPPING ENTERPRISE.
TOKYO, November 9th. American and Hawaiian capitalists have formed a steamship company to trade hotween cisco, Honolulu sad Oriental ports on the New York, Mexico, Atlantic ports, San Fran-
Pasitic. They will commeuca their service in January with twelve-chartered ships,
THE REMODELLING OF THE
GRAND COUNCIL,
N. and N. gales will continue to prevail indicated in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China tea.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 30 s.in, to-day, 6.00-inches.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows:-
N. winds,
N.E. winds, ...fresti.
The Asaki says there is no hurry for the Bare as No.1.
official reorganisation and further reforms Same as No.1 might be made ponding the promulgation of
a Constitution.
TOKYO, November 9th. The Kokumin ornsiders the reorganization of the Great Boards at Feking aud the bacia) inspires little hope for the introduction of Constitutional Government.
working in China, and for the most part Charges in the foregoing extract. We have questions, at the same time dreams of laxurr. chicken-"as they annoyed him by their Hongkong & Neighbourhood moderate; fine. departments o temporizing movement which
acted upon. This relieves us of the onus given some the emphasis of italics.
We
Hongkong and Lamooks South coast of Chins betweÐN
Hongkong and Hainan...