INTIMATION.
Thore will be no bend at the lengkuas TELEGRAMS.
Hotel during dinner this evening (Saturday), the band having been engaged by the General Officer Commanding.
The Novos Vrenyaments pessimistically
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRFSS. SATUR:AY, DECEMBER 29tP, 1906.
The German Ministry of War devided some dividual has very perceptibly increased. † for skilled labour that for a prolonged period { MALTH Os gloomy prophecies have thus to a England became the workshop of the world. time ago that it would be advisable to make a very considerable extent been falsified, and Under this now stimulus the natural lafal study and murvey of the enoues of |eporations during the Russo-Japanese war yet the grounds on which be based his of adjustment were thrown into gear, and For this purpose seven German ofleers, under arguments were indisputably correct; the England found, not only that she could the leadership of Lisut-Col. Volibrealt, Cow- A. S. WATSON & CO., was of course that, he looked at but one supply all the hands etc nested for carrying mander-in-Chief of the Ceramu East-Asian side of the question, that which momentarily on Ler manufactures, but that, besides so Detachment, and pecompanied by the neces. concerned him; or rather that which those great was the stimulus, that she bad actually who commented on his aguments assumed
a surplus to sud shroud to start new fields had only one side. If, however, a century in the fertile lands of her dependencies, ago the country was frightened by the in- The antiral checks to increase of popula- penting dread of the evils to accrue through tion were in fact for a time abangated: the An increase of population, the same class of increment which for two centuries had been
LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG
FOR
porno, hate sut out for Macharia, Reviewing the various American treaties with Chins, Mr. Consul Nickerman, whose articles on currency are now appearing in the Daily Press, remarks in the North American Review that all subsequent (exclusion) legislation has "much of it being deliberate violations there. of," and the Supreme Court has harshly interpreted the rights of persons of Chiness descent residing in Amerion.
on the chanora of a penseful eattlement bitwasn Japan and the United States. The present situatiņu zemíads it of events, proceding the Russo-Japanese conflict. It thinks that tho Philippines may be the price of Japan's- entrance into the rauke of the Great Powers,” This sooms a cheerful prophet of evil.
*An advertisement appearing in another
,
("* DAILY PREAS" EXCLUDITH SURVIÓN.]
JAPANESE DIET OPENED.
DY THE EMPEROR.
Tokio, December 28th.
To-day, in brilliant weather, His volume announces that through the kindness Majesty the Emperor in person opened seni-instructel individuals to-day are pro-almost at a stand-still grew so that in the been in derogation of Chiness treaty rights. of the Captain and officers of the U.S.8. the Dict. His Majesty's speech was
Pennsylvania and by permission of Admiral Brownson, the Vaudeville and Minstrel Troups formal and brief. of the ship will give a porformance in tho Theatre Royal next Tuesday ovaning. The Troupe has earned renown by its performances in Manila, and the assurance of a strictly frai glass entertainment, combined with the novelty of it in Hongkong, should cours a crowded hues. The proceeds will be given to the YM.C.A.
BULL DOG BRAND than theas modern quidumes have any
OF
GUINNESS' STOUT
IN FINTS AND SPLIT8)
AND
The Dreadnought, hattleship, Capt. R. H. S. Brood, 1.9,0, was expected to be out of dock- yard hands about the middle of the month Satisfactory trials were made of her susret light projectors, which are of a new and improved typ, and it is considered that will all thes extremely powerful lights in operation it should be-next-to-impossibis_for_tarpada araft ta approach within striking range without being discovered.
through the first decade of the nineteenth century it had ROBERT PORTER & CO.Sphesying the same woce
acknowledged recent decline of the birth-arrived at fourteen per cent in the second rate. The facts are even more extraordinary decade it increased further to eighteen per cent. No need here for calling in the mid conception of We have no statisties to of any extraordinary change in the mural show the exact population of England and condition of the people. From that period, Wales during the reign uf Queen there being comparatively fewer now folds ELIZABETH, say the last quarter of the to occupy, the rate of fucroase hus show a sixteenth century; from various circumsteads diminution, till in the decade ending Blances it- nmy-probably be negeused at 1891 the decensial rate fell to H1.65 por something over four millions; that is to say cent. Macuraven tells of a like instance in two centuries the population double, after the Black Dedh na the continent. the The event was equally due to natural ROBERT PORTER & CO.'s whilst in the fallowing century
Dr. Voo Lecoq, a roientide emissary of the population, us we have seen, practically causes. We quote Mioneer's History of quadrupled.
There was no very serious France. He describes love pussages in a Prussian Government, has arrived safely st
The paramours weet Srinagar after a journey through the BULL DOG BRAND destruction of life during the two centuries; mourning church.
there had been the wars attendant on the again with surprise like poor ghosts, from remote parts of Central Asia. He has brought with him quantity of highly interesting fortantion of the Commonwealth, and there the other-world, congratulate each other on
paintings upon-stuese, the backgrounds in had been the great Plague, but in neither of being yet alive, und take their pleasure many cases being of gold leaf as in Italian work, these checks could the actual loss of life together. According to the continuator off sud a number of manuscripts in ten different ard langnag and cus wholly unknown tongue. have been serious enough to materially Nangis, "those that surrivo:l, men affect the population generally. Through women, inarried in multitude. The women Dr. Leong'e discoveries probably coastitate the greatest archmological find since the days of out the period was one of enhanced, rather conceived beyond measure. There was not than diminished comfort, and popular tradi- ons barrea: nothing was to be seen this Tayard and Rawlinson. tion invariably represents the period as the happiest through which the country had ever passed. Equally certain is it that no reflection has ever heon cast on the morality of the period; the court of King CHARLES 11, taking ite model from that of Versailles, was indeed debauched, but the country at large felt scandalised by its excesses and the eril example never spread beyond the A. S. WATSON & CO. walls of the Palace. When, however, we
OF
LIGHT ALE
IN QUARTS, PINTS. AND SPLITS.)
← THESE
AUE OUR STOUT SUPPORTERS IN OURBITTER ALLMENTS."
LIMITED,,
come to lank narrowly into the conditions of the two periods we sliall find some
The latest imitator of Voigt, the German sobuler is a dismissal cuploys of the Bavarian railways, who, in a smart get-up, appeared at Haroburg station, and declared that he was Herr Breitenback, Prussian Minister of Railways. question. The Minister" directed all the abs to leave the station, proceeded to examine the cash in the various booking offices, and gave
The terrified officials obeyed his orders without
variety of instructions. Only a humble Puggage porter refused to be bluffed, and handed
over the pasado-Minister to the police,
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[REOTAR'S SERVICE,]
THE PAMINE IN CHINA.
London, December 24th. President Rocarvelt bus issued a pros claration nsking for a fund in a lot the Cuinese famine-stricken. He will also ask Congrese te mithorise the use of Government transports to convey food to China.
THE "TIMES" OŊ AMERICAN- JAPANESE RELATIONS.
In reply to Mr. E. Cacil (Astou Manor, for Sir E-Sumoon (Hythe), Mr. Ruseiman said in the House of. Commoos :---As-lus been previously stated, an Order in Council ans hoon parsed by his Majonly providing for the redue- tion is reness of the Straits Settiemonts dollar from 900 to 800. This amaro was taken to
LONDON, December 26th. preserve the fixed rate of exchange with gold,
The Time in a leading article says the accordance with the general wishes of the tool automunity. The Governor has since re- only cloud overhanging international soumended, seu result of the caprassutalions of relations is in the west work!....... As allies of the Singapore Chamber of Comuere und Japan and kinsmen of the United States
the Legislative the dongimous Council, that further steps should be taken to secure the fixed rate in the
Tota
wo cannot be indifferent to the unfortunate direction Californiau complications, there is no reason of reducing the waight of tra dollar, to think that may violent rupture between and the mattor is now naiter consideration. If the ture Governments is threatened, but the weight is reduced it will be possible to retain the fiaruess of 30h. As ragardy Gorerament Japan's meteoric progress bei hrought one of the • greatest problems of the future, that botes, they have all been incondeilbaragalusi ufu dollars of a lower value than 2a. 41., or, since | of the relations between all the races of the rate was fixed, sgainst gold or doilars worth East and West, to our very doors. 26. 4d. They will be paid either in gold or will
dollace worth 2. 41.-i.e., with deliars worth in
any case sa much as thoas against which they
wcro issued, and for the most part worth far
more.
CORRESPONDENCE
THE PERIL OF THE HUMOURIST.
THE EDITOS OF THE "DALLY PRESS,"|
way or that but pregnant women, They produced some two, some thres ut & birds. A savage rejoicing, an orgy of heirs, followed And here a new condition the pestilence".
affairs has recently cono into play. During the latter part of thus intenth century the average life of the individual had consider ably increased, owing to the incressed comfort of living, and the general improve ment of sanitation. The expectation of life at the age of five, which from 1838-54 had stood at 70 years. had mounted in the noteworthy differences; and differences su term 1871-80 52, and had soosibly grave that probably to them must in great increased during the rest of the sutury measure be attributed the distinctive The result of this was seemingly that a character of the population lines of growth. renowed increase of the population had sei The fifteenth century, occupied in largain, the decennial increment in 1901 amount inga generally, and the matsheds on the Kowinou coaling ground, whieh ware antivaly measure by the Renaissance, had beening to 12.17 per cent. distiet period of growth, and under the evidently to be accounted for by the destroyed. The total cost of making good the uverlapping of the tables, the birth-rate for damage is estimated at £11,445, of which HENRICH and their great
upproximately, £8,115 will fall upon Navy ELIZABETH, England had made enormous the last year being actually the lowest fands and the balance upon contractors, who are
From the above remarks it responsible for works still uncompleted. Omurication relating to the noses eclum, advances both at home and abroad. From drenth commuterscatione addressed to the; Editing a remonstrance here and there on the though the increase during the last cantary the Phanix, which will be sold by public the Board, and he could always be looked apor
Cutropenienca must forward the names and as being a third-class Power, scarcely ventur-will, however, be clearly evident that al-regret to state that there is no hope of calving
politics of the Continent, England had was distinctly abnormal, and brought about auction. taken up her position as a power to be by causes not likely to be repeated; tanan
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RINTHS.
On Bocember 19th, at Boochow, the wife of W. W. liundew & Sochow University, of a Ron
On December 22nd, at shanghai, the wife of P. N. KAHANJA, of Mors. Fraujeu Boratjes &
Co., of a son,
MARRIAGE.
BUCCORHOT
reckoned with in the affairs of the world. New schemes were started at home and abroud; the North American colonies were founded, and a serious attempt at the seizure of the commerce of the East entered on. England under her Tudor sovereign had certainly advanced both in population and wealth, as well as in the comfort of her people generally, and the mental activity of her people found abundant outlets For
Ou Decembar 22ud, at Blangbai, Howan C.expansion. With the accession of the mirror J. WILSON TO LILIAN K. LUND, lite of the Victoria Nursing Home.
DEATUS.
Vr. H. F.
On December 23rd, at 3 a.m., at Mountain View, the Peak, Auars McColl, dearly beloved wife of H. F. Carmichrol, ngud 45 years. Carmichael bugs to think his many friends for their kind expressions of smpathy.
of wisdom, JAMES 1, the inducements to torprise in a great measure ceased, and a bumdrum mediocrity succeeded to the activity of the Tudor period; we have no 12368 exact statistics to guide us, and Mrs. GRUNDY" had not yet commenced to terrorise the nation; but doubtle had these come-inexistence we should have. LCNOKONG OFFICE: 101, Dee Vœux ROAD CL LONDON OFFICAL-131, FLEET STREET. M.Cheard complaints of growing luxury and
On DucemLor $2ad, at Slangbai, ALwzD, the
Aldret son of Captain J. A. Scott, e.e. Sual, agod
19 years.
Dress. The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, DEоCMB 20′′, 1906.
vice equal to those with which we have
recently been deluged. The results were,
however, equally plain, and the population for a considerable period remained practi. eally constant, or even declined. Towards the close of the seventeenth contury the Nor the least remarkable phenomenon in gradual destruction of the forests began to the economical history of the world is the raise fears as to a coming dearth of fuel, wonderfully ine adjustments by which and efforts began to be made to utilise the natural laws preserve with the least possible coal deposits known to occur in various friction the balance between population and parts of the country; but here the presence the means of subsistence. A century ago of water began to juterfere with the pro- MALTHUS astonished the world by bringing ductive news of the unises, and mes like the forward his theory that population had a Marquis of WORCESTER and NEWCOMEN tendency to grow in a geometric ratio, and began to exercise their minds in producing unless we ourselves took the question inadequate machinery. It was not till the hand human existence in the near future scientific brain of WATT made a practical would become a matter of increasing machine out of bis improved steun engine
|
ou record.
Thin, howeveT, WELK
cases in themselves were perfectly natural, and followed simple natural laws. The present reduction in the birth rate is properly only a return to natural conditions after a period of undue inflation. Nor is the fact that the inerenent. has been greatest amongst the less opulent classes in any way a thing in itself out of order; such being the universal experience in all ages, and amongst all peoples,
The Franch Msil of the 27th November was delivered in London on the 27th inat.
"
It has been decided that no Russian warships shall be sent out to the Far East before next autcmn, when the authorities proposed to send out thither all such battleships and torped bonts as may be able to make the voyage.
The Hongkong Volunteer Troop, after ive days under sauvas at Fauling, struok their
tents on Wednesday sad rude back to Hongkong. Daring the encampment the troop was Bagaged in patrolling and deme ausful work,
M. Gaston Liebert, the Cuant for France in
Hongkong, goas on leave at the end of February, and not next month as reported in a Tonkin journal and 'reproduced recently in our M Lisbert will be relieved by M. Guibert, the Vice-Cousal now at l'akhoi.
The
author
of "The Top-of-the-Table Game," Mr. H. W. Stereos, in March nort commences a tour through Caozde, Australasia, and the Far Eart, playing games and giving exhibitions of his special billiard tactics in sach country.
At a meeting of the agricultoral arrelation
ported. The proposal was adopted.
A question in the House of Commons regarding the typhoon at Hongkong elicited the following from Mr. E. Robertson (Dundee): Damage was done to the Kowloon coaling jetty, the extension works, the ferpedo range, build.
I
The Hou. Treasurer of the Alice Memorin] Ainted Hospitals begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals:----
Bion Guild
Deacon, Looker and Dateon Tea Flops Build... Paperware Dealers' Guild. Nederlanteet Indische
Handels Bank... Sparry Flour Co.... D. Dorabjes..... Dorabjen and Son Perogaith and Seik G. de Champeaux
G. A. Hastings.........
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50)
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THE CHINESE CUSTOMS.
LONDON, December 26th. Further correspondence concerning the Chinese Customs has been issued, concluding with the publication of Sir Robert Hart's circnlar. It appears that Sie Edward Grey pressed for the publication of the assurance that Sir Robert Hart's position was not impaired. Sir Joba Jordan telegraphed on the 10th October that the publication would
serious attack made at Mr. Browin at the Sani-Wai Wu Fu, but the Daily Chronicle paints the report in your paper this morning aasnt the appear as made under the authority of the
-out that the atmoqlar says nuthing shout the Those who know that gentleman well enough authority of the Wai Wa Pit, and that the tery Board wanting mast evening.
could not front his remarks about the two Ựa-
point is untorial one which should be Offcial members other than as "a good joke."
cleared up. During the three years I have been a member
Hongkong, December 28th, 1908. SI-I read with some amount of discomfort
and painstaking in all matters that came before of the board I always frund him impartisl, just
för an unbiased decision whenever required of bim.
Yours faithfally,
AN EX UN-OFFICIAL MEMBER
OF THE SANITARY BOARD.
POLICE COURT.
Friday, December 28th. BRTORE MR. F. A. HazLAND (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE),
QUAINT CHINESE EXCUSE..
Where did you get that hat? lukong asked of Chan Lui whom he detained in Qussa's Road West on Thursday night.
A man
The Russian Government has completed ■ sobame for the ad inistration of Northern whom I do not know placed the hat on my head Manchuria under the stipulation of the and I walked away with it," was the reply. Portsmouth Treaty that territory leased from Needless to say it was not satisfactory, and Chios shenlä be open to forsign trade. The Chan was charged with the larceny of the scheme is issued by the administrative board of article from a second-hand clothes shop.
His Worship sentenced him to three weeks" the Chinese Esatera Exilway, the Russian officials of which are,directed to supervise its imprisonment with hard labour and four hours' inauguration in the greater elective district stocks. councils for the various divisions of Norther Manchuria of which the Council of Kharbin
will be the chief. Foreigners are given vetes
equally with Ramisas, the sole qualification year in the being that they have resided territory and pay 150 roubles in rent and 20 roubles in Crown taxes. In the case of the Kharbin City Council it in stipulated that the
chairman must be a Russian eubject and four of the eight members must be nominated by the
Board of the Chinese Railway.
The trouble of the human flower, the feminine flower of society, is not that it was born to blush: unseen, but that it casaut be seen to blush What the nondisis call a wave of lovely crimson overspreading cheeks and brow is, we believe, an attraction mach desired by ladies whore bleed is aut se responsive as it used to be, or if responsive is hidden from the oyes of men by
BEFORE MR. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE).
STEALING & PIG. A coolis was charged with stealing the carcase of a pig from the Dairy Farta burial ground at Pokfulam.
The evidence showed that the pig died on Thursday and was buried at the same place whare the diseased cattle wore interred. Mr. Walker, manager of the farm, saw defendset walking away from the burial ground carrying a portion of the pig which he dropped and rau su soon as he noticed he was observed.
Defendant was sentenced to Afteen days imprisonment and four hours' stocks.
IMPERIAL TENNIS CLUB.
THE INSUBORDINATION AT PORTSMOUTH.
LONDON, December 26th. Commodore Galloway at Fortsmouth bas
· posted-n-memoranduin expressing confidence- in the manliness of the inen to assist him Be Commander Sinclair in making Ports- mooth the first naval depot in the world; he addresses overy one without exception well knowing thai so-called bad characters delude many with only perhaps a spice of the devil in them, int whom he would he glad to have with him where hard blows were being dealt. He considers that every individud wsa in his command is specially under his protection and to be shielded from injustice. Preparation for war ise whole object of their existence, and will be the touch-stone of all his acts.
FRANCE.
LONDON, December 26tli. The enforcement of the Separation Law is creating a serious situation in Lower Brittany, and the clergy are preshing revolt against the law. Commerco is at a standstill and agricultural operatione are Huspended in many districts.
[N.-C. Daily News' Service.] DR. SUN YAT-SEN IN TOYO,
TOKYO, December 21æk. Dr. Sun Yat-sea, who is staying in Tokyo, has been interviewed and said "China is Chink for the Chinese and must be governed by the Chiness. He pointed out that the assises were constantly approaching the Court at we reformers Peking, and concluded by mying exert an loflaenos not unly on Chins bat on Japan alvo."
THE USSO-JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS. The members of the Imperial Tennis Club,
TOKYO, December 21st, ajde to the complexion. But "Sigh no wore. Kowloop, hold a social at the British School,
negotiations are ladies, sigh no more!" mys a chivalrous inven- Robinson Road, feat night, when they sad their dioulty and struggle. We are lived that a new era commoned to open, and of Bokater, in Hungary, Count Wenckheim tor. He has discovered a safe and sure plan of guests spent a very cujoyabin time. The large finished, Japan, not hering demanded the causing a blush to mantle on the most obstinals | schoolroom, which was tastefully decorated, opening of the Amur. The negotiations re- smoothly, with the exception of a ques ion as to rather more thau a contary since MALTRUS that men begun to appreciate the fact that proposed that, should the farm laboukers carry chook. The operation looks dreadfully like accommodated a company numbering about 100 garding the fisheries are also proceeding. fret pablished his conclusions; the popula. many industries till then carried on by eat their threat to strike in February, titeen or tattooing, but prospective patients are assured who indulged in during to the music supplied which intens were excluded by the Portsmouth tion of Englund and Wales has increased napeal abair could now be profitably twenty thousand Chinese coolice should be in it is quite pair loss. The needle only onto the by the Calcutta String Band, Meware. J. Welsh, Treaty. Consideration of this has, howeVET, BOW nearly four-fold, that of Sectland rather worked by machinery, the fuel for which was less than three-fold, and that of Ireinad has
to be found in the hitherto neglected coal actually declined rather more than a third. mines of the land. At first there was a fear Moreover in all these cases the comfort of that the use of machinery would diminish the populations, so far from bearing shy the demand for human labour, and that the proportion to the rate of growth or the
industrious classes would eventually be three distinctly ali contrary, has in
reduced to beggary, but presently the new advanced; and during the last thirty years the average length of the life of the in.ings for industry created such a demand
Chin Chin China mat Working in the mine Think o' Liberal promisez Last election time. ·
If China man in Africa Cannot get a stop,
They lat him go to Liverpool.
Chop, chép, chep.
akin one-sixteenth of an inch, and the operation J. C. Lowe and W. Pelling ware assiduous been shelved. is so rapid that va inconvenience is felt." For in the discharge of their duties as M.C's und a few days the effect is not pretty. The com.the general arrangements made by the com- plexion passes from pisk to red, and finally to mittes consisting of Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. a peculiar brick-dust colour. All ands happily, Edwards, Miss Hayward and Mr. Talloch left however, for eventually the west delicate of nothing to be desired. The prizes won in the pinks makes its appearance. Even more in gentleman's tendis tournament were presented portant, the colour, like Phillids'è, comes and in an interval by dir. B. Jamaa to Mr. Edwards guas, wavers to a lily and trembles to a rose,
(lat), Mr. Lose (2nd), and Mr. Clemente (3rd).
A CANARD?
TOKYO, December 1st.- It is reported that Mr. Winston Churchill will sneceed the Rt. Hon. James Bryce as Chief Secretary for Ireland.
The fact that ear London correspondant, as mere carard.-ED. indicates that it was a well as Reuter, ignored this sensational raons,
H.D.P.