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issue, and we wore content to let the law- yers argue points of procedure amongst themselves. Laymen ran a certain risk of making misleading and incorrect state- discuss ments" when they venture to technicalities about which the profes &CO.,sionale differ. There is one direction
in which the CROWN SOLICITOR may consider we erred, socing that he expresses concern about reflections "on the conduct of the Chinese Government and Chinese Officials. On Sept. 14th 1907, we sub- mitted that whether the British indulgence PERFUMERY. toward political offenders be wise or not, it
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Another step has been taken to remove the differences between Manokus and chinese. The Throne has now granted a memorial tending to plase Chines and Manghai of an equal festing in regard to punishments. Manchus will hence forth be judged in the same court as Chinese, and the former Manchu judges will be abolished. Mr. Metcalf, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, bas asked Congress for £14,000,090 for the construc ton of four battleships, four scout oruisers, tau- destroyers, four submarinos, one ammunition ship, one repair ship, two mine-laying vessels, and four colliers. Congress fearing a deficit in the revenues for this year, will probably reduce
the appropriation to about 28,000,000.
LOGO
An amateur artist, seated in a riosha at the foot of Wyndham Street and psisting the flower market, attracted considerable attention yesterday morning. Hawa surrounded by a mob of onrious Chinese and had it not been for the presence of an Indian polic man the thoroughfare would have breu obstructed by Coolie bowls sermed to the idle curious,"
obstract the view of the artist.
The Na Spolia Leag of Amueriks has;"
["BAILY PRESS"`EKOLUMIVE SERVION) TUE KAISER'S LETTER
The President, in the scurso of a letter, deals TELEGRAMSHONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO. with the charges which have been made against him by his political onemies of using Federa! patronage to help Mr. Taft in his campaign for the Preal ential nomination. Mr. Roosevelt shows in the letter, which contains some thre thousand five hundred words, that the insinua tions have greatly irritated him, and he hotly denounces the charges as false and malicious” în every line.
The thirty-ninth ordinary meeting of sharo- holders in the above company was held at the offices of the Genera) Managers (Messrs. Jar- dine, Matheson and Co). The Hou. Mr. H Keswick presided, and there were present Sir Paul Chatar, Messrs. F. Maitland, H. F. White, E. 8. Gubby (director), Captain Clarke, Ho Fook, J. M. C. Mnoliado, A. H. M- da Silva, H. Foroy Smith, F. D. A. Gomez, Woog Leung Him, H. L. Hutchison, W. Hutton Potts sad L. M. Leste (avoretary).
The SECRETARY having road the no ice convening the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN said:-Gentlemen. The re- port and accounts have been in gour hands for some days and I will therefore, with your per- mission, take them as read. Your Committee have to regret that they have been deprived of the -Burvices-of-Mr-A, J. Raymond whose impending departure from the Colony cansad his resigna. LONDON, March 10th. tion from the Board on which he had served for
some ten years. The vacancy thus created. The Chins Squadron heads the has been filled by inviting Mr. C. S. Gub
LONDON, March 10th. Lord Tweedmouth has explained that the Kaiser's letter to him was a private and merely friendly communi Cation, and has shown it to Earl Grey. This by common consent closes the
A girl in Denmark wishing to add views of New South Wales to hor-collection of picture posterde, salected a card with a pretty rural scene of the home in which she lived, and addres. eed it in English: "To the cleverest girl in the biggest school in' Bydney, and would she please send card to return? The mail incident. arrived in Sydasy, but the post authorities were perplexed, The British Australasian ” says; as to whom they should-deliver-the-letter- However, the card was delivered by the post- man to the Girls' High School, in Elizabeth- street. The receipt of the card by the 500 girls there aroused spirit of emulation, and each is forwarding a card to the Danish girl,
Following the anggestion which has been
lives of the Colonies on the subject of the
is, there, embodied in the law, and that' therefore the only real issue to consider was whether-I KAISHING WAS a bona-file political offender ontitled to the protection of the ordinance, or a mere criminal for whose fato we need have no concern. Our weighing of the evidence inclined us to the former view. As we said then, “That the man was a common, thieving, murdering rascal we find it difficult to believe. Who says the "Glasgow Herald," "jast added 75 made in certain quarters that an interchange would had the money for the defence of more wurds to the langwage. This and of views should take pison between representa tang'are two of the warst, it wood gir de u such an one?" "And now we may add, Isilk tealin about the distram to eat an sg spelt admission and treatment within their areas of it likely that so many respectable Singapore with wnn 'g. We get a humness thru all our alien coloured races, Lord Ampthill has given merchants would subscibe and petition on lims at the site of such foren wardi asagast notion that on an early day in the House of Lords he will mak the Government whether they his behalf, if he were not something other and gard' lam' and indetted. There are than an ordinary criminal?" But we do about sixty more; but these are more than enufiutoad to take steps to invite the Governments
for wun paragraf." not suppose any one requires argument on that head-now- The Magistrate at that time, as the Crown Solicitor does now, deprecated any implication of motives to the officers of " neighbouring and friendly power." This kind of squeamishness, where a grave issue is concerned, makes us it patient Why will mot of commonsense play with real life in this sentimental way, instead of looking things fankly in the
Au inquing took place at the Magistracy yes. torday before Mr. H. H. J. Gomparts and a jury into the circumstanoss attending the death ot a Chinaman who has been identified as Chau Kit Sang. On the let instant in stepping from a tram in Das Vor Read he got in front of another which was coming in the opposite direction. He was knocked down and received injuries to which he succumbed ister in the hospital. The jury found that no one was to
NAVAL GUNNERY,
CHINA SQUADRON'S TRIUMPH.
score in the shooting by the British Navy.
TEETOTAL LEGISLATION
UNPOPULAR.
LONDON, March 10th. The opposition to the new Licens
of the Colonies to disouse, by conference, oring Bill is growing appreciably
stronger.
otherwise, the question of the treatment of Asistics the Colonies with a view to sexiving at an agreement upon general principles of Impariat application. In support of such. á course his lordship on the same occasion will inquire whether the Government de not con sider that the recent action of the Canadian Government in regard to Japanese, and of the Transvaal Governmout in regard to British Indians, both conspicuous demonstrations of the belief of the Colonies in the paramennt
that the Government of the Colonies would welcome su opportunity of further considering this important subject.
REASSURING NEWS FROM
JAPAN.
NO ULTIMATUM.
Tokyo, March 10th.. Count Hayashi, in an interview,
The result of the year's working (1906) is profit of $285,79 95, cn which I think we may congratulate ourselves especially in view of the number of serious fires that have occurred sino our last meeting The most disastrous out break was of course that in Hakodate, which took place last August and by which a large partion of the town was entirely destroyed, and losses were occasioned that taxed the resources of some of the Japanese companies to the utmost, Our own loss was not saver, as a good deal of the property burat was of a character that wo do not insure, moreover the terms of the native companies in Japan and the conditions on which they do baciness are such as.to preclude foreign companies from competing. Thom are signs however that the great strength of the reserves of the foreign companies has been thrown into prominence by the disaster to which I have alladed and if the representative in Japan of the native and foreign companies are successful in the efforts which are now being made to produce a satisfactory
facer Polienoard-delicacy have their blame, and returned a verdict of death from importance of Imperial unity, is suffoient proof-ras declared that it was a working agreement there should be opper-
value; we would be the last to belite them; but in (say) rescuing a lady from a deadly peril one does not take her gingerly by the flager-tips with one's hat off and a gently WATER murmured "Permit me, Madame." Scoring humbug, we boldly claimed the right to look at least into the possibilities of the Chinese demand for this man's rendition. At the MES DELICES; VIOLET MERVEILLE same time we frankly showed that
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in so doing we were not moved by loathing or contempt of the Chinese. We simply faced the truth, and recognised their point Nene but an uncommonly of view. scrapulous man," we said, "le going to be aghast at Russia or China if, in their anxiety to get hold of
some serious political
misadventure.
The House of Representatives Committee on Naval Affairs has passed a resolution House to make an recommending the appropriation to build two battleships of the are class instead of the four recommanded
by the Navy Department which President Rossavalt urged Congress to sanation. The committes also recommends the building of ten destroyers and eight submarines. A total appropriation of $191,000,000 for the fiscal year is requested for the naval establishweni,
Mr. Root, Secretary of State, and Mr. Jasserand, the French Ambassador, on Feburary
signed a tresty to submit to arbitration any issue which may arise between Francs and the United States. The Treaty must be submitted to the American Senate and the French
A. S. WATSON & CO.. offender, they adopt soine such machiave Exsoulive before it can boome effective. In the
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lian method of getting round the, to them, inexplicable squeamishness of the British where a political offender's fate is con- cerned. We are not, shocked by it, but as commons-use individuals we woal keep our eyes open for it, and see to it carefully that our ideas of justice ara not so cir- ONLT Communications relating to the news column cuivented". If that sort of plain, horse sense does not count for far more than the
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"Wiener Kinder,"
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mistake to think or suggest that Japan had sent an ultimatum to China in
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Relying on the incontrovertible facts of the case, and patient in face of China's obduracy, Japan had merely expressed its carnest desire that China would reconsider her position in the matter.
tunities of increasing your business there on rafo lines, You will also recollect that in September a serious fire ccurred in Kodo, ossing the destruction of two first class foreign godowns from Teas on which however we fortunately escaped altogether. Three severa res occurred in Bangkok in the early part of last year heavily involving Fire Insurance companies, and in Manila the destruction in April last of a hemp godown resulted in losses
amounting to from four to five lack of dollars
The position in Shanghai to which my predecor sor in the chair made reference last year kna undergone an improvement, and it appears that a ancoskaful check has been put to the fires in native property which had grown in frequency out of all proportion to both the size and. population, of the Settlements The activity of LÄUNCH OF A GERMAN BATTLE the new Chinese companies- has however pro-
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LONDON, March Bib. The first Gorman Dreadnought has been launched at Wilhelmshaven and caristened the Nassau."
THE SEIZURE OF THE TATSU MARU"
By kind permission of Lisut. Col. W. 8. Risch and Officers, the band of the 2nd Queen's Own, Cameron Highlanders, will play the follow programme of music, at the King Edward Hotel during dinner, on Thursday the 12th
LONDON, March 8th. Beuter's learn that China has apologised More...
Krimmling
to Japan for hauling down the flag of the Overtare The Barber of Seville,... Romini Selection ... "Mies Hook of Holland,”: Rabens
Early yesterday morning fre was discovered. and Talbot to have broken out in a grocer's shop in Station Tetsu Mars and promises to punish the Waltz "The Blue Danube,"
The house was completely responsible officials. China will reply later arme and Selection * Falka,!
Chassaigon Maakon,"
Faast three years old were burnt to death. Another ammunition. Portugal has protested to "La Mattchiche"..... Borel Clerc
woman was badly scorched and was sent to the Peking against the seizure of the Tatau God save the King.
hospital. The stock of the shop was insured Haru, should the seizure lave occurred in for $1,500 in the Commercial Insurados Com- pany. The cause of the outbreak and the extent of the damage have not yet been ascertained. The Yaumată Fire Brigade was in attendance,
dresses with communications addressed to the finicking nicety of some of those who bave iust. (weather permitting).
'ditor, not for publication but as evidence of good been splitting straws while Iu KaI-BUINO's life bang in the balance, it ought to. The CROWN SOLICITOR may be right in pointing out the errors of the amateur lawyers, which we were certainly never foolish enough to risk, but we think his tenderness for Chinese officialdem quite absurd, and uncalled for, and want to say so as plainly as we can. The worst of it is that these
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conventional. We honestly believe that
in his heart of hearts" Mr. Bowney, with his knowledge of Chinese ways, would never dream of repudiating the possibility of such applications being made in bad faith. That is all we want men to admit,
Euphonium Solo Simple Avon Thoms gutted and a woman aged about 5 and a child concerning the seizure of
Straums Street. Yaumati.
Polonaise
The Lisbon correspondent of the "Mati
has had an interview with Vice Admiral Fer reira do Amaral in the course of which the new Fremier said : "I am a man with no political programme. All we ask is simply that the laws may be respected and public order not disturbed. Personally, I am not a politician. Tama sailor, customed to knowing danger when I come scross it, and to going wherever I may be crdered" Spanking of the King, the Fremier
JUDGE WILFLEY.
Portuguese waters, China replies that it occurred on the high seas, and that Fortu- guese territory was not violated...
BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY, The Amerionn Consul General at Shanghai
Miss Hook of Holland," degeribed as a has been advised by cable from the Department
Datob musical incident in two acts, was of Stats that the charges preferred against Judge Wifey by Mr. Andrews on November played by the Bandman Opera Company last 19, 1907, ave been fally examined by the that the charges should be dismissed and that Judge Wafley is entitled to high credit and commendation for his conduct in office.
duced a competition for a certain class of Business in the face of whisk & considera.blo reduction in the rates would appear to be inevitable and is it impossible to foretel at this period what steps the combined Foreign Fire Insurance Companies may find it ne- sary to institute. You will be glad to Jeara. that by the recent govore firms in the Kinking and Yuen Ming Yosa Roidi Shang- hai our loss has proved to be quite trifling. Dealing with the figures for 1305 we have to | notics à rednation of $21,000 in the premium income which I think is traceable to general depression, 1996 was not a year of very active trade and our premium income-bears a favourable comparison with that of the yeara preceding 1905. Loesen are just under + per cont of the premium income. Income from
as is interest shows,
to be expected, alight advance; other items I think call for no pecial comment.
Your Committee decided to, rote a bonus to the staff of 10 per cent upon
their salaries and the necessary sum to give
effect to this bas been debited to "Charges "* which I trust bas your approval. This is, M you are aware, the first distribution of profits to be made since the revision of the Articles of Association last year and. I hops that the proposed dividend of $27 a shave and an appropriation to reserve of $67,400 will have
honestly. Then it is easy to go on to the added. "He is a young man, with no disposi-resident and that the conclusion is reached night in presence of a large audience whiob your approval. It may have boon thought
tion to exceed due bounds. He has bead and noble idone, and a heart thoroughly Portuguese."
Not long ago Mr. Andrew Curaegio, who was a guset of kocour st a dinner_given`at Pittsburg, told the following story showing the remarkable reverence evinced in osrtain parts of Scotland with reference to the sacredness of no real the Sabbath. An Englishman passed one Sunday in a little country in not far from Edinburgh. As the tiny parlour of the place was exceedingly staffy, the unthinking Briton "What proceeded to open one of the windows. are yo aboot, on "demanded the owner of the place, with great severity, as he entered the room just in time to prevent the execution of the Englishman's design. ...“ Ye can has no fresh air in this house on the Sawboth; six days are snow for that, mon!"
point we made last year, that it is not We readily publish the letter that appears only open to us to consider such a lsewhere over the signature of the Crown suggestion, but our dily to take it up" and Solicitor, but it may be as well to state investigate it, whether the result be for or clearly that Mr. Bowany does not and against the neighbouring and friendly cannot mean that the Daily Press was Power. In this case, we still think the responsible for any one of the "many evidence was against the good faith of the misleading and incorrect statements" ha Chinese applicants, and we see complains of. The technical aspects of the reason why it is not right to say so. Case of IU KAISHING we have left severely
An Act has been passed by the Oklahoma alone, though we believe we were the first to disagree with the Magistrate's decision Legislature making it a punishable offence for the proprietor of any hotel-in-the-Slats to use To extradite, him. We did so disagree sim bed sheets less than nins feet in length, or to ply and solely on the evidence. The CrowN expect his customers to use cracked ohion-ware SOLICITOR Says if he proves that his A magisterial inquiry was conducted yester surrender has been demanded in order today into the circumstances surrounding the try or punish him for an offence of a politi-death of Wong Wun, a prisoner in Victoria cal character, the acoused cannot be sur- Gnol. The medical testimony was to the effect such proof had been given, We did. We jury returned a verdict accordingly. therefore urged a strongly as we could that the man I KAI-SHING should not be delivered up to the Chinese. Then, when we somewhat turdily realized that the man had other friends, and that his case was still sub judice, we dropped the subject.
THE WITHDRAWAL FROM TIBET.
confirmed the Verdict of London and of the scolairasd the production se ono brightest and most entertaining asen on the stage for some time. The comedy was well' sustained by Mr. Dallas as Mr. Hook and by Mr. Dan. Clifford as Slinks, while the Caloutts, February 11th. The evacuation of the Chumbi Valley, Tibet, picturesque and musical parts were admirably by the British troops commenced on Saturday taken by Miss Lait, Miss Corless, and Mr. last The valley was occupied in 1904 as Grover as the Bandmaster. The same piece security for the payment of the indemnity, his will be played to-night. Majesty's Government deciding that the period : of occupation should cease after three aunus! instalments, o.mmencing on January 1, 1906, had been paid...
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by some shareholders that a larger dividand could be paid, but your Consulting. Com- mittee will not I venture to think be blamed for considering the necessities of the Reserve Fand which the nature of the business rendiers. it so imperative shall be maintained at a high figure. You will share your Committee's gratification that the amount carried forward on 1907 account is again of an encouraging oharacter which sugurs well for the final ontturn of that year. Before moving the adoption of the raport and accounts, I shall, be glad to answer any questions that you may desire to pat.
The tie between the Rugby Club and H.M.S. The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issuedKing Alfred" in the Association Shield com.the the following raport :-
On the luth at 11.55 sm. The barometer petition was played yesterday afternoon at the has risen over E. Japan and S.W. Chine, and Happy Valley, Another close game ensued fallen over N. Chias, 8.W. Japan and the bat the sailors won by one goal to nil, Loochoos.
A depression is moving Eastwards over 8. has developed to the E. of Formaga.
rendered." The Magistrate did not think that death was due to palural causes and the and Debating Society's "Parliament" disassed Manchuria, and a second area of low pressure arrest the Chinese Government has offered s
to
During the Suffragists' ecospade last month a photographer, with camera poised, was about upshot a woman who was in the grip of two constables. She saw his purpose, and begged to be allowed to tree her arms for a moment in order that she might straighten her hot.
On Monday ovaning the Y.M.C.A. Literary
the Bill for prohibition of the circulation of Chinese Bubsidiary Coin in the Colony. Mr.. Kingsbury, introducing the Bill, was very
interesting in reviewing the history leading up to the existence of this syll, Captain Brown followed and said that the Opposition were pro pared to support the principle, but failed to
protical solution of the problem. He was sup
The high pressure ares remains over the Upper Yangtze.
Strong N. winds will prevail in the Formoss Channel and the N. part of the China Ses."
Hongkong maintain for the 24 hours ending at 10 am to-day, 0.09 inobos
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at nooD
dull, cloudy.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the rebel leader for whose
reward of $200,000 is at present in Hongkong or board a Japanese steamer. He is on his way from Singapore to Japan.
One of those books which rouse the patriotic pride of the Britoù is The Flest Annual and Naval Year Book," compiled by Lionel Yexley. It gives most interesting details regarding our ofher navies of the world enabling the reader special articles by naval experts dinoowing up to date and the subjects dealt with by the
importance.
There being no questions,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption of report which was seconded by Mr. WHITE, and carried.
Mr. Ho Fook moved, and Mr. WONG LEUNG H seconded, the re-election of Bir Paul Chater, Mesere White and Maitland to the Consulting Committee.
Mossrs W, Hutton Potts and H. Poroy Smith were re elected auditors on the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Captain CLARER,
The CRAIEMAN-That ecnoludes the business. of the meeting, gentlemen. Dividend war rants will be ready this afternoon.
A losture was to be delivered in the school recognise that the Bill before the House was a to-day in as follows:- Recently, finding: that after all be was pɔt gymussium of the Duke of York's Royal ported by Messrs. Borsa, Lowry, MoPherson and Hongkong & Neighbourhood, winds, fresh; first line of defence, it gives information of the. likely to be handed over to the vindictive Military School on February 28th, by Sir Frank Dransfield. The Government seemed reluctant Formosa Channel.....strong
N. winds, to make his own comparisons and it contains hands of Chinese officialdom on a trumped Swettentam on "Stamford Raffles," when the to say much and only Mossre. Edwards, Salton South cosat of China between game as No. 1val prablems. The 1908 edition is thoroughly 13th inst. at daylight. up charge, we let well alone. It was true obair was to be taken by Bir Charles F. Lucas and Captain Baker spoke in defense of the Bill i that he was saved by technicalities, but Assistant der-Secretary of State for the It was decided that the Bill should be diseumed i Bouth conat of China between game as No. 2. Various writers are of immediata interest and pore for this port on the 9th instand is due · that did not seem to us to affect the main
Colonies,
in Committee next Monday. --
Hongkong and Lamocks,
Hongkong and Hainan..
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,
The H.A.L. str. Brasilia left Shanghai on the 10th inst., and may be expected here on th
The Austrian Lloyd's str. Peraia left Binga-
here on the 15th inst.