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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 1908.
THE SITUATION AT
PEKING.
TOKYO, November 18th. A prominent Japanese official has expressed his personal opinion that
delivered by Bir Joan Bays. Fifty year! Norse title of Thor; but not only of the age sféry one supposed he had quite sufi. Norse Thor, but as well of the Vedio Indra, sient knowledge on the subject; men, pre-whose name and attributes we find to have anmed to be learned, discussed draids and been precisely similer. priests, and rites and sacrifices, as if they But we can go further afield. When the knew all about them; and history books Hellenes, as descendants of Herakles over told the thou rising generation these imagie-man Greece, and dispossessed the old CO.,ings, as if they were stern incontrovertible Pelasgic inhabitants, they yet respected
facts. Later study of the few authorities their exalted deity, the northern Thor of there will be a unanimous acceptance that we possess have long ago decided that all fanes in their new country they held in of the position at Peking, and a peace these romantic tales of white-robed proces highest reverence that of the "Polzagis" ful and progressive future for China. sions, and congregations of kneeling wor. Zewat Dodona is Epirus. But the me shippers, which have played so prominent Dodona here betrays its origin; it is in fact. apart in our supposed history, must all be but the Hellanis pronunciation of Getic
NO TROUBLE ANTICIZATED.
TELEGRAMS.
[DAILY PIEBS" EXCLUSIVE" SERVICE. ]' GERMAN ORISIS ENDED.
INTERESTING TO TRADERS,
DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN TREATY PORT AND HONGKONG.
Yestorday the Chief Justice in the course of his judgment in the action in which Messrs. Houtor, Brockelmsen and Co, are delidants.
some obervations which are of vital
interset to China tradors. He said :-
A certain sugar firm, the Cheong Leong, composed of two partats Woo Yu Nam Leung Tsin Pan, were in busues in Hongkong and had dealing with Mesars. Rexter, Brockelmann, the defendant's branch house in the Colony. At the time immediately preceding the occurrences which led to this suit, the Cheong Loong had contracted to purchase
LONDON, November 18th. An official communique states that notwithstanding the exaggerations of public criticism, the Emperor considers it his highest duty to safeguard the stability and policy of the empire The Canton correspondent of the Chung Ngot without prejudice to his constitutional San Fo (Chiness Daily Press) writing under responsibility, Accordingly he ap- relegated to the realni of Fancy. Sir JOHN Thor-tona, where the dual tone, is the same resterday's date, says that the brother of a Pek Rare in pointing this out to his bearers adjectival termination as ia Cortona, Pop-ing official, resident in Canton, has recaired a proved the Chancellor's declarations, sugar to the extent of about $50,000, in thres meroly confirmed on his high authority Lund, &c. Though Thor hal giren place to telegram stating that when the death of the and assured Prince Buelow of his certain amount of the sugar, and 35.000 had what had been before accepted by the more
continued confidence. sober of archeologiela. What he stated as to the "precarious" nature of our evidence We bara just sapacked our NEW as to Celtic religions, and the fact that our SEASONS CONFECTIONERY, imported knowledge was" inferential only" may well from the landing Lonton, Parbian and be borne in mind by many of our professore
to knowledge of subjects nearer home.
HIGH-OLASS,
CONFECTIONERY.
American Houser.
CADBURY'S
An instance of this was afforded by Professor GILES, speaking on Chine e CHOCOLATES. religion. He told his heares that the sky-god, Tien, who
TOHOCOLATE
Chinese had a
Emperor and Empress Dowager was announced great extement prevailed, and trouble was anticipate. All fears, however, were dispelle
the capital is now quiet." with the appointment of the new Emperor, and
THE MOURNINO.
the more particularly Aryan Zeus, (the Sanscrit Djaus, Lithuanian Devas), the fans, Thor-tona," Place of Thor', still re. mained to show what was the real character of the worship to which it was dediced Want of suficient knowledge to grasp the
China will go into mourning to-day. A mourn, ancient phonetic relations of the language, ing service for the late Emperor is to be held in the Wong Ea Kun palace at Canton. This hagio this, as it so many other instances, building is maintained for the housing of special been the cause of the popular idea as to thembendors who may be sent from Peking to presumed isolated nature of Ancient China. inquire into loonl affairs. The mourning service Asa fact, the more we study the remains for the Empress Dowager will be held in the Kwang ofloials assemble on special occasions to pay respects to the sovereign,
contracts. Delivery Juid been taken of a
been paid on account, but a considerable The German Press considers that quantity, 4,000 bags, had not been taken, and consequently remained in godown. On the construction of the contracts, I have no doubt the crisis is ended. INDIAN POLITICAL TROUBLE. that the property in this sugar had not passed to the Cheong Loong, but remained with LONDON, November 18th.
Hanter, Brockelmann and Co.; that their right was to sell the sugar speedily and obtain the The Viceroy of India proposes the best price they could, and to prove in the adoption of drastic summary measures bankraptey of the firm for the difference to deal with political offenders,
ALMONDS, CHOCO-received, however, neither respect nor of the older gange handed down sc1088 Man. Shan Kang, & building at which the Two JAPANESE NAVAL REVIEW within the jurisdiction of this Court, and
In Fandy Borer : ̈ LATE WALNUTS, CHOCOLATE DE LA sacrifice, and that eventually this power REINS, VIENNA CHOCOLATE and here an abstraction. Now we are not
Others, in Great Vari ty,
going to cavil at this explanation, which, as we all know, containes a large measure of
FULLER'S CONFECTIONERY.
COCOANUT TAFFL, ALMOND TAFFY, CREME AFRICOTS, SUCRE DE LA CREME, CARAMELS, PEPPER MINT LUMPS, MARSHMALLON BÄLLS
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the stream of the ages, the more have we to recognise the identity in language and thought of the old settlers from the West in Northern China, and the wide spread,
-whoreon they would have received the small dividend of 340 per cent. I have no doubt further, all the parties to the transaction being
the transaction itself having been concluded- it Hongkong, that Mesare, Router, Brookelmann and Co. were subject to the jurisdiction
of this Court in the matter of this Bank.
truth. If we only look at the maiter/fairhaired race from which we ourselves from the date of the Emperor's death no fleet at Kobe to-day, when practically raptey. This aspect of the case was not very
exoterically, it by no means, even so centaina the whole truth; and viewed esoier cally, hardly contains any at all. It is not, for instance, true that Tien receives neither respect nor sacrifice; the exception here, as in so many other cases, going far t1 establish the rule. T'ion, in fret, receiver so high honour and exalted acrifice that FRENCH only the EMPEROR himself is competent to offer them Tien, and Tien alone, being CONFECTIONERY.
bis superior in the celestial hierarchy. Nor NOUGAT, NUTTONA, WALNUT is this cult of any late or modern introduc- TOFFEE, FONDANTS, CARAMELS tion; historically, indeed, it may claim to hei the direct descendant of the ancient worship paid to the Celestial Powers by the remote ancestors of the imperial Chinese in the realms of the traditional Airyano Vaejo,
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elain descent, and which has likewise given us its primitive cult and civilisation.
The Dalai Lama land decided to leave Foking for Tibot on the 23rd inst.
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For 27 days all Chinese vitisons are required to wear proper mourning, end within 100 days
Chinese allowed to share his hand. No marriageis permitted to take place until a month has passed since the monarch's death. doubt it was anticipation of this order which hastened the union of numerous lovers in Canton,
No
for on Monday no fewer than 100 marriages. were celebrated. All places of amusement are For stealing & pieces of wood from the Tangto be closed, and there will be no issue of news- Wah Hospital Mr. J. R. Wool yesterday sent-
papers for three days commencing from to-day. onced a native to six weeks' imprisonment with Schools also close for three days, and so do many hard labour.
places of business. To-day the leading merchants of tho 72 guilds are to assemble at the Chamber of Commerce to hold a mourning service.
On the day when the despatch from the capital suneuncing the destia of the Emperor and Empress Dowager is expected, all officers, civil and military, and the gentry and elders, will agumble at the Goverment wharf to accept the despatch bearing the sad tidings, and to convey their respects to the present Emperor.
This second of the serios of practice dances in connection with St. Andrew's ball took place at the City Hall last night, when there was 4. very large attendance.
Mr. Gale, the Attorney General for the Philippines is at present a visitor to Hongkong. Ho spent soon time in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Americas Canenlate Caneral, Hongkong,
rewired the following typhoon warning. "Hong kong, November 18, 1908 5 p.m. Cyclone or typhoon E. of the northern Visayas or south- Eastern Luzon moving W. or W.N.W."..
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Japan papers report the death of Professor
Edwin Emerson, formerly of Tokyo and latterly
of Yokohama. He caught a chill during the visit of the American Fleet, and this developed into pasumoms from which death resulted.
A S. WATSON & CO. far off in Central Asia. The Pani Vendidad tells how Tima, first of mortals, stepped forth to the glowing south to set the Sun; pressed the earth with his golden harrow, and bored it with hst goad, still annually the FMPEROR OF CHINA at the equinox perforins the like rite, in deference to the great Puler of the Heaven, his onle sentenced by Mr. J. Rewood to imprisonment unlawful possession of fre cases of cigarettes,
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Beaukong, 6th November, 1948
condescend to worship in his capacity of ONLY communications relating to the news colum should be addressed to THE EDITOR. heaven's representative on earth. But
Correspondents must forward their names and address with communications addressed to heaving gone so far afield, we may profitably Editor, not for publication but-on evidence of pursue the subject a little further; Tien is good faith.
in fact the modern Chinese representative of
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one of the oldest of religious generalisations. The idea is found in practicallyall the ulder religions of the world as the deity who prouides over the Sky, and whore power stretches from zenith to horizon all round. As lord of the over reaching sky, bo has command of the storms and the thunder,
At the Magistracy yesterday a native who found guilty of stealing alb. of copper shoot ing from the Dook Company's works
for one month.
any quesnone were tabulated for discussion by the Chinese Government after the Birthday festivities:-(1) Reform in Tibet, (2) The reform of ficials; (3) The raising of funds for the Nary.
The theatres at Canton have been closed by official order. The Provincial Treasurer will shortly issue a proclamation informing the people of what may not be done during the 100 days State mowning and the penalty for non- compliance with the order.
Detective-Sergeant Terret proveeded against two natives before Mr. J. H. Kemp at the
Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday B. Maloayersky was proscuted by Detective Sergeant Appleton for being in
1.000 power calon and Chinnu. Defendant pleaded not guilty, stating that he bought the cigarettes in Amoy. The hearing was adparned until Saturday, bail being fixed in the sum of $4,000..
TOKYO, November 18th. H.I.H. the Emperor reviewed the
the whole of the navy assembled.
much referred to in argument, but it is safl Yesterday's postponement was aciently material for me to deal with it. All disappointment to the
enormous persons in the Colony, British subjects or aliens, concourse of people who had fore-ho are creditors of a bankrupt who is before the Court in bankruptcy, are subject to tho jurisdiction of the Court. There is no doubt- gathered.
that if assets belonging to the bankrupt are discovered in another country and a creditor endeavours to obtain them for his own, benefit, the Court has some jurisiliation to control his action, and this, if he is within the jurisdiction, whether he has proved in the bank-
(REUTER'S BIRVICE.]
THE NEAR EAST.
LONDON, November 16th.
Montenegro la protested to Austria "gainst violations of the frontier by Austrian Jarde, one of which has been captured, his companions cacaping. Austria denies that the fropter has been crossed. There is great extitement in Celtinji,
THE UNITED STATES
LONDON, November 16th, The assailant of Mr. Haney has committed suicide in gaol.
THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR AND DOWAGER EMPRESS
OF CHINA.
LONDON; November 16th.. The Ohly Indie Amalia hava received a telegram anggesting foul play in connection with the death of the Emperor of China.
ruptcy or not. It is not necessary to define with precision to what extent that jurisdiction gees; it is sufficient to note that it exists; also that the discovery of a partner in another country whose property could be brought into the bankrupt ustate for the benefit of the creditors comes within the meaning of assets na above referred to Further that if Reuter, Brockelman and Co's application to the German Consul for assistance. in recovering each assets in Canton came within the terms of the jurisdiction clause of the Treaties of Tientsin, sa also would an applica tion by the Trustee in bankruptag to the British Corsal for similar assistance be within those clauses. And for myself I have no doubt whatever that wint Messrs. | Reuter, Broskelmann and Co. did in the instance was an attempt to passer vuire the Trustee in in the Cheong Leong Bankruptcy, They did mat prova in that bankruptcy, but endeavoured to obtain a payment of the whole sum due to them by application to the German Consul; and I have no doubt that, at least [during the penilency of the bankruptcy proceedings before this Court, this was in violation of the bankruptcy laws of.. they carry on their business in this Colony. this Colony, under the protection of which
Action of this sort is most prejudicial to the
The newspapers eamestly hope that The Corinthian Yach Club of Hongkong has now a membership of 250 and a fleet of dynastic hanges will not affect the tran. 42 yachts and motor boats. It is stated in the quility of China and emphasize the respon annual report that the existing Club House issibility of the Regent. far too small for the Club's present needs and The Times remarks that the death of the other tradera, of all nationalities as well as British, the committee have been in communication Empress necessarily implies some modifica- in Hongkong, and must therefore be also with the Authorities for permission to enclosetion of policy, and although the promise highly prejudicial to the great international part of the adjsount waste land and build an
buds which result from the consular jurisdic
and his name as stroteber orthunderer. Folion Court yesterday for stealing $1,723 worth up to the present no reply has been received tobalmed in the Imperial adict, the reforming tion treaties with China, and which it would be additional dressing room, boat house, etc., but of constitutional government remains em-trade of the Colony. It is one of those loose
for the two fude almost insensibly one of clothing from a residence in Wing Lot the application. As the mattor of enlarging spirit is working in many ways. Whether for the beneft of all concerned in the commercial
the others to be found in early all the principal languages of Europe and Asia The Greak word tonor, implying both a spanning and a sound, is a good example: similar one is found in the Gothic than ya to stretch, extend, suð"old Saxon Thunar, thunder, the Latin ton-itru. But in all these languages we find a form of the word applied likewise to the great Eky. God,
Stroot. M. C. E. H. Beavis (of Mesars. Wil kinson and Grint) appeared for the defendants, and the case was remanded.
An unusual seo was heard before Mr. JH. Kemp at the Magistracy yesterday when a wet nurse was charged with disobeying lawful orders otherwise, refusing to rackle a child. His Worship held the offence proven on the evidence, and fined the defendant $5.
The annual sport of the Corinthian Yacht
the clal bouse is argent the committee will give
very attention.
Our attention has been drawn to an error in a report of certain proceedings at the Police Court which appeared in our yesterday's issue under the heading " A Domestic Quarrel," Mr. Gardiner was reported as saying that complainant was the concubine of the late acmpradors of the International Bank," We are informed that the name of the Bark should have been the National Bank. As the same
the
under the new regime the Court will be less reactionary, is a problam the solution of which will be awaited with intense interest.
THE FRENCH COLONIAL
ESTIMATES.
welfare of this Colony, to get rid of by patting the whole matter on a more satisfactory and equitable basis. I am boudd to slinde to this
Imatter, begins I think it is of the utmost importance that the innamarable foreign firma who trade in this Colony should realise it That large measure of freedom of trade and access Lonpos, November 18th. to our Courts which has been accorded to During the discussion of the French Co-merchant strangers repairing into the realm of mial Fores Estimates in the Chamber, England," not to be described as the "open door,” admiral Brenaine denounced the Japancae for since Magna Charts and the 14th year of
RECENTLY, from the 15th to the 18th originally the "Extender" but who in all Club states that General Sir Charles, Warren, exror appears in another newspaper report of the anti-French propaganda in Indo-China Richard II, there has never been a door to close,......
cume to be likewise the." Thunderer" who who since the death of his son, the late Capt. proceedings we presume it was a slip on MThe Minister of Education and the Minister Carries with it implicit obedience to our laws wields his bolt for the punishment of the Warren, has taken a great interest in the club, has very generously given a donation to cover the coat of the prize presented to the winner of the Warren Memorial Chustlenge Cup.
svil.doer.
An evening with humorists of varion,
Gardiner's part. We gladly make the correc. tion and trust the error will cause no further inconvenience to Mr. In Ku Jú, the compradore of the International Banking Corporation.
.
for the Colonies declared that there was no cause for sneasine The population was rejoicing is civilization brought by France, and the Franco-Japanese Agreement had
THE SIAM RICE CROP.-
which, I believe, are framed in the best interests of this free commerce. It is just this which makes the difference between trading in a Hritish Colony and Lading in a Tresty Port. I think it right to add to what I have said that the error into which Messrs. Reuter, Brockelmann and Co. fell, and which was the origin of all this. litigation, was perhape due to the fret that the firm trades in so many Treaty Ports in the East as well as in Hongkong, that this essential
September, the Third Internation 1 `·Con- gress for the History of Religions was held at Oxford, and many papers of interest, or
It is instructive to ɓal not caly the same the opposite, were read. Of course, from the usture of the subject matter the idea, but the same word entering into gress had nothing to do with doctrinal the earliest Chinese with which wo are theology, being only concerned with the acquainted, the Shi King. In its old ballade, which both chron›logically an 1 in history and anthropology of the various religions under discussion. Largely the subject unter may be compared with the balladry woven into the epica of HOMER, We papers read showed in how many points the find the Sky God invariably spoken of ar various developments of religious belief Teutse, for the application of this term to from whatever country, or whatever re the reigning sovereign did not occur till cou- they had been collected, coincided; but this, turies later, when Crow bad long ceased to it is natural to presume, in each case probe anything more than a mere numé oceded from the fact that mankind is human, the word, now called in modern Citinest Boss has been granted one month's leave of and that even in ite relations with the in Tientec, was in the old days pronounced algence. Corporal C. H. Disson is promoted to visible it cannot escape from the bonds and Tien-er, or Thusar, the tse being only the rank of Sargeant and will command the papils, We are told that among the nineteen of water become paddy producing ground. The hmitations of human instinct. A formidable the nominal ending, still surviving in North troop during the absence of Lieut. Row from other boys from the rest of China, there are estimated ictal loss by excess of rater is the Pope, by the Hongkong Roman Catholics
programme, dividing the business before
he meeting into nine sections, each with president, was prepared; and each president had to give his presidential address, so that at fretsight a large increase jo our exoteric Inowledge of the religion or Tangrang ah the world might have been anticipated. If
But
distination between Hongkong and the rest of the East had somewhat sport them.
been a happy event for Indo-Chine The Queen's College magazine romarks that natimalities the subject of this (Thursday) it is poouliarly gratifying to find is the first evening's meeting of the Library Club, when batch of 36 students selected by examination to the Hon. Mr. F. H. May, Dr. A. F. Wilder, auter the Costoms College at Peking- no.
A Government official who has an extensive Mr. J. W. C. Bonner, Mr. B. James and Mr. fewer than fourteen are from Queen's College knowledge of the country, sud who has been W. H. Willians will take part. The chair is thirteen appearing on this year's roll. The writer opinion that the crop at the present time pro visiting the rice-growing area, give it as his to be taken at 9 pm sharp by Mr. W. Gn the magazine adds: The success of these mises to be a bumper one
He estimates that Humphreys, and the public are cordially invited. boys is one of the most remarkable recommend the amount of paddy soilt by the excessive The Hongkong Volunteer Troop are to ride ions we have ever received, and one of which rains and high water will be not more than
The following telegram was received yesterday. round the island on Sunday, via Shaukiwana, we are emphatically proud. The mom the list cultivation of course largely exceeds this at 2.15 pm by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Pezzong
the Canten centro, all but thres are our bor of sons, have oring to the abundanse reply to the telegram despatched to Eis Holiness, elate for of the seventeen successful candidates the high land, which have been out of mltivation
as far as paddy growing is concerned for a Secretary of Pontifical State, Vaticas, Rome, în
half a million rais. The increased area under
THE PAPAL JUBILEE.
Sianley and Deep Water Bay, Lieut. C. His exmized, the more reason we have to feel amount. This year too very large districts of from His Eminence Cardinal Merry del Val ·
China as the connd represented by er. In
the Colony. Troopers G. E. Morrell and the Ballade, and notably in the Luh-Yue, CC. F. Canningham have been promotal to be the Wang is spoken of as acting under the orders of Tientas; in the seond verse of
corporals.
We learn from a Peking contemporary that the Wai Wu Fu has forwarded a despatch to
the hellad mentioned (Shi, II), we are the Viceroy of Chibli stating the Board
d in so may words : The King takes has consented, at the roquest of the German so the result hardly coincided with the hope,ommand of the expedition. As the vice-Minister, to allow him to take charge of the and little progress seems to have been made, regent of Tsutse" not here he "son of affairs of Twks and Armenians in China, Perhaps it proved to be the case, that in Heaven"-au invention of Inter days but These are subjects of non-treaty powers resident excluding the esoteric element all the dis the "Spanner" himself, whose realm in control the same ne ordinary Chiness subjects. ccasions lost their main ground of interest eluded all under the hraven. Tientee, thus He is also requested that it should be noted that An Instanco of this was afforded in tw becomes the early Chinese equivalent of the no passports will be issued to people of these presidential address on Celtio Religious Ge io Thuner, better known to us in his res and if they travel, and trouble easter, they
satisfactorily established. From candidates who
miltivation. Altogether the forthcoming harvest
should be a highly satisfactory one, especially for the farmers.
"Pozzoni, Hongkong
The Holy Father thanks, amiably sends the
requested Blessing.
probably axis old QC. boys. We shall be than would sccur in a dry season, while in an on the 16th hatant glad to hear of them when their identity is average season, the higher land would be out of
sat at Canton, we learn that above five hundred candidates offered themselves on the first day After an examination in English reading and. The Mail papers report: 1.500 tons No. 1 conversation, this number yes reduced to eighty Garden Bian, Jan. Feb, shipment, at 9s. 6d. c. f.
It was these boys who were examined on ind i Holisid were compied with Arian Dictation, Physics, the thre subsequent drypha arat VA TAVA Encepe slippers are taking an active interat Geo- in the market and we are pot far wrong in any text to English, and English to Chinese;
Grammar, Geography,
Cardinal MERRY DEL VAL,”
LATEST STEAMER MOVIMENTS.
The Indo-China str. Kumsang from Calcutta
ing that at least 25,000 tons of rice have and the Straits left Singapore for this port on already beer bought for next season. This is a the 18th inst
lettor in Chinese, and explanation of extracts ideas of price for No. 1 garden rice per picul How To A BEAUTIFUL Keep your com- on the last day, the subjects were Chinese Essay good start. A bent this time last your millors in China and they are therefore under Chinese from the Four Books. I will be seen that the were somewhere in the neighbourhood of Tes.plexion, Mr. Ellen's Créme Charmante, Lait zemination van, long and searching Those 6.624 to Tex 6.75 per pioul, and at the present Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Pondro who came through the ordeal with flying colours, time business is being done at Tes. 5621 to Tos. Charmant will enable you to do it. Her havo cause to be satisfied. We heartily congra 5,75 per pisul. This year as lust the Banks Specialities for the Skin are the study of a
high Bangkok Times, November 4th. relate our boys on their signal success. Florent buying rates for sterling bills in London are lifetime. A. 8. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents, Collegium Reginae!
will be treated a Chinese subjecta.
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