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in the House of Lords, told the nation that the rite of the German Navy had simplified invasion and that Gorman strategy would be able to elude our ships and land 150,000 In the gravest tones the veteran Boldier declared that, if we do not take precautions, wo may find ourselves in the hands of the invader, and be obliged to CO., submit to the most humiliating conditions."
He was not blaming Germany. On the
mouth on Monday, the 22nd instant.
The Concert arranged by tlie Cathedral Choir in aid of the Organ Fand takes place at the City Hall this evening.
A long telegram has recently reached Peking from the newly appointed Houident to Thibet, H.E. Won Trang Teo, concerning financial affairs in that country.
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JAPANESE CELEBRATIONS.
TOKYO, February 11th.
THE SUICIDE OF M. BONHEURE.
LOCAL SPORT,
FOOTBALL.
The Indo-China papers now to hand, con- tain particulars of the greatly lamented death of M. Bonheurs, the Liontenant Governor Hongkong Football Club in a Rugby match v. The under-mentioned will represent the General of Indo-Chins. M. Bonheure was the Navy, to-day 12th inst; kick off at 5 pm. :- found dead in the palace at Saigon on the morning of the 30th ult. with a revolver by Claxton, A. Gregory, R. B. H. Oliver, and A, Back-E. L. Shaw: three-quartera-A. A. his side and a ballet wound in his hand. left no lotter making known the cause of his
E. Wood; Halves-L. I. Blackburn and W. S. Hone, H. G. C. Bailey, W. I. Webb-Bowen, desperate not. The suicide must have occurred
F. C. Hall; Forwards-H. W. Lester, P. Linton,
He
contrary he said Germany ought to be the funeral ceremonies of Their late Majestion 10-day is the twentieth anniversary about midnight. He had dined thatevening with W. B. Stanton, S. P. Warbrook, and E. D. C.
praised, and her emmple followed" for her people, by their industry, their perseverance their sound system of education, and by the advantageous military training which every WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. man receives, bave made her a great nation." Harrislerusal of the speech conveyed to wany persons the idea that Lord ROBERTS bad it in his mind that Germany meditated
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of Army reform fails-as there appears
great likelihood of it doing the nort
the Emperor and Empress Dowager of China of the promulgation of the Constitu- Japan. as the representative of H.M. the Emperor of tion. The event was marked by an
official ceremony in the Diet and popular celebration took place Hibiya Park.
stated that Her Excellency Lady Lugard's The ballotin issued by Dr., Jordan yesterday condition may now be considered to have en- tered the convalescent stage, but it will be some daya before her strength will allow her to be out. No fartlar bulletins will be issued.
Another Chinese Prince intends to go abroad. Haien Chang, the elder son of Prince Su, has obtained permission from the Throne to sindy abroad. He has decided to soccompany the new Minister to Germany, H.E. Ying Chang, but has not yet decided in which country he will take up his residence.
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LONDON, February 9th. An Association representing all the Chinese in the United States has Imperial Chinese Telegraph Administration at
Mr. J. A. Erichsen, Superintendent of the telegraphed to President Roosevelt Peking, having resigned his post of his own protesting against the unjust dis- accord, the Board of Posts and Communications crimination against the Chinese com- in recognition of his past services in China, has given him a bouss of $500 and £100 se passage pared with the Government's treat. money, and has appointed Mr. H. E. Henning.ment of Japanese in the United States. The message declares that the anction of Constitutional Government, a Pek Chinese
The Prince Regent, in view of the intro- immigration inspectors treat the as criminals and urges
Ben as his successor.
scheme will certainly be one for universal träning. The British nation has been educated up to the point of insisting on the mintenance of the Navy at a two-Ponor $54.00 standard, and if, as Lord ROBERTs bas de- Imperial Clan shall be punished for offences Californian School Laws and other
clared, we have not a strong artay in Eng-under exactly the same conditions as prevail in evils. land, it can at least be nid that the ostens- submitted to the State Council
the case of the general public. This he has ible object of all the reform saliemes has been to strengthen the land forces, Mr. HALDANE, it is true, bus claimed that he has added -90,000 men to the Army and swel 2 inil
ing contemporary ways, proposes that, to set an President Roosevelt to remedy the example to the public, the members of the
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A fainino is reported in the district of Ching Chong in N. W. Shangtang as a result of failure of crops, caused by rains and floods during the past year. In response to a memorial by the that the taxes etc., paid during last year by the populace in the stricken district, are to be raturned and distributol amongst them.
A JUMP IN CONSOLS.
LONDON, February 9th. Consols are three-quarters-higher
M. Hernemer and Dr. Hous, who left the
Wolfe.
THE MAKING OF A CIGAR
Palace at 10.30. There was nothing in the Lieutenant Governor's demeanour that evening Neither M. Outrey, who lived in the Palace, no to pressge the not he a little later committed. the polico guart heard the detonation. newɛ oreated a profound sensation in Saigon adds to his post-prandial contentment or helps and the public offices and the theatre closed him at his desk or wherever his daily occupation
as a mark of sorrow.
The ubiquitous smoker scarcely over gives They thought to the making of the sigar which
The autopsy disclosed that death was due to suicide, but, in spite of his apparent vigour, the docensed gentleman presented signs of seriens organic discaac, likely to cause great depression and doubtless predisposed him to suicide.
Mr, Klobukowaki, the Governor-General, was on tour when the news reached him and he telegraphed that he would standen his tour and He had not reached caigon,however, by the date return to Saigon by the most rapid means. of the funeral which took place on the 8th inst. Outrey, representing the Governor General large concourse of members of the civil and
conducted the sad poremony. There was military authorities.
M. Ontref, in a discourse at the graveside, spoke of the deceased, as one of the most devoted most honoured and most brilliant servants of Republican, and Colonial France. From the
we gather that he was born at. Nimes in July administrator's carvor, given by M. Outrey, lengthy biographical sketch of the deceased
1864. He was trained for the Bar and at
twenty years of age was the first sooratory of the conference of advocates. Three years later he joined the Army for a year leaving it with the rank of second lieutenant, and return ing to his first vocation at the Bar. A little later he embraced a colonial career ander the
inspiration of M. de Lanessan, who, as a friend of his family, had come to appreciate his rare
may lend him.
As a rule he is satisfied if the specimen selected is agreeable to his palate, sud very rarely does he care to purane his inquirios further. Probably, ho remembers that it isto Sir Walter Raleigh that the English speaking world is indebted for making known the pleasures of tobacco, but while indulging his preference for the Manila cigst, which naturally holds un- disputed sway in the East, he would, if quos. subject of its manufacture. tioned, admit a complote ignorance on the
In Manila it would be permissible to para...
phiruse a well known quotation in the Ford
There are many cigar factories in the city and "to the making of cigars there is no end." it follows that their total output runs into figures which are beyond the thinking capacity of most folks. Millions, billions, trillions! The aggregate is unthinkable. Yet it is nona the less real. The individual who is fortunato
opportunity of learning something of the would be very inwies if he neglected the enough to see the capital of the Philippines
mauufacture of cigars. This opportunity was
givena Daily Press representative during the Carnival. The doors of the Germinal Factor wero thrown open to him and he was conducte over the premises by the manager who cour- teonsly explained the process,
Unlike other cigars, the Manila cigar is not machine made. hand, and the amount of labour involved in its It is manufactured entirely by
lions per annuði, but ̧L »rd ·MIDLETON, Who † Governor the. Central Government has decreed in consequence of Continental buying qualities of intelligenes united to industry. completion has to be seen to be appreciated.
was Secretary of State for War in 1900-8 and must, therefore, be regarded as a com- petent authority, has declared the statement to be incorrect in both particulars, while other authorities as ert that there has been a large decrease--the figures varying from 80,000 to 115.000 officers and men. Whatever the facts may be is best loft to the experts to decide, but it is interesting to note that a
not already "in the know" will join with us in Their many friends in the Colony who are extending hearty congratulations to Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Inspector of Sehools, and Miss Agnes Chatham, eldest daughter of the Hon- Mr. W. Chatham, Director of Public Works/on. their engagement, Ats dance of the Centipedo Society held in the City Hall on Wednesday
night. Mr. Wolfe and his fiancs, who were present, received the felicitations of many who
attended.
A.S. WATSON & CO Government which came into power with a determination to cut down both the Army and Navy now claims that it has created a larger army, and bas won the applause of We notice in L'Annam-Tonkin an uppe the nation by debuitely laying down avointive reference to the proposed University the leading principle of naval policy the for Hongkong. There are two great means, innintenanes of the feet at a two-Power our contemporary romarks, of reaching the Though REUTER, no doubt, conscience of a people-twe pacific means: the quite justifiably declares the speeches by arst increases the domain of the merchant and the KING and KAISER at Berlin to be re- the manafaaturer, benefits the native and garded generally-as-denoting rond advance the State. The second is perhaps more der in the prospects of European peace, we can able as
of expansion besanse anticipate n reductions yet in the world's aims at the domain of the spirit. These armaments, an the demand for greater thoughts, says the writer, were suggested by reading the remarkable discourse of "Sir
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THE ROYAL VISIT TO BERLIN.
SATISFACTION IN EUROPE.
LONDON, February 10th.
and Kaiser at the State banquet at The speeches delivered by the King
conclusion Berlin on Tuesday, coupled with the of the Franco-German Agreement which has been hailed with the greatest satisfaction both in Paris and Berlin, has produced general gratification denoting real advance in the cause of European peace..
Tonkin.
When the visitor has travelled from the bottom floor of a large factory like the Gorminal, where the leaf is received in bulk, to its upper storise and seen the various processes through which a oigar passes before it is boxed or tied up in bargain is the Manila cigar. bundles, he is better able to realise what a
as a result of the King's visit to Berlin From the 1st June 1891 to 1st December and the conclusion of an agreement 1894 he passed through the lower grades of the between France and Germany regard-rvice up to chief of the cabinet of the Governor ing their interests in Morocco.
General of Indo-Clins. In 1896 he returned to Franco and in the following your was Ivory Coast, and subsequently became noting appointed Secretary General pre tem on the Governor-General of that Colony. His sub- It is hardly necessary to remark that the sequent career included a mission to Samory tobacco plant grows extensively in the then in confict with France; later Chief Philippines; it is one of the staple products of the Cabinet of M. de Lancssan on his of the islands. The leaf is purchased Honour in 1899, and in 1906 he received the being utilised for the cheaper smokes and the was mode à chevalier of the Legion of cording to classification; the inferior grades appointment as Minister of the Marine from the growers and is accepted ne-
rosette of an officer of the Legion. Ho steadily superior grades for the more expensive cigars. rose in the Colonial service to the rank of a After the leaf has been moistened in order to governor of the first class which he attained in make it more pliable, it is transferred to the Governor of French Guiana. He came to the its hard edge, a process known as stripping. 1904, and in 1906 he was appointed Acting operators, having previously been deanded" of Far East in 1907 as "résident supérieur of The operator, sitting at his or her bench, sorts he made himself very popular and regret the wover, and, deftly manipulating and cutting During bis short sojourn there the various leaves. The fine loaf he reserves for „was unanimously expressed in Tonkin when this to required size with a blade peculiar to the he left to take up the duties of Lieutenant- trade, he places inside the coarser, tobacco and Governor of Lochin-China on the departure rolls it to a given thickness, finally gamming" of M. Bean, the Governor-General The go-the exterior leaf so that the oigar comes from vernment of Indo-China was temporarily cen- his hand a compact piece. Curiously enough it aided to him until the arrival, at the end of is the men who make the superior brand after thus sketching the career of the deceased would have thought that it would have been at gentleman said it could be well said that the other way about, but the women have been
were about to lay in the soil tried and found wanting. of Cochin-China which he loved a colonial finished it receives the decorative efforts so well When the cigar is
word. On the Ivory Coast, at Djibouti, at or enveloped in silver paper. Smokers hardly every acceptation of the known, either ringed with coloured paper, bandy above all, he had left the impression, which endar boxes which help them to maturs. To Martinique and in Guiana, as in Indo-China need to be told that the cigars are placed in only such generously tempered souls as his were show that nothing goes to waste in a cigary Busceptible of leaving in the affections of his factory, it has only to be mentioned that the enbordinates.
Mr. Flandrin, in the name of the Colonial who produce soap out of it, and the tobseco stripping taken from the leaf is sold to Chinese Council, also pronounced an sùlogy at the grave. refuse itself is utilised for manuring purposes. A more recent dispatch from Saigon The writer saw the process of cigar making announces that as M. Bonheure left no word of from start to finish, and sampled the Germinals* his intention to end his days, and perhaps also wares through the kindness' of. Dr. Bautista- because of reports which are circulating sug- Lin. gesting another cause of death, an "instruction" has been opened concerning the cause of death, j
AN IMPERIAL ARMY SCHEME.
LONDON, February 11th. The Rt. Hon. Mr. R. B. Haldane,
have already appeared in other papers will be military and naval effic ́eacy is likely to Laggard," the Governor of Hongkong, wherein the Secretary of State for War, at September last, of M. Klobakowski. M. Oatrer of cigars and the women the inferior. One-
inserted.
P. O. Box. 34. Telephone No. 12-
yet,
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continue just as strong in every country as His Excellency apppealed for funds for the Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS before should be sent before 11 a.m. on day of
these valuable assurances wore endowment of a University which a generous a "Territorial Dinner " pubication. After that hour the supply is uttered. The millenium is a long way off philanthropist, Mr Mody, had offered to build the Ritz Hotel, London, referred they limited. Only supply for Cash.
at an estimated cost of $290,000. "Passing in Telegraphic Address: Pass. Coda:"A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber,
review the efforts of his French and German to negotiations with the oversea functionary in neighbours the Governor made a warm, and at Dominions which were in progress with the same time very convincing, appeal upon the importance of a University in the Far East with a view to the creation of an Imperial power to confer degrees of the same value as Army, of detail remain to be arranged and probably, some of the English universities. Soms questions under the patriotic impulsion of Sir Luggard, The Taingiau Hotel Co. Ltd. is being wound Hongkong will become an intellectual centre as
the whole of the shares.
MAKRINGE.
At St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, on February 111, 1902, by the Rev. F. T. Johnson, M.A.
ABNOLD, FOR of Mr. and Mrs. USTAV KOULE, of Walsrode, Hannover, Germany, to RosINA, daughter of à e, an 1Mrs. Pizacs HAURIE-PURCELL, of Shanghai.
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rib.
The Prince Regent's seal has cost 30,000 Laels. The report does not state what it is made
of.
Mr. Haldane described this as a necessary extension of the chain of defence.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A. DES VEUX ROAD up. Mr. Ph. Lieder has offered 40 per cent for it is one of the greatest entrepâts of the world.” CALIFORNIA AND THE
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HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 12TH 1909.
JOHN RUSKIN in one of his books on political soonomy tries to show the absurdity.
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A special announcement appears in another ocluinn with regard to the lower level tram service on the Race days next week,
A very modera innovation is reported from Peking. From April 20th next every one entering the Forbiddon City will be required to show a photograph of himself.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
JAPANESE.
Interest in the nightly performances at the Circus is not allowed to wane and last night.
LONDON, February 11th. another large crowd found its way to ('susoway. Bay, and enjoyed the programme which was refused to pass the Bill for the The Assembly of California has varied and interesting. Tonight the attraction establishment of separate Schools is supplied by the daring of a local man, Mr.
W. G. Brown, offering to enter the den of for tigers accompanied by their trainer. The sea-1 closes op Saturday night with a complimen tary benefit to Madame Harmster Love. The
At the Magistracy, yesterday a stallholder of the plea constantly re-iterated in all at the Central Market was fined $3 for assault countries for larger armaments to ensure ing and 7 for using abusive language to a antional security, by setting out us analogous lady when she came to his stall to make a pur.riding contest will be repeated and a handsome the case of neighbours in a street outwardly chase of walton,
on the best of terms with each other while
each is secretly anxious to maintain a good stock of trusty neupons in his back garden
It is announced that the Hongkong Technical Institute's evening classes at Queen's College. will be resumed on Monday next. The attention of intending students is drawn to the advertise-
trophy will be awarded the winner; The matinée
on Saturday afternoon should not be forgotten.
A BOATING FATALITY.
A boating disaster, not previously reported, took place opposite Aberdeen lost Friday. A Chinese publio vaccinater, with several friends,
Japanese.
-ARCHÆOLOGICAL RESEARCH
IN. SIAM.
In a Note on fields for Zoroastrianism Archaeological Research in Perala and in Ladis," Mr. Montgomery Schuyler, formerly Secretary of Legation and Consal General of the United States in Bangkok, has the following reference to Siam-
A DRESSMAKING DISPUTE.
COMMERCIAL UNIVERSITY FOR
LONDON.
The Gresham Trust Committee, says tha "City Press," is considering a plan for extend- ing the work of the trust so as to carry the wish of the founder, tir Thomas Gresham, that it should supply a teaching university for connected with the commerce of the City. London, with special reference tabjets
to
At the Magistracy yesterday Luddle Gains. berg, residing at 42 Wellington street, was summoned by a Chinese tailor for assault. The complainant, whose face was badly bruised, I stated that when he called to collect his bill the defendant struck him over the head with a for the purpose, and part of it has already been Gresham Colloge is recognised as totally unfit wooden support for a dressing iron. ship imposed a fine of $5 and ordered defendant, other institution closely identified with the His Wor-closed as unsafe. It is now proposed to dispose to pay $5 compensation in addition.
of the building and, if possible, absorb some City of London, and extend its work. Defendant-What am I to do with this dress? I cannot wear it.
His Worship-I have nothing to do with that. This is not a Court for deciding questions of that kind.
spoiled. I cannot wear it.
Defendant-I don't want this dress. It is
The whole endowment of the trust is avail- able, and in secilition there is an income of debt on the Royal Exchange. The value of the £10,000 a year set free by the liquidation of the site of Gresham ollege which is at least £50,000, will also be availablo.
THE SONG OF THE INCORRIGIBLE. I wouldn't go home if they paid me,
I don't mind six months on the loose,
With cash in my pocket to spend like a rocket,
I
Whenever I find an excuse..
like a few weeks in London
With a more than occasional bead:
in dread of his next-door neighbour comment on page 4.
That such work can be initiated by the Orientals themselves may be seen from the mitting a burglary. The analogy is weak, but reflections of this character certainly Yacht Club are to hold an "At Home" at the On the way one of the crew stood up in front II. Prince Damrong, the brother of the The yacht owners of the Royal Hongkong hired a native bost to cross to Yangshawan, onder the enlightened encouragement of H. E. example of Sion. The Siamese Government, and particularly the Department of the Interior influence many minds. The speeches de- livered by the King and Kaisza last Band of the Buffa will be in attendance; and sail, but his weight overturned the craft and the great interest and activity in proserving the Club House on Saturday, March 13th, when the of the boat with the intention of hoisting the King and Minister of the Interior, has shown Tuesday at Berlin may suggest auch some yacht racing will take place.
Hie Worship-I have nothing to do with that occupants were thrown into the water. All the musem in the Ministry for the Interior has LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. historie rains in that ancient country. A thoughts to many in both countries. Ia
six adults were saved, but one of two children been founded in Bangkok and a large Germany, as we remarked yesterday, therefore Mr. Kemp at the Magistracy yesterday on C. J. Moreliant, alias . Jones, appeared be-
was drowned. This one, a girl of five years of of archaeological material, inscriptions, carvings, collection is a wide-al read belief that Bagland has a charge of having embezzled 650 pesos on the age, had apparently come up ander the toat and curies, and the like, from the ruined cities of The Silk ex M.M. etz. Ernest Simons which Leen working to accomplish the downfall of 6th inst. within the jurisdiction of the United as consequently not sean by the ethers. Her Northern Siam, and elsewhere in the Kingdom left this port on the 4th ultimo was delivered in the German Empire; in England the rise of States. He was remanded for a week.
body was not discovered nutil the boat was have likewise recently been made near the site
have already been collected there. Excavations Lyons on the 8th instant. righted.
The I.G.M. str. Prina Waldemar left Sydney. the German Navy has been regarded as A police report was recently submitted to the
of the ancient pagoda, or temple, at Phraps or Tuesday the 9th instant at 3 p.m., and may inspired by a determination to wrest from Shanghai Municipal Council on the subject of erday into the circumstances and the jury, after obtained have been very encouraging It 3rd prox.
An inquiry was held at the Magistracy yes. thom, not far from Bangkok, and the results be expected here on or about. Wednesday the Britannin her supremacy on the sea, and opium smoking stating that in the Native City hearing the evidence of Dr. Hunter, returned a
is only
a question of time much talk of the possibility of a Germabe bought and smoked surreptitiously. The
there are seven establishments where opium may verdict of death from drowning but added there Archaeological Survey, laid out on up-to-date plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crime Charmante, Lait may look for the organization of a Siamese HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com- invasion has been heard from time to time, names and addresses of these houses were The owner of the boat was arrested for having on interview with Prinse Damrong will consines Specialities for the Bkin are the study of a For it makes us all shiver to think what our
was no evidence as to how the accident occurred, lines and conducted according to the most Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Pender No. I wouldn't go home if they paid mo, Lord ROBERTS, in the historic speech which accordingly communicated to the Senior Consal board more than the number allowed by her one of what good work can be done in this field lifetime. A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sole Agents. modern methods, and a visit to Bangkok or an Charmant will enable you to do it. Hor he delivered last November from his place for the Total's information,
Licence and was fined $5,
by Orientals without European intervention."
D. A. in the Bangoon Gazette.
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when We
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But to live in a villa would make me feel itter.
Than ever I'll be when dead..
A man likes to visit his people,
At least I suppose that ho ought:
But somehow when nearer they do not grow
dearer,
Or hall so much missed as one thought. (Though no one has ever yet tried).
liver.
Would be without ponies to ride.