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At the Magistracy yesterday the soldier,
months after this agreement was concluded amed Stephens who was accused of stating TELEGRAMS. HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
$1.50 in copper cents from a tram car and who, on being searched by the police, was found to have $1.45, in copper in his pockets, was sen tenced to three weeks' imprisonment,
late as to the consistency or otherwise of the Inquiries have been made in the Colony of police anthorities in rigorously carrying dut the low against gambling and at the same time allowing the bagatolle tables to grow in number throughout the city. These tables have becoine very popular among the gambling Chinese.
Japan made & Treaty with China relating to Manaburia, by Art. VII of which the two contracting parties agreed "to make arrange ments as soon tus possible for connecting the service of railways in South Manchuria and those in Chian proper, in order to promote and facilitate the transport of goods." But in addition to this agreement, which was published for the information of the world, there was `a protocol which was not published. In accordance with the terms
Two men who were convicted of stealing of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, however, a sentenced to six months' imprisonment orch. nineteen hides wore at the Magistracy yesterday copy of it was communicated to the British pparently they land climbed the roof of a WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS | Governmout, and Sir EDWARD GREY last latrine, got on to the roof of a house, walked year communicated to the House of Com-over several others till they came to the yard anons the text of the clause of the protocol where the hilos wore lying. Que was lowered by which Japan claims the right of vetoing fortunately for then the police arrived on the into the yard, a depth of Sity feat, but un-
cone at this juncture. The man at the top bolted, leaving his companion. but he was arrested later.
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men railway. It ruus as follows: "The Chinese Government engage, for the purpose of protecting the interest of the Bouth Manchurian railway. not to construct, prior to the recovery by them of the said railway, any main line in the neighbourhood of and parallel to that railway, or any branch line which might be prejudicial to the interest of the above-mentioned railway." If the British Government had regarded that clause as being inconsistent with the
When the decision of the Fall Court was
giren in the Peak Murder trial yesterday quashing the verdict of the jury, the prisoner left the dock and sat down in the body of the
ourt. Bofers the chief Justico left the bench
he drew attention to another irregularity. The prisoners had not been told that they were instructed to inform them. When he told them discharged, and the Court interpreter was that they were liberated they passed out of the Court, but were no arrested before they left the
open-door policy, surely it would havo anid so when the copy of the Protocol was comprocincts of the Coast. municated to the Foreign Offico. We must assume that the Government did not rogard
the clause as at varianca with Japan's de. clared adhesion to the open-door policy; and there is no indication that the Government
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AN EVENING WITH LONGFELLOW.
At the weekly meeting of the Union Church Literary Society last evening Dr. Amos P. Wilder lectured on Longfellow. In the course of his femarks Dr. Wilder said :→→
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PROMINENT FOREIGNER'S DEATH IN JAPAN.
Tokio, February 25th. The death is announced of Mr. James Walter, a partner in the firm
Zurich and Yokohama. of Messrs. Siber, Wolff and Co. of
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CANADA AND JAPAN.
LONDON, February 24th.
the Dominion House of Commons Sir An Ottowa dispatch states that in
Wilfrid Laurier declared the criticisms which had been passed upon Canada's Treaty with Japan were unwarranted, The Treaty had preserved to Canada Japanese trade and Japan had, moreover, loyally carried out the restrictions placed by the Treaty on the immigration of Japanese,"
THE N. D. L. SUBSIDY.
LONDON, February 24th. The Reichstag has increased the subsidy to the North German Lloyd for a service to New Guinea by half a million Marks.
THE BALKAN SITUATION,
LONDON, February 24th. Peace or war seems mainly depen- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a poet of dent on the amount of pressure the people, like Whittier, but unlike him he
Reater learns that the apprehen- sions on the Balkan situation expressed elsewhere are not shared in London. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
has been converted to the view of the New- chwang Chamber of Commerce. Lond RONALDSHAY in some observations on this subject in his recently published book, points out that the South Manchurian rail- way is "the sole material retucu which Japan. bas to balance the loss of €20 1,000,000 and 85,000 lives," and while be alvocates the submission of the Pakumen railway ques- tion to arbitration be, navertheless, fails, as we do, to see anything reproheusible in her endeavouring to safeguard, by diplomacy, the single materiał return which she has to show for the misery and carnage of eighteen was highly cultivated, of a family of prominence. fexercised on Belgrade by the Powers, months war. "No other country in the While Whittier was a poot of action, notably in
It is thought in soine quarters that the anti-slavery agitation, Longfellow contri A. S. WATSON & CO.. remarks, "would fail to make every colours manfully, but stopped there. His careeravail itself of such pressure to escape world," Lord RONALDSHAY pertinently batod a few posins in the osuse and showed his the Servian Government will gladly ondeavoar to obtain in return every was purely litarary. He died in 1882 at the LIMITED,
advantage which political or diplomatic | age of 75,-his life, like his nature, being peaco
an impossible situation. exigencies allowed." Some months ago ful, gentle, contemplativo, dignified. He was Sir EDWARD GREY said it was open a classmate of Hawthorne at a Maine college. the contractors to prove, if theyGraduating at 19, he went to Europe for three could do so, to the satisfaction of Japan, years to study languages; he taught for three that the proposed railway would not pre judice the South Manchurian Line, and so would not violate the agreement. They have not succeeded in doing so, and Japan, our Tokyo co respondent informed us, has no tention of departing from the attitude she has taken up. If this means that Japan is open to conviction that the projected railway will not be prejudicial to the interests of the South Manchuria railway, she could well afford to say: "We are pre pared to accept on this point the judg dank after his death. Longfellow is com
ment of an indepondent and impartial memorated by a bast in Westminster Abbey, committee." As it concerns but fifty miles Mr. Lowell, then Minister to England, deliver of railway the whole question could being an address at the ceremonial. settled within a week. There seems indeed no other way of settling the matter in a manner which, in the eyes of the world, will red and to Japan's credit, for insistence on the letter of an agreement maintained for two years as a secret has naturally tended 10 excite suspicion and ta alien te
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studies in Europe (where his first wife died): years at his old college; then continued his
and returned to outer upon a term of eighteen years as professor of modern languages at Harvard. He was the master of ten languages. From his resignation (1854) to the time of his death be lived-on-in Gmbridge, the seat of Harvard, a neighbour of Holmes, and Lowell, with Emerson, Whittier and Thoreau not for away. His second wife died in 1661,-his Forses to her "The Cross of Snow" referring to the tragedy of her end--" through martyrdom of
over.
fire"-were found in his
No American poet is so well known the world languages. He is a "much quoted" post: one His poems may be found in nineteen
has but to mention “Evangeline," " Hiawatha," "Miles Standish". "Tales of * Wayside Inn"; "Village Blacksmith"; “The Bridge". "Excelsior,
"The Building of the Ship," to
LONDON, February 25th.
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Hongkong Legislativo Council was hold yesterday in the Council Chamber.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. SIR FREDERICK Тонк DEALTRY LBOARD K.C.M.G., C.B,, D.SO.
H. E. MAJOR-GENERAL, B. G. BROADWOOD, C.E.. A.D., (General Officer Commanding),
Hon. Mr. F. H. MAY, C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary).
General).
Hon. Mr. W. BRES Davies, K.C., (Attomer,
Han, Mr. A. M. Thomson (Colonial Trea Murer).
Hon. Mr. W. CHATHAM, C.M.G.. (Director of Public Works).
Hon. Mr. E. A. IRVINU (Registrar (ioneral), Hon Mr. F. J. BADELEY, (Capt. Superinton dent of Police),
Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.G. Hon. Mr. WEI Yuk, C.M.G. Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C.
Hon. Mr. D. A. HEWETT.
Hou. Mr. H. A. W. BLADE.
Hon. Mr. W. J. GRESSON.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the motion was agreed to,
RAILWAY RECLAMATION ORDINANCE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first reading of Bill entitled An Ordinance to antherise for public purposes the Reclamation of certain portions of the Crown foreshore and sea bed situate in Hunghem Bay in the Colony of Hongkong and to validato such roolamation as has heretofore taken place.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY sedonded and the motion, was agreed to
MAGISTRATEN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the third
reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to send The Magistrate Ordinance 1890 and to affoot certain other amendments in the Criminal Law.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded.
THE HON. DR. Ho Kat-On account of section 8 of this Ordinance empowering the Governor- in ouncil to make certain regulations for the prohibition of spitting in public places, 1 con-
Mr. A. G. M. FETCHEN (Clerk of Councils).ceive it to be my duty to record my dissent against the third reading of this Bill.) ak
MINUTES.
The minutes of the last meeting were rand that a livision may be taken. and confirmed,
THE MONGKOKTSUI SHELTER
the paper certain plans have been handed to
HON. MR. WZI YUK-I secon:ì that. HIS EXCELLENCY-Since this Bill passed its His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table I have received a petition from a number of The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of cond roading und was discussed in committee
Mongkoktani by Mr. J. F. Boulton. In doing for the most part a zopetition of those arguments the report on the proposed bont shelter at Chinese gentlemen and largely signed. It is so. he said-I may say that in connection with adduced in this Council by those members who ach member which will help to elucidate the were opposed to the Bill on account of the sectiou report. The report says that the boat shelter to which the senior leiad member las Mongkokisui, as designed in the colony, has retent The petition puts forward no new boon practically approved with some slight argument but reiterates those which have modifications which entail additional expouse, already been dointed here. I therefore sen 10 and in order to keep the expenditure within the reason to change the pinion to which this cstimate which Your Excellency calculated, Council Was committed on the. $1,541,00, the bout shelter has been slightly reading and in committes. The petitionors reduced in area.
say that I wish to promote hearty an willing co-operation with the Chinese instel of resorting to compulsion by law. They urged that
at
FINANCIAL MINUTES.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table Financial minutes Nos. 1 to 9, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee,
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconderi, sud the motion was agreed to.
FINANCIAL.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee (No. 21) and moved ita adoption.
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded,, and the motion was agreed to.
PAPERS.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers-Correspondence relating
the proposed boat-shelter at Mongkoktaui to the transfer to the Government of the
Widows and Orphans' Pension Fand; Report on
WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS FUND. The COLONIAL SECRETARY-It will be within Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund was under the recollection of hon, members that, when the
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process of education should be instituted, a process of persuasion. That process, gentle- men, is one which we propose to adopt and towards which we have already taken steps, and I hope that no other process need ever be required. But I'consider that in educating the. Chinese upon this important question by issuing cirmlars; instructing lecturers, posting notices, and taking other means of education it is more likely that these efforts will be effective, if it is known by the people that it luas ns a last resort the power of ouforcing them. I have assured the
in the future, they will be framed with care and petitioners that, if regulations need to be framed
maderation and that avery effort shall be taken
to avoid those contingencies which they fear, such as arbitrary arrest or andus interference with the individual, and I hope that there methods of education and co-operation to which I have indicated we are devoting ourselves will to the last resort. bave the effect desired without having recourse
On the vote being taken, His ExCELLENCY declared that the ayer had it, but Hon. Dr. Ho Kai called for a division.
The voting then resaltel-For the third reading-Hon. Mr. Hewett, Registrar-General, Director of Public Works, Colonial Treaurer,
consideration of this Conneil at the end of las year certain correspondence' was laid on the table, including a despatch from the Secretary of State, dated 28th December, 1907. The last paragraph of that despatch says "It The House of Commons has reis desirable that a valuation should bs made jected by 336 votes to 228 an amend. in order that the surplus, if any, disclosed by it Attorney General, Colonial Secretary, and may be distributed among the beneficiaries of II. E the General Oficer Commanding. ment to the Address from the-fand in the shape of increases to the pan. Against:-Hon. Mr. Slade, Hon. Mr. Grosson, Throne regarding the situation sions. For this purpose an arbitrary rate of Hon. Mr. Pollock, Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk and.
exchange must be assumed for the purposes of Hen. Dr. Ho Kai. Ireland.
the valuation. The oxchange value of the dollar bas recently fallen from about 2/3 to below 1/10. As the value of the sterling liabilities must be List in camera.. greater than the value of the future sterling contributious, the higher the sterling vaine
the
in
The House also rejected by 195 votes to 76 an amendment regretting the coercive measures adopteil in India.
THE INDIAN REFORMS.
LONDON, February 25th.
assumed for the dollar the more favourable to the fand will be the results of the valuation, and I should be prepared to allow the valuation to be carried out at a rate, not exceeding 2/3, which you and the Legislative Council may consider fair and reasonable." It has been found, Sir,
JURY ST. The Conncil then considered the Jury
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Finance Committee was then held, the COLONIAL SECRETARY presiding The following votes were passed :—-
HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT, The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of four hundred and fifty Dollars
Department, B-Mercantile Marine Office.
The second reading of the India the average rate of exchange for the eleven years | ($450) in aid of the vote, Harbour Master's
realise how Longfellow's poetry has entered into which Lord Curzon was the principal the thought of the people. His style is simple, critic. reflecting the thoughts of all. It is true enough that there is not the drastic parnestness of
nor the profundity of Browning. It has been mid that readers "graduate from him to the delivered in London on the 24th inst.
The Germano mail of the 27th January was enjoyment of the two last named.
LOCAL SPORT.
RUGBY.
Sir, I beg to move the following resolution be a fair and reasonable rate to take. According.
Resolved that the valuation of the assets and liabilities of the Widows' and Orphana Pepsion Fund contemplated under Section 18 of the Widows and Orphans' Pension Ordinance 1908, shall be made at the rate of 1s. 108, to the dollar.
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the resolution was carried.
QUESTION,
The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK asked the following question:....
, POLICE AND PRISON DEPARTMENTS. The Governor recommended the Council to
vote a sum of one hundred and eighty Dollars (8130) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Department, A.-Police, Other Charges, Lan-
guage Study Allowance (Punjabi) to Pro-
bationer.
PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY. The Governor recommended the Council-to vote a sum of one thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars and forty cents (81,548.40) in aid of the vote. Public Works Extraordinary, resuming and filling in Fish Pond at Tai Po
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of two thousand four hundred. Dollars ($2,400) in aid of the vote, Miscellon- cous Services, Grants in aid of Beientific Institutions, London School of Tropical Medi- cine, (£200).
The Arrow and the Son/Council's Bill, embodying the reforms 1897 to 1907 Inclusive, is just a fraction over, Personal Emoluments, Over-time Allowance. Stars of the Summer Night"; "The Wreck recently announced, has been passed 1/10. It is therefore considered that 1/10 would THE Controversy over the Fakumon railway
of the Hesperas"; "I know a maid fair to see" in the House of Lords without aly, project in Manchuria has now been actively sympathy. We share the view that it There is no flock, however watched and division after an important debate in carried on for something like eighteen would surely be to the advantage of Japan tended;" mouths, and it does not appear that there to make a graceful concession, to waive the is any carly prospect of a settlement being letter of the inw, and to offer to submit the reached. Japan's right to object to the matter to arbitration. Chinese Government's projected line from Fakumen which runs for about fifty miles Botanic Gardens.
The Flower Show opens to-day at the Whittier, nor the higher fights of Tennyson,
parallel to the South Manchurian railway is based on an agreement with China. The subjectseems to have excited an extraordinary amount of interest in the British Press, and Mr. F. H. Mobler, who arrived in the Colony, there has been singular unanimity in eou, Y.M.C.A.
this wook, is to act as secretary for the Chinese demuing Japan'a opposition to the project as a breath of faith with the Pawera in the Three cases of plague were notified yesterday matter of her engagement to maintain all from the Kowloon side, one being in
Kowloon City and the others in Tsimshatsni. the “open "dour" principle in Manchuria. Quite recently the Times has declared The Ordinance providing for regulations to Japan's opposition to the new project as prohibit spitting in public places in the Colony, "absolutely irreconcilable with the policy passed its third reading yesterday, and became of the open door." Japan denies that her law. The Chinese members recorded their
dissent. action in this matter is inconsistent with the open-door policy, and it is very evident that
the British Government is inclined to adopt Japan's view of the atter. In the agreement concluded between Japan and Great Britain in 1905, for "the preservation of the common interests of all Powers in China by insuring the independence, and integrity of the Chinese Empire and the principle of equal opportunities for the commerceand industry of all nations in China,", the two Powera agreed that neither of them would, without consulting the other, enter into separate arrangements with another Power to the
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H.E. the Governor of Macao is paying an official visit to Hongkong to-day. This after noon the Portuguese Community holda recep- tion in honour of Sentor Rocadas at the Lusitano Clak.
Interesting judgments were given yesterday by the Chief Justice and the Paisne Judge who quashed two convictions for manslaughter on the ground that the evidence given at the trial bad not born translated to the prisoners,
Yesterday in Ordinance was introduced in the Legislativo Connoil to regularise the ro clamation which has taken place at Hunghom Bay for the Railway and to give power to the Governor to carry out works of reclamation.
Longfellow was the first American' poet' to secure largo recognition; with Irving he first commanded respect for American literature abroad, Bryant preceded him, and Cooper in
proso is not to be forgotten Poo strack an
The following will represent the Club in a Rugby match against the Navy this afternoon, at 5 p.m.; Back, E. L. Shaw; three-quarters, F. G. Carroll, A. A. Claxton, B. E. H. Oliver, A. E. Wood; halves, L. I. Blackburn, and P. Linton; forwards, H. G. C. Bailey, F. C. Hall, W. S. Hone, G. D. Mellraith, FW. Thickness, E. D. C. Wolfe, H. Baist, A. N. Other.
early response especially from France; N. P. Willis and Fercival are fading in America, Hawthorne, is a permanency on both sides of the water. Longfellow's first efforts reflected his European thoight and experience. Apart from compilations of literature, lus prose works are" Outre-mer," "Hyperion" and "Kavanagh.” "Outre-mer" is good but shows imitation of Irving's Sketchbook":"Hyperion" is still sold in Heidelberg as a guide book and exemplar of German philosophy of the time (the early thirties); and Miss Wilkins and others platures of New England village life have superseded Kavanagh." finding poetic themes lu his own country that Longfellow was to do his best work. The early life and traditions of New England ever had a charm for him and his success in "Evangeline" at 10a.m. to-day, 0.07 inches. and "Hiawatha," Tales of a Wayside Inn" of native poets away from foreign songs which and "Miles Standish called an infinite number they could never sing. As one observer says, They stopped telling of skylarks and night gales which they had never seen and told of bobolinks and bumble bees which they knew all
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:-
has risen in North Chins, has fallen very On the 25th at 12.05 p.m.-The barometer slightly along the South coast.
But it was in
Selections from Longfellow were read by Mise", Ethel Rowe, Mr. C. H. Hickling and Mt. John Robertson, while Mrs. W. Stanley Alles pon- tributed a number of musical items.”
It has also fallen generally in Japan, more particularly in the South. There is a tendency the northward of the Yangtze and moderate for pressure to increase over the Philippines.
The maximum pressure is still over China to N.B. monsoon will prevail generally.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending
Will the Government state what would be approximately the cost of putting up a fixed light to indicate the Boath-eastern entranco to the Capsuimen Pass ?
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-In answer to the question I will state that the cost of coute depends upon the nature of the light. A light similar to that at Mawaq Island would cost $700.
HARBOUR BUOTS,
The Governor reconconded the Council to rote a sum of six hundred and fifty-four Dollars (654) in aid of the vote, Harbour Master's Department, Harbour Office, Special Expenditure, Buoys.
CHINA'S NATIONAL BEREAVEMENT,
AUDIT DEPARTMENT. HIS EXCELLENCY-It will be within the vote a sum of one thousand and ninety-two The Governor recommended the Council to ago we passed a resolution of condolence with Other Charges, Share of Home Expenditure recollection of the Council thut some time Dollars (31092) in aid of vote, Audit Department,
the Chinese Government on the deaths of the
Dowager Express and the Emperos of China.
(91).
SIGNALLING CONTRIBUTION. The Governor recommended the Council to The Government received from our Minister at vote a sum of ten dollars and forty-seven cents
.
Peking the very cordial thanks of the Chinese Government for the sympathy of this Counciliu the loss which Chins suffered by the deaths of
to-day is a follows:
its rulers. Unfortunately I cannot read the The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon words of the reply as the paper has been mislaid. Hongkong & Neighbourhood.; Light E. winds, The general purport of it is, however, as I have
overcast, foggy stated. (Mod'te N.E, Formosa Channal
winds, overccal.
1
South coast of Chins between Same as No. 1 Soath coast of China between Same as No. 1.
Hongkong and Lamooks.
Hongkong and Hainan...$
MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
roading of a Bill entitled an Ordinance further to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first
1899,
(10.47) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous connection with signalling messages etc., to Services, Telegraph Services, Contribution in Observatory, (£75),
BUILDINGS,
The Governor recommended the Council to Fate a sum of one hundred and eighty Dollara ($180) in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, Buildings, Staff Quarters, Tai Po, Water Service.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, votes sum of forty-seven dollars ($47) in aid of The Governor recommended the Council to the vote, Colonial Secretary's Department and Lagislature, Other Charges, Hansard Reports.