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Those places are no doubt usefál to Spain, but it stands to reason that their retention by her must be a fruitful soures of dispute between the two countries. Ceuta la & port of some note directly opponte Gibraltar Peñon in described as a fortress, and Melilla we know is a penal settlement. In fact, most of the African possessions are used as convict stations. We may sleg recall in this connection that in 1860 by the Treaty of Wad Ras the Saltat of Morocco granted the claim of Spain to the small territory of Santa Cruz de Mar Pequena, south of Mogador, bat Spain has not yet taken ad-
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it would inevitably lead to trouble.
Why the present "little war"--which unhappily seems to be developing into an important campaign-should be unpopular in Spain is not very evident. It cannot be due to a sentiment that war per se is wrong. The teaching of TOLSTOY has not taken such a hold on the Spanish as to account for the general aversion to the present fighting, but it may be that the people remember the dimater which overtook their troops and their navy little more than ten years ago when they were made to part with the last of their great over-son possessions. Tast experience has doubtless chastened them and made them realise their unpreparedness for war. Still, we do not suppose the nation has had any doubt of the result of the CARBOLİC SOAPS lashing of arma between Spain and Morocco.
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The populace may have come to the con- elusion that the game is not worth the candle, that the rupture will mean not a series of pitched battles, but the opening of
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at loggerbenda and fighting at Melilla | developing into serious warfare the prospect for Spela is anything but rony. Her troubles are by no means ever, but good out of er, and if they result may come o in "arenting the decline into which the country has fallen, and rouss her to emulate her brilliant past, Spaio will have car to rejoice as she once more takes her plage among the leading nations of the world! But will it be so? The temperament which characterised the Bourbons still persists. Doos Spain ever learn?
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TOKYO, July 20th. An explosion occurred on the battleship Asahi
sabi during gun practice at Ise Bay on Sunday, in The French Mail of the 22nd June was which five men were killed and five delivered in London on the 24th inst.
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Mr. Hu Yuan Tean, B. A., of Trinity College, and brother of the Compradore of Messrs. Bradley and Co., is a passenger to Hongkong by the sa. Buelow.
The Sicavel Observatory reading on the 22nd inst gave the temperature at Shanghai as 100, which is the highest record since 1900.
The plague return for last week numberòl two, both Japanese and both imported. Ons died. One fatal case was reported yesterday
from Taumti.
We are officially informed that, subject to andit, the Directors of the Hongkong and Whampes Dock Co., Ld, will recommend at the forthcoming meeting dividend of 3 per cent$1.50 por share.
Mz. É. A. Leggatt, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. who has for the past six months beam stationed at Foochow, has been transferred to Singapore. He bsa beeu succeeded at Foo- chow by Mr. M. C. Ruddock.
Mr. Lindsey Smith, the new assistant Judge in three strengths, containing 5%; 10% and 20% a guerilla warfare in which the European
of H.B.M.'s Supreme Court at Shanghai, ar- troops will be harassed and the Spanulived in the Northern settlement laat week, of pure carbolic acid.
possessions continually menaced. On the having travelled out via Siberia, accompanied
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The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 25th July. 1909, shows that of non-Chinese there ware 454 to the Library and 202 to the Massim, as of Chinese 263 to the former and 2,458 to the latter. The Library was, therefore, used by
injured.
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ÆROPLANE CROSSES THE CHANNEL.
LONDON, July 26th. The Bleriot aeroplane crossed from Calais to Dover yesterday morning.
It left Sangalto in calm weather at 4.30 and descended gracefully at the back of Dover Castle at 4.53.
A strong wind was experienced in crossing, and the torpedo-boat destroy- er which was escorting the aeroplane
was out-distanced,
LATER
Losing sight of France and the escorting destroyer before sighting England, Bleriot lost his bearings in the haze which prevailed, and found
himself off Deal.
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 26th July,
IN BUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HOOUR BE. I COMPERTS (PUISNE JUDGE).
CLAIM FOR GOODS SUPPLIED. Action was brought by Abdul Kader against Kirpa Ram and Mangia Ram to recover $159.67 due for goods supplied
Mr. Reader Harris (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. J. H. Gardiner represented the second defendant Mr. Harris naked leave to amend the descrip tion of the defendant by adding the words lately carrying on business in partnership with others at 30, Austin Road, Kowloon," to the
writ. His friend consented.
His Lordship allowed love to amend, “Mr. Harris said this action was a simpl's one for goods sold and delivered, and called the plaintiff.
Abdul Kader said there were three partners in the defendant firm, but one of them was now dead. The goods supplied were four and another commodity. The thres partners used to order goods, and took them away from his godown themselves on receipt of his delivery orders..
In cross-examination plaintiff said he bad boen trading on his own account since July last your. There was no signboard over his shop bearing the name Ah Ting and s. One pay.
in his books, but he had receipted their bill. ment made by the defendants was not entered Witness issued a warrant for the arrest of the cond defendant the day his shopman told him the defendant was going to lasse the Colony. He did not know that the second defondant was
carrying on a very thriving business at Taipo, and that he was not likely to leave the Colony until the completion of the railway.
Bailiff Rozario deposed to arresting the second
defendant at Austin Head, Kowloon.
LOCAL SPORT.
WATER POLO SHIELD COMPETITION:
LUSITANOS V. 887M CO, RAA
This game, which was played at the V.R.C. enclosure last evening, ended in win for the Lushano Recreation Club by six goals to mil. The teams WATS :
LRC, F. M. R. Feroirs: J. M. Lopes ald C. M. S. Alves; C. A. Rodrigues; A. J. V. Ribeiro, F. L. Ross and R. A. Carvalho.
Artillery: West; Hardy and Debenham; McAllister; Thomas, Snow and Boattis, became aggressive, and by reason of the faster swimmers in their team hund much their own way throughout the match. The 88th Co.
As soon as the whistle sounded the Lusitanos
have improved considerably as far as combina- tion goes, and although they had a good goalkeeper and two smart backs, they were handicapped by the absence of a smart swimmer in the forward line. The Lusitanos generally managed to escape with the ball, and continued to harry the defence of the Artery, Boss, Lopes and Rodrigues being the most troublesome customers to the defenders. The latter player is a powerful and straight thrower but Iacks the necessary judgment. This, however, will be probably gained with experience, and then Rodrigues will prove a formidable rival, In the first half of the match the Lusitanos scored three goals, and added the samo gunners' quest for the net throughout being number to their total in the second, the
successful, *- -
Final: Lusitanos, 6 goals; 88th Co,, nil.
STREET FIGHTING AT WANCHAI.
Mr. Harris put in the file of a summary action in 1908 in which the second defendant sued as a plaintiff and described himself as a partner in not known.
the business at 30, Austin Bond.
Mr. Gardiner said the defence was that the He turned and followed the coast-Amount claimed was not due from the second defendant at all; He had never been a partner in the firm, but he was in partnership with another Indian in a shop at Taipo.
The total distance covered by aeroplane was thirty miles, and the corrected time is thirty-five minutes,
THE SPANISH MILITARY
OPERATIONS.
other hand, it is difficult to imagine a proud by his wife, people like the Spaniards calmly accepting
Mr. J. A. Olsen, who for use years past has an affront to their prestige. We should hold the position of First Earthing Officer in rather expect them to insist on their rights Shanghai Harbour and Woosung, died of saline a mile off. being maintained and to demand that the stroke last week. The deceased was about war be conducted with the vigour and com.thirty-six years of age and was a native of
Norway. pleteness necessary to ensure success. Yet all the telegrams to date emphasise the fact CARBOLIC ACID that the campaigu la unpopular, so much so that it is believed that the reverses suffered. by the Spanish troops are being minimised A. S. WATSON & CO... Until more information comes to hand it is impossible to appreciate this attitude of the people. It is in striking contrast to what took place twenty years ago. Then the aggression of the unruly Biff tribes upon the Spanish outposts around Melilla led to conflict in which the Spanish forces at first lost heavily. The disaster fired public opinion and the Press called so loudly for revenge that the Government seat to Melilla
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717 persons and the Museum by 2,660.
As the outcome of a quarrel with her husband an old Chinese woman het week attempted to cammit unicide by swallowing opium. How. ever, she was taken to the hospital, where she recovered. Yesterday she was brought before Mr J. H. Wood at the Magistracy on a charge of attempting to commit suicide, but was dis-
missed with a caution, t
HEAVY FIGHTING AND SERIOUS LOSSES.
LONDON, July 20th, Heavy fighting took place Melilla on Friday.
at
The Spanish losses included seven officers killed and twelve wounded. The number of soldiers killed is un-
His Lordship-When the defendant was arrested he came into chambers, but made no statement of that sort. He said he could get the money if he sent a man to Taipo.
Dr. Gardiner-I have known all along the ins and outs of this firm.
Hi Lordship-It's very extraordinary that he shouldn't have, told me somthing about this matter when he came before me.. Instead, he practically admitted the claim.
Mr. Gardiner-This is an excellent defence.
Wanchai was used to great excitement on Sunday night. A pitched battle took place. near Cross Street between the representatives. of two secret societies, and the neighbourhood was given over te scenes of the willest turba- lence until the police arrived and qualled the disturbance. The cases of the trouble are It may have been society joelonsy. At any rate it is understood that the members of the Cheung Shan Society challenged the members of the Yee Cheng Hing Society, and as this was accepted Cross Street the combatants met near and cadgelled each other pretty serere. ly. About 100 wäre engaged, and as was natural they attracted a large number of onlookers. As a matter of foot the crowd was so detine that it interfered with all trafic. In- formation was sent to Inspector Kerr at No. 2 Police Station, and he with Sergeant Baker and posse of Chinese police and district watchmen proceeded to the scene of the fighting. It took them some time to reatore order. They suc- ceeded. in areating seven of the combatants, Six were placed before Mr. Haseland at the
I know the defendant was never a partuar,Magistrsoy yesterday on a charge of fightlüg
His Lordship-If he is not a partner, and and shall prove it conclusively.
held himself out as one, he is liable.
Mr. Gardiner He never has held himself out as a partner. There is no reason why he
should.
ONLY communications relating to the news volunan should be addressed to THE EDITOR,
Correspondents must forward their names and ad tretics will communications addressed to the no less a personage than the famous Man-On Handay afternoon s sampan capsized off Bailor, not for publication but as evideos of H&L CAMPOS, at the head of 29 generals | Mongkok and the docupants were thrown into known, but it is announced that 260} bỷ the first defendant and another Indian to
grod faith.
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were wounded,
is
The conviction is gaining ground The United States has notified China that she will probably object to the Eusse-Chinese that the magnitude of the disaster Agreement for the administration of pointe
being concealed. along the Eastern Railway in Manchuria Ca serians ground of objection is the derogation of me do ar the right of extraterritoriality which the THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. Powers now enjoy, though quite uz objection. able a feature of the agreement, it is declared, is the giving to Rumia of a predominating
indluspos in Manchurian affairs,
A Chineno was at the Magistracy yesterday sentenced to twve months' imprisonment on each of two charges of obtaining goods by false pretenous. He forged an order for wood on the Lun Yik Arm, and presenting it at the shop on the Fraya East on the 20th inst obtained 2 pieces of wood. He tried the same. on the 22nd, when he got nine pieces of timber, the total value of the two lots being $114.81, Not satisfied with this he made another attempt. on Saturday to get two pieces, but he was arrested and punished as stated.
LONDON, July 26th.
flour.
and were remanded on bail of $20 each, and the seventh, charged with assaulting a district watchman, was remanded, ball being fired at 350 in his case. One man had in artery of his wrist severed and had to se sent to hospital. PLAGUE PREVENTION WORK AT SHANGHAI,
Defendant said he was sent to the plaintif
Dr. Stanley, the Shanghai Medical Officer of procure four on their account. Plaintiff refused to supply the flour as he did not know the Health, in his report to the Municipal Connoi!
for the month of June mydi--- defendant, othe, men he was doing the As regards plague among rats the improve. business for gave him $50 to get the ment has been most marked-ons plague-infect On his own account defendant haded rat only having been found among 1,598 reta always paid ouah for goods he bought, and found dead and examined in the Laboratory plaintiff had never asked him for payment of during the month. No hamar, cases have been
reported. the amount claimed. He never repressated to the plaintiff that he was a partner in the Austin. Road shop. Witness bought his share in the
no intention at the present time of quitting the Taipo shop from the first defendant. He had Colony, se he was carrying on a good business, and had a lot of money to collect.
Does the shops who brought about your zurest know that -You. All the world knows it. Cross-examined-Defendant first met the plaintiff about eighteen months; ago, when he want to buy flour.
H. M. the King has accepted the resignation of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean forces, the resig-howonld not give me credit, nation to take effect on the 1st prox. THE TSAR ON TOUR,
LONDON, July 20th,
T. L-M. the Tsar and Tsaritsa have sailed from Cronstadt for Cherbourg.
the water. Fortunately the occurrence was All letters for publication should be written as and 25,000 men. The Sultan of Morocco lost noticed both by the men in the gig bolonging
The Moors lost a thousand, one side of paper only.
No any only signed communications that no time in getting the Eiff tribes under to the Chinese revenue cruiser Likin and by
The Spanish Government main have already appeared in other papers will be control, and ManshaL CAMPOS made a thoss on beard the C.F.B. Isunch Vancouver. inserted,
obtained ample The gig was first on the scene and rescued the tains silence on the subject and the Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS treaty in which ha
causing great should be sent before 11 am. on day of redress and the promise of an indemnity of sampan people, and the Vancouver took the gig
uneasiness in Spain, Limited. Only supply for fair the expply is £800,000, which Morocco punctually paid. and sampan in tow to the Labin, where the absolute censorship is ca
Cask.
No matter how unpopular the casus belli sampan people were cared for. it might be reasonably thought that the P. O. Box. 34. Telephone No. 13.
country would not withhold the support HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, DES VEUX BOAD Cecessary to carry the war to a satisfactory LONDON OFFICH: 131, FLEST STEBET. EC conclusion. Unless there is something radically wrong, the mere fact that war has been embarked upon should unite all classes, and when that unanimity is not being shown it may be feared that Spain is, in common parlance, in for a bad time, The striking feature of the fighting which Internal dissensions will make it difficult, is taking place between the Spaniards and if not impossible, for her to concentrate as the Moors in the North of Africa is that the ought on the Moroccan east, and the the populace in Spain is opposed to the result will be another humiliston for Spain. carrying on of the war, and the absolute Bo far there has been no estimate of the censorship on news of the campaign bas namber of troops participating in the recent probably been imposed in consequence fighting. Spain is understood to have 6,000 Where Spanish rights are being infringed troops in North Africa, but as all her other by the Moors it might well have been African possessions ura fortified, it may be thought that the country generally would presumed that she has little more than a lave supported the Government in sending thousand men in Melilla to hold the place reinforcements to aid the troops at presont against the Moorish hordes. The Moors in Melilla, and when that support is with are fine soldiers. Possessing the fanaticism held it may be considered that it is due to and fatalisms of the Mohammedans, they political influences or to some more cogent ehow a contempt for death which readers reason. Whatever the explanation it does them the most formidable of foes. More. not emerge from the meagre messages over, they are not without training, and as to hand. Historically, the conflict is they have acquired a sort of lasts for blood as being a renewal of the by reason of the civil war which last year hostilities which were одев waged devastated their land and gave them a new between the Spaniards and the Moors, Sultan, the inference is justified that they though it le safe to say that the old-will not he easily quelled. When it is time jealousy no longer exists. As " the remembered, too, that the Sultan can inuiter glory that was Greece and the grandeur somewhere about 80,000 troops, that he has that was Rome" passed, so did the power some artillery and a disciplined cavalry, is and civilisation that was Moorish. Not will be evident that Sprig has entered on only were the Moors driven out of Spain, something more than border skirmishing, but they were gradually shorn of their and her resources will be taxed, before she territory. Their power waned, until now comes out of it well. It may be the general the Empire is reduced to something like opinion that the places indicated being its original limits. But Spain, not content merely used as penal settlements are not with its victory over the invader, seized worth the trouble of holding against the portions of Moroccan territory, and the Moors, or it may be that there is no con- European Power occupies positions at Coutufidence in the present administration, but, Melilla, Peñon, Alhucemas, and Chaferinas whatever the cause, there can be little doubt Islands on the North Coast of Morocco. That with the country and the Govern ent
The high water in the Yangteze and the
heavy rains, says a Hankow contemporary, are jointly responsible for the telegraph lines at numerous places laving given way, owing to boats and junks ranning up against the wires And breaking the poles. This has been the case at several places betwem Hankew and Shanghai, and has naturally occasioned some dislocation of the general foreign telegram correspondence, it being necessary to divert the bulk of the telegrams over other contes. The sun is the caso on the Western lines, which between the towns of Sientochen and Shaal are submerged for a number of l
No sooner does one typhoon disappear than information reaches the Colony of the existence of another. Thus the typhoon signals were lowered on Saturday evening, and glorions weather prevailed on Sunday The Observatory at Manila, however, cabled on Sunday to the american Consulate General that a cyclone or typhoon existed E. of Luzon, te then 300 miles distant, moving N, NW. Yesterday morning's telegram from Manilas reported the typhoon to be east of the Balintang Channal, moving N. It is of interest to mention that to-night is the anniversary of the typhoon which did so much damage in the Colony last
yeax.
WONDERFUL SHOOTING.
FAST-MOVING SEA TARGET HIT EVERY TIME. What is claimed to be a record night shoot with 12-pounders this year han just be placed to the cralit of two detachments of 37th Com- at Portemouth,
any of the Royal Garrison Artillery, stationed Firing from Fort Albert, Inle of Wight, at two Ecaling targets towed at a spood of from twenty-sight to over thirty miles an hour, at varying distances of about 1,800 yards, the detachruouts achieved the remarkable result of 21 hits in 21 rounde
SUN SPOTS AND TRADE. ⠀
KOTABLE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE JETONIAN
Comparative Monthly Figures
December..... January arte February March .... April....... .............. May
Juna...
Bats
359 50 1118
3.7
Per cent.
SEENCE infected
26 2,3 2.2 1.375 30 2,585 41
1.6
12,421
32,446
200,000
4,125,724 13 toza
1,897, 21 11 1,780 -10% 0.5 1,598 1 The cause of this fortunate condition may be found in the following summary of work under- Than how was kt, six months aftor, when you taken since the discovery of plague-infected rats want to lay flour he said he didn't know you Pin December last: He did not mean he did not know me, but that Bats examined in the Laboratory
Rats trapped Rats poisoned (estimated)... After farther evidence the hearing was Poisoned bafte laid adjourned.
Amount of poison asod Houses rendered temporarily rat-proof 9,296 I feel it my duty to point out, in fairness to the whole foreign staff of the Health Offee and Laboratory and in appreciation of their loyal and conscientious services, that this special On the Cardiff Exchange resently Professor plague prevention work has been undertaken addition to the normal work of the Depart H. Stanley Jevons, of the Bouth Wales Univer-mont, a point which calls for special con sity College, Cardiff, addressed a meeting of alderation. the members on the theory of the influence of
Having practically freed the Beldement of plagas-infested rats it now becomes necessarý ta sumpota on trade eyelet
The lecturer recalled the fact that his father, so whether further steps can be taken to ensure the late Stanley Jevon, had drawn attention to that plague-infected rats will not again bo this subject, but stated that although the latter introduced by ships from
through failure to obtain the ne. If nothing further can be done usable, cossary statistics, to establish the theory as a scientific law, he was convinced of the existence of a direct relationship between the periodicity the periodicity of trade eyeles of the minima and the maxima of sunspots and
WAS
THEORY,
in
plague-ipfeated porta
by the Port Hesith Authority-the Imperial Chinese Mari- time Custoras it will be advisable to make the plague prevention staff, as st present organized, desirable that ships coming from plague-infected permanent one. It would, however, appear The idea underlying the theory was that the ports should be required to present s ourtificate spots on the san affected the heat from of freedom from rats, that procetitions be taken the sun to such an extent as to inflasnoe the in the harbour is unloading such ships sad that productiveness of the earth, and particularly Health Officer, acquainted with modern Fort the yield of grain crops; and that as a plenty Health Work, be appointed to organize such or scarcity of whoat reacted on the demand for, preventive work in the harbour, in addition to and supplies of, other commodities, there was a the work at present being done at the Woosung relationship between the two phenomena.
Ax
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the eastern countries and the variations
Sanitary Station.
The CN. Co. str. Linan left Shanghai an
The C.N. Co.'s str. Changsha left Sydney in the 22nd inst, and is dus here on the 16th prox. the 25th inst, and is dus here on the 28th inst
The CP.R. str. Empress of China arrived
RUSSIAN AND CHINESE WORKMEN.ption in favour of a belief in a direct
The lecturer stated that his present interest LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. A St. Petersburg correspondent of a London had been excited by a learned article written by
eminent meteorologist showing a most strik contemporary kaya:--
The Bussions in Manchuris ara feeling more and more the competition with, the industriousing coincidence between the variations of the Chinese workmen, and there have been many bloody encounters between the two races of late. The latest encounter took place near Harbin, and over a thousand Bussing and Chinese took part in it. The Russian police and troops ar rested 30 Chinese workmen. There were killed on both sides. The general attifad of the Chinese in dealing with Rasians a boo changed completely by the war with Japan, and the change is seen clearly both in the lower walks of liffe nail the in the Government circles in Peking...
in renspots.
With the aid of a number of disgrams dealing with statistics of foreign tande, Professor Jerons showed that this coincidence was to be traced at We D. W. Craddock, Genara
Mr Traffic Agent in various other directions, and that prosperity of the C.P.B. Royal Mail Steamship Line, and depression recurred in periods ranging from informs us that he is in receipt of a telegram seven to ton or eleven years. In so far, there from Yokohama stating they have received a fore, as thin-spot theory enablet one to wireless message from the Captain of the anticipate the future of the trade, not only of FMS: Empress of Japan to the effect that he this country by else of the world, it pointed to the palability of the next boom occurring expects to arrive at Yokohams on the evening either in 1914 or 1917.
of the 27th inst