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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 1909.
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they intend to act. Unfortunately, however,
oven in so short a time as ten years, a good deal may happen that may be an excuse for malifying any promises that may be made, or at least for further postponing their fuldiment, so that it is found that things remain practically as they were under the
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elapsed, something arises as an excuse and the promises are either toned down on account of these unforeseen circumstances
The Hon. Mr. W. Ross Davies, E.0.4-| Attorney-General, turned to the Colony yes. Canton steamers with a box of clothing in his TELEGRAMS. today by the Germa; quail from England
His Excellency, the Governor returned to the Colony yesterday after paying a visit to Canton to return the call of His Excellency the Viceroy-
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possession which he had stolen from his mutar
in Hongkong was dealt with at the Magistriny yesterday, when he was committed to prison for. three months.
Mr. Emmanuel Oliveiro, of the municipal
Mr. C. W. Fairbanke, late Vice-President of | engineering department Singapore, a draughts. the United States, arrived in Manila on Saturday man and surveyor, committed suicide_lust_woek by the Siberia, Mr. Fairbanks accompanies by drowning himself in the ses off Tanjong her husband.
Bhu. Họ had been suffering a great deal mentally Intely and was much cast down over family troubles. He had been many years in the employ of the municipality,
Harmston's Circus, after a successful stay at Tiental, leaves that port to-day for Hongking, where a three weeks' somon will be opened on Saturday, October 2nd.
or are allowed quietly to go by default as may happen to be convenient. The prospecta of representative institutions being granted WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, to China are a good illustration. That it was declared would definitely be done in ten years; then it was declared that this promise had been withdrawn, and at the infested port under the quarantine ragulation ambering eleven, with headquarters st 4
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present time it is by no means clear whether it is intended to do anything within ten
Information has been received by the Govarn-
ment from Colombo to the effect that the notiflation declaring the port of Hongkong an
'has been revoked.
Chinese women are just as kon on gambling as the men, but their opportunities are fever Hongkong of schools" of women gamblers having been arrested by the police, and one lot,
Of late there have been sevem) instances in
1 dez. Qia. 2 doz. Pis, years or any other period. The same may his trip Home yesterday. The General rected one $40, another $10, and the remainder
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mature and in fine condition.
be said with regard to otlar reforms that have been promised as to the currency and the like. "Only wait ten years or av and everything will be right," is the conslant answer, but unfortunately in the meantimo things go on as they are, and unless some thing arises to force the Government to act, the promised reforms are allowed quietly to drop.
This seems to be very much the attitude which has been adopted at Peking ever since the dismissal of Yuan Sri Kar, and the most sanguine must now feat convinced that the Authorities there are determined to make as little change in the old state of things as they possibly can. If, however, the Chinese Goverment see fit to stand still, things generally in the Empire are moving and are doing so, even in China, with the rapidity characteristic of the modern times, Changes are taking place in the ideas of the people at large, which cannot be ignored at Headquarters, and there can be little doubt that in one way or another these changes will have to be provided for. The Chinese officials are naturally very slow to recognise this, but it can hardly be suppos- ed that the more enlightened among them are not fully aware of the awakening that ia taking place in all directions. What
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Major General Breadwood, C.B., commanding H.B.M.'s Troops in South China, returned from
from Japan to Manila in the Siberia and crossed over in the Zajtro.
Cholera has again broken out at the General Hospital at Hankow. There was an outbreak in the hospital last year, and it is alleged that these outbreaks have been due to the ico weed, which was not supplied by the Hankow Ice Works.
Bakow papers woord the death of Mr. S. Severin, an old and trusted servant of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The deceased who was the senior member of the Portuguese community, had beat ailing for a long time.
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A newspaper at Sanarung bears that a scheme in oa foot to build a large dry dock at Macassar, the chief part of Colebes, along with all the workshops required for repairing ships. It pours that the Royal Packet Navigation Co.,
favours the idea.
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LARGEN C.P.R. STEAMERS FOR THE PACIFIC.
LONDON, September 22nd. Sir J. Shaughnessy, Chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., speaking at Vancouver, said the Com- pany must have larger and faster vessels for the Pacific in view of the growth of Oriental trade.
DR. COOK IN NEW YORK,
LONDON, September 22nd. Dr. Cook, the Arctic explorer, has arrived in New York.. He met with
Cheong We lone, wore taken into custody on Tuesday and brought bofore the Magistrate Fosterday. His Worship discharged thro0,
$3 each. A fenture of the arrest was the amount of "gaming" articles seized. Not only were there saveral bezas of dominoes and meds, but the two tables, the half dozen stools, the matting, etc., ware taken by the police. Even a great reception. the clock was removed, it being a "gaming" article, as it, told them how long they could contínas af their pastime before their husbands were expected home.
THE CLIO."
The Clio, about which there har bom so ninah anxiety now happily, relieved, did not reach port. yesterday, the proximity of another
typhoon doubtless inducing her commander to remain in the safe anchorage where she has now been for several days. Apparently, she passed almost through the middle of the typhoon of last Wednesday, but beyond losing some of her light gear she sustained practically no damage. A letter to the Commodore at Hongkong was The N. C. Daily News understands that sent from kor commander by the daitut which large firm in Japan has made a contract with arrived here yesterday. the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ltd., to by 150,000 tons of the "Kaaping" coal The shipments will be made from Chinwangtao, the C. E. & M. Co sport.
We understand that of the five mon captured by the police in the New Territory on suspicion of complicity in the murder of the two Indian police a month ago, three will be placed in the dock on the capital sharge. The others, it is expected, will come forward na witnesses..
THE NEW PORTUGUESE CRUISER
The Portagnese erniser Reine Donha Amilia, Commander Joné do Cunha Lima, arrived at Singapore from Colombo at noon, on the 14th inst. on route to Macro. She is a vesel of 1,680 tons, 5,800 homo-power, and carries fourteen guns and à crew of 250 men. She
intended to remain in port till Friday or Balur-
day, sad should therefore reach Hongkong to-day or to-morrow.
Singapore is agitated over a ghost story. A On her way out the broke her propeller and local resident declares that he saw the ghost of was detained seven months at Port Said waiting. outiful bronze roman, dressed in white, in for a new one from Lisbon. At Aden, she was Government House domain recently. The wo-detained a month waiting for instructions from man, who was searching for something that home, and by the time she gets to her fual she had lost, converted with the resident and destination, Macao, she will be nearly a year on then suddenly vanished,
the voyage
AUSTRALIA AND IMPERIAL DEFENCE..
BRITAIN IN THE PACIE.
LONDON, September 22nd.
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 22nd September.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Beror HIS HONOUR SIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).·
ROBBERY.
Man Ng and Wong Lam were indicted an a charge of rebbory. Prisoners pleaded not guilty, anil the following jurors were called:— J. R. Bayes. (foreman), L. V. Iangstein, J.C. Kitzmanti, E. H. Nearo, E. A. Long, G. Koenig and C. H. W. Kew.
Mr. C. G. Alabaster, instructed by Mr. H. L Dennys, Jr, from the office of the Crown
Solicitor, prosseated on behalf of the Attorney- General, white prisoners were un defended
Mr. Alabaster informed the Court, and jury that the prisoners were charged with robbery at Lantao Island on August 13th. On the night of the 12th a prosecutor, who was grosor, and another, who was a cloth dealer, went to bod in their house. About seven o'clock on the following morning they were awakened by a nombor of men entering their house, one of whom was the first defendant. The second man remained outside to prevent other people enter...”- ing, but he was just as much a party to the crime as it he had been inside. The people Inside committed a serious await on the two prosecutors, and then cleared off with everything they could lay hands où. Two flahermen who were sleeping outside heard cries of “save life,”* and procested towards the house of the promo tors. As they reached the door, the second
A Melbourne telegram states that prisoner, who was outside, threatened to the Minister for Defence in moving after this the robbers departed, and wont take their lives if they entered. Shortly the second reading of the Defence Bill to
Dumbbell Island There they were said the time had arrived for the Com- followed by ons of the prosecutors, who went monwealth to be a buttress to Great and reported the matter to the police, and the Britain and not a burden.
two prisoners warn arrested on the same morn- Great
ing. Both accused made statements, but he Britain, he said, had not a single would not my what these statements contained, battleship in the Pacific, while Japan bocause the prisoners said they had been extorted from them after they were benten by the police had fifteen; Britain had four armoured Apart from those statements, however, there cruisers as compared with Japan's was amplo evidence of identification by which twelve and America's eleven. He the jury would convict the prisoners.
After the story for the prosecution had been. believed that when the Australian told, Fleet was in full operation it would be a most potent argument for peace. The Bill provides for compulsory training.
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN U. S. POLITICIAN.
LONDON, September 22nd, The death is announced of Mr. She will relieve the Fasco da Gama, which Johnson, Governor of Minnesota, who We would remind Scotsmen of the annual for the past few months has been lying in Hong-was a candidate for the Presidency at meeting of the St. Andrew's Society of Hongkong harbour. The Vasco da Gama, it is un- kong which takes phoe at 5:30 this evening at derstood, returns to Lisbon.
the last election, the City Hall In the absence of the retiring
Mr. J.R. M. Smith, the Vice-President, Present, the Hon Mr. W. Chatliam, C.MG., at Heme on holiday, the chair will be taken by
important fact that by degrees the Chinese people over whom they have to rules In charging ín feelings, ideas and even to a large extent in traditions.. Relianco is naturally placed by the officials in their knowledge of their own people, in the success with which they have contrived to keep them together and to govern them in past years. They naturally concluded that NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLT Communications relating to the new if they could manage to govern the people solumn should be addressed to Tun EDITOR. address with communications addressed to the will be able to get over difficulties which are Comspondents must forward their names and in the past, they can continue to do so, and Editor, not for publication but as evidence of not more serious than many they surmount good faith.
All letters for publication should be written on Į ed ia former times. It is forgotten that No arony mosty signed communications that both the country and the people who have have already appeared in other papers will be to be governed differ from the traditiona!
one side of paper only.
inserted.
The Rev. J. A. A. Baker, Wesleyan chaplain, who has been recuperating at Kullag, is expected back by the German Mail steamer Derfinger on Saturday. He has announced his
The captain ́of the Reïnha Dona. Amelía is well known in eastern waters when he was in command of the gunboat Liberal.
Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS China and the traditional Chinese, with 'intention to preach at Wanchai on Sunday made with the building, and the following details should be sent before 11 am on day of which the old-fashioned reactionary morning next, and the Bev. R. Hutchinson, of
publication. After that hour the supply ioffcials are familiar-and that what may limited. Only supply for Cash.
Telegraphic Address: PEZS8. Colis:A.B.G. 5th Ed. Lieber,
P. O. Box., B1. Telephone No. 19.
BIRTHS.
On September 14th, at Shanghai, to Dr. and Mr. BALKAN, 802.
Or entember 14th, at Shangazi, the wife of
Mr. F. Crosszat, of a d ́ughter.
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have sufficed in the past to keep things together in some kind of way may be quite inadequate under the changed circumstances.
It can hardly be believed that even the most reactionary of Chince officials are umware of the changes which are apprent On September 18th, at Chapsen, near Changsha, to all who have given any attention to what E. Box, Capt. of ND.L. steamer Heis, aged has been going on in China of late years. On September 17th, at Shanghai, Frex C. That something must be done to bring an SIMONEN (US. Navr, retired), aged 60 years.
antiquated form of government into confor
LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STEMST, EC HONGKONG OFFICE: 10, DES YEUX ROAD Omity with the new state of things must be
35 years.
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HONGKONG, Burtember 23rd 1909.
recognised by many of the officials, who unfortunately have not the courage to state what are their true opinions. It may be hoped, however, that the facts will, at last. be recognised and that by degrees the opinions of the more advanced statesmen
THE NEW JAPANESE LINE-OF- BATTLE SHIPS.
Work was commenced on the battleship Kawaskt on the 1st of April last at Yokosuks, and on the battleship Settou in the middle of February at Kure. It is stated that rapid progress is being are given about the ships:Displacement 20750 Yingiak, will take the evening service. Rev, tons; armament fourteen 12-in. gans, top 6-in. B. Ellison, who has been acting-chaplain and twelve 4.7-im; speed. 22 knots. station at Shiuchow, North River, early in during Mr. Baker's absence; will return to his |
October,
SWALLOWING DIAMONDS
Three Chinamon were arrested at Tanjong | Pagar, Singapore, last week, na they were shout to leave for Chins with jewellery valued at 35,837 which was stolen from a second-land shop så 662, North Bridge Rd. about six weeks.
DISASTROUS HURRICANE IN AMERICA.
LONDON, September 22nd. A disastrous hurricane has swept the Missisippi valley.
The damage to New Orleans alone is estimated at a million dollars and five persons lost their lives.
Sergeant Gordon was called, and gave crid- ence as to the identification of the prisoners at
the Central Police Station.
Ware you present when the prisoners mado atatements in the Central charge room P-Yes. Did you use any violence towards them, or any of them ?--I did not.
Did anyone --Not to my knowledge. Witness was then questioned by the first defendant:
Is it not a fact that in the first instance I
was brought to Hongkong in ander te identity some other person P-No, you were brought over under arrest.”
Accused-That is not in, my Lol.
Is it not a fact that when I filled to identify anyone another constable had a conversation with you, after which you fisted me on my chout P-No:
Did you not beat me at random, at dusk →→E did not.
The first defendant, in his stateirent, said that when taken to the Changshan Police Station, he was asked how many merr took part in the robbery. When he said he know nothing about it he was awaited to such an extent that promised to do so a Chinose constable bastustel he was compelled to admit the charge. After ho
hiza. how to word, his statement, and he tailored
The storm is general along the Gulf out the instructions. He was also told that If he went before the magistrate and pleaded guilty Coast The waterfront streets of his sentence would not be more than ten day Mobile are flooded and shipping is imprisonment, but if he did not. it would be
Longés endangered.
The storm continues unabated and
Yesterday the steamer Anhui, two days overine, come into port. Shy did not har any typhon experience, having wisely azon shater in Haitan Straits before the storms on the order or the police after bin is spreading to the Ohio valley and
burst Mr. Butler Wright, who will appear at the British Consular Court at Canton to-day
oua harge of emberling moneys belonging to the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Chaton Kailway, was a pasenger. He appeared to his allow amongus, with whom he played enjoy the voyage, making himself agree to
bridge nightly, He seemed in good spirits.
ago. When saw him and It is believed that he swallowed a dozen or the Great Lakes. more. Sergt. Donovan seized him by the throat nad resoned a number of valusile stones as he THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF was in the not of swallowing them.
THE CAPITATION T-X IN SIAM.
THE POSITION OF THE CHINESE BRITJAN
SUBJECT.
they will not be required to pay the capitation
IT ought to be encouraging to those who will be acted upon, at all events sufficiently Church Missionary Fociety. In October the definitely, and the present position is causing
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to pravout any serious consequences from look for progress in Chins that of late years continued delay. The mistake that has beea modification of the old formula with made has been to promise before being fully regard to the introduction of reform in the prepared to carry out the promises. Nothing internal administration of the Empire has is more calculated to engender discontent. been adopted by the Peking Authorities. Even the old plan of indefinitaly past In former days, they followed the very posing considerations of reforms was safer simple plan of assuring the Foreign Repre- than such a course. This mistake the Fe sentatives and others who pressed any king Government have apparently dis measures of improvement on their consider covered, but what their course should be ation that they were but too anxious to is apparent that is, they should abstain follow their suggestions, only it must be from misleading promises but, as it must done by very careful degrees. Festina lente be admitted they have done, in some in thus became the motto rigidly followed, and stances, introduce such reforms in specific there was generally so much of the iente that directions as aie manifestly required, tiking the promises mule vers forgotten for the care that each individual reform is in the most part by the simple lapse of time. direction of altering the mode of adminie. Festins lente thus came practically to mean tration as a while, when the time comes for ---do nothing at all. Of late years there has such a change.. been improvement upon this plan. Instead of promising reforms at an indefinite period the principle has been adopted of promising them in as short a time as ten years. This, of course, is a commendable advance on the old basis, by at least defining how slowly
The English Mail of the 21st August was
delivered in London on the 20th inat.
We regret to learn that two more deaths from cholera have occurred in Chefeo,
CHINESE: PORK,
LONDON, September 22nd.
The second defendant said he was sink, on the day of the robbery, and be master gave him $10 to buy medicine. On his way to purchase it * constable unfortunataly saw the $10 in his pocket and arrested him.
When he appeared before the not grant
he was awaulted until he was black and blus all over. When asked where he got the money be said it was his own, and was again mamanited. While being assaulted the sergeant continued.
A port by the Medical Officer of saying, Name some of the roblems. the hand, naine them." Each time the sergeant said this European and Indian British subjects in the Port of London states that in his ha prodded the defendant until he ultimately Within a few months three British missionary Bangkok, may the Bangkok Tines, believe that inspection of the Chinese pork re-promised to admit the charge. He was taught secretaries will be on tours of inspection of the missionary atna la Chius. Bishop Ingham is tar this year, but expect they will have to docently imported he found no trace of what to say, and followed his instructions. already on has the representative of the next year. But what is the law in regard to
The jury, without retiring, purned a verdict Chinese British subjects? None of them know trichinosis.
of guilty, and each of the prisons was sentane-- Rev. C. Stodaford, the newly appointed sure. great dissatisfaction. They have understood
ed to three years' imprisonment with hand labour.. AEROPLANES FOR SITAM. · tary of the United Methodist Church Missions, that they are to be treated exactly the same
ALLEGED THROWING OF COMKORTVE PLUND...
Li I Tam was arraigned in will start on a une months tour, extending as other British subjecte, except in regard to
Since the appearance of their advertisement
charge of the special arrangement in the Courte for Etro- from Shanghai to Iman. The other means, and no other notice having been given have had a number of inquiries, toolading The same jurors sat as in the previous case,
re flying machines the Bangkok Dok Co., Ltd., throwing a corrosive fluid with intent to bar. the owly appointed secretary of the London Lion as a sufficient answer to the demand for the however, to be a general disposition to wait for place at seven o'clock on the svining of the 8th siorsy tourist is the Bor. G. Carrie Mariis, they have regarded their certificate of registraveral from Siamese sources. There seems, Mr. Alalaster stated that this occurrən de tsok Missionary Society, who loves London early arrested in the streets with scaut ceremony, and exported that the East order will quickly be instant. Prosecutrix knew the prisoner, and taz. A number of them have however, been someone else to place. definite order. It is in November. He will visit at the stations have been compelled to pay to get out of the followed by several others. One intending owed hixa 6, which might supply some motive. from Feking to Hongkong. One object of the lock-up. They are desirous of obeying the law,
purchaser seriously visit is to form a advisory councilst the but they have a right to know what the law it condition y agreed to buy an aeroplane She would say that on the evening in question. a four-seater was applied she was walking along Gough Street, and. The answer received was evidently disappoint Chinese missionaries, so as to co-ordinate is far
LATEST STEAMER MOVKMENTS, ing. Owing to the great demand is Exrope, a turned of to go down sime steps. At. premium will have to be paid for rapid delivery, the bottom of the steps someone threw The C.N. Co.'s.str. Tean left Manila on the but those who will be content to receive their vitriol, on her back, and on turning.
airships within, say, twelve months will not be called upon for any increase in the advertised she saw the prisoner, who throw some more on price.—Bangkok Times.
laer face. Prisoner then escaped, but shortly afterwards prosentrix saw him with his sweet- heart, and the pair balted in opposite directions. Subsequently the defendant was arrested, Saigo is a bad part for stowaways. The Opinion tells how a young Engishman, 18 Court, sail he did not really know why he was Defendant, in his statement, before the years old, found himself stranded at Hongkong passage to Liverpool, he stowed himself on prostitute, and prostitutes bad generally a lot. the other day, and, having no money to pay his implicated in this affair, Priscontrix w Ł board a Messagerie Maritimes steamer which of enemies. Perhaps one of them did this, or arrived at Saigon on September 3, There he was handed over to the police who brought bit may have been that one of her sweethearts before the magistrate on September 6. The was his enemy, and told her to mouse him. latter antonged him to three months' impris After a short retirement the jury unapi- onment. The stowaway pleaded in excuse that he wanted to go to Liverpool to see hissly found the accused not guilty, and Hit
Lordship discharged him.
as possible the work in the various province,
Discussing the recent Manchurian settlement,
a San Francisco contemporary romarts -- "Sovereignty can not be diaasspeistad frommer We may repine as much as we please, but the reign of any country la he wie Laas the over to compel obedience and does compel it. And upon that unquestionably sound theory the Mikado of Japan is the sovereign of onhern Manchuria, and the Czar of all the Bussis the overign of North Manchuria. In the
extent that they desire to exercise authority in Manchuria they do exercise it. And in both cases they exercise it in violation of treacles to which this country and many other comtries Mr. J. A. Masson, of the I. M. C, and aaro parties. What are we going to do' schoolgirl named Mabel Botham.
about it?"
21st inst, and is die here to-morrow.
The H-A. Linie str. Belgravia left Singapore on the 20th instant a., and may be expected here on the 26th instant a.m.
The F.M. str. China sailed from Yokohama,
on route for Hongkong on the 22nd inst, and is due to arrive at this port on the 2nd prox
The Bark Line str. Suveric arrived at Manils on the 20th inst.
str. Emeet Simons, which left this port on the The cargo of Silk shipped on board the MM. 17th atizo, was delivered in Lyons on the 20th instant.
The O.P.R. str. Monteagle arrival Shanghai at 2 nm. yesterday, and loft again at 7pm. arrive at 6 s.m. tomorrow. Bame day for Nagamaki, where she is due to The Mogul Line str. Ghasee loft Singapore on the 22nd instant for Hongkong,
AN ENGLISH STOWAWAY FOUND.
mother,