THE LATE PRINCE ITO.
THE ROMANTIC BEGINNINGS OF A GREAT CAREER
The reference books tell us that the great statesman of Japan whose career has just
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 1909.
Heco picked up a knowledge of English and became a ustaralised American altisen before he again crossed the Pacife, and in 1854, have said, Kido and Ito sought his nasistance at Nagasaki, “They at once" Heco writes in his interesting autobiography, fell to saring me questions about foreign matters-more specially about the history of England and Amerios, their institutions, governments and so forth. I
LOCAL SPORT.
FOOTBALL.
H.K.P.C. SIX-A-BIDE‹
F. G. Carroll's VI. played W.-Weston's-sir yesterday orening and the game resulted in ax easy win for the latter by 3 goals to nil
The match reported in yesterday's lasue should
THE WORLD'S GREATEST CITY IN FIGURES.
7,537,196 PEOPLE,
Faste more amazing than anything in the Arabian Nights" are included in the London statistics for 1908-9, published by the London County Connell.
been so tragically ended was born in Sep-answered their queries to the best of my ability of both our Government and people to strive have been shown as a win för Weston and not Gristor London is becoming, how enormous ité |
tember, 1841, that he escaped to England with Count Inouys in the days of the last Shogun and took part on the Imperial aide during the war which led to the Bestoration." This brief statement covers a story of the roost romantic interist. We are not aware that any adequate biography of the great statesman has ever been written. From time to time Prince Ito has been arged to write au autobiography, but whether we are destined to have that fascinating story from his own pan Time will show. Ite Hirobomi was born of humble parontage, and the first time wo come across his name in the literature which has been writton about Japan we are told of hits being smuggled on to an English ship in the dead of night to proceed to England with the object of improving his education. This first interest. ing and important incident in his fascinatingly told in "Gleanings from Japan," by Dr. W. G. Dickson, and we give the story in the author's own words :--
career is
"Upon a fine summer evening in 1862, while residing with a friend in Tokohama under the bospitable roof of Musara. Jardine, Matheson & Co. I returned home in the evening, and in passing through the little garden looking out to the beautiful boy of Yado, I observed four young Japanese in European dress standing among the bushes and ovidently wishing to avoid observation. I inquired who they wore, as at that time four men lurking in a corner of a garden and trying to escape observation implied business of some kind--it might be with their bons, it might be with their swords. To my inquiries I was told that they were four young Samurai whom the Daimio of Choshiu wished to send to England, to finish there the education which had been commenced in their native schools, and whe by their energy bad shown themselves worthy of being singled out to develop their talents by the study ot head-quarters of foreign languages and European arts and solemn that, in short, were standing there till a suitable oppor: they might recur during the evening eluding the vigilance of the officers on shore, and the Yakunins on board the steamer, to ship them on board the vessel unseen by say of their countrymen. Knowing the Captain of the vessel, I volunteered to take them off at once in the Captain's gig, manned sa it was by Chinese. Getting longside, I hailed the Captain, and making him if he could entertain.
of
The dider (Kido) expressed himself as very much interested in the Constitution of the United States he said it was quite new to him." It had struck Heon that though both his visitors seemed very pleased with his frank.com. voraation and became very friendly, yet they were not at all inclined to be communicative about themselves. He mentioned this to his banto, who admitted that he recognised Kido as a Choshiu caraurai with whom he had on many occasions associated, and when Heco subsequently casually remarked to his visitors that their accent and dion amoked more of the Inland Sea than of Satenme, and inquired point-blank ifKido's namo was not Katsura, astonishment overspread their faces and then followed smiles and explanations: "We are very unjustly considered and treated as robola by the Shogan's Government, and on this account we borrow Satama's name whenever we come to Nagasaki on business.”
how
Clut
TABLE TO DATE.
Drawn.
CHAU Points.
Goal For Aget.
8
I 5
3
4
1
2
061 6 0
AUFFS INTER-COY, SHIELD.
Two matchen wore played on the Military Ground in the first round of this competition
Festerday afternoon. The first match C Coy.
evenly contested game from start to finish. It Coy. commenced at 3 p.m., and was a very was a sight to see Taylor and Drow against sach half-back as Dare, and although Dare's teamn -lost by the only goal of the match, F Coy, were decidedly lucky in qualifying for the second round. The second game E Coy. . H. Coy, was a vary one-sided gume, ""E" eventually winning by three goals to nil.
"This is perhapse fitting opportunity togive. a brief and reliable outline of many Improve austs introduced into Japan. Fow but native Japanese have any correct knowledge of our country's internal condition.
Que Mission, under special instructions from His Majesty the limpares, ville seeking to protect the rights and interests of our respective nations will seek to unite them mare closely in the future, convinced that we shall appreciate cach other more when know each other better.
To-day it is the carnest wish for the highest points of civilisation enjoyed by Gregory. more enlightened countries. Looking to this and, we have adopted their Military, Naval, Scientific, and Educational Institutions, and knowledge has flowed to as freely in the wake of foreign commerce. Although our
| W. Weston's VI. ... 3 2 improvement
rapid in civilisation, terlal
the mental improve. F. G. Carrel's VI. 3 2.1 0 J. D. Danby's VI. 2 0 0 2 while held in absolute obedience by despotic A. Gregory's VI 3 0 2 1 ment of our people has been far greater. Soveraigns through many thousand years, our H.LO. Garrett's V1.1 0 1 0.0 people knew no freedom or liberty of thought. With our material improvement they learned for ages had been denied thom. Civil war to understand their rightful privileges, which
was but A temporary resalt
prin dairatos magnanimously surrendered their win. Within cipalities, and their voluntary notion was ac- a year a feudal system firmly established many cepted by a general Government, centuries ago has been complotaly abolished. What country in the middle ages broke down "By educating our woman we hope to unsure its faudal system without war? greater intelligance in future generations. our maidens have already commenced their education. Japan cannot claim originality as yet, but will aim to exercise practical wisdom by adopting tho advantages, and avoiding the errors, taught her by the history of those enlightened nations whose experience is their teacher. A year ago, I examined minutely the financial system of the United States, and every detail was reported to my Government. The suggestions then made have been adopted, and we are already in practical operatio
In the Department of Public Works, now under my administration, the progress has been satisfactory. Railroads are being built, both in the eastern and western portions of the Empire Telegraph wires are stretching over many hundred miles of the territory and The competition is a triangular contest and nearly one thonsand miles will be completed within a few months. Lighthouses now line the final issue now depends on whether 88 Coy.
All our coasts, and our shipyards are active.
can beat 83 Coy., 88 Coy. having defeated 87 these aanist our ofvilisation, and we rally ac
“As ambassadors, and man, our hope is to knowledge our indebtedness to foreign nations Coy, in the previous Match return from the Mission laden with resulte vainable to our country and calculated to ad- vance permanently her motorial and intellectual While bound to protect the sights condition. and privileges of our people, we aim to in crasse our eommerce and by a corresponding increase of our productions, hope to create a healthy basis for their greater activity.
*Tins, se burdened with precious opportuní- ties, we can ill afford to waste. Japan is anxious to press forward. The red disc in the centre of our National flag shall no longer appear sealed empire, but henceforth be in fast, what it is designed from England through an English Arun into be, the noble emblem of the rising sun, Nagasaki and that although some of these were moving onward and upward amid the en- to be sent out directly they would be practically lighted nations of the world.” useless since the Prince had no officers who know anything of navigation, and that he (the Prince of Choshin) was szoeedingly anxions to
The business which brought them to Na. gasaki on this occasion was to soek Hoeo's assistance in helping the Restoration more ment by explaining to foreigners the real attitude of the Choshiu Clan, namely, that it was their desire to see the governing power fully restored to the real and legitimate sovereign, the Mikado, and that the Shogun should be deprived of the power which his pre- decessors had usurped and he himself had retained. They deemed this essential to the pose and progress of the Empire, as well as to the development of foreign intercourse which it coming month
was their wish to encourage, later they again visitad Nagasaki. In the moan time the Restoration had been making rapid
Civil war was
imminent. Kide progress. wanted Heco's assistanos in getting Ito (who had already acquired a knowledge of English) placed on some British man-of-war on the station. A, portrait of Ito taken at this time shows him in black frock cost, white trousers and wearing a white helmet. Heco's acquaintance with English val officere was very limited, but when Admiral Keppel esme into port a few days later, Hece got an introduction to him, and with Kids and Ito went off to see the Admiral. It was ex- plained to the Admiral that the Prince of gunboats Choshin had ordered several
容
wafer over LikeTM B
Ito's Ambsequent career has nothing of the same glamour of romance except in the rapidity of his advance to the highest offices of the State,
the Yaknnins in the cabin for a few minutes, wa soon saw the four young men safely stowed away in a sabin out of sight of the officials, who were to leave the vessel for the night in a few hours. These were the forerunners of coming changes of revolution, of the overthrow of existing institutions, of impovarislucent and degrada tion to some,
of wealth and station to others. Tiny were all natives of Nagato, and subjects of the Prince of Choshin, and at his expense they were sent to England to study and report upon the conditions of Europass nations, their manners and customs, arts and solences. It is improbable that in doing this, this noble was aware or had any prosentiment that he was paring the way for his own effacement, for and the power the loss of his principality and the of therewith sorested, for all existing fondal institutions in Japan, and the demolition of the Boheme Government set up by the Tokugawa family, through which he was what he was. these young men were thus surreptitionsly buddled out of the country and they doubtless felt
some humiliation in laying aside the two swords which they were entitled an Samural to wear and enjoined to respect, and in donning, Bat Ito did not join the Bodney with the Instead of their own plcturesque dress, the hated object of learning navigation. A few days stiff foreign garb-yet there was some compons before the Rodney was ready to sail, Kide made tion for the step, and its dopressing concomi tanta, in the face of their having been selected "an important communication" to Hooo. "He from among their fellow-students on account of said it was the wish of the Mikado's party (ie. On many cousions in the course of the great the talent they had shown, and the superiority the Choshin, Bateuras and Toss clone) to have constitutional struggle had his life been in over their compeers of intellect, and aptaess for Ite placed on board an English warship in order danger, but he long outlived the fanatical acquiring and assimilating such pabulum as would be placed before them in a practical that he might watch events at Kioto and Osska hatred his measures engendered among those education in Europe. Their subsequent career from a diafance." What Ito learnt of naviga wedded to the old ideals, and no statesman up to this time appears to have justified the tion is not related. The crisis had been reached. in any country has enjoyed in fuller measure
have some of his people placed on an English It is a record of strenuous labour in many that directions. He went again to Europe and warship. "The Admiral's answer it would give him great pleasure to comply Amorim in 1891 to gather material for the with the Prince's request; that Mr. Ite, or framing of a Constituation for Japan He any other of his officers would be welcome on founded the present system of Government, board any of the vessels on the station, and that established the present order of peerage in when the Rodney came in he would at once Japan, and was first President of the make the necessary arrangements with her House of Pears; he had been Prime Mr. Kido then said that hie Minister on five occasions, had been President commander. Thongh
Government would defray all expenses, to which of the Privy Council, the first Resident the Admiral said that that would be all right when Mr. Ito get on board"".
General of Korea, and for many years the most trusted adviser to the Throne. His strenuous life had left his health unimpaired and at the age of sixty-eight he seemed oap. able of rendering for many years to come services of the highest valus to his country,
-Judging by the play-of-the-E Coy, team thoy will take a lot of beating, and may be regarded As likely winners.
R.G.A. INTER-COY. SHIELD. "
This competition was advanced a step further yosterday afternoon when 87 Coy. met and defeated 83 Coy, on the Naval Ground by fire goals to hit 87 Coy, had the assistance of five of the R. A. team, and Watts and Cramp toga. ther were responsible for the Hive goals, Watts scoring three and Crump two,
INTERPORT PROGRAMME.
Hongkong (Cricket)
4.
0. Shanghai
Nov. 1909. 19th Friday 20th Saturday 22nd Monday
Shanghai v. Straits (Cricket) 23rd.Tuesday 24th Wednesday--Hongkong. Etraits (Tennis) 25th Thursday Hongkong v. Straits (Cricket) 26th Friday 27th Saturday Hongkong v. Shanghai (Tennis) 2943 Monday-Shanghai. Straits (Tennis) 1st day Cricket Interport Champions versus the World.
30th Tuesday 2nd day Cricket Interport Cham-
plous aerate the World.
.
Dec. let, Wednesday-Tounis Interport Chara- piops versus the World. (time permitting). This programme is, of course, subject to alteration.
THE EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN LINE
We take the following from an illustrated supplement published by the Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney) :----
They show how overwhelming the vastness of wealth le, and how its millions of inhabitants work, travel, inarry, amuse themselves, and
govern-themselver,
The present population of Greater London is estimated at 7,537,196, of whom
4,339 are catinsillars or guardians.
18,000 are policemen.
551 are reagistrates.
664,294 are parliamentary electors.
43,998 are old-age pensionora.
148,644 are paupere.
Its area is 443,419 nares, and it possessos:
991,383 houses.
2,151 miles of streels.
127 miles of tramways, 700 miles of omnibus routes.
15,848 cores of open spaces and parks. Its wealth, of which the following figures
***
give some idea, is almost past computation: Rateable value...... £44,323,704 Importa for the year 209,672,562 Exports for the year .. £74,768,238 These imports amounted to 32.4 per cent. of
the total imports of the United Kingdom, and were brought to the Thames in no fewer than 22,531, ships,
The bill of Ears of London's inhabitants for the year included:-
-409,730 tons of dead mest.
193,820 tons of fish. 534,691 cattle and sheep.
VAST FOOD SUFFLY.
In addition there were imported for their consumption:-
Butter (cwts.) Whost (cwls.)
1,350,807 17,344,600
Eggs (great hundreds)
5,647,882
Rabbits
429,980
Condensed milk (owta.)
433,870
Banacas (bunches)
943,421
Oranges (onte)...
1,854,964
Onions (butbols).
1,623
1,183.567
+
Potatoos (orts.)... Rice (ents.) Currants (owta) Dates (cute) Grapes (owls) Tea (lbs.)"... Wine (galls.) Raisins (owts.) Lemons (cwts.)....... Lard (owts.) Pickles (galls.) Tomatoes (owbs.). Cheese (owta:)... Some of the other articles ported for their use were:---
Canes and sticks Carios (worth)... Matches (gross boxss) Lamp vila (galls) Fore
2,888.287
417.196 281,767 310,224,187
306.136
7,434,799 358,282
451,314
353,360
1,430,363
465.557 1,093,958
which were ime.
140
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I
40,005,920 £190,793 4,579,788 65,052,987 87,436,975 486,481,782 In their houses, shops, and factories they consumed 219,040,000 gallons of water daily, and their consumption of fuel and light for the year amounted to:--
Sheep's wool (Iba,)
Coal (tons)
6,572,857 43,000,000 85,625,474 Some of the most interesting statistics relate to the ages at which Londoners marry. The favourite
AGEN AND Bachelors
Gas (thousand ouble foot) Electricity (unita)
Spinsters Widow...
.25 and 21
30
*** 21 and 25 Two-thirds of the bubbelors married
at
Widows who marry bachelors usually select men five years younger than themselves, but when they marry widowers they usually wait.
forty-fire. until they are forty, and select husbands of
year.
FEW KABLT MARRIAGES.
BABY'S AWFUL
CASE OF ECZEMA
Terrible Humour from Head to Foot -Had to be Wrapped in Cotton Wool-Discharged Uncured After Three Months In Infirmary- Scratched Until Bandages were Soaked with Blood.
DREADFUL DISEASE-
CURED BY CUTICURA
My little boy is barely two years old, and, when he was about eight months old he had to undergo an opera- Hon and have something taken out of El face. But when the time came for the operation to take place he bad broken out with ema to such an ex- tent that he was one mass from head to foot and had to be wrapped in cation wool, He was for three months in the -Infirmary, under three doctors. They managed to get him sufficiently well to operate on him, but could not cure him, and at the end of three months turwed him out with his shoulders and top parts of his poor little arms one mass of thick scabs, so bad that they sent splints with him in case they would be needed. The worst places were, unfor- tunately, just where all the weight of his clothes hung on them, and one had only to look at the child to know what be suffered. Though I put banriages an at night, he managed to rub or scratch them till he was soaked in blood and corrupt matter-in the morning, and the rage had to be made wet to get them od, as they were stuck fast to the places. I got one each of Cuticura Boap, Cuti- ours Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent. From the very frat application he began to mend, and in less than a fortnight be was quite clear and now, at the end of few weeks, it is scarcely possible to teil where the places were." He cannot say many words, but I was quite touched when he once showed his arms, telling me it had all gous," and the subject had not been mentioned. It has quite, set him up and he is getting quite a trice strong boy, not a bit like he was. I bave recommended Cuticura to several suffering with eczema. Mrs. F. Webb, Alderton, nr. Towcester, Northampton- ahire, Eng., July 3, 1908."
Complete Extegral and Internal Treatment for Berry Humour of fulanta, Children said Aduits con- subs of Catlour Beep to feanno são Hlein, Busieurs Datment to mi bo Bido and Cuticura Resolvgat File to Purify the Binod. A Binzie Set often Curta, Hold throughout the want. Depole: London, 27,
Bai Paris J. Rue de la Pal 3. THEN & Óơu Uráney, 9o. Atrics, Lennon, Lape Town, , the... U.S. A Potter Dres C. Corp, Bosten. Post-ime from London dapa, maps of Cuticurn, with book onekin diesemos
54-20
The year began with American cotton of middlling quality selling at 50. a pound, a ressonable price, giving planters and brokers. fair returns and enabling spinners and manufac tarers to put goods into the markets at unleable rates. Throughout the first four months of the year nothing arose to cause any serious alarm in the trade, though there was an uneasy feeling in Lancashire that too apinning milla had bean serested; that the
yarn from them would be largely in cross of the demand, Still, up to the end of April cotton had not advanced to more than 54d. a pound, and the powerful Lancashire Federation would not of the agree to systematised short-time running final milla, though it was known that many firms were compelled by the condition of their order books to restrict output very largely.
The ontlook grew worse as the year advanced. In May and June much short time was run on the Continent. Mr. Kaffer told the Interna tional Congress at Milan in May that owners of
20 per cent of the Austrian spindles had agreed to reduce the working hours by 16 per cont. Baron Cantoni said that in Italy half the spindles were working short time.
CONTINUED ADVANCE IN PRICE.
The price of cotton continued to rise. In month later it was 6d. a pound. By this time the position in Lancashire was most serions. the middle of May it reached 538, a pozni, a The Federation again strongly urged their members to join in a scheme for the surtail.
per cent of the spindles agreed to run only ment of production; another vote was taken, and on this ocasion the owners of over 90 forty hours a week instead of 55 hours for a period of ten weeks. In this way the produc but the smaring thing was that though the output was largely reduced the cotton brokers in America, England, Germany, and France. owing to reperta that next season's crop would further to prices. By the end of Jane
selection. They are Nomura, Ito, Boonds and The Rodney's voyage to Hlogo took much longer the love and veneration of his sonny but the first-named proved an unprofitable poorest distriata. The following rates pertion of cotton goode was reduced by one-fourth
Inouyay."
It was this Ito who became the greatest figure in the modern history of Japan, and the names of his comrades in that adventure are also
His
handed over she was
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be compare small, were enabled still.
614
GENERAL DEPRESSION.
in
No doubt
twenty-five or twenty-one, but one had reached the age of seventy-five, and four were seventy It must be admitted by all that the Eastern years old. Almost half the spinsters married and Australian Company, or the "E. & Ast twenty-one, but seven of them had passed Line, as it is more commonly known, has dones their sixfleth year. fair share towards developing the extensive trade now being carried on between Australia and the East. It was formed in 1875, and for the first few months of its oxistence the service
Taking all classes, by far the most popular was maintained by chartered steamers. The first of them to make her appearance was the ages for marriage are twenty-one and twenty Sun Foo," and she was followed by the "Tom are, only 383 persons of less than twenty years Mereten," "Jeddah," "Legislator," and "Flat- of age being married in London during the Another striking fact made clear by the shire." In 1874 the, Company purchased the "Sun Foo." "Somerset," and Normanby, statistics is that the birth rate is highest in the than had been contemplated, for calls were men than did Prince. Ito during the last
thonsand parsons give some comparisons :---
Hampstead 15.1 Bethnal Green...31.7 wrecked in the vi made at many intermediate places in the Inland afteen years of his life. No statesman or soldier venture, for on the first trip after being
31.0 Marylebone 180 Poplar The trade showed
33.0 S. By the time Hiogo was reached the civil in Japan has had greater honcars bestowed upon cinity of Hongkong.
Kensington 19.0 Shoreditch Hammersmith...19.4 Stapney. ...33,6 war bad begun. The Shogun had reigned his him by his Imperial sovereign; and sons have marked signs of improving, and in order to be
31.7 fully prepared to cope with it the directors
Bermondsey inscribed On the roll of distinguished post, had first retired to his castle at Caka, more rishly deserved them.
There was a noteworthy decrease in the infant middling American cotton had advanced to statesmen. Ito, spent two
It is profitless to dwell upon the horror decided to supply largar steamers, and the or three years and subsequently got on board an Americen
Brisbane,
"Bowen," and "Singapore" were death rate during the year.
a pound. It went up another farthing of the tragedy which has then built. They were very fine oralt of from eath ordinary Hook day 8,566 trains ran into July, remains had advanced to
stationare in Angust, aut o in England, and was befriended by Mr.warship and fed secretly to Yedo. As a conse- and sadness Matheson, of the Princely House." quence the Bhogun's authorities at Hiogo had brought the famous statesman's life to so900 to 1,000 tons, and although great favourites, London, and in one month 9,745,669 persons
the huga expansion in the number of spindles powerful return was hastened by the rapid develop chartered an American vessel, and, taking with sudden a close. Now that the labourer's a further addition, ie, the Queensland" was travelled to inaer London from suburban sta-
soon made to the fleet. These vessels maintain- tions. The passengers carried during the year had strengthened the hands of the ment of the movement aiming at the crerthrow them all the treasure and the official documents, task is o'er, the Japanese nation in the
keeping up prices. In five years, socording of the Shogunate and the restoration of the had likewise sailed in her for the Toka-silent manliness of grief will find comforted the service uninterrupted for about three by the railways, tramways, and omnibuses syndicates who were angaged succosefully in
years, then the Mermair" was introdtood. numbered 1,221,453,458,
Catterthun and Mikado to full power and authority as head of gave Capital. Ito, on learning the posture in the reflection that the life of the deceased. She was followed by the
Londonors despatched 922,800,000 letters to an estimate made by Mr. C. W. Macars, the State, a movement with which the Choshiu of affairs, at once landed, and collecting statesman, so long consecrated to the highest Tannadice" in 1881, and about three years and 24,947,000 telegrams during the year. The the head of the English and the International later the " Guthrie " and " Airlie" took up the attendance at the public swimming berths Federations, they have increased throughout and Batsuas clans were conspicuously iden- tified. Ito on his return, if not before bearing the party aresta, went to the vacant with splendid achievements which will remain for many years, and the vessels then engaged 6,934,097 books from the public libraries.
small body of men with flags and lanterne service of the State; has been so completely filledanning. No further building was indulged in resched 3,732,833, and 251,608 persons borrowed the world from 105 millions to 135 millions.
were more then up to requirements, and thair. The public obszition for the year smounted his departure, came under the influence of une Castome House and Governor's office and took an enduring monument to his memory,
accommodation, besides being equal to that
to the enormous sum of £12,000,000, and, in Kids, the son of a doctor in the retinue of the possession of them in the name of the Mikado.
of any vessels trading to Australia, was more addition, £3,754,326 was spent in maintaining Choshin daimio. Kido was Ito's sexior by eleven He thereapon wrote to his friends in Kyoto
than ample for the passenger traffic. How- ever, the trade carried on with the East years, As a young man he was chiefly distin- informing them, of what he had done and re-
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued ulimatoly asserted itself again, and as touriste other cities, as the following figures for the Even as regards its weather London excels gulshed-for his skili in fencing; and established questing them to send down troops for the the following report:-
were than directing their attention towards the year prove school in Yedo (now Tokyo), where protection of the town. The request was On the 26th at 2.30 p.m.--Signals to wered.
wonders and delights of China and Japan, it On the 27th at 11.55 s.m.-The typhoon, was decided to dispose of the Airlie" and fencing and Chinese literature were taught promptly complied with, and at the same
*Guthrie," and replace them with the remark
■ common combination of studies in Old time came the Imperial Commission appoint- which doubtlose commenced to fill up on entor Japan. While in Yedo, Kido implied. Iming Ito Governor of Hiogo with authority in the coast, appears to have ramed the West ably fine resls, the Eastern Australian,
River in the neighbourhood of Wnohow last and Empire. On their appearance, the three perialist sentiments and when the American
Inst-named steamers excited much attention, The barometer has risen considerably in N. and the enterprise of the owners received ita Cominedcre Parry appeared in the Gulf of Yodo Kido, presumably out of a desire to improve his
Chins and over the S. coast of China and well-merited reward, for the "liners" very rap-
Some time later the "Com- --Western knowledge, engaged himself as a porter
Tongking. It has fallen quickly in E. Japan, idly gained savour. the depression lying near Korea straits yester to carry about the apparatus, etc., of the survey
day having rescued the Pocillo to the pany had the misfortune to lose the "Austral
lan" she was wrecked on the Australian const THE QUESTION OR UNIVERSAL SHORT TIME, Hokkaido.
The present condition of the cotton trade not and it became necessary to secure another ing parties. He became marked by his country
Pressure is highest over N. China. It has a men as a bitter sasiny of the Shogunate
Vossel to take her place. After lengthyly in this country, says a recent London paper, régime, and was obliged to hide tiimself during fame. While he remained at Hiogo he himself tendancy to give way again over the Snegotiations the Aberdeen Lizar Ninevah was bet in all countries is causing the gravet
Philippines.
anxiety. The origin of the trouble is well the Choshin campaign of 1864. We find him made the arrangements connected with the open-
Strong monsoon may be expected in the Bored, and she was named the "kuown-it is the extravagantly high price Federation will meet in Germany' to consider
The Empir "Aldeahum," and "")
to make urinagements for co-operating with both representing themselves as Sateuren offi- too valuable a man to be kept long in the obscure shift to the N. and N.E. and freshen along the which is under contract with the New South removed, how ectton can be reduced to a figure Americs in effecting an efficient system of short at this date in Nagasaki in the company of Ite, ing of the foreign Fettlement. Ito, however, was. Formosa Channel, and the wind will probably are the Tossels now running in the service, the raw material. How the difficulties can be the serious condition of affairs, and probably
Wales and Victorian Governments, and it is which will enable manufacturers to offer cloth cials. There was at that time in Nagasaki one position of a district Governor. Young though
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending safe to assert that the most fastidious traveller
at a reasonable price, are problems that at time working on both sides of the Atlantis. Joseph. Heco, a Japanese who some ten or he was, he was chosen na a member of the first at 10 am, to-day, 0.09 inches.
cannot help being more than gatalled with the present remain unsolved. They are engaging The Milan Congress unanimously decided that prevail short-time is the only effective remedy. twelve years proviously had been rescued in Executive Council. In 1871 he was sent to Eu- mid-Pacifle by an American vessel, from a rope via America with the special embassy
sccommodation and attention be receives,, while the serious attention of the leaders of the cotton for conditions similar to those which now travelling by any of these palatial "liners" to industry in all parts of the world,
The troubles are not new. The industry was any of the ports they call at on the
Forage to derelict junk which had been blown out to sex with the object of obtaining some revision
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com- NE winds, Timor, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai and in an unfortunate condition throughout last in a storm. He had been taken to the United of the Treaties.
Japan from Australia. The vessels of the year in consequence of markets being overstock- States, and after re-crossing the Pacife to Hong speech delivered by Its at San Francisco when
fleet are all adapted for the carriage of ed during the unexampled prosperity of the plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crime Charmante, Laft kong and Macau, went back to San Francisco, an passing through which so perfectly conveys the
frzen cargo, and they proceed via the Torres previous two years. High hopes were entertain Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Poudre Strait route when bound to or from the East. ed that this year a steady improvement would. Charmant will enable you to do it, he knew that he could not safely return to Japan, hopes and aspirations of the Government party
test, tebe, Bright and Company, managing manifest itself, as the reports from the grest Specialities for the Skin are the study of where it was still a capital offence for any at that early period of the new régime that it
[453 agents of the line, have offers at Melbourne, Eastern markete, which are Lancashire's best ifetime. A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sole Agents, customers, showed that stocks were diminishing. Japanese subject to go to a foreign country, is worth quoting here irfall
Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Adolaide.
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aver certain neighbouring districts. As his evening. predecessor had left him with not an ounce of treasure, Ito called the bankers together and arranged with them for a loan upon the security of local, taxes, and so was able to carry on the administration of the distrios,
This, then, was Ito's first step on the ladder of
There is
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WEATHER REPORT.
B. coast of Chins.
strong.
to-day is as follows
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon Hongkong & Neighbourhood(") record. Formosa Úhannal
South cost of Chins between Hongkong and Lamooka.
Same as No. 1. Bouth coast of Chins between N. winds, freak,
Hongkong and Hainan.......)
Variable to NE stands, light to fresh; fair at first, rain later.
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paupers.
Hours of sunshine ... Inches of rainfall
Birming-Man London. bam, chester. 1.349 1,105 894 23.1 29.9 33.9
CONDITION OF THE COTTON TRADE.
Bax was almost brought to a standstill by the prevailing sonditions. A further period of six weeks' short time, making sixteen weeks chester Exchange became one of the most in all, was agreed upon in Lancashire Man- gloomy places in Europe. And it did not stand Alone, All other cotton-using countries were in shunilar predicament. The United States of Amorion also shared in the general depression. and the Arkwright Club of Boston, the leading organisation of American spinners, telegraphed their desire to co-operate with the European Federation in schemes for meeting the ruinous advance in the price of the raw material by systematic reduction of output. The European- Federation heartily welcomed this proposal, recognising that it would bring about for the first time in the history of the industry
In a few days the Committee of the European Universal short-time worlding.
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