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temptation of an army and navy formed by would quickly disappear. It is unfortunate TELEGRAMS
ly the fact that our modern education, of the school board type, at lamat, just excludes the one useful point of a real education— the drawing out of the faculties. To learn that p en spells pen, that Great Britain is
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UNOFFICIAL DEMAND FOR ANNEXATION OF KOREA.
a wiser generation for the defence of the ountry, but which costs considerable sums of money to maintain in efficiency; and as one of the first measures of the Roman pro letary when the reins of government fell into its hands was to starve the legions; so in England one of the first acts of a Govern- ment put into office by a proletarian vote, and largely composed of men dependent on
may be an exercise of the memory, but is in no sense education. What education their salaries, is, under the pretence of
means, is the drawing out of the faculties to promoting peace to attempt to reduce to enable the young mind to reason for himself, inefficiency both army and navy. It requires and this, is exactly the element wanting but little talent to drop one's insurance. A
TOKYO, October 27th. fool can see that he thereby increases his principles of reasoning it would be able to Were the rising generation instructed in the
Fuller particulars now to hand momentary income. What has insurance see the fallacies of the talk presented to it regarding the assassination of Prince ever done for me," and "why should I by such nearly as ignorant propounders of Ito at Harbin state that the Korean support a useless army of directors and riddles as Mr. LLOYD GEORGE himself it assassin was a Roman Catholic con- secretaries?". Formerly a hundred years would also--and this is of nearly as much vort. He fired several shots in quick we have had no benefit from army or navy importance--be able to understand the that we can see, why should we stint our inner current of self-interest and the succession, and when arrested he said selves to support an army of aristocrats "ages has prompted the would-be demagogue
he had accomplished what he had says the proletary. "There is so and so living to utilise in his own favour the passions of come for: he had avenged the wrongs in a palace with lots of coin at his command, the uninstructed commonalty. Ronic perish of his country. whilst we toil and mail, for bare sustenance;ed through the debauchery of the constitu why should he be possessed of all the encies by selfish administrators for their luxuries, while wo have nothing but the own ends: England is in a fair way of being WHISKY labour of our hands to support us? Let us snuffed out through the similar debauchery
phinder him-plunder in such a case of her constituencies by financial ignora-shot, except to inquire about the muses, as the leaders of the present condition of one of his injured com- Government have proved themselves.
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Such an argument ou first sight, no doubt, looks specious enough, but there is another side to the question. It is not the way that nature sets to work'; perhaps it is only a case of perversity, "but nature certainly seems to avoid uniformity, and has implant- ed in the human breast much of her own
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distaste. A fertile pinin bas its uses; but what should we think of an artist who in his drawing of a landscape sought to maintain
The French Mail of the 28th September was delivered in London on the 27th isst.
Bofore Mr. J. E. Wook at the Magistracy yesterday four natives, for boarding the ss. Glenogle without permission, were fined $19
each.
The train way service was interruptel.yes. terday morning through a tram running off
Two bullets pierced the Prince's langs and a third the abdomen. His Excellency did not speak after being
He was carried to his carriage and attended by his personal physician The body was an hour after the Prince expired placed in the train by which he had travelled, for conveyance to Dalny, and will be brought from there to Japan on the cruiser " Iwate." The newspapers hardly realised the
throughout a rigid nonotony? In the the lines near the ground of the Hongkong assassination yesterday, but to-day
economy of nature the rugged hill plays as important a part as the teeming vale. We can imagine a level marsh through which, here and there, a languid well comes to the surface, but were there no rising ground to
Cricket Club,
Mr. E. R. Halifax, who has just beca ap- pointed to not as second Magistrate, arrived by the P. and O. mail steamer yesterday accom- penied by Mrs. Hallfar and infant.
Dr. W. Wykeham Mijers, who has been acting as H.B.M.'s Consular Agent at the Pagods, Foschow, since the departure of Mr. Hughes some years ago, has been advanced to the
induce a circulation of the water. We know the result; so far from being a fertile and smiling plain, the marsh would quickly become a fetid morass, unfit for the habita-position of Vice-Consul. tion of man; and the few human beings who penetrated its recesses would be nothing A.S. WATSON & CO..more than a batch of fever-strickon wretches
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unable to help themselves, much less to increase the prosperity of their neighbours. It is not the actual amount of gold-distri- buted through its population that makes a country wealthy, as it is not the actual amount of rain that makes it fertile; in both cases there must be some apparatus for setting the capital in motion. This in the one case is provided by the, itself unfruitful, mountain range, in the other by the aggrega- tion of capital in heaps, whence the action
Singapore has been destroyed by fire. The The pavilion of the Swiss Rife Club at building was struck by lightning and the shooting house was set ablaze, the exploding ammunition sounding like a fusilade,
Singapore Legislative Council will consider a motion by Mr. J. Turner that a committee de appointed to consider the question of increasing the Colony's revenue by taxing such importe is the committos consider should be taxed.
The troopship Berea has left Southampton with troops on board for the Far East, including drafts for the 3rd Battalion East Kent Regiment Singapore; and the 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment, Hongkong, The Rewa will reach
there are overwhelming expressions of sorrow.
LATER.
Contrary to expectation, there has
the-death-being officially announced been a departure from official etiquette,
this afternoon as having occurred on the 26th inst.
Simultaneously an Imperial Ordin- ance was issued directing that national honours should be accorded at the funeral.
This is an unprecedented tribute to one who is not af Royal blood.
due to arrive at Yokosuka on the 2nd The warship conveying the body is
prox, and the funeral will take place on the 4th.
to the Japanese authorities for trial in Russia has handed over the assassin
Korea.
The Buglish newspapers express
consternation over the assassination of Prince Ito, and the hope is expressed
Who made their bill out The No. 2, as
not write English.
His Worship-In not the rest admitted ? Mr. Potter I think it is, but I was going to that it will not compromise the Russo-call witnesses who would prove that money was Japanese understanding.
natually paid and that there was a bona fide mistake
The Continental Press also pays its tributes to the deceased statesmanı.
Lord Curzon, speaking at Oxford, remarking that there were several Japanese among the audience, referred in the most sympathetic terms to the fate Prince Ho, whose friendship be had long enjoyed. His Lordship com- pared Korea with India, and said the task of ruling a subject Eastern people was hard enough for ourselves, and apparently it was no less difficult for the Japanese.
POLITICAL RECRIMINATIONS.
LONDON, October 28th.
His Worship-The only point is whether the sandwiches were really bought or not.
Witness, proceeding, said he was quita osrtain that he was not to supply drink without food. the manager instracted him when he joined"
was sure it was the one with the moustachen ho
If
In reply to his Worship, witness said he could not recognise the two constables, but he asked for sandwiches. Ha could take his oath that sandwiches were mentioned. the constablon said this
was not so they sandwiches and beer to the customers on the were not speaking the tenth. He took the same tray.
Mr. Potter said there was no doubt at all that sandwiches were, in fact, put on the table.. There was a great conflict of evidenco in the case for thie prosecution as to when the sandwiches wer brought and whether they were ordered. The constables agreed that they did not order them, but one constabla, said the sandwiches were
tion, in a recent speech denounced sandwiches and beer were supplied practi
Mr. Balfour, Leader of the Opposi-brought a considerable period after the beer what he described as the scandalous cally at the same moment. If his Worship was supplied, and the other, sala that the
statements of Mr. Ure, K. O., Solicitor believed the latter constable's story it practi. General for Scotland, that Old Age sandwiches were in fact ordered and brought. cally proved his case, which was that the
Pensions would be insecure under the Counsel suggested that the constables had made Conservatives. Mr. Balfour declared
a mistake about this case. The second man that Mr. Ure had dishonoured his profession and his office.
Ho thought it was fair to say that a man who did not understand
Mr. Ure, speaking at Rochdale last as outrageous and abominable and night, described Mr. Balfour's charges
made in singular disregard of the truth. Mr. Balfour, he said, had dishonoured his high position in the country by stooping to the meanest calumny in order to escape a political embarrassmont of his own creation,
THE CAFE WEISMANN PROSECUTION.
ALLEGED SUPPLYING OF LIQUOR
admitted that probably they did not understand the boy's pidigin English.
to nnderstand what the boy said, and the more
were ordered or not. With all respect be submit-
pidgin English would find it rather dificult
for the boy, because it was obvious that the bo word "sandwiches" would be quite suficient
understood little English. It was quite possible that the constables were making a bona fide mistake. His Worship had just said that the point in this one was whether the sandwiches ted that that was not the only point. Assuming that the constables simply ordered beer the law- and all were presumed to know the law that if they went into the premises of an adjunot licensed holder they could order beer, bat the adjunct licence holder or hi servant could say that he would give them beer but they would have to take food. Taking that argument a step far. ther it came to this-if the constable did not order sandwiches the servant was quite entitled to
before the constables and compel them to pay supply the beer and then put the sandwiches
for them. The seryant would then be doing. what he could to comply with the law. But the constables saw they were in the wrong, thought they had better pay for the sandwiches, and did pay for them Once those sandwiches were paid for, there was beyond all doubt a sale of food. His Worship was inclined to His Worship stated that with reference to held that unless the sandwiches were ordered the points raised by Mr. Patter on the last first and the boer afterwards, Weissmanns ought ocension he had filed on the record a copy of the Ordinance to suggest that or anything like It. to be convicted, but there was nothing in the
remaria. The report seemed very accurate, and holder was a person who might sell spirits and port which appeared in the Daily Press, which All the Ordinance said was that an adjanot licence
ho had filed it with the case in order to have on business. If because Constable Spillet used intoxicating liquors as an adjunct to his
WITHOUT FOOD.
manager of the Cafe Weismann, of selling The hearing of the charge against the intoxicating liquor without supplying food, was
again called on before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday..
Detective Sergeant Sullivan prosecuted, and Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr. Crowther Smith (of Messrs. Almade and Smith) appeared
for the defence.
contained a fairly fall note of Mr. Potter's
of gravity forces it to acend and distribute gingspore to-day, and Hongkong on Novembettelegram requires the explanation that it has asked if Mr. Potter had any objection.
The reference to etiquette in the above record whist Mr. Potter said, His Worship the word "beer" before "sandwiches" the
itself over the lower grounds.
All letters for publication should be writion on one side of paper only.
anonymously signed communications that wealth can consume no more actual food various details at Hongkong and Singapore, in death which has occurred abroad until the body The man of 4th, On her homeward voyage, she will ship not been enstomary in Japan to announce & have already appeared in other papers will be inarried.
than his poorer neighbour, for what further clading those from the North China Command. has been brought back to Tapino in Orders for extra copies of DAILY Pururies he may enjoy, he is entirely de- should be sent before 11 am. on day of
was followed when Prince Arisugawa died in pubistation. After that hour the supply spendent on his follow-men, and to obtain presented & memorial to the Throne recommend.
It is reported that the Waiwupu las recently Formoss.] Fansitel. Only supply for Cash.
their assistance he must set his capital ining Senior Secretary, Wen Pu, Benior Secretary
Toxro, October 28th. The most significant effect of the circulation; each member of the community Wu Chi, Civil Vice Governor of Peking, Yuen
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HONGKONG, OCTOBER 29TH 1909.
A GENTLEMAN who recently returned to
Mr. Potter-Certainly not. regard to the sale of liquor and the sale of food, His Worship-The points you raised with
were that if the food was not included in the original contract between the parties, there was still no breach.
Mr.Potter-I say that it was included and paid.
defendants were to be convicted; that would be
Worship could convict a mat in such cirgunsten and there was no authority by which his straining the Ordinance against the defendant,
cas. His Worship might be disposed to go scounding to the spirit of the Ordinance, and say he was of opinion that the sales of Comusal would refer him to the adjunct food were only a subterfuge. On that point
through whose hands it passes becomes, as Chung-shu and Expectant Tostol Liu Yi Lin, Assassination of Prince Ito is the for. I don't think it can be suggested that the licence. The licence gave power to a confeo-
it were, & partner of the original possessor. Suppose the original capital were to be divided equally between all there could be no circulation, and the very utmost each could contrive to obtain from it would be the barest of sustenauce--no c'ething, even butter for his bread-for these would re-
Vica-President or Conneillor of that Board, the necessity for the annexation of as compétent for the appointment of Deputy general opinion among Japanese of Tactai Ein Tü Lin is well known in Hongkong And South China, He has been in the Cobanlar and Diplomatic Service for the last twenty years and has spent a good deal of the time in official positions abroad.
Korea. Yesterday the Foreign Office made a statement deprecating such sentiments, and stating their policy would remain unchanged.
the order for sandwiches another, and the order order for a bottle of beer was one contract,
It has been held over and over again that an for the second bottles of beer a third contrast
order cannot be split up in that way.
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His Worship-The second point was about your elfent holding a transfer. I am prepared As an to overrule you on that. In the third point yon say that the licences is not liable under certain
depend on the evidenco you call.
tioner to sell two gallons of intoxicating liquor
with a five cent tart.
His Worship-There isa delegated authority of some kind.
Mr. Potter There is no authority to supply liquor without food,
His Worship-But there is a delegated authority to supply Equor with food, while the licences remains on the premises he has de- legated authority to these boys, and they supply each customer who comes in.
England after an uninterrupted residence of course, the extreme, but we can imagine any Dymond of aberdeen with being in unlawful among Japanese journalists at Seoul conditions. Whether he is liable or not wiht that night Mr. Eokharst had left the promises
some fifteen or sixteen years in the For East, and who had during that period but little communication with Home, and in China
had taken little part in public affairs, or his arrival put up for a short period in a hotel on the Strand. He thus describes his first experience: So far, I cannot say I am impressed with my visit to the old country. People are lazy, youngsters cheeky, and one sees crowds waiting for some hours outside
At the Magistracy yesterday befora Mr. J. quire the services of others. This is, of B. Wood two natives were charged by Inspector example of the sentiment prevailing number of intermediate steps, comfort quantities of this explosive have been sold
possession of 55lbs. of gelatine. It appears that a meeting was held at which they increasing with the increase of circulation.
In the case of a well-watered and fertile that in consequence the police have been keeping nexation and demanding that the to fishermen in various parts of the Colony, and passed a resolution in favour of an- region, supplied from an elevated range of a sharp lock-out for the vendors. The 55lbs, Emperor of Korea should-visit Japan hills, we can imagine the result were a huge seized in this instance were discovered in twe roller to be passed over the hills, and the baskets, the gelatine being covered with rico: 4 whole reduced to a monotonous fist woman was engaged to carry the explosive into Japan. I learn on good authority Fand apologise to the Emperor of Physically the land would be ruined, and Aberdeen, where, apparently it was to be offered that the leading articles in the Tokyo reduced to a profitiens Sahara. This is what the socialistic reformer would do with the
papers have been censored.
Lord Kitchener visited the boily at
for sale. The defendants were remanded.
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elder children,
Mukden.
(REUTER'S SERVICE TO THE “HONGKONG DAILY PEESS,”. | TRIBUTES IN EUROPE.
KING EDWARD'S SYMPATHY.
LONDON, October 27th.
taentre and music-hall doors on the pave finances of the land; he would, if he could, the R.E. Theatre last night when the Garrison A very successful entertainment was given i meat to get a good seat-boys, girls, and entirely withdraw the power of circulation. Schools Concert was held. The display was grown-up folk whore they get the money, The actual gold might remain, but it might very creditable to the young people sad to God only knows! The Government does as well be returned to its original rock, as The programme included a glee, part songs their painstaking instructor Mr. L. Hayne not seem to be improving matters by its there would be possibility of making use of it. and musical drill by the socialistic. legiskstion. I fear the country Bank notes would long cro this have gone out action songs will experience a serious shock ere long circulation, in fact paper and printing would Master E. Fiulen, Mester H. Williams, by the infante, solo by The description is not unlike what might be alike impossible and the multitudes who club singing by Master W. Phillips, a planoforte have been said of Rome in the latter days of live by their industrice would have to dust by Miss N. Lock and H. Hooper, a duet the Empire, when the most serious business perish, or migrate elsewhere. Of course it by Miss V. Smith and E. Phillips, and a II. M. The King, who was at New of the day was panem et circences. Likathe is quite true that the proposed Budget does which fol tited "Assurance and Insurance, market when the news reached him, once proud Romans of the Republic, the not propose to go to this extreme: at the Redman, R. Finlan, W. Goulding, C. Smith,
in which the parts were taken by Masters W. sent the Master of Ceremonies special- proletarint of England has come down to be most it proposes to withdraw oue-fifth of and Miss H. Hooper. The Buffs String Dand ly to London with an autograph letter z mere body of pensioners, whom it has the circulating capital. The principle is the played delightful selections during the stening to Sir T. Kato, the Japanese Ambas- become the aim of the Government of these identically; we can suppose the bend of water in our mountain range reduced
sador, expressing his abhorrence at day to feed and amuso, for the mere bake of
the crime and his deep sympathy gaining their votes at the poils; and the from, say, five thousand feet to four thou main business of Parliament is to provide
sand-Will the plain be equally well,
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memoris with the relatives of the distinguished ways and means to save the proletary the watered, and will it be able to support un with thanks, the following donations to the funds".
and Affliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge, statesman. responsibility of providing for its own off equal population? These are things as of spring. Naturally to the pensionaries who capable of proof as any simple mathematical in these latter days fill the ranks of the problem, it might be supposed that with the growth of (so-called) education they administration, there is ever present the
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Mr. Potter In a particular way. If, on and said to the No. 2 that he was going home, and a breach of the law had occurred during his absence, he would have been clearly liable. In this case the manager was on the premises, and the boy went to him for advice,
His Worship Which advice was taken sub- sequent to the sale..
Mr. Potter I take it your Worship has over ruled the food point?
your grounde ?
His Worship-Yes. Mr. Potter-And your Worship will state
being a wailer at the Cafe, Weissmann, in
His Worship-In the final decision. Leung Chan Fu was called and deposed to which servios he had been for over a year. an infringement of the Ordinance. That was When he was engaged he was told not to see they could have that Mr. Eckhardt took
the strongest piece of corroborative evidence ordered something to eat. Notices to that point was that the same boy ratio uggestive ang customer with drink unless that customer possibly precaution. Another rather every
no sale of food, and that there might have been
Mr. Potter said it was subsequent to the first⠀⠀ boy was wily enough to see that there had bean Bale, but with regard to the third customer the
effect were posted up in the establishment in sergeant and the two constables, and re Chinese. Horemembered two customers calling fused the sergeant a second time, although about nine o'clock on the evening of October the second trap was a most Ingenious ist. Witness asked them what they wanted, the table, What the prosecation wanted his one on account of there being food on and they said "Pilsener beer." They were Worship to believe was that although the boy then asked whether they wanted cakes or refused to commit a branch of the Ordinance sandwiches and the reply was sandwiches in the sergeant's case, he was willing to do so Witness took a plate of sandwiches and two mitted that this was really aboard, and that It in the case of the constables. Counsel aub beltlesof beer on a tray. Later another customer was not a fair suggestion. If His Worship had entered and sat at the next table. Witness any doubt, the defendants were entitled to the asked him what he wanted and ho naid benefit of it.
His Worship reserved his decision until "nothing but Kupper beer."
Monday morning.
What did you say to that -1 asked him
what he wanted to eat and he said he did not LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS want anything. He said he only wanted boer.
Did you say anything then I said if he did the 28th inst, and is due here on the 31st inst.
The CN. Co's str, Anžuï leaves Shanghai on and I did not serve him. not eat anything he could not have any drinker LG.M. Germania left Yap on the 23rd instant may be expected here on the Do you remember anything else P-The two 1st prox customers who entered first then spoke to him which left Hongkong on the 25th ultimo, and The Silk ox per C.P.B. atr, Empress of India, and the third man went and eat at their table. Yokohama on the 5th instant, arrived in New Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of One of the first customers then called for three York on the 25th instant, thus making a transit State for Foreign Affairs, aleo convey the laipan
bears, but I did not apply them. I first asked of 31 days from Hongkong, and 21 days from
Yokohama. ed his sympathy to the Japanese What did the manager kay-He told me
The Bank Line str. Aymeric left Taconia su Embassy and also to Tokyo.
not to give any drink to the last man, but to the 23rd inst, and is due at Yokohams on the eupply the others, who had eaten something. 10th prox.