HENRY GEORGE ON FINANCIAL SYNDICATES THAT MAY PRODUCE WAR,
(FROM OUR OWN DURRESPONDENT.)
THE HONGKONG DAILY PREFS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28TH, 1909.
AMERICA'S ORIENTAL POLICY. | again. The Open Door' for the United 4
Staten an involving ourselves in the exploita- ་
tion of Chins for the dollars and cents benefit of our syndicates and embrófling purselves in the troubles that soon are to come there, either through quarrelling among the foreigners over the sharing of the spoil, or through the rising After spending several months in the Far of a great part of the Chinese against the blood East atrdying the situation, Mr. Henry George, sucking foreignera and the Government that jan, son of the American "Single Tax"submits to them. Now is the time for Ameri- vivocats, has returned to his native land. “Ho san citizens to take a good look at this site. is now ongaged in warning those who have tion." discussed Oriental affairs with him that there in certainty of trouble if Wall Street is allowed to dominate the American Far Eastern policy any longer, for ho contends that the army and fight the private battles of the American moneyed syndicates. under the
upholding American honour," just as Spain had to go to war with Morocco over copper mine concessions in the Ri country. In London on his way home and again on the boat that took him to New York, Mr. George gare utterance to his views with considerable
THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF
- FOOCHOW.
|
PARADISE OF THE WORKERS.
NO REAL UNEMPIATED TO BE FOUND IN NEW YORK.
UNITED STATES AS A NAVAL
In its campaign against Tariff Reform the (FROM Daily News published, in a prominent position on Thursday, or extract from a Baltimore in New York: Stats Urged to Operate Factories newspaper under the headlines, "200,000 Tale and Employ Those Out of Werk."
The anthority quoted by the Daily News, in ita attempt to prove that great unemployment exists in countries where the working classes live under the protection of tariffs, was Cora D. Harvey, described as secretary of the National Committee of the Unemployed, who had made the statement in evidence given before the State Employers' Liability Act,
POWER.
THE NEW PACIFIC BASE.
A SFECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE element of the surrounding population awes LONDON "DAILY TELEORAPH,"}
navy will be dragged in sooner or later to The correspondent of the Shanghai: Mercury Commission investigating the working of the | tasted of Empire, and found it sweet to
freedom,
guiss of
}
Tho Maiden Frovincial Assembly has closed, writes:-I think that none of us were quite ready for, or avon expected, the members to come out so boldly for reform measures as they did. His Excellency the Viceroy, and high officials seated in the places of honour, had some very pointed questions to answer, especially in connection with financial matters, village fights, tax-gathering and the like.
The members of the assembly waxed eloquent over Home Rule," consecutive Tax Registors, mines and minerals. One member said, 'We Have boon sleeping on treasures and have thus tempted the cupidity of the foreigner, but we are awake at last and mean to grasp tightly the jewel in our huntle. Concession hunters plonso take notice.".
Mr. Wong Nai Liang, after having travelled extensively over the province at his own ex- penso, presented a report en forestry, and should his suggestions be put into practics, is province would be enriched by millions of dcitare.
There are vague rumours afloat that there is
-EXPLICIT · STATEMENT.
niem
The Daily Express has repeatedly pointed out that there in practically no ployment in New York, owing to the fact that foreign goods entering that port have to pay a duty which provente them from competing unfairly with the goods made at home. The Express cabled to New York for formal statement with regard to unemployment from the mayor, Mr Mellollan. The mayer is Meliowen, who is president of the Board of away from the city, bat the deputy-mayor, Mr. Alderman, was good enough to send the following explicit statement, which disposes ongs for all of the fictions which are being disseminated by the Free Trade Press for electioneering purposes
To the Editor of the Express, London.
NEW YORK, Friday, Nov. 26. Practically speaking there is no unemploy. ment at the present time in New York.
There may be some isolated cases of persons waiting until specialised positions are vacant, but that is all. There is less distress in Now
York than ever before.
from New York's charitable, organisations that This is proved by reports. I received to-day they were unable to dispone yesterday (Thanks giving-day) of the large quantities of food which they wished to distribute among the
because there were so fow applicants. poor,
I never heard of Cora U. Harvey. Her statement that there are 200,000 persons in New York unable to find work is, simply ridiculous. Some persons are constitutionally
NOTES AND NEWS.
enemy. Further, it is almost halfway to Asia, and the Corman, French, and British posses sione in the Pacific. It has, however, one point of weakness in the want of a local coal supply. Coal for Honolulut must be got from Japanoso and Australis collieries. There is another point of weakness in the fact that the mRAÏN
allegiance to another flag, and, unless there is
stationing & fleet of armoured cruisers in the the Japanese are married and their houses soma arbitary interference the Japanese element The news that the United States contemplates will always predominate in Hawail, for most of
after visiting Honelain and the New York the American flag will, without a doubt, be Facido confirms the impression formed recently, swarm with children. Even so, Honoluia under Naval Yards, that the American Republic always the strongest point in the Northern aspires to the naval domination of the Pacific Pacifle, and its position will give it also large Decal. There is burdly an adeguate apprecia- power of guardianship or menace in the Southern of the Imperial spirit in the United States. tion on this side of the Atlantic of the growth Pacific. A large party in the Republic, having the palate, dreams of the United States as the great world Power of the future-a Power, of couro, with the very best of motives, not attempting to establish tyrannies, but aiming to extend the glories and blessings of Republican freedom All Unital States citizens (it is not Mra. Minnie Ioot, who is sucing her husband, B.By to get a word to replace the meorrect music publisher, for divorce at Ann Arbor, Americans are not Imperialists at least Michigan, oited in court a list of commandments thus far. The farmers of the middle-West,"
that Mr. Root laid down for her government as for instance, generally resent a policy of expans wife at the time of their marriage. The cons- armaments and for foreign wars. But the Bin outside the American continent, which mandments are: they consider mast moan extra taxation for tanjority of the United States people seem That is but natural. to be marching towards a polipy of )
fImperialiam They are merely rearangive..to the world-wide tendency of the day for closer national cohesion for wider exten sion of authority on the part of the Great Powers. A policy of national isolation is in theso days almost impossible if național respect. is to be maintained. The American Press is mariced by its curious neglect in the discussion of national questions. This growing Imperialism is thus not therefore made plain to the outside world.
At the New York Naval Yards, in May of this year, I found that all the great battleships which had just finished a world-tour were in dock or waiting for dock to have their masts taken out and their top-gear lightened. The cruise had proved that the contention of one school of Daval architects, that the boats were too low in the water, was indeed a fact, and that when in 6ghting trim their armour bolt would be actually submerged, leaving the space between wind tected. If Japan had attacked the United States a year ago the United States Navy, as far as its big ships woro soncerned, would Lare
tímo of the Spanish-American War!
11
RULES FOR A ́WIFE, The New York correspondent of a London contemporary writes:-
1 Thou shall wed nous but thine own true love, neither for noney, nor social position, nor beoanae thou art lozy.
2 Thou shalt look with one hundred ayos apon man before thou marriest him, but then shalt wear blinders after marringo,
3 Thou shalt accept thy husband sa ho is. Ha is a good fellow and the man then dreamest of does not exist,
4. Thou shaft boat upon the symbals, and proclaim thy husband master.
5. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's gowne, nor her dinona, y night's costly nor her slik stockings, nor her complexion, nor her husband, nor anything which is thy neighbour's.
6. Thou shalt not run up bills.
Thou shalt not wasto kisaos and affection on a cat, nor taka to thy bosom a dog.
B. Thou shalt not commit thyself to such follies on the feative cocktail and the insidions cigarette.
a
9. Remember wash day, but end the shirts to laundry. 10. Honour thy husband so thou shalt not
Asked what in his opinion was the real cause at the back of the forced resignation of Mr. Charles R. Crane of Chicago from the post of Minister to China, Mr. George replied torsoly; "A war of the big American syndicatos. I do not pretend to know more of the immediate grounds for the Secretary of State's action than have been published," continuet Mr, George. Mr. Crane may or may not have beez indigerent. The thing to note is not some dissatisfaction in the Assembly because that, but the implication in Secretary Kuor's man who bays not the Hanlin dogros have been statement that the Government is stadyhat there is dissatisfaction because the young placed in prominent positions. Some claim ing the recent agreements between Ching
mon have received too much recognition, and Japan in relation to Manchuris with others that it is due to the presence of view to determining whether there is anything Christians. But no one who has seen the body in the agreements adversely affecting Americanin session, or associated with the members intorasta. To me, this is an admission of the privately (and the sessions were not held in zeerat-it was easy to obtain admittance, gravest porteut, a zooming admission of the especially for the foreigner) can for a moment very thing charged against us in the Far East, believe that such narrowness as these rumours that the American Government is doing the world indicate can ever become general and unable to refrain from exaggeration, and say and water"—the very vitals of a vessel-unpro- dishonour thyself...
serious. It
It ja auro to receive a crushing rebuke from the assembly itself should it ever venture anything to get their names in the newspapers. into publicity
It is deplorable that unsubstantiated state. The building fitted up for this history- making assembly was formerly connected ments should be published abroad gising with the new discarded saamination balls, absolutely wrong Information about the con- trade of thousands of feet, now grow the easy for anybody who really wants the truth to
obtain it by applying af official The and 'gr34804.
tumbled down
sources. We wonde and discarded stalls bespeak a new era, and have some unemployables in Now York. That specially do we note this when we read in large is a necesary condition of every great me characters the only motto that adorns this first tropolis, but it is indisputable that there is work for every able-bodied New Yorker desiring assembly hall: "China Forever,"
employment.
There are some beggars in New York, and character is. For several years past we have our experience of them shows you what their distributed more than 200 coupons to street beggars calling for supper, bed, and breakfast organisations in exchango for wood-chopping and similar work,
Not one of these coupone has ever been presented for redemption.
"WRONG INFORMATION,
been
CHANGING WOMAN,
en September 17, Mr. Crane is reported Where once were paved streets and the/ditions of employment in Nas York, when it in the almost na helpless as the Spanish Fleet at spooker at the annual dinner of the Society of
work of the American syndicates in getting concessions and loan privileges in China, and trying to forces way for them into Manchuria. At the dinner given to him in New York
to have said: "It may not always be necessary to repeat the new form of hold. up in which the State Department has 50 successfully engaged in forcing money China, This language sounds andiplomatically bald and frank, yet it aptly described, according
to the Asiatic view, what has been done by our Government in the recent Chinese loan. Our Government practically compelled the other nations to allow our bankers to participate."
H.E. the Viceroy and the lower officials well as the members in attendance seemed to
restine that they were in a special souse but pathfinders and could well afford to make haste slowly. They evidently had in mind Confadins saying "With the right men the growth of vegetation in the right oil. Friends of Chine everywhere are looking and hoping for great things.
NAVAL AMBITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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
Орель
"My little boy, is barely two years old, and when he was about eight months old he had to undergo in tion and have something taken out of his face. But when the time camo for the operation to take, place be had broken out with eczema to such an ex- tent that he was one mass from head to foot and bad. to be wrapped in cotton wool. He was for three months in the
Infirmary under three doctors. They managed to get him suficiently well to operato on him, but could not cure him, and at the end of three months turned him out with his shoulders and top parts of bla-poor-ittle arms-one- mass of thick scafa, 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 ble clothes hung on them, and one bad only to look at the child to know what ho suffered. Though I put bandages on 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 wit to get thera. off, as they were stuck fast to the places. I got cre each of Cuticura Soap, Cuti- "cura Ointment and Cuticura Rosolvent, From the vary flest application he began to mend, and in less than a fortnight be was quite clear and now, at the end of a few weeks, it is scarcely possible to tell 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 gone," and the subject had not been mentioned. It has quite set him up and he is getting quite a nice strong boy, not a bit like
have recommended Cuticura to several suffering with eczema. Mra, F. Webb, Alderton, nr. Towcester, Northampton- shire, Eng., July 3, 1908."
Evetter of infants, children and Ad for
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On-
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›. R. Towns & Co., Sydney, do. Attica, LenaON, Etd., Cape Town, etc; U. . . Potter Drug &
· Chen, Corp. 1oston-ter from Landon depot, sample of Chileurs, with book on skin disease.
54-20
IF WE LIVED TO BE 150,
But, how can a share in a thirty or forty/ good government is as rapid as the growth of at the headquarters of several charitable Sydney in Australia, Manila in the Philipines, herself to be man's successful competitor sad Irving Fisher of Yale, who has been investi-
million dollar loan be of any importance to American Syndicates accustomed to deal in hundred millions P” Mr. George was asked.
"While the share in that particular loan may be a small matter." ho replied," the many loans that are likely to be made in the course of the next ten years in China will sanko e’hugo aggre-
gate. At the high interest that that sum will
draw, the investment will be a good one. But it must be considered as very much more than that.
It will really be a large mortgage on China, giv. ing our Government, at the behest of the syndic, cates, an excuse for sending troops into China at the first sign of another Boxer rising, which is impending, and for taking a hand in another
THE KOREAN PETITION FOR
ANNEXATION,
PATRICK F. MOGOWAN.
President of the Board of Aldermen.
COTERIE OF CRANKƐ.
The Express New York correspondant cables The news agency known as the Naigai Chukai ha translates as follows the Il-shin-hoi's pati as follows in regard to the case- tion in favour of annexation to Japan as we
The organisation of which Cora D. Harvey is learn from a reproduction in the Japan Adverscoretary is the self-styled National Committee
of Unemployed." ther” p
It consists of a coterie of oranka popularly known here as "Hoboes." The organisation has absolutely no serious standing, and is run by Mr. J. Eads How, a rich American, who gives frequent dinners to tramps.
We 1,000,000 members of Techin Kai, respect fully submit this address to the Imperial perusal The Emperoris the parent of 20,000,000 Karsans and we obedient subjects are now obliged to make this entreaty. We now can not die, thongh dire to do, and cannot live, though we see to live, Our Korea h like a man : its life is now nearly gone. Where is our diplomacy
and wider looting and possibly in a partitioning where is our finance? Where is our constitution F of the Chinese Empire."
but
The office, No. 41, Bowery, stands in the centre of New York's tramp district. Business is so dull that a notice appears on the window stating that the office is opon only between eight
and eleven o'clock in the morning,
Mr. Robert W. Hebberd, the Commissioner of Charities, talls me that the statement sent by
is
way of Honolulu and Panama
We sincerely desired to die for the cold not the acting mayor to the Express is exact in altin Pearl Harbour,
“I am satified that there is no distress
the
were certain defued limits whích nature lad
COLOUR VISION AT SEA.
The point here made, however, is as to whe- ther living to be 150 years old would be desirable, all things considered. Some of us do not know just why we should be alive at all. We came into the world through no fall of our own.
If our preference had been consulted, doubtles we should have chosen to remain unborn. But, now that we are here, we are bound to make the best of it
Mr. Hony Arthur Jones was the principal
Women Jouruslists, held at the Waldorf Hotel, Londen, last month under the presidency of However, that danger is past. It is to the Lady McLaren. He said woman's attitude to man was constantly changing in response to her future that the United States now looks and with the steady purpose of not only becoming a great environment. If they wore to ask in what way was changing he paral Power in the Atlantic, but of dominating woman's attitude to man with the earious frankness of the American, of the growing more and more to be his intellectual the Pacific Ocean. Naval officers talked to me, thought the reply would be that she was country's naval policy. As soon as the Panama comrade. In the theatre women were naturally regularly patrol from New York to Panatina,rades. In journalism it was perhaps loss so. Canal was cut a great American Flest world and necessarily man's companions and som. thence to Honolulu, the chief naval base in the But in all intellectual walks of life where There is a temptation to consider somewhat WOMAN www pressing in sle was proving humorously the announcement of Professor Pacibe, thence sending out smaller fleets towards and to the Japanese coast, these three Bets welcome, staunch friend. Sometimes he thought gating the matter, that every human being of finally assembling st Manila and retuning to when womon blamed man for the limitations reasonably sound body and mind ought to live New Lor big scheme. But it is a scheme in go to the root of the matter. Forson had one
which were placed on them, they did not quite to the age of 150 years. In this epoch of rapid increase in the cost of living, for instance, which there seems an earnest purpose to carry wise, comprehensive outh, which ha ngei on all time two reials of the Dreadnought type were his shirt button came off he never said "Damn through. In the New York Naval Yard at that occasions.
Dany persons will probably think that they When Porson broke his bootlace or cannot afford to stay in the world that long.
Professor Fisher asserts that in the State of being constructed, and another huge drydock the bootlace," or
"Dama the batton."
"He said Massachusetts the people are now lasting was being excavated.
"Damn the nature of things." But it is the fortification of Honolulu which That was putting the blame on the right times, and in Europe, he says, human life has (Laughter.) fourteen years longer than they did in former must clearly indicates the United States naval shoulders. In all advance and developinest it been extended, seventeen you la la llei pie ambition in the Pacific.
was not now far we wera prepared to go ;) it was When I visited the Howalian group in April how far nature was prepared to go. And there better methods of sanitation, by preventive vas century. This luas been brought about by of this year the work of fortifying Honokiln was being pushed on with great vigour and the placed upon a very, very radionl advance of medicine, and in other ways of which much
of has been heard lately. American military and civil authorities spoke womankind. The relations between man and freely of the intention to make it "the Gibral woman could not be changed immediately or tar of the Pacific." The City of Honolulu has very rapidly. Buskia said, "The world at prescat a very small harbour, a little bay to naturally goes on by reason of the silent virtus May that stock of silent virtue his access is given by an opening in the comb that is in it." reefs which surround the island. This port increase! of raisers. But to the left as one enters would hardly afford shelter to a squadron the Emperor has not let us die. We "Do you notaally look for another revolution find our leader in our Emperor. In the Chino particulars. He added:
a maghiflcent · stretch of land-looked water, sufficient to Boat in China P
Japanese War we could resist the power of
Without holding Profesor Osler, too closely *All the sigus point to it. Under the cry Japon and could die for the country, But when
greatest of floute. The difficulty with
its A special inquiry, ordered by the Board of his name, a good many perscus believe that the
to account for the theory to which he has
given of China for the Chinese, many aloments are we once accepted Japan's advice and proclaimed caused by unemployment in Now Yerk. All regard to Pearl Harbour hasia in
natural state is that it is too well protected, Trade, was opened at the New College of only period of a man's life that really counts in gathering against the foreigners and particular. our independence, there was no soldier la the able-bodied persons can find work."
there being no means of access except to very Science and Technology, South Kensington.that between a youth's graduation at college land, no warship on the see. Could this be ly against the foreign syndicates. As China called a country? Therefore, at that time, we
small boats, American energy is how remedy Sir Francia Mowatt presided, and he was emerges from her sloop of contarios she will should have relied upon Japan and realised our
ing that, and a deep water channel is being out assisted by Mr. John Dickinson, the London when, of course, he knows everything to the from Honolulu Harbour to Pearl Harbour to stipendiary magistrate.
age 40, when he begins to find out how little be need steam and elsetric roads, water and sewage independence. On the contrary, we suspected
tako visasis of the largest draught at all tides. Mr. R. D. B. Acland, K. C., and Mr. S. A. T. really does know. At 60, according to this systems, gas and electric lighting and tolophones, lamentable death of the late Empress happened. clergy hended by a representative of the Dalai of the present year it was well forward) Pearl Mr. J. It. Atkin, K. C... and. Mr. A. Miller, work is dous would not appeal to any man of
Japan and made our attitude vague. Thus the
The announcement that a deputation of native When that channel is completed (und in April Rowlatt appeared for the Board of Trade and theory, a man's work is done.
The prospect of living for 100 years after his These sho will get either through concessions Whose fault is it? When Japan concladed pance Lama has reached St. Petersburg from Mongolia Harbour will at once commedions and easily instructed by Moxers, Miller, Son, and Taylor, to foreigners or by loans from foreigners with Russia, she, first of all, arranged what steps need not be taken as having any political protected. The single narrow entrance will be of Liverpool, solicitors for the Imperial spirit. He would profer, for that matter, a short
we should take. Yel sauseless people urged the importance, says the Pioneer This will mean either foreign concessions or
It is not the dominated by the grans of Malakiki Hill, great Merchant Servico Guild, appeared for Mr. John thought would be utterly discouraging. In the life and a merry one. In a woman's case the ez-Emperor to soud a secret message to The first time that Lamas have visited the Russian eminence somewhat like Gibraltar in shape to Trattles. foreign loans. We know the corrupt methods Hague and brought the disgrace of abdication. capital, and their appearance there at regalar the right of the town of Honolun, which com of the public franelisa-holding corporations in In what directions should we progress? Thus intervala has never had any notable results. mands the ses front east and west.
Mr. Acland said that by the Board of Trade resant state of affairs, no matter how long she Malakiki regulations candidates for certificates us uffeurs lives, the unmarried woman seldom ettains an being
barrowed with galleries and in the marcantile marino had to pass certain age of more than 30 or 35 yests. with similar franchises in China; and the 2000 20. Japan nut ferm a grout Empire. Kumourn last June, nothing has been hard motorn fortress artillery. With the completion These three tests wore for form vision, colour
people could be preserved would be
in the Dalai Since he is
All this, howaror, in apart from the main
Chinese, if they have a spark of spirit, will not The relation between Korea and Japan fall that he would rat:le Liesss before the end impregnable from the sou. Hostile ships ap-
is B of his movements, though it was calonisted of that fortress Pearl Harbour will be absolutely vision, and colour ignorance. If the holder of that it would not. The majority of people will be worthwhile. Most persons probably think historical one.
a certifluate failed in any of those three tests. into the hands of China is due to the of September. His route was to be by way of proaching Honolulu would have to steer straight the Beard of Trade could cause an inquiry to be sympathize with Peter Pan, who had his own bonevolence of the Japanese Emperor. That Tankori and Kokonor and, as there had been for Malakiki, and then defile amid the coral
reasons for not wanting to grow up, and ran eld to cancel the c rtificate or might accept a wo did not fall a prey to Russia. is also due
failure of rains in these regions, his journey reefs past its guany before the entrance to Petri rulantary surrender of the certibents antil the away in order to avoid doing so. Bat we cannot to the virtue of the Japanese Emperor. Yet was likely to be a trying one with long balts at Harbour would open to them. we have suspicion on Japan and often not such places as would supply grazing for his
candidate passed the test. In the case of Mr. all evade our destiny in this way. Most of Trattles there was no reflection upon that officer have to stay at home and face the music, such as against her goodwill. This is surely inhuman transport ponies and camels. His retinno was a But land defence hat also to be taken into except in the
large one and hence the diffenity of rapid
we must take more and more the bardon of lite 4. Mr. Trattles, who holds a second the bonbardment of Alexandria by an English will establish a new Japan here. Should we
coming
upon our shouldera. to this country in great numbers. They
population is not American, nor is it native mata's artifiante, passad the colour teats at wern scarce. His caravan included 700 camels Hawaiian. It is Japanese, and the Mikado's West Hartlepool. In July, 1905, he entered into the world simply to prepare for another. It soms plain enough that wo are not put fleet. And if at some future date, the Chinese, repent later that our action wes not prompt? carrying a supply of grain, but, oven with this subjects represent now from inability or for any other reason, fail to me Korea with his unchanging love and go reserre, it was by no means certain that he ing element in the population, out-num-
The Japanese Emperor will
the largest fight for the sight tests alone, failed to
and appealed. On July 18 there was a special
or yet merely to have a good time in this. could push through to Lhassa in four months. alonld, however, hear very shortly of his
our daily broad or strowing flowers in the path- which our State Department is procuring from! It would be the greatest happiness for us arrival there unless he has changed his plans Ports eren the natives. Thezo Japanese im: examínution by Sir William Abney and Cuntos There is plenty for us to do besides just enzing
BUS coolies for the sugar folds, are mostly Harvey, and they were Butisfied that Mr.
way of pleasure, Whether living to be 153 Koreans. We wish that, now a prompt action and decided to seek some other place in the men of military training. Many of them shTrattles was completely" red blind." On Sep would add to our usefulness and increase our
by their uniforms or their models that they tember 1, as he had failed to surrender his warships be sent there to collect and uphold the hol, representing 20,000,000. Keresas, respect. whether his old infuopce among the people further influx of them has now been stopped- and Mr. Trattles was passed. In many persous do the best work of their lives veterans of the Eusso-Japanese War. The certificate at the request of the Board of Trade, personal satisfaction with the general Acheme was held by the Local Marine Board of things depends upon the individual. A great. not under an Immigration Restriction Act, but
In after they have. long passed the lulf contary by prisale treaty with Japan--and, as a measues May, 1906, he entered for an exantination as first precaution, an Arms legistration Ordinance mate, and passed the sight tests and the other rules on the i-lands, providing that no citizen part of the exszainntion, but the Board of Trade, shall have in his possession firearms unless not being satisfied, in view of the fact that he he te licensed by the Government. But this had failed to pass the test in 1905, affcelted the precantion would bs. in vain if Japan ever examination, and declined to give him On the 27th at 12.10 p.m.-The barometer-IMPROVED SHIPPING DIVIDENDS. has fallen moderately over Chion and risen
seriously thought of using her 50,000 soldier certificate. The Board, Lowever offered him a considerably over E. Japan. A slight riso has taken place also over the Philippines.
There has been a marked improvement initizes in the Hawaiian group against the special examination again in the sight tosts. the leading Germau shipping lines this your United States, for the whole of the Labing He did not accept it then, but later in the month The anti-bydonic
to sight test aren has spread. Eastwards
sampais (fishing bosta) ** could pansaris relatively lan etar, the part of
THE DALAI LAMA,
....
our politics. They are not likely to not balter we believe the best way in which the lives of But the statement serves to revive the interest Hill is now shortly to bristle with the most examinations, which included three sight tests. subject as to whether Eving for 150 years work?
submit to it. Thors is such a spirit thore and it is growing, and the cry is against the exploita tion of China by the foreigners. As to the losus, everyone knows that they are the source of most modern wars. The inability or refusal of the Khedive of Egypt to pay the dues on the
join
to
That we did not 4
THE JAPANESE ELEMENT IN HAWAII.
compounded loans by Lombard Street, caned an action of beasts. Now the Japanesearching across the tracts where food and fodder accennt. The chief element of the Hawaiian February, latter of colour blindness. In it is, and as we grow older and more experienced
the debts now being invarred through these loans, and Koreans would be best ruled under hims
China, lending syndicates will demand that our
honour of the nation. One of the chief reasons why there is so much talk about a big navy in the Pajile in certain eastern circles is not to protect legitimate trade, but to protect these forced loans and franchise privileges. Trado- the exchange of commodities, the sale of tlungs produced by labour-doos not muko war. In particular lines wo can take and hold our own against the competition of the world, in China, as we do in Europe and elsewhere. If wo
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should be taken. We, members, of the Il-chin whence he could send his emissaries to ascertain fully and in warm tears subult, this address to could be reasserted. your Imperial Majesty.
At Lhases itself his reception both by the Chinese Amban and the Condoll of Lamas is not likely to be a cordial one in spite of a Peking decree authorising his
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday landd the following report: '-
Fresh to moderate mensoon may be expected in the Formosa Ubanuel and strong monsoon over the China Sea. st 10 am to-day, 0.00 izgles,
Hongkong isinfall for the 24 hours auding
return to Tibet
of
show
he wrote
pase,
as compared with: the disastrous results of and their in pair bands of the tapaan. The examination, took place in the presence of
distinguished wren, he
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mark. For examples there are J. Pierpont Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller. James J. Hill, the late Edward I. Harriman
and a hundred mors,
just why they are put on earth, but, boing here, It may not be plain to a good many persons there is a very excellent reason for them tơ đó the best they can. To squander time in dobat- ing whether life is worth living is an injustice both to oneself and to those who may be depen dent upon one Sun Prancisco Chronicle.
an openol rather indly yet win the petorit terme plated-a-tie-islante te url-dosincumbs to co
FAR EASTERN PERIL.
and is now contmal ever. the Sea of Japan last year's workings - - Although the desired to stimulate it we could propose what we
the Chius Sea,
| improvement in trade abroad there has Been estallish a reciprocity tresty with low duties. in
corresponding improvement in the returns of unlikely as it seems now, as war between the Peter William Abby, ale gee evidence both countries. But the syndicates are propos
the German shipping firms. Thus, while the the laying out of Honolulu as a natal base, and that he had examined Mr. Trattles twice, and United States | Japan Is been foreseen in Sir who gave said ing nothing of the kind. The Open
Надаа Shipping Company of Bromion, Door they speak of is not opening the door
was able to doctare last year a dividend of the land
there was no doubt that he was completely- A St. Petersburg telegram-dated December- only siz
us those designod to beat off to legitimate trade, but opening the way
sue of at leas: 11 or 12 per cent. for 1909. Last fantry cavalry, and feld nufflers i ako being showed that Mr. Trattles was liable to confuse which are current at the moment, it ia a fact
attack. A very strong garrison of iu- sometimes for white. The odoured trends test
is no ground for the apprehensions of wor to loans and concessions. It is not some- The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon your the Hamburg-America Line was not establised in the city. Everything points to red and green, and to mistake green for white. that suck is official nervousness over Fur East- thing for the many freely to engage in to-day is as follows
able to declare apy dividend; it is stated in determination to set as a base impregnable in NE winds, oficial eireles, that this year it will be in s
Cross-examined by Mr. Atkin, the witness ern developments that all internal legislation is bat privileges for the syndicates exclusively. Hongkong & Neighbourhood
freek; fine.
any-nergency,
said that Mr. Trattles would never se rod as practically at a standstill. It is known that M. Japan took these privileges from the Russiaus
N.E. wind, cont
position to declare a dividend of five os eix per A glance of the map of the Pacific will show red he would see signs! red" as greep. The Kokovtsoff, the Minister of Finance, who ha as a spoil of war and she will do all she can to
The North German Lloyd will have that Honolulu, is the chief stintegio position to test which the witness carried ont was quite just returned from Livadis, discussed the Same as No. L years, and it will be able to pay back to its coasts. As a base it is either a shield to the W. Watson agreed with Sir William M. Stolypin if any importent decisions 215 fresh to mod to earned profite much greater than those of former be held for the defence of the American different from the Bonil ef Tride test. keep other Powere out. She gave it up oure
whole position with the Czar, and His Majesty before at the close of the war with China
Dr. W,H. Rivers, Mr. J. H. Pursons, and is said to have expressed a wish to confer with reservo fund part of the money which it bor-Pacific Coast or a sword pointed straight at its Abnoy's evidence, and the inquiry was adjourned, arrived at. and Russia slipped in. She will not give it up
Same as No. 1. rowed from it last year.—Globe,
heart, according as it is held
cent.. it will be able to declare sau thorontious_aro-designed with the red blind.” He mistook red for green" and | 7th to a London journal states that while there
Formoss Channel
South coast of China between
Hongkong and Lamocka. Eouth coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan...
a friend or an