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Sir Alorandor Hosie is reported to have been Fortunately, Mr. AGLEN had a full sense of the duties and reponsibilities of the specially detailed by the British Foreign Offics office to which he had been appointed, and to travel all over Chine to investigate and report his prompt action and determined stand on the cultivation of the poppy. Six Alexander will be more than a year on his travels. Fe achieved a solation of the temporary prob-will make an exhaustivo investigation so as to lem. But if properly utilised this result forward au oxuet idea of how far the suppression can be carried much further. While not of the opium evil has been carried out, and to completely restoring the status quo of what extent the poppy is now being onltivated. the Customs prior to the establishmout
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JEWISH APPRECIATION OF KING: EDWARD.
LONDON, May 13th.
CANTON.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
13th May.
THE KING'S DEATI
As a mark of respect to the memory of the late King Edward, the Viceroy has ordered that mourning shall be worn by the officiala for a | space of twenty daya, `
property came to blows, and soon there was n regular battle in which many were hurt.; Then the village alders and the flours of a local charitable institution were called in to make peace, but they attorly failed. The authorities are now taking the matter in hand. It is most preposterous thing that a man should, have his * property destroyed on account of the supersti. tion of a few ignorant villagers, and it is to be hoped that the offaints will deal out severe Puuishment to those concerned in this not of violence,
LOOTING A PAWNSHOP. The owner of a pawnshop called Kwan On in the Shun Tak district. Ins petitioned Admiral Li for justice It appears that a number of
CORRESPONDENCE. lawless characters (und their name is logion in. A Jewish memorial service in re-together to attack his shop. The village watch the Shun Tak District) bandod theinsolves
REFUGE FOR INSANE AT CANTON.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG membrance of His late Majesty was resisted them, and four of the guastians of the
DAILY PRESa,.") held yesterday at Mile End. The pace wore shot to dead. The robbers, however,
SIR-Having recently been approached by proved more than a match for the watch, and Dr. Charles C. Selden, Superintendant of the congregation numbered 4,000, many they proceeded to loot the pawnshop. Having Refuge for Insane, founded at Canton by the
of whom were moved to tears.
The Chief Rabbi, in paying a tribute to the late King, stated that he was the best friend the Jews had had for two thousand years,
THE COLLIERY DISASTER.
HOPE ABANDONED.
LONDON, May 13th. All hope of rescuing the men entombed as the result of the colliery
taken away all the money and most of the valuables, they then set fire to the premises, and much damage was done. The bader of the
burs is said to be a maa called Chan She, and the owner of the damaged property has petition. ed the Admiral to do all he can to capture this fellow and make him restore the plunder.
There had been
REWARDING BRAVEET, Some time ago certain of the crow of the Chinese river cruisers Po Ping wil Kung Cha ared the lives of several men.
heavy gale and a junk had foundered and certain of the crow thereof wore in imminent danger of death. At the risk of their own lives some of the sailors of the cruisers managed to save those in distress Thọ mattor was reported to the Viceroy with a recommendation, that
late John G. Kerr-a name which will ever occupy a loading place in the annals of medical missionary world in China-with a request for assistance in the matter of providing funds to enable that institution to keep pace, in the watter of building accommodation, with the increasing number of applicants for admission. I was so struck with the unique and banoficent character of the work therein carried on that I felt that an appoul-should be made to a wider public.
It is for this reason that I crave the hospitality of your columns to lay the accompanying state. mout of its history and of its noods before your
I would addressmyself, on behalf of Dr. Selden,
readers,
GREAT in cutting the Gordian knot the could not pay that sun and that bo had no goods/explosion at Whitehaven has been those who had shown such bravery should be particularly to those non-Chinese, who, like my
or property of any kiad
of the case was adjourned.
situation would have become intolerable, aud Britain would have been compelled to
Atabout two o'clock on Saturday morning intervene. Now, it is probable that the seme nine men, armed with knives and chop passive policy of laissez faire will continue,, eatered a house in a village at Chonug shawan, and terrifying the inmates, proceeded and that some startling occurrence will have to loot the home. An alarm was raised, and two to take place before the Guvernment is Indian policemen appearing on the scene, Duo roused to vigorous measures. A timely of the robbers was arrested, but the others and important statement is made by managed to make their escape. The native an occasional correspondent of The Times arrested was charged before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy on Saturday, and the hearing (given in another column), who sets forth the whole story of the effort of the Chiusso Government to acquire control of the Customs in defiance of treaty obligations supported by repeated as- surances. He recalls the fact that China was saved from bankruptcy by receiving loans from several Powers on the security of Customs service under foreign control with a British Inspector-General, whose authority was to remain unaltered until these loans were repaid. In these circumstances the creation of the Shui-w-chu, designed to exercise control over the whole personnel of the Customsservice and to make the Inspector-General 3 servant of the Chinese Government; was clearly a breach of international obligations, and why Britain gave her consent to such an arrangement is beyoned understanding. It was not quite fair to the other Powers, to whom she stood
a
abandoned, though the work of brick-rewarded by promotion. The Viceroy referred Excellency has just received a dispatch stating ing up with a view to preventing the theater to the Navy Department and His that the Department appreciates the fins spirit spread of the fire is proceeding.
shown by the men, and mying that they will be suitably rewarded,
The conditions revealed as the result of investigation preclude the possibility of the entombed colliers having survived.
King George has telegraphed his heartfelt sorrow with the wives and families of the victims.
TURKISH SYMPATHY.
The Chinese Press in Peking continues to draw attention to signs of unrest in the provinces.. One Peking paper has published a list of thirty three outbreaks and disturbances that are said to
LONDON, May 14th. have occurred since the beginning of the year. The most important of these aro: the Tibetan A special Turkish mission, headed affair, the Centon mutiny, Soochow riets, Kaishow by the Heir Apparent, will represent rebellion, Yangkow (Fukien) rebellion, Luchow the Sultan at the funeral of King (Anhui) riot, Chingkiang mating, Wenshow opium riots, Yanuan riots, the Kirin mutiny Edward. and the Chang sha riots...
at
A strike of golf cuddies wae threatened Shanghai the other day. Owing to misbehaviour and insolen ce on the part of some of the golf caddies the boys acting in this capacity on the Race Course were on Saturday morning ordered
by the Police to clear off the grounds. The Boys, of whom there are a large number, there. upon decided to go on strike. The first fow players to put in an appearance, after vainly trying to induce the boys to carry their sticks,
inch for the boys, who saw their means of
The Mission has left Constantinople, receiving a send-off distinguished by extraordinary enthusiasm.
RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS.
LONDON, May 14th. The "Times" publishes a state-
self have had experionto of the treatment to
to submit, owing to lack of governmental or which the mentally afflicted in this Empire have
private care. Also to those charitably die- whose former posed. "Guests from afar". beneficence lauts one to cherish the hope that MONEY MARKET.
an appeal to their generosity in a deserving Money-leaders and native banicors in Fatehan | cause will not be malaia vain. But, above all, and the neighbourhood are having a glorious I would endlovour to invoke the concrete time. It is said that the interest being sympathy of foreign-educated Young China, charged to merchants and truders at the which, from the training it has received in present time is the highest on record: The perlusps in a better position than the rest of the reason is that there is quito a boom in the country to appreciate the humanitarian obliga- sxports of the West River Districts. Of these, tion in respect of providing for the insane, the chief is ground nuts and the oil derived imposed by modern civilisation. from them. The prices of these commodities bare risen greatly of late and merchants have had to draw hoavily on the bankers for funds, hence the high-rate of interest being charged The import trade to these parts is also in rearing, and large quantities of cloth, cotton in raw optam, notwithstanding the high price, goods and yarn are being sent daily. The trade
also said to be in a dourishing state.
BEVERY PUNISHMEET.
is
Three men formerly in the Fatshan police
force, were taken off duty as uniformed con-
stables and directed to serve as detectives. Hera their work gave them many opportunities for bribery and extortion, which they were not slow to take. The other day two of them robbed a man of a charm and 85. The case was reported to the poltes and the two were arrested. · After a preliminary trial in Fatshan they were sent to Canton, where their conduct was
The local Chinose Authorities liavo made haudne donations towards the Refuge, and are at present contemplating the erection and
downout of a Provincial Asylum. Until that, however, is in working order, the John G. Korr Heige romains the solitory institution of its remain hospitably open, provided accommodation kind within the Four Seas, and as its doors
be available, to any member of the blackhaired race, me mintter whence he or she may hail, am I wrong in apposing that an appeal to universal China can be made without presumption?
Fuller particulars and reporta ona be obtained from the Superintendant, by whom, as well as by the undersigned, remittances will be gratefully received.
J. W. JAMIESON, HI, B. M. Consulate General.
Cunton, May 5, 1910.
in the position of a trustee If she could begun to play without caddies. This provod too ment from its St. Petersburg corres-being sent to gaol they were taken back to of the John G. Kerr Refuge for Insane.
afford to be careless of her own rights honesty, demanded that she should have more regard to the other interests placed in her keeping It stands to reason that the encroachment of Chinese officialdom must not be allowed to proceed unchecked. It is necessary. even iu China's interests.
livelihood disappearing, with the result that before any of the players had finished even one round they were all supplied with caddies-and so another strike was "off.”
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PUBLIC MOURNING.
The following cablegrain has been received by the Officer Administering the Gorerament from the Secretary of Stats for the Colcnica:--
"Pablie mourning will continas nutil the 29th July, half mourning after the 17th June,"
I am heartily in sympathy with the appeal thoroughly investigated. They were sentencod put forward by J. W. Janioson, Esq., H. B. sach to serve five years' imprisonment. Before M's Consul General, Canton, in the interesta •
MYEL 8. MYERS, American Consulate General. Canton, May 9, 1910, 0,
THE MONEY MARKET.
We subjoin extracts from Messrs. Samuel Moatagu & Co.'s bullion cireular dated April 21at On Friday the price of silver rose to 2431, the highest quotation of the year-and maa remained at that figure on Saturday. "After the
streets of the towo.
-FROM-SUN-WUI.
A theatrical performance was recently being held in the Kau Tan village in honour
pondent on Russo-Japanese relations. Fatalian, where their cars were pierced with a It says that both countries realised the wire on which was hang a record of their crimes. expediency of a closer understanding. In this fashion they were led through the main Their political and economic interests strengthened the tendency towards a rapprochem ent, but the road must first be cleared of disputes arising from the inte war. These were trifling with the exception of the capture of Russian hospital ships. The statements that the immediate annexation of Korea
of the birthday of a certain god. While
the entertainment was proceeding a noticed a person with whom his clan was at sharp advance of, in six working day; ita
vory slight reaction occurred on Monday; amity. He forood his way to where the unfor immediate sanso was the sale by China inse tunate man sat and stabbed him to death. Por Bombay on Saturday of a considerable amount sons. in the audience at once secured the of silver, which temperarily blunted the edge murderer, and he was handed over to the of the bazaar demand. The inquiry continned, THE FUNERAL OF KING EDWARD was contemplated were misleading staly been transferred to another place. This #abstantial amounts wore dealt in, and Ching authorities. The magistrats of this district has remained practically stationary Each day
the but, supplies being fairly plentiful, price
A finoral service will take place in St. John's When this rapprochement was effected officer has been very unpopular, and according was able to sell "forward" silver with some
Amid the existing chaos of Chinese fill On the 14th April, at St. Mary Abbot'sances it is imperative that her one solid asset Church, Kensington, by the Rev. Charles Dir. ham, EDWIN THOMAS DOTTRIDOR, second son should remain uncorrupted, and, as pointed of the late Alfred James Dottridge, to MANEL out by the writer under notice, the change FLORENCE, widow of Clemont Tulloch, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation of authority offers an opportunity that will not recur. On. Great Britain devolves a duty which should be discharged, not only in the interest of all her nationals, but on behalf of all engaged in foreign trade in Cathedral, Hongkong, on Friday at 11.30, and
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The Daily Press.
HONGHONG, Mar 16TE, 1919.
China. Will she rise to the occasion ?
Tuesday in the twenty-fourth anniversary of the birth of Alphonse XIII., King of Spain.
A corrected copy of the register of medical and surgical practitioners qualitied to practise medicine and surgery in this Colony is published in the Government Gazette.
Tax burden of the complaints ventilated at the annual meeting of the China Associa- tion was, as we have already indicated in this colunin, the decline of British prestige in the East and the failure of the BritishTM Government to give adequate support to "Bamboo philosophers, sours, iconoclasts and the interests of its nationals. The facts are orators to meat" is the phraseology in which beyond disputa, though, as we pointed out a Manila newspaper refers to the independence on Saturday, the case may suffer through propaganda in that city. being overstated, critics naturally seizing The professional billiard player, Mr. Aleo, on the exaggerations. By proving these to Taylor, who was recently in Hongkong, was be beyond the truth they do harm to a admitted to the hospital at Tientsin on May cause which only needs to be accurately 3d suffering from malaria, presented to command that sympathy and support which it deserves. deadlock in the Chinese Customs, if it has had no other result, points the moral which so many in this part of the world have been endeavouring to impress upon the British Government, that its supineness will produce The election of a Justice of the Peace to sorro more disastrous and further reaching ill on the Licensing Board, which was fixed for next Wednesday, is cancelled. Only-ene uomins effects than loss of prestige, undesirable, as
The recent We are informed that the total output of the three mires for the week ending 30th April Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's motiated to 17,971.74 tons and the sales during the period to 28,583.70 toms,
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another in the Union Church at six o'clock,
FIRES ON THE HILLSIDE.
The Hon. Mr. Murray Stewart will ask the following question at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on Thursday
caused by the billside in
it may be presumed that Japan's to Allies and friends would not suffer.
lattar received from the district theories do not agreed the average. It is stated freedom at 24-Ed. Meanwhile supplies from inhabitants celebrated his departure by a feast. that the prospects of the wheat
RESULT OF GAMBLING,
in the orop Panjab are good, and a bumper harvest is expect- ed; sach reports throw light on the robust pharacter of recent buying for the Indian bazaars. Yesterday the stock of silver in Bombay was reported as 2,400 bars, excluding 2,600 still in bond
A man named Lau was the owner of several
| JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION, | gambling houses out of which he made a large fortune before he died. His son was au inveterate gambler, and in a short time hud lost nearly the whole of his money,
He raised money on a bond, which he also lost. His wife, seeing nothing but ruin before them and tired of living with a man whose only thoughts wero of gambling, committed suicide by eating a quantity of prepared opium. The suman left two sons, one of whom is but-an-infant.
LONDON, May 14th. The gates of the Japan-British In view of the extensive destruction of the Exhibition were opened to-day in vicinity of Abordeen, and the circumstance glorious weather without any cere- that many of those separate conflagrations occurred simultaneously--some on this island, mony The British and Japanese and others-on-the-island-of-Ap-li-chau-will- the Government inform the Council what flags were halfmasted, in the midst steps have since been taken to guard against of a blaze of Oriental splendour and woodland incendiarism among the villagers and boatpeople of this particular district F Japanese scenery Every department is complete, including some four thousand private Japanese and British exhibits.
CAVALRY DUMMY" HORSES.
In the House of Commons on April 18th the Earl of Ronaldshay asked the Secretary of State for War whether rooking-horses were to be supplied to all Cavalry regiments for the purpose
with a view to increasing eficiency. of teaching recraits to ride, and did he propose to extend this advantage to the Territorial Forces
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EXPLOSION IN A CANADIAN
POWDER. FACTORY.
Mr. Haldane replied-The noble lord is doubtless alluding to certain dummy horses on rockers-(laughter)--which have been tested with very satisfactory resulla. The question of the supply of such dummy horses is now under
OTTAWA, May 10th. consideration.
A terrific explosion in the powder works The Earl of Ronaldshay-May I ask tho
ask the near this city to day billed ton men and right hon. gentleman whether it is bis intention
DISLOYAL SOLDIER.-----
Bomo days ago, a soldier of No 2 Regiment was observed to be suspicious in his actions and
consequently arrested, and his quarters
searched. Here were found sovaral, tickets
ADMIRAL LAMBTON'S MARRIAGE.
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Hedwerth Lambton, who has just relinquished The marriage of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir the command of the China Squadron, brother of the Earl of Durham, and Viscountess Chelsea, widow of the late Viscount Chelsea (elder son of Earl Cadogan), took place quietly early on the afternoon of April 19th. at St. Paul's, Knights - bridge. The service was choral, and the perorae www performed by the Bar. H. E. Gamble, rector of Holy Trinity, Sloane-street, and the Rev. F. L. Boyd, vicar of St. Paule. belonging to a secret society of which it was was married in
Lord Alington gave his sister away. She costume of pale blus eatin clear he was a member. It was afterwards charmeuse, the bodice trimmed with cream lace found that ho had tried to indies his comradest and having a yoke of fine cream, while she also wore A Jarge pale blue straw hat, adorned to become members. He was sentenced to ton with a
Blue With a long
ostrich feather; and her years' imprisonment in his native place, Fornaments included a necklace of Colonel Chow.
the
William Lambton, Hon.
brother of the and among the few SUPERSTITION.
relations and friends Clan fights were formerly of very common the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duchess of Occurrence in the Tung Kwoon district, but Wolverton, Lady St, Oswald, Lady Farquhar, Abercorn, the Earl of Durham, Lady thanks to the active measures of Admiral L, Lord and Lady Robert Cecil, Lady Evelyn they have to s great extent been repressed. Baring, Lady Anne Lambton, Elo Hon. Trouble, however, sometimes baks out, and Cland and Mrs Lambton, Master Hedworth and Mim A. Lambton, the Hon. Georga nad Mrs. Lambton, the Hon. D'Arcy Lambton, the Hon. Francis Lambton, Sir Charles sad the Hon. Lady Hardinge, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Hotham, Captain Grindel, E.N., Captain Clinton Baker, RN., Commander. F. O. Lewis, E.N., Mrs. Percy Bennett, Mr. C. G. Barrington and
Mry. at at Lord and Lady Alington's house in Barrington. The wedding party afterwards Portman-square, where luncheon was served before the departure of the bride and bridegroom for their honeymoon tour.The Times.
bridegroom, was "ont at the church were
that undoubledly is. The breach of inter-resignation of Mr. D. W. Craddock, and the these restive mechanical beaats? (Laughter.)
tion was received for the vacancy caused by the to make good the deficiency in real horses by injured many more. The entire city was there was a case in point at the end of last Lambton
shaken by the concussion as by an earth-month. A man who had resided abroad return. national obligations on the part of the nominee, Mr.A. Maçkonzie, will be elected. Mr. Haldane-No, but I am told that various quake. Hundreds of windows were broken od and erected a high house in the foreign style. Chinese authorities permitted in 1906 by
hon, and right hon. gentlemen practise with
Certain superstitious persons in the place being Great Britain, in allowing the Shui-wu.chu The now Bishop of Hunan and Kwangst has profit on these dummy horses. (Laughter and at great distances from the disaster.
believers of "Fung-Shui" made a great outery cries of Name.") to be stablished was not clarified until Miss Banister. We understand that the Bishop arrived in Hankow, together with Mrs, and
against this, and ordered the man to pull his the deadlock referred to turned the limelight will stay there for a while until things settle
with such a request, and so the superstitions house down. Of course he refused to comply on the extraordinary situation which down somewhat in Hanan, when he will deside
ones forcibly destroyed it. The members of had been allowed to develop. The full as to where he will make his episcopal residence.
the man's family and the destroyer of the
asked whether, for the edification of members,
Mr. Guinness (Bury Sir Edmund's, Opp.). the right hon. gentleman would give a practical demonstration of the advantages of this inven- tion on the Terrace? (Laughter.)
No answer was returned,"
Messrs. Dady Burjor & Co, samples of the We have received from the local agents. famous Wrexham Pilsener beer which is browed in North Wales. It is a beer of exceptionally palatable quality.