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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH, 1910,
Engineer-Ladut. F. B. Jaques has been up- pointed to the Monmouth, to date April 15.
The American Consal-General at Singapore reports that no merchant vessels calling there fy the Stars and Stripes,
A trade commissioner is shortly to be ap- opposite the site of the present Buenos pointed by the Japanese Government to repro- Ayres. Other discoveries in the region ledsent its intareste la Hongkong. the Spaniards to see the possibilities of the
The Japanese craiser Ikoma will arrive at rich district and its noble river, which was Southend on July 20, and will stay until Aug named the River of Silver, and they dater-4, when she will teave for Plymouth, mined to colonise the district. DON PEDRO
Lieat. G. B. Oliver, R.A., and Elent, C. A..
DO MENDOZA, with two or three thousand Macalister, Cameron Highlanders, have been followers, was sent from Spain to secure the permitted to prossed to China and Japan,
possession and establish a relationship between it and the mother country. He landed upon the western shores of La Plata in the year 1585 and founded the city of Buenos Ayros, which he so named from the salubrity of the climate. But misfortunes descended upon the early settlers. Their town was burned by the Indians, and after
suffering many privations they were after wards compelled to abandon the place. Contentions with the Indiane, frequent and bloody, followed, and a second attempt to build the town in 1542 had a result similar to that which had overtaken the former. Not until the year 1580 did the Europeans succeed in their attempts to found a town
upon the site chosen by MENDOZA. From this period the city began to prosper and the few wild cattle which the early settlers brought with them from Europe multiplied so rapidly that a complete change was there by brought about in the pampas. In this way the beginnings of that trade in hides which has become so extensive was estab- lished.
From the first period of colonisation the government of the country was depend- ent on that of Peru.
respectively, to stedy the language of the country.
Telegrams from Seoul state that the Korengs, superstitions and possimistic, are frightened at the appearance of Halleys Comet. They think it forebodes the downfall of the Yi dynasty.
A telegram from Harbin atatos that
Khabarovsk is threatened with danger owing to inundations of the Amur River. A number of houses have been submerged in the district of Khairal
The American Consulate-General yesterday received the telegram quoted below from the Manila Observatory at 12.30 p.m.;-Manila, Mey 21, 11.45 am.-Cyclons or typhoon W. of Eazon more than 100 miles distant, developing.
The Hankow Daily News of 13th inst, states that 8.M.S. Titis was reported to be ashore on Sunday Island and that news has been received
from Kinking that an ocean-going steamer is badly ashore on Governor Island.
The Japanese Government has decided to reduce the strength of the garrison in South Saghallen. After the withdrawal of the present forces in June mart, only two companies of Infantry will remain on the island,
Thieves have visited the Christian Bolence
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KING'S MESSAGE TO THE COLONIES.
LONDON, May 23rd. The King is sending to all his Dominions a letter containing a similar message to that which he had addressed to "my people."
SOUTH AFRICAN UNION,
LONDON, May 23rd. Router learns that H.R.H. the
Duke of Connaught will open the South African Union Parliament.
KAISER'S DEPARTURE,
LONDON, May 23rd, The Kaiser left London yesterday afternoon. Large crowds witnessed his departure and the police lined the route. He took an affectionate face well of the King.
JAPAN.BRITISH EXHIBITION.
LONDON, May 28rd, Prince Fushimi will make a private visit to the Japan-British Exhibition
CANTON,
BAD MONEY.
EMPIRE DAY.'
Hongkong, like other parts of His Majesty's dominions, observed Empire Day yesterday, bat the celebration was shorn of much of its joyful
poot by the recent berpavement. The day was obscrved as a holiday in the Colony. Basi does was suspended and, most people spent the day in outdoor pleasure,
A feature of the day was the service in St John's Cathedral, primarily intended for British children. It was attended by the cadet corps in uniform and a large congregation was present, including His Excellency Sir Henry May, Lady May, the Misses May, Captain Garnett, A.D.C., Mr. E. A. Irving, Director of Education, Mr.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
May 23rd.
There is an enormous amount of spurtens money in circulation in the city. It has been discovered that many banknotes circulating here are forgeries and the shop-keepers and traders are in many instances refusing to accept notes at all, as it is vory difficult to tell the genuine from the spurious article. In some cases the shamotors on the notes denoting the amount therool have been very doverly tan- pered with, no that $10 notes have been made tops for $100.
It is said there these are been palmed off on tontista and such like for Ralphs, Hood bapeeter of Schools, Mr. E. sons who are ignorant, of the Chiness written Hoadmaster of Queen's College, and
Native Chinese banknotes are
others interested in education. very poorly mado and do not possess that in-
The service was conducted by Archdeacon
and tricacy of design that makes the foreign note Barnett
the Rev. A. B. Thornhill, so hard to forge. While spanking of money while the Rav, C. H. Hickling read the it may be worth while mentioning that the special lesson. The band of the Buffa great bulk of the 10 and S sont places in eir. played the musical portion of the service, which oulation here and in the neighbourhood are of included the hyman, "Now thank we all our Praise to Our God, Whoso Hongkong exrrency and the amount of Hong. God," | kong copper is also considerable. The natives bounteous hand," Kipling's "Land of do not like the Canton cout or 5 cent pince and our Birth," "O God our help in ages past," very often refuse to accept them in payment. and concluded with the National Anthem. The Thus the sangan people and ricksha paltara children joined heartily in the singing. always make a big putory if a Canton opin is tendered them, and the shopkeepers are nearly as bad.
character.
A NEW METHOD OF PAYING DEBTS.
An amusing storzy comes from a village up the river. The techer of the school at this place owed certain small sums of money which he was unable to repay. Being a man of resource he thought of a way in which he might raise a few dollars and so satisfy his creditors. He held a meeting of his pepils and their friends and then gave them a stirring lecture on the uselessness of the queue. He talked to such purpose that after the address several of the audience seat for a barber and had their queass out off without further delay. Pretending to be overjoyed at their courage and good sense the teacher then begged that the discard tails be
Biskop Lander delivered an appropriate dis course, reminding his hearers that the day was observed brosuse it was on this day in 1819 that there was born a gracious lady who ruled over the Empire so long and who did so much for its good -Quesa Victoris. They began the service that morning with praise to God, and the keynote of the service was thanksgiving for all that the British Empire meant.
They thought of the vast territory of the Empire, They might go to England by different routes; they might go throu,h the Mediterranean And call at a number of porte which were British, or they might go noross the continent of North America, through the great dont- inion of Canada, and still be on British soil, or they might go by way of Australia and Now Zealand without leaving British do
A false idea of what Rooms in Zotland Street and stolen a clook and to-morrow. H.B.H. Prince · Arthur Igiven to him as a momento of the occasion. mains. Then they thought of the safety of the constitutes woalth had led Spain to estimate number of Vienna chairs. This is the second of Connaught will accompany him. This was done, but next day the wily pedagogue British Empire. Wherever a British subject
Owing to the prevailing mourning sent them down to Canton and sold them for there will be no ceremony,
the value of her possessions by the number and richness of their mines of gold and silver; and Buenos Ayres, being deficient in these, its more solid advantages of a fertile oil and a salubrious climate were over Looked. However, in 1778 the provinces of the Rio de la Plata, Paraguay and Bolivia were erected into a viceroyalty, of which Buenos Ayres was constituted the capital.
A. S. WATSON & CO.. No noteworthy change took place until
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time such undesirable visitors have entered the premises. On the previous occasion they mado
off with a valuable dlook,
The Germinal" Tobacco Company, Manila, a received and refused an offer of P3,000,000 for the factory and the company's other in- terests in the tobacco business of the islands. The offer was made by two New York concerns, independent tobacco companies not affiliated with the Tobacco Trust,
The completion of the tomb at Bausha Bay, the arrival of the invading British in 1806, Keelung, of the late Admiral Courbet, in followed by the stirring events in Eur-command of the French Asiatic squadron, who ope when Spain was overrun by the French died in Formoss about twenty-five years ago, This suggested the possibility of the colonies shortly after the Franco-Chinese War, was to throwing off their allegiance to the mother country, and though they coquetted with the
havo been celebrated on the 14th instant.
Admiral Taragaki, Commander of the third squadron, arrived at Keelung on the 11th
CHINESE MILITARY
MISSION.
LONDON, May 23rd. Prince Tsai Tao has returned to Paris.
THE DERBY.
LONDON, May 23rd. The betting on the Epsom Derby is 2/1 against Lemberg and Neil Gow,
several dollars and with the money he paid off the more pressing of his creditors.-----...
A COLONEL IN DISGRACE.
The colonel of No 1 regiment has petitioned the Viceroy for permission to resign on account of ill-health. It was this regiment that was s prominent in the mutiny that occurred at the beginning of this year, and it has since been said that the colonel in question is a poor dis- ciplinarian and made no effort to keep his man in cheek during that critical time. Viceroy Ynen has granted him sick leave, but has refused to allow him to leave Canton, as his conduct is still under investigation in Peking.
POLICE AND FINES.
was he was entitled to the protection of the whole Empire which had done much for liberty. Bome years ago a large sum of money was spent in the liberation of slaves, and wherever the British flag was dying there was liberty. It. often meant prosperity, and they thought of the island of Hongkong to-day and what it was les then seventy years ago. In conclusion his Lordship urged his hearers to keep undefiled their great heritage and pass it on undeßlel,
RUSSIA AND CHINA,
NAVIGATION ON THE BUNGARI,
-
The Times' correspondant at St. Petersburg, writing on April 27th, statas:
ONLY communications relating to the new PRINCES REGENT of PORTUGAL, who claim-instant to be present at the function, Bear. Odds of 100 to 8 bar two are offered. station has observed that this may give rise to a mission siting at Kharbin has failed, after
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. slunin should be addressed to THE EDITOR.
Correspondents manfections addressed to the must forward their names and Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith.
All letters for publication should be written on and ultimately set up the standard of inde- afficials of Formosa were also to be present at ans ride of paper only.
No anomously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be ingested.
Orders for extra copies of DAILY PERS should be sent before 11 am, on day of milication. After that how the supply is limitea. Only supply for Cash.
Telegraphic Address: PRESS, Oodss: 4.8.0.5th Ed. Lieber. P.0. Bax., 84, Telephone No. 12.
Up till the present time it has not been the custom to make pablo the amount of money received by the police in fuss, and the new Police Total in his endeavours to improve the police
great deal of dishonesty. In fatiure all detaile
Police Bureau, while the amounts received by each police station are to be posted up promin. outly on the wall outside the building.
el the crown of Spain and who concerted | Admiral de la Croix de Castries, Commander of measures for taking up her residence at the French Pacific squadron, was expected to U, S. NAVAL APPROPRIATION. of fines are to be sout once a month to the Buenos Ayres, they changed their views arrive on the 13th instant for the same purpose. The Governor-General of Formoss and other
the ceremony,
pondence. After some political struggles they succeeded in deposing the Viceroy, and on the 25th May, 1910, named a junta gubernativo, Naturally the change did not meet with general approval. Perhaps the colonists were not educated up to the standard of self-government. At any rate fighting ensued, not always against Spanish interests, but Buenos Ayres, wishing to hold
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LONDON, May 24th.
of construction gramme Dreadnoughts.
are
DELIBERATIVE. COUNOU.
A moeting of the Deliberative Council was to have been held on the 19th inst. The items for discussion were affairs relating to the Tast
A Reuter despatch from Washing- The Far East and the Messageries Maritimes ton states that the U. S. Senate has 源 naval appropriation of losos a friend by the death of Monsieur Eugene passed Blanc, general manager of the Messageries $135,000,000--Included in the pro-Hen Railway and the suppression of gambling Maritimes, which took place on 15th April at Marseilles. The deceased had been ailing bat a few days, his death being due to congestion of the lungs. The funeral took placo at Marseilles,
THE QUEEN-DOWAGER. and as a mark of respect the vessels in that port seilles in 1855, Monsieur Blanc had been in the had their flags at half-mast, Bom at Mar- LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREST. EC
other provinces contending for equal rights, service of the Messageries Maritimes for no
LONDON, May 24th. In 1824 the independence of La Plata was fewer than 35 years.
The Queen-Dowager Alexandra He represented the.
denies any intention of leaving Eng recognised by Great Britain, but dis- sensions continued in the Confedemtion, and time, being at various periods their agent at land to reside in Denmark, Her separations resulting in the formation of the Singapore and Yokohama. He occupied a like Majesty says she will ever live among
Konggong OFF!": 10A, DES VEUT ROAD the supreme power, was resisted by the
The Daily Press.
PICS.
HONGKONG, MAY 25TH, 1910.
company in the Far East: for soms soatidorable
The Russo-Chinese negotations regarding the vexed question of navigation on the Sunguri have entered a new phase. The mixed com- three months work, to make the slightest progress, The Rassian delegates have, there fore, been directed to suspend their labours, and M. Korontoreta, the Minister at Feking, will to morrow receive instructions defining the intentions of the Russian Government..
China's conduct in this matter is typical of her disregard of treaty obligations except under compulsion. The treaties of St. Petersburg and Agiun expressly provide that navigation on the Bungari shall be limited to Russian and Chinese rossols and-shall-bo-regulated by the
two The Viceroy was unable to attend through Chias, without the consent of Russia, issued
sickness, but although he sent a deputy and although several of the highest provincial officials and 71 members of the Assembly ware present, no business was transacted, and the meeting broke up after a few minutes. There woro slso present some 300 members of the outalde public who had come to hear the diss2s.
sion,
CLAN FIGHT.
News of yet another clan fight comes from the Saun Tal district. A man of one olan was
fishing in the river and caught a fish called
joint const of the two Poors Last Jane regulations and established Customs Houses on the Banguri. To all representations from Buggie the Chinese make the extraordinary rejoinder that their obligations lapsed bacan the Russian pienipotentiary at Portemonth did not specifically reserve Russia's rights under the treaties above mentioned.
Meanwhile, Busain tolerwitly permitted does to be paid to the Chinese Customs pending the decision of the Kharbin Commission. As the Chinese persist ment will probably refuse farther paymen`s of in i.noring the treaties, the Russian Govern- Bungari daes to the Clunese Customs
Writing on April 28th he adds Instructions have been sent to Korosteretz, Russian
republies which now environ Argentina took position at Port Said, and at. Sydney (N.S.W-) the English people, whom she so Sam Nai, which is something like a horing-Minister at Poking, to inform the Chinese
place. The present constitution of the Argentine Republic, which is modelled on that of the United States, bears the date May, 15th 1858, with modifications in 1862, after the province of Buenos Ayres had joined the confederacy.
Like other South American States the
was the company's-agent-general-On his
return to Europe in 899 M. Blane became sasistant director, and four years later director. In the Far East and Australia the deceased was well-known and much liked. Monsiear Blanc married an English wife, and every sympathy will be accorded her and her two sons and daughter in their bærsavement.
dearly loves.
A man of aucther elan seized this fish and tried Government that less the question of navigs- to run off with it. There was a fight, and as tion on the Sungari is settled with Russia by [FROM THE CABLENEWS-AMELICAN,]
usual in these cases the fighters were joined by the end of June this country will after that their slansmen and there was soon a disturb-date ignore the regulations arbitrarily imposed by China, and the Customs dues will be deposited AN ASTRONOMICAL WONDER. ance. A petty officer brought a few soldiers
in the Russo-Chinese Bank, Russia reserving to restore order, but the walnoky offer was Washington, May 20th.
the right to demand repayment of the duer shot through the back and fatally wounded. already paid to the Chinese Customs. Astronomers were startled to-day by the Tok Brigadier General led a strong foree The fight still went on, but next day the Shan appearance of a spectrum across the face of against the village, and the rioters at once din. or at Yokohams on the 11th May, for a the sun. The phenomenon was wholly un-persed. The murderer of the petty oftver las of Japan, carries on board a Japanese teacher of or an indication of a violent disturbance in cruise of about 50 days in the northern waters expected. Whether it was a foreign body not yet been arrested.
The Italian cruiser Calabria, which weight
Trz dispatch of special envoys and warships by various Fowers to Buenos Ayres to participate in the centenary celebrations of Argentine independence bas directed atten- tion to this rising South American State, and as the anniversary of the oventful date, on which the Fanta gubernativa was first established in Buenos Ayres, falls to day, it is fitting that the interesting and important occasion should receive proper consideration. The republic, now one of the most flourish improvement has become noticeable during ing in South America, stretches nearly half the last two decades. and since 1890 the of Italy to let some of his men practise physioal the length of the continent, and comes next
has enjoyed considerable exercises peculiar to Japan when the ship
The first water polo match of the season will gulations for river traffic on the Sungari government to Brazil in point of area. It. perhaps stability. In 1898 was witnessed a political sequence, as soon as the Calabria arrived at the shanghai Mercury, the people for about six Boffs. The V.B.C representatives aro A. H. reached the shores of that country. In con/ On the mountains about twenty miles from be played at the Naval Ordinance Camber at the city of Foochow, writes a correspondent of G. p.m. to-day, when a V.R.C. tonun muet the enjoys a greater measure of prosperity than phenomenon in the country when a bloodless Yokohams on the 14th of last month, the months have been terrified by tigers, which have her sister State, and while the immense presidential election took place, a happy captain, selecting one warrant officer and thres killed and carried off cows, hogy, goals and Carroll (captain), A. V. Barros, A. 8. Elf, the following report:-
material development and progress of the Argentine Republic has been retarded by the sanguinary political upheavals which have been common in the past, but an jajitsu. It seems that on leiving homs the cap- the sun has not yet been determined.
circumstance which was repeated eix years afterwards when Dr. QuiSTANA was elected
to bo chief executive. His "death" two
tain of the ship received orders from the King
TIGER HUNT AT FOOCHOW.
WATER POLO.
V.B.C.. BUFFS.
ACCIDENT TO JAPANESE DESTROYERS.
that M. Korostovets, the Russian Minister in Writing on May 2nd the correspondent slateu Peking, reports that the Chinese, in pursuance of their policy of sending treaty obligations respecting navigation on the Sungari, seek to attribute to it this character of aen-borno traffic, and coutend that Kharbin is a scopert. This attitude is all the more inconsistent, masmuch. as the Chines themaelves last year insued re-
WEATHER REPORT
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued
On the 24th at 11.55 a.m.The barometer
and fallen moderately to slightly over Chins and the Philippines.
The depression over the China Sea appears to be almost stationary to the Eastward of the Macalesfield Bank
tien out of the whole crew, made them practice calves, and last week a bay about sixteen years F. L. da Rosa, E Leitao, J.M. Roza Pereira has risen slightly over Japan and the Lenius,
of age was killed and eaten. On the 11th, the and C. A. C. Rodriguez.
Harry Caldwell, who is stationed at Hok Chanx, thought he might do some effective missionary work, so on his way home from Foochow visited the scone of action, and hiding and waited realta. He did not have to wait Shikinant, while at anchor off Ten, in Ise Bay, some little goats in a basket stepped to one side
The Japanese destroyers Makigune and long before he saw the object of his search orayling along looking for the lambs-end just Cuesday night (May 13th) drifted, doring &. from Mt. Caldwell's gun was lodged in his vitalsg of the mosta un both destroyers, it was as he was ready to spring on his proy, a ball
Frosh to strong N.E. winds may be expected and the king of the mountain was rolling on the impossible to communicate with the chore. Force Channel and the N. part of
China Sea. Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 inches.
strides which she has made during the past thirty years have given her a position of
the art of jujiten under a Japanese teacher. The teacher who was asked to instruct them undoubted importance in the commercial
was Mr. Vohimura, of the Yokohama. Water world those who know her best are confident years later gave the opportunity to Vice Police. The Italian sailors have since been that she is only on the threshold of her President Dr. ALCORTA, who now wears earnestly engaged in the practice, but they power and dignity. Her resources are as the "while saah," There is good reason cannot now continue their practice, as their ship varied as they are vast, and with the advent to hope that this period of tranquillity was to leave on the 11th May. The captain of responsible government and security from will not be disturbed and that the country therefore has taken steps to engage the being overwhelmed by the native faces which has prospered exceedingly during the teacher on the ship at least till the nailors have
past thirty years will continue uninterrupt completed the first course.-Japan Times. edly its course of development. Great Britain is largely interested in the trade of Argentina, and it is noteworthy that Japnur, which is represented at the festival, has also
which surrounded her. Argentina Las attracted foreign capital and achieved progress which is truly astonishing.
It is nearly four hundred
years since this part of the American continent was decor, ored. The honour, of course, belongs to the Spaniards. Juan DIAS DE SOLIB, having been
SHOOTING,
EMPIRE DAY COMPETITION.
awakened to the commercial possibilities of competition for the Daily Mail Empire Day The Volunteer Besarven scored 606 in the
ground. His weight was 372 pounds, and length from nose to end of tail was eight feet and nine inches. The animal was bought by Rev. John Gowdy, and it will be added to the collection in ike museum of Anglo-Chinese of Foochow
storm on to a shout. Owing to the break-
Thurenpon a bluejacket named Umakichi Yoshida, In, obedience to the instruction of the Commander of the Bhilinami, jumped lato the ses and managed to swim to the shore. in safety. The condition of the two destroyers thas communlgated to the Yokosuka Naval Station, and at once a relief party waS
Was
The northern depression is moving East- wards over Manchuris.
Pressure remains high over Japan and the Yangtze valley
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows:-
N.E. winde, Hongkong & Neighbourhood frosh or strong Formosa Channel::.
Hongkong and Lamorka.a Routh coast of China between" Same as No. 1
Hongkong and Hainan...
Bame as No,
HOW TO A BEAUTIFUL Keep your plexion, Mrs Ellen's Crime Charmante, Lispatched. Meanwhile the destroyers were Charment and Special Skin Tonic and Pond secured by means of a rope thrown from the
shuro. furnished by the Court of Spain with two closer acquaintance with the South Ameri-Competition. The team fired in an indifferent Specialities for the Skin are the study of the Shiinami fell from the mast and was badly. South ocust of China between' )
Charmant will enable you to do it. Her Daring the storm a bluejacket belonging to
can republic whose future is one of the light at King's Park Range. Mr. Hamilton's livetime. A. 8. Watson & Co., Ltd., Solo Agents, injured. He was basquently conveyed to a ships to explore the const of Brazil, arrived brightest in the continent.
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total of 87 hended the list.
hospital in the town.
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