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Three Chinese who were arrested at Taumati were charged before Mr. J. B. Wood at the vagabonds. They were all sent to prison Magistracy, yesterday with being rogner and ave ders.
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tion for licences as guides to tourists were three Japan is advancing. Among recent applica from womos aged 22, 23 and 25, respectively. They are the first female applicants ever, examined by the Kanagawa Kenche for positions as guides. The result will be announced in a for daya.
It is officially notified at Devonport that the cruiser King Alfred, which has just complated price as flagship on the China Station, was to be paid off at Portsmouth an June 6th and recommissioned on the following day with a Devonport crew for service as flagship in the Devonport sub-division of the Home Fleet in place of the Sutlej
ASSAULT AT TAIKOO DOCKYARD Before My, E, K. Hallifax at the Magistracy yesterday Mr. J. Tally, a foroman at the Talkoo Docks, was summoned by a Chinese fitter on a charge of nasalt.
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THE KAISER'S HEALTH.
LONDON, June 16th..
CANTON.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDSNT).
EXPECTED TROUBLE,
June 16th.
MACAO.
(FBOM OUR OWN CORKESPONDENZ.]
Macao, June 171b. Ata placs called Chian Chuon there is shortly when eight houses were destroyed The Fire
DISASTROUS FIRM. Another disastrous fire oscurred on Monday, to take place a religions procession that only Brigade is inefficient and you this fast won't be ecours once in ten years. The rabbers of the admitted, and private pumps allowed to par- distriot have taken advantage of this to sendticipate in the work of extinguishing the letter to the promoters of the procession saying flames when an outbreak occurs. The private
NO MONEY.
The Leal Senado of this holy city has con- fossed it faucial disability by deciding not to June 24th, because it has no modoy, celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist on
that a mm of $10,000 must be paid to them at once, otherwise the whole of the banditti of the pumps have rendered good service in the past charge from the knee joint and is contains directions as to how the money is to be
The Kaisor is suffering from a dis-district will organise an attack to kill the people and should be allowed 10 help as before.
and plunder and burn the village. The lettor unable to attend the manœuvres,
paid. The head men of the village have com the general health of his Majesty was are likely to have a hot time. Speaking of It was yesterday announced that robbers vantare to attack the procession they municated with the authorities, and should the
no wise affected.
robbers reminds one of the capability these The news has caused consols to mors than a year ago a gang of those miscreants people have of nursing revenge. Considerably fall.
LONDON, June 17th.
The Kaiser, whose illness is the result of a strain, is expected to recover after a week's rest,
NEW LORD PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNCIL
as well as the interoits of efficient adminis-. tration, which have doubtlessly induced the Throne to issue the recent Edict for the establishment of a new currency based on a gold standard. Those whose residence in the East has made them doubtful that any good thing can come from Peking are suspicious of the thunderous édiots" issued by the Throne, but it seems to us that their view of the situation is confined largely to the personal element in the Gov erament, which may or may not inspire con- fidence, forgotting the irresistible forces of the developed trade and commerce which will compel governing officials even against their will to adopt the changes which that trade and cominerce demand. Such changes are inevitable.
The course of progress may be arrested for a time by reactionary officials, but as the old thought of China, which was opposed to all foreign intercourse, had to give way to different idens, so the old methods, which sufficed for & Hastings), who appeared for complainant, Mr. Christopher Wilson (of Mosers. Hastings generations which know not a world-wide stated that the actual assault was two serere
LONDON, June 16th. trade, will have to succumb to the blows delivered with the fists. In all probability Count Wolverhampton as Lord Earl Beauchamp succeeds new methods which enlightenment and defendant did not intend them to have tas effect ident of the Council. experience will show to be necessary. At the same time the complainant had no wish to they did, but medical help was necessary, To say that the introduction of a uniform
the afternoon of the 10th instant while complain- press the case unduly. The assault took pises on
ant was employed on the steamer Pingahan, He appeared to have received an order from the defendant which was given in English and con- sequently not understood.. Complainant wont to the Chinese foreman and asked what he was to do, and the latter told him to knock off the job he was engaged on and take his tools back to the store room, which he did. On returning to the upper deck he again wet the defendant, who approached him in threatening manner and delivered him a blow with his fist which nearly
coinage in the Empire is urgently needed, not only for the benefit of trade, but still more ki the interests of efficient administra. tion, is to state the expressed opinion of all the various foreign commercial communities in China. At present there is no certain and recognised standard of value, The nominal official standard for money payment has been the tael, but the fuel is only a certain weight of silver of a given quality, and is assigned a different value in
aid he had a very good reason for doing so.
Defendant admitted striking the fitter, but
REVIEW.
Tales of Bengal. By S. D. BANERJEA. London: Longmans' Colonial Library, Hongkong :· Kelly & Walsh.
This is a series of short stories of life in
plundered the house of a man living in a village. not far from here. The owner of the house the police information that led to his arrest and Bengal written by Mr. Banerjen, who pre- recognised one of the band and was able to give imprisonment. Since that time the man has sursbly knows his own countrymen vory well. been constantly watched by the gang, and owing After reading the book one feels that it is as to their attentions he dared not leave the house. well that one should read it, as it gives a very A few days age, however, he was lured out of fair ides of the robbary, the chicanery, and the doors, where he was at once coined and dragged "ppression that prevails in Bengal, even under off to the hiding place of the robbers. Here they the British Raj, and one wonders what would be tortured him for some time and then kung him the fearful condition of the poor "Ryots "or ap while still alive.. The gang then emptied peasants if the British rule were withdrawn. their rifle into his body and his maagied The elementary idea of justice between man Pre-highway. The family of the deceased have who live in Bangal, according to the author Visourpre was dragged out and thrown on to the and man appear to be absent from these people
eleven onttien per dollar. This means that large Coque Act and other liberties which the petitioned the authorities to move in the matter.and if any form of constitutional Government
sufficient to est, and a few days ago a company of years of strife and bloodshed, there can be no is ever introduced into India with all the At Wai Chow even inferior rice is sold at accessories of trial by jury, and the Habeur zumbers of people have been unable to get British have obtained after many hundreds of those distressed folk made their way to Canton doubt that the poor people of India will suffer, and encamped at the foot of the Kwan Yam and suffer terribly. Apparently, in this country Hill, near the powder factory. Here they arooted of teeming millions there are very few of whom
the title, was governor and commander in chief Earl Besuchamp, who is the serenth to hold
to 1901. A few years before that he was mayor of the colony of New South Wales from 1899 of the city of Worcester.-ED.]
JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT.
LONDON, June 16th. The Governor of California has pro- hibited the Jeffries-Johnson prize fight taking place at San Francisco.
BETUGUZEJ.
bond.
a few matshols and appealed to the sharity of it can be said that their word is as good as their the citizens. The distress of these poor people various charitablo associations will render them te deplorable, and it is to be hoped that the help
!.
CNYOUNDED RUMOURS.
AMERICAN SUGAR FRAUDS,
AMAZING REVELATIONS,
different parts of the Empire. The tuel is knocked him down and shook his hat of While which has been waged throughout the taber Tumours regarding the situation here should dent employed by the Sugar Trust, gave
at the top of the system of currency. Then comes the dollar, which, though a coin, is nowhere legal tender, and of which the specimens from Chinese mints are inscribed, not generally dollar or yuen," but merely 72 hundredths
of a tael. Then come subsidiary silver coins fractional to the dollar, but subject to a fluctuating rate of exchange. Next comes the copper cent, inscribed at the mints of some provinces as worth" one hundredth of a dollar," and of others as worth ten cash, but never treated as co-related to the dollar. Last. comes the copper cash, which has been the
fendant gave him another blow and also tried to complainant was stooping to pick up bis hat de Hek him.
Defendant said the fitter had been working under him for about cix years at Hunghom, and about a year at Taikoo, and it was absurd for him to say that he did not understand what witness told him, bootuse he had had him away on individual jobs, and be understood perfectly. Witness.spoke to the complainant very strongly for loading on the job, whereupon the ofher men started to laugh. Complainant seeing that he was "losing face" reached for a hammer and Was going to strike defendant, but witness
struck first,
provocation, which he held there was not, a Mr. Wilson coatonded that even if there was
numérons other remedies. Why did defendant reached for his hammer?
[This is probably due to the great agitation
of money are already involved in the contest, against the forthcoming prize fight, which was to have taken place on July 4th. Fast sums and the decision will doubtless provoke a great outry-ED.]
THE CANTON OPIUM MONOPOLY.
It is rather strange that so many unfounded
quist in the city, although the doarness of rice have found their way into the Northern papers, As a matter of fact at present things are very has led to some lawlessness in outlying districte. There is, however, i peculiar sensation here that something is going to happen; there is an undefinable something that makes one think that trouble is brewing. Latterly. I have board from several quarters that trouble is likely to LONDON, June 16th.
break out here during the sixth moon and that Colonel Seely, replying to ques-vouch for the fact that the people do not seem so it will be anti-dynastic in character. I can tions addressed by Mr. Rees (Mont gomery) in the House of Commons to-day concerning the protest by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce
polite to foreignors as they did a year ago, so perhaps, although so quiet at prosent, it would be worth while to be prepared.
KOPIUM,
Several influential persons living in the Henng Bhan District have united to form a
Oliver Spitzer, formerly a dock superinten.
estimated that the American Customs lost evidence in the United States Supreme Court in the trial of six defendants who are alleged to hundreds of thousands of pounds in import have been oegearned in frauds by which it la
duties. Spitzer, in return for his promise that he would make a full confession of the methods
addresses with communications addressed to the currency of the people almost from time well-managed firm like the Taikdo Dock had regarding the Canton Opium Mon- Anti-Opium Society, and they have written a Sagar defendanta looked dazed.
Editor, not for publication but as evidence of
good faith
All letters for publication should be written on ne side of paper only.
No anonymously simed communications that
immemorial. Into this series of non-related
currencies, each unit of which is in a state of unstable equilibrium, fixed neither in itself nor in relation to other units, China is
aus alreaus appeared in other papers will be about to attempt to introduce system and
narried.
not bring evidence to prove that complainant opoly, said the matter had been letter to the Police Tantal informing him of
Defendant--Because all the others
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be
The twelfth use of plague this season was reported on Thursday......
specially when there were plenty of remedies for dealing with Chinese if they did not work properly. There
the assault. was no justification at all for His Worship What are the other remedies? Mr. Wilson-To dismiss the man or to give him into custody if he attempts to strike.
The case was adjourned for the production of further witneSÅSS,
Then," said the witness, we experimented
ned in defrauding the Government of duties on and his sentence of two years imprisonment for sugar, was released from geol by President
Taft, weighing frauds was rescinded. It was not known that Spitzer had been pardoned, and Trust, appeared in the witness box, there was that he had been made a scapegoat by the Sugar when the former superintendent, who declared
such a scene of demoralisation amongst the consol for the Trust defence as might have been caused by the sudden descent of a bomb into a powder magazine Spitzer was convicted counsel's objection to the presence of a convict last winter and released yesterday. In reply signed by President Taft Counsel for the six in the witness-bex, Spitzer produced his pardon,
Spitzer is undoubtedly the biggest fish landed friends of the complainant. I am one European faires at Peking, who reported that the one to them to register the new society he had been in the Sugar Trust's employ for referred to the British Charge d'Af. the fact, The Total has praised their action, by the Government in the prosecution for the among all the Chinese,
Customs fraude. Witness told the Court that Mr. Wilson said this case was a somewhat the Canton Authorities had issued
the office of the Provincia) Anti-Opian Bureau, about thirty years, and declared that the firet aurious one, and he thought that the complainant
SCARCITY OF: RIČE.
frands were perpetrated on the Government in opium. He informed the Waiwupu
Complaints come from Fatshan that the price bag of shot on the seals lever, which under- 1894. The first device employed was to hang a that he cannot accept any regulations of this grain imported from Annam has de Custome inspector, who ordered the seals tent is boing felt thereat. Recently the supply however, was discovered about six years ago by This system enforcing an additional duty on raw bon copious rains lately they have come too again and again to find a new device for under. foreign opium in a treaty port.
aressed in quantity, and although there have levers to be bored in to prevent the fraud.
Waiwupu promised to ask for a report said to be entirely ruined, Worse than this is secret spring fised to the scales. This spring The late to do any good, and most of the crops are weighing, and finally hit upon the scheme of a from the Canton Viceroy.
the news that comes from a part of the Lim way that the bags were underweighed by many
fixed by EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS.
Sugar Trust employés in such a The samanGE
Chow Prefecture. At that place no rain has pounds, and the Government defranded of of the British Charge The application for the surrender of Chau any additional duty to be collected on raw
d'Affaires at Feking that he could not allow fallen, and all the growing rice has long since millions of dollars in Customs duties on angar
been dried up, and to make matters worse importa" foreign opiam at treaty port must be regard-plague is raging there to a terrible extent, and in the scale-house to give warning of the charge of armed robbery within the jurisdiction have described the additional duty complained
The Canton Anthorities the death rate is said to be extrezaely high approach of danger muddenly?" asked the you arrange a system of sigual lighte We are officially informed that the maddy the Magistracy yesterday, when the prisoner have collected the duty on raw foreign opium are devoting all their energies to prayer is installed red electric lights so that we could
of China concluded before Mr. J. R. Wood at of as a tax on prepared opium, bat as they all work in the folds is stopped, and the people Prosecutor colour of the Tylam. Water in due partly to the
"Yes, sir," replied Spitzer, unakashed, We was discharged. On leaving the Court, how they are clearly violating the Chefoo Convon-order to induce the Rain God to have merey on fact that the reservoir was so low when the ever, he was re-arrested, and another application in Canton but opiam intended for the interior
tion. This means that not only opium ased them. recent heavy rain occurred and principally to a waa made for his extradition on a charge of is subjected to this fresh impost.
signal the checkers when necessary. They were VARIOUS Consular reports as to trade in landelip which blocked the clear water channel arson and murder. The hearing was adjourned. nonneed in yesterday's cables, Calentte is now
worked from a switch in my office."
Spitzer added that he and the checkers werə the open ports of the Empire are now com xain till the reservoir clears. The water is here in which a prisoner has been re-arrested, is sorious one for the
from which it is mail to draw water after heavy This is one of the somparatively few cases The trade has been paralysed and the micr complaining of the elect of the monopoly.
paid regularly until his conviction. After the ing to hand, in t with few exceptions most of perfectly good and sound and its colour need and in view of the generally-prevailing in- in view of the proximity of the next austion historic dinner at Buckingham Palace, in Sugar Trust cashier, told him to say that the raid on the sugar decks in November, 1907, The German Emperor's conversation with M. some of the checkers, sald Spitzer, asked if they them indicate that while trade during the cause no alarm.
revenne, especially Piehen, French Foreign Minister, at the would lose their jobs, but Garbeach, then the past year has been fair it has suffered from
proseion that such re-arrests are brought about sale of opium by the Indian Government. described in the Matin as follows: through the Chinese Authorities endeavour the prompt action taken by the Chamber proaching the King of Spain, who had beckoned
checkers would be cared for, and,” he added, the
While a horse belonging to the military wasing to bolster up a cans, it will be interesting of Commerce, and it is hoped that the steps to him amicably, when the Kaiser, who was at uncertainty of the value of the being blod at Kowloon on Thursday it broke to observe the procadara adopted when extraditakan will revel in a spoody removal of the that moment Boon, spenning with the
Hongkong in greatly concerned, sa is shown The Minister of Foreign Affairs was up- "I also understood that I should not be coinage. For example at Chinking Mr. loose mud bolted. A syces want in pursuit and tion of a Chinese prisoner is songht, When a CONSOL PITZIPIOs, commenting on the caught the animal, but instead of leading it man becomes an outlaw, particularly in China,
smbargo--ED. Bot
Alfonso, advanced towards unsteadiness
Pichon. of the copper coinage, home he mounted with the intention of riding. he does not generally stick at trifles, and as his
fermality of an introduction, his Majesty held which has about reached a bottom Again the horse bolted, and this time collided years of liberty pass by, so does the list of his figure, states that it is feared that with righs and knocked the coolie down orines increase. When the Chinese Authorities trade will be greatly hampered unless the The syoso appeared before Mr. J. E. Wood stock the extradition of a robber, wo understand Chinese Government establishes a general
the Magistracy yesterday and was ordered to that they send here not one, but several war- mint, and does away with the provincial
pay $10 compensation,
rants, so that, should the one charge fail the man The Jiji Shempo is anxions that the negotia is re-arrested and his surrender is sought on another alleged crime, he being detained here
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The Lord B khop of Victoria will preach at
the evening service to-morrow at St. Andrew's Sam to the Chinese Government to answer ad as satisfactory.
Church, Kowloon.
Asan-
CLOUDBURST IN HUNGARY
HEAVY DEATH ROLL.
into com
KAISER AND PEACE..
abandoned.
JAPANESE WORLD-TOUR
cat a friendly hand to the Minister and entered The party of fifty-seven Japanese gentlemen conversation with him as with an old friend. who are touring the world under the auspices “I understand the Matin correspondent of the dean (Morning Sun) of Tokyo, and have proceeds, "that after questioning M. Pichon on now reached London; is representative of practi France and those whom he knows personally, cally every Japanese industry and profession. the Kafeer did not hesitato to take up certain Among the band of keen, clever business men points of general policy, and with that riucurity are dealere in in-stuffs, a cotton importer, a of tone and persuasive eloquence whick are not gold and silversmith, a lecturer in commer the last of his attractions he developed the cial school, a retired colonel, the president of which the great astions of Europe rionid, in the several bankers, and president of the Tokyo theory which is so dear to him, and according to an electric light company, a wholesale drapar
mints, and establishes a fixed value for the tions between Bussis and Japan for a new until the arrival of a fresh batch of witnesses in the county of Krassos Zoerenyer in interests of humanity and civilisation, remain City Improvement Bureau, who is also director
coinage, ... 100 copper cents to a dollar
come.
supposed miedoods who are concerned with another of the robber's
SPAIN DISCARDS ESTABLISHED
RELIGION.
LONDON, June 17th. A terrible cloudburst has occurred Hungary. Whole villages have been only united and co-operate in formings great of the great Japanese Exhibition which is to
and pacifio contadoration.
be held at Tokyo in 1917. swept away. As many as 259 bodies George and M. Pichon af Windsor Castle after the main objective of which is the Japan In the course of $ conversation between King Three and a half months cover the whole toar, have been recovered, but there are the funeral, the fatin states, the new Soverigu British Exhibition. Having loft Tokohama on A Barcelona telegram dated June 10th states many places from which there have relations existing between France and England the Pacific and explored Honoluln, San Fran
insisted that the warm-hearted nature of the April 6, the sightseers have already traversed. The eleventh article of the Spanish constitution been no news, owing to communica would be unalterably maintained during his cisco, Chicago, Boston, Washington, New York fates to the Catholic roligion and is as follow has been revoked b
The eleventh article of the constitution retion being cut off.
Ereign
Queen Alexandra alas rocaived H. Pluhon, for Paris in a fortnight's time. Before they sad the Niagara Fall. They leave this country. The Roman, Catholic, Apostolio faith shall
and spoke of the late King's regard for France. arrive home on July 19 they will have become
acquainted with ball a dozen of the great Bug lish centres, Paris, Genon, Roms, Naples Vonies, Milen Lucerne, Marenco Cologne, Berlin St. Petersburg, Moscow, It Vladivostock
Trkatsk, and Our eyes are wide open," said Mr. Trushiya, one of Japan's most brilliant journaliste, who is
but this can hardly be expected for years to Manchurian Railways be concluded as quickly freight tariff between the Russian and South A noteworthy feature is the practical as possible, for the beneft of residents both in disappearance of the old copper cash, which, the East and West, Prior to the outbreak of it is believed, will never come into universal the late war the Japanese regarded the Siberian use again." Though not very important rallway as a sort of weapon for an attack on perhaps in itselfects, still the disappearance Japan, but since the close of hostili fes the of copper cash is not without significance advantage from the railway, which is the Japanese have derived innumerable profit and It is another instance of the many changes shortest route between the Orient and Europe. which are operating almost imperceptibly in The Japaness therefore owe a debt of gratitude China, When it is borne in mind that the to the promoters of the Biberian railway. The cash is, or was until recently, thecurrancy of Jej expresses the hope that the Japanese wil molested on account of his religious opiniens, adopted by South Afries will be the auralment
"No one in the Spanish domiinións shall be the millions of people in China, it will be seen utilize the railway for the introduction of nor on account of his form of worship, except in of compulsory caleta, a modified system of It is expected that the system of defecos what a tremendous change is involved in that greater bonella to Japer, which is, in fact, still such cases as afoot Christian morality.
far behind many other constries in many and manifestations not in conormity with the that the farmers will not agree to a period of Nevertheless pablid religious ceremonic militariam, up to the age of 25 It is thought State religion shall not be tolerated."
militarism beyond that age.
one particular alone, Moreover, it plainly things.
be the State religion. It shall be the duty of the nation to maintain it and its ministars.
SOUTH AFRICA'S DEFENCE.
WEIGHT AND GEEIG'S PREMIER"
SCOTCH WHISKY just the same sê yʊu
get at home in Boot
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with the party, yesterday,” “" We shall choos from all the best methods of this great weetern. world