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RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
Now is the summer of our discomfort. Dis content is the word of the quotation I have in mind. but it represents a montal state which does not apply to Hongkong. Tras, any poople are discontented and talk about exile, bat they bolong to that section which is never happy. Summer undoubtedly brings a certain amount of discomfort, but it has its pleasuros and compensatious, and after all "it might bo
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Canton and neighbourhood has supplied mast
THE CONDITION OF CANTON.
EXTENSIVE PRECAUTIONS.
{FROM OUR CANTOR CORRESPONDENT.),
Canton May 5th
The City is now perfectly peaceful, and it is hard to imagine that only a day or two age it
was the scene of civil strife. The shops are
new all open as usual and the city gates remain open from 7 am, till 5 p.m. At this hour they aro olosed and the inhabitants have boon notified. that they will not be opened after this time on
THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 8TH, 1911.
into foreign territory. The Thotal of Police has also issued a notice to the effect that the hotels and boarding-houses in Macao and Hong kong are crowded to their fullest erlent and that there is no more room. It is also said here that the Visoray has received a telegram from the Governor of Honkong to the offset that tho must be stopped without delay. Many persons influx of people from "Canton" into the Colony.
are also under the idea that plague is very prevalent in the Colony.
A STRANGE REQUEST. I Station nud roquested the floor in charge to Yesterday a man named Tan went into No.
sato from sassination. Outside the North Gats these is an ominence called Kresa Yaza Shan, and on this hill there has been posted o strong camp to average the City, all which pro- cautiens plainly show that the officials expect more trouble will follow.
of the daily pabulum for the last week. A randy uccount, so after 5 .m. the people in the behood him without delay. The officer was Viceroy's Yamen,
to
naturally surprised and enquired the reason: Tan then said that he was a member of a revolu- tionary society and did not wish to live any longer now that the rising had failed. He was then takes before the Total of Police, who asked the Viceroy what should be done with the mau. H.E. suggested a free pardon if. he would make his submission. The wily Tan not only did so, but also informed the police whore they could find a largo store of dynamite, etc. Acting on the traitor's instruction police proceeded to a house in Liu Tong Street, where There is not much hope for the revolutionary the explosivo and: many weapons were discovered,
in its ranks. cause if many such men as Tan are to be found
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THE CHIEF CONSPIRATOR, men, Wing, Chiu and Chay, all of whom were It appears that the rebels wore led by three men returned from abroad. Chin was the man whose capture caused the premature outbreak, and Chan was killed asar Fatehan. Wong, the
been killed arch-conspirator, was reported to
R. Aitken (skip) 14 -Taylor action befora the G. Anderson but it is now said Ferguson ---- that this was not the case. It would appear that. Dianen (skip) 19 Wong came to know that traitors had given J. Weir away their serets, and so he urged his followers A Hamilton to postpone the rising and disperse. They were willing to do this, but the arrest of Chiu pro- cipitated matters, and at their request Wong led the attack on the Yamen. He fired only two. shote, then ded and passed safely through the South Gate. Ho thou safely made his way doyu to the shore and boarded a freight junk, on- which he took a passage to Hongkong. It is guid that he is gill biding in the Colony-and- doubtless devising mcro misolisf.
TROUBLE IN CHINCHOW.
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G. R, Edwards
J. Macdonald
J. M. Henderson
D. Harvey (skip) 17
B. Hall
G. L. Duncau
D. Cooper
J. Crawford (skip) 31
H, Shires
T. Neare
C. Alexander
W. Wotherspoon (skip) A. Fammy (skip) 14 J. McIntyre
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The Police managed to beat Cirll Service on their own greous on Satunlay by two points, Scores:
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CIVIL SERVICE. S. Kelly Irving
A. E. Pila
F. Fisher
R. Duncan
A. Bloves
W. Cameron (skip) 17 Lyons (skip) 16 A. C. Langley W. Gerrard W. Withers (skip) 21 W. Pitt
K. MoLennan J. Graut
R. Featon
L. 8. Brett (skip) 9
J. J. Blake
E. Dawsou
old city are virtually prisoners. Several police rebellion atouts hundred miles from our borders notices have been issued advising the people is a godsend to the jaded letter writer in Hong-he perfectly galot and to let nothing disturb keng, and some who have been but indifferent their peace of mind, for the rebellion is entirely correspondents eines they lost the glamour of quelled. Those people who are loyal to the the East will give the folks at Horan something Government are loud in their praises of Viceroy to talk about in their latest epistolary offerts Cheong and the able way in which he and his von if they say no more in their letters than sabordinates acted during the crisis. He is also "Sen the accompanying copy of the Hongkong praised for his clouenay, for a proclamation has Weekly Press for full particulars."
icon iurned offering a free parlou to all those robols who will lay down their arms and submit To many Chiusa Hongkong is at presont to the Government. Among the merchants and veritable place of refuge. Thousands have com traders great relief is felt, for there is no doubt daily from Canton for the past fortnight, and that should a rovolution occur trade would suffer the influx has been estimated at over. 100.000 greatly. It is a great point in favour of the This is doubtless wife of the mark, and from robols however, that they did not attempt to lost
During the past few days there have been what I have heard 30,000 or 45,090 are maror any shops of houses, but the same cannot
several abortivo risings in the Chin Chow the actual figures. The accommodation in the be said of the soldiers. People are load is their Chinese part of the city is considerably over condemnation of the overbearing manner which all speech-making in the public streets.
Prefecture, which is inhabited by a very turba The police are taking stern measures to stop Isnt set of people. The Viceroy gave strict taxed and all the hotels are full. This lack of these mon have assamed in their house searches, reference to the late rising or any reference of the troops to deal agterely with the rebels, All orders to the Prefect and the officer in charge accommodation is likely to inconvenience thie and they are oponly accused of malling off with to the rebels local Chinese in the procession hey are organis-money and valuables. Petitione, indeed, to this There is no doubt that antil quite re, have been caught, and have had their heads is strictly prohibited, and later advices say that the five ringloadora ing for Coronation Day, as it presente difficul-effect have been sent to the authorities, whe cuntly there was a great deal of seditious ora. taken off. Two Chinese cruisers aro lying off Hex for housing the men to be imported for havo ordered an investigation to be made. tory in the streets, but the patios rarely took the coast and these strong measures have
During the troubles near the North Gate a great deal of damage was done to property, and any stops to stop it. The Cautonose tre wan-resulted in the dispersion of the retisle, the owners thereof have sent in a petition ask the way they can infocuce a crowd. All things derfully fluent speakers, and it is astonishing ing for compensation. The Viceroy las give considered, the police are very wise in stopping ght regiments under General Lung have been By coramard of the Military Board in Peking, orders that a sum of Tls. 5,000 is to be shared all public speaking at the present - among those whose property has been damaged.
ordered to proced to Kong Tung to reinforc I am also vorry to say that, according to commacu
the troops. The Viceroy has wired to Peking) report, a great many innocent persons have been
many soldiers are required. Four regiments | that the trouble is now at an end, and not so beheaded on false charges brought against them
only will therefore be sent, and they are due to by police and soldiers. In me of panis such
arrive here to day. During the trouble several captained by R. Hancock and A. C. E. Elbor- Air interport practice mafel betwoon toomg as has just hoon passed through and a despotic
Houanese troops wore sent here. These mou form of government as exists here, such mis with the month of May usually comes the carriages of justico are bound to happen, but immediately he fell into a deep sleap. After best fighting men in China. The people stan kong Cricket Clab on Saturday afternoon, and Almost aro fine stalwart fellowe and are considered though was played on the ground of the Hong- inauguration of the bathing season, but the from all account the number of such cases has being in a somnolent, state he saddenly started in much any of them, for they are said to be Hongkong against Shanghai will be drawn from in view of the fact that the team to represent commencement seetos to be later than usual been so great as to cast a great slur on the reputa-np and wildly asked whore he was, this year? Probably the fact that the weather tion of the officials concernod. Shopkeepers also said he was a mason's foki and did not He has been fairly cool so far has taken off the edge have taken the opportunity caused by these remember how he came to be in the Yamen.
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The spectacular effect is being considered in the programme for the Coronation colebratione in Hongkong Processions and illuminations are to be the order of the day and the night, features which are characterised almost overy coronation in the history of the country, and with the co-operation of the Chipets, and also of the Japanese, the spectacle should be one to be retsembered by both old and young
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RAZING THE POLICE YAMEN.
of the Tactal of Police yesterday. A mon aud, A peculiar incident happened in the Yamon denly enched in and began to create a great disturbance. He was seized by the guards, bat he resisted arrest with might and main. At fast he was overpowered and looked up.
His tale was found to be true, and he was discharged, feeling very much ashamed that he had been locked up.
DECAPITATING WOMEN,
May 6th
REINFORCEMENTS FOR CANTON
grest at looting and pillaging.
BANDITS ON KONAN ISLAND.
armed antile looted seventeen houses and shops On the night of the 4th just a great gang of
at the village called Yin Tan on Honam Island The terrifiel inhabitants took them for rabels, but it was goon discovered that the band was that of the redoubtable Li Targ Tang, who enjoys the questionable honour of being the moat ferocious
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of the enthusiasm of some of our older residents, troubles to raise the price of provisions, and the but it is notable that the number of launches cost of rice, oil. firewood and vegetables has usually seen leaving Blake Fior or Status rison considerably. This is telling very hard on Wharf of an evening is not so kargo as it used the poorest section of the community, and to to be. The use of the railway for mihing obvisto possibla fool riots the Viceroy has facilities is not likely to be overlooked. It directed the Treasurer to send a deputy to cannot hope to supersede the popular launch Hongkong to bay and send Le Canton without plenica, unt it will provide ploosaat variation in delay five thousand, bags of rice, which will be young girls ware discovered carrying arms and of the Hanan banditti. Many of the country compiled 30 and Captain Gopham 28 runs. bathing gronals. With cheap furos, parties mold out at a cheap rate to the very poor. All will doubtless be induced to make the trip, say, people here, however, are day by day still more to Shatin or Taipo, and enjoy a dip in the urmly impressed by the idea that a very serious briny. It should be easy enough to arrange for rising will again take place before very long, tea, us is done on bathing pienica, thongh the opportunities for mixed balling on these oc casiota will be limited.
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good people have been reading the views expressed by that famous doctor, Sir Almroth Wright, the other day in London. The doctor pats for ward the astonishing theory that washing is uz evil. He remarked that there was a wide spread belief that if people had not get disease they could koop, it way by following the rules of individual hygiene. These rules wers that they must eat a lot, hare a certain amount of bard exercise, wash, and have plenty of fresh air. He was persuaded that they were quite wrong. He did not say that those things, did not add to the pleasures of life. There was abolief, ho said, that by washing people washed off the microbes. We did take off & cortain amount of microbes, but we also do stroyed the protective skin which was all-round our bodies like the tiles of a house, When one had a horny hand na miorobe could ever get near the skin. If one had a skin like a tortoise: microbes would never get through. To have a Turkish bath was to take away one's horny protection, and he objected to that. A great deal of witing increases the microbes of the akin," he declared, "so i do not think loan: linoss is to be recommended as an lygiaiio
nethod."
Such a theory has a special interest for ue in the East. It helps us to appreciate the philoso. Phy of the Oriental and to realise that instead of reviling the coolie or the cook because of their grims appearanco wo should acknowledge the correctness of nu attitude which is truly
scientific.
Not cftoa do wo and Governmente sentiment al, especially Colonial Governments, and it must have surprised many newcomers to find the on trance to the Post Offies bearing du apt inotto taken from the scriptures. "As cold waters to a thirsty soul so is good news from a far country must have been the feeling of many early rusi. dents in this Colony in the days when letters took about three months or more to come from Home. In the 'forties sailing ships were the bar bingers of nows and nail
A REVOLUTIONARY ARSENAL.
plages on this island are quite unprotected and several of the villages are lurking placos of robbers.
THE NAM. 101 MAGISTRATES.
During the distrebances I reported that three
bonds. The day before yesterday these nu- fortunate girls suffered death by decapitation and their headless bodies were fang outside the East Gate. It is a pity that the Government could not have extended clemency to these poor After holding oflo for only ten days the The police made a great find porterday, souls, for thero is little doubt but that they were Nam Hoi Magistrate, Wong She Cling, has. During the house-to-house renrch which was in forced into taking part in the rebellion by their been dismissed and another appointed in his progress they came upon what was appar-making these incidents an excuse for molestingable officer, mid why he has lost his post is a Some of the soldiers and police are placed. The dismissed ung is known to be an ently an uninhabited house the door of which was bolted and barred. Tonis were obtainest and interrogating every decent-looking young mystery. No wonder that the native proverb and the door forced opened. In the house was
girl they see. Such a case koppenel yesterday, | mays, "Official circles are në uncertain as discovered a large quantity of dynamite bombs, when, near the South Gate, the treatment of a von boxes of fuses, was enses of cartridges, iaz yau nui," or free girl, aroused the seven revolvers and a number of white badges
indignation of the passers-by. such as had been used by rebels. Formerly a middle-aged woman, her son and two daughters
male folk.
EXECUTIONS AND SCHOLÁRS. The day before yesterday everal executions and a sorvant lived hers, and the day before the by decapitation took place outside the School disturbances broke out all five were observed to of Foreign Languages. As may be expected, leave the house as if they were going on in when the students know what was going to excursion: Needless to say, they were not soon happen they became very excited and applied to return. In this discovery it is fatoresting for kare, which was not granted then. The to note that some of the dynamite found was students were also seriously admonished for thoir not completely manufactured, and this leads the expostulations. The Educational Commissioner authorities, to suppose that not all of this ex- plosive has been saggled into the conatry, but that some of it has been manufacturest locally,
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FURTHER ALARMS.
To-day ramour states that there will bo another rising to-night. Many persons are- very nervous and are afraid to come ont. It is certain that the authorities are expecting something, for the guanlsare very mach on the alert and patrols are making the roads fre quently. Many people have been searched, and one youth to my knowledge has been searched and interrogated twice to-day,
GUNBOATS OFF SHAMEEN.
however, has requested the Pun Yu Magistrato and so has the German gunboat Illia. The The U.S.. gunbust Wilmington has left, not to allow any toore executions to take place on this site. It is little inculents like this that shows former has been replaced by the Callan and that the people here are a long way yet from the latter by the Thingtas. Thus there are true enlightenment. While talking of students, still seven bonis lying off the island,
it is interesting to observe that several students
are suspected of revolutionary tendencies. This
· Renders of this column will doubtless renom her the queasontting craze that some fow months ago seized on the Chines community. At that time, although Imperial sanction had sat is more especially the case with these living.out been obtained, hundreds, if not thousands, of men of school in boarding-houses, dormitories and and youths divested themselves of their "tails," | such like plass, and an order has been issned and of this number a large proportion were that all such stadents are to be visited and students. Now the queuelas ones are in great interrogated, while the wardens of the various disfavour owing to the fact that so many of the schools are bron advised to keep a particularly rebels had cut off their hirsute appondages. sharp look-out on those students. Thoro is no Many students have been arrested and with doubt but that among the stulout class there is diffinity scoured their freedom. To help the great sympathy with the rebels. The average youths the Education Commissioner, who is student in Canton is a very difficult perasa to most enlightened man, petitioned the Viceroy deal with. He is puffed up with conceit and to supply them with passports in orler that self-assurance, and he looks upon his little they might be free from danger of arrest. The knowledge as profound philosophy. He is anti. Viceroy, who appears to be very conservative on dynastic and most rapidly anti-foreign, und some points, refused to do so. saying that the is continually vapouring about Manchurian students hul broken the dynastie rales and that oppression and foreign aggression. It is no they must suffer accordingly. He also said that wonder that the Government is beginning to if such passports were granted to students other look upon this body with some amount of persons would likewise claim them and thus a suspicion. deal of trouble would be caused. Many of those
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Referring to a telegraphic memorial by Chang Ming chi, We note with intense surprise that an attack was made by a great many miscreants upon the Viceregal yameu in the Capital of Kwangtang The sui Viceroy, in conjunction with Li Chun, directed the defensive regiments to keep guarda ut result that a number of those desperadoes was different pointe
to surround them, with the captured and killed, and that the spreading of the xerolt was prevented. The action in this The officials, both civil and military, are boroby was exsented with tulemble prompfitade. exonerated from their fanit, as raquatod. In view of Chang Ming-chi having taken previous prosantions, and having subsequently managed Ko Po Sham and the affair with commendable tact, his request to have himself severely punished is also not to boo To Sham and Humphreys and entertained.
affair
Ko Po Sha
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Rev. A. D. Stewart .
-Rev. A. D. Stewart v. Clark
Totál, Chinesa Y.M.C.A., 51; Watson's, 48.
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their fortune here, or came at the call of duty, men are to be arrested simply because they have to the family of the official Li, who was shot fature welfare, ho sball spare take extraordinary fraternity of Hongkong with considerable
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Kwangtung is a seaboard province of import ance, the fact that there had been repostad attempts by the revolutionaries to incite the people to risings is indeed not consistent with. who not long ago cut off their quones are now A sum of Tis. 20,000 was appropriated to be good government. It they are not afrested strict-
A letter received from Bil Lewis, better providing thissolves with false queues. It is used as rewards to those guards, soldiers andy, it is much to be feared that they may cause truely surprising how quickly the queue outting police who took active parts in putting down
great disturbance which will not bo easily sup
known is Australia as Lyn Truscott, by the movement fizzled out, and the recent distur-the lato rising. This has not been sufficient. to direct earnestly the civil and military officials to mast Bob Whitelaw on that afternoon at the pressed. Chang Ming ebi is hereby commanded St. Albans on Saturday, stated that he was to banees will doubtless stop any further steps to and the Viceroy has ordered the appropris. enrch for and arrest the remainder and to punish Summor Park, Newcastle, N.S.W., in a contest carriere, and remove the nationul badge. The Viceroy, how. tion of another, ten thousand tools for tho them by averest law, without allowing your of twenty rounds for £100 asia and the welter. if those who ventured from, llome and sought ever, hus given orders that no more queneless same purpose. A large sum has also been gison miscreants and preserve the public peace. For waight supremacy of Australia. The result of
to slip out of the not, in order. to oxtirpato
no effort u with were at all home-sick they aqust have suffered no queues, but that they are only to be Jeprive:1 | outsiɖo the Viceroy's Yomen. This is doubtless
the Bght will be awaital by the sporting BECAUSE Careful and Intelligent- out the least. relaxation, shall greater pangs than we prosals people of to-day of liberty if the polico have grave suspicio, a wise proceeding, for nothing will foster a
precautionary mesures and institute exhaustive who have all the resources of the cable and the against the
investigations. He is
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We bare a Sound Optical Siberian service at our command. The motto
spirit of loyalty among the Chinese forces botter baa acomplished from time to time by tole
Reason behind every Lens than a liberal distribution of "cunshaw." The graph. In respect the souliers who died in is not out of place even to-day, and the portals of Sines the troubles began thousands of people Viceroy, who is how living in the Military action this time, he shall find out their names the new Post Office might well bear the cheering have gone to Hongkong and Macao f safety, Burvaa until suoli time as his Yamer is repaired, and memorialize Us for the grant of exom message. Besides, it is a link with the past and it is estimated that several million dollars has issued a prolination thanking the troops plary posthumons honours and compensation which should not be broken, and in commanding worth of jewellery have been takon and police for what they have done. The the Grand Council," N.C. Daily News. this suggestion to the consideration of Govern. out of the city by women of the better Military Bureau, is very strongly guarded, se in ment I know giving expression to the wish class. The Viceroy bus issued a notics to the deed are all "the Yamens in the city. The The Court mourning for his late Majesty of very many residents.
effect that the city is now perfectly quist and recent rising has put a great terror into the King Edward VII, terminated at midnight on that it is not good for the people to remove hearts of the officials, and not one of them feels the 6th instant.
RODERICK RANDON,
THE EXODUB TO HONG HONG,
Nealed by the Prince Regent and signed by approached from her rear and put a pair of hands N. LAZARUS,
As a Chinese girl was walking along Holly- wood Road early on Saturday morning a person
over her eyes. At the same time she felt a | bangla being removed from one of her wrists, and on being released and turning round she saw two men running away. The police have the matter in hand.
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