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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JULY 8TH, 1911.
Admiral Togo, sommpanied by Sir Frederick |
serted by all but oficial visitors The Fisher and Admiral Dundas, visited the Dread- TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
Speculating on the choice of 4 8000-ser to Bir Jobs Anderson, Governor of ibe: Straita
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THE SITUATION IN MOROCCO.
LONDON, July 7th.. Mr. Asquith, in the House of Comorons Fosterday, stated in reply to Mr. Balfour- I can say little regarding the negotiations It continues at Leith and Glasgow,
which are passing between the Powers There were slight disturbances at Man-concerning Marocco, but I wish it to be chester yesterday, but those were easily clearly understood that the Government suppressed by the police.
The Bradford woolcombers who struck for higher pay last month have resumed work on the old terms. ·
results in consequence have been a bitter nought Hospital at Greenwich last month. He was conducted through the ballding by the disappointment to all concerned-promo-secretary, and expressed his satistaodon with ters, exhibitors and those who catered the arrangements made for the accommodatiori
THE STRIKES IN ENGLAND. for the entertainment and amusement of Japanese sailors. Tho hospital contains a of the public aliko-and it will no doubt | bed endowed by the Emperor of Japan.
LONDON, July 7th. bo many years before a similar achieve-
The Seamen's and Dockers' triko is moat is again' attempter in China." The ill-success of the Exhibition, Mr. Settlements, the Singapore Fres Press anys: finally ended in Belgium, Newcastle, Sunder. WILKINSON says, was if anything wore Wo suppose Sir Fredrick Lugard, at Hong-land and Southampton. disappointing to the foreign exhibitors thankeng, could have the Straits appointment for to the Chinese. A considerable sum of the asking, although he might not care to ex-" money was expended by them in making change. Neither would Sir Hoory McCallum, their display as effective as possible, get the whose abounding energies are so engrossed in Consul bas been unable to learn that any the task of Ceylon administration,” sales were effected, and, owing to the small attention attracted by the Exhibition, their ÆRATED WATER goods can hardly bave gained very much by way of advertiserant. Me. Gosse in his Report for 1909 commented on the stress laid in Chinese official utterances on the educative value of the Exhibition, the inference being that the visitors would be impressed by the vastness and sufficiency of the resources of the Empire and realise the futility and folly of purchasing foreign goods. Mr. Gorre's successor, however,
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Befors Mr. Bazeland at the Magistracy canterdas Mr. D. W. Traim, superintendent of imports and experts, roomdul egoist Chinese for being in possession of 150 boltlan | of coins Talast at 93,039, which it is believed, he intended to smirglo iuto Amoy. Dofond and donied the charg; mying that a mau asked him to hold the big containing the cocaine. His Worship, after hearing the evidense, im. posed a fire of $2,000, the alternative beleg twelve months' imprisonment and ordered the
cocaine to be conßscated.
SUPREME COURT.
Friday, 7th July.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE HIS HONOUR Mr. H. H. J. GoPEBTZ (PoISNE JUDOR).
A BORROWER'S DIFFICULTIES, In the case of Mela Singh against F. M. X. Souza for $40, Mr. J. H. Gardiuor, who appeared for the plaintiff, asked that the case bo adjcurn- of sine d as it was in cource of settlement.
His Lordship-How long do you want it adjourned for?
Mr. Gardiner-Sino dio,
Hi Lordship. It keeps cropping up. think I had better fix a day."
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Mr Gurdiner-It is a promissory note payable by inst Iment. His paging other instalments and delaying these.
His Lordship Apparently it has been ad- journed ein- die three times and reinstated.
Mr. Gardiner - Yes. His Lordship-I think I had better have him
principal Chinese newspapers to show that popular impressious are.quito the reverse of those which the authorities boped to incul- cate in the Chinese mind. To the writer of the article the Exhibition revealed the weakness and poverty of China, and proved conclusively that the Chinese had failed to realise that manufac- turos are the source of wealth and Ho is reluctantly forced to conclude that all the talk during the past decade of the awaken- ing of commercial China, the introduction of modern machinery and the adoption of Western methods of manufacture, has been "mero empty babble," and that. China bas, as yet, made no progress in the direction of Mineral Table Water.competing with foreign manufactures in the supply of the thousand-and-one articles which are daily in use in every Chinese household. Such roflections as these on the Nanking Exhibition certainly lend no A. S. WATSON & CO. | encouragement to the idea of holding a grand exhibition in Hongkong, though it does not necessarily follow that an Exhibi- tion in the South of Chinn would prove
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Visira & Co, wore the defondants in three appears to have proved in the North, actiona set down in the list. One was for $655, Certainly there is no more suitable place the second for $950, and the third for $439, in South China for an Exhibition than They were adjourned for a week, Hongkong or rather Kowloon, which is s easily accessible by steamship and rail, but the organisation of an Exhibition involves a heavy expenditure, which, in view of the results of the Nanking enterprise, would appear ton risky to embark upon, though se believe we are correct in saying that little r
no lose was suffered by the promotors.
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JULY 8TH, 1911.
The Chinese cruiser Haicht, which was in England for the Coronation, was to have left Southampton for Germany on the 5th inst.
Tronoh Mines paid a dividend of 23. per share and a boons of 3s. per share for the first six months of the prosent year; payable, tax free, on the 29th ult.
hero.
Troops have been sent to Salford.
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT IN AMERICA.
Losnos, July 7th. There have been 431 deaths and thous-
ands of persons have been prostrated by the heat in the United States during the past five days."
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED
STATES.
FECUNIAET CLAIMS,
LONDON, July 7th. Mr. Philander Knox, Secretary of State, and Mr. Bryco, British Ambassador, have signed the first schedule of an agreement dealing with pecuniary claims between the United States and Great Britain on terms
consider that a new situation bas arisen the
future developments of which may affect British interests more directly than hitherto We are confident that diplomatic discussion will find a solution. Auy part we take therein we shall have due regard to the protection of those interests and the fulfil ment of treaty obligations towards France which are well known.
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A Tangier message states that the Spanish troops have advanced upon Arzilla and camped outside the walk,
LATER.
The Spunish Government state that (their) troops had halted at Arzila, ou route to Tangiar, but that there is no intention of occupying the place.
All the papers comment on and approve
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THE LORDS AND THE PARLIA
MENT BILL.
LONDON, July 7th.
The Committee stage of the Parliament Bill in the House of Lords is concluded.
Lord Morley announced that the report stage would be taken on July 13th.
LATER. Madrid telegrams from the frontier stabo that all is quiet in Portugal, though troop■ are still massing in the North to prevent an invasion of monarchists.
BYE-ELECTION AT GLASGOW.
LONDON, July 7th. Poling in the bye-election in the Trader- ton division of Glasgow took place yester, day and resulted in the retura of Mr. White, Liberal, who received 8,869 votes, againsś
2,783 cast for the Unionist candidate, Mr.
Watts.
[At the last election the Liberal vote was split between Mr. Cameron Corbett, who was elected, andan independent Liberal. }
CORRESPONDENCE,
CHINA AND MACAO.
PRESS."
Mr. Asquith's statement regarding the [TO THR. MOTOR OF THE "HONEROSO DAILY Moroccan situation. They say it makes clear that while supporting France we will not stand aside and allow arrangements to be made behind our backs, as is apparently hoped in Germany. Though the situation
of their submission to arbitration under is grave the papers express confidence in a Special Agreement signed in August last. diplomatic solution which it is hoped will The claims aggregate sovoral million prevent recurrence of alarums and excurs- dollars, some of them dating back prior to ions in connection with Morveen. 1812.
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It is "understood that the claims wil Mr. Gardinen Is would rather not come come before
Arbitration Tribunal hero.
Hia Lordship aljourned the case,
THREE CLAIMU.
CHINESE COMMENDED.
composed of representatives of the United States and Great Britain and an umpire frota a disinterested country.
JAPANESE SHIPBUILDING.
Losnos, July 7th. Japanese shipbuilding was a prominent feature at the International Congress of Naval Architects in London yesterday.
Sir William White said Japan might become a serious competitor with Europe unless the cost of labour increased.
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BRITISH PLENIPOTENTIARY IN EGYPT.
LONDON, July 7th.
Mr. J. C. Wedgwood, Liberal M. P. for Newcastle-under-Lyte, askod in the House of Commons yesterday whether Lord Kitchener was to be appointed Consul General for Egypt.
Sir Edward Grey- in reply said-I take this opportunity of expressing on behalf of the Government their very great regret at the illness of Sir Eldon Gorst, which precludes the possibility of his returning to Bgypt and necessitates his resignation. We are deeply sensible of the high value of the public
Bi-Referring to your leader of 5th instant on the overtures alleged to have been made to the Portuguese Government by China with regard to stoppage of gambling in Macne, allow me to say that if the Chinese Government wishes the Portuguese to abolish gambling in the Colony, let them come forward and aimin the Portagnese in finding new sources of ravenne to substitute the present gambling revonnes, otherwise to Portuguese will have to stick to them, as it would bo derogatory to the national decorum to accept subsidies from foreign governments. There are several things that China could do in this diraotion, but lit them start by settling, the voxod delimitation. question, as that would assist in bringing a little prosperity to the place. The present ansattled state of affaire militates against the starting of new businesses and industries. The drodging of the harbour should not be objected to by the Chinese, as it is a stop towards possible develop- ment of casting trade. The Macas-Canton railway question should also be settled without any further delay, as it is sure to bring life to the Colony and will materially help Portugal in the coquisition, of now Bourses. of revenue, Unless China does, something horself to assist Portugal in the direction of acquicing new revenues, it is idle to talk of asking her to do away with gambling, and all efforts on the part of China to suppress the vice among their nationals in Canton will be of no avail and will only help to swoll the purse of the gambling monopolists of Macao. Enclosing my card. Yours faithfully,
A PORTUGUESE, Macao, July 6th, 1911,
JAPAN AND THE CHINA TRADE.
Bince the recent tour of inspection of Mr. Okabo, Director of the Bureau of Commerce, in China the Department of Agriculture sod Commerce has been devoting its energy to the encouragement of the promotion of the Japan-China trade, and has been in negotia tion with the Peking Government in rouard to proposals to exhibit Japanese staple products at the Peking Commercial Media and Chi- nese staple products at similar institutions in At New York cotton slumped 34 points Tokyo in order to give on impules to the promotion of the trade interests of the two on hearing similar reports.
countries. The negotiations have now been brought to a successful conclusion, and the Department, says the Tokyo Asahi, is selecting samples of commodities to be sent to the Peking Museum. Not a few business men have already offered to contribute staple commodities for the purpose. The authorities have decited to exhibit Chinese commodities in rotation in the `museums in cities interested in the China trado.
Two Chinese were charged before Mr. Haze land ut Magistracy yesterday with attempting to rob a Europast he was under the influence of liquor at West Point on Thursday night. Evidace was given to the effect that while the defendants were going through the European's pockets two Chinese who observed them arrested them and handed them over to the police. The nation of the Chinese was made known to the MOBILISATION IN MONTENEGRO.service which he has rendered and the great Government, who awarded each of them $10, and his Worship, la giving the nooosssry, order, for the payment of the money, remarked that he wished there were iners Chiness like them' in the Colony. Each of the defendants were sentenced to three wasks' imprisonment.
JAPANESE TRAWLING INDUSTRY.
COLD STORAGE TEOJECT.
LowDow, July 7th.
A telegram from Constantinople states that the Minister of Montenegro has *xplained to the Porte that the projected mobilisation in Montenegro had no hostile intent, but was merely to prevent the pos sibility of disagreeable incidents on the frontier.
The steam trawling industry, inaugurated at Nagasaki su 1907 by the Steun Trailing Com pay, a Japanese company organised by a local British firm and basing a fair number of forsign NAVAL AND MILITARY HONOURS shareholders, has met with considerable vaccusa,
FOR SULTANS OF MALAYA. The company now operates two imported steam
The police have been notified that a Chinese trawlers, which are both nuder the direction of
entered a house at Shoktontal on Thursday night and stole clothing, money and jewellery to the value of $160.-
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Ically. One or two purely Japanese companies. British tawling masters, and a third built
LONDON, July 7th. have already entered into competition, sad from On leaving England the Sultaus of Perak Shimonerek, at the entrance to the Inland Sea, regular fish trains are ran daily to Tokyo. Mr. and Kedah were accorded military honours, Consil Chalmere, of Nagamki, from whore ra port this foregoing particulars are obtained, On their arrival at Dover the Fleat fred status that there is a strong movement to estab-salutes.
$500 and $700 and a gold rolled watch belong-lish a fish depot at Nagasaki, which should form ing to the proprietor.
Captain Kataoka, of the Japanese cruiser Astsushima, at presant in the harbour, has left His successor, for Japan on privato, affairs. Captain Numone, is expected here to-morrow,
a central market for steam trawlers in Japan. Cold storage would form a material part of the THE INTERNATIONAL STRIKE. acheme.
PALENESS IN HOT CLIMATES.
LONDON, July 7th. Serious rioting among the rioters at
Á FERURAL Of some comments in the annual report of the British Commercial Attaché last year on the subject of the great Industrial Exhibition held at Nauking led us to put forward for consideration last year a suggestion that an Exhibition on a large scale should be held in Hongkong.
On Thursday night a house coolie employed The Commercial Attaché remarked that that the Central Hotel departed with between year 1909 had been characterised by the number of Industrial Exhibitions hell" ali over the country." Temporary Exhibitions of local products and manufactures had been held at Shanghai. Poking, Foochow, Chengtu, Nanchang and many other places
There is published in Eugentes a translated Amsterdam took place last night. Revolvers in the northern and central provinces, of
paper by T. F. Kohlbrugge on "The Infvoure of a Tropical Clim te apon Europeaza," chiefy were freely used, and the troops, supporting exhibits destined for the first grost indus-
Java. The writer maintains that the cause of trial Exhibition in China on modern lines
containing results of researches carried out in the police, fired, wounding eight persons. paleness in hot clinistes is not due to ill-health, which was subsequently held at Nanking.
but to stiffening and thickening of t e corgeous H.E. TUAN FANG, who at the time was
layer of the epidermis, caused by heat, which makes the body perspire and at the same time Viceroy of the Liang Kiang, was the aulbor
Among those present at the 113th Annivers-prevents the moisture from evaporating. Conse of the project, and the grand Exhibition at Nanking was carried out at a cost of aboutary Festival for the Royal Masonic Institution arent y the epidermis grows opaque. The weseles become more el atie, and blood vessels are
LONDON, July 7th. greater power of contraction. Until now no white race has been able to survive in the tropics All nine aviators are still competing. unless race mixture takes place. The pers
suffers in the tropics, first by sleeplessness. They have safely recrossed the Channel, and
irritability. The best and most highly-gifted intellectually are the first yesterday morning proceeded towards Paris
European wishes to settle
The engagements of the Bishop of Victoria for to-morrow (Sunday) are:-9.15 a.m., preach at the Cathedral and Military Parade Borvien 7 pm., address Chinese students at St. Paul's College.
for Boys, held at the White City, wore Dr. Sutcliffe Ivy (District Grand Master of North China), and Mr. R. E. Balilion,
eratom
Dervouk
The King has been pleased to appoint Mr. and then by increased Sidney Burton-to be Chinese Secretary to His to sucesmb. It Majesty's Legation at Peking, and Mr. Herbert permanently in a tropical country, he must Philips to be one of His Majesty's Vice-Connan discard civilisation and live according to too!
la Chins (May 12).
customs.
£80,000, half of which was furnished by the provincial Government and the other half by subscriptions from the various Clumbers of Commerce. Exhibits of local productions were received from every pro- vince in the Empire, and provided a very comprehensive display of the agricultural and industrial resources of China. But, notwithstanding that the arrangements Police Sergt., Garrod proceeded against s reflected the greatest credit oxi the Chinese stallholder before Mr. Hazeland at the general management, the British Consul Magistracy yesterday for obstructing a street
It is stated in Parliamentary papers that the in the Central district. His Worship asked the number of deaths from plagas in India in the in the coursQ of his Report on the Trady of Nanking in 1910, says the Ex-defendant if he caused an obstruction and be last ten years was 6,473,704.
The three heavisst years were as follows:- hibition excited no interest amongst the replied, "If the Sorgeant says so, it must be 1904, L113,993; 1905, 1,069,140, and 1907,
1,315,892 general population and after the first few true," A fine of 925 was imposed.
PLAGUE'S MILLIONS OF VICTIMS.
EUROPEAN CIRCUIT AVIATION RACE.
TURKEY AND THE ALEANIANS.
LONDON, July 7th.
It is understood in Vienna that Turkey will extend the respite for the submission of the Albanians and will utilise the time for further negotiations, though the milit
nry preparations will meanwhile continus.
loss his retirement entails. Beyond that we can make no definite announcement at present.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS.
LONDON, July 7th. At Chicago the price of corn dropped over three points on receipt of the report that rains had fallen. Oats and wheat dropped in sympathy.
THE SINKING OF THE MAINE.”
LONDON, July 7th.
A Washington message states that General Birby, the expert, appointed to report on the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine, which largely caused the Hispano- American War, says that the sinking was due to an explosion of her three magazines The effects, were not produced from without The cause of the explosion will never be knowa.
ANGLO-AMERICAN ARBITRATION.
7th.
SERDANG (SUMATRA) RUBBER AND
PRODUCE ESTATES (LIMITED.)
The board have issued a circular stating that the company has now realised the whole of the tobno o erop. Contrary to expectation the later prices obtained have not besa so good as the earlier ones, the total groas amount realized being £11,736. In consequence of the much-regretted sudden death of the. chairman, Colonel G. Wentworth Forbes, and the resiguation of Mr. H. A. Matthes,
there were two vacancies
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the board.
which the remaining directors have filled by electing Mr. W. T. Davies and Mr. H. N. LONDON, July
Tarner, who were noininated by the two largest shareholders in the company. The company's Sir Edward Grey, in the House of Com egents in the East have been instructed to close mons in reply to Mr. D. M. Mason, Liberal their booke en Jnue 30, and as soon an there secoons have been made up and nudied the M. P. for Coventry, stated that there was directors will convene the first annual general
before the end of Setember, every prospect of the Anglo-American Arbi-meeting. The meeting is not likely to be held tration Treaty being signed very shortly. It would be presented to Parliament before ratification.
RUMOURS REGARDING PORTUGAL'
LONDON, July 17h. The telegraphs from Fashion are working normally, and there is no mention of“ a revelt at the capital.
MRS. PROUDLOCK'S SENTENCE.
The Straits Times understand that Archdeacon Isard rereired a telegram on June 30th from the relatives of Mrs. Prandlock informing him that nor legal advisers had been notified, that the death sentence was commuted and that, s meeting of the Selangor State Council, Proudlook would be kept in simple imprison- ment. A telegram received from our contem porary's Kuala Lumpur correspondent confirms the above, adding that Mrs, Proudlock has been taken out of the condemned cell at Pudu Gue),