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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 1912.
H.E. The Governor will open the pavilion TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
of the Chirese Recreation Club on Saturday.
The King has approved of the promotion of Major Begbie, commandant of the 81 Raj- puts, to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH LABOUR TROUBLES.
A SENSIBLE ATTITUDE.
LONDON, February 27th The miners in some districts have agreed to keep sufficient staff in the mines to
pump out water.
PECGRESS TOWARDS PEACE.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ITALY AND TURKEY.
LONDON, February 27th, Renter's correspondent at Roma tole- graphs that a steamer carrying 250 tons of war material for the Turks in Tripoli was captured in Sicilian waters.
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
CANTON,
[FROM OUR OWN, CORRESPONDENT.}
CANTON, Feb. 22nd.
TROUBLE IN THE CITY.
On Saturday there were repeated rumours of fighting going on and many shots were heard in different parts, but nothing all serious took place. The cause o! the suggestion of trouble
at
W08
This leads me naturally to consider what form the provincial administration is to take under a
The KOYLL. Regimental Race Meet- republican rule. So far, all that we haveing has been fixed for April 6th, weather been told is that a federal government is to
permitting. be adopted, ench State (or province) baing Is the suprema power then in each province to be vested in the Provincial Assembly, or in an elected or nominated, Governor ?. If the Mr. T. Funatsu and Mrs. Funatsu left Assembly is the supreme power in each Hongkong yesterday by the s.s. Inaba province, we presume its acts will be liable mare for Japan and were accorded a hearty to supervision by the National Assembly send-off from their compatriots. The result of this will be a growth in the power of the Central Governinent, but it was resentment against efforts in this same tracy yesterday on an application for x- direction on the part of the Manchu Gov-tradition, and was remanded, on a charge ernment that brought about the state of of embezzling the sum of 3.270 pesos. The affairs favourable to the revolution. If a defendant was arrested yesterday morning Governor appointed by the metropolitan by Detective Sgt. Wills upon arrival from Asquith that considerable progress towards succeed in splitting the party and securing be disbanded. Sooner or later this crisis had oxcentive is sent to each province, friction Manila by the s.5. Bubi.. with the local Assembly will be inevitable; while if each province be allowed to elect
Dr. B. W. Green, an American subject.
LATER. The owners in England and Scotland have
This
that the Government had decided to disarm and disband the pirate troops and LONDON, February 27th.' Mr. Roosevelt's candidature for the duty during these last few months.
numbers of the recruits who have been doing was brought before Mr. Irving at the Mad not only agreed to a minimum wage for Presidency has caused a great sensation is not the casy job it might look on the abnormal places, but as a general principle, throughout America. It is almost univer-face of it, as these people are not too pleased except in the cases of old men and boys, to which proposals the miners are agreeable. sally denounced by the Republican news with the idea of giving up their arms and Consequently the owners have informed Mr. Papars, whiff declare that his nomination returning to their villages, and in many is out of question, though he will probably instances have given out that they will not peace might be assumed.
to come, and the sooner the better it would scem. The Government could not afford to keep up a large standing army, like what has been recruited here, and the only step they could take was to prepare to disband a large number at once as the question of day. To-day a report, which fits every. payment is becoming more serious every
Dumping continues. Yesterday two dead bodies were reported from West Point, one
The constable when
The Government is making a special effort to bring in the recalcitrants in Wales.
FOREIGN SYMPATHY WITHHELD,
A large body of Rhenish and Westphalian miners have resolved omphatically against strike in sympathy with the British miners Englund flooded Germany with coal. They Englishmen..... were not going to pull out chestauts for
STBIRE AT CHESTERFIELD.
the defeat of Mr. Taft.
ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.
LONDON, February 27th, In fine weather before a small attendance and on a soft wicket Australia carried her score to 176, to which England responded
61 by watchful cricket,
of some trouble of this kind, General Stek, who has continually been giving trouble, was #rrested and afterwards shot. Certain it is, however, that until this question is solved Canton need not look for peaceful times.
SHAMEEN.
GUARANTEED its own Governor, the separatist tendency being a case of email pox and the other death always present in Chinn would be strength. was due to natural causes. The body of a oned. We quote this na an instance, child who had died frous smal-pox was found not of an insuperable obstacle, but of the in a boat which was adrift near Kellet 1sa difficulties that will attend the reorganiza.land, and the body of a child who had died | declaring that during the German strikes with 209 for nine wickets, Guan compiling appearaned of being true, says that because tion of the system of government. The from natural causes was fourk at Hunghom. aritent reformers who took forward to a. While an Indian constable was conveying greater measure of local self-government | a prisoner from Tal, O to. Hongkong by
TURKISH - POLITICS. under the republic must inevitably be
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At Chesterfield the miners have gone on
LONDON, February 27th. disappointed the most probable: outcome
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picked up was suffering from the effects of This immersion-and-hand-to-be-seat to the bos
pital.
At the Magistracy yesterday an American named Miller appeared before. Mr. Irving at the request til Dr. Pearce, who stated that the man declined to allow his child, who was suffering from small-pox, to be taken 10- other two children to be vaccinated. the hospital. He also refused to allow his Milker told his Worship that he occupied a Mr. big house and could isolate his child. His Worship ordered the man to send this child to hospital.
The annud eeting of the Hongkong
Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bibls Society took place fast evening in the City Hall, Mr. A. H. Harris, Commissioner of Customs, presiding over a good attendance. He was supported on the platform by Bishop What has before been done by a sort of Banister, Rev. C. Bone, and Rev. G. 11. Bondfield, agent of the Society. The ro bargaining process between the responsible officials and the people will now have to port was submitted by the Rev. C. Bone, be regulated by formal Acts of Parliament and the financial statement by Dr. Sanders, both being afterwards adapted on the motion and scientific schedules; the old system of
of Rev. G 11. Bondfield, seconded by compromise and rule-of-thumb govorniment. will have to give place to an elaborate ad marks gave an account of the progress a ade Bishop Banister. The former in his re- ministrative machine and a strictly defined by the Society during the past year, the constitution. The "tyranny" of the Manchu sale of Scriptures in China especially show- rule, under which the people of China have ing a substantial increase. On the nation "groaned" for generations, has been swept of Mr. Tooker, seconded by Bishop Banis. away; the sovereign power is vested inter, a local committee was appointed, tho people; and it remains to be seen whether they will find themselves possessed of greater powers of democratic government under the new régime thun under the old.
At Kobe it is announced that a pantomime, specially written for Kobe children and to be acted by them, will be presented by Mr. Burnhard Pshaw at Easter time.
The ship's engineer named Thomas Nesbit, who was knocked down by a tram car in Morrison Hill Road on Saturday after the Races, succumbed to his injuries at the hes pital yesterday morning.
The engagement is announced of Mr. Phillips, of H.B.M. Legation, Peking, and Miss Robin, Secretary to Dr. Morrison. Mr. Phillips is shortly leaving for Shanghai, to which port he has been appointed Vice-
Consul,
SANITARY BOARD.
BAILWAYMEN'S ATTITUDE, The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants advises its members to do nothing: to precipitate a sympathetic. strike - until further notice.
A RIFLE DISPUTE
LONDON, February 27th. Reuter's correspondent at Ottawa tele. graphs that the House of Commons is The owners again confer with Mr. Asquith debating the new sighting regulations for to-night in Downing Street.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
ALLEGED TRAITOROVS PRACTICES,
Bisley. Mr. Hughes, & Minister, mid it was At Aldershot a man was charged with doubtful whether a Canadiau teain could be is alleged that he distributed pamphlets which Canadians had been subjerted at inciting soldiers to traitorous practices. Itent. He declared that the annoyances to exlling upon the soldiers to side with the Bisley were due to the opposition of British strikers and refuse to fire.
rifle manufacturers to the Ross rifle. Canadian Government had offered Imperial Government a loan of 10,000 Ross rifles and was surprised that the offer had not been accepted.
NAVAL PREPARATIONE.
Mr. Churchill says that measures were adopted two months ago rendering the Fleet strike for a considerable time. It was un independent of the consequences of a coal
necessary at present to interfere with sea
training provided reasonable economy was observed.
IMPROVED PROSPECTS.
LATER,
After the Conference Mr. Asquith had with the conlowners last night he said that the situation was decidedly easier and more hopeful.
ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF CHINESE IN JAVA.
LONDON, February 27th. Bouter's correspondent at Nanking tele- graphie that the Republican Cabinet dis- cussed the allged ill-treatment of Chinese by the Dutch authorities in Java.
Sun Yat Sea, in communicating with At the fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Yuan Shih Kai on the subject, said he Board yesterday, there President (Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe), Col. Irwin, taken by the Cabinet, even to considering
We present, the believed that stringent measures would be Messrs. F. B. 1.. Bawicy, Ng Hon Tsz, Hon. request for the cancellation of the treaty Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.G., Hon. Mr. Ewith Holland and the withdrawal of the R. Hallifax, Dr.Fitzwilliams, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health),
THE BÉCRETARY,
The PRESIDEN-I have received a medical sick. I propose to take the papers myself certificate to the effect that the secretary is and to ask Dr. Clark to note down the re solutions.
KOWLOON HEALTH DISTRICTS.
With reference to the division of Kawicon into health districis,, Mr. Bowleysin a minute to the Board asked if it 'would not be bet- ter to include the railway ground, at the south district. The boundary at present eut south-east corner of King's Park, in the through the middle of the railway enclosure.
соп
Dutch Minister.
!
AMERICAN NAVAL POLICY.
LONDON, February 27th.
The the
THE CHINA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 1858-1860.
THE MILITARY CEMETERY AT CASTON,
mangman
Our Canton correspondent writes:- Just now when there is such a
large
Garrison in Shameen attention has been drawn to the little, Cemetry just outside the
city wall near the Bttle North Gate, which is not in the best state of repair. The cemetery has been kept in repair to a certain extent as far as keeping the grass cut and It is reported from Washington that Mr.the place clean by a fund at the disposal of Secretary Meyer testifying in the House the Consul-General, but the gates, which are during Naval Committes urged the building of woort; are in a very dilapidated condition, of two battleships every year, otherwise the and all the inscriptions on tablets, etc. United States would fall to fifth place are indecipherable without the aid of the among naval Powers, with Japan third. He information given below. asked for an appropriation of one million dollars to establish a system of wireless telegraphy throughout the world for the use of American warships.
THE DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE FOR 1912.
JUBILEE TEAK OF PUBLICATION.
A committee is
to
busy at work just now raising funds have the gates repaired and all the inscriptions reeur, and also to have a tablet placed in the British Church, Shameen. It may interest the general public to know who the men were. One tablet in the city wall reads as follows: To the memory of the non- Commissioned Officers; Buglers and Privates of the China Expeditionary Force; buried near this stone. A.D. 1858-59."
N.C.O. Privates. Royal Artillery in I Royal Engineers, I Royal Marine Artillery ... Royal Regiment end Batt. I Royal Marine Light laf 59th Regiment
The Directory and Chronicle for the Far East, issued annually from the Offloo of the Hongkong Daily Press, makes ite appearance
of printers in the Colony a few months ago. somambat later than usual owing to the inter-
The bulky volums, in vad covers, is so well. ruption of the work caused by the general strike
known that in its fiftieth year of publicstion it is scarcely necessary for us to dwell upon its merits or its usefulness. The "Directory and Chronicle" gives descriptions of every coun try, colony and treaty port in the Far East, with lists of the forsiga firms and their staffs, as follows: Sacred to the memory of The work is issued in two editions à large and Robert George Stratton, Ensign H.M. 5th
4 5
7
89
Medical Staff Corps
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There are also two graves, one inscribed
THE SUGAR CONVENTION.
LONDON, February 27th. Reuter's correspondent at Brussels tele graphs that the Sugar Convention, which was adjourned last week till the 26th lust., a small. The former, in addition to the Directory, Regiment Bombay H.L.I., who died at did not meet yesterday owing to the absencements relating to the Far East, Orders in the other is inscribed thus:Sacred to the includes the Treaties and International agree Macao Fort, 25th July, 1860, aged 19 years";
of the Busso-German agreement. probable that it will meat next week.
It is
A BYE-ELECTION.
The PRESIDENr said it was framaterial whe
LONDON, February 27th. ther the whole of the railway ground; was Mr. T. Mackinnon Wood, who had to included in the one district or not, because, seek re-election on his appointment as as far as the portion referred to was A destroyer for the Siamese Navy has cerned, he did not think there were any Secretary for Scotland, has been re-elected Kobe. The vessel, Sia Kamron Sint, is of heen launched at the Kawasaki Dockyard,places which were likely to cause a nuisance, by 8,580 votes against 8,061 cast for Mr.
Mr. Bowest-The boundary runs betwees | MeQuisten, the Unionist candidate. 375 tons displacement, with two sets of Curtis turbine engines, designed to give her a speed of 27 kaats.
the railway works and the railway offices. decided to divid Kowloon into two health On the motion of the PRESIDENT it was
districts, instead of three, as formerly,
TUS SLAUGHTER OF PIGS,
M.C.C. IN SOUTH AMERICA.
HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 28TH, 1912, SINCE, for better or worse, the sovereign power of China is now vested in the people, and the country has become the first example. in the world of a Republic established by Imperial Dpereo, it may be pertinent to enquire to what extent the republican idea! will be carried out in the actual government of the land. We must confess that so far we have seen little sign of its workings, even allowing for the fact that the country has
LONDON, February 27th. Reuter's correspondent at Buenos Ayres been practically under martial law. There There was a large gathering of friends,
On the motion of the PRESIDENT, secunded wires that in the second test match Maryle. has been much talk of National Conventions including the members of the U.S. Consular refuse an application from pork stall-holders bone scored 266 in the first innings
by the Hon. Mr. Hswer, it was decided to and elections of a President and so forth, staff, at the Municipal Jetty, Shanghai, last in Aplichau relative to the slaughter of pigs, and 250 in the second, Argentina witness the departure of Dr. and to inform the petitioner that the Board replying with 206 in the first innings and but, in spite of these fine phrases, the real week. 10 rule has been a military dictatorship. There has gone on leave, travelling to the States
A. P. Wilder, who, owing to illness, was not prepared to make any recommenda-
tion.
18 for three wickets in the second ineings. has been no bint that the National Conven- tion of provincial representatives was in brief stay in California and the eastern cities, in connection with the weekly report concern by the T.K.K. str. Chiyo Mary. After a In reply to a question hy Dr. FITALIAMS
BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE. any way appointed by or representative Dr. Wilder will proceed to Europe to joining the water supply of the Colony,
LONDON, February 27th of the people: the so-called Presidential his family. At the jetty he received many
plus of £1,484,663.
The Civil Service Estimates show a Elections have been little more than the good wishes for a speedy recovery and work of a nominated caucus. We have safe return to Shanghai.
no fault to find with the fact of this; we
WATER SUPPLY OF THE COLONY,
unable to answer the question. He wished The PRESIDENT said he regretted he was a the Vice-Preskient was present to answer it. Mr. BOWLEY would like to know how It is that "the Vice-President has always one else? I have always understood that more information on the subject than any
NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE ARMY.
LONDON, February 27th, Router's correspondent at Wellington
Conacil, Rules of H. B. M.'s Supreme Court memory of J. Talbot, who died at Canton on Customs Tariffs, Postal Information, &o, &o, 24th July 1860, of Hydrophobia, aged 36 and Afteen excellent ways of various centren of years."
trade and commerce in the East. All the This is the only grave of a civilian; he descriptions and lists of firms, do, have been is reported to have died in the Military brought up to date, and the "Chronicle " portion of the book includes the Treaties and
hospital, and was buried in the Military Agreements negotiated between Grant Britain Cemetery by British soldiers, there being no and Japan last year.
other place. Then there is a second white The fact of this being the Jubiles year of pab. marble tablet in the wall, In memory of lication suggests that it may not be altogether the non-Commissioned Officers and men of without public interest to contrast the first volama and the fiftieth, for the Afty volumes H.B.M. 99th Regiment who died at Canton muged on the bookshelves tell, in their during the occupation of that city by the gradually increasing size, the story of the Allied armies in the year 1861." steady development of Foreign intercourse with the Far East during the last hald Doctory "is The one of less than 300 pages, year by year the size firat volume of the "Chronicle and of the book has increased until its dimensions that in order to prevent its bulk becoming too have resobed close upon 2,000, notwithstanding inconvenient the publishers, a year ago, discontinued the inclusion of the constantly growing them annually as a separato volume. lists of Protestant Missionaries and
Then, further on, there is the officers".
of
cemetery, where there is a granite tomb thus inscribed-Sacred to the memory Ensign Thomas George Hunter, third son of Colonel Hunter, Bombay Artillery, who died at Canton, 24th July, 1861, aged 22 years, and Captain Edmund Harry Ord, second son of late Major Ord, R.A., who died at It may be further remarked that when the first Canton, 7th August, 1861, aged 33 years; foreign trade marta of Chins numbered but This monument is erected by their brother volume of the Directory was published the both of H.M. 3rd Reginient, Bombay, N.L- thirteen, including Hongkong, Macao and
How
Forno65. Now there are in Chins alone no officers."
less than 64 Treaty ports, besides about a moore
On the other side of the santé tomb there
of "perts of call," and China has within its borders
00003 foign population numbering nearly is the following inscription :-" Sacred also 150,000 according to the latest computations.
maintain, however, that it is misleading Accompanied by secretaries and attendants and dangerous
to apply democratic making up a party of about thirty, the seven it was against the usual practice to take a telegraphs that the Defence Anthorities Of these about 50,000 ara Japanese and 50.00 to the memory of Lieut. Henry Marriot names to the acts of the Military Govern delegates appointed by the Republican sample from the filter beds, and that it was
street report great enthusiasm and keenness Russians, while the British number over 10,000, Boyd Sandwith, Bombay Arúllery, who died ment, for it, at once calle into question the suthorities to invite Yuan Shih-kai to Nan-standards. I moved that the report be re-among the Territorials and that at their 3,000, and the Portuguese-community is at Canton, 26th September, 1861" spirit underlying them, and leads ono to ting left Shanghai on the zrst inst., on the ferred back to the P.C.M.O. with a request annual camp excellent work was done,
taken from the house taps er
China Merchants steamer Hsin-yu. The for information as to where the samples were doubt whether the Republican Government will not be, as the well-known Chinese rival of a large number of Chinese and that these matters should be referred back
departure froin the dock was marked by the taken from..
The PRESIDENT- phrase puts it, a name without reality." foreigners, most of whom came to bid fare-
have instructions We frankly admit that we do not think the well to Mr. Tang Shan-yi, who, though he visable to follow the usual routine and refer
to the Government, and I think it is ad time ripe yet for even the most restricted says he is taking the trip merely for con- the matter through the Colonial Secretary. form of elective government, but it is venience and is not connected with the party,gested by the President, and it was seconded Mr. BowLRY altered his motion as sug deceptive to apply the term in any way to was accorded the piace of honour.
by Dr. FITZWILLIAMS, and carried.
Jost over
of course, the puded. Wha
the Germans Hover 4,039, Americans
the same ise as the American, In these
These facts are interesting in the light of The cadets number 98,800, and the Colony of Hongkong is not
figures,
of the British the present occupation of Shames, and Territoriala 31,000,
some of the names may quite possibly be we see to what extent the foreign population in Ching: has grown
during the last fifty years, in known to some of the readers. splle of the restrictions imposed upon that residence and trade, wo shrink from contem
"TOKYO LOAN.
underwriters ture half. At the close the
LONDON, February 27th. The Tokyo Iman in London is closed. The
stock was quoted at par
In a country like China, where so much
entire country will be thrown open to foreign plating how bulky the Directory may become at attention is paid to graves, it is only fitting the end of another fifty years half century in that we should honour our heroes in the which, according to present expectations, the same way.
enter priso.