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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH, 1912.
to Japanese customs and manners, The Mesura, Moatrie & Co.'s store will be
result is that whom they wish to mingle open for two hours on Monday for the TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS
with Americans they are not qualified. They are utterly indifferent to the mangera and customs of the country, and show no adaptability to their surroundings. So the disposition shown by the Americans to
WATSON refuse to have anything to do with our in- & CO., LTD.,
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migmnts is, he says, a natural festing. Count Okuma, in bis article, dilates on the increasing population of Japan, and insists that the question of disposing of the surplus population which the resources of Japan cannot support is likely to be one of increns WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.ing seriousness. Since the Restoration
booking for the Bandmann Co. perform- ences. The plane have been changed at
have the seats they have booked for under the Theatre, sud ticket-holders can only
the change.
The water return for the month of March shows that on April 1st there were 315,613,000 gallons stored on the island as against 256,832,000 gallons on the same date last year. The consumption of water per head in the Cits and Hill districts during the month of March was 18.9 gallons per day, as against 17.3 gallons the population of Japan has increased by There was an intermittent supply by the during the corresponding period last year. twenty-three milliona, and he flude the rider mains in the rider main districts planation in the results of modern civilisa during the month of March in both years abortion, the introduction of vaccination, April 1st totalled 258,480,000 gallons, as growing knowledge of the laws of sanitation, compared with 210,960,000 gallons on the and the advance of medical science in Japan corresponding date of last year. The con- While the population has been growing at a sumption per head per day during March vory rapid rate, there has been no corres-was 10.4 gallons, as against 7.8 gallons in
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE COAL STRIKE.
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
SUPREME COURT,
Friday, April 4th
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GONPERTZ (PUISNE - JUDGR).
ADJOURNED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FLOODS IN AMERICA.
LONDON, April 4th. Widespread distress has been occasioned by foods in the Mississippi Valley. In LONDON, April 4th
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri soveral The Times indicates that the strike may towns are deserted and thousands are prove a blessing in disguise to the rail-homeless. The river at Cairo is fifty miles the Alexandra Cafe for $311,70 was ad- much concerning the superfluity of trains Mississippi delta have been warned that W. Goldring, who appeared for ways, to whom the experience has taught broad. Fifty thousand inhabitants of the journed for a week on the application of and the avoidance of expensive competithe levels threaten to collapse and are
the defendant. tion.
TV GRAVE RAILWAY SITUATION.
Mr. Thomas, assistant secretary of the Railwaymen's Union, has drawn attention
ficoing.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
LONDON, April 4th,
A telegram from Ottawa states that the
The action by Tang Keo & Co, against
APPLICATION FOR NEW TRIAL. Mr. Rasa, of Messrs, Goldring, Barlow &Morrell, mado application to set aside a judgment made against his client on March 15th. He did not appear at the
Mr. Otto Kong Sing, who appeared for the plaintiff in the action, said he had bet- ter explain the circumstances,
BRANDY Lion-the prohibition of the practice of The storage in the Kowloon reservoirs on to the grave situation, in the railway world Dominion Government has invited the time and judgment was given in default.
Our Brandies are
Panice to carry out their obligations under Prince of Wales to visit Canada in 1914. the Government's conciliation scheme. Unleas the Board of Trade acted
immediately, he says, the result will be serious. He suggests that the men should
PARLIAMENT ADJOURNE.
LONDON, April 4th. Parliament has adjourned until the
GUARANTEED ponding increase in the area of land under the same month of last year the water submit their grievances to the arbitration 19th inst.
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TO BE
cultivation-there is, we should imagine ||ment Analyst reports show that the water very little room in Japan for development is of excellent quality. in this direction-but there has, neverthe leas, been a great increase in production due
GRAPE to improved methods of cultivation. This
SPIRIT.
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LOCAL SPORT.
CRICKET.
The following will play for the Com bined League Team 2. H.K.C.C. on Saturday, at 11 a.m.-R. H. O. Bird, R. O. Hutchison, R. C. Mitchell, Lieut. Smith, R.N., Capt. Clapham, R.A., Capt. Crawford, E.A., H. H. Tayler, J. V. Brage, Corp! Taverner R.E., Corp. Dempsey, K.OY.L.I. and J. P. Robinson.
of the Board of Trade..
Mr. Robertson has agreed to consider the suggestion.
WILD SCENES IN BCOTLAND AND WALES. -
PARIS MOTOR CRIMINAL ARRESTED.
Lannos, April 4th. Wild scenes have occurred at Glencraig, A Paris telegram states that Carrouy, Fifeshire, where a crowd of 2,000, includ- another of the alleged motor criminals, ing many women, attempted to prevent when arrested near Paris, swallowed the men from working. charged the mob, and were met with action.
The police poison, but was saved by prompt medical
volley of stonon, but eventually dispersed them.
increase, however, has been inadequate to the growing seeds of the nation, hence we find that even in yeare of bountiful rice harvests, wheat, flour, and beans have to be imported. He concludes that Japan's only hope is in emigration. He cites the example of Italy as one which it would profit Japan to follow. One hundred million yen worth of food stuff" he writes, "is imported into that country; the balance of trade is against them; they depend on foreign capital nad 31.40 2.70 have to pay a large sum in interest, But all this is met by the money their nationals who have gone to other countries save anding at 10.30 a.m. The Kowloon team will yesterday cabled the first instalment of
31.40 270
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send home. These are said to number more than five millions. These people while sup. porting themselves in a foreign land send home annually. Yon 250,000,000. This paya Italy's interest on borrowed capital, makes up the balance that is against her in foreign. commerce and supplies, har with food she cannot produce in her own territory. Our people do not enjoy the same privileges of emigrating freely to other countries, and as the population increase the struggle for
A. S. WATSON & CO., existence becomes fiercer and fiercer. This,
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The Daily Pres
"HongKosa, APRIL 5TH, 1912.
A VERY interesting article from the some. what prolife pen of Count OKUMA on the emigration problem as it affects the Japan ese has appeared in a Japanese magazine. Everyone is familiar with the fact that Japan feels deeply hurt by the attitude adopted by the United States and the British Colonies—Australia and South Africa parti- cularly towards emigration from Japan,
The Kowloon Cricket Club will be at home" on Monday, when a match will
There were also wild scenes at Ponty- pool, where the miners smashed with stones the windows of strike breakers. Two men were critically injured.
AUSTRALIAN RELIER FUNDS.
the strike have been opened in Sydney and Funds for the relief of the sufferers by Melbourne. The Lord Mayor of Sydney
£1,000.
MORE RESUMPTION,
be played with H.M.S. Minatour, start-
be-Rev. Foster Pegg, Lieut. N. J. Williams, Dr. Chas: Forsyth, Mesare. F.
After an harangue with Mr. Stanley, Sutton, J. P. Robinson, R. P. Thursfield, M.P., 10,000 Cannockchase miners, who, W Wenter, A. F. R. Raven, W. T. Elaon, had overwhelmingly voted against resump- K. McAskill and J. H. Mead (Capt.)tion, decided to resume forthwith. Reserve-D. J. Mackenzie.
By kind permission of the officers the Band of H.M.S. Minatour will play dur ing the afternoon.
HONGKONG CRICKET LEAGUE.
Club
Craingower
PTB
BALLOT RESULTS.
The following unofficial results were given at mid-night-
For resumption 180,002- Against resumption..... 199,881 Official figures are still withheld. The following is the League table up Lotion meets to-day to consider the result The Executive of the Miners Feders date
of the ballot, which is expected to decide against resumption. The majority is, however, insufficient to justify a continu ance of the strike, especially in view of the vast number of abstentions. Mean while the numbers resuming without wait ing for a decision are steadily increasing, but no coal is expected to reach London for at least a week.
2 Civil Servios
Kowloon 4 R. O. A 5 Naval Yard 6.R. E.
7 H. K. Police & K.O.T.LI...
2
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N. B.-A win 3 points.
A draw point.
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AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO.
LONDON, April 4th.
A telegram from Vienna states that Baron Mueller, of the Foreign Office, has been appointed Ambassador in Tokyo.
ADMIRAL OF PATROLS,
LONDON, April 4th. Rear Admiral De Robeck has been ap pointed to command the torpedo boat flotillas, under the title of Admiral of Patrols. *
Misa
Mr. Rusa-No, I don't think you had. I ant appearing for the applicant. ceeding, he said that his client was a Pro-
Chinaman who did not understand it and the date not being entered on the writ in Chinese he paid no attention to it until he found the bailifts in his house. Pro- ceedings were then instituted. A partner in the plaintiff firm absconded, and the firm was sold up.
The partner who absconded actually wrote to the defendant telling him to be careful not to pay any money to anybody but himself. whole costs had been paid into Court, and if what he said was true they, were cer tainly entitled to a new trial to have the matter thoroughly thrashed out.
The
Hia Lordship-I don't know whether you are entitled or not.
Mr. Russ Your Lordship knows how difficult it is.
His Lordship-It was not difficult in that case. The man was told when he had to appear and he did not appear. Have you paid the taxed costs into Court? Mr. Russ-Yes, right up to date. Mr. Otto Kong Sing said the writ was served personally and the man was told when to appear. He was also served by.. the police. The man admitted that the debt was owing to the firm.
debt to somebody.
His Lordship-He admits owing the
Mr. Otto Kong Sing replied that the plaintiff in the action awore that he was the person to whom the money was due.
He did not know what the defendant firm was carrying on its ordinary business. At the time the notion was instituted the
would gain even it a new trial were ordered.
Mr. Buss-That is our lookout.
On the question of costs, Mr. Russ asked his Lordship to allow that to stand over.
Perhaps his Lordship would have occasion to reverse his decision if he proved that the plaintiffs were scoundrels. The hearing was set down for Monday, April 16th.
then, is the problem that is confronting us." It strikes us us strange that Count OKUMA in his article says absolutely nothing of the possibilities of emigration to Japan's own Colonies-Formosa and Korea-or even to Manchuria. He has exclusively in mind emigration to the white countries to America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa-and the lesson he seeks to enforce is that Japan must change her whole. educational Bystem. cannot live the isolated life we lived. ...Noconatry, however strong; } can now live in and by itself. For this reason, I contend that a system of education that fosters a narrow patriotisan only, and turas out a class of men out of sympathy with played on Wednesday evening. before the Royal Commission to inquire into the of the Institute of Marine Engineers of started to prove the case when Mr. Hind's
"Wa
Obca
world-wide influences is useless, may harm ful." He tells his people that if Japan is to take her place in the world, it is impor-- tant for her "to break up this religious and racial prajudice." What Count Oxumathinks to-day Japan will probably think to-morrow; and in view of the great transformation in Japan that bus already taken place in the last fifty years, he would be a bold man who would venture to say that the Japanese people can no more discard their "religious; and racial prejudices" than the Ethiopian can change his skin or the leopard bis spots. The process, however, must necessarily bà a slow one, and manwhile Japan would be better advised to seek a solution of her population problem in emigration to her own Colonies.
To-day being Good Friday, there will, as customary, be no issue of the Hongkong
SOLDIERS CLUR BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
The concluding games between the
A.O.D. and 87 Company R.G.A. were
good nunther of spectators.
The full scores are:- Gunuer Slater Pie, Poland
THE
TRADE RESOURCES OF THE EMPIRE.
LONDON, April 4th." Mr. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has announced that the
A CLAIM IN A PROMISSORY NOTE.
The action in which J. H. Ruttonjea sued Cooper & Company for 8429, was imentioned.
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER."?
The Chocolate Soldier," the finest of Opera Company during the present visit, the operas produced by the Bandmann
was repeated last night, but the heavy rain which fell during the early part of the evening had the effect of thinning the audience considerably. The attendance,
made up for in appreciation. The piece what it lacked in point of numbers, it in the circumstances, was very fair, and
was produced with all the sparkle and brilliance which characterised it when it was last played in Hongkong. Marjorie Tompest, as Nadina, was again in splendid voice, and her rendering of the solo "My Hero" was received with ton and Miss Kitty Barlow wore both well unatioted applause. Miss Violet Framp suited to their respective parts, while the humour of the piece was sustained throughout by Mr. Bobby Roberts, as Lieut. Bumerli, and Mr. Alfred Frith, as Colonel Popoff. The company will not appear to-night, and to-morrow night. they will produce "A Waltz Dream.'
MARINE GAS AND OIL ENGINES.
following have been appointed members of Engineering) in the election as President There is peculiar appropriateness (says
trade resources of the Empire: Lord a keen interest, not only in naval matters, the Marquis of Graham, who has shown Inchcape, Chairman; Bir Edgar Vincent, but in all questions affecting marine engi Sir Charles John Owens, Mr. Rider neering, He is a director of Messrs. Haggard, Mr. Tom Garnett, a Manchester William Beardmore & Co., Limited, and cotton master, Mr. William Lorimer, of that Company, and as chief officer of the journ it and he refused. ⠀⠀
by arrangement with the Chairman of Case. My clerk asked my fritid to all- Glasgow Mr. Foster, Canadian Minister Clyde Naval Volunteers, he incurred the of Trade and Commerce; Mr. Donald expense of fitting an old gunboat, jeet
H.M.S. Rattler, with a gas engine instal Mr. Hind I appear for Cooper & Com Campbell, an ex-legislator of South
lation, which yielded very informing Australia; Mr. Edward Bowring, an ex data; while recently he had built for him- pany. legislator of Newfoundland; Sir D. P. self a yacht of considerable size, fitted de V. Graaff, Minister of Publie Works, with the Beardmore semi-Diesel engine of South Africa, and Sir Joseph Ward, Now loping 130 brake horse-power. Naturally the two-cycle type, and capable of deve- Zealand.
the results obtained in both of these vemels
Mr. Hind-I will give particulars. formed the principal theme of the Mr D'Almada I would ask your Lord- Marquis of Graham's presidential ad-ship to fix a day. It is a simple case. dress, which he delivered last month. His deductions from his experience with the
Mr. HindIt is not a simple case. It gas-engine in the Rattler, which made & is a claim on a promissory note and there non-stop run from Liverpool to Glasgow is a legal defence, (200 miles) in very rough weather, were hopeful so far as the mechanical features
The case was adjourned for a week arê concerned. It has not been possible to Ese bituminous coal. He looked forward,
MA F. X. D'Almada, who appeared for whom Mr. Hind was appearing. He had the plaintiff, said he wanted to know for
clerk came to him and asked him to apply
for an adjournment. 250
185
Gunner Quinn
260
Major Lydden
214
Gunner H.B.R. Pitt
250
Staff Sergt. Sargeant
214
Capt. Nicholson Sergt. Heath
250
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Comdr. Chamberlain....
250
Bombr, Masterman......
248
Gunner Bancroft...... Staff Sergt. Kirby
250
187
Staff Sergt. Foster
250
C. 3. M. Tatton
202
250 134
Gunner Bridgewater Colonel Wrigley
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
The Directors' report reads:
Mr. Harcourt expressed the opinion that it was the strongest Commission ever con atituted. Members of the House of Com- mons had been deliberately excluded, He thought the Commission would command complete conɓdence.
PERSONNEL OPPOSED.
LATER
Mr. Hind I had forgotten all about this
Mr. D'Almada-I was instructed to -ob-
Mr. D'Almada--My friend cannot ap- pear for & firm. He must give individual names, individual partners."
In a Peking telegram published in The
"We all rejoice," writos Count OKUMA. | Daily Press to-morrow, but should the shareholders the balance-sheet and profit bers are surprised at the composition of at a very low rate, because of the revenue Times recently Yuan Shih-kai was report- The Directors have now to submit to the The Times says that Opposition Mem however, to the time, when coalite" RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN CHINA. that we have the respect of foreign nations/telegrams received to-day contain intelli and loss account of the Bank for the year the Trade Commission. They do not con- obtained from residual producte.
ended 31st December last.
and stand on an equal international footing, issued as an “Extra."
gence of exceptional interest, they will be but we are met with the contradiction that
The Messiah" is to be sung at St. John's Cathedrala 9.15 to-night-
Two ricksha coolies were yesterday fined $3 each for refusing to accept hire.
The interim dividend at the rate of sonnel, to be entirely impartial. They thirteen per cent per annum paid in complain that statesmen of the calibre of October last absorbed £78,000, and a fur Lord Grey and Lord Balfour of Burleigh ther sum of £21,000 has been appropriated were not asked to serve, and that several to pay a bonus to the staff. The amount of the members are known to be extreme now available is therefore £233,451 14: 61, ned the directors propose to pay a fiscal partisans, or are not possessed of final dividend at the rate of fifteen per sufficient commercial training. cent. per annum, making fourteen per cent. for the whole year; to add £25,000 to the reserve fund, which will then stand
at £1,850,000; to add £10,000 to the Officers' superannuation fand; to write off pre- award the balance of £138,461 lán. 8d.
mises account £30,000, and to carry for
NEW GOVERNOR OF BERMUDA.
raight be produced at the pits and sold
This
ed to have declared, in reply to a deputa tion representing the Protestant Chris- as within him lay, to remove all religious tians of Peking, his determination, so far disabilities and to enforce religious tolera- according to his experience, was rather tion throughout the country. Mr. Yung- hot, but the engine ran well on it, and sung wrote to The Times from the Chinese tore could be overcome. There were ing out that religious liberty, in its true probably this difficulty of high tempera Students' Union, Bloomsbury-place, point- no mechanical difficulties in the gas and best sense, is already better known engine, the means for reversing the engine in China than in any other country, and direct having been evolved. He felt, that the President, in making the declara however, that in the immediate future tion, was only acting as
These show a net profit, after providing sider that the Government carried out the material, he considered, would prova quite for bad and doubtful debte, of £389,451 tacit understanding that it would be of marine purposes, with considerably modi satisfactory for the production of gas for 148. d., înclusive of £126,383 136. ed. as individuals we are dispised." That is a The Regimental Gymkhana takes place brought forward from the previous year. first importance, in respect of the per-fed scrubbers, The gas made from it, very sweeping statement to make, and, like at Happy Valley to-morrow. most sweeping statements of the kind, con- tains but half a truth. Count OKUMA him self clearly understands the nature of the objections to Japanese immigration into the countries of the white men. He recognises that the race prejudice manifested
Special collections will be made at the in the countries he enumerates is not due to Easter Day services in St. John's
the colour of the skin," but rather to a Cathedral in aid of the Cathedral funds,
which are at a sadly low ebb,- difference in customs-and- manners," originating, he says, from
religion; For importing into the Colony and in addition to these social castons quantity of dutiable liquors without pay there are political differences which are ing duty, a Chinese was yesterday fined repellant to the indigenous populations $25 or a month's imprisonment. He illustrates his meaning by saying that when a large number of Japanese congregate! A constable yesterday arrested a woman for carrying a pail of pigwash along Des at any one point in America, they set up village in regular Japanese style, start a Voeux Road A Chinese came to her rescue school and begin crilling their children in loy- and assaulted the countable. He was alty and patriotism, and they strictly adhere charged at the Magistracy yesterday, and 27th March.
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was fined $10 or a month's imprisonment,
Sir Alfred Dent, .c.a.o., and Mr. Thomas Cuthbertson, the directors who now retire by rotation, present themselves for re-election,
The auditors, Mr. Magnus Mowat and Mr. William Adolphus Browne, F.G., again tender their services.
The dividend, free of income tax, will be payable on and after Wednesday, the
By order of the board,
WM. HOGGAN, Secretary.
* LONDON, April 4th. General Sir Mackworth Bullock has been appointed Governor of Bermuda, in succession to Sir F. W. Kitchener,
ENGLISH CUP FOOTBALL.
LONDON, April 4th.
In the semi-final for the English Cup, Bromwich beat Blackburn by one goal to nil at Sheffield. Extra time had to be played. Barnsley beat Swindon by one goal to nil st Nottingham.
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oil would be preferred, and in view of diplomat in giving an existing right as the gradual using up of our coal supplies, a generous concession. Mr. Yung-sung with probable developments in oil produs- adds that two or three years ago one of tion, the cost would be more in favour of the secretaries in the Chinese: Legation in the oil-engine in the future than in the present. In the oil-engine in his yacht he used crude Texas oil of a specific gravity of 0.93, which cost at Glasgow 828. per ton. Welsh cost is purchasable at 208, per ton, and Scotch coal at 14. per ton (in normal times). Yet the com- parative cost for a 24-hours run is £8 s. for oil, £12 s. for Welsh coal, and £8 for cotch coal. In addition to this, of course, there are the economies conse quent on less labour being required with oil-engines, on there being no stand-by losses, and on a reduction in space occupied by machinery and fuel.
London was a Protestant. Just before the revolution he was in the Foreign Office in Peking. Among the Chinese studente in England there are several Christians. who hold Government studentships on exactly the same footing as the others who are free-thinkers. Sun Yat-sen him- self is a Protestant. The religious die abilities which have prevailed until a com naratively recent date in Great Britain nose, who take it for granted that all citizens of one community must have equal rights and privileges. no matter what their religious convictions may be.
are perfectly incomprehensible to the Chi-