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out her destiny. It may be said that there is a danger that the love of the supreme power hold at present by high placed officials may lead to a dictatorship which would be worse than the misrule of the Manchus, or to an oligarchy which would be equally bad for the country. Doubtless such a pos- sibility existe, but it may be questioned if either the President or his colleagues in office would dare depart seriously from the lofty ideals which they have set them selves, or from the example of self-abnega.
however, to be automatically transferred
Mr. Asquith-Don Mr. Bonar Law
General Baden-Powell, of Maleking TELEGRAMS.er six years. With regard to old age mean we are producing a Bill which does
fame, and founder of the Boy Scout movement, is coming down from "Japan. on the German Mail steamer Luction.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.
Inspector Kerr is to succeed Inspector Langley in charge of the Water Police, and Inspector Cameron is transferred MR. ASQUITH INTRODUCES BILL from the Peak to Youmati, while Sergt.
Davitt goes from the Central to the Peak
Meaera Christie sold on 1st ult. porce lain, abjects of art, and decorative furni- ture, the property of the late Sir Thomas Lucas, the late Sir W. Neville Abdy, and others. The following were included in the lots Chinese six-leaf lacquer screen, Kang-He, £204 (Saville); & famille vert vase, enamelled with ladies and boys on a terrace, and with a river scene round the neck, Kang-Ho, £102.05. (Larkia); a Nankin large cylindrical vase, wood stand, £100 10s. (de Penria); a pair of Chinese powdered blue bottles, £84 (Howard).
Members of the Hongkong Police Force foregathered at the Police Recreation Club yesterday to bid farewell to Inspec tor A. C. Langley, who has retired after
SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LONDON, April 19th. There was a great rush for seats in the House of Commons on Thursday after noon, all being taken, and also many in the galleries soon after the House opened. The House was crowded, but not so great as when the two previous Bills were introduced, no chairs being placed on the floor as in 1893 and 1886.
ved Mr. Asquith, on entering, was received with a volley of cheers from the Ministerialists and Nationalists, Redmond being warmly welcomed by the Nationalists, and the Unionists stood to cheer Bir Edward Carson. Shortly after
pensions and insurance, power was given not represent our views? What am I and to the Irish Parliament to demand amy colleagues to gett (Cries of "Office" transfer of these services aftor s year's and "Nationalist votos) Mr. Asquith notice. The Irish Parliament could not firmly repudiated the suggestion that they alter the Home Rule Bill itself or alter were surrendering their convictions and the power to appeal to the Privy Council. soiling, for all time, their personal and There were special provisions for the political honour. They had brought for protection of religious equality, while the ward this Bill as the embodiment of their third clanse stipulates that in the exerciso honest and deliberate judgment. of its powers the Irish Parliament shall not make laws to either directly or accorded another ovation. He spoke for On resuming his seat the Premier was indirectly establish or endow any religion wo hours. or to prohibit the free exercise of or
THE DEBATE. religion or make any religious ceremony give preference or privilege to any
Sir E. Carson denounced the proposals
condition of validity of any marriage of the Bill as ridiculous and fantastic, and The Lord Lieutenant had power to aid the so-called safeguards were de- veto or suspend a bill on instruction from lusions. Was Mr. Asquith going to sub- the Imperial Excentives any question mit the Bill to the country?
to the interpretation of the Home Rule assert that the Bill had been before the
country i Act and its application was to be settled Mby appeal to the Judicial Committee of Bill.
Mr. Ramsay Mardonald approved the the Privy Council. The Senate would. Mr. Redmond heartily approved the consist of 40 members and the House of measure. It was idle, he said, to te the have 69 and the Universities two. Commons of 164, of whom Ulster would House that the safeguards were useless. The From a financial point of view alone the
tion which has been afforded them by Dr. 22 years' service. Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, wards Mr. Bonar Law was similarly Senate was to be a nominated body, and Bill ought to commend itself to English-
SUN YAT SEN, who demitted the office of Deputy Superintendent of Police, in bid-applauded..
ding farewell to the popular officer, ou President in order to give place to the tabehalf of his comrades, spoke highly of who was regarded as having the administra the popularity he had earned, both in the tive ability necessary to guide China through execution of his duty and on the field of her difficulties, and by General La YUAN, sport. He wished him bon voyage, and a Hoxe, who affaced himself in order that successful career in whatever field of life unanimity might be attained in the selection he happened to enter. Inspector Langley of a Minister for War. In China it has briefly responded and referred specially to always been said that the monarch ruled by the wonderful improvement in the Police 528.40 2.45 the will of the people, and the last edict of Recreation Club since the headquarters
the deposed Emperor stated that he bowed had been established in Happy Valley 31.40.270 to the will of the people in abdicating the Inspector Langley and his family leave for
Throne, so that even if a strong man usurp Home by the English mail to-day the position of dictator, no matter whether be be a benevolent despot or not, it is doubtful if he would be able long to resist the will 37.40 3.20 of the people, or the will of that portion of the people who take a keen interest in the government of the country. The people
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The Hon. Mr. H.. E. Pollock, K. C., has given notice of his intention to ask the following questions at the meeting of the
Monday:--
Mr. Asquith, on rising, received another great ovation. He said it was 10 years since Mr. Gladstone introduced the last of his measures to provide for the better government of Ireland. That speech contained a perfect exposition of the historie case as between Great Britain and Ireland. He would not pretend to cover the same ground, but before he entered upon an explanation of the provisions of the Bill he would take up the narrative at the point at which Mr. Gladstone Jeft off and ask the House how far the case for and against Home Itule had been affected, one way or the other, by the course of events since 1893. Dealing first with the question from the Irish stand point-he said that since the extension of the franchise in 1884 there had been eight
had ebbed and flowed, governments had come and gone, they had had peace and
in view of the special circumstances in men. Speaking also for his colleagues be Ireland it was very desirable to get into declared that this was a great measure the Senate representatives of the and one adequate to carry out the objects minority. The Senate would be of its promoters, and they welcomed it. nominated in the first instance by the The Bill would be submitted to the Irish Imperial Executive for a fixed term, but National Convention and he unhesitatingly as they retired in rotation the vacancies urged the Convention to accept it. would be filled on the nomination of the
Mr. O'Brien, while reserving judgment Irish Excentive, and where there was a ou the details, approved the Bill generally disagreement between the two Houses and appealed to Ulster Unionists to acept they had followed the South African it as an honourable settlement of the Irish precedent. The two Houses would sit and Question. vote together. The head of the Executive!
THE ATTITUDE OF THE PARTIES. would be the Lord Lieutenant, as at pre-
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have at length discovered their strength, | Legislative Council, which is convened for general elections. The fortunes of parties unable to adopt the scheme suggested bythere is already talk of an arrangement
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that democratic form of government which is foreshadowed for the land, and the fact that practically no finger was raised on behalf of the Mancha dynasty by the people thevi selves proves clearly that the Chinese; if they have not developed their plans sufficiently to |put into words all that they hope to achieve, know at least what they do not want, so that it is safe to presume that any govera ment which does not follow constitutional lines in future will be short-lived. Of course, too much is not expected at present and though the new régime may be far from satisfactory, judged from the constitu tional point of view, there seems to be little cause for any gloomy forebodings, as those
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obtaining in China.
With reference to the matshed, which is being put up on the plot of land to the
West of the Hongkong Club, will the Hon-policica, but throughout the welter audio emphasised that under the existing wan, shifting issues and changing
ourable the Director of Public Works state:
(1.) Who is erecting the said matshed; (2) For what purpose the said mat- shed is being erected and subject to what terms and conditions;
(3) For what reason the said matshed
contains two stories;
by anybody, and, if so, by whom for the use and occupation of the said matshed; (6.) Whether it is intended that any, and, if so, how many coolies and/or workmen should be housed in the said matshed, and for what reason" or rea BODS;
(6.) If the said matshed is being erected in connection with the carrying out of any Public Work, what is the na- ture of such Public Work, and what is the contract-time and contract-price for the completion of the same;
(7.) Why are brieks being piled up on the ground to the North of the said matshed?
Thene questions presumably
were formulated a few days ago. Yesterday we noticed that a mountain of sand, blocks of
care bad, been taken to safeguard their ranite, and a large collection of scaffold special interests, to veto the verdict of a ing poles had been added. embellishments of the site. It is evidently He reviewed the progress of Ireland since to the vast majority of their fellow-countrymen intended to be no temporary business, as
roof. Mr. Pollock's questions will be
answers to them will be awaited with great interest. It is said that the object of all these preparations is to put a granite border with an iron railing to the garden plot.
system it was to nobody's interest in Ireland to economise. Next year there
The Bill anticipated the future when the
with Ireland,
THE COAL STRIKE,
Two
the Special Committee appointed to in- vestigate the financial relations, but had with the Lords with a view to carrying the ficrived great benefit from that report, Bill through this year. confusion one thing had remained con-
The measute is bailed by the Liberal papers as most inspiring to the Party. It tarit, namely, the insistence and per- would be a deficit of a million and a is pointed out that there are no signs of sistence of the Irish demand for Home half sterling on Irish administration, the formation of "caves." Mr. Clifford Rule. He emphasised the preponderant and if the present system continued the Cory is the only Liberal opponent. character of the vote given in favour of Home Rule in Ireland. Let them look at deficit would be added to year by year. other members of the party are doubtful. (4.) Whether any rent is to be paid Ulster. (Opposition cheers.) Seventeen Irish income and expenditure would Otherwise the Party is unanimous, despitė. -
Unionists and 30 Home Rulers were balance, and provision was made for that some criticism of the nominated Senate returned for Ulster. (Ministerial cheers) stato of affairs. Meanwhile the collection proposal. It is expected, however, that These figures were quite sufficient to show of all taxes would romsin an Imperial this may be amended in the course of the the misleading character of the pretence service and would be paid to the Imperial that Ulster would die rather than assent Exchequer. It was provided that there
Idebate. Some advocate the election of to Home Rule. (Ministerial cheers.) He should be transferred from the Imperial Senators and proportional representation. never under-estimated the strength and to the Iriab Exchequer & sum called the The attitude of the Unionists is frankly' the determination of the resistance to transferred sum," representing the cost, irreconcilable. They are delighted with Home Rule in Ulster. It was a factor
as determined by a board called the Joint Sir Edward Carson's speech, which they which no sane and prudcut statesman Exchequer Board, to the Imporial Ex- could leave out of account, and he hoped chequer of Irish Services at the time of consider is alone sufficient to smash the to presently show that they had not the passing of the Act, There would be Bill. They consider the Bill unworkable, ignored it in framing the Bill. They further paid over to Ireland half a and sarcastically describe the measure could not, however, admit the right of a million sterling for the first year, as establishing "Freedom under Police relatively small minority, especially when diminishing by £50,000 yearly to £200,000 Supervision." The Gnance of the Bill is The postal service would be made an Irish service, and Ireland would get the benefit condemned as unintelligible, and the
tion. The Irish Parliament would have will swell the rising tide of anti-govern- of all economies made in her administra-Unionist papers are confident that the Bill
the matshed is being provided with a tiled, and pointed out that it deprived full powers to devise now taxes and toment feeling in Great Britain, Some of the Unioniste of many of their arguments. increase, reduce or discontinue the the papers analyse the South African con- who are acquainted with die conditions read, with much satisfaction, and the Every year had emphasised the impera Imperial taxes subject to the following stitution to prove that there is no analogy
tive need for the emancipation of the restrictions:-First as regards the income and they would never get the separate than customs duties on beers and spirits, Imperial Parliament from local cares, tux, estate duties, customs duties other
concerns of the different parts of the it would be unable to add more than United Kingdom treated with adequate would produce a ten per cent, increase
LONDON, April 12th. time, knowledge and sympathy until they in the yield. As regards the excise, its The men in South Wales are returning had the courage and the wisdom to hand hands would be free. In the second place, to work in large numbers in deference to them over to their special representatives it could not impose customs duty except the manifesto of their leaders. He laid stress upon the congestion of the on articles liable to duty in the United business of the House of Commons under Kingdom. In the third place, there were the existing system, and asked how they certain stamp duties which ought to be day, the workers being uninterrupted. meanwhile were discharging their duty uniform throughout the United Kingdom, to the Empire at large. He referred to and, fourthly, any reduction or increase VOLCANO ERUPTION IN PANAMA. the creation of the Commonwealth of of Imperial taxes would be subject to the Australia, the grant of self-government sam corresponding to the diminished or
LONDON, April 18th. to the Transvaal, and to the Union of increased yield thas caused. The Irish A fruit steamer which has arrived at South Africa. The case of the Transvaal representation at Westminster would be Mobile, Alabama, reports that thousanda was strictly analogous to that of Ireland, reduced to 42, namely, one member for were killed and numbers of Indian villages and he would be a bold man who would every 100,000 of the population. The destroyed by the eruption of Chiriqui assert that the case of Ulster presented Irish universities would cease be Peak, in Panama. more difficulty than that of Boer and represented in the Imperial Parliament. Briton living side by side in territory The House of Commone must continue to STEAMER "AUGSBULG" REPORTED just recovered from an internecine war, bo the House of Commons of the United
DRIFTING. PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
Kingdom, and Irish members would have That the provisional govern
Then he came to the Bill itself. It was an unfettered right to vote. Quoting expressly stipulated in the first clause from Mr. Bonar Law's speech about ment has lasted so long, and that it bas
treacherous conspiracy, he said that strengthened its position, is surprising to
supreme authority of the many who predicted the speedy downfall of
Imperial Parliament remained unimpair-was the new style. (Cheers and counter drifting in latituda 98 north, and longitude ed. An Irish Parliament was to be cheers.) It was truey Mr. Asquith re- the new republic, and notwithstanding the
established consisting of a Senate and a torted, that that was all very well for outbreaks along the soldiery in the garri
House of Commons. It would have power Ulster, but how about the House of ing son towns, the situation in Chins cannot be taken up to Peking by train soon after THE BANDMANN OPERA. COMPANY.
to pass laws for the peace, order and good Commons !_____ regarded as less hopeful than was 10 be her arrival. The silver was contained in
Last evening there was a large audience government of Ireland. It would only expected. A President has been unani. 311 boxes.
at the Theatre Royal to witness the pro- have power to make laws respecting mously elected by a National Assembly, a
duction by the Bandmann Opera Com matters exclusively relating to Ireland. The armoured cruiser Minotaur is to be pany of the musical play "The Girl in Cabinet composed of members of the late commissioned at Colombo on the arrival the Train. The performance was indeed The list of excluded matters with which opposing parties has been formed, and the of a new crew in the Spartiate about the a creditable one, and the principal parts the Parliament would not be able to deal beginnings of a stable form of government end of May, for further service sa fagship were adorably susta era in the last Home Rule. Bill was have been laid, and that with comparatively of the China Station. The new crew will Bobby Roberta, Frith, McGrath, Coyne, tained with certain additions, including little opposition. Indeed, the fact that so be drawn from the Portsmouth Royal and Farmer, and Misses Marjorie Tem-
the Land Purchase, Old Age Pensions, much has been accomplished without any Naval Barracks, and the Spartiate willst, Violet Frampton, and Poole
To-night the Company give another Insurance, Constabulary and Post Office. serious rupture gives promise that the leave England on April 23rd.
performance of "The Mousmē.”
Savings Acts. The constabulary was,
The first gymkhana of the Hongkong Gymkhana Club this season takes place this afternoon, and the lists of entries for the six events give promise of an interest- ing meeting.
A woman who attempted to commit suicide and was detained in Victoria. Gaol was yesterday removed to the Tung Wah Hospital as she was found to be suffering from leprosy.
DESPITE all the evil prognostications of the many who presuma to know China and the Chinese, it is interesting-to put it no higher to sac how the country is settling down to the new conditions. It inny perhaps be true that the rast majority of the people had no definite opinions on the subject of a republican form of government in place of the rule of the Manchu dynasty, and it may be admitted also that a minority have succeeded in imposing their will upon the country. But, having conpicked up at Hunghom and the other was coded that, it will be recognised that the more intelligent section of the population, if they have not worked for the overthrow of the reigning house, have at any rate accepted the new régime, and as far as they ara concerned the establishment of the republic may be described as a popular
movement.
Yesterday two dumped bodies were reported to the police, both having apparently died from smallpox. One was
found on the billside at Yaumati.
Ariesht coolie met with a peculiar accident yesterday. While sitting in his ricshin on the street near 330, Queen's Road
bamboo fell from a house above and struck him on the head. He received
the hospital. injuries which necessitated his removal to
A Tientsin paper understands that the Shantien, on her last trip, brought up silver to the value of Tis. 1,000,000, which was guarded by Russian soldiers, and was
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KONGKONG · VOLUNTEERS..
Mr. McLennan
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Private Barlow
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154
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Mr. Bonar Law was understood to say. that he had already said so in the House of Commons itself.
The Wigan coalfeld was quiet yester-
LONDON, April 12th. The steamer Augsburg, which has been missing for some time, is reported to be
66-west. The steamer Bremen is search-
THE RIFLE-SIGHT QUESTION.
LONDON, April 12th. The whole question of rifle sights, which
Mr. Bonar law in prepared to repeat in English and Canadian riflemen, -will-be Mr. Asquith--Am I to understand that caused a good deal of dispute between the House of Commons that I and my dealt with at a conference to be held at colleagues are selling our convictions 7
Ottawa on the 24th inst. The English Mr. Bonar Law-You have not got any delegates, Colonels Barrow and Cross, (Opposition cheers and uproar.)
leave for Ottawa to-morrow.