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to the possibility of a regenerated China Mr. T. Motábhoy informs as that a focal TELEGRAMS.TEL EGRAMS.
which is not necessarily a Christian China. subscription list in aid of the Red Crescent It must not be inferred that in accepting Society, London, was opened, and that this conclusion we are ignoring the the total donations received have amount effects which the Western Church has un.ed to $847.47, doubtededly exercised upon the national life of the Chinese. To do so would be unwiss and unjust.
But in considering the forces
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and moral and spiritual, the effect of the unaggressive but parsistent and per meative teachinga of Confucianism with their lofty morality and altruism, must not be overlooked. No impartial student Chinese life and character is likely to unini miss the importance and the valua of the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS teachings of the Great Sage even to-day, but
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the fact that its followers do not pursue the aggressive advertising methods of the mis sionaries from the West is apt to load many
foreigners to believe that Confucianism is a spiritless formula which has no vitalising influence on the people, and that therefore the virile teachings of Chistianity are necessary to the uplifting of the people
But it seems to us that China needs to
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A draft for £84 145. 11d, has THE TITANIC" CALAMITY. been forwarded to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr.
THE SENATORIAL INQUIRY A. S. M. Anik, London.
RESUMED.
Yesterday Sir Francis Piggott's term of service as Chief Justice of the Colony expired, and to-day the Hon. Mr. Rees Davies, R.C., who has been Acting Chief Justice during the past week, suc ceeds to the substantive post. Sir Francis Piggott is still engaged on the very onerous and important work of revising the Ordinances of the Colony, but expects to complete the work in the
Reuter's correspondent at Washington states that Mr. Marconi on being recalled was asked by the Chairman to discourage the practice of wireless operators selling news. He concurred and added that he attributed the Carpathia's silence to the
response to the official enquiries to the
fact that the operator was busy com-
course of the present month. The first. two volumes will he isaned about the 15th municating with the relatives of sur of May and the third and Sual volumevivora. The Chairman asked if it would
shortly afterwards. We understand that while there is a strong probability that
Sir Francis will enter the service of the
Chinese Government as Legal Adviser post he is eminently qualified to fill no definite decision has yet been reached in the matter. As most of our readers
will know, Sir Francis Piggott was Legal Adiknow, the Creator hot waluta
of Japan (the late Prince Ito), and he is the author of several legal works,
be possible to ascertain what messages were sent by Mr. Ismay and others from the Carpathie, whereupon Mr. Franklin said that Mr. Ismay and the White Star Company would gladly permit them to
cable fo the wireless companies to com- reunicate the messages sent in connection
therewith.
Mr. Sammis, Marconi's chief engineer, including one on Extrateritoriality and Consular Jurisdiction, which indicate the repudiated the assertion that he was the special qualifications of Sir Francis for means of suppressing the news from the the post in connection with which his Carpathia, though he arranged the sale name has recently been mentioned, It of the operators' personal stories in order need hardly be added that the Chinese to brace them up. The operators coch Government by appointing a jurist of
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THE CLOSING OF THE
DARDANELLES.
THE NEED OF PUBLIC BATHING PLACES.
The Hon. Mr. E. Osborne has given notice of his intention to move at. to- morrow's meeting of the Legislative Council the following resolution :-"That in the opinion of this Council it is desirablo to establish public bathing places at the Eastern and Western extremities of the town."
LONDON, April 30th. At question time in the House of Com- mons Mr. Mark Sykes suggested a local armistice at the Durdanelles to give an
The establishment of such bathing places Was advocated in opportunity for the agress of detained two or three years ago.
tho Daily Presa ships into the Mediterranean,
Since then
Mr. Acland said Sir Edward Grey had consulted the Powers regarding auch a temporary measure if the channel were
not opened soon.
LATER.
A wire from Constantinople states that the Foreign Minister has informed the Ambassadors that the Porte regretted that it was unable to comply with the request to re-open the Dardanelles, in
view of the possibility of further attack
matiats.
THE MOTOR CAR BANDITS.
The
BODIA work appears to have been done in clearing parts of the beach of boulders at both ends of the town
and during the summer months a growing
usa has been made of these bathing places. There is a large class who cannot afford parties, but would appreciate facilities for to participate in the summer lameh bathing were they afforded at points exaily accessible by tram or rickshaw. The Hon.
be widely welcomed. Mr. Osborne's interest in the matter will
LAWN TENNIS,
H.K.CC. TOURNAMENT.
by the Italians, unless the Powers guar- anteed the security of the Straits, position is regarded seriously by diple in connection with the Club tournament, Only one match was played on Monday the final in the Doubles Handicap (“Ą" class). The players were Messrs. H. A. Nisbet and H. R. Phelips, and Lieut. Col. H. D. Staepole and Capt. F. J. Bowen. Though the former pair proved much too good for their opponents, the match wa exceedingly interesting, especially in the
Nisbet and Phelips, however, were too of fine rallies, by the two officers.
active, and Nesbit's service and placing too accurate, for the losers, who under the circumstances, played very plucky tennis.
LONDON, April 30th. Faverish interest is being shown in the Bonnot siege, and the hawkers in Paris bare sold nearly a million copies of special
are being run to bring back the spectatora
their greater recognition in China. We Sir Francis Piggott's standing would go 750 dollars from newspapers. Nono editions of the newspapers. Special trains third set, which was won, after a series
GRAPE revivified through the instrumentality of LUTHER, KNOX, and others. The followers of CONFUCIUS have to realise that the SPIRIT.
tenebings of the Great Master lave be coms bedimmed in the passing centuries and a new vision is requisite to give them that clarity which is essential to securing
do not mean that Confucianism should regard Christianity as a rival. That would mean retrogression. The Chinese bave a reputation for religious tolerance which Western people may well envy, and to sug- gest anything which would even seem a departure from this virtue carries its own conde anation. As a matter of fact, wo
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THE MAGISTRACY.
of the officials of the company got any- thing.
A passenger named Woolner, a Londoner, mentioned that the millionaire. Strauss refused the invitation to enter the boate
before the other men,
EULOGY OF MR. ISMAY
LONDON, April 30th. Beuter's correspondent at Wellington telegraphs that Mr. Havelock Wilson, the
of the siege.
The police have started a campaign against all anarchists.
It appears that Bonnot and Dubois were killed by shots from the police and did not commit suicide.
AN AVIATOR'S FALL.
LONDON, April 30th. A Paris message states that the famous
LATER.
The scores were:—
H. A. Nisbet and H. R. Phelips (owe 30) v. Lieut.-Col. Starpole and Capt. F. J. Bowen, 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
The final for the Singles Championship will be played off this afternoon, between Mr. H. A. Nisbet and Mr. H. Hancock,
Dr. W. V. M, Koch and Dr. F. Grone will meet Capt. J. G. Agg and Capt. N. C. 8. Simson; To-morrow afternoon, Mr. M. Maas will play Mr. R. Henderson in the final of the "B" class Singles Handicap.
ples of the lowly NAZARENE leads us to anti-charged with having taken a purse from Secretary of the National Seamen's Union, aviator Vedrines, in making a flight from and in the final of the "B" class Doubles,
speaking at Auckland, said he did not Paris to Brussels and Madrid, started at believe that Mr. Ismay or his colleagues | Douai, but fell at Epinay-sur-Seine and were responsible for the Titanic disaster.
was taken to the hospital with a fractured At the Magistracy yesterday a shoe- maker, who eaid he had just returned from The name of Ismay stood high in shipping akull. the country, was charged with having sold circles and he was delighted that Mr. Ile was Ismay had been saved. Mr. Wilson twenty cents worth of opium. fined $300 or two months' imprisonment.
blamed the Board of Trade for allowing the existing regulations to continue во long. The Commission should recoguise that keeping vessels afloat was of even greater importance than increasing the boat accommodation.
A rent collector living in Des Voeux Road West was charged with having given a receipt for an amount exceeding ten dollars, without, stamping the document. He was fined $110. Two other men were, for similar offences, fined $10 each, and yet another was fined $5.
Mr. Melbourne said he had come to the
Three Sanitary Board ecolies were
the body of a woman which they were cipate that such an offer would be repu-taking to the mortuary. Defendants were diated. The Christian Church has yet to remanded, bail in 826 being allowed. learn the exercise of religions toleration. Our point is that uo Anglican nor Episcopal Communion, no matter what name is chosen, A. 8. WATSON & CO., can rightly claim to be a National Church of China. The claim, though not asserted LIMITED,
by Confucianism, belongs more rightly to that body, and we are inclined to ag.es in most part with Count HERMANN KEY BERLING when be declares "Confucianism is the only basis upon which Chinese can base their new life. Confucianism has been bred in the race for centuries. The people follow it, not only as a matter of form, bat in spirit. Without the spirit no more form
Mrs. King, of 10, Kowloon Ducks, was can endure for long. Thore is danger that
summoned by her house boy for alleged Confucianisin may be discarded in the mad dismissal without notice, and refusal to rush to adopt Western waya, and there is pay wages due. Mrs. King brought a nothing suited to the Chinese nature to counter charge of disobedience of orders take its place. Buddhism has no hold on against the boy. The boy stated that the Chinese, and I do not think that the Mrs. King dismissed him without giving spirit of Christianity will ever penetrate to him notice and refused to pay him $980, Mrs. a great extent." We know from experience the amount due to him for wages. that this is so. The various Christian King's story was that the trouble arosa churches have undoubtedly a fair proportion over a chit which the boy nelgected to of converts, but we know, and Chinese deliver. When taxed with his negligence, themselves have declared it, that “ones a he became insolent and threatened her, HONGEONG OFFICE: 10, DES VOTI ROAD Chinaman always a Chinaman." In many give it to him, and be then refused to and demanded money. She refused to
instances the convert only grafts Christian- ity on to his accepted beliefs. For instance, work, eventually leaving without notice. leading Chinese Christians do not follow the teachings of the Church with regard to marriage. They still believe in having concubines. We are not condemning them for this attitude, but we quote it as an illus A Few days ago we commented on the contration of what is meant by "once a China ference of the Anglican Communion in man, always a Chinaman.” For that and China, which was held at Shanghai last other reasons we incline to the belief that week, and on the possibility of the attempt there is nothing suited to the Chinese to establish a National Church for China nature to take the place of Confucianism, atimulating Confucaniem to organised and that though a Christian Church may be effort with a view to asserting its claims called a National Church the only title to upon the national consideration, and, as such a claim is held by the system which newspapers to hand from the north contain tears the name of the great Sage of China. a report of the concluding deliberations of the Conference as well as an interview with Count HERMAN KET EXLING, a student of philosophy from the Balkan provinces of Russia, the coincidence is too remarkable to paas without comment, especially as the Count supplies indirectly an answer to the Confernce. In our previous article we deprecated the attitude of certain Western people, mostly missionaries, who declined to recognise that there was a moral and spiritual force behind the Revolution which has, been accomplished in China, and we
The Ningehou, from Shanghai, reports pointed out that the leaders of the Revolu
having passed at 6.17 p.m. at Tong. Me tion were animated with the lofty ideas and
Point, bearing N. 32 degrees W. (Mag.), high moral truths which were common to
14 miles distant, a water-logged junk. Christianity and to Confucianism. The Her stern frame was showing above water fact that the Revolution has so far been and her bow was awash. successful, that it has pursued its high
Last week there were 190 cases of plague ideals unswervingly, that its leaders have endeavoured to introduce a purity of admi-
in Hongkong. Since the beginning of the nistration hitherto unknown in China, and rear, 370 cases of plague have beenFonia in August. that corruption "squeeze" have been tified. Of these 330 were fatal cases. All but four of the cases were Chinese:
BONGKONG, May 18, 1912
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suppressed to a considerable extout, points
His Excellency Chan: Pat Tze and suite
loft by the Austrian Lloyd 8.8. China for Ponang.
Mr. Frank Grahapa, manager of the Hongkong Electric Co., left by the s.s. Manchuria yesterday for Home, vid San Francisco and Canada, on leave,
Among the Bille which are down for Arst reading at the Legislative Council to-morrow is one to "Establish Limited Partnerships," and another "to control the exhibition of advertisements."!
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There have been no European cases.
conclusion that the boy had been dis missed by Mrs. King, but rightly, as he had refused to work. She would have to pay the boy the 80.80 due, and the boy would be fined $10.
THE TYPHOON REFUGE.
SEAMEN AND FIREMEN'S ATTITUDE.
A mase meeting of the seamen and fire- men of Liverpool resolved to refuse to coal
!
An operation for trepanning has been performed on Vedrines,
It appears that his motor stopped and he vol-planed towards the railway for lack of a better landing place.
His machine either touched a passing train or was upset by the rush of air.
THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS.
LONDON, April 30th.
A Brisbane message states that the Gov.
or load a ship carrying non-union labourernment have secured a majority of or Chinese, also that a Union official must eighteen against eight in the last Parlia
ment. Fur attend the tests of lifeboats, etc.
The Premier issued a manifesto on poll- ther, they resolved to refuse to join any
ing day, declaring that the contest lay vessel unless an official was present" at
between Parliamentary Government and signing-on.
on any
The Mersey Branch of the Union haa prevented men from signing on liner as the men's demands for an increase of wages had not been granted.
Up to the present fourteen Liverpool firms have refused the demands of the men.
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
syndicalism, whose sole achievement was the general strike with its attendant horrors.
TROUBLESOME CRETE,
LONDON, April 30th,
At Canea the British cruiser Kinervu fired a blank charge to arrest the passage of a steamer in which the Cretan deputies who were irregularly elected to the Greek Chamber were proceeding to Athens. The deputies were transhipped to the cruiser Hampshire, on board which they are being detained,
LONDON, April 30th. A telegram from New York states that the greatest interest is being taken in to-day's primary elections in Massa chusetts, where President Taft and Col.
A MILITARY APPOINTMENT. Roosevelt are following each other.
LONDON, April 30th. The Hon. Mr. Osborne has given notice attacking and defending with an asperity
Brigadier-General Hickmann has been of his intention to ask the following unequalled in presidential politics.appointed to the Cape of Good Hope questions at tomorrow's meeting of the Up till now of 078 delegates elected by the command. Legislative Council:—
1.-Will the Government state whether Republican Convention 415 are for the progress made on the Typhoon Re-President Taft, and 207 for
Col. fuge (as indicated by the financial state-
Roosevelt. Massachusetts chooses 36, but ment and diagram recently laid before. Council) is consistent with completion of the issue is interesting, as it is expected the work within the contract period that the State will vote solidly for one
2.—If the progress made is not cons
or the other, sistent with completion of the work within the contract period, will the Government state what steps will be taken to ensure completion within that period?
BANGKOK-EUROPE LINE:
MOTOR LINERS.
LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
LONDON, April 30th. At the Queen's Club covered court in the lawn tennis championship competition, Gobert, of France, the holder of the cham pionship, boat Wilding, of New Zealand, 3/6, 5/7, 6/4, 6/4, 6/4. The new time-table just issued by the East Asiatic Co., Ltd., of their Bangkok ANTARCTIC EXPLORER DROWNED. Europe line shows that two more motor-
LONDON, April 30th, 1 liners will be placed on the run very shortly. The Selandia will be seen this A message from New York states that week on the enam, the Jutlandia is duc in Bangkok early in July, and the the explorer Borup, who accompanied Commander Peary on his Polar expedi- The service is now three weekly, a year ago it was monthly, and in 1918 it will tion, has been drowned in Long Island become fortnightly. Bangkok Times.
Sound, through the upsetting of bis canoe.
TIRET UNDER THE CHINESE
REPUBLIC
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
A Calcutta telegram to The Times, dated the 4th inst., says:
THE FAREWELL CONCERT TO MRS. GORDON,
The farewell concert arranged in honour of Mrs. A. G. Gordon takes place in the Drill Hall of the Volunteer Head- quarters this evening, and, as will be gathered from a perusal of the programme printed below, it will be a concert wel! worthy of public patronage, quite apart from the fact that the concert has been prompted by the desire to tender to Mra.. Gordon before her departure from the valuable aid she has always readily given Colony some public appreciation of the
on the concert platform during the long period of thirty years, especially whenever the cause of charity has made a call upon her services: Seats may be booked at Moutrie's or at the door. The full pro- gramme is as follows:
PAET I.
I--"Nirvana"
Stephen Adams. Mr. Geo. P. LAMMERT. 2-"The Enchantress"
Mrs. A. G. GORDON, 3-Duet
Dr. & Mrs. SCHOFIELD, 4My Ships"
Toschemacher. MEH. I. JONES, 5-'Twas a Sugamer's Garden H. Lohr.
Mrs. F. MAITLAND. 8-Selected
Mr. R. SUTHERLAND PART II.
7--A Song from "The Cycle of Love"
Landon Ronald. Mr. FRANK AUSTIN.
8-"Mattinata".
P. Josti.
Mrs. SCHOFIELD. 9-(s) "There was a Star...F. Lambert.
(b) Absent
John W. Metealf.
H. E. Mr. CLAUD SEVERN. 10-Pianoforte Solo... Trish Rhapsody
Mr. DENMAN FULLER. 11-My Ain Folk".....
•
Mrs. A. G. GORDON, 12-Bonnie Mary of Argyl”
Rosenthal
Mr. G. W. C. BURNETT.
"GOD SAVE THE KING,"
THE GREAT RAYMOND.
The Gyangtse correspondent of the Statesman writes that the Chinese Amban in Tibet having received telegrams from Yuan Shib-kai announcing the establish ment of the Republic, proclamations in- Chinese and Tibetan were posted on March 7th. A caravan from Szechuan has reached Lhasa bringing 180,000 tacls the weather the attendance at the Theatre silver for the payment of the troops. The Royal was not so large last night as on Chinese population in Lhasa have dis-
Doubtless owing to the inclemancy of
carded queues, and the officials wear frock the previous occasion. coats and top hats. The new five colour cluded H.E. the Officer Administering flag flies over the Administration build- the Government and a party from Gov inge. A representative Council has been erament House, There was no difference constituted, and on March 19th the in the interest aroused by the extra- Amban deputed his duties to Ho Tai-yi, who is still Deputy Military Governor in ordinary performances of the King of Tibet of the Szechuan Provincial Govern Wonders who mystified his onlookers and ment. Thus Tibet is now part of a certainly made them realise that things" Chinese province were not as they med. His tricks ported to be concerting measures for the Possess the charm of novelty, and those extermination of the Chinese. Thousands who have not yet had the pleasure of of Tibetan soldiers are rumoured to be being puzzled by the Great Raymond near Bhigatse, disregarding the Tashi should not miss the opportunity. Lama's entreaties to disperse.
The Tibetans are restive and are re-