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clear enough and emphatic enough to re move any suspicion that may have existed as that point. On the 2nd inst. Sir EDWARD GHET informed the House of Commons that certain advances were being made by British financial group, i association with American, French, Goromo, Japanese and Russian hancial groups, to the Chinese Government to weet their immediats requirements on conditions which appeared to provide the necessary security, and that H.M.'s Government had expresso approval of this proceeding, "which, of course, entailed no pecuniary lability on His Majesty's Government," and he added, in reply to further quoation →→→ Nobody wishes to infringe the independence of China in any way. If China wants to borrow money, of course, it is for those proposing to lead the money and the Governments concerned to stipulate the conditions on which proper accurity shall be afforded. There is not necessarily in WHISKY that anything to infringe the independence of China, But, of course, until the egndi- tions are arranged I cannot say what they are."
VERY OLD LIQUEUR
SCOTCH
BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE
MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.”
As will be sesu from a telegram; we print to-day, Sir EDWARD Gear on Wednesday added to this statement. a declaration that the Government would not give diplomatic support to any bau which does not provide adequate guarantees for the proper expenditure of the proceeds and satisfactory scurities for for over 30 Years WATSON'S the payment of principal and interest, and would refuse approval of any loan whose "E" has maintained the conditions infringed the policy of the open door in Manchuria or Mongolia to British putation of the FINEST
This statement was evidently made in reply to an interrogation based on SCOTCH WHISKY
the the reported interruption of the conference
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in
commerce
of international bankers in London because
Mr. A. Fong, photographer, of Quben's TELEGRAMS. TELEGRA MS. TELEGRAMS.
Road, sende us an excellent photograph of a group taken at the Chinese Club on the occasion" of Dr. Sun Yat Ben's recent visit.
A Singapore contemporary gives its readers the information that Mr. N. J. Stabb, chief manager of the Hongkong and Shangati Banking Corporation, passed through that port last week home ward bound on the Oriental muat have been a case of thistaken identity.
A European lady, Miss F. Erlinioitie, arrived at Penang recently under arrest effected in Rangoon, on the receipt of a cable from the local police on a chargo of stealing £120 sterling and a gold watch belonging to Mr. D. de Silva. The theft is alleged to have been committed in Singapore.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY ] CHINA'S LOAN.
WHY THE CONFERENCE ADJOURNED.
LONDON, May 23rd. Router's learns that although great secrecy is maintained it appears that the Conference of Bankers failed to agree to certain Russian and Japanese proposals not of a political nature but of a financial nature. Those had to be referred back to St. Petersburg and Tokyo.
It is understood that at least one other
Power besides Austria had applied to participate in the lann.
THROUGH MUTARE'S AGENOT.]
GERMAN POLITICS.
LONDON, May 2rd. Heater's correspondent at Berlin tele- graphs that at the final sitting of the Reichetag the ion was marked by a rraewed violent socialist onslaught on tlas Emperor on account of his threat regarding Alsace Lorraine.
Herr Ledebur mid that if the Germans reused themselves to the sense of British dignity it would be impossible for the Sovereign to say such things.
Dr. Bethmann Hollweg, in replying vigorously defended the Emperor, and
aid he was convinced that he had the support of the German people in 10- pelling such attacks.
LATER. The Reichstag has been prorogued until November 20thi.
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Austria urges that her interests in China It appears that it was not only from are considerable. She has a line of steamers Canton that crowds sought refuge in running from Trieste. Moreover she would Hongkong last November and December.be content with a small share of the loan. The Acting British Consul at Pakhoi
LATER. (Mr. G. S. Moss) mentions in his Report on the trade of the port for the year 1911
DECLARATION OF GREAT BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE. - that "owing to the number of refugees to Sir Edward Grey, replying in the Hongkong during November and Decem-House of Commons to Mr. Ginnell, said ber the passenger traffic has been more
the Government would not give diplomatic
The Chancellor congratulated the de- remunerative than usual.!.
the Defence i support to any loan which did not pro- tice on their vobing un vide adequate guarantees for the proper Bills, thus demonstrating the determina. expenditure of the proceeds, and satisfaction with which the nation maintains her tory securities for the payment of interest strength while increasing the guarantees sad capital, The Government would also of peace. refuse approval of any loan the conditions of which infringed the policy of the open door in Manchuria and Mongolia as
College
The Church Body of St. John's Cathedral will be "At Home" at St. Paul's
(which Бля been courteously placed at their disposal by the Rev. G. A. Bunbury) today, Friday, the 24th inst, from 4 to 6 p.m., to meet the Rev. H. Copley Moyle and Mrs, Moyle, and it is hoped that all members of the congregation, whether scatholders or otherwise, will take this opportunity regards British commerce. of welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Moyle to the
Colony,
He sent
of a failure to agree that a certain proposal" Much interest seems to have been excit- made by the Russian and Japanese repreed in connection with a step taken by senintives was not political but purely finan- al. Some confirmation of the suspicion that a political object is in view is to be found in the statement made in London week ago to one of Router's represan
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of the Russian Group, who is reported to have said that "all the Powers concerned felt strongly that political control of the. vast sums which it was contemplated to knd to China should take procedence of inancial control" It is perfectly clear from the statements of ir EDWARD GRET. quoted above, that so far as the views of the British Government is concerned M. VERSTAED's statement is very wide of the mark. The British Governinest empliati- eally disapproves of anything in the nature
the Dalai Lama, who is now residing at Darjeeling. in British India the Emperor of Japan a Buddhist offigy standing about one foot high and.com- posed apparently of gold. Doubtless there is a history attaching to the rolic
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A Singapore solicitar tells a good story, which the Straits Times circulates. His offic was invaded one morning by a worried-looking man with perspiron on his brow and a “grip” in his hand. He was invited to sit, so the grip" went down on the floor, and as he wiped
CHINA AFFAIRS.
PUBLICATION OF A BRITISH BLYBBOOK.
London, May 23rd!
A Blue-book on China, covering events relating to the rebellion from the 10th October lust to 31st December, has been published. It includes the Anglo-French
The Kaiser has conferred high decora tions on the Chancellor, Admiral Tirpitz, General Hooringen and Herr Kun on the occasion of the passing of the Defence Bill's.
NEGRO RISING IN CUBA.
LONDON, May 3rd. A message from Now York state that serious situation has developed in the Oriente proving of Cuba" as the result of the negro rising.
Troops are being despatched to the sens of trouble, and the Government is most reticent.
THE MALECKA TRIAL
LONDON, May 3rd.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGEÑOS.)
ITALY AND TURKEY.
LONDON, May 23rd. The Italian commanders have informed the inhabitants of the islands in the Aegean Sea, now, occupied by Italy, that
Tirks, at any rate, not under the same the islands will not be re-occupied by the
conditions as before.
LATER.
Reuter's correspondent at Paris tale- raphs that M. Ivolsky, speaking at the Russian Chamber of Commerce, said that the French and the Russian Governmenta wire making efforts to settle the Turco- Iulian conflict in complete harmony with
Great Britain, which was a friend of both Lranco and Russia.
ANGIO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
LONDON, May 23rd.
Count Meternich was entertained to A banquet by the German Colony in Lon- dun. He said that he would gladly quit the position after yeare of work which Was not always quite easy and sometimes harassing. He retired the more willingly because he would hand to his successor
an easier task. He proceeded--Tha moment is suspicious unless all the signs are deceptive. An impulse for reconcilia, tion and peaceful neighbourliness is pass- ing through two great peoples, the 'Eng- lith and the German. Here is a fruitful feld for statesmanship. It was my task to prepare, and I hope it will be rouch- safed to my successor tu see the ripening of the fruits.
"INTERNATIONAL BOXING:
LONDON, May 23rd. A Paris message states that Carpentier. defeated the American welterweight, Willie Lewis on points in twenty rounds.
THE MAGISTRACY.
AN OPIUM CARE.
exchange of views, both Fowers stating that they desired to restrict thei: action to the protection of the lives and property of their subjects and not to impair the. integrity of China. It includes also the
Two Chinese were convicted of being despatch from Sir John Jordan, on the
in the possession of 21 taels of opium, gard November, dealing with the mea- At question time in the House of Com- and one man was fined $125 and the other sures for scuring the Custom3 revenue Rous, Sir Edward Grey said he would $5. collected at the ports in order to main-publish the full report of the Malecka tain them intact for the service of the trial, Meanwhile he could only say that the report went to show, taking into foreign debt.
count the character of the evidence and
Sir John Jordan's action throughout
of political control, and the attitude of the his forehead, he came to business. Can the crisis has been constantly ecmmended the severity of the 'sentence, that there
Governments as Sir EDWARD GREY has stated it, will be no widely acceptable to the British public as it will undoubtedly be to the Chinese, for if one the Powers com mit themselves to the view that political control shall take "precedence of financial control it means the scrapping up of all the agreements which they have made among themselves during the past ten years for the preservation of the integrity of China and the maintenance of the open door to the trade and commerce of the world. So long as the Chinese Government can offer satisfactory guarantees for the proper expenditure of the loan, and satis- factory securities for the payment of prin- dipal and interest, that is all that can reasonably be demanded, and it is sound WONGKONG OFFIONI 10, DES VEUX ROAD Colicy that the Governments concerned LONDON OFFICS: 131, FLEET ST. E
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BIRTH.
At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on May 4th, to Mr. and Mrs. J. BYRNE,
#son.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, Mar 24zu, 1912.
Sta ROBERT BREDON has recently contri- buted to a London paper an article on **The Loan Situation to Date." The situn tion has changed rapidly and considerably since the paper was written, but there are one or two points in the article which are very interesting in view of the latest developments. Sir ROBERT BEEDON COM. plains that the relations between the British Foreign Ofies and the British components of the "Big Groups" had not been made public sufficiently to satisfy the outside Britisher that his business door is being kept open and freedom of opportunity given him by the Foreign Office, though he allows it to be quite probable that the Foreign Office support may not be in fact, exclusive. Still, he regards the pub- lication of the fact that this group had the special-if not exclusive-support of Home Governments as an indiscretion, for this publication, he says, and the fact that the sub-groups are represented by ex-Govern ment servants have raised a certain, suapi- ciod in the Chinese mund that they are the agents of- aa native politico-Enancial propaganda and that their early object is the imposition of a foreign financial control on Chios. The references made by Sir Edward Grey in the House of Commons to the loan negotiations since Sir ROBERT BEEDON's article was written luzve been
should satisfy themselves on these points before giving their approval to the loan so that they can be reasonably sure that the occasion will not arise for political interven-
tion.
To-day is Empire Day.
Mrs. W. Chatham is to distribute the prizes at the close of the B.0,0. sports on Whit Monday.
The new River Conservancy Tax on all exports and imports came into force at Shanghai on the 15th inst
Three dumped bodies were discovered by the police on Wednesday, two of them being victims of plague. The third, which was due to drowning, was found in the harbour.
At an extraordinary general meeting of the Mantin Rubber Co., Ltd., in Singapore last week the shareholders decided to accept the offer of £25,000 from the Linggi Plantations, Ltd.
Capt. Franz Helfer, in command of the Hamburg-America str. Sikiang, was
rew tell me," he blurted in a strong American accent, "of any place where by Sir Edward Grey. ⠀ there ain't any extradition laws ? “Are
THE UNREST IN MONGOLIA.
LONDON, May 23rd.
you a prosecutor or a potential defen dant?" asked the lawyer cautiously. ** Wall," said the American knowingly, A message received in St. Petersburg I'm not a prosecutor Then I am from Peking states that in view of the afraid I can't help you," replied the disquieting situation at Kashgar, the lawyer and without wasting time, the inquiror re-attached himself w bis "grip" Russian Minister has informed the Chi- and proceeded elsewhere in quest of hisnese Government that if the local authori- Utopia.
INTERPORT PRACTICE.
The following were the principal scores at the practice at King's Park Range on Wednesday
Mr. Calvert Mr. Fawcett Mr.. Elson
200 580 600 Total.
20 33 33 95 32 32 3094 30 30
Mr. Macnab Wilson,
Cpl. Johnson, A.0.C. 28 12 33 Mr. Gregory
20 32 32703 202 31 30 30 30 00 300 30 90, 27 30 31 88
94; 93
02
29 30 28
87
30 28.28
84
81
Mr. R. Stewart ..... Mr. Danby
Mr. E. Hear!
Mr. T. Hear]
Mr. Brown
Mr. Tucker
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MACAO NOTES
ties are unable to protect the lives and property of Russian subjects there, Russia would be compelled to take measures for their protection.
THE COAL QUESTION ACAÏN.
LONDON, May 23rd.
VAGRANTS.
William John Power and John Allen were charged with having absented them- selves from the House of Detention, and were sentenced to six weeks hard labour. ALLEGED DUMPING.
Banitary Inspector Witchell prosecuted
a coolic on a charge of having dumped a dead body on May 4th, but Mr. Met-
and dismissed the charge.
was ground for a petition for mitigation.bourne was not satisfied with the evidences
It was understood that a petition would bs presented, and he hoped that the House would reserve discussion till the papers had been laid on the table
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION...
KIDNAPPINGA
Two Chinese appeared before Me. Irving on a charge of kidnapping a girl- ul 13 years of age from Canton and sell: ing her to a woman in Hongkong for $133. The ease was remanded.
RICKSHA COOLIE AND POLICE.
A ricksha, coolie in the service of Mr. M. D. Silus was charged before Mr. C. D. Melbourne with having caused an LONDON, May 3rd.
obstruction near the Clock Tower. The returns of the Ohio primarie show An Indian constable, who gave evi- a notable victory for Col. Roosevelt, who dance, said that the ricksha was in the middle of the road and he ordered the secured thirty-eight delegates out of forty-coolie to remove it into the side channel.
eight by an enormous majority of votes, giving him control of the State Conven-
tion.
A message from Oyster Bay states that
The coal question was re-opened by the Miners' Federation this afternoon, mem- Col. Roosevelt is dated at his victory, and bers strongly protesting against the has sent a message stating. The victory
awards
not giving the underground in Ohio is a victory not only for the plain workers a living wage, while some of the people, and for the Republican party, but Chairmen of the District Boards refused for every good nitizon of the United
States.
to consider the question of average rates The Conference called on the Government for immediate action, and instructed their executive to ask for an interview with the Government
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WELCOME TO DR. BUN YAT SEN Probably never before has so large a crowd assembled in the neighbourhood of
THE LIGHTERMEN'S STRIKE. the wharves as on Wednesday when. Dr.
LONDON, May 23rd. Sun Yat Sen and suite came up from Mr. McKouna has announced that the Hongkong by the Sure To The Chinese Court to be established to inquire into the community, had been making many pre- parations to give the First President of conditions of the dockyard workers will They had a bend at the wharf conducted China & cordial welcome to his old home. | consist of Bir Edward Clarke only,
PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS.
by the Rev. Fr. Lau, and on the approach assessors being unnecessary. Bir Edward of the steamer they played a number of begins his labours on the 24th inst. airs, which brought Dr. Sun to the rails. waving his bat in response to the enthusiasm of the crowd. Only the lead. ing Chinese business men of the Colony were admitted on to the wharf, and it was crowded to the utmost extent. Dr. Sun is staying at the Boa Vista Hotel.
PLAQUE.
Plague seems to be very bad in the Colony just now, and a plague hospital
the recipient of a handsome present in has had to be opened under Mongha the shape of a watch and chain given by Fort
Mr. Z. Kakamura, President of the VISIT OF AN AMERICAN GUNBOAT, South Manchurian Railway Co., in token,
The U.S. Callno is in port. On arrival
acknowledged the salute.
THE SANTA KOSA COLLEGE.
LONDON, May 23rd. The House of Commons has adjourned until June 4th.
MR. ASQUITH FOR IRELAND.
LONDON, May 23rd. Mr. Asquith addresses a demonstration Dublin on the 19th July.
of the latter's high appreciation of the she saluted the port and the fonts Fort
PORTUGAL AND THE VATICAN, gallant service rendered by the Captain for the transhipment of both passengera
LONDON, May 3rd. and mail matter from the stranded
A Lisbon message states that the Cham- Saikio Maru to kis ship on the night of not be required after the summer vaca ber of Deputies has, by 50 votes to 45, voted
tion, as the posts must be held by corti in favour of Bill suppressing the Portu
the 21st ult. off Alceste Rock on the Shantung Coast,
have been notified that their services will The teachers of the Santa Rosa College.
ficated teachers. It is understood that a
Head Mistress is coming out from Home. guese Legation at the Vatican.
SUFFRAGETTES SENTENCED.
LONDON, May 2rd. Mrs. Pankhare and Mr. and Mrs. Fethick Lawrence have been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for conspiracy in connection with the suffragette ricts. The jury recommended leniency Mrs. Lawrence, in her closing speech, Bised her hands and exclaimed, God defend us, as our cause is just."'
HOME CRICKET.
LONDON, May rd. The match at Chesterfield between Derbyshire and Lancashire had to be abandoned.
The Yorkshire, Kent match at leeds ended in
a draw.
The Australian, playing at Lord's against the M.C.C, won by five wickets The match between the South Africans and Oxford University; played at Orford, ended in & draw,
OBITUARY
LONDON, May 23rd. Commendatore Eduardo Martino, the famous marine painter is dead.
The coolie refused to do so.
The defendant stated that the ricksha was in the side channel all the time, and the constable asked him to move closer into the side walk, which he did..
His Worship dismissed the defendant with a caution.
THE CASE WAINST THE LAUNDRYMEN, The case of one of the four Chinese washermen, who were charged with unlaw fully leaving the employ of the Steam. Laundry Co., Ltd. Yumati came again before Mr. Melbourne.
MWL. Shenton appeared for the Stiam Laundry Co.
Mr. D'Alonda submitted that it His. Worship ordered the defendant to pay compensation he could not inflict am alternative sentence. The man was going- to pay the money and he, the solicitor, objected to the order being made for such an alternative as the magistrate desired to impose upon him. He (Mr. D'Almdaa) had already guaranteed that the money should be paid.
His Worship-In future cases I may not be able to get a guarantee.
Mr. D'Almada-Your worship has not to look to future cases but to the present
day
His Worship-I think I have power in respect of the non-payment of any sum. It does not make any difference in this case because the money has been guar- anteed.
Mr. D'Almada-I don't want those words (or seven days imprisonment) against the man. Where the solicitor gives an undertaking to pay, surely there need be no record of what is to happen in the event of the an not paying.
His Worship-I am going to make a note that the payment of the compensation has been guaranteed,
Mr D'Almada-But I ask Your Wor- ship to eliminate the words about im- prisonment.
His Worship-I don't see how I can.
Mr. D'Almeda-There are many cases said about the alterative. I am only ask- in which you ine a man when nothing is ing what I think would be a commonsense procedure, that when the payment is guar anteed there should be no alternative im prisonment mentioned.ee fo
fia Worship recorded the sentence that the man should pay. 84 compensation ár in default seven days' imprisonment. At the same time he made a note of the solicitor's objection.