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MINDEN DAY,
A PICTURESQUE CEREMONIAL.
CANTON.
[From Our Own CorrespondeNT.]
MORE, RO3138.
July 31st.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2xD 1912.
The anniversary of the Battle of Mis- den in which the predecessors of the
This morning a beggarly-looking in King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry dividual who was scouring the streets distinguished themselves was celebrated
around the steamer wharves for anything yesterday morning by the very picture could pick up found a bottle-shaped esque and imposing ceremony of the troop- ing of the colour. This took place on the Ilongkang Club ground. A platform with a canopy was placed not far from the pavilion, and here His Excellency the Governur, who was accompanied by Lady May, the Misses May, and other members of his party, took the royal salute.
damage was done. The incident caused quite a sensation and for quite a time people did not know what to make of it. It shows us, however, that we are not
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PROVINCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHERS.
The Peking correspondent of the Daily News, writing on the 21st ult... said:--
The loan negotiations are at a stand- still, but the fact that a special committso, has been formed under the temporary chairmanship of Heinzig Hai-ling, the late Minister of Finance, for the transaction of loan business, suggests that the Government are for from contemplating the abandonnent of the policy of horrow- ing from the International Group. if satisfactory terms can be agreed upon..........
Some days ago it was generally believed that a resumption of negotiations was inevitable immediately, for the reason that the independent parties prepared to deal with the Government could not possibly raise funds in Europe in amount sufficient to meet requirements. That is still believed to be the position, but it has now to be added that the provinces have been responding in some degree to the appeal of the Central Government for funds to carry on, with the result that the financial situation is temporarily easier. the capital, in support of the policy If the provinces continue to remit to a sort of brunch around the East Gate
which they advocato of strenuously avoid- and people not belonging to or recognising foreign borrowing which entails super. ing this society are being tormented and vision, it is possible that the Government may be able to hold out longer than was often molester. A few days ago. some
indeed tide over coolies carrying goods outside the East xpected, and
indefinitely, if any considerable sum can Gate were stopped and robbed because he obtained from the independent loan they could not give some password, and syndicates. people are becoming afraid in this dis- trict.
yet rid of bombs and the people who are responsible for them, although the police have been so much on the alert.
TRÍAÐ SOCIETY.
It is stated that this society is forming
article, and after examining it could not make anything of it. He carelessly threw it to the ground and the result was a loud explosion, the article in question being a bomb left there by someone. The raan who found it was seriously injured, but luckily no one else was hurt, and since at the steaneer wharf there is a Prior to the ceremony, the ground was lined by soldiers standing several disertain amount of open space little os.nr. tances apart, and by nine o'clock a large concourse of spectators had assembled within the enclosure, while it was seen that the coigns of advantage afforded by the various buildings in the neighbourhood were utilised by large numbers of people, At the time appointed four companies, the inen searing roses on their helmets and on their breasts, headed by the band playing a lively air, entered the ground, their steady marching bring Invourably commented upon. As soon as His Ex- eellency the Governor and party took their places on the platform the band played the National Anthem. Thereafter the froops under the command of Major Withycombe commenced a series of pretty and effective movements. The solemn slow Burch with its appropriate music was reminiscent of the dead horocs who had played their part on that mainórable day which was being celebrated, and then came the lively quick march showing that the men of to-day were very much alive. The band and bugles headed the company detailed to form the escort for the colour. and with this escort. the colour proceeded to the right of the troops, the soldiers. standing at the present." The flag was unfurled as the band played Aritons never shall be slaves." Then followed a
fr bars of the Natiooni Anthem, during which the colour was lowered. The troops advanced in column with the colour and His Excellency the Governor taking the
afterwards marched past at the double,
salute. This was succeeded by the march in review order, and then the troops 'advanerd and gave the royal salute,
His Excellency stepped forward and, spraking in loud tone which was
a
SUPREME COURT,
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Thursday, 1st August.
IS APPELLATE JCrisdiction.
BEFORE THE FULL COURT.
THE PARTNERAHIP DISPUTE:
Their Lordships the Chief Justice and the Puisne Judge continued their hearing of the appeal from a judgment of the ex-Chief Justics in the case of the Fook Lung Firm r. the Lai Yan Firm, the Shiu Lung Firm, the Cheung Puen Firm, and the Shiu Kee Firm, partners of the
Yan Wo Firm, and Chan Kit Shan.
The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C... with whom WAS Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr. Reader Harris, of Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist, appeared
may
The trouble with these of course is that fotation in Europe is rendered extremely difficult by the fact that the French Government is committed to the support of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine, and is not likely to grant a quotation in the Bourse to any loan which does not entail conditions relative to supervision, while the British investor will hardly look at stock which is not floated with the approval of his own Government. While the only real markets for money in Europe, or in the world for that matter, are London and Paris, it is not clear bow lenders, who are practically debarred from these two plaers, can hope to find elsewhere more than sums to trifling to be of material use to the Chinese Government.
MONEY LENT UNSPENI.. Meanwhile an interesting situation has
PROPOSED CHINESE ASSOCIA-
TION IN SELANGOR.
PETITION TO THE BRITISH EKSIDANT.
The following petition has been pre- ented to the Acting British Resident of Selangor, Mr. E. G. Broadrick:--
Kuala Lumpur, 28th June, 1012. To the Secretary to the British Resident, Selangor.
Merchants and
SIT,We the undersigned Chinesof
Miners residing in Selangor desire to obthin the sanction of the British Resident to found an associa. tion for the benefit of our follow-country men, in Belangor.
AUSTRALIA AND ASIATICS.
WHERS EUROPEANS CANNOT LIVE,
is to the yellow races a Naboth's (vimo- yard, and it lies empty and open and inviting. The nearest precedent is the case of Tripoli, which Italy', has just annexed in pursuanes of her pronomic necessities, with the sanction of every. Power in Europe. Is it likely that the yellow races will admit that there shall be ono law for Europe and another for Asia? Only until they get sufficient ships and guns."
DEPARTURE OF U.S. MARINE GUARDS.
"Ausicalia's Greatest Danger" is the title of a striking article in the National Review. The writer, George Gascoyne, argues that this greatest danger to Aus- tralia and one of the greatest dangers to the British Empire lies in the vast un- occupied northern territory of Australia. In the two words of the Kaiser's famous phrase, the danger is the Yellow Peril. Here is a territory 32,620 square miles, two and a half times the size of France, with a seaboard of 1,240 miles.
AN BISTORIC INCIDENT FOR YOKOHAMA, The title of the proposed society would wveral splendid harbours and a series of navigable rivers. It is imperfectly ex- he The Selangor Chinese United Astoria tion, and its objects would include:-- plored, but 162,100 square miles are classi- Since the day of the opening of Yuko-
The promotion of peace and harmony-fied an indifferent, though containing-huma to foreign trade in 4650,-as-the- amongst the different races of Chinese mining possibilities; 1-48,000 square miles Japan (effe, there have always been cạn living in the States and the settlement of contain patches of good pastoral land tingents of forsign troops in the foreign the mutual dissensions which at present with uncertain rainfall, 34,000 square settlements until to-day, when the last divide them.
miles are good pastoral country, and contingent of American guards em- another 20,000 are first-class, both subject barked upon the U.S. eraiser California to intermittent tropical rain; 180,000 home. never to return. Gradually, as ' square miles are essentially tropical, with Japan advanced in the scale of nations,, rainfall to correspond. In 1008 the white the various details of troops from Great population of this great territory was Britain, France, etc., have been with 1,681, of whom 577 were male adults. In drawn, but by some persistency of offi
cial red-tape, or otherwise, the Marino Guards of the LLS. Naval Hospital were twenty-seven years the white male adult the rate of just one white man a year has been withdrawn at this time, but retained. It is not known just why they population increased by twenty-seven, at
be stationary. In 1910 the white population was said to
their duties were not onerous and it is supposed that it has daweed upon some The article multis out to very comforts | sol division of some State Department ing prospect as to avoiding the danger.cmt they were superfluous here. Never- The writer in one passage says:--
munity in the duties of citizenship and 2.The education of the Chinese cont the propagation amongst them of feelings of loyalty and attachment to the Govern ment of H. H. the Sultan and to the British Protectorate.
3. The study of the doctrine of Con- fucius and the establishment of a library and reading room for that purpose of general education.
4. The encouragement of out-door games and physical exercises.
5. The establishment of a registration office for the preservation of records of Births, Marriages and Deaths amongst the Chinese commannity,
6. The discharge of the functions of a Friendly Society by the provision of funds for the widows and orphans of members and for the assistance of diverse charitate objects.
Dr
The formation of L committee advisory body amongst prominent Chinese residents for the purpose of, whenever necessary, rendering assistance to Gays ernment in matters relating to the Chinese community,
We propose, with the consent of the
"I do not believe that any white race will ever people northern Australia and rear hardy, vigorous soms able to fight for their lives. as they would certainly have to do at some tine or other. The lands of the monsoons are eternally set apart for the coloured races. Thave lived many years in the tropics and have seen the white races in several tropical countries, and deeply though 1 sympathize with the policy of a white Australia, it is my unalterable conviction that the north can never be developed and held by
women of the coastal districts of northern Queensland are surer testions than all arguments."
Resident to form a fund out of the pro-whites. The pale, drawn fners of the perty now vested in the various guilda and temples which already exist in the town, and we believe that Towkay Loke Yer is prepared to place at the disposal of the Association the sum of 875,000, silde Government approve of the finndation.
The rules and regulations of the As sociation, together with a list of the objects which it is designed to promote, would be subjen: the approval of the Resident.
It is the earnest desire of all of us who venture to present this petition to en- courage amongst our fellow-countrymen the pursuit of higher aims and nobler ideals than at present prevail amongst them and to co-operate with the Govern ment in promoting their welfare and that of the whole community. we have suggested is well adapted to accordingly venture to ask you to submit this petition to the Resident and solicit on our behalf the favour of his careful consideration.
We believe that some schenie such as
Yet he urges the Commonwealth to pursue the policy adopted last year, to hasten er the North to South Railway and adhere to its decision to exclude caloured labour.
CHINESE LABOUR INDISPENSABLE,
The admission of coloured labour, on any terms, he argues, must prove fatal, for it must mean eventual submergence. Indentured labour from India is ruled
ut, for the Government of India has decided that it will no longer permit the recruiting of coolies in India, unless the inbourers are allowed to receive the rights of citizenship at the expiration of their indentures, should they desire to remain If the in the land of their adoption. submergence would fellow if he came in great enough numbers. As a matter of fapt India has not enough surplus adult population properly to colonize the northern territory, and there is, moreover, the undeniable fact that the Indian coole always gets out of field work as soon as
theless, they constituted the last con tingent of foreign troops regularly stationed in Yokohama, and their depar ture is thus historically notable.
It was only a little contingent after all a band of seven men in charge of Sar- geant George Warrell, who boarded the California for home. Sergeant Warrell, it should be mentioned, was Admiral Dewey's Orderly on the famous Olying, and had resided in Japan for 14 years, making many friends in Yokohama dur ing his sojourn.
INTIMATIONS
Chs. J. Gaupp
& Co..
ALEIANDRA BUjnisés.
CHATEN ROAD.
heard & considerable distance, address for the appellants, and the Hon. Mr. another by the Government, und in prac-stain the end we have in view and we Indian colie were allowed to remain, Always have on hand a very large complete
arisen in regard to an important fraction of the twelve million odd tuele which have already been advanced by the fater national Group. A portion of this money was placed to the credit of the Govern ment subject to the conditions, which were to be imposed under the ultimate loan agreement. These entailed joint nudit by an auditor appointed by the group and tice required, so far as the payment of the troops was concerned, the presenta tion of properly drawn-up paysheets and individual receipts from each soldier.
The system worked satisfactorily when Mr. Ambaster devoted the day to applied to the payment of troops in and around the capital and of the staffs of Government offices. But a serious dith advancing arguments in favour of the contention of respondents that the judg-culty arose when it was sought to apply ment of Sir Francis Piggott should stand. the same method in Nanking. Shanghai He asked their Lordships to dismiss the And Chotoo, for there troops had been disbanded by means of funds temporarily appeal with costs.
borrowed locally, and the compilation of pay-sheets and the production of rouchers was impossible in the case of men who had dispersed.
dents.
The hearing was adjourned till Tuesday.
HOOLIGANISM IN HONGKONG,
At the Magistracy two Chinese were yesterday brought before Mr. Melbourne charged with resisting arrest and with assaulting an Indian constably,
C. (1
Alabaster, instructed by Mr. the troops as follows:
Holborrow, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker Major Withycombe, officers and me of the King's Own Yorkshire Light In-& Dencon appeared for the respon. Inntry, I am proud to take part in this Every time-honoured cremony." your Englishman (and I use that word in its widest sense) is proud of your splendid regiment - which won undying fatue on the field of Minden and which has not failed in later years to add lustre to its glorious traditions. In these days when men strive to sway the Councils of the Empire with the rattle of money bags, it behoves the sons of Britain to remem ber stat in the hour of dire necessity the wealth of the world will avail nothing without the clank of sabre, the flash of naked bayonet and the rumble of moving cannon; without the strong hands of the nation's manhood armed with the sword and trained to its use; without stant Hearts instinct with disciplined obedience to instructed and skilled commanders. Therefore I pray that every Englishman (and again I use the worl in its widest sense) who has witnessed your ceremony today or who shall read of it in the press will hasten to prepare themselves to assist you and your comrades in arns should the necessity arise; and I pray you English boys who are growing up to take your places in due course in the ranks of this fighting regiment will not fail, eve as you have not failed, to carry your banners through the blood of your enemies to glorious victory for King and country. Officors and men, I salute you as brave and disciplined men, worthy. sucessors of the heroes of Minden.
At the close he said-Ladies and gentle hen, I call upon you, taking the time from me, to give three cheers for the
Koylis.*
£
These having been given, he called for a Hongkong "Tigor, which was loudly Trypanded to, and then to the surprise of most people His Excellency said, "and, above all, a British lion, himself lead- ing the roar,
This concluded the ceremony.
and
Battn.
In the evening Major Withycombe
the officers of the Jet K.O.Y.L.I. were "at home" to a large number of guests.
It happens, therefore, that sums of Th. 400,000 allocated to Chefor, and Tls 1,200,000 intended for Nanking and Shanghai, have not yet been drawn by the Government because the stipulations of the auditors cannot be complied with. Moreover, Tls, 500,000 for Kansh has not been drawn because the Government ean- The evidence for the prosecution was
not arrange for the transport of the to the effect that the constable was arrest-specie to the distant west. The difficulty in regard to Chefoo, Shanghai and Nan- ing one when the other threw stones at him and the man he had in charge bit king is thus not due to obstruction un the part of the Chinese, but is an obstacle his thumb. ·
which in ordinary circumstances would have been overcome by mutual agreement on an equitable basis.
Defendants denied the charge.
We are profoundly conscious that with put the support and assistance of the Government our united efforts will effect
he can.
but little, but we are also confident that if the Government is satisfied with proofs
Mr. Gascoyne is very convincing in his of our sincerity which we are prepared to
argument that if this territory is to l offer, assistance will runt be withheld.
Former British Residents have on many colonized by coloured labour, there is the nothing for it but the yellow.men. Once occasions recognised how much material wealth and prosperity of the this is admitted he maintains that the Experience has proved that State owes to the industry and thrift of ¦ game is up.
once admitted on a large scale the yellow the Chinese inmigrants, and it is on their behalf that we now ask the Govern- man cannot be restricted to one area. ment which has secured for them the enjoyment of these benefits to assist in the task of elevating the standard of their tural and intellectual life.
TRADE OF STRAITS SETTLE- MENTS.
THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE.
Long before fifty years are over, it is pointed out, China will have a powerful army and navy. The two yellow empires will want to know why their brethren in northern Australia are subjected to die-
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Even assuming that Chinese labourers could to-day be recruited on the inden are system and that they could be kept within a certain arca, one thing must follow at once-the Japanese must also be tolmitted, for the door could not be (T Squares, Set Squares, Straight Edgen, opened to China and slammed in the face
Scales, Inks, &c., $20.) of-Japan. For a time all might be well, Reporting on the trade of the Straits but in the future," says Mr. Gascoyne, Settlements for the year 1911, the Regi-the white races are destined to become stray of Imports and Exports says: acquainted with a very different type of AGENTS FOR➡ Trade in 1911, while not so satisfactory Chinese and Japanese from those they as in the previous year, was moderately have hitherto encountered. Should China During the first half, the piece and Japan ever take up the cause of a good.
swarm of their people in northern goods business continued to advance on p10, then a relapse took place, pur
Australia there will be an end-not to the Mr. King. Assistant Superintendent of
chasere anticipating lower prices and
dream of a white Australia, for that will But in view of the deadlock which has holding off, so that it was not till near Police, whe prosecuted, said he brought the ens was one of those cases of hooliga-occurred, and the attitude of the Govern the end of the year an iteprovement was have vanished already--but of the dream nism which were not so common latelynt generally on the subject of evidenced. The large cotton crop result of a careful separation of the white and
vision, the bankers are not disposed in the raw material dropping in price coloured populations of Australia. as they used to be when constables were depart from the letter of their agreement,
at horie fell in sympathy, assisted by the arresting hawkers, rogues and vagabonds with the result that a sum of Tls throughout, and the manufactured article troubles in China checking demand. A shortage of stocks here helped to keep If his Worship found the offence proved 2,100,000, available since June 18th, re he would ask his Worship to take a mains untouched.
up rates generally over those of Man. chester. The Siamese deators, anticipat serious view of it and punish them
held out till the and lower. prices, abilities. They will have the power to ing a poor rice severely.
condition of affairs, when they began to make themselves heard and will not be Experience kas. proved that For hard goods denied In reference to a recent discussion in buy later than usual.
the year was satisfactory on the whole Europeans cannot stand field work in Stocks tropical countries. Langdon Parsons, for Hongkong, a correspondent sends us the and fair prices were realised.
Although the figures of value ex-
northern territory and nearly six years following cutting from Country Life:-are light and conditions favourable for three years Responsible Minister of the
Motor-car owners who have become so since making their last wills and testa ceed those of 1910, this is attributable its Government Resident, has been forced rents should take warning, from a case largely to high prices especially in rice to the conclusion that the only alterna- recently decided by Mr. Justice Parker, and tin, combined with an increase in the tire is the retention of a vast area of The cultivate themselves and will not allow and hasten to revise their testamentary quantity and value of Para rubber, most arable land which Australians cannot circumstances. The will, made in 1905, export volume of Straits produce declin-others to cultivate. dispositions in the light of their changed of which is not marketed here. of a Derbyshire gentleman, contained the ed in many of the principal articles of very usual legacy I give to my wife trade and prices as averaged out were
all my carriages, horses, has stationary._ stable furniture and effects." then possessed a number of horses and carriages, but in 1810 he followed the prevailing practice, sold oft most of the horses and carriages, and purchased a £1,000 motor car. He died in 1911, with out having altered his will, and the ques- tion arose whether the widow took the motor-car under the above mentioned
His Worship remarked that he had no power to award a flogging,
Mr. King-Under the Police Prociami- tion your Worship would have the power but, unfortunately, that has been with drawn. The section they are charged under provides for a heavy penalty.
The first defendant (a boy) was ordered to receive six strokes with the birch, and the second was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment and four hours stocks.
ENGINEER DISAPPEARS.
MISSED KFOM DOTY WHILE VESSEL 18 AT SEA.
On his arrival at Singapore last week Captain Danlop, of the steamer Edendale, had to report the loss of the third engineer of the vessel, J. C. Macqueen, aged 40. It appears that Macqueen was on watch in the early morning of the 21st ult. while the vessel was on her way to Singapore from Balavia vid: Cheribon
MOTOR-CAR NOT A “
ness,
VARRIAGE."
1912.
rains promised a
RUBBER MANUFACTURE IN JAPAN.
The report by H.M. Commercial At tache at Yokohama on the trade of Japan in 1911 states that in the electrical "de- partment of the rubber industry consider able progress has been made in Japan, bequest. The learned Judge decided that The mills that exist have toore capital than the majority of the mechanical rub- she did not. On the collocation of words
the word carriage" appeared, ber factories, the copper mine owners in wire wills, either as owners or as sup-
in
Utilization of land is the strongest and best title to rightful ownership. It is the only justification for white race to retain the tropical area of Australia to the exclusion of Asiatics from a wide outlet for their crowded and often starv- ing populations. Australia geographi eally belongs to then, for Australasia is Sonth Asia."
Stating that Australia is already com- mitted to the alternative of retaining this vast territory in idleness, the writer in the National Review goes on:
"Asia is awake and militant and is
le considered that the testator incans to be corrected with all the insulated discovering once znore the scores of the
and Samarang and about 4.20 am. the give only such carriages es were used
A Duchess, with a stall in Church-road,
aca. The swarming millions will not be Edgware-road, said to a retailer of kip-
In the latter content to wait for a century or two pered herrings: This is Alexandra chief engineer, Mr. Ritchie, reported that connection with horses, horneas, and pliers of the raw material.
the third was missing. The vessel was stables. Any other decision would in- caso they assist the mills by allowing while a handful of white men try to find Day! Won't you buy a rose, sirt One
turned back on her course for an hour volve that every means of travelling.
mediate future of the rubber industry is breed in one of the richest regions of for ponny; & bunch for a shilling!" and cruised about till daylight with a which came into use aftar a testator bad credit on the sale of bard wire. The out whether they can live and work and
No trace made his will was a carriage, and if it man in the look-out aloft.
very much more promising in this branch the world. Prof. Gregory says that the "Certingly, my dear!" replied the mer- chant, Being as how it's you, I'll have could be found of the missing man and was held that a motor-car was a carriage of manufacture than in the mechanical doctrine that there are no rights of The ono difficulty with which covereignty unless supported by effective within such a bequest, it would probably branch. a bob's worth i" Then he offered the eventually the ship resumed her voyage. Duchess a peace-offering in the shape of Thus was Macqueen's first trip on the not be long before the same construction the mills have to contend is the lack of occupation has only been applied to the They have partition of Africa. True, but there was Edendale.
He came down from Hong was sought to be applied to an aeroplane. experienced technical men. blood orange. "You needn't cat
no need to apply it to the regions of the Motorists and aviators should, therefore, up-to-date machinery, but the industry is dow, miss," he said. "You'll want it kong recently by the Circe and signed on
so young in Janan that there are no upper Amazon and the inhospitable de- later on; flower sellin's thirsty business for the Edendale at the commencement see that their testamentary intentions are
serts of central Asia. Northern Australia i plainly expressed.
native-trained rubber chemists. this weather. Put it in your pocket..." of the voyage just concluded.
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