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Manohus. Tibet for the Tibetans” is quite as legitimate a cry as China for the Chinese-more so, indeed, for it is long. since the Manchu rule was as great a source
of actual hardship to the Chiness na is the
Chinese rule to the Tibetans-but no thanks are due to China for the fact that it is about to be realised.". Two months after
A turtle weighing over 300 lbs. was caught at Green Island the other evening.
For stealing a quantity of cloth. From
the us. Korea valued at $82 a Chiness.
was yesterday sentenced to three months hard labour.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE REPORTED THEFT AT KOWLOON.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRZES."]
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TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
(TAKOUGH, KEUTER'S AGENCY-}
THE FUNERAL OF "GENERAL"
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REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION.
LONDON, August 30th.
The funeral of the late "General" Booth was the occasion of a great ¡national demonstration. Vust concourses
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THE FLOODS IN ENGLAND.
THE HOMELESS AT NORWICK.
LONDON, August 30th. The authorities are feeding and sheltering thousands of homeless at' Norwich in the public huildings, chapels and schools.
Thousands more have been rendered
DEAD SIR. With reference to the note Two men who returned from banish-printed in your to-day's poper (No. this was written we bare the Times mont wore at the Magistreer yesterday 18281) about the theft in my residence, emphasising this view of the situation. sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment 1 ask you to be kind enough to give During the last few weeks, it declares, and four hours in the stocks.
room in the pages of your esteemed au entirely new situation has arisen in
A school for teaching Esperanto" the
paper for the following:- Tibet.
I "All on acknowledgements of universal language" has been opened in that my neighbours had seen at 4168athered in London and paid respectful idle and the distress is increasing.
informed yesterday evening Chinese suzerainty were made in circum- Peking and a olub for young men speak- stances which do not now exist. The renewing Esperanto has been formed. ed Chinese invasion will doubtless ba accompanied by barbarity and followed by merciless opposition. We ought to insist that Chinese intervention will never agaio be exercised except within well-defined limite. Tibet must not again be deprived of her twice-won autonomy. The clause in the Anglo-Russian Convention prohibiting GUARANTEED representatives at Lhasa ought to be recon-
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It was reported yesterday that robbers had attacked and hold up the railway station at Somchun, but inquírics proved
that there was no foundation for tho roport.
The two Chinese who were concerned in the recent burglaries at Wanchai were favourable moment to examine the sugges. brought up at the Magistracy yesterday tion." Today we publish the announce-ponding further inquiries as to additional ment that Sir JoHN JORDAN has presented charges against them. to the Chinose Government & Memoranduin with reference to China's declared intention
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At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese charged with having been found at Shankiwan in the unlawful possession of imprisonment and to nine months for brass was sentenced to fourteen days' returning from banishment.
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to incorporate Tibet as a province. The $28.40 2.45 view is presented in the Memorandum that the Tibetans ought to be allowed to manage their own in'ornal affairs without Chinese interference; and a
new Anglo-Chinese Agreement is recommanded as "procedent
The seventh edition of the Index to to British recognition of the. Republic." the Streets, House Numbers and Lots in The telegram is silent as to the nature of the Colony of Hongkong," prepared by the change contemplated. By the Anglo- | Mr. Arthur Chapman, Government 37.40 3.20 Chinese Agreement of 1906 the Convention Assessor, and published by authority, is negotiated at Leesa in 1904 by Col. now issued. It makes a book of 160 fools- YOUNGHUSBAND was confirmed, subject to cap folio pages. 43.40 3.70 certain modifications, and the Governmsat of Great Britain engaged not to andex
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a Chinaman leave my residence with a parcel in his hands. On ro examination of my house, but up to the ceiving that information I made an present I have not been able to discover that anything has disappeared.-Yours faithfully,
D. A LUKHMANOFF. Hongkong, 30th August, 1912.
PROPERTY SALE. Messre. Hughes and Hough, by order of the executors of the late Mr. H. N. Cooper, offered for sale at their auction Tooms 8, Des Voeux Road Central, yes- terday six lots of freehold property situate in Mosque Street.
Lot 1, No. 12, Mosque Road, and a small slip of ground adjoining, the total aren being 2,054 square feet, was started at $7,000, and was knocked down to a Chinese buyer for $7,900.
A Chinese buyer also secured for 88,100, lot 2, the piece of ground and premises known as No. 10, Mosque Street, having a total area of 2,118 square feet.
The third lot, No. 8, Mosque Street, 2,157 square feet in area was bought by Mr. C. M. V. Ribeiro for 88,000.
The fourth lot, No. 7, with an area of 2,180 feet was also bought by Mr. Ribeiro for $8,100.
tribute to the leader of a world-wide movement. The crowds were only compar. able to that at a royal procession.
A large brewery collapsed. The Water Companies have giver notice that they have only two days supply,
EXCURSIONISTS MAROOFED.
Five thousand uniformed members of the Salvation Army divided into 23 Over £6,000 has been raised in Norwich brigades, including representatives of for the destitute, while elathing and other the Dominions and foreign nations, necessaries were also contributed. passed slowly along the route. Each detachment was headed by massed ban- ners draped with white streamers. The inscriptions showed the world-wide in. fluence of the Army,
all the well-known funeral marches, and Forty bands played with much beauty
the scone was intenssely pisturesque and impressive. The "General's" cap and Bible were placed upon the cofần, which
was born on a funeral car.
"General" Bramwell Booth, and his wife, the chief mourners, followed the ear. Altogether the procession
a mile long. It took an hour to pass the Man-
Was
Hundreds. af holiday-makers and excursionista are marooned in various parte in the East of England. One train has been held up at Aylsham noo
experienced in feeding the passengers. Monday, and the greatest difficulty is
LATER
THE RIVER FALLING. The river as Norwich has fallen five feet and the city is resuming its nomal aspect.
The electric light at Norwich has been restored.
The damage done to the city is enti
sion House, where the Acting Lord Mayor | mated at £100,000. saluted the coffin.
Business near the route was suspended.
HARVESTING IN BOATE
Accounts of the agricultura! losang The throngs in the streets and at the throughout the East of England aro windows and on the roofs reverently unheartrending.
No. 5, Mosque Street, with an adjoin-covered. The crush was so great that, in ing strip of ground, area 2,168 feet, many parts women fainted.
Tibetau territory or to interfere in the number of thefts from residences in fetched $8,000.
49.40 4.20 administration in Tibet; while the Govern- ment of China also undertook not to permit any other foreign State to interfere with the territory or internal administration of Tibet. It is evident that the British Gor
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The Chinese who was suspected of a
Taikoo "Terrace, Quarry Bay, was at the Magistracy yesterday convicted of larceny from the dwelling of Mrs. Hill, and Was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
Inspector MacHardy placed a man and a woman in the dock at the Magistracy on a charge of stealing a watch and jewellery to the value of $97. The prosecutor did not appear and the Inspector withdraw the charge, whereupon the woman made a most elaborate kowtow to the Magistrate and the inspector.
An official intimation has reached Shanghai to the effect that Mr. W. Roderick Dorsey, Acting U.S. Consul General, has been appointed to the U.S. Conqulate in Jerez, Spain. For the pre- sent Mr. Dorsey has been instructed to remain in Shanghai, and it is probable that he will-bo-there-until-the-return- of Dr. Wilder.
No. 6, also with an adjoining plot, 2,851 in total area realised 89,100.
THE BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.
The Bandmann Company played "The Arcadians" at the Theatre last night, and it goes without saying that with Mr. Booby Roberts and Mr. Frith in the leading coffie roke, it was a delightful evening. Miss Terapest was the leading lady. There was a satisfactory audience in the lower part of the house, but there were many vacant scats in the dress
circle.
To-night The Waltz Dream" will be given.
A MILITARY ADVISER FOR
CHINA.
ainty over Tibet were acknowledged do not now exist, and information of the exact nature of the change proposed will be awaited with interest. This propean must necessarily be followed revised Anglo-Russian Agreement. The Times says this Agreement ought to be re-considered, and on this point we may the article, which again quota from appeared in this column on June 28th last: We fully expect to see, in the near fature, Tibet asserting her absolute inde" pendence, and then will arise the problem ́of what--England's atlitude towards ber should be. By our Convention with Russia, we ars bound not to treat with Tibet excepti through the intermediary of the Chinese The Ven. Architeacon and Mrs. Barnett, Government. If the DALAI LAMA is able after a furlough in England, arrived in to maintain the independence of Tibet, this the Colony on Thursday per the Shingo course, will be out of the question, and the | Maru from Shanghai, after travelling við
The telegram quoted below was rė clause of the Convention will become a dead Siberia. The Archdeacon, as a result ofceived from the Manila Observatory at letter. To this extent the Convention his stay in England, is in the best of 1.30 p.m. yesterday :-- would call for modification, and the simplest health, and looking forward to resuming Cyclone or Typhoon N.W; of Ladrone plan would be to excise the self-denying his duties in the Colony, more especially cr Mariana Islands inclining north- On August 26th, at Shanghai, to Mr. ordinance that forbids either of the High with the work at St. Stephen's College, ward. and Mrs. R. RITCHIE, a daughter.
of which he is the Warden.
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BIRTH
DEATH.
On August 5th, at Herne Hill, London, AIMEE, dearly beloved fourth daughter of William and Engénie DowDALL, in her 2nd year.
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HONGKONG, August 31st, 1912.
Contracting Parties to appoint representa tives to reside at Lbass. After all he has gone through, the DALAY Laws would probably
If we
Two Chinese convicted at Manils of
The Debats (Paris) announces that General Brissant Desmaillet has been appointed Military Adviser to China.
TYPHOON WARNING.
ANOTHER EXODUS FROM CANTON.
We learn that during the past few
of women and children have been com days an extraordinarily large number ing down to Hongkong from Canton, the result of renewed rumours of au pending disturbance at Canton.
im-
"THE SECOND REVOLUTIONARY
PARTY."
HEADQUARTERS IN RONGKONG.
THE SCENE AT THE CEMETERY.
The scene at the cemetery was most memorable. Every space was occupied.
As an example of the situation, the farmers in the Peterborough district are harvesting by boats, the sheaves being landed on higher ground. The men are mowing up to the knees in water. river Welland in Lipcolnshire in literally, choked with hay being carried senward.
The
The ceremony at the interment was severely plain. His grave was beside that of his wife's, on which beautiful flowers | RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN LONDON. were growing A platform was erected, and this was covered with wreaths, in- cluding those from the Kings, Princes and Ambassadors.
HANY PASSENORES INJURED.
LONDON, August 30th..
A light ongine dashed into a crowded business train from Aldershot stanching The burial service was simple. A hymn
at Vauxhall Station and telescoped the rear carriage. One passenger was killed was sung, then prayer was offered up by the United States representative, follow-
and four were seriously injured. · Eight ed by a chorus led by the bands. Brief had fractured limbs, and twenty were addresses were delivered by Commander
sent to hospital. Many were pinned Eva Booth and Commissioners Railton
under the debris, but their fellow- and Cox, who paid a tribute to the work
passengers and railwaymen rendered of the dead. “General." "General" Bram-splendid rescue service, relieving them-
wel Booth's daughter spoke the last few words, and then the "General" read the
commitment.
"General" Booth by his will has left private property valued at £487, which is divided among his children, and pro- perty valued at £5,205, representing the sum settled on him a few years ago by the late Mr. Henry Reed, for private use. It was this eum which enabled the "General" to forego all remuneration from the Army funds. Be vests all the Army property in trusts in the name of Bram- well Booth.
The Salvationists in Melbourúe held að
imposing procession synchronising with the funeral of "General!! Booth in
London."
At Sydney a memorial service at the Town Hall was attended by an enormous gathering.
LONDON, August. 30th.
The Canton correspondent of a Shang-CANADIAN PREMIER'S FAREWELL. no longer be the refuge of criminals from hai contemporary says: Hongkong can Canton The right of extradition, denied to the Canton authorities by the Hong- recognition of the Republic, has been
Mr. Borden has made a farewell state,
after two hours' work with pick-axes. The victims were mostly from Surbiton, Kingston, Weybridge, and Chertsey.
Among those whose limbs were fractured was a bridegroom on his way to be married yesterday, also a sailor and his.... sweetheart, while two Salvation Army, lasses proceeding to "General" Booth'a funeral were among the injured.
THE PANAMA CANAL QUESTION.
Losnos, August 30th. Although the State Department at Washington does not authorise a state- ment to this effect, it is understood that the Administration will decline ti per- mit the question of the right of the United States to relieve American ship- ping from tells for using the Panama Canal to be arbitrated. It is stated, however, that this position of the fior- ornruent will not be developed fully for some time.
Meanwhile the British Press is criticis ing at considerable length the American
dent Taft's repeated advocacy of arbitra- tion..
prove acquiescent, if only for the fortificaillegal importation of opium, which was tion that the theory of his independence discovered upon the landing of the Korea would receive if foreign Governments were recently, were both fined by Judge del represented at his Court. The establish Rosario, in the court of first instance, The amount of the drug ment of an English representative at Lbaks P1,000 each would be a clear gain to us: Russia would, found was about six kiles, contained in of course, appoint one also; but we have twenty-five cans, of 225 grams cach. The far less to fear from the open negotiations fiues were paid without hesitation by the of a properly accredited Agent than we attorney for the defendants, and they re WAEN the telegram was received a few have from the underground machications turned to their ship, arriving on board days ago giving the gist of an article from of men of the DORJEFF type, such as, it is only a few hours before sailing time. the Times strongly advocating a change of fairly certain, are taking place now.
An interesting ease esme before Mr. attitude on the part of Great Britain want to check and counteract them, we can Irving at the Magistracy yesterday when towards Chinese suzerainty over Tibet, we do it most readily by being properly repre- Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Head of the anticipated that the world would not have sented at Lhasa, and it, as seems certain to Sanitary Department, prosecuted a long to wait for some official declaration ( happen, the Dari Lama üsserts Tibet's Chiness for sleeping on the premises on kong Government pending the formal ment, in which he expresses his most position, particularly in view of Presi-- on the subject. Tibet has now been in the absolute independence, the golden moment the Post Office buildings without per-resumed in fores by instruction from the grateful appreciation of the welcome throes of a revolution against Chinese for moving to
will have mission. fr. Wolfe stated that a large British Minister st Peking. The Hong received from the Imperial Government. domination for many months. Just two arrived.”
kong headquarters of the second revolu months ago the view was expressed in few days indicate that this prediction petrated there, the latest being the easily broken if the Canton Government received most cordially. They discurend these columns that China had altogether is already in the way of fulfilment. theft of electric stops. Apart from sees Et to demand the arrest of certain
with perfect franknem the defence of the lost her hold on Tibet. In view of The Peace Mission from China, which is these, the office coolies had had a lot of leaders.
Empire, but the stress of the session pre- the telegram we publish to-day reporting now at Calcutte on its way to Tibet, is not clothing stolen. A fine of $12 or 11 days the action taken by the British Minister in likely, we imagine, to meet with the smallest was imposed.
vented many Canadians Iron receiving. Peking, the following quotation from our degree of success if the proposate to be sub-
A London cable to a Ceylan paper full information on the subject of naval leading article of June 28th may be mitted to the Tibetans are such as wore
M. B. Yang, a Chinese civil engineer
Hecht's world's rubber says:In who graduated at Yale and Columbia, statistics and estimates the total produc defence. They expected to receive this Canadian Cabinet will speedily consider the question. A CONFERENCE ON AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE
that end
The telegrams of the past number of petty larcanies had been portionary party against Kwangtung can be He states that the Ministers"
RUBBER
were
LAUNOHING OF AN AUSTRALIAN CRUISER
LONDON, August 30th. The Australian cruiser Sydney wan launched at Govani, on Thursday.
Captain Muirhead Colline, represent- ing the High Commissioner, who is absent in Canada, în a speech said the ancient Greece, failed because the Athenians. neglected to make the out- lying States living and active parts of the Central Government. Instead they were mere dependencies. These Aus- The final Gymkhana of the season has
tralian warshipa were the embodiment of a living and active partnership in of three to four million pounds sterling The Municipal Police Force of Shang-
the defence of the Empire The Navy which will be forthcoming, without de bai have lost another detective sergeant Mr. Pearce, the Minister for Defence, is of England was always the English- from cholera in the person of Detective calling a conference of Commanding man's pride. That pride and interest peading on the issue of bonds. The Sergeant Kennerley. This is the second Dollar Syndicate is now asking for a detective sergeant to die from cholera Officer in Australia with the object of should now be extended to embrace the
within a week.
eliciting views on a new defence scheme. Navy of the Empire. higher rate of interest on the loan.
made:"The logical sequence of events outlined in the telegram we publishedhas arrived in Hankow in order to under- tion for the twelve months ending on shortly after their return; when the last maritime confederacy, that of
take the reconstruction of the city. June 30th last is given as 93,669 tons. Negotiations are still proceeding with the The consumption was 09,564 tons. The
latter shows a remarkable increase. A Chinese who stale
A quantity of Robert Dollar Syndicate for a loan to canvas which was left outside to dry was cover the cost of the reconstruction of yesterday sentenced to one month's im-Hankow, and the Hupeh Government has been fixed for October 5th. prisonment.
been asked to guarantee the full amount
would be for China to say to Tibet: The yesterday.. hated Manchus have been trying to rivet fight on you fetters with which we too were bound, but now we have gained our liberty, so you too are free"; but instead the young Bepublic tells Tibet that she is to be made, willy-nilly, a province of China and be put under a Military Governor. If the Cabinet
It is believed in Shanghai that Emil had its way, Tibut would be far worse off Hauer, an American, who escaped from under the military government of the gaol recently by jumping from an un- Republic than it was before under the barred window, is now in Hongkong.
LONDON, August 30th.
A Melbouras cable states that the Hon.