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the occlusion of Indian opium from five provinces, covering about one-third of the whole ares of China; has just agreed to the closing of two provinces more, Chibli and Kwangal and is even now making investi-
It is stated in the China Republican that much opium la being smuggled into Canton from Macac.
Largely attended commemoration sors vices in honour of the men killed during
RACES POSTPONED. The Hongkong Jockey Club issued an express yesterday morning announcing that the Races fixed for yesterday had been postponed and all Jockey Club
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THE BALKAN WAR.
TURKISH HOPES REVIVED. A message from Constantinople states The news, however, was not generally known by the Chinese community, and that the Turkish outlood has improved thousands proceeded to the Happy Valley, somewhat, thanks to the succem of the where they waited for some time before Government in raising half a million they learned that the opening of the pounds from the sale of certain properties meeting had been postponed. In the city in the neighbourhood of Constantinople
That the public interest was aroused by all that has been said regarding J. M. Barrie's latest production was apparent last night, when another full house greet- ed the Dallas Comedy Company.
"What every woman knows" is good. clean comedy. It has the fine Barrie touch, and the humour is of that quiet but nevertheless telling nature which has made this author so popular, The story deals with the determination of a poor Scotchman to acquire education and to carro for himself a career in the world.
The disappearance of Mr. G. J. Lind, of Messrs, Lind & Pitts, from Shanghai last week has occasioned much talk in the some disappointment was expressed at the This relief has enabled the Government Not having the necessary money to buy Settlement,
decision of the Stewards of the Jockey
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Club to postpone the Races, it being to pay the outstanding month's salary of It is reported from Tokyo that Dr. asserted that the action is without pre-all officials and the more pressing accounts what ho delights to term the "opium Ariga has been engaged as temporary cedent in Hongkong, Those, however, with bakers and other contractors. The others, has a book-case full of booka legal adviser by China and that he is who realised that the course was simply military, situation is equally affected by leaving shortly for that country a quagmiro yesterday and that to us of relief from pecuniary pressure, and the in that condition would ruin it for
warry for some weeks. It is stated that question of supplies is not likely to cause the Government has altered the plan of campaign, abandoning the contemplated STANDARD TIME IN HONGKONG.offensive forward and Banking movement,
crime" as the foulest blot the article is stained our escutcheon His distinguished by ignorance or disregard of fact in the most fundamental matters according to him, Great Britain introduced opium into China (its preparation is described in detail in the writings of Wang Hr, who died in 1488 A.D.), while the usual fables are told about the Opium Wara"-lies, perhaps, would be a better word, for the fiction" that the opium trade was the sole, or even a principal, cause of our wars with China has been exposed so
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must imply either that the writer is so hopelessly biassed and bigoted that his opinions are valueless, or that he has not taken the trouble to investigate the question at all. We do not propose to argue the point here, though the verdicts of many missionaries, British and American, whe were in China during, or soon after the wars, could be quoted against Mr. TATLON. I might, however, interest him to know the real history of the Agreemout of which be Bays, "We enforce that immoral chim by virtus of the Treaty of Tientsin. The negotiators of that Treaty may perhaps be
allowed to know more about it then does even Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. LAY, who was
Chinese Secretary to the EARL OF ELGIN and was, consequently, to a large extent iu charge of the negotiations, says: When $88.00 I came to opium I enquired what course
they (the Chinese plonipotentiaries) pro posed to take in respect to it. The answer
Sir John Jordan will leave Peking. early in Jand on four months furlough Mr. Beilby Alston, who was in Peking in 1912, will act during Sir John fordan's absence.
A Chinese, was removed to Hospital with serious injuries, sustained by being, knocked down by a team-car in Des Voeux Road on Sunday. It is thought that he will not recover.
A number of opium-smokers were paraded through the streets of Wuchang last week. They were dressed in red caps and green and red doublets and each had a paper mask over the face.
His Honour the Chief Justice and Lady Rees Davies returned to the Colony, on Sunday by the str. Mengheria, from the Philippines, where they were the guests of. II.E the Governor-General.
It is understood that Dr, Tenney, UB Consul at Nanking, will leave for home Latterly Mrs. Tenney during March. has been in indifferent health, and it is rumoured that Dr. Tenney may decide
not to return to China.
The resignation of Col. C. D. Bruce & Captain-Superintendent of the Shang hai Police Force has been accepted by the Municipal Council, and Mr. B. J. McEven, the Deputy-Superintendent, has been promoted to fill the vacancy.
succeeding days could not but approve the action of the Stewards.
community will be interested to know that in addition to the standard time clock installed on the Peak Tramway
similar innovations have been made on the Star Ferry. The clocks are operated by electric impulses sent out by master
clocks in certain central positions, and these are in turn controlled by the "mean time clock" at the Royal Observatory.
and is confident of its ability to hold out indefnitely at Chataldja and Bulair.
THE SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE.
is discovered by the family absorbed able stroke of genius one of the sons of the family make him an offer. This offer in one of these books, and by a remark-
consists in promising to pay £300 for his education on condition that, if at the end of five years the daughtor of Wylie remains unmarried. he will marry her if
she wishes bim to do so.
After some hesitation he accepts the offer, his pros pective father-in-law pointing out to him
A. message from Constantinople says that what a Scotchman could do with o £300 education if he wero let loose on the the connonade continues at Adrianople.world, more especially if he got among
AEROPLANE CAPTURED.
A Bulgarian aeroplane, piloted by a Russian lieutenant, desconded within the Turkish lines and was captured.
BULGARIAN ATTACK REPULSED.
A strong force of Bulgarians, advano-
the English. The story deals with his rise in the political world, and bow in all thab advancement be overlooks the assiet- ance he has received from the quiet little woman who has become his wife. How- ever, he is disillusioned before he spoils his own carock.
ASLEEP ON THE BRIDGE SECOND HATE'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED.
The impersonation by Miss Nell' Comp- At the Marine Court yesterday, before
ton of John Shand's wife was irreproach- Commander Basil Taylor, E.N. (Stipening from Kadikeni, was repulsed after two diary Magistrate). Lieutenant C. E. hours fighting. Simultaneously other able, Mr. Henry Dallas as John Shand" "perfect, Stainer. H.M.S. Tamar. Messrs. F. L forces of the enemy advanced and accu- throughout the production was Davison, master of the Britsh str. pied the hills of Ilbassan, but the Turkish and the other members of the caste con- Volunteers recaptured them in a nighttributed to the undoubted success of the
anteagle, and E. W. Hodgins, mas ter of the British str. Haiyung, a serious
charge was preferred against Hubert Porter, supernumerary second mate of the str. Chunsung."
Clemont John Mattock, master of the Chunang, deposed that, while on a voyage from Sandakan to Hongkong, he went on the bridge at 10.30 p.m. and saw the supernumerary second mate asleep on the starboard lower bridge awning. He was
Wit in charge of the deck at the time.
4. S. WATSON & CO. We have resolved to put it into the week that Dotective Inspector Johnson, ness called the first mate and pointed out
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News reached Shanghai from Moji-fast
who was a passenger from Shanghai for tariff as foreign medicine. I urged
Seattle by the Inaba-Maru, lind committed moderato duty in view of the cost of collecticide. The officer had recently been ill tion, and this was agreed to. This repre- and was taking the sea trip with a viss sents with strict accuracy the amount of to his complete restoration. the extortion resorted to. The Chinese Government admitted opium as a legal article of import, not under constraint, but
Whilst a motor-car was being driven by Mr. Knox at Pokfulam a Chinese female,
He was
attack, RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA HARMONIS- ING.
play, which will, unlike other plays, worthily bear repetition.
To-night the Company produce. "Baby" Mine."
Reuter's agency learns that the Govern
THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA,
CAVALRY FULL MONGOLIA. ments at Vienna and St. Petersburg are now directly negotiating upon the ques- tion of the boundaries of Albania. It is
Canton is forming a regiment of cavalry hoped that the Austro-Russian determina-preparatory for the Mongolian Expedi tion to avoid hostilities will result in tion.
some form of compromise.
Mr. Porter to him, and then kept watch himself until 12 o'clock, the defendant
TURKEY AND THE POWERS. remaining asleep all the time.
Replying to Turkey's last demarche, then awakened, and asked what he was asking for the good offices of the Powers, doing there. Ho made no reply, but
the latter intimated that the acceptance got up and went below.
Answering Mr. Davison, witness said he of their collective Note was yet unreceived,
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ANXIOUS SITUATION IN KIANGA). " The 8th Division has been ordered to proceed to. Kiangsi, whore, it is under stood, the situation gives cause for ap- prehension.
MARK NA TANG BHAD-YI.
Tang Shao-yi, who has been elected to the Peking Senate, wished to resign, but
of their own free will, deliberately." What aged about 15, ran right across the path had no reason to think that defendant Tintil it was received it seems an action by Governor-General En is urging him to
of the automobile, and was knocked down. The car was immediately stopped, assis tańce rendered, and the unfortunate girl conveyed to the Government Civil Hos-
are we to think of a man who coolly ignores a categorical statement like this made by a responsible public servant, and, instead of endeavouring to disprove or discredit it, pital flatly contradicts it and states boldly that the Treaty of Tientsin forced opium on a unwilling China?. For cruas ignorance, wilful blindness, or unblushing misrepresen tation, an attitude auch as this is hard to beat. Thanks to men of the TAYLOR type, Great Britain bids fair to become the laughing-stock of Europe. We make a formal Agreement with China, and then have to stand by impotent while she flouts us and tears it up. We first allow her to
The directors of the Shanghai and Hongkow Wharf Co., Ltd., propose to re commend at the annual general meeting to be held on the 12th proximo the pay ment of a final dividend for the year ended 31st December last at the rate of Tle, 4 per share and the transfer of Tis. 25,000 to repaire account,
would be asleep before he went on deck,
The defendant said he went on the bridge at 8 o'clock, and after 10 got a bit sleepy, and put one leg up on the rail, He thought he must have dozeď off and fallen on the awning.
The following was the finding of the Court:-We find that the charge against Hubert Porter, of being asleep on watch in the night, is proved. There appeared to be no defence. There is no evidence of his having been under the influence of liquor or his having been overworked. The offence appears to have been deliberately committed. We therefore suspend his cer shipfificate as second mate for one year.
At the Magistracy yesterday two Fil pino sailors from the U.S. survey ship. Rizal were charged with disorderly con
It was stated that duct at Hunghom.
LONDON Onion: 181, Fan Sraanr, E. collect a high duty on goods imported by the defendants, on being refused admis
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HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1913.
British subjects, and then have the humilia tion of seeing her present the effective import of the very goods in respect of which she has just collected the duty, while all we can do is to utter futile protests.
sion to a low Chinese house, cut the sliding door with a knife. A police whistle was blown and a Chinese detective and a districh watchman answered, but the second man drew his knife and chased
month's hard labour,
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A GERMAN.
ALLEGED FALSIFICATION AND FORGENY, Wilhelm Auffermann, aged 30, a native of Dusseldorf, and a clerk in the employ
the Powers is not to be expected, Tur key's latest reply being regarded as useless in producing n cessation of hostilities.
TROUBLED MEXICO.
LONDON, February 24th.
A message from Washington states that detachment of Field Artillery, Engineers, hospital, ambulance, and bakery have also been ordered to proceed to Galveston. This will bring the force
reconsider his decision, aa, he says, not only Canton but the nation needs his
services.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. While the result of the Parliamentary elections show that the Kuomingtang will be the strongest party, it is believed here that there is no doubt that Yuan Shib-hai will be elected Fresident, with perhaps a Kuemingtang Cabinet.
DR. SUN YAY-SEN IN JAPAN. Dr. Sun Yat-sen was entertained by the Common Script Society last Sunday. night. There was a large gathering and a number of enthusiastic speeches were delivered. Dr. Sun, replying to the toast of his health, referred to Japan as, "My second native land.”
OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT.
up to 3,500, and it is expected that a Cavalry Division will also be sent.
EX-PRESIDENT MADERO SHOT.
Altogether 163 overseas representatives. A telegram has been received in New have arrived in Peking of whom the
following six have been elected as mem York from Mexico City to the effect that hers of the forthcoming Parliament:- ex-President Madero and his companions Tong King-chong, editor of a newspaper in San Francisco; Choo Shew-san of New were shot and killed in an attempted York, Lo Sun of Honolulu, and Chiang rescue while he was being transferred Pao-ho, Jear Liang-muk and Wu Soung
tentiary. Two of the attacking party were also killed.
It is stated that the execution of ex President Madero and his advisers with out the due process of the law would be
tracy yesterday on charges of forgery and The annual report of the British Muni-fraud. Se
The first indictment charged him with cipal Council, Hankow, for the past year shows that the total income was Tla. forging, on the 4th January, a bill of 113,037, as against Tls. 79,216 in 1911. exchange for the sum of $2,000, purport From the budget for the current year it ing to have been drawn by Arnhold. proposed beyond an alteration in the Shanghai Banking Corporation, payable challenge. method of levying the extra charge on to Kwnj Sang, with intent to defraud. It is proposed that The second charge was of forging, utter undeveloped lots.
a bill these shall pay a land tax of double the ing, disposing of, and putting off" amount which is charged on the land in of exchange, knowing it to have been oceugation. A total expenditure of Tis. forged 124,376 89, is provided for in the budget.
DIFFICULTIES OF OPIUM SUPPRESSION,
A message from Foochow on the 18th inst stated that soldiers have been attacking the rebels nous Hinghwa, n obedience to instructions issued by the Central Government, to destroy the poppy growing in the district. The rebels have
Ir anyone felt any uncertainty as to the Lord ELOIN aptly summed up the attitude them away. Mr. Hazeland imposed fines of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., ap- from the National Palace to the Pen of the Straits Settlements. trus character of the recently formed of China towards international affairs of $10 on each defendant; in default one peared before Mr. Hazeland at the Magis- "China Group" for the cultivation of fifty years ago-"a people that, yield friendly social, political, and commercial nothing to reason and everything to relations with the Republic of China," his force" and there is no sign that shs doubts have goon been resolved by Mr. has changed since then. So long as THEODORE TAYLOR. This gentleman bas China knows that there is some possibility, long been known as a rabid opponent of the however remote, of real action being taken to appears that no alteration in taxation is Karberg & Co on the Hongkong and regarded by the United States as a direct twenty-five miles, while it is reported that opium trade: here, then, was an opportunity enforce the representations of diplomacy, for him to serve Chianto give the she pays some attention to them, but, new Chiusie Republic the best possible thanks to the "friendship" of Mr. TAYLOR opportunity of developing China on free and and his clique, she knows that the worst indepondont lines by pointing out to her she has to fear in the case of her most that, if the opium traffe is undesirable, grant infringements of the opium agree- national perfidy is still more 60, and by ments is an exchange of more or less strong. demonstrating to her that a strict observanes ly worded despatches. If Mr. TAYLOR CHI derive any satisfaction from the ignominious of her international obligations is in no way incompatible with opium suppression. The position to which be has reduced bis ow
been defeated and forced to retreat 300 of them have been killed. Thirty wounded soldiers have been brought into According to the newspapers and tele-hospital for attention.blo grams there is some belief in America that the rescue" of Madero was a "put up job, as none of the escort were killed.
[It was stated in our telegram columns yesterday that the United States would not of Madero. The message should have rend seriously object to the summary execution Thess to the contrary.]
There were a number of other charges added on the application of Mr. P. M. Hodgson (Assistant Crown Solicitor),
PRESIDENT TAFT'S VIEW. President Taft, on receiving the announcement of the death of ex-President Madero, expressed regret, but intimated that the United States saw no cause for intervention, as it was simply the killing of a citizen of a country by fellow citizens.
At the Supreme Court yesterday, before the Puisne Judge (Mr. H. H. J. Gom
who conducted the prosecution. pertz), a claim was brought by the Wai also dealt with forgery and fraud, the true friend of China would point out to her country, we congratulate him on it we Lung firm against the Sun Tai firm and amounts mentioned being $2,000 and that she holds the remedy in her own hands have, however, some regard for the fair Yau Shi Leung, for $91,17, balance due 83,200, whilst charges of making false en- that Grest Britain has promised that in fame (or the remnants of it) of China, and for goods sold and delivered. Mr. Suther-ries in the books on 10th January, and we fear, offer her the same ton Russ represented the plaintiff, and the 4th February were also preferred. It any event the export of the drug from India cannot. to China should casse in seven years, of felicitations, for his friendship, though it Mrs. Lewis (of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes was alleged that on the first date he had which barely five now remain, and that it is involves the betrayal of the dignity of his & Master) appeared for the second defen- entered $28,740.70 as having been paid, in China's power to shorten this period, for own comtry, shows no sign of helping dant Mr. Russ said the claim was whereas only $26,790.70 had actually been Article II of the 1911 Agreement promises China to achieve anything more than the against the defendant firm and a woman received. On the latter date it was alleged whom they alleged to be a partner of the that he had entered $17,748.05 as having that the date of vessation of export shall he jettisoning of her national good faith.
firm or the firm itself. The second been paid, whereas the amount received defendant ordered goods from his clients,
The weekly return of communicable anticipated if China can at any time giva
was only $18,745.05.2014, and paid for them. There was an account Defendant, who pleaded not guilty to diseases show that there have been one clear proof of the complete absence of native opium in China. Ho might also alld
between the two for some time, and then all the charges, was arrested in Manila case of bubonic flugue, which proved fatal, He apave cases of diphtheria, one of which the son with whom she was living died and brought back on Sunday. that Article III. gives China further powers
eaded in death, two of enteric fever, and of restriction, and urge her to fulfil the The annual report of the Kowloon When she was subsequently pressed for plied for bail,
four of small pox, three of which were conditions laid down therein, explaining Bowling Club shows a successful year's money she said that her son was the firm, that, in accordance with that provision, working, despite a small falling off in Great Britain consented some time ago to the membership.
Captain P. Mallet, Chief of the French Police at Shanghai, is retiring from the post, which he has held for seven years.
Mr. Hazeland granted a formal remand and declared that she was not liable, until the 5th March, bail being fixed at Judgment was given for defendants,
25,000.
fatal.
SIX PER CENT, LOAN. President Yuan Shih-kaj has issued a decree, according to which 200 Million Dollars six per cent, treasury bonds will be issued in accordance with the resolu tion passed last year by the Advisory They and Council. The netes will be of thousand. will be redeemed after five years,
Interest will be within thirty years. hundred and fifty Dollars each.
paid for first are years only, The stamp duty, and the mortgage taxes will form the security. The loan will be used for furthering Chinese banking, for settling snall loans and for issuing paper-money.
RECORD CUSTOMS RETURNS.. The complete returns of the Maritime Customs Revenue for 1012, which have
ment, show that the collection last year. was the largest on record whether it be estinated in gold or silver. The Fatal collection for the year, in silver, was Th. 39,050,018, equivalent to £5,006,628, or an increase over 1911, which held the best recor hitherto, of Tle. 3,770,786 or The high gold increase is explainable by the fact that in 1011 the average value of the Tael was 9/8) whereas in 1912, it was 3/0f. The present. year promises to show a notable increase over last year.
just been issued by the Statistical Depart-
£1,234,968,