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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 10TH. 1913.
The Catholic Club concert, which was TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
to have taken place to sight, has been postponed on account of the soloists being unable to appear.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX.]
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE RECOGNITION OF CHINA.
Lonnos, May o3⁄4".
[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE BALKAN WAR.
THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF
ALBANIA.
greatest curan of (b) (n," it woud certainly from this appear that Cainu must be a perfect l'aradinis in comparison, let us sayy with the Lev. Tows N JONES' Lative Wale. Surely there can i no man who is alle
The directors of the Hongkong and by Tersonal observation to compato in his China Gas Compatty anusunco a dividend mind te results of opium-smok-ng in China) of ở per cent, and a bonus of 1 per cent. with the cons quenens of the way of alcohol (together 128, per share), free of income- in Great Britain, who will mountain that tax, making 11 per cent, for the years opium is the grates curse, and for our part £3,500 is placed to general reserve, £1,000 we have never been able to und. retund why to reserve for exchange fluctations, and it should be consid, red a greater “disgrace 2,490 enrried forward
A Canton iclegram to a Peking paper to sell opium than to sell leer. We can understand perfectly well China's reasons represents the conditions prevailing inment had no desire to delay the recogni-mode of the evacuation. for wishing to be rid of the trach. Kwangteng in these terms: "Theft, rob- tion of the Government of China. Great in foreigu opium. It has always meanthery and kidnapping are the order of the Britain's one desire was to get a formal heavy drain of silver from the country, day in the interior of Kwangtung.uthoritative confirmation of the Treaty and it is well to remeister that while the Owing to the decline of the paper cur Outerament of China for nearly cency, coupled with unrest in the interior, and customary rights enjoyed by British century dones what it could to suppress the the merchants suffer most seriously, and other Nationals in China. When
Mr. FD. Acland, Under Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs, in his speech in the House of Commons, on the Opium Question further said that the Govern
LONDON, May 9th. A message from Critinje states that tho Governor of Skutari is conferring with Admiral Rainey as to the date and the
The Ambassadors at the Conference on Thursday considered the Austro-Italian scheme for the government of Albania. which recommends a foreign Prince as ruler. It is believed that Austria desires
THE MAGISTRACY.
At the Magistracy yesterday, Mr. P; A, Hazelind' faed a Chinese 70 for being in unlawful passession of opium.
Mr. A. D. Melbourne lined several men, under the Stamp Ordinance, for insuffi- eiently obliterating revenue stamps.
Tai-kok-tsui. ` .It
Sergt. McKay charged a Chinese, with the largery of an iron andise from was stated that ther defendant took the anchor from the beach and offered it for sale to a blacksmith
Mr. Hazeland sentenced the man to it zionth's imprisonment and four hours' stocks.
Inspector Cameron charged three Chi- nesa with dumping a dead body. The
about twelve years of age. officer said the body was that of a girl of
The defendants.
She had been
the | dragged her out with nets and then took her to the Channol Rocks, placing her on the top of the rocks and leaving her, with the object of saving burial expenses. They should have reported the case and registered the death. Defendants were Lornos, May 9th.bound over.
THE SUFFRAGETTES.
DESIGNS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
WC wore the well-wishers of China. Powers. Begarding the Loan, His Majesty's Government Ead actel just as much in the interests of China as it had in the pium question, and it was the same with recognition.
BRITAIN AND THE OPIUM QUESTION.
WHISKY.ot it has in as falling into the
nothing until ju quite recent years to supment in the province under the present allow immediately. The debate on the the Russian memorandum inclines to water, was drowned. For Car Por press or restrict the cultivation of native administration. People are looking for Opium Question had surely shown that Turkish governor nominated by
opum, which has been and still is gorward for better government after Yuan
is elected Permanent President." ...$171.00 ously gre ter tuna the sowat imported
Thi poller were informed yesterday. 214 jun. It a true tuas wines the
was signing by shop cool from No.-5, Opium, Agietmum of 1911
Des Voeux Road West that three men great efforts have been made in Chius to suppress it, becluse it was realised that knocked at the door of the house and only by this means was the foreign trade entered. One of them, who carried a beak, approached him with request to likely to be reduced and taily stopped chop it, stating that he came from a skup Mr. ACLAND, the Duder Secretary o
for Foregu Attire, replying to in Bonham Strand. Then suddenly they Sir ROBERT JALDINE in the House of sprang at him, tied his hands and feet, Commons on Wednesday, had to admit that and gagged him, They asked for the key of the drawer, and he gave it to them. The robbors then took $100 in money from the the conditions regarding the increase or decrease of poppy growing since the Revolu drawer. One of the men, the coolie said, tion in Chums differ greatly in various threatened him with a knife. He was provinces, Generally speaking, he said,eleased about half-an-hour later by his the lateat reports show that the loss of brother. The police are inquiring into Our Celebrated very old Govament control during the revolu Liqueur Scotch Whisky is a tomary disturbances. Ted to large.··· blend of the best Pot Distilled ceno in poppy growing in almos Scotch Whiskies. It is of great age, very fine, and
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State
the truth of the story.
A celebrated ecoult scientistaan
all opium-growing districts, but the whose name is very familiar in Europe, Republican Government had been making and particularly in London and Paris
LONDON, May 9th.
In the course of his speech in the House of Commons on the opium question, Hou. 8. Montagu, Under Secretary of State for India, said the growth of the perpy in India would be reduced to an amount sufficient to supply India and other than Chinese markets. They had been able not only to respond to the recent request of the Chinese Republic for the united prayers
The Suffragettes who are charged before the Magistrate at Bow Street: with con- spiracy were further remanded. All the female prisoners were allowed bail, including Mrs, Drummond and Miss Kenney. The latter appeared to be ill.
A detective gave evidence as to finding a Jetter suggesting a plot against the House of Lords by getting a Suffragette a position as is typist there.
THE CALIFORNIAN ANTI-ALIEN
LEGISLATION.
LONDON, May 9th. "
A message from Washington says that
EUROPEAN SEAMAN REPRIMANDED, A European mariner named Jacobsen appeared before Mr. Hazeland on k chargo of keeping a dog without a licence. Ho conducted himself in 2 rather offensive. manner, answering his Worship's questions cartly
aud abruptly, and standing in a careless attitude in front of this dock. Magistrate called him to order on one
The
pansion, but it inde no perceptible differ- ence, and his Worship had to sharply reprimand him a second time, and threatened to place him in the dock. After bearing the evidence of the European constable, his Worship fined defentiant $15, or month's imprisonment in
mellow. Its superior qualiti | strenuous efforts to suppress it and lids a professor of palmistry-is now paying of the Churchmen of this country, but Mr. Bryan to-day (Friday) receives Mr.default, observing tint he had endeavoured
has established its reputation 18 THE LEADING SCOTCH WHISKY IN THE EAST.
"
a visit to Hongkong, and advertises that he may
already met with considerablo success in
be consulted during also in the House of Commons to show a Chinda, the eupanese Ambassador, who to defy the police. many districts. Yet, while much uncertainty the next few days at his rooms in real sympathy with China in the action will present a Note outlining the views exists as to whether the Central Government the Hongkong Hotel. Leon Kendal is he had announced. (Cheers.) · Mr. | of Japan regarding the Californian Laud will be able to effectively control the pro- credited with being the foremost palmist vinces while Dr. Sux Yar-ses ispreaching in the world, and the overwhelming Montagu paid a warm tribute to the Ownership Bill. in the British Press that the provinces are testimony in his favour from all over the earnestness, sincerity, steadfastness, and courage of the Chinese Government and A.S. WATSON & CO.. | completely out of sympathy with the globe seems to leave little doubt that he Central Government and predicting is. He has been consulted by all sorts LIMITED,
terrible cavil war we find the British and conditions of people everywhere. People in their purpose of ridding them- and Indian Governments so excessively The Times of India in an article endors5lves from the mischiefs of the opium generous to China as to tear up a Convening his extraordinary talents says that tion and to make a sacrifice to the tune of his reputation is as great throughout £11,000,000 sterling out of the revenues India as in the West-which is saying of India, in simple reliance on the Chinese much. Government ⠀⠀ steadfastly pursuing the
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, MAY 10th, 1913.
The worthlessness of Troities and Couve tions with China is once more demonstrated by the tearing up of the Opion Agreement of 1911 between Great Brixia and China.
DISCOVERY OF A NEW COMET
trafic.
The opium in Shanghai and Hongkong would be released at the rate: of 2,000 cheste monthly, and it is anti- cipated that the stocks will be absorbed in about a year.
THE CHINA LOAN."
LONDON, May 9th.
THREATENED SHIPBUILDERS
STRIKE.
THE RECENT FÁUMATI POISONING CASK. A man and a woman wore charged before Mr. Hazeland with cansing the death of a Chinese girl at Yaunati. Mr. The Cabinet will immediately consider T. H. King (Assistant Superintendent of Police) proscented, and said the deceased the Note.
girl was an inmate of a brothel in Yaumati The male defendant was # story-teller and a sort of quack doctor, and the woman was the amah, of deceased. Evidence would be called to show that the girl was exporting to became a mother, and was feeling unwell Sho asked the female defendant to obtain some medicine Two lots of medicine were for her. secured, the second kind, consisting of Japanese aniseed, being brought by the nale defendant. It was given to tho deceased at about midnight, and at threo o'clock in the morning the mistress of the brothel ente to the Police Station, and
LONDON, May 9th. The refusal of the men to work overtime in the shipyards on the Clyde and on the North-East of England owing to dissatis faction with the wages is causing uneasi- ness. A strike of 100,000 men is feared.
MINERS' DISPUTE.
policy of suppressing the cultivation and consumption of opium which has been paised admittedly with considerablu success. while the Agreement has been poinally in force. Time lose will prove whether these efforts will be long continued now that the Clause Goveri menit bas nchieved what we 7th was Right Ascension 20h. 2m., in Manchuria are protesting against the Britain has decided upon geveral action in consequence of the report she made
regard as the goal of their ambition. They are bound in Lercur, of course to do so; bat is it posible to count upon the -ffectiveness of this consideration with evidence immediately before us of the man.tr in which a salema”. Convention has ben openly do fed
Lieut. Colonel F. P. S. Taylor, A.8.C., lately D.C.4.8.C., South Chine - Gusa- mand, has been appointed to Dover for
Ud
We are informed by the Royal Observa- tory, Hongkong, that a telegram from Kist announces the discovery of a faint const. Its approximate position on May
Declination 10deg 43 N... in the
Constellation Dolphinus.
A telegram from Mukden to St. Peters- burg says that the provincial authorities
conclusion of the Quintuple Loan. The
Guvernors of Mukden and Kirin have
resigned.
GALE ON ENGLISH COAST. HONG KONG CRICKET LEAGUE,
LONDON, May 9th. The presentation of the Shield to the
A fierce gale on the West Coast of Hongkong "B" team (the winners of the 1912-13 competition) will take place this Eagland has caused several vessels to go afternoon in the Hongkong CC, ground | adrift in the Morsoy, Liners are unablo after the LILC-H.K.C.C. tenuis match,
to leave the dock, and the railway steamer Atalanta was driven ashore in Arrdu, the sea breaking over the vessel. The passen gers and crew were landed in lifeboats. CABINET MINISTERS AND TUE RUMOURED OIL CONTRACTS,
LONDON, LAP
JAWN TENNIS LEAGUE. The Lawn Tennis League matches com-
An All-Filipino team of baseball menice "to day." players has left Manila for Japan, Honolulu and the United States to play a series of games.
A typhon was reported by the Manila Oservatory yesterday to be
W of
the
The Daily Chronicle states that rumours in The Times as to the supposed
LONDON, May 9th. The Minera Federation of Great against non-anionists similar to that of Sergt. Brown went round to the place.
the South Wales men. There has been a fall in the membership of the unions since the national strike.
PRESIDENT YUAN TO PRESIDENT WILSON..
President Yuan Shil-kai's official reply President Wilson's message is as
#follows:
He found the deceas4 in bed in grent pain and telephoned to Dr. Allei, who promptly attended, but the girl ultimately died. The case was adjourned.
THE "TAI ON
FIKACY.
The hearing was continued yesterday, before Mr. Melbourno, of the case in which a Chincse is charged with oalaw- fully reviving a gold watch and ver shain, tas property of Miss G. E. Dunk," "Your Excellency, President Wilsona lady missionary, and a passenger in the in the name of the Republic of China I Tai On at the time of the piracy. thank you most heartily for the Message Mr. T. H. King conducted the prosecu of Recognition which you sent throngation, and Mr. P. W. Goldring defended, your haired sepresentative in th. H. W. Holines, master of the str. capital. The sentiments of amily and
goodwill which i bespeaks and the Tai On, said he had held command of the expressions of greeting and welcome which vessel for about elevour months,
It was a
it conveys at once testify to the American Brish ship, and had three British officers. spirit of mutual helpfulness and add
Chinese officials, encouraged, if not orthern Luzon, niors than 100 miles form lust right at the Theatre Roll contract for the Navy have received friendly intercourse between Chins and went well until 9.55 p.m., when they"
stigated, by missionarios who appear to love self-advertisement, have operdy dis regarded and defied the terms of tur inter national agree ent, and a weak and supine Govenmeit in London has been content to allow itself to be tried with contempt
distant, moving N.N.E. or N.E.
The report that Mr. Williama Cowan, late Protector of Chinese, and now at home on leave, is retiring from the Federated Malay States Civil Service, ia confirmed.
THE THEATRE ROYAL Despite the depressing effect of a very sparse audience, the capabla Company of
another brilliant page to the history of on board. Witness left Hongkong, on Anglo-American Pinyers were in finc
the seventy years of uninterrupted the night of April 2nd last, and all
when they presented The Ider," an
the United States. Though unfamiliar English play in four acts. As Lul much attention in the House of Commons with republican forms of government the Wers South of Lia-Tis, in Chinese waters. Harling, the young wife of a Member Fut the City. The Ministers, however, Chinese people yet are fully convinced of At that time witness was in his cabin, and the soundness of the principle which the chief engineer was also there. The trent them with the utmost unconcern. Parliament, Miss May Roberts
underlies it and which is so luminously bridge of the ship was rushed by a number further evidence of her skill in effective.
The Chronicle states that there are no oil represented in your glorious common impersonation, Mr.L. Victor Gard
wealth. The sole aim of the Government of armed men, who tied up winem and irt of Me cleverly interpreting the | irt contrets pending for the Navy and that which they have established, therefore, the chief cagineer in the cabin. The chief Mr. there cannot be any for months, possiblyte and will be to preserve this form of engineer was brought in just afterwards
for years.
government, and to perfect its workings by armed pirates. A lady was also to the end that they may enjoy ifs
The Under Secretary of Stute for The King has been pleased to approve Mark Cross, a man of leisure. India in the course of the debate in the of the appointment of Mr. Edward Ortin Knox took the role of Sir John loud of Commons on Wedues by noualls Shellim to be an Unofficial Member of the Harding, M.P., "of independent meas," expressed himself as "glad" to announce Legislative Council of the Colony of with conspicuous success, and a gratify ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE OF happiness (within the Republic) through was that of the lady (Miss Dunk). While the surrender of the Indian Government's Hongkong right under the Agreement to sell to China'
The following announcement was pub. 26,781 chesis of opium more, worth to the revenue of Irklin about £11.000 000 st ringished in the Indian Government Gazette
last month: The Secretary of State has appointed Mr. H.. L. O. Garrett, M.A, (Cantab), to the Indian Educational Ser- vice as professor of history in the Gov- ernment College, Lahore." Mr. Garrett was for several years a junior master at Queen's, College, Hongkong.
ing measure of success attended the efforts of the other artistes,
To-night the Company will stage The French comedy "Divorcons.".
COMMONS..
LONDON, May 9th
The House of Commons has adjourned till the 27th inst.
AMERICAN TARIFF REVISION. PARCEL POST WITH CHINA:"
LONDON, May 9th. In reply to a question by Mr. 0.
The Tariff Itevision Bill has passed the Bathurst, M.P., in the House of Com- tions on the 15th olt, in which he asked House of Representatives at Washington whether the Postmaster-General realized practically as it was submitted. tant. Great Britain was the only country which had no parcel post service with
The Bill was passed by 281 votes to 130 LONDON'S CHIEF POLICE
MAGISTRATERRE China với Siberia,
unalloyed blessings of prosperity and brought in, and the photograph produced the naion of law, liberty, pere and witness and the others were detained his friendship without, through the faithful
Witness WAN execution of all established obligations cubin was razsicked
released at a quarter-past two on the (Signed) YUAN SHIH-KAI,"
morning of the 3rd April, by the bont- swain. The ship was all in disorder, the switboard had been damaged and the light rendered ir flicient. One passenger was shot dead and four wounded, and orie At daylight
SHELL COMPANY'S NEW
INTERESTS.
Mr. Moyraav announced that, notwith standing that we are entitled to sell opium in any province of China where opiumis
Presiding at the meeting of the till grown, "we are prepared to undertale
Egyptian Oil Trust last month Mr. A Mackay said that since they last rust, the of the pirates was doad. to refuse to send any mom opisin to China not merely this year but never again, with
company's properties in Egypt, other witness took his hearings, and found that than those previously transferred to the the ship was aground on the Kong-su Red Sea Oilfields (Limited), had been Bank. Witness found the cabin occupied the single condition that we desire to h satisfied that China continues to steadfastly
transferred to the Anglo-Egyptian Oby Miss Dunk had also been ransacked. fields, a company formed by the Argle The case was adjourned. pansue her present policy. We have no
Saxon Petroleum Company, representing doubt that Mr. MONTAGU can justly claim
Royal Datch and "Shell". Transport that the whole force of public opinion"
Company interests, to take over the Egyptian interests of the Red Sex Oil- with the Government's response to China:
ment on this subject shortly. Parosts for Mr. Curtis Bonnett has been appointed fields. The arrangement made revealed. At the public opinion" on this question We note that the Ministry of the Interioris country i Sheria can be posted at in Great Britain is un opinion manufactur has resolved to take measures to compel the British Post Office Agencies in China chief polico magistrate of London in the confidence in the property entertained had found, or definitely undertaken to well as at Agencies of other national place of Sir Albert de Rutzen, who has by the "Shell" Transport group, who by people who Mr. HENRY KOWICE obedience to the order to discard the
ies and at Chinese post-offices; but the retired. Mr. Graham Campbell succeeds find, no less than £405,000 for the develop. desiguated "cranke." Assuming for the queue, though the nature of the measure service is little ated. Parcels are trane
another. moment-and it is a very large assumption to be adopted is not indicated in the nitted via Siberia moro slowly than Mr. Curtis Bennett at the Metropolitan ment of the property in one way or
Police Court (Bow Street). indeed in our opinion-that "opium is the announcement.
The queue has been very generally di carded by the Cantonese. Seldom now is a Chinman to be seen in Hongkong wearing a queue, but in the North of China, and notably in Peking, the people said.I hope to be able to make a state- ati:l adhere to the old hirsute adornment.
Mr. H. Samuel. Postmaster General
letters.
LONDON, May 9th.
A little girl had been to church for the first time. Os returning home her mother. asked her what she thought of church.
I liked it very much, she replied, but there was one thing I didn't think was fair.
What was that, dear1 asked her mother. Why, one man did all the work, and then another man came around and got all the money.