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stronger hand in the educational There are those, development of China.
he said, who think Chins would be best left alone, but be laid it down as an axiom
that an ignorant nation is always a poor
nation; and a poor nation is always a poor buyer. Educate a nation and you enrich it, with the result that its purchasing power is increasel. Pincipal Soorisi. pointed to Japan. in-fustration of this. The expansion
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} THE BALKAN SITUATION; :
UNEASY FEELING. While the replies of King Ferdinand. and King Peter to the Tear's warning telegram can be construed as an intima- tion of acquiescence in the Tsar's arbitra-
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
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BERLIN, June 17th. A National Jubiles Subscription Fund, amounting to £100,000, for missions in German Colonies and Protectorates, was
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banishment be www
The fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary
A Chinese was sentenced to a month's Board was held yesterday, Mr. D. W. Tratman presided, and thoro were: alas imprisonment and four hours' stocks for present Messrs. F. B. L. Bowley, Ng house-breaking at Wanchai, and Hon Tez, Chan Kai. Ming, Dr. F. Clark returning from (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. W. ordered further six months' detention. Pearse (Assistant Medical Officer of AWS AND AMMONITION IN SCCREF DRAWER. Health), and Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands
Inspector Cameron proceeded against (Secretary).
two Chinese, a man and a women, for THE PEAR CLUB.
being in unlawful possession of a rovotver A letter from Government relative to and two rounds of ammunition:
Mr.
of Japanese trade, he said, kd been largely tion, the actual situation is still regarded handed to the Emperor to-day. Of this the erection of a urinal at the Peak Club H. C. Faithful defended. It appeared
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with considerable apprehension. overthrow of the Servian Cabinet implies disapproval of any yielding on the part of Servia. The newspapers of Sorvia and Greece continue their violent attacks on Bulgaria, the Press of which replies with equal neerbity.
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The newspapers of Viotina aro turbed by the tone of the Tsar's telegram to the Balkan States, and have opened a casupaign against any assumption by fussia of the supreme leadership of the Balkan States.
eduented nation, and that its demands vere themfore greater. Earlier in the discussion a Japanese speaker had pointed out that the foreign trade of Japan had increased 90 per cont, in ten years, and. Mr. Inc expressed the opinion that the solution of the problem of trade development in the Est would be found by those interested in the Far Eastern trade taking up "the attitude of gaurdians of China and instructors of her people in order to develop the country and Per Case Formate the people stronger, so that they can produce more and consume more." Cheers. we observe, greeted this expression of
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Renewed bellicosmess is manifested in
Belgrade, where the terms of King Fordinaad's reply to the Tear is con- sidered as insulting to the Servians.
THE SUFFRAGETTE LEADER,
LONDON, June 17th. Mrs. Pankhurst, who was re-arrested for attending the funeral of Miss Davi-
the recovery of France or even the plic nomenal prosperity of Germany. Both hure been beneficial to British trade. Germany, in fact, has coms to be Great Britain's largest customer. So it is with the countries of Asia "A poor China must recessarily mean a poster England, whereas an educated, developed and cariched China | son, has been released. ungt of necessity mean a richer England also." This is sodbevilene dbal ituit. temarkable that any prejudies should. has established its reputationist among thinking Europeans against as THE LEADING SCOTCH European educational activities in China. WHISKY IN THE EAST.
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MID CHINA UNIVERSITY.
LONDON, June 17th..
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aum £125,000 will go to the Protestant and £45,000 to the Catholic missions.
THE HONOURS LIST.
The Jubilee Honours List is notable for the fact that no less than five Admirals are onnobled,
CELEBRATIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS." The Emperor and Empress havo received world wide congratulations on their jubilee. Enthusiastic celebrations The took place throughout Germany. newspapers agree that the Kaiser's great achievement was building up the navy.
The Kaiser received a British deputa tion and assured then that he would con tinue his efforts to promote Anglo-German friendship.
was read atating that the Governor-in-that a lukong visited No. 22, Hillside Council approved of the recommendation Terrace, Shaakiwan, and found the of the Board that the application for a cerolver and ammunition in a drawer urina) be granted subject to the provision who false bottom. The female defen- of an independent and adequate water
supply.
WAS THE BOARD SLIGHTED? The following letter from Government Inglative to the sraction of four urinals at the new Chinese restaurant now being erected on Inland Lot 1353 was read Sir, I am instructed to inform you that His Excellency the Governor-in-Council has granted permission to Messrs. Palmer & Turner to construct four urinals at the new Chinese restaurant now being erected on Inland Lot 1353, subject to the pre- vision of an independent and adequate water supply. Messrs. Palmer & Turner the source of supply suggested by thent have been informed that If at any line should fail it will be necessary for their clients to provide an adequate supply of Gov-water by sinking a well and pumping
Sir William Goschen, the British Ambassador, presented the British
ernment's good wishes,
King Georgo sent his personal con- gratulations to the Kaiser.
SPANIARDS AND MOORS.
LONDON, June 17th, The Spaniards at Tetuan defeated the Moors, capturing the heights of Bouselein after a desperate engagement. The Span- iards had 36 and the Moors 300 killed.
INTERNATIONAL POLO.
NEW YORK, June 17th.
dant was present when he found the articles, but the man was out. The case against the woman was withdrawn by the prosecution, and she was called as witness. Eventually the case was. adjourned until Wednesday week in order that the Magistrate might see the drawer.
STOWAWAY'S TALES. Inspector Kerr prosecuted two Chinese before Mr. Melbourne for stowing away on board the 9,s. Borneo, bound for this port from Sandakan. It was stated that the men were discovered on the compradore collecting the tickets. The first defendant said he had $200, but lost it-His Wor gamblet (Laughter.) Dofondant: 1 ship:Did you lose it in a nico, quiet never gamble. I had $100 with me, and the man who took me to Singapore stole
his Worship that the ship did not call at, it from me-Inspector Herr informed Singapore.-The second man said that Ite would pay the "times were bad." amount of his passage (812) if given time when he got money in Hongkong.-In answer to the Magistrate, the Inspector said there was not a great deal of this going on, He had had a fow cases from The PRESIDENT The only intimation I Shanghai and two or three from Singa- have is the letter from the Colonial Sec-pore. Defendants were each, fined $60, or
in default one month. retary.
water from it.
Mr. BOWLEY minuted-Do the urinals connect with a sewer or drain? If so, the action of the Governor-in-Council appears to be altra circs section 162.
Mr. BOWLEY-May I ask if there was any appeal to the Governor-in-Council under section 285 3
Mr. BOWLEY-1 think, Six, the Board should ask for some explanation of this procedure. It seems rather extraordinary that certain public discretion being vested
ARMY OFFICER AND TRAM CONDUCTOR. Before Mr. Melbourne, Lieutenant Gilpin, of the R.G.A., was charged with assaulting: # tramway conductor at Taikon. According to the complainant,
A' meeting will be held in the House of Commons on Wednesday to consider the advisability of asking the Government to
The receipts of the two international in this Board, and this Board having the defendant got on the car at Taikoo unanimously refused to grant permission. Thre
that the same matter should come before Dockyard and without warning, or with- Three cases of plague were reported in permit a certain amount of the Boxer
Indemnity to be assigned to the proposed America associations.exture a net profit the Governor-in-Council, who, without out reason, struck him with his closed fist yesterday's return.
The Garrison Orders reproduce a War Office notification of the promotion of Lieutenants Denison Pudasy and Ernest D. Matthews of the R.G.A, to be Cap-
tains.
A Chinese, aged about 50, either fell or jumped over the Praye wall into the Harbour on Monday. He was rescued by a boatman and an Indian constable, and removed to hospital.
British University for Central China. Lord Loreburn is to preside, and Lord William, Cecil and Professor W. E. Soothill, ex-President of Shausi Univer- sity, will speak.
THE HOME RULE CAMPAIGN.
LONDON, Juno 17th. Mr. W. Redmond and Mr. Devlin opened the Home Rule campaign in glasgow on Monday night.
Mr. Redmond said that Sir E. Carson, The bound copies of the Report of the General Committee of the Hongkong the modern King Canute, had better give General Chamber of Commerce for 1912 up the attempt to order the tide not to
are now ready and we are indebted to the flow. Scoretary for a copy of the same.
Sir E. Carson and his colleagues addressed a demonstration in Norwich. THE TERRA NOVA" AT HOME.
LONDON, June 17th.
polo games amounted to £102,000,
of £35,000.
OIL FOR THE NAVY.
LONDON, June 17th. Ai question time in the House of Com- mong Mr. Asquith said that none of the Liberal party funds had been invested in Mexican oil shares.
Mr. Churchill announced that the Government was most active in securing and developing the oil supplies of the Empire. The Admiralty's immediate ask, howeyer, was to provide definite quantities of oil for the next few years, FRENCH TRIENNIUM SERVICE BILL
PARIR, June 17th. The Chamber of Deputies has concluded the general debate on the Triennium Ser- vice Bill
It
The officer said that the any further reference to this Board, on the face, reverses the decision of the Board. The trams were always leaving from Shauki- resolution in this matter was moved, I wan in advance of their proper time, and believe, by the Hon. Mr. Hewett, who, he and other officers at the barracks had unfortunately, is not here to-day, and I complained to the conductors about it. The The complainant left three minutes early do not know his view of the matter. resolution came up in my absence, and I He came round the corner at the Roman, Catholic School, and the car was just 100 havo no views one way or another. seems to me that this Board should have yards away. He shouted to the conductor some explanation of the apparently to stop the car, but he took no notice of Defendant said he thought the arbitrary procedure of the Governor-in-him,
trouble was that they had complained so Council in this matter.
often that these people were getting " fed culated contains oxtain explanations. I remember that the first objection raised by Mr. Hewett was that the nullahs from which it was proposed to take the water
The PRESIDENT-I think the letter eir
The letter supply rau dry in winter,. makes an addition to the usual formula "independent and adequate supply." It says "constant,"
Mr. BoWLEY--I would ask that this mat ter stand over till the next meeting in order that I may move a resolution.
This was agreed to.
MACAO MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The prompt action of a wharf coolic and Chinese constable 97 was instrumental in saving the life of a Chinese servant boy, aged 13, who fell into the water from
At a banquet to which the members of the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company's wharf. The two the Terra Nova ship were entertained at men plunged into the water and fished Cardiff, it was announced that Petty the boy out.
Officer Crean had at last been recom- Beginning with 'first sailing from mended for the Albert Medal. Yokohama on July 19th, the twin screw BRITISH BATTLESHIP AGROUND. agreement between the Tsar and the notified there during the week ending S., Hongkong Maru (11,000 tons) will be placed in the T.K.E. intermediate service. between San-Francisco and Oriental
LONDON, June 17th.
The battleship Magnificent, while re- Port, and will in the future maintain a turning to Plymouth from firing practice regular service together with the 6.5in the Channel, struck the rocks between Nippon Mara as an intermediate ship.
Penlee and Caw Saud in a denso fog. She
Mr. J. H. Gardiner, who appeared for is no immediate danger, and the vessels the plaintiff in an action heard before which accompanied her are standing by. Mr. Justice Kemp in the Supreme Court yesterday, apologised to his Lordship for Assistance has been asked from Devonport the absence of the plaintiff and her wit by wireless. news. They had left for the Court We have often commented-upon the short-before him, but had not arrived. Evon- sighted view which many foreigners are tually they reached the Court and the case prore to take regarding the development of was commenced.
A later message states that the battle- un- ship was re-floated practically damaged.
CHINESE ON BRITISH SHIPS. the Asiatic countries, viz., that by training"
With reference to a statement appear
LONDON, June 17th.. the Asiatic peoples in Western industrial
ing in the columns of a contemporary sciences, the Western nations are doing to the effect that the authorities recently
Mr. Havelcek Wilson, of the South something which will ultimately prove warned the inhabitants of certain houses Shields Seamen's Union, will henceforth employing every shipowner suicidal to their own interests. These in the locality of the recent collapse, we oppose same people would doubtless also say are officially informed that no such warn Chinese. This is regarded as better than that it is unpatriotic on the part of an ing was given by the Public Works De spending money on strikes, Englishman or a Frenchmen to drink to thepartment and that no report of any kind toast of the contluued prosperity and regarding the buildings had reached that development of Germany, as so many of us office up to the time of the disaster, have done this week. Rightly viewed, it is nothing of the kind, and we are prompted
HIPPRODROME CIRCUS.
still
BRITISH MINISTER TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
LONDON, June 17th. Sir Louis Mallet has been appointed British Minister to Constantinople: MINISTERS AND MARCONI SHARES.
M. Barthou, the Prime Minister, denied that the Bill was the outcome of an
President last summer, but pledged bis. word that their Ally was making a parallel effort so that both Armies would be ready for all eventualities.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, June 17th. The Marquis of Northampton died suddenly at Acqui in Italy.
A HARBOUR MYSTERY. On Sunday the body of a Chinese in tery advanced stage of decomposition was found in the harbour. It was enveloped in a sack, and a rope, with a stone attached, was tied round the neck. The o circumstances suggest murder, but where it was committed is unknown.
INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
The mortality statistics from Macao showed that one case of plague, was
18th May and one case during the follow ing week.
up with it," and were becoming insulent. -His Worship suggested that his pur-
to make a written complaint to Mr. would be served better if he were Kennedy, the manager, who would be
sce
pleased to
that the matter was rectified.--The officer further said that the men were supposed to put on their time sheets the time they arrived and departed. but there was nothing on this man's sheet. Defendant was bued $2.
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE - PHILIPPINES,
AMERICAN CAPTAIN AND EIGHT MEN KILLED.
A telegram from Jolo, dated the 12th inst., appearing in the Manila Calienein
says:-
JOLO, June 13th. Datto Amil, the leader of the recal- citrans Moros who, at his suggestion, entrenched themselves on Mount Bagsak THE CHINESE LOAN.
hay fought his last fight and has been gathered unto his forefathers with a XOTEING FOR VERY SMALL APPLICANTS.
He was farge number of his brethren. shot through the heart in one of the rushes The Times of May 24th says:
that were made yesterday in the taking of As was expected, letters of allotment the Moro fortifications. Just how many and regret were posted last night in of his followers were killed with him is respect to the London portion of the not known, but the fight has more than Chinese Reorganization Loan of 1913. It decimated his torce; it has well nigh has not been found possible to allot any annihilated it.
thing to applicants for very small While little headway has been made amounts owing to their unexpectedly since yesterday when but one cotta re- large number. The aggregate total mained to fall into the hands of our men, applied for was about 12 times the amount the punitive expedition has just about offered. The following is the scale on completed its work. which applications were dealt with :----
Amount of Application.
·100-200 - ...
300-1,900 2,000 2,900 3,000-6,000 6,100-20,000 20,100-25,000 25,300-500,00Li
509,100-1,000,000
Amount Alletted.
Nil.
£100 orch. €200
£300
5 per cent. £1,000 each.
4 per cent. -£20,000
SUCCESS OF THE BERLIN ISSUE.
It is officially stated that the 26,000,000
.
FORTHCOMING CURRENCY 18SUE. It is reported from Pelting that in view: of the fact that the Quintuple loan has Bu largely over-subscribed, the boen French, German, and English banking houses concerned have decided on an early issue of the currency loan.
The resistance is expected to be very determined and Gen- eral Pershing, in keeping with his former plans to protect his men from all unneces
is not unduly pushing the sary risk, attack upon the Inet fortification.
Lieutenant Edwin II. Rackley of the $1st Moro Company of Scouts, was injured in the foot and two infantrymen and eloven scouts were wounded.
"The fight was a hot one while it lasted and resulted in the capture of the entire Moro position with the exception of one cotta, which was expected to be in the hands of the attacking forces. by nightfall.
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The fight at Sahipa's cotta was waged from early morning also, but without casualties among the American forces."
"The honour of the American troops in Bagsak, the Jolo bas boon vindicated: stronghood of the renegade Moros who sent there to enforce the disarmament hurled insults at the sons of Uncle Sam order issued by General Pershing, has
We are informed by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., the general man-issued in Berlin of the Chinese loan was agers of the above Company, that they subscribed more than five times over. have received a telegram from the Head Office at London to the effect that the to refer to the subject again by the receipt
annual general mecting of shareholders from the Secretary of the Chamber of The circus at Causeway Bay
will take place on the 24th inst., that the Commerce of a pamphlet containing a attracting large audiences, and this
anderwriting account stands at £30,546 LONDON, June 17th. verbatim report of the speeches made in an popularity should be maintained as now
and that £2,000 has been written off the After interesting discussion on "Trade Devolop-attractions are added. Hosts of local and
Mr. George Cave, K.C., will move the expenses of the debenture issue. anents in the Far East," which took place professional talent are promised for Fri-
That this House the dividend of April last, there remains under the auspices of the London Chamber day night on the occasion of the benefit following Opposition resolution on the providing for the usual depreciation and
Marconi debate: to Colonel Bob Love. of Commerce last February. Principal
A matines takes place this afternoon, regrets the transactions of certain a balance of £23,060, out of which the W. E. SOOTHILL (formerly head of Shansi
and young people should be given the Ministers in American Marconi shares Board of Directors recommend the pay University), who was one of the speakers, opportunity of enjoying the novelties and and the want of frankness displayed by ment to the holders of preferred ordinary resigned to go into business. Mr. John boldly charged up the sides of the
the entertainment which the Hippodrome Ministers in their communications on the shares of e per cent for the year 1912,
carrying forward £14,08%. Circus prosents.
arged, and very rightly, we think, that it was, in the intereste of Great Britain
subject to the House,"
Vice Consul General N T. Johnson has been appointed American Senior Assisor und Consular Judge at Shanghai in succession to Mr. F. W. Hadley, who has
as Deputy Consul General and Inter- preter. K. Davis has been appointed to Shanghai
falles, and a number of the outlaws have paid for their defiance with their lives.
The victory was not without its bitter- ness however for the American forces
as they lost Captain Taylor A. Nichols, who was
Two enlisted men of shot through the herd an instantly
mountain retreat. killed while leading his mea
for the fag, and five Moros of the Scout companies fell in the line of duty: the 8th Infantry also sacrificed their lives