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The Director of Public Works having sworn a feud. The fiery cross may not havo summoned them-Chinese clau coun-
warned the occupants of Nos, 39 and 41, try being more densely populated than the Tung Street that the houses were in 2 Scottish Highlands-but the Chinese clan in dangerous condition, asked the police to descending upon an enemy will have its
ser that the occupants were removed. The clarionets uttering their shrill delingen toecapants were all removed in safety, the enemy, and the gongs and tom tome bing benten with a vigour intended--to- aistain the courage of the warriors. Some people might describe the man so gathered as a rabble, and in some respects that might
The hearing was resumed before Mr. stands charged with committing murder Melbourne of the case in which a Chinese
on the Fausang, Further evidence was given by the Chief Officer of the vessel. be true, but the scene is not without its | Mr. F. C. Perkins, and the case was picturesque tontoh. Only last mouth wo adjourned. read of one of the biggest clan fights of undern times having taken place at Suawei. It lasted over two weeks, and in all about 20,000 people were engaged in the affray,
which dreadful carnage was wrought
hundreds of men being killed and villago. destroyed. The Chinese clan, like the old Scoltisk clan, traged its descent from a common progenitor, but though the origin of the older Scottish clans is lost in the mists of antiquity the Chinese clans can boast a greater antiquity, their well-kept genealogies extending backwards
The weekly return of the Medical Officer of Health shows that three cases of diphtheria, two of enteric fever and two notified in the Colony last week, and one of puerperal fever-all Chinese--wer
Japanes case of cholera nostras," seribed to eating shellfish."
The Bishop of Victor in has now returned from his recent visit to Pakhoi, Haiphong, Hanoi, and Yunnanfu. At Pakhoi the Bishop took numerous confirmations and j conducted a service at Yunnanfu. The
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DEATH OF A JAPANESE
PRINCE;
TOKYO, July 7th.
The death is announced of Prince Arisugava, one of the Shin-no
consanguinity Princes).
[Princo Ariangawa Tako-hito, was hora young; served two years from 1879 as January 13th, 1862; entered the Navy while
midshipmas on British dagship Iron Duke an China Station, then in the Channel Squadron, and further studied at the Royal Naval Col.. Greenwich; was commander of the cruiser Matsushima in the Japan-Chine War: attonded with his Princess the wedding caremony of the German Crown Prince, April 1905; visited England on his way home and was decoupted by King Edward with G.C.B., returned "home" August 26th. His Royal
of War.] Highness shortly afterwards became a full Admiral and member of the Supreme Council
THE SOTTO EXTRADITION CASE.
The hearing was resumed before Mr. F. A. Hazeland yesterday of the application for the surrender of Vicente Sotto, editor of the Philippine Republic, to the Ameri- | Government.
Mr. Brutton, continuing his speech for the defence, said he could refer his Worship to mother statement in the judg ment in the case of the U.S. ». Wong Kim Ark, which said with regard to citizenship the Supreme Court declares that resource must be bad to common law to determine who are native-born citizens.
son) objected to that being evidence at all, The Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodg
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HONGKUNG
Hongkong, 7th July, 1913. Su-May I, through the ipedijum of your paper, ask Mr. Bandmann or his representative why we are charged $3.50 for seats to witness the present produie-
nat
A Runaway Girl" as presented on Saturday night, was to my mind an imposition on the public. I should like
tickets. Yours faithfully. the present exorbitant pris of Theatre -to-hear some-xpressions-of-opinion-on-
OFFLOFFOLSKI.
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HONREONG
Ar. Brutton--I know it is not evidence, Continuing, Mr. Brutton said that by Section 1992 of
the
Revised Statutes all persons born in the United States, and not subject to 10-THE EDITOR OF THE any foreign Power, excluding Indians not
DAILY PRISK."'] taxed, aro declared to be citizens of the
Bir,--Can you say whether the pingular- (United States, Mr. Brutton quoted Mr.
ly appropriate line "To strive, to sock, to Welch's answer when he and that the find, and not to yield," inscribed on the natives of the Philippine Islands were not wooden cross to mark the place where citizens of the United States-they were Captain Scott and his brother heroe CRITICAL CONDITION 03 Filipins, which was absolutely in accord died, in the regions of the Antarctic,.
COUNT HAYASHI
with Articles of the Constitution. When is original, or a quotation.
It has a the territory was ceded the inhabitants Scriptural ring, but I am unable to trave TOKYO, July 7th.
retained the nationality of the territory it, and I have seen no reference to it being Referring to the question of naturalisa-
a quotation from anywhere. If you could Count Hayashi has had a legtion, Mr. Brutton directed attention to publish any information on the point it to a period before the Colts found their way | Ror. N. C. Pope (St. Andrew's. Kowloon / aniputated as the result of a ricsha Bryce's Commonwealth, Vol. I., page 410, | world be appreciated not only by myself"
that "the Filipino is not a United States but doubtless by many others, for 1 have mishap some months ago. He is in citizen. In the Philippines the natural inquired of several people without success
isation laws are not in force." a critical condition, and is uncon-
If theYours truly, Philippines wero a part of the United
-A READER. States the inhabitants must necessarily be seious in hospital.
[The words form the concluding line of [Court Hayashi was at one time theeitizens and the naturalisation laws must | Tennyson's poem “Ulysses.** To make the
For the purpose of the natural quotation complete three words in Japanese Minister in London, and it was apply. during his term of service that the Treatyisation laws of the United States, States
penultimate line should be given: --- of Alliance was negotiated. He is 3 years and territories were practically one und To strive, to mek, to find, and not to yield.”
Strong in will of age.]
the same. In all the States on the North Eu.] American continent naturalisation laws were in force, and the inhabitants were all citizens. In Alaska all persons resi- dent there were citizens of the United Owing to temporary interruption of States, except, of course, the uncivilised
to Britain. Mr. Dyan · Ball, in his book * Things Chinese, remarks that genealo. gies ne kept in which are noted all the igrations of the family, and so particular are the Chinesa with regard to this point that on the tombstones in some places are put the numbers of the
generations since the family came to that countryside" The anciens round which the clun gathers is the ancestral temple, and it is common know ledge that no matter in what quarter of the globe Chinese may settle temporarily they always have their eyes turned towards their
has also returned to the Colony.
The plague return for the week ended July 5th shows that there were 17 cases last week and it slenths. The total sines January 1st is shown to be 102 and the deaths. 172. All the cases have been
"uther Asiatic," } Chinese except me Since the foregoing return was made up six more cases have been reported. One of them was that of an Indian.
The wireless telephone experiments made recently at Yokohama and Kobe are
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**WE LIKE YOUR LAVENDER ancestral home. Evon Chinese born abroad considered sufficiently dreisive for the cables yesterday there was delay on tele.tribes, and the naturalisation laws ap-| ANY regard the ancestral village as their home, Nippon Yusen Kaisha to take up the grams exchanged with all places South plied. If a Filipino wanted to become i OTHER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE for there only can they worship at the invention. An installation has been set India. This explains the abscore of America, as he could not be naturalised recently sont out the following circular TO GET IN ENGLAND. (Recent Testimonial.)
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led unconsciously to the formation of clans, the members of which bearing the same name Mark Twain on reading his own recognised mutual interests. This an obituary telegraphed to the editor of the feeling would develop as it bacamo necessary paper in which it appeared that tim to resist aggression or to take messures for announcement of his death was "grossly the commnen weal, but undoubtedly the exaggerated Mr. Percy Adams, formerly most poterit factor in its development is the of the Hongkong Naval Yard, has written belief in and practice of ancestor worship. from England to friends in Hongkong tọ This is the stronghold of the system. The a similar effect on reading the announce | Chinaman may give up the ordinary worshipment of his death in Hongkong papers.
of idols, but 'ancestor worship is ingrained | His many friends will be glad to know
Messages begin to reach Hongkong from the South last night about ten o'clock, but no Fress telegrams a Eastern bad reached us by midnight,
(except Saigon, Bangkok, etc.) and with anturalised lie was compelled to go to
in the Philippines. Consul General telegrams from London in to-day's issue,
Anderson had told the Court that Muere was a daty on articles from the Philip pine Islands into the United States, and that there was no duty from America to the Philippines, and he also told them that there was no duty between one State and another. Bryce, in Vol. III., said that if they wore deemed to be a part of the United States their products would not be taxed at all. It was only fair to
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in his nature, and it in a part of himself. thrt Mr. Adams has quite recovered from FOREIGNER TAKEN BY MONGOLS. Therefore, if a man were to be ejected from
his illness,
KALOAN, July 1st.
bịs clan, it is one of the greatest dis-
Mr. H. L. Gilter, who in 1903 succeeded been captured by Mongols is most prob The foreigner who is reported to have graces that can befall him. It is bad enough to be expelled temporarily, but worse if it Mr. Drummond Hay as general manager ably Mr. Great, who left Pangkia be for a generation, while the greatest pun. of the "NA". Baily News office, left Telegraph Station on June 17th in order ishment is for a branch of the family to be Shanghai last week for Home for good. to obtain supplies for northern telegraph excluded from the clan forever. That means Our Shanghai contemporary says A stations, as regular supplies had been cut that the individual and his family cannot man of few friends, but to those few off through the disturbed conditions. The worship at the ancestral hall, the serious real friend, Mr. Giller leaves with the foreigner arrested on June 20th, 200 neas of which is apparent to those who best wishes of all who knew him, and southeast of Pangkiang, was accompanied by two Chinese merchants and a servant, know Chinese beliefa and practices especially of his colleagues to live at and this description tallies with Mr. But expulsion from the clan carries
Home with Mrs. Giller (née Miss Koek). Į Grant's party, It appears that the with it more material losses than Their Shanghaj friends will wish them foreigner left the main road with a view |to photographing a Mongol encampment, more catracism. It deprives the individual many years of happiness in a land where whereupon the Mangols effected his arrest, and the family from all the privileges the charm of the country-side is not. 3 after which they went northwards. appertaining to the clan, such as help miere namo. “
A RESCUE PARTY. in time of need, sustenance in old age. and fellowship and friendship. It may be asked in rich of the changes that are opting in China whether the clan system outlived its period of usefulness. Pressure is not deemed. No doubt the system las
of population on the land is leading to Trus, the Chinese clans are not ruled es migrations, the opening up of the country run the face. Later he went to the Grant's arrest
is showing now possibilities to men hitherto
HONGKONG, Jeux Szm, 1913.
Ir is, perhaps,not generally known that there prevails in Ching at the present time, especi. ally in South China. i clan öystem which is almost as perfect and as powerful as that which existed in the Highlands of Scotland
until after the Incobito rebellion of 1745.
were the Highlanders by hereditary chiefs. nor are their fighting instincts fostered as
At the Magistracy yesterday a Russian musician was charged before Mr. Mel bonnie with disorderly behaviour at The Perk. It was stated that he asked a lady in Chamberlain Road to give his a drink, and when she refus threatened to slap
consider what was the intention of the United States at the time of taking over these territories. He thought they could gather that from what they had done with regard to Cuba. The Americans occupied Cuba with the idea of granting the in- habitants their independence.
The Crown Solicitor-Cuba was never seded to América,
Mr. Brutton said the United States
Cuba and Perto Rien, until they gave them exercised a Protecturate with regard to sume surt of Colonial organisation. In the Philippine Islands they had nothing more or less than a Protectorate. He would quote from Hall's "International Law' presently that the ingredients for Pro- tectorate were reserved by the Treaty, The original intention of the United States when taking over these territories was to grant them their independence, and thay was the reason why the Philippines had never been incorporated. Up to 1898 the Americans had nothing outside the North American Continent. Then, when war with Spain broke out, the Hawaiian Islands were annexed, and Cuba, Porto Ries, the Philippines, and other terri-
PEKING, July 1st Mr. Henningsen, Peking Superintendent of the Chinese Telegraphs, accompanied Mr-firant-recently into Mongolia to inspect telegraph lines and stations. Mr. tories were aded by Spain to the United Heggen, went as far as Urga and States. It was clearly shown that it was returned to Peking ou June 20th, leaving in contemplation by the United States to Mr. Grant at Pangkiang.. It is under- stand that official telegrans confirm Mr. establish a Protectorate over these new possessions, or whatever they might be Mr. Bratton quoted the long answer of Mr. Welch, in examination-in-
called.
lettor :--
"DEAR FRIEND-One of the foundation principles of the Government of thei public of China is, that ovory child is entitled to and shall receive an education depends not only on the Government, 6nt How far we can carry out this principle also on the open-minded and public- spirited citizens of the republic.
The Government of Kwangtung desire to be in the forefront as regards education and expects its enlightened citizens to help in advancing this important matter..
In order to encourage nil schools, no matter what kind they may be, to con
tinue in this good work, we are glad to recognize their efforts and shall be glad to furnish them with all the aid in our power. To do this impartially we have outlined the following conditions for the registration of schools under the Buroszik of Education.
(1) All primary schools shall have a course of at least four years in length; grammar schools at least three years middle schools at least four years,
(2) All primary and grammar schools curriculum and according to the scheduled shall give instruction in those subjects named as required in the government number of hours.
(3) Optional subjects may be given, subject to the exception in No. 4, in such time as may be suitable outside of the hours required for reguler subjects.
(4) As it is against the School Law, no
fucian Classics (four books, five classics)." school may give instruction in the Con- (5) Each school shall send a copy of its curriculum to the Bureau of Education, Canton
(6) Each school shall actually give instruction as outlined in its curriculum. (7) Each school shall be willing to be inspected at any time by the Government inspector, or until one is appointed in its district, hy the District Superinten- dent of Education.
(6) All required school reports shall be made out in full, and promptly returned to the Bureau of Education - A school accepting the above conditions shall be designated as a "Begistered School" and shall receive an official scal its
of the Bureau of Education on students' certificates of graduation, said certificates to entitle them to enter any Government school of the next higher grade without examination.
A school which cannict meet these condi-
were those of the hardy clansmen of the content to live in their ancestral home charge-a-cortaïn-ngaiser - of-questions, tension Telegraph Co R÷cently he chief, to show that the Philippines were |tion may be enrolled at the Bureau, but..
warship cases to have the bold it has at prosent upon Chiness will the clan feeling diminish, though a strong administration should put an end to the internecine strife that has listed for centuries.
These might tend to the disappearance of North," but the system, sono the less. makes the tribal division, but not until ancestor for faction fights and today the Cinese claus in the South are as prone to quarte! with each other and to wage a warfare which is as cruel and viudictive as any of the sangunny fands which desolated the Scottish Highlands in the years that are happily gone. The tales of the Scottish clan struggles, with their attacks and counter-attacks, when related by a master story-teller like the" Wizard of the North." are undoubtedly thrilling and exciting, especially when imagination is stirred suffi ciently to picture the kilted warriors, with banners flying and agpipes skirting,
The English mail of the 7th Jane was delivered in London on the 5th July.
Matilda Hospital and asked the doctor in Mr. Grant is a British subject and was formerly on the staff of the Eastern
owers, but eventually was induced by special work in Mongolia, While it When ordered to lease he tore up some!
joined the Chinese Telegraph Service for the doctor to enter a cell; in which he was uncertain whether Mr. Grant's Mongol Whing renard to the Police Station it is not thought that Mr. Grant's life is confimed till the arrival of the police.raptors am tufeis or regular troops, it is believed that they are the latter, and in danger. It is expected that the Mon- gols will safely hand him over, to the Urg authorities.
he blew kisses to the ladies on the road. A fine of five dollars was imposed."
A. CAPTAIN'S DEATH.
Mr. Arthur Newburgh, second officer of The wheat harvest throughout South China Merchants s.s. Chigurn, reports Shnusi is described as the worst since 1900, to the police that shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday night he heard a splash in
A three days' fast has been proclaimed | the water, followed by shouts as if some in Yummanfu on sécount of the serions were drowning. He went up to the
ing.
Mr. Henningsen, Dr. Walf; & Panish botanist, and Mr. Giles, a journal, are leaving for Kalgan to-day with a view to geuring Mr. Grant's release, but they will probably be too late if the Mongols continued northwards, while it is difficult. to secure Mr. Grant's release by telegraph owing to the Mongol habit of proceeding cross country instead of following main -roads.
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HELD TO HANSON,
a Protectorate. In every particular the shall not receive the seal 'antil the above
requirements have been mot. Protectorate. Philippines answered a
The inhabitants of the Philippine Islands The American Government sent their own executive and their own judiciary.
had retained their own nationality a nationality independent of that of the protecting States.
The hearing was again adjourned.
LOSS OF THE “MANSHU MARU."
WRECKED ON JAPANESE COMÈT.
THE NEW EMPRESS OF ASIA,”
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TRIPS.
Information has been received at the office of the Canadian Pacific, Company that during the recent trial the Empress of Asia did a little over 213 knots on the measured mile and a little over 20 knots during the 600 mile rus. The manœuvres carried out during the trials demonstrated extraordinarily good facilities in turning, going astern and in the general handling. of the ship.
A telegram was received in Shanghai
The Empress of Asia is a sistership to Tast week anrouncing the total loss of the the Empress of Russia, which left Yoko Manshu Maru through striking the bama on Thursday, May 29th, and Coast of Hokkaido in a heavy gale.
reached Victoria on Saturday, June 7th,
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Later reports indicate that Mr. Grant marching over the beather to fight the draught from which the district is suffer. bridge deck and discovered that Mr. E. H. captors are almost certainly tufcis and battles of their chief, whose quarrel was their quarrol and whose honour was their honour.
Pratt, the master of the vessel, had it is therefore expected that he will be
The Munshu Maru, the Shanghai Mer-completing the voyage in 9 days 4 hours. held to ransom, A relief party leaves eury says, was a steel screw steamer built and entirely eclipsing all previous disappeared, having rither fallen or at daylight to-morrow with a large-sum Were these clan fights to take place to-day
A Chinese woman of the unfortunate jumped from the bridge. Boats were at of nunes intended to pay the ransom.
at Greenock by Russell & a. in 1864, Asia will also make a sirailar record,
records. It is expected that the Empresa- they would not seem to picturesque, and it class on Saturday night hoarded the one lowered, and lifebuoys were thrown. Mr. Henningen has telegraphed to a owned at Yokohama by the Toyo Kiseri Residents in the Orient, remarks the may be that, a customed as Western people steamer fengshan as she was lying at but no trace of the captain was die high official at Urga whom he knows well. Kabushiki Kaisha, 5,249 tons gross, under Japan Guzette, instead of being regarded ave to law and order, they view the ocea the wharf and threw herself into the evered. Next day his body was discovered Mr. Grant's release.
king for Mongol assistance to obtain
titne charter to The China Import and as hitherto, in the Far East, will, with The latter speaks
reference to the North American. Con- sional cla fights of Chips us ittle bett r harbour. She was rescued, however, by floating, near the breakwater at Yaunati, Chinese fluently, while tufeis in the dis Export Lumber Co., Ltd, and was on the tinent, be regarded as in the Near East ilian rots, which may be more tɑess two wharf coolics. She alleged that her having floated from West Point to that trict where he was captured also speak way to a port in the Hokkaido to load for and these palatial steamers may be con Chinese, though practically all profess the Pacific Coast at the time of the fidently relied upon to growly increase sanguinery. If the petty warfare were l'inistress told her to find a husband. Identity.
Trans-Pacific travel. allegiance to the Hutukhtu Reutersualty,