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at the idea of urging sanitary reform in Chipa. It will no doubt be replied that European cannot interfere in the internal government of a Chinese town, but hut scarcely justifies the fatalist attitude of passive, nequesconde that so often charac
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The schedule for the 1014 Flower and Vegetable Show under the auspices of the interest in questions that are in reality of Hongkong Horticultural Society has just direct and vital import to them. It is accord-been issued. There are 111 classes in the ingly a welcome surprise to find such prosaic schedule. subjects as sanitation and paplic health referred to in the Trade Report for Hanychowas the city lost last year 14,000 of its inhabitants from a 2000- bination of famino, fever, typhus, and typhoid it is readily understood why the subject thrust itself into prolainence there. His Majesty's Consul says: "Thero is
A Chinese married woman was a proached by two compatriots, who wON
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THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCE].
TIVE BY-ELECTIONS PENDING.
UNIGNI STS HOPEFUL OF READING..
LONDON, October 21st. There are now five by elect ons pending, viz-Redding, Wick, Keighley, Linlith gow and North Cark. This will be such interesting test of public opinion that the by-elections have been described forming a miniature general election, The Unionists are confident of wuming
the
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IN AMERICA,
WASHINGTON, October 21st.
PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE NEW
LINER.
Yesterday afternoon by invitation of Mr. Kusamoto, the agent of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in Hongkong, a very large number of residents inspected the new President Wilson personally decides the liner Katorimary which is now on her case of Mrs. Pankhurst, ns to whether in the first of two ship ordered specially maiden voyage to Europe The helort she shall be admitted to the United for the Company's European service States, or not, and is to confer with the She was built at the Mitsui Bishi Yard Secretary for Labour and the Immigraat Nagasaki and is of steel, of donblo bottom and claased 100 41. at Lloyd's. Her longth is 510ft, beam dift. and depth 36ft. Gin, and her gross tonnage 18 10,526. A fairly comprehensive
tion Commissioner.
Mrs. Pankhurst, who was
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The International Sleeping Car Co. is at Reading, where local sportsmen are admittance to New York, has now been description of the vessel was published in To doubt that the great mass of the popula.about to open a direct agency in a central offering three pounds, tis àve shillings on allowed to proceed after giving an under our issue of the 14th inst. from which tion living in Chinose towns, does not Position in Shanghai, as well as in a victory for Captain, Leslie Wilson, who taking that she will not preach militancy, she following extract may be made:
require, and cannot really afford, the luxury of electric light. It does badly need a good water supply and botter drainage than it can usually boast of, and its streets night with advantage be ropaved and, whenever the opportunity occurs, winced sufficiently to allow the passage, with some approach to speed, of a fair- sized fire engine." All this is sound com. mon sense, and might be applied to alurost every Chinese city. The reason why China possesses electric light but no drains is, of course, obvious the former vilde (some- times) pecuniary profits to its promoters, but the latter would give no rotura except in improved public health and a lower death rate, and that is not a dividund to attract investors. It is only by a body eutrusted with local governvient and local finance that such a problem can be properly dealt with, and that presupposes a degree of organization to which China has not yet attained, and, moreover, it is to be feared that even if she possessed properly elected and recognized town councile they would be loath to spend money on invisible improve. ments of this nature. If foreigners have, from long use, grown habituated to China's iosanitation, it would take nothing short of a miracle to get the Chinese themselves to recognize that, eg, the provision of proper drainage and sanitation is a primary and essential part of the duties of every town But oven if generations must elapse before (Spencer Co 's), A fragrant wach problevis will be dealt with in a Mild and fine scientific manner and as a public duty, Indian Cigar flavour Per Box of 50 $2.75 there is no reason why steps should not be taken to abolish song of the worst aluses. A. S. WATSON & CO.. while the need is urgent. There is but
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duced the disease will not find a favourable soil for its development," writes an Egyptian Medical Officer, and the words are coually applicable to China. How far Chins is from being in this condition ja
best illustrated from a report by Dr. STANLEY, the Health Officer of Shanghai
The population of the worst part of Sinza live to a great extent in boate, yet it cannot be
floating
Open called
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Peking and Tientsin.
This innovation, remarks a contemporary, should prove great convenienos to the travelling public, particularly those who use the Siberian route
A man was arrested on Monday at West Point for being in possession of a small quantity of ammunition. He was searched in the Police Station, and sewn up inside his waistcoat were found 160, sovereigas.. It was stated that the man had returned from abroad At the Magistracy yesterday he was fined $250.
or three months' imprisonment.
opposed Sir Rufus Isades in 1910. Yester day the Liberala selceton Mr G. P. Gooch, M.A., who represented Bath in the Liberal interests from 1900 to 1910. Mr. Gooch is joint editor of the Contemporary lleview.
THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE KAISER
Western A Defendant
and that at the conclusion of her lecture engagements she will leave the country.
HOME RULE NEXT SESSION
LONDON, October 21st Speaking at Griffithstown, Mr. B. McKen don't with the question of land reform, remarking that it was unneces sary to speak of the old battle of Home Rule, which, he contended, would become lay next session.
"While
utility and comfort were evidently the first considerations in the design and equipment of the ship, great pains have boon taken with the decora
rive, boon tal tion and the principal passenger apart- ments on board will bear comparison in that respect with the finest ships trading to the Far Esst. The ship's name is taken from the famous Katori Temple, the latter lava boen reproduced in the near Tokyo, and many of the beauties of
decorative work of the seamer. At the ontry gangways,. handsomely-carved panels represent the entrance to the. Temple. Katori is the god of war, so arrows and other ancient wenpons and
walls of the smoking saloon, which is a equipment are ounningly carved on the very comfortable apartment, on the promenade deck; Japanese oak (nara) is used for 1911 so on the
BELLIN, October 21st, The Crown Prince, replying to the Chancellor, greatly regrets that his private letter to the Chancellor on the At the Magistracy yesterday, before
SANITARY BOARD. Mr FA. Hazeland, Mr. Lauritsen, the 16th inst., in regard to Prinz Frust proprietor of the Dragon Motor Garage Augus, and the Throne of Hanover, was The fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary was charged with allowing one of his publicly mentioned, and adds that the Board was held yesterday, the President motor-cars (No, 8) to proceed along idea of a portion of the Prest that he of the Board (Mr. D. W Teatman) prohibited street, namely,
had taken up an attitude in opposition - There were also present effectively used for the panelling of this Street, on the 4th October,
The Hot Mr. L. R. Hailifux, Colonel stated that the car No 6 was not on the to the Kaiser is totally false. Moreover, Irwin, Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Dr. Fitz promenade deck, is daintily furnished, streels on the day in question until mid-be says the Chancellor's lotter, explain igne, and he produced his books ining Prussia's standpoint, greatly con- corroboration of his assertion. Acting tributed to the clearing up of the whole Sergt. Head said car No. 8 was the ons matter in bis (the Crown Prince's) mind. he saw in Western Street on the after noon of the 14th inst. Two Chinese detectives were with him at the time, and there were two people in the car. Defen dant said he could call abundant evidence
his whole staff if necessary to prove that the car was not out on the 14th. The case was adjourned for further evidence.
AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS.
SERVIA YIELDS TO FRESSURE,
LONDON, October 21st. Reuter's Agency learns that in response to the strong representations
from Austria and Germany Servia has now The following is taken from a Manila informed the Powers that she has ordered contemporary-Dean C. Worcester, the withdrawal of her troops from Conrad P.
and Ilstheway an Elliott Albania, C. Bacon tre not the only cele brities leaving on
the Nile this morning Far be it from such, for a perisal of the passenger list at the Pacific Conimercial Company's office yesterday disclosed the startling fact that among the passengers were Professor Jock Kennedy
EXTRAORDINARY COLLISION IN
GERMANY,
HARNUM'S CIROUS LIONS ESCAPE.
Lenzio, October 21st.
Atram-car collided with Barnum and and the Hon. Teddy Barnes. There was no mistake, it was there in big type Bailey's circus in one of the strrots, Prof. Jock Kennedy and the Hon. Teddy and eight lions escaped, causing an Barnes The passenger list further indescribable panic. One of the animals disclosed that Prof. Kennedy's occupa-
williams. Mr. Ng Hon Taz, Mr. Chan Kai Ming. Dr. Francis Clark (Medien Officer), D) W. Pearse (Assistant Medical Oficer), and Mr. W Bowen-Rowlands (excretary').
THE ESTIMATES.
saloom
The
the panelling, grand piano, seats, and tables are of satin wood and the upholstery is in harmony with the general scheme. The stained glass win- dows and other ornamentation of tho
In accordance with notice, Mr. BOWLEY | Fujiware era which was the age asked the following questions:
1. His the Government scknowledged the report of the Select Committee on the estimates for 1014 adopted by the Board on the 20th May last and for warded to the Government
Rocial hail and dining saloon are of th
gorgeous not Japan. In the dining saloon the spill table, oblong and round, has been adopted beautiful wooden acrong before the doors obviate drought and other discomforts.
To what extent has the Government included the recommendations con- tained in that report in the draft estimates for 1934 now, before the Legislative Council, and have any "reasons been given hy Government for
not adopting any of such recommend
tions
The PRESIDENT replied --As soon as received these questions I referred the matter to the Government. The first the second is under consideration, and as question has been already dealt with and
soon as i reply is received I will circulate the papers,
Mr. BowLay-I do not know whether I om in order in discussing these questions,
The prettiest apartment on the ship is the children's room at least the children will think so. Large pictures of Japanse children playing various games are worked in the pannelling and even the curtains and windows are designed to interest and amuse the tiny passengers
Those who inspected the ship yesterday atmosphere of comfort and luxury which could not fail to be impressed with the
pervades the ship in every direction.
Altogether the hatori-mary can carry
third-class. The vessel's gross tonnage is elas 10 special third-class, and 168 364 passengers 112 first class, 60 second
10,520 and act tonnage 6,428. Her sperd on trials was 16.7 knots, the vessel in
The cargo capacity of
tion was that of banker, while the Hon. entered a hotel and ascended the staircase, but I understand that these estimates Captain Murai, formerly
Teddy Barnes put himself down as merchant. Jock Kennedy, as nearly everybody na Manila knows, is No. 2 man ia the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Where the title of Profes sor sprung from is hard to say, Possibly it has been conferred on him by the University and carelessly overlooked by the newspapers. The Hon. Teddy Barnes
terrorising all the inmates, Eventually the police shot six of the lions. There are still two alive and free,
IN MEMORY OF NELSON,
LONDON, October 21st. The decoration of Nelson's monument in Trafalgar Square was carried out on is connected with the firm of Warner, an even more elaburate scale then Barnes & Company. Heretofore he had previously. The decorativo scheme in modestly omitted his title, Rumour laded & ecloured portrait of the great
has it that Professor Kennedy is going to Hongkong to claim a bride. The Hon: admiral, while Bombay and Natal were Teddy Barnes is to be best-man. It is conspicuous representatives among the said that already preparations are being floral tributes. made to welcome the newly wedded eouple to be, on their roturn to Manila."
ENTERTAINMENTS.
A concert by Fraulein Dora yon Möllendorff is announced to be given in St. Andrew's Hall on Tuesday, Novembar 4th Fraulein von Möllendorff is violinist who has earned the highest
MARSHALL,-On October 15, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs O. W. MARSHALL, a daughter.
MARRIAGES.. HEWITT INGLIS.-On October 15th, at
Janghai, Captain DubLEY RIDDI
HEWIT LA to MARJORIE MIDDLEMANS younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs, W. F. INGLIS, of Shanghai, CORBETT KENNY-On October 15, at population, because even when the tide Shanghai, KATRANITE KENNY to is high only some of the bouts are Ross JOHN COREETT, of Changsha,
DEATH A
in sufficiently deep water to float. There Itoss.-On October 15, at Shanghai, James is no proper waterway through the creek,
MACKIE RO88.
which is full of stegnant stinking filth, on which the boats rests. The banks of this pestilential filth reservoir are covered with heaps of decomposing refuse, and neware trickles down into it from the neighbouring huts and alley ways. Besides this pestilen tial creek, each hut on its banks stauds on a piece of ground saturated with filth, for each is surrounded with a colly wherein ONE of the great dangers of living among refuse is thrown, and from which a people of an inferior, degree of civilization nothing prevents it sinking into the is that of becoming so habituated to their ground," and so on, ad navicam. This lower standard of living that it is locked
was written fifteen years ago of the Chinese upen as the normal thing, and the idea of suburbs of Shanghai, but it is true to-day of any amelioration of their circumstances, if almost every Chinese city which is not it arises, is dismissed as revolutionary or blessed with system of natural drainage, unnecessary. Europeans in Chius have The entire absence of vital statistics mukes Avoided this danger, so far as they them- selves aro concerned, oy, wherever possible, of human life resulting from these con- it impossible to estimate the annual wastage segregating themselves and even where ditions, but it must be enormous, and if it there is not au organized foreign coucession could be demonstrated in actual figures or settlement, forming a little colony of their own in which they are able to enforce the need for the creation of some body that might convince Peking of the urgency of in some degree the elementary principles of
should be competent to deal with such public health and order. At the same time, questions of public health and to raise the there is ground for saying that Europeans funds for the purpose, unless a view that is in China have become so accustomed to the sometimes expressed is held there also unsanitary and unclean life of their Chinese we allude to the idea that it is essential for neighbours that it does not cause them the Chim that there should be the cheeks anxiety that it properly should; when we imposed by famine and pestilence to coun-
The Court Cards are to open in considor, for instance, the panic that isteract the tendency towards over-population, Hongkong for a
short season on Novem caused by an epidemic of small-pox in an
a doctrina which, if carried to ite-logical her 10th, Mr. Vaughan Smith, the Euglish town, it might be thought that the fact that the same disease was endemic inclusion, iurplies that all the doctors who advance agent, arrived in the Colony are working in China are her warstenemies,
yesterday to make the necessary arrange- ments. The previous visit of this little Company to the Far East established them
count upon a very successful season here. Mr. Warwick, Miss Fane, Mr. Palmer, and other favourites are still with the
papers of their recent successful tour
the Chinese town would be a cause of per- and would be rendering her better service petual and grave anxiety to the foreign
ercominis from critics in Europe, and fovers of music are assured of a rare treat.
THE BATTLE. RECALLED.
come up for discussion before the Legisla Live Council on Thursday. Would it not be possible for some information to be given to this Board before the estimates pass through the Council?
The PRESIDENTI will endeavour to obtain that information either this after. noon or tomorrow.
This concluded the business-
CHINA'S CUSTOMS TARIFF.
DEMAND FOR” REVISION,
PEKING; October 15th. The Foreign Minister, in & circular letter to the Legations, says:
12,342 tons of 40 cubic feet and the derricks will deal with weights up to 40
zuzki-maru, has been appointed to of the the command of the ship, which is the Japanese seaman. Mr. J. II. Wilson, of largest passenger liner in charge of
the Mitsu Bishi Dockyard and Engino Works, is making the round trip as guarantee engineer, o
CAPTURED MISSIONARIES
RESCUED
4 talegram from Tsao yang (Hupeh) to the Peking Daily News of the oth inst. stated
All the foreigners fo
[captured by bri- gends under the leadership of the White Wolf"] have been rested, comprising three Americans and five Norwegians. The three Americans are Mr. and Mrs. Holm and their child. The Norwegians are Mr. and Mrs. Fausk The Customs Tariff for the importation two children and Mr. Sether. The two of foreign goods has been onforced for a men are living skeletons, The children decade, and consequently the torm has were for ten days hidden under straw expired. The Whichiaoph notified the For the first three days, they were with- Legations on August 14, 1912 of China's out water; later they had water, but for intention to request the revision of the some days almost no food was obtainable evidence was re-constructed chiefly on thetam As the Min Kin (Republien) The bandits searched their hiding place matter in the ships log book, extracts which were printed.
A blue-book issued yesterday contained a report of the Admiralty Committee on Nelson's tactics at Trafalgar.
tactics at
The
STRIKE EPIDEMIC SPREADING;
MORE MEN OUT AT DUBLIN.
of
LONDON, October 21st.
Port Pcard have struck work, they Three hundrad employees of the Dublin
having refused to handle "tainted
performing at the Victoria Theatre, is a De Villiers, the illusionist, who is now truly wonderful magician with an exton
performances are worthy of a crowded sive variety of marvellous tricks, and his
audience every time. Hongkong has been supply of the city is threatened.
three pr visited during the past year or by
illusionists, hut De Villiers has not been four exceptionally good
excolled by either of them.
̈coa E As a consequence, the power
MR. SULZER,
NEW YORK; October 21st.
The Progressives in the sixth assembly
district have nominated Mr. Sulzer as a candidate for the Assembly election on
the 4th November.
OBITUARY
Lendor, October 21ab. announced of
The death
is"
When
Government has now entered upon full and and thrust bayonets through the straw, forzoal relations with all friendly nations, grazing their hidden limbs.
dis both foreign and native trods will uncovered, the women and children were doubtedly develop. Strict revision is there treated well. They were taken to the fore necessary so that both the revenue and Chief's Yamen almost exhausted from mercantile conditions can be benefited. fear and lack of suitable food,
(Signed) One hundred buildings were Junt. Hoping for an early reply, etc. SUM PAO-CHI
About one hundred of the populace were The Legations do not expect the old killed, numbers flagged unmercifully,
will be gone into thoroughly and a two hundred are reported to have heen question of increasing the duties above and girls and wonen outraged. About ave per cent, to be brought up, but there fifty bandit spies, more than a hundred appears to be no doubt that the matter of the brigands were killed in sorties, and revision be effected in fines, making the killed during the escape. More than a
five per cent, duty effective, which it is thousand troops are in close pursuit. not now, owing to the fixing of the rates
on certain goods when the price of silver EXPLORATION IN CENTRAL ASIA, is high, the result at present being that the actual duty some lines of goods is approximately three per cont-leuter.
BAGUIO TO BE SOLD OUT AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
IRA. STEIN'S NEW 31SSION.
Bir Aure Stein, R.CLE., Super- intendent of the Frontier Circle of the Archeological Survey of India, has been deputed by the Government of India, with the sanction of the Secretary of State, The Cutlences-American says
to resume hie archeological and geo Delegate Apacible has introduced into graphical explorations in Central Asia the Assembly a resolution providing that and westernmost China, in continuazion Manila shall be the headquarters of the of the work be carried out between 1906 Philippine Government at all times of an 1908, the milk results of which are. the year, and without interruption what
ever. He claims in the prologue of the set forth in his "Kuins of Deser: Cathay," the resolution that it cost the Government published in two volumes last year. for his journey to the border of Chinese. that the expenditure is unwarranted this occasion the route which leads under the circumstances. He also holds through the Darel and Tangir territories, that the expense is not authorized by the
settlement, and that efforts would be killing people than in healing them. We in popular favour, and they can confidently Examiner of Plays, Mr. C. H. Brook 200,000 pesos a year to go to Baguio and Turkestan on the Pamirs he is taking on
constantly being made to eradicate the cannot countenance such views as these, and
enuse, whereas it is no exaggeration to say when the Government will have time and can only hope that the day will soon come
held.
that many Europeans, uuonsciously per funds to devote to such "minor" reforms Company, and the reports in the Indian Arthur Chamberlain, the Chairman of for the sale of all Government property by a European. Sir Aurel Stein will
haps, look upon endemic sinall-pos and.
rreurring plague as the established order of
this, and at least the gravest offences things for a Chinese town, aut could laugh against public health will be eradicated.
The death has taken place of Mr.legislatore. The resolution also provides which have not been previously visited",
in Baguio and the reversion of its selling be accompanied by his old travel com- price to the insular treasurer, The Panion, Rai Bahadur Lal Singh, who,
property at once.
show that they will be coming with a new Kynock's, a brother of the Rt. Hon auditor is to be authorized to sell the with a second surveyor, will assist him
repertoire and an enhanced reputation.
Joseph Chamberlain.
in topographical work.: