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when it is mentioned that there are some 360 rapids to be met with up to Kwailin-fu, the former capital of Kwangel Province, and that the whole river partakes of this nature from a point about thirteen li from Wuchow upwards to its source. Then, too, 08 many local navigators can testify, the West River itself badly needs attention, up as far as Nanning, and perhaps further. The great aim of any scheme for improvinga river should be to keep its waters well within the bed of the stream, especially in the Summer months. Not only would skilled attention to the needs of these. waterwaye prevent the all too frequent overflowing of the banks, with the con- sequent danger to life and property in the villages, but the quicker transit possible would advantage the country in many ways. It is interesting to recall in passing that when the rebellion broke out in Kreiliu fu
in 1904 it took the native troops under the Viceroy CHEN CHEN HOUN some four weeks to reach the scene of the disturbance from Canton, whereas if the river had been as navigable as it may and should bothey could have been there in a couple of days or so, The facilities which the improvement of this. waterway would give for the transport of minerals, thereby giving encouragement to mining enterprise in a district rich in miseral wealth, would alone constitute n the authorities to give прод strong claim up the question of the improvement of this waterway their favourable consideration A uniform depth of some three feet would be quite sufficient for the purpose of motor launch traffic were nothing further than this done the gain would be immense. In most of the rivers in South China and Tonking the depth of water in Winter is inadequate for my kind of navigation, wille in the Summer months the volume of water is so considerable and its velocity so ourse of the navigable great that the course of the channel is constantly shifting, the banks frequently got washed away, and the silt which gathers in the centre of the river oftan prevents even the smallest of flat- bottomed boats from using what should be, and could easily be made, a constantly fow ing and navigable stream. The present Director of the Bureau of Navigation A. S. WATSON & CO.. (Mr. LUNG CIEN CHUNG) is a native of Kwangtung Province, and is probably well LIMITED,
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well as to make the rivers navigable. The more this question of the improvement, of the waterways is studied the more is its great importance realise. By the judicióus expenditure of very moderate sums money scores of rivers in China-like the Faho could be rendered navigable and become important highways of commieres and when the Chinose Government is persuaded to deal comprehensively and thoroughly with this question a great step forward will have been taken towards promoting the country's prosperity and trade.
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We are glad to observe that the Chinese Government is turning its attention to the great need which exists for improving the waterways of the country. On more than one
of
The Bunghoh Timex says that Mr. J. Keddie has resigned from the service of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
The Tronch mines output in May was as follows. From mine 2,200 piculs, from tributers 93 picula, total 2,83 picula.
There is published in the current issue of the Gazette a Bill relating to the levy of Estate Duty payable in respect of the estates of deceased persons.
It is stated that Lady Jordan, and Sir R. P. Somerville Head, Bart., 3rd
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]_
M. RIBOT'S SHORTLIVED
ADMINISTRATION.
SAN
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGEKUT.]
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]:
GREECE AND TURKEY.
THE SHADOW OF WAR.
ATHENS, June 13th. The Government, after consulting with the financiers, has ordered the closing of the Bourse owing to the uncertainty of the situation.
FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS. A RUSSIAN VIEW OF THE CRISIS.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 14th, An articl in the Bouree Gazette, which is attributed to the Minister for War, discusses M. Ribot's resignation, and emphasizes that Russia cannot be indif forent to the discord ever the question of
ALEXANDRIA, June 13th. the Three Tours Service Law. Russia had fulfilled her pledges under the Franco-
All tho Greck sailors of the 1908 class. Russian Alliance, and naturally ex- have been ordered to join the colours, pected her Ally to do likewise. Russia's enormous acrifices were well-known.
DOWN WITH THE TRIENNIUM BILL": PARIS, June 13th. In the Chamber the Government were defeated by 305 votes to 202 on the first vote vote of confidence.
M. Ribot, the Premier, had previously made the Ministerial declaration, which was frequently interrupted by Socialists shouting "Down with the Triennium Bill."
LATER.
ATHENE, June 13th. The Government has addressed
a
The artile points out that Germany's strong Note to Constantinople demanding Arniy on a peace footing numbers 880,000, the cessation of the persecution of the Austria's 500,000, and Italy's 400,000 Grecks in Turkoy and the repair of The Government have resigned.
Public opinion
most The resolution upon which the Gavern- Therefore Russia expected France to damage.
that the muster 770,000, and that could only be excited, and urges immediate. ment was defeated stated Chamber, respecting the wishes of the attained under the Three Years Sorvien energetic action
could only give, its confidence to | Law. clectors, a Government capable of realising a combination of the foreca of the Left.
M. Ribot had previously declared it to by his intention to govern with a majority of the Left.
A GRAVE SITUATION.
LONDON, June 18th. The crisis is considered to be the most
docs an
The artiole concludes:- France and Russia do not want war, but Russia is ready, and hopes that Francs will be the
same
ANTT-HOME RULE DEMONSTRA- TION:
DISORDERLY SCENES AT LEEDS.
LONDON, June 14th,
A GRAVE SITUATION.
and
LATER.
Publio excitement is increasing. M. Venizelos, the Premier, speaking in the Chamber, described the arrival of thousands upon thousands of hapless, pitiable Greeks who had been ejected destitute from Turkish territory. He declared the situation to be of the gravest
ature.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. SHIPPING DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED.
STEAMER' STRIKES BIG LINER A GLANCING BLOW.
NEW YORK, June 14th. Anothor appalling ocean disaster, 200 miles east of Nantucket, has bie narrowly
averted.
The liner New York was struck
n glancing blow in a denm fog at night. by the steamer. Pretoria.
A large hole was out in the liner above the water line. Pasangore, in night
attire, zushed on to the decks, but thore was no panic,
[The New York is a steamer of 10,708 tons gross, 617 ft. in length, 69 ft. in breadth, and with a speed of 10 kuote. She sails under the United States flag and is owned by the International Mercantile Marine Co. of New York. The Hamburg-Amerika Linie have a steamer called the Pretoria, 13:934 tom gross, 501 ft. long, 62 ft. brond, ant 37 ft deep with a speed of 12) knots. The telegram, however, does not stato whether this was the Pretoria concerned or some other ship of that name. }-
CHINA SOCIETY BANQUET.
YUAN SHIH-KAI'S "GREAT HOLD ON AFFAIRS.
Loros, June 14th.
The Chinese Minister presided at the Unless the conditions were annual banquet of the China Society, at serious in the history of the Third
Lord Milner, the Duke of Norfolk, and altered Greece would not, he added, be which there was a representative gather- Republic, making na it
Hillier, Sir C. Addis, and Sir Robert open conflict between President Poincaré Lord Charles Beresford were the sponkers content with mere lamentations. (Pro-ing of over 150, including Sir Walter
the British Covenanters outdoor longed cheers) The Turkish persecutions Bredon at
The Chinese Minister, proposing the and the majority of the Republican and Socialist Deputics, and increasing the divergence between the Senate and the demonstration at Leeds yesterday. There were unparalleled in history, and Chamber,
LONDON, June 13th.
said
The latter, in overthrowing were disorderly scenes, a crowd of they aimed at the elimination of popula- toast of "The Republic of China,"
lt in a da several thousand years. Besides 1,000 Republic had already done good work, the "Cabinet of all the Talents," voiced Nationalists storming one of the plattions that had inhabited the country for that Home was not built in a day. The
Grecks
eks from Thrace, over 20,000 from and he wished China in the future the the opinion that progress does not depend forms. The speakers were escorted to upon men, but upon organised parties. safety by the police.
Asia Minor had arrived in Greece, and greatest success, stability, and peace. The action of the Radical-Socialiste NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS AND
MR. REDMOND.
more were awaiting a chance of depart ing. Yesterday was prompted by a desire to
SERIOUS SPLIT,
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 14th. force President Poincaré either to resign
The Greek Minister has presented or to accept a Ministry opposed to the
military service law A serious split has occurred in the Note calling attention to the treatment three and proportional representation, and Nationalist Volunteer movement. favouring an inquisitorial income tax. The President's alternative to summon ing such a Ministry is dissolution, but this would involve a financial crisis, as the Budget which should have been passed in December is still unvoted. The vote on account expires on June 30th and unless
Years
Sir Robert Bredon, proposing the toast of The China Society," dwelt upon the extraordinary change which had occurred in China, and advocated a spirit of optimism. Pessimism, he said, was un- The of Greeks in the Turkish Empire, and justifiable. The outlook was much better, President but patience was necessary. Yuan Shih-kai had a great hold on the
provisional committer governing the declaring that Greece would decline all corps has refused Mr. Redmond's co-responsiblity for the consequences if the operation, and has decided to organise a situation contianes. force on its own lines.
Mr. Redmond denounces the committee as being a self-constituted body, and says the majority of its members do not
a loan of 80 millions sterling is raised support the Irish Party, which 95 per
by then bankruptcy is imminent.
shouting
THE NEW CABINET
cent of the Volunteers support
He
responsibility
ATHENS, June 14th. The newspaper Hentia is of opinion that wer with Turkey is inevitable.
surprising. Englishmen gave exhibition of teamwork and stickwork, especially in back-hand driving and fast riding
Their ponies outstripped the American mounts at every sprint, and
affairs of the country:
THE PANAMA CANAL.
REPEAL BILL PASSED AFTER SPIRITED DEBATE.
WASHINGTON, June 13th.
The House of Representatives, by 218 to 71 votes, has passed the Panama Canal
Senate which declares that the Repeal of Tells Bill with the Amendment by the
the Tolle Clause may not be construed as waiving the rights of the United States.
The Bill was regarding exemption. thereupon sent to President Wilson for his signature.
The Bill was carried only after a
ENGLAND'S POLO SUCCESS.
LONDON, June 14th. England beat America at polo by s The triumphant Radical Socialists dwells upon the grave swarmed out of the Chamber yesterday of military organisation, and affirms that goals to 3 after having the better of the
unless the committee reconsiders its game throughout. which is To Versailles,"
The equivalent to Down with President decision he will appeal to the Volunteers to organise independently until a con Poincaré."--
vention has been called to elect a per- M. Ribut, in a statement, said he manent governing body; sincerely hopes that the future Govern- THE MREFRESSIBLE MILITANTS, the Americans were completely demora spirited debate, almost resulting in a ment will extricate France from her
LONDON, June 13th. lised from the first period, They over The militant suffragettes yesterday rode the ball, and missed easy strokes, evening raided the theatres in the West and play was almost entirely at the End, and made a futile attempt to speak. Americans' end. The Englishmen never They were roughly handled.
played for their own hand. Cheape and It is stated at Scotland Yard that the Tonkinsor were the stars of the attack, M Viviani becomes. Premier and
bomb which exploded in Westminster their forward position play throughout Minister of Foreign Affairs, M Messinay Abbey was made of the two domes of an being clean, has been appointed Minister of War, Mexceptionally large double bicycle bell Gautier Minister of Marine and M tied together with wire. It was suspended Noulens Minister of Financo-
difficulties, which wore accumulating daily. He also indicated that M. Viviani would reconstruct the Ministry.
hos agreed to form a Viviani hos
Cabinet
NEW LOAN TERMS.
The Government had decided to propose a loan for £36,000,000 redeemable in twenty two years. The Luan, which
occasion we have commented on the stranga Secretary of the British Legation, rl be issued at 33 per cent, is intended.
than L
shortly leaving for England.
The YMCA in Hongkong is in debt at the present time to the extent of 62,500, and a movement is being started among the metabers to pay off the debt during the current year.
The new
The new American naval commander in the Far East, Rear Admiral Cowles, accompanied by several members of his staff, visited Peking last wrak, his object being to make a call upon the President
to meet the expenditure in the War and Navy Departments and the extraordin oxy outlay incurred by the occupation of
Morocco
Paris, June 14th. After a conference of the new Ministers it was decided to as the Chamber of Joan of Deputies to authorise a £30,000,000, probably at 4 per cent., at a price of 99, instead of at 31 per cent. at the price of 92, as proposed by the Ribot Cabinet
from a pinnacle, at the back of the chair. The bub contained chlorate explosive and inn nuts.
ASUFRAGETTE PROCESSION BROKEN UP LONDON, June 14th. Suffragettes were going procession to Olympia when the police broke it up outside the Albert Hall.
Great precautions will be taken at the Ascot Race meeting. Alarm-guna and watchmen with dogs are to be
stationed at various points. CRICKET PAVILION BURSED BY SUFFRAGETTES. Suffragettes have burned a cricket pavilion at Reigate.
THETICS FOR HUNGER STRIKEES. The solicitor's clerk who was charged at
The blessing which the Pasteur Institute at Bangkok has been to Siam is evident from the number of patients who have MODIFICATION OF THE MILITARY Bow Street Police Court with conveying
neglect of the highways and waterways while some millions of pounds sterling are being spent on railways. Fow things are more urgently needed in China to-day water ways improvement policy. It is a notorious fact that the great majority of the rivera of China are not navigable to-day, and they are in that condition as result of the neglect of the administrative authorities. Many of them, it is said, could be made navigable by the judicious erpen diture of a by no means large sum of money. The Province of Kwangtung affords some well-known examples of this neglect, and as no note that Captain J. B. A. GROTE, the Advisor to the Bureau of Navigation, has been sent ou a mission to South China, the subject may be a few words pu opportume. A case in point is the Fuho, or Cassia River, which has its source in the Haiyang mountams in the Hsiung district, and empties itself into the West River near Wuchow. At the present time that river is quite unnavigable except by with a mean of 76.8 for the same mouth small craft, like houseboats, which take in the previous 30 years. There were some twelve days or so to pass through its 191.5 hours of sunshine, which is consider reaches and experience very considerable ably above the average for the past 50 danger in negotiating the rapids. The years, and the rainfall was 12.620inches
been treated there for bites from dings supposed to be suffering from rabien. - The Institute was opened in February, 1913, and from then to the end of March last 149 persons have been treated.
The meteorological observations made at the Royal Observatory, Hongkong, during May show that the mean tempera
tura for the month was 78.8, compared
SERVICE LAWAN
PARIS, Jung isth.
M Viviani has consented to modify the formula of the Military Service law. which led to the previous failure in his attempt to form a Cabinet. Viviani now states that the Government will introduce Bills regarding the Military training of youths and the re-organisa tion of the Reserves, and only when these Bills are passed can it be proposed to lighten the Military expenditure.
tabloid emetics to Suffragettes who were being forcibly red, was fined £10 on Saturday
THE SALVATION ARMY CONGRESS. A MEMORABLE PROCESSION OF ALL NATIONALITIES.
LONDON, June 14th, Saltationista of all nationalities pro
in processional order from ceeded Central London to Hyde Park on Saturday. It was a memorable sight
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HOME RACING"
BETTING ON THE HUNT CUP
LONDON June 12th. The botting on the race for the Hunt Cup, to bo run at Ascot on 17th net, is as follows:10 to 1 Blue- stone; 100 to 7 Drinmore and Braxted; 18 to 1 Santair; 20 to 1 Honey wood and Aiglon; 24 to 1 Lien-Bed, Ambassador and Agudos, 100 to 3 Jarnac II.
HOME CRICKET.
stand-up fight between two Souators..
The passing of the Bill is regarded an a great victory for President Wilson..
THE AFFAIRS OF MEXICO.
PROGRESS OF THE MEDIATORS.
LONDON JUBe 13th.- Yielding presumably to unofficial urgency on Mr. Bryan's part, General
the Carzinza has now informed Mediators that he will appoint a repre- sentative to the Niagara Conference.
WASHINGTON, June 13th. President Wilson considers that the progress of the Medistors at Niagara falls is most encouraging, and expects a favourable outcome in a few days.
TAMPICO, June 13th.
The Antilla has discharged her cargo, which was immediately entrained for the rebels.
LONDON, June, 13th
It is announced at Washington that no Hampshire beat Somerent at Bath by
Vessel with munitions will be given a an innings and 182 runs,
Kent beat Worcestershire at Worcester clearance for & Mexican port in fature. by an innings
inge and 230 runs
The Antilia got away through a miS- Warwickshire defeated Derbyshire at
understanding inthe Government Birmingham by 125 runs.
Departments. Notts drow with Nottingham,
AIRCRAFT AGAINST THE MULLAE.
GREAT BRITAIN'S NEW MOVE
Lancashire
Middlesex drew with Yorkshire af Leeds
TO DEFEND THE AMERICA CUP NEW YORK, June 13th The Resolute bas won the third test race for the honour of being the America Cup defender.
THE HORSE JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIP
LONDON, June 14th, Lieutenant Geoffrey Brooke won the
London June 14th. Bouter learns that the Cnial Office confiring the presence of the British aeronauts Lient. - Commander Boothby and Navel Lieutenant Davies at Berbers, and that the Colonial Office does not deny the inference that the visit is connected with action by aircraft against the Mullah but it is unadvisable in the
The procession took an hour to pass the Canadian Cup for jumping at the Horse public interest that any statement should
gates
be issued at present.