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PEKING NOTES.
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POLITICAL
PEKINO, November 5th.
The Chineso Cabinet has made another exhibition for the amusement of the world. It has actually gane on strike. This was in protest against the action function of the President in not remoy ing the recalcitrand Minister of Interior from his office in accordance with the
CHINA'S STATE RELIGION,
THE AGITATION FOR CON-
· FUCIANISM.
FAR EASTERN MEN AND
THE WAR.
Captain Basil Alfred Capel Cure, Gloucester Regiment, who died of wounds on October 1st, was recalled with his regiment from North China on the out- break of war, and went to France. Sub- sequently the regiment was moved again to another front.
AUCTIONS
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BY INSTRUCTIONS OF TRUSTEES
FOR DESENTURE-HOLDERS.
FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION
Major-General V. B Fane, C.B., C.LE., who has been given general rank pro temu, is a veteran of the Indian Army with several campaigns to his IF credit. He was in China in 1900 when, as staff officer, he put in some excellent work which earned him a warm mention
ON A D
ON A DATE IN. DECEMBER (To be subsequently announced), NOT PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED OF
BY PRIVATE SALE,
THE ORIENTAL Hotel, Kone,
As a Going Concern:
The Government of China is in receipt of another telegram signed by Chang Baun- and seventeen other provincini officials, repeating their demand for the inclusion of clause in the New Con State Religion of the country. The me stitution, declaring Confucianism the sage states that, notwithstanding the knieidoscopic change of conditions in the country, the teaching of the sage remains ever true. In contradicting the state wishes of the Premier. The various ment the opposition party that there Ministers did not attend their respective is no historical precedent in this country offices for more than a week, and conse Fticular form of faith as the State Reli
for the Government to declare any parin despatches, quently all public business was at a gion, General Chang and his sympathiers Fusiliers, killed in action, was an Lieutenant J. Cecil McCutcheon, Royal standstill a state of affairs which extormer generations had never heard of Asistant in the Chinese Imperial Mari- argue that the Constitution is a thing. plains the irritation of certain foreign: in this country and, in the absence of time Customs, being stationed at Muk- nations who have questions to settle with former dynasties could in no way in January, 1915, and returned home to THE ORIENTAL HOTEL is a palatial such a State document, the government eden, when was broke out, He resigned
T the Chinese Governmicat. Like shame make a formal declaration making Con-offer his services. He had taken part in building of brick and stone, cover faced schoolboys the Ministers resumed fucianism the State Region, Hence the the Dardanelles campaign, where he was ing an area of 596 tasbo (about 21,350 their duties a few days ago, and are the promulgation of the Constitution,
abeence of the necessary precedent With wounded.
square feet), more or less, held on. apparently satisfied that they have done they say the Government should declare.
Kobe, and having an uninterrupted view Perpetual Lense, situated on the Band,
all that the situation demanded. It is Religion in order to give light to the
within 150 yards of the principal land- * certain form of faith as the State
of the Harbour, and Disks Bay. It is thought that Suu Hung-yi will be in soul of the people." request refer
ing-place, and is close to other pharides duced to accept & lucrative appointment FIDE their telegram to Parliament for its
favourable consideration is also made. outside the Cabinet or that he may be sent on a mission to Europe and America
Captain Alan Davidson Shewan, Argyll in action on September 13th, was the and Sutherland Highlanders, who fell dinn Civil Service (retired) of St. second son of Alexander Shewan, In-
to study politics in the enlightened con- EXPORT OF SILVER FROM Hongkong. On the outbreak of the war muchi, to each of which it has access. tinents.
Dissatisfaction over the Lao-hai-kai case
PEKING.
Andrews. He was born in 1891 and was
embarkation and disembarkation, besides educated at Fettes College and in being 10 minutes' walk from the Railway France and Germany before joining the Station, The building fades three streets, staff of Messrs, Shewan. Tomes and Co, the Bund, Harima-machi, and Mage. he returned home and obtained a com mission. When he met his end be was most gallantly leading his company in an attack on a German position, which year in the firing line.
The
HOTEL consists of FOUR STOREYS, with a BASEMENT in which MACHINERY is located, together with
and its handling by the Acting Minister silver payment by the Bank of China we captured. He had been nearly a REFRIGERATOR ROOM, KITCHENS,
Taking advantage of the resumption of (says the Peking Gazette) some high officials and money merchants, who had accumulated large stocks of notes, cashed them all. As there is no need to have so large a quantity of silver in the capital for themselves, they have attempted to export it to Tientain, where silver is at a premium It is said that a large quan- tity was shipped to Tientsin daring the first two days of the resumption of specie payment. The Kuo Wa Yuan, which Opposed the resumption did practically nothing to stop this traffic in silver;
President Li, however, took action. He ordered the Ministry and the police in Peking to take the necessary steps to pre
THE GERMAN WAR LOAN,
£520,500,000 SUBSCRIBED.
STEAM HEATERS, &c. An ELEVATOR runs from the Basement and Foyer to all the Floors and the ROOF GARDEN, hundred feet above street level, from which a magnificent view of Osaka Bay is. obtained.
The FOYER of the Hotel, on the ground- An official telegram from Berlin says floor, in the finest in the Far East On that at the sitting of the Grand Com- the same floor is the main DINING mittee of the Beichstag on October 7th HALL and the PRIVATE DINING the Secretary of the Treasury, Count and GRILL ROOMS, with READING von Roedern, stated that the fifth War ROOM and DRAWING ROOM. Shut Loan had produced 10,690 million marks off from the residential part of the Hotel, (£829,500,000),200
but on the sane floor, is the BAR and yoo BILLIARD ROOM, with a separate
entrance.
Hsia Yi-ting doubtless induced Parlia ment to agree to the nomination of the veteran Dr. Wa Ting-fang as Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is generally understood that Dr. Wu will come to Peking, as The House of Representatives has approved of his selection, and, abould that happen, we shall have the interest ing spectacle of father and son in the same Ministry. Indeed, it is suggested already that Dr. C. C Wu, the son of ORIGINAL SONGS, ROLLICKING FUN, the able diplomat, may be made vice-vent the export of silver in large quan- Roedern said, were not yet fully to hand.
Foreign subscriptions, Count minister in order to take the brunt of tities from the capital. General Chiang The total subscriptions to the German UP-TO-DATE BURLESQUES.
Chao-tsung, Commander of the Peking War Loan, including the fifth, exceed the work off his father's shoulders,
Gendarmerie, was personally instructed 46 milliard marks (£2,325,000,000).
The first, second, and third storeys in Dr. Wu Ting-fang is one of the most by the President to take more stringent
the southern half of the building, and The German newspapers are rejoicing the first, second, third, and fourth in tha interesting men China to-day measures. Orders were given that money at the result of the loan, and point out northern section, are set apart for guests.
in China to
in parcels exceeding $2,000 would not be Though he has passed three score years allowed to be shipped to Ticntain that those who doubted its success have Some of the rooms have private baths at and ten he does not think that he has the result of this order. General Chiang the Kaiser sent the following telegram to supply of hot and cold water. The rooms
been proved bad prophets. Many shipments have been recalled as
tached. All are provided with excellent According to a telegram from Berlíu lavatory arrangements, with a constant reached the allotted span, and talks of visited the Bank of Chine and saw some Count Roedorn living to the patriarchal age of one hund-large numbers. He at once took the mer- of traffickers cashing their notes in
aro large and lofty, and some have tal- Your report of the result of the Warconies from which fine views of the bar- red and fifty, He is a vegetarian and cheats to task and told them the Pre-Loan has caused me great joy. I express bour are obtained. he does not discredit tho tenets of this sident's order.
my heartiest thanks to you, and to the President of the Reichsbank and to all "Although the building is practically particular form of faith or regime. His
who have helped. In this result I ses a fire-proof, à · FIRE-EXTINGUISHING strong personality would be a valuable
fresh proof of the confidence and of the APPARATUS, installed by the Water- asset to the Chinese Government. I can
determination of the entire German works and connected with the mains in people to bring the war by every means the street, has been fitted on each floor. imagine him talking to the Japaneso
to a happy end." Minister or the French Minister when PEACE OVERTURES REJECTED.
"A FINANCIAL, REVERSE,"
CENTRAL HEATING is installed, they came to the Waichinopu to discuss
The result of the fifth German War but almost all tile rooins are Atted with dispatch from London on October 4th circles unsatisfactory and even sa ap This OLD ESTABLISHED HOTEL is
Loan is regarded in Swiss banking | fire-places, The New York Tribe published a stating that German agents recently sugproaching & nancial reverse, Germany's the only Hotel in the business quarter of gested to King Albert new terms
war expenditure to the peace,
new terms for Septembez aggregated $2,600,000,000, Kobe, within easy reach of the Japanem The proposals, which King Albert only £1,928,000,000 of which was covered town as well as the landing-place and spurned, despite the pressure brought to by the four previous loans, Icaving a railwa bear from various parts of his country foating debt of £775,000,000. This will by the Germans, included the withdrawal be increased at the next sitting of the from Belgium, the payment of an in-Reichstag, when another war credit mast military occupation, the retirement of the demnity for the destruction due to the be voted.
AWAR LOAN - RIOT. German forces from Serbia without in A riot occurred in the city of Bruns demnity, and the return of Lorraine to wick because the German Government France.
workers in order to apply it to the War insisted on taking money from munition Loan.. The riot was in some degree serious, cavalry having to be called out to force the men back to work.
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GERMAN OFFER TO KING ALBERT.
The message adds that the new offer is probably the first of many peace overtures the Germans will make during the coming winter.
The strained relations arising out of the Lao-hei-kai affair have not by any means improved, and it must be con feared that this result is in some degree due to the unfortunate publicity which
by the Government exercising a super- has been given to certain proceedings or vision over the amount of silver with alleged proceedings, in which, of course, drawn and by the Bank, is said, asking the French of view point has not been the foreign banke not to cash their notes too clearly demonstrated it is difficult with its own note issue itself. No doubt so that the Bank of China, could deal to indicate the exact stage of the nego the Bank of China Des suffered somewhat tiations, but much can be gucased from interested speculators and others, and as the result of the macinations of the fact that two councillors in the Waithe notes of the Bank of Communications chiaopu have been dismissed, being made have also fation in consequence, scapegoats for the Acting-Minister. Their fault is not so muck that they gave information to a certain newspaper as: the manner in which that newspaper used A feature of the situation is the fierce attacks made by the editor of the
it
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took place on Saturday, when a deputa- A unique event in the masonic world
tion of the Grand Loage from Shangnai conferred the eleven degrees of the ancient sons. Three of the degrees, however, Scottish rite upon a number of Freema-
were conferred in the Temple of Heaven, permission for this purpose having been while a historie photograph of the group was taken on the Sacred Altar Itself.
end of
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
VÄXTER UNIFORM.
With reference to Orders of Nov. 13th- 14th, all ranks requiring Winter Unitor will attend at Noordin's shop, Beaconsfield Arcade, at any time suitable Orders for uniform must be obtained from the respective Equipment Officers for all men under rank of Sergeant.
100
Units*QUIPMENT,
are responsible for seeing
The HOTEL is for sale no a GOING CONCERN, together with GOODWILL and all the CONTENTS, FURNITURE, "MACHINERY, &o.
UNDER RESERVE, BY INSTRUCTION OF TRUSTEES FOR DEBENTURE-HOLDERS
Should the Hotel not be disposed of
na a Going Concern, the
LAND
AND BUILDING
OF THE
"Obiental HOTEL, Kobe,
WILL BE
that men under their command Who SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION leave the Colony return their equip
UNLESS PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED ment et vig
Thursday, Nov, lithNo. 2 Company
PARADES, CESTRAL STATLON, 5.30 P.M.
under O. C. Company. Recruics of No.s Company under Company Ser- geant Major.
OF BY PRIVATE SALE.
Peking Gaiette upon the French Churge obtained from the Chinese authorities Friday, Nov. 17th-Nos 3 and 4 Com-HE LAND upon which the Oriental
d'Affaires, attacks which may be made the subject for a formal interpellation
one of these days by the representative of
the French Government. FINANCIAL
Last week I mentioned that the Salt Gabelle had released three million dollars surplus for the use of the Chinese GOT
Two days later a further two ernement, and a quarter-million were released. making in all five and a quarter millions, The sum actually placed at the disposa of the Government is really a million and a quarter higher, as several amounts were released for provincial use.
The Government is still in urgent need of money, and it is reported that the Ministry of Communications have put through two small loans, about which the House of Representatives naturally
want unformation.
watering a nost, successful banquet was held. It was attended by Masons of American, English, Scottish, Chinese and Scandinavian nationalities. It should be added that during the day a lodge of perfection was formally celab lished.
MISCELLANEOUS
Infectious disease is fairly rife at pre- sent Quite a number of foreign child: ren have been attacked by bearlet fever, and one or two are suffering from small po Inoculation is, therefore, very much in demand.
There have been changes in the weather which have made it clear that summer has gone. Sunday inaugurated a cold snap, and on Monday it was noticed that
panies under the Sorgeant Major,
MEDICAL EXEMPTION.
Hotel is erected is of 508 taubo (abont 21,350 square feet), more or loss, in extent. It is held on Perpetual Lease, Medical exemption for a period covering with all the advantages concerning taxa Patrol Duty dates must be notified ton arising out of that form of tenure. to Warning Officers by the person exempted without delay, otherwise
FOOTBALL
Con
the latter will be held liable for any structed of BRICK and STONE, and o
THE BUILDING is substantially non-provision of a patrolman
cupies virtually the whole of the site. It Members of the Football Team and others is of THREE STOREYS on the south interested are requested to meet at side and FOUR STOREYS on the north,
with Headquarters Club at 5.30 p.m. on.
a roomy BASEMENT and au Thursday, Nov. 18th,
attractive ROOF GARDEN. BARIYLA LEAGUE TEAM.
All
G:
Marksmen willing to practice for Could be converted without difficulty inclusion in the joint KP, and into & BANK or SHIPPING OFFICE. H.K.P.K. Teain are required to sub CLUB or EXCHANGE mit their names without delay to the A6.P. (B) Ammunition will ne provided.
DISKIBSAL::
the Western Hills were crested with The Hon. C. S. P. has ordered the dis snow, while this morning there were dis- fal the amount of green that is yet to tinct signs of frost. Still, it is wonder be seen
Sunday was very successful in spite of P.
The Peking Hunt Club Gymkhaus on
missal from the Police Reserve Force of P. c. il Taun Shai Wing for exceeding his duty on the 24th. Septembar lust,
·RESIGNATION...
c. 823 M. A. Khan is permitted to resign on leaving the Colony at end of the month
the rain. There were teq evonta on the The Bank of China has had to with race card, and all were carried out with
satisfactory results. There were many Pe 83 Chan ham is permitted to Brunion stanitvern reservo, visitors from Tientsia. Two innovations : resign on leaving the Colory. the object,
BAND PRACTICE.
alleged of the promoters being to put the Bank out of business, but this has been frustrated
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were poticeable the cash sveopa The dollar sweep was most popular and it Band Practice Thursday, Nov 16th, at was remarkable that it van won by one man twice on his own and five times in
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Elevator to all the floors.
lars or for cards to
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