THE CHENGTU OUTRAGES.
„INTERESTING... RÉP RT BY ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
Mr. O. L. Kilborn, one of the sufferers, writes the following thilling account of bis recent experiences in the capital of the province of Szechuen to the Shangbal paper*, under date 15h Instant-
Wednesday night, May 29th, there were gabreed in Hwa Yag Helen Yam with their 11 children; also two French mis
Chemplu, 18 British and American misslandries,
sionaries.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1895.
tenements were so long endured. When certain structures sra torn down, the land should, in the majority of instances, be paved over, a Covering erected to shelter the rear part in Tainy weather, and light apparatus, such as parallel barr, swings, and poles for climbing, should be set up..
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"Few really appreciate the dismal dreariness of life to children in theke tenements. There is an opportunity for legitimate play, so tations! omilet for an excess of animal spirits. At every step the chl'd is confronted with' prohibitions. The police subdue bolterousness and prevent ball:ihrowing or any nousuilly active game in the streets. The yard-areas, where yard-areas
selebidden to be used for many point dear to the juvenile heart. The lack of oppor- tanfy for hesithful exercise or proper recreation Thursday, May 30th, while the Megistrate causes the formation of gangs for nocturnal assured us that he was doing his best to quiet marauding, at first purely mischievous, but the people, we learned, through the most trust-ending very frequently in criminality. Anything worthy channels, of the sinic of affairs throughout which offers legitimate satisfaction to the the city. The Viceroy had posted along child's desire for amusement is one of the surest, and feebly worked proclamation and quads of methods of correcting the sinister influences soldiers were encamped on the sites of the ruined of tenement life, Money spent for recreative bulldings.
spots of the kind mentioned means a smaller onigo for the maintenance of order and the
lapórtant of all, It means the saving of human character. The exhilaration of earest play and organization for childish sport will surely powerfully offtet the philosophy of the streets,
GHOULS AT WORK.
this is what is closked with the garb of religion, Moreover, this is the sort of movement that is especially successful in obtaining money. It is all very remarkable.
Incidentally our eye-lights-upon-two-letters- from Sir George Birdword to the Times, dated 181 and 1882, in which the very foundations of the anti-bulum movement were attacked. These letters have never been answered, except with vituperation, mer has any single one of the numerons exposures pat forward, from time to time by men who resily know Indis and China been seriously controverted. Our own articles, if we recollect tightly, though outspoken to the point of bluntness, were never so much a replied to. Fach, from the paint of view of these latter-day rformers, ste like sleeping dogs;
It's better to let them lin.
"Why don't you have a man out there, to keep you properly Informed, and to act lo emergencies with knowledge ? we once siked the Secret fr of an organisation something like this one. "Oh, that would never do," was the unguarded reply: "we could not trust him fo carry out our opinions." So that society was sommed op!
ready to fire at the first sign of mullay. Some times, indeed, such outbreaks do occur, but they ara Invariably yelled with remorseless severity. The horrors of the passage.nre too repulsive for description, the scenes roombling rather those observable a century or two back than what one would associate with the present times.
A considerable extention af Rotterdam harbour Is contemplated. It is proposed to·Încrease.the space available for shloping he shout 130 sores, and thus providé room for six y-five vravels (Ò load ordlicharge their cargo at the same time. The cast is estimated £900,000.
Company, which bas bliherto been engaged in The Oaks Mircantile S'eam Navigation
the coasting trade'holwenn Osaka, Fues and Chem-lps, he decided to even new lines as follows:-Kota-Tien'slaTlne, vid he span. porte of Kores, Newchwang and Chef ́e; 2- Hokkaido-Awomor Line; and 3.- Loa Choo and Formais Line vid Vayoyama Island. The aggregate tonnage of strama's now owned by the company is 25,000. It is reported that they are going to increase to 45,000 tons.
CELLUCOSE FOR WAR VISSELS.
In epro Plan to there measures a buman head protection of unoffending, people, and, most { summed up too. It has potioned for Com-differences in the conduct of various regiments. them death by hunger, by'fatigue, by disease, or lehter even thin the cocos celialove, weighing,
and a hand were nailed on the las of the gateway of one of the Roman Catholic com Pounds Fresh blend (chickens' blend) had been splashed on the wall of me of the Protestant Mission compunds and an Inscription Informed
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The first step in house-reform, rayı D . Gould,
is to get ild, gradually, of the bad houses by expropriation. As to the cost, he writes as follows:-
the people that this was the spot where the frejenerthadmu-dered their victim and this was the wi-sims blad. Human bones were actually exrave on the of one of the R.C. chapels, The Ranch Missinnert's, when questioned by “Sanitary awakenings are always expensive, the effis, explained that these were the remains and exproprision, even under the most favorable of Bha murdered in Chengia shout ça vrars circumstances, is costly. But there is no help ago, and burled under that chapel. Some of there for it, i reform is to be underisken In a rational bones were herright to the yamen and exposed not way. The burden need not entirely fall upon only fofficial insurcifen, but to the gaze of the present generation. We cannot lery noon thranging crowds, Some bones were suspended our forefathers, who are primarily responsible, from a pret gateways as proof to every paster-by but we can assess benefits upon our descendants, of the put of the bated foreigner. Hamon.Long-term loans for this purpose ought to be head, hands, and feet were obtained from recent easily flosted by our large elles at 3 per cent. panner praxes outside the south rate, and were or 33 per cent, with prevision for an annual carded exposed through several miles of streets sinking fand. Land resold ought to entall very to the Yamen, where they were added to the heavy losses. Prejudice against expropri bones before mentioned
than, founded upon exagerated ideas of its cosulness, are
OFFICIALS ENC MIRAGE THE CALUMNIES, This things were cartled, by soldiers in red couts who stated freely that these were the Indisputable evidence of the foreigners' gallt. The wells on at least several mission premises were ex mined under official direction. Humn bones were reputed to have been found in one. Jws feels stated, sald our Informante, that absolu ele convicting evidence must be obtained, and was obtal-ed from each mission compound, Protestant and Roman Catholic'alke.
Al hough we hid the Tance of the Mag- istrate that he was doing his best to pacify the people were somewhat parred by such methods as those detailed above.
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THE DUND BOY TICK. Probably the most cleverly conceived and executed pint, was that of the boy found dumb In the tin box. One day about June 1st, the Magis tale, in an Informal way, asked us about a child that had been taken from Sz Shen-fix, the Canadian Milon componad first attacked.
The child was (nend, he said, in a tin box underneath the finor of nor chapel. The boy was dumb, hat was sufficiently conscious to be shie to write six or eight characters. From these characters they were able to mice out that he had gone into our compound on May 18th, the day of the riot,—and that the foreigners had put some drug into his nomtsila with the result that he become dumb!
The Magistrate questioned as closely as to our supposed knowledge of the case, as to whether we had any drug which could cause such a condition, or any drag that could cure bim? The boy had been brought to the Yamen and was there still Two of our number went by the Magistrate's invitation to see himi. Next day when the Prefect attempted, though very politely, to pot us through a rather prolonged CLOSE-CYLmination over the same case, suggested that he was exceeding his jurisdiction, and showed him a copy of per passport is prool. That was the last of the talk about the so-called There was so doubt in our minds that he was acting a very clever part, but instigated by whom? From which of the numerous Yamens in Cheng-in came the Inspiration ?
dumb boy.
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We were not particularly comforted by the fact that rumours were freely circulated, that the names of native Carlsisins were being taken, while June 7th was fixed for the smasblog of the Yamen and the killing of the foreigners.
The officials were, on the contrary, diligently chicula ing the story that all foreigners bad left Cheng u the day after the riots. With regard to our telegrams, about every other one wair-fased and some flim‹y,excose offered. It was only by ratagem that we got our telegrams out of the yamen and into the Telegraph office.
On the whole we spent a very uncomfortable and very applous ten days in the Yames, and were thankful to God-when about a ɛ.m, of Sanday June's h, our long and sobem cavalcade of chaits wound slowly througs the deserted streets, out of the East Gale, to a quiet spot the river bank, where our boats lay zondy to take us to Chengkleg.
current, because Englied experience under the old system is known and under the new method is not known, The difference has been simply enormous. Land la Londoo has been acquired under the Act of 1890 for much less than half what it would have cost
expropriated before that date. Edinburyb, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and, for the most part, London, have had their experience under the o'd régime, and it was this which caused the change to a more equitable basls. Substitution of real for rental value bas produced an altogether different effect, and the power to expropriate on this busin the greatest sanitary need to-day of most of our large cities.'
R. L. P.
THE ANTI-OPIUM SOCIETY.
The oplam discussion continues in spite of the Repart of the Rayıl Commlision which was
supposed to settle the question. A docu-
ment so obviously inconsistent with facis cannot be justified, and I will be difficult to zvade the charge of partiality stated in the mincrfly report psented by Mr. Henry J. Wi 100, M.P. The Christian suggests that "a report which represents so much vested Interest can have no more weight than s report on alcohal would have which wEI largely based on the evidence of brewers, publicans, and shareholders in breweries," —Malaysia Massage.
For an object-lesson In fanaticism it would be hard to beat the action at the antisopimists in trying to force their tenets once more upon the House of Commons after the destructive report of the Royal Commlision which has examined into the matter. Indeed, it would be difficult to believe that the attempt was serious, were not so deadly serious a man as Sir Joseph Pense con- cerned in it. The anti-oplumisig have absolutely
thing to complain of. They have already unfortunately for themselves, entirely approved of the Commission which was appointed; and few will be found to uphold their objection to it on the ground that it was allowed to investigate, lostead of begging, the main qestion. This is a rather tall attitude, even for faddists.
And now the Anti-Oplum Society has been
mission; it has got a Commission; it has thanked God specifically for the members of that Com- mission; the Commission has investigated the lacia; and the bottom is not of the whole thing,
We wonder il back numbers of the Friend of China will command the same prices Harness's stock in trade.-Pall Mall Garatis,
recorded convictions of Fustilers for really seriou offences. Only a few days ago, two man of the Regiment were sent to gaol for the theft of $5 mole, and attacks on cholia, Invasions of promises, and other breaches-nfibo-vorce, bare been particularly frequent, The Regiment dor not seem to have the requisi'e moral fibre, and ita trainlog In India does not reem to have prepared ( for the more strict cleil government of this colony. The Fusiliers appear to be rather astonished that they cannot hammer the dative policeman at their own sweet will, and among the many lodiscretions of which they have been guilty, assaults on the native con stahlci have been prominent. In India, a native does not squally sirest a European-for ressons of state that are obviouy-and it will probably be a permanent subject for disgusted reflection among these Tommies," that they are liable to the Indiguity of Sikh or Malay constable hauling them up before the Bench Perhaps increased severliv in dealing with Assault upon the police will have the desirable effect of diminishing the rallant Forlien ardent in attacking the guardians of law and urder. even when these ure but natives !
It is difficult to account sutlsfactorily for the
but one theory in this case suggests itself. The men who are recruited from rural districts for, say, the Buffs (the old 3rd E. Kent), or the Lin- colushiees, are as a ruin well behaved and amenable to the requirements and orders of the
Experience shows authorities. regiments as the and South Lancashire and the that such
Northumberland Fusiliers are recruited from a disorderly rection of the home towns. The Rifle Brigade, for fastance, now stationed In Hong. kong, are mainly "East Enders and have daring their short stay given an infioite amount of trouble to the police force. Probably these soldiers were, at the time of entlatment, either operatives on strike or labourers out of work, which accounts for the character of their exploits, Another facior, tending to the
record,
quality the drafts: seat out. As a rule, foreign service is regarded as a capital method of weeding a home corps of fix "undesirables," and there are, sent to the outermost parts of the Empire. Apparently to impress the natives. This point leads to a consideration of the effect upon such
■ cosmopolitan Asiatic community as ours, of disorderly and facbriated soldiers, men acting with out the discretion and good sense of English- men, wanto-ly doing mischief, and creating bother. That is a surf us aspect in the case, 25,000 and justifies measures of correction which might 5000 otherwise sp-car sigorous and unreasonable, 10000 Doubtless, the regiment, whose smartness has already been remarked, would be an excellent $4000 fightlog regiment and would give a good account of itself should an occasion to test its herolam arise. But that is a question entsile the sesse of this article. It is important that the soldier should at the same time be a good citis, and capec'ally so fa Asia, where he is a prominent representative of the ruling race.
THE GRAND HOTEL, LIMITED,
(YOKOHAMA)
The following in the report of the Directors submitted at the twelfth semi-annast ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the above named armspersus company held at the Grand Hotel, Yokohamą, at noon lo-day
On the arrival of the prisoners at the Iles de Salut they are taken to the Camp a clearing ncrupled be, sirongie hall tron Farred huis, furnished with double row:alhammocker. But st ghtthefield atmosphere within, cambled with the noisome vapours of the outer air and the ever- present swarms of stinging lasects, render [any but the sleep of exhaustion Impossible.
From the moment of his arrival the convict has no name. He is known only by the number of his bammock. The new arrivals are pat to the most severe taskedraining marshes and clearing ground—"to break their spirits."
They are conducted to their work by armed guards, who are ordered to fire at the cant attempt at flight. Hardly any try lo escape, for they know that if they erado the bullets of the guards and their pursuit, it will be necessary to travere the sex and the virgin forest. At every step will be in wait for
by the poisoned arrows of the natives, who receive a reward low every convict they bring back, dead or alive!
Meanwhile, with bodles broken by their awful toll in a climate where a walk of a hundred blasing sun with spades and picks. About their yards is a formidable tast, they labour to the
heads bang clouds of stinging insects. Great red ants cover their bare legs, and sometime polsonous serpents twist about their ankles and foflict mental wounds. They stand in trenches up to their knees in water and wire, and the exhalations rising from the earth consuma them with fever, or set their teeth chattering as with cold, while the swent rolls from their foreheads,
Occasionally in their despair, some of the convicte revolt, to the hope, which is seldom
custodians a relief from this living torture. Others again go mad or end their lives by deliberately exposing themselves to the run, while very few succeed in escaping. only once have any fugitives reached civilised, Y. Maritime Register. countries again, and even then their period of freedom was comparatively brief.
A Phladelphia inventor bas vreently brought to the attention of the Navy Department & new cellulose for which he claims great things. This is composed simply of the oth found in ordinary torn stalks, which is extracted and granulated by machinery. It is mach
about eue-tooth as much as cork and when com uncompressed, that is to say, piled loo-ely,
weigh less than half as much as cork Secretary pressed into the cofferdam spaces will at Herbert has determined thoroughly to Investigate favorably reported upon and a board of experts. the né substance, which has already baan A board consisting of Naval Constructors Taylor, Llanard and Dashiell, was appointed a few weeks
go to conduct the board has had duplicate cofferdams constructed experiments. This measuring six feet square and three thick, one packed with cocoa fibro and the other with corn-stalk cellulose, which were fired grounds, The English britleship Inflexibla la at by a 6-inch rifle at India Head proving protected by cofferdams 'filled with a mixture of
weight would be reduced to 43 tons, while the tons. With the French cocoa cellalege this American corn product would not weigh over 35 tons and furnish more reliable protection.-
feet
The Profi' and Loy Account, and statement / deterioration at a quilafactory regimental disappointed, of fading in the ballets of their cork and ankam which aggregates in weight 143
year ended
of Assets and Liabilities for the half the 30th June, 1891, accompany this report. The net or fit for the half year, includi Ing balance brought forward from the 31st December, 1994, and after pro viding for general exnenses Directors' and Auditors' fees, bo u. to manager, interest and depreciation, and after writing off bad debis, amounts to...... 40,000 which it is proposed to apply as follows :—- In payment of a dividend of 10 per cent, for the half year............in Reducilon of desi
Balance to be ca ried to new account..
In view of the large sums written if for depreciation for the hall year ending the 31st December 1894 and of recent improvements and additions to buildings and furniture, the Directors do not consider it necessary to debit the Profit and Loss Account pherwise than
with a nominal amount for depreciation during the half year just ended.
They do not recommend a larger dividend, though the figures w uld justify such recommend- atlon, because they think it advisable to make
prevision out of the profits of the six months, for the payment of varkut sums falling dae during the current ball year,
current year.
According to Article 86 of the Articles of Association, the amount of the Directors' fees for the current year will have to be decided at this meeting.
It is proposed that the dividend shall be
payable on the 23d day of July, when the warrants will be issued.
J. F. Lower, 1 JAMES WALTER, Į Yokohama, gib July, 1895.
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Directors,
THE FUSILIERS.
THEIR CONDUCT IN SINGAPORE,
A BAD RICORD,
From the point of view of the policeman on
Is the
of
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Indeed
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE: French.(Oxw1) 24th init. English (Rohilla) 26th Inst. Indian (Kutsang) 27th lost. American (Coptic) 381k inst. German (Preussen) joth (ast) -
Canadian (Empress of China) sih prex. American (City of Rio de Janeiro) roth prez. Tacoma (Strathnevis) 1418 prox.
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THE O. & O. S. S. Co. steamer Copric, with mails, &c. from San Francisco to the 3rd latt.. via Honolula, has arrived at Yokohama, and- will leave for this part, via Nugasski, to-morrow morning.
THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s se mship Rohills, with the next English mail. left Singapore for this port at 3 pm. yesterday, and is expected
kee about 6 pm, on the 26th Inst."
THE N. D. Lloyd Co.'s steamer Preussex, carrying the German malla to date Berlin the set Instant, left Colombe on Saturday, the 20th, and may be expected here on or about Tuesday, the 30th,
THE Agents (Messrs. Dodwell, Carlil & Co.) Inform us that the Northern Padlic Steamship Co's steamer Strathnevis left Tacoma for this part, via the usual ports of call, on the 18th inst.
WE are informed by the Agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co. that the steamer Ozur, with the next French mail, left Salgoa for this pert at 8 a.m. yesterday.
THE Indo-China Co.'s steamship Kutiang, fam Calestra and Stralty, left Singapore last Saturday
15 p.m. for this port.
We are loformed by the Agents (Messrs Carlowitz & Co.) that the N. G. I. stesoulp Bisagno leit Singapore yesterday for this port and may be expected here on or about the 27th inst,
SHIPPING RETURNS.
ARRIVALS.
From & pm. Saturday to 5 p.m. to-day.
Elax...........................teamer from Singapore. Bygdo Apeztem Ormiston Pakshan
Possibly the Fusiliers' eccentricities of conduct in respect to the treatment of the hapless antive may arise from a too enthusiastic emulation of the exploits of Radyard Kipling's Soldiers Three." If that should be so, it might perhaps should cause it to be explained to his men that be desirable that the Colonel of the regiment Singapore is not in India, that the character of Messrs. Rickett and Hall retire from the Board the Chinaman and the Malay is not quite the by rotation, bat offer themselves for re-election.
same as that of the mild Hindoo, and thai to any Mr. Kell relires izom the office of Auditor succeeded in returning to barracks without case Mulvaney and his two comrades always and the Directors have much pleasure is recompassing through the bands of the police. Perhaps, mending chuilen to ibat office for the indeed, it might be desirable for some officer of literary turn of mind to lecture the men of the Regiment open the wide difference between fiction and fact, and to explain to them that some of the most pleiaresque adventures of the heroes of literature cannot be succes fully repeated amid the daily routine of a great town,
Perhaps we have now laid a heavy enough Recusation against this regiment and it remalos to suggest some methods by which undue reckicsiness and wantonness may be effectually stopped, not merely for the credit of the men themselves but for the safely, of the barmless and inoffensive section of the native population who are the victims of the soldiers' horseplay- As we may for the moment call I^. It should be remembered, in conu ctian with ibe" figures we hare given, that there must of necessity be a large number of cases, very similar to those an which convictions have been obtained, that pass his beat, and the magistrate on the bench, unreported to the police. The difficulty of Iden. there are good regiments, bad regiments, and tifica lon and the delay and expose in obtaining regiments whose vices and virtues do not lue justice debar the majority of natives from bring- above mediocrily. Singapore has had fairing their grievances before the authorities. One specimens of them all. It is always instructive of the most obvious remedies for the existing to enquire alter a des lapse of time, whether a state of things is the temporary, or permanent, regiment stationed here is conducting self in placing of all pabila houses out of bounds, When such a manner as to cause the civil antho.files the Fusiliers first arrived, it was not deemed trouble and annoyance. In the case of the Nor. necessary to restrlet the men in that respect thumberland Failliers, who have been with us at all, but the officers were taught early that for nearly four months, it is not becentury,
It was highly desirable that some restraint arfortonately, to pursue any close investigation, should be exercised, and a number of resorta The dally abranicie of police nawe has boon were placed ff out of bounds "; but not as many quite sufficient to Indicate with tolerable clear- as might have been desirabis. Of course it is a ness that the Fosillere, alike their immediate sweeping measure to attempt to place out of Mammutr predecessors, must be relegated to an evil bounds all houses at which alcobel la sold, and Hohenzollern......... category; for their conduct during their stay has
the inflation It, would cause would be very | Ethiops mebloktament been extremely bad, and their habits hays been considerable, especially among the well behaved | Ass................... only too apparent to the general pubilo in our portion of the regiment who would also have to Kong Waf********* streets. In the Police Court their appearance suffer for the delinquencies of their unruly com- Kwangies has been almost a regular as an parade, and a rades. But something should be done, and that Zaghining.................... few figures, excertainable from the records of stance. The colony stredy hours the henry. Continental ... casey tried, will show that we are in no way | burden of a substanțisi midiary contribution,
Chusan..... exaggerating when we class the Fastliers as one and it is an additional hardship to have to malu Rayers..................... of the most troublesome regiments the authorities tale a considerable contingent of its defenders Glass *********** base had to deal with. During the few months within the four corpers of its gaol. Another use
Fooksang preceding their arrival, there were average about ten Lincolnshire men before
Para Clem Klar... Pace Mr. Wilson, this report ought to lessen the Bench every month. In March, when by one the canting, turbulent societies whose for a few days both repiments were here, the nucleus is at Exeter Hall, and whose ramifimilitery cases rose to 37, of which number the proper housing of the poor and the reformailon i cations extend everywbara into the pockets Fasiliers, daring ten or twelve days, con- keep the men from regarding their liberty Names her
Philanthropic izlbated at, the Lincolnshires 74 and the of the foolishly generous, agitations, like quacks, die hard but as Royal Artillery 2. The ostural exuberance of we have recently witnessed a signal extinction spirits in men at released from the cramped of one of the latter genus, there is hope confinement of troopship cused the ustarar that we may now so the last of the antiable impression first made, but we find that in oplamists. For distor fon of fact, diuregard of April there were 3a mes ebarged, in May 14, in evidence, and manufacture of that class of | June"ay, and up to the 8th of this month д appealing literatum upon which agitation thrives, which at the last named rate would mean they have la their time been beaten by nons of nearly 40 regimental men for the month arrested their fellow faddiats, sava possibly the nail and brought before the Magistrato. Altogether vivisectionista 3 while in
matter of considerably over a hundred men have been in pactimonious fervour they are in the very first the Court, and convicted of divers offences; or ranks of those who make a practice of saddilog a proportation of about an eighth of the whole Providence with the responsibility of their own regiment in less than the short space of four acts, Nay, we should here award them, if any. months. We have ascertained that of that ink, mora distinguished place, for they stand total, only one single man has been charged Alone in the gigantic Effrontery of publicly twice, and the impression which at first might repudiating a transaction for which, in the first occur that the disorderly and islontane slament, festance, they had offered up no less public was only a limited one falls to the ground, and thanksgivings.
nicures must be parsed, il passed at all, upon the general average of the men,
From November to June is the wet season, There are regimenta-and they belong to the daring which the average rainfall is 1Ra inches; good Indifferṇot class—which contest theme | yet the temperatura is newer less than 85 degrees, selves with occasional bursts of drunkensés, for and risen to 115 degrees during the four dry.
THE ONLY CURE FOR SLUMS.
Lord. Shallesbury, after sixty years of frutiful work in behalf of sanitary reform, expressed his conviction that unless the "domicl try conditions" of the working classes of England are "Christianized, all hope af moral or social Improvement is utterly in vain." Slvce 1951 England has been passing measures for the
of the slums, and the Act of tego, which is the most radical of all, provides for the expropriatlós by public authority, upon fair terms, of hape losely Insanitary property. Dr. E. R. L. Gould; who has made a study of the housing of Jabouring people in Europs as a special agent of the U.S.National Department of Labor,discusses la The Forum the results schloved under English legislation upon the subject and urger similar action by the municipalities of Américan. "He does not believe that it would be wise for municipalities to acquire land for the purpose of embarking in beasing operations in competition_with_private enterprise, as the necessity of making a fair financial showing would lead to the Imposition of high rents, which the poor could not afford to pay. And he proceeds is follows:-
We went so fully on a previous occasion (May, 1204) into the whole attitude of the Anti- Oplum Society, that there is no need for us to recapitu's'e either the evidence on the subject or the conclusions of the Commission. The report, as we were able to say it would do, has protested against interference with the oplum trade in India on the grounds that it is not a crying evil, bot, If anything, a necessity that the people themselves te enl interference; that suppression, even if insisted aton, would be Impossible and finally, by Inference, on the ground that if eplem were xboltsbed alcobol would be likely to take ire place. The effect of such a substitution would be as appalling as if andasure were abatiated over bare for beer. There is nationality to all things expecially to drinks.
Another thing that we prophesied was that Mr. H. J. Wu, M.P., would remain, recalcitrant to the end. He has done so, and has so memoria land ble unbending · contempt for facts in a minority report got up by himself alone; fr bis brother in the anti-oplam faith, Mr. A. Pease, bas, to bis great and exceeding credit, allowed himself to be convested by facts, in the face of what we can imaglae to have been considerable press 6.
Swaghian ful deterrent might be an increase in the severity
of punishment, for which all who have the honour of the regiment at heart would be thank- fal. The military authorities themselves might be able, and we trust they will take steps, to terzily'ns licenet. It is a clear duty to the public, that an effective measures as possible should be retored to, la arder to restrain the exuberant energy of the Fesillers and to restore the confdance of the community, Straits Tim
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FAR WORSE THAN SIBERIA,
“Where FRENCH PREONERI ARE EXILED,
The “lles de Salat" or "Istes of Safety," where the traitor Captain Dreyfer has to serve his sentence, are three small islands off the coast of French Gulans, a few degrees north of the Equator, and, except this nanew sea frontage, are covered with tropical forestse
The climate is simply murderous, certain death being the result of standing bareheaded in the son even for an instant.
in every large body of troops there must always | masthea
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Chinklang, Bombay.
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12
Salgon. Kaba.
Nagasaki. Kaichinota
Hoihow.
1
13
Canton.
Cautoo. Singapore.
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Itolia.
Shanghal.
Foochow
17
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Manila
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Bangkok,
Aggregating 29,056 tons register, DEPARTURES. Chowjestesmer for Bangkok, Byedo----.". Oscarshal ..................... Fooksang Ri
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11
13
Swatow.
Canton, Shanghal Saigon.
10 Chinkfang.
Aggregating 5,548 tons register.
The Britsh steamship Lightning last Calcutta on the 4th instent, and Singapore on the 15th. In the Bay of Bergal bad moderate to fresh monsoon with occasional rain. In the Straits of Malacca had fine weather. In the China Sex had light winds and calms throughout.
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Taa German steamabiɔ Boyarn left Wossung on the ryth Instant at 5 am, atılved at Foo- chaw, Pagoda Anchorage, on the 18th at 6 p.m. Left Pagoda Anchorage as the 20th at 6 aro.; krilved at Hongkong on the arst at 4-30, p.m., and bad fine weather and smooth sea with light southerly winds,
Nagasaki on the 17th instant at 4 p.m., and
The German steamship Hohansollern 1:ft
always remain a mystery to serious men. It The ration d'etre of such a society will
seams to lack not only the sense of humaar-that *If authority were given to the New York and expects, and can pardon-but also the sense Board of Health to expropriate insanitary of comparison and proportion. Its members bull ings and areas upon conditions fairly raise heaven and earth, to iballah a lexory in be a few Individuals afflicted by moods which "Convict ships bound for these "Islands of the arrived at Hongkong yesterday morning. During similar to the English method, what should be China, for which the average yearly expenditure lead to an over-ladulgence la alcohol. Though Cart" generally sall either from the Ile de Re the whole voyage had light snatherly winds done with the land? It seems to me that the sabent so per head, own country amounts to the side of a road, or being perambulated by Mediterranean. A month is occupied by the hours fog. On the last an up to Y kohama the f at a time when the liquor ■ soldier in a cendition of inebriation Iying on | in the Bay of Biscay,or the Ile d'Aix in the ・ and moderate sea. Cổ Chap-1 Island" several very first thing would be to provide breathing
consumption In spaces and playgrounde in congested districts. over Torx head. In order to effect this noble zood natured rikisha coille is not a particularly voyage, the horrors of which are a fit prelude Hohenzollern covered the distance from port to The rear-tenement has been an awiul cung. Sort of altrainim they would, without hesitation, edifying sight, the man is doing no actual harm to those yet to come.
port in 4 days, 18 hours and 40 mlasten, destructive alike to health and morality. It bring bankruptcy upon Indis, stis the natives up to any one ant himself, and the wiser habit of Doised in their garb, the prisoners are con- should be the Best ba destroyed, and lis to the verge of revolt, trample upon the private the custodian of the law is to be as blind us | fised in batches of fifty in great iron cages on ·HOKOKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNA. disappearance may be made the means of a rights and liberties of millions of their fellow Justice when pictorially represented. But the the spar deck. Benches are placed round the|| Zungtring positive benefit. If the proper thing is done, subjects, and, we are forɛed to add it, fabricate Fogillers, It is unpleasant to learn, are not sides of the cages and hammocks are slung at | Bookngssty museus it may turn out a (vourable circumstance | freely anything that is likely to assist their cause. content with such placid forms of pastime night.. But day and night they sie watched by || Krong. Wat Ja........................ for: New York's Jature inkublinais tiny rene+ | Yai (hit lu what passsa for phlianthropy, and | and the police mharga shoss contains many, guardi Hunding- berides loaded mittaillante 1 Strhën mummaquinam ̧ y
in Kowloon Dock.
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LETTERS FOR MERCHANT SHIPA.
It is stated in the Generament Gazette of the 20th Instapt, that letters and papers are. lying at the Post Office addressed to the following vessels.
Letters Papers.
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Birkhall, s.
Bittern
Brunhilde,
Bernbilda
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•Catie's Ralle, Deulic Dinten Dyndale Elcieda Engelboin (1)
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TRE HONGKONG.GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
[Saturday, 20th Fuály, 1898.] GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS :- No 316-Troclamation of the Queen in Council ordaining that certain broras and mixed metal coins, bearings new design of which description is given, shall be current and swal money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
No. 337-States the Uruguayan government have denounced the treaty of commercs batwer Great Britain and Uruguay and that the com pact therefore expires on 22nd May, 1896. ·
No. 318-Sites Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to Ordinance No. 6 of 1895.
No. 319-Sels forth that his Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognito, Provisionally, Mr. G. Harling as in charge of the Austro-Hungarian Consulate.
320-Returns of births and deaths for the second quarter of 1795.
No, 321-Srcial reputations made under sathastly at The Water Works Ordinance, 1800. No. 123-Mlaates of proceedings of the Sanitary Board, at a meeting held on the 4th
infiant,
No. 323-Notific that certain building material contained in the Resumed Area of Tai-ping-ahan will be put up for sale at publis anction on the 25th instant at 3 p.m.
Not. 324 and 335-State Inland lot No. 1354 and Kowloon fuland lot 638 will be said at auction on the 6th and 7th August, respectively. Nos. 316 and 327.et forth that a special sessions of the Justices of the Fence will be held at the Magistracy at 11 a.m. on the 30th instant to consider:
(a) application from James William Osborns for transfer of his Irence to sell liquors at No.. 7, Queen's Road Central, coder the sign of The Grill Room, to Mr. Robert Cilsp Hurlers
(5) Application from Max Goldberg for transfer of his publican's licence to sell liquers at Nos. go and 97 Queen's Road West, under the sign of The Western Hotel, to his wife Elfrabeth Goldberg.
No. 351-Samans published in the "Gautie" on the 13th instant.
No. 300-Same as published in the" Gasetia" on the 8th instant.
unclaimed telegrame lylog in the Telegraph The Gazette also contains the arasi lat of
Co.'s offices, the past office la of Posie Rastante correspondence; and list of Letters, &c. lok column. merchant versile, for which 'see our shipping
DEAFNESS. An essay descrining really genuine Cure for Deafness, Singing is Earr, &s,, no matter how severe or long-stabding, will be sent post free-Artificial Eardrums and afmilar appliances entirely superseded. Add esu THOMAS KEMPE, Victoria Chambers, 19, South." umpton buldings, Holborn, Landonam(Advt.