Intimations.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1905.
The Hongkong Eelegraph
HONGKONG, Thursday, March 23, 1905.
races other than those of Aryan stock, or HONGKONG INVADED. that the ultra-excitable tendencies of Texan blood, as fiery as the musangs of that State, saw a possible invasion of a bigk'y-respec table country by Japanese interlopers in the granting of certificates of naturalisation Whether the decision
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of the Federal Immigration Treau is The order by the Federal Immigration open to appeal is outside the question. Buteau of the United States, against the The probability is that no appeal will. He granting of naturalisation papers to the against a Department which is charged with ESTABLISHED A.D. Japanese, is one of the most important that such plenary powers as the Immigration has been issued for some time. It practical- Bureau.. Taking for granted that such, is ly means that the Japanese are classed with the case, there can be no doubt that Canada the Chinese in the ostracism which is applied will follow America's lead, just as Australia to the yellow race. In face of the position had forestalled it, and the Japanese will occupied by Japan in the affairs of the world at only have recourse to the old countries, the present time, when Japan can well prove where that antagonism to the yellow race her claim to hold the status of a first-class generally has not yet become a factor in power, the order seems to be singularly in practical politics. opportune. The "yellow peril" idea, how- ever, is ever present to the American mind, and it has always been repulsive to American sentiment that Far Eastern Asiatics should fraternise and compete with the white race. There is in this BLEND a trace of the old Southern feeling against the equality of any race with those of the old Saxon seed, as evidenced in the
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COLONEL. Shiba, of Peking fame, was very slightly wounded at Mukden.
The French mail of the 21st February was delivered in London on the 22nd inst
THE U.S. JACK-TAR ASHORE. SOME IDIOSYNCRACIES TO BE NOTICED, Hongkong has been subjected to a peaceful, if not peaceable, invasion. The American fleet has arrived from Manila, and now nothing can be seen on the streets but bluejackets and bluccosts. Fr some time past, hotel-keepers and bartenders have been saying-When does the American fleet come here? Now it in work. The men of the States have taken has come they find themselves up to the elbows possession of the place, metaphorically, by storm. The usually staid Hongkong Hotel, where a giggle is frowned upon, and super cilious decorum reigns supreme, has been con- verted into a modern Pandemonium. All the reguiar'old stagers, who have nothing to do and wouldn't work if they were offered it, have absconded. The dear old familiar faces are gone but not beyond recall That would be a foolish hope, and one that should not be encouraged, to quote a philosophical aphorism.
THE BANKRUPTCY-COURT:
The Chief Justice (ir Henry S. Berkeley) presided at a sitting of the Bankruptcy Court this morning.
A QUESTION OF PARTNERS.
action by the creditors against the debtors, a Kam Tak Tai ex parte the Sze Loo:'g, was an
firm of several partners, the two managing partners of which had absconded. The Official Receiver, after a receiving order had been made and on the strength of a declaration made by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, on behalf of certain Chung Man, one of the alleged partners. creditors, desire to publicly examine Chan
of Chan Chung Man, nyd denied that bis client Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton appeared on behalf was a partner. He had filed a summons asking that the issue as to whether his client was a partner or not be tried,
The Chief Justice.--I cannot try that issue to-day; we are here to hold a public examina in-Who is the debtor?
The Official Receiver.- he declaration filed states that certain persons are partners and one of them is Chan Chung Man. If your Lord. ship will have him put in the witness box 1 will ask him a few questions.
TELEGRAM
THE WAR.
RUSSIANS RETREAT IN
DISORDER
ALONG THE RAILWAY.
Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, kindly. forwards us the following telegram
Toklo, 23rd March, 21.50 a.m.
on a1st inst, entered Chantu, twenty milea Our detachment, following the enemy.
north of Kaiyuan.
Large bodica of the enemy are retreating in disorder in a north easterly direction along the railway,
SHIPPING JETSAM,
CANTON RIVER SHIPPING. According to a report in a northern contem- The Chief Justice.-I cannot force him to go into the witness box. (l'o Mr. Bratlon)-Deing a steam navigation company at Whampoa,
porary, H.E. Chang Chêng Hsin is establish you wish bio examined?
and has obtained a large capital in joint stock. «
Mr. Brutton.-No. He is not a partner. The Chief Justice pointed out that he had no
objection to equal privileges being granted Ir is reported frora Vladivostok that the three tase his tankard than neglect the musical muse. power to order Chan Chung Man into the box.
submarines there are quite capable of prevent: fag any attempt of the jap ese fleet to ap
proach the harbour,
to the negro slave of former times; and the more recent clamour against the elevation of negroes to offices under the Government. At the same time, it has to be borne in mind M. Fioravanti, the manufacturer of Egyptian that the United States is not alone in the feet-cigarettes bearing his name, has presented ing which would restrict the inmigration of
10,000 of his cigaretes, Khedive, gold-tipped, the Japanese to their own soil. Australia has
to the Red Cross Society of Japan, vehemently protested that Asiaties generally On Saturday afternoon, the police team will should be precluded from touching Austra-ply the R.A.M.C. in the League march on the lian shores, and a law to that effect was Happy Valley, play commencing at 1.15 p.in.
ground of th Police Recreation Club, at set in force some years ago. In Mel- bourne, an enthusiast, who sees in the admis- At about 9 pm, yesterday, Chan Chui, a driver sion of Japanese to Australia the reclamation of a hired vehicle, was taken ill on the box of of much waste land, has vainly argued, in his vehicle and before any assistance could and out of season, by means of speeches, reach him he expired. The body was removed pamphlets and imitation medals, that the
to the mutuary to await the usual inquest. highly-civilised Japanese, after passing a sort of preliminary examination, should be freely enrolled as citizens of the Federation: hut
MESSRS. Hunterfield and Swire have moored a
JACK'S MUSICAL ABILITIES. Jack ashore, when it means British or American sailors, is pretty much the same. He foregathers to use a Scotticism-in his favourite haunt, and he must sing; whatever else he doer, he will and dors. sing. It is a curious trait. He would rather And all the songs are sentimental-dreary, they might be called. Reminiscent of homeland, and the flying cmbers, when he clustered round his mother's knee-an improbable feat, it is true and redolent of graveya ds and un- happy loves. Hamlet was never such a pessi. mist as Jack ashore and in the singing mood. Nothing can be too doleful for him, and if the chorus has a melancholy weeping catch in it, so that it can be drawled out with an endless tirefulness, or if there is a wail and a sob at the end, so much the better, Witnes the popu
larity of "Just break the news to mother."
HILARITY AT A DISCOUNT.
couraged because it helps to emphasise the A spasmodic attempt at hilarity is only en general suck of sentimentality. It is not ex. actly tabooed, but it has not the popularity of the "good old home again" style of song. In sion to have another visit from the man at the fact, it affords the dolesome marines the occa bar, and for that reason it is tolerated.
"Funniest Man in the fleet" should be an easy title to obtain, judging from what can be seen by the disinterested observer. All that is observes the flankow correspondent of the necessary, is the ability to sing so quickly that N. C. Daily News.
huik in the front of their newly acquired pro- perly, which is situated on the Bund in the British Settlement at Hankow, making the third hulk they have there. This does not Innk like a decadence of British trade,
A CHOIOE AFTER-DINNER WINE. the Fates have been against his fulmina tions, and his sule laurels are those bestow. ed upon him by a sympathetic and obser vant Japanese Ministry. It would seem, indeed, that all the newer countries are up in A. S. WATSON & CO., arms against any possible invasion by the CATTLE lifting by hands of dacoits is a very alien coloured race, and the argument in sup- common form of crime in Cambodia, according port of that view is, in the first place, that the to the Saigon Opinion. The village notables WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS: yellow race generally is accustomed to such a across the Cochin-China boundary in a big meagre dietary, and subject to such impossibusiness in receiving the stolen cattle. Siam ble conditions in their own countries, that it is unnecessary to add, has just the same ex- they are able to exist upon what would be perience, and the repression of such robberies is undoubtedly, and will continue to be, one of starvation wages for a white man. It is not
the most immediate duties of the administra [32 claimed that they are naturally more thrifty tion. and abstemious under their new conditions than they were when in their own country;
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
Hongkong, 25th February, 1905.
WINE
AND
HONGKONG,
THE Japanese authorities are stated to be
aginary pal. Occasionally Jack loses his it is impossible to disentangle the words, and end each verse with a flying kick at an im-
senses; the hot fumes of the establishments which he patronises are liable to have such elects and the results of his temporary aber rations are frequently amusing.
JACK ON THE STUMP. The man who stood on a stall in Bonham Strand and lectured an audience of Chinese on the evils of a gold standard and the benefits which would accrae from the adoption of Bryan's programme, was unconscious
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seize the property of the firm and dispose of it. The proper procedure for the creditors was to,
If Chan Chung Man was not a partner then he could do nothing.
Mr. Bowley made an application to the effect that the declaration filed with regard to cer tain alleged partners be withdrawn, which appli. cation his Lordship granted.
Mr. Brutton then asked leave to withdraw his summons, which was also granted, and the
case was closed.
TROUBLES OF A LAWYER'S CLERK,
.
The Shanghai Timer states that the British
seized by the Ja anese fast cruisers in Decem- 4.3. Saxon Prince, which was believed to have been carrying contraband to Vladivostok and
ber near Hokkaido, was released by the Prize Court with all her cargo on 16th inst.
An official notification has been issued to all shippers in Japan by the Japanese Government, says the Shanghai Times, slating that Genian is now a port open to commercial enterprise and is freed from all dangers to navigation. Vessels of all nationalities are entitled to enter and discharge cargoes on on equal footing with Japanese,
afternoon, Messrs. Punchard i owther and Com- Before Mr., Hazeland at the Magistracy this pany were called upon to answer to a charge of using carga-boats in the harbour without licenses. Mr. Wilkinson, of Messrs. Wilkin-
and Mr. Basil Taylor, assistant Harbour Mas son and Grist, appeared for the defendants,
ter, watched the case for the harbour author. ities.-The argument for the defence was that the boats were practically Admiralty boats, and therefore exempt from the necessity of being licensed.-His Worship adjourned the case sind die to consider the matter.
The public examination of Hoji Yacob- j, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Wil- Yacobji stated that he owed Messrs Wit kisson, and Grist, was then proceeded with, kinson and Grist $2,100, which money he had borrowed to pay off loans contracted. Between 1971 and 1904 he borrowed $,200 also borrowed several hundreds from Indians. in urder to carry out some private business; and
Bankrupt was unmarried and lived in Lascar Road, The fire which accurred there about two years ago destroyed his furniture, which was uninsured. He had paid interest on the borrowed money from six to ten per cent. per
cluding interest, were $zco per month. Jacobji month--72 to 120 per cent. per annum, His monthly wages were $80 and his expenses, in-
declared that he supported his aunt, nieces and
THE "BARON GORDON" WRECK. We are glad to be able to say that privàle nephews-tea people-and submitted a pre-enterprise is not lacking in the endeavour to position to pay his creditors 50 per cent., at the make another attempt at salving the stranded rate of $40 per month out of his a salary.
collier Baron Gordon, on the Bombay Reef. The rificial Receiver-Can you live on $407 The party, who are at present working at com.
our to do so.
Bankrupt :-Yes; I think so. I will endea pleting the necessary preliminary negotiations, have already visited the scene of their prospec tive venture, and an expert, who has only Just returned from the 'Paracals, gives it as his opinion that, all other statements notwithstand-
means were provided to the end he has in view.
The public examination was then closed. THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS.
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they simply live the life in which they hav. making arrangements for the purpose of order. umorist. It was unfortunate that the China-of two managing partners in the Wing On barking, he is hopeful of success if only ways and
Mr. O. D. Thompson appeared upon behalf man who owned the stall had been boin minus and applied for a receiving order against them. the saving grace of humour, otherwise the He pointed out that the petitition was signed and dilating on the absurdities of the Repub-as Sir William Goodman had ruled that American tar might still be holding the stump, by the only two managing partners here, where- lican platform. As it turned out, Jack was ignominiously shuffled off the stand, and, quite content with his efforts, and at peace with the
large supplies of rails, rolling-stock, and ing in England and the United States very locomotives for the renewal and extention of the various railways in Japan and Korea Fifteen thousand tons of rails are understood in have been ordered through a Glasgow house the other week, the reason being that practical-whole world, settled himself to sleep in the itself are being drawn upon by the Government ly all the native ·ources of supply in Japan for the purpose of furnishing war material.
been reared. But the Aryau, race, it is ar- gued, has reached a higher-it may be a faster and, after all, less worthy-plane of existence, and their ideals are vastly different to that of Asiatics generally. Then, again, when there are so many unemployed in the larger centres of the United States, good reason could be shown for excluding those who are likely lo cut the ground from under those who are busily engaged in trying to keep their ap- MARSHAL Oyama reports to headquarters that pointments. It is an example of the old several foreign attaches of the Russian Army Scotch adage proving superior to all diple were found on the battlefield by the Japanese matic considerations. America is determinand were taken charge of by the Japanese. The during the hurried Russian retreat from Mukden SPIRIT MERCHANTS,ed to keep her ain fish guts for her ain attachés were to leave for Liaoyang the other sea mays," and that maxim is applied indis- day and thence be sent on to Kobe, 'evidently criminately. The McKinley Tariff Bill was under the care of the Japanese authorities. The a buffer opposed to all nations, although at Marshal reports the names of the officers as the time the British people looked upon it Captain Ayres, British Nav;; urgen Hobart, as being peculiarly directed against them.
U.S. Army; and Captain Judson, U.S. Army, The wisdom of that action, as also the wis
with two servants, a Russian and an Indian. dom of the Immigration Bureau's decision, remains to be proved. With their magni ficent prospects, America may be in a posi- tion to deny the Japanese that promotion to which they have aspired-citizenship in the United States; but with Japan in the fore front of naval powers, and capable of illi mitable exertions-illimitable because they will be carried through on the basis of national pride and innate patriotism-it is difficult to foresee what the end will be. The result so far of the present war between
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Tur last two performances by the Dallas- Bandmann Company will, we understand, be decided by balint, for which boxes are already open at the usual booking office. Those wish- ing to see their favorite piece among the repertoire of this company performed again are invited to call and drop their cards in the boxes announcing which piece they desire played before the Company leaves for Shanghai. The ballot boxes will be opened on Saturday even ing, and the pieces selected by the majority of votes, will be announced in our advertising columans on Monday next.
When he awoke, it must have been past clos capacious couch offered by a muddy guter.
ing hours, so that we may presume it was a sad- dened and wiser Jack who wended his way back to thip-that is to say, if he got there at all.
A DANCING TAR.
the English Hankruptcy law. which provided that a number of patteers in a firm could sent of all the partners was in force here. not apply for a receiving order without the con
ordioances and there was nothing to require That rule was not included in the Hongkong
Chinese firms were concerned it was hardly that being fulfilled, to many cases where possible 10 secure the consent f all the partners in the limited time at their disposal.
ance arose, simply because an American tar
In Wyndham Street, last night, a disturb adhere to Sir William Goodman's ruling.
After argument, his Lordship decided to insisted upon his right as a citizen of that great,ment and asked for an order staying any free, and enlightened country, the United proceedings against the debtors.
Mr. Thomson then applied for an adjourn
States, to do a sand-dance when and where he pleased. All the Chinese coolles, rickshamen, chair-carriers, mafocs and street-derelicts stop ped to see him. But the policemen-that is to say, the Chinese policen en-have no eye for the aesthetic. They simply told the dancing odd and their assets $16,000 odd,
The Court adjourned' his socks-to "move along." As they spoke
marionette- he was not more than five feet in
as asked, remarking that if any creditor cared The Chief Justice declined to grant an order to bring an action he could do so.
booked on his vessel from Singapore to Amay,
Captain Godfrey McTaggart Simmons, of
before Mr. Hazeland, at the Magistracy this the s.s. Zalda, charged two Chinese passengers
containing a South African war medal, with morning, the first with stealing a small box
cards, out of his cabin on the 21st inst, and the ribbon and bar, a set of gold studs, and some
stealing one ship's towel. It appears that second with receiving the same, and also with while the captain was in the saloon on the day in question, the first defendant went into his
and the first defendant offered a woman the bar room and removed the box from a drawer, and On arriving here they went to a certain house banded it over to the second for safe-keeping,
broker refused to advance any money on them. and ribbon, and sent her out to pawa the other articles. These she brought back, as the pawn.
She stated that the man did not give her the
The liabilities of the debtors were $90,000 bar or medal, but simply threw the former aside
telling her she could have it. His Worship said he did not believe a word of what she said, and aker severely reprimanding her, warned herto be more careful in future about dealing with such articles. He then sentenced the first defendant to three months' hard labour, and the second to two months' hard labour,
THE YM.C.A.
in Chinese, the U.S. Jack-tar naturally came IN 1871 the fi st Japanese stamps were issued his effects, so that he redoubled his efforts allies were behind us in this respect by some to the conclusion that they were applauding by the Government of Tokio, Our friends and and did a remarkably dance. He ordered the policemen to keep in 1855. Two years later, that is in 1873, the quick-time con sixteen years, for the first issue of Ceylon was the crowd clear of him so that he might private posts were abolished, and the convey. set his own twinkling feet. The policemen, ance of letters was declared to be a state mo- having watched the man-of-war's-man fornopoly, and a uniform rate of postage was
NEW SECRETARY WELCOMED. street, on three separate occasions, with a ance of printed matter, samples, registered let sonte minutes, and witnessed his fall in the introduced, with arrangements for the convey
At a reception held in the rooms of the stolid, tired eye, determined to arrest him.ters and letters containing specie. In 1875 European branch of the Y.M.C.A. Last night, a Japan and Russia has had an immense THE Bangkok hutchers went on strike the rather a Jap. They failed to hold him, and the Money Order system was introduced. The McPherson, who arrived by the Empress of They did so, but they had caught a Tartar-or Post Office Savings Banks were started and cordial welcome was given to Mr. J..L.
were ably depicted in Queen's Road, where Jack changed his venue. he did every sort of dance from a double shuffle to a back-hander.
THE DIGNIFIED MARINE.
which are not characteristic of his brother the
China to take up the duties of secretary of the local branch. He had been transferred from a similar position in Ontario, where he was con- nected with the branch of the Association there
effect on public opinion in Europe concern. $20.00 ing the Japanese, and although that opinion of the yelerinary surgeon of the Local Sanitary
Postal Union. The following year Japan an other day, because they object to the demand
His calestbenics same year saw the birth of the International may he merely one of respect rather than of Department, that the animals brought to the
nounced that it wished to be represented at the admiration, it still exists as a potent factor abattoirs shall at least be in such reasonably in international councils. The Chinese good condition as to be fit for human con
next Postal Congress in Paris. With the de- have not had the energy or audacity--if it stination after slaughter, It appears that for
velopment of the postal system the foreign post for many years, taking a very active part in its may so be termed to claim the tight of brought down from up-country for the Bangkok way, and insists on spurting a spotlessly white French in the following year. The parcel post University, and spent his life in Canada in some months past the quality of the cattle He is generally a bit of a dandy in his own the British offices were closed in 1879, and the for the satisfactory position in which it now The American marine is also worth noticing, offices in the country had to be closed; so that work, and bein, in great measure, responsible citizenship; even their ambassadors have market has been steadily getting poorer. It is
stands. Mr. McPherson gradualed at Toronto 32.00 been ridiculed, caricatured and flouted in not likely, however, that they will hold out for shirt, which he displays by throwing open his was founded only in 1893, but has grown close connection with the Association. A short the United States press, so that whatever long, as the business is so profitable that their tisement for the general outfitter. Moreover, of the railway system. In spite of a large address of welcome was made by the Hon. Mr.
tanic and constituting himself a sort of adver- steadily, keeping pace with the development 42.00 influence they might have had, has been action cannot but invite others to step into the be holds himself with a diguity and a plomb annual outlay in the extension of the telephone F. H. May, CMG, President of the local
absolutely lost with the governing depart- breach. ments. But a separate niche has been accorded the Japanese representatives, and, truth to tell, that position has not been gained without industry and a calm persis- tence which must excite a certain amount from St. Petersburg to desist from further work, and-anda, and be is seldom to be seen in other. of consideration. The curious part of the at least for the present. The success of their than the most select places. Texas to contest the right of the Japanese to seems, called forth an expression of apprecia- question is that it should have been left to operations during the past few months has, it Federal honours. It may be that other tion from the Russian authorities, as it appears States had allowed the matter to hang in that, notwithstanding the close blockade main. abeyance pending the final upshot of show that no fewer than thirty-two vessels have tained by the Japanese, there is evidence to the war now in progress, or that they safely got through to Vladivostok alice October 33-0 were not so keenly antagonistic to all of last year.
N.B.--All our Wines and Spirits are bottled
at
home, thereby ensuring to our Customers all the advantages accruing from bottling done at home under the direct supervision of the Growers and Distillers as compared to battling done in China by Chinamen
at the service of European Firms.
Hongkong, 6th Decembar, 1904. .
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THE Russian agents in London, who have been responsible for the chartering of British and other vessels for the transport of contraband of war to the Far East have received instructions
Jack-lar, Kipling's line about "he aint no service the receipts have invariably exceeded blooming crysanthemum" would scarcely the expenditure. In fact, the country now apply to the American marine; he is too obviously garnished and decorated for that derives a handsome revenue from 'the depart At the same time he is probably as good a party as the bandy-man. But where the Jack drinks beer, the marine must have whisky.
YANKEE COOLIES.
has accomplished the invasion of Hongkong. The conclusion of it is that the U.S. fleet The very coolies are shouting "Cha"-their
be understood by the stray Britisher on account abbreviation of “rickisha"--with an American twang; and all the pretty harmaids are hardly to of their determined efforts to be Yankee, in speech and deportment
ment
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE English (Simla) 24th inst, 6 a.m. American (Coptic) 26th inst. Indian (Gregory Apcar) 27th iost.. German (Prine Regent Luitpold) a8th inst Canadian (Tartar) 29th'inst.' German (Prixx Bitel Friedrich) aġth jóst. Canetlian (Empress of India) zoth prox.
branch, in the course of which reference was made to the new secretary's previous we in connection with the Y.M.GA. Mr. D. Wi lard-Lyon, general secretary for the Association in China, also addressed a few welcoming and eulogistic words to the new comer. The even- ing was spent in music and song, Mrs. Crad- dock, and Messrs. Danenberg and Terrill be- ing amongst those who contiibuted to the en tertainment, and a very enjoyable time result- ed. The acting general secretary for Hong- kong, Mr. W. Southam, owing to the serious illness of Mrs. Southam, being obliged to pro- ceed home on leave, the post has been filled, pre fem, by the appointment of Mr. Rutledge, well-known in Y.M,C,A, circles,
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