TELEGRAMS.
[Reula's.]
ST. PETERSBURG PESIMISTIC.
Later. M. Witte states that the last adjournment
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AUGUST 29, 1905.
TRAVEL TALK..
OLIVER. BAINDRIDGE IN HONGKONG,
If, on his return to his native shores, Mr.
Oliver Bainbridge be astonished at the interest
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of Baton Komura; he presumes therefore that Japan intends to make fresh proposals on Monday.
The tone now prevailing in St. Petersburg is pessimistic, and the Russian Government still ostensibly affirms its refusal to concede an indemnity in any forni
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From private advices received in town from.
The Peace Conference.
Manila we learn that the United States Govern ment in the Philippines has placed the U.S. LONDON, 17th August,
I saw 'in issue last Friday a report of a case Transport Logan at the disposal of General his fellow-countrymen have taken in his world-heard in the Police Court, headed "justifiable Corbin for conveying the "difficial" party from There is no development of the situation wide travels in the cause of education and Homicide." The facts were that a Chinese Manila to Hongkong, the other or "unofficial" in Portsmouth: the Russian altitude is U-research, he must escribe it to the fascination living in the jungle, miles away from any party remaining behind and coming over sub changed, and the Japanese have made no which series of travel always possess, and Police Station, was awakened in the middle of sequently in the s... Korea which will then fresh proposals. It is understood that Pre- especially when the wanderings were prompted the night by a gang of armed robbers who broke pick up Secretary Taft and party. Tfter visit sident Roosevelt is continuing his efforts. by desire to benefit mankind, and not to into his house. One of them, it is said, madeing Hongkong the official party, with the ex The Conference adjourned, after sitting an berist as a globe-girdler for wagers. It is not a lunge at him, with a long knife, and the oc- ception of Secretary Taft and personal staff, will hour and a half on Saturday, til Monday. everyone who has his life written when he is so cupier who was in danger of his life, fired a then proceed to Paking, going in the Lagan to The American Ambassador in St. Poters-young in years, but Mr. Bainbridge must by qua be most fortunately had at hand, and shot Tientsin, and afterwardson to Nagasaki, whence burg had a conference with Count Lams this time be not only accustomed to, but even the robber dead.
they will take a mail steamer to the States. dorff this afternoon.
bored by, questioning at the hands of the news. I venture to think that as reasonable people, Secretary Taft is unable to accompany the paper scribe. The past eight or nine years of whatever our condition in life, and however party to Paking, his presence being required his life have been a saccession of unusual safe we may feel at night in our own well-builtin Washington. The complete official party | SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, HIOGO AND incidents away in untrodden paths, and so it is houses (despite some terrible instances to the consists of Secretary Taft, six staff officers, and quite possible that he recorded without sur contrary since the year 1831 down to a very three private secretaries, Miss Roosevelt, and
at the Hongkong Hotel this morning. Mr. the Chinaman for what he did, and could and Millan, seven senators and the wives of three, Bainbridge must have made his name as a wish that it had happened in other cases. And 23 Congressmen and the wives of eight and journalist, as an author, and as a lecturer before when I think of these hard-working Chinamen, mather of one, General and Mrs. Corbin, with he had really ceased to be a boy-indeed, he is living in their little ricketty houses, sometimes, four staff officers and the wife of one of the quite young now, and despite the many hard- with their wives and children, far away from latter, or 6z persons all told. ships which must have fallen to his lot in the any assistance, I sea Sikh Constables (as I have little known islands of the South Pacific and done three times lately) standing at night in ́a}*** other, remote and uncivilized places of the party of two or three together right under the earth he gives one the appearance of a man gas lamp opposite the Tanglin Club, where ready for still more endurance in fresh fields robbers will certainly not show themselves, and pastures new which he is now setting out to instead of walking in the jungle paths where explore in China, India and Japan. He realised they might hope to catch them walking early in life that the world is the greatest away with what they have stolen; and school and nature the greatest teacher, and when I have known of cases in the holding it true that the human race is an jungle where women have been attack encyclopedia running into manyfolios and num-ed and injured, and everything robbed, my berless editions, he has luid himself out during sympathies are certainly with this Chinaman the past nine years or so to study diligently its who met and defeated his enemies. The Police less familiar pages. Naturally leaning in the cannot be everywhere at band in the centre of first instance towards the study of the educa-the jungle to protect law-abiding people who tional systems of the world, his knowledge has live under our protection, and common sense broadened out in the larger fields of ethnology, as well as the law, and I say it very. advisedly, healogy, geology, anthropology, and, in fact, gives those whose houses are entered by bur the many diverse characteristics which make glars very great protection, and does not in up the compound of a nation's life.
heen the law since the time of Charles I. It is protect themselves and their property. It has too long a subject to enter on here, but it was fully discussed in a case not many years since in which I was counsel for the defence of a 'gentleman, an Englis solicitor practising here, who shot a servant at night, with reasonable grounds for thinking he was a robber (although he was his own servant) and was acquitted The law is clear, and the reasons for it are sound. A burglar entering a house at night knows what he is there fox, and is ready to meet any danger, and prepared to effect his escape at any risk. While the occupier (for want of a better word for the monent) is per- haps awakened suddenly, in a darkened room he is taken altogether at a disadvantage and has to act quickly on the spur of the moment. Of course no one should take extreme mea.
It is stated in Seattle that the Chinese Boy cott has paralysed the Pacific flour trade; all orders fur September shipments have been cancelled.
[Straits Timer.] Indian Army.
*THE CARRIAGE OF MAILS, There is enterprise in the management of the Canton-Samshui branch of the much de- bated Canton-Hankow Railroad. We now learn on very good authority that through the instrumentality of Mr. A. II. Hyland, the deputy postmaster, at Canton, bat arrangements have: been made for the coupling of special mail- cars to the five trains making the double journey over this prosperous line each day, There are. eighteen stations between Canton and Samshui and the postal facilities now afforded will enable persons to ensure their letters reaching their destinations within
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Simla, 21st August: The details of the Indian Army reform scheme involve the conversion of the Army Headquarters inn an Army Department, with division of the Chief of Staff, Adjutant Replying to questions on the conditions quire too closely into the steps they take to livered at the various villages and town en have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain- Own Make (R. P. 00.)...
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of education that prevail in the civilised countries he visited, Mr. Bainbridge, while not condemning our system or approving of the American as perfect, drew attention to our conservatism in education, which he The existing staff at Headquarters is to be thought might very well be corrected by a little increased by a Chief of Staff, with one Briga. of the American enterprise which was wholly dier as Director, the Assistant Adjutants worthy of imitation, He spoke in terms of General, and three Deputy Assistant Adjutants.highest praise of the German and Swiss systems, and in connection with the former General Duff has been nominated as Chief alluded to the visit to Germany of the of Staf
General.
New Viceroy.
LORD MINTO FROM CANADA, ·
there and to which was
special commissioner of The Times who was particularly pleased with the education to be attributed the commercial success of the country. In England there was a great desire to It is understood that Land Minte, Governor-hanker after the old method-a desire, as Mr. General of Canadu, succeeds Lord Curzon as Bainbridge put it, to cross the country in a Viceroy of India.
Later.
He is here considered weak by comparison as a successor to Lord Curzon.
Lord Curzon's Resignation."
"THE TIMES" ON THE SITUATION."
London, 22nd August.
stage coach instead of in the express train or automobile. These are facts about which the young traveller has a sight to speak; for, in practically every city of the world he has personally investigated the educational con ditions. He visits the schools, observes the work being done, and, of course, obtains copies of their publications and anything
sures; and shoot a man dead, without using all reasonable care; but that is a question of degees which it is hard to judge in clear daylight, and the law makes a very large allowance. The old case was that of a man who was wakened by his wife telling him there were robbers in the house He went down with a rapier, and running down the
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matter which is distributed about the Delta
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at 9.30 A. M. Canton.
£100,000 FOUND..
DISCOVERY OF RUSSIAN GOLD.
An extraordinary discovery of treasure has been made at the Samara goods station, says
an Odessa writer.
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Some boys, were seen trying to open a box which had been taking from a truck in the railway siding, and they refused to stop when threatened by a workman. On the lid being. wreached off, the box appeared to be full of Russian paper money. By its weight, how- paper was inside, and beneath the notes neatly THE Steamship. ever, it was evident that something else besides.
packed rolls of gold pieces were eventually discovered,
The Timer voices the universal regret felt at Lard Curzon's resignation of an office which appertaining to the work of the various kitchen stairs be suddenly saw some one Also found to contain money in notes and gold,
institutions. One of the volumes upon which
and the local chief of the police being informed, The news of the affair spread like wildfire, officers were posted round the goods station while investigation was made.. The box open; ed was one of four, and the three others were still on the truck. On being opened they were
just under a million roubles-nearly £100,000, Altogether the amount in the boxes totalled The boxes had arrived from the Far East, and. Each one bore the Red Cross stamp assisted misappropriation of Army or Red The whole affair savours strongly of officially- Cross funds. One newspaper has not hesitated to declare that the police at Samara improved the occasion by appropriating a portion of the treasure during the official investigation.
Samara is 560 miles south-east of Moscow,
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he has filled with such exceptional distinction.
through the crack of the door (between the The Times believes that the attitude of the he is now engaged is entitled "Ideas on hinges and the door) and ran his rapier through, Home Government is, on the whole, right and Education" which is a compilation of the killing the servant girl who had gone down were described as "household belongings." "HE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer
wise, and thinks that Lord Curzon would have been better advised if he had not withdrawn his first resignation.
But it is of opinion that the tone of Mr. Brod- rick's despatches was not calculated to bring about an amicable settlement.
ideas of the educational experts of the there very early. The girl partly brought it on world on various subjects, and into which he herself by hiding, instead of calling out who weaves hisown impression of the various schools she was, but she probably also thought her and colleges with which he comes in contact. To-day Mr. Bainbridge is visiting some of
master was a robber. It was decided that the master was entirely without fault. This de.
the schools of Hongkong and at the requestcided the law. A most regrettable occurrence,
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The Times trusts that Lord Curzon will of li. E. the Governor the Hon. Mr. E. A. but there is sound sense in protecting people and is one of the junction stations of the Tran Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
soon find another field for his high and varied 'gifts.
It congratulates the Governinent upon the appointment of Lord Minto, whose prestige justifies hope that his acts will add justre to a name already honoured in Indian annals,
East African Rising Owing to the rising in East Africa, Germany is despatching thither 150 Marines with machine guos, and two small cruiters from China.
Yellow Fever Dying out. Owing to the rigorous preventive measures adopted, the yellow fever outbreak at New Orleass is fast abating.
British Troops in Egypt.
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Irving is furnishing him with every, assistance possible to ensure that he shall have a good insight into what is being done in the Colony in the interests of education.
He has come to Hongkong from New Guinea whither he went to further investigate a theory that the natives am really jews.
against robbers, especially in the night, and Siberian Railway. not treating an unfortunate mistake as a crime, which it cannot be.
This being so, let us see what the report'tells
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Dr. demand striking facts that have been brought under did the authorities deal with the case?. The my notice, through actual contact with the report says that that "accused" was brought France-Bank T.T, various races throughout the world, is that up (put in the dock) on an allegation of. the original man was black, and that he was homicide not amounting murder, and ends a Jew" He has for that reason designated the New Guinea natives "Black Jews. What led to his conviction in this respect was the similarity in the cast of countenance, the simi larity in religious observances and the kinky hair. Besides, New Guinea has more dialects than any other country in the world, and there
more variety of colour amongst the people, have to go to the jury. The man could always His contention is that the white man ascended be brought up again. In a famous case here from the black, and that the Darwinian theory many years ago, it came three times before cannot be entertained in consequence. He different Justices of the Peace, and at last was does not believe, with certain scientists, that man was created perfect, and that to-day he is tried by a jury. This, however, is only a in a state of retrogression; rather is it his question of words, but the Chinese' in the opinion that the germ of perfection-as Court could look upon it as an "Requittal " no were may have been created with him, and doubt, and undoubtedly think as the man was that its development has since been taking in the dock that the accused had got off cheap place. The environment had largely to do with the progress of man, and for this reason
Taking the facts as we have them, the mun the zonal arrangements have kept back the committed no offence whatever. It was justifi natives. In his forthcoming book on "The able homicide of the clearest kind, and the Land of the Black Jews" we shall bave much officials knew it, or should have known it from valuable material for consideration and reflec- the evidence that should have been taken, and
tion and shall then be able to see the extent of
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(c) The islands to the south of the area (¿,} The fee for licences to shoot and take wild birds and game within areas other than those above defined will continue to be Sto a year as provided by Government Notification No. 717 | where he will continue his investigations into what they can to let the burglaring community
the great racial question upon which he has know that it is not a precedent, and that if they Captain E, Rörden, will be despatched for the 1903.
devoted the best years of his vigorous life. choose to go armed, or unarmed, into houses above Ports, WEDNESDAY, the 6th Every licence will be in force for the period He also visits: Japan, and on his return to at night, the risk in with them and not with the September, at Noon op de pad of one year from 1st September, 1905.
Hongkong hopes to tell us in a lecture what persons they would victimise, as far as the law By Command,
he has seen and heard and to what conclusións can protect these latter. Lastly, "Sir John for Passengers and carries a duly
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