"CHRISTMAS BOXES.
TRADERS' VIGOROUS OPPOSITION. The passing into law of the Preventions of Corruption Act has been followed by a deter mined effort on the part of large sections of the traders in London and in the provinces to
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY DECEMBER 24, 1907.
WEI-HAI-WEL
Cinderella OF EMPIRE.
There is a certain pathos in the sale of the Wel-hai-wel Gold Mining Company's plant, put up for auction in Shinghai yesterday ( 7th inst.) afternoon, which, perhaps, may be, thought to
mans of Wel-hal-wei in further hampered by the purely gratuitous pledge given to Germany" in 1898 that ho railway should be built on the territory; and this consideration supplies an other gument for a revision of the lease, in order that Welhai wel may obtain her legitimato share in the internal trade of Shantung to which the natural advantages of her fine barbour en
————1`oday's Advertisements.
THEATRE ROYAL
VCITY MALL.
To-night and Every Evening, at 9.15,
stamp out the practies of giving Christmes extend ousure stran the il-fortunes-in-one parti-title her. Even without so great-n concession POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN
boxes as one degrading to all the parties con- cerned, and having pernicious effect upon the relations between employer and employed, In ose important trade, the persistent efforts of a strong committee have resulted in practical unanimity, and for the first time this year courteous but fin refusals will be given to all such applications.
cular speculation," Into the details of this now as this, but with a little maré certainty of her closed chapter in Weiwei's history "it is own future, the Cinderella of the Empire might unnecessary to enter; they are sufficiently ba trusted to discover her own fairy prince known throughout the China coast. No doubt | W. G. D, News. exists of the presence of gold in the foot-hills of Wei-bai-wei. But, the attempt to realize appears to have been made without either adequate aurvey or calculation of cut so
Christmas boxes come under several cate much so, indeed, that according to one story gories -
1. Christmas boxas given to customers, a, Chrismas boxes given to employees of customers. ***
3. Onntributions, to beanfeasla (2) where the customer supports employee's appeal. (b) Where the appeal is not recognised.
14. Gifts from travellers to employees to secure orders and to prevesi complaints.
5. Gifts from" travelless out of their own pockets,
A SPECIMEN LETTER.
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FUNBRAL OF MRC. JW. PROUNDAS
OPERA CO.
Mr. GʻA. POLLARD and Mr. N. CHESTER, SOLE OWNERS.
TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), 24th December
·· LAST NIGHT OF THE BELLE OF NEW YORK”
NO PERFORMANCce to-morrow (Christmas Night).
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 16th 27th and 28th December. “IN TOWN.”
GRAND MATINEE at 3.30.M.
"IN TOWN."KRA
(Childreo half price to Matinee only).
Late Trams to the Poak 15 minutes after each po,formance, PRICES : $300, $2.00" and $100,
SE
Box PLAN AT THE ROBINSON PIANO CO.
SHANGHAI COTTON MILLS CO.
not devoid of expert authority, the stamps were
The funeral of Mr. Charles James William Actually set down over the seam itself which Pfoundes took place at the old Cemetery at thur was rendered entirely useless. But the Ono at noon yesterday, says the Japan fate of the Wai-but-wei guld minor is chiefly CArticle of nath inst. In his will the deceased NEXT SATURDAY, Dec. 28th, interesting as an illustration 'of the fats which expressed the desire that his remains be kept seems at present to overshadow the whole ter until ibe usual evidences are undoubled that ritory; and as the real potentialitles of Wel-life has ceased, as the change exhibited in all hai-wei 'are in no manner bound up with the ani ali; and that then cremation be employed;. potentialities of te guld, it-is sincerely to beals, if in Keby, that application be made to hoped that that fate may be averted' while inter the cremated ashes in the old Cemetery there is yet time. During the past summer: at On", The deceased also indicated the spot. a new, bid was made for the claims of preferred by him for his grave and expressed In thousands of instances the terms "hoxes" Wai-haj-wel as a health resort by the the desire that a monoli be erected with"en"
A QUESTION OF ACCOUNTS, and "gilis" are altogether inapplicable to the conversion of the officers quarts 'inscription in Romaji and Sinien-Japadejo. "I he demands mide au) unwillingly complied with, ite extinct Chiese Regiment into an addition carrying, out of tho wishes of the deceased "Tan Robb'n" writes under date 15th inst. A representative of the Pall Mall „Gaselle al hotel and those who enjoyed the inspiriting necessarily delayed the funeral. The remains to the N. C. D. New:-10 reading over the were duly created at Kasugano, the ashes balance sheets of the Evo Culton and Interns. who pursued ir quiries into the question was air and sparkling blue sons of Wei-bai-wei, who shown letters sent to firms of high repute climbed its russet hills or explored its fruntiful being taken to the International Hospital; fremtingal Colton Mills I felt very comfortable to couched in the most peremptory language, valleys, will bear witness to the Justice of those which place the cortege proceeded to the Doo believe that each mill had made what appeared while others displayed the most barefaced claims. Only as a health resort, and without Cemetery. The an was placed in a coffin and to me a profit. The International one of Th., effrontery. One epistle was as follows:-. regard for wider considerations of commerce conveyed to the cemetery in a glass-panelled $5.581.22 and the Ewo one of Tis. 46,397.Ba
Among the few prescuts i received last year and naval policy, the territory may he said, like hearse At the cemetery, the service was con- I was rejoicing over this to a friend, who soon" were two which did not state where they were the latest popular magazine but with more ducted nader Budding fies by three priests showed me where I was wrong, from. As we do a fur, business with you, one justification, to supply a long felt want. But from the Gakuji Temple, to which the de might possibly have treen from you. Anyhow, estil the shadow of present uncertainty as to
ceased belonged. A large number of floral you will permit me to wish you the complithe Imperial Government's intentions is a tributes were sent, principally from Japanese. ments of the sensoo,!
moved, even that asambitious sphere is hardly A beautiful wreath was sent by the Licensed available for it.
Pilous' Associatiou, the funeral having bren left in the hands of Mr. W. A. Loxton, Secretary of that Association. Among the foreigners pre- sent at the funeral were Mr. Yap Hok-Ling, Compradore of the Yokohama Specie Bank, Mr. G. Abily, Captain Dunbar, Captain Ander son, Mr. M. Wignali, Mr. W. Martin, Mr. J. E. Thompson, and Mr. Loxton, besides a number of Japanese.
This" said the head of a well-known firm carrying on an extensive business in London and the country, specten of what traders have to submit to, tans who permit their employees to accept Chrisans boxes ought to realise that it is they, and not the giver of the Christmas box, who suffer. Firms", who give Christmas boxes, of course, place the amount against the business, with the result that the customer has to pay more for the goods purchased than he would otherwise; have to. Such gifts, tou, me most unfal to the em ployee, for the simple reason when an player abseives that the business done with one particular firm increases more rapidly than he can account for he suspect the existence of some secret arrangement, and acts accord ingly."
THE WHOLE, STATEM PERNICIOUS.
There is a general consent is of opinion that the whole system is pernic pus and degrading -Large firms have year after year been confront- ed by increasing dumandy while smaller ones bave been seriously crippled. The evil has been mitigated to a very considerable extent by the passing of the new Act, but there are still a large number of employers who permit their employees to accept "Christmas boxes, and customers who seek them from the forms they trade with,
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1. In Úlje piper trade especiallý vigorous action, has been taken, and some time an appeal was made to employers to prolubit their em-
So far back in the history of Great Britain's occupation of Wei-hai-wel as April, 1898, which was thres months before the Convention with the Chinese Government was actually signed, the then Mr. Curzon, speaking in, the House of Commons, warmly repudiated Sir Charles Dilke's suggestion that the Government had acquired the territory in base and with no very determined policy. Subsequent events
bave substantiated rather the charge than its
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A GOLDEN DREAM,
And as I lay, I mused over the long suffering and patience of the owners of this place when thera appearcil before me an angel holding in front a book which he opened and. I there be held having printed on it, letters of gold, which I read thus:
repudiation; and although Mr. Runciman, Un der Secretary of State for Foreign Affus, de clared categorically in February, 1956, that 'the transfer of Port Arthur from Russia to Japan makes no difference to the British occu pation of Wei-hai-wei; no action is at present contemplated by His Majeny's Government,"
ACT NO. 1 OF 1903. the present state of the lemtory, with its incom plete and vacant fortifications, its new naval An Act for the Protection of Householders." hospital existing only in site, is abundant evid
1st January, 1908 ence of the vacillating character of the prió-
John Anderson, clp'ce which have made show of directing its
Governor and Commander-in-chief. destinies. It is to be supposed that in a multi- It is hereby enacted by the Governor of the tude of counsels the precise wility of Wet-hai-Straits Settlements with the advice and consent wei has become obscured, and the unwilling of the Legislative Council therent as follows: ness of successive Governments to spend money 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The inaction in the canfict of expert opinions as to upon new enterprises has found excuse for Protection of Householders Ordinance 1968,
and shall repeal such portions of the Labourers' whether Wei-hai-wei should be converted into a Ordinance 1:8119 (ras te same is applicable
to Domestic Servants.
thero Hongkong, or be utilized. merely as a Azing naval base and dept. Ir the Chips squadron. Since the dibanding of the Chin ployees accepting Christmas boxes in order ese Regiment a new suggestion has been put that they might not feel aggri,ved at the firms forward to the effect that the Irish troops now who had decided to refuse all applications,,
stationed at Tientsin be withdrawn to Wei-hai "Christmas time is a curset small traders," wei where barracks stand empty awaiting them. was a te nork made by the member of one Such a step, it is urged, would gain the unstint to be made, and yet there.ay be just suffisence of foreign troops at Tientsin cannot but cient justification-if such a thing can be~for be an obnoxious reminder of crimes which
2. All persons engaged to perforat menial work in and around any dwelling house shall be deemed to b Dimestic Servants under this Ordinace and shall include.coachment chuffeurs, grooms, gardeners, as well as house
servants male and female.
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"LIGHTNING,"
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· DAVID SASSOON & Co., LIMITED,
Agents. 19 Hongkong, 24th December, 1907.
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transportations. That is the p'oth, hard fact. if you notice the, Directors of the Interna. That is the way the United States treats its tional Colton Mill say the year's working re-shipping. salted in a net profit of Tlx. 55.581. The Directors of the Ewo do not put it in this way, but say the balance at credit of profit and loss is T, 45,307.87.
To a
a plain working man. like myself this is one and the same thing, for I am not killed in accounts and do not know much about the arranging of figures.
appears that the Ewo carried forward last year Tis. 64.985.25 and this year this figure is "reduced to Tis, 46,307,82, showing that they have worked all year und made à loss of Th. 18,67833. It would have been far better if thé, Directors had just sáid that the mill had made n Inss of Tls, 18,678.33 instead of a credit stand ing at profit and losy account of Th. 46,307.8 and then i could have understood what they
really and done.
JAPANESH SHIPPING.
"I can tell you now that our charter lapses on April 5th Bext, and it is a very serious question whether that charter will be revived. We are going backward. There is nothing for us to maintain in present conditions. About nineteen vessels will in all probability soon be tied up in San Francisco harbour, as are those already of the Australian service, because of the fact that they cannot be made to earn money as we are now treated.
"It's all tommy rot to talk about senti- mentality over the American merchant marine from a sentimental standpoint. The man who can do us good is not the man who la going to deliver us with the big stick and atmosphere of macushing and splendour.
pardon me if i speak forcefully. It is hard after fifteen years of hard work, effective work; to be on the verge of losing ole's job, and that for something over which one has no super- vision. The idea that Will or. Harriman or THE QUESTION OF COMPETITION. Huntington should build ships and maintaje The 'complaint made by Sr Thomas Buther- them if the project will not pay them is all laod at the annual mesting of the Peninsular Bens if a man cannot make money in- and Oriental Company will undoutedly attract vesting it in steamship bo-certainly will not wide attention in Japan. Sir Thomas spoke of put out his money that way. Because Hill fair competition" between Bombay and and Huntington and Harriman invested several Jajan, bai, though we can quite understand the millions of dollars each in ships they were attitude of the P. & O. ch sirman, it must at the same time be borne in mind that all is fair in love and war,and trade, especially from a japanese point of view. `As a matter of fact, it} is the people of this country who are the grestest sufferers, as they are taxed to pay sub. sidies in support of Japanese steamers, when the over-sea carrying trade of the country could with at least as great advantage he done in vessels that do not carry the Japanese flag. It
is curious to pole that Sir Thomas is not alone
looked upon as though they had committed a crime, and when the Bill was framed to pro- vide help in the shape of systematic payments for carrying the mails, it was provided that no col cow afloat should receive such assist: Ruce. Why not? That's what we have a right
{to know."
Without attempting to prove or disprove the accuracy Mr. Schwerin's assertions, we think Įst a very significant fact that United States shipping has declined under a Protectionist
firm. "Applications are made that ought noted gratitude of the Chinese to whom the pro passing of this act shall be for one month, P. Schwerin, president of the Pacific Maillo-date, is evidently intent upon becoming Pro
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‚ them as tá make the trader timorous about re- they, might hopa by now to have buried fusing because of the risk of losing business, in decent oblivion. At the same time the Then again, men aia led to sacrifice their self- troops at Wei-bal-wei would be at least as nea respect and place themselves under obligations which are detrimental to their reputations in every way,"
ON HOW THE ONUS RESTS.
to Peking, as would be necessary in the event
provide the Government of Great Britain with
3. Any en agement entered into after the unless otherwise expressly stated, and two weeks notice on either hand shall cause such engagen ent to terminato at the expity thereof. 4. All wages shall be paid within seven days after the last day of the monthly period on
Russell,
Krauss,
Romhildt,
Werner, &c
* GRANDS & UPRIGHTS/
BUILT UNDER OUR PERSONAL SUPERVISION
EMBOUVING 30, YEARS' LOCAL
EXPERIENCE:
Hongkong, 5th December, 1907,
XMAS AND
NEW YEAR
HAMPERS.
in his complaint, for on November 23rd Mr. R. Policy, and as japan, in order to be quite up. Steamship Line, made a very bitter speech on tectionist as well as smilitarist, some figures recently published by the British Board of the shipping business of the Pacific.
Mr. Schwerin was a guest at the dinner at Trade, showing the progress of merchant ship. the Waldorf, New York, of the Society of Naval ping in the United Kingdom and principal Architects and Marine Engineers. He said maritime countries, are of much interest. Oos (FROM $15:00 AND UPWARDS), that he had requested that bis same be omitted of the most remarkable of the tables shows in from the list of speaker, but as this had not cold figures what has happened to United been done he fell it incumbent upon him to State shipping under Protection. At British from the States 780,142 tons of shipping under
and Stripes. Last year the figure's were- British, 13,705,838 tons; American, 944,543
bitween master and servant and between a basis on which to arrange a terised lease of ese Domestic Servant for a longer period than i deplorable state of affairs in American ship the British flag and. 1,908,004 under the Stars
For the sake of the purity of the relations
buyer and seller, the whole thing.ought in be swept away. Now, the onus esta em illà em ployer and seller who give to the servant and buyer. They could easily step it, and it would bo stopped if they would only realise the fact that it would be to th ir muthal advantage.to get rid of so corrupting a system,”
It is stated that the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company will be compelled to pay the Domin ion Government-$5,000 hechase the Empress of Chini was two days behind time in arriving at Hongkong. The contract of the company with the Government puts a fine of £sco for every day over the time specified in the agree. ment. The Empress of China sank at her dock in Vancouver before sailleg on her last trip and was delayed later.at Victoria by her dynamos breaking down.
of these crimes proving less completely defunct which they became due, except at the termina then they are alleged to be. The suggestion tion of an engagement after such notice as has at least this obvious merit that it would aforesaid when they shall become dus therdal felt ihe truth about what he termed "the mesi ports la 1854 there entered and cleared 10 and
5. No person shall board or loche nny Chin one month without the permission of the Chief Police Officer, and a book shall be kept by such person in which shall be written le name of such boarder or lodger and the name and add ess of the person last employing him
the island of Liukung and the Wei-bai-wei ter ritory; when the unfortunate mistake whereby the present occupation in mede tu depend upon the possession of Port Arthur by a particular Power could Le rectified in the sense which the Convention already bears morally if not technically.
ping." His subject was, "What the United States Is Doing for Its Merchant Marine on, the Pacific Coast."
recent tiszts.
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tons.
HAMPERS
CONTAINING 12 BOTTLES
by THE
&c., &c. *&o.
6 Any Chinese Domestic Servant who shall have been out of employment for a longer perind than one month shall be deemed a sus pected person and be liable to be charged as such unless he shall satisfy the court that, he has visible means of subsistence and that within the twelve inapths preceding he has a success," he said. "Let the United States been in emplo men ander ne employer for a Kovernment pass a Bill like the Chinese longer period than six months be shall for the prohibitive immigration enactment, let there first offence be liable to fibe and to fine and or companies suffer the loss of their emigrant imprisonment for the second offence, and for traffic, and you would see their vessels tied up any such offence thereafter he may be banished for lack of support. from the Colony under the provisions of Or-What has the United States Government dinance IV of 1888. his presence being Incon, done for us? Within a short period we were
regulations with which we have recently been for other countries are as for was Russia 38 at our Office and make hedged about. Of this amount we paid some par coul.; Norway, 12, Denmark, y ; Holland, $165,000, having managed to secure a reduction 34; Belgium, 48; France, 35 (France's own perċemiage is 27); Portugal, 501 Spału, 26; of the original amount ?",
"Now we have had our entire carrying trade | Italy, 29; U.S.A, 52 (U.SA's owp percentage taken away from us through the operations of 14.6); Chili, 47; Argentine, 341 Japan, 30 our extensive stock in all the Inter-State Commerce Commission. How? (Japan's own percentage is 38,5). Why we are now obliged to give thirty days!
Lines of Wines, Spirits,
He referred to the liberal subsidies which are granted on the Pacific to British, Germanstructive. In 1870 Great Britain built 378,5 z in tonnage built the figures are equally in and Japanese vessels, and stated that two.: magnificent vessels were to be added to one on, and of that toisi sold 33,805 to foreigners, Japanese line, which has already increased-its In 1906, 956, 71 tons were built, and 234.589 | 1,870, and sold 17,078. In 1986, 418 745⋅ word. deer by three additional ships in comparatively tops sold The States built 2 69:3 tond in CHOICEST WINES, SPIRITS,
Bat a subsidy Llane will not make a fine built, atd 21,734 sold. In fact, since 1830, the registered tonunge, for the States merchant navy has increased less than 40,000 tons. The British has increased eight millions in that time. The following percentages show in a pictures.
flag on all the seas. Of the tonnage in apd que way the predominance of the Free-trade out of German ports, 37.2 per cent. in British ↑
All other countries is 24.3, 327he British figures Germany's percentage of her own posts le 4.87.
sistent with the public safety and welfare,
1. No Domestic Servant shall refuse to per- form any work consistent with the services for which he was engaged.
Is are respect, at least the question of Wei, hai-wei appears to admit of no dispose; for it is clear that any alteration which has taken place in the balance of power in Far Eastern waters, during the last ten years is one of degree only, and not of quality; and if the occupation of Weihaiwei was a necessity to tre Britain so recently as in February, 19:6 it is certainly no less so to-day. That the naval activities which once were contemplated, if not systematically mapped out for the territory, have been altogeiber abandoned in apparently beyond doubt. But between that high destiny and the present policy of grudging inaction beneath Which Wei-hai-wei visibly fanguishes there is |the middle line of commercial development,
B. Any breach of the above sections 3,4 5, MAILS 11.
for which there in rosson to believe that the 6, dr 7, shall be met with a fine not exceeding Australión ( Tolywan) 27th inst,
necessary enterprise would not be lacking if $25 for the first offence and So dr, got more English (Arcadia) 17th inst., anon.
once the Government could be brought to than 3 months' imprisonment for any subse- Indian ( Luisang) 291h just,
declare its intentions, it would be as absurd. quent offence, and in addition thereto or aub. German (Zielen) grd prax., a.m.
as inaccurate to suggest that Wei-hal-wei bas stitalon ikerefor any third or subsequent Auspallan (Chinglu) 3rd prox.
po other aptitude than as a place of eff breach of sec. 6.shall carry with it the liability The is. Chingta leti Pot Darwin op 23rd legiature for British subjects in the Far Ensito deportation as aforesaid. Enst, and is dus here on zud pros,
nor could the Government be expected A voce awoke me from my reverie saying, to express itself very decidedly, if this were | ** Túan" skirang · sahya mabu. pergi Chine." the sole aim in view, Alrendy, and in Singapors Freo Press, ~ spite of the poverty of encouragement, nuclų, 1 has been done in opening up the territory with
SHIPPING AND MAILS
The Java China-Japan Lijns.s: 7 jifimes left Macassar for this part on 22nd ins, and may be expected here on or al aut the goth inst
The Imperial German Mail s.s. Yorck left
fined $10 for infractions of the many
We invite you to call
your own selection from
Liqueurs, Cigars, &c.
police of any change in rates. Other lines in a lending article entitled "The Japano not of registry here, can change their rates at Korean Empire" the Ketumin Skimbus, on the say time without notice. Thus, when they 19th inst, lays stress upon the most cordial lower their rates we are obliged, under heavy nature possible of the reception accorded to the penalty, to give notice of our intention to Korean Crown Prince by the Emperor of Japan change ours in thirty days, ben jost three on Wednesday, on the heartiness of the coaste days before the month expires our cut is met exchanged and on the Emperor's readiness to by a lower one... Then our books are always return the visit on Friday. These incidents Kobe v/ Nagasaki and hangbai on 23rd inst., new roads and bridger, in draining and in reA RUMBER of merchants of Shantung province subject to inspection. We have about two continues the semi-official organ, show that H. PRICE & Co., Ltd., construction of formerly insanitary dwellings. hu sent notice to the Peking Government to expert accountants and half a dozen sleuths the kinship between Japan and Korea is of the There is little doubt that the existing ade in the effect that 11. Wu, Ting plog, Acting going over them all time to fiod evidence of most intimate charactor. Meanwhile the dignity of the Korean dynasty is permanently The Imperial German Mail 1.2. Zo carry agricultural produce and used-nuis might be Giyeraar of that province, is an incapable rebates Ing the German Malls with dates from Berlin jo sumented by the culture of silkworms and by official, who does not know how to discharge The foreign lines with their books far away respected under Japan's protecting wing. The the 3rd vil, left. Colombo yeuenfay p.m., and may be expected here an sta proxy
scientific fruit and daley farming, while the ex hisdatier, except to futer foreigners especial from beré, not subject to the same regula absence of distinction between the two countrica The CP. R. Co's & Empress of Chinmple of the winegrossis at Cheloo might by the Germans. In conclusion the petitioners tions, do as they please with regard to these resembles she position of Austria-Hungary A suffered form of dual monarchy and the present rals arrived at Nagasaki at 3 p.m.on 23 4 inst, and sorely be imitated in the sheltered valleys request the Government to remove hims with things, and the result is that we
while tions between Koren and Japan constituta the left again al. 1 pm. samaday, for Kobe, where, which surround it. Goschen and M., Lars ol delay and, to appoint an enlightened", a loss of from $1,000,000.0 she is dunyo sirion pin, on 24th instant domace. At the prescat time the advance, official în his sisad.
our rivale have added some $5,00
hippiest augary for the prosperity of Korea.
at 2 pm, and may be expected here on or about jest fast....
WINE, SPIRIT AND CIGAR
MERCHANTS,
15, Queen's Road, CENTRAL,
Telephone No. 135.
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