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REDEMPTION OF PEKING
HANKOW RAILWAY.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
A meeting off the Legislativas Council Was held in the Council Chamber this" after.. noon, Prescat His Excellency the, Gaver, Bor. Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.O. Colonel Darling, R.E., commanding the Forces is Sowh China, Hon. Mr F. H, May Co., (Colonial Secretary), Hon. Mr. W. Resi Davids (Attomey General), Hon, Mr. A. M. Thomson (Colonial Treasurer), Hon. Mr. W. Chiffl cw.a) (Director of Public Works), the Mr. F. J. Badeley, (Captain Superintendent of Police), Hon, Mr. E A. Irving (Registrar General), Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, M.D., C.M.Ö., Hon.: Mr. Wei Yak, C.M.C., Hon, Mr. W. J. Gression, The Ministry of Posts and Com-on. Me. Murray Stewart, Hon. Mr. H., A. W. munications s has decided to raise a Slade, and Mr. C. Clementi (Clerk of Councils) Toan in the English money market for "Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.G. » the equivalent of Tia. 50,000,000.
By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]
Peking, 23rd September..
The money will be appropriated towards the redemption of the Peking-Hankow Railway.
TANG SHAO-YI'S MISSION.
DEPARTURE FROM PEKING.
{By courtesy of the "Sheung Fol"}
Peking, 23rd September. H.E. Tang Shao-yi, special com- missioner to the United States of America, vill-leave Poking to-day.
FINANCE
INSTRUCTIONS TO TANG SHAOYI
LI
MABSENT.
*' MINUTES.
PAPERS.
The Colonial Secretary, by command of the Governor, laid on the table the following sessional papers-
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Report on the Assessment for the year 1908.
199),
Abstract showing differenced between the estimates of expenditure for 1908 and 1909.
Financial statements in connection with the Estimates for 1909
Report on the Typhoon of 27th-28th faly, 1908,
Report of the Director of Public Works for the year 1907
4:
FINANCE.
The Colonial Secretary laid on the table, the report of the Finance Committes (No. 15),
FINANCIAL MINUTES.
The Colonial Becretary laid on the table Minutes Nos. 44 to 56. It was agreed. that they be referred to the Finance Com. mittee,
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and taking out.
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mant's policy, Mr. Lyttleton, explained, his to make a similar remark, about the in- in the chale formør alteracca thuis-Mi agrond with thai | habitants of any English, Scotch or felah.cown, idar
bat what i said was ibat orary person | Ha would ba likely to haar about || if he did, the
presumed that ordinary steps had are we to conclude that because we are so far Unofficial Members of this been taken that would make the policy pala sway our susceptibilities need not be so I drawing particular attention to
Uponthis the Under Secretary said fully considered. Doon consideration vary I move
slept could not be taken for the with the distance? This would be an unfor- "That the member of this Council regret ivan," presumably, that is, because it runsts impression for any Under-Secretary of "the recent action of the Building Authority in, sible to get a reasoned opinion State for the Colonies to create. It might bare | "instituting on a large scale criminal proceed»- from the ̧iphabitants of Hongkong. And yet, been expected that he would be careful to avoid || "tings against property owaum for failure, to "comply with the requirements of the law Botwithstanding this, he proceeded to say that making remarks calculated to arouse resentment
asder circumstances which, in the majority the ordinary steps were now being taken, in even the most distant of the communities Apparently the reason given" suddenly coas with which for a time he is to be officially of cases, rendered compliance impracticable. ed to be operative. It is all a little puzzling, connected. But perhaps we shall be told that Mr. Slade seconded, holding that the Build- "First the admission is made that the issue of he did not say it; that he said something quite log Authority should have exercised that din- the order in question, without previously con different; that the reporter is to blame. Or, cretion which the Ordinance repound in tim sulting the authorities of Hongkong, was an may be, a meaning will be read into the text He hoped that some way would be found to extraordinary step to take; next it is claimed that which will help the 'Under, Secretary out. see that those directly conn, sted with the az- this extrardinary step was justifiable because it This has already been done by Editors and ministration of the Ordinance would attempt was quite impossible to get anything “like | others who like most of the rest of us here have to carry out His Excellency's intentions in a reasoned opinion from the inhabilania'; and found it, as on explanation," ipexplicabis. faturs, The minutes of the last meeting were read then refuge is taken in an assurance that In the meantime as the statement stands and confirmed.
henceforth the action of His Majesty's Ministers in the columns of The Times for all men will be guided by the advice received from to read, it seems to me that it is the duty your Excellency. To those of us who have of the Unofficial Members of this Council to confidence that the advice offered by your Ex challange it, and I therefore look to my, collea cellency will give due weight to the reason gues to support me in voting for the resolution, ed opinion of the inhabitants, it appears which I have designed for that purpose, and that, after all, His Majesty's Ministers which now move"," will probably be found availing themasives, Mr. Wei Yok seconded. in some measure, of the very thing that the His Excellency the Governor, replying Under Secretary of State said it was impossible pointed out that Hansard for July for the to get. But, Sir, po sooner had he said this Imperii Parliament had it yet reached this -than he seemed to retent, for almost in the next Colony and there was therefore no récord of breath he claimed on behalf of the Government the actual words used by the Under Secretary 'the support of "the best opinion in Rongkong "|| The Timer report was not an actual record being Theinference is batthough a reasoned opinionis reported in the third parton. At the same timebe impossible to get, the kind obtainable, in divisible: "did place on it the construction which had been into degrees of comparison. Of these, that assumed by Mr. Stowait. The statement that' which supports the action of the Government it was impossible to obtain a seasoned opinion is regarded by the Under Secretary as the best from Hongkong appeared to him to mean that Naturally! But then the best cannot, on bis it was impossible to obtain it between the time own showing, be worth anything. This, Sir, is of the accession of the new Secretary of State the explanation which I have ventured to and the pronouncement in "Parliament. He describe as unsatisfactory. And when 1 was unaware that any steps had been taken, lo realise that I have so it described it consult the people of Hongkong on the subject. Iam amazed at my own moderation, Perhaps further communications from home Sir, in the House of Commons, owing to the would throw light on the position. When he limited time at the disposal of private mam read the Under Secretary of State's reply in the bers, it is the custom to ballot f the privilege House of Commons be considered that it was of bringing forward resolutions dealing with satisfactory. · Personally he beartily endorsed The reasons referred to were given in the have just so happened that Mr. Johnson won the higher the motive which prompted the debate on the Colonial Office vote, The full a place for his opium resolution, precisely as policy of the Government and, the more they report of that debate, received here during the be might have won a doll in a rails_ata were convinced that the motive was based recess, has no doubt been read with interest by bazaar. Up to this time the opium policy not on the exigencias of party polites bui on every member of this Council, and some of us, of the Government had been conducted with the conditions of the country the more willing indeed most residents, must have felt grateful commendable deliberation. Committed to itly should they co-operate. cearly the point of our original protest and 1906 they had contented themselves with con- to Mr. Lyttleton far having, realised so by the passing of a former resolution in May r having represented it so effectively His cluding an arrangement for the reduction of reference to the Colony was in these terms the Indian export, and, with instituting inqnici. ( quote from The Times): lo carrying out Fes in Ceylon and Singapore as to the best "the resolution of the House for the dis- method for discouraging the use of the 'drag. "couragement of the opiam traffic, it was judging by the fact that they did nothing do "presumed by every one who took part in that finite bere it was natural-fq, suppose they real "debate that any action taken by the Governised that there was no necessity for drastic ment would be deliberate and cautious, meatures, inasmuch as the gradual cessation of Homobilu, 23rd September.
"ged in particular that they would seek the Ilian trade would, if China kept. faith; "10 enlist the co-operation of the authorities automatically entail the extinction of the dparm In view of the persistence of the at the various Colonies, concerned. Unless habit in this Colony. But when they -Chinese-boycott-of-Japan-and-|“bex_misinformed_thers had been found themselves suddenly-faced-with-they may be recapitulated thus. Early in the "grievous departure from that wholesome role the problem of accepting or opposing second half of July a large number of notices Japanese manufactures as 'conducted in Hongkong. He was informed that a tele-a resolution the terms of which conveyed con, were served upon property owpsis in the name sure of these leisurely methods, they evidently of the Building Authority, calling upon them May 6th saying to the Colony of Hongkong feared to offend the powerfol following of the to executs various repairs. “that His Majesty's Government had decided English anti-ópium agitators, by opposing it, Op the^ 24th July "tremendous mains fell, to close the opium establishment in Hong- and so deciding to accept it, they became causing considerable damage; and making a "kong That telegram
am reached Hongkong anxious for tactical reasons to create the imprese large call upon the reserve labour resources of three hours before the statement was sion that they were already pursuing an active local contractors. While struggling with the "made public in the House of Commons, policy in all 'directions, and were everywhere | extra work thus entalled the Colony was visited" | ference to reports which have appeared in the "and therefore before any information was leading, instead of being driven into action. by a severe typhoon which impressed itself local Press concerning the alleged unsatis» to the extent of over 13,000 men have arrived chafed to the Colony on the matter. They therefore hurriedly forestalled the recom. forcibly upon a great, number of houses in "Absolutely no previrus, consultation had mendations of the resolution with regard to the town, and left almost every house at in Korea,
„"taken place, so far as be wat informed, and Hongkong by despatching the telegram of the the Peak calling loudly, through broken no opinion taken of the members of the 6th May. The message was seat in order that window and gaping roofs, for imme. "Legislative Council. He hoped there its despatch and terms might be eff:cúively diate repair. Tort was on the 18th July, as *would be some explanation given of this announced in the debate on the opium resolu; we all have reasOD to remember. From "apparently high-handed proceeding." - tion. As a tactical move it was well calculated that lime anwards for a month and more it was The explanation offered by the Under Secra-The desired effect wasproduced.. The announce no'oriously impossible to execute repairs with tary of State for the Colopies was as follows:- | ment brought down the House. Cheers greeted | ́any degren of rapidity and it must have been "With reference to the complaint that we took it. The Government scored. From a practical. the experience of everybody whose house or Haction without consulting the authorities of point of view the main object of the opium premises stood in need of mending that he had
[By courtesy of the Sheung "Po."]
Peking, 23rd September." Duke Tsai, president of the Board of Revenue, personally handed to
THE CPIUM QUESTION, .' The Hon Mr. M, Stewart rise to move Tibaila, the opinion of this Council the "reasons given in the House of Colomons on the 28th July by the Under Secretary of State "for the Colonies in explanation of the "peremptory nature of the order issued to your
HLE. Tang Shao-yi a memorandum Excellency on the 6th May, are unsatisfactory matters of public interest, and it seems to the
On the subject of Finapee.
Duke Tsai requested the Special Commissioner to conduct investigu tions into the various financial sys- tems during his forthcoming sojourn in Foreign countries..
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT.
JAPANESE RETALIATION,
{By Courtesy of the "Sheng ko,”]
The Hongkong Velegraph in China, the Japanese residents in "gram was sent by the Secretary of State on
Honolulu have retaliated by boy- HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1908. cotting the Chinese.fil-market.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
BUSINESS.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
REINFORCEMENTS of Japanese gendarmerie
What is usually considered the most im portant meeting of the Legislative Council during the year was held this afternoon, "The letter fion a Matão subscriber and much when the Budget was presented by his Fx.local news are unavoidably held over from to cellency the Governor and the estimates
day's 'issue, laid on the table. To a large extent the AMONG the passengers who arrived this mora presentation of these to the members of the ing from the homeland by the P. & O. steamer Council marks the progress and condition of force. Mr. Sim has just ruined from leave.
Sumitra, was Police Fergeant Sim, of the local
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Mr. Murary Stewart replied, refusing to withdraw.
A vote was taken.
of
All the Unofficial Members voted in favour the resolution. All the Official voted against The resolution was lost by 7. votes to §. BUILDING AUTHORITY'S PROBECUTIONS. Hon. Mr. Stewart:-In proposing the second resolution which stands to my game, I do not intend to say more than a very few words. The facts upon which, it comments are common propery and it is unnecessary to do more than recapitulate them briefly. Broadly speaking
projected abolition of the opium monopoly | MR. S.D. Setia courteously informs us that Hongkong inhabitants find that a hard saying. That, reduced to simple narrative form, is, I position and, realising that every nerve was
be received a telegram from Bombay yester. day evening announcing that the final of the triangular cricket matches played at Bombay between the Presidency and Hindoo teams resulted in the victory of the Presidency team by 19 tuas.
Australia and China courteously informs us THE manager of the Chartered Bank of India, that he has received this morning from the London Office a lelegram advising that an in terims dividend has been declared for the past half-year to 30th June, '908, at 23% p.a, free of income tax.
of notice notices based
Time allowed) · Number of
Number of
14 days
Mr. Gresson thought that the words of the Director of Public Works afforded amplo ran
on why the resolution should be, pissed. time and it seemed to him, as the Director of There notices wern issued at an extraordinary
Public Works himself admitted; that the public at Honkong was extremely anxious to com Ply with the regulations. Reference had been made to the fact that the Building Authority should say the answer to that was obvious. No was not asked to grant a period of grace, He
such question was put to him because nobody. Exp:cled summonses to be issued at that parti-- cular period:
A yoin was taken.
As in the case of the former resolution all the unofficial members voted for the resolution' and all the officials against it.
The resolution was lost by 7'voles 10:57
KOWLOON-CANTON "RAILWAY," The Hoo, Mr. M. Stewart asked:With re-
factory state of some of the atons railway bridges under construction in Kowloos, and the New Territory, have the Government any in. formation to impart
The Colonial Secretary, replied that the in formation in question that the government was willing to impart would be commoricated in the Governor's speech on the Estimates,
APPROPRIATION BILLAGE
The Colonial Secretary moved the first read”. ing of a Bill'antilles Ordinance to apply a` -
seven dollars to the public service at the year 1969.)
The Colonial Treasurer seconded,
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET SPEECH.
Estimates for 19-9,
Addressing the Council on the Colonial
the
the Colony and the prospects for its prospery THEIR Majerlies the Emperor and Empress | "Hongkong, although they did their best to policy was not advanced one jo. The ordinary to wall,. Nobo ly liked it because several sum not exceeding Ave mition Ove bondréd in the ensuing year. On this occasion specif. Japan received on the 17th inst, the Mabar | ascertain the views of the people, it was quite steps....ara. now being taken-Despatches, re- typhoons waredistaotly reported aboutthis time and seventy thousand four hundred and twenty·· interest Attaches to the Estimates mainly on ac- count of the unusual state of affairs created byth of Sikkim, and Lieu. General Sir-Regis impossible to get anything like a reasoned ports, compliation, compromiss. But the and the prospect of belag caught by one was,
ald Pole-Caïew, Prince Chira arrived in Tokio opinion from the inhabitants of Hongkong," the agitation against the use of opium and the
main object of the telegram. was achiev under the circumstances, distinctly disquieting, on 16th inst. fr.m Europe by way of Siberia.
Sir, I think it is not to be wondered at if ed. As I said, the Government: scored. But most people took a reasonable view of the From a cursory glance at the bulky volume
The impression which it is calculated to create balieve, what the reasoned opinion of Hong, bring strained by the architects and contractors; of figures containing the Batimates for 1909
upon the mind of any reader is obviously an kong holds to be the history of this "apparent put their tempers under restraint and exercised it does not at first sight seem as if any very
unfavourable impression. The words suggest ly high-handed proceed.og." We could not the virtue of patierca. It was therefore with drastic measures are to be enforced, mexr
His Excellency salde-Gentlemen,--Before 1 that the inhabitants are impossible people to understand it, at the time, because its compa. something like amalement that we read on deal with the Estimates for the coming year 1 year, the main items of expenditure being
deal with. No one could take it for a compliratively harmless nature was obscured in the day in the papers of the issue of a large number will invite your attention to the financial about the same as in the current year,
rrent. Anyone might take it as a slight. first instance by the news agencies interpolat. of summas upon property owners for statement in connection with them, which bus while the principal difference in the revenue
At the very least, it is open to misconstruc-ing the word "forthwith" into the order to close failure to carry out during this very bren laid upon the table. From this you will is due to the transfer of some 8400,000 from
tiap. It is not even clear. Who did their best? the divant, sed because of other obscurities, period the former requirements of the Build-see that the balance of asistiron December 31, the defunct Widows and Orphans Fund to
thorities? There is room for just that much ary steps were not taken; and not... His Majesty's Ministers or the Hongkong Au. But that, it now seems clear, is why the ordia- ing Authority in the matter of repairs. I have 1907, stood at $1,542.175; while the estimated
The been informed that as many as.99 wern jasand balance on the 31st December 1968 general revenue. With regard to opium
ambiguity owing to the speech being reported reason given by the Under Secretary The calling upon property owners to appear at the only, owing to the fact that a debit balance of the monopoly remains the same as during
in the third person, But this ambiguity does explanation: at least fits the facts and by Police Court on one day, on the aist August 8581,049 is anticipated to accrue from the work- the present year, although there is a trifling
not really signify, for flis Majefty's Ministers the light of them the reasons given by It is just this kind of inconsiderate proceeding ing of the current year, I will first explain reduction in the licences owing to the pro
would naturally seek to ascertain the views of the Under Secretary are seen to fall which rouses the ire of the general public and how this deficit-which is the excess posed reduction in the issue for 1909 At
the people through the Hongkong Authorities, 10. the ground, and to lie, in a brings the Administration into disfavour.vised estimate of expenditure over the revised the Council meeting, Mr. Murray Stewart,
When and how did His Majesty's Ministers confused heap, forming stumbling blocks in- In particular it naturally arouses the estimate of reveans-has arisen. In fact since As will be seen from the report, traverses the
thus do their best? The telegram which they utead of "ordinary steps towards making theirs of property owners and leads them to we anticipated a surplus of $49,359 our total Under-Secretary for State's speech on the
caused to be sent on the 6th May contained policy of the Government palatable. I cannot regard the Public Health Ordinances with falling ff really amounts to $610,40. This large opium question, delivered in the House of
no reference to the views of the people understand a better way of making the policy so "ething much stronger than disfavour, sum is in roped figures account Commony. He also deal in a very suggestive
It merely notified you, Sir, of an impending impalatable in this Colony than by offering, When the new Act was passed it was pointed lows-We expected to realise sancancement. Apart from that, the explana redections on our good name in defence of out on all hands and in this Council that its revenus than we estimated for. way with the vexed question of the prosecutions
tlouis required to cover an antecedent period. methods due to the immediate needs of Minis. | success maiply depended upon the spirit in increase of $38,000 in the total instituted by the Building Authority against LATE last night or at an early hour this morn. It is, therefore, pertinent to inquire when, if tors created by the axigencies of debate. The which its provisions were foterpreted revenue, but a deficit property owners, Hisquestion with regard to ing the Civil Service Co-opera'' Society Storeever, did the Home authorities approach the policy will be made more or less palatable ac- and the discretion with which they were land sales. The expenditure the railway was answered in a manner which burglars. Admittance was gained through ascertaining the views of the people? And is dictated by higher motives them those which had the temerity to express the hope that the than we calimited to
in Beaconsfield Arcade, was broken into by Hongkong authorities with the object of cording as the belief gales or loses ground that applied. In the debate on the Third Reading in on the other band, abou may lead later on to a resolution being fanlight from Battery Path, and a quailty of the of isociate with mere party strife. The more powata entrusted to that mysterious abstración are as followar-Conisbillón moved on the subject. The business of the goods, valued at about Sto, was stolen. The that reasoned opinion was non-existent in we are convinced of this the less, to adopt known as the Building Authority would be Relief Fund $30 meeting was finished when the Council went goods comprised a number of pipes, some the Colony? I imagine not. How then did the Sir Henry Blake'd expression, shall wa kick used with discretion. I understood Your Exce into Finance Committee and passed, or tobacco, and $1.in.co
Under Secretary of State come by this know. Of course, the Under Secretary Could not callency to assure this Council, and through $10,000 rather recommended the adoption of an THIS morning, jo the Supreme Court, Mr. Jedge? He had scarcely been long enough at be expected to explain the matter in this this Council, the community, that it was the mat exceptionally large number of minutes, but Justice Gompertz presiding, the Kworg Hing his duties to bare learnt it by experience, and way. But surely be ought never to have Government's desire to avoid unnecessary fric pone of the financial votes was of very great Cheung firmssed a contractor named Chu Yeung it can hardly be that he derived it from the come within measurable distance of setting tips in carrying out the pro the new import.
to recover the sum of $400, disney alleged to permanent, officials of the Colonial Office, bail up such a clumsy indictment to do daly as have been lent to the defendant. Mr. E. J. Grist, cante in that case Mr. Lyttleton world siin an excuse. No doubt, it is open to anyoba to of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for hava knowa, of our “parious state" and we contend that you cannot get a reason
KONTYPHOON WARNING.
"The American Consulate-General recai the following telegram from the Man!!n Ob vatory at 10:00 am); to-day 1--
A Cook name I Chan Wing, who was charged in Le Police Court, to-day, with stealing fifty pairs shoes from a shop in Des Voeux Road.
fortig'i ago, was given six months' hard latur another man named Lang Shing, to stolen property, was remanded, whom the cook was' Alleged to have sold the
the plaintiff, the defendant appearing in person o
It was stated that the planetiff paid a debt ipé à
firm, at defendant's reinast, and fo which firm idalandant was suposači in by a
& Cyclóns artyphoon West of Mladors, moving | the defendant decíad absolutely,
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