The
NEW SERIES No. 6920
•OONTENTS;
-Hirth "and" Death.
Leading' Artisles ----
The Chief Justice on the Government, The Queen's Head,
Telograma |----
157bibet.
Grand Councillors Denounced. Holiness' Embroidery.
Military Manteaves.
#84le of Dangerous Articles,
Emperor Kwang So.
"Tibetse Affairs,
{@Coast Maps.
**Tag Shzorji.
Chain Hankow;Railway.
#adipiar to Berlin.
Shanghai
MY TROCAL ?TMS Presidential Election: "Tab American' Flost.
The Dalai Lama.
for Arms.
*U. 3. Presidency.
Garmacy in Shantung... Legation Guards. Huigpu Conservancy. Meetings
Wm: Powell, Ltd.
› Libensing Sessions.
fingal Intelligence :---
···*Landlords' Obligations,
Championing a Cook. Godds on Approval.
Felice:
Robbery in the Hongkong Bank.
· P, W. D. Officer Arrested.
Robbery with Violence.
Crime at Yau-ma ti.
Story of a Suit,
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports:—
Hongkong Mob Law.
· Admiral/Stokes' Farewell,"
The Volunteers,
S. B. Hallan Disabled,
¤A Harbour Rescue.
9.8. Leongsang Endangered.
The American Fiest
•The Micadów Birthday,
"Shangkai“Races.
Horticultural Show. Morphin in China
Protection" Needed. The Navy League Annual.
Golf
The Cadet Service.. Volunteer Corps Orders. Typhoon Warning," Ukiton Day by Day. Interport Tennis. Interport Cricket.
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Interport Cricket Dinner.
The Chinese Loan. Japanese Yarn Lattary...
Hongkoby and Shanghal Bank The Oplam Question.
Canton-Hankow Railway.
The Chinese Banks' Dilemma.
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The Outlook in China.
Do the Flood Tide.
A Business Visit..
Fire in the Shanghai Club.
Mining in China.
Chinese Docks.
The Shanghai Airship.
Japan and China.
Charter-party Dispute.
Cotton Spinning in Japan., Manchuria.
Troops for Autarican Islands. The Late Mr. G. K. Well.
Mr. Jacob Sassoon's Gift.to. Science. The Philippion Carnival.
A Word for the Chiness. :
Dairy Farm Co.
-Interport Shoot," licli Opium.
Straite Military Contribution.
Singapore as an Entrepot.
"Queen's Scholarships.
Postal Facilities”“”
Rice Mill-for-Siam.
Infant Mortality in Bangkok, Bommerölál:-
Freight Market.
A
Weekly Share Report.. Exchange,
Local and Gendial.
BIRTH."
On October 16, 100d, et Pangkiachwangy Bhratung, to Mr. and MI, JAMES L. MCCANN,
'DEATH. ***On October 25, 1908, Shanghai, STUART
'P, URKISTIK, agad, jo.yekrs.......
Hongkong Telegraph.
五辆四十月十年四十三精米
SUPPLEMENT.
ESTABLISHED 1881
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Telegrams.
TIBETANSEL
ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERN-
ist November. The nat
of bet are opposed to the administration of government by HE. Chiu Yee-fong the Senior Amihaneva Kruger,
Belegraphed
to Peking for instructions in the circumstance.
An Imperial Decree has been issued authorizing the proclaiming of martial law in Tibet."
GRAND COUNCILLORS
DENOUNCED,
MEMORIAL PIGEON HOLED.
[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po3)
Peking, 1st November. The Viceroy of Shensi and Kansu has denounced a certain Grand Connoillor to the Throne.
into consideration, and as the jury found amongst a retain class to ding bricks at the the charge proved--and it scarcely could Chinens whenever and wherever the oppor-- bave gone behind that fictwhile the tunity, offers. The Chief Justice paid no. judge "Imposed the minimum penalty of apparent heed to the suggestion, although it day's imprisonment, which we presume did not escape his notice. Instead, he dwelt meant his instant dismissal, practical justice on the fact that the law enjoined supervi- has been done. But what the case brought tion, and that evidently in this case the law to light was the extraordinarly haphazard and had not been obeyed by whom, is another happy-go-lucky methods which were former question. It was obvious," 'his Lotdabip ly in operation at the Public Works Depart conlinued, "that. If there had been proper ment, The building Inspector seem to supervision as the Ordinance required, this have sauntered "casually round a building wall would not have been built in the bad which was in course of construction and way it was said to have been built, and after doing nothing in particular and doing would not have Edilapsed, and the ry unfor it very well, declared, it on completion a fit tudate people killed would probably havebeen. and proper place for habitation. In an ex-ving at the present day. The supervision Ceptionally luminous and practical address after completion was lamentably deficient." to the jury the Chief Justice delivered bla. And to this Combection he vald, finally, the self of certain opinions which should not be certificate granted amounted to nothing at allowed to pase unnoticed. On many occa all." We do not fotond to enter into the sions in reading the remarks made by the merits of the question whether a wall thould His Excellency Chief Justice we have been struck by his be opened in order to discover whether it is curiously Involved and almost inexplicable in accordance with the requirements of the manner di reasoning, whereby the simplest Government, or whether any other procedure questions of law and fact, have been so should be adopted. We do not desire to do swathed in bandages of rhetoric and legal the mantle of building experts, or to speak phraseology that, in the end all semblance of as quidounce on a purely technical subject,, their original form has departed. But, in this but we certainly think that the remarks of case, the Chief Justice spoke to buslaess the Chief Justice as to the duty of the men as a business man, or at all events, ar a Government in seeing that proper supervision man of the world, a man who realises the over the building of houses in the Colony, dangers which arise from jerry building and should receive attention in the proper jerrymandering, and a man who can take a quarters, so that the entire burden of sane and common-sense view of a simple "supervision" as defined by the Ordinance aud practical question. We do not for a should not be thrown on the unfortunate moment fancy that the Public Works Depart- contractor who may have done his duty ac ment will relish his extremely outspoken and cording to his lights while the officials respon pungent criticisms of its work, or that all sible. for the carrying into effect of the law, is well in that section of the state of Den- were turning up the calendar to discover mark to-day. But it is only by the efforts when the next official holiday was due. of such men as the Chief Justice put forth in This case that necessary "re- forms can be achieved, because the Chief Justice in so far removed from the ordinary bustie and worry of the moment-although Among the items in the present issue of he way think otherwise that he is able to the Government Gasette is one which is of look on all sides of everyday matters with a more than passing interest if only for the serena impartiality which it is difficult for the memories which it must evoke. It is an average commercial man to assume. What announcement by the Postmaster General everybody who read his summing-up must at Hongkong to the effect that after the. have admired was the humorously cautious 30th of April, 1909, all postage stamps way in which he criticised the Government, issued by the Hongkong Post Office bearing and managed to plast some shrewd and the head of the late Queen Victoria will trenchant blows in the most innocent fashion cease to be available for postage. The noti possibic. For example, he prefaced his comfication further · proceeds: "Holders of ments on the functions of the Government such stamps are advised to use them up ic and of the Public Works Department in during the six months allowed or particular with the remark that the sins of they apply to the Postmaster Conéial they' omission of that department in the past had can have such stamps axchanged for those been attempted to be covered up by sub of the current issue, ois., King's Head. sequent reorganisation, but he let it be un There are probably few in Hongkong to-day derstood that the Court could not accept who can remember the introduction of the that principle. The Chief Justice went on stamp bearing the Queen's head, and it is, What he had to say was not at all directed certain that it must have been long after the to the present Government, but to the Gorcession of the island to the British Govern ernment in the abstract which existed at the ment before the buff-coloured oblong made time these houses were built. A great many its appearance. Perhaps there is a philatelist be taken to promote the trade in popular fancies were current with regard to in the Colony who keeps liis collection of embroidered articles between China the duties of Government. Some people stamps in strict chronological order in, bis thought Government could do what it album, although we confess that we have and Russia, by causing manu- liked, but that was not 80. It was bound by not met the amateur enthusiast who facturers to export them to that duty just as much as any other person in this has reached that standard of collecting country. Colony. And if it chose to make Ordi-genius. But unless there ́ is · ́such' nances providing duties for its departments, a one, and unless the Post Office and did not supply any department with people keep a record it is unlikely that we proper officers to carry out those duties, then may lears without difficulty the date when there was negligence on the part of the the first stamp bearing the Queen's head was Government and; certain officials would be seen in Hongkong. Since the first Issue, consequently liable, and it would be perfect which must have been somewhere about the ty posible to bring home a verdict of man- end of the first half of the nineteenth century slaughter against any of them for neglecting the circulation of British stamps in Hong to perform their duties." If an ordinary kong, Shanghai and Tientsin must total ap Journalist had made such a sweeping asser appalling number. Without taking the trouble
THE QUEAN'S HEAD,
In his memorial he sought to cast aspersions on the character of Chang Chihtung, Prince Chuen, and Hsu Shi-chang, Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces, as well..
The memorial has been uncere- moniously pigeon holed.
CHINESE EMBROIDERY –
VALUED IN RUSSIA [By courtory of the " "Sheung, Po‚"], "
Peking, 1st November. The Chinese-merchants-residing in St. Petersburg have telegraphed the Contral Government informing the authorities that articles of Chinese embroidery are much fan- cied by the Russians at the capital. *Tho merchants suggest that steps
**
MILITARY MANŒUVRES FOREIGN OFFICERS TO ATTEND, [By couriety of the "Sheung „Po."]
lir
Peking 2nd November.
At the forthcoming military man- ouvres, military officers of foreign Countries will also attend
There will also be present the correspondents of two newspapers,
SALE OF DANGEROUS ARTICLES
tion it is certain that he would have been to delve intó back recordi, for that is work regarded as guilty of something in the nature which could appeal to bat few on a brilliant of "lese majeste." Let us see how piquant-day in the late autumn, we note from the same ly the Chief Justice managed to utilise the fetue of the Government Gazette, that the homeopathic principle of touching the spot. revenue of the Post Office for the nine months. Some people thought a Government could ending 31st August, 1908, fealised the sum of do what it liked, but that was not so." It $292,904, and alll.ugh it falls below 'the would be interesting to know, whom the total revenue derived by the Government Chief Justice had in mind when he used from this source in 1907 by some $16,834 it those words. Comu bë have had reference | is still a respectable figure for the work of to the high officials, who "some people" the postal department. It is scarcely neces belleve are heaven-born administrators, they to say that there are other items than equals if not the superiors of any of stamps included in that total, but we should our great pro-consuls, from Lord Clive be safe in assuming that the great proportion to Lord Cromer? Again, be added that of the revenue is drawn from the sale of the The British and American Min- the Government was "bound by duty just "stick-backs." The differénce which-exists
KAŽDÝ P
PROPOSED CONFERENCE. [By courtesy of the "Sheng Po."
Peking, 2nd November.
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豐七月一十英港香
COAST MAPS:
INFORMATION DESIRED""
spond [By courtesy of the!" Sheung Po helthe veghePeking; 2nd November
The Ministry of War has issued instructions to the Provincial Gov- ermaneats on the sea-board directing them to furnish thaps showing there on the islands pertaining to cạch province, respectively. calling
TANG SHAO-YI:
---DEPARTURE FROM JAPAN.
[By courtesy of the "Shaung Por
Peking, 3rd November. HE, Tang Shao-yi, special com- missioner to the United States, has advised the Imperial Government by wire that he would start from Japan for America on the 8th inst.
CANTON-HANKOW
RAILWAY.
APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT,
By courtesy of the "Sheung Fo"]
SINGLE
THE AMERICAN
TELEGRAMS OF V
[By courtesy of the '
OME.
Amoy, 4th November. Admiral Emery, of the American Fleet, as received several tens of telegrains of welcome from the dif forent Provinces.
He is very pleased with the tale grams, w
The Admirali has, tablet to the American President at Washingtona the fact of the subsistence of oor- dial friendship between Chius and America
THE DALAI LAMA
`PEKING' APPOINTMENT.
[By courtesy of the “Shaung Po"]}
Teking, 4th Novembər. An Imperial decrea
was issued on the Srd inst., by the Empress Dowagers appointing the, Dalai Lama Buddhist Pontiff in Tibet and order ing him to return to Tibet and re- store order.
APPLICATION FOR ARMS. Peking, 3rd November. Grand Councillor Yuan Shilka FRENCH CHURCH IN KIANG BU. has recommended Yang See-ki for appointment as Assistant Baperin
[By bdurtesy of the "Shoung fo,] tendent of the Canton-Hankow
Peking, 4th November Railway in addition to his presentIt is proposed by the authorities post.
of the French church in Mingha Yang boki not long ago vished Hoog-prefecture, Kiang-su province, to, kong and the Straits Settlements ar Special store & supply of arms and ammuni- Trade Commissioner, Ed.,?f«A. T'] ·
tions for self-protection.
TIBET..
'TROUBLE WITH THE LAMAS.
{By couriety of the “Sheung Pp"]
Peking, 8rd November. In consequence of the opposition by the lamas in Tibet to the admin- istration of Government by Chiu Yee long, the senior amban, the Buddhist Pontiff telegraphed from Peking to the lamas enjoining them to disperse.
¡MINISTER TO BERLIN.
DUAL-POST.
[By courtesy of the "Sheung "Po.""]
Peking, 3rd Novembèt.
The Wai-u-pu, however, has refused the application as it is con trary to treaty provisions.,
THE CHIENTAQ-DISPUTE. JAPAN WANTS A QUID PRO QUO, [By courtesy of the " Sheung Pa"]
Peking, 5th November HE. Tang Stao-yi has advi the Central Government by telegram that-it Jupatoso. Govorámoúb hae agreed to yield to China's contention as to China's sovereignty over Chien- tao Island,
Japan, however, desires a quid pro quo in thus yielding to China's contention.
If the Central Government agree to grant certain privileges to Japan in reciprocation the Chientso dispoz
It has boon decided by the Im- perial Government that as soon as H. E. Yam Cheung, the new Chinese Minister to Germany, reach may be considered as at-s duties of HE Yu Shek mui, special ca, Berlin, he 'will take over, tho
commissioner, in addition to per-
forming his own duties as the accredited representative to the Ger- man capital.
HE. Yu has been recalled.
MILITARY
INTERCHANGE OF PROVINCIAL REGIMENTS,
[By courtesy of the “BRug Po
Peking, 3rd November.
as much as any other person in this Co-between the sale of stamps when they were istors at Peking have addressed
How many people will raise their first introduced into the Colony-some years representations to the Watwapu It is proposed by the Ministry of
The Hongkong Celegraphyebrows and way to themselves, can that after, penny postage had been enablished inquiring if China is prepared to be War that regiments of the different
MAIL SUPPLEMENT,
«489VED GRATIS TO BUBSCRIBERS. “HOMOKONG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1908,
THE CHIEF JUSTICE ON THE themia a GOVERNMENT.
coming confitbo
EMPEROR KWANG SU.
really 10? And so all we common in Great Britain, and the actual tumover of represented at proposed forth Yaboor have been leing in a fool's paradineto-day would be enough to make the original
at which an believing that the Government could do clerks at the stamp counters turn green with practically anything it pleased, being encased envy. It might be possible to find out the inquiry will be conducted into the in the armour of assurance that whatever is number of stamps which had been sold in advisability of prohibiting the sale
did it could do no wrong. The Chief Hongkong idee the Post Office was started of dangerous articles. Justice went farther: be actually suggested but it would be more of a Sisyphean task than that* “ certain officials" might be amen anything else, and even if it could be so- able to the law if they failed to do complished it would serve no useful end. their duty to the public. Of course that in Figures are not everything nowadays, for our räther na enigmatie and ambiguous remark, modern mathematicians shirk no trouble to (3rit October.) After the remarks of the Chief Justice for we are afraid that those certain officials" prove that a circle is a square, and twice two terday insubmitting to the jury the case in would not include the high and mighty perfive. Still it might be interesting to learn dia Chinaman was charged with the crime-sonages who adorn the official world, but why it is considered necessary, to, de-value would be taken to mean the humble and the stamps which served so admirably, for nicek. However, there the matter stands afty or sixty years... and stoly reader is entitled to his own in-
di manslaughter as the reant of the collapse
of winding at Yaumad recently, we take it gitated that builders in Hongkong Will
mote Carchil la fature than they evid- terpretation of that passage, which is preg The Oximed University Press is about to pab iently have been in the past as regards okot, with possibilities. Returning to the the construction work and the materials titial features of the case under consumptuous work on Chinese Porcelain the work of Hulang Yuan Pion, a celebrated employed. Is There were dry interesting stdcation; we find the Chief Justice reconnoisstear of the 10th century of our dra yuinté mised in the coume of the case that inking that the Ordinance of 1899 wie This was in the form of an illitated man
"catalogue,which was destroyed by fire miffy be impossibilij ch deal with each wind pled with the due proper Londosa
·Happily vitetul: cöples-bad-boon! all of them, more especially as the case was of the public by the proper supervision of itself of a curiously complicated character, buldings in course of construction, It is silent one of those has been1måderurant To begin with the pareon accused was all reay well to say, as one witness, a P.W.D. d and adnotniet by Dr SW Bankell,
CM.04 værfter * Gülder por a contractor. So far official said, that Chinese work requires a month. The originai aduinn © Camryn láto hân, mike: out his kasertion that he had great deal of supervision. But that fact does Dr. Boshell's personenty years ago, and Gothica, to do win: the work beyond super not in the very alightest degree exonerate when shown excited much interest įthe prasen: mariboonif of lim, friend the contractor the department if the necessary mupervision work is being published in response to many brking@lilia peraboli jausistance in the is not given. And why emphasise the ex-| requests. There are mighly three coloured oradio sthan #tickly position was ceptional character of the supervision requir- spoetes, reproducing with mandagatindelity the
"Estiidering that he was 'el'ortt Chinese work? (La tt mot doma
which were, of course, coloured by hand. “The bound in eastern style, and the letter. press is printed on Oxford India paperia The
thin
that he made out a rapscalliondom are recruited from the must
oate all things taken. ! army of jerry-buildere? But It to popular a price is dira gulas
HEALTH RESTORED, ⠀⠀⠀
[By courtesy of the "Sheung Fo"]
Peking, 2nd November. Emperor Kyang Su's health is restored.
His Majesty is, however, still unable to walk about by himself he requires an attendant to help him along
TIBETAN AFFAIRS,
SECR
Frhe
The
has
scuss Tibet
provinces might be given oppor tunities to interchange, gatrizona with a view of securing for the soldiers a personal knowledge of the country.
"SHANGHAI TAOTAL.
PROMOTED GOVERNOR.
courtesy of the "Sheung Foll
Peking, 3rd November. News has been received from a reliable source of the promotion.of His Honour Tani Nai Wong, Taota of Shanghai, to the Governorship at Kat Lum, in the Three Eastern Provinces
THE PRESIDENTIAL BOSCH ELECTION..
STAFT'S SUCCESSIONARI
[From Our Own Cor
Shanghai, 4th November
8,15 pm; p
Now York news
U S. PRESIDENCY
WU TING-FANG'S MESSAGE
[By courtesy of the "Bheung Po.»]
· Peking, 5th November. H. D. Wu Ting-fang, Chinese Minister Washington, has tele graphed to the Waiwupu that the American, nation has elected Mr. William H. Taft as President of the Republic.
GERMANY Y IN SHANTUNG.
COLLEGE FOR CHINESE ESTABLISHED.
[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."|` Peking, 6th November. The Germans have established a college at Tsingtau, Shantung Pro- vince.
,000
China contributes a sum annually as a grant-in-sid];
LEGATION GUARDS,
PROPOSED PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL
[By countery of the
5th Poking
The Japanese Feffected's partia Logation Guard
Mr. Rockhill, the Fistór, las decilled