The Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW SERIES No. 6978
CONTENTS.
- Mirthe;"Marriage und "Dentho.
Loading Artioles :-*
Hon Rice Cultivation in the Philippines. andy {Fanny-K-Hord Telegrams.
#irion Telegram (O
Walwapu.
Yan Sbih-kai's Retirement. Substantive Appointments, Loans
Phan Chan Pik Dandunced.
Prince Ching, Kong Chun-lum.
Emin Germaos'a Mengtsz
Code Telegrams.
**2/* -Yuân Shih-kai. *
Canton-Haskow Railway. Ministen to Germany." The Late Sovereigas. Presentation of Memoriatr Chiba and Jagan. Compulsory Education.
Tang Shao-yli
Censor Kong's Memorial
* Yuan Shih-kal's 'Dowell.
**** Chang Chihitung's Intervention.
The Angers Stable..
Yuan Shib-kal's Departure
Shanghai Press.
Eunuchs,
Legal Intelligence
Bankrupt Captain.
Threatening a Witness.
la Bankruptcy 'Jurisdiction.
zán Oversight,
Keeper of Disorderly House in Difficulties.
A Techniczí'Objection,
Not a Hety Grèeó.
"She Didnt Know.".
Polloe:-
Burglar'a Hiding Place.
Robbery in Queen's Road.
No Work for the Convalescent,
As Obstreparous Engineer
A Coolle's Temper.
Correspondence -
** "New"Kowloon Laud Sale.
Hawaii's Need of Chines Labour.
Misoollandos Articles and Reports:-
Hongkong University.
The Opiam Question.
The Earthquake in Italy.
Chinese Stowaways,
"The Silver King"
Opium Traffic,
The Fatin Lacidente
Inly's Sortow,
The Volunteer Balt
"Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Comp
tipa
Queen's College:
"Hilliard Match.
A Paloful Experience.
The Philharmonic Concert
A Harbour Collision.
Ellis Kadoorio School...
"The Water Police Smoker."
Hygiene Competition. "Diocesan School and Omteuage, *Daring Armed Robbery.
* Newlandı” Sold. Government District Schools. The Geists.
More Undesirables.!!
Lady Lugard's Healebi...
Oil Fuel on Vessels. Tobacco Store Burglød.” Sir R. Hurrand China. Sanitary Board Electionì. "1" Ootrage at Sha-tau-kok
Western Medicine in Chier. Sensation at Shauśki-wan. Medical Science in Chida. Forthcoming Races. Prospecting in Borneo. The Bijou Troubadours Prison Life'ib Tonkin. Maritime Gambling.
* Rowing,*
Pagitive Sallons. Volunteer Corps Orden.' Canton Day by Day. The Opium Commission, History of Shanghai.
per Chidase-Bankı, ***
The Chlokiang Collision.
Chine and the Powers,.
Yean Shibkai.
Changing Horses,
Plague Preventiva Menus. 14Treaty between the United States and span Concerning the Protection of Trade- ‚'marks, etc., in Chíos, Stranding of the Telemachus
The Drowning of Captain Wagermann. The South Manchurian Railway..
Monopeller in Formosa
Sugar refining Industry.
Saigon Marder Cass,
9.S. Sitkentä on Fire
Raising the Sunken Kalowo.” Salling Ship Ashore.
De Salving the Comat..
Rescued at Sen.
The Tragedy at Saigón, 4" FA Chinese Social Transformation,
32% Chartered Bank.
Barawak in 1908.
Spitting Ordinance. Raub Crushings,^2. Doffing the Queue.
19-0| Gemmercial-
"Freight Harket.
Weekly Share Report.. Exchange. Loos) and General,
Tagged
BIRTHS.:
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·晚五十月二十年四十三赭光
On-January-2-1909, at-Shangbai, the wife of R. J. Cain, of a 300.
On January 15, 1900, as Shanghai wife
OF ARCH, SINGLAR, G, M, 3. N. Co., of a'idni On January & 1900, *Shanghai, the wife OI ME DIYD LANDKLE, of a daughter, 57
NAUME MARRIAGE.":"
Ös: Januity 17, 1909) in Shibghal, PA
DDLE":LIGENDau, i elicit son) of the late radu Pitira Lagandrajeditor‹ of the BEx | Zyon; Lyonsjfmnenja to – MINNIE Huus, youngest salangliter of the late 130/Watson, Ningpooneliste depuna
at Mulchester, suda
SUPPLEMENT.
ESTABLISHEDA1881.) 500 mango p
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1909.
Company deemed the notion impossible,
Honghang Celegraph remarking: There is soms talk of taking
MAIL SUPPLEMENT, 'ISSUED GRATIS TO SUBSCRIBERS.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1909.
RICE COLTIVATION ÎN ARB PHILIPPINES."
175 Telegrams.
CONG TELEGRAPE 6 SERVICE.
WAIWUPU.
VICE-PRESIDENT APPOINTED.
{By courtesy of the "Sheung Po1)
Peking, 8th January.
On the 7th inst, an Imperial Decree was issued appointing Chow Ka-loi to be acting Vico-president of
YUAN SHIH-KAI'S RETIREMENT
"FOREIGN • MINISTERS"" "DESIROUS
OF AS CERTAINING THE CAUSE,
"[By courtery of the "Sheung" Po"]
Peking, 8th January.
His Highness, however, declined to receive them on the plea of illness. SUBSTANTIVE APPOINT
A
大寒禮
NATJENE
certain of his nationals from estab-420Me lishing a Post Office at Montger.
WAIWUPT-
THE PRESIDENTSHIP,
By courtesy of the "Sheung, Po"]
Poking, 10th Janusry. It is the intention of the Prince Regent to give to Liang Tun-in the substantive appointment as President of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
All the Grand Councillors agreed with the proposal.
YUAN SHIH-KAL
Censor Chiu, denouncing than
that there were only three
and Governors who were not mb servient to Yuan; all the rest ware either his partisans or adirerents.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
THE LATE EMPEROR'S TUNERAL
By courtory of the "Skoung" ["6"]
gemaPeking, 12th January, The Chinese Minister in Tokio has telegraphed to the Waiwapa to the effect that the Emperor has decided to depute & Prince, to represent Japan on the occasion of the funeral of the late Emperor-Kwang Su when it takes place.
„MANDELAY DOG
-{By cou/lasy of the "Shaung Por
Peking, 12th January, Chang Chih-tung is in favour of
PUBLICATION OF THE IMPEACH-deferring the putting into operation
ING MEMORIAL.
of the regulations relating to the question of compulsory education.
a cable all the way from Australia' to Madri tur across the route of the tradewinds to the Cape There is not even a sandbank on which to catch fish. Thero is not: a part to which a cruher or a cable ship can go to replenish their supply of coal, which they ars certain to require to do. There are no hips going there. There is no trade, and nobody wants to go there." Yet in rgor only fourteen years later-the Company finish- ed the construction of that very cable and is (12th January.),"'
addition laid a lind to Australia via Fiji trom Evidence is not lacking that the Philip Canada. The present scheme in subjected: pino Government intend to make a serious to the identical cry of "absurd as that used effort to develop. the agricultural resources in the early days of reform, and from the the Warupu. of the islands by introducing an immense hame quarter, but when practical men see schema of irrigation which it is expected the rising power of wireless telegraphy; they || Saran
CODE TELEGRAMS. will involve an expenditure of between len
can scarcely doubt the feasibility of the pro and fifteen million pesos. The miln object posal. As Mr., Heaton said "If the Gov.
NO RESTRICTION AGAINST of the Government is to cocourage the rice erament of the Island Continent [Australia] can enable its people to send a telegram the planten to extend the area under cultivation
SPA TRANSMISSION,¦; so that the output may in time equal the
enormous distance of 3,800 miles through home demand. To understand the range
[By courtesy of the'"' Sheung "Po.""] the wastes and wildernesses for a penny a of the scheme, it may be stated that the word, or twelve words for a shilling, what is committee which was appointed to devise
Peking, 10th January. "COMPULSORY EDUCATION. there to prevent us sending a telegram from practicable ways and micans contemplate London to India by land at the same rate?"
The Ministry of Posts and Com CHANG CHIH-TUNG FAVOURS The irrigation of 550,000 pectores al ground From St. Petersburg to Vladivostock, a dis
The various Foreign Ministers inmunications has countermanded the in the various provinces, or in other tance of over 6,000 miles, it is possible to Peking paid a visit to Prince Ching order prohibiting the transmission words, 1,375,000 acres, but it is not con- send a message for less than fourpence a word with the object of ascertaining the of code telegrams. sidered probable that the entire system will The first which Mr. Heaton suggests abouldbecause for the retirement of Yuan be in operation for thelopg period of 37 years, taken towards the realisation of his ideal l while it will take 15 years for the 'hilippines that for the first time in the history of this
Shih-kai. to supply the wants of the people in rice. British Empire the British-Postmaster According to the report of Mr.L. F.Goodale General and the Postmasters General of all the committee recommends that the sum of the Colonies and India should meet in Lon-
•750,000 pesos be expended every year on dorf to deal with the few problems involved, irrigation, that being, in the opinion of the and the Ifome and Colonial Governments commillee, all that can be spent in the seven should offer to construct land lines, and months' season availalile. The committee when necessary cables, to the various por further recommends that the 750,000 pesoвtions of the Empire on the route to our pa appropriation be reduced annually by the sessions beyond the seas.". He argues that ainouit paid into the, treasury by’way of re-
the money expended in cabling To London, Imbursement for the use of the water thus
and the money the British Government ex- supplied; that the capital required for irriga pends in cabling to the Colonits and tion be furnished from revenues of the Gov. Dependencies, amounts to a sum sufficient to ernment or that, if it, be thought better to
pay the interest on all the cables and the issue bodds for irrigation work that the amount, and lines they desire to acquire. With the raised in that way be limited to 10,000,000 official expendhure of the ligh Commis pesos or 10 15,000,000 pesor at the must..sioners of the Agents General, also of the Mr. Goodale estimates that the, migable representatives of Judia and of what bre areas in the 30 provinces of the archipelago generally known as the Crown Colonier amount to 550,000 hectareas. In this esti; of the Dominions beyond the seas, and mate the Moro province has not been con
the enormous, sums spent by the British sidered and two provinces, Agusan and Government in communicating with the Benguet, have no area to be irrigated. The Colonies, and with naval and military province with the largest area is Pangasinan forces, there would be a sum more than with 100,000 hectares, followed by Tarlac offcient to pay the interest on these lines. and. Bulacan each of which hai 50,000 Somuremarkable figures were given by Mi hectares Palawan, Samar, Sorsogon and Heaton regarding the costs of cabling from Surigao have but 1000 hectareas onch to to her possessions. It appears be irrigated: "It is further set forth in the report that the total area in rice shows about 597,766 hectareas in the archipelago. Also that during the past ten years ending, the fiscal year 1998 there have been imported into the islands 1,813,451,485 kilos of rice at a cost to the islands of over 120,000,008 pesos." Assuming, says the report, that there are 600,000 hectareas under cultivation in rice and that 550,000
aver.
MENTS.
NO SALE IN FUTURE.
· [By courtesy of the "Sheung_1o."]
[By courtesy of the " Sheung Po."]
Peking, 10th January.
The Grand Councillors proposed to publish the memorial of Kong Ohun-lum, for the information of Peking, 8th January.the people, denouncing Yuan Shih- sued instructions to all the provinces
The Central Government has is-kai.
The Prince Regent, however, did' that the sale of substantive appoint mot approve the suggestion ments in the Empire shall, for ever, be forbidden in futuro."
LOANS.
A pa
RETURN CALLED FOR.
[By courtesy of the " Shaung Po."]
Poking, 8th January. od the Waiwupu to draw up, a The Prince Regent has command-
return of all loans setting out also the means for the redemption thereof.
CHAN PIK DENQUNOED. FOR ALLEGED 'CORRUPT ON.
• PRINCE CHING.
- RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS.
•{By courtesy of the "Sheung Po"]
Peking, 8th January. Prince Ching, having recovered. from his recent illness, on the 8th inst., applied to have his leave of absence cancelled,
KONG CHUN-LUM
at the High, Government alone pays steamship companies for mail transport about £700,000 per annum; but the inhabitants atto y 5,000,000 per annum for cabling, of which 1,000.000 goes for American cables. We pay £1,000 a day to cable to
[By courtesy of the "Sheung, Po."], Australia; we pay £1,000 a day to cable in Indiay we pay £1,000 a day to cable to Sodh Africa we pay £1,000 a day to are irrigable,ible to China and the East; we pay
Peking, 8th January. 50,000 hectares would furnish 60,550,000 1,000,000 a year to .cable to the United Censor Sheung Tai has also de- leaving 1,307,450,000 kilos-to be furnish ed by the irrigable land or at the fale Sales of America. The Governments of nounced H.E. Chan Pik, president The world pay an enormous suru at present of the Ministry of Posts and Com of 2,378 kilos per hectares, nearly one for cabling messages. In regard to the hundred percent more than the sge production of all rice lands, That the cables, to India andthe Rast, and to Americi, munications, for alleged corruption... irrigated lands should do this there is including the Canadian service, we are laThe Prince Regent became moved the present High cable charges paying for no doubt, if those interested in the cultis abandoned cables, for superfluous cables, upon perusing the memorial.. vation would use the benefits of irrigation:to its fullest extent. If does not seem at all and also, for unnecessary working staff and Hikely to the committee that it would be apparatus. In other words, the public is possible to expand in economical work more paying £4,000,000 a year for what could be than 750,000 pesos per year, assuming that supplied for £130,000. In fact, if we were lo the labour can be obtained, which is doubt wipe out or desirey our present capi@service it would be possible to reconstruct the whole. ful, which at an average rate of 50 pesos system anew for less than halfilicoriginal out per hectare would put under irrigation Aregards the question whether theca 15,000 hectareas annually. It will be seenbies could cope with the rush if a popular rate that the scheme in of a^most ambitique.
were established it is stated that the marvel- character and one effect it may lave is to Pollak Virag" system has met this solve the problem of inducing the native difficulty; by it means an ldcrease of its population to work. If it achieves that re- sult the general usefulness of the plans will ges of eightimes the number of metsiger be enhanced, for once the habits of industry can be sent on any wire at about a third of the present cost. The Pollak Virag "system and labour are cultivited the moral regenera can send forty thousand words an hour from tion of the people follows as a matter of London to Paris; this means that they could by wireless telegraphy or by six wires of land fines, telegraph to the continent of Europe in one week the whole of the messages, now sent in a year. MrMarcosi, who was pre- (13th January.)
sent at the mesting at which Mr. Henniker Thiny years have passed since that sturdy Heaton spibke on this question said: "You pioneer of the principle of linking up the may ask whether it will be possible, by Empjid by the introduction of cheap postal means of wireless telegraphy, to have a service and cheap low telegraph rates, Mr. reliable service at ra, a word between lng Henniker Heaton, contended for a uniform and and Canada. I would answer that penny postage between the old country and this will certainly become paisible in time the colonies and now having in the face of the and thar at prescut a rate of only zid, pet greatest opposition realised that dream he word is being charged for Press and Govern is the foremost advocate of penby-a-wordment messages. From a technical point of telegrams throughout the Empire, In a view the possibility of low rates, whether by slashing speech delivered in the presence of cables or by wireless, resolves itself to the a distinguished audience at the Royal Co-question of the speed at which it is possible. lonial Institute, Mt. Henniker Heaton10, work each circuit, and any, invention, enundated those views which, have brought such as that of" Pollak Vitag, if applicable him fame and renown wherever the English to cables for long distance wireless, can only, language is spoken and have gained for him result in furthering the ponibility of cheap The British Minister in Peking the affectionate regard of many a poor exile rates. Mr. G.B. Neilson, speaking from the has applied to the Central Govern whose relatives at home often found it a telegraph companies' point of view, ridiculed heavy burden to meet the cost of regular the idea of penny a word telegrams, but the ment for information regarding the communication with the exiles. Those who rest of the members of the Institute, includ cause for the retirement of Yuan pretended to know declared that Imperial Ing Lord Strathcons, were firmly of Mr. Shih kol penny postage was impracticable, but the Henniker Heston's view, and we can only proposal came into operation on Christmas trust that the roseate vision will become an Day, 1898, and the British Government has actual fact with the ferct of this Bene not lost a farthing by it. Now that the tion. Whether the cheaper telegrams come succent of the fint scheme has been damon by this cables owned by the telegraph com strated, the upholder of cheap telegrams Is panles or by wireless ta immacolat (to thik preming forward towards the end he original majority of people so long as they come and ly had In view and none will maintain, that can be despatched at the lowest rate possiblo
course.
PENNY-A-WORD TELEGRAMS.
TOR HARVIL (11 49, his purpose will not one day be achieved
even in spite of the ridicule and oppori- in reply to a request by the Viceroy of Yuasa tion of the cable companies. When Mr. and the Gover Hend
ted the constmory of the opitm
mint has ordered the
I probibielen to be
Size amer Anderson
A PERSONA GRATA.
[By courtesy of the "Shering Pol]
Feking, 8th January, The Prince Regent has expressed his pleasure at Kong, Chualam's outspokenness
He commanded him that he was to memorialize in future all matters coming to his knowledge and not withhold anything from the Regent.
YUAN SHIH-KATS RETIREMENT. "BRITIOH MINISTER'S INQUIRY.
By courtesy of the "Cheung To"] Peking, 10th January
Later...
One of the charges alleged against Yuan Shih-kai, formulated by Kong "Chur-lum in his memorial, was that
H.E. Yuan ordered the entry of the Suk-wai division of troops into Pek ing without authority for so doing,
CANTON-HANKO W- RAILWAY.
NORTHEËN SECTION." (By courtesy of the "Shrung Pp."]
Peking, 11th January. The gentry and merchants of Hupeh havo addressed a letter to Chang Chih-tung protesting against the railway being placed under the management of officials.
Chang Chih-tung was displeased thermat.
MINISTER TO GERMANY. DEPARTURE FROM TEKING. \[By courtesy of the || Sheung Po"]
*** TANG SHAO YT
TO RETURN TO CHINA.
"[By" courtesy of the "Sheung Po"]
Peking, 12th January The Grand Councillors have telegraphed to Tang Shao-yi, the special ambassador to the United Etates, urging him to take his depar ture from New York, on his return to China, not later than the 19th inst. Excellency was commanded to return via Europe.
"CENSOR KONGS MEMORIAL..
· MORE OFFICIALS IMPLICATED.
["Hy courtesy of the'" Shawng Po"]
Peking, 12t
In Censor Kong Chun-lum's mer orial denouncing Yuần' - Bhih-ka, many officials outside Peking were also implicated.
| The Prince Regent does not intend to tako further notion in the matter.
--YUAN SHIE-KAT'S
"DOWNFALL.
"INTRIGUING IN PEKING.
{B}:courtesy of the " Shaung Bo."]
Peking, rsth January,
On the 17th ult, Yuan Shihokal recom-
-official, and wax reprimanded by the Prines
Regent for the suggestion.
Peking, 11th January. LE. Yum Cheung, Chinese Min-mended the reinstatement of a certain high ister designate to Berlin, loft Peking yesterday en roule to, Germany.
THE LATE SOVEREIGNS
FUNERAL EXPENSES, [By courtesy of the ↳ Sheung Por
Peking, 11th January The funeral expenses of the late Emperor and Empress Downger and the cost of preparing the sites for the mausolea are enormous.
*
The Board of Revenue is some. what puzzled bow to meet them.,
On the matter being referred to the Prince Regent, His Imperial Highness directed that the samo should be defrayed out of the Privy Purse of the late Empress Grand' Dowager.
*
PRESENTATION OF
US MEMORIALS, SUGGESTED. FL:CILITIES
COMMONERS, {{By courtesy of the “Shring Par] -
TO
~~"Whereupon Yuan Shih kai endeavoured to induce the Impress, Dowager to assume the reins of govemment..in order to save himself. from falling out of grace.
The Prince Regent became very much "yexed'ihereat, et Part
|- Three days later (on the 30th "hit) Vuías Shih kal" despatched a private telegram to Tang Shao-y, the special ambassador to the United States, using the names of the Grand
Councillors in the privata message.200
The Prince Regent way ducts stinoyed at Yuan's high-handedness
It is reported that that was one of the reasons which led to, the ex-Grund- Council- lor's downfall, **
CH CHANG CHIHTUNGS INTERVENTION.. PRINCE REGENT UNREUENTING.
Bart By counting of the Shaung Pol
Peking, 13th" inuar, When the Imperial Edler commanding the retirement of Yuan, Slib k” WAE KI- Bounced, Chang Chintung did his utmost to have revoked. pos Fr. The Prince Regenty replied that: Yoro sahould consider himmli fortunate in being wofetilently treated.
WEMUGEANSTAELE
PROP
Peking 11th January, The Prince Regent proposed to extend to commoners the privilege of memorializing the Throne "Upon a certain Grand Councillor, ze. {Byam Temonstrating with him, he was in-
to change his mind.
YUAN SHIF-KAI,
The reply-Si John Jordan, reduced colved was that the of President of the Waiwupu was suffering from a bad foot
RMANS AT MENGTSZ.
PROFOSED POST OFFICE"
IN HIS PROVINGI | HOME,
[By courtesy of the Bheung Fb."||
Peking