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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY FEBRUARY 22 1oco
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Two powerful. Twin Screw Towboats are available for taking Vessels lu or out of Dock, and for taking Salling Vessels in or out of the bay. The doating derrick is capable of liftlug 35 tons.
Steam Launches of Btool or Wood, Lighters, Steel Buildings and Roof Bridge Work, and all kinds of Machinery are made on the premises.",
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GERASHADOWLAND OPIUM.
FERENCE
"0,magna via verilaili 1" Glosrdi
We speak the Teulk in Shadowlanda Anone,
Minutes of a meeting held at the Celebrities Club, Spookton, Shadowland, on Wedasiday
February 3, 1909,
There was a large gathering, but few speaks are. Interest centred round an "Examina, 1j00 of R.E. Li Hung-chang by an old Shang- hai Solicitor, Mr. R. E. Walewright Inc. dentally, Mr. John Russell Young, late Mi. ister of the United States at Poking, took part
in the revelation g
Mr. R. E. Wainwright (10H.E." Li)—Your Excellency and I are such old friends that we can, in present circumstances, have but on object, the enlightenment of there who still
remain in the shadow. You doubiless remem⚫
ber the early eighties.
Lord Shafter
Lord Shaf
H.E. Li Tho bosom Lord Shafte while that the tended; and care
dtke bor
China's
(cultivatöd, ovat.
ever growing areas of that most sacred
HELLSYOir I knew it quite, Lord Shaftesbury Did you ma ference to that fact in your
BE - did.” I'said that being surreptition ly grown in "China" "notwithstanding laws and „edictu
Lord Shaftesbury-Was there, aby special reason why you should so
CH.E. LK-Oh no, impression that your to get
mation
kind, and not famished
MBIE was a matter of supply and demand, you see; so much British candour and philan· thropy on the one side, so much Chinese com plaisance on the other
H.E LI-Perfectly, I was then Viceroy of Chibli and had my yamt in Tisolsin,
Mr. WainewrightYou were even then an xious to suppress opium,
H.E.Li- told everybody so, and.to a cer
extent I was
zain)
•Lord Shaftesbury.—What were the promisas you made to secure our support)." Met BH.E LI-I can at the moment recall one?
only. I promised that our officials should take effective steps to enforce the laws against the cultivation of the pappy.
M Wainewright-You had negotiations with various people respecting it, hadn't you, amongst thom, Mr John Rassell Young, American Minister?"
H.E. Lihad. We were anxious to get the help of the United States in our negotia tions with England. The Chefoo Convention
Lord Shaftesbury,And did they?. CH.ESLI,–Of course not. None of them had the power and few the will.
Lord Shaftesbury.-Do you think that opium will ever be suppressed in China?
H.E. LI. That is an open question. But I hope that the abuse of it may be stopped at any rate,
Lord Shaftesbury.—Have 'you, any grounds for this?
Tenders will be made up whos required and the workmanship and matèrial will be had not as yet come into full force, but we had, as you know, induced Amarica to put in ber new treaty with us an Article probibiting to The cust of Docking, and repair, work, will be found to compare favourably with that Americans opium traffic in any form.
Mr. Wainewright-The Angell Swift-Tras- of any port in the world.
cett treaty?
H.E. LI.—Yes, My hopes are bunad on two- H.E. L-You, Brbell and Russia had things, the growing strength of my own co
coun- followed suit in this,"
try and the increasing help of England. Few people know that the revolution now going on to China is fundamentally, the work of Eng- laod. America has helped immensely in educational work, but educational effects are slow: the cruiser and the big gun auroonce themselves at once."
-Telephoner Nor: 976, 506, or 081 Telegrams, "Dook, Yokohama," Codes A. B. G. 4th and 5th Edt: Liebers, Bootts, A. 1, and Watkins.
Yokohama, May 13rd, 1905,
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Through Tickets to Loudon via Paris from £37.10 up to £71,10: zo hour' railway from Marallies to London.
Interpreters moet passengers at their arrival'in Marseilles.
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Hongkong, 16th February, 1909
MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES.
FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN HONGKONG. CANTON AND
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BS. OHARLES HARDOUIN,” 1,900 tons, 14 knots,
The speedlest, most laxariously appointed and punctual steamers on the line, Departure from Hongkong'at zo P.M. (Saturdays excepted). Departure from Canton at 5.15 x.M. (Sundays excopiad),
These superb steamers carrying the French Mail are fitted throughout with Electric Light and Fans and were specially bullt for this trade. Excellent cuisine,
The Company's Own Wharf, near Wing Lok Street addЛits berth in Canton opposita Shamoen,
For further particulam, please apply to the COMPANY'S OFFICE at Shameen, Cantos.
Hongkong, 9th October, 1908. "
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·'Stamp (in whita Tetiges on a vnd ground) alaM), to very package by beder of Ela Stefan's Hom
MA Walnawright-Neither of the three pro- ducing apy opium, nor ever likely to, eh?
H.E. Li. Quite so. It's easy to be altruistic at times, isn't it? Three or four years later daring our quarrel with France, you remember, circumstances had changed somewhat; the American flag re-appeared for a time on the China coast, and under its benign protection chests of opium reposed as safely, as they did 'peath that of the Union Jack. Nobody said anything,
Mr. Wainwright-What was your chief boss of contention with the British is regard to opium?
H.E. Li-That we could nevar moet on a common ground. We stood on the maral, England on the fiscal....
Mr. Wainewright-You were for precept, ebs for practica. That's rather typical of the two countries, don't you thigh?.. Might I ask who ther Mr. Young was on your side or the others whether Young's "Night Thoughts," au 1 might call them, were pro-British or pro-Chinese?
Mr. John Russell Young-They were neither,
Mr. Gladstons: - I bardly follow your Excel- fency as yet.
H.E. LI.- What 1, mean in this, - England found China a disunited congeries of self-suck, Ing staterjan uubsuád bundle of mouldy sticks, Refusing to put up with insult from one of (base she knocked loudly on the gates of the capital. Year by year, decade by decade, she has perijsted in this policy. Responsibility has restored just that strength to." Peking, which the British Government hoped it would, Osca more the satraps of the provinces are under control." Notions of them would dare to map bis fingers at an. Imparial 'Edict now. And so, renewed strength has brought renewed wilt. Opium cultivation will cease and if China is really in earnest England will help, and the combination cannot but be successful.“ decrees of Heaven will guide the steps of
Intimations.
1 kept my Government well posted with the | men -N G. D. Near, de arguments on both sides, but the most intimate of what Mr. Wainwright calls my "Night Thoughts" was summed up in one sentence as follows:The principal argument-in-favoor- of the opium trade, is that the Chinese will smoke it, and that the habit cannot be eradicat. od." That was unquestionably trus, of the time. 1 fotber urged upaa H.E. Li that Chica should convince the world that she was
sincera
in her dislike to opiem by trying to control the consumption.
Mr. Wainewright,-(to H.E. Li.) Excellen! advice. Did you follow (?
II.E. Li.On the contrary. Our people did all they could to increase the home production, and the provincial authorities reaped a rich harvest in fees and squenta."
Mr. Wainewright-You were acquainted with the Decansial Reports issued by the I.G. and covering this period,······
H.E. LI. My secretaries knew them well. Mr. Wainewright. What did they tell of the growth of the poppy in China?
H.E. Li-Each Commissioner at the Treaty. Parts wrote of his own knowledge and ex; perience. Newchwing reported little foreign opium, but extensive cultivation all through Manchuria. Chefoo said that the poppy was taking the place of grala Chungking told of tens of thousands of piculs of opium produced in that province alone, where it was reported that the drug was growing in quantity, quality and cheapness year by yeat. Iching knew of twelve places in that one prefecture, where the poppy was being cultivated. At Hankow, 70 per cent of the amount used wis: native, Hones; Anbul (my own native province), and Kiangsu all reported large increases. In fact it was the same almost everywhere. Ons Commissioner expatiated on the beautiful sight which a flowering field of poppies presents.
Mr. Wainwright-You had no doubt as to the truth of these reports?
H.E. LI-None whatever. Our complaint against them was that they were 103 true, 100 fall, and too public
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Mr. Wainewright-Yon had seen opium growing yourself, perhaps?
H.E. Li-Many a timo, li was hardly visible from my yamta' windowe, because at that period I was unable to see through the opaque, bull had noticed it often enough when Journeying
Mr. Wainwright--Did you ever try to enlist other aid than that of the Ministers ?
H.E. L-1 enlisted all the aid I could, g Lord Shaftesbury--You wmin to the Anti» Opium Society, didn't you?
LE Li-1 did. You had spat me various papers, you will remember, dealing with the Oplum Question from your point of view. I replied, complimenting you on the high moral ground you had taken up as contrasted with the low business standpoint occupied by your Government My letter way falls noble stotiments; " Who "I remember say
hering failed to kill m2 serpon, would be. rush se sa fluron it in his bosons 2'));
TONGKONG HORTICULTURAL
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FLOWER SHOW.
IN THE BOTÁNIC GARDENS,
FRIDAY, 26th February
Open 2... 10-6 P., admission $t. “Mrs.
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SATURDAY, 27th.
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3 P., to 6 PM.
Children Half-price:
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Tea will be obtainable on the grounds.
By kind permission of Major, Evans, and Officers, the Band of the 11th Rajputs will play on both days from 231 to 6 P.
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