The
NEWSERIES No. 8179
CONTENTS.
Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Leading Articles:-
The Now " "J. G
Exporto Crede.
"Erquires."
The Wicked Community.
The Garden Site,
Begging the Question,
Removal of Viceroy Yuan's Hat,
From Bread-Rist to Rev. Iulion ?.
"Is that True?"
Mooting
The Yangtze Insurance Association, Ltd. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and
China,
Legal Intelligence :-....
The Fice Case.
Bill of Exchange Dispute.
Evidence of Commission,
A Material Wliness,
A Question of Casis.
Pulive:
Alleged Japanese Espinnige. Police Interpreter in Troub'e, Correspondonos: -
Compulsory Reformation,
"The "Ste.
No Pinguant Amay. "The Finest Sac." Miscellaneous Artioles and Reportaz--
Sir Frederick Lugard's Coming-Lepasture. Victoria Fecreation Club. Canton Day by Day.
Rubber Expat Daty.
Rowing
The Chin s: Engineering and Mining Co,
1.11.
Notes by the Way.
Rubber Share Marker.
Rubber Camps-ics.
Story of a Munksy Hunt.
-Kulangsu (Ania - Muty Cipal Council,
Hongkong Gymkh ni Clab,
Offensive Trade.
Kowloon-Canton Railway. Promissory Nain Claim,
A-B of Exchange Action.
Typlinan Warning
Shanghai Volunteers,
The Changsha hio x.
Semambu Rubber Estates Ltd.
B.S Kurtyang ashore.
The Obini Association.
Pauzeni Rahber.
The Cathay Tras, Lid. Diamonds in Dutch Borneo,
Teluk Anson Rubber Estates
That Garden "ile
Aforestation in China.
Canton Hankow Railway.
The Rubber Boni,
Opium.
Batu Caves Rubber.
Chinese Government Contracts.
Wild Elephants in Kiota.
A Hanging Leader.
Hongkong University.
Navy Estimates for linagkong.
An Engineering Ramancé, Royal Hongkong "Golf Cub. Hongkong Association Football,. Tensis Championship
Haytor Rubber Estates, Ltd.
Government Hours.
Sir Frederick Lugard.
The Changsha Riots.
The Governor's Departure.
The Passing of the Pig.
Bishop Brent on Opíàm.
La Seyne Wieck.
Accident to the "Jason."
Japanese Splaning Industry,
Another Pugar Company in Formosa. Commercial
Weekly Share Report:
Hongkong Telegraph.
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FRIDAY, APREL 29, 1910.
**ESQUIRES"
五拜禮
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utterance of his on conditions in Chion, that
civilization. Now, if you go on chucking mud no one affected by them can afford to despise
some of it'll stick sure enough, and the repe his warning or fail to rejoice: when he ex-
A rich and very touchy man who is at the tition of this venerable legend has canonized it as a truth, though the name of the first presses hope. When, therefore, he tells head of a large retail business on receiving a
saint who uttered it has been forgotten, The us, as he did last month at the meeting of a letter addressed to him as Mr. W. Black"
writer being at Home on furlough was much the China Society, in Caxton Hall, West- instead of "W. Blank, Enquire." expressed astonished and a little disconcerted, when a minster, that the result of his inquiries as to indiguation at the rudeness of his corres red-faced mon over the wine after dinner, pondent, exclaiming "Why the fellow pulled his chair alongside confidentially and the changes of the last ten years in China, seems to take me for a shopkeeper!" His said meaningly, "Now tell us some of your was that he found many changes in nanie, best and most candid friend, who was sitting going on out there in the Treaty Ports but, in matters that indicated a differentnent, quietly remarked: "Well, and aren't Pretty hot, eh?" It was at last elicited from mind and heart in the people, only three you?" listory does not relate whether this him that all his idees on the subject had uld rebuke acted as a heathly, reminder to
been derived from the utterances of a main scrinus changes we are compelled to ex the shopkeeper" that whether he was orsionary lecturer, and an absurd novel with study, make corrections in our opinions as "Esquire," tile fact remained that he was where necessary, and, with all reasonable actually a shopkeeper, "common" or not humility, congratulate ourselves when we and that if by "common" he had implied "t refined, not endowed with those Oner and that we have in the past constantly testings, which make a gentleman," such and consistently "expressed almost every an exclamation as he had just uttered might view held by Mr. Bourns. In the vote of go some way towards placing him in the thanks which followed Mr. Bourne's paper, 'common ""'class of vulgar-minded men, Mr. George Jaleson, G.M... formerly H. whether traders or of other vocations.
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THAT GARDEN SITE.
(27th April.)
We publish correspondence between the Hon. the Colonial Secretary and Mr. Murray Stewart, who has returned to the charge in the matter of the finest site in Hongkong", Mr. Stewart makes much of the fact that he obtained the signature of a number of well known British residents and he claims for them that they represent the majority of the British mercantile community, and if Mr. Murray Stewart is not mistaken, wo are with the minority of the British mercantile.com- munity in Hongkong in upholding the Gov
woman. The Secretary of the Presbyterian we should fall in with the onslaught on the Board of Foreign. Missions in America, sale of the ground which is exciting so mach "D" I. A. Brown, has been addressing criticism. We shall not now, argue abi tablishments in North America which devote of the majority, although it is not clear some 700 representatives of educational es length the point' about this same question? their energies to "upper studies." "Dr." that the opposition to the Government's Brown talked about China and European or proposal consists of really the greater Western ipfuence in that Empire. He ex- pressed a quite just and reasonable aspiration,
This wise advice is given by a Chinese ning the result of our own observation and was not personally entitled to be addressed an absurd name, written by some absurd ernment, and in seeing no valid reason why philosopher: If you suspect a man, do not employ aims; if you employ him, do not Burpees him the "great I, G.", Sir Ro. bert Hari, once remarked, apropos of this aphorism: "Most men would say that they We could be unconsciously saying what were actuated by this principle, and most of was not true." The inner history of that relations with the men in power in Peking B.M. Consul-General at Shanghai, author of an Esquire." may be a shopkeeper, and so, which we share too, to give the Chiocae nothing to add to the, reasons put forward.. remarkable man, and especially that of his still remains to be written. But it is certain several papers on financial and revenue for that matter may a baronet or a noble none of our vices; but all of our virtues. He by His. Excellency and the Colonial Secret
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lord. All shopkeepers are not, strictly speak ing, caquires, nor are all baronets or lords shopkeepers. The proposal that an official register of all true baronets be compiled and issitud has suggested to the strange, volatile and erratic mind of Mr. Stead the attractive idea of the rescue by our already somewhat overworked King (God bless him!) of the ancient and honourable title of esquife from
number or even the more reasoning number, of Hongkong residents, We have
that no Europeau has ever been trusted by Chinese as he was trusted, and that no em- ployé of the Chinese Government has ever as far as we know, been less suspected, The worst things said against Sir Robert Hart have been uttered, not by Chinese, but by his own countyden He devoted the wicle, of his capacious mind and of his untiring yet ordered energy to the crea- tion and maintenance of the one efficient down their house in order, but he (Mr. Jamic the discredit into which it has fallen particularly were we taught our duty and urge that the Governor's reasons for the sele
questions in China, of the prize essay on Bimetallism, and until recently one of the directors of the Peking Syndicate, corrobor ated his conclusions, We are so far from being ashamed of being in such good com pany that we may remind our readers that, like the two emisent authorities to whom we are referring, we have long observed that undoubtedly the Chinese had began to pat son) would like to see a little progress in some definite direction being made. We had got scores of edicts coming out and nothing was
Mr. Bourne were the movements against pium-smoking, footbinding, and that in
dow of truth that he ever consulted the done." The three serious changes noted by to the title of esquire if one person of their environment in, not possessing all
polat out that in his last letter, dated yesterday, Mr. Murray Stewart gives no new reason, and no better reason for the opposition than that he claims for it the re- Hongkong." Even if he is right in soclaiming presentation of the "reasoned opinion of it, stil he does not prove that the Govern ment is mistaken in its action. We can only of this ground be carefully considered with an unprejudiced mind, and then the argu ments in favour of leaving the site open and an unearning asset of the Colony. In itself piece of land could only affect the Gov the objection to the sale of this particular
ernment's decision if it were made in "an overwhelming and practically unanimons outcry, Mr. Murray Stewart endeavour to elude this polat by declaring that his view of the question arises from local patriotiam, which the greater number of the British section of the community cannot be
those whose views have most claim to con-
as recently a writer in a paper published in know,uilized the anti-opium agitation personal hurt whatever, nor is he even gracarried away by the exuberance of his affect- expected to feel, and that the majority of
Mr.
This
probated our confining our civilizing aetiary, and we wish, without offence, to vities to the importation of whisky, etc. Up to this point we are in sympathy with the matter of Dr. Brown's discourse. He is re- peating himself, and countless others, but were brought up as Christians, and taught never mind, we and most of our readers from childhood our duty to our Maker, ti our neighbours and ourselves--and Well, we do not seriously think that' and "paying " department in the Kupire.
esponsibility to all those who, sprung from He subordinated every interest in that of
any person entitled to cont armour"
other continents perhaps in many ways loss need trouble much about the "discredit" China, No one can say with even the sha
favoured than our own, are certainly victims
address another' ды So and So So- interests of British or any kind of Foreign
and-So, Esq., out of courtesy, even though to attribute to Christian ideals and Christian those advantages which we are accustomed Aradtrailer than those of Chilia, and her revenue in the present and in the future, i favour of physical training in schools. These that person be not entitled to "bear arms, civilization. But when" Dr. Brown, with a Over and over again, have foreigners, grum-thru ay be referred, we think, to a genuine and could not satisfy the ferald's Cotige crude, violence of speccis and phraseology Died and growled at bir Robert and his Public Opinion. The Chinese Government of his right to call himself or to expect others which we are beginning, with increasing dis
to call him esquire, and if any one of us is adjectived and participled-plus-adjectived always and as ever, following the line of least
resistance, carefully watching every chance entitled to be so addressed, and some cor- taste, to associate with American missionary pro-Chinese policy," But unswervingly, resolutely, he went on his marked-out way. of obtaining advantage for uself, either at respondent through ignorance or inadver. prators, proceeds to brand all the European the expense of the patient people dr the too tence addresses: biu as "Mr." he feels no communities in China with the same damn His epitaph might be "He was true to his
ing mark-when, let us charitably suppose, salt." It is necessary for us to dwell on this, readily believing foreigner, have, as we
vely concerned at the lamentable ignoranced enthusiasm and of the strange half and 10 prosecute its long cherished desire to
as to his real quality thus displayed by sometimes, wholly hysterical excitement sideration are with him, and that this.fact Roters, suntetines failed China in this annihilate foreign competition in the sale his poor correspondent. And if he suspect which seems to seize upon these men when alone should induce the Government to Peking has been complaining that Sir,
of the drug and have merely carried that the correspondent is not ignorant, but they hold forth" in public, he loudly pro-abandon its proposed action and over-rides respect, to the advantage of his countrymen, and the same writer salemuly, and we think ancient and well-known edicts of the is deliberately committing an intentional claims us all traitors to our faith, our honour decision of the Legislative Council.
Mancin rulers in supporting Native Anti-scourtesy, he still remains entirely indif somewhat sententiously, lectures Aglen and urges tum aut, to commit foot-binding Societies which may or may ferent. The contents of the envelope and similar derelictions of his duly to his not have Leen considerably stimulated in the amount of discourtesy within it will employers. This sad misunderstanding of their activity by the "Fien Tsu Hai" found affect him, not the petty trifle of the address outside it. Some men, however, do feel real the, long and honourable service of Sired by Mrs. Archibald Little. Japanese ex Robert is, of course, due to ignorance. We ample, preceps, and success in war, impre
nevance at being addressed an "Mr." when do not for a mupreus believe us suggest that than even the missionary schools in Treaty by curtesy they should be addressed as an unworthy feeling of antagonism towards, Ports, have created among young men an
"Enquire."A good sound safe rule to go and jealousy of, a turopean high in power ardent desire, if not to excut physically, on is to address as "Mr." those who you at least to become less inert and supine know, expect to be so addressed. When in in a Chinese Government Department can
Adoubt be courteous, and call the man have actuated such an accusation and caused than past generations of students. a writer in sucti ap ably conducted and great and popular feature of this phy squire." As for the suggestion of an sical training is military drill, It is sel official register for esquires, we cannot help, of a bright child to his Papa that there ought
on second thoughts we feel some regret not only at seeing "what a noble mind is here o'erthrown", but at the tendency, shown now-a-days, put only by Mr. Stead and his followers and imitators, but by crowds of loose thinkers, to imagine that they are doing something good and useful by reviving some obsolete cry, or by ""messing about " we must use the expressive if "common" phrase) with matters which, in themselves as important as this ridiculous business of the "Esq.", nevertheless are expressions of the constant progress of modern thought and the trend of modern advance. The so in advance the events at Changsha-noted tendency of these times is to level up," that the immensely increased number of and to obliterate artificial social distinctions, but in the meantime they would be apt to become dangerous. What a pity it is that we ceaselessly are changing. Advancing, even 10 discuss its desirability or the reverne, some of the industrious and able students of and even, the little things of life irresis- the Chang-sha schools did not seize upon tible processes are in action, most of them so excellent an opportunity to show how making for simplification, a few for compli- their studies in Western subjects, combined cation, of a complicated world. Men who with their knowledge of the teaching of the make bright suggestions about the use of the where the standard, of morality among Euro- Ancient Sages of China had enabled them to word "Esq" are called cranks; men who peans is so high that any case of a departure is instantly remarked, and universally on the side of Law and Order! Mr. Buume's when we wonder "Is this chap a C.M.G., or sigh at the truly dreadful condition of the CB.," and would have us keep in our regreted. The way of the wilful trans national finance will be echoed by every heads or on our desks lists of people who Bressor in these poris is hard. Yet sincere well-wisher of China. "No progress," have sendered the community some unpaid-mercy-save from the local Dr. Brown's he says, "has been made; there is no hud service" may easily pass out of the category usually offered to the repenteat gel; no one knows how the national accounts of cranks into that of useless uuisances.
land." While it is true that a new Criminal Code has been promulgated, it has not yet been tested and indeed we are, against our will, doubtful of its success for many years to come." Nothing has been done to train a staff of judges, and justice is being administered just as always. There has been
| interesting newspaper as the tcking Laily dom very arduous, and fills the youthful at first hearing, classing it with the suggestion about their neighbours, are guilty of mean and with certain public works, of which the want.
Aces to take sa hopelessly inaccurate view of a great man's actions. But it is breast with martial ardour. However," in often our duty to correct wrong impression spite of some defects and a whole continent and though to some people the journal full of room for improvement, there really is a vigorous and living moveinent among the which does its duty to the public may appear to be "pernickely in dotting other people's people and the gudent class in favour of is and misisting on the crossing of every 1, bodily exercise and culture. The lighting nevertheless, the duty must be done, lest of Changsha by electricity has not, appar half-truths cunningly or clumsily and ignor.ently, appreciably enlightened the minds of antly uttered become whole falsehoods, and the inhabitants of that self-assertive City the wrong impression become a fixed belief. nor has the often emphasized reform in the If any Chinese si spiicious of us and our army produced a force which might have nitives cry out "You British are the first to prevented die shameful burning of a Gover nor's yamen, the destruction nt public build. clamour for a continuance of the Britis régime in the Imperial Chinese Maritiple logs and the dispersion and flight of peace ful foreign traders and missionaries. Mr. Du April 22, 1910, at Shanghai, the wife of Customs. Why?"our answer is simple aut Bourne, though unable to foresee a month or A. J. C. Levy, of a daughter.
I should carry with it the conviction due to truth. Because our trade interests are in On April 5th, at Shanghai, A. Carruthers
dentical with those of Chipa, because malad Bryton, M.B.5, (Lond.), second son, of Rev.
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and our civilization, and stigmatizes the assumption that Mr. Murray Stewart and his and Gomorralis," we feel it due to 'ail Farwhose views have most claim to considera- Treaty Ports, our dwelling places, as "Sodoms co-signatories are the majority of those 1 astera communities to throw back the action" in unofficial Hongkong is susceptible: causation in the detractor's teeth, and affirm of being questioned, and even if granted, wa the simple truth, which is that the Treaty only return to our point again the grounds l'orts will bear comparison with ports any on which the unofficial protest in made are where in all the world in any grave and inadequate. They warrant neither the op thoughtful consideration of their moral con- position to the Government's action not the dition. We are most intimately acquainted warmth and earnestness with which it has with Treaty Port life in China. That there been pressed, The Governor has explained are here and there Europeans who tell lies the necessity of immediately proceeding pelty jealousies, tale-bearing, mischief-maak-is apparent and has long since been felt, and to be a comic paper for policemen, Buting detraction and calumny, that some are of finding the capital sums for the pur not as strictly honest in business as all the pose, Such large sums are not easily found at traders, and business meo in Dr. Brown's any time. How and whence the sum afford. own city, that some drink more than theired by this sale could otherwise have been doctor thinks wise or their constitutions obtained has not been shown by the oppo should be expected to bear, that some are pents of the sale. Without borrowing or actually suspected of committing indiscre increasing the taxes or selling other siter tions or indulgences unknown in the high disadvantageously it is hard to see what else ethereal regions where Dr. Brown and his is to be done. The public works referred disciples pursue and inculcate their "upper to. cannot well be waited for indefinite- studies "these are accusations which, if ly while person proud of their focal carefully nad judicially sifted, seriously patriotism complacently contemplate an weighed and examined, will be found in unproductive piece of vacant ground. The any cases to contain a substratum of truth, aesthetes have been assured that the appear and in a rare few a percentage worthy of ance of the Square and the Law Courts will note. We emphatically challenge anyone, not be permitted to suffer. We are of opinion lay or missionary, to substantiate the un-that practical commonsense will come to the warranted charge burled by Dr. Brown, in rescue, and will eventually slow that where
few vague generalizations and a very few ed prejudices will turn aside from their path the Yangtze Ports, Chefoo and others, Aed, no sentimental'half-reasons or unexpress-
duct are all that could be brought forward. obvious duty in the teeth of every opposition. cases of actually proved individual miscon men whose faces are sternly set towards their We declare that we know of Treaty ports
Thomas Bryson, Tientsin, In Daisy Isabel, ministration, liowever caused, will injure students would be useful under good leaders, 11 is far too late now to retard this process, of the ease of, say, Amoy, Foochow, Wenchow, the interests and welfare of all are conceto
third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edney Page,
Shanghai.
On April 17, 1917, at Shanghai Jethro Carris, son of Thomas Catris, Esq of Bradford, Eng. land, to Anoe, deu, bter of Matthew Calvest, Esq., also of Bradford.
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DEATHS,
On April 18, 1910, at Sha ghai, James Meon, of the Kiangsu Chemical Wolks, Aged 39
both." We must remind critics of Sir Robert and his work that only thorough knowledge of all facts and circumstances in any given case can justify the expression of an adverse judgment of the action of such a public ser- vant as air Robert Hart. We are less con- cerned about the advice given to his succes. or, as we knew very well that it is almost we may as well say so now as hereafter; are
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Francisco F. de Siqueira, irm:ōse cunhada, consically unnecessary.. Unnecessary aiso, show themselves leaders of men, and leaders would add to such worries as those we have from the path of the prescribed social code
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com profunda magoa praticipamaos seus the fears expressed in some quarters as to parentes, Amigos e pessoas de sus zeiros the wisdom of appointing so young a man,
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a cunhada, Helena Maria recorrido bestem, and precisely this man. Those who app
ed Sir Robert Hart's successor, and many of On December 31, 1909, at Frame. Horry those whose interests will be greatly affected Fowler, Chief Cfficer of the S..S. Coylan, and in the future as in the past, by the continued Os sard April, 1910, at No. 62, French efficiency of the Custom Service, can affirm with the confidence burn of mere fact that Concession, Akamèen, Cantor, Tulio Cesan DE MELLO BARROS, the dearly beloved son of both Chinese interests and those of British Francisco de 1 sula. Barros and Leonidia trade are quite as safe with Mr. Aglen in Marla Barros,
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The Wicked CumBIỤNIKY,
* (16th April.) "And so," said the pompous speaker,
On April 21, 1910, Cherie, Shabott O'Dell, the his great predecessor. And even when dis in the last ten years no general organic «history repeats itself.” “So do you, old boy, wives exercise a happy influence on the very seems to us that this reply was a very" -
beloved wife of D. H. O'Dell, aged 32 years, atcussing grave affairs, of grave moment to reform.........There is rather the tendency
grave men, a passing smile may be permit to be satisfied with words and to shelve offi. so do you !" shouted an unregenerate youth
Shanghai.
Carolyn, beloved daughter of Dr. and Mr
On April 19, 1910, At Weihsien, Shantur, by pneum, Boys, did of measles complicated pneumonia; aged 1 year and 5 months.
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EXPARTO CREDH.
(25th April.)
Mr. F. 8. A. Bourne, C.M.C., Judge of the Supreme Court at Shanghai, has had thirty three odd years of varied experience of China and the Chinese. His study of commercial conditions has been profound, and he has more than once been employed on special service, such as in journeys through Sze chuan, Yun-nan, Kwang-al and Kuei-chow and the borders of Tong-king, and as Consul with the special Commercial Mission to China in 1896. His judicial habit of mind, together with his great and deserved reputa- tion at an expert on Chinese questions, give such importance and weight to any deliberate
BLÖGING THE QUESTION.
Twenty-five professors, some of them men of great learning and reverend character, sent à memorial to Sir Edward Grey last February saying "In view of the now un- questioned sincerity of the Goverment of China and the leaders of the Chinese people and reformed. Twenty years ago it was not in endeavouring to suppress the opium evil; uncommon to see a large and noisy crowd we feel that there is a moral obligation upon' fuddle itself at the Club bar or the hotel or reat Britain to jeave China entirely free other local "pot house" in the evening, or, with regard to the importation of opium." on the very flimsiest excute, in the morning The reply from the Foreign Office was to... before tiffia. Nowadays even the "Port the effeck that nothing bad occurred to show drunkard" dare not disgrace himself in that the tea years were unnecessarily long, public. In these outports the number of nor that China sought to be free, and there- married men is large, and they and their fore no action was contemplated. Now it
Moreover, the standard of ge¤lic one. For there is really no reason young men. manners and conduct is higli-meanness of why a professor, however reverend, or how- mind and sucakishness of character do not ever widely travelled in the province of flourish more than elsewhere. And yet Christian ethics" or deeply versed in the there is a class of missionary which disgust "Social relationships in the light of Chris young men with the religion which they tianity", or in moral theology, should not.at might be willing to practice if it were not for the same time be a plain man of sense, if that class set of people who have become not an accurate logician. To these twenty- possessed by the fixed idea that they are five gentlemen, for whom we have a pro- They found respect, we should like to say: "We "saved" and can do no wrong. naturally form the harshest judgments on the deny your premise, and are doubtful of your slightest foundation or on none, and lightly second." What we do emphatically say.is repeat stories about other people which they that, before we accept their conclusion,
we must really have the premise quito.- have heard from somebody," stories some-
cicar. Is the Government of Chins, and are the leaders of the people actuated by refer to non-missionaries as "the com- this that is in dispute. There are strong, munily," and the doings of the said profane very strong, evidences of unquestioned, in- persons occupy much of their thoughts and sincerity. That such and such of the rulers conversation. When they do not understand are sincere, nobody, questions. Their sin, some one or something they substitute im-cerity is an asset in the hands of the In- agination for accurate knowledge and sincere. We who can recall the repeated curious appetite for unhealthy and unsavoury attempts of various Provincial Authorities speculation for reason and for Christian to establish eplum monopolice the notorious "prepared oplum
Change was only welcome to oust the foreig politics, physical appearance, and the cut of ner." But Mr. Bourne voiced our own his clothes. The interruption rankled none hopes, indeed our anticipations for the the less for its being true, and for the unre- future, when he said that those who generacy of the naughty interrupter.. We, know China would base their hopes alast are no longer young, our unregenerate of the future on the many merits that days are long past, and we are nervous of lay in the TACE itself intelligence, shouting "So do you!" at people who talk cheerfulness, industry, frugality, patience, of self-repetition. We like to think that devotion to parents and children, and when we do repeat ourselves we are resem- courage against physical difficulties on the bling life Bellman in "The Hunting of the part of the peasantry; intellect, sense of Snark""What I tell you three times is fairness in private life, morality, loyalty to true." But at the risk of having you're friends on the part of the educated class. another!" flung at us, we must occasionally times about persons to whom they are sup Both Mr. Bourne and Mr. Jamieson ex-protest against a repetition, and very especíposed to be friends, and sometimes about pressed the opinion that the best way for ally against a particular kind of evil and people they hardly know by sight. They always now unquestioned sincerity?" It in jurt China was to develop warily, till some pernicious repetition. For lostance, many strong clear sighted man arose, who could, many years ago Shanghai was mis-called the supported by the Throne, pursue the Sink of iniquity," and these very words development on strong lines, until the were actually used in the Imperal Parlia Not long after, all the Treaty Ports people were capable of realising their dement. stisy. We pin our faith in the substantial in China were so stigmatized, and since qualities of the people, and awali with con- then, every few years, Europeans resident la didence the time when China shall take her the Far East find themselves held up to
obloquy at a dligence to Chrisdealty and charity, proper place among the Nations of Aun,