THE FORBIDDEN CITY.
PEKING AFTER' TEN YEARS. The Forbidden City`im sklog is a strangely, constructed place," a place of walls many with other walls. No community of the Western World would permit such an enclosure to ar ast - and turn out of ith course the traffic of an entire clty. This' inntimost city" where the Em peror of China, Ion of Heaven, lives with the wires, aunuchs, and soldiers bequeathed to him by his high walls of rectangular compass, whose grostor length lies north and south, and whire central roadway, overhung by many pagoda to, pid gates, marks the meridies of the sun. For more than two miles these palace grounds prevent the crassing of Peking from east or
Outside the Forbidden City is a broad and wonderfally pictursique most, a most entirely covered at this season with huge dat lotus inaves and soft plak flowers Dating on the water. Around the most on several siden fien | the second, or Imperial, City, originally the dwalling place of loyal Manchu Frinces and gentlemen, and where only a very faw foreign ers, professors at the Imperial University, are permitted to have homes to-day
- The Imperial City is walled again from the Tartar City, contrved to ordiasty soldiers and poorer Maschu familion in the days when the|| security of the conquerors was not so substan- tjul-er:n 10 substantial, I might say—an it is: to-day.
V MANCHU AND CHINAKAN,
Though the greatest of the walls, that enclos- ing, this Tartar city, is wonderfully formidable. bring everywhere fortified and in places where - bulwarks run out as much as a hundred fee, wide, the early Maychus attempted to epcom. pass the while place again, so that even the market gardinus supplying the capital with ́vegatables and flowers, and fishermen who drop their nets in the Grand, anal, might be protect- ad from the assaults of barbarian tribes. But at this they failed, largely, because vanity and n it necessity called for this unnecessary onter line of defence, and only one side, enclosing to the south a rect.pgular flack of many quare miles, was fically encompassed. This is called the Chinese City,, though to-day the Chloess ptnstrate even the Forbidden City, being councillors to a minor extent of the Manchú Prince whose will is faw.
"Many ́interestlig talos could be related of the many walls of cld Paking; but it is my purpose here to tell of the foreign encroach manis, which have reached, agales the will of the Palace and the people of Chian, the very gates of the Forbidden City. Indeed, within a stone's throw of the Chein Mea, the great Front Gate, the railway Irald's from Euraps, having.comm through the outer walls, arriva and take their departure again. From the Calon Men stretches to the east another com-
pound, the amallest, yet the most formidable and Important psihaps of all. On one side, the southern, this compound is flinked by a section of the Tartar. City great wall; on the cast, north, and” west by much lower but likewisă battle-mented defincas, mad a parrow-iranch.
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long the wall of this I tile cacto.ure Fox will see gu rdhouses tnterv. 1s, era strange sold ers, fore, a to the concity, do sentinel daty night and day. And all the houses within the enclosure-yoa + ili sea if you' look down to the wall-am peculiar to this compound only. Yet no two of the great sesidences to by secu bera mia similar in desigo, nor are the soldiers at any two of the outer guardhomass the
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY
NET CLAIMANTS POR OLD.
"MILLIONS.
BULLION
Moss, Samuel Montagu and Co.'s Circolar GLITKENSTEIN FORTUNE AND THE GRETIO. | dated London, October 6, contains the follow.
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Claimants to the Gilixenitala, millions are malliplying in such embarrassing, profusion ibat it becomes more and more certain that the estate will have to be a fairly substantial ane to make it worth while for candidates to press their claims,
Recently Morning Loader representativa lighted on a paw batch of them. One of there, a baldresser in East London (Mr. O, Panar), explained, while staring a customer, what his claims to the Glitzsostein fortune were. He put the matter thus "Gjitzenstein's father and my father's grandfather were brothers. But what Glisenstein?
A NEW PHASE.
Here we come across a new phase of the mysterious millions. For, according to Mr. Posner, the man who left the fortune was not Isaso Gillzanntain, mi has been fondly suppos› ed up the present, but Frederick Glitranstein and the two claimants whose statements ap posted in Wednesday". "Moratog Leader," are on the wrong tack,
"The man they are thinking ci” said Mr. Poistr, “was a different man entirely." Fred. | Glixtostain, he went on to say, did not run away from Poland at all, ao Tiang has hitherto bosa stated to have dinn, He wis bora here ld the year 1843.-
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Statements on the same lines were made by yet another claimant; Mr. 3. Wolle, also a hair dresser (of Kilburn).
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GOLD—Tha cutstanding feature of the gold market was the entry of the Bank of Bogliad as a competitor for the $759,000 bar gold sold on Monday, of which amount it secured about £500,000, £135,000 was taken by India'n-d'a small amonat for the Content The Bank has not paid a premium for bar gold since May last; the necessity for the Bank's compétition this week arose from the withdrawal of nearly 1,000,000 in sovereigns for Egypt as voted
below, math"
· The following amonata were received by ika Bank of England
· October 3, £18,000, în har gold.
* October 4, £22,000,
October 5, £228,000,,^^-
Withdrawals were made as under- September 19, £200,000, in sovereigns for. Egypt too,cos la soreleigos for Taikey, 16oco in sovereigas for Gibraltar £30,000 in sovereigns for Argentine.
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October 1, 61,360,000, in, sovereigns for Egypt.
October 4 £30,050, in sovereigns for Malts," October 5, £400,000, In sovereigns for Egypt, The pateflux dailog the week in L1,865,000. Silver-The month of Septembar witnessed some recovery in the price; on the whole, the -market showed a loss artificial and rentrained appearance. This change was owing to the fotlowing reasons:—Busloses in the fadas Baziats entered upon an active phron of which the splendid condition of the harvestin that country bad already given promise. The result of the rainfall being beyond the risk of failure as to its sufficiency, the only danger, and thats negligible one lay, is the chance of the supply proving too copleṇa, China alio was a free buyer at the low prices quoted st
·Relatives äūd belts of Fred or 5. Glitxan. Į the beginning of the month, and contiused to stein, formerly wise merchant, Great Tower give support to the market until the price ceur- sty London, EG, about 1865, may hear ofed agd, when there was some profit taking. something to their advantage bycommunicat ing with Mr. Lewis Lonitus, 31, Argyle-rd,, Ilford, Essex.
FORMER LÖNDÖN LERCHANT: Mr. Wolle declared that the Mr. Lazarus who inserted the advertiseinents la the paper dectured that Glitzanstein was born in London Mr. Wolfe polated triumphantly to the follow. ing advertisement which had appeared in a Loaden paper in Juto last year:
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"There, you 100,” to exclaimed, "the names are Fred or S--not lasac!”.
Mr. Wolfo has been inquiring into the matter, and he finds that a Joseph Glitzen stein married in London, and that two sons weis ban of the marriage-Frederick and Solomon, Frederick, says Mr. Wolfe, is the man whose money is causing tremors in so many breasts.
To clinch the whole matter Dr. Tannic, the American attorney, who has charge of the estate, declares, according to Mr. Wolfe, that Froduick was the man and not Isaac,
"NOT THE MIN OF MORY." "...
There was an isate Glitzenstels, who left Poland, says Mr. Wolfe, and he was probably a relative of Frederick. But he wasn't the
man who left the money."
We sppand statistics for September Highest prica cash 247 3 mos 2415/16 ;) lowest price cash 24 51/6, 3 mos. 248; average price cash 24,567, a mos, 24,537.
Out of the 16 working dayıs 1/6d. premium was quoted on forward Silver on 15, and ja. premium on y days.
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COMMERCIA
1st November, z pm.
The following quotations for rubber shares. by wire, are supplied by Massrs, E. S. Kadooíle' & Co,
Balgown! Balz Tigas Bettams||49|46| Bakit Kajangs (ppi) «** Carey Uniteds Av Castlefelde
17/6.prem, 120].
Changkai Serdangs m `Chimas (part paid)...........................$8 prem, [Do (fully paid).....inasema hati.§.6 Damansaras piirisar... 153/6 Eastern Internationale ...........tz/ó prem Glideslys Somúnm “Highlands and Lowlands 102/6 ex div.
Kamunings.................................. 5/9 prem,
Kuala Lumpors.....................150. Labadrons (fully paid) Lauadrons (ppd.).
Ledburya.......... tis ... 05/ Lingglemonio.................................¶3,9. London Asiatics.................................12/6 London Vanturtka ESO Merilmaus........... .........?).
Pagoha
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Rubber Trusts............................18/9 prem," Sagyaan mnomenen 270/4 Sandycrofts. ...cinec Adrese.$29} Sapongs .................oniamme mm34!· Seafipids......... 230. Shelfords...... 200 Singapore & Johores............................................$12) Sumatra Paras 2 Sungel Chobs. Sungai Kaparsa Tangkaksi Toerangle
United Serdanga
kecir.31/3 ..al- prem. *****.102,6
United Singapores: ...................................$1.25 Valted Sumatras...............................8ƒ1⁄2. United Langkati
Duft #1446291 Tronohs
Par Rubber
80%.
....$/9 per lb.
Mabelas Interim div, of 2/- has been de- clatad
THE CHINESE ENGINEERING, & MINING CO., LD.
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The marko; during the current week bas been steady with a strong pudertone, both India and China sending orders to buy, and, were it not for the reluctaser of the spacela. live group to unload much of their holdings when they have the opportunity to do so, the tendency would be distinctly healthy. Nearly a million sterling was shipped to Bombay in
The annual general meeting of the share Septemust, of which over half has not yet holders of the Chices Engineering and Mio. arrived, but in spite of this, there is still aing Company, Limi ed, was to be bold in Log Promium on the price of forward, silver on this don, on October, 28, 1910, when the directors ide. As the Bombay stock is given to-day as report and accounts for the financial year or de about 16,000 bare exclusive of what is on the ing February 28, 1910, was to be submitted. It water, it is obvious that therals plenty of cash will be noticed from the following foreciat silver on bo h sides.
statement that this Company his had a most. successfat year.
Frederick Glitzantels, according to both Mr. Posner and Mr. Wells, was a member of the Leppa Masonic Lodge. Mr. Posder farther can.us tends that when Frederick, Glissanteia died there masigund in his packet a little book which showed that he was a member of the Lodge.
The present trouble is iba abundance of hairs Mr. Posner said that Dr. Tunnicliff bad stated that Frederick Glitzsostein bad a sister, whore
children are alive.
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"Dr. Tunnicliff admits that we are the right
A good deal of attention has been drawa by
recently to the import of " Soya "bende: AXTRACT FROM DIRECTORS' REPORT, perhaps this particular vegeuble is not general-The est result of the year's transaction shows known, we quote the following abstract from balance to the credit of profit and toss ac. the Official Report of the imperial, Maritime count of £102,010, made up as follows:- Customs of China,
Net profit, after providing for all
charges in China ....
"The soya bear, itself edible, can, it seems› be made loto a kind of coffes, a kind of milles and a kind of chease; the oil expressed from manufacture of soap, and the cavo, excellent it la valiable for culinary purposes add to the
f you start along the great wall from the family," said Mr. Poser, but he says there as a fortilizer and as a food for cattle can also
aro nearer relatives."
Fred. Glitzenstein, it appears, had six uncles, to say nothing of aviats, and all those užėlia and sucts were probably blessed with large families.
(hein bien, you will fad," beneath the thein Men pagoda, a contingent of khaki clad fellows with b.and exas hats and bacuer, floating bear them, of sters and stripes.eneath the next-pagoda, that of the cata Men, at the south-east corner, ficken-haired men in green ngiforms and green helmets pass bear the Rign Foster has been pursuing the matter for
of the Fatherland..
One must descend here and parx northward
8 months,
"The members of the family in London," he
be made into soy, and lata biscuits,
Add...
Balance brought (o.ward
from last year..... £ 1,435 Gross receipta in Londor...
A shipment of £85,000 has been made from | Deduct— San Francisco to Hongkong..
· Messi, Mocatia and Goldsmid's Circular
dated London, October 7, sayı:- ||
The Silver marker during the past week bas copilnued to show a firm undertone and with slight fluctuations the price, which was said.
ݣ243,298
655 7,040
Total........... £745,338
Expenses in Europe......£6,205 Debentures, Into.est...... 23,873 Debentures, redempion Directors' fees.
10,000
3,250 - 41,328
-*£107,010
Leaving a net balance of............... Ta
along the broad open space proserved by treaty added "may hold a meeting at Great Frescoll on the date of our last circular, bas advanced”/ which the directors recommend should be sp
round this, the Legation qusiter, for the other walls enclosing the title compound, construct 01 by the foreigners. themselves," are only modira defences, law and unimposing compar. ed with the mighty pile the' ancients built.
A few hundred yards to the north floats the Austrina Exgle; hen, turning towards the e you will see the Italian and British-flags in` auccession and jurning south again, the Russian, No, section of the outer Legation walls is defended by the French or Japa ese, as their legations lin in the hours of the idreigo quatton,
ARMAMENT POUR RIRE-
Of course, the many Chiness walls, which saround the foreigners on clary side, are also falified, though quite absurdly. Isido some of the gates, beneath the high pagodas, you may en lang, printed pikes, and sometimes socio-t how and errowa, such as would adbra the walls of, a feudal European castle nom show place. And, to diaw so accu ata picture, must state that these pid little more than show things in Peking to-day, for the Government has learned by bard experience the value of modern weapots.
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OPIUM SMOKING,
to 35 1/168, which we quote to-day.
The ship pent this week to Bombay is very small, but there has been a good deal of Indian Bear covering and China bai bren a good buyer for forward delivery.
The viry slight decrease in the stock of Rupees in the Currency Restiva, iz spite of the Excellent crops la India, must, be a dis appointment to those who wire expecting the Indian Government to buy sliver before the and of the year as that support ta tha muskat now. looks more remote; but this up-country demand is expscled shortly to incresse and with tha probability of Chias continuing to buy slirer against their exports, we see no reason to expect any set-back at prestat and there might eves be a further slight advabes,
Gold has been in less; demíand this week for the Continent, and the Bank of England by paying a slight premium, secured almost the whole of the week's arrival. Sovereigps, how ever, continue to be withdrawn for Egypt and sisewhere and during the week the Bink, has last £1,790,000 in coin.
propțialed as follows 1–
In placing to ressiva for Deprecia- tion (making a total reserve of £245,000)............£ 30,000
to payog a final dividend of in 6d. per share (iree of lax),payable
2. 11. 10.limokamina 75,000 Maklog a dividend of 15 per cent for the year with the faterim dividend of 1/6 per share paid on May 7, 9101 inngertiœmer 75,000 Directors' percentage onprofit in accordahen with the articles of association.................
Income tax..................grayında And cariying forward mommyET"
7,058 .9,940 sorn
£201,010
RUBBER AS AN IAPESTMENT..
RESTRICTIVE MEASURES INEFFECTIVE.
The India Daily News has the following in
■ recent issue :-la Hay last the Government of India addrested the Local Govirament on the subject of the desirability of the gradual suppression of opiam smoking, and of re. examining existing systemsfor the regulation of the traffic in oplam. It will be remembered that the International Opium Commission which met at Shanghai last your strongly re comminded these measures. As is well-known the Government of I, dia is in cordial agren. ment with the general principles embodied in the resolutions of the Commission; and in ac-. cordingly called for a report from the Local Government as to the feasibility of enforcing, within a reasonable peried, a direct and us qualified prohibition of the practice of opium
OPTIMISTIC· OPINION, OF AN EXPERT smoking. The Bengal Board of Revenue ban now addressed public bodies in this province
The London Financier of September 28 prints on the matters referred to. In doing so the Board gives a minute - description" of the
the following:-Rubber shareholders generally roles now in force both as regards the sala
willderive mach encouragement from the cheer ful speech delivered yesterday by e filh of opium in the form of preparations" oz.
Fraser århushoot at the meeting of the United admixtures for smoking and the restrictions as to the retail vand and consumption of epium.
51 matra Rubber Estates, his high autheilty Tas policy of which the rales ded restrictions
who naturally declares himinifa 6m believer We (The Shanghat Times) understand that | In rubber, is of oplates that we are in for referred to are the outcome has been steadily negotiations are still being cardad en betweta | parlod of high prices for subbar for some, ima persited in by Government since 1891. The iha Hongkong and Shinghal Bank and the to come, to the cousas of which the performe maid features of this restrictive policy are presentatives, of the Viceroy of the Liang-ences of companies such as the United tocidly set forth in the Board of Revanne's kinog Provinces with regard to the time aura will do moca lo retiers pubile confidence latter, & The Government stopped shost of abilliontact loan, and it is expected that the in an fedustry wall deserving of it. Hubbar solutely probibiting the assembling of persons forms will he settled in a few days' time. Aflar coltivation, he contendi, in an javesimest for the purpose of opium smoking, for it was the receipt of the Tactal's Communication is second to none, and on that will still bear in- thought that the restrictions would result in the forming them that the Viceroy bad received an vestigation. In proot of this satar gradual decrease of opium-smoking. It will Imperiti Edict sanctioning the raining of a loan ched the case of the United-e umatra. bo generally, agured that the meaintes taken of two million tacla by merchants from the which, when fully maprad, will stand at lase hitheng have not tended to decreate the Con: Hongkong and Shanghai Bark to be guaruutsid than
ccordin samption of opium, and forber measures by the Shanghai Tuotai, the Chamber of Com- Iba par control consumption seem to be called for merce hold an Extraordinary meeting at which for The absolute prebibition of the un of the drug it was rezolved that any merchant who hid mus "is impracticable at present; hat anything doza. Kaitabļa suoperty or goods and
money in the same, papald The Committke of kiíruba
Ať intervals on the broad paved top of the Tarfar, wall. -you will fi›d guardemon who be fooged in former generations to the Matcha Clan, and, being descendants of the conquerors, still receive silowarcen of the Gibute rice that 'comes to the capital konually. But theso men AID Dow only pensioners, without weapons, who sometimes big I coppers from foreigners “walking or riding past their littl's paper-window- eal bousas baseth the now dominned pagodas falling with decay. And in the loopholes of the filter you w perceive another mockery of vanished glory-the muscles of caspon painted on wooden shutters) –
The famens Forbidden City: the clay within cities, is no larger shrouded in the deepest mystery, Many tourists" e distinction as well ms all the foreign Ministers hava been within ItsAlts. Photographs of its palacée, li gardens, and Filille lakes are sold by Japin. ass and German photographers, who obtalard access when the foreign armies were in occupa tion. But you will find if you ride up to any of the gaten of its-pink-washed, walls that oven. lin grounds are still forbidden to the ordinary mortal,tudents mangsang giga If you are a stranger and do not know Pak- lag too well you may happen by accident to direct your abediant ria vikaw boy to one of the sacred gates. A nervons gathering of the gundia.co place at your approach-arvou breapse thespigtailed soldiers do not file the
kun of incoing away fore'geery, in whom to chick it is certainly to be walcemad, rint Agho they stand in celain Aws. Thu bradiman, with he ancient sword, diwela mokru koldian with wyproved wonport. ~}}|
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'BILL LEWIS' EXHIBITION,.
Bill Lewis, the welterweight champion of the Kast, put up a fan tralalag axbibition last night at the V.R.O. A large gathering of spectatora gathered round the large gymnas lum ball to witress the interesting dis- play. He started with gaster of an hour's skipping work and immediately after this be boxed a number of rounds with his sparring partner, Capham, and with Bouchler of the Bußs, and then went through a course of ax- orcists. The exhibition 'alicked loud applaasn from the spectators.
Events Coming.
· Tuesday, 1st November. Harmiston's Circus, Causeway Bay, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, and November. Licensing Board Meeting, a 15 p.m Maticer, Harmston's Circus, Causeway By, 3p.m.
Musical Concert, at Pea's Hotel 9.15 p..
· Thursday, 3rd November.. Japanese Consul "At Home",
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