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is used as the heading to this notice; for rupture among the allies. "The atmosphere
| one's first thought on looking at the sub-title { of the volume, Being Experiences during the Siege of the Legations," is almost cer- tain to be, that surely this subject has beco written about in every possible aspect to the A. S. WATSON & CO., fullest degree desirable. But one requires only to open the pages to be made to change one's opinion in this matter. It is true that ten years have elapsed since the occurrence
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of the besieged in Peking," weread, "wasnot" one of peace, “butof bitterent feeling, especial. ly strong against the British, for he other rea son than that the other nations begrudge the strategical superiority of the Euġlish position." Happily the situation was delicately handled, and good relationships were at least outward. fly observed until the welcome arrival of the Relief Panty. The value of Mrs. Hooker's of those events recounted in the book; but | book is greatly enhanced' by 'quite of a num. its authpress, Mis. R. S. Hooker, shows by ber of excellent photographik.. her works the best of all justification for giving it to the world. Though belated, it in gone the less valuable. From the very method of its compilation, "Behind the
LOCAL AND GENERAL.-
Scenes la Peking contains a great deal THE visitors to the Navking Exhibition since of that naivité, that frankness of writis optaisg totalled agouco.
A GREAT fire at Brest has resulted, in the destruction of two-thirds of the Aurenal i
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CORRESPONDENCE,
[We do not necesailly endorse iba opinions expresand by Correspondents In Chis-cpluran,)
ARBORIAL VANDALISM.
TO. THE EDITOR OF TAN "Hondkona Teleeyarn.”
COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR:
LARGE JUNK RUNS INTO A STEAM LAUNCH.
A roilsion' occurzel in the barbour shortly after iz o'clock this afternoon. While a large
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junk was malog for the praya will olon side GOVERNORSHIP OF MACAO, Douglas Fiera slcain launch was seen polug the direction of Blake Pler. The accident cook place opposite the Douglas Pier, when the xswain of the launch tried to cars the jobk's
LIBUT, MACHADO APPOINTED.
[From Our Own Correspondent.] ';
Macno, 17th Dec., 1910,
1.40 p.m.
DEAR SIR,-As one who has ever had on eye to the beauties of nature, may 1, through the medium of your columes, raise a vice of pro- test against the vandalim responsible for the destruction of a very valuable tree in baw Instead of her stero. On doing so, the SENHOR VIDAL RESUMES JUDICIAL DUTIES. the heat of the city. To my great regretjunk rad into the launch and tore the awning 4t the stera, carrying away three or four pieces I noticed this miraing a number of, mén with axes basly hawing at the big trunk of chevis. Fortunately, the laurch did not of a prgoda tree (fiens elanjica) on the road-capsize, otherwise the Eu oprans on board sids just at the entrance to the Daisy.uld have performed an unrehearsed immer Farm's Towa Daçû”. “I: was one of the finest sion. The accident was directly due to the and shadiest trees in this locality. In the ently carelessness of the launch coxswain. morning the topmeṣi branches bad b:en'lepped off aid later it becime evident that the wood- mag was not to spare that tree. it had a girth of three or four, fzer, attained after several tha, standing where it did, It afforded splendid sbade and helped to beautify this particular part of the road. "Glenealy" is been suffi icatly despulled of its primitive beauty by this erection of some unsightly houses in the place of the old rockeries. Why ps.mit the work of vandalism to be prosecuted any father?. The
ica speech, which wo generally associate with that greatest of all diarisis, Samuel Pepys. And in the same breathy let it be said, that our authoress never permits Da. Monisón is expcc'ed to leave London on Jeare of growth. There is no question but
herself an indulgence in that kind of uncharitable openness-so-called candour- which pervades the pages of a much discuss ed book entitled "7, Myself" recently written by the widow of a former English Cabinet Minister. Mrs. Hooker went through the
sicke of the Legations in Peking from the beginning to the end, sharing the burdens of the male defenders, tending the wounded as well as the sick mothers and babies, making sandbags for the barricades, helping to piss buckets of water from the wells to the blazing buildings set on fire by the Boxers: in fact, doing whatever could be accomplished by any alic-bodied sister amongst the small but
heroic band of women who underwent the hardships, and dangers, and bloodshed of that memorable siege. The authoress is obsessed of the feeling that ber experiences were out of the common, presenting new aspects of events, during which she was. the stage and behind the scenes al the same
Robert Porter & Co.'s time. The contents of her pages are taken from letters, owing to circumstances never sent, and from her diary, written spasmodical BULL
ly throughout the siege. It is a well known fact that a person will enter in his diary many things which he would not divulge to the outside world, in their entirety and without carefully sub-editing. Mrs.
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in PINTS and SPLITS.
his way to Peking la e in January next.
A COOLIE was this mersing sentenced tɔ one month's "ta:d" and " six hour: stocks for the
reny of two ration chairs,
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IT is notified in the Gourant Gazelle that Hed. Mr. Murmy Scare ia a salwart cham the name of the Ealera Entertainment: Compien of the retention of this aesthetic aspects of pasy, Limited, has been struck off the Register. the City, I hapy ha will move is Conécil. against robbing the Colvay of the resa ning few of its brau'y spoir.Yours, etc."
& CHINAMAN was awarded six months and six hours' stacis this moraleg for the larceny of roa catties of rice valued at $5.50.1
THE Dame of Dr. Elear or Whitworth Perkins
OLD KESIDENT. Hoogkoog, 17th December; 1910.
(Alice Memorial Hospital) has been added 10 ANOTHER HARBOUR.QUIRAGE. the Register of Medical Practitioners in the Celouy.
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Master of the 5.5. Aby reports having paised on the roth instant, a large red buoy with long staff adrift:-Longitude 117°53′ E. Liitude 23" 15" N.
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subscription griffins are due to arrive per 9.5, China tom row a d will be drawn, for Kennedy's Causeway Bay Repositry a 5 p.m. on the rame day.
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ACCORDING to a New York cable of Nov, 20 Major-Generit Word, the Chief of the General Staff of U.S. Army, sa advocating the organiza tion of a reserve army of 315,o strong.
ings of much of their original matter but she has left quite enough of her piquant com.te. Chinese Government has declled to meniatory to lead savour to the whole Prim't Japan to pa'cipate in the Government narrative. It is just in these little asides the United States, Germany and France.
Ican eriginally arroged with Great Britain,
that we find the authoress at her best; al-
A. S. WATSON & CO., though her account of the siege itself with Indian constalls was'criered to pay a
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its daily round of alarms, attacks, counter attacks and conflagiations, leaves little to be desired from the point of view of terse and [18vivid description. Mrs. Hooker was with
All communicatioar intendel for publication in The LONGKONG TELEGRAPH ", should be
Mrs. H. Squiers at a health resort in the hills some fifices miles from Peking when they got the first intimation of active operations
cook 56 c.mpensation at the Megistracy this moralog 1.7 damaging his biogle during an as, aut in Des Veix Road app site the Victoria Skatlog Rin,
JUNK'S CRBW DRIVEN INTO POÁT-HOLD'
AND CRAFT LOOTED.
Ja our 1:st issue wa reported a case where a sampan-woman was robbed by two men. The fes con sports to the Police that at a p.m. master and part-owner of a licenced taling cu the 15th inst, while sailing off Sandy Bay
SANITARY BOARD,
A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held ca Tunsday next at 1.45 p.m. Following :
mong "he orders of the day-
Corresponderce relative to Malaria at Shaukiwan
Correspondence relative to the Trim Sha Tsui Market Imits.
Correspondeice relative to the ilegal de copation of No. 61, Hok Un Kok by vagrants
the month of November, igro,
In a despatch received from · Lis- bon, the Provisional Republican. Government expresses its approval of Eenhor Vidal's the Acting Governor's) patriotism and permits. him to resume his duties as Chief Justice of Macso.
Lieutenant A. Machado, privalom: secretary of ex Governor Senlior. Eduardo Marques, and a son of Birt
Report from the Government Analyst and Bacteriologist on the public water supplies for Joaquim Machado, the Macao “De- limitation Commissioner, wai" ap- List of legal-proceeding taken by the Department against pa.sous for bre ches of pointed Governor this morning.
the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances -953-1959 for the mosth of November, 1913,
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JOURNALISM IN CHINA,
TRENCHANT CRIT CISM BY MANILA DI GAN,
Recently, we dealt in a leading tricle with ing the freedom of the Press in China, the sexly-former gulations aimed at restrict
Following upon our remarks, the pertiness question makes interesting readi. g:-
The appointment is a very popular one and has given satisfac tion to all parties in the Colony."
NEWS FROM THE NORTH,
{"péčtilly Translated for the "Hongkong Telegraph")
T NNAGE DUES AT SUANGUAL
90 way to Aberdesa harbour with a, cargo views expressed by the Monils Timer cot Ausembly in Peking, has been demanding ox:
of gras, a juokeane alongside with five men on board. The men boarded the trading junk and
ale ransacking the vessel remed goods to charge of the jank and sailed to Lamma Island, and having driven the victims into the bold, the robes nailed it up. In this uncomfortable position, they remained for about balf an hour but after a hard straggle: they managed to release themselves and on £ainlog the deck, they found hat the robbers had disappeared
the value of $ 8 10. The robbers then took
GRAND HOTEL.
FORTHCOMING BILLIARD HANDICAP.
The proprietor of the Grand Hotel (late Oriental Hotel) is making preparations for a billiard bardicap tournament to take place
Chow Tlog pon, a member of the National
planations of the Revenue C:uncil toaching the tonnage does collected at Shapghal Ha
about eleven million tac's w. collected, at Shanghai in respect of trage dus and desires to know what has become of the balance of that enormous sum after paying Cục the upkeep of the light-houses and discharg i-g other obligatiors
Being as editor in China must be a pre-
ment po in Chias and among other liberal citius existence. There is a reform move-finds that during the last ten years the sum of and gerrrous steps inspired by the new spirit that is abroad in the land was a liberalization of the sules under which newspapers are por milled to ex'st. The question went to a sage old commission and in due time a draft of the new rules was submitted to the central govern
ment.
AMOTH R STRANGTUMOUR.
It is stated that a representative of a certalo.. shipbuilding yard in England. has arrived in Peking for the purpose of making overty.es to: the Army Advisory Council and the Nav 1. Board with a view to inducing the latter o
Rule XI reported by the committe probably makes the widest reform of all. it deals with the Important item of libel and its sweeping liberality is best shown in its own language. Here it is: "No labguage dero gatory to the reputation of any person shall be printed in any papar, regardless establish a large Arsenal in Chioz, The.Eng. of whether the statement be as cr polish firm will undertake to build mea-f-war Now if this is the last word in the emancipation and meet all kinds of Army requirements. ¡A of the press of Chips we woul I like to know what site for the Arsenal will be selectid in dua
addressed to The Edito, 47, Des Vaux Road, and being started by the Baxers. This was the sult against Mr. M'Kenzie, president of the shortly. Handsoe prizer will by awarded to the tule as to libel was before the regulations curso, it is reported that two foreign powers
aborid be accompanied by the Writer's Name and
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burning of Feng-tal and the blowing up of the steel bridge on the railway there. Dr Morrison, afterwards followed by Mr. Squiers with one armed Cossack, came to the rescue of the women, the children and governesses, who Deat day were all conveyed in safety back to Peking. Three days later the party of 365 allied marines sent up from Tientsin arrived and lent reassurance to the Legation occupants,
Preparations were hurriedly made for the women and children to leave Peking for Tientsin but when the time for departure approached it was found to be then too late, as the Boxers were in force along the railway route burging station buildings and destroying the permanent way. And so the story goes oc, following up the various stages of the siege-how the Foreign Legations, one after another, had to be abandoned and the whole population
MR. James Dun uir, formerly Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, bas entered a
Canadian Northern Railway Company, for $200,000 (£20,000). The claim arises out of the recest sale of cral properties.
Tire Chinera Government is reported to bava placed on order with a German shipbuilding concern for a top do-boat destroyer of 4:0 Messis. Krupp & Co. will also receive a similar tone, a cɔntric! having been signed recently. order according to the same report...
the winners. First prize: a goid watch; cond prix: a silver cup and for the highest break,
Cao,
FISHING TRAWLERS IN HONGKONG.
NEW REGULATIONS FRAMED BY GOVERNMENT.
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We are asked by he Colinial Secretary toernor-in-Council under Sections 2 (4) and 37 This flowing regulations made by the Go- ware that the list of names of the Committee appointed to consider arrangements for he rs-(2) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1835, cepion of Their Imperial Highnesses the are published in the cure: ligue of the Govern Crown Prince and Princes of Germany repre seats only the British portion of the proposed. No vessel propelled by steam or other Committee and was prematurely published.
mechanical power, oiber then cars or sails, shall trail within the waters of the Colony, or
THE U.S. Seave has appropriated rocas; for the purpose of establishing a biological sation, to a fy the contagii uidiseases of fist, Cancer is one of these disces:s. A cuela
The Hongkong Telegraph which made the best obtainable raying austing the medical profession is alleviating
HONGKONG, SÁTORDAY, DECEMUBR 17, 19105
BEHIND THE SCENES IN PAKING.
to be concentrated in the British Legation, study of these diseases in fish may resulla
point and last post of defence by reason of one of the most die idful of human Ifflictions, its superior strategical situation. The failure
of Mr. Conger, the U.S. Minister, to realise is Excellency the Governor has been pleased the real seriousness of the Boxer rising is to appoint, under instructions from the Secre severely commented upon. The white tary of State for the Colonic, Alec Fleming
Cu chill to be First Assistant Director of dazzling star of optimism," she writes, Public Works with effect from the 27th No. is blinding him to facts, and with the Bri-vember, 19to, vize Patrice Nicholas Hill Jones, tish Minister to stand with him in his posi-transfered to the Gold Coast. tion he says that the Boxer movement is only
Ju these days of hustle and bustle, we have grown accustomed to find even in the world of literature and the precincts of the publish. er's office that same spirit of impatience which a few fanatics, and the mobs and incendi. Tur Chipere Government is reported to laves -calls out for "Speed, speed, more speed!" aries but slight demonstrations of the yearly astracted the new Minister to the Court (ft. in the grosser walks of commercial life and spring riots. That the rising was no mere lanes, H. E. Li Yulia, to approach' the trade. No sooner is a great war over, than fanatical outbreak was sufficiently shown in British Government with the request that per books innumerable about it are thrust, still the long and desperate, siege which lasted mission ba given to send more students to the Inglish Navy in view of the re-organization of damp from the press, into the hands of the for the next two months. The fighting, the the Chinese Navy, for train og, as the present public. Mr. Winston Churchill's book on weak and terrorised Goveromcat, the mas. limit of thisty is far ico small. his African tour appears, one might say, con
sacre of Chinese Christians, and the repeated. temporaneously with his return to England attacks on the Legations by guns and fire IN connection with Japan's new Tarill, the Mr. Roosevelt has not lost the feel of his brands, the murder of Foreign Ministers, and Secretary for Persiga éffairs has sent a letter sporting rifle before the record of his shoot- the burning down of missions and churches to the Liberals in Laccash is, stating that as ing trip is set out in glowing pages. And so all these served to make the days of the siege Creat Britain has recently, succeeded in ne with our explorers who seek to unfathom the very extraordinary ones indeed. Mrs. Hooker tions with France concerning the tr
question, and concluded a sati.f.ctory ‚ogree». ice-bound mysteries of the Arctic and Ant throws some highly interesting side lights of meat similar to those arranged by various arelic Zones: these gallant men have hardly the daily life of the beleaguered Legation countries whose trade is 'protected, it is ex bad time to thaw before the insistent garrison and tells some strange stories of pected that a similar rasult can be faced in printer's devil is worrying them for "copy."|| pusillaniosity displayed where least suspect negotiations with Japan The present-day publiclier demands thated on the part of certain of the defenders 28 the story of any great achievement-well as (thank goodness!) records of personal His Majesty the King has not been advised to eva the record of commonplace doings valour, like that of young Vargo Squlers execise bit power of disallow.nce with respect on the part of a "great one of the earthwhen he drove a cart through, the Boxer to the following Ordinancer:-Didina ics No. should be written up instanter and served up crowded streets and at the risk of his life the Mal.ccus Dam g÷Crlinance, 86, Ordin 10 of 190, cutitled- Orlina ca to amend piping hot before public enthusiasm and in; brought back a supply of tinned meat
ance No. 26 of 1910 entitled-Âu Ordinarca tereat have had time to cool. In this sense, from one of the abandoned foreign shops to amend the Malicious Da nogo Amendment Crdinacce, 19:0, Oreliance No. 17 of 19:c, entitled-An Ordinance to fast eermaid the Law relating to Dangerous Go,da,
it is rather remarkable to find Mr. John in the city. It is curious to learn that but Murray, of Albemarle Street, W, London, for tactfulness, there was a serious danger publishing only to-day the book whose title in the latter days of the siege of international
ment. Goz lic.
willis thren naut'cal mies of the coast thereof 2. Every such vessel of European design, while regularly engaged in trawling upon the high seas, shall have the option of paying her tight, dues, under Section 32, and Table P ci
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were so generously broadened and liberalized, have entered a protest against these proced The gentlemen of the white wigs who preside Ings on receipt of the newḥ, in the law courts of Great Britain have for long ruled that in costlig circumstances "the greater- the truth the greater the libel" bat nothing quite as remictive was ever written as this iweeping rule of the Chicess which takes every thing within its broad embrace.
There are several newsp› pars enlisted in the reform movement in Chisa and despite various. vicissitudes they have largely contributed to have a large part in what remains to be done such success as it has attained. They should
but if the rule of eleven is to be enforced on hem they are going to have very harduledding.
There are a geol manythings about this Chia ese reform movement that ra'ss big question marks., The National Assembly has made a very spirita i fight for as ejrly patisment, com. bitting bts the grand council and be official c'asses and the throne which made surrender to them, but the i. dications now are that it has been whipped. The old official classes are quie firmly intrcac ed and the fish: to dis: the Schedals to ite above named Ordisance,ledge them must be a lng and bard ene. Bai or of compounding for such light dues by the the frar of more foreign agression and the de- payment of a monthly sim according to the mons rated inability of the prasest government to withstand it tre making some impresiion on scale app:xed berete.
the people and if there is a growth in this
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Editing a neaper in the Philippines is not entirely a mater of pleasure but all memory of sorrow vanishes after a moment's contemplation of Rule XI.'
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RULES ra accidents occurring on the Kowloon Canton Railway are published in the Goutras ment Grailio.
THE Jipate © Government, it is stated, commence the.caustraction of the broad gange rail ray some 70 miles in length, from Tokyo to Shimonoseki carly la 1911, if he proposed measu es recrive the support of the Diet The Tokyo to Yokohama lines will become three doublet ack lises, consisting of the present line, a new electric car track, of which the consuuc, ilon will soor begir, and (be proped bread gauge track,
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iti reprted that H E. Tong, Minister..of Education, bas.memorial zid the Throne stat ing that all its Provincial local authorities should be instructed to probibit foot-binding, Any woman violates this order will be debarred from having honorary tilles conferred
on her.
CHINA'S KAVY.. Recently, the Senate has repeatedly discusard the que tion of ryccing the Naval Funds. The G and Courcil and the High Naval Commis store's consider hat any reduction would affect the d'goily the Empire hereupen a-pecial Naval Board has been leangorated. The furds voted on behalf of the Navy will te increased in future lostead of being re Juecd, Telegram's have been rent to the high officia's of the various provinces requesting them to submit the most suitable proposats for the reorga: 'zation of the Navy' with a view to their being eventually adopted.
ADMIRAL LI CHUN SUMMONID TO PEKING.
Prince Thun bas wired to Admiral El Chun in Cantos urging him to proceed to Peklog to hold a consul a'lon on Naval matre:s.
NEW TREATY PORT. The Viceroy of the Three Eastern provi;ce 5. H. E Hse-ling. has memarialized the Throne by wie stating that as the opening of Ha Lee flied as a treaty port requires the expendi ture of a large sum of menty, he has suggested to the Ministry of Finice to advance the necessity fordi at an is early & dato 01, possible.
BIJOU STENic theatre.
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An attractive programme is, anzonaced by the management of the above for tonight, Miss Vera Feriate, the emfacot Sbabgtai artists,, will appear in the geib of a cew boy accompanied by appropriate topgs. She will also render a ditty eat led Llife Gid" written by herself, which throld prave a great draw, Miss Mae Montgomery and Mr. Chas, Catilo- man exclie' roars of laughter with their clevre sketches brimful of witly passages and Miss) . Montgomery appears in pleasi, g opmbers la addition to this, the scienze of telepathy and p SEVERAL Dew orders have recently been is, uid with reference to the study of the Chiness PRESIDENT Taft's plan for the fortification of thought-transmission as expounded by M "language by: persons employed in the.I, M. the Panama Canal has been strongly opposed Castleman is a prominent fosture of the porch
formiatce nightly. Now pictures will be thrown Customs. One of these is to the effeci that be by Mr. Winter,. The Disbursement Investi fera farther promotion can be granted members gation Committee of Congress has also on the screen and among these will be includ if the Indoorstiff will be required to pass na reported to the effect that the fortification of ed "The Mica Mine," "The Risia Indus ry," dejarment who ate going home on leave next examination in Chinese, while members of th's the canal is not necessary and that the Canal A Difficult Task "Display ef Horsemanship!
zone should be made neutral. The Re and 'The Gas Inspector." year will also have to pass a similar examica publicans are expected to opposa this reps t fina, The study of Chinese will in futurs be while pasy Democrats will support it Tizcepios of igic shows a population of come necessary, in the case of employees is Whether or no: Mr. Tat wll obtain sufficicht 1,631,000 for Greater Der in, that is, en i czesa bath the Cast Inspecter's and the Erg ater's voles in support of his plan, will depend "on of about half a millios since 1935, when Great- Departments of slid E.,18. Custome.... ST economic development.-
|er Berlin had 3,193,000 (obabijna:0,
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