TO-DAY'S SPORT.
The fifth athletic meeting of Lusitano Recreation Club was hold to-day, under the patronage of II.E. Sir Frederick Lugard.
The officials are:-President, Commendador Jong Joaquim Leiria, Viro-Presidons, Mr, Alvaro Gustavo da Bochn. Hon. Socrétary, Mr. O da Costa Vieira libeiro, Hon. Treasurer, Mr. O.. Rozario, Hout. Assistant Secretary, Mr. A. da Costa Vici libeiro, Judges, Me, Leo, 'Almada o Castro, Mr.
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POLITE TO OUR FRIENDS.
A. Samo Amoriens aro becoming The isländers of Chokwan are sensitively cautious in their tront- passionately antagonistic to allment of the Chinesoand Japanese. steam; they would like to see They would not for all the world the harbour free of all vessels about the dread of the "yellow offend them. You hour little now laving spike stacks.
poril." Races that once were the object of scorn, ware exalted, says · m
This is because the ground nut plantations suffer heavily from the dopesits of smoke dust which the steamers, finegs or launches or tramps, leave in their wako. {
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MONDAY
CURRENCY CONDITIONS IN CHINA.
THE
APRIL 17.
* FOREIGNER'S " A CHANCE.
that the foreigner knows some- thing about. Wodon't know what the conditions are in the interior. Twomillion without food. One million likely to die, defore the
next crop is harvested.
1911
CHINA'S CALAMITY.
The civilized work shudders over the awful disuster that has It is universally admitted that Poor old Chinn, doubly afflicted "bofallon the Chinese Empire. to reform most needed in the with plague and with famine, says ago and famine, twin mossen- the almost incredible confusion assistance of the angel that may be have already died, and it is esti Chinese Empire is financin; until the World," Omaha, is In dos-gers of death, are stalking grimly porato distraction, anxious for the through the empire, Thousands that has existed from time in the foreigner, but still suspec-minted that more than 1,000,000 will be overtaken by one or tho Amorican memorial and still exists despitoting that ha is mostly dovil,
Thirty thousand dead from the other of the awful agents of death piper. We bid them friendship the efforts toward improvement
before either plague or famine China's patronage of at every turi, We court that have been mado, in done away daily. But this is only a fraction, can be stayed.
plaguo. Two hundred dying with, there can bo uò question of This is only in towns or disiriets nancial resourcos, wo grant tronky The owner of a large plantation concessions to Japan it could not negotiations with Occidental na- informed a representative of the have asked before, dealously we tions on equal terms. Mr. Knox's "Talograph," that fits business gitard the feelings of both nuder schomp for the noutralization was being ruined by this nuis-all conditions. We exhaust our of the Manchurian railwaya hospitality in ontertaining Japan's would have been impossible of distinguished representatives and achievement for this one reason haston lo return the favour by preparing to send a delegation alone, oven bad it been practicable of DI own
in other ways. In the past year citizens to the Flowery King an attempt has been made to dom. We sond and to plague abolish the sparious coins that hoth countries to send their young exist in such large numbers, and mentnour educational institutions a movement toward standardiza and graciously grant China's re- tion has boon started; but owing quest to educate two youthis atto' the need for a loan of some West Point, our military selook:-}
All this is well, for it makes thing liko ten million pounds for peace and better commercial sterling in order to accomplish and diplomatic relations. Fur-any real change for the botter the thermore it is to strengthen Christian missionaries over there the arms and influenco. of or But now we have come t the nemo of our amonities,
J. U. Barrotta, Mr: A. D. Barrett, Mr. 1). 1: 1. Japos, Mr. J. D. Osinad, Mr. G. M. P. Remedies, Mr. Pida Roza, Mr. M. R. da Silva, Rofareo, Me. O, da Costa Vieira-
He did not know why, it was Riboiro. Handicappers, Mr. C. M. only the nut plantations that suf- S. Alvos, Mr. Å, da Dusta Vieites fered, but such was the case. He Ribeiro, Mr. A. C. da forla, Mr. bewailed the lost days of the 1. G. Condein, Starars, Mr. A. G. junk, when his ground produced Tiur-keepers, MF,C, M.S. Alves, Lascinating'nut. S. Alves, Mr. J. M. 5. Bench worth in the shape of the Mr.J, O. Remedios. Clerks of the Course, Mr. J. M. BrittagMr. E. M. O. Romydios. Committee, Mr. J. M. Alves, Mr. A. G. Botellas, Mr. F. X., Heitto; „Mr. H, J, M, Carvallag, Mr. C. M., Castro, Mr. A. A. Cordóiro, Mr. A,M; da Cruz, Mr. B. M. Comba, Mr. E. J Figueiredo, Mr. 1 I. Hewinan, Mr. H. J. Noronha, Mr. A. 17. Osmanuel, Mr. F. M. Roza Poreira, Mr. S. Pinari, Mr. 1. Roelan, Mr. R.
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There has been much con- doinuation in many quarters of the missionary movement rien. Much of this criticism has of the arious churches of Amo been justified. Mohammedans, Brahmins and Buddhists rosent Note our Price $12.00 por caso con- just as naturally and as strongly taining 4 dosen quits or 6 dozou
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the advances and overtures of The Chinese too long withheld civilized nations. Japon and India, with similar peoples and fight and stem the tide of disease, conditions, long ago learned to and by the introduction of man- itary measures have succeodod inty from the full stretch and spread of infection. Ameri- China is frantic to seize the largely in preventing the start ed across the seas. The people can and English missionarios fight for the food fled out by have done much for India and the relief committees and the Japan, as have the commercial missionaries, and many are missionaries from variouscivilized trampled to death in the crush. countries of the world. Chino Japanese and Russian doctors hus, withstood until recently, the are ready to take sanitary chargo importunate knockings of com- of towns and districts scourged by morco and civilization, and in the plague, but the authorities the present calamity is resiping are rohant to accept their as the roward of her obstinate course. sistance, fearing thunt the foreign- or, getting further foothold on the only important improvement lias protext of morey, will retain it for has indicated its dotermination And so the request of Russia for been that the ImperialGoverment commercial or political advantage to Rep the financial question in pormission to cross the border and quaranting the Chinese towns E's own hands and to abolish the along the Amar is met by the at- portant safarasit tuchostrado justice is done to our ease ans and control of currency tout of the Chinese themselves, Friends eron to the use of the pofs, by the:everal provincial govern in their ignorance and with their continues to attract the attention per torm, of racial designation.
antiquated methods, to check the of those watching the course of When the Japanese, visitors warp
plagio along the frontier, while silver, says the “Market World," over hero, systematic pains wote?
The ordinary means of oxfurther back, where the foreigner New York.'
Like to see that they were not change in China is the "cash" can as yet allego no interest, The handwriting on the wall referred to us Japs, but always us1or tungehien.“ Nomially one the people are left to die:sionaries have, however, dono one * V. Azovedla..... .....
declares to all who read, that panes, for it grossly offends one thousand of the cuius and equi- What is the death of a few splendid work for the nations foreign control of China's destiny of these proud his men Jovalent to a dolar; but in parts of thousand to the dreaded enance, and that is to toneh cleanli- thousand or งา few hundred which have granted them admitt- N. Maher.....
FROM April 15th the Officos of this F Time, 13.15 sám,
is but a passing pluso in the his-off with the nicke Jap. So now
Banking Corporation will bo fory of its race, that by assimila. we are engaged in a discussion: the Empire their value may be cronchiment or ingression of the ness and sanitation. In this they heated in the rebuilt promises of Hurdle rave, 120 yards Chand-tion of Wostorn institutions and of Chiusion and Chinose, as to anything from suyen lundred to foreigner with his yoke? Food have been ably abetted by the Mears. David Sastoon & Co., Ltd., cap). First prize presented by methods, and by adaptation to which is proper. Wo say Amor two thousand to the dollar. It may be received. That may be commercial missionaries, who round flour, Camer Des Voeux Road the Portuguese Staff of the local temperament and environ-igans, Gorman, Englishmen and Hongkong & Shanghai Haukar, the soversigt af flisan, kes offer. But the may sily be seen that a devoured and sustain life, but have introduced and sold mo
-(WOLDRINGH, Second prize presented by Mr. Colestial Kompire will pedantic taste will not tolerate person wishing to spend less persons and regulations, a kind dern mechanical and sanitary
of authority and government suf- appliances. The so-called Chris Hongkong, 14th April, 1911. [1056
Maangor.. main unimited in the Jands of Chunon, any more than it will than a dollar would wish to en-ferod in an emergency, may not tinn nations of the world the native people notwithstanding dap. Imust be Chinese, justasit ia ploy a coolio to carry his purse be got rid of easily when the A. Costi Vioira Ribioro... 2 the freer intercourse with the Siamese and Japanese and it will for him rather than to burden emorgency is past.
Timo, 19 175 sers, natious of the other Hemisphere the footings of your cultured himself so greatly. But the Physicians say that this plague, Boys' race, 200 yards (Handicap), | during the host few decades.
friend from that land if you do
Par better absurdly excessive weight is by which is entirely pneumonic, has Boy's from 10 to 15 years of ago, I such adjustment, profiting not use this term. First prize presonted by Messis by thin mistakes of the younger say Chinesemen, one ultra-podan- fur the least serious fenture of the not scourged the world since the middo nges. But ovon if it were Noronha & Co. Secial prizanations, and sifting good from the authority tells us, than to say use of the "eash." Italuctuation of the ordinary bubonic type presented by Mr. A. G. da bad, the tortoise may raco the simply, China. And this Ame is such that a reliable writer we would still be re concerned
hare, and occupy sooner or later rican scholar citos to us the fact asserts that in one place he ex-than on the occasion of any J. A. Gutierren,
that augst place among the that our British friends always changed no less than ten thousand previous, opidemic. One part J. M. Gutierren.
uations which her huge population say Chinese. So that must be of the coppers for a single silver of the world is more, quickly af- 8.37 secs.
and ancient civilization, warrant. | proper.
dollar. This condition is due fected by a condition in any other Bigyelo race, mite (Hayrlieap)."
The chief factor in the trans-
partly to the large amount of bad part than ever, hoforo, A few First prize presented by Sir formation now taking placò is the
| cash in circulation and partly to years ago China was to the rest Hormusjes Maly, Serond prizo Trans-Sibarian Hilway, and this
the recent attempt of the Govern- of the world as if it were on an- prosented by Messrs. J. C. Re-events to which it has led, A
ment to enll in these spurious other planof. ne interest, coins, forcing thon rather into the formerly curious and with little country districts instead of knowledge, has become sympa actually putting them out of
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THE PROTECTION AGAINST PLAGUE.
The ancient Empire of China wedge was driven, through with is suffering the double affliction the tenuity of a single line of of the plugs and famino gays tho
rails, but it clove the heart, of Pü'
Banner, Tennesse. The racirenlation China in twain. From the
vages reported are horrible, but moment that the line joined it is believed that the real condi hands with the Yellow Sen, the tion of the interior is not fully isolation of the Colestial Empire known, and that the authorities vanished into the limbo of them, set he wont of us past. Manchuria, with its fortile plains and its laborions peasant- population, found an qutlet for
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are touching 'thoir sister nations how to live now, oven THE BRITISH FOREIGN though they may have failed to PANY, Centrul Buildings, Liverpool, impress upon them how they England, be prepared to receive Con- signments of Local Proditco on beat shall fare in the hereaftor.
In the incuntime, the sympathy terur. of the world goes out to China, She is just awakening, and, like NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. a little child just learning to walk, she is recepting and following the touchings of civiliza- FROM and after 1st January, 1900, the rates of Subscription to the tion with the faltering, uncertain Hongkong Telegraph (daily and wookly footstops of a child. The prosent issues) will be ne follows: cataclysm will only servo to hasten tho day when civilization trio- phant will make of the vast Asiatic empiro a mighty, pros perons, healthful poople, who will wield tremendous power and influence in shaping the affairs of the world."Engineer," Cincin nati.
THE WEST RIVER. The waters of the West River It is an opportunity for the have risen rapidly of lato, and now foreigner to show China that heat full flood average thirty-four is more angel and loss devil.
CHINA BOUND HAND
AND FOOT.
Roy. Dr. Gilbert Roid, director of the International Institute of China speaking at Baltimoro, U.S.A. said :---
The interest that is to bo takon
Chetic and with fuller knowledge. The far east is not so far as it Larger financial negotiations used to be, and we realize that are carried on by the exchange of one-fourth of the human race broken silver, which is weighed over there must be embraced in and estimated according to its the world consciousness that is fineness. Naturally overy op-quickening ovorywhere, Jansitano Herreation Club..
Europie, in the middle ages, portunity for cheating is offered 1). Casti.................. 1
suffered similar aflictions. Visi by this system. In certain parts C. Castro
its produce.
of China the Indian ruped, has tations of the plague were froquent Girls' race, 100 yards handicap), in China, for the present at any But there has been no plague in silver; but the
Tradomeans wealth,and wealth and famine followed in its wake, taken the place of the lump Provincial Open to girls nuder 10 years of
rate, is spelt silver.” .
Western Europe for some cen-Government hus prohibited its nga. First prize presented by
The comparatively recent uso Mr. C. M. Castro,
uso and issued a rupõe of its own tarios, though the population is prizo preschtel by The Hong-pointed illustration of this now the old days when its pavagos were money. This has
by the West of the Soya Bean is much more dense than it was into take the place of the foreign only in- kong Co-operative Society, y trade. The value of the crop of telt. Russia, that is somi-orien-creased the
confusion. The. María Vieria Taulisa Vioria.
this legume exported from China tal in its conditions hus known the Chinese coin is regarded with Thro-legged race, 100 yards.to pochtaps £4,000,000 or £5,000,-
has risen from £2,000,000 in 1907 afliction in comparatively recent distrust and refused in many placos; and the Indian rupee has First prize prosented by Messrs. 900 in 1910. Graca & Co.
been forced up to many times Second prizo
becoming rarer, and then has who believe in foreign missions, its worth by the very fact of its in China is not merely by those descended in the scale of values, but by overy intelligent American so that now it is frequently who in ready to recognize the counted merely as broken silver critical character of oxisting ques The thel, which is equivalent totions in the Far East. Chinn an ounce of silver, has only a to-day is handicapped as 110 limited, circulation in the pro-other nation is. When Japan vinces and exists, rather as an startel on her era of progress sho official than a practical coin in wns free from political inter- ference; but China is surrounded most parts of the Empire.
Until China either makes up with powers grasping for terri- her mind to accept the conditions tory. She is bound band and foot ander which the fifty million by treaties and compacts, which dollar Joan would be made to she is not allowed to modify to the her by American financiers slightest degree. With growing despite the disapproval of Japan, patriotism all over the country, who is exerting every nerve to, there is increased resentment of prevent this dont and to get in these encroachments on China's loan on her own account or suc-government. It would be better ceods in negotiating an entirely for the peace of the world if all new loan with somo European nations would adopt the policy Power, real finneigroform is im- put forward by the American eup). Prosonted by the mem-divided Manchuria botween them, The Chinese fonine has rench-possible. And all other reforms government, that of gusruteeing bers of Club Lansitano. To be what will happen next? Does ed a point where the expression are more or loss valuuless without China's autonomy, rather than won three years in succession anybody believe they will be reign of terror" is used to financial reform. This is the plain one of outside conquest or terri before becoming the property tinted? To both these nations indicate the condition of the English of the caso. Yettheunuch torial aggrandizoment. All that of competitor. First prize the poor old Chinese government rogions affected. America is discussed American loan seems to is necessary is for Christion prosented by The Hongkong appears absurdly superfluous, providing for the emergency as it be quite as far from realization nations to adhere to the principle Printing Pross. Second prize They believe its territory would, ean and China itself is doing now as it has over boen; President of Christianity. We should allow presented by Mr. J. M. R. be much better managed in thoir much to amoliorate the suffering. Talt's rose-coloured view of the sit- China to work, out her own sal Xavior.
hauds and unless other nations' But there is little that can be done.ustion does not seem to have im- vàtion, but in doing so we should' interfere they will put their be- Order is hard to maintain when pressed persons conversant with be ready to help her, in so far as hof in practice.- Oregonian, "death by starvation stares men in the foots in the caso very seriously help is desired,"--"Star,” Bal- Oregon
the face.
"Journal " Providence, U.S.A. timore
comes No more
Scourge
It is not the crowded population prosented by Mr. Pelagio Oscar form of bread, ciltako for cattle, the disease to linger there. No It uses are sa mfuifold in the of China, therefore, which causes fele, that an increased demand part of China has a population
may well be anticipatod,
The great obstacle to the audare dense than that of Belgium, W. C. Riptista ........ vance of China is the necessity practically unknown.
wie: disastrous epidemics are C. H. Lopes...
2 [for thancial reorganization. At The Asiatic cholora that was Bicycle race, 2 miles (handicap), pryse the Peking authorities until recent years a
First prize presontal by Sir séðan powerless to gmpple with all parts of the world PaulChunter, Ki. G.M.G. Second | tha pisllent, to intricato are the
to Western prize presented by, Tho Eastern details of modern, finnco.. Printing Office.
Apparently efforts are being Europe and the United States. Sporadic cases or imported cases made to deal with currency re- in Berlin, Paris and London in form; a commissioner has been recent years have failed to cause specially appointed for the purs
a spread of the disuaso. This is pose and foreign loan of
no doubt due to this greater clean 10,000,000 is being considered. Hiness of modern times. Modern When copper casli vary from
sewerage is probably the protec- 1,100 to 1,778 per tael within a tion Europe and America now have few years, there is no need to against the frightful opidemies omphasize the need for reform.
formerly so distressful in thoir results.
Carlos Sequoia
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Timo, 2 min. O secs.
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