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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1912'
CHINA AND FOREIGN CAPITAL.
DAY BY DAY.
If you think twice before you sposk once you will speak twice the better for it.NR
"To-day's Paper,
On page 3 appear, Woman's World and the Shopper's Guido. A strange story of the seunder the heading Modern Buccaneers will bo found on page 8.
The German mail of January 10 was delivered in London on Feb. 8..
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Attho Magistracy, this morning, five mon were fined $5 each, and one was fined for refusing to work at the Dairy Farm.
The boy charged yesterday with obtaining chocolates by means of a forged chit, was finod $50 or six weeks, at the Magis tracy, to-day.
Durbar.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
The Suffolk hounds, while drawing awood at Rushbrooks,
re came upon a fine badger, which took refuge in a drain pipo. The The recoption of the children badger was believed to be extinct of the Ministering Children's in the county, as one had not been League will be held at Govern- soon for 20 pgarsen
mont House on the dates follow- ing-Chinese Branch, this after noon; European Branch, February 13: Portuguese Branch, February 14. Lady Lugard will not horself be able to receive them owing to her serious illness.
version of the story of nook-Arden was enacted at Huntington West Virginia, when man returned after ten years' absenco, found his wife was mar- Fried, congratulated his successor, and treated the couple to boor..
A Lengthy Action. **.
TELEGRAMS,'
HOME- RULE.
THE THREE ARGUMENTS.
"Tolograph."] London, Feb. 9, 1.25 a.m. Mr. Churchill at Belfast said
[Service to the ***
TELEGRAMS.
THE REVOLUTION
AMERICA'S VIEWS,
[Service to the Telegrapli,”] -Bombay, Fob: 0, 8:30 am.. Router's correspondent at Washington says that a letter
THE ARBITRATION CASE. that the case for Home Rulo from the State Department, re- a parliamentary banquet
rested on three main sote of argu- plying to an enquiry from given in honour of the members
Germany regarding Amorica'a ments-the Imperial argument, of the House of Commons now
[attitude towards the events in visiting Hussin, says n London
This morning in this Courts of the House of Commons argument, telegram dated Jan 29, a Russian Justice-before-the-Chief Justice; and the Irish argument. fenoral, who is a Crimean veteran, Sir Franois Piggott, the case was
China, explains the Government's
| view and hopes that strict respect
aroused grost onthusiasm by a continuod in which the owners of A BOON AND A BLESSING of theintegrity and administrative
speech in which he referred in the meat eulogistic terms to the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava.
Marine lots at Kowloon olaimed compensation under the Harbour!
He specially emplusised the entity of China, and absolute Refuge Ordinance 1000.
neutrality will be amintained. Imperial argument us the largest The Hon. Attorney Guneral
None of the Power, it says, Mr. Rees-Davies, and Mr. Eldon and widest and said that the should not except in concert with A Hanipahire paper lately re- Potter appeared for the Crown, settlement of the long quarrel. ceived from Home in a roport of and Mr. Mareus W.. Slade K. C. between the British Government EXOHANGES OF VIEWS. Christmas celebrations at the for the claimants.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gresson ro- turned from Calcutta by the e.. Mission to Senmon Institute at At the hearing yesterday Mr. and the Irish people would be to There have boon frequent ox- Kat Shing this morning. They Southampton, mentions that H. W. Bird gavo ovidones sup the British Empire a boon and a changes of views since the Rovo- wont-to---India-to-allond-the-the-success of tlio-function-was-porting-the-figures-in-the-claim,
largely due to the efforts of the and under cross-examination blessing, a tronsure ship, a wonder-lution with Britain, Gormany, Itev. J. II. France. The many by Mr. Potter said that in his ful rainforcement precious be-France and others, and all are in Hongkong who remember Mr. opinion the owners of the pro- France will be glad to hear that perty in question, which had yond compare. he is still to the fors in work for originally been valued at $28,000, wore entitled to $13,000 com- others.
pensation,
A woman, who was found in possession of an ancient Chinose dagger on the s. 8. Houng Shan, was fined $10 or fourteen days, at the Magistracy, this in raing.
A deformed beggar, who had boen causing much annoyance Chator Road, was sentenced 10 fourtoon days' imprisonment, at the Magistracy, this morning.
Nowark's Town Council has decided that the motto go with the borough arms shall be the
A DWINDLING RACE.
In its own island the Irish raco
.
To-day Mr. Potter continued had dwindled while the popula-
tions of Europe overflowed.
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Bombay, Fob, 8.30 a.m.
cross-examination. in
In coming to the conclusion of historic remark mado by the reduced value of the pro- THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN.
iod and Sally, " Mayor Smith in 1646, "Trust perty, which you have given, what romarkolenieats did you take into made who the fortunes of consideration The fact that Mr. Churchill addressing the King Charles I wore at their these houses are going to be Home Rule meeting in Bolfast, South Africa anuounces that the lowest. The motto will be used put back. somno '000 feet from said the Government had a plan | dividende distributed by South in its Latin form, us the Mayor; the sea front, Africa industrial companies Aid. Priestly, suggested the word during 1911 amount to £10,010. Sally" was almost obsolete, and 354. Gold companies are rospon-would lend itself to misinterpre- sible for £8,058,310 of this amount.tation by ignorant people..
An ludian watchman at the
An extraordinary outrage was Victoria Skating Rink; charged perpetrated at Sligo on January
embodied in these words.
Anything else -No, it is all
That is the position you take up. Mr Ough, has taken other lements, but you only give us his one-Me Ough's elements may be included in the statement
agreed as to the wisdom of maintaining a policy of concertod notion.
RESPECTING CHINA'S +
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INTEGRITY.
This has resultod in an idonti.. cal note to the peace commis sioners at Shanghai declaring that all are agreed to respect China's iatogrity and sovereignty.
If interference is necessary America balioves that concerted
exclude all misunderstandings.
to fit the general schome of de-action will be maintained and will volution and ultimate federation. PROVIDING SAFEGUARDS.
Safeguards were provided that the Crown could refuse to con-
The letter advances the prin...... ciple of doterring their nationals from making loans not approved
an employe, ut the Magistracy, 5, when the grave of Mr. John that the property, has boot put sont to any unjust law. Religions by their Government-Router.
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silver and intended to steal,
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freedom would be spoured.
GROUNDLESS FEARS.
KULANGSU (AMOY) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
Present: Messers. Bathurst,
J. S. Fenwick, T. Koizumi, W.
R. M' D. Parr, H. F.. Rankin, W.
H. Walluse, and the Secretary, M.
this morning, with assault. Dec. Macdonald, formerly M.P. for back 000 feet. fondant was fined $5 or soven the constituency, was opened, the
Did you take into consideration days, and bound over in the sum onken caskot dug up, the funeral the fact that houses would be
A VITAL DIVISION. of $100, to keep the ponce for urn which it contained was for built on the reclamation, which twelve months.
ced open, and the ashes of the de- would create compotition with
The measure would be harm- At the Magistracy, this morn-censed legislator were scattered to those in Roclamation Street Ponious with Imperial interests and
the winds. The police believe that That would all come in.
The following are the minutes ing, a remd was granted in the outrage was not due to poli-
oreditable to its authors, Parli- of a meeting of the Council, hold' case in which a man was charged tical animosity, but to dishonesty sideration?-Yes.
You did take that into con- with obtaining $1,900 from
that the grave desecratora Le-Street will not lay upon the sea ed into Imperial and National.24, 1012.
Reclamation amentary business minst be divid at the Board Room, on January, Mesars. Router, Brockelmann & Co., by false pretences, Mr. loved the funeral casket was front. It will be a back street, One of the most claracteristic principles of "old China" was Goldring prosecuted.
If houses are built on the now That division was vital to modern her rigid determination to avoid the use of foreign capital. Though
reclamation and those houses communities. An employo at the Kowloon it was obvious, from the foreign point of view, that the utilization
Australian mails increase last come into competition with those of foreign capital would tend both directly and indirectly to in-Wharf was charged at the Magis year over 1909 by 21,143,858 in Reclamation Street, will that Lency, this morning, with break-attors and postcards, 17,338,408 considerably affect the houses in eroase the prosperity of the Empire, still the Chinese doclined to ing open a case of matches and newspapers and packets, 207,693 Reclamation Street?--I should look at the matter in this light. The investment of.foreign cupital, | stealing a box therefrom. For registered articles, and 202,877 say so.
fined $25 or a month, the larceny is reported
Materially ?-Yo*, breaking open the cass he was parcels. One letter in every 17,319
missing." while Vory materially?—I cannot charge being dismissed, "dead "letters totalled 2,573,351. say that. It is all problematical. The mail services during 1910. The case was proceeding when This morning at the Marino numbered 4,245. Telograms we wont to press. Court before Commander C. W. amounted to 12,237,702 message Beckwith, Wong Kwai-fook and The mileage of lines for telophone Chan Kwai, masters of junks, were purposes in 389 conduits, 124,731 charge with nochorjag in pro cable conductors, and 90,288 hibited pince during prohibited open conductors. The number hours on Feb. 9, Both the defend-of public telephones has increased fined five dollars each or in default 2,008, and the mileage of trunk auts pleaded guilty and were in the 12 months from 1,681 to lines 24,319. The deficits on the Iourton days with hard labour,
Pacific cable are docreusing Gambling,
yourly.
they reasoned, would give the foreigner a hold upon the country Holding such a belief, it must be admitted that, however mistaken they were, they are to be commended for thoir patriotism. It is ofton said, orronoqusly "wo" think, that the Chinose are lacking in patriotism. Japan is cited as a country where patriotism is the main impulse guiding the life of overy unit, and Chin is oftou referred to as a contrast and it is declared that there is, no sense of loyalty either to throno or country. It sooms a sufficient answer to this assertion that China in the past, through a mistaken belief that borrowing would involve loss of independence, refused what would obviously have made for her material advantage. The prosont ro- volution, it may be remembered, was at first unid to have originated with the determination of the Szechuan people to rosist Shong
At the Magistracy, this morn- Kung-pao's policy of employing foreign capital for the constructioning, thirteen gamblers were fined $2 each. One who had of railways.
rosisted the constable was ordered to receive twenty-four strokes of the birch, ·
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The Bijou Theatre.
A nice little skateh staged by Mr. Stephenson this week at the
A Funeral Incident.
LOCAL SPORT,
Football.
A measure applicable to Scot-O. Berkeley Mitchell. land and Wales would be in- 1. The minutes of the last meeting are road and confirmed. applicable to Ireland. Protostant 2. Mr. Fonwick:—I have much foars were groundless. The Irish pleasure in proposing that Mr. parliament and sonate would fair-position of Ohairman for some Wallace, who has occupied the
ly reprosent the minorities as considerable time, and occupied well as the majorities-Reuter.
it with a dignity and ability which it would be difficult to equal, be asked to be Chairman of the new Downoil.
MANILA NEWS.
1
(Our Own Correspondent.) Manila, Feb. 0, 12.35 p.m. Gardner defeated Gee in threo
match between the Hongkong LEF HAMMOND'S RECORD).
In the replayed semi-final Cup Olnb and the Naval Yard to- morrow afternoon, the Club will be represented by the following:- H. W. Moon, J McCubbin and A. J The business of burial inSinga-T, Hamilton; D, Campbell, R. C. pars is not quite so decorous as Barlow and O. Wilkie; Hedley, the ways of the western word, W. C. Wilson, R. J. Brown, J. Č. says the "Straits Timos" of Feb. Roborts and D. Cooper. Kick off 1 and continues: There is con-at 4 p.m. prompt., siderable jealousy and rivalry be- tween the various kongsis of pro- fessional coin carriers and the
of the four sets, in the lawn tennis championship.
The cable Tus broken down
gressive we mean a policy that will not provide morely for the pre-by the vivacious and versatile and the carriers employed in it E. J. McNulty, Lt. Annaheim, R. Straight are
manage the house. He is assisted had taken place at Pasir Panjang over 30,
Capt. Bathurst:-I bog to second
Carried unanimously,
3.
Mr. Wallace proposed, seconded by Mr. Parr, that Mr. Fenwick be Vico-chairman, Car- ried unanimously.
4 The following committees were appointed:
Works Capt. Bathurst and Mr. Rankin.
Watch Mr. Fenwick and Mr. Parr.
Finance. Mr. Keizumi and Mr. Wallace.
A more enlightened sentiment exists to-day. Imperialists and Revolutionaries alike have roughisod that it would be impossible for the one effectially to crush the other without financial aid from the foreigner. This realization of this impossibility of accomplishing, much without forsign financial aid will doubtless endure when Chius Bijon Theatre created an opportu- incident that occurred yesterday played on the Hongkong Ground
Hongkong C.C. has settled her internal differences. It will be soon by those to whom nity for the proprietor to prove at the junction of Hongkong to-morrow, starting at 2.15 sharp,
The following match will be between Midway Island and
Assessment. Capt. Bathurst, Mr. Kiozumi and Mr. Wallace... the destinies of the country are entrusted that speedy development that he can work in front of the Street with North Bridge Road between players under 30 and
Gusm.
5. A letter is rend from the will only be possible under n` progrossive policy. When we say pro- footlights as creditably as he can was not unlooked for. A buria
Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, Sir Senior Consal informing the Allen Perry, and Mr. Willard T. Council that the Consular Body sent, but will sook to use the present as a base for the future. The Miss Eileen Murray. The sketch were returning to town in proces N., A. P. H. Rouquette, R.N., R. P. Governor Gogoral Forbes.
Under 30-Surg. Fishier. R.N.,
nt Amoy have appointed the pre- the gaosts of sont sitting Chinese member, Mr. immediate need of China is railways. With speedier means of deals with Jack Tar and a girl, sion, still bearing the bamboo Thursfield, Mr. Patard, R.N.,
Lim Ni-ka to continue, to hold communication her latent resources, will be become available, and and consequently has been appre-banners and other paraphernalia Mr. Roger, R.N., T. E. Pears.
office in the year 1912 until a re- when this Etapire becomes interlaced by railways not only will a ciated to the full by the "Boys in of the function.
Mr. Leo Hammond, the aviator, cognized Government is establish great stimulus be given to the development of natural wealth and Blue. To state that the pictures mentioned, another kongsi, the Li, Atwood, R.N.
At the spot C. C. Stark, W. B, Knapp and has reached a height of 5,000 ed in Fukion. are excellent is superfluous; they members of which felt aggrieved to manufactures, but the people will tend to become more homogo-are always good.
foot which is an altitude record at not having got this particular. C. Clarke, Rov. H. R. Wolla,
Over 30:-Comi. Ward R.N., for the Orient. neous. The provincial barriers which are now forbidding ly strong
Share Report. will be broken down and the country will iu vory truth be bound Circumstances prevented the cut upon their rivals and, in a Bowen, Capt. Robinson, Lt. BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
job, lay in wait. They pounced Surg. Greenhalgh, R.N., Capt. together with links of steel.
obanges in Mesars. Wright & twinkling botli parties were lay- Bedford, R.N., D. E. Donnelly, It would be idle to pretend that it will not be necessary for China Hornby's share report being ing into one another with banners, Lt. H. J. White, B.N..A.0. Bros to use due care in connection with her loans. To allow any-one in--quotations wore Banks damage could be done, however-
made to-day. The alterations clubs and bottles. Before serious and Capt. Cayley, B.N. country to obtain preponderating financial power would be clearly $875; Tiros $360sa: China Su- the big drum was ruined, by the unwise. Some solomo similar to that proposed in our columns some gars$1078; Chinese Engineerings way-the police, who had antici- The following will represent months ago by Mr. O. M. Ede should be adopted if China is to ad-130 Hongkong Lands 5983; pated the troule, interfered. C.5.0.C. "A" team v. Kowloon vance at the greatest speed with the least danger. If some such and b; Shanghai Lande T. 93; arrested. To-day they appeared Messrs. E. W. Hamilton, R. G. scheme be noted upon China's welfare and progress will become a West Points $50; Ewos T: 77; in the third police court, but, Lindsell, A. E. Wood, J. R. Wood -matter of material and mutual interest to all the more important Hongkong Cottons $5,1-4: Groen pending further inquiries by the H. T. Jackman, Bacon, B, Powers and she will consequently begin her now national life under Union Waterboats 87.1-4; Wat-torate, this hearing was postponed HALO, Garret and E. W. Islands $3.008a; Ices 8205s; officials of the Chiness Proteos MoLeod, P. T. Lamble, E. Gibson, the happiset suspices,
HALDANE'S VISIT.
Service to the "Telegraph.'
6. The Capt.-Supt. reports that the following cases have been dealt with at the Mixed Court aince the last meeting;
Summonses. Befusing to quit promises...2, Debt...1,
2 Assault-mitting a naisince Throwing rubbish eto, into the public draina................. Allowing cattle and pige
stray.... Humphreys Estates 86.1-48a. Fourteen of the combatants were "A" on Saturday at Kowloon :-
De
Bombay, Feb. 0,8,30 a.m.
Summary Arrests...); Router's correspondentat Kidnapping...1 Assault......3 Berlin says that Mr. Haldane's Committing a nuisance Boing visit is of a purely private nature sumably for sa izulewfil
found on onclosed promises pres