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* PRESIDENT WILSON.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 24 1913.
they are or in blind haste. We shall deal with our economic sys- tem as it might be if we had a (Continued from Page 5);
oleon sheet of paper to write upon; store, to correct the evil without and step by step we shall make it impairing the good, to purify and what it should be, in the spirit of humanize every process of our those who question their own common life without weakening wisdom and seek counsel and `or sentimentalizing it. There has knowledge, not shallow self- been something crude and heart-satisfaction or the excitement of loss and unfeeling in our baste excursions whither they can pot to succeed, and be great. Our tall. Justice, and only justice, thought bas bean. Let every shall always be our motto.
man look out for himself, let every And yet it will be "no cool pro- generation look out for itself," cess of mere science. The nation while we reared giant machinery has been deeply stirred, stirred which made it impossible that any by a solemn passion, stirred by but those who stood at the levers the knowledge of wrong, of idoala of control should have a chance lost, of government too often de- to look out for themselves. We banched and made an instru- bave not forgotten our morale. ment of evil. The feelings with We remembered well enough that which we face this new ageof right we had set up a policy which and opportunity sweep coross was meant to serve the humblest our heart-strings like some air as well as the most powerful, with out of God's own presence, where an eye single to the standards of justics and mercy are reconciled justice and fair play, and remem- and the judge and the brother bered it with pride. Bat we are one.
We know our task to were very heedloss and in a be no mere taak of politics but hurry to be great..
task which shall search us through and through whether we be able to understand our time and the pood of our people, whether we be indeed their spokesmen and interpreters, whether we have the pure heart to comprehend and the rectified will to choose our high course of action.
We have come now to the sober second thought. The scales of heedlessness have fallen from our eyes.
We have made up our minda to square evory process of our national life again with the standards wo so proudly set up at the beginning and have always earried at our hearts. Our work is a work of restoration.
ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE.
The Dispute Regarding
Party Walls.
POST OFFICE.
MAILS ARRIVED TO-DAY, Haiphong, ex B.s. Hue, Singapore, s.s, Idomeneus. Chefoo, s.s. Yushan. Manila, as, Zafiro. Shanghai, s.6, Linan. Australia, 5.0. Taiyuen. Haiphong, B.. Triumph. Shanghai, e.s. Hangsang. Shanghai, a.a. Sonegambia.
MAILS VIA SIBERIA.
1.ondoa
April 2 April 3
Char Sbabal
SHIPPING NEWS.
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 94th at 11.36. The northern is now central to the
north of Hokkaido. The depres- alon over Indo-China has deepen- ed slightly:
A tongue of high pressure ex- tends southward from Kores, and a depression appears to be form- ing over the Yangtze Valley.
Pressure it inclined to give way over the Philippinee.
Mail Steamers
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.
WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on or
about the DATES named :--
ARRIVED. Demodocus, Br. s.a., 4,269, Dodd, 24th】 April-Singapore, Goo.-B. & 8. Idomenoar, Br. s... 4,506, Bac- tons, 24th April-Binga- Fore, Gen.-B. & S. Zafiro, Am. ..., 1,409, MoMurray, 24th April-Manila. 21st April, Sugar.-8. T. &
Moderate SE. to S.W. winds 00. Linan, Br. 8, 1,856, Williams, are indicated along the east coast
To Sail On Remarks 24th April-Shanghai of China, and moderate 8.5. 21st, April, Gen.-B. & winds over the N China Sea.
about 1 Freight "Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 SHANGHAI................
Capt. E. P. Martin, R.N.R. / 8th May} &P'sage Taiyuan, Br. s. 2,494, Brown hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, LONDON,' vis
DEVANHA
Noon | Freight 24th April-Sydney, Gen 0.00 inches.
Usual Ports of Capt. W. R. Hickey Call............
26th April i & F’angó -B. & 9. Yushun, Chi, 8.8., 1,079, Baines 23rd April-Tientsin via Chefoo 16th April, Gen.- C. M.B. N. Co, Senegambla, Ger. s.8., 2,350, Re-1 Hongkong and
April 19 April 21
!
B.
MAILS DUE. Siberian, Devonha, 25th inst,
of
The Devanha is expected to'l arrive here to-morrow with the London Malle (via Siberia) Wednesday the 2nd, Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th inst
Holbow, a
We have itemized with some degree of particularity the things that ought to be altered and hore are some of the chief items: A tariff which cats us off from our proper part in the commerce of Court, before the Chief Justice, This morning in the Original the world, violates the just prin- Sir W. Rees Davies, K.O., and a ciples of taxation; and makes the special jury, the action was con- government a facile instrument tinuod in which Chan Kau, a in the hands of private in-trader of 142 Hollywood Road, is terests; a banking and currency suing Chau Woon Cheung and system based upon the necessity Chan Woon Man, of No. 47 of the government to sell its Hunloy St.The notion is to bonds fifty years ago and perfect-recover the sum of 85000, ly adapted to concentrating caal as damages, for that the and restricting credits; an in- defon lants, their servants and dustrial system which, take it on agants, in or about the months of all its sides" financial as well as June or July 1912, so negligently administrative, bolde capital in and unskilfully carried out certain leading atrings, restricts the lib building operations, to wit.the erties and limits the opportunities building of a party wall, between of labour, and exploits without the houses No. 10 and 21 Lower renewing or conserving the Lascar Row,and incidentally there natural resources of the country; to shoring the front and rear walls a body of agricultural activities of No. 19 Lower Lascar Row, the never yet given the officiency property of the plaintiff, as to of great business undertakings bring about the fracture and or served as it should
be settling of auch front and rear
through the instrumentality of walls of the said house, to the science taken directly to the plaintiff's loss in the sum olsimed, farm, or afforded the facilities of Mr M. W. Slade, K. C., instruct- credit best suited to its practical ed by Mr Jackson, of Messrs John- needs; watercources undeveloped, son, Stokes and Mastor, appeared waste places anreolaimed, forests for the plaintiff and Mr F. O, untended, fast disappearing with Jenkin, instructed by Mr Reader out plan or prospect of renewal, Harris, of Messrs Wilkinson and aaregarded waste heaps at every Grist, for the defence,
mine. We have studied as per- The jury was empanelled as hape no other nation has the most follows:-Meaara F. Maitland, effective means of production, but J.T. Douglas, H. P. White, M. we have not studied cost or Beattie, Ho Kam Tong, D. Has- economy as we should either as kell and F. C. Wilford. organisms of industry, as states- men, or as individuals.
Mr Bird continued under the cross-examination of Mr Jenkin.
Nor have we studied and per- Mr Jenkin-I put it to you fected the means by which that the owner of No. 19 with his government may be pat at the precise cracks, left everything service of humanity in safe undone ho ought to have done?-- guarding the health of the nation. I don't think so at all. the health of its 'men and its The Building Authority are women and its children; as well entitled as matter of practice and as their rights in the struggle for law, to inspect buildings and existence. This is no sentimental where they find there is not suf- duty. The firm basis of govern- ficient shoring, they request the ment is justice, not pity. These owner to shore it up, and if they are matters of justice. There can don't do it they do it themselves? be no equality or opportunity, the Sometimes; You. Brat essential of justice in the And the building authorities body politic, if men and children looked at No. 19 quite a number be not ahielded in their lives, their of times, did they not?-I don't vitality, from the consequences of know.
great industrial and social proces
According to Mr. Slade rester-
ses which they can not alter, con- day, if the Building Authority
trol, or singly cope with. Society approves anything it seems to be
MAILS CLOSE.
Haiphong. Pakhoi and Saigon-Por Singan, Swatow, Amoy and Fooshow- 25th April, 8 a.m.
Per Haltan, 25th April, 10a.m.
Japan
via Moji-Per Kiria-maru,
25th April, 11 a.m. Swatow and Biam-Par Saxta,
25th April, 11 am. Slam-Per Kamor. 25th April,
*
11 a.m.
Macao-Per Sui-Tai, 25th April,
1.15 p.m. Japan via Nagasaki-Per Azuma sen-maru, 25th April, 2
p.m.
Japan via Kobe-Por Tjilatjap 25th April, 3 p.in. Amoy and Shanghai-Per Tjibo Batavia, Cheribon, Samarang and
das, 25th April, 3 p.m. Sourabaya-Per Tjikini, 26th April, 10 a.m. Shanghai, North China and Japan
via Kobe-Per Namsang, 26th April, 10 a.m. Batavia, Samarang & Sourabaya -Per Tjiliwong, 26th
April, 10 a.m. Straite, Burmah, Ceylon, Adelaide, Western Aus- tralia, India, Adon, Egypt, and Europe via Brindisi. (Late Letters il a.m. to noon, Extra Postage 10 cente.) (Sup-
English
Mali,
her, 24th April-Bhang-
bal 21st April, Gon.-H. "A. L
FORECAST FOR THE 24
For
:}
HOURS ENDING AT NOON LONDON & ANT-1
TO-MORROW.
Forecast.
District.
Neighbourhood.
S.E. winde,
Haugsang, Br. .., 1,956, Wille, 2 Formosa Chanuelable winds,
24th April-Swatow 3rd
April, Gen.-J., M, & Co.
CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE. April 23.
China, for Shanghai. Kámo-maru, for Yokoha ma, Johanne, for Delh Hanol, for Haiphong. American, for Macao. "April 24, Yushun, for Canton. Fooksang, for Calcutta. Lyeemoon, for Saigon. Chipshing, for Tientsin. Kwanglee, for Shanghai. Profit,, for Bangkok- Linan, for Canton. Ichang, for Chinwantao. Laertes, for Saigon. Hangsang, for Canton, Singan, for Haiphong. Tomiya-maru, for Saigon.
DEPARTED.
April 24. Helene, for Macao. Loksang, for Shanghai. Kamo-maru-maru, for Kobe, China, for Shanghai. Fooksang, for Straits. Ichaug, for Shanghai. Kwanglee, for Shanghai. Hanof, for Haiphong. Laertee, for Shanghai. Johanne, for Swatow.
plementary mail on board Temiya-maru, for Saigon. up to the time fired for
Lyeemoon, for Balgon.
departure of the mallChipshing, for Tientsin. (Extra Postage 10 cents) Azumasan-maru, for Japan. (Letters posted in all the Pillar Boxes in time for the first olearance will be included in this con- tract mail) The Parcel Mail will be closed on Friday, the 25th April, at 5 p.m.-Per Devanha, 26th April, 11 am.
WERP v. Singa-
Ombo, Port Said,
DELTA
NORE
Steamore
10 a.m. Freight
} 30th April & Papge
about
Fraight
MOJI, KOBE & SUMATRA Le Mare, R.N.R.) SEP
YOKOHAMA...}
pore, Penang, Capt. D. Asbury,
moderate cloudy, mistry.
& Marseilles......
SHANGHAI,)
E. to var!-
fresh to mo- derate.
E. to va
riable
P.&O.S. N. Co.'s office,
China between H.K. and Lamooks
winds,
mode-
Hongkong. 24th April, 1913.
rate to
light.
3 South coast of
4 South coast of)
China between H.K. and Hainan.
The same
as No. 1.
China Coast Meteorological
Blation.
Register.
24th April, a.m.
Hour.
Temperature
Barometer.
Humidity.
Wostock #7 a 29.78 43 31 Nemuro 6a 29.43- Hakodate Tokio
Wind.
Force.
elb
BW I
Weather.
All the above steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy,
For Freight, or Passago apply to
E. A. Hewett,
Superintendant.
NORDDEUTSCHER
LLOYD.
BREMEN.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES
GIERS, GIBRALTAR,LUTZOW*
SOUTHAMPTON, (Capt. J. Bortfeldt 17,300
ANTWERP & B'MEN.J 0SHANGHAI,
For
Steamers.
To Bail on
i, 29.54
waw 1
บ
29.03-
now 3
KOBE & YOKOHAMA PRINZ SIGISMUND
Capt. D. Lenz
T. 6.000
Koch!
29.95
WBW 1
NAPLES," GENOA, AL-
about. TUESDAY, 29th April.
Nagaanki K'shima
30.03
601-
30.04.
BOW 1
30.02
1
30.01——
1
· 29.97
30.05.
#
6,000
TUESDAY,
29th April, 10 a.m about WEDNESDAY, 30th April. (SATURDAY,
17th May at 9 a.m.
Capt. F. Sembill
Oshima Naha Ishi'jima
Bonin Is. Chefoo
TSING=)
60 4- TAU, NAGASAKI & PRINZ LUDWIO
KOBE MANILA, ANGAUR,1
asw 1 - |-··
Whaiwol 29.82 53 80. ss0 0 Hankow » Ichang Klukiang Changsha
36
11
Shanghai
Gutzlaff
. 29.7560 -838 30m
29.7,758 890 6 f
Sharp P. 7a29.8866
Amoy 6a29.9368 95 no 2 or Swati w
Talhoku - 5 a 29.90 Taichu Tainan
H
29.83
D
29.89
" 29:91
PASSENGERE ARRIVED. Pers.s. China, arrived 23rd inet. from Bombay, &o- Barker, J. T. Lloyd, G. Y. L. Kochan Barker, Mrs. Macini, C. Barker, 2 Misses Mackintosh, F. Canton
P'dores H Barrow, Lt.Col.
G. do 8. Philippine Inlands-Per Loong-Bland, Miss
Broad sang 26th April, 1 pm. Macao-Per Sui Tai, 26th April, Boooks, Mrs. F.
1.15 p.m.
-F.
Philippine Islands-Per Zafiro, Berry, B.
26th April, 3 p.m.
Beveridge, J
Siberian
Mali.
Shanghai, North China Browne, T. W. Japan via Nagasaki, Chamkin C.
United States,
p.m.
South
Clark
B.
Condiffe
A. MacMillan, W. ...W. MacPherson Mathew, Lt. G.
W.
H'kong 6a29.8077 86 Gap Rock "` 29.80- Macao
29.7776 Wuchow 9a Pakhoi 19 Hoihow
MoGillewie, Lt. Phulien
& Mrs D.
D. I
MoGregor, Mr.
Tourane
0.6t. J.
Aparri
MoLoan, L.
.
Mew, T.
Manila
Legaspi
G.
O.
Michigos Hacbeth, N. B. MoNeil Muller, V. H Merchant, F. F. Neergard, Miss
I. de Ogden, O. K Owen, O. Ogston, Mrs.
V. Purahotum, N.
.
America and Canada via Cobbett, E T. Vancouver (Europe via Cohen, Mrs Biberia Per Empress of Coltart, Lt. C. Japan 26th April. 3 p.m, Shanghai and North China-Per Counsell, R. Swatow-Por
Linan, 26th April, 5 p.m. Cruickshank, E,
Haimun, 27th J. April, 9 a.m.
Carter, Mrs. Swatow, Amoy and Foochow vin Chan, C. S.
Tamsul Pér Daijin Chandabhoy, K. maru, 27th April, 9 a.m. Macao-Per Sui Tai, 28th April Dickson. Major
Duval, Y. D.
1.15 pm.
W. E. K. Pope, Lt. R. K. Shanghai and North China-Per Douglas, H. Č.
Bohemia, 28th April, 5 Duleep Singh, Prettijohn. H Haiphong, Pakhoi and Saigon Duncan, (Junior) Puckridge, C. P.
Princess
E Per Kaifong, 29th April Duncan, Mrs. Pulleyne, Lt R. 8 a..
Elliat Philippine Island, Straits, Evans, §.-A.. Read, A. G. Burmah, Ceylon, Ade-Forsyth, J. Richardson, Lt. lalde, Western Australia, Gaines, Lt. J. W. R. India, Aden, Egypt and Garland, Mr. &. Ritchie, A. L. Europe via Naples-Per Mrs. HP. Rosenfeld, L. Luetzow, 29th April, 9Garland, Miss L Richardson, H2
Garland, Miss M, L,
Richardson, Girvin, RA MO. "Mrs,
Lt-Col. J. Russell, E. F. Girvin, Mrs.
Ryley, Captain Por
Hastle, A Hangeang, 29th
H. Henderson, C, April, 10 am.
Seymour, EF Smith Hodgins, P. R. Shanghai, North China Holdon
Smithe, A. W. Bouter, H. F. Symott, P. J.S Sam Po-tal Shroff, J. N.
ບëຫນວກ.
Mail.
a.m
יון
Per Haiyang, 29th April,
10.
must see to it that it does not all right?--It is pretty certain itself erash or weaken or damage to be if they approve; otherwise Swatow, Amoy and Foochow - Garat, Dr. J. R. its own constituent parts. The they don't approve. first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves. Sanitary od No. 10 and made no oomplaint Swatow and and North China- laws, pure food laws, and laws about shoring, does it not mean determining conditions of labour' it was all right?
If the Building Authority visit-
neces
which individuals are powerless to sarily they would rather have determine for themselves are No. 19 fall down and have a new intimate parts of the very business building put up instead. They
of justice and legal efficiency. rather like that (laughter).
Those are some of the things
Did anybody else, want No. 19
we ought to do and not leave the to fall down ?-I don't know; wo others undone, the old fashioned, didn't. never-to-be-neglected, fundemen-
Why? Because we should
tal safeguarding of property and have to have a new house.
of individual right. This is the
high enterprise of the new day:
to lift everything that concerns
Mr Sung's Successor, our life as a nation to the light says that Mr. Wong Chin-wel, The "Peking Daily News" that shines from the hearthare of who has been appointed by the every, man's conscience and Knominglang to take up the post vision of the right It is vacated by the late Mr Sang inconceivable that we shoud Chiaorien, when reaching St do this as partisans it Petersburg has again returned to le inconceivable we should Paris, unwilling to come back to do it in ignorance of the facts as China.
Siberian
Mall.
Japan via Nagasaki Hoyle, G. Honolulu Canada, United Hasteburat, States South America
Major G. W..
and San Francisco (Eu-Hill, Rev. E. E rope via Siberia)-Per Hunt, Major F. Shinyo-maru, 29th April,|
11 am...
D...
Sim, W. G, Smith, 8
Spence, Captain Sneyd, Miss
R. By Spence, Miss 2. Tyler,
Thompson, Miss
Hunt, Mra Macao-Por Sui Tal, 29th April, Ingles, Mr. and
1.15 p.m..
Mra. H. M. Philippine Island-Fer Chinhua, Johnston, Miss.
29th April, 3 p.m.
N. Philippine Islande, Timor, Aus- Jackson, Mr &
tralia, Tasmania, New. Mrs. CD......⠀ • Zealand via Port Dar- Jennings, Mr. winPer Eastern, 30th Mr. A
April, 10 am..
Jones, W. B.
Shanghai, North China and Japan Joseph, O
via Nagasaki, Victoria
6a29.6873-
29.7279-4
se 3-0 no 4 c" 060 4 ca
Capt. F.v. Binzer 18,300
YAP, MARONN, BA-PRINZ SIGISMUND MARAI, SYDNEY & ( Capt. D. Lenz MELBOURNE .........................
KUDAT & SANDAKAN Į BORNEO
Calling at Manila.
(TUESDAY, 29th April
All the steamers of the European Line are fitted with Wireless
Tolography Now System of Telefunken.
For further Particulars, apply to
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
MELCHERS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG and CHINA. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1913.
Bo 40 DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP Co., LD.
" 29.8079 ▸
备
29.8875-
29.8572- ( A
29.85 79
2 f
20
1 b
0 b
nine 2 b
T. F. Claxton, Director. Hongkong, Observatory, Apr. 23, 1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundredths.
2 Temperature, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenheit,
3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation, the Humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100, 4 Direction of Wind, to two points,
5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Scale,
Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.
Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurioua Stoamors on the Coast, having splendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers, Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine,
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHÓW RETURN. (Occupying 8 to 10 days.)
Steamships.
HAITAN..... HANYANG
Captain
J. 9. Roach
Leaying. FRIDAY, 25th April, at 11 a.m. A. E. Hodgins... SUNDAY, 29th April, at 11 am. HAICHING...W.C. Passmors. | FRIDAY, 2nd May, at 11 am.
FOR SWATOW.
HAIMUN
6 State of Weather, b blue sky, detached cloud, d drizzling rain f fog, a gloomy, h hall, 1 light- ning, overcast, D passing 29] showers, q'equally, r rain, a snow, ttbunder, v vielbility, w dew wet). 0. Rain in inches, teaths and hundredtha.
METEOROLOGICAL.
Previous
4
Day On Date On Date
QI21 30.
Barometer 29.83 29.88 Temperature 82 71 Humidity 85 90 Wind Direction Force Weather Rain Highest open air Temperaturn on the ind
29.84
78
BW
E
E
22.
oq .0
[J. W. Evang | SUNDAY, 27th April, at 10 a.m. Steamers will arrive at, and depart from, the Co.'s Wharf near Blake Pier.
For Freight and Passage, apply to
Douglas, Lapraik & Co.,
General Managery.
THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED,
Mail Service to Australia
via Manila,
·MAIL SCHEDULE
(SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION).
Steamers,
BASTERN EMPIRE ST. ALBANS
Arrive Hongkong from Australia,
6th April
2nd May.
30th May.
Leave Hongkong for Australia.
·80th April.
24th May,
21st June,
H.K.Observatory, 23rd April, 1913,
T. F. Claxton, Director
TIDE TABLE. 21st April, to 27th April, 1913. The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, on- Low VA Buring a Plentiful supply of Ice, French Provisions, etc., and are High Water
Top oor lighted throughout with Electricity All State Rooms have Electria Fans. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried. TCR For further particulars, apply to
Gibb, Livingston & Co.,
Hongkong
Top Organ Veit, Miss B. Von Kaufmann,
2. TO
The
Weli
Thuri
and Tagoma-For Maxi-
Oyster, Fresh, Friel'or Stenal- comaru, 50th April, 1 Fisien Haddo ka. Kippen dee VASA LEX ANDRAKCATE,
Printed and Pablished by the Proprietor, Loe House Streat in