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THE MILITANTS.
(To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph.)
Sir, In one of your leaderettes to-night, you say, that the Militants are chagrined at not getting their own way, Your statement is incorrect. Chagrin is the result of defeat and the Militanta are just warraing to the fray. Defiance not chagrio in thej note that they sound.
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The age is a physical one. The majority of mon think physically, live physically and dio physically and even the love of woman only serves to awakon a physical paa sion in them; and now Man has found himself face to face with Spirit, and thinking that he has to do with something physical, he tries to crush it. Poor mon! If the results of his ignorance were not so grievous one would feel inclined to laugh at his die- may. As it is one pities him and the unfortunate victims of his ignorance. The cry for freedom is a spiritual cry. As Spirit is free so will man be, and the longing for freedom which is spiritual, is stronger than a longing for bodily life which is physical; hence that phenomenon which so Burprises men, namely the Milit- ants' contempt for imprisonment, torture and death. And still man erics for stronger measures; what stronger measures can you have than torture?
And Oh, the guileless entire, the "unconscious sarcasm, the naive innocant irony of the heading of your leader on the same page. I will not spoil it by commenting on it. "A Nation's Ilonour at; Stake. "Thore is a Buddhist story of an old man who gave a knife to each of his sons
on thei reaching the age of seven, and taking him to a large granite blook, close by his house, told him that within it there lay n diamond of great value, and bid Presently him try to cut it out. the son would bring the knife back with the blade broken or worn out, and the old man would take it from him and throw it into the fire, saying no more about it. The same thing hap-| pened on their 14th birthdays. Then, when their 21st birthdays came round, before sending them out into the world, the old man. took them to the stone and ex. The
plained things to them. task, which they had wonderod at the meaning of was symbolical of the task of life which lay before hem. The granite block, be
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1914.
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A
EXPLORATION IN SZECHUAN,
·REMARKABLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES.
Obeogto. Revsived June 10, Two French archaeologists, with special knowledge of China, who have beep exploring in Dzechuan have arrived at Ohengia and report interesting finde. They bring with thom excellent photographs of Han Dynasty monuments, Pculptures and other articles. They have conferred with M. Torrance who discovered the cave-tomba on the banks of the Min river and after an examination of his collection of images, vases, parts of animals and coins from the caves they fully confirm the early Han dalo and Chinese character of the discoverios.
The newspapers publish the discovery of a remarkable ancient cave at Langchong-hsien which contains several model houses in bronze, basins, ovens, dishes and chop- sticks in several of its compartments. A district official visited the cave and took away all the articles.
"WHITE WOLF."
HOW HE ELUDES THE TROOPS.
Teking. Received June 10. A letter from the border says the "White Wolf" bandits have each two horses. They ride one and use the other to carry plunder. They thus travel much faster than the soldiers and leave a fearful trail of devastation. The Szechuan troops are heavily massell along the border.
OIL CONCESSIONS.
AMERICA AND A BELGIAN PROPOSAL.
Peking. Received June 10. It appears that a tentative arrangemont has been practically completed under which the Belgians will put up $10,000,000 for the establishmont of a Sino-Belgian trust for the exploitation of oil in Northern Shanej. Nothing bas been signed, apparently owing to American pressure on the ground that the American Trust has a monopoly
for one year.
SALT REORGANISATION.
HOW CHINA BENEFITS.
Peking. Received June 10. The Quintuple Group has handed over to the Chinese Government Table 3,100,000 from the surplus of the Salt Revenue after retaining £1,000,000 for the ordinary obligations of the Salt Gabelle as well as Taels 1,200,000. 'to meet the extraordinary domande for June. It is expected that the Salt Rovenue from May 21, 1013 to May 21, 1914 will be $24,000,000 and the actual returns $34,000,000.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED
SHIPMENTS
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SMOKED
KIPPERS, FILLETS & HADDOCKS.
HONGKONG TENNIS LEAGUE.
Club de Recreio Defeat Chinese Recreation Club.
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The match between the Club de Recreio and the Chinese Re-.
creation Club was played off on the formor's ground and resulted in a win for the home team by 20
games.
The scores were 3— Club de Recreio......84 games Chinese Recreation
Clab...........35
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the Police Court, this morning, six supposed witches at Sassari with assaulting a Chinese woman has once again revealed the power of superstition in Italy. In the evidence at the trial the police showed that in eighty cases, the accused had received large sums.
$40 for pretended oures affected of money varying from 8200 to
said, was the conservative pre A. Obapuan, V. D., stato.- judice and slothful indifference Corp. Bradbury to be Sergeant of mankind, and the diamond with effect from June 3. The which lag inside was Truth. The uniormentioned members having knives which he had given them joined the Corps no allotted ere their carthly lives, weapons Corps number and posted as which God gave man wherewith follows: to attain to truth, and the paltry Pto. C.W. Randall to Civil scratches on the block were all that Service Co., Pto, H.H. Pegg to they must expect to achieve in one Civil Service Co., Pto. D.J. Brown life. He bid them go and wear to Civil Service Co., Pto., J. away their lives in the search for Ralston to Civil Service Co., Pto. truth, holding earthly life (the A.N.D. Pallon to Civil Service would have nothing to do with him witchcraft, for miracles worked blade) and its bandle the body, Co., Gr. W.G, Cope to No. 2 only of value as weapons, of which Section Artillery Battery. A.E. God had an infinite number Martin is permitted to resign. wherewith to ncromplish bis
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and improved, if I bart the time save their own uncleanly faces, and you the space, but it sufficos sit in the House of Terminologies to give you some idea of the way Inexactitudes, and ape the man
that the militants and all seekers nera of statesmen. after freedom look upon life. They fully realise that lives must
Yours, etc.
HERETIC.
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your paltry penalties of torture
and death, and dare
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The Queen's Wedgwood Room. good company with the propheta, name for a heroism which is raining and yet you assert that a The Queen bas arranged a paid away all his eavings, £41, strange to him, or else which trained. Scont makes a good Wedgwood room at Windsor for the privilege.
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