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I WOULD RATHER HAVE ኢ Powers would bo nanolal losses
CHEERFUL DISPOSITION THAN by the Governments of auch AN ESTATE OF £10,000 A YEAR. |foreign nations as have possos--Joseph Hume.
sions in the Far East, but oven
Monera. Moxon and Taylor that factor has not deterred the have been advised that the Powers from giving guarantoos Sumatra Tobacco Co. is splitting its sharos on the basis of four that they will undertake to stop now shares for one old share. all opium smoking in such aroas, onco China doo8 hor part.
A Chinono woman, agod 32, Nothing could be fairer than was rescued out of the harbour that, and, as we have before had occasion to romark, the next "THE SAFE WITH stop Hos with the people and the THE REPUTATION.”
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AZEVEDO.-On February 11, at 807 Dixwell Road, Shanghai, Molita Maria, beloved daughter of Mrs. Eliza Azovodo.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 17th Fob, 1925.
-
schoolboys and schoolgirls in America by those smugglora, ho
officials of China.
Trans-Pacific Trade..
an Indian constable on duty near the Star Forry Wharf yesterday. She had dived over
the Praya wall in an attempt to
commit suicide.
Owing to our going to press early to-day, we are unable to publish an advertisement show- ing the reault of the drawing of of the Hasma swoop on the Hong- kong Derby. This will, therefore, appear to morrow.
The visit by Scattle business mon to Hongkong, in the course| of a tour of Far Eastern ports, Horven as a reminder that the China Coast doponds a great deal For, driving A motor car for its trade on the Pacific Coast without a lleonce in Hankow of America, and that this traffic Road on the 6th inat. Miss A. across the ocean is over incross-Basto was fined $5 by Mr. E. W. ing both in volume and import- Hamilton this morning. Mr. L. anco. Not very long ago thoroj E, de Souza was mulcted in a commercial mon in San Francisco his licence to a police officer on was a campaign by farmooing aimilar sum for failing to produco
to increase the trade between the the 2nd, inst. Oriont and that contre, and lat- torly there has boon à distincti
Professor John Smith, of the fostoring by Canadian interests Hongkong University, is to gival of the commerce,by that Do- a series of oloven wookly publio minion with China. We have looturos in the Groat Hall of the also observed tentativo, and not University, commoncing on the entirely fortunate, attempts by 22nd instant, at 5 p.m. on" Pro- the Australian Commonwealth to blems of Industry and Economica expand its trade in the Far East considered Ethically in the light As the years go by it becomes in of Modern Peychology." These creasingly evident that, as one will be free and non-technical in business man has put it, the character. futuro commercial contres of the
world aro to be located in What might have boon this rogion-with on the one gorious accident was witnessed. hand tho vash territory of
Praya at the
East yostor-
motor 4
OLT,
Eastern Asia still but partly day whon
devoloped, and on the other in attempting to pass between a the great financial groups ready rickehs, and a tramway, took
do
present, and probably bigger than that seen on any other ocean of
the world.
That "Yellow Peril".
H, M. THE KING INDISPOSED.
A Router cable, dated yesterday, reports that H. M. the King is suffering from a feverish cold and will be unable to fulfil angagamonts for a few days.
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARMS FOR CHINA,
LOCAL WATERFRONT ITEMS.
The monsoon is still raging asf
from Saigoa and experienced
hero.
ATTEMPT TO CONTROL TRAFFIC,
Genova, Feb. 16.
would be to withdraw it.
M. Toivola (Finland), the author
moro moderato monsoon, except the last day before she arrived of the revolution, declared that he acted in good faith, and announced The Prospor, Captain O.that he withdrew the resolution.
Mr. Sugimura (Japan) sym- pathetically referred to China,
Koutson, arrived here to-day and
roporte the weather as being and said that China" possessed
to encourage that coming the paint off the last-named vehi-strong as over. This winter the At the oplum conforence, Bir development, and a big purchascle. A number of the female weather has been more like that, M. Delevingne denied the rumour GREAT EVILS. ing public as woll as hugo passengers fearing "bad jose," which the old China consters can that the British delegation was manufacturing interest eager to refused to travol further in the remember from the days of the responsible for the Finnish re-
trading to thoir mutual
tramway and got on the road. Viscount Cooil, in the spooch advantage. China is
ton clippers and other sailing solution with regard to the un- yot far
ships. Tho very latest arrivals, licensed Importation of arms re- bohind tho position which wo reported yesterday commercial mon would like to which
The banknote trick," practia however, roport the monsoon as contly mentioned. He said thore Was vory outspokon on the soo her in, but gradually the ed by two confidence mon at moderating somewhat yesterday, was some ground for assuming Queon's Road Central yesterday, The Pacific Mail linor President that the illicit trado in arms with subject of traffickers in drugs. timo is approaching when trans had another victim. A Chinese Plarco, Captain H. January, China had some connection with
Pacific business will swell into a Roferring to the corruption of
woman undertook to change arrived this morning from Shang.the cultivation of the opium poppy. volumo far greater than at
bundle of what appeared to be hai and had moderate monsoon There was enough prima facia petes for two men whom she with misty weather coming down ovidence to show that the matter had never met before, only to the coast.
required invostigation. said he know no form of crime
discover that it was only waste The large freighter Heffron, Bir M. Delevingno quoted Lord moro harmful than that of the
paper on arrival at the money-F. Ulstad, arrived yoosterday Cooll's statement that the British changor's shop. In the mean- from Kobe, and had fresh N. EGovernment would take all steps man who does an illicit trado in
However fantastic the story time the men had decamped with gale for the greater part of her to prevent the illicit traffic in |drugs, adding that no punishmont of tho German newspaper the money and jewellery, amount trip.
arma. Ho contended that there Lokalanzeiger might prove to was too
severe therefor. His be-and it seems that no very which she had handed to them E. N. Johnson, arrived yesterday resolution, and the wisest course ing in value to nearly $200, The coaster Dampto, Captain was no nocoesity to prose the observations will, wa imagine, substantial evidence is forthcom- find ready approval and supporting the possibility of a Japane as security for her "safe return." Sino-Russian treaty on the lines from all who have stopped to of mutual defence, or mutual ponder over the terrible harm aggression in case of a casus belli,
MUSSOLINI ILL. done by the improper use of must not bo lost sight of. The Gorman report of the alleged drugs. But the men who make clauses of this supposed allianos
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA.
botter. a living by proying on the public roads exactly as it has boon
Rome, Feb. 16.
Tho Signor Mussolini is the victimi pan-Asistio po- in this way do not give a mo- prodicted by
coaster Mondoso, Cap- numerous arzonals but a compar liticians, of whom
O. Johannesen, arrivodiinon of the position of China with Dr. Sual of influenza, and has been ordered tain ment's heed to this aspect of the Yat-son has boon the most to bed by his medical advisers. yesterday from Bangkok and the position of other countries matter: all they are animated prominent. It will be recalled Router.
reports very heavy weather, the would be unjust and in view of ship at times burying her whole the retirement of the Chinese by is greed-the desire to get that his reported scheme for
foredeck right up to the midahip would be impolite to revert to the delegation from the conference it an anti-European allianco, was rich, no matter what the con-alloged to comprise the coming
superstructure under the high sequences bo to other poople, together of Russians (whom he Unhappily, out hore in the East is supposed to have claimed were wo know all too well the activities Japanose. It is not pleasant to really Asiatics), Chiness and
of scamps of this type. The have to refer to the possibility! traffic in illict opium, boroin, of such plane, but that they exist
in the minds of certain persons) cocaine and other drugs ist word foolish to attempt to deny, most extensive one, and its For the present we can be glad! ramifications are so great that that, so far as we know, they have not dovolopod to the stago only a titho of the smuggled of practical politics nor resolved drugs can be traced, whilst in factual official sanction, But most instancos, ovott whore there are those who look far nhoad, and predict a gloomy acizures Bro made, the plot-outlook for world peace unles tho ting individuals who lie well nations and
Somo means of in the background are seldom promoting friendly co-operation brought to justice. It is the before it is too lato: and who oan toll whether or not their same with the traffic in arms, vision is prophetic ? the banoful influancos' of which! are far moro felt in the Far East than in any other part of tho world. Both those evils aro extremely difficult to cope with, but it is satisfactory to fool that tho Powers are doing their ut- most to combat thom by con- corted action,
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question of the recrudescenso of The Drafe, Captain E. Fingal-oultivation of the poppy, Certain son, from Saigon, had
ly Japan could not associato her. similar weather during the self with such a course. greater part of hor voyago,
very
Peace in the Far East reposed Another coaster, the Solvikon, on mutual confidence, and wa Captain R. Norvalls, which must bo careful not to disturb arrived on Sunday from Saigon, that situation, therefore Japan had on board, bosidos ether was unable to support the Finnish
resolution. pasaongors, a vory interesting
can
with the Finnish resolation pro-
party of oight, who are travolling M. Toivola pointed out that Mr. around the world in a rather Sugimura must not associate unconventional but very sensible Chins with the resolution. His and instructive manner. Instead object was rather to assist China, of following the old beaten-Reuter.
A Geneva message of Jan. 14th paths by some around-the-world ilner or tourist ship, these people statedThe next matter dealt travel by whatever conveyance] (A Wavo
thoy of influenza--ap-
got hold of, and posing that the conference should parently of the same type which therefore see what most other suggest that the Council of the travellors miss. They have been League should draw attention to caused such havoc some years'
to Iceland, to the North the forthcoming international ago-is report to be sweeping from Western Europe to Asia, A Capo of Norway, all around conference on traffic in arms and number of oaser was reported in Europe and in the inner parts of munitions, and to the Importance England recently, and last week Asia. The party consists of two of the question of unlicensed, im a Malayan nowspaper record that Australians and six Americansportation of arms in relation to the infection was making itself Amongst the latter is Dr. A. B. the drug problem. The Finnish felt in Ponang. Japan has been & Wright, the well-known Chicago resolution is stated to have in sufferer for some time. Several oye spoolalist. Four of the com- view the importation of arms and munitions into Chins, although CASOS of what might be a mild pay are ladies, namely Chine is not mentioned therein. form of the old "Spanish" Shoemaker, Mrs. Hanson and two
Misses Button.
Genova, Feb. 16. Sir, I beg to draw your at influenza aro reported from the
The Anjou, Captain F. Brown, The Finnish resolution on the tention to a slight orror in state-Chins Coast as woll]
which was laid-up temporarily at arms traffic has been withdrawn Shum Shui Po, has made three -Router. odd trips to Canton, and is now back in the West River run.
CORRESPONDENCE,
(To the Editor, "Bangkang
Telegraph.")
A Correction,
| .
RUSSIAN EXPLORER. ·
On the matter of opium-amok-mont in yesterday's issue regard- ing, Viscount Cecil correctly ing a now building for Kowloon.
Roforonco is mado to Chins Colonel P. K. Kozloff, the
V BARONESS AUTHORESS, reficatod the situation when ho Buildings as being an eight- Russian explorer and archaeolo
Tho Kwong Ying ̋has' now Tho doatti is announced from pointed out
the Powers storey structure. I would point gist, who discovered the dead Halehed her repairs at the dry Berlin, on Jan. 5, at the age of that could do little until China had out, however, that as a structure town of Khara Khoto in the dock and is expected to resume 63, of Baroness Elizabeth von China Buildings is ton atoroys in Gobi Desert, arrived at Leningrad her old route to Wuchow to Hayking, a well-known German devised means of provonting height-nino storoyos abavo on Dec. 30. During the past 18 morrow..
authoross, whose novel in "the" smuggling. When that is done, ground and one below. The new months Colonel Korloff has been
The Cheung Chow is still being form of letters," Briefe Dis Ihn Chine will find the foreign building, therefore, will not be engaged in the vicinity of Urge, overhauled, while the Wo Ping Night Erreichten; b) was traninka Mongolia. He has brought and the Book Shing and Fook Oned into many languages. She rich collection of objects, of fina art, temple furniture, and still laid up at the Bhum was the wife of a former Garmin
Shui Po,flata, Miuleter in Chius utenslie.
taller.
nations ouly too ready to lend a hand in suppressing the smoking
Yours etc.
R. J. W. PARSONS, of oplum; Indood, definite assur- Hongkong, Feb. 17th, 1985.