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idence and the renewal of those pleasant
į relations which fosgerly characterised intercourse between the Chinese And the British communities but which the plague years and their after- math had temporarily sandered. We, are glad to notice that in the ad- dress presented to His Excellency on Thursday allusion was made to this striking phase of hia Governorship, for
it will undoubtedly shine out in the years to come as an achievement as full worthy of commendation as the establish- ment of Hongkong University, the Mong-kok-sni typhoon refuge, or the British portion of the Canton-Kowloon railway. All will bulk in the historian's eye when the annals of Sir FREDERICK Lrand's term of office come to be writ- ten, but none will afford him greater satisfaction, we imagine, than the winning of the obedience, esteem, and gratitude of the Chinese.
Comparisons we know are always odious, but old residents in casting back in memory over the years which have flownaince Hongkong passed into British possession, men who remember the many Governors who were sent out here simply to mark time, as it were; some who were merely the subservient mouth- pieces of officialdom pure and simple; while others pushed the interests cf ono section of the community to the exclusion of all the rest- these old residenta feel that Hongkong. has been well, truly and impartially served by its present Governor. To a rare tenacity of purpose and great grasp of administrative detail he has brought a peculiarly well balanced judgment and trained experience to bear upon every question presented to him. No toil has been too hard, no detail too petty, so that the real interests of the Colony prospered. We have seen that in the musterly reviews of the Colony's financial position which he has given us in introducing the ostimates every antuma, in the very comprehensive explanations he has delivered in Council from time to time of the reasons for the Is a memorable speech delivered some
steady expansion in the cost of the months ago a great English adminis
railway; in his statesmanlike exposition trator declared that the watchword of the Colony's real attitude ris-a-vis the which should be adopted by the British empire was Efficiency, Lord KITCHENER dresses on educational questions; in opium question; in speeches and ad- before leaving India. impressed upon his successful inauguration of a smooth- his military end civilian hearers,
working excise system in what was gathered together at a public banquet, formerly an absolutely free port. We the super-excellent qualities of Tho-
have but hinted at the more striking Toughness, if we wished remain
Bicidents of his period of acidinistrat flectors in the very forefront of mådern but they will suffice at the moment.
civilization. It is not indulging in
Every resident of the Colony is cu- extravagant hyperbole if, in taking vinced that Sir Taperaion has tho- advantage of the present occasion, we say roughly well earned his holiday and that Hongkong has been governed during the past three years by an
The China Mail,
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1910.
A WELL-EARNED HOLIDAY.
hopes that be will be able io
derive every possible benefit from it.!
administrator who has kept ever before On every hand We hear expressed
his eyes both Efficiency and Thorough good wishes on his behalf, united with ness in all that covers the welfare the hope that he may have a happy of the Colony. Taking up the burden reunion with Lady LrGARD (once more
we trust thoroughly on the high road to health), a pleasant sojourn in the old country, with not too many calls upon his time and strength while there, and a safe return to the Colony in the autumn accompanied by the gracious chatelaine of Government House.
of office at a time of great financină depression, Sir FREDERICK LUGARD was confronted with much tougher questions than disturbed the leisured ease cf several of his predecessors. He also found a condition of mind prevailing among the Chinese portion of the community which can only be described as an uneasy distrust of the Govern ment and intense suspicion of its (methods. This was a legacy left over
His Excellency the Governor goea from the bad plague-times, when
Flome ou leave to-morrow (Saturday). sanitary measures were hastily ad- He is giving a reception at Govern opted which pressed very hardly mout House to-night, at tho conclusion of aponfthe largest section of the residents, Monmouth, which leaves for the North at which he will go on board H. M. 8.
and yet in our then incomplete daybreak to-morrow.
THE GOVERNON'S DE-
PARTURE.
The Hon. Sir Henry May will be sworn in as Cicer Administering the Government
at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
state of knowledge were the only expedients which seemed likely to be at all effective in preventing the utter rain of the Colony. Quickly grasping the crux of the situation His Excellency
His Excellency the Governor gives an sought the co-operation of the leading oficist dianer i Government House to- members of the Chinese community in night at which the following will be a campaign of education and exposition, present-Bear Admiral, Mrs and Miss Lyon. Sir Henry and Lady May, Mr while wise relaxations of the laws in Fazeland, Mr Rees Davies, the certain directions and a more urbane Bishop of Victoria, Colonel St. John, administration of the more urgent re Hon. Mr A. M. Thomson, Hon. Mr W.
Bishop D. Pezzoni, Mr and Mrs Slade,;
gulations combined in a very short time Chatham, Hon. Dr J. M. and Mrs Alkin- to break down the walls of prejudice son, Flou. Mr E. A. Hewett, Hon. Mr A. W. and Mrs Brewin, Capt. and Mrs Bade- and bring about a whole we change toy, Hon. Dr Ho Kai, Bon. Mr Wei Yuk. in public opinion. This sistesmanlike Hon. Mr Murray Stewart, Hon. Mr E policy of the Governor was as keenly appreciated by those having the largest
Telegrams from Moscow state that the stakes in the Colony's welfare as by the thief who robbed the Kremlin Cathedral, a humblest inhabitant, and all rejoiced was found hidden beneath the altar.
young peasant, has been captured. He
Osborne, Mr C. Clementi
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sincerely in the restoration of con jewels have been recovered.