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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 1808.

FIERCE BIOTING AT PRAGUE.

THE CITY OF PARIB, Irishman who has given so ungrudgingly council board. Well will it be with the a whole lifetime to them? Who can world if in those days that are to be China & PEDDER STREET,

say. But if we have occasion to doubt prevails in the cause of universal peace 536; the actuality of Chiness feeling, there is by pursuading the nations of the

no room for speculation regarding Sir supreme excellence of a course of" sent MOB ATTALES WITH PAVING Boner's opinion concerning China and reasonableness" in settling all quarrels the Chinese, Just after the Boxer and disputes; for then we shall not be troubles we find bữa writing →

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ing Gowns, Paris Models in Hats and Toques, Laces, Trimmings, Under clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hosiery and Gloves, etc., etc.

MIMOS YOK TO-MORROW. Mooting,

far from the time when men shall beat "It must be freely allowed that the their swords into plough shares and Chinese possess quite au large a share of admirable qualities as others, and their spears into pruning hooke-an that these are not merely to be found in aspiration, by-the-way, which found isolated cases here and there but are

STONES.

(Exclusive Service, supplied by Reuter,

vin Bombay.)

LONDON, December 2. Fierce rioting has broken out at Eterary expression in the land of Egypt Prague between the Czechs and the the civilization it has developed. They many centuries before ARARAM was troops. The latter were attacked with ate. well-bobaved, intelligent, economical

characteristic of the race as a whole and

and industrious; they can learn any born, showing how intense has been paving stones and repelled the attack 679 thing and, do anything; they are the longing for peace ever since history by a salire charge. Many were injured

punctilionely polite they worship

5.50 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong Civil Servion Cricket Club, at Club Pavilion,

Amusements.

9 p.m.--Performance by Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club in City Hall

General Memeranda,

2.80p.m.-Anction of Chineze Porcelain, do. at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Bales Bems. Goods per Lightning undelivered after a

p.m. this date will be landed. MONDAY, December Y:-

2.45 p.motion of Household Furni. tore, &c., at No. 2, Canton Villas,

SATURDAY, December & -

Kowloon,

TUESDAY, Docombor 8÷-

talent, and they believe in right au came to be written. China's future is during the zipt. firmly that they scorn to think it re big with vast potentialities for good or quires to be supported or enforced by

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

ALLEGED FRAUD.

(Faduates Berwica mapplied by Router) oki Bombay.)

LONDON, December 2..

Mr W. Horatio Bottomley, who was elected member of parliament in 1906,

in the Liberal interest, for South Hackney, and who is also a well-known financier, with thres others, wi charged at the Guildhall with alleged fraud in connection with the Joint Stook

The anti-German feeling is such that Trust and Finance Corporation, which

might; they delight in literature, and fill; let us hope that Sir ROBERT HART'S Germans have been ejected from the everywhere they bave their literary prophesy may be translated into actual clubs and coteries for hearing and discus

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The German Mast of the 4th November

cara and theatres.

was wound up in 1906.

The case was adjourned, bail being allowed.

[Note: Prague is the capital of the sing each other's essaye and verse; they fact some day.

admirable

kingdom of Bohomis, situsted on the possess and practice an system of ethics, and they are generous,

slope of the hills which skirt the sides (NOTE:---It will be remembered that Mr charitable and fond of good works; they

of the river Moldau, 251 miles north-east W. H. Bottomley, P., three years ago, never forget a favour and they make

of Vienna by railway, Pragno, which commonood the Tribune, a penny Ubers! rich return for any kindness, and though they know money will buy was delivered in London on the 2nd instanks as the third city of Austria, presents London morning paper, which dieda ostural "highly picturesque appearance from tho | death two years later from lack of support. must be more than

Our Scottish letter will be found on beauty of its site and the numerous lofty-Ex. 0.85.]; service, a man wealthy to win public esteem and respect; they are practical, teachable and pages 2 and 3, while other interesting news towers, numbering more than seventy, which rise above the many noble palaces, wonderfully gifted with common sense; will be found on pages 1 and 8.

pubile buildings and bridges of the city. they are excellent artizane, reliable workmen, and of a good faith that

Acording to popular tradition Prague wah everyone acknowledges and admires in

founded in 1772 by the Duchess Liboss. their comercial dealings; in no country

In the 13th century its importance was fully recognized sad the two subsequent

Loupes, December 1. centuries brought many foreigners to ite There have been two days of riotomi universities, until the decision of Emperor anti-Austrian, pen Servian demonstra- Wenzelaus to favour Beliemain students tions by the Czechs in Prague during more than others, drove thousands of which the gendarmerie charged with scholars with their professors to other

that is or was has the commandment, honour thy father and thy mother been so religiously obeyed or Goods per China undelivered et 5 p.m. fully and without exception given

on this date subject to rent.

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Our Canton corroependent says a proclamation was issued on Wednesday morning at Canton prohibiting students from smoking cigarettes.

De N. Gordon Munro, who has made effect to and it is in fact the keynote of quite a distinguished name for himself in their family, social, official, and the field of Japanese archeology, in passing Goods per Kame Maru not cleared on national life, and because it is their through to Yokotania by the Kamo Maru

THURSDAY, December 10);--

this date, subject to rent, FRIDAY, December 11-

2 p.m.-Tenders for the Supply of Alson Cement, at Yusb-Han Railway Co.'s Head Office, Canton

5 p.m.-Performance at City Hall, MONDAY, Deomlar 21 -

10.s.m.-Anction of Victualling Stores,

at H.M. Navel Establishments,

NOTICE.

days are long in the land' God has given them. Respect and not contempt, conciliation and not dictation, ap preciation and not differential treat ment try this prescription and you will have a healthy body politic."

Elsewhere he wrote:— "There is such a thing as Chiness feeling and Chinese aspiration; and these will never be stamped out, but will live and seethe and work beneath the surface through all time, even under the most beneficent rule, and in the end -it may be sooner or it may be later

An interesting quarterly magasins styled "The Rolliescope; a Hongkong quarterly," makes its first appearance this week. It is compiled by Mr T. Swaby, and contains numerous illustrations. The price is 60 cts.

The death is announced at Tientsin of Br Jay Pollock McCoy, registered at the Americau Consuinto at Tientsin, who diad of preumonia at Paling on November

States Aalatie Trading Co., with head- quarters at Indianapolis.

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THE NEAR FASTERN

QUESTION.

places. In the Thirty Years War it suffer word and bayonet and a hundred ed severely and in 1820 a battle was fought risters and many gendarmes were in- on the White mountain, near the city in jured.

A Hungarian steamer arrived at which the Elestor-Palatine, Froderick V. son-in-law of Jantes I of England was com- Constantinople yesterday and was un pletely defeated and compelled to renounce able to discharge owing to the boycott, his assumed crown, and to give up the town into the power of the emperor. During Inter years Prague, however, has made rapi" strides and enjoyed prosperity and quiet-En QM}

"THE HEALTH OF HIS HOLI

NESS THE POPE.

LONDON, December L

His Holiness the Pope, who has been soffering from a cold for a fortnight is

Commantentions relating to new should be assert themselves and win their object." 14th. He was president of the United CHAO KAI LIN TO BE worse, and zome anxiety is felt..

adiicised to Tum Eperon,

*

ES

* * Lettere relating to business should be address-

"The Chinese race, after thousands of | ad to Dan MaskMA,

years of baughty seclusion and ex- Amoug theas who returned to the Colors Correspondents must forward their names clusiveness, has been pushed by the and addreese with any communicatione ad-sheer force of circumstances and by the to-day by the Kano Maru were Lady! dreased to the Editor, not for publication but superior strength of assailante into Piggott, wife of the Chief Justice; Hon. aseridenes of good faith.

treaty relations with the rest of the Commander Basil Taylor, Harbour Master, Billettern for publication shnid he written work, but it regards that as a humilia wife and child; Mr A. Forben, the Bong. tion, sees no benefit accruing from it, and kong head of Bradley nad Co, Mr G. &. on one side of the paper only,

is looking forward to the day when it, Woodcock, Mr and bits F. C. Butcher, etoi in turn, will be strong enough to revert to its old Life again and do away with foreign intercourse, interference and

No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be

inserted.

.

intrusion."

There is no lack of sincerity in this oppreciation of an ancient people, and at

The wife of the Indian who was arrest ed on suspicion of having polarned her husband was again brought up at the Magistracy to-day, and further reauandod. The depositions of tho husband had been

remanding of the case by the Magistrate, word was received that the man had died.

RESTORED TO OFFICE.

(Woh Ta Yat Po's Service.)

TsxG, December 2.. Prince Chun intends to appoint Chao Kai Lin to office again.

THE AMERICAN FLETT.

LONDON, December 1.

The American fleet has left, Maaile for Colombo.

THE JAPAN-AMERICAN AGREEMENT.

· [Nore-Chao. was a Censor and cen- sared Prince Ching and his soa Prince Chung severaly, before the Throne Though this he was removed from office-bave signed the Japan-American Agres- Ea C.M.]

Prince Chun bas sent for Prince

-Orders for entra copies of the Chiza Kail should be sent before 11 am, on the day after publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Cash 10 ets, Credit 20 eta.. per the time these words first appeared ther taken and within a fow minutes of the Ching and Chang Chih-tang to hold

Alterations and additions to Adbortisements created quite a sensation. In all his on Payos 1, 2, 3, 8 and 7, should be sent to the Oes, No. 5, Wyndham Street, not later than 11 a. New Advertisements should be sent in before 8 p.m.

Advertisements and Subscriptions which aro

speeches since he hes boon home Sir Roser Hair bas struck the same note, and naturally some European critics

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Telegraphis Address: Hail, Hongkong. Telephoné No. 32.

The China Mail,

It is a curions fact, as Captain BRINKLEY points out in his monumental work on "Japan and China," that a certain class of commentators maintain that long acquaintance with Oriental people, and elose study of their customs, their char acter, their literature and their ethics; unfit a man to pronounce an authorita- tive opinion about them. According to these writers, then, Sir ROBERT HART bag become moro Chinese than the Chinese Is Sir ROBERT HART also among the themselves, and the rolmstues of his prophets? Speaking at Eisburn, in intelligence having been impaired by County Antrim, the other day-according too long association with the land and

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 1908.

THE GIFT OF PROPHESY.

While a native widow was walking along Stanton Street she, was accosted by two men who played the confidence triak on her by getting her to leave three rings value 830 with them while she obliged thom by going to a money changers to change some supposed notes which were given to her in a bundle by the men, and which proved to be nothing but paper. No arrests have yet been made.

During the run of A Country Gal," at the Theatre Royal, special dinners an

being provided every evoning at the Oriental Hotel by the Protistress, Mrs Matthaey, for the convenience of guests who intend visiting the theatro later in the voting. During the acts visitors will be specially catered for, should they care to step over to the Oriental Hotel, where

light refreshmenta can be obtained...

The public of Hongkong will be pless,

PER DOZEN. -$16.50. to the special telogram published by the ita people his opinions need not be takened to hear that there will be exhibitod China Mail on Tuesday-ho declared too seriously. We do not agree with shortly fine selection ui come 224 valuable oil paintings, all original, by

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SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS.

Twenty-three subscription griffins-arriv- ed by the 4.5. Hang Sang on Wednesday and were drawn for as follows, at Ken nedy's Repository, Causeway Bay.

No. 25-White-Capt. Barker, Buffa¡ No. 28-White-Geuersi Broadwood, No. 27-Bay-Admiral Lambton, No. 28-Bay

A.

LONDON, Decambor 1. Mr Eliba Root and Mr. Takahira

ment.

THE AUSTRIAN MINISTER

TO TOKIO.

LONDON, December 1.- The scuoi-official paper "Fremden Blatt" announces that Baron Call, of the Foreign Office, succeeds Ambassador Ambro d'Adamooz, resigning on account of ill health.

SIR ROBERT, HART ON CHINA.

LONDON, December: 1.

Sir Robert fart, replying to ан Moir, No. 29-Chestnut Capt. Houblon, Baffs; No. 30-Chestnut. E address of welcome at Lisburn, said he Anton, No. 31-White Lint. Lessor

No. 32-Ley-J. R. M. Smith, No. 39-Predicted a wonderful future for Chins f Dark Grey-A. C. Hynes, No. 34-Black he praised the reasonableness of the Major Finlay, No. 5-Gray-Hind and Chinese who hated soldiering and fight- Hynee, No. 38-Foan-Macdonald and ing because it was unreasonable. In a earth, No. 37 Iron Grey century or two China would become as Goldring, No. 38-Grey-Lieut. Stodd, No. -White-G. Friesland, No. 40 great a Continental power like Bay-H. P. White, No. 41-Chestnut Germany, and would then side with W. J. Gressen, No. 42 Grey-F. B. Dea- com, No. 43White J. B. Lewis, No. 4 any power attacked agitat the country

Iron Gray-Wayfong Mess, No. 45 making war. Groy-H. N. Mody, No. 48-Bay—J, Whaley and No. 47-Grey-H. H phreys,

THAT MEANS RHEUMATISM. CORE and swallon joints, slurp shooting TO THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY. pains, torlaring muscles, no rest, ne that within the next one or two hundred them. The future which Sir Ros French artists, from the Salon de Paria forgot to lay in a supply of Chamber: Palo Palm has conquered it thomanda of TN ordering household expplies, don't sleep. That made theumatiem, 10 ie s stubborn disease to fight, but Chamberlain's years Chins, individually and nationally, HART predicts is quite possible. It is not The exhibition will probably be bold in hin's Cough Remedy. You may not need

One applian tunity is offered. Try it. will be as strong as the Germany of so many decades since England purged the City Hall in a few days if the use of it now but you are almost sure to boleze times. It will do so whenever the oppor

the rooms can be obtained. A small charge the winter is over. It never fails in case

of croup. For is by all chemista and tion relieves the pain. For sale by al to-day and that she will then say to the her public, civil and diplomatic services for admission will be mado, the proceeds

Storekeepers.

chemists and storekeepers. nations there shall be no more war. No of gross venality and made them what of which will go to local charities. Oriental people have ever been better they are to-day, objects of pride to every served hy un Occidental servant than unit of the Empire. Chins, had she a has China by Sir ROBERT HART. Forty-few more ONG CHIL-TUNGSORe of the nine years he has spent in her service, poorest and most cloan-handed of men and from the moment that he took the in high office anywhere to-day-could do the Typhoon Signals and was glad to inform place vacated by Mr HORATIO NELSON LAT the same in less than a hundred years. down to the present day he has worked She has splendid material to work upon,

EFFICIENT TYPHOON

SIGNALS.

At the Legislative Council this afternoon His Excelleney referred to the efficiency of

the Council that arrangementa wema about to be mode with regard to a wireless tele- graphic station at the South East of the with the Governor General of the Philip

Hongkong, December 35, 1961.76 in Pints and Splits. for her whole-heartedly, building up a while her great source of intellectual Colony. He had also been in commenies

Customs service which is a model of inspiration, the Confacian Analente, if

cines and had received a sympathetic reply integrity and uprightness in a land properly applied, could materially apur and he had sleo arzungod with the Tele where the public service is honeycombed her on to successful achievement Will graph Company to forward more frequent massages during typhoon was her at a with corruption, and where peculation in the do it? That is the question which all cost. high places is looked upon as but in the her friends are asking to-day. The natural order of things. We have often leave of the "new learning" a

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