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The English Mail of the 25th De have been settled and the dacomber was delivered in London on the geroua agitation against China con- 92nd January. tracting any further liabilities towards foreigners in regard to the building of her much-needed railways would parer have come to the serious poss we are now witnessing. From the point of view of the material develop ment of China President Tarr's personal intervention in this matter.. has been particularly unfortunate. Chien bas neither got the money she so urgently needed, nor have the Hankow-Schien railway projects "advanced no little bit, while throughout the length and

There were absolutely no ossen of communicable disensos notified during last Reuter's Service to the China Mus wook in the Colony.

Loynoy, January 29.

The "tilk shipped on board tho 1.6. Tonkin, which left this port our the 21st Documber, was delivered in Lyons on the [91st January,

Twa juryinen, H., E. Moon and J. Quinn, who were summoned to serve lo the Criminal Sessions to-day did not ap paar when their names were called.

Shanghai closed the hat of itä opium dons within the Settlement at the end of Documbers. The consumption of episo

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tlama of a bitter anti-foreign feeling against any further borrowing of foreign money for railway building.

In regard to the Manchurian proposal, Guaranteed, the veriest tyro in the art of politicnl

In the event at the Sontel Concert tomorrow night finishing buto an extra car the Funk has been arranged to run fifteen minutes after the pinging of "The King""

diplomacy might have perceived that

Had it not been for the military elo- Russia and Japan would act bement the Marathon race on Saturday would easily pursuaded to give up the save boon a very poor adair indeeth What scothing over the spirit of our civilin sportsbien ?

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LD. rights and advantages which the

Hongkong. April 16, 1907.

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fortage of war and diplomacy com- bined had placed in their hands in the huge province of blanchuria. China also, when she came to look into the matter Swatow, the wife of J. C. A. Hotz, of a more closely, was not keenly in favour of the project. At present sho. has to deal with two Powers-friendly but suspicious rivals at that--and knows fairly well what she may expect from both. If Mr Exox's proposals were put

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW, Meetings.

11.50 a.m.-Meeting of the Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ld. at Co.'s

Offico.

A Chundian Pacific train has run over a railway embankment at Wehb Wood, Ontario.

The number of the dead is variously reported from 10 to 40. Many were injured.

EARTHQUAKES.

SHOCKS FELT THROUGHOUT EUROPE.

(Reuter's" Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, January 24. Earthquakes have been recorded at several European centres.

Shocks were felt at Cardiff and Paris, and in Iceland.

It is believed that the centre is in the Caucasus or in Armenia.

JAPANESE BUDGET.

· MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1910. THE GENERAL ELECTION.

LIBERAL DISAPPOINTMENT.

PARLIAMENT CONSISTS OF 670 MEMBERS, DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:-ENGLAND, 185; IRELAND, 103; SCOTLAND, 79; WALES, 30,

(Reuter's Special Service to the China Moil.)

LONDON, January 29.

abolished. When that is accomplished

The results declared to-day still con- he would like to see the Liberal Party time to greatly favour the Unionists, which was daring enough to refuse In the 68 constituencies affected, the Hoppe Rule to Ireland. polling went as follows:

Unionista..... Liberals

3.4

28

Nationalista........

5

Labourites a ------***

1

FRIDAY'S GAINS.

The gains were as follows: USIONIKTS Kautsford Faversbaai..

South Bucks, Wells. [Tilbury.

South Berks, Woodstock...

(Independent-News Agency's" Service Ila of Wight

to the China Mail.)

Tox, January 23.

Wirral.

Lowestoft.

The cold weather has sent the usual: swarm of beggars into Hongkong from Canton and other places. Might we draw the attention of the police to these unwel-duced the Budget in the Diet yesterday Hitchen. some visitors, so that the nuisance can be and entured into a long explanation of Eastbouras.

the future policy of the Government.

Marquis Katsura, the Premier, intr-Dorchester,

|spredily checked.

Ton min of the 1 th Jats, stationed at Caletitts, have been arrested on a charge of adition; but the loyalty of the regiment

wera inised in 1843 and have service in as a whole is unquestioned. The 10th Jats

WELL-KNOWN THEOLOGIAN

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IN HONGKONG. Justification of Foreign Missions. The Rov. G. Currie Martin, who has just

London Missionary Society, Las been on s visit to the various atalions in Ceira for

into execution China would be introChina. 1858-50, and Buzica, 1885-9, tobean appointed Joint Secretary of the

11.45 a.m.-Meeting of the West Point

Building Co., L, at Co.'s Offico. Neon-Meeting of Hongkong Land Inducing into Manchuria the whole of the vestment & Agency Co., L, Co. Powers who might become interested in advancing the money to buy out the holdings of Japan and

Qficos,

Auction. 9.30 p.m.--Auction of Houssheld Furni- turo, ato, at Mr Geo, P. Lammers Sales Rooms.

Amusements. p.m.-Sectch Consertin Theatre Royal.

General Memoranda. WIDNESDAY, January 28;-

and what that would

mean

their credit. The Colonel is Major-Genom) R. F. Firth and Commandant Lieut. Calenel 3. G. Hunter.

"

Russia, The total number of whales caught in Can Japanese waters during 1909 by the Toyo Hoger Kaisha was 605 and twelve had been be seen by the experience of Egypt caught up to the 5th inst. this year, the whose development his beer thwarted value of the whales being estimated to average Yen-3,000 each. The Kaisha is and hampered for years by the stagexpected to be able to declara a dividend of ling manacles placed upon her by the thirty per cent. for the year ending in Caisse de la Dette,

Ripon,

Melton Mowbray Rugby.

Richmond (Yorks.)" North Antrim.

LINERALS Briggs (Lancs.) Ayabire, N, Pudsey (Yorks)

POLITICAL COLOUR OF THE DIVISIONS.

The details of the pollings are:- UXIONISTA

the purpose of becoming acquainted with : the actual working of the Society's gen. London University cies before taking up his new position at Ayr Burgbs Home. On Sunday morning he preached at Bootle" the Union Church, taking as his text the Enfield words. The living God, Who is the orchester Saviour of all men, especially of them that Fitspin- believe" (I Timothy, 4.10).

Eastbocza In the course of his sermon the Rev Ripon gentleman said the words of the text wers Newark the very essence of the Pauline Gospel Wilton Many people accepted them to-day in a

Eugby When the Creland, carrying the Clark general sense, but they did not understand Tourist pary, was passing through the the missionary motive which sent folk out Howdenshire?

(Yorks.) Inland Sea, De Waggner, one of the pato land like China to preach the Gospel her adherence to the policy of the Open-sengers, died of cancer of the stomach to people who already had knowledge of a Richmond (Yorks.) Prize Distribution of Diocesan Boys Door und equal opportunities for all in at Colombo, where he suffered from out God in their own way as we had in North Warwick

The Jap in Galite says he first became ill Gospel and who if left alone would find North Antrim hont stroke, and this is supposed to have way. These people said because, the words of the text were true therefore they The body was colorated his death.

ought to, let all missionary work so

11a.m.-1 p.m.--Election of 3 Ja. F. xt Land Ofico, Supreme Court Building. 4 p.m.-Meeting of Licening Board at

Magistracy

Japan in declining to entertain the

5.16 p.m.-Y.M.C.A. Annusi Meeting. proposals of the United States has again taken the opportunity of proclaiming

TutaSDAY, January 27 :-

1a.m.-Auction of Office Furniture

at 8, Des Vaui Road Central.

School by H.. the Governor.

FRIDAY, Jonny 28-

9 p.m.-Volunteer Danco.

Saturday, January 22 —

Noor-Prize Distribution by HE, the

Governor, at Saipingpen School,

9 p.m.-Boxing a City Hall. TUESDAY, February 1-

5.30 p.m.-Organ Recital in St. John's

Cathedral.

SATURDAY, February 5 --

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11.30a.m.- Mesting of Chine Provident Loan and Blortgage Co., L., at Co.'s p.m.-Smoking Concart at Phoenix Ólab,

Offices.

Southern Manchuria, and though in reading the oft-reiterated declaration we

April next.

recall to mind SHAKESPEARE'S - famringeminimed at Kobe, and is being taken to called alone. Paul, however, said because

passage, "Methinks the lady doth protest too much," still there is nothing in her public record to justify the retention of the doubt that she does not really intend to fulfil her pledges in

the United States for interment.

According to the J-pin Mail, M. Saito, head of the Emigration Bureau in the Foreign Office, is quoted as saying that there is a good pening for Japanese im migrants in the Philippines, vot, however, asla urers. In the field of manual labour

Eent (Mid) Kent (East) Wirrall (Cheshire) Uxbridge bay were true therefore he WILB A

therefore the church Petersfeld' missionary and of Christ must always be found in

Lowestoft the heart and centre of missionary work.

Bewdley Paul did not preach another God to the

people of his day, he simply sought to Wells

North Deown change their particular conception of a God. That was the one basis of missionary Tilbury

this regard the doubt that the very all-daily wago that satiates a work which could not be broker up. Here South Berks

doubtedly lay at the back of Mr Esox's mind when he drafted the proponds TrzepAT, February 8:--

Noon--Meeting of Horgkost, Canton & which have now been a universally

turned down."-

Macan Steamboat. Co.. Li. at Cola Offico.

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, Monday, January 24, 1910:

THE MANCHURIAN RAILWAYS.

No sane pbacrver of political events could have anticipated any other answer

Filipino renders Japanese competition im posible, but fertile land is so cheap that an excellent opportunity offers for agricul- turists who have command of a little capital and who are content to take their wives and families with them to the Jalanda. The temptations for single men are so great, in the absence of legitimate amino ments, that a bachelor makes a bad im E.M.S. King Alfred was due to leave migrant; but there is ample opportunity Bangkok on Sunday.

for rice growing under profitable conditions.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Strawberries-of-a anst-havo made

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LIBERALA

Brecknockshire

Eccles.

Leith

Bossendale (Lancs.)

Keighley

Preeth

TURNING THE TABLES.

The Elections throughout have been orderly and conducted with good tampar.

The Counties continue to show an extraordinary turnover of votes.

ANOTHER APPEAL TO TEX COUNTRY.

TH

LONDON, January 24. Mr C. F. G. Masterman, Under Scare.... tary to the Hemo Office, speaking at Redbill, said there might be another appeal to the country before many months..

LIBERAL GAIN IN SCOTLAND.

A Liberal gain is recorded at St. Andrew's District (Scotland)"

POSITION OF PARTIES.

The position of the parties now is:----

Unionists

214

Liberals......

178

Nationalist..

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Labourites.

32

Total polled

St

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186

Unionist majority ver Liberals...... 38 Combined voteover Unionista..... 55

FULLINGS AT A GLANCE,

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43

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Inverness nigha Japonry 15,

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Northampton (Midy

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Biggleswade Cumberland (N.) Suffolk (S.E.). Roxburghshire Stirlingshire. Cambridge (W.) Denbighshire (W.) : Norfolk (E.)

Northumberland

(Mid) Ayrshire (N.) Monmouth (S.) Monmouth (N.) Pembrokeshire Anglesey Devos (N.) Durham (NW) Montgomery Bighs.

NATIONALISTS. Lonth (N.) Ossory(Queen'sCo.) Galway (E.) Monaghan (S.) Limerick (E.)

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SATURDAY'S. POLLINGS.

Being county constituencies. the resulta of polling on Saturday would not be declar. ed until mid-day to-day (about 8 p.m.. Hongkong time). They will rasch us lo time for to-morrow's edition. - -

PITHY POINTS."

amongst the people of China and yonder Woodstock in India, and in Africa it was the same God Isle of Wight they had to proclaims, the God who:'was Wimbledon Bis oyo witness in their own hearts. God Krutaford spoke to them to-day in Confucius, in Faversham · Buddha, or in whatever their faith was South Bucks And He spoke in such a way that there Osweaty had risen up men before whom many North Fermanagh Christians might well be ashamed when they saw the height and purity and nobility of their morality. The God they as Christians had to preach was the same-God who spoke to had witnessed to these others.

was the Father of all these people and Whose inward spirit was moving in their hearts. That deeper truth of the Panline gospel was the only irresistible claim that

It is well known that Mr Gershom be made the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ the world

The The Rt. Hon. Reginald McKenna, Stewart, M.P., is a brother of Mr Marray also religion depended ontirely upon K.C., First Lord of the Admiralty, Stewart. He se formerly one of the

their appearance is Wyndham Street.DEFERRED BALLOON ASCENT. It was not another God. It was the God Who They are but pale phantoms of what this fruit really develops into in more favoured climes.

An attempt is to be made to unify the to Mr PAILANDER C. Khor's altruistic pro-legal system of the various States, and

A tremendous crowd assembled at the Parade ground on Saturday afternoon to witness the nacent by Lailoon and dosent by parachute of Mr Ivy Baldwin, whe is

LABOUR Rhondda.

MR_MCKENNA REȚURNED.

Hongkong is delighted at the magnis- Cost victory achieved by Mr Gersham Stewart in the Wirz -1 Digiñon of Cheshire. He had an ally heavy task to accomp lish, for not only did the sitting member, Me W. H. Lover, command a majority of. Over

1.700. but he was a most popular local man, baing head of the firm of Laver Bros., of "Sunlight Soap" fame. When, affim affecting this Colony now come op in Farliament we shall feel that we have k s on the spot who knows the sctual position in this Far Eastern outpost.

leading men in the Colony, which: Ło

posals concerning the neatralization of conferouch to that and have been attended at parent visiting the Colony. The ascit their defuition of God. It was not that has been re-elected for Monmouth left in 1908 after 24 years' residence.

by thirty Governors with Presidoct Taft the Manchurian railways than those row their head. made public by Russia and Japan.

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of the wonther however, had to be posited on account the nations were without God; it was shire (N).

As a member of the Legislative Coun We understand that, they did not know the quality of God.

cil, he did splendid work; whils. ba owing to the Lict that the military require part of the world and to do was to reveal to What Christian men and woman in this

also filled many other office) with dis- tination, including the chairmanship of the is the Pande Grumid, nao her site is being China the meaning of God. That could

Chin Association and the Presidency of prepared at a cost of over 2500, The ascent not be done by any mere statements of

the St. Andrew's Society Heis a'man of will probably take place next Saturday, truths, or utterances of exact or excellent

larga sympathies, and his keen interest in theolog when it is hoped the old soldier will have a cres, or by the preaching of

any

Mr. John Redmond, speaking in the administration of the Kwangst Famine full house to witness his daring feat. The il schisms. It could only be done by

living in vital contact with Jeans Dublin, said that Home Rule was the Belief in 1903 will not readily be forgotten.... genud. time, etc., will be advertised Christ. It had too often been the case sole issue. He admitted that the votohe Liberal suntched the representa

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STTACKED BY PIRATES,

in the past that many of our own of the House of Lords must first be tion of the Enfeld division of Middlesex countrymen had beou rather a hindrance than a help to the Gospel in what were alled heathen lands. But he was impressed with nothing more than this on passing

The next time a ballon ascent When the suggestions put forth by the announced in Hongkcay we hope the police American Secretary of State were first will take precautions to prevent the damage mada public we said that he meant to shrubs and trees in the vicinity such well but had formulated an imprac ticable scheme. That now is the verdict Guvernor Bughes of New York is growing tired of light with the corrupt forces of the Empire State and sanonnices been very unfortunate of late in ita is intention of retiring from politics at the attempts at helping China. It blundered close of his present term of office.

A trading junk conveying mirchandise through the East, for the first time- the magnificent servica being done here by to Huigkong had reached Lung Ko Island, men and women who were not themselves in making a selection of a successor to The men at the 13th Rajputs aris to near Doop Bay, at about 'p.m. on Friday, missionaries: He had come across magnifi the scholarly and urbane Mr. Rockhold their annual sports on Aliwal Day," when a boat came alongside, the occupants cont men in business, splended type of it blundered in forcing its way into the January 28, at the U.8. Clubs ground, of which opened fire with rifles on the men manhood in Government schools and

Kowloon. Given the westher the annual railway lan negotiations; it has now evant should be as popular site pro- misread the trend of the time in putting decessors. furth the scheme for the neutralization of

The weather to-day continuer bitterly the Manchurian railways. A well-inten-cold, the drizzling rain adding to our hand, fat tioned blunderer may, un private life, beweries, but the authorities have set meng

Business is Business-Count (to the to work awooping the streets of the hor forgreen for his occasicul lapses, but besible, sticky and which mado walking a matrimonial agent) One other point. 1 Striking For Home An Irish, rourult (Corner of Pottinger Street), in a nuisance all the same; in public † positively dangerous proceeding last week am living out of the country; my intended who rea at the first shot In his first battle'

Purveyers to the Government Civil Hospital, etc, elc.

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The next organ recital at St. John's Cathedral takes place on Tuesday, February 1st, whon Mr Denman Fuller presents

pieces of Eigar, Tschaikowsky, Guilmant

in charge of the junk. They then boarded colleges and in other official positions who ware living their lives to Christ, serving the craft and by force took away practically God and witnessing before the Chinese the whole of the cargo, which was valued people for's deep and true and consemsted at over $400.-

Mehrlatias life. That was one of the The Hongkong police have the matter in that would make him moet glad. ⠀

memories he would take back to England

was unmercifully laughed at for his must be shipped to me. Are your terme cowardice by the whole regiment, but ho

was equal to the occain.

F. O. B. or do you pay the freight 1"

HOW COUGES AND COLDS ARE CURED IN÷BURMA

Run, is Ic 1" he repeated, scornfully. Faith, I didn't, bayther. I just ob served the giberal's express ariers. He tald na, 'Strike for home and yer country, THE following Jester from the Saparin-nd I sthrack for home,, fa

Thim what atbruck for their counthry he lays down the burden of ofice, for he and Saint-Saone. The vogliat, on this tendent of the Municipal, amies at is the

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