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vont supporters of Korean independence must admit that the condition of the country was most deplorable and that reform bed to come immediately if the nation were to be saved even from itself Of course it was not pleasant that these reforms should have been forced upon them by their hereditary enemics, the Japanese, and it was alec unfortunate that many of the lower class instruments which Japan employed to carry out her 29 ideas abused their positions and in- 29creased the feelings of hatred which the Koreans had nourished since the days of HIDEYOSI's invasion.

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THE TYPHOON.

The typhoon which was signalled on Sunday gives every appearance of passing Hongkong by and striking the scast some whero about, Amoy. We shall perhaps have a littlo squally weather acompaniad by rain, but the typhoon itself will respect the projudices of Hongkong's older resi doute whamandlý doplare that a typhoon in August in an unknown visitant to dur shores.

Today the American Consulate General at-Hongkong circulated the following telegram received from the Manila Observ

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Manila, August 9th, 9.40 a.m. Cyclone or typhoon near to Bashi Chan- ael, developing.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Wo have two letters in this offico addressed to X. Y. Z....

The French cruiser Alger arrived la port from Shanghai on Saturday.

The German Mail of the 28th July was delivered in London on the 7th Aug.

The next Siberiso Mail from Eatopo is dus ber on Wednesday, Stat., pér 19.8. Linas

It has been suggested that August 25th ba an annual public holiday in Mecao in

fcture.

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Afr J. H. Oxberty, formerly runner for the Hongkong Hotel, Jakby pror, the management of the Oriental Hotel from September lat.

The Observatory report of to-day states that the depression, which is now stationary

There were 376 Europeas and 149 The Second Annual Report on Re-oror the Bashes Channel,, is becoming

deeper. A depression making castward for Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, forms and Progress in Koren, which has the north part of the Sea of Japan is also and 176 European and 2,423 Chinese just reached us through the courtesy referred to. The weather forecast for fisitors to the Masque during the weak of the Japanese Resident, General in Hongkong and neighbourhood reads:-ended the 29th August.............. Per The Koren, gives a very phin and straight"N. W. winds; frosh; fair."

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âgures and facta deal principally with 1005, only one or two continuing into the succeeding year. So in some respects the information is belated. Yet it comes at an opportune moment when the whole world is-momentarily expect

Tai Ho Lane, Shanghai, to Mr and Mrs Aing Japan to announce the final steps in the annexation of the peninsula, and

DEATHS. ÜSTENARN.-On August 22, 1910, at the

CHINA-MANILA'STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Transfer to American

Flag Approved. Anextraordinary meeting of shareholders in the China-Manils Steamship Company Ltd., was held to-day at the office of the aiagara, Messrs Shewan, Tomos and Co. The meeting was called by circular and we of a private nature, representatives of the Press not being admitted. Wo under stand that the proposal to tanusfer the Company's steambosts, the Zafiro and the Rubi, to the American flag was explained prased its approval of the proposal..

The intal output of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's thres miues for the week ending 13th August 1910 amounted to 23,106.38 tons and the sales during tho period, to 18,779.91 tons.

The Berlin Tageblatt has published a sonsitional article by Colonel Gaodke, in which he declarea that in rafusing to con. gider the limitation of naval armaments Germany is not only marching to her own economio rain, but also to an icnritable war with England,

--CorraIGHT.]

MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1910.

THE BEDFORD'S SUCCESSOR:

NEWCASTLE TO BE SENT LAST.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON," August 29, The cruiser Newcastle has been ordered to be commissioned to proceed to the Far East to replace HM.B. Bedford....

"[COPYRIGHT.] TURKEY'S NAVY.

NEW PURCHASES IN FUTURE,

(Reuter'e Service to the China Mail) §

LONDON, August 20.

It is reported from Constantinople that proposals have been made by the Ministry of Marine for the purchase of two warships which are about to be with- drawn from the British Navy, but that it has been resolved henceforward only Note The successor to the ill-fated Bedford is still in process of construction. to buy new vessels built to order. She was launched in 1908, but is not dae for completion until 1911. She is a second- las protected cruiser and is a smaller boat THE BEDFORD DISASTER, than the Bedford, but she has many s vantages over the latter. She is one of the Bristol class of cruisers, of which provision has been made for bine. Five are at present

Newcastle, building, these being the

the the Glasgow, the Glaucoster and Bristol, the Liverpool. Those bosts. have beau designed to meet the demands for additional (Router's Service to the China Mail).

Lossos, August 27, scoute, and it is thought by experts

tons they

The Mayor of Portsmouth has made should be able to face nearly any sea with an appeal to the public for generous with their displacement of 4,800 tons

ak

ad.

that

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out a too great los speed. while tho greater tonnaga, will prevent that "wear" donations in order to provide for the manifests itaalf se rapidly in all dependente of the victims in the radle of about 5,000 tone displacement. With turbines of 29.00 h. p. they are Bedford disaster.

All those designed to steam. 35 krole. ships are to be completed within 21 months from the date of ordering, those to be built A NAVAL APPOINTMENT. ander this year's programme to be ordered in November and delivered in July and August, 1911.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mau) Comparing the Nowcastle with the Bed.

LONDON, August 27. ford, the tonnage of the former is 4,500 as against

Rear-Admiral Gamble, the late re- 9,500 of the Bedford, but the horse- the nowoomer power is the same. To speed will possess an advantage, har 25 knots organiser of the Turkish Navy, has comparing with the Bedford's 23. Con- been appointed to the command of the siderable interest will be evinced in the sixth cruiser squadron. Newcastle from the fact that sho is installed of-war of this type to be seen in Far with turbines, as this will be the first man- Eastors waters. With regard to armament the Newcastle will have two 6-inch quick- she will also have ten 4-inch against eight be printed en stamps throughout the Em-rera sinst the Bedford's fourteen, and to colonial Governors against other designs Buth have eight machine guns, while the Nowcastle will have three submerged tar- carly in the reign of King Edward.

pedo tubes, compared with two on the Bedford.-ED, CM]

The Times writes that the design for the now postage stamps is under considera tion. The journal adds that probably a representation of King George's head will

General Hospital, Kaker OsTERSEN, sgod supplies a mass of facts of a valuable and discussed and that the meoling ox-pire, in vlaw of the remonstrance convayod 3inch and fire smaller ones of the Pedford.

29 years.

Yoot-On August 22, 1910, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, Cant VOGEL, Jaged 21 years.

GALISER.On August 23, 1910, at the Taolation Hospital, Shanghai, F. CALLSEN, Commander, Revenuo steamer, Churutino, aged forty-four,

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW." Tooting. 3.46 p.m.---Sanitary Beard Mooling.

General Memoranda: WEDNESDAY, August 31;--

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Birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands

(1880).

3 p.m.-United Asbestos Meeting, THURADAY, September 1...

Shouting Beasɔn Begins, · Interport Swimming Öntests at Shanghai,

Flest: Day. 2.80-pm-Legislative Council Meeting. 2:30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furat Lure at Olster, No. 34, Robincon

kind. For instance, we spoke above of the corruption of the Korean Coart.. Here is a paragraph which throws light

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Liberal Government proposes to facilitate the establishment in Great Britain of agricultural banks.

Two Parasal airships recently made thirty-two successful trips with passpagers between Dresden and Breslau,

from shock,

2.

IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.

The commenta of the English Press on the disastrous inundations in Japan, are deeply sympathetic. The Morning Post ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

The Japanese, who are the last people in the world to be daunted by a stroka of evil fato, will meet the disaster with obaracterístic courage and patience. They will receive the sympathy of whole civilived world and especially the sympathy of England."

Thero has recently bun, placed on

(Reuter's Service to the China Mai)

LONDON, August 29.

JAPAN'S NEW TERRITORY.

KOREA ANNEKED.

(Independent Newce Agency's Service t the China Mail)

Torro, August 29. The amalgamation of Korea with Japan was declared this morning.

The Agreement does not affect the various powers in their commercial

ralationships with Korea.

A message from Rome says that Marquis San Giuliano, Foreign Minister, NEW WAR PRESIDENT- has proceeded to Isell, where he will

(Wah Ter Yat Po'a Service).. meet Baron von Aehrenthal, Austrian

PERISE, August 28. Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Emperor Francis Joseph.

H.E. Yin Chang, the naw President of the Board of War, is returning from

Mukden on the 27th inst

CHEKIANG RAILWAY

azhibition in the Chinese Gallory.at the] British fuseum a vary interesting piece of silk tapestry, rocently presented by the piece of Chineso art was obtained by Dr Stain from a walled-up shrine in the cave THE KAISER'S MISSION Germany via Siberis Be arrived, at temple of the Thousand. Beddhas," and mamos bine feet by fire. It is extremely dolicate work of the seventh or eighth century A.D., and represents Buddha (Router's Service to the China Mail.) wearing a nimbus, with a disciple and a Badhisatva, or protecting deity, standing

the methods of administration in upon the old days:-"The raining conditions existing in Korca prior to the establish-

The P. and U. Oceann, which recently ment of the Residency-General had went ahora at Caps Faro, Messina, was fallen into disorder, almost chronic. As torod off by an Italian warship. was the case in other matters also, the Administration was not separated from the Court in the management of gaining affairs. Some mines were under the

A Landon builder, while spending a control of the Minister of Agriculture. holiday in Sussex, was stung fu the fore-explorer, Dr M. A. Stein. This excollest Commerce and Industry, while con-head by a bee and died half an hour later cossions for other mines were often secretly granted to. Koreans or for A company, with a capital of £80,000, is being formed to establish a beat sugar eigners by the Emperor without consult-factory at Kidderminster, and a site of ing the Cabinet. In some cases a con- fourteen arres fins boon taken.“ cession granted at one time was revoked without compensation or transferred to some one else as a matter of personal favouritism. Sometimes the same con- cession was given to different parties One non-fatal case of plague and two Interpori Bwimming Contests at Shanghat, in the same district, and this frequently cases of enteric fever (one British and one

Third Day.

Chinese) constituted the occurrences of 11.m.-Auction of Wine & Spirits at caused

or dispute. communicable diseases in the Colony last Mr.Goo. F. Lammert's Sales Rooms. Then the mining tax was collected not week. One of the latter proved fatal." 2.30 p.m.-Anction of Japanese Darice

at Messrs Hughes & Hough's Sales only by different Departments of State,

The recent report that King Alfonso but also by the Imperial Household had been suddenly focaled, from England separately and often doubly; while the turns out to be untrue. His Majesty merely crossed the Channel to Ostend to Excursion to Discs by local authorities too imposed an arbite his tundis Archduke Ferdinand, and

trary tariff." The conditions.prevailing then he returned to Cowes.

Boad.

FRIDAY, September 3:

Interport Swimming Contests at Shanghai,

Socond Day.

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Housebeld Fural. tors, &c. at Mr Geo. Pammert's Salon Booms.

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HONGKONG, MONDAY, ACOUSY ED, 1910

REFORMS AND PROGRESS IN KOREA.

embarrassment

in the mining besines were typical of

and

-The American Red Cross Society cou-on either side. tributed 10,000 yen to the Japanese Flood Relief Fund through Mr O'Brien, the

U.S. Ambassador at Tokyo.

Tho. manifesto of Scottish members

A SENSATIONAL SPEECH.

LONDON, August £7.

AFFAIRS.

(Wali Tez Yat Po's Bervice).

PEKING, August 287 The people of Hangchow, in the

A speech, by the Kaiser delivered at a banquet in Konigsberg has pro- and the speech of Mr A. Birrell, Chief Foked great discussion in Germany. Becretary for Ireland, at the Eighty Club, In concluding, he said-Looking both advocating devolution in the Govern upon myself as the instrument of the Chekinng Province, have held a general ment of the United Kingdom, have aroused Lord, and regardless of the views and meeting and discussed affairs connected a belief that the Constitution Conference opinions of the hour, I shall go my with the degradation of Tang Sou Chin between the leaders of the Liberal and way, which is devoted solely to the Manager of the Chekiang Railway.. Unionist parties is discussing the advis- well-being and peaceful development As a result they have sent a telegram to ability of introducing Home Rule all round, of the Fatherland. I need, however, Peking urging the Government to

reconsider its decision. including Imperial foderation, na incans

the co-operation of every hand." of socuring reform of the House of Erde

The Radicals regret the Kaiser's An Imperial Edict has been issued: acceptable to the Liberal party. The Spectator, in discussing this suggestion, emergence from the reserve which had ordering the Board of Communications to says that the dissolation of the Union, and won his Majesty respect and gratitude. investigate the accounts of the Chekiang the restoration of the heptarchy, plas a Even the Conservatives consider the Railway The Vice President of the premature Imperial federation, would mean atterance indiscreet

Board, Shing Sia Wai, is not taking an ruia at home, and overseas.

The Socialist Journal Vonarts active part in the matter in order to declares that the Crown promise to avoid suspicion. The Acting President, Prince Brolow has gone to the winde, Shin Yun Pai has asked Siang Si Yu to and urges that the Reichstag be manke the necessary investigations, but summoned in order to doing the the latter has refused to do so. constitutional limits of the Crown.

The Anti-Opium Commissiouers have nearly every institution in Korba, covered that there are two Viceroys, two SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. day, thanks to Japan, all is changed; the Governors, two Commissioners of Educa- American, English, French,

tion, three Provincial Treasures, and thres

Colonel Bedford and Dr. R. M. Gibson Jadgos, who are addicted to opium-making, returned to the Colony yesterday by the Japanese syndicates who are working and will shortly impeach them to the

đg. Chenst the gold, silver, copper and other mines Throne are under aproper mining, law, their

The British War Office, in a memor rights rigidly defined and their contri-andum to the Territorial Associations butions to the State in the way of rents, the subject of the training of cadeta, ap- royalties, etc., are duly set out in proper proves of gymnastics, Swedish drill, and swimming as producing physical fitness and ly authenticated documents.

mental resourcefulness. The War Office It cost Japan 32,504,110 yen in 1908 purposely refring from suggesting as drül &

Captain June Viand (Pierre Loti) has been promoted to the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honon.

The German Emperor, annoyed at the too vigorous mapshotting" of a camera and on the beach at Swiremünde; ordered the man's plates to be confiscated, and the

local lock-op,

KOREAN ABSORPTION

ANOTHER PRESS OPINION.

(Reuter's Bervice to the Okind Mail.)

THE COLOWAN PIRATES.

The preliminary inquire in the matter. of the Colowan pirates captured by the Portuguese have detected 15 culprits, who were to be tried by court martial st Micso to-day (Monday). LONDON, August 27. The Daily Telegraph says the

wise step in entering Korea. The results to the peace and progress of

Taouon the methods employed by to enrry out her programme of relarmot form of dull military and rifto practice. offender was promptly marched off to the Japanese have taken a prudent and t

Japan in introducing modern ideas of in Korea, and only a portion of this can Before his departure General Waters, administration into the neighbouring is recovered. Indeed for many years to C.V.O, C.M.C., want a letter to the Scout

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It is in antiseptic liniment and

VERY SAFE GARMES Empire of Korea have at times been come Korea will have, to lean heavily on master of the let North China Troop with that Mayor Gaynor of New York will be the the world cannot fail to be of far causes wounds to heal in fose time thea by

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EMPTEE

KINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,

Increasing suggestions are being made

ing, the Boy Scout in flantia success and next Democratic candidate for the Pro- prosperity The Glenorai said that he had eldency. It is frequently remarked that not been able to do much for the boys but the attempted murder will make him the reason was they wars already in very President. This is probably an exagger, aspabla hands. It had been a great pleasureation, but the value of the incident as a to him to see the boys in camp at Shambal politimi ansat is unmistakabló. kwao, and he wished the Tientsin Scouts

all the lack they deserved.

reaching importance.

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open to question; there is no gainsaying the Japanese treasury if she is to keep the thoroughness and sincerity with the wheels of progress running steadily which she entered upon her task, nor the The number of Japanese engaged us high ethical standard which the late high officials in Korea approximates 1.12 Prince-Iro and the chief officials adopted per cent of the whole number of officials

Lieutenant R. B.. England se boen in drafting their plane of reform. Korea in the service of the Korean government;

appointed to the cruiser Moatmouth for the was in a very parlous condition when the number of high Korean officials ap

The British stormer Telemachus recharge of physical training duties on the ports from Japan Ehst the picked up in the Chita Station, Liontsosat England has the China-Japon war broke out in 1804, proximates 15.88 per cent. while Japan-Indian Ocean, on the 7th May, the schoon- served alons for twelve years, and is no but corruption and decay had made se engaged in enbordinate positions or Sea Queen, Une man was alive on stranger to the station, as he served there even vaster strides in the Peninsula in are 31.59 per cent. against 43.83 ct board, the son of the owner. On recover- on the battleship Barious during the Boxer the interval which separated that Koreans. We do not suppose that these ing he narrated that they left Mabe in the War of 1900, and was mentioned in dis

We have a large and varied stock of Fine Bordeaux Boychelles on the 8th January and were patches for his services at Tientan, June,

Clarets from the famous house of Hanappier and Co., from PREMIER MALL OF THE OOLONY, disturbed time from the Russo-Japadese percentages will be much altered by blown helplessly about the Indian Ocean for 1000

war of inn years later. The ruling annotation. When once that step is nearly four months. Two other men on.

The latest changes in the high official Vin Ordinaire to the very finest obtainable. The name of Opposits Central Markoť."

class of Korea, the Yangban,

were accomplished, however, we expect that board porished from iniret after terrible world in Peking according to correspond-

ent of Der Ostnetibiage Lord, are generally Hanappier speaks for itself. Perftemanos:-1.15 to 9 'and

thoroughly corrupt and their pernicious Japan will push forward her reform

traced to the influence of Prince Teal To, As we have such an exceptionally large turnover in 9.15 £11.90- 1,35.

and demoralising influence had spread schemes with even greater vigour and

is reported that he is negotiating at present with the Empress Dewages about Clarets, we will allow FIVE PER CENT DISCOUNT on repearloch of the Celebrated Boubrette

to the Court. The buying and selling for a time we must expect to bear of s MISS MAY - LEWIS,

that is relied upon with more tur improbable that Tang: Abso-yi will come to of otfice, tba yupancipled intrigues of good deal of discontent in the peninsula that relied on medicine made calling book Yaan. Shih-kai, and that it is all large orders,

plicit confidence than Obamberlain's Collo, first one leading family and then anor when all is said and done the most holers and Diarthom Remedy During Faking before a leading post has bea other to get at the secret ear of the slatteraly trollop in a London alum the third of a destury in which it has been entrusted to Yuan Shih-tal. It is expect i use, people have learned fast it is the ed that Prince Ching will be replaced in Bing the total denial of oven element objects to her house being swept and das ramedy that never falls. For pain in the near future by I'cinos Yu. Lang.

stomach, diarrhoes infantils cholera, ar justce to those who had no money garnished by another person having a the tomboly has no equal. It has been

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to bribe the judges, the squeezing, pecu-igher standard of decency and order used in many riggs and dangerous casos

lation and corruption that were rifs

short the moral and intellectual an

my and has war bent known to all. When reduced with water and swsstoned. It is planowat 6 LING.For said by all chemists and storykooners.'s

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