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BASTER.-On February 77.

1911, al

THE CHINA MAIL.

SOCIAL AND PÉRSONAL

Mr J. Ince, of Messrs Butterfield

and Swire, Swatow, caine down to-day by the Haimun.

Sir Clifton Robluson, the tramway.king.

rling wish of the precut occupanttration and at tho present moment of the White House to concludo, there appour to be nowhere any out- before he lays down the reins of flying disputes that could by any pos- office, an everlasting treaty of peacefsibility lead to trouble. So on the with Great Britain," in other words Whole President TAFT, who certainly an arbitration trenty.

manages mou more adroitly thin As the Mail an Empire, of his predecessor did, may succeed who died very suddenly whilst travelling Toronto, reminds us, however, u pre-where Mr. RooSEVELT failed, and an vious treaty of this sort was over-arbitration treaty may be concluded, at £13,641. |whohningly “defeated by the United between the two Power which will bo States Senate which proposed by bencficint and creditable tu both alike, President RooSEVELT. Mr TAFT'S predecessor tried to get the Senate to japprove seven arbitration treaties that

NEWS OF THE DAY.

[in a tramtear in New York, some months

His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugari, attended by Captain Simon, Private Soc. retary, visited the Central Police Station

and Victoria. Gnol this afternoon,........

Captain H.

Mallison,

1xt Batis

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1911,

[COPYRIGHT.] BISHOP OF KOREA'S WILL.

THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.

INDIA'S SOUND POLICY.

1. (Router's Service to the China Mail.)

Calcutta, March 2. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, in his financial statement, announced that the

BEQUEST TO EASTERN CHURCH.

(Reuters Service to the China Mull.). Logos March 3. The will of Bishop Turner of Korea receipts from opiam for the year 1910-11 has been proved at £3,102 sterling, have been nearly three millions sterling The late Bishop left £1,000 each to his over the original estimates, due to the two sisters and a niece; and willed that unprecedented prices realised at the

Caleuita sales. the remainder be devoted to the

The opium rovnaue for 1911-12 is

i ho laut arranged with seven Powers; The French Mail of the 31st January K.O, Y.L, L., and Lieut H. M, Leipman,furtherance of the Church in Korea estimated at crores of rupees, against...

amang, then-boing Great Britain but the Semuto defined. It held that the PursIDENT, in arranging the preliminary negotiations, wasntičiupte, ing tu, encroach upon the exclusive prerogatives of the Seunte, and since there was little in Mr ROOSEVELT'H official career to contradict this notion, the Sente felt obliged to check him. It did so by emasculating the treaties, which were then returned to him

was delivered in London; on" the 2nd

March,

.

The Manila Observatory to lay reports that the cyclone or typhoon W. of Guam is recurving northeastward.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed Mr Labouchere's appeal against the verdict of £700 damages obtained by bookminkers in

Ainsterlam...

Lady Engand has iste invitation for for signature. The PRESIDENT, how-in "At Home" at Government Boune on ever, refused to sign, and so the Mouday, March 20th, as 9.15 pm, when suntter dropped. There was, how there will be music. eyer, a stronger reason than a desire

We hava reguived from Messrs Thos; to relike un aggressive Chief Ex-

-Cook-and-San,-the-gaspular tourist-agent's, ecutive animating some of the Sen-

a copy of their revised Far Eastern Hand Later in their opposition to the look of steamer routes, railways and fares, treplies-was-pointed-out-by It is carefully compiled and contatus a

13th Rajputs, arrived from England per The residue of his property he left for ms Mariness of the 1st inst:~~~

the mugmentation of the spend of the Korean Bishopric.

Major St. G. R. S. Caulfield is the visitor to the Detention, Barracks during the ensuing week at Capt. P. L. Spices H.K.S.B. R.Q.A., in the Field Officer for the week.

FRENCH POLITICAL

AFFAIRS

in the current year.

Sir Fleetwood Wilson referred to the China trade in guarded language in view of the negotiations now pending at Peking. He said India was prepared to make a real sacrifice to help the Chineso patriots who are striving to free the country from the evils of excess in the consumption of opium, but the Govern-

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Mv al. F. Lowenstein, manager of CABINET ALMOST COMPLETED. Mesas Castle Bros., Wolf and Son, of}. Manila, arrived by the s.. Korea. He (Renter's Service to the China Mail.).ment could not consent to India suffer is on his way to Yokohama, where his wifo

ing losses, bringing no corresponding Loor, March 2.

benefit to the cause of reform in China. and family leave him for the States.

The formation of the French Cabinet Neither Governor-General Forbes of the is completed with the exception of Philippines, nor his mother, arrived by the the portfolios of Commerco and of Korea. Mrs Forben will, however, shortly | Justice, be hero from Manila as she is booked to i The composition of the Cabinet is the States by the Kores.

largely Radical and Socialist. Half the TO COST A MILLION STERLING.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

CALCUTTA, March 2:

The fillowing_be_an_extract from the number voted against M. Briand in London Gazelle dated 3rd February, 1911: the division which caused his resign-'

Lieut. Lyster R. E. W. Taylor, R.A., to ation.

THE CORONATION DURBAR

Gog flearwood Yuson, in the

Térompak. Seenland), Mark IISTAIS wit | Senator MoRGAN that Great-Britain Wealth of admirably arranged information.K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Cabinet is determined to maintain the course of his Budget statement, and

for J. Baxter, Chima Navigation Upupany.

--Svava-On-February 25, 1911.at. 183. Dubbing Wall Road, Shanghai, Malame Oerave Sytra, agod 13 years,

ISENMAN.-On February 28, 1911, at 10

Kiukinng Road, Shanghai, WILLIAM WAR wies, only child of Dr and Mrs W. J. +I11411. Agel four weeks and tire days,

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.. 12.30 pm--Meeting of 11, K. & Kowloon

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was at that moment in joint control with the United States of the Panama Canal, whereas he regarded it as of vital importance to the South that the authority of the United States should in the canal zone. be supreme In the event of Great Britain de-

The finishing touches aro being put on the Post Office building Above the main entrance the following words are being cut in granite:Hongkong Conoral Post Ofice-A.D. 1911."

So apparently the building is to be completed this year after

All!

Thursday evening, Mr A. Bellamy Brown will speak or the condition of England in the days of Geoffrey Chateur, taking as lis tort the Physician of the "Canterbury

Tales."

Workmen have commenced building a scaffolding ground the block of buildings at the corner of Wellington and Wyndheim Streets condemned by the P.W.D. some months ngu. It is hoped the sharing now supporting the block will shortly be re- moved.

Felining to surrender her rights in}- At the next niceting of the Union -Panama, the Senator from Alabama | Church Literary Club, to be held on

did not want the United States to be in the position of arbitrating an effort to dislodge her, for by arbitration only failure could come, since a treaty between the two countries explicitly gave them joint control. Since Mor“ 530 png-Dran Benital of St. John's GAN's fiery speeches were delivered Britain has relinquished her rights in Panama to the United States, the only condition being that in time of war the ernal shall remain neutral. She lust nothing by this concession, be- cause she had responsibilities in Noom--Meating of China Fire Fosge. Do 9 pm. Union Church Literary Club, Mr L'ama quite equal to her privileges, 5. Bellamy Brown on "A Physician and was-not unwilling to leave both of the 14th Century;"

with the United States. So long as FRAY, March 10-

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TUESDAY, March 16-

Non-Meeting of China Sugar RedivingSenate's netion; but if we are to be-

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the Alde de Gramp to P. 1. May, It is officially announced that--the

_chial of the Fiji Island and High Commis existing alliance and extentes.

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At West Hartlepool on February 1, Lloyd's medals and curtificates were pre- sented to Captain Matthews, of North Shields and other officers of the steamer Lowther Range in recognition of their services in malving the disabled Austrian Lloyd steamer Trieste in Juno last.

-MINISTRY COMPLETE,

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'( Renter's Severer to the China Mai;)",

LONDON, March 3. The French Cabinet has now been latest appointments

completed, the being

M. Caillaux...Minister of Finance. M. Messing...Minister of the

Colonies M. Boncour...Minister of Labour." M. Dumont...Minister of Pub-

CONTRIBUTION CASE ENDS.

In the Supreme Court this morning, before the Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott) there was an abrupt termination to the cise in which Li Po Hong sued the Yik Lang Bank, his mother and four brothers M. Pains...Minister for Agri-

M. Steng...Minister of Public

Instruction.

"to recap-contributions..WHITE.KETS tid.

to be due under a" untant letter of gummutes. Mr C. G. Alabaster (instructel

by Mr C. H. H. Beasis) was for plaintiff and

Mr Eldon Potter (instructed by Messrs Britton and Hett) for defendants.

The whole morning was dercted to argument, and in the end his Lordship The Bavarian Government announces

favoured the view that the verbal agres the issue of a new series of postage stampanent relied upon by the teferuants, to commemorate the ninetieth birthday of varying the letter of gurantee, was in the Prince Regent; The authorities know cluded in the indenture of margage and something about stamps and stamp col therefore plaintif had no right to con- lectors, and a second printing is taking tribution. He give judgment for defendants place on a thicker paper than that of the with costs.

first,

PIRACY.

lic Works.

culture.

|nounced that one million sterling would be required for the Coronation Durbar.

MACAO BOUNDARY.

RENEWAL OF NEGOTIATIONS.

(Weh Tez Fat Po's Servica) -

PEKING, March 2.

The Acting Portuguese Minister in Peking is proceeding to Canton in order to negotiato with the Viceroy, in con- nection with the Macao boundary question.

CHINA AND RUSSIA.

COMPLAINTS OF BANISHMENT.

(Wah To Yat Pos. Sercitt.)

·PERING, March 2.

M. Perrier ...Minister of Justice. M. Masse ...Minister of Com-

merce and Industry. H. E. Chau au Mu, Governor of the [The Appointments proficusly made Amur, has wired to the Throne that are:-Premier, M. Monis; Minister of Marine, M. Delcase; Minister of War, several "tens of thousands" of Chineso Bertaux. Minister of Foreign Affura, bays been binished from the Russian M. Couppi.-E."Q.M.]

Amar territory.

ADMIRAL CURZÓN HOWE DEAD,

DISTINGTIUSHED CAREER

ENDED.

Squadron in 1903-05.

Governor lays Foundation, Stone, New Britain. The Panama affair having The Spanish Chamber of Commerce

A fisherman reports that about 6 p.m. an |-- (Reuter's Streier to thé China. Meit.) been settle hytreaty, the chief in Manila presenten Bir Bnd Mars, tho

"nviator, witiz a handsome goki medal at the Thursday while sailing from Ping Hoi to

LONDON, March 2. stumbling Blöck-to a general achitra-close of the Carnival, totark their appre-Sharkiwau with two-fokispsiz-men came The death is ernounced of Vic tion treaty has been removed.

ciation of his successful fights. Mr Mars, alongside in, a small hosty when hetween Admiral Sir Curzon Howe, who was The Irish vote in the States also Capt. Baldwin and Mr Scriven pass through Taiwonfoo and Potonu, and boarded his junk. second in command of the Chion

Hongking on the Koran en route to Kobe: One of the men had a revolver and another had a good deal to do with the After exhibiting there they go down to a chopper and having lied the crew up they

Australia,

atole dish and clothing amounting to 3192. Thay decamped taking away the cara ke. The pavements of Queen'e-Road Contral have for the past for days been longing to the junk which was rendered infested with numbers of filthy, ill-ched helpless. The junk drifted to the shore at female mendicants, who have been spong. Ching Chow, and was completely broken by editerranean Fleet. Prior to that he was ing nu all and sundry who seem to have a being washed against the rocks. The crow soft place in their hearts for such indivi-ere fortunately able to save themselves duals. It is to be hope that the police by hiring a sampan, haring meanwhile got free, and in this they proceeded to Shauki. will rid the thoroughfare of the nuisance.

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12.30 p.m.-Meeting of Luzen Sugar

Refining Co., Id. SATURDAY, March -

8 pen-Devonian" Dinner at Hongkong

Hotel.

The China Mail

Honakose, Friday, March 3, 7911.

RECIPROCITY AND ARBITRATION.

hieve what the newspapers are saying to-lay, this particular element in the political situation no longer holds a predominant position. One New York journalist indeed avers that it has ceased to be the terror it was in former years and ascribes it to a natural reason. The second genera- tion of Irish immigrants into the United States has not the hatred of Great Britain that animated the Fenians, The woes of Ireland are not the woes of the active Tammany politicians of

Sir Hugh, Clifford huusi a novel nearly rendy with Mr John Murray, "The Downfall of the Gods. The scene of it is laid at Angkor, the capital of the great Khmer Empire, which flourished for some 700 years, dating from the seventh century of carera. The period chosen is the bust

WAN.

ITEMS AT THE COURTS.

..

A man was arrested by P..C. Cockle in Seamore Road for returning from "hanish

ment and a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment was imposed on him.

The master of the licensed steam Inunch

.......

[Note The death of Admiral Sir A. &. Curzon Howe, G.C.V.O., removes a pro- minget personality from the list of netive Admirals. The deceased was 60 years of ngo and in April fast ho was appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth after

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He has requested instructions for their accomodation.

A RETICENT OFFICIAL.

(Wah Tsz Yat Po's Servicc.)

Peking, March 2. Lon Fang, the translator of tho Ching-Russian Treaty of 1881, refuses. to accept the appointment and proced to li for the purpose of unravelling the complications which have arisen between China and Russia

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CHINA'S BOUNDARY

TROUBLES.

(Wah Tez Tat Po's Service.)

PEKING, March 2. All the Viceroys and Coverrors whose

having served in a similar capacity in the: Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet. The youngest son of the 1st Earl Howe the Hoti. Anno Frances, and of daughter of Admiral Sir John Gore, KCB, he joined H. M.'s Navy as cadet in 1883. In his time he commanded the Provinces are adjacent to foreign states. Royal yacht Osborne and H.M. ships are instructed by the Imperial Govern Boadicun, Latona, Cleopatra, Revenge,

Britannia and Ocean, o wns Assistant ment to make a careful investigation of Director of Naval Intelligence in 1892, and the boundary tablets. Commodore in charge of the Newfoundland Fisheries from 1893 to 1806. Ha zon the

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African medal with clasp in 1897, and It is reported from Washington that amongst his other decorations were the Commander R. P. Hobson, speaking in Jabiles2 medal with clap.. the Inte King's

Coronation nedal, and the Grand Cross of the House of Representatives, predicted

He was a D. C.

to Queen Victorin daring

Delicias de Manila.

Customers Own Ideas In the New York Tribune van beto-day; and at any rate these woes decule of the thirteenth or the first decade. Ivonne was fined 310 by Coinminder CV. the Royal Order of Redeemer of Greece. was with Japas within ten months. Speak Beckwith, R. N., at the Maring Court this 1800 and 1901 and to H. M. King Edwing in favour of the American "national taken as an unquestioned authority, have been greatly abated by nets off of the fourteenth century, and Designs carried out.and we think it may be in this the House of Commons. Prepara-

morning, for failing to observe the rule of in 1901, During 1992 and 1003 Admiral defence policy, be declared that Japan was Howe was Second in Command of the бnancially prepared for war and prophesied The Lagen Burns police live arrested the rond... DESIGN BOOKS, instance, we can quite understand tions, we understund, are now under

Channel Fleet, and he filled a similar an exhausting strigyle, ending in dissater- two deserters from the Royal Welsh Fu

A pickle manufacturer belonging to the position on the China Station from 1903 for the United States. We do not think the consternation into which Pre-way for the celebration of the hundred slier, Privates Cua and Williams, who Shung Wo firmi, West Point, was fined $5, to 1900. He was a Chevalier of the Legion that Mr Hobson can be said to be among, sident TAFT was thrown by the re- years of unbroken pence which has have been missing since the early part of by Be J. R. Wood, for encroaching on En, C. M.)

d'Honneur and a Fellow of the R. 6. S. the prophets who are to be believed. cent speech of Congressman Ciraat existed between the United States 2000. The former at the time of arrest. Crown land by tapping a trained unllah, CLARK on the reciprocity, treaty bend Great Britain. On two to three was employed as a general foreman of and warned that if he persistel in the tween Canathu and the United States..!

coolies at Nynunghi. Willits had built practice he would be severely dealt with.” occasions in the past century relations up a tharishing lakery business at Yenang Mr CLARK, it will be remembered, said he welcomed the Agreement ashtu certainly been rather strained Young, the plea of his arrest Bath he considered it to be one of the between the two countries. At the strongest factors in the unity of time of the Civil War a British ship the continent. The day was coming was stopped by a Federal gunboat, when the American flag would fly, and two Southerners made prisoners. from Caleatin. The Gneiserat is a large over the whole of North Anterien As the result of a British demand, vessel of 11,600 tons displacement, carry Great Britain one day would gladly they had to be released. Then there log 784 men, 30 gans, and of 11,800 borse-

Austria-Hungary's first Dreadnought is and over Canada to the United was the Fenian raid on Canada which power The Leipzig is a muller type of THE PIONEER HALL OF THE COLONY States." Now, "although we learn was made possible only, so some his tone, 280 men, 14 guns 10,000 ixrac to be launched at Triusto on May 27, and power. Bolli_pessels were oxpected to the second probably in Sovember." Eeth from subgquent "Washington tele-tonjuna dhclare, though the conniv-han fyr Hongkong on the 2701" or "the theso vessels will join the Fleet in the

spring of 1912 grams that the House of Representance of Secretary Sewaan A dispute 28th. atives treated the specchi, ns a joke over the Maine boundary and a

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The German cruisers Gneisenau, and Leipzig arrived at Singapore on 23rd Feb.

Two Indians appearul IsCupo-Mr J-H Wood at the Magistracy this morning, on a charge of embezzling $244.25, the Property of a dairyman it Yaumati. Detective Sergeant. Wills quite the arrest appearodi for defendants and the crise was on Thursday afternoon. M 7. H. Gardiner

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