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though from our point of view, who is

A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. bindering sadly still be his the

ESTABLISHED A.D. `1841.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

WATSON'S

E

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

right to put the fence as high as she likes whether shie destroys trade or not, or whether she kills old friend |ships: It is purely her concern."

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAY,

To-day's quotation For-Para-rubbor, per Meer Vernon and Smyth, în de. 11d.

the fortnight was 1,082 of which four were The total number of cats caught during

infected

The K, Canton and Macro S. Co. Ltd., are running an excursion steamer to Macne on Sunday and Monday nort

Japan has been extraordinarily lucky in her career ever since she blossomed

To-day we print a special article from our London correspundent which we feel forth under the aegis of Great Britain asaro will prove of great interest. nworld powers and her luck still holds. Her toncity of purpose has wom down or wearied out much opposition and racial prejudice and has enablel her to win many a seemingly hopeless point in diplomatic argument. Whe ther she will bo ng bucky when she comes to deal with the free deincera-

The first person to cross the now?

am bhi bridge in Tokyo was Funn Korinus, an old lady of 109 summar.

There were threa ensos of ontoric foret

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ta.

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in the FAR EAST.-

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GUARANTEED FOR

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DEATH.

SILAW-At Bognor, near Brightong on, 19th March, 1911, ALFRED SHAW late manner of the Hongkong Cotton Mills...

MEMOS FOR TO-YORROW.

8 p.-Meeting of Hongkong Tennis 91.Terformance of Baudmann Opera

Leng

...

Pacific is a thorny question we do not propose to discuss now,

These writers on the English press who see in the provision for a revision of the present schedules after they have been in force a year, 'n bint that

go Chinese (fatal), Indian, and Japanese. It is rumoured at Glasgow that big thread interests, including Messm, Contes;- fine sequired, land in Rhodesia for the

purpose of cotton-growing.

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·CORONATION DURBAR

The Admiralty have taken up the P. O atomer Medina for the conveyance of

as. Medink will be manned and treated as His Majesty King George V. to India. The

nman-of-war.

The s.. Maloja, the other new F. &. 0. liner, will be put or as a special steamer to take not. pengers to India for tho Durbar and is already very booked-up.

fully

THE MURDER OF THE TARTAR- GENERAL IN CANTON,

Arrest and Examination of

Wan Shang-tsoi.

The Chung Kook Fu has a long and elaborate account of the arrest and pre-

[COPTRIOMT.]

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1911.

[W] [COVYEIGHT,]

ARABIAN HOSTILITIES. THE CANTON ASSASS-

FROLONGED ATTACK ON ́

SANAA

INATION.

ORDERS FROM THE THRONE,

A Resoluto Dofenec.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) ((Wah The Yist Po's Service).

LONDON, April 11

CANTON, April 11: It is reported from Constantinople An Imporial Edict orders E. Chang that the insurgents lines boon continu- Ming-chi to investigate the case of the ally attacking Sanaa for ten hours, singsin of the Tartar General and alsæ using their artillery.

to find out whether he belonged to any The troops and, the idhabitante, anti-dynastic Society or Societies and however, are resolutely defending the if he had accomplices.

town.

THE POSITION IN MORROCCO.

'DELUGES PREVENT

WARFARE,

initiasy exanimation of the assasin of the Tartar General in Canton last Saturday (Router's Service to the China Mail.)

"It has already been reported that when He una fired the first shota those who were supposed to protect the unfortunate official ded, followed by those who bore his chair. So the sanayin stood alone, in the midst a ring of empty space," and therefore was able to fra the three fast shota without

of

Any interference.

LONDON, April 11

The edict also appoints the Viceroy as the acting Tartar General ad intam.

THE LOAN FROM JAPAN. PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES

(Wak

PROTEST.

To Yat Po's Service.j

PEKING, March 9,

A mossage from Tangier states that deluges of rain and floods are provente strong protest has been made by ing operations being carried out

the Provincial Assemblies against the around Fer, where the Sultan -appear by Sing Kung Po, Duke Chak and Sing borrowing of $10,000,000 from Japan

Kung Po who have been censured by the Censor but the memorial remains unanswered.

to be holding his own fairly well.

Troops are embarking from the

Damage to the amount of yen 300,000 Great Britain will before was done in the Shinkyogoku district of long abandon. its Free Trade Kyoto on Maret 30. Several temples, two policy, have made a bad hit in theatres, a largo bamar and many other attempting such a prophecy. Mr. buildings were destroyed, a WINSTON CHURCHILL evidently is The Chinese Enginearing and Mining an accident. Thore happened to be stand-chief Spanieli ports. |_ not-of-that-opinion, for he hails the | Company Limited, report that the tote bag at the door of the provincial assembly-p

POPŠANJERANTUTIVE DAYANAN AK all: a policeman narted Cheung. Ho

free trade, and attempts to de- monstrate that Japan has modified proposed new tariff because she realises whint a much better-market

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It appears that his arrest was owing to

the woer cruTB? 28.972.48 tons and the sales during the and then quietly walk away,as_010_che. peried to 30.175.37 tons.

attempted to stop of molest him. The Shortly after one o'clock this afternoon murderer had not gone far before he threw away his revolver. Going on farther still she has for her goods in Great little girl while in a side street between he took off his long robe, and threw it! 'Gough Street and Queen's Road was set) Brita under free trade principles upon by two meri. Having temporarily tlun in those countries which are blinded her eyes they proceeded to relieve hedges! round with tariff walls. Weber of her bangles and got clear sway. venture, however, to think that Japan

To-day's fluctuations in the local has been urged by no such reasons, Share Market, as per Messes Tornst and Notwithstanding the phenomenal success which has attended her manipulation of the money market, by 9.15 p.m. Handel's "Mesihat Stwhich she has been able through the SATURDAY, April 15-

Pable Housty,

Co. at Theatre Royal,

General Memoranda.

FRIDAY, April 14 ---

Good Friday.

Exchange Banks close

John's Cathedral.

Gyinklina.

M.........

3.30 13..-H.K. Gymkhana Club's First ICA. „A. A. A. Broke Cross-country

Clallenge Cup Race.

MONDA, April 17-

Easter Monday--Bank Holiday. Dave-Rib-Meeting ip-Laxitano Chub Athletic Sparta TUESDAY, April 18:—

Criminal Bursions communca WEDNESDAY, April 10-

11.30a.m.Extonimy Genel Mect

ing of A. S. Watson & Co., Id. SATURDAY, April 22:-

Among some bamboos. The man followed the assassin, and presently was joined by ons or two others; they traced him to street, named Wing Shing. There the party sprang upon him. According to his own secount the murderer tald them they need not make much fuss, for if he had felt Smyth's quotations, are Banks $895 sales; inclined to free himself bu could have done North China, 100 sales; Unions, $815

so, but having done what he intended he buyurs Yongt szes, 8205; China Manilas, was quite willing to be arrested, and so ho 10: Steamboats. $291; Star Ferries, handed himself over to the police who had 328 and 816; Shell Trans-ports, 90/3; followed him. Hangkew Wharf, 833 sollers; Raubs, 82-The officials have arrested some others Hongkong Hotels (now issue), 338 buyers who are thought to be implicated in the Green Islands, 83,40 buyers; Dairy Farms, plot, including the two men who had re- 19 buyers, feca, 9176 sales, and Powell cominended the murderer for work ugon the Canton-Kowloon milway, and also the 83 Ingers

owner of the house in which he was staying hefure he did the dark dead.

SOCIAL AND PERSONÁL →→

Dr W. W. Pearea left for Home to-day For a vacation.

complacency of London bunkers to convert her high-priced loans into securities bearing much lower interest, she is still very greatly birdched by her war debts and the necessity for expanding her military_and TRENGTH armaments. Consequently she will before long have to apply to England for further financial assistance. It did not take Captain and Mr Douglas are expected her leaders long to realise that the back in Hongkung next month," storm which the "new tariff had The Bishop of Gibraltar has died on a Half-aroused in Great Britain was seriona-steamer en route from Sayzna to Naples,

ly inimical to her interests in this 7.45 p.m.--Volunteer Corps Dinner at direction and they quickly set to work

Headquarters.

to try and remedy the unfortunate blunder which Count Komuna made a year ago when speaking on the tariff question in the Dict Very adroitly they have met the situation and in the diplomatic work! there is no doubt great joy over the result,

12.30p.m.-Hongkong Jockey Club

Yearly Meeting.

Chinese Y3LC.A. Annual Sports.

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LD, MONDAY, April 24

Hengkong, April 18, 1907.

WM. POWELL

LIMITED,

Gentlemen's Outfitters,

NEW SUN HATS Excellent Shapes.

Khaki,

Pith,

Cork,

Rubber, etc.

SMART PUGGARREES Prices Moderate.

Noon E.K. Schools' Athletic Sports. TUESDAY, April £5:---

Noon-Meeting of the Hongkong Electric

Co., Id.

#

"Major Locky has been appointed to command the Army Service Corps in Chins.

Prines Louis of Battenberg has been appointed to command the Third and Fourth Divisions of the Hope Fleet.

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King George has given his sanction to a bill providing for the reform of the House

of Lords as moved by Lord Lansdowne,

Rear-Admiral C. H. Coke has been

The man's history," which came out in tha"azamination, is suggestive. Ho gave his story without any hesitation, and according to the report, with the utmost complacency and self-control When six years of age he was kidnapped and carried off to the Straits Settlements. He was there for a few years and then returned to his native province. He did not stay long, however, but returned south. Thereafter he worked in the mines and also on tobacco plantations. He has no father or mother, wife or children. Whilst in Singapore he came in contact with the propaganda of Sun Yat-sen, and joined tho nsociation for the overthrow of the Manchus in China. He returned to Chian

THE CANTON-ASHABSING

SERIOUS RISING REPORTED.

EMPRESS HOWAGER TO ENTERTAIN

~~(Hak To Yar Per Senter)

A Hongkong Exaggeration.

PERINO, April 9, Ad entertainment will be givm by (Reuter's Service to the China oil) the Empress Dowager to all ladies be LONDON, April 10.longing to the Legations on the 18th The Hongkong correspondent of the inst Daily Express atates that a serious rising has occurred at Centon. It is stated that the Tartar General com- AFFAIRS STILL UNSETTLED. manding the troops has been murdered, and that reinforcements, are hastening to the city.

THE PRINZESS IRENE REFLOATED.

(Reuters Service to the China (Mail.)"

TAYDON, April 10,

The N. D. L steamer Prinzess Irene has been re-floated:

WARSHIP SPEED.

RECORD.

DREADNOUGHT CRUISER'S

ACHIEVEMENT.

(Bouter' Service to the China Mail.)"

LONDON, April 10,

The Dreadnought cruiser Indo- fatigable has undergone her twenty- four hours trials, her speed averaging 29 kusts.

This is a record for all warships, excepting torpedo-boat destroyers.

[Noto-The Indefatigable was launched in 1909 and comploted Last year. Her displacedent is 18,750 toos and hur de signed speed 26 knots.—ED. Q.M.] ·

3.45p.n.-Sanitary Board Meeting. WEDNESDAY, April 26 -

Noon-Union-Insee Society ut funton

Meeting. Mecting.

to pay the piper but never is allowed, of Ireland, in succession to Rear-Admiral FRIDAY, April 28-

Stockbrokers Association's Settling Day the chance to call the tune in these Six A. W. Paget.

for April,

matters, will entertaiu very different opinions, unless we are very much mistaken.

12.30 p.m.-China Traders lance. Co. but the commercial man, who hnappointed Senior Naval Officer on the coast unity occurred. On his return he intended ANOTHER. SHANGHAI|

The China Mail

HOSOKONG, TUENDAY, APRIL 11, 1911.

ANGLO-JAPANESE COM-

MERCIAL TREATY..

ARRIVAL OF THE BALUCHOIS.

His Majesty's troopship Dufferin arrived in port to any with the 126th Faluchis, who are to relieve the 13th Rajputs in Hongkong. The troopship went alongside at the Kowloon wharf, and the work of digambarkation will "he carried out to

morrow.

days.

*

MORTALITY STATISTICS.

The marriage has taken place in Singa- apore of Mr Marion Crawford, of the F. M S., and Mins Noreen Willbrooke, lato of the Bandmana Upers Company,

The Peking and Tientsin Times reports that Mr C. W. Campbell, C.M.G., who has been Chinese Secretary at Peking for so many years, hinn resigned from the Consular Service.

The Standard understands that a post ill shortly be provided for Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, which will be connected with the organization and preparation of troops for war.

THE R Hou. Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL is rather an emotional

The Dufferin takes away the 13th individual, given to flights of rhetoric Rajpata in the course of the next few and prone to sentimental outpourings, so life utterances on the Anglo-dapan; ese-commercial treaty may without many qualmas be freely discounter. Of The mortality statistics for the wook Friar of a new revolution, as full of schemes course it is only natural that he ending March 11, show a porcentage of for the reform of the Lords as rips cheese shoull seek to glorify the Government 18.1 per 1,000 of the total population and is full of anggets.

for the following week 13.8 s agríast 17:4 of which be is a member, but he to the corresponding week of last year,

mather overstates the case when he describes the treaty which Sirt EDWARD GREY has just negotiated as a brilliant achievement. We fail

Wm. Powell, Ld., to see where the williance comes in

28, QUEEN'S ROAD.

EMPIRE'

ECINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,

T PIONEER HALL or Tim COLONY DE VITUK ROAD CENTIAL, Opposite Central Market.

Performances2/15 to 9 and.

9.15 to 11.00

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, TEH LIFE AND PASSION OF CHRIST.

Magnificient Fin during the

EASTER HOLIDAYS.

No Performancey "on : HOOD FRIDAY,

Bir Birrell, speaking at Manchester, described Lord Selborne sa the Preaching

Mr Malburly Dell, managing director of The Lines, has died suddenly at bone Correspondent of that great paper in Fent from 1805 to 1890, he became, H. M. S. Flors arrived at Singapore manager of The Times in 1890.

NEWS OF THE DAY. «

from Manilowon 5th inst.

when in several lines of exports now In the Army Cup Final the 1st being sent from England to Japan Loicestor heat the 2nd Life Guards,

LEGAL OASE..

DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH TRAUD.

with the avowed determination of musas. sinating any or all of them as the opport

to kill the previous Acting Viceroy, Thang. Ki, but at that time could not get posses sion of a resolver. Presently ho speured. the weapon. At first he thought that he would kill one of the oficials on the day of rojoking which celebrated the suppression of gambling but he thought that this might be attributed to some désire for revenge ou

SHASOAL, April 11.. the part of some gambler, and, further, he

Mr F. Griffin, director of the Kochien did not wish to have such day of rejoicing Transportation and Tow Boat Company, marred by any deed of blood, so he decided and of Hopkins and Dunn, his been to wait till the day of aviation, and then charged at the British Court to day assassinate any one of the higher officials with defrauding the Kochien Transporta whose person he could renel.

tion and Tow Boat Co.

(From Our Correspondent.}

When asked if there were any others. who were of the same opinion as him- 15 self, ha replied that there were numbers IMPERIAL PRINCES FOR throughout China, but that he was not

"HIGH" OFFICES." wishful to say anything about them, and as they did not wear any mark upon their foreheads no me could distinguish them from their fellow countryton.

It was reported further that though the man was at first beaten and subjected to torture, this did not affect his calamere of temper, and when the ordeal was passed ho looked upon his torturers and smiled and told the trath, so there was no need for torture.

It appears that the high oficials had some difficulty as to how they should Among the passenger leaving for Home transmit the news to Feking. It is a rule and Mrs Kirke, B.G.A., Mr and Mrs L. M. unless upon important business, and going- by the Tango far tomorrow are Major that no high official shall leave the city

Leefe, Mra and Miss Soth, Capt and Mrs out to watch an aviation moeting can not H. S. Thomson, and Lieut. 0, P. G. be construed into efflcial business at all,

́& long time was spent in framing this mesage. But it has been sent, and also messages have been sent to all the Viceroys of the provinces apprising them

the effect of the new and modifier] { -Austria—will. wond tho hattleship Cafaron. tariff will be to completely wipe them Radetzky, tlu finest in her Navy, to Fout. Of course Japaa has ostensibly participate in the Ruviaw at Spitheart on made some concessions to her ally the cast of King George's Cupation. in the matter of her high tariff, but

"A REVENUE PROSECUTION.

Cheung Tai, of No. 111 Quera's Read

Wa nightly misquoted Me Banckham

It is stated that the Toye Kisen Kai- Central, was charged at the Biegistracy of the and orent. we suspect that when the schedules, xin hamilecided to sell the sternier America this morning, with issuing false particulars come to be published it will be Maru the Civil Aministration Brief to the Superintendent of Imports and

Exports found that very little has really been the Feron Government, the price being His Worship Did you end in any

Y:630,000 The venel of Scinco requisition to export this stuff? Defendnut in our issue a Monday, referring to the conceled. Japan has a ente enpacity for Yokohama on the th March,

Yersir.. My foki brought it by mistake. for pursuading the world to her own de

altitude of the Chinese crued at the Laz tire resende wa aviation mecting on Saterday. He left the way of thinking, of making seemingly The Greatog and Gringemouth Dock-not Iming anything hy it but the fact was graceful concessions while Actually yard Company has launched from their that he a certain particulars for Bluele groups early, but not because the temper Greenock yard the Burma, the that oil-tank and White whiskey and thou exported of the crowd was ugly, a la considerad giving very little away. We do not constructel the order of the hotheskin, There were instant their beluviuz very patient, perhaps

Bonded warehouses in the Colony bich blame for in the least. In the past is Admiralty. This cosest has been werd la chazzo, if a Europeau oficer and more patival than a similar crowd in the lind many bitter experiences and acted with the object of hepplying or to hoouly wanted to teach the purple that Europe, though an opinion that if

they could not put forward preticulars of these she is turning to advantage now British Best ab ma, and expable of towing on a class of liquors ta- he exported and the aviator had not made his fights tha crowd might have shown its displeasure in when dealing with intious only too hip and supturing her with oil fuel or of then export another. MANGA

“Being towed, chile, this is done, The His Worship ésutioned defendant and anxious to curry favour with her. In drina carries 2,500 tons of fual ail: inj said that he was liable to a penalty of 1000

and 21,KX) on a recond appearance. the matter of tariff-miking, too, twelve an

a forcible fashion. The police and military

razgotdents left nothing to be desired;

RUSSIA AND CHINA.

(Wal Tea Yat Fo's Service)

PEKING, April 9. The Russian minister is again demand- ng interest in the cast of Mongolia and has declared that if the request is not complied with it will be attended with serious consequences.

CHINO ANERICAN ALLIANCE.**

("Wah, Tas" Yet Fu's Serein;)"

PERING, April 0.

The Grand Councillors have proposes to place Wu Ting-fang in a prominent position so that he may be able to draw up a Chino-American alliance.

CHINESE MINISTER:

RECALLED

(Wah T at Fo's Service.)

PESING, March 9.

The Chinese minister. in Tokyo Jets for Peking on the 6th inst having been recalled by the Government:

THE OUTER PROVINCES.

A NEW SUGGESTION.

(Wah Tan Yot. Po's Berrict.)

PERING, April 10.

A discussion has taken place in the Bourd of Administration regarding the proposal to convert Mongolis and Tibet into provinces, If the scheme is carried out, Taan Fang will be recommended as Viceroy.

ALLEGED PARTITION OF

CHINA.

"PRINCE REGENT EXCITED.

(Wah Tra Yat Po's derriet.)

PEKING, April 10

(Wah_Tan-Ent Po's Berrue.) -

The Fringe Regent grow very excited. PEKING, April 10:

on hearing the rumour that various Prince Ching proposes that the Fowers bad been discussing the important offices of state should be possibility of a division of Chios, filled by members of the Imperial Ho sanctioned the militis

family:

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