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that after all it is not for the good of people,

the people but for the enrichment of satisfied.

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party. This by way of introduction gasp, and their lives are of no to the Proclamation, which reads Importance. This is the third count somewhat as follows:-

against the Manchus, a "

BLÜNEWE-OF THE DAY.

on the

Some interesting -extracte Foarding House. Runner question will be found on Page 2.

E. M. S. Royal' 'Arthur is due at f Singapore about the middle of December, not November as previously stated.

1b Ba. Royal Inniskilling Fusilior is to be The hired transport, Somali with the detained at Ching-wang-tao until further orders.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1911.

THE BEGINNING OF THE V

REBELLION.

Hongkong Visitor's Graphio

Story.

fold, and Swire's office on, the waterfront. were right in the line. "The Games looked | sa if they would sweep down these ins premises, but fortunatoly just when they Iseemed to do doomed the wind changed. Had it not done" so there moukl · have

A roost interesting story of the circum-bean'a very different story than these stances surrounding the commencement of is to tell. Thas fire had a frontage

this morning by Mr H. D. Lombard, in my life. As we stand down the river told to a representative of the China Aluit have never seen anything burn so fiercely the rebellion in the Yangtse Privinces was of about three-quarters of a mile and t

visibor from Los Angeles, who with his there was another huge confiagration Llan wife is making a world-tour and has recently ing away at the back of the German Con...

cossion, and that one who fully mile in From rext year the Seltan of Jhore Arrived in Hongkong from the North extent as we faced it. Every place we put has decided to pass a law prohibiting Mr and Mrs Lombard were on the last at down the tirer we stopped at twice Europealis from baltig allowed to frequent before the rebels took possession of the fugees and, it appeared, trying to exhaust train which ran from Peking to Hankow the ordinary length of time taking on re- the gaming tables in his territory. .....

railway. At the Hongkong Hotel Mt took on board a million and half Mexican **

tho Fungtoo

of dollars. At Nanking w We are in receipt, from the Hongkong Lombard very courteously, received aur dollars, and I don't know how much we Chamber of Commerce, of correspondance representative, and we give the story in had on board when we arrived at Shanghaf: relating to the Claytonnizing of ships and his own worda :--

fully four er åre million dolları I should.

*But Tam getting ahead of my story,"

go

An Announcement of the leader: From the time that they made of the Revolutionary Party in Hupeh Peking their capital, certain tax during the Heavenly Revolution. On were made imperative, which take a certain year, month and day, the the first place. These are yearly General of the nrmy of the people of gathered together and forwarded, so China received the orders of the that gold and silver are piled up military Government to sweep away by lacs. Wealth has even been the whole system of taxation imposed stored away, in the "tombs of their by the Manchus, lekin included. This rich ancestors, from the times announcement is now made to the of SHU'S CHн until today. This people of China. From the day that wealth is fabulous. Yet the people the transference of goods by rat-free "It was on Tuesday, the 10th jus," *;

lightars as well as with regard to a series said Mr Lombard, that we left Foking Mr Lombard remarked. "That afteroos the Manchus vaded the country within the boundaries of the empire of ten lectures to be given by members of for Hankow by all. We got through with-at about thuwe o'clock interest centred in the people have had nothing to rely are in want of wealth. This money the staff of the Bureaus of Selenes, Mazila. out any untoward incident and arrived at the movements of three Chinese gunboats upon for subsistence. A melancholy is not circulated. Wealth is stored

and one torpedo-boat. They would Stories are travelling about London Haskow at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, carvering up and down in front of the and disgraceful government it has up in chests, and the people are from the Liverpool tots. One tells of a baring heard about an hour previously that Concessions, doing nothing whatever but been. It is well known that the thus oppressed. This is the fourth well-meaning person who appronabed oro of Wuchang was in the hands of the rebels. steaming up and down. For some hours the chasto, slipped a plxporters into his Mr Tupart, the manager of the Steel but dusily one of the gun boats-1 had my they did not go beyond the Concessions, Manchus and the Chinese cannot court.

baad, and implored him to shoot low." Works, was on"board the train when the glass on har-steamed up between Hanyang staml together anymore than water

"From the days of Hovo Hr, when, and in a confidential andartons replied, the troubles the beat he could and hence I saw that after shot red from the Krupp Mr Atkins turbed the coin over mediatire message came through, but he minimised and Wushang, a mile or so further than any of the others badyanfared. From the shore and fire can join. It was said from it was promised that there should be Make it a bob, gavñor, and I'l'blow the first that if the Chinese were no increase in taxation, the Manchus

thair bloomin' feet off."

wo did not think very seriously of the gure, most of them being wide of the matter until we reached Hankow. But as mark and falling into the water near the strong then the Manchus would be bave always boasted that they have:

At the Supreme Court this morning, bes300 as we arrived we saw that there was craft. Then one shot dropped near her weak If on the other hand the been true to the promises of their continued in which Li Po Hung ued Lithing was obviously at high tension, the on, two are shots wess fired. Both of fors Mr Justice Compertz, the case was something pretty serious doing. Every-turned round. As she appeared broadside acorn whereupon the gunboat suddenly the Chinese were emaciated then the ancestors But from the days of Shek Fang to recover $200, money, Reader Chinese stood about in groups discussing whichsses kevuld red her tramble, like a which struck the little boat, and through Marchus would be well-favoured. KIN LUNG the several Viceroya Lave Harris, appeared for plaintiff and Mr W. the situation and we could hardly get a leaf in the wind. Though damaged, she

defendant on July 10. Bir 31. Therefore it has been the purpose of beer allowed to impose what taxes & Shenton defended. After the colio to do anything the Manchus to keep from the Chinese they choosed and to have devoured the evidence judgmont was reserved.

solicitors had addressed his Lordship on peuple their means of growth and the produce of the people. They development, and to force them to peeled off their flesh and sucked out live» under crushing rule so that their marrow. But let this pass. their life was a living dentle. It is When their money bags were fall, only by keeping the Chinese poor thien they seized on any excuse for that" the Manchus can be rich; it is punishing people, in order to get by keeping the Chinese without the hold of their wealth. This all went means of life that the Manchus can into the yamen. This is killing 2,30 p.m.-Ministering Children's Lea really live. Therefore, it has come to the fat duck. In the capital, from

gue Sale, etc. on B. K.V.C.Ground.

pass not only that the Chinese have no means of making a living, they have "indced no means of escaping death. This is the first count

“Anciently during the years of the

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Investitures at Government House.

General Memoranda. -

SATURDAY, October 28 :---

2.15 p.ni-Interpert Shooting Practice

at King's Park Range, Kowloon. 2.45 1.Dedication of St-Paul's College Chapel hy Bishop of Victoria. 3.30 p.m.-Opening of St. Paul's College Schoolrooms by H. E. the Governor. MONDAY, October 30 -- /

Hotel.

TUESDAY, October 31:—

3 p.m.--Auction of the King Edward

shown.

-phen-started-to-tear down the river on fost as her engines could take her. She did pot attempt to reply but made off as fast as she could go. She went ahout a mile and a half down, and there sho. came to anchor. In the meantime the other two up stream until they ware exactly opposite our steamer, so that any shots

came

dfiring

"We at once left the railway station and weat over on to the Bund and boarded The splendid film "A Tale of Two Jardine's stanmor the Long Wo, which Cities, which attracted such a large was lying alongside. There, we were able amount of attention in Hongkong a week to watch events in comfort and soon we exhibited to-night and Sunday night, at the across the river. It was ast one continual would be to the danger of foreign shipping or two ago, will, by special request, be could hear sounds of Bring from Wachang, directed at them from the apposite shore Victoria Theatre, as well as at the matines roar of firing, but there would be perhape These gunbents were only about 600 yards. and the whole of the foraign Concessions. on Sunday. The programme will also in about a hundred shots per minute-pretty from our steamer, and they commenced f clude now pictures so that an interesting active booming." This was about 4 o'clock at once on to the opposite shore. They let evening can he spent at this popular juste in the afternoon." hall. Several interesting, coloured rows

As darkness came ou go about 95 Abors in all I should think, but, of Hongkong and Macao are also being the hy became intermitently illumined what effect they bad of course we could not with the glare of. fires. First one fire well know, went off and told them that the Then the Japanese Admiral, as you The troopship Robilin was to leave and then another would flare up somewhere

would burst forth fruithe city opposite Concession was no pienic ground. Southampton on Oct. 4 with Royal Gar else. From shakers until the time we forget. The water was crowded with..

The sight on the river I shall never rison Artillery, Ropal Engineers, infantry, retired, about 11 o'ches, there must have spans and all sorts of native craft carry- Arms Service Corps and other depart been fully a dozen tires-all big blazesing anything from five to 50 Chinese, with mental drafts on honed for the garrigues of Nothing occurred to disturb our rest during they on the top of them all. Everybody was all their belongings senttered about and Caylon, Singapore, and Hongkong. The the night, but next 'mening at about clearing away from the scene of the trouble. 2-30 p.n-Budget Debate in Legislative reign of Hoxo III an edict waser, and they have regarded the Rohilla will arrive at Colomba on Jet. 27. o'clock we saw the American Consul going We had 2,000. on our steamer

and next published that benceforth there should suppression of the people_n their 1 Singapore on Nov. 1, and Hongkong on across the river in a tug, to recue, so it steamer süll, with 3,480 on board.

day the

there arrived in Shanghai a smaller business. During the last year of on Nor. 10, calling at Singapore on 21st a reted, the frogners in the city saw a steamer packed an before there and at Colombo 0 26th, and reaching opposite was a strange procession were so many Chineso that if they desired bring back the-expired men from all three Hojona and twisther tugs dying the do it all together, so thickly were they patrions, and also our on the Small British tag. They did not return until from Hankow to Shanghai had been 91

from North Chica, the

wodged in. The ordinary passenger are high fins conveyed the 2nd Bat shton about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and after third class, but the lowest of Tientsin.. Somersetshire Light Infantry-from-Malta

WEDNESDAY, November 1-

Accession of Emperor of Rassin.

10 sm.Auction of Naval Stores at H.

M. Narn! Yard.

.15 p.m.-Licensing Board Meeting.

THURSDAY, November 9-

Council.

FRIDAY, November 9 :---

Emperor of Japan's Birthday (1852). Sultan of Turkey's Birthday (1844). " 9.10 p. un-Choir Concert in City Hall.

Inspection Invited. SATURDAY, Novembar 4

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the Government officials to the splendid pages, and in the provinces from Viceroys and Governors dowit to their menials, all alike have coure understand that wealth

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Nov. 6. She will begin her return voyage"

I never

be no addition to the taxation tuer KIN-LUNG--favourite official died Southampton again on Dec, 18. She will there was the little tug, the gunboat to sit down or stand up, they had-to

obtaining."""His name was and is illustrious. Now, however, that august name is made a laughing-stock. The

nained Wo Kwas. His wealth was estimated at fabulous millions. The grief of those within the four seas. is like this; and this is the fifth count against the Manchus"

THE REVOLUTION

ufficials say that what was meant was that the taxes which he imposed were to-be regarded as regular taxes. In The above is a somewhat rough addition to these it is quite permissible translation of the first part of. The assasination of the Tartar-General for the several local officials to impose the manifesto

in Capton on Wednesday was not followed by any disturbances in the City, and after

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but

think we

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL memo returned to the Colony to lay by the Mr and Mrs Frank Browne and two sons Hitachi Maru..

and Mra B. a. Hale.

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charge a brief stay on the Hankow side they made on our boat was 810, which mediately put hack again. When they soon jumped up to 390 then to $30. When the word went forth that they could take came back the second time the whole throa tuga were crowded with foreigners and also willing to give almost anything, some even no more, there were Chiness who were big batcit of Chinese girls without whom offering as much as $70 for the passage.

Mr Lombard gave many interesting instances of how the Chinese bad-hean

the missionaries would not leave.

"It was the oddest-looking process

1.

chartering steamers to cope with the refugee

threa

was there

Mr Lombard, who is a man of 'cnsider.. able wealthy is taking this tour for pleasure purposes and he agrees that to has bit China at a remarkable time. He is a noted motorist and has with hini a big car which he uses wherever possible. From Hong- kong he is to take a trip to Manila, rutura engain, then go ou to Singapore, Jara,

hure

on the whole bacinosa is very slack and will after their" baggage, oven supplied cookies Bunnah, India, Ceylon, New Zealand and Continua so until the trouble is decided to do Among the arrivals from England to-day one way or the other. Which ever side and in

the carrying of the baggage ustralia. and then back to America. In rud Mrs T. K. Dusly and child,wins, however, some good must result. nasist, the foreigners. There is some-ously bean in Hongkong, somo five years general di everything" to all he considers that he will have taken two three years to do the trip. He has provi The Imperial Court will be obliged to grant body," said Mr Lombard, at the back ago, and says he is always glad to visit Baran and Baroness Talbot de Malahide considerable concessions: it will not be of this deal: this is no common or this lovely spot. Since he was here list allowed to rature-ro-its--old-groot or ordinary rebellion, a fact which is ho has "scouevidences_of_a_wonderful en route to Japan. are passengers on the English Mail stile the legitimate sepirations of the clearly shown by their protection of for buildings had been rocted, and the whole

Consul and Mrs Funatsu will be st home on Nov. Srd on the occasion of His Im perial Japanese Majesty's birthday.

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change in the place, more magnificanb people for larzer share in the adminis tration of their own affairs. On the other eigners and the vary, diplomatie wording of city seemed to be settling down into maro by their proclamations and the whole ten-Well, that night, Thursday, we left at hand should the rebels win, they are bound their Proclimation.

compact order. What impresses one more than anything else, he said, is the our of their propaganda to taraw. wide is about 9 o'clock, some two hours previous Fercisco is, as you know, our grast port SAD. immense shipping interests, hero. gates of China to the ideas and opportunities aforded by the present cantory.

to which every fierce fire broke out in the on the Pacific, but you our go into San Tam RevoLUTIONARY FLAU." natire city of Fiankow. The wind was twentisth of the vesela I saw here yester

Fransisco harbour and you will not see a The now revolutionary flag for China then blowing in such a direction that the day when on the harbour. It is really has a green ground, with a white sus big Imperial Pitre and Mesars Butter wonderful."

S.p.m-Sale of Work in Union Church taxes for their own nae. This is now that it is near enough to the the first excitement of the rffir had passed I had ever seen. Thero were the foreigners, traffic, in some cases boats being chartered -5.15 p.m.-Operetta Alice in Wonder. done, and what is raised is this way original" for the" zeneral reader to the citizene resumed thoir ordinary avocat the missionaries with their goods and at $10,000 and anywhere front 86,000 land by Children in Union Church is quite six times as much as he understand its real import. That one s if nothing out of the commen had chattels and ah at a hundred of these that the Revolt tionarion were imperties 3 p.m.-Concert at Union Church decided wand be sufficient for the China stands in pressing need of taper of..the Chinese people generally in native costume of cere, all trailing along them and that while ba

occurred. This indicates, we think, this young Chinese girls, dressed in their men from Shanghai in mount guns for user of the Government and for the reform.goes without saying, and from regard to the revolution. They are all the Bund. Later I saw one of the mis-new fellows,only one of whom 1. Practice Real Dances in the City welfare of the people. Indeed, what what we print. above it will be seen waiting the tane of the conflict in the atonaries and had a talk with bit and he had been paid seven thousand tasks to anything abeat the technical work, is raised in these ways is quite that the leaders in the new move-the Imper lists, then the whole south will left in the city, these preferring to stay to had undoubtedly got plenty of money and THURSDAY, November 18-

Yangtze Valley. Should that go against stated that there wore only four foreigners undertake work of this type for the rebels Practice Real Dances in the City unknown. The same maladministrament do not lack the literary ability go over to the rebels at once. If on the guard the property. He said that in going they also h

-money paid in advance, too. The rebels tion obtains in regard to the manage to state their case in the most striking other hand the rising is put down then tho

so had the sympathy of everyb dy 5 p.Practice Reel Dances in the Cityment of the army. The officers and

language possible.

people of Kwangtung and Evangst will go rough Wuching Just Fefore leaving he he and come in contact with, foreigners

l'and Chinese aliko. INIL

soldiers are wolves and-"dogs," think-

on their way undisturbed and wait for should think he saw fully 6,000 br 7,000 another opportunity.

dead bodies lying in the streeta: this wus, ing only how they may get things for

All.coasting and river vessels coming into bo nasured me, & comervative estimate themselves. (There is more in this

Engkang these days are crowded with He added that the rebels had treated them strain, but we need but reproduce

certain trades are having a boom time, u: an passengers, and in consequence of the indux most considerately. They had given them the gist of it, which is that the

escort through the town, looked HONGKONG. THURSDAY, Opronen 26, 1911. officials, by means of illegal taxation, gather in more than they are entitled to by regular methods, and that all the money comes out of the pockets of the people, and, therefore, the officials do this not because they THERE is generally a jejeune sameness Want to assist in the development of about Chinese proclamations, whether the country, but solely in order to issued by high officials or overy-day keep the people poor that they may scholars, which makes the ordinary remain subservient.) "When the

Mr W. H. Dickinson, M.P., and Mes reader pass them by with a shrug un Manchus entered China they at once Dickinson have left Liverpool for Canada read It is therefore not without grasped all territory and regarded it and the Far East, and expect to be away interest to find that the following as their own. They scized upon both until February.

which is to hare eight beame. It is CHARMING NOVELTIES, manifesto, issued by the Revolution-houses

amblematic of a dear sun and gresu and graves "Everything M T. Hayashi, Manager of the Mitaui China. The mercantile fag is to have a ists, deals almost exclusively with the that was within the borders of Bursa Keishs at Singapore, arrived in red ground, with a cleat white sun having twelve beama. "The Above description question in terms of modern life. and regarded it as their own: Not burden of taxation, and discusses the the country they seized upon ongkong by the Eltachi-Mata, having, has been sent to the Chung Kwok direct from the seat of war, and presumably is reliable. One is a little surprised that the For a long time past taxation only did they annex the fields and Lieutenant E. W. Bluett, lately com and the dragon altogether, for so far as we rebels have disorded the yellow ground in China has been much he zier the farms of the Chiness, so that manding the Leopard, has assumed com-understand it the yellow ground and the than it used to be. We are not the people had nothing to rely upon her, crow completed to full numbers at

mand of the destroyer Uok, which will have slate bias dangon are not Manchu emblems. hero concerned as to whether the for a living, but they also claimed stornaks abortly for service on the China taxation in olden days was heavy.or the bones of the dead ancestors of Station.

Ramours are circalating that Foochow not. The imposts at any rate were the natives, and scattered the wives

along with its arsenal, has fallen into the Compared with the fifteen promotions to binds of the rebels. The Governor is what the people grow accustomed to, and children of the latter so that major in the Royal Garrison Artillery reported killed. This was confirmed just and they therefore now deem anything they wandered without having any during the whole of 1010, there have before going to press by various private additional a burden that they should home. This was their execrable ready been twenty-eight this year, the last officer to get this step in rank being not be expected to shoulder. It has virtus! From of old

thing like Major H Mayno |been pointed out that various modern it has been recorded. This is the

appliances which the Chinese officials second count against the Manchus The Nagasaki Pren states that Mr P. A. premature. Canton, like other places have introduced have to be paid for The crowds of Bannermen in Hongkong, and Bhanghai Bank, has been

Gace, aécodotant at Nagasarl of the China, is waiting on the turn al oventa. and the money to foot the bills must scheming for their mouths, and transferred to Shanghal and left the port come out of the pockets of the people getting their rations, do no business, Naturally the latter often do not see neither do they pay any taxes. Their the necessity for these things and dress la most expensive and they

FOXUKONG FOOTBALL CLUB. experience moreover has proved that have the best to eat. But they wring of military service had been pand in the Saturday, the 28th, command for Caps, P. 8. Harland whose whole period kald on the Hongkong Club ground, on A match, Whites versus Colozra,” will be some of these modern inventions are all this out of the Chinese. We Buffs, diod st Singapore am fctober 20, teCobbin, Hamuton: C: Wikis, Barlow p.m. The teams are:White Miller; not of ang great utility in the hands have to take our place as cows and in the sequel of an operatica. A first and Joseland; Rigdom, Viveesh, Stubba of those who use them. Anyway the we suffer no end of sorrows in paying class pole player and a keen golfer, he was and Borde Lolnars :: Gorgia 25. Jonge, gravamen of the charge is that taxes for the support of these well known on the playing Balds of Hors Griffing Chapman, Lowick, Mom: Allohe son, Roberny Wilson, Hedley and P. heavy, and

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