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TUESDAY, December 12-

element to the minimum, and with the passing of the old order a final clearaude would be easily possible He has himself no harem and is not likely to desire such for his sons, so that the multiplication of claimants by blood, if by no stronger or more legi- timate tjes, ou the Imperial Family is no longer possible in the way that it has been in the past

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The English Mail of the 11th Noveins bor was delivered ip London on the 8th Decumbar.

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AUSTRALIAN ORUISER

ARRIVES.

In consequence of the troubles in China the British naval forces in Far Eastern | wstora dro being augmented Ly the cruisers

For the third year in succession Masses J. and P. Conta have declared a dividend: Pegasus and Prometheus of the Australian Squadron. The former vassal arrived in 33 per cunt.

port to-day under the command. of Cpm- The silk x T. K. K... Shingo mander Fanola H. Mitchell, R. N., having Maru, which left ham on the 3rd Novum-left Sydney on November 18th. The bor, arrived at Naw York on the 9th instPrometheus, follows in the course of the

days, 15 hours from San Francisco.

The Editor of the Peking Daily Ne has been threatened with death by the "Determined to Die Soalety if he does pot abandon his advocacy of the Manchus.

"In regard to the question of confor-4 ring the franchise, our contemporary, in view of the backwardness of China in-the matter of political education, offers a very good working plan to secure the assembling of a represent-

The Canton Provincial Government ative assembly. It says The have sent a number of soldiers to Paking. present National Assembly would give Prior to their departaroa number of much way to a duly elected. parliament.spcechai were delivered and

enthusiasm was displayed. The method of this would be simple, for some years at any rate. The village elders would elect a representative to a district electoral board, which would

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in its turn elect representatives to and Mossrs Arnold, Karberg and Co. prefectural electoral college, and these (gants of the Lancashire Insurance Co.). would choose the representatives to Peking, constitating a lower house. An upper house, if the National Assembly considers such a body neces

10a.m.-Extraordinary Meeting of China forth not merely deliberative but

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sary, could be elected by the provincialay Bay, on date of arrival at 4.30 p.m. nasemblies, which would become hence

Mr. R. H. Williams, late manager of assrs. Dodwell & Co., Colombo, who is charged with breach of trust in respect of 3 p.m.-Auction of Crown Land at Public as these could be carried out the Rs. 063, 587-95, the property of the firm -Works Department.

National Assembly, from which all has been committed to stand his trial before non-elected members would be ex-the Supreme Court. The secused elected cluded, might well act, and when the to be tried-by an English-speaking jury. general spread of education had mada

The use of the latter"N.B" us the it possible, in the opinion of the suc- postal designation of Scotland has no official

franchise and make it more direct, Scotined as "North Britain," and a letter steps could be taken in that direction." addressed with those initials are liable to be sont to New Brunswick, the Post Office When we remember that before the would prefer that they should not be used.. present upheaval the National Review The Postmaster-Gedrul made this was looked upon as the personal organ announcement in the House of Commons, of YEAR Sum-KAI wo are fairly justified in thinking that the above idens represent the scheme which his

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Mr Deauan Buller, who conducted, is worthy nl any musical society. to be congratulated on the work which he got out of chorus and orchestra, and it inspires in us a hope that ere long we shall see the Philharmonia boldly, casting adrift from the snippets" of a miscellaneous con- cert and offering to the music lovery of

all the programme. The first part last evening opened with a catchy composition of Edward German's which went with splendid vim, Then the madrigal of Booth's entitled "To ovora" was su ucaccompanied by the full chorus. It produced a most pleasing effect. Follow ing came an instrumental trio, cono-rto by Bach, for two violins and pisno, Nood- less to say Mrs R. Edwards, Madam von Waiser and Mrs Tibbe gave a transla

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The National Review of Shanghai which has been a steady supporter of YUAN SHIR-KAY since it first started

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

3. Albert Sarrant, the now Governor

publication, prints a long article Excellency has in mind in trying to General of Indo-Chino, has arrived at tion which pleased everybody. A reconado,

restore peace to this distracted land.

NEWS OF THE DAY”

Haiphong."

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describing the basis of a compromise likely to be accepted by the Im perialists and Revolutionists alike.

B.E. the Guvernor has re-appointed the Hion. Mr. A. Hewett a member of the The line of reasoning follows very

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of the dynasty should be changed- The police have stopped boxing can just as we suggested last week, Andulk of tho are merely prize fights. this implies, suys the National Review,

In the presence of a large gathering "that the Palace entourage inst-these-Tencho-Marine launched at make an immediate exit. Ennuchs Taikoo Dock to-day. A full report will concubines, and swarms of harpies of appear on Monday. that type must clear out, and the Im perial Household must go with them. We must well here paint to the fret that in England, on the death of King EDWARD, his Queen though well be, loved of the people, is left without a shrod of political power. A yent of mourning has temporarily excluded

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The Manila Observatory motifed the It a notified in the Gazette that H chorus. The number went splendidly, the phrasing being particularly well marked. American consulate this morning that the the Governor han, with the approval of the exclone or typhoon is crossing northern Secretary of State for the Colonics, boen Dr Schofield, RN, was recalled for his TPHONE NO. Alam Luzon, moving W.N.W. of N. W. pleased to appoint Mr Herbert Pinckney singing of Mand Valeria White's "No more Wastor to be Maangor of the British we'll go a-roring," and a similar compliment

was paid to Mrs R. C. Edwards for her') The return of the avenge amount of section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway tank notes in circulation and of spreis in with effect from the 9th list. Mr B. S. superb interpretation of Wieniawski's reserve in Hongkong during November Lindsay, late Chief Resident Engineer, left "Legend," the encore piece proving even more delightful still."Hor reputation as a e-Chartered Bank--notes, 95,378,474; for Home to-day on sovering his con-

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behind the Throne, Treated with the in port Blais moring fra Bako, under the ilton, munding the lat Battalion at

A boatman was fined $5, by Jommand.z Futmost respect, she is nevertheless command of Capt. Ch saks, The Tugas Hongkong. This should promote Major W. Beckwith, R. N., at the biarios has a displacement of 6,630 tons and was na! Brevet. Lintonant Colonel H. Wells Court this morning, for mooring bis best absolutely excluded from political hunched in 1899. She was captured from Gln, D S. second a command of the 2nd within 100 yards of low water mask, and influence. The same. Toust be the Rusins, being formerly the Pallada. B talion, Cork, to substantive mapk, and true of Chint. The ExPRESS Dow. The Tugars, is at present being used Captain A. La. Yate, now 5 general staf810 for disobeying the orders of the Har AGER must go. She can have noming ship, and she has 60 auginter-oficer on the staff of the Chief of the Tabour Master. A carga boatman, for an place in a new Peking, and with her

ing midshipmen on board.

perial Staf, Field-Marshal Sir W. Gchoring, his boat within the limits of the man-of-war anchorage, was fined $3 and From Berlin it is reported that the Nichols, G.C.B., will be promoted to 37 for failing to produce bis lisense. A

of a trolling circus redeived two the vacant majorityę

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etc., etc.

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Wm. Powell, Id.

sesses many millions of taels hoarded by the Into Empress Grand Dowager, amplo funds for her own support in- dignity and indeed in superfluous'opu-

The Gazette notifies that the Governor. Council has been pleased to grant to the lence, and there will be no further cité d'Oxygène et Acotylène d'Extrême. petty doles of ten thousand taels for rient provisional protection for a period _the_relief of famishing millipus in of three months from the 4th, day of Central China. The great majority proved method of and apparatus for Decembar, 1911, for an invention for an of the Manchu nobility have already separating gases from a liquified mixtors feathered their neats, and must go too, theroof, pending the grant of Latter though there may be cases where a Patent therefor. suitable pension would be justifiable. An extract

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VICTORIA THEATRE. All Manchu nobles must be made observations made at the Hongkong

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Observatory, during November shows that But as the Baby FAFEROR toust be the average mean temperature during the month was 69.1 and the average maximum retained and it would be inhuman to 73,0, against 25 years' mean" of 69.2 stud deprive him of all home influenees 74.0 respectivaly. There were 150.1 hours our contemporary, though depriving of sunshine, compared with a 25 years' Prince Ch'un of his office as Prince raio, against 25 years" average mean of Starage wean of 189.6 and 2.72 inches of Rogent, would allow him to remain in 1.45 inches Peking, along with the child's mother

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