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WHY SHOULD JAPANESE OWN LAND IN OUR COLJNY.

IF WE MAY NOT IN THEIRS?

LONDON, May 20,

In the House of Commons, Viscount Curzon suggested that immediate steps should be taken to prevent Japanese buying browning land in the British crown colonies unless a similar concession were extended to British subjects in Japan.

Col Amery replied that it was not considered there was sufficient reason for the action suggested. According to the government's informa- tion, the question of revision of the land laws of Japan had apparently been considered recently.

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SERVANT TROUBLE.

JAPANESE FINED FOR ASSAULT.

HONGKONG FUND FOR WAR DEVASTATED FRANCE.

Boyous, Mar 17th... The military have ovenpied the lialkey police station in Dublin for protective purposes as inaugurating it new scheme of securing public safety.

THE TURKISH TREATY.

BoxBay, May 17th, Mr. Ghandhi, in a statement, Rescribes the Turkish Treaty as a staggering blow to Indian Massuhanns, nail considers thas non-cooperation with the Government is. the only effective remedy. He calls for ineinge joint conference of Finding und Mussults with a view to concerved action to secure a revision of the treaty.

ORDER OF THE BATH.

LONDON, Mins 19th. The ceremony of the installation of the Knights of the Order of the Bath, which bas not been held since 1912, occurred in West- minster Abbey and was singularly beauti ful and impressive. There was an impos- ing procession of about sixty Knights of General Sir Henry Harlinson, Viscount Jellicoe. Vice Admiral Sir

Rosslyn Wemyss.

myss, Sir Eric

Three Japanese. Messrs. Ishida, A HITHERTO UNREPORTED THEFT the Grand Creas of the Bath-including

We are asked to state that the raffle and Harl Mais. des. Earl Beatty

Uyeda, and Ohara, members of the staff of the O.S. K., and living,at the Company's Mess, No. 18 Macdonnell for the real lace shawl or wedding Road, were this morning charged with el. presented to Mrs. Basi Taylor for the Devastated France Fund, was Assaulting their cook. The complain-drawn on Thursday at No. 77. The ane said they beat him until his body Peak, in the presence of a number of was black and blue. He still had

subscribers. The winning ticker, No. several bruises on his hody: Two

175, was held by M. J. M. tha Rocha men held him whilst the other as-

The proceeds of the raffle were not so saulted him. They threatened m strangle him and throw him out of the large as had been hoped, but the sum of $156 accmied therefrom ID the window. The Japanese assaulted him

Fond. because they had lost some property and blamed him. They had had ren cooks in one year.

A friend of

They

Other contributions recently re- ceived from generous donors who were absent from the Colony when Uyeda said that they had loss many the various festivities in all of the things at the mess recently and sus- und were held, have been received. pected the cook. The latter had con

and gratefully acknowledged. tracted to supply them with food, but he gave them insufficient to eat, and include a sum of $250 from The Hon. Mr. Holyoak, Who is always open the food was not good. wimessis had lately lost a gold watch cause, while the Hon. Mr. A. R. Lowe, handed and generous in a charitable and other property valued at $100. new member of the Legislative When they went to work, the keys of their rooms were placed in the cook's Council, grve $100. It is hoped to [send at 120,000 - home very charge, and he was responsible for, all the property in the rooms.

When shortly.

In regard to the consolarian prizes they spoke to the complainant about the loss of the watch, he became very in the raffle for M. Hauchecorne's insolen; and said he would leave their group of figures, consisting of ten a distinguished employ. Witness tried to make the bronze plaques, by complainant confess the theft of the Belgian artist, much disappointment warch, but he would nor and struggled was used by the theft of the box violetly with witness and bir his fin-

containing the plaques- theft not discovered until after the drawing of gers, Witness's messmates ther

the rife. Every effort was made by came to witness's assistance. It was not true that witness and his friends the police to trace the missing plaques, but without success. An effort was unitedly assaulted him.

also made to have them reproduced in the Colony, but this was also un- successful. And no further plaques were obtainable from Miss van der Fliers, from whom they had originally come. However, generous donors.--- Mrs. Strachan: Mrs. Elias, Mrs. Bea-1 At this stage Mr. 3: Witchell, man- ager of the King Edward Hotel who is and another. have presented the was watching the case, asked Mr. plaques they had bought,, but the full Uyeda if he searched the complain- number cannot be obtained, so those ant's boxes, and he said he did. In Winners not receiving a plaque have! one of the boxes he found some spoons been sent the sam of 83. the value and. Forks bearing the King Edward Hotel stamp.

Mr. Smith said that the defendants had no right to torture the complain- ant to get a confession out of him.

Mr. Uyeda said they did not do so." Mr. Smith You have no right to twist the man's neck.

of it.

His, Worship said he was at pre-DEATH OF MRS. GORDON, sent concerned with the assault only, and if Mr. Witchell wanted to charge the cook, he could do so after the case. The defendants were all convicted of assault and ordered to pay a fine of $5 each.

The death occurred this morning of Mrs. Gordon, wile of Inspector Gor. con of the Water Police. Mrs. Gordon returned to the Colony From England by the s.s.Nellore" on Sunday, and last night received news of the death of her mother. Mrs. Best. which took place at the French Hos-" pital. Wanctual. This morning Mrs. Gorden died at the Water Police Station, Kowloon. «

The funeral takes place this even-

The cook was arrested immediately after leaving Court and later in the morning charged with the unlawful possession of three desart spoons, one tea spoon, one mustard spion and three forks belonging to the King Ed- ward Hotel. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and said 'the box in which they were found belonged to his pre-ing, passing the Monument et 5.30. decessor who had asked him to be allowed to leave the box in his room for a couple of days until he had made arrangements. Witness did not have the keys of the box. It was forced open by one of the Japanese. They ried all his keys, but none of them Arted the box. Üyeda said in the course of the search for his friend's gold watch, he came across a smail box, which the defendans claimed as his. When witness wanted to search it, the defendant produced a key, but it did not fit and broke in the lock. The defendant then himself wrenched the lid open. In the box wimess

found the spoons and forks.

Mr. Witchell said he understood that the fight took place after the witness had found the things in the box.

The defendant refused to let him search further, and a struggle. ensued..

Mr. Uyeda said that was so. His Worship said that the prosecu- tion did not prove rit the box be longed to the defendasit. He thought the fact that the defendant did not have in his possession a key" which fitted the box, supported his state- ment that it did not belong to him, | He had no other option under the cir cumstances but to give the defendant

"PORTHOS" HAD SOME

PASSENGERS FOR... HONGKONG..

When the 5.4. “Porthos" of the Compagnie des 'Messageries Mari- times arrived in port yesterday morning she had on beard some passengers for Hongkong including a number of Chinese passengers:

Among first class passengers for this port were Mr. Jas. Robertson, Mme. Katchini, Mlle Goracii, Mr. and Mrs. Gasparez, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, Messrs. Eddo and Welshow, Mr. and Mrs. Francois and Mr. Kadri.

The "Porthos" is. 18,570 tons in displacement and is commanded by Capuin Lauriol: She runs between Marseilles and the Far East, and sailed from Hongkong for Shanghai at 6 pm. last evening. She is expect ed to return to this port on her homeward bound voyage to France in about a month.

SERVES THE WHOLE FAMILY. TIBE fime of Chamberlain's Cough Romedy is world wide 10 is good

for the deep seated cough the adult or the emup and whooping eagh of the

the benefit of doubt and discharge children the swine bottle serves the him. The cutlery was returned to whole familyir For sale by all Chemists Mr. Witchell,

and StorekeepATE,

the magnificent crimson robes of the Order, followed by His Royal Highness the Duke of Con aughs as Great Master, and finally by the king to Henry VII Chapel where staliation was carried out, after which the an elaborate private seremonial of in- new knights were conducted to their stalls and seated under their own banners, Oaths were then administered and the cere- mony at the Chapel ended by the knights drawing sheir swords and bolding the ar by the blade before the abar.

The pro- cessit then returned to the Abbey..

The proceedings concluded with the Te Deum anthem and the bymn the Saints,

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BRITISH LEGATION PROTEST AGAINST TIENTSIN INCIDENT.

PERINO, May 19.

The British Legation has addressed a strongly worded Note to the Chinese Government, demanding punishment of General Chin Yung-hsiao, brother of the Premier, who, with two of his body-guard. intimidated Chinese and station with drawn revolvers, and com foreign officials at the Tientsin railway

pelled the train crew to start the train.

that The Note demands

armed be prohibited to military officers travelling on the railway.

escorts

the Legation demands are not complied wit, a guard of British sol- diers will be placed on the rains on the Peking-Mukden line.

UNITED STATES NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

PANAMA CANAL AS ELEMENT OF STRATEGY.

The United States Pacific and At lantic Reets will meet in January off the Pacific Coast of Panama in their first joint maneuvres, designed 10 keep the navy in fighting efficiency daring peace time,

This was decided some time ago al a conference between Mr. Daniels. the Secretary of the Navy, and Ad- mirals Rodman and Wilson, the fleet commanders, who will work out de- wils. It is practically certain that a battle between the feets approaching, as nearly as possible to actual warfare will be arranged. It also may serve as an actual test of the Panama Canal as an element of naval strategy.

After the practice is at an end the combined feet will visit the principal Pacific coast ports of the United States so as to give the people there an op- portunity to see the nation's full naval fighting force. will be the first time that the entire battleship strength has visited the Pacific coast since the Atlantic fleet made its memorable cruise around the world in 1907-08.

The feet which will steam 'our of Panama Bay For San Francisco next year will Be many times as large and powerful as that which the late Rear- Admiral Roblev D. Evans rook through the Golden Gate in 1908 akter aʼvoy- age around Cape Hori.

some

There will be sixteen battleships of the Dreadnought class-the number that circled the globe-per- haps, a dozen second line battleships, eleven cruisers, and all the support- ing units of destroyers, submarines, end auxiliaries.

Among the second line ships will be ,s number that made a cruise around. the world. But they will go to the Pacific before that time, as six of them, including the Connecticut," which was Admiral Evans' flagship in 1908, -have been assigned to take, the midshipmen from the Naval College. at Annapolis on June 8 on a cruise to Hawait and several Pacific ports. The voyage will end on August 28.

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