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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1902

well wonder at the developments which have | A kompiropo factory is shortly to be started (alrently rendered olmolete the battle-arjen of in Manila, with modern machinery. The site

party but a short fifteen years ago. One of is in Santa Mess, near the river. the most marked ambitions of the day is curiously founded on the reversal of all that the Gladstonian school of economists pro fessed to hold most sacred. We host from certain quarters the cry of preferential trade, as if the internal trade of a country were a thing to be set about with racks and fetters.

greatness or strength. Once partially, but in the event only partially, the Greek states joined their forces against a common enemy, aud in the defeat of the great Persian invasion showed what Greece might have A. S. WATSON & CO., been had she only permitted the idea of union to overcome the strife of party. Once a stronger bead than that of his fellows did indeed unite the Greeks forcibly in the conquest of Asia, and the realm of

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All the fighting in the Philippines is not over yet, for the Muros continge busily at the work of molasting outposts in Mindanao. The attacking parties, however, in all cases are small, and deaths very low on either side, it apronss

A New York telegram, of dite 19th August.

“An old Doncaster sporteman died last month who had seen every race for the St. Løger

kines 1928.

The Fornjosana are cutting their hair it's great rate, says a correspondent of the N-G. Doily News, and as this megas acceptance of the established order of things, the Japanese government is delighted, and offeist accounts are regularly sent home of the number that present themselves daily at the baclaro. In Suiteirgo, a place somewhere or other in the

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TO THE EDITOR OF THỂ “ DAILY PREM." Hongkong, 25th August. BIR-To most people there may appear no significance in this beading, but there is, Whenever anything larger than torpedo ?

ALEXANDER, muder the leadership of that The question or before the country aaye that Major Porter, who was Governor |southern part of the Island, the number has anters the barbour the Naval people consider great master-mind, bid. fair to make of assumes far wider limits. Ta our trade to bé Taft's assistant, has returned from Rome and reached 1,500,

local- or imperial? Is it more consomat with the possibility of empire to bave duties hampering our increasing trade, say with Canada, or even with Australia, than in the old days that England should urge a protective tariff nguinst Scotland or Ireland Such things have happened, and in those day's just the same arguments were

Greece & world power; but with the to early death of ALEXANDER the spirit of disruption again prevailed, and his ter ritory awaited the advent of a wiser if less talented ruce. Rome, far less brilliant in her early development, from the first day We supply set about to consolidate and assimilate ench successive conquest. Cities and peoples were not overrun for the mere sake of/made use of towards removing these dis. English, French and German, bat that the [?] Outasiatische Lloyd telegram, promises France

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barbarian conquest, but were taught the higher necessity of working together with the common objest of founding a great Empire. Roman, law and Roman finance were everywhere introduced, and the honour of being a Roman citizen was appreciated by the farthest dweller in Asia Minor-as highly as by the dweller the Italian cities. The result of all this was that except for her literary culture, the name of Grock, once as famous in arms as in arts, sink down to be the title of a ruce of literary

pedants: Rome fell indeed in the end before the attacks of the northern races, inferior to herself in no way in the scale of mental ability, and for her superiors iu those inward graces of truth, bonour, and chivalry, which are the maja standards of continuing greatness. But Home did not fall without leaving her mark on all que reeding time. She had introduced for the first time in human history a system of universal law which to the present time survives as the basis of civil law. Nor was

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abilities as we hear nowadays, ngainst what certain people look upon as little less than

To get rid of inter-colonial duties is not yet the service of Baal-an Imperial Zolverein, one of the possibilities of finance, either at home or in the colonies themselves; but it is well to remember that every step, however short, taken in this direction brings us. 80 much earer to the conception of u genuine, instea of a mere pinchbeck, Empire.

The Commissioner in the Far East and Australia of the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition,

says that the Pope and Cardiasi Rampolla verbally promised that American priests would replace the Spanish fiars in the Philippines.

The Japanese carnaqular papers state that the question of the House Tax is to be submitted Japanese authorities have proposed that the to the Hague Tribunal. It is added that the judgment should be drafted in Japan. representative at Tokyo insists that it shall be in French and Japanese only.

"The Boston Antis want to see Aggie This is the undignified headline which a Manila paper gives to the following despatcb, dated New York, 15th August:The Boston. anti imperialists have asked the consent of the government to visit Aguinaldo. In response the government enclosed a copy of the amaesty proclamation and implied that it had no objec tion to the "antis" going to visit the fallen

chieftain.

Last week the body of a man, supposed to be Mr. John Barrett, arriend in Hongkong by the that of an American, was found on the beach Polynesien on Saturday afternoon,

in Manila Bay. The body, when found, waS wrapped in a government blanket, and a heavy chain about twenty feet long encircled his ankles and wound around the body na high as the neck, leaving the face bace. The body had hen washed up out of the bay, and had evidently been in the water for several days. The man is supposed to have been murdered while aboard one of the many boats in the bay, and thrown overboard.

The visitors to the City Ha'l Library and Museum last week were 200 non. Chinese and 44 Chinese to the former, 79 non-Chinese and 1.723 Chitame to the latter institution.

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The U. 8. transport Buffalo, which arrived on Saturday from Shanghai, left yesterday for San Francisco. The U. S. Jagship Raihan arrived on Sunday from Manila

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ing in the common good the diverse wail of the lat inst., left Singapore on Sunday spread the disease to so remote'n point is

practises of her constituent peoples.

Nor was the lesson Once learnt ever forgotten. One by one the pew states that grew out of the partition of the old Empire adopted its ways and its institutions, and the coronation of the Great KARL in the Basilica of S. Peter in Rome on Christinas day, 800, was the crowning achievement of the old Roman civilisation.

Although CHABLES's Empire fell on evil times, the central point has never been 31 forgotten that common law and common finance must ever be the characteristics of abiding Empire; and it is noteworthy that when modern Germany saw the helpless state into which the old empire had fallen, her first instinctive act as a common nation was to establish a toll union, and abolish

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those patty regulations between the petty states of which she was then composed, which assiduously kept asunder the elements sighing already for union. In the same way it has been the boast of Great Britain that following the example of the old Bouman she has introduced in her colonies the elements of a common law and a common system of finance..

It is indeed true,

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TheP & O) steamer Bengal, with the English at 8 am, and may be expectal hare on Friday at about 10a.m. Replice are due to correspon dence despatched hence on the 30th June.

Tho-delay in the delivery of the Daily Press yesterday was dus to the breakdown of the electrical driving plaat. There may also he delay in to-day's delivery as the repairs were not complete at the time of going to preas.

The Coronation celebration in Seoul took the form of an evening party at the British Lega- flon. In the forenoon all the Corean Ministers of State and the Foreign Representatives called

at the Legation, where they were entertained at dinner in the evening.

Among the recent arrivals in Shanghai from San Francisco is Dr. S. A. Rausoma, of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, he has been sent to Shanghai for the purpose of conducting a branch of the Government Quarantine Service, the object being to inspect thoroughly all ressols, which have been cleared for American porte, and to lane certificates, duly signed to that effect Similar stations have been introduced at Yoko hema and Hongkong, and bave proved a success, thanks to the co-operation of the shipping people. At Kobe and Nagasaki medical agents of the Government have been doctors of the larger shipping ports of the East.

The last cholern report from the Philippines in the Manila Times of the 18st inst, was be There are as yet only a few cases, but the follows:-Cholers has appeared at Appari.

not co dored encouraging. No reports have been received from Ilocos Norte Dr. Dudley reports from Union that the disease is not us bad in that province as it has been reported Ceba, with 39 cases, alows slight reduction. In the city there were, at & a.m., only 21-cases and 11 deaths.

In the "Manila Court. Judge Ambler has passed a verdict of guilty on Fred. L. Dorr, proprietor of the Manila Freedom and Edward O'Brien, the editor, in the case of the United States and Civil Commissioner Benito Legards againt the paper for criminal libel. Sentence was deferred." The libellous passage consisted of the following hand-lines :-* Traitor, Seducer and Perjurer, Sensational allegations against Commissioner Legards made of record and read in English, Spanish reading waived. would have killed him. Lagarda pale and Dvs."

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necessary to fire off big guna and waste The Paris Temps announces the imminent of powder, with the reqult that houses anywhere opening at Faris of negotiations on the subja of ↑ in the line of fire are caused to thr of Slam. It is considered that the existing explosion. The mortar in most baiblings difficulties can be smoothed over. To prove its bad that no competent building watherley desire to arrive at an understanding. Siam has sasation its use, and instead of being allows requested France to designate a functionary who harden in the work it is subject to

tions which gradually but surely Meanwhile, the Russian Press, according to st to hold an important position at Bangkok.

water wour away stone," rob it of and so weaken if that a driving rain. Bussia's support against Blam!

the joints and saturates i

● the heart of th such a extent that say extraordinary It would seem that there is something the wind pressure may cause a collapse matter, in the opinion of the Chinese Tarif department allows jerry-buildings to go ny and Commissioners, Sheng and Lut, with reference the other helps the elements to knock thesa Mr. Sharretts, the United States Tariff Commis supervision by both the architects in charge to the recent sizning of the Tarif Piesty by down. As a suggestion ---Better and stricter jouer, as may be seen from the gist of and the government building authorities, and telegrams published in the Sinwenpao, santanil the existing rotten bolldings are the latter part of last week by the former to the that a Naval order be immed that mail gan Chinese Minister Wn, at Washington-The light charges he used - Yours, etc., American Tariff Commissioner, Mr. Shatretts, clandestinely signed the Tariff Treaty, without formally notifying us, and then suddenly left for his own country. We therefore request your Excellency to enquire from the United States Government whom they intended to appoïut to sign in our presence our Tarif Treaty with that Government in the event of our receiving Imperial instructions to sign said document.-N.-C. Daily News.

THE HEALTH OF HONGKONG.

Five more Chinese plagan ouses, two of them fatal, were reported during the two days ending at noon gewendy. The twe dead were found in the street, in "Queen's Road Fast and Des Voeux Road Centrs).

The year's e-sos of plagus now number 560 (6 Europeana. 595 Chiasse. 19 other Asistics), while the deaths number 545 (4 Europesos, 526 Chinese, 15 other Asiatics).

Last week's figures of communicable disease in the Colony were: Plague 11 cases (all Chiness, 10 in Victoria), with 11 deaths; Che lera 13 cases, (2 Europeans, 18 Chinese, 14 in Vistoria), with 13 deaths, enteric fever. 1 European casa.

MUSIC FOR THE PUBLIC. The programme of music to be played by the band and pipes of the 33rd Barms Infantry to-morrow, on the New Farade Ground, between 5 and 8.30 p.m., is a follows" (300.

March. Overture...... Selection Wife Garotte..

Waltz... Song

March

Strathspey

One of the eleven Spanish gunboats which were sunk by Dewey's feet on 10th May, 1898, March... has been raised by the Philippins Engineering March... March.. and Construction Company. After a fali month's work, Capt. C. W. Mende, who has the Beal work in charge, finally succeeded in bringing March. the Marques del Duero to the surface. The usual method of raising sunkon vessels was not employed in raising this vessel; instead of axing lighters and purchases, Capt. Mondo built boat, then fread her from the water by means of powerful pumps.

HAND. "Constellation,"

Zampa.” ................... The Geisha,

Le Baisers,

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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK

TO THE EDITOR OF THE. "DAILY PREIN

Hongkong, 25th Angust. SIR-Non-shareholders are doubtless tired of seeing letters in the newspapers on this subjeót, but as the points at i-au are of vital interest to shareholders they had better be well threeled out at once, and we must claima indulgence frome thews not concerned, MA

In making enquiries and Investigating the statements published it is inadvisable to go too much into detail; to Sad oattlinge by pumping those competest to give accurate information, without their knowledge that it is intended for publication, is too mans, and to sak point blank for particulars of faults and failures is not diplomatie, therefore mere assertions, must suflee, and those whom the capa fit

them on.

considers the expenditure too heavy, quite no. In an evening contemporary * A Shareholder

Last February's report gives the oflos and drawing office expenses at 862,095.86-for the half-year, and for the last half-year it in two thonsand dollars list at home it is rary large establishment indeed which requires 2010" per month for offer and sizes alone, some economy might be effected here, the dening once especially ought to be in the vicinity of extravagant rent paid for Hta being in the aby the workshops and moulding-loft and not an

It also would be adelsble to futro 1600 Clark leaven of scientifs or technical men on to the Herold Board; business men undoubtedly have the Sidney Jones opportunity of putting work our way, but there are one or two who never would be missed, and these some of the smartest" too,

"Deuxième Gavotte, ... Alhazesi Margis ...... "The Everlasting Day"... Beran

BAGPIPES.

"All the Blue Bonnets are over

the Border."

"The Cameron Men." "Barbadoes Bella." *The Highland Wedding The Cameronían Bant. "Captain Duff'n.” "The Battle of Killiecrankie." God Save the King."

I sincerely hope the construction of the new river steamer will prove a profitable job, ka prien la a fair one and with good managemsal it should pay. The Directors are discreetly silent about som Admiralty craft, which the Dock Co, built for Weihaiwali

HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, Des Vœux Rolo UE superficially at least, that the apparent LINDOX OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. E.C. divisions of the laws are as numerous as the stationed to not in the same capacity as the bulwarks about the damaged parts of the gun specialists in therapeutics in particular, will be the staff have certainly nothing to do with the

HONGKONG, 26th August. 1902.

Messrs. Lütgens, Einstmann & Co., Hong- kong, send us an illustrated pamphlet issued by Messrs. Aronarias & Co. with reference to the treatment of timber with Avenarins Carbolinenm, & patent preservativo.

A Suitu correspondent, quoted in the N. Daily Newce, says The rebels, or outlaws, are gathering together in large numbers to the One south of us, and many of the gentry have suffered much at their hands. The continual change of mandarins here is a menace to peace, aut both the British and French residents fasl it is time something was done to stop this action of the higher officiale, who are simply Alling their pockets at the expense of the unfortunate magistrates. We have had no less than four

sien magistrates here in seven months!"

illustration shows the s.8. Strathygle loading at Portland, Oregon, for the Philippines, with a cargo of 3,000,000 feet of Oregon pine, treated with Avenarias Carbolineum, for the Govora ment. Another picture shows the method of treating the lumber; it is simply immersed in the Avenarius Carbolineam contained in a dipping vat, remaining in the same for u short time, according to size of the timber. It requires no | machinery whatsoever, excepting a derrick for the handling of very large timber. In treating smaller quantities of timber a common brash can be used for applying the Carbolinen. The Arenarine. Carbolineum treatment is said to give far better results in preserving timber than creosoting and other processes. It takes less time and the cost is smaller.

Whether the executive staff is too large o, not. I am not competent to judge; it is natural that "cus of us" should take up vadgels on their behalf, but it is quite ipsaddle to avoid treading on coens when people have big feet,

troubles, but when questions of my s brought forward it must touch somebody. We are told that there is a lot of system, this must be due to faulty sagement, want of adaptability to oal conditions is no doubt at the root of it, and it is not on the sabordinates entirely that this want is observable.

There is something rotten in the State of allowed to leave the port and get them done else- Denmark" when ships, heep for repairs, are

where. The Janchen is mentio

st month

Kowloon Shanghais

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A FILIPINO FREAK,

A child, in which all medical men, and colonies themselves, while to large sectious

interested, has been born in the Philippines the Common Law of England is a thing THE South African war bus emphasised the unrecognisel. South Africa has adopted

In the barrio of Bosario, in the district of Ban fact that the British Empire must for the for instance the civil law of Rome as

Miguel, a Filipino woman gave birth to two future stand or fall together. This fact developed in modern Holland. Quebec still

children. One was a boy, almost one and one first presented itself to the nation at the upholds after its supercossion in France

half feet long. The other without sex, and Diamond Jubilee of 1897; but it was not itself the old, Customary French law, a

about one foot and eight inches long. The

till the nation at large saw the danger to

latter had only one foot, which contained sight modification of which is to be found in

toes, and one hand, with five fingers. The left the common interest should South Africa Mauritius and elsewhere. Yet with these

leg (which contained un foot) was about eight full under influences other than British exceptions, more apparent than real, it is

inches long, and the right arm was about the that the decisive blow was struck, and the nevertheless the fact that the customary law

the left side protruded directly from the body, a small steamer which was mo same length, containing no hand. The hand on Empire of "All The Britains" appeared of the British Empire is everywhere funda.

The features of the face were regular, bat the about three weeks rentually weak Minerva-like armed cap-a-pe that the dream mentally the same, and that the Euglish. 100k corporeal existence, and was no longer man, except in the merest matters of detail,

ears were on top of the head, just above the and had the general overhaul done there, the eyes. The other infant was normal, and looked first setimate was exorbitant and more than the a mere vision of an overwrought imagina. finds himself just as confident of receiving tion. But if the new Empire has assumed justice in any of the dependencies of the

that it is reported in Chinese circles in the live as long as the deformed one, which lived an reduced to less than one third, and yet the work A Tokyo private despatch to Shanghai states healthy enough, but, strange to say, it did not value of the steamer. It was subiegundy in the face of the world at large certain British Crown, be it situated in Europe,

former city that Minister Ts'ai Chun will bour after birth. The mother, Petra Matrians, was not done locally. Who is for biqua for pretensions, it has also pari pasu incurred Asia, Africa, America, or cur own contin-

probably return to Chins some time early in is a woman of the poorer class. Manita these blunders thare unst be somath

what Wheels Within Wheels" says about the Certain obligations; and though a portion ental dependency of Australia: whorever,

October next; further, that it is learned that Freedom. of our older politicians would willingly in fact, the par Britannica prevails. “

of the Company's -incompetence of EMS tolographic instructiune had been sent to Prince

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valuators. Are we to believe that the plague postpoue or forget these obligations, there In matters of finance very much the same

Taxi Chén, the Spęchat Coronation Ambassador,“ who is on his return to China viz the United

alone is responsible for the Am-risan flest come warning notes from too many quarters may be affirmed; the system, it is equally

Instances of cruelty to animale continue to deserting this port for dooking and r pairing tlust the present is not a time to be cakes true, are as diverse as the colonies them-

State and Japan, that when His Highness arrives be remarkably apparent in Hongkong, and one purposes With all car msgulfidout plant in Tokyo he is to make a secret enquiry into `unawares; but that for good or ill we must selves. Canada and Australia have only The Shanghai Times publishes the following the recent dispute between the Minister and Wonders wheir a branch of the B.P.C.A. is and well equipped whops of which, we are condy be prepared to make good our pretensions within the last few years, not yet teu, telegram, under date 18th August, purporting Chinese private students in Japanese schools, going to be set up. Inally it has beex tinually boasting, how is it that Shanghai con as a world-wide Empire. This is the lesson entered upon apparently different paths.

to give the final decision as to the future of the 20dalso go thoroughly into the question of the There has been in this respects great Amendment writes very much to the promised so long but his never taken form, tinnally gets ahead of ne?NE PANG to be learnt from histery, ancient as well as Protection, the idol of the one, is in the other Hongkong Regiment Definite announce sending of students abroad. modern. Long before the beginning of coming to be a byword; and yet we are will be immediately disbanded, being replaced mentismade to-day that the Hongkong Regiment

improvement, noticeable in the Market of late, point. After hearing the counterblaat hurled authentic history we find the Greek states compelled to hold, that however differing by the Ninth Gurkbus. This would seem to Trust, of whom we have heard a good dest❘ Inspector McEwen, but in the streets and in opinion that

Mr. Schwab, president of the American Steel thanks mainly to the vigilazes and energy of at the meeting, my previous half-formed i in Asia Minor, individually feeble as they be the methods they are all tending to relieve the doubt that has of late found expres lately, is chiefly known because he receives the private shops one often comes across Case of

shareholders in general.WITH DE were through lack of population and the common end. A certain school of ecquopion at Hongkong in regard to the future of largest salary is the world-about £1,400,000 animale and fowls bring thoughtlessly tortured.

dinsotora: nu, merely the

Itting thron exaggerated value put on merely personal mists would indeed, under the shibboleth of the organisation; for while it seades to have a year. Ho differs from other Captains of It is nothing uncommon to see fowls hanging the

Impon, and that may liberty, largely swaying the councils of the free trade, still further emphasise the differ-been understood there, and at other places in the Industry" iu being content to remain "a glori by the feet from nails stuck in walls, a position sho

was presumption, huge monarchies of Egypt and Assyria. ences which mustin all healthy states exist, East, that a change was impending in that fied wage earner, cheerfully putting ten millions in which they must have remained for many Their skill and courage in war, and their by making them obstacles in the path of Colony, no suthoritative statement was justified into the pockets of His employers for every hours. And in the handling of pigu being wisdom in council gave them a position union. The late W. E. GLADSTONE, himself until to-day. The order for immediate disband-million retained by himself." A recent oritis pat ashore from boats from the mainland the the out of all proportion to their strength as a one of the most accomplished Greek ment wiB probably stand liberal interpretation draws a pleasing picture of "this amiable, same cruelty is to observed on the part of my docking nation. The same feeling which caused scholars of his day, with the Greek language There will certainly be so great haste in that smooth-faced young man" of forty. Mr. Schwab of the Chinese. Another customary sight is the prompt payment and short credit. the highest political unit of the Greeks to imbibed the centrifugal Grook weaknesses, proceding in order may be suis ried to does not believe in trade unions on the ground Chinaman carrying home for his evening meal the expenditage in fatur

mean that disbandment is expected to onour at that they discourage ability and sess in the suspended by a bamboo string, gasping, livefab aroid the orerdraft be, not a country nor a people, but mere For him the State was still the city, and the the time of the arrival of the Gurkhas at Trust the solution of the whole capital and In Queen's Road the other day the passers by save interest. Not city, was evidenced in the Greek colonies, empire which would call for the sinking of Hongkong. An official note attends the order, labour problem. He has taken his former were astonished to see a huge fish leap out of of course I cannot exp which, once they had left, their mother-home, the individual in the higher idea of the state seemingly designed to pillow posible dizapmployer, Mr. Carnegie, se a model, and spands end of two baskets that were being carried on had no higher ambition than to found was for him an abomination We are not pointment in any quarter. It says that disband, his money with like generonity. He is bub separate cities, as often as not hostile to the going to revive the old contests which didment is due only to the introduction of the new bling over with sympathy and good-humour, mother state, and at no time a source of not survive his immediate life, but wa may system of military reliefs,

Bays his critic.

Beem to me that thi the shoulders of a coolie, He unconcernedly boon gripped the wriggling victim and thrust, it once more luto tortured capsivity,.

prevent

overstate for the diyilad