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HONGKONG BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BOOKBINDING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE,

The only office in China having European taught workmen. Equal to Home Work FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

A CHEE & CO., Established 1959.

Every Household Requisito. Depot for Eastman's Kodak Films and Accessories

17a, Queen's Road Central. CHEONG LEE & CO., Furniture Store, Established over 20 years. Importers and Exporters, Teakwood Furniture, Black- wood, Jewellery, &c, highest grade, bost auil cheapest. 8, Queen's Road

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THE RETREAT. MOUNT KELLETT. FLATS Ín MORETON TERRACE, CAUSEWAY BAY, facing the Polo. Ground.

No. 1, RIPON TERRACE. GODOWNS at BowRINGTON

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD 1903

THE LATE M. DE BLOWITE.

But, in

France, and he accordingly defended it to the aspects of Printing-konse Square. best of his ability. He was consistently sovore taking service with the Times, be quickly

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In view of the relation in which be stood to towards the militant Royalists. Imperialista grasped the principles to which be was expected NE NEW EDISON (LATEST NO. 71)

Blowitz in the Timer must be considered the

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TITANG HING,

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Socialiste, and Nationalists, and gave his support to conform. From that moment be devoted to those Moderate Republicans, whose existence himself wholly, to the service of the chiefs whom at any critical moment might easily have escaped he knew but vaguely, but whose ideals he s notico in the din made by the extreme factions, thoroughly understood. Well and boldly did but whom he considered to represent the he acquit himself of his charge; and long will tto Times, the greatest loser by bis death, soundest and most respectable element of French honour the memory of that great man who,

JEWELLER, opinion. He had great confidence in the com.gifted boyoud his illows, was content to live W mou senso of the French nation a whole, and According to the maxim which ho once has REMOVED on the 11th FEBRUARY to the faotians under men of more or less talent by enunciated as the true t philosophy ander No. 1 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL whom the body politic was distracted from time Heaven-"A man's success is in proportion to (opposite Mossrs. KELLY & WALSE).

the trouble he take.."

riongkong, 9th February, 1903 to time were treated by him as so many ugly but assentially harmless excresc ces. It was

this partionlar fondness of his for impersonal DRESS MAKING.

Frauen which led him to oppose everything that was personal or partial in her political life; and led those who confound France with the French- men most en évidence to call him anti-French and antipathetic. The fact is he never let his personal friendships obscure his political judg-

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CUT, FIT AND STYLE QUARANTEED.

the paper, the ob tuary notics of the late M. de

official one. We make a few extracts :

Such a man: Blowitz, whose large hear and ready wit found favour with the best Frenchmen of the time, whoso intimate knew. ledge of French and foreign politics brought him constantly into the society of the first diplomatists of Europe, whose interesting per- sonality made him welcome in all kinds of Rocioty, was bound to attain a high position oven in Paris, where society is divided up into compartments and-universal-favourites are earn. of influeusing public opinion through the medium of the Times, and finally a keen sensy of his own power and a determination to use it to the utmost, and it will readily he understood that he came to occupy a

position which is probably unique in the history of journalism, Bat his perseveranos is no less remarkable than ent; and the readiness with which he attacked bis brilliancy. He went up like a rocket, but his friends on occasion was odious to those instest of coming down like the stick, he main- friends, themselves smi incompréhensibls to tained his high position by untiring efforts as lookera-on. A typical instahes of his lofty long as his physical strength lusted. Iustood treatment of State affairs may be seen ik na of being a nive-days wonder, he became article written in 1886; in which be set forth & household word a veritable institution. the many errors of judgment committed by In Paris,

he Admiral Jaurès. French Ambassador at St. said, ranked with ou Ambassador. He wai Pelersberg: and declared politely bat firmly whom orerybody of consequence that the sooner the Admiral was recalled the considered it his duty to know and some better. The fact that the Admiral was a friend times to consult; and us wise man cared to have of hie and that he hitself was admittedly re- him for an enemy. It's fame, bowover, did not sponsible for his appointment made Bodifference. depend solely on his compe caco in queations of The Admiral had to go. In the same way bialong. politics, as a ineraler of society te land satanding personal regard for the Comte de Paris LARGE SELECTION OF SMART AND STYLISH RAIN COATS,

2. man

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often boon

peculiar charm of his own. He was gifted with au original and philosophic mind, great power of language, and a strong sense of humenr. and last, but not least, a dose of exprit at which even Frenchmen marrelled. His total absence of self-consciousness, takon in connection with bis extraordinary appearance, natopisked those who met him for the first time. He was on TO LET.

excellent raconteur out his company was no less OUSE No. 6, MOSQUE JUNCTION agreeable to women thau to men. Wherever the (near Robinson Road), containing Four lite sur Paris was, at every Vernissage or Rooms, Servants' Quarters, Kitchen and Bath-room.

Promizére, thera was Blowitz, and at any offcial Apply to- J. D. BARROS, or diplomatic reception the rotund Hittle gure No. 46, Elgin Street. of the Ambassadeur du Times, with his clouded Hongkong, 26th November, 1902,

[79 brow, bis frilled shirt, and voluminous white

tie, was

sure to be honoured with onstant attention by distinguised persons of both sexes. and 96, PRATA BASE TWO SPACIOUS GODOWNS-Nos. 95 He exemplified the triumph of mind over matter

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in a rare degree; it was no empty compliment H. N. MODY,

that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt paid him when she Victoria Buil lings. gave him her photograph signed, “Au plux Hongkong, 2nd December, 1902. [82 fin d'esprit la plus fine de corps."

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Such was the odviable position that Blowitz occupied within a few years of his appointment To give a record of his doings from month to

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did not prevent him from severely condemning the Count's conversion to Boulangism in 1889. Blowitz, in short, considered policies of much more accenat than parsons; and he had a way of reminding those in high places that they could only reckou apon his support so long as it was justified by their actions, the result of which was that be inspired more respect than affection in the bosoms of some of his friends. Nor is thle surprising, for if Blawitz was incapable of wilfully distorting the truth or breaking a confidence, it must be admitted that bis virid imagination and his intenes absorption in the Todation of a journalist socasionally led him inte indiscretions that conflicted with the ideas of English journalism. Blowitz's dofenes on nich occasions was that confidence had never

been expressly exacted from him and that communications made witboat that reservation were "pinces of history that belonged, not to me, but to the paper 1 surve." We do not acl ensnot defond all that was covered by pleas of

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possible nor desirable. Ministers rose and fell, statesmen reti ed or died, he alone seemed to resist the wear and tour of time and a busy life The most interesting passages of his life are secret and will remain for ever unknown; but the prodigal outpourings of that prodigious activity which forced itself upon the attention of the world whenever a subject of European interest cropped up can be appreciated even now by anyous who takes the trouble to consult the back numbers of the Times,

COMPRADORE,

In 1883 he went to Rome on the invitation Hongkong and Shanghai Banking of the Roman Press Association, by whom be

Corporation. Hongkong, 31st January, 1903, [387 was offered a basquet. During his visit he bad the honour of an audience of King Hambert, TO LET.

and the very next day was received by the Pope, with whom he conversed for twa bours Of this conversation he never published a word, and the only taformation he vouchsafed when asked about, it was that it was the most extraor dinary interview that he had ever had. He

No.

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From 1st May, 1903,

went indeed so far as to say that its publication

would have bouleversé le monde.

It was about this time that Blowits, who was a great hand at anticipating events before they LAVADEL," at FEAK, with TENNIS occurred, announced in the Times lost the Russians were going to Merv-a piece of news that was immediately contradicted by the Russian Government and, therefore, disbelieved in England, whers Ministers, rather then face what might be rather an awkward truth, con,

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with Tennis Court, large roomed Bungalow NO. 1, STEWART TERRACE, the touted themselves with facetious remarks about

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FO. 2, MACDONNELL ROAD.

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"Mervousvees." Count Leontieff even came Apply to-

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Blowitz promised to do so if Leontieff would Hongkong, 4th February, 1903.

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come back insirmonths aud repeat his assurances. Needless to say the Const never came back, for within six months Blowitz's prophecy was ful.

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To his permal-friends, to obscure colleagues THREE CASTLES CIGARETTES and to those who came to him for help or ad vice he was charming. But to people who thought position to do bim favours themselves in a

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he was as unbending as Dr. Johnson himself. CAPSTAN In expressing an opinion be Įtook na [plains to soften down the hard edges of the truth. being rated by Prines Orloff, the Russian Ambassador, one day during Thiers's Presidency

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on account of a telegram of bis, he replied, "Mea (THESE BRANDS ARE ALWAYS RELIABLE. Prince, le proverbe dit Oraltez le Russe et vous trouverez le Tartare, mais je vois que chez votre Excellence on n'a pas besian de gratter." Such was the soft answer with which Blowitz hoped to turn away the Prince's wrath.

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Blowitz has been called the Father of the Interview. It is quite possible that his remark. alle success in this department of journalism may have at the fashion which has since become so vile an abuse. Bat interviewing was a different art in Blowitz's day. Great men were less accessible then than now, and NOBEL-GLASGOW

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perhaps less sensible of the power of the Press and of the uses of advertisement. How. ever this may be, personages who would on no account sae any other journalist were as a rule pleased to sae Blowitz, and when they hul son him once were usually glad to see him again; for he could use further into a brick wall than

most people, and made it a rule never to go to soo an important man without having some-

moreover, that he only interviewed men of real weight and importance. His account of his interview with the Shah of Persia in 1×89 so delighted His Majesty that he sent Blowitz the Grand Cordon of the Lion and the Sur.`

hing interesting to tell him. It was known,

In 1890 he published in the Times extracts from the Memoirs of Prince Talleyrand, to the astonishment of their custodian. Those extracts

he quoted from memory, having only been favoured with a hasty glance at the text; but bis memory served him so well that the memoirs were immediately given to the public for fear that their publication should be anticipated by

Blowitz was extremely careful to preserro his perfect independence of judgment in questions HASON LEE.

of French politics. His sympathics wore aristo. 255, Queen's Road. cratic. But in spite of his personal friendship Hongkong, 9th December, 1902.

184 and regard for some members of the Orleans TO LET OR FOR SALE.

family, such as the Comte de Paris and the Dus d'Aumale, whose banishment in 1836 he strenu POSSESSION 1ST MARCH.

ously opposed, he recognised that the Republic was the only practicable form of Government foring the conclusion of a military convention

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In 1892 a great disappointment befel him. In that year he sent an article to the Times reveal-

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and forecasting an alliance between Bussia and France. But, as nobody but Blowitz soemed to know anything about such a convention, his juformation was not published, and it was not till five years afterwards, when the Franco- Bussina alliance was proclaimed, that his news was proved to have been enrrect. Misfortunes of this kind are common in the experience of every correspondsut, and Blowits had his share of them. Ent of this one in particular he said that he would die with it sur le cœur." *

There have been great correspondents before Blowitz's time and there will be many in the New future. Many men have used journalism as a means to fime in other walks of life, sad many bave brought a famous name with them into journalism. But Blowitz can be compared to none of these. His loyalty to his profession was one of his greatest qualities. Unknown and CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsenals and the States. Railways Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home and Formiga Mal antried when ho joined the Times, having and Freight Stasmers.

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