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are invited to vote.

It is well to inquire in the first place whether we are to regards we are very apt to de-th great and far-reaching question from a purely

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904

1 preferences. Now it cannot be said that in our THE FISCAL QUESTION.

foreign trade we are losing ground, but only that the percentage of increase in our trade is [TIV X.i Helieving as I do that the adoption of Mr. not so great as that of our cominercial rivals- new Chamberlain's fiscal programme would prove Of course, it is not; the percentage of a disastrous eennomically and politically to the country like that of sow how of it is British Empire, and were especially to the pushing its trade at all zuust always be Mother Country, and in view of the oppor-grator than that of the old established firm British The British Board of Traslo returns exhibit no tunity which is being given to

the grounds for discny, On the contrary we find residents to register their opinion on question at the City Hall, I venture to submit that our foreign and Colonial trado is steadily on a few reflections for consideration by those who theincreas: In 1896 tho tutal was £76459,00; in 1909, it rose to £877,630,000. An increase of £113,000,000 in four years is not evidence that England has been bully hit by these altecks, and 1 fancy these are many nations same way. In whatever direction we look we find that old England is, us Sir Henry Blake said of Hongkong, "instinct with boundless prosperity." British exports in the last four years have shown an incrques of more than 20 for cont,; deposits in savings-banks have stondi. ly and substantially increased, and our invest- definitody than wo do at prosont the nature is abroad during the last twenty years of this old of the proposals which would apply here have more than doubled. Nor can it be dis-

people that the Futeil But, no far wo can form any idea of them,

country are better housed, butter clothed, ras we fay I satisfied that they will beneficially and better fed than they have

ever been his affect the interests of this Colony P We

before. MT. Chamberlain is doing

NO DOW. Nevertheless, this seems sound scano. } mio doctrine, and I know of no instance in which it has proved fallacious,

with The

ARREST OF A GERMAN CAPTAIN AT MOJI. Trouble his arisen in connection The Duke of Devonshire has calculated

the crew of the Heléne Rickmers at Maji. cut Mr. Obamberlain's scheme will entail a

According to the face which husa bean re loss to the consumer of at least 35, and possibly Kobe Chronicle says:—

millions, and it would provide a subsidy for that is really what it amounts to-of caly 24lated to us, the German steamer Helene Rick- millions to the Colonies. An important point cre, Captain Warneke, was lying in Moji is, how would this subsidy be divided among the harbour about a week ago, when the Captain Celonies. The Duke works it out that Canada received-a deputation from the Chinese crow would get 5s, 24. por head; Australia would get asking that the Chinese should be dischargel 1s. 11d.; New Zealand would got te. Ed. per at that port. The Captain objected to this ou head; and South Africa would get the the ground that there was no German Cousy. magnificent sum of 3d, per head of its white late in Moji where could be given a discharge, population. India and the Crown Colonies and that it would be impossible for him to

loral and particular standpoint-to view it. Which would enjoy being "attacked" in the would get nothing, India and, South Africa obtain another arew al Moji. He promised, ;

that is to say, as citiarus of Hongkong, or su citizens of the wide British Empire. The BuBCwRemont of the pelt does not call for AD expression of opinion on the local bearing of tku nove policy. Indood, before we can consider the question from a purely local standpoint it

is essential that

of the

should know WA

would

more

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are the best customers for British exports. Yet however, to take the men to singapore and * LAHMEYER this is the reward which they are to receive them off there, and to send thein back to Hong- under this scheme, which purports to ba akong from that port. It appears that meanwhiło

cheme for the fiscal unification of the Empire.

motherland.

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AND

some of the Chinesa had gouo asher, and they were told by a Chinese compradore that be could lodge the whole of the Chiness if they These men, returning ou board, communicated FOR ESTIMATES OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF ANY DESCRIPTION like to leave the ship and exime to his promises

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Let us reflect on this and we shall begin to see that this network of commercial treaties would be fatal to friendly relationship between the come down to conerele illustrations of the this invitation to the rest of the Chinese crew, we can see what and the Chinese thereupon insisted on leaving Colonies and the mother country, for when we working of the scheme a tempestuous time the mother is likely the ship in a body, notwithstanding the direct to bare with her offspring. The policy orders of the Captain. On the Chinese attempt - Day take it, I suppose, that the adoption best to persuade the working men of the bristles with dißionities which manst tend to desing to desert the vessel the officers interfered sharp struggle the Chinese were locked up in integiate rather than bind the colonies to the and a row ensued, the result being that ofter a the forecastle. Daring the straggle blows were struck, and the Chinese apparently bore some marks of Ale affray, for on a number of them escaping through the ventilator of the forecastle and reaching the shore, they told a complaint against the Captain and officers for assault. showing the wounds they had received as evidence. of maltreatment. apparently attempting to make any further inquiries, t once proceeded on arrested the Captain and officers. informed that the Captain, who was ill with than matista and moable to walk without the assistance of a stick, was placed in the ordinary jail, and was compelled to divest himself of bis bat, overcoat, watch and packet-book, of which the police took possession. The cell into which to was locked was without any apparatus for being warmed, and it had broken windows,

judustry has already suffered in the Asiatic

The authorities, without

board and We are

Apply to-

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ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT.

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LOSS OF THE

AT JAPAN. * MANANGUSE " The British 8.8. Manteuse whose troubles } have filled the newspapers ou both sides of the Pac.fic Ocean for the past four years has at over Northern Japan. She arrived a month last gone to her end in the arce gale that swept

which she ran short of coal, and had to burn up ng after an exciting trip from the north during all bar woodwork to enable her to reach port. a cargo of sulphur was leaded for San Francisco, After being thoroughly repaired at Hakodate, While attempting to enter Mororan harbour for coal the vessel took ground off Yernemu Saki ;| Mananeuse was a stemmer over 1600 gross tony and formerly belonged to the Red Cross lion of Liverpool. She has changed handsseveral timen, and finally was bought by the British Columbia Steamship Company, who spout over 330,000

Kaijo Insuranca Company for Yen 35,000 while the vessel herself had only $25,000 gold iusar- voyage. The cargo was insured in the Tokyo

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and she has since become a total wreck. The THE FAVOURITE BRANDY OF THE

FRENCH IS

MARTELL'S

policy -DOW

United Kingdom that they will be infinitely taxation of all our food supplies, for every botter off under a policy of protection than no article of food was consume has to be imported, der free-trade; that is an assertion which needs a

RECENT EXPERIMENTS ON KHAKI. and very little of it comes from British soarovs

great deal to support il-a great deal more than Will that be helpful to the prosperity of Hong it is in the power of Mr. Chamberlain to supply.

Several interesting experiments have recently kong? Do we not already hear enough about

Will anyone seriously contend that the lot of the increased cost of the prime necessities of the labourer and the artisan in any of the gresttern made by Gorman military experts with the life from our employes as a reason for demand-protected countries-Germany, the United object of ascertaining the most suitable colour ing higher wages? The policy again involves the Statee, or France is preferable to that of the for army uniforms. A sport has been issued tution of raw materials" imported from

same clues in England? The eridence points in which the compilers state: "It has often been noticed during field exercises that the foreign countries. That proposal too has its conclusively in the opposite direction. local application, for thongh Hongkong is not *** 1 have looked," said Lord Goschen recently, gray, winter uniïerms of our troops conkl not a manstucturing centre we have at least one jste the reports of the German factory inspecbe distinguished at long distances from the blas important industry on which the new policy tors, the men who have investi, uted the praition clothes of the Chinese, who were always present would bear harshly. I allude, of equcze, to the of the German working classes, and I say that

as spectators. In order to ascertain which tinguishable from the sugar-refining industry. I stand oper to if these factory reports could be circulated colour was the least correction on the point, but I think I use wale among our working class population we should country surrounding, a column was composed. in saying that not one ounce of the raw sugar hour very little about the benefits which the first section of which were gray winter which comes to our local refineries is grown on protection can afford. Their industrial institu- clothes, the second old short couts and black British soil. When we bear in mind what this tions have meant forced sales. They havo sout cloth trousers, the third khaki, the fourth markets from the restrictive tariffs imposed by foods to this country of low prices, and mainly overcoats, and the fifth canvas. The column through which the rain and wind came. Here

distance of about Japan and France we can hardly view with they have filesced the consumer at home. They was placed in close formation behind bashes ihe gray end overcoat favour any proposal which involves an additional have made the consumer at home pay much without foliage. At s

more than was ever paid by the foreigner. 1:400 yards handicap

But it is in its bearing upon the shippingWe are helping the foreigner by given section appeared like nuiform dark spots, while German Interpreter, Dr. Specks, to make gold repairing her. She then left on her last interests of this port, which boasts the third him cheap food,' says one of these reports, the khaki and causes sectione were hardly and wo are penalising our people by forcing distinguishable, Alming at the two last largest shipping trade in the world, that we

are in the up the price of food, by curtailing their mentioned was very difficult, as the mark are most concerned, and position of not knowing what the new ability to buy because we are weakening appeared very indistinct in the sight. On the the whole social system by the imposition of five sections advancing in skirmishing order, The statistics as blue and gray could not be distinguishable from policy may involve in this respect. We com- plain of foreign subsidised steamship services these enormous taxes,"" cutting into trade which formerly was practi regards employment in Germany and the one aunther. At a distance of 500 yards the Bat is general position of the industries of the giny began to look lighter than dark blục. The cally monopolised by British firms. British tounege any the stuller on account of country shew a condition of things which Lord gray overcoats made very good marks, the this increase of foreign competition? I sook Gosch rightly said would not be stood in skirmishers appearing like long dark stripes, chances these days. A friend who has just North Pole is not the magnetic pole; in other Even their cheapest quality is recommends A the answer in the latest report of the Iarbour England. The factory inspector for Leipzig Khaki and eras koth mads difficult marks at visited Mr. John D. Rockefeller at his country not point due north, bat will be altricted to Master, and I read that a comparison between reports for the year 1902 as follows: The all distances. The aiming at troops that lay the Fairs 1991 and 1902 for vessels under the economic conditions of the workers have not without cover on the ground was much easier British flag shows an increase of 387 ships improved during the past year, since the incomes when they carried all their accoutrements. The of mous workpeople have undergone a further ka apsacks, and especially the black cooking pot, quote of 358,148 tons. It is only fair to this also from the Report: "These figures diminution, partly owing to a reduction of looked like dark spets against the background, are, however, misleading, for river steamers are wages and partly owing to curtailment of the and presented a very good target.” responsible for an increase of 397 ships of hours of work, and since the prices of the most 157,549 tons. This leaves a net decrease of 10 important articles of food have increased the ocean-going ships with an increase in tonnage endeavour to economise shows iteolf in the of 266,609 tone." Of British ocean-going diminution of the consumption of meat and the tonnage, 3,010,442 fons entered and 3,505,148 larger dewand for horseâush.". tens cloared in 1902. I consult the Report for 1899, and I see tho figures were 2,587,478 tons entered and 2,587.369 tous cleared.

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The United Kingdom would anffer more from protection than any

other

country

A TERRIBLE ENEMY.

he remained for some thirty-six hours. Mean. while the German Censui at Nagasaki had been communi ated with, ond bo at once seut the

were released. We understand that 'Captain inquiries, whereupon the Captain and officers

Warneke has instituted a claim of Y109,000 for damages anffered by himself and officers and for the detention of bie ship for two days.

MR. ROCKEFELLER AT GOLF. Americon millionaires are not taking any

WELSH COAL FOR FORT AKTUUR. Nearly fivo linasand tons of coal were shipped at Cardiff for Port Arthur during November. The December shipments are ox- pected to be larger.

Certain particulars have appeared in the New York World respecting a new insect pest, Ball Weeril. The locale of its most recent etymologically known as the Curculisor Cotton operations has been the cotton plantations of ons of the Southern States. Crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico it entered Texas in 1894. I do because the greater proportion of the not wish to disguise the fact that the import trade of the country consists of Eastwards and northwards it has spread, the percentage of increase in foreign shipping has foodstuffs and raw materials. Of these we average rate of its progress being 75 miles per anoom. So fer Its ravages have been conned to the State of Texas, but feara are expressed been much greater; but I wish merely to point obtain about 90 millions from the Colonies and 290 millions, from foreign countries. "But,"

that it will attack other regions. It has been out that in point of tonnage wo have not receded

Our fres-trado says the advocate of protection, "we have in but substantially advanced.

our Colonies, particularly in Caneda, vast one of the factors which has occasioned the policy has given foreign shipping every facility to attack our trade. We have imposed no discri- trots of virgin soil capable of producing all bigh prices of American cotton, prices which minating harbour or tonnage dues, and we have the grain we need. Handicap the foreign bare shut.down mills in the New England dering whether the crank would throw the bomb traffic between European Russia and the Far

ones give the imports, and you will at necessary fillip to increased cultivation." And what is the position of the British taxpayer What quid pro quo will he receive? Canada granted British goods a preference, but British trade with Canada diminished rather than increased because the tarif is still suficiently protective to exclude Brîțŝal manufactures.

States and Lancashire. Its ravages last year are said to have cost the State of Texas, in diminished crops, as sum of thirty million dollars, the total loss since its arrival being computed at seventy million dollars. So far nothing has availed to slay the inroads of this post. Its anderance is ecormous. Nothing short of to impair its vitality. Laboratory experiments have shown that thirty hours' exposure to a temperature below freezing point has not affected it. On thawing, it has stratohed its lege, Happed its wings, sud walked

THE MAGNETIC NORTH POLE, We all know that the much-sought- fter words an uninfluenced magnetised needle will anoter point in northern latitudes called the house near Cleveland, Ohio, describes him as

over the mugaotio North Pole it would point playing golf over a private course that is sur-magnetic North Pole, the exact locality of which

Great interest is expressed as to where this rounded by a high steel fence and guarded by is not known. If a needle were placed exactly six-toot green-coated henchmen, who, of course downwards; or, so to speak, magnetic north. condition. "Last month," said the friend, "I magnetic pole may be, several expeditions hav are under strict orders to let no one pars on way was playing a round with Jeho, as usual, when ing been sent to look for it. the serving man jual aside of him gave a yell Look cut! and the next thing I know John hill like a whirlwind. I followed along, kind had dropped his brussey and was off down the of looking around to see what was the trouble. when all at ones I caught sight of n figure flying over the knell back of us, with his hair straight back from his head and something black waving in his bands, and a six-footer, with his green coat tails fying, coming behind like a steam-orgine, Well, then I started after Johu, and found him in the bushes by the first tee, bima If under the leaves. I crawled in near him, and I tell you we were both pretty badly scared. John was won befors Peter caught him, when suddenly Peter appeared over the hill with the fellow by the coat-collar. We could see the Auarobist bad a bottle in his land, and Johu yelled out, Hey, there, Peter. Stop where you are and--ard destroy that bumb or do something, you foul,” Then the Annrekist sung out, Mr. Rocky feller, I believe. Well, I have here and he held up the bottle, but before ho could throw it Peter had jerked him back, and the bottle flew out of his hands end up in the air. When we took our heads out of the leaves again, we saw

given them the same access to every league of our coastline as we give to our own ships, whilst our rivals rigorously exclude us from their coastwies" trade. The temptation to retaliate is therefore great. Sappose we did retaliate in Hongkong; what effect would it be likely to hase on the prosperity of the Colony! Would the foreign nations meekly submit, pay our charges and look pleasant? I think not. It would loud, not inmediately perhaps, bat in evitably to a scattoring of our trade. When the Americans took possession of we beard much of the boast that it wonka tax by 10 per cent, all wanafactured articles, rennd asif in search ofa habitat and a mastotocon- sous red liquid spattered about on the grass. almost entirely quitted tho Odessa Far East 800

Mauila

The British taxpayer will in his cool moments look at the matter from a purely solfish stand point. We are to tax these 290 millions of foreign foodstuffs and raw material and in addition to

annihilation

FAX-EASTERN VOLUNTEER VESSELS FOR EUROPE. The question of a Enssian Government sub- petitive line between Mediterranean ports and New York is one of some moment to British sidy to the new Russian Volunteer Fest con- and other steamship companies engaged in the The Russian transports destined to act as emigrant traffic between Europe and America. pioneers in the work of introducing the Russian chosen is the main, first, because they are in commercial Bag in foreign waters have been

because they are the only vessels at present receipt of a Government subsidy, secondly, under the Russian commercial flag of salicient. ly high-class construction, accommodation, and speed to compete with prospect of success against existing foreign lines, and, thirdly, be cause the practical abolition of the emigrant East in consequence of the opening of the Sibe. several fast Fleet Committee Volunteer rian Railway has left on the hands of the cruisers which, while still comparatively new,

these 20-knot vessels between Odessa and Vladi. cost them over 7,000,000 roubles, er close

vosteck have been made at sa benvy a loss that it on £730,000. The voyages recently made by has taken practically all the profile of the whole of the rest of the Valouteer Fleet's vessels to cover their deficita. On the average, for 1,800, passengers and consequently a diminished cargo space, which is still further reduced by the large amount of extra bunker space provided at the exigencies, passengers and emigrants alike love instance of the Minister of Murine for naval

tinue the reproduction of its pestiferous species. John came cut cautiously, looked at the broken route. The average loss in passenger fares per so that the voter has to calculate not only upon a of the trade of à large part

roughly, 400,000 roubles. The emigrant capture

certain increase in die cost of his food, but also It must be confessed that the reports are alar- glass, and said, “Thank God!' Then he went year thus caused to each of these fast cruisers Hongkong but that boust will be vain so

upon the enhancement of the cost of every mist, and we hope that they may be discounted.

York is exceptionally heavy and progressive, Jong as Hongkong remains a free port. If

Promoters of the new schemoore perfectly aware that secure competition must be faced from British and other foreign shipping: companies, would, of course, be absurd to expect that the to the English elector when he places these of the Agricultural Department of Texos is "Within nine years the Boll Weevil has

The prospect of competition, however, does not other nations will take it lying down." We facts alongside the facts of existence in the

appear to be alarming, as the Volunteer Floot Association, by the terms of their new contract are certaiu to son it acting as a spur to greater countries which already ozo protectionist? The

with the Russian Government, receive an activity on their part, and we in Hongoug can prospect is not alluring. To tax food, as England caused actual losses to the Texas cotton planters must if she is to give a preferenco to the aggregating, 70,000,000 dollars. I estimate that

annual subsidy of 600,000 roables, as before. hardly afford to disregard the temptation sucki

With the withdrawal of the fast cruisers a change in our own fiscal relations would offer colonies, spells extortiou from the poorer the post will cause a loss this year of more than

from the Odessa-Vladivostock line, that las to our commercial rivals to divert trado to other classe, whilst it loaves the wealthy practically 500,000 bales of cotton, with a cash value of

has been transformed into a paying one, parts. However much we may find fault with unaffected. On reflection, it will be recognised more than twenty-three millions of dollars the larger is. During the preceding years following the

Moderate NE, monsoon is reported from all the bulk of the slower restels being satis factory dividend-esraors. This being so, a is called weevil's first appearance in Texas the losses our free trade policy the fact that Hongkong is that the poorer the man,

large portion of the total subsidy received by the incomparably more prosperous than any other the proportion of the tax he

Volunteer Flest authorities is now at their dis- portiu Asia is eloquent testimony to the genorsi upou to pay apou bread and all articles amounted to many thousands of baies, but no of prime necessity on which a duty is levied strict record was kept of them, owing to the

posal for the purposes of competition outside gonndness of the policy in which it has been

Sir James Blyth, who is well known for the fact that the people did not realize the serious- guried,

cun bo utilised to enable the new Russian line Is it not a little significant, too, that while wo interest he displays in imperial agriculture, cal- | nesa of the situation. I do not believe that any

with English, Fronoh, Italian, and other lines.

the field, though it is extremely unlikely that are talking loudly of retaliation the Americans culares that a daty levied on foreign corn suff-practical or successful remedy will ever be found

If necessary, the whole of the annual sabaidy

cient to raise the price of wheat all round by for eradicating the weevil I believe that they

to hold its own against competitors already in the venture will impose a severe strain on the in the Philippises are demanding a very

5s, per quarter would relatively fall as a por. will continue to spread antil they have covered

committee's resources. Thus what English and substantial redaction in their tarif?

other lítostrading from the Mediterranean to Turning now from the local to the imporincoutage on income to the extent of 10 per cent, every part of the cotton-growing region of the

New York will have to face with the exfublish- went of a Russian Volunteer Fleet ling is the aspect of this question, I can only in a single en a person earning 126. a week, while a man South." article glauce a· & fow of the most striking prints with a revenue of £1,000 a year would pay a tux that must appeal to all students of the question of less than per cont. on his income. When

of an annat 60,000-guines subsidy may be Mr. Chamberlain has advanced two main ran Mr. Chamberlain was President of the Board of

competition of comparatively new vessels' of a

found to be necessary, Bous for bis enterprise. He sounds in the first Trade he held that "A tax on food would mean

very high class exsisted with whatever portion

place the alarm that we are being attacked by a decline in wages. It would certainly involve our commercial rivals on all sides, and he adre a reduction in their productivo value; the same

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England adopts the policy of retaliation, it pordinery necessary of life. Where in the attraction Yet the following report by one of the oficial, up to the Anarobist and said, 'Your bomb, sir,le between the Mediterranean and New

alarming enough

?

An extraordinary operation is reported from the town of Urieff, in Russia, A revolver, carelessly handled, went off in the hands of a Professor Manteifel being called immediatel young girl, the ballet lodging in the heart. On, after the occurrence an operation was performed on the girl, with the satisfactory result that the bullet was withdrawn and the girl's life saved. during the operation.

Bomb!' said the didn't work, it seems." Anarchist; "your servant, sir, has destroyed my magical hair oil. Hut allow me. Mr. Rocky feller, to You bet. John and I were through with golf for that day.”

SHIPPING NOTES.

direntious.

WEATHER OUTSIDE.

THE "PRIMA" FIRE,

Be the fire on the Norwegian 2.5. Prime last Tuesday evening, the lumping trimmer was bringing the riding light on deek when it of kerosene oil, but. by the way, the usual exploded. It must have been a poor quality thing burned in riding lights is soles oil; why this exception: Cola oil, though not ga when the lamp is a swinging one, and not a fixture. brilliant as kerosene, is less likely to go out

HELENE RICKMERS" ARILIVES. The N.D.L. 8.8. Helene Rickmers arrived yes- terday with 1,000 tons of rice consigned to Messrs. Buttorfleld and Swire. Here are the

bare facis of her disastrous voyage She left Bangkok for Hongkong on the 17th De comber; grounded on the northern reef of the Paracels Shoal at 3.30a.m., 25th December; got with a damaged bottom.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENT. The E. & 4. steamer Empire, from Sydney, Manila and this pork.

cates a closer bond of union with the Colonies amount of mensy would have a smaller parca None of the main blood-vessels were injured | oft at 2 p.m. on 2nd inst., and put into Hoihow do, laft Thursday Island on the 11th lust. for

by the establishment of a system of mutual tradeing value." Mr. Chamberlain does not think

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