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REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.

IT9 SECRET WORKING,

FROM A CORRESPONDENT OF THE GLODE."

Popularity is ever a difficult river to ford, and as popular ideals are always more or less entwined round the occurrences of the moment, in all great erises like the prosent it is more the

them,

wish than the feet with which we are called upon to wrestle. This seare-heads of the moment are many, but there is nothing really alarming in for the talk about revolution, while it for the time, will its a few wocks kad to Bs deep-seated pessimism, as the ilication Itan ไม่ strike

intelligouse. Should the latter second, then the people will be fed and ruled with some, degree of intelligenes; should autoorsev pravil, then a greater veil of darkness must be drawn around Russia. and it will continue to in what it is, "a land of tyrants and u den of slaves.”

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 3ɛD, 1905.

EMIGRATION FRAUDS.

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A FOREIGN

FURAN,

The Japan Chronicle of Feb, 17th says:- On Sunday lust the avidemos of Captain A CHINESE COMPANY AND THE Williams, Master, and Mr. Murrington. Pursor further discussion, the Chiness

BOXER KISING.

astle optimism regarding / doed Peruary, 21, 191, providing for the up

of the St.

Russian affairs.

There is no doubt wlantover abos: a Rustan revolution; it is coming tatis it for the great yet. Russit is not

and the talk ohango which is being flooding the Press of

not

Hearing was resumed of the action brought by Chang Yen mo against Mr. C. A. Marcing, Mrs. Bewick, Morelug, and Co., and the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company (Limited), for a declition that a memorandum, joinsinnt of a Chinese bourd of the deleadout com, with Chany as diretor genral, wei binding on all parties,

Chung Yen-no was further repa-xamined about constitutional Planned ch is now by Mr. Rufus Isosor, K., for Messrs. Howick, country is altogether Horting, and Co. His Excellenes stated that, out of pace, for low of the St. Petersburg before signing the duenmonte, i uskel for atrikor. have the faintest idea of what it means, 310,000 tarls for the gorosament. Mr. D. rnr. and, what is more. the Russia and Russians Mr. Hoover, and De Wouters were the thes whots I know are entirely unfitted for any such directors in China managing the property, and

IN HETH

chey.As

7. pointed two Chiness to noland rentors. Bystem of control. Autocratic powie

Vid Br. Detring till you that Mr. Morving years, to-day than it has boon for over twenty

it is ridienkoms so dream about a few thou. hended him 50,69 shuren? Yes. He, however, and defoucetess a harling themselves against mentioned nothing about money. the defences of Russiau utcuracy, since ther rulers of Russia have long eines prepared thom selves for all roergencies.

told

I asked for what the money was wanted, and was then told it was the fare for the return passage. I replied that I would pay any mount that was due upon arrival at Kobe. The Purser said he would have money oven if to he had to put me in irons. I again refused

and Baid I would persist in refusing on if it would rest me my life. After

interpreter of the American steamer Tyro, was taken on

me that if I refused to pay, there would be un- board that vessel in connection with the abargo

pleaorat The watchman of the steamer, the Purso, and of fraud proferred against C. F. Raimers and couqueces for me, but I still refused: four Japanese. The steamer arrived at Kobe on Sunday and left the same day, and there the Chiness interpreter, then suddenly punced. therapon me, tied my arms at the back and put ma eng no time to summon the offerte Court i fry then they stripped of my cat, as witnesses. Judge Noda, accompanied by Mr.bed

!acarched my body, an obtained 30, which I Kojima, Court Interproter, and ir. Otmki, I had tied to my buily in a bag, bly takan

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money for

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taken upon

all sorts of questions connected with the subject. It contains a great many opinions more or less plausible or weights, but it must

bo confessed tlust vorified or Foribable con- clusions of a practical kind are sadly to seek.

Do you know that Mr. Dietring received meu, when be the Cap Upon arrival at 19 Japanese that they were not allowed to land, se The permanent economio con:litious are not

on the

know the amoɑ91.

TRADE

BLEPHONE No. 135,

tho

money had boo up an Secretary, visited the steamer and took

Precurator ma orid-ne, in conjunction with

from the remaining sovun ta-n. Akulagusa, of both the Captain and the Parser examined by the immigrant officials at Port

and

THE BRITISH COAL SUPPLY. Cupin Williams was first examined. Townsoud we informed them of the action of after the usual preliminaries with regard to the Purser and others, adding that Japan

The final report of the Royal Commission óa name, nationality, de.. Fuid he wax at Kobe such action wrakt be punished as robh ry by

He know the board the Lyra in July last.

Mikroc vor thieloria, and tit. they would shows that a large amount of evidence has been!

punishable in defoulant Reimers, but was not auded by once. The officials stated that it was also Cool Supplies, which has just bien, published, Rulars to carry eight Japanese to Victoria. Two days after the steamer had loft Yokohama,ed to the Lyro. he Pusor tell him that there were seven or This concluded the doposition of the Japanese, sight Japanese ou board. They worn docently and Judge Neda asked the Purser what he had

The mony to say in answer. The Purser replied that the dressed and possessed some For asked what should be dons with the immigrant officials as well as the Japanese inter-

ordered that their

preter who accompanied them informed the of the dividend dus on name should be tako the kar w he received a 000 port of destination, he the prosones of he IND COOPE'S ALE

the Japanese to the agent of the steatoer, who shot tell them that they woohl be able to land share, something in

ad

mess, but I do ant The Russian peasant cau no more live apon a

notilled the denied that he

This concluded the proceedings The with

the speness nahore. Tho air than cau the working class of nan

bersuggested to Detrin, or string to him, board and Folicu, A palic, olicor

presence Lod, and despite the frugal life of the Russian

many little luxuries to which the making of au arron cement by which the Pursor apparently did not etserve the

anti: two thera

two days after the do- Japanese

PAMPERED PAUPERS. stomer from Yokhama, the peasant has become so much attached that profits of the transaction should be shared of Rife becomes almost unbearable without them, between themedies and Mr. Mowing. Letters parture of the

POINTS FOR PRO-BEACHCOMBERS. The Purser might have Thus, privation will soon and the much talked between Dering and Mording were in English, Witness could not tell how the Japanese

board. of strike, nad though it will undoubtedly spread and it was impossible for him to have knowledge got on

I them, but he (the Captain) did not. examinod to many of the industrial contres, it wilt hever

to ship some "I 30 not

Statistics just published fell an appalling tale Asked what Ke meant by saying that he had He was net sukid by Reimers

did receive 2:45 Asume a revolutionary character.

come here to recover the situation," the wit-eight Japanese as milors nor

of the rapid growth of pauperiam in Greut believe than any, our of thu

the Upon revolutionary may

ness said he desired to get back possection of frem Reimers for each Japanesu.

Britain. In Ladou alone the ratepayara uru ups in Rusia are engaged in the

Japauoro- g; nay more. I believe they are so at the sights and privileges under which the com- arrival of the steamer at Victoris ho receive providing for over thirteen thonsand more pau. althongh in the meantime 6,600 millons have

The metropolis all distinctly opposed to it. The revolutionists paty was managed by mercantile people under 3280 or $295, he believed, from the

has now Do fewer than 127,623 paupers, which made the have met wars zil too level headed to official directing. He wanted to recover the for passage-mones, bat the Purser knew the pers than they did last year.

the old shareholders.

exact amount of

money vaid

Reimers when the steamer arrived at Kobs in July last. and a ferr days befor its departate, traveled to Yakoltama by the Lane, together with the employé of a bank. At this point, the witness produced written instructions from the owners of the steamer, to the affect that he must

BOSTE. themestres or

poor,

whom I

prosout

of their co. Lepts.

MARK.

there is reason to fear that the Commissiou has paid more attention to the conflict of private inforests at the moment than to scientific treatment of the broader national BASS' LIGHT GRAVITY questions involved. As regards the available resources of the proved conlfields to a depth of PER CASK PINTS... 4,000ft, the estirante now pat fort's is 10 1914

This Is 10,000 millions in excess BASS BOAR'S HEAD million tons

PER CARK PINTS...

Pen Case of 8 Dozen Piste... $16.00

144

$18.00

826.00

of the estimate of the Commission of 1871.

been excavated. The difference of 10 per cent. hardly calls for notice in a case whore the dataIND COOPE'S STOUT

inangarate such a futile effort as that of Poms losses suffered by duties in the old company? acquaintance of Reimers for the first time only means that in every thousand of the population are so extremely uncertain. Thero is also on

with him

What were your

Grupon,

and I

cortainly agree salcerany that when the established law in sut bad shalate nu hority. I bad everything to do with the Stats relations regarding the by the popalace, other the law or the polite, the unployment of the workpeople, and

tl idos ore justified in doing all they can to disposition of the expital of Um oompan

If there was anything at the shareholders petition.

must assume the strong band, and at both. maintain or secure control

there are twen y...ight paupers.

bas maintained, and will maintain, control objected to they would submit their views in reful to prevent Japanese from secreting i motropolis, the increasing pundió indettoduess, mines have not yet been worked, s far as í

is

Is that the position you bork to hare in the new company --That is the agreement. I osia Luster-general, and if the new shura- bod-ra objected to anything I did thy could petition us, the Minister of Trade, the Viceroy, or the Government. A Chinees bourd was established but i

t it was not recognised,

The autocny until the great revolt ocene, but tho vel hosted among the revolutionis recognise that every fatilo effort mode ads to the strength of the autocracy and this weakness of their own party

thus the pai lie can take it for graatst Blast this movement organised by Pope dispon not one with which the Ru-sino revolutionary bodies are in any way convetal whatever.

Mr. Haldane ruud an advertisement, signed What, then, is the Gapon movement? There i. cub answer can be given to the above by bix Excellency, anti inserted in a Trout

but

anewspaper after the formation of the defondant question by any on who possesses c elementary knowledge of Russian affairs, and company. The advertisement coutsinesl sorar that is, that this Gapu moremrat has been gain pre nad Chang quoted what he said wastha well-known saying of an Emperor of produced by the agents of autocracy, and is

xactly what ti-e Grand Dukes and their friends the Ming dynasty. Well I am reining on have wished. In other words, an unorganised my canch, I decidedly object to Laving another revolution has been planned, so that the orgauis person snoring at my side" (laughter). Chang ed movement may be suppressed, and these snill. We have almost talked our tongu a majority of the Hussin Revolutionists in dry, and have worn the points of our pous, ut with this expressed opinion, it was not until the third moon of this year that Lønden ugroe Corroboration

of the

we got the regulations settled." veracity of above can be

The shree stand at one-ighth premium 2- obtained from this fact, that none of the Revelationists of London have left for kassis. Yes, but the reason of that is tha, when people that none of the Revolutionaries in Russia have want to buy, up they go; and when they do not

the Gapon movement, and want them, daw they full (laughto part in

added, wavust conflued to China although the crat-while priest has cursed experience, Cene and the soldiers by proclamation, and (renewed laughter), made a special appen! to the i révolutionary mOVA- ment for help, no answer has been, so far, giron be the bodies to whom he has appealed. Pops Gapou is, rightly or wrongly, distrusted, ard fow people of note will rally to his support until this feeling of distrust is removed.

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On being asked whether it was not possible to influence the Tamigration Commissioners und land inmigrants without passports at Victoria, Captain Williams replied that this was impossible, Na Japanese migrant scald laud thors withent à passport. Tuo steamer carried 52 Chiness seamen, and if any of then had landed without official permission, the at amer would be fined $500 for each person e landed. The same regulation applied to the Japanese, and it was impossible to land any passenger privately.

Victoria,

Mr. P. Murrington, the Pursor, was sext examined, and said that in July last eight Japan se sailed by the Lara to whore they were refused permission to land and sent back. The Japanese were delivered to the agents of the steamer, who sent them back to Jap a.

more

The Times thinks that the pampering of the paupers in many districts has much to do with the tremendous iner, ase of incantes during the past year. for in some London anions the pauper's lot is very much better than that of the musu who strives to maintain himself.

increase

PHE CABE PINTA...

PER CASK PINTS...

H.

$18,50

PRICE & CO.

$24.00

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

40

ROBINSON

PIANO Co.LD.

30 YEARS IN CHINA WITH

17 YEARS' EXPERIENCE,

OF THE

CLIMATE OF HONGKONG.

In giving a summary of the Por Law Ad. estimate of about 40,000 millions of tona in unproved coalfields at less than 4,000ft. from the ministration during the past year, the surface, sud of other 6,00 millions in the proved pontsant dance ble anxiety to the future. coalfields at a greater depth than that just GUINNESS STOUT

even more insecure than the main one. Cool occasioning cousiderable anxiety as

The growing pauperism and expenditure of the named. Those estimates rest upon foundations the clamour for indoor relist upon more sligible kuwa, at a depth of 4,00014; and though some over 3,000ft, in depth, it obvious that conditions and for outdoor rallo. upon a touch

ore liberal scale, the latter, us for as possible, commercial value must depend upon the thick- in the form of wage each and all point to the mass of the seats encountered. The Commis-

tho condition of portal of the fundamental Irinciple of the sien observos, what may easily to conjectured, English Poor Iaw, that pauper should upon the whole be less eligible that the thicker -as are first attacked: but it worked out. than that of the independent labourer. The refrains from adding that in this carry they but, it our methods tend to the lowering of Though we learn that there is ungh coal under Poor Law must be hung-ly administered, have been rather extensively

for years, is is pain that this information the iontin

of the real question. the standard of life, to the supping of industri our soil to maintain the present rate of output

touches only the fringe character, to the weakening to personal exertion, or to the general education For that question is not how much coal may be estimated to exist, but how far we are from the of the poor ir dependence, there is good reason

point at which the ecet of getting it to the surface will seriously handicap our industries. as possible. why those methods shoald be reviewed as soon

That is a point upon which the public would be Cen- glad of authentic information: but the answer depends upon a number of factors, and the mission bus not routurel upon the difficult task It does, however, look forward Ou being asked to state the full circumstances

of elucidation. to a time, not far distant, when the rate of attending the passage of the Japanese, the

ease of output, now about 25 per cent, per witness deposed that one or two days after the

to a step, and s pasture of the steamer from Yokalam, right

annum, will slow down, come Japanese without tickets were discovered on

succeeded by on era of decreasing output.

Encouragement of the export of soul is adve- board, and witness examined them through a

a large output, thus you know that the company has spent £200,000 in developing the property -- Chinese At first they stated that they had no

cated upon the groand that more cheaply produced. The argument sosus Couse conf- saed that they and they have spoilt it entirely (od laughter)noy, but when they were further examined

ensured, enables call for home consumption, to s

The venllet (for the plaintiff) is recorded. in quently they were compelled to pay yen for

to proceed upon a false analogy. It is sound enough for a factory using the same materials tickets. The money was handed to the Captain, our telegraphia news.

as its competitors, and in approximately equal who paid it over to the agents of the steamer,

conditions. But in coal-mining a decrease of very varying If the Revolutionary Commiten had espoused ENGLISH BRIBES FOR RUSSIAN Upon arrival at Victoria the presence of the The cause of Gapon, the Cossacks would havs

STRIKERS?

stowaways was reported to the Immigrant

output operates upon material of Burean, when an official of the British Imami

cost, and results in closing the worst paying mines al ogether without affecting the cost of beau wont from the streets before now, and

The shameless falsehood charging Great grant Bureau, a police official, and a surgeon, barricades which could not easily be destroyed

of a higher class. It may mines production erated in all of the principal thoros-hlares; Britain with bribing Russian workpeople accompanied by an inspector of the American Moscow has been Immigrant Bureau, boarded the Lyra. On

even cheapes production in these mines by while north, east, south and west, over the whole to strike, with which

reducing wages. On the other hand, it seems of the laut, visible sigos s of the revolution would authoritatively and offcially placarded, as being examined by these officials, the

clear that by raising large quantities of coal for baso been given. Losucks and Gatling guns mered Hardinge make a protest stated that they hadt, cubarked with the assis

export-always, of course, from the most acces. of

tance of a foreign resident of Japan. The That is well, so far as it pom; and were any are useless when compared with the means life destruction which I know the Revolutionists other country than Great Britain subjected Japanese were sat on to Port Towns ad Ly the

sible sources-ne must hasten the coming of the time, foreseen by the Commission, when export must Blacken and fall off. It will do this when and when the evolutionary Commitee to such on rageous insolence the persons immigration oficial and the agents of the are ready the Grand Dukes should retire, for the responsible would be sharply punished for steamer, and they were received by an immigrant

the cost of coal-getting is too great to allow us Russian puinen against official, a police official, and a man from the end of their rule will have come. There was, afaming antil recently.

to compete in other markets; or, in other words. complete

residents lack of homogeneity inoffensivo forsiga

Unhappily, agents.

when our manufacturera can no longer get ceal in the revolutionary movement, and some years there is only too much reason to ulici pats ago, while residing in Bates, I was aware of thu: after su exchange of polite notes between witness stated that on the day of the departure

as cheaply as those of other countries. It will

the of no fever than five revolutionary the Lunden and St. Petersburg Foreign of the steamer from Kobe in Jaly fast, he

not then be upon to us to retrace our stepe, sinos existenca

mors easily wrought wams will have been ether, Ofices, Sir C. Hardings will be in-tructed visited the office of Messra. Dodwell & Co.

drew upon, and the increased cost of production repieties, all more or less jealous of each

is alosed" The is But now that is all changel, and in Batam that the incident

is when he was askel to give a passage in a bank

will be permanent. There are, of course, other there is no but one committee. The change at evidently expected by Russian officialdos at employe who was going to Yokotama Laving

The Times feara, however, that it may things to be considered, but so for as coal Hatoum bas strengthened the resolutionary the scene of the outrage in question. It is Mesers. Dodwell's he was walking along the party and what has taken place in ous contre reported by the Standard correspondent that Fund when he met a foreigner who introduced difficult to bring about an immediate change of getting and coal exporting are concerned

one another. We export our most cheaply has been repeated in all others, until the revolu. when Mr. Grove, the British Consul at himself by the mine of Remors and asked for policy. Cheap popularity is to be got by extra- arguments of the Commission appear to costra- tionary movement has practically assatied ons Mcscow, interviewed the Acting Prefoot, M. a passago as far as Yokohaom. Witness replied aguona and socalled " generosity." The saxiest aliu orter to compoto in the foreign coal | form, and the grisances of the Finns, the Kudene, on the matter, that Jack-in-office | that there was no cabin avainblo, but that if he remedy is a further extension of the present B, therefore, whon we can no longer do Pols, and the Socialists have all basn merged bad the impadro, to offer "personal satisfac did not mind that he could have a passage. ponderous who would in to put the ad- f that successfully, it will be because we have!

pouses,

*

into no great determination to remove autoc oracy from Russia at all costs, and establishin its place a Government which recognises that the rule of the morrow can be built upon humans idees and suitable cvatrol

The Russian Sosial Democratic party is to

De

the

hud

It reply to further questions by Judge Noda.

Laziness may often be the policy; and if we have not already a large class of London lazzaroni, come unions are in a hurry to man. facture them. Shameless mentieity a mover. perhaps, botter opportunities than now. Many in his modest home must feel sick st heart as a working man toiling to keep things together he reads of what is being done for people infinitely less deserving.

Un

Ner can we take to ourselves the fort that the "resh to the house is attributable to temporary and exceptional causes. The evils to be deplored do not prevail solely or chiefly de where distress abounds, as in many dis

the tricis it now undoubtedly does. ountrary, there is a decrease in soma districts in which the pinch of poverty must at this ROLSON be keen. There is the significant fact that, of the thirty-one anions in London, three fourths of the increase are to be debited to five unions--Fopler, Wandsworth, Camberwell, falington, and Hackney.

Among the poorer classce the responsibility of children towards their aged parents is slacken ing. Children do ot see why they should he burdened with the charge of their father and mother when the "house" with Christmass boor and other pleasures and amenities, is fury comfortable and cheerfal. A Chinese view of this would be interesting,

be

ahead; and

muclinery. It is troublesome to look market;

day the strongest party in Russia, but were it to the more ignoraut elasson to massacre every firmy of corn, and showed it to a large of a for persons, and manages to pauperise

from kinder laws grestor foou may folls ocnfidently aticipate the early promotion of goods, referred to in the letter consisted of i

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tiva" to his visitor. Subsequently, he admitted Reimers said he did not minh, xud wout to that he had authorised the dissemination of the Yokohamaa on the steamer. This was the first ministration on sound lines are exposed to noisy nothing but the tore dearly got coal to supply

The well our esa beeda. falso information, owing it to be false, in be (witno s) bod seen of Reimers, who on the criticista sad calumny of all sort.

A large part of the report is concerned with order to gain time at a langerous crisis. The re vorago up asked him to take some pigeons and meaning meddler who, with the best of

the pose binties of avoiding the non-economical us of coal which new prevails to is no longer any question, Therefore, as to the Indian corn to America as samples. He took a intentions, relieres for a week or two the wants

small identity of the publiser of a direct incitement

at Seattle, but was informed that it was

permanently a score, is usually impregnably extent, notwithstanding many partial reforms. BABY

Some of its ramirks point to admitted evils net salosble in the market there. The reattle intrenched in self-complacency, to clasp hands will Gapon its rain would be the English person in Moscow. M. Radene is

Perhaps things must reach a point even more or less susceptible of remedy, while others result. Many of my own friends are entirely that criminal, and had he behaved in a similar firm naked him to take some Seattle corn as a

wor-e than that already attained before the must be regarded as rather speculative and opposed to Social Democracy, yet they have

mazor towards France or Germany, er Austria, sample, bat be refused. He believed he in- cast their lot with the Socialists expecting that he would have been relegated to the obscurity formed Reimers of the result by lotter. community is roused to a case of the perils fanciful. Domestic consumption recounts for

which

by the use ix

But England Ou boing shown a latter, witness identified menacing it. Still, it is important to state thirty-two out of 167 millions of tous. Even his proper sphere.

affect the the calumniated country. we DBY it as in his writing, and stated that the with precision, without circamlocation or ex- the 20 per cant. roduction

of thus the Socialists will in their strugglo

not appreciably of aggeration, the truth to the outcome of the better grates would the combined lusts of discoutent arrayed their side, and when that struggle begins the trucal-us swashbucklar, with a handful of samples of Indian corn. The persons to policy which is piling up expenditure, and, general question. Hailways are known to study the foundations coonomy very closely in their consumption of thirteen millions Iron and steel industries take the Grand Dakes and their immediate decrations to sweeten whatever mild censure whom the samples were to be delivered were,

mentioned in the letter, a well-known firm of of independence of character. wers for the silent workor is even more Sir C. Hardinge's 1

but they have to face so elicit-Globe. protest

Miss Masin also draws attention for the twenty-eight militat there is probably nogrent The notification protested) elle

aguint was thus cereal dealers at Seattle, Witness denied dangerous than the open

having been asked by Reimers to ship the danger of pauperising the people. Writing in keen

a competition t room for farther scoporales. Factories con- impossible in

and there is eight Japan as sailors or to ship them the Daily Mail, he says that if we pass laws Muscu, Jan. 25.

sume fty-three million tons, to centond soon with the reported by the Standard's correspondent:-- Russia, it will што

and increase the burdens of life by taxation, we

reason to think that on this item u consi- Fery By authority of the Acting Prufocs, the whole secretly and smuggle them into Victoria. child of its own creation. The stubborn spirit of

Part of a deposition by a Japanese witness, restraia honest people from gotting married, the Russian poosaut has been greatly city was placarded early this morning with tis

sight on million tons burned by mines, largely ROYAL PIANOS. exeggera od, for his standing powers are following telegram, which had obviously been Umsure Sutekidki, made at the preliminary and in many can reduce the number of derable saving could be affected; also is the examination, was next real to the witness as children born of respotable parents He says: coal mines. Large factories study efficiency not one whit greater than the endurance of printed in his chancellery:-

The very money wrung by taxation from the own woodle, while there is abroad is Rai "A Londen correspondent writes that the follows: The steamer arrived at Victoris, own people, s superstitions power which will do more to disorders in the shipbuilding yards at St. B.C., on 28th or 29th February, and the respectable to such an extent that they are not and economy in steam raising, but the myriad small ones too frequently use boilers and subjected to

le to get married and raise families is need to quarantine

But it is of keep the revolution back than anght else. The Petersburg, Liban, and Sebastopol, and in the passengers were

preach conciny. It must be! Socialists will not join the present movement, coal mines of Westphalia, were organised by examination and vaccianted. All the steerage enable the undesirable to increase, and there isngines of a very wasteful kind.

enforced by economic pressure Ineficiosor in PIANO PLAYERS. the Nihilist bodies are working in unison with Anglo-Rassian agile provecteurs, with the passengers wete summoned on deck, and foreign no limit to the number of unworthy people that little us to

and my cognate maltors is potont the Social Democrats, and with a few days the object of preventing the despatch of the Daltis officia examined them and allowed those can be produced in this way.

It should be alwase borne in mind that if the holding passports to land, refusing permission

gns of the centralization of industry and the powers of autocracy will have extinguished the and Black Sea squadra. inst flawe of the fire which has been it; then it

The enormous sing which have been spent to those having no passports. We therefore pauper class re a-sisted they go on ever in-

Its law of Nan that will be noted, indeed, by the readers

of will turn its attention to the hand which is by the English in order to promote disorder in decided to return home to Japan. On the way creasing in geometrical progression-absolutely disappearance of the smaller employers.

When Kassia explain the truth to the Russian people to Port Townsend in the Lyru from Victoris, without limit

the individual report that most of the saggeated not shown, although preparing to strike.

Corruption is everywhere visible in Rusia; Elvery form of sympathy with the disturbances the Parser summoned us and informed as that like begets like.

it would b. posible for us to the individual must suffer. and when fuel mean in one way or another con As regards Welsh stenu coal, it is noted that but even constitutional Governments are not

is tantamount to treachery and treason. The if we had money:

anation sis and the greatest sin a nation can

of

the consumption of the Navy is incressing. free from corrupt babils; thus the corruption Japanese in Paris are openly boasting that it is land. We each had $3 and asked him to so

paupers manage things for us that we might go on commit is 10 nsist in the production

then the nation itself must suffer. in But it takes only one-sixteenth of the total out. The telegram purpurts to come

put, a proportion which leaves untouched the showed ourselves state of nature all animals, including man, are new Government which may be created. Yet there has been little done to prevent corruption Agence Latine, and everybody is now asking possible for us to land if in any department by the sufferors; mail while what the agency is. None of the papers to in possession of a certain sam of money, governed by a well-known law the survival question whether we are wise in exporting at this is held aloft as the real cause of discontent, aight mention the astounding despatch, and but we learned from the authorities that we of the littest. Nature has but one means of cur present rate a national asset of such im. it is vol really so. The canse of Russian dis many of the copies posted up in the streets are would not be allowed to land on this round strengthening and improving the race, and that portacco which is alike indispensable and

us, aight men is the production of vastly more than caur possi- | irreplacable.-Timés. " sontent can be traced to the fact that, while all covered with contemptuous serawls most The Parser arain summoned

off of the unit by in all, and strongly pressed us to produce bly survive, and the neighbouring notions are advancing in wealth, commonly

by clinging

At the same time, the statement is eminently, the money. Some agreed but I stopped the environment in which they find themselves intelligence, and comfort, Russin,

them and informed them that, despite threats Civilization enables us to breed most from the to unfiquated ideas of control, remains lost entrainted to foster the always paid based mode, their lives would be safe oven if they uafit, and it is this weakness that constitutes connodram competition sasure: Euclid, when

and immovable in affairs economie,

political,

refused, so they all declined to pay money to the the greatest danger to the world. There is poly The great moss are nuütted for con- religious

The British Consul to-day called on the Forset. Thereupon the Purser invited us to one way to find work for everybody" willing stitutional government, but the intelligence of Rassis is unfitted for autocratic control The Acting Prefect in connection with this matter, go into his cabin one by one, I went first, and to work, and I feel quite sure that both Mr. struggle of to-morrow. is one for control be- and was assured that British residents would the Purser pressed me again to produce money. Creeks and Mr. John Burns would fight tooth

I refused as before, and after some discussion and nail" against anything of this kind, tween the spirit of autocracy and, the spirit of roceive ample protection..

made visible in Russia may continue with any her who have caused the troubles from the shore, The Purser replied that it would be

with the word." Lies

hatred of England, especially among the sort of Bussines.

It

of this

Who first invented cards? A competitor in a he taught the asses "Bridge."

A humorit perceives a joke in the statement) suspending the Sinking Fund. that Russia should maintain her navy by

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