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FROM OF COLLESPONDENT.

7th Feb.

COAL STRIKES IN GERMANY. The strike in the coalfields of the Rubr

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15r¤, 1905.

| although still prafa-sing to believe in lower prices, som to have covered heavily and are still laying, whilst trade in Martohester is phenome- mally good, causing a large dound on the part. of spinners in the Liverpool market. Prices have advanced about a half penny within the last fortnight and the question now is, ut what price will the Americana lot na have the balance of their crop? Things have come to pass vary

THE RUSSIAN CRISIS,

LEPORTED ILLFORM TRIUMPK, The Globe hid the following

Thetustion inor. Petersburg apparato haro changed for the botter. The principal features of this improrsunt me the Ctar's speech to the deputation of working men, a remarkable interview, resulting in a great modification of Imperal policy, which has taken place between the azar and his Minister of Agriculture,

*COUNT TOLSTOY AND RUSSIA.)

MANIFESTO TO HIS COUNTRYMKM.

Count Leo Tolstoy received the Standard's

Yasnaya Poliana, Gifteen iniles from Tula. The repondent cu Feb. 1st at his country houso, correspondentsaysWhen I arrived, I found the Count taking a constitutional with his dogs in

continues. Of 200,000 miners, about 20 are idle. Money seems to be coming in pretty freely and both the English and. Bolgt auch as 1 predicted sotas time ago; the deple-sole by the omployer Per-covered road heading to the house

without parallel in the history of the trade. If it had not been for the enormous crop in the States the upward movement would have come

onions have express their sympathy with the tion of stocks of Cotton goods everywhere had -men; niid have vole pacuniary contributions. The movement is agending to is where so great that people wore obliged to buy and a dem, ud has sprang up since the autumn several pits are reducing their out-pat as par of their, men refuse to work; in Belgium general strike of the colliers in support of the one in Westphalia is threatened. In the latter region the persistent refusal of the Masters" Association to enter into negotiations with thes en anti work shall have been resumed at all the pits, in causing increased ill-fedding and bitterness, for numerons works in the neigher- hood and beyond have been obliged, through want of fun, to close partly or altogellter, anl

much sooner.

and concesion

and

onjoying the hood morning air. He welcomed me hospitably, and directed mon

Beretary, rooived me in the drawing-room. to the mansion, where his daughter, who is his

I informed him I bud come to encertain hin views on the events of the recent sanguinery Sunday in St. Petersburg, sud his opinion of the immediz'e future of events in Russia. Do replied:-

St. Petersburg to their workpeople,

Tho except cul wol infined correspon dent of the Day Lelegraph at St. Petersburg states that the pereous arr stul in connee- tia with the recent disturbances are to be Tolstoy soon returned, wearing the charseteria. released, G. Tespoff is to transfer kinie moujik costume. services to Magoutrin, the gag is to be removed from the Prose, and

within ten days the aroo..on of a representative chamber will be prochimed.

M. Witte is said to have been chetly responsible for this change in the sibustion, but the final impetus was given by M. Yermoloff (tho Mister of Agenture), whose hand drew up a constitutiva which the Car Lus sigued. The work of developing the reform schone will be entrusted to M. Witte; The Chineso queno, or, as the maldoseriptives will be paid to those orphaned,

widowed, or crippled on Vladimi

Dir's Day; and be us to restore order

order through- out the

MUSINGS IN A HONGKONG CHAHL

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others are following their example every day, but, more familiar English pureza bas it, the offor Empire by peac-ful mothoda.

the number of unemployed thus growing rapidly whilst the shopke-pers and other tratasparple, who to a great extent are dependent upon their custom, co suffering severely and in many

instances 80 rain staring them in the focu Never-the-le, so far no morious disturbances have

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M, YEŚNOLOFF'A PLEA FOR HEFORM.

The Daily Telegraph's correspondent gives the following graphic details of the dramatic and historical intervine between the Czar and 51. Yermoloff, the aged Minister of Agrical Lure, in the Imperial apartmenin The Ministr had attended to pe sout his departmental report, but as soon as the uusi salutations had been exchange., he nhdressed the Emperor in the following weighty words:-

my sacred oath to

Chinos pig-tail what aurous reflections it evokes an wo piss through the thronged strests. in var pair-coolio obair or single harness Full- man car! No ayothesis, perhaps, cross of the Booting thoughts suggested; d, it may be, axiomatie couclusions. But there it is, that pigtail, coiled round the brachycephalous skull taken place. Cases of intimidation, of the use of that patiently plode ahead of us; undulating of the kaife, and ot rough handling of them willing au angle of forty-fre in rear of that burrying and textraction of property, have occur sou-of Man wo almost ran down (he was long to work this blasters' Association hos found it in, making up his mind whelaer to await our necessary to address a protest to the two passing or to run the gauntlet); or it lies Prussian ministern, of commeres and of the sokly, gray, attenuated, kad out with strands interior, for having given a too favourable of pink cord. between the shoulder blades

Somoticies wo account of the peaceful attitude of the urn of a stooping older. Stili on the whole things remain pretty quiet it, thickly tapering to its tamel, Iack, the of the Hussian people it is and hopes are entertained by some that, in towglowy. Howing from beneath the jauntily of legislative measures promised by the govecot cap of young back, striding mont, the strike will gradually dies natural haughty "ዛ magenta ilk skirta will death. Government has appointed six purate let him, eyeing us insolently through oblique commissions to investigatu waiters at the

casamenta in a junindical galle. With him it is

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"I have received requests from, ahnost all countries recently for an expression of my views. I am propacing a general reply in the form of a litbar which I hope to give to the world in a few days. I can say more over my own pure in this way than in any other."

anid:--

In reply to other questions, Count Tolstoy

"It seems that at Best the workmen in St.

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"He should oesso doing evil, if he is doing it, and begin Ecing good. If he is not deing good,į all the doors which lead mou to true happiness and welfare will opon only towards hira.

After concluding this description of his policy of passive resistance, Lount Tolstoy montioned some exaggerated reports about the stato of Russia, and remarked, laughingly

DX

"I have given up routing newspapers, jast I bave ceased using tobacco. They are both had practices. My daughter, honover, tolle me all the learns from the journals,"

The Count's health, whils not robust, is stil not bad.

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TANSAN

Peterstrarg were led to bolioya that the Emperor would see fifteen thousand people and secept their petition in that wanuer. The university students fancied the Emperor might remember an incident in the early stages of the French

Here are more uolen from the N. & M. gathering of

Record Resolution when what began as unarmed peopl» ended in the hoisting of the red

The Heels, special torpedo vessel, was Lo cap of liberty and insurrection.

bo commissioned at Chatham on the 92ad "But this was not justification for the mili February last, and leave for Hongkong, Bho taty firing ou men, and children. This to be the mother" abip for all destroyers butlers of the was wrong, an woso ensurouts

on the China Station. Two of the destroyers now in the reserve at Hongkong will be com- setorx in this outrage alsa. Bath crimes spring

missioned with erews, and the remaining two PER CASE OF 100 SPLITE with nucleus crews.

frota the evil of government by force.

"If the Grand Dake Vladimir issued the order to fire, if the Emperor approved it, then so wuck the worse for both the parties to se eciatiual au sutien."

"Do you anticipate any resort to revolu tionary means by the Russian people as a result of the consequence of this killing and wounding in St. Petersburg?" I asked.

PER CASE OF 48 PINTS.....

TANSAN.

Commander B. J. B. Koyos, who tendered Interesting and valuable evidence at the North Sea inquiry, is sa officer of considerable

torpedo warfare, and as liauten»- experience ant commanding the destroyer Fama in Chins, in 1900, he did good service, especially in entting out four Chinese destroyers. For commander, and was thor appointed to the SOLE AGENTS- Intelligence Department of the Admiralty. He has left Whitehall for the post of Naval Attaché at Rome and Vienna.

different pits, with the intention of bringing ne badge of slavery, as historians tid na bolises; physical serenity, and only after some time did not understand in that sense. Moreover, ther these services he was specially promoted to

in during the prosent session a bill for the it is the mark of manhood, the toga virilit, amentmont of the existing mining lawa and the sword of the suturai. Long enough, often, regulations, to be largely has al on their reports.to play tambo with his lifting heels,

COAL PRODUCTION,

The following figures dealing with the production of coal in Germany during the last seren years may possess some interest under present cirenin «tances. The total output has been, in thousands of Tous.

Coul.

1900 [ ]

1904

1002 100%

Ligula.

139% 150%

194,694 116.05€ 107,474 168,50 109,20 141,600 $5,310 48,50 45,950 -45,120 41,400 4,495 34,204 31,648 Of Coke 12,331,000 Ts, wero tarned on, last year against 1,509,259 in the previous one; and of Briquettes (compressed fuel) 11,417,99 against 10,476,000,

Aboat 5 per cent, of the coal is contributed by the Oberbergum 1 district of Dortmund, the

Austria,

"No. The masses of the Russinu people da are too poor to buy arms, while the Gerern ment could easily suppress any such attempt if

Bire-I am compelled speak foriously to your sojoniy, and to alter words to-day which on ordinary decasious might аррелг deficient in respout. But, sir, it is fidelity to

to my Imperial master which embolions tell you at the present kystom of sougorernment has outlived its asetalnos, With

henceforth impossible to carry on the business of the Empire. Troops in prenorve order by violence, but they couuot rule the country. The nation is auxicas for clear union with its Czar in the interests alike of the dynasty aud the people."

The Emperor lost his self-centrol aul

After he wholly recover his normal calm. considerable pause, during which M. Yormolofit or remmined in an adjoining apartment, the tmperor recalled him, beard him develoy a Liko & is too precious for auch risk.

sehen for the pacification of the country, and woman's donnoes, it must be hoisted out finally commanded him to take paper, pen, and ink, retire to the next room, and embody his of miry danger. Is inoks it somewhere st

idors in a Ukas addressed to M. Witte. The At another time, on another Minister of Agriculture thereupon rose,

and Chinamau, we behold this hirsute appendage after the lapse of some 30 minutes came back pot to another nse. Wrapped around and with a Constitution in his hand. Ho read it sroan! the big brown hand of a Sikh poliosman,aivud, with an unsteady voice, to the Char, who paced the apartment the while, anked ne it is gripped, close to the place of its growing questions, and when M. Yermoloff lead finished by those swarthy fingers, what time its tortured took his pen in hand and signed the Russian owner turns an upward profito, and follows with Magan Ubarta. unwilling gait the line of least resistance. Hera- indeed, the explanation of its origin does som wide seifest, and we wonder if the conquering Manchas ordered is as a mere badge of for the slavery or дя

soful handle

• Blavo's master? Tho absence of it

his waist.

traitor sud re-

Thus, M. Yarmoloff pooned the document which closes for over the period of Cardon in Mascovy and marks the birth of the Russian nation. A friend, who has read the document from beginning to end, and has noticed peen liarities in the Emperial handwriting of the among tuo essential signature, enumerates clauses the following points:→→

1. M. Witte, in his capacity as President of the Committes of Ministers, is charged by the Czar further to extend and devolop the principles of reforma laid down in the Imperial

Ukase of Christmas Day.

commande that a ponsion 2. Bis Majesty pad to the crphaned children and cripples whose misfi-rtune "won caused by the action of

historio Sunday.

CZAR'S GIFT TO THE UFFESERS. The Czar has given from his privats purse 50,009 roubla for the reatives of the killed and for the wounded in the disturbances of

"Only a small section of the people are In resorting to force to thinking of revolt. remedy their grils they would be equally an wrong as the Emperor's troops. No great or good reform can come to Russia in that way. England! and America exploit the po ple just na the governing class of Russia does, but their What is wanted by the ways are different. Countries; that is, the abolition of all coercive population of Russia in ncoded also by other laws enabling the few to rule the many, the soldiers and appropriating the land of the levying taxia for that parpone, and paying country for privato gain.

“A revolution in Russia will come," Couns Tolstoy continued, "but it will come through the spread of education, intellectual and ecocomic, and especially through the people affecting a personal revolution in their own lives. and noquiring the trae religions spirit. The people must have the land, however."

I asked the Count if his coming manifesto to the world would embody his general doctrine of economie and moral reform enuacisted in a former address to the workman of Bussis and

elsewhore.

"Yen" he auswered, "those are still my convictions. I shall re-affirm them in the lottor which I shall soon publish. I can give you the substance of what I shall say. It is this:

First, I advise you workmen clearly to understand exotly what you require, and not to give yourself the trouble of soquiting what you do aut avod at all. You require chiefly one thing: Free land upon which you can live and from which you can draw your livelihood.

grene of the present strike, say in ruud ham-formerly marked him as Lors 67,470,000 Tk. whilst about 50 of all the bellicus to the Manchn rate; and part of the coke, say 10,777,000 Ts are made there; the procedure when b ing initiated into a shorat Silesian coaltiokis yield about 25 por cont. or kooiety was the catting off of the gasa. 30,596,000 Te. bat produce little or no coke Nowadays there be many who are shorn, who get Lignite is found almost exclusively in the would kow-tow before a certain low-born district of Halle of Saale whore the output last Dowager, but these be they who affect thin garb yest aucunted to 32,547,000 Ts. or two thirds of the foreign devil, and take, with his fashions, troops on the it to be restored throughout the

. Omer is N of the whole production of the Empire; here too his monos, his learning, and all olso of his they country by peaceful methods, and the Russian inthe chief seat of the inanufacture of Briquettes

can lay hande upon. The conserrat ve China-people is to his invited to cooperate with the Government. Those mesods are left largely The Imports into Germany in thousands of

man's distress at the accidental or compulsory to the discretion of M. Witte, and way include Tona were as follows: Coal 7,290 of which 5,608 tons of bis queue, since it is still wouse as over it

the Convocation of tua Zemasky Assembly," from the U. K. against 6,768 5,394 in 1903

was, seems to require further explanation than Lignite 7,766 against 7,962, principally from his possible dread of being taken for a rebel, for on such evidence he no longer news to fear being punished as one. We wonder if there lus not been curious perversion of that' which happened in the fable of the fox who left his tail! in a gin. Be pretended to be proud of his their former slatemonts that. they saw no torcandal poverty, and strongly recommended has been remored from bis puni. pede boats exopt the Russian outer and that

bis vulpine fellowa to make themselves no Japanese, nor torpedoes uor arms of any des like him. Is it, then, that the Manchu eription were on board any of the trawlers for passuaded the Chinese foxes to adopt tails; The Russian officers on the other hand maintain and that they, pretending in the beginning, that they were attacked by one or more torpede while it was got a thing of shame, for their own boa's and strange to say their Norwogina piki | comfort, and to "save face,” a pride and place

of mistaken identity; the craft they saw must victim to that soff-deceit, and forgotten that the either buse been the hospital ships of the fishing vainglory was assioned Certainly to-day fun fleet or some of their own men of war, which pride is real enough, not only in the case of the Putersburg polico and dressed up for it is not necessary to recognise the rights of.

THE NORTH SEA AFFAIR.

The Norti, en enquiry is Paris has so fax diselased no now frots: the English fishermen who have been called as witasios adhere to

Sunday,

PRESS CENSUM DISMISSED).

It in otheially announced that M. Svereff, the head of the Chief Fross Administration,

BOGUS DEPUTATION TO THE TSAR

Seoradly, I advise you clearly to understand can do this not by rints-from which God pre. serve you not hy strikes and demonstrations by what means you may acquire the land. You

not by Booialistio representatives in Parliament, bat only by arm-participation in that which you regard as evil. You should not support inignity of landed proper y either by provoking violence on the part of the troops or by working the lands owned by landlords, or oren by renting them.

Thirdly, I advise you to consider beforehand how you will dispose of the land when it does become free. In order correctly to consider

Capt. William George England, R.N. died at Southses recently. At the capture of the Taka Forte in 1660 he was serving as serior lieutenant of the demon, and for this service | received the China medal.

Major-General E. J. Barnett, who initiated the present excellent method of army cookery, possibly made of the soldier's rations, retiree whereby all waste is sbristed and the afment this year under the age olapse. Gen. Burnett'a Inst appointment was the command of a first. class district at Bombay. He has filled several good appointments at home and in Indio, and served in the Ashanti war of 1873, ale in the Afghan campaign. He was created a C.B. twelve years ago.

Cspt, C. M. A. Wood, son of Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. Is been pested to the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers in Ireland He has served in the Egyptian Army and the Chinese Infantry, end was ou Lord Milner's staff at the Caps,

The War-oflce have definitely decided to disband the Royal Garrison Regt., and it is understood that April 1st next has been fixed as the date when the battalions in South Africa and Halifax, N.S., will be broken up. The regiment be caused the authorities so much in separation allowance, owing to the

large Bomber of married men enrolled, that a saving apprescb- ing, approximately half a million will be effected in the Army Estimatan by the disbandment. in the way of bounties, as it is desired that most of the men shall be compulsorily discharged. The Army Council have approached the Tronsary

M. WITTE ON THE CRISIS.

bears them out in this. It is evidently a case in the ordained oxcrescenco, Lave sincs fallen menibers of it were carefully selected by the the Intidlords will renounce will becomin He lives in soclusion in this vast house on the

seems extremely likely, as the Kamschatka had remained miles behind, whilst the durora sud another vessel, which were supposed to be 17 miles ahead suddenly turned up close to. That the Russians were liable to commit errors of jadgment of that nature is suficiently proved by their firing on the Swedish steamer, the Aldabran, and on several German and other boats. The explanation suggested by somo Paris paper that the mysterious skips belonged to the British navy and wore shadowing the Baltic fleet

Nevertheless,

of

DISCLAIMER OF RESPONSIBILITY, The New York American on Feb. 2nd pub- Hehed the following interview with M. Witte. former Hu-sian Minister of Finance, obtained No intelligent person, either inside or ont-

by its Special Correspondent in St. Pators- side of the Russian pice, will attach any

burg imper ance to the depulation of working men

this, you mast, not think that the lands which M. Witte repaired me this afternoon at his which waited up the Tur, says the Globe. The

your private residence in Kamenaratrovsky-street. private pr. party. You niet anderstand, authorities, and ware no more representative

huge man, with an impressive, dominating ranks of the St.

among all men, that of thus glass from which they came than if they and intpartially distributed na ong all be july St. Petersburg side of the Neva M. Wilto is Es been taken from

soner. He has aged men in the five

years up for anybody in lauded property, aren if it cuts at

reces since I saw him last, and his beard is now gray. occasion in workmen's garb,

During the interview he there is considerable significance in the fact only one square yard. It is only by recognising He gave me the impression of fiercely-restrained like the warmth of the sun and the air-that that it has been found desirable to bring this the lend as the common property of all men nerveus energy. sham deputation into existence, in order that

orly you will be able to distribute (justly and without gestionlated much. He seemed irritable and petulant when epaking of his exclusion from ths Ther might address it in terms of fatherly offence amongst all man) the possession of the ties. M. Witte does not speak English. His

neoiragement and sympathy. It indicates and according to any one of the existing Russian is terse and abrupt. that these who guide his policy bave become

M. Witte said, I am a private individual The I will never again accept office. aware of the urgent necessity of applying one, or by some new sou to be devised and other remedles besities force to the present approved of by you collectively. di-contents, and it say porbape presage the advise you, is striving to attain all that yon mo.

Fourtly-and this is most important-I present deplorable situation does not concern I said, 'All the reformers agree that you recovery by the liberal-minded M. Witte

require, to direct your efforts not to a struggle some at least of the influence which he recently with the ruling clamon by mesut of riols, are the only man who can save the Empire from lost. In arme quarloes : it is assumed that it is

or revolutions, and socialistic activities, but to general collapse. hary to the release of the preliminary

prisoners

People are the late disturbance, the fall of yourselves living better lives. Generat

now

naboknown to the authorities in London is too her its disappearaure spells matrimony. And { arrested du, the grant of freedom to the badly off only because they live bedly. There I can do nothing.

absurd to require refutation. I am afraid the rosult of the enquiry will be most unsatisfactory,

THE QUIENT BANK.

young buck already mentioned, but also in the. grarest voteran who sits in the larbor's chair. Another nocha adict, ardering the removal of the queue. (and such un adiot has been reported) would not be eagerly shayed. S potent is habit. which is called "second nature," that what at the cateet must have been a hardship would be unwillingly abandoned, perhaps not until the application of a like force to that which was needed to establish it. Only the Chincess maid as yet loses the pigtail without rogret, for with

Yes, 11. Witte replied; know that, but Then I said, on created Russion in- womanlike, her sacrifes is an avasion, and zio real relinquishment. In the place of the dangl. Trass, and the establishment of som-thing of is nothing more pernicious for mass than the

the nature of a representative assembly. Woides that the cases of the misery of their dustries; do yon consider yourself responsible ing queue she wears an elaborato coiffer, and

As well believe that there are statesmen in position lie not in themselves but in extorand for the industrial disorders

M. Witte replied. If a child tumables, we The Orient Bank recently founded in Athens her hair is not last, but gone aloft. Moreover-

Russia who clearly perceive that great reforms condi ions. When they direct their attention has opened a branch office in this city, the Bomp! Ah, here we aro. What? Certainly are a necessity of the time, tat we can hardly only to altering those external cerditions, then don't blame the parents for teaching it to walk. If men will only It must learn to walk, and Bassin must be think that they would be prepared to go so far. the evil will only increase. ceutre of the Gorman trade with the Neu not. Fifteen cents Blong proper fare. Cam well believe that some of the Tsar's study the rasalves and their lives In search for indu-trialised, even if it leads to riots.

wiser and pore patriotic councillors Lave ven- the cause of evil they suffer they will find that not believe that the disorders will continue, but I have no part." M. Witte suid this with tured in the light of recent events to place the causes of evil will disappear of themselves that depends upon the Government-in which before him, as it is positiv ly asserted M. instantly when discovered, Yermokas done, the necessity of taking his Soak ye frat the Kingdom of yod, and apparent bitternes

Catinuing. M. Witte said, I admit that tha rest will be added unto you. This in the peop's into his confidence, and consulting them in sin mauner as to their needs and nepira. fundamental law of human life. Livo badly many Liberals, especially the members of the lens, But it is a far cry from that to the and contrary to the will of God and an efforts Zerastves, oppose my fiscal policy, but that grant of a Constitution and a Feo Press, and of yours will procure the welfaro you weak. policy is now & definite part of Russian politics, The disestablishment of the all-powerful buren-Live rightly, morally, and well, in accerdanes and M. Kokovtself he now Minister of finance,

with the will of God, without making any maintaining it

suid. Your enemies accuse you of con- effort to attain this wolfaro, and it will of itseif become established amongst you by means centrating all the resourea of the people to the

hands of the Government." which you have never eron contemplated.

Mr. Witte answered with vehemence, That It seems natural and easy to break through is not true. I induced the Government to buy

East," the intention being to act in close co-law Get asrey, Aunoying people, these operation with the Lesant Steamship Company coolies, lowever, whatever they may do with one of the directors of which has been appointed theirs. Jot us. us 1. quiat colloquialism of the head manager of the new Bank in Bamburg.

· London pultor puts it, "keep our huir on.”

COTTON

Cotton has at last taken a turn; after coming | down from 93 or. Fob., 2 last year to 3 in the beginning of the present oue, prices began to attract the attention of speculators, whilst plan- tors and other holders in the South of the State detertained to make a stand against the deprecia-i tion of their property. They derided at a meeting hell at New Orleaus ien days ago to held back their Cotton for the present until more ro- munerativerates should have again been reached. ́to plant 25 per cent less than last year, and to ma loss fortilizers. Whether the acreage will really undergo a reduction remains to be seen, but there can be no doubt that Cotton is no

longer coming forward freely and that the stocks everywhere are firmly hold. The Bears,

WEATHER REPORT. ·

The Hoogkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:--|

On the 14th at 11.55 am. The barometer has

We

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The H.K.C.CitedĜis tournament commencos

risen slightly on the B. coast of China, and on the 1st April, and will be continued week the door behind which lies that which we up the

Fallen a little on the S. coust.

Pressure appears to be highest over N. Chinn. Gradients continue sight and light variable winds accompanied by foggy weather will pro- bably prevail in the Formosa Channel and N part of the China 201

art of the Cable winds, light; fair, fog at times.

The information from the North is scanty.

dayn till it is finished. The events are follows:-

Championship

Singles Handicap, A Class, Singles Handicap. B Class, Docklos Handicap. Professional Pairs.

With regard to A Class and B Class for the Singles Bandicap competitions, the Tunis Committee reserve the right to place compoti- tors in either class.

I do

railways merely to prevent abuses by requirs: the more so because behind we are capitalistio companies such as Americe standing crowds pressing us on, squeezing us experienced. I expropriated the liquor inte against the door. Yet the moru insistently we

I made thei of alcohol & Government

erale adrests, and ondearer to break through the door. behind monopcly merely as a scans of moral reform. which lies what we consider our welfare, the less Many then accused me of bing Socialistic." hope is there of poustrating. The door opens "I snugested to M. Witte that his

policy only towards us, so that for the attainment of increased the unmber of Government officials, welfare men should concern himself not with thus adding to the power of the autocracy. 51. reforming external conditions but with reform Wittensivered, I am not a lunatic. I love

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