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however, is how is this to be done? There are unfortunately only too many opportunities of representing to the Chinese Government that they should givetheir people a chance, but it is quite another thing to "induce." them to do so. The attempt has been made in a number of ways over and over again, but it has always failed; and it is to be feared this will continue to be the state of things until some great financier can devise means of doing away with the internal dyes, or at least placing them upon a reasonable footing. The problem, however, is one that is by no means cast of solution. The WHISK Y. Provincial Revenues aro so largely de- pendent upon this form of taxation that to do away with it suddenly would be maui festly an injustice to the Governors or Vice- roys of the Provinces, who may be pardoned if they exert all their influence to prevent any such measures being taken. There | high efficials are responsible for the comluct
of nairs within their own Provinces and it' would be a very severe step to interfere with the most important matter connected with their o/ministration, namely, the re
This, cognised soureas of their revenue. could only be done by the Imperial authorities, and it is a difficult problem how it can be efficcled by them. The
This
"CELEBRATED
BLEND
OF THE
FINEST
WHISKIES
DISTILLED IN SCOTLAND,
IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS
FINE FLAVOUR
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, JUNE 5TH, 1905-
At room on Saturday, the number of plague TELEGRAMS.Į cases ricorded was 116,
Mears. Hughes and Hough roport coal still dearer, one or two dollars a four higher than it was a fortuight ago.
Lieutenants J. W. L. Oliver and J. D. Danby have resigned their commissions in the H.K.V.C, and Sorgaanit G. F. Hutton Potis has been promorsk to Lieutenant.
The retures of the average amount of bank
uotes in circulation and of specie iù reserve m Hongkong, during the mouth sulod 31st May, 1905, as cortifled by the managers of the respe tive banks, are as follows:
Bunkm
Chartered Bank H. & S. Bank National Bank ...
Total
Avorage, Kozerve. ...$ 130,310 $ 2,200,000 ... 1507,817
135,779
1100,000
$16,933.876 $13,300,000)
THE TRAVANCORE.””
The slip Travancore meat ashuro on Fokei Point on Thursday, where she was abandoned. The tug Aubert Cooke, however, salved the ship and towel or into Harlem Bay on Saturday. An enquiry will probably he hold.
PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTING MOM,
* DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.]
MISSIONARY'S SUDDEN
DEATH.
SHANGHAI, 4th June. Hudson Taylor died on board the 8.5. Chungsha yesterday.
[REUTER'S SERVICE.]
BOMB OUTRAGE IN PARIS.
LONDON, 1st Jube.
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As King Alfonsa and President Loubet were
returning from the opera yesterday, a man
dressed us a workman throw a bomb; the Cuiras-
sier offers riding on either side of the carriage
were undorsed and one borse was killed; six people were injured; the King and the Fresklent wo. net hurt.
LATER.
Twenty people were injured by the bomb antrage in Paris. King Alfonso, treated the
watter cheerily and is the object of much sympathy.
There is great indignation in Paris and Madrid. It is believed that the outrage was planned in Barcelona..
The report of the Acting Medical Officer of THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
and MELLOWNESS moment the subject is touched, listent on the epidemic of plague in the Colony
J'
attained only by
GENUINE
QUALITY
AND
GREAT AGE.
PER DOZ.
LIMITED.
$16.50
Although there were thirty-eight cases of plogue between the and of July and the end of the year, the period dealt with includes practi- cally the whole of the time whoy the disense was epidemic and I did not think it advisable, où taking up the work on my return from leave, to re-write the part dealing with the statistics relative to mortality, age and sex incidence and the dumping of bodies, as this would have entailed considerable delay.
During the months of January to July inclusive there were 472 known cases of plague, With the exception of the years 1895 and 1897 when there were only 44 and ines respectively for the whole years, the figures for 19.4 are the lowest the Colony has yet expirienced,
It is remarkable that during this year the disease has confiard itself to Chinese (470 cases) word Indians (2 eiver).
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LONDON, 2nd June.
THE WAR
["DAILY PRESS "SERVICE]
GRIM FLOTSAM.
HELPLESS DESTROYER CROWDED WITH
SURVIVORE
Shanghai, 4th June. Thesis. Kweihn is towing a Russian destroyer into Shanghai.
The destroyer was found to the north of Shaweishan, quite helpless, and with three crews crowding ber,
LATER.
The s.s. Kweilin has arrived, and gives the name of the destroyer as the Bodry,
In addition, to her own crew, the Bodry has 77 refugees on board from various sunken Russian ships.
Many are wounded, Her coal bunkers were empty, and her stores of water and food nearly finished.
She had been drifting for six days when the Kweilin found her.
THE UNDESIRABLE ALIENS BILL.
HONGKONG JOTTING?,
The almost complete annihilation of Russian armada has apsody restored flonin in businese circles. That the lax. Hardinge has at last been permitted to away the time-expired troops from Hongk and the farther fast that H. M. S. Ocan leave fr Home to-day sa clar indication that in t opinion of the British Authorities the dagg of international complications is now rapid The Ocean and the Couturion are to be relieved by the Goliath and Canopus according to present arrangomonts, but having regard to the turn eronts have taken it is not improbable that the Admiralty will consider it nanocos-ary to maintain the China squadron at its prewint.
strength. The dozen destroyers, which were recently at Colombo, have not arrived here yet, bnt. I gather tinst they will evuse here in due course, as it is recognised that the squadron is too weak in this class of vessel.
It surprised a good many people I fancy to read the contention of Mr. Almel Ramjaha at the last meeting of the Sabitury Beard that
the demand in the Colony for house accommo dation for Europesus is not in excess of the supply. Does Mr. Rumjaha believe that European families would crowd into the hotels as they are doing if they could get suitable houses at rentals within their menna? I am perfectly certain they would not. Until there
is a slump in rents-and that seems extremely uulikely for many years-the prospect for hotel proprieters is an excellent one.
Mr. Rumjan, in further support of his contention, mautioned that the Hotel America had had to be shut up, and also a bearding house in Ice House Street; as regards the latter I understand that there were reason other than
theso implied by Mr. Ramjahn for closing of the establishment. The Hotel America, Mr. Rumjaha will be interested to hear, tas boen re-opened by Mr. and Mrs. Camoren (formerly of the Occidental Hotel, Kowloon), its amo being changed to Hotel Baltimore, and i ami told that an addition of 18 rooms to the build is contemplated. That rathor khooks a hole in Y Ramjan's argument. It cannot be gains that there is a scarcity of European house moderate rental in certain neighbourho only if you like; and that people ara inte of inch cheaper to live in the hotels than to
koop house,
that
It is no doubt historically true England has been greatly indebted, in former times, to the immigrants who have been driven to her shores by permeation; to the Flemings for the cloth manufacture of the West, to the French Huguenots for the silk wensers Spitalfields, and so on through many examples; and it is also true that the asylum which sho
At the Conservative Dinner, Lord Lans downs, referring to a hope expressed by Sir Edward Grey that the Anglo-Japanoas ulhauce would be maintained, said that at no time had thers been on either side any question whatever of withdrawal from the ulliance; in our opinion when the time comes, as soon it must, to con- aider the removal of the agreement, the only practical question will be whether it shall be renewed in its present form or whether we should notsok some other means of strength
ning and consolidating it. The alliance had a potent instrument of peace, and if it were passialo 10 so modify it that it would not only prevent the spread of a conflagration when once begun, but prevent a conflagration aloge. ther, all tras forors of peace would nolcom such a modification. There was never a mó ment when our good relations with Francé were more firmly based, and if the inner history of the anxious months lately passed was ever written it would show that the understanding This has undoubtedly had some affect in with France had greatly mitigated the friction raising the general death rate for the disease und trouble which were inevitable when a great this year, the low European death-rate and the
war was in progress. The alliance with Japan comparatively low rate for other nationalities
and the agreement with France, alike, had no daring last year basing had a great effect in lowering the general death-rate. But notwith selfish or aggressive purpose, our sole object standing this the mortality rate bas been higher had been to secare peace and to restrict the ultimately enriched that which gave them speeches, for they always have a tendency to
conflict of interest between the Imperial during 1904 appears in the current Government and the Provincial Authorities' has to be Gazette. The parind chiefly dealt with as faced; and it is not to be expected that one covoring the epidemic.extends from the begin- side can absolutely dictate to the other apsnning of the year to the end of July. Here are
matter such as this. If the Peking extracts from the report: authorities take any measure dealing with the levy of internal dues by the Provincial officials the latter may reasonably refuse to pay as large an amount as bstoro to the Imperial Heveave, und it is open to them with a great deal of plausibility to represent that it may be impossible for them to A. S. WATSON & CO. maintain order in their Provinces if they are interfered with in so important a point The --as the levy of local Revenue. gustia, whenever raised, is thus one of considerable complication. Even where the WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, [mthorities al Peking have by Trely declared that goods shall be free from internal dues, it has been found that modes are discovered by-which this can be evaded. The stipulation holds good as long as the cargo is in foreign hauds, but as soon as it passes into those of the natives, it is not dithen?t to find means of raising the customary internal dues upon it. Mr. Byron Brenan is, no doubt, correct in the Corrondents must forward their xames and ad-eggestion which he made; hut the great, drete with communicatione addressed to the Editer, not for publication, but at evidence of good faith
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NOTHING more clearly shows the aptitude of the Chinese for Commerce than that they coutrive to carry on an enormous trado under the vexations restrictions which are placed upon business of all kinds by their own Government. They contrive to traffic successfully under restrictions such as would be sufficient to crush trade entirely with any less energetic and less adaptable people. The cumbrous system of internal duties which, despite all remou- strances, continues to prevail, is sufficient to restrict trade to its lowest limits. This hus been for years past recognised, but no one has yet been able to find a means of putting
diffiendly is how to carry it out.
amongst Chinese this year than last.
The total death-rate for the epidemio is 1.8 por cout, as compared with 88.4 per cent last Compared with 1902, however, this year's rate is very slightly lower.
vaar.
The following are the death-rates for each epidemio since 1991:-
To do so effectively nothing less than a raditi change in the whole system of Government in China would be required. The independent action of Provincial authorities would have to be 1891 1896 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1902 to some extent restricted; aud that of the
927 895 890 90·1 955 95-2 975 881 9ws Central authority at Peking increased. This,
It is worthy of remark that, during the years it is clear, must be a matter of great dithio y 1902 and 1994 when the epidemic has been and can scarcely he looked for as within any mild, the mortality rates should have been-the “measurable distance of practical politics."highest two recorded It is very difficult to Something might possibly be done to bring suggest any reason for this. about an understanding between the Pro- vincial and Central authorities to their mutual advantage and also to the benefit of trade but this is a matter which would require very careful handling. Still, there are manifestly points at which it would be to the benefit of the Provincial revenues.
At least that a change should be expected.
It is certain that the epidemic of this your has been much wildor when compared with the year 1945 than the figures for the total recorded cases in these years would lead one at first sight to boljeve.
One seldom heard any native this year
admitting that there was anything more than
Lust year when the epidemic was at its height there was almost a panic amongst the Chinese Aud in consequence the srodus from the Colony on the least feeling of illness was very grent,
This year, on the other hand, has been remark. the system of internal dues could be putable for the quiet way in which the presence of upon a more regular footing than at present, the epidemia has been viewed by the people. and if this could be accomplished the local authorities might in time see that a large income could be derived by smaller imposts on an expanderi trade, thun by continuing, is in many instances the case, to kill the goose winch should lay the golden eggs, Mr. BRENAN does not (as may well be expected) hope for very much from the Chiness themselves; but sees to think that possibly they may learn something from
a trifling amount of plague in the Colony,
It is, of course, impossible to give figures, but I feel sare that the ratio of plague for this year to that for last year is very much less than the recorded number of cases shows.
bas from time to time afforded to the friends of political liberty has served to keep alive its sacred fire under many discouragements and through many dangers. But the immigrants to whom such statement would apply wore persons of a totally different character from those whom the present Aliens Bill would excinde, and there is no real analogy between the cases. only skilled workmen, but pesosfal and law The Flemings and the Hagushots were not abiding citizens of the countries from which they were expelled, and would have enriched those countries by their industry, just as they shelter. The frionds of political crty had not yet learnt that its principles were to be promcted by the bomb of the anarchist or the dagger of the assassin; and would have turned away in utter diagnst from many of those who now masquerade under the sacred name. The indux from Southern Russia and from other con- The Hon. Capt. L. Barnes-Lawrences, R. N..tinental countries, against which our govern- on Saturday tried another case of twenty sea- men refusing to proceed to Japan, because they were afraid of Russians. These were the men of the es. St. Kilda.
erils of war,İ
AFRAID OF RUSSIANS.
REAMEN SENT TO GAOL.
If the directors of the Hongkong Hotel were not satisfied that it would pay them to heighten thoir building they would not be a-king the public authority for the ssary power especi ally just now when they are about to add to tho accommodation of the hotel the top floor of the new building known as "Hotel Mansions." The speeches of the Hon. Mr. Robert Showan at meetings of the Legislative Council are always read with avidity by the public. There is the Hon. Member's nothing 'dull about
provoke "scenes." The above notes apropos the proposed extension of the Hongkong Hotel recall Mr. Shewan's speech to wind bentese of the following reference in it to the Hote and the Building Ordinace
Wo were told ari nauseam that houses must not be higher then one and a half times. the width of the street, but look at the siz“ of““ the houses that have since been buill, and the amasing part of it is that the very sanitary expert for whom the Government specially Bade a place on the Council that ho, might drive it through with the weight of his authority, now site as Head of the Sanitary Board, and merrily grante disponuatious to all and sundry to break its provisions.”
mert is tardily devising measures of defence, consists largely of persons who would be a nuisance and a danger to any community amA CREIG which they were distributed. It is of no avail for us to endeavour to elevata our working Willian Jones, master of the St. Hilda, said classes, to provide them with better habitations, bis ship was loaded with general cargo, rice to train them into habits of alesuliness, and to give them facilities for education and for amusH- being included. This rice was consigued meat, if we suffer them to be overwhelmed by private individuals in Kobe and Yokohama. an indux of foreigners to whom rermijn bunting Ha reasoned with the men and pointed out to is a pastime, and to whom what would be dire them that there was no danger, and alse offered poverty in the estimation of a decent English Dan represents a dogroo of afluance of which them an extra month's wages all round, but they had not previously dreamed. It is of no they would not go.
avail for us to enforce the principles of sanita- J. Scheweidar, able seaman-We have tion among our own people, if we zaffer those already been to Japan, but while in here, we principles to be violated by the immigrants in every way and in every direction. It is not learned that the ship was going to carry contou much to say that the andesirable aliens traband. Om articles say nothing as to this. of the last few years alone have put book the
general application; but it would have been By the Court-We signed on with the know-look of progress in East London by something sight of buildings, if it was ioiouded to be of
like half a century. At least that time Jedge that war was in progress between Russia be required before those who have already been more to the point if some one had mentioned admitted, and their decendants, become anf the well-understood fact that the great object and Japan. Our articles meation Shangbai.
The defendants--We are willing to go toficiently educated, cirilised, and cleansed, to be of the ordinance was
tit to бесиру position of equality among even Shanghai but we refuse to prossed to Japan.
the bumblest of our own countrymen. Captain Jones, recalled-I am prepared to
ganrantee in the event of captars or other danger arising, that the meus effects shall be made good, their passages paid to England, and to be kept on full wages until they arrive there. Among the maen there were some of German uationality, and the Gerinuti Consul General addressed them.
It struck me when reading the debate ut the Sunitary Board that no excuse for a departure from the Ordinance was made except the plea that the needs of the community required the additional accommodation. That can hardly be described as an adequate reason for departing from a recently made law, prescribing the
to prevent certain dangers to the public health which are not It cannot be said that the Bill introduced by likely to arise in the case of buildings like du the Government orrs on the side of undue Hongkong Hotel or any of the lofty office severity; for it shows traces in more than oue
buildings on the ses front. It is only in the of its provisions, of some inclination to be startled at shadows. But the evils against European business contro that these exemptions under the Building Ordinance have been granted which the Bill is diree ed are, in effect, the importation of dirt, vermin, poverty, ineficency,
Concurrently with the heightening of the and disease; and it will at least are the gomi effect, as soon as it becomes law, of causing it to be
botol at the Queen's Road end let us hope the known in foreign countries that our doors are no
P.W.D. will remove the Clock Tower. It is longer absolutely open to all who choose to pass
an eyesore and an obstruction where it now through them. In the rat instance there will
be a rush, for it is not proposed that stands. It has previously been suggested in presumably the Bill, if passed, should come into operation this column that an excellent place for the
porica of
until
an end to the system, which is us much part the Japanese, who are far more advanced information it would be out of place to base waters, ware groundlea. Not many days since bary 1st, 1966, and there will, therefore, clock would be on the New Post Office, and I
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
some months, probably five or six, during which we must be prepared for desperate have heard of no better suggestion. which we have so much reason to object.
Residents in the Colony in this century are efforts to augment the foreign population to Perhaps the best method of dealing with this not quite so "eribbed, cabin'd and emfined" intervening period would be by the rigorous
It is extremely difficult to obtain trustworthy
His Worship-In the interview I accorded information as to this occupation of Chinese female plague cases. I have often thought that you mess yesterday afternoon, I endeavoured to a large number of such cases are by occupation show you that the fears then expressed in respect prostitutes, but obviously without acadrate to capture by the Baltic Fleet, once outside these of the fiscal policy "of China as "free in all matters of finance and commerce. any opinions as to plague incidence on this I would have readily admitted that there was imports" are considered to be of that of "If," he said, "Japan should come out of the hypothesis. Seven fernale cases in the City of some justification for your action, and unless Great Britain. Mr. BYRON BRENAN, who present war successful and take the future Victoria were, however, undoubtedly in the it could have been proved to my satisfaction persons of prostitutes. Of these seven cases, sir that you had agreed to undertake possible war gave a lecture some time back at the developinent of China under bor guida ace were returned us salfering from the Bulcnic risks, on behalf of the owners of your vessel, enforcement of all existing laws against filth as they were in the last. The man who Society of Arts on our commercial prospects we might look forward to great improve type of the disease.
I should in all probability have dismissed the caso. In the counsel I gave you, which, on due in the Far East, dealt fully with this rexed ments in our trade." Of course it would
reflection, would, I trusted, have borne fruit question, which was, of course, familiar to be too much to expect the Chinese to sub-
I pointed out that the dangers you apprehend him from his experience as Consul at mit themselves entirely to Japanese
were at the present time non-existent, and that Shanghai. His view was that our chief guidance in such a matter; but still it is not
boing so, you were bound to carry out the terms hope for the future rested
impossible that China will be much more
of your agreement, which embraces the touching "not on our Government obtaining for British influenced by Japanese counsels than before; The 1.G.M. str. Darmstadt. carrying the at Japanese ports. In addition to this I read
German mails with dates from Berlin of the 7th subjects moro facilities or so-called privileges than they already enjoyed under existing and Japan, knowing much more than Juce, left Singapore on Friday, at 6 p.m., and you an intimation received from the Japanese treaties, but rather on utilising every any European nation of the details of may be expected here on Wednesday, the 7th Consul at this port, to the effect that no dangor trade between Hongkong and opportunity that presented itself for inducing Chinese administration, and being able to inst, am
The LG. mar de transport Bhein left Colemtio Japanese ports. Under these circumstances I zabjects a fair chance, by granting them fall suggest action on their own lines, may on the 2nd fast., sed may be expected here on can only regard your persistency in impeding the liberty to improve their position and grow
Monday, the 12th inst.
progress of the voyage us an offence, and I have rich. Of the measures that would bare the possibly find some means of doing away
The CP.R. str. Express of China arrived at greatea: effect on the material prosperity of with the internal dues that would be Shanghai at midnight on Friday, the 2nd inst.,
no option other than to deal with it as such.
total abolition of every form of internal i taxation on merchandise, while the second Provinces; or at least of placing the system "would be improved means of communication." upon sucli a footing that it would no longer That this view of the subject is sound, hamper the progress of commerce to so very fow who are practically acquainted with serious an extent an has hitherto been the China will bedisposed to deny. The question,case.
"the Chinese Government to give its owa
The LG.M. str. Bayern left Shanghai on Saturday st. 1 p.m., and may be expected liare tomorrow at daylight.
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existed to
and overcrowding, and against the concealmasatan take only a week's holiday is not now or domestic treatment of contagions disease; restricted in his choice of a resort to Macao. so that, if we must be prepared to endure a anal He may go on a tour in the new territory infux of vagabonds, as many of them as possible
or, if he dislikes the discomfort of anch may be consigned to hospitals and gaols. In
an expedition, and profers a more rostful the former they will at least be restrained from inficting further injnry upon their neighbours; holiday, there is the trip up the West River and in both they will be brought into a state of which, thanks to the enterprise of the Hong- at least transient cleanliness and freedom from entomological colonies: But for the self-styled kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, frionda" of the working-man, who on this, he may make with ease and comfort. An as on every other occasion, have shown them- excellent little hand book bas been issued by selves to be his worst enemies, on Undesire the company describing by letterpress and able Alinas Act would at the present moment
Canton and Wuchow-fn As it truly says low of East London directly, and of all parts be in operation, and the working classes illustration the chief places of interest between of the kingdom indirectly, would have been
people realise what, magnificent scenery thoro, saved from the additions made during the last
is on the Si Kiang. The return journier Ifew months to the number of the immigrants
between Hongkong and Wachow-fa,, vis
and the starve, who keep down, wages, who supply the Canton, occupies about five days, whoever Buployment, who lovagistrocy with coutinual thinking of a short holiday should procure th
lower the respectability and standard of character of the working classes little Handbook which will speedily help them as a whole, and who spread disease and filth to a decision as to where to go and how to get wherever the contamination of their presence there. oxtendu-The Hospital.
China, he thought the first would be the acceptable alike at Peking and in the and left again at 9 p.m. on Saturday, the 3rd have, however, asked the master to withdraw who live in luxury where an Englishman would
to
inst. for Nagasati, where she is das to arrive at the charge if you are willing, oven now,
return to your ship and duty and I, therefore. give you this final opportunity so to do.
7 8.m. to-day.
The str. St. Fillans arrived at New York on the 36th May.
The str. Zafire left Manila on Saturday, the 3rd inst, and is due here to-day et à p.m.
The mes remained obdurate and were sentenced to three weeks' imprisonmeat.
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