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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 1905,

well-known type, and read by an ever- widening circle of "romanista." In the island of Hainan and amongst the Hakkas a beginning has been made, and we kari that the islanders greatly prize the new acquirement as a means of letter-writing. A partial failure in Hangchow is accounted for by the fact that there seems to have hoon ng very great interest in pushing the romanised" in that important centre. But in Hinglun "the success of the romanised has been phenomenal." It seems that in this district everything combines to favour the new style of learning. "A large and growing church: missionaries awake to the WHISKY.ee of helps for the illiterate: a system of

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our own. Professor CHAMBERLAIN and the sinologues, native and foreign, are able to trace these arbitrary signs to their pictorial radicals, and to show us how obviously a woman and a house represent domesticity; but the masses who have to learn these characters to get at the instruction recorded by them see us little of this as the English of the origin of the word boy sees

The foundations of expressed "cat.". knowledge come to us orally, naturally; and it follows that the supplementary form, by writing, should be as simple as possible, Without spelling reform, Romaji or Römu lefter writing remains an imperfect syst or phonetically; but it is in the meantime a romanisation upon which all are agreed: no system much more easily. nsquire, costing vernacular hooks in Chinese character to less in time and effort, than the cumbrous interfere with the general use of the roman-languages of China and Japan. In the case. ised; and a vigorous prosecution of the work of Japan, they have already adopted a of preparing bocks and teaching the Chinese system which is better than Raji, ank to read them." The movement is still in the therefore we hardly see what they hops to initiatory stage at Kashing, comparatively gain by using Roman characters, which, as new at Kinuing and Kienyang, but is in present us to judicate Japsuese words, full food at Ningpe, one of the pioneer have to be disfigured by all sorts of accents. We refer to their hann, which are morų stations in the use of the roman character.

Mr. R. Frrca writes thence that the popula- rity of the romanised has been at au cuchanging climax for several years." At Shanghai the success of the past three Soochow years has been very marked, reports ne progress. The number of illit.

Officers procesding to India have long com- TELEGRAMS.

plained of the large initial outlay which they are compelled to meet for the furnishing of their bungalows or other quarters, and it was hoped. that the Indian Government would take the same steps as the War Once towards a solution of this trouble. This they decline to do, but they are prepared to advance £200 to every officer called upon to furnish, to be repaid at the

rate of £3 6. 8d. per month.

It is suggested that the bales of Chinese hair" imported into England, aboat which such a fuss has been made on the score of anthrar

infection, were not queues, but buffalo hair. If this be true, the quaint reflection following is wasted. To the Far Eastorn father of a family it must seem a strango yet solemu frenk of fate, that the pigtail of his "boy" which' he

(REUTER'S SERVICE.

APPOINTMENTS.

LONDON, 7th December." The appointment of Sir John Anderson as Governor of Labuan, an addition to the Straits Government, and an agrement for a British Ecsident, to control the adminis- tration of Brunei, are officially anosuuced.

GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY

LONDON, 7th December. Prince Buelow speaking in the Reichstag said that, correct relations between the

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EDUCATION IN HONGKONG,

Progress in scholastic education, particularly the Angl: Chinoso education given in. Queen's College, is the most notable feature in the print- ed report by the examinera laid before the Legislative Council on Thursday, and that that advance is most creditable will be admitted whom one remembers the difficulties under whic the work is conducted With experience, however, theas should disappear and greator improvement shouldfellow. The report, which is signed by Messrs. Edward A. Ieving, G. N. Orme, and H. R. Wells, eats cut very fully the conclusions at which the oxaminers arrived ou considering the system and subject mattor of the teaching throughout the school. They speake of the discipline as boing very good bat indicate the difficulty of noting the progress by the while the disadvantage of using the big lull an a schoolroom where four divisions, doing different work, are taught at once is pointed ont.

may have often longed to twist and pull, wi, Cabinets of any two countries should scholars because no anitable records are kept,

perhaps, when he goes home, ho visible again apo his daughter's head."

John Chiusion at Ilomo," Mr. Hardy's new book, is listed in the Publishers' Circular nt

10561, and is on sale in Hongkong at $5. Our reviewer's reference to the published price as Four hillings was, we find, due to no fault of his. The publisher had enclosed the customary

slip saying the prion of this book is and the blank was filled in plainly "45" ovidently an inadvertance by the despatching

exhaust their policies, but popular passions sometimes jeopardized Cabinet policies; for example, we have now to reckon with a

deep popular aversion to us in England, and it is only recently that any tendency against this dangerous tension has”; been upticeable in the leading English circles, We sincerely hope that this indicates the beginning of a desire for a renewal of an aufortunately interrupted understanding

The writer of the report is not without a

of English, he says that Clesa-VIIL, composed ease of bumour. In referring to the teaching

of boys who bare been at the school about three

months "are already beginning to talk and show no fales shame in the alter." While of Class VII. he states that the boys all showed themselves ready to talk up to the extense limit

of their vocabularies," More èritical is the

cork. Our reviewer says the change makes Lo difference: that the book is well worth fire The Triple Alliance was unimpaire but report on Division A of Class V. where "it was

dollars.

Germany must be strong enough to hald

a very hard mattor to get the lays to-raply

The indian Government has commantested her own without allies. Lu regard to East- | exe pt.3n monosyllables. Apparently the master

Asia, relations with Japan were good and friendly and he believed that the Japanes o won a position among the Great Powers, who through bravery and intelligence had

were anxious to consolidate the position by a policy aspiring confidence. The Angle Japanese treaty contains nothing contrary take the short distaten traffic on certain porto Germany's aims, and we have striven for and desire the open door. The greatest tions, of the main line and thus facilitate and

possible securities for peace are the main- economise the working of the through traffic.

The following returns of the average amount tenance of the integrity, and the indepen

of bank-notes in circulation, and of spesie ina reservo in Hongkong, during November, are certified by the managers of the respective Average Specie in Amount. Reserva

Banks:-

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accurately phonetic than our niphabet appears at present, in the absence of a nnifer n usage. Romaji commits them to our confusion as illustrated by "rough" and plough." Their own kun offer what to the Agent and Manager, Madras Railway, a our alphabet ought to, hat aloes

not:

letter from the Railway Board sanctioning the te Christiaus is comparatively small," one symbol one sound. That is a much estimate, amounting (o R90,000, for the cost of and those who want to read are to more reasonable objection 17 Romàji than construction of three rail motor coaches, and the authorizal stock being increased by those learn the character. In Swatow on the the one which dwells on the fact that there

corches. These couches are intended for other hand, the romanised is, growing in are no less than ninety-two different chara-experimental use on the Madras Railway, to favour with all classes." Taichow intro-ters pronounced to, with sixteen compounds

· QUALITY duces a new note: “Quite a number of sho, aid twenty-four compounds ko shi. non-Christians of the scholar class are Context has to be relied upon in speech, buying primers, and a new edition is being so it would be no hardship to rob the prepared for their use with Chinese Japanese scholar of the alleged 133 characters noted, so that scholars can variations in writing that souad, the task of stupendous. leara without a tracher Mr. Soort of learning which mast he Wenchow reports: "I consider that the Sir ISAAC PITMAN had to face that diffinity adoption of romanisation in mandarin-with words like "all, aw), haul, whole, difficulties are A. S. WATSON & CO. speak ing districts is likely to result in the hole." In Chins the

unification of the Chinese spoken language enormous. We have tried to produce the and in

the rednotion of a nationalones both Ronny letters and in phono- literature easily read everywhere." Atgraphy, and failed" of course, present, remarks our contémporary, a magai.impertinent to offer Ronmuised writing to ficent collection of Chinese poetry and prose China while we are.it present undecided is easily read nowhere. In Japan, we are whether the Chinese sound-name of a told by the Yokohama Advertiser, whieh Hongkong. suburb ia best represented by gards the project unsympathetically, “Kowloon "or" Ketjun "; and we would. there was a Roman Character Association almost as soon learn the ideograph itself as sou years ago which failed. That Associa-puzzle out the phonetic significance of tion perhaps failed to persevere, but we compositious like heica-cheo-shueh." But caumet agree that its efforts were wasted, these are difficulties to be surmounted, not since we are able now to see the work con.despaired over; and the success of the tinning, and know that in Japan the supply movement will mean a wonderful spread of the public that the second batch of members of of Romaji "literature is greater even than culture when it does away with the far more formidable difficulties of ideography. The in China. Indeed, if there be reasou hope for success in China, we should reformers do not deserve, at any rate, that we should discourage their gallaut reasonable certainty ·

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, DECEMBER 11TH, 1905.

It seems

The Russian cruiser Rossic a-rived in port ou Saturday, when the usual courtesies by way of salts were exchange.

Tho as. Glenogle rouched Singapore from Hongkong in record time, four days and thirteen hours. She carried 1,388 coolies.

The Chinese on the Rand have a secret It appears to

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CANTON.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT...

9th November.

THE LINCHOW AFFAIL: I am informed the United States Vice-Cone! has received a telegram informing him that the Commissioners loft Linehow yesterday.

EARNEST STUDENTS.

The education department here has notified

the geotry who have expressed their desire to preceed to Japan to study commercial and

political economy questions, are requested to soll at the offices of the Board of Education to report themselves between the 9th and 13th inst., and to hold themselves re to start on their voyage before the Chinese New Year. It is stated that the Government gives each member 30 tauls to defray expenses during the wir months' stay in Japan. The first batch of 40 proceeded to Japan abont a month ago.

CHRISTMAS SPORTS.

I am informed that the officers of the U. S. S. Imanitor Monulnock have subscribed 300 dollars goll for the purchase of numerous prizes to be presented to winners of the different events during the sports which they are now orranising for Xmas The events will be open to all

THE SUNNAN RAILWAY.

Twenty six Chilaman are in custody at residents of Shameen. Singapore, charged with being members of a reveintionary society. Their motto was "Down with the Manchus: up with the Mings."

The Taikos Club held the first of a series of Quadrille parties on Saturday night, and, if the opening eroning can be taken as a criterion, the dances arranged for the season promise to bo o

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deuce of China.

RUSSIA.

LONDON, 7th December. Grave disorders have occurred in Trans- caspian territory, in which the troops are participating, especially at Askabad,

The directors of the private banks have informed the Minister of Finance that they will be obliged to cease business unless the postal and telegraph strikes are speedily

ended.

MODE.

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LONDON, 7th September.

THE PANAMA CANAL.

LONDON, 8th December. The House of Representatives has voted $11,000,000, as an emergency appropriation

is too apt to cast his questions in a form which can only be answered in one or two words."

the boys, except a few at the top, wara able to make themselves beard," while Division B. was weak." "Io Division C.

Division D. was also ant very eficient." Traces of the old difficulty in getting boys to talk re-appeared in. Class IV. Division A, bat in Division B. the boys selected for conversa- tion did much better and talked glibly anongh about, the proposed boyentt of American goods."

Even in the lowest class in the Upper

School the ability and willingness of the boys to talk English with a stranger has very greatly inoreased during the last two years..

Apparently geography is beginning. te interest the boyish mind here, but according to the examiners history does not possess the sume attractions. "The study of history is rightly left until a boy enters the Upper

School, and then he is initiated into the mysteries of English History, and introduced. to Wat Tylor and Jack Straw; the Duke of Buckingham and Guy Fawkes. This study be pursues throughout the rest of his school

career; and he forms, perhaps, as lucid na iden

of the figures and doings thereof as an English hoy would form of a Chinese account of Con fucius and the Dake of Chau. " There was only one class that showed any cuscity for under-

It is believed that Sir Campbell-Bannerstanding a bistory so alien to Chinese ideas,

On the subject of hygiene we extract the man will go to the house of Lords, leaving following comments: This now sabject, Mr. Asquith to lead the House of Com which is stood in Classes I. V., dous not Raoza

to be popular. Only a few boys have found their boarings in ít The examiners found it necessary to insist continually upon the reference which it has to the daily life. However the boys ab the top of the Lower Classes and nearly all the boys in the Upper. School sm to have acquired some ide of the advantages of ventilation, para water and the preparation of food. At present only a fow elementary facts have been taught, and those only for a short time, so that any conclusions as to their permanent effect on the boys' minds would be premature. Still we cannot doubt but that the elements of hygiene must forin a useful adition to the somewhat limite curriculum of Anglo-Chinose School;

for the Panama Canal construction.

THE COMING VISIT OF PRINCE

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Prince Arthur of Couannght who, according to the announcement made by H.E. the Governor on Thursday last, is due to reach Hongkong on February 9th next on his way to Tokyo will be accompanied by Lord Hedesdale, further, they possess the advantage that what .C.VO, C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, Sirence learned they are not likely to be forgotten. Edward Seymour, G.C.B., O.M., Lieut-Genura The chief difficulty of the boys has been in Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, G.C.B.. Colonel separating the general from the particular, Arthur Davidson, C.V.O., C.B., Captain The proper ventilation of a room consists in William Wyndham, King's Royal Rifles, having an open space at the roar as ordered by Egowry to his Royal Highusss, and Mr. Miles the Sanitary Board, and so forth. It is gratify. Leon, of the Foreign Offico, who will acting to observe the respect in which that Body

as secretary to the Mission.

that cach achieves the same result, and that one (our own) is the more easily and economically-acquired. At the same time, it will not be out of place to indicate the obstacles in the way, consideration of which society called "The Red Door," The globetrotter class, which sags on seeing will help the enthusiastic to avoid the be a criminal guild. All members caught are the ideographic writing of China and despair born of impatience at slow progress.to be banished. Japan, "However do they learn to dis- The chief difficulties are natural prejudices, tinguish que spidery mark from another?" which we cannot help excusing when we will not be surprised to hear that efforts are think of the British dislike of any proposal being made in both countries to introduce on the lines of change. The much needed a system of writing the language with the spelling reform, for instance, has been Roman alphabet. It will to them appear almost unanimously rejected because of the us a simple necessity and a matter of course. sacrifics of literary, associations it entails There are difficulties in the way, and evou Anyone reading Professor CHAMBERLAIG's objections, at which they would express delightful introduction to the study of the surprise. We referred to the subject ideograph will realise that there is a rare last year, and now note that it

wealth of such associations that must suffer receiving renewed attention in both coun- when the Roman letters are adopted. The

The Educational Association of

British are strangely shy of the decimal use of the road. China, which held its triennial meeting at system, which has more to recommend it

A CHINESE INVENTOR,

Lt. General Kelly-Kenny is also familiar with The maximum averago tesaparature in A man named Fang-chun has invented the East. He served in China in 1860 and way Shanghai in May, has reported considerable and less to fight against than reform ed progress on the continent, and the "Romaji spelling, so that we have no right to Hongkong during the month of November, bullet proof shield, and asked the Viceroy's one of the Military Attachés who accompanied

according to observations taken at the patronage. Ho says the Imperial Troops, armed the Japanese Army in the war with Russia. Hirome Kwai" a society working in the criticise any hesitation of the Chinese and Observatory, was 76, and the minimum with bis invention, can decimate their enemies

Colonel Arthur Davidson saw service in island empire for a like object, has within Japanese literati. The precious associations 65 deg.

and go unscathed themselves. Viceroy Shum's Afghanistan and Africa. He went on the retired the last few weeks published the first of their written characters are ou a much

trica.

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that object. According to extracts in the N.-C. Daily News, Amoy, which claims te be the pioneer in roman isation, reports that there it is an acknowledged success,” Any question as to its usefulness is never In raised among Amey missionaries. Capton the interest has revived. Hitherto

great success.

A motor road from London to Brighton, to cost £1,000,000, is, it is said, to be the subject of a private Bill in Parliament during next your: Reasonable changes are proposed for the

The French Mission college of Canton which was founded a few years ago by Bishop Merel in a flourishing condition: many scholars attend the institution which is very ably directed by Rev. Feurguet. A few days ago a batch of fifteen of the best scholars received appointments on the Tuunau Bailway Syndicate's staff as interpreters and have left for Yunnan. As they are all C: ntonese it is hoped that they will be able to promota a better understanding between employers and labourers and alley any ill-feeling that still exists through part wisunderstandings,

is held, yet from an educational point of view 2 breach of its bye-laws must not be confused

Lord Redesdale is, perhaps, better known to English residents in the East as Mr. Freeman-with defiance of a catural law. The value of a Mitford, author Tales of Old Japan." At safe in keeping food claan is usually appreciated, but that of cooking does not appear so obvious one time he was Secretary of the Legation st Peking and afterwards Secretary of the or the nas of clothing, nor the comparativo advantages of different materials and different Legation at Tokyo.

kinds of food.".

Admiral Seymour will be remembered as being in command of the British Squadron at the time

of the Boxer trouble, and expecially on account of his gallant attempt to relieve the besieged Legationa

For once it is surprising to find the Chinees, even though young in years, having hazy ideas on the subject of money, far according to the examiners, while Class VII. spend much of their time ou problems involving English money, many boys in Division Chad only a slight idea of the dollar value of the shillings sad guineas which they manipulate so readily, and a very vague idea of what tho 'coins look like,

Allading to the "eclipse of common sense

The Gazette, notifies that in the absence of ply is said to have been, Take that thing list in 1902 and has since been assistant keeper | daring examination," the report states: "It is

away."

THE BANK PURSUES,

of the Privy Parse, Assistant Private Socretary and an Equerry in waiting to H.M. the King.

TENDER ASHORE NEAR APO

ISLAND.

to be wished that the boys could be taught, after they have finished a problem, to read through the question and their answer and then ask themselves, Is this sense or "nonsense? Then we should not have calculations proving that it takes many thousand years-or aller- natively an hour to make ironit, of Hongkong. Were a little more thought used, a slip in a decimal point might at ones be discovered and corrected."

number of a periodical designed to further higher plane even than ours. We are told farther rainfall on and after Friday, 15th that each of these "spidery marka" is instant, the supply of water will only be turned

Wai-Long-Shan, of the Wai-Fung Co., is essentially a picture representing an idea; on in the public malas cast of Arsonal Street heavily indebted to the Taiwan Bank of our words built of letters represent first a from 6am, to 9 a..

Hongkong. The Japanese Consul has sent à sound. The psychological procces in each

British vessels lost in 1803-4 nambers 401, despatch to Viceroy Shuni requesting that the

At nine o'clock on the evening of the 5th case has been thus crudely described in of a total of 135,990 tons, being fly-three debtor be arrested and compelled to pay his.. China and Japan the impression tele vessels and 26,712 tons in excess of the previous debts. The Consal adds that Wai has bear instant, as Captain Arthur of the ar. Foo Shing was passing Apo Island, he was signalled by graplied direct from eye to brain is of year. Passengers and crews numbering 65 seen in the streets of Canton on several occasions. it has never been given a fair trial, but it things, the evolution of abstractions from lost their lives in shipping casualties last year, It is reported the Viceroy Shum has given rocket. Coming to about a mile South of the

Though the weak spets in the system are is now exported that equally good results concretions having a natural progress in The average annual loss in twenty-five years has Hang-shan magistrates to affect his arrest.

the lowest figure in the past twenty-four years. instructions to the Nam-Hei, Poon-Yu and Island, he spoke the tug Robert K. which was

engaged in towing the lighthouse tender pointed out, the report shows that good work will follow its nee in the south as elsewhere. Europe the impression travels from eye to beon 1,570 persons.

Tabs off the reef on the 3. E. end of the is being accomplished in the College. Even the Chungchias, a tribe of non-Chinese brain via ear, and the process of evoking

Another boycott meeting was held hore on Island. Those on the tug communiosted their living in the Kueichon province, have had associations is more arbitrary. That would week is as follows:-Monday, Arithmetic Class, Macao, Fauban, Shekioon, Saiwan, and even

The Sanitary Institute's programme for this the 7th inst, when delegates from Hongkong, wish to send a letter to Manila, but as the Foo

Shing sa bound for Hongkong, and us thus ber of Commerce, Bays the cable rate from Lord Curzon, addressing the Bombay Cham- provided for them the privilege of learning be more wholly true if the ideograph were 9.30 pm.; Tuesday, Lecture by Mr. 9. L. Shanghai, were present. Tantai Chaang tag refused any offer of assisture, Captain England to India has in his time dropped from to read and write in their own tongue. In what it is supposed to be, and what it Perkins on "Building Materiale"; Wednes- chat presided. After considering suggested Arthur decided to proceed on his voyage. The four shillings a word to two shilling. He thinks Foochow, increasing popularity and influence

undoubtedly once was. But it has to be day, Lecture by Mr. B. W. Grey, subject, amendments of the American law, it was agreed master of the tag caid he hoped to get the it would benefit all round to make it sixpence a tere lowered, there are the keynote of the report, and this will s

remembered that ideograms have long been

"Levelling": Friday, Lecture by Mr. B. L. that it would be no use to engage in farther Tablas off on the next high tide, which was word. When inland rates

waa on immediate increase telegraphic busi- not be lessened by the fact that there is a

Perkins ou "Building Materials." The conference with American merchants. The reduced to forme almost as arbitrary as

a. on the following morning.

news of from 80 to 90 per cent. lastures begin at 9 pm.

meeting adjourned eine die, montbly newspaper now printed in the now

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