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again without having secked single Loop or killed anyone except in the Bald jodīdij de bainika kao and a leppards redded this bruch that even Tibet poor nais, could not find in her heart to quy CO., it was too much; and after til

went back, and did not even stipulate for a resident minister, but told China that she would look on with complacence if she (China) were to re-establish her suzerainty as of old. It required, in fact, all the [wrong-headed ingonaity of Young Chium

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY. MAY 11TMн, 1906.

EXĞLUBİTE SERVICE. EX

CHINESE MISSION IN ENGLAND.

Viceroy of Chili downwards, are not above, Great fire broke out in Bydney, on March TELEGRAMS for a envidiation, makip

31 in a block of buildings extending from with a Bardo Minijos. The ato be me fashoe street to Kentistress, The, mainte HUNG-Onazo in boing, repested in that of stationers and printers, were refully destroyed. of Mosara. Edwards, Dunlop, tijd Chwilezzjo the Tadini Curo, Miss, where the present James Stedman's manufactuúng contectionory Russian Mister claims that a private buildings were gotted, aut the Grand Central agreement made under the influence of a Hotel was badly damaged. Two buildings were bribe is to be accepted as the act of these demolished by collapsing walls. The tota' Imperial Government. The weakness of damage was estimated at £150.000. the Government in both cases proceeded Mr. Alphonse Hartillon, the inventor of the from the one cause; in neither case walit anger jupe ion system, be made a rather able to show that its own hands

novel sggion to authorities, #lol inters have com they throughout Egrape. The proposal is that the drawer of a cheque should add to bis signsture the impression of his thumb, which would be photographed and a copy sent to all the large banking houses. On the Continent of Karope

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The announcement made in dur, columné yesterday that nother rasumption of property fa Insaritarens had been carried out must revive int rest in the question of the honably of the pople Whou wo learn that several hundrede have been deprived of their miserable dwellings, it is natural to inquire where these, people are beleg accommodated. The prob

hy is that they have gone to still hircher" ororcrawd. some dengoly-populated ares, and the difficulty of housing the people mema to have bien added to father than dina skull by, this method of attempting a solutionSome time. ago two special articles appeared in our columns omphasising the failure of the Pabllo Health Ordinance of 1903 and suggesting that the Government should, take some further steps in the matter, only on different linss, and as the - BRITAIN AND TURKEY,

question is bound to rep up from time to time... wa hava thought it well to obtain the riots of LONDON, May 10th,

curtain presentative gentlemen on the subject. The Bitimatum to Turkey is stijview of the grievance and dificulties under Mr. Tau Chu puk, who has recently ventilated which the Cline live in Hengketig, was seen

LONDON, May 10th'

A plot to assassinate the Kaiser has been discovered.

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THE TURUG-EGYPTIAN BOUNDARY QUESTION.

over a convention serupulously worded is advantage in all these cases that she has order not to afford a single point of offence. never pritended to clean hands. Looking It was, of course, convenient for China to at the ashyoot from another point of view furget, that in the very first instance, the British Government appears, to have when complaint of Tibet'e unfriendlingss made a distines coucession in agreeing to batel managers and othere are so often victim- cape to be made, it was to Chim that so long as Chiun "does not permit other is by the sharper who paya with a cheque that the Brat approaches worp made and Powers to interfere it will not make any the impression of his thumb would be very it is also confenient for her to forget claim. Now the convention entered into theful in loading to detection.

But it is that instead of raising any objection Lhassa evidently, contemplated: sobie im-doubtful if business men and others in

Eng- ha con provement in the road to the Chumbi land win frequently arité'ding nás would submit unanswered. JAMA she was only to pleased to sulted about her dependent," as she Valley. However lille Batam, may desire to the proposed test, and in any mes it world alléged Tiber was at the time, and entered to interfore in Tibet, since she has stipulat

Extensive preparations are being by our representative, who found that gouiloman be nocegary to hare a Anger-impression expert inade in vest of hostilities D

willing to discuss the problem. At the outst into a convention to "open" the country. et for the opening of trade to Gyangu,genuine thawb-mark could be used for making overy baski The chief objection is that d

he referred to the fact that the hope of the The manner in which she discharged this and the night of having the necessary official rubber stop, to imitats it exactly,

Government is imposing a condition on the obligation has become a matter of hatoy. supervision, it is natural tit she should! The following story seems to have been

Tramway, Company to run workmen's cars in So far from exhibiting any desire to have have some rights over the approaches, Amproved by the New York Tractor

The expinuation was that the vents in those order to take people from their wor

work in the city to live in the catshirts lind not been realised. ilje cutitry opened; her ambans were present thenly mode of approach to the sailing through miles of water so hot that the KEPLER'S SOLUTION OF COD LIVER institted to bring all the influence which Chumbi Valley is over the Jelap Paancio declared he was able to bail eggs in the

places were as high and sometimes higher than in the dentre of the residentkd arch, 7. Fog? + the posessed to be on the Thassa altitude of some 14,000 ft, and thence is a star that arose from it, the British, steamer (3) LONDON, May 8th, BURROUGH'S BEEF and IRON WINE, government to prevent shy access of British descent of some 5,000 it, to the valley. The from Japan and Chins. The boiling water is about the Turkish negotiationit, shows that Wood Road, was $15 to 825 u mouth, and ́à j

instance, the reat of a flat or mom, say, in the Sir Edward Grey, in a detailed statement neighbourhood of Aberdeen Street or Holly. trade. China looked on with in difference, rivbr Tjuta, however, descends the whole supposed to have been caused by subuarius int with silent approval, while Tibet way to the plain; and though, in its present volcanic disturbances, and allogetic fe in Moukas an interview with the in the sighborhood of Chektsui or Ken-

similar overage or perhaps higher, was chargell, ? entered into negotiations with China's worse condition the gorge through which it flows figured that the Lothian, steamed through fifty Khedive

Khiding, demanded a boundary from Enedytown, where property bas recently be- enemy, Russia, to exchange Chinole for is impassable, it is by no means incapable miles of the mid-ocean hot spring. The ship Rafeli to Surz, and theace to Akabah. The come more valuable, sad this for rodomodation Russian suzerainty, content that bg Badolog of aujoudment. Such a work would be of wus between Hongkong and Lobu, and was she could administer du affront to the one far greater utility to Tibet bereolf than to when the water begau to boil Thy mata of the of the 8th April, 1892, en

Khedive replied suggestingz demarcation that is no better and has the disadvantage of *** making twelve klets an hour in a tranquil sos on the basis of the Grand Vizier's telegram being further froki lão scene of cally toil and powa to whose unvarying support, it way by India, but the present stipulation would seem almost said, Chine owes the fact that she to debarany suggestion oren of its feasibility had of the boiling water was when the ocean all

from the attractions of city life. Thus, though Lothian states that the first., knowledge

a line runding they.

from MRafety to three miles west of Ajiubhousing of the people, generally speaking, was certain ares benefited by a remplion, the WILLCOME & Co, ura proscribed by leading is atil parmitted to pose as an independent Tibet is not a land that suggests readily ránail the slip Bigabito èraoidho likes the noiseurley replied that the telegrain, gulyfinot improved.

It was the direct result of these its feasibility for the construction of any of burning wood. At the same time, the ocean referred to the wastern side of the peninsula, facts that, when the British Government at railway line likely to be of profit either to began to bubble. The atmosphere, teens five, and that, its interpretation only, con sorued thin evil?

Are there no other suggestions for remedying last made its convention within the precincts Dibet or ladia, so that railways and miles feet above the sea was portently clear, but bolow Turkey, A British Note of the 3rd April abandoned on account of the grout cost which There hava bax several, but they have been that the steam arose until it was condensed by supported the Khedive's proposal, and asked they wonld ontail. There was oue scheme pot

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A. S. WATSON & CO. of Lusus, Article IX. expressly stipulated: may fairly await the period of natural the air. No dietiset shock was felt, but the for a favoumble reply within ten days. Sir forward for demolishing every third block of Without the consent of Great Britain evelopment. The connection of telegraph ship trembled like it had chills and fover. Edward Grey added that the extent of the heasca in the congested areas, se us to make

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no Tibetan territory shall be sold, leass, or

lines, with those of India is, of course, entirely mortgaged to any foreign power whatssever in China's interest: Alady we note that no foreign power whatsoever shall per. she is for her own purposes extending the mittel to concern itself with the administrechwan lines to Batang. That in case tion of Tibet, or any other affairs therewith, this line should at any time be blocked, connected; no foreign power shall be owing to tribal difficulties or otherwise, permitted to send either official or non: China should have an alternative route is official persons to Tibet, hoʻmatter' in what' in her position of suzerain of enormous pursuit they may be engaged, ustment. To lodia the matter is merely

the conduct of Tibetan affairs, de," it bad que of convenienen. .: been intended that the Chinese represent tive should have been party to the convention; but as we know vofherwise, on

The following story of a young lady living Turkish demands, and the tone, and charac- in the untry who came to London later of the Turkish communications to the Photographed is told by M. A. P., and vonohed Khedive made it impossible to defer a for by a well-known London photographer. After some days the lady Mas Bettlement, indefinitely a gent to the informed the photograph was not a saos, aud development of the Turkish demands would another sitting was suggested. This she agreed be read na n danger to the freedom of the th, but again she was informed that the Canal, the liberties of Egypt, and to the

ting. In teto day time she received an photograph was a failure. There was a third Khedival ypasly. Ta urrent letter from the photographer asking her

The whole Pross warmly supports Bir to come up to bid elirdio aud to bring a friend Edward Gref's attitude on the question of with her. Mire Bent, accompanied by the boundary of Sinai.

( thisteen plague onses' recorded yesterday, or mother, and was shown the amazing results te were tatal...

horself were quite good, but in soch plats there of the three sitfight. The pictures of the girt.' EDUCATIONBILL. was to be seen etauding behind her thoigur

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those adjacent more like dwelling houses, with greater external air and more indu but that, of eras, raised the 'qusition of

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compensation.

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would be eabanced in value thereby, would The adjacent property owpare, whose property surely be asked to contribute to the cop-1 pensation?

Yes. That is where the difficulty is By the now Ordinance those properties can only accom fifteen as before, and the, Ulding modate eight on a gor instead of fomutaba br

having the same letting capasity as previously would not fiuld an adequate return for this aliditionel outlay.

But bettor houses shandil produse higher rents?

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Yos, ordinarily, hat among the Chiness it is

very much within xecant gears, and Yent absorbs such an inordinats proportion of their wagesʻq that they cannot afford to pay more.

I 800.

But don't you think it possible to build cheaper houses tuau at présent ?

being applied to he declined, not because he. We read, says Punch, that "the crew of the Bag sy objections to bake, but I can he| Cardiff für Carlisle which wk own up at had not received from Peking fukt powers Saigon des mouth reached Southampton yestar- of a man holding Aldegger in his uplifted baudu! Meri Barrel formally moved the second

LONDON, May 8th. to sign. This, it was anquiled, of the day. This gives some idea of the force of the The features, though faint, were dearly reading of the Education Bill, and Mr. impossible. The cost of living has increncedy time, and has sites been poplosion

discorsible, and Miss B-recognised theta na Wyndham moved its rejection. cer persistently is a day tose of her face! acknowledged, was the sole reason why The sa Bourbon, which arrived from Saigon

un officer in the Indian ECHOHONG OPWICH 10, 18 VUR ROAD C. China's name did hot plade at length in yesterday, landed 141 poderate at this pary. The effect of this experience was en LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E C

the instrument

tli same time it was They were marched to the Central Police great that after days she wrote out to India, breaking off the engagement. The Station, where they will be kept in shurga until publicy explained that the stipulation so they can be forwarded to their homes in China.

ory is a lie. far from being aimed at China's clips on exlient idea is gratuitously advertised

THURSTON A SUSPECT, quzeminty, which were 'equally' publicly

by the Indian papers. It is a portable ipq. sicknowledged, were in

intended to strengthen worked by a little ongius whose motivo per relate. On ouqptension be was travelling on a Mr. Thurston has a wealth of experiences to her against all outside chime to interference comes from a spirit lamp. It half that is claimed well-known liner, and he came under the raspi- amounting to thirty-two million are wiped between her and Tibet..

for it to be true, it would be a boon in Hong-gions of a cotch lady, who thenght he was not out. koog.

The Daily Press.

Hongkong, May 11th, 1906.

PEKING just now is evidently in no amiable mood, and because it is sɔ, it seems to have

it

When we come to look at the convection,

B3 Litd permission of Lieut. Col. Price,

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Loypowy May 8th. The Chicago Trading Insurance Co. has stoppo, owing to the San Francisco claims The stockholders lose, £700,000, und policies

& safe man to have on the boat. One day, in janua

No. Land in doarer, the price of materials and 20 labour is higher, and to get a fair folura for money invested it is impossible to erect houses for which a los font of 820 a month per dati

calculations.) You cannot charge less than $21 works. (Here Mr. Lau Chi-pal outered into could be charged. I will show you how it

a month for a fat in a place nearer the town. That divided -unong the eight pisople usually

front of the nompany, he asked the captain for THE TURCO-PERSIAN BOUNDARY. inhabiting such a room is $24 ppr Individual-

made up its mind to vent its spleen on its best friends.. If there was one thing more between Great Britain and China, we find D.8.0., and Officere 129th Baluchis, the Bard is watch. The captain, gave it to him, pad

Dreamy Eyes."

to-day

UNION CHURCH,

last after a year's delay entered into than another with respect to which Peking that i simply confirms to previous Lhassa of the Regiment will play the following po. Mr. Thorsten, as the company thought, de should naturally have the least occasion convention, placing Clis in the position gamme at the U.S.R. Club, Kowloon, liberately threw the watch overboarit. The

LowDay, May 8th. commencing at 5 p.m. :--- for dissatisfaction, it was the convention she was always intended to hold ne suzerain.

captain naturally was annoyed, and told Mr. Marci....... Blur Bell,"....

A Peraian commission has left Teheran Gyangtse und Gartok are to be made places Overture.Pohemian Girl," with Tibet, wherein, without any pressure

.... Dix Thurston that the watch ho had thrown over to delimitate the Turkish frontier. ............... Balto board was a most valuable one. “f-did not Danco........."Edina,"

Vanderve! of trade, the former as leading directly from Selection... "The Messenger Boy," Monckion throw it overboard. The Scotch lady has it in from China, Britais reserved all rights India,and the latter as already a place ofiome Two Step which at any time she might have had, or importance in the intercourse of Kamir Gavotte." The First Kis:,"

.... Lamp her pookat." The lady indignantly denied this, over equesired she might have had. In

Schulert butwell Me Thurston worked a wonder trade of many centuries' facs except to ensure for the future ndecent and Tibet, a

An extraordinary story of a stepmother's them, and the Scotch lady was found in pisses existence, though only now wonde the subject dzelty was told to the Cranborne (Derst)sion of property for which she could not atis. amount of ordinary civility, and provent of special official acknowledgment. In the magistrates on April 6th, when Sarah Jana

factorily account. outside busybodies from medikling in what did not in the least concern them, Britain other stipulations where Great Britain Belwood, the wife of a farm labourer, at Blagdon, admitted having assaulted ber stepson, Frank, alone was mentioned in the Chasse couyen, an Intelligent little follow of nine The woman wasull along, and stil is, perfectly pentent

tion China and Great Britain now appear. had eaten the child with a 'stick, peppered hits let Tibet just go along as she likes; sad, heThis, of course, was in conformity with the eyes, pat a red-hot poker on his hands, hang subject or independent of China just as the:

to

Mongol Empire Chine has always made a

wild sentenso impos.

**DONEGAL" OFFICERS

SENTENCED.

A meeting, of the sealhokas of Union Church took place, in the Church last evening the Hor. C, H. Hickling braiding. The treasurer's statement of accounts showed increases under seat-rents, weekly offerings and investments. The Orgin Fund at the end of March stood at $2,811.09, but additions and sums promised for 1936-07 bring the fund up to about$4,500. Theroportreferred to the feel that

That amonat frem the wages of a conlinearning, about $8 or 89 a month is a caricus item, and

leaves very little on which to live. He really cannot afford to pay any more for'ret. ******

Just so. It is admitted that the existing." state of affaire is very unsatisfactory, What is being done to remedy it?

Nothing, so far as I know. And can nolling be done P Not unless the Governmoat takes the matter.

in band.

And build homes, you theán ? Yes?

Do you think they could do it as cheaply as private speculators ?

Well, they would have no ground to bay. But it would only be fair that the Govern

two ean arrange. From the time of the original declaration, and in po measure him up to the ceiling by his thumbs, and cut hin A naval court-martiat on board the Empress the Pastor hai vondueled a servios on the first want should put itself on the same footing as spo with akuife. A neighbour told how the of India at Devonport on April 9th found four represents any departure or aug gie defendant had admitted cutting the buys the offers of the cruiser Itonegat guilty with Sunday of each month in the Peak Church, ther speculators. Do you think they could pretence of suzerainly over Tibet. To' 17e beyond the original intention.; Quo, point, à down to the quick to make them bleed." The Charis stranding of that ressel on Ras-el- while on March 31st be looncluded the wedding build bouses without incurring any monetary

fogart to Kaxaxi sent un armed force to Lliassa neither Lord Frag it the House of and the father consented to the boy being sut tenants Jones and Hemens, ond Sub-Lite wedding in the Peak Church, The Sunday on money expended as private epeculators would

however, demonds consideration, because woman was sentenced to six weeks' hurd labour,

near Susz, on March 1, The offers were Captain Grogan, Lion which appeared to have been the first Froo Church might not receive the same amount of rotam

ceremony for Mr. Haynes and Miss Connell, los P

Undoubtedly they could. The Government to restore order thers, owing to its being in Lords nor the version given officially from to one of the N.S.P.C.C.'s homes. Not the

Best. The charge against them was that they a state of civil war, and ever since li! Peking bring the matter out clearly. The last extraordinary feature of this, is the anzarded" the Donegal.

negligently, or by default, stranded, or schools continued to prosper, while the literary expect, but there woukl be the grain of housing recently. China-basercised a commanding Article 4 as well as being more or less a

club has had a successful session. The Pa stor the people under sanitary conditions and indiente in the councils of the State, Some concesion to China's ultra-sensitiveness,

Captain Grogan's letter to the Admiralty has lately received the appointment of chaplain removing the dangers to public health which reporting the ocqurrence explained that load IT 40 21:

A Langshire lady who married her brother's sot a cours that would blou Res-el-Glarit for Congregationalists; unth Baptists in both could carry

at present. Moreover, the Government ten or twelve years ago Tiber, finding that may be likewise read as a warning the route was abducted two days afterwards by by two miles.

out its own ideas more effec- the other so-called tribulary stater were Chinese version gives it thus: So 1500 damages. Since then he has successfully figned it without noticing that Lientement

While he was watching men the army and navy in Hongkong. her relatives. For this the groom was awarded at drill, Lieutenant Jones brought him

tively than private builders. At present shaking their dependence, thought she

the Chinese builders suffer all sorts of a card showing the course. Captain Grogair ns China does not permit others to interfere sued for the return of the lady. The judge Jones had writton South 2) vast!!in etrox

barassments and hesitate to begin meh under- would like to follow the fashion; but not in Tilstan affairs Great Britain also shall aid no pressure had been put on the woman by for Senth 35 east."

takings. being skilled in the diplomaty of the world not interfere." Without the full test be the bushand in the matter of the marriage.ast the Donegal would have cleared the If the course steered had been "outh-95 contrived to get into hot water with both fore as it is impossible to arrive at the full She was "to ohicken" at the time, and was eager spot. The weather was fine and phar, Chire and Bifidio. This might have passed, meaning of this intensely vague stipulation. able to judge for herself, A more nuwarrant, and no soundings were taken. but that Tibet then tried her prentice had In the first instance, of course, it is a plain: interferencs of the relations in the matter. "Il able proceeding could not. besoncaired than the

Lieutenants Hemane and Best said; they did ne modben intrigue, and made up to Russia, neknesledgment that in the intrigue between the woman shose to marry a mohman," con-

covered that the course was 10 degs. in error, but did not change it or notify the captain be wo, equally inept, listened to her and Russia and the Dalai Irma China did tinued his lordship, "en must live with a

cause they supposed there was so danger

The court Leabe much grief and may intercal practically allow that Power to interiore, concbmas. It is the first fine I have heard all except negligence, and sentenced him to ba dddd Captain Grogan guilty of veilings. That was finished by a British Now sa know a good deal, and that not that, became a man is a coachman ter has not overly reprimanded. The charges against Line) left Kedung for this port on the 10th And so you think the only hope of remedying, andy going to Lhases, and (as Britain did much to her credit, of China's dealings will the means to provide for a wife. The relatives he was unsere found, Freyen, and had expected to arrive here on the

seem, to have ased every possible kind of defence seniority and to be dismissed his ship.

was thatacando forfeit in your's 120k ick") not really went to hurt Tibet) murning. Bussis Chinese officials foxrog the slate that they thought would male dar

Lieut. The O. & 0. str. Dorie arrived of Sag, Fren- enant Best and Hemans wore toprimanded. i cisco on the 7th Jizz be googool Such wore Mx. Liu Chú pátek Venky Aurora

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mail will leave Saigon on the 11th inst., at 1 p.m., The M M. str. Salazie, with the next French for this part. "METCHA

The NY.K. str. Colonivo" Maru (Bombay thing, and is expected to arrive here Ling) left Banday yia Fingapore for this port

the 27th iqu The P. & U. str. Peshawar loft Singapore for this best as it hținets at 65.4. | {1

The N.V. str. Wakasa Maru (Bombay

three-storied buildings, and families can rent

Are the mass of people worse of here in: respect of scoon malation than, say, Canton P

Yes. In Canter there are preotically no at or whole house, which is batter lighted dad! ably inss than what they pay hire for a cubicle renfilated than those in Hongkong, for consider As I said once before, the Chinese are not to late for this style of building. is not Chinese, and it would be interesting to know who introduced this style of architecture,

jaction P

Yes