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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 22ND, 1906.

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The flirtation between the Dalai Lama and TELEGRAMS.

the inssians is said to be still continuing

Correspondano, a report of the Royal Asiatic Socisty's mooting at Shanghai, news from' San Francisco, and other matter, appears on jago 5

Mr. R. F. Bragne has joined Right Half No. Company, I.K.V.C., and Bomb. A. Watson has been granted leave of absence out of the t'olony for six months.

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SPANISH ROYALTY.

LONDON, June 21st, The King and Queen of Spain are to visit Scotland in August.

REVOLT IN RUSSIA,

LONDON, June 21st: Anarchy is growing in Russia.

CHINESE ATTACK JAPANESE,

Tokyo, June 15th.

A Changta morugo stator that 2,000) cavalry vent by Viceroy You Shib-kai to subdue this bandits north of hangtu incidentally collided with a party of Japanese sutlara, They then attempted to surround the Japanese military administration office, but the affair was obeck bafore it became serious.

AN ERUPTION IN JAPAN.

Tokyo, June 17th. Monat Asc, near Kumamoto, is in a state of Aruption:

TRANSPORT STRIKES A FLOATING MINE

A London telegram to the Jji says Spioish The military mistinies are increasing., 1,403 tons or with festoon

subjects express satisfaction at Quess Eua slaughter of animals at the resent bull-fight in Aindrid arranged in honour of the Royal marriage.

COMMAND OF THE INDIAN ARMY.

Losnos. June 21st.

A Chinoman was drowned in the Bowrington

It is probable that General French Canal on Wednesday: 11a had been fishing for cockles in the mud at low tide, and passing will succeed Lord Kitchener as under the bridge was soon to more. Apparently by Commander-in-Chief of the Indian wust have stopped into a holo and was drowned

† previous viceroy, diad taken over the old coin, and with all the machinery and Wootang railway, the portion of the track inplements of the art. The case was too rungang through this corner was made into clear for even the present Magistrate to a rond, and successise taotais undertook to refuse to convict, and he was sentenced to a keep it in order It was kept up in some term of imprisonment and taken to the Forx came into office. The road had be- pens in the case of this crime, the prisoner some so bad as to be practically impassable, had walthy friends, and the influence of and the Municipality spent some eight this became soon apparent. It was of course hundred dollars it, after fruitlessly a source of trouble that so promising a A Shanghai milksoller, charged with adultera ÆRATED WATER drawing Tatas Y's attention to it and subject should be made to undergo the tion, 25 per cent. water, pleaded thist his cows the promise of his pralovessers. The bill | disgrace of being lodged in a Municipal jailed foolishly calen souts wat grass Pho was sent to His Husous, who for the first But the subject was delicate and had to be Magistrate who cannot have had much sense of │

The first step was a [ humour, fed the good man a hundred dollars. times ascended the pulpit and red homily carefully worked out.

The item was, lus mid, a very politely worded notice that the prisoner's significant one, and in contengt he could health was suffering from bis confinement, pay it but let all prospectivs Council and that it was necessary that he shalt be possessing sufficient "courage to witness thei Lreated in a native hospital. To this the know that the road belonged to the ExPERon of China, and for the fature he Coucal rudely replied that it bad revived would permit no interference. As a satvely reports of the condition of the pri- ster's health, and in none of these wis E added that he, Tantai Krex, would for

there any

notice that the prisoner in Foti fuerity attend to the repairs of the

question had anything whatever the matter rund himself, and would keep it in proper wish him; tire was, however, a hospital repair. The road is now practically in arched to the jail, and in case of illness he' All these conditions are obtained in Waters passable; its walth has been the sulgent of would be carefully seated. The next step encroachments on both sides, so that it has showed that the officials themselves were the condition of the actually at the bottom of these attempts to degeneratesi Ja

bat in ujit the course of justice. We have before orary eths in the dist rut; ou most imputut - respect much worse, this had derasion le comment UP TA-DATE PLANT. Our policy is to continually intredues voy mylarn improve.mach as it has became the ordinary | 5.ntastic rule which makes the consul senior meet in machinery and applianow, and although track of the pirates and salt suuggiers, wins by residence, independent of any other such changes are irariably costly in the st

Chinese authorities and the Municipal instance the results attained in PERFECT under the agis of Young China haunt the ¦ qualification, the intermeilings, between the

At the extraordinary general menting of the AERATION and economies in working justi y district. Such resous were effective some

three years-agu in inducing certain land. Government. In the present instance the oral branch of the China Association at the thum.

holders in the neighbourhood to put their Belgian Coxsui, as the Senior. Avowedly Shanghai Club on June 14th the fallowing the smaller European Stutes are in favour in gentlemen were elected to serve on the com- hamis in their pockets, and make i

Peking, as not being likely to raise "frivol-mittee for the present year, in succassion to the rond in lieu of that abandoned to devay by

uus" objections; and of all the minor coun- provisional committee-Sir Charles Dudgeon, Tautas Yes. Other people came along tries Belgium stands highest. Of course Masers J. O. P. Bland, A. W. Burkill, W. B. wul built houses an it, and as there people this lasts only during good behavior, so Clayton, J. C. Hansen, H. Keswick, A. M.

the coast was seemingly clear. The SENICE Marshall, W. Adams Oram, and E. R. Skoltowe: recent massacre of the Jews is worse than wern enjoying police protection, and an endod light and water, it was arranged that the Water Company should supply them with water, but the Momcipality having no power to rise taxes beyond the actual hats, the Water Company agreed not to supply the water unless the residents agreed to contribute towards the cost of policing

upkeep.

of our manufacture.

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ENGLISH EXPERTS matage ar fu tories and war Waters te acknowledged by Leading English Makers to ho cqual to those of their own manufacture.

These resulta bave only been obtained through constant ozpurimist, the adverse climatic ditious of Tropical Climates for the successful

manufacture of Bigh-Class Aurated Wators

situting special study.

Our STONE GINGER BEER is the only succ-mful production of its kind in Tropical Conutrios.It at obce became popular and inerensing sales testify to increasing popularity Browed from the finest Jamaics Ginger it is perfectly whoirsome and is an ideal summer beverage.

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As owing to the neglect Ponnivance of the recent native government authorities crimes of violence had become rampant in this particular district the

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before assistance reached him.

The Henkor Daily News reports that the French cruiser Décidéz, while trying to reach Nanchangfu in the Toyang Lake, ran ashore that a place called Mankong, shout thirty miles She was believed to be from the satr.nce. hudly ashore, and a considerable rise in the lake would be necessary to refloat ber.

CONSUL accordingly wrote in a mild letler to say that the crime of false coinage being one of those reserved for the judgment of the higher courte, he would feel obliged by the Municipal Council having the prisoner sent into the city for future judgmeni. The CusInMax replied that as the prisoner had already been tried and sentenced, and the whole question of the regations were at the moment under dismission, the Council could not comply. At the same time it was pointed out that

Army.

KAISER AND TSAR.

LONDON, June 21st It is stated that the Kaiser and the Tsar will meet next month..

REUTER'S SERT ICE. ||

MASSACRE OF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

Losnos, June 19th. **Three delegates appointed by the Duma who have gone to Bielostok, state that the

In reply to a question in the House of

Tokyo, Jang 17th. The military transport Toyotomi Maru (2

oficers and men, from Osaka, was snuk on Friday of Hongyong provine», N, E. Coren, bay

iloating maine.

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Two military offkurs, the muster, the recond fficer, and sight of the crew wore saved by the Tumagara Maru, which is now salving the vas. Fifty military and other passengers kru missing.

INTRIGUE IN CORRA.

Tokyo, June 17th. Several Corean Mousehold officials have trou arrestal on charges of implication in the recent Tiola.

JAPANESE NATIONAL FINANCE.

Tokyo, June Itith. mental principles of tho

The Government has decided, on the fund. next Budget. Apparently it will require neithor a loan nor increased taxation,

THE RESIDENT-GENERAL OF COREA.

Tokyo, June 16th. Marquis Ito, addressing the leaders of the Seijukai, urged a positive policy to deal withi

the immense situation after the war.

Marquis Ilo was entertained at a farewell | tiffiu at the palace to day und will leave for

board a warship. Cores within a week

EFFECTS EXCHANGE.

SHORTAGE OF COPPER,

Students of the money market always tell us

The Nanfangst undersian:is that a Japanese the Odessa massacre.

The great Jewish financial houses are Commissioner of Customs has been appointed to Autung, and it is stated that Japanese Commoting most actively to prevent res misoners will be appointed to any other placurrence of the massacres. Baron Hoths-hild that dear copper moans door silver. The follow- bas had an interview with Sir Edwarding therefore seems to promise a high dollar for some time The 14th annnal issue of the opened in Manchuria Oar bi-lingual conten ali ho Japanese, and adds that if China were so Grey.

statistical compilations about copper drawn up by Aaron Hirsch and Solin, Halberstadt. rary fails to see why the Commissioners must

unwise as to agree to such no armngement sho would be stultifying herself in the eyes of the Commons, Sir Edward Grey said that he Germany, states that of the world's total copper production. estimated at 697,545 tons the world.

United States is responsible for more than half, xix, 397,545 tons, Japan is sixth with 31,400; Anstrable fourth with 35,000 and Canada eighth with 24,000 tons. Capo Colony produces 21,000 tons and Newfoundland 2,200. It appears that st no time in the modern history of the copper massacres at market was thero ench a dearth of-supplies, and- never did copper consumers so strongly feel the

A.S. WATSON & CO. termits of the new houses were willing this was bot the first attempt made to get of Askold Island and about ten miles out ward

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enough to agree to the proposal. the theme of preacher fox's heal and most loquent discourse. But this antagonism to natters municipi ia by o rueans confined to preaching to the masses the doctrine of physical force, list is carried

possession of the prisoner, and the story of the feighed illness was duly explained. It is not necessary to follow the story to the and; enough has been shown to indicate the methods being adopted in Chiua génerally by the party of iceconcilçables to bow

ta the length of directly encouraging dissension, and retard the coming of a crime. We spoke recently of thic lawless better time for the Empire. We see the wedents must forward their names and ad-coulition of the lower province of same thing happening everywhere, whether Kiangsu, owing to the practical encourage with railways or mines; whether with meat forded by the officials to arid regard to the Customs, or the Post Office, bands of salt-sinugglers, 'who have recently or the Army; or in fact everything whereia

dressen w the enmmunications addressed to the Edo. voi se publication but as evidence of good faith

At laters for gablication should be wrillen on me site of the pic por inły,

It is reported that the German 8,5 Frent Corte half struck a Hoating mine on the 21st ult. at 10 am. when about 20 miles south-west

of Storina Island. The reared sank within twenty mint og of the accident and, will the cargo, is a total loss, The crew were saved. The vessel was from Shimonoseki and attempted to enter the harbour withest calling at Capo Gamer or Askold for a pilot.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial ad affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following douations to the funds of the Hospital-Mayor & Co., 850; Blackhead & Co., $25; Brower & Co., $25; British American Tobacco Co., 325: Cawazjeu Palanjes

was not able to make representations to Russia, and that it was premature to ask the A-Imiralty to alter the arrangements for the visit of the British feet to Kronstadt.

British newspapers of all shindes urge the impossiblity of an Anglo-Russion under standing in view of the Bielostok, and sympathise with the demand of the Labour M.F's. to cancel the naval consequences of a copper fumins, as at the visit to Kronstadt. The Daily Telegraph present time. It is unt tarely a question of price as in 1905, but an aotus inck of save that it hopes no further loan will he material. In spite of the considerable rise in prices, there are, it in xaid, sure indications of a large demand during 1906. rated to Russia.

THE TINNED MEAT SCANDAL.“

LONDOX, June 19th.

The House of Representatives Conimitter

SHIPPING COMPETITION,

NO JAPANESS ALLIANCK NOW.

Thow who know the history of local shipping,

Na remymously signed commus vations that have already aypared in other gapers will be inserted.

(sacre fur catre comes of DAILY PRESS houd le; become hold enough to carry their opera foreigner can come in contact with a&Co.. 825; Dodwell & Co., $25; Douglas 8.8. lturella.m, on day of publication. After thai | ations even west of the Thi Hu, Crimes Chinese official. That history repests itself Co., $25; East Asiatic Trading Co., $25; H. M. of Agriculturo have conceded Iresident of how firet the Japanese nude overtures to

che brachis leis an old and well-wore aphorism; neverthe bboy. 935; Gibb, Livingston & Co., 925: Rusevelt's demand to climinate from this

and Dr. G. H, Bateson Wright, $20.

Meat Bill the clans providing for an appeal of violence, in most these lawless bands, lave of late become less it is instructive to find in old PKTER

We have reaived the rst number of The to the Courts, but the President does not anpleasantly repont in the district, ABER that precisely the spine arguments

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the supply is limited. Only suppisen y Telegraphic Address: Pagan. Codes: 4.8.0. I bo

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BIRTHS.

On June 13th, at Shanghai, the wife of A J BENT, of a Lon.

On June 14th, at Shanghai, the wife of WATER

SHTER, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

On June 15th, at Shanghai, SAME WILLIAM Koncurs, to NURA LILIAN, Becond daughter it Cizur Lassig Wilson, of Shangbai.

DEATH.

On Jonn 13th, at Shanglmi, &. W, Bazaarwick, 1. M Customs Service, a 23 years.

BENGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VOUK ROAD C. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. E.C

The Daily Press.

dovied, will be interested by the following quota- Hongkong Sru Buil vero uluontoon falls tion, which seres io indicate that in some quarters the tables are turning.

Asahi reports that with regard to the

adming the Settlements, and even within were usel, the same appeals to mob rule Edwardion, a bright magazine issued by the insist on labelling tins with the date andy. Y. K., Butterfielì and Swire competition

made, and precisely the same dispatches written a century ago in the had old days of KAKING and Hiesruno, to oust the foreigner from Canton. Young China has

PARLIAMENTARY.

Lanox, June 18th. The House of Commons, after a prolonged

bell-Bannerman's closure revolution 262 to 121.

on the Shanghai line, the latter fina has pro- pound to the Japanese stormship company mutually to fix thoir rates and "pool" thuir carryings, but the N. Y. K. has rejected the prapoal and decided to continuus competition.

On June 18th the N.-C. Daily News has this reference:

It looks as if we are to sau a rate war on

What hopes that their fate may not be the fate of the discussion, has adoptel Sir Henry Camp small scale here, for the Nippon Yusan Kaisha,

It is the intention of the Chinese Govern- ment, says a native paper, to take up negotin- tious for the new commercial treaty with Italy The Punjauh Larvest is expected to be shortly after the German commercial treaty is record one.

Boncluded. It is reported that the Italian There will be Y.M.C.A. "at home" on representative who has been delegated for draw

ing up the new treaty, taking into consideration Saturday evening.

the trivial character of Italian commercial in- There were four plague cases yesterday, terests in China, will endeavour to obtain in the forthcoming negotiations special privileges in making the total 811.

connection with Roman Catholic propaganda in

CHINESE LABOUR IN THE TRANSVAAL.

to be edited by the Principal, and contributed the Lunes, where the whole of the ground

sool al Port Edward, Weibaisi, It apposreennlents. his mot yet supied. Practically all the

largely by the scholars. There is a "tablet ́ ́ in imitation of Mr. E, T. Reed's in Panch which water roads to the aurth and stare unsafe

mosti us how the geat Lo Khut ", who “is after nightfall. A recent case of attempted not even the merit of originality. The akong had learnt how to pile up the mizanitz.", jail-breaking engineered by prisoners foreigners then were loss than a lurdred: came to "gire Wei-Hai skyves". The poet known to belong to these smuggler gangs, they are now tens of thousands.

by WWS fortunately suppressed the failed then is not now more likely to succeed."Phorstoiminenzerejiment". promptitude of the jail oficials; but for may, however, cause very serious trouble. Some minutes the situation looked extremely dangerous; several lives being lost on the side of the rioters, and some of the police guards having met with severe injuries. This attempted emente, there is every reason LONGBONG, JUNE 22ND, 1906.

to believe, was intimately associated with WHEN, the fox robeg birasolf in gown and the murder, close to one of the most bands, and sets up for a preacher, the geese frequented thoroughfares, of one of the way look out for an uneasy time. Such is wanders, a crime to which no clue lms as yet It is known that the the worul de must drew from the position been discovered. of affairs in northern China; Young China emcute within the walls was to have been his assumed the gown, and brea holding accompanied by a rising of these despere does eloquent discourse to the geese on the outside, and it is probable either that the iniquities of the unspeakable foreigner. The warder had obtained some clue to this, or immediate occasion was the superhuman that he was supposed to haro in his posses

From time iniquity of the Municipality of Shaoghai, sian a key to the outer gate. which the fox told his flock was actually to time, under existing regulations for levying "taxes" outside municipal limits the Miard Court, prisoners captured a niu which fox suggests ought to he outside limits have to be sent into the puorbed by goose getting up another course ative city for trial and punishment. In of iets when the Municipal Council would rightly be called on to pay the indemnity! Poor goose!

The V.R.C. is bolding a sṛimming te on Saturday afternoon, July 14th.

The s.5. Petronia with 19,358 packages of tea left Haukuw for Odessa on the 14th inst.

After considerable delay Viceroy Yoon Shih- kai is aboat to take over the German onvalry barracks at Tionts'.

A handsome cap presented to the Bugg Brigada by Major General Villiers Hatton for sigolling competition has been received in Shanghai.

The owners; of the steamer Wing Chai most cases merely, nomind punishments are announce a reaction in fores for the Sunday inflicted; and it is notorious that in practi-excursion trips by this steamer to Macao, The cally every caso where the prisoner has been first class retorn fare is now $2.

Chinu

Probably the Dairy Company will be in- terested in the following paragraph from the San Francien Chronicle of May 24- "At 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon the big steamer Manchuria will sail for Honolulu and porte of Japan and Chine, with a full cargo and many passengers. An unus item on the manifest is a shipment of thirty or forty fine cattle for Hongkong. Most of the other freight, amounting in the aggregate to ahon: 11,000 tons, consists of machinery and Jomosties from the East. There is, however, a large shipment of flour from cost mille."

INTERNATIONAL CROSS.PURPOSES AT SHANGHAI

by

was anticipated, are taking determined steps to meet the opposition on the Shanghai-Yoko bama line. Arrangements are being made to have two sailings weekly, and to this end, in addition to the three regular mail ateamore at present ruuving. the Satsuma, Tairen, and Tolegmai Marus are to be placed in the servic The Hankow Shanghai-Kobe fleet will also be strengthened by the addition of the Fushiki and Niigata Jaru,

AMERICAN CONSUES.

Losnos, June 19th. The Radical dissatisfaction at the Chinese our policy in the Transvaal has cul- minated in a deputation to Sh Henry Campbell-Bannertaan. The deputation

BEFUTATIONS AND COUNTER CHARGES. represented by 166 members of the House

American papers now sak us to believe that of Commons, demanded the stoppage of even the American Consal in China is not so the importation of Chinese coolies and the black is he has been painted. We hope not, deportation of Chinese already in the and repeat the following for what it may be Transvaal. Sir Henry Campbell-Bunnor- mau, replying in general tres, said that if necessary the Government would issue a more clear repatriation proclamation, but in any case it cannot agree to the experi-

cut being unduly prolonged.

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N-C. Daily News Service] PIRACY IN SOUTH COREA.

Tokyo, June 12th.' The prevalence of piracy in South-west Corea hak recossituted the dispatch of the warships. To destroyers are ready engaged in checking piracy in the vicinity of Mokpo.

THE RED CROSS IN JAPAN.

Tokyo, June 12th.

worth

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The question of the removal of Mr. Robert eWale, lately Americas Consal-General at Canton, has been re-opened and the ox-consal has refuted the charges brought against him.

tbe Qu other side oonutar charger Bra How brought against Mr. H. H. 1). Pierce, the Third Assistant Secretary of State, who made tke

tear of inspection of the consulates, which resulted in the recent changes. It is suggested that Mr. Piurco was a candidate for this post of Cousal General at Shanghai and that he has since been running for the office of Birst Ameri- Minister to Norway, but will fail of nomina- Tidu in consequenre of the disclosures

NEW SHIPYARDS FOR SHANGHAL

MORE JAPANESE COMPETITION,

countries,

When some seven hundred years ago entenced, owing to the carelessness or The Nanfangoo publishes the ridiculous

There seems to bo no ond to the enterprise of Shanghai was erected into a kies district connivance of the jail attendants, the priceport that the Waiwapa has accepted the offer

o peighbours and allies. Mr. Matsugala, the It would be small wonder were the Shanghai

President of the Kawasaki Dookyard Co., is the rivers rau somewhat differently from soner has managed to get out. Ja no case of the British Parliament, and agreed to forbid

Municipal Council to weary of the craseless their present courses. Eu consequence a has any attempt been made to capture him importation and the native unufacture

of opium.

The annual general meeting of the Ead Cross said to bava slated to an interviewer that the atraggle with the Chinese authorities, which sa Society, concluding the war programme of the pany desires to obtain shipbuilding orders Colna Sizm, and all the other Oriental ittle bit was left out the north-east again. Whether this proceeds from the

It is proposed to build a modern cycle motor further complicated by the political counter-Srcioty, took place this morning in the presence

of HN the Empress and the Princesses, and thousand trabo of land at Shanghai corner of the hien. The railway cume inta fears or the unwillingness of the MAGISTRATE

With this view it is purchasing this corner and Shinsa KUNG-PAO, who had to punish a prisoner sent in by the foreign and foot-racing track in the grounds of the actions of consuls and others.

French Camp near the Avonua Paul Brunat, at Recently the Council has observed that a was a grand success.

and lectung for the purposes of shipbuilding and contrived to get the line into his bands, Municipality does not appear, but there are Sanghai. The coting of promoters was to mafoo, acoideu tally responsible for the death of

THE NAVAL MEETING AT

shipping at with especial relation to the at Shanghai auf on the Yangtze. At a chill who ran under his vehicle, has, with the

NAGASAKI. would not permit Lau KWEN-YIB, the strong reasons for attributing it to the latter have been hold on Wednesday.

first only repairs will be undertaken there, and erbutally

a large seslo consent of the American Assessor, been sent into

a dockyard on Tokyo, Jane 15th. Nanking viceroy, to make up this corner in

The Commercial Bureau of Hankow is about the city for the hearing of bis esse. It is there-

The British destroyers arrived at Nagasaki will be developed. Extensions of the Com the extension. As the Zettlement lies officials will go was afforded only the other to establish a department for lawsuits dealing fore decided to lay the facts before the American | yesterday and the warships this morning. They pany's property are also in progress at Kobe, in two sides of it, and communication was

day. A prisoner had been arrested in the as hitherto, having to be dealt with by the local strong protest at the course which was adopted.in harbour.

with all monetary cases instead of the cases, Consul-General and to record the Council's exchanged the usual solutes with the Americans consequence of the incressing size of the vezels pended, a road has been recently made settlements in the act of making counterfeit through it. When To TAUNG-TAND, 2

cause.

An instructive instance of the lengths to which the presest generation of

authorities.

constructed in the dookyard there.