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Christianity has to offer to China. Ethics? Christian ethics, be contends, are inferior to bar own, for while our moral synen is based on individualism hers is founded on family life. The spiritual conselations and upliftings of our religion do not have WATSON & CO., the saine appeal to a people whose funda-
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mental idea of virtue is stoicisma, and whose mystical skle has been fed to repletion." "But," he adds elsewhere, “Christian civilisation without doctrine has ich to offer China, and the benefits of advanced humanitarianism, of applied | science, and of personal devotion to an ideal are beginning to bear good fruit after a Jong period in which their connection with the hated foreigners and his ways was their great obstacle." Japan became ng efficient as the herbariu. without adapting his religion : China cannot have failed to notice
this.
The conviction of sin and the longing for salvation do not enter into the Chinapan's purview of life, and when we reflect that many
Mr. W. Lee Jones, deputy registrar of the Supreme Court, loft yesterday by the German Email for a three months' holiday in Japan.
According to an investigation made by the authorities, ays the Osaka Asahi, the number of Japanese residente in Korea at the end of May lant was 69,000.
Early on Tuesday morning as a lakong was loving Lis quarters at No. 7 Polico Station to go on duty, ho foll downstaire and dislocated his shoulder, which necessitated his removal to the Civil Hospital.
It is reported that the Nippon Yusen Kaishs has orders three new strainers, each of 2500 tear, for the Xoogle service; two steames of 2,7 s taus nach for the Shanghai line; and twe of 8,500 tons each for the Europian liao,
The offlours of the Cavinm, recently arrived at Auckland, New Zealand, from one of the Polynesian islands, declare that they twies and a sa serpent. Hislength was estimated at of foot, and it was said his head resembled that of a rod garnet.
The latest mixol metaphor comes from War
The first number of the Canton Daily New TELEGRAM S. was issued on Tuesday. & now French paper, L'Echo de Pekin, has also made its ap- pearance.
According to the Narfangpau of July 13th, the British Chargé d'Affaires refuses to revika the clause in the Canton-Kowloon agreemont as proposed by the Waiwapa some time ago.
The total number of Chinese students now in Japan is given as 13,00% Every month 500 to 600 are leaving Chian for Nippon, Rocoully they sent Yen 18 to reliero distres satineel by the floods.
Rear-Admiral Brownsou, who will proceed.
["DAILY FREE" BICLUSIVE RERVICE.] BRITAIN'S BIG BATTLESHIPS.
Loxx, July 18th. It has been decided to build two
warships of the Dreadnought type, CANADA'S INVITATION.
LONDON, July 15th. The King has declined the invita from Amerien to the Far East in Septembertion from the Canadian Government with a squadron of four armanted craisom, will, to visit the Dominion. ou his voyage, call at British porta to return the risit of the Second Cruiser Squadron, under Prince Louis of Battenberg.
News has reached Hongkong of the death of Mr. H. Burlon, Mears. Butterfield and Swire's agent at Smator. The end conrrance, which took placa on Tuesday, was quite uvez- pocted. Mr. Barton having been ill for a fet days only. Ifa had been in the service of the of friends in the Colony. Mr. J. H. It. Hance left yesterday to take charge of the agency.
things which we call siù are virtues in his yes rington. In a cau die altark on the Towarm for over 15 years, and had a large circlsi
it is hard to see how we are to bring the Connoif a member of the local Trades Connell ciber thunderal: "Ist us go to the Council not like FINIS ALE, brawed expressly for ROBERT things hom to him." Mr. CoAPADUN Í
"Chinese philosophy and morality use
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impact lamb, but like the wolf, and ixke the bail by PORTEX & Co., LTD., is bottled under a
materialism, and, dark as the outlook as the horns," hean and still is for the sprost of the degre be inve, that of Christianity, there is revenu Special Bystem which enables the Characteristics of a Good ENGLISH ALE
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the efforts of Chrisiis mon to miss the Chinese standard at just those points whore it is lost -in humanitarianikin, respect for woman, otkur rupeots--will aventually win for the religion which prompter them a recognition which no propaguodíem cooki atlaiu:"
Some of Mr. Conqunaun's commentators drag him with them into the 'error of "Christian civilisation.", the civilisation of Europe which has grown out of "Europe's religion, aud-80 on. Perhaps it is only fair that as Christianity is so often blamed for
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MUTINY IN RUSSIA
ofox, July 18th. Forty-seven Russian regiments are disaffected.
MEDIATION ACCEPTED,
Loxton, Jely 18th. The Central American republies of San Salvador and Guatemala, which
CANTON
(PROR OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
BAILWAY AFFAIRS,
July 17th.
His Excellency Viceroy Shum has returov₫ to Canton from Whumpon. He lau lavítod the Prosidont, Vics-Persidentand the Board of Direc- tors of the Cantou-Hankow Railway Company to a banqust at bis Yamen on the 18th instant."
1. M. CUSTOMS LOOTED. It is reported in the malive newspapers that last weak a daring ging of robbers Lover a hundred), armed with rilla aud the I. M. Customs revolvers, attacked
at Samshui. While they were ransacking was conveyed to the the place, information nearest military station, and a large bady of braves appeared on the scene. A light cuaued nud lasted about an hour. Seven of the robbers were arrested on the spot. The rest of them left with a considerable sum of money and booty.
soul The Samsbui Magistrate has | seven robbers to Canton for trial. No furthor
Arrests have been made.
THE LINCHOW MASSACRE, The Tis. 48,000 compensation for the marder of the missiaties at Linobow and the de- struction of their property has just boon paid to the American Consulate at Canton, us ordered. Recently Viceroy Shom communicat ed with the American Consul-General stating
The Criminal Sessions should have been bazil: After an absence of several weeks in recently comienced hostilities. have that the people in Linchow are very poor and
youterding; but owing to a case in Original Jurisdiction. net having been caurluded tho previous day, they were adjourned til today, the jurymen having been previously warned not to atloud yesterday.
The authorities at Poking, having learned that the Chiassa volunteers of Shaughsi are well drifted and have excellent rules, bave written to the president of the commercial bureau of Shanghai to send a copy of the rules to Peking, where they have also the intention of forming a Chinese volunteer corps,
Spain, during which they were highly interested spectators of the festivities had in connection with the Royal marriage, the Chines Minister and his secretary, Mr. Ivan Chen returned to London to-day. This absence on the Continent has prevented the Minister and his secretary from travelling to Scotland to attend the funeral of the late Sir Halliday Maurtney, which took place to-day, in the graveyard which surrounds the ruim of the Lucient Dandranuan Abbey, in Kirkendbrightshire, regret is felt by these representatives of China on averunt of the death of Sir Halliday, to
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now accepted the offer of mueliation by President Roosevelt of the United States and President Diaz of Mexico.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
RUSSIA.
TONDOR, July 16th. The Council of the Empire has rejected the Government's famine relief measures and adopted, in their place, the Dumas,
mediate relief.
General Hozloff has been shot dead while The
of money from the village and pay the indemnity that he was unable to exact the enormous m at once. He begged for a reduction on the amount or else mora time in which to pay it.
The Consul replied that the waiter was decided bolwoen the respective Governments, that he had no power to alter it, and that if tho amount were not forthwith paid over he would telegraph to bir Minister at Peking. Ou receipt of this reply Viceroy Shum gave instructions to the Eureas of Local Affairs on the 13th instant to band Tis. 46,000 to Won Taotai, who paid it over to the American
affair is now closed.
The following is a list of the ladies and whom they give credit for the major part of the bill, providing Roubles 15,000,000 for in- Consul on the same day. The Linchow murder gentlemen who have promised the Hongkongng, arduous, patient work of rousing the Volanteur Corps to sing at their concert on ruling wind of China to a perception of the utilities to the East of Western civilisation, Baturday. Mrs. Badoley, Mrs. Frank Maitland, Very recently the Emperor of China expessed Mosses Frank Austiu, P. W. Goldring, F.
Moutria nud G. W. C. Burnati.
amenities are evolved of necessity, quite Carr, il. Morbuose, F. 1. Thomas, Sydney/ his sense of the value which the Government assassin, who has been arrested, confessos: introduction of handicrafts such as shoe-making
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already published these truthful but dis agreeable statements, that the words Christian State" have almost as little significance as would have the terms hot ice"; and Christian Civilization implies The not much more than frog's feathers. national character is demoralised by so much. as it is forced to attribute its development 19 fictitions causes; a religion deteriorates in quality the moment it is adopted as a State formula. The HONOR AMY SFCRETARY of the Pan-Islak Suciety, who n-jeices at the silly rumours that Japan is about to Contopt Islam, says, 'As has been suggested
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HONGKONG, JULY 19TH, 1906
in the Morning Poef, the political advantages
The Colebill (Wimbornej Football Club have just premated their pat deg "Quick" with
collar bearing a suitable inscription. Quick | only missed attending two of the club's watches last suuson, and curiously taey were the only twe matches the Coldhills lest. After this no one will scoff at marcóta
The spread of illustrated journalism is not contined to the land. When the great liner Lusitania was launched the news was wira- tossed" to all the other Cunarders at son, and the announcement was printed in the balltán printed on the liners every day, accorepanied by a picture of the leviathra..
The saying de mortuie" has practical sig. nificance in Germany. The editor of a Lesigzig paper has been awarded six months for lose tanjes'. He had written disrespectfully of the ancestors of the King of Saxony. Other Gorman editors are careful now in their allusions to Adam, bang uncertain how far back the principle of ancestral Paɔ majesté my be höld to extend.
Mr. Rockefeller is coming out in a new charac that Japan can gain by adopting Islam aster-that of a humorist. As istresting feature her State religion are too obvious to be of his golfing, he explained to a fellow-passenger hidden from the eyes of the statesmen
on the Deutschland, is that he makes a stroke
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at Peking attached to Sir Halliday's forty years' work for China by bestowing upon hi the unique honour of a pension, a State reward that is without prrosdonk, either in the cash of a native or of a foreign official in the Govern ment service of China: and this exceptional recompense has unfortunately, been enjoyed by Bir Halliday for but five months. There is now no English official on the diplomatic staff in Portland Pinee, Sir Halliday Macartney's successor being a Chinaman.
A SOCRATIC ARGUMENT. is it a fact that a Japanese desler has been, fined for possessing, without polies permission, some swords that the magistrate admitted were carios What was the object of the law under which the penalty was inflicted? Has that object boon schistel? Can it be achieved, whils choppert and carving knives are legal? If not, must the law be so scrupulously interpreted ls every housololiter who has sword trophies ou the wat liable to dine? Are all the ordinances as rigorously enforced? If not, as they say at the Sanitary Board, why not? If the police are mothered in red tape, is there wo.one in higher authority to extricate them?
JAPANESE POET AND ENGLISH SAILORS.
of Japan." Obviously, there is behind and then rides after the ball on a bioycle. Hecntributed to the Jiji, cf July 7th a poem
that the counter-hope, the ambition of CONSTANTINE'S arekbishops. The tie is thus dangled in the eyes of the Tokyo Government.
"If she (Japan) dreams of becoming one day a world-Power, and to make Asia again domnate other Continents as she did once, Japan cannot realise that object bal
by adoping the enlivening and inspiriting religion of FOLLOWING our remarks yesterikay, we may briefly unte the neurous kindred referenceslan -the simple, invigorating, and practical religion--the religion of Mahammad, the that have appeared in the press siner Dr. greatest reformur, legislator, conqueror, com- mander, a nation sud Empies hander; the Richard's quaint comments. Christemom religion of Khalid, the conqueror of Persis in stems to be ignoring the parable of the Asis; the religion of Amron, the conqueror of religion of Malawwad II., the conqueror of the
vincible Constantinople in Europe."
claims that the combination gives an ideal exercise. It is refreshing to find that the world's richest man can joke. It is as rare for a millionaire to be humorist as it is for a humerist to be a millionaire.
The journey from Vladivostock to Moscow by the Trans-Siberian Railway only occapies 303 hours by the special rapid train. This is practically twolve and a half days. From Vladivostock to Harbin it takes 25 hours, from Harbin to Manjour 28 hours, from Mauj ur to frkotsk of hours, from Irkutsk to Taiga 58 hours, from Taiga to Cheryabiask 5 hours, from Chery abinsk to Simara I hours, aud
The Japaness post, Kim Gone Noguchi,
elesining the British China Squadron, The following English version gives a faint sugges
tion of its sentiments :
Swarthy or fair, our Star is the same though
our skins be of different hue.
With different tongries we talk, but our cardiac language together answers tho Tras
Or over the gods had joined our arms our desilníes entwined
Love and truth between as to-day, and there's glory and rest to-morrow.
Our birds are singing us English song: cur
flowers show English earl
Come, English sailers, to your homes in our
lilies, and taking thought, not only for its the land of Pharaohs in Africa; and the from Suwara to Moscow 3 hours. With stops hearts!
It is
The journey occupies 12 dys 23 hours.
Although the late Sir Halliday Macartney was not a literary man in the sense of being the ather of any published work, his dispatches, which were exceedingly volumingus and covered a wide range of subjects were characterised by au incisive force that sometimes uffled the jumga of strid and precise Foreign Office derks. It is bolisced, saya the Athenam,
that Sir Halliday has left abundant materials information about the secret history of politics and diplomacy íu the Far East during the fant balf-century.
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The Christian missionaries are more of the Chinuze nmi Japanese. Perbaps the most in'éresting is Mr. A. R. Colgens generous; they promi-e at their converts OMAR's grabbing coufribation to the Fortnightly, on "Christi shall inherit the earth". anity and China". Where Mr. ConquнOU line seems to apply, “Oh, the sorry trade". sticks to his subject, his utterances appear Whence rises this insense desire of quite authoritative. It was necessary, indoctrinating one's brethren ?? perhaps, considering the smugness" of TOLSTOY who asks. "In good truth, if many of his readers, to insist that these people were in possession of the truth Chinese are not lacking in the moral sense; they would understand that this beliei is for a memoir, and they should prove a mine of and be bad also the right to add his opinion nothing else than the sentiment of the s of the influenea ou the Chinese character of hidden significance of life itself, that it the spective enlts blast have found a home establishes the relations of each individual in the Empire. Hu gotes a change which het ween himself and Gal, and that this war do not consider is real as it seems faith consequently cannot be imperical; farmerly we were told that the common whatever they can make enter, and whatever people welcomed Christianity end the they have made enter into the minds of government and literati were hostile to it others is not faith but only an appearance It is now the latter, who are ostentationsly of faith." TosToy's adnivers in the Par friendly, while the anti-missionary feeling is East bave unusual opportunities for con-
The firming his propagition. spreading throughout the country. missionary with suficient experience and candour has to admit thatatbottoru there has
There is a popular assembly in Russia, but things rousin much what they wore before. there is published by the Raski Vielsmesti, a proclamation issued by the District Governor! DE Gori and Sonchor, in the Caucasus. There appear in have been some twoults and axilations in the region, which it was the Government's desire to allay. To this end he issued his proclamation, by way of ultimatum. Once more, and for the last time," he says, I call
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Come to your homes that we have builded beneath the pipen.
Hear you not the welcome song of the pine. tree harps
Share our eyrie on the front of Fuji-sama. Behold the smile of welcome to our adopt brothors that lights up Frji's brok.
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We drink to Bogland and the English, to their health and unlimmed glory-
Here's to follow hand-in-hand the Light to.
day; here's to reap together the barvent
ace and love to morrow.
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You who drink the wine of life upon the Will see and know the hidden feelings of our
sailors' kauls.
Come, we will drink, talking fraternally of the bard us of empire.
lark What sounds are they? The thunders and gales of the Fons?
Nay! That is the glorious song of the Anglo- Japanese bav
WEATHER REPORT.
Pacific, to
On the 18th at 11.55 8.-The Laometer bus risen slightly on the E. coast of China, and is little busged elsewhere.
Frossute remzius in considerable defect at The English Mail of the ith June was upon the population to observe order." They
are warned that if lut one more complaint of the Philippine and Formosa latius, and the disturbaner reaches him, the village or district depresiou would appear to be almost stationary been no vital change of sentiment on either delivered in London on the 14th inst.
in the
to the N.E. of Lazán. The Japanese cruiser Hosseinčati ( Capt. afflicted will have to bear all the consequences, The Japanees returns are, however, no: side. When we were told that the common
Ishibashi) arrived at Hongkong from Tourane There will be no effort to fail the guilty indi-available this morning. people welcomed Christianity"
Moderate N.E. winds are indicated in the yesterday.
videak. Troops will simply event, and the It is reported that the N. Y. K. has decidedvillage levelled, and its lands and stock duras. Formosa Channel and moderate variable winde Forecast Light to moderate N.E. winds, showery. ianocence or otherwise of the sufferers. Mr. Colquaoux considers the prospects to change its bi-wankly service between Hong-tated, without the slightest regard to the over the N. part of the China Sea. of Cbristianity in China, he asks what! kung and Bangkok to a wookly service.
We were
told what was not true, or at last, we When were deceived by exaggeration,
walking in the park at Peterhof.
and says that he mistak General Kozloff for General Trepoff.
There is a recrudescence of the revolution and a strike bas taken place at Baku; the town is completely terrorised and this police refuse duty,
- Ally News Service.)
THE COLLISION AT YOKOHAMA.
Tokyo, July 13th. The finding of the Naval Court held at Yokohama yesterday evening to inquire into tho eellision Delwon the R.M.S. Athenien and the Standard Oil Company's str. Appatcher war against the latlar, with costs.
CANADIAN TRADE WITH JAPAN.
Tokyo, July 13th. An agreement has been promulgated applying to Canada the Anglo-Japanese Commercial Treaty.
THE JAPANESE RAILWAY IN
MANCHURIA.
Tokyo, July 13th. Seventy-nine Commissioners with Baron Kodems us President have been appointed to inaugurate the working of the South Manchuria
Railway.
RUSSIAN EMBASSY AT TOKYO.
FALLING INTO LINE.
it in stated in L'Ecko de Chine that the Russian Government has decided to change its legation ut Tokyo to an embassy. As soon as sauction has been obtained from the Tuma, the change will be made.
PREACHING CHINESE HATREJ.
The Canton Daily News, the new foreign paper at Caatou, gires the following in. teresting translation:
The Sze Man San Pao of the 14th inst contains the following article about the 14th of July:
MUTINY OF PRISONERS, Since Western reforins have been introduced in the prissus of China (referring to the
rattan work, etc.), there have been several cases of mutiny and in ose or two instancos prisoners have successfully sad thair tools (as weapons. On the 12th instaut (ke prisoners over of the Yeong Kong city (poar They took advantage of a temporary reduction in the Kongmoon) prison mutinio.
number of their guards, killed the offloor ix charge, and disabled such of the leaves no did
not run away.
They broke down thegato, and set the rest of the prisoners free and made for the department where all the Svearms fors kept. They took these, sud most of them are now armed bandits.
CANTON PUBLIC GARDEN,
The land for making the public ga the Chinese city has been suryoyod sudj has been drawn up, on similar lind public garden in Kangkong. It is prop commence the work on the 1st day of th moon.
THE YUNNAN RAILWAYS.
THOSKILL TREATED COOLIES": AUTHORITATIVE ANSWɛn,
We feel glad now that we did not lend a credulour ear to the stories of grusity and ill- treatment of coolies employed by the Yunnan railway syndicate. It will be remembered that one missionary committed himself to plain anggestions of murder and swindling; and that alone among the press of China, even before the French Ede de Chine, the Daily Press risked the opinion that the charges bors in- ternal evidence of reckless exaggeration.
Mr. A. Wilson, author of the Mengiz trade report for 1905, issued by the Imperial Maritime Custome of China (unimpeachable evidence, we hope), writes as follows:----
The construction of the railway between Luoksi and Yunnan-fu-that gient enterprise to which all well-wishers of Yannan look forward as the one means of permitting thig province to take her proper place in the markets of the world has been porseveringly To-day is, according to the Western calendar, pushed forward in the face of great diffion!ties, the 4th day of the 7th month, that is to say both climatic and economic. The vile climate the anniversary of the conquest of Aanam, and of the Nan-hai Valley has levied a heavy toll it is usant to assemble on this day in
en those who have dared to open up its primeval We hear different places of entertainment. now that the French Consul and the French jangles and gallies. The death rate among merchants of Shame are preparing the detalls the coolies imported from various parts of the of the festival and that on the evening also a Empire and put to work in this dreaded valley great firework display will take place. A good may, without exaggeration, be estimated at
merchants of our own country have hired
houseboats in times in order to witness the 5,000, or 70 per cent. of the total number spectacle. The following must be remembered: employed on that partionlar section of the line.
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was formerly within the Chinese The company has made praiseworthy efforts to boundary bet today it belongs to Franco counteract the evils of the climate in this Therefore I think that on the day of this valley. They have constructed a large number French memorial festival, the Chinese marchants
Who would of puitable dwellings, both for foreigners and should feel a hatred without limit.
ngine that they do not know that on that day natives, and have doubled the number of Chinese blood was poured and Chinese lives hespitale, placing as many as seven doctors on taken? But notwithstanding they all go to the first 150 kilometres from Hukow. Instead, joy that festival. If we think bu miter of attempting to carry on the work in the Nan-
over could nur people still say twe love our country and care for it?
NEW HEBRIDES AGREEMENT.
bsi Valley all the year through, the work in suspended almost entirely during the summer ruins and the coolies mared up to the works on the high and healthier plateau This measure In view of the repeated reports of Aus- while it economises the life of that most tralasian dissatisfaction with the New Hebrides important individual in the building of any agreement between England and France, it may railway, namely, the coolie, most considerably be pointed out that no complaints in this respect have yet reached the Foreign Offs. The delay the completion of the line, and we must Government of Australia was asked for obstrva therefore wait till 1010 at least for that great fions with cumard to the agreement, and those desideratem, namely, the linking up of Yau- hervations are now on the way to England. nau-fa with Haiphong. The year under review But it is not considered likely that there will be
French railway enterprise in Indo-China. Ou nor is there any reason for such modification.
by demand for a moliscation of the grement, marks an important spock in the history of The unofficial objections to the agreement which Christmas Day the fit locomotive rozchod appeared in the Press and elsewhere were based Laokai on the Toulin-Yaanan border, and it is hoped that the coming spting will see the upon incomplete and inaccurate reports of what was contained in the document, and it is believed commencement of a through railway service that now that the true text has reached between Haiphong and Laskni," What can Australis, public opinion will undergo a coa
be thought now of the reckless statements of eiderable change.
which we complained?
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