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due to "a fit of national hysteria". and that it had evil results as well as good. Supposing, however, that what was done was altogether the right thing to do, it is a pity that it could not have been unaccom.
The return match between Kowious Howling TELEGRAMS. Club and the Civil Servios Club takes place on Saturday. Practically the teams, as already gicom, will play.
Two fatalities are attributable to the thurder-
A. S. WATSON & CO., and by the emotionalism which history storm which passed over Hongkong on Su day
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A similar fata lefel a youth in M. Stolypin by bomb, thirty people charge of в sampan.
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M. Stolypin was slightly injured. The assassins were killed.
** teaches has been responsible for as much national crime as virtue. The bishops should warn the people against spasmodic piety, instead of inciting semi-pious It is not pleasant to remember
The Kowloon Cricket Club hare arranged for Professor SIRINE be that if
right, concert to be held on Saturday evening, lat England did its dety in a burst of emotion prox, at the Club ground, Austin Road. We caused by reading n
an informed that the cream of local intent will work of fieti.n
Further particu -the inienry sorrows of UNCLE Tossist in the entertainmsst. were invented to make impossible the real lars will appear, (o merrow, sorrows of ren! - pengos, which would pre- Bittoably have appeavest less romantic, au so less likely to touch the unticual com science. Years later, Ms. Chadston, with bis Bulgarian atrocities pamphlet, kuned int flame another of these hysterie ebullitions due to artificially stimulated con tebus. This week's telegrams show. us Bulgaria beset 'on tarve sides, and it is no exaggeration to say that from prior to Mr. GLADSTONE's politie cultivation of the national sentimentalism to the present day. things have been constantly beerring there which as bumanitarians we are bound to deplate. The great moral digantion of Heat particular titue was due, it will be rem
Thangh the recent fracas between Indiana and Chinese at Yaumati has intensified the feelings of animosity between the two peoples there, the extra precautions of the police have prevented a recarrence of the disturbance. An' outbreak was expected on Saturday, but the port so far is that all is quiet, în the neigh-
bourhood,
GOLD DISCOVERY.
LONDON, August 27th.. A rich discovery of gold and silver has liven made in Canada.
The adjomrumd pairs contaxi totweet Messrs. D. Harvey and W. Rossell and Mesir.. Puncheon and R. H. Baxter for silver spoons was completed on Kowliou Gran last night. The latter couple won by21 shots to 12. The other winters of spoons wern Messrs. J. C. Gow and T. Petris and Masura. Hunter and A. R. Kinross.
WHISKY. meatured, to the emphasis put on certain for the extablishment of national paper works
rusavoury aspects of "mau's inhumanity to man " To paraphrase, a remats of me of THIS VERY FINE OLD SCOTCH MARK TWAIN's French dullist, it is not
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death that the national conscience feels, but mutilation. A British cougheror may THE nearly exterminato à rebellious tribe during a well directed campaign, and the nation will attend services of thanksgiving; but let him fog or bing a few rebels, as an example tending to prevent "resh slaughter, and the national conscience is up in arms against such "methods of barbarisın". The British Press is the worst tuldhumper of them all, in respect of this illogical emotionalism; probably, popuii, it cannot help itself (curious to watch bow after a rodatie
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and printing offices at Peking, Tientsia, and Shaugħni. The paper factory will produce European paper, like Chinese paper, for the nee of the dicers administrations of the Hempire, The printing works will be exclusively reserved for printing the ascessary hooks for the public and private schools and colleges: Europeans and Japanese will be appointed to direct the national establishments.
Herr Geheimurat Riedler, a distinguinised professor of the Charlottenburg Technical College, declares that both the German navy. and the German meresatile marine hasa been extremely backward in adopting the dss of turbines. Prof. Riedler has pobäshed intares- ting statistics to bear out. his contention regarding Germany's lank of interprise in this respect. There are 46 ship in the British Navy, incivaling four large battleships and four a vrinae com-cat-class armoured cruisers, driven by te binos. The Japanese mary contains three battleships A. S. WATSON & CO. | uitted under cirentast nares that whiled a
flavour of romance to the outrage-thug and the American navy four craisam driven hy turbines The German navy, on the other raised an outery against anarchy and hand, cousins only one small cruiser and one anarchists while all the while, and to Atorpolo-boot driven by turbines. The British anit, they were expressing sympathy with mercantile murice contains 14 large ocean-going the cause of Russia'a revolutionaries. To steamships and passenger steamships plying between England and Ireland and the Cou- avoid political sentimentalisın
finout driven by turbines, Japan is building ignore ir duty to our neighbor two large ocean-going liners, and American fortunately, those who at Home at present companies are building five ocean-going steam- are so readily declaring various things suips driven by turbines,
morally indefeasible," as a rule seem to mercantile marias contains only one vessel la con-ernel with their duty to their driven by turbines, neighbour's neighbour, a somewhat dif ferent thing.
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The third monthly competition for the China A Belgian company asked permission to install Mail Cap at disappearing targets took place olectric tramways in Peking, but the application on the King's Park Braga on Saturday, the 25th August, whan some good scores were made, has buson rafnkel.
Mr. P. P. J. Wollehouse waking a "possible." while several scores of nine were made by members at the sulisujusní practice, but were not allowed to count in the competition, as by the rules only the first sont counts. The following is list of scores :- P.P.J. Wodehouse 10 J.8 Pidgeon W. II. T. Davis 7 N. Daniel
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A contemporary says that the statue of Queen Victoria in Bangkok is becerning an object of vanaration to some of the people, who bow to it in the same way as to the figure of Buddha.
A mielanie nu hard one of the French torpedo foat's was drowned in the Saigon river a for days ago by falling overboard during the
Course of exercises,
During the whole of last week there was only one case of plague, and very little other dimuse. As the returus since Saturday wore
blank, the plague totals now stand at 80 enses and 3 deaths.
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Tennis tans because a popular pastimé in Hanoi. Alora jetrual remarks that this game was once conlined to the "chio" clans, but now it is played by all sorts in the French community.
THE BISHOP's 'retéreure to the abolition of slavery, in his anti-opium sermon which we reported yesterday, serves to start once mun a train of thought leading to curious reflections concerting theputure of what is We have called national conscience". frequently drawn attention to the enti mental character of many of its more recent demonstrations, and it may be we have unwittingly confirmed the impression. apparently held in guy minds, that this sentinentalism is a new attribute of civilisel
King Sisowath of Cambodia han retarded society. It is mol, although many writers from his French trip, which he seems to have appear to consider that it has become enjoyed. On the homeward journey, it is much more pronounced in the last twisted, he did little bat smoke spin in his generations. There will not be wanting seoffers to declare that the promptings of - the untional conscience often
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DEAR SIRAs I find that. I um vorg generally credited with responsibility for the report you guva of the last Voluntour Concert, I should be glad if you would give publicity to the fact that this is not ed. I have not yet written criticisms of any of the musical events
bave no intention of doing so.-Very faithfully"
handbag or hypocrise; laut we heline 1996, shows that of non-Chinose there were 333 of this Colony; although I have been asked, I
to the Library and 93 to the Museum; and of the less harsir view that the strewer Chinese 163 to the former aud 2,338 to the latter. gentimentalists are victims of a form of The Library was, therefore, asnd by 49fi parsons self-dewit. They undoubtedly mean well and the Museum br 2,420.. let us farkear the familiar reference to a pavement of good intentions, and remember that their ofbical arguments to begin with have our universal approval, and that we split only when it comes to ways and means of giving effect to them. Offhand, nearly
Mr. J. Derasami, the Indian violinist, whe was intruduol to Hongkong nadioners by Sandow, made his debut in Loudon at the Bechstein Hall on the 18th July. He played the last movement of Mendelssolin's Concerto,
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every decent thinking man is ready to canned considerable surprise, and the Daily affirm that Great Britain could consisteily Mail eritic failed to see the advantage of it take no other action than that she took in either in tone or execution." However, Mr. connection with slavery. Truth, however, Domusami himself declares that he cannot adopt bas more than one side for some whose the usual method, and it is gratifying to read that he certainly did exceedingly well." He claim to honeer is as just as the average las secured a very lucrative sogagement in cocksure person's. Professor SKRINE has America, which will extend, it is believed, over recorded his opinion that England's pure some six months. in the emancipation of slaves in 1833 was
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THE REVOLT IN CUBA.
Loxnox, August 27th.
The rebels are near Havana.
SPELLING REFORM.
LONDON, August 27th. The reformed spelling is generally opposed in America
FRUITS OF THE COMMISSION.
INSPECTOR WARD COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
The hearing of the ebarges of bribery and aitempling to obstruct the course of justice, preferred against Inspector Fratteis Ward, of the Sanitary Department, was consluded before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday afternoon.
Mc. . B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, prossented, and Mr. E. J. Grist (uf Moses
Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for defendant.
Mr. A. Carter, Sunitary Surveyor, was called, He said-Ou Maruh Ist, 1904, defendant was appointed as a district sanitary inspector, and was placed in charge of No. 5 district.
Chan Pui, sworn, said-I live at No. 2, Water Street, which is my family house. I wo the owner and texere of several latrines in Hongkong. One is at No. 3, San To Latie, ons at 29, First Street and one at 2, Gengh Strest. My son. Chan Tsun, manages these latrines. Account books with regard to them are kept by my son, who also receisen the money from the collectors Je likewise eone that the Hm-washing or repairing of the latrines is ourried out. On June 22nd 1. was
His Worship--On that point the evidenos in Prima facie, and it is quite sufficient for me to Hand the case for trial.
Mr. Grist-I only put it forward to give my friend full notice. There is no question of perverting justice. The Commission is simply drawing up a confidential report not to be published.
His Worship-It is a common law offenes to portort justice; also a common law office to incite another person to conspire with another
person to pervert justion,
Defendant was committed for trial at the next Criminal Sessions. Bail as before,
WHOLESALE MURDER IN
KWANGTUNG.
SUPPOSED HURDERER ARRESTED IN HONGKONG.
turbalsut provinen of Kwangiang was
A blood-curdling story of crime in the mala known to the local police last wook when the Chinese Government applied for the extradition of the alleged murderer. When the case COMOR hefore the Police Court, we beliers the fallow-
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The insurrection in Cuba is sprizid-summoned to attend the Commission and taking dolails will be found fairly accurate. It
iny books. This produced) was the enbpons are that the tragedy occur time Ho al Pichung village served on mu by a European ser giant. My son
Namhoi district. The meat market in this was not in the hous at the time. After I was
village is said to be run by a company in Barved went to the Detective Ofisa with my
which the alleged murderar was a shareholder. books, and afterwards to the Commission. I have
Ats rowdy mesting of shareholders the mas no partners in the latrine busines. I and my
under arrest is said to have shot another who su are the only two persons interested in it. I
strenuously opposal seras know the defendant, who is a sanitary inspector.
proposition he brought forward at the wresting. The He called at my houses on June 23rd at ahunt 7 pan. Prior to that time I had won him passing clan in that district, was not called to task for mardarar, losing s asomber of the moal powerfal When he called, a man armed his misdeal, it is said, because the villagers
fonred the vengeance of the clan. murder caused the meat company in be dissolved, the accused not being included in the list of and a no company was formed, the name of
BEUTER'S SERVICE.}
THE NEW CANADIAN PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE.
Under the new
Londos, August 25th.
contract the Canadian Pacific shortens the nail route from London to Hongkong by 91 days, and to Yokohama and Shanghai by 8 days. The Empress Ireland sailed froin Liverpool yesterday,
paugurating the service.
THE CUBAN INSURRECTION.
LONDON, August 25th. The insurgent leader Querro, with 5,000 insurgents, is outside Penardellio awaiting reinforcements, and threatening to attack Havana. Prominent Cuhaus in New York state that the rising is largely racial, the negross and mulattoes resenting the white's monopoly of the profitable offices since the independence of the island.
Straits Times Service.
EUROPEAN FEACE.
POLITICAL QUESTIONS BEACHRD BY FING
AND KAISER..
Angust 20th.
A remarkable article has been pablished in the Forddeutsche regarding the meeting at Krouberg of King Edward and the Kaiser, which it characterized as auother stags on the read towards the improvement of the relations of the peoples, the Governments and Rulers of Britain and Germany. It stated that serious political questions were bronched during the free and friendly coarersstious that took place at Kronberg, and adds We know full well ant this was do e in a spirit which will have the effect of further consolidating European
peace.
EGYPTIAN PRINCE KILLED.
August 20th An automobilo conveying the Egyptian Prince, Ibrahim Mebammed, collided with a train at Beruay, France. The Prince was killed.
MUTINERRS EXECUTED.
shareholders,
This first
After lapse of about two
my door. Wang came with him. They both entered anl sat down. The defondant spoke in English, and Wong rota as interpreter. No one she was prezent.
The interpreter interpreting for defendiat said." Tell your mon Ko Lo the will be po trouble. country, then there I will look after your latrines," Wong thon said It is written in the book that money has been given to the inspector (defendant)." That was the wanted mysp to go away. were going away the defendant shook the market out tu learn ปล BATIAN hands with 200 and said "Chin-chin." of this trouble. Ar
# he appeared He also said, in Chinese If your sou goes the defendant is alleged to have nway will took after your latrines," I said aia and fired at him. The manager fell down in reply Yes, please you look after me."
daad, boing shot through the brain. Thoa the merierer turned and firad at an Indian watch- man, the bullt entering his shoulder. The watchman promptly closed with the murderer. and a force hand-to-hand encounter took place. A small boy engaged in the market, who had
nonths, during which time the business was carried on profitably, the defendant appeared before the market armel with a Winchester - reason they repeater rifle. He fired two sho's in the When they ain which ought ll: manager of
Mr. Bowley-Wore you pleased at the suggestion that your son should go away to the country?
soon
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Mr. Grist-His Impressions are not evirdruce. your Worship, one way or the other.
Mr. Bowley-Wore you willing that your on a witness of the scene from the beginning. son should go away ?
Mr. Grist again objected,
armer! himself with a chopper and rusbed to the watchman's assistance. He plied his wospen
Mr. Bowley-I submit it is evidence, your on the murderer's body and inflicted several Worship.
His Worship allowed the question. Witness-No.“
Mr. Bowley Did you soud him away to the country?
Witness Na.
Contiuning, witness saide) saw defendant on June 25th at the latrine in Sau Po Lane. I was set for by Lo Long-hing, the parso n in-charge of that latrine, This was about a e.m., and I was thon in my house, which is next door to the Istriue. I met the defendant at the entrance to the late. He was alone. He spoke to me in Chinese sud said—” Your son has not
et gone away. Send him away." I replied They bare pot jet anked me. When they do
son away, and defendant did not speak to me again. I gave evidence before the Commission on July 2nd.
ask me I will see about it." I did not send toy
nasty wounds. Then, when he saw the wateb - sam, hoing overpowered, he took to his huels, The defendant is allegal to have disembowelle thenatolaman, aftor which he fled, ruaning in the direction of the river. When he arrived on the bank he hailed a sampan which was occupial by twe women; bere was also a baby lying on the deck. He asked the women' to run alongsida and take him aboard, but they, seeing he was
cusored in blood, rifns. At this, the bruta in alleged to hare levallart his rifs and shot both, Das of the women when shot, fell on the boty of the child, which bus siaco succumbod, Tuo man then made good his escape and ultimately Tan wrath of the arrived at Hongkong. populao, however, when the full extent of his
crimes kecame known, was sufficiently unanimous
to move the magistrate to action, and the clan, of which the alleged murderer was a member were threatened with extermination if they did La Long-bing, declared, said -- I um not deliver him up. They took prompt steps, in charge of Chan Pai's latrino at No. 2 | had as a result one of them traced him to Sau Po Lane. I was first employed by Hongkong, and the noc story steps were taken Chen Pai in Tate, 1966, and have been there to secure bis arrest. A man was brought before ever since.. Defondant is the latring inspector. | Mr. H. H. J. Gomporta at the Police Court He called to inspet somstivus once every day, yesterday morning, when the Chiass Govern- and sometimes once in two or three daye. Af ment applied for his extradition, and the case August 20th.
times he called by himself and again be would was remanded for a week, Eighteen sailors connected with the recent have an interpreter with him. He told me once antity in Baltic and dermed to death-
to eat my master. On June 25th, after in- by court-artial, have been executed.
"Tea mutineers at Kronstadt have been specting, the latrine, he asked me where the sentenced to death and 122 to penal servitude. maxter was. I said My master is at his
Three bombs were thrown into the carriage of the Governor-General at Warsaw, but fortunately the Governer escaped unhurt. He was, however, neverely prostrated.
RIOTS IN BULGARIS.
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August 20th, Six thousand Greek families have left Bulgaria fearing excesses of riots and have taken refuge at Adrianople
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT FALLIERES.
August ist. An attempt to usussinale M. Falliere, President of the French Republic, during his visit to Marseilles has been frustrated. The police authorities there discovered the plot and have arrested ALD Cirillo,
Italian aparchist named
FRENCH GOOD WILL.
August 21st The French Dewspaper Journal de Debuta published u letter signed by a group of French- inen established in Egypt who express the hope that England will continue to work for progress io Egypt, and declare that the recent British precautions are fully justifiable.
ANTI-GREEK MOVEMENTS.
August 21st. The Porta bas cirenorized the Powers calling attention to t è serious danger of the Auti-Greek movement in Bulgaria.
JAPANESE LOAN.
August 21st.
M. Takabashi, the Vice-Governor of the Bank of Japan, will proceed to Fngland and America to negotiate for a loan of 80,000,000 yen, the eest of certain enterprises in Manchuria, and Jen, if possible, to negotiats for a reduction of the interest on the ld loan,
family bouse. He asked me to go in and tell him to come out, which I did. My muster came and spoke to the defendant at the entrance to thelo. I did not hear what was said. On this occasion defendant spoke to me in Chinese, I do not understand English, and have been in the Colony only three or four months.
Chief Detective-In-pector J. W. Henson said- arrested defendant urder the warrant
SHOULD BRITAIN ANNEX SHANGHAI?
Shanghai illustrates the extent to which a policy
The history of the British settlement at
of drift may be carried when a Government allow events to shape their way without attempting to direct their courer, writes the Gorrrespondent in the "Round The series of articles. Although British Empire pinners here the whole burden of securing a footing in the
delta, their efforts have Yangtze been largely neutralised by the persistent refusal of the British Governant to afford the trading community of Bhangbai the
protec
produced on the 15th instaut at No. 1, Chaler Lion which WAN. obtained at Hongkong Strest. I knew the branch office of the Sanitary by means of territorial apneration. To Board on Pekinlam Real, and the defendant's this day Shanghai remaiak, not a political bat commercial setticmuut, in the defendant would pass within about twenty sovereignty is inconveniently and immorally house In going from the office to his house Pression,
which tio degrading machinery of Chinese pacos of Chan Pal's door,
intermixed with the administrative procedure stablished by the European settlers for the recent occasious rejected opportunities decorred self-government of their community. Outwo for retrieving the errors due to past omission. The enneration of Woibaiwel in 1898 wes an undigailied reply to the high-handed- eizure of Kiaochun by Germany and of Fort Arthur by Russia. Had Shanghai bon annexed instead of Weihaiwei, a rich сока- mersial, prize. would have been acquired by pacific arrangement, and all those Mr. Bowley-I submit that the charge is good becoming
questions, which complicated
daily more and more neute, world in kw it is an offence against the Common lave been sottled by the ostablishment. Low to prevent witnesses attending to give of British rule. Again, in 1900, bad Great evidence before a duly constituted tribunal.declared ber resolve to safeguard the lives and Britain, in the face of the Boxer troubles, The Royal Commission was appointed by the
property
This ended the case for the prosenation. Mr, Grist-I propose to reserve toy defence, and address your Worship very shortly, principally with reference to the sixth charge Apart from all the questions of fact in the matter, that is no offence against the Common Law, nor is it an offenes against any of the Ordinances. That boing so, I should ask that that charge, at any rate, he dismissed.
very far into the workings of the sanitary ordinances, and has all the powers and atatus of a court of justice.
Bre
of her subjets at Shangbai by annexing the settlement, which is hers by right of sucession, the acquiescenes of the other Powers could at that time have been counted on. Now that England is bound by treaty to msiu- tain the territorial integrity of the Chinese Empire, the opportunity for establishing
His Worship, after referring to the authority quoted said be thought the offence would be to incito a person to conspire with the defendant British sovereignty at Shanghai has passed to pervert jasties". He thought that would be away, never to recur unless circumstances, possibly not far distant, should restore to Great
a common law offence.
Mr. Grist-It would be if the Commission was not a private one, but being so it is a misconception entirely.
Britain that freedom of action which for the mowout she has been compelled by political necessity to surrender,
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