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bis subjects, and that the wercantile instine should largely flourish alongside bis more conspicuous displays of regal magniüceors. For some thirty years he beon the practically uncontrolled monarch of the Congo Free State, presiding over un autocracy as unchallenged as that of the Tear himself. The products of the country have been in increasing demand during the greater portion of this term so that there has been every inducement to a march, who had the marcantile habit actually forced upon him, of seeking to make the most om, of the peculiar situation. We have seen something erou in far distant Chim of the financial and mercantile enter prise of the Belgians, so that we can the CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS AND asier comprehend how slsorbing the pursuit

proved in the comparatively little know and bibir unexploited realis along the Congo. Professedly the object of the International Association which conferred the rule of the state upou KING ILOFOLD

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 201¤, 1907.

["DAILY PRESS" RIOLUNIVE SERVICE.]

FUNNELS AND FLÅGS.

COLONIAL BHIPPING CONFERENCE.

was two up, was the only winning team for STRONG CHINESE PREJUDICE. nmmoned haro boon settled to the satisfaction

the police.

An interesting shooting match took place yesterday at King's Park Range, Kowloon between teams representing the Middle Regiment and the Voluntoors, When firing censed it was found that the soldiers had won by one point only-719 to 718. Two 83's ware counted out, su indication of the excellent akooting.

SHANGHAI, May 19th. An extraordinary plea was ntade ut the Mixed Court here yesterday, when thirteen of the ringleaders in the gaol Autiny of May 4th, 1900, were brought up and sentenced to terms of imprisonment, varying from five to twenty years in addition to the periods they were already serving.

of, and England is inade to feel the full The rubber between the Police and Crit TELEGRAMS. enormity of her offence. Now of course,Service Bowling Clube was played on Saturday ridiculous as is the immediate issue, thereafternoon on the ground of the latter. As is something here more than at first sight was expected the home men wou by a margin of 19 shots. Inspector Cameron's, whoso rink meets the ope. A little strip lese than two degrees in latitude, just south of this territory, is all that separates the northern extremity of Lake Tanganyika from British territory in Uganda, Lake Tanganyika is fully accessible from Rhodesia, and indeed the Central African Railway is already carried beyond Victoria Falls, and in a few months could be carried right up to the lake. It would be thon in the power of Kisa LaDyOLD to imterially advance the interests of the projected Cape to Cairo Line by giving it passage through the Free State. Some years ago the Inte Loril KIMBERLEY, then Foreign Minister, hail practically made an arrangement with the Free State to cede a strip of territory here between the State and the Gorman territory of North-East Africa, but owing to theinst below the ribs. active hostility of the German Government of the day, Kino Loroin was induced to withdraw his consent. The reclaiming of the once allowed territory, though atter of absolutely no value whatever, is thus only a renewed instance of the same un-

bets of his commission; and looking friendly feeling, with no object except to the affair from this point of view, which hamjer as far as possible the carrying wis probably the only one from which it through of the continuous line. Cuder the had ever been presented to him, Kis present relations between Eugland and Lægroto came to understand that so long KING LEOPOLD with relation to the charges as the European world was alforded of i!l-treatment of the natives, and between facilities for trading at the entrance of England and Germiany with regard to the the country, so long it had no ground of construction of the lines by the laiter tà Complaint, the interud regulations of the Bagdad, it is evident that the guns of country being matters of detail expressly international obstruction is being carried on left to the judgment of the sovereign. with unabated vigour, and all this in spite Unfortunately, some hundred or so Iritish of the sailed peaceful inflimuse at the missionaries, with what KING LEOPOLD Haga A stronger proof of its failure as a doubtless considered their usual objection-pezer promoter evuld hardly be pointed out. able habits of ignorant curiosity about things- in which they were unwise concerned, went Alteration made in the conditions of a spring about the country and volunteering. | prospecting licence appour in the Gazette. advice. More than this, they proved them- selves deaf to the hinta gir en them by the administrators of the Government. and not content with this, proceeded to publish what those officials who had the respon A. S. WATSON & CO..sibility of maintaining order could

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The 391 plague care was imported from Macse. The 40th was found dumped" in Queen's Road West.

On and after May 21st an office for the sala of Indian money orders will be opened in the Kowloon Post Office. British and local postal notes will also be sold.

An examination of condidates for clerkships in the Hongkong Civil Service will be held by the Board of Examiners on Monday, June 10th Conditions are published in the Gazelle,

hot look upon as ignorant libele. This was proved through the means of an investiga tion undertaken by these maligned officials, wh in their own eyes, and in those of their thearch emerged victoriously out of the anden! Not coment the missionaries, with

The Civil Service C. C. sports commence at one or two discontented traders; actually 3 pm, to day (Whit Monday), -ra. Chatham pressed their complaints on the Britiah will present the prizes. Machado's String Govern went, and that body used its in-Band will play selections during the afternoon. Huence with the King have the affair

H.E. the Offcar Administering the Govern-

Conncil, prostaimu Bangkok to be a port or place at which an infectious or contagious dissare prevails.

On Saturday morning a passenger by the Kwong Sai was arrested by an exciseman for being in possession of opinas and on the way to thestation asked if the offer would realease him for $10. The latter did not reply and the defendant pat his hand in his pocket. officer thought it was to show the money but he was surprised when the man draw a pocket koife and plouged in the exciseman's body

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They all begged to be sent to the Native City for punishment, declaring that decapitation would be preferable

Their

Practically all the more important questions for the discussion of which the Conference was

of the Australian and New Zealand dolegates, So far the net result of the Conference has been to affirm the power of the Australasian Colonien to deal with their shipping questions practically on their own conditions, and the resolutions passed at the Conference are expected to result xlating anomalies and in encouraging the employment of British

The relation of rather thau foreign seamen. the various questions to existing foreign treaties will be dealt with at the Conferouos of Colpaind

in the remoral of most of the exist

Premiers,

The business still to be dealt with

by the Conference includes the questions of compulsory insurance for seamen, lud lines, the engagement of soamon through asuperintendent, the abolition of advance natos, the abolition of imprisonment for desertion, the extension of the Woskau's Compensation Act to seamon, fitting passenger ships with wireless installation and the adoption of water-Lide compartments. It is believed that A single sitting will BU$ce for these matters. Among

the

more important decisions alreatly faced

are the definition of a coastal trader and the

question of dealing with all ships; no matter whence they come or bow mach they are subsidised. This menus that British and foreign ships would be ea

on exactly the same level in

・A „truggle ensued but to life in the Municipal Gaol. the prisoner was taken to the Police Station, prayers continued until they were Australasian waters. It has also been resolved Lalor in the day he appeared before Mr. F. A. Hazeland und was fined $38 on the opium charge forcibly removed. and sentenced to six weeks hard labour for the assault.

REUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE STRIKE ON THE RAND,

The China Timer says that it is reported

Takungpan of Tientsin. that the in the opposition of the natives of Shansi to the Peking

INDON, May 16th. syndicate is growing more nenta day by day, and

Owing to the strike on the Rand the that the people of Taiyuan, capital of that province, are aceasing the native convers of the volunteers in Pretoria have him ordered to of assisting the British Concessionaries to secure be in readiness to mobilise at an hour's arcessite mining rights in Pingting and tour

Roman Catholic and Protestant missings there

other districts. The natives have threatened to

attack the foreign missioas and missionaries if they do not stop their followers from assigling the Syndicate. There have recently been small troubles' between the two partien at Taiyuan. It is said that the Manche Governor, ED Shou, has wired to the Waiwapa requesting instruc tions. It is reported in Chinese official circles in Peking that in order to bring the dispute to a mutually satisfactory cobelusion, the Waiwapu will shortly onsult Sir John Jordan as to the revision of the presont agreement,

The Globe remarks:-If it be trus that the.

Paking Government bas placed an order for two millions of up-to-date rides with a Contineata!

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firm, there would seem to be full occasion for repetition of the Prince of Wales's counsel to British manufacturers generally to wake up. So far as has come to English knowledge, this important contract was thrown opou to the whole outside world, the main governing condition being extact compliance by tenderers with the specifications of details. It was to be an above- board deal, wilkuni say “squeeze" in secret operation, and as this country can make rifer as cheaply, quality for quality, as any Contin- ental nation, some explanation should be given of the disfavour shown to the British com- petitor. Was the question of long credit the stumbling block? There are countries, notably

notice.

that ouly British Habjsets speaking the Englab language should be employed as officara on coastal ships. The Couforanca line also decided that the Commonwealth and New Zealand should be empowered to frame their own laws with I shipping in the coastal trade," tho regard Le phrase

all ships carrying passengers or goods Que Colonial port to another. It has been further resolved that every means should be taken, by log slation or otherwise, to encourage the employment British RANI DU British ships. A further resolution has beer passed in favour of compaling all futurs ships to be built with proper sseitary arrangements, ventilation, &e, and in the mass of those alras-ly built, should they be iusauitury, the Colonial authorities should have the power to insist an the scary alterations for the improvement of the condition of the women.

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RATO PROGRENA.

THE AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS. .

Donnox, May With.

It is common knowledigs that more than nga The gains of the Socialists, and the defeats internal combustion engine has been taken up by large slipbanding Brza, with a view to On this point of the German and arch Nationalists, ace development as marine molbes

The So in it would

fair to say more at general throughout Austria.

perhalbtedly the cuginis the noma. democrats have won 57 seats, and the anti-caming. Semites or Christian Socialists 59.

THE AMERICAN INTER-STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

LONDON, May 18th..

The American Inter-State Commerc Com. mission finds that the railway competition has suppressed (trade) over one third of the area of The United States. The Commission advocates the mulent of the agreements between the railways, and effective laws to prevent the inBation of securities.

SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION.

LONDON, May 16tb. A sensation has been caused in San Francisco by Boss Abrahan Ruff lending guilty to a charge of extortion, in connection

coming, and coming much more quickly than many people thius. The merine gas engine whink Mr. James McKechule imagined in Lis wldress to the Institution of Naval Architects was of 16,000 indicated horse-powar. In the disenk- sion of the paper ir William White elisited the information that the largest marine gas-ongine of which Mr. McKechnie bad nay experience was of no more than SUD indicated horse-power. Thereapon Sir William 61- pressed a fear that from 830 h.p. to 16,000 hp was rather rapid progress. Sir Willions apparently forgot for the moment that than ten years the Parson's steam turbine bad increased from lose than 1,000 i.h.p. to more th

70,000 i.h.p. The fact is that we are mov- ing much more quickly than we used to move, If the 800 h.p. engine is practicable, there is ao mechanical impossibility, abont the 16,000 i.h.p. engine.

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dresses with communications addressed to the Bastor investigated. Always willing to listen to ment has, with the advice of the Executive in Bouth America, where English merchants with the Municipal corruption which has unwilling to allow it to pass unaoticed by the

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bare burned their fingers to severely with long that risky method of capturing business to have any farther liking for it. Bat it is one thing

to give long credit in ordinary commerce and

permeated all branches of civil life.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

An article appearing in one of the native journals of Shanghai constitutos such a striking .... exemplar of science of sedition that we are

foreign portion of the Settlement. Starting from the assumption that the tramwaga will commence to run in June, the writer enlarges upon three great grils which he has discovered in the project and builds upon this theme an sppeal to bogent the trams, with a subula suggestion that, if anah methods fell in their

well founded complaints, Kisa Lorols. did appoint a commission, and this commis sion found out that irregularities bad indeed occurred, but the Government of the Congo did not think it necessary to publish all this in detail, and Kixu LEOPOLD Ordinance, 1889, will not be allowed to carry dealing. There is no question whatever about scheme to raise £250,000, on behalf of the includes not only those who use the trams but

Ships nonveying Chinese passagers, under the provisions of the Chinese Emigration

LONDON, May 17th.

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ubjects, more drastic measures might yet be adoptol. The stils that he enumerales are the

quite another to trust to the Government of Lord Curzon presided at a meeting four hundred millions of people for bonourable London for the object of formulating them on the upper or weather deck, between the its ao vency. It is assorted that owing to recent 1st of Juba and the 15th of October inclusive.

said that the whole affair had been exaggerated. Iu his eyes this was, under the circumstances, quite sufficient, as no A Spoons competition was played on Saturday damage bad been done to the zuissionaries, afternoon on the Kowloon Bowling Grest, and KING LEOPOLD could not be made spoons being won by Mesure. T. Petrie, W. Russell, J. Ramsay, and R. Baxter. A number responsible, his appointment containing of ties in the thres competitions were slap played

This reasonable explanation off. reserve.

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was curiously considered insufficient by The May Criminal Sessions were formally the British Government, and more un-opened on Saturday morning at the Suproms Francis Piggott, hat were reasonably still the United States seemed Court by Sir disposed to be dissatisfied with it. It was adjourned till Tuesday. There is only one case a doablo evident that something must be done to for trial-thaí of Cheung Tai on

charge of murder at Pokfalum prevent like nutriges in future.

Of late years a so-called scientific method

reforms in the collection and distribution of Oxford University.. £5,600 has already been Imperial revenue, a very much larger amount promised. reaches Peking, while the Emperor and his mother are reported to be all for economy.

PRINCE FUSHIMI.

LONDON, May 17th. Prince Fushimi has started on a week's tour in the North.

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danger to passengers in which term he

also pedestrians in the streets; the

consequat increase of crime in the Settlement due to so ricsua coolies and mafuos being thrown many out of

employment, and thirdly the damage to

the Commerce caused by inability of pedestrians to use any streets where the trams run. Finally the article states that workers in presious metals and silk merchants have notilled their employees

that

they will be immediately discharged, if they use the frame. If this example, continues the journal, is followed by the gentry and merchants of Shanghai, the trame will have to cesso run- ning" without any active measures being taken to rain them."

The whole of the article is interspersed with serious misstatements and at the same tima

On April 18th Sir Matthew Nathan addressed to Lord Elgin a dispateb containing the following paragraph :-"Referring to the 42nd paragraph of the despatches above grotad which dealt with the question of providing se soon as possible additional accommodation for

LONDON, May 17th. junks seeking shelter from aforms, your

Robberies by Terrorists occur nearly Lordship will observe that the Relief Fund Committed unscimously agreed to suggest that every day. A band attacked a mail van at with a few references to technical details that the Government contribution of an amount equal Ladz, killing and woundling four Cossacks lend it the air of profound knowledge. It is A meeting of Justicas of the Penos will be

to private subscriptions promised by me to the and a Policeman. the baud escaping with stated, for instance, that trom 5,000 to 5,010 people have been killed in Tokyo by electrio of demarking boundaries bad sprung into held at the Magistracy on the 27th instant to inshion, and the quid nungs instead of consider an application from Louis Comar to fund, not being otherwise required, should be

tramways the writer continues "During a the electricity Kɛxa Lzorõlu of Belgium is not a woonarch defining the boundary on the spot had remove the business carried on by him under expended for commencing at the earliest 2000 Ebis. A. Cosmck patrol arrived a trans. After pointing out that trie the sign of the Cosmopolitan Hotel from possible dinte the new typhoon refuge which moment later and dashing into an adjacent and not insulated wires are used for electrio of the cary and that of the air will the record of whose loughty sets will fill coatented themselves with saying it was

Des Voeux Road to No. 39 Queen's Road Central. they, as well as the Public Works Committee cotton will shot down workmen indis-storm of lightning or rain to be formed by a certain parallel or

of the Legislative Council, have recommended criminately, killing 15 and wounding over

anite and passengers on the trams will be unable to leave them whatever efforis

they any considerable space in history. This is, of

A Chinese weruan, the wife of a cargo bost should be provided at Mang-kok-tani hy 39.

make" The unfortunate pedestrian in the street, course, no fault of KiNG LEOPOLD himself, meridian. It can hardly be said that such

however, is represented as being in a still mere fundaries are in every respect unobjecman, lost ber life in the harbour on Saturday constructing a detached break water extending nor does it east any reflection on his personal

Jurgorous predicament. It he should not take sionable, especially in the case of meridiana, morning. She went to the bow while the vesss! from near Ti-kok-tsui to opposite the South was under weigh to put some jom sticks and in end of Yaumati and enclosing an area of 166.

LONDON, May 17th. precautions and should he carry any meal prowess he being as King of Belgium as

article such as an umbrella with an iron handle, the fixing of a meridian being one of the stooping down the overbalanced and fell into acres. The estimated cost of this breakwater

The Westham Guardians have been

ete, and should he tough one of the overhead incapable of levying war as the Archbishop

must difficult problems in geodesy. In this the water. Several of the crew jumped in, but I is $600,000, and I propose that the suggestion sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to wires, the electric force will descend, his brain of Canterbury himself: Still if, as execativo

of the Relief Fund Committee should be mot

fibres will be disintegrated, and he will King of Belgium, and Grand Pensionary of case the thirtieth meridian had for some she was never seen again.

terms of imprisonment varying from two incontinently perish." Then, as if conscious hundred odd miles been made the boundary

The Gazette otifies that for a further period by taking a rote in the Legislative Council for Earope, he be thus excluded from inaugarat-

the amount that can be spent on the work this years to six mouths, for corrupt practices that the number of people who are likely, to

walk about stroking a wire twenty feet- ing any armed contest on European ground.tween Uganda and the Free State, and of six months from and including May 28th

above the ground may be comparatively the line had been actually marked. A the export from the Colony, or the earrying year and including sach sweants in the end conspiracy.

small

the writer Tenebos upon

the number of riosha coolies who will be thrown few years later it turned out that the coast wise within the Colony, of arms, ammuni-Estimates for 1908 and 1909 as will permit of

ant of work and will have to join the orixinal classes or die of starvation. And again, in surveyors had made a mistake, and that the tion, gunpowder or military and asyal store, is the work being completed without any avoidable Kuusoro Mountain, and a part of the Albert Prohibited unies the proclamation sball, in the delay. Lank Your Lordship's approval to this THE PEKING-HANKOW RAILWAY.

order that the fozinatic picture which he draws makatima be revoked, or unless permission shall Edward Nyanza, had been through the have been obtained.

shall not possess even the eving grave of consistency, he depicts all the streets through mistake inchide Britiah territory!

which the trams are to run with such disustrous Nothing was said of it at the time thel

Messra. Julinson, Stokes and Master give of the proposed break water and the plans

effects as entirely denuded of pedestrians and notice in the Garseife that it is their intention and particulars for it are being prepared "

points to the consequent mediave to true. Kuusoro Mountain, though interesting s

N-C. Daily News. opportunities in both his regal and private que of the clasps of one of the three to apply to the Legislative Council for leave to introduce a Bill entitled An Ordinance to

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. great volcanic girdles of the earth, being antberise the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking otherwias valueless, and a few miles of sea- Corporation from time to time to increase the

The E. & A. str. Aldenham loft Sydney on

this room more or less in the Albert Edward capital of the said Corporation from the sum of 8th instant for the Empire arrived at Sydney

in his private capacity as Sovereign of the Conge Free State he may yet have the historie glory of having permanently got back the boundaries of British Empire. But if not permitted by circumstances to assume the role of an Alexander, and carve out with his sword linalous, Le bas bad alnından"

capacities of advancing the interesia of Belgium and of Kisa Lereld by reature

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mercantile transactions. Even f mediaval days, Belgium was celebrated for

фацебо. In the meantime a number of borings bave been taken to ascertain the nature

on the site of the bed of the harbour

The first report of receipta and expenditure of the Poking-dankow railway show that a The total receipts for the year amounted to steady increase has been maintained in traffie, $1,200,000, at swhich 3220400) was devoted

expense, 230,000 to interest on the interest to the Board Belgian loan; 8400,000 of Finance and $200,000 to a reserve fuad, leaving a

a balance of $2,000,000. Of the latter sum one-fifth is apportioned to the Belgian syndicate, thus 81,600,000 remains as net profit Tho receipts for the year show an increas of aver twenty-Ava per cent. on the previous year's the mercantile enterprise of her people und Nyanza, not seriously affecting the naval ten millions of dollars to a sum net oxceeding Festerday.

the sum of twenty millions of dollars; and to The I... str. Scharnhorst carrying the working, and shareholders are looking forward the extent of her external trade, and in strength, of either Great Britain or Beigeoptions incorporated for's further term of 21 German Mail with dates from Berlin of the eagerly to the longed-for redemption of the But of course vengeance is sweet, and the years; and to continue in feros for a further 23rd April left Singapore on Friday 5 p.m. can bouds, but the Chinese would do well, saye, these modern times, and under the congen British Government had seriously impugned period of 21 years the Provisions of Section 330d may be expected here on or about Wednes- The Peking and Trentain Times to remember plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Grême Charmant, Lait Antwerp has riser to the first rack among waliop his own Niggers! It was a distinct Corporation Ordinance 1890 with regard to the here on or about Friday morning next. 25th administration such good results would hslifetime. A. 8. Watson

the sovereign right of its neighbour to of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking singapore 18th, and may be expected to arrive yet been afforded of proving that uudor Chinese Specialities for the Skin are the study of a the great mercantile emporiums of Europe. Under such auspices it was but natural that case for punishment and as nothing more Excess Issue of Bills and Notes payable to KING LEOPOLD should follow the lead of condign offered it has been taken advantage bearer on demand.

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