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THE HONGKONG DAIL!

RESS, MONDAY, JUNE 24TH, 1907.

An American offour hoped to advocate the TELEGRAMS.

cause of democracy by treating an English soldier. "I calculate," he said, "if I'd

But Tom-

before it can be applied to good purpose, commerce thrives on peace, and wealth and prosperity increase under its regime. been a British ofleer I shouldn't have been Hongkong and Singapore must be iudirost-drinking along with you like this." ly benefited by the Anglo-Japanoja under-my was discriminating, and mado aoewor: "No standing; and now the vast French colonics offence, sir, but if you was a Britisher you of Indo-China nro free for unrestricted wouldn't be an oil cor, I expent." enterprise. Though the besitations and fears that may have hampered it hitherto

were, as we remarked the other day, the result of illusion, it is satisfactory to feel that even an inmaginary dragon is removed from the path. It will be highly satis

factory all round when the obstacles stand ing in the way of a similar understanding between America and Japen are destroyed. Japan is not doing anything to bolster

then aid though she has frequently repudiated any improper designs in the Philippines or Hawit, the air will be clearer when there is a hard and fast

Autente.

["DAILY PRENS" EXCLUSIVE BERVICE.]

THE ANTI-OPIUM CRUSADE.

SHANGHAI, June 21st. To-day was appointed for the clos- gurating the stain of affaire bore awfullying of the opium dens of the Native Everybody here rashes to see what the latest City The day passed without "Swatow"nown is in the Hongkong papers. cident. As for their spaciul "correspondeats" here, they have been misioformed. Every Chinaman one

A Swatow cùrrespondent of the Shanghai Mercury says: The papers have been cang,

mesta has a different tale to ted and it is very difficult to learn anything that could be con sidered true. ~

Geograph are much interested in a

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theory of the evolution of the Pacific Ocean propounded by The Daily News. According to our enterprising contemporary, this body of water started as land, thon became a lake, uadat any moment may be land again and serving as If Washington can only surcendcockpit. "The Pacifle," to quote our matem

WATERS overcoming the constitutional flaws tintporary's words, which for long was a kind of

FOR

ABSOLUTE

AND

terra incognita, a no man's land, sas baro mo, nations, and may be destined to-morrow to to-day merely a lako popucating embattled

form the cockpit of the world,"

QUAREY BAY DOCK OPENED,

HOCCBAS

THE LARGEST IN THE BAST.

POLICE COURT. Saturday, June 22nd. BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE).

A DISORDERLY WATCHMAN, At the instaues of Detectiça Sergeant Tor

Another new dock opened. Such was the nows on Saturday and those who were privileged to be present at the occasion wisnasand a spectain that was inspiring, Ceria icly it spoko volumes for that enterprise, that determination to overcome all obstacles, and that continued ratt, Atma Singh, a watchman in the employ which has characterised the firm of of Messrs. A. S. Watson and Co, Lã, wan Butterfield and Swire, and given it a rapatolarged with being draals dat disedar ination soond te noce in the East. The new

donk, built at Quarry Bay for Messrs. Bulter in Connaught Road, and was ordered to pay The defendant pleaded guilty to chasing coolias Gold and Swire, has the distinction of being the largest in the Far East, and the coincidence that re-naval dock is, to say the least, remarkable.

it received its baptism 85 8000 after the rew

Elaborate precautions were taken to maintain order, but the city rained quiet,

The opium dens were closed. The drug, however, was openly sold for consumption off the premises, thus staltifying the Edict.

REUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.

Both underlakinga od immeasurably to the com-

A YOUNG OFFENDER

& fine of $5.

Li Ho, panish paller in the employ of Messrs. Kuttonjes and Son was charged with the larceny of a number of packets of anvelopes and other articles from his employers. After

serial importance of the Colony, and with such in lications of enterprise there used bearing the evidence his Worship considered

le fear for the future of lfongkong.

In the construction of this dock at Quarry Bay there were naasual difficulties to cop

with and great obstacles to overcome. For instance there had to bo a savors tussle with nature. Bnt the faith which removed iŋaña. tais, backed by coolie labour operating under engluering intelligones, necseded in removing a large part of the bill that touche! the se at Quarry Bay point and in cutting a new road to Shaukivan. No less than 1,000,000 cable

claimed, 5 acres, the uros occupied by tho yards of earth had to be excavated, thus bringing, to use, together with the land ro

works.

permit individual states to nullify Federal treaties, such an agreement with Japan may

LONDON, June 20th. be confidently expreted, as a logical sequel

Reuter's correspondent at the Hague to the others mentioned. Then further, it

wires that the Russian Minister of Justice PURITY haven suggested, would follow a Japanese gavo several performances in Hongkong recent Justice his grave apprehensions regard Mr. J. Dorasaway, the Madras violinist, who has telegraphed to the Dutch Miniator of awlerstanding with Holland, who has largelis saut in have fallen on bad times in Lar den. ing the safety of the Russian Delegates colonial stakes in these parts, and whoso Mr. Dorasawmy went to the Straits Settlements Elaborate precautions have consequently relations with the now Power hire long where he immediately became very popular. In heen taken, secret agents guard Melidoff been such as to pave the way for the most

Singapore un ngon persuaded him to go to enthusiastic of ententes.

London, and Mr. Dorasswmy having sigund o

day and night, and a police barrack hus With one m

(six months' contrast at £6) a week, want to been installed in a collar of the conferruce rapprochement, hetween Germany

England several months ago. Japan, the list should be about complete, did not secure a single asgagement, and did the first.alarm and the building is searched heighten the scenic beauty of the locality there

Bat the agent ball; the policy are ready to rusk in at

and all doors sealed after each sitting-

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and the peace of the Far East, so necessary Sor the rosovery of trade and commerce, would be practically assured.

The German Mail of the at May was deliver in Loudon on the 21th inst.

The plague total at date is 103, two more cases having been reported on Saturday.

Tairan reports that about 3) Chinem were srrested on the 9th inst, for having nearthed bodies of war victims on the 203-metre Hill, Port Arthur:

At the Sanitary Board meeting on Tuesday a minute by the Registrar-General relative to the number of infnute received at the French

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The Daily Press.

The Banimann Comedy Company make a welcome re-appearance in Hongkong. They open to sight with the "Duke of Killisara ke," and though the evenings are not so cool asthey might be, pafrous will find ample compensation in the excellence of the entariaizment.

not pay a prony of the salary specified. Ho Loft England abruptly, and the young Indian violinist has since bion lighting an uphill fight for peongnition in London musical circles.

The death of Mousiene A. Roland, took place at Cannes (Francy on June 10th. 31. Holland was well-known in Yokohams, though residing there only two years, during which time he was in charge of the Messageries Maritions Co.'s office. A firal an ofloor in the French Navy, he retired from the arvion to take command of steamers belonging to tha M. M. Co. About 1881 he left the sea and

look up the post of principal agent of the company at Saigon, where he was alected Prisident de la Chambre de Commerce. Ha was also a Mumbro du Conseil Superieur des Colonies and an oicer de la Légis d'hen. asar. In 1993 be was a goiuted principal agent at Yokohama, where he remaind until 1995 when he retired to Cienos (France). He was 70 years of age.

LONDON, June 20th. The Chittore and the Te Kuda hare left Sheerness for Kiel.

ASCOT RESULT OF THE GOLD CEP.

LONDON, June 20th. 1-White Knight 2.--Beppo. 3-Bridge of Canny There were nine starters.

· CHINA.

LONDON, June 20th. The Time Peking correspondent at Pekin wires that Chn Hang Chi, who is

before the work was commenced will marvel at- Those who remember this part of the island

the transformation which has been wron¡ht, The face of nature has been completely changed and though the effect may not be to

Sau be no doubt as to the utility of the undur taking. Stupendous is the only word to describe the work. Part of a mountain has been removed, the sea has been forend to give a part. ion of land, and a hugs dock, looking massive and substantial with its grits foundations, dominates the locality, a triumph to the skill

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Now for a fw zares which will help to in- press the immensity of the dock on the minds of renders. On the coping the dock is 787 foot long, and on the "keel blocks 750.

At high water level the entrance is 88. Toet wida and 82 feet wide at the level of the sill, while the dock has a central width at the top of 120 feet aud at the bottom 83 feet 6 inches. The calsson, built of steal, works on bearers and when the dock is open it slides into a special chamber at the side. It weighs 100 tons, and be a collap sible b-izge. The pumping gear being installed will be capable of saptying the dock under three hours.

Before leaving the dook itself montion should

the offence proved and ordered the defendant be detained for 13 hours to receive twelve strokes of the birch, and fo

BESKABSING.

When be want 17 to the verandalı on Friday night, Mr. P. J. V. Jorge, who resides at " Villa d'Alv., Kennetty Road, was very much surprised to find a coolio sleeping peacefully on one of the easy chairs The trespasse was handed over to a polics. man, and approved before his Worship to answer the cargo of being a regns and a ragabond. When asked what he was doing on complainant's premises defendant said he was waiting for a friend. His Worship ordered him to imprisoned for thote was with hand labour,

POLICE DESERTEN. Ex-conatahle Norman was charged with deserting from the Police Fores sa July 4th, 2908.

and

Defendant pleaded guilty, stating that en the dag in question he had lears und weat aboard a ship to sea friend off to Manila. His polutions on boned sout him to stoop, when he awoke en board the ship Way ander weigh On bix return the Colony

afraid to Kivu bimelt up, and on looking round found employment at L'autor.

Sergeant Gordar-That story is not trus, your Worship

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His Worship-Is the d fundant wanten! for anything else?

Inspector Kerr-He did not pay the moss secount at Trimchatsci station for four months, notwithstanding the fact that judgment was given against bim

His Worship-That is not a criminal charge. Mr. P. P. J. Wodabone, assists at suporint- onéeut of polios, said he thought defendant left the Colouy specially to join the Customs at Canton. He had with him at the time a large sum of money bolonging to the Water Polios Mess. On July 4th,dofondant was reported abent from barracks, and was dismissed. The

to isan a mandate authorising the consecration H. M. the King has ban graciously pleased of the Rev. G. H. Lander, M.A., to be a bishop, to the atout that he shoul exercise his func. tions in one of His Majesty's posssssions abroad. The Rer. G. B. Lander has been bare failed to call forth any response in a like THE WINE GROWERS' AGITATION skiil and ingenuity as well as a lavish ex.

Mr. Zamoto Britas in the Seoul Pressregarded as the most incompetent Foreign bo made of the huge cofferdam which bad to be Such is the determined moderation and coloness Minister over known, has been dismissed constructed before the dock could by baill. discreet and impertinent utterances of San Imperial Commissioner who signed the dam 00 feet in length was completed in 1915, to the part of our loss, that upeat the highly and replied by Lu Hai Luau, the Owing to the had bottom piling had to be spooker asked his Worship to take a seriou

resorted to, and after incredible labour a coffer-view of the case. Francisco papers, the Calf and Chronicle, to Mackay Treaty of 1902.

flis Worship imposed a fine of $200, the which rofurones is made in one of las telegrams

The appointment after three years' work. A sea wall of 3,000) | slternativo being six months' imprisonment. reproduced in the usual columns this morning,

had also to be built, so that it will bo seen that the undertaking was one calling for considerable

appointel Bishop of Hoogkong.

Recently there have been large amounts of antion exported from Hanna ta Hankes,

spirit from suy responsible journal in Japan. Just rers the ease and suppose that some papers in Tokyo told the American residents in Japan that they were undesirable members of

A telegram from Hankow says that foreign the community and that in order to avoid alt wony by not buying for three months from what would be the result? merchants intend to regulate the price of anti-trouble they had better pack up and go homo, Hanus. The Bureau of Mines in Havan Las American Press remain quiet and content Would the decided not to sell any antimony during the 5th itself with smiling at the indiscretion of the

Tokyo papers?

TOOD,

is welcome.

IN FRANCE.

LONDON, June 21st. The demonstrators at Narbonne attacked the police station with revolvers yesterday

killed and 11 wounded. they were repulsed by the infantry with 4

An affray between the troops and the mob yesterday evening, resulted in many being injured at Montpellier.

préfecture; the fire was extinguished with The mob at Perpignan set re to the

difficulty.

peliture of money.

CORRESPONDENCE.

"THE RICKSHA QUESTION." Three slipways are placed alongide the dock,TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY !RESS,”! and the No. 1 in entitled to the humour of baing

long, 8 wide, and capable of sustaining & deadweight of 2,700 tons. The other two slipways each measure 997 foot in length, Powerfal machinery for hauling is found with

the largest in, the Far East. It is 1030 foot

each.

Needless to say the equipment of the docks is on the last approved and up-to-date lines. The facilitate the work of repair, etc., and powerful engineering shope ara sitnated with a view to dynamos will supply electricity..

A red flag has been hoisted on the Town faced with granite, looks exceedingly well and Hall at Boziers.

LATER.

On the 20th inst., 600 soldiers quitted the barracks at Beziers, and in spite of the

The dock, which is built with cement concrete as the water entered from two slices on Satur day at noon the visitors burst into chaers, Afterwards a few toasts were given and res the company and Mr. A. J. Williams on behalf ponded to by Mr. D. Macdonald on behalf of of the engineera

The addition of building slips for three ships

to the following Ordinances passed by the pleasant to say Mohammedan to have what hexhortations of the officers joined the a contemplated it a later date.

he wishes to do business with some Head of a considers unclean animate about him whenever

Government Department. There is no com pouating public advantage to be gained by the presence of dogs in public offices, and the Resi- debt hopes that all Government Ocials will in future see their way to carry on their duties without the presence of their usuine friends,

The Gatet notifies that a meeting of His Majesty's Justices of the Poace will be held at been drawn to the practice of allowing dogs ta The attention of the British Resident has the Magistrsey to-day to consider applications accompany their masters to the Government for the transfer of the licones of the Kowloon offices and to stay in the ones throughout the Hotel from J. W. Osbarus to O. E. Owon, and day, says a circalar issued by Mr. K. J. Wilki for the transfer of the licence of the Hong-son, Acting Secretary to the Resident of Perak, Long Hotel from II. Haynes to A. F. Davies.

The Resident wishes to draw the attention of His Excellency the Officer Administering Government Offcars to the fact that many HONGKONG, JUN 24TH, 1907.

the Government has given his mement, in the people have a religions objection to the pro name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, souce of dogs, and that it is extremely un- Auriconos, as we have frequently found occasion to remark, our hopes of universal-An Ordinance to amend the Public Health Legislative Council:-Ordinance No. 8 of 1907. peace and disarmaneut are not profound, and Baildings Urdinance, 1903; Ordinance it is pleasant to be able to point out that No. 9 of 1997.-An Ordinanes for giving to a 'the peace of the Far East is in a fair way Foreign Company called the Nederlandsen- to be practically prolonged and assured. Indische Handelsbank certain facilities for The "yellow peril" ghost is being mest crying on its business in the Colony. effectively laid, and with the disappearance of national nervousness there are bound to be fewer calls to arms. The Powers with intercats in the Extreme Orient may now safeguard those interests very securely and inexpensively by following the excel lent example of Eughind and France. Taking the past record of alliances and entertes under observation, it

must be admitted that including those that looked least pacific their goneral tendency has been to reduce the risk of war. The idealists who pay visits to the Hague are all very well 5 per cent, absorbing Tla. 5,250, and to carry building at the eighth station will be kept by

FUJIYAMA..

The Directors of the Shanghai Mercury Ltd. in submitting their seventh annual report and the audited statement of the company's accounts able to congratulate the chareholders upon a scheme to establish a special building at the made up to the 3th April last, are glad to be The Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture has another very successful year'a working. Profit oighth station of Fuji for the benefit of visitors and loss account-After paying an interim to the Peerless Mountain, and also to instala dividend of 4 por cent. in December last telephone between that station and the town of writing off The. 7,154.09 for deprociation, rte, estimated at 2,000

Yoshida on the base of Fuji. Expenditure is reducing the goodwill account by Tis. 5,500

yen. placing Tla 3,000 to reserve for bad and doubtful debts, and providing for directors and auditor's fees, the balanco to credit of this account amounts to The. 5,361,55 out of which the directors propose to pay a faal dividend of

rioters with arms and ammunition. The General sent the 81st Infantry to prevent the juntion, but on the soldiers firing in the air, the 81st withdrew. Eventually General Baillard prevailed on the mutineers

SHUM'S MEMORIAL.

Hongkong, Jusa 22adi. vermout to Mr. Osborne's question, as to what SIR,-1 see from the reply given by the Go

zus proposed to be flane to improve the ricksha service, that the Government intend to do nothing, and the reason given is that we now have a tramway which takes away a certain amount of custom from the rickshas. This is

time, anyone of us who has to take a rickalia for truly a splendid answer and means, that for all a journey out of the line of the tramway or say u short distance when one does not wish to wait for a car will still have to put up with the present disgraceful state of affairs.

able who expected to find in this Colony as I suppose one would be called unreason-

ellective a service and as good a type of ricksha a that which is to be found in poor little Macso; (which goodness knows is bad enough), but I think we might reably expot, and almost fasist on having waterproof aprons. These cao be made of Amorisan cloth and obtained at a

relating to the progurations for constitutional small cest--the present aprons are nothing

The memorial of Viceroy Tsen Chun hausa, government, ecntains also his views relating to the official organisation of provincial govern

more or less than a piece of cloth painted with. ment, in which Lo states that reforms suvald be stinking Chinose paint, rad inside and black decided upon as soon as possible. In the same

ame ent-and have no pretensions to being water INDISPOSITION OF THE DUKE OF memorial it is stated that the Ceasorate should proof-and should ous by chance bo attired in

DEVONSHIRE

to return to barracks.

LONDON, June 21st. The Duke of Devonshire suddenly ill at Ascot from a weak heart.

was taken

GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY. The Governor and staff recently ascended the mountain up to the sixth station through th 17th According to the Governor's plan, the the Kaiser and the Kaiserin to England.

LONDON, June 21st snow and retured to Kofu on the night of May

The King, in a friendly letter has invited mountain road, belonging to Yamanashi Pre- footure, will be repaired this year and thres in the autumn. police boxes astablished thereon. The proposed physicians and nurses to deal with emergencies of visitors to the mountain. The accommoda Visitors to Fuji this summer from that direction may enjoy extraordinary facilities. tion on the summit will also be improved.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

KING EDWARD FOND OF HIS PIPE.

be made the nucleus of the parliament of Chins white kit-un's appearance after a ride of sven He also advocates the establishment, of cousult.

aliva cornell in every province and also in big 100 yards on a wet day is no doubt ludicrous to towns as well as associations to study self- others but exceedingly annoying to oneself.-- government. The Couserate should pint out The framework which supports the hood is also the merita and demerits of the provincial ad-painted with sons filthy Chinese compound ministrations and provincial government should

actify the merits and demerits of its subord- instead of being lacquered, so that after being

inates to the central authorities for disonssia jolted from side to side a few times--owing to by the consultative Council. The members of the tramlines and other obstacles to be found the Counell of Government Affairs shall be on our road-one emerges striped all over in elected instead of being appointed from cffioials black like a sobra. Why should we in this

recommended.

The Viceroy Las also discussed the question of competent men; shortness of funds, and the appreparedness of relief in enses of inondation, draught and other calamities.

RUSSIAN OUTLAWS ON SAGHALIEN,

Colony, which is one of the most wealthy -havo tua very worst service of rickshas in the East! Other places like Singapore for instance, not in their way, but it is the diplomatists forward the balance of Th. 711.53 who are really accomplishing things. The

only has its trame-but a first class service of The "Kaeunti," a marble statue, one of the

for the information that King Edward shares universal pesu ideal has failed to convinge, exhibits in the Fine Arts Hall of the Tokyo

gharias as well, and in addition to those pro- I am indebted to a Parisian "chroniquer"

vides two different classes of rickshas-the but almost as useful has proved the general Exhibition, was destroyed by its maker, Mr

second of which compares favourably with with thouasade of his subjects the peculiarly JAPANESE SAPPER ATTACKED AND WOUNDED, many private ricsbas in this Colony. Noth- chorus of agreement with the first principle Shikai Kitamura, with an iron hammer on the

English affection for the pipo. His Majesty, It was recently reported that a Japanese sapper ing езд of the old Jiago rhyme: "We don't Į morning of June 11th in the opening of the

we are assured, although the slave of etiquette, was injured by a Russian par Alexandrovsky

be more contemptible than the want to fight." It is too much for compound. It is alleged, says the Japan

is over really happy unless he can disregard it harbor, Saghalien, on May 13th. Details have little fly-box apologies which we have here; in the intimacy of his private apartments. He now been received. It appears that a sapper they are Gazette, that the examining committee con-

high off the ground that it is a adorns the pipe, says a correspondont in the named Fujiwara Shuzo, belonging to a sappers any people to say they will never fightcorned have decided to confer prizes on similar/June, for this port, and is duo here tomorrow. again: commonsense recognition of the facts arhibits made by certain persons who have some pore for this port on the 21st Jans at 4 p.m.,

existence demands the retention of the and inosent of sculpture.

The P&G, S. N. Co. str. China left Singapart with his kingdom rether than lose it, he is was roturing to his barracks from the

jump for a small máu, and a well-nigh in- pier 011 fond of his very

which is generous in siae May 15th at about 10 pm, when a Russian, possible feat for a lady to got into them at all. pia aller; but all are now fairly unanimous not to award any prize to other exhibits of the bere on the 26th June at about 6 s.10.

armed with a sword, suddenly emerged from King Edward only smokes when he is safe on the point that war should be the last kind. Mr. Kitamura, hearing of this alleged Line), left Singapore for this port on the 21st in his month bas never been seen in public, when arrest his assailant, but was quencoessful

The N. Y. K str. Bado Maru (European from prying eyes. And as a King with a pipe the knee. The sapper pluckily attempted to hope that Mr. Osborne will not let the matter the forest and attacked hit, wounding him in think the Colony will be with me in the shift. It is so very costly, not only as to partiality on the part of the examining com- Jane, and is expected here on the 27th June. his Majesty goes out he contents himself with a

It drop but will open the question agaiù when is reported that many Russian outlaws are the new Governor arrives. its immediate and direct expenditure, but mittes, hastened to the Fine Arts Hall in the The I.G.M. str. Prin Ludwig carrying the cigar. But even when he is on official journoys lurking in the neighbourhood, art are in the also in its effects upon tradal and other dearly mornig and wreaked his ozhibit, which, it 4th June, left Colombo on the 22nd Jane, and which was made expressly for him in the Jars † the sapper was injured by one of thees men. German Mails with dates from Berlin of Las

his Majesty takas with him his favetrito pipe, habit of rebbing travellers. It is supposed that

Apologizing for the length of this letter, is emid, oconpied over a jour In making, at a may be expasted here on or about the 2nd July,

I am yours etc., The aufprit is reported to be still at largo.

velopment. Capital requires a state of peace cost of Y650.

The Japanese str. Giran Maru loft Moji 21st { Chronicle, and without being entirely willing to corps of the Eighth Division stationed ihr big step, even for and with long legs-a

country,

re.

H. W. B