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(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

London, July, 5th. SIR MATTHEW NATHAN, --

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TMя. 1907.

GERMANT AND KIAO-CHAU.

the scheme there are eight peers, two Koman of Hongkong, who was asked to send it home Catholio bishops, forty members of parliament, again by Suez--for the outward route was vis It arrived at Willesden again on

Mr. Angus Hamilton writes in the Pull Mall and a number of well known men in shipping and Canada.

It does not follow that October 28. Now it was sixteen years ago that Gazette of July 2nd-It is in a high degree improbable that Germany is cont:mplating, as anything will come of it. It will be much more this experiment was carried out, and yet the reported, the retrocession to Chins of her of Kino-Chau. As it stands interesting to soe what comes of the schamo round-the-world speed does not easm to have protoctorate

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theo represente le Sir Malther Natban, your old Governor, indicated when Sir Wilfrid Laurier brought been increased, if Colonel Campbell did the best to-day this

Fatherland A vast expenditure both of an Uader the continns to be a lion of Society. He has been forward bis resolution in favour of junh 4 route possible. It is possible that the fact of a direct oil and sooficial character.

steamer from Vancouver to Hongkong then, as former heading are some six or seven millions much entertained of late, and has taken part inst the Colonial Conference. The exports con- several functions. On Wednesday night benected with the Colonial Offies have not got far against a change of steamers at Japan accounts aterling which has be disbursed in connection

for the delay nowadays.

with the Administration is carrying out while naval programms which the Imperial was the guest at the diaper of the African Society.

under the nuofficial head my be grouped a and spoke of the sense of responsibility he had

industrial eobemes, each in its own variety of in regard to bis now appointment as the head of

way of first-class importance. Capitalised, the the colony of the native trilon.

industrial development of which the Kino-Chau territory has been the centre sinco ita acquisition by Germany, would return very possible an ex- po diture of another five or six millions, so that upon a monetary basis alone China would have to find

lind at least twelve milions sterling before Germany would think of with drawing from Northern China.

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JAPANESE AND BRITISH PUBLIC FINANCE,

To-day there arrived in London a special Japanese mission, hea ed by Mr. Wakatsuki, of! the Japanese Ministry of Finance. I under-

and that the object of the visit is to study British public knaner, both aational and municipal Tuo mission has been in New York and Warbington already, and after three months iu Engis, during

Lin the principal provincial centres will be visited as well as London, the mission will go on to Berlin aud Farts, and later on to Vienas and St. Petor-borg.

KING AND KAISER,

The fortherming visit of the Kaiser to the King may be takes as a cirenmstance ́ending 10 closer relations not merely between the two monarchs it between the nations.

I am

and Russia are bolte

atsured that our relations both with Germany then for a long time. The Near East Liub offeret cuts for friction especially in regard to Persin, is now les prossing, but it may well be timat there will be arrangemost made shortly between Germany and England which will not be to the liking of British friends of China. It is reported agair, with, what substance I am at present suable to predict, that England may stand side to Germsu ambitions is the Yangtse Valley, while in South Africa, particularly German South West Africa, it is suggested that Great ritain could obtain sub taatial balancing advantages. I give the report as I hear it, but, with all reserve, for so far as the story geen, it loaves a heavy gain to Germany.

KIE ROBERT DOUGLAS.

Sir Robert Douglas, ex-president of the China Society, and keeper of Oriental Books and Manuscripts at the British Museum, who is retiring from activo pareuita on July 20, has been forty edd pears at that institution. frat an axisat librarian in that auction, and fifteen years as kooper of the more Sir Robert has important post now vacated. been a good friend to students and he promises to be at their call even now when official life is eated. He tells interesting stories as to the capture of the great Chinese Euryolopedia with the connivance of a needly Chinese prince of the blood for a total cost of £1,500. The latest addition of importants is a copy of the Chinese edition of the Buddhist Tipitaka, published in Japan.

AMERICA AND JAPAN.

I hear that the trouble between Japan and It bas been promptly denied that the United the United States is now likely to settis down

States Atlantic foot is to be shown of battleships: all of which were reported to be on the eve of trabaference to the Pacifio-const.

THE FRANCO-SIAMESE TREATY.

A Despatch from his Majesty's Ambassador at Faris transmitting the Treaty between France and Biam, signed at Bengkok, March 23, 1907, has been issued by the Foreign Offi sa aa a France No. 1(1905), (Cl. Parliamentary paper, 3,575]. The territorial clauses Lave already tion of trontiers, Article IV. provides that- boon reported, With regard to the delimits. A Mixed Commission, composed of French and Siamese officers and of loials, shall be appointed by the two contracting entries, not ass than four months after the ratification of

present Tranty, and shall be charged within delimiting the new frontiers It shall com mence its operations as soon as the season shall permit, and chall formity with the Protocol of delimitation soned to the present Treaty

The status of French Asiatic subjects under the treaty in defined as follows:-

the

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them out in con-

ARTICLE V.

All French Asiatic subjects and protected persons who shall be registered at the French Consulates in Siam atter the signature of the present Tre-ty, by application of Article XI. of the Convention of the 13th February, 1904, shall be under the jurisdictio of the ordinary Siames Tribunale.

However desirable it may be for the & rman Imperial Government to cultivate cordial relatida with the Chinese Government it is ce fain that it will not be made at the prins of the Kiao-Chan territory Indeed, the pince, is the pivot of Germany's measure, Far Eastern policy; •

and, although its surrender would not mean a less active policy, its poussesion in such au

in the German Important factor position of the China coast that its restoration is out of the question. While the bay of Kiso- Chan has afforded convenient facilities for the creation of a naval station, the Cliases province of

has provided Germany with Shantung opportunities for attacking the commercial supremacy so long held by Great Britain in Mid- China. Taking the latter first, it is well to bear in mind that between Kino-Chau and Tsing tan an important line of railway has been builf, ex- tending some three hundred miles at present and passing throng's the provincial capital Tuinao-fu, while by a second bat sherter, line the coalfielde in the region of Posban and Wei-shion have been placed in direct communication with the sanat sing-tao. Tho export of coal now aggre- gates some twenty thousand tone, and, as this developmuut bas taken place solely with the assistance of German ospital, and hs bon repeated in a number of similar instances throngbout Shanta g. it is evident that the commercial stake which Berlin capitalista huld in the region is ba a little as important than This regime shall formi aste and the jurisdic that which beings to the mperial Admi i tion of the International Courteshill be tratration itself It is evident, therefore, tht ferred to the ordina y Siamess, Tribunals, after industrially Germany canned afford to sacrifica the promulgation and the bringing into force her way inbrrests in Shantung, and if my u- of the incase Coder (Panal Čade, C.vil and facturing interests lose were insufficient, there Commerci (rde, Codes of Procedure, Law of ars the imprlast questions which hinge pos the future development of Germany's Chip s railway policy, as suggested by the operation Judicial rgavization)

of the Slast ng Railway. By the time when the Pekin Harkow-Canton Railway becomes a accomplished far, the Shsulung Railway will have established an important, branch of com music Lion with the grand trunk road of Chias. It will then be, however, not only through the possession of a branch line tha Germany will be interested in the development of Mid-Chine, for if the apshot of existing intrigues is crowned with success, there is little doubt that she will secure the reversion of the Tientsin hinkiang line.

The jurisdiction of the International Siamese

:; Courts, the institution of which is arranged for by Article XII. of the Convention of the 18th February, 1934, shall, subjet to the conditions given in the Protocal of jurisdiction au naxed berewith, be extended, throughout the whole kingdom of Siam, to the French Asistle enb. persone alluded to in Article X. and XI. of the same Convention, and who are actually registered at the French Consulates iu Sim

The Japanem restaurant keepers whose pre- misas have bien damaged by the rioters have decided to make their grievances the subject of a larauit against the local authorities. The Japan Association in the city has prepared a sistement to correct some of the sensational reports current among the Japaness. The state- ment ways that, contrary to the reports of ill.jects sad protected treatment of Japan-as scholax in the schools, there is no difference in the'r traatment now nod before the earthquake, and there are as unby scholars in the schools. I am informed also that a very important conference is to be Leld at San Francisco toward the uad of the meath at which two or three members of the United States Cabinet will be present, and it is hoped that arrangements may be made leading to a more posseful situation in the distressed city.

THE ROYAL COLONIAL NETTI'I UTN. There was a great crowd at the Cover azine of the Royal Colonial Institute the other evening. About eleven o'clock I found myself with some three thousand other guests packed ut the foot of the stairs in the great hall of the Natural History Museum, South Kensingtou what time the Duke of Marlborough, with when wore Lord Bessey and other well known men, mile eulogistic a cebes concerning the services of Sir Frederick Young. K.C.M.G., to the Institute oud the Empire, and presented to him an addrews and a purse of 1,000guinea. It was an inspiring galbering, and the recipient of the presentation, as he stood on the platform, grey haired and distinguished looking figure, had a splendid reception. The latest additions to the museum were ou view, including the specimens of the ckapi presented by Col. Doyd Carpenter, Major Powell Cotton, and Sir Harry Johnson.

There was music instrumental and rocal, the former intro. many ducing into an imperial fantasia musical sp from Liverpool. The Church Missionary reference to Hongkong. Of the vocal music the Bociety represented by Prebendary

and

ot' ere great success was the rondering given by Miss Fox, Mr. Eugene Stock Ada Crossley of the new patriotic song, "The The Bishop of Jarrow in bis sermɔa spɔke of Motherland is calling." While it was sung theihe energy with which Bishop Lander had buge audience stood still in the central ball and thrown hime I into charoh work, the great the galleries above, and the steering was so erlent of his ner diocese, and the responsibilition prolonged that a second hearing was demanded that would be his, opeially i rim of th and given.

awakening of China. After the ceremonios connected with the examination, cons oration The Buffragettes are still aclive, bat theird robing of the Bi hợp hul been completed paleat enterprins îs leas obnoxious to the general the Archbishop entertained Bishop Lander and public. At Earl's Court there is a show a number of friends to luncheon, descriptive of the Balkans and Old Japan. The

FOREIGN M1881ONS. Suffragettes have taken a sland at the Exhibi-

The Japanese on their part sre not vindistive, for this week tea Amarion mureen and a number of war correspondents who went through the Manchurian campaign hava hoon decorated with the order of the Crown.

RONGKONG'S NEW AIRHOP.

Canon Lander the Liverpool gussensor la Bi- shop Hoare as Bishop of Victoria, was consecrated to his new office on Saturday at the parish church of Lambeth, the day being the Feast of Bt. Peter The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated the consecration ceremony, while the preacher was the Bishop of Jarrow and the presenting prelates were the Bishops of Winchester and both Liverpool. There was a very fall church and

friends of the now bishop

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THE SUFFRAGETTES.

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A friendly exchange of views is taking place, tion and to every visitor they give literature I hear, between the Bitish, French and and advice. Meanwhile they are hard at it every German Governments with a view to an might with meetings, but bare slackened in their agreement being reached as to the coadu ef rowdy methods. At every bys election they sa protection of Creiga missions in attack the electorate, their iden being frankly African and Asian territories, particularly in to harass the Government candidat, for their China.

It is hoped to afford much better

advice to the voters is--"Vote for whom you plenae so long as you vote against the Liberal!"

KING OF SIAM.

opportunities for mission work by removing much of the uneasiness and jealousies that

sometimes szikl

The King of Slam is now oway in the Balie

WIBELEN STATIONS IN THE RED SEA, on the turbiuo jacht Albion, and he has been

I hear from Constantinople that the Turkish very well received by the King of Denmark government is about to establish wireless. After visiting the Kaiser and doing a bit of telegraphy stations at the Arabian ports of incidental cruising he will seriously study the Kugf, uda and Hodeida on tho Red Sea, and vessel he is on, for I hear that he intends to also at the inland city of Medina. -onder a new packt for himself before leaving for Bangkok, and he is emitter with the idea of haring the steel improvements, including the

turbine.

JAPAN AND FRANCE.

83 HENRY DLAKI,

Sir Henry Blake, another of your former governors, goes to his vacation in England from | Ceylon in a fortnight's time. He has troops of friends here and in Ireland and is bound to be made much of

Ono rasalt of the Franco Japanese agreement will be heard about the end of the month, when

LIVERPOOL'S CHINATOWN. the Legations will be changed to Embassies in A L'verpool Commission has reported to the Tokyo and Paris. Japan loses no obauos of City Council remommending that dlær super- ranging her representatives on the higher level, vision should be kept over the morals of the and the conclusion of tas agreement gave an Chianse presidents in that port. It is also opportunity of underlining once more the recommended that the Home Secretary should importance of the victor of Mooohuris. be asked to make the Aliens Aot more stringent so as to exclude a class of Chinese undesirables,

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ARTICLE YI,

Frouch Asiat in subject and protested persons sha Ionjoy throughout the whole kingdom of Siam the same rights privileges which the natives of the country possess, notably rights of property, of free residence, and of free c'rulation They shall be subject to the ordinary taxes and "prestations."

They shall be orompt from military service nd shall not be subjected to extraordinary requisitions and duties.

The protocol of jurisdiction above reľu red to lays down that

CLAUSE I

International Curts ball bo created, wherever the requirements of justice shall make such a course necessary, after an understanding has been arrived at between the Minister of the French Republic and the Sinmose Minister for Foreign Affairs,

CLAUSE II.

The jurisdiction of International Courts

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1. In civil matters to all civil or commercial matters in which French Asiatic anbjects and protected persons are involved.

2. In criminal mattura ; to infrastions of every kind committed either by or against Fransh Asiatic sabj-ots or protected persons,

CLAUDE V.

All appear against the decisions of the Tuter- cational Curts of First Instance shall be communicated to the French Cul, who shall be satit ed to farnish on the subject a written opinion, which shall be added to the dossier.

The appeal mast bear the signature of two European Judges.

CLAVIR VI

Appeals shall lie from the decisions of the Courts of Appeal. Such appeal can be exercised on the ground of want of jurisdiction, and on account of abuse of power, and, in general, all violations of the law. -

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One of the greatest "captures" in the history is nothing'wanting from the scheme. Never theas for reasons which it is unessary to of the British Museum is recalled by the retire

ment of Sir Lolori. Douglas, disence bar, us a commercial excess sing-a Formerly en seiafant librarian in the Chinese ban bold fir, and very little return has band Japanese section, Sir Rb-rt became keeper minde for the many millions which have been of the eieutal b oks and manuscripts when the Invished upon it. In point of fact, the place ix

the

"Only one hundred copies of the encyclopedia

wholly depadent upon the subsidy which grows now department was created in 1812. To kim usually uger, ad bis year is a little in ceas ry inrgely the nati noses the fact that it was of half a million sterling. Yet the fact that the able to pur has the famous Chinese Eucyclo- Imperial Government has created with a special

T came about in this way," said Bir Robert of shjet in daw a modal town on the shores

an interview with an Eyening News ̈* Kia Chau Bay, and converted to a naval bass the forme areas of the harbour way barresentative board from 'ʼn friand in the Lagation at Pekin that a set of the Easyclopedia regarded as confirming the permarest character was in the possession of a prines of the blood of the Germon se opation. Moreover, since who was in Unancial difficulties and wished to

practical significance of the tierman positis B turn it to account. in the Far East depends upon the work bei g pushed to successful conclusion, there is still fens ground to believe the report which, if tras had been printed, and these were distributed | among the high officials of the Empire. Though indead, well play into the buds of Japan and the Prince was anxious to sall, bo w uld not prove to the Chinese Goernment the inherent have dreamt of letting the enerolopolis, which weakness of Germany's position. At the same time, too, i may be added that by the terms of very rare first edition dated 1726, go to a

foreigner. the treaty by which Kino Chod was ceded to "You can understand, therefore, bow delicate- Germany, the letter Power has the ight toy the negotiations were conducted. The work select another site in exohauge, ba at the mome t there is none which is an cobrexiert, was bought from the Prince's agent in instal nor any up which it would be really worth men's, each instalment being deposited at the while now to repeat the expenditure that Gervative bank at Peking. many has made in respect of Kino-Chau.

NAVY LEAGUE CRISIS,

DOING MATHING TO CHECK FAL ECONOMY, Our reont telegram is aptly followed by this mail news, dated July 5th -

Finally, Way we secured the whole of the 5,020 volumes constituting the encyclopaedia and one night they were removed by dfteen carts to the British Legation.

The urobase cost the British Magent £1,500. The books eratain ar ioles on every conceivable subject known to Chinese at the time they were written, esch one by an expert, and the parts relating to the fr and fauna f the country are enlivened by Tory quaint illustration.

"There is no reference in the encyclop lis to foreign countries, but the volumei are Biill

I na a sintment recently that the en- cyclo wlia was whined Juring the Boxer rizing, nt that is abeurd. The acquisition took place fifteen or twenty years ago.

A crisistas been reached in the history of that Nasy League, in which the issues atsisk are of vital national interest. For some time past mest valuable for missionaries and oth rs in strauge leborgy has been mutic ablo iz all the search of information about China, and they are proceeding of the league, and in refusing to much consulted in the museums, criticise the Government's policy of cutting down the Navy it has failed to fulfil ons of the

scipal objects for which it was formed.

t the atraordinary general moeting of the ue, the members will be called upon to decide other this policy shall continue or whether a new era all begin, which will witness the development of the league into a great antional organisatin, determined to secure British naval supremser at all costs, and to prevent the outting down of the Fleet for the sake of making

fat Budget.

The

patly working for roform in the methods of the longue is convinced that by a more ener getic polic ita membership, which at present numbers aly 2,000 might be enormously in

eased a proof of this they paint to be fact that the membership of the German Navy League intensed from 805,000 to 906,000 men bere in a segle year. This was as addition of twice as many mombars in twelve months as Lhere are is the whole England Navy League. Other instances of the German leges activi. forties are a follow:-

Apart altogether from railway schomes and the various plants for commercial expansion, possession of Taing-tao plays an important ari Weltpolitik." Tsing too is in the German merely the northern stremity of a sphere of infance, not yet quite defined, but which will be found to extend as for south as Swatow, adjacent to which it is possible that another paval base may be established. With Swaton in the south and Taingiao in the north, the rapidity with which Germany is building up an important position in Hankow makes the lace the probable western limit of the aphere. Such a policy, even the sacce stal execution of such a programme, is hy no means incredible. It is only impossible to thons who would believe German capable of restoring Kino-Chan, when t de so would be to deprive herself of the essential and dominating point of vantage from

may which, in the future ste fresh schemes of aggression. Hankow to-day is as much a German sphere as it is Russian, and German interests compole very successfully with British. Similarly Swatow reveals the marked German supremacy in a treaty port which once, and not so very long ago too, "did" not readily recognise the German flag. Again, if one moves from Swatow and beyond Hankow to the Yangtas Valley, the effort which Germany is forward to make ber in by the a not in a region hitherto

relegated

Britai", is no less apparent, which and no lows a link with the position upo the Imperial Government already has spent so many millions sterling. It is thus, and from whatever quartor one reti ws the German position in China it is the same, that the In fulfilment of Article VIII of this imate dependence upon Ting tas of the Convention of the 13th February, 1904, the German policy in Clins is disclosed. Politically, iamnose Government lenser to the Government commercially, an rially, the future exi tende General of Indo-Chins which agrees to the of Germany in be Far Eas', as a world fores, lease, territories exempt from all servitude, has its axes in the Kian Chan protectorate. active or pagalvo, situated at Xieng: Khan, It is, nevertheless, only then yes ago, ou Nong Khay Muong Sanishomri, meath of the November 11 b, 1897, bat Germany startled Nam Kher, Ban-Mouks Dabar, Kenmarat, sad the world with the snouncement of her scan- Pak-Mam, the plans and descriptions of which

ption of Kize-Chau. By the movement Gar. are annexed to the present Agreement.

n. the wavy bad forestalled Russian designs op same point, designs which had been revealed to the world by the premature disclosure of the terms of the Cassini Convention some fifteen months previously. At the same time, Germany bad permitted this interval to pass b. fore taking action; but, so soon as the seizure was affected, she set to work to ognvert ber possession into en impregnable position, Expense has not been spared in accomplishing this work; and, by the time that it is completed, no less than fifteen millions sterling will have besu expend d upon

alone Tsing-tao

From the first it has been the intention of the Imperial Government to convert Kiss Chau into a first-class aval

To this end a programma station.

The appeal shall ha determine Supreme Court, or San Dika,

With reference to the French concessionS GU the right bank of the Mekong, a supplementery agreement provides that—

CLAUSE I

CLAUBE 11.

The lenses are made for a period of fifty years, renewable for the same period if the Government Gun ra! of Indo-China so desires,

PORTUGUESE POLITICS.

The "Express" Correspondent at Lisbon, wrote on July 1-All the troops in Lisbon ara under arms, as more rioting is expected.

King Carlos has promised the Premier, Sezhor Franco, that he will sanction the entire repression of constitutional guarantee E

This is

should it be found neessary to defeat the opposition to the Government, valeat to martial law.

mapped out, whicù o braced the creation

of

Bis haudred thousand copies of a naval hand- book wereld at cost price.

Five hundred thousand copies of a pa litet on" Germiny's Naral Powar" wor, 'istributed

free.

Iwo thrand public meetings were held at which ciematograph pictures of the fleet were shows.

Thousands of pamphlets nart 1: Het on the navy were distributed to school teacher. Thousands of pamphlets were placed in the waiting-moms on the German railway lines.

Thousands of school children were taken to view the German fleet.

The monthly paper issued by the Gorman, Navy Leyus has a cironlation of 333 00

Against this has to be at the fact that the English Navy Lages confines its energies almost entirely to delivering few lantern lectures to school children, and the monthly isse of the Navy Lage Journal" to its

00 me bars.

As exemples of paral policy" on the part of Sir H by Campb 11-Bannerman's Administra. tion, in which the Navy League has silently zeqi-scal way by mentioned the following:- Kaduction of the p. sat el of the Navy from 131.00 in 1904 to 128.000 in 1907.

Reduction of workmen in the royal dockyards from 35,310 in 1904 to 27,315 in 1997.

Abandonment of naval stations in the West Indies, Falkland Islands, Esquimalt, and Triocomalee.

The maintenance of a British North Saa Fleet of only six battleships, compared with six-sen in the German fleet in the North Bes

The MEDaing" of the British North Son la tle Ad one-third by

Doing Sir Robart'a keepersbip the Oriental colleolini the Musam bas been more than

donbied.

"Az to very recent captures," be continued,

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I have weared a copy of the Chinese edition of the Buddhist Tripitaka, published in Japan. where this theology continues to hmack studied.

"It put us for the first time in possession of fact connected with the introduotina of Buddhism into China,

We also have in the museum the Imperiul recorde which were saved from the "Hanlin library when it was barat down during the Boxer rising. They give the private history of the reigns of several modera emperor, and the books were saved by a member of the British Legation, who rushed in and brought

bl sing them out while the building was

Imprtant additions have also been

Der made to the Japanses library during the peri'd over.

which Sir Robert Douglas har including Dr Anderson's valuable collection of illustrated boos of history of Japanese art. Every histerio school is represented in the various stages through which the art of the country has passed, and the impressions are of great rarity and excellence.

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To Sir Robert is largely dus the establish- ment of the s'udents' room nov so popular at the Museum.

"Since the wars batweou Cina and Japan and Japan and Russia the interest in the Far East has gron ermonsly," zail Sir Robert,

and that is reflected by an iter of cent or 30 per cent in the visitors to this section of the Museum,

We have had a grast many Amarci in visitors at the Masoom this summer, and one has asked all kinds of amusing questions.

"But perhaps the strangest request was that of a London lady who some to me ona day to verify a Chinese inscription which the wished to place on a tombstone to be erected on the grave of a pet ost.

The cat had died a violent death, mad sho wished to place on the stone the inscription, I bapo that the man who killed my cat will be damned now and for ever,

Naturally the guardians of the cat and dog cemetery objected to such plain speaking, and stated that if as a hero to the words she must pat tem is a buguage not. generally understood. She obtained the inscription at the Chinese Legation, and come to me to be EUTS of it being quits right. I was able to assure her that it was, to her great, satis

Sir Robert, who ontored the Musenny as an from harbour training the drafted straight faction,

Heduction of Navy Estimates to £340,000 assistant librarian as far back as April, 1847, in 1907- compared with 236,800,000 in 1904-5. retires under the age limit.

Reduction of the Channel ciest from sixty. "My time has twice been tended, but I seven mits under its fate commander-in-chief, an age, I hope to visit the Muscum droit Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson, to twenty- no unite yes, avbi under is present commander-in-chief, Admiral sometimes, and I shall always be glad to render

students aby possible assistance." Lord harles Heresford.

The dosing of twenty-four coastguard stations in Great Britain nd Ireland

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS

of twelve strong forts, the provision The leaders of the Monarchists have hold a naval and commercial harbours, the constraction mesting, in consequence of which Senhor of granite docks and fating do ks, b sides some The all-red role "round the world is noti

Fibeiro, their leader, has informed the King miles of quays. At present the inner (anal) going to fizzle ont if the Canadians can belp it Mr. F. B. Ollis, chief constructor of Pem- that, unless the present unconstitutional régime harbour, a steel frating dock, and five of the

An effort to secure official condomation of second of the above items of Government Iord Strathcona and others are hammer broke Dockyard, has been appointed construc-altors and Parliament is reassembled, the lentiers twelve forts are Gaished while baresek: of the various Monarchist factions will not take socommodation for five thousand men bas ben att and day by day are tire manager of Chatham Dockyard in place

any responsibility for their supporters, who constructo, 1 bur, even as it stands to-day in policy sa made at the annual masting of the

The H.A.L. str. Scandia left Shanghai vis declaring that it is the right and proper of Mr. J. Brick, who is aborily retiring on a have positively declared their intention of its p esout incomplete state, Kian Chau bas Nary Lague ou May 15th but the exentive

become a singularly strong possesion, and its committee maasred to obtain a vote in favour Foochow on 3rd inst. p.m., und may be expect t In Canada there are Chambers pension.

Joining the Republican party,

In the here ou 8th inst, p.m. The Official Gazette" ana nuces that the rom value of Commeron which are taking rather too much ihrallar will succend Mr. Oilis at Pembroke, 40 000 which has been illegally advanced rest nul in the Pacifio generally has long been they publish a list of names of tomb-re wies on sth inet afternoon, and may be expected bere

the German squadron on the Chins of their policy of silent acquiescener.

June number of the Navy League Jonreal" Thie str. Japan from Caientta left Singapore skite of a small section of Liberal members who Mr. Ollis went to Pembroke frota Hongkong La the King in various sums-t towards to expenses met blished.

on or about the 9th inst are dispose) to protest against heavy subsidies to Inst alona.

of the Royal Family has isen legalised.

If the last ten years has seen the conversion are steal to have supported them in their

The I.G.M. str. Zieten left Kobe via Nagas ki steamship linos, and they are passing ro olutions

Furthermore, a Deorno in Dictatorship bas of Kiao-Chan Bay to a naval base, industrial policy. A number of these however, bare sine. praying the Governmont to disregard the Dr. W. Woodley Stocker of Willesden Green! been issued, which stains that the Civil List eircles in the Far East throughout this same writtento Mr. Horton-Smith and Mr. Wyatt, and Shanghai on Sunday the 4th instaut p.., been treated to an interesting the reform leaders, stating that their votes and way be expected here on or about Tuesday Next week the robemo will get a step writes to the press to toll Lieutenant Colonel will Le considerably increased, & the Council period have

of Ministers have decided that the actual ex- revelation of Germany's economie alm. Bide had been given in favone f the executive cam- the 13th instant pm.

sido with

The T.K.K. str. America Mara will sail from the

of mittee mder a mi-approhension. Almiral de

H projection further by the commencement of Committee, E. Burnlay.tpbell that that officer has not

the ponses of

"bugo in IBYA Brst-class German

Far Borssy bas since written that he entirely Yokohams on the 6th instant, and is therefore wok in the House of Lords it regard to the done the to:nd-the-world trip in the record of the amount house are much in excess

Eseteru waters there bee boon the gradnat agrees with every word contained in the due to arrive at this port via Manila cu the The Crown Prins sailed for Portugues privat Bill for a scheme already through the possible time Colonal Campbell went round

East Africa to-day or the steamer Afrioan, evolution of a commercial centre whick, al agtendrant submitted by the reform party at 171 instant. House of Commons. The Canadi a project for the globs in 4 days 19 hours. Mr. Stockor

accompanied by the Minister of Marine and though at the present time for from perfect, it the aual meeting.

With the support of Mr. Rudyard Kip route via Blacksol Bay, Ireland, finda makes a postcard of his cumpate with the

а дишегопа suite.

is hoped one day may rival Hongkong or influential boeking, although the Ca adian traveller's record, for he saya ke sent it round The Government hus petified the British asarp the supremacy of the China coast from ling and other distinguished naval anthuri in Taing-tao, ties it hoped at the coming general meet Minister that the Grown Fring will visit Shanghai. To this end Pacific officials have declared it unworkable the world some years since in forty days fifteen

Protoris on August 9, afterwards proceeding town of time proportions has been laid ing to reverse the previous decision of the Ireland is of course in favour of it, and on an hours. It was posted at 5 p.m. in Brondesbury

Brond He will visit the gold and out. to Kimberley.

etreats, fine shops, comfer longue and bring about a number of im- advisory committee formed in connection with on a September 17, addressed to the postmaster

and diamond mines, and then go to Capetown. tabo hotels, geed drainage, and Grst-class portant reforme.

ore ker

14

BOUND THE WORLD TRIPS.

received.

The C.P.R. str. Empress of India arrived Nagasaki at 9am. on Monday the 5th instant, and left again at 3 p.m. same day for Ko where she is due to arrive at 3 p.m. today.

The Silk ex air. Empress of China arrived i Now York on Friday the 2nd inat, thus making a transit of 20 days from Hongkong,