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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY: SEPTEMBER 12cm unfeigned affection as the process of wife over a missing shirt button, is not lava What is perfectly moral in the discovering the least or lowest common ashamed of his undignified behaviour. But, Arctic circle may be immoral in the trapion multiple. It is the only principle of outside, in public, be will wink at almost The moral Inoit gives euthanasia to his arithmetic for which we could ever summon any offence or insult rather than make a feeble and useless grandparents: the moral ip any admiration, the only branch of the scene? That is diguity, as popularly European protects and nurturas all his science of numbers whose reason and justice understood. In a previous article on Chi-diseased and crippled neighbours: the over pierced our dislike of figures and nere etiquette, and foreign too, we tried to

moral and dignified Chingman squeezes you figuring. We love it, because it is one way show how similarly bollow it was, aud is.

a few dollare: the moral European trades. of making sams easier The process The compensating beauty of the arrange an article is worth. But if our contemporary man would blush to charge you more than appeals to us in other things. Where munt is that the dignity of such persons is can point to any place in the wide world possible we like to reduce everything to ite their Samson's hair, their tendon Achilles' where expediency, the Todestar of a simplest terms. Whan our contemporary their vulnerable point. It is at once their Chinese,"

does not generally over-ride talks about the irrelevance of honesty, armour and the most easily penetrated joint athical "Abeolite-conceptions," we hepo-it romarking that since the expediency of of it. The man who fears to lose face is will do so. We shall hasten to look see. In honesty is only to be estimated by the at the mercy of any one who does not care Europe, where it goes to think expediency strengthening induences it exercises upon about this pretentious and shoddy attribute. does not count, we liave heard of Morganatio similar conceptions, it is not included in the Our contemporary evidently does not remarriages (in other circles called bigamy morality of Chinese life, and we are present-cognise the popular conception of it, how- and most immoral), of dignified magistrates er with yet another paradox, that the ever. It is, thinking of honour. Most just back from the Derby fining working CELEBRATED Gear be dishonest without being of us, it says, meaning foreigners, have men and hookninkers for transferring undignified, simpy because his dignity conceptions which we would houitate to shillings in the way they transferred cannot be held to be in any way connected sterifice for any monetary reward, however oversigus; of Christian employers getting with a conception of which his practical life large, Honesty, in fact, in the main

rid of servants too old to work, of guinea knows nothing," we confess to being in some

basis upon which the personal diguity of the pig directors of public companies, and of numerous other things where, if it be a mental haze; we yearn for a simplification European rests, and when a European loses

"reaching out towards the ideal," we can bis sense of honesty, the rest of his fellows only conclude there has been over-reaching _of_multiplea-Can-a-digoified Chinaman squeeze? If that is the question, we could'

say that he has lost all sense of personal This loose way of lumping whole peoples, answer it straight off.

diguity." That comment is certainly new to of prating of Japanese commercial impro Can a Chinese aqueeze with diguity? That also assumes

us. We never dreamed of making it, and bity," of European impeccability, of Scottish WHISKY.no formidability. We at once recall the we never card it made. In all seriousness nearuess," of French hysteris, of Asiatic iinperturbable dignity of the "boy" who does it not depend upon the extent of the barbarity, of John Bull's courage, and so ou its being conclusively demonstrated that dishonesty? Let us consider what people forth, is the cause of these tiresome argu. the sunah could not have had access to the think, pot what they may pretend to think mente. One would think there never was decanter from which the sherry had wander- Doss the public rogard JOHN WILLIAM an honourable Japanose, a Europeau rogue, ed, shook his head and expressed his Srado, who gets a mouth for coal stealing, an open-handed Caledonian, a sober Frenob. regretful fear that analis as a class were and JABEZ BALFOUR, who misappropriates mau, à gentle, peaceful Asiatic scholar, or not to be trusted. Also that other who many thousands of pounds, through the British coward. The phrases are handy. accounted for some missing crême de menthe same ages? Suggest the iden of " diguity" and, useful sometimes, we may as well by suggesting that the cook hal putit in the to them: would they not, while denying it admit, but as reasonable beings we must soup, and on being warned against fulee to the petty thief, hesitate in the ease guard against letting such a phrase as bood, declared earnestly that posum of the bigger rascal? Why, reconti, zy, shiftiess Americans, Professor GILNE, "American hustle" persuade us thereare no Chinaan inikce lie, be full down dead when an officer of the British army when or if he said that the Chiness are a chop-chop." What, again, can surpass the was charged with misappropriating trust

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ARMY AIRSHIPS.

LONDON, September 11th.

complete success, The military airship is prononacod

apon the export of cereals from the led TELEGRAMS. territory of Kwantang is said to have broa inspired by ex-Govertor Choo. Its effect has despatali af millet and beane from Taires, and been disastrous to persons engaged in the incidentally, the South Manchurian Railway Bads its gooda traffic appreciably reduced, The Jiji Shimpe has an article on this sabjoot. It vote, she will be practically surrendering the a takes the lines that if China insists upon this lensed territory to Japan as possession, and such procedure in strikingly. inconsistent not only with the altemps she has. hitberto mide to assert har sovereign power in the lease? territory, but also with the rights. pursues. Japan holds Kwantung ander lessern recovery potioy which she no persistently

from the Chinese Government. Thus the right of eminent domain plainly is vested in Chios, and to alloge that the Linotang Peninsula, in spits of this lease, is no longer Chinese territory but balongs to a foreign State, is a pliiuly impossible position

THE S.S. LUSITANIA."

LONDON, September 11th.

accomplished 556-knots, that wo The s.s. Lusitania on her first day's

in foggy weather.

THE LABOUR TROUBLES IN

VANCOUVER.

It is stated that the Chinese students in Japan

LONDON, September 10th. are decreasing in number, This is attributed by certain Chinese resident in Tokyo to the All the Chinese and Japanese work~ attitude taken by the Chinese Govorament, men in Vancouver have struck work which is endeavouring to put a gbeck on more and are aruing and patrolling-the-

Irish labour leaders commenced

LATER,

to the attitude adopted by the Japanens streets. of these students coming to this country, and schools toward the Chinese students. This authority paints out that the Government schools show a tendency to regard the Chiness the trouble, and foeling has become students studying there at a burden, while the intense, private schools are excessively eager to obtain money from them, and if not endeavouring to extort money, ara invariably working for the interests of Japan only, entirely ignoring the interests of Coins. For this reason few of the students have any feelings of gratitude towards the Japanese, even after many years' study in Japan. On the contrary they have only apathy for the Japanese. It is these students, who, on their return to Chins, strongly advance anti- Japanese principles in the Chinese Government.

consludes this authority, but in reality it is not so. These students are all to occupy responsible seats in the Goverment in future, and if the

them is not rectified Japanees will be placed in a dieadvantageons position in her diplomatis relations with Chinn,

At the first sight, the matter would som trivial,

dignity of the tradesman who, in ignorance money, and his lawyer said it would uation of liars, but not thieves, is not to present stiilide of the Japanese schools towards

be credited with a "penstrating assertion. It was merely a humorous impertinence,

The Canadian Press unanimously. condemn the anti-Asiatic riots.

KEUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE JAPANESE CRUISERS AT

TRIESTE.

LONDON, September 9th. Festivities fu honour of the Jap inese cruisers continue at Trieste.

LAUNCH OF A RUSSIAN BATTLE- SHIP.

LONDON, September 9th. The battleship Buperar l'aut, 17,000 tons, was launched at St. Petersburg on Saturday. ORIENTALS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

LONDON, September 9ib.

us hark back a little. Our contemporary dignity-Chinese dignity-is meaningless,sta're that the polies there recently tried a novel in Mesars. Watson's Aaratid. Water. Factory the refusal of the Lieutenant Governor to

THE DES YEUX ROAD MURDER.

ONE MAN EXECUTEĎ,

Yesterday morning one of the three men

The Tribune reports that following on sentenced to death for the murder of a foreman

was hanged at Victoris Gaol. As penal nothing sign av Oriental Exclusion measure, a mob was learned of the openfrence until after it bad wrecked the Japanese and Chinese quartera taken place, the announcement of the death in Vancouver. In one district, the Japanese, armed with falves and sticks drove off the rioters injuring twelve of In the afternoon Mr. F. A. Homeland con- them; one Japanese was fatally wounded. ducted an inquiry teaching the death of Tam The mob also atfackel 400 Japanese who Pia alias Tam Tek, and Messrs. J. A. Terrout, were just landing and threw some of them D. L. Gabbey and J. W. Sloper composed the in the water, who were rescued with jars.

inquiry for yesterday afternoon being the first

of the fact that you can read the price-mark, dismissing him, say he had only himes!! to all be returned, did not the magistrate, in overcharges you twenty or thirty per cent, blame for his undignified position? What and-smilelessly-and-suwinkingly-hauds you would the same magistrate have said of a intellectual discrimination and characterisation" Bishop Oldham illustrated that “line power of the balance of your change when you point mere clerk embezzling the petty cash of his for which be has become distinguished in out his perfidy.? Certainly, if that be the employer? Surely nothing about dignity.ying Japan is the brains, Chins the hands. question, dignity and squeeze present no As we read further, we find that our and India the heart of Asia, says an American antanglement.

Who said they did! Let contemporary does admit that certain paper. enlarges on the Chinese dread of losing an elaborate and, grotesque attempt to

A telegram from Tarrytowa, New York,

face."

"Personal dignity must never be keep up appearances." Quite right; but They adopted the expedient of stretching a method of stopping furious driving by motorists, compromised, and

the stage of life there is absolutely no warrant for suggesting thick rope across the road, when a car osme into must always be trodden with a proud that foreign dignity is, anything better, vier, with the result that a 1,000 dollar front, a dignified bearing aid a perpetual Our code of honour in commercial ethics is automobile was overturned sad completely intimation that the sentence had been carried calin," Yet this does not interfere

higher, let us say, but it follows that our with their passion for money."

Why

lapses from it are correspondingly more should it? Why should it interfere unworthy: Much Chinese "squeeze, as we with any of their predilections not germane? have previously argued, while dishonesty to The dignity of Mr. WRACKFORD SQUERRA, appears to them merely sharp practice. not impaired by the rest of his If it fails, they do not lose face. The failure behaviour. Mr. Doussy, senior, main does not touch their diguity. Their attitude tained his while guilty of numerous little toward it is better fuck next time. But All letters for publication should-be-written-on-messon; and the indubitable diguity of that the dignity of foreign wrong-doara is no one side if the paper only.

better. If their lapses can be bushed up, kept out of the papera," their dignity remains unimpaired. Our contemporary goes on

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architect and landsurveyor of Salisbury, Mr. PECKENIFF, baa passed into a proverb, When we read that the practies of

with all the dishonesty it entails, #queeze, reveals the Chinese in anything but a dignified attitude," we begin to realize that there may be more than one conception of diguity. We begin to suspect that the curious problem suggested itself to our contemporary through a momentary con: fusion of dignity (as we define it) with honour. Houger may intrinsically belong to a man, or it may be conferred upon him, but essentially, and strictly speaking, it .should be the intrinsic quality of a man of honour. Dignity, in its derivation, would be almost synonymous, but in practice and | in fact it is something altogether different.

penetrating assertion that, whilst the Chinese

rained, and its occupants, two of whom wore women, were seriously injured. The owner bas brought an action to recover the value of h ́s wrasked car from the police authorities.

Butte, Montaus, will henceforth have no doubt The business man of the mining sity of of the superiority of newspapers to bill-posting stations as advertising mediums. Owing to strike of printers, the local newspapers recently suspended publication for several weeks. Mosowbile, the business dono fell off considerably, in sous 0386s no less than 50 per cent, the theatres being the greatest sufferers. The loss is attributed by the advertisers themselves to their having to depend upon the bill-boards" for announcing what they had to

offer to the public,

out

THE LEGER.

LONDON, September 9th. Probable starters All Black, Woolwinder,

deceased was received into Victoris Gaol under

Mr. E. J. Pierpont, chief worder, said that difficulty, sentence of death on August 20th. The sentenco was carried out at two minutes past five yealers: day morning in presence of the Assistant Superintendent of the Geol Mr. R. J. Craig), Dr. Moore, witness, and, the usual escort. Rei Herode, Altitude Acclaim, Hymeltus Witness produced the warrant for the e recution. Glass Doll, Baltingises, Bezonian, Seqaio,

Dr. Moore, medical officer in charge of Victoris Gaol, who was present at the execution, Loamedin, Dusty Miller, Larig, Weather- stated that death was instantaneous. He made cock, and Slickup-

a post mortem examination of the body and the neck, found that death was caused by dislocation if

the Korean ipsargents butchered two Japanese In their attack on the police station at Yoju women and a child. Such deeds put themtion of the neck in the due course of h beyond the pale of all sympathy. It appears that two or three bands of issargente contem plate & movement against Seoul. On the whole

The jury found that death was due to disloca-

that would not be an unwelcome festare, sinos

exocated, the death sentence prized spon the It is apparent that as only one man has been other twa has been commated.

SHANGHAI RUBBER CO.

Professor Giles has made the paradoxical bat are a nation of liars, they are not a zalion of thieves, and his statement furnishes a key to the examine the character of Chinese morality we difficulty with which we are dealing. For if we shall see how it is that while in Europe the one from the othe, in China there is no necessary propensity is generally held to be inseparable" connexion between them; and we shall arrive, too, at an explanation of the Chinese att tade towards life. To venture to sam up a some- was big question in few words, we may asy that Chinese morality is retrospective, basing it would tend to the speedy quelling of the ancestors, whereas European morality is pro- fugitiva soldiers are still lying kid in the capital, itself for practical purpees upon the worsbio of disturbance. It is alleged that a number of the peotige, and its touchstons is the welfare of and that they are receiving assistance from dsapendants. Where Confucius would judge a man's notions by the test of conservatism, Kantortja foreigners by whose aid they have been would judge them by that of universality; and enabled to obtain maskinery for striking nickel It is extrinsic, assumed. A dishonourable, whilst European morality reachre out 1 anins with which they propose to defray what several had been in the Chios Sea. Yesterday shareholders, that everything seems" to "be"

towards the idea), Chinese morality is cos cerned only will the perpetuation of custom: they call their military expences. From this point of vier Europian morality gradually becomes domin teal by absolata con- dominated by those which are relative, until ceptions, but Chinese morality always romsins expediency b-comes the locis-atár to

its fling erotis disregard for property thalt implies a dangerous disregard for property

person may be eminently dignifiot, and a very dignified person may be exceedingly dishonourable. Hence the perplexity of our contemporary. If a plebiscite were to be taken as to what is generally understood by

tha,

upon to deal.

Beme Colomba fishermen, who want" out to which they were unable to pull schore till early sen the other night, hooked a very large skate,

another bost, and two boats at ones went to, the the next morning. The men wont word by

PRINZ SIGISMUNDIA

TYPHOON.

The Statutory General Meeting of Bharehol ders in the Dominion Rubber Co, Ld. was heki at Shaugbal on Sept. 3rd. Mr. J. C. Hanson, Chairman of the Company, presided, and there were present-Mesara A. McLeod, E. 0. Cumming (Directors), J. E. Bingham, C. E. Ellis, J, A. Wattie, Chua Kan-chow and E. F. Bateman (Secretary), representing 9045 shares. The Chairman said:Gentlemen, there is no business to be done and this meeting is merely called to comply with the Hongkong Although Hongking has not been visited by woeting be held within four months after the Ordinances, which require that a statutory a typhoon recently, it we generally known that time a company has been incorporatal. Bat HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1907.

ay mention, for the information of the the Norddeutsoler Lloyd steamer Prins Bigimand arrived here from Nagasaki Beaten up, the purchase money has been paid going on satisfactorily. All the shares пето Ax esteemed contemporary has succeeded in deeply interesting us with its philosophy

serious than rain and westerly wind was report seres instead of the 100 acros mention zaade respecting typhoons but nothing more obtais, I am glad to say, an area of 624 fore leaving the northern port inquiries were over, and we have got from the Government A grant of the Hendra Estate, by which we of squeeze approaching the subject from an entirely different point of view to that

and by next day those on board found that ed. However that bight a terrific storm blew, ed in the propectus, and we hope to we recently adopted, It holds up in one dignity, we feel eare it would come out as a and therein a pernicious contempt for antiquity: their assistance. The three boats managed to typhoon was blowing. The vessel was hose to regard to all grants from the Government, as the Dominiou Estate vary abortly. With hand the conspicuous civility and diguity of mere appearance, a seeming, an aspect. A but be on lie because truth is one of those pall the skate close to the shore. The current, from 2. till 5 p.. after which the wind the staff is inentoient there is delay in the the Chinese, and in the other their alleged man may seem or appear that which he is absolute conceptions with which he is not cailed however, was so strong and the fish so hasvy abated and the steamer was able to resume the sesared, is quite in order sad oar grant will be grants being issued; but, everything, we sre cupidity and mendacity. Having invited us

or that which he is not. Honour, however, With all proper respect, aud perhaps with

isined in another month: tlook on this picture, and then on that is something that is, something inside, Asome loss of dignity, we feel compelled to

With regard to finance, it was one of the conditions that we our contentporary puts the poser, "Is man of honour may not always seem such retort fudge European morality does

should pay for the working of the estate from Chinese dignity

the beginning of the year. and we have now is shan, and If it is he is not concerned to show it. A man's reach out to the ideal, but only to frame it

got the accounts of the expenses, which come not,, how can it square with Chinese honour is something for his own. conscience and haug it on the wall. Why, for

to $6,500, I had hoped to have a more detailed avarice P It is a quaint situation to

report of the conditions on the estate, bat our approve; his dignity is ostensible some hundreds of years we have been teaching

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY FRESS,"

agents at Ipoh, Messrs. Ayleabary and Gar- conjure up, and to guard as far as we can thing for the approval of heholders, of out our budding Samurai that honesty is the

land write that the gentleman who should siders. That is why we do not apotheosise best policy. Not the highest ideal, but the Tha Coastal Navigation Department of the Shelley Street, owing to the disgraceful nature have one year rubber trees on them, and an against misrepresenting our contemporary's

81,-Numerous accidents have occurred in wake up this report is unfortunately ill. Apparently the position is this; 214 acres presentation of the problemi, we may give dignity. We do not value it. We bave most expedient method. Even our contem-0.9.K. has been investigating the eiuses of the of its surface. Some of them have had serious other 203 acres have been failed and are now

no use for it. It is too cheap. A mau of porary, in its remark that the one propen constant secidonts to ateamers. Out of the total consequenos The stony path from the Clab course of being planted with zubber; and our some of its own worls. Now we must honour may at times be indignited. If he sity [ honesty or diguity is held to be of 1,549 Japanese steamers, there are 1,208, Lusitano ap to Caine Reat might be graded agent suggests that anothar 200 sores be either admit," it says, that Chinese has any ense of humour, be won't mind inseparable from the other, appears content which are of less than 1,000 tons, and most of and concreted, and something should be done to feling treee begins. Wo estimate the funds wer ap early next year as soon as the season toe dignity is, as a matter of fact, nothing more that. The man whose only asset is this with the thought that honesty is more consequently concluded that the aus dents are by the provision of more steps, say, A recent till March, and that there will be no necessity these are engaged on coastal services. It is the part from Caize Roid to Mosque Strest have in hand will be sufficient to carry us on than saham, or we must show that it is indeparlent of bis attitude owards nu try a kind of dignity, however, is exceedingly honour and morals are resp wherealy attributable to the number of steamers painful experience of my own added to the Ede haring to leave Shanghai for Hongkong,

dignified than dishonesty at bottom,

for a further call till. Marok next year. Mr. In contipson, it decides that

discomforted by any lapse. Imagine aller

plying along consta where navigation is difficult. many other falls I know of, prompts this letter, i retired from the Directorate and we have been matiere of utility; utilitarionism is their but it is held that in part the officers and sewe in the hope that our worthy D. P. W. will reefortunate enough to get Mr. Hegg to take his dishonesty is irrelevant to Chinese diguity, catching a mandarin playing bear in his univerent, esgance. Honour, now all too of the vessels are to blame. The Kaisha has, what he can de for nu-Yours truly, with these words, "There is uo real nursery! How the wandarin would lose rare, even in Europe, or too often falsely therefore, framed new regulations and gizan antagonism between Chiueso dignity and face. Yet what sort of a man is he who based, is the arbitrary code of a small com instructions for their careful observanos. The Chiricse squeeze because, however much would feel ashamed of ayoh innocent community, of a group, of a family, or of main points are that the superior officers aro wa agregret it, there is no-connection-t duct intended to give pleasure to the class. Morality is the arbitrary code of always to be in charge during navigation, and whatever between the two. There is no young? The foreigner wlio prances about bigger community, derived from communal

that on dark nights or in misty weather the mathematical device for which we have buch, his bedroom of a morning, snaring at his necessity, and imperfectly expressed in its els are to slow down and sound their sirens left Singapore yesterday, for this port.

Chinese.

to

a

efforts, to get it ashore. Two additional boats that they were unable, in spite of their combined Toysge then went to assist them, and eventually the fire boats hauled the gigantic skate ashore. It was two feet thick in the centre, and sold for seventy odd rupers. It would be interesting to know the size of the biggest ukste caught off the Ceylon coast.

more frequently then in the past.

CORRESPONDENCE.

SHELLEY STREET.

AMBULANTE.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The Ber Line air. Benmohr from London

opened

place as Director. I hope to take a ran home early next year, sad if I got away soon enough it is my intention to pay a good vizit to the Senawang Estate and to this Estate xlso, as it is important that someone in connection with the Company should see for himself how things are going on.

On the conclusion of the Chairman's obser vations the meeting dissolved,

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