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greatest respect and reverens, we profes TELEGRAMS.r

start for an importaat celebration. With

that that to us is also the real, esoteric meaning of taking no thought for the morrow. If this be too shockingly heterodox for modern missionaries, we may remind them that the first missionaries were reproved for showing a too curious concern

DAILT PRESS" KIOLUSIVE.SERVICE].

THE "LUSITANIA.

LONDON, September 12th.

CANTON.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.).

September, 11th. " INVITING DISASTER. Some time ago Mr. H. Paul King, Commis- sioner of Customs here, called the attention of the local authorities to the endangering of life Hing Street, which are so near to the steamer wharves and J. M. Customs Offices. There are about 25 korosine shops la that street and every

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, September 12th.

IN BANKRUPTON, BEFORE MR. A. G. Wiss (POSNE

JUDGE).

DESTJE RELEASED FROM PRISON. Re Chan Bui-hon. Mr. C. F. Dixon (of

the approval of those who, like Kerefor that Futura. On the whole, we do not | The "Lusitania" steamed 575 and and property by the kerosine shops in the Taug Mesere. Hastings and Hastings) again applied

regard to its matter, we can find no fault. It is a diplomatic speech, the careful utterance of one squaring his sympathy and responsibility. His Excellency's. eulogy of missionary work was confined to those CO., features of it which have our approval, and

Hardik, mest strongly object to other think that KEIR HARDIE's summing up of features. When he remarked that there is the situation was so far amiss, except that no higher or finer form of missionary he might have gone on to aid that if the enterprise than the onedical, His Excellency missionaries' best excuse, and justification said something to which only a bigote their healing and teaching, they could could take exception. His experience of

go in ostensibly as healers un 1 tonohera just missionaries in other parts of the world as well, and do the same gool. That they hind apparently convinced him that do not, in many cases, indicates flint the the medical kind achieved most good, good work so dons is incidental --not their The medical mission is the highest and immediate sim-and so not entitled to be foest, however, for another reason--because cited as the warrant for all that they do.

CELEBRATED its method is the correct method. The

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correct method of conducting Christian missionary work, ns we understand it, is to live Christianity rather than to talk it, to demonstrate rather than to preach. That

WAS ROBERT Mokkason's favoured way, to go about doing good," after the manner of his Exemplar, healing the sick, and com. forting the afflicted. It has had, and would have, a more convincing effect upon the

Messrs. B. R. Fielder, W. Ilott and A. Melbye bare joined the Volunteer Corps. Drills are annonaoad for Monday, Wednesday and Friday of next week....

The manter as accountant of the Wing Hop Marine Store were charged before Mr. Haz and at the Magistracy yesterday with recolving. 38 to make the roq isite entries in their hooks, tons of pig iron value $1,250, and with failing The casa was romanded, bail being fired at

82,000 for the first defendant and $1, 00 for

the second.

A meeting of Kobe forvign residents was held recently to consider what steps should be taken to carry on the work of the Seamen's Home, the Salvation Army having decided to give up the nagement. It was decide that a Home old he maintained in tre interest of merchant seamen and visiting. American and British blus jackets, and to protect the community from the beachcomber. A dispute arose as to the ownership of some of the prope ty, the Salvation Army officials claiming that what was added management belonged to the Army, whereas the during the time the Home was under their

committee of foreign residents sppointed to arrange the transfer contended that the addi tiena were made out of prullta and donations for the work of the Home sad therefors are the property of the community. Judging by the their committee. The Salvationists subsequently, Kobe papers, the residents upheld the views of

under threat of legal proceedings, withdraw their claim.

WHISKY. Chineas and others, than any amount of palpit theology. If missionarica only A PURE. MALT

adopted that method of working, at home. and abroad, they would have our heartiest WHISKY

sympathy. Ton often, however, they bring, not the bread of Christian conduct, of charitable deed and living example, but the stone of erend. The heathen in his blindness sexs no necessity for changing bis religious formals. Why should be? Imagine the positions reversed! What success, say, would a host of Buddhist missionaries gain in England, if they merely preached and argued, with spiritul pro- 10ises and threats. They would, if they ever gained a hearing be touted as impertinent meddlers with private and personal natters. But suppose they showed by their daily life and bour that they were better, happier men, nobler, kinder, A.S. WATSON & CO.. would not the attitude of their observers more helpful and useful to their fellows,

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soon show a marked alteration? Those who had enjoyei contact with them, who WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. had benefited by that contact, would cal attention, we fancy, to their merits, and lead others to Enquire as to the mainspring and basis of this extraordinary goodness. Alas! The missionaries who mauage that are few. and far between, and they are confined to` no particular religion, unless it be the religion of humanity. Then they do it because it is their nature to they cannot Correspondents must forward their, names and ad-help it; aud wo particular belief inspires down before the holy icon of the Virgin that is

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570 knots on her second and third days respectively. She is expected to break the record by at least five hours

THE ST. LEGER.

LONDON, September 12th. Tie St. Leger resulted as follows:

Woolwinder.. Baltingless Acclaim.

[REUTER'S BERVICE.} THE ANTI-ORIENTAL RIOTS AT VANCOUVER.

for the release of the debtor while Mr. H. G. C Bailey (of Mosers Johasan, Stokes and Mister) who represented soms of the creditors, appeared to oppose it.

Hi Lordship (to the Oficial Receiver)- What do you say, Mr. Kemp ?.

The Official Receiver-Mr. Dixon is going to call two witnesses.

one of them is cooked fall with karesine and matabes. They purchase kerosine in dram or tanks from European wholesale merchants and the empty tins are filled and scidared on the premises. Mr. King proposed that these shops should have a dapat.comewhere and that they should have only 20 tins of

His Lordship-I don't think it will bes kerosine in their shops. The Kerosino Guild naposary, I am going to let the debtor out. strongly objected to the Commissioner's pro Mr. Bailey-Might I ask your Lordship ou posal and threatened to strike if the author- what grounds you come to this decision? ities.onforced the new regulation. Eventually-His--Lordship-Because I don't think he the Commissioner dropped the matter as he did ought to be in: that's all. Is there saything not think it was within his rights to interfere else to be done in this case now ? with Government regalstions and requested the Provincial Judge Kung Taotsi.to deal with it, Nothing further was besid.. Yesterday stabout 3.30 pm. a firs broke out in the Wing Sing kerosine shop through the soldering of kerosine tins. It spread so rapidly that in about 1 Sours 50 houses were burnt, This calamity may induce the Chinese to follow the Commis sioner's good advice.

SHUM'S TJUTE

Mi. Dirou-I nederstand the Official RTM coiver does not want to question the debtor further, so I would ask your Lordship to masku - au adjudication order.

the public eramination.

His Lordship made the order and cloned

THE REMAINING PARTNER. Be the Fak 8n Cheong firm. The Oficial Receiver continued this public aram stion,

Loxoox, September 10th. Most serious anti-Japanese and Chinese rioting occurred-in-Vancouver on Saturday and was renewed on Shuday evening, but the resolute attitude of the Japanese, armed with clubs, revolvers and knives and the threatened use of bombs, intimidated the mob who refrained from attacking the Japanese quarter. Details of the fighting on Saturday show that the Japanese shout-recaut rebellion in Yam Chow Trefecture thereont moon, and could not new be found. sre ramours in official quarters bors that The other partners bad als returned to the Viceroy Shum may come to Cruton. It is country. The firm's gists were about $9,000 Yanaan, has telegraphed to stated that H. E. Sit Liang, Viceroy of and its liabilities $13,800, The bankrupt fem the Contral sold pigs on behalf of oustomers, and paid them Government urging the immediate appointment by bill of exchange or by cash. of Viceroy Shum to the Two Kwang. It is Hi Lordadip closed the examination and "urrently believed here that the acting Viceroy made an order for adjudication.

Viceroyalty, as the only one strong m will do bis utmost to urge the Throne to re-appoint Shum to the Тто Кард able to cope with any serious rising that may occur.

Viceroy Chang will embark at Shanghai for Chan Bui-shum said he was a partner in the Canton on the 14th instant by the 8. Tui Fok Suu Cheong firm of pig dealers. He only Sun and will take over the provincial know of four other persThe managing functions on the 39th instant. Owing to the partners left the Colony at the beginnings of cus

ing Banzai, charged and routed a mob of 8,000 who had pursued them, using broken bottles in a most effective manner. The Japanese Labour Commissioner Ishai, pro- seeding to the Consulate had a narrow escape. The police periniited the use of

has wired to the Mayor deeply regroting arms to the Japanese. Sir Wilfred Laurier

of the friend and why of the King, and the indignities and cruelties to the subjects

KUDEATHS DUE TO REPOD N.

HOTEL FAILURES,

This was another public examination, which was conducted by the Official Regiver..

An Ka-po said he was the proprietor of the Occidental and Baltimore Hôtels, and was al one time employed in the Hongkong Hotel for

hoping that the offenders will be promptly: Owing to the endden closure of opium dens punished. The London papers generally and the rigid enforcement of the new elva years. Aftor that he went to the

but are confident that the Dominion working classes who were unable to obtain to the Peak Hotel as compradors, and balz comment on the seriousness of the situation, regulation hundreds of deaths have occurred Victoris, where he remained for five yours. He amongst the inveterate smokers of the had a share in the latter hotel. Later he want Government will impose its authority on the drug. It is reported that Dr. Adolf share in that Hotel. Ho lessed the Ocollental British Columbian. They dwell on the Razlag has proposed to the Government to open Hotel in May 1933, sad an it for eight extraordinary difficulty of the problem an establishment under official supervision monts at a loss. Then be transferred it to and the necessity for the Statesmen of the presented in the clash of East and West, offe ing his services free, where confirmed Mr. Matthaey under a sub-leage. When Mr. world concentrating their wisdom to effect

smokers of the labouring clane my be treated, Matthaey failed, debtor took over the hotel so that they can stop smoking gradually. gain, his agreement said he must do so. Twice

A NEW DOCTOR,

Mr. Bationjes suad him, but it was finally settlement, which has been already too We have her doctor amongst us, Dr settled that be should carry on the Hotel.

Haus Beber. He has been here only a few days,. It was in June 1905 that debtor took over the and has already made himself very popular: Hotel Baltimore from Mosers, Prics & Co. H It is eaid that he was highly recommended, by paid $8,00. His failure was due to losses every his Government.

mouth on both barinesses.

British association on "Religions sarvivals,"" In addressing the Aathropologists of the Mr. D. G. Hogarth sunfessedly had to handle a delicate subject. He did so, however, in reverent spirit, and the connection which he traced between the worship of a great Nature Goddess among all the great races of the East1ng delayed.

Mediterraneta Basin, and the more modera worship of a virgin goddess, was extremely sametimes unconsciously revert to a former convincing. He pointed out that even Moslems

instinct of worship of the Goddum, and mentioned that the Moslems in Cyprus boy

district, and is carried round the filds in pre. kept by the monastery of Kykko, in the Paphlan session to bing rain and bless their incess La Egyph too, the same instinct of worship is sometimes found, and, in another congestion, Mr. Hogarth recalled the carious fact that gyptian women are sometimes to be seen grouped about alocomotive to draw virtue from the skerping steam of the monster.

FRENCH STREET MURDER,

The bearing of the charge of murder against the two men, Kwek Chiu and Ts On, was continued of the 'gistracy yesterday before the murder of Lam Tsoi, a carpenter, who resided Mr. F. A. Hazoland, They were charged with

at 258, Des Voeux Road, on 27th August, in French Street, West Paint. Inspector Collect prosecuz ed.

After the case for the prosecation had been

completed,

LATER.

No official

All the Chinese domestics and mill bände in Vancouver have struck as a protest against

purchased hundreds of pistols until the the treatment they have received. They police atopped the sale of arms.

quarters in London in reference to the Van- information has been received at official

been made, but the affair is greatly regretted couver riots, and no representations have

MACAO.

(FB M QUS CORRESPONDENT.)

SNIPZ-8K JOTING.

September 11th.

in official quarters, where however it is felt season in the neighbourhood of the Colony. Suipe and other game are very plentiful this that Japan will realize that the outrages are Sportamien who have been shooting in the

Aatisfied.

the result of a mob, and that the guilty will districts of Nemtai.ohong. Sius-tong and Tay be punished with the strongest legal me.pt have returned from, their excursions will thods available. It is stated in Seattle that the riot was incited by a number of American Labour leaders, who after attending a con- ference in Seattle went to Vancouver, hoping thereby to impress the Japanese Labour Commissioner Tebut with the unanimity of

the Labourites on the Pacific-coast.

A ROYAL BETHDAY HALL Invitations have been issued by. His Ex- cellency the. Governor for a ball on the 28th lost. in honour of the birthdays of their Majesties the King and Queen of Portugal. The King on the 29th will be 44 years of ago and the Queen 42.

THEFT FROM Larra cuSTONA,

absconded on Saturday with a considerable au

An offee "boy" who was a very old and trusted servant at the Lapps Customs Station of money. The police authorities of Mags were notified, but the man has not yet been

kong Civil Service, passed away early rester Another old resident, formerly of the Hong day morning in the person of Mr. João Miguel Sebastito Alves, at the age of 67. He came to Hongkong in 1858 to join the General Post Office and later, in 1865, he was transferred discovered, to the Colonial Secretary's Office where remained till 1897 and retired on pension. At e he the time of his retirement he was first clerk

ABAECHISTS TX WALSH TP" Last Friday and Saturday a Court Martial Mix seamen of

Mr. E. G. Jordan, sworn, said he was the manager of the Occidental and Baltimore Hotel. Daring witness's management the debtor lost about $13,000 on the Occidental, and about 8,000 on the Baltimore,. The rent of the Occidental Hotel was a $300 a month. and $1,300 odd was paid for furniture and fittings: $2,000 cash was paid for a publican's to Raitonjes for reat. licence taken over from Matthasy; au{$5,0

The Official Receiver-Are there any special reasons why the Occidental did not succeed ?—F should imagios, the business was spoiled by the present position of the ferry. Another reason -which proved itwalf during my management was opposite between the Kowloon and Occidental the opening of a garrison sergeants' mest right Hotels Many civilians were made honorary

members of this mess,"

When did the sergeants' mess open About the middle of Jane

Of course they could undsıasl) you Yes,

serving them were catering for a monopoly of cheap-I couldn't say, but I know the firm Do you know if they got their drinks very

the sergeants mester. This mess was managed and run by a secretary and a treasurer.

Were they all sergeants you saw there? No Two sergeants and ons private or corporal. The latter had his coat off assisting.

plenty of people in civilian clothes.

You didn't see any civilians there I saw

them. The propagandist philanthropist is a different person altogether. His love of mankind (if it be not obscurantire to loosely use rerma to which specific uses attach is subječtiw, not adjectie, concious, not unconscious. He thinks more of his work, his duty, his ideals, than of their needs and claims, The very cant of his cult encourages this attitude; every

"soul won over" is a "star" for Lis her "crown." If our impression of ROBERT MORNIsox's character be nearly. corn. ct, the accident of his Christianity had bad nothing to do with his good works. He would have done as he did for whatever creed- he happened to have, or for nobent all. His nltruism was pure and had no A little bit of gossip-a chance remærk--one ulterior purpose, at least, 80 we have been phrase, will set us imagining some scene, led in suppose. He was re-incarnated, so to until sometimes it becomes as real to us as speak, in the loveable man who was so if we had actually beheld it with ayes of mistakenly

The first defendant elected to give evidenos on the steamer He admitted having been with the party from fleab. Think of His Excellency the Sainam", Dr, Magposald. We think of his club on the night in question and with Governor of Hongkong, Commander-in-Chief them as men of one type, unfortunately others carrieta stick. They were attacked of His Majesty's Forces and Vice-Admiral rare. We have been offering, we are wells the street. Their assailants drew knives of the same, a man exalted, bending over aware, counsel of perfection. It is easier and one of them slashed defendant over the and getting a light for his cigar from the to preach Christianity than to do it. Sthis stick and hitting his assailant with it left baud with his knife. Dafondant used stump" of KEIR HARDIE, ex-minor and that does not affect the argument that the caused him to throw down the knife. Another present demagogue. That is a little attempt at doing should precede the saying, man named Koon Kwun, seeing defendent had intimate incident that gossip haude over to Nor does it affect our well known view that been stabbed, picked up the knife and stabbed- the historians. It was, however, a case of China has no need of new theories, of new the deceased twice and throw the knife away powers was paid by Sir Lander Branton, con. A striking tribute to the King's physical host and guest. The two men can hardly precepts, of new ideals. She already has Defondant returned to his olub house and salting physician to St. Bartholomen's Hos be considered to come so close mentally. In a big stock, a good working plaat, and bandaged his head. The knife produced did pital, at the dinner at the Hotel Cacil of the one matter, at least, they part and go off where her people fail is in living up to them.

not belong to defendant.

delegates of the congress on the School Hygiene. tangently. KEIE HARDI is reported to The same has to be said of Europenis, of returned to the Hop Sing after the scufle in to promote the perfect development of the body The second defendant said that when to The ideal of the congread, said Sir, Lauder, was have ead that if he were Dictator of the course; and that makes it all the more clear the street he was uut feeling very well as he then in their King? He was a man of wonder of man. How could they find better ideal Empire, he would give the missionaries that it is impertinent to badger-other while there the first defendat asked him if energy. He was an adept at all field sports, months. The other four seamen were die

had been stuck on the head with a atiez. ful muscular strength and perfect physical free passage home, at least all reissionaries people to change their precepts for Turs, had heard that a man had been stabbed to and few would be able to exool or equal charged. Lieut. Luciano Cordeiro was the except the medical and secularly elucational until we have shown that ours are more death, and sided that he had chased the deceased was most rearkable knowledge, both prosecutor and the services of Mr. A. J

him in physical missionaries. That is not an opinion he has easily practised. We have not discussed who fell to the ground whereupon he stabbed of small and great things, and sould grasp a Basto were rotsined for the defence of the picked up on his travels; he no doubt the point that might be now raised against the deceased. The knife belonging to the situation and go right to the root of things with prisoners. brought it with him, and derived is from a us in reply, a point that is sufficiently deceased was larger thau his and he said it was

remarkable rapidity. lively sense of the impertinence (in the view indicated in the phrase, The Paramount.

fortunata for him his knife was sharp. Deceased of an intellectually free man) of thrusting Importance of the Hereafter. It would be

stabbed him on the hand, dogma upon an already religious and go use to do so, and needlessly offensive. To

Both defendants were committed for that. philosophic people, His Excellency the justify what has gone before, however, wo Governor, judging by the fact that he may say that our study of Christianity sacrificed a dinner for them, has a greater impresses. with the importance its respect for the missionaries. It so happens Founder placed upon the Here and Now, on that his first public oration in Hongkong the amelioration of existing conditions, and "was given" at the Morrison Centenary on the practice of altruism for its present Meeting on Tuesday night. Delivered e advantage rather than for some future tempers, with fluent ease, it was a capital oknowledgment and reward,

in the Colonial Secretary's Office. He was was held for the trial of

of the promoters of the Best Portuguese the grubeat Rio Lima, and four artillery Club in this Colony, and later took an active part in the formation and amalgamation of the

men who were charged with propagating present Club Lusitano

anarchist doctrines

among their com- panions. A search among the private effects of the prisoners resulted in the discovery of a quantity-of-anarchist literature. The Court-Yes, a glass of beer for which a man pays

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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

THE KING'S PHYSIQUE..

TRIBUTE DI SIR BHUNTON.

exorcises. Besides this, he

over which the Police Commander presided, sat on Friday from 7.a.m, until 5 p.m., and on Saturday from 10a.m. antil 8. p.m. when santsuces were passed upon the prisoners found guilty. One artillery man was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a half, and his The leader among the sailors, who formed the companions in the corps to eight months each local society, was sentenced to three years imprisonment, and another sailor to sight

Have you ever seen any privates or corporals there?--I have never seen say in there, but I have seen two served through a window.

Being a club they can sell more cheaply F

20 cents in the Occidental can be had for twelve cents in the sergeants mens,"

noticed any differenes in your takings? Tha

Since the opening of this mass have you takings in the service bar, which is patronised practically by soldiers and sailore, used, to bu June, when the moss was opened, they have from $25 to $35 per day, caih. Bines the 19tla

ferry is changed and the mase opened, to run dropped from 85 to 31) e dør..

the hotel at a ront of $2,000, and a lisence of You don't think it is possible, now that the

32,000 year? No. And the house is not, în

fit condition to be ran as a hotel.

What state of repair was the place kept in externally Very bad. The west end of the roof was always leaking when it rained:

THE SALE OF DRUGS, Why does the Government attempt to ragu- late the pries at which modicines shall be sold by the local dispensaries? The price list which you Yes, Mr. Ruttonjee occupied the connais You had some trouble shout the drains, didn't the Government has drawn up and published in the Boletim shows the charges in many instances and all the doors leading from the hotel were on the top floor of the west end of the hotel,

Unwin has published in his Colonial Library a new long novel by Mr. 8. R. M. Crockett entitled Me and Mya." This story showa conspicuonaly all the characteristic quali ties which have made Mr. Crockett's books BO popular with so wide a circle of readers. It la a

ory of rollicking escapades, told with all the to be immensely greater than they need be. I barred and nailed up, so it was impossible for swing and bamour that one expoets from Mr. The str. Glazee sailed from Keelung on 11th Crockett, at his best of a boy sad girl lore inst, afternoon, and may be expected hors this which, onriously, has ite origin in the manis of higher than those charged alsowhere. The

some cases the charges are actually ten times me to look after the cleanliness of the drains. offerson.

h the hero and heroins for stamp collecting, result is that the public go elsewhere for the Mail, will loare Saigon today at 5 pm. for of a man and woman. The book, while fall of, suffer accordingly. Further comment on the The M. M. str. Nera with the next French and which, later becomes the strong attachment medicines they rogairo,and the local dispensaries. this port.

The C.P.R. str. Athenian arrived Koba at these touches of pathos and deeper emotion

fun, even of ocassional horas-play, has also absurdity of this government regulation is With the 5 p.m. on Wednesday the 11th inst

which Mr. Crockett's readers expsof From him.

superfl'a ons.

both

I called his attention three times to the fac that the drains were choked.

-Didn't Rottonjes do anything to improve them Not until I wrote to the Sanitary. Board, and they notified him to have the pipes

alearied.

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