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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1908.

nese official attitude in the premises was TELEGRAMS.

correct and exemplary, do nothing remains but the punishment of the mieguided enterpriser responsible for the whole thing, and this we expect to hear in a day or two 00. was also eximplory.

We have already coupled with the incident the tiresome but inevitable. phrase, "China for the Chinese, and this suggests the idea that there might

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of the culprit's patriotium. Doultloss a good deal will be said on that score. We bave very little scruple in suggesting that the patriotism of one båsker urging a boy. cott against a fim in the same lians of {-business is bound to be met with considerable suspiciou. There is a cant saying that ong should not imputa motives, but if, as the 1 dóz.qin, 2doz, ple law always, docs, one looks for them, and ...$ 8.00 39.0 fade Liem, or if the motive obrudes itself in a manter to make search unnecessary, why it.co

not? The curious thing is, (and again we 140 fint Luis week's train of tuought accom- modaled) that it is only the imputatim of 20.00bad motives that convention kicks against

We my fraputo all the good motives, we like, and it will be accounted to us for right vousness. Thus a patriot's excases are excused on the ground of their worthy mutive, or (we apologise the apparent obs ssica) “Christian Scientist's" bungling with sick people is para sund on the gore of the pure, religious motives and mainspring of his or her meddling, A ordinary charlatan who kills a patient is punished;

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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

For traspassing on Crown land at Mongkok Mr. F. A. Huzsised yos.erday dued fire mntives $100 apiece.

Having completed his term of five years, I see or Collett appeared before Mr. F. A. Hazelund at the Magistracy to resign, After swearing him in his Worship songratulated him, and hoped he would serve many more terms with the Hongkong police.

"DAILY PRESS" AXOLUSIVA SERVICS.]

MOROCCO.

LONDON, January 17th The French have defeated Mulai Hafid and captured Settat,

CANADA AND JAPAN:

LONDON, January 17th: Canada has agreed to the Japanese proposals regarding immigration.

[BRYTE' SEPTICE]

THE BOYERTOWN, DISASTER,

LONDON, January 15th. 167 bodica have been recovered from the disaster at Boyertown."

THE CHINESE IN THE TRANSVAAL

LONDON, January 15tk.. Ten Indinus and eight Chinese bave been ordered to be expelled from the Trausvaal for picketing. The Johannesburg Chairman of the Chinese Association has been imprisone 1 for two months, for failing to comply with the expulsion laws.

THE PRUSSIAN LOAN.

LONDON, January 15th. £9,000,000 of the Prussia Loan has been subscribed.

PERSIA.

LONDON, January 15th. Firman Firm wires from Sabjlak that. he is surrounded by 20,000 Tribesmen and urgently eels re-inforcements and pro. vinous; otherwise his party will be cut up or perish of hunger.

THE MONETARY POSITION IN GERMANY.

LONDON, January 15th,

of the coinage law and in incensing the circulation of silver it neerdance with the needs of a growing population. The Government were also considering an in- erease of the amount of silver receivable as legal tender.

WRECK OF THE YIK SING."

AMERICAN CONSUL'S CHINESE EXCURSION.

bituminons; there is a supply for fifty years. The cutput is now 1,50) tone svery 24 hours sat the capmalty is being doubled, which will THE ADDRESH TO THE “ODD TÖLUMES,”

pat the plant on the class of the World's largest Mr Conil Wilder has been talking to the

talen. It is owned by wealthy Chinose and "Odd Y homes" Society about bis recent tour

operated by a colony of some deasa Germans, in Chine, Following are extracts :***

who showed us every party. The pleat is little or no exclusiveness against his own people were car building is highly developed. The Ceramoilus as he is the Chineman attempts extensive ani modern, operated by electria power in part and including railway shops When "dov time" comes, employer and 8000 coolies are housed under company manage employes gather about the round table, and

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It a part of the programme "Chios for the Chinese" which threatens even the Imperial Cartoms service itself. It would be an error to infer from the above that the new education is not better than the old. Teath is contagious. and tens of thousands of youth are learning where England is and what our Civil War maant and the nature of derman manufactures-things danled to their father. Knowing these things they want to know more, and, happily, echoes of the success of broadly educated youth of their

selves for when Chinese youths do not duem a own race aro rasohing the amillest village. The hope of the situation is in the youths theur

hady. It is signibuant that more than one fino pupils decrease, after the Arst muck-promising dew government school has seen its number of

year. The boys discovered much better instruo Esgland and the United States to get a com Live at the mission school. It is a problem in petert body of teachers, and it le us rection on Chinese method that the sudden transition to to learning finds them sadly hampered by the shortage of akill in the teaching obair,

nothing more impresses the traveller than thement in stookados; there are these shifts oftascher competent, they absent themselves in a large rooms, the cement fours of which are eight hours aach. The wank roome are unique; gidironed with shannels 19 inches wide and 12 inches deep. Through these obmanels the warm water flows slowly and in it the coolin bathe. The "chow departmentis on a most extensive scale of which the huge cauldrons for rice are a large part. Chinese coolies are much like wherever one sees them; it did not appear that this hard-working army had more aspira-

diflcult social problem. When asked what the tions than their follows. They constitute a

idia shifts did in leisure, the auswer was "Sleep practically no part in the life of the Chinese ond gamble." Happily alcoholio drink plays

labourer. He can "strike," howevor, and ju targe concerns in China like this-there are few employing so many, hande-so bound together aw the men, and so little impression can foreign influences make, that great tact is required to maintain a working press. The agitator

is a familiar Agure in Chincas labour ontres. Last December it was secary for the white population to leave and remain away a mouth so excited were the natives. At present some hundreds of Chinese soldiers are stationed at the mining camp and a huge fort overlooks the community, on the wall of which is over a sentry-grim remizder that the task of develop ing China's-resources calls for more that money, energy, 'skill-cven physiol conrage.

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About half the daily output of the mine is converted into ocke for the great Hangjan iron works at Hankow, which we had previously in "pated.

CORRESPONDENCE.

"CHRISTIAN SCIENCE."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY. PREAS."] Sre,-Io popes to your invitation for actual local instances of cases "treated" by the following facts for the accuracy of whiob I "Christian Science," I deem it right to record.

san, vouch.

but Easily the

Before the Wat asked to make such contribution (in recognition of services rendered) as she could afford to tha fands of the Chris in Soiones Association to which the the patient's husband as such contribution. On "balar" balongad, The sum of $10 was paid by arrival in London, where the patient bad no with the Christian Santisk to what care she frisada, she took lodgings and communicated had been committed. She was treated by this lady for a week; when feeling extramaly ill sha communiosted with friends in Kent who transferred her to their house sad sent for the e Doster by whom she hid been trasted for 10 betars she left England to return to Hongkong. Within a week the patient dial and her mudioal attendsut, certified that her death was due to advanced osucer and to no other ozuar. The whols of the above recorded events happened within the space of some nine

intimate relations between many magistrates and the common people. The notion that all Chinese ralers are harsh, arrogant despots of the iron hool is far from tho mack. We culled. on a number at their yamens-ame of the | provincial rank-Taotais, Teisna, Judges, and Magistrate and wore strack with the close touch officials have with their people.. At Jamon interviews as we drank tes together, men, women, and children of all sortitio gathered about us from the stresta outside to listen to the conversation. There wa Do

| displayed our cameras and watches and laughed exclusiveness. They peered auriously as we

at the jukes that pasetusted, the convers th. The fact is that often the magistrate in the father of the people, as some of the Chinese titles literally mean. One judge with whom wa talked had an audecided onse on his mind. An

in 1903 friend of spprentice, who on previous occasions had been

mine returned' tu the Colony with his wife, and family after eat on the same orcand, went to the shop of a

visiting. England where his wife had undergone neighbour and borrowed $200, ostasibly for

treatment for cancer. On rosching Hongkong his employer. He spent the money in riotous

medical advice was sought and the Doctor living. The question was whether the youth's

taking a very serious view of the ose te formed enipfoyer was liable. This our hoát ontlined fa

the husband that he could noth outspy hope a loud voice with great sarnestness through our

of the patient living for many months as ahe missionary interpreter. The visitors. sought

was suffering from malignant canar. The trotfully avade the usurping of the judicis

Dotor continued to treat the patient who waR functions of a friendly power, and to change the subject, but our host returned to it again and

now very ill and in the eyes of her friends again,

What is the American law ?" The

interraned and gaining acces to the patient palpably dying. At this staga lood" besler" orowd of onlookers took the ouest interest.

ausoseded in persuading her that she was not It is not likely that interested parties wers

really. In this she was among them. The old man was plainly seeking

This is an old plant but greatly that the patient who bad basm coafard to her 60. 1200088fal fed out where the trata lay. Finally it was developed of isteyers, antil now the approsch room weat cut and endeavoured to remo her line of "Implied Agency" and to discuss how abutle, engines, the glimpses of faenso res and formed the patient that she herself hai not suf- peccesary to pou tribute a few thoughts along the the forest of chimneys, the soo, the busy ordinary life. After a time the healer" in- far the lender could reasonably go in assuming of losing steel-reminds one of Birmingham foleat faith to effects complete cure, especially authority on the part of the youth for so or Pittsburg. The ownership of the two

in the face of the opposition which ska mat with consiil-zable Inn. The upshot was, as I plaats is largely in the same bands. Steel raile from one of the members of the patient's family. remember it, that the Chinese Solomon conclud-areoùs of the chief articles of production. The In the result she paraded the patient to retora ed that the hw of his land and of mine was manager of theso iron works is Chimona, to England and plios horolf in London under In a debate in the Reichstag on the much alike, though bis insistenes was shown by

educated abroad, ss are many of the meu in poaj.

the head of the Christian Soianoc World in tant tinas of greatest responsibility in Cuias. Mr. F. City. The husband of the patient sal her son German monetary position, Count Kanitzan afterthoughts we moved toward the gate

es to the disposition of a youth who joinel, ia Kwong, Superintendent of the Kwangtung (Can-opposed this proposition urgal shit every effort should be rule, to with the chief onlprit in disposing of the 3:00. tou) division of the Canton-Hankow Bailway, husband's essent was obtained. erect a wall of alver round Germany's stock Here again the judicature of the two great wa: educated in America: no one can talk with patient Lift the Colony sha of gold. The Government replied that powers converged, for we agreed that spanking such men without bung impressed with thoiry the "healer" while the present gold system must be was on to good for him-in Cuins ad-

auperior quality, it is a marked purpose in maintained unimpaired enquiries had been ministered with bamboo. This and other Chias of late to reserve to the Chiness the A telegram was received in the Colonyinstitute which would result in a revisión interviews threw light on the relation between positions of authority. Foreigners, taslading yesterday from Maulla Lo the effect that the

constituents. These offisiais are held up to the instances, even from educational posts, to make Chiens onials in the interior and their the Japanese, are being relievad in many until February 27. Carnival has been postponed from February 3

mark by the people. The Chiuse are long. was for Chinese. Japan mets à like exchange, suffering and will endure taxation and other when the time cumo; but that people were in bardens sheerfuly; but when the line is toshable mood for a generation and meekly Terstepped by an official, they pitition for absorbed all that the foreigner had to give, bin rederal, storm his gamon by violence The Chinese are not, as a rate, willing to sad not infrequently pat him to death; oberve & like apprenticeship; they covel the Thess. ofisisin are obvirusly man of power success of the Japanese without a willingness and capacity, especially those of high rank. to patiently sadure and wait. The result is Yesterday Masara. Jardine, Matheson & Co. They are usually large, forceful men-with the that, both industrially and edus siopaily, one received news from the North of the wreck of loud voice made necessary by the constant din sees much futility that would be amusing it it their steamer "Tik Sing" which is commanded of China; sometimes they are jally, friendly by Captain Thomass. The "Tik Sing," which men, attractive in the highest degres. Other

were not pathetic. The men of their own rioD that the Chinos pat la responsible posts are carries a cargo of about 3,000 toss of coal types are more reserved, but equally magnetsquipped as are those pratiously mentioned, atranded off The Brothers, and fears are entergesting commanding ability, Chess ruler of The incumbents go through the form of doing tained that she will become a total wreck. The the interior provinces who may have ben to things as they have seen foreigners do them, duly at the Harbour Office as Assistant Harbour Engineer, Mr. F. R. Plakerton, and Poking but have seen little or nothing of bat there is little sohiered, Details of pra

it thus happened that owing to wanten inter- Meter, and Mr. E. Jones, who tas oarried on five of her Chinese crow are mining. The the coast Lots and foreign men aid achieve-factors and the selection of sabrdinatos, ara

formos in a case of disease which is, pace all the duties so atisfactorily for many months North, was wirert to proceed to the wreck that much impress one. Those things be the Chinese" is thus interpreted.

*Fau Saug," which is prosoeding ments, yet have an essa and self command decided at excited sa ne mestings, China for The arguments which "Christina Scientists" paat, reverts to the post of chist boarding and be on the look out for survivors in token real quality. The fact is the L'hinese

can put forward, absolutely incurably (orcapt In every city of any sian 926, nosa bindsome in it-early stages by surgiry) not only was the vicinity. The foreign grew of the wrecked of a grades continually bespeak capacity school buildings; often old temples or ancient neslies expense incurred in connection Before Commander Basil H. Taylor, RN, vesel will be brought on to Hongkong, while This cannot be said of all Asiatice it is true examination bella reconstructed, sometimes with A passage to, and maintenase in, Marine Magistrate, at the Harbour Office the Chinese will be returned to Shangha. The of the Japanese and Chinoso. These are not entirely new plaats. The imposing roofs and England, but the close of the life of one Festerday, a Loatman w charged with │"Yik Sing" was built in 192, and bass grows inferior races, The children one meets in the elevation (for nearly all olsa is "one-story?) who had boon a daroted wife and mother was boarding the "Chibli without the permie tonnage of 1966 tons, and a net tonuage of meanest village tell us under the infusnes of command attention as one locks over the city, overshadowed by separation from her family and sion of the mader or officer in charge. On the 1236 ton. She is the unfortunate vessel of "a ponny" that they have never before see

This is in respons to the Peking odiot, sud to by loneliness in the hour of death In the house offence being proved he was ordered to pay a

Messre. Jardine Matheson's feet, for beyond foreigner; there are no words to tell the filth and

the demand for western learalage one of a mere soquaintance, fiue of $15 or go to jail for one month.

these damaged by minos oto, during the war unprogresivouens of their environment gat

obrious asured foot about the new Chins 1p This sad occurrence had one good affect. It between Russia and Japan, she is the first in their mapping eyes and undiminished force-

those schools one sees hundreds of bright youths,opened the eyes of the bereft husband who at steamer to be wrecked for about twenty years. faluons une feels-and it has often been proved- amelly uniformed and sometimes tralasd to ouslime hid been almost persuaded that the that these children put into good schools and arms. Study of the difficult Chinese language "healer" could cure where the Doctor pro- Vistoria will (D.V.) pranoh at St. Andrew's From soma sonres has come as a permanent

The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of encouraged apward come to fine doralement. and literature is going on profitably under well

nounced oure impossible For when he came educated native teachers; bit thasa game in in

to announce the ad intelliganos of his wife's Church Kowloos, to-morrow (Sunday) morning possession to the Chinesses, acity. They "can."

are also called on to teach the "new studios," the deal to the writer, be explained, with tears in Vales Au pays du chanson, Fahrbach Cameron Highlanders will attend this service among them are enthusiastic and a confident have had a fav terms at a Chinese school in a

Blanchetary at 11 o'clock; and the C, of E. " party of the It is for this reason that those who live and work sciences and English. To it themselves they his sorrowing eyes, “Aud soit was all a hum- Recollections of Gounod. Arr. Morelli Song "The Holy City,"

as Chucoh Parade. Beatbolders will oblige of their future as a people. In some instancos port city, or in Japan; but their inability to

bag after all.”—Yours truly.

F. H. MAY, Overture The Sapphire Necklaco," Sullivan Pfeiff Lied... "Como my love and dance with by copying their sittings before the batis cease these officials called on ne at the homes of leash these tepian is apparent even to the Hongkong, 10th January 1909.

ringing, as seats required for visitors &c., misionaria where we farried-as the only canal visitor. The schools are equipped with Selection ... "Jolanthe,"

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS;"| Vales Lente. "Love's last word,"

........... Sullivan vannot be reserved after 11 am.

Europeazy in the community. Ooials were apparatus (e Japanese industry);

ther e guests at dinner in those homes. The relations are Regimental March.

Sta-With referonse to the request mado vacuum pump and blow pipe $ God bless the Prince of Wales,

between the officials and missionaries are usually (chanical and electria devices) geological by your correspondent "Cleak" for salter. Got sure the King. Eggs. Soup-Clear Soup. Fish-Boiled Fiah DINNER MEN Hors D'Eavrosariare in

cordial and sometimes intimate the best of the and botanical specimens oused, and labellitative information of local cures by Christian former appreciating the cultivation of the ed in three languages; and a maanikin roady Science "bealers," I foar fast won the and Aashovy Sauce Entrée-Lamb Catles an

Europeans, curious as to their manust of living, for the class in physiology-but who skill younger generation. will Bot be greatly sed enjoying the order and serenity of home explain these things? We visited one walled impressed by the est story, as doubtless many Sweetbrend Fattios. Curry-Gon Curry, Joint Roset Beef and Horseradish, Roast Turkey and Czoborzy Eauce, Boilod Bacon and Spinach, Cald Roast Wild Dick and Beetroot, Salad.

example of asst homes, matual consideration Init was one Chinese who had studied English in cop:tance as a possible fapt: and any who may done by the mission groape in setting en

indeed a city where for white men have been. that “a ost has nine lives," to"warreût its Sweet Apple Pudding, Vanilla Ice Cream and SandCakes, Tipsy Cake, Scotch Woodcook Deanort

and neighboarly helpfulness is not to be over-

Shanghai. We could not converse with him not have reached that conclusion by the test of Co-Fruits,

Modorite to fresh mouston may be expected looked. Sometimes the missionary is a man of beyond a few conventional phrases and he was actual experience may have ben conrinoed by Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending practical gains. At Hungchow we found one, so clumsy with the numerals that he gave his the pictures intended to demonstrate the theory an American, who had brought a gasolineage is 17 when he must have been 50; yet he recently shown by a local onematograph show. The foresant for the 24 hours ending at noon

engine from home; he was building a small told us he taught English" to classes of con Bata local Christian Scientist "healer ** boat with which to visit his conaty station.siderable size. There is no one to reriow his could, if he would, relate a trna and affecting Hongkong & Neighbourhood

N.E. winds, Hers is the river Biang, hundreds of miles work, and no doubt his conversation with us little story about a dog-bis own dog, foit and moderats air. long, with tan thousand graft, and not unutisfactory as it was to us, strengthened nurtured on Christian Sciezos Principles (with Formoss Channel:..

.N.E. inde,

a "motor beat" among them. When once confidence among the onlookers in his those a capital P, if you please, Mr. Print. Uulika

the China mod'ts to fresh,they learn the utility of internal combustion The most intelligent Chines recognize tastent, this dog led a life that did not place it South coast of Chine between

pony refer to by your correspond- Hongkong.and Lamecka, Same as No. 1. engines for water use, they will be adopted their expensive and handsome school buildings beyond hope of redemption, and when if follit. South coast of China between

na the scanty means of the people and the are but empty husks without skilled teachers it was treated according to the articles of the Hongkong and Hainan..

cheaprioss of coolie labour will admit,

and one discovers some offort to complete the family faith. Ales! the dog it was that LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

South of Changsha, some three days journey, chair. In Changes, for instance, is a Harvard died not the faith, which is still considered we left the river at one of the many towns on graduate at S1800 gold a your employed in lesa igarative language, to work cure among strong enough to more mountains-ór in The O. N. Co.'s str. Luchow left Weihaiwei its shore and took a fifty mile railway journey the Government Schools. It does not appear the faithful entriesling those performed at on 16th ins, and is dus here on 21st inat. eastward into Kingsu Province to the Ping that a knowledge of Chinese is imperativa Lourdes, My sympathies a with the dog.—

The NY.K, sit, Shimano Mary (American Shan Mines. This mine was built to bring the posible that other young foreigners might

to leach English to the Chinese, it is Yours &o. Line) left Kabe for this port vis Moji and coal to the river. It seemed strange in the

THE OTHER DOG. Shanghai on the 17th inst, and is expected here heart of this primitive Chins to find this

similar posts. But there is E [With regard to the sat that was "healed,” on the 26th ist,

isney in most places to displace, rather than we have since been informed that a loss). The str. Kutzeria sailed from Kobe for Moj

on foreign teachers, and to substitute practitioner took the "dead bone" from its leg 17th hinta,

Course who can offer some pretence of itness, before the healer" touched it.ED.

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HONGKONG, JANUARY 18TH, 1908.

Our two long telegrams from Shanghai on the 12th and 13th instant told us of the latest phase of the China for the Chi

g" movement, wherein & Chinese banker tried to incite a boycott against the Houg kong and Shanghai Rank and the firm of Jardine Matheron, We have been post. poning discussion of the incident in the hope of more ample details, but in the abacoce of other unhackneyed political subjects, and being afraid of wearying some of our readers by too many abstract dis cussions in which many of them have never affected to take ao interest, we dare not wait any longer. There are readers who,

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Mancrieff and offleer, the band of the Third By kind permission of Lieut.-Col. W. Scott Battalion "The Duke of Cambridge's Own" (Middlesex Regiment) will play the following programme of masio daring dinner, at the Hongkong Hotel, this (Saturday) evening:- March........Carribo," Bla

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WEATHER REPORT,

the following roport

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued

On the 17th at 11.55 .m.-The baromoter has risen considerably over Japan the depression

the

months.

unfamiliar with the difficulty indicated in Macedonia, Jugged Nare and Red Currant Jelly lying over Ho.kido yesterday, having moved fe found in a mission compornd. The work city of 20,000 people, with no Baropesu resident of them have sufficiently tested the cli adage

the professionally adopted phrase, “making bricks without straw," expect the Colony and its great neighbour to afford a constant and sufficient supply of subjects for the pragmatical discussions they prefer. (We use the word pragmatical in its literai sense.) Such practical and plain issues are by no means numerous, and certainly not suff. eient to cauble a newspaper making six appearances each week to gratify (even if it so desired) this one businesslike section of its patrone. So much by way of confidential preamble.

As a politian issue demanding vehement advocacy of anything either one way or another, it is grat fying to note that even the sensational Stanghai incident is dead. Our correspondant assured us in his Inter mesange that the matter was regarded as practically closed, that the native Press was being kept well in hand, and that the Chi-

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

The following is an extract from the Daily Press of January 18th, 1857-

Retura of killed and wounded of the Allied force in the stack and capture of Canton. 28th and 29th December, 1851,

Of Foregoing killed,

Troopa, French,...

Total killed, 10 Of Foregoing, dangerously wounded,...

Severely wounded, Slightly wounded, French,...

Troope

32

30

-18

Total, 101

17

by explosion of Gunpowder, (on let inst.) In addition to which are severely burnt wounded,

Total wounded, 118

into the Pacific.

It is highest b.tween N. China and the Sea of Pressure has given way over the Tengiza Japas.

in the Formoss Channel and the Chics Se

at 10 am. to-day, 9.00 inches.

to-day is as follows:

Same as No.2.

industrial development; and it has all been done is miae yests. The coal is a high quality