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lium in the Bong of Solomon.” The Chiness literat have always respected history; that it is mainly foolish history, of the "dry bones" ormythological kind, does not alter the main question. The popular history still taught to Western children no better, King Alfred and the cakes, King Canute and the tide, and so on, being no more useful than the marvellous heroes of Chiness, bistory. Chinese geographies. are also still extant, and remind forcibly of European geographical essays of a few. centuries ago. · In "the art of Government" it is questionable if we can teach the Chinese anything at all, in theory at least. We, as well as they, are

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The Hon. Dr. Ho Kai's second term of office TELEGRAMS: THE GOVERNMENT AND THE on the Legislative Council expires on the 24th st., and it is understood that representations

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will be made to His Excellency the Governor to

have the senior member for the Chinese nomiasted for a third term.

Mr. and Mrs. Somerset Playne left yesterday for Shaughat, in which port Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Limited hara bres at work for sous two or three months The editorial staff are preparing to leave in a wee's time, the work of compilation in Hongkong, being new almost completed.

Robard Simmons, who was shortly before the Police Court on a charge of theft and has near. Bowrington Canal in the house of since his liberation from prison book living

[DAILY FREMM" RECLUSIYR BRAVIOR.]

FANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

TOKYO, March 18th. Count Hayashi entertained the British Embassy to dinner in com memoration of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. In proposing the toast of the Alliance Sir Claude Macdonald read a message from the London Government expressing confidence

Count Hayashi, in-reply, emphasised the effectiveness of the agreement and referred to the benefits derivable from the agreements with France and Russia.

SANITARY BOARD.

the Government showing in Lord Ripon's words how "the Sanitary Board might be developed into a satisfactory Municipal Council some of the revenue

It is satisfactory to note that the Bill which controlling the Government bai brought forward to amend | which" "Is now derived from-ratus,” That the Public Health and Baildings Ordinansa is soleme is fairly entitled to sonsideration on receiving the attention is desarro alike from its merits. Since its publication it has the Chinese and the Europesie whoso intorests been favourably commented upon, and gen- are soaverned. By the time the Bill comes up arally regarded as a good solents; bat it for a mound reading the Government should be more profitably debated now that opinion in regard to the most debateable pro- for its rejection. have the benefit of valuable expressions of public His Excellency has publicly stated. the reasona visions of the Bill

Dien who has befriended him, appeared in the strength of the Alliance the community has changed with the times before the magistrate yesterday on other charges of thaft, When his Erlend returned home the other night he missed a quantity of clothing, valued about $35 and noticed that the bottle of whisky which he had left in the honse was practically empty. As Simmons had dis appeared suspicion naturally fell upon him and the police came upon him on Thursday in the Happy Valley.

He admitted' the theft and explained that he was dreak through baving partaken of the whisky which he found in the house Sentence of six weeks' imprisonment

as passed upon him,

Last night an official dinner was given at Germons Honed to ment Rome Admiral Mr. and Mrs, Gok, Mise Siebs, Mr. H. Sists Cooper. The following guests' wore invited:

Wisbor, Mr. and Mr Multor, Admiral

Doernberg (three staff officere). Mr. at Mrs. Niedhardt; Mr. and Mrs. Sisbe, Cap'alo Snítu H.M.8. "Monmouth" were unable to attend.

BEUTER'S SERVICE.

of the work of the Sanitary Board is goneerned. Eo far as the larger question of public control nothing has yet been done whieb, by any stretch of the imagination, san be considered alarming to the Government. Can it be that A dozen years ago the Government's refusal to socept the recommendations of the Capi- try Commission in this regard would have elicited, in less than a week, &-more striking manifestation of disapproval than has yet been given. The suggestions which the Com. mission made were a doas years or so ago distinatly encouraged as an ideal by the Colonial Offer. Can the Government be blamed, then, if it assumes in the absence of any popular agitation on the subject, that the old aspirations of the community are dead and buried, and that the alternative proposals put forward by the Government in place of those advanced by the Commission have the silent support of the community?

The public haro bien told that the Governor Soretary and the Director of Public Works, has simply swallowed the advice of the Colonist and the excum bas kindly been made for him that his residence in the Colony has bea brief and he could not therefore be expected to have perfect grasp of the situation. And as the Governor's office work does not obtain the same pablicity as his social engagemente there may be some who have adopted this

readily on the Governor is assumed to have adopted the views of his kivisera.o it conceivable that any Governor--and especially Sir Frederick Lugard, who can not be aesused of any want of sympathy with the public aspirations would venture to Braunes judgment on an important question of this character, fóreed upon his personal atten thon in the way this has been, without giving tho fullest and most impartial consideration to the arguments on both sides? knowledge that the opnsideration both of the It is earmon evidence given before the Commission and very large portion of His Excalionoy's the "Report based upon it have cocupied

THE BRITISH NAVY ESTIMATES.

LONDON, March 11th, Mr. Asquith in the debate on the Navy Estimates, explicitly declared that, if by next year, we found there was a reasonable probability of the German building pre such a conclusion yet. The Chamber of Com- It many be objected that it is busty to draw me being carried out, we would promeres is convening a meeting for the elec-time

tion of a member of the Legislative Counol to occupy the seat temporarily vacated by the Hoo. Mr. E. A. Hewett, and this will doubtless offer the occasion for an expression of public Commerce last expressed an opinion on a gros. opinion on the subject. When the Chamber of

tion of thie character the plebiscite was overwhelmingly in favour of tiva public control. Whether the leading are preparing to discuss the Bill will venture to ventilate their views on

THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION,

more effec

and the hasty, not to say impadent, suggestion since bie arrival in the Colony, that His Excellency has no mind of his own on the question may at once ba dismissed {

It has to be recognised, that there are the establishment of even a quasi.Municipality arguments and weighty arguments against in the Colony, and though the preponderating voice of the Commanity has in times past been in favour of it; the opposition has not ewansted entirely from the offcinis. Mr. J. J. Keswick and Mr. E. E. Balilios, while members of the remains to be seen, and when it is soonides. But many yours have since passed and the subject of quasi-municipal government Legislative Connell, wrote strongly against the

discussion of the matter in the Legislative matter. In a further article we shall consider it may have an important bearing on the amplo excuse exiata for a reconsideration of the

Council.

the scheme of the Commission and the Govern meat's alternative proposals.

Chinese, who LONDON, March 11th.

Powers, a proposal for he appointment of a Sir Edward Grey has submitted to the

Christian or a Mussulman, for a term of Governor General of Macedonia, either a

years with the consent of the Powers. Most of the Powers regard the proposal as impracticable.

still fur short of the glory of the ideals. As to philosophy, the most striking thing about the modern pursuit of it is to find hew closely in agreement are the philoso- phers of widely separated peoples, and if a competent sinologue were to go through ali Western philosophy, underlining ovety passage and proposition that has its parallel în Chinese literature of the same order, we fancy there would be very little left to figure as exclusively Western. We must get rid of the idea that we are far ahead of China in the matter of thinking out the meaning of life and the art of it. At the same time, we are entirely in sympathy with the writse who would fain see more discrimination in the choice of western Bir arthur Moore, Captain Thursby, H.M.Svide for such building as would prevent writings to be translated for the Chinese.

King Alfred, "Commodors and Mrs. Stokes, German superiority. This, Mr. Asquith In Europe we would be no worse off for a

Commander Danareuther, H.M.S. "Kent," sail, was the policy of the Government; i burning of the books." There is an im Commander Campbell, H.M.S. "Bedford," would remain on record and ought to mense flood of matter written and printed Commander Caperton, U.S.S.. "Denver "

rensure the House that Great Britain does for no bigher purpose than that of enabling Captain Tamakachi, H.IJ.M.S. "Izami,”, thoughtless folk to " pase the time," and as Captain and Mrs. Vaughan Lee, H.Ms not intend to be left behind.

"Astrea," General Broadwood, Captain Hort. it is produced by grossly imperfect thinkers. for those who will not think, it is actually itter von Zach, Dr. and Mrs. Voretsub, Dr. Synnot, Major Evana, 13th Rajputs, Mr. E doing a great deal of social harm. Hitherto, and Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, China fins escaped thie. China has a mass Mr. R. D. Law, Mr. and Mrs. Browin, Mr. of really valuable literature, but familiarity Fletcher. The German Admirai was accom- seems to have bred contempt for it. Atanyon Dalwick, Flag Lieutenant Freiherr von panied by Captain Wurmbach, Captain Freiherr rate it seems to have lost its vitality as a moving force. An adage crystalising a good Idea, somehow never seems to strike people so much as the same idea feably presented, and Mr. DrER BALL has pointed out how wise Chinese aayings are often misunderstood and misapplied, merely because they have become commonplaces of speech, rather than

LONDON, March 11th, factors for reflection. It was interesting

bodies; there is no evidence of any survivors The searching parties have found 13 dead A. S. WATSON & CO., the other day to hear a Shanghai China.

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THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION. known saying, to the effect that "a single.

"Lohengrin** Wagner.

LONDON, March 11th, Dark will on

Bantal P 2 tdavercr

Hungarian canoes Nos, 5 and 6 ........Brahms..

Signor “ That Buying originally was designed to (a) String quartette

"Love's dream after the Ball"...Cibulka.essential point of the reforms in Macedoria. railway projects must be regarded as an affect conduct in quite other and more "Pizzicato Polka",

...Sohramm. Cavalleria Rusticana" He denied the existence of a dangerous usual circumstances, but it is questionable (6) Intermezzo if it ever does. We have equivalents for it Songs by the obildron of the Blind Home

Stille Nacht." German Christmas-song.

crisis in the European concert. but how many of us apply it in our daily "Glory Song "by Mr. Alexander. conduct toward our fellows, to prevent as Pilgrim's borus and Song to the Evening.star

Overture to... Wilhelm Tell"..

.. Rossini. from the smaller lapses that may have.

Tannbaser"...... Wagner. great consequences, unforeseen, but inevit-Hoffmana's Tales, able and satious ? China already has a good enough and full enough working philosophy

In Chinese ciroles here it is insisted that the to cover all contingencies, providing she

Lisbon Treaty concedes to Fortugal the shore- could have her desired isolation, and pro-

portion only of Maeso, being different thersin from the Weihaiwei, Kinoghow or Talles viding she brought, practice up to presept.

Agreemente, which lease the neighbouring The chiof difference between East and West

wafers as well as the littoral to the respective Powers conearned. The question of the smug. seems to be that the West does not hanker

of arms depends on the preparations made Goringgling after isolation, and consequently it has-Threa Valses (a) Chanson de non cuar," Joyce by the "Tatea Mara" for the discharge of her

Popy cargo. (e) "Ainoar pasager,... Pedro-de- It is reported that the freedom of action Zulusta claimed by Japan has no ground of reason, bafore ... Sullivan 5 careful investigation of the whole case in Baeb and Gonnod Bnished. Crorture... "Don Juan," Mozart Polka...

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The orchestral concert which we previously THE HAMSTEAD COAL MINE foretold, in aid of the Kowloon Home for Blind Children, takes place in St. George's Hall

DISASTER to-night (Saturday) under the patronage of H.E. the Governor. Rear Admiral Cueper

has graciously permitted the band of S... Fuerst Bismarck" to attend. Seats may be engaged at the ofle of the Robinson Piano Co. The programme is as follows: Introduction to the 3rd Act of the Opers

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chatzwalker from the Oporetto

"Der Zigeunerbazon".

Stranas.

By kind permission of Major . W. R. Stephenson and Offers Commanding, the band of the Third Battalion “The Duke of Cam- bridge's Own" (Middlesex Regiment) will play the following programme of masio, during dinner, at the Hongkong Hotal, this Satur day) evening, 14th March 1208. Mamk.. "Distant Greeting,"

(b) "Sphinx"

LONDON OYFICA: 131, FLET STREET. E.c templative purposes, modifying its conduct Selcation ..."Utopia Limited,"

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to suit the conditions in which it continually finds itself rubbing shoulders with others. So it is not so much" Western thought' that China needs to absorb, as Western practice, if she wants to keep up with the procession,

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THE QUESTION OF TEBB TOBILL WATERS.

Tokyo, March 7th.

Tong Tim, ooolle, was charged at the Magistracy yesterday with armed robbery al Regimental Marches.

Tai Hang village. Defendant, who is supposed God bless the Prince of Wales.

to be a cook at the Cotton Mills, with another. God save the King.

man placed a bamboo outside a house in the DINNER MENU-D'Euvres-Egg and village named. This they climbed, broke the The seventeenth plague oge was recorded anchovy Canapes. Soup-Oz Tsil. Fish-Fish window and entered the house which was

Outlets and Piquanto Sauce. Entrée-Bratsed sterday.

Leg of Lamb and Haricot Beane, Fillet of Beef occupied by a woman and a child. They Brawa. Joint, &c.-Roast Ribs of Boof and Mushroome, Vaal and Ham Fatties.

Curry

threatened to kill her if she made a noise and Horseradish Roast Capon and Celery Sauce, ale was frightened sho gave them 350. Not Boiled Australian Bacon and Cabbage, Coid Roast satisfled with this they tore the gold bangle off Wild Duck an Beotroot Salad. Sweets-Tapioca her wrist and another off the child's wrist, and Pudding, Maraschino Ice Cream and Finger Cakes Apple Tart. Tipsy Cake Dessert-Coffee, Fruit."

HONGKONG, MARCH 14TH, 1908- On the next page we reprint an interesting article sent to the Timas by its Shanghai correspondent. At Home it will he read as indicating that the Chinese are now absorby

Last night" The Dairy maids" was produced ing "western thought and ideas," the presumption being that the bulk of these by the Bandmann Opera Company to a delighted are new and quite foreign to China. That audience in the City Hall.

The dead body of a obild was picked up in Alban Street, Wanchai, on Thursday, Dealh had been due to smallpor. Damping is not so common as it was some time ago.

FIRE AT WEST POINT.

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they were leaving they threatened what they would do if she made a noise. To emphasise their meaning one of them brought his chopper down on her arm and out it severely. Prisoner. was remanded for a week. His accomplice has not yet been captured.

tains an interesting intervise by a Polish The Cracow paper Swiat Blowianski" con- publicist Fototsky, with a German whose name

It is well that the community should once more have the pros and cons of the question put before them.

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LOCAL SPORT.--

CRICKET.

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB,

the "Nary" on the Hongkong Club's

A rotura match will be played to-day against

R. Hancock, H. Hansook, W. C. D. Turner represented by the following players Messrs. T. E. Peares A. A. Claxton, H. R. Makin, E A. Fowler, E. H. Hinde, F. H, H. Stevens, T. Jacks and W. F. Brewer,

CRAIGENGOWEL V. E.G,A

This match will take place to-day, nt 2.15

Mr. Shelton Hooper, as a member of the Commission, wrote as an appendir to the Report a valuable historical review of the

The following will represent the Kowloon demand for a more effective control of the C.C."A" team on the Kowloon ground,-King's in it the Colonial fos approval to which Watson & Co., Ltd.-S. Moore, C. W. Jeffries affairs of the Colony, but he omitted to include Park, to-day at 15 p.m., against an Elovon from allusion has been made in the opening. para-W. Edwards, D. Purvis, T, Chee, S. Lighfooty ~ graph of this article. Reference is made to J. P. Robinson, H. C. Clements, C. E. Libeaud, this dispatch now not only because it gives and two others, official sanction to the aspiration which the Sanitary Commission voiced, but also because it was in answer to a petition signed by nearly Hon. Mr. H. E. Pallosk, K., and the Hon. How members of the Legislative Council the Dr. Ho Kai That patition, presented to the House of Commons in 1894, prayed for rea presentative government in Hongkong, and Lord Ripon, who was Secretary of State for the Colonics at the time, wrote a despatch in which, after discussing the demands for pm, on the Craigongower ground. The follow official representation on the Executive Counelting will represent the Craigongower Club:- and increased representation on the Legislative L. E. Lammert (Capt.), R. Basa, A, O Brawo, Council, concluded is follows

H. L. Mauderson, G. A: Hancock, G. Evans, With regard to the institution of & Muui. Irving, R. Pestonji, L. A. Ross, M. E. cipal Council, I frankly say that I should live Aager, and Dr. F. H. Kew. to see one established at Hongkong. But there appear to be two practical difficulties in the way. The first is the present orisis. I am not prepared to sanction ang important change of administration, until the future is teferably clear and until the necessary mess. ares for protecting the health of the Colony have been finally decided upon and brought into operation. Then, in a clear field, it mR. G. Artillery Craigengowar... be possible to create a munisipal body with

Telegrapha some prospect of success.

H.K. Police Kowloon Civil Service 3rd Middlesex Hongkong "A" 14 4 6 2 -4 -33.33 Departmental Corps 16. 3 13 0 -10 -62-50 ... 15 8 130-10-6250

KONGKONG CRICKET LEAGUE.

LEAGUE TABLE. The following is the table up to date :-

CLUB,

Played

MATCHES,

38.46

29-07

14.28

-14.28

13 3 6 0 14 860 1682 2 14. 6 5 3 1.900

RG.A. SPORTS. Those sports were continued at Kowloon

The second diffonity, to which allusion has already been made, is that of separating Municipal from Colonial matters. I am not confident, that that difficulty can be overdome, nor am I confident that a manicipality would be welcome to, and work harmoniously with.

HONGKONG REGATTA. the military authorities, Bill it is possible that the Sanitary Board might be developed has now been arranged and, as considerable in- The programme for the Hongkong Regatta into a satisfactory Municipal Council control- terest has been aroused in the event, there is ling all or some of the revenue which is now little doubt that the meeting of the 28th inst. derived from rates. Whether any scheme of will be very successful. The Wanchai course is true only of a small proportion of western

the kind is feasible I would ask you carefully will be used, and in addition to the usual towing thought and ideas-most of the ideas worth

to consider at your leisure, and in the mean races there is likely to be two sailing races. anything being universal, if we except the

time you are at liberty, if you ses occasion to The entries, which should be lodged with more barbarous tribes whose mentality has

As briefly mentioned in our issue of yesterday

do so, to give publicity to this despatob." Lieutenant-Col. Brooke BE, close on the 22nd not developed far beyond thoughts of From Saigou there arrived yesterday a big fire occurred at West Point on Thursday

Presumably the Governor (then Sir William ostent. procuring creature comfort. It seems a andesirables who will be deported in a day or night by which five godowns were gutted and

Bobinson) did carefully consider the matter, little too much to describe education, tw. Another lot came up from Singapore the their contents of tea, matting and tar destroyed,

communicated kis views to Downing Street bat the deepatah in which His Excellency. history, geography, political economy and other day and were yesterday passed on. The alarm was not conveyed to the Fire Bri

was not published, There are indications, the art of government, philosophy, &c., as The gardener at the Protestant Cemetery gade until some time after seven o'clock and then is not given, but who is qualified, according to in subsigment despatches from the Colonial yesterday afternoon in presence of a good “subjecta hitherto generally undreamt of in prosented a coolle at the Magistraay yesterday employed. The two steamers were ent (one countrymen, This German declared that the to any scheme of the kind, for the Rt. Hon.

every available man and available apparatus was Mr. Potetsky, to speak authoritatively for his Office that those views were definitely adverse attendance of spectators. Results: Chinese philosophy." Military science has for damaging trees and flowers at the Cemetery. from West Point and the other from the Clermonization of Prussian Poland will be one Joseph Chamberlain, who succeeded Lord Ripon

Mile rase-1,-Gr. Evans; 2, Gr. Kerniol; 3, been neglected in China, not because it was

He was fined $7 or 14 days imprisonment by Central), as well as the fire fost and six of the problems of the near future, Then in the Colonial Office, remarking two years

(Gr. Greenwood.

"andreamt of," but because Chinese

Putting the weight, H,K.S.B.-1, Abmed philosophy put it on a plane of unworthi- Inspector Brett of the depote charged a found it impossible to quell the ontbreak The Gormary will consider about her further move-Inter on the absence of a Musicipal Conn Khan, 2, Olis Khan; 3, Karam Olaki. ness. Hygiene, perhaps, and the materialist Chinaman at the Magistracy yesterday with flames had completely enroloped the buildings, German nation, increasing within the empire, impracticable to alter this site of things Cast: 8, Gr. Thomas Half mile race fl.K.S.B. ment eastwards. It is clear that the ci in Hongkong, cheerved: "It seem Hundred yards rios-1, jr. Canter; 2, Bomb importing diseased meat into the Colony and the roofs bad partly collapsed, and the conflagra- sciences, are new, but taking the general also with killing a pig in a house at Taumati fou threatened to spread to the large godowax as it does, at the rele of one million souls a, for this reason among others: that the1, Akbar Khan; 2, Lal Khab; 8, Sheer Khan, literature mentioned as now in strong. He was fined $75 for each offenge. The same

at the rear abaiting on Queen's Boat which year, must seak gow lands. This is for us a Colony and Municipality would be in great Bergt. Major Wray, 2, Sergt. Tarner; 3, Sergeante race, 120 yards, handicap-I-Co. demand, we may, way that much of it merely floor also charged two Indinas with keeping were filed with valuable goods. However the vital question. Germany's developmost measure co-extensive, and it would be almost Bergt. Cottrell. presents in their foreign dress ideas their cowsheds at Matakok in a dirty condition, brigade succeeded in preventing the flames from will be eastwards, and will in course of time impossible to draw the Has between Colonist already familiar in China. The inability They were find $50 each.

spreading beyond the five godowns and though. reach the Dnieper, the Don and the Volga and Municipal mattere Therefore, in Mr. a polygamous people to under

over 100 tons of the contents were burnt the The Russian element, incapable as it is of Chamberlain's opinion, the most practical ro has not yet exhausted itself. As a matter making progress, will be pushed beak into the course was to recognise that the Colonial stand the "lave stories" of monogamous

of fact the fire will not likely be competely ex-stoppes of Adis, where I am afraid, however, overnment was discharging Manibipal datias taces is explicable enough, and does not

tinguished in less than wook's time and the that the awakening. Asiatics will make and that on that account representatives of the prove the suggested mental antipodality of

brigade will have to be in attendance for several things hot for it, the German Empire will citizens might fairly be given a pisos on the East mad, West. The Orientale who have

days yet. The godowns belonged to Chinese absorb all central and a considerable portion of Executive. once obtained the clue to the puzzle probably

owners whose loss, it is understood, in covered eastern Europe, It is a law of nature that appreciate our romances as well, at least, és

by insurança. The damage is estimated at the stronger nations must swallow the wester,

and nobody onu alter this law.!!! Occidentale appreciate the Eastern epitha-

$90,000.

of

Mr Hazeland.

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The Hon. Tremror of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals acknowledges, with thanks, the following donatious to the funds of the Hospitals:-

Hastings and Hastings, E. L. Kraum.......” A. B. G J. Lem A. Bane

hydrants were in use. Even then the frenien

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

The NY.E. str. Yawata Maru (Australian

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Line) left Kobe for this port via Moji and Nagasaki on the 10th inst, and is expected hers on the 17th inst.

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The Indra Line str. Indravadi from Now York may be expected to arrive here on or about be 21st lost, y It has to be said however, for the recommenda

The IG.M. at Prina Waldemar left Sydney tionof the Banitary Commission that no carefully on Wednesday, the 11th int. at 4 p.m., and prepared sobome wan ever before submitted to I may be expected here on or about the let prox.