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BENEATH THE BIG BEN,

THE KAISER AND LORD TWEEDXOUTU.

Whore grave· CONRO-

Interest in the correspondence between the Kaiser and the First Lord of the Admiralty was tally demonstrated is both Houses of Parliament yesterday afternoon. quences are, at stake, both the great political parties, by tacit consent, are ready to exhibit a indicions spirit of temperance and restraint, bod it was quite in accordance with precedent and agradable to all traditions that the statements of yesterday were delivered in soosphere of undisturbed serenity.

EXTENDING SHANGHAI.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 11ra, 1908.

HUMOURS OF WEDDINGS.

THE LATE ME. JAN MACLAREN'S EXPERIENCES.

On one occasion ha

The late Rev, Ian Maclaren was not only a in demand, especially among the working popular preacher, but his services were greatly olasen, as ofloisting minister at weddings: and some of his amusing experiences are recorded in the Boston Concier relates that after having joined youthful couple who had sought his service he received many complimente fer the felicitous manner in which he had performed the ceremony, and a promise that the newly wedded pair would recommend him to others who were contemplat ing matrimony. The segalis but told in hin own words. Hosnys

"They were loyal hearts and they kept their word, for next Friday I had barely finished dinner before a cab was at the door with a brida and bridegroom and two witnesses inside, and a pair of enthusiastic friends as supernumerary witnesses on the box with the abman. This was very encouraging, and our servants, wore quite fattered with excitement. My wife came in to see the event, which was again a sucess, and the party left profase in thanks, and more enthusiastic than ever,

TheN.-C. Daily News of March 31stasys- No one aware of the rapid growth of the population of Shanghai could have regarded the, terr torial exteusion of 1699 an other than a temporary alleviation of the congestion in the Settlement. Even if it had not been realized that the inclusion of another 5 square miles within our boundaries would be incuffiofent for fatore nools, the astounding increase in the number of inhabitants during the past nice years would be a autoient justification for opening negotiations with a view to further extation of the Municipal area. The import auce and commercial pre-eminence of Skaughai are increasing annually, and will be further Naturally enough, the chief interest lay in entranced by the completion of the raway to the House where Lord Tweedmeath was ex-Nazling. It is imperative, therefore, at the pected to speak, so that Mr. Asquith, who had development of the Settlement should not be and what he had to say half an hour earlier stunted by strict adherence to the narrow con commanded relatively minor attention. The fiues of the prosent boundaries, but that an ex- Commous, having heard his short-his excoptousion commensurate with the needs of the tionally shart-statement decked away to the community should be sought. The time is fast "other place," so that by the time the Lord approseling when what we now advocate as a Chancelier took his seat on the Woolsack there matter of expediency will have become one of Was a congestion of members at the Bar a very extreme urgency. Already the congestion of oramped and inconvenient place greater than the Settlement is driving residents and mann. facturers farther afield, and extensive suburbs has been often observed. at the opening of a

ara springleg up beyond the boundaries. In session, when the King's Speech has been read Commission. The fortunate en ugh to

the Paolan distric: the value of property is by. secure front plasse heard well ea ugh, but rising by leaps and bounds, and wore the country several honourable representatives of the people opened up by the laying out of good roads, ac on the edge of the throng wers hopelessly companied by proper polling, lighting and orowded out. The more sleet and privilegod gauitation there would be a further increase in area around and about the steps in front of the the prosperity of the port. More than this it Throne was invaded by Ministers, Privy Coun- must be remembered that the condition of the cillors, and olbers entitled to claim admission North Hoaan read extension, which is under there. Moreover, the Paeroases' gallery bloo-the control of the native authorities, has been semed like the rose," and if 8 Minister had been on the eve of declaring war instead of making a scandal for some time part; and though might have its drawbacks. A marriage now) repeated representations bave been made renewed offerings at the shrine of prass greater to tuccessive Tastais, little or nothing

has boon done

improve matters. curiosity could sourcely have, buon menilented. The Earl of Elgin, Sacretary for the Colonies,

Gambling and robbery are rifa iu the and the Enel of Ertsmouth, the Under Secreighbourhood, and there is indisputable tary of State for War, coupled the Government videres to show that the districte adjacent to front bench, and the disproportion between the the Settlersent are infoated with bad characters. numbers of Liberal and Opposition pears was: In 1990, when the extension had been as umal, very marked-go marked as to be very much commented on by, stesugars visiting the incorporated in the Bettlement limits, we had a foreign and native population of $52,050 within Boase for the first time. Diplomatic personages, an area of 5,618 acres, or $2.6 persons to the including the Italian Ambassador and the

aure. Last year the estimated population was Danish Chargé d'Affairer, were in the side gal- 521,060, or 93 inhabitants to the Bore, and the lory, and the ham of voices preluding the open population had increased by 47,003 over that of 196. A this rate of increase in another Ave ing of business indicated that something unusual Was afoot. Yet there have been very many years we shall have a population of 758,700, larger audiences, so far as, as the attendanes of

giving a deneity of 195.05 to the sore. A Feers themselves was concerned. The Earia of comparison of these figmus with those of other

cities may be of interest:- Rosebery-cross-bancher" in the thees latter days-had for neighbour the Prince of Wales. When thaex-Premier speaks he leaves bie plaass. and walks to the table of the House, and there, from the Opposition side, looking his former colleagues full in the face, he delivars bis criti oisma.

No trace of excitement was visible in the countenance of the First Lord of the Ad- miralty. He was as cool as Plumper in the play, and as anemotional as if returning an answer about a ship's hawear, Very light- hearted and flamboyant, yet in no sense disposed to treat the position with levity, Lord Tweedmouth, rising amid silence, told his atory. If it resembled the needy kaife. grinder's celebrated recital in some particulars, it erred in no way on the side of imprudence. in the newspaper during The "outburst the last few days had been extraordinary. The German Emperor wrote Lord Tweed He month a private and friendly letter. showed it to Bir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He then wrote the ruler of Germany a friendly and informal reply. And that was all. I believe that what I did was best calculated to promote a good understanding between ourselves and the German Empire,' added his lordship, before sitting down, amid some cheering from his friends. The Marquis of Lansdowne was at once on his feet, rather caustically remarking that the main point of interest was not ontbursting" what the Press, had ben about. The "substratum of fact on which the oatbarst was ouriosity" constituted the chief matter of curiosity. Lord Lansdowse was pru- dent and gentle, yet direct and explicit withai, Extra-oficial communications between Ministers and foreign potentates were to be viewed with equanimity only in exceptional cases. La any event, non-official dealings skunki nover be allowed to oreste situations which official and recorded documents did not produce. With polite emphasis, Lord Lansdowne offered a re- minder that Lord Tweedmouth had not been exactly a Lady Audley in the sustained prer vation of his secret. The result had been fortunate, but it was no part of the Opposition's duty and it was far from their desire to infame, or continue, the excitement prodused The letter was very innoh on a par with the held between foreign conversations often Sovereigns and English Ministers, and, those Lord were Dot regarded as improprieties. Lansdowne's temperate speech, conched, in a Lone of studied friendliness all round, produced au excellent impression, and was frequently obserad,

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The address of Lord Rosehary, which follow ed, moved in a somewhat different atmosphere. On a memorable occasion be advised his associated on the Isedon County Council to beware of making themselves ridiculous. The Boble Ear! thought that the achievement of

Population. Area,

(1907) Shangbai 523,700 5,618 agres

740,000 17,792 Liverpool Manchester... €37,000 19,893 ... 602,278 24,613

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32.0% 24.47

It will be seen from the above table, that the Settlement with its present population should bate an area of at least 12:000 acres, or mere then double its present gorenge. In spite of the number of buildings that go up year by year the average number of persons to each house is adily increasing, as will be shown by the following table:

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1900, 1907. Foreign Residents per house... 4.165.8 6.88 11.01. Native These figures, especially, when the mall size of the bulk of the native Louses, is considered, are extraordinarily high.

We were just settling down to a quiet even- ing when avoti er aab, came, with other lovers and other witnesses, a omplete company again, and I made them also happy. One felt, how ever, that the sharm of novelly was wearing off, and I began to be be haunted with the sarpicion that I might have more marrying than I wanted, and that the popularity won by an innocent young face and great simplicity of character and again was a breach in the evening's: study, but a succession of matrisgas, each in

THE MEMORY MAN

Datas

FROM PHOTO

SLEMENTS BÚINTON

velving a careful examination of papers, and Brain Fag, Exhaustion, Neuralgia—

agning of documents and a few words of advien, might be called a labour of lors, but at any rate it would be distinctly a labor. It memed, however, that we were taking too dark a view of things, and we laughed at our fears. As a matter of fact we bad hot the faintest imagination of what was going to happen when the Foron rose to its height.

"When the great Friday came at the bagian- ing of the working-class holiday, our quiet and modest terraos was blocked with cabs, for my name had been sent far and wide, through the workshops, and possibly the public-bouses, with glowing encomium. On that memorable night, which I cherish as are of the events of my modest and retiring life, I began merryfug about six o'clock, and continted without eating and with increasing haste till half-past ten. There were lovers and their witnesses coming in at ene sad of the terrace, other lovers and their

witnesses coming down from the other, a group

at the door, and another at the foot of the steps

While I had one party with me in the study, another was sitting in the dining room, ard a thig would be sccommodated in the hall, for the witness had a profound conviction that the parties should siways be kept separate, in onse; I presume, the brides should quarrel, or more likely the bridegrooms, who were occasionally in a very excitable frame of mind and extremely apt to take forces. Within I led like Trojan, but was scon obliged to reduce the service to its legal minimum, and I very soon ceased to give any advice. The lovers were not, As a rule, in a condition to benefit by it, and the object of my conscientiousness was aut to be misunderstood.

"Jean and me,' said the bridegroom, ara torrible obliged for yer kindness, and we kaith consider that ye're done the job in a very work,

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Slee picarnear ever, I'll give ye my word for; if Joan and 9 Influenza it ye'll have the fret call."

"Then I learned that my bamble words of advice about church going was thought to be a bid for custom, and when I remember how amazed my West-end congregation would be if the clients of the Friday evening should give us a call, I was greatly tickled, and bad a new idea of the ingenuousness of the popular mind.

Apart from statistics, which are not always infallible there are many other reasons for an extension of the Settlement. First and fore- most it is disirable na Sanitary grounds. As the Health Moer pointed out in his report for 1907. the insanitary places just beyond the boun.. dary are a standing menace to public benith He goes on to say: "A clear interval of at least & mile should be left between the thickly populated parts of the Settlement and the boundary. For the preservation of Public Health it in advisable to include by a wide sweep of the boundary line these most insanitary places beyond the bark of Hougkew. A live from the mest northern bend of the Brochow Creek to where the Yangtzepoo Creek joins the present boundary, to include the Hongkow Recreation Ground, le spaantial for sanitary rafely." On administrative grounds the extension is desir able as a meane of removing the constas friction that occurs between the Council and the Balire authorities in the Pansban district, and also o to ensure efficient coptrel of the "build ing operations in the neighborhood, The Municipal Engineer considers that the present Settlement aren should be trebled. For the beneft of the increasing number of residents in the neighbourhood of North Honam and North Faschuen Road extensions it is highly desirable that these roads, and the land enclosed by them, the new Recreation Ground and the Range should be included in the Settlement ares, so that adequate protection to life and pro perty may be afforder, and policing, lgbtug and sanitation plaged der Municipal control, Nog tiations for the last extension of the Bettle- ment ware protracted over a period of four years and it cannot be expeoted that arrangements for the inclusion of more territory within the Ettement can be concluded in a few months. We have pointed out bat a few of the principal ressons for reopening regaliations. When it is realized that at the present rate of increase risk, be added, "anawin' risk, and then relapsing from esriousness, be er braced bin

"One could rol ignore the fact that many of the bridegrooms had tasted freely before coming. or that their manner was what might be called. easy, but no 1 ng as they know what they wers doing one made no remark, and allowed charity to cover the enthusiasm of the occasion. There were bridegrooms, however, he required to be kept in band, and whose playfulness was not to be embarrassing.

John Thompson, do you take this woman, Janet Macfarisne, to be your lawful wedded wife!

"That's my name, at any rate,' the bride: groom replied with stability, and you're ne far wrong wi Janet's. It was encouraging to know that one had made no mistake about the same, and then one preased for an answer to the ques- tion, but the bridegroom became cautions,

"It's a serious business,' be obesired, gina- ging round the company for support, I'm indgin' and now headdressed was with solemnity that if I say yes, m in for it, and no mistake,

ridicule for ourselves as a nation was the net/hanghai in 1912 will have a population of up. friends in a wággish glance. Is it to be yar?' necomplishment of the last few days. 1 ha wards of three quarters of a million it must be

German Emperor was friendly guest of this nation, and the idea that he would dream of getting at the First Lord of the Admiralty, so as to induce that official to cut down the nara! estimates of England was one worthy of Bedlam or Colony Hatch, Against the mag nifying and distorting of a transient episode Lord Rosebery

farce, and, Tied with a good deal of i

evident that the time has come when both the Council and the Corsaler Body should move Together for a large extension to the Municipal

ares.

AN ISLAND CARNIVAL JOKE There comes from ther Canary Isles a story with some beat. Why, of a ornel carnival joke for such it apparently when there was a spirit of "banter" on both must be regarded-the victims of which are sides, should a world of insane inference be truly to be pitied, says a "Morning Leader" drawn? Why should seations of the Press, Paris, telegram, On Shrove Tuesday 20 young. both here and in the Fatherland, endeavour men of Las Palmas decided to array themselves as Ladians, and instructed a tradesman named to create bad blood, to stir up mutual soA- picion and distrust, and to assume that Francisco Alonzo to prepare them a cost of cordial British relations with France must paint which should give them the regular involve a hostile attitude towards Germany? redskin hue.

Francisco smeared their faces with a mag Lord Rosebery provoked many of those subdued **Hear, beats, and murmurs of approval nificent copper coating on which he painted His all sorts of insects. This dingnise obtained which pass in Parliament a "cheera. appeal for a fuller, realisation of responsibility aneh a brilliant sucess that on Ash Wednesday among journals prone to draw evil conclusions 80 other inbabitants flocked to Francisco shop, was warmly appreciated. The German army asking him to metamorphose them similarly,

When the carnival lan was over the perplot was the German batin, and a German Government would enter on a conflict which had started to remove their paint, but to their hor not the nation behind it. Difficulties and exas. For they could make no impression on it, They the usoredanie applied to a chemist for assistance, bat all the perations might, however, bring t of pease to abreaking point, and it was that dan comfort that the mass of science could give them ger which should be remembered and guarded was to the fest that a ourro ive had been mixed with the tattooing matter, and they would re- against. The noble lord walked book to bathe insident was over, Still, it formed a main all their lives gared. The North brish subject of comment in the House of Com Ameriona Indians in their fury resolved to mens for the rest of the night-n subject quite have at least Alonzo soslp but, warned in time, dwarfing the debate on the Naval Estimates, and he had already made his escape from Lan

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