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CORRESPONDENCE.

"THE MIKADO”

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY FEES."]

"Argus" and his arguers have retained a hazy.memory of the visit to England last year of a Japanesa prince, which was made the occasion of à fussy Instruction that "The Mikado" should not be performed, nor ite Datoby melodies played during the visit. There was no Bill introduced, no Act passed, and there is no present embargo un "The Mikado."]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20cm, 1908.

ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE” IN

JAPAN.

CHINESE "AFFAIRS.

CONDITION OF THE INTUENAL PROTINCES,'

The Peking correspondent of the Times wrote on April 19th --- *id

MARGINS & EXCHANGE,

The following lotters in the N.-C. Daily News ́appear to suggest an interesting situation in

BI-You will be doing great servies to the mercantile community of Shanghai, who are now hard pressed by the oxigencies of the time by clearing up a point with regard to margins to be paid on renewals on drafis

As you are aware, the Chinese do not clear the cargo away. Marchants for the sake of sorrying on business in Shanghai gain, only a small commission of two and sometimes twe and balf per cent and bave been forced by some banks here to pay very heavy margins and they unceremoniously take what they can in this endeavour.

As I have already reported, during the first three months of this year I have been wandering through the Southern province, everywhere being received with that friendliness and good- fooling which is now the common experience of foreign travellers in the interior of Chine, Two intelligence officers travelling in the adjoining provinces of Klang-al and Ngan-hweia had an experience similar to mine. I would again draw attention to the untrustworthy messages regarding the interior of China

This is a very serious way of dealing with periodically telegraphed from Hongkong, des cribing insurrections, sanguinary engagements, merchants and I would ask you to ventilate this and frontier straggles. Your readers must grievance in your valuable paper in the hope that remember that the foreign missionaries, Pro- some steps will be taken to reduce these margina testanta and Oatholics, who number several to a fixed sum of ten or fifteen per cont, and not thousands, are distributed at short distances leave them at unlimited or unrestricted anọnnís Cannot the Chamber of Commerce take this ont of any kind could develop without their. and

thoughout the Umpire, and no serious move-ocording to the whing of the fricted a

sklerate, but the smaller banks are not so knowledge. All recent reports from inland matter up? The leading banks are very con missions are wholly favourable.

The report of the failing health of-the-Em-liberal-minded, and these margins go to kill all

Empress, telegraphed business, with exchango at 23, 414. Prostate inconsistent with theerperience

I am, eto.,

MERCHANT. from China, are of Sir Robert Hart, who is a rosent private audience, found the former looking better than at any provions andience in the last four years, The latter he found older, but showing are markable retention of energy

A very imporant letter on Anglican mar riages in Japan, by Bir Clands MacDonald, the British Ambasador, bas been addressed to Hongkong, 19th May, 1908. Bishop Awdry. This letter is in feply to a DZAŁ SIR,-There was a little diasussion in communication requesting his Excellency's assistance in getting an Act of Parliament our Club yesterday with regard to the opera

passed to validate the marriage performed by "The Mikado." Someone, said that, by an act clergymen of the Anglican Church in Japan of Parlament, this play cannot now be per which, as the result of the care Marshall formed both in England and in the Colonies. Marshall, have been shown to be unlawful. It that in his letter Bishop Awdry Somebody siso, however, maintained that this isferred to the sonditions of valid marriages in not the case, for, though a Bill was introduced Japan okanging in 1899, and to the ignorance in the House, it. was, in fact, not passed. and doubt of British Babjects owing to the Perhaps you could enlighten us on the matter absence of deflufte instruptions This looks like en endeavour to shift the responsibility for these Thanking you, Yours faithfully.

invalid marriages on to the shoulders of the "ARGUS.":

British authorities. As the Ambassador points ent, there is no festification for any such shifting of responsibility. British subjects were to be acquaistad, with local British exped regulations. Even as to Church marriages there should never have been any doubt. It was pointed out years ago that Church mar- ringes unaccompanied by Consular registration were invalid: The fact was so plein that the communion of the Anglican Church in Japan is not a part of the Church of England "as by Jaw established that it is difficult to under. stand how any doubt can have been felt on the subject. Had it not been for the view still held by some alaries of the Anglican Church that marriage is a religions ascrament and not a civil contract, it is probable the dif. onlty would never have arisen, fer, as the Ambassador says, the British Government authorities have "olearly and adequately indicated the correct procedure for celebrating a valid merringe of British subjects in Japan." B this fact which leads us to believo that the autoritise in England will not be very ready to move to this matter, seeing that the fair was never in any doubt, and the stitudo taken up by the clergy who celebrated the marriages was in disregard of the regulations laid down, by the civil power. But as it would unjust that those who were married in Angliawn churches in Japan, boiering in good faith the marriage to be valid, should suffer by an error unwittingly committed, it, may be hope that the home Government will see its way to passing an Aot validating the marriages in question.

WOULD RATHER LOSE THE WATCH.

Europeans who have spent long hours at the Magistracy, when they attended in the interests" of a prosecution, will sympathise with the lady, a resident at the Peak Hotel, who remarked when she heard that the case in which she was prosesating a Chinese hawker for the theft of a watch was remanded, "I would rather lose the watch thas have all this bother." The case Was AD anusual one. The lady was on Monday morning seated in the corridor of the Peak Bote examining silke which the defendant had exposed for her inspection. After be left the premises she missed her watch and she tried to make the servants understand that she thought the defendant had it. She failed in this and then taked a woman hawker who was in the corridor to go after the defendant. The woman went sway and the prosecutor feeling aurious about her watch reports the matter to the police. Sergt. Floyd took the case in-band-and discovered the man. At his house he found the watch rolled up in a piece of silk at the bottom of the basket. Prosecutor, in the witness box, said she did not think the defendant stole the -watch and thought it had dropped owing to her carelessness. The defendant denied that the watch was rolled up at the bottom of the basket, He said it was near the top but he did not know it was there until the police sesrobed his basket. He added that he was on his way up

"to the Peak Hotel, to attend there at the request transmitted to him by the woman hawker, when he was arrested. His Worship, decided to remand the sass until this morning in order to have the woman present and it was then that the complainant made the remirk

that she did.

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THE MITSUI

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It appears that the Mitsui Company has under consideration a scheme to reform the organise tion of its business, because of the large exten Bion of its operations since the war. The Cake Asahi remarks that the Mitsui Company lo King of the Foreign Trade of Japan, Sinoo the late war came to an end, the ormpany bas largely extended its business in Zurope, Amerios, Australia, and Asia, and fork time the annual amount of business done exoceded Y200,000,000. An undertaking handling such an enormous trade is seldom to be found even in commercially advanced countries in Barcps and America. The branch offices and agencies saltered over the world number 78, and the firm's employés number 1,300. It is doubtless in consequence of the enormous size of its franasoticus that the faancial depression bas been felt so severely by the Mitsui Company-be reaction

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Attention was drawn & abort time ago to several free, mostly small, securring in Peking. They occur annually, when everything is exoes sively dry at the end of the winter, but this year there was a larger number, and all are now explained by much simpler can than the was first known to foreigners the city has never activity of revolutionaries." Bince Peking been so effectively policed as at present. Macadamized roads, electric light, carriage and foreign-trained police are features of modern Peking; but there will always be danger of fire so long as there is no water supply except primitive wella.

Bir John Jordan, the British Minister, returns to-morrow, when no doubt he will begin an attempt to induce the Chinese to undertake currency reform, likin roform, and the intro- of reasonable mining regulations dnation instead of the barbarous regulations devised by the hopelessly conservative Chang Chih-tung, and condemned by all the Powers.

Tong Shao-yi, Governor of Makdon, is now in Feking in order to dissues with Mr. Hayashi, the Japanese Minister, the unsolved questions relating to Manchuris, especially the Chiontao dispute and the Fa-ku-menn railway question.

the Chiness for the redemption of the Feking- The negotiations between the Belgians and Han an railway are at present suspended.

*FREAK GLOBETROTTERS”

San Francisco, April 1st. Of all the freak globe-trottera Mis Dagmar Framery, a newspaper writer from London, who bas reached San Franciscs, undoubtedly

Shanghai, May 19 S-May I kindly ask you to publish the following lines in your valuable paper as another opinion on the question touched by "Merchant" in your to-day's issue.

*

-Merchant confesses that he does business with "only a small commission of two and a kaif per cent"; such a way of doing business may be legitimate where standing of indenters is far beyond doubt. The present state of affairs shows that this is not the oase in Shang bai. Commission agents working in the above way with the average Chinese firms are a great danger; in fumes they ought not to be allowed by the foreign banks to do business at all.

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TELEPHONE No. 195,

Hongkong, 19th May, 1908, CHINA, OPIUM, AND FINANCE.

The Calentta Eaglishman says:-

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

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A NEW

CREATION

“RACHALS”

AUTOPIANO

It is evident to those who have examined tho question dispassionately at the evils of the opium habit have been very greatly exagger sted, and that they are in trath not much more serions than are the ovila. arising from over. eating, to say nothing of ever drinking. However, the victory is for the moment with those who see in opium nothing but evil, and who would protect all the weaklings of the world against themselves, 30 preventing the THE process of natural elimination which socures the survival of those only who are strong. enough in mind and body to resist all evil influences. As a reunit mainly of the con stant iteration of worthy bumanitarians, who have painted pictures moro darkly lurid than the worst in the books of the Buddhist Hells, the "I would therefore, suggest that the banks Chiness and British Government have under should call in murgias immediately on arrival of taken to abolish the opium trade. The opening goods and shat margins to be paid later on

see how the end will shape itself. It was cannot be high enough. This would make of the story is now old. It will be interesting t overtreding to such a disastrous oxtant impos-on-the 20th September 1906, that the Chinese Government issued the rat Imperial Decree Bible; Le, it would prevent firme with almost no capital to do business at all, and force others to for the prohibition of the habit and cultiva

wide keep their turnover in proportion to their means.

dominions, within ten years from that A lookout for bigger profits would be the tion of the poppy throughout its

date. Since then ediote, enlarging, em natural consegnares,

phasising, explaining or modifying the original one, have been frequently issued. The latest of these may in many respects, be re- garded as the most importan; of all. It affords evidence that the Chinese Government is, for the time being at any rate, distinctly in earnest in ita projected reform; and is not, as many men, grown suspicious by experieuse, at first imagined, just playing a game whore object is extending the home industry, For the first time also, e fall and commonsense view is teken of the many difficulties attending cha anti-opiuta campaign, and reasgnition given the very oracial question of finance.

May 13

I am, etc.,

MERCHANT WITH SỘME

MONEY TO LOSI.

A WALKING HAYDN'S.

BRIXTON MAN WITH 40,000 DATAS IN H. NEHORT.

COMBINING A PIANO.

AND

THE ABILITY TO PLAY IT

MAXIMUM OF

RELIABILITY

CASH on CREDIT.

A new memory inan is announced in the the killing of the Indian traile for the saka of ROBINSON

"Review of Reviews." Ho is Mr. Laeton, a gative of Brixton. He was impressed. some time ago by the performance of a memory man at a Dublin music hall, and decided to try to bmulate him. He got Haydn's Dictionary of Dates," and committed to memory the dates of the most important events in the world's found the task extremely history. He interesting, and in a short time attained great of 1,410 battles, Askod why he was doing this, he said

merits the pain for origiaper writer prollclenoy. Mr. Lasten can repeat the dates authorities by level-hexded foreigners not inter

Miss Framerg, who is a

attached to the staff of the Copenhagen Ver denspeilet," is touring the world with a black cat as her sole acompanion, and in relying upon her earnings to pay her expouses. She has to be in London on November 1 of this year to Mias Framerg said to me, "I am the daugh- longing to see the world. I was in London, writing for the Verdenspejlet, when I con ceived the idea of making the trip around the world, and wrote to the editor about it.

ΡΙΑΝΟ

Co. LĐ,

Hongkong, 8th May, 1908.

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The female hawker, who had been asked by the company, during the period of depression comply with the conditions of the trip, simpla questions he got three, wrong, So I kist of some twelve million tenis. It was content that Japan's position with regard to⚫ ber

the prosecutor to go for the defendant, appeared before. Mr. Kemp yesterday afternoon, when His Worship the case was further heard. deolded to give the defendant the benefit of the doubt, and be was discharged.

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

The following are the principal alterations in Regulations which will be in forca, at the Annurl Prize Meeting at Bisley, beginning on Monday, July 13 to 25, 1908- REGULATIONS,

ter of a sea esptain, and have always had I think I have got about 40,000 dates in my need to take thought for the morrow, and found in Manchuris" bai been made clearer by the

He liked it, and on Novembor 4, 1005. I started from London. The conditions were

Because, sfter witnessing other momory performances, I asked for. the dates of. Ioar very simple things, and out of these four though I could do better, and now he said, head."""

sing," the interviewer said, I men- Supposing," tion the name of any year, ou you say what happened in itP"

he said, "For instance, I can Not always, tell you the name of any horse that has won that I was to write a weekly letter to the papering one of the forty principsi races sines they started, and if you will mention any year I will telling my experiences, but that I was not to be paid for these until I returned to London, and tell you what horse won the Derby in that that I was not to receive any money from home, year; but I could not place the horses in all the but was to earn my own expensea on the way.

"Another condition was that I should take forty races in that year." my pet cat and bring it back to Londen in good«Yes, I can tell you the dates of all the more health at the end of three years.

"I started from Lendon se a lady's maid, important football matches that have taken and went to Durban, Natan). I worked few place. As a rule, if you give me a hundred months, and then scoured passage to Calcutta red in my memory, and I will be able to recall Ataloutta I secured employment on a Nor them at any time in any circumstaness at a wegian vessel; and went to Singapore, Bang moment's notice. I will give you the birth kok, and Hongkong.

date and death-date of all the more important musicians and authors that have ever lived.”

write them ent?" "No," he

"Then you go in for sporting as well!"

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having bean as powerful as the extension of its business was great during the boom Accord- ing to the journal quoted, the staff of the Shanghai branch exceeds 100, and owing to the prevailing depression many of the employés have now no business to occupy their time, the same consideration applying to many omployes in the 67 offices abroad. Since the decins in the silver market, not only the Mitsui, but Mesure. Okura & Co. the Japin Cotton Company, and the Naigni Wata Kaisha have been involved in more or less loss. Nor are there at present any signs of revival. The Mitsui Company has therefore decided. to introdues a number of reforms into the Service Hits Back Sight. In addition to conduct of its businer, to dismiss those the bork-sight as jesued, suy back-sight, whether employes who are worn out by age," and to dloper a altres of iron It is induling avarnier, ventometer aperture sight or not, may be used in all competitions, difficult, however, proceeds the Osaka paper, to providing the back-aight be made outirely of reform evils that have grown up during so metal, and that it be sufficiently strong for many years, Some of the employés dismissed, military purposes in the opinion of the Councilknowing certain of the weak points of the or of the Bisley Committee, and be attachable company," threaten to make a counterattack, to the rifle hinge pin of the existing sight and its re.company to beattate before making, a coup détal insertion only..

Messre Masuda, Tide, and Yememcto of head Targets The second and third-class targets quarters, are, however, inclined to put into will be circular; with this alteration the divisions

"I am trying to find employment in Osklend

"I am told that one memory-man bas sold of the 200, 500 and 609 yards targetą remain asperation a scheme for the sweeping dismissal of employés at the present juncture, to retrench

for a few months as a music teacher, for which his head, to be delivered alter his death, for a last year-viz --

expenses, and to glare certain branch en or Buil-Class,

agencies. According to the Oakanal. I bave English and Danish costificates, or as s

govorness or tousekeeper. From California farge sum, cash dowo, and 1 am open to sell

mine on the aahia terms."" of Mr. Lidé, managing director Division. 500 and 6:0

company,

denies that the

The "Review of Reviews "is open to offers motive with will go straight to New York, and ones there I yards,

presont reform were started will have no difficulty in obtaining employment from £1,000 upwarde for "Memors's" bead. 20. diam. 6-ig, diam...5 mks, which the

on one of the Transatlantic liners' t› London. was loss incurred by the company in the China 18-in....4

tride. The company, be says, suffered no losú ...3

at Shanghai, Hankow, or Tientsin, with the exception of the loss of the "Kalan fund" (Karo) resulting from the failure of Toug hing We, Newolwang in December last, For this reason, the present reforms of business are not to be confiard to the branchos in silver- using countries, but will be extended to all other places, However that may ba, concluder the Oaks paper, the fact that the Mitani Com- pany has no vacancies now-for-young- men

Hull's eye.

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Magpie.... Outer

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from the British Japan'e

It is characteristio of the o igin of the nati opium war that no heed whatever was given to the most important part of it till at the eleventh hour, when the details were impressed upon the celed in the suppression of the opium traffio. THE FAKUMEN RAILWAY The humanitarians and the Central Government

MANCHURIA AND THE took no thought of the fact that the abolition of

OPEN DOOR. opium onltivation and consumption would result

Reverting to this question the ani in a direct loss of revenue in likio, duties, and ently slurred over just us was the serious loss objections to the construction of a parallel line that would result to India. The reformers re-

declaration of Sir Edward Grey, made in the comfort in the hope that providence would pro House of Commons on April End. The and restless state of the world the fallest rebog: Japan's right in the matter and consequently vide. Unfortunately in the present crowded

Becretary for Foreign Affairs recognised sition must be given to practical politics, and China has boos precluded from the construction adequate provision made for the securing disbursement of state funds. India, we know, of a railway line as proposed. It is, however, can ill afford the sacrifce she is making to the regrettable to observe that with the disposal

of this question there should reformers in China and the bumantarians at home. The question now is can China afford theory against Japan's actions in Manchuria, tremendous secrifice of an established revenue, which are alleged to be contrary to the *open door, In fact, and replace it easily by new taxation This principles of the ** question time alone can answer, bat so for the Bir Edward Grey's confirmation at Japan's prospect fois not seem over-bright. The latest right in this master has elicited chorus of drores says" As for the manner of obtaining other older in Mandhari esoteritida lagade erin we hereby commend the Ministry of Fin Friendly Times. Lo abort these journals, while and to arrange about this matter." The sen- fenes is shart and pregnant. It is to be feared, admitting Japan's possible right in the matter however, that it is pregnant with trouble. The of the Heinminton-Fakumen railway-owing to needs of China, and her expenses grow the existence of a special stipulation in the

**Peking." weekly. She will not easily be permitted to enforce are inclined to think that the of such a stipulation on the pare try is restless, the over huge population bit-

"opon doar

to which abe has pledged berly poor, and seriously-discontented, rebellion

herself The allegation against Japan, is endemic in certain sections, and sporadio declares the #cok is based on no m in all parts. It is certain the people will.re sent and oppose the imposition of new and substantial ground than sentiment horn of a heavy taxation. The extent of the empire, and frustrated scheme or imagination as to the the primitive state of communications will fatare. Nevertheless, the existance of such e render the task of abolishing the cultivation nation is decidedly disadvantageons to Japan, and smuggling of opiums task of the atmost and it is more than likely that similar com- Manchuria is diffeally, which will need the exercise of all the plaints will in furore recur,

fast becoming an arena of international ontor-, authority the Central Government possesses. Lastly, injunction, and falfilment are so wide prise and competition, and nothing would be apart in China, so fixed the habit of taking the murs inimical to Japan's interests than a word for the deed, and so apt the Gorerement mistaker view on the part of the Powers of ber to pance and sleep upon the task scares begun, policy in that province, Lately there has been Japanese Minister to Chine, concludes the that it would not be astonishing if the great persistent rumour as to the change of the Hochi, and whoever may be chosen as Japan's reform decree of aptember 1909 became

representative it should be his first duty to letter after Indina trado had been killed.

enlighten Ubina and the Powers as to the erroneons ides of Japan's policy which they appear to hold.

the Standard, the Statist, and even the usually

laened, by the withdrawal of the and there is a disposition on the part of the Japan, and through that country, and at Doid." I go over them occasionally increase her tax on foreign trada. The coun of Japan is opposed to the principles of the

3rd-Class Scoring

yarda

200

32-ib. 1 48-in Remainder Remainder

17

24-in.

of target of target 6-ft. iu diam. 4.ft. in diam...2 The inner of the 3rd-einen target is up to 12 in diameter, coloured black, and beyond. that bite. The inner is divided from the bull's-eye by a faint white line not visible to the frer.

320 Yards Target. The dimensions of the target to be used at 300 yards are as follows:

Ball's-eye (black).....

9.in. diameter. Inner (white)

18-in. Magpie Cater

Remainder of target 4ft. in diameter. Miniature Target--The dimensions of the miniature targets to be used at 15 yards, 50 yards and 100 yards are as follow* **

25 50 100 lg. yards. yards. - Jarda, Buil's eye in. diam. in, diam. 3-indikm, 5 Inner 1-fia. 37-in, 7

น 6-in. Magpie 3-in. „

12.1. Onter. Remainder Remainder Remainder

of target of target of target 8-in, diam. 12-in, díam, 2-fi, diam, 2 The portion of the targets coloured-black will not be coincident with the bull's-eye, but will not boven diameter of 13-in. in the 20 yards targele, & in, in the 100 yards targets

Bretinol Targets. The size of the sectional targete will be the same as last year, but they will have invisible rings for bull's-eye and inner, counting four and three respectively remainder of target to count two. The follow. ing will be the dimensions:→→

2nd

3rd

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The centre of the bull's-eye in each can to the centre of the target.

By order.

(8gd.) C. B. CROSS, LE, Col,

Becrotary, NRA BISLET CAMP,

Brookwood, March 10th, 1908.

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"After a few weeks in Hong Kong I went to Shanghai I.secured employment, and finally left for Oakland, San Francisco, on the Stan- to refresh my memory, but I carry thom all dard Oil Company's skip Ashtabula, which in my head."""

"What a marrallone head!" arrived a few days ago.

"The sat is iu fine health, and I think that if Ioan keep my part of the contract my cat will be there to help claim the reward."

SUBMOTIVES.

The Japan Chronicle aaya--We note the following paragraph in one of the London papers :-

In giving a sketch of the Taiping rebellion

KING HAAKON AS POLITICIAN.

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CONFOUNDS: SOCIALIST ARGUMENTS, Bome remarkably interesting stories of King Haakon are related by Dr. H. M. MacCracken, Chancellor of New York University, whom the "Daily Mail" oorrespondent at Now Yerk met on bis retura in the Maurstanis from a trip to the Scandinavian countcles, undertakes with the object of arratging an Interchange of moving out of the collages appears to be -the leaders of which professed a form of professors between the universities of Amerion oresting a panin among college en. Mr. Christianity-Mr. Norris, in his recent book on and these of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Yamamoto, a director, who is now travelling in China, urges with much roson that the The Chancellor lunched with the King, and Manchuria on a tour of inspection of business, rapidity with which it spread should warn us conversed for several hours with king on edues- is expected to be back in Tokyo by the midle against supposing that the spread of a truer tion and polities: If King Beakon," he of this month. The projected reforms may be form of Christianity must necessarily take serves, "were not a King he would make an carried out on his return from this journey cantaries to effect. He says Surely the excellent professor of political economy. He Japan Chronicle.

history of the Taiping movement has a warn understands his subject thoroughly. He knows, ing for the critic, no less than a real na too, that Socialism is increasing among his sub- couragement for odrselves. Granted that it was not in the end successful, granted that it out, recognises the fact openly, and is, Indeed, won its way by methods of which a truer Christianity would be ashamed, it remains true that a movement which took shape originally ran in the brain of a single man like wildfire when once it started. Sprending from district to district, from province to province, it speedily established itself from Canton to Nasking, and from thence made a great effort not far short of success to ranch Peking itself."

IE DISTURBANCES IN YUNNAN,

THE

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Peking dispatch states that Vinery Hai Linng, of the Yuu Kusi provinces, roports that he has left the city of Yunnen for the cena of the antimonarchist raid, in obedience to Impesial commands and that he is now asking the sity of Tunghaitision (near Hok'ou) linkeadquarters. The Viceroy further decisres that he has no funds in hand and begs that

Believers in Christianity who know anything instructions be sent to the Viceroy of Szechnian and the Governor of Turiched to lend him the about the Taiping rebellica will not be very needed sinews of war, As for troops, he is of gratified to be told that its inspiring motive was opinion that only the disciplined forces of the Christian, thongh Christinafly truer or not Feiyang will be able to oppose the raiders so true, has succeeded by very doubtful means, successfully. He, therefore, asks that a brigade Bat. like almost all revolutionary movements, of the division now quartered at Paoting be the basis of the Taiping rebellion was mainly detailed for immediate service in Yannon. In coonomic, sed the infusion of Christianity regard to the command of the Central Govern among the doctrines of its leader was merely ment that General Lang Chi-kang be centy an incident, but there can be little doubt that to Yannan from Yuchiang, Kuangai, H.E. the more astute among the loaders realised that Chg Ming-ch', Governor of Kuangsi, bas the profession of Christianity might it use telegraphed to Peking deprecating the transfer foreigners and foreign Powers to set it the of General Lung Chi-kengs brigade, as there movement with a more lenient eye. The rapid are not enough trorps in the province to keep extension of Christian propaganda in Keres bas in order the anti-monarchists of Kuangsi, who in part a similar motiva so far as it is hoped by are secretly furnishing aid in men and money many Koreans that the scooptarea of the to their confrases in Yanner, NC. Daily religion of foreignora way result in foreign Nezer,

protection,

mushtrried about it."

Recently, Dr. MacCracken said, the King went among some working men who were known to be Socialists and asked them if they were in favour of a division of wealth. said they were.

TRADE MARKS IN JAPAN

AND CHINA.

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“ TIMES” CORRECTED, Referring to Dr: Morrison's recent telegram referring to Japanese imitations and Bir Clande MacDonald's alleged comments, the Japan Chronicle says:

WEATHER REPORT,

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday sued the following reporte

On the 19th at 11.56 am.The depression lying over N.E. Japan yesterday, has moved into the Pacifle."

The barometer has risen quickly in Japan while it is inclined to fall on the E. oast of Chine

We have the bigbeat authority for slating Donald's d' atch is not quite accurate. The that the above resume of Sir Claude Max. Ambassador did not limit himself to British

Pressure romain low over N. Chim. It is trade-marks when he said that one could find.

Light or moderate variable winds may be This number included imitations of from ten to twenty Imitations in a half-hour's highest over the Preifio to the B, of Japan, work. French, German, and American marke, It is expected in the Formosa Channel, and the N. "Then let us appoint Friday at noon as the clear, too, that in cases where a British manu- part of the China Ben.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending. time for the division of wealth," the King facturer's mark has been registered by a suggested to them. Very well," answered the Japanese pirate and where the registration is at 10 am, to-day; 0.25 inches. mer. But wait," said the King, "at five naselble, the manufacturer must either (1)

the

The forecast for the 24 hours, ending at noon" abandon

altogether, (2) compromise minutes after twelve many babies will be born,

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Variable winds, and they will be entitled to their share of with the pirate, or (3) sters an entirely to day is on follows-

boconso others iso he would be liable to prosecution by the Hongkong & Neighbourhood wealth. Shall we make another division then, new mark for Japan, and another one every five minutes? *

The King did not get a satisfactory answer Japanere registered owner of the mark. Con-

light or mod'te, showery. ...Same as No. 1.

to that question, so bla opposition to ocistiem, sequently Armitage might have to abandon Formusa Channel

Hongkong and Lamooks, he told Dr. MaoCracken, was not modified. their mark in Japan, where it is registered by South coast of China between Same as No. 1.

Why," he added, "I could black my own Konishi, but Dr. Morrison is quite wrong in boots if I wanted to. I bave done it, and drawing his inference that Sir Edward's Seath coast of China between

Hongkong and Bainan, Same as No. 1. know how. But if I did, what would become Armitage &o. would have to abandon their of the people who make a lising by blacking mark in China also. As Armitage's mark is beot P. The Socialist demand for equality of registered i England, and Konishi imitation

division of labour."

proposed convention be able to take proceedings labour is, in fact, impracticable. I believe in is registered in Japan, neither would under the LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

King Haakon impressed Dr. MacCracken as against the other, bat this is quite different The J.-C.-J. Lijn str. Tilatjap lati Macassar a man of unusual intellect, who constantly from saying that Armilage would have to absu- for this port on the 15th inst, and may be The Indo-China ate. Zdieang left Calcutta mingled with his people. His Majesty is a don their mark in China. It must be remem-expected here on or about the 23rd, iant. She present much preoccupied by the problem of bered, however, that no mark can be called emigration and how to stem the flow of popo- unsesilable until attempia hura been made to for this port via the Straits on the 15th insty remove it from the Register, and failed. and may be exproted here on or about 1st prox. lation from Norway to the United Statem

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