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HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MAY 26TH, 1908.

"EASTER CHILDREN" IN CHINA.

HEROIC POVERTY.

NEW ST. JAMUS' HALL. All music lovers who knew London up tos couple of years ago will remember the old St. James' Hall to Piccadilly, now given place to a palatial Piccadilly Hotel. It was sorely missed Australian distrust of the Oriental races in by its old babitués, but now a new St. James' open on to the wide tiled verandah looking | nor coming down to the pay-list level of the

London, April 24th, THE THUNDER CI THOMAS.

Hall has arisen in Grost Portland Street, with uvidently more marked than we thought, for a concert Hall and a restorant in the buildings here we have the Hon. Thomas Frico, the Pre-as of yore. There is anting scoommodation in wier of South Australie, giving voice to it up the hall for 1,206, and the decorations are and down Great Britain. He is here on a sort charming enough to appeal to the most fast of business holiday, and between times he is dious Mr. Lyell Taylor is the conductor of the visiting places familiar to him when he was permanent orchestres that has been mastered, young. Liverpool and other places in and and under his direction nightly promenade concerts are to be given from Saturday night of around Lancashire are favoured most in this

this week, at which many well known rooslists, have already arranged to appear.

direction. At one or two meetings he vaguely touched upon the question of the "Tellow Peril" and the feeling that Australia was worth fighting for, but on Wednesday, addressing the

EULOGIBING HAUT.

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BOAR'S HEAD" BRAND

GUINNESS' STOUT

CONNOISSEURS

CHOICE.

COMPARISON WOULD PROVE THAT "BOAR'S HEAD" BRAND IS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS IN HAVING MORE LIFE AND BODY,

GREATER STRENGTH AND BETTER FLAVOUR.

IN ASKING FOR GUINNESS STOUT SEE THAT YOU GET THE "BOAR'S HEAD" BRAND:

PER A DOZEN QUARTS

Try to think what would happen if your salary ware suddenly cut down to the barest living wage, says & weiser in the Singapore Free Press, How would you face it PA GoTor- clerk; merobant prince exchanging his eatery. and percentages for the monthly sum of $20, say what bis head taimby now draws; a doctor forced to be costent with the wage of his die ing, native sergeants pay; the Ganoral on his peater; the Inspector General of Police draw. subaltern's pay; the Colonel on his Colour

Yat the subordinatis do it and sergeants, Chaldn't be done, you would say present an appearance of thriving prosperity. at once. What one man's wealth is another man herself and bay trinkets on twenty dollare poverty. If the amah can feed herself, dress month, why at the Mam-sabib? There are thousands of Chinese in Singapore, earning SOLE AGENTS: under twelve dollars a month, and saving or

uzurier, and have a surplus left out of six sending home to Chins six dollare. They Rot plenty to eat, sufficient clothes, some dollars a month. But perhaps it is not fair to take the case of domestic servants, who are themselves (at their employers expense) in food. found lodging by their employers and find Then take any of the junior clerks, or tambies, who draw less than 325 a month and bring up and educate a family on it, supplemented with the pinch cams, watched

A long bars room, the door polished to a whitenew that would have done credit to a man- of war. Cartainless French windows stood towards the blas sunlit ses, but the air drifting slowly in was heavy with the damp heat of om- ing summer, Already the woodwork "sweated," the leaves of the books, sud surface of the toys unnatural pallor of the two sweat-food trans, scattered about were moist and mioks, and the and the grey shadows round eyes that yet were bright with gladness not of earth, bere eloquent tribnie to the white woman's barden soxumed up in the trita phrase the first kot spoll.

The house itself was in the nature of sunt post-the receiving home for those poor waife of humanity whom Chinese onstam relegates to death, From an upper window looking inland it was possible to see, standing bleak, and slone outside the town, the gloomy baby tower whence a reliable coolie watobes constantly in the every obild had been rescued. For the purpose vicinity of the tower- round building with but one opening, some seven feet from the ground. On the deep all of this spertaro, the infant, leaving the next coiner on a like errand father of an unwanted ferante child opposite the to consummate the warder by throating the mite through the opening, whence by a deep drop it falls into a 1 me grave, thus making man, by this means, avoids killing his own

We were unce talking about a pleasant gray child. Many baby towers are now by Christian missions, and the little rescued headed olenisl Treasurer, who draw $700 a be worth away from the white-robed pens and victims brought up to lead good and meful month, and we fail to discussing what he would On the floor of that long room overlocking the somnoleat wing of the puakah." "I sould livea. the see, from twelve to twenty babies varying give him, conscientiously, $40 a month to from a few weeks to nearly seven years, played address envelopes, but not a cent more," said decoreasly with that little laughter which the democratic business man. Whether or not distinguishes the Chinese child. Not that all he was worth more needn't be said. But sap

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H. PRICE & CO.,

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·ORITICISMS OF JAPAN.

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Liverpool Produce Exchange, he wont more directly into the mattor. After qucting with pride Bgures proving the advancing trade of South Australin ke said "Australie-cannat. be kept by dying the fig over it. We want more men to stand alongside the standard and I hope that thousands of people from this side of the world wild when the Northern Territory in opened up go over and help to develop it. Anence with the Chinese as no of her personality room in the sill for another derelict. Each coassions! pevala i ne or graft. Could you, it canned como searching of spirit in Japan, At

The home gppers have commented at coa- siderable length on the retirem at of Bir Robert Hart from the Chinese service and there is but one unlo struck-that of eulogy. His services merely fo the Chinese Im perial Maritime Customs but also to Europe in general and Great Britain in particular are remarked, for as the "Pall Mall Gazette "ays His personality has stood for European in has done, and that influence has been used for the benefit of both sides. His retirement must therefore necessarily leave Earcpe and England weaker in their relations with China. Ent that is inevitable Buch men are born; not unde, we cannot obtain them at will by any system of competitive examination.

COMPETITION,

do it?

We sea sheat the "Yellow Peril" and we are getting ready to face it, South Australians are resolved that every man under the age of thirty years shall learn to me the rifle, so as to be able when the time comes to resist the advanos of the Yellow med". Proceeding to deal with commerce Mr. Prios said if the merchants of Liverpool would give them moro

It was reported semo weeks ago that there Tere Chiness. Here and there a fair skin, in oss he had to live on forty dollars a month for imposing duties OR for their produce than they were getting in London they would send direct to Liverpool' and were negotiations in progrese for the amalgam. one case golden hair, and in adotber violet blast could no more do it than he could | Manchuria across the Eozsian frontier, Japan moreover they would smash up all the economicsation of a number of German banking and of the world by giving a bonus or subsidy industrial, enterprisis in the Far East for the to ships going to Liverpool. Some day purpose of more effective competition with they would underpland it would be better to British and American firosa I now uadentand give Australians some kind of preference that the negotiations have fallen throng. My Certainly it would come from their side na they informant states that there is keen dieppoint-pecallar joy intended to offer to the British people a perferment in both èficial and commercial quarters one in trade matiere. Incidentally at other in Berlin at this result, as it is foreseen that meetings Mr. Price, has intervened in home some of the German enterprises concerned must politics to urge support for the Licensing Bill withdraw from the sons of operations with and the granting of votes to women, though not considerable loss of German pres' igu. -because of the taotles of the militant suffra- gettes, whom he condemned unsparingly.

AʼQUEER EASTER.

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. FOR CHINA.

There was a fair attendance at the sunnal moeting of the Christian Literature Society for China to day. It was held as the beadquarters of the British and Foreign Bible Society (Bible. House) in Queen Victoria Street, and when I looked in I saw many missionarias whose names so well known in Chins. The Rev.

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yes, betrayed the Eurasian-most pitifal of half-caster, of whom it has born, truly said they perpetuate the vices of both races and the Each chill bugged a brightly hued Easter virtues of neither.” egg, whereof the contents ha long before found disposal, batwhich yet remained a possession of Foor, little sonie, we make wuch of Easter for them," the Sister said; indeed, are they not all Easter babes, snatched from death to double resurrection in the bosom of the Church "

school teas era,

The Times Tokyo Correspondent writes: It may well be imagined that the complafate demeanour of the Japanese in Manchuria have preferred from time to time about the doingsand

first these complainta referred to discrimination against foreign merchandise seeking to enter Manchuria via l'aires (Dalny). Japanese goods foreign steamore. This apparent discrimination was soon explained. So long as South Man- had free ingress, but the port was closed to charis was in Japanese military occupation, no

artde Caston boase could be established at Tairan; and the latter had to remain a closed port, while so long as arrangements were not

goods entering naturally objected to being placed at the entering via Tairen. Ultimately the Tokio disadvantage of having to pay duties on goods Government showed considerable magnanimity for it agreed to the establishment of a Chinese had been taken along the Russian frontier, for a tizas, Bat Customs station st Tairsa before any such step That silenced the complainta

to be alleged only for a time. It soon began to be Targe were cheaper than those on goods bound for the distance to be that railway rates on goods

traversed was shorter in the latter esse, Newchwong, though Whether that would have been a violation of the principle of equal opportunities," in the- chandise without distinction of nationality, is, face of the fact that Taires was open to all-mes-

disurepancy' was soon rectified. Yet still the complaints did not, cans, The only difference perhaps, capable of discussion. Any rate, the

tinued to be charged with saking to win for was that they how lost precision. Japsu con- herself a monopoly in South Manchuris, but to this moment she has been left in ignoranen of socusation,

Lord William Gascoyne Ceail whose letters to are Botilbly engaged in the propagation et denly redtoed to buat amount a month, and the specifle fact that form the bases of the

I have spoken with many Japanese on this and private individuale auxious or apparently sothat would thing warranting such complints should!

subject, offeinla alike, and without exception I hate ftand them

ation from the United States" where those ture. An encouraging report and balance sheet being for the most part of, one of those nation- í of the number of poor rich men who preferred members could not possibbad been any

AWFUL SUFFERING OF LITTLE BOY

Bad Sores Spread All Over His Head-

Grew Worse Under Doctor's Care -Cuticura Effects Perfect Cure, Bringing Relief with First Set. FATHER RECOMMENDS

CUTICURA TO EVERY ONE!

When my little boy was about four years old (he is now about six and a half years) a spot appeared on the side After of his face just under the ear." a time it broke aud spread further down. I took him to a doctor as soon sa it appeared. He was under his orders for about three or four months Seeing in a when he was much worse. paper a Cuticura advertisement I went and got a complete set of the Cuticura.. Remedies, the Cutteura Ointment, Cuti- euta Soap, and Cuticura Resolvent. took him away from the doctors and gave him those Cuticura Remedies I used two large bottles of Resolvent, Bve tablote of Cuticura Soap, and two or three times of Cuticura Ointment, From the first buttle ho began to mend and befors be bad fintslax the two he Was wholly mended. About twelve months after he broke out again at the back of the neck and it spread all over the head. I bad one large and two small bottles of Cuticura Kesolvent, three tins of Cuticura Ointment, and four tablets of Cuticura Soap before 1. got it. monded. I think it took me about three months each time. It is now about eighteen months since he was ill, and it has not broke out again, so I think he is all right now, thanks to Cuticura. I always recommend. Cuticura wherever I can, and I will always have pleasure in answering any, Inquiries, R. Scarth, 25 Newport Middlesborough; York, June 24, 1900

ONE NIGHT TREATMENT

For Sore. Hands and Feet with Cuticura.

Soak the lands or feet on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuti- cura Soap. Dry and anoint freely with - Cuticurs Ointment, the great Skin Cure. Wear on the hands during the night old, loose gloves, and bandage, the feet lightly in old soft cotton or linen.

Coupless Externs! and Internal Treatment for Every Bamour of Enfants, Children, and Adults con

irts of Cutleura Hosp to fileanan the H1185 LILLIPUTA to llest the skin, and Cuticum Resolut throughout the workli

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Matter 120g and Chem. Curt. Lin

Cutieurs Back on Sim 18kies.

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be corrected. They frankly admit that ch tances may have afforded just grapida för dissatisfaction. In the first place, although spring of 1907, much of the military administra Live machinery remained in operation. This was notably true of the railway staff, Ita be changed at a solid pretext for changing then; yet, having been trained. to their work under a purely moments could po

martist régiment, they may easily have learned to behave in s high-handed manner towards remedy. Baron Gato, president of the railway civilian pasengere Such a fant is capable of

remedy it, nud is suparaading the old staff, as company, has been strenuously and avouring to for as possible, by men trained in a difformat, is unfortunate that the employment of thes sohcol. Then there are the railway guards. It should be necessary, but no one doubts the any suggestions of the capacity they certainly common soldiers who are nowhere conspicuous for because of her beautiful scenery, her unique Without any thought art, and bet novel customs; to-day she is expest- necessity. The guards, however, are or possase. Formerly Japan interested visitors, of offending, these men have andoub edly made ed to interest them by the striking trails of her obnoxious to travellers, from inhabitants, and, when she fails in the latter themselves courtesy or refinement,

by roughness and by respect, she becomes the object of condannations want of polite consideration. Instraa'ione as extravagant as were the appreciations that time to time, wore recently issued by the Japanese Governor preceded them. Her seoretivenses, too, provokes General of the leased territory, directing hostility, and many onlookers who formerly that all soldiers employed to guard traius regarded bar with indifferent now tarn apop travellers of every nationality with studious is paying the penalty of sudden greatness; but bould be taught and enjoined to treat her eyes of suspicion and j sloney. In fact, she civility, so that complaints on that score will the ordeal has not thus far disturbed her equsai.. can be reed $.- Governor General P, 30,000 a reduction of

probably be heard no more, Fially, the rail-mity, nor does she show any signs of sharply P. 10.000 way service itself is still in a very unsatisfactory resenting the strictures levelled at her.

The Times sien pablished this 1stler- P. 6,000 state. When first the Japanese forces came P. 5,000 lato possession of the line, they had no choice

frame a financial policy for the newest Jupiter to do all that the native can do, and do it better moon. The boisted avility of the white man would fade isto paru chodomontado. He would have to give it up, and admit that the native the simple life. It would be easy to desount on and the ball caste is his master in the matter of the many taings the white man mast have that the native needn't; on the disproportionate on alcoholio drink and lažaries; on fine clothes expenditura on house route, servante, and food;

when all is said and done, the white man has and prancing borse or sorting motors. And to admit defeat. Yet the lodging, food and At the age of even the Easter children" Are sent on to the local mother house of the clothes that will keep a Chinaman alive and community, and there trained according to their abilities so amabs and serving malds-appy will; fem a purely physical point of view. or sympathy over the American plutocrats that many of those marry Christian natives--and all also keep alive, well and hoppy, a European.

Already in more than one of the new Govern-have suddenly found the principal scurose

of their income cat sway by the financial We bave had a queer Easter, the weather

who show sufficient capacity as evangelists or people have wasted a good deal of

being doled ont to as in samples of a different pattern every few hours. Good Friday was

went girls schools the tosohing staff includes and the industrial singustion. Poor chaps splendid, and then the atmosphere grew restive

young Chinese women- wearing native dress. Acnustomed to spend at the rate of a hundred as they bare ever bera soenstomed to do who dollars a day, they have found themselves and and by Sunday there was hail, east winds, and

elementary Western learning, and commanding rather than fare the dreaded poverty, they aleet; a condition of things continued more or less on Monday. Some places are in the the Times" after his recent tour of Chius in that labour caniders ion and appreciation make use of revolvers, poison and tenth story

that they thross of by selections such as North West Mission centres roused such interest in the work which would not be accorded in like manner to windows. The sam which has to suffice a than try to make it sufficient Mfanobeater, Dewsbury, and Montrose Burgh, and possibilities of missions in the For Bast, the white woman. Baby-tower work is now by million other men in New York City, is so

of the large missions do something towards rather die

It is В matter of choice, because of the elevation of the members to was in the chair. He spoke of his impressions no means confined to the Roman Church; moat miserably inadequate. Cabibat rank, bat the country is taking only while in China and the tremendous possibilities checking the hole caust of infant life, bat they for them.

casual interest apart from the focalities of reaching the Chinese Dow that there have taken it up systematically on consent lines which we feel strongly inclined to leave each affected, for the belldey feeling is still on. We was a widespread movement towards western for a much shorter time: It therefore come individual to make, without protest or com- engaged in the modern educational establish that what is good enough for ninety-nine units, have another torsor in Tundan, botezar Ti [4 progress, Among the best means of resol. about that nearly all the " Easter ehildren "first plaint. But we still rub against the bard fact, military government gave place to civil in the the "Rubber Neck" car introdosed for the ing these rates of the East were the transment were themselves trained by either French is unbearable for the similarly constructed and first time on Easter Monday. It is an imporation and distribution of Christian liters, or Italian instructors the Roman missionaries andowed hundrellik. Figaros are not available gainst the great advantages of Christian up- not nearly so big as the newspapers make out, erambulating vehicles are largely used in the was adopted showing that £809 was sent to alities. This factor, small us is it, when weighed death 10 is beggar y existence, and probable it is Chins for the work of the Society last year, bringing and European moral standards, has for they count up the failures and do not men- tion the men why not bravely out to conquer the chief cities to enable rushing tourists 'to-see the sights in quick time. The London venture The Rev. D. 8. Murray from Ta'ang Cho yet, on the political side, some moment. The is also American in its management, the ma- North Chine, spoke eloquently of the utility of and Roman Catholic native is unfortunately good things of this life again. It mast be so, an ostsiah's crop, and no-ether race takes of the latter's suppreed Protestantium," and ger having been over here for a few weeks on ly, the Society and the opportunity it afforded-for a little inimical to the Englishman on ground for the American character is as full of grit as to hagis all over again as they do. They in which time ho has crammed ap much in working sliance between the various sections in the case of children bred in the French aud formation for the edification of his clients of the Christian Army The great need was for Italian consent from birth this no unnatural great losses so well, and starts so indomitably The car is a sort of motor waggonnetio and more translations of Christian books calculated sentiment is emphasised by inability to speak,may host of their riches. Ocre lot the zieber Only a grim determination to succeed again, no the manager stands on the front and as the to appeal to the educated Chinese, and at present English, though another European language be gone however, and there is no howling." It is not easy, for those unfamiliar with the matter what the odds. The older races of car is driven through London he describes there was only a handful of men and little money will, of course, be known. through a megaphone the various points to cope with the responsibility. He had been product to understand the full potential bearing Europe seldom favour the out-and-out methods of interest. I watched the proceedings for able to witness the friendliness of many oficials of these two factors, but they will need to be of Americans, and ought to envy the cheery There is a fine instance of this in the Philippines some tine and I came to the conclusion that in China both in regard to their general and reckoned with a decade benoe. The hands of way in which they will put up with the balf

Beed to be strengthened in mouey and men and London was a city mainly notable for the sesses their hospital work. Also there was a remark English missions, whether Anglican or Roman loaf, if the loud simond eske is not to be had. in which American characters have appeared. shle movement among the students to acquire women-that is the trae onze of the little just now. The new budget contemplates The houses where notable Americans have been Western knowledge, and in one provinse menace to Britons, as such, which is growing herolo retrenchment in the civil list. Here is the Freach and Italiau nuns are deing among past and the immediate future. In this list lodged, entertained, married or otherwise done where tight years ago there were fifteen hundred out of that righteous and beautiful work which table f comparisons between the immediate or figure largely in this runding discourse, students attacked to the Christian school the Easter shildren" rescued by their solicite new salarice are given, and the decrease are the equivalent of our dollar; so that for Ps though it is true some attention is paid to the there were now 105,000. In addition to the tade from a horrible death.-Palt Mall Gasti. fram the present. Pesus, or Philippines dollars, other historical interese that have been scat lack of translations and publications for the tered asmehow through London's record., The Christiane there was the deplorable lack of a term "rabber neck," it may be necessary to Christian newspaper for China, When they explain to the veinitiated reader, is applied to thought of the power of the three hundred the car because of the habit of the clients of newspapers now published in China and the stretching their necks to see the obječts point influence they could wield it would be apparent ed out en route. It is, like much American that there was a remarkable field for a Christian slang, expressive and to the point, and the daily newspaper. All that was lacking to bring term is likely to stick. here as in the United this about was money, for the missionaries in States. While speaking of slang. I may add China thoroughly approved of the idea and that there is a run of slangy American play would support it. The Rev. W. Y. Fullerton, here, and whatever the lover of the purity of who has just returned from Chin, declared the English tongue may say, the foot remains that the progressive movement in Cuias was no

The testator lef £3,000 (of whatever may be that the playgoing public likes to see this more transitory activity, but was permanent age of 72. left estate valued a £43,793. ccentris form of production. First we had and indicated a great crisis in that migh y the precise sam which fe had advanced to them "Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" and now Empire, affording to the Christian obarchas without interest) to the Master and Fellows of capasity. £1,000 to some hospital in Dublin to there is "The College Widow" by George Ader an invaluable opportunity to spread the Gonville and Caina College in their corporate So knowledge of Christianity through the cup selceted by Dr. Norman Moore, of St. author of the famous "Fables in Slang." original is the language that the management,ply of Wentorn learning for which the Chinese Bartholomew's Hospital, and the residue of bis were craving. One suggestion he had to make personal estate (apparently eboni £30,000) he has thought it wise to issne a glossary of a

Caius Colleg Cambridge. hundred or so of the most American phrases so was that now that the Japanese were supplying left to the Mater and Fellows of Gonville and that the jokes may be translated into King's to China much sointific knowledge the Society English as the play proceeds. It looks like a could sensentrate its efforts on Christian liter tedious process, but the critics, those stora stare, for there were very many works that of austere grammatical could be scattered widespread through China zocuracy, speak well of the results, and the pit, with incalculable benefit. He hoped, that soon the value of £18 000 and personal estate in the keenly felt in the Islands is rather surprising, of responsibility, or growing pe coptibly fower. \ complaint as to the interference of military

the necessary £2,000 raining for the build ing of their headquarters in Shanghai would be forthcoming and be hoped they would secure the services of a thorough business manager to rub their publications and superintend the issue of their translations in Chins

unbending men

hear, rooks with any liter all the time,

ABIBING MAX.

Mr. Grenville Alabaster, the secretary of the China Association, was a busy man last week, He is a son of Mr. Chaloner Alabaster, formerly British Coneal General in Caton and in addition to bis Far Eastern interests he is a young barrister of rising repate. He has been engaged fer some weeks in defending a man named McGuire, formerly in the army, who is accused of murdering bis awostheart at Bourne- mouth. The case has attracted-wide attention as the "Cliff mystery," and the proceedings time before McGuire was committed. That

CHINA'S FLEET.

ORDEIS-POS BRITISH TARDS.

UNIVERSITY WINDFALL.

CAREİSTER BEQUEATHS £35,000

TO CAMBRIDGE

Mr. Charles Henry Monro, of 7, Stonebuild- irge, Lincoln's-ian, barrister-at-law, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and for nearly thirty years Lecturer in Law in that Bomar Law, who died in February last college, and one of the chief authorities on

the

Secretaries Commissioners

P. 15,000 P. 10,000 P. 30

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P. 12,000

Sir, In view of the atty ku which ar

P. 10 but to convert it to the narrow gauge, nes to constantly being made on the Japanese for their

P. 4,000 suit the only available rolling stock amely alleged failure to respect the principle of the

P.

Daily Allowance Speaker Judges

-P. 34,000 Recorder

P. 5,000 Bredative Seaty P: 15,000 Andítor

1. 10,000 Director of Health P, 10,000 Director of Science P. 10,000. Biological Expert P. 2000 Directer Public

Works P. 10,00)

P. 2,000 P. 4,000 Director of P. P. 8,000 pal Board P.. 8,000

P. 2,00 Members Board P. 4,000 P. 5,00 President Munici

Commissioners with

Portfolios P. 20,000 P. 11,000 Secretary P. 3,600 a raise of P. 1,200 There are still good many salaries of $10,000 and upward in the budget, which shows that America started spending money heroically in making its great colonising effort. redactione, bewever, are equally horsic. The ides of the hard times in Americs being so

Speakers Private

being well-informed as to the real state of affairs. He says:-

P. 6,000 that brought from Japen. The gauge-bas now open door in Manchuris you may perhaps think P. 2,00been widened, but the rolling stock remains it worth while to pablish the following extraet P. 8,000 virtually as it was, and, panding its renewal from a letter just received from Tokyo. The P. 2,000 work of some months-there is unquestion writer in s Japanese, who bas very means of P. 2,000 ably much cause for grumbling on the part of P. 2000 passengers and owners of goods.

"I think current criticisms on the Japazess 3,000

Apart from the special features of the situs- tion, the Japanese theme-Ives freely admit s policy in Manchuria are rathar anfair. Short general fault-namely, that many of their of sacrificing ont vital interests, we are doing follow-sountrymen in Manchar entertained at our best to facilitate international trade the cutest an idea that the berit ge of Russia there. But osturally it is impossible to had desconded to them, and that they must act satisfy everybody, especially under only take all the goods victory had brought rough conditions obtaining in Manchurin, within their reach, but must take them with In fact, the immediate prospect of com high band. They have not yet wholly divested themselves of that conviction. It often ismercial development there after the war was greatly overestimated by Japanese as well as by uences their attitude towards the bice foreigners day Japanese have suffered lees reaidents, and on occasion towards all aliens on this account and are making complaints. Time, however, will soon dispel such a mood, But the forei nere who are in the same plight especially as it prevails mainly among the think they bave been wronged by the Japanese lowest ordere suitlees, camp followers, and This seems to me to be the root of the rosttar. on aber mismuderstanding for instance, the labourers, who now are either boseming less Sume criticisms are based, on the other hand, self-assertive as prosperity incresses their sense

The

the

The railway

FAIRPLAY,

OTHER NOTABLE WILLS, Mr. James Dalrympla, F.S.A, of Woodhead, Kirkin illoch, a former president of the Glasgow Arollogical Society, whe left real estate of

Such is the analysis of the situation as it guards to train passengers. What has been United Kingdom valued at £20,093, by his will which has just been proved, bequeathed £3,000 ad so is the drastic nature of the retrench- to the Council of the Glasyon Archeological ente undertaken. If Caseandra is right and presents itself to intelligent Japanese eyes in taken for interference in rently inspotion by

precedent of the Philippines might be borne similse complaints were freely preferred sparet attacks by Chinese bandits. Lectureship of Archaeology in the University in mind. From the list given above it will be the Japanese in Formosa daring the early deathorities know that the inspration is dis Society for the endowment of the Dalrymple bad thus are coming on this Colony the Tokyo. One ought to recall that precisely military guards to protect, he pasagers from of Ghegow, the subject of the lectures haing seon that offle sis in the Islands are not, even if their sccups tion, and that they wer broadly agreeable to parsergers, but the cheise lies with the reduction of 30 per cent, brought to denounced not only as barsh and incapable, but some branch of European archeology, £2,000. to the Grand Lodge of Scotland upon trust, to

of three forbid that they should be :---

the Ikan King stage of poverty. The Gods also as imbued with a determination to drive all been comfort and safely. The esmo com-

BA well at first." foreigners out of the island. There again, plaint as to interference was made by Japazega. apply the income in the

1 sm Bir, your obedient servant greally as the facts were magnified by rapuar, The gorgeous Fast with richest band Detrample sonnities to of the who have ndered good middle

cines

booz ibere wee unquestionably much cause for con Ponra on bar. Bons barbariok pearl and gold.

sars Bat all such critici-mass long b Bervice to the craft and have fallen into.

silent, and Japanese colonial management in -necessitous circumstances, numerons, bequests

COLONIES TO BE CONSULTED.

southern island has come to be credited with to obarilian, and the ultimate residue of

at least tolerable measure of competetive and LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

similar record will || Among a party of guests who were entertained his properly be left upon trust to form a fand

New York, April 20:

thoroughness. Probably

The Boston str. Shawmut loft Manila on on board the new Customs oruiser, which has for the purpose of making grants for the ja

An important innovation appears in the by-and-by be achieved in Manchuria. In the been built by Messrs. J. I. Thornycroft and dicione restoration and repair of buildings of

work, for the Siames historical and antiquarian interest in Fcotland, Anglo-American General Arbitration Treaty, meanwhile, however, there is no questioning the Sunday morning, the 24th inst., and is due hare The L.G.M. str. Buelow left Kobe via Naga The British Government reserves the right Japan with very friendly eyes just at present. fang, the Chinese Ambassador, in responding Greco (but more especially in Scotland), development took place just in time to allow to his health at the luncheon on board, he said Probate was granted of the will of Lord before concluding any special agreement Probably, having been lauded extravagantly £ 69,073, including personal estate valued at Mr. Alabaster to come to town and appear his Government would be adding to their fleet, Kelvin, who left estate of the total valia of affecting the interests of the self-governing during the course of herstruggle with Russia andaki and Shangbai on Sunday, the 24th inst The I.G.M. str. Kleist carrying the German the reaction which all hyperbole begets. Tourists Monday, the 1st proz, at the annual meeting of the China Associa.and they know they would have to o me to tion. He is a keen faced young man who has, Europe for their vessels. British ship builders, £161,923, of which the persen-l estate in the dominions of the British Empire, to obtain the in its immediate sequel, she is suffering now from pm, and may be expected here on or abcut

he added, were mapreme, and had turned out the United Kingdom amounts to £128,925. The

appointment is bound to ensue for, after all, the left Colombo on staday, the 3rd inst. p.m., I hear, strong political views in opposition finest and fastest ships in the world, No doubt testatur left the whole of his property and all ing French treaty. It is the Bret time that carry to her abores a mood so Expectant that dis-Mails with dates from Berlin of the 5th inst..

Japanese, in their own homes and among

day, the Sed prox to the present Government and frequently is entertained that, as before, orders for some at patent rights (excepting these belonging to appears on West London platforms to assert least of the now doing mom-of-war-will-be Kelvin and James White, Limited) to his widow,

ile sunditions of daily life, ap and may be expected here on or about Wednes not present any sixiking feres placed with British shipbuilders.

Lady Kelvia.

Government, was, bie

before the polios court. lasted for a long Co., at their Wooldo llency Li Chung-England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and which is now awaiting ratification by the Senate fact that the world is not disposed to regard to-day at born.

them.

concurrence of that dominion's Government.

This reservation does not appear in the pead- such a reservation has been made in predy diplomatic treaty, as distinguished on dommere.al sgrenzčať.