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HONGKONG EX-GOVERNOR ON OPIUM. QUESTION.

SIE HENRY BLAKE'!

VIEWS

The case of Ceylon is diferent. Here oplum smoking is practically unknown. Opium seting is common, the drug being used ass prophylastic. again. malaria Two years ago, in consequense of representations made, I called for a report the subject from all the medical offers sad The following letters appeared in the Time:-ndun. The answer was that save in a Bir,On the 6th inat, the member for Nun-oiroumoribed district, there were no injurione eaton moved in the House of Commons

effects apparent from the use of opium. The resolation in regard to the Indo-Chinese oplum hooplal returns showed that in the 64 hospitals trade, which was unanimouly adopted amid obeers. The closing sentenes of the resolution of thisland there were within the past three was as follow:"And this House also urges rearaint two or three cases trasiel of complaints his Majesty's Government to take steps to due tothe use of opium. bring to speedy close the system of licensing opium dens now prevailing in some of our Orown Colonies, more particularly Hongkong, the Straits alliements, and Ceylon," to

The mover of the resolution is reported to bave conolated his speech by urging the Colonial and Foreign One "to imitate their example and endeavour, not to reduce, but to put an end to the use of opium."

The example to be initialed is that of the Americane in the Philippines, where the condi- tions are so different that, whereas the Ameri- cans take effective steps to limit or prevent the immigration of Chinese, the British colonies encourage Chinese immigration, and only lest year over 22,00 Chinese arrived in Singapore, The Under-Secretary for the Colonies demuribed the terms of the motion incorrectly, for he said the places mentioned in the rosela- tion included the Federated Malay Statas, blok Es zot British colony, but consist of four protected States raled by Halay Sultans.

The object of the resolution is avowedly to put an end to the use of opium: in the Eastern Crown Colonier, and Colonel Seely, speaking to the motion-with which he expressed his satire eyapathy-remarked, in reference to the certain loss of revenue, that" when it was a onse of our own morals and other people's money that made all the difference, Most people will regard this as a pertinent reflection, with a wider application than the forsible suppression of opium smoking in the Eastern colonies.

The opium bebit, when indulged to excess, is a bad and harmful practice, but the members of the last Royal Commissionon epium want more thoroughly into the question and spoke with greater authority than will be the case with any

·locat commission. Setting aside the large re- venue losses, which the people of the Eastern colonies will have to make good as best they can perbape by means of a scientific tariff involving the tention of British and foreign manufactures it is questionable whether the consumption of opium can to suppressed by law. It also remaine to be seen whether consumers of opium deprived of the drug, will not contrast the habit of drinking intoxicate, and perhaps carry. that to greater excess with worse results. The

This will transfer the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 16r¤, 1908,

THE CHARACTER OF THE JAPANESE,

the abjects of King Edward; but do we so roosgnize that no right of individuale should

THIS

WHISKY,

ring which is detrimental to the public good BLACK & WHITE Should we nil oboy as one man if we were Tokyo, April 13th. Following was the text of shop Awdry's told by the public authority that the State much quoted letter to the Times:-Bir-Shortly needed our services at a crisis, and therefore we must allow all our personal interests to, after the war between Japan and Russia you were kind enough to print a lester of mine which bearerridden or thrown to the winds? It of throwing its whole strength into a struggle; cocasioned some stir and not a little criticism is this spirit which gives to Japan its power both here in Japan and perhaps even more in and it is this spirit of unity which is arising England. I trust that, after an interval of and

second latter on the other as not believe that the British nation itself in ways which are sufficiently bizarre. your columna for three years, you will allow me the publicity of in young China, at this stage sometimes showing would be so mean ná to hold back the progress side of the same toplo,

"THE POPULAR SCOTCH.”

The Ceylon papers repart that an Ordinance

The gist of the former letter was that, in the will be introduced ander which opium will in future be precurable only at the dispensaries surprise and enthusiasm eslled forth by the of mankind in order to keep itself at the top. and on medical certificates system that has, I magnificence of the universal patriotism of the The very spirit of fair port prevalent amongst bulion, been tried in Burma with bat oant Japanese, their heroio military virtons, and then would prevent our intentionally tripping up pace of all slow because we cannot rau fast Lize Jinsei deslers to the 2 from | tótal absence of the assertion of individsíni | 4 rival in order to win the race, or to koop the

I will rights when autagonistio to the public interest, au probaly not decrease the amount of opium con- Englishmen were a good deal arried off their qurselves. But if this is zo, we shall have to whole is more important than its parts, and the same, and there will be no loss to the revenue, feet, and were diaposed also to moribs to the learn practically from the Japanese that the

Unior the late arrangement with Chin his JP out that, if this exaggerated estimate con. all other virtuos. My purpose was to

individual must not assort itself

against the Majuly's Government permits the Chinese

being Govenment to appoint an official to Caloutts tinued, there would inevitably follow disillusion State. We must realize in a more practical way members of ons body in which no member or who duty it is so check the Indien exports and and a cold at as damaging and unjust to the than at present the Christian ideal of all

class of members van bo antagonistic to another ensue that the export of opium to Chias is Japanese sa the former overstimate of them was dimidished by one-tenth annually, so that within ill-balanced and unwist.

where the interests of the whole are involved, ten pare it shall cease has ben acquired to permit an examination by

and that each exists for the sake of the whole. a Belish official of the area under the arep in

oven more truly than the whole existe for the the pappy-growing districts of Chins. In the

sake of sach. Unless we learn and practice this loose congeries of semi-independent vice-

form of social virtue we may find ourselves

W. AWDEY, Bishop. royskies that form the Chinese mpire the

falling bebiad in there qualities which make. beriga edicts of Peking may command respect

the power and nobility of a nation. withat exacting obedience, but the prohibitios of fenign competition must compel the enthu- siastha assent of all Chinese who are engaged in the altivation of the poppy.

bat no reciprocal right

Einld the effect of the instructions iemed to the Crown colonies be to change the stimulant from opium to alcohol, the result will be disstrone, Your obedient servant,

HENRY A, BLAKE.

Myrtle-grove, Youghal,

Fir-Sir Frank Swettenham, in his letter to you on the above subject, has called attention to s phrase need by Colonel Seely in the opium delno Inst week, which seemed to me very unletunate when I heard it, and which I think careful examination will show to be entirely appropriate. He said it was a case of our ow morals and other people's money.

And now this cold fio scoms to have come. Government and missionary siroles, being well informed, are little affected by it, but the great mass outside these circles seem to have fallen ander its influence. Yet the felt does not lie with Japan. The Japanese hare still those excellent qualis es in which they startled as by being manifestly superior to ourselves, and they are making rapid progress in these in which they are our papile. Three years ago English- men seemed to think that beause they were heroes in war they must also be saints in peace; because they never even grumbled when their undoubted individual rights were overriddon by authority in the public interest, and threw up

without a

PRINCE IN PRISON.

Berlin, May 8, Prince Philip von Eulenburg, who was once the lost powerful man in Germany next to the Emperor, slrops to night in Bezin prison awaiting trial on grave charges..

The downfall and disgrace of this dietin guished diplomat and courtier is one of the most tragic episodes of William II's reign.

Prince von Eulenburg had been under the during the past few days while the Public Prosecutor esrefully examined the one against strictest polive super vision at Liebenberg Castle

him with a view to deciding whether his actus arrest was necessary, Although the Prince is to do so, detectives were stationed constantly very ill and unable to escape, even if he wished

The actual charge against the Princo is entside his bedroom door. prejury. He gave

evidence under oath both at trial of Herr Maximilian Harden that he was the Brand trial last Dotober and at the second never guilty of perverse practices.

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experiment may involve something more than affeting the Mahomedan rəligion, are governed for the Pan-Anglican Congress" in June that witnesses who appeared at Munich a fortnight.

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matter as inter-

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TELEPHONE. No. 135

Hongkong, 12th Jane, 1908...

A CRUISER'S ENGAGEMENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF..

Mail advice received at Portsmouth last

month from the craiser Proserpiñe give details

describes as Afghans. During the encounter: of an engagement which the vessel had in the

one bluejacket was mortally and another danger- Persian Gulf with gua ratners whom the writer

ously wounded, and the officer in charge had a

DBYTOW DICKJE,

The letter is dated from Jaek, whither the Proserpine proceeded on April 14 from Bushtre. It states that on the 18th, the warship captured

Aher containing 1650 rides and about a million rounds of ammanition, most of the

Preapons being of Franch manufacture. The dhow's grow were armed and had ammunition un them, but they were evidently surprised and overswed. On the following day the Proserpine was joined by the cruiser Hyacinth, the flagship of the East Indies Squadron, and the Hyacinth remained, is consequense of Afghan thrests to wipeout the English renovation. At Jak. Daring the night she kept her gass and

Eearchlights trained on the shore, besides landing marines pected to land at Bunji with guns and ammuni tion and two suspicious craft being sighted, the cried with marins. Further dhowa boing ez-

Proserpine despatched a steamboat, antter, and whaler, onder First Lieutenant Bailis-Hamilton, in examine them. The water was very shallow and two of the boats granded, and as the orow began to wade sahore fire was opened upon them from the beach. A perfect bail of bullets, says the letter, was fired upon the party by the onomy palm from ander the shelter of sand hills and

men were wading back one bluejacket was hit and fell, bat was dragged along in the water by another man to the whalee.Bad the "party gave the order to return to the boats, and as the

much under cover of the boats as possible.

This statement was controverted by two, ago in a libel action brought by Herr Hardon

Not only was this evidence carefully examined, gate, ander oath, detailed evidence of the gravest aharsoter against Prince von Eulenburg. but the witnesses themselves were taken to von Eulegburg. Every. possible measure was The authorities taken to test their veracity.

jumad after firing 25 rounds and became use

of deliberate perjury finally decided that the evidence was unshakable ban returning the enemy's fire, but the maxim and that Prince von Eulenburg had los guilty leas. The orition, astare of the position, how The detective inspector who hat charge of ever, had been observed from the denk of the Proserpina, which, after signalling to recall the the police at Liebenberg Castle was summoned boste, firs on the nonosaled Afghanım to Harlin to-day to see the Fublic Prosecutor. bank opened as and three pounders, making At noon the.iance in which the Prince good practice, as the sheile bould be seen burst-

Meanwhile, the cutter and steamboat had

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DESPAIRED OF

CURING BOILS

Suffered Incessantly for a Year

They were Very Large and Pain was Dreadful-Could Hardly Bear Clothing Health Much Impaired.

WAS ABSOLUTELY CURED BY CUTICURA REMEDIES

I have to thank Cuticura Reme- dies for completely curing me of ene of the worst attacks of balls it is pos Bible to imagina. 1 suffered from boils incessantly for a year, and I was 80 unsuccessful in trying romody after remedy that I began to despair of eror gotting my system clear of this dis- and treesing allmont. My shoulder

Any back were principally affected." ons who has had a single boll knows how dreadfully painful boils are, so it will be evident how much I suffered when I tell you that I had four largo onos. They would on a long time co- ing up and so very painful all the time that I could hardly bear my clothes on. They were very large, one on ray back extending to the size of a five- shitting piece, while the smallest wa as big as a sixpence. My health suffered much as the result of the attack and I got into a very run-down conditon. After I had tried cther moans without any benefit, I read of a cure by Cuticura,. and though I had not much faith, L thought could not do any harm in trying Cuticura Soap, Bo I bought a tablet and. after I had washed the affected parts a few times I noticed such a great improvement that I de cided I could not do better than try the whole Cutioura Treatment. I got

marmur their business, thoir professions, their worldly prospects, their family life, to do perhaps coolie work for the army even after they had served their tarm with the coloure and in the reserver, that, therefore, in the social and commercial virtues aleo, so comparatively easy to Englishmen, they must be above question. Lu short, that becaus they showed qualities which we find hard, the must possess those which we flad way.

Of course, such haphazard estimates of ps- Whose money is it that provides the opium tional character were doomed to disillusion; bat revue of the Crown colonies? Does it belong at the time the endeavour to minimize the mis to the people who are complaining, with Sirohist at the inevitable fatura rerosion by the F. Swettenham as their mouthpiece, that the presentation of the real foote was regarded as

an outcome of "rasial prejudica." Hose of Commons is taking their money As-

Now there is no "racial prejudios" in the surdly not. The opiam reverse of Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay case. It is a happy thing that it has been re- Sules (which, for all other purposes than those oognized by those who are making arrangements by the Colonial Office, and not by their in regard to Japan at least "there is no rasial our own morals and other people's money"

Salas), and Ceylon are derived from the ex- problem," Dr. Galick in his Esolation of the Thoeo who have acquired the habit of drink diture of, for the most part, the labouring Japanese" has proved up to the hilt that sach against a Munich newspaper. There witness trees along the half mile front, The lieutenant i ing intorinants find it dificult to exert the self- control untersary to give up the practice, In population of these colonies excepting Ceylon, differences of character as seem to divide the feen the Chinese alone, at lasat in theory, a Japanese from us are the result, not of physio the case of opium it is laaitely more difioult,

be thas modified and I restare to think that if the import of thesale of opium to Malays is prohibited. Bat legion, but of social evolution, and if they bave

thes Chinese are the very people who are saking been thus produced they may ed a very large and lucrative trade in smuggled they may no longer be tempted to squander towards us or from as towards them, or by mal opium into the Straits were absolutely probibit-the the opium traffic may be put down, so that removed, whether the modification be from the Liebenberg Castle and confronted with Prince proceeded to make their way back, keeping as opin world immediately spring up. Nothing the hard-earned wages in opiam deus and approach. Even in such will be asier so long as there is an monopoly within a thousand miles or more in ships licensed by the British Government. In marriage I see no reason against the finest and any part of the Netherlande Indice, for instance, Brice of crowded and enthusiastic meetings most progressive type of mankind resulting dring my visit to the Malay Peninsula in the bersaffer from a, bleuding of the two, or The way to stop the eating and smoking of anamn of 19.6, and again during the recent generally of the East with the West, just as plasa is to prevent the esltivation of the poppy of Mr. R. Laidlaw, M.P, as well as in the, fallent type of Christianity will assuredly in India, China, and Persia-in fuot, through great antiopiam conferences: last year at not be seen till the finer qualities of all races

tha OF beach and among the trees. The out the world. As long as oplam is grown these who want it will love it, and some will find its up and this year at Penang, composed of have influenced the ideals of Christians and way to open British ports with a large Chinesentatives of the Chiasse community produced their effect on Christian obaracter and

The Prines, who was suffering great pain, enemy ovationed to fire for a period, some rifa perniation 1 must not be forgetton that the throughout the Peninsula, they have shown practies. In regard to intermarriage, fees

be desire to protected union will not be wise until social ideale could only be moved with difficulty, and the shots actually reaching the ship at a range of Colonial Governments have to preventive

sp. approximate pretty closely, and natil each party

still in some puril and the coxswain of, the service; that is all supplied by those who hold ginst the opinn vice and here

Prince might rest.

whaler was hit when getting into the bost, the monopoly of preparing and retailing the paled to the British Gorarpmont to forbid understands before union the social ideals of the journey to Berlin an unusually tedious, as the over a mile and doing slight damaga, bat

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being any longer solicited by tempts- other, so that after union there may not be ambalance halted frequently in order that the causing no casualties. The bat parties were Princess von Eulenburg accompanied berani ballet grasst the liontonant's arm. drug.

woman. Nor can it be denied that in this husband, and two detectives also roda la the but fortunately only braised it Several It may not have been noticed that in Sings the which they and themselves too weak to inevitable disappointment to either an or sist. It is in fact, the people whose money

had of pore, where Colonel Seely says that half the Government of the Btraits has been department of life the ideals which have come ambalance.

Prince WAS On arriving at the infirmary the reveans is derived from pium, there were last atracting by means of the opium farm who through the teaching of Christ are on a higher

carried from the ambalance to the receiving marvellous escapes, and, had the Afghans been year 07 leased shops for the retail of chanduk protection from this statrsation, which is level, especially in regard to what is due to the

ward and later to the infirmary, where be will better masters of their weapons, the writer of ... opiem prepared for smoking) and 449

British side would undoubtedly have been rooms lieused for smoking it. In Timog the 000 respect for worse then more robbery, wife, than those which prevail outside the nurbers were 19 and 123. At the same time, cause it demoralizes besides impoverishing influence of Christianity. It is probably in there were in Singapore 110 and in Pinang 49 them. Colonel Seely's antithesis is, I submit, these idosis that approximation, will be slowest, remain until he can be moved to an ordinary the letter thought the casualty list on the

amore catchword, which he has repeated with but it has begun and has advanced a considerable call,

Hie arrest marks the final downfall of the greater. King, the whaler's coxswain, was and he died about sa hour later. The other licensed publichonses for the sale of European sufficient thought. No one proposes to distance, for in Japan law, ethical and utilitari-famous " Round Table" clique, the power and shot through the langs with a large bullet, liquors, with 460 and 222 houses respeatively ake away money which has already come into an thought, and Christian indasnoe are all reputation of which have been completely des for the sale of non-European liguere. Having the coffers of the State through expenditure on working independently in the same direction. regard to these figart and the practical opium:-us one proposes, oven, that opium

In other departments in which Japan has troyed by flere dardan's revelations. Already certainty that loss opíme, or no opium at all mould be made cheaper on the contrary, the more to learn than to tangh the progress is there is another revulsion of public feeling in back when making for the whaler, and on the obtain supplies on Tonking territory. "ABA will lead to the comsumption of more spirits, hinese Chamber of Commerce at Singapore already evan more marked. Not merely are the Herr Harden's farotir. It is fully recognised / date when the letter was despatched, April 21, matter of fact," the Tamps. says, "the French to suppres the one and do not ing to suppress as suggested that the tar should be increased, leaders most keenly alive to the fact that educa-

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JOSEPH G. ALEXANDER, Tanbridge Wells, May 14.

and

with a motor

was conveyed to prison.

returned to tus castle

that his conviction,at the second trial was absolutely unjust

Herr Harden's appeal comes before the Supreme Court at Leipzig at the end of May, tion will be quashed, and that Herr Harden There is now hardly any doubt that the convic will omorgs front the affair as a triumphant

victor.

Boator's correspondent states that the most ture from Lagenburg. the little village at the palhatio meenes accompanied the Friace's depar gates of the castk. The utmost consternation prevailed, the villagers orying bitterly as they surrounded the motor-car in intense pain to catch a last glimpse of their lard.

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it was shot in the lower part of the favouring their movement by allowing them to

his case was deemed hopeless.

After the fight, the Hyacinth left for Bashire, but the Proserpine remained on guard to protect Jask and lauded all hor marines, major look charge of the garrison. together with some from the yacinth, whose

FORTUNES IN PATENT

MEDICINES.

authorities have not ceased to give the Chinoso authorities on the other side of the frontier constant support and to exercial surveillance with a view to preventing revolutionary bands The Tonkin authorities disarm the revolution. acies who enter our territory as soon as they cross the border and attempt to establish a beso from assembling with the aid of our hospitality.

of operations in Tonkin. To this surveillance on the French side is dus the rapid app-asemant Another large fortune made out of a patent of the troubles in Kwangai. Recently a band medicine has been loft by Mr. Alfred Bowns of rebels-which had formed on China and not Viceroy of Yunnan took the accessary measures Emulsion. Boott, the head of the firm of Messrs. Scott ou French territory asized Hokson, thanks to and Borns, Limited, the proprietors of Scott's the complicity of the Regular oops, The Probate has been granted on hia vil, his to prevent a fresh series of disturbances and to English estate being veined at £174,967 grass annihilate the robele who met with no support btstee, left the whole of his fortune to his wife notes on this subject that the message in question allades ; but it can be seen that the Mr. Scott, who was a citizen of the United on the French side. It is to an exchange of and children.

Among other large fortones made by the matter merely concerns ap agreement which proprietors of successful patent medisinsa and has long bou in force.” proprietary foods which have ranautly become Senator the Hon. George Taylor subject to death duties are those of

Falford, of Brookville, Ontario, Canada, proprietor of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills.... Mr. James Epps, the famous hem

pathic chemist and cooes manu- facturer Mr. Frederick Boden Benger, of Manchester, proprietor of Beu. ger's Food

of New. Mr. George Hindyside,

carlle on Tyne, proprietor of the

Consumpt on Care"

the other might raise doubts as to the honesty auting the total prohibition of the import and tion which done not produce character is a of the best intentions.

The House of Commons is unanimous that ale of epiam. The money which the Chinese failure, but the vital importance of character in of the Straits have not yet paid, but may commercial transactions is being urgently The Government has all money lose, aron if it to other people's money, is nothing sompared with moral gain. The Hobably be induced to pay if the opiam dersprossed upon the students in the commercial

remain open, cannet rightly be considered the schools of Settlements bare for many contributed one-fifth of their annual revenues to money of the white colonists, who may perhaps along been tinsworthy, in the repot. The called on to pay a larger share of the taxes by leading Baancial firms in Tokyo are equally so. Imperial defence purposes, and it will be a souras of genuine satisfaation to the Treasury and their being closed, so as to justify the accusation The people follow the lead of the Government, and honour is rising fast. It would be say to Colonial Offices to be able to tell the people of that we are taking "their money" to satisfy our and the whole standard of commercial instinet show why the high level of honour in other the Colony that, as they must lose, balf, their morals~Yours, &. Fovenus the Imperial Government will decline in

branches of life did not affect commerce in former times; indeed, the fact that trade was futurs to avoopt from them any contributiou towards the cost of Imperial defence. The

the lowest of all occupations, so that the

The motor our was driven at a walking pace, tradesman or merchant of Japan was more or colonists will then appreciate Colonel Bealy's referenss to our moral and other people's money, THE LATE M. LUDOVIC HALEVY, leas on's par in pablo estimation with the but even then bad repeatedly to stop an that and they will be grateful; for, while their.

publican of the New Testament, is of itself remedios to relieve pain might be administered morala are as good as those of other people We have already announced the death, at the enough to account for this; but that condition to the Prince.

Prince von Eulenburg was German Ambasss. their mans of raining new rovenne are very limited, and, unless I am misinformed, they are age of 74, of the world-renowned cutlaborateur of had passed away. It is most unfair, therefore,

this time that his infvenco was greatest with the author of should be measured in the West by the persons Halévy, who moraovar, as suffering from a trade depression greater than Meilhão, Offenbach, and Lecocq, M. Ludovic that the houvar of the Japanese people at large dor in Vienna from 1894 to 1902. It was at the Garman Court, and the Austrian capital any known to the prent generation of Strails Modear and Madame Cardinal" and L'Abbé with whom alone foreign merchants in Yokohams

Constantia,"

or Kobe have had most to do canely, the became the centre of European diplomatic had seenrad the rank of a people.

intrigues. Bake Tour obedient servant;

classic in French letters. The death of M. Japanese who rushed to those ports for the FRANK SWITTENHAM,

Haléry sets the san! qu an epoch. He was the of rapid profits by trade. Though the charaq- London, May 10.

last survivor of that trinity of writers and teristic, Japanese points of honour lie in s Sir-The timely latter of Sir Frank Swat. composers of the Second Empire whose wit and sphere very different from those of the China- mast man or the Jew, who, whatever their looseness whose melodies remain, perhaps, the tenbau calls attention to some important con

The Kentish people are more dependent upon siderations that most be faced by the Eastern obaraotoristio expression of the brilliant period in other luss, would feel themselves diegraded Crown colonies in carrying out the instruction that gave them birth. The airs of La Belle by failure to fulfil the letter of a contmet,

Helene, 0 phúc v

Enfers, Burbs Bleue, La therefore the Japanese are not born international British ships than boys, yet who calls attention Issued by his Majesty's Government for the Grand Duchesse d: Gerolstein, and Le Petit traders like those two other races, yet they are to the fact! This little island owan half the Sappission of the traffic in opium, by closing the system of licences from which in Hongkong Duc still haunt the memories of the fathers fast developing commercial instinct and capacity ships of the world, and with these ships sho and Singapore a considerable portion of the and mothers of a generation of young French as their success in the Bombay cotton trade sarna £100,000,00 per annum. In cotton and men for whom the insipid diversions of the abundantly shows, and other characteristics shipping it is the United Kingdom against the revenge bas hitherto been derived.

modern café chantant can offer

follow as 遽 appear

result of experienou. Nor will forsign countries in tables with, British ships, nor in cotton spindles. The returns for 1905 last decade of the Imperial regime. And the this shange be in all respects a social or that colony have been approached by the Govers author of Froufren and La Petite Marquise moral advance, though for international trade are the latest we have, which show

it is inevitable. Even to this day, where Ben- ment with a view to an arrangement that th

in forms which, while they set foreign ways have not reached, what would eveal their claims for compensation in the cented the flowering of French

be contracts with me.are estimates in Japan. avert of the termination of the farmer's bon

mach modern comedy,. the model for sc treet, which has ill some 21 months to ran and rbo is practically the licensor of the wore themselves of an exquisite workman- liable to be revised if there should be an

ship and dainly conception never ende unexpected change in dircumstances such as The reent of withdrawing surpassed. Ludovic Ha bry, who was the son of great rise or fall of prices. Pecuniary dealings opium 'sellers. the licences may possibly be the driving of the Léon Halévy, a professor at the Hoole Poly between parties who take no interest in ensh technique, began life as Civil servant under other cauuot, of course, be conducted on sach s oping smoker from the public "diven" the private oabice, of which there are to the protection of the Duc de Moray. While still system, but does it not really stand on a higher superior to the chips of the rest of the world Mr. Alfred Silvealer Day, of Day it will certainly bes, loss, of revenus that wint ofloial, he prodgoed several small comic level of moral principle than where it is regarded being faster, more modern, and effective carriers for which Offenbach, Bizet, and Mernya misiter of no concern to either party whe- and freight earners. Taking that into bon- Boricurly cripple a colony at present suffer trimself had written the masie. Only when, in ther the other is rained or not by his bargain, sidoration, we may easily assume that Great from acute, commercial, depression. The opian 1863, he raet. Meilhac, bowever, did he begin the though what causes the ruin may not baze bean Britain owns more than one-half of the whole farmer, in addition to the rent, expends a larg

ostear of sucess which made him famous, the loser's fault or carelessness? The Western world's tonnage, and she does more than half The tonnage of the ships of the world is g amant in the payment of a private prevento Twenty years later he became a member of the ayatom ander which pecuniary dealings are more the carrying trade of the world. body, for Hong hesg, being a frau port on Freich Academy. At his death he had written sad, more regarded as orating or implying no Chatoms service. the free introduction, opion is to be checked the creation of a preys. Lardly anything for 18 years but he remained moral relation between the parties, who thereby follows Live service will be necessary; there will this an assiduous frequenter of the Academy, the tend to become opposed to each other both as United King Tons.

Americs be a considerable addition to the public expendConservatory, the Comédie, Francaine, and the individuals and as classen, is not s thing to be ture as well as a loss of between one-fourth and Author's Soiety. M, Jules Claretie, writing proud of, nor one which e friend of Japan nan Germany

in the Temps of the friend, whom he calls wish to see unreservedly copied from the West.

Finally, I may suggest that wa English need Norway one-third of the revenue,

The adoption of the closing sentence of the one of the inspirers of French literature" and solution proposed by the member for Nuneatosis a master of pure-Froach utterance, says of the to learn something of the peculiar virtues of creditable to the altraistis sentiment of the famous operatias associated with the names of Japan, and unless we do learn them the result Great Britain Houseset Commers; but that sentiment fees Meilhac and Halévy- The pollen of their to the British Empire may be disastrous, and mach of its value if the assistance so freywings has not yet failen, and Musset would smile at Lee Brigande as Gavarui would applaad offered is to be given at the expense of the

Froufroti Crown Colorileg.

By the latest Hongkong payors it

that the opium farmer and the 200 licensees i parable with these unticing. Decessary to commercial success are sure to world. It does not do to compare the ships of Mr. Walter Fom Owbridge, of Hall,

of thousands in the Chinese tenement house

of the

£1,311,000

WEATHER REFORT,

On the 16th at 1.49 a.m.-The aromeler has fallon quickly in 3.W. Japau and■ ■'ight fall hs taken place over 8. Chisa,

A depression which appears to bave formed over the Eestoru. Sea, is now off the const· of 745,837 S. Japan. It will probably mer to the N.E..

"Pressure is big over the Facile in the neighbourhood of the Bonina

Fresh 8. monsoon may be expected in the Formoes Channel and the N. part of the China Sen...

Hongleng rainfall for the 24 homes ending at 10 a. today, 1.14 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon wo-day in se follow

420,807

147,860

proprietor of Owbridge's Lang

Tenio

112,214

her Colonies... 14,830,000

Total

... 25,707,000

Steam and Ssil. Steam only.

Tons. Tons

9,612,000 United Kingdom 11,167,000 All the work and

9,647,000-

*£9,259,000 Ton for to the British bips are vastly

M Robert Dyer Commana, J.P, of Bath, inventor of the areas Nat Tooth Paste

119,777

Formoss Channel...

Same as No. 1.

Mr. Johann Carl Gustav Mellin, of

Mellin's Food

South coast of China between

114,218

Hongkong aud Lamooke,

Same as No. 1.

Toba

Mr. Thomas Baecham, of St. Helens and Southport, proprietor of Brechara's Pille

and Sons, saimal medicine mann- fectarer

Boun Manufacturing

Hongkong & Neighbourhood (*)

South coast of China between Į game se No. 1.

Hongkong and 'Hainan..

86,680 8.W, winds, fresh or strong; squally

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

showory.

73,583

67,187

Mr.. Charles Edward Fulford,

the Bile Company

FRANCE AND THE CHINESE

REBELS.

The sir, Nubt läft Manila on Saturday after noon 4 p.m. the 13th iust, and is due here to day at daylight.

The H.A.L. str. Scandia leit Foochow on the 15th just, at noon, and may be expected hare to-morrow a.m.

to-morrow Bw.

The Austrian Lloyd's str. Trieste left Shang-

{

Paris, May 11.

The H.A.L. str. Andalusia left Kuchinoten dom...,367,00 France ... 1,214,000

The Temps to-day refers to the telegram pabon the 12th inst. p.m., and may be expected here 2,316,000 Italy ....-

9:22,000 93900 Russ

... 1,083,000 listed the other day which announced that 1.39200 Colonies ...1,250,000 China had asked the co-op-ration of France in Now let us look at shipping of U.S.A., and repressing the Chiness rebellion on the Tonkin

frontier. This Temps does not diapate the actual ha for this port on the 16th inst, and is dus

here on the 18th inst.

Tho C.F.B. str. Monteagle arrived Yokohama accuracy of the news, bat points out that, pre Топа Tone.

2,500,000 sented as it was without expansion, it might at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 13th inst, and left 11,20 1,000

900,000 gira rise to the belief that the French Govern that quickly. It is true that the patriotium 1860. British 4600,000 USA, ... which will volunteer for service, and personal 1206.

There is life in the Britisher yet.. haroism after yolunteering, are abundent among

meat bad bilberto done nothing in regard to again at 4 p.m. same day for Kebe, where she the Chinese rebels, and that it had aven been was due to arrive at 6 s.m. yesterday,