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- NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE Steamship

LUETZOW," having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are bereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Optam, Treasure and Vains bles me being landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns": of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co Ltd, Kowloon, and West, Paint

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Hongkong, 9th September, 1908. AMERICAN ABIATIC 8.S. COMPANY.

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1--MR-TAFF ON THE PHILIPPINES.

The following is Mr. Taft's Butement on, the Philippines, in his acceptance speech

the

the

HOLIDAYS A MISTAKE

DOUTOB'S VIEW OF THE MOIENCE OF REST..

The Republican party has purecoleon

Dr. Tonlense, the eminent Erench medical sistantly the policy adopted with respect to the dependencies which came to us as the result of writer, has just published in Paris book

entitled "How to Form a Mind." Spanish-American War. The material prosperity of Porto Rise and The holiday as an institution is unsparingly to of its lalabitants toward better contemnod. Above all, the docter objects progrese conditions in respect to comfort of living on the old ides that it is necessary to rest the This axiom, education should make etery Amerisan prond mind by arurning the body. that this Nation bastan en efficient Instrument he says, is proved by physiology to be absurd When the body gets tired the mind does not in bringing happiness tamillion people.

In Cabs the provisional government esta rest. To take a long walk, for instance, after *The less blished in order to prevent a bloody revolution several works of intellectual labour is simply has so administered affairs and initiated the adding one fatigue to acother.

sury laws as to make it possible to turn physical exercise the better Women, who in physics biok the island to the lawfully elected officers as a rule do not engage

exercise to say extent, live longer than men.. of the republic in Febraery next.

In the Philippines the experiment of a No-Fresh air and one hour's walking per day is all

that is Tired,

res that no athlete at no athleta D. Toulouse boldly declares Hons Assembly has justified itself both sa assistance in the government of the islands and de an education in the practice of self-govern was ever gezins, and no intellectual man can

The system of taking a whole day'e rast every men, to the people of the islands. We hava be much of an athlete. You daunot spend established a Government with effective and your vitality in two opposite directions."

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Hongkong, 5th September, 1908.

MARTIN'S

APIOL&STEEL Vor Ladest PILLS

þór i Isrečatartalom," "Thomaeda d

● the:

con-

faurlees administration of justics. We have created and are maintaining a comprehensive school system, which is educating the youth of the islands in English and in industrial branches We have constructed great Government publio works, roads and harbors. We have induosd the private constraction of 800 miles of railroad

islands, Be that thoir We have policed the dition as to law and order is better now than it has ever been in their history. It is quite that the because of the dense unlikely at the peoplent, will be ready for

and independence ba complete salf-government fore two generations have passed, but the policy of increasing partial self-government stop by step as the people shall show themselves At for It should be contained.

PROPOSITION OF DEMOCILATIC PLATFORM MEANS CHAOS.

BONG

35, we are assured, physiologically Tidiculous, When we take our holiday we generally davolə Wh

time

exercise-cycling to

physio al our

swimming to which mountaineerlag yachting, ear body is out adapted. It apesta one phrói- qus, and the fatigue roots on one minds, with the rarait that nine out of ten persons feel worse after a holiday than when they started, and are unable to resume work properly. onen. Do not rest sixteen hours per week on Sunday, bat four separate half-hours per day. Do not rest one or two months a year after ten months of intense life and work, bet divide those two months into coessional half-days of delightful laziness.

We do not and long roste; we want short

"What would you say of a man who would work nnoissingly for six yenca sad then spend a whole year in idleness? Yet this is exactly what we do on a smaller goale with our Snadays and our summer holidays.”

DUSINESS-▼ SPORT-

A writer in the London "Daily Telegraph,"

IN THE CHINÀ SQUADEON.. Afaority, despatch-boat, 700 tons, 10 gune

3000 h.p. Com. C. T. Fuller, Cruising

7000 i.b.p., Captain F. E.. C. Lyan Astraes, 2nd class cruiser, 4360 tons, 10 guns

Cocos Islands

| arrested, and decapitated. The lamas followed HIS BRITANNIC. MAJESTY'S SHIPS

up these murders with an insolent letter at defanoo to the Viceroy of E-chuan In raply, the mandarins at West managed to get together some Chinese troops, and advanced a for a Atenze, but here he was opposed by s the plass, was immediately besieged. Atan it- superior force of Tibetans and taking refuge in self le a small trading twon, situated at a height of about 10,000ft, and surrounded by wooded hills. From

of view it is a strategic point described as a veritable rat-trap. The man- French missionaties at Tse-ku bat these re- darin, in despair, tried to send for help to the fortunately had the meantime bien murdered vix, Pere Dubernard, who had resided there 30 And whose name is well known to

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Bedford, British oraiser, Cept, S. E. Erskine,

RN.. Cruising Bramble, grabost, 710 tons, 900 Lh.p. Lient- Comdr. Hon. B. 0. D. Bridgeman, Wei-ha!- wei Britomar, gunboat, 710 tons, 900 bp, Lient-

Comdr. F. B. Noble, Yangteme

not long arrived there from Terkalo. Aa geographers, and Pore Bourdonzec, who had Cadmus, British sloop, 1070 tons, Comdr. B. L Bagliah botanist, a Mr. F

managed to effect his escape. A military mandarin sent from Atense with su escort of 30 soldiers to bring help from Tong-nha-lie, a neighbouring monastery, was fresoherously entrapped by the were asleep, and the unfortunats mandarin

the Imprisoned Hayed alive. Eventually

max. day amas; his escurt were assassinated while they daria of We-st-managed to make turns with the besiegers, and returned home only to fall into the hands of his superior, the

prefect o Li-klang, who dondemned him to treason and

betraying his traat. The Tibetan revolt wag

was eventually quolled by a former Governor of Cheng-tu-in named Dul Fong, who has a sinister reputation for ferocity and ornelty. He pillaged and burnt the great Batang mcasatory, which is now nothing heap of blackened ruins. Summary vengeance was taken on the ringleaders of the revolt, nad many of the manks were pursued and executed. Three thousand of them, however, with the same number of laymen with their wives and ohildren took refuge in a strongly fortified lamasery about 12 days south-east of Batang, called San-pin-lin. The water supply in this fortress was derived from underground conduite, and 15 years' provisions were said to be stored in the towers. The siege commenced in November, The proposition of the Demperstin platform

1905; and lasted six mouths. As the place was in to turn over the islands as soon as stable

ffortifios- surrounded by a series of eight lines of i gorornment in established. This has besn

tions, mines were dag by the besiegors; the established. The proposal then is in effect to

Tibetans replied by counter mines, and some turn them over at once. Such action will lead to ultimate obses in the islands and the pro-ases Do va as a nation sacrifice our basiness sanguinary Byhts ensued below the surface. At gress among the ignorant msses in election interests to our love of pleasure and sport! Ho That the Calasse, who wore themselves nearly and better living will stop. We are engaged, answers the question thus:- don't know parishing from want of food, succorded in

bat, by-your in the Philippines in a great missionary work what other men's experiences are,

a detachment in the disgaise of a Tibetan promote in a most effective way the inter and again business Interests of all descriptions relieving force obtained surreptitians comes to that done our Natian honor and is certain to kind permission, I will give you hit by your entting off the water supply, and subsequently are delayed, and very often are completely lost, the fortress, and massacred the whole population. of Christian civilization. It is cowardly to lay

seemed At the close of 1996 the country

to because the prinofpal of a firm is not st down the barden until our purpose is sohieved.

have quieted down, and the missionarice, after Many unfortunate siropustanoss beyond either to say the last word or "complete."

of I take a missuscript into a business frouse, and two yeara' absence, had returned to their ruined bums control have delayed the ooming business prosperity to the island Mach may find the head of the house, who alone can decide, homen. There was for a time a recrudescence of trouble with the monks of Lagongan, a lams- be done in this regard by increasing the tride is gone to Norway for two months; I and he between the islands and the Uaited States under remains away for two mouths of the year. Tanary opposite Yerkalo, but this was all. The on the paint of completing an important deal in present position of affairs is that Chinese tariff laws permitting reciprocal free trade in

Tibet is divided up btween Bz)-chuan and the respective products of the two catrias, petroleum in the East, when I get a note to say

The old regime, with its mixed with such limitations as to sugar and tobased that "nothing can be done now until after the Yanusa.

Chinese and native administration arid a imported into the United States as will protect long vacation, and, mark you, Sir, the noquisi- domestic interests. The admission of 350,000tion of the concern would bring thousands of dominant bierarchy of monks, has been tons of sugar from the Philippine islande in a pounds yearly to the purchasers, and got it abolished, and the lamaseries have been destroyed. It is proposed to construct a new foreign importation of 1,600.000 tons will have must wait until after the holidays. no effect whatever upon the domestic sugar

of Sze-obain and Yunnan, with its head- interests of the United States, and yet SANG MOW. auch an importation from the Philip reach not likely to be pine Islands, ed in ten years, will bring about the normal state of prosperity in those islands in reference to engar culture, The same thing is trae of a CHAIRS, TABLES, SETTEES & similar. limitation on the importation of tobram. It is not well for the Philippines to develop LONG CHAIRS,

the sugar industry to moh a point that the basiness of the island shall be absorbed in it, because It makes a avolety la which there Bra wealthy landowners, holding vary large estate, with valuable and expensive plants, and a largo population of unskilled Isbane. In such community there is no farming or tending to build a conserva- middle class, tive self-respecting community capable of self-

f-government, There are many other pro- daeta, notably that of Manila hemp, to which the energy of the islands can be and is being directed, the cultivation of which develops the class of amall and intelligent farmers. MISCONCEPTION AS TO COST OF PHILIPPINES:

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It resme to be the same thing nearly all the year round. In winter the principals sresif her since carved out of the Tibatan parta at Roms or Monte Carlo summer, raolag and garters at Batang. With it will probably oricket; sutamu, yachting or on the moors. ha incorporated the Tsarang country, which don't know whether our traders (and I clans all speaking comparatively, is well peopled and men in Londen business houses as tradere rich. The Chinags Government have placed think that by chasing Society and assuming the famous Chao," or Commissioner named a love for sport their business interests are abore, Eul Fong, to whose energy the retention thereby improved, but it is a pity that when of the country is mainly due, at the head of they do go away someone is not loft in affairs, and he asks for about £8,600,000 to en complete charge with full power to marry on able the Yamans to be rebais (the materials the commercial battle. Only four-days-ago-L-

from China), rice fields to be replanted, roade to rang up the head of o large, businys go and workman for which will have all to come be improved, and telegraph Bues to bo repaired, and was informed by his son that his father would woroplete his holiday in another tes days. A wire already rant from Te-ton-la to when a obeque would be forwarded to me, and and it will doubtless be extended to Chiando

"pater"

and southward to We-si and Tati-fu. A school that no one seuld siga cheques until

to enable the Chiness to learn Tibetan has been rotusaed.

Bicot remarky founded at Tsien-In, and M. it is a significant event for Chinese anthorities to stoop to learn the language of barbarians. Ta conclusion, be remarks that considerable uncertainty attaches to fatare erante in these regions, for the Chinese policy of supporting the lama authority in western Tibet and des troying it in Chinese Tibat. is one that is not fall of doubtful and dangerous issues

Every, vesk-end, tor, brings on business chaos. Men leave on Friday and retura out of breath on Tuesday: rush off to midday lunch with some friend. By Wednesday morning. their business eyes seem to become faily opsusd. to be closed agaia on the following Friday at midday. Saraly, Sir, such laxity of busines interests in tus heart of the commercial world ought not to be one raged or continue,

What is the use of building warships to uphold our commercial supremacy, when the keener brains and alertness of foreign competi tore acquire our trade by a steady and common- place application to busins? The anatnat ory one hoses in the City is that, there is "nothing doing," and nothing over will be done of any magnituds antil business men stink to basiness daring business hours,

One misconception of foot with respect to our Philippibe policy is that it is costing the people of the United States a vast aangel sam. The expenses of the war in the Philippines from 18PS to 1999 involved the Government in an expenditure of less than $175,000,000 This was insident to the war. The fact is that since the close of the war in 1909 and the Used restoration of order in the islands the exact cost of the America troops in the re- galse Army in the Philippus, together with that of maintaining several thousand Filipino sconte as a part of the regular Army dogs not exceed $6,000,000 annually, this is all the expense to which the United States THE EAST TIBETAN REVOLT AND has been pat for five or six years past. · Tho expanse of the civil government in the islands since ita establishment have been met eutirely from the proossle of taxes collected in the islands, with but notable, generous and commendable exception. when the Cong-ass of the United States ap propriated $3000.00 in 1902 to relieve the inhabitants of the islands from the dangers of famine and distress by the death from rinderpest of three-fourths of the ostile.

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CATHAY

A ROCIAL AND FOLITICAL NOVEL OF ABSORBING INTEREST,

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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

ITS SUPPRESSION.

MASSACRE OF FRANGE MISSIONARISS, '

The Ballotie du Comite de l'Asie Francaise gives a most interesting narrativa by M. Jaoqusu. Bagoti of the important events that have trans- pired during the last few years in South-Esetera Tibet, on the borders of Western Chian, and which have inaugurated a new appol in the relations between the two mountries M Bapt devoted the whole of 1917 towards exploring From this diffiazit and little-known region. the lips of missionaries who had songed to The P. & O. str. Oriental left Singapors for soaps the fate that had overtaken their cal-

mandarine, sad from this port on the 11th iust..at p.m. with the leagues, from Chinese outward Eoglieh Mails, and is das here tu-anidiers of his own escort who had been eye witnesses of many of the gruesome events, M. morrow at about 7 a.m.

Boot arrived at a reliab's ennepsotas of the Tibetan revolt of 195-06 sul the repressive masares insiitated by the Chinese.

The N.Y.E. str. Tesa Maru (Amasriosa Line) left, Shanghai for this port on the 13th inst. and is expected here to-morrow.

The CF.B. str. Empress of Chine arrived Shanghai at 1.30a.m. on Monday, the 14th inst., and left again at 10 p.m. same day for Hong kong, where she is due to arrive at 8. a. on Thursday, the 17th inst

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At the oloza of the British expedition to Lhassa Chins had quite resigned itself to the The COMPANY has the powerful steamer

prospect of losing its protectorate, feeble though "OURA MARU (712 tone, 700 LH

it was over Western Tibite. Lass and the esantry ring within its jurisdiction-and The NY.K. str. Hitachi Maru (European (determined, therefore, to strengthen its hoid specially built for SALVAGE PURPOSE equipped with necessary gear, always readyLive) left. Singapore for this port on the over the eastern region adjsining Chins, as 11th inst, and is expsoted here on the 17th inst, far west as Chiamdo, & Chiness savoy was seat organize matters, bat demands for forced The Apear.atr. Gregory Apear from Calcutta

bone made by this funstionary raised the left-Singapore on the morning of the 19th fast, and may be expected here on or abent 17th inst, alarm and di content of the Tibetans and this The P.M. str. Manchuria with the American combined with the recrest of the British expedi- Mail од

Board, will be due to sail from tios, which was attributed mainly to fear, Yokobams on the 18th

on the stainst, and will arrive in inspired the lamas with the idea of reosaquering the whole ragion. Batang, which thus bicame Hongkong on

The I.G.M. str. Zieten carrying the German the focus of the revolt, is a fairly well-known Mails with dates from Berlin of the 26th ult., tazoa the main Sarchean route to Lhans, loft Colombo on the 13th inst. p.m., and may be distant about 45 dure journey, from the last Bamed place sat 20 days' journey from Ta expected Here on or about the 4th inst.

its hage The G. N. str. Minnesota arrived at Yoko-talon-la. Its importance lies in

onsists of numerons hams on the 19th lust will leave for Hongkong monastery, which vis usual porte of all on the 17th inst, and coplistical buildings grouped and disposed and stroots with a fine sypress aventia may be expected here on the 30th inst.

ra uparts, the monasteries la The NY.K. str. Wakamiya Haru (Bombay enoroled by

bei g not only amaseries Line) left Bombay for this port in Colombo these parts sad Superstitions, combined with the amat sand Bingapore on the

on the 12th inst, and inexpected but fortresses as well. The number of houses or minke at Batan is 1,8)), and each is said to gives into political conditions in Chins makes CHILBEEN OF FAR CATHAY an excellent

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