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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 8TH, 1909.

A thief was caught red-handed down at West

antions to possess standing armies whose nium-Point on Thursday, While a man, with his TELEGRAMS.

bera ran into millions and to possess paties which cost vast sums of money Already we ses countries as surely at war with each other as if the formal declaration had been made. The struggle at present does A. S. WATSON & CO-not exact a heavy toil of life the contest

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cost thrown over his shoulder, was watching another making ise train, the thief attempted to take the purse from the coat, but a school-boy who was behind notleed the trick and gave the alarm: The thief was arrested before he cankl escape and he was sentenced at the Magistracy yesterday to three months' imprisoment..

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TOKYO, May 7th. The Council of Aldermen have decided to hold a great exhibition in 1911.

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COMPANY MEETINGS,

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CHINA'S FINANCES:

THE VIEWS OF THE CRINA ASSOCIATION.

The following extmets are from the report of the London Committee of the Chino· Ásso-

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An extraordinary general meeting of share

It is on the rock of finance that Chins seems holders in the Union, Society of Canton, Id.,. was held at the Society's Head Ofas, No. 2 danger to all schemes for her adrar.comont-and-

to be aimlessly drifting, threatening, gravo Quesn's Buildings, yesterday. Mr.. E. Ormis-reform. It has been aptly said of China that ton presided, and were also prosent Messrs. W. although she has finances she has ne finance; Helms, A. Forbes, E. G. Barrett (directors), C. and, apart from her domestic financial difficulties, Montagao Ede (secretary), A. B. Ronse, D.Hthe truth of the aphorism has illustration in her seeming indifference towards hor Murray, D. D. Gazdar, H. A Sicbs, F. Bandow, foreign indebtedness. China's foreign debt, the Inst almost entirely in F.Smyth pud Ho Fook.

Buy amounts to

somo The meating was called to confirm the follow-thirteen years,

$185.000,000, for the service of which an ing revolution—

of between seven and eight mil That the Memorandum and Articles of lions sterling is required. Towards this service Association of the Society be respectively it is estimated that about £1,000,000 is provided by returns from productive are, about Hai work, leaving, say, extended, altered and amended so as to road £6,500,000, uf present crobange, a sheru in the print signed for the purpose kewan Tails 54,000,000, to be provided from other of identification by the Chairman of this sources; The method of iveting Meeting and that such extended, altered obligation is as delightfully simple, as it is start-

lingly anggestive of

of threatened langer. There and amended Memorandum and Artioles of is, first, the hypothecation of the roveruca of Association be, henceforth adopted as the the Imperial Maritime Customs, officially estima- Memorandum and Articles of Association fod for last year (lese cost of collection) ut Tls. 29,000,000, the balance of Tls. 21,003,000, being of the Socioty to the exclusion of those

secured upon the provincial revenues. Theannasl heretofore prevailing,”

provincial remittances to the Capital are On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded estimated, under normal conditions, at about

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LONDON, May 6th. There is renewed activity in wheat buying at Chicago, due to reports of by Mr. BANDOw, the resolution was unanimously is. 70,00,000, an amount now apparently

is meanwhile more like a game ut chess,.

There was a light mishap on the Peak fram Each walchca tuo other's moves nude-way yesterday morning. In stopping the 9.50 donyours

counteract them. Naval down car at the Barker Road station the programmes are made to counterbalance apparatus for signalling to the engine house ach other and although the relations broke on couting in contact with the insulators between the nations are nominally of theThe car was stopped as one of the Tramway. friendliest character, there is no gainsaying Company's European employees who was on the WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS the fact that they are involved to woonflict car as a passenger ran up the track and quickly as ruinous, us relcut'ess, anijas cruel ae War. The competition of armaments is almost as disastrous to social progress as the clash of arms. Instead of those countries being examplo to Chiua "they should be aware- Ing to her. China, even if the state of her finances admitted of the realisation of her plans, has no need either of a large army or a large nary. Her integrity is assured. The Western nations stand as her no higher motive sponsors, and if inspire them international jealousy will effectually prevent any one nation from attempting to take advantage of China's wankaese. With her integrity guaranteed, why should China seek to eiulate the other countries in massing expensive armaments P It would be a foolish waste of money for ber to attempt to emulate those countries, except in so far as the preservation of pance and the maintenance of law and order de manded. She would be botter advised to let her development proceed on more peaceful linoa. If the Chinese advocates of expansion in armaments think that it affords the quickest means of gaining respect and seem for China in the world, they are sadly mistaken; and we venture to suggest that this object would be much sooner achieved by those reforing of an educational and administrative" character about which there has beon 80,

A clover, theft was carried out the other day by a Chiness washeriau. He had called, to collect his money froin Mr..R. C. Hansen, of one side $1.30, the amount due to the washerman, Chatham Road, Kowloon, and the latter put on and placed two single dollars on the top of B fifty dollar note on the other side. He rose from the table to get something and the washerman took advantage of lus back being turned to put shortage in Kansas. the 31.30 on the top of the fifty dollar bill and make off with it. The thoft was not discovered till lator and the washerman on being brought before Mr. Kemp at the Magistracy yesteritag

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was ordered to prison for two months.

Mr. G. B. Sayer, oivil engineer and architect, of 17 Queen's Road, reports to the police that on Thursday about noon he gave to the office coolie in the office next door to his, a parcel ad dressed to H. W. Sayer and marked "private paporn," but os it did not reach its destination the inference is that it has been lost or stolen. The parcol contained 66 shares in the Central Stores, Shauglui; 40 charge in the Steam Laundry Company, Ltd, a promissory note for $1,000 Mexican, 44 shares in the Hongkong Civil Service, Co-Operative Society, one Hong. kong Bank Suvings book, ono cheque on London, a certificate of character and a Masonke lodge

certificate.

THE HIPPODROME CIRCUS. little action. If the craze for a big Chinese Appreciation of the excellent performance Navy should become popular in China it provided by the Hippodrome Cirens at Cause way Bay continues, the attendance boing well raight, however, do more than anything else maintained. Last night preved another success to focuss public attention on the crying noodful evening, being satisfactory alike to the for a radical reform of the financial ad- spectators and the management. Repetition is ministration, without which it is hopeless needless regarding the merits of the many A. S. WATSON & CO..] forthe Jingous to expect toses Chios possess

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ed of a Fleet of Dreadnoughts or to keep any sort of Navy in a state of officiency.

Two cases of plague, were notified yesterday, one of them being from Kowloon city.

The Chinese who attempted nicide on Thurs. day by catting his throat with a kaife died at the hospital yesterday morning.

Clarence Frederick Lindon, couvioted of sing a stowaway on the steamer Korunna, was at the Magistracy yesterday, ordered to pay a Die of $25.

A boatman for landing at Stonecutter's Island without a permit from the Military Authorities was yesterday dined 310 at the Magistracy.

good turns which make up the programme. By visiting the tent the public will be able to see and judge for themselves. There is a matince performance to-day, comiencing at 3:30.

BANDMANN DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Mr. Patten has begun a fresh campaign.

THE BRITISH TEA TAX.

LONDON, May 6th. The_Tea_resolution merely imposes the existing di

THE MURDER OF GERMANS IN YUNNAN.

LONDON, May 7th. The names of the Germans reported yesterday to have been murdered in Yunuan are Brunhaker and Schnitz They were murdered on the Upper Mekong, the news, being received through the French Mission at Weiksi (*))))

In the new atlas published by the China Inland Mission the name of this place is spelt Weisi. It is situated 27.19 N, 99.15 E, and is a very short distance from the Burma frontier.]

THE TURKISH ASIATIC PROVINCES.

LONDON, May 7th.

It is reported from Constantinople that the Government is sending several Military columns to

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Asiatic establish order

There can be no questioning the fact that no finer exponents of legitimate dramn have visited Hongkong than the Bandmann Dramatic Com pany, a conviction which becomes stronger with Provinces. sach fresh production from their extensive repertoire "The Sign of the Cross" was perhaps their greatest success so far, but that interesting human dramaNever too late to mend proved just as popular. It pleased last night's audience who showed their apprecia of a play which was worthy of the famous book on which it was founded.

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THE PRATAS.

PEKING, May 7th. The Board of Foreign Affairs has

Mr. M. Gottliardt, Inte assistant Workshop Tonight that old favourite "The Shaug given adequate proof to the Japanese

and Locomotive Superintendent, in the Royal braun ” should draw a large house. State Railways of Siam, died at sos on his way down to Singapore on the steamer Deli.

P. O. Baz, 34. Pelephone No. 12.

A Chinaman was at the Magistracy Fosterday HOMEONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX BOLD C LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STaner. EC sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and six hours in the stocks for stealing books, coples of the Daily Press and documents from the Sailors Home at West Point,

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MAY 8TH 1909. IMITATION, it is said, is the sincerest form of flattery. Great Britain, Germany France, Austria, America and other countries are concerning themselves at

A fine of 8100 was imposed yesterday at the Magistracy on a pig dealer for having imported diseased pig from Cheungshaway and with having it in his possessien with intent to sell it for food for human consumption.

In connection with the highway robbery

CHARGES IN THE MARINE COURT The master of a cargo boat was fined $5 by Commander Basil R. H. Taylor, RN, at the Marini Magistrate's Court yesterday for glecting to take out a licence for his boat.

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Two boatmen were fined $15 each for making fast to the ex. Haiyang while that vessel was

under way.

For failing to exhibit the regalation lighte the master of a fishing boat was fined $10. *-**

A boatman was charged with unlawfully lying

present with building up their armaments, committed at West Point the other morning is and what more natural than that China, to which three men set upon a sattle dealer sad whom those countries are supposed to stand his fokis and stale 8700, two men have been as tutors and paragons, should seek to arrested and charged with complicity in the $20. follow their example? For many years offence. They were remanded.

Yesterday afternoon a mesting of Justices of the Peace was held at the Magistracy to consider an application. from Sophis Mayor for the transfer to her from Bernard Mayor of the publican's license in respect of the Colonial Hotel at Jubilerem. The application was granted The Justicos present were Mr. J.-H. Kemp (who prosided), Mr. F. J. Badeley (Captain Supt. of Police), Mr. C. D. Melbourne, and Mr. R. H. A. Craig--?!

passed.

This terminated the mosting.

THE CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE CƠ, LD.

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reduced to (say) Ts. 50,000,000 by the above- mentioned hypothecation of provincial revenner for foreign lonn purposes. It would thon, that the revenue of the Central Grom: ment is reduced to this Ts. 50,000,000. piva. such local sources of revenue av Peking

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to believe that the possess. It impossible to expense of the Metropolitan Government can be niet by any such sum, and the conclusion is unavoidable that the deficit is made up morn Sinics, in other ways. It may be doubted, for lustance, whether the amount of the provincial rovenus hypothecated for foreign laws parpones

Mr. E. Ormiston presided over an extror- dinary general meeting of the Chins Traders' Insurance Co., Ld, hold at the head Office of the Company, No. 2 Queen's Buildings, yester tay. Other shareholders present were. Moserais C. S. Gibbẩy, E. G. Barrett, F. W. Bandow, A. Forbes, W. Helms, H. A. Siebs (directors); C. Montagio Ede (secretary), A. B. Rouso, H. J. M. Carvalho, B. M. C. Cunha, A. E. Alves, V. L. Remodios, J. F. A. Barros, J. A. Carvalho and J. Gardiner.

On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Rouse, the following rosolation was confirmed

That the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company be respectively extended, altered and amended so as to read as shown in the print signed for the purpose of identification by the Chairman of this Meeting and that such extended, altered and amended Memorandum and Articles of Association be Lencoforth adopted as the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to the exclusion of those heretoforo prevailing. " This was all the business.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

An interesting case was heard at the Magis tracy yesterday before Mr. Kemp when a school boy frem Wanchai School was charged with throw. for stanes at an Indian policeman. It sppeared that the schoolboys had been p on the street and the policemen attempted to espture their ball as he had done on a provious occasion, and one of the boys, resorting his interference, throw a stone at him. The police. man was sure that the defendant was the boy who threw the stone, and he called a Naval Yard policeman who was equally certain that it was the culprit who was charged. However, Mr. Yang Hou, the headmaster of the school, produced a schoolboy who confessed to having thrown the stone, and an amah, who had wit nessed the affair, also testified that the real

culprit was the boy who had confessed. His Worship discharged the defendant and told the other that as he haft confessed he would not Minister that the Pratas Islands order him to be birehed, a pealty which he

The Japanese oontemplated for such offences. belong to China. Minister agreed to wire to Tokyo to that effect, and pending instructions from his Government he declared that he would order the Japanese, on the islands to leave immediately.

LAND ANNEXATION.

PEKING May 7th.. The Governor of Shantung has

within 100 yards of low water mark during wired to the Board of Foreign Affairs prohibited hours. The case was remanded, and thut a German at Tsingtao has illegally the defendant admitted to bail in the sum of taken possession of over 100. li of land. The Governor asks the Board for instructions as to how to deal with the matter.

A PECULIAR STORY.

A report was made at the Police Station on!

(PROM. THE MANILA “ CABLENRWB.") Thursday by a man living on the first floor of a house in Bridges Street, and as the story he toki was rather peculiar it is worth giving. He

TERRIBLE TORNADO IN THE stated that a coolie came to his house the

SOUTHERN STATES. previous day and dumped on the ficor a bag of rice. He could not be persuaded that he had

Washington, May 1st. brought it to the wrong house, but matters

Report has reached here that a destructive became more interesting when other coolies arrived- und Ekewise deposited bage of rice tornado has passed over portions of the States before they could be persuaded that they also had of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. The brought them to the wrong house. This aroused Best reports fell of 30 deaths and great the auspicions of the tenant who thought the destruction of property caused by the storm. Washington, May 3rd. men had come to make preliminary observations prior to carrying out a robbery of the promises.

STRUGGLE FOR A KING.

VIOLENT DISPUTES IN Portugal.. Three striking events were recently occupy- ing the attention of the public of all circles in Lisbon:

credited to the provincial exchequers in Peking; that, in respect of their remittances to fact, the full quota is still eracted frometom, lasting them to make good their loss by much methods as their necessition and ingenuity may enable them to devise; and, inised, there is good ground for sach suggestion in the ex perience of the past low yours, during which have been witnessed now forms of raising the wind," in the shape of increased burden on trade public lotteries, sales of office,, issues of debased coinage and of unsecured paper money, Such, expedients, if persisted in, can but end in dis aster, and it is most earnestly to be hoped that China will take in hand the reform of her financiul chaos, and that without delay.

CURRENCY.

The obligation of currency reform-accepted by the Chinese Government in the second article of the Shanghai Treaty of 1902-has not only remained unfulfilled. during the six intervening years, but the necessity for such reform has been emphasised by the bewildering conditions of currency which have since been created. By the Treaty of 1902, China andortork to provide for uniform national coinage which shall balegal tender in payment of all duties, taxES other obligations throughout the Empire: but so far from the creation of such

uniform notional coinage," there has been witnemed during the past two or three years the coinage by the provincial mints of enormous quantities. of debased copper coins, and on such coinage becoming unprofitable, tho expedient has been resorted to by the provincial authorities, and by private native buff.creat tainly insufficiently secured, with the inevitable uncontrolled by the central authorities, and eer- result of the creation of currency chaos intlaitely more confounded than that which already existed.

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It is urged, with evident reason that the present unsatisfactory state of trade in China is in no further large measure due to this juggling with

currency, and indood, evidence is needed in proof of this contention than is contained in the fact that the copper- money-themoney of the people-has become depreciated in terms of silver, by 51 per cent. and even more, as compared with the exchange

of a few years ago,

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The Currency Decree issued on October the 5th is an indication that the situation has at last The Deores opens with the statement stir the Central Government to the necessity that "A standard currency is the fundamental principle of public finance." and proceeds to the admission that "The finances of China are in confusion, and the standarding of the currency is an urgent necessity" it is, consequently, ordained that there shall be introduced a aniform salvat currency throughout the Empire, of which a coin weighing one Kuping or Treasury Tael is to be the unit. The Decres must be received with satisfaction, as indicating an intention to comply with Treaty obligations, thongh there will, doubtless, be differences of opinion as to the convenience of the unit coin which it is proposed to adopt There are two points, however, which have been remarked in connection with the Doorco, the first that no reference is made to the question of a ratio between copper currency and the new The Minister's son challenged the member to a dasi, but the witnesses of the latter stated Tuel coinaga, and, secondly, no indication is that " son is unable to cover a father's regisen whether the new coins are to be issued Finance himself has sent a challenge, and a duel. the Board of Finance,

First, a member of the Opposition attacked the Minister of Finance in the Cortes with extreme violence and in offensive terms. There was a serious disturbause, and the sitting was suspended.

sponsibilities.

In view of this the Minister of solely from Mints under the direct control of At best, however, considerable time must is supposed to be imminent,

econdly, in the House of Pears Admiral elapse before practical effect can be given to the do Amaral, the ex-Premier, exclaimed ve Decree and meantime, the perils threatened hemently, "Reactionary elements are ur- through the "currencyjuggling of the provinces grave and imminent. The General rounding the King. They wish to make are him a mystical bigot. It is necessary for Committee has, in consequence, addressed His. Liberals to unite and combat them, and for that Majesty's Government, expressing the hope purpose I offer my energy, and my sword, if that through the Diplomatic Tody at Peking necessary." There was a great sensation in the strong representations and remonstrances be male to the Chinese Government on the cubject House.

and, has, in reply, been informed that His Majesty's Minister in Feking is fully alive to the importance of the question, and has to peatedly made representations regarding it.

SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Thirdly, Don Miguel Braganza, the pre- tender to the Crown of Protugal, who lives in Austria, has resigned his "rights," recognises the constitutional monarchy of King Manoel, and asks to be allowed to reside in Portugal as a simple citizen without a pension from the State. He has made this resolution, he says, bocanse of the unhappy condition of the country and because help from all quarters is necessary "to The Miguelist party has no-strength with the support the Crown. families of the old nobility who had followed their Sovereign into erile and are now returning masses, but it includes many high and wealthy

to Portugal.

Their shesion is of some importance to King angel.

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now China has been urged to follow in the Yesterday morning Mr. D. James, Head Bas- paths which the western nations have trodter of Kowloon School, presented Mrs Dean- for some time, and they have been held mond, the late Second Mistress, on behalf of the up to her as examples to be copied, staff and pupila, with a silver rose-bowl, as a with of course certain limitations. China momente of the esteem in which she was held by all connected with the School. Mrs Drummond has lagged in the march of progress, And she has been urged, and ja still leavea for Scotland on Monday. being urged, to quicken her pace and take a more honourable position in the vanguard of civilisation. Occasionally however, the question arises as to whether a certain course, ostensibly selected as making for progress, freally attains that end--whether in fact it does not make for retrogression. When, for instance, we reed that China is ordering guns for all her forts, that she is contemplating the re-organisation of her

For snatching money from a money changer's Navy, and that her army is being augmented and rendered more efficient may we not ques-counter & Chinese was at the Magistracy on Thursday sentenced to six works hard labour tion the wisdom of such enterprisesand in the and six hours' exposure in the stocks. Cu the away two women, conducted them to the INDIANAPOLIS EDITORS ARRESTED

FOR LIBEL present state of China's finances describe way back to the Police Station, after having steer wharf, and put them on board a steamer. them as quixotic? It is undoubtedly been exposed in the stocks, the prisoner hit Before the police got down to the steamer the

Washington, May 3rd. necessary to have forces adequate to police his enstodian over the eye with his handoff, two women jumped overboard and one was

The Indian fells editors have been arrested the country, to repress piracy and robbery splitting open the policeman's forehead, and drowned. The other was rescued by her captor, and to preserve peace, but it does not seam then took to his heels. He was recaptured It is thought that the women were being for libel growing out of their published articles however, and was yesterday sentenced to s forcibly taken back to their husbands in the on the parchase of the Fanama Canal Zone by advisable that China should proceed further further six weeks' hard labour and a further six country. Beyond that explanation the action, the United States. They have been released on command in the open market where the stock is, Tibbete, and Bessie Taylor, and Mr. James F. and endeavour to raise a large army and a hours exposure in the stocks on the completion of the men seems very peculiar.

bout manimoth fleet, Why should she engage of his term of imprisonment.

The death list of the terrific tornado that The police became active in the search for the swept over Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkanika coolies who had brought the rice, but the sequel May 1, has been swelled by latter reports to 300. was not discovered until Thursday night. The property loss to the regions visited by the Thon, while the police were looking for the disaster is incalulable to date. coolies, some men entered the top floor and took

On the 1st inst. at Baguio, the Philippine Summer resort, a waggon containing American laches and two gentlemen from the teachers' twenty feet from one of the roads near Sunup, the residence of Commissioner and Mrs, Newton W. Gilbert, As a result of the accidant Miss camp fell over an embankment a dist tee of

Bessie Taylor and Miss Nina Paddock ure in the hospital, the former, with a broken clavicle the latter suffering from contusions and Mrs. James P. Connolly is at her residence badly bruised. STANDARD OIL PLANS TO INCREASE Several others of the party sustained painful

though not serions harts. CAPITAL.

In falling the waggon turned turtle and the top. was demolished Driver Starks was forced It was reported in financial circles in New to hold the wreck balanced on one corner while York recently that all preliminary steps have the ladies pinioned beneath it extricated them been, taken by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for the increase of its capitalization selves, aided by Mr, James P. Connolly. That the party escaped with a few injuries is re- from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000

Those composing the party wers Meadames The change is said to be prompted by the garded as little ler than miraerlons. corporation to bring the nominal capital close to E. B. Baldridge, L. W. Ferd, James F. Connolly desire of those in control of the sins of the E. B. Barnwa, T. L. Johnson, Edith Roriston, the value which the shares of the company the Missés Nius Paddock, Anne, King, Bertha now selling at about $650.

Connolly and Driver Starks,