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We may recall the fact that the present is not the first occasion on which the British Government has sought to protect its claims under this Convention. When in May 1907 the Viceroy at Wuchang was engaged in negociating with the Yokohama Spesie Bank a loan for the Canton-Hankow and

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ment that no loan might be granted by Japan which might prejudice British interests in regard to railways in China. The Japanese Government, upon receipt of that communication, took prompt steps to dissuade the Specie Bank from proceeding with the negociations; intimated to the Viceroy that they had definitely withdrawn their support of the Specie Bank in the proposed loop, and added that in their judgment. China had no alter. native but to abide by the terms of her

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 18TH, 1909.

At a meeting of the directors of Wooks and TELEGRAMS. AN ENGINEERING TRIUMPH,

Co., Ltd., of Shanghai, it was decided to recommend the payment of a-Anal dividend of 6 per cent, making 10 per cent for the year suded 28th February, 1909.

Capt. Wittslock of the German steamer Loosok reported on arrival at Singapore that the chief engineer, Mr. Winkelmann died on the 8th of apoplexy.. The body of the deceased was brought on to Singapore where the funeral took place.

One of the basisst places in Manila for the

past four weeks has been the Philippine Normal School, where 1,000 Filipino teachers and government students have been attending the combined industrial and academic coarse of the annual assembly of Filipino teachers.

The Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington, hajnst disposed of a batch of bonds of the city of Manila amenating to $995,000 at the rate of 102:28. A second batch of $5,000 was disposed of at the advanced price of 105. The bonds mentioned are doubtless those issued for sower and water-works construction.

The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the weak onding the 16th" May, 1909, shows that of non-Chinese there were 403 to the Library and 200 to the Museum

the latter. The Library was, therefore, used by 621 persons and the Museum by 3,112.

engagement with Great Britain. It shows and of Chinese 218 to the former and 2912 to

University, spent eighteen months in Japan, and was the first European woman to he allowed to go over the Imperial University. She is writing a report of experiances, which will shortly be placed before the Royal Society.

the value which the Chinese Govern. ment places upon its solumn pledges when

A lady, Dr. Mario Stopes, D.Sc., has gained within à pace of two years it again de. liberately seeks to ignore the convention.the distinction of being the first investigator to The matter is one ju, which the Colony of carry out an extended research into the primeval Hongkong is directly interested, for when vegetable fossils of Japan. Dr. Marie Stopes. who is Lecturer on Fossil Botany at Manchester this Colony advanced to China overa million pounds sterling to redeem the concession from the Balgo-Bussins group into whose hands it had passed, it was with the object of securing that the line should not pass under other than purely Chinese or British auspices. All Powers are concerned to see that China does not ignore ber solemn engagements made with either of them, and according to the published accounts of the Paris Conference a couple of months ago, even the German group admitted that the protest proposed to be entered at Peking was quite legitimate, the view they took of it being that "if it succeeded the Germans would doubtless he kicked out' (sic), but they would not lose face in China, because they would not bave broken their contract with the Chinese Government. The main

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Referring to the appointment of Mr. William A. Rubles as onsul-General at Hongkong In succession to Dr. Wilder, a Manila contempor ary says:-Consul General Rubles will not be a stranger in Hongkong. He was United States Consul-General. at that past in 1902. He was later transferred to Havans and, in 1903, to Vienna, from which place he comes to Hongkong again. William A. Rubles was born in Madison under the wholesome influence of the Wisconsin State University, that hus wielded and still wields a power in American politics and sociology. For some unaccountable rosson did what many another wastorn boy foollakly doon, went to Harvard University for his acade- auto education. Like some other shining lights

in the Unites States consular corps, Mr. Rubles groups has been the question of control, the was a journalist by profession before he became Germans urging objections to enforcing a diplomat. He made his beginning in the con control tya Europaas engineer as likely,sular service at Prague, in 1890. Eubles was in view of past experience, to cause local editorial writer on the Milwaukee Bentinel, dissension and delays; bat although the telegraphic summary of the basis of the

After reading so much about the lack of good feeling between Americans and Japanese it is

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- [" DAILY PRESS " EXCLUSIVE SERVICE,] PLAGUE AT YŪKOHAMA.

TOKYO, May 17th. The pest has broken out at Yoko. fatal cases are hama, and

reported."

THE BRITISH SQUADRON.

* TOKYO, May 17th. The British China Squadron, under the command of Admiral Lambton, has left. Yokohama for Nagasaki,

[BEUTER'S SERVICE TO THE "HONOKONG DAILY FRESS."]

THE KAISER'S VISIT TO- VIENNA.

LONDON, May 16th.

The Press of Berlin and Vienna emphasize the splendid prestige of the Triple Alliance and insist strongly on |its peaceful purpose."

THE PARIS STRIKE,

BEACON HILL TUNNEL PIEROED,

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The Beacon Hill tunnel was pierced at 5.30 p.m. yesterday afternoonsveral months before bs estimated time. The railway staff are justly jubilant over the feat, for, as His Ex- ealloney the Governor, obserted at the last mosting of the Legislative Council, it is a novel undertaking in this part of the world, While we may moan over the unreliability of the original estimates of the est, everyone will appreciate the engineering feat which has been accomplished.

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, 17th May,

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

[BEFORE THE FULL COURT.)

APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

This was the fifth day of the bearing of the appeal in which the Hip On Exchange and Ican Co., Ld, and the Hongkong and Marila Yuen Shing Exchange and Trading Co., Ed., ware appellante, Li Po Yung being respondent.

The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K. C., instauołod The Beacon Hill tunnel was started about Jan- by Mr. H. L. Dennys (of Messrs. Dennys and nary, 1907, and though the excavators junctioned. Bowley) appeared for the appellants, and Mongre yesterday the tunnel will not be completed until, W. Slade and E. Potter, who were instructed the end of the year. It is satisfactory, however, to by Mr. F. Pagot Hett (of Messrs. Brutton and learn that notwithstanding the many dificulties Hett) for the respondent which had to be surmounted, both as regards

isbour and explosives, excellent progress has been made. This is largely due to Mr. Waite, the

tannet superintendent, whose extensive know. ledge of tannelling has sinbled him to proceed at a rapid pace. Incidentally, it may be insationed that the Waite family claim an unbroken record of four generations who have worked for the public in the construction of ways and menna of transport. In February, 1928, tlie Governor sznounced that the expenditure on the tunnel exceeded the estimate for the previona ye by $198,977. This was abonnted for by more costly labour than was anticipated, and by the large quantity of explosives it was found

Brst thousand yards from each face of the tunnel necessary to use by reason of the fact that in the semi-docomposad granite was encountered for which explosives were practically unless, but which was too hard to be removed by pick und shorel. After cutting their way through this, the excavators were confronted with axedingly hard rock.

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Mr. Slade said their Lordships were thoroughly fuxiliar with the facts of the case, which had bear dealt with fully by Mr. Potter; therefore he would plunge straight into the law. In order to understand, fan law on this subject ho oxamine shortly submitted that it was useful the history of the law, and to see the exact scopo of the old Common Law doctrine with regard to releases—or rather he would put it in wider language than releases," and say the old Common Law doctrine with regard to the discharge of, one of several joint debtors from his liability under his contract: He could show their Lordships by satisfactory authority that the Common Law rule was that where one

his contract, that discharge operated to dia- of several joint contractors was discharged from charge all the joint contractors. In the case of an obligation under seal such as this obligation was--it was a covenant under a mortgage deed |—there wore three known methoila which were in point in this case of discharging the obli- gation imposed on the covenanters. The dest On September 11th of last year the tunnel was release in its strict souse by deed; secondly, The strikers among the postal emi-heading from north and south had reached by defeusance; and thirdly, by accord and The first two must be in writing, 6: total of 4,603 feet ont of 7,212 feet, satisfaction ployers in Paris have been reduced to

progress being at the rate of nearly ten feet but the last need not bo, although it was more per day. Then the hardness, of the rock on nsually evidenced by writing Accord and From the satisfaction could arise between parties to a countered reduced the progreat. beginning of the tunnel on January 1st, 1907, contract in any form or way provided that there- until the end of that year the average progress was an agreement to accept something in anti- per week was 40.27 foet, while last year it was faction of their obligations andler the contract. 68.15 feet. During 1908, 3,344 feet wery driven In the case of the Hip Ou lusurance Co., to making a total of 5,644 feet, 2,528 being driven split the words up, the accord was the agreement from the south, and 3,116 from the north side. on which he relied, and tire satisfaction, that The material through which the heading was the consideration for it, was the withdrawa variable than that at the north, in some places that the document on which his clients relied was driven at the south side was much more of the other action. In this case he enbmitted wet running and being met, which added amounted to what would be regarded in law greatly to the expone and caused considerable strictly as a defearance, although it was also delay.

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LONDON, May 16th.

It is expected that the service will be normal to-day.

Dismissals continue.

LONDON, May 17th. The Paris Postal strike is practi- cally over.

There are now only 167 absentees from the Postal Department in the city.

JAPANESE ROYALTIES

ABROAD.

LONDON, May 17th. Their Imperial Highmesses Prince and Princess Nashimoto have left Vienna.

The cost of the tunnel driving, according to the report of the Chief Resident Engineer, was very much reduced during 1998, duo to better

organisation made possible by canlies gatting more trained to the work. Nevertheless, the tunnel is expooted to cost nearly a million more than last year's estimate. And this notwith-

secord and satisfaction.

After further argument their Lordships reserved judgment. “

THE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

compromise is silent on the pojat, it is to be interesting to note what an Ameriosu journe] LORD AND LADY ROBERTS standing that it was found to be 44 foot less prominent government official on the 11th inst

assumed that the German representatives had to say just before the rovent visit of the have given way on this essential point and two Japanese cruisers to San Francisco. At. so facilitated the settlement which has been the outset it refers to the fact that socially the reached on the basis that the three groups American people are in debt to the Japanese to shall share equally in the loan and that the an extent which it will be difficult to repay. It Canton-Hankow line shall bare a British Proceeds: "The Japanese are our most formid. able-competitors in a great many things, but Engineer-in-Chief, while ou the Hankow-there is one lius in which we cannot afford to Chengtu line the Engineer-in-Chief shall he let them beat us if we can help it, and that is in courteous and abounding hospitality. Just German, and in the event of a further or tension of that line the Engineer-in-Chief what programme will be arranged is not yet ia to be a Frenchman.

settled, but, considering that the Aro and Soya are national ships, and that they are making what is really a visit of ceremony, it would seem proper for the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committes to take charge of the entertainment of our visitors, and s

The Rev. F. B. Meyer who is on a mission to the Far East is at present in the Straits Settlements,

GOLDEN WEDDING.

LONDON, May 17th. All the papers pablish smypathetic stories and biographics of Lord and Lady Roberts on the occasion of their golden wedding to-day.

[FROM THE "CARLENEWS-AMERICAN."] PORTO RICAN AUTONOMY RESTRICTED.

The corner-stone of the new capitol building the time ia short, prompt action is necessary special message to Congress to-day, President at Manila is to be laid on the morning of the. The visit of two oruisers is not a great national 21st, nine o'nlock, on Camp Wallace

The deliberations anent the delimitation of Manao will take place in Hongkong and for thir purpose Glenenly Building has been taken.

The Ward Comedy (o, which has had a most successful season at Singapore, left the Southern port last week for Perth, Western Australia.

HONGKONG, MAY 18TH 1909, THE agreement reached after a third conference by the British, French and German financiers iuten sted in the Canton Honkow railway low represente perhaps the best possible volation of a difficulty brought about by the Chinese Government's disregard of its obligations. A Chinese

The contract for the erection of eleven mild. contemporars, we notice, has waxed very steal bridges and one large break-down crane wroth that the Britial Government should for the Fokien Railway has been awarded to have instructed its representative in Peking Messrs. Howarth, Erskine, Ltd. -to enter a protest against the action of the Chinese Goverment in concluding a loan

At the Magistracy yesterday three natives were fined $7 each for having been in the for the Cantah-Hankow railway without servante quarters at Astor House without first having submit ed the intention to the permission. British Government in accordance with the,į

occasion like the visit of a battle-ship feet, but as it is to be formal and pressuqunced, a cortain amount of carezony is proper, and if there is any error at all in proportioning the reception to the occasion, it should be on the right side. California hospitality has come to have quite distinctive characteristics of its own, and we must give our visitors a first-class exhibition

'of it.

in length than was anticipated. In 1907 the heading of the tunnel cost $184, but this was subsequently reduced to $70,04. Enlarging in the same year cost $275 per foot, and this has now been reduced to $140.86. Breaking-in now costs $113.54 as against $221 in 1907,

The cost of the Beacon Hill tunnel is placed at not less than a third of the total cost of the railway, but its completion marks the surmoun ting of the greatest difficulty that will be encountered on the Kowloon-Canton lide

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it is confidently anticipated that through trains will be running to Canton.

THE EFFECT OF TABINE LEGISLATION,

A cable received from Washington by a

the Mauila Coblenowa says, indicates that the mauling the big commercial interents in the United States gave the Colton Tariff in the daily meetings of the Congressional Woys and Committee was so severe that its own framers would not know it.

It seems that ten or more amendments have been added to the 60 that were reported before and that the rates which are proposed to be the islands after free trade beween the islands applied to the importation of foreign goods into

and the United States becomes operative are being made so high in these amendments as to ameant to practični oxclusion of foreign goods,

This will have the effect, if Congress permite the bill to go through, of giving American goods a practical monopoly of the Philippine trade. In other words, it is quite likely that the reduced cost of living which it was under- stood would be the bonsficial result of free traile will disappear.

The Cableneuk Ameriera has been informed on good authority that the big interests at home stand in mortal fear that the foreign nations. will dump their products into the islands and then slip them into the United States as Philippire goods free of duty. The tobacco trust thinks that Sumatra wruppers around Philippine fillers will delugo the American cigar market Louisiana-is afraid of Philippine ries; and cloth dealergine that Bagish cotton will to added to native manufactures of josi, pina

expected that the tunnel will be lined and finished by the end of the year, and that the permanent way will be laid and the line Fourteen months later opened in May 1910. WASHINGTON, May 11. The Jovian thunderbolt has been launched against the politicians of Porto Rico. In a

HERO DECORATED AT MAGÃO. Taft reviewed the recent acts of the lower house of the Porto Rican legislature and declared that On Sunday at Macao shortly after 12 o'clock that body had shown itself unworthy of the noos, the Police force was paraded in full functions conferred upon it by the United strength in front of the Barracks to witness the State and its members unappreciative of the conferment of an honour on one of their comrades, liberties won for them by the American people Sorgeant Manoel d'Oliveira Leite, who in 1907 In view of this the executive recommended that distinguished himself for bravery in the Cuamato

sinumsy, ste Congress amend the not constituting the Campaign under the command of the then Local customs officials expect that the preamble Government of Porto Rico so se to deprive the Captain, was to-day is Lient. Col-Rotias of the fres trade bill will be about as follows:- All articles that are the growth and the lower house of all authority over financial mat- GovernỢT of Macio. The gorgeant was manufacture of the Philippine Islands shall be ters and materially narrow the scope of the decorated by Governor Bocadas himself with slitted into the United States free of duty, autonomny secorded the island.

silver medal for military valour, and in pinning the medal on his breast His Excellency made an inspiriting address with many allusions to the campaign in which the Portuguese won a brilliant victory. The ceremony was witnessed by a large number of military and civilians,

HONGKONG CINEMATOGRAPH,

There was a good attendance at the Hong

dumbfounded the leaders. Their first con- Professor Vicente Kemppo, who may be epily steraation has given way to anger. They are termed the human ostrich for one of his fonts new greatly incused at the President and mutis chewing and swallowing a glass chimney, heard throughout which he dous with apparent ease and en- terings of rebellion are

joyment, If he is invaluable internally, native political circles.

them is absolutely no doubt that an external application has not the slightest effect upon sakin for he not only dancas barefooted on broken bettks, but rolls about amongst them and emerges without a scratch. There are in addition several very good cinematograph films

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and all goods grown or manufactured in the United States shall be admitted free of anty into the Philippine Islands."

The local committee that drew up the Colton. Tariff Bill was George R. Colton, insular col

lector Hartford Beaumont, special deputy lector of customs; Henry E. McCoy, deputy col collector: A. J. Gibson, assistant infular anditer, and M. Drew Carrell, chief clerk of the Bureau of Customs. They were advised by Appraisers Jus E. Malloy and Henry E. Wallace. The latter is now in Washington with Colonel Colton. The schedules this srit drew up were calculated to bring increased revenue from foreign goods to help make up the expertad deficit, without making it too difficult. for the foreign goods to get in,

WEATHER REFORT.

An advance in amusements on the high seaa has been made on the P. and O. 8.8. Numur.

Washington, May 14. One of the p.sengers Mr. W. A. Mace, IM.

The message sent to Congress by President Customs, had with him an optical lantern, and a fine selection of slidos, as well as about 2000 Taft anent the situation in Porto Rico came as fest of sinematograph film. The first enter thunderbolt out of a clear sky to the islanders, taininent began with s portrait of the Captain There seemed to have been no thought on the of the good ship, the photograph and lantern part of the assembly that the United States slide both being done on board. This was could do other than yield to their demands or

The Presi followed by a series of pioutures of the famous allow the deadlock to contine. terms of the Convention of 1905. According Three cases of plague were reported daring Lusitania, and of the White City, concluding deat's recommendation that the lower house of kong Cinematograph.io Des Voeur Road last to our Chinese contemporary, this betrays the forty-eight hours ended yesterday, two of with various interesting Shanghai views and the legislature be doprived of some of its power night to witness the peculiar performance by inck of genuine sympathy with China on which were fatal The number for the week was studies. The second entertainment took place England's part, because it has been six and four death. Three cases of smallpox with a certain amount of pitching and tossing, but the arrangements were so carefully made admited by the highest. British financial wero niso recorded during the week. authority that the agreement of 1905 is not An unusual case was heard at the Magistrany that there was less flicker in the moving pictures binding and that the loan was purely a yesterday when a Chinese was charged with than often occurs on land. Beginning with business transaction with which the British hawking dog flash Mr. J. H. Kemp, before Red Riding Hood for the children, it included whom the case was brought, was inclined to moving pictures of Canadian grain steamers, vernment has absolately thing to do." belture that the defendant was not noting illeg. conjuring, the man in the moon, and such like, This can only be characterise as absoluta ally and adjourned the matter for consideration.

Several slides in natural colours taken by the

A minimum fine of P30 and a minimum. Lumiére process, the exhibitor's own work, were term of imprisonment of three months for those nonsenso. On September 9, 1905, the thea Viceroy at Wuchang, CHANO CHIR.TUNG, Between Saturday night and Sunday morn exhibited at gave great pleasure.. The Captain persons found in the illegal possession of opium by a bill approved last week by the Philippine who himself arranged this contract with the ing some person entered the committee room of in thanking the operator and owner of the or convicted of its illegal use has boan imposed which are worth seeing.

the Chinese Y. M.C.A. which was looked with apparatas complimented him on the excellance of Commission.

- The German cruiser Scharnhorst, from Kiel; German Fank about which the dispute the key left in the lock, and opened the-safe by his exhibition, and remarked that it was the Up to the present the low bas provided has arisen, wrote to the Consul General at

means of a duplicate key and stole therefrom first me he had ever soen or heard of maximum penalty. with the result that in the arrived at Singapore last week. She is a four. 11.5* 9f their discretionary power some judges funnelled vessel of 9.281 tous gross, carrying 32 Hankow, Mr. FRABEE, as follows

$237. The thief also took away with him a a cinematograph--antertainment being given hare imposed very low penalties upon persons In view of your services in obtaining for me pongee silk long cost.

on the high res. The light was hot as foort with the drug in their possession and guns, commanded by Capt. Leo Maage. On arri

val she exchanged salutes with Fort Canning A a loan through the Hongkong Government of £1,100,000 on very fair terms, wherewith toho Hon. Treasurer of the Also Memorial owerful as desired, so the photos in natural convicted of having made illegal use of it.

colours were not quite as vivid as they would The new provision, should it meet with the guard of honour, composed of 50 rank and file, redson the Canton Hankow Railway, I give and Affliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge have been with better lamination, but in approval of the lower house, to which it has been regimental colour and band, was furnished Hongkong & Neighbourhood winds, you a binding wawurance that, should it be

sent, will strike fear, a Mapila contemporary by the 3rd Bu. Middlesex Regiment, on the Formosa Channel necessary to borrow funds abroad for the con- with thanks the following donations to the funds spite of the dificulties, Mr. Mace gave-a-most says, into the hearts of those who have up to occasion of the landing at Johnston's Pier, of South coast of Chins between struction of the Canton-Hankow Hailway, of the Hospitals --

delightful entertainment, the pictures being the present, broken the law with impunity. The

Hongkong and Lamocks. purpose of the bill is to make the pauishment Bear-Admiral von Ingenohl, of the Gorman greatly admired, and the comic ones can sing effective one and not merely a license to navy. A salate of thirteen guns was fired from South coast of Chius between roars of laughter,

Hongkong and Hainan.... illegally traffic in and use the prohibited drug. Fort Canning,

British financiere shall have the first option of undertaking the business, and, if bought abroad, British Arms shail bure the first option of supplying the machinery and materials.

Li Kam Chueni

Kwok Chingham Lo Yu Shing

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OPIUM PENALTIES IN TH

PHILIPPINES.

عدالت

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:---

On the 17th st 1125 a.m.-The depression. which has deepened considerably, has moved into the Pacific to the E of Japan.

Pressure has increased quickly over W Japan and the Loochoor. It fill high but has a tendency to give way over Central and

'Southern Chías.

Fresh N.E, and B. winds, may be expected shores of the Chins Sea. in the Formces Channel and along the northern

Hongkong infall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am to-day, 0.00 inches. }

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows:---

CNE. and E.

Loloudy, misty.

Same as No. 1. Same as No. 1.

Eame as No. 1

fresh;