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the day, the Council of the Institute must be admitted to have made ont a strong action for the
it took. The fears expressed by Sir Jos:an Semos really bear no relation to existing conditions, for CO. the naval defence of the Empire is not d
matter for which the Empire as a whole accepts responsibility: the undivided res- ponsibility at present rests upon, and has repeatedly been acknowledged by, the Government of the United Kingdom. The resolution therefore was one which could ba
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· LONDON, May 20th. General Machado and his fellow Commissioner Sr. Cinatti, (formerly Portuguese Consul at Canton) sail for China to-morrow.
THE LABOUR TROUBLE IN PARIS.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS legitimately brought before a meeting of the Institute is an Imperial and not a party question. Had the distinction not been perfectly clear we can be quite sure that the resolution would not baye been carried. with but few dissentients; for the Institute. has always exercised the greatest care to preserve the non-party character of its
LONDON, May 20th. proceedings. Not only was the resolution
There has been no response in Paris on which the protost was made carriel hy an overwhelming majority, but a further to the appeal of the General Confeder resolution was also carried by largeation of Labour Union. majority, in these terms That, np. WHISKY preciating the gallant and spontaneous
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offers of the Colonial Governments to provide battleships, and otherwise to join in neval defence, this meeting urges his Majesty's Government to give immediate effect to these offers and cordially welcomes the proposal of the Prime Minister, recently made at Glasgow, to call the Colonies into consultation in order to decide apón a con- tinuous policy of naval defence for the Empire." With the passing of these two resolutions it may be said that the repre- sentatives of the Colonies in London have expressed Colonial opinion in no uncertain voica on the question of British naval заргетасу.
The Gaman Mail of the 21st April was delivered in London on the 19th inst.
At a meeting of Pitman's Shorthand Speed Committee held yesterday, Mr. A. Ramsay, Hongkong Daily Preas, was elected secretary in succession to Mr. S. Kingsbury, and arrange ments were made to hold a speed examination at an early date.
The Volunteer Corps orders state that the
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We regret to announce the death of Mr. L. J. Xavier, proprietor of the Hongkong Printing Press in Wyndham Street. Mr. Xavier died at his residence at Kowloon early yesterday morning. The funeral took place last evening and the esteem in which he was fold in the
THE AMERICAN MARKETS.
SUPREME COURT,
Thursday, May 20th.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE RAILWAY ESTIMATES.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
bát a footnote says the column reprosents "Mr. Bruce's estimate for the line combined with the Hon. Director of Pablio Works' estimate. for the roclamation." We think therefore that at the time the estimate was made it represented in the opinion of Mr. Brace, supported by the Director of Public Works, the Consulting Engineers, and Sir Matthew Nathan (himself an engineer who made himself acquainted with every yard of the route)-- the whole of land which, according to Mr. Bruce's
want plane, they would
to parohose. Enlarged idene of what is necessary, involving pensive resumptions, has been respon- sible for the intresse under
this head. We may add with reference to the various items not particularised in the original estimate, that Mr. Brneo allowed "a percentage for contin
envies," which was doubtless intended to gover aneh things as telegraphs, fencing, workshops possibly not the stock, What the percentage wrs is not disclosed in the published papers. Mr. Eves, in giving Mr. Bruce's estimate for purposes of comparison main and subhead-ED.].
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
(BEFORE THE FULL COURT)
Hongkong, 20th May. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APTEÄL.
SIB, You are to be congratulated upon your Mr. M. W. Blade, who was instructed by Mir, excellent editorial in to-day's issue lealing with F. X. d'Almada o Castro (of Messrs. Almada Mr. Murray Stewart'a dofonce of these and Smith) moved for leave to appeal in an responsible for the miscalentation of detail, Construction of the notion in which the Po On Firm (appellante) connected with the were defendante, and Chau Kwan Shion (ree British section of the Kowloon-Canton Rail
It is difficult to believe that the pondent) was plaintiff. Leave to appeal was way. sought on the ground, that the judgment deliver whois Committee of the Chisu Associatica concur in the attitude adopted by Mr. Stewart That committes is composed mostly of hard ed by the Paisne Judge in the summary notion was wrong in fact and in law.
Mr. Slade said he made the application under headed business men, and in this age when neotion 31 of the Summary Jurisdiction Ordin.common-sense is believed to be generally strongly with his own, spread this porcentage over each ance, No. 4 of 1873. Substantially, the Prisne developed, one finds it is hard to understand Judge's judgment was that he believed the how the China Association, a reprosented by plaintiff's story; therefore he gave judgment Mr. Stewart's lotter, possesses such a smal for him. This was a caso which it was quota. Mr. Stewart's letter is designed to lall practically impossible to deal with in two residents into a state of false ecurity. If the separate way, because the questions of law which people are to be led blindly into debt, as Mr. Stewart would apparently desire, what is to arose would depend upon the inferences of fact happen in the future when programmen of public works are promulgated? It must not be which were drawn from the evidener which was
forgotten, of course, that Mr. Stewart is an The Chief Justice-The section quoted applies official nouines on the Logislative Council-but to questions of fact or of law.
believed.
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Mr. Slade suggested that as the Ordinance did not specifically provide for mixed questions LONDON, May 20th. of fact and law, it was within the jurisdiction of The death of Mr. Rogers who was the Court to direct how this particular case
with the
The Puise Judge thought it was really a prominently identified Standard Oil Co. and the Steel Trust gestion of fact, there might be a question of has depressed the markets.
JAPANESE CRUISERS AT VANCOUVER,
LONDON, May 20th. The two Japanese cruisers which are going to Seattle have been heartily
welcomed at Vancouver,
BETTING OY THE DERBY.
LONDON, May 20th, The betting on the Derby is as foliows:-
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Portuguese Community was evidenced by the PROPOSED BRITISH LABOUR large attendance,
EXCHANGES.
Auent the opening of the tes season at Hankow, we observe in the Peking Daiy News the following note from a sorrespondent at Han- kow"The ten season here is not as flourish-
LONDON, May 20th.
In the House of Commons Mr.
Erders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS ing as was anticipated. Local firms here are not Winston Churchill, President of the should be sent before 11 am. on day of energetic enough to push their business and it is Board of Trade, sketched the Labour publication. After that hour the supply feared that the business gradually passes to the limited. Only supply for Cash.
hands of Canton merchants of whom there are Exchanges Bill which will be in- Telegraphic Address: PEZS8. Codes: "A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber.
aine firms hore. They are eager for business troduced to-morrow. and know bow to study the taste of foreigners. It is proposed to establisli a uniformi Consequently while local native firms do very HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, Dza Vœux ROAD Clittle business these Canton merchants manage national system of Exchanges with a Central Clearing House. The cost at the commencement is reckoned at £200,000 a year.
LONDOR OFFICE: 131, FLeet Strøst. EC
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, MAY 21st 1909.
A Good deal of heated fealing was shown at an eating of the Royal Colonial Institute in London on the 21st nit. conveued to
to
go on all right."
to
The Hongkong police have been called upon investigate u story of a peculiar nature. Accord ing to the report made to them Drammer Collyer
The Government.. contemplates in of the Buffs happened to go behind the rubbish harp an. Ship Street wharf about half past nine 1910 associating with the Exchanges on Tuesday evening when to his grant surprise a system of compulsory insurance he was attacked by four Chinese whe bound him and gagged him and took ten dollars from his against unemployment to which pocket. He remained there till noarly midnight workers and employers as well as the when he was released by an artilleryman who State will contribute." came upon the scene. Two men have been arrested and were brought before the Magistrate' yesterday by Inspector Kerr who however asked that they be remanded pending farther in
niries. This was done.
THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
discuss the grave imperial situation disclosed by His Majesty's Ministers in the debate on the Naval Estimates which has evoked the offers of contributions from the Colonies to the naval defence of the Empire," One of the resolutións "submitted to the meeting contained the words: "They also desire to place ou record their opinion that, in view of these disclosures, the shipbuikhling pro- gramme for the British Navy during the present year should be so augmented forth facilities they were providing for the nimble Canton-Hankow railway insured that
has
Parham few people realise what a great temptation to thieves lies in the innocent-look- ing down pipe with which most houses are provided House owners little thought of the
venience. The pipe gives the intruder op-
LONDON, May 20th.
In the House of Commons, Lord Lonsdale asked whether the arrange- ment for the construction of the
Mr. Mckinnon Wood. Unler Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
should be tried.
low arising out of the facts.
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even so there is no necessity for him to go ont of his way to endeavour to ward the blow of just public criticism from the heads of those whom miscaloniation has led the Colony into unexpected expenditure. The chances are that had it been known at the outent that the rail way was to cost as much as is now indicated, it would not have been gous on with--at least not
under existing conditions.→ Yours, etc.,
AN ONLOOKER,
Mr. Blade tock it that the finding of the Puisne Judge was that he believed in substanca
[Our correspondent is incorrect is describing. the story of the plaintiff. The story of the M. Stewart as an official nominee on the plaintiff was that he went to the defondant shop, of the Council, and never was an official Legislative Council. He is not now a member where he saw a man who was pointed out by a
nominec. Mr. Stewart sat on the Coupeil, dur- witness not connected with the shop, us being the ing the absence of the Hon. Mr. Hawait, as the master of the shop; and that that mau produced | representative of the Chamber of Commerse
ED.] a chop, apparently from a drawer, and with it
choppet a guarantee. The other salient fact [TO THE EDITOR "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."}
The Fuisne Judge-The manager represent ed him as a partner.
Mr. Blade The manager has not prima facie authority to represent anybody as being a partner. Proceeding, Counsel submitted that on the construction of the Ordinance he could bring this question up on the Judge's notes,
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Hongkong. 20th May 1909.
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THE NEW TRIFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE.
Washington, April:15. The President to-day sent to Congress a special message in relation to the Philippine tariff. The message transmite recommendations by the Secretary of War for a rovision of the Philippine tariff, so as to permit as much customs revenue as possible for the islands and at the same time to extend to the islands and principle of a protective tariff for its industrias. message and acompanying lotters, with a copy of the proposed act, were submitted to both housese of Congress shortly after they convened.
Generally speaking, the bill submitted by the President makes a slight increase in the rates of daty now provided in the Philippias tariff bill, Ite framers say its tendoney is to insure, as far as practicable the benefit of the Philippine market for American- manufactured products. The bill makes some additions to the free list. There will be an increase in internal revonns which the Philippine islands will sustain by the duties, by which it is hoped to make up the loss
operations of the free-trade provisions in the The internal pendings Payne tarif bill." retente lows for the Philippines are uncted by the Philippine Assembly,
The message follows?'
To the Senate and House of Repre sentative:
certain limitations, for free trade between the United States and the islands. It is drawn with a view to preserving to the islands as much customs revenue as possible and to protect in a reasonable measure, those industries which now exist in the lalands,
The bill now transmitted has been drawn by board of tariff experts, of which the insular Collector of Customs, Colonel George R. Colton was the president, The board had a great
open masy
Manila, meetings in
and conferred fully with representatives of all business interests in the Philippine islanda. It is of great importance to the welfare of the islands that the bill should be passed at the same time with the pending Payne bill, with special reference to the provisions of which it was prepared.
was that the chop which was put on that
I transmit horewith a communication from guarantee was not an impression of any of the
the Secretary of War enclosing one from the chops which were seized at the commencement
Six-In commenting, in today's jame of chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, in which of the netion. The seizure of the chops was
your paper upon the communication which I is transmitted a proposed tariff revision law for effected under the absconding debtor section in addressed to you yesterday as Chairman of the the Philippine islands, the Care, so that there was every probability Chinn Association you conclaile by contrasting tariff simplifying it and makes it conform us. This more revises the present. Philippine of the chops seized being the genuine chape of the Bgures of Mr. Brane's first rough estimate possible to the regulations of the eastoma Inwa the shop. The position was that there was a with these appearing in the datailed estimate
of the United States, especially with respect to. strange chop put on the guarantee by
a person made by Mr. Eves, and this in order to make paaking and packages. The present Philippine who was alleged by some outsider to be a part the position olear." Ono item, taken alone,for American merchants and exporters to comply regulations have been cumbersomes and difficult ner in the shop. There were two possible hi- makes this much at least clear: that Mr. Bruce'swith. Its purpose is to meet the new conditions ferences to be drawn : one, that the man was estimate is not un estimate in the same sons us that will arise under the section of the pending actually a partner in the shop; and the other, Mr. Eves. Irefer to the item "Land." Clearly
United States tariff bill which provides with that he held himself out to be a partner. If he Mr. Bruce did not contemplate purchasing was merely holding himself out to be a partner, all the land required for $10,500. How then the facts proved would make him per much land he imagined could be obtained sonally liable. That was a question of law.
for that figure it is impossible to say, but clearly he had not in mind the requirements of a great terminusat Kowloon. For all practical purposes Mr. Bruce simply left out the item "land,“ just as he left out roods, fencing, telegraphs, workshops, plant and rolling stock, Home charges and nowounts. Mr. Bruce was evidently not commissioned to go thoroughly into the whole question of the total cost of the railway, including the terminus. Possibly these have no place in a preliminary estimate," therefore, it appears that to describe these two sets of figures is estimates, without the qualify ing adjectives preliminary and detailed and to compare them as though they were in any: true seuse comparable, is at best, an unfortunate method of endeavouring to make the position sleur." A better way to achieve that object would be to compare the work actually done with the money actually spent. The essential point is, Hus money been The Hongkong Military Cricket Team left wasted? Is the railway costing too, maneh ? Hongkong by the China Navigation Steamship An anthoritative answer to that question would Company's ss. Chinhua yesterday for Shanghai, genuinely help to make the position clear." where they will play cricket, tennis and golf A large section of the public believe that money matches, and leare Shanghai May 27th per China has been, perhaps is being, wasted; that the cost Navigation Steamalup Company'sn.s. Chingle for of the railway is excessive. If it is not the case, admission of American goods into the Philippine Koba whence they will entrain for Yokohamaan assurance from the Governmost seems called They will play at Kobe on the return journey. for. The team consists of Capt. H. H. C. Baird, Capti
it
being a mixed question of fact and law. -
The Chief Justice-The fact that you appeal on facts does not preclude us from applying law
to them.
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The leave was granted, and the Court directed the appellante to serve the other side with the ordinary notice of motion for appost.
LOCAL SPORT,
DEPARTURE OF THE MILITARY TEAM.
To me,
Brierley, Capt. Greenway, Capt. Garnett, Lieut. China Association is a boily not competent to You say that the local Committee of the Crookenden, Lieut. Green, Liont. Byrne, Lieut.
express an opinion one way or the other; Bagnall, Lieut. Andiren, Linut. I Innes
but possibly the opinion of na expert Capt. Beasley, at present at Shanghai, joins
serve in some measure to support the Team upon their arrival there, and Liout.
contention. In lás speech at the Whyte leaves Hongkong per sa. Empress of opening of the Tannel yesterday Mr. Grove is
may their
Indiaon 22nd May for Shanghaiand proceeds with the Team per sa Chingtu to Kobe, Mossrefritish section of the railway a whole reported by you to have said, referring to the Thomas Cook and Son have arranged the trip,
The team will also play polo at the various porte..
REMARKABLE STORY.
From the first be had been struck with the extremely heavy nature of the work, and with the workmanlike manner is which it had bean carried out. The line, he was sure, would be a Insting monument' of British engineering and of British colonial enterprise."
I am sure this expression of expert opinion The Tries of May 5th contains a remarkable | will give satisfaction to all those who look. statement, to the effect that the War Offee had forward to seeing British engineers keeping well done nothing to acquire the Wright Brother's
roplane because it already possessed one superior to the front in the groat work of pioneering and In overy reigroet. This was the invention of developing railway enterprise in China-Yours Captain Dunne, of the Royal Enginners, which faithfully. had been abundantly tested in secret.
with as to command- for the Navy in the midnight thief when they introduced this con- British Firms, would have the first rex BITISH WAE OFFICE AND ARÖPLAKÉS. future the same general confidence in portunities for entering a heuss, and it is safe option of executing orders for its power to protect the Empire that it to say that a very large proportion of the materials purchased outside China, in
long enjoyed in the past robberies committed in the colony are attributable Exception was taken to this resolution, by, to this Rource. Another instance accurred in accordance with the Agreement dated among others, Sir Jos SYMON, a well-Elgin Street on Wednesday night, whore September 9th, 1905. known Australian, on the ground that by although the place is well lit a thief found the inferentially condemaingilie policy of the opportunity to climb a dorapijo auzotico, Government it assumed a partisan character. 1f, bo asked, the Institute could thus con demn the Government of the United King dum, might it not be found some day con- demning the Government of Australia, which would lead to deplorable fiction? It certainly doos at first sight appear that this resolution
break thened of a verandab door, and obtain
Captain Dunne, ja his invention emploga the soaring principle of the boomerang, and the constraction of the mpoline is simple and the house from which he stalo a replied that the arrangement contem-solid. The new machine was just completel amber of articles of value.
at Farnborough and everything
prepared for LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The C.N. Co.'s str. Yingchow left Shanghai on the 20th instant, and is due here on the 23rd instant.
Th Apuar str. Arration Apear from Yoko-
is a descent into the arena of party politics hama, Kobe, and Moji left moji, on the 19th but there is convincing force is the Chair-instant, and may be exported here on or about. man's argument that since the main object 25th instant. of the Colonial Institute is the preservation instant.
Tho str. Ghasse arrived at Boston on the 13th The E. & A. str. Eastern which left here on of the Empire, the Institute cannot afford to he indifferent to the efficiency of the naval the 28th ultimo, arrived at Sydney on the 17th
inst. power on which that unity, must always The Bon Line str. Bonnicht from Middlesbro" depend. And as, moreover, the resolution and London, left Singapore on the 20th instant
for this part.
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"I respectfully recommend that this bill be enacted at the prosent session of Congress as one incidental to and required by the passage of the Payne bill.
WILLIAM H. TAFT- The White House April 19·9.
Secretary of War Dickinson, in forwarding the papers to the President, says: "I have not had time to examine the bill in detail, and have ot sufficient acquaintance with the subject to say whether or not it is what it should be; bat General Edwards, who is familiar with the mat ter, reconamends it, and I have no doubt that, with your own familiarity with the subject, you will be able to dispose of it,"
11th and sildressed to Secretary Dickinson, after describing the measure and its purposes in much the same language us the President, says: “It will be understood that the result of the fras
The letter of General Edwards dated April
islands mast revolutionize business in the
Philippines, and unless the adoption of that policy is accompanied by a revision of the pre- sent Philippine tariff it will prove disastrous to some important industries in the islands and also result in sach serious loan to the custom revenue, an to embarrass the Philippine Government.
"It has had pablicity in the United States, and it is believed that contending interests hate been reconciled, and as far as schedules are con- corned it should meet with no opposition. For
identical with the peuding Fayne hill, and there- instance, the schedules relating to the introduc- tion of tobacco, Sumatra leaf and sugar are made
fore have removed the apprehension that these goods can be imported into the Philippine islands
a less tariff rate and thence into the United States free as the growth and production of the Philippine Islands, The proposed revision has the approval of the Governor-General- and Government, he represents in the Philippine islands."
THE PHILIPPINES TRADE
RESENTMENT OF ENGLAND AT ACTION OF UNITED STATEH.
plates an equal distribution of orders the first flights on a large sale when, Cantarem as estimates without the quay to the exclusion of other Statos means ruin to
among firms from the three countries participating.
THE BRITISH TEA AND SUGAR TAXES.
AL. STEWART. When Mr. Stewart-complains that it is an fortunate method of endeavouring to make the position clear to describe two sets of ing adpatives--preliminary and detailed Dune suddenly severed his connection with we can only say that, if it is fault, we have the alloon factory for some unknown cause..
sinned in the orcallent company of the Chief Captain Dunno in an interview said that his Resident Engineers to the rest, we hoki no longest flight was 140 yards, The War Ones brief for Mr. Brace and know to more about was quito satisfied with his offerte: He bad the matter than what the official papers contain left the factory owing to the War Office deciding but we totally disagree with 31r. Stewart's view to concentrate their attention on dirigible of Mr. Bruce's estimate. Take the item of balloons. He was continuing his experimente down at $10.500, and in the latest $1,195,879.20.
Land" which in the original estimate was p
was pet.
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The Daily Mail states that the announcement made at Washington that the United States Government intends to close the Philippines Amarket ic other nations by the establishing of free trade between the Philippines and America
the extensive and growing British trade with the islands. The proposed action causes special restatment because America rave specific assur unces in 1899 that no change,injurious to Great Britain's old established commerce would be made. An export duty was recently imposed an Philippine hemp, but a full rebate was given on all lots sent to America. Until then London was the centre of the homp trade. America also Philippines was coastal, and that none but ships
The Chancellor of the Exchequer in his privately. Budget Speech, said that any addition to the Speaking in the House of Commons, the came It is not at all clear to us that Mr. Bras declared that all trade between America and the present duties on tos and sugar would press day Mr. Asquith said that a Committee of the net contemplate purchasing all the land epses the most self-denying, members of the appointed to advise the Government, and along the route was doubtless-Crown and with extreme severity on this poorest, in many highest experts in aerial mavigation liad been regaired for 10,500 Mach of the land community. It was a thing to be avoided, special Department was being established at It 18 interesting to note that in the except under the compulsion of sheer necessity, Chiswick The Admiralty and the War Office report laid before the Legislative Concilin Both were, if not necessaries, at any rate simple were building, he said, a number of dirigibla February 1908, the original estimate is described comforts of life.
balloona.
as Mr. Bruce's and Mr. Chatham's estimate, "
hips There are twenty British firme at Manila. of American register could participate therein. Until then the trade largely bolonged to British
alove The burgest import and export-firms, the two leading banks and the railway are British, while many of the most impor aut enterprises are backed by British capital.
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