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RAILWAYS IN CHINA.

TRANS-SIBERIAN BAILWAY.

FACILITATING TRAVELLING OVER THE LINE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH, 1909. TA GENTLEWOMAN AND "TIPE"

[BW AN AMERICAN]"

Any one who lives in Now York or travels about in the United States becomes socastomed to fluding college studente, both men and women, There is the smooth-faced, poetic-looking holding all sorts of positions. youth who serves your breakfast in the restaurant medicine or theology at Columbia University, by waiting an customers at the restaurant for, say, three hours a day during the busy time.

The

MALARIA IN BRITISH DOMINIONS. DISCOURAGEMENT OF PREVENTIVE WORK.

At Major Ronald Ross's lecture at the Royal

UNREST IN INDO-CHINA.

CONCILI (FOBY POLICY OF GOFE'-NMENT.

Klobukowski, the Governor. General of M.

the

on Thursday by representatives of the British, India or Americe, and recent improvements He is studying and earns his own meals Donald Hood, and Dr. T. E. Thor inhabit the risings after mnch. bloodshed, and many.

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THERE IS SKILL AND

OF CONSTRUCTION

IN ALL

ADJUSTMENT OF KIVAL INTERESTS.

The mes correspondent at Peking telegra-

The Trans-Siberian Hailway has now es

Institution inst month on The Campaign Indo-China, has entered upon a reinrkable THOROUGHNESS phing on May 9th said:-

chair, and the sudience included Lord Rayleigh, has aroused serions misgivings among A mesting will be held in Paris to-morrow to tablished itself as the quickest of the three chief

against Malaria," Sir Francis Laking was in the political congue which the Straite Times remarks Sir William Crookes, Bir James Dewar, Sircolonists. Sedition and rank Nationalism were dimuse, and possibly to mtify, a preliminary routes for the conveyance of maile and passen

gers to the Far East, says Engineering. The:

Dr. and manifested themselves in plotting sud rebel. arrangement regarding railways made in Peking time taken is much shorter than that takon

James Crichton-Browne, Professor Svante mest pronounced last year in Tonkin and Annam, Arrhenius, Professor H. E, Armstrong,

lion. The strong arm of the Government crushed French, and German banking groups with the

have been mads and increased facilities have

Major Hess said that if the consent of the hiness.

been effected which have made the Trans

ants of malarions countries could be perplotters suferad death or had heavy sentences The question is of high importance. The Siberian route increasingly popular. As a arrangement is stated to have the approval of result of the conferences and negotiations

week to dast your precious bric-a-nets or quinine, or if the Governments thas shown its strength, the Governor-General the British Government. By it all rights between the International Car Co. and the twins Young woman who comes regularly sunded to protect themselves by mosquito-ed upon them. After the.Government had. secured to the British in connexion with the various railway and steamship lines concerned, brag, mend your stockings (and, perhaps could be persuaded to undertake suitable drainage dotermined on a policy of conciliation and of Hankow-Szechuan Railway are to be relin: during the past year, special arrangements wash your windows, if they happen to be of the and other measures against mosquitoes, much letting bygones be bygones. Reforins were quished to the Germans. The agreement

But, infortunately, humanity was were stopped. The idea scoms to be to pass a concluded by Sir. Ernest Satow with Prizes have been runde whereby travellers will be able small French sort that open inwards, and do not improvement in the public health was likely to introduced, and trials of insurgents and plotters slow to credit the facts, and still slower to take sponge over the past, and to gain over the natives. Ching on Ustober 1, 1905, provided: If to secure direct-connections and tickets from require her to make a spostacle of herself on the accrud.

any of the

prints in the Far East, ontside will of Fifth avenue), is probably study

advantage of them. In 1899, with Dr. Annett Chins desires to construct a Hankow-Szechuan

principal

principal points in Europe and far art at Cooper Union.

The janitor who impties your sah-can and and Mr. Auston, he visited Sierra Leone, and just government. In short some kind of to America, via the Trans-Siberian rante, and line and her capital is insufficient, she will through to elitain all necessary; foreign capital.frón Grent registered baggage will be shocked through keeps your furnace going in the cellar may be drew up a series of proposals for mosquito edit Amnesty has bʊən dedarod. Britain or the United States. The agreement, direct from Shanghai, Nagasaki, or Tsuruga,

of this inrther provided for non-alienation to the ticket destination in Europe, in bond, railway to the subjects or citizens of a third

with examination only at the Custon house on Power. Germany, represented by the Den turh

the frontier of the country to which it is

omination at intermediate points.

CEAVEN FEAR OF HUMANITA TANE.

PIANOS

WE IMPORT

Asiatische Bank, has now obtained from the registered, thus avoiding any re-checking or washing and oloarstarching" at home on the with mechanical protection from mosquito smoothly things are going in this Colony SUPERIOR VALUE

Но ong and Shanghai Bank, representing the financial section of certain British interests, the right right to construct a railway from Hankow to the border of Szechuan province Garman with a German Chief engineer, material to have preferential treatmení.

In return, Germany withdraws her a claim, which in the face of our protest had become unteanble, over the northern section of the Canton-Hankow Railway, which will be con- stracted under similar conditions by an Anglo- French group with a British chief engineer.

This

SURRENDER OF BRITISH INTERESTS.

enrrender of all our interests in the important Hankow-Szechuan Railway in return for being permitted to resume our rested in terests in the Cunten-Hankow Railway is honni to be unfavourably criticized. Many people wonder why the Government should delegate to on British bank, which is naturally compelled to consider financial rather than national in tarasts, the right to assist the extension of German influence into the richest province of China. The arrangemout would be less humitia- ting if Germany, in return, abandoned her exclusive mining and railway rights throughont the province of Shan-tung.

The preliminary arrangement provides for a Ivan of £5,500,000, to be obtained in equal shares from France, Germany, and England, Of this sum £500,000 will be applied in the redemption £100,000 gan), and he balance will be divided equally between the two railways,

THE PENINSULAR RAILWAY.

PUSHING FORWARD THE WORK OF SURVEYING,

Mr. Formyth. Martin loft a week ago for

NEW FEATURES,

a student of the Natural Sciences round at the College of the City of New York; and even your laundress, if you are are lucky, may be a farmer's daughter who has learned the art of form, and is now doing washing and ironing in a little back room on Saturdays and in the evenings in order to help to defray her expenses course in Higher Mathematics.

Special ticket-books will be issued containing at Barnard College, where she is taking a advised based on the mothods which he ment of the brizand carapaiga in Loukin. The

EGN GIRL WAITRESSEN. COLLEGN I have several times spent a part of my summer holidays at country hotels, where all the waitresses were college girls from one institution, working during the summor in order to get funds to provide for the tuition terma. I remember that one of those waitresses gently rebuked a young man who sat next to me at table one day at luncheon because he offered her a quarter of a dollar (oqual to kn

This glossing over of. unpleasant polition) tion there, but, simple as these were, the local authorities could not be got to understand them events seems to be prompted by the horne STAMPING THEM IN EVERY WAY or act upon them. In Italy, where the work Government which, above all things, wishes to was based on the distribution of quinine aroid parliamentary bether by showing how bites, the deaths froin malaria had fallen from The strength of the desire for political quiet in 21,033 in 1887 to 4,871 in1906, and 4,160 in 1907, Indo-China is best shown by the mismanage

result of At Ismailis, ay a

general reduction of Colonial authorities only launched Held force magnitoos, there had been no endemic malaria against the outlaws when the crimes of the in the town since 1904. Work at Klang and butter passed beyond endurance The troops BUILT THROUGHOUT FOR Port Swettenham in the Foderated Malay States entered the brigand country in force, and

THIS CLIMATE. had been equally successful.ince then ex- pushed the outlaws bard for three weeks, cellent campaigns on similar lines had been engagement following engagement in quick Thon camo a pause. The home conducted at Durban, Hongkong. Khartum, succession. Candia, and Port Said. But in India ho could Government grew alarmed lost the opposition and the hurmonitarians in Parliament should the disence.

err, both to Europe and locally in the Far East expenses for the coming autumn and winter find no evidence of a generalized effort agaike capital out of tho bloodshed, and call it to

coupon tickets for each section of the entire journey, by any of the various routes in con- nection with the Trans-Siberian line to Europe, and also for single or circular local tours, sover- ing all the principal places of interest in Japan China, Korea, Manchuria, Siberia, and the Far East generally. This will be a distinctly new feature, and of great convenience for all travell- In connection with the regular Trans-Siberian service, express trains from Vladivostock and Harbin run three tinies each week for Europe. Considering the difficulties regarding through connections, tickets and chacking and examin-well-served meal, ation of baggage vis this route in the past, the above new arrangements and facilities mark a now era for the traffic by the Trans-Siberian route, and will be welcomed by the travelling public.

INDUCEMENT.

The through journey to London from Shang hai will be accomplished in sirteen days by this route, when everything has been got into smooth working order. To ensure comfort, and as an audacement to passengers to break their journey in Manchuria, the Co. has built hotels at the principal stations along the line, at Dalay, Kuangchengtzo, and Port Arthur, while one at Mukden is in course of contraction Oppor tauity will be offered to visit the battlefields around the great naval fortress and in the peninsala of the Regent's Sound. Another extension is nach talked of namely, the establishment of a service of steamere between Australasia and the southern terminus of the South Manchurian Railway. The tendency at as much as possible, but at present the only way of reaching Australasia from Europe is by steamer. It is said that the Directors of the Sonth Manchuria Railway Co. have approached the three steamship companies whose vessels ply between Australasia and Japan, and have pro- posel to them that Dairen should fatura bo made a port of call. They offer to give to the steamers not only free wharfage, but also coal and water at exceptionally cheap rates.

English shilling) after having finished his

Thank you, I do not take tipa," she said, und although she smiled, there was much of quiet dignity in her eyes. Afterwards, I askul the hotel proprietor to tell me something about this young woman who did not take tips." informed that she was a college student, daughter of a country clergyman of the Episcopal church. She was receiving good wages including her board and room, for her services as waitress.

and

WIS

In 19 7 statements of what had been done in account for allowing Tonkin. to be in a disturb 21 colonies were published Only in seven-ed condition. Word was sent to the Colonial Sonthera Rhodesin, Papua, Mauritius, British authorities so to conduct their operations that

Central Africa Gambia, Ceylon, and Senthera

Nigeria was thore evidence of any real interest in the matter, while the reports from the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Bt. Kitts-Nevis showed to his mind nothing but neglect of publio duty Fostering pools which might have been cleared years ago for a few shillings or pounds were left in the heart of important towns to poison all around them: quinine prophylaxis was neglected and house-screening forgotten. Want of funds was always urged as an excuse and was always a false excuse. Many a town could be kept clear of malaria for the aut, say, of the salary of a single European official, and he estimated that a sixth of the medical and sanitary budget should suffice to reduce a disease which often generally shoe toes. Thesinsediato responsi.

This experience taught me a leson I decided that I must never offer a tip to Buy atudent who served me in any capacity, whether as waitrose or as joniler of the flat, building, or as operator of the lift that carried me to my hotel spartment.

However, I have recently discovered that silbility for the neglect lay with the head of the sanitary services of the Colonies. Though many stadents who work their way through college, capable individuals were to be found in those as it is called, have not the samo dignity, or services, Colonial Governments as a rale were rather the same conception of diguity, that this for too careless in the selection of the men to young college waitress had Individual college whom they entrusted the public health. It was

很 tip as students will resent the offering of

or men who they knew would be too subservient to assert the demands of sanitation. The most amazing appointments wore often made. Men of known and approved ability were passed over in favour of others supposed to possess aporial administrativo qualifications-which frequently meant advancement.

there should be for killed and wounded, especi- ROBINSON PIANO.

ally among the French section of the field force. Too heavy a butcher's bill would give rise to unpleasant questions in the Parliament. A. cynic in a Tonkin nowspaper calls this warfare in kid gloves.

RESULTS OF NEW DEPARTUKE, The Colonial Government listened and set native levies at work against outlaws, since the end of February. These levies have no heart in the business and let down the brigals gently. Their orders are to surround the enemy, starve them out, and compat them to surrender. The tactics have resulted in the surrender only of those outlaws who had joined the brigands ont of fear. But the veteran outlaws, who have too many crimesfto auswor for, keep the field. The outlaws see the nets spread before them, keep continually on the move, and only fight when idea that the outlaws and De Tham, their leader, driven to bay. The home Government has nor are enemies whom no promises can bind no threats terrify. They are armed with up-to- entrenchments, from which only artillery fire Ilamane methods are can drive them out. utterly thrown away upon them. The military commanders dare not shoot brigand sympathisers and burn their houses, from fear of stirring up the humanitarian party in France. The brigands shoot and barn at pleasure. As matters now stand the natives dread and serve the outlaws, while they laugh at the officials,

CO. LTD.

THE JOHORE PIRACY..

EVEWITNESSES ÜTTE EVIDENCE OF

THE ATTACK,

Last week what

in generally called the Johore piracy case engaged the attention of the second magistrate at Singapore, four Chinese Johorn waters. The Chinchew of the pirated standing charged with piracy four chur junk described how thirtoon or fourteen China- men boarded the junk while it was at anchor and how he was dragged from his place of concalment to the bow of the vasol and pat

Hokion to give them money and they would not kill him. Thoy fastened down the hatch. The thieves took the chanda-which was on board, aimed at from $80 to 890. Witness did not hand it to tham nor see them take it.

Nakon Sritamarat, says the Buzgkok Times, of present among travellers is to avoid sea voyages | tliongh it were the deadliest of insults, wh. "Penly said that they chose either mediocrities date rifles and fight in regular order behind down the hatch thero. The pirates told him in

the 15th att Mr. B. 1. Knight has since gond down to Singers and the other R.R D. engineers who have gone or are on the point of going down the foninsula includo Mr. R. . Smyth, Phra Ramphai, Mom Chao Chatchusak, and Phra Ratha To these names has to be added that of Nai Chiya Suriwongse, formerly of the Royal Irrigation Department, so that it will be: soon the number of competent engineers of Siames nationality is a growing quantity.

Nothing definite is known of the now railway arrangements, presumably because nothing has been settled. But it is no secret that thirigan of the European orginers engaged on the cen struction work of the R. 1. have got notice R. of the termination of their engagements: The ohief engineer, Mr. Mayer, has, is known goze home, and of the others it is understood the Peninsular line within the next two or three that something like ten will be taken over for months. These, we believe, include Mr. Goetz, Dr. K. Beyer and Mr. Strauss.

days.

THE "CHINESE SLAVERY" QUESTION.

The use which the Radical party in Eugland made of this cry at the inst general election was recalled during the recent by-election at Stratford-on-Avon. In a local paper we nole the following report

ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION.

others will welcome it as a legitimate addition to the beloved fund that helps them to the com- plots their training for entering upon their real life's work.

The other day I talked with a college girl on this subject. She studies at one of the principal New York colleges, and expects to become, an instructor in natural history in a girls' ecllége as soon as she has completed her own ecllege course. She waits at table in a fashionable boarttinghouse where I have occasionally taken a meal.

NOT FROM FRIENDS.

"Do you accept tips from the people you serve at table p" I asked

Yes," she answered laughingly, "bat not from you.

Upon my expressing surprise that she found of dignity and self-respect, she declared that the the taking of tips conformable with her sense believed the end justified any honourable caus. For serving at table she received all her own meals. The tips she took paid for all her taxt books at college.

She could not take a tip from me, she said, be- cause I was a visiting acquaintance. A quarter of a dollar from me, placed beside my plate after eating, would be resentel Quarter and half gladly and dropped into her little tiu savings bank.

Personally I do not agree with this young woman, though she is one of the most delightful and interesting of my New York acquaintances. I honour her for waiting at table or doing any other work that will help her to secure her col lege education, but I feel a little sneaking dieres- pect for her when I ses her nirably picking af bit of silver left on the table by a young niam ll-manicured boarder, or receiving inte hor well- hand a generous fifty cent piece from a valgar city politician, with whom she would scorn to mingie on tenus of social equality.

nothing but a capacity for wolf

who

FLAGS FOR MERCHANT SHIPS

CHIES OF DYING! DYING!" He heard no noise on the deck save for the cries of "dying! dying!" but he saw the thieves bring dead bodies down into the botah: Ju Joon's body was the first to arrive. Ju Kwee, u cierk employed on board, was also put in the katch. There were three dead bodies and four wounded men already in the hold when he was put there. One of these was a passenger. The thieves left at about 4 am. from the shore. At daylight, he left the ship and came to Singapore in a small boat. Witness lost four suits, $4 in cash and two tahils of gold leaf.

He heard no noise

ACCUSED UNIDENTIFIED.

The Imperial Morchant Service Guild have lately raised the point whether certain merchant vessels should fy the Union Jack with a blue, border in alition to the Blue Ensign. The latter flag is flown in virtue of an Admiralty warrant granted to merchant ships complying with certain requirements of the Royal Naval It seems that in a recent case an efficar of the Royal Indian Marine objected to Reme the use of the former dag by a merchant ship on the ground that it was the regnized ting of the Indian Marino. To remove any misap- the Lords Coinmissioners of the Admiralty, and

the junk. It had two masts and two cars. He prehension the guild addressed themselves to that he saw a boat with two masts alongside the saw several of the killed and wounded being cat the following definite reply has now been re- reived from Sir, Charles Inigo Thonis, Per-down by kaivos similar to those produced. Ho assisted in extracting the nails produced, which had been used to fasten down the hatchway. manent Secretary to the Admiralty:

The immediate success hoped for ten yours ago. had not been attained. The battle still raged along the whole line, but it was no longer a battle against malaria but against human stupidity. Those

bad taken part in it had reasoned and boon ridiculed; had given the most stringent experimental proofs and been disbelieved, had protested and been called charlatans. Net one of the young ren who had pioneered this important work had, he thought, ever received thanks for his punished, His brother, Mr. H. C. Ross, was labours, but several he knew had boon untually driven from the Egyptian Sanitary Service out of spite and jealousy, simply because he under took sash work. We talked much of science, and collected funds for teaching and research, and held conferences and caligreso, trumpets over our doings; but when a useful discovery was really made this was the way we employed it for the good of humanity. The few

Sir, I have laid before my Lorde Com scarcely able to continue it, and if no stronger influences could be excited the future of malaria missioners of the Admiralty your letter of the prevention in british dominions would certainly 28th ult, in which you invite their attention to be a barren as the past had boon. The only the practice of certain merchant ships, holding a hope lay in persuading the home Government warrant to fly the Blue Ensign of his Majesty's- to urge the Governments of caur malarious posFleet, to fly in addition, usually on a small staff forward, a Union Jack having a blau sessions to more determined efforts.

MR, ROOSEVELT'S TOUR.

A RHINOCEROS CHARGE. According to cablegrams from Nairobi, in British East Africa, Mr. Roosevelt undoubtedly

The Japanese correspondents of the Daily Telegraph write on this subject as follows Though thirteen months aust elapse before the gates, the vast amount of preparation entailed has Anglo-Japanese Exhibition of 1910 can open its atready made

men busy in Japan and doubtless elsewhere. The announcement made on the 23rd ult. that his Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Survey work for the line has been going on Connaught had accepted the honorary presidency in the Pen nsuls for the last twelve months.

of the exhibition, to take place at Shepherd's those who have gone down now are understood bush next year, gave rise to the reliest

It has already satisfaction. to be continuing that work.

Prince Arthur was the bearer of been announced that Mr. H. K. Moyer's re Bidonce has been scored for the Bangkok the Garter to the Japanese Emperor, and in his office, and we hear it will be opened in a fobrief stay in flan Mikado's dominions won the hear dollars found beside other plates were takon persone who had fought the fight and failed wore

ty goodwill of all classes. That his Royal High uess is to be president will, the Japanese bellove, add to the certainty that practical efficiency will be secured for the entire undertaking. Particular interest is taken throughout the Japanese Empire in the forthcoming display, for Japan is specially on her mettle, and the large grant (£180,000) by the Imperial Diet of Tokio in its farour is proof that any money for the expenditure which our allies will be asked to bear will be forthcoming. The affairs of the Speaking at Wellesbourne, in support of the oxhibition have been entrusted to a special candilature of Mr. Foster, Mr. E. 1. Pollock, bureau authorised to have control of the K. C., referred to Lord Hertford's letter relating rangements root and branch, and as it is to the

gross mis-statements on the Chinese thirty-five years since the Osaka Exhibition was labour question" which it nus alleged Captain set up, the first of a series of almost annual Kincaid- Sraith: bad made at the last election, frequency, it may be expected thut experienced Ho (Mr. Pollock) observed that the Captain had officials are to be found in plenty. Forty years ago returned a sort of anewer in which he stated the principal manufactures were in silk fabrics that Lord Hertford probably knew as well as be of various kinds, more than a dozen districts be did that his statements with regard to Chinese ing famed for specialties." relief silk." figured labour were absolutely untrue, and that as a silk," "crape silk." Other places were widely matter of fast, the subject had never once known for their hempen fabrics, and especially been mentioned by him during the General mosquito nets and white cotton cloth, while Election. He (the speaker) held in his land, other towns bore great reputations for perce prosented to him by the Conservative Club there lain, Kioto for its Awada and Kiyomidza wars, that evening, the document that Lord Hertford Iso for its Banko ware, Kaga for its Kutani reformed to. That misleading statement had a ware, Hizen for its Arita ware, &c. Kioto was portrait of Captain Kincaid-Smith on the out- the home of art ware and of copper ware; and side, and was printed and published by a com- other important ware and goods were gold- pany. At any rate it had this authority upon it, lacquered ware, carved ware, cutlery, and so on. and what Lord Hertford referred to us contaln-But the Restoration of 1868 inaugurated a new ed within. He found, in addition to a misleading epoch in manufacturing industry, and this was respect of labour- sta ement no to Mr. Alfred Lyttelton, a reference especially marked in

A good many feudal to Chinese Jabour, flie paragraphs of which were saying appliances. headed" Flogging

logging Torture," and "A Reign princes had encouraged the use of such uppliances, of Terror." These statements about Chinese but it was only after the Restoration that the labour in all their lying force and inall their lying Government sought systematically to encourage power meant to delude the ignorint and to catch the use of machinery in manufacture, and model Totes, Was that a statement or was it not? workshops and factories were established for the following report:- When a man set a thing down in black and that purpose. This official encouragement had

horder.

Admiralty, May 6, 1909.

In reply to your inquiry as to whether there is sany objection to the practice referred to, I a commanded by their lordships to observe that, Flags of all as shown on page 9 of the book Nations. "this particular fing is appropriated one of vesele of the Tadiun Marine, and

Her argument is that while waiting at tabia owes his life to his coolness and unerring sim, I am to add that merchant ships dying the Blue

she is a waitress, and only a waitress, with no claim to seeinl position, extacation or rofinement of more account than possessed by the ordinary waitress or house servant, and that she has & right to all the perquisites that come in the way of the ordinary waitress, My position is that she is a gentlewoman, doing work of an honourable kind for which she receives pay from her employer, and that the lower herself to accept gratuities, even for the sake of going to collage.

which cocubination recently brought death to a huge bull rhinoceros that was furiously charg- ing the former President. Mr. Roosevelt fired

a bullet into the rhinoceron's brain when it was fourteen paces from him, and rushing forward like a wild engine: The bullet was fatal, bat so fierce was the daak of the giant rhino that it

before toppling over dead. plunged on almost to the feat of Mr. Roosevelt

This rhinoceTOS WAS-ensoantered while the

I am, Sir, your obedient surrent,

C. I. THOMAS. Ensign have no warrant to fly the same.

The Secretary. Imperial Merchant Service Guild.

CHURCH WORK IN CHINA.

A DEEPLY LAID SCHEME TO WÉAN CONVEETS.

FROM CHRISTIANITY,

party was making a short hunting trip from The native beaters had made a wido

The Rey, W. C. White, writing recently from She could honourably accept a inan from a camping moremont, and a warning signal soori

Foochow to the organ of the Church Missionary friend or a money-lender, paying interest, and told the hunters to be on the alert. Within a repaying the principal in instalments, and keep few moments the stalked animal gave its own Society, on the movements amongst the educat her self-respect and hold her bead high and warning, and, with furious snorts, broke through ed, classes in China, draws attention to a firm upon her shoulders. That would be auto-the underbrush, electrifying Mr. Roosevelt, singular arrest of opportunity, through the ther matter.

who expected the quarry to be his sixth lion. action of the Chinese Government, which can. The rhinoceros came out into a clearing at a not fail to be of interest to the general reader immediately charged upon the party.

Bat tips well, I can merely wish that she would not.

WEATHER REPORT

white they believed he meant what he said, but, A magical effect on the people, who, especially according to Captain Kincaid-smith, the rule from that time, made extensive use of machines did not apply. Apparently ho insant nothing at in the business of vuanufacturing raw silk. Other all. Let him read to them what he thought was, industrios, quite new to Japan in many cases, perhaps, the most wicked of all these statements, were introduced, eg cotton spinning, weaving, Here was the question of the South African war, shipbuilding, iron industries of varios sorts, the to which of course, some reference was male, manufacture of cement, plass, bricks, matches, It ran as follows: The real object of the war paper of foreign style, paint, suger refining, pre- was to provide the wealthy uine-owners on the paration of indiarubber, and the introduction of that Transvaal with cheap Chinese sinves instead of electric industries of all kinds. The progress British working men." They know that to be Japan has made in this direction is enormous,

ધર્મ and knew it was apologised for as a for, while in 1890 the proportion terminological inexactitude. How could it be tured goods exported was, of the gaid that during the last election Captainkinci million sterling, by 1902 it hud increased aine- Smith in no way referred to Chinese slavery when fold and is annually growing. The stimulus to-day is as follows:-- they found this statement contained in the given by the Government for the last thirty document which he held in his hand? He had dealt with the matter at some imgth, because

BEURfac

value of ome

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point about 100 yards from Mr. Roosevelt, and at this juncture. He says:-

"A year ago last October there began a most

A member of the junk's crew named Poo Ong Siak gave corroborative evidence and also said that he could not identify the acensed. The next witness was one of the passengers, who said

The youngest member of the crew exhibited a cut on the back of the left shoulder which ho said he received as he was waking up, on the arrival of the pirates. As soon as he received the blow, fio jumped overboard and swam ashore without waiting for any further incitements to haste. Ho saw nothing of any of the robbers excepting the one who out him, whom he could not identify. "After waiting on the shore a couple of hours, he went to the residence of n Malay, who communicated with the police. Thi vi

as in Johore territory. He did not know ir anyone else jumped into the sea or not. A Johore Chinese pig and duck rearer said that two of the accused met him, on April 6, in an opium shop. Ho let them hare tire catties of pork and forty eggs. In addition they rank two bottles of brandy. The next day the fourth accused and another man nim again at the same shop and he supplied them with salt, matches and rico. He subsequently supplied them with other provisions en credit, which they said they needed for their subsistence while raising & tongkang. On April 8, they stared. out with a two-masteil fishing-boat." Buben- quently witness pointed out the first accused to the police while he was caulking a boat ut Tanjong Rha

FORTIFIED WITH BRANDY.

Mr. Rhodes stated that he had arranged with two Johore oficials, one of whom was the chief of police of Johore, to give eridance. The date of the next hearing is June 10.

THE POEM MARK TWAIN DID NOT READ.

There are two good papers on Mark Twain in the May Harper. r. Archibald Henderson the key to the hearts of mea. The trouble je und Mark Twain has experienced it--that the quotes Mark Twain as saying that humour is key soon fits the lock so well that the bolts fy back so readily. He once wrote a serions poem, so serions that he did not care to print it. But it occurred to him that he would read it to the

women students of a certain great university whom he had been invited to address. At the close of my lecturs I said: Now, ladies, I am going to read you a poem of mine--which uproarions langhter. was greeted with bursts of

But this is a truly serious poem, I asssverated

Realising the danger that besat Bwana interesting morement amongst the literati and Tumbo "(the strong fat man); as the natives gentry of Liong-kong city. Because of our have christened the former President, others sympathy with them in matters of reform, The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued in the party were on the point of firing, but especially with regard to opium, they mani On the 3rd at 12.10 p.m.-The barometer Mr. Roosevelt hold them in check while he fosted the warmest feelings towards na and ing infuriated beast. With wonderful coolness, Liong kong has been making rapid and substan has fallen-moderately over China and Tengking stepped immediately in the path of the oncom our local church. The anti-opium work at A depression, which appears to be moving such as no African hunter has ever exceeded, tial progress, but you will be sorry to learn that Eastwards, has appeared over ile Yangtze (says the telegram to the American press) Mr. these men have now turned the cold shoulder to Valley, and pressure is low also oror Tongking. Rosevelt took deliberato aims and fired. He Christianity. The reason for this can now be Pressure is highest probably over Japan, waited until second shot would have been clearly traced to the influence of the mandarin you know, the Government of China hops to the returns from thence are not yet in hand.

Fresh B.E. to 6. winds may be expected in the impossible, but a second shot was not necessary, who was appointed since I left the district. As Formosa Channel and along the northern as the first had piercel the animal's brain.

It was Bwans Tambo's" forty-fifth kill, give a Constitution to the people in nine years' time, and, to prepare them for the responsibilities shores of the China Sea.

of voting and other duties connected with thie schoolboy." Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending and, says the cablegram, he rejoiced like a

Constitution, instructions have been issued that at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 inches:

the local mandarins must teach the poople about it, and organise local assemblies. The Liong- On the 12th alt, about 5.45 p.m., an accident kong mandarin ucoorlingly has recently issued only to be-greeted with renewed and, this of

a with ato, for the election

maisunderstanding, I pat the poet in my pocket, of delegates on a local Tateng-kong assembly. Company's steamar Egypt now lying in the One of the rules is that no opium smoker saying: 'Well, young ladies, since you do not Victoria Dock, Bombay, at borths 10 and 11. law breaker, ote, ets, has the right to vote; but believe me serious, I shall not read the poem.

to another The French mail steamer Dumhen, which arrived the strange thing is that belonging

sions of merriment." berthed in the 12, Victoria Dook, and she ran into the Egypt at the stern on the starboard qualifies & voter. The consequence is that these

HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com- side, denting two plates where she struck, and readin men, who are all so keenly interested in any patriotic moremont, feel that they must one plate on the port side. A balkhead was also have nothing to do with the Church. The plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait For damaged, the versel having been driven against friendly relati ns of these men to the Church, Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Poudre Specialities for the Skin are the study of a the dockwall by the force of the impact and the way in which they turned to ns for Charmant will enable you to do it. Fortunately the Dumbea sustained no damage, guidance and help in matters of reform, were so

[453. She sailed on the 15th inst. for Marseilles with Barked that I feel sure it is a deeply laid scheme lifetime. A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd. Holo Agents.

The damage sustained by the to wean them from the Church and to place a passengers. Egypt is being made good immediately.

barrier between them and va, ?!

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon

years to every kind of industry in Japan tenis Hongkong & Neighbourhood annually to improve the output of its workshops Formoss Channel..

(S.D. to 8. winds,

showery fresh, squally,

Same us No. 1.

STEAMERS COLLIDE.

it seemed to him that CaptainKincaid-Smith and factories. and in the prospect of entering South coast of China between Same as No. 1 in Bombay, that day from Noam was being religion' (which means Christianity) also is at which the audience almost went into convul-

into direct competition with the Occident in was responsible for the document, which wa used at the last General Election, and if that articles exhibited to the public in London the were the ease it mattered but little whether Japanese manufacturer has en incitement to placards were called into requisition. Did not action whiel will not be without effect in the such a state of affairs justify the in turning preparations now being made for the stocking. once more to the candidate who had surved of the stalls next year. If anything were them well, and who had made no mis-statements. calculated to stimulate a workman in Japan to He could assure then they would be going on the uttermost, it would be the reflection that the right track if they championed the candida. his art products would be viewed and criticised ture of Mr. Philip Poster.

by his English friends.

Hongkong and Lamooke. Sonth coast of China between Hongkong and Haizan...

Samo se No. L

We have received from the Dairy Farm Company a sample pat of their spacial Honey. suckle butter, it le quite in keeping with the other excellent products of this enterprising

company,

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