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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 19TH, 1909.

is informed whether the promise of a f

The construction of hot-house" is con

"substantial contribution" means a quarter, tsziplated on the summit of Fuji for the benet TELEGRAMS.

a half or the full amount of the direct loss of revenue sustained through the probibition of opiam divans in the Colony. Surely it should not be impossible to obtain from the Imperial Government a promise in thut CO. form. What the Becretary of State may

regard as substantial this Colony-may con sider extremely inadequate. Ontheauthority of the Attorney.General we have it that the Secretary of State's promise cannot be interpratens a promise of the whole amount, and when the Attorney, General spoke of the whole amount" be Beemed to regard this as the difference between the price at present paid for the

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of any visitors who may be affected by the cold. There is another scheme to establish a hotel at

the base of the mountain.

Mr. Geo. H. Scidmore, now American Consul at Nagasaki, has been appointed to Kobe, and his place at the southern port will be taken by

Mr. C. E. Deichmam, now Consul at Tamsi, Formoss. Mr. Scidmore will enter upon his duties at Kobe about Angust 1.

A new feature in the Shanghai Modical Oficer's monthly report is what may be termed

Dairy Black List", which gives the names of the dairy and daizymon together with the extent of any adulteration, oter found having the month on examination of samples of milk in the Municipal Laboratory. It is proposed to

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FINANCIAL REFORM IN

GERMANY.

CORRESPONDENCÉ.

THE ANTI-OPIUM CAMPAIGN.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS."]

Six,-Your article this morning. is very timely. The silence of the stormy petrol of the Anti-Opium movement loads colour to the view that they are satisfied that the movemont is making progress. But in what direction? It is becoming increasingly evident that Chiness Governors are aiming at the establish

THE SS. "FAT. **

AFFAIR

RENEWED ACTIVITY BY THE BELF- GOVERNMENT SOCIETT.

Our Canton Correspondent writes: Soveral thousand people attended the meeting convened by the Self-Government Association which took place at the Wah Lam Temple on the afternoon of the 16th. Chan Wai Po was invited to take the ohair. The Chairman, Messrs. Woo Sam Ching, Chan Chu Chow and Tam Shew Po medo speeches commenting on the grate importance of the Fatahan case and LONDON, June 17th.

its serious consequences if redross was not The Reichstag has begun the debatement of opium monopolies in Chine. If that obtained, because in future the lives of Chinese came about, how long, think you, would it be would be treated like ants and would not he on the Financial Reform proposals.

|-before-epitur-Demand to be sold in China & It

worth a straw. The speeches also condemned Prince Buelow insisted that a con- can with confidence be assorted that a long as the attitude of the Portuguese Consul in said had incensed their brethren both in China and abroad.

Opium Farm and the price which will be publish this list each month for the guidance of Biderable portion of the new taxes opoly is held up as the best means of stop connection with the faffair, which the speakers

paid under the new contract. It cannot, we think, bo too strongly emphasised that this will not fully rape sent the logs the. Colony will suffer in carrying out the policy of the Imperial Government If Parliament were to be asked for n grant- ip-aid equal to the difference between the present and the future rental of the Farm it would not be excessive generosity WHISKY The Hon, Mr. MURRAY STEWART indicato very clearly how the prosperity of the Colony is likely to suffer from the sup pression of the opium trade. "Everyone," -he said, "will feel the effects of this measure from top to bottom of the community, Europeaus aud Chinese alike, from the leading merchants to the humblest coolics. There will be less employment for the latter on land and in the harbour. Fewer or emptier skips will come and go. The port! will suffer. That is the price which Hong kong will have to pay for the opium policy of His Majesty's Government that is the burden which we naked in, vain might be imposed gradually. If it had been imposed gradually we should have borne it unassisted, But under the circumstances, it would only be right that the whole of the demonstrable loss to revenue should be made good,"

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FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.

PEE DOZEN

$16.50

ROBT. PORTER & Co's BULL DOG BRAND GUINNESS' STOUT IN PINTS AND SPLITS.

the public.

The Chancellor threatened to resign

should be borne by the propertied In honour of Mr, Amos P. Wilder, American classes, and he adhered to the succes- Consul-General at Shanghai, a tiffin was givension duties. last week in the Palace Hotel by Judge Thayer, The staffe of the Consulate, the U. S. Court for Chins, and the Postal Agency were invited, and if the Liberals and Conservatives the event was of an extremely pleasant nature, would not sink their differences and After the covers had been removed Judge combine to place the finances of the Thayer extended a warm welcome to Mr. Wilder to his post in Shanghai, and the latter suitably country on a sound basis. responded.

An Imperial proclamation has been issued at Poking reducing the likia dues hitherto levied upon morchandise travelling upon the khanghai- Nanking Railway. The reductions amount to from twenty to fifty percent. A rescript issued

at the same time stated that no other charges should be made upon merchandim travelling by

the Shengtai-Nanking railway, and announcing that heavy punishment would be the result of any infringement of that order.

A photograph of " The Commodore," Captain A. W.Outerbridge, of the Chins Navigation Com pany's steamor Tean, appears on the front page of the last weekly number of the Manila Times. The photograph, wo notice, is also reproduced in the daily edition of the 12th inst, with the following paragraph underneath--Captain Arthur William Outerbridge, master of the

steamer Tean, one of the regular liners between Mauils and Hongkong, is a great favourite with the travelling public. The Commodore, sa The indefiniteness of the Secretary of he is affectionately called, likes a good story State's promise is the more tantalising better than most things in the world, and the the more it is considered. In the firstTales of the Team" would make a valuable place, we do not know whether the volume. The captain is a Briton from topamet. viowa of the Borerament, as to what is a to kool, but he has a lot of regard for the erring A. S. WATSON & CO.. rubetantial contribu.ion, are in accord with cousins and is one of the pillars of the unwritten

the views of the Colony; secondly, we have allianos. no assurance that Parliament will sanction what the Government proposes; and thirdly, we do not know how long the Government propose to continus this grant-in-aid. Each year the quantity of Indian opium sent to Chips in cut down by one labth It is therefore certain that the Hongkong

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annually increasing loss of revenue from the opium farm, and it is at the same time obvious that the annually decreasing import of opium will seriously affect the general prosperity of the Colony. On top of all this the Colony has become liable for a big railway lose with no certain prospect of being able to meet the interest out of railway revenue for some years to come. The Colony is therefore naturally very anxious to be assured that the promise of ambatantial contribution towards lous of HONGKONG OFFICm: 104, Das Vasu BOAD Crevenue resulting from the anti-opium policy. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET Starr. EC in not likely to be less than what Mr. STEWART his termed the demonstrable logs".

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HONGKONG, JUNE 197 1909.

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RUSSIAN DREADNOUGHTS.

LONDON, June 17th. Four Dreadnoughts of 23,000 tons each were laid down at St. Petersburg yesterday,

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LATER. The materials for the four Dread noughts are to be Russian, but the designs and the supervision are to be British.

TAXATION

AMERICA.

**LONDON, June 18th. A Washington dispatch says that the tax on corporations amounts to 2 per cent. [on the net profits and is estimated to yield the equivalent of £5,000,000 sterling.

The tax will necessitate the Fedoral supervision of the annual accounts of the corporations,

THE MILITARY CAUSE CELEBRE.

LONDON, June 18th.

The Japanese Settlement at Hankow appears to be flourishing, the Japan Mail ways. The number of houses and inhabitants is increasing daily. It is expected that buildings for a dal market and a vegetable market will be soon erected. A commulate is to be built in July, and an elementary school is to be transformed to the town from some place which is not mentioned in late of the 2nd Grenadier Guards, this telegram. Ground for a Japanese slab hse against the decision of the Army been purchased at an outlay of 4,500 teals, and Council and claiming £75,000 as work has been commenced on a building which

• The appooltaf. Lisutsumus Winside,

THE TSAR AND KAISER

ging the trade, it will never be abolished. The ravenne possibilities of the system would appeol far too strongly to the officials.

If China is loyal to the pact she has made with Great Britain, she can rely upon the loyal assistance of every British importer. But evidence of that loyalty is not yet general in China-Yours,

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Lo Show Ngo having read the "Express" circulated by the Society, the Chairman re- capitulated the Fatshan incident and said the most important matter which they now had to deal with was the Portuguese Consul's dispatch to the Viceroy which contained the tallowing accusations, viz. -(1) That the Chinese people protend to love their country. (2) That the ALLEGED FEROCIOUS DOG.

Self-Government Eooiety is. an illegal society. ---At the Magistracy-yesterday Mr. John Lam (3). That the Press representatives-should-be hert, Lloyd's surveyor, was summoned for koup. severely punished for their conduct in connec- ing a ferocious dog at his residance, No. 3tion with the Fatshan incident.. (4) That tho Ormsky Villas, Kowloon. The complainant witness who gave evidence should be repri was a Chinese women who alleged that the dog | munded. (5) That the Solf-Government Boolety bit her son.

did undoubtedly bribe the witnesses who gave

His Worship (Mr. Haseland)—Have you got evidence in the Fatskan case, The Chairman a ferocious dog? no Mesh,JA

said that any man endowed with reason would Mr. Lambert-Not to the best of my knowl.not make such coonsations, but as they had been edge. I have two dogs.

mado by the Portugaçsa Consil ha bagged - the His Worship Yon may neither of them is antience to suggest what measures should be ferocious?

nothing sicions or ferocious about them. This boy is the tormont of all the dogs about the neighbourhood. He has been throwing stones and if the dog has get loose and bitten him it is only what he deserves.

Mr. Lambert-As far as I now, I have seen

Tospector. Langley said he was prepared to prove that the dog attempted to bite a European constable.

Mr. Lambert said he know upthing of that until the previous night, when coming down in whose wife remarked that she was an eye-witness the car he mentioned the matter to a friend

of the occurrence, and the declared that the policemen was to blame as he made an unwar. Tanted attack upon the dog. She was a member of the Bociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and she would gladly come forward kød give evidence.

His Worship - I think I had better try the

case.

Mr. Lambert added that he was quite willing to have the dog destroyed, late

Inspector Langley-Then the quetion of compABKAT "To wor

Mr. Iambert-I don't feel inclined to pay

taken in the matter.

large crowds shouted that any uncivilized re- taliation would do for persons who are so unreasonable.

The audience became greatly excited and

The Chairman rose and told them to becalm. themselves, and remarked that hof only had the Chinese people been greatly incensed over this matter, but even foreigners were very much enraged The first and foremost." point to deal with was the false accusa tions made by the Portuguese Consul. Al-

and uncivilized in his attitude towards them. though the latter has been most unreasonable.

they must not retaliate by uncivilized methods. He asked permission of the audiance to give his opinion as to what steps should be taken in the matter, and assent having been signified he made the following proposals: First, to address a letter in the name of the Self-Government Society to the Portuguese Consul calling upon him to prove all the accusations contained in his dispatch to the Viceroy; and if he should reply admitting to have made an

one that all might know the facta and they would then overlook the matter.

compensation to a child who is brought it Beconally, To petition to HE, the Viceroy upon himself.

The bearing was fred for Wednesday.

in to cost 15,000 dollars. A large firm is spoken damages for wrongful dismissal, hasBELILIOS FUBLIC SCHOOL. of as engaged in patting up particularly impos-been dismissed. ing promises. Its partners are Mr. Takagi, of the Mitsui House, Mr. Tachibana, of the Okurs House, and Mr. Kao, head of an exchange shop at Wuchang. It has further been decided that the terminus of the Yeh Han Railway shall be on the river's bank immediately opposite the

Japanese Settlement, and this is expected to have a great influence upon the development of the latter.

Yokohama has just lost two of its oldest lady ro- sidents, namely, Mrs. Lowder and Mrs. William- san. Mrs. Lowder and Mrs. Williamson are danghters of the Bev. 8. R. Brown, an Anxerican missionary, who, with his wife and

family The German Mail of the 19th May was arrived in Japan forty-nine years ago Lesb delivered in London on the 17th inst.

November, Mrs. Lowder is the wife of the late Mr. Lowder, a well-known lawyer in Yokohama, who was associated with Sir Rutherford Alcook in the early days. She has been very active in all philanthropic work there both among Europeans and Japanese, and has been deservedly

The Lord Bishop of Victoria will preach at the Morning Service and the fter. A. B. Thorn hill at the Evening Service at St. Andrew's, to-

KILONDOW.

The prizes so kindly given annually by Mr. B. E. Belition to the pupils in Bellion Public School who excel in the subject of English composition ware yesterday presented to the successful candidates by Mr. E. A. Irving, Inspector of Bobocks. The following are the names of the prize winners

Mabel Long, Rowe Ablong, Mabel Mooney, Hohen-Yaham Alarakis, Hung & Nui, Choong Fook

Tp, Là Tring Lim, and Chan Bik Harm.

A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Bellion and Mr. Irving on, the motion of Mabel Long, the dus of the Echool,

LONDON, June 18th. The Tear and Kaiser met at Bjoerkos yesterday, morning, and ex- changed visits aboard the zollern and the “Standart ".

The monarchs lunched on the Standart with the Tsaritsa and her children.

BRITISH VESSEL FIRED ON BY RUSSIAN WARSHIPS.

LONDON, June 18th. The Russian warships guarding held in high esteem by all sections of the com- the meeting place of the Emperors

praying that dispatches may be forwarded to both the British and Portuguese Comenis to have a fresh joint investigation Into the Fat

shan case.

The audience approved, the above proposals, but it was added that if no reply is received from the Portuguese Consul within three days another meeting will be convened to decide what further steps should be taken: *

The following is a translation of Proclama- tion isented by His Excellency Viceroy Chang of the 15th Instant, when information reached him that the Self-Government Society intended to hold a meeting on the 16th Instant

“This Proclamation is issued to inform the

public that the establishment of commercial intercourse between the Chinese and the for eigners is for the convenience and mutual benefit of both people. The British firm of Batter- DEATH OF A BRITISH VICE-CONBUL. | field and Swire, has established regular steain-

Death has removed another promising young ship services at the various Treaty Ports in man from the British Consular service in the China for the conveyance of goods and person of Mr. Alfred John Flaherty, British passengers for a number of years and have Vice-Consal of Shanghai, in charge of the been trading all along peacefully with the Land Offee, who died at the General Hospital

We think the community generally will support the action taken by the unofficial members of the Legislative Council at Thursday's moeting in pressing for an interpretation of the Secretary of State's promise to ask Parliament to give "a sub of officers from the Japanese craiser Chitose, munity be. Walliamson is the widow of Judge Russia and Germany fired a blank stantial contribution" towards making good i were conducted over the quarters of the 13th Williamson, a prominent lawyer of Cleveland, and then two shots at a passing New. The hook, however, was too great, and as suspicions, and avoided travelling by that

Rajputs at Kowloon.

Yesterday the Japanese Consul, and a party

who was identified with some of the great rail-

of

on the 11th inst. after a short illness. The de Chinees. Last year on account of an action ceased, the Mercury says, was removed to hospital brought against one Noronha (who was employed some days ago suffering from appendicitis. At on board the 8.8. Fatehan) fur kicking first no serious results were anticipated by his operation was decided upon several days ago, medical attendants, but a change set in and an

ably inflamed, and the people began to have

Chinaman to death, public feeling was consider-

already stated, the decensed succumbed this

and leaving school he passed his examination in July, people to desist from creating trouble, and they

and was born on the 19th agust, 1878. After triet

exhortations

were issued

to the

road interests of the country. Mrs. Williamson castle steamer named the Wood-morning. The deceased was a native of Ireland steamer. With regard to the stove matter, 8. F. Allanah, of d'Aguilar Street, wax has been on a visit to her sister in Yokohama burn,” damaging her boiler summoned by an Indian who accused his of during the past twelve months. Both ladin

wounding a stoker. ult. Mr. Hastings appeared for the defen-have been the recipients of many manifestations dant and the case was adjourned.

of respect lately from their father's former papil and their many Japanese friends, a well Friederichshamm and proceeded from foreign residents.

The attention of members of the Hongkong Gymkhana Club is directed to an advertisement which appears in another column with regard to the closing of entries for the thinl meeting.

WEATHER REPORT

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report: --

Miss Grace Hooper, of 73 Wyndham Street reports to the police that she sent her No. 2 boy On the 18th at 1150 The depression to the Hongkong and Shanghai Savings bank lying over the Yangtze Valley, yesterday, is with 8150 to deposit in her name, and hemoving Eastwards and approaching the neigh-

bourhood of dianghai. absconded with the money.

The steamer was repaired

at

at 1900 and rendered valuable services in the

1898, and was appointed student interpreter to were also requested to cấp goods and travel by the Legation at Peking the same year. He was the steamer in the ordinary way, after which stationed at the capital during the Boxer stege things went on peacefully. Fearing that there

to

England, the stoker being left hospital at Viborg.

in

defence of the Legations and received the thina might be some people who are desirons of Mindal and lasp. In 1902 he was promoted creating trouble on the pretext of the Fatsha second class assistent and from October, 1904, to incident, I have purposely issued this proclame February, 1905, he was Acting Vice-Loreal at

CHINESE OFFICERS IN THE JAPANESE ARMY.

DRASTIC ACTION BY. THE GOVERNMENT.

Tientsin, Acting Consul at Changsha 1905tion for the information of the public. You Vive Coneul at Hankow 1906 and in August are all aware that the firm of Buttarielä and Swire has hitherto been carrying on business the same year he was promoted. frst class assistant and transferred back to Tientsin. in China upon very friendly terms, with a spirit, Recently he came to Shanghai with the rank of Vice-Consal in charge of the Land Office During his short stay he made hosts of friends by his obliging and engaging manners.

of justice and firmness, and the Chinese people have been very grateful to them for what they have deme. A University is about to be estab Kshed in Hongkong for the convenience of

to the Colony the revenue which is found to be lost by giving affect to the Imperial Government's instructions for the closing of the whole of the opium smoking divans in the Colony when the existing contract with the Opium Farmer expires next March. The Government answered that until the Bill now before the Council is passed, deciding the conditions on which the Opium Farm is to be leaped when the existing agreement expires, it is impossible to ascertain precisely what loss of revenue the Colony will sustain, and so until new tenders for the Opium

The Osaka Jiji reports, acording to the Except over the Upper Yangtze, pressure has Japan Chronicle, that on the 15th altimo al Farm under the altered conditions have

given way generally, more particularly at the the Chinese officere attached to the various divi- been received the Government does not

At the Magistracy yesterday the proprietor stations around the Eastern Bea

The high pressure over the Pacifio to the were simultaneously dismissed without any notice. consider itself in a position to ask the of a Chinees theatre was summoned at the East of Japan has shifted to the Eastward. being given. The Draka journal points out

sions of the Japanese army for purposes of stady GERMAN EDUCATIONAL FROGRESS.educating the Chinese people, to which the firm Imperial Government to translate the term instanco of the Registrar General for carrying. Over the 3.

In the course of a long and interesting address of over $400,000 Moreover, I have heard that- "substantial into a more definite promise. on a theatrical performanos of a public nature Philippines Fact of the Chins, Son, and the thst although the authorities dadare that the before the Sydney University, adran cement the firm has given instructions to their employees

the barometer remains high. Strong &.W. Finds may be expected in the offers were dismissed because they had finished Society Mr. G. H. Beid spoke of the progress to pay special attention to the comfort of the By the weight of the official majority without first furnishing an abstract of the plot į Formosa Channel and moderate to fresh monsoon not actually end until the 31st altimo, so that their talked with some apprehension of the Dread. passengers and have engaged more people our

their terma of study, the form of six months did of education in Germany of late. He said we шко or nature of each performance to the Registrar over the N. part of the Chins Bea the second reading of the Bill was General. Mr. Hazeland, before whom the case

dismissal was anticipated by fifteen days. The carried, and thus we shall have to wait

Hongkong rainfall for thus 24 hours ending Osaka journal attributes the dinisal to a serious moughts of Germany. They were formidable board their steamers to attend to the passen

but there was in Germany a far more gere. With regard to Noronha's case, the man Our tough, at 10am. today, 0.01 inokot was brought, imposed a fine of $10. -

incident. It is alleged that early last month one perhaps many months for the information

It was the fact that the genius of that great! tried at the Portuguese Court The British which it is most important that we

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon of the Chinese, officers attached to the Osaka terrible power arraigned against Great Britain. is a Portuguese subject and his case should be

Army Division unsuccessfully attempted to had been inspired and

race

developed in should have almost immediately.

appropriate certain secret documents. I BW. winds.

The highest forms of scientific and practical in Government have no power to try the case.

I command you all not to drag the firm of But- - customary to lay the Colonial Estimates Pasito Coast fleet will make a cruise to the

matter was reported to the War Office, and struction. Unless Great Britain copied more S.W: winds, thereupon instructions were issued to all the thoroughly and fully the magnificent example terfield and Swire into Norunia's case and by before the Council in the month of East, with the Philippine watere as its special

*******strong

army divisions ordering them to dismiss the of national education which Germany had shown objective point, in the latter part of the summer South coast of Chins between Bame as No. 1. Chinose offices will henceforth be allowed to be thing more awet than Dreadnoughts to travel and ship goods by that steamer, I com- Chiasso offers at once. It is believed that no during the past 30 years she would have some this proclamation I command you to continue to September, and we are at a loss to This will include all the vessels of all classes in understand how it will be possible to frame the command. The itinerary will allow two or

South coast of China between 8. winds, freck, study,

attached to Japanese regiments for purposes of | minet-Dreadnoughts which no battleships could mand the people to take notion of and abstain Hongkong and Hainai......... the Estimates unless the Government three weeks at Manila,

from disobeying this proclamation."*

A Washington telegram says it is annomoed. It is at the Navy Department that Admiral Sebree's

"to" is no follows ---

Hongkong & Neighbourhood fresh; fair, Formosa Channel ...

Hongkong and Lamocks.

the

of Butterfield and Swire alone gave a donation