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THE HONGKONG PRESS DAILY MONDAY, JULY 26TH, 1909.

Among the passengers who left by the l TELEGRAMS.summoned the whole of the members

Empress of India on Saturday was Mr. J.. McCaffery, who for the past two years has been Electrical Engineer at the Naval Yard. He has been transferred to Sheerness. His quocessor in Mr. E. Williams.

not been invited to participate. It was at the kametimo announced that s syndicate of Boat ciers had been formed in America with the defuite object of investing capital in Chins For something like three months it bad

Mr. Dobie, the Hongkong agent of the boen public knowledge that negotiations in reference to the Hankow railway loan Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Lt

yet

was informs us that the total output of the Com progres; no indication on the part of America|pany's three mines for the week ending 10th of a wish to participate. That indi- July, 1909, amounted to 21,687.48 tens and the cation came only after the negotiations sales during the period to 31,012.52 tons,

An amended scale of rates of postage at Hong- had been concluded, and then it took the form of a protest against the settlement.kong, Liukungtan (Weihaiwei) and British Post "The Times" correspondent at Poking has Offee in China is published in the current taken the view that it is regrettable that Gazette. It is not easy to see at a glance what

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THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE MURDERS.

THE TRAGEDY AT MURRAY BARRACKS.

of the Waivupu to an audience and

At the Magistrsoy on Saturday, before Mr. showed considerable anxiety in conse-F. A. Hassland, sitting as coroner, and Mossra.

stances surrounding the death of Private J.

quence of a telegram received from E. G. Watson, R. Unsworth and G. Grimble, President Taft emphasising in friendly jarers, an inquiry was held into the circum

unmistakeable terms yet

the Hadglay, D. Company, the Buffs, whose tragio American rights to participation in end by shooting himself with a rifle was record-

od in the Daily Press nearly a fortnight ago.. the Hankow loan.

Drummor Moyer was the first witness. He The telegram was directly due to spoke to descased calling at the guard room and the intrigues of the German Asiatische asking if there were any absentees, to which he Bank, whose influence over the Hong.vived a reply in the negative. Deceased then approached a table in the room, and later kong and Shanghai Bank is injurious went out to the sentry. Witness followed, but- to British interests,

returned shortly afterwards to the guard room.

ASSASSIN SENTENCED TO DEATH, LONDON, July 24th. The Indian student, Madar Lal, the British and American Governments, amendments have been made. Apparently the who shot and killed Lt. Col. Sir in view of the obligations contracted by the object of the amendment is directed against Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Cawas correspondent adds, are of opinion the sentry leaning against a bamboo soaffold

at the rate of 4 cents per oz. to various parts Lalcacca, of Shanghai, at the Imperial HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, Chinese in 1908, did not communicato with Chinese postal hong packets, making them pay each other at an earlier stage of the of the British Empire instead of 4 couts per oz

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Parotits whose children attend the Kowloon and Victoria British schools are notified that

in Eature fees must be paid in bank notes of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation or tas Chartered Bank of India, Australia and Chias, or in British or clean Mexican dollars. The same rule applies to other Government schools where, if the amount payable includes? half a dollar, a Bfty cent piece must be tendered.

negotiations and thus provent the difficulty. We cannot see that any blame attaches to the British Government in this connection. The duty of communicating devolved upon America, who had declined to avail berælf of the opportunities which offered in 1905, and had given no indications of her desire to participate in the loans since arranged. The American Minister in Peking must have been well aware of all that was doing The British Consul at Nanking writes In in this connection, and no doubt kept his my report for inat year I alluded to the forma Government informed on the subject. Meretion of Chinese limited liability companies for over, so longas the American financiers evinc- waterworks, cigarette factory, electric tramway, wollen factory, and the like. Another compony ed no desire to invest capital in China it does was started during the year for electric lighting. CARBOLIC SOAPS Hot seem to us that it devolved upon the The electric tramway scheme has beca suporsed Chinese Government to inform America ofod by the City Railway, which is a Government HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE every opportunity that offered whereby the undertaking; but the fact that another year has obligations of 1903 could be fulfilled. passed without any apparent progress in the MEDICAL PROFESSION

What we do not understand about the other projects emphasises my previous resuscks panies in finding capital. Foreign shareholders are strictly excluded, and the vagueness of company law in Chins makes Chinese capital distrustful,"

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Many Englishmen in Peking, the

that the British Government should

He

shot, and nu proceeding to investigate he found

had not been long inside when he heard a holding his riffe in his hand, while descased

was lying on the ground. The sentry informed

Institute on June 1st, has been sen-bring pressure to bear on the flong-was lying on he had not done it.

tenced to death.

After sentence of death had been passed the condemned man saluted the judge in military style and said:

Thank you, my lord, I am glad to have the honour of dying for my country."

BRITISH BANKS AMALGAMATE

LONDON, July 24th,

The London and Westnuinister Banking Corporation and the London County Bank have agreed to amalga- nate under the title of the London County and Westminister Bank. THE NEW FRENCH CABINET.

kong and Shanghai Bank to dissociate itself from German intrigues.

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LIFE IN THE EAST.

THE REV. P. 3. MEYER'S VIEWS.

We have before us a copy of the article writ ten by the Rev. F. B. Meyer for the British Weekly, giving his impressions of Penang, and for which be was taken to task by the Finang Gazette.

to

Corporal Dixon also testified to seeing deceas ed in the guard room with the last witness. Decensed asked Moyer where Bergeant Jeffrey was, and the latter inquired what he wanted with him. Deceased said he thought the sergeant had someone else's rife. When asked whoso nort torn it was for duty, docensed said it was his. Then he walked round the guard room for a few minutes, put a towel over his shoulder, and went out. A shot, was heard shortly afterwards nud deceased was found lying on the ground.

Irivate Giles deposed to waging the sentry being assisted to the guard room, and the body of deceased carried in. Witness had known docensed for five years, and had always found him bright and cheerful, Recently, however, he had become rather melancholy, and once he told

witness that his sister had complained to the War Office on account of his not writing to her more constantly. Deceased appeared to be annoyed at this, as he had been brought before. the Company Commander.

Referring to his meetings for men the rever end gentleman wrote: We dispense with preliminaries, and I begin to talk about the enormous temptations that these Eastern cities ready help present to young manhood, and the

"Coramandments are of Christ, Rudyard Kipling badly exaggerated врод as the traroller leaves Aden These men's meet inga would have made it worth while. apparently not binding as

take the journey. The t'hurch is keen on missions for the heathen-when will she begin to care for her own sons. Seven adicides have taken place here, within a few months-another Private Mumford, who occupied a-bed-along- was reported yesterday-of young Britishers, side that of deceased, told the coroner and jury LONDON, July 24th,

who began life with good promise, but who, as that at sbout 5.30 on the morning of the 16th

these shores, went at a pace ronohed M. Aristide Briand has undertaken rocked sand and body. I cannot say a instant he now deceased sitting up in bed. The

ex. actly what I me, not indicate the awful latter bade him good morning, and told witness to form a Cabinet.

ravages wrought sin; All Totght by us, but those who knew he could have a twenty cent piece which was of young life is mown down by the pestilence lying on the floor. Witness replied that it was that walketh in darkness;

When ought to as he would not require it any more. brightest fall first. The YM,nerally the not his, but decessed told him it did not matter, have a paid secretory and commanding premises, asked what was the matter, deceased said the whereas they have only a boarding-house, with

would be all right presently. Then he got his accommodation for nine young men."

towel, and left for a bath.

M. Pichon will retain the portfolio Minister of Foreign Affairs. The portfolios of War and Marine

that "the telegram in directly due to theintri- gues of the German Asiatische Bank, whose influence over the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is injurious to British interests." It

A regulation made by the Governor-in-Con seems a serious libel on the British Bank too under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance say that it is influenced by German intrigue, states that foreigs soldiers or sailors, if unarmof and we shall await the full text of Dr.ed, may be landed in the Colony within the MORRISON's message for some proof of this harbour limits, without the prior consent of the

Governor, provided that when it is desired to ❘ are not yet filled. remarkable assertion. Meanwhile we can

land a number of men exceeding one hundred, only speculate as to the suggestion which the notice must be given to the Colonial Secretary, CARBOLIC ACID message couveys. Is it that there was an intrigue on the part of the German financial institution to exclude American participation A. S. WATSON & CO., and that the Hongkong and Shanghai

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Bank was influenced into acquiescence? Against this view we now see Germany welcoming the advent of America in the fold with open arms, with no less eagerness than the British have shown. Indeed the statement has been pablished in a German paper that it is due to German friendship that America bas been able to join the combine, and

arder that all facilities of which local condi tions admit may be given. Applications for permission to land armed parties in connection with funerals or to take part in public cone

M. Cochery will join the Cabinet.

LONDON, July 25th.

that

The visitor seems to have been misinformed when in speaking of the Chinese schools under

When

Private Fright, the santry, said that depenned

Admiral Bone de la Poyrore has the direction of the Rev. G.F. Pykelt he says: approached him at 5.50 1.m. and saked if he had

been appointed Minister of Marine, and General Brun becomes Minister

monies of an exceptional nature will be address ed to the Governor through the Colonial Secre- of War. tary. No application is necessary in the case of

officers,

PUBLIC VEHICLES.

AMENDMENTE TO REGULATIONS.

BRITISH DECORATION FOR A JAPANESE PRINCE.

LONDON, July 24th. The bestowal on His Imperial Highness Prince Kuni of the Order

I remembered that in many cases they

are encouraged, even by their mothers, to visit die than enter, one could only thank God for

deceased said, "Let me have a look at it." The his own rifle. On witness replying that he had sentry complied with his request, and affor

honses which we would rather have our children

the splended service which our brethren are ren- dering throughout the settlements and states." looking at the number decessed looked down the A report fol Mr. Meyer does not portray the actual facts barrel "to see if it was clean." when referring to the opium question. He lowel, and deceased fell to the ground, after writes of the large revenues derived by the which witness fainted. Government from this source and on to

goes

Captain Henblin spoke with regard to the say: "The opium farmers have done their ntmost, by gifts of free opium, to increase their letter he received on June 11th Deceased's profits by debauching the people and ineculating sister inquired if he was dead, as he had not them with the orate; and it will be better when written as often as he ought to have done, the Government administers the sorry business Witness summoned deceased before him, and themselves, for British officers will hardly descend to the disgraceful artifices that have told him it was his duty to write to his

adresser with communications addressed to the President Tarr ia said to have admitted the amendments, made by the Governor-in-Coudes of the Cross of Victoria has been been in vogue. But perhaps some day we, as a relatives

Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith.

All letters for publication should be written on one side of paper only.

No anonymicusly signed communications that hare already appeared in other papers will

inserted.

be

of

Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS should be sent before 11 aan, on dug publication. After that hour the supply Linuted. Only supply for Cask.

Telegraphic Address: Pazes. Codes: A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lisber." P. O. Boz.. H. Telephone No. 12. HONGKONG OFFICE: 10, DES VEUX ROAD LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JULY 26TH 1909.

THE somewhat sensational dispatch which

in an effusively grateful letter, while, from the British point of view, Dr. MORRISON has stated that "it is most desirable that

The current Gazette contains a number of

La the regulations relating to public vehicles.

The first is that licences for vehicles, and for drivers, drawers, or bearers, shall be issued by the Captain-Superintendent of Pollee, who

may in his discretion refuse to issue any Honce Licences shall not be issued for more than 1,100 zicabas within the island of Hongkong, and all licences shall be taken out half-yearly, or for

the current half-year."

arrangements should be made by which the combine becomes extended to the American group of banks on a footing of equality," in order to counteract German influence. The underlying motive of Dr.

For every wheeled vehicle, other than a rig Monatson's telegram evidently is a keen sha, licensed in Victoris, the fee is 818; at sense of disappointment over the far-reach-Quarry Bay it is $12; and at Kowloon and the ing advantages which Germany has lately New Territories (other than & motor-car) it is $12. The licence for a motor car is $24, whils acquired in the Yangtze Region, and the con

the driver is required to pay another 35. half- viction that more aggressively British action

yearly in advause. on the part of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, backed by the British Government, between 8.30 pm, and 6 am. shail he increased would have led to the discomfiture of by fifty per centum. At Kowloon the fares German ambitions and maintained the for public motor cars from the Star Ferry wharf predominance of British influence in this to Kowloon Dock or Hunghom shall be tan region. We had occasion to remark a few cents per passenger, while if the car is appro- priated by less than three passengers, each days ago that the operations of State Bauke passenger must pay 30 cents. cannot be rivalled by private finance either in regard to promptitude or daring; and. havein, it seems to us, lies the whole ex- plauation and difficulty of the question.

Mr. R. O. Hutchison has been appointed a member of the Board of Examiners, vice Mr. J. Dyer Ball, I.8.0., retired,

Mr. T. L. Perkins, executive engineer in the Public Works Department, left by the Segura on twelve months' leave of absence.

In the City of Victoria the fares for chairs

SUPREME COURT.

Saturday, 24th July,

IN SUMMARY JUBISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HoNove M, H. H, J. GOMPERTZ (POISNE JUDGE.)

***MONEY LENT.

gazetted.

Prince and Princess Kuni, the Japanese Ambassador and the Chinese Minister have gone to Southend to inspect the Fleet.

THE SPANISH MILITARYTM OPERATIONS.

LONDON, July 24th. Fighting has taken place in the vicinity of Melilla.

Christian people, any refuse to raise our finances by methods which even China finds them that it was necessary for them to His Worship, in directing the jury, informed intolerable,

and the jury would have to take into considera- tion what was known in medical jurisprudence as a hereditary tendency to suicide.

The jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound inlud.

In conclusion he waxes scathingly crities! of find one of two things: either that deceased how he want visiting. "In the company of mind. The sister who had written to him, the Penang Community, but he first of all fells deliberately killed himself, or was of unsound two fue and earnest men, the health officer and his Worship said, had threatened to take her the sanitary inspector, I spent two or three hours one night in investigating the condition own life because she had been jilted under of morals in the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian dishonourable circumstances. There was also quarters of the city, Opium dens, and house the fact that a brother had committed suicide, of evil resort, and places for cocaine and morphine injection, were successively visited. On this page I must leave the curtain undrawn, but my eyes might

and night for the slain of the daughter my people! This land. needs achie women and Christian homer, but not of the type

Sabbath desecration, where bridge, and fancy-dress hails are the rule.

The Perak Pioneer also resents the "descrip The Spaniards lost four officers

It tions" of the "mors Bfe" of Taiping. remarks:

"The morals of an average com. It will be seen from our telegraphic service killed and 13 wounded in a general maty of Englishmen an pretty much the that the great event at the Bisley Hide Meeting attack on the Moors.

same all the world over. We do not lay any has been decided, and that Private Burr, of the claims to superiority, but we strongly resent

London Rifle Brigade, has won the King's Prizo the reverend gentleman's stating that we are certainly far worse than the great majority of which carries with it £250 and the National communities. We believe that he had not been Rifle Association gold medal. It is interesting in Taiping four hours when he made A sweeping assertion about the Jarity of morals to look at the list of winners during the past here and the appalling state of moral and twenty-one years physical degeneracy which was the result. He atatements

THH "DERFLINGER.

LONDON, July 24th. The N. D. L. "Derflinger" has proceeded on her voyage to the Far

Bast.

H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

LONDON, July 25th. H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught Prom Singh brought an action against A. R. Diercks for the recovery of 830 due under has resigned the post of Commander promissory note. Mr. J. H. Gardiner sppeared in-Chief of the Mediterranean forces.

His Royal Highness regards the for the plaintiff, and Mr. F. B. Bowley appeared for the defendant.

Plaintiff stated that he lent defondant 1250 post as unnecessary, the work being and received as security a promissory note for insufficient to require auch $300. Under cross-examination he admitted appointment. as defendant. Plaintiff did not know where, that Mr. Frerichs had signed the note as well. Mr. Frerichs was now. He did not know that he had left the Colony on July 2ad. He did not make him a party to the action because he did not pay the money to him, but to the defendant.

Dr. MORRICOs has sent to The Times from Peking is not easy to understand in the light of all that has been pubhahed during the past few months on the subject of loans for the construction of railways having their starting point at Hankow. Perhaps the full import of the message is a little obscured by the summary which REUTER gives us. We -gather from the message that the PRESIDENT of the United States has sent to the Chinese Government a telegram which emphasises in friendly yet unmistakable terms the rights of Americans to participate in these

Mr. E. Balphs has been appointed to act as railway loans. That part of the message headmaster of Queen's College with effect from

The is perfectly intelligible. Chinese the 5th instit Mr. Dealy is acting as Director Government has shown no disposition of Education during the absence of Mr. Irving. to exclude Americans, from participation, His Excellency the Governor has directed Has anyone else? As we showed the that Monday, August 2nd, shall be observed sa other day, it is entirely the fault of a holiday by all the Government Departments, Americans themselves that they have so excepting the Police Magistrates' Department. long been left out in the cold. They The Garette announces that His Excellency were invited to invest in Chinese railways the Governor has been pleased to appoint as far back as 1905, and it has been ad- Lieutenant N. C. S. Stinson, Hongkong and witted by the Washington Government Singapore battalion RG.A., to be his extra that American Guanciers at that time side-do-camp, and to act as bis private secretary, The name of Mr. W. W. Whestos has boc evinced no desire to do so; and not until May of this year, when the prolonged added to the list of authorised architects, Mr. negotiations between the British, French Wheston is a specialist in concrete construction, aud German groupe had reached a settle. who bae had a considerable experience in this

class of work both in England and Americas.. Frerichs. ment was anything heard of a desire on the Ho bad just been in the latter country prior to part of American finansiers to participate his arrival here, and has made a special study of which he said had boon paid. Then came the entirely unexpected an-sil the most up to date methods. Mr. Wheaton

His Lordship gave judgment for the plaintif nouncement that a protest against the has joined the staff of the Green Island Cement for the amount claimed less $45, the money to agreement had been entered by the American--Company, Ltd., and he will be available for eon be repaid by monthly instalments of $25, and Government because American financiers had sallation on the subject of concrete work by the costs of the case to be paid at once, anyone using the Company's cement.

A. A. Charmmboy, a shroff, spoke to Mr Frerichs having a conversation with the plain- if about landing money and witness acted an interpreter. Defendant was not present at that interview and plaintiff wanted defendant to sign the note, Plaintiff handed the money to Mr.

Defendant admitted his liability loss $45

THE KING'S PRIZE,

an

.

LONDON, July 25th. Corporal Burr, of the London Bifle Brigade, has won the King's Prize at the Bisley Rifle Meeting. ALLEGED GERMAN INTRIGUES AT PEKING.

STRONG DISPATCH BY "THE TIMES

CORRESPONDENT.

The

LONDON, July 25th. "Times" correspondent at Peking cables that the Prince Regent

most

now appears to have ropes for these name of

to's large audience the press in England, Christian charity seems to be of a very curious nature, when it allows a man, with obviously no frat hand knowledge of a place, to condemn the community wholesale and make the most serious charges without any adequate foundation. We do not deny for a moment that there is room for great improvement in the moral atmosphere of Perak, but we cannot too strongly condemn the wanton exaggeration of peripatetie

philanthropists which must defeat theobject they have in view. Moderate men of all ereods, turn with disgust from their misstatements, and wonder if the physician is not more in need of cure than those to whom he offers his services."-

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GERMANY AND THE BRITISH PATENTS LAW.

An official representing the Imperial Govern- ment in the Petitions Commission of the Reichstag stated during the discussion of the petition presented by the Industrialista Union

BISLEY RIFLE MEETING.

1889-Roid, Sergt., 1st Lanark Engineers. 1890-Batos, Sergt., 1st V.B. Warwick. 1891--Dear, Pte., Queen's Edinburgh. 1992---Pollock, Major, 3rd V.B. A. and S. Hr«.. 1893-Davies, Sergt., let V.B. Weisli. 1894-Rennie, Bergt., 3rd Lanark. 1895-Haybust, Pte., Canada. 1896---Thomson Lieut., Queen's Edinburgh.. 1897 Ward, Pte, 1st Deron.. 1898-Yates, Lieut., 3rd Lanark, 1899-Prianls, Pte., Guernsey. 1900 Ward, Pte. Ist V.B. Devon 1901-Ommansen, L.-Corp, Queen's Edin-

burgh.

1902-Johnson, Lient., 1st London. 1903-Davies, C.-Sergt, 3rd Glamorgan. 1904-Perry, Pte. Cauzda.

1905-Comber, C.-Sergt., 2nd V.B.E., Surrey. 1906-Davies, Capt., 1st Middlesor V.R.Ç. 1907-Addison, Lioui, Australie 1908-Gray, Pte., 5th Scottish Rilles.

regarding the new British Patents law, that FATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. the Imperial Government had approached the British Government with a view to the removal The T.K.K. str. Chigo Maru left Shanghai of the clause enforcing the working of foreign on the 24th inst., and is expected at this port Fatents in England, but that the British Government had replied that it could only enter into negotiations upon the matter after it had gathered sufficient experience of the working of the now law..

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The C. & M. str. Zafiro left Manila on the 24th inst, and is dus here to-day at 6 p...

The LG,M. sbr. Kleist loft Shanghai vis Foochow on the 24th instant at midnight, and may be expected here on or about the 28th inst. at 21001

The N.Y.K. str. Aluta Maru (Europese

Llue) left Singapore on the 23rd instant, and is expected here on the 28th, inst.

The C.P.R. str. Monteagie arrived Kobe at. 6 a.m. on the 23rd inst., and laft again at noon same day for Yokkaichi, where she is due to arrive at 7 à‚m, ön the 24th inst.