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budget in 1870 was six times pa large as tint of the Prussiane." France, moreover, the Libertas reminds its readers, was at that time the first nation of the world in power, in wealth, in diplomatic and political worldly influence; her fleet was second only to the British, yet she was conquered and subdued by the Prussiaus, and Germany from poverty to wealth, from small to great with no other patrimony that poverty placed at the service of talent. Our Spanish con

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temporary goes on to declare that Japan is pursuing similar ideals with extraordinary sagacity in the selection of means and with WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. relentless tenacity in executing them. She

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conquered Chine, humiliated Russia and probably will overcome everyone who crosses her path, opposing the realisation of her ideal." All this is very interesting reading, hut the calm observer will perceive that the arguments go far to allay the fears they are meant to excite. For if the conquest of the Philippines forms any part of Japan's ideal,

The marriage arranged between Mr. FB GA naval funeral took place at the Happy TELEGRAMS. THE "PALAWAN'S" EXPERIENCES.

Piggott, Royal Engineers, aldar son of Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice of Hongkong, and of Little Woolpits, Ewhurst, Surrey, and Juanita, daughter of Mr. W. Jane Smith, of Gibraltar and Villa Viaja Algeciras, will tako place at the Cathedral, Gibraltar, on December 11th..

Valley yesterday when Stoker Neston, of 3.8. Monmouth, who died in hospital on Sunday morning, was interred with full Naval honoure

That the life of the pearl diver is a hasardous one is clearly shown by the following extract from the Mindanao Heralit, Speaking of-the- The return of visitors to the City Hall Library loss of divers in Mindanao waters while in the and Museum for the week ending the 21st Nov-pursuit of pearls, The Herald saya--Thuren ember, 1909, shows that of non-Chinda there divers of the pearling fleet have lost their lives wors 479 to the Library and 239 to the Museam during the past ten days, all dying of diver's and of Chinese 267 to the former and 2,584 to paralysis," Mr. Langford lost a Japanese diver, the latter The Library was, therefore, naad Mr. Maddy lost his chief diver, who is a by 746 persons and the Museum by 2,823.

Filipino, and a diver of the Ohate fleet was lost. the south coast of Basilan, and the divers, who A new bed of shell was recently discovered on

make hay while the sun shines" have made it work on a percentage basis, in an effort to

a practice of remaining too long under water, Three deaths in so short a time, however, have caused the divers to exerciso more care, but at

A spacial Service for Seafarers (on the lines of that held annually in St. Paul's Cathedral on

Trafalgar Day) will be held in St. John's Cathedral on Thursday, December 2nd, at 9 p.m. The preacher will be the Lord Bishop of Victor. Members of the Mercantile Marine and all interested in their welfare are specially

invited to be present..

bast diving is a most; hazardous business During the three years the foot has been in thesis waters more than forty livos have been lost.

The Chinese Government, a antive popor. says, decided that deospilation is a barbarous the arguments of the Ibertas go to slow way of depriving criminals of life; the oxample Kanioipal Council, when there were present} of foreign nations is going to be followed hereafter in all cases in which the death sentence has been passed. Rooms, for electrocution will be provided for every provincial Judge, so that this new and hamane method may be

that Japan could have driven out the Americas long ago and would not have waited until the Americans had so firmly established their hold upon the islands. WHISKY The inhabitants of the Philippines can rest fully assured that the decision

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BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE of the United States Government totion with the election in the Philippines, that A Manila contemporary reports, in connec.

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make Ferri Harbour in the Hawaiian the Nationalistas have won the election this Islands its chief naval base was not year throughout the Archipelago, and have dictated by any thought of allowing the virtually snowed under the Progresista Party. The Nationalista have gained four governors Philippine Islands to be annexed to the over the number they had last year, and are Japanese Empire. It is not to be supposed sure of sixty-five delegates on compared with that because Manila is not made the chief about fifteen of the Progrosista Party. naval base, that the United States Navy. Department is indifferent to the defence of the Philippines. Corregidor, which com mands the entrance to Manila Bay, is at the present time being strongly fortified in a manner which is designed to render it in possible for any hostile ship to enter. One of our American contemporaries ventures to

FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.

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say, indeed, that no other salt water seaport in the world will be more casily defended

GUINNESS' STOUT than Manila behind the impregnable works at

IN PINTS & SPLITS

Sergeant Wilson charged a native before Mr. B. R. Halifax at the Magistracy yesterday with attempting to steal a watch from Mr. Fisher, of Canton, on the as Kong Tung. While the complainant was asleep in his cabin the defendant entered and attempted to remove his watch from his waistcoat pocket. The leaper awakened in time to catch the thief red. handed, and gave him in charge. His Worship

sentenced the accused to two months' imprison- ment with hard labour.

edicts and ordore issued from Peking urging tea merchants to do their best. If the returns

The toa trade of Hankow presente some in- Corregidor. Be this as it may, there does not teresting statistics for the year, according to seem to be the slightest warrant for regard-reports. Recently we have seen all sorts of ing the acquisition of the Philippines as a fixed object of Japanese policy, and the fears expressed in the Philippines, if they may be A. S. WATSON & CO., taken as representing to any extent the

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views of the native population, are interesting only as evidence of the preference shown for the United States as the sovereign power in the Islands:

furnished really represent their best, well, we cannot say much for it. According to the return 29, 82 chosts were exported for native use; 11,670 cheats of black ton for foreign se, 127.701 eléste of Ping Suey tea for foreign use. Hemaining unsold and in stock 48,301 cheste. The marriage of Capt. George B. Has, & Fery popular member of the Shanghai Licensed Pilots' Association, to Miss Katherine Louis After a long immunity a Chinesa ense of Inch, the daughter of Mr. G. T. Inch, of Liver. plagas is reported in the Colony;"

pool, was solemnized at Holy Trinity Cathedral last week in the presence of a large number of ends und well-wishers. Another Shanghai

Mr., Mrs, and Miss Humphreys and Mr. E. J. Chapman are booked to leave London by the P. and O. on December 4th for Hongkong.

Three cases of enteric fever (all British) were reported in the Colony last week. One was an imported case. None were fatal.

A Marine Cout of Inquiry into the circum- stances connected with the stranding of the British .. Tak Hing, will be held tomorrow at 10.30.

Mr. Jones, chief boarding officer in the Har. boar Department, who has been on twelve On the 11th inst., at Balavis, the wife of E. months leave of absence in the homeland,

returned by the Palawan,

Janton, of a daughter.

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 23RD 1909.

THE recently announced decision of the United States Government to make Pearl Harbour (Honolulu) their chief naval base in the Pacific rather than Manila, has naturally created a good deal of discussion in the Philippines, and especially, we gather, in circles other than American.

Staff Sergt-Major B. B. Williams, A.S.C., is appointed to set as Garrison Sargeant-Major, Hongkong, with additional pay, with effect

from the 17th inst.

afternoon.

An the ae. Kinshan was entering the harbour on Saturday night she ran down s rice jack in the southern fairway. The crew of the junk were rescued by sampans in the vicinity of the collision.

marriage that week was that of Mr. Carwen Barrett, of Messrs. Butterfeld and Swire, to

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STANDARD OIL TRUST AN ILLEGAL CORPORATION.

LONDON, November 22nd. The Missouri Court has ordered

on the ground that it is an illegal the Standard Oil Trust to be dissolved

corporation.

The P. and O. stemor Palawan was sighted from Bap Rook at 10.45 yesterday morning, three days overtus from Singapore. Her passengers included the Singapore Cricket team, besides a considerable number of wives nad prospectivewives of Hongkong residents, so that there were many very nurious people in the Colony when the steamer became more than two days overdus. The Palawax encountered the full force of the typhoon on the 19th inst., bat the ship behaved well and the dummage she austained is trifling, being confined to the bridge and boat desks, It was an unpleasant experience for the passengers, and one which they are not likely to forget.

THE SAD ACCIDENT IN THE SUBZ CANAL.

Canal which resulted in the death of the little With regard to the accident in the Snoz

child of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Bird, and tho

anal who had charge of her, wo learn that it been lodged...

An appeal against this decision has was shortly after breakfast time that the alarm

was raised that the child and amah had gone. overboard. The ship was then steaming against a strong current from Suez and the child was soon drifting away, the amab drifting behind har. It would appear that the child fell out of the porthole of one of the lavatories and that tho amal went overboard the same way to resona bor.

GERMANY'S. INTERESTS IN ASIA MINOR.

At a recent meeting of the Kulangyu (Amoy)

Mesare. W. H. Wallace (chairman), J. S. Fenwick, J. Mencarini, W. Wilson, W. Kraso, Assistant Secretary, the Corneil's attention

LONDON, November 22nd. K. Taudzurabara, the Health Officer and the

The German Estimates provide for was drawn to the fact that several dog owner the establishment of Consulates at were complaining of the number of uninuzzled

issue of notices prohibiting it, and they consid- dogs roaming about the island despite the

ered it hardly fair that they should take precautions with their animals, by keeping them tied up, or musaling them in conformity with the regulations, when so many doga were allowed to be at large. In reply to this, tho Assistant Secretary stated that the services of

Mr. Sullivan, who carried out the work of dos-

troying these dogs, would not be procured often enough to ensure any good result, and suggested that as the majority of the dogs found wander. ing about mustled belonged to the lower clasa Chinese, the contents of the notices might be proclaimed by boat of dram, and after that any dogs found at large unmarried should be destroyed by poison, which could be carefully administered by the police. This was approved

of by the Connoil.

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, 22nd November.

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE

(Hon. MR. REES Davies, K.C.).

THE POLICE MURDER.

Adana and Trebizonde.

A GREAT VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

LONDON, November 22nd. A volcano at Teneriffe is erupting from four craters.

The largest lava stream is 1,300 feet wide, and already covers three and a half miles. It has filled and crossed a ravine eighty feet deep. Two villages threatened by the stream have been abandoned.

class passenger, Mr. A. W. Jones of the Quaziormaator Watling and - a second

Shanghai pollen force, jumped overboard from the poop deck and swam to the rosone. They got up to the child, who was still alive, and sup ported her till rasened by the boats, the res one taking a considerable` time. Tho amah when brought on board was dead, having beet drowned, but the child was still alive, the theory being that a blow she had received falling overboard made her unconscious for the time and preventad her struggling. Every- thing possible was done to save her life, but she died shortly after from shock and exhaustion.

Mr. Jones was the recipient of a congratulatory address on his heroism, and the passengers unde both him and the quartermaster, who went over after kia, suitable presentations, and signed a medal. The burials took place at som The recommendation for the Royal Humane Society's greatest sympathy was shown for Mr. and

Mrs. Hird, who were on board, and the affair cest a gloom over the whole ship throughout the voyage.

CANTON:

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

20th November.

THE VICEROY... It is rumoured among the natives here that the Tartar General has denounced Viceroy Yten ou no less than four squints and. has memorialised the Throne concerning the same.

THE HIPPODROME CIRCUS.

There was a complete change of programme last evening at the Hippodrome Cireas. The programme presented was a long and varied one. Each turn was distinctly clever and wa deservedly applanded. An overture by the Hippodrome Band, led by Mr. Lehmann, com- menced the performance. Then three ladies on The trial of the second prisoner in horsebook were the first to enter the ring. The matters are sail to be relative to the Abell next introduced two well-trained white treatment by the Viceroy of the people in the ponies. The comedy juggling act by Le Dial Fight Banner Settlement. The Manchus in was amusing, and the scrobatic dance by the Canton are said to be highly excited over the Elliott Sisters was elever and very graceful, Miss Vergennin does a very artistic wire not, and Miss Lallah Ashley produced' good music from some very novel instruments. The first part was brought to a close by a novel staircase

the two Indian dicted for complicity in the murder of

police in

the New Territory on 20th August was commenced. The Acting Attorney General (Hon, Mr F. C. Hazaland), instructed by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, conducted the case for the Crown, and Mr. Eldon Potter, lustructed by Mr. Jackson, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and

Master, defended.

act by Dicky and Bells Bell, which was deserved Mookerjee, the bar performer,

The jury were empanelled as follows: Messrs. Ly applauded:

Affair.

Miss Daisy Clough, daughter of Mrs. Clough, A. E. Crapnell (foreman), O. B. Wilks, C. J. then gave his performance, the artist being They were in the not of driving off some of the

of Shanghai, solemnited at the Union Church.

The Chinese Minister to the United States, H. E. Chang Tin-tang, left Shanghai by the P. M. R. ongolia last week. The previons night he was secorded a farewell banquet at the Paluca Hotel by Chinese and foreign friends, being mombers either of the Interimtional In- stitute or of the American Association of China, The latest news of H. E. Wu Ting Fang, the retiring Minister, is that he arrived at Cuba on the 8th inst. and presented his credentials to the Cuban President on the 10th.

Cooke, J. W. Peate, A. M. Marshall, F. Drew, in his usual good form. and W. G. Clark.

Mr. Potter saked that the police be requested to bring certain witnesses for the defence who were in the New Territory.

His Lordship consented and instructions were given that the police proceed to the places indicated as soon as possible.

The Attorney-General, in opening, said that the motive of the erime as suggested by the prosecution was robbery, as the police were escorting a collection of Crown rent from Au

of Crown rent amounting to 2467.75 in sealed Ton to Taipo. At 7am. on the 20th August Sergt. Moore despatched three days' collection

bags and placed in an open basket which was carried by a coolis on a bamboo pole. The soort were supplied with revolvers, and the day

carried umbrellas. The coolie, on seeing the

The Mysore

CRIME IN BỤNAM, There have been several bad cases of robbery on Honam Island. Two nights ago a gang of well-armed robbers attacked a farmor's house at place called Ba Tau. They did not receive mach booty and so proceeded to loot the farm.

farmer's best bulls when the watch appeared on troupe appeared in Bamboo Perch act. the scene. There was a fight and the robbers Dalbenie was also good on the one whoal. were driven away and the booty recovered. The Carpie Bros, presented another novel ast.,

Unfortunately, far worse crimes are recorded At a place which is better than their act last week from other parts of the island. Walter St. Leon did a daring somersault riding called Tin Tow the master of the house died act, absolutely the best, seen hers. Miss Zelia and the funeral rites attracted a large number with her statue horse is one of the best per- of friends and relations to the place. During the formances of the evening. Mr. Jones this night & scoundrel committed an outrage on a week performs with the Royal Bengal tiger. slave girl aged 12. He so frightened the child Prof Urban still appears to be a favourite that she dared not scream for help. The next with his wonderful

night he attempted another outrage on a still younger girl. This one, however, screamed loudly and brought people to her assistance. The man was at once hazided over to the authorities. According to Chinese-law the punishment for such a crime is decapitation.

SELF-GOVERNMENT.

Map of will suimals,

BANDMANN'S COMEDY COMPANY.

"Sixty laughs in sirty minutes" was the

Under the auspices of the Sun Wui Magie-

* MARKIAGE COMPLICATIONS.

after many complications, and numerous Bettlement. A certain widow remarried for the

old spark Lord Steyne, who had his troubles buch funny situations, all ende woll The gay third time

sury Dallas, and Mr. Douglas Vigors with his wife, was well impersonated by Mp

send a Commissioner to Great Britain specially The Frince Regent, it is stated, proposes to to confer with the British Government on the curtailment of the importation of opium into China The Commissioner will be charged also Commodore Lyon and the officers of H. M. with the task of studying the conditions in the Fleet and Dockyard will be At Home" to vpina-producing countrion. It is stated that being hot the police discarded their tonics and attraction which drew many to the theatre laatste meeting was held to consider the their friends on the Cricket Club ground this Prince Kung, the Chief Anti-Opium Commis attack, dropped his basket, and ran back to the night, when Mr. Frederick Lonsdale's comedy advisability of starting a Balf-Government sioner, has ordered a report to be submitted on station, where he informed Sergt. Moore of what Bandnaan Company. The plece turns on the such a society be formed, and delegatos have The Early Worm" was produced by the Society in the district. It was agreed that poppy phatation in the different provinces to had occurred. The latter telephoned to the peccaliloes of two gay men about town, one been sant to other districts to find out the onable him to devise means for its entire sup other police stations and search parties were pression.

sent out. The Indian Sergeant's death was dus very much married and the other about to best way of working these institutions,

be married. The principal parties play. The ornotion of new buildings for the Japan-to a fractured skull, but the nonstable's death was we Consulate General at Shanghai was begun due to a ruptured spleen, which might have been at cross purposes for a time, but eventually A queer case is reported from the Manoha on August 1 and the ceremony of laying the caused by a fail or a blow. How many men Grave dissatisfaction is expressed by the years was general secretary of the VM.CLA, Y. Matstoka, Acting Consul-Général for Japan mystery, but the Crown suggested that four men, Mr. Geo E. Lorrigo, who for a number of foundation stone was performed last week by Mr were concerned in the attack would remains Spanish paper Inbertas, a daily newspaper at Topeka, is shortly due in Hongkong, where he A schems to erest now buildings formulated one of whom had been tried and one of whom published in the interests of the religious has been appointed as one of the secretaries of some sight or nino years ago, bubib was decided was the prisoner, were leaders. That quartette orders of the Philippines. In the opinion. the Association. He is making a short stay at hot to go on with the work at that time. The were seen, the night before the murder, in the of the Libertas, the decision of the United Shanghai.

Japanese Government this year voted Y. 200,000 neighbourhood of a certain house talking secret- for the expenses of orcoting the requiretly and were sean to leave the house in the early States Government in this matter is only ta General Sir J. French, GCB, KCMG buildings and farnishing the same on the old morning armed with matlocks. Some time for the siege that it provid be explained by the suggestion that in the etc. Brigadier-General D. Henderson, C.B.site of the Consulate-Goners!,

later they were together again talking over the many mintss was well fou event of war with Japan, the Philippine D.8.0., and Lieutenant the Hon. M. V. B.

details of the crime in the presence of certain Brott are passengers to Hongkong by the Tylands will be abandoned by the United P.&O.E.S. Moollan, from Marseilles, Nov. 25,

Evidence was then called, and the hearing States. That the present financial trans-shipping at Colombo to the Mantua, embarrassments of Japan will impede her

adjourned.

from "having if out with an opulent nation like America" is ridiculed by the Libertas, who reminds its readers that in 1850 Prussia was the most miserable country

Seven Chinese who were arrested at Hanghom on Bunday were charged before Mr. FR Halifax at the Magistracy yesterday with gambling. Three of the defendants, who were proved to be the keepers of the game, wore find

DISTURBING THE COURT

the part of the Duke, while Mr. Nevil the amusing parb of the Worm. T laughed, from beginning to en

LORD KITCH

Lieutenant Ralph Collins, who has been opitnossos," : pointed irst officer of the Kent, has been 18 years in the service, and has held his present rank for the past ten years; Lietit J. C. Davis,

Lord Kitcheners the navigating officer, has served in the navy

carried him throu for nearly 11 years and was specially promoted

puga, hai been 7 Nizam, Democr lieutenant for his services in North China

which caused t during the war, when he was midshipman na

At the Supreme Court. yesterday morning Tanuel, has the expedition to the relief of Peking and the the Altorney General experienced some dif. Maharajah in Europe. Her territory comprised £25 each, and the remainder of the players were

operations round Tientin (mentioned in des- Houlty, when addressing the jury, in making his lordshi a strip from the Niemen to the Wesser on each fred fifty cents.

patches, medal with clasp). Lieutenant J. B. himself hesed, and he suggested that the ham of His Hi the Baltic, composed of dunes, marshes and

Murray, the new navigating officer has an ox-mering in the Post Office be stopped. His Gunner Cook, B.G.A., was found drownedperience of 13 years in the Navy, and has held Lordship replied that he would be glad if it forests of stunted firs, and a few forests on in Highom Bay yesterday morning. The his present rank for six years He is qualified bould be done, and the Attorney-General added the banks of the Rhine and in northern body was interred in the Military part of the to navigate a first-class battleship oraisor-that the police be sent to order the noiro to be Germany. But the Prussians Inda cemelry in the afternoon, and was accom- Engineer Commander E. J. Campbell is an stopped. After inquiries had been

plexion, M made his Charmant precise, clear ideal, and to realise it they panted to the grave, with full military honours, experienced officer with a varied service, and Lordship stated that he understood the Post Charmant conquered Denmark, Austria and France, by the Officers and men of 88 Coy. B.G.& his engine room staff inchides Engineer. Office were engaged in sealing up bozes and it Specialiti

lifetime. opulent nations, especially the last, whose and the band of the 2nd. East Kont Regiment. Lieutenants A. E. J. Murray, H. G. Moon, and would only last a few minutes.

B. C. Bowler,

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