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THE HONGKONG DALLY PRESS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 1910.

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been of such excellent quality as to meet with a ready sale in Lancashire. It was during Mr. CHAMBERLAIN's tenure of the Colonial Secretaryship that the Association came into existence and, quick to perceive the national importance of the movement, CO. this far-going statesman was among

first to express his cordial sympathy with the Association, and he gave to its efforts his heartiest support while he remain ed at the Colonial Office. The whole Unionist Government of the day indeed were so convinced of the possibilities of the Association—especially in West Africa that it was largely on this account that the railway developments in Nigeria were utinost ex pushed forward with the

of pedition.

"acts One of the last the Inte Sir ALPHED

Joves, who WAS one of the British Cotton Grow- Association's most indefatigable ers' pioneers, was to negotiate with the Colonial Office for a grant-in-aid towards the cost of the experimental pioneer and missionary work of the Association in West Africa, with the result that the Government has made a grant-in-aid of £10,000 a year

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An Englishman named Elvy (alias Natfield) has been arresten at Bingspers on a charge af desertion from the Royal Garrison Artillery on Christmas Eve, at Hongkong and has boar turned over to the military authorities.

A children's party was given on H. M. S. Tamar on Thursday by Commander Acton, Many of the arrangements mado - for the entertainment of the children were distinctly aprel. Aboat eighty children were present and had s most delightful time,

Bir Katthew Nathan, the new Hesretary of the General Pest Office, arrived at Southampton last math from the Caps in the Union-Castle Liner Kinfauns Castle and proceeded to London. He is accompanied by Captain Ponsonby A.D.C, and was met by Mr. Bussell, Agent General for Natal.

In conformity with the stipulation

contained in the bonds of the Chinese four-and-a-half per cert gold Loan of 1398, 368 bonds, representing £187,000, to be paid off at par on March 1, have been drawn at the Hongkong and Shangtai Banking Corpora tion, 31, Lombard-street, B.C.

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SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS:

LONDON, February 10th. The Spanish Cabinet has resigned,

PEARY A REAR-ADMIRAL.

LONDON, February 10th, The Washington Senate has made Commander Feary a rear-admiral.

LORD KITCHENBR.

LONDON, February 10th, The Daily News lobby cor respondent says he can discover no confirmation of the report that Lord

Viceroy of India.

THE CHESS CHAMP

LONDON, Feb. 11th. A telegram from Berlin states that the chess tournament between Lasker and Schlechter has resulted in a draw at five all Lasker retaining the Championship.

JAPANESE NAVY VISITORS. To-day Hongkong will welcome the first battleship squadron of the Japanese Navy under

command of Vice Admiral Baron Kamimura, and es the ships and the man in command of them have played a prominent part in recent Japanese history special interest attaches to the visit, apart altogether from the fact that it will be the largeit Jepanose naval display sex in these waters. The squadron consists of the following Shikishinia, Mikasa, Sayami, Iwami, Hizen, and Buwo.

CHINA SOCIETY.

DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE

PENGEWETTING.""

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.].

LONDON, January 15th. There was a good attendance at the monthly meeting of the China Solety at Caxton Hall on Thursday evening, when Mr. L. C. Hopkin” gare a leoturo on the above subject.

Dr. Barnett, Keeper of Oriental Printed Books and MBB. at the British Museum, prosided, and in introducing the lecturer said the subject was one of intense and absorbing.

interest, for, as civilistion was based on literary tradition and literary tradition hardly existed without writing, it was plain what on enormons power was wielded by the written word. And when one realised the Importance of this theme, more especially as in recent times there were coming to light evidences of the enormons antiquity of the European characters--or the characters that had done service in European culture-there seemed the possibility that we might connect them through the Aeginn civilization with those that had been in use for many years by the great race which land played the foronitat part in the culture of the East. The Mikasa, launched in 1900, has a tonunge On those grounds, if en no others, Chinesa write

The Shikishima, which was launched in 1898, has a tonnage of 14,850 tons, and a speed of 18 knots, while her armament consiste of four twelve inch and 14 six inch guns. She is com- mended by Capinia Lode,

of 15,000, a speed of 18 knots, and has a similar armament to the Shiclehime. She was Admiral

Togo's flagship throughout the war, and sank

of an explosion in one of her magazines. Her commander is Captain Taschiyama, S

ing had undeniable claims on scientific attention.

The Lecturer then briefly sketched the stages through which Chinese writing had

to the Colonial Office were. to the follow making a total loss of P. 15,000, of which F8,000 Kitchener will succeed Lord Minto Bterwards in Saseko harbour, fas the result travelled. Chiasso tradition and modern

was the grueline. The cargo had been unloaded in the afternoon from the Norwegian freighter Rygi, which came into port from Portland, Oregon, with a cargo of lumber and gasoline.

ing effect The Association to raise further capital to the amount of £150,000 in order to continue the work already established on a commercial basis to ea tablish and maintain for a period of five years seven buying and ginning centres in the following districts Gold Coast (Labolabo and Northern Territories), Bouth- ern Nigeria (ushi), Northern Nigeria (Lokoja, Zaria, and Kano), and Nyasaland the Association to provide seed for sow- ing purposes in the Gold Coast, Southern and Northern Nigeria, and to carry on the necessary travelling and missionary work in West Africa; the local Govern- ments to take over and maintain the

The Jureniles contänus to attract large st tendances at the Club Lusitano with their clever interpretation of "La Mascotte," All the stage fright which characterised the efforts of some of the children in the earlier perfor. inances has worn off and the performers now take to their various roles with an optitado which would do credit to older and more experienced bands

Now half crews from the Madway depôt em barked on the cruiser Bagar at Portemonth last month for passage to China to join the armed river steamers Teil, Moorhen, Woodcock, Bown, and Sandpiper. The Edgar, which is

commanded on the voyage out and home by Capt, the Hon. A. D. EH. Boyle, M. V. O, is also conveying to the Far East now crows for

PERSIA AND RUSSIA.

LONDON, February 10th.. A telegram from Teheran states that Persia has applied to Russia for the extradition of Rakhim Khan..

It is understood that Russia has refused.

FIRST AUSTRALIAN DE STROYER LAUNCHED,

LONDON, February 10th, The first Australian destroyer has been launched at Glasgow.

research alike want to show that the earliest charsoters wore pictorial. The materials for The Sagant, launched in 1898, has a tonnage the study of this first period of Chinese writing of 14,500 fous and speed of 18 knots. She was were furnished by ancient bronze vessels known captured from the Russians, being previously by the Chinese term of isum-2, or sacrificial the Peravic. She is commanded by Captain

Kamimura

vassals. In the Far East the origin of writing must be sought on a relatively few brouse vessela The Iwami, launched in 1902, has a tonnage of from time to time laid bare by the plough or the

1902, and a speed of 18 knots. She was taken spade. There existed no single museum or

from the Russians, who knew her as the Orel. Her commander is Capenin Yaniaguoki.

The Hisen, formerly the Russian battleship Retvizan, was laonched in 1900, Her tonnage is 12,700 and herepeed is 18 koote. She is commanded by Captain Ishida.

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other institution in the whole of China where such scanty relics of the part could be viewed by the public at large. The Imperial palaces at Poking and Makdon, contained large and valuable collections, and many rich and educated Chinese also possessed some of these ancient The Sunce, formerly the Russian Pobiedo, tremares, but foreigners were refused admission, was launched in 1900. Her tonnage is 14,500

Fortunately there were a good many speci- and hot speed 18 knots. She is under the mens of Chinese bronse antiquities in European and American museums. During the last tem conimand of Captada Tanaka,

Vice-Admiral Kamimara haa for chief of years a large number of fragments of bone, in- staff Rear Admiral Nomaguchi, and the second ribed with Chinese characters of a very archaic in command of the Squadron is Rear Admiral type, had been discovered: these furnished a scientific, agricultural, and investigation work at present carried on by the Associa

list of nearly 2,500 separate characters. The tion in West Afrien; the Imperial Govern

Yatashiro.

During their short stay here the Japanese lecturar proceeded to deal with the Stone the Waterwitch, surveying vessal, and gunboats ment to make an annual grant of 210,000 | Bromari and Bramble, which are to recom- said: "Firstborn of the Common-tors will be offered no little entertainment. Drum inscriptions and the Quarter Beal. B FEET for five

yearny such grant mision for the China stations, The Edgar

Tonight Connl Fausten and the Committee The Quarter Sol remained the current of the Nippon Club hold a reception in the City style from B.U. 827 to B.C. 220. It Hall in honour of Admiral Baron Kamimura, at was a body of old forme, incorporating & On the 14th, the distinguished visitors dine designs and limelight illustrations how this with Commodore Lyon on the Tomar, and later archaic body of signs snoceeded in gaining a attend the farewall ball given by Admiral foothold on the rough and uncertain-surface of Lambton and the officers of the King Alfred at ancient Chinese Bolety. The life story of THE LABOUR PARTY AND THE the City Hall. Next day. Vice Admiral Baron Chinese writing was the history not of a series

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Kamimura and a distinguished company will be of inventions but of a slow and continous" devel entertained to dinner at Government House

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Mr. Asquith in christening the ship

be in lieu of certain proposed called at Plymouth to embark ratings for the weath Navy, I name you Par God bless you. May you A.S. WATSON & CO., grauta from the various local Govern-arted river steamers Kinsko, Widgeon, Bipe amatta.

ments amounting to 24,300 per annum and Woodtark, which are also to recommiso uphold the glorious traditions of the which sJapanese entertainment will be provided minority of novelties He went on to show by British Navy in the Dominions over the Seas, *

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The Colonial Office reply was given last

His Excellency gave an offcial dinner så Gov- month. In view of the close co-operation between the British Cotton Growers Asezament House on Welnesday night at which the following were present His Excellency sociation and the Colonial Office in the Mr Wallenberg, Mr 8. Swart, Caplin Mers past, and of the knowledge thus attained of the Association's werk, Lord Cars TICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. BALT communications relating to the news said he had no hesitation in recommending olumn should be addressed to Tus EDITOR.

Correspondents must forward their names and the proposal to his Majesty's Government, tel-tremes with communications addressed to the and was happy to be able to state that editor, nai for publiation but as evidence of his Majesty's Government was prepared good faith,

All letters for publication should be written on to accept the recommendation, with the ane side of paper only

No anonymously signed communications that Tave already appeared in other papers will be

inserted.

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BIRTH.

On 8th February, st Maoso, South China, the wife of E. H. DR STE CROIX, Chinese Imperial Maritime Castoma Service, a son.

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Mis Logan, Mr. Kad Men, Basil Coke, Mir, Noel Williams, Mr P. Cameron, Mr. and Mr. Tadeley, Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith, Mr. B. James, Mr. Percebois, Mr. and Mrs. Ongh, Mr. and Mrs. Alabaster, Mr. P. Thames, Me, sad Mr. Andrew Tarbes, Mr. and Mrs. Stodart Kennedy, Mr. and ra. Adamson, Mr. H. I. Temkins, Mr. and Mrs Wendt, Mr. and Miss Lieb.

station and in the Straits, says, the Singapore

modification that, in view of the experi mental nature of the cotton ginneries which it is proposed to establish in the Colonies and Protectorates specified in the letter, the

A host of his friends ap and down the China period of the grant should be restricted to three years, the liability of the Association Frost, will be well pleased to hear that being limited to the same period. The Associanongst the considerable number of New Year tión vannimously and gratefully accepted Day promotions Announced by the Admiralty is the offer. There has been some comment that of Commander Thomas Lawrie Bbelford on the fact that this announcement should, IN., to he Captain. As is well known to have been made during the election cam rany, Captain Shelford is a son of the late paign, especially as it followed a rather Thomas Shelford, C.KG, a former partner of the arm of Paterson, Rimone & Co, London LONDON OFFICE2 131, FLEET STREET, EC. strange allocation of money for new ships. It naturally gave rise to a suspicion that it was a bold bid for votes in a critical elec tion, as the response to the Association's appeal could well have been deferred for a fortnight, if only for the reason that it ONE of the greatest national efforts that would have avoided a very natural suspicion Great Britain has been making in recent However, apart from this consideration, the years in in the direction of providing the grant is generally acclaimed as wholly country with British-grown cotton. In satisfactory, for the time would seem to have promotion. the course of the recent election campaign arrived for some assistance from the public this subject was naturally much discussed funds. The Government grant will serve in the speeches made in the Lancashire to stimulate, and not to check or discourage Constituencies, for Lancashire has been voluntary effert, and having in view the suffering from severe trade depression duo great public benefit likely to accrue from

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, FRBRUARY 12TH, 1910..

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Three shopkeepers from Taumati were at the Magistracy yesterday fined $25 each for having

just scales in their possession,

Snatching from the person was fairly common, during the week and a number of offenders were brought before the Magistrato yesterday.

Singapore, and for many years member of the Legislative Comcil He is a younger brother of Mr. W. H. Shelford, also of that Irm, formerly of Singapore, now of London. There is hardly a cricket field in the Far East from Yokohama to Penang that bas not witnessed that popular naval officer's prowess on the cricket pitch and between the goal-posts, Tommy will have the warmest congratula ions from many personal friends on his

CHINA NEW YEAR. China New Year, with its message of hope for countless millions and its jollity and feast-

come round again, and the event has been enlu ng for many who seldom experience either, has

the streets on Not Yene's Day or on their asoli carrying. Þeir comis

again for the north.

by His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard, dopment, distorted rather than disturbed, by a careless process of graphic corruption. If both LONDON, February 11th.ou the 16th a tiffin will be given to the visitors the vigour and subtelty of intellect of an undent race were observed in this Eastern script, they The Labour Conference passed of the Race Course On the 17th they leave

could also detect the errors and misconceptions unanimously a resolution declaring

that olung, like parailtea, to it. Chinese charac ters were the progressive result of an effort to that a non-elected Chamber was an anachronism, and that the House of Lords should therefore be abolished.

The Conference rejected an amend ment opposing a second chamber of any description.

A FRENCH NAVAL CAPTAIN REMOVED.

LONDON, February 11th, The Captain of the " Chateau Re- nault" has been removed from his

command.

THE SEINE STILL RISING.

London, February 11th, The Seine is still rising, and the Chamber of Deputies has unanimously passed the grant of twenty million francs referred to in the telegram of the 7th inst.

THE PEKING SYNDICATE.

MR. BELILIOS IN WALWORTH

The Daily Mirror (London) of the 13th ult. make speech visible. They were the shadows has a pictorial front page of children taking cast by spoken words, while those words stil! part in the election. Four of the pictures show lived. They were the cohoes of one time spoken

Master Ballos, aged four, speaking for his father, the Unionist, candidate for Walworth words, when those words no longer had His speech, the world is informed, consisted roos habitation and a name, but had mainly of Vote for my daddy. He is the best sunk for over in the silence of disuse. daddy in the world." Another picture shore it was strange to him that so very few Mr. Mrs, and Master Belilios in their motor car. On another pago of the paper we find the following :--

-INFANT CANTASSER FOR HIS FATHER.

TIET POLITICIAN OF WALWORTH CHATB

WITH THE DAILY KIBROX.

LETLE HILLY

Idons! Balillos, aged four years, is champion ing the cause of Unionism in Walworth with the aid of a pretty smiling face, his own pony and cart, and speeches which contain the mont irresistible appeal either child or man can make. He is the son of Mr. B. E. Halilios, the Unlonist candidate, who is popularly known in Billy and it inevitably the constituency na “ follows that the son is hailed sa Little Billy"

crevor in goes "Little Billy insists on going into Walworth every morning to help his father. He sits in his pony.cart holds a flag, on which are the words, Vols for Daddy" and is driven through Walworth to the encouraging cheers of his

father's admirers.

On his

Occidental students bad pinned their attention

to the ancient Chinese script. The Egyptian and Cuneiformsystems had scores of investigators all over Europe and America, but the Chinese forms of writing had been generally neglected

At the closes corial vote of thanks was passed to the lasturer for his able lecture. A very in. teresting display of antiquities was on view. Among those precent were the Chinese Minis- ter, Lord Li, and Wu Ting Fang, en roule from Washington for home.

THE MANILA CARNIVAL. The third Manils Carnival opened on Batur day last under very favourable auspices, and it not too much to expect that the success which attended its predmessor will be eclipsed this year. A military parade was the opening event, and after the various units composing this had marched through the principal streets of the old-world city it entered the Carnival Grounda where the Governor-General and party had sembled to take part in the opening ceremony, T hippodrome, a large amphitheatre, in which

Occasionally he even makes a speech. When the gang is halted a crowd naslly collects, and then Little Billy seizing the opportunity, like the shrewd politician he is, says, in a clear bell-like voice. I hope you will all vote for my Daddy. And the crowd applands and shouts athletic and other competitions take place, is sgain a feature of the Carnival. The proceedings In return,

We will LONDON, February 11th.

POLITICIAN IN A PERAMBULATOR last Saturday opened with a massing of colours, The Board of the Peking Syndicate "Laule Billy" is taken home for lunch, and followed by a grand entry of all the performers, the afternoon nurse pats the infant politician being reconstructed. Mr. Carlo perambulater and wheels bita through after which the procession of the Greon and.

yes Yellow devila, Meyer and two English directors the roburn yesterday afternoon the boy

greeted The Daily Mirror at his home in P having resigned.

cadilly, a and talked about politics, and especially naval matters

he would do without me,” Father thought he said, "but I said I wanted to go to Walworth very much, and he and mother said I could Come and see my big white boat. Do you like going to Walworth P

go every day. My boss has three lovely sails

10 come kad be your boat. What do you Walworth way when you go to

Vole for daddy. I always tell the people that Do come and see my bost. I pretend the nursery floor is the sea. Such fun!"

The new Board will probably con- Bist of four English and three French

to the high price of cotton, caused partly by the great work initiated by the British brated with the usual horoughness in Hongkong. shortage of crop, but mainly by what Lord Cotton-Growers Association the grant from Business has bean completely suspended and hola Chinese ommunity have given thent. ROBERT CECIL, a speech at Blackburn, the Imperial Exchequer is one to which the described as "the heartless operation of no exception whatever can be taken, but, adres up to the full enjoyment of their one As the year just closed has been grest holiday.

ve commercial callous financiera in America." A few years on the contrary, deserves the cordial appro-

fairly successful for most ustivo firms, it follows that the celebrations showed no ago an association was formed in England, bation of the general public.

dimination on them of former years, and the designated the British Cotton-Growers

fasting and un, and the fring of an

gracker, Association, with the object of encouraging

lavish scale us before the cultivation of the cotton plant in the

are on the same. It is always s saing spectacle to see the directors.

ading British Colonies, because it was felt that

Chinees aétiroad in their best raiment sooner or later America would need all the cotton, she could grow herself, and in any case the desirability of rendering Lancashire independent of the said "heartless operations of callous American financiers has been already demonstrated in a manner calculated to enlist the support of the important cotton wearing interests of the United Kingdom in an enterprise of this character. Even the British territory at Kowloon an experiment was made in cotton growing, but it proved a failure. The best results have been obtained in the West African colomes, and what cotton had been produced there has Canton.

JAPANESE IMMIGRATION and as tho cather was - INTO __THE_UNITED_STATES. The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial brillisat on Thursday the streets certainly and Affliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge looked more protusque than usual, Decora with thanks the following donation to the funds tions too, were found in many, and of coarse the of the Hospitals

A Friend

A sentence of three weeks imprisonment and four hours in the stocks was yesterday passed ons

dragon flag was compiocaous. As befitting the

LONDON, Feb. 11th, The Immigration Committee of the season perfout good feeling pravalled throughout House of Representatives at Washing the city sad the fer cases that came under the ton has reported unanimouely in fav so far as the hopes section was consend our of a Bill introduced into the

notice of the police were trifling

Mr. Bellios is an idoni Unionist candidate He is the son of the late Hon. E. E. Belillos, who member of the Hongkong Legislative Counoll, and who by his generosity

and personal influence did for more than say other singla man towards making Hong

Chinese who had stolen a box containing $22 10 the day was given up mostly toerercise or sport Californian Legislature by Mr Haves what it is to darthe leading port of;

copper cash. He had been in charge of a boar cart for the New Year and absconded with the box, but whe arrested on the stostner bound for

of some desorption Football and cricket were the principal attractions, though the boxing t the Stadium appealed to a large number,

to exclude Japanese labourers from the United States

Empire

Monday was devoted to the annual horse show, and to polo and trap shooting events. The Hongkong team, consisting of Captain Bell, B.E. Captain Loring, RGA, Lisnt, Green, Buffs, and Inext Doberts, Rajputs, with Talent, Thicknesse, as reserve, arrived on Sunday. On this occasion ther will ride American horse which was found shandicap last time, as they are of course mach higher than the China ponies which the Hongkong representativen have Loodstomed riding. One game will be under American rules, one under Hong kong rules, and should each win a game the rules to the deciding game will be determined by the

pin of the coin

play

cricket match between men from Hongkong and

team regresonative of Manila

President Laft whose association with the Philippines is renombered by most people, ant Becretary of Wat kinson have sent great

og the Carnival äll

Efforts are also being made to arrange for

The late Mr. Belilion was, in En the tras sense of the word, and his son is ings from Wash following worthily his father's example,