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it has its root in religion, and we have seen twiggeated that it may have been born of that old connection between £re and soul in which the ancients believed, As a writer in the Shanghai Timee remarks, at one period fire and the soul were held to be identical,

8. WATSON & CO. and there was supposed to be a resemblance between the production of fire and the production of life. We have similes to this day bearing on this old world doctrine GOLDSMITH talks of "eking out life's taper to its close," and the "spark of life," the "vital spark, and othersuchexpressions are household words. Naturally from the belief that life and Are were one, we have derived the belief in the healing properties of fire. We need scarcely add that there is a good deal of scriptural authority for regarding fire as a purifior, but if the Chinese were the investors of freworks- sugges tion arising out of the accepted fact that gunpowder was first made by Chinese-it must surely have bean not the pyrotechnic beauty that stimulated the faculty of invention, but the noise The Chinese have been described as "essentially a noy people, and fire crackere as a perfect apotheosis of noise." The origin of the time-honoured custom which demands the use of fire-crnokora to put to flight the fell and foul spirits that love to lurk about the haunts of men, is, we are told, so ancient as to be lost in the mists of antiquity. It is not disputed, we believe, that great skill in pyrotechny was possessed by the Chinese long before the art was known in Europe. The writer of an article on pyrotechny in an old British encyclopedia makes an observation to that effect, and addă: " All those persons. we ever conversed with who had been in China concurred in assuring us that the Chinese Breworks are at this day quite

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unrivalled in variety, splendour and beauty." In the account of Lord MACARTNEY'S embassy to China, there is an amusing passage describing the contempt of the GUINNESS STOUT Chiuess for the best English fireworks that

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instant of Mir. BW Harter the Manufacturers Life Assur Mr. Harter was seized with while in the Kitagawa Hotel, almost immediately. The deceand was a native of Manafeld, Ohio, U.S.A., and was stone time connected with the Vacam Oll Compaty The funeral took place on the 3rd instant.

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BHUTER'S CHEVIOT TO THE HONGKONG

THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THE RE-SHUPPLE OF THE CABINET;

LONDON, February 15th. It is officially announced that Mr. Winston Churchill has been appointed By kind permission of Cel. Prior and the Home Secretary, Mr. Buxton, Pre- Officers, the Band of the 138 Rajputs, undersident of the Board of Trade, Mr. Hand Havildar Partab Damal, will play the following programms of music at the King Pease, Chancellor of the Duchy of Herbert Samuel, Edward Hotelduring dinner to-morrow (weather Lancashire, Mr.

Postmaster General, and the Master of Elibank, a Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury.

permitting)

Overtus "Haggarian, Leler Bela

Vabe

Quio march.Vert 1 W. Grant Jones Bobre Las Olas," Juventipa.Rozas. selection. 8. Pinafore Godfrey Olt Dane ... "Ieone," Song Air.... "La Cinquantaina Gabriel

Eave the Klög.

The Japan Caselle announces the death of

Mr. Geraldo Ferreira Gordo, a well-known and highly respected member of the Portuguese community of Tokohama, which occurred at 11 p.m. on the 2nd inst., at his eldense on the Bluff. Mr. Gordo, who was fifty years of age, was born at Macso, and had been a resident of Yoke hama thirty-t years. His Emt position there was with the Mercantile Hank, which he left

in 1879 to join the Hongkong and with whom he remained practically up to the time of his death. For some time Mr. Gordo had bean in ill-health, being a victim of asthma, but was able to con- tiane bis duties up to about three weeks ago. Mr. Gordo was a valued sergant of the Bank, and was very highly respected by its large clientele, being most courteous and obliging to all who had business relations with him,, He

Waves two sons and three daughters, to whom the sympathy of many residents will be extendi ed in their borsavement,

His Excellency gave an Official Dinner at Government Hones last-night, in honor of His

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LATER.

The final election, that for the Orkneys, has resulted in the return of Mr. Wason (Liberal).

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION.

LONDON, February 15th. The Duke of Norfolk presided at a brilliant banquet attended by 500 persons in honour of Mr. Wada, the Commissioner of the Anglo-Japanese

Exhibition.

His Grace, in giving the toast of "The Emperor of Japan," dwelt upon His Majesty's keen interest in the Exhibition.

Excellency Vice Admiral Haton Kamimura, at Vios-Admiral Baron Kamiman, Bear Adairal Nomaguchi, Captain Yoda, Commander Bato, Lieut. Commander Tajiri, Lient Imamura, Com- mender Mimura, Captain Lalida, Commander

Sir T. Kato, the Japanese Am- shimanohi Chytsin Tauchlysm Captain Tanaka, Captain Kamimars, Captain Yambassador, who received a great ovation, guchi, H.E. Vice Admiral, the Hon. Sir said that Anglo-Japanese relations Hedworth Lambton, Captain Clinton Baker,

M Lyon, Miss left nothing to be desired, but there Commodore, Mrs, and Inglis, Commander and M. Starson, Cap was room for the development of

were exhibited to them, and the astonish- which the following were present:-H.E ment of the embassy on witnessing a superb display of fireworks given by the Chinese, in return. Though we get few A. S. WATSON & CO.. opportunities in Hongkong of seeing any Chinese pyrotechnic displays comparable LIMITED,

with the exhibitions given, say, in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, London, it is still a fact that the Chinese display a remarkable ingenuity in the manufacture of fireworks. But China's reputation to-day in this matter rests upon the cracker, whose popularity seams to be growing rather than

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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS ONLY communications relating to the new ovlamn should be addressed to The Burton addresses with communications addressed to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence

tain and Mrs Inglis, Lient Wharton, H.E Major General Broadwood, Captain Hoothoote Major Hart Spanot, Mrs. Hubert Foster, Sir Henry and Lady May, Mr. Hazeland, Dr Eo

commercial relations, and he was con- fident the Exhibition would be a BUC-

It must be made the means of cess,

THE

SERIOUS RIOTING

AL CANTON

SOLDIERY POLICE,

[FROM CUE OWN CORENOPOWDENE.]

The New Year festivities here have been sadly marred by serious rioting between the police and the newly trained troops On the day before the New Year a soldier went to a seal cutter to "get" i naine stamp. A piries was agreed upon but the work was badly dme, and when the solder went to get the seal he refused to pay the price demanded. There at once arose a quarrel between the two and policeman interfaced The policeman and the soldier then came to words and with the assistance of other police the soldier in question and a comrade were taken to the police station. The next day many of the newly-trained troops entered the sity and began to alterery policeman they met. They badly damaged the station in which the two soldiers were confined and set them at liberty, The news of this disturbance reaching the camp soms hundreds of the troops at once went off witlent leare, and so serious an aspect did affairs assume that all the gates leading into the city were at once closed and no ene was allowed to gain or ent. This shows the extreme serious mess of the situation, as these gates are only shut in the day time in times of great poril from

· învasion, &o-

NOTES FROM PEKING.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

THE NEW POSTAL CONVENTION. The Mancherian, postal convention has been brought to a raccoonful onclusion after twali months intermittent negotiations.

apan and China are cow arranging the date of application, and when that matter has been deelded the con vantion will be signed at Peking by Mr. Honda, Japanese First Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Piry, Postal Secretary of the Chiness Imperial Ports. It will be remembered that a little oveĽ year ago Mr. Abe, why was then Japane Secretary of Legation at Peking, began the negotiations with Mr. Piry. Japan agreed to allow Chinese mails to be carried by the South Manchurian railways, which was what the Chinese desired. Japan, however, claimed the right to maintain on tas equal exchange Insis sixteen pest offices in Manchuria, namely, at the principal commercial cities in which forega. trade had been fairly established. China admitted that foreigners possessed the right to operate post offices at the Treaty Ports of Chins proper bat she argued that the Manchurian cities vore on's different footing to Treaty ports in that at China had voluntarily opened Manchuria to foreign trado no treaty rights oristed. Sho con- tended, therefore, that Japan's postal rights in Mansharia should be limited to seven cities, namely, Nowchwang, Liuoyang, Antanghien, The rioting still went on in the suburbs and Tatungkew, Mukden, Tishling and Changchun, outside the East Gate. The nart morning Newchwang, of course, being a treaty port, ald (Feb 11th), the Wardin of the Military not come technically within the convention, but School, together with an officer in high comita inclusion made the situation more definitive. mand among the newly trained troops, went Japan drew attention to the Peking Agree- with a small guard to inform the Vicary of ment of Desember 22, 1908, and argued that what was happening. As they noored the gates" Opening to international trade," which is pro- they were mistaken by the Manoku guards on : vided for in Art. L, ought to cover the establish- the top of the wall for a party trying to break ment of such efficient postal services as were their way in. The Manchas fired a volley and the Warden fell seriously wounded, and the other onloer's left arm was shot off. The Warden'e gard returned with the wounded men to the camp and demanded arms and ammunition to take revenge on the Manchus The floor in charge refused to allow arms to be given out, whorespon the soldiers over. powered the offers, broke into the armoury, took away rifle and ammunition and returned to the City. They were unable to get in, but fighting with the Mancins on the walls and any polios that samo in night went on all day When the roll was called that night at the In Tong Camp more than 300 men were missing, and the bulk of thess it is rumoured had gone off to plunder the surrounding villages.

All this time the officials appeared powerless to stop the coding, and so useless were the military offers that they offered a free pardon

to all who would return to camp.

Yesterday on the Cily gates were posted

notices mying that in consequence of the

disorder no one was alleved to go in, and that should any one attempt to forse their way in they would be arrested and beheaded im distaly. The excitement had so far subsided by yesterday afternoon that the gates were

necessary to commerce. Chins was obdurate, however, and the impans proved insurmount able for the time being.

The deadlock lasted some months, until, in fact, Mr. Honds relieved Mr. Abe as Japanose First Secretary of Legation. Negotiations were then resumed, China shered to the former contention, and Mr. Honda, realizing that the matter was urgent and fearing that it would resolve itself into an awkward diplomatic quea tion, made the concession demanded by China. Consequently the negotations were brought to a

accessful conclusion after five brief conferences...

The net result should be an afflotent postal service throughout Matchuris, for China bas secured the right to send open and closed mails and parcala over all the Japanese lines. Japanese post offices other than those at the seven centres mentioned may still cater to Japaness Both Mr. Piry and Mr Honda are to be con

trade, but they will be merely railway, flces.

gratulated on the settlement of this difpulty for it in, no denkt, a ướp in the direction of

China's entry into the postal union, specially as

Japan egrees to deal with Chins on the bwin of the postal union to which China intends to become a party. Indised Japan goen still farther, for she drew attention is an agreement made tan foxes ago by which she undertook to withdraw Powers would do likono

· Correspondents muit forward their names and | declining, as it is in most other countries, Kai, Mr. Wei Luk, Mr. Fantan, s Liebert bringing the Island Empires together, opened a little way at intervals to allow person all her post offices in China as soon as the other

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MARRIAGE:

HARROP-MAMA On February 2nd, 1910, by the Rev. Ch. Taliasier, at the Church of the Assumption, Jonx BARDELEY HALBOR, manager of the Ayer Tawah Rabber Plata tions, Sitiawan, Perak, eldest son of the late Mr. John Bardaley Harrop, of Lancashire and London, to MABEL LEOGIE, only daughter of Mr. Jules Martin, of Penang.

and it would be interesting and unstructive indeed to learn the approximate sum spent

each year by the people of China on the ex- ploding of cracker to ward off the evil spirits which are supposed to be ever on the watch for an opportunity to rob men of all that goes to make them contented and happy.

Mr and Mrs. Shellim, Mr. J. larton, Mr. Takamichi, Kr. Kusumoto, Mr Kobayashi,

Mr Cishi, Mr. Jamieson, Captain and Mrs. Dündar of Dantas, and Mrs Fox.

OPIUM NOTES.

The opium revenue in India up to the end of December was 592 lakhs and the estimate was. Only two cases were set down for hearing at only 500 lakhs, so that there in a betterment of

64 lakhs of rosense on this secunnt.

the Supreme Court yesterday.

The marriage of Dr. J. W. Hartley, Assist ant Medical Oficer of Health for Kowloon, and Miss Holmes of Kowloon will be celebrated at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on Saturday morning.

Reports which are ranching Indis regarding the extent to which Cody aide of the agreement for reducing the spiem tranle are understood to be so contradictory myš a Boutay paper, that "the" quæstioxi which the Secretary of State and the Government of India will be called upon to decide by the next year as to whether to continue the policy of relacing the Indian "pium trade will be a diffent one. The tan bered, was undertaken by India for three years,

morally, materially and intellectually. The Lord Mayor, in proposing the health of M. Wada, said it was undoubt ed that the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition would be the finest in Europe.

Mr. McKinnon Wood said he be lieved the Exhibition would assist the valuable commercial relations already

existing.

Mr. Kiralfy, the organiser of the Exhibition, said it would be completed every detail long before the opening and added that the bookings on the Continental railways were unprece dented.

to enter the City. The Kal song of Bap Pat Fo recently removed the street gates, but yesterday they were placed back again.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWATU. On the 30th ultim a rescript was issued Further serious trouble occurred last night ordering the Board of Fosteand Communistiens Some rowdies, seeing thepolice on guard outside to take note of a Memorial presented by the No.6 Station (rear the BiKwan Theatre), began akstant superintendent of the Te Ching to jeer as them for want of pluck in their encoun-

Bark, The Mamorial stated that the mar- time with the soldiers. The police retaliated by

chants and people of Hupeh had prepared" mresting about 10 of the crowd The people funds for the constination of the Hupeh then began to collect in large numbers, and the

sections of the Cantor Hankow and Hankow

crowd in the hope of driving them on. One | build these lines themselves there would be not

that the Chusa Bu should “faks

The tial outpat of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's three mizes for the week ending 20th January amounted to HONGKONG OFFICE 104, DES Vaux ROAD C 25.443.38 tons and the sales during the period. Per cent, Amal reduction, it will be remem Mrada in his reply dwelt upon preserve order. They cried out for the men is becoming a Ettls rearied of the energetic

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to 19,698.85 tons. D

It la expected that the model of the King Alfred, which proved mich an Interesting ex- hibit at the Naval Ball on Monday night, will be handed over to Osborne Collage when the flagship returns to England.

As the salt of a quarrel which occurred in an ordum divan a few weeks ago a native was

to three months.

of which the present year is the last. Sabse quent reductions are to be dependent upon what China did in this direction in the interval and it begins to bok as if nothing short of a regalar nquiry by the British Consular and Indian offours appointed for the purpose, which would necessarily hare to entend over a whole seLBON to include both the Manchurian and South China crop, would be sufficient to clear up the matter,

the enthusiasm shown in the tion by the Japanese nation,

situation, was becoming serious for the police. Bau-ch'uad railway lies, and it hinted that The constables then discharged a volley into the as the merchant classes were prepared man was shot dead and several were wounded only me need of foreign funds, but that the The people then charged the police, who scattered oftial classes ought not to interfere. The off as beat they could some out of back doors, comm some over the roof into neighbouring streets, noto a delightfully vague ; but it was quite in By this time the Tactal of Police and the Nam keeping with the preparation” of funds, which -Hof Magistrate had appeared on the nose, and apparently, Is another form of our old friend. the Magistrate appoiled to the people fo

promise. The Chinto Government, however, Exhibitly arrested to be released and the provincials, who desire to do everything for Magistrate at unce libented them. As soon as themselves, and there is every reason to believo he got outside one of the liberated men said he that the Government vould sanction the loan if was brother to the man who had been shot. He the group of foreign financiers could agree fcited the crowd to further violence, and in among themselves. It is true that the people of spite of the Magistrato and Tuotal they broke the provinces through which the Hanker-Ban- mto the police station and wrecked it. They ch'den railway line is to be constructed bayo The Jaran Gastle reports the death of Mthon set Bro to the place.

made any number of protest against the use of Andrew Crawford, chief engineer in the service

promises of the Nippon Yusen Kalshs, which took place with the antroplum movement in China, which Hospital after an illness lasting little more An extraordinary story of fraud in connection on the 3rd instant at the Yokohama General at least partly answers the anxions questionings than a fortnight Mr. Crawford reached Toko that are going on as to the geunineties of the human in the 4 Tamba-mari early last month reformation,

is given in a despatch by Sir from Europe and after discharging. ourgoat Frederick Lugard. It appears that morphis is Yokohama the steamer proceeded to Muroren for being consumed wholesale in China as a imbatí, a similar purpow. During the voyage to the tuto for opiun. Part of the morphin is openly north Mr. Crawford contracted a severe cold, and sold as such, but at quantitas se consumed on returning Yokohama it was NEODSALTY in the insilicis form of so-called anti-opian pille, him to for the General Hospital Com-calling on the Hongkong Govorament for aid,

profit as a cure plication developed, and notwithstanding the enermos for opiam smoking.

DEATH OR ME. ANDREW CRAWFORD.

AN OLD SERTANT OF THE NIL

to

To-day the City is quister, but the gates are foreign funds and have given many

troops will return to plunder the place, but the Government knows exactly how mol ill guarded for fear that the desertors from to raise the requinte money themselves,

Beveral hundred man an guarding the Viceroy's retistics can be placed upon vapouringi. Bat the deedlook that has occurred on the foreign Yameu, the Provincia Trenaúzy and the Mint

There have been all sorts of wild ramours side is quite opportune and the people as con. erenlating during these three days-Foreigners gratulating themselves on the score of having

the Provincial Government frustrated the loan.

be BES

HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 16TH, 1910.

SOME day in the dim and distant future

Captain J. G. Heugh, D.8.0., R.N. (retired), when the science of statistics is better

has come from England to proceed to Peking, sppreciated in China than it is to-day, where it is understood he is to act as adriser to Chinese statistician may be able to compute the Chinese authorities on naval matters. This the amount of money expended annually offloor used to be well known on the Chins within this vast empire on crackers. Even station. in Hongkong, where the firing of crackers is regulated to some extent by police orders the reflection forces itself on the mind of removed to hospital seriously stabbed, and two every observer during the New Year festival coolles were arrested. They were: charged which are 500 Dr. Grake Aspland, of skilty/teatment of Dr. Wheeler and careful to among the wildest

before Mr. B. R. Halifax at the Magistracy that a very large sum indeed must be ex-sforday, and the first defendant was sentenced Peking, doceres that tons of morphin tablosiere aur on the part of the hospital stat, the an be scertained sour to have been entirely ponded by the local Chinese population on to four months imprisonment, and the second being sold in Chins at this moment, ecen in patit gradually sank and, he stated, passed between the troops and the police, and share has remote country villages, Ussorupulous traders, aw the 3rd instant ne port been no outbreak of my mail foreign feelings. exorcising the evil spirits which are assumed

who are distributing these uti opium

MiraCrayford, who was sixty-seven years of to threaten their peace, happiness and

are simply making them of morphin and ordinary age, Bret came to Japan in 1878 28 engineer in but with the people as excited as they are and The two Danes, M. Christenson and J. Bon-household flour. The differase in the moral the service of the Miten Binhi Steamship Co. with the thousands of bad characters that are prosperity. And when we reflect that this meshson, who were arrested about a month ago coadition of the Chinaman who satisfies his When the Miten Bali few years later in the city for the New Year, there is no Lalling

malgamated with the Nippon Tusan, Kaisha, same practice is indulged in without restraint for stowing away on the steamer Coblents from craving with these tabloids, or by bottles

wford transferred his services to the hat will happen if the authorities do not of Japanese morphis, from that of his fallow M of any law or regulation by the population of Mouils, were charged before Mr, E. B. Hallifax who was on with his old opinu habit is diffenit atter company, with whom he continued in every town and handlet over an area of one at the Magistracy yesterday will obtahilng to It perfectly swell-known and then. live employ up to the time of his rem and a half million square miles, the total month's board at Zotland House by fraud. The revelations wore it that there is a big element expenditure on this indulgence by the people defendants were convicted, and sacks was sea of insincerity in the Chiness anti-opiam move twelve years

ment and as Izdia is sacrificing huge revenues ginoor on of China is seen to be enormous. The tensed to one month's imprisonment,

in order to farther the rigeneration of the Butler), on the Celestiala, there is urgent need that the real Lbina Japan making of fire-reckers and fireworks is a

| extent to which the reform moveme in Clink big industry in China. We may learn

is genuine should be carefully from the Customs returns that China's

Times of India. 62port of this manufacture reaches a value of over four million taels a year but that sum must represent a very small fraction indeed of the total value of the annual output. With the origin of the practice we are not acquainted. No doubt

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nose War Mr. Fred T. Jane, who writes the column Mr Crawford was eriployer ransport Under the White Essign in the Evening Betrice, being decorated by the apanese Glove: Standard, says that rimone, his that the Brnment with the Birth and Fifth Ordera

Swiftsure and Tevampi sra shortly to be sant the Bining Ban respectively.

to the China Atation, to which the Minotaur in Mr. Crawford was very highly respected by also being sent away as fingship. The sending his colleagues in the XY K serving by the of the Hinotaur to Clins one of those in company officulls, and by all who knew him.

In reality America's participation the one of the deallock; dor

indirectly to the

ance

Americas demand Britain, Germany and had completed their rangements.

chimed half the line the maKIMINE": and when the question of apportioning, was considered it was at first thought neon that each of the original participators should it appears, lad not

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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

The Bank Fine Lité, str. Buceria arrived 16 Vitoria, B.C, on the 12th ins

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The IG.M. str. Lastane,» which left here on plexion, "Mr. "Ellen's Crème Charmants, Lait Charmant and Special Skin Tone and Pondre He leaves a wide (now reading at Middlesplicabis strategien moreeaghick puzzle get the 12th Inth at 8. La, atrived at Shangbat cat

She can be no great use out there, and the 14th inst, no 9pm. Charmant vil enable you to do it. Her borough, England) was a grown-up family of 13 departure will caen the depletion by one of The Danish sir, Calkay laft Sues as the 14th. Specialitice for the Bkin are the study ofis sons and daughters, to whom the

our already too amal stick of cruisers in home inst and may be espatted here on or about the

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