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be abolished, the Buddhist religie be lost. The Tibetans are mU.. Chandor hela lives. The Dalai
THE HONGKONG DAILI PRESS, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25TH, 1910.
The German mail the 6th Januar Ugion delivered in London of the 2yrd instal
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Beldingsbuis Lien, disregarded Hote Baroom Tibet prolonged his journey Interjuptlant occurred. Therefore the hibating, stopped shippites for Lien.If the Ambate and the troops are not withdrawn all Tibota will CO. probably revolt and much trouble will follow
The message closed with a prayor to the Emperor to treat the Tibetans kindly as he had done heretofore, and thereby darn their perpetual gratitude. At the time the telegram was sent the Dalai Lama lad not reached Lhassa, but he has arrived there A month passed without any reply since. WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS being received by the Committee from Peking, and it now develops that the answer of the Chinese Government has takon the form of marching an army into Tibet. The result will probably be the extinction of the separate Go-
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Corel. FA Biden, of the Hongkong Volunteers, has been promoted sergant vios Sergt. Warraok resigned.
The latest orders show that three members of the Volunteer Corps, having left the Colony without permission, were struck off the strength.
The andal inspection of the H: K. Võlantser Coill be held by H.E, the General Offloor Commanding en Saturday, 19th March.
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MONGEONS
CHINESE ADVANCE INTO TIRET
SUPREME COURT,
IN BUDEART JUBINE
BEFORE HIS HONOUR MB, EH?
Gowemurz (FunxE. JUDGN),
CORRESPONDEN
STREET WALKERSMA)
fTO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG" DANET TAKERNA]
DEAR SIE-The Community of Hongkong would oartainly like to see something done, to mitigate the evil of being socuted by those WEECKAGE OF PROPERTY?
women who frequent our principal thorough- Action was brought by Fang Kam against fares, more especially from dusk to dinner time, the Kwong Tak Cheong firma to recover the sum for it is not an uncommon thing for ladies LONDON, February 24th. of 8232.80, being for amount of divern wages, to do shopping at the time, and it is on their Reuter learus that some 25,000 steam Iannek hire, boss line, colie hire and behalf that it must be deanable for the streets to gundry expenditures das from the defendants tà be free from the parading of the olsas referred troops trained on the Japanese system the plaintiff in conneation with the salvage, and to. aro being pushed into Tibet from removal of certain wooden materials in the The Volunteers are to have another church Szechuan. The force, which is equipp-harbour between Cheungahawan and Taumati
from the 24th to the 28th October, 1909, parado on Sunday, 6th March. On this occeed with wireless telegraphic installa Mr. Crowther Smith (of Messrs. d'Almada and son they attend divine service at the Union tion and a number of machine guns & Smith) appeared for the plaintiff, Church
and mountain guns, is under the com- defendants were represented by Mr. M. Reader.
Harrin (of Messtr. Wilkinson & Gristle vernment of Tibet and the designation of the Chius has opened Branch at Sacomban, the mand of the vigorous and enlightened. Smith Informed, the Court chat soon after the typhoon of 1900 the plaintiff found in the harbour what looked like certain wreckage, tertilory in future as a province of China, capital of the State of Negri Sembilad, brother of the Viceroy of Szechuan.
It is the intention of the Chinese,ap It was froposable to tell what it was, four or The latest telegram to hand tells us that Federafel malay f
The Hamburg-Amerika liner Cleveland, which parently to establish Chinese dominave foot and water, but he went and reported the news is causing grave anxiety to the Government of India, but it omits to men sailed from Honolulu a month age, Hondalution in Tibet and remodel the condis to the Harbour Master that there was some
will have to pay a fine $131,200 on. paper OTA anxiety. tion the reason for this the British Government practically tore up reaching Calforate for a violation of the tions on the frontier and encourage
with the Tibetan coastwise shipping laws.
:
When
the Agreement moGHUSBAND AN
Government by
The Chartered Bank of India, Australis and
y States
Fire broke out on the 11th inst, in a
The "enforcement of the land which please Honolulu In the Puritanical diagr as rogol Sunday observance was the cause of dis appointment to many of the big party of tourists on the Cleveland when, she reached there Inst month.
Thasse in 1903, and recognised by ano-cargo of cotton on the British steamer Purley, ther agreement negotiated at Peking that which arrived at Kobe the previous day from Tibet formed a part of the Empire of China; Bombay One stimate of the damage the Government of Great Britain expressly Ten 1,600,00 engaged not) to ibner "Tibetan territory on to interfere in the dronistration of Tibet, China, on her part, merely undertook not to permit any other foreign State to interfere with the territory or internal administration of Tibet. She did not under take to leave Tibst entirely to the Tibetans, The practical effect of this Agreement was to recognize that Tibet' is Chalese territory wherein the Government of China can do as it pleases, so long as it keeps open the two trade marts mentioned in the convention and fulfil the other obligation
To those interested in the relations of Science-
and Beligion the name of Dr. J. G. Rodger is becoming familiar, Hells expleted, it response to urgent requests, to lecture in Hongkong Sunday at 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., also on Monday st 5.30 pm.
The yoargo bontinen) trini Yaumali who were before the Magistrate charged with caus. the territory from aggresioning, grevious bodily basin raka yesterday after noon charged with the more serious offence of murder, the victim having died in the interval, The game was remanded.
or assimilation by any other State.
The figures telegraphed by our Peking Correspondant hy or two ago, as repre- senting the revenue and expenditure of the
A. S. WATSON & CO.. provinces of China last year, will be
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revelation to all who have interested them selves in this much-debated subject. Quite recently we commented on the fact that the irst year of Haum Turo, just closed, would be noteworthy in the history of China for the reason that it marked the definite cam mencement of an attempt to compile a National Budget. In the first year of the adreance with communications, addressed to the present reign the object has been merely to
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY communications relating to the new column should be addressed to THE EDITOR.
Correspondents must forward their names and
The police made a raid on the servanta quarters at No. 5, Observatory Villas, Kowloon the other night and found a number of boge, soolies and others from the German Club and elsewhere busy gambling. They were charged at the Magistracy, yesterday with trespassing and were fined $3 each.
Four men were placed in the dock before Mr.
Chinese settlement pariter v
In preparation for this military advance, 7,000 men worked day and night in the two arsenals at Chengt, which have lately been refitted with German machinery under German supervision,
The Chinese suffered severely from the cold and pavations. They on countered some hostility from the border tribes, and on one occasion they were ambushed near Batung. when they lost 400 men and a number of guns.
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shaway, and the Harbour Master gave him permission to raise it
apparent wreckage in the harbour of Chuang
The question is, that is the best way
According to the newspaper reports, the of nocomplishing the object required? Colonial Secretary in his privata capodity shus. taken upon himself to go about the places where they frequent, and the consequence is that he has been accosted Now, if he did so with
evil complained of prevailed, and looked at any of these women to satisfy himself of their calling, they would not unnaturally mistake the object of the lock, and the consequent breach of the law by plaiting would follow.
the object of andersining to what ortent, the
method of procedure to accomplish the wish of the Community to do away with the
This Seonia to me to be the wreng
presence of these women in our streets.
Has it ever struck the Government that is only of recent years this evil has existed P The rear of it.Blouse yours ago there was n street in which they all resided, and their pre- sense in our streets was unusual; soliciting was practically unknown, for the reason that it was nitnecesary for them to seek tubig living of going into our pabile, thoroughfares.
His Lordeip-He said he wouldn't object to Mr. Smith-He gave him a written orders the plaintiffs raising it? * } *** The Harbour Master, according to the Ordin ance, has power to rais wreckage and sell it to defray expenses, and he instructed this man to do it for him, so the plaintiff must stand in the position of the Harbour Master. The Harbour Master, if anyone, should make inquirian,
water, informed the Harbour Master, and His Lordship-Tou bund certain stuff in volunteered to remove it? fa
the
Mr. Smith-The plaintiff told him it was Harbour Master said he could go and raise it. there and as it was dangerous to shipping the
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The Government, for reasons best known to themselves, turned them all out of the houses. and the consequenood thereof are what prevail. The remedy, therefore, seems to be to allow to-day and what we all complain of, this class to reside in the same locality that it powers that be, and do away with the necessity of our future Administrator of the Colony placing himself in the undigniffed practice" of
hare a letter from the Harbour Master in did before. May tais commend itself to the
Willch he stated that he considered my client should be paid for raising this by anyone Folaiming the same.
His Lordship-That amoINEFF Dearing in the Police Court two days in
snoogation sa e prossentor for having been solicited by members of the unfortunate
Reuters Calcutta correspondent says that two Tibetan Envoys state opinion given by the Harbour Master.
Mr. Smith-No, but I think it shi.my that 2,000 Chinese have sacked the monasteries and killed many Las client had whatever right the Harbour "hfaster olasan
had if he had raised. It himself. It simply puts in Bastern Tibet. 1976
my client in his ship.
They had cabled to the Chinese Emperor begging him to remove the grievances of the Tibetan people, but they had received no reply. They would now call the attention of the
Government of India to the matter in the hope that India would request
J. E. Wood at the Magistracytoma to nance the appeqsvian.. charger nauwing su possession of a quantity of opium and also with haying ing their possession three shops purporting to be the boxes, The first defendant was fined $150 and the others were discharged.
CITIZEN.
His Lordship. Has any effort been made to El THE CLASSIC DANCE" IN obtain any compensation?
Mr. Smith stated that a letter had been sent
by Mr. Wilks poiing apparently an agent to the defendants, offering to pay $100, which anthem refused. That mission of
tempt at settlement and an liability.
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HONGKONG, -
GOTEENMENT INTERVENTION,
We are informed that the Government have
intimated to the management of the entertain
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ment to be given by Malle. Mignon de on Saturday, that Mr. Harris-It was no admission of liability. Benville, at the Theatre, |_ His Lordship-On the facts as outlined, it the performance, can only be allowed on the condition that the danceusis properly BBCT TO ME That you have no right of action.
attired. Molle de Benville is described as “the The Calcutta Statesman saya: Mr. Smith-I had some doubt myself, I must
world renowned bare-foot dancer in plastic posen and her programme includes the famong Salome. Mr. Harris My friend put in a''document
dazos se dansed by her at the Hansa Theatre, China's action does not afford ground.
remarks in his recent book.
sion to remove wreckage, but that is not what
Representations, of “ marble staing and dassio ~The “Englishmau" condemus our the plaintiff did He removed slipway for models from Greek and Romina soulptors are which we had a Government permit. When also shnounced. Mille de Bonville's dancës, evacuation of Tibet and says the news charged at the Police Court with larceny, there told, are similar to those which have causes grave anxiety to the Govern- Magistrate ordered him to return the slipway.
Editor, not for publication but as evidence of hecertain what the revenue and expenditura Pium Farmer's, wrappers, dies, and 400 small for surprise and refers to Sven Hedin 8 from the Harbour Master giving him permis Hamburg, and the Winter Gardens, Bertin."
good faith,
All letters for publication should be written on one side of paper only."
No anonymously vigned communications that have already, appeared in other papers will be Inserial
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Telegraphis Addrests PRESS, Codes & D.O 5th Ed. Lieber.
34. Telophone No. 12. Hongkong. Dsp1oši stajan LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STRIJARO
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, FEREUARY 25TH, 1910.
of the respective provinces really amounts
Tea Tahun Tabon is the name of a
Chinaman who received the degree of doctor of
laws at the Berlin University let month. Only once before has a similar honour bean: bestowed by that institution, on a native of the Celestial Empire. The new lawyer has been a resident of Berlin since 1905, speaks Garman Buertly, and his tases, Reforms in China in keeping with European sunditions," written in German
The New York: highly commanded. WAS Tribune adds An American at the university in a humorous article, refers to Ta's name “two tries and a snooze.”
The Hon Teasurer of the Alino, Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the fant of the Hospitals
to, and this being discovered the Provincial (2 thus V. Ap Authorities are this year required to frame estimates under both headings for examination by the Board of Finance. The returns during the past year have had to be made to the Metropolitan Board every quarter. The result for the year is now known. The come of the provinces is shown to be Tis. 662,500,000 and diture Tls. 582,200,000, yielding a surplus of eighty in thels. It is interesting, indeed, to compare these ng with those compiled by competent inquirers who have attempted an estimate on the few Ir has been known for some little time past facts hitherto known. Mr. H. B. MORSE in that relations in Tibet between the Chinese his book on The Trade and Administration" and Tibetan authorities had become severely of the Chinese Empire" has a very inform strained, but the ews which comes from ing chapter on the revenue and expenditure India, via London, that a Chinese force of in China in which he takes the figures of twenty-five thousand men has advanced Mr. E. H. PABEER and Mr. GEORGE into Tibet is quite unexpected: The Chinese JAMIESON, whom he describes as the ambans and mandarins who administer the principal authorities on the taxation and civil power in Tibet have been accused of expenditure of China, and he finally draws ignoring the wishes of the Tibetan public up an imaginary statement of revenue and of the committee or council who are according to the amounts presumed to be Supposed to assist them. The position was paid by the taxpayer: As Mr. Monsn says, deemed to have become so intolerable that the resultant figures will be readily accepted-Telegraphic adrico has been received by representatives of this general committee by all competent investigators as being in Messrs. Butterfield & Swire that the Cyclops were sent to Calcutta, where they arrived all cases well under the fact. This is Mr. has been floated. A small quantity of her sarge has been transferred to the Blus Fannel steamers Dardanus and Profesilaus, and further
early in December, and from there they sent MORE's statement.
a long telegram to the Waiwupu praying the Emperor of China to interfere in the interests of the sacred Boddhist telegram accused the Am- religion. bans of the desecration and destruction "of monasteries, and stated that many Lamas had been killed by the non-Buddhist soldiery, and that the people in many dis- tricts were subjected to cruel oppression. It further declared that the proposal of the committes, that the British guards, which
Imad Taxi. i. Tribalem.
Imperial Provincial Lodal
Adminis Adminis Adminía
tration tration tration, 25,867,030 67,060,20 1,315,000 7,420,000 15,582,000 2,300,000
Hi, Native Customs 3,799,000 1,280,000 249,000
Lane, Crawford & Co. Standard Of Cop
PO. Cet
China Export Import Bank, Cawasies, Paianjes & Co. Douglas, Lapraik & Co
Dodwell & Co
Dennys & Bowley
F. Blackhead & Co,
Bradley & Co.
British American Tobacco Cò,
Bratton & Hett
THE ACCIDENT TO S. 8. "CYCLOPS."
ment.
IRISH HOME RULE
LONDON, February 24th. Mr. Asquith has informed Mr. C. C. Craig, M.P. for South Antrim, that the Home Rule Bill will not be taken this session.
THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
THREATENING DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT.“
→ Mr. Smith-There was po ono in charge of this property.org
His Lordship-Ton are not bound to watch your propertyä ilmas
Mr. Smith-This appeared to be greckage..
boon given by Miss Maud Allen in Londen and alsewhere, but we are asked to state, for the information of the public, that in the matter of her alture the danceuse will comply with the wishes of the Government,
Mr. Harris-They was wreckage, but this OPTUM, CURA D was not. We have a government permit for this slipway.
all were
A valuable and interesting report by Mr. Mr. Amith--The stuff we removed was 600 Frank Browne, the Government analyst, on yards from the shore,
Opium: its nature, composition, preparations
His Lordship-It seems to me, without going and methods of consumption," was presented to into the facts, that there is no caso,
Mr. Smith-What I have stated is from the evidence list will be given
His Lordship-You remered something which appeared to be wreckage because the Harbour Masterpaid you might?
the Legislative Council yesterday. His general conclusions on the methods of talding opium are as follows
Of the six, it would seem that by far the tesat injurions of all methods is that of smoking. By this last, only a very small part of the morphine in opium is taken into the system, and aven when a comparatively large quantity is His Lordship--How was the owner dis burnt the morphine taken internally is exces- sively minute. The eating and drinking at covered!
Mr. Smith-Yes.
LONDON, February 24th. Mr. Smith-Because he prosecuted my ellent phis, and the administration of morphine by
In the House of Commons yester- day Mr. Austen Chamberlain moved a Tariff Reform Amendment to the Ad- dress in Reply to the Speech from thel
eThrone, discussing the question on familiar linea.
The debate stands adjourned. It is understood that the Irish particulars as to when cargo may be expected Party will abstain from the division hors are expected shortly, w
thereons
DEPARTURE OF THE "KING ALFRED!"
Yesterday afternoon the cruiser King Alfred v. Miscellaneon..... 8,856,000 5,098,000 295,000 the flagship of the British Squadron, left the
iv. ĉalt Gaballu... 18,050,000 26,000,000 25,000,000-
vii. Lakin
ILE the Governor
for larmany.
injection, are likely to set up the opium habit or
His Lordship entered judgment for the craving, and as far as possible facilities for these defendant with costs.
THE KAISER AS PHILOSOPHER BENECOLLE
methods of taking the stimulant should be restricted. Erasss in smoking, like excess of say, other kind, is also to be discountenanced but this is in grost measure guarded against by the high price of the drug, which for most in moderate people ensures its consutaption in The New York Outlook publishes the quantity. But there should be a limit even to following translations from a German paper of the cost of chandoo, for if prohibitive, smokers Bentonces that hang in the workroom of the will resort to the other extremely cheap and Kaiser, so arranged that hie Mcjesty has the admittedly more harmful, methods at taking
marcotic indulgence.“ 16 for anything that is unattainable is lave before him when sitting at his deskopiam, or to cousing the very worst form
"Be strong in pain."
worthless
Be content with the day as it is; look for
THE LATE PRINCESS WALDEMAR. POUNDING THE DANISH STEAMSHIP SA LINK TO THE FAR EASTA VALE
and
|** `A feature of the crisis is the grow. ing revolt of the extreme Radicals
Rejoice in nature and people, and take them against the supposed intention of the wither are
For a thotaand better hours consola
consola your
The late Princess Walder of Deniark, by birth a member of the French Royal House, Government to propose a reform of self with one that la branitiful data
Gire from your heart and mind always the whose death occurred on December 4, was & vi. Foreign Customs 21,160,000: 3,943,000 18,200,000 part en route for England. His Excellenes the House of Lords instead of the best ven if you do not receive thanks very ablo and influential lady A London, paper
13,823,080 22,392,000 8,639,000 Admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton received many ffinitation of the veta --
He who can learn and practise this is indeed a says that she was active in many ways, happy, free, and prond ong his life will always helped to bring about the Franco-Russian Total ... 19,062,000 142,374,000 42,716,600 calls during the afternoon, among those who
He who is mistrusting Strong understanding In Denmark sue distinguished herself by a movement which resulted in the The grand total here shown in Thele took leave of the Commander in Chief being NEW INVESTMENTS FOR UNITED others and harms himself ingen s
STATES CAPITAL. overner and members of the Con-
It is our duty to believe every one to be creation of a line of Danish steamers trading god as long as we have not the proof to the to the far East Her Royal Highness told the have been withdrawn from the newly-opened, 284,154,000, which, as Mr. Moxar remarks, body. The King Alfred proceeds to
In connection with the announcement that contrary, is an obviously insufficient eum on which to
terms-I saramoned the great financiers, tho trade marts should be replaced by Tibetan maintain the fabric of government of anquish his command to Admiral Winblos, his been awarded to United States shipbuilders everything cannot revolve around bazkem, and this businessmen whom I knew to Bingapore, where ‘Admiral Lambton will relin-contracts for twaz Argentine battleships charel C4 The world is so harge and we uirselves story to a magazine representative in these police trained under Chinese officers, had
be superior, and I asked them to instruct -- пя who can to oxpisan been rejected, and that Chinese soldiers had empire like China. Our Peking Corres-successor. The new Admiral on board thus is lerstood at regulations are pending
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translation, a portion of the telegram which was published in the London Times Last month, runs
We cannot bear further ill-treatment. If wore troops come our power will be lost, and the Dalai Lama will remain in sorrow. Tibet is a holy place. If the existing system of law.
provinces as amounting actually to Tis 662,500,000 a very big difference indoed, and after asking provision for all outgoings, including foreign indemnitics and interest on foreign loans, the State has a surplus balance of over eighty milhon taels.
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