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THE HAIRY AINOS AT HOME.

corner of the month, while the hands and armas

worked-out patterns. This lip tatoo differs

THE EMANCIPATION OF JAPANESE

WOMEN. SE

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1910.

A FEET BRED PRESS

It is a matter of common knowledge, says the Pinang Gazette, that Bangkok, the capital or enlightened Siam, has not reached that stare of civilisation when the public demand or the authorities permit free and independent orfulciam of official sation by the organs of the local Preet imagine that nothing which calls for criticism, even of the most mina, character, is over done by

WHERE ENGLAND'S KINGS ARE

BURIED

**WESTUINISTER ADNEY AND HISTORY.

પાંચ

ALCOHOLISM AND OFFSPRING.

Inte

ITCHED SO HE COULD NOT SLEEP

Suffered Badly from Eczema on Face and Body for Over Two Years- Very Inflamed and Disfiguring Doctor's Prescription did No Good. -Gave It Up as a Bad Job.

CALLS HIS CURE BY

Mrs. M. T. S. Schaffer writes vivaciously, out INCREASED BMFLOTMENT FOR WOMEN.

♣ BLOW TO TEETOTAL ADVOCACY. sympathetically, in the June Travel and Ea ploration, of her visit to the gentle and courteous The great increase in the opportunition of

The effect of habitas atecholie indulgence" but decadent hirsute race inhabiting Yezo, an employment for women in recent years in this Island north of Japan.

conutry should be noted as a remarkable sign of

intimate conection between Coronations and has for many years furnished matarial for the There was in England for many centuries an activity of the children of those who so indulge. upon physical development and Intellectual The most marked physical characteristic of the timos, writes the Toyo Jiron, and one which

Royal burials which was hardly te be found ale eloquenes of total abstainers, and and alumet the Tenth common growth of hair on will have most important and far-reaching con-

where, writes The Timer Far Westminster invariably boon aina tot, Bud be almost the man, while the Tom angin of this onstom is fundamental, reform of the whole social

their interment. In the words of Jeremy Taylor, sophical and route a ne women aro hideously tattooed sogasus is not unlikely the hein soditi

Abbey was for centuries the traditional laos of much as sixty yours ago, so generally philo- fost in antiquity, thongh at the present day it is system. Hitherto the particular sphere allotted

Where our kings are crowned their ancestors W. E. Carpenter permitted himself to write of wupposed to ward of disesse The akin sur. to woman has been the home, where she has been the Siamese Goyarnment--when the local serības lie interrad, and they must walk over their the innumerable diseased organisms which": rounding the

a young girl is early seldom allowed to raise harsalf above the lovel cannot see their way to belaud the ozicial attitado grandsiro's head to take his crown.” mouth of subjected to the ordeal bych, back regarded as inferior to man arid socially, trested in good for the oinntry or the public will hardly at Westminster is uncertain; but it was repeated in many forms. Probably for the first

tattoo made of domestic drudgery, and has been generally they imply omit all reference to it. That this

spring from the loins of the drunkard," and the Lom the soot and juins

When the Royal burials first began indictment thus framed against excess has been day of her betrothal as such. Now the spheres of setiriyanite, well to have the outside world believe that every Confessor that, after the lapse of centuries, been subjected to striot while

be contended, but it suits the Government so undoubtedly the grave the ON the disfigurement is completed. A double are being steadily onlargad in every walk of, to thing is perfect in the land of the White

of Edward the time, the question of its noenrary has recently moustache is the result, if such a thing and circumstance is more than likely can be imagined, being a line of black below the result in olevating their social position With Elephant that it is quite prepared to make Finger around it the remains of other English so far de results, have been obtained, are lower Up oarring upward, and jaloing the line of the uplifting of their position women will be a monetary sacrifice to attain that gs. When the Confessor died, on January set forth in a recent publication issued CUTICURA WONDERFUL

t inquiry; and the results, lower lip ourring upon one inch beyond the induced to demand some improved forms of In other words, the Siamese Government horror of great darkuses filled the whole island Nations Eugenics. The investigation has 5th, 1066, according to the Saxon Chronicle, a by the Francis Galton Laboratory for education and extended legislation necessary for subsidize the Bangkok newapapors. This revolve aron more attention in olaboratoly the protection of their interests, as opposed to jurnaliste or the Sisuse offcials to whom we voy hext day both His funeral and the Coronation Galton Research

So gloomy were the forebodings that on the been conducted by Miss Ethel H. Elderton, of men. Among prob. Siamese of his successor took place. As usual from the tattoo of the savage women of Formers, lems that will present themselves as the Inte spoken on the subject. One of the letter funerals of early kingi, he was attired in his Karl Pearson, F.E.S. and its ranits have

Scholar in the Unit the in that with the Aino it ends in racial point result of the emancipation of women indeed was quite prepared to defend the Gorera. Royal babiliments, with his crown on his head, been so fax frein confirming popular impressions of London, gazisted by Professor tinues as a straight bur frois the corners of the effects upon the home life of the nation predeat. It is of course, notorions that the neck, and the pilgrim's ring on his finger ut the lips, while with the Formosans it con nothing will be more important than its ment's nation on grounds beth of policy and

a crucifix of gold, with a gold chain round his mouth to the ears. The first sight of these Alno

upon the subject to which they relats that the On this particular phase of the

German, question

Busaid, I much discussion is now going on in Ea-monts du rabsidise special newspapers, and of however, grow very slowly, William the do so by pointing out that no greater evil can

French and Spanish Govern me the impression of having come

"The custom of burial at Westminster, may almost be said to apologise for them. They authors of the report in which they are embodied wonlot of mon mnequecaling on of the across

rope and America. The employment of the it is well-known that they are paid, in Conqueror was buried at Uaen in the abbey he had done to a good cause than by obtaining, through Hasculine is the:

sappearance of

of this tattoo of

great number of women workers in the cotton- faut exist, to present the official point of view dedicated to St. Stephen, William. Rufus at emotional appeals, general credence for state- be spinning and kindred factories is well-known, to the public. Even in England, Pit can hardly be said that the Ainos have been but within the last few years the number of that is no reason to believe that public New Forest, Henry I. at Bunding in the abbey exact; and they almost cruelly add that "the Winchester through his sudden death in the monts which wider experience shows to be in- spoilt by contact with touristes, as the insecessi-young women finding employment in better funds have ever been expended to assure to the founted for his father's soul, Henry II, in the desire to know before acting, and the mind which Bility of their remote villages effectually chokes increased. The Railway Board, for instance, at newspaper, an arrangement by which a prominent Richard I also at Fantorrault in the robes he are so unfamiliar to mouy workers in the field of

and more dignified positions has considerably party in power the support of any particular off the ordinary globe-trotter. The only kind of

great, Angovia Abbey of Fontevrault and refuses to express an opinion before knowledge, vehicle available is that known as a bushe, tanks department of the Post Office 793; and the and exclusive information, Gocord the Govern on his return from capivity, His brother inquiry without any bias as to its result seems

prosent is employing

244 women; the savings organ, lu return for favours in the way of early had worn at his second coronation at Winchester social reform that the possibility of starting an which the writer tells us is a sort of cart of “

very limited proportions, made of very good material Tokyo telephone offices 1,300. In the Bank of ment of the day a general support, is not John was bariod at Worcester Cathedral be to them alrasst an iniquity, the mark of an about two hundred years ago, in constant nsa Japon there are 314 women out of a total of 860 altogether unknown. This was also at no time tween two Saxon saints, Wolfstan and Oswald; abnormal tetaperament." since, and still firing, the primalyal Aino these the number of women employed by various the Allahabad Pioneer. That is a perfectly Fonterranit, where his queen Isabells was fulfilling its vocation. The two employes-a remarkable percentage. Besides the east with the Government of India and bat his heart was placed in s golden casket at village, in one of these crazy equipages, and the banks, firms, stores, shops, etc., is not inconsider defeasible arrangement. The "official organ vagaries of the Jehu (whose great aim was to able. It is computed that the number of women is known and the value of its views on official Impress and astonish his temporary employers), workers of this class throughout the country is actions in tiranted by the public at home and funeral records of English kings. Henry The next reign marks s period in the is amusingly described.".

not less than 10,000. Further

of abroad renordingly. The practics only becomes IIL's veneration for the memory of Edward With a whoop and the flourish of a p

I a. green

1907 there were 34,000 female teachers engaged a real evil when, as in Bangkok, it is extended the Confessor was almost religion.

Jips.

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at the

while

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interred.

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fessor Fearson have comineted has been coutin- The inquiry which Miss Miderton and Pro-

extonded to the very important question (con ed within the definite limits indicated by tho words "childhood" and "children," and has not corning which materials are being collectedì of whether the offspring of alcoholte, on reaching themselves. The seamediate object has been to ascertain whether the children of alcoholics pro sont an appreciable inferiority to the childron of zober people, in respect either of physical development, of intellectual activity, or of acute-

Poplar stick with a string on the end of it an at various schools in the country, and when to to all the organs of the local Press, for the procured from Pone Alexander II. a Bull of ƒ adult age, havo any gr become alcoholies result to tendency than per

beloro un uke chaff before the wind, the inn beeper and his survants were left smiling and howing for behind, and we wont aging of into space as it were, in a deafening chatter of old harmoss, loose wheels, and flapping cotton

and others who are obtaining employment in other fields the total number of women following various occupations outside their home will amount to something like 60,000. Now the total number of naval and military officers, civil

its policy, however arbitrary its sotions, however corrupt and oppressive its members, the Govers. mente pe ram When public opinion is stifled in this manner it is idle either in the Press or in the administration that

to

expect

to the extent of making the shrine of St. Edward in the rebuilt Abbey of Westminster the centre of the burial place of English kings, fotogh the Confessore remains were trans- lated with a pomp and magnificence unparalleled

curtains of the basha. That first basid ride is vants, school teachers, lawyers, doctors, bank absence of corruption mid loftiness of tone at in ceremonios of a like nature. It was fitting, ness of dense perception; and the inquirers have the flesh; nor can we banish the recollection of mated at 600,000, and so it will be seen absolutely destructivo of honest, publio-spirited should be buried there. He died at the Abboy support of an affirmative conelusion. ho never failed to take the doop rats of that equal to about 10 per cent of the men law, is also detrimental in its effects on of St. Edmund en Norenber 16th, 1272, and wELJ our driver, whom we soon dubbed Cyclops, for that the number of female workers iN

This

marah read with a ricketty bound, then turned

one awful, red eye round te ase how we took his horsemanship."

SIBERIAN MAILS,

Hongkong is not the only place where com plaints regarding the irregularity of the Biberian fail are heard. The Japan Chronicle has the following

individual Journals which are not above must be admitted to he a remarkable adelling themselves to the Government for a few hundred ticals a month will not be likely to the time honoured principle at do ut des to be hesitate to. combina among themselves and on suppress information which in the interests of the community ought to be made public. How this works in Bangkok is described in a private letter dated the 9th inst, which reached us this morning. It says

vance on the part of woman in the field of olive life. Turning to the factories, it may be observed that according to the nenans taken at the end of 1908 altogether there were 770,000 industrial workers, of which 426,000 were wo mtb, or 56 per cent of the total.

At present, continues the Tokyo periodical, and offices, etc., are unmarried young girls, and most the women workers engaged in factories have not yet excrted aneh influence upon the For some weeks past it will have been observed that this phase of the problem will begin to be social life of the country. It is evident, however, that the mails from Europe by way of Siberia keenly felt sooner or later. If the increasing have been very irregular. At ene time they participation of women in active life of the ecm- were received thrice a waste, than it dropped to manity be a natural and inevitable tondaney of twice, and now the Biberian mail only delivers the times, the fact should be openly recognised letters and

or Sunday morning. It may be competition between men and women and other hoped that the Post Office authorities will look evils tha likely to arise owing to the ac- into this matterand discover what is amis. One quisition o Tesson of the irregularity appears to be the fact vour to com

power by

women. The endoa- activities of women within that the Osaka Shosen Kaisha runs its narrow cire the ground that the new more boat without

Any regard to the dates of ment tends to destroy the happiness of the departure of th Volunteer Floet steamers. home would not only be fatile, bat may be There are the steamers on the Tauraga- Vladivostok limo, two of flett Voluntefraught with serious consequences. The awaken-

Saturday are from Europe once a week, on and every possible means, taken to obvinto the

steamers and the third a vessel of the 0.8.K. One Volunteer steamer Leaves Tauraga for Vladivostok on Sunday evening and the other on Wednesday evening, The O.S.K. boat leaves pu Tuosday afternoon, so there is no boat between Wednesday and Sunday. Anyone who wishes to take the train leaving Vladivostok on Monday morning must leave Tsuruga on Wednesday. Moreover, a Volunteer Fleet steamer and an 0.8.K. boat leave Vladivostok at the same time and on the same day on their re turn to Tsuruga. It seems to as that such on Arrangement is aboard. The 0.3.K. boat should luare Tsuruga on Friday to cannest with the Sunday morning train and time its departure Vladivostok so that it connects with an incoming train. This would give thres maile passengers likewise. As matters stand at pre- sent, the O.S.K best simply serves as fifth wheel to a coach, for it takes no Europonu mails, and the country would seem to be getting no benelt from the subsidy of Y200,000 which is paid for the service. Probably if the Post and more satisfactory arratgement could be

From

buried four days later at Westminster close to Apparent, was absent in Palestire, but hurried the Confessor's remains. Edward, the Heir-

ng we can sue Low, the tomb of Henry III home, bringing the presioas marbles of which, was built. The death of Edward I, a July 7,1307, occurred at the far off villege of Burgh, on the Selway sands, and it was not until four months after that he reached bis final resting place at Westminster."

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3.

investigation have been derived from two The materials available for the conduct of the "special" schools of Manchester, compiled br burgh Charity Organization Society concerning sources, an account of the children in the Miss Mary Dendy, sul n report from the Edin- the children of one of the ordinary elementary schools of that city. The Manchester children are derived from a selected class of homes, each one of which there is at least one child who is mentally defective. In Edinburgh the ohil- dren taken might be regarded as more ordinary examples of the mass. The school selected to

"I suffered from sosema on iny (ac sad body very badly for two and a half Jears. The fret algas of my complaint was an Icobing about the neck and fee which gradu- ally beuse very in- damed and started to come out in dialguring red blotohen. These Itoled so that I could get no sleep at night. I was advised by friends to use different kinda of remedies, but all to ne

avall. I had a doctor's advice and took two bottion of his medicine, but they did no good. The I gave it up as a bad job antil I saw an advertisement of the Culloura Bemedies.

"I ant for a box of Cutinara Oint- ment. Upon the first application I was greatly surprised at the results, for I got great case from it. I immediately Kent for a set of the Cuticura Remedies and followed the treatment carefully, In three weeks, after using two sets of Curtioara, I was perfectly oured. I have Band Cuticura Scap ever since, especially for shaving, and as long as I am able to buy it I intend to use no other. My wonderful cure by Cuticura was such a blessing that I shall be glad to have you publish my simple testinsonial so as to bring the Cutleura Remedies to the notice of other skin sußerers. Win. V. Baker, 28. North Bridge St., Monkwear- mouth, Bunderland, Eng., Dec. 24, '08."

For preserving, purifying and beau- tifying the skin, scalp, bair and hunde; for clearing the complexion, for itching, scaly scalps with day, thin and falling hair, for torturing, diguring ecnomas, rashes, itchings and irritations and for canative, antiseptio cleansing, Cuticura Soap and Cutleura Ointment are. un- rivaled in purity, efficacy and economy,

Aigle tablet of Cutters Roap and bez of Cute cum inuent are often sufficient to cute, Depot: Fondon, 27, Charterno 54.; Par. 10. Run de Charmés d'Anoia: Austral, R. Towns &Co., Br ney: India, B. K. Paul, Cafruits; fu. Afileu, Lennon, IAS., Cape Town, etc.: F.S.A., Passer Uruz & Chếta. Corn, Bale Props Ruston.

Post-trem, "How to Treat Skin Trouble**

(5) Parental alcoholism is not the source of mental defect in offspring.

in the streets,

Bangkok newspapersially as the mourner, followed by Henry's widow, Catherine but the tables are not always as clear as might and refraction of children with regard ·

some i

finence, are suppressing all reference to it. During the hearing it came out that the Siam Observer was paid Ties, 8,000 a your Government subsidy, and it was used for some strange purposes. The defonce adinitted the subsidy. An article in the Observer, trenchantly dealt with by the Pinang Gazette, was sworn to as being written by the Acting Attorney General Altogether in more sensoa than one tiers ara wis on the green" in Bangkok, over these things.

of

Warn

In the Manchester Hatotheto,"

correla

the

to

An action is before the International Court Edward II was buried at Gloucester, but in Bangkok in which G, J. Bruce, lately Edward III's and Richard II's burial place are

alcoholism and Blial intelligence is a slight General Manager of the Siam Observer, is doubtful. Henry IV, lies at Canterbury.

(6) The relationship; if any, between parental gaing W. A. G. Tilleko, Acting Attorney-tional burial place of our Sovereigns had not the an admixture of the substantially comfortable

Canterbury might lave become the tradi-fibrhem has upon its rolls children from that even its sign osanot be determined from General of Siam, proprietor of that journal,

poorest parts of the city, and yet it has also the prosent material. for Teals 6,000 damages for breach of most Henry cherished such an intense love for and thoroughly respectable working class; autioned offspring appear to be in rather a agreentant and monies said to be due. Westminster Abbey adda The Times of red admixture explained by the committee of the preponderance in the families of the drinking (7) The normal visioned and normal refrac Mr. A. Teutsch appears for the plaintiff was his determination to be buried there that his socio y on the ground that" in the poorest part of parents, the parents who have bouts" and Mr. W. A. C. Tilloke, with him Mr will contained precise directions auto the very spot a city of

many 8. Brighouse and Mr. R. D. Atkinson in which he wished to be placed. The fulfilment of old families who continue in the houses their intermediate results, but there is no substantial

centaries' growth there are many

give defends. Some sixteen witnesses, includ his intention on his deste in 1422 resulted in fathers and grandfathers lived in, despite of the alcoholism, Same explanation was sought on

relation between ing many leading Bangkok basiness mea, perhaps the most impressive and magnificent degeneration of the immediate neighbourhood."

goodness of night and parental aro. called for the plaintiff. The hearing funeral that was ever described by the old The total number of children examined was, as out into the streets. This was found to be hag already occupied a day and a half chroniclers. The long procession from Paris for as can be made cut, in Edinburgh 585 bays markedly the case, the children of alcoholic the basis of alcoholic homes driving the children. and is expected to spread over many to Calais and from Dover to London was headed and 477 girls, in Manchester 1.433 boys and days. Considerable local interests by the King of Scots, James I., as chief 1,106 girls, or a gross total of 3,604 children, Ponts sponding much more of their spare time erinced in the oULO, livelihood may be traced to the same source of women to the necessity of Independent

Valois It was met mear London by all the

An examination, however, of the ideas that has led to the overthrow of

olergy, and the rites were performed first at

be desired on this point.. despotism and the abolition of class distinction

St. Paul's and then at the Abbey. The final divided into temperate" and "

time they spent indoors or outdoors sho and to the recognition of popular rights. In

scano must have been uuriously impressivo, es

no clear and defluits result; the children who other words, it is a movement to free themselves

his three chargers were led through the dimly in most cases, about the intelligence of the bromost normal sight. It was not possible to and information was given about the health and spent the whole or most of their mare time to a more or less extent from the oppression of

lighted Abbey to the altar behind the effry thers and sisters of the moutally detective child assert that the outdoor life wea better for the in the streets, having most myopia and also men, and to assert their rights as citizens and

which lay in the car, accompanied by terob so elevate their position. This is the general

bearers and priests innumerable and with a

In the Edinburgh report more details were given ourront of thought all over the world. The

back-ground of Princes, all the Officers of parents, who were divisible into five classes (1) spent ontdoors.

as to the degree and kind of the drinking of the sight, or that the batter sight of offspring of gradual diffusion of education among women fa

State, the nobility, and other privileged teetotaler, (2) bar, (3) suspected to drink, (4)

alcoholia parontage was das to the greater time a potent factor in encouraging this movement.

spectators," The education of women in this country is still

From

drinks, (5) has bouts of drinking. Classes (8) The frequency of diseases of the eye and in an undeveloped state; yet the number of girls

the time of the burial of Henry VI. at and 3 were too small to be kept separate, so that eyelids, which might well be attributed to in the elementary schools amounts to 440,000.

St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Windsor shared teetotalers were included with the sober and parental neglect, was found to have little, if In addition to this there are hundreds of higher point, much as it-tempts us, as we must respect lies at Leicester, in the Chapel which Francis tion" co-efficients between the drinking of the between the intelligence, physique, or disease of

We will refraid from comment on the case la Family. Here lies Edward 1V. Richard 11. The reporters have worked out the

with Westminster the attachment of the Royal suspected drinkers with drinkena,

any, relation to parental alcoholism. schools for the education of girls, which are

To sam op, nomarked relation has been found ancsally turning out some 40,000 graduates,

a matter which is sub jua, even in the Siam Beun describes as one of the statellest and dai parents and seinal height and weight of the the offspring and parental alaoholism in any of ese International Court; but as a general of applied to a certain, definite object, will become there is one thing worse for the public than ad the sepulchre, so that he dwelleth more virion, and fafantile death rats. The ascertained

the categories investigated. On the whale, the great force.

no Press atall it le a Press which is willing to richly dead in the monument of bis tomb than facts, with respect to these conditions, are eza- At the same time, there is no doubt that the sell itself to the hi host bidder, or, indeed to economic factor is largely responsible in forcing sell itself at all. We saw something of that and Mary lie at Westminster; also Elizabeth minato care to show their bearing upon the appear to be associtel with the tendency to as of the non-alcoholio parentage. The authers he did alive in Richmond or any of his palaces." bodied in s lur, e number of carefully-drawn do not attribute this to the alcohol, but to certain Henry VIII. Hies at Windsor: Edward VI. tables, and have been analysed with the most physical and possible mental characters which independent struggle for existence is bo- also during the period of the activity of De women to seek some mess of livelihood. The from close quarters during the Dreyfus casa and and James L. Charles T. is at Windsor, con cases where aitlier only one parvat drinks or alcohol. Other cate cries when investigated Office authorities took the matter up, a different ginning, and the struggle is so cruel and Lyde' Press Bureau in Paris. It is, we sun. Yeyed through falling snow, and laid in the both drink, and upon both sexes of the offspring of the authors, with regard to the influence of

relentless that none can resist. It would pose, sign of the advancing civilisation of Charles IL was buried very obscurely at ni.hts in the following terms.

vault with Henry VIII. and Jane Seymour. The general conclusions arrived at are stated environment has now been as considerable that may give a different resalt; but the experience bo unkind as well as fruitless to attempt to

Siam that even in Bangkok there should be and in the same Fault at Westminster lies frustrate the movement that has began. It is "kept newspapers." not at all nulikely that the equilibrium of the

(1) There is a higher death-rate among the they hardly believe large vorrelations are likely William III: James II. lies at St. Germaine; offspring of alcoholio than among the offspring- Another matter which most closely concerns Queen Anne at Westminster, Georgo L is of sober parents. This appears to be more

to occur. home life of the nation will be more or less British mbjects in Siam since the Anglo-Siamese among his ancestors at Hanover. disturbed by the new order of things, but if mea Treaty is the administration of justice in that was the last monarch to be buried at West-case of the father, and, since it is sonsibly high could be induent to see the justies of the claim counter. That the state of the Courts in King minster

George IL marked in the case of the mother than in the

THE TRUE MEANING OF LAST put forward by women, they would be wise and Chulalongkorn's dominions is not a together

YEAR'S RISE IN TRADE. liberal enough to adjust themselves to altered satisfactory would appear from the following were all baried at Windsor, and their funbrels ally drinks, it would appear to be due very foreign trade of last year has boou issed in

"George III, George IV, and William IV. ing bouts than in that of the mother who habitu- er in the case of the mother who has drink- citomastamen. It is not unnatural that at this

The corrected and detailed figures for the initial stage of the new tilo upon which women "note" which we slip from the Bangkok Times: at night were scarcely less Boom, two that of considerably toneridents and gross carnloseness. The main fact, or the egress, wh are entering there should be como slips and failures. Nothing can be gained without morifice.

We are informed that Khau Luang Phya people took part to a very limited extent on the offspring. Owing to the greater for stands out from the figures is that, while the

George II. In of these, however,

fact, says the which Kaiser, Chief Judge of the Court of Bearcely more than 30,000 people were able to tility of alcoholio parents, the not family of the trade of foreigners with us recovered during may be some bad ones among those who

offles by the King, and that Phys while the funeral ceremony itself was naturally the alcoholic. Foreign Causes has been removed from witness the lying in state on any of the occasions, sober is hardly larger than the not family of Norzanet Banchekitch, a judge of the Hmited to the Royal Family, representative Dika Court, has been appointed in his place mourners, and State officials."

It has been a matter of eo mmon rumour for the last week or so that an unfortunate situation had risen in the Ministry of Justice, and this is evidently the outcome. One can only say that it is much to be regretted, for Phya Kraises was both an able and an experienced Judge He had an excellent legal training sad hed dons valu- able work both in his own Court and in the Law School

weak as before, and be of convenience to Such an amount of education, which propozivservation we may be permitted to remark that if West monuments of Europe, both for the Chapal children, their health, intelligence, diseases, balance turns as often in favour of the lookoko

made.

THE SAILOR KING AND THE

MERCHANT SERVICE.

Having learnt that as an not of clemeney marking the accossion to the Throus of His Majesty King George V.it had been decreed that the discharge books of seamen which had been withheld by the Board of Trade owing to failure to join their ships and to other esuses,

ero to be returned to their owners, the Imperial There Women," but the whole flook!

Merchant Service Guild at once made represen. tations to the Board of Trade saggesting that a similar act of grace might be extended to the Captains and Officers of the Baltiak Merchant Service whose certißontes are at present inder muspension owing to different causes. The Guild have now received the following communication from the Marine Department of the Board of Trade

D

Iem

may be must not tarred with the song brash. Tak ing all in all, the Toyo Jiron concludes, it minat be admitted that the larger activities of women are the inevitable tendency of the age, and men whose freedom was obtained in the last century, should not grudge in this the emancipation of women, for which the sex is gallantly fighting.

“818,—In reply to your letter of the 24th TWO ENGLISHMEN ARRESTED BY instant asking that the certificates of Officers which have been suspended by Courts of In-

RUSSIAN POLICE IN HALBIN. quiry should be returned as an act of clemency on the secession of King Coorg, 20th) from Harbin that last week two English- Nowe maches the Peking Daily News (Fanie I am directed by the Board of Trade to state men, surveyors of the Maritime Customs at that, with His Majesty's approval, they have Harbin, were arrested by the Russian police decided to return at once these certificates They were probably mistaken for spies or mili- which have been suspended for sots of pro-tary goats under Japanese pay. They were fessional default and to remit one third of the first rent to the Pristan Police Station and from original period of suspension in the case of there marched to the Polico. Headquarters under

Taking one consideration with another,

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:

On the 29th at 5.00 am-Black South Cone and hoisted.

At 10.15 am-Black South Cone and Ball hoisted.

rs are mors convinced than over to day that siderably to moderately lu Hongkong and the action of the British Government in Tongking, and risen slightly on the B.E. coast At 12.05 pm-The barometer has fallen con consenting to the abolition of extra-territoriality of China, for its nationala was a rash and unjustifiable scrifice of the interests of British subjects in miles on the S. W. of Hongkong. It is moving

The typhoon is Siam which would never have been sanctioned towards W.N.W. and is likely to reach the coast is probably situated about 100 hind the true state of affairs in Siam beon pro in the neighbourhood of Kwong Chan Wan. angles near the railway bridge,

They were arrested while

Presses has increased over Japan and the One of the man had at the time possceaed a pure and Loockoos. It remains high over the Pacific in Englishmen declared that he was hit twice on the dark spots in the ministration of the State the neighbourhood of the Bonins. (Signed) WALTER J. HOWELL, back by the policeman who arrested him. the dark

The arrest is interesting from the point of view that the Russians try to exercise jurisdiction over Europeans in spite of repeated assurance

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Busponded for offences involving personal bayonatort armed with rifles with perly appreciated by the Foreign Office and if

those officers whose certificates have been misconduct.-I am, Sir, Your obedient sexs

yant,

The Secretarye Imperial Aterchant Service Guild.

Liverpool

The concession which the Kaug has been pleased to grant will be greatly appreciated by his loyal subjects serving under the Red Ensign.

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Moderate B.E. winde way he expected in the Formosa Channel and strong grolonic winds to galas along the 8. cost of Chins.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending

that they would respect treaty rights of for LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, ID am, to day, 3.09 inches. eigners rosiding here (exterritorial rights) The fact that the persons arrested are Englishmen. adds interest the case, because if

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon The Mogal Line str. Braemar from United to-day is as follows

9.E. winds

possibly, in a minor degree, to a toxic effect

error in

1908

IMPORTA.

From

£479,453,018

461,817,692

491,102,400

From Foreign countries. British Colonios £145,251,939 129,135,795 154,705,542

BIPOETS.

To M

Foreign countries, British Colonies.

£250,942,263

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the year bear all that was lost during the depression of 1908, our trade with the foreigners (2) The mean weight and height of the chil- stood almost stationary, and we ended the year dren of alcoholis parents are slightly greater nearly as much to tho bad as we started it, than those of sober parents, but as the age The complete figares for the three years are of the former children is slightly greater the as follows correlations when corrected for age 14:0 slightly positive-e, there is slightly greater height and weight in the children of the sober. In the case of the father the correlations are 1909.. not significant, having regard to their probable 1908..

in the case of the mother they may be 1907 just significant, but they are so slight as to have no importance. They may well be das to short Celts, among the extreme drinkers. with those of the sober parent racial differense, as to a aprinkling of Irish, or

(3) The wages of the alcoholic as contrasted 1909

£127,238,084

like for an alcoholic emploge, but wholly incon- the fact shown by the figures that while the

show

250,338,797 slight

126,765,027

sistent with a marked mental or physical oferi- foreign manufacturer, was able still farther to difference compatible with the employers dis

1907......... 287.891.317

138,143,766 Another striking fature of the statistics is ority in the alcoholio parent

(4) The

general health of the children ares his trade with ne, he failed almost on- of alcoholio parents appears on the whole tirely to increase his purchases of manufactured slightly better than that of (the children sods from us. Here are the figures :——* of sober parents. There are fewer dellpute IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS FROM of tuberculosis and epilepsy are less frequent children, and in a most marked way

FOREIGN COUNTRIES. €125,039,384 | 1939 £131,103,766 that among the children of sober parents. The EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO source of this relation may be sought in two

FOREIGN COUNTRIES, directions; the physically strongest in the com- 1908 £184,351,710 1909 £184,677,876 munity have probably the greatest capunity and In 1907 exports of British goods to foreign. tante for alcohol. Further, the higher death rate countries were valued at £84,000 000 more than of the children of alsoboko parents probably the imports of the same plass of goods from culosis both depending upon inherited constitu. the margin was only £53,000,000. tional conditions, they will be more common in The net result of the year's trading was that the parents of affected offspring, and, probably we inoressed the disparity betweon our purchases if combined with alcohol, are incompatible with from the foreigner and his parolases from us

1905...

would arrest and ill-trest Englishmen whose Kingdom left Singapore on the 29th inst., and Hongkong & Neighbourhood strong; squally, leaves the fitter to survive. Epilepsy and taber foreign countries to this country. Last

Rengiang home government goes even out of the way to is due at this port on or about the 5th prox. assist Bussis, *g the Manchurian Railway The TKK str. Buyo Naru, which left here. Qusation, one can well imagine how Russians on the 27th April for Callao via Japan porta, would trait others whose governments are less inclined to side with Hussin in questions of Mexican ports and Honolulu, arrived at her politics. The foreign community is watching destination on the 28th icatant, with considerable interest the outcome of this j inpident

The P.M. str. China arrived at Ban Francisco on the 25th instant."

Formican Channel .. South coast of China befwoen Hongkong nad Lamooks. South coast of Chins between

Hongkong mid Hainan

rainy.

B.E. winds, *Imoderate,

Same as No. 1

Crelogio gales

any length of life or much aize of family. If by £31,000,000. By this amount the foreign these views be correct, we can only say that producer and the foreign workmen benefited, parental alcoholisms has no marked effect on and by this amount the British producer and filial health.

the British working men lost,