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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 201H, 1910.

new regulations, they can no longer be held without, the permission of the police. Ac. cording to one report the Waiwupu intimated that "the police have every right to refuse, if it seems

to them good to do so." This claim is opposed by the missionaries as CO., defeating the provisions of the Treaties, which guarantee the protection of the Chinese authorities to persons teaching the Christian religion or professing it. Nor says the Tionisin Treaty," shall any such, peaceably pursuing their calling, and not WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS offending against the laws, be persecuted or Interfered with." For the particulars of the dispute which we have given above, we ar indebted to a Hankor contemporary, but

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Bir Henry Godfrey Jamse of Eliners, Colimare-read, Dalkey left £150 each to the Protestant Mission to China and the Protestant Mission to Japan.

It is announced in our advertisement columns that the Band of the Gorman cruiser squadron is giving two orchestral converts at the theatre- on Thursday and Monday next.

Mr. James Markham Dow, late of the Hong kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, who died su Ost. 4, aged 41 years, loft estate valued. at £724 gross and at £523 not.

SUPREME COURT. TELEGRAMS. TE LEG RAMS.

Monday, 19th December.

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE CHIST JUSTION (Bru FRANCIS PIGGOTT),

A MERCIFUL BENTENCE

Paul Patier (21), a bluejacket from the French gunboat Vigilante, was charged with the manslaughter of a coolie at Qasery Bay on December 5th The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. Reas Daries), instructed by Mr. Denbys, Latest news from the North is that the plogne appeared for the Crown, and Sir Henry Berke.

in North Manchuris has been stamped out. The

latest official retaras show that there have been 451 casos, of which 442 had proved fatal.

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[BEUTHE'S SPECIAL POLITICAL BERVICE]

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

LONDON, December 19th.

The latest results are —

UNIONISTS.

St Andrew's District

SERIOUS CONFLICT: PEKING, December 19th. A message from Harbin states that ley, instructed by Mr. H. Looker, appeared on on the 14th instant Chinese police arrested a Russian officer and two behalf of the prisoner.

In the stance of a French interprator the

on route from French Consul (51, Liebert) undertook to get Cossacks who were

Prisoner.pleaded guilty

Blagovoschensk to Aigun. Sir Henry Berkeley-The prisoner has

Another officer escaped and return- manslaughter. Your Lordship has doubtlessed with two hundred Cossacks, but stations at Olangapo and SulHe will pleaded guilty to the charge laid against him of

read the depositions, and you will see from them the Chinese refused to deliver up Liberal that this unhappy man finds himself in the seri their prisoners,

Labour one position in which he now stands through

Trouble ensued, in which several Nationalist occasion in question. He is a very young man,persons were wounded, but none killed. Unionist

Chief Naval Constractor Capps has been reported as they might be. We observe, for ordered to the Philippines, to examine the naval

probably leave Sma Francisco on comber 5. instance, that a Chinese newspaper which

discusses the legal question, assumer & CLED

For the Christmas holidays aposta fares are in which "a foreign missionary embarks on a grand chome to hold a mass meeting of being charged on the Kowloon railway from two or three thousand men, and builds a Dooember 23rd to January 8t1 Particulars 5 having been under the inftance of drink on the to times and fares will be found in our advertise matshed over an open space in front of a Chinese temple for that purpose."

If that

is what has happened at Hankow, we should not be disposed to condemn the action taken by the Viceroy. To hold these ass meetings outside a Chinese temple would obviously be an incitement to a breach of the peace, and on that ground the police would be perfectly justified in forbidding the meeting. But as we have said, there is no mention of the proximity of a Chinese templo in the foreign statement of the case that we have seen: It is explained that "the building on the Hankow wide rented for the

purpose of

mont columns.

The residents in the French Settlement at Shanghai and the South Market (Chinese Band and neighbourhood) have dovided to petition the authorities to order the house-owners to reduce the rent.

Other notion is being considered.

The Russian prisoners were sub..

No further details are to hand, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND

I am instructed that his age is about twenty. He has an exceptionally good charter. That the liantenant under whose immediato notice he Blagovoschensk. is spoken to by his commanding offloor and by sequently released, and returned to comes. When the unfortunate affair occurred the man, naho states bimmelf, was unconscions of what he was doing. That is no defense in law,

GRAND COUNCIL. dir Arthur Young. Colonis! Secretary, but it is a matter which can be brought before

PEKING, December 19th. Straits Settlements, lits been appointed Chief the merciful consideration, of the Court in in- Secretary, Federated Malay States. Mr. B. L. fioting the punishment whisk must fall upon

The National Assembly has decided Brockman, Acting Resident of Pahang, is the the shoulders of the prisoner. The afnir oọ. new Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settle.curred at night after the man and bis com

panions had been visiting some of tous places in to impeach the Grand Councillors ments.

the town where liquors of a maddening charmster

LBBITKE'S BERVICE TO THE "HORDEONG DAILY PRESS."j

FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

Aching Daily Norte telegram dated are cold and the men went on board not knowing again, and to once more impress upon the Taiyuan F, Dec. 6, sys-Dr. Timothy what had occurred. According to the evidence, the Throne the necessity of having a meetings belongel to the Official Cash Richard has handed over charge of the University when moura reached the ship that a Grand Council responsible to the Control Office, дя all the adjacent to the Shansi Provincial authorities, in accor-coolie had been killed the prisoner believed

Members in their speeches criticised property does and while His Fr. dance with the provisions of the agreement that he had done it, and he went up to his captain people.

There was an exchange of felicitons addresses by and told him that from the circumstances he CELLENCT interdicted missionary meetings two parties concerned and a marked mant believed he must have committed the deed, and as the Regent, but not with any show being held in that building, and sout festation of feelings of friendship and confldonor. hedid not wish the blame to fall upon szybody else

he was prepared to take the blame upon himself of heat. his police to drive the workmen away,

The three million loan agreement between the Never for a moment did he attempt to shield he has no objection to a Japanese cireu on

Prov neial Government of Kiangnan and the himself by falsehood. He has been open and shove A CHAMPAGNE OF FINE QUALITY the same ground and has actually laused Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the Deutsch board from first to last. He has been consis, thema site. Apparently, he has one rula Asistische Bank and the Banque de I'Indo tant, penitent and contrite, and declared that PEB CASE 1 DOZ. QUARTS.

for the missionary and. another for the Chine was duly signed at the Provincial Treshe did what he has done not knowing what ha was doing. I would ask your Lordship in these $33.00 circus. It seems to us that well he saver's Yamen at Nanking on Sunday last, and PRICE

might, if it be true that the missionary the money was paid next day to the Chinese circumstances to deal as mercifully as the

A Paris message states that vindication of the law will permit. Your Lord- PBR CASE 2 DOZ. PINTS.

meetings wore intended to be held outside authorities through the Tai Ching Bank.

Shi Tien chang, Shanghai manager of the ship has read the depositions, and I would ask sident Fallieres received M. Isvolsky PRICE.

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Chinese temple. To say that the Viceroy feels free to take liberties | Szechuan Railway, who was ordered by the your Lordship to take into recollection the tesli- PER CASE 4 DOZ. SPLITS.

with Europeans in a way which he does Governor of Kianges to undergo three days" mony of the commanding officer as to the exoo on his taking up his duties as Russian imprisonment for negligently and wrongfully leave of this man's character up to the moment Ambassador, and the most cordial PRICE

$37.00 not dare to do with the Japanese," is depositing the capital of the Szechuan Hailway when unfortunately he gave way to temptation speeches were exchanged anent the

surely the reductio ad absurdum. If the Company in the Ching Yann Bank, was brought which entailed the dreadful consequence that now

LATKE. Viceroy is prepared to allow a Japanese before Mr. Pen Yi and the British Assosor in falls upon him. My Lord, I appeal to the side value of the Franco-Russian Alliance. A.Š. WATSON & CO.. circus to occupy the site, it is conceivable the Mixed Court at Shanghai last Wednesday of the Court in which mercy is administered in

that he would allow the fame įrivilege to and remanded so that he could compare the this case. LIMITED,

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STATE OF THE POLL.

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Members elected

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Miller (1) defeated Major William Anstruther

Gray (C) at the last election by 38 votes.

[FROM THE MANILA “ CABLENEWB"] THE CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.

Washington, Dec. 12. The census returtis have all been cany

assed and the footings rando. The official total shows the population of the United States to be 91,972,266.

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THE CENSUS OF SHANGHAI.

The Census returns, says theN, O. Daily News,

European circus. A performance of this accounts. The defendant appeared in his off His Lordship-It is with vory great ring his credentials, that the Tsar had foreign population of the Foreign Settlement.

dial robes.

In H.B.M's Supreme Court of Shanghai Mr. H. P. Leaver sppealed against a judgment of the Provincial Court at Amoy. Mr. A. Oppe, on behalf of the appellant, Harry Persy Leaver, applied for a rale niet, for a writ of certiorari directed to R. G. Tours, Egg, formerly Judge of H. B. M. Provincial Court at Amoy, to remove in to this Court and to quash an order of conviction made on or about the 28th day of July, 1910, whereby the said Harry Perey Lesser was convicted of illegally arresting the persons of a Chinese and of a Japanese protested subject upon a jetty of the British Concession at Amoy without legal authorization and contrary to the regulation of the asid British Concession and was sentenced to a fine of fifty dollars or in default to seven days' imprisonment. The rale was granted.

kind is calculated to conduce to good humour, but a proselytizing propaganda outside a Chinese temple might well give the police authorities cause for apprehension ns to the results. Apart from the ques. tion of the proximity of the temple, it is questionable whether the Treaty pro vision entitling the teachers and converts of the Christian religion to the protection of the Chinese authorities can justifiably be invoked to cover the case of evangelistic meetings of between two and three thousand people, when the Chinese authorities have reason to fear that such meetings, hostile as they are in their purpose to popular beliefs in China, are likely to lead to disturbances, endangering perhaps both life and property. Assuming the facts to be approximately

In reference to the raent Bedford Court- On the 18th inst., at "Hartley," Babington

as above stated, we cannot regard the martial, the Sheerness correspondent of the Path, the wife of T. ERNEST PRAECE, of a son.

[1407 Viceroy's decisien as "a finding which at Naval and Military Record writes:-Captain On December 11th, at Shanghai, to Dr. and one stroke can put a stop to all the Fitzherbert and Lieutenant Dixie enjoyed in mission: work carried on in China no small measure the confidence of the crew, outside the limits of the Treaty porta." There were a number of petty officers and men from the wrecked cruiser on board the Bulwark Missionaries are still free to "peaceably whilst the investigation was taking place, and pursue their calling" at Hankow, as they were unreserved in their praise of their late elsewhere; the sole question at issue is whether this phrase in the Treatises.The captain is one of the best," de clared one man; "the navigator is one of the most covers evangelistic mission meetings, illful officers in the service," remarked another and makes it obligatory on the part Lieut. Dixie was warmly congratulated on his of the Chinese authorities to afford acquittal on the charge of negligonen. Both the protection to the missionaries and their officers were well nested in their defences by converts in carrying on an aggressive their "friends" Captain C. Duneau Johnson, of campaign against popular religious faiths the War College, and Lieutenant H. A. Le

Hurt, of the Navigation School, showing by their which the Chinese officials consider is likely questions that they hal a thorough grasp of the An interesting dispute has arisen at Han to provoke a breach of the public peace. It points at isme. The second court opened about kow between the Missionaries and the seems to us that the Chinese anthorities are a bour after the conclusion of the first, and all Chinese authorities as to the right of mis entitled to exercise a certain amount of present mat have had a Feding of sympathy sionaries to hold mas meetings without discretion in the matter, and it is much to for Captain Fitzherbert in having to enter the previously obtaining police permission. It be regretted that the missionaries holding court as the principal witness for the prosecution appears that certain missionaries had erected: these meetings could not have amicably within two hours of an adverse decision having a large matshed for the purpose of holding arranged the matter with them and avoided bean given against him. Captain Fitzherbert meetings in connection with the visit of the an open rupture which has apparently faced the ordeal with great sulmuess. Evangelistic Association. The Viceroy not created an undesirable, if not dangerous, only interdicted the meetings, but caused state of feeling in the province.

to be issued for the appro hensic of the, natives who assisted in the arrements, causing them to take sanctuary in the Concession. Further, he instructed his police to pull down the posters announcing the meetings, notwith- standing that it had been decided to hold them in the Concession after the Viceroy had interdicted them elsewhere in the province. The Waiwupu supported the action of the Viceroy, intimating that as religious meat ings are public meetings, according to the

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, DECEMBER 20TH, 1910.

There was not a single case of communicable disease reported in Hongkong last week.

The Shanghai Ampteur Dramatic Club is playing: “Dr. Wako's Patient" at the Lyceum

Thizo.

Bergeant. Farger and Constable Waters of the Hongkong Police returned to the Colony Festerday after nine months' leave of absence.

Mr. Mee Cheung, the well-known Hongkong photographer, sends us some new views of Mame, one baing a panoramic view, 5 inches by 22 inches

CONCERT AT SEAMEN'S. INSTITUTE..

that for the second time in a very short period

I find a foreign sailor before this Court charged directed him to do his utmost to with the offence of homicide. It is exceedingly maintain and consolidate the close painful to the Court to have to pass a sentence

M. Tavolsky's assertion, in present-will come se a surprise to those who expected an unprecedented increase in the native and An increase there has been, but in neither case sit so large as that shown by the census of 1905 vor that of 1900. The gross total, foreign and native, of the censuses of 1910, 1905 and 1900

follows

-1910. 1905. 1900. 13,536 ··11,497 6,774 are as

452,716 488,005

345,276 Those figares show an actual increase of

which must be serionaly prejudicial. to the bonds uniting France and Russia, and prisoner in his career, the noble career which the reply of M. Falliéres promising he himself has chosen in the service of his the unceasing co-operation of the country. Paul Fettior, you have pleaded guilty to the offates of homicide, and in so French Government to the same end, doing you have behaved as a gallant sailor ought is regarded in Paris as an emphatic to do and confese his crime. I am justled in answer to the meeting of the Kaiser, extending to you the clemency of the Court by and Tsar at Potsdam, and the German reducing the sentence to the smallest which it

QUEEN MARY.

is possible to give where life has been taken by a Chancellor's references thereto, man even under influence of driuk.. I sentence you to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. For any further clemency which you may hope for it will depend on your good conduct and the clemency which is exercised by the Governor of the Colony,

THE FULL, PENALTY

Grigoria Tiangovs, a Filipino, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing two thousand pesos and re lundred dollars, the property of Sayana Ramos, on the 5th November,

LONDON, December 19th. The Daily Chronicle" states that the accouchement of H. M. Queen Mary is expected in March

MACAO AFFAIRS.

We continue to receive laiters for publication

Natives

Foreigners

the number of native residents during the five 2039 in the foreign population and 33,289 in years

Tarning first to the returns of the craign population, the following are the most note worthy incrensos:

1910. 1905.

British Japanese

Portuguess

Gergan

Inalan...

4,465 3,713

2,157

1,495

∙1,331

811

785

804 568

The principal decreases, by nationalities,

are :

American French

Russian

Spanish

Italia Denish

Austro-Hungarian

1910 1905.

"940

99%

330

393

317

124

TAB

113

121

102

158

Of the British population, there has been the Mr. Alabaster, who appeared for

The most marked faresus in the British Crown, stated that the prisoner had broken in connection with the recent disastrons episode decrease from 636 to 627 in the Central district, open a camphor-wood box and abstracted at Macao, but as we nuderstand that an exhana and from 1,493 to 1,497 in the Northern district. metal box santaining the money of his mistress, tive inquiry is being made into the whole population is in the Westem district, where the by whom he was employed as a cook. He was matter, with, we suppose, a view to the punish number has risen from 639 in 1905 to 1,123.

The nativo population shows an increase headings but one villages and huts within the recognised by a friend of the mistress and arment of the civilian instigators, these com- rasted When charged, he admitted having taker munications cannot be published. The next though in most cases slight one, under all the money and gave a list of names to whom he word on the matter should be from the Commits in which there is a decrease from 37,503 said he sent various suns, one over 1,000. mittes of Inquiry, and, as we have said boforo, to 36,442 The largest increase is under the Those people could not be traced and nono of the the public should not have long to wait for the heading of "in Foreign Hongs, Houses, and money had been recovered Thero was a Finding. We understand that the inquiry 12.458 to 25,646. The next largest increase

is being conducted with all due diligence. previcus conviction against the prisoner.

His Lordship passed sentence of four years imprisonment, but on Mr. Alabaster pointing sont that it was simple larceny with which the prisoner was charged he recalled the sentence and ordered him to prison for three years.

BEASLONS DJOUENED.

The Sessions were then adjourned until Wed nesday, January 4th, at ten o'clock.

THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT. This concert will be held in the Theatre Poyal tomorrow night, and special arrange- ments have been made by the Society to improve

where the returns have risen from

from 63,609 to 88,270 is shown in the Eastern -Districts

of

THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANT. WELCOME PERPARATIONS AT FIZING. The Peking Jah Poo says Government is Germany & very warm welcome on his com the acoustics of that building. The programme Preparing to give H. I H. the Crown Prince should prore acceptable to the audience. Its ing visit to China next year. The welcome solection is in koeping vrith the objects of the will be given not only in the spirit of mutual Sosisty, uemely, to provide good music of a type friendship and international courtesy, but also as an expression of thanks due to Gorrtony for which for the most part is not produced here by having so hospitably received H. I. H. Prince the varions concert parties that occasionally Teai Tao, on the latter's visit to termony last visit the Colony. Opening with the Italian yow in the course of construction, and care is

The residence of our Imperial guest The Superioress of the Italian Convent bega Symphony Mendelssohn (No. 4), a work us now to acknowledge with grateful thanks the follow-pleasing as it is muitable to the capabilities of taken to arrange for the decorations and furni ture, Only antique Chinese wares of really ing donations to the above fund.

the local material, a contrast will be farnished good artistic taste will be displayed, and no 駟 both foreign

decorations of any sort will by two unaccompanied part songs 300

The different Ministries are choosing of considerable merit and well known, "The

B.N official of diplomatic experience to receive Hymn to Music (Dudley-Back) and "Moon Bis Imperial

ITALIAN CONVENT EMERGENCY FUND.

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Last night the Concert Party of HMS. Mr. and Mrs. Schluter, I. M. Customs, S Monmouth gave an enjoyabis entertainment at Sir Hormusjee Mody the Seamen's Institute, and those present Mr. Ho Kon Tong appreciation of the many excellent items on the Mr. Pedro Nolasyo da Bliv nad family,

Mr. H. Dixon and stone frequently and plainly demonstrated their Mr. A. Bryer, of Messrs. Leigh & Orange 100 well-selected programme. A long lut of Macao sentimental and comte songs was followed by a Mr. ▲ Turner, Falmer & Turner laughable skateh called "The Grey Parrot," in Mr. F. d'Assia Gomes which six members of the crew of the Monmouth Me J. Owen Hughes, Wicking & Co.

Mr. Augusto J. Gomes... appeared. They lled their allotted roles very E. General LA. Anderson creditably, and the enthusiasm with which they Hon W. Bees Davies ware received was sample feelimony of the appreciation of the audiance,

Miss Barker, Matron, Cort C Hospital Mr. Simon Tee Yau...

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light (Eaton Faning). The latter, it may be has galacted and the Minchang Pr

kindly,

the purpose Tsotsi Hung who for some time secretary of montioned, was produced on the Continent Yucheng, recently under Dr. Coward by the Sheffield nur Legation at Berlin. The streets of Peking, Choir with great access. Mrs. Boboleld has through which our guest is likely to tako his consented to sing Glook'a famone "Che route while in Peking, are now up for improve Faro with strings, and Frofessor Danenberg ment, and on the occasion yellow and will be will perform the first movement of Griega proad sver the streets in a layar The Tuchuan A minor Concerto with the Orchestra The Flins authorized the King-Han and King-feng special work of the Society will be Elgar's railways to have special Imperial Palocus/Com Tanner of St. George by the Orchestra and tenoted for the convenience of His Imperial Choras, whose numbers will approach one Highness.

ort, every hospitality will ba 10-hundred y

shown to the trotman Crown Princes

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