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erpassed by the Prime Minister that com pulsory insurance against unemployment will go a long way towards solving one of the most urgent social problems in the country. No doubt it will. Our telegram, it will be noticed, says nothing of compul- sory insurance, but the public long ago had it on the authority of Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL that the Government intended to make insurance against unemployment in certain trades compulsory rather than voluntary. When Mr. CHURCHILL started his labour bureaux he explained in the House of Commons at some length the ideas at that time entertained by the

The Vienna Café is advertised for sale as a going concern.

of the American University Club at Shanghai. Dr. A. P. Wilder bas boon elected president Mrs. Wilder has just returned to the East.

publication of a newspaper in Peking, which is The Imperial Daily News sanonus the named the Political News. Its object, it is stated, is to disseminate the views of a political party.

A meeting of Englishmen was held at the Victoria Hall, Hankow, on January 20th, to make arrangements for a St. George's Ball. The date was not actually determined, but the daure will probably be held on February 17th.

A Vladivostock telegram, dated the 14th instant, says a Russo-Japanese Association will shortly be organized there. The inaugural meeting will take place in February or March.

TELEGRAMS.TELEGRAMS.

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OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

THE KING'S SPEECH.

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THE PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA:

APPROXIMATELY 7,000 DEATHS.

PERING, February 7th.

measures

LONDON, February 7th. The plague in Manchuria continues Parliament was opened in state by to decrease in the principal centres, DE ST. MARCEAUX | Government regarding insurance against

His Majesty the King, who was where rigid & CO.,

unemployment, and we may presume that

nre being so far as the broad principles are concerned

accompanied by the Queen. REIMS

enforced, but it is extending in towns those ideas have undergone very little

The King's speech opened with a where the danger is not realised. change in the interval. According to M. The Russians have taken the initiative in the reference to the death of King Edwards and expressed gratification at the re-

The total deaths to date number The death is announced of the Rev. Mother salt of the Duke of Connaught's Mis-approximately 7,000, which have presided over the work of the Catholic Conventsion to South Africa. It further stated occurred principally at Fucbiation. and Orphan School, at 83. Bluff, Yokohama, that Britain's relations with foreign which she founded shortly after her arrival in Powers continue friendly; that the and 1,000 more aro awaiting fuel,

3,800 bodies have been cremated, Japanese Government had intimated At Fuchiation the deaths average 80

AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL COURTS OF

GERMANY,

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Ste Mathilde, who for nearly forty years has

THE SIBERIAN MAIL. The announcement made by the Hongkong Post Offee that on accounit of the provalence of plagas in Manchuria thers will bo only a weekly mail serviso between Shanghai and Dalay! learing Shanghai on Saturdays and arriving in Shanghai on Fridays, is of considerable im portance to the Colony, Yesterday a representa" tire of the Hongkong Daily Press saw the Hon. Mr. Mosser, Postmaster General, and was in- formed that the reason for the change was the im- position of quarantine regulations at Wocsung Thus, though a mail steamer arrived at Shangkai

before last Friday she would have to remain in

German mail steamer for Hongkong could not quarantine for four days, with the result that the

bring down the mail which many looked for yesterday,

So far as Hongkong is concerned, the new arrangement in decidedly inconvenient. The principal steamers as a rale lave hore on Fri- days or Saturdays, which was very suitable for making the connections at Shanghaion Wednes

day, but now the mail stoamer learing Shanghai

only on Saturday means that Hongkong will not ̧ ́ have the same facilities for making connections as hitherto.

The great point of course ie whether the Siberisa routs still possesses the advantage of a saving in fims over the Suez route. If the mails be held up at the Mancharin frontier.

CHURCHILL, who at the time he spoke was President of the Board of Trade, it was recognised by the Government that the risk of unemployment varied so much between ENGLAND,

man and man according to his qualities, RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, BEL-chameter, temperament, and demeanour to GIUM, ITALY, DENMARK, bis superiors, that a voluntary system of

unemployment insurance which was State nrunity in Bangkok propose to erect a momorial its intention to terminate the Treaty | daily, at Kuang-chong-tze 60, Mukden station or at,Irkutsk, or at Moscow, for disin- &c., &e. SOME LONDON ESTABLISH-subsidised, always attracted those workers to the late King Chulalongkorn at the Bangkok of Cournerce and Navigation of 1894, 35 and Kiria 20.

who were most likely to be unem- Nursing Home. It is proposed that the memor but that negotiations were proceeding ployed, and thus the reason why all volun-ial should take the form of an up-to-date operat, for a new treaty, which it was hoped

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tary systems had broken deyir tried, was "because they accumulated a preponderance of unemployed fatal

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to its financial stability." the other hand, he said. the compulsory system

of insurance which did not add to the cou-

Yokohama in 1872.

Representative members of the foreign com

ing room, maternity ward and additional nurses' rcom.

It will he noted by an advertisement appear- ing on another page that the Pacific Mail Co mediate service. There are now three steamere have added the steamer Porsia to their. inter- in this service, the leia, the China and the Persia, and doubtless the latter will prove as popular as the two first-named vessels,

would be satisfactory.

foetion, it becomes questionab'e whether resid ents here would not find it to their advantage to use the older sea routo until the service of

The burning of Fachiation is recom- mended, but the housing of the people trains and steamers becomes normal in the

prove insurmountable for

North.

MARCA Thomas Cook and Sou last night received telegraphio infçriantion from Shanghai In North China the lull continues, against arrivals from plague-infected ports, and that seven days', quarantine is being enfermed

Referring to the position in South will Persia, His Majesty said that some pecuniary reasons. improvement had been shown lately in the condition of trade routes, and con- tinued: "My Ministers propose to Await further developments before pressing for the adoption of their pro-

tribution of the worker from outside had also broken down because of the refusal of the higher class worker to assume unsup ported the burden of the weaker members of the community. Therefore Mr. Cute-day from Mauil audi were the guests of H. Eposals, which in any case have no

CHILL indicated that the insurance fund which the Government had in view

would be made up of cotitributions, not necessarily equal contribution, between the workten, the employers and the State. As is generally known the Trades Unions pare a system of insurance against umem- hloyment, and though the Government, we gather, aim at a scale of benefits which

Mr. Gil ert, Vice Governer of the Philippines,

and Mrs. Gilbert arrived in Hongkong yester

The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 5th Febru

arg shows that of non-Chinoso thors were

and of Chinese 109 to the former and 21,039 to 294 to the Library and 161 to the Musau, the latter. The Library was, therefore, used

by 403 persons and the Museam by 21,200.

other object than to see the author-

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS). REPORTS FROM RUSSIAN SOURCES.

LONDON, February 6th...

one hundred daily.

Four thousand corpses are still

waiting cremation af Enchiation.

the Gororuor and Lady Lugard at tifu. They proened by the Cerflinger to Europe. Mr. Frank Carpenter, Executive Secretary of theity of the Persian Government restor- Philippines, is also visiting Hongkong.

ed and trade protected.".

A St. Petersburg message states that the deaths from plague at After references to the Imperial Kwang-cheng-lse, Conference and his visit to India, His

Manchuria, total

submitted for settling the relations of Majesty said that proposals would be the two Houses with the object of accuring the more effective working of It is nnounced in the London Gazette that, the Constitution. the King has loen pleased to give díractions for! the appointmout of Mr. Frederick Belfeld Measures would also be presented (Attorney-General) to be a Puise Judge of the for the removal of pauper disqualifi- Cation in the granting of old age pen- sions, and for providing insurance for the industrial population against sick- ness and invalidity, and insurance against unemployment in trades speci-

Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, and

for the appointment of Mr. Thomas do biulton General of the Settlements. Lee Braddell (Paisns Judge) to be Attcracy-

will be somewhat lower both in amount and in duation than those which the strongest. trades unions pay at the present time, the Govenment scheme must serve to destroy what is

at the present time the best feature of these unions. The trades to which this unemployment insurance schien is intended to apply are: (1) house building and works of construction; (2) engineering: (8) machive and tool making;

Teachers and others interested in education are invited by an advertisement appearing in (4) ship and boat building; (5) vehicles; and anther column to in post sa exhibition of the (6) savrers. These trades contain 2,500,000 educational books published by the well-known ally liable thereto, adult males, or one-third of the total in-tirm of MacMillan & Co., of Loudon and Now: dustrial population, and they are chosen, York. The books will be on exhibition at Kelly "because they are a group in which unem & Walsh's on Friday and until the following ployment is not only high, but more or less of the firm, is at present in Hongkong,

Wednesday. Mr. Whittick, the representative chronic, where in the best of times it persists, and where it is marked by seasonal and cyclical variations of acvarity invol ving a total, absolute, regular, periodical discharge of certain proportion

Tho leath is announced in the Yokahams

STATEMENTS BY MR. ASQUITH

AND LORD CREWE.

LONDON, February 7th.

In the House of Commons Mr.

majority was amply sufficient to justify Asquith said that the Government's

the largest constitutional changes.

Lord Crewe, in the House of Lords, announced that the Government would

The situation in other towns is equally terrible. Monutains of

Hulan, in order that when the river corpses are being raped on the ice at breaks up it will carry them off.

THE COST TO JAPAN.

LONDON, February 7th A message from Tokyo states that Japanese officials are leaving to inves. tigate the plague outbreak, and that the Japanese Government is granting a million yen to help to fight the epidemic.

FROM THEN.C. DAILY NEWS."] THE LIBEL ON THE KING.

DETAILS OF THE TRIAL.

London, Feb. 2. jury at the instance of the Attorney-General, Edward Mylius was tried before a special

at Woosang vessels are being detained in quarantine five days. Further alterations have been mudo in the Shanghai-Dalny servico, the steamers loving Shanghai on Fridays, and Dalay on Tuesdays.

STEALING WAR DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.

taguese olerk, pleaded guilty to stealing pight The case in which Ramero Passon, a Por- steel girders, the property of the War De partment, canto before Mr E. B, fallifax at the with haring reecivod the girlora knowing them Magistracy yosterday. Yau Yai was thon charged

to have been stolen. Mr J. H. Genliner watched the case ou behalf of Passos, and Mr.

Reader Harria appeared for th Chinese prisoner,

Bamero Passos then went into the witaess-

firm-to buy the girders. The man to whom ke box and stated that he asked a certain Chinese

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mentioned the maiter sent a friend and he and the defendant in the dock looked

Lo girders Rud dicused the price with witness, who agreed to acompt fifteen cash per pound for the girders. Two days after that interview.coolies rame in the girders. Ho had seen the defonilaat before. morning after nine o'clook and removed the Defendant look un netive part in the proceed- Ings. It was the other man, the fat man called only thing the defendant did was to take the Al Fey, who made the arrangements. The

measurements of the girders. He also took part with the other in fixing the price to be paid. Ah Fey handed the money to him at the shop af the firm mentioned. Defendant was then standing by. No raceipt was given,

Chief Detective Inspector Hanson said that Pusses had disposed of eleven girdera in all for which he received $277.87.

papers of Mr. Thomas Seggie, a popular men. been down with typhoid fever, but bad practical ber of the International Banic's staff. He had ly recorcred though was still at the hospital, and of the workers." But if the scheme, is on the morulng of his sudden death was in the found to bo workable we may be brightest spirits. He had just given a nurse quite sure that the Government will be soon seized with a fit of some kind, and almost inme deal with the question of payment of/Sir Rufus Isaacs, and the Solicitor-General, I chased three of the girders and two had been

hia orders for breakfast, when he appeared to be

compelled to extend it to all other trades; and thus the cost to the nation is likely to grow pligiously while every year sees the national expenditure growing in so many other directions. Verily the WALTER GODFRES, of the Middle Temple, prospect under a Socialist Government is

On February 3rd, at the Nursing Homet Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs, H. G. MYнRE, O

MARRIAGE.

On January 26th, at Shanghai. EDWARD

Barrister at Law. to MARGARET LAIDLAW OWEN SMYTH, daughter of Charles Edward Owen Smyth. Esquire, of the Govorament Service of South Australia.

DEATHS.

On February 2nd, at Shanghai, CAROLINA FRANCISCA COLLACO CARION, aged 43 years.

On February 3rd, at the Nursing Home, Shanghai, JANET ARION, beloved wife of H. G. MTARE, Harbour Department, 1, M. Cus. toms, Lged 29 years.

diately expired, death being due to pulniquary. embolism.

With regard to the paragagh which appeared on the P. M. s.s. Manchuria, we learn from the impar issue yesterday concerning the tragedy Nagasake Press that the lady who jumped

not a cheerful one for employers of labour.overboard was a Miss Alien Daryen, a nissionary, who was suffering from over-study and was ac-

The coxswain of the steam launch Kingshat was at the Magistracy yesterday ordered to pay a fiue of $50 for not stopping whan called upon by the police,

A Chimore committed suicide at 30. Wing On Stront on Monday night by hanging himself from a beam in the kitchen. He was only 21

HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VŒU7 ROAD Chare caused him to take his life. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLERT STREET, EO

years of are. Money difficulties are believed to

The Daily Press.

The case in which Florence Arnold (Miss Florence Beech), Jan of the Banduan Co recently sed her husband, G. V. 4 ruoki, for dissolution of marriage on grouds of gruelty and misconduct last year, wan dismissed by Justica Harrington, at Calcutta, the charges. not being proven.

At the Magistracy yesterday a boy, who had Leen in theserve of the Hongkong. Cleb until Saturday lat, was ordered to receive ton strokes with the birch and to be detained for 48 hours

HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 8TH, 1911.

REVTER's summary of the King's Speech on the opening of the new Parliament men- tions but two legislative projects for con- sideration in tho presont session. It will be readily admitted, however, that these are big for steating a bicycle. He was observed by the enough to monopolise a very large part of Indian waishman leaving the Club, with the the session. They are (1) mensures "to bicycle and the watchman went after him and settie the relations between the two Houses arrested him. Defendant said he took the of Parliament with the object of securing bicycle in order to "zuise the wind,” the effective working of the Constitution"; A very the story was offered the Magistrate and (2) measures to remove pauper disqua- yesterday by a man who had been arrested at lication for old ago pensions, and for Jardine's wharf for a suspected theft of sugar but was discharged and afterwards accused of providing insurance for the industrial

being a rogus and a vagabond. He stated that population against sickness and invalidity, ho had hired a campan. An oar was broken and and insurance against unemployment in the sampau capsized and no one attempted to trades specially hable thereto. The latter se him. He was arrested as he was emerging

Exchanges Act, and the opinion has been

members in the present session.

ANGLO-JAPANESE TRADE RELATIONS.

LONDON, February 7th.

In the House of Lords Lord Crewe companied by her brother-in-law and two nurses stated that he was unable to discuss At 445 a.m. on the 26th one of the nurses ré- ported that the lady had disappeared from a the Japanese negotiations, which were lavatory. A starol was made, but without euc-still proceeding. les end it was concluded that the unfortunate lady, in a fit of insanite, had jumped overbeard or through a porthole.

INTERESTING OPIUM PROSECUTION

regulations forbidding opium to bo smoked on The first cases under the new eating-house the premiros came before Mr. E. R. Hallifax at the Magistracy yesterday, when the masters of two houses at Yaumati wore summoned for a breach of the regulations.

fendants that they were not allowed to permit Sergt. Appleton said he had warned the de opinio smoking on their premises, but they had continued notwithstanding his wording.

His Worship-There has been no notification; Sergt. Appleton-It has appeared in the His Worship-There has been no government notice f

Sorgt. Appleton--Tes

He felt certain, however, that though the matter must be difficult Our Japanese friends had every desire to meet us and the necessitics of trade as far as possible.

His Worship said that at present they were interested only in the eight girders.

Inspector Hanson added that Passos repur-

Sir John Simon. There was tremendous replaced, but three were not forthcoming, a public interest and a great array of Counsel. Passos bad no money to buy them back. Five

Defendant at the outset demanded the

here,"

ever.

attendance of the King. The Chief Justice were found at Kennedytown, so that all the replied," His Majesty cannot be summoned property had been recovered.

Passos, in reply to his Worship, stated that he The defendant asked no questions what-reporchased three of the girders at $146.50, but he had no money with which to buy the other five. fact that no complaint was made against out of the $208 realised on the girders he obtsia-

Sir Rufus Isaacs laid emphasis on the the Republican sentiments of the defendant, ed $50.

In reply to Mr. Gardiner, Passes said that

in three articles. but the charge against the King was repeated

Sir Rufus Isaacs called Admiral Sir Mi- The King, ho said, was not at Maita at all chael Culmie-Seymour, who denied the story. when his (Admiral Culme Seytnour's) daughter was there,

Cross-szawined by Mr. Harris, ho said that he did not know what Ah Fey's business was when witness aid that he must have mere both The latter offered 15 cash for the girders and

men replied, "No can." The defendant had no direct dealings with him about the girders.

hought defendant and the other men were

In reply to his Worship Passos said he

partners.

The Chief Justice impressively addressing the defendant said: Every honourable man and woman would recoil with shanic from the use of such weapons. The sentence. is wholly inadequate to the offence."

Cher Pan, a dealer in iron at 33, Wing, Wo After sentence had been delivered, Sir Street, testified to having purchased the iron gir Rufus Isaacs read a letter from the King, dres from Yan Yui. The first six he purchased on and said that he was authorized by his 16th November for $236.71 aud later he bought Majesty to state publicly that he never one large girder and three small ones for $37.82. went through muy ceremony of marriage Afterwards he purchased another large girder except with the Queen.

for $38.70 from the defendant, who brought a bill and when witness paid the money he signet. the acknowledgment in the book produced by witness. Subsognently Tam Lio, a fat man, had no Government inurks, repurchased three large girders. The girders

Lin would be called An Fay if he was fat.

In reply to his Worship, he said that Tami idensification of the girders by Mr. Pickles and by Pasgos

Inspector Hanson then gave evidence of the

SNATCHER PUNISHED. Mr. FX. d'Almada, who appeared

Miss Skipton, the headmistress of the Girls for the defence, said that the mon had received no offel-Diocesan Bohool, appeared at the Magistracy al notification. The sergeant had made & veral yesterday in support of a charge of snatching statement to them. The eating-houses in

against a Chinese. The prisoner had some be Victoris had not received any inlination yet,

hind bar while she was walking along Bonham

AUSTRALIAN LINER ASHORE.

handbag from her grasp, breaking the two the Shanghai newspapers that thee, s. Eastern, Boad on Monday afternoon and snatched the

Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co. hos informed straps. He immediately leapt down the embank which left Shanghai for Sydney and Melbourne, went towards the Hospital sisters' qasriers, but vin Jogan and Hongkong, on 17th December, arab thers who had witnessed the occurrence went alors at Moreton Bay, Quevesland, on tempte to seise him. He knocked her down, the 25th January. Moreton Bay is a few miles bat she ran after him calling out, and when he North of Brisbane, and the agents are advised which his client could be convicted. He simply Mr. Harris said there was no evidence on dropped the handkerchief and bag, at the bottom that the sterner was in charge of a pilot when acted as a broker. There was no avidenes that of Eastern Streat she picked them up and con- the mishap took place.

ke had any knowledge that the girders were at the bottom of the street and seeing the man that the Eastern was releated on Saturday last tinned the pursuit. Fortunately a lubong was Livingston & Co. yesterday we were informed in business hours.

On inquiry at the office of Mesery, Gibbstoles The transaction took place in daylight ranaing promptly arrested him. Luckily, the and that she had suffered no datinge.

His Worship remanded the case until the money in the bag amounting to $28, was re-

afternoon. covered. His Worship (Mr. E. E. Hallifax) sentenced the thief to twelve months' hard

and to be exposed in the stocks for six hours.

newspapers.

His Worship Or this side 2

Sorgt. Appleton--I am not concerned with this side. I am only concerned with Yaumati.

His Worship-It has been allowed up till this time?

Mr. d'Almada-Yes..

His Worship--I think the case will be met by when called upon in the sum of $50 each.

Part of the cargo had to be jettisoned, and the balance was taken off in lighters. The from Australia to China and Japan will be Eastern's place in the regular monthly servic

on the 18th February.

In the afternoon his Worship said he had carefully considered all the points put forward overlooked and he would have to go to prison on behalf of Passos; bat the offence could not be for three months. The charge against the

project is the promised sequel to the Labour from the water. Mr. Hallifax dec led to send binding them over to come up for judgment labour, to receive twelve strokes with the birch, taken by the 8.8. Aldenham, leaving Sydney Chinese defendant was dismissed,

him to prison for fourteen days.