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Mr. Oliver G. Ready has been appointed to

It is, indeed, a highly improbable event. Kougeon in charge of the Customs. Mr. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

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{"DAILY PRESE" BIGLURIVE SDEVICE) RUSSIA AND CHINA,

Sir ALEXANDER HOSIE has for some mouths Ready's books Life and Sport in China," past been on a tour of investigation in the published in 1903; "Ch'an Kwang," a novel opium-growing provinces, and we may as.published in 1905, and "Life and Sport in the Norfolk Broads," pablishod last autumn, have sume that his reports to the Legation have made the name of Mr. Ready familiar to hun boop of such a character as to justify the dreds who are not met him in his capacity as British Government in expressly recognising Customs Commissioner. His latest book ro in the new Agreement that China's pro-ceived a most gratifying welcome in the English

Preis. hibitory measures have been attended by a

Afer much consideration the Mixed Court A REQUEST FROM FOREIGN MINISTERS degree of success that few people anticipated when the Edicts were promulgated a few Magistrato at Shanghai and Mr. Kwan Chu, who years ago. In the opium-growing provinces,as been appointed special deputy to settle the the suppression of the cultivation of the affairs of the Ching Yuen, Chiou Ya and Shao poppy must have meant heavy financial Kang Banks, which failed last July, hava going to the conclusion that the feat and most importan

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THE OPIUM AGREEMENT.

A CALCUTTA OPINION.

LONDON, May 10.

A message from Calcutta states that the big opinim dealers declare

CANTON.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

Canton, May 9th. PRIVATE GUARDS,

I reported last wook that ranny of the mer.. chants in Canton had subsoribed money to raise a corps of private guards to probeat the hony in case of any further rising. Something similar has been done in Honam, where 群

number of influential families eulisted a .- corps of sixtymán, drossed them-in-«-uende- script uniform and armed thom with guns, Instand of protecting the public, however, these guards hara boss shared out among four

whale scheme is nothing n we or less ilma farce.

Hall, and there advised people to submit to a

among the thousands of people who were Yao and Pao Kang hare, and they laro pro Foreign Ministers for the publication any immediate effect on the market by Yesterday the chief promoter of the schonse losses to growers and wide-spread distress step to take is to sad out what property Ching request made on April 2nd by the that they do not anticipate much or families, whose houses they protect, so that the deprived of their accustomed means of post that anyone who-has in his possession of the Notes oxchanged between the recent agreement signed at Peking,alled a mass-mooling in the Sam Houng Public except the strengthening of prices. house to house enllection in order to raise more The consolidated import tax will guardki. The amount demanded was ono month's Russia and China.

produce little effect, as Chinese deal-ront from each house, the lanillont and tonant ers have accumulated stocks equivu-touch pay equal shards. The proposal was lent to about three months' supply.

livelihood. All this would naturally be property in trust for either of them and whe reflected in the state of the provincial trea-reports to the ofloials or who gives in formation as to where their property is hidden should be suries. Hence there was--and perhaps awarded with 10 per cent of the value of the there is still room for grave doubt as to property recovered sabsequently upon his re- the permanence of the suppression of sport ortuformation, and that anyone who hidos" profitable an industry. However, the property for then shall be punished when quondam growers of the poppy appear to found eat. These suggestions have been. be utilising their ground for other crops, ubmitted to the Tuotal and have been approved whieb, if not so profitable, are, presumably, I by him. suficiently remunerative to save the districts fram financial disaster. The most unsatis- factory feature of the new Agreement. it

AT THE MAGISTRACY.

THE OPIUM QUESTION.

A NEW PROBLEM.

PERING, May 10th. The dutiable opium at Hongkong and the Treaty ports has been ascer.

NEW BISHOP OF KOREA.

LONDON, May 10th.

The Rev. Trollope, vicar of St.

listen to in silone, and after the proposer kal Anished a member of the audience arose and bogan to ask some very pertinent questions, aboso all desiring to know why the mon formerly enlisted were not, employed for the public good. The promoter refused to answer g the questions and told the speaker to ramzingeg silent. This caused a wave of indignation to

The owners of thra laundries ware fined 810 / tained to total 0,000 cliests. As many Albans, Birmingham, has been appass oror the audiongs and the meeting broke sceras to us, is the consout given by Great Lapinco hy Mr. Wood yesterday far having their as 5,000 have recently paid ay painted Bishop of Korea.

promises overcrowded.

For being in possession of a quantity of pro- pared oplan and oplaa dross Mr. Wood yes. terday fined Chinese $150. Another native who was found in possession of prepared opium on landing from a viver stoarnor was onlored to pay a fine of $120.

The owner of 35, 'Gough Street was charged

Britain to a consolidated import tax of Tls. 350 on each chest of opium 'imported. Under the Chefoo Convention the tax ou opium amounted to Tis. 110 per chest, and our rouders are familiar with the attempts which have been made in the neighbouring provinces during the past twelve mouths to add to this taxation after the opium before Mr. Wood on two counts with allowing

the passed through.

Customis. This an insuficiently lighted room and basement to question has formed the subject of boned for habitation. On each count & fine of diplomatic negotiations for a year or 85 was imposed. more, and it must be very disheartening to

Three natives, each of whora was carrying a British merchaats generally to learn that a bag of rice along Connaught Road, or to

satisfactory British Government has been so swayed by give b

account of how sentimental considerations as to render null became possessed of it, were charged boforo- and void the conditious of the Chefoo Mr. Hallifax yesterday with unlawful posession, Treaty, upon the maintenance of which Two of the defondante wero final $50 each, or the opium uerchants relied when makix weeks' imprisonment, and the other two

were sont to prison for two weeks. ing their arrangements three or four years ago. This is practically to condone the conduct of the Chinese authorities in Kangtung, who are by this agreemoist to all intents and purposes conceded what they have been demanding. The only satisfaction that the opium merchants derive from

themo

romove the provincial restrictions on the wholesale trade, and will not permit further taxation at the port of entry.. In view of

anco

what has been taking place during the past year or two, it is a point of some import whether the provincial authorities may further tax the drug after it has the passed through

port of ontry,! and before it reaches the point of consumption. Presumably the intention

For stealing a quantity of zine from the roof of an empty house at 246. Das Your Road Central Mr. Hallifax postarásy sentenced a Chinose to six weeks' imprisonment and six hours' stocks.

Mr. Halifax yesterday sentenced a Chinese who was convicted ofanatching near-pick from price six har bland twolvestrske a wong In Garden Road to a meathe in of the birch.

.

The same Magistrate passed sentonssoftwelve

months gaol, six hour stocks and 24 stroke of the birch on a Chinese who suatched a got rattan bangle from a boy eight years of ages Belchers Sirent.

As a native was walking along Saigon Sheet. Yaumati, at about 13 o'clock on Tuesday núm.

he was assailed by thrus Chinese who were a ed with irou bars. He was seriously in when found later by the polien, but was ablate inform thein of the occurrence, and thran men were anbsequently arrostad and charged with the offence. Mr. Hallifax remanded the accused.

An American appeared hofors, Me. Wood on a charge of behaving in a riotous and disorderly manner in the Astor Bonse.

thus raising a problem.

CHINO-DUTCH CONSULAR

CONVENTION,

THE RUSSIAN FLEET.

LONDON; May 10th, According to the Daily Tele- PEKING, May 10th. graph's" St. Petersburg correspond- A Chino-Dutch Consular Conven-ent, contracts will shortly be signed tion has been signed. It provides by an Anglo-French Company for for the establishment in Netherlands the reconstruction of the Russian India of a Chinese Consulate-General fleet at Nicolaieff.: and three Consulates.

-It admits Dutch nationality for Chinese born in the Dutch Colonies and surmounts the question of a dual nationality.

THE HUNGHUIZE.

EUROPEAN PRISONERS RELEASED,

PALANG, May 10th. The Honghutze are still unsup- pressed. They have handed over to

prano, obid to he Greek traders. the Russians three captured Euro-

The Russians have issued

HONGKONG'S MILITARY

TRIBUTION.

up in disorder. The people of Honam are co- termined to withstand the domnuls of theis "geutry," for they know quite well that it is only a matter of “squeezo” hidden under the veil of seal for the public good.

COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE TROOPS, Complaints about the way in which the Imperial solliers have din·lucted the house to

haase murches are daily increasing in number Under the pretence of searching for arma people have been made to open their boxes and trucks and exposs the whole of their possessions to this corotous gazo of the solidiors who hivo not

CON.scrupled to take away velanble pioses of jewel-

lery, money, motos, and the liks, and the people have not dared to withstand them for four of being accused of being rebels. In this way come LONDON, May 10th. families have lost large surns of monoy From Mr. L. Harcourt, replying in the the village of Luk Chung comes an even worse flouse of Commons to questions ad-report, for in this case the soldiers have murder kaid to their charge. It appears that in this dressed by Coloud Yate, stated that village was a man who had beau for some years the military contributions paid by the in the U.S.A. and hut lately returnsd Straits Settlements auf Hongkong did not cover the cost of the Garrisons.

THE KING AT NEWMARKET.

LONDON, May 10th,

A brilliant scene was witnessed at Newmarket yesterday on the occasion. warning that outlaws will be shot if of the Second Spring Meeting. The they invade Siberia.

THE KIRIN FIRE.

PEKING, May 10th. Three-quarters of the town of Kirin has been destroyed.

THE NEW CABINET FOR CHINA.

PEKING, May 10th.

An Imperial Edict states that the Cabinet is to assist the Throne in undertaking the responsibilities of Government..

The President is to possess the veto over Ministers and to control Viceroys

The President and Vice-Presidents

King arrived in a motor car, looking happy and well.

PRESIDENT FALLIERES ON TOUR.

Some soldiers met him walking along and "loid Pin to turn out his pockets Ho did so, and they deprived him of several Awarisan gold soins, rod a gold watch. The man profested

and was immediately shot lead. These outrages have greatly annoyed the people, who have lost all confidence in the troops.

PRICE OF FOOD.

The recent troubles have caused the price of food to rise considerably.. Ona, wonders why

this should be, but the fact reunius that the merchants in order to make more profit hary arbitrarily put up prices. This is making things very hard on the poorer section of the community, and the charitable institutions so taking steps to distribute cheap rice, The Viceroy has been asked to rasoind the duty on rive for the next two months in order that LONDON, May 10th.

things may be easier for the peor. The Gov. President Fallières has arrived at ornmont appears to have no power over the men Brussels. He was accorded a splen-who thus use pr.blic calamities to fill their own parses. The rice gold is the most itaperiaat did reception.

of all the guilds hero, and it appears futile to make it change any course of action it as determined upon.

CORONATION CLLEBRATIONS FUND,

SUPPLEMENTARY SUBSCRIPTION LIST,

*Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. Alox, Ross & Co.

Caldheck Macgregor & Co. Carmichael, & Clark Garner, Quelch & Co. Hongkong Toe Co. W. C. Jack & Co. Arratoon V. Apcar

JAY

· FEMALE SEARCHENA. —

A great outery has been made against the The following additions to the list of subscrip-indignities that many women and girls have Lad to suffer at the hands of the police and soldiers tious published yesterday are supplied

8500 when they have been searched on going into 250 the City. This bas care to the ears of the 200 Authorities, who in order to mond matters: 150.

have appointed number of Mancliurian” wó-" 100 100 men to act as scarchers. Henceforth way 100 suspected women will be taken to the police 100 station and searched by one of her own sex. The 100 Rearching of persons still goes on, and almost 100 everyone going into the great gates is compel 100 led to submit to this process. The boats coming

100

in from Hongkong have still to anchor in the 100 back reaches and the passenger searched to): 100

they are allowed to go to the wharves

H. Prica & Co.

is to from it frora all further tax- ation, as it certainly was the intention of the Chefoo agreement, and it is to hoped that the exemption is clearly and uicquivocally expressed in the now agree ment. Another point on which doubt may arise is the clause in the Andes to the Treaty which provides that within the period of soven days following the signing of the His Worship (to defendant)--De you plead Treaty Indian opium stored in Hongkong guilty or not guilty? and in bond at the Treaty ports becomes. Defendant-Your Honour. I think I am eligible for entry at " the former, duty." guilty. I felt sick yesterday and took a few Does this mean the amount of the duty Scotch-and-solas which put me all right, but and likin specified in the Cheloo agreement after that I didn't know anything more.

Defendant was discharged. [688 merely, and is this opium to be exempt

from the tax which the provincial nu The head sexton of the Roman Catholic Cemén Lurz M. ALTARES (late of Hongkong), on thorities have been enforcing ? If ters at Happy Valley was charged before Mr. are to sign Edicts, but in department-

whether this implies that the Govern-place other than that sot apart for the burial of signed by the Minister concerned. HONGKONG OFFIon: 10a, Des Vœur BoAD C¦ment of Kwantung will be held responsible MẸ B. D. C. Wolfe, Head of the Sanitary The Ministers for the Army and Palmer & Turner LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. E for the unlawful practices which have in- Department, informed his Worship that the Navy are to report direct to the volved the opium merchants in such heavy sextous in the cemeteries were responsiÜle for losses during the year.

A large hole was dug in the cemetery Throno,, and subsequently to the in which infants from the convents were President of the Cabinet. Tistally bariod. Defendant. who fully aware

Tho duties of the Privy Council are that this portion was "reserved for infants, buried

a female adult there, to personally advise the Throne. The Mr. Wolfe understood that there was a Council is to consist of a President, dislike on the part of relatives of deceased Vice-President, thirty-two unelected persons to their friends being buried in any part of the camotery oseupt that which had advisory Ministers, and ten Council- been used for the last twenty years. An exten- lors, who are experienced politicians. Mr. W. D. Barnes, the recently appointed sion had been made, but that was not used The lattshall be allowed to speak, Colonial Secretary, is booked to join the P. & Oules persons were foread to bury their relatives steamer Margera at Marsellos to-morrow, there. There bing no available ground in the but not vote. A quorum shall rute to Hongkong.

D. Hutchison & Co.

the 7th last at his residence, Macna. Agod 430, it would be interesting to know Wood yesterday with burying on adult Inaal affairs these are to be counter. Humphreys & Co....

years.

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The Daily Press.

HONGXONG, May 11ru, 1911.

A dairy farm is to be started at Singapore in the very near future. It is to be on fairly large scale.":

...

The new Opium Agreement, the provisions of which were summarised in the lengthy

Four candidates for the Hongkong Police telegram from our Peking Correspondent, force arrived from Ilome yesterday by the P published on Tuesday, is a definite step in and O. steamor Devanha, the direction of the total extinction of the trade. The arrangement concluded in 1907 between Chin and Great Britain provided for the total cessation of the import trade 19177 conditionally upon China reducing her own production of opium by one-tenth annually, corresponding with the propor tional reduction in the export of opium from India to China. On behalf of China it has been urged that she has more than fulfilled this condition of the Agreement.

Ju

Another ease of plagre (Chinčka) was die covered yesterday on the ground floor of No. 97,

to 28.

zdults.

burials.

comets. y now except the extension, the defendant apparently dumped the body into the bole for infants.

His Worship-Ho is responsible to you. Mr. Wolfe said he was responsible to the

consist of half the members.

SERIOUS ALLEGATION AGAINST BANK MANAGER:

sveu antiro banks a total sum of $12,550, and

W

Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming

China & Japan Telephone Co. Leigh & Orange. Goddard & Douglas Lloyds Register of Shipping Brewer & Co.

100

100

50

50

buoy's.

50

THE EXODUS TO HONGKONG.

60

Geo. Lammert Maolwon Frickel & Co.

The authorities here appear to be intensely This subscription has been omitted from annoyed because so many people have left the previous lists in error).--

A CURIOUS INSURANCE CLAIM.

A RESURRECTION:

country for Hongkong. It appears also that many families of offoial rank have also gone, p and the Viceroy, has given orders that such persons are to return to Chinese territory at onca. A. deputy has been appointed to find out A Chinese women visited the office in Shang-exactly how many families Lave left the city. hai of a well-known life insurance company In spite of the fact that all is quiet here, it is recently, says the N. C. Daily News, and made a claim as the wife and beneficiary of one of the noticeable that those who have gone away đọ company's policyholders, who, she stated, had not show much inclination to return just at just died at a place about fifty miles from

Shanghai. She filled up the necessary papers, present This is probably to be accounted for but was informed that payment would be de. by the fact that most people consider that th ferred pending a further investigation to be revols will break out again soon, and niso the First Street, bringing the number of cases up Roman Catholic Authorities, and they were

made by a representative of the company, who bad conduct of the military searchers has no According to a report made at Police Hand. would visit the place of death. Probably as a doubt a good deal to do with it. People are

result of a threatened inquiry the following responsiblo to the Sanitary Department. The quarters & Chinese named Wong Chuk Cho, the letter was received from the deceased under the not likely to return to s plase so long as there is a chance of their goods being taken away by Japanese papers state that the Department of defendant had been employed in the cometery manager of the Wing Yuen Bauk, of No. 73 policy now days later.

Kashing-

these licensed murauders. It is astonishing the Communications ban under consideration a pro- for a long time, and he must have been fully Bonham Strand East, on Tuesday collected from

Dear Sir,-Testerday a letter with reference posal to inaugurata a steamship service to aware of the fact that balies were not gion of the native cultivation of the poppy other southern shipping centre. The necessary dug grave.

prosume same has been duly received by you. | probity of the British Government. Time and 7

When I dieri of a disease that came on and time again I have heard natives praising the For some time there had boon is now a question of, perhaps, just one more investigations are now proceeding.

denly, an intelligent doctor was at once asked many irregularities in the cemetery, and al Great Britain has consequently Indian opiumas soon as China shall have we publish to-day that Sir Matthew it nothing had been done,

Nathan, formerly Governor of Hongkong and entirely stopped the production of native now Secretary of the General Post Office, is opium, and by the new Agreement Great mentioned as a likely successor of Sir Eldon Britain accedes to this request, though the Gorst, British Agent, Consul-General and assurance that the native production will Minister Plenipotentiary in Egypt.

and it has been said that the total suppres Notherlands India from Hongkong or some allowed to be buried except in a properly with this amount he has departed from the to the death claim was sent yon by post. I amount of faith the people here have in the

ведвод

Colony.

Plague appears to be rather bad in Jars. At for. He foread some flaid into my mouth and justice without favour or price that is dispersed male some injection on my body. He thus in the Colony, and the way the Government been asked to entirely stop the import of | It will be noticed among the late telegraphic though he had spoken to the authorities about

Batavis all publio amusements have been stop succeeded in bringing we

to life again. ped. The disrase appears to be of a milder type

The beneficiary came to your place yesterday, looks after the health and welfare of the prople His Worship-You are asking for a penalty? than the plague we are familiar with in Ching. What did the pay. Everything will be dis. I have heard many a man besonning the fact Mr-Wolfe-Yes, for a heavy penalty. The for we notice that among 25 cases at Malang eased after her returs, sexton was warned a week proviously.

that Hongkong no longer belongs to China only 4 deaths were reported, and at Kodiri 5 of

Kindly give me your valuable assistance and ond confessing in the samo breath the advan- His Worship imposed a fine of $10, and warm-13 casas were fatal. In Hongkong experience

tages to be derived from residence under British od the serton that a heavier penalty would be has shown, that something liko 98 cases out of reply by post. inflicted next time ho appeared before the hundred are fatal.

Yours faithfully,

rule: Court.

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