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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 29TH, 1911.

Europe and Asia will be, in its most perman-

ent form, it war of industrial, competition TELEGRAMS, TELEGRAMS. TELEGRA MS.

but there is surely room for the thought that it will be centuries yet before it be comes a war likely to have dire results to Europe. Three quarters of a century ago it had become almost a fixed article of faith in Great Britain that just as the power and civ. ilisation o, maritime Italy succumbed to the enterprise of Spain and Portugal, and these in turn were superseded by the more indus- frions traders of Holland, who in their turn sank into insignificance before the gigantic growth of the manufacturing in- dustry of Great Britain: so the latter Fower would lose her naval and commercial dominion before the rapid advance of the United States. We need not dwell upon the falsification of those hopes. Everyone knows how completely those predictions have becu falsified. In spite of indeed may it not be said, in consequence of ?-the industrial development of other countries as well as our own, the total general trade of Grest Britain in the last fifty years has quid- rupled. In 1950 the statistics show that. the total of trade in the United Kingdom represcuted £6 10s per head; in 1910, it

represented £24 13: 4d. For decades

past we have been accustomed to lamenta tions about increasing competition. The

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

SHIFOWNEER' CONFERENCES.

LONDON, June 28th.

A Conference of British Shipowners is to take place to-day to consider a proposal to

x a standard wage.

The shipowners of Liverpool yesterday agreed that gash Company should have freedom of action in granting or refusing concERSIONS,

Subsequently soven Lines arranged a settlement with their meu.

- Other Companios are expected to follow suit, thus terminating the strike so far as the Mersey

concerned.

Mr. Havelock Wilson, the strike leader. announces that nearly every Company in London has settled with the mon

The situation is most serions at. Hull,

where the railwaymen threaten to strike to-day in support of the seamen,

AMERICA'S ARBITRATION

PROPOSAL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] GARDEN PARTY ÁT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

Losnos, June 28th. Their Majesties gave a garden party at Buckingham Palace. The weather wa ideal, and some six thousand guests attended. The floral decorations were exquisite and the scene was a brilliant one.

THE INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

LONDON, June 28th. - The Conference of coasting shipowners, representing forty-one firms in the United Kingdom, has decided that there is an justification for the increase of wages.

THE DECLARATION OF LONDON.

PROTEST BY SHIPPING INTERESTS.

LONDON, June 28th.

{"DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVIOS.] SIR ROBERT HART'S EXTENDED LEAVE.

PEKING, June 28th. The Official Gazette explains that Sir Robert Hart's extension of leave was granted because he had been fifty years in the Imperial Maritime Customs service.

CHINA'S CURRENCY LOAN.

PEKING, June 28th.

It is circumstantially rumoured that Russia and Japan have jointly protested against Article 16 of the Currency Loan..

THE CORONATION CELEBRATIONS. Sir Franois Piggott has sont to H. E. The Governor the following acknowledgment of the services of the oMojais: -

Ste, I have the honour to request your Excellency to convey to the Heads of the different Departments, and their efflcars, the thanks of the Committee for their effcient co- operation during the recent calobration:-

To the Director of the Pablis Gardens for Li untiring seal in promoting the stress at the Fête on the flrat night;

To the Harbour Master, for h's strenuous labours which brought about the success of the Fireworks and other work in the Harbont on the second night;

To the Director of the Public Works Depart-

illumipation, and making the Government ment, for falling in with the general scheme of Buildings no offective a part of the display; -

And, finally, to the Captain Superintendent of Polioo, on whose forethought thanccorsi of such undertakings entirely depends.-I have the honour to be, Sir, your Excellency's most

THE YOKOHAMA TRAGEDY. PROPOSED APPEAL FROM DECISION OF THE obedient servant,

COURT.

and

(84) F. T. PiaGOTT, Chairman. P.S-I have forgotten the Postmaster

He helped us enormously in the General. difficult problem of distributing cire lars, programmis, etv.

Torvo, June 28th. The crews of the United States Asiatic Squadron have raised 5,000 yea, Auierican ladies in Yokohama have raised 1,000 yen. to finance an appeal from the THE CORONATION CELEBRATIONS decision of the Japanese Court whick

A great meeting to protest against the

AT SHANGHAI, Declaration of London was held at the

Although there have been a number of ocea Cannon Street Hotel. The following resolu answer to them is to be found in the increas

tion was passed: "Resolved that this meating sentenced Seamen Alkins to five 'years''

community kaa celebrated with the utmost eutha mercantile shipping imprisonment for the manslaughter of sions in the history of Shanghal which the w ing volumé of trade: What has happened

representing the

of the country considers the another seaman named Saunders in the 'siasm, probably none, says the N. C. Dufy Neive, in the United Kinglow has been the

intereste experience of the other great commercial

Declaration to be highly prejudicial to coin-American Naval Hospital. nations. 1. then, it has been thin com-

LONDON, June 28th.mercial interests and gively threatens the AGITATION AGAINST GROGSHOPS.ment united in making an ovat of rejoicing. mon experience of Europe that the economic development of the nations of

A Washington telegram states that the food supply of Great Britain.”

Mr. Balfour, in moving the resolution, the West has been mutually beneficial, why

was a non-party question and shoukl-the-contracy be feared when it comes British reply to President Taft's Arbitra- to estimating the results of eccomiction proposal has been received, and the urged that it

BRITISH REPLY RECEIVED.

TOKYO, June 28th.

development in the, mckward countries of Administration hopes that the Treaty will must be viewed from the national standpoint. karbour at Yokohama s fanned an agita-weather, for which all had been hoping, would

the Senate.

Asia Japan in the last twenty years be submitted during the present session of The Declaration marked a backward step. The blockade and seizure of foodstuffs were has made romirkable

progress in the absorption of Western economic ideus, and has already become a commercial Power of AUSTRALIA'S MILITARY COLLEGE. almost England's only methods for exercis= ing pressure. The Declaration hampered When we consult the some importan e.

these. Another vital point was the couver- LONDON, Juue 28th. statistics of her foreign tmde to trace the

Lord Dudley, the Governor-General, insion of merchantmen into cruisers. Despite effect of this development, we find that since 1896 they show not only a remarkable.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

hae awakened the same interest as the Corona- tion of King George V., which the whole Settle- From an early hour the scene was auimatel in The discovery of the body of Gunner the extreme. At that time a suggestion of Root of the American Navy in the bright sanghine promised that genuino Kung'a to some slight disappointment us the say wore tion against the grogshop district, which has prorail, and although those hopes were doomed on and the atmosphere turned out rather clopé under a dull sky, the conditions wore mo het boycotted by the sailors of the U.S.S "New Orleans."

favourable than had boss probablo a day or two before. Throughout the day decorated motor cars and carriages swept in unbroken atrosme His Excelle ey gave an official dianor ut Gorerament Houso last pight, the guests in-alang all the principal thoroughfares, unil great, clading the following:-Mr. G. M. Young, credit must certainly be given to the pollen for bay, Mr. and Mrs. Berindoague, Mr. and Mrs. the onormous crowds of podestrians, filling the Eldon Potter, Mr. R31. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. parements and over-flowing into the roads, were kept in order, in-comfort and in safety The Duntroon, said he was glad that New Zea-into surrender.

An overflow meeting was afterwards Tilall, Mr. and Mrs Crane, Mr. Shellim,

Captain and Mrs. Garnett, Major Kirkpatrick, crowds were swelled on this occasion beyond the land was sending cadets. there. The friend-

Major Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Schofield, Mr: normal population of Shanghai, for within the past few days hundreda of Chinese had been ship thus formed would lead to a closer beid.

Fouter, Mr. Codrington, Mr. Hewetson, Dr. bond between the two sentinels of the

Tollensera, Monsieur Danjou, Mr. and Mrs. pouring into the Boltlement by train and boat Empire in the South Seas.

Claxton, Mr. Garrett, Mr. E. A. Irving, Mr. to witness festivities which, to judge from their and Mrs. Wakeman, Mr. M. H. Logan, Me countenances, wore a constant worvenof wonder. and Mra. Montague Edo, and Mr. W. D. Baynes.ment and admiration.

A. S. WATSONER CO [growth in imports, but also that whereas opening the Australian Military College at avery, naval precaution we might be starved Mr. and Mrs. Stodart Kennedy, Mr. G. 8. Guh the admirablo control by whioli those as well as

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The Daily Press.

HONGXONG, JUNE 29TH, 1911.

A fitovaureui, and very interesting article ha recently appeared in The Times on Europe's relations with Asia. The reflec- tions are these of an exile who has returned to England after years of absence, and they A warning to his may be described as countrymen against self-complacency. The exilo listens to taarvalious schemes for making work easy and thrift obsolete, which seem imply that the country has some He inexhaustible mine of hidden wealth." hears of the coming of the day when the burden of life is to be lightened, and all men are to be leisured and happy. No one,

prior to this date, when the industrial revolution may be said to have legun in earnest, exports almost invariably exceeded imports, the reverse has been the case since. the Theoretically the argument that

development of the Eastern economic nations involves the extinction of Western trade appears sound, but so far as experience can guide us in forming a judgment on the subject, the economic progress of the Eastern nations spells benefit rather than disaster to foreign trado.

ravicularly good one this year.

FRANCE'S NEW MINISTRY.

LONDON, June 28th

THEIR MAJESTIES AT THE THEATRE.

LONDON, June 28th.. The gala at His Majesty's Theatre to. The French Cabinet has been completed. night includes scenes from "The Merry M. Cruppi has been appointed Minister for Wives of Windsor" and "David Garrick. Justico: M. Deselves, Prefect of the Sir DentalPan Si» Charts vrymaani Foreign Affairs; a civi- Miss Ellen Terry, Mr. Kendal, and a host Territory in a ban, M. Messimy, luas been appointed of eclebrated Betors and actresses will tako, War Minister, and M. Lebrun, Minister for part. The prologue will consist of a rhymed ddress to the King, written by Mr. Owen

The Eagliah mail of the 27th May was delivered in London on the 27th June.

II.3.8. Montouth went into dock yesterday for repairs which will probably take about two weeks to complete.

The latest tea export statistics from Foochow show a very considerable advance on these for the corresponding date last season.

The Japanese Naval Department is preparing: to construct a dock at Yokosuka, capable of! accommodating 30,000 ton battleships.

An announcement appears among our ad- vertisements to-day of the opening of the Hippodroms Cirens and Menagorje, with many first-class attractions, on July 4th at Causeway. Bay.

In a Japanese coronation procession at Koba Bong was sang which has been roughly rendered into English as follows:-"Divided and mind are we. Raiso then to heaven cu by ten thousand miles of sea, yet one at heart voices in celebration of this great.eocasion.”

The Giole recently had the following para- "Mr. Hagh Clemonts predicta that. graph: the weather un Coronation Day will be unsettled

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the Colonies.

THE FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE;

LONDON, June 28th. Eight hundred Japanese sailors visited the Festival of Empire to-day.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN

GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, June 28th. In consequence of the attitude of the Lords in regard to the Veto Bill, the Liberal members of the House of Commons who are contemplating visits abroad have been warned not to leave the country.

The suspense in political circles is de- scribed as more intense now than in the autumn of 1909, when the House of Lords was debating the expediency of rejecting. the Budget.

PRINCE OF WALES REVIEWS TROOPS.

LONDON, June 28th. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by

at Calcutta, Peking. Hongkong, Brisbane, Princess Mary and Prince George, made his Thanks for the lint, first official inspection of troops, reviewing - he thinks at last, seems to ses ford moment Sydney, and Adelaido. that the struggle for existence in the West but we do not intend to be at one or any of the Colonial troops at Chelsea. At the may grow keener. but ho (the exile) knows those places on Coronation Day."

Zulu war cry and the New Zealanders' gave that they woull see it if they would but look weather point of view the writer might have conclusion the South Africans gave the a Maori war dance. Prince George was so with uplifted oyes to the East. Thoreupon dono better than remain in Londen,

he proceeds to dwell upon the awakening of

An appeal against the sentence bondemning

Robertson.

RACIAL QUESTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

CHINA'S TRADE.

“FIRST YUANIKSBOW DECREASED TRAPE.

We have received from the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs the Cristems Gazelle giving the statistics of trade for the first quarter of The revenue for the quarter the present year.

The river as well as The Nelivered prosented a festire appearance, and the panoramu from tha: Band showed that soarcely a vessel had omitted to drass ship, while several small busin had veatured upon a solomo of decoration which was as offective as it was ambitions. As a matter of fact, the day's rejoicings practically opend? on the river by a ernise of the Yacht Club. Providus to this, at sight o'clock, the holst

Seaman, and will be delivered by Mr. Forbes amounted to Tls. 7,939,816, showing a daorgaso ing of the Bing had taken place at the Consulate, » Tls. 429,311 as compared with the or his haring been performed by the Badoy- Powell Boy Scouts in presvuco of the Consul- responding quarter of last year.

General. The cruise of the yachts was follow- It is noteworthy that the rovente from

ed by a brief ceremony in the floating head- opium duty in the period was Tls. 226.680 as compared with Tis, 383,241 for the same period quarters of this club. Then came the more last year, while opiam likin shows a drop from solemn portion of the day's doings, the prinsip- al of which was the service in Holy Trinity. Tis. 951,091 to Tha. 599 565. Decline in

Cathedral, while there were also services in St Joseph's Church and the Synagogue Both-eL the revenue, however, it shown under every heading Import duty, export duty, coast

At scon the Royal Salute was Bred from th irade duty, tonnage dass and transit dues.

The following statistics showing the callce-foreshore, and a reception took place at H

Losnos, June 28th.

At question time in the House of Comisons yesterday, Colonel Seely stated that complaints had been made that the Transvaal Gold Law and Townships Acttion at the southern ports will be of interest to operated against British Indians, Union Government, who had lately stated Amoy que tion was now being investigated by the Foochow

of inter- Canton that it had no

intention

The

our readers:

Seatow Kongmoon fering with any business right exercised Samshai Wuskow by the Indians prior to the date of the legislation in question.

THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

MEETING.

LONDON, June 28th. The following scores by amateurs in the open golf championship weeting at Sandwich have been made: Blackwell, 71; Taylor, 72, Duncan, 78, Hepburn, Harry Varlon and Lowe, 74 ench.

UNIONIST ORGANISATION.

Nanning Kiangehow Pakhoi

M.'s Consulate-General. The celebrations then took the form of sports in the afternoon, for both bluejackets and children, and the finishing touch was given by a magnificent procession at night followed by fireworks.

1911. 1910. Tis .Tis. 171,651 168,735 194,352 180 878 359,761 414,618

Besides the local bodies taking part in the 650,465 772,923

6,711 82,552 joleings, representatives of all the nwies in 79.363 78,482 port participated, and arrangement hd to be made for the accommodation of no fower than 450 134,795 127,794 British bluejackets. Of these 250 tificed and

24,283 24,975 31,387 46,972 direct at the Race Club and overnight dont in 22.343 27,028 tents at the Rife Range, while the others had.

their

meals at the Cathedral School and slept the night at the Hanbury Institute. Towards

FORTHCOMING BETIREMENT OF

MR. KENNARD DAVIS.

The Times of May 23rd contains the follow- ing paragraph under the abore heading--

"We understand that Mr. S. Kennard Davis

o'clock in the afternoon a number of the bluejackets brought ashora a cosple of their navel gaus, and the smart way in which they handled them won the highest admiration from the embled potators.

In addition to the oflcis programme day one or two of the "clubs und and 1 scene of the the London Assurance Corporation on June 30t the Shanghai Club at tifin tee was a memorable one, The British members of the will retire from the position of underwriter to hongs kept opon house,

Club bal united to enter taip dis mombers of other Kenased Davis was in business for many years in order to take a well-earned rest.

Br.

as an insurance broker, and went to the London nationalities, and at half past twelve o'clock all some 25 years ago, during the last 10 of which assembled in the reading room. Hore Mr. he has vocupied the andersriting obair. His W. A. C. Platt, Chairman of the Club, called on those present to drink the toast of Their record is one of enasistent suocess, and he is tobom both those who are LONDON, June 28th. intimately associated with him in work and ment of three very hearty cheers, and

those who know him mainly as one of the lead enthusiastis singing of the national anthem

The members of every nationality present the occasion with all heart and joined in The "prominent Tariff Reformer, Mr. A. ing authorities in the London market."

Mr. & Kendard Davis is a brother of Mr. Le spirit, and seldom has a happier function, in Kenhard Davis, of the North China Insurance which all were wholly united, boen witnessed. succcode Mr. Acland Hood de chief organiser Co., Ltd, who is well known throughout the All strove to make it representative of the of the Conservative Party, and will exercise Far East, and is at present in charge of the feelings of the community, and they succeeded. all other party functions except that of Company's Hongkong offieo. Whip.

the countries of Asia, and to discuss the Mrs. Prondlook to death bas been lodged, and delighted that he insisted upon an encore H. D. Ramsey Steel-Maitland, M.P

problems which is their gradual develop- meut are likely to determine the character unless the efforts which are now being wadá to | being given.

scoure a free pardon are successful, the ro-trial

of the relations between Europe and Asia in of the case is expected to take place about the the present century-the problems of India, and of July. In the telegrum sent by the wome of China and of the Middle East. In the de- of Kusla Lumpur to the Queen It is mentioned termination of these three problems he dis.that Mrs. Proudlook is 23 years of age. cusses briefly three great factors which must

exercise a preponderating influence, name-

:

The 16th instant was the sixth anniversary of ly (1), the development of and communica- the foundering of the Hitachi-marų, which was tions, which is completely revolutionising the eask by the Russian squadron in the Korean Asiatic problem; (2) the rejuvenation of the Channel during the late war, Lieutenant-Colonel Asiatic peoples, prompted by Japan; and Sachi and 635 officers and men going down (3) the industrial development of Asia. with the vessel. A religious service was held at the Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, in conmemoration Most people will probably agree with the of the angivossary, and was attended by the First writer that the coming conflict between Regiment of the Imperial Guards,

TURKISH TROUBLES.

LONDON, June 28th,

The Porto has extended the time limit for the submission of the Malissori for another fortnight.

SIR FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND.

LONDON, June 28th. Sir Francis Younghusband is lying in a sanitorium at Verviers in Belgium with both legs fractured.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, June 28th.

THE DEUG HABIT IN THE FAR. EAST.

The Times correspondent at Simla on the 2nd inst, cabled:

It is strongly felt that if America insists upon su opium conference at The Hague the question Mr. Samuel Jeyes, assistant editor of the of the importation of cocaine and morphine into China will have to be thoroughly con- Loudon Standard, is dead.

sidered. India's sacrifos of opiam revenue is useless unless the importation of these drugs is prohibited by agreement among the Treaty cocaine habit le an increasing curse. Powers. In parts of India like Bombay tho

Among the many publications of the deceased ispruslist are The Life and Times of the Publio Career," ste.] Marquis of Salisbury," "Mr. Chamberlain: his

KAISER'S DAUGHTER..

DETEOTHAL DENIED.

Count Eulenburg, Chief Court Marshal, describes as "a complete invention" the rep rorized by a Berlin news agency, of the betrothal of the Emperor's daughter, Princess Victoria Lenise, to Prince Adolf Friedrich of Mecklen burg-Strelitz. It is possibly with the object of counteracting this ramon that the Emperor and Empress will leave the Princess at home when they set out to pay a visit to the Court at Now

Strelitz,