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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 18TH, 1911.

programmes thau the little, unambitions schemo she is now carrying out, and this reflection has led a Chinese writer to point out how important it is that China should take measures at once to ensure that the ships she will need in the future shall be built in dockyards of her own. The writer WATSON reminds his readers that when China buills & CO., LTD.

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her own ships the money will not be wholly lost to the country. Wages, for instance, form a very heavy item in the expenditure column, and when these are paid to Chinese instead of foreign workmen the country will not feel the burden to the same extent,

Sergt. Major J. Cutler, B.GA wife and three children, arrived in the command by the P. & O. 8.8. Nore on 14th instant, end are taken on the strength of the command accordingly.

Interest in the Hippodroms Ciroun at Caure- way Bay will be increased fhis week by the middleweight boxing competition which f being arranged. Entries for this elese on the 19th instant, the preliminaries will be fought on the 20th, the semi-finals on the 21st, and the foal will take place on Saturday, 22nd ina”

The New York Tribune says-Miss Ya Juug Chang, grand niece of Li-Hung Chang, was to get on June 14th the degres of Bachelor of

hang is nineteen years old, and has completed her college course in four sat one-half years, the Brut balf-year being epoat in taking some preparatory work, and in perfecting herself in English, though she had a slight knowledge of the language before coming to this country After her radnation she will go to New York to study social worlt, and in Novom bor she will return to her home in Shanghai to work among her own poople,

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, July 17th.

IN APPELLATO JURISDICTION. BEFO IN THE FULL COURT.]

A QUESTION OF CONTRIBUTION

TELEGRAMS. TELEGRA MS.

[runovéa nanter's AquNCY.]

Their Lordships the Chief Justice (Sir F. A TURKISH COLUMN AMBUSHED. Piggott and the Puleno Judge (Mc. H. H. J.

Comporta) sat to hear an appeal in the action brought by Li Po Hang against the Yik Lang Bank, Li Lior Shi, Li Po Lon, Li Po Lung and Li Po Yang to recover from the Bank 882,21240 sad interest, being $80,541.13 paid by the plaiutiff to the Imporisl Bank of China,

100-

tiff in raising the sald amsant on mortgage as saraty for the Yik Lane Baik ander a trast dated May 20th. 1934, whereby plaintiff and the other four defendants and Li Po Chuen, who is a minor, guarinteed the repayment to the Imperial Bank of Chios of all sums to the extent of 6150,000 as might treraif or became due to thesil Bra's from the Yik Lang Bank. Plaintiff claimed against the remaining fou, defendants as joint sureties with the plaintiff under the contract for canteibation in re-

LONDON, July 17th.

(TALOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH CONSTITUTIONAL CRIJIS,

LONDON, July 17th-

This papers are full of all sorts of contra-

A. Turkish columa uitar Eleni Pashadictory speculations as the course the Con- has been ambushed by Mússolani Alba-stitutional crisis with take. Das theory is

that whilst the Unionist leaders aro p opared.

nians between Ipolt und Dpikom,

Edem Pasha was wounded and the Turks to surrender the eighty Tory Poors pledged

LORD ESHER.

LONDON, July 17th.

Lord Eshor, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, is making good progress.

to resist to the end and force the creation of Poors, the pother is that the Poors pledged to resist to the oud will themselves force tho creation of Peers. Another theory is that the Poors will use the Wensleydalo procedent - to declare the new peerages invalid.

TrTimes states that the Government is chibarrassed by the discontent among the

while at the same time they would ha/ Arts from Woils Collezo, Aurora, N. Y. Miss and bilance thereof expansea incurred by plain lost 200 in killed and wounded. training up a body of engineers and skilled mechanics to render useful service to their country. Our Peking contemporary which claborates this idea says that though at the beginning a good deal of the materials would still bare to be imported, yet it is estimated by na agout of one of the best known firms in England that, even from the start, a net Baving of twenty per cout. could be effected. We should gravely doubt the

A Paris paper publishes the last latter writpost of the sum of 881212.49 paid by PRINCE LEOPOLD THROWN FROM Liberal peers who object to the creation of qualifications of an "expert" who made

ten to his wife by Dr. Mosny, the French physic- the plaintiff, and interest theroon, Plain- such a statement as this. Wo do not known, who died at his post in the plague hospital ti also olsimet interest at the rate of eight lu Manchuria, from which we fake the follow-dolines par seat, por sano. Julroient way whether Japan set up her dockyards and

ing: "Ms famme aherie et adorée,-When d·livered on March 3rd in favour of defondanta, began building her warships with any

you receiro this lettter I shall be no more, and sad the plaintiffs appeiled that that julgment notion of an immediate saving in cost of construction, but we have always under-shall have gone to await the. I was seized at be reversed aulaskef that it be adjudged that stoot that Japani has not found that ships even clock in the morning, but I kept at my the plaintiffs recover costs from the respondouts Hon. Mr C. G. Ala'vate -, instructed by Mr duties until the afternoon. My little daughter, can be built cheaper in her own yards than

they can be built abroad and China would

bo well advised to get rid of the elusion that she will not have to pay as dearly for her experience in ship constraction as other beginners have had to do. China must

you were right, paps is going to die. My C. E. Boavis, of Mayar. Wilkinson & Grist, aff irs are simple. Then follow some direo-appeared for the plaintiE, and Mr Eldon Pot -tions on to the doctor's estate. Think of me, fer, instructed by Mr. Hial, of Messra. Bratton Love me, as I love you, Minette, adored one, & Hett, appeared for defen lants,

Mr. Alabaster stated that the plaintiff's elsim dear whildren, friends, au revoir. Later I shall meet you. It is useless for you to come out was for a contribulisa under a letter of guarantoo

OLD TOM GIN walk in these matters before she begins here to visit my grave. You might take the datol. 20th May, 1904, which all the defendants

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walaly aleo, and the children would be left alone. My Minette, do not conse at any prics. "Embrasse les Aud the dying doctor adda: minets cheris. Jo vous adore. Priez pour moi."

MR. SHELTON HOOPER'S PER.

TINENT QUERIES.

At the meeting of the Sanitary Board this afternoon Mr. Shelton Hooper pursuant to notice will ask :---

(1) Can you inform the Board why the words and at pa re 480 of the Regulations of Hong kong, 191G," in the ropesling clause of the new Scavenging and Conservancy Bye-lawi, which "words were by special resolution of the Board deleted from the draft Byo-laws submitted,. have been re-inserted P

to gallop. The Department is certainly acting for the best in placing orders for destroyers and gunboats with yards the China coast. already existing on Though all the important shipbuilding yards are foreign-owned they all depend on Chinese labour, and the Naval Department therefore in placing orders with such yards are helping the Chinese employees to gain the experience which will fit them for employment in China's naval dockyarde when she is in a position to establish them. The proposal which our Peking contempor- ary urges the Naval Department to consider is whether an arrangement could not be made with a frm of the standing, say, of VICKERS or ARMSTRONGS to set up a shipbuilding. plant on the coast of China. Until China is in a position to guarantee that the money will be forthcoming for a shipbuilding. programme which would keep a large dock. yard establishment fully employed it would he wasting time to discuss the subject. (4) Is it correct as stated in the Liovernment No doubt it will be on some such plan as this that China will eventually proceed; but for the present the saggestion appears to be one of purely aendemic interest.

The police have been notified that a thief stale from 46, Wn Hu Street, Kowloon, 88 worth of clothing and 817 in money.

Au invitation bai hoon extended to the Shanghai Cricket Club by the officers of the British Navy to send up a cricket team to Weihaiwei daring the summer.

Lewe of absence, ou private affairs, to the BONGKONG OFFICE: 10, DES VEUX BOAD Oneighbouring countries, has been granted to LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET: EC Liant. C. A. N. Hame-Spry, B.G.A., from 1st

August to 30th September, 1911.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JULY 18TH, 1911.

The plague return for last wook showed 19 cases and 16 deaths. Yesterday four cases were reported, bringing the total for the year up to 213. Two cases of cholera are notided last week. One proved fatal.

The fourth meeting of the Hongkong Gymkhana Cinb will be held at Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon, August 19th. There are, a usual, six events on the programme, for which entries close on August 9th.

TaskE has been much talk

during the past two years about the imperativo necessity of China having an Ariny and Navy "worthy of her size and dignity and ovidence is not wanting that real progress is being made in this direction. At the present time China has under construction two training cruisers and another-cruiser, The local strike of shipbuilders is practically two being built in England and one in at an end. The employees of six out of the Three destroyers have been fourteen yards have returned to work, while in

America.

(2) By whose authority were they re-insertod? (3) If you were aware of the addition before it was submitted to the Legislative Council, did you inform the Government that the Board did not wish these words inserted?

•

Gazette of July 7th that the words in the repealing clause referred to in question No. 1 were passed by the Sanitary Board P (5) If not, will you acquaint the Government

with the error?

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

signed and under which plaintiff had been called upon to pay. Subsequent to the 20th May there was some sort of written agreement, entered into between the parties on 11th January, but that agreement was not carried out, a verbal agreement boing entered into the same day as the written ono. Proseeding to rolate the fasta, Mr. Alabaster stated that the feu ile defendant was a concubias and ozosatrix of a man nimed

Li Sing, who died in 1900. He left six sons, the eldest of whom was Li Pak; who, might be de.

scribed as the vil'sia of the pisos. The fifth son was Li Po Hang, the plaintiff. Counsel then referred to the Judge's notes.

The learing was adjourned.

AT THE MAGISTRAVY.

HIS HORSE.

LONDON, July 15th. Prince Leopold of Battenberg, while camping with the Territorials at Lulworth in Dorsetshire, met with an accident. horse bolted and he was thrown to the

Hit

ground, being badly out about the head and

arins. His condition is not dangerous and he is progressing favourably.

ÅNGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

GERMAN' FEESS OPINIONS. -

LONDON, July 17th. The opinion of the Japanese newspapers regarding the Alliance has not yet been received.

The Berliner Tageblatt compliments tho British on their diplomacy and extreme cleverness in solving the problem of the renewal of the Alliance, which had become practically worthless.

The Vossische Zeitung states that friend- ship remains, but the obligation to render Mr. Wood yesterday dued fire Chinese Esher.help has been pierced through and through- men $5 apiece for trespassing on Stonecutters' Island.

... Mr. Hazıland yesterday entoncel a Chinese to one math's imprisonment with hard labour for being found on No. 6, Sampan Strest with intent to commita felony. A similar sentence was imposed on a man who was arrested in a Japanese store at 203, Queen's Road East on a üks charge.

The effrontery of the Chinese thief passes all understanding. That he does not woigh probabilities was mids manifest in a oise which was heard by Mr. Haslead yesterday. While a laundrymen was asleep on the hillsido a coolia endeavoured to relieve him of his trousora, and

-The following warnings were received from the Manila Observatory at 10 a.m. yesterdayhed almost taken them off when the sleeper

Cyclone or Typhoon near or over Formosa

awoke and seizei him. His Worship sentenced the defendant to one month's imprisonment moving N.N.E. of NE.

Cyclone or Typhoon near or over the Western with hard labour. Caroli ea, direction unknowa,

A message from Manis received at 4 par read:-Colone or Typhoon near er over the northern part of Formosa Channel moving N. or N.N.E..

AMUSING INCIDENT AT A BANQUET.

A native was charged before Mr. Hazalend with saatching a hang from a Chinese lady near the Baumea's Institute, Praya East,

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The Tager Zeitung says that the revised Treaty is a most important political success for America, which is on the way to become a second centre in the mighty British stato spetam.

AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN OPINION,

LONDON, July 17th. The new Treaty has given great satising- tion in Australia.

Mr. Hughes, the Acting Federal Premier, in an interview, declared that Australiane might congratulats themselves on the no- newal of the Treaty which gave Australia ten years instead of four to prepare for de- fence against imingat danger.

Canadian opinion is generally favourable. The practical exclusion of the United States from the operation of the Treaty is regarded as removing for Canadians the only serious objection to the alliance.

MOTOR DISASTER IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, July 17th.

Saturday night. When he secured the handbag the thief rushed throngh Grosson Street into Quem's Road, and was there arrested by two gaol guards. His Wor- An amusing incident happened when General ship sentenced the defendant to three months' Botha rose to reply to the toast of "Our Guests" imprisonment with hard labour, four hours' at the lunchaon givan at the Eighty Club to the

stocks and two whippings of twelve "strokes oversea Premiers. When he had spoken his introductory words in Datoh the interpreter each. (a lady) who was by his side, proceeded to translate

A Chinese orator was oharged before Mr. his apsech. The toastmaster, apparently think. ing that this was another suffragist interrupter. Wood yesterday with behaving in a disorderly Sir George Reid, High Commissioner caught the interpreter by the shoulder and was magnor at Yanwati. The defendant was har of the Commonwealth, was motoring with about to remove har from the room, amid theangaing a mob when Lsues-Sergeant Ingham general laughter of the company, when Mr.

his son and daughter at Broadstairs whon Lloyd George explained the real position to him, approached and ordered him to move on."

The orator was slow to obey, and the policeman the car collided with augther and dashed and, after an apology from the toastmaster

prompt to do his duty. When the latter was General Botha continued his speech.

into a tram standard and was demolished. physically enforcing his order the defendant

Sir George and his son were saverely SIR JAMES BARR ON A "NEW ERA." | called on the mob to stons him. The mob re

sponded, but were eventually dispersed, and shaken, but the daughter was scriously Sir James Barr, the well-known Liverpel dias Medical Association, said that the dawn of days' imprisonment,

hospital. physician, addresdug the congress of the Cans yesterday the defendant was sentenced to seven injured. They have all been taken to a new era in the medical world was breaking of prevention of be little surgical interferenca. disease there should

Canada should see that it was peopled by a vigorous and intellectual race. It should shat out degenerate foreignera as it would exolude a med deg.

On Saturday night Inspector Gourlay and a

ordered and a number of sea-going and the other instances the strikers have no work to farth, and under the systemature need of possa of police raidd No. 9, Tai Ning Street,

Cantor.

was not delivered, and the foki has not since

been soon.

...

"I advise you." said Sir James, not to allow the mentally deficient to produce children. The

you attain a perfect rass. sooner yon bagin a selective process, the sooner

will

ONE OF US.

JUNE 22, 1911.

MOBOCCAN AFFAIRS.

LATER.

Sir George Beid's arms are broken, but Wongkoktaul, where a number of Chinese were, fannd smoking oplam, Ons of the defendante all are progressing favourable. was charged before Mr. Wood yesterday with being the kospor of an opium divan, and 25 others were charged with smoking therein, Mr. Lewis (of Musics, Johason, Stokes & Mas

LONDON, July 17th. tor) rapicasented the first defendant, The case

The Berlin Koenische Zeitung in an was remanded until Wednesday afternoon, the first defendant being allowed bail in the sum of inspired article deprecates the German $250, and each of the others in the sum of $5.

newspapers taking. It for granted that the Excise officers made a seizure of 950 taula of only possible solution of the Moroccan loose opium on the German steamer Petchaburi

viscountcies which are desired by many prospective peers and demand that only baronios shall be created, themselves being promoted to viscountcies,

SABOTAGE IN FRANCE.

LONDON, July 17th. The French Govorn aout have offered an reward of 5,000 francs for the detection of the wreckers who attempts the destruction of the express train on the 1st July. The Government is forming a special detective force to deal with sabotage ou railways, of which 2.986 casus liave occurred sinus

October.

OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.

A BECORD NUMBER 67 NDIDATES 'IN HƏNGKONG.

The Oxford Loos! Bruminations are no bing held at Quesn's Callejo Tue examins- tion commenced yesterday and continues daily to tho 23 at inst. It is gratifying to learn that there is record number of eandidaten this year in Hongkong. The following are the entries' for the past 10 years:--

81 Candidates in 1902

90

63

101

102

105

...

133

141

200

1903

1904

1

195

14

1906

1907

1908

.. 1909

1910 364 and 1 "Higher Latin 1911

PROPOSED RAILWAY MEDICAL COMMISSION IN MANCHURIA.

Dr. G. W. Gray has submi ted to the railway authorities in Mansharia the following pro............ posal

"I suggest that a joint sanitary board ba formed Ponsating of two medioal representatives from each railway, that is to say, the Husalaa, Japanese and Chinese Companies whose sole business would be concerned with the Permanent Sanitary Defence of the Railways of Manchuria... "As an alternative until it could be seen how the scheme worked it would he possible to ED. point for

a year a Bailway M dioul Commission which, if sunca fai, could be malo

permanent. Such a Board of Cmmis in need not deal in any way with enervacimens of the Company on the property of another. It would be only concerned with arrangements as to tha working of a nuired system of quarantine for the mutual

benefit of the Companies involved. This would mainly lie in the direction of such meaüróz

as -

a. Prompt notification of any outbreak of jofectire diaam, so that the other two Companies would require the earliest possible warning.

b. The interca, ting of contaminated coolies.

and others,

e. The passing along of gangs of coolies set

free from quarantine,

d. The regulation on an organized phax of the 200,000 coolies who auanally come North and return South.

e. Tho

supervision of immigrant colonists, Hapeh refugees etc, while they are in the Ra Iway Area,

£ Agreement geral y as to what articles of trade are to be allowed or prohibited for carriage by rail

6. The

supervision of accommodation on

ronte

"It may be said that coolies can pres aloog the rood and

enter at 雞 point beyond a quirautine station. but this could not occur to any great extat, as the Rail- way authorities generally know from which locale these people come, and could refuse to fake them ar passengers in addition to notifying the Board.

Moreover, the spread of infection by road is of monobles danger than by rail, so it is slower and more difficult where long distances ara involved, such as a jourony South through Manchuria.

"In these places where Lazarets (Qarantins stations) of a more or less permanent nature are already built they need not nepomarily be pulled down, but could be adapted so as to come into line with the other nations which are not yet built.

river gunboats. It has also been reported go to, the amployers having Imported men from that instructions were cabled London recently to engage a British Officer as

On the 13th instant the master of a gold Adviser to the Naval Department. The small squadrons which China already smith's shop in Queen's Road Central sent a faki with a piece of gold vained 240 to another possesses have been reorganised to some ext-nt, and it has apparently been decided shop to get it made into jewellery. The gold to opon a Naval College at Peking. When this is done it is proposed to close the existing Naval Schools at Canton, Foochow and Nanking, leaving only the school at Che foo, which will become merely an elementary Naval School. Another Naval College and secondary school, as well as Mining, Gunnery and Torpedo Schools, and Naval Barracks will be provided in Nimrod Sound. The expenditure already incurred in these

The return of visitors to the City Hall Library developments is beginning to be a source of and Museum for the week ending the 16th July considerable uneasiness. It is a drain, says shows that of non-Chinese there were 413. one native paper, which the country at this to the Library and 180 to the Museum, and of 'E's a very Bus shot, and a very good sport was charged before Mr. Wood yesterday with declare that Germany cannot sell her vital Sanitary Control, and who her this proposal juncture can ill-afford to stand. Yet as Chinese 175 to the former and 2,417 to the "the country progresses it is recognised that latter. The Library was, therefore, visited by Gawd bless Im-because is one of using witnesses his Worship decided that the interest in Morocco, for a few pieces of threo Powers concerned, there can bo littla:

*Station mastors on route would be able

Mr. C. Lacy Goodrich, has been appointed general Oriental agent of the San Francisco Sosis Roate, with headquarters at 17, Wator Street, Yokohama, Japan. The San Francisco Soetis Routo is that of the Toyo Kisan Kaisha I'm kind o' enjoying the isga and cheers, and in the hold. Following: the seizure the crow in Agadir. It says that the essential thing the occurrence of any suspicious cass in the

and the Western Pacific Railway, Denver and Bio Grand Railroad.

China must have much more elaborate 588 persons and the Museum by 2,597.

Because 'e wears a crown on 'is ead and I wears

a billy cook 'at, worry meself for that.

I'm not such a grouser, nor yet such a fool, as to

all the feathers and fuss,

For George the Fifth is a man and a King and

jolly well one of us...

F's seen the world, and 'e knows the world,

nahore, you can but, an' adoat, Though the oight o my ambition is a trip on

Margit boat,

and all that sort o' thing ;

although 'a is George the King.

-The Globe:

V.D.

a

last week and, the drug being found conotated difculty is Germany seaking compensation

were mastered on desk, sad after investigation is indemnification; the locality thereof is the boatswain was accused of being the owner non-essential so long as a genuine equivalent of the opian. He denied ownership, and stated.

∙is received.. that it belonged to the lamp trimmer, who was

not present at the muster. Subsequently, he

The other papers regard the Kouninche was found couemled in ons of the lifeboats, and Zeitung's article with disquietude, and

being in possession of the opium. After hear

avidance was not salcient to convict, and dis ohargel the defendant.

silver

report to the 8 unitary Board for He tuftion

of neighbourhood their stations. Tho company

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whose jurisdiction the cases might occUE would deal with them in the usual way by its

med cal staff. It would be only in the question of spread along the line that the Inter- national Sanitary Board would concern itself.

A scheme on similar lines has been found to work well in practice on the Hedjaz Railway in the near. Eist under ag International

that I lay before you be accepted or not by the doubt but that it is highly advisable."