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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 sr, 1911.

THE

The Viceroy of Canton is sending to Poking

China to-day. The national exchequer is

unequal to the calls inwks by the grooving Total Bat Falk Man on one who is fully in TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS, TELEGRAMS.

demands of progress. Railways are deemal essential to the country's developmont; but, they cannot be built without capital. The unthinking and the ultra-patriotic oppose foreign loans, but they are incapablo-of- raising the money themselves, or unwilling;

formed on the Masso Bonniltry Question.

The annual aquatio sports meeting of the VRC. begins at 5 o'clock this afternoon, and will be contioned to-morrow and on Saturday.

The body of a Chinese mate was tound

WATSON and they reasonably expect that the floating in the harbour on Trostay off the

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loana. foreign They com to be oblivious of the fact that

The chair coolies of Foochow are on strike the national revenue is so small that it against new licouse regulations. The office of cannot possibly cover the schemes, which are the Polico Tactai has been destroyed by the suggested from overy part of the Empire.mob. True, the expenditure in some instances.

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The appointment of Mr. T. Pivy a Post master General of China under the Yo-Ch'nar is pounced in the Customs Gazelle, Mr. Piry vacates, his position as a Commissioner of Customs.

(IERODON REUTau's AGENCY.]. FRANCE AND GERMANY.

UNSATISFACTORY REPLY FROM

GERMANY..

The newspapers insist that France must have complete liberty of action in exchange for the concessions she is grinting.

Nevertheless, the general belief of n final settlement is reflected by the fact that war insurance rates are much easier, and that The following typhoon warning was received (little Businos je being done therein. by the American Consulate-General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory at noon poster. day: Cyolone or typhoon south of Naka,

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]',

THE LITHGOW STRIKES..

Lonnor, September 19th. One hundred and oight strikers diave been arrested at Lithgow, New South Wales.. Ono was fined four guineas, and the Union Sacrotary was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. THE JOHNSON-WELLS, FIGHT,

LONDON September 20th The Archbishop of Canterbury has written tour Winston Churchill urging him to use his powers to prevent the Johnson-Wells fight.

The papers are devoting columns to Jettors of protest from bishops, headmasters, magistrates and other prominent men. LATER. It appears that the fight is legally not the Government in- Reuter's correspondent at Paris says it is preventable unless semi-officially stated that. Herr von Kider-tervenes. len-Waechter did not hand a written reply The Daily Telegraph dwell upon the to M. Cambon yesterday, but substituted a danger of the circulation of films of the verbal conversation, the object being the fight fomenting racial discord throughout

LONDON, September 20th. The French newspapers intimate that the Gornian reply is far from satisfactory.

Germany is still insisting on international control in various spheres of France's management of affairs in Morocco, and is Fornsinge bakehouse without permission the making reservations which can be used as might be mon-judicious, but, apart from proprietor of the Hung Tab Eau, a big Chi-protests for intervention in the future.

ucie restaurant, was yesterday fluod $10 by Mr. that, the broad fact to be recognised is that MERCHANTS.the "reveune of the country is inadequate to ).3. 1. Wood at the Magistravy.

ita needs. The question then arises-How is the revenue to be increased? It is realised by all who have gizon any thought to the conditions prevailing in the Middle Kingdom that real progress is impossible until financial roform has been accom. plished. Compared with other people, the Chinese are vory lightly taxed. The people of China must be brought to recognise that individual, municipal and national pros-moving N.W. perity cannot be achieved unless the Per

The Tak We firm of Queen's Roul East was Por wherewithal bo'furnished. The pronounced

dis. summoned yesterday by Inspector Witchell Daz. Bot. antipathy to legal taxation which

tinguishes the mass of Chinese at present in before Mr. J. R. Wood for having 14 tins of RED CAPSULE... ...13.40 $1.15

perhaps not so inexplicable when it is preserved fruit in their possession which wore saving of time.. RED SEAL CAPSULE 19.80 165 remembered that the method of collecting was imposed

revone in the past has not been such as to

-The following marriage.asuouncement which inspire confidence, but the greater degree of popular control now exercised tends to appears in a Bombay paper will interest the bridegroom's many friends in Hongkong:-

Questions of principle, however, are still" reduce the abuses of a bal system. Until The marriage arran ad between Mr. M-H the Chinese can learn to look upon the Montsith, 105th L.1., and Miss 1 M Fitzin suspense, and on these France is unable introduction of a sacitary system bribb, eldest daughter of Mr. P. I. Fitz to yield. 2.50 lighting system as a municipal investment Gibbon, Superintending Engineer, and Mrs. which they will benefit, and like- FitzGibbon, will be celebrated at St. Mary's wise with other innovations, their knowledge Church, Vonas, on Thursday, August 24th. 2.40 must be regarded as limited, but once they view all such municipal and national enterprises as business propositions then 3.80 they will begin to inake decided progress. In raising a national revenue for China, it is been suggested that a land tax, with a

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A Frenchman representing a cinematograph firm, while travelling in a ferry boat is the Yougtans Gorgos, got into the water with the rost of the occupants of his book, within a few hours of Changking, and, along with sus nativos, was drowned. Beyond that the boat

The great economies which can be effected in

The conversation was conciliatory,, and the pourparlers are regarded as having advanced a step.

THE STRIKES IN SPAIN..

MARTIAL LAW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

4. LONDON, Beptember 19th. Martial law has been proclaimed througli. out Spain.

A belated message from Bilbao states that

the Empire.

AN UNSUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION.

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LONDON, September 20th.” Reuters correspondent at Ostawa wires that Bernier, who commanded the Government expedition to try the North West passage, has returned aasuccessful.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

Losnos, September 20th. Reuter's correspondent at Melbourne wires that at King Georgs's request the Commonwealth Government has approved the title." Royal Australian Navy.'

The number of injured is not ascertainablo, SIR ROBERT HART SERIOUSLY ILL ax suy are being attended at their homes, fearing arrest.

At Valencia yesterday bundreds of rioters stopped the tramcars, and eventually became

proper system of fonuro, is the first essential. get upset in one of the many rapids little is disorders lasting free hours occurred there known of the affair: Seine weeks previously there yesterday orening, and that the cavalry made Fully twenty years ago we believe Sir passed through Hankow a French subject. Mr.several charges. A.S. WATSON & CO. Ruimur Barr advocated such a scheme and Nathan Barouch, who was travelling with a lentated the immense revenue, which-i-cinematograph show outfit. It seems probable LIMITED,

would yield, but the proposition suggested that it was he who was the victim of the too radical a change for official China to neoldest in the rapida, as he obtained a registra

tion from the local French Coasalate onabling contemplate, and it was politely shelved. Acooling to the theory of the governinent him to erbítít his pictures in Yunnau, of China, the title to all land is vested in the Emperor, at although he has, or had,

solute power

to tax and appropriate any or all the land within the boundaries of his empire, the land is nevertheless bar. celled out among his subjects who enjoy practically as undisturbed possession as do the people of any others nation. The land tax, according to one authority, varies from 1 to 10 cents a mão, or Chinese arro, which is equivalent-to-from 10 to 66 conts un nere, the amount betag dependent on the quality of the land. the difficulty of tillage, its fertility, situation, or the usa to which it is put. Reckoning this tax at an average of 25 cents an acre, it is computed that the

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BIRTHS.

On September 14th, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. G. H. SoWDEN, A POD..

Un September 15th, at Shangluai, the wife of L. TWEEDIE-STODART. I. M. Customs, of a daughter

Mrs ALEX, F. McCORMICK, a son.

MARRIAGE..

On September 11th, at Shaughai, WYNNE ALAN SEURAVE, to ROSA ELIZABETH Cooke. DEATH On September 15th, at Shanghai, EUPHRASIA BENEDICTA, the beloved wife of Mr. ADOLPE I. DE CAMPOS, in her 41st year.

On September 14th, at Shanghai, FRIEDA

income to the Government from this source

the consumption of fuel by the adoption of masters of the town; they stopped work in modern gas engines at any works employing nearly all the dockyards and factories, and considerable amounts of power are well exempstored shops. - lified in the plant of the Taikoo Dockyard and

The gendarmery were stoned and charged Engineering Co., of Hongkong, says Eastern Engineering. "In their power huts there are the mob, and were reinforced by troops and installed engiuos aggregating 3,300 hp, and artillery. the fuel consumption has bost proved to be less than Iib. of coal per horse-power-hour_with____

LONDON, September 19th.

DAILY PRESH" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.]

THE SZÉCHUEN TROUBLE.

PEKING, September 19th. The Government has received a lengthy Telegram from the Viceroy at Chongtu, dated the 15th instrat, in which he reports that fighting has taken place interniittently for seven days, but the loyalty of the troops saved the situation.

The immediate neighbourhood of Chengtu is safe, and the troops will shortly scour the surrounding country.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]:.

HAND

RIOTOUS SCENES IN NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, September 20th. Reutur's correspondent at Sydney wires that disorderly scenes in the State Parlia ment arose through allegations that Mr. Willis, & Bonding Liberal whom the Tabour Government appointed Speaker, had publicly

branded the Tiberals as a band of ruffians.

Mr. Willis refused to discuss the question, and ordered the removal of two Liberals.

Friends surrounded them, and for a long

Then the time pavented their removal.

police were called in and a melóo ensued, books being hurled at Mr. Willis.

Eventually several Liberals were removed.

FROM THE "CARLENEWS-AMERICAN."]

AMERICA'S ARMY WEAKENED BY CUPID.

WASHINGTON, September 14th. Major-General Leonard Wood, clict of stal, issued a statement yesterday in defence of his refusal to permit. Second Lieutenant Runbough, 6th Field Artillery, to resign in order to marry a daughter of Colgate, the millionaire manufacturer.

General Wood declaros in his statement Sir Robert Hart is suffering from that too many second lieutenants Inve

paeumonia, and other complications have

set in.

Grave anxiety is felt for his condition, and Sir Willian Osler has been suminonal to attend him,

THE DEATH OF M. STOLYPIN.

At Collem the rotors raided-the Mayor's NIVERSAL DETESTATION OF THE ME.

the machinory-runuing at full load. The plant residence, Killed a judge who was discussing is already one of the largest of its kind in the anti-strike measures with the authorities, East, but is being extended by some 2,000 and severely injured several others. There are four anginos, two of the sldo-by-side typo and two with single cranks. They wer all manufactured by Moasrs. ilichardsons, gard Co, of Middlesbrough, while the gas generators were supplied by the Power dynamos with which the gas engines are coupled

Gas Corporation, of Stockton-on-Tees. The

Ara by Massa. Dick, Korr & Co., of Presión. ̈ ̈

SEAMAN'S MISADVENTURE.

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A Chinese seaman who "signed en“on 4

steamer leaving for Haiphong on Monday has

LONDON, September 20th.

M. Stolypin's death has caused the great- est consternation in Russia.

The theatres are closing, and the churches

LATER, The Spanish Promier has made a state- ment in which he said that martial law was are 'crowded, requeins being offered for the decessitated by the anarchist character of dead Premier, and services hold for the wel. the strike, which was directed by a comfare of the Emperor, who is flooded with -mittee of Spaniards and foreigners who had telegrams avowing homage.

headquarters at Barcelona.

The situation is worst in the province of Valencia, where the revolutionaries have seized Carcagente and Aleira. They burned

Troops have recaptured both tow as.

IRISH RAILWAYS' STRIKE.

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LONDON, September 20th. The Irish railways affected by the strike

ought to be about $150,000,000. Even if this summ were to reach the coffers at Poking, it does not seem a particularly large contribution from an empire whose area is roughly fifteen times that of fireat Britain, and if land were to pay a toll more in On September 15th, al Shanghai, Mrs, Gaccord with that levied in other countries, DUPLESSIE, of a son,

On September 9th, at Kuling, to Mr. and and commensurate with its increasing value, and an extraordi midventure. Shorty the Town Hall and other public buildings

after the steamer left Hongkong he went to at. Aleira. On September 13th, at Shanghai, to Mr, and China would have a substantial nucleus for sleep on the dock, and did not awake, until ha Mrs. A. R. DAVIES, a son (George Godfrey its national income. Of course, this increas-foun himself falling into the water. His Oswald).

ed taxation would be unpopular, but thatory was not hoard, and apparently he would apply equally well to any other form was not missed, as the vessel procusded on her of raising revenue by direct taxation. The way. This happened near Lingting, and the development of natural resources, the opening unfortunate man saw little hope of assistance. of milways, the establishment of industries However, he did not lose heart, but kept himasif have all tended to raise the value of land, aut for about fear hours, by which time he are the Great Southern, the Midland, the was picked up by a faucch and taken to Dumb Great Western and the Great Northern representing a legitimate source of increased Bell, little the worse of his long stay in the lines, but order on the last has already taxation. Agricultural land may be exemp- HONGKONG OFFIJ: 104, Des Vœux Rointed from additional levies, or bo subject to LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC

a scale which would have regard to ite as- dessable value, but when it is remembered Sir ROBERT HART's estimats in .1904 of the sible revenue from a reform of the land tax was 400 million taels, it is apparent that little courage and forethought on the part of China's advisers would help the country towards a solution of perhaps its greatest problem.

ELISE, the beloved wife of A. H. CAMPBELI

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, SEPTBER 21st, 1911.

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A coolie was yesterday at the Magistracy fard $25 for damping night soil in a draja in the Rajputs' lines at Kowloon.

There was sent to the Kowloon mortuary on Tuesday the body of an unknown Chinese male which had been found at the sea wall at Water loo Road..

water.

PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF OPIUM LAW.

A NEW ORDINANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

The Cablenews of Friday last says:-

bean restored, and the services are almost normal,

The other Companies are still running a fow trains on the main routes in and out of Dublin and elsewhere, but traffic has been entirely auspended at Queenstown.

·LATER. -

At a meeting of Nationalists held at St. Petersburg à resolution was passed express ing the conviction that the slightest conces

on to revolutionary elements would be equivalent to a revival of the reign of

terror."

MUTINOUS NORWEGIAN SOLDIERS.

LONDON, September 20th.. Renter's correspondent at Christianin

for mutinous behaviour arising out of a wires that 139 soldiers have been imprisoned

Socialist agitation.....

SCULLING.

LowDor, September 20tb. Arnst has declined the offer of an English sportsman to compete with Barry on the Thames for a stake and expenses amounting to £750 sterling,

already left the military service in order to mary. He claims that the ranks of the younger officers are being depleted thereby, and that as far as he is coucorned the Rum- bough case will he a procodent in dealing with all future proffered resignations, of second lieutenants with suatrimony as the motive.

THE US. PRESIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN.

WASHINGTON, September 15th.

A poll on Presidential preferenceN WAS taken at the convention of State governors. now in meeting at Springlake with about 30 executives in attendance. It was found that the Republicans were about equally divided between President Taft and Seautor Im Follette and that the Democrats divided in about the same proportion in expressing preferences for Governor Wilson and Governor Harmon. Considerable surprise being expressed that so many Republican Governors signified a desire to see Senator La Follette the party's candidate.

THE KING AND THE NEWSPAPERS.

ROYAL VIEW OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

The opinion of King George of the ros-" ponsibilities and powers of newspapers the by the following telegram which he caused to be Bent from Talchan last month to the president

sea to which they should be opened and

of the Instituto of Journalists, who are holding a conferetos at Durdes--

"The King thanks the members of the In- stitute of Journalists for their message of loyal assurances and good wishes."

of

"His Majesty trasts: that the attendance nt the conference of representatives from all parts of the Empire may promote a sym pathetic interchange of ideas. apon imperial. questions, foster a spirit of loyalty and patriot- ism, and generally tend to the advancement civilisation and the prosperity of bis subjects all over the world, for the powers of the Pross.. sibilities, and his Majesty recognises the debt of gratitude due to journalists for the incessant and untiring zeal with which collectively and they strive by day and night to

He says he requires £750 for expenses are great, and ouly equalled by their respon-

In future, lovers of the festive "Lop joint," or easier time when convicted in the municipal Society of Railwaymon has decided that in other words, opium smokers, vill lave su The Executive of the Amalgamated court, for yesterday the board passed a now ordinance by which the posities were drastically unless the Companies cciso dismissing or in alone,

aby way penalising men for refusing to Under the former ordinance, No. 146, passed June 7, 1911, Bacion 5 stated that aur parson handle the traffic of firms whose employees violating any provision of the prdiaanes should went on strike, and unless they re-instated

punished by a fins of P200, or imprisonment

red acad.

be

for six raouthe, or both, at the court's discretion, all the men without penalty, the Executive and in cass of a second conviction, both were would call out all Irish railwaymen. -made mandatory on a the part of the judge,

The new ordinance, No. 152 provides a tipo

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LATER.

STRENGTHENING BRITAIN'S

DEFENCES.

LONDON, September 20th. The Home Office has circularised the

of from P100 to P200, or imprisonment of from

The papers are unanimous in denouncing Chief Constables expounding an elaborate one mon h to six, or both, at the discretion of the Irish railway strike as a reductio ad scheme for the registration of persons wili- guard or spy for sa optam joint, otherwise the absurdum, and state that a sympathetic ing to serve as special constables in a serious provisions being practically identical with the strike is impossible.

THAT most, if not all, of the troubles which overtake China at present are due to the financial difficulties which embarrass the Government is a proposition which will ba readily admitted by those who have any knowledge of the affairs of the Middle Kingdom. China has come to a chronic state of impecuniosity, and it is doubtful it any other country the world suffers from "the eternal lack of public pence" to the same extent. The possibilities of this vast empire are undoubtedly great, but their realisation is as yet so trifling and so tardy that her wealth remains inade

This came about through so many opium ones The Daily News warns the Amalgamated emergency, thus enabling the reservists in quately exploited and her progress is in con-

being lost in the higher court. Judga Cross Society of Failwaymen that it has en- the Police to join the colours in time of war sequence restricted. The love of inoney is

The invitations are out of Mr. and Mrs. B. ceded the powers of the municipal board in that gaged in a great struggle, and that England, and giving confidence to the public for the said to be the root of all evil, but the C. Howard announcing the forthcoming wed-it attempted to detine an opius joint, and in for vital things, cannot without prejudicing protection of life and property without ap lack of money is the explanation of much of ding of Miss Howard to Mr. R. Moss a fixed imposing a noresonable evere penalty on the case, sauction the grotesque demand of

those who kept or frog vented such placer.

pealing to military aid. the dissatisfaction and unrest noticeable in forOctober 3rd at Christ Church, Yokohama,

A money changer in Queen's Road Central reports to the police that on Tuesday morning Le sent his cook to the bank to change a $50 fusta, but he did not return.

the court. It also states that no one shall net ng

former ordinance.

field held that the ordinaues of last June ex-

the Irishmen.

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pablia doty.

is glad that the members of the conference will visit Balmoral, and hopes that they will spend a pleasant day there.”

THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SHORTAGE OF RICE.

The Governor-General of the Philippines last week appointed the Honourable Gregorio Araneta, Secretary of Finance and Justice, to committee of five to look into the rino altuation. Owing to the scarcity act as chairman of of that product at present la Manila and the

shipped to the port from Saigon, which has knowledge that no more of that cereal is to be been for some time past the principal source of supply for the islands, the situation has become rather serious and a rice famine is threatened.