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INTIMATIUM

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17TH, 1019,

Schools" have bean established, though they have not been a great success their method was to teach pupils to read and write a few selected characters of general use, instead of, as in the ordinary Chiness educational system, obliging scholars to

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lea left Shanghai by the NYK. Shingo Mars for San Francisco last week.

Miss Georgia Corlass will not arrive. here till Sunday, 21st inst., and the Band- mann Opera Co. have been obliged to

WEDDING AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

CLEMENTI-EYDER.

The wedding of the Hon. Mr. Coeil Clementi, вол

of Colonel Montagu Clementi, of Winham House, Cullompton,

ANWATSON/learn by rote the whole of the characters of alter the programme, staging "The Devon, to Miss Penelope Eyres, eldest

& CO., LTD.,

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

BRANDY

Our Brandies are

some abstruse classic, though half of them Balkan Princess," instead of the Merry daughter of Commodore Creswell 'Eyres,

would be useless for everyday purposes So long, however, as the Chinese language exists, an inordinate amount of time and labour must always be spent over the rudi- mentary process of learning to read, and it le due to this that educational progress is entirely absent in China, is spite of the fact that for centuries back education has played a part in her, and had a prevalence,

Widow, on Friday night next.

The Rev. W. T. Austen, who relieves the Rev. C. E. Thompson as Chaplain to the Missions to Seamen in Hongkong, ar. rived by the P. & O. Sumatra from Japan on Monday. He is accompanied by his daughter, Mias Mabel Austen.

Miss Claro Dudgeon, only child of Sir

R.N., took place yesterday afternoon at St. John's Cathedral, in the presence of a large number of friends.

TELEGRAMS. If the Irish Government were able to

-- [THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.}

THE HOME RULE BILL..

DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MR. BALFOUE'S CRITICISK.

LORDON, April 16th,' Mr. Balfour was chewed when he rose to

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. T. Johnson, M.A., Chaplain of the Cathedral, assisted by the Rev. A. Cresume the debate on the Home Kule Bill. Moreton, R.N.

The House was crowded. The bride was given away by her father,

Mr. Balfour ridiculed the safeguards, and and was attended by six bridesmaida-her

effect economies it would be free to reduce any taxes, likely such as pressed heaviest · on the poorest classes, such

46 tho customs duties, especially tea and sugar. It would be impossible, however, to giva unfettered control of the customs, as such. would be inconsistent with the general policy of the Government. The financial experts who eaquired into the Anglo-Irish finance prior to the drafting of the Bill found the situation so atterly unsound that they actually recommended completo fiscal autonomy for Ireland and an annual subvention of £900,000, but the

(unknown until recent days in any Europesu Charles and Lady Dudgeon, was married sisters, Miss Mary Eyres and Miss Dorothy said that Mr. Asquith's initial experiment Government was unable to accept the land. The difficulty of acquiring the in London last month to Vittorio Eyros, Miss St. John, Miss Hetty Tomes, in federation was lopsided, botched, and recommendations for various substantial

elementary essentials of reading and writing has been a block to education among the masses; the same difficulty, and the cons

GUARANTEED quent rarity of these arts, made them

PURE

TO BE

GRAPE

SPIRIT.

Per asse Pe of 1 dos. Bot

A-SUPERIOR PALE, Red

Capsule

28.40 2.45

B-BUPERIOR OLD COGNAC,

Red Caprale

31.40 2.70 WATSON'S * * COGNAC,

Gold Capsule...

31.40 2.70

SUPERIOR OLD LI- QUBUR COGNAC, Gold Caporale

+

inordinately prized by the few who had acquired them, and so, instead of being merely a means to an end, they came to be regarded as an ad in themselves. This would, no doubt, be corrected at the pr sent time, but anything that makes the

Rappini, Marquis di Castel Delfino, younger son of the late Marquis Mario di Castel Delfino and the Marquise Letizia

(ade Princesse Ruspoli), of Rome.

It may seem idle to call attention to it, but it is a set of rather curious coin-

idences, remarks the Japan Times, that the pound mark (5) should be the first letter in London, financial capital of the world; that the dollar mark (8) is prac

United States, that F stands for France

Miss Alison Tulloch, and Mademoiselle Bérindongue. Mr. Murray Stewart acted utterly unworthy of British statesmanship. He severely criticised the financial provi- as "best man."

Among those present were His Excelsions, and said he did not believe that lency Mr. Cloud Severn; His Excellency English and Scottish members would sup-

General Anderson and Mrs. Anderson;

reasons. The whole of the Irish revenue would continue to be paid in to the Imperial Exchequer yo long as the deficit lasted. The total sun to be transferred most of the members of the Executive and port the suggestion that the future federal annually from the Exchequer would ba Legislative Councils; a large number of system should be divided by customa bar about six millions sterling, but this was nuval and military officers, foreign riers. He pointed out that the position of not a grant from the British taxpayers, Consuls, and many prominent residents.

The bride's dres, was of white satin and the Constabulary was absolutely impossible. as it was derived from Irish taxes.

The four eldest bridesmaids foreigners the Goverment would be iu about £5,000,000, the money loss on which

L

The

Chinese written language simpler must tically the initials (U.B.) used for the French filet lace, with a wreath of orange If Ireland could use the customs against total cost for reserved services would be

facilitate the spread of education among

blossom,

the masses of the land. In this connection, and Franc, that even the old word for wore drousco of blue ninon over white volved in appalling difficulties, which would at the outset would be £2,000,000, but if it may be interesting to look at an export dollar "Thaier," originating in Germany. satin bordered with silver, and blue hats arise from the folly of trying to reverse the the present rate of Irish progress con-

ment in the direction of easy writing that was made in Peking a few years ago. A system of spelling" Chinese was invented. by one Wu CRIH-FC: be found that all the word-sounds of the Mandarin dialect could be built up out of 50 initials" and 12. finals," so devised an alphabet of 62 characters on these lines, (as a matter of 37.40 3.20 fact, sorae of bis-characters were redundant, o a smaller number would have sufficed) D-VERY FINE OLD PALE

The signs of his alphabat ( word-mothers LIQUEUR COGNAC, Gold and White Capsalo 43.40 3.70 is the name given to them) are, with one or two exceptions, simple strokes obviously * FINEST OLD BROWN

taken from the commonest word containing BRANDY, Gold and White Caprate

49.40 4.20 the sound represented. The system was (The above Prices include duty.) thus quite simple and practicable, at all evouts, for the Poking dialect. Curiously enough, it was recommended to the notice

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begins with the initial letter of Teuton that the Rouble is the unit of coinage in Russia, and that the distinctive coin of

China is the Cash.

When China is republicanising herself,

says the Pall Mall Garette, we are lost in contemplation of early Chinese art. Following on last year's exquisite array of temple paintings at the British Museum, Bir Sidney Colvin and his staff have now

assembled a collection of early Chinese

trimmed with roses; the two younger ones

The service was choral and Mr. Denman

wore white satin, and lace caps with true policy of national development. All tinues this would gradually diminish and forget-me-nots.

the nations looked to the future with would disappear in ten years, The Irish Government would be authorised if it desired to borrow money for the purpose of national development, and the Irish Exchequer Board would have the power to issue loans and make provision for the payment of interest and sinking fund

Tooker.

After the ceremony a reception was held. on board H. M.S. Tamar,

Fuffer officiated at the organ. The beauti-anxiety and misgiving, and the great social ful decoration of the Cathedral, with communities felt that they must maintain plants and flowers, was the work of Mrs. their place by integration, and not disia- tegration. He asked the Government whether they thought such an absurd scheme would last a decade. If the Nationalists really believed that Ireland was a nation they would not and ought not to be content with such a makeshift. He desired to sea the Irish as free as the English and the

Among many presents received by Miss Byres were:-A silver rose bowl from the

married Naval Officers and their wives;

from the transferred sum.

CHINA'S LOAN PROBLEMS.

LONDON, April 18th.

printing. Some of it is almost coeval with the paintings; that is to say, it dates from the Tang dynasty, or long before the Danes commenced to ravage from the European Staff and Police of Scotch to co-operate in the great work of Government, replying to the protest of

England. In other words, this work pro ceded Fust and Gatenberg by nearly ten

pair of silver fruit dishes from the officers of II. M. Naval Yard; and a silver tea service and ebony tray, with inscription,

H. M. Naval Yard.

After the reception, the bride and bride

A Peking message states that the

the Empire, and he maintained that they the Four Nation Syndicate against the r

A.D. WATSON & CO. J of the President of China, then Viceroy of centuries, yet the ink used by these groom left in the Stardey for Miss Bay, had such freedom under the present system. Belgian loan, says that it appears probable

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HONGKONG, APRIL 17TH, 1912.

Chinese printers is as black as when applied. *a

THE MAGISTRACY,

A Chinese shopkeeper was yesterday fined $100 or three months' hard labour for selling opium in his shop in Queen's Road West.

For returning from banishment,

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a

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A MODERNISED CHINESE

WEDDING.

South Africa was a great dominion con. scious not only of her place in the Empire but of her special difficulties and dangers. South African statesmen realised when they

A very pretty and modernised Chinese wedding took place on Monday afternoon,

the focal Confucian Society's Hall, rejected the schemes of Home Bule and which was tastefully decorated for the Federation but adopted a closer union that occasion, the contracting parties being Mr. Ching Sing, sub-inspector under the the country was so constituted that they Mineral Ores Enactment, Federal Malay could alone do best rapidly, conclusively and

that the Belgian syndicate will join the International group in order that the political deadlock may be overcome The imperative need of funds is again causing the Government extreme anxiety....

AMERICA AND MEXICO.

LONDON, April 10th. Reuter's correspondent at New York

Chinese was yesterday sentenced to twelve States, who had recently returned from decisively against some imminent danger: telegraphs that the American Note is the

months' imprisonment. It appeared that defendant had twice returned from banish ment.

Chibi who expressed his favourable apinion of it, with an apt quotation from Marquis Iro. The Director of Education- ordered it to be given a trial in all the Elementary and Half-day Schools at Pootingfu, as well as among the Banner troops stationed there. A special school was set up in Peking for. teaching the "word-mother" writing; the police of the Metropolis were required to learn it; a news- paper was published, as a magazine, in the new characters; the "Sacred Edict" was trausliterated into them. This particular system, too, it may be noted, might easily

Twenty men, including one who was have besa made applicable to any of the

were branches of the Mandarin dialect, for the charged yesterday with gambling. charged with being a keeper,

The same sign could represent different soundskeeper was fined $50 or six months is different districts, though the meaning imprisonment, and the remainder $5 each of the completed word would be the

or fourteen days' imprisonment. same-just as, for instance, with the word "butter" in English and Goruma. Yet, in spite of these favourable circum stances, the invention soon died a natural death, and so, it seems, must all such attempts to simplify Chinese writing, unfose the written language is also simplified Any phonetic or simplified way of writing Chinese can be used only for the lung inge as it is spoken, for then the meaning of any

A sentence of three months' hard labour and four hours' stocks was imposed by Mr. Irving yesterday on a man who was charged with stealing a parse from a woman. A confederate was sentenced to six-weeks' imprisonment and four hours stocks.

Ipoh, and Miss Tam Chi Sing, of Canton. Mr. Lam Sing. Hi ected as grooms

whilst the bride was attended by Misses Yani and Pang. The ceremony was pre- sided over by Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Presi dent of the Confucian Society. The order of the service was briefly as follows:-- On arrival of the couple, with the bride- groom leading the way, they were met by the President, who conducted them to the altar of the Great Sage, where a prayer appropriate to the occasion was said. The President

What was the position of Great Britian with this lopsided Federalist ?

It was only

a fair weather constitution.

strongest yet delivered to Mexico. It declares that the continuation of illegal aota conduces to difficulties which it is to Mr. Samuel, Postmaster-General, said the interest of all true Mexican patriots that Mr. Balfour's arguments against the

38 is the desire of the United States Bill might with equal justice be advanced

to avoid. against any scheme of Colonial self- government, and pointed out that six COLONIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. years ago Mr. Balfour described the

LONION. April. 16th.. grant of self-government to South Afrien

Mr. Davson, who represented the West Indies on the Committee, which completed the negotiations for a reciprocal trade agree.

then addressed the assemblage on the principles of marriage as a reckless experiment. The experiences both ancient and modern, and the of 150 years proved that it was the denial marriage bond embodying the varions and not the grant of Home Rule that led obligations to be performed by husband

to separatist tendencies. Colonial and wife was read, assented to and signed by the contracting parties as well autonomy was not only not inconsistent

exchanged and the ceremony brought to a close by the Fresident proclaiming the

ment between Canada and the West Indies, has, in an interview with Renter's corres- pondent, expressed the greatest satisfaction

THE latest attempt at a phonetic rondering sign is more or less indicated by its contest Irving with entering the premises of Mr. as their guardians. Trinkets were then but was essential to Imperial unity with the agreement, and said it might be

Appeals had continually been received from all parts of the Empire urging

expected that Canada would now turn her

Two men were charged before Mr. A. H. Silva at Kowloon, on Monday night. of the Chinese language-that of Professor or rather, as a general rule, two or three One man said he had an uncle working RIVETTA, a sketch of which we published characters are combined to form a compound there as house coolie, and the excuse of couple man and wife and evoking on the Home Rule for Ireland, not only from attention to Australia and South Africa. few days age--is not in the least likely ever word. In the written language, where the the other was that his mother was Mr. to come into general, or even widespread, meaning of each character is complete in Silva's cook. The first man was fiued 32, use, in spite of the pious hope that the itself, a sign representing the sound alone and the second §1. Republic will sanction it. Phonetic render-would be susceptible of too many interprets

A Chinese was yesterday charged with'

the blessings of Heaven,

statesmen of Irish race but from such men

with a view to similar agreemente. The assemblage, numbering over 100 and consisting of friends of the happy as General Botha and Sir Joseph Ward, BRITISH ADMIRALTY PURCHASE couple and members of the Society, then while Cecil Bholes, the Empire builder,

After justice had been done to

ings of Chiness are neither new nor rare tions. for such writing to be intelligible matching a gold pin from a Chinese Bat down to też provided by the bride if ever thero was one, spoke from the

GENERAL BADEN-POWELL IN HONGKONG.

grootl

The

The Bride and Bridegroom heartily drunk

WES

PREVOJTS AEROPLANE...

LONDON, April 16th.

It was announced in London on the 16th

CHANNEL

LONDON, April 16th.

the British and Foreign Bible Society has. Why should not something now be done to woman in Queen's Road West. we believe, produced an edition of the New Bring the written and spoken languages into evidence showed that the man endeavour-panied by their friends and relatives, with finance, he said that it would be the refreshinents, the happy couple, accom- grave in favour of Home Rule. Dealing Testament in phonetically transliterated closer relationship with each other?ed to steal the woman's necklace, but was drove to the Hotel China, their temporary antust in the first instance to burden instant that the Admiralty have taken over Chinese-but they can never be of great Sinologues will certainly raise their bands foiled in his attempt, and snatched the home, where further expressions of good Ireland with the whole of the deficit, the aeroplane in which Prevost made his use, for the phonetic rendering of a word as in horror at such an impions suggestion, pin instead. He made off, but was pronounced, say, in Shanghai, will be quite and we confess that we should feel regret captured outside the Seamen's Institute Wishes were exchanged and the toast of |

The state of her finances was not her fault great flight across the Channel. meaningless in Haukow, and many words at seeing the passing of the terse yet clear by Mr. Wm. Davis, manager

er of the

but the result of English financial ad- transliterated according to the Feking pro style in which official documents are in-

LONDON POISONING TRAGEDY. Institute, Defendant was sentenced to

ministration. Her revenue was paid on nunciation would be unintelligible in the aited, but it must be admitted that there is six months hard labour, with 24 strokes THE BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY,

LONDON, April 16th. the Irish geale and her expenditure was next province. There is more to be consid- no real necessity for this artificial separa.

of the birch and four hours' stocks.

The appeal for a reprieve on behalf of ered in this case than the differences of tion of the written and spoken language.

"Peggy" was repeated last night to a

on the English scale: therefore it was Seddon, who was sentenced to death for dialect. Mandarin, it is true, is spoken over and that all the needs of dignity and clarity

large house by the Bandmann Opera Com-

the murder of a spinster lady, has been some three-fifths of the country, but there would be found to be amply fulfilled in a

pany, and the earlier impressions of their obviously, indefensible that after accus-

refused. excellent work were confirmed by the toming the Irish to this scale of expendi- are everywhere slight divergences of pro-style like that of WANG-Yu-r''s colloquis! nunciation, and there, in a phonetic render rendering of the "sacred Edict," which

Lieut-General Sir R. B. Baden-Powell, artistic performance which they gave ture they should impose upon them the LADY AVIATOR FLIES ENGLISH“ The piece was bright, musical and spark burden of finding the whole of the who is on a tour of the Empire in con- ng, would be sufficient to cause much may now almost claim to be classical itself. nection with the Boy Scout movement, which commanded success from the out-expenditure. If unassisted, the new Irish

ling, and went with a dash and a swing: confusion and ambiguity in a language that China is passing through an iconoclastic arrived in Hongkong by the G.M.8. The humour of the production is in Parliament would be faced in the first Professor Kiverra's alphabet is, we fear. lead and issue his Presidential Mandatos in by Capt. P. M. Taylor, A.D.C., who feeling unhappy could only have them the whole revenus, which would mean 15 hsв so limited a number of word-sounds, period: YUAN SEIH-K'Ar might well set the Lutzow yesterday morning. He was metresistible, and any who left the Theatre year with a deficit exceeding one-fifth of Channel is Miss Craig, an American, who even less likely to secure a vogue than have clear, simple words, understanded of the accompanied him to Government House, elves to blame been some of its predecessors: characters people, and abolish the abstruse and archaic where he is the guest of HE. the Officer To-night the Company produce. The to 20 per cent. increase in taxation, while that can be written with the brush-pen are language that was so beloved by the scribos Administering the Government. The | Arcadians," a piece which is sure to at at the same time the unjust deficit would what should have been sought for; no ordi- who drafted the Imperial Edicts. The General left for Canton last night, and tract a good house. mary Chinose would care to use habitually Republic ought to be able to rise superior to it is understood that he will spend a few an alphabet containing Greek and Russian the prejudices of classical scholars, and if dags in the City of Rams. No arrange letters. But even if these phonetic systems, ita Government would publish all its documents for entertaining have yet been are doomed from birth, there is room for monte and conduct all its correspondence in made by the local Boys Brigade, as the Shewan, Tomes & Co., Agents for the We have been informed by Messrs. some simplification of the Chinese language style approximating to that of the spoken General telegraphed from Shanghai that Yangtze Insurance Association, Ltd. sons to render it, in its written form, language, the simplification of Cliness he did not wish to be accorded an official that they are in receipt of a telegram aossible to the masses. This has, for writing would no longer be a thing to sigh reception. It is probable that he will that the Directors will recommend at the from the head office at Shanghai advising. some years, been recognized by the Chinese for in vain.

visit the headquarters of the Boys Brigade forthcoming general meeting a dividend themselves, and

"Easy-reading many

on his return from Canton,

of 25 per cent.

YANGTSZE INSURANCE COM- PANY'S DIVIDEND.

payer.

permanently be borne by the British tax- He was convinced that when Ireland was prosperous she would he will- ing to assume a just share of the burden of Empire. The Government's scheme pro- vided that the finances of one country would not be appreciably disturbed by

the change of finances; on the other hand,

The first lady to fly across the English

erossed from Dover to Hardelot.

AUSTRALIAN NAVAL PROGRESS.

LONDON, April 10th. Beuter's correspondent at Sydney tele- graphs that the locally-constructed tor- podo boat destroyer Warrego, underwent & successful trial, attaining a speed of 23 knots.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, April 16th. The death is announced of M: Henri. Brisson, a former French Minister.