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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 9r 1912.

Clovernment expetes. For a time Jahan casier to start such a monopoly that to or TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

went to school and showed a remarkable linquish it. On the whole it may be said aptitude for karning her lessons. Later the that the bulk of Japanese business man aro possibilities of the form of co-oparation wholly opposed to the Government system known as limited liability were perceived and of monopolles, on the ground that not only private enterprises came into existence, are they an expensive method of raising some of them even running is opposition to taxes, but also that they interfere with in- the State concerns. It was not then any part dustrial activity, since it is never certain of the State policy, however, to establish what industry the Government will next

For being a member of the Triad Society, a Chinese was yesterday sen tenced to six weeks' imprisonment

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.]

STRIKE OF P&O BEAMEN.

LONDON, May 8th. The directors of the P. & O. Steamship Company have refused the demand of the

the

the number of white seamen, Consequent

the men's officials have called out all e men on the P. & O. liners at Tilbury The directors, while refusing the demands of the men, affirm that they are prepared fo carry out their obligations under the law, They are willing to copt any slight modification of the exist ing system, but defend their position under the Merchant Shipping Act.

[THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.]

THE HOME RULE DEBATE.

VLSTER'S ARMY OF RESISTANCE.

LONDON, May 8th.

On the resumption of the debate on the

monopolies or generally carry on State take under its wing. Thus the Socialistic Sailors and Firemen's Union to increase second reading of the Home Rule Bill, manufactures in opposition to private unexperiments of Japan, if they may so be dertakings, and as it was soon that a spirit called, are not popular, although, in view of of enterprise had been started, and the the financial conditions, their abandonment

is a very remote possibility. people gone out of lealing-strings, the |Government began to gradually retire from

the field. It retained for itself the first BRAND railway built in Japan and certain factories connected with the Army and Navy, but otherwise it seemed that the days of State enterprises were over. After the war with Chinn, however, the Government reversed its policy, the direct cause being the nood of STOUT money, although generally other reasons

GUINNESS

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were offered. Thus the State camphor monopoly, the first to be established, was suid to be to preserve the industry, which the reckless destruction of trees had ondan- gered. However this may have been, the monopoly was established, and was followed by a Tebaces monopoly and a Salt monopoly Then, after the Kusso-Japanese war, the railwaya were nationalised-except a few which wore too poor to be worth taking over. BRAND Following on the example of the Govern ment, the large municipalities also began to acquire existing enterprises or to establish new ones, such as tramways, electric light- ing plant, etc. Various other State mone- polies have been suggested and will no doubt in time come into existence, such as sugar tea, and life insurance. Thus the policy which led the Government to abandon its State enterprises has been reversed and the State is rapidly becoming the largest capital. ist and biggest employer of labour in Japan As stated above, the reasons for this change of attitude are to be found in financial con. siderations Direct faves are always un.

LIGHT ALE

IN PINTS AND Splits.

SOLE AGENTS:

The annual report of the Union Church It states that the has been published. treasurer's statement shows a credit balance of $5.01.

We have been informed by the Colonial Secretary's Office that the Government of French Indo-China has declared Hong kong infected with plague.

Two mendicants had a fight in the street at Wanchat on Tuesday which ended in one being injured no badly that he had to be removed to the Hospital.

On Tuesday, a boy was knocked down at Shaukiwan by a motor car belonging to the Exile Garage.

He was badly injured about the head and had to he

(THROUGH REUTER'S ACKNOX, } THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES,

THE KING FOĠSOUND...

LONDON, May 8th. Crowds gathered at Weymouth yester day, despite the fact that the rain and fog obliterated the feet. Disappointment. was expressed at the non-arrival of the King, who was fogbound at Yarmouth,

LONDON.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain denied that the Bill was a remedy for the congestion of the House of Commons, which would

tions settled in Dublin with the added THE NEW GERMAN MINISTER TO have continually to thread out the ques-Isle of Wight.

complication that their action might mean the reversal of the decision of the semi- independent Irish Parliament. The mili rary danger was profound, the financial A special meeting of the transport danger was great, and he was not pre- workers has been telegraphically spared that others should run into danger moned to support the action of the men's leaders,

under

LONDON, May 8th. Router's correspondent at Berlin tele-. graphs that Baron von Bieberstein, the former German Minister at Constan- which ho in England would not share. Iftinople, who is to replace Count Metier- Ulster resisted, public opinion, would not nich in London, has arrived and had a allow Ulster to be dragooned, and you conference with the Imperial Chancellor. and your Bill will then go to wreck in the storm which you have caused.”;

Mr. Samuel defended the financial

THE MINIMUM WAGE AUT.

LONDON, May 8th. The South Wales District Board, of which Lord St. Aldwyn is chairman, has the given its first decision- Minimum Wage Act, granting the under ground labourers an advance of three- pence per day. The nien are dissatisfied, And

eonference of the Miners' Federa- Beveral dead bodies were picked uption has lagu sumiragoed. in the Colony on Tuesday, death in two cases having been due to plague. One MINERS RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI to resort to violence. body was found floating in the waters of the harbour near Greenland

sent to the Hospital.

Mr. K. Matsda, who has for several years been the agent of the Toyo Kison Kaisha in Hongkong, has been promoted to Yokohama. Mr. S. Morimoto has been appointed agent in Hongkong,

A. S. WATSON papular, and even before the war, with Rus Co., Ltd., recommend a final dividend of

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DEATH.

On May 6th, at Loader, Claude Wilford, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. SARLTON, aged 11 months. By

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The Daily Press.

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sih the Government felt great diffidence in imposing any additional burdens on the people. Monopolies, on the other hand, offered sources of revenue which were likely to meet with amell opposition. Even the

· The directors of the Seromban Rubber:

20 per cent, while the directors of the Sungei Choh Byndicate bave recommend- ed a foal dividend of 123 per cent.

A seizure of arms and ammunition was. inade by L. S. Wills on the s.a. angolin

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LONDON, May 8th. A statement made by the financial serrotary of the Northumberland Minors

Association shows that the expenditure in the course of two and a quarter yeare has exceeded the income by £150,000 including £70,000 paid during the recent strike. BRITISH DOCTORS AND THE INSURANCE ACT.

LONDON, May 8th

A compromise is being arranged be tween the Government and the doctors by

provisions. It was only just, he said, to provide for the deficit at the outset. When the Irish revenues increased and the deficit covered the case could be re-opened and Ireland given larger financial control. He was glad that Mr. Chamberlain bad repudiated the Irenzied appeals of Ulster

R. G. KNOWLES SEASON.

As witty and full of humour as ever, Mr. R. G. Knowles, though he did net have a very big audience to work on at the Theatre last night, had no difficulty,

in keeping his auditors thoroughly

amused. Mr. Knowles is really irrepres sible, and possesses that happy knack of raising a laugh even before he opens his mouth. He told a nutuber of very funny In the course of stories, which he said he knd heard on the P. and O. steamer coming out. He also related his well known anecdote anent, the old negro and the judge. In the first half of the programme it seemed as if his fund of quips and humourons.

the debate all the larger arguments of policy had been in favour of the Bill: only the potty ones were against it.

Mr. R. J. McMordie, the Mayor of Bel-

fast, said it was absurd to belittle the movement in Ulster to raise an army, The trouble would start before the Bill was enacted. Every man in Ireland able to afford it possessed a rifle or a revolver. There were 100,000 revolvers in the hands of Unionists in the North of Ireland, while the Nationalists had between 200,000 and 300,000.

The most notable of the other speakers

sallies was inexhaustible, and needless to day, the audience wanted more when he made his exit. Mr. Knowles is supported by a strong company of talented artistes, including Miss Marie: Terry, a dainty singer of refined songs, Miss Winifred Johnson, described as the Kubelik of the Banjo," nad who is undoubtedly a fing performer on that most difficult of instru- ments. Associated with the principal are also Kelly and Ashby, a duo of acrobats who certainly put the billiard table to

ated with Mr. Bentley in a comic sketch. entitled The Cadets.".

nationalisation of railways is believed to yesterday morning consisting of one which the latter securo capitation fee were Mr. Neil Primrose and Mr. W. Estrange uscs. Miss Terry is also asoci

have been accomplished for financial reasons. na providing a sound security for any future Joan that Japan might have to raise ou an emergency. In the case of the railways, however, some pressure brought to bear on the Government resulted in their being placed to special account. That is to say, any profits resulting from the working of the railways are not added to the general revenue, but are placed to the railway ac count, to be used solely in improving the service. building new lines, paying interest on railway loans, etc. It may be a coincidence, but more probably it is the result of this special arrangement, that the railways have been. the most successful of the State enterprises undertaken under the new policy. When the nationalisation scheme was put into practics some rather gloomy forebodings were expressed, founded on past experience of the Government; rail- ways, as to the result of the scheme. These forebodings have happily not been justified, chiefly, it may be said, on account of the special arrangement under which the rail- ways are run. The same cannot be said of the other monopolies, however, which, even as mere money-making concerns, have bardly boen justified. It remains true in Japan, as everywhere else in the world, that any State or Municipal enterprise which is ran merely for purposes of revenue is certain to prove more or less a failure, both from the

We read much-days of Socialism in financial and the industrial point of view,

Winchester rifle, 300 rounds of smununi. tion, and one dozen automatic revolver magazines. A Chinese was arrested for being in possession.

The Hongkong and China Gas Co. has declared a final dividend of 5 per cent. and a bonus of 1 per cent., tax free, making

11 per cent, for the year; £3,500 is placed. to general reserve, and £1,000 to reservė

for exchange fluctuations, leaving £18,377

to be carried forward.

Notice is given in our advertising columns of a special meeting of the Hongkong General Chamber of Con merce to be held on the 20th inst. for the purpose of nominating a member of the Chamber to fill the place of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.G., during his nine months leave of absence.

of about 8 under the Insurance Act. If the new terms are accepted the modical profession gains about one and a half mil- lion sterling.

BRITISH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

LONDON, May 8th.

The imports for the months of April in creased by £8,584,127, but there was a decrease in the exports of £2,805,329. The principal increases in the imports were on cotton, silk and leather.

Gladstone, who supported the Bill.

DISTURBED TIBET.

The performance, which will be repeat- ed to-night, was attended by H.E. the Cland Acting Governor, Hon. Mr. Severa, and party

LONDON, May 8the Referring to recent contradictory re- ports from Tibet, the Times hints that the

THE TITANIC" DISASTER. irresolution of the Dalai Lama and his

JAPANESE SURVIVOR'S STORY. continued lingering at Kalimpong are

NEW YORK, April 19th.. due to the report of the advance of a

The Japanese papers publish the follow- strong relief force upon Lhasa from ing telegram:

Mr. Hosono, of the Japanese Railway. Batang. It fears that if the fores The decreases

Bureau, who is one of the survivors

Titanic succeeds in reaching Lhasa there will be of the

disaster, arrived severe reprisals upon the rebellious. He states that on the night of the disaster here last night on board the Carpathia.

Lhasa has not to fear Chinese troops alone, the weather was fine and there was 120 but also the Eastern Tibetan tribes whom fog. It was so cold, however, that he went to bed with extra clothing on. the Chinese are said to have raised. The About ten o'clock he was awakened by a

in exports were, coal £1,838,082 iron and steel. £1,011,557, wool, 2521,000, cotton,

£203,000.

AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION.

Two well-known, highly respected, and very popular members of the community

LONDON, May 8th loft the Shanghai Settlement last week effect that staryland should he read for Reuter Lelegraphs & correction to the in Mr. and Mrs. W. Bright, who are in- dertaking a two years trip to the home. Ohio in the previous message which stated land by way of Australia, New Zealand that Roosevelt had secured 40 delegates

to Taft's 14 in the primary elections.

AMERICAN-CANADIAN

RECIPROCITY,

and the Cape. Mr. Bright has seen over thirty years' service in the Custoons, heing on the statistical staff for 32 years, while for many years past he has occupied the position of manager of the foreign liter ary staff.

LONDON, May 8th.

At question time in the House of Com mone Sir Edward Grey announced that

thud in the bows of the ship. Not think ing that anything serious had happened, he was about to go to sleep again when

mediately put on a cont and, over here one of the crew brought him a life-belt and told him to go up on deck. He im-

self with a blanket, went on deck. he heard the strange sounds produced by the firing of green rockets-the signal of distress and the spectacle that met list eyes was most weird, the green light being reflected in the dark sky. The vessel had not yet shown any signs of a list, but the deck was already crowded with passen- gere, who, however, showed no signs of haste or panic.

Japan. Although the word "Socialism" is The failure from the financial standpoint is of some little value, is becoming rath Mr. Bryce would return to Washington redress our own grievances and not to boats, there still remained an empty boat

The practice of snatching hats, especially panama straw hats and others

common in some parts of Chinatown. Yesterday morning Inspector Dinaond charged a Chinese with the theft of a list from a man who was riding along the street in a ricksha. The prisoner came up behind the ricksha and snatched the

in September. EAST

EAST AFRICAN STEAMBOAT SERVICE.

LONDON, May 8th. The Union Castle Line has placed an

hat from the man's head. He was sen-order at Glasgow for a passenger and tenced to three months' imprisonment and cargo steamer for the East African ser four hours in the stocks.

An almost incredible incident, which

the recent revolution, occurred inst week

on

vice.

INDIAN INDENTURED

“IMMIGRATION.

Times adds that the chief responsibility rests upon the unhappy refugee at Kalim

treaty brought the British force to Lhasa pong, whose intrigues and breaches of the

and paved the way for a substantial re storation of Chinese suzerainty. If the Tibetans do not now accept the domina tion of China we can do nothing to help them. If, on the other hand, they suecsed in emancipating themselves from Chinese control we will certainly not repeat the Two officers, with revolvers in hand, involuntary aid given to Chins by the the ship, and ordered the women and superintended the operations for leaving Lhasa expedition. We went to Lhasa to children and the sick to enter the boats first. When all were transferred to the

destroy the qualified independence of an on the starboard side, Mr. Hosono says he felt inclined to rush to the beat, but ancient and not unkindly race.

the reflection that he was the only Japan- ese passenger on board made him shrink- from what he considered an act of cowardice. When, however, the boat was filled with men and was being lowered, LONDON, May 8th.

one of them cried out that there was still It is gazetted that the Albert Medal has room left for two or three people in the boat. No sooner was this cry heard than been conferred on an aboriginal of the one man swiftly jumped into the boat, and Mr. Hosono instinctively followed The Roper River, Australia for saving the next moment he found the boat already floating on the great ocean. The Titanic still towered high above them, and was seen to be slowly sinking by the head.

When the boat in which Mr. Hosono got away was about 600 yards away from the l-fated vessel, they beard the explosion of the boilers,, and amid dreadful sounds. and pitiful cries the 1,000 remaining aboard the Titanic disappeared in the THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. vortex beneath the waters. This was after two o'clock in the morning, and the survivors remained in the boats shivering LONDON, May 8th.in the cold for some seven hours, until early in the morning they were relieved. to see the Carpathia coming to the rescue.

At dawn the survivors saw three ice?

A BRAVE ABORIGINAL.

anathena to Japan, circumstances have generally obscured by raising the price of forced her to adopt measures which come the output. Thus since the State Tobacco dangerously near to the proposals of those Regie has been established in Japan, the There is price of tobacco bas gone up considerably, following the dreaded doctrine. indeed a lack of unanimity among Socialists the raising of prices being found necessary to as to the ideal conditions to be aired at, make the monopoly a paying concern. It iade but certainly one section looks forward to claved that the quality has not improved, but the State being the sole employer, the sole Las, rather, shown a deterioration. Thus the capitalist and the sole profit-taker. Japan monopoly which was created to avoid the has progressed to a certain extent, towards imposition of further direct taxes, has really

life of a police trooper, who was taking this ideal, and it appears highly probable resulted in the imposition of a much higher reminds one of the dangerous times of that circumstances will continue to press tax, since practically all Japanese, of both

him to the police statku, and to whom her forward still further. The history of sexes, indulge in tobacco. The same is true

the river near Yochow, says the

LONDON, May 8th. he was chained. The trooper was carried State enterprises in Japan is a curious one. in regard to the Salt monopoly. In the

Hankow Daily News. The steam launch Mr. Byles asked in the House of Com off by the current while swimming, the When the country was opened to foreign Camphor monopoly, which is practically Li Ho of Messrs Carlowitz and Co, By-ons whether there was any official in river. trade, and Japan began to realise what confined to Formosa, the industry in Japan ing the German flag, while on her way formation as to the recruiting of Indian advasco had been made in material civilian having been killed, special circumstances from Changsha to Hankow and convey- tion by Western countries, it was felt that have prevented even ostensible successing some foreign members of the firm, labourers for Damaraland, and if so what to bring the country on a physical level being shown. The camphor manufactured was fired at from a couple of junke full were the conditions. with the leading nations of the word, it is largely for export and thus prices are of Chinese soldiers. Though the steam Bir Edward Grey said that he had board was necessary that this material civilisation affected by the general demand and the launch stopped to allow the soldiers to that the Government of Damaraland had should be absorbed as quickly as possible. industrial conditions of the world.

To come on board, these incessantly fired at ranted permission to the local chamber Afississippi floods cover an area of 875. Japan, however, was in the curious position maintain prices at a high figure in these her and the shower of bullets-about 10 of having few, if any, capitalists, and a total circumstances is impossible, with the result lack of experience. In these circumstances that the revenue from the monopoly has the only course to be pursued was for the undergone great fluctuations, ranging from Government to be both the capitalist and £100,000 to £4,700. The question has been the initiator. Various Stale enterprises raised whether, in view of the small were therefore started, foreign experis amount of profit, it is worth while main engaged and Japanese sent abroad attaining the monopoly, but it is somewhat

A New Orleans telegram states that the

square miles. The agricultural losses in Louisiana alone amount to nearly two The sufferings of the people are terrible, and unless beats are hurried to the remote districts, it is feared that hundreds of people will have

shots gave the passengers and crew a hot of mines to import Indians for employ- He referred Mr. time. Ono shot wont through the coat of ment in the mines. the laodah and escape was only made Byles to the reply of Mr. Montagu, Under-millions sterling. possible by the launch going at full speed. Secretary of State for India, for a state The incident was reported to the Customs

ment of the conditions under which the House at Chenglin, as well as to the Ger man Corsai at Hankow, who sent a strong Government of Indian would allow inden protest to General Li Yuan-hung. tured emigration,

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perished.

bergs Iving not far away, like so many evil spirits. Until then they knew nothing about the cause of the wreck, The boat was full of people, and there was not room for any one to lie down. There were only

class passengers, and two of them were eight boats each for the first and second swallowed up the vortex es the Titanic

•Only thirteen boats, therefore, were picked up sank, while another was capsized.

by the rescuers,