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wall between the employer and the workman, so that a matter how the Brat may be squeezed the second ball not feet the sufocation. The community is to go on demanding cheapness frm the employer and starring him if he can. not meet the demand, but be is not to offect the smallest sms in his costs of production. The inevitable consequ are is that ไอ soon cease to produce and his workmen must peare to obtain any wages at all PROFESSOR HOLLAND says that supply and demand erpres bomun valces and are determined by the human make the demand and offer the apply. We have to objection, it be liker to

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 28r¤, 1912,

Yesterday was Whit Monday, and the TELEG RAMS. TELEGRA MS.INCREASE IN PHILIPPINE BONDS.

day was observed as a general holiday. Picnic parties were numerous, and as the

weather was suitable there was little to interfere with the general enjoyment.

Fifteen mon were charged with gam- bling at a common gaming house in Tai Ning Street, Skaakiwan. One de fendant was charged with being the keeper of the house. The men were each

A Chinese employed

the un

R.R.

{THROUGH, REUTER'S AGEÑOY.]

(THROUGH REUTER'S AUKNOY.]

· TRANSPORT WORKERS STRIKE. THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA.

LONDON, May 27th.

LONDON, May 27th.` On Sunday, 100,000 transport workers

Reuier's correspondent at Washington demonstration held a

at Trafalgar

reports that altogether a dozen, warships Square. A large contingent of police will be in the vicinity of Cuba within

few days. Those from the United States are prepared with an expeditionary force at it be needed.

was on duty, hut the strikers were most orderly. They passed a resolution de- tengle was charged before Mr.manding a uniform rate of tempence Melbourne at the Magistracy yesterday per hour, and overtime at the rate of 1/2, with having stolen a revolver valued at

and that none should return to work 835 from the ship. He was fined 250 or

until all grievances had been untisfied. six-weeks' imprisonment

On Saturday last, before Mr. E. A. Irving at the Magistracy, 19 men were charged with making use of a house in Ng Fuk Lane, West Point, as an opium divan. One man was charged with being the keeper of the divan. He was fined $200 or three months, and the remainder. were each fined $2 or seven days,

it that bat we has a strong objectionfined 82. le the undistributed in dals in logis It in. The beings composing the community, and under our syslow the buman

being other communities, who make demand and offer the

Bt eo fur as we understaui bis eapple ar cument if some human beings w o directly pay industrial rages whom he holds solely maponsible for paiting right what humanity. makes wrong to pat the thing shortly, the community, called in the

in the jargon of Liberal economics" the consumer," ban the strongest possible objection to paying anything out ite own pocket to improve the condition of the working man. At the sams tlang it is vary pleased to demand that improvement at the expense of somebody else-in this Can the direct employers of laboer. The

"Consumer

learn has got to havn to pay. Wages cannot be raised in this country while the consumer. dodges

bia contribution by buying cheap goods from abroad. The workman cannot be pro tected from the consequences of economic pres BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE are so long as you leave his products without any protection against tariffs designed to drive them out of the market." This, says the Times, is what Mr. CHAM- BERLAIN meant when he told the country that it had to choose between Tariff Beform and Socialism. We confers our inability For over 30 Years WATSON'S to see that Tariff Reform in the United Kingdom would serve to stem the rising **E" has maintained the re-tide of Socialism. Rather do we think that the contrary would prove the case. There putation of the FINEST is a side to this question which seems to us to be strangely overlooked by the advocates SCOTCH WHISKY in the of Tariff Reform as a solution of the labour difficulties of the country. We are told FAR EAST.

that Tariff Reform will lead to greater employment as well as to higher wages for the producor. The conclusion seems to us at any rate extremely problematical. The exclusion of imports to any considerable extent would, first of all, throw out of employment, thousands of men who are now engaged in handing these imports.

MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.

A. S.

WATSON

& CO., LTD.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

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A Chinese woman reported' to 'the. police that she was the victim of a con- fidence brick on Gascoyne Road on Sun- day. It appeared that she handed to a inan a gold ring and a phrse containing 81.55. She was to receive in exchange a | number of bank notes, but was given a worthless packet of paper. The man got clear away.

RAILWAYMEN'S SUPPORT,

Meetings of the railwaymon are being held to-day and to-morrow to consider the question of strike support to the transport workers.

EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE.

Two hundred vessels are lying in the Thames unable to discharge fruit, veget- ables, and grain.

Several jam factories and other fac tories have closed down for want of raw material.

The prices of food are rising.

ORKATZE STRIKE IMPENDING, The miners held a demonstration at Darham. Mr. Lowther, of the Labour College, declared that they were organis.

The master of a trading júnk of 199 piculs capacity has reported that on Sunday last, while sailing from Shauking for a greater strike than the last wan to Hongkong, and when off North before the end of the year. Point, his junk was run down by a The mast of the junk was broken, and passenger launch named the o Shing. the vegiel, was otherwise damaged to the

extent of about 812.

THE BELGIAN LOAN TO CHINA.

M. Davignon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared in the Belgian Chamber on the 2nd inst. that the Belgian banks. bad shown laudable enterprise in China, and the Governntent, had lent them the

to necessary protect their support

interests.

FOR CHINA.

The 25th annual meeting of the Chris tian Literature: Society for China was held on the 1st inst., at the Caxton Hall, Westminster,

RIVAL CHINESE SOCIETIES IN LONDON.

NO DISORDER.

LATER.

LATER.

A New York message states that a deci- sive engagement between the Cuban Government troops and the rebels 18 expected shortly. The latter are reported to be welkarmed and increasing in num- bra rapidly.

LATER.:

A New York message states that five battleships have proceeded to Key West CHINA AND MONGOLIA.

LONDON, May 27th.

A telegram, from St. Petersburg states message has been received from Urga to the effect that the Mongolian aathori. ties have ordered the expulsion of Chi- nese from the town.

ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE.

SCOCESTED ALLIANCE.

LONDON, May 27th. Heplying to suggestions from various quarters that the Anglo-French entente A large force of police was detailed should be converted into an alliance, the for duty at London docks to-day to pro-Manchester, Guardian in a significant tect those engaged in unloading the statement declares that there is no ground cargoes of food." It is expected that the for such a perilous change in our policy Smishfeld butchers will endeavour to which would » gender the international land consignments with their own em-system more unstable and greatly increase ployees, the butchers having applied for the prospect of a European war, police protection for the meat vans and porters at the markets.

No military movements have been an- nounced so far, but it transpires that

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Guards Brigade encamped at Pirbright have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to return to

London at a moment's notice.

Mr. Asquith is being kept constantly informed of the developments by wire. less telegraphy,

The passengers on the Orient-liner- Osterley from Australia were obliged to luggage ashore at

take their

Tilbury.

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JAPANESE DOCKERS' SYMPATHY,

The Japanese dockers have telegraph ed to the London strikers wishing them

BUCCARS.

EMPIRE PROBLEMS.

LONDON, May 27th. Heater's correspondent at Ottawa wires Before the Recorder, on the 1st inst., two Chinese scaten named Chang Hop, 0, that the Duke of Connaught in an and Ah Kou, 30, admitted a charge of causing actual bodily harm to Chang

A BIG RAILWAY DEAL.

LONDON, May 27th. "Reuter's correspondent at New York telegraphs that the Morgan Company have completed a gigantic deal by purchasing $170,000,000 worth of New York Underground Railway extension shares. Many London and Paris bankers are participating.

BAGUIO, May 18th. A cablegram has been received lure trous Washington to the effect that the Senato has passed the bill which provides that the Philippines shall be allowed to incur, a bonded indebtedness of $10,000,000. The measure now goes to the President.

(The present bonded indebtedness of the islands is $6,000,000, and a recommenda- tion of the Secretary of War that this be increasxl to $18,000,000 was acted upon by the House of Representatives, which agreed to such an extension but limited the total amount to $10,000,000. The Senate has now fallen into line with the lower house.]

[FROM THE MANILA '"* CABLENEWS."}

PHILIPPINES FRIAR LANDS.

WASHINGTON, May 23rd."

By a vote of 177 to 56 the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon passed the Jones bill providing for restrictel sale of frier lands in the Philippines, but not before the opponents of the bill succeeded in forcing through a qualifying amendment.

The bill as amended passed practically unopposed, with very little discussion on the floor. Chairman Jones, Representa- tive Olmstead and Delegate Quezon made short speeches,

The amendment which facilitated the passage of the bill, and which Mr. Jones accepted in view of his failure to have the bill considered in its original form on May 9th, provides that the Philippine legislature may waive the specified restriction of friar land sales in con- formity with the general land law of the islands, subject to the final approval of the American congress and of the Presi dent of the United States.

By a vote of 155 to 08 the House: defeated a proposed amendment that Americans. solely be permitted to make large purchases of friar lands. The amendment was proposed by Hapresenta- tive Olmstead of Massachusetts, ranking minority member of the committee, on- insular affairs and former chairman of the committee.

WESLEYAN MISSIONS AND THE

CHINESE REVOLUTION.......

Sir A. Peirce Gould, F.R.C.S.. pre- sided at a meeting of the Wesh yan Chapel, City-road, recently. He said to all medical missions it was not fair ti wend a medical man to remote parts of distant lands single-handed to work a hospital. If they did that work at all they must do it well. He thought that £1,300 a year subscribed by the great Wesleyan Methodist body for its medical missions was a disgrace. The Rev. It. T Booth, M. B., of Hankow, said that the revolution found those engaged in the medical mission work unprepared to wet the emergency, and to the honour and glory of the Chinese the first active measures to start the Red Cross Associn- tion were taken by the Chinese them- selves. Very soon so crowded were they that it was only with difficulty that they A Philadelphia message states that the avoided stepping on the patients. International Navigation Congress has one hospital he was at work in there were ve tables, and on these tables were declined to accept a resolution limiting patients, and as fast as they were treat- the size of liners and has declared that ed others filled their places. Everybody the Friese disaster-was-not-due to her merchants wives as well as the mission- helped in the work, and on Sunday tho sin, but that on the other hand a smaller aries could be seen hard at work rolling bandages. One patient brought into the ship would have sunk like « stone, in-hospital, having had his thigh, fractured creasing the magnitude of the disaster.

THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO.

THE SIZE OF LINERS.

LONDON, May 27th.

LONDON, May 27th,

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But the advocate of Tariff Reform will reply that the men so displaced would quickly be absorbed in the industrial works of the country which would instantly experience the benefits of a larger demand CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY the. for their products in ponsequence of the protection which the Tariff would afford them from foreign competition. Granted that it will be so. As soon as foreign com- petition is excluded, the workmen will lock The report said it had been decided to for their share in the benefit, in the form provide a magazine for women, in view of the increasing number of female of higher wages. Higher wagea mean

students in the State schools, and in the increased cost of the product to the various missionary institution The consumer, and the next important con Society: required a much larger staff of Bideration is: What effect is this increased transistors, native and foreign, and a

constant supply of the best books. cost of the product likely to have upon the Sir Walter Hillier, who presided, great export trade of the United Kingdom F suggested that the only hope of a re That trade at the present time is valued generated China lay in honesty of ad roughly at 2550,000,000-sterling-annually ministration, and that, he was afraid, was a long way off. They were not going of which more than two thirds go to foreign to eradicate habits and methods, which countries and the balance to various parts were the growth of centuries in one, two,

ten, twenty, or possibly fifty years. of the British Empire. If the cost of British manufactures is increased it follows that this merchandise is placed at a serious disadvantage in the markets of the world, and thus, if, as is conceivable, the export trade of the country is seriously diminished, HONGKONG OFFICE: 10a, Das FOUS ROAD it leaves the labour situation unimprove? LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLÖST STREET, BC | The men in employment. would doubtless be receiving a higher wage, but the cost of living would be correspondingly enhanced, and owing to the loss suffered by the country's export trade the pressure on the themselves as between the societies. It Canada these problems have the deepest ing. Some of the enemy succeeded in HONGKONG, May 28тH, 1912.

labout markets would in all probability be had been explained to the Chinamen that significance owing to the prominent pasientering the city- A number of the

this sort of thing must cease as far TRE constant succession of strikes in Great quite as neute as before. For this reason London was concerned, and the feud had tion she rightly holds. It should not be Britain, and in other parts of the world as we see little hope in Tariff Reform of a corno to an end.

Judgment was postponed until the 3rd forgotten that the Empire was always well, naturally compel loaders of public permaneat solution of the unrest in the opinion to suck for soins permanent labour world which is being increasingly the Recorder saying he would let the formnost in promoting the liberties of its

prisoners go if they could prove to him solution of those recurring crisis in the manifested, not alone, be it observed, in the that they were leaving the country. Labour world. The fixing of a minimum only Free Trade country in the world, but wago, in all branches of industry and in also in countries which enjoy all the every locality, and a systern of co-partnership benefits a high tariff wall can afford them. are among the panaceas suggested. So far as the United Kingdom is concerned Mr. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN has told us that Je choice is between Turi, Reform and Socialism, Mr. BONAS LAW, the Leador of the Unionist Party, suggests both Tariff Reform and Co-partnership, which may be regarded as a combination of the two policies. A very interesting article has recently appeared in The Times advocating Tariff Reforin as the cure-all, and we take from it the following excerpt:'

by a bullet, was asked about the revolu- tion, and, although in agony, he drew himself up in his bed and complained bitterly of the treatment experienced at: the hands of the Manchus, inquiring when he would be able to go out, and And that question was A telegran from Paris states that the fight again.

typical of nearly all. The first question eloquent speech at the Empire Club banquet said that probably never in our fermentation in Morocco.continues. The they asked upon being brought in was Mr. Abinger, for the prosecution, said

fight again. It was not ignorance that the men were mensbers of rival Chinese time have the thoughts of Empire builders tribesmen made a determined night when they would be able to go out and societies-the "White Taly Society and been so deeply centred on the problems attack upon Fez at three points, but brought them out. the Eastern Nautical Progress Society." The feud was not so much between the men

with which they are confronted. For were driven off after eleven hours" fight

The Daily Press.

Mr. Cresson, of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., reported to the police on Sunday that on that day a terrier on which he placed a high value was killed by a motor car.

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A stirring story of the sea is provided as a sequel to the storm which made its presence felt in Shanghai during last week, says the N. C. Daily News. China Navigation Co.'s str. Hung while on a voyage from Antung to Shang bai, encountered, the full force of the gale and came perilously near to being lost. in fact she lost her propeller and ground ed on a shoal. Everything went well the vessel, which was laden with a targo of general merchandise, until Wansung was sighted. Then the wind blew with terrific force, raising great waves. Mat- ters were so bad that the Captain deemed A Chinese was charged at the Magist advisable to anchor, but this was in- effectual in the position the vessel oc- setting tharesolves to try na experiment that tracy yesterday with having indecently cupied and she was swept on to a shoal Another anchor assaulted a European girl aged 5 years below Tungsha Bank.

"The advocates of a min, mumwage are

has many times been tried in the world's history, and has always, en ed in disaster, faling most heavily upon those it was hoped to boucfit. Why vely Things tection to discover. The pressure upon the workman, as we have already pointed annoyance, of the Bisnor of to the

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entire community, from Bishops to coster mongers, seeking for cheapness of commodities, The workman's nearest neighbour in the crush is his direct employer, and that is the man whom the workman blames for the pressure; but the employer himself i suffering from the

Yesterday the warships in port were dressed in honour of the birthday of Queen Mary, the saniversary of which fell on the precious day. A royal salute

was fired at noon.

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population.

HOME RULE AMIFY.

defonders were wounded.

The French Minister for War has or

thered the dispatch of reinforcements to

[FROM THE "MANILA TIMES,"

THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES IN NEW YORK.

Mayor Gaynor, Democrat..

FOUR HOURS A DAY!

AN AUSTRALIAN LABOUR LEADER H ANTICIPATION.

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SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM'S JAPANESE PRINTS.

. Mr. E. Farrar, M.L.C. (N.S.W.), speaking in Melbourne in connection with the Eight-hours celebration, said that with all the labour-saving machinery and. the mechanical devices that have been LONDON, May 27th.

introduced, it was just about time thaź At the Convention of All for Ireland.

tha hours of work were lessoned, as it ; was obvious that as much work could now he one in 44 hours as was done in 48 League held at Cork, Mr. O'Brien de-

New York, May 18th. clared that lie was rendy to bury the

hours some years ago. (Hear, hear.) The dinner given in honour of Governor Personally, he was looking forward not hatchet and join the Redmondites in an General Forbes by leading business en only to a 44 hours' work, but also a four effort to force the Government to make as politically notable for the speech of hours day. He found that he could do the Home Rule Bill acceptable to Ireland. Mayor Gaynor aid stress on the duty all that was required of him in a four

of the United States in the Philippines hours' day. PORTUGUESE ROYALIST

and said that be believed that after two generations complete self-government in CONSPIRATORS. -

local matters might be extended to the people. There is a great noise in favour LONDON, May 27of the abandonment of the islands, he fleuter's correspondent at Lisbon wires said, and it was made, as far as he was

aware, by thirteen persons. "We who Messrs. Sotheby began on May 1st, the that the trial of the Royalist conspirators have lived in the country," he went on,sale of the large and important collection know that one stridulant grasshopper of Japanese colour prints formed by Sir was resumed and adjourned amid wild in the fence corner may make more noise -Frank Swettenham, the chief feature of which was the unusually fine condition of scenes. The mob attacked the witnesses, than a whole herd of cattle."

Chauncey M. Depew, who followed a large majority of the prints, especially broke the lines of troops and overturned. Gaynor, agreed with the expressions of those by the most famous masters of the that speakerland strongly commended the 18th century. The total on the Ist the van conveying the conspiratore to work of the American government in the amounted to £454 89., the highest price

Philippines.

buing paid for a fine specimen of In his letter,read by John G. Milburn, Utamaro's work, a bust portrait of a toastmaster, President Taft expressed young woman arranging her hair, shown the hope that Governor General Forbes in a large circular mirror, and, forming would long continue at his post in Manila. one in the series A Mirror of Soven Governor General Forbes in responding Persons Hairdressing£04 (Hauns). at the close of the dinner reviewed the work done by the American government in the Philippines, outlined plans for the future and praised the Filipinos for their Tottenham's magistrate experienced Caparity and accomplishment. Ho strong great difficulty recently in convincing a ly denied the oft-repeated allegation that prisoner that he might ask witness ques- the people are lazy.

tions but not make statements. The banouet was held at Sherry's and Magistrate (in despair): "Ask witness Was his was attended by 150 well-known citizens Was I drunk?" Prisoner: of the city,

Worship drunk ?"

were wounded.

at the Race Course on Saturday. The was brought into operation, but this was case was remanded until Saturday next.qually useless and the year broke

mercy of the waves. The Tur returning from banishment, a Chi- over the steamer with such velocity that nose was yesterday sentenced by Mr.her engines were forced to work up to their greatest capacity, and damage was OXFORD, is the sopumulated pressure of the Melbourne to twelve months' imprison-done to various parts of the deck. W prison, whither they were compelled to The man had previously been the rising of the tide the Vessel refloated walk surrounded by troops. Several ment. sentenced to six months for a similar herself and Shanghai was diade for, Ön the way her propeller, which had been uflence.

badly buffetted about, gave way. This was a highly critical moment, but the Captain and his crew rose splendidly to the occasion, and piloted the vessel safely to Shanghai, though she had to go in low of the Company's steuner Changchon, which had been despatched to her assist ance,

The vessel, which shows signs of her ad- ventures, is now in dry dock undergoing repairs

The police were informed yesterday same crash, and metaly transmite tue pressure that a Portuguese resident at the Happy of the community behind him. It is true that even in a creed das man may behave with Valley had been robbed by a thief who more consideration than another to those shout had clambered up the front of the house bin. Such variations occur in industry, bat they are too partial and too trivial in comparison and entered his room by the verandah, with the gaueral, ressure to affect the broad taking from the table his watch and chain resulte. To set up a minimum wage is to build and some money.

THE DEFENCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.

LONDON, May 27th. Heuter's correspondent at Alexandria telegraphs that. Lord Kitchener has started for Malta, where he meets My. Asquith and Mr. Churchill.

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