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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 29re, 1912.

are females. Therefore, if the population of Japan is increasing at the rate of 500,000 a year, and the whole of the industrial on- terprises of Japan de not offer employment for more than three-quartors of a million, there is no great danger of the agri- cultural industry suffering from the meta- morphosis referred to. The danger arises

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from bad barrests that from scarcity of agricultural labour, though the statistics evidence the fact that whether the harvests be good or bad, Japan | relies to a certain extent for supplies from the foreign rice markets. Economie Annual for 1912 shows the value of the rice import into Japan for fourteen years, and it is interesting to note the fluctuations. In 1898 the value of the rice imported is set down as yen 48,319,810, but in the following year it was less than six millions. From 1899 to 1902 the import kept below twenty million yen in value, but in 1903 it rose to close on 3 millions; in 1904 it reached nearly 60 millions, and in 1905 it stood at 48 millions. This pheno- WHISKY monal import was dus, of course, to the

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.

For over 30 Years WATSON'S

war with Russia, which drew thousands of men from the fields to fight the country's A BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE battles in Manchuria. After the conclusion of the war the import of rice into Japan stendily declined, in 1920 it did not amount in value to incre that yen 8,644,439. and last year, in consequence of a poor harvest, the import rose to twice that value. But whatever the case may be for a big fleet to ensure Jupau against a stoppage of food "E" has maintained the re-supplies, it is of equal importance to her that her entire seaborne trade should be of the FINEST putation

adequately protected. This trade is con- SCOTCH WHISKY in thetantly growing in volume. Her experts last year were valued at You 447,137,838, and her import tradent Yen 510,218,959. Nearly FAR EAST.

-one-half of this seaborne trade was carried in Japanese steamships. In addition to protecting her own coasts, the obligations of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance have to be considered, and in view of the naval shipbuilding which is going on in

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[THROUGH REVIER'S AGENCY. }^

-GOVERNMENTS NARROW ESCAPE.

LONDON, July 27th. ~ ́~ ́~*~* On a snap division in the House of a motion by Mr. Lloyd Commons, on George allocating public business, the Governmaut'a majority fell to three. When the figures, 188 to 133, were an The Union Insurance Society of Can-ounced, there were excited cheers and ton, Limited, announce that, in couse- counter cheers, as well as cries of Re quence of Mr. Douglas Jones retiring sign." The majority included · Liborala, from business on 30th inst, Mr. James Nationalists and Labourites. Whittall, recently the agent of the Society in Shanghai, has been appointed his successor as London agent of the Society,

On Saturday at the Magistracy Mr. Brutton applied for a rodand in the case of two Chinese who were charged at the instance of Detective Sergeant Grant with being in unlawful possession of arms

and ammunition in a hons in Des Voeux Rond. The remand was granted, hail being fixed at 8250 in each case.

An outbreak of fire occurred at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Tientsin,

on the morning of the 16th instant. Through the carelessness, it is said, of a Chinese workman, an electric wire, which he was at the moment repairing, fused' and set light to a mat-shade on the North The man took portion of the Bank. fright on seeing what had happened and The fire lasted only

few bolted. minutes, being quickly extinguished with the fire hose and fire buckets on the Bank's premises, to which the staff, for- cign and Chinese, of the Bank applied themselves with prompitude and zeal. What damage was done was almost entire. ly due to water.

In connection with the theft at the

Grand Hotel, Yokohama, as a result of which Mr. Roy Smith, the manager of the Bandmann Opera Company; was re- lieved of a sum of 280 you and a silver cigarette case, the police have arrested a young man named Takagi, aged 17, employed at the hotel, as a suspect. The

WATSON Burops the Jiji points out that Japan must augment her naval power if the value of the alliance is to be preserved. A survoy of the Japanese fest, our contemporary ways, reveals that not only many of her armoured ships, forming the main strength of her navy, are almost obsolete, but their designs are lacking in uniformity, which fit Japan Herald states that Takagi is still under detention at the station, and is renders their strategie value as a fleet ox-being submitted to a rigorous examina- tremely small, When the armoured shipe now building are completed, Japan will find tion. Although he is maintaining an herself in possession of a line of ships of obstinate attitude and refuses to answer newest pattern and of uniform speed and questions, the police are convinced the man is connected with the affair, and armament; but their number does not yet investigations have proved that he has rench the minimum necessary. Unless,

a had record. therefore, Japan establishes a definite plan of naval expansion and sets to work in

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MARRIAGE.

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON DOCKERS STRIKE

ENDED.

"BETTER THAN

ABJECT HUMILIATION.”

LONDON, July 28th.

(THROCON REITER'S AGENCY.)

TROUBLED TURKEY.

LONDON, July 27th.

The situation in Constantinople is full of explosive elementa, but it is hoped that the new Cabinct, which is composed of

The strike is ended. A manifesto published by the Strike strong conciliatory men, will succeed in Committee recosumende immediate re- tiding over the dangerous period, It sumption of work, saying that this is recognises the necessity of dissolving the better than abject humiliation, especially Chamber, but it desires to prowed con- as the men have exhausted every reason-stitutionally and it will endeavour to able means of conciliation. The manifesto dissuade the military league from_resort- The Government Whip's statement declares that all agreements made prioring to violent measures.

LATER. says the snap division was a must un- to the dispute must be maintained. grateful trick, as the motion was placed on the paper to please the Opposition.

- LATER.~~-

THE TEA DUTY.

ENBURGERSSFUL 'EFFORTS TO REDUCE IT.

LONDON, July 27th.

In the House of Commons a motion to reduce by a penny per pound the duty on tea grown within the Empire was defeat ed by 221 votes to 156.

LATER.

Sir J. D. Rees moved a reduction of- the duty on too, from five pence to three pence per paund.

Mr. Hobhouse pointed out that this

NATIONAL STRIKE ABANDONED.

LONDON, July 27th. The campaign for a national strike in sympathy with the London dockeen on strike has been abandoned, owing to the chilly reception given to Mr. Havelock Wilson and other leaders at Hull, the first port visited.

PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS IN BELFAST.

LONDON, July 28th. There have been constant affrays be- tween Orangemen and Catholics in

would mean a loss of two and a halfalfast, the latter being assailed by bolts

millions.

The motion was rejected by 223 votes

to. 183. The Labour members voted with

the minority:

An amendment to graduate the tea duty was rejected by 237 votes to 168.

THE BYE-ELECTION AT CREWE.

UNIONIST VICTORY,

LONDON, July 28th. The result of the bye-election at Crewe is as follows:---

Craig (Unionist) Murphy (Liberal) Holmes (Labour).

6,200 5,294 2,485

and nuts as they were proceeding to work. Messrs Harland and Wolff an- -nnounce that they have been compelled

gradually to close their whole establish mont, the assaulted Juen including specially skilled workmen whom it in impossible to replace.

CANADA AND IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

LONDON, July 27th. The Times of Toronto states that an important announcement regarding Canada's naval contribution is expected

Opinion in Constantinople is divided over the lotter demanding the dissolu- tion of the Chamber. Some believe it to be a fabrication emanating from the enemies of the Military League for the purpose of discrediting it.

ITALY AND TURKEY.

LONDON, July 27th, The Times correspondent at Athens states that General Ameglio, visiting Kalymos, in a speech declared that the Aegean Islands would not be restored to Turkey.

THE PORTUGUESE RISING.

LONDON, July 28th.

A message from Libson states that Joam Almeida, who was arrested for his-

complicity in the recent rising in Por- tagal, has been tried by court-martial and sentenced to six-years-solitary-con-- finement, to be followed by ten years' deportation, or in the alternative twenty yours in a fortress.

ECHO OF THE THAW CASE.

LONDON, July 27th. The New York States Supreme Court

shortly. It will include four convertible has rejected the third appeal from Harry

Thaw to be released from the asylum.

armed ships possessing a speed of 25

THE TURF..

LIVERPOOL CUP.

LONDON, July 28th-

At the last election Mr. W. McLaren polled 7,629, and Mr. Craig 6,920, the knots built by the Canadian Pacific Rail- Liberal having a majority of 1704).

way, guns and ammunition to be kept in the ports on both sides of the Atlantic, UNIONIST DEMONSTRATION.

the ships to be ready for was service. LONDON, July 28th.

twenty-four hours after arrival in port.

The Liverpool Cup probable starters A great Unionist demonstration has Plans for those auxiliaries have already and jockeys are:-Mushroom, Saxby; been held at Blenheim. The Duke of bean approved by the Admiralty. They Sunspot, F. Wootton; Chili II, Wheat- Marlborough prisided, supported by a will carry mails and passengers in time ley; Donnithorne, Robbins; Hamerton, On June 15th the now steamer Laome-hundred members of the House of Com- of peace and will be manned by reservists Fox; Constwise, W. Huxley; Dutch Girl,

ons. His Grace emphasised the result who will be retained in time of war. Whalley, Duke Michael, Seymour. of the bye-election at Crewe as being aot The Canadian Pacific Railway are build- mercly an indication of the dawn but aing two smaller auxiliaries for use on sign that the sun had risen.

the Pacific.

dead earnest, not only will it be impossibledon, built at Belfast for Messrs. Alfred for her to effect any increase of her Holt & Co., Liverpool, leit Belfast power, but she will have to face a yearly Harbour for machinery trials and speed ratrogression. This means that Japan tests. These all passed off successfully, is moving against the world's

current

and the vessel left for Birchhead to com-

The gathering cheered the result for five minutes.

in the matter of naval expansion and sap-plete loading for her initial voyage to ping the very foundation of her oxistence the Far East on 28th inst. The now veel us a modern Power, to say nothing of the is 457ft. in length, with a gross tonnage

Mr. Bonar Law reviewed the political inevitable diminution in the efficiency of of 6,692, and has been constructed on the situation and said the Government bad Whother owners' girder system, which, in addition | refused to consider separate treatment for the Anglo-Japanese Alliance." these opinions are inspired" and fore- to ensuring increased strength, provides shadow a new shipbuilding programme unobstructed cargo space in the holds and for Japan remains to be seen, but we think allows of the stowage of the largest class it by no means unlikely, especially in view of goods. The propelling machinery con- of the recent decision of the Russian Gov-sists of a set of triple-expansion engines LONDON OPPICE: 131, FLAFT STERAT, EO ernment to expend fifty million pounds with the latest improvements, steam boing sterling on naval shipbuilding in the next supplied by two double-ended steel multi- tubular boilers, working under forced five years.

On July 2nd, at Egham Hill, Surrey, HERBERT ALLAN OTTEWILL H. M. Consul at Wuchow, to ANNE KIRBY QUINN, of Hillborough, Ohio, U.S.A. Borakone Oyrion: 10a, Da: Vœux ROAD Ɑ

The Daily Press.

HÓKORONG, JULY 29TH, 1912.

JAPAN is the England of the East" in more respects than one, and it is interesting to note that the leading Japanese paper, the Jiji Shimbun, in commenting upon the recut speaches in the British House of Commons on the necessity for a steady and constant increase in the naval strength of the Empire, emphasises that it is of vital importance to Japan that she should not drop behind in the race. The fact. must not be lost sight of, says our contemporary, that Japan's population, which is now increasing at the rate of 300,000 a year, gust of necessity depend upon foreign rise to make up for the yearly deficiency in her own sup-' ply. This necessity is intensified, it says, by the gradual metamorphosis of the Japanese from an agricultural to an indus- trist people, which makes the safe transport of their food a question of vital importance to their national existence. Yet when we turn

The completion of the Japanese trans- Saghalien Railway has been celebrated.

For leaving without notice and using abusive language to her mistress, an amah was fined $5 at the Magistracy on Satur- day.

draught.

SOVEREIGNTY OF THE BRITISH. EMPIRE.

LONDON, July 27th. Lord Belborne gave the inaugural

RESULT OF LIVERPOOL CUP.

LONDON, July 20th. The result of the Liverpool Cup is a follows:

Coastwise Chili II.

Ilsmerton

1

3

Eight ren. Won by three lengths, neck between second and third. Retting:- 8 to 2 agst Coastwise, 7 to 2 Chili II., and 8 to 2 Hamerton.

later. If the Government attempted to Cambridge University Extension Lec- use troops against the men of Ulster it ture on the British Empire. There was would start a civil war shattering the a large attendance of students from all His Lordship point Empire. The Unionists, he said in the parts of the world. course of further remarks, would under-ed out the differences between ancient

The latest betting on the Stewards' Cün take two great reforms for the better and modern empire, and showed how housing of the working classes and to mach India and Africa came volun-is as follows:-10 to 1 agst. Absurd and agricultural life by creating small hold-tarily under the sovereignty of Britain,

Aiglon, 100 to 9 Bashti, 100 to 8 Braxted

He dwelt

STEWARDS' CUF.

to 2 Grayling IV. and Wise Symon.

LONDON, July 28th. Wise Symon has been scratched from the Stewards' Cup.

Writing on "A Quarter of a Centure Fings. (Cheers.) He deplored the condition which drew no taxes from the Empire and Uncle Pat, 100 to 7 Grammont and in Manchuria" in the July Bible in the of British credit, which he said was due Britons, however, had enlarged oppor Poor Boy, 100 to Golden Rod, Prester World, Mr. R. F. Turley, F.R.G.S., says to the threats of the Government. He tunities for art honourable livelihood for Jack, and Cataract, 20 to 2 Quantock, 100

first plank of the their sons in the Colonies. that when he went to Manchuria in 1886 affirmed that the there were only about half a dozen Protest Unionists was Tarifi Reform and Im-upon the complexity of the problems of India, and deprecated the blatant music- ant missionaries in the country. They had

perial Preference. (Applause.) centres only in the port of Newchwang

hall songs abusing the word Empire. He and the city of Mukden, with a few small

concluded-" We seek protection for the without-stations, and there were altogether

weak, civilisation everywhere, equality, only 300 or 400 Christians.. Nine-tenths

and the peace of the world." of Manchuria was practically unknown Now there are well-organised land. mission stations, with splendid hospitals, in almost every Manchurian city, besides

At the Magistracy on Saturday a man was fined $100 for storing dynamite out a licence, Mr. Irving said the man was liable to six months.

For being in unlawful possession of lottery tickets and offering the same for sale, a Chinese was fined $100 at the Magistracy on Saturday,

It is stated that Mr. W. M. Royds, British Consul at Chemulpo, has been transferred to Manila. Mr. Twizell Wawn, British Consul at Nagasaki, has arrived at Chemulpo to take up the post vacated by Mr. Royds.

Mr. J. M. Macedo, Consul for Peru. was "at home" yesterday at his offices

The Commissioner of Customs at Nan-

to the official statistics relating to the culti-in. College Chambere, on the occasion of vation and yield of rice in Japan we find that the 01st Anniversary of the Peruvian both show a steady increase, rather than a Republic, and received a large number decrease, during the past ten years, both in of official and civilian callers. the area under cultivation and in the total production. The statistics published by king has not banded over the funds re the Japassus Government show that there mitted for payment of the troops because total of 13,523 the military authorities object to signing are now in Japan a "factories," in which category the mines vouchers in the form required by the and shipyards are included, and the total International Group of Bankers, who number of operatives in all theso is given have been asked to agree to an alteration as 717,161, of whom more than three-fifths. in the form.

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

GOVERNMENT PURCHASING CONSOLE.

A JOURNALIST HONOURED. LONDON, July 27th.

LONDON, July 27th. The Times statee that it has good about 500 regular cut-stations and numer-authority for announcing that the Gov

Lord Morley presided at a complimen- -out-meeting-houses. There are-over-20,000- ernment has made a beginning with the tary dinner to Mr. E. T. Cook, the well

Church members, and large numbers of adherents, with over 20 native pastore purchase of Consols for the redemption and 500 evangelists, trained teachers, and of the National Debt. Efforts are being Biblewomen. During the last 25 years made to secure the sympathy of Mr. the Bible Society has sold in Manchurin Lloyd George for a conference of bank more than 1,850,000 copies of the Scrip- ers on the subject of Console. tures.

STEAM TRAWLING IN CHINA.

TENDERS FOR WARSHIPS.

LONDON, July 28th.

Lord Milner

known journalist and writer, on the oc easion of his knighthood. toasted both in speeches on journalism, which Lord Milner described as the greatest profession except perhaps that

of Cabinet Minister.

BUFFRAGETTE DISCHARGED.

LONDON, July 27th. A Glasgow telegram states that the A Shanghai correspondent informs us

Dr. Ethel Smyth, the well-known com- that the trawler Hoi Fung, belonging to Admiralty has invited tenders from eight: Hongkong and South China Steam firma for six armoured cruisers of high poser, who was arrested for complicity Fisheries Co., Ltd., is laid up there speed and 40,000 horse-power, to be ready in connection with the affair in Mr. Har on account of opposition by the Republi- to be commissioned in June 1914. They court's mansion grounds, in which two can Government to foreigners engaging

are to be smaller but faster than the women were placed under arrest for in the fishing industry. The question is

being found in possession of methylsted considered to be one affecting the Chinese corresponding German ships.

Two other ships are to be built is spirits, has been discharged, as witnesses Government's fishing rights in her sover-

Government dockyards.

were unable to identify her. eignty as an independent power.

HOME CRICKET.

LONDON, July 27th. The following results have been tole- graphed

Kent v. Burror, at Blackheath. won by former by ari junings and 16 runs.

Notts . Gloucestershire, at Notting- ham.

Won by Gloucestershire by one

wicket.

Somerset v. Northampton, at Bath. Won by Northampton by 283 runs.

South Africans v. Ireland, at Dublin. Visitors won by an innings and 169 ruus. Warwick Middlesex, at Birmingham.

Former won by 118 runs,

Derbyshire v. Leicestershire, at Chester- Geld. Drawn.

Essex

11.

Leyton.

Drawn.

Australians v. Sussex, at Brighton. Drawn.

Lancashire, at

Hampshire v. Yorkshire, at Southamp- ton. Laiter won by nine wicketa.