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HONGKONG, DECEMBER 10TH, 1912.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 1915.

£208,073,770, Japan thereby trebled the amount of her national debt, and to meet the increased obligations of the country heavy taxes have had to be laid upon the people. The cost of living has increased in consequence by from 50 to 100 per "cont in the last few years. In his last annual

report, the British Consul General at Kobo

quotes the following example:-Salt, which cost from 4: 1d. to 48, 62, per koku (about 5 busbels) in 1894, kas inorcazed in price to 10. 24.; sugar has advanced from ella. 5d. tn 1 12.88. per 100 kin (837, 132.27 lba); brown sugar from 14. 3d. to el 28. 5d.; kerosene oil from 5s. 3d. to Sr. 2d. per case; and soy from £1 6a. 6d. to £2 6s. 118. per koku (40 gallons nearly). These commodities are absolute necessarios of life to the Japanese, and the advance in price has been necessitated by the increase in the tax on them. Even rice, which is the staple diet of the people, is not free from taxation. It shows an increase of 20 to 30 per cent in price, which is sometimes forcel up to 50 to '60.

per cent. in times of bad crops. Similarly, ground rents and house rents have doubled during the last decade. The ratio of increase in wages, moreover, although from 20 to 30 per cent. for operatives, does not correspond, the Consul says, with the increase in the cost of living, and much distress ensues in consequence, the stress being felt more particularly by the smaller officials and the like, whose salaries are oc a fixed scale. An additional evidence of this there is a marked increase of crime in the country. In one of the latest copies. of the Japan Mail to haud, we observe this reference to the subject:-"For seven long years since the signing of the Portsmouth Treaty of Peace the people have patiently borne "the heavy burden of taxation laid on them. How much priva-

tion and distress it has caused will perhaps never be known. There is perhaps no other country in the world whore war-taxes have been levied uurelentlessly for seven years after the declaration of peace. Personal discomfort has not been the least evil this heavy taxation has caused. It has undoubt edly greatly retarded industrial development throughout the country. The money spent on war is so much taken from productive

enterprises. This has been fully realized for some time past by Japan'a, leading statesmen and economists, and so it has come about that to-day the reins of State are held by a body of men who are bent on giring a long-suffering people such relief as the present state of the nation's finances allow," Yet, the political crisis in Japan has

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in TELEGRAMS.HOME AND CHNIA

British North Borneo has unanimously agreed to adopt the European calendar and to observe the next Chinese Now Year according to that calendar?

!

Mr. Tang Shao-yi, accompanied by one. son and one daughter, arrived in Hong-

kong yesterday from Tientsin.

It is

understood that Mr. Tang intends to re- main at his country residence near Macao

until the Spring.

{THROUGH WRITER 6. AMEVIT]

THE BALKAN WAR

AFFAIRS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

LONDON, November 13th, BRITISH AND CHINESE CORPORATION. Mr. C. C. Macrae is the new Chairman THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

of the British and Chinese Corporation. The Balkan delegates to London are The death of the late Mr. William M. Daneff, President Keswick, M.P., chairman of the Corpora being appointed.

of the Chamber, heads the Bulgarian tion since its inception, is-referred to delegation. Although Greece has not with regret in the annual report, and the signed the armistice, she also is sending vacancy on the Board has been filled by representatives to London, including the the appointment of Mr. Henry Keswick, Premier, M. Venizelos..

M.P. The financial year concluded on June 30th, and after writing down investments by £5,486, the profits for the

“Mr. A. Kouzminsky, the Russian aviator who gave a successful exhibition on his Bleriot monoplane at Macao on Sunday, is to give exhibitions at Shatin on Satur day and Sunday next. Particulars will pleted. All the Missions will be accom-yan amount, to £11,017. Including the be announced in columns to-morrow.

our advertisement

The health returns for the Colony for the past week show that there were two.. cuees of diphtheria, both proving fatal, three of enteric fever, and one fatal case of small pox. The cases of enteric, pone of which proved fatal, includu a Chinese, a German (imported) and an Austrian.

Mr. S. Hiroi, who has been manager of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's Hongkong branch, has been transferred to the head office in Osaka as traffic manager of the consting lines department, and Mr. Zoku Kamiya, has been appointed as manager in Hongkong, and assumed con- trol yesterday.

Beri-beri has broken out in the temporary goal at Macao Four victims have already succumbed. It is stated that a certain number of the prisoners are shortly to leave for Timor. If such is the case, it is to be hoped that every care will be taken to guard against an epidemic on the ship by which they are conveyed.

At a recent meeting of the British

Messrs.

North Borneo Chamber of Commerce, Breitag & Wardrop reported on the result of their interview with the Officer Administering the Government, in reference to Chinese laboar contracts. The Secretary reported that he had since received official advice that conditions had been modified slightly, in that the Registrar-General, of Hongkong had now been instructed by the Colonial Office that the contracts must be read to all labourers leaving Hongkong, and that Mr. Bonnar, of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., might

sign such contracts in the place of Mr. Young Riddell.

The Turkish Mission is not yet com

panied by expert advisers.

never

A WARNING TO GREECE. The Foreign Minister has announced that Italy and Austria have in- formed Greece that they will consent to the Ray of Valona and the island of Saseno belonging to Greece There are grounds for hoping that the question will be satisfactorily settled,

SERVIA'S ASPIRATIONS FOR A

PORT.

A message from Belgrade states that in Quential Servian merchants have petitioned King Peter, urging that Servia's claim for an Adriatic port should be strongly upheld.

THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN ENGLAND.

balance brought forward of £10,920, the amount to the credit of profit and loss account is £21,937. A dividend of 10%. per share will be paid, equal to ten per cent, on the amount paid up, and a sum of £9,437 will be carried forward. The revolution interfered with the completion, during the year, of may further loan business with the Chinese Government, but the Corporation's representative has in band varivas negotiations and it is hoped that with the establishment of order some of them may be successfully carried through.

RECORD LAW SUIT.

It is many years since the Law Courts had such a remarkable case as that which Messrs. J. Aird & Company have brought against the Tonjong Pagar Dock Board, Singapore. The Chancery Division is the home of long suits, but this is likely to -ercate record. Eleven counsel are briefed, and their briefs comprise several thousand folios. So voluminous are these LONDON, December 9th.. that they have to be kept in special wooden boxes. The correspondence con- Up to the present the 3,000 men whosists of 15,000 letters, which are stacked in came out on strike on the North Eastern rooms at the Law Courts. The probable direction of the case, the number of

NATIONAL STRIKE FRARED,

a

counsel engaged, the number of witnesses and the enormous stores of documents combine to make the action one of excep

tional interest.

SIBERIAN RAILWAY INCIDENT.

A curious incident is reported during attended the subsequies of the late Mikado the return of the Trench Mission which

Railway have received no accession to their strength, but considerable anxiety is nevertheless felt regarding to-day's developments. As the Christmas trade is already suffering, it is feared that un- less the dispute is settled in a few days it will spread to other systems, developing General Lebon and the two officers accom

panying him were returning by the into a national strike. A number of Trans-Siberian route when the train was meetings were held by railwaymen in suddenly held up between Mukden and Harbin in order that the following train, various towns Թ the North-Eastern

in which was Prince Henry of Prussia, system yesterday in support of the strike, and it was resolved to protest against the infringement of the civil liberties of At some places, however, railwaymen. notably Hull, it was decided to take no action:

might reach Harbin first. On overtaking the Prince's train at Harbin the General and his party claimed the right of travell ing by it, but the stationmaster, dazzled by the dignity of a Royal Highness, was unmoved either by prayers or threats, and the travellers had to wait two days for a connection. In the meantime the period for which their tickets were avail able had expired. :

& Roman, Catholic or Jewish President Unly three Presidents passed the age of wighty; three were assassinated, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley; and three died on Independence Day, Adams and Jeffor- son on July 6th, 1820, apMonroe on. July 4th, 1831.

LOCAL SPORT,

CRICKET,

CRAIGENGOWER 2. DIVIL SERVICE. -

This League match was played Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in a draw on time. Scores :— CIVIL SKRYJOB, R. O. Hutchinson, e Noria, b Tayler 9 R. C. Witchell. b Pestonji Q. I. Sayer, Taylor

H. A. Cox, b Tayler F. A. Biden, b Tayler H. Ellis, b Postonji.

R. E. O. Bird, e J. Braga, b Tayler A. O. Brawn, h Johnstoné E. W. Hamilton,

Johnstone

H. T. Jackman, not out E. W. Dawson, b Jolinstone

Extras

Tayler Johnstone Postonji

Total

10

Pestonji,...h

0 .0

17

110

X

A.

Bowling Analysis.

0. 16 2 47

8.3

23

9 2 23 2

Match drawn on time)

CRALO ENGÓWER.

F. L. Braga, 'h Cox.

29

W. H. Vivensh, o Sayer, b Witchell... B R. Basa, e Cox, à Bird'

9

R. A. Carvalho, e Hutchinson, b.Cox 3

G. A. Hancock, b Hamilton

L. A. Nose, e Dawson, b Bird

J. V. Braga, not out

H. H. Tayler, stumped.

J. D. Noria, not out

R. Pestonji and C. Johnstone did

not hat

Bird

Extras

Witchell Cox

Hamilton Sayer

Total (for 7 wickets).10 Bowling Analysis.

0.

M.

16 3

51 13 3.5 2 12

RUGBY,

match was played between the Rugby On Saturday afternoon a friendly section of the Hongkong Football Chub and the Navy, and resulted in a win for the latter by a goal to a try. The game proved an interesting one throughout, and, as the result shows, produced a very keen struggle. In the first half the Club had decidedly the better of matters. and fine run by the three-quarter line ended in Chanman scoring between the posts," but the try not being converted the Club! had only the lead of three points at half time. Shortly before this Welman, a Navy half, was injured and had to retire, but was replaced by Mess, while the Club lost a forward. The second half produced even a keener struggle, but it was altogether in favour of the Navy, who were pressing practically the whole time, Holland is proposing to spend a large sum of money on Dreadnoughts for the although it was not until quite near the Dutch East Indies. It is stated on high end that they managed to score, and the War, and ut interim Minister of Marine, lend of two points until the finish.

The Club will play the Army the Government will afford the House has now under consideration proposals instead of the H.M.S. Heat to-morrow at an opportunity of expressing its appre for the construction of five Dreadnoughts East. The cost is estimated at two millions sterling for each vessel, or a total of 120,000,000 florins. The Minister will also propose a supplementary credit of 30,000,000 florins for the construction and strengthening of barbour works in the East Indies. The total cust of twelve and a half millions sterling is to be spread

The water return issued by the Water Authority showing the storage of water in reservoirs on 1st December unfortunately does not show the effect of last week's rainfall, which must have added not a little to the Colony's supply. The water arisen over a demand by the respousible in the Hongkong reservoirs amounted to Ministers for further naval and military320.37 millions of gallons, or almost hall attention of the House of Commons to authority that M. Colija, Minister of try being converted they maintained the expansion. The addition of two Divisions the amount at the corresponding period

CANADA'S MUNIFCENT GIFT.

LONDON, December 9th.

Canada's proposal is engaging the day. Mr. Bonar Law will ask whether

THE DUTCH NAVY.

HOW TO GET RICH.

1.Bult.

BILLIARDS.

The somi-finals in the Grand Hotel billiard tournament have now heen reached. Martin plays Heathcote at 9.p.m. this evening and Phillips plays McLennan to-morrow night. The two winners play each other in the final on: Thursday night. Mr. Tom Pitt (owes 250 from scratch) plays, the winner of the tournament on Friday night.

to the force Japan now keeps in Korea is last year, when the storage was repre- represented by General TERAUCHI and other sented by 618,180 millions of gallons. The military men to be an imperative measure consumption is now 14.3 gallons per head ciation of the offer. Mr. Asquith will for the defence of the Colonies in the 4.45, when another close game should in view of certain possible contingencies in Hongkong as compared with 16.4 probably fix a date for a resolution upon The nation, the Japan Mail tells us, is year ago. Kowloon has a storage of the subject, which the Premier himself greatly concerned over this question of the 289.24 millions of gallons as compared will move and Mr. Bonar Law second. defence of Korea. Publicists are asking with 339.97 millions a year ago, but A number of other questions have been what guarantee there is that even if the curiously enough the consumption is put on the paper. increase of the Korean Army by two Divi-greater than last year, being 10.5 gallons The proposals continue to be a topic over five years. sions be svetioned, the number of Japanese per head ce against 27 galluna."

of world-wide interest, and the Canadian+ troops in Korea will be deemed large

public are jubilant at the reception enough to defend the Peninsula against a

accorded the proposals in other parts of The Northern frontier sudden attack.

the Empire. measures some 200 miles, the Western about a hundred. There are writers who bave asserted that to reader Korea sale against attack from China, strong post would have to be built across this great This then is the stretch of territory. situation: At a time when the nation was conating upon some reduction of the taxes following upon certain measures of retrench

woman

FATAL LANDSLIDE.

co-operation for defence.

or

Cabinet could offer bold resistance to military dectation"; but much water has the defences of Korea. In consequence of rescue was commenced almost at once, and since then. opposition to this demand encountered the police were summoned to render flowed under the bridge

in the Cabinet, the Minister of War assistance, but by the time the victima We must go back fifteen or sixteen years for an explanation of the ascendancy of resigned and the whole Cabinet followed suit were reached life was extinct in all.. The the military party, which has been hitherto within a week. It would seem that, so far bodies were afterwards removed to the were idle, which is regarded as being Harcourt's private secretary, now receives

as the public are aware, no case for this mortuary. increase in the garrison, has been made out, and we find a leading paper like the Koku men Shimbun insisting that the day is post when the military members of the Cabinet

THE MAGISTRACY.

A boy, charged before Mr. Melbourne yesterday with hawking within a pro- hibited con, was ordered to receive ton strokes with the birch.

Three Chinese, who were charged By Inspector Cameron before Mr. Hazeland with trespassing on the Kowloon-Canton Railway at Yaumati, were fined $5 each.

Eleven coolies were charged before Mr. Hazeland with plying public vehicles without having driver's licences. It was His Worship stated by the police that the coolies were imposed a fine of $5 on each. running day and night.

The latest and most up-to-date method of acquiring success is to be Liberal Minister's Secretary. Then it is possible to have greatness thrust on one, and there A landslip with fatal consequences to The Melbourne Press considers that the is necessity to be born great, four work people took place on Satur most notable point in Canada's proposals years the secretaries of Liberal Ministers hibited

achieve greatness. During the last few For uttering street cries within pro

areas three hawkers wero day afternoon just above Conduit Road is that it is a definite indication that the have climbed the ladder of success to yesterday fined one dollar each by Mr. Excavation work is being carried on

Dominions intend to support the Mother-giddy heights. Attention is directed to Melbourne. above the late Sir H. N. Mody's residence land, and they say the scheme undoubtedly this fact by the appointment of Mr. E. 4. Gowers, one of Mr. Lloyd George's with the object of preparing a building marks an important advance towards secretaries, as chief inspector of the National Health Insurance Commission THE statement of The Times that things

site, and it is thought that the blasting

at £1,000 a year. Mr. W. H. Clark, must have moved in Japan" for the present

which has been necessary had probably

is now in Calcutta with £3,000 a year, political situation to arise, does not strike

loosened a portion of the earth in the BRITAIN'S REMARKABLE TRADE. another of the Chancellor's young men, middle of the hillside. At any rate, on

LONDON, December 9th.

and Mr. Joho Rowland, yet another of one as being a very profound observation.ment which have been outlined, after much Saturday afternoon a huge mass of earth

The papers are making a special feature the Chancellor's proteges, is Insurance It is perfectly true that "ten years ago is consideration by the Elder Statesmen, the fell out of the centre of the hill with

year. Mr. Vaughan Nash left the Prime would have been inconceivable that any military members of the late Cabinet have little or no warning, and three men and of the remarkable trade returns, Despite Commissioner for Wales with £1,200 a

been exerting every effort to strengthen a

were buried. The work of labour troubles, the value of the trade Minister to be rice-Chairman of the has not only increased by £91,000,000 in Development Commission on £1,200 4 eleven months, but the proportion of year, and Mr. Mark Sturgis, who also unemployed is the lowest for years.served Mr. Asquith, is now an Income-tax a year. Mr. Lionel Earle, once Mr. Merely two per cent, of Trade Unionists Commissioner with £850 rising to £1,200 irreducible. The Lancashire cotton trade £1,500 a year as Secretary to the Office- A Chinese, who was a passenger on was particularly prosperous, the mill af Works, and Mr. H. G. Maurice Lift board the ss. Manchuria was yesterday so marked a featurs of Japanese politics,

Mr. Runciman to be Assistant Secretary fined $100 or in default six weeks' im girls buying jewellory lavishly. There for Fisheries with £850 a year. Mr. Frisonment for being in possession of a for it may be said to date from the time that the Government, under the united

was even talk of importing labour, Max Green, private secretary to the Lorde and six boxes of cartridges. Defend ant said he was taking them to a friend cope with the boom.

Lieutenant of Ireland, now presides over. in America. pressure of Russia, France and Germany,

the Irish Prisous Board with £1,200 a was compelled; greatly against the wishes

serving Mr McKenna to become a Smal of Japanese nation, to retrocede to China cu enforce their behests on the country about thirty. was found lying on the road AMERICA'S TREATY OBLIGATIONS, year, and Mr. F. E. N. Bogers gave up between two villages in the Chinwan dis-

LONDON, December 9th.

Holdings Commissioner, with £1,000 £ the territory in the Liaotung Peninsul, of without enlightening the nation as to their trict, with a wound on the back of his i

Reuter's correspondent at San Fran-year. There are also others." which her armies had taken possession in policy. The anti-militarist party of politi-head, which suggested that he had been

cisco says that prominent Californian the war with China. Japan then, with clans, which is evidently very strong in attacked by one or more persons with a

The twenty-seventh President of the the united support of the nation, embarked Japan to-day, is asking whither the defence bamboo pole from behind. It is believed residents have petitioned President Taft,

of Korea is going to lead the nation? That that malice was the motive of the crime, urging an honourable settlement of the United States, Dr. Woodrow Wilson, is a relative of the Archbishop of York and ou large schoines of naval and military ex- pansion. Ten years later Japau engaged question will be largely decided, it would as his wages were found in his pocket British protest in regard to the Panama is of quite recent Scottish descent. In

Aet, declaring that it is better to suffer fact he has a good many relatives residing Mr. Hazeland passed au exemplary some limitation of freedom in legislation in Glasgow. We have special reason to sentence yesterday upon a Chinese in her titanic and memorable struggles seem, by the issue of the present crisis, and intact. * ̈*•

and commercial disadvantage than to be interested in the head of the American charged with being a rogue and a vaga. with the land and sea forces of Russia and in that respect the political situation in

disregard Treaty obligations. ustonished the world by her glorious Japan is one which will be watched with -victories both ou land and at sea. But war interest abroad, especially by Russia and is a costly business for the taxpayer. The China, people of Japan had obeerfully paid the price of the creation of a large Army and a powerful Navy, but the cost of the war has induced a lot of reflection mong the taxpayers of the country. The grand total of the extraordinary expanses of the war with Russia amounted to the huge sum of

The English mail of the 9th November was delivered in London on the 7th December.

MURDER IN THE NEW TERRITORY.

The body of a Chinese bricklayer, aged

JAPANESE NEW YEAR

DECORATIONS, F

to

--

DR. WOODKOW WILSON.

Four chair coolies were charged before Mr. Melbourne yesterday with refusing to accept hire. It was stated that the defendants refused to carry Lieut. Fenner, H. M.S. Romrio, evidently pre ferring to take American blue jackets. His Worship imposed a fine of fifty cents on each man.

..

Republic because of the fact that all but hond. It was stated by the police that he two of the previous twenty-six have been had a peep show in First Street, and that of British blood. The exceptions were he was exhibiting indecent pictures te Roosevels and Van Buren, both being of small boys, He was sentenced to thres Dutch origin, Mr. Taft was of purely months' imprisonment. English descent, and so were Washington, Lincoln, Garfield, Cleveland, and Harri-

The first case under

-LORD KITCHENER AND THE In certain quarters in Tokyo and else

VICEROYALTY OF INDIA. where a movement has been started to

LONDON, December 9th. abolish the matsu-kazuri (pine, bamboo

new Vehicle and plum blossom decorations at the New Year).

shed in the Some of the Tokyo papers say

The Daily Mail's Calcutta correspon- son. MeKinley and four others were Regulations which were that this movement is not likely to dent states that Lord Kitchener is Scots-Irish, while Monroe, Grant and Government Gazette on Saturday came be successful. The advocates of the mentioned as the successor to Lord Hard-Hayes were Scots. Wales has had a re- before Mr. Hazeland, when three mer Licut Spencer, two Indian officers, and scheme urge that the decorations consume

presentative in Jefferson. No fewer than wore charged with taking trucks downhil 82 rank and file of the 8th Rajputs pro- large quantity of bamboo and pine, and inge, the Viceroy of India, who takes up nineteen out of the 28 were lawyers, and which were not fitted with brakes. In this retards the forestry development of a political appointment in England next it is curious that there has never been spector Dymond prosecuted, and the de

ceeded to Lown on the 6th inst.

the country.

fendants were fined $4 each.