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THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TH - 1918.

are now closed to Chimens immigration, In A lakong's alertnes resulted in the TELEGRAMS.TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

the British Empire the only parts which remain open to Chinese entry are India, the Malay States, and the Straits Settlements. China has no longer under American rule access to the Philippines or to Hawaii. On the other hand the increase of population in China presses more and more hardly on the ments of subsistence while the growth in knowledge renders emigration at ones mare attractive and easier to undertake. A writer on the subject concludes that it is to South America that the main stream of Chinese VINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, | immigration must be directed, and the

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arrest of a man who had returned from banishment. Appearing before Mr. Haze- land the undesirable was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and four hours stocks.

2,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TURKEY AND THE BALKAN STATES,

THE PEACE DELIBERATIONS.

Mr. W. Menke, special representative of the Action Gesellschaft Fur Anilin Fabrikation of Berlin, is alleged to have** committed suicide recently on the hill behind the Tor. Hotel, Kobe. It is re- ported that Mr. Menke has been com plaining lately of pains in the head He leaves a wife and three children in Germany, the oldest boy, eleven years of age, being behind.

opening of the Panama Canal will greatly facilitate the movement thither, while it will stimulate the need for services of Chineas

"A lecture which should prove of more. labourers in places like Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil. The only doubtful than ordinary interest is to be given by feature in the question is considered to be the Rev. G. B. Berry, of Emmanuel the possibility of action by the United States Church, Plymouth, at the Seamen's Institute this evening at 6 o'clock. The with a view to inducing the South American subject is The place of Great Britain republics to discountenance Chinese im-in Bible history. The reverend gentle- migration. But there seems little reason to

man possesses a literary ability which suppose that this is a move likely to be has been generally recognised, and we attempted, or, if attempted, to be successful. understand that in his student days in The influence of the North is at present the University he ecrpeted successfully politically on the wane, and it is considered for literary honours against the Right 3.40 the demand for cheap labour would probably Hon. Augustine Birrell, the present

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LONDON, January 28th. The Delegates of the Allies after a prolonged conference approved and signed the Note to be presented to Turkey, but the date of its presentation has not

been fixed.

(THROUGH NEUTWR'S ADENOV.]

BARBARITY IN CHINA.

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"THE TIMES ON THE OPIUM. SITUATION.

LONDON, January 20th." Commenting on letter from its Peking correspondent, showing that the opium traffic is again steadily increasing in many Provinces and referring to the difficulties of suppression and the methods adopted to enforce the decree, the Times A later message states that the presenta says that Great Britain is anxious to tion of the Note was left in the discretion Beist China in her laudable endeavours, of the senior delegate. It will probably but she never expected to find herself associated with such ruthless acts as the be presented on Wednesday.

The Delegates consider that the pre-execution of obscure peasants. Those sentation of the Note will end their judicial excesses were alienating sympathy M. Venizelos and from China and creating dismay abroad. The Times reluctantly shares the belief most of the others leave this week.

The Note does not mention the termina. that the present Chinese Government is unable to suppress the opium traffic. It tion of the armistice.

declares that the stopping of the sales Although the presentation of the Allies at Calcutta and Bombay will not ease Note to-day marks a definite rupture of the financial crisis, and trusts that some the Conference of the Diplomats in equitable and honourable solution will London, there is still hope that a renewal speedily be found. The wholesale viola-

mission in London.

LATER

(THROUGH BEUTER'N ACHINOT.]

SUBMARINE LIEUTENANT

DROWNED.

LONDON, January 29th. Licut. Meryan, R.N., commanding & submering, was washed from the conning tower as the vessel was entering the Firth of Tay in a heavy sea, and drowned.

AN ECHO OF THE TRAMWAY BOYCOTT.

Two Chinese were brought before Mr.

in connection

Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday charged with offences with the rent boycott against the Tram- way Company. The first charge alleged that they had been in possession of written papers calculated to induce persons not to deal with the Tramway Company, the second alleged that they had been in possession of written papers calculated to interfere with the administration of the law by inporting arms, etc., into the Colony, and the third charge alleged that they had attempted to incite persons to

use intimidation towards those who would otherwise have used the trams,

Mr. Gardiner appeared for one defen-

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The hearing was postponed until next. week.

Both solicitore asked for a reduction of

A NEW SOLICITOR.

A Constantinople message states that change in their mental outlook, which is popular.opera will be given by a chorus Mahad Bhofket, the new Grand Vizier, must be aware that the lack of fore bail, $5,000. The police were prepared: Merrie interviewed by Router's correspondent, sight in spending the recent surpluses is to consent to bail of 81,000 each and an 1.90 gradually breaking down "the compelling and band of 100 performers.

"Peace is certain if Europe about to embarrass her finances very application for further reduction was force of ancestor-worship." Chinese tradi. England" in concert form has achieved said: 2.05 tion forbids the emigration of women, and perhaps even more popularity that it makes it possible for us. We do not come greatly. The Anti-Opium League bad the refused.

melancholy satisfaction of learning that the main complaint adduced against Chinese did as an opera, and concert perform- 2.55 employment in South Africa on moral ances have been given all over England with power to defy Europe, but to appeal grounds was based precisely on the fact with the greatest success. Just recently to her conscience. We will only draw the that though more than afty thousand it has been performed at the Alhambra sword it compelled to choose between war or the reprobation of the Mohammeden Chinese were introduced into the country and also at Queen's Hall, in both enses drawing farge and enthusiastic audiences.

opinion of the world." only two Chinese women accompanied them from their homes in Shautung and Chibli. Indead it was ulticately the difficulty THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI dicates that the Ottoman troops are not arising from this anomalous position that resulted in the decision of the Boer leaders

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HONGKONG, JANUARY 30TH, 1913.

We published some days ago a table of statistics compiled by the Chinese Govern

permitted, since marriages neither with sative nor coloured women could be allowed" ia the case of men, who were all to by deported from the e untry immediately on the termination of their contracts of service, In South America, in the absence of any law or public opinion agafast inter marriage, the Chinese who came without their wives or families have contracted marriages, especially with the native or semi-native raced which make up the complicated population of that continent. These marringes, we read, have nearly always resulted in the Chinese becoming Christian" and thus removing the main cause of the desire to be buried in their native land, sincs the Christian faith deprecates the more physical aspects of the ancestor worship of the Chinese fuith while it affords sufficient continuity in its more spiritual aspect to permit a Chináman to adopt the new faith without too much striving or discomfort From these inter marriages have sprung an important element

BANK

A SERIOUS CHARGE."

Our Londen correspondent writes:- On 8th January, a meeting was held at the Criterion Restaurant callo by Mr.

W. Forbes Skene, formerly on the staff of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in the Far East, in the following circular letter scot to some of the shareholders :-

27, Half Moon Street, Mayfair.

Private.

Information from Constantinople in-

fit to take the offensive. The now Cabinet will probably be compelled to make peace on terms not dissimilar to those proposed by Kiamil Pasha,

It is rumoured in Vienna that Ahmed

Abuk Pasha and the Fourth Army Corps are marching towards Constantinople to avenge Nazim Pasha's death.

DISQUIETING NEWS FROM

ROUMANTA.

The attitude of Roumania is again dis It is announced in Bukharest

ing of Indian opium by the far more Mr Hang Kan Kwingkong Woo, a deleterious indigenous product, and the solicitor, who arrived from England on only consolation is that the British Em-January 10th under agreement with Mr. pre will soon be rid of the obnoxious 6 E. Hall Britton, was yesterday traffic. But somebody will have to pay. Supreme Court of Hongkong by the formally admitted to practice in the

Chief Justice, Sir W. Rees Davies. DISAPPOINTED SUFFRAGETTES,

SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT. `

The Attorney-General said-May it please your Lordship, I beg to move the admission as solicitor of Mr. Hang Kam Lospon, January 20th,

Kwingtong Woo. Two affidavits have Mrs. Despard, who was arrested on been filed. The Grst in by the applicant Monday night while attempting to himself. It shows that he was achatted address a meeting in Trafalgar Square, a solicitor in England, on the 1st April, was brought up at Bow Street Police 1912, and states that he is the person shown in the certificate of admission. Court on Tuesday, and sentenced to four-The other affidavit is by Bir Kai Ho Ksi, teen days imprisonment in the second and on his affidavit of identification ho division. The Suffragettes in the court says he has been well acquainted with the created a wild uproar, and were ejected applicant for upwards of twenty years. I have seen the papers. They are in order,

similar sentences, and all refused to pay of this gentleman. their fines.

Dear Si-As certain matters which gravely affect the interests of the share-quieting. holders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation have recently come that the claim for the possession of in disorder. Other suffragettes received and I beg to move the formal admission

to my knowledge, I bave resigned my position in the Bank in order that I may place the position of affairs bofore you.

I, therefore, urgently request you to bo the present at the Victoria Hall in Criterion Restaurant on January 8th, at 2.30 o'clock.

I am inviting the management and the Bank's lawyer to be present to defend the serious charge I propose to makeYours faithfully,

-W. FORBES GHENE,

Why the invitation was sent to some of the shareholders and not to others

of the population, jast as inter marriages Mr. Skene may probably know, but of my

of Chinese and Burmese have created a now own acquaintances whom I asked the element of the Burmese population, and the much larger number, like myself, did not As, however, I Chinese parents are careful to claim at any receive the circular, rate the sons of such unions as Chinese and happened that day to be lunching in to foster in them the natural Chinese clan- Pall Mall and passing close to the place nishness and pride of race. By this means of meeting on my way back to the City the influence of the Chinese throughout curiosity induced me to look in. I found the continent is steadily on the increase, about thirty or forty persons present. ings were opened by Mr. Henderson, of

mont last month showing the number of \ Te that be so, we cannot suppose that the There was no Chairman. The proceed-

Chinese residing in foreign countries. total of between eight and nine millions was shown. Formosa and Siam are up posed to contain three-fifths of this number.

from China to South America.

Some interesting observations by Mr. Berce n the problems of South America, in which Chinese emigration plays a part, fad us to turn to this etatistical compilation. Mr. Berce says it is impossible at present A boy, aged about 16, has been removed to give any trustworthy estimate of the to hospital suffering from injuries number of Chinese who have found their received by falling from the roof of the way to the South American Republics, but Italian Convent in Caine Road.

it is certain that their numbers are steadily increasing. Thus it is estimated by His Majesty's Minister at Lima that the Chinese population in that town alone numbers between fourteen and fificen thousand, and the wealth and importance of the body may be seen from the fact that the Chinese

solicitors to the Bank, asking Mr. Skone's

Silistra is not abandoned. If Bulgaria does not reply definitely by Thursday the Government will decide on a course of action..

A ROUMANIÀN LOAN,

The Government of Roumania has cou tracted for a loan of six million sterling from a German syndicate,

NAVAL MOVEMENTS.

A message from Gibraltar states that the British cruiser Argyll has been ordered to

proceed eastward:

A Toulon telegram says that a Squadron of four battleships and cruisers, which had only just returned, has been ordered to get in readiness to leave for the Near

East at a moment's notice.

HOME RULE BILL IN THE LORDS,

LONDON, January 20th.

On the resumption of the debate on the Tuesday Lord St. Aldwyn pointed out Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords on

Three Suffragettes were arrested at Dublin for breaking, the Castle windows. They were each sentenced to one month's hard labour. They broke sixteen panes.

WAITING FOR MR. LLOYD GEORGE! Mr. Lloyd George having written ex- pressing his regret that he was unable to receive any Suffragette deputation, but would be glad to receive any written re- presentation, the Suffragettes replied, reminding him of his promise to nee deputation, when the fate of the Suffrage Bill had been decided. They say that, they would wait for him in the House of

Commons on Tuesday night,

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The Chief Justice-Mr. Woc, I have much pleasure in admitting you to practice in this Colony and I hope your career here will be most successful.

INTERPORT FOOTBALL TRIAL,

HONGKONG V. D.G.L. I.

On the ground of the Hongkong Club last evening the D.CL.I. opposed a team composed of the players who will repre- went the Colony in the Inter-Port matches at Shanghai next week. Unfortunately, no fewer than four of the men were unable

to turn out, and the team was in conse quence considerably weakened. The game was contented throughout in the best spirit, and play was very even, the A deputation consisting of a score &r soldiers giving a far better exhibition Suffragettes applied at the entrance of than on the occasion of the previous meeting of the teams. Nothing was Parliament to see Mr. Lloyd George. On scored in the initial half both defences the latter declining to receive them they being very alert. The second half hari refused to leave the building and collided not been long in progress before Swann saved excellently from the Cornishmen's Mrs. Drummond and

left half, but just afterwards one of the

with the police. permission to Bay a few words. That

-WHOLESALE... ARRESTS.

LATER. Thirty Saffragettes were arrested last Several shop windows were evening broken in Regent and Oxford Streets. Though it is described by premiment leaders of the Suffragette movement as

THE MAGISTRACY.

A Latin States will continue for long to permit Messrs. Stephenson, Harwood & Co.,

the unrestricted immigration of Chinese to their territories, especially if the opening of the Panama Canal leads to a being granted he explained that Mr greatly increased movement of ewignuts Skene had been eighteen or nineteen

years in the service of the Bank and that the financial provisions of the Bil Several others were arrested. Subsequent soldiers was left with an open goal, und early in 1911 had come here on a year's encouraged extravagance and made it inly several arrests were made at Whitehall he gave the keeper no earthly chance. The men Fur Shanghai took matters rather furlough. In January, 1912, he sent in the interest of the Irish Government to for window smashing.

calmly, and not unnaturally, took few risks.' The forwards kept "potting" his resignation. Mr. Henderson said he avoid a surplus lest it lead to the revision knew nothing of what charges Mr. Skene of the financial arrangements, or even to

away at the "Pasties" charge, but they intended to make and was there not to demand a contribution from Ireland.

could not equalis, and the game ended in refute them but merely to watch the pro-

a win for the D.C.LL by the caly goal, For the first time in the history of the

THE BOXER INDEMNITY.. ceedings.

scored Federated Malay States, Mr. Justice Mr. Skene then read some correspon

LONDON, January 29th. Sercombe Smith was presented a fort-dence between himself and Mr. Addis, night ago with a pair of white gloves at the London manager, in which he claim

Sir Edward Grey, replying to Mr.

the opening episode of guerilla warfare, Sergt. Brown charged four Chinese the Seremban Assizes, where there were ed a retiring allowance which was not Douglas Hall, in the House of Commons, last night's demonstration was somewhat with gambling at Yaurati. The first

grafted. The meeting showed some

said the British share in the Boxer spiritless. This was probably due to the defendant was fined $75 or one month's Sir Paul Chater's riding boy, was irritation at this, a shareholder saying community at Lima, Iquique, and Quays thrown from one of Sir Paul's ponies that it appeared to be a matter between indemnity had been assessed on the basis rain, and the fact that the House of hard labour, and the other men

fined $1 each or two days. quil actually raised nearly a million pounds

yesterday at the race-course, and be Mr. Skene and the Bank which he did of the actual expenditure. for the support of the Chinese Revolutionary had to be conveyed to the hospital, not think justified the calling together of eventually found that there was any party during the recent Chinese political It is believed that there are no bones the shareholders. Mr. Skene, however, surplus it would be returned to China crisis. The census returns to which no broken, but his ankle is so badly proceeded to make some statements about have alluded give a Chinese population of sprained that he will not be seen an alleged secret reserve fund and about unconditionally. 182,309 in North and South America." in the saddle again for many days, some heavy Jesses which he said the Bank It is noteworthy that out of the eight So near to the race meeting it is had sustained, and contended that the millions of Chinese residing abroad not unfortunate for Sir

Chater's dividends lately paid had not been more than three hundred thousand of them stable to be left without the No. 1

justified:

A Company, with a capital of £1,000,000, A shareholder then moved that the meet- here their habitation in Europe, America riding boy, as much depends upon (Neith and South) and Australia, yot one him. Mr. Glendinning narrowly escaped ing having heard Mr. Skene's statement, has been formed under the chairmanship f the problems of South America at which a serious accident when the pony be was desired to express ite confidence in the of Sir Marcus Samuel to build motor Contracts for 0,000-ton cargo Mr. Bevor hints is concerned with Chinese riding, owned by Mr, Brutton, dashed management of the Bank. This was ships. ummigration. The United States, Canada, through the railings. The rider was carried with one dissentient and the boats have already been placed with the

Company. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa fortunate to escape with a severe shaking. meeting terminated.

no cases.

Paul

If it were Commons rose two hours earlier than

MOTOR SHIPPING ENTERPRISE.

LONDON, January 29th,

usual.

Suffragettes wanderad aimlessly about Parliament Square, the police moving on the spectators. A few, mostly hooligane, jostled and jeered the women, who took refuge in taxi-cabs and omnibuses or were protected by police.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, January 29th. The death is announced.of Senor Moret an ex-Premier of Spain.

were"

Inspector O'Sullivan proceeded against a Chinese for attempted housebreaking and robbery. It was stated that the man, who himself kept an eating-house, was discovered in the act of breaking into another eating-house at Hunghon. Mr. Hazeland said it was a peculiar case, and he would bind the defendant over to coma up for judgment when called upon.

Dr. John E. Mott has arrived in the Colony one tour of the principal parts of Asia, where he has instituted a chain of twenty conferences of the leaders of the forces of Christianity..