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9,821,000. Wo quote theso facts merely to illustrate the difficulty of furnishing at the present time any reliable statistics of the numerical strength of the various religious organisations in China. But as our cor

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more particularly by a desire for information us to the dimensions of the Christian population of China, it will not be without interest to all our readers if we make an at- tempt to furnish a more adequate iden than probably most people now have of the extent to which Christianity is taught and professed in China at the present time. The latest statistics of the Protestant Missions in China show that there are 5,144 foreign missionaries engaged in the propa Engineer-Commander G. W. Roome, gation of the Gospel, besides a foreign R.N., read a paper on "The Diesel. medical staff of 308. There are besides over Engine" last night before a large attend- 15,000 Chinese workers connected with the

anes of members of the Institution of missions,, as ordained pastors, unordained Engineers and Shipbuilders, of which the Church workers, Bible women, hospital | lecturer is a Vice-President. assistents and school teachers. There are 925 stations with resident foreign mission- aries and nearly 3,000 other stations. Day or Primary, Schools conducted by Missions number 3,708 and scholars 86,241; Iutor- mediate or Higher Schools number 558, with 31,984 scholars. The returns of the Chinese Christian Church show 2,955 congregatious 21.00 1.80 with a total Christian community (baptized and catechumens) of 324,890. The Roman 22.50 1.90 Catholic mesions in China have staff of2,176 *38.00 3.25 (including 701 native priests), and the sum 32.00 1,85 ber of baptized converts to the Roman Catho- lic faith is returned as 1,369,697. Besides the 23.50 200- 23.50 2.00 Protestant and Human Catholic missions, the Russian Orthodox Mission has one convent OTHER WELL-KNOWN BRANDS SUPPLIED TO in Peking, eighteen mission stations, four churches, two chiopels and fifteen schools. Yet all this represents, as We it were, but a drop in the ocean. gather from these returns that out of a total population estimated by the Custome Authorities at 439,425,000, there are not more than about 1 millions of Christian

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converts. When we consider that the Roman Catholic missionaries have been working in China since the thirteenth century and the Protestant missionaries for more than one

[THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.)

THE BALKAN WAR.

AUSTRIA'S PROPOSAL TO THE POWERS.

LONDON, April. 28th. It is utated in Vienna that Austria bas proposed that the Powers accede to an International military occupation of Antivari and Sangiovanni, or, failing this, by Austrin and Italy or Austria

alone.

THE FALL OF SKUTARI.

[FROM TEN "CHEUNG WGOT SAN PO,”] DEATH OF MR. SUNG'S ASSASSIN.

REPORTED SUICIDE,

SHANGHAI, April 25th. Woo Fok-ming, the man charged

with the assassination of Mr. Sung, who was recently handed over to the Chinese authorities by the French authorities, attempted suicide on

SUPREME COURT.

Friday, 26th April.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE CHIEF Justice (Sin Wi

REES DAVIES, K.C.)

ALLEGED FAULTY BUILDING OPERATIONH. The action was continued before his Lordship and the following special jury :--- Douglas, H. P. White, M. Beattie, Ho Messrs. F. Maitland (forumun), J. T Kom Tong, D. Haskell and F. C. Wilford, in which Ciran Kau, of 148, Hollywood

Road, claimed from Chan Woon Chung

and Chan Woon Man, of 44, Stanley, Street, for $5,000 for damages said to have been sustained by plaintiff through

In an official message published in Con- Wednesday by eating the phospho-defendants having negligently and un-

etantinople it is stated that the fall of Skutari was due to exhaustion of pro- visions. The Turkish troops retained their arma, guns, and ammunition, and were authorised to embark at Sangio- vanni.

PAN SLAVIST ENTHUSIASM. A message from St. Petersburg states" that the fall of Skutari has revived all the Pan-Blavist enthusiasm. The Press of

all shades of opinion urge that a new fact has arisen which Austria must acknowledge. Compromise must be sought, as isolated action by Austria is likely to provoke a European conflagration.

DEMONSTRATIONS STOPPED AT

Mrs. Messer, wife' of the Captain- Superintendent of Police, has ex tended much-appreciated hospitality to the wives and families of the police in Hongkong during the week. Parties have been entertained each day at her residencó at Tai Ping since Tuesday, and the gatherings have proved very enjoyablo.

T. Logan, formerly of Hongkong, has heen sentenced to three months hard Ialour at Shanghai on four charges of incurring debts to local tradesmen by means of fraud other than false pretences. It is understood, says the NC, Daily News, that the sentence has been imposed beanse there is no institution in Shaug-

ST. PETERSBURG. hai in the nature of a reformatory and

Pen-Slavist demonstrations pt St. that the matter will be reported to His Majesty's Consulate-General, in order Petersburg in celebration of the entry of that arrangements may be made if possi- the Montenegring into Skuteri were. ble that Logan may be given a better stopped, and the police made many opportunity of becoming a useful citizen than he would have if left to his own

resources.

DAY OF PRAYER FOR CHINA IN

HONGKONG CHURCHES.

The preachers at St. John's Cathedral to-morrow (Sunday) will be in the morn- ing, the Rev. N. C. Pope, M.A., Chaplain of St. Andrew's, Kowloon, and in the evening the Ven. Archdeacon Barnett, M.A.

century; when, moreover, we see that there are over 7,000 foreign missionaries, men and women, and over: 16,000 Chinese workers engaged in the field, the total In response to the appeal of the Chinese result, it must be confessed. is Government special prayers will be disappointingly small. The persecution offered for China in all the Churches both to which Christian converts have been European and Chinese to-morrow and a subjected in China down to very recent special service of Intercession will be years doubtless explains to a great extent hold in Chinese at 3 p.m. in St. John's this meagre success: but now that we have Cathedral. |a Government in Peking constantly showing its sympathy with Christian propaganda, promising to guarantee in the Constitution full religious liberty and the removal of all distinctions between Christian and non- Christian, and, above all, officially appealing

Special prayers will also be offered at

Union Church.

AMERICA AND THE TEA STANDARD.

The American Consulate General bas

been officially advised that the Treasury

arresta.

AUSTRIA'S PROPOSALS. The report that Austria has circularis. ed the Powers requesting them to take action to restore their prestige, otherwise Austria will bo obliged herself to see that Montenegro vacates Skutari, is confirmed

The proposal is still unanswered.

MONTENEGRO'S ATTITUDE.

It is believed that if not coerced Mon- tonegro will be prepared to listen to compromise proposals.

Reuter states that as the result of an informal exchange of views between diplo matists in London yesterday there is reason to believe that Montenegro will accede to the decision of the Powers with referenOS- to Skutari in return for territorial.com- pensation.

OPTIMISM IN LONDON,

Despite this note, and the excitement in

rous of "red matches."

skilfully carried out certain building operations at. No. 19 and 21. Lower

He died, it is said, of poisoning on Lascar Row.. Thursday.

(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

THE DAY OF PRAYER.

LONDON, April 28th. The Archbishop of Canterbury has

issued a special Litany for the Day of Prayer on behalf of Chins on Sunday.

The Archbishop of York has invited all in his diocese to participate.

General Bramwell Booth has telegraph ed to President Youn Shih Kai saying: The Salvation Army throughout the world will unite in prayer for your great people."

The Chairman of the Conference of the Protestant Missionary Societies of Great Britain and Ireland has telegraphed greetings to President Yuan. TIBETAN STUDENTS IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, April 26th. A party of Tibetan students have arrived at Flymouth.

WAR OFFICE RUMOURS.

GENERAL FRENCH DENIES REPORTS. OF

FRICTION.

LONDON, April 25th. General Sir John French, in a speech in London, denied a report that there was friction at the War Office and that he had threatened to resign.

AMERICA'S UNIVERSAL PEACE

EFFORT.

LONDON, April 25th, In a message from Washington it is stated that Mr. Bryan has submitted plan for a universal peace movement to

Mr. M. W. Slade, K.C., instructed by Mr. A. G. M. Jackson, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & Master, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. M. Reader Harris, of Mesars. Wilkinson & Grist, appeared for the defondants.

The case for the plaintiff having closed, Mr. Jonkin submitted there was no evidence to show that the cracks which

appeared in the front wall of plaintiff's

house were the cause of its having to bo taken down. The jury would perhaps be led to infer from the fact that the cracks: were there that that was the reason, but they were not entitled to infor that in the absence of direct evidence. If the Build- ing Authority were called he might say that the wall was ordered to be pulled down for a hundred reasons-because the bressemer was charrod by the fire or the lintels were charred, for instance. Unless the jury chose to infer upon no basis

whatever that these cracks were the reason of the Building Authority's order to pull down the wall they could not return & verdict for plaintiff. Mr. Ham, one of plaintiff's expert witnesses, had stated that such cracks in old Chinese buildings wers, very common. Plaintiff received notice to shore up his walls, but he ignored it. The defence did not say that the cracks were caused by plàintiff's contributory negligence, but in consider- ing bow the cracks were caused the jury was entitled to consider that the defendant wrongly did not shore up the building. Proceeding,, he said that plaintif waa better off now than before the fire, as ho was getting a bigger rents from the house, but he wanted to bo still better off. That was not unnatural. With regard to the proportion of the claint set down as the cost of rebuilding the crow wall', of No. 18, he submitted that even if the jury were against him on the general question they could not find for the plaintiff on this matter. Plaintiff would

to the Christian communities throughout Department of the United States has St. Petersburg and the patriotic fervour the Diplomatie Corps and said the Pre- have had to pull down the wall in any

the land to appoint a "Day of Prayer, for the National Assembly now in session, for the newly established Government, for

adopted new standards of tes for the

coming year of a still higher degree of in Montenegro, the feeling prevails among

sident desired to enter into agreements with nations supplementing the Arbitra-

the President yet to be elected, for the Con- purity than before and a rigid inspection diplomats in London that the crisis will tion Treaties, and leaving no dispute Sing Cheong, at 149, Third Street, gave

AMERICAN MINE TRAGEDY.

SEVENTY BODIES ACCOVERED.

will be enforced under the new standards. be surmounted. stitution of the Republic, that the Chinese It will be therefore necessary for the tea Government may be recognized by the

producers of China either to clean thor- Powers, that peace may reign within the oughly or entirely renew their firing and country, that strong virtuous man may be other apparatus used in curing tea, în elected to office, and that the Government order that the tea may be of a standard may be established upon a strong foundation" meeting the requirements of the Treasury HONGLONG OFFICE: 101, Des Vœux ROAD (.when we take note of all this, we recognise Department regulations relating to LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET Shez, E.C.that, to say the least, there is contained purity.

P.O. Boz., 34. Telephone No. 12.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, APRIL 26TH, 1913.

in all this a rich promise of future progress

LONDON, April 25th. A message from Pittsburg, reports that an explosion occurred in a mine at Fine- ley Ville in Pennsylvanoia. Seventy

which may well gratify the religious leaders ALLEGED POSSESSION OF BANK-bodies have been recovered. It is feared

of Christendom. This request to Christian

NOTE IMPRESSIONS.

A EUROPEAN ARRESTED.

that the death roll will aumber 120, two- thirds of whom are foreigners.

GERMAN ARMY AND NÁVY CONTRACTS.

LONDON, April 25th. Despite Ministerial opposition upon

liable to cause war without investigation. CANADIAN NAVAL BILL.

LONDON, April 25th,

The Canadian House of Commons has adopted the closure by 108 votes to 73 on a straight party vote.

THE BELGIAN STRIKE.

· LONDON, April 25th,

Tsang Ting, carrying on business as a contractor under the nano of the Hip

evidence on behalf of defendants and the hearing was again adjourned. ·

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE PUIBNE JUDGE (MB. J. H. Keyp),

ACTION FOR WRONGFUL ARREST. The hearing of the action brought by an office coolie against Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. to recover 8500 damages for wrong- ful arrest was resumed.

A message from Brussels states that the Socialist Congress has voted by a three-plaintiff and Mr. Lewis (of Messrs. John- Mr. B. C. Faithfull represented the fourths majority in favour of immediate resumption of work. Already many have returned to work.

TRADE MARK CASE..

son, Stokes & Master) appeared for the defendant firm.

Plaintiff was recalled and stated, that the entries in the shit book produced were principally in his hand-writing. He was not the only boy in the office who used the book,

leaders to set aside a day for special prayer for the Chinese nation has been a great

At the Magistracy yesterday Auston In connection with the Peking Govern-surprise to the world, and there has been a Hamler, aged 35, a broker, and a nativo ment's request for special prayers for China | natural hesitation to accept it at its face of Austria-Hungary, who had been in the Christian Churches throughout the value, but the address made by the special arrested at the Grand Hotel, was charged country to-morrow, we have been asked if delegate of the President and Minister of before Mr. Melbourne with being feloni we can give the religious census of China. Foreign Affairs at the Church meeting at ously and knowingly in possession of constitutional grounds the Reichstag has papers upon which there was the impres adopted the Budget Committee's resolu We can only reply to this inquiry in words Peking on the 15th inst., and which we sion of a $10 bank note on the Nederlands tion for the appointment of a commission similar to those used by Mr. MARBBALL reproduced a few days ago, represents the Trading Society, an impression of a $5 to inquire into the question of army and BROOMHALL in his interesting book "Islam request as a genuine recognition of the bank-note on the Chartered Bank of in China," when he discusses the estimates value of Christianity as an uplifting force India, and an impression of a $10 bank- navy contracts and to remove any abuses bourne, Police Magistrate, on the 2nd to telling Mr. Laurenz, the manager, that note on the Hongkong and Shanghai that might be discovered. The Conserva Banking Corporation, contrary to Bection tives alons voted against the resolution. 19, No. 3, of Ordinance 4 of 1865.

Government furnishes the world with an

world.

A further case of plague was reported yesterday, making 34 in alk

of the Moslem population of the country, in the land, and, as such, the desire bis, that until such time as the Chinese expressed by the Chinese Government authoritative cangus, it will be impossible tion by the religious leaders of the Christian cannot but be welcomed with great satisfac.

to obtain any reliable figures.

We are accustomed to seeing the religions of Chimi described in the reference books, as Cónfu- cianism, Taoism and Buddhism; but Chinese Moslems have estimated the Moslem popula: tion of China as high as 70,000,000; and even Mr. A.H. KEARE, one of the recognised authorities, whose figures the Statesman's Year Book accepta, gives 30,000,000 as the probable figure. Other foreign investigators have given estimates of twenty and fifteen millions, while the Archimandrite PAL

The Chinese girl who, as reported yes LADIUS, who is described as one of China's most reliable sinologues and a careful stud-terday, was found suffering from the ent and author of a Russian work entitled effects of aniseed poisoning, has since

delivered in London on the 24th April.

The French mail of the 25th March was

The death of Professor Khight, of the Chinese University at Chengtu, from typhus fever is reported.

died.

Mohammedanism in China, estimates the figures at between three and four millions; The steward of the steamer Sencgam. and Mr. BROOMHALL, after careful con-biz informs the police that when the sideration of details kindly supplied by vessel was on the high seas between Shang about two hundred correspondents from hai and Hongkong some person oponed different parts of China, compiles a his wardrobe with his own key which was table which gives a minimum total of left hanging on the wall, and stole $122 in 4,727,000, and B maximum total of money.

He was further charged with being in unlawful possession of a revolver and 16 rounds of ammunition without a licence from the Captain Superintendent of Police,

IMPERIAL WIRELESS CHAIN,

LONDON, April 25th. In the House of Commons on Thursday. Mr. H. Samuel, the Postmaster General, No evidence was taken. Defendant in his annual post office statement, admitted the possession of the papers and expressed regret for the delays in the the revolver and ammunition He said he had a permit for the revolver, but he Imperial chain of wireless telegrapliic did not get it in this Colony.

The case was remanded until the 29th stations. He expected that the report of inst., at 2.15.

the expert committee would soon be published, and announend that sites had hern selected in England, Egypt, India, and South Africa, while those in East Africa and the Straits Settlements were

THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

The following matches were decided yesterday.:-

In the fourth round of the Professional Pairs Major Bowen and Captain Craw-being selected. The Governments of India ford beat Captain James and Captain Try, 6-0;6-4; and R. Hancock and R. and South Africa would purchase their D. Stewart beat the Hon. Mr. Bucknill own stations; the others would be owned and Hon. Mr. Hallifax, 6-2; 6-3.

by the Imperial authorities. Handicap A N. Joseland and J. B.

THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. Penman (owe 15) beat S. H. Dodwell and Dr. Aubrey (scr.), 7-5; 8-8.

LONDON, April 25th.

In the third round of the Doubles

In the third round of the Championship Singles H. Hancock beat¡A. H. Crook, 7-5, 6-3; 6-1.

WRITTEN APOLOGY FROM TWELVE HOPKEETERS.

Before His Worship Mr. C. D. Mel-

prosecuted at the instance of Messrs. W.

Sergt. Appleton spoke to making an investigation of plaintiff's quarters and

he thought there was sufficient circum- instant fourteen Chinese shopkeepers were

stantial evidence to warrant the detention R. Loxley & Co., for unlawfully having of the plaintiff. Witness was instructed in their possession for sale certain by the Captain Superintendent of Police to make inquiries into the matter of the singlets to which marks so nearly re- sembling the complainants' "Star" and

forgery. "Cockatoo "Trade Marks as to be calculated to deceive were falsely applied. Mr. F. B. L. Bowley appeared for the prosecution and informed the Court that

and

Mr. Faithfull addressed his Lordship on. the question of law.

A GERMAN BANK FAILURE.

His Lordship beld that defendants had reasonable grounds for suspecting the quantities of Singlets bearing fraudulent plaintiff, and he gave judgment for de- imitations of the marks mentioned had fendants with costs. been seized by the Police under the Merchandize Marks Ordinance, that twelve of the shopkeepers had signed a written apology to Messrs. Loxley and paid their costs, and had signed a con. seat to the forfeiture of the articles seized.

The consent was produced and the Magistrate ordered all the singlets seized at these twelve shops to be forfeited to the complainants.

The cases against the remaining two shops, Shun Chong and Wo Hing Tai, were then proceeded with; the defendants said they bought the singlets from other firms, but the Magistrate convicted them, The condition of the Duchess of Con-ges each, and forfeited the articles naught is now satisfactory.

seized.

HEAVY LIABILITIES.

The banking house of Gustay Puppe, at Kuestrin, which has been established for 78 years, suspended payment on the lat inst, and its proprietar has dis- appeared

liabilities are estimated at between £1,250,000 and £1,500,000, and all the deposits are pledged to other banks. The failure is said to be due to land speculation.

On account of its engagements to the Imperial Co-operative Bank, which has gone into liquidation, the Agricultural Co-operative Bank of Darmstadt is unable to meet its obligations, and has declared a moratorium for one year.