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·CANTON NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN CUREESPONDENT]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, 1913

HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS. the Opposition must make some show of a

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Saturday and Sunday-four Bank Holidays at a

CANTON, December 24th. stretch Next Thursday another, and on

NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. " January 20th (China New Year Day

The Civil Administrator, has decided according to the old calendar), still that the New Year holidays shell be from another, and three weeks inter come the the 30th just to the Fet ult." (inclusive), three days of the annual race meeting.and he is reported to bare issued aordinary shipping are worse than before, Quite a suricit of holidays-but we don't to Mexico in this respect. come up There the President has decreed Baik Holiday of sixty days!.

year

notification to this effect to all the Government offices.

MARTIAL LAW.

INTIMATIONS

SHIPS FIGUREHEADS. pacific spirit, or the Premier will not What to do with the figure heads of old make any overtures with a view to a ships is puzzling several people it conference or a compromis. He will London, including the officers of the Navy NEW ness on pak of being accused of weak League The problem came up when Mr.)

rua

the

Rule, or of an abortive conference, and in this attitude he is backed, if not inspired, by the more aggressive section of the Cabinet. It is significant that Mr. T. W Russell, him self an Ulster Presbyterian, has just declared for full steam ahead with the Home Rule Bill,

Philip Castle, head of the well-known firm of ship breakers, sent a letter to The Times suggesting ʼn muscuni. When ever an old ship was broken up its figure. head used to be set up as the Castle yard

YEAR

GOODS.

LONDON, November 20th. DOVER HARBOUR. After the spending of mu less than four millions sterling on the Dover Harbour by the Admiralty, the conditions for

That is the unhappy state of affairs at

Millbank. This went on till the yard a port for which there were great

became too full, so the firm decided to expectations in south-eastern England:

make a museum for themselves, but they The Admiralty are now holding an en-

FRANCO-RUSSIAN INTERESTS IN THE FAIL EAST found they had too many for the space t quiry into the tidal conditions, for the

Information from an influential quarter their disposal, so they offered the dangers are such that shipmasters are Paris states that M. Delcasse, who in remainder, about a score in all, to the avoiding the port whenever they can, about to leave for St. Petersburg toration. The principal figureheads, such rather than run the risk of contending resume his duties as French Minister, will as that of the fighting Temeraist, will be with uncertain but rost powerful forces, discuss with the Russian Foreign Minister retained for the museum of the yard, and All artificial harbours erected where there various question affecting Franco Russian of those that remain the royal dockyards is any considerable tidal stream are bound interests in China and the Far East of Portsmouth, Chatham and Rosyth are to have a lide rip across the entrance, generally. The French Goverment to have their first choice. Their selections I am told.

But at Dover the rip is realists that the present time is a critical will be placed in The Jackyard musuma terrific. Portsmouth, alone of all the

one for the commercial supremacy of There will remain a few over for the south coast, ports, is approached with foreign nations in Chian, and they aitu Savy League to dispose of, and the confidence by the mariner. That is to develop their interests there with | Executive discussed its responsibility: In because there is no appreciable tidal ter energy. The present is opportune this detail a day or two age, without, I of Financo intimating that the Provincialstream there. The harbour is practically for their plans, moreover, because Paris hear, coming to any definite decision. Such an offer could not be made it there was Bank of Kwangtung will be opened for in Weymouth Bay, out of the furious the transaction of business on 1st March

For the moment is a far more active loan Perhaps there will not be much for them

THE PROVINCIAL -RANK.

A telegram has been sent to the Board

In the course of an interview with the Tutuh a few days ago, a meniber of the Christmas comes but onceù

and a truly wonderful variety of gentry expressed a desire to know why tastes are shown in "keeping it up." martial law was still in operation, How There are some who occupied the day try that order fat teen restored in Kwang ing to play golf or cricket in the rain; ung. The Tatua's reply was that this uthers preferred to make it a complete matter had been under consideration and day of rest-one long, luxurious lounge.that, provided nothing of an extra- On the other hand, there were those who ordinary nature happened in the interim wished they had done so in preference to he hoped to be able to announce the their festival of too much sympathy withdrawal of martial law next month. upon, and alleviation of a complaint peculiarly virulent at festive times, Some people describe it as acute dryness of the absorbing faculties"; I call it thirst. And the phenomena of this complaint are peculiarities of gait with accompaniments of weird and mystic As a rumblings in the cerebral pan. consequence, & common inquiry on Bank Holiday morning seemed to be concerning, the welfare of this disturbed portion of man's construction. Can anyone give any real reason why the stomach and head should be made to suffer at Christmas time--for souse people spend most of the day in satisfying a sudden abnormal appetite? It seems somewhat absurd, doesn't it!

Us an

rush of the stream from Portland Bill

OUR CONFIDENCE JUSTIFIED. We undertake to rofund the Cost of any Article if any of Dar Customers are not antished,

as we know how excollent our Goods are,

Laext year, which date has been fixed by Newhaven gets bit lightly in the matte centre-than London-if, indeed, the latter to worry about after the first pick has the slightest doult abont air Goods.. All we

Civil Administrator Li in consultation with the Commissioner of Finance.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB. The Cruiser Race for a Cup presented

of the tide rip, but Littlehampton and Shoreham, which have small artificial harbours, have to be approached with great caution, while at Ramsgate there is a streng tidé also Dover, however, beats them all. The eddies are intricate

present.

can be called a ban centre at all just at By aiding China financially France expects TO gain a decided hastage in prestige with the Chinese powers that be, and very likely the notion A dumber of schemes for the of French "Commerce in is correct.

and Siberia have been placed before the leading French banks, and their co-opera tion is assured as soon as reports are favourable for a forward policy. M.

advancement

guna. For names are not always a sure ask in your inspection. guide. There have been more ships

by the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, was sailed and uncertain and the undercurrents endo-China, China proper, Manchuria, heart of London, where the passer-by,

on Friday, the 20th it.

Course From a line between the Club flagstaff and the chimney of the pump- house of the No. 1 Deck at Kowloon,

It is but little more than a week round the beacon in the Channel to the since the French flagship brought to this north west of Cheang Chow, leaving it Colony the Governor-General of Indo. to port, round Stonecutters Island, leaving it to starboard and finishing across a line between the Tamar and the Kowloon Police Pier. Distance, 22 miles The following yachts started at 30a.m. in a fair west wind:--

nd Chuss afforded opportunity of associating ourselves with Pontexte cordiale existing between the

British and French nations. Hence it came as a painful shock to me to read in a Singapore puper, on the eve of Christmas, too, with its message of peace and goodwill to all men, the following Angracious announcement by telegram from London 3-

animosities at

time when from A

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only be gauged with the utmost difficulty Local mariners say that since the Admiralty pierextension the rip has increased to seven kaste at the strongest spring tide. Four hours after high-water

Nobody is the best time to enter, for there is the a short time of slack water. hopes for more than a slight alleviation of the trouble through some engineering device, and the outlook is bad for Dover, for well as the Channel boats there are Atlantic liners ko the Red Star boats that make the port one for regular call. When the French President came to England, the escorting French war | ships preferred to lie outside rather than

take the risks of entry,

at the Russian Court longer than exi case, it may be noted, will not remain January if present plans are adhered to

THE LABOUR FIREBRAND.

amex Colors than the one that fought at Trafalgar, and aut only Nelson's flagship has been enlled the Fictory. -- In all probability one or two will be placed. in some conspicuous open space in the

especially of the younger generation, may get that touch of reality that stirs the imagination and brings to the nostrils of the landsman the whiff of the ocean main.

ANGLO-CHINESE TRADE....

H.

RUTTONJEE

& SON,

WINE AND PROVIBION MERCHANTS,

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China's intercourse with England is MAPPIN& WEBB,

LIMITED.

STERLING SILVER WARE.

certainly advancing, and there, appear to We have been having a taste of that be those who desire it to go further still. Irish firebrand, Jim" Larkin, over here 1 hear of a big advertising office to be

He came,

so he opened to handle publicity for the. for the past week, declared, to carry the fiery cross" among Republican railways and newspapers, the English proletariat in favour of the and a trade paper devoted to Chino-EuroNEW CONSIGNMENTS. Dublin strikers. Av first he did rather pean trade is "on the stocks." I suppose. well, for the fact that he had a good there is need for British manufacturers cause owing to the deplorable condition to wake up to the necessity of anore active of the Dublin slums overshadowed the advertising, though there seems to be fact that he was a ranter who up to now considerable reason for congratulation as have lately had been looked askance at by decent is, for I am tol in the City that

commercial houses bero Irish working men.

received letters from the Far East got to his head, and he launched cut into (especially Sian), Natal and Canada, to an appeal to the rank and file of England quote only a few, acknowledging that the that Government requirements, : that was a slap in the face for the Labour locally-made article will no longer satisfy leaders over here. The result has been English-ninde goods must be supplied rich in humour. The English labour mon instead. In none of these instances was a no longer talk of him as "Jim" of "com-Continental make aceptable, though it is would be bought in the first instance in

But the early success

and

Central Europe for manufacture England.

THE FRENCH LOAN.

in

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. NO CHRISTMAS COMPÉTALENTS A

All this may add to the feeling of the The English newspapers live-tomnimously

day that the time is opportune for decided not to publish the Christruas tele-

Queen. Bee and frus were about 25 brushing aside the objections to a grus exchanged between M. Doumorgne, the now French Premier, Sir Edward Grey minutes late at the start. As the yachts Channel Tunnel The War Office, the and 3. Sazonof, atually assuring each tacked to the westward the wind Admiralty, and the Board of Trade are other of efforts to develop and maintain the increased considerably.

The Call considering the matter, at the instance Friendship and the alliance-respectively, opened out a good lead going up the hur of the Eremier, and they are expected to Most people reading this would naturally bour and at Green Island var about 20 present their reports at an early date ask why the English newspapers should lay minutes ahead of Ocnone and Swipe less they reveal serious obstacles, the themselves out to air up international which passed, to windward of the Island. way will be infinitely clearer for the rade" and they refer to him studional true that some of the materials involved! Miranda went through the Sulphur adoption of the scheme than ever before, as Mr. Larkin. That is a bad sign. thousand palpits peace on earth and Channel, but did not gain much by doing so great an undertaking cannot, of It may pertend that they will throw goodwill to men is being preached?

so. Dorothy went outside also, and I course, be taken up without the gravest Larkin user in their forthcoming national A moment of calm refection followed through the Channel, my first shock of surprise. Could this about as much wind as the boats could deliberation, but it really looks at the conference. In the meantime they are story be true? Must everything that is stand with whole sail and the Chinese outset that the chances are this time calling him ungrateful and his methods published in a newspaper be taken for rigged Boats going free closed up on the fairly hopeful for the promoters of the ceplorable, which is a nice star in the Gospel? A journalist does not often Clara and at the beacon near Cheung plan for the avoidance of nul-de-mer race for the brotherhood of men. harbour such misgivings: hut this-well, Chow the Ognone was only 4 minutes and the ending of the isolation of behind her. The times of rounding were England from the mainland of the this story was a little too high for

approximately as below:-Clarn, 12.986; It

all Roderick Rundon.

Dengue, 12.30; Snipe, 12.33; Miranta, mistake, of course. As the

Flora 12.35; Dorothy, 19.50; Iria, 12:54. render is doubtless aware, telegraphic also went round, but some time after the object of despatches as they reucli a newspaper others. About a mile after rounding the office are often a mere jumble of words Clara was passed by Orror and after which only the experienced hand can wards by Snipe and Mirandu. The wind render at intelligible English. The fall lighter on the way back, but there paragraph I have quoted is an example was a good breeze right to the finish and of the pitfalls these skeleton messages the line was crossed by the following six contain for the unwary. There was no boats as below intention on Reuter's puri to present that the English newspapers frown upon

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CALDBECK,

There is the keenest interest in financial

market by the French Government. The circles over the great loan of £52,000,000

issue has been delayed a little and the which it is proposed to place on the Paris

Government is being hard put to it to That erstwhile firebrand agilator, Mr. defend so huge an issue. Till the loan is negotiated, however, our own market will John Burns, sticks to his Local Govern-net regain any satisfactory level. It is THE ULTRA RADICALS AND MR. CHURCHILL, ment Board Department and rarely known that vestors in Europe have a His former great deal of money hoarded up, but it Mr. Winston Churchill is the latest makes a public speech.

tempt them to get over their nervousness attack among the extreme friends hate him, and their dislike is remains to be seen if the French loan will the less because, bis former and dip into the investiment market. Radicals. In fact, at the time of writing

far from having a depressing effect-on it almost looks as though there would be opponents new see good in him. That he. Some financiers profess to think that so markets the result will be stimulating. a sort of care against the aggressive has done a good deal of work for the First Lord of the Admiralty, firs: be health of the country through his depart It may be so, if the investors thereby But till. cause he means to maintain the Navy in meni probably all would agree, but there regain the investing habit.

he liability to disturbance on the strength-in spite of his offer of a naval are many who describe him as nothing Mexico simmers down again, there will "holiday" to Germany and because he more or less than the ideal bureaucrat markets, in sympathy with international bas views tolerant to the convictions of against whom he used to scatter invective politics.

THE AUSTRIAN HEIR-APPARENT IN ENGLAND. Cor'ted. Order. Cisternen.

It is even said that the This aloofness from the active ble of.

The visit of the Austrian Heir-Appar- malcontents mean to hold a meeting and Ministers of the Lloyd George and

afloat many Archduka Franz Ferdinand, a MACGREGOR&Co. It has also bring their views to the notice of Mr. Churchill type has set te is in this message was that the

Asquith, whom they consider too easy-seports, and the latest are as follows proved a great success.

knows how to do just the right thing. English papers had decided not to

going towards his masterful Cabinet The chances of his remaining in the proved that King George, like his father, publish a Christmas Day. Also that the

colleague. Some even go so far-I suspect Cabinet, even if the Government received His tactful recognition of the delightful -new Foreign Minister in France without

without any reason whatsoever-that the another term of office--which is Joubtful Austrian Duchess, just as though abe were First Lord is busy building bridge of are understood to be remote, and he is really of Royal birth, was one of these nice acts that help forward sa culente waiting for Christmas to arrive-had

Imperial Defence and Ulster security on also credited with the intention to retirerdinte, capecially as the recognition of exchanged telegrams with the Foreign Offices of the two countries with which

which he could re-ross to the Unionit from the representation of Battersea and the Duchess has been such a troublesome Archduke was formerly the hottest bater France is on the most friendly relations.

Wuchung has witnessed many changes party. But these protestants in politics Pot to return to the House as a private point with Continental Courts.

Whoi And so all's well with the world" still within the past two years, but perhaps have lively imaginations. To begin with, member. It is current talk that he was of England on the Continent.

none more striking than that experienced no man has ever dons more than profit annoyed because Old Age Pensions and England heard that the Crown Prince of LUXURIES Where have all the visitors gone?

since the departure of General Li Yuan by one change of party. To cross twice the Insurance Act were carried through Germany was so hostile to the British, it was believed that the feeling was fostered Hotel proprietors are lamenting a con

hung, The Central China Post states has always stamped the adventurer in by other hands, though they cistinctly.

Austrian Thron. Now, while the Crown siderable falling away in the number of that the Vice-President's departure has politics as unstable and under suspicion. touch his sphere of local Government. Its his bosom friend, the heir to the Xmas visitors as compared with lass involved not only the loss of employment Mr. Churchill is far too cute to ran is further said that in the Cabinet Prince is furiously carrying out his exile season's results, and those busy gentlemen of the old oficials, but a remarkable that risk when he has possibilities of Lulu" Harcourt chaffs him in his in Dantzig, and learning between whiles NEW YEAR who chase incoming liners in trim little reaction in oficial manners. General Li launches have been sitting on their was extremely democratic in his dealings some day emerging as leader of the party elegant and sprightly manner, and that that, we English are not so bad after all, haunches for several days. The latter with other officials and all visitors whose cause be now espouses. As to Lloyd George and he are scarcely on are of the opinion that "be revolution' Officials could make appointments by Ulster, I believe the position to be that. is the cause of their idleness. It is a telephone and go to keep them in ricshas, real wonder that someone has not blamed With the advent of Tuna Chi-jui these the revolution" for a muggy Christmas days have passed Recently an official Day.

was observed going to the yamen in the Manchu style, with guards before and behind his chair.

REACTION IN WUCHANG.

Arrived at the yames, the official does! not now go direct to the interview, nor can he present his card in person. He has a special attendant on this function. The big red card then goes to a minor usher, to a big military usher and may finally reach the Tutuh. Meanwhile the

The Colony will shortly be beasting of possessing a corps of Sea Scouts, With tae formation of a troop of Boy Scouts at St. Joseph's College, several hints were thrown out that the island was admir ably situated for satisfying the needs of Sea Scouts. So it is; and on "speech day," the Hon. Mr. Cland Severn stated that probably for half an hour-seated in the the hints had taken definite shape. This chair, still raised on the bearers' shoulders.. evening the Seouts will be told what is it would be beneath his dignity either to expected of those who wish to maneuvre enter waiting rooms or to be deposited on on the water and then a corps will be the ground.

official waits-

formed. Soon, therefore, we may expect. Wuchang may be a.conspicuous indica to see a bunch of healthy lade menningtion that the conservatism of Old China and maneuvring an embryonic man o' has by no means lost its grip upon the war, and springing a night surprise upon country, but it certainly is not alone in

illustrating

tendencies.- reactionary the silent sentinels of the harbour,

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has Archdake thoroughly converted by our correct diplomatic attitude throughout the Near East crisis To-day he is as anxious to show a frank friendliness as he formerly expressed antagonism: King George and he have fraternised thoroughly. They have a similar taste in cigars, they agree on international policy, and they have mutually admired each other's shooting, on equal terms, for they are both easily ahead of all their party in handling a The Archduke's marriage was of course a love affair and it has remained so, to the end that he will stand no affront of the slightes! kind to his wife. He is 1 quiet man, with a good fund of humour, but he is sensitive about his, baldress. At Kew he showed himself a very good. botanist. It is to be hoped he and his party have not found Welbeck dull after Windsor. Worthy as they undoubtedly. are, the Duke and Duchess of Portland are reputed to run the dullest big place in the country. So, at least, the gayer crowd say who are never invited by the Duchess.

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