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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 1914.

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corespondent is frequently said to be found celebrated the jubilee of its foundation Friday at Hang Kau. The meh parade TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

in the Chirase text of Article VI. of the French Convention of Peking, 1860, which states that "it shall be lawful for French Missionaries in any of the provinces to

lease or buy land and build houses and,

on December 22nd last.

A bicycle belonging to Mr. Nickol, of No 10, Humphreys Avenue, was stolen on Sunday by a person unknown. The

at the Volunteer Headquarters at 4 p.m..

Mr. A Nilsson, Vice Consul for Sweden, has returned to Hongkong, after short holiday in Europe with Mra.

of course, what is lawful for Frene machine, which is valued at $26, as Nilsson.

outside the house when it was taken.

Suffering from shock caused by jump

Missionaries, becomes lawful for all other Missionaries by virtue of the most-

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THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

EXPENDITURE ON ARMAMENTS.

BRITISH CABINET MINISTERS' VIEWE

LONDON, January 5th.

In response to a request for an inter

[YHROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]

THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.

REPORTED: LETTER ON THE ZAUERN AFFAIR..

LONDON, January 5th. There are persistent reports in the German papers that the Crown Prince'

We learn that during the past three day the quotation for raw opium in favoured mation clause, which is common ing into the waters of the barbour in Hongkong has jumped up $300 a cheat, view regarding the statement of Mr. Las sent a message to Colonel von Reuter,. to the Trenties of all the Powers. This futile attempt to end his life, a Chinese though prices at Calcutta are unchanged. Lloyd George that the present is the most

The opening of the Panama Canal has favourable moment in the last 20 years Zubern, approving of his attitude in-

clause, however, the Chinese Government shopkeeper in Queen's Road West has been sent to the Government Civil Hospital.

af the fortifications of the island of

rule not to give interviews to news papers on important questions of this character while under the consideration of the Cabinet

begun to bring about great changes in the for overlinuling the expenditure on The purser of the Manchure, Mr. L. Orient, remarks the Manila Gablenére armaments, Mr. Winston Churchill, who MacPherson, has complained that on the One of the most important is the increase is now in Paris, replied that he made it 29th ult, he gave one of his saloon boys Gram, which is to become the head the sum of $109 in gold to take ashore quarters of the U.S. Marine corps in the and change, and that the boy has distrar East. The latest orders received in Manila enll for the transfer of the appeared with the money,

artillory received here to Guam and the greater part of the corps now here will leave the Philippines on the supply ship on January 18th.

has always declared was surreptitiously added to the Article, and it is significant that it is not in the French text, and it has been further said that although the Chinese Government had the right since it was provided that the French text alone should rule in case of disputed interpretation-they never had the courage to repudiate it. May be there are

A charge of manslaughter has been pre some among our readers who will recall a ferred by the polico against ariesha icoture on "The Political Obstacles to ecoli-apparently quite a boy-who ran Missionary Success in China" delivered into another ricsha coolic in Pedder many years ago in Hongkong by the late Street on Saturday. The latter received Mr. ALEXANDER Mienia, for many years serious injuries, and was removed" to the Correspondent of the Times at Peking hospital, where he died the same day. and the author of a well-known book

The Philharmonic Concert has been entitled "The Englishman in China." Mrxod for Saturday. February 7th and VERY SUPERIOR OLD PORT WITH MICHIE pointed out in that lecture that will take place in the Theatre Royal on The principal work to be while the deception practised by the inter- that date. polation of this clause was severely produced is the concert version of Plan- Per Dozen $29.80 commented upon by Protestants, itsquette's famous. opera, "Les Cloches de provisions were nevertheless availed of Corneville." It will be given by a Band by the Protestant Missious, under the and Chorus of 80 voices, "most favoured-nation" privilege. "And so it came to pass," said Mr. MICHIE" that the whole system of inland Missions ever since has been carried on under the aegis of this equivocal transaction. And, broadly speaking, the missionary troubles, with their attendant crimes and outrages, during the past thirty-five years have arisen from this general cause. As Protestants have taken

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It is reported, says a Peking contom porary, that Miss Kung, second daughter. of Director-General Kung, of the Bureau of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs, will be betrothed to Hsuang Tung, ex-

a to Emperor of the Manchu Court, proposa! was made by Vice-Director Yung of the Bureau, who is a relative of the young Emperor.

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The local pugilist “Iron” are specially full adroutage of the Frenol treaty, it is

difficult to see how they can avoid the again appeared before the recommended, being of Superior charge of being accessory after the fact to strate yesterday in answer Vintage, Old, and

thoroughly the means by which it was obtained." Mr. charge of being in possession of stolen Micain declared that it was obtained by property, viz, one shirt. matured and in fine condition.

“a fraud, audacious and flagitious, per- Gardiner defended, and the case was petrated by a French Missionary in the formally adjourned until Monday next, interests of the Catholic propaganda." the following Thursday and Friday after-

Mr. "3" H.

AN INTERESTING OPIUM CASE.

In view of the provision in the new Opium Bill allowing a person to possess 20 tals of opium, a case which came before Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday is invested with special interest, Two men, named Lam Ching and Li Ching. of 18, Graham Street, were charged with having in their possession more than b taels of propered opium, contravention of the existing law, and Mr. Hazeland fined the first defendant $2,000 with the alternative of 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. seecnd defendant, was discharged.

THE JUBILEE ROAD, MURDER,

the Commandant of the Garrison at

regard to the happenings there.

The court-martial of Colonel von Reutor began Strassburg yesterday,

at

THE IRISH ARMS EMBARGO,

AMUSING INCIDENTS.

LONDON, January 5th. The Irish Arius Proclamation is pro-

While the Unionist püpere give extraets from the speeches of Mr. Churchill to showviding plenty of humorous incidents. the absolute opposition of his views to The Customs officials seized a consign. those of Mr. Lloyd George, the Daily ment of war material recently for Chronicle publishes other extracts from troops stationed at Carrickfergus, and the apeeches of Mr. Churchill and Mr.refused the application of the War Office. Asquith with the view to demonstrating the complete agreement of the Cabinet.

The Solicitor General (Sir S. O. Buck master), speaking at Howarth, said that Military and Naval expenditure was necessary only so far as it was required to secure us unassailable from foreign enemies. It ceased to be peeded directly

we had made the relations with our neighbours so friendly that there was no The reason to apprehend their action.

FLOUR IN THE ORIENTAL MARKET.

IMPORTANT JAPANESE ENTERPRISE AT VANCOUVER.

VICTORIA (BIC.), January 5th. The well-known Japanese millionaire,

The hearing of the charge of fratricide- against Kan Tsai, a junk-owner, was resumed by Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magis tracy yesterday afternoon. In cross- examination by Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton Baron Mitsui, has announced, through (for the defendant), Po Pok Shau, the the Japanese Consul, that he intende alleged eye-witness of the murder, said

flour and that he saw the third shot fared. It establishing large

wheat

for its release, on the ground that the Proclamation does not mention any ex- ceptious. They have also seized swords,

Theatrical Company's properties,* pistols, and uniforms, being part of

TURKEY'S NEW DREADNOUGHT.

PERTURBATION IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES.

CONSTANTINOPLE, January 5th. Though the Turkish population" generally is satisfied with the purchase of the Dreadnought Rio de Janeiro, financial circles are perturbed, and Ottoman Stack has dropped a point since. the 2nd inst. The appointment of Enver Bey is also hardly soothing.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE, IN NORTH

AFRICA.

ALGIERS, January 5th. Mr. Lloyd George was the guest of the Governor-General at luncheon yesterday.

A. S. WANSON & CO. Although this view has been widely accepted nuous heing selected for the hearing of entered the breast of the dead man. The terminals in Vancouver for the supply He starts to-day for a moter tour in the ̈

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the case.

by writers on the subject, we have never been able to see why this "smuggled clause" should be deemed responsible, "broadly speaking, for the missionary troubles and their attendant crimes and

take away the electric fan and lamp should have taken the witness with him outrages" extending over many years, For, after all, this smuggled clause in the concubine gave then admittance, and they if he wanted to kill his brother, witness took away the articles named. Sube said he did not know the defendant's French Convention of 1860 is but a para- phrase of Article XII of the British Trosty ofquently the woman learnt from the land-intention. The case was adjourned.

lord of the house that he had never issued. any such orders to any person,

defendant started to leave the scene of of the Oriental markets. the affair before the witness, but he ran Two men knocked at the door of No. forward and overtook him. After he had Bonham Bond, on Saturday, and, pro-goas about 20 paces, he observed the ducing a card, one of them announced defendant place the revolver into the side Asked why the defendant that they had come from the landlord to of the hill..

Owing to the financial stringency, says the Peking Daily News, the Ministry of Finance proposes to stop sending students abroad for a while, and to recall number of the students who are stady- ing in the foreign countries,

[It may be suggested to the Ministry of Finance that in the matter of expense, the Hongkong University has advantages over universities in foreign lands. -ED, H.D.P

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB, FANLING.

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COLONIAL PREFERENCE,

AUSTRALIA INCLINES FAVOURABLY TO

"CANADA'S ADVANCES.

LONDON, January 5th. Mr. Foster, the Canadian Minister of Commerce, who has arrived in London from Australasia, interviewed by a repré sentative of Reuter's Agency, said that bis informal negotiations in regard to Preference between Canada and Australia had progressed favourably, but the change of Government in Australia precluded definite arrangement. The sentiment in Australia favoured Preference.

Mr. Foster also declared that the great

majority of Canadians approved of the Government's Naval measure, but it remained to be seen what action the Government would take on the re- assembling of the Canadian Parliament on the 15th inst. The Canadian Minister added that he was most impressed by the great interest shown in defence measures by the Australasians.

1858, which provides that." British subjects, whether at the Forts or at other places, desiring to build or open houses, ware- housas, churches, hospitals or burial. grounds, shall make their agreement for the land or buildings they require at the rates prevailing among the people equitably and without exaction on either side." Surely, under this clause, the missionaries of all countries, by virtue of the most favoured-nation privelege, acquired the right to buy land and build and open houses, even before the French Convention was Captain Brae ler, of the Sun On, had negotiated. Indeed, Mr. H. B. MORSE an unpleasant experience on Satur Ivy in hin work on "The Trade and Admin-morning. He was being driven westward istration in China" shows, that apart in a ricsha when his coolie, who was from special treaty privilege, the Ro-running on the wrong side of the road, man Catholic missionaries had the right collided with a two-wheeled truck pro of user, dating back three centuries oeeding in the opposite direction. Capt. with interruptions, and, uninterrupted, various injuries. The police went to his Braeder was thrown out, and sustained AN anonymous letter appears in our two

except by massacre and arson, for over assistance, but he refused to go to Peking contemporaries inquiring whether

saventy years this right was confirmed Christian Missionary organisations in by treaty forty-eight years ago, and upon

hospital. or the interior are permitted to buy this right, sanctioned by acceptance for that Peking

Mr. Chan Pui, the first clerk in the unlimited amount of real estate for period and strengthened by the interpo- Harbour Department of Hongkong, has

The youngest aviator but one in the speculative purposes only, or are they sup-inted clause, is based the farther right to just published a book in English and British Navy is of Far Eastern birth posed to acquire real estate only for mission sqquire new property, now secured by the Chiness of "common words, phrases, Mr. Douglas G. Young, the second son purposes, such

as schools, churches, later commercial treaties, the British of conversations, translations and inter- of the well-known Editor of the Japan hospitals, homes for the aged and similar 1902, and the American of 1903. There pretation. It makes an octavo volume Chronicle. He is twenty years of age institutions. The correspondent points out can be no doubt that the original intention of 305 pages, and will appeal especially

the Royal Naval that several Missions in Peking are acquiring of the agreements was to allow missionaries to Chiness students of the English Flying School at Eastchurch, near Chatug there for two months, and then going real estate for commercial exploitation. He to acquire lands and property for mis- language. The great object of the work, ham, with the rank of Second Lieutenant. to Canada in July,

During the past two yours innumerable scary purposes." These words are used the author says, is that the learner may In a private letter received in Kobe he kouses have been acquired by Missions, and in the American Treaty of 1908, and the acquire a good knowledge of interpreta gives a few particulars in regard to a immediately re-let at a considerable profit. letter published in the Peking papers raisesion, and we think the volume is likely to prove of considerable use to students

HONGKONG. JANUARY 6TH, 1914

writes:-

Peking is not an open port, and only a few the question whether land and buildings in that respect. old-established Foreign firms are permitted

to carry ou business here, New firms are bringing revenue to the missionary treasury generally only able to establish themselves can reasonably be considered land and

Missions. The exploitation of Mission pro

Three cases were down for hearing at

37 Entries;

2 down

2 down

3 down

A YOUNG BRITISH NAVAL AVIATOR FROM JAPAN.

and is attached to

TRADE OF THE DOMINIONS.

LONDON, January 5th. Reuter learns that the Dominions Trade Commission resumes in London to-day. It will consider the interim report, and continue sitting until February, when the inchabers leave for South Africs, reranin

THE NEW GREEK LOAN. naval aviator's life. He says:--

ATHENG, January 5th. "Eastchurch is close to Queenboro, on the Isqof Sheppey, and a very dreary place,

The Lew Greek loan for £20,000,000 in about twenty miles from the first signs of real civilisation, namely Chatham. During to bear 5 per cent, interest, and will be church Right fecord by reaching 10,300 feet

RAILWAY TROUBLE IN SOUTH AFRICA

MEN'S SOCIETY DEMAND CESSATION DE RETKENCHMENT POLICY.

interior, visiting Tiogad, Biskrat, and Tugurt, on the borders of the Sahara.

OBITUARY,

LONDON, January 6th. The death is announced of the well- known playwright and actor, Mr. Mark Melford.

TRAGEDY AT SHANGHAI HOTEL

PACIFIC MAIL AGENT'S SUPPOSED SUICIDE. A shooting tragedy occurred at the Palace Hotel, Shanghai, on 20th Decem ber, when Mr. W. R. Matteson, agent of the Pacific Mail S.8. Co., was found having taking his own life, Mr. Matte ying dead in his room, be, it is supposed, son had been living in the hotel ever since he arrived in Shanghai in February last, and the discovery was made by a. boy, early in the morning. He went to: call Mr, Matteson, but receiving no reply, he entered the room and found him lying on the floor with a bullet wound in his head. The circumstances pointed to the fact that Mr. Matteson had been dead. for some hours,

The sad news was received with deep regret by a large circle of friends, among whom the deceased was well-known and highly esteemed. He assumed charge of the Shanghai branch of the Pacific Mail in February last, previously having spent many years in Yokohama, being always connected with the company, He succeeded Mr. R. C. Morion at Shanghai, and at once gained the confidence and respect of all those with whom he became acquainted. He was a native of New York State, and was fifty years of age. Mr. Matteson, who was unmarried, war. was of a somewhat retiring disposition. At the inquest, Mr. A. H. Brown, chief clerk, said that during the time deceared was at Shanghai bis health had been good physically, but mentally he was in rather a bad condition. His mind was not normal and he was frequently depressed, and worried greatly over trifies. Sinca. witness knew him in Yokohama he was a changed man.

In reply to questions Mr. Brown said that deceased practically worried himself to death over his office business. Almost- every night, for the last two months, deceased had written out a letter of resignation, and had frequently composed cables resigning from the company. In

them to witness, who persuaded him not the morning, he would talk over and read

asking for relief on account of mental break-down. From conversations he had bad with deceased during the past few days witness rather suspected that be might do something of this sort. That morning witness had been instructed to giro Mr. Matteson the required rebel.

The medical wtness stated he could not testify to the cause of death withont making a post mortem examination, and the inquest was adjourned.

by leasing land and buildings from Foreign buildings acquired for missionary purposes, the Supreme Court yesterday morning last week I anteceded is breaking the East- yedeemable in 50 years The minimum to resign but ask for a year's rest. On perty, particularly round the Church of St. Undoubtedly to affirm that it is eo is to At 10 a.m. only Press representatives had on a Short higinne, with an 80 h.p. Gnome price is 974, and certain revenues have Christmas Day deceased mailed a letter Mitinel in the Legation Quarter, for business widely stretch the ordinary meaning of the asserabled and the Puisne Judge waited During this trip I saw a most peculiar sight been assigned as security. purposes is notorious. On the glacis, the

Whilst getting up I climbed through clords Republican Hotel and other buildings used words that may fairly be presumed to have in his retiring room. Eventually the mere 8,500 feet thick, and which for business purposes are reported to be been in the minds of the Treaty-makers, cases were put back until noon, but even extended from a height of 4,000 feet to Mission property.I am also given to under but if anybody is to blame for the then neither the parties concerned nor 7,500 feet. Above this there was glorious stand that a large area in the vicinity of the Hatamen has been bought up by Missions, exaggerated interpretation it is the Chinese tho solicitors had put in an appearance, sunshine, and everywhere I looked thore was a circular hole through the clouds, and in not for Mission uses, but to be re-let at authorities who have registered such sales hat the Judge, the clerk and the Press a sea of cloud. Juss in one place there was considerable profit, Quite recently a pro-and transfers:*

representatives maintained. A patient the nuddle of this hole there was a conte perty near the Hatanon conservatively

vigil for half an hour longer they of cloud about 1,000 or 1,500 feet in height.

PRETORIA, January 5th. estimated to be worth $10,000 was acquired

waited. It was then decided to adjourn This was probably a circular storm, and as

The Executive of the Bailwaymen's I wasn't sure, I didn't go near it. It the Court, which had never really been took me 20 minutes to do 6,000 feet, and commenced, for the day: When a similar 2 hours and 30 minutes to do 10,000 feet, Society have prescated an ultimatum to demanding the happening occurred last week a plausible owing to the engine going dudas e Six Louis Botha excuse was forthcoming, that one solicitor ay-through lack of oxygen. It took me

I had another immediate cessation of the policy of 27 minutes to come down: was detained in Man" while the other go to beat the British height record (12,920 retrenchment concerning the railways,

was not visible in Hongkong." How feet) next day, but failed owing to my ever, yesterday no one seemed able to running into a snowstorm at 8,000 feet, and and the re-instatement of the men already

retrenched. the carburetter freezing up and the engine. stopping.

by a Mission for a nominal figure and re-let

at a price almost sufficient to repay the

The English mail of the 8th December purchase money in a year. But if a foreigner was delivered in London on the 3rd seeks to ront a house to live in, or to do business in, from Chinese, the police in most January cases interfere, and refuse the necessary

ermit, with the result that he is obliged to On Sunday a licensed stone junk, No. lease premises owned by a Mission, and to 623H, struck a rock off Kau Ye Chau pey whatever rent it cares to ask. At this Island, and went down. No lives were rate it will not be long before. Foreigu 31issions own half the real estate in Peking.

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explain the absence of the parties.

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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD SERVICE TO CHINA.

The Norddeutscher Lloyd announces. that, beginning with the sailing of the steamer Kleist from Southampton on January 13, the steamers of their China and Japan Line will call at Lisbon and Gibraltar alternately both cutwards and homewards,