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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE WATER SUPPLY
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESE
How can the houses of the City be kept clean, and how can plague be driven out of the Colony without a plentiful supply of fresh water
which we take to be the case, and not in
Hongkong, 8th June, 1911. SB-Will you kindly tell me when the subsidiary silver, which stands at about 12 Water Authority is going to turn on the per cent, discount. But there are others full supply of water to the City of including, we believe, not a few foreign Victoria again? The Chinese are groan- merchants--who held notes accepted in paying, but they have an abundance of ment of merchandise at rates much higher patience, and are waiting to learn was
what than 50 per cent, who stand to lose con- wisdom the Water Authority teacbeth. siderably by the redemption if it is made on the bass now, we understand, definitely decided. They have, therefore, good reason to join in the protest being made by the Cantonese people against this bankruptcy composition by a Government claiming to be solvent. On the other hand, looking to the generally impoverished state of the Province through the heary depreciation of AMMONIA, the provincial note issue, it is impossible pigee not to recognise that the acceptance of the FOR THE BATH, TOILET,
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and go some way towards bringing about of the skin, counteracts all effects of
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vince. We imagine that the authorities are reasonably assured that the scheme for cleaning Jewellery, Silver, and Plated Ware, etc,
will meet with large support, or they would scarcely have ventured to launch it, for if there is concerted opposition on any large scale, the repudiation of the notes not
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RUSSIA DEMANDS A RAILWAY CONCESSION.
THROUGH REUTEE ( ADENUZ.) PRESIDENT HUERTA'S POSITION
BLOCKADE DECLARED AT TAMPICO..
WASHINGTON, June 8th. President Huerta bas declared blockade at Tampico, and has sent two gunboats thither to enforce it. Presum- bly, his object is to prevent the land railway from Tsitsikar to Taonan,
link up with the Japanese Taonan- Changchun line.
An engineer's fitter was captured at Buckingham Palaco on Saturday night, He had surmounted a formidable cheveux de frise, tearing his clothes into rage in the effort, and had forced at entrance into gunboate are due to reach Tampico of arms for the Constitutionalists: The
the basement.. He ransacked several of the servants rooms, changed his clothes,
and finally entered the bedroom of one of the Queen's pages, who was awake and raised the alarm.
At present the people can hardly carry suficient upstairs (3 to 4 floors) for cooking purposes. I am wondering where they get the water from to wash their The intruder declares that he wanted clothes and bodies. Perhaps the same te refute the statement made in connec pail of filthy water is carefully stored sway and used over and over again, and tion with the suffragette raids that ao who's to blame for this? Of course, they entry into the Palace was impossible. can obtain water by paying water carriers He accepted a challenge. The man 83 or 4 per month to carry it upstairs appears to be respectable. for them. But they have already paid the Government Water Rates for a permanent supply
Now is the rainy season, and after the full. Surely it is not necessary to wait recent rains the reservoirs must be nearly
till the reservoirs are full to overflowing before the full supply is turned on again!
The full supply should be turned on as soon as possible, as it means the preserve
BRAWLING SUFFRAGETTES,
VIOLENTLY ATTACKED BY LADIES IN BROMPTON ORATORY.
LONDON, June 8th.
Brompton Oratory yesterday.
Some brawling suffragettes at the
violently attacked by ladies of the cou- gregation. The space near the pulpit
were
to day.
Two American warships are following the gupboats, the Commanders of which
have been advised that the United States regard Tampico as an open port.
The American steamer Antilla, with cargo of arms, is expected at Tampico on Wednesday
OBITUARY
LONDON, June 8th, The death is recorded of Mr. Walter. Theodore Watts-Dunton, the well-known litterateur, critic, and poet.
TIMBER YARD ABLAZE,
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON THE PRAYA EAST.
PEEINO, June 8th. Russia demands a concession for a
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND THE CUSTOM HOUSES.
PEKING, June 8th
the Custom Houses into three categories, The Minister of Finance has classified
of which the first is to return to the Central Government at least $300,000, the second $120,000 and the third $60,000 per month.
SALARIES FOR SENATORS.
PEKING, June 8th.. The Chairman of the Tsan Cheng Yuan has moved that his own salary should be fixed at 81,000 with an allowance of $2,000; that the Vice-President should receive
time set would be certain to cause serious disturbances throughout the Province. tion of the health of the Colony, and the was strewn with hair combs and featherslaat night. The alarm was given at about they hold well paid offices besides. The
With regard to the new Government notes, which it is hoped will take the place of the provincial notes, it will probably be a long time before they got into general circula- tion in the Province, notwithstanding that they are to be accepted at their face value at the Government departments, including the Customs, we are told. With the
freedom of the inhabitants from sickness and disease—Yours truly,
A CHINAMAN.
STREET REGULATIONS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS.SU
SIRI Was witness of the following
The large timber-yard of the Kwan On | 8800 and 81,000 respectively, while the Company on the Praya East, took fire members' salaries are to be 8500 each, since
and fragments of clothing. The vergers
7.16, Inspector McHardy immediately members have sharply pretested against finally rescued and carried out the informing the Central and other Police
this proposal becoming effective. They intruders, whose faces were bleeding, the | Stations of the outbreak. The Fire
will refuse to take office if it does ladies still beating them with umbrellas. | Brigade were promptly on the
Crowds broke up several meetings in
two engines, and within a short space of that cene, with time several home were playing on the the parks.
burning timber. The flames had gained LET THEM DIE..?
considerable hold before the arrival of The Standard strongly
the Brigade, however, and the whole of
undorses a
experience the people of South China incident in the narrow passage between ader in the Timea, arguing that the the yard was soon involved. Flames shot Queen's Road and Des Voeux Road along-hunger-strikere should be allowed to die. side Powell's Building
A coolie
Way
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coolie was regardlessly passing this THE KING TO REVIEW THE FLEET. shoulder. He did not take any notice carrying a long chair on his
of other persons in the passage-way, and so he happened to hit a French Sister. on her forehead with the end of the long chair. The knock was so hard that the Sister felt giddy for a moment and asked me to tell the coolie, who, however, went away without taking any notice of his carelessness.dept
have had of provincial notes "backed by the Government," they will be chary of accepting the new national notes, for it is not easy for the populace to understand what greater security there is for these than for those which the Government now propose to. redeem at only fifty per cent. of their face value, or why the Government at Paking should be regarded as any the leas A. S. WATSON & CO..ible for the one note issue then for the respon-
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These things can happen, of course, notes were partially printed in the United accidentally, but I have very often noticed States before the Revolution broke out, so that coolies carry barnboos, etc., and even that they bear the portraits either of the big cases on the side-ways of the strests ancient Emperor HUANG-TI or of LI HUNG to the danger of all passing persons. CHANG, and the words "Tai Ching Bank," It would interest me to know whether which have had to be overprinted with there really exist any regulations govern- the words "Bank of China." This can but ing the carrying of cases, etc., by coolies, atrengthen the general aversion to the notes, as I have never seen a policeman forbid and though re-lithographing the entire issue ding them to carry them just where they would have been a very expensive matter, it like.-Yours faithfully, It has now bean definitely decided that the probably would have been to the Gorem. provincial notes in the Province of Kwangment's advantage, in the circumstances, to S.S. TAI ON" PIRACY RELIEF
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tung shall be redeemed, at 50 per cent of their face value, in cash At first it was intended
pay in now Government notes, but owing to the opposition manifested towards this proposal we understand that it has been abandoned. The date and method of redemption will be announced after the arrival of the foreign supervisors from
have incurred the expens,
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Mr. W A. Dowley acknowledges receipt Mr. Werner, British Consul at Foo of the following subscriptions to the chow, now at Home on leave, has written above fund: to a friend in Foochow contradicting a
published statement that he had resigned, and adding that he will shortly be returning to Foochow
Peking-Messrs. MCEUEK and Box Among
Among the passengers who passed
and we understand it has been decided through the Colony on the P. & 0. that all notes must be presented within one
Devanha was Mr. K J McEuen, month from the date of the announcement. Captain-Superintendent of Police of When that time has expired we presume all Shanghai, who is going home on six
outstanding notes will be repudiated. The A Hilton Johnson, Deputy Superinten months' leave. In his absence, Captain redemption is to be made through the dent, will be in charge of the Police Bank of China, of which a branch was Force. formally opened in Canton on the 1st inst.,
and Mr. WANG CHIN-FANG, the controller, A rather extraordinary story comes from will have in association with him in this Kowloon Recently a Sepey was taken ill, undertaking three representatives of the and his ailment was diagnosed as plague. Quintuple Banking Group, which combina. He refused to take any medicine, tion is advancing the larger portion of the being apparently afraid that he would be money for the purpose of this redemp- poisoned, and he rapidly grew worse. In tion. The sum devoted for the purpose, the evening he was pronounced to be we gather, is $17,000,000, and it is
morning
estimated
into
dead, and on the folowing woman lying by the authorities that there are for the purpose of removing the man for 30,000,000 dollars' worth of provincial notes buried. To their amazement, the deed” to be redeemed. This estimate, we assume, does not take into account the so-slled awoke as from a slumber, rubbed his The man, however, died on the following syes, and gave every semblance of life,
day.
forged notes, which will not be accepted for redemption. There appears to be much resentment among the holders of the de preciated provincial notes over the fact that the Government, by cashing notes at only fifty per cent of their face value, is repu lating half ita indebtedness, but the
THE PLAGUE,
There were 82 cases of plague in the Colony last week-41 in Victoria and 46 in other destricts and the deaths authorities protest their inability to carry Indians, one Filipino, one Japanese. totalled 84. Of this number two were out the redemption at a higher rate, and the remainder Chinese, two being Yet they have forced the notes on the imported cases. The place most serionely affected was Yauma, where there were
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LONDON, June 8th. His Majesty King George raviews the first, second and third flects and all the Botillas at Spithead on July 18th. It will be the largest assembly of battleships scop in the Home waters Altogether about 400 vessels will take part.
BALLOON EXPLOSION IN FRANCE
A HUNDRED PEOPLE INJURED,
__________LONDON, June 8th. A balloon was about to ascend at a country fête scar Epernay when it exploded. A hundred people were in jured and twenty-eight are in hospital, THE FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS
DIFFICULTY IN FORMING A CABINET.
PARIS, June 8th
the formation of a Cabinet on the ground M. Delcassó, has refused to undertake
of ill-health. President Poincare then summoned M. Clementel and Dupuy
Subsequently Ribot was invited to form a Cabinet.
Jean
M Viviani's failure followed upon several days' very active negotiations with the various party leaders. His effort split upon the impossibility of securing colleagues all supporting the
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PROMINENT ITALIANS ARRESTED IN DURAZZO.
DURAZZO, June 8th.. Colonel Muricchio of the Italian Army, and Professor Chinigo (also Italian) have been arrested at the bouse from all of an Italian postmaster, charged with
A few sailors from the U.S.S.
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CHINA'S ARSENALS.
PEKING, JUDE 8th.
the two arsenals at Hanyang and Techow Upon request of the Minister for War,
will in future be placed under the up high above the godown, and the fire Colony, especially from Kowloon and the War, and the Minister of Finance has could be seen from many points in the
immediate orders of the Minister for
Peak. The yard is at the extreme cnd of been instructed to hold in readiness, the several other extensive timber yards, and yearly sum of 1 million taels for their fears were entertained that these might maintenance. become involved, Fortunately, the The arsenals at Shanghai, Canton, and Brigade, assisted by a large contingent of "Jack Tars, who rendered splendid service in handling the hose, succeeded orders in the near future,
Chongtufu will be affected by similar
in preventing an extension of the fire, and before 10 o'clock they had practically extinguished the outbreak.
OFFICIAL CHANGES
PEKING, June 6th. under the Deputy Superintendent of wishes to relinquish the office of Civil The operations of the Fire Brigade were Chang Hei Luan, Tutuh of Fengtien, Police (Mr. , T. II. King) and the Administrator and Teen Yu Lin, at Assistant-Superintendent of the Brigade
same yard was partially destroyed by fire Office, is mentioned au (Chief Police Inspector Gourlay). The Present Vice-President of the Foreign.
somewhere about three years ago, when successor, while Chang Hsi Luan will his probable. damage to the extent of $10,000 was become Military Inspectór
caused,
In this instance the damage must have been even greater, as there was a very large stock of valuable timber stored in the yard. The cause of the conflagration is at present unknown.
traffe and a cessation of the tram service There was & complete stoppage of along the Praya as the result of the fire.
FIRE AND SWORD IN SHENSI
AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE
MAGISTRACY
PEKING, June 8th. The third examinations of candidates for the Magistracy will begin at Peking in September.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS
PEKING, June 8th. All the Provincial Governors will in the future be required to inspect their provinces twice a year, in the Spring and Autumn.
EUROPEAN SERVICE. THE ALBANIAN SITUATION.
The following extracts from a letter written by an eye-witness who has recently been engaged in Red Cross work in News Shenai give some idea, the N. Daily of the suffering which White Wolf has inflicted on the provinces
I was making a journey to Yenanfa from Sianfu, SAVE OUT Correspondent, when White Wolf came into the province from Kingtsekuan. On arriv ing at Sianfu. I found every one in a strained and anxious state of mind. The brigands were near to Yinchiawei, and both the Austrian and Italian Govern- were expected to attack the city The ments
BERLIN, June 6th:
A Press report from Vienna says that.
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THE FRENCH MINISTERIAL
Hi Tuan and Hsiang Tuan ments are considering the recall of the manned the walls every night, armed only envoys to Durazzo and their with spears and stones. Then we heard the brigands had come out of the moun
ment by others. tains west of Vinchiawei, and proceeded towards Hubsien, Many wounded people were brought into the English All shot with rifle. full the stable, the verandahs, the
BERZIN June 8th. porches, the chapel, everywhere nothing. The French Ministerial crisis con- but wounded men and boys, women and tinues, the three youre military service Siris. It was a terrible sight.
The total sum received and the exchanging Rashlight signals with the pistol. Iu a few days every room was
fellowing distribution of the fund will
be carried out. ——
8700 to Mrs. Evans at Calcutta-
Widow of the late Chief Officer. * 300 to the Widow of
Watchman.
of Silva,
late
8 4ds will be handed over to the Chairman of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce,
$1,445
insurgenta.
The
Italian Consulate protected against the violation of domicile, and both men were eventually released.
VIENNA, June 8th
When Colonel Muricchio and Professor as that body organising Chinigo were arrested, many compromis
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services of those of the Officers and Crew of the str. Tai On who resisted the recent attempt to pirate that restel.
ing documenta were found.
CRISIS.
On the track of the Woll things were question being responsible. The French worse. At Hussien I made careful Press ascribes the failure of Mr. Viviani inquiries, and although some said ne
many as 1,200 were killed at this city to the intervention of the French ably about 500 were killed Quito I think that is too many, and that prob Ambassador at St. Petersburg, who has
many more were wounded Old and threatened to resign if the Government
young, men and women, little children,
THE EPIROTIC AGREEMENT.
The
babica in arms, no difference seems to should weaken on that point. The Dutch Commander Thomson at have been made they were wantonly
shot. The city of Hubsien
Russian highest looted
circles follow the first refused the Italian Legation's clean. Not a thing of value was left; struggle with the greatest interest. demand for their release, but eventually only two shows and the yamen were people and are still forcing their acceptance twelve cases and ten deaths. At Hung
burnt, however liberated the prisoners on parole on the by the troops and civil officials ut their face hom there were eleven cases and ten -The man who stands charged with recommendation OF the Prince of value, and it is probably mainly in deaths. Since January lat there have maliciously wounding a Chinese in the
Albania: been 1,876 cases of plague, and of this Wanchai district again appeared before
BOME June 8th. these circles that the hardship of parting large number 1,700 died, including one Mr. Wood yesterday, Inspector Me with the notes at their face value will be European the past Veck also there have complainant was still in hospital, and Pasha, called at the Legation at Durazzo,
Hardy informed his Worship that the
The Albanian Prior, Torkban During week mast severely felt. Those who are large been two non-fatal Chinese cases of WEB holding his own. The doctor holders of notes at the present day have in diphtheria and three non-fatal cases of could not yet say whether he would or expressed his deep regret at the arrests, Kuas, and on his arms five heavy silver difficulties for Albama it the South manyeason doubtless acquired them at the low Chinese,
enteric fever, two British and one would not die. The case was again and discussed with the Italian Minister rate. If this mich were left on Russia is ready to despatch a wat
dead man, how much must each living measures for a settlement of the incident robber have taken with him† -
remanded.
As an example of what the brigands took from the people, I saw, the body of one of them who had been killed when
BERLIN June 6th attacking Hubsien. His comrades and
The Powers urge that the agreement buried him close to the city wall Dogs
dead body, seven milk, and satin pulled him partly from the Brave
with Epirus should take effect as soon beggars did the rest They found on his as possible, in order to prevent new
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