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HONGKONG
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council was held yesterday at the Council Chamber.
The following were presentzi HIS EXCELLANCY THE GOVERNOR, SIE FRANCIS EENRY MAY. K.C.M.G.
H18 EXCELLENCY MAJOR-GENERAL T. H. KELLY, C.B. (Gonoral Officer Commanding
Troops).
Hon. Mr. CLAUD SEVERN (Colonia
"Secretary),
Hon. Mr. J. H. KEMP (Attorney General).
Hon. Mr. E. D. WOLFE (Colonial Treasurer).
Hon. Mr. A. F. CHURCHILI (Director
of Public Works),
Hou Mr. E. R. HALLIFAX (Secretary for Chinese Affairs), Datuk
Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. MEER (Captain Buperintendent of Polico).
Hon. Mr. Wai YUR, C.M.G. Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C. Ilon. Mr. E. SHELLIM.
Hon. Mr. D. LANDALE. · Hon. ME, LAU CHUPAK. MrMBREEN (Clerk
| MINUTES, A
Council).
PEKING NOTES.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
PexiNG, June 24th.
A LEGALLY CONSTITUTED ASSEMBLY.:
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 7TH, 1914.
AN EASTERN NEWSPAPER'S
JUBILEE
The C. Daily News (Shanghai) Wednesday last published a special num The event of the week is, of course, ther to mark its Jubilee. The con- inauguration of the Tean Chong Yuan, the advisory chamber which the President has called into being to assist him in the affairs of State. The ceremony, which took place in the Parliament Building, Indeed it was fairly simple. The most imposing features were really the soldiers who lined the route taken by the Vice- President of the Republic, General Li Yuan Hung. They looked very smart in their coloured tunics and German style head-dress. The General drove to the ceremony in the President's armoured
could not be described as elaborate,
motor car, a protection which lie does not need, as he is very popular and there is little fear of an attack being made on his life an
The address of the President read by the Secretary of State was a very tactful utterance. He commented on the fact that among the men there that day were men who had built up the Republic, and The minutes of the previous meeting intellect of the Manchu régime. He in- there were men who represented the best
were confirmed.....
-vited both the men of the old school and the new school to join in helping him with the administration of the country The speech made a favourable impression, and the opening ceremony has been garded as an augury of useful work on the part of the new assembly.
FINANCIAL
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Con- mittee (No. 9), and moved its adoption.
The COLONIAL TREASURER SEConded, and the motion was agreed to,
WEST RIVER: PLOODS."
HIS EXCELLENCY-Gentlemen, I asked you to come here to-day in order that we right move the resolution which appears on the orders of the day. You all know, of course, that there have been very disastrous floods on the West River, and although I cannot give you full parti
it is no doubt widespread. This is en
There were only 40 present out of a total membership of 70, but this number is likely to be augmented as the other appointees reach the Capital.
THE QUEUE-CUTTING CAMPAIGN.
of the regulations which have been issued Forsignors must smile when they read by the Ministry of the Interior govern- ing the "persuasion for queue-cutting
HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON, June 10th." ADMIRAL, SIR PERCY BCOTT'S BOMBSHELL
is rather
that
gratulatory messages printed include
Admiral Sir Percy Scott has indeed letters from President Yuan Shib-kai, set the Service Clubs talking by his Sir John Jordan, H.B.M. Minister at declaration that all battleships except Peking, M. Doumorgue, who wrote while submersibles and acroplanes are now for a brief period he was Prime Minister obsolete because of the deadliness of the of France, and from the Editors of submarine torpedoes and the all-seeing several London papers; a congratulatory powers of the aviator.
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Moule, and some amusing verses by Mr. all the expenditure on naval armamen poem of eighteen versrs by Archdeacon good news to the pacificators to find JO. P. Bland. Mr. R. B. Gundry, who is thrown away. Henceforth the days, contributes a column was Editor of the paper in its early advocate will be quoting Sir Percy in season and out of it. Touching the pro of reminiscences and there are bosides tection of the trade routes he thinks if articles on old Shanghai illustrated by the exits of the North Sea and the Medi many excellent reproductions of photo-terranean were bottled up with submarines graphs. There is an striking symbolical we would be as, well off as ever. Mean- picture of "Madame Vorth China Daily Winston Churchill that we are well ahead while we have the assurance of Mr. News receiving congratulations on attain of all nations in submersible craft, and The drawing is by as to the aviation wing-well, if personal ing her Jubilee.” "Valdar. Another feature of the issue observation will equip us, Wiuston is the man, for he is lying every day, and which will interest old Shanghai recently had to assure a Scottish M.P. residents is H.H.'" cartoons of three solemnly that he made an exception of
former editors.
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received.
We add our own to the many felicita- our contemporary has already We stand to the NC: Daily Pers in the relationship of an elder brother, for the Hongkong Daily Press celebrated its Jubilee nearly seven years ago, having commenced publication on October 1st. 1857, and thought weekly newspapers previously existed both in Hougkong and Canton, the Hongkong Daily Press enjoys the distinction of being the oldest daily newspaper in the
Far East..
THE NEW GOVERNOR OF KWANGTUNG.
The newly-appointed Civil Governor of
Sundays,
A CLIT SENSATION,
end of the week in the suspension of the The sensation in the City came at the house of Messrs. Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell & Co., Ltd., though there had been rumours in circulation for some time of badly nipped in the depression of an impending crisis. This house has been Canadian stock, for it has been concerned in many of the large flotations of the last few years. The name of Grenfell has long beon famous in the City, and it is to be hoped that the present difficulties will not bring its participation in high finance to conclusion. The suspension emphasises the fact that things are exceptionally bad in the City just now, especially among those who have Canadian interests. I heard the other day that a formor company promoter was turning a barrel organ in North London. I don't know how far that can be relied upon, but that "organ-grinding is approaching the dignity of e profession there can be no
individual in ·a
morning coal and
handle of an automatic music sunchine in
culars of the distress occasioned thereby to be enforced by the chiefs of the various Kwangtung, Li Kuo Kwan, arrived in the doubt. The other day a top-hattod extract from a despatch from the Tutuh departments." In these regulations, the Colony on Sunday, on his way to Canton, immaculate spats was seen turning the responsible for the Province to the Consul General, whom I asked to make inquiries
n the subject. It says:
The floods this year have been more disastrous than any that have been known for many years. In the districts of Awangchow and Shaoch ing a clean sweep has been made of all the dykes, the worst destruction having been caused at the Ko, Ting An, and Sang Yuon dykes in the Nombor District, and at the Yeng Lo dyke in the Sat. Hui District. The victims of the floods are scattered all over the country vig their state is indeed pitiful to look
People are gravely informed that such great men as Peter the Great and Mutsu- into paid special attention among hundreds of other reforms to the cutting of the hair, and then they are advised that the cutting of the queue is not necessitated by the change of Govern- ment, but because of the dangers and inconvenience associated with the queue, such as dangere in factories, and so on, If the people should not be convinced by this reasoning, they are told that untidy and dirty coiffures invariably arouse the derison of visitors."
Offices are to be established for persuading the are told how they should proceed to deal people to cut their queues," and officers
with the different classes. Coolies are to be plainly told that if they do not comply with the order within a given time they will be suspended from their employment, officials and their servants are to part with their queues or lose their positions, but merchants are to be reached by means of the lecture ball and persuaded to have their locks shora. The situation in Peking especially would be arousing were it not so tragie. It cannot redound to the dignity of the Government to accept responsibility for the scenes witnessed in the streets these days of policemen chas. ing shrieking coolies seeking to deprive them of their treasured locks. But Chins is a queer country,
FILIAL PIETY.
and made an official landing from the cruiser Hoi Sum at Blake Pier. His Excellency was accompanied by Admiral Li Wo, the Vice-Minister of the Nary, who has been deputed to carry into effect the arangement made at Peking during Vice-Admiral Terram's recent visit, for the suppression of piracy. The two dis tinguished visitors were met by Captain
guard of honour being furnished by non Alison (A.D.C. to H. E. the Governor), the
commissioned officers and men of the 40th Pathane.
After a visit to Government House, the visitors attended a reception at the Chinese Club, at which the Hon. Mr. Lan Chu Pak presided.
later in the day.
Westroinster, with a card announcing that
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he had depended through hand of late a good position in a City bank. Of late also there has been seen a girl of refined appearance with a barrel organ and a notice proclaiming that she was asked a man the other day, skilled in the governess but was unable to get work. I
ways of how London lives, what had become of all the Italians who used to
replied, "They're gone to America," make the street air of the town throb with the strains of popular tunes, and he
THE WILD WOMEN..
· Probably of all people in this realm, the King and Queen dislike the tactics of the wild women of the militant suffrage camp. more than others. Wherever they go, their Majesties are in danger of being made the target of the shrieking sister- The Civil Governor left for Canton hood-if the women will own to any such feminine thing as sisterhood. At the Theatre, the Horse Show and even at the Court itself, tho women force their way and make the scene discordant with their outery, What time they have to spare from burning old churches and the houses of widows they devote to the disturbing. minster Cathedral and the Brompton of religious services. Sunday at West-
Oratory will be memorable to those who
hooligans. But at the latter place they attended the services as exhibiting the worst side of these demented suffrage-
THE DECREASE OF PLAGUE: During the week ending July 4th there were but 20 cases of plague reported, 16 of which proved fatal. Ten deaths occurred in the city of Victoria. January 1st there have been 2,087 cases Since
of plague, and 1,906 deaths.
In the same period there was ons fatal Chinese case of diphtheria, and also of small-pox. There were niso three cases of enteric fover, including one British,
but none proved fatal.
In connection with the local daritable socioties and institutions, In doing my utmost to provide the relief that is required, and in response to your telephone bajo doloristion of the state message I have the honour to
of things with the request that you will he good enough to convoy it to His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong." In order to gain further particulars I sent out Mr. A. E. Wood, the first Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and he has just returned from Canton, and says most excellent work is being due by the Government and by the charitable society there known as the Kau Tsoi Kung Sho, who have already cent vast quantities of rice to the starving people right up as far as Nanning. The Tung Wah Hospital in this Colony has already sent food to the value of 820,000 to the Kau Taoi Kung Sho for distribution, while the proposal now is, if you vote the money which appears on the orders of the day, to make that the nucleus of a public subscription, and that subscription would be raised by n committee which I propose to appoint of all nationalities here in the Colony Chinese, British, and other Europeans and Americans. Then, in order to assist the Chinese Charitable, Society and the Chinese Authorities themselves in the organisation for the distribution,
they have already given, that Mr. Wood shall proceed to the Shin Hing District and there assist in the organisa tion of the distribution of food, and subsequently in such other relief work as there may ba funds for. The Tutub has and one which should be honotired, they it would appear that the time has come ground where up to now they have been very kindly offered to place a gunhant at Minister has given instructions in accord his disposal, which will be moored at Shiu ance with the regulations for honouring Hing for Mr. Wood's accommodation, and Mr. Wood will act there, in conjunction worthy persons that a tabiat be erected with a local official on the spot who with the inscription" erainent in filial niready has a very good grip of the conduct” as an encouragement to the situation. I think that these arrange common people. If the common poeple anents will be practically under Govern mont auspices, and Mr. Wood at Shia followed this example there would soon. fing will be the agent of the Government be no fears of the yellow peril" which and of the subscribers to the fund, and be so many foreigners worry about, will communiceto with us from time to Lime of the progress made and as to the
ecessity of funds.
I hope that the arrangements meet with your approval, and if they do I shall proceed, after the
Aa an illustration of how old impracti cable notions survive even in these modern daya may be quoted the instance of a man somewhere in Yunnan whose
of the Interior. This man died from grief over the death of his father," and as this is a deed not easily accomplished
ONEROUS QUARANTINE IN JAPAN
We take the following from the Japa
propose, with their concurrenc, which flial piety" is reported to the Minister Gazette of the 25th ult, ;--
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THE FLOOD RELIEF FUND.
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caught a tartar, or several of them, tor the women of the congregation, a fashion. able one, turned on the interrupters and by the time they had managed to escape. they were hatless, dishevelled, and in some cases bleeding from the mouth. In fact mere men had to defend them from their: own sex. There can be no doubt that the public temper is roused and the "loader" of one of the Conservative morning. papers, urging the Government to repeal die merely reflects the opinion of a the Cat and Mouse Act and let them large section of public opinion. In the parks and public places where the militant speakers are wont to appear the anger of the hitherto good humoured crowd is seen in meeting violence with violence. They are being chased from every vantage treated with easy tolerance. We are told that it is all due to the orders of Christabel Pankhurst, who keeps safely at a distance. while she urges the deluded girls who have joined the movement-any of them for pay to fresh excesses. Now we havë disclosures showing that they are smuggling drugs into the prisons to make militant prisoners sick and so hasten their release. Truly it is a sorry farce.
The relatives of the Misses Blomfield,
SAFER LIFE-JACKETS, the girls who made a suffragist scene at Court, are making no secret of their
ATTITUDE OF THE BOARD OF TRADE disgust at the conduct of the zealots. Lady Blomfield, the mother of Mies Mary Blomfield, the chief offender, is a beautiful officer of the Storstad, floating masses According to the narrative of the first
She is an ardent Bahaist and recites short Empress of Ireland sank, which on woman, and an idealist to her finger tips were discovered in the water after the prayers and aphorisms in a contemplative examination proved to be people with voice preparatory to a discussion on the Bahai cult, which is a sort of diluted heads drooping beneath the surface, hang- Pantheism. Princess Karadia is another ing limply in lifebelts
As the two greatest shipping disasters those to the Tone and Empress of of recent years occurred in calm water-
Ireland-it seems highly desirable that attention should be directed to the type of life-jackets employed. Life-jackets are,
swimmer, ARTA
The Times understands that the Board of Trade is seriously considering a pro- posal only to approve life jackets which automatically turn the persons encased on to their backs and prevent their heads would prevent the drowning of persons through fainting in the water, which is loss of life. An impartial examination of the best type of life-inckets available manfil slegjonile be in the interests of the travelling public.
Complaint is becoming loud among merchants and shippers, Japanese and foreign, in regard to the rigorous quar- antine regulations still maintained in Japan as against Hongkong, and certain to relax this additional restriction on trade. The plague records at Hongkong show a steady roduction in the number of cases, as the following list shows:-
For week anding May Ith
241 case For week ending May 23rd. 218 For week ending May 30th 112 For week ending June 6th- For weet enling June 18th 81 For week ending June. 22nd 63 Yot vessels calling at Hongkong when they arrive in Japan are still held up," sometimes for as many as four days, in The proposal which I mentioned last order to comply with the regulations week for the establishment of an interns. This means a heavy loss not only to the tional race club was discussed at an in- steamship lines but also to Japanese and formal meeting in the Peking Club, and foreign exporters whose cargo is delayed vote has been taken, to appoint a cam- mittee the names of which will be however, is likely to become much greater Government would naturally wish to was favourably rescived. The proposal, in shipment, and is a loss which the published in due course. I can only say than the promotors contemplated, there I have not the slightest doubt that I echo being suggestions under discussion now
remove as early as possible. Of course, everyone appreciates the efficient pre the views of all the members of the Council that golf links, tennis courts, and facili- cautions Japan takes against the and the community in general when I ties for other sports should be provided: says that we deeply sympathise with the that, in short, something of the nature of
acourgea of the Orient when necessity arises, but, with the careful quarantine enthusiast on the subject and used to population in the district in the neigh-a country club should be formed in the safeguards at Hongkong, vessels, which attend Lady Blomfield's gatherings until boaring province which has been visited vicinity of the Temple of Agriculture. ere given a clean bill there on learing, she began a Bahaist circle of her own, by this terrible disaster.
Fun practically no risk of bringing away The Eastern mystic who heads the move- Hon. Mr. WaL YUK-I beg to second
As the result of the heavy rainstorm of the slightest infection, and are moreover ment, while in London on a visit from your Excellency's resolution.
The resolution, which was as under, was this week, practically the first fall of rain always subject to specially rigid inspce Persia, found Lady Blomfield so ardent when boats fail, the last hope of the non-
appear to guaran admirer that she gave up her fint in then read by his Excellency, put to the eight months, it has been suggested tion here, which would meeting, and carried unanimously:-
that pending the time when a modern antee their condition. The new regula
and Turkish followers. She herself went That this Council on behalf of the com-system of drainage can be contemplated tions requiring them to delay their Cadogan Gardens to him and his Persian with her daughtera to stay with friends munity of Hongkong desires to express the the existing drains built of brick and arrival in and departure from Japan are,
covered in should be utilised to some therefore, to extout and only went to her own flat as deepest sympathy with the sufferers by the stent. This can be done at comparative superfoons even when plague at worshipper every afternoon. The lively
some small degree to the sanitary im Now, therefore, when the number of cases provement of the city.
recent disastrous floods in the West River,
AN INTERESTING 'SUQUESTION.
audit ja further resolved that a sum of little cost, and would contribute in one could be described as "raging row of Miss Bromfield in the Court from falling into the water. Buch jackets.
$50,000. be disbursed from the General. Revenue of the Colony for the relief of those who are in distress.
BUMMER HOURE.
13 EXCEDIONOY-There is no further Government offices only work now from -It is announced that those employed in business, gentlemen. Thank you for your
5 to 12, this being the usual arrangement attendance.
in summer.
is so greatly reduced as shown, the hard.isode demonstrates how wide is the ship is naturally more keenly felt. W liberty of the modern daughter and to re sure, however, that the authorities what an extent she lives her own life ympathise with those thus hampered in nowadays, apart from the internal wing arrying on the country's foreign trade running her own engagements, giving her and will remove these restrictions at the dinners, issuing her own invitations, earliest opportunity.
quite independent of mamma.
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