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ARMED ROBBERIES AND THEFTS:

The mistress of a licensed cargo-boat has had stolen from her eabiu on board the craft a sutu of $200 in money,

THE AMBITIONS OF JAPAN. A MONARCHICAL SYSTEM

FOR CHINA.

OPINIONS OF PEKING PRESS.

OREAT INCREASE IN ARMAMENTS.

The correspondent of the Morning Post at Tokyo writes on June 24-

There seems to be an increasing con- The manger of the Taiwan Baviotion to Japan that failure in the has informed the police that a thief mus

nation's recent negotiations with China stolen from his rooni at No. 12, Macdonnell

is to be ascribed to opposition to the Road $1.80 in money and jewellery Japanese demands on the part of Great

warth about $95.

On Saturday night a small fishing vil lage on Lantao Island rceived visit | from a gang of robbers. Five men, arm» ed with revolvers, broke open a matsher,

PEKINO, August 24th. The Peking, Gazelle says: A week's study of the supreme ise raised by Yang Tu and his follow promote of the Chouanhui leaves b convinced that" unless a certain menace is understood the restoration of a monarchical system is a certainty and will pocur before another spring comes round.”.

The Peking Daily News says that a minority of the Press supports the monarchical scheme:

Britain and the United States, that this opposition represents a settled policy on the part of these nations, and that Japan's future in the Far East, depends

The newspapers report that a rival on how successfully sho eun plan to society has asked permission to incor- obviate that opposition. It is anporate, also for peace purposes but on opposition which Japan surmises will lines contrary to the Chouanhui, as they held revolvers at the heads of the occtend rather to strengthen than, relax as believe that a republic is a betler form pants, and threatened to shoot them iftimo guts on One need ut suppose of government. The police have refused

they made a noise. The "master" of the matshed was trussed up, and persuaded to reveal the whereabouts of his money. The robbers broke open a box and stole

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that Japan thinks this opposition is to herself jer se; it is an opposition sinipix to Japan's ever-increasing pretensions in China Such, at least, is the inference to be drawn from the Japanese vernacular Press. The fact is. Japan has for the last twenty years been following a cer worth about 880 together. They then Lain policy in regard to China, a policy calculated to give her the chief voice in kidnapped the master and his son, the affairs of East Asin; and the English- six years.

At the samo ding two-rob- speaking nations are naturally opposed to bars, armed with - revalvors, - entered Ladjaining matshed schiere slapt 11 cut tos of stops, and held them up in the approved under. The booty bere ustace. have been somewhat disappointing, bow- ever, for they could only obtain seven pieces of clothing, of negligible value. The gang of robbers then left, the village. and rowed' away to a bio-mastel junk, which they sailed away toward Lintia.

as likely to injure their commercial interests in China, as well as disturb their policy of the open dovr How to deal with this opposition is now one of the most difficult problems Japan has to

Her first step toward answering the challenge is to declare for increased naval and military increment; not that she intends to fight her opponents so much as have something that lends author to Japan believes claim, and conviction. that the wore powerful a nation's aring ments are the more ready are the world Powers to hear what she has to say and to concede her claims. The notion did Bot originate with Japan of course; it KWANGTUNG FLOOD RELIEF has frequently been expressed by nations

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It is understood that another prominent adviser has given President Yuan Shih- kai advice contrary to that of Dr. Good- now, saying that the present is not a safe time for promoting a monarchy ---Reuter

Similar plans are under way, for strengthening the Empire's unval des fences.

Significant mention was made of this at the moment when the Army Bill was passed by the Imperial Diet and the public was warned that with the in- ereased outlay for naval and military Power Balcones, of location me that the programme includes the construction of super-Dreadnoughts, 24 destroyers, 2 scout ships, 8 submarines, and a basal ship for acroplanes, during the next four Years, at an outlay of 100,000,000 yen. This, however, represents but half the whole programme of naval increment) under contemplation,, which altogether includes 8 battle cruisers, 8 Dreadnoughts, 6 scout ships, 64 destroyers, 24 sub- marines, as well as several transport and. supply ships, the date for the completion of which is not yet known.

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follows:- orders of 27th-28th instunt) are altered as PATHULS. Details for Tuesday, August 31st (vide

China. Just in that ambition lies a A body of Austrian marines who visited no confidener in Japan, and welcomes any definite element of danger; for China has the Peking Pavilion on Saturday night made what appeared to be an organised length. Japan knows this, and the reali means that will keep Japan er arms attack on the machine room and the screcusation of it readers her all the more in- and did considerable damage before their petuous if not incautious in her efforts rage abated. The cause of this outbures towards consolidating. her policy way the production of the film entitled China. which the inactivity of the German fleet independenes may not coincide with those John Bull's Animated Cartoon Book, in British and American ideas of China's There is growing fear that is portrayed by birds building pests in of Japan. the muzzles of the big guns and the decks obsession that Chins may concede a Still more strange is the of the ships becoming grass grown

Inspector D'Almada will report at 5,50 Shortly after the interval on Saturday other concession to Japan's disadvantage. duty.

naval base to the United States or some Crown-Sergeant Evans will not report for p.m., and Chief Inspector Mason at 8.50 p.m. night and just as this film was being pre- sented, a commotion was observed among American advisers in China seems to ride orders of 28th-30th instant."

The presence of influential British and the Austrian marines. One procceded to Japan vidence of a determination on

Details for Wednesday, September 1st, the stage, palled down a portion of the the part of Ching as well as of the two Thursday, Sept., 2nd -- woodwork, and reaching up to the screen great English-speaking nations to pre tore it from ond to end. At the same time serve the status quo, no matter what the main body approached the machine Japan's policy may be, room. One man putting his hand inside of a mighty army and navy is the only The command the aperture pulled the whole wooden hope of turning the balance in favour of front out, while the others catered by Japan. the door behind and attacked the machine Europe emphasises the German as being Japan feels that the war in itself. Evidently a bayonet was used by more practical than the British idea, One, the side of the maching being pierced. perhaps because so many Japanese scien- and a hammer or some other implementtists and military men have a German. was wielded by another on the front mari of the machine. However, they did not so much preached in

-education, The dangers of militarism, wreek it, though doing some little America, trouble not Japan at all. Britain age. Another marine dashed his fist into the large mirror at the entrance ind smashed it, while cthers broke electric faus in the hall. The men then made off. taking with them the offending film,

The manager has reported the scene- renge to the Austro-Hungarian Legation. that had a complaint been made the film Mr. Phillips, the manager, informs us would have been taken off.

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Fortunately, the occurrence will not interfere with the presentation of slightly altered programm which still includes the Sinking of the Lusitania and With Our Allies in the Champagne. grammes were carried out, successfully.

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German prisoners, who have fought on both fronts and were captured recently in Russia say that whereas the French

troops of the first Expeditionary Force. artillery is the best they have encountered, the most efficiens infantry were the Britiak

They killed more in proportion to their own numbers than either the French or Russians. The French infantry, they say; are always in a hurry to gell to close quar- ters, but their shooting is generally high The English soldiers, on the contrary, fir

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8.50 pn-Sergeants C. ( Moon and Chow U Ting, and three men to be detailed Sergeanta Botelho and Raza to patrol by O. C. Chinese Company. Also with Inspector Taylor.

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