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THE AMERICAN : SEAMEN'S ACT.

AMERICAN ADMIRAL ON ITS EFFECTS.

Rear - Admiral Francia T. Bowlca (retired) has expressed the following during the past few months, continued to Lhumour in the German mind; bu vows on the effect of the new Scamion's one of the richest exhibitions is only

Aut:- rise, and extraordinarily lugh prices now blossoming into the fine flower of If you and the Seaman's Act, which

That is the Con-

goos into effect, next fall, you will and finental Times, which calls italfa Buscar of the Imperial Cuisine, who is tonnage Stoomers are constantly being journal for Americans in Europe," which that almost every individual item sa it now living in retirement at Takanawa-sold for far more than they cost to is printed in English and has its home looks reasonable, but when you take the accumulation of restrictions placed on the build. A cargo steamer which four years in Berlin, and which classifies itself as

owners and officers of steamships the kitamachi, Shiba, proves to have been the ago was bought for £30,000 has just been equally suited to the palate of Stockholm, effects of the Act are almost revolution. one who inflicted serious woueds on the sold for co,000, while 100ther which was Rotterdam, Lierne, Vieni un Cha ary. My feeling is that these things, or

Vienna and Zurich.

substantially these, have come to stay, Late Marquis Inouye, at Yada, near the bought for about £30,000 just before the Its

wor has now been sold for nearly White, Berlin.”

There will be a town of Yamaguchi, in the early sixties, £100,000 Ownerships which a year ago Were it a paper frankly published as unfortunate as it is.

steady conflict against suct provisione, whom he was attacked by a band of young were not paying their expenses have been a means of spreading German propa- however, and it will last a long time, able to put their finances org a very gand, of course no exception could be In the meantiate there will be an inereaso men beause of his pro-foreign sympathies different basis. There is the case of a taken it would then at least be able to Mr. Kodam, says the den Gazette, bas small company which was formed 10 years confront a world which could regard it in the cost of water transportation every-

where. given an interesting account of the ago to acquire two cargo steamers, as an honest advocate. But it is not Incident in which he was the prime mover. Capital to the extent of £30,000 was straightforward.

As soon as a ship comes into a foreign Professing to be "a In 1864, when the combined squadron of subscribed, but it became necessary

that port, and this fact can't be evaded. to gosumopolitan newspaper, published in the part she is subject to the local Live of the foreign Powers was threatening to issue debentures secured on the steamers interests of Americans," and a paper that The confusion which will result from this bombard Shimonoseki, opinion was divided to the extent of £20,000. Now, these is "making stand for truth, honour Act will be enormous, especially through among the retainers of the Cheshu clan. two steamers could be sold for such and justice it bears on the face of it to the provision that sailors on any ship The late Marquis and the late Prince Ito, sam that the debentures could be paid any discerning reader the character of a who had just returned from England, off, the sliare capital returned, and the palpable organ of the German Govern- coming into our ports may desort. This enroostly advocated making peace with the shareholders left with cash representing ment. The form which it prints, to be will mean that the masters of ships traki- foreign Powers and challenging the Shu 200 per cent. of their original subscrip- used by intending subscribers who ing with the United States will have to free Bay American wages to their crows in gunate, and the late Marquis, who was tious.

want to begin by having the paper of a very quick temper, sternly rebuked

freof charge for a fortnight." contains this order to keep them or ship new ones.

The first effect will be to increase ratacs the advocates of the anti-foreign principle.

delightful revelation of method

That Croas out

to and from the United States. This attitude n the part of the late

You may mention my name

is, ar course, a help to our fag, but ni whichever is Marquis angered many of the retainer, and drove them to plan his destruction, for

Do not mention my name hot desired, burden to the whole people.

Those aro infantile practices. It is his continued existence was concluded i he inimical to the interests of the State

reader will not detect the German Gov- infantile to assume that the intelligent FIRE AT A SHANGHAI COTTON-

MILL. ernment behind the Continental Times; it is infantile to assume that the reader will imagine he need pay for the paper after the fortnight's free gift.

and of the Choshu Clau,

On September 25th. 1864, the night being very dark, Mr. Rodnain was return; ing home from a "certain restaurant at Yuda, in company with Einoshi Nakano Togo Sufa, and Shinzo Kimara, when he espied the young Inouyo near the Sodetsuki bridge, in the suburbs of the town of Yamagachi. Nokai, who was walk- ing ahend, accosted the young patriot and grappled with ́hine, wile Mr. Kodama attacked him with a drawn sword. There was no entending against olds, but Inouye did not lose his presence of mind. He immediately drew his sword, and after a short fight he fled. He took refuge

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While British steamships wre quently changing ownership, more often than not the sales are between mentráls, Grock and Dutch steamere pass to the Norwegian flag, Swedish to the Danish, and so on. Sales between neutrals of bread, while those between ownerships the sarne nationality are usitally effected of different nationalities are, as a rule, transacted in Londen.

ANOTHER YEAR 'OF WAR RATES. ·

EARLY MORNING BLAZE IN LAY ROAD.

A serious fire broke out last week at

It should be remembered chat freights at least at good as those which fall to A few samples of the contents may us British owners can be carned by neutrals.fully be picked out to show the sort of the Tehta Cotton Mill, Lay Rond Diten the neutral can secure higher stuff that is thought good enougi "for" necessitating the attendin-tice of the freights, because in some trades there is Americans on the Continent the spelling Fire Brigade for nearly four hours. Or little or on competition. British vessels and grammar being faithfully copied in the receipt of a telephone message at 4.45 are excluded from the Baltic and, except cach case. Two copies of the paper dream, the general alarm was given. Three those carrying foodstuffs for the Belgian before us. One, July Bird begins a companies turned out, and on arrival it Relief Committee, rarely trade with the notice of a Danish paper in Germany *** was found that the mill was well alight on Dutch ports. Then it frequently happens in this diverting style:

the ground and first floor. The staff of the that neutrals are wanted for the voyage

mill wore working hydrants on between North and South America, pro-

premises, but their efforts were of littlo bably because the charterers are German

avail.

Further, neutral owners: 80

always reckon ou securing the full market hand, have to face the possibility that freights. British owners, on the other their vessels may be requisitioned by the Admiralty on terns far below these our rent in the market..

potato field in the neighbour-firms. hood, and soon after became unconscious from the effects of a dozen serious injuries received in the back and other parts of the body. Kodana concluded that young Inonye had escaped, and after promising to keep the alter secret, the band of would-be assassing returned to their homes. Afterwords, Nakai and Kimura wera decapitated on certain charges, and Sufa died from illness, leaving Kodama the only survivor to tell the tale. After the Restoration," Mr. Kodama was convinced of the correctness of the views of Inouye, and became a great admirer of him. He was later much patronized by the Marquis, through whose good offices ho was appointed to ligh posts in the Imperial Household · Department. The Marquis little dreamed that he had once been guilty of 20 attempt on his life. The more he was favoured by the Marquis, the more Kodama was mortified by the can but Воющепиче of his pest guilt.

lacked the courage to confess the grave orine of which he was guilty At last be confessed the whole thing to Viscount Bugi, bosom friend the Marquis, who undertook to use his influence in his favour. Some days after, Viscount Sugi took Mr. Kodama to the residence of Marquis Inouse, when he con- fessed everything to the Marquis and begged his forgiveness. He then presented to the Marquis the sword with which the attack was made, together with a written document dealing with the motives that actuated him to make the attempt on the life of the Marquis. The Marquis was quite willing to let the whole thing buried in blivion; nad his attitude towards Mr. Kodama underwent not the slightest change after this confession.

The work of enlightenment goes on. The L'ontinental Times has always striven 16 maintain a neutral attitude in so far us this was compatible with the defons of truth and our own ideals. But there remain barrenly or coldly neutral would has aried a condition of things when to have meant not only the toleration but the approval of outrageous wrong, falschood and iniquity."

the

Lines of hose were laid by the Brigade from the hydrants in Ward Road and the alongside the creek. All the iron sheet No. 1 motor pump, which was placed window shutters on the first floor of the building were closed and could not be opened from the outside, making it difficult to deal with the first door. Owing to the inflammable nature of cotton, the fire quickly obtained a hold of the roof of galvanized irou, felt and boarding, and this was soon a mass of

The con-

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

ORDERS BY LIEUT-COL. A. CHAPMAN, V.D.

Many Greek steamers have lately been "STRINKING THINGS IN ENGLANDS." sold because of the special conditions on A very prominent position is given to which they have often been financed. It an article with these headlines: Gor: has been common for Greek captains who many Judged by the English. Doleful have saved money to aspire to ownership Lament of the Times Concerning the and to be financed by a bank to the Unpreparedness of Great Britain for flames. extent of a certain proportion of the War Germany Appears to Suffer no Extra jets of water were laid on from value of a fine steamer. The present Strain or Economic Exhaustion, says the the Hongkow and Deluge engines and prices are so favourable that many of Thunderer" The article opens thus: the Fire King, making a total of about these single ship owners have been able to London, July and Nowadays nothing eleven playing into the building. After sell their property, pay off the bank's is so surinking bere in England as the over three hours' work, the Brigade was loan, and retire with a very considerable manner, in which in the Press and Parlie able to make up, leaving the coolie corps sum in cash. But owners who have not ment, German Organisation and methodi to damp down. been financed in this way and have lately eat measures are being constantly held up

About two-thirds of the interior of the been selling, are generally those who as an example to the British public as the building, which was fairly new end of

skme of perfection to which England must medium size was destroyed. bought years ago at low prices, and

The follows an extract tenta wore said to be 200 bales of after having long had the use of the seek to ris ships are now able to get back more than from Times leading article which is American cotton and about 20 picule of they paid for them. Those who are referred to as one of the many continu-native cotton, valued at about Tis. 50,000 buying ships seem to be calculating on at. least another 12 months of high freights ous examples of the sincere form of flab Much of this should be salvaged, how- So long as the war lests there must be muy

tery which Englands papers cover Gorever, and the mill itself was not damaged.

And a paragraph announcing The cause of the fire is unknown.--N-0. the keepest demand for, tonnage, while the visit of Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., to the Daily News. the supply has already been decreased by front to cheer. Tommy up. is headed, the ships detained in enemy ports, by He needs cheering. those sunk, and by the setback to the The correspondence columns" the

A mercantile shipbuilding industry.

-contain the usual pro open tribune year ago there was too much tonnage and German letters. That obliging person, for weeks after the war began vessels Disgusted American," hak been $0 could be bought at bargain prices." incensed to read in a New York paper To-day the supply falls short of the that the Germans had been routed in demand.

Galicia, that he not only cries shame upon the paper that published "such lies," but asks what in the name of common sense and decency can possibly impel any Ame erican newspaper owner to set himself up As the New as champion of Russia." York paper thus attacked is the evening The following tribute to the late A. Fedition of the New York Herald, and as Wilding, from the pen of Norman E. the New York Herald is a popular paper on the Continent where the Continental Brookes, appeared in the Sydney Referee. Times wants to be popular, the abliging Anthony Wilding killed in action in Disgusted American" is serving a double the North of France. Just a bald state purpose. Another department of the Ger ment, but what a multitude of thoughts an organ is called "Letters They Feared it gives rise to; first, one of surprise, and to Print," being three columns of pro then doubt, and later, as the cold feet German argument on the sinking of the sinks into one's brain, that of grief and Lusitania which a Mr. Cortis, of New pain; but last of all comes the feeling of York City, had failed to get accepted by pride in thas he died nobly fighting for the American papers at home. One pass- A Japanese contemporary stated that the welfare of bis country. Poar Tony-age from Mr. Cortis is too rich to missi the representatives of the Mitsui Bussan it is hard, indeed, to realise that he has In conclusion permit me to say that I Kaisha and other Japanese companies passed away. No über sportsman over am not a German sympathiser, as you interested in the American cotton trade set foot on a tennis court. Without doubt may imagine. I am intensely pro-English, FOR HOME recently set together at the Osaka Hotel ont the test specimens of unhood and, I fear, rabidly anti-German; but I and exchanged their views as to how to physically, he was blessed as well with an have admit reluctantly arrived at the maintain the importation of 150,000 bales ability and a stoaalfastness of character clusion that no part of the blame for of raw cotton, which had hitherto been that helped him to reach the highest pin. I this dreadful tragedy can justly be laid

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The announcement of withdrawal of the Pacific Mail S.S. Co. from the trans Pacific service has been received as a great shock by the Japanese raw cotton importers at large.

THE LATE A. F. WILDING.

A TRIBUTE FROM N. E. BROOKES.

Now that the annual cotton season is approaching, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha bright and cheery nature made him be and the Osaka Shosen Kaish will loved by all followers of the game. reinforce their trans-Pacific services with A number of suitable vessels in order to meet the pressing requirements.

KOREAN MINING DISPUTE.

BIG CLAIM AGAINST FOREIGN COMPANY..

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"CLINKING OF THE GUINEA." From another correspondent, who hides identity under the initials. "B.S., "As a tennis player he was perhaps Washington, appear come lines" which seen to best advantage on the hard courts were sent in 1911 by an English lady to of the Continent, but, take him year in her daughter-in-law in America showing year out, on any kind of court, he was publie opinion even then," This letter is easily number one in the tennis world. hended English opinion of Lloyd Perhaps not so brilliant and spectacular George.” "Even then is very good in as MaLoughlin, not so subtiens Roper the circumstances; but the phrase suggests Barrelt, he, however, possessed that that the writer is a German, and incap- superb correctness in all his stroke pro-able of realising that domestic differenc duction that marked him out as the master do not prevent the British people from

uniting player.

against the common army. Apart from that, a diligent student of controversial politics might discover that the lines about Mr. Lloyd George which serve the Continental Times' purpose of misrepresenting facts were possibly writ ten of Mr. Gladstone when he introduced the Home Bule Bill as long ago as 1886. Another issue contains a long personal attack on an English journalist such as only German could write an article of the most vulgar and obscenic hatred and fury.

Tennis followers the world over wul According to the Scout Press a Korean mourn his loss, and more especially we in miner named Chai Yung-tai, of Seoul, | Australasia, I shed a fear in memory of has brought a suit in the Seonl Local the many happy days we spent together Court against the Collbran Bostwick in the struggle for the Davis Cupį? Development Company, claiming the sum

SUSPECTED PLAGUE IN

TOKYO.

ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS.

of Y. 113,000. The first hearing of the case will be held on the 20th instaut,

The plaintiff alleges that in 1893 he discovered a promising copper mine at Kapsan, South Hamkyong Province, and secured the right to work the mine. He

From the number of solecisms in its carried out preliminary work, investing no small capital in it. Subsequently,

columns, some of which are reproduced in however, the Mining Law was revised, A ticket collector at the Uyens Station the above quotations, it would appear and taking advantages of this, it is named Kobayashi Susumu, 21 years old, that the Continental Times is neither st up nor supervised by American hands. alleged, the defendant company fled an after developing suspicious symptoms

It informs its readers that a strike has application with the authorities con succumbed. The doctor who attended him

taken place at the works of the "Stand cerned to secure the rights at Kapsal first diagrosed his complaint as measles, Oil Company," and gives them such a Mine. Subsequently a contract wAB concluded between Mr. Chai and the Com- After death, however, the appearance of sentence and such a coinage as In the pany to transfer the mining rights to the the body suggested plague, so he was higher cicles the then clinking of the Company on condition, it is alleged, taken for microscopic examination, while guinea did the rest.”

But imagine a country that aspires to that the Company paid Mr. Chai as elaborate disinfection operations were

carried out all over the station buildings world dominion laboriously running the indemnity the sumi aboye stated. Company, however, did not pay, hence as well as the deceased's residence and elaborate doception of such a newspaper a

to catch the dentral! neighbouring houses,

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PATROLS.

Wednesday, September 15th:-

5,60 p.m.-P.C. Robertson (3), Doughty (3), Buoje (5), Ireson (5), Nicoll (8) and Bryan (8). Crown-Sergeant Langley will visit.

8,50 p.m.-Chief Inspector Mason, Sergeant Chiben (3), P.Cs. Ormiston, Witchell (3), Williams (5) Rosser (5), and two men to be detailed by Inspector d'Almada Thursday September 10th-

6.60 p.m.Sergeant Suthad and seven P.C. from Indian Co. Sergeant Major will visit. 6.50 p.m.-P.Ca Hooper (3), Sleat (3), Gibson (0), Bowen-Rowlands (5), Wright (8) and Reynolds (8). Friday, September 17th

5.50 p.m.-P. Cs. Tully (3), Henderson (3), A J. Ablong (5), P. F. Ablong (6), Kiny (8) and W. Gaskell (6) Inspector Taylor and W. Hobbs will visit.

8.50 p.m.- One N. C. Officer and seven P. Ca to be detailed by Acting Inspector J. M. Wong.

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