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THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY."

"BY RICHARD PEIFENG IN THE "PREING

DAILY NEWS."|

THE POSITION OF "WOMEN IN JAPAN,

'NOT PERMITTED. TO ATTEND. POLITICAL MEETINGS.

SPORT/

LAWN TENNIS.

YESTERDAY'S TOERNAMENP PLAY.

Open Championship Double-Wong We take the following from the JapaPa Keung and I. Tvanovich beat J. B. Chronicle :—

Penman and A. D., Humphreys, 6-7,

The construction, of the Haukow-Can- tom-Railway, known also, as the Bukwang Railway, has been under consideration The House of Peers has once more '6·0.. for nearly twenty years. Thus far two shown the strong spirit of reaction which sections have been completed; the north-so often animates its proceedings, by

Mixed Doubleg-Major and Mrs. Bag

amendment of the Police Regulations Bürdett, 6-0, 6-0.

FUNERAL OF THE

LATE

fern section from Wuchang to Chuchow throwing out the Bill providing for Anwall beat Major H. Greenaway and Miss body to its last resting-place were:

to

MR. J. G. GRAY, The funeral of the late Mr. John Graham Gray took place at Happy Valley last evening in the presence of a con- siderable number of friends.. The chief mourners were Mr. R. T. Matheson, of Cauton (brother-in-law), and Mr. Cliffords Edgcumhe, Others who followed the

Messrs. R. M. Dyer, T. H. G. Brayfield, G. H. Elliott, D. K. Blair, H. A. Taylor, H.-M. Nemazee, W. Logan, W. Budge, D. L. W. Williams, A. Steävenson, S. Berg, E. L. Hosie, A. H. Crew, W. E. L Shenton, H. A. Lammert, F. 'M. Craw- ford, W. Forbes, T. H. Fox, S." J. Syrett, CIVIL SERVICE CC. 9. INDİAN R.C. H. K. Morton, H. Debyer, A. Worso, J. H. Scott, y. F, Stevens, Dr. E. A. "The undermentioned tean will represJay. Capt. Glover, Capt. Bygate, Capt

and the southern section from Shao-kwan that would allow women to attend poli

tical meetings or to promote such gather Club Championship:-L. Forster beat The incompleted part Canton. traverses two provinces From Chuchowings. It is perhaps not generally known A. B. Raworth, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 0-1.

that in fapan not only have women no:

Handicap Singles " B.”—Liout," Lurk- to Hsin-tsik-ling, a distance of about right to vote, but they are even forbid miles, the line lies in the province often to attend political meetings. Those com best H. V. Dawson, 6-1, 8-8. Hunan, while thence to Shan-kwan it comes within the boundaries of Kwang- tung.

The importance of thin railway canhot Connected with the be over-estimated. Peking-Hankow Railway at its northern

who opposed the franchise in the West were in the habit of saying that while it was not well for women to be embroiled in the rough and tumble of politics, they nevertheless were in a position to exer érse a powerful indirect influence. It were not only denied the franchise, but were even denied the possibility of hear- ing men talk on political subjects. To he consistent, the Government ought to for-

CRIUKET.

terminus, it forms part of the trunk probably was a country where women wonted tht C.S.C.C. in a friendly matabw. C. Bird, Capt. E. Jones, Mr. B.

THE OLD CONSORTIUM. -

against Indian R.C. on the Indians ground on Saturday, April 18th, at 12.15

THE INTERPORT MATCH,

line from Peking to Canton, and serves. to bind the north and the south. North of Peking, a through train service may be arranged with the Peking-Sniyuan Line The latter is being extended behid women to read the newspapers. p.m.-W. H. Edmonds, G. H. Piercy, H. yond Suiyuan to Pactoucheng, and later There is a fine old crusted Toryism about F. Baran, E. Q. Fincher, H. E. Strange,

When the speech delivered by Baron Fajimura eventually to Onter Mongolia all these connections are completed, in opposition to the Bill. In his view it R. 1. Tayler, C. J. Tacchi, W. Chipchase, prople will be able to travel from Can was subversive of the family system and C. F. Brocklebank, I. Chapman, and W.

ran counter to the national pality. We Thornton. Lon to Peking in three or four days and

have never been able to understand what! from Canton to Urga in about a week.

Japanese writers niean when they talk af national polity; it is like that bless- led word Mesopotamia," which the old: With regard to cricket it is rather

lady said was one of the chief consolatios that religion afforded her it is a fine early in the season to discuss prospects, resounding phrase signifying nothing. says the NC. Daily Vers, of the 5th Baron Fujimurn was also opposed to the inst.. but it seems fairly definite that the Bill as it was not proper for women to enjoy political rights because of their Interpart match between Hongkong and physical differentiation from men and the Shanghai will take place during the latter fact that politics were not their proper part of May. The Secretary of the function. What physical danger there would be in women attending a meeting Shanghai Cricket Club has already re that is not shared by men the Baron did ceived word that the Hongkong team will not explain. Perhaps he is, afraid of a probably leave for Shanghai on or about promiscuous mingling of the sexes, and it is a noteworthy fact that Japanese May 17th, and we understand that the the Cricket Club's men who are the most loose in their practice nets on sexual relations are often the most solicitous about the morals of their ground will be up and ready for practice It is the threat to their on Friday, the 15th inst. womenkind. proprietorship that moves their indigna Playing on their own ground, Shanghai tion. The duties of Japanese women, as should have a very strong representation, donceived by Baron Fujimura and his

However, the contract for constructing the Hankow-Canton Railway is in the hands of the old Four Power Group. Since the completion of the two separate Bections described above, little actual work his been done by the contractors on this line. As a result of China's declara- tion of war or Germany, the Four Power Group became a Three Power group, and it has repeatedly refused the requests of the Chinese Government to advance nay money for constructing the uncom pleted section of the railway. Lt was Administration towards the end of last approached many times by the Railway year, but nothing definite resulted from the negotiations.

In view of such conditions the Railway Administration has submitted a plan to the Ministry of Communications for cun- structing the railway with Chinese capi- tal. The cost of completing the whole line is estimated at about $44,000,000

Griffiths and Mr. W. Skinner, and the Portuguese and Chiney" staff of Messrs.

The Hov. 3. T. Holman was the oficiat- ing clergyman.

Snowinan & Co.

Amongst those who sent wreaths were: The Committee and Members of the Ins titution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong, Messrs. Moller & Co. (Hong- kong), Ltd., Messrs. J. Ullmann & Co., lessrs. Thoresen & Co., Messra God- ard & Douglas, Alessrs. Lowe, Bingham matthews, Mr. and Mrs. C. Edgcumbe Mr. R. 31. Dyer, Mr. and Mr. H. J. Gray,

Mrs. Gray, Mr. A. Worso Mr.

J. S. Agassiz, Mr. and Mrs. H. Dreyer, Aliss Helen Clarkson, Mr. A. W. Snowmap, dir. B. Griffiths, Mr. Lam ra Ting, Mr. E. H. Ray, Air. W.. Mr. and Mira. F, Smyth Mr. W. F A. Dowley, Mr. H. M. Newazee, Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lucas, Dr.

Chinese currency, which is divided UP fellow-members of the House at Peers, 1 When playing away, it is always a dit. 1. Major G. F. E. Hapson, Mr. and Mrs.

into two items as follows

Cost of constructing line Chuchow to Hain-tsih-ling (in HunAL Province) 829,600,000. From the latter to Shaois Kwan (in Kwangtung) $14,000,000. In addition to this, if that part of the line in Kwangtung which was built by the local merchants be taken over by: the Government, about 86,000,000 more will be needed for the purchase. TO CONSTRUCT BIT DY BIT.

The plan, however, does not provide for the completion of the line at one stroke. As political unification of the country has not yet been consummated, it is not contemplated to begin work on the Kwangtung section simultaneously wh the Hunun section. Even the latter need not be completed at once. From Chuchow to Hengehow. thin cost of con- struction will be about $14,110,000. This is first to be completed. From Hengchow to Hsin-tsih-ling it will only be necessary to lay out the road-bed, build the birdges and tunnels, and finish certain other kinds. of earth-work. The cost of this will he only 87,080,000, according to the estimates in the plan. These two amounts together will be 821,100,000, or 89,410,000 less than the coast of completing the whole section. The surveying work can be done in one' year, and under this plan construction may begin after the line is half surveyed.

The

Forsyth, Jr. D... Williams, Mr. M. Nemazee, Mr. C. W. Olson, Mdile. Jean de V. de Heaufort, Mr. E. T. H. punje, kir. and Ms W. J. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs., U. L. Wardlaw, Mr. A. E. Hall, r. Crawford, Mr. S. Berg, Mr. P. L. ficult matter to get together a team of Hingkee, Mr. and Alra. S. J. Syzett, Mr. men able to leave the port who really. Lauritsen, Mr. L. E. S. Houge, Mr. represent our full strength. Capt. E. I. Sin Tak Fan, Mr. H. O. shrubsole, Mr. M. Barrett is again with us and, by his and Mrs. D. K. Blair. batting ability and thorough knowledge. of every point of the game, will doubt. less be a big factor of strength on Shanghai's side.

as

A SINGAPORE STRIKE. SCONTENT AT HARBOUR BOARD

AND UNITED ENGINEERS.

were long ago set forth by the Japanese moralist Kaibara. Perhaps this is what meant by "the national polity";---

“A woman has no particular lord. She must look to her husband as her lord, and must serve him with all wor ship and reverence.

The great life-long duty of a woman in obedience. In her dealings with her husbund, both The faterport match will take place so the expression of her countenance and early in our season that the team will the style of her address should be have to be chosen mainly upon form courteous, humble, and concistory, shown in practice, but thereafter we may

The Straits Times of April 5th says:- never peevish and intractable, never look forward to an interesting series of

For some days past reports have been rade and arrogant-that should be a matches between the Cricket Club, and woman's first and chiefest cara Waen Recreation Club in their annual rubber, in circulation regarding a contemplated the busband issues his instructions, the for it is rumoured that Capt. Barrett and combined strike of the mechanical staffs wife must never disobey them. In Messrs. V.. H. Lanning and W, N. of the Singapore Harbour Board at Tan- doubtful cases, she should inquire of Hansell will, assist the Recreation Club jong Pagar and Keppt Harbour as well This will tend to a us that of the United Engineers. In the Laat news travels fast and, as usual thera her husband, and obediently follow his in these matches.

matters commands. If ever her husband should

Од inquire of ber, she should answer to for, whereas the Cricket Club has been more talk than action.

Friday afternoon, however, some of the number of playing United Engineers' employees want out, the point; to answer in a careless usually a large fashion were a mark of rudeness members who learned the better points Should her husband be roused at any time to anger, she must obey him with fear and trembling, and not set herself up against him in anger and forward ness. A woman should look on her has band as if he were Heaven itself, and never weary of thinking how she may yield to bim and thus escape celestial castigation."

grent

to extent

balance

of the game at Home schools, the Reut returned to work unconditionally the very next day. After the tilin hour creation Club has, for the most part, to rely upon members who learned their yesterday, the Harbour Board Attera-

those working at Tanjong Pagar—went cricket here and have seen little of the out, and the fitters of the United Engi- game outside Shanghai or Obina.

neers also struck about the same time. The position, however, is still somewhat obscure as to-day, bling Chinese All Souls day, all, the men are out" chin- chin jossing. at the graves. Tomorrow will reveal the intention of the men, and the fact of the strike being in carnest or. not.

CHINESE NEWS "ITEMS.

[ASIATIC NEWS AGENCY.] MANCHURIA'S UNCROWNED

The main question is, where to get the aloney for carrying on the work, even

We are afraid that even Japanese should the pount not exceed 821,100,000 women do not model themselves on these The answer is given in the plan Ministry of Communications is to admirable doctrines now-a-days. It is a aside from the surpluses of the Pexing. Ad outlook for Baron Fujimura and his friends. Baron Fujimura was at one Hankow Peking Mukden, Peking-Sui time, if he is not now, a prominent yuan and Tientsin-Pukow Railways vary official in the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, and ing amounts according to the following

was in the London office for a time, Hei Shih Pao that ox-President Li Yuan-ed that for some days past lafets have. schedule.

1st year

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

a year.

a month.

$400,000

$4,800,000

$400,000

84,800,000

$400,000

$4,500,000

$900,000

80,400,000

Total

The cause of the men's attitude is due to the reduction of 20 per tent. made off the bonus given on account if the increan- ed rise in the cost of living.

In this connection it might be mention-

AUSTRALIA'S DOCKYARIS, COST OF THE GO-SLOW POLICY.

KING" INDIGNANT. ---

Marshal Chang Tso-lin was exeteding's angry when he read in the Tientsia WAS. President of the Taisha Nichi Nicht hung, in a recent interview with Mr bean pirculated regarding recautions in its pre-Omoto-kyo days. Perhaps Rodney Gilbert, published in the VN.-C. that should be taken by women and London he had an experience with the Daily News, is reported to have said that children in case of any local trouble. Suffragettre.

in conjunction with General Tsao Kun These leaflets have caused, it feared, and other powerful military leaders of some unnecessary alarm for they had no North China, Marshal Chang is plotting connection with the proposed strke and the overthrow of the Republic in order were issued by way of instruction only. to restore the decadent Manchu ImperialThey were sent out on April 1st! Family to the Chinese Dragon Throne. Marshal Chang on learning this immed- intely wired to the President and.to the Prime Minister denying that there is any truth in the rumour about his monarch. ical ambitions and be requested; that ex-President Li should be officially asked whether he had actually informed, a foreign correspondent of this "monar- chical rubbish, or whether the story was merely the fabrication of the corres nondent and his interpreter, Mr. Kuo Tai-chi, who was formerly chief English secretary to Mr. Li in Peking. Marshal

Unofficial extimates are given that the Chang attaches great importance to the alleged interview printed in the British cruiser Adelaide has already cost nearly paper,

raised by: K

of were built in England and completed long рогбоп ex-President Li's eminence, and he ago for £450,000 cách insists that unless a proper correc. It is also stated that owing to the tion is made the report will be widely. length of time occupied in building the accepted as true. Marshal Chang adds Adelaide she will when ready for com that in spite of rumours which have mission, be partially out of date.

5+

2200,000 $2,400,000 8190,000 82,280,000

MAY DAY IN JAPAN.

821,480,000 The Confederation of Labour Unions The total will be about twenty-one and held a conference recently at the head a half million dollars, which will be quite quarters of the Tunikal, the biggest sufficient to carry on the work us outlined Labour body in Japan, at which it was above. The amounts set aside during the decided to observe an imposing Labour first three years are to be spent on the festival on May 1st at Hibiyn Park or construction of the line between Chuchow Lyeno Park. and Hengchow, while those earmarked On this date, it is expected that 100,000 during the other three years are for build. people, representing 13 Labour unions, ing the rond-bed from Hengchow to Hsin-will attend the festival: The first claim tilling. The completion of the Hunan to be put forward is said to be the section is, therefore, expected to be accom- abrogation of the old wage system and plished within six years.

the adoption of a profit sharing system. Furthermore, a manifesto is to be des patched to all the Labour organizations throughout the country with the object Labour festival on May 1st Easter News Agency,

EFFECT OF UNIFICATION ON RAILWAT (''

BUILDING.

The Sydney Morning Herald preface long article on this subject with th following paragraphs :--

It is stated that go-slow methods at Dockyards and other conditions hare made the cost of naval shipbuilding almost prohibitive,

can be started until political unification of prevailing upon them to observe the has because the monarchical alarm a million of monor Her sister ships

As to the Kwangtung section, no work of the North and the Bouth is effected. When that is accomplished, it will be easy to provide for"! añ additional - twenty million dollars for its constraction and

the local merchants. The money may

All these

for the purchase of the section owned by centemplated, while there is still a great come either from the Ministry or from n gap in the trunk line itself. domestic loan. In fact, as railway bonds have involved much waste of time, money are among the best kind of Chinese and energy. Government securities, it will not be at

A LIABILITY, NOT AN ABBET.

all hard to float a loan of that size, When expressed in terms of dollars the especially when the completion of the loss to the Chinese Government on account Hunan section will have demonstrated the of this railway amounted by the end of profitableness of the enterprise

last year to more than 23,000,000. Begin In order to appreciate fully the advan-ning with this year, the principal of the tages of the plan, it should be remember-old Consortium fonn has to be paid, ad ed that the Canton Hankow-Szechwan this means an annual sum of £400,000, or Hailway System-has always been a great about $3,500,000 ut: the current rate of

been invented by his political enemies to injure his reputation, he has been and is still one of the strongest, if not the strongest, of believers in republicaniam

REALLY GOOD SPECTACLES.

in Chiud, so that whenever any person are such a comfort to tired or strained eyes that or persona dares do anything to shake the foundation of the Chinese republic, the their valse cannot be over-estimated. If your High Inspecting Commissioner of Man-

churia will be the first man to lead his eyes need glasses, they should have the best you troops through fire and water to fight against the peace disturbers. It is to be can get. That means (1) careful and expert hoped that this strong renunciation will examination; (2) precision in the making (3) put a stop to the monarchical rumours.

burden to the Ministry, Much money exchange The Hupch-Hunau section has (We observe that a Tientsin Chinese adjustment to a nicety; (4) the best of materi has been wasted on fruitless surveying to pay in addition $120,000 every month paper has published a statement, which All the shore, the Hongkong Optica! resulting from lack of definite policy to the Anglo-Chinese Corporation, which purports to be on the authority of er

Successors to Cink & Co., Manufacturing with regard to construction work. At payment will begin next December and President La, rather vaguely repudiating

The the interview. Mr. Rodney Gilbert, Refracting opticians, the most competent optical one time it was planned to build a rail- will last for about twenty months. way from Hankow to Schwan over one Tailway instead of being an asset, han however, maintains the accuracy of the projected route, at another time the first incurred a great liability to the nation report of the interview, and defends the establishment in South China, located in 659, one was forsaken and another route pro-and the expenditure of from 200.000 to interpreter from the charge of perver- BOOKING at MOUTRIE'S Members (on production of Current Membership Cards) posed. The soustraction of unimportant 2400,000 a month for completing the line sion. Mr. Gilbert save that he himself Queen's Road Central, offer you. Testing the branch lines, such as the projected line and patting it finally on a paying basis understood enough of the translator sight and fitting glasses is their exclusive from Hankow to L40-ho kow, was often should not be considered at all "ub Chinese to make any serious mistrans

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