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KOWTOW.

From the telegrams from Europe of the last few days a great amiant of argument has aisen as to the true significance of the term kowtow. To arrive at, and thoroughly under. stand, the meaning of the word, our insular prejudices must for the moment be put aside and what appears trival onsense to us must he taken as serious business to the Chinaman. The easiest way to attempt to describe kowtowing is to tell what takes place A man of the lower grade calling on Chinese gentleman' chin chins him by sbaking bands with him-elf and bowing, but if that same man goes to beg: a favour he goes as a suppliant and bowtows to his would be patron by falling on his knees and bowing his head to the earth. To kowtow to the Emperor of China is quite an other matter. Then the man wishing to pay his respects goes on his knees into the Royal presence and touches the floor with his fore- head nine times, still remaining on his knees. with eyes down cost. Two equals meeting, asta rufe, do not towrow but simply chin ckin, but if one elects to Bawdow, the other does the same, going through the same motions, This is the strict etiquette of a Court bound by the most hard and fast rules, perhaps, in the world. The importance of the last custom ntentioned above might explain the hitch in the proceedings in Germany. The Autocrat of Europe incets, face to face, the Old Wall of China. It might in the future perhaps provide a solution of the old problem as to what would happen if an irresistable force met an unmoy.

able mass.

AT THE MAGISTRACY.

LOITERING IN THE HARBOUR.. Woo Cheung was charged by P. C. E. John- son, No 29, of Tsim Sha Tsui, with loitering in his boat within 'go yards of Keller's Island. He was fined $5 or fourteen days. On the face of it a trival charge, but any one who knows, will detect the importance of the case.

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DRUNK AND INCAPABLE. Patrick Horne, of America, and Thomas Wil liams, of England; were up fu the above offence. Both admitted the soft impeachment and were ench fined iz or eight days,

ALLEGED STEALING OF HAMMERS.

George Long, a boy of sixteen years old; belonging to Australia, was charged with steal. ing five hammers, the property of the Hong kong and Whampoa Dock Co.

Tan Ki,. declared, said he was a fitter at Hung Hom Docks. He had been in the ser vice of the Company for 21 years, On Sun- day last at 8 am. he saw the defendant, who is an apprentice there, take five hammers from same drawers in the filters' room. The defen- dant made two trips upstairs carrying the ham

mom.

Li Hung said he was roolie foremao. On Sunday morning he saw the defendant holding the hammers in his hands. He did not see him take them away.

It was mentioned to his Worship that the Menager of the Docks did not wish to press

the charge,

Mr. Hazeland said there was a great doubt as to the proof of stealing and in the end held the charge not proven and dismissed the defendant.

TRESPASSING.

Un Nun was discharged, being held not guilty of trespassing in the Central Police Station, he being invited there by one of the lukongs.

REFUSING SERVICE.

Fatty Deen, clerk in the Hongkong Dispen- sary, charged Ho Sze, n coolie, with refusing a | proper sum of money and making other coolies to refuse duty. Ho was fined $5.

STEALING RICE, ›

Chung U was sent to gaol for six weeks' hard labour for stealing 40 cattics of rice from a matshed in the Kowloon Camp.

SHOP LIFTING.

Luk Sam went inside, for four months for stealing 4 taels 3 maca of gold wire from a shopkeeper in Queen's Road,

DAMBLING.

Chief Detective Inspector J. W Hanson had a school of gamblers up this morning. Exactly ao were charged.

No. 6 defendant was absent.

corner.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1901.

ACTION AGAINST THE HON.

F., MAY, (.M.G.

The commencement of the, action against The Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., took place this moming. Leung Kun Yau alias Leung Asu for non service of a writ claims, £100. Mr. Sharp, instructed by Mr. Mounsey, of Messrs. Mounsey and Brutton, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Pollock, K.C. (Acting Attomey-Gen eral) appeared for the defendant.

Some evidence was taken and arguments heard from both counsel and the case was adjourned till 11.30 mm to-morrow morning.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column-t-

THE RENT QUESTION.

TO THR EDITOR or the ! Bongsong TrurorapH."

the banks at Shanghai, shall make out receipla for the principal and interest, which amounts are to be paid by China, and shall settle other : matters

connected with the payment of the

indemnity.

2. China will issue one band for the whole amount of the indemnity and hand the same to tlle Doyen of the Foreign Ministers at Paking: and the bond will then be divided into smaller bonds for each Power and each bond shall bear the signature of the Chinese officials,

d. The funds for the payment of the bonds will be handed luto the hands of the bank managers every year.

. The securities' for the indemnity'ure' as under:-

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2. Native Customs revenue, and the Native Customs at the treaty ports, are to be under the control of the Imperial Maritime Customs.

3. The Salt Revenue, after payment of the foreign loan for which it now stands as security.

Auction.

BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, PUBLIC AUCTION. MESSRS, HUGHES and HOUGH will

PUBLIC AUCTION,

at their Sales Rooms, Ice House Street,"

on

THURSDAY, the 5th September, 1991,"

at 3 1.31.

in two Lots.

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY,

situate at Victoria Hongkong. LOT 1.

Lor 2.

The Valuable Messuages and Premises

Intimations.

KRUSE & CO.,

CONNAUGHT HOUSE, HONGKONG

CIGAR MERCHANTS

AND

TOPS

Fancy Goods of every description.

COLUMBIA BICYCLES.

SOLE AGENTS FOR

Welsbach Incandescant Gasburners:

Hongkong, and September, 1901..

known as No. 227 Queen's Road Central, andELLY No. sa Jervais Street held for an unexpired term of 943 years at the Annual Crown Rent of $18.

Sale, apply to

For further Particulars and Conditions of

DENNYS and BOWLEY,

Solicitors,

·Supreme Court House,

1. The Import Duty of 5 per cent. revenue of the Imperial Maritime Customs that is The Valuable Messunges and Premises ad valorem and the new duty of 5 per cent. 33 Upper Lascar Row held for an unexpired known as No. 34, Lower Lascar. Row and No. ad valorem on goods now classed as "duty-form of 94 years at the Annual Crown Rent free #

except rice, cereals, four, gold, silver and of Six. specie.-This shall be treated as the security for the new bonds after the outstanding loans for which these sources of revenue are now DEAR SIR,- quite agree with your corres-security, shall have been paid off pondent Ruined in what he says about the rise in rests being mainly responsible for the great increase in prices throughout the Colony It stands to reason that everybody must have some place to live in, and therefore high rents are a burden to everybody and cause expanses to go up. Naturally, those who can, try to meet the rise by demanding more for their wares. If only some meibad for reducing rents could be discovered things would soon right them. The import duy which is to be hereafter, selves. Hongkong is by no means a pleasant place to live in nowadays when one considers collected shall be assessed after due investigation" that the cost of living has risen rearly a bun by taking the average of the last three years, and and upon the value of merchandise, to be fixed'

dred per cent. in the past ten years and that the dollar bas drooped in value from three to two before such revaluation the duty will be levied shillings. Yet, it is hardly secessary to point upon merchandise, as heretofore, out that salaries have not risen in proportion, and hence the average man is a great deal

BEGGARED. Hongkong, 3rd September, igat..

The present import duty is to be increased to an effective 5*par cent, að valorem and the Powers have assented to the following con ditions:

or to

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Government Auctioneers. (9410

Hongkong, 19th August, 1901.

Notices of Firms.

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO., LIMITED,

NOTICE.

poo Rivers shall be effected and the Chinese

2. The conservancy of the Peiho and Whang-DURING my TEMPORARY ABSENCE the Colony, Mr. R. J. MACGOWAN will act as SECRETARY of the above Company.

Government shall contribute to the funds

{

EDWARD OSBORNE,

Secretary.. Hongkong, 28th August, 1921.

NOTICE.

worse off now, even if he has had a fifty per raised for that purposa. The new increased · By Order of the Board of Directors, cent. rise in salary, then he was ten years ago. tariff will become effective two months after

Yours faithfully,

the signing of this protocol.

Article 7. The Chinese Government assigns to the foreign Legations a special 'quarter for their own exclusive use and euch quarters are to be under the sole control of the Legations, the Chinese people not being permitted to live within such area. Furthermore it is allowed that the Legations shall make their own defensive preparations as indicated in the appended maps. And as stipulated in the pro tocol of 26th day of 11th moon (1st Jan. 1991)! China consents to the Powers permanently retaining Legation guards.

THE TERMS OF THE PEACE

PROTOCOL.

The following, which we take from the Chinn Gaselle of the 28th elte, is a translation of the Peace Protocol from the Chinese text, the French not being available at the moment →→

Article 1. a. Baron von Ketteller, German Minister to China, having been murdered, the Chinese Emperor has despatched Prince Chun as a Special Envoy to Germany to apologize for the occurrence on behalf of the Emperor of

China, and Prince Chun, duly accredited by the Imperial command, has left China on his mis- sion:

b. A Memorial stone to the memory of Baron von Ketteller, the murdered German Minister, shall be erected at the place where the murder took place and the erection of this monument has already begun.

Article 8. The Chinese Government allows the Taku forts, as well as the forts batwees Peking and sea-coast, to be demolished and destroyed and this has already been done upon a certain understanding.

fan. 1901, China consents to the Powers main- Article 9. According to the protocol of tat

taining garrisons between Peking and the sea. coast and such garrisons shall be located at Huant-son, Lanfang, Yastson, Tientsin, Chun- llang-chong, Tongku, Tong Shan, Lanchow, Chang-lian-hsien, Ching Wan-tow as well as at Shan-hai-kwan,

Article 10.-The Chinese Government agrees Article 2. a. The chief culprits who were re-

to promulgate Imperial decrees to the follow- sponsible for the injuries to the various Governing effect, such decrees to be posted in all ments, societies and individuals of the various cities, towns districts and departments:- Powers have already been punished as pro- claimed on the r3th February and 23rd Febze ary in the Imperial Decrees, including the lists of their names, and respective punishments, and of those provincial officials who were denounced as guilty were identified, and those named were punished according to the gravity of their crimes.

8. On-day, ofig-an Imperial decree. prohibited all examinations for both civil and military services for 5 years, in all cities and towns where foreigners have been murdered or wounded or endured attacks &c.

Article 3-The Chancellor of the Japanese Legation having been killed, Natung. Vice- President of the Board of Revenue, was ap- pointed as Special Envoy [to apologist for the outrage to the Imperial Court of Japan).

Article 4-At the foreign cemetery (in Peking) a mentorial stone shall be erected and the cx penses for the same have already been contri- buted (by the Chinese Goverment),

Article 5.The imponation Into China of

munitions of war and all these materials used for manufacturing war munitions shall be, according to an Imperial Decree to be issued on the-day of 19-prohibited for two years. Article 6.-Accorting to the Imperial Decree

of 29th May 1901 China agrees to pay an in- demnity to the various Powers of Hk. Tla 450 millions. This amounts to be the total lo- demnity to be paid to the various states, wocie ties and individuals mentioned in the protocol dated the 22nd December, 1900.

This 450 millions, being Haikwen zaels, shall be exchanged into gold at the market rate

R. CE, WARREN begs to inform his MR REMOVE his Office to more commodious.

numerous Customers that he will

'Premises at WYNDHAM STREET (Opposite to the CLUR GERMANIA) on the 1st August next.

Hongkong, 23rd July, 1981.

{7&c HONGKONG AND, WHANPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDER'S.

ONTRIBUTING Shareholders are 're- ness contributed during the Half Year ended

quested to send in a Statement of Busi 30th June, 1901, on or before the 10th Sept., on which date the Accounts will be CLOSED.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. I. ROSE, Secretary. Hongkong, 22nd August, 1907,

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BEG to inform my Patrons and Public Generally that I have REMOVED my Stores from No. 13 to No. 5, D'AQUILAR

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Hongkong, z9th July, 1901-

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TO. 1, STEWART TERRACE.—THE

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2. The decree regarding the punishment of the guilty officials, their names and how pun ished in detail.

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3. The decree stopping examinations at allODOWN-No. 5A, DUDDELL STREET, places where foreigners suffered injury.

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on pain of being cashiered for ever.

The above decrees have already been placarded throughout the whole of ChieL

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Article 11. The Chinese Government agrees

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to negotiate a revision of the, commercial and navigation treaties if the Powers deem it necessary, more especially in connection with commerce at various points which may require to be regulated. Moreover, regarding the in: Sor OFFICE and TOP FLOOR, of deminity as in Article 6 China and the Powers.

about the conservancy of the Peiho and are n entering Into a certain agreement

Whampoo."

1. The conservancy of the Pelha is good for

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all, and both foreigners and the Chinese Govern NO. 3, ORMSEY TERRACE.--KOWLOON. ment have united in beginning the work, and after Tientsin shall have been handed over to the Chinese Government, a committee will be appointed and the Chinese Government will contribute 6ojooo Haikwan taals per annum towards the Pelho works,

Hongkong, 17th July, 1901,

a. The establishment of the Whangpoo Con- POSS

at the time of payment. The exchanges of Halservancy Board having been agreed to and the Kwan taels into the currencies of the various expenses for this work agreed to be raised by a countries are as follows:

loan, to be repaid within ao years, the annual | expenditure being 46,000 Haikwan taels, this will be divided between the Chinese Gavera- meat and foreigners; the members of such Con servancy board shall act according to the duties of their respective offices and such questions as revenue, etc and other details are set forth in the appended document. (Document omitted).

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Intimations.

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JAMOND MERCHANTS, ¦ JEWEL.

•LERS AND WATCHMAKERS.

Nos. 17-18-10 and zo were discharged. Nos. 4 to 16 pleaded guilty to the charge. Ng Hon said, he was P.C, 155. At 140 am, this morning he went to No. 284 Queen's Read Central to the 3rd floor. Three constables followed him. When he got to the srd floor he found the door locked. · He and (The exchange table is omitted.) the three constabls entered the room. Hé The 450 millions, with interest at the rate of stood behind the 2nd defendant. In the room 4 per cent. per annum shall be paid in 39 were about 25 men playing Fan Tan,

yearly instalments as per the appended list, He heard the 9th defendant stake $80 on the (list omitted.) Each instalment will be paid He saw the 1st defendant removing yearly, but the first instalment will be paid on the beads. Then the Inspector.came up. the 1st day January of 1903, and interest shall John William Hanson said he was Chief be calculated from the tt day of July 1gor, Detective Inspector. He went at 1.45 am. but the interest for 6 months, that is tat July to to' 284, Queen's Road Central He saw a 31st Dec. 1901, will be included in the interest round table in the room on which there was a to be paid from the 1st Jan, 1902, that is to say heap of beads.” On the rat defendant was found on the 22nd day of rith moon of this year and $39.45 and on the and $315.44; the 3rd defendent will be paid within 3 years at 4 per cent, per had no money. The 1st defendant was fined | annum, $100 or one mouth. The and $50 or out 6. The adjustment of matters connected with

consisting of the managers of foreign banks to ing to the French text, which is accepted by Neither the CAPTAIN, the ADEMTs, nor the be appointed by each Power in Shanghai, and all parties as correct

2

Article 12-According to the Imperial decrea of 21st July last the Tiungil Yamen has been reorganized and transformed into the Wai Wa

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The above 12 articles, as well as sil do

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