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EDUCATION AND REFORM.

STUDENT GATHERING IN CANTON. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, April asth...

The series of lectures being delivered in she Presbyterian Mission Church at St Po Lau are attracting large, audiences. On Sanday after. poon twenty three schools were represented. those of the government being among the umber sending the most students. Mr. J were instructive and listened to with good at Dyer Ball delivered three lectures, all of which tentin The fact that the lecturer deals large ly on the subject of Christianity did not appear to offend any of the audience though most of the students were in no way, identified with Cotiaily. Today the U. Consul General, Hon. G. Lay, was greeted by an audience of over 600 students. He spoke through an in- terpreter and the audience showed its apprecia- of his address by heartily applauding when

er whether it be in a constitutional or absolute TELEGRAMS.

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monarchy or Republic, the individual will exert however small, it may be an influence on the Government of his city, or province; or country. If he is educated it will be for the good; if he is ignorant, the State has not only: lost his service as a benefactor, but has made. ALLEGED CHINESE SYM- an enemy and created a deterrent influence

PATHY WITH RUSSIA, against progress and reform.

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Now let me be more frank and to the poipt. hope my hearers will not misunderstand my intentions If I give you my views on what i China, I am supposed to be a diplomat and sincerely consider to be the key, to reform in

say nothing to offend, but I do not mean to offend, and I feel surp my remarks 10-day ad- dressed, to such a distinguished and learned: audience would be colourless did I got touch on the subject of education in China. As you well know, America is a great friend of China. and wants to seb' her succeed and prosper, and I trust you will accept my further remarks in this spirit and as from a friend. intelligent and distinguished Chinaman, I was asked the question: How are we Chinese to bring about the many needed reforms in this people. This is what is needed in China. Country? My reply was: You should have more men like yourselves Making new laws, Elising large armies, and spending money on flects will not alone de velope and reform a country,

JAPANESE PROTEST:

THE BINWANPAO !

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Shanghai, 26th April, 5,10 p.m. The Acting Japanese Consul Geno- ral has written to the Tuotai demand- ing that he should take steps to

Che Hongkong Celegraph about such a state of affairs should cer; he bad completed the address a dir, Kwan The other day, in conversting with a very secure the arrest and punishment of

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1905.

HONGKONG DOCKS AND THE ADMIRALTY.

lainly be indemnified. Therefore, when the matter of a subvention crops up, as it is sure to do in the very near future, it is to be hoped that the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company will receive that recognition which is only its due. Without the atten

In a recent issue, we published an extre-tion which has been directed to the subject mely interesting and lucid, account of the by a naval authority in the columns of the Hongkong Telegraph, the gigantic task per- operations which were carried out by the formed by the Dock Company, at a moment's Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company on notice and in an incredibly short space of the battleships Albion and Glory. Accord-time, might have passed unnoticed by the ing to the writer, who may be described as general public. It has become such a com- a naval expert, and whose opinions are wor- or foreign warship has gone into dock that mon feature of the day's news that a British thy of the greatest attention, 'serious defects nobody, or at any rate very few, pay any had been found in the guns of these two heed to it, or attach that importance to the warships, and it was found necessary to have

matter which it deserves. Fortunately, we them immediately replaced. The work in have been able on this occasion to shadow forth, it may be dimly, the powers of the volved the use of exceptionally powerful Dock Company as demonstrated in the case machinery which in ordinary circumstances

of the Albion and filory, and we may hope that the lesson will not be lost on the com

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By their enterprise and foresight, however, the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com. pany had provided for such a contingency, and

the work of replacing the defective guns was done in a manner which not only, reflected

imunity, or on those responsible for the nisin tenance of the British Fleet.

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Yan Cho, a third year student in the Christian College, gave a very accurate interpretation of the Consul's address. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Western To-morrow Dr. Graves, will speak on the Learning

Consul Lay's address was on "The Effects and Influence of Education on Reform," He spoke as follows-Gentlemen, regret that I am unable to address you in Cantonese and also that my engrossing duties at the Consu- late have, so occupied my time lately, that have been unable to devote as much time as would have liked to this address, which Dr. Beattie has done me the honour to ask me to make to-day,

therefors for the incompleteness with which 1 I ask the indulgence of this learned audience have been compelled to deal with this import ant subject of the affects and influences of education on reform

Educate your

the editor of the Sinucanpao, a daily newspaper, published in Chinese, in this Settlement.

The Consular request is based on the ground that the paper luas da od pre

to criticise his actions in connection with Japan's schemes as regards China showing any syropathies with

attitude and endeavours to show the inconsistency and purility of his com plaint.

Mr. J. C. Furgus. Clark is the owner

manager.

[This telegram was received too late for publication in our Isque last evening. The action of the anese Coniul at Shanghai has, doubt, been prompted under instructions from Tokio-ES H.&.T.}

Wight may be right, as in the days of yore, and it is so to a great extent at the pre- sent time, but in order for a country to the Russians. he mighty, it is essential that the people To the Japanese Consul's allega should be educated, to study and become famitions the editor replies in a vigorously- liar with all the latest improvements and be up to the times in the sciences, on Govers. worded article, in his paper animad-

progressing, and it is by study, and study alone rent, and in military masters. The world is verting severely on the Consul's that will enable us to keep up with the times. antiquated ideas must be replaced by modern ideas. The world is moving rapidly and a na- It is my abject to-day to talk to you. of my tion to become strong and powerful like an observations during fifteen years in the Con- individual must move with the times. sular Service in British North America and

What China needs and all the needs is a of the paper, and Mr. Europe of the influences of education on reform. system of compulsory education. Make every appears in the hong list as its

Reform has been by many misunderstood as boy and girl go to school. Establish public meaning only a change something pewno institutions of the same kind as the one in matter whether conditions as they existed before connection with which this meeting is held the so-called reform were best suited to the to-day. But you must change your curiculum, welfare of the people, or not. This is not the Devote less time to the study of Confucius and true meaning of reform. Reform "aims at

the classics. Under the present system of edu- changing conditions for the batter; modifying cation, the Chinese student is not prepared to such features, and eliminating others of the contend with those in the world who have had the advantage of an education in the sciences ing the most beneficial results in the end, for and in the modern ans, in modern engineer the greatest number concerned. But reform in electricity, agriculture or even the does not always mean a change that will bring trades, which have been brought by edu immediate results. The effects of a good fecation to such a high state of development. form may not be felt for a long time after such Industrial schools should be established to reforms are inaugurated.ime after such teach your labourers and artisans how they can It is contended by some that there is too great compete in foreign markets by improving and a tendency toward reform; that individuals reforming their present methods of manufac like governments now-a-days strive to reform ture. Some of you may say that China needs

It is reported that three French everything and that reform is dangerous and other seforms than education. This may be hazardous This is true of an ignorant in

true to a certain extent, but radical reforms in missionaries were murdered at Batong, all branches cannot be accomplished at once. MR. J. R. Twentyman, who was badly abakon | dividual or government that is unable by reason

scale, and with the establishment of a more at the same time, as the Amban, of Not, compulsory education, statted on a smat on the borders of thibet, in Szechuan,

practical education by changing the cariculum, whose suite onig, five escaped.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

delivered in London on the 26th inst.

credit on themselves, but compared favour-THE German Mail of the 19th March was existing state of affairs as will result in secur ably with anything that could have been accomplished by the special Admiralty docks in England. The importance of this feat by the Dock Company is better realised by a contemplation of the prospect it opens out

A. S. WATSON & Co., should Great Britain be at war: Under the usual conditions which exist in the East, it would have been necessary," when these serious defects in the armament of the two

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Hongkong, 1st April, 1905.

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AcCORDING to the Socalra which arrived from Singapore this morning a thick for prevails at Gap, Rock,

The thirtieth case of plague notified as having occurred in the Colony since the beginning of the year was reported to-day from the New Territory,

and sustained a broken rib, in the rudaway of failure to study conditions, to foresee the accident last week, is, progressing as well as | disadvantages of unwise or hasty reform. Bot can be expected at the General Hospital, an individual or collection of individuals, who

(32 chief warships on the China station had been discovered, to send the vessels to Eng land in order to have the defects repaired. That would have meant that, in a time of Shanghai, though he may be in hospital for a have, to the best of their ability, studied the important cities, will bring about all the reform

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and extending it eventually through the most

general apprehension, when the efficiency of the first line of defence in the East is of su preme importance, the Flect would have been deprived of two of its chief fighting units and the standing and power of the Fleet seriously impaired. But it would also Manila, Swatow and Batavia, but none of them these conditions. An educated man or body a lot to learn from us, I have not been here long

have meant a great deal more. The expense of sending two battleships of the size of the Albion and Glory to England would have been a very considerable item. There would have been incurred the heavy Suez Catal dues, the high consumption of coal en rome.

ANOTHER day has passed without any direct news of the Baltic Fleet having been sighted by in-coming steamers. To-day vessels have come in from Meji, Shanghai (2), Singapore,

sian or Japine.ckets. report having seen anything of either the Rus

THE notonous Paddy Doyle made his twenty fourth appearance before the Magistrate this morning, when he was placed before Mr. F. A. Hizeland, charged with being drunk and dis

conditions under which they exist, and are con vinced that some change must and ought to be made to better and improve those conditions, are not doing their duty toward themselves or their fellow-men, unless they strive by every means in their power to attempt to reform of men does not take any risk when attempt ing reform, and furthermore, if such educated men realize that existing conditions are not in the best interests of themselves or their fellow beings, and know that some change is neces sary, fail to attempt reform, they are nothing more than cowards.

that China needs in sanitation, Army, Navy, trades. I do not wish you to understand that judiciary, and all branches of professions and as criticising any of your institutions, Eve ry Government and every people can improve. We have a lot to learn from China, and China enough to make a very exhaustive study of your wonderful country and still more wonderful people, but I have seen enough of it to be con vinced that the reforms your officials sell ma you need can only be brought about through

the peaceful influence of education. I don't

to England and back, and the high cost of orderly in the public streets. He was con of intelligent men or bodies of men to carry tive, but by public schools.

It is not, unfortunately, a prevailing tendency plished to a large extent by jadividual initia mean the education of the few which is accom-

labour in England necessary to carry out

victed and fined $; with the alternative of 14

days' imprisonment. Having no money reform to excess, but what does exist, and the alterations. The arrangements made by asked the usher to "send" him $5, which the what is a menace to many. governments and the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Camasher politely declined to do. He was asked institutions, are the attempts made at reform pany to cope with such an emergency sufic. by Mis Worship how many times he had been by the uneducated, without any real effort

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To give you an idea how a country suffers

MISSIONARIES REPORTED

MURDERED

AT BATONG.

[From Our own Correspondent]

Shanghai, 27th April, 11 am.

[Advices received through Shanghai papers of recent date show that there have been quite a number of anti-foreign disturbances in the recrudescence of the Boxer movement.ED. province, and these have been ascribed to a H.K.7]

Later. Many Christains were massacred at Batong,

INDO-CHINA STEAMER

BURNI

MANY LIVES LOST.

The Indo-China S. N. Co.'s 5.5. from her people being uneducated, one has Yueneo has been burnt at Tung- only to look at Spain where I have lived dur chow. Messrs. Jardino, Matheson King and two, legislative bodies, veined by & Co., the local agents, stute that King and two legislative bodies, one elec: all the foreigners including Capt. Germany; the people are brave and 400 years Flagg and four passengers were ago, she was the ruler of the world. To-day, saved. They admit that, so far, Spain has fallen to a second rate power, and The basis of all reform, gentleman, is educa, her people are crying for reform, blaming the fifty bodies have been recovered. tion. Without education, a man, a woman, Government for all their shortcomings, poverty, Sixteen members of the compradore's orate. A country whose people are nol educat try's finances. Every now and then a revolu or a country cannot improve, bât must deteri ed must lost its commercial and military'su.

and the unsatisfactory condition of the coun crew were lost.

premacy.

These attempts invariably fail, and why do they fail? Because of the ignorance of those responsible for such reforms.

the occasion, and at comparatively smalldignantly denied that he had been drunk once necessities of reform and its probable results tive. Spain is richer in natural resources than cost the power of the China squadron has in that period. He was only released from been kept at full fighting pitch, and the Ad. Bas yesterday after serving a term of six miralty have been saved great and unneces days for want of 55.

months' hard labour. He is now doing 14

sary expense, while the prestige of the Dock Company has risen at a bound. These con- siderations lead to the question whether the Dock Company have received that support and assistance from "My Lords of the Admiralty" to which they may fairly claim to have been discussed was mediatory action prevailing among their fellow-cit zena in their to force as a remedy for their often imaginary tl ir lives..

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tion takes place, organized by some ignorast The Chineso estimate that between agitator; who encourages the, people to resort two and three hundred persons lost

SONE of the Vienna newspapers recently stated hit Yang-cheng, the Chinese Minister, was received in special audience by the Emperor Francis Joseph. Among the questions alleged

An educated people read of the conditions tending towards peace. It is also asserted that. the Minister wired full details of the audience and finally in other countries. They will have but it will never come as long as more than one own city, in other cities of their own country,

grievances; GATA

Reform is needed in Spain-needed badly, to his colleague in London. In authoritative the intelligence to compare the methods half the people cannot read or write, as, how the question of peace was not even alluded to. of securing batter results, whether it be in quarters it is declared that during the audience adopted elsewhere than in their own country.

to be entitled? And a brief view of

swer the facts compels an [negative. The Naval authorities, with a consistency which has proved most irritating have refused to furnish anything but the The Minister thanked the Empeior for his trade, business, the arts, or in the sciences sentation and redress in a constitutional Gov.

most meagre help to the Company. In the case of the Admiralty loan, for example, the Admiralty's action was hardly commensurate $2.75 per 100 with the enterprise of the Company in seek ing to provide facilities for the warships on this station. As pointed out by the naval expert, whose opinions we submitted in

autograph letter congratulating the Dowager Empress upon having celebrated her seventieth birthday, His Majesty received the Chinese Minister in a most gracious manner, and held a long conversation with bim in German. In the course of the audience the war in Man- churia was discussed, but no allusion' was made to the prospects of peace,

Can an ignorant min obtain proper repre

ernment unless he can read and write and vole

They will then apply so much of these methods intelligently? as will improve their own business, profession, On the other hand, there are many instances or Government; and see sometimes the advant- ages of adhering to their owe methods and of how an educated people has prevented what that it will be best to continue to improve or many years ago during a time when the farmers would have been disastrous réforms. Net reform along the lines that they are, following.and business men of a country on the American

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

WAILS, DUE.

American (China) 29th inst." French (Ernest Simmons) 11, prox. - German (Prinz Waldemar) 1st prox. Canadian (Empress of Jaban) zsi prox.

Indian (Sulsang) and prox. Indian (Kumsang) 9th prox.

The P. & D. S. 7. Co,' . Pekin left Singapore for this port ou 35st inst., at 6 p.m.

Let me mention briefly a few examples of the No. 2-$2.50 per 100 Tuesday's issue, "the erection of plant sulit-

beneficial influences of education on reform, continent were suffering from general financial depression, a political leader took advantage ciently powerful to carry out such an opera

First, let us take reform of the individual of the situation and the readiness of the people tion [as that of replacing the heavy guns on

THE N. D. L. 5.3. Roon, which arrived here on from a moral standpoint. There are excepto accept anything new as a possible, means of

The Bucknall Lines.s, Bantu from London

the Albion and Glory within the space of pore in a fraction over four days, The Sultan reform a man is to educate bin. Education, ifing a current system that would have seriour due here on zBib Tost

Tuesday evening, made the run up from Singe Jions to be sure, but the most effective way to relief, and he was nearly successful in establish and ports, left Singapore on 21st inst., and is $2.25 per 100 single day would be a sore burden on of Jahore landed at the southern port on the it does nothing else, teaches him to reason and question was placed before the people to decide next French Mail will leave Saigon to-morrow, Impeded this country's progress for years. The The M. M.Cola ss. Ernest Simons with the the taxpayer, seeing that it would be seldom 21st inst, and among the passengers coming to convince him that it pays to do right and obey and they at once set to work to study this com atam for this port required and yet must be maintained in on to Hongkong were Messrs Lenox Simpson, the laws. An educated man, whether he be plicated problem with the result that they did The P. M.S. S. Co., China with malls, good order." Little wonder then that the one of the senior Commissioners of Custdias, labourer, or merchant, is more amenable to just not accept the plausible reasoning of the &c, left Manila for this part to-day, at 1 pm, Imperial Government are awaking to the Boite, an American millionaire who is achiwa than the ignoraat man. No government very unwise and dangerous reform was defeated The O. S. S. Co. & C. M. S. N. Co.'s s

politicians. This attempt at inaugurating aand is dus bers on 29th inst., at 9 am, companied by his wife and sister, and Mr. can succeed without just government, and in simply by a campaign of education, and I know Deucalion left Singapors on 25th Inst at capabilities of private firms and the advan Chesney Duncan, editor of the Stralis Echo. turn it must depend on its people observing of so better incident than this, that has come soon, and may be expected here on 30th inst tages to be derived from granting thems sub Also Leong Fee, owner of the celebrated Tam- the laws that make good and just government under my observation, la show the beneficial The CPR Co.'s 18. Emprisi of Japan sidies. It was only a few weeks ago that an bun tio mine in Malaya and Chinese Consul, possible, Education enables the people to she fact that the greatest cougtries are those arived at Nagasaki at 8 am..on 27th just, and

"effects education has on reform; it is an estab- officer of the Crown was sent out to the East Pepang, who is proceeding to Swatow to at appreciate the justice of laws.

that are constantly reforming and those where as again at 5 pm, same day for Shanghai toinspect the naval defences, and the facilities tend the funeral of his aged faber, Mr. Leong From the standpoint of the individual's the greatest percentage of their, people are where she is due to arrive at 6 am, on 29th

Of repairing Fee is accompanied by his two tons and a relation to the State, education plates bim educated at the disposal of the Admiralty for repairin number of relatives. The ship was fall to in a position to astiat bis government be greatest statesman is not be who adro- The CPR Code Emprøtt of India damages and securing the maintenance of the Fleet's efficiency, ⠀ At the same me the established an enviable record formeularity, power as a citizen or subject in preventing lives to increase the facilities for educating, left again at 1.30pm, Wednesday for Yokoz overBowing with passengers, the Room having in enforcing good reform dr exerciting his cates a large army or navy, but the one who arrived at Kube at 6.30 pm, on 25th inst, and

the pepaid.

kanpoko kama where she is due to sizive at 3 pm, OR [ss question of subsidising those firms whose comfort, and fing sea-going qualities, ***** [atturmple at unlaat or unwise reform, "No mat-

Gregor & Co.,

SOLE AGENTS.

Hongkong, 7th March, 1905.

Votes of thanks terminated the proceedings 27th inst,