TELEGRAMS.
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The United States and Japan. LONDON, 13th January.
The
sondent of the Times at Otta, wa says that the Foreign Minister, Viscount Hayashi, has notified the Japanese, Consul
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BALNEATION INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION:
· TO THE EDITOR OF TR# *! Hananong TrizGRAFI," SIRI bave the honour to inform you that on "Intern·tional Exhibition of Balneation and
of Bathing resort. Fife will take place in Spa,
before
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1. TUESDAY JANUARY
and of ication, andy petition for, gwas done to protect the Japrosse subjecti jed hools, for the Mongolian children:
and tone of the more conserva pers may better be illustrated by an epitome of their argument on the public schools question.
Tast argument practically la "asfaltows:"/ The public schobis of California are a state and nota federal institution. The state has the power to abollah those schooli entirely, and the federal
the the throwing).
rent violations of, Jaw) ama sulisfied,, from Inquiries made and from statements" made Japanese restaurant keepers, of stones and breation of windows was not done by the men picketing the restaurants, but by young men and boys who had gathered in front of the restatirants as soon as the boycott was instituted,
✅ Dr. F. C mon, of the Imperial University of
In their opening
toth inst., Messrs. J. A
the following optimistic observations:-Busi
as has been resumed this year with a vigoar that promises well for a elroog Spri
Intimations.
THE
for all Lisses of securities and after which ROBINSON PIANO
show signs of a further improvement. Indos
that the visit of the Japanese fleet to the Belgium, in July-August 1907, government would have pòʻright to lift its voice Tokid, one of the world's most distinguished have dropped temporarily for cash to Ti 65, Pacific coast is postponed indefinitely owing The Committee shall feel very much obliged in protest. Upon the other hand, the state may scientists, and, as stated by Prof. Georgitaalf and the difficulty of getting shares in any
to the situation in the United States
Later.
The Awa Maru.". The Japanese mall teamer Aqua Marie has been refloated.
The Duke of Connaught's Tour. Reuter's "correspondant ✨ in: Melbourne. wires that the Federal Government is con- sidering a suggestion that the Duke of Con. naught be invited to extend his journey to Australia to inspect the forces.
The proposal is favoured in military circles. SUPPRESSION OF OPIUM-SMOKE,
The authorities of Tientsin are experiencing difficulties in enforcing strict abedience to the recent oplum régulations. In spite of the stringent orders issued by the Viceroy and other Authorities, which have, been posted up everywhere by means of proclamations, a nem ber of keepers of publi: houses live been de tected in violating the prohibition against keeping lamps for the use of customers. The offenders have been arrested and severely dealt with, besides which, the houses have been
closed by official order..
The owners of houses in the city and the suburbs are notified that they Are to keep a close, watch on the occupants that no oplam `smoking is allowed in their property, and in case of any violation of the prohibition, they are to report to the Authorities. But if they are found to be in league with the keepers of opium dens, their houses will be confiscated.
By thus inviting the co-operation of the land-
·lards, and Inflicting condign punishment upon all offenders against the regulations, it is hoped by the Tientsin Authorities that all opium smoking in public will be effectively, checked -S, C. D. Journal.
DISGRACEFUL ASSAULT ON
FORKIGNEKS.
DRUNKEN RICKSHAMEN IN KOBE.
While we have frequently had to refer to the nuisance of pestoring by ricksha conlies of late
if you will insert the enclosed notice in your valuable paper—I am, etc.,
A. VAN BIERVLIET, Acting Consul for Helgium.
Consulat de Belgique, i
Hongkong, 14th January, 1907
[[Enclosure}]}}, INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF BALNEA- TION AND OF BATHING-RESQRT LIVE
extend the privileges of its schools to allens upon such term as it, the state, may elect, and the federal government has no right to question its action in this regard.
Primarily and essentially he public schools are designed for the education of the citizens of the state. The state la interested in the educa tion of its own citizens alone. It would not for 1 moment maintain this expensive Institution
Davidson, of the University of California, one of the greatest living authorities on seismo graphy, sent to San Francisco by the Japanese verament to study the causes and effects of the earthquake, was stoned by hoodlums in the streets of San Francisco. Prol. T. Nakamura, professor of architecture in the Imperial Uni. versity of Tokio, was also stoned in the streets of San Francisce by young toughs and hood.
but a steady demand is already manifesting
appreciable quotidies is most pronounced. Docks have declined in favour but remain steady at closing rates. Shanghal and Hong- kaw Whatves have improved in value and the rise is fully Justified by the anticipations of a record year. Cottons are firm as dealers con sider that these stacks, especially Ewas, were unduly depressed lawords, the close of 1905
to educate foreigners and aliens who would, Doctor Omori, was also assaulted when gats are in strong demand and will
Carry to their countries "the fraits of such
education.
visiting Eureka, Cal. Neither of these eminent gentlemen made formal complaint of these assaults, and wished that no official recognition
IN SPA (Belgium), Spa, the summer residence of H. R.H. Princess Clementina of Belgium, is situated in
Therefore, if it should be held that there was the most picturesque position of the Ardennes mountains. (Golden Book) shows it to treaty with Japan in the state's treatment of a discrimination operating in violation of the have a renown which origin led three and a Japanese children, or even if a new treaty with half centuries ago, da owns the richest for Japan should be fra red which would cont in on Yurious minoral waters and, its thermal behalf of Japanese subjects the most favoured-5 catablishment in the finest and the most comastion clause, this could and would be met fotable one of Northern Europe. The healthy by the state, which would then exclude from estate of pa has become proverbial.. The the use of its public schools all alien children season extends from June to November,
of every nationality and limit the rights of free Therefore, a considerable success is surely education to children of its own citizens, for in store for the Exhibition of Palocation and whom the system is primarily designed and Bathing Resort iife, which will take place maintained, and if the state should do the in Spa in July-August 1907, under the graci us federal government could not complain, since patronage of ri. R. H. Princess Clementine and
no treaty right could be violated when the under the auspices of the Belgian Government children of fapanese were treated precisely as the province of Liege and the municipality of
the children of all foreign nations, Spa
The feeling in the state is further intensified, The programme of this. Exhibition includes especially in labor circles, by the report on the balneology, hygiene, medicine and chemistry, conditions in the Hawaiian Islands as contain architecture, furniture and its accessories, the
ed in Bulletin 66 of the Bureau of Labor, De. decorative and graphic Arts, electricity, stylespartment of Commerce and Labor. The claim Almeniation, locomotion, spart and play, is made that white labor has been entirely driven from the Hawaiian Islands, and that the association and publichy,
Japanese are gradually forcing even the small white traders out of business.
The offices of the General Secretary of the Exhibition are established 43. Avecue, de Marteau, Spa.
የኔ
OPENING OF NANNING.
The port of Nanning, in Kwangel province, was opened to foreign trade on the 1st inst, as already reported in our telegraphic columes, According to a Chinese contemporary, the site of the foreign settlement is to be on the new Bund, on the Wast River. A new rule by which the sovereign rights of China over her ewn territory will be preserved has been adopted. Instead of selling the land to foreign merchants, building lots of ten chang square are to be leased to them at Tls, 40 per aunum for a period of thirty years, the lease to be
Many of the foremost educators in the state an the other band, are strongly opposed to the action of the San Francisco board of Education. Japanese are admitted to the University of California, an institution maintained and sup ported by the state. They are also admitted to, and gladly welcome at, Stanford University, Sn Franscisco, so far as known, is the only city which has discriminated against Japanese children. I talked with a number of prominent labor men and they all said that they had no objection to Japanese children attending the primary grades; that they wanted Japanese children now in the United States to have the same school privileges as children, of other
be taken of them.
go higher as the year progresses, Debentures of all classes have been in request-by investors.
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE. We Selling."
The police records of San Francisco show Landon-Bank To that between May 6, 1906, and November
1906, sgo chats, of assault ranging from simple assaults to assaults with deadly wea- poos and assaults with murderous intent, were reported to the police of San Francisco. Of the number so reported, seven were for assaults committed by Japanese, and two complaints were made against Japanese for disturbing the peace. The Japanese population in San Fran cinco is about 6.com. The total population of San Francisco to-day is estimated to be be iwren 325,000 and 350,000.-
While the sortiment of the State of Califor nis, as manifested by the public utterances of the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League by articles in many of the leading newspapers in the state, by declarations of the political parties in their platforms, and by the passage of a joint resolution by the state legislatur on March 7, 1905, is in favour of the exclusion of Japanese coolies, yet the overwhelming senti ment is the state is for law and order and for the protection of Japanese in their persons and their property.
The chief of police of the city of San Fran- cisco, as also the acting mayor of the city, as- sured me that everything possible would be done to protectthe Japanese subjects in San Francisco and they urgently requested that all cases of as
nult and all violations of law affecting the Japanese be at once reported to the chief of police.
I impressed very strongly upon the acting mayor of the city, as also upon, the chief of police, the gravity of the situation, and told them that, as officers charged with the enforce- ment of the law and the protection of property
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nations, but that they were unalterably oppos- and person, you looked to them to see that all CIETY will be held in the CITY HALL RECEIVED BY EVERY MAIL.
it is, fortunataly, seldom that a case of nesault renewab'e at the expiration of that term for a el to Japanese young men attending the primJapaneto subjects resident in San Francisco
such at that which occurred on Thursday night in Kobe has to be recorded, remarks the Japan Chronicle of 5th inst.
Men. A, H, Hausta and A. F. Jahn charg tered two rickihas notside the Club Concordia, Kobe, on the evening in question at a little
before 8 o'clock, and proceeded to their meat dence on the Will. They alighted from the vehicles at the font of the hill leading to Yamamoto-dori, t-chome, when Mr. Hunnen paid the men thirty sen (considerably more than the legal fare) giving the money to the man who had pulled his ricksha and stating that that was the fare for the twn. On alighting Mr.. Jaha remarked to Mr. Hansen, in Gorman, that he was glad he had arrived at the end of the journey in safety because his Surumaya was *ppareily intoxicated.
similar period. A substantial house has to be erected by each lesser within two years and the house is to be built according to plans ap-
proved by the Incal Taolai.
The Custom House and quarters for its officials will also be erected on the Bund, but the examination office will be 'n pontoon 'moored in the river,
ary grades.
The objection to Japanese men attending the primary grades could very readily be met by 'a simple rulo limiting the ages of all children attending those grades. All of the teachers with whom I talked while in San Francisco spoke in the highest terms of the Japanese children, saying that they were
A Chinese contractor from Hongkong basamong the very best of their pupils, cleanly secured the contract for the construction of the
in their person, well behaved, studious and bund.
remarkably bright.","
SAN FRANCISCO, AND JAPAN.
THE JAPANESE School DIFFICULTY.
SECRETARY METCALF'S REPORT.
Washington, I ec. 20. The report which Secretary Metcalf has presented to President Roosevelt, on the subject of the Tapanese school difficulty in San Francisco, will be read with interest all over the coast. In part, the report is as follows:
...
The board of education of San Francisco declined to rescind its resolution of October 11 claiming that having established a separate school for Chinese, Japaness and Korean children, the provision of section 1662 of the political code became mandatory.
were afforded the full proteclios guaranteed to
them by our treaty with Japan. I also informed them that if the local authorities were not able to cope with the situation, or if they were negli gent er derelict in the performance of their duty then the entire power of the Federal government within the limits of the constitő- tion would be used, and used promptly and vigorously, to enforce observance of treaties,
THE ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE TJONGKONG BENEVOLENT SO-
on TUESDAY, 29th instant, at ra Noon.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government Mr. F. H. MAY, C.M.O, Will preside.
Hongkong, 15th January, 1007. [117
bicht, under the constitution, are the supreme law of the land, and to secure fit and proper treatment for the people of a great and friend.
y power while within the territory of the Uni- the
ted States."
PUBLIC AUCTION
“HE Undersigned have received instructions
from Mesara, Butterfield & SWIRE,
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
THURSDAY,
17th January, 1907, at 11 A.M., at Wanchai
Godown, No. 97, Praya Easij 120 Cases WHISKY; ALSO
One Large IRON SAFE by Milner's
AND
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1', therefore, the police power of San Fran cisco is not sufficient to meet the situation and guard and protect Japanese residents in San A boycott was maintained in San Francisco Francisco, to whom under our treaty with Jap an we guarantee "full and perfect protection from October 3 to October 24 by members of for their persons and property," then, it seems the Cooks and Waiters' Union against Japan to be, it is clearly the duty of the Federal gov est restaurante dring business in that city, Nearly all of the leaders of Labor organizations crement to afford such protection. All consi in San Francisco, interviewed on this subject sideration of duty in the preservation, of out
derations which may more a nation, every con disclaimed any knowledge of any formal action It seems that several years the board of being taken for the boycotting of these restaur-treaty obligations, every consideration prompt- education of San Francisco had been considerants. They admitted, however, that there wased by fifty years or more of close friendship
decided sentiment in the union against with the Empire of Japan, would unite in de patrouit ng Japanese restaurants, and that manding, it seems to me, of the United States THE Steamship that sentiment was created and fostered by government and all its people, the fullest pro- speeches in union meetings and by personal fection and the highest consideration for the action of the different members, with the ob- subjects of Japan. jact of not only preventing union labor men, but the public as well, from patronizing these
The foreigners, were proceeding up the hill; Mr. Hansen a few steps ahead of Mr. Jahn, when the former gentleman suddenly noticed that the cpolie who bad propelled Mr. Jahn was following with his lantern and immediately struck Mr. Jahn on the back, A. struggle ensued, with the result that both fell to the ground. As the fight was apparently to con- tinue, Mr. Hansen of course went to the assisting the advisability of establishing separate ance of his friend, but was prevented by force schools for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean from interfering by the other coolie, who deall children, and on May 6, 1925, passed the fol Mr. Hansen several blown. Mr. Hansen was lowing resolution: ablo to secure Mr. Jahn's assailant's lantern, which bore the comber, 1,298, and this was
subsequently handed over to the police. When Mr. Juho regained his feet they moved a little higher up the hill, but the coolics-naturally anxious to regain the lantern-followed, abus- ing the foreigners and threatening to attack them again. At the corner of Kitano-cho the rickshaman, who made the first attack, again struck Mr. {ahn, with the result that they were soon both struggling in the gutter.
Meanwhile a party of about ten people, ap. parently of the lower class, came down the hill
"Resolved, That, the board of education is determined in its efforts to effect the establish- nient of separate schools for Chinese and Japanese pupils, not only for the purpose of relieving the congestion at present prevailing in our schools, but also for the higher end that our children should not be placed to any position where their youthful impressions may be affected by association with pupils of the Mongolian race.”
And Cctober the . board passed the
following resolution; ·
restaurants.
keepers of San Francisco have a union of their It appears that the Japanese restaurant
own, of which 5. Imura is president, They made application, so they say, to the Cooks and Waiters' Union of San Francisco for ad- mission to membership in that unlos, but their application was denied. After the boycott had
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REVIVAL OF CONFÚCIANISM.
Peking, 6th January. We have received from the Empress-
Dowager, Our Holy Mother, the following
·Decreo:
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Liang Ting fan, Provincial Judge of Hupeh, has recently memorialized the Throne recom mending the establishment of a grand univer-
In truth, Confucius, the founder of our phi
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"Resolved, That in accordance with Article been maintained for a few days the Japanesesity in Klao-fou, the birthplace of the great and mingled in the affray, taking the part of the section 1661, of the school law, of California restaurant keepers held a meeting for the pure wage, Confucius, in the province of Shan the 16th and 19th January, 1907, respectively, coolies. Mr. Jahn cried out so Mr. Hansen for principals are hereby directed to send all. Chi pase of discussing the boycott and of devising gluc assistance and he ran to him, at the same time nese, Japanese, or Kolean children to the Ori.some way of stopping it. They discussed first shouting loudly for help, as the whole crowd were catal Pablic School, situated on the south side the obtaining of an injunction, and appanted losophy and literature, is 'the best and wisest "Dow altacking the foreigners, and they were, of of Clay street, between Powell and Mason commillee. This committes visited the Ja teacher that ever c·ma into existence and will course, too many for the two in manage alone. Streets, on and after Monday, October 15 1916 panese-American Association located in San always hold that rank among philosophers un-
The action of the board in the passage of Francisco and asked the association to consult disputed even unto the end of the world the resolutions of May 6, 1905, and October 11, a lawyer. They were informed that a test case 1906, was undoubtedly largely influenced by would cost Sto, and that if the test case failed the activity of the Japanese and Korean. Exit would cost Bach restaurant keeper, $200 for clusion League, an organization formed for the each case tried.
In is only recently that we pablished an Im- perial Edict calling on the people not to neg lect their duty towards this great sage, and to show Our profound respect for his memory, wo have commanded that first-class honours should be paid him.
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At that moment one of the crowd struck Mr. Hansen in the face, and Mr. Jahn's hat and umbrella, which he had been carrying, were snatched from him. One of the crowd beat Mr. Jahn over the head with the umbrella purpose of securing the enactment by the I saw the chief of police, es also H H. Colby, while he was still lying on the ground.
Whoo Mr. Jahn bad once more regained his Congress of the United Staice of a law extend-captain of police in charge of the district in ing the provisions of the existing Chinese ex- which most of the Japanese restaurants are
Kino-fou, being the native place of this holy fect a Japanese gentleman, who spoke English, clusion act so as exclude Japanese and Koreans located, and was informed by both these officers sage, should be a place of learning, and to came up and advised the foreigners to pay
The league claims a membership in the that as food as their attention was called to the realize that object. We hereby order ́chools abmething more to pacify the infuriated coolies. State of California of 78,500, three-fourths of disturbances on Third 'street, officers were doi Colleges and Universities to be established This was done, somewhat reluctantly, but it which membership is said to be in the city of tailed at each of the Japanese restaurants at over all the rage's native city, to propagat was considered the only means of avoiding San Francisco. The membership is composed each meat hour, and that the officers were in his grand teachings and to enlighten the people fanber trouble. Then another man, who subse- almost entirely of members of labour organiza-structed to arrest if any violation of the law was with his wisdom. quently proved to be a jinrickshaman from the tlons: Section 2, of the constitution of the committed and that after the officers word so We order Chang Chib-tung, Viceroy of stand at the corner of Kitano-cho, I-chome, league, is as follows! pa
stationed there "were no disturbances or viola. | Hopeh and the Provincial · Inspector, of is lit throughout by Electricity,” Electric Fann where the two gentlemen are well known, went "The lengua in such shall not adopt any tion of the law,,
Schools of that Province, to see that schools in First Class Cabinu, f** to their assistance and escorted them to their measures of discrimination against Chiness, The chief of police assured me that every are erected in Kino-fou, The sum for that || Passage Fare-Single journey ..................14. residence.
Japanese or Koreans now or herafter lawfully effort would be made by him to protect the purpose shall be raised by the Viceroy by Masia ......
51 Dach. Mr. Jabu's faço was badly bruised, besides resident in the United States,"
Japanese restaurants in San Francisco, and the best means he can devise, and to show
The Companya Wharf is situated in front which he lost his, hat and umbrella, while Mr.
Yet, on, October 22, 1905, at a meeting of that all violatom of the law would be promptly that we are in earnest about the establish of the New Western Market, opposite the old. dianson's bat was absolutely spoiled mod his the league held in San Francisco, an reported arrested and popisted. The acting mayor of ment of these Confucian schools, wo order| Harbour Office, M
in the San Francisco Chronicle of October 25, | San Francisco also assured me that he would | that 100,000 taels be taken from the Shantung
YUEN ON 8.5. CO. LD. | 1905, a resolution) was adopted by the lergue | co-operate, with the police department of the tressary to begin the work without delay, ony No. 8, Queen's Road Won.
instructing its executive, committas, to appear city, and would was that everything possible | Respect (bis Decrool - Shanghai Timer, Hongkong, 14th Jandary, 1009
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