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Telegrams.

{Kenter't,}

The Biots in Vancouver, ̧

London, Lith September," Vancouver was quiet yesterday evening. The Militia' is held in readiness.

The police arrested a score of Orientals, mostly Chinese, armed with revolvers, and a box was seized at the docks addressed to a "Chinéad merchant, containing thirty, rifles

and 5,000 rounds of ammunition.

Official circles at Ottawa are hopeful of a settlement on the basis of restriction on immigration."

·The Canadian papers generally deplore the anti-Japanese outrages and desiand the

vindication of the law.

Later. A combined Chinese and Japanese or ganization in Vancouver lia's made overtures

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

JAPANESE CHARGES AGAINSI

FOREIGN MERCHANTS.

ANOTHER ATTACK BY THE “ABILE" Some days ago we published a translation. from the ki of an aricle in which serious accusations were made against British mer chants who, it was alleged, had, not fulfilled. their conuscin will Japanese inerchants. Our Osaka contemporary now returns to the question and, having published pratically a repetition of the first article, now writes as followu !—

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"Many instances of dishonest and immoral practices of foreign. merchants in business transactions have come to light of late, resuli- ing in losses and inconvenience to Japanese merchants. The cases quoted by us are only the result of the latest transactions between foreigners and Osaka merchants, and the ex- periences of the Kanegafuchi and Fuji spin ning compa ies. When investigations are made foto transactions between foreigners and Japanese merchnals in all other parts of the country, it may be found that such cases are quit: oumerous. The examples are here,

PLAGUE IN INDIA"@"

The following letter written by His Majesty' the King Emperor to His Excellency Lord Minto, the Viceroy of India, in fully expressive of the kind santiments and deep sympathy that His Gracions Majesty ulways entertains, for his Indian subjects: -

Buckingham Palaco, 13th Aug. '67. My Dear Viceroy,

1 have followed with anxious. Interest the later course of that epidemic of plague by which lodia has for eleven years past been so sarely afflicted.

The welfare of my indian subjects must ever deeply moved when I think of the misery that be to me an object of high concern, andʻi am

has been borne with such silent patience in all those stricken homes,

I am well aware how unremitting have been the efforts of your, Excellency's predecessors and yourself to make out the causes of the pestilence and to mitigate its effects. It is my earnest hope and prayer that the farther measures now being prepared by your Excel.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1907.

CHINA'S JUNK FLEETS,

In the 'Customs Gamedis for the April-June quarter, to which reference was made in these columas the other day, statistics are given relating to the native Junkic trade from which it "is apparent that, notwithstanding the immense development of steam shipping along the China coast, within the past few decades, the ancient modes of commercical communicailon atill flourish, practically unaffected by all the ma daro systems and methods in vogue" side by side along with them. in the port of

Shan,bai alone, wa lenta from the tab- les before us, do fewer than 1,995 "junks

under review. Of the former group of vessels were entered and 1,440 cleared in the quarter

it were returned as having come from Kwang. tung; 268 from Shantung; 199 from Kiangpeh; 75 from Fohkisu; 460 from Chekiang, and 71 from Kiangsi, Of the fourteen hundred odd clearances 12 were for Kwangtung ;, 370 for Shantung; 503 for Kiangpeh (in which rather loose term, we believe, the whole of this province, to the north of the Yangters, and part

for Cheklang.

to the Hindus to join in a general industrial before our eyes, and the foreign merchantslency, in consultation with realous and able ❘ of Anhui are included); 71 for Fohkian and 478

strike, but the Hindus declined on the ground that they were British subjects.

Japan's Ambassador to Germany

Mr. Inouki, the Japanese. Ambassador to Berlin, took farewell of Prince Buelow yester day at Norderný, prior to his departure for Japan.

The Russo-Japane e Treaty. The Russian-Japanese Treaties have beest published in St. Petersburg. The Japanese Cruisers in, Aus'ria, The Emperor Francis Joseph has received Admiral Ijuín and Officers of the Tsukuba Chitose.

TYPHOON WARNING. The American Consulate-General has re- ceived the telegram quoted below from the Manila Obrervatory (—)

September 13, 1907, 8.30a.m. Typhoon crossed 8th Guam last night.

VOLUNTEER CORPS'ORDERS.

ALL UNITH.

cannot repudiate the charges brought against

them."

The Asahi goes on to point out that for long there has been an evil attending the transactions between japanese and foreign merchan. dealings with foreigners the Japanese from the first have always regarded, foreigners as their superiors and in cases of dispute have strained print in the foreigners favour, so that dis- honest practices on the part of foreign merchants-uplers they were extremely unjust -have usually been passed without any strong, protest. Dishonest practices on, the part of foreign merchants have not notably increased of late, as it might seem. 'Indɩed the situation in the past may have been worse than at the presens, time.

Credit is due, continues the Osaka journal to the Osaka Chamber of Commerce, which has sati-factorily discharged its duty, in survey- ing the quality of the Java sugar, fish minure and woollen cloth, which was considered by the Osaka m:rchants not to be up

of to the quality the samples. The Chamber of Commerce, which usually ap:

officers, may be crowned with merciful success, I desire you to com aunicate this expression of my heartfelt sympathy to my ladian subjects.

Believe me, my dear Viceroy,

́All there'verels are entered, and cleared at the native Custom House near the East Gate of the native city, this establishment being, of course, a branch department of the Chinese Sincerely yours,

Imperial Maritime Customs, directed by for- Edward R. and I...... eign officials and imposing the same tariff as The above letter was forwarded to the heads the foreign Custom-houses. The way in which of all jocal governments and administrations the junks are managed is extremely interest- in India as an accompaniment to another lettering When they go to sex they sail in fleets written to them by His Excellency the Viceroy which are organised very much after the man-

In the very commencement of his letter His' ner of

Excellency writes:-"The terrible lavages of plague borne with such touching patience and heroism by the afflicted people of India have caused me the greatest sorrow and concern and I have been deeply grieved that comparatively little success has attended our efforts to free the country from this dire scourge."

The expressions of the heartfelt sympathy of His Majesty the King Emperor and of the realest sorrow and grief of His Excellency the Viceroy are sure to sopibe the smarting

pang India's teeming millions of all classer, creeds, and castes have been feeling for the

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Chicken Liver add lam' Palties.".

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Roast Lamb and Mint Sauce. Rossi Cápon and Sausage. Boiled: Comed Ox Tongue and Carrole. Cold Bologna Sausage and Mixed 'Sulad,

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Dessert.

Coffee,

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POSTPONEMENT.

HE GRAND PROMENADE

CONCERT,

that used to sail from Venice and Genoa, in the days when thoas republics were all supreme THE in the Mediterranean; and there is a smack of veritable mediævalism about the whole busi- cess that renders the junk trade of China a study of the most fascinating nature for people who like to find survivals of earlier modes and conditions of life in these bustling,, hustling days of steam and electricity.

Say there are fifty or sixty or a hundred

which was to be held on the VOLUNTEER PARADE GROUND, TO-MORROW, has been POSTPONED

titl SATURDAY,

the 2 st instant, at 9.15 P.M., owing to the Typhoon.

Tickets, Sr and Si, can be obtained from

Intimations

THE

ROBINSON PIANO

CO., LD.

INVITE INSPECTION OF THEIR

BABY GRANDS

junks getting ready to sail about the same ports on the Gulf of Pechili, for instance, of the Merses, KELLY & WALSH, and from VOLUN STEINWAY,

some place or other in Kwangtung...

-THE CAPTAINS OF THE UNITS

past eleven years. Great indeed is the balmy or for influence of such sympathe.ic expressions from our benign Sovereigo and his equally kind Viceroy. Let those malcontents who are suffering from incurable Angl»phobia read,

kind and tender sentimens for the Inion people."

pears like "dead' ashes," to netimes renders gopd service. Disputes between Japanese and. foreign merchants will become more numerous at business transactions between them increase At headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, the and the services of the Chamber in surveying study and digest those letters everflowing with friends, as their fathers have been before 16th instant. fur infantry drill, Sergi. Downes, the quality of goods will be required more frequently than before. It is essential that the 3rd Middlesex Regt, will attend. -

Chamber, as the surveyor, should discharge At headquarters at 5.33 pm. on Tuesday, its daties fairly and impartially, and there is no ground to question its integrity in the de- sunken rock in the heart of the stream of busi. ness transactions it sufficient to impede and

RECRUITS' DRILL.

the 17th instant for infantry_drill_Sergision of the recent cases, Even the smallest drive away the dreaded demon of Plagun from the great majority of the junk-folk of the China

Downes, 3rd Middlesex legt, will attend.

AŬTILLÚRY, UNITS

At headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, disturb the flow of the stream; if there are miany, rocks, the stream would be entirely

18th, instant, for #5-pounder H.L. gun drill. "Sergt. Windsor, R..A, will attend.

At headquarters at 5:30 pm on Friday, the zolk instan), for Maxim gun dril'. Sorgl. Windsor, & GA, will attend.

ENGINEPR Ò“MPANY.

At West Fort Kowloon at 9 pm, on Wed. nesday, the rath instant for technical instruc

dammed.

Our contemporary, having taken this poetic view of things, urges foreign merchants to recon- sider their dishonest practices, which form the sunken rock in business it also exhorts the Japan ese merchants to be hahast in their dealings,

adding that discrepancies between samples and

During the last decade the Indian Govern. ment has not left a single stone unturned to the Indian soll, but as the Viceroy himself admits all the measures harsa, or soft adopted by the authorities to suppress the dite scourge have comparatively met with very little success, and why? According to the statement by his Excellency the reason for this failure is mainly due to the enormous difficult es is the way of the Government of which the greatest has perhaps been the inability of the classes of the community most affected by the epi- demic to understand the sanitary and hygienic measures which, the authorities sought to in- goods, breaches of agreements, the breaking ofduce them to adopt and which, in many cases, faith in business have been practices long in vague among Japanese merchants. It is due 10 this that Japanese goods are invariably defeated by German goods in the China market. The depreciation of the French market of Japanese habutai, recently cited, is also owing to the usual malpractices on the part of the At headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Japanese merchants, and they have been re- 17th instant, för 15-pounder B.L.. yun drill.peatedly cautioned against this evil. If there Sergt. While, GA, will astend

be any Japanese merchants who, in view of At headquarters at 5,30 p in, on Wednesday, dishonest dealings on the part of foreign mer- 18th lestant, for Maxim kun drill. Sergt.chants, think it proper to resort to the same

RGA will attend. White, R.GA

pr.ctice, they are helping to throw away the

tion.

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TAIKOO DETACUM NT

At f'aikoo at 5.30 p.m. on Thur day, the 19th instant, for gun drill Serge White, HGA, will

attend.

N. CO. CLASS

At headquarters at 5.33 p., on Monday, the 16th iustart, for infantry drill. Sergt. Downes, frå Viddlesex Regt, will attend:

20th instant, for lecturé by Staff Officer.

JOINED,

:

. At headquarters at 5-30 pm, on Friday, the national credit and spreading destructive bacilli in the international trade of this country and such inen are strongly to be condemned. Mr. B. E. Field joined on the 4th instast, | Japon Chronicle. assigned ·Corps No. 999 and posted to the Right Hall No. 2 Company.

Mr. W tout joined the Corps on the 4th instani, aigned Corps, No. 991 and posted to the Engineer Co -pany,

Mr. Alfred Melbye joined on the 9th instant, assigned Carps No. 993 and posted to the Left

·Half No. 1 Company.

• CO' TS ORDERLY OFFICER!

THE WEATHER..

PAKNAM PAH, 'A-MUTURE GREAT COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF MAM.

they actively resented. Though the medical and executive officers of the Government and the benevolent non-officials all over India have shown must courageous self-sacrifice, not a few of them hay ng laid down their lives in fighting the epidemic, the results have fallen far short of what after such-an-expenditure of labour and money the Indian Government might have reasonably expected.

of the feet are aware of one another's plans; they, generally speaking, have been lifelong

them; for, as with the men of Devon or Hampshire, the seafaring profession is here. ditary in very many families along the coast of Shantung, Fukkien and Chekiang from which Seas bail; and they all know que another pretty well, or if not personal friends, are acquainted with one another's history and family traditions. Well, the shippers meet from day to day, just as the Elizabethan or Jacobean captains used to meet in the taverns of Plym uth or Bidefund or Bristol in the tour- ing times of the gentleman' adventurers, half. merchants, half buccaneers, who laid the foundations of Great Britain's supreinacy, the junk-shippers say,

maritima

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Same mar

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Hongkong, 13th September, 1997.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

to-day much in the meet per, the 103-houses and guild halls over impanding voyage, lay their plans to near the waterside in the Shanghai native city, sail together, and appoint a day and choose an admiral, sader whose orders they must all agree to abide, so far as the movements of the feet are concerned, as long as the voyage sailing in fleets continues to prevail in China lasts. And the reason why this method of is exactly the same as that which influenced the early Venetian and Genoese mariners, and the hardy sailor-folk around the shores of the North Sea, the Flemings, the langverians, the he ignorance of the masses in India is pro Holsteiners, the Schleswigers, and the Danes, to verbial and, no wonder all the attempts of the adopt a similar plan whenever their occasions THE P. & O. S., N. Co.'s Steamer Government for suppression of the plague in called them to go down to the sea in ships,— ignorant public. Unfortunately they were unther, baffling winds, which might protract a is very preliminary stages were thwarted by the namely, the fear of pirates and corsairs and the

perils of the deep arising from stress of wea acquainted even with the rudiments of civic voyage until water and provisions ran short, sanitation or-home hygiene. During the fright and all the other chances and dangers that fut ravages of the plague even the best educated conficnt the mariner told, as they did a were at a loss to understand what to do and thousand years ago, when he ventures forth on how to act. When they could not keep their God's unchanging waters.. wits about them how can we expect the un educated and utterly ignorant masses to assist or did the Government officials in their active and energetic, beaeficial and kind, but seeming. ly harsh and cruel measures?

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THE FEAR OF PIRATES, expecially in the southern parts of the China Sea, is exemplified by the fact that in the pre sent returns only it junks are recorded as Bombay, where the plague first broke out in

having catered from, and iz as having cleared the third quarter of 1896, has a population for Kwangtung, wheress the entries from Shan- which his greater proportion of educated tung,—which is just as dangerous and as long people that any other town in India and yet R voyage, especially if the Promontory has to the panic among the Bombay public was be rounded-are 268, and the clearances there. extremely awful and surprisingly curs most interesting thing to see a junk- their wilk and every day there was an extra fleet leaving the pert; perhaps hundred brown Even the most educated were frightened out of It is a ordinary exodus in pear and distant places.sailed vessels tacking down the River at the The railway and steamer companies were same time, their bows and sterns well raised, unable to cope with the sudden swelling and easily convertible in the n ind's eye, tides of the traffic and before the year was aid of a little imagination, into the high-poop- out the ever crowded buży Bombay markets, ed, lofty *fore-casiled vessels in which the and thoroughfares presented a pitiable scene.mariners of Western Europe made their voy: of desolation and desertion all tound. We ages and discoveries in medieval times, and were than on the spot to study the scene first chatted the seas and showed the way to of the dreadful devastation caused by the the East, into which we of this and the genera- dreaded demon of the dire disease. The tions immediately preceding us, bave followed fal and no wander those who have to suddenly little junks of which we have been speaking ravages of bubonic plague are extremely fright in the groat steam liners, beside which the poor experience its effects all round lose their head appear such a quaint sciomaly,--Shanghai and act in a way which is simply inexplicable | Times. to those who have never experienced the scare nor lost some near or dear ones through the effects of the dreadful death-dealer. It is the sudden pisic, the first-felt fright, the swift unhinging of the mind that makes the people go almost mad at the time and disregard the very kindly advice given by those who are quite competent to cope with the dire scourge and to bring it in control within a reasonably short period.

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FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS, Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their rist in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the, Goods are landed."

Optional Goods will be innded here unless instructions are given to the contrary before 6 hours.

Goods not cleared by the rgth inst., at 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must, be left, in the Godowns for examination by the Consignees' and the Company's representative at an appointed hour.

All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hers after which date they cannot be recognised.

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Signs are not wanting that Paknam Poh is bound to become a great commercial centre of Siam" "Since the advent of the railway" "the town-is rapidly extending sad growing in com: mercial importance, and the inhabitants largely Lieut. M. S. Northcote for week ending increasing. Rice and other producis from the Saturday, the 218 instant,

various provinces, pass through Paknam. Poh and are thence, for the most part, conveyed by tails Bangkok The natives of the surrounding country transact much business there, and the. The following reports from Mr. F. G. Figg, prospects offered for mercantile establishments, Director of the Hongkong Observatory:-- |-| premiost encouraging. The town is built on a On the sath at 9.30 p.-Orders issued to hoist modern style, but the dwellings are mostly of No, z night signal

wood except the Government buildings which

No claims will be admitted after the goods A depression appears to be developing in the are imparing brick structures. The trade of Chion Sea, probably to the SE ol Hongkong.

have left the Godowns.

E. A HEWITT, On the 13 at 5:45 a-Orders issued to the place is mostly in the hands of Chinese and

Superintendent. hoist the Black. Cone point downwards and natives, so far, we understand that no Furo

Hongkong, 13th September, roo7. Drum (indicates a typhoon SE, of Colony, pean merchants have establ shed themselves within 300 miles)

"INDRA" LINE, LIMITED. Al 11.00a-The baro eter has risen slightly here. Now, however, that the place can be over Formosa and the SE. coasts of China, reached directly by rail from Bangkok, it is.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, and fallen considerably in Hon kong. The Probable that some foreigners with an eye "to business will not be slow in establishing depression may be a typhoon. It appears to

FROM 'NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL, be situated about 15 miles to the SE of branch firms there The railway, at present, Hongkong and to be moving towards WV.N.W. is last extending to Pitsanuloke and in

HE Company's Steamship at present.

the course of a few years when it reaches Chiengmai, the flood of trade which is bound to

"INDRASAMHA pass North and South through Paknam Peh, the central emporium, will be vary great Dur ing the hot weather in Bangkok, tourists will

....../2having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees 2/3 of Cargo are bereby informed that their Goods ..2.78 are being landed and placed at their risk in he going North seeking the temperate climate and bracing erone of Chiengmai, which journey The highest medical authorities, and the

3fthe Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown takes more ume at present than a trip to most intellectual officials of the Government

2.261 Company's batardous and/or extra basardous Europe or America. When the railway reaches were in the first few years of the epide-

1654 Godowns at Kowloon, where each consigument the place it will be simply a matter of twenty mic in no way free from committing ter

will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery four hours from Bangkok. From this we see rible blunders and carrying on expensive Shanghai-Bank T,Taimastamundurması73

can be obtained as soon as the goods are that there will be a great demand for hotel, and and barrassing operations. The medical Singapore T.T.

-54% premlanded. other accommodation' in the various towns on

Goods not cleared by the 19th instant, at PER CASE 12 BOTTLES. men have found out their fatal mistakes in Japan-Back T.T...........................................B the way north and more especially at Chieng- the past and the administrative authorities bave Java-Bank T.T. ................................... 1331 4 P.M., will be subject to rent mai which is sure to develop into a popular admitted that their measures were extremely

No Fire Insurance will be effected by ys in health resort, as well as an important cam- oppressive, thoroughly uncalled for, utterly use- 4 months sight L/G. 2/3"/16 | any case whatever.

Beware of Counterfeits. 'mercial centre. Even now the lack of such places of accommodation is fell from Krates, and driving the already afflicted public to 6 months' sight L/C,.............. 2/3 7/15 All damaged packages must be left in the despair without any compensating adven- 30 days sight San Francisco & New York 541 Godowns, and certificate of the damage north along the line.

tageous results, "The Plague Commission has months" sight

stobtained from the Godown Company within For enterpriting persons who can look into admitted all that we have stated, above, the 30 days sight Sydney and Melbourg.2.3 7/16 ten days after the vessel's arrival here, after the future, and guage the business possibilities Viceroy in his letter suggests the abandonment 4 months' sight. France, po

2.84 which these places offer, the work of procating of those "many expensive and barrassing oper- | 6 months' algbt

Pressure remains high over N. China. Strong E. winds are filely to prevail in the Formosa Channel, and cyclonic gates along the nongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending,

Northern shores of the China Sea.

at 10 a:m: 10-day, 1.73 inches FORECAST.

Hongkong and coighbourhhod, W.E.pro- bably veering to S.F. gale; squally, rainy.

Formosa Channel, E. winds, strong. South coast of China hetween, Hongkong and Lamecka, E. to S.E. gale..

South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan, N. gale.

AN Allahabad desprich of 18th ult, says Very nearly four million patients were treated in the hospitals, and dispensaries of the Unit-

ed Provinces last year, an increase of over two hundred and fifty thousand over the total of 1905. Nearly two hundred thousand surgical operations were performed. It is reported that sanke bites continue to be treated with auccars with anti-venomous serum and per- manganate of potash.

COMMERCIAL.

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capital and opening business in those centres, ations" and the beads, of all- Indian' Govern. 4 months' sight Germany a man an

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which no claims will be recognised instructions are given to the contrary before 12 o'clock Noon, TO-DAY.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co".

Çevreye Agents, / Hongkong, Igth September, 1907.

12, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, Ryagkone, 13th September,zory,

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