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houses. In the same way it is very, varo for a Chinese gentleman to have access 10 the house of a foreigner. Your business The W. C. D. News, of 30th alt, maye:~One tuen, engaged in commercial dealings with us of the chief topics of conversation and com. know
us superficially, but beyond that it is ment in this port amongst our Chinese, follow Under the auspices of the International In- very rarely we have any intercourse in the way residents in the disastrous affects that have stitute a most unique and successful function of social gatherings, together, This is a state resulted amongst Chinese business men of all The Admirsity has invited landers for the took place at the Astor House last evening, re of things, bowerer, which, I am glad to think, is classes through wild speculations on the rise third battleship included in the current esti-pincha Hercury of 20th it, when bound to disappear. (Lear, hear). We ought in the price of gold. This sort of speculation mates, but postponed pending the result of of Their Excellencies Wu Ting-fang (re-ap: hear), I hope the old order, the old conditions, street that hundreds ventured to get rich by a complimentary dinner was given in honour to be prepared to change for the better. (Hear, seemed so easy to the ordinary mian in the the Hague Conference.
pointed Chinese Minister to Washington), and, as past, and that in future my countryman and "baylag" or "selling" gold, the only things lui Cheng (the late Stanghai Taolai and re-foreigners who come to China will mix more needed for the purpose being a lead pencil or cently appointed Provincia! Judge of Kiangie), freely and be more frlandly towards each other, fountain pen and a note book. People, many together with their respective wives, Lady Wu (Applause from the ladies.] Next to education of whom may not have seen a single bar of and Lady Jul. The proceedings were especial. I think intercourse between foreigners and gold in their lives and were without money, y interesting in that there were present both Chinese, officially and socially, it' most import bought" or "sold" gold bars by the huidreds foreign and Chinese ladies and gentlemes ant to China. Of course, in official life and and thousands on time, speculating on ja fall' The ladies had a table of their own, the guts dealings we often comario contact with each or rise, as the case may be, with the sequit bing Madame Wu and her niece, Madame other, and so also, do we in commercial life that, when settling day came, losers who THE Company's Steamship
All told the ladies numbered tweely, and dealinger, but if we are to know and appre could not meet their obligation ware compell. thei names being as follows :—Mrs. T. Hansen, ciate each other better we ought to carry oured to abscond or desiting to keep their good. Mrs. Dou herty, Mrs. Young, Mrs 3. Allen, Mr. tntercourse a little further. We ought to have nam, pawned or sold everything that had Carlson, Miss Howth, the Mistes Forbes, Miss frequent social functions in common. We any marketable value, to pay their debts, lesy Hyde of New York, Mrs. R. Lemke, Mrs. R. ought to invite, each other to our respective hing themselves and their families penniless and Calder Marshall, 1 r. Patterson, Miss Pelene, homes, the same at you do among yourselves, fin danger of starvaitou: Others again have Mrs. A. W. U. Pope, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Shorrock, We ought not to treat each other as strangers been knows to commit suicide, and also those and Mrs. Murray Warner.
and intimates. (Hear, hear). but look upon each other as trusted friends who had stood as guarantors for them. Na turally those who understood such things usual; Now relerence has been made to the Inly profited whilst those who only saw an easy protereational Institute. I remember some yeat way to get rich-with note book and pencil- ago when Dr. Gilbert Reid was in Peking, and found themselves atlast involved in destruction, I was there hise, wo, used to see each other With a public so easily gulled, offices for en very frequently in the Temple where His Ex-abling it to indulge in this sort of gambling cellency, the late Li ung-chang, was located. prang up like mushrooms, and added to the
remember we discussed the question of extent of the catastrophe. establishing this International Institute and when Dr. Reid proposed this schieme I gave him my most hearty support. (Applause.) A! that time, you must remember, it was all different from what it is now. At that time it was very difficult to move, and in the opinion practicable to carry out this scheme, But I of a good many people it was thought im thought, although it was difficult to do, still we must make an effort to (Loud hand-clapping from the Jadies' table.) do it
Anything can be done, I said, with per severance. Therefore let us persevere and do this most praiseworthy thing. (Hear, bear) Therefore I and some friends made up our minds to suppon this scheme of Dr. Gilbert Reid's mostly strongly; and Dr. Gilbert Reid, I remember, coming to see me in Washington subsequently, and discussing this subject with me again, but owing to the intervention of
A very crywded meeting was held at the Albert Hall to commemorate the centenary of the Protestant Missions in China. **
Sympathetic letters were received from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, and Sir Ernest Sator wrote urging toleration, and saying that the missionarics ought to learn the teachings of the Chinese uages and doctors before undertaking to re- place them, also that the raisonaries should refrain from intervening between converts and
the Chinese, Magistrates The main thing needful was more workers and more money.
The President of the International institute, Mr. Alexander McLeod, presided.
The toast of the evening having been posstant honoured with enthusiasm,
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received with a hearty round of applause, said: Mr. Chairman, Indies and gentlemen: I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this banquet given in our honour. I that you, Sr, for the very Battering speech you have made regarding me and I thank you ladies and gentlemen, for the cordial manter in which you have received it. I apprecinte Several military clerks have been arrested greatly the honour that has been conferred in St. Petersburg and revealed a plot to bambupon me, it is said that a prophet is not the whole military council, including the Minister of War at the weekly sitting.
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honoured in his own country. Of course, I de not claim to be a prophet, but I venture to say that the splendid banquet given here to-night, and the cordial and most friendly way that the 103st has been received in my favour, are
such that even a prophet should be proud ní—(laughter)—and` especially in a place like this, like Shanghai, which, I may say, is the New York of China, or the London of Chira: This place is the most important place in the Empire of Ching. Here we have a large num
accounts
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Lord Minta said that it was impossible to minimise the warnings of the list few months, of riots, insults to European, and the at tempts, to lemper with the Army: He asked countrymen coming here to do business with unfortunate circumstances over which neither ence they are endeavouring to obtain the ar-
Lord Kitchener to thank the indian troops for the contempt with which they had receiv ed the overtures of the agitators. On the other hand, the Government did not wish to check hopes and ambitious, which were the natural and welcome outcome of education,
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her of foreigners residing here, and doing but peas here; here we have a large number of my
where goods from all parts of the world come the foreigners; here we have a large shipping, almost every day and every week; goods which are distributed from here throughout all the different parts of the Empire. Here we have my countrymen coming and then going off to Peking, or other parts and plices of the Em pire and carrying a knowledge of Shanghai and a knowledge of foreigners along will them. Here we have a large seaport where a good many foreigners coming to China, passternational Institute in Shanghai, which is the is now a bankrupt. through, whether as Consuls, scholars, mis most important place, as 1 bays aheady explain- stomarice, merchants or travellers. So that, sed, in the whole Empire of China, Jam not sorry I have said, this is by far the most important place in China. We all know that this place will exercise a great influence in China, in visus of its peculiar position and conditions, Forci es coming to China to live, on account of their language being different to ours and en account of their customs and habits-being somewhat different to ours, have hitherto had no opportunity of communicating with freely. Foreign merchants coming to Chine to trade haye. it is true, dealings with our merchants but except for business purpose very few of them have access to our homes. Very few can speak our language, and very few of us can speak your language.ˆ•
was not carried out so speedily as we could such as have something left for the creditors to he nor I nor any man had any control the idea sistance of foreignen to squeeze the debtors have wished. After my return to China Dr.queeze. Were such a thing to take place there Reid came to see me again, and the question is reason to fear that, business amongst the arose, whether instead of establishing the Chinese would be brought to a standstill at Institute in Pekin, it would not be advisable pace, for a "slump" in ore branch would na- to set it up in Shanghal. We thought the turally affect all, the athers. At least one Chi- circumstances then prevailing in Chin') it would bis legitimate buses, ventured to "get rich in matter over and decided that in view of the nese merchant who, being most successful in be advisable for Dr. Reid to establish the in-the quicker way" noted above got "burnt” and
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The N. C. D. News contains particulars of the encounter between alt smugglers and the local troops, as reported by telegram to us last werk. Our Shanghai contemporary of 30th -ult.—says:-A-report-from-Chinese-squrces war received in the Settlement yesterday afternoon to the effect that engagements have just been fought between Chinese gunboats and salt smugglers in the vicinity of Quinsan. It ap pears that Taolai Tu Yunstsin har op a flotilla of only about co native gunbois, (small war junka mounting one or two small muzzle load ers), whereas, some few years ago, his com mand was double that strength. The re'uction: apparently has led to greater strength and audacity among the smugglers, who have been so active recently near Qrinsa", that the little squadron of nineteen boats, which assembled to keep order during the recent regatta a into for more than half a century, and though this Institute in course of time will work is being carried out in several institutions. My ROOM SUITE by Powell & Co., OVER-1 IT IS ALL SCOTCH AND THE BEST OF
Hen Li, was deputed on the 25th instant to make an attack. Five bosts were first sent on a scouring ́expedition and came suddenly upon a party of smugglers which was
numerically stronger this the sevenue forces The officer in charg: 'of the gunboats was a young man recently appointed and eager to diningoish himself; directing the other boats to support, this officer led the attack by taking hia boat to close quarers where it was.allacked on two sides. The other four boats were cu
vaged at once and fight was proceeding fiercely when a large smuggler bat bote down on the leading cunhoat and the crew, saving their fire until they came to close quarters swept the deck with a fusilade which killed the captain and three of the crew. The gunboat people thin withdrew in åll haste.
Morning Leader, be said "I could bring Interviewed by A. representative of the
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of subjects of common inics and in home could have done anything for habi. But as time goes on all this is bound to change. China has been opened since thencial intercourse. (Applause.) If anytual drunkards, but now I am convinced it casul OUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Trestles with foreign powers have been entered thing important crops up it can be dis- be cured by proper treatment.
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it is said the country has stood till this is true only in a certain sense and within certain limits. The time is now changed and China is on the have beeb awakening and reforms have been in. move, (Hear, hear) The people of this Empire troduced. Laws have been modified or changed and new laws have been promulgated: Reforms in the system of government, or at least, in many of the government departments, have been in induced and thus you see, ladies and gentle ten, that China is different from what she was before. That being the case, what shall we do? We have to face the new state of things. We must prepare for . Hitherto there was a good dealf misunderstanding, and; in conse we learn to know each other better, all these quence, some difficulties have arisen; but, as
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wonders in China; and I am sure, although den is to try the treatment on persons who are ing. till I hope the friends of the Institute will open to the tempistions to drink. It is a test now I am told that things are not very flourish-going about living their ordinary lives and get to America I will have great pleasure in four walls, where they cannot get alcohol if come forward to support it liberally, and when then, but not if the patients are confined within making known the great and good work that they want it. this Institute is doing in China. It is a kind of missionary work against which no evil word can be said, and where foreigners, merchants, diplomats, and missionaries, and even our peo- pie, officials, scholars, merchants and trades- therefore, most heartily support this thatitute. men, will all be welcorue, and they should alig
Atropin can be used by any doctor with safety. It dilates the pupils of the eyes, and whi'cahey are undertreatment I find that some patients need spectacles; but the eyes soon becomer all right again."
Some of his patients had had a relapse, but had eventually cor quered their old cravings.
Dr Bolton, after saying that the medical pro- fession ought to take this subject in hand, any lorger. I have exhausted, your patience, strychning should be injected to act as a stimu Ladies and gentlemen:'1 will not keep you proceeded 10'explain that 1 addition to atropin,
fore sitting down, I want to say I wish this alcohol, He would also recommend the (Murmur of dissent from the ladies) But be fan on the patient instead of the missing
out to be a great success I am sure that all perfeel the desire for alcohol. stitute the very greatest success, and if it turns patients to take a better tople whenever they ple in China, and especially the foreigners in Shanghai, will have no reason to regret, it (Applause.) In Shanghai i will become the medium of causing f reigners, ladies and gen- tlemen, and Chinese, ladies and gentlemen, to come in contact with and understand each other better and better. Thus, in future, there need be no more friction between the peoples, upon each other, not as strangers, but as friends for we forgigaris and Chinese will learn to look
→yes, mine than friends, as brothers and sisters,
Tao'ai Te, on the iring of the disaster, order
It is hald that our literati are anti-foreign 'ed the nineteen boats to make an attack at That is not quite correct. Whatever unfriend ance. The smugglers meanwhile had been liness they have shown is mainly due to their reinforced-from eight to tweỳ tight boats and no understanding your manners and customs the gunboats found a fight ready and awaiting and ways of thinking. In this blame way we them. According to one access the snug-are in many instançex mi judged by foreigners glers were asisted by a considerable force on and foreign newspapers. I do not blame them, the shore, but al' reports agree that they at far from it, because they only judge us from once assumed the aggressive and concentrated their standpoint. The thing they ought to try their fire on the gunboats one after another. to do is to judge it rightly, tā judge us ac The fight contfaued from soon after noon until cording to our education and our views of darkcess was closing in. The smigglers suc life and men. You must Judge us also ac ceeded in canturing all the misecen boats, the cording to our intention if you wish to estim(Prolonged applause). officers ad crews of which" mostly escaped. ate as properly.-by our intention. Not from. Soms were killed and some injured, but the your sandpoint, because we havebeeneducated A TELEGRAM from Mukden, to the N. C. D. list of casualties has not been received, it is in a different manner and act in a different Nerve, states that Viceroy Hi Shih-chang has
alleged, however, that a petty officer who was captured had his eyes, gouged out and his right arm cut off by the robbers. The unforte nate man was then thrown autore, where he
bled in death.
manner, though as a general rule, with the best intentions, nae should be judged according to his lights, not according to the point of other people. To judge correctly it is necessary to consider what the intention of the person is, and his education. (Applause)
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