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Intimations.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY MAY 10, 1008,

that the boycott has been declared by the Cantonese to become effective throughout the colony and the Fed seated Malay, States on the 3rd June neat. The Announcement reaches us through the columns of the Sing-pore Free A. 8. WATSON & CO., Press which, however, dosi not regard

the movement with favour, it says the Cantonese organisers of the bolt of Japanese goods, which is to begin locallyto-mor row (i jih inst.), and is to be extended to Pesang and the Federated Malay States on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese moon (Wednesday, long 3rd) could make certain of carrying with them alta

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE patire edition of the Koren Daily New : has been again suspended.

A SPECIAL 'meeting of the Sanitary Board, is summoned for 3 p.m., on Friday, the 22nd inst... for the purpose of considering the amended Public Health and Buildings Bill

SCHOOL HOUSE.

IN ANDPA? LD BURNT.

NARROW" ESCAPE OF OTHERS"

No little excitement was chcied at Yau mati yesterday afternoon by a fice which broke out at 71, Station Street, Mongkok. The building, we are given to understand, is owned by a Chinese merchant, who resides in Hongkong. The ground floor is occupied by a grocer, the second floor as a school house, and the top storey as residential quarters,

ACCUSED I TESTEALING "A" WATCH

·FROM"A"'LADY "AT THE PEAKS!

The story of how lady at the Peak lost a gold watch, which she valued at £5) was re- lated to Mr. 1. ll. Kemp in the Police Court, this forenoon.

The complainant was Miss Hall; of the Peak Hotel, and the defendant Wong Sian Hing, a bawker, residing at 199, Queen's Road West,

ON his return from home leave Mr. W. Wilson has been appolated manager at Kowloon, while

In effect the evidence was that at about Mr. R. Mitchell retains his appointment as

half past ten o'clock yesterday morning the cting chief maonger of the Hongkong &The fire broke out in the second floor, and defe dant, carrying a tin box containing some Whampoa Dock Co., L

when the brigade from Yau-ma-ti Police Swalow drawn work, approached the com- Station arrived, under charge of Inspector plainant, who was seated in the verandah of MeHardy, dense amnke was issuing from the the hotel, and offered her some of his fancy building, but little flame was to be sees. The work for sale. Complainant had her gold watch firmen made a story fight to keep the flames in her lap at the time and proceeded to ex confined to that sor. After a very hard struge the drawn work. Soon after the delena- agit, in which many risks were run, they were ant had departed the discovered that the watch

successful in subduing the outbreak. ⠀

was missing. Sergenni Floyd, of Mount Gough Police Station, was promptly notified,

trade in Japanese commodities would smount The Echo de Tiontare states that the repre- to a very considerable diminution of the export santatire of an English firm of shipbuilders is business of Japan. What that might amount in town at present, haging secured, an order to it is impossible to ns. n, 1966 the direct for two new large cruisers for the revived imports from Japan into Singapore amounted Chinese Navy, from the central government to a value of 54,670,127, this itself being A COOLIE, by name Kwok Kwong, was found a million and a half less than in rong. The|| hiding among the cargo of the steamer Powan imports from Japan into Penang for the early this morning. He was charged at the same year, 19:6, amounted to $375,588, In Police Court, this morning, and fined $10 for all, the valus of direct imports into the obtaining a passage from "Cantos without Straits from Japan in that year amounted paying his fare. to $5,455 But, da local Chinese dealers very largely draw from Hongkong their supplies of goods consumed or used by the Straits Chinese, there must be some consider able proportion of the imports from Hongkong that are commodities of Japanese origið. The total figures for 1906 may be given below:-

DURING the absence of Inspector Collett, who S'pore imported from Hongkong... 521,083,789 | left for the Homeland last Saturday on a weil. China 5,295,166 earned holiday, Inspector, Robertson, late of Hongkong... 9,831,359 Shau-kiwani plice Station, has been assigned Chios... 1147.99: 10 take charge of the Westera district. Detec

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Contained within these figures of imports. into the Straits from Hongkong and other China ports, there must be, particularly from Hongkong, soms proportion of Jabanese goods, but what this may amount to there is no means

A TOKIO message of 14th inst, says:~One regiment of the Klushu division arrived at, Chemulpo yesterday. Another regiment, of the Hokkaido division, arrives at Gensanto marrow. These fresh co

consignments bring the Japanese troops in Koren up to two divisions.

of Stau-ki-wan,

tun-F Fakumen scheme.

THE semi-official Japanese version of the present position of the Fakumen question is that the latest communication from China $16.50 of ascertaining. If we were to assume that out merely reiterates her original contention; of the nearly 538-00,000 worth of goods; from that Japan has not intimated the withdrawal China imported into this Colony in 1906 there of her veto; but that she will agree to a branch might be included a further $8,000,000, as, in-line to a point on the South Manchuria Rail- direct importations from Japan through Hong.. provided Chios abandons her Hsiamid- kong and other portsiu China, that might give 8-101a) of $13,000,2020f trade in Japanese goods. -DISPATCHES-from-New-York-stats-that-Mis that would come under the operation of the boycott if that were universal amongst the Strails Chinete. But there is reason to think that only the goods imported by the Cantonese may be affected, and that the Amoy, Swatow, and Foochow merchants in Singapore and Pennng will refrain from identifying themselves with the action and motives of the Cantonese. In other words the trade relinquished by the Cantonese will be carried on by the Chinese merchants who are not Cantonese, and who see no reason to follow the course Adopted by the Cantonere. WET WITT Mean that, assuming the "estimanz the Japanese imports to be $13,000,000-the amount is not of any importance the Canton

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the distribution of their share of that trade,

while the 'Hokkiens and others will simply extend their orders for Japanese commo. dities in local demand, and will reap the profits arising from the distribution of the Captonese share of that particulis trade. Before that readfestment of supply comes off there will be a period when the Japanese imports must fall off as a result of the cessation of Cantonese orders. The imports, Too, will be diminish

ed by the amount that the Cantonese would

take as consumers. But generally, in so mix. ed a Chinese population at this, it is not to be expected that the Cantonese can do very much more than dipp their own trade in the boycotted goods. The boycott at Canton,

Evelyn Thaw and E. R. Thomas, entered the Hotel Kaickerbocker grill room on the night of April 1st together to dine and were requested to leave by the droprietor, jamen Regan, Mrs Thaw says the lady must have been her double who, she says, is causing her much trouble, but newspapermen asser: that the lady was contain ly the wife of Harry K. Thaw,

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The premises were then inspected, and two women and a child were found in a bed,

A Chinese dazective deposed that, acting on severely burst about the body. They were instructions received, he proceeded to, in immediately dispatched to the Government Vestigate the matter. He met the defendant seated at the Peak Tramway terminus at about Civil Hospital for treatment,

When the fire was first discovered, abou ́half-past len o'clock and questioned him. At twenty school children were in the room at the about eight o'clock fist night he found the time. When the alarm "Fire" was raised they missing watch, and placed the defendant in ali made a start for the staire (90, leaving every custody. thing behind them. They, poured out into the street as fast as their lule legs would carry

them, and it la fortunate to relato none were injured in the rush.

The fire was caused by a woman upset | ting a lighted kerosene lamp, which set fire to a bed curtaip.. Lying asleep in the bed of the time were two women and a child, but before they could be aroused their clothes were et alight, with the result that they were severaly burst. It'is not believed, however, that their' injuries will terminate fatally. The fire the ate its way to the ceiling, but by this time the brigade had arrived and in the next few minutes the blaze, which would, perhaps, have ended seriously with 'delay, was su' died.

The building was not insured, and the damage done is estimated at about $ça.

FATALITY:AT SHAY-KI-İVAN,

PAINTER KILLED BY FALLINO THROUGH A GLASS. RODE.

A most unfortunate accident befell a Chinese workman at Quarry Bay yesterday.

The Court-What were you doing from half past ten o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock

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al night?

Witrebs stated shut af er queatinging the de- fendant at the Tramway torminus be accom. panied him to the city and most of the day was spent in searching the pawnshopa

The Couri-Had he his tn, box of drawD work with him when you first met

Wincas-No,

Continuing, the witness stated that after searching the pawoshops he paid a visit to the defendant's house. He found the tia box at the head of his bed, and on searching it found the watch wrapped up in a fancy table clolb, at

the bottom of the bug.

On being questioned defendani said that he went to the Peak Hotel yesterday to sell some cloth to the complainant. He could not ex- plain how the lady's watch got into his bor.'

He believe however, that while she was examining the goods the watch must have dropped into the box nonsticed and wan hidden by the efôth which was in the box The Court-But how came the watch to be wrapped up in the way the policeman found

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D'fendant-I don't know. I never know the

watch was in my box

The mas, a pointer by trade, about twenty years of age, was, at about one o'clock yester- day afternoon, engaged in altending to his duties on the root of the saw mills, in the Ship The Court (to the complainant)-under- yard, the roof of which, wo sie given to understand you do not want to press this charger sland, is made of glass. While this employed, Complainant replied "No." She did not the police say, the part on which he was stands know whether it was her fault or not.

yesterday afternoon on the arrival of the steam ANOTHER Japanese stowaway" was arresteding gave way under his weight, and the painter was precipitated to the bottom-a distance of ship Aubi from Manila. The man-for man some forty feet. Ho' landed on his head. he was-was found by the chief officer of the Death was instantaneous, A vessel hidden in the waen deck. He was

www.gth obtaining a passage from Manila to Hongkook without paying his fate. The accused pleaded

Inspector Munson, of Shiu-kl-wan Police Station, was called to the scene, and he had the painter's corpse removed to the morsary,

· THEIR DETERIORATION.

Turning to matters of interest nearer home than the outlook in Hongkong, we should invite the attention of our readers for a moment to the following shrewd observation by Colonel Bruce, the respected Captain Superintendent of Police,

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THE YUNNA

PROTECTION TO SUBJECT

By courtesy of the Shrung Po

Peking, 18th May was issued on the 17th n-lum to proc (withi co-operate

An Imperial inst directing

all haste, to Kwangsi H.E. Chang Kwange, in Yunnan,

At the same time Imperia have been despatched to HE. Sik L Viceroy of Yunnan, commanding Hit E cellency to afford suitable pre ection. French subjecta residing within the rovinci of Yunnan,

FOR THE TWO KWANG.

MACHINE GUNS AND AMMUNITION.

„[By courtesy of the “Sheung Po""]"

Peking, 18th May. H.B. Chang Jen-chun, Viceroy of the Liangkwang," has wired to the Ministry of

War that the rebels in Kwangsi are armed with modern weapons.

It will be necessary, His Excellency urges, to purchase twenty machine guns and 10,000 rounds of smokeless ammunition for the defence of Kwangtung in case of emergency. His Excellency's requisition has been Requienced in.

A GOVERNMENT VICTORY.

LARGE NUMBER OF REBELS: SLAIN.

By courtesy of the "hering Po"]:

Yunnan, 18th May, The Imperial troops have secured a signal? victory over the rebais.

A large number of the insurgents has been

The case was remanded till to-morrow more. ing to allow the defendant to produce witnesses. | slain.

THE OUTPUT OF JAPANESE

SPINNING MILLN%;

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The N. C. D. News, of 15th last cording to the latest report of AND chisi eruption, the Government aroo are "armed with gbsolete rides, According to a statement in the Japan Times, repeatedly deferred and Nanchi, and Mengias The total output of the spinning mille through districts have been entered by the bles, including 31938 bater altijā?"

1-gram:

Comparison with the figures for the previous Viceroy of Ezechuan and the Governor.

*** to the Capng Liang has sest soother 16,889 left 20 bands and 39,132 of other yarok manis from the Peiyang and funds from most show species of 3073 bales, and Kasichow with the corresponding pe.iod of last year as is stated in a native paper that Dr. Su decrease of 9,973 bates.

Yat-sen bas sent a secret agent 10 Viceroy Hsi Liang who, as aires now at Tunghaibsien. The same that a foreign government is secr the insurgents with money and

We learn from A summary in the Japan

for the exploitation of the Yala forests have THE negotiations between China 'and-Japan been concluded. The district extends to the Hun River; the term of the agreement is 25 years with option of renewal, 7he capital of the undertaking is Y3,00,00, to be shared equally between Chinese and Japanese. The in his report to the Council on the Police Comes that the Tokyo Asahi is amazed at the personnel will be Chinese, but the Director.partment, as published in the Municipal Minutes recent agreement among the Japanese splaners Japanese. The royalty will be five per cent of 15th inst. It is necessary to point out that quantity of output. The steady decrease of (sic), We learn that the anti-men General and the Managing Directors be yesterday, mites the Shanghai Times aditorially to suspend night work, to prder to reduce the of the net proceeds.

there is now in Shanghai a class of servant who the export trade in cattor yaras, it considers, sed proclamations to the effect has not the good-will of his employers at heart must have been ascribed to a wrong cause by sargent guilty of murder, outrageo as was, and in many cases will is, the case with these short-sighted spinners, in considering the will be put to death; the same the older class of servants; nor hat be the markets to be over-supplied with their pro to be administered to any one felling sterling honesty of the old servant class,"

ductions. The trath, as the paper sees it, er or setting fire to Christian church servant to Shanghai is a recent phenomenon exporis has been simply due to the demand for will rigidly respect all treaties that

The datelorsion of the Chinese domestic that the lowering of the figures of the proclamations siss declare that te fau which every foreign househalder in the fettle the goods at home. Now that the domestic been made by the present Government

ACCORDING to the Customs returns, the ex parts from Nagasaki to Hongkong during 1907 were valued at Yen 1,187,303 and in March this year at Yen 110,180, as against Yen 30,717 for the corresponding month of 1907. The bulk of the goods exported from this port to Hongkong

CHINA'S CURRENCY.

SYCEE "SHOES" FOR THEY MELTING POTA

The posings on the weekly imus to any part of the being universal, was one thing. In the Straits, consists of marine products and is shipped byment will probably confirm. It can be ascrib. need has been fully met, it is just the time for foreign States, while foreigners caught assistic

where the Cantonese are a cortiparatively small Chinese merchants. The boycott of Japanele ei ta several causes, chief among which; wo/the spinners io redouble their activities in ex the Government will be treated as priappers of Bingle Copias, Dally, ten cants Weekly, twenty.element in the population, the effect, even if Roods in Bouth Chins has completely stopped would suggest, is the fact that foreigners in tending their field abroad instead of resolving this trade and the local Chinese merchants are Shanghai are not by any means, as well off in time ago. The paper points to the steady in universal amongst themselves, will be some consequently transacting practically no bust, this present year of grace as they were in thoss

to lie in leisure after having made profits some

thing very different. But that the Chatodeseness—Nagasaki Prets...

balcyon days to which Colonel · Buca so crease of importation of the Indian article to here are really bent on the boycott there is

regretfully refers. They are not able to pay China as the best proof that the Chinese market so doubt at all. One first step taken is that is reported from reliable sources that Viceroy the high wages now demanded by really are not lacking in demand. On the other band,

Hsu Shib-chang - has submitted to the Throne, a memorial in which the asks to be received in good class Chinese domèstics, whose own ex the Japanese'spinners show a curious contradic special audience in order that he may report penses, it is to be remembered, are now near- tion in their conducts by attaching bonuses to personally to their Majesties important mailerse-and-twenty years ago Rice to day ranges paper, their cupsing design to limit the supply ly double or treble what they were abot, say, their goods in Shanghai. It must be, thinks the relating to the government of the Three and sell the fimljed quantity at a higher price. Provinces. At the same time his Excellency the $3 or S4 nf the eighties and early 'akolies: The error comes simply from neglecting the Tchup, of the Bureau of Foreign Affan at has recommended Chief Commissioner Tand prices of all other forms of food, clothing, strong rivalry in India Otherwho they would

the Chinese newspapers here, have been noti

Governor of Festien to take the place of H.E. Tang Shanyi while he remains in Peking. * estion. The Chinese conseq "ently are

D among themselves to lie idle.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po

Peking

The Board of Revenue has issued instruc tions to all

all Provincial Governments to discourage the use of sycee shoes as Currency, and to calf them in with a view of minling them into standard coins,

Reuters

The Chinese Minister to Grea

Britain,

HONGKONG, Tuesday, May 19, 1908. fied that they must exclude all advertisements of Japanese goode, failing which the Cantonese trading community, will withdraw all their own THE JAPANESE, BOYCOTT.

denisements. We have direct evidence that Those who have sought to balktle the this phase of the boycott in now in operation strength of the movement originating in and the result of compliance with this direction, Mukden, to the Throne for the post of Actipouse-rent, and so on, here increased in about be exerting redoubled energy instead of agree- Canton for the boycott of Japanese, trade, will in one instance, will be that the Chinese paper

he same proportion during the period in long before now have learnt the pour con-affected stands, 10 lose an amount running ception they had formed of the power of the joto at least a couple of thousand dollars. The

** ai diliged to demand higher wages from their

THE PATH OF KOREA, fecigu employers, which the latter, ilio ez, partic guilds in Chion for combination. At its in- position seems to be one in which the Can the Jesuits will song open a Catholic Universi.riencing increased cost of living and owing The Chinese authorities have recently receiv THE American feraenger of April states that ception the parties most interested as likely tonese members of the Advisory Board should ty in Japan. he work of preparing the pugmented competition, ars voable to payed from three Korean rioters or members of to be affected by the axitation sought to be called upon to make a sistement for foundation has been entrusted to three Fathers: They are thus compelled to accept such ser the "righteous army joint petition which is characterize it as an attempt of a (w mischief the Government, and be required to exert the Rev. James Rockliffe, an American, who, as they can obtain and look for it among to the following effect kaskers which carried with it no force of their influence with their fellow country Joseph Dahlmant, ho comes from Luxembwer in the sorial scale than those from which latter passes away, the former will be in a very

so far has been engaged in Buffalo, the Rer dasics of the Chicere community a good deal

China is next door to Korea and, if the potential value. But when the organized men to refrain from a course of action that burg and is widely known as a fingulstice Settlement's domestics were formerly pro dangerous position. Chins, however, seems to

LONDON,1th efforts began to uprend from the capital to is indefensible. The general trade of Singa scholar and a writer on Buddhism, and the Rev.uable. Then again, the humbler orders of ignore this fact and stands looking on at the in audience by the King, and has

The Chinese Minister has been the furthermost city of the Kwangtung propore is not in such a condition that any Loule Boucher, late Rector of Ziska wel. The foreigners at the ports with the same degres smail our ascendency bequested by our ances the special Chinese envoy to His Majesty

chicoss have ceased pretty generally to regard destruction before her Japan has ground- vinces and found so much, favour with the section of the trading community can be per the full approval of, the Emperor, and then respect that they, formerly entertained for 'tors. Although China, upon whom Korea was The Envoy is to study the:

University will be located in Tokyo and has

thek. Foreign methods and conditions have dependent, was ignominiously defeated by Jo their novelty, hava ceased to impress Japan in 1891-1895, she does dot acem to cam the Chinese mind web their superiority. The for the disgrace. We have formed a large body Clippe have discovere! that the standards of 'rightenos soldiers to wipe out. Korea's cational disgrace. No matter how hard and — wllin their own reach if they care to strive topaleis the task, may be, we must succeed in 1551 forthem; and in fact, there are many other allaining our object." For caus to account for the regrettable change to The petition, signed by three "general" on 30s whith Colonel Bruce has directed public attent behalf, of the righteous army" and chopped 48, 891 | Lion which; per

be instructive and by a seal, which, it is stated, was conferred 793 Ire? ;udratageous

sfer detail upon them' by the selli these'

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Government,

Cantonese in Hongkong that Japanese, steam-mitted to play pranka with a portion of that ship lines began to be striously affected trade. And the public will be glid to hear an in loss of trade and custom, the sceptics soon as possible that the Guverament, the Ar the auction sale of Racecopies held at the began to open their eyes to a realitution of Protectorate and the Advisory Board have done Wanghai Horss Bastar on Tuesday (12th inst.), the force, origlasily concentrated in Canton, whatever is deemed proper to put an end to the Famating, the winner of the Derby, was told off scientific attainment, for instance, are

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may be found. From Sydney and San disco advices bave^ already reached, the ociety in Cantos that their, ken up in do- balf-

RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum, for the week ending the 17t May

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On Friday, the enemy was routed with heavy losses and the abandonment? supplica

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