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Intimations.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MAY

miles away on the Equator from indulging is the solace of a sedative peculiarly suitable to the tropics, which celtbar to body or 100

the of the harm that alcohol, works to the people of jemperate sodes. The cyn dobierver is gratified to note that the House of Commons, A. S. WATSON & CO., which accepted the Johnston Taylor Resolution west perhaps thereafter off to dinner; and pro- bably three-fourths of the members, coplem plated their good work over their clarot, or whisky and soda, with coffee and a little queur brandy to finish with. There are various: stades" of dishonesty, but the shadiest is that which seeks to adorn the borders of its phylacteries at the expense of other people. They are of the crowd that Samuel Buller de sued to well when he spoke of those who

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Compound for sins they are inclined to, By damning those they have no mind to, Sheeplike, not knowing what opium, and its merits, properly used in moderation, may be, the ignorat who make up the bulk of the Hours and of the British public, who love io be virtuous if it costs them nothing and still more if it costs somebody else a good deal, follow the lead of the agitation, because it im plies an attribution of merit even if unintelli- gible. Sir Frank Sweltenham got home on thie Hypocrisy very neatly-in the title to his Times letter,

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VERITABLE LAIR IN COLOANNE,

PORTUGUESE POLICE SCOUR THE ISLAND

From Our Dies Correspondent,] [

Macao, and May,

Sit will be of the half-

TO BE DOCKED IN HONGKONG, As clients of the Hoogkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld, the Toyo Kisen Kaisa have been valued customers of the leading firm of the 25th Febr ahlpbuilders in Hongkong for a number of Robert Shewa, years, This port being the Eastern terminal of petition on the Canton Ma their Pacific trade route, the Toyo Kisen a loss in the working of the small s Kaisha bave found, it convenient, advantage as that your Board withd qus and economical to dock the Hongkong and the line panding other arren, Americi Muru, when they required periodical particular trade has been stagnant and without overhauling, at this end. We noted yeuerday profit for many years, but with. the arrival of the Japanese Company's fine new and suitable vessel employed vessel the Tags Mars-and to day we are lo a to hold our own on the ruo. position to make ad announcement which the attention of your Board

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should be pleasing to those who interest them-petition in which the acto salves to the industrial prosperity of the por vessels seldom receive or appe generally, and to the shareholders of the Hong any return on their aulay-ma king and Whampoa lock Co, Ld, in partition so much bander for o cular. That announcement is to the effect that and in consequence your Board have to arrangements have been completed for the make greater efforts 11 obialo docking of the fine turbine vessel at Kowloon consider our fatf shafe of the business.

Staco writing so you yesterday morning I have pursued further fuquiries, into the sansa THE PRESUMPTION OF COL SBELY

tional and fatal raid of Ucloanne on Wednes in bracketing the Federated Malay Stares with day. It is useless to top official sources the Colony. For economical and administ for information for after the disastrous tive reasone there has

as been established an as- rald, it must only be expected, trace similation of (be services and departments, higher authorilles have enjoiard, perfect re- But that we urged many years ago, when it licence. However, inquiries in other direc became obvious that it was inequitabis lotions, have not been without result, and I limit a man's deparmenial promotion to the now plice before your readers the particulars throw opportunities of the one State whose which have come to my Inowledge. In the service he had originally joined. And we first place the fact should be made clear urged the grading of the services as to Burme that the earliest information to reach the and cadit, we from one State to the ence of the pirates' lair in Coloanne, was Francisco in August next. It may be taken Portuguese Government, about the box it public servant from one State to another communicated to the authorities here by the for granted that the arrangement will be good, on the return of the Tenyo Maru from San

thing was perfectly feasible because in theory.. the civil servant did not serve the Bultaneef Canton Government. They derived their for as long as the vessels of the Kaisha make any State, but was on the staff of the Resident made by an extradited criminal who turned Hongkong their terminal port. While in dry knowledge of that fict through the disclosures Beyond that outward appearance of vassitaik-. tion, there is nothing else whatever to justify "King's evidence," This man isformed the dock, it way be assumed; that a large number of visitors will avail themselves of the oppor apy dishnuest pretence at tampering, fartivly authorities at Canton of the desperate chartunity of seeing for themselves the latest pro- with Treaties that are as binding to-day as na acter of some of the Chinese inhabitants of duct of the shipbuilder's net. the day they were signed. We trust Sir Frank Coloane with whom he had been in league TAKING LIQUID TUSE will insist on this, because no honest man cen

le his abfarious career of lawless depre be a party to a fraud of this kind unless, as a dations. He volunteered to turn informer unfortunate official of the Colonial Office, he and was accordingly despatched in a Chinese must carry out improper instructions or resign gunboat under proper escort to assist the the service. In such a case his necessity, Portuguese authorities in tracing the pirates' though it does not absolve him, excuses bim

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raid was undertaken on Wednesday this in former formed one of the pasty. - However that may be, the fact remains that, acting upon this information, the råid was organized. It is worthy of remark that the further inform well provided with arms. When the su ation was impacted that the robber gang was merical strength of the raiding party be came known, Humour has it that the informer observed that it was sadly deficient

The Hungkotig, Canton and Mac. Steambo Co. has succeeded in disposing of the handy The Zungskan has not been long laid

vessel to the Canton-Hankow Railway Co. I will be recalled that a fornight ro we turnished the exclusive, information Canion relating to the tenders sent the firms of shipbuilders in Hong building two ferry steamers for the Cant Hankow Radway Co. It is hard on all the troube they had gone through abipbuilding companies to know that alter

of specifications and the hundred and one in the drawing up of plans, preparation details incidental thereto, it is all so much labur lost; for it would appear tha, for the present at all even's, the prop crive orders from the Railway Co. have fallen through. What is the shipbuilders loss is the Hongkong, Canton and Maço Steamboat Co.'s gain.

"OUR MORALS; OTHER PEOPLE'S HONEY" It does not appear that in his later, for whose text, we shall have to await the course of the mail, he elaborated that point. That has already been done as we reminded our readers the other day, by Lord Mosley of Blackburn, when he faced just the same sort of agitation in respect to the question of Indian opium pro- duction and revenue: "We cannot indulge bur sense of righteousness at the expense of other people." And indeed when you come to think'; it out the vice of indulgence in the arrogation of a pseudo-righteousness which is acquired at tho. cost of others and at no cost of individual felf- dezia), is a.good deal. lower in the scale than THE German mail of the zand April was del ondue indulgence-in-smoking tobacco, in eat-vered in London on the zist insi. ing, in uxoriousness, in drinking, or in spium smoking. Sir Frank proceeded to business by YESTERDAY, the amnh, who was charged with expressing his conviction, with which every robbing her employer-Mr. Lau Kam Ching, $16.50 sensible man who knows the conditions of this compradore to Mors. Loxley and Companyia ammasition, it belog, stated that only with satisfaction by those possing the well-vessel has to be delivered at Capten to her new

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of $600 worth of jewellery, and the baly whom the habited the valuables were convicted' threa rounds were provided to eacli of the rifles by Mr. J. H, Kemp." A sentence of six weeks' | carried by the sepoys; there were four of them hard labour each was passed. '.

THIS morning, at the Police Court, the firm of Ataka and Company were summoned by the Postmaster General for neglecting to notify the Post Office officials of the change in the time of the departure of their steamer, the Skinchu Moru. Mr. E. C. L. Lewie, assistant Postmaster General prosecuted. The defend. ants pleaded guilty to the charge. They were fiped Szj by Mr. J. H. Kemp.

Colony and the infinite capacity of the Chinese for secret organisation will fully agree, that there is reason to doubt the feasibility to súp. | press by law the consumption of opium, Sir Frankis plainly right in saying that. So long as this Colony derives a revenue from the high rate charged for opium so long i can afford, through the machinery of the Farm, to maintain the present preventive, system for the detection of smuggling. Those who know the asiatic character are aware that even that service may be in some cases made the instrument for fostering smuggling. But that is inevitable. But with the vanishing of The Farm system, and the ABANDONMENT OF REVENUE FROM OPIUM, and the consequent want of any motive for in curring expenditure on the check of smuggling. whh the result would be. The Colony would attempting to steal watches from the co He would be a sad dolt indeed who failed to see

have too much to do with a diminished revenue. The coolie thieapop throw the Austrian din to maintain wi at would be a venal Asiatica hold. He was subsequently arrested. A. S. WATSON & CO., modity from which it would desire no benefit. him to lay up for three weeks.

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If the Resolution in the house had the remotest pretension to honesty we should have heard of some clause by which compensation for any local loss of Coloniat revenue would be as a matter of course provided. Vicarious virtue does not run to that in this case, even with the precedent of the abolition of West ladian slavery as a guide and precedent. The "dead head righteousness can only claim respect of

Frank states that he fears that the infere

A COOLIE named Yamada Kamemalu wat at work or some cargo on the lower deck of the Austrian, steamer Chine at Kobe on the 13th inst when on Austrian seaman accused him of

THERE were two gambling raids executed last night, some twenty-nine men being arrested. Acting Lapce sergeant Watt engineered the first aid nt 45, Aberdeen Sireet, where he rested fifteen mea. The remaining fourteen were taken from 189, Des Voeux Road West, the latter raid being put through by Sergeant Avis. The accused were charged at the Pulice

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The main circumstances attending the raid 1 have already reported yesterday. The details to be added are that the detective, who was in advance of the party, was the first to be hit by one of the pirates' bullets, the shots being filed from the windows of the Chinese houses., "As soon as the man was mortally wounded he is reported to have sung out to the members of the party, "Retreat! Retreat reatining, no doubt, "the force of the piratical gang and convinced of their ample store of am munition. Before the sepoy's retreated they all fired their last shot of three car ridges, not belete one man had received maital wound and another his leg foot arm,

fast evening we mentioned the fact that the la our description of the Tenyo Marui

fill her tanks preparatory to her maiden steamer burns liquid fuel. In order to voyage to the Pacific Coast parts on the and prox., the Travo „fuw,' this morning, requisitioned the services of the Dick Go's tugu to low her alongside the Taikokssui wharves for liquid fuel. The David Giller, the Edith, and, a big faunch were put on the job. Looking, therefore, from all points al view the advent of this new Pacific leviathan must be welcomed, inasmuch as trade in liquid fuel in Hongkong is of factor helping to faster it should be noticed comparatively recent inauguration and every

being of the Colony at heart.

·AN ARMS PROSELUTION,

MESSRS, SI1 MSSEN AND COMPANY FINED

Detective Sergeant Terrett summoned Mr. C. Brodersen, manager of Messrs Siemssen and Company, at the Police Count, this morning, for committing a breach of his arms licence, The charge was that defondant, on the 4th instant, furnished false returns of the arms and ammunition then in his possession. On the returns which were submitted to the police they showed that defendant had 134 rifles in his Queen's Building godown. When the premises ware visited on the 15th it was discovered that there were thirty-four rifles short. On the 18th

as previously stated): pierced by a Mausethren days later-Sergeant Terrett visited bullet. The latter's leg will have to be the Kowloon Godawns and found five cases of amputated, “I have this on medical authority,

field guns helonging to Messis, Siemssen aud. News of the unsuccessful raid reached Company, which were pol mentioned in the Macão in the afternoon and with ail despatch returns sent to the police. The defence pai up was that it was a mistake on their path. The a large body of Portuguese soldiers was

Magistrate (Mr. J. HI, Kemp) took the same view, and inflicted the nominal fise of one dollar.

transported to Coloasse be same day, The same evening a wholesale search was made of the suspected houses on the is. land. It is only to be supposed that the cage was empty aude bids had flow; for by the time of the arrival of reinforcements from Macao the prates had made good their escape. the theory, is that they got away in boats: Some arms were found in premises occupied

THE HANROW RIOT,

ORDER RESTORED.

Mr. J. Lind, the superintendent of the Rall way Co, at Shekwaitong, pro eeded to Hong kong last week and in the couras of thin practically completed negotiations for the pur- in that, as far as chase of the Langikan We say "practically

we are informed, the

owners before the purchase can be said to be completed. That is a minor, detail, however, We have it on reliable authority that the Lushan was taken up in tow to Canton by chartered launches last night and abould be as her destination by now... We un ders and also that Mr. W. E. Clark, the secretary of the Hongkong, Canton and Macan Steamboat Co. Ld, proceeded on board the Lungsh in last night 19 attend to her safo do, livery to the purchasers.

The Lungthan in one of two composite vessels built by the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co. for the floogkony, Canton and Macao Siesm-. bat Cold, in 1896 Her sistership he Lungkiing - was sold to Manila a few years. ago. The dimensions of the Lungahan are 112 feet long, th' 6" wide and a feet deep, She' is capable of carrying about roo passengers,

CANTON DAY BY DAY.

FOREIGN FLAGS ON CHINESE-OWNED LAUNCHES.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, atst May, During the past few weeks many of the Chinese-owned steam launches in the Canton harbour, which formerly flew foreign flags up. der false pretence, have reverted to the Dragon flag since the transfer of the inspection of Chinese steam-launches to the Shan Hou The disturbance in the city on Thursday Chu officials from the Customs authorities. by the Tastai forbidding hawkers and stalls in directed the Shan Hou Chu to forward them the public streets. A body of hawkers marcha list of these steam vessels that have

Hankow, May 16...

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ference with opium consumption would mean the replacing of that sedative by the stimulant of alcohol in some form or another, he merely

FIVE shopkeepers-Jim Kee, Sie Keo, Da Fat, Yang Lam Ree and Kow Kee-carrying on business in the city; were prosecuted at the

were for personal protection: Later she so diers began to scour the island and on the bills they found stattered some thirty Muser

gives expression to what is the universal belief | Police Court, this morning voder the Frade+repextinguiflesandaquantityof-loose c-ridgesed upon the yamén, but was driven off by the already changed their colours to the Chinese

of intelligent men. And that change would marks Ordinance. The complainant was M

be followed with worse results, but how A., R. R. Hassan. The charges against the bad these may be can only be conjectured defendants were that they, "on or about the with, as a basis, the temperament of

18th or 19th instant, exposed for sale certain marks" The cases were romanded, tins of condensed milk which bore false trade

THE LOWER CHINESE MASSES

The Haughang Celegraph aggravation and inflaming of that tempora. Police, ca reaching part: The warrant

Hongkong, Friday, May 21, 1908.

PREJUDICED ACTION OF A PARTY,

away the rifies for their rwn defence which It is surmised that in their fight the pirates took they had to abandon so as to be able to gain either Macio proper or the land in Heung

sban.

The gunboat Ato Lima is stationed off Coloanne.

police, Thereupon they smashed the police national flig and also those that have been windows of the police station. boxes in the streets and hurled stones at the surveyed by the Chu cfficials, for information The rioters then marched through the streets, to find out what are the vessels still flying The Sean Hou Chu has also been instructed compelling shopkeepers to close their doors foreign flags to which they are not entitled. and fired on the mob, killing one and wound-a stop to the practice of flying foreign flags by The proprietor of a Japaness shop refused The Canton authorities are desirous of putting

strayed add he himself was wounded. ing two others. His shop was promptly da

Chinese owned steam-launches on the ground that there bave often beed cases of trouble with

zoon and order was restored.

Soldiers from Wuchang arrived to the after- | foreigners because of the reprehensible

practice.. The Taotai has issued a further proclamation

is now quiet, -N- C. D; News

THE YUNNAN RISING,

and the character of the dreadfut raw liquor imported here. Whereas the opium acts, in mitig dion of the Chinese temperament to be

All yesterday the Government steam-launch immense gain of the public peace and of the

A FRENCHMAN named Louis Jeao:Felší public afely, the alcohol will act towards the China, was arrested yesterday, by the Water

who, it is alleged, bad absconded from Indo Cofoane patrolled the bay with the covering. on the machine gun removed. At about 845 ment, with what criminal results it is which the Freachmin was arrested charge heard in the direction of raira and the Coloan withdrawing the previous one, and everything yunnan to inquire into the present condition pm yesterday continued steam whistles were not difficult 10 imagloe. A point Bir

The Canton Viceroy s sent telegram fo Frank Swettenham, makes, assuming the farisdiction of French foda-China. On this urgent call, sixty men more marched from him with forgery and embezzlement within the bastened thither. Probably in answer to an loss of opium revenue, is one on which we indictment he was arraigned before Mr. J. Hthe barracks to embark for Coloanne, It

of affairs in connection with the insurrection have frequently dusinted. That is the difficulty Kemp yesterday and remanded Unit heard at "Toa Vista bolel. We candiscount the

in that province. Yesterday a telegraphic se- The Opium Question, of raising new revesti wes bleve site, y arrival of extradition papers from Indo-Chingle of any untoward incident, for it does not civil proceedings ware pending in connec

was su zoured that reports of gun, 6re were CONSIDERABLE interest has been aroused dur-ply was received by the Canton Viceroy from insisted on the unchallengeable" equity of no particulars are Av úlable,

ng the past two weeks by the knowledge that H.E. Viceroyik Liang, who stated that, on the Chinese, who are the sole and altogether

the 7th and 8th instant, the Imperial troops lion with the affront given to Senhor O. had an encounter wib the insurgents and, lg. G. Portier, Portuguese Consul-General, at the engagement, over a hundred of

Portuguese Company, B.V. C. Although the the troops followed up the rebels to Nam the Rifle Range, the occasion of this were captured and a number there was

proceedings did not go offici liy beyond the and stacked them in three year annual distribution of prizes to the killed. On the sih, 12th and 13th inst

preliminar investigation, Dr. Nolasco, Captain city of Mongtsz has been strongly Nolasco's brother, came from Macao to under with troops and it was expected that the take the case. It is with pleasure that we are were far from being able to attack tha mandant, S.V. C., that Captain Nolasco having The Canton high authorities now informed by Lisut Col. Watson, Com

PROPOSED CENSUS furnished through him an explanation that has desirability of taking a correct proved sailsfactory to the Consul General for people in the province of Portugal, the incidens has terminated satis paratory to the institution factorily.-N. C. D. News.

REAL CHARACTER OF THE SITUATION.

take much joëstir the imagination of the inhabitants of this usually somnolent city.

Mg. W. Callager writes in the Agricultural Balkrip on the extermination of rats in padi Helds. Experments were carried out at the beginning of the year with carbon bulphide. The burruns of the padecit are found in the stopped up, and a play of Colton wool soaked batas or banks separating the folds, both ends in the volatile polion pet in ons en'. The heavy, vapour sinks and diffuses in the rat bele and the experiment, though carried out at a time of the day when the rats were absent

voluntary providers of the opium revenue, A FAREWELL dianer was given at the Kowlong being required la, provide whatever substitute, Hotel last night by Captain John A. Hellborg, revenue might be needed. There are various of the Norwegian steamer Victoria, to his host, It was only to be expected that one who has ways, from a carefully graduated-capitation tax, of German friends previous to his deprive had his whole public career identified with the varying according to assessment of dwellings for Europe. Covers were laid for thiity goes Straits Settlements and the Malay Protected inhabited, down to taxes on tea, tobacco, Are-The dining room was very tastefully decorated States, who brought about the Federation of works, and all articles of Chinese consumption, for the occasion. A special menu was prc- these. States, and who has afterwards, an Governor of the Colony, directed the conjoint to square all that with the gentlemen who bave the ever. Dinner over the dining room was The Chinese may not like it, but they will have pared, with the picture of the geola! skipper on fortunes of the two allied territories should agitated for the disturbance of the present exclrared and dancing was carried on until a very take the occasion to make head against the cise system. These gentlemen, if honest, will date hour. The hand of the sth Rajputs was Ignorant and prejudiced agitation in Rugland perhaps feet morally bound to use their in- in attendance. Everything went off well, which agalost the excise basis of an important portion fluence, if any, to procure a regular annual speaks a lot for the proprietor of the Kowloon of the revenues of these two groups of ter. Imperial grant of five million dollars or so to Hotel. ritories, ope British, and the other, bappily for recoup the Colony for the excise revenue of -Stself, not Batish. Sir Frank Swettenham, which it may be dictatorially deprived, Sir Tuis morning (8th inst.) the Castoms guards who of all men living has immeasurably the Franke suggests the abandonment ofthe Military on board the s.s. Anghin mide, one of the best claim, from long inside understand-Contribution; but that would not be nearly biggest seizures of illicit opium that has over ing, to speak both for the Colony and the enough to make up for the as We are been made, afloat in Hangen They were A PARSER gentleman named E, A, Kotewall, Federated Malay States, bas done not less sorry for the Chinese, but the heavy tax that is down to the chatulicker when oo07 of thear than his manifest duty to declaring in the hanging over their heads in the mere winton noticed that a partion of the wood work which tickiba No. 749 in the Police Court, this morn

Street-charged the driver- columns of the Times the real character of the work of some of those who profess to be their divided it from the fore hold had beco situation endeavoured to be forced upon this friends. There is one point that bas to be Investigation revealed the fact Colony by the prejudiced action of a party taken into account. What effect will the priva-were five bags containing which is incompetent to think of the Empire. tion oLoplum have upon save as a field for the exploitation of these

Jarl in of opium, worth THE LABOUR SUPPLY OF THIS COLONY Fate Ice, 17.7 0.3 $wrong-handed which it is it peculiar and of the Federated Malay States? ~ Will | opium found but

on every possible occa coolies be the more ready to come here from

touches the spot when he

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is reported in the Talungpas of Peking that the Controller-General of the Shutwacho hai ALEN |issued the following instructions to all the By kind permission of Sfajar.

foreign and Chinese employess in the maritime and Officers Commanding,

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