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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY DECEMBER 21, 1908.

we rest at once confront the point if we they paid him a certain price for his silence apprors the Goschen plan, with or without and his worthless certificate. In this way Great Britain and Germany, will the it is estimated that he has fleeced China Government of India consent to re-open men from the Atlantic to the Pacific out their miats when the price of allver bullion of thousands of dollars, bis price being has risen to eighty-six cents per ounce ? gauged in every case by what be cati Well, all we can say is that if, when the inmated the victim was able to pay. It trinsic value of the rupes advanced beyond is also believed that he was connected

Murder and Robbery

GRIM TRAGEDY AT SHATIN.

INDIAN LABOURER BATTERED TO DEATH BY ARMED MEN,

There has been another grim tragedy in the Now Territory-a tragedy which was com

its token value, the Government of India with the murder of a wealthy Chinese mermitted in a most horrible fashion

Telegrams.

“HONGKONG, TELEGRAPI

SERVICE,

CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY

HUNAN-HUPEH SECTION: [By courtesy of the "Shaung P6"].

chant, named Wong Chee Lock, in Chicago. The particulars which have been placed at At all events, Harry Reardon, etc., is not our disposal, though somewhat scanty, are likely to drag the name of Hongkong in the ciast The dastardly deed was committed in. dust for some little time to come if the maished at Shatin, near the tonnel, and

Peking, 20th December. charges against him can be substantiated. which was occupied by Indian labourers in the

HE. Chang Chih-tung had The interesting part of the story is the imply of the Kowloon-Canton Railway

Just before midnight on Saturday, while conference with Mr. J. O. P. Bland, persona) way in which the American writer those men

who were "roff duty ware of the British and Chinese Corpora tells the story. To him, the swindling of the abad-there were not more than; three, it is Chinese is not what might be called a presumed-one of them was suddenly aroused

tion, on the 19th

on the 18th inst, with re- "feature"; it is a mere incident in the day's from his sleep by feeling a bind at his throat, ference to the raising of a loan for should probably have heard that the yellow such a manner and with the flogere tightso- ing gradually around his neck the Indian strug

Canton-Hankow Railway, Hunan- perit had arrived and the Chinese advance gled fiercely with his unknown assiants, but Hupeh section. guard of the thug brigade had commenced it was aselors. For the space of a few seconds operations.

ha'board a whispering, then the sound of a box being opened, and the footsteps of people hor- | signed. rying from the shed. At this moment his throat |was released, a

MOUNTED in Fincy, Laither Cady, blom. Apparently Mr. Frewen has offered to | Government can do la to follow the require-work. Had it been the other way about we and a blanket cavaring his head,: Held down £2,000,000 in connection with the

HANDSOME PUFF BOXES, CUT GLASS BOTTLES in Great Variety, HAIR BRUSHES in Leather Cares, PERFUME SPRAYS, MANICURE SETS. SCISSORS in Canes.

ton Frewen giving his views on silver-values, and the latter has passed on the communi, cation to the various Chambers of Com merce to the Fast East for their views, soliciting a statement which could be sub mited to the Washington Commission. As the members of the Commission do not

it pro- pose to conclude their labours until 1910, and consequently the report need not be expected before 1912, there is ample time stood supinely by, and watched the natives for all those who have any opinion one way throwing their silver money into the melting or the other to set out their views. It pot, then there would be a chance for a few would be decidedly unfortunate if the Far of us to make that fortune which we are all Eastero point of view was inadequately re working for. The American senator has the presented, because the real storm centre has Indian Government on the brain. He will shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from. not admit that the Indian Government is the Western to the Eastern hemisphere. The just as much bound by the silver market in trouble is, of course, that no two people are its currency as other parts of the world and reconciled even on the main heads of the pro- China in particular. All that the Indian ubmit to the Commission "the latest returns ments of trade in India, and, if London, New he can procure in England as to prices and York and Berlin can advance the price of wages in the Orient." Mr. Frewes is cer-silver India will be compelled to take steps tainly endowed with more than the usual to preserve its financial equilibrium, which in quantum of courage and temerity if he pre- this case would mean a reduction in the fine- sents to the Commission & statement'as lo

ness of the rupee. The whole question is prices and wages in the Far East founded Can the Occident restrain Oriental activities on cts collected in England. No doubt by artificial arrangements? If the fest can be there are many importers and exporters to achieved without the co-operation of the the old country who take the trouble to Asiatic countries concerned then it might "understand the conditions prevailing in the be tried, but it would be interesting Oriental labour market, but we are afraid the oumber must be comparatively small. when nature had her periodical convulsions, REQUISITES Britisher is to get away from the gold back to deal with the subject, and they were quite The difficulty experienced by the average The Chamber of Commerce did not attempt A Very Fine Selection in Great Variety-ground and to set up silver as the interme right. Whatever they might say from an

MEERSCHAUM and BRIAR PIPES, diary of barier. Indeed, it might be said Oriental point of view would be disregarded, The Chiese Entoceries and Minis Come CALABASH PIPES (& Special Asst. that it is hardly possible to realise all the because the crux of the matter in the deve-Company-a-three-mines-for-the-week-ending meat).____ SMOKERS COMPANIONS-complexities-of-the-subject-until-one-har Topment of America's exporting trade across MEERSCHAUM and AMBER OIGAR lived in silver countries and attempted the Pacific, and not the development of and the sales during the period to 38,012-85 December 5, 1958, amounted to 31.971:53 tons and CIGARETTE HOLDERS, CIGAR to make both ends meet on a white Chinese industrial interests which are of as tous and CIGARETTE CASES in real CRO. CODILE SKIN, SNAKE SKIN, &c. currency. The very people who should know much importance to Hongkong as the com-ir is reported from Mukden that the Viceroy TOBACCO POUCHES in BEAVER, something about the effects of an abnormal mand of the Pacific trade is to the Western and Governors of the three Manchurise pro- CROCODILE, SNAKE and DOE SKIN, demand for silver in China or a famine in States of America.

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that when silver is high exporters in the United Kingdom and America are inuo.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

is reported at Macio that the Portuguese for Macas and is expected there in the coin steel gunboat Porta left Singapore yesterday of next week.

Throwing off the blanket which covered his Indian saw a number of Chinese, all of whom head and jumping quickly out of bed, the were aimed with choppers, running away down

The agreement

about to be

Later.

Chang Chih-tung has telegraphed

there should be no delay in the con- to Viceroy Chang Jen-chun that

struction of the Southern section of

formation as to the amount collected

to observe how the rangement worked We are given to understand on very good "path. The alarm had been given by is the railway and also asked for in-

BL-ZONING HONGKONG'S

-REPUTATION

authority that abe All American B sell team time and the Cinese pursued, but they cove ed

Baseball Club to play them a game, Arrangements are being made by the Canton the tragedy which had been on the second call. Should funds will visit Canton on its return from Manila op their traces in the darkness.

acted on that darz rainy night was be deficient arrangements can be yet to be discovered, After the chase bed been abandoned, the men returned to the male for a British loan at the same counted-and-four-the body of bus of their time. He requested Viceroy Ching countrymen lying on his bed-dead. The body to forward an early reply by tele- had not overtaken him long, and it was evident gram. was still warm, which went to abow that death

that he had been murdered-murdered in.

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On the 7th instant a trial was made of the machinery at the new mili at. Kigh, Forbes, belonging to the Oriental Sugar Refining petition of sugar cane exhibits was also held, The mill at Ecsaiko bolonging to the Meiji Sugar Refining Company in Formosa is lo begin its trial operations in a day or two.

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cruel way. A battered bead was the cause of death. There had been a great struggle. The bed bore traces of the 'unfortunate Indian's frantic, but fruitless fight for his life. Blood was sprinkled all over the bed, and the room presented a disordered appearance.

That robbery was the motive for the dread

IMPERIAL EDICTS.

HOW SIGNED.

[By courtesy of the "Sharing Po,""]

Peking, 20th December.

One of the individuals who holds the

ful crime is a faragoon, conclusion. Here The Central Government has in- opinion that the world owes him a living as

was an unfortunate Indian labourer asleep instructed the Press that, in publish Chinese in that centra of probity and virtue, been, living lately on the gullibility of the Company, with a' satisfactory result. A com... his bed, With his hard earnings, romerbinging Imperial Edicts in future, there Kansas City. The usual American picture of the Chinese is drawn in lurid colours to indicate the depths of depravity and cunning

dated with orders from the Orient, whereas, when silver is low a stimulus is given to the exports of Asia, and Western products are Comparatively neglected. It is the undoubt ed object of the Americau sebator to en- hance the value of the white metal for several reasons. First, we will say, to foster trickery to which they will descend in order A COULIE, Lo Kam, who was arrested yester. | the shed by means of the back door, and the by the Grand Councillors":

to fleece the Simple Simons of the great Re public. So that when a number of Chinese is outwitted by the superior roguery of others who do not belong to the Chinese race there but little sympathy shows for the victims. on the other hand, Americans are the

day for stealing 104 cigars and twelve packets of cigarettes, from a shop at 104, Connaught Road Central, was, on being taken to head quarters, identified as having returned from ban'stiment before bis time. To both charges the coolic" pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to six weeks hard labour for the theft and six

trade in the Cecident; second, to restrain the caergies of Chinese producers; and, third, to attain that halcyon state when manufacturers can guage their probable outlaye with some exactitude ahead of their dealings. The American writer puts it clearly when he says: "If silver prices † dupes it is sound policy to raise an outery | months on the banishment charge..

Telegraph dustry after industry, now employing white

HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECENDER 21, 1908

against Asiatic, slimness. According in a and wages do not rise, and gold prices recently published issue of the San Francisco A FIGHT, over water, took place in a house at and wages do rise, it is quite clear that Call a foreigner, has been trading on the 83, Queen's Road East, on Saturday afternoon owing to the pressure of Asiatic exports, in self-preservation instincts of the Chinese in between a number of men and women. The working men must close down to be re

upright and virtuous Kings City and has trouble was started by a woman on the first been so successful that he is regarded as above that water was leaking into her apart. floor calling out to the residents on the floor placed in the world's economy by mills and

sort of hero At least he would have beenment. This brought down the second floor factories manned with yellow labour in Asia; canonised if his record had been a trifle less people and the noise that followed brought up in short the labour cost of what Asia.many flamboyant. What leads interest to the a lukong from the street. Three men and as factures for export has been already cat in

tafe is the fact that the schemer declares many women were arrested. In the Police! half, by the reduction in the gold price of himself to be a native of Hongkong. But, it Court this morning the men were food $3 each," silver. Possibly the interests of the people of may be stated at once, that he left the and the women one dollar apiece. India are subserved by these low exchanges Colony long before he arrived at the years MR. D. U. Sowers, representing the Carnegie with closed mints; certainly the industries of discretion, so that he lost all the refining fastitution, of China where no mints are closed are influences, high-minded principles, and love being stimulated by low exchanges, and

of rectitude which are to be found in those already. China has commenced to manu.who have lived in this Colony for a few facture steel, but that a great civilised Gov ernment should be making a profit as to-day of 50 per cent: by selling currency of un

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years.

He departed from Hongkong whening about February 1st. mere boy," The Jesuits are believed to

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like $250 in notes, in a trunk near tim.And. here was the Indian murdered and his life save should be added at the end of the inge gone.

Edicts characters signifying “Seal- The assassins, who had no doubt got winded by the Prince Regent and signed

of the ledian's wealth, forced an entrance inta

theory advanced' is that while they had their stoption directed to the track containing the money, the owner awo: e, and so doubt would- bave raised an alarm, which was not what the robbers wanted. As he was rising from the bed he was struck on the head several times with a chopper. From the nature of the wound death must have been almost Justantaneous. Then followed the attack on the other fadian, as given above, and the removal of a small sum of money from his box,

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The police at Shatin were soon informed of the tragedy, and every inquiry is being minds to discover the assassins.

HMPBROR NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA,

congratulatory letter from His Excel. lency, and Captain Heathcole conveyed the being prevented by official duties from sitand- regres of Major-General Broadwood from

spcy of the weather, the function proyed a suc ing personally, Notwithstanding the laclem cessful one in every respect,

___[Reuters.] Indian Reform Bill

LONDON, 18th December.

Reform Bill in the House of Lords

Mr. Morley has introduced the Indian

councils largely elective through electoral The Bill makes the provincial legislativo colleger, stcrifices official, majorities except on the Imperial Council, but reising the power of veto.

The Bill foreshadows a wide extension of the popular element of district administration.

19th December, The reforms generally, are. warmly wel comed throughout India,

The United £tates- ed to call on President Roosevelt to Justify The House of Representatives bas rezolv.

attention of detentiven his fasicuation that Congressmen feared the

Later,

The German Ministry of Marine has de German Airahips. cided to build four airships for scouting pur vertible to airship abede

President Roosevelt and the United States Congress, Mr. Taft is acting us peacemaker between President Roosevelt and Congress..

Parliament,

The Miners Eight-Hour Bill and Des Port of London Bill have passed the third read- inge in both Houses,

The House of Commons has accepted the Bill, making 81 hours a day permanent in. House of Lords! amendment to the Miner

stead of provisional:

ANOTHER-VIEW OF THE CURMANCY QUESTION.

RECEPTION AT THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE, Some years ago when the next question of

A reception was held on Saturday afternoon bimetallism was the chief subject of debate

the Name-day of the Emperor Nicholas il of by Consul and Mr. Tiedmana in honour of in political circles both in the United King dom and the United States, Mr. Balfour, in

extensive tour in the interests of science. He ception were the whole of the Consular Body, in the city outfitting for a Russia. Among those who attended the re- his alry, nonghalsot way, observed that he

is an American and will be accompanied by with the exception of the Cocial for the Nether knew a much about bimetallism as the child

Professor Fusos, geographer of the Canton lands, who is absent in Cantos on official duty, unbom. The Shavian remark attracted

Christian College. The two will leave Pek- Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Coerper, Commodore attention, especially at a time when every

in Hanaufa; then scross Sassi, Shensi, the Chief of Staff of the German Cruiser aquad. Their firal point and Mrs. Lyon, Sir Francis and Lady Piggott, other statesman was grappling and wrestling with the intricacies of a subject which con- limited legal tender to three hundred mill say that if they have charge of a boy during Kaasub; then scross Chiouss. Turkestan; vin ron, F. Bpedicker, Commander and Mrs. Batii posés, and also to build Boating docks, con

the first six years of his life they can mould his Hana, Turian, Utumtaj, Kashgar, and over the Taylor, Commander Wurmbach and Acker cerns the world at large, but the underlying lion of its citizens; that the currency of India character to any form they desire. Harry Bimalayas west of Tibet ioto fodia, reaching mand and Officers of S.M.S. Fuerst Diamarch suggestion that the question was subject to should be manipulated as to-day by a few S. Reardon, alias Spencer, atlas Taylor, Bombay about September 15th,

and Tiger, Commander Moyen-Hohenberg- no ordered calculations and could not be officials, whose purchases or non-purchase of afar half a dozen other names, must A CEOs named Bhi Luchin has presented Gottfried and Officers of the Austrian cruiser determined by any arbitrary laws was fully silver bullion elevate or depress all the world's have left the Colony before the six years a memorial to the Prince Regent protesting Leppard, Mr. and Mrs, H, H.; Gomperix, Pro admitted except by the most rabid exponents exchanges in Chior-this is no opposed to

fessor of Botany Robert and Major P. Probyo. of opposite views. All that any legislator every theory of your own economists that I ciation with the Chinese in his early days, and others.being required to remain on their were up, but he still remembered bis asso- against the costom of high Ministers of state

Mr. A. J. Brackenbury, Private-Secretary to could hope to achieve was the adoption of must now venture to press the point further." According to the Call, Harry for several knees when before the throne The contentlog. The Governor, handed to Me. Tiedmon measures which would restrain the extent of from that it will be seen that the whole aim weeks posed as an official Chinese interpres that when-the first Emperors sat on the silver fluctuations and, as it were, standardise and object of the senator is to defeat Asiatic ter of the New York courts, but finding that throne high Ministers of state were allowed 10 the relation between silver and gold. How activities. He docs.not take into considera slow work he assumed the role of Govern later on that they were required to keep kneel be seated in the Presence and that it was only long this question has been under review it tion the fact that if the people of China fiad would be difficult to say, but the fact stands it impossible to compete with American From the data in possession of the police it Furthermore all Crown Ministers are generally m-nt Inspector of Chinese in Kansas City, ing when having audience of the Emperor. that the vagaries of silver are

just as ex- exporters and their producing power is dici appears that Harry-is-an ex-convict, having men advanced in years whom it would be but periting and incomprehensible and, what nished they are necessarily unable to purved terms in at least two prisons. His gracious on the part of the Ruler 10 excuse in worse, ungoverable by simple methods chase the surplus stock of America imported picture has been published in all the from keeping the kneeling posture, sometimes, of legislation as they were when Mr. Bryan into China. The importing ability of China Chinese papers of New York, Chicago perseps, for houre first made bimetallism the principal plank in has to be balanced against her exports and and San Francisco, with a warning bir election platform. Every nation which it is not enough to say that if the to all Chinamen to look out for him. exercises a commanding power in the price of silver bullion were raised and the That he is a man of undoubted intelligence disposition of the world's wealth bas en rates of exchange raised, Asia would make and cunning is shown from his record, which gaged financial experts to discover a solution unlimited purchases from those countries reads like a chapter from a yellow-backed- of the problem but so far without avail. The where the value of gold was enhanced and novel. According to ble own statement, says importance of the question to-day lies in the wages were advancing. Nor is it sufficient

an American writer who probably has the growing commercial power of China, com to declare that the formation of immense gift of imagination, Harry was born in Hong- bined with the need of American merchants to gold reserves in the great financial centreskong, his father being American and his find an outlet for their superfluous wares in would neutralise the effects of bad, seasons, mother Portuguese. He went to San Asis. It is recognised that the exigencies droughts, foods, famines, seditions, etc. If Braucisco when mere boy and since slist of trade require the contraction of the limits this plan of building up gold reserves, known time, if information in possession of the of variation to which silver is liable, but the as the Goschen plan, were adopted, says the authorities is to be believed, he has devoted difficulty it to find the soil which will bear senator, by one, two or three nations of the most of his time to duping and fleecing the election of those barriers. No metal is first rank it would go far to settle boll the Chinemen in various part of the country. It so sousitivo as silver, and from all that can silver question and the gold question, at has been bis method to represent himself be seen no power is capable of definitely fixing least for a generation to come. But here Chinese Government Inspector and its intrinsic value in countries such as China we are again met with the Indian difficulty and India which are dependent to a great Our purchases of silver to secure the Gos catent on natural causes for their prosperity. chen notes would certainly advance the Nevertheless, the United States Government price of silver to eighty-six cont per ounce haa again decided to see what can be done to (43 peuco). At that point the Government relieve what in other circumstances would of India might decido, to molt up and sell be deemed an intolerable eltuation and a rupees that is to say at 86 cents per ounce etary Commission has been appointed the bullion value of the rupes would equal mine and report on the subject, Anin proper exchange Value (To ponce) so Amerfona seostor has written to Mr. More that in the deliberations of our Commission

to sell the more ignorant class of celestials check toon or Chinese certificates of residence, which they are required by law to have and the absence of whi makes them subje La depor

his knowledge of these own alleged connection, "mtdalines hemdinia has been his metho thread them with (m

We have received, the caste for "The Silver King" which the Kowloon Dock'A.D.C. injead producing on Saturday, January gib, and Mon day, January 11th: -

"THE SILVER KING!!- I bold in truth with him who sloge On one clear harp of divare zones That men may flow on sixpplay stories Of their dead salvar toʻhigher thẳngss

--Tranzean.

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SPITTING NUISANCE,

MEETING OF CHINESE COMMUNITY.

members of the Chinese Commercial Union 1q

A meeting has been called for to-morrow of, | consider the recent amendment of the Magis- trates Ordinance making spitting in public places a misdemeanour, punishable by finn, Kila It is probable that a resolution will be sub- mited to the meeting for adaption isvolving a proposal to petition the Government with respect to the amending section in the new Bill,

Road Central, onteide the Rose, Shamrock and AVERY nasty accident was witoaksed in Queen's Thistle Hotel, on Saturday aftercoop, A young Detective, D. Kelib and while attempting to cross the road, ripped Mr. J. Menales Chinamen was scoo walking along the footpath, adds a Back over the bridge, and fell, He struck his head

Mr. J. W. Lander vipiently in the goiter and was rendered on Tradessen Mesir. Back a Brown Conscious. He was taken to hospital with a

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The N. Y. K. ss. Joniti Mary, European Line lefsingapore for this port on 18ths ago 4041xpected hate ga s ird instr Line, left Singapore (of this port on 131

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