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As a Northern contemporary points out arrive when the services of the there it reason to believe that all this could be dispensed with and activity is due to the operations of rival yn would be in a position to dicates, and that, le consequence, the reports the Chinese buyer. are not always to be implicitly trusted, given a modicum of study, to this question writer in the Mercury of Shanghai holds that the great fallacy underiging all such pro A. 8. WATSON & CO., the heavy loss reported in the working of the portions is apparent. It seems to be Shanghai-Nanking Railway during the past assumed that immediately a foreign hong is year proves that the fact that a line has been staffed by assistants of linguistic ability the splendidly constructed and supplied with ime-ordinary Chinese dealer would be con, proachable rolling stock is not sufficiant lo tent to conduct all his trade operations ensure its being rud on a paying basis. It through the European stall, and that the must be well managed, which no doubt the unfortunate compradore would be relegs Shanghai Nanking line is, and besides be ted to outer darkness. It seems to be able to secure profitable traffic, which appa forgotten that the Chinese people are reatly the Shanghai-Nanking lioe cannot do, becoming more and more averse to the notwithstanding the fact that it traverses idea of granting foreigners greater facilities one of the richest districts of China. The of business intercourse, than they already Chinese Coverament, however, seems to be poises. In many cater it is extremely pro awakening to the fact that all is not well bable that the compradore's department is with the rallway, an it is announced in the real bulwark of a foreigo firm engaged, a native telegram from Peking that the in Chinese trade, and that were it not for Board of Communications intenda to his attachment to the firm with which he send a high official to investigate, along may be associated and his general Integrity with the Governor of Kiangsu, into the and comparative disinterestedness the trade Cause of the heavy loss incurred in dealings of many foreign houses would the year's working of the line, and mention languish and finally disappear. The Chin- is made of revising the freight regulations. ese are no longer to be regarded as nonen- lo this connection the Peking and Tientsin tities incapable of looking after their own Times has recently published a suggestive interests. They are an alive to the possi

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HONGKONG; Saturday, April 10, 1999,

CHINESE RAILWAYS AND FINANCES; ·

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LADY LUGARDUSI EPARTURES

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Lady: Lugard, whose recent serious illess was the cause of much anxiety, has been

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RUSSIA AND CHINA.

BRITISH AND AMERICAN MEDIATIONE

CEIRO 300 or 1.500 miles from Shang bat and the Chinese dealers of those will leave you alone,

IINESE TO"BID FAREWELL without business or

Lady Lugard, the ranial wife of the gezin! question remains how long can any

Governor of Hongkong, will depart for the unless he is a Chioaman? Agal here homeland this afternoon on board the C. P. R. no money in any of there districts and you liner the Empras, of Jagan Previous" to mast therefore accept native bank orders her departare, a deputation of landing Chi and you must be a Chinaman to know seed citizens of the Colony, will be presented whether the bank is sound or that some un by Hop Dz Ho Ka, ca at Government dercurrent is not at work. To sum up the House at half past four in the afternoon. We

By courtory by the "Sheung P..] whole matter it is madness for traders to go up country whilst the financial conditions obliged to sever her copnections with the

Poking, 7th April. remain unaltered or until the banking and Colony owing to the fact that

The British and American Mini- currency are put on a satisfactory basis. It is ship's health was marred on maie han one sters in Peking are trying to bring losing the substance in a vain attempt to occasion by a treacherous climate. While about an amicable settlement The achieve the Impossible." - There we regretting Lady Lugard's departure, which will may allow the matter to rest con nowhere be felt more keenly then at Gevern tween the Russian authorities and fident that if the leading banks, shipping ment House, we congratulate, Her Excellency Chinese) of the dispute (ansing companies and industrial undertakings on her convalescence and wish her a pleasant find it advantageous to retain the servicesojourn in the land of her birth. During Her from the levying of municipal taxs of a compradore and his staff a drastic mea herself to all with whom she came in contact Ladyship's stay in the Colony, she endeared

tion) in Harbin, sure such as that implied in the assevera by her noble and kiudly disposition and none tions of those who know little or nothing of will feel her absence more poignantly bas the actual conditions is wholly out of the those who bave good cause to be thankful to question and a merely visionary project her for substantial sympathy in the cause of | which would probably result in the general | charity,

decay of foreign trade with the Chinese dealers.

article dealing with the financial position of Chinese railways, with special reference to the Canton-Hankow section of the grand trunk he. It is well understood, says our con- temporary, that China is at present negotiat ing a loan of some four millions sterling, in

hundred miles of the railway between Had order to finance the construction of four

kow and Canton. Her chances of success the compradore has the business of foreign The King's exequatur empowering Mr. J. Hi, bowever, can hardly be rated very high-markets at his fingers ends; be bat de Reus to act as Consul-General, for the ly, for several reasons must militäte painfully and laboriously acquired the mostNetherlands at Hongkong has received His against her in the judgment of British intimate knowledge of and acquaintance Majesty's signature.

bilities of trade at any foreign firm, whether LOCAL AND GENERAL. it be conducted by British, German, Ameri. | can or Japanese merchants and the elimina THE German mail of the cth March was deli tion of the comptadore would only induce.vered in London on the 8th just. Chinese syndicates to spring into being and MR. J. W. Bandow has been appointed a direc absorb the trade which is now handled by for of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

the compradore and his staff. Moreover European houses through the medium of during the absence on leave of Mr. G. Fries.

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land.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. G. M. Háraton to be a member of the Medical Board and to serve as secretary during the absence from the Colony of Dr. F. O. Stedman,

INFORMATION bas been received from the Chinese Imperial Markime Customs that a derelict jonk of about 150 tons has been sighted in Formosa Channel:-Latitude 4:57 N Longitude 119 55 £

FIELD firing will be carried out from a point near the junction of the roads from the Shatin and Grasscutiens' Fasses in an easterly and noresterly direction, ou the 13th instant,

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

MR. Frederick O'Brien, editor of the Cadianews Thursday last. He will visit Cantos during American (ol Mauil.) arrived in the Colony op his stay here, and leaves for the United States in a few days on a holiday.

A POULTRY desler of the Central Market was fined $5 for unlawfully selling partridges out of season. The probibitory period is" between March and September. Detective Sergeant Mortimer O'Sullivan prosecuted. REPORTS from Negros island state that the sugar plantations are averun with locusts which are doing immense damage to sugar, both the mill. So great is the plagon of these locusts that there are not enough labourers available to drive them off The estates of Cadiz Nuevo, Hiigaran, Isabela and Binalbagan are the heaviest sufferers.

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CHINESH WOMAN AND

FORTUNE-18LLEN.

RIMALKANLE STORY OF HOW SHE W15 DUPED

HE. TANG SHAO-YI.

HONOURED BY THE KAISER

[By courtesy of the "Sheung _Po"]"

Peking, 7th A

HE. Tang Bhaoyi, in a tele graphic message, roporte that German Order has been conferred A remarkable story-one which shows how upon him by H. I. M. the Kaiser, easily it is for some Chinese women to be

Imperial sanction has been grant- duped-was told at police headquarters the other day. The story al present lacki, coned the Special Envoy to wear the

it is worth, firmation, but we present it to readers for what insignia of the Order.

young Chinese woman rosiding in Well lington Street paid a visit to the house of a (pitone-teller (in Queen's Road Contral) qoʻtha |

JAPAN AND "CHINA:

13th Februnty last, to have her Toniuge told. THE MANCHURIAN DIFFERENCES She found the gentleman at home, and, after giving him to understand the object of her visit, was requested to be seated. The fortung-

taller busied himself about the room and withi much ado produces from à box a handful of. sticks, sach about a foot or more in length, which be placed inabimbonholder. According

to the young woman's account of the affair, when everything was ready she was asked her name and address, which she gavs. Sho was next siked her same, bat, curiotisly enough, this she could not teil.

Well," began the charlatan, shading his eyes with us band and looking at the sticks on the table, "yours have been an adventurous life. I see from, these things hero" (painting with the other hand to the "magte sticks)

man in the last world. You had a misfortune, that you were the daughter of ayery wealthy

for during a fire.you were family, and all."

The young woman death-your

evidently has faith

in such persons, vouchsafed no reply.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Pb,"]

Peking, 7th April. The Grand Council in repre sentation has urged the Japanesó Government to withdraw the guards from the Fakumen Railway,

The Japanese Consul at Fangtien has declined to comply with the Chinese representation.

FOREIGN NEGOTIATIONS.

REPORTS TO BE PUBLISHED.

By courtesy of the "Sheung, Po,"]

Peking, 7th April. "I can seo," continued the "great mao," The Waiwupu has decided that "that you bave bad times ahead. As 1

all negotiations read from the sticks, which are never false,

with Foreign

will be most painful and will be long to be you will suffer, frady, from a bid foot, which Powers, unless of a confidential cured, Then you will have bad luck. You character, will be published for the will lose all those who are dear to you, and information of the people.

left the house, aftor paying the let, very much That was all be could tell ber, and the woman downhearted. Several days later she paid the prophet" man another visit, and begged him to tell her in what way the impending troubles, could be avoided.

"Do you see this?" asked the fortune teller, exhibiting a small tin box.

The visitor di 1.

financiers. The Chinese Government has with the methods of European, middlemen, no reputation for efficiency in constructional and that knowledge would immediately be undertakings of this kind. The Imperial placed at the disposal of his compatriots Chinese Revenue is very inelastic under when it was not utilised by himself-were present conditions, and its figures demon he dismissed as an unnecessary incubus. strate how utterly inadequate that "Revenue Who that lives in the Far East believes for is as security, for a loan. The present a moment that he would be content to be foreign debt of China amounts to £125 snuffed out as a burden and a nuisance 060,000, which has been almost entirely without making any effort at retaliation contracted within the last thirteen years. Who can claim that foreign trade in China To pay the interest on that debt a sum of is not, on the whole, admirably served by the seven and a half millions is required, of compradores, with their myriad interests and which it is estimated that productive works wide sympathy with those of their fellow supply about a million. The charge on the subjects with whom they have commercial Imperial, Revenue is, therefore, six-and-a connection? Not the great business firms half millions, sterling, to provide which established in Chios apparently, otherwise the revenue of the Imperial Maritime why, this apathy when the question of duing Customs and, part of the Provincial re away with the compradore system is mooted. venues are hypothecated: and there re- It is all very well for a Blackbum Chamber of maine but a balance of some six mil-Commerce to say that young Englishmen lions sterling to meet the purposes of the who have an inclination to engage as assistants ordinary expenditure. That sum is obvious in British houses in China should learn the ly insufficient even to meet executive ex-Chinese language. No doubt that is so penses; and-l is notorious that additional and such a knowledge in addition to their far money has to be scraped together each year stock in trade would do them good to help in order to make good the deficit. Nor to modify, that ineffable conceit which is the does it appear that the revenue can be ex-hall-mark of the great majority of foreign strip House, 134 Piccadilly, Londão, the wife of My.panded: and 'in these circumstances, it is lingawhen they come into contact with Chinese growing crop and that which is ready for the farthermiers all your property."

very doubtful whether China can give the dealers. But who, with any appreciation of requisito security for the large loan that is the situation, will go farther and say that it will

RAILWAY DISBURSEMENTS requited. The true policy, of course, says result in the relations between foreign traders the London Cole, of March 4, is to place and Chinese dealers being improved to such

TÒ BE MADE IN DOLLARS. the contract for building the line with Euco-an extent that the compradore will become

tery of the "Shoung, Po."] pran engineers, in which case the work

a virtual curiosity? The Blackburn Chamber A CORONER'S inquiry was held at the Magis would be done more cheaply, more efficient of Commerce said "Speaking generally of tracy on Thursday concerning the death of a

Peking, 8th April. ly, and without any, financial difficulty. So foreign merchants, unless they are going to golle, Cheng Tin, aged twenty-two, who came

The.Ministries of Finance and of fat our contemporaries. From the Hongkong do more in the future than they are doing at to a terrible end at Hanghom on the 33rd

"Very well take it home and put all yeur Posta and Communications have. reader's standpoint all these things have been present; they will have to go, and manultimo. According to the evidence Cheng Tip

was engaged in undermining a hill, jewellery inside-all mind you. Then lock is op.. Whether the representatives of Great Bri- said before and will in all likelihood be refacturers at home ought to send out agents rack, weighing about two 1958, crashed down and bring me the baxis-morrow, I will charm come to an arrangement that all re- tain through the British Minister at Peking peated in the near future. But if China's ability who thoroughly understand their business

the hillside. It struck the unfortunate fabourer the box, and you'll get back all what you had ceipts and payments in connection with reference to the proposed German loan to offer the necessary security to those able and who must learn to speak the Chinese immediately above the stops ich, and crushed lost in the last world." for the purpose of constructing a section of and willing to lead loaf's for constructional language"; and again: "It is absolutely cer him to death. Accidental, death" was shaThe lady obeyed the order, and at the time with railways will be made in the Camon Hankow line will bear fruit is purposes is so inadequate why all this fustain that an up-country buyer, because of him verdict returned. Police Sergeant Wait, of appointed returned to the fortune-teller's with dollars. pill open to question, but there is reason to over the question whellier Germany or Great ignorance of any foreign language, is com Hunghora Felice Station, was pretent during the box-which by now contained over $3,000 worth of valuables. Sba, handed the box to believe that British investors in Chinese Britain be allowed to undertake the work? pelled to do business through the compradore the proceedings. railway stocks are becoming chary of entrust. The fact seems to be that "the home and which means that it must be done on that

the 'min, who requested her to be seated, and he retired to the rear of the house Hector ing their money unless the Chinese Imperial foreign press is being manipulated by finan- gentleman's terms or got at all. The mer. EXIT THE T. P. D. CO. Government is prepared to give ample cial speculators who are well aware that chant is no longer & merchant but simply. PAYING SURPLUS FUNDS TO LOCAL CHARITIES table

ed ten minutes fator and placed the box on the.

courtesy of thi “Skeung Po"]" security in return. This feeling of doubt China is in a position to offer all the security the agent for the compradore, the latter do

aks it home now, be sild. I've done with regard to the capability of the Chinese required and who are only seeking to de-ing all the work-finding customers, selling VALEDICTORY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS the charm, To-day is Tuesday, le it out?

________ Feking, 8th April. Government to carry the responsibilities she tract the attention of gullible investors to them, and guaranteeing the accounts An extraordinary general meeting of the Well, on Friday open the box, and everything The losses of the Postal Depart has undertaken in this direction is em from the real issues at stake, Great Britain This position has gradually grown out of the Teojong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd, (in liquidation) will be all right, phasised by the Peking correspondent of the has a perfect right to demand that China easy-going habits of the merchants and was held at the Singapore Exchange Rooms, Friday came, but not without surprises. The ment for last year are estimated London Times who recently sent a some should observe to the letter her treaty through their inability to speak Chinese. 12.30 p.m. today for the purpose of recale. box was opened, according to instructions, but at over, 100,000 ( tacle). what alarmist report to his paper regarding obligations but beyond that she cannot go All that bundle of platitudes makes a very the winding-up had been conducted and the that was in the box was rice! A visit to the NAVAL REORGANISATION.

ing an account showing the manner in which all the lady's, jewellery had disappeared."." All the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo railway, just as she is unable to compel China to fine showing, but it does not prove that if a property of the company disposed of and of fortune-teller's elicited the information that he It must not be forgotton that Dr. Morrison accept proferred capital even if it is at a British seller were to operate without the determining by extraordinary resolution the had left for Macao several days ago. The "apt to indulge in gloomy, prognostications lower rate and more favourable than that assistance of a Chinese compradore be manner in which the books, accounts, and police were then informed of the affair and, so when things are dull and equally inclined to offered by other Powers, The whole would be any the more succesful. The documents of the liquidator should fon disposed fit is reported, a woman isfarmer was sent to Indulge in optimistic reviews when the mood subject resolves itself into

diplo-fact is that the compradore is an institution of reports the Straits Times of and inst... Llure the deceiver back to Hongkong, This she is upon him. As the result of an inspecmatic angle which it seems hardly in Ching and willy-allly he will remain so

The following resolutions were passed- did very cleverly, indeed. She met the fortpipe. tion of, the line in question Dr. Morrison possible to unravel at the moment, and unless some unforeseen cataclysm of nature (1) That the liquidator's accounts dated the taller in a direct to the Portuguese colony, and The Ministry of Finan presented serious charges of incompetence the probability is that we shall bear of eradicates his existence. One correst day of November, 1907, and 2415 February, engaged him in conversation. She told him against the constructors and suggested that negotiations taking place over the question

gog, be and are hereby adopted and approved that she had met the lady, who had had her aside Fla, 2,700,000 from the op the capital supplied by British investors was for years to come. Meanwhile China has

among shareholders the surplus fundi amount told him also that the lady wanted to see him:

(3) That it being impracticable to distribute fortune told the other day in Hongkong.. She revenue towards the naval reorgan being squandered. Then there was a state no difficulty in getting the money she re-

ing to $357.97 auch um shall be paid to the she had more jewellery to put into the box bat isation scheme. ment issued by the Board of Communica-quires, for the construction of new railways

fallowing charities in the following proportions, was afraid to open it because she had forgotten tions giving the results of the working of the In the Middle Kingdom, and that, after all,

namely:

ita instructions. The fortuna-taller rotgrøed, principal-lines, shown a profit on the work is the main issue from the point of view of

To the Straits Settlements Henevolent

and

yesterday saw him is a room in the China ing of most of the northern liges but a con- those concerned with the real interests of

Hotel, awaiting the arrival of his client. He siderable loss on others, more especially the the Empire, and its prosperity and advance-

To the Commiude of the Sailous. Home,

was met by Datezliya Sorgfaut Appleton, whg. Shanghai-Nanking Railway; There have ment in the path of progress.

Singapore like a r. 179.97 Immediately placed him in custodysse also been reports that the different sections

(5) That the books, accounts, and documents In the Police Cour, this morning, ho, was of the Tantsin-Pakow, Railway are not

of the liquidator, be disposed of by being dell- charged with obtaining sixty-one places of vored to the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board, Jewellery under false pretences. This charge making equally satisfactory progress, and

Mr.JS M. Ronnie, the liquidator, presiding, was dealed. Mr. Loo, d'Almada, à Castro spe lately the Associate, Director of that railway

"cos gratulated the shareholderi upon the result | posted

and the case was. BERE hal en route to Pukow to make

opinion of thei long and thanked those who had from of the Southern section of the

pondent who ridicules the assertion that the compradore can be abolished remarks: I would like to emphasise the point that unless a man has a formal and proper intro duction to Chinese merchants it is consider- ed absolute rudeness and a breach of eti. quette to attempt dealing direct for which you are sure to be snubbed and treated with contumely. This is a view which is not sufficiently realised by those who condemn THE IMPORTANCE OF JAB

the system, China, Chinese customs and COMPRADORE" SYSTEM, The question whether European merchants dered when dealing in China, trading In China can succeed in doing don't know er understand them builness without the Interposition of the 'stick to your compradore, alwe

mpradore is once more agitating a section will be landed in an

foreigners MoTientsin, with the of olkfr

cte The aum result. It is contended that, if every

going up -assistant werd. uired to, possess Bra

Chinese business methods must be const

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