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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 24 1909

Shanghai contemporary says this, is sound wisdom.” In the Gnat place the laquity has only been opened, the journey just begua,

Thbre, are several other countries to be seen

VICEROY Hel Linng of Maschuria has placed | THE GOVERNOR ON HONGKONU. ↑ ponded, as I know that so intelligent a com an order with a Fiesch firm for 3,000 new rifles and 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition at Th

100,000.

EXCERPTS BY THE "L. AND c. EXPRESS,”

THE Yokohama Specis Bank has dispatched signed by the Governor, Sir E. W. Lugard, The annual report on Hongkong for 1968, Mexico with a view to establishing its interests the two representatives one each to Braz 1 and covers a wide range of subjects cunpected with in South America.

EXPORTS to Hongkong from Siam have, it is ald, been practically killed by the high value of the tical, and must manifestly remain so until there is a rise in silver.

before the Prince and his party return. But S. WATSON & CO., ciples on which saval power is, has been, and over and above that, there are the sterani prin-

must continue to be built. What are they, and, how do they apply to the case of China? Speaking generally, naval power does dopend, and always has depanded, on three broad prin- ciples which cover. the commercial and personal, the financial, and the political | ;„ aspects of the question. The first of these is the possession of a commerce of wide spread ramification based upon good barboure and an ample supply of hardy sailors: This ar cures all the accessories of naval power; p.rs of taluge, vessels of supply, and men to manage both them and the fighting feels. A g suce down the stream of history reveals that demanded. * OLO of the sources of naval strength from

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two branch police stations at points on the THE Japanese Government has established

Antung-Mukden railway. China is reported to be dispatching troops to the railway zone. THE German naval estimates show that for Kino-chow, lncluding the cost of the Asiatic Naval Detachment, an Imperial subvention amountlug to 6413,329, a decrease of 18,203,

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THE contingent of troops which are to relieve the garrison of Kino-chow will leave Wilhelm shaven for Tsingtag on board the Hamborg American line Patricia. This steamer is alio to bring home the relieved garrison.

The attempts to establish communication by wireless telegraphy between Japan and Hawaii have apparently failed; but the japanese station

changed messages with the P.M. Borea over a distance of 2,800 miles.

life of the colony. The statistics relating

munity would raspard, under the guidance of the Registrar General in whom you rightly have copfidence, and whose thoughts are

you have erected this new wing to this continually for your good and your welfare į

$65,000. You have done what I consider to be hospital, which cost, as we have just heard,

to ficance, abipping, trade movements &c., have more important in order to go to'the'1001 of the there is much interesting information indicating common people upon the measures they should already baza available from other sources, but evil, You have engaged lecturers to instruct the the general condition and progress of the colony. ake, and you have taken counsel with the The total revenue showed a substantial shrink- | Govemment as to measures throughout the city aga compared with 1957, largely due to a falling | which would' diminish the incidence of plague off in the land sples. The Governor points out in the future. You have lovited me this after- that this decrease in revenue from sales of noon to open those plogue wards, and though ↓ that in the City of Victoria there is little avail- so, express the hope that you may find Crown land may be partly attributed to the fact am glad to have the privilege of doing

able building land left, and partly to the fact that | very little use for them. It is unusual when a at the present time there is no great demand man has spent a great deal of money for f.r new houses in the city and la Old Kowloon, rent object to express the hope that he will

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SERVICE

PROVICIAL FINANCE.

MINISTRY'S DETERMINATION,

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]

Peking, 23rd December...

The Ministry of Finance to deter mined to place financial affairs on a proper footing, but the various Provinces have allowed the time to elapse within which to furnish the returns.

a considerable qumber of Chinese shops and fiad to use for it, but I hope the precautions dwelling unuses being now unlet. The general we are taking against plague will result in few depressing in the land market, which cẹm- cist, if any, being found in these wards,

"It is the intention of the members meuced a few years ago, siid-continues, dud Thess precautions are carried out with untring capitalists who invested in led and buildings zeal by the Sanitary Board and the Head of the of the Ministry to recommend that at the high prices using soms ten years ago Second this elite, we live, gente you win Provincial officials who may hamper have suffered very cousiderable losses; in second their efforts. We live, gentlemen, in an

era in which the body politic is disturbed and their plans should be dealt with in many cases properties have been sold by mort- gegees at far less than the amount of their agitated by many 'coutes. We hear tall of

holding do awaiting a securities, while many other mortgagtes are reform and new methods. Such epochs occur the same way as was Mo Hing-fan

favourable in the life of every nation. Tacy esult usually [2.c., dismissal from office). opportunity for realising their securities, in good, but also in a great deal of sufferi The total expenditure for the year was coo-wing to the wild talk and acts of ignotant meni Here in Hongkong we proceed, have proceeded

more

the time of the Phoenicians to the days of the Japanese. It was the substrattini of CHAM-" commercial shipping which FRUIT

nabled the Grecks to beat the Persians at Sutams; the PAGNE.

Suma strength, aguio secured the destruction of the Roman fleet by the Carthaginians, and it was his command of the Roman sea power ua ǹ, whole which gave to Octaviurat Choshi, near Tokio, has incidentally ex-siderably larger than in 1957, but the principal Cier his victory al Acuum, which not merely defeated Antony and Cleopatra burdiverted the whole stream of history. So it ever has been. There were vuitous reasons why it was to be expected that the Russiau Baltic Fleet would fall a pray to the Japanese; bui the ans fupd- amental factor pointing to its practical certainty REFRESHING. was found in the nature of the combatants: the Japanese, born sailors, the Russians, born landsmes. The Shanghai-Time in iluminating article continues to say that the second or financial principle in naval power springs directly from the first, for the cmendous expense of a well sustained navy.

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story supplies, The Phoenicians were rich, the Grecks were nich, the Romans were nich, and the modero paval nations are rich more of less, and all from the same cause, the intel ligent development of all their resources and the temunerative use of them in exchange for those A. S. WATSON & CO..of other lands. More then ever is money

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Tu Bot. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the hospitals: -

Goldsins, Bartow and Morrell.....$ig THE following appointments have been made at the Admiralty -Captains: H. H. D. Tothill, to the Minotaur, to date Dec. 8; and on recem missioning, and to the King Alfred on transfer of flag, undated; and I. Clinton-Baker, to the Minotaur, to date Dec. 8, and as Flag Captain on transler of dig, undated. THE Dai Nippon Brewery Co., Ld., sends us a

its pations typical of Japanese a copyrighted untrations typical of Japanese ari during the Hussan Kaisha, who are the local agents for 8th, 16th, 18th and 20th centuries The Mitsuí.

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THE GRAND COUNCIL.

TSAI CHEUK AND NA TURG'S WORK,

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po

Peking, 23rd December.

cause of this increase of expenditure, in spite the past, and shall proceed in the future towly of a falling revenue, was the loss due to the surely and steadily along the pith of progreso, fall in exchange value of the dollar. The Every day sees mors new advances. To-day we shipping statistics are satisfactory, one of the

are opening this extension, piext year I hope features being a substantial increase in British we shall be opening the extension of the Tupg ocean shipping. It is interesting to note,

Wa on the other side of the water, and the year that the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Cap- akerwards we may be opening the university. Whatever the salient features of each year bo Railway made considerable

In all matters brought to the no- progress dur- ing 1908 under the able disecon of Mr. Groves and expusion of schools and at increase of

may be, every year bas seen advancemeat tice of the Grand Council recently, CR. E, who has stated that there is every presp c of opening a fogth from Cantongen lemen, are outward and visible signs of Cheuk and Na Tung, and all Impe- scholars, and in charitable institutions. These, the decisions have rested with Tsaj 30 miles by April, 1910, and anticipates be the thoughts and needs and wishes which have he will be able to run through trains for ir: fic gradually made themselves felt. They are the rial edicts have been drafted by with the British section on or before July 1, 19:1. Sir F. Lagard barurally alludes to the milestones on the road of progress. These them, while Luk Chin-lum and Tai loss and inconvenience caused by the depre- Hongkong, bien achieved without agitation and Hung-tze have merely expressed advances which I have alluded to have, bere in

wit the communion. The reason is that they their concurrence and affixed their sic the outcome of co-operation with the Gay.

roment. You know that the Government is signatures. at all times ready and anxious to do everything" which it is possible within our ravenue la do for the welfare of the community, and which will increase is happiness. I myself am always ready and anxious to hear any suggestion which may tend to the good and the welfare of the Chinese community. Your representatives po be Legislative Council have shown themselves to be man who ate actuated by the desire for the

ciation of the coloay's subsidiary currency

owing to the over-issue of small cuins by the

Mini in Canton, which circulate freely in the subsidiary) currency to fail to a nearly cuires Co ony at a heavy discount, and cause the legal

ponding discount. It is unsatisfactory that so far the negotiations with the Chinese Göyern- ment have not produced any satisfactory result, The recrudescence of the plague was one of the uefortunate features of the year under review, On the other hand, it is satisfactory to be able to record that piracy in the Canton delin was

AT about one o'clock this morning, fire broke out on board the steam-launch Keong Sing at ne of the Hongkong-Canton whafs. The central fire brigade promptly turned out to. ender assistance but the outbreak was ont Peripus and their services were not lequired, much less rife than it has been during recent public welfare, and they, I think, will also tell i

I be damage done is estimated at Sto.

necessity in naval strength. Ons modern battleship costs as much as all the war;junks; 'N view of large shipments expected from the of a Chinese cyclé! Our third requirement is Aus rian Lloyd is said to be placing the Far East during the next six months, the a strong centralised government without which

steļmers Moravia, Istria, India, and Melpomena. JaB the prompt and decisively concentrated blow and the chartered steamier Germania ia her oi a fel cannot be instantly delivered. We lines as extra steamers. Trieste is said to have will now glance rapidly at the condition is contracted considerab'e quautities of rice from China in the light of these three principles, Japan, in consequence of the big rice crop, 17- China has a long coast line brakes and indent CAPTAIN Hugh H. D. Tuthill, who has been ed with natural harbours and burst through appointed captain of the first-class armoured by the outlets of several imponiast streams.

cruiser Minthar-the figship elect of the She is not, therefore, without a natural basie

China Squadron and new Pacific Fice-bas had an experience of over thirty-one years station in the Empire. He joined as a cadet in July, 1878, way promoted lieutenant in 1888, commander in 1900, and*capinio four and a“ half years ago. Whilst a middy of the old bombardment of the fortifications of Alexa battleship lovincible, he was present at the dris, July 11, 1835, and during the war which followed (medal with "Alexandria" clasp, and Khedive's star)

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TUNG WA PLAGUE WÄRDS,'

THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRE55.

In conclusion of our report of yesterday in

concection with the ceremonies held at the Tung Wa, ospitat, we give below the Gov. the chairman at the opening of the Plague ernor's address in reply to the remarks of Wards:His Excellency, said Mr. Sia Tak Fan, and Gentlemen,-it is my privilege as Governor of Hongkong to be called upon to preside at many public functions-to open the ceremonies at which I have presided since I have been in the Colony there is, 1 think, none

FOREIGN LOANS REDEMP. TION.

MOVEMENT IN CHIHLI

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."] :

Peking, 23rd. December., Chui Wing-on, Acting Viceroy of

foreign loans.

¡ you Ibat any project that they have put forward

has received the sympathetic.consideration of Chilli, has expressed himself as the Government. I have invited them always to speak to me fully and frankly on these subjects being in favour of the scheme for and if this unity of purpose and co-operation raising funds for the redemption of between the Chineta community and the, Government continues, we may hope for the Colouy, I now have pleasure in declaring continued progress and prosperity of this the new exleasion to be open. (Applause.) I will tend to premote confidence among the hope that it will alleviate suffering and that it people. It will stand as a monument of the way in which they obey the piecepts of those generosity of the wealthy Chinese and of the

The Editor will not undertake to be responsible fer for a grost fleet, It is true that few of her flat, during which he has served on every buildings and to unveil memorials-but of all | kreat·sages ond teachers who in different coun

ang rojected MF., nút a returu any Contribution.

BUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE) DAILY #88 per annun WEEKLY-118 per annum.

The fate per quarter and per zžensem, proportional

Subcriptions for any period less than one juonth

will be charged as for a fall month. The daily towns la delivered free when the addros

accessible to momengor. Poak nabscribera cau hava their copies delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On cóples sent by 'post 'an

additional $1.80 per quarter le abarged for poulage.

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harbours are fitted the requirements of a modera navy without considerable expense in development, Besides this, it is also true that China has in her fishermed a class of naval re

cruite well-fitted for work on the sea. But hitherto their experience bas been mainly that of the fishing boat or the lading junk. As yet China has no world-wide commerce carried in her own bottoms and comparable with that of the great naval powers of the West. The postage on the weakly inná to any part of the

world is 50 cents per quarter.

miy come, in all probability it will come, bui Bingle Copies, Daily, ten cents. Weekly, twenty for the moment it is contexistent. So is

tivi conta (for cash only),

the vast store of money required. How poor China is at the municht is seen in every se On December 10, 1939, at Kiconing, Fah-cood decree. The demands of the reformation kien, to "Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Churchill, a now upon us are endless and can only be daughter.

On December 18, 1909, at Shanghai, the wife partially, metí je by no means ceriaip, as of J. P. Alarcon, of a son.

yer, that China's power has politically been On December 18, 1909, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Biealcrfield, a daughter.

centralised enough to secure the strength which On December 18, 19.9, at Shaughai, the wife alone can make a navy effective. to the past of A. W. Brackston, of a son.

we have seen Chinese warships lie sougly in harbour because a war the in progress agatost the empire a whole did not affect their province in particular. So long as that kind thing is posible, so long will it be impossible for China to bave an effective navy. Evidently,

On December 19, 1903, at Shanghai, to the Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Espey, a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

Oà December 17, reog, at Chickiang, Dr.

Miroslav Urtanek, son of the late F. Dibit sek of Prague, Austria, th Lucy Ella, eldest daugh. Mrs. Shaw, Soward Road, sh, C. M. Co., and

Road, Shanghai, DEATH.

On December 18, 1909. at Shanghai, Fancy Blunck, beloved wife of Frederick Blunck

'nged 42 years.

The defendant's wife is alleged to have falsely represented to the complainant yesterday that the latter's husband was arrested at the Hong- kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company's bart and obtained the money on the pretence that it was to be used for the release of the complainant's husband. Dsiective Sergeant defendant was unrepro ented,. The case was Walt conducted the prosecution while the remanded.

tries and at different times have told us it is the

duty of the more prospe ous to care for the needs of the poor and of the sick. (Applause.)

MIDGET GLOBETROTTERS,

which has given me so much pleasure as thin. The Chinese community in Hongkong has patients in this hospital, but medical science long, I konw; desired to be able to treat plague

plague was a disease highly infectious, and it until quite recently considered that bubocic.

CHILDREN ON THE "CLEVELAND."

was therefore absolutely necessary that those The youngest passengers on the s.s. Clive- FRANCIS RITCHIE was placed in the donk at the Magistracy this morning as a charge of a from the living in order that the spread of the Rte Master Joseph Barry Bidwell and Litole who were suffering from it, and the bodies of land, which arrived from New York yesterday, those who bad died from it, should be isolated vid Madeira, Port Said, Colombs and Masila, alleged attempt to obtain by means of a cerala false pretence the sum of $42 from a woman

disease might be arrested. My predecessors Miss Mastnica Caldwell Morning. The for med Fakhiama Bahi residing at Wanchai.it caused to relatives, as well as of the pain of is six years old. They are greatly in were well aware of the grief and suffering which mer is of the mature age of eight and Mattalea the patients themselves in being removed from their dwellings. But they considered, although studying geography in a practical manner. terested in the sound-the-world trip and are they felt the deepest sympathy and pity in this Little Joe lives in East Hartford, Connecticut, matles, that it was absolutely necessary, and

and Mattaka in Louisville, Kentucky, while at that it was their duty to enforce isolation in home in the States. It is Joseph's ambition order to save the lives of those who were living, to be a sailor or a motor man, when he "grows and to prevent the spread of the disease. But up. He is the son of a newspaper man, nne the more severe and the more harsh the mea.

of the city staff of the Hartford Times. Both sures for this end appeared to the ignorant, the of the little kiddies had a big old time when more in troch it proved that they were concern. they crossed the rq istor on the run from Sia. K. Loudoo, the chairman of the Royaled for the welfare of the community. Since 1 gapore to Batavia, Neptune" came over the Dutch Petr,leum Company, is shouly expected have been here we have been able to change lathead bow and called for the youngest voy. Netherlands India on a tour to inspect the this. We have been able to relax the ruler and agers on the ship. Josephi and Mettales went company's establishments there. He will pay precedure in sanitary law regarding disinfec. forward to the part forecastle and there "Nep particular attention to Balik Papan, the great tion in so far as it violated the privacy tune" and his "Queen" greeted, cement therefore, the true motio for China in suval rk are being built. These will be the to permit this extension of plague wards in a ing with curiosity and dread at. His Majesty's ail pori of East Boroxo, where gigantic paraffine of Chinese honsehold, and we have been able party was photographed, the two children gáz- largest of the kind in the world. but building general hospital in the heart of the city to be oakum board.. operations have been delayed by scarcity of erected. This change is not due to the fact materials. The enormously thick walls require that my predecessors bad not loss sympathy ed for the building call for largo quantities of thon.I have with Chinese feeling it is solely specially made bricks, which deve mostly to due to the fact that scientific men bave recently beimported from Palembang, in Sumatra. The discovered that plague germs are not propagat view distance between the two places delays ed as was previously supposed, and that bu-

the building works.. the delivery of the bricks, and hence bumper bosic plague is not an easily communicable disease except by the agency ní rate, and the Deas which intent them, 1 his discovery, gen

of

matters is fasting lenth hasten slowly and Admirat Sab is to be complimented on having expressed the whole concentrated casence of the situation in two words, " No orders."

The Hongkong Celegraph *****

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1909.

THE CHINESE NAVY E

While it is evident, that the Chinese Naval Commission which has been touring Europe kas gained valuable information regarding the prógrass of anyal engineering and cookifuction it in equally evident that there has been "do"

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Tomoknow being Christmas Day, there will be no issue of the Hongkong Telegraph, THE Japanese Minister in Peking has moved into the new Legation quarters just completed, Hon. Mr. W. J. Grenson, and Mrs. Grasson returned to the Colony by the English Mail to day from Shanghai.

Ma. Arthur, John Barry has been presented with the Society of Artu medal for his paper on

Railway Development in China "-

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"A STEAMER ICE-BOUND.

Some idea of the obstacles to navigation at this poit at this seatop may be gauged from the experience of the C. N. S. Shengking in trying to reach Taugku on Saturday, says the Feiing dad Tientiin Times of December 13

After being hopelessly jammed for 4 hoorn

He has himself offered an initial contribution of Tis, 30,000.

OPIUM MONOPOLY.

DUKE TSAI IN DISF.VOUR

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po.")

Peking, 23rd December. Duke Tsai, president of the Mi- nistry of Finance, is determined to |prohibit-

(1) the raising of foreign loans in. various provinces;

(2) the sale of permanent official: appointments; and ·

(3) the monopoly for the sale of prepared opium.

MONEY ORDERS.

RESTRICTION IN ISSUE,

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po.”),

Peking, 23rd December, The Ministry of Finance has laid down the rule that no native bank shall issue money orders unless it. has a capital of $10,000 and up- wards.

THE WEATHER,

The following raport is from Ws, F, G, Figg. Director of the Hongkong Observatory :——

On the 24th at fr.gga.-The baromster han fallen quickly over N.E. Japan, the dopṛettion lying in the neighbourhood of Władļwös'ok yesterday baving reached Hokkaido,

The anticyclonic area rómsins over the con

schemes are given effect to the Eastern Fleet-shows us the way in which plague must be ir would seem that when the now, Colonial temen, is of immense importance to us, for it in draft iče, which bad packed to several feet The biometer has siven moderatoly to slight. which now, more or less, theoretically consists combatied and fought. We know now there the vesici, by persistent attempts, erozically.

in thickness, between Tangku and the bar, y elsewhero," of the East Indies Squadron, Chipa Squadron, are only things necessary, cleanliness with light passed Takut forts, but again war' ice bound and Australasian Squadros--will be called the and fresh air and the removal of the rats and the for several hours, and, no berth could Pacific Flest, and will have Colombo, Sings, fen! which infeat them. We are able therefore be reached However, communication with pore, Hongkong and the Australasiao defonded ports as its bases. The cruisers of the various which wore formerly considered absolutely ne staff, by means of lines which were passed sow to disponse with some of those measures the shore was established by the Co's Tangku div sions will act independently of each other, cessary, and to concentrate our itinution on across the ice, (rockets being used) and all the but the individual ships will be interchangeable, these two points. I. Lava constantly since I foreign passengers (eighteen) including Dr. and

affert made to place orders! The home bgildus have been anxiously pushing their wares but the Chinese Commissioners have

desire to lavour any single, yard Bayswater, W., widow of Mr. Jonah Nalba, for this, but whilst the scheme has some disad- these measures in order that we may stamp out. rafts, and were thus able to reach Tleutels on

showe no

finent to the North of the Yangtze valley

Strong moneŋon may be expected, la"the Farmors Channel and the Chiun San

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending

at ro am. to-day, 0.03 inches,

LYFORECAST. -Hongkong and Neighbourhood, N.E

Mrs. Miriam Nashao, of 71, Pambridge-square, and to the end the fleet will be made as homo- have been here appealed to the Chiness com- Met, and Miss Colman, who courageously

geneous as possible. There is much to be said maalty to co-operate with the Government in veatured, were safely hauled across the ice on winds, frash; fine. or, for that matter any particular country. left personally valued at £10,517. Thoy,

hays op, the contrary · declared ovar

THE P. and O. Company's steamer Moolien, cxisting one; The present Eastern Craiser ever. if we cannot stamp it out entirely wa

Variages bus as a whole will be superior to the entirely, if possible, this dreadial disease or the same evening Formats Channal, N.E. wlods,

The seamer eventually reached the "Co and over again that the Commission Is which left London on 19th ult., took the Flest is anything but an up-to-date fighting|) should, reduce it to isolated caser, and make ; Tangka Wharf after several hours of cattling (es and Lemocks, simu na No. r. merely one of inquiry and that there is no following specie for Shanghalt Bar silver, pait,, Indeed, wearly two-thirds of it would not the conditions of this city such that it will on the abb tida, and cargo and native passin thought. of giving orders for ships." As £39,000

bave a look-la a first-class naval ceniter fight, never and a real bold again, You have sess. gert ware landed,

3-South coast of Chins between Hongkong

4-Bouth coast of China between Hongkong

and Heinen, SADA NE DİDİMƏ