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Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 10-1910

the Chairman, of the Hongkong, Chamber of Commerce, of his having referred the question to the Home Government. The Colonial Se cretary of this Colony, then Zir. (cow Sit) F. H. Mey, wrote to the Chairman oa ha zud of December, tating that "His Britann Males

AT

LOCAL AND GENERAL

meeting held on 6th alt: Mr. William Duncan, of Penang, was elected a member amongst others of the West India Committes; use

THREE Indian constables were charged in the Police Court this moming for assaulting

casa was remanded,

A. S. WATSON & CO., 's Consul General Canton then three gardeners in the Public Gardens The

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successful in aecuring the foal abolition of the tax o' prepared opiumping the Two Kwn Provinces." Now our renders

will note the phrase "prepared opium," for the point on which the Chinese Inslet is that they are not luxing the raw import. In any case they are breaking Treaty, for the mono poly is illegal, but if we simply consider thin matter-of the "prepared opium tox we find that it has been suppressed, before. And not only in 1992 was it suppressed, but only laat | rear it was revived, and "finally abolished" again, and this was again at the instance of H. H. M. Consul-General. The native Au. thorities do their best to obscure the issue and to call the thing by another name. "Oh no, it

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Opium in Canton.

MEETING OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

CHINA ASSOCIATION'S ASSISTANCE

The article which app ned in ur face, l

yesterday regarding the lastitution of a mono- A YOUTH was awa ded sight strokes with the poly in the epium trade in Câu'on has arcused birch and 48 hours' detention by Mr. J. Rgital deal of interest generally in Hongkong Wood at the Magistracy this morning for and led to seergetic steps being taken by the

stealing a quantity of clothing.

A EUROPEAN named Trander Josef was sent to the Hour of Detention by Mr. E, R. Halifax at the Magistracy this morning for being a vagrant and having no visible means of sabsistence.

PRINCE Kung has received several dozens of anonymous letters pointing out names of officials in the Boards still smoking opium, Therefore Frince Kung has been ordered to appoint a commition to examine the charges. Louis Comar, a local poblicao, procended this mezoing to recover the sum of $13.50 for refreshments supplied, Defendace failed to appeat and judgment was entered for the plain,

parently countenanced by the British repte sonfaliva in Canton,

of the

Wasibe paws cabled to Ho

Canton, recording the lo plum: monopoly, than cable vices were transmitted to Calcutta and Bom rgent despatches bave been ad dressed Molster of FiDRACE to the Gov. India; and we bavo reliable infor- mation that the Indian Government-who stand

Kon—will make adequate t to 15. rty heavily by this bretch of Treaty ions to the India Office and the Foreign Office

with a view to oblalning, redress,

CHAL BER OF COMMERCE."

WHO IS SUING)

OFFICIAL RECEIVER OR TIEM?

"In the Summity Court akis morning before Mr. Justice Hassland, Acting Puisas Jad action was mentioned in which the pamN

ohnson the Cficial Receiver appeared. of Meista Dennyi and Bowley, appeared for the plaintithes

Enow in whose name the action was brought, Mr. Davidica for the defence labed to

His freed did not toll him by whom he was in

structed.

Mr. Johnson-My friend is not entitled to be

|| Mr. Davidson-The name of the party bring- told by whom I am instructed, 1 object to my friend asking that question.

katy whether it's the Receiver of the firm who ing the action is not on the record. I don't

oplam merchants to safeguard their fatorests, Our published information serves to establish the fact that the long-continued but hitherto Meanwhile that which concerns most in fruitless attempts of the Cinton Provincial Ga. Hongkong is that the General Committed of verament to introduce an opium monopoly for our Chamber of Commerce, with command. the Province have at last bess successtaityable promptitude, has energeilcaily takes the 'carried into effect! This consummation was matter is hand in the interests and for the pas bringing'the'actions TALQUE tection of this Colony's trade.

-reached on the 7th instant.

On any cecasies apos which the Danfos Government have tried to make the opium monopoly a reality, the Hongkong importers have been able, through the pretentations made by the Chamber of Commerce, the Chins Association, the British Cobsal General to Canton and the Bilish Ministar in Peking, to mental to British trade. Now, however, the Coral-General in Canton taker no entirely

CHINA ASSOCIATION,

Whilst the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is lending its full support to the claims of the British merchants in Bongkong, the assistance of the local branch of the China Association has also been invoked in the same and we have reason to believe that. direction,

Mr. Johnson-The Receiver cabuot bring the action in his caine. I am willing to pay

My Davidaco-A personal undertaking ? the costs in the event of my losing the case.

Mr. Johnson-Yea

His Lordabip-What more do you want ? Mr. Davidion—I want, to know who is suing

isn't a 'monopoly, it is only an exclusive right |"against O, A. Gardner in the Summary Court frustrate the viceregal design, as belog delt. the Association are about to take such for this reason that in case the firm is found

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CHINESE who was bunished from the Colony in 19.7 returned to the scene of his former, activities the other day. He made the ac quaintance of Mr. J. B. Wood in the Folics Court this moralog and was awarded six months baid labour,

ANGRY DIFFERENT VIEW MORE from that held by his predecessors in office with regard to the interpretation of the article in the Treaty governing this matter of opium Imports to China. Ar will have been seen from the information that has already appeared in our columus, Kwong Wing Yusa, the licencee, has been granted the exclusive right to issue oplum licences, which right empowers him to levy an additional tax of $300 per chest on all opium entering Couton.

steps as will, to the opinion of the Committee, make efective their represastations to the Foreign Office la London. In the meantime, the settlement of this vexatious question will be awaited with interest.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necesarily endorse the opinions'expressed, by Correspondents in this column.) STREET NAMES-AN OMISSION.

to issee licences to buy raw opium: and it isn't a tax on.raw aplum, it's only payment for the licar ca to buy raw opis, and the son of the payment is calculated on the amount of prepared opium which the raw drug could be made into Quite ss. It wasn't boycotting when not a human being would sell or give a the of bread or a drisk of water to a loyal farmer in Ireland, it was only "exclusive trading." Now this particular monopoly and tax were to have been in full force some time. OUR repost of yesterday's examination in bank

ruptcy of G. Gomes, employes of the "Star" ago, but the Chinese Authorities wanted to Ferry Co., gives the impression that the Cam make very sure of their ground this time. So pany does not pay its employees when sick. they threw out many fealers, among them the We are asked by the Company to state that proclamations against which we protested at not only are full wages paid in the case of the time, and still protest. The flongkong genuine sickness, but Hospital expeores also, Chamber of Commerce again Interested itself In the Summary Court this morning, Harnam in the matter, and H. . M. Cousal-Ge.eri, Singh, au Indian walchman, sued M. A. A. unlike himself in times pait, appears not to Souza for the sum of $710. The sum was made have done so more than by marsiy referring up of $530, amount dus on a promissory note, and $80, interest agreed upon. Defendant the matter to Peking," and otherwise wish failed to appear when his name was called and sad an obvious violation of the additional art-larged-upon at this time of day. Perhaps the

the case being proved, Judgment was entered for the plaintif

Robert Porter & Co.'sing his hands of it. We see now that Peking, H. B, M. Legation there, is powerlast" to prevent a breach of Treaty rights which has been successfully resisted and prevented in the past. 50 the forg, ua: wearied, patient, persistence of the Chinese has worn down the half-bearted adherence of the British representative in Peking to the old tradition of defence of Treaty, rights. Whe

BRAND

GUINNESS' STOUT In PIN IS and SPLITS.

ther with or without his cousent, the Board of Finance bas torn up the clauson of Treaty

which probibit farther taxation of imported

raw opium, and has authorised the two Kwang

Provincial Authorities in Canton to go abend

A. S. WATSON & CO., with the levy of this tax which has so often been declared contrary to Treaty and success.

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, jrd June, 1910

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elegraph

THE German Crown Prince, who has been repiesanting the Emperor at state functions for a week, was accorded a remarkably popular, reception last month. As he was returning from the parade of the Berlin garrison, a crazy Russian throw a tin of beans at him. The crowd awarmed round the Prince cheering wildly. He was forced to dismount and, walk to the Palace.

The British firms of opium importers in llgngkong look upon this added tax as nothing more or less than k design to give praferential treatment to the China-grown drug with a view to the ultimate exclusion of the more highly prloed but superior oplum of Patoa and Benares. It is with no little reason that the Hongkong merchants regard this new impost. tion as a probibitive taxation

IN DISGUISE, ..

cles to the Chefoo Convention of 1876, signed at London on 18th July, 1885. Article 2 provides:

TO TER LUITOR OF THE "LONGKONG TELEGRAPH." SIR-I dnderstand that in the naming of public streets special care is taken to perpetuate the names of residents who have been intimately connected with the life of the Colony, ag, Des Voix Road, R.binton Road or Chater Road, So far, thoroughfare to my knowledge bas bean graced through being named after our youngest knight, Sir Hormasjee Mody, whose benefac tions to Hongkong, do not require to be an Director of Public Works will sen his way to the christening of a "Mody Street," in the proxi- mily of the new Seamen's Institute which is to be opened next week and which owes its existence to Sir Bermusjes Mody.Yours, etc

Hongkong, 9th Jäne, 19(07

SHIPPING COMPANY SURD

·R. A. M..

la lieu of the arrangement respecting oplom proposed in claure 3 of section II of the Chefoo Agreement, it is agreed that foreign opium, when imported fato China, shall be taken cog pirace of by the Imperial Maritime Customs, and shall be deposited in bond, either in ware- Loures or receiving hulks which have been approved of by the Gustoms, and that it shall not be removed thence until there shall have bten paid to the Customs the tariff daty of so- taels per chest of 100 calties, and also a súm MR, George Heary. Faber, of Kinloch, Fox apt exceeding to table per like cheat as-lekin. Grova road, Beckenbam, formerly M. P. 10x. It is stipulated in Article 5 of the same Con- Boston, ons of the leading members of Lloyd'evention that the Chloe Government under:

director of the Kinta Tin Mines, Lid, the takes that when the packages shall have been the Hamburg-America-Line the sum of over Pusing Ebars Tiu Mines, Ltd., the Pusing opened at the place of consumption, the opium

$505, Lama Tin Minos, Ltd., and the Siputeh Tin Mines, Ltd, who died on fib alt,, jalt proparty £1,283 61.30., with 102,270 1 1,100, net per- somalty.

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ACTIONS BROUGHT BY SIX SEAMEN, Before Mr. Justice Hassland, Acting Puisos Judge, in the Summary Court this morning, the actions, were again mentioned in which six Chinese seamen are seeking to recover from

ball not be subjected to suy tax or contribuMH Hung, of Messrs. Dexcop, looker tion, direct or indirect, other'iban' or in excess after be levied on native opium."

to be insolvent the Receiver might be liable to Pay the content

His Lordship-1 don't know what the usual practice ist, b

Mr. Davidson (To Mr. Johnson)—is the Receiver suing P

Mr. Johnson-The firm is suing.

„Mr. Davidioa-Will your Lordship vote down that the firm'ir suing and that my friend has agreed to a personal undertaking ? His Lordship - Yen, wer MAND After further discussion, it was decided that the matter be argued in Chambera to-morrow momlag.

men.

AN APPEAL.

too

JOHN O, KERR REFUGE FOR INSANE The temporary presence in Hongkong of Dr. Selden, the superintendent of the above in stitution, gave our representative an opportunity" of learning what fruit has come of the appeal made to the public by the British and Ameri» can Consuls-General op, bohalf of the only establishment in all China for the relief of the demented. It is satisfactory to note ose musl ficent donation by a Chinese gentleman resid- without permission, but may only indicate by dent in Hongkong whom we may not name. describing him as one of the most truly, patsio tic, able and enlightened of. bis country.

A few others, only t

faw, re- sponded We could wish that some of the many charitable people in Hongkong bad personally met Dr, Selden and learnt from him, as we have dono, how necessary was His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General's appen! a beball of the Refuge. The most urgent need is for funds sufficient to fill in land which is so low as to become flooded in the heavy. rais, and to build on the the proper premises for the fortunate sufferers so charitably cared for by this doctor, who (he did sop dependent of any missionary establishment and of the Refuge to which he devotes his lin. At present there are not enough Petly segregated, and nothing more can ba rooms the violent cases canons be prod

sort of roughness used or needless restraint in managing the patients. No straight walsty coats, or cells with gags and chains, After all the Consul Generat's appeal does not ask for much i cenainly not more iban could easily be found in Hongkong if people realised what good work was being done by this unique Instisation. ⠀

fully resined by Great Britain in the past which has been sworn at the total value of of such tax or contribution as is of way here. pd Deacon, asked for a day to be fixed for volunteer this information) "is personally ino

During these two months the Provincia Authorities Hāva had ampla time to grasp the situation and realize the waakobis even to

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THE MERCHANTS' ARGUMENT;

the hearing of the case,

Mr. E. Davidson, of Messrs. Hastings and Hostings, who appeared for the defendants, very great importance to the defence, As his said that the principle involved was one of

few days in the Summary Court. The plain tiffs were trying to force the actions os The defence bad, engaged Counsel to take up theic case and he would"

prostration of the protests. of British traders China Critic regrets to report the death

of Mr. E. D. Balzen, clock in charge of the¦ió question which is apparent sanctioned by Lordship knew, he had born engaged for the last done than the barely necessary. There is no. against the total abandonment of their Treaty rights and agalost the brazen repudiation of obligations by the Government of China, his collapse or spalby cannot surely be a

constitutional disease in the Legation in Tek.

them.

The Hongkong merchants argne now, as they did in 1902, that the imposition of the duty Eastern, Extension Telegraph Cb, which the terms of the Additional Articles to occurred on the 31st ulte at the Victoria the Chefoo Convention, will in ite actual Hospital, from acute enteritis and heart incidence prove a new burden, on foreign trade trouble. Deceased was 'a natiyo of Birkenhead and decided violation of the spirit of the and was only 6 years old. He had served in Convention. For though a duty, less than hit what date would be convenient the Eastern and Eastern Extension Companies half of that imposed on Imported drug, is pay for the hearing of the actions. The Court for about 20 years and had bebo ailing for sable on native opium it is notorious that only must not overlook the fact that he had been en- long time.

small proportion of this latter product pay gaged for the last three days in the Summary any duty at all, and it is only reasonable to sug Court. pose that this proportion will be maintained vis-a-vis foreign drug in the collection of the new tax on the prepared opium

THAT 243 sarthquake shocks were recorded in the Philippines during the two years ending December 31, 1908, is the statement made in the monthly bulletin for December Jast issued by the Weather Bureau. None of them, how. ever, was of destructive nature. The bulletin gives statistics of meteorological observations made during the month with a report of the typhoons and earthquakes during that period.

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Substitate "raw" for "prepared" opium, as applied to the case in point, we have the position of the Provincial Government defzed in its relation to the raw opium trade as now conducted between Hongkong and Canton

AFIFTY. PER CENT, SLUMP.

The monopoly was to have come into effect two months ago, but, in face of the prompt and vigorous protest, then made against it by the Hongkong merchant, Viceroy Yuan apparent ly was constrained to held his hand for the time being and, as we bave sosu, it did not come into affect until a few days ago. The intro duction of the monopoly bas brought about such a state of panic in the local market that prices have stamped quite so per cent, for the reason that dealers who had bought for for ward delivery from the British India Arms had not reckoned upon this extra levy Sion par chest, which amounts to a higher cost in Cantos before the opiam can become saleable, there at the pilces suling in Hongkong Just before the imposition of this preposterous charge.

DURING the month of May there were shipped through the custom house, at Manja, and for which certificates of origin were issued by the Bureaus 5,442,000 cigars. San Francisco stands at the head of the list with 2,249,403 to the credit of the port, New York, is next with 3,110,448, Honolula bas, 486,650, Chicago and and Tacoma cech has about 200,cou and Philadelphia has only the modest amount of 10,000. The shipmesis that have been covered by certificates to date amount to 73,781,457.. A SUIT was filed on the 6th inst, in the egun of first instance at Manila by the interpational Backing Corporation against the Standard Oll Company. Bruce and Lawrence appeared for the plaintiff and allege in the complaint filed that the Producia Company owed the defend ant corporation the sum of 183,000 and when done th

The cases were ad} úrned to next Friday's list,

CANTON DAF BY DAP.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

The general' meeting of the Nippon Yasen Kaisha held on the 26th ultimo adopted the following statement of the disposal of the profit for the last ball year, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent per annum being declared." The profit for the half-yearly period was Yr 701,495, which added to the surplus brought forward- Y400,710-mada a total of Y2,103,205 Reserve coroesempio verübutasət Y 85,124 Bonuses to directors and auditors.

VICEROY'S SECRETARY.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 9th Juss. Expectant Prefect Lo. Chun Sung has beco appointed H. E. the Viceroy's chief secretary, Dividend 10%.................. in succession to Tastal Shum Toog Fong, who left here for the North about two months ago and the post bli remained vacant aver since,,

FLOOD

Carried forwardin

19:165

858,616

THE 'CHAIR MAN'S SPEECH,

port and acCOURIE In presenting, the report - for the period, Mr. Kato, Vice President The West River has tiren, considerably dor of the company, who presided, wald: that ing the week, being about eight feet above the

the marine transport businnia wa normal level, and far is entertained by the ning to revive in all parts of the worl people to the neighbouring districts of Cantos the Improvement wit, not

as to be reflected in the accounts

bot

ing, for, as we have seen, our Minister eac ceeded in saf÷guarding our traders' rights and Interests in the past in this matter. It must have been communicated from Downing Street, where the men responsible for our Foreign policy appear to have been hypnotised by the an opium league and the "Nonconformist Conscience." "Perhaps the explanation of their attitude is that it is due to a less scientific cause. They want votes, and every vote counts, especially that of the Nancomformist Con science. You have only to mention the word "oplum" in some company, and everyone in Mantly looks as shocked as though you bad said something improper. If a Nation boldly breaks one clause of a Treaty, it will break an. other, and another, and will merrily continue 10 repudiate the most solema obligations. The pretext that we should humbly and with a con- rito spitit allow China tu tear op Treatles on

·Hongkong; FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1910.

the pretext that they are in the way of her CANTON, OPLUM MONOPOLY. glorious career of cofarm and binder ber in the good work of freeing her prople from vice, a How often have we protested against deli-canceling kind of caut. The only thing for berate repudiatios of Treaty obligation? Only honest men, whether Chinese or sympa biners a month ago we pointed out as earnestly as we with Chias, is strictly to adhere to the plighted cold that the proclamations issued shortly word, to past egretments, and with utter since the Philippine Products Company became in as between dealers and importers has conse. the Chinese New Year celebration H.E. Yonn | was carried, and the average was not equivalan before by the Authorities of the two Kwing dty to carry them out. Then wa sbali séo that solvent the Standard Oil, Company cook 275 quently arisen, and as the aggregate viles of Shu-haus, the Viceroy of the Two Kwang, kas to a normal year. it was impossible to expect: Provinces amounted to shameless tearing. RP our own great sacrifices and those of our Indian oil drums and jacks valued at 5,500 as part the commodity stocked in Hongkong and is of treaties and flinging the places in the fices Empire have not been merely idiotic and futile payment. All the property of the defunct com- India, and involved in the present crisis, of our Government and our raders. Nothing enrichment of a wicked cig of wicked man, pany had, however, previously been mortgaged amounts to the colossal sum of $30,000,000, it fà not difficult even for an outsider to realisa, empre clear than that a monopoly in the To rulo vast trada interests and encourage re-

the gravity of the situation, "att foreign opium trade, however disguised ander pudiation of Treaty s'mp'y lo order that a cor.

FIRE AT YOKOHAMANGAN, as the opium Importers fear, the Canton Another name, is pilolly barred by Treaty, and taintreciion of persons ia power in China may

Provincial Government succends in its ainister, that no tax on foreign raw opium-my bam become rich on pative opiam, while the worst. On the 19th ultime at aboutis pas, fire broks design as resuscitated by Viceroy, Yoan, the posed, no mattor under what, prefence ar

forms of deur vice, flousis's worse than ever, out in the servant quarters of a bouse occupied result will be the raising of a barrier against description, other than, she taxas bithorts will be the triumph, the reproach, the comic by Mr. A. R. Gatto, No. 41, Nakamura. For the admission of Indian spécified by agreement. Wattempted eight shams of the est result. We must emphatt

subdued before (which has bithe Isaately the outbreak was great damage w CAUR On Invasiigation, for this com yass ago in Castor za opium monopoly was cally repeat what we hava asroestly declared "the Yapan Herald,,a, mad diamed "serious" protested against by Brill merchants hace already, that the matboi baing adopted by the Yosh stated that a burglar forced so trade and the Chamber of Commerce, with the result Authorities in repudiating past agreements and

inddd/monsy from cher, M. Consul Genstal took

car be

obligations in itself Immoral mod even abaru: ppasted. tefs, becomes judaitely morn so when bypo

tted in the noble name of Reför

to the bank and hence the suli.

A DEADLOCK:

been

of

that doods might threaten the country.

just closed,, In Europe and Americ CANTON VICENOX CASHIERED, improvement was shown, but the revival in

Jupan did not keep pace with that The company's steamers were filled with cargo on the European and Americas lines outward bonad, but on the homeward voyaga very littl

THE RECENT RIOTE.

Paking, June 6.

In connection with the Canton riots darleg

been cashiered, but is allowed to retain office. In the peas futurs de improveme N. G. D. N

PULAU DAAT PLANTATIONS.

This a small company with a "for private irculation "prospectus. Capital $200,000 in

dollar shar prenent issue 50,000,

important

of the Wri

the Island

AZTITUDE.

aipt of our

'and

(up to Jund 30

similar to that in Europe and Am the company must work canlio cise great discretion and care, Happily accidents to the compa had bean vary law, and for! the loss of steamars had been dos to the direction'and;

In Japan

ica, so that

́exer

tabuld use the plea