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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY DECEMBER 5. 1910

to bogoverned by a municipal council, it also

used; theyib-December, has been deQueue-Cutting Crusade, address, but he impressed upon bis

clated n Wook Holiday,

Tun King's Exequatur empowering Ur. Enrique L, Hurtado to det as Consal General for the Republic of Panama in Hongkong bas received His Majesty's signature,

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"GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT THE 02INESE CLUB

A RED-LETTER DAY.

hearers that the quane was harmful as well as useless. Amidel upatinted applante, ha palated to the

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51X REVEREND ALDERS, who sat amongst them and who by thoit pre- sauce test.fied to the genuine feeling that lay behind the queue-culting movement. That, he said, was a better argument than any ha could atter for the Baclaty's aims, because it howed that though strived at an advanced age those gentlemen were willing to break with lifelong associations for the sake of principle. Dr. Au Fang Cti, one of the patriarchs (father of Dr. Au and father-in-law of Di Wan of Hongkong) made a vigorous sp och ta the course of which he declared that the day had come far ciscarding the queue with the 4 farco.

MAALIKA BIGN OF DEGRADATION. !!

GIVE IT TO HIS WIFE

to put aming hot own (laughter). From the standpoint of health, al dignity, of comfort it remained for each one to decide for blatelf what was the most suitable costume,Ho thought the Chinese costame was a good · one. It was comfort ble and healthy. Tut the best thing to do was to think out a universal costume. Thste was no accessly why it should be a foreign costume whap a "change of costume" was referred to. If the Chinato adeped a univeral contome that ro- commended itself as in every way desirable, foreign nations might follow their lead and adopt it in tuta. It was a la question of com mocsense ad comfort and convenience.

CUTTING (F THE QURVES,

·Tals ended the firmal pait of the proceed-

provides for schools, charitable institutions police and fire stations, theatre, public gardens, electric light and trams, waterworks, Afforestation, chamber of commerce, free libraries, and in fact everything that may tead to public good. No one will be found His Excellency the Governor has been pleased thousand years compressed into a to assert that the project lacks anything to appoint Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse to act as De- stogle day! Thus in one brief metaphorical breadth of scope, It is cothing if not am-puty Superintendent of Police and of Fire phrase did that yourg and trillist orator bitious. We know, too, that it isn Bilgade, during the absence on leave of Mr. Wong Kaj Hi describe the epoch-mating cherished thing in the hearts, of thousands | F. W. Lyons,

assembly that gathered together yesterday in of wealthy Chinese who have mado-money

the Chinese Club in Queen's Road to celebrate THE N. C. D. News reports that "Baiting" the formal loauguration of the Hongkong duti abroad and who are wishful of returning in Sims, the negre pugilist, was the other day queue Sicciety Evoy when the metaphor has their retirement from business, to their under arrest on a charge of neraultingin Chibres, shorn of its exaggeraive elements, there native country without reverting entirely to nese constable, and wis to have been fought remains behind a solid stratum of fact, for thero WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, the somewhat narrow and repulsive life of anup at the American Court.

can be no gainsaying the importance ned island town or village. Wo have had many We are informed by ile local ogeat of the daity of the movement which took defiolief the kaifa" with which they had been com logs, and the members present were soc instances of late to prove that the influence, Chinese Ergitening and Mlaing Company, shape and form yesterday in the Chin'srè Club Pelled to grow it in. Manchu timès. The queus 2w;rming" en, to the verandabs and into the of the returned Chinese emigrant is begin- Ltd, that the total output of the Con la prosinca of some five hundred members; bad been d ning to make itself effectively felt, and one three mines for the week ending 19h Nov growing feeling amongst the Colness that the for the last two hundred years and the day had archs wero fret of all protographed on the caGuot be blind to the fact that with the flux mounted to 22,052, tons and the sacer of time he will become more than ever a log the period, to 22,201.10 tons. power for progress in the land. To take thic case of the Sunuing District Railway as an instance: here we have a complete railway organisation, fatherod by a returned emigrant who had spent some forty years in the United States, and financed to the extent of three quarters of its capital cost by Sunning merchants settled, in California, This Maltime communicates with Macao City and Ar the Central Market yesterday, 2 ccolic would, of course, be connected up with snatched a gold ring from the car of a girl who Heungchow in the event of this scheme for was weiking on the frotpath and swiftly passed towa-raising taking concreto shape. When two confederates. His action had been no ticed, however, by a civilian, a draughtsman in such a project as the Sunning Railway cash P.W.D., who poanced upon the thief and be carried through to a successful conciu-handed hina over to the P.lice. At the Magis sion by combined vigorous action on the recy to day he was remanded until to mots, w, part of Chinese merchants from abroad, there is no reason to suppose that the crea. His Majesty the King has not been advised Kwin Sum Yin (otherwise ` Kway King to consider well before adopting any fixed tion of a new commercial port such as that to exercios his power of disallowanco with || Leong), the Society is every day adding to style. For instance, the summer beadgear proposed to be built at Heungchow should once No. 1 of 1910, entitled-Ao Ordin ace to the whole of the Stuthern Provinces in this must be different from that wore ia wloter mants were served, and the Raj,usband play-

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For many years past there has been ab evar day has come for discarding the queue. The difficulty was that nobidy could be found to CAPTAIN H. S. Kaye, King's Own Light Intake the initiative, Tlieta were plenty of In fantry, who has just been promoted to a comdividual instances of queue-cutting, especially pany in that intment, is serving with the asia the ranks of those who had been abroad or Battalion, now about to leave Capetown for d been brought into

tongkong on clacgo of station Captain Kais. was gazetied to the King's Owa in May, to so that he had eine ond half years to serve for

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respect to the following Ordinances :-Crlin.

present insuperable obstacles. That there provide for the sarawing, stopping up, diver is room for such an enterprise in these paris slop, iuraing or alteration in levels of Highways is indubitably patent The Portuguese port of Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, entitied-An Ordin. Macao, has suffered in the past and at pre-ance to secure the better training of midwives scht so 'continues to suffer from neglect that and to regulate their pretice: 1 its trade is fapidly, dwindling and bids fair ANOTHER has to be added to the crop of shake in the near future to become utterly a negl stories with which Shaoghal has been favoured gible quantity, unless under the new Repub- this year. Wayside la agalu, the district which lican règime more vigorous action, be now bas bien visited, the police on Saturday moto- taken in the way of harbour improvement.iug catching another falk-sized reptile on the Of late some work has been accomplished in forethore. The opinion is expressed that this latest capitre is one of a happy family of which this direction, but on a woefully small the old customer taken into custody last wreck

scale, not even sufficient to countervail

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with foreign inflaces on the coast of China itself. But still, the movament was licking

a leader or a loading body to formulate a quone.

cutting organisation upon lines calculated set to hurt the susceptibilities of Chinese subjects whilat avoiding offence to the Imperial author

ties at Peking.

This dotted and has now-apprently been reached the ugh the agency of the Hangtong Anti-quere Society. With a membership of over two thousand on the roll and a leader and pdme mover' in te

person

of Dr.

dis numbers, -and bids fair to carry with it

cratade for wholesale cutting of the queue- Closely associated with Dr. Ewan in the or- ganization work have, besa Mr. Chan Tsz Kau❘ and Mr. Chau. Po Tong. It is now reported that some, two, thousand persons in Canton have sign find their intention also of becoming members and of discarding their queues. If the movement continues to advance with the same rapidity as has been the case-its initial stages, it promises to be like

THE STO BAIL

hurled from the mountain top, to become even tually an overwhelming avalauche, sweeping

came for the removal of that chain which bad bsen upon them for more than two conturics, In this matter, they had been very careful in the past for fear of causing any trouble with the Cafness Government, but now tint the Government was beginning to swaks to the fact that it was thaposing upon them a wrong, they were delighted to tko the frit step to werde meeting its wishes. He hoped that in me the queue would disappear altogether,

As regards the non-change of costume, that was a matter which must ba left to each one's discretion. But he thought the present bead gear would require to be changed as it would look rather s range, in his opinion, when the queue had been discarded. Something after the style of the foreign cap might be adopted, There were various kinds of headgear already in use-iba mandatin's, the merchant's, the gentry's and so on-and it would be necessary

Again, if they adopted

EUROPEAN HEADGEAR, they would be required to do it upon entering any mixed company, whereas with Chinese headgear that would not be necessary. The change of headgear would aqin.cesarily mean any clashing with the Imperial Coverament,

At this stage Me. Tio Kwai Pang read a letter firm the bead of the Wy Chau School in Kwangtung Provices, waria'y supporting the Society's aims. Following upon this came a slitsing speech by Mr. Chung Wing Kwong, rikcipal of Liag Nam Christina College,

A BOUNDARY LINE,

aufo-rooms, where numerous baibers were is walilog to cut off the queues. 'Tha s'x patris -

verandab. The barbers were kept. d-busy 45 they coull bs for nong time afterwards, and so great was the press of mombos wehful of discarding their queues that the neighbouring bairdresser shops in Queen's Rord. and elta. where wars besirged, 14 most insances, the loss of the queue seemed to make ro diffor euce at all in the late weare's personal looks; in the mij tity of cases the men and youths who went through the ceremony appeared to ba smarter and pater than before,

Of course, those who intended to discard

their queues bad allowed their hair to grow long at the front and back for sime tiras past, so that when the hirsute appendage was re moved, the hair was of a uniform length all over and only required to be trimmed, paried and brashed in the customary Europian fashion to give the necessary fuish. It is calculated that about 1,000 members" (discarded thele quears yesterday.

During the procendings at the,Club, refresh-

ed a merry selection of airs. LÄK

NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

[Spect:lly Translated for the Hongkong Iclegraph

IMPORTANT APIOINTMENTS.

News, reached here to-day that an Imperial Dacree has been issue i appointing Prince Tsai

Hup as the First Lord of the Admin and Tam Hwok bong as Second Lord, The Minis. ter and the Vice-minister of War are appbiated High Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner. General Yind Ohang is appointed High Com. 'missioner of WIGLI MAA

VARTILED QUESTIONS,

-NEW PHASE-OP OPIUM - QUESTION.

Amering of the National Assembly was held la Feking on the 3rd inst, on the subject of the suppression of the opium babit. Daring this your all the pippy will be prohibited from being grows in China and the Assembly has requested the British Minister in Peking to all before. One of the most remarkable fea-Canton, who declared that he had foresten pray the British Government to cancel the re tur.s of the whole demonstration yesterday many years ago that this movement was sore cent agreement entered lota between the two the constant deposit of total cho Tee Italian cruiser Catubirii arrived here yes was the nineiber of aged men who came for a come. He pointed out that abroad there was G veramente, and at the sinis time protest Heusgehow scheure materialise, Macao terday from Amoy but did not enter the Harward to show their approbation of the anti-queue a great distinction as regards the queue seg inst the Import tion of the drug from lodia will have to look to her laurels. She bour limits, as she was sing the yellow fuck movement by having themselves bereft of the soon as Westero-people-saw-the-queus, be A. S. WATSON & CO., rains, in a much diminished de- The cruiser is on her way home. She lef

city grey hairs that remained to them aftar know there was gree, her exports in tes, fire-crackers, pre- Shanghai on the 22nd ultima for the South

a l'fetime of labour. LIMITED,

serves, tobacco, essential oils, and so and bas speat sóma tiina "at Fcocków(and forth; and the silk fiatures, brick works Amoy. The dats of her departure is uncer cement works help to maintain some vestigotain, swing to a number of the ship's company of the departed glory of this one time famous being dive with infectious disease, in taki seaport. But if a rival were to spring up at PRELIMINARY discursions of the arrangemen's her very doors-a rival young and Justy, ie fat the crowning of the King and Queen bext financed by Chinese capitalists in America 31 Oct of the executive opppiated by this Coronation Commilles. The announcement Is and other foreign countries-there can be

made that there will be two processions-that little doubt that the new port would altract

to be witnessed in Coronation Day, and a later what little still remains of Macao's industrial one, covering a much longer route, when their activities and would capture practically all Majesties drive though the sireats of the capital. her expoil trade. But it would be a pity RUMOURS are currcut Id Court c'ecles the an indeed to see the passing of Macao, with its Bast: Last year, the Lisbon Government the way of interesting reading. The very agreed to grant an anugal appropriation to outward appearance of the volume with its wards the work of improving the harbour. yellow covers and plain black lettering is for

As already mentioned; very little has actual bidding to the eye, as though it said in so ly been accomplished. It remains to be many words, Abandon hope all ye who

seen whether the new Portuguese Legislature open me." But for once in a way, the latest will make a serious endeavour to effect sub Customs Report, dealing with the trade of gantial improvement or allow this ancien† 17 drawing and watercolour work.

The Hongkong Telegraph

The Hongkong Gelegraph plate with modern appliances and liberally, fuae eccopied a meeting et St. James's Palace everything that has gone to make up not only the past was that they were always ready to

HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1910.

A MODRE PORT FOR MACAO

ISLAND..

Amongst the dry figures and statistics of the Imperial Chinese Customs Reports, one

Ooo can wall imagins that in the case of a The wearing of the queue was not beneficial people like the Chinese, with whom old crs. to health and there was a lot of danger attached dom is an ingrained put of the anional life, to it. But while plenty of Chinese knew that should heslute to take any sudden step which the queue was not a good thing, they still had may carry with it the French of childboadosso.

not the courage to cut it off. One of the ren ciations of family teachings and traditions, ef sons for the weakness of the Chinese nation in the personal but the national life. Yet here follow but never willing to load. They brd we have the spectacle of patriarchal elders as foreigra s coming to China by thy hundreds erger as the most ardent young student jest to teach them medicine and engineering and returned from Egrope to discord that which he cther profession. What they wanted more bas in his heart condemned as aseless and than all was someons to teach them how to be harmful for generations past. Up till cow, their own leaders how to lead and act how to their lethargic inaction has been due to the

fllow. His own costumo (Mr. Chung was LACK OF A LEADER,

wearg Europran attire) might be called a

;

"Tio Prince Regent has" againgad the Minister of Foreign Affairs, H,E. No-tung, and others to settle the questions of Macno's da- limitation, the fo elga foto agrosment, and the itcrease efirops in Manchuria by, Russia and Japan.

ARMY MAKŒUVRES, The aclams indtres of the troops in

naturally would not expect to find much in great record of tradal pioneering in the Jarugagement will be annonaced next year beNow that a leader has been found in the Westem costume bat be thought it could be Kiangsi province were held in Nauching c

the southern coast ports, all more or less Intimately connected with Hongkong, cou- tains much letterpress of an eminently read able kind. Some of the tradal aspects we *have already dwelt upon in these columns.

Colony to be extinguished by the embryo port of lieungchow.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

One item which we have left over for separ-Carr. 7. M. Wakefisid, adjutant, R.G.A, Pails ate remark is sure to be of particular in- mouth, has been posted to Hoogkong. terest to residents in this Colony. It is the Owino Te presstivé on our space, we are

Iween Princess Altмandra of File and Prince

MANY in Shanghal will learn with regret (the death of the Mr. G. S. Lindsay, formerly of the fum-at-Mesurs-Parlow-and-Co.—Watila-fow- months ago Mr. Lindsay bad been in Shang- hai, but leaving the post he proceeded home where he died, bis health having for some time

Wong Ching Kalzado |

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Wong Yeus Sum...... aged 91

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more properly called a universal costume. the 2nd alt, H.E. Fing-Ju-kwei, the Gover of dress was that itere should be nothing mat vies.

The Society's a'mas regards the men-change nor of Kiangsi, was present during the compulsory about it: that it should be left to the discretion of membersto retain the national costume or assume European dress when

GOING ABROAD.

would not change.

Christopher of Greece, nephew of Qacen Alez-hape of the Anti-queue Society, they have no andra end your gist son of the King of Greece, convictions. At the ceremony yesterday the longer any Lesitation le carrying out their own The Young Princess, who is now. 19, is the patriarch of the company who come forward to

A NEW T. X. eldest daughter of the Pricess Royal and the qualify for membership of the Society was

The Tartar-Gencial and Acting "V.catoy of Dake of Fife. She ha serious tastes, caro within four years of having completed a cen

the Two Kwongs has wired to the Grand little for society, reads German, French and tury, It may be of luterest, by the way, to give

Daunell that, the arimpeached members of Dash auther, and, like her mother, is devoted the names and ages of the sixhevejend old

gentlemen who graced the platform while this was not like a temperance soziny which thi Kwongtung Provincial Assembly have de debarred its members frem drinking intoxicants cided to levy duties on wine and tobices in preliminary proceedings were in progress.

cor Likyan auti oplum society.which prohibited order to replace the gambling tax. + They were

entirely the uro of opium, for under the Un-

CHINA'S PARLIAMINT. changed-Costume-Society-il-was–left-to-the- __In_accordance with the telegraphic mem- discretion of members whether they would or oral presented by the Viceroys and Gover nors of the various provjoces praying for tha To may places that he had visited là Japan, carly inauguration of Parliament, an Elict lie had seen some most grotesque ca tomer- has been i: sied on's ing the shortsaleg of for instance, a foreign headdress-foreign foot ha pariod fixed to expirs before the establish. vice v.rs. The Japanese dressed anyway they Fran Tung and commanding thous confined hour the bad of the 13 h. Rajputs arrived liked. They were quite independest. And to exert their best endeavours to make the under Baudmatter O. T. Coke and took up a rtand on the verandak, wirhce soon issued the Chinese should be in the same way of necessary preparoli ns. The Grand Councit is

thinking.

aware that the raising of fends has been a melodious sounds, aftructing large crowds to

Of course when it came to the matter of difficult task of late years, buj as the Viceroys Queen's Road.i's the vicinity. The Club pex official dress, it was a different maitee. and Governors add the representatives of the miser, which had been kindly last for the occa and bunting. On either side of the Club. He traste ith the Society

Yellow Drago

been the cause of mach ́anxiety, Before com ing to Shanghal the decehind and spent several years in India. While here he was at onG.

Kwan Yuen Cheung... Woo Yick Na............... Au-Fung Chi.................

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Li Ying Pora d'autraali 11 61 The proceedings were timed to begin at ten

aunouncement made by the Commissioner obliged to hold over several items of local time, Hon. Secretary of St. Andrew's.Scciety, o'clock in the forenoon, and punctually to the gear, and a Japanese middle (laughter) or ment of a parliamost to the 5 year of

of Lappa, in his report, that local Chinese interest until our next issue. have set themselves to open up a new.com mercial reaport at Heungchow on the faland of Macao. Their intention, says the Commissioner, is, or was, to build a new

Cour de Montepierre and reire were amongst the passengers who arrived to day by the French Mail. They are staying at the Hoog. keng Hotel,

io which capacity ha did much work in the interesis of the Scottish community. RETURNS of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie ia reserve Пlongkong, during the mouth ended so

Chinese town with all foreiga comforts for DERING the week ending 3rd December, thereNovember, 1910, as certified by the managers stop, were tastefully decorated with evergreens There, conventionality had to be obsirred, paoplo Lave united in praying for the speedy.

puerperal faver (both Chiuste.). The latter disease erded fatally..

His Excellency Senhor Eduardo and Lady Morques were the guests at laucheon yesterday of Mr. J. J. Leirla, the Portuguese Cupsal, and Madame Leiria. The ex-Governor of Macas paid an informal visit to Sir Frederick Lugant clip aftëraoon

Banks.. Chartered Bank of India,

Average Specia in fibouse Flag flaw the Union Jack and the gew lo numbers. **ps and ablasment of a. parlir mint, it is assumed

such Chinese cmigrants as are averse. was one case of cateric fever and one case of of the respective Banks, are as follows! to returning to their own country and making their homes in an ordinary Chinese city or village, for the rea son that, owing to their long residence in foreign countries, they have acquired foreign ......likings, habits and tastes. We certainly liave heard Chinese merchants, who have returned to China after amassing fortunes abroad, deploring the fact that there was no bayen we hear that the Portugueso community la to which they might resort with the certainty Hongkong contemplato a demonstration of of a continuance of those living conditions sympathy with the Bishop of Macas, who is at with which they had made acquaintance dur-present in Hokong, as a vigorous protest ing many years residence in foreign countries. against the scandalous treatment to which is But the general attitude of mind on the part Lord: hip had been subjec'ed at Miaczo,

Wills charged fit on Chinese with gambling

of these emigrants returned was that it was Ar the Magistracy this morning. Ser, cant alla beatific vision: that the creation of such

at No. 6, Pan, Kwai Lane. The gang was place of refuge was an ideal unattainable a project which from a commercial point of captared as the result of a raid made on the vegyiew 'was catirely beyond the

range of prac premises last night. Fociteer of the

were convicted, and fined $;each by:Mr.: J.

7ticability, But apparently there are in the R. Wood The remaining man: failed to ap Franks of those returned emigrants, more pear nad his bail was estreated

ardent spirits who do not merely dream and sigh but who have gone so far as to formulate YESTERDAY, the Eew art of charges in the

third class of the tramwaje came into face. an actual scheme for the catablishment of Six cents is now charged for what was former this new settlement The Heungchow ly a five cent ride, if paid in copper. Silver is scheme, we are told; allows for a well-loid su accepted at its lace value. The Tramway out city with broad streets and foreign Co. has been compelled to take this step be. **buildings for shops and residences,, which is cats of the depreciation of the bater coin.

MIZIA KEBOREN AUR

1.

Amount. Reserve.

Longkong and Shanghai

Australia and China, 5.5,170,150 $4,500,000 Banking Corporation, 17,491,8.0, 11,000,000 National Bank of Ching,

Limited,

28,741 nili

Total,........ $17,630,1991: $5,500,000

SANITARY BOARD.

TO-MORROW'S MEETING,

A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held at 3.45 pm tomorrow. The orders of the day Letter from Government relative to the Fok

include:

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fulama water supply.

Teply from Government relative to malizin a! Shtukiend, na! the City Conservancy contractor.

Report of Committee re ʼn complaint agniest Report of Committee te complaints, against the Kowloon Gorservancy coutracint.

Applicatiog frem Iuspecter Coston for Chico months vacation les cas de ma

Application for a modification of the require meats of Section 175 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 2503 in respect of Npa

to B, Fuk Sku Latest Verdag

As the guests arrived they rate received by Dr. Kwan, Mesars, Chio Tz Kan and Chan Po Tung, and other leaders of the Antiquene Society; whilst Mr. B. Wong Tapp, secretary of the Club, was assiduous in locking after the comfort of all-comera, “e

THE SPETCHES,

| The speech-making and the foru.oral care

mony proper took place in the large hall of the Club, which can accommodate 30 people and was crowded to ovaislowing, Dr.Kwan Sum Yin presided, and the places of hoptor at the top of the ball were assigned to the alk elfers whose usmes are given above. Whilst the company was extembling, pamphlets were distributed, explaining the objects of the Atti queun Society, calling upon the people to discard the queue as a useless incumbrance, and emphasis log the fact that did not imply by any means a change of costume, which was a maller of discretion for each member to decide for himself. Mr. Chan Tiz Kau read the notice calling the meeting..

The Chairman said that the time had arrived that day upon which they had decided to begin the cutting of the queue, pad he was pleased

that the locations underlying these ontward MI. Wan Mio Fuk, a Macao merchant, to forms of a szírit of ma dero progress aro sincera. spoke and said that he would have cut off bis It is feared that no action will be taken beyond queue years go if he bid thought it compats display of words but in that event ng ble to do so without dicarding the national decision will be given by the Imperial Authorl- costumo, This gentirm37, by the way, hasies, thereby entalling a delay fathe canying witten a kind of

REVOLUTIONARY BY,

out of the meature. As it will doubtless ba said that it is difficult to rains fards owing to. dedicato i to the Auti-Qusus Society, and coples' lack of fims a 'further Decree has been Istand ordering the officials concerned to make every of tale fusion were hunded sound amongst prepast en before the establishment of a par the audience Mr. Wong Kwal HI, a young flamest in accordance with the Decree pro queless student from Japar, gave the convlously issued without any delay. With re- clading' address, which' was highly appreciated gáid to the frontier proviccce, which Fave no by the audienco and was beartily applauded.

His speech, however, was largely couched lo metaphorical allusions that are rather difficult of translation in'o English, One gord point made was this that while some people might regard this queue-catting as a small matter is the march of progress is Chlad, it bad brought out leaders; and if they could find loaders in saali affis it was a happy presage for them fading. le ders in greater mallets of reform that were to flow,

As regarde costume, that was only a matter of fashion. He remembered the time when the sleeve was right or njoo inches wide now: was only a few inch. The queue was the to see the large numbers attending their great thing. If the queue was worth $1,000 or Inaugural meeting. Dr. Kaas, who spoke in fod year ip a mad, step, be sald, Don't Caídose (as did all the other speakers) gave a = cut il" "if not, cut it off eveurif only to

poper System of 'administration; or are not- ibickly populated, discrimination should be made in their care, la their relation with the Central Provinces. It is therefors, pʻqin that the same fales cannot apply to them in the sme way as they would to the Central Pro vinces with regard to the making of prepara tions and the Viceroys and Governors of the provinces in question wil be allowed to repart as to what stops should be taken at fit and they should then wait for Imperial instructions in order but no impediment may be placed in the path of pergrees. As thera Viceroya and Goretoors have received tokens of Imperial- gratitude they should do their mimost in the

(fihful discburgo f their dullen, Should anys!

temp to hamper the airangements by first tablishment of a parliament and thèn maglicing", moralizing the Throne for the only tir performance of his duties, he will be held responsible for any delay that might be caused in respect of the necessary arrangeman.

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