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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 1910

Queue-Cutting Crusade, the past for fear of causing any trouble with

GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT THE CHINESE CLUB

·A RED-LETTER DAY.

·NOTES BY 188 WAY.

THE NEWAST/ YAD.

XRAÈS AND TUBERCULOSIS.

NEWS FROM THE NORTH,

[Specially Translated for the Hongkong Telegraph],

NEW PHASE OF OPIUM QUESTION. "

The authorities of Guy's Hotp'tal gave demonstration about six weets aga to show the important part the Rontgen rays play fi the early d agnosis of tuberculosis of the lungs and the fact that Guy's Hospital hud kena to

A meeting of the National Assembly wee the trouble to give to exhibition seenid to suggest that a discovery Eal been made that held in Peking on the 3rd inst. on the subject would be of service to the world. If hs Guy's of the suppression of the opium babit. During Hospital doctors have only recently realised the this year all the pappy will be prohibited from possibility of the rays being tornod to good ac-being growa in Chion and the Assembly has count in connection with the diagcoils of furgrequested the British Minister in Feking to troubles they are behind the times, because they pray the British Government to cancel the re have been used for the purpose for youre fin cent ngienmast entered into between the two against the importition of the drug from India

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THE CHARGE AGAINST THAYER.

#LLEGED FALSE PASTANCES,

30th alt.

At the Magistracy this morning, before Mr.

case in which A. Thayer, an 'Américau, le J. R. Wood, the hearing was resumed of the

with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Is charged with having obtained a sum of $475.81

Manila. by falsoly pretending that he had no account

Mr. H. L. Dennys, of the Crowa Solicitor's Looker and Deacon, Mr. J. H. Gaidimar, and Mr. A. R. Davlos, manager of the Hongkong Hotel, were la Court.

Wong Kal Hi describe the epoch-making Thero wero various kinds of headgear already folly copsiliuted_authority. The situation Australian Hospitals, including the Adelaide | G⋅ veramenís, and at the same tima prolait | Office, Mr. H, W. Looter, of Masers. Deacon,

the Chiners Goveroment but now that the Government was beginning to awake to the fact that it was imposing upon them wrong they were delighted to tika the first stop to wards meeting its wishes. He hoped that in time the queue would disappear altage her. As regards the non-change of costume, that was a matter which must be left to each one's 5th Last.

d'scration. But he thought the present head. gour would require to be changed as it would "Oas thousand years compressed, into a single day!" Thus in one brief metaphorical look wher stange, la his opinion, when the phrase did that young and trillant arator queus had been discarded. Something after te sty'e of the foreign cap might be adopted. Assembly that gathered together yesterday lo

le use--the mandas in's, the merchant's, the the Chinese Club in Queen's Road to celebrate the formal inaugor.tion of the Hongkong Astiatry and so on-and it would to necessary to consider well before adopting day fixed ---queue Sec'e'y. Evan when the metaphor has

bien sbora of its exiggervive elamente, there style. For instance, the summer headgear must be different from that worn in winter, remtios Echird a solid stratum of fact, for ibere Again, if they adopted, can ba ao gainsaying the importance and solidarity of the movement which took definite shape and form yesterday in the Oliner Club they would be required to doff it upon entering any mixed company, whereas with Chiness In presence of some fire hundred members.

For many years past there has been an ever headgear that would not be necessary. The growing feeling amongst the Chiness that the change of headgear would not necessarily meas day has come for discarding the queue. The any clashing with the Imperial Corerament, d.fficulty was that nobody could be found to

At this stego Mr. Tso Kwai Paug read a take the laitlative. There were pleaty of infetter from the head of the Wy Chan School in dividual instances of queue cutting, especially Kwaugtong Province, warmly supporting the in the rants of those who had besa abroad or Society's aims. Following upon this cams a hd been brought into

stiring speech by Mr. Chung Wing Kwong, Principal of the Liag Nam Christian College, Canton, who declared that he had feresten many years go that this movement was sure to come. He palated out that abroad thera was a great distinction as regards the queue. As son as Westere people saw the quest, they

CLOSE CONTACT

BUROPEAN HEADGEAR,

with foreign in flustcas u on the coast of China Itself. But still, the movement was licking a leader or a leading-body to formulate a quene cutting organisation upon lines calculated net to hurt the susceptibilities of Chinese subjects whilst avoiding offence to the Imperial authori-keow there was ties at Peking,

This deslied end tas now apparently been reached thr ugh the agency of the Hongkong Anti-queue Society. With a membership of over a thousand on the roll and a leader ard prime mover io the person of Dr, Ka Sum Yin (otherwise Kwa Kog Leong, the Socioty is every day acding to its numbers, and bids fair to curry with it the whole of the S uthern Provinces in this crusado for wholesalo, culling of the queue. Closely assec'a'ed with Dr. was lotuo or ganisation work hava bezo Mr Chan Tez Kau and Mr. Chao Po Tung it is now reported that some two thousand persons in Canton bave sign fi id their latentich also of becoming members and of di carding their queues. If the movement continues to advance with the Fame rapidity as bas baen the care in its toilal stages, it promises to be like.........

"THE SYONDALL

A BOUNDARY LINK,

The wearing of the queue was not beneficial to health and there was a lot of danger attached to it. But while p'enty of Chinese knew (ba the queue was not a good thing, they still hid not the courage to cut it off. Ons cf the rea- sons for the watross of the Chineże nation in the past was that they were always ready to folin but never willing to lead Thay bad foreignes coming to China. by his burd.eds to teach them medicine and engineering and ether professions. What they wanted mora" then all was someone to teach them bow to be their own leaders-bow to lead and att how to flow. His own costume (Mr. Chung was weaig Europ an attie) might Le called a Western costume but he thought it could be more properly called a universal costume.

The Society's a'm as regards the nen-change of dress wis that there should be solblog compulsory about it: that it shru'd be left to the discre'ion of members to retala the national costume or assume Eurepoin dress when

GOING ABROAD.

Revolations woul I seem to be getting almost fashionable these days. No sooner has Lisbon settled down to the new order of thlogs tha the neighbouring Colony of Macao is turned into a veritable hotbed of rank anarchy. The sight of a handful of of soldiery laying sloge to Government House and dictating tarms to the distinguished occupant ou pain of instant dismissal verges on the side of the berlesque and Ir nothing ther: of a howling travesty of thes created is a truly Gilbertian one. In this connection, it is somewhat interesting to note a remarkable coincidence which has come to late been entertaining its readers with insplied light. An enterprising Coralsh)urnal bas of eflusions entitled "Ware of Revolt in Many Lands and his included the peaceful colony of Hongkong in the awful category. It is possible that the little incident may have or- caped the notice of these who hippoo to be on the spot, but doubtless the writer being perhaps possessed of a prophetic Instinct, was trans ported by some supernatural agency into the realms of this remarkable discovery. Pelog

bava sald as likely as not gifted, as before, with talents in the direction of prophecy, the wilter forestalled the event which bas staggered peaceful residents tob of this Colony and Macao and having in view the fact of the close proximity of the two ports, it only required a fairly fertily imagination such as the writer in question would seem to possess to loves! Hongkong with the somewhat doubtful distinction of enumerating it among plices which are said to have astimilated ronctionary ideas. Oze has indeed to go abroad to learn of events taking place at home.

A HEROIC DUCHESS... It is interesting now to 10 all the heroism of King Manuel's great-grandmother, the Du h esse d'Orléans, grandmother of Qlean Marlo Amélie, ta the toyolutiga of 1743 Sir Edward Blount, who was then in Paris, writes:-

'hurled from the mountain top, to become even tually an overwhelming avalanche, sweeping all before it. One of the most remarkable leat tars of the whole demonstration yesterday's was cot like a temperance society which was the number of aged men who came for deharsed its members fit midrinting int xicants ward to show their approbation ofthe sati usor like an anti aplum sccisty which prohibited movement by having themselves berr : of the cinty grey hairs (bat remained to them alter rely the use if opium, for under the Unmasket missed fire."

changed Costume Society it was left to the discretion of member whether they would or would not change.

a lifetime of labour.

One can well Imagins that in the case of a people like the Chinese, with whom old a s tom is an ingrained, part of the national f should hesitate to take any sudden slep which may carry with it the breach of childbood asso ciations, of family leach'ngs and traditions, ef Everything that has gone to make up not only the parscant but the national life. Yet here we have the spectic'e of rattiarchal elderars eager as the mat. ardent young student last returned from Estops to disc ied that which he bas in his heart condemned as useless and harmful for generations, pas'. Up till now, their lethargic inaction has been due to the.

LACK OF A LEADER,

Now this leader has been found in the shape of ha Anti-queue Society, they have no longer any tesitation in carrying out their own convictions. At the ceremony yesterday the patriarch of the company who came forward to qualify for memberibilp of the Soc'e'y was within four years of hwlog comp'e'ed_n con- tury It may be of laterest, by the way, to give the sames and ages of the six severend old gentlemen who graced the platform while the preliminary proceedings were in progress. They were

Wong Yeun Sum Wing Ching Kai

Kwan Yuen Cheung

Woo Yick Nam

aged 95.

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8: 79

In many places that he had visited la Jepin, he had seen some most grotesque co tumes for instar ce, a foreign beaddress, foreign lost- gras, and a Japanese middle (laugh'er) or earn. The Japanese dressed anyway they liked. They were quite independert And the Chinese should be in the same way of thinking.

Of course when it came to the matter of official dress, that was a d'fferent maiter There, conventionality had to be observed. He trustedth 1 the Society would prisper and grew in numbers.

Kr. Wan Man Fuk, a Macao merchant, ko spoke and sild that he world have cut off his queue years, go if he had thought it compat- ible to do so without d scarding the national costume. This gentleman, by the war, hat written a kind of

REVOLUTIONARY HYUN,

dedicate to the Anti-Queue Society, and caples of this affusion were hindid round neo3git the audience Mr. Won Kwai Hi, a yung quevelers student from Japan, gave the cop. cluding address, which was highly appreciated by the audience and was heartily applauded,

His speech, however, was largely couched in metaphorical allusions that are raiber difficult of translation isto English. Ona gard point hs made was this: that while some people might regard this queue-colting as a tmall matter in the march of progress is China. it had brought cut leadersy and if they could find le ders in small affis it was a happy presage reform that were to ft low. for them finding le ders in greater matters of

11 64 Au Fung Chi...........................

11 64 Li Ying Po....ne walking – 12 64 The proceedings were timed to begin at tan o'clock in the fosenoon, and punctually to the hoor the bird of the 13 h Rajsuts arrived ander Bandmaster O. T. Coke and took up stand on the verandab, whence soon isted melodious sounds, attracting large crowds to Queen's Razd in the vicisity, The Club per miser, which had been kindly leat for the occa ston, were tastefully decorated with evergreens and bunting. On either side of the Club-great thing. If the qu sue was wir.b $1,000 or house Elag flew the Union Jack and the Yellow Dragos,

As the guests arrived they re e received by Dr. Kwan, Messrs. Chin Tr Kau and Chan Po Tang, and other leaders of the Enti-quece Society; whilst Mc. B. Wong Tape, sterility of the Club, was assiduous in locking after the comfort of all-comers.

THE SPRECHES.

The speech making and the lasuural-cere- mony proper took place is the large ball of the Club, which can accommodate 303 people and warcrowded to overflowing. Dr.Kwan Sum Yin presided, and the places of honour at the top of the ball were assigned to the six ciders whose pamen are given above. Whilst the company was assembling, pamphlets were distributed, explaining the objects of the Atti queue Society, calling upon the people to discard th queue as a uselesi incumbrance, and emplo

ST. ANDREW'S DALL

ospita, and by private practitioners who have access to Rentgen installations. There is there Ime nothing new in the London demonst a lam. affections, but only for the purposes o' di igausis, The rays are not applied as a care for) tung and the part they play is to ladica's by a den. sity of shadow the portions of the long which ate cflicted. In health the lungs are a progy substance, and cffer ro resistance to the pen rating rays, but shen disease is developing the spongy tireue becomes congoiled, and con. gently it not so submissive to the light, with the result that on the photographic plate or the talten urci by the decter the part affected is shown by a shadow of deeper colour than that the surrounding parts. In this way the diag the doctor is able to ascertain almost exactly to area of the disease.

naala is assisted, and by a car:lul examination

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OLD MALAYA;

BRITISH MERCHANT'S CRUISE IN 1592.

IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS. News reached here to-day that au Imperial Hasn as the First Lord of the Admiralty and Decree has been leave 1 appointing Prince Toal. Tam Kwok-hong as Second Lord. The Minis ter and the Vic-minister of War are appolated High Commissionerand Deputy Commissioner. General Yim Chang is appolated High Com- missioner of Wat

UNSETTLED QUESTIONS,

The Prince Regent Has again urged the

others to settle the questions of Macao's de minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Na-tung, and limitation, the fo:egu lean agterment, and tha lecrease of troops in Manchuria by Russia and Japan,

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ARMY MANCHUVRES;

The automn maroavres of the troops la Kiangai province were held in Nanching on the 22nd ult. HE Feng-fu-kwai, the Gover nor of Kinngsi, was present during the

mate vres,

A NEW TAX,

The Tartar-General and Acilog Viceroy of the Two Kwonga bas wired to the Grand Council that the a impeached members of the Kwongtung Provincial Assembly bave de- cided to levy duties on wine and tobacco in order to replace the gambling tex.

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CRINA'S PARLIAM INT.

His Worship-Are you for the prosecution,

Looker?

Mr. Looker-No, your Worship, 1 am not prosecuting any more. The case in a very peculiar one and I bellove is now in the bands. of the Police,

His Worship-Are you prosecuting, Mr. Dennja?

Mr. Danny I am not prosecuting just at the moueat. The Police are represented by the Inspector. I understand that Mr. Gardiser

disk for a work's adjournment.,

appearing for the defence and is about to

His Worship-1want to hear your state- ment, Mr. Davies, is the Hongkong Hotel prosecuting or not?

Mr. Davion-No, your Worship, His Worship Then you are” prosecuting, Sergeant Will?

Sergeant Wills-Yes, your Worship; the case is mine.

His Worship-Mr. Gardiner, you, sre ́ap- Fearing for the defence?

bir. Gardiner You, your Worship... And you ask for an adjournma: 17—Yes. For how long?—I should think about a week oli suit.

Do you ask for a formal adjournmont or for a bearing ?-Formil,

Hi W.bip-If the case Is, committed it. will have to stand over to the December Sos.

ions.

Mr. Gardiner-Will your Worship remand it for four days.?

His Worship -Very wall, then, you are re- minded for four days-Baturday, at 11 0.0.

Mr. Dennys-i have not had any defuita instructions, your Worship, but 1 undarsinod that there are three charges,

His Worship-Yes.

MACHINERY IMPORIS INTO'

KOBE

BRITISH CONSULAR REPORT.

In the year 15, Captain James Lancaster set sail for the Eutt, by way of Capo of Buona Sparatza" and Zatz bir go the back- side of Africa. The squadros consisted of three all ships, Fensteps, Merchant Royall, and Edward Bonaventure, ned the Captair, as" rereadmirali, co manded the last nam Meanwhile the Duchesse d'Orid tostemtia cd. The Merchant Royall was sent back to

England, when they reached · Ágaada" de In accordance with the telegraphic mem ed at the Tuileries with her two children, the Saldanha; and.<f Ospa dos Conientes the orials presented by the Viceroys and Giver Comte de Paris, father of Queen Maria Penelope, with Capials Ralmond, the" odors of the various provinces praying for this Andic, in whose favaur Louis Philipps bad mirall," and all the officers and crew on board, early inauguration of Parliament, an Edict abdicated, and the Duc de Chartres. 01

was lost in a mighty storme and extreme has been saad oreing the shortening of February 25, bearing that the Duchesso was

gusts of wind."

the period fixed to expire-tefare to establish going to the Chamber of Deputies, with her

Captain Lancaster; having vainly sought forment of a parliament to the 5th year of children, to press the claims of Louis Philip the lost slip, continued his voyage is the suau Tong and commanding those concemed ps's grandson, and to ask for herself that she Edward Bonaventure to Malacca. The account to exert their best endeavours to make tho aight be apprised Regente, I went there

of the voyage was written from the month

necessary preparati ns. The Grand Councille with M. Ivry. When we got into the Cham-of Edmund Barker, of Ipswich, li.utenant aware thit the raising of funds has been a ber the tumult was indescribable. The

on that ship, by the scibe, Mr. Richard difficult task of late year, but as the Viceroys Duchesse d'Orléans confronted the Assembly Haklay, and the phraseology used is very and Governors and the representatives of the from a prominent position, and surveyed. the gealat and at times somewhat perplexius, people have united in praying for the speedy scene with the greatest courage.

for which reason only a few extracts w.li establishment of a parliament, it is assumed Lady Normanby wrote from Paris to Vis

be quited.

that the intentio is underlying these outward countess Causing: "Only think of the brute

la May, 1591, the Edward--Bonaventure forms of a spirit of mid ra progress are slicer. who shot at the Duchess of Orleans three times happily doubted Caps Comari without sight is frated that no retion will be taken beyond. This following information is from the report in the Chamber of Deputies, and three times she of the cast of ladie," and ran in six days pasta display of words but in that event so by H. M. Corsal-General at Koba (Mr. R. de the Nicobar Isles, also without seeing them decision will be given by the Imperial Authoil. B. Layard) on the trade of this district in 1901, to the "Islands if Games Fole, which lie tard ties, thereby aalailing a delay in the carying which was recently issued The importslot cat of the measure. As it will doubtless bs Kobe under the heading of machinery decreas upon the great Island of Somalia" "The date of the abip's arrival in Malayan waters raid that it is diffico't to aise fands owing to ed by 46 per cent of over £670,000 (yz, from way the first of fuse; yet wore told that as fack of time a further Decree has bees issued 41,403,004 in 1508 to £790,682 in 1909). In winter was approaching" with much con- odering the officials concerned to make every the imporis clelectrical machinery the proper talous weather," Captain Lancaster did not prepaction before the establishment of a par- tion cf British to German and American goods relish ibn roads open to the mansaoa and sailed, iament in accordance with the Decree pre-he Increated greatly. British electrical

machinery is much estoomed by the Japanese,~~~ after a few day's test, for the gooi harbour at viously-issued without any delay. With re

bat the manufacture: h-s always the same dite renang, where the anchorage was known to be gard to the frontier provicces, which have no safe. It may be presumed that "winter" and proper system of administration, or are not ficulty to contend with in Japan, that monsoon were synonymous terms, with sallers, thickly populated, dis:r misation should be cheapaciais.

made in their case, in their relation with the is those days Penang was reached about the middle of June, and the visitors remained there Central Provinces. It is, therefore, p'aia that till August, by which time the "water" had the same rates cannot apply to them in the passed.

sme way as they wou'd to the Central Proof Panang is described as balog then uninvinces with regard to the making of prepara babited but healthy, and Cop'ala Lancaster tions and the Viceroys and Governers of the put up some houses of a sat on the shore and provinces in question will be allowed to report sent his sick hands, who were numerous, as to what claps should be taken at frit and to recruit their strength on land. He found they should then wait for Imperial instructions the supply of fresh food for his men very small, in order that no impediment may be placed in as may be supposed when he states through the path of pregress. As these Viceroys and his lieutenant that all they could get was Governors have received tokens of Impesial "onely oisters growing on rocks, great wilks, gratitude they should do their utmost to the and come few fish which we tooke with our faithful discharge if their duties. Should any one attempt to hamper the arrangements by firs bickes."

On Penang was found an "abundance of memorializing the Throne for the early es trees of white wood, so right aud tall, that atablishment of a parliament and then neglec.ing man may make mastes of them being the performance of bis duite, he will be held responsible for any delay that might be caused hundies foot long."

in respect of the necessary arrangements.

TE 9 Ball given by up. adents of S. Andrew provėl as immense a success ** the foocllars whics have precede i it It did good to one's heart to se sd many folk trying to get the best out of life that they ponibly coull and a phil sopher might have found food for rfliction and also derived happiness from the happiness of others. The only pity is, Hongkong do:s not bast of floor recommed tlon fufficiently ampia to bold comfortably the legion of terp ichorean vota iss who occasion ally fill the City Hall besides the St. Andrew's Bail. in the case of the "forst site" when it was allempted to provide the good felt of the Colony with as archit:clues worthy of the arti prima in Orient; whereon they could g z1 with civic pr'de avery argument was exploited to bring the scheme to a hard and no term of reasining was left untouched but as far as this almost indispensable social need is concerned the charmed circle known as the Trustees of the City Hall h va relied down to a policy of tour fare with sisical indifference to the perds of the hour. Not only this but the Theatre Royal is also not above reproach and from present appearances, this 'a'e of things will very likely continue until the Millenniam is ushered is. I am afraid I have been digrers 1pg frem the subject. I think I was remaiklog about St. Andrew's Ball, I wish every success to future functions on the 30 h of November.

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"ENGLISH" OF A KIND.

The Pinang Gazette reproduces the "ollowing curious specimen of locally-written English

"My dear,

I regret extremely that I cannot falfil my promises to you on account of which you are already aware of. He personally told me yes- terday that hy is willing to take but I must salt

Although all the sick men were loaded on this uninhabited island for their heil.b, neverthelesse 6 of them died in this place

whereof John Hall our Master was one, and Mr. Kalaold Golding another, a merchant of

great ho esly and much discretion."

a

The "winter" having passed, Captain Lan.

YUAN SHIR-KAI.

fregarde costume, that was only a matter of fashion. He remembered the time when the [uxtil h› received his money which he is expect frasd bot zz of the men were fit for work, 8 of } regard the absence of Yuan Shib- ai frim the

sleeve was eight or piss irches wide; now it was only a few inches. The queus was the

3 600 a year to a mar, then, he said: "Don't _eutit!! Il_not,.cotit.£f_even_ifanly_to_

GIVE IT TỔ H'S WIFE

to put among her own (laughter). From the standpoint of health, of dignity, of comfort it remaiced for each one to decide for himself what was the most suitable costume. He thought the Ciliese "Costume" was a good ape. It was comfort ble and heality. Fut the best thing to do was to thick out a univerzal costume. There was no necessity why I should be a foreign costume when & "conperfco tume" was ref.rred to. If the Chinete ad ped a univeral costume that re commended itself as in arery way desirable, foreige nations might follow their lead and adopt it in turo. It was all a question of com sense ad comfort and convenience.

CUTTING CY THE QUEUES.

ing daily. This I krow fir a fact,

Iem willleg to pay you $-pe mensem with sense extra as coa i received the above, I'am rot forgeting your kindness for what you 1 ave dove, and as you know that I had another alternative but to depend on your arrival in the extension of time. Dou't in the least think that I am abusing your good nature, Never,

Yeur elc,

X Y. Z" There seems to be no end to ibe ingenuity of the authors of these carious specimens of the King's English, which bear the hill-mask of a peculiar variety of humour all their ons,

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LIKELY TO OUTWEIGH

considerations of quality. In machinery of ath kinds there has been a great diminution topports, due principally to the general de- pression in business throughout the country.

Many new electric light and tramway com-, paules were started during 1909, to which' cause the increase in the importe of electrical machicory is to be attributed, but the boom came to an end with the close of the year. Ap paratus and machinery for gasworks have been imported from the United Kingdom to a very large extent, but it is not likely that this exten sire importation will be maintained for

MORE THAN A FEW YEARS,

a great deal of the plant required for such under. takings being now manufactured locally: Cheap. machine tools are now being turned out. in ever increasing quantit'es by Japanese engincers which presumably satisfy require ments, although the foreign importer is of the opinion that they ers unsachfactory. Experience will show which can command tho market ports of b'cycles in the completaly mapulac ured state bava suffered a chick, only weli kat wa makes being imported to any ex-

encouraged the importation of the cheapest Brith parts for patting to ether locally, to the test, whist the demand for cheap goeds has

exclusion of the anɛshed article.

THE DOCK

Tse has been nominated, and though be a zic65

in electric light compan es increased the demied for Binish tactical wires and cables, waich are much prefared to those made ja to accept the perition, he his clessly painted out that its responsibilities will be bago me as ed by the fell strength of Pcking ofizialdem. for chrapness before quality prevents larger gat ones, and that he will need to be sopportaiber countries, bat ounce more the proldioact The difficult issues that are likely to arise in slo Thotare cow many small cable mean. connexion with for ign eftira especially call | facturing coaceras working in Japan ; only one for the guldauce which caly a strong man ol those conceras, however, competes in quality versed in diplomatic ways can give, and of with the imported goods, and this one is such the most capable is undoubtedly Yuan equipped with British machinery and has the Shib-kai. Some of the messages frm Paking survics of a British cable export. state that Dako Tsai Ta bas definitely stated that unless Yana Shib-kai is appointed to the post of Secretary for Fate'go Affairs be will net take up the cffice of President; but whilst it is hardly likely that His Highness has gone so far as that it is extremely probable that ba has mate emphatic declarations with regard

THE PLAQUE IN NORTA MANCHURIA.

-Funter advices from Nor. Manchurla give-

The difficult question o'appsia'ing a pre- tilent of the National Assembly is not yet Caster watered his ship and fitted her to go to quito settle 1, but in the attempt to settle it the sra, yet found his crew numbered only 33 and sigo ficant fact has been made clear that ther boy-the boy always survives, does basaltare ghly placed statesmen in Peking who them being sailors: No further delay could off ial circles of the capital as a serious. Icas. be allowed, however, and the passage from Prince Ching baring declined to accept the Feoing to Malacca took place, though the past of president of the Assembly Duke Tai own was sever reached, as Captain Lancaster, wao had fallen in with a rich "galeon," be loging to The Captrix of Malacca, and cap tured it after a smart fight, doubled this forces of the Tortuguese stationed there. wisely altered his course, and steered north to Junk Ceylon, or Junsalion, as he calls it.

This priza was laden with 310 passangtis, men, women and children, who escaped ashore at nightfall, and 300 buts of Canarie wine and Nipar wine, which is made of the palm tees, and raison wine which is also very strong." THE QUEUE PROBLEM SILVED..

The ship also was armed with "sixteen pieces of brasse, and carried "all kind of haberdasher I have received a quain'!, 'worded invitation

wares, as bats, ref caps kalt of spanish worl, requesting the hopon (c) of my company at

worsted stockings Enii, skoves, velvets, la father, a queue-cutting dem nitration. to-morrow morning. Now the reason why I s'ate this fact chamlets, and silks, rice, venice glasses, false and counto fell stones from venice (to deceive Is because I wish to urge those panics who are the rude Indians withal), abundance of playing to the absence of Yuan from public life. 1to the following totals of cases of the plague up inclined to make light this matter to refrain from giving a father expositico of cards, two or three packs of French paper extreme danger that threatess in Macctusia to ike 13th ult, Sundays

macy should be placed in very high office la blended the formal part of the prected ther asilaire qualities. This quesos of die a curious assortment for tropical people whether makes it necessary that a man strong in diplo lng the fact that this did not imply by any logs, and the members present were soon carding the queue for from being one to afford

At Junk Ceylon Captain Lancaster bartered Peklog, and there can be no question that the means a change of costume, which was g/fatter | swarming on to, the verančabs and lato the amusement is, on the contrary, a most forcibla trisply with the "Moores" in that island <0.filence of foreign nations in China's demer-] of discretion for each member to dec' for anterooms, whers numerous baibers were in sign of the wave of modera progress that is himself. Mr. Chao Tiz Kan read the notice waiting to cut off the queues. The i'x patel-woeplog over the length and breadth of China Exchanging Commodities from Europa frtic and diplomatic actions would be greatly Manchulj4t calling the meeting.

The Chairman said that the time bad anived archs were first of all photographed on the and a people who have at last decided that the pitch to trimme our ship," ambergris, and restored if .E. Yuan were re-instated in some

queus, which has been cherished as a 'radition the horas of the Abath. One of his prison that day upon which they bad decided to begin they could be for a long time afterwards, and in the course of c'untless certuries, is useless cra, "who did not escape, happened to know exercise his special gifts.—National Review, the cutting of the queue, and ho was pleased

to great was the press of members wishful of and cumbersome, can be capable of greater Malay and acted as interpreter. According to see the large numbers altending their discarding their queues that the neighbṛuring and more fartetching reforms. Garalons to him, the Abath was thought to be a female lasugural meeting. Dr. Kwan, who spoke in tairdressing shops in Queen's Road and alte orators have plated ad infinitum about the #Vel.icon which reamed the wilds on the mala Chinese (as did all the other speakers) give a where were bisirged. In most ins gaces, the low Peil" The caly geril that can be feared fad between Malacca and Tegu, and was very short address, but he impressed upon is loss of the queue seemed to make ro differ from the Chinese untions is a rightfal desire to highly esteemed of all the Movies in those hearers that the quego was harmful as well as

ence at all is the late wearer's personal looks; appear within the limelight of progress and parts as a most soveralgne remedis agai st useless, Amidst unstinted applause, ko pristed ja tče msjɔrty of cases thahen and yoisida | loss of part, if not all, of the foreign trade with / poison." The horns were of a brown-grey who was telling a large number of muske's to the..

who went through the ceremony i ppeared to ba Consequent lots of prestige. Chica is essential colour. who sat amongst them and who by their pre sence testified to the genuine feeling that lay behind the queue-calling movement. That, ho said, was a better argument than any he could utter for this Society's aims, because it showed that though arrived at an advanced age those gentlemen were willing to break with lifelong associulons for the sake of principle. Dr. Au Fang C, one of the patriarchs (father of Dr. An and father-in-law of Dr Wan of Hongkong) made a vigorous sp'ech in the course of which he declared that the day had come for discarding the queas with the force of the kaife" with which they had beek eɔm. pailed to grow it lo Manchu times. The queue had been

SIX RLVEREND ELDERS',

A EIGN OF DEGRADATION

for the last two hundred years and the day had come for the removal of that chain which bad been upon them for more than two centuries. this matter, they had been very careful in

verandab. The barbers were kept a busy on

smarter and raiter than before.

Of course, those who intended to discard their queues bad allowed their bair to grew long at the front and back for some time part. so that when the hints appendage was re- moved, the hair was of a uniform length all over and only requited to be trimmed, parled ard brashed la l'è customary Earrpan fashion to give the necessary fiolsh. It in cafculated ha about 1,000 members discarded their queues yesterday..

During the proceedings at the Club, refresh ments were served, and the Rej;uts' bod plaj. ed a merry selection of airs.

Ass requel to the thét of a pile of intors said to have balonged to the Duke of Wellington from Messrs Pritchard and Company's Godɔwa at Singapore the other day, it is reported by the Etrafts Echo that a European detective.com stable bastos, foed Bis for failing to arrest the thief,

ly a peaceful nation and it is far from 'likely that she will take up a belligerent kititude. This is the position as I see it, and, I hope, as every man gifted with ordinary Inteligence and some power of perception sees it.

CASUAL CRITIC.

HEAVY STORM IN JAPAN SEA.

rude Indians or not.

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office la which he would bave opportunity to

KIND OFFER TO CHINA.

DISUSED UUSKETS, FOR SALE.

On the h instant street vendor in Japan with bayoade aid to zo sen apiece was taken to custody and condemned to ten days' Afer this brief visit to Malaya, Osplaisan. caster tailed for the Nicobar Isles and home deletion. Upon investigation it was found on December:8, 1512, bis.men positively that an iron and copper dealer named Mr. declined to stay in the East any longer. They Karata Salgrattura, of Tokyo, tad bought lauded at Ryo on May 74, 1591, after a voyage from the War Office three years ago 45,000 of 17 months, during which they picked up at old Russian maskets and 5,000 Suider St. Helens one of the crew of the Marchant rifles with bayonets, at some Yen 29,700, Aforward to tr'ed in all directions to dis. Bopall, who had been left there becoming

AFOX, Once he attempted tool to continue the journey back to England. pose of the This man, Abraham Kendall by name, wis so overjoyed at seeing his old friends of tha Edward Bonaventure that he became "idte. headed" and after eight nights and days of On the morning of the 16 b last, an excep. | wakafu’nesa died from lack of sleep, tionally violent storm raged in the Japan Sea,

R. W. E. E. tates a message from Taurogs, and tremen. dous, seas swept the coast. The pier t Taluga Machl was entirely broken and several It is officially stated in Peking that the report embankments were washed away. Eouth of ed contract with American firms for the build- the River Koya, all the embankments were noting of Chinese warships have not been arrang only washed away but every ship which bad ed, and it is now considered Improbable that taken refuge thera was wrecked, Fortunately, the work will be given to the United States.

China Gritiq the larga steamers oscoped, ·

SEVERAL WRECKS.

to export them to Manchzig, but failed on ac count f the impassibility of passing, the Ces: toms at Dalten. The olbo day, when Prince Haua was, s'ajiig in Tokyo, the owner of the arms fed them to the Prince for the usa of the Chinese army and navy, but the Frince declined to tff. The owner of the arme fiding no possible use for them and sering that they were becoming rusted and useless, tried to call them through the hands of a street vendor at the absurdly lower pices mentioned above, on the occasion of the Fols f the Yasukuni Shring, and why evga prevented in thik

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عنهم

Chlacio

Russian

cases deaths casts deaths

129 16

I

2

Dalai Nor 22 Chalantuic Hailar...SMD LENZOP

Pphelt...T Tae chaleina 4 Harbin..........

Total 174 · 154- AT MANCHOULI,

At Manthoull, on the 11th ult, there were 17 Chiness and 2 Russian cases with ez Chin-. eso fatalities, besides 7 fresh Chinero cases. 1,464 people were under medical surveillance.

AT DALAI NOR. Dalai Nor Bad 1,00 people in detention fer medical surveillance, Harbin 213 people and Tring bars.

MEDICAL INSPECTION AT HARDIN, The Russian Railway management kas open. ed at Harbin Station the medical inspection of the passengers and trala crows of the tralus aniving from the wait, except the express trains.

FORTHER PRECAUTIÓN.

The management, wido awake to the danger of the tarbagao, beaver and such like no quicker medium for the transmission of the plague germs than the ordinary rat, has decided to surped until further notice the transponas ion of these animals, their carcases, skin and, Juria Dally Nomių g meat and oil manufactured therefrom. Afane