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Telegrans.

News from Tientsin,

Telegrams.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 1911

Telegrams.

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stagnant cistern in his gorden. infected ports. From the cablo like his colleague of Yunnan, will is now developing. For years Following our usual custom we sent us this morning by our receive a gentle hint from the they have had the extraordinarily will blow away this froth as un- Tientsin correspondent, itappears Throne that the agitation is complicated problems of this worthy of further attention, and that the epidemic is becoming undesirablo. The irresponsible country to solve, and while they

A strong agitation has boon SELLING OPIUM PIPES.proceed straight to business; wo very much worse. At Harbin, criminal, as a rule, is the father have not been as successful ur carried on both in the pross and

The following are taken the on the platform urging the "Poking and Tientsin Times "authorities to pass such measures of January 28:--

us will prevent the recurrence of Plague news from Tientsin the astounding scones recently City, Peking, Paotingfa, and the, witnessed in London, Tientsin-Pukon Railway line, is

Case INVESTIGATION OF CHL the NESE OFFICIALS' AFFAIRS.

THE PRIZE RING.

- WOLGAST DEFEATED.

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Tú “TELEGRAPH " CORRESPONDENT

London, Feb. 9, 0.20 p.m. Knockout" Brown has boaten

GOVERNMENT EN- -COURAGES THE OPIUM 'HABIT.

sy business advisedly because he says, the conditions aro "be of frontier trouble: it would be we could wish, there is no doubt the prevention of malaria as ofyond description", and Russian a thousand pities if irresponsibi-that.a very real advance has been that of any other disease is strict-firomen are engaged in cromating lity on the part of Canton meg made without dislocating every ly a mattor of economy in tho the dead bodies of victims "a chants should complicato mattors day life. The Assembly wish to futuro wolfare of the colony, and hundrod at a time." Yesterday, into the region of an international hurry matters, forgetting that the

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we wish to profaco aur remark by too, there were more than one difference. to strongthoning the hands of the the spread of the plugue in the to offer is given only with a view is with alar, also, that we noto saying that any criticism we have hundred deaths at Mukden. It

JAPAN'S SHIPPING PROSPECTS.

(0th February.) As we stated in our new the columns recently, the Japanese playing a great deal of activity shipping community are di

emphasizes in a tragic way the Wolgast in a very fast boxing beliovos our local authorities, if the exchequer the capital ox- from this scourge of the East people is far from boing indon-

necessity for Europeans coming into close contact: with plaguo cases or contacts taking the most complete precautions.

bout.

.....

Diggor Stanley has also been defonted.

Ilis conqueror, was Tommy

O'Toole..

THE PLAGUE. ACTION BY JAPAN AND

it that all tho pipes and other goar sorzod are destroyed and not put into the second-hand market and so made casily obtainable by victims of the habit.

restricted.

measures

HONGKONG DAY BY DAY.

communication with

Cablo

Macao is interrupted.

Her Imperial Majesty the Dowager On Wednesday, the birthday of of China, was celebrated.

While the Hongkong Govern conspicuous by its absence. We THE SHANGHAI CRISIS. the Home Administration's fullest tuent are ostoasibly carrying out

grent mass of the people are wish we could feel confident··

so ignorant that ovon the sim- that no

intontions with reforonco to the in this 10Ws

suppression of opium smoking, it Tho-average cost of a patient made its appearance in no less

plest attempt at guidance, such Government in the matter meant good news.

Tientsin district and that it is In

as the numbering of houses, or is rathor strange to notice ono light of what is happening else-

the taking of a census, arouses where, however, one can hardly:

["BHEUNG PO" SERVICE]

glaring inconsistency in their con- suffering from malaria inen Gothan twenty-three new contres

thom to riot. It is safe to say thist expact that the numerous enses re-

duct of the measures to eradicate dien, and the average stay in Dalny also contributo to

ernment hospital is $2.34 per the noighbourhood. Chefoo and Poking, Fob. 9.

tho legislation, the noecssary legislation, which the Assembly ported from the above-mentioned Su Fu and Ching Tack Chnen the Contral Station this morning the habit. In the compound of

contemplatos. would appear to places have no infection, and have telegraphed to the Puchipu there was one of the periodical days. Any roduction in the an- Hongkong has escaped so far

of their rights. A generation, nt hospital of such case is 6.3daily death-roll. How on earth

then an unhond-of infringement that no further deaths buvo requesting that another official sales by public auction of articles anal number of patients treated passoth understanding, forstenm just now, They recognise that least, must olapse before they will taken place. In the Austrian be appointed to assist in the soized by the Police during raids,in hospital is a direct saving toors from the infected ports have in the next fow years a question be able to give intelligent sup- throo woman and a child, have Choi Ni Wong, the ox-Taotai and nover claimed, or coming in. any year may be calculated from regularly of late without any slinll command the trade of the few years the Assembly will.bo Concession Isolation Ifospital investigation, into the affairs of handed over to them as lost goods the Government of a sum which been coming into our Harbour that to then spells life or death port to Government schemes of died within the Inst three days. of Shanghai, in order that tho to their possession in some other figures of the earlier preventive posed; and it is an accopted Pacific. The South Sea islands botter omployed in making slowly line to be settled namely, who improvement. During the next The situation in the Yungpingfu enquiry should be impartial,

the above data. To take the quarantine restrictions being im district is worse, and there are

way. The Viceroy of the Two Kinng other points on the Mukden is said to be too friendly, to- of articles offered for sale this in the yours 1904/6, inclusive, tlunt a community that is subject are the only possible telds for will go to complete the edifice of

"Amongst the "olla podrida"

measures of the Government: opinion of the medical fraternity and North and South America those legislative bricks which route where cases have occurred, wards the ox Tagtai. As for Mukden itsolf the figures

morning was a grout quantity of $3,885, after a capital expendi- such as we have experienced in interesting to note that the Ja-Hasta in the process will result in the Government saved in this way to bubonic plague epidemics, Japauose expansion, and it is the now Constitutional China. which we published yesterday,

opium-smoking paraphernalia, in- sixty casos and forty-eight deaths,

chiding some 200 pipos, with tare of $61,000 in anti-malarial Hongkong in past years, is equal-panese Shipowners Guild are a building out of plumb, in gen- indicato. only too elonly how

lamps, trays, and so on. These for the porio. Recognising this, pneumonic plague, such as is of development. This is brielly ple and a consequent danger of measures—a return of 6 per cent. ly susceptible to opidemic proaching the Italian principle oral disappointment to the peo serious the situation is become there. The sad death of Dɛ.

were all offered unreservedly and the Government has continued its raging in Manchuria and aprond- described as first, giving the re-action, which would hold back fetched good prices as prices go anti-malarial measures up to the ing gradually South. Jackson, a young man with high

at the Police auction sales.

Should it greatest possible support to China for many years from the medical credentials who recently

It can hardly be doubted that presont late, an acknowledged by invade our Colony, the plague emigration, and, socundly, using position which she may rightly joined Dr. Christio at Mukden,

these piros, etc., find their way the head of the Sanitary Departing ground. In Hongkong we

the Director of Public Works and would find a very prolific breed every effort to attract foreign hope to occupy. back into the opium dons either

visitors. The profit obtained by here or in Canton and surely it ment, but owing-to-deficiencies have already suffered so terribly Italy from the emigration of her. they intend to carry out opium Penditure has had to be grievously that no proventive

siderable. Her home population, abolition in the Colony, to seo to

however exacting and no expen- in the first place, has been ronder considered by the entire populatimo Italiaus abroad send hone diture however heavy will be red less dense, while at the same tion as excessive so long as the large sums of money. Then, tho droad disease be kept away from emigration keops large numbers our shores. It is a peculiar fact of talion steamers en loyed, not that the Telegraph appears to only a passenger boat, but also be the only local paper which has sparriers of the goods needed by publishod unvarnished truths Italy'ssons in foreign lands. Large about the incidence of plague in as the profits obtained, from this the North. Our Tientsin corres-source ure, however, those from pondent is one of the best known the second are far greater. The journalists in the Far East, and amount received by Italy from his telegraphic mossages may be foreign visitors annually amounts. ato. There have been plague dollars. They may arrive in the takon as boing absolutely accur to close on a million and a half epidemies before in China-both country by steamers flying tho in the North and in Canton-that lags of other nations, but they have been carefully kept guarded almost invariably use Italian for our part we see no reason Japanese business men who can from outside knowledge; but steamers when departing. The at Swatow has reported to tho

why the plain facts should be to the mercantile marine of tho ceipt of a despatch from the In this connection we congratu- think that the best world inter-similarity between the situation future welfare of the community, suppressed. On the contrary, we country recognise many points of French Consul at the former port late Dr. Fitzwilliams in. calling ests are to be served by making of Italy and their own. Both tions, the Shakespearian Evening. stating that a French emigration agent has approached him with attention to the fact that anti-public the real state of things, countries have rapidly increas of the Union Church Literary a view to getting Chinoso labourers from Swatow for Saigon to work mended in May, 1909, have beon ticular to be kept in touch will almost entirely on their ship- February 9th to February 23rd.

malarial measures first recomand it bohovos Hongkong in paring populations, both depend Club has been postponed from in the rubber plantations. On postponed till 1912 for further the trend of events anent the ping, both are attractive to receipt of this report, II.E. the Vice-sk, is it wise thus to tainper with making its way southwards. We of Japan. increases annually by consideration, and we, seriously plague epidemic that is steadily foreign visitors. The population roy asked for the opinion of the the malarial insurance policy of were glad to see that the Exe-about 600,000 and for this reason, His Excellency is afraid that thoro nent of premia already overdue? when attention was called to people must be sent abroad as Canton Chamber of Commerce, as the colony by delaying the pay cutive Council acted at once if no other, a large number of may be ovils attending the emig-We will not strain the analogy the danger, and we trust that emigrants if the country is not to ration of Chinoso labourers to further, but will conclude with the measures already taken by find itself hopelessly congested. foreign dominions. The Chan the remark that such a course of the Sanitary Department will This, emigration will vitalise ber has wired to the Chinese procedure in business circles re- prove effective in keeping the Japanese shipping, while the merchants of Saigon asking sults in the policy becoming void. Black Death away from our Co-passenger traffic to the country them to institute thorough and minute enquiry into the matter

lony,

should be a source of great profit. before a reply is given to the

Japan's nood is urgent, and if we French Consul,

may judge by recent develop ments she fulle recognises it, and is determined to fight for her place on the Pacific.

Yangpingu, Jan. 25.--Tho military, havo offered further medical help in tonnexion with- plagun precautionary measures, But the civil afficials whoin I have, seon again to-day have gone back on all their promises, So, though| the villages are guardod, no pro parations have babu mado for pationts. Ton deaths from plagnò are reported from a village fifty li to the west.

RUSSIA.

INDEPENDENT NEWA" AGENCY.]

Tokyo, February 10th. The Japanese Imperial Diet hasapproved of the Government's Jan. 26-Thoro wore four) an additional Budget so as to pro- proposal for the introduction of plague deaths yesterday, close to vido funds to be used in the sup- the city, one at a now centro.pression of the plague epidemic in There is, one suspect caso inside Manchuria."

the city. A proclamation which

has been issuod contains advico regarding sanitation, and reepin-

YUNNAN..

SAIGON RUBBER.

ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE CHINESE LABOUR.

[Tur "TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT

Canton, Feb. 9.

An attempt is being made to Chinese labour for the rubor plantations in French

Indo-China.

The Diplomatic Commissioner

tion to the Government for such While giving the above recogni anti-malarial measures as it has as yet undertakon, we feel it our boundon duty to criticise this rostriction in expenditure. The statistics of malarial incidence in the Colony especially during the past year urgently call for further and immediate expenditure, Wo wish to place on record our opinion that in noting but not immediately giving effect to the Army medical department, the expert advice of the Hond of the medical head of the Sanitary do- partment and the other medical officers connected with the Suni taking upon itself a serious re- tary Board, the Government is

monds a Chinose sweating modi- VICEROY ASKS FOR MORE Canton Vicoroy that he is in responsibility with regard to the

TROOPS.

cino in caso of útfiek by' plagud and the burning of a second modicino for fumigation.

I" Susuno Po" SERVICE] Puotingfu, Jan, 20, Thero are no cases of plague hore, though

Peking, Fob. 9. Viceroy L of Yunnan hus tele- many have died at a village graphed to the Throne stating thirty-five li distant. Alotention that the British troops operating camp is to be opened here to on the frontior are gaining morrow at the railway station, † ground. and all arrivals by train will bo placed in quarantine for fivotion, and asks the Thurono to in- He is anxious about the situa- days. The Chilli Pravincial Col-stract the Viceroy of Szechuan to lego has laid in supplies for three send as many troops as he can months, and the gutes will be spare to Yunnan, closed whenever a case of plague is reported in the city.

The plague situation in Tientsin. does not seem to develop at the expected speed. Wecan hear of no further cases in the City, while in the Austrian Concession the

CANTON GAMBLING.

["Burung Po" Sarvica.)

Canton, Fob. 0: Viceroy Chang has shown to

the total cases, and deatlis, stand the gentry a telegram from the at four men, four women and one child, all due to contact with Tuchipu, in which it agrees to the original victim in the isolato suggested date for the sup-

papers.

PRINCE KUNG. ALLEGED ASSASSINATION

PEKING SCHOOLS SHUT.

Mr. Kong Kwak Wa, a student

tion hospital aro six men, two pression of gambling, and de-at tho Poking Railway College; women and three children. nounces reports to the contrary who has arrived in Hongkong on A communication from Harbin which appeared in Canton his way to Canton, states that all dated January 22 states that the

thio collogos and schools in the average numbor of deaths in the Ohinose city have beon 120-130

capital have been closed owing daily for the past week. Forty

to fears entertained of the plague or fifty die in the hospitals and the

spreading. remainder are picked up in the, streets by the Sanitary Corps. There are forty to sixty deaths daily in the Russian Settlement, but all are Chinoso. The greatest

The Ministry of the Interior difficulty is experienced in finding hibiting the people from circulat- has issued a proclamation pro- accommodation for contacts.

ing the rumour of the alleged. assassination of Prince Kung.

RUMOURED..

[BELUNG PO SERVICE]

Poking, Feb. 9.

The object of this paper is to publish correct information, to serve the truth and print the news without four or favour.

THE

Hongkong Telegraph

PLAGUE IN THE NORTH,

BURMAH AND CANTON.

FESTINA LENTE.

5th inst. 21,039 Chinoso visited During the wook ending the the Museum at the City Hall,

Consul at Swatow, has arriv

Dr. van Borch; the German

King Edward Hotel. Hongkong and is staying at the

Loongeang on Tuesday at 9a.m., Passengers arriving on tho

Junios B. Shouldice, Sgt. C. Lin- included St. John B. Walker, denberger and N. E. Kellogg.

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Owing to various considera-

2 children, No. 3 Coy, H.K.S.B.. One Havildar-Major, 1 woman, R.G.A., left the Command for 4th inst. (posting to Singapore on Singapore, por 8.8. Fooksung,. on promotion).

Toncher, Garrison Infants School, Garden Road, is appointed As- Misa B. Smith, Acting Pupil

sistant Teacher in the Garrison Infants' School, Kowloon, vice Miss J. Brown, resigned.

Mr. F. J. Halton, ageut of the Pacific Mail, returned on Wednes day by the Yorck, after an absence of many weeks. Hohas been down, South, and went as far as India in the Company's interests..

(10th February.) young man in a hurry," applies The band of S. M. S. Soharn-

The famous description, "A in great fullness to the body of horst will give a popular concort Chinese opinion represented at on Saturday at the Theatre Royal, Peking by the National Assembly. and on Friday the 17th a classical It has indicated a desire for re-concert at the City Hall (under form so furious that it is not the direction of Herr Richter). unlikely to defeat its own ends. The danger has been recognised councillors, who have

Dr. J. Benevides, inspector of by the Prince Regent and his tho Banco Nacional Ultramarino, preaching the need of care in the tion of the Macao branch of the been having finished with the inspec making of legislation. In this Bank, is returning to Lisbon by they will have the support of all the next English mail, thinking men, for the bold at- titude" of the Assembly, as the

Timos Poking correspondent Kadoorio School, gavo a lecture Mr. P. Currio, of the Ellis points out, threatens to paralyse last evening at the Chinese the government, and unless a YMCA, the subject being. wise and strong ruler arises;--to "Queensland." "The speaker had injure instead of saving a great some very fine lantorn slides,

Queensland." Empire, closed in on every side furnished by the Government of

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(7th February,), From the telegrams that have

*(8th February.) * in our columns, it will have been situation on the Burmah-Yunnan been appearing from day to day Tho information regarding the seen that the incidence of plague frontier is, unfortunately, very in the North has assumed very meagre; but it is clear from the grave aspects. The Chinese agitation among the Chinese that Government as a rule are totally the status quo in the interior has wanting in the direction-of-tak-been somewhat rudely disturbed, ing suppressive measures when As our telegraphic news from plague or any other contagious native sources states, a force of disoaco becomes epidemic, but it British troops has entronched it is a sign of the times that on this self in Chinese territory; the occasion they have shown signs people are "agitated"; and the of activity by stopping, the ser- Cantonese, in their best Cantones- board to Peking. That this will whore angels, with good reason, vice of trains from the sea- que manner, are stepping in prevent the pest from invading might fear to troud. Trouble of the Capital we earnestly trust, some sort undoubtedly exists, but it boloves the Chinese autho- but the causes of frontier out- rities to go a great deal farther breaks are seldom, if ever, pro- in instituting measures.calculated portionate to results, and in the to stop the progress of the dread present instance the Contonção disease. So far, wo in Hongkong lavó assumed an attitude that have been fortunate in kooping would complicate the most trivial the plague outside our bound- differences between officials on aries. Yet as a matter of fact, the contiguous borders. We know visitation of the scourge more of a punitive nature has boon by highly-organised forces and Colony has been saved from a that a British expeditionary force by good luck than good guid- operating close to Chinose terri-wonkoned during the ages by cor- (6th February.)

For it was not until tory, but no reliable nows of any ruption and ignoranco, Never- The malarial discussion at the the "Telograph" had brought kind whatever has come to hand theless it is indicative of the sul-General, in company with recent mooting of the Sanitary under the notice of the medical which would justify either the reality of the awakening of China Vice-Consul-Chancellier M. Fail.

Mons, Liebert, the Fronel Con Board reminds us that in alo of authorities the arrival hore of a trepidation of Vicoroy Li of Yun- tlat an oriontal people should lard, visited the Scharnhorst and ever occurs a supernatant froth thern port without quarantine boing now engineered at Cauton. lente sound and healthy brew there stoomor from an infected Nor- nan or the anti-foreign agitation love to listen to a "Festina Minotaur this afternoon shortly consisting of gas entangled in the exemption-although already sho The latter city; as our correspon ernment..

from its own Gov-after three o'clock. They were Mr. Winston Churchill, in TWO WARSHIPS TO GO TO We are reminded of this chiefly by Tsingtau unless alie underwent situation as dangerous, and the bo hiding under an expres

less consistent part of the liquid. had been rofused entrance to dent there reports, regards the tor, it is true, may very well by the warships. .'

Units of the lat received with the usual salutos view of the recent uffray at Houndsditch, when a number

LONDON,

the want of local knewodge of the quarantine conditions of harbour-editors of the local newspapers sion of anxiety their objection to of policemen were killed by "INDEPENDENT NAWG" AGzscr.] of the Bourd in complaining of adopted here.

subject exhibited by ons number age-that practical monsurosworo have been, "requested to write all change; but we believe that the yesterday, Captain W. A. Mearns,

At St. Joseph's R.C. Churchi.. foreigners, has made adeclaration that the Government word pre-

Tokyo, Feb. 10.

the "pilling

After the warn-articles so as to stir up the people." Regent and Councillors, who are who is attached to the Military Hos pared to make a promise that has decided to send two warships by the reply of the former summoned meeting of the Ex- to take the form of a boycott are grontly in the majority. But Boll, R.E., gave away the bride. The Japauoso, Imperial Diet malaria was doalt with, and alsc "Telograph," there was a hastily from a reliable private source, is now spirit ulong careful channels, Miss Koogh, Captain H. L. G. way in which ing noto had boon sounded by the The "stirring up," we are nurod roally desirous of directing the, pital at Kowloon, was married to legislation would immediately bo to London to represent Japan's Buporintendent of the Afforests ocutive Council, witli the result Nothing has occurred to justify they look with some trepidation There was a large number of forthcoming to deal with the lost at the Coronation of His tion Department to the plaint of that Chefoo, Chiuwangtao and so drastio a stop, and we trust at the high rate of speed the un- friends present at the wedding. question of aliens in England, Majesty King George V. Colonel Bedford concerning a Tsingtau were declared to ho His Excellency Chang Ming Chi, wieldy machina of Chinese opinion ceremony.

Precautions in Corea. The Government - General of Korea has sont instruction to all Custom Houses in Korea setting forth the preventive measures to be taken against black plugue. All imports of soya bean, Inilian corn, and other food stuffs, from Manchuria is prohibited for the time being.

ALIENS IN ENGLAND. LEGISLATION PROMISED.. Iron "Tezconaen" CÓRKEAPONDENT ↑

London, Feb. 9, 0.20 p.m.

RUSSIA'S MEASURES.

TO STOP EMIGRATION. "INDEPENDENT NEWS AGENCY.]

Tokyo, Feb: 10.

burg that the Russian Govern- It is reported from St. Peters mont has decided to stop all transportation of emigrants to the Far East owing to the plague.

JAPAN AND THE KING'S CORONATION.

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'ONORONO, FRIDAY, FEU. 10, 1911.

HONGKONG AND MALARIA

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