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Telegrams.

London, April 12, A messago from St. Petersburg states that the Budget Committee has approved of a grant of fiftoon millions sterling for additions to the Black Sea Floot.

London, April 18th.

Tho House of Commons ins adopted the first clause of the Voto ill by 149 votes against

78.

London, April 19.

A ten round contest took pince hotwoonPacky" Macfarlane and Tom Murphy.

The forinor gained the decision on points..

London, April 19, 7,5 a.m. The Sultan of Morocco as

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with the knowledge which their fu, similar to that now in open success lins given them thint in the, tion on the West Rivor.

foronco ti Diplomacy has before now made a war. Cor.

Hongkong Telegraph words of the Scripturos while. This motor boat traffic is tain. In opposition to the wishes

The City and Suburban linndi-pagne districts in France have ombroso, Šaren, Arbil 22, 1911. faco, of the earth," He las ulso of forgiga morchandise which certain, nareidablo, because cap, run off to-day, has rosulted been completely invested under as follows:

military law.

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Mushroom..... Domosthenes Bronzino ... Singaporo, April 20, 1.55 p.m.. In the notion preferred by the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Co., Lal, at Singapore, last month, against Williana Bay Jefferson, judgmont las boon given for the plaintiffs for one dollar, bat no costs. wore awarded.

London, April 19, 7.5 am. Tolograms to-day atato that negotiations aro boiug opened by tho. Mexican Government for an

armistico with the rebels.

"God hath made of one blood all important inasmuch as it affords of the pooplo it has over yot nations of men to dwell on all the opportunities for the introduction avoided ono. It has nindo war "detormined the bounds of their otherwise, by reason of the excos most of its work consists of whis habitation," an onding to this, sive freight charges, would be ex- porings in dark corners, is carried THE CHINA OF TO-DAY. passage which is not generally cluded, but its most important out in the awful hush of stato quoted. The now treaty may bo uspoet, perhaps, is that it is a soorooy, drains from itself suston-. said to be based on this Biblical visible oxpression of the desire of ance, like the camel. There is no (15th April.)

admonition. Ench hand is to Chinese business mon in this part nood for this. A diplomat is not. The Chinn of to-day prosents a develop its own indigenous civilis of the country to secure improved a Man in an Iron Mask. He is London, April 20th,5.45 p.m.

sorry spectacie to the world.ation and accept only the immigra moans of transportation. The un able citizen given the right of In the Chamber at Consun. There is anarchy within; distrust in which it casi assimilats. Wo growth of transportation is the do-expressing his country's opinions tinople the Foreign Minister, without, and it would be danger need hardly emphasise the admir-minant feature of the business and invasted with the any of Rifaat Pasha, has ninde a state us to proplicoy the oxat lince able principle involved, but it gives outlook in South China, and guneling his country's rights and mont on the country's foreign hor destiny. There are sym of the middle of the nineteenth casts a rosy light over our is once for Star Cliam- upon which so will carve out the coup do grace to the dreamers à confidence in the trador developing its commerce. Thoro policy.

Referring to Forsia, he said that lands are ready to give her to ben grout melting pot, in which

pathetic oyes watching hor, and

century that the world was going | cofunorojal futuro,

bor methods. Either he has Turkey desired t sen strong strongth when hor administra- all the rates of the earth would

right on his side or he has not, and independent Porsia, and tho.

Ainorien saw the truth of this only question in dispute was the tors realize to the full the gravity miggle together, to their intitul

immediately after its re-birth. of the prosent situation and have poace, happiness and prosperity.

(19th April)

What is known as “shirt-slquvo delimitation of the frontier.

The Minister announced the faithful conception of the musses Whether the disappearnce of this

The average Wostornor" re diplomacy was presenteil to the a dumping world by that nation. The god permanent or, in the first place, ground for his products. For braid and the court sword took a Porsiau Commission of Deliinit-nowly-born national spirit. The ation, but said the reply of the task of the Poking authorities is no to be welcomed is a question t'nt many hundreds of yours he socondary place in Washington's The case was one which was Porsian Government had not yet mon one, and although it seemsundor the circumstances few will has been steadily increasing administration in preference to at the moment that it is difficult of attempt to answer. As far as one his imports to the noighbouring direct and common-place methods

Defendant succeeded on the

counterclaim and secured coats.

Mr. Justivo Fisher criticised the harshoss of the nature of the

HOME PRODUCTION.

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gained a great victory over the agreement malo when the engage proposed appriatment of a Turco- who are yearning to oxprosside from the mind of inn is gards China as

rebels.

́Al the head of his army, Jac cording to tolograms from Fan- gior, le, was retiring on Foz from

munt was entered into.

Notice of appeal was given.

the Shorarda country whore, horguod at groat length before been recoived. had been oporating when he was Mr. Justice Fisher, at Singapore, Bombay, April 21st, 7.25 a.m. The riots which laivool inte been intercepted by the rebel forces.o March 28th, whon Mr. A furious battle was fought, the Upcott appoured on behalf of taking place in the champagne Sultan proving victorious.

the Eastern Extension, Australa- country, involving the destruction The situation, has greatly in-sin and China Telegraph Com of a large quantity of bottled wine, provol in consequence.

claim for alleged breach of dam-hawe now boon temporarily quiet pany, Limited, in support of a and the devastation of vineyards, London, April 18th. The appointment of Mr. W. D.ages brought against Mr. William encd. Barnes, foxident at Pahang, as Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, is gazetted.

Tokio, April 18.

Hay Jefferson, for whom Mr. Gaunt appeared and who counter- claimed for the roturs of certain monjes paid into a provident

It is reported here that the rail-fund, way loan to China from Great It was alleged that, by an Britain, France, Germany and agreement, dated May 28, 1909,

Some 150 of the mou's loaders, including sovorni vine-drossers, have been arrested, and the auth eritios are now investigating the origin of the outbreak.

Bunbay, April 21,7.25 am.

solution, thore must rise a man or

mon who will bouble to command sympathy as well as confidence, disintegration. The recent trage and thus save the Empiro- from dy in Canton, to our mind, seems to an outward indication of a misguided but carnest propa- ganda which finds enthusiastic adherents in various parts of China, and particularly outside its con fines. It is an outward sign of the spirit which is being fostered, unfortunately, in varying dogroes,

Bocieties which for ages past havo.

desire Imbuol with a Are

can judgo ut prisent racial differ- encas are recognised in order that racial antipathies may be lessened. mont mud is not incompatible with This is amostattisfactory arrange the brotherhood of nian" theory. Even, brothers often desire to dwell a little apart.

· TRANSPORTATION IN SOUTH CHINA, (18th April.). The development of transports-

along the West River and in the

country. They were needed; of solving the problems of the many are still nooded; but as is people. Much cheap ridiculo only intural tho Chineso nooding was directed against the chatigo ask themselves with increasing poseoful, failed to see how it theso things are loginuing to Diplomacy, which is inherently volemence why they should not would be successful without its produce them themselves. The court sword and other trappingo, dilution of a monopoly is always Preaching peace, it hates publi a matter of serious import-to city,the strongest motive of the monopolist. The Western peace. The spokesman of univer monopolist in China to-day sees sal brotherhood, us it, in, it has his position threatened by changes failod, and is now failing to realise which are the logical outcome of that suspicion is disarmed wliore the lessons which, for so many there are no attempts at coucoul market. Always the world goos Diplomacy is the actual mani-

The Madrid soution of the by the large number of secretion in South China, notably yours lio hus boen teaching his mout, America, known on the Quadruple entered into by the defondant Spanish pross, Qubracing proexisted in China. The people Shan States near the Burmali yound incircles and we are rapidly | fostation of humanity's passionate Loan, has been complotod, and the plaintiffs, the defon-ininent Liberal and Conservative. socurities that have boon provid-15pirTM Cuimpany-for-three-yoursmpaign against, the Franen rise to a higher plane,rontior, is worthy of detailed roaching the point on the circus: I dosiro to live in peace. The loud-

No news is to land as to thodant ngrood to serve the Teló-organs, is conducting in vigorous | ed, nor have the foreign advisers from that date, subject to Spanish ontente, and recommends but the lines adopted are not al- boon solooted yot.

Nowspapers bero are not con- menting definitely on tho subject,

Poking, April 17

The Chinose industrial body

will lonvo Shanghai for Japan in

Poking, April 18,

Octobor.

on

çertain conditions stipulated in mother document signed August 3, 1904, under which he was willing to sorve the com-

ways

a rapprochent or even an age-idons of progress in civilization mont with Germany,”

Poking, April 20. Viceroy Hi Liung, of the Three

time

comment. As we pointed out in this column some little efforts in this direction linya to do ngo the most notable with the extension of motor-bout services. Thcso have been num-

ference of the wheel whenco China er, therefore, it preaches its gospel, will chatigo roles; and from-im-the-moro-likelihood of success at ducer of many and exporter of froo from the desire to "pretend," porter of all things become pro- tending its efforts, Fow of us aro mach that she now buys abroad. but we may in justice expect that Among the many new industries men who represent us before this

pany for another five years Irom Hastorn Provinces, proposuit the demands of other nations, erous and important on the Wost that have made their bow to the world should have a inore definite

of

the date of the signing of the first

industries in his provinces,

The President of the Board of

agroement, Mr. Jeffuckón wont to

activities should take than that which suggests to children the

The Governor of Turkestan Australia on leave and returned Financo his rofused to consider lions who speak different dialects have boon in operation for some surely and stondily beating down game of Pussin tho Corner.".

In telegraphed to Peking urging the Throne to put aside funda for the reorganization of the

officials to Turkostan,

1910, continuing in the service of to the Colony on February 6,his proposal,

the plaintiff company until May $1, 1010, when it was alleged, he

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Chinn is a poculiar sinner in this respect. Her diplomacy, as the producer of a Babel, probably is without comparison. She por

ations, "Shirt-sleeve" diplomacy with her own of failings and oblig.

in consonance with our

Weak in every way, she has been forced to comply with whenover her diplomacy her into conflict with the Power,

Hor administrators of the mill-more will be established shortly.tant for the momenture the wool

Suele means of communication weaving concerns. They are are by no means in keeping with a time past between Wuohow, Nan- the opposition of the wool imports Poking, April 20.

progressivongo. Thorendersofhor

ning and Pal-sieh, and a tonta- and capturing the local markets, Prince Tini Tho has strongly pross are overy day regaled with tive service on similar lines There is, for instanes, the Shihai criticised the regulations for The national rios of sad it is, or actually has boon, opened mill at Shanghai. It produces 874 army, and to dospatch railitary | wrongfully left tho sorvico of the formation of the provisional Now claves being hold abroad with between Naming and the frontier yards of cloth daily, or 202, 320 sists in playing blind man's buff view to the partition of the Empire,

words of Mr. Commissioner to supply cloth for the immediate Yosterday the Board of Interior, which dunnages had been sufforod, China will be the laughing stock troops, &e. Rancour and hostili Lindholm of the Imperial Maritimo local market, though it hopos soon is urgently needed... Tho floront

Ho, said, if this is adopted, of frontier troubles, of intruding word put of Langehow. In the yards yourly. Its main object is

ty against the foreigner atro Customs at the latter place, these to be in a position to cater for the do ency of humanity calls out of the foreign nations.

Poking, April 20.

roligiously cultivated, and while

efforts to arouse interest of some Government trade. The factory is for someone to take cliarge of the. Viceroy Li, of Yunnan, has there is among the massos, as

practical usefulness would yotundor a Chinese superintendent, fortunes of our great neighbour, telegraphed to Poking stating that woll as in this, placos of Peking have been as futile as those of yore who has four Europeans under someone who in the spirit, of a the troubles caused by the robels a natural suspicion of the for- had it not been for the initiative him, but these latter will be dis penitent at the feet of civilisation, in the provinen havo

eigner, no serious effort is being and energy shown in this cause by pensed with shortly. The wool will undertake the great, Lask suppressed,

made thint China should save some of the younger native mor- used tuobtained from North China. of removing the cloak of pretence, horself, by industrial and com-chants hore." It is to be hoped About 250 native labourers are the covering of diplomacy, from mercial dovolopment. Therein

promise. the shoulders of a people of figh

Poking, April 19,

Peking, April 19,

company in breach of the terms

of his agreement, tie rosult of

Cabinet.

the Commandor of the Infanter, and the Mayor of Shun-tion, re-money to Australia, amounting to It was maintained that passage ceived private instructions. from $182.97, and travelling allow the Throne i arrost in ebrtains covering author sadne, official, an actor, and suo others, un rider, and her The orders were duly execute, defendant returned from his holi- but the cause of the arrest of those day another suni amounting to persons is unknown,

$287,D1 was advanced in respect

Peking, April 20. " to the fure and expensos. · During

The President of the Interior the period on which he was on proposes to send deputies to the lough, the Telegraph Company various provinces to investigate said that his salary and allow the nurchical movement in ancos totalled $1,499,59, and by China. Peking, April 19. reason of the alleged breach of Yesterday the Empress Do: contract they had had to bring wager, of China gave a grand out an assistant from England at reception in bone of the wives a cost of $600. That amount, of the foreign ministors in Poking together with $1,150, and such in the palace. All the royal her damages as might be princesses were present, and two awarded, wore claimed against Tadios in waiting acted as inter- Mr. Jefferson. prolors,

The plague has completely dis- appeared from l'aking, and the association for combatting the plague has boon dissolved..

;Peking, April 19, Peking, April 19. Prince Tsai Tsun, the First The Chinese Government is Lord of the Admiralty, is about to negotiating with The British proceed to Choking to establish Government about the cancella-a naval base at Chang Shan. tion of the treaty' regarding the

Peking, April 19. gradual decrease of the importa-

Tho provisions contributed by tion of opium into China,

The British Government has instructed Sir John Jordan to open up negotiations in Peking with the Chinoso Government,

the various provinces for the maintonance of the troops in Ili have not arrived,

It is reported that the troops avo on the vergo of mutiny.

Peking, April 19, Viceroy of Yumman has telegraphed to Poking stating vanced as far as the Hung Wah that the British troops have ad- River.

Peking, April 20.

The Board of Interior has tele- graphed to the Viceroys, Gover nors and Tartar Generals to take every precaution against the spread of the anarchical move- ment,

Bombay, April 21, 7.25 a.m.

substance..

would have to be

communica-

HONGKONG AND THE CORONATION.

since con

provod asuccess someenterprising Again, at Lanchow, Kansul, a we believe, los the salsin-pot own the motor boats have employed, half boing women.

Lonas are native tion of China.

business poople will similar factory has been started. will lift her above temporary emly consider the question of motor-although the machinery had been boing negotiated for which

turn their attention to and serious-It bagan to work only last year barrassments, but hor conquest must be not over any greedy and carriage communication between imported from Europe several Lungchow (or Yasluiton) and yours ago, At Wuchang also

Our readers will have read with meddling Powers, but over the Namkwan, i. o., the railhead of the there is a Chinese woot-mill colossal ignorance of her people Tonkin system on the frontier. using Japanese machinery, inforòst the long letter entitled The distanco is less than 15 miles, while at Chingho and Tiontsin, Hongkong and the Coronation" and the rapacity of her officials.

and though the already existing, tho нашо industry is in which appeared in yesterday's A WORLD CHANGE.

fairly good road no doubt operation. Cotton mills are issue, but We would draw improved also numerous and are very rapid- special attention to two of A Washington, messa jo states

(17th April)

and kept in repair, this couldly increasing. There are at the the points made by the writer. The recently ratified treaty bo- probably be dona at a that the Mexican reply to the

roas-prosent moment in China nearly In very happy phrase lie cost. While heavy, two thousand modern looms for says: American domand for restrictween America and Japan will onable tive measures on the frontier, as have a radical effect upon inter-bulky cargo should come by the manufacture of cotton fabrics, sideration for and sympathy with handed in by President Taft, is, national politics. It for the first boat from Nashan this project This, of course, is a hopelessly the afflicted is pro-pminently a according to the Mexican ambas tine marks the recognition by od motor carriage line would inadequate nuunbor to turn out Kingly quality, (Rome at». sador, friendly both in form and nations of the principle that they handle light froight, parcels, the amount needed by the Empire,tempt might be made to render

may exclude whom they will," and particularly passengers but it is a beginning and from the innates of the public hospi Poking, April 20. That is to say, that all countries and their luggago. Without the acorn grow the oak.

tals temporarily oblivious to the H.E. Liu Yuk Lin, the Chinese are now opon to all peoples except botter micans of

Blost will the obenpost labour monotony of their sufferings and Minister at this Courtof St. James, as they are e capecially prohibited. tion this section of Kwangsi the world knows, Chinu must be of their pain. As an incident în and H.E.Liti Sik-fau, the Chinose The change is a very great one, will remain in soclusion and come a producing country second a coronation colobration such Minister in Paris, have reported to for ovou as late as sixty yours ago stagnation. With improved to none. Wa aro toaoling hor kindly interest as that suggested. ths Board of Foreign Affairs that the greater part of the earth's means of communication and stondily, have been doing so for in follow beings unfortunately the Powers will discuss the right surface was prohibited to all poo-transport; oven on such compara many years, and she undoubtedly afflicted should receive tlie sup- of superintending China's finance ples except as they were specially tively modest and cheap lines as assimilating the lesson. Our port of all. The gentler sex forence. at the forthcoming Hague Con-admitted. Central Asia was a mentioned, one may confidently imports may not show a large would be the moro suitable for

sealed book. Russia "conserved "look for

progress. Mual dearcase within the next ten years, the carrying out of this project, Siberin, admitting none either which is now

waste land but that decrease is certainly and we hope some kindly lady from the East or from the. West, would- be taken under threatened and just as certainly will undertake the arousing of in- from the Urals or from the Pacific. cultivation. Strotches covered will come. When the foreign torest in it. The Contral Asian Khanatos, now with rankt grass might give way importer fudos into comparative

The writer of the lotter also at Russian Turkestan, wereabsolute to plantations of rubber and cau- if not complete insignificance bo tracts attention when he says in ly forbidden to strangers, and nonophor trees. Such a combined side the local Chinese products, reference to the advisability of a could enter, except disguised, motor carriage and boat traffic, the dawn of the foreigners' defeat military and naval display "It Afghanistan and Beluchistan while serving the need of the pre- | in Clinn, will have arrivod. is, above all things, a time of were in similar caso. China and sont, would probably pavo tho

pomp and ceremony; of demon- Japan allowed entry to cortairway and make possible a railway

stration of Government and the areas, but to these only. Sinm in the more prosperous future.

powers that lie behind Govern- ánd Burmah wero unknown lands The boats already running are,

ment. A botteropportunity could Wo understand the great fight almost, while Northern Africa as we said before, of Chineso

not bo had of bringing home to between Roy Kenny nude was closed except in Egypt and | make, from the shipyards of Hong-

the large population of this Colony Ilvaine, the coloured boxer from Algeria and at a few treaty ports, kong, the plans being drawn corned with the forsening of its a lively sense of the protpotion it The Board of Foreign Affairs Zamboanga, will probably take Arabia was and romains the one by English shipbuilders. Thero clients ills. It should be the onjoys while dwelling and trading has not quite decided whint course place on Saturday, June 24th, at and only large arou of this earth'saro now, at least, seven of them most direct, the most definito, the hore, and of the political signific- of action to adopt.

the stadium, Belle View Hotel, durface where one cannot freely | in servico-six hotwoon Wuchow most common-sonso" expression ineo of the Throne and the forces Poking, April 2). Should the weather be fine, a travel, and this more because of and Naming and one between, of opinion and development of supporting the Throns.") The prisoners arrested the tremendous crowd is likely to be religious idiosyncrasies than poli-Nanning and Pali-sieli, Now which humanity is capablo. Sinco We entirely agree with this; we also to communicato directly with other day by the Board of present, and a large number of tical motives.

boats aro to go into servico be- its fathers, the inaugurators of go further, indeed, and say that the Grand Council on allim- Interior, acting upon instructions sportsmen from the Philippinos The present situation luis heen tweon Nanning and Lungehow the Tower of Haból, first triod, some such display is alinnat in

from the Throne (as reported in are sture to be hero, Arrange- brought about primarily by the aborily. There are other projects speciously, to belittle the omnis cumbent on the mutli Peking, April 10. your columns yesterday), were ments have also boch mailo, for strenuous efforts of Luropoan in process. For instance it is suspected of having connection cinematograph pictures of the nations to obtain the right proposed to run n line of motor with the anarchical movement in fight to be taken while in pro- of free- living_in_all" boats from Clita Ying Chow up China,

parts of

globe, coun river from Switow to Chowchow

Sir John Jordan said that this question must be referred to the Viceroy of Indid, and he would received instructions from the give China a reply as soon as he Viceroy. Therefore, nothing is fixed as to the cancellation of the opium troaty.

Peking, April 10, The Grand Council proposes to send for Vioaroy Hai Ling of the Three Eastern Provinces, the Gov- ernor of Suchow, Admiral Sir C. Sah, the Viceroy of Szechwan, and the Chinese Minister to Japan to take part in the conference on diplomatio questions in the Three Eastern Provinces..

Poking, April 19. The Prince Rogent has com- plied with the request of the howly appointed Tartar Gongral of Ili for a grant of $1,000,000, and has invested him with special powers to deal with affairs in I, and

portant matters.

Viceroy Lá, of Yunnan, has telegraphed to Poking stating that the native'rebala aro ris

Poking, April 19. The Grand Council intends to despatch to Yunnan Lord Li, the ex-Minister to the Court of St. James, to deal with the Pien-mu disputes.

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Poking, April 20, Owing to lack of funds in the Troasury, Princos Teni Tsun and Teo propose to raise a loan for the improvement of the arsenal, in the north. The improvement of the arsenal in the south, it is re- ported, will be dropped for the

the Board of Foreign Affairs to de- prosont.

The British Minister requested limit the boundary in diaputo according to the map subinitted by him, and in the opinion of the British Minister it is not necesary to send a special commissionor there.

BOXING.

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THE IDOLS OF DIPLOMACY.

(20th April.) Diplommey is primarily con-

ojent, however, it has for the poems 10 greater part deals in words, and the deeds of developing hamanity and nay have been done without roz of h

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