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THE HEMP FIend,

WILL HASHISH TAKE THE PLACE OF OPIUM?

INDIAN DRUG ENTERING

INDO-CHINA.

We have received some very interesting and very important information which, as our French neighbours would say must "mako furiously to think" those

in authority.

It is concerning the importation of Indian hemp, and the con sumption of its products, hashish or bhang, in China.

THE HONGKONG

[STOTAL ARTICL THE PLAGUE CON-

FERENCE.

TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY

OPIUM CURSE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

[TTELROBA

APRIL 22

COMPANY MEETING,

A. S. WATSON AND CO., LTD.

An extraordinary general meet ing of Mossrs. A. S. Watson and Co., Ltd., to confirm cortain roso lutions, was held Wednes

there

woro

1911

THE JAPANESE BOGEY.

It is whispored, doubtless with- outauthority, but still persistently whispered, that the socrat reason which the Administration has for urging the fortification of Panama is the four of Japan. The whis-

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CHINA'S VOLUNTEERS.

THE DANGER OF THE PRESENT SITUATION.

"Wo can do without war for

In this sentonce the editor off

physical signs are soen to consist principally of enlargement of tho glands. When noticing the abovo signs the experienced “hunter

• Du the morning of April 3 in leaves his quarry 'severely alono AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE brilliant sunshino the Intor-and betakes himself to more die- SECRET SERVICE. national Plogue Conference opon taut spheres. During the past few ed at Mukden, where it will sit for yours, however, there has been an

CORRESPONDENT. the next few wooks. It is a exceptional demand for tho sensationally important event, and marmot skinsiu tho Euro-

Manila, April 18.

tons of hundreds of years: we the gathering, numbering in all pean Market and numbers of 125;of the loading epidemiologists wandering coulies have, in broast on the bed under the mos. Hotol. Mr. Honry Humphreys Bill against spios (who, in one

A little baby lay on its mother's day morning at the Hongkong porod argument for the Mann cannot do without an army for n

day." and bacteriologists of ten different consequence, found their way to

hundred and twenty years of our nations mark the value which is the nurmaot resorts, hunting it quito curtains. The tiny room presided, and being attached to its deliberations, indiscriminately, and, food being reeked with tho fumes from the also presont the Hon. Mr. E. national oxistence have nover be local native newspaper sums up

In the scarce, often cooking and eating opium pipa the womnu by the civilised world.

Osborno, Sir Hormujeo Mody, fore disturbed us) is the Jais iupressions of the present was Mosara, H. P. White and J, Scott panoss. The reason for the secret political situation in China. possible to give anything like a umbor of those Shantung on Mon of the Secret Servico filled T. F. Hough, J. M. E., Machado, tentatiously frightoned with toor movement, pointing out that spaco at our disposal. it is im- the Hosh of the marmot. A smoking.

Harston (consulting committee), sonding to Congross, and tho os- Ho writes on the prosont volun full account of the proceedings, have died in previous years, but the room into which they had. D. J. Jupp, Enos Sotli, G. Rapp, drawal of the confidential re-in most of the provinces of China but the short extracts from the notinsulficient numbors to attract broken. The house was boingT. W. Hornby, T.-E. Clark, JWport on the army was the at this time bands of citizen The Indian weed is being specoles, which we give below, attention. The scason for killingmidot and this was the last cap. Taylor and J. A. Tarrant (socro-Japanose. The villains of the soldiers have been formed, but largely imported into Indo-Ching with we hope, indicate the spirit marmots is from August to the ture. The woman denied that at the prosont numment, says enco of its kind in China. The third week in October of last pipe in her hands. Shelnd lighted merely a confirmatory mooting, for plans of Corregidor Island, or clan battles.

animaling this, the first confer-middle of October. About the sho was smoking, ovon with the

little stories in which foreign that they are expending their The Chairman said this was officers bargain in brokon English military ardour in the interests of our informant, who holds a-high delegates and other guests were your there were said to be fully it to make her baby sleep, she and should any shareholder wish in which secrot non-English- position in the military world rocoived by the Viceroy on behalf to thousand of these hanters ga-said. Afterwards before the Chief to ask questions he would be sporking wireless stations are dis- He has given us a sprig or two of of the Emperor, while a tele-thered in Manchurin and Klinifar, the excuse was substantiated.

gram of welcome from the Prince with their skine, waiting to sell The incident throws a baleful

pleased to answer them.

covered on the shores of Puget the hemp plant, which obviously tegent was read. The Viceroy them and then to return south for light on the curse of opium. The the Chairman thorofore proposed ammunition, and explosives found There were no questions, and Sound, or vast stores of arms, londs isolf to the uses of amug-standing on the dais of the grout the winter. Dr. Chuan found out mother explained that before her the confirmation of the resolu on the Sandwich Islands aro-the glors. With first-hand knowledge ball then said: "It is with great that the symptons of sickness baby's birth she had been an tions, which were carried unani Japausso. of his subject, he declares that plonsure that I welcome you to suffered by these hurtors were i this wood, more pernicious than this ancient capital of Mukden, headaches, fever and spitting of opium smoker, and that when the mously.

His Majesty the Emperor, prompt

little thing was born-it is now `opium or alcohol, will in the neared by the highest motives of by rapid death."

aputum, followed!

only eight months old-it would future take the place of opium in humanity, has invited all the The findings of the Conference not sleep without opium. She did not smoko, she affirmed, but friendly Powers to join this Con- will be eagerly awaited by the merely lit the pipe and by blow-T It is of small bulk-this deadly feronce, and I appreciato deeply whole civilised world, and al-ing through the stom kept it the sonso of duty to, and love though it deliberates on so dread smouldering, the fumes envelop woed, is cheapin comparison withi

for, mankind whielt has prompt and sopticaonic plague it is never- and sombre a subjectas pneumonic its elder brother, opium, and caned your several Governments to

ing the baby! bo smuggled oasily. The Opium sond you so far away from your

theless an indication that all is Convention does not, as far as wo hands to attend this International know, take account of the danger lagus Conference. The Chinese which throstens from the importa Ciovornment and people all over tion of this drug.

this Empire will not easily for get the enger response you havo shown to the capse of humanity. by necepting our invitation." Tho speech was greeted with loud. applause, and choors greated the rising of His Excellency Alfred Sze, the Imperial Com- missioner, who in the course of his remarks said:

the Far East.

shoro.

LOG BOOK.

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blood-coloured

not dark in China. The best Wishes of this community will be given to the mou now it work in Mukden.

THE PHILIPPINES,

EXPERIENCING-UNPRE- CEDENTED ERA OF

PROSPERITY..

I

Now we make bold to say that tho Administration has no foar of

The writer explains that the Chinese volunteers boing under tho control, naturally, of the orders from the Provincial au- Ministry for War, refuse to take thorities. The only way, he says, to correct this is to encourage the spirit of patriotism, which at pre- sout is manifested locally, so to CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA. Japan, luas no knowledge of speak, that is to say the guardians Japanese plots, no suspicion that of the Empire" expend most of "TELEORAR" CORRESPONDENT thought, dream, or fancy that own people.

any such plots exist no iden, no their energies in fighting their

The Chinese Consul General in manout friendship with thiscoun-loading article in the "Shanghai

Canton, April 18. Japan dosires anything but per-

The following extract from a Australia has reported to the try. Tho Genoral Staff may pull Mercury" is very apropos of the Even before it had arrived in Board of Foreign Affairs the in-its sword bolt up a holo when-situation:- this world it had been sterificed troduction of new Inws regarding over it learns of a stranger with Volunteer or bo slaves by azd oh the altar of tho drag! Chinese emigrants into the Com-a camera; Sonator Beveridge by, was the argumont of one Physiologically and pyscho-monwealth, and has asked the may hear the tocsin of war speaker. Ensure your lives and | logically the incident is interest Board to notify the authorities of every time the clock strikes; goods, said another, The best, The French authoritios in Indo-

ing. It is one of the completost the different provinces. The and Mr. Hobson may sleep with a the only way to do this effectually, China absolutely prohibit the

examples of hereditary and en-Consular despatch states that the revolver in each land and a cut is to arm. We have no desire homp plunt, but nevertheless it is

vironment that I have come now laws will exclude all intrus lass in his teeth; but we are whatever to throw cold water on being taken into the country in

across. The child is a confirmed dors and also well inflict severo confident that President Taft, such sentiments as theso. While over-increasing quantities. It

slave to opium, almost a smoker punishment on them. Before Secretary Knox Assistant-Secro-we-have no sympathy, and never can be used as a drink, can be

at oight months! The mother the enforcement of these new try Wilson, and those who know have had sympathy with the muokod or chowod; the physical

does not actually enjoy the pipe laws, Chinese when discovered the outlook best retire at night to stupidity of China's Chauvinism, and mental effects are denilly..

herself, but lights it only for the were leniently dealt with. Before rostful couches, undisturbed by withher old belief in her immense We have not been ablo to

Mr. Denn C. Worcester, who take of her little baby. Can one the enforcement of these drastic dreams of burning cities and ports superiority to the restofthe world, uncertain, ni ́ yet, whether this The conditions which have about a fortnight ago was in wonder that "decent-minded" measures, the offenders were sub-ravaged by hordes of barbarians and her supercilious assumption noxious drug has made its approduced this opidemic are not Hongkong, has been interviewed people oppose the traffic in the ject to imprisonment for a term descending out of the East. of auzerainty overall other nations, pearance in Hongkong, but we such as can be easily altered with- on the conditions in the Philip drug?

not excooding six months, and Such being the case, it is simply with, in short, the ignorant errorS take this opportunity of calling out interfering with trado, with pines, and speaking as Secretary

were to be deported afterwards. criminal for "Jingo" Congross-which brought hor to the dust, wo the attention of the authorities to the daily brond of many thousands of the Interior of the Philippine

According to tliese new laws, the mon, anxious for big army and aro by no means prepared to stand THE PLAGUE. the danger of it doing so. It is of mon, and with the national Government said that, commer

offonders will either be fined navy, appropriations, and nowe utaly by while she is, noodlessly. a dangor that should exercise the habits and customs of our people, cially the islands are experiencing

£100 or imprisoned for a period papers eager for sensation, to harp humiliated, flauntod, and debased. thoughts of

From Chinese sources, says of six months. In either case, eternally on a Japanese-American If she be guilty of faults, let those the Logislative

"Gentlemen, in naking yuran era of unprecedented pros- Dr. Wu, chairman of the In- they have to bo deported after-war. They have wrought a part of faults be openly shown, and as Council.

consideration of these questions perity. "When the present lariff and any other suggestions which went into effect, business was tornational Plague Conference, we tinuod discovery of these persons, on hysteria on the subject. They hor without due cause, to despoil words. Owing to the con- the people up to a state bordering openly remedied. But to attack you may, from your past ex-virtually at a standstill, but since learn that the first caso of pneu who came on their own account have made our Congressional her for no other reason than that perience, soo fit to mako, I will on then it is no longer a question of monic plague, reported in Manor aided, the Consul cannot seo debates and behalf of my Emperor and finding a roady market for island

our newspapers she is weak, is to do a thing against In spite of the brisk demand for Government rospretfully ask you products, but to satisfy the over-curia, occurred at the town of his way to protest against the the laughing-stock of reasonable which both reason and right feel- officers that has arison in home over to have the practical side of increasing demand for thom. Manchourie, on October 12, 1910, enforcement of these laws. The men of other lands. Abroad they ingrebol. It is no wonder, then, that ports, there is a large surplus of the subject in view. Science The introduction of extensive (6th of 9th moon), but owing to generally-not-to-try-to-got-into-national panic and madness. If can to awakon the spirit of their Consul advised the Chinese talk ofour Japanese bogoy, of our Chinese patriots are doing all they mon on the China coast looking comes ofton into conflict with railroad lines also is bringing all the energetic action of the Rue Australia by this dishonest and over there were a grotesque abor- countrymon toasenso both of thoir for employment. At Shanghai daily life, just as it is over aiding sections closer together. The sian authorities only about 400 fraudulent method, as it will only ration, a crack-brained infatua- wrong and of their duty. What thero are quito.a chozen thus took it. What may be scientifically Philippines are the most promis died. The last case was reported moan, disgrace and a heavy loss. tion, it is the chorishing of the is doubtful about the movement is ing berths, while Hongkong is and theoretically desirable, any, ing field for young men of small reported to have thirty or more when the tine comes for it to capital and plenty of ambition, on December. 25, i.o., two and the Board of Foreign Affairs, the of the United States. Some time national debt redemption scheme? On receipt of this despatch from idea of an armed Asiatic invasion its permanenco. Where is the anemployed officers staging one. put into actual practice, be and it is entirely due to President half months after the outbreak. Canton Viceroy lus notified the ago newspapers, otherwise son-It is as dead as we prophesied it

and impossible to carry out; Taft's wiso and far-scoing poliey Tho first cases reported in public generally. The Manchuria Daily News' we are determined to meet that this is the case.

siblo, published columus about would be. Is the present offerves Harbin wore states that Messrs. Chinges,& with the best knowledge we can this enemy henceforth armed

on November 7

what purported to be the War conco in military matters to fizzle (6th of 10th inoon), when Co., a Chinese shipping firm of obtain. We will thoroughly con-

College's plans for retaliating on out likowise? There are a few Tairon, is reported to have made sider your recommendations and

two tarabagan hunters who

Tokyo after a Japanese army of arguments in its favour, but moro had arrived from Manchourie,

200,000 had captured San Fran- against. Money, arms, organisa arrangements for the purchase of the now steamor Shong to be The day has now gone just when whenever possible act up to them.

cisco. The thing is so absurd that tion, &c. Where are these to come were lodged in the shop of an

We regret to record the depth it sounds like alcoholic delirium. from ns a regular thing, year in, placed on the Company's Autang-

artesian well mechanic. These of Capt. H. C. D. Frampton, a The Japanese would no more year out? Most important of all, Tairon-Tientsin regular steamery, Government can allow in

opidomic to canno ́sucht-

two men died of plague and in well known China const skipper, dream of trying to land a hostile where is the discipline to come amongst its people unchecked, (Tan "TELEORATE CORRESPONDENT they lived. From this time forth mont Civil Hospital Tuesday the moon. The physical impos- most ill-disciplined nation on fected four others, with whom who passed away at the Govern- army on the Pacific Coast than on from? China is, perhaps, the not only for economic but also- for humanitarian reasons."

Canton, April 16. the epidemic began to spread morning. Some ten days ago ho sibility of transporting across the earth. What has just happoned II.E. the British Minister at rapidly, and Harbin soon parned was admitted to that institution Pacific such an army with its supst Canton? An assassin lins shot Peking has lodged a protest with 20-enviable reputation as a sulloring from proumonia and, plios is absoluto, as overy military general, and so we are told in stelegram-the whole body-guard against the unceasing output of southern Manchuria and far into umn was for many yours with wo should wish an enemy to make and ran. Now, an army without whonce it spread into contral and ensued. The deconsed gentle-sible, it would be the very move milos in length, and about 3,000 cussions but sound commonsense Chinese subsidiary coins in the northern Provinces of Chihli Messrs: Butterfield and Swire.a move to his utter destruction, discipline is far more dangerous mow of land is required. If done work done. The senior Russian Canton. The market in Hong- and Shantung. by manual labour, it is estimated delegate, Professor Zabalotay, on kong is flooded with

For the last three years ho had Von Moltko once said that he to its own people than it is to an that it would cost about is belulf of the foreigners, then tokens of low value. The greater terest as showing thorato at which between Hongkong and Saigon, an invading army

those The following fow datesaro ofin charge of the ss, Lartes trading knew a thousand ways of getting enomy. 600,000, whereas, with the dred-spoke, expressing the sympathy the output by the Canton mint

into. England,

Herein, foo, is the point at ger it is expected that half that of the civilised world with Chiin mons, the greater influx into certain contros became infected and until quite lately, when signs but not a single way to get it out which the interest of the foreign cost will sullice and the work take and assuring the Chinese that Hongkong, and the lower will the Tientsin, December, 4, 1910; he looked as though many years

Manchourie, October 12, 1910; of chost trouble became apparent, again." Worlds Work."

dweller in China's treaty porta fifteen working months. they would deyote all their discount bo. The British Minister Harbin, November 7, 1910; Hu- of activity and health were yet view" makes the striking, sug-ful note of the present movement. The Oriontal Economic Ro-ho must take note, and very onre becomes engaged. Willy-nilly, of the Conference, The Prasi- Canton mint is turning out eight 4; Shuangchongfu, January 5, talent and energies to the work says in his despatch that the Ianho, (not on a railway) Decomber before him. dential address of Dr. Wu Lien thousand pieces of 20 cents value 1911; Kuanchongtze, December mourned by quite host of friends mitte honded by Souator. But as a regiment of Prussian in- The deconsod, who will be gession lut "the Carnegie Com-Wore it as certainly under control gunboat which is to be used as Teh was a masterly resume of daily, and thunt the circulation of 14, 1910, Kirin city (aighty miles here, leaves an aged mother, wife should recommend the use of a fantry is under control, wo nood the facts at present at their those coins in Hongkong will not from a railway, January, 1911; of the late Major Frampton, who for the threshing-out once for all not question it at all. But we know disposal. In the course of lus only tamper with the local description of how the plague currency, but paralyze trade bo- Heinminfu, January 1, 1911 shire, and his wife, whose homo miltent recurrence of this deplor-evidence of the indiscipline to

Mukden, January 2, The Laisang landed 458 Chi-spread lie said:

1911, resides at Teignmouth in Dovou of the real genouis of the inter quite well that the reverse is the nese immigrants at Penang on

tween Hongkong and Canton.

Case. Hitherto rioting-itself an the 7th of April, and the Quinta alies, and perhaps as scientists, authorities be requested to have ungpingfu, (not on a railway)

Nature is very rich in anom- The Minister asks that the Canton Chinchonfu, January 1, 1911 is in London.

He is to the succeeded on the able war-scare." It believes that which we refer has been of landed 1,020 Chinese passengers more than any other class of men,

an international body of eminent the rough and ready kind at Bangkok from Swatow on the you are propared for such, but, pending the reorganization of the

the mint closed temporarily, January 15, 1911, Tientsin, Lartes by Chief Officer Page.

January 15, 1011; Poking, Janu- | The funeral takes place to-day; mon could in no way contributo

scholars and distinguished states which for arzus takes to brickbata 30th of March.

who could have dreamed that the money market. In the same des- ary 2, 1911; Choloo, (by sea from the cortego passing the monument

and other handy missiles, more to civilization than by mak- healthy marmot basking, as it patch mention is made of the Thiron) January 21, 1911; at 5.30 p.in..

premium placed on the Chinese Tsinanfu, February 7, 1911.

ing an exhaustive study of all ugly enough at close not otherwise quartora but dollar piece. This, the minister,

possible causos of conflict between says, should be waived.

The exports of the port of the United States and Japan. If dangerous. How would it be if a THE WEST RIVER. Tairen during March wore 120, there be any ground for fearing a volunteers were to throw in their thousand or two oxoited native On receipt of the dospatch, the

387 tons in thirty-four steamers, confljet, let us find out what it is lot witli the old timo rioters? In "Don't be afraid; no harm." Board of Foreign Affairs has re *The waters of the West River showing an increase of 5,700 tons and remove it without an appeal 3,850 tons, arrived at Nagaanki in the light of present knowledge of Finance. The minting of on. 5th inst. from Kobe, via it would seem, that when the the dollar piece is for tho conven- at full flood average thirty-four 4,107 tons, boan cake 20,440 tons, a four, if there bo no issue be wore 11,853 tone, other coreals And, if there be no ground for such Miyajima, and remained thero inarmut is not crying "No ionce of the people, and in no way

seeds 2,188 tons, oils 1,800 tons tween us, no solitary reason for about ten days.

harm, no harm" there is aims at "profit making." As ro Last year this figure was not and sundries 400 tons. Beans conflict, if it be true that the very real harm indeed. The gards the necessity for discontinu reached until well on into June. dooreased by, 14,000 tons, whilst Japanese continuo to cherish to m sickness in the tarabagan ingthe work of the mint, thorough which we prosume is the forerun inquiry must be instituted into neighbourhood are in excellent tons compared with this provious ship

The crops of the surrounding bean cake increased by 12,000 ward us that tradition of friend-way of bringing about

tion of China othe ner of the plague, in this case, is the circumstances attending condition and the people are quiet month Of this 21,080

l we so long thought 'a characterized by an unsteady gait, Buch a step. The Board of and peaceful. The Canton ext

vent sacred thing to them from the cally impossible than

toors thus inability to run, or to cry when Foreign Affairs has replied to citament has not affected them in

ok 0,049 very beginning of their modern all 2,029 | era then let us throw off this

the chased, and, when ought the Britian Minister socordingly, the least.

sorvies now being operated by the charlored stoner Nissin Maru..

The Haiho Conservancy's reg port states that the proposed

ravagon

The Commissioner's specch

strikes the keynote of the spirit

CHINESE COINS FLOOD HONGKONG,

PROTEST BY BRITISH MINISTER.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN H. C. D. FRAMPTON.

fourth cutting which has just been of the conference. There will, the Board of Foreign Affans. Plague distributing contro from despite unremitting caro, doathman knows. But were it not poof that general took to their heels.

commenced in the Peiho is 3.8 after it, he little theoretical dis

It is reported from Sasoho that

the keel of a shallow draught

coast defence vessel in Chosen

to be laid down there,

a

is

The Gorman cruisers Scharn- loves to do, in the warm sunshine horst, Leipzig and Titania and utters a cry resembling the sound the torpedo-boat destroyer Takupu p'a pu p'o, which in the Chinese arrived at Kobo on Tuesday, 4th language, at any rate, means,

Inist,

portion of the new Ponce Fund

The Gorman oruisor Nurnborg, Sickness rondors it muto, so that ferred the matter to the Board havo rison rapidly of late, and now over the provious month. Deans to "the inhuman tost of war. Buch a guise the question becomisa

The German 8.8. Korat was sold and handed over to the Fukugawa

Unya Krishn, Enga, at Nagasaki

on 6th idist Sho is 1,233 tons net and was built in 1805 for the Norddeutscher Lloyd

foot. n

309 ton

personal risk, but far more serious for the foreigner who runs the an exceedingly seriousone, serious

for China who runs the natio one. We can conceive of no

of the