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CHINESE

TELEGRAMS.

Peking, June 7. The British and French Minje-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 9 1918

tors in Peking have requested the Board of Foreign Affairs that the to Tibotnud replaced in his former 3. The shareholders will not office: The Cabinet Ministeraare

Peking, Jnue 7.

Dalai Lama should be sent back daughter.

at a loss what to do. -

recognies the Director-General should ho como to Cunton. An influential committee will bo formed with the object of assist- The Board of Finance, the ing the president and vice-pre- Board of Punishments and the

daughter.

BIRTHS

THE

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sident of the railway against the Board of Interior have held several Hongkong Telegraph

Govornmout's scheme. All ex-conferences about the suppression ponses incurred will be paid by of opium in China, the company.

Peking, June 8.

HOKOKOKO, FRIDAY, Jonn 9, 1911.

STREET PAVING IN

HONGKONG.

(3rd Juno.)'.

mtcalam

suffers from

conclusion do.

The Co-operative Society forin-yours our, Public Works Depart tudes and can be purchased for that, the mon surprised by the East. Also, the reputable Chinese vision by the public against any

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durable in Queen's load, where cuous gambling that goes on in the thefts complained about. Some of twenty thousand chests, repro- Wos CHSTEN On June Oth, at it has been recently put down, the streets of Hongkong among of our loading morcantile marine sonting a cash valuo of over four "Aberibolwyn," Peak Road, Borg- we judge by the deep indentation, timber of goblin class and the fems, however, aro now taking millions sterling. Whit-10 kong, to Mr. & Mrs. W. O. Worcester, alrondy showing on the surfaces number of gambling raids made active steps to prosecute wherever will do with this, remains to be #174 and made by narrow faced rick by the Police we are tempted to prosecution is possible and doubt seen, for the Chinese government At Andsben!," the Park, long sha wheels. Why not compel all think that thobonmol which appli- less their activities will be reward says that it will only allow the kang, the wife of N. C. rickeln. wheels to be rubber ed to a certain section of the omad by tangible results. At pro- sporulators six months to get rid tyrod or, to have double the width munity isnot without justification. sout there is pending before the of the drug and this, the holders felloe now in use? If this were The legislature of Hongkong Magistrate a case which contains declare, will entail to them ab done, we are sure it would in its wisdom has seon fit to differ, possibilitice of some light being solute ruin. A laughable pro- not be necessary to so constantly from the methods of other colonies thrown upon the ways and means position comes from a clergyman. repair our roads as we at pre-in dealing with the question of employed by Chinese harbour that the public should conse sent must. Of other forms of gambling, and while this dubious thievos. It is an undisputed fact their assistance and, by means of a paving in uso in Hongkong thore form of recreation is permitted that foralong time past, European public subscription rates the ro grauite sets, univoreally under police supervision in the firms have closed their eyes to the money to purchase the stock in Peking, June 7,

voted to be too noisy for anything, Malay States and the Straits deprodations of stevedores. In Dongal and the treaty ports and 4. A. incoting will be held on The Governor of Kirin intends

though the most durable of all: Sottlements it is forbidden fruit Hongkong wo have many roput publicly burn the same a Sunday noxt to appoint members to tender his resignation.

concrate, suelt na is used into the Chinese whose lot is cast able Chinese firms who regularly object lesson to the Far East of to the influential committee.

Battery Path and Zetland Street; in the pleasant surroundings of handle cargo and who are, like the sincerity of John Bull in deal Peking, June 7. Over twenty telograms and

nind ordinary macadam, as in Hengkong. Naturally human Cone's wife, abovo suspicioning with this question. While Bovenly lettors wore recoived sup It is reported that the Angle-

Queen's Road or Des Voeux instinct provnils oven with the But, unfortunately, we have also admiring the spirit that is un- porting the action of the shure-Frencli Lung Hing Co. are con-

Itond. The extent to which this sons of the Celestial Empire and in our midst some Chinese stove doubledly underlying the pro- holders in opposition to the sidering the retrocession of mining

the the wish to gamble is all the more doring firms who cannot lay claim posal we cannot help being struck Clovornment in nationalizing the concessions of seven prefectures: railways.

to China, owing to dilliculties of During the recent torrential ravages of summer rains is strong by reason of restrictions to reproachable reputation nur with the foolishness of a su Peking, June 6,

communication and transmission ruins that have deluged Hong-woll exsuplified by the present placed upon the enjoyment of the who though themselves guilt gestion that a fow speculators

losa of misappropriation The Chineso Minister at St of products.

of who werd quite willing to tuko a king, the attention of residents state of our main thoroughfares.desire..

Consequently no one is surpris-cargo are still linblo to the profit, if their opinions have been Potersburg has tolographed to the

must have been called frequently idealists look forward to the time Board of Foreign Affairs in l'e- The Board of Communications and in a very forcible manner to when our stroots, will be prved ad to hear that not only is stroot timputation of careless handlag backed up by actuality, no been Minister of War will shortly come Ming Chi, the Canton Viebroy, Tho incidence of rainfall poculiar & omerate of asbestos and rubber, oxlont but that illicit gaming through their hands. Pho rectifi2 | orrors of judgmont by the charit king to the effect that the Russian has telegraphed to II. E. Chang the paving of the city streets with roles, colondrubber out the Hoit soming through the goods which pass roseted from the rostilts to over to the Thro Fantorn Tru- asking him to do his best to these parts renders the road which shall be impervious both house aineso queira function of this evil ought to be able public. We shall not rite vinces with a view in the setlo pacify the minds of the share: paving much more liable to dam summation cannot be this cod. faet hus ben, nore that the ous. The obvious rometly, in Mansion Houso subscriptions ment of certain important affairs holders of the Canta-llankow age than is the case in some other sednulit, until netop busines flussized by the rose on fine apparent. It goes without saying boing inised or the vicriptions Ife asked his Clovernment to Railway not to cronto any trouble places, whore, although the rain- doubt, until asbestos becomes plussize bussis Quent one that the European absippers areau-hazardous speculations proparo for emergencies, over the netion of the Government fall annually may be greater, it is a gut on the second-haul market raid on two houses in Queen's Road xious to put a stop to the theftuous rubber boont and in fact tho

unfortunately with practices which have made Hong only logical rubber-descends Trom its attended Poking, June . in nationalizing the railways, moraequablý distributed through-

out the twelve months. In past present almost unattainablo alt-loss of life. It is extraordinary kong Harbour & bye-name in the such a procedent will be a pro- Tho Board of Communications

Poking, June 8. propose that all the branch lines

entrance of the police, should pre-stevedores are only too willing to individual losses in commerce, of the railways throughout Chinned by the mombors of the varions ment have not been sparing something like a cent a pound.

for to risk their lives in leaping loud every assistance in getting Boforo attempting to carry out will be under the control of the provincial assemblies have re-

of their efforts to discover just

from a third storey window heed the grievance romoved. Wo any such heroic scheme it would STATE INSURANCE. Director-General."

quested the Board of Justico to exactly what style of paving is

loss of attendant oventalities, learn from woll informed quer be batter to concentrato all tho 1. Peking, June 6,

momorialize the Trono in their Of course, the choice is hedged in most suitable for th's climate,

rather than surrender to the ton ler tors-that the real root of available force and do our most to An Imperial Decree his on behalf to the effect that the ap by those all-important limitations:

(5th Juno.)

mercies of the police magistrate, to evil Tes in the laxity of strengthen Lord Morley's hond issued instructing the Cabinot pointment of this president of the

Mr. Lloyd George bas acheived | whose worst terror to thom is only | ¡olica control.

The harbou against those of Lord Hardlingo. Ministers to prohibit the junior new Cabinetshand not be select-construction cost, and durability, more than an ordinary triumph a fine or imprisonment ns com- Lolice are admittedly very greatly and the Indian Mini Moringo ollicials from taking part in el from royalty and also that Against these have to be weighed in the bill providing for state fared with the possibility of an lermanned. One only requires Chinese agreement has not yet opposing the etion of the Govern: territorial corps should be formed in the balanes: comfort, noiseless insurance, which he has in almost inevitable donth. Herols to glance at the Harbourmaster's been signed and that the Indinn. mont in nationalizing the rail for antiinal defence in order to 35, freedom, from dust in the troduced into the flouse of Com again gambles-this time with annual statistics to realise the Government will resist to the ways out of the commercial funds. save the country from ruin, dry weather and from puddles in mons. He has caught the im- hislife as hisstake; he is in orrigi anguitude of the trade of the bitter end all attempts to deprive

Poking, Jana 0.

the wet in Londen and in other agination of the man in the blo. What they four as a resultof port as well as its importance. them of their morally indefensible Peking, Juno 8.

cities in Europo an America street for the principles of his bill, capture is not easy to deterinine; And it would naturally be expect revenue, no one will for a moment General of Canton, II. E. Shing General of the Canten-Hankow favour. In Hongkong several ex-classes, to whom a few weeks of stops to "save their fures 11thers would be a corresponding

The newly appointed Director-wood paving luas leaped into high mean that millions of the working do they take those most desperato ed that with the growth of trade doubt. Fun, does not wish to come to and the Sze-chuan Hankow Rail-perimental patches of this kind of sickness or unemployment means most certainly is not the fear of devolopment of the resources of Canton and has signified his in ways will leave for Hankow on paving havo boon laid down in poverty and distress, will be able imprisonmout tention of becoming a Governor 46-1-lth-inst

THE EUROPEAN IN harbour protection. But the very of a province instead,

different parts. Within only the to mest such adversities with at But what is the underlying in- opposite is the case, The har

JAPAN. Peking, June 6,

Peking, June 8.

last day or two Ice House Street loaet greaterequanimity than is at contive? While on the question, bour polico is weaker in strength 1. E. Chu Shin Chaug, tho 1 is reported that the Chinese has been opened to traffic after present the case. The net of the a word on the punishment of the to-day than it has over beon since

(9th June.) Vice-President of the new Cabinet, Minister in St. Petersburg has se being paved with wood. Every scheme isspread abroad to include gambler and its adequacy may the New Territory was taken over. Many a man who goes home, has tendered his resignation and cretly telegraphed to the Poking one who has passed through the all those, except soldiers and woll be interpolated. The differ And as long as the present cheese-after a stay in the Far East, repeats his recommended Yuan Shih Kai Government to the effect that the newly dressed street must ac-sailors and others, for whom caco between the treatment of paring policy is pursued by our the timeworn phrase, that it is strongth of the Russian soldiery knowledge the vast improvement special provision is made, whose the proprietor of the gaming Government, so long may we ox-played out, and that there is no Peking, Jano 6. is boing increased daily and the which has been effected thero incones are less than £160, per hon63 and his clients is most pect to see the shipping trade of chance for the white man. The In the event of Prince Ching Minister as asked the Peking by the substitution of wood for annum. The premium that is pay marked and we venture to think the Colony-which after all is the latest returns published by the resigning his position as President Government to make every pre-amacadam. Where laid down in able is a prosent fixed at 1d., but that the gamester is punished fur back-bone of our well-being sub Yokohama Chamber of Commerce, of the new Cabinet, Prines Tani Paration for emergencios.

other parts of the town, the wood those who do not earn more than too heavily in comparison with jected to depredations that make would appear to contradict this, Tao, the brother of the Princo

Poking, June 8.

paving has not yet been long 15s, a week will be allowed to pay the penalty inflicted on the man Hongkong's name a word of ro- for there is a steady increase in Regent, will be appointed in his The Chinese Industrial Body enough in use for a verdict to be a smaller sum. The distribution who provides the menus for preach amongst Far Eastorn the number of Europeans who aro plter.

will leave Shanghai for Japan delivered as to its suitability cum of the insuranco fand is planned secluded gaming. A fine of $50 ports. Peking, dune 6. some time in the 10th moon.„;

economy. Still it has stood the in a broad and statesmanlike way on the proprietor of the house is The Wa Young Klang gun-

Peking, June 8.' tost in other places, In Calcutta and there is little doubt that as paid without demur; he can easily powder niggazine in Kiangüing H.B. Chung Ming Ui, the Cau- it is the one method which has far as the working arrangements afford it but an imposition of four trict of Kiangsu exploded on ton Viceroy, has memorialized the proved a success after a trial of are concerned the scheme will be or five dollars upon a coolie is

4th inst, and over 3) houses Throne to the effect that permis nearly ten years. It is with a deal a'success.

equivalent to sonding him to ... the neighbourhood were des-sion should be granted to the au-of regret therefore that we learn

Among the good things pro- prison at once. The real offonder, thorities to execute the robbers from high authority tlist there isvided aro troyed.

full medical at the man who supplies facilities, is Home papers say that China of the foreign community. It is who dare to resist the officers tile likelihood of our depleted tendance, sick benefits and in the fined within his meme while the has set about the suppression of more than pleasing to note that and police in the execution of Colonial Exchequer being able to case of permanent disablement man, whose natural instinct leads the opiam trade, with a vigour the number of Britishers in the boar the additional strain which a pension of 5a, a weale. In ad-him to accept the chances of that will be an example to the Land of the Cherry Blossom" is would be laid upon it by sny dition to this, those who have indulging in his favourite past-world at large of her determina-about half the total European extensive scheme of wood paving viewed with distress the large time, held out to him by one tion to extirpate the plague, that population, and still more so to in the near future. Ice House amount of infant mortality among whose sole aim is to acquire a is really troubling her more than note that the number is increasing Street is laid, half with camphor- the poorer classes, will note percentage of the money passing any of the pestilential epidemics How long that increase will con- wood blocks from Borneo, and with satisfaction that a pay between the habitueca of his that have raged throughout the time is hard to say, but, that there A Cabinet Minister is of opin- Foroign Affairs ŝtating that thero Zealand. These are stooped into mothers who do not return prison is his only and real punish-rears the production of opium in Japan's desilo for learning natur- half with Jarrah blocks from Nowment of 30s, will be made establishment, is so fined that Far East. Within the last five must be a limit, no one will deny. are serious diplomatic questions pending settlement in his pro-tar and rest on a concrete foundu-to work within a month of child ment.

China has been reduced by atally caused the crantion of mang vince.

tion. The only disadvantage birth. It is hoped by this menus

This may be the reason why least seventy per cent, and it is good oponiegs for the for- Poking. Juno 8. which applies specially to wood to do away with a lot of the neg-some prefer to risk their necks in thought that if the government eigner, but that education by The President of the Board of paving is the great damage that lect, which has been the death of linzardous leaps from third stores progress upon the lines that have the European cannot last for Finance and Prince Lunars Finance and tho. Prosilent of the to get at the gas and water mains, the necessity for tha mother do the proprietor. placed his life in yoars, the world will see in the raiso fears, of the advent of the results when it becomes necessary many child ron, due entirely to windows, for we do not hear that been adopted during the last few ever. It would not be right to strongly in favour of the scheme. Board of Communications are in ur towers, or the electric cables earn her own living.

Poking, June 7.

favour of the business of the underneath. And goodness knows

jeopardy by any such foolhardy short space of two years the total end of the white m's rule at tlie The President of the Board of Chinese Mining and Engineering that there is always one or other troduction of this bill has created case the sooner an equality of

As can be well expected the in-performance, and if such be the reduction of internal production. present junctura, for in fact it Communications is strongly do. being carried on with foreign street in the central district, in die u interest, for as fur is punishment relative to the serious fonsible no one will for a moment logical in view of the present state That the trade is totally inde- would not appear to be even favour of buying copper abeetings and Chinose Capitul, so as to which digging operations are England is concerned it is quite ness of the two offences be arrived deny, and at the same time it will of affaire, but the sooner itin from Japan for minting purposes. prevent the difficulty of raising going forward. In this.rospect, a novel départure, That it in fat, the less will be the chances of be admitted that the fostering of recognised that there must come

The newly appointed, Tartar

to take his placo

Peking, June 6.

The Chinese Anibar in Tibet has telegraphed to Peking to the their duties. An Imperial decree effect that a foreign doctor was has been issued complying with murdered by the aboriginios, and, tho Viceroy's request. as a conseguener, forsign troops

Poking, June 8. advanced into Tibet.

Poking, Jugo 6.

iour that an annual revenue of $10,000,000 could be obtained through the nationalisation of the ton-and salt trado in Chinn,

The President of the Board of

The Governor of Human has telegraphed to the Board of

Accordingly, this Board of Finance has telegraphed to a Chinese money for redemption.

Poking, June 8,

official in Tokyo to order the

The President of the Board of shootings without delay.

Poking, Juno 7. Finance considers the salt farm Consor Olan has memorialised in Cheung-lu is a burden on the Throne to the effect that there the merchants and intestata na is always a certain amount of ill tionalize the salt trade as a moans feeling existing between the of redemption of foreign lone police courts and the courts of Consequently theo Tientsin market justice in the various provinces is affected, and as a consequence the civil duties are neglected.

An Imperial docreo lins beon

isscod instructing the Board of

HIGHWAY ROBBERY,

no one occurrence

*A LAUGHABLE

PROPOSAL.

(8th June.)

managing to norape together a subsistenco in dealing with tho Oriental. In Japan, Batural-: ly, China 18 the most largely represented among the foreigners, and the number of Celestials is twice that of the rest

tar mucadom is to be preferred, social reform in the truest repetition of the unfortunate this form of vice by the Iulian an end, the better will be the for it can be taken up and replaced sense of the word at comparatively little cost. Torwil for a moment deny ting, when two

of Friday even Government, despite the defence possibilities of opening up:a new men leaped that they are only supplying a field in the as yet undeveloped macadam appears to have the bold, and conceived on a from a considerable heiglit, one demand, is one of the darkest parts of China It would be approbation of our worthy Direc- viat sealo, involving as it does to die later from the effects of blots that invo stained the pages worse thin futile to shut our tor of Public Works (Hon. Mr. W. the immense sum of £25,000,000, the fall whilst the other only of the history of civilization for eyes to the possibilities of the Chatham), as being the most part of which the state has to broke his log. This is not by the past century. After some future, to pursue our way, con- suitable street paving for long-contribute. The bill bristine with any means an isolated case, and hesitation, Lord Morley has taken tont to live in the glorious kong so far as is compatible with complications and deals with we have for a long while been the only course opon to one who present, totally oblivious to the the practics of rigid economy: le many questions which evon the wondering why he should take has publicly recognised the traffic signs of the times, but that is claims for it clatitis impervious to friendly accicion have failed these risks, stake his life or limb in the drug to bon lungo moralovil what every one seems to be doing, water,that it dries quickly, and that to solve; but the fact re- against a possible four dollar Ho has promised that, instead of Amitted that the British must it begeta little or no dust. But, mains that the government has fios. Who can auswer?

merely reducing the production always possess an opening in Of reports of highway robbery unfortunately, tar macadam is not made an endeavour to solve one of

of opium in Ludia by ten per cont, Japan by reason of her trade; Punishment to investigate into in the Colony there appears to be impervious to hoat. It absorbs the greatest problems that hos THEFTS IN THE HARBOUR, per annum, he will reduce it pari admitted that Japan must for the

noend.Thursday morning we hear heat very readily, and we can well ever confronted any modern

pass with the reduction that is present at least require European Poking, Juno 0. of another daring outrago co-imagino that, by the afternoon of state, that of the sick and un-

annually brought about by the knowledge to continue the The Vicoroys and Governors of mitted yesterday evening near a blazing summer day, the open employed. It is practically

(7th June.);

Chino30 themselves, and in the startling progress that she is tho various provincea have Pokfulam, Qur information length of tar macadam stretching

Within vory recent times, there meantime he will allow the Coles-making, yet there must come a a new legislative foundation for memorialised the Throne to the goos that after nightfall is coolic from Ice House Street to Beacons the future life of the poop's and, meet that they should be em-employed by the Dairy Farm field Arcado in Queen's Road when the bill has proved into powered to have all criminals was returning home from Hong- Central will have attained a force, nothing in the life and executed on the spot. The Minis-kong when at a lonely part of degree of tomperature calculated feeling of industrial domocracy tor of the Investigation Reform the road he was set upon by to raise blisters on the feet of the will ever be quite the anime again Bureau strongly objected, on the armed robbers who wounded most pachydermatous of strent 'ground that punishment of crimi-him on the nook and shoulder coolies. The heat will be absorbed

THE GAMBLING. RAID. nals rests with the judges and with some alarp weapon, rifled during the heat of the day only to not with the authorities.

his pockets, and then decamped. be radiated during the cool of the Poking, Juno 7. Back depredations have become evening. This particular style of

the matter.

It is reported that the cost of

the Dragon-boat Festival presents

sont to the Throne by Prince Ching le about $10,000,

so rife recently in the Colony faving lins been tested in various

have been justifiable complaints tial Government to treble the time, probably not. In our lives, arms that logitimate trade in the step is fraught with great amount of Occidental aid, and on the part of local mercantile duty on the imported drug. Such when she will need the minimum harbour waters was suffering sev-sacrifice to the Indian revenus instead of a steady increase in the erely from systematic thefts. That and it is estimated that the loss number of the children of the is to say, shippers were, and are, from first to last will be about west within her ahoros, a station- being made the victims of a re- £4,500,000

ary level will be found. It is gular schons of peculation that one rio still un

·EL number only in the nature of things that lay era incapable of coping with. of meroliants who are sufficient this should be so, the education The police are as anxious to the ly incredulous, as to doubt of the young Japanese must bring It has been said indre that once shipoions are to lay hands on the Chinese reforming 203), it about, and then wit

the wrong-doora, but oven their and thoro-gentlemen hava pur- time when opp combined action appeare

to be chased the stock of Indian opium, to be created owerless to effect a sloj page of remaining in land, to the amount, exploit

(6th June.)

that residente are getting chary parts of the Colony, over which that the torme The

of venturing abrand in the city the traffic varios greatly in olarac and "gambler" are syn

iakizis after dark

tor. It would soom to be the least and from the amount of.

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