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MARRIAGES.

Comte de Galembert of the

The Durbar

We understand that, the Cover- or and Lady Lugar, if hor ladyship is sufficiently recovered to travol, will leave for the Dur- bar about the middle of Novem- bor. The voyage will be made in the Indo-China S.N. Co. str. Fookeang.

Garrison orders announce that bathing parados will be discon tinued from the 20th inst.

Seventeen mon had to pay the usual fing of three dollars för gambling at Shaukiwan, at the Police Court to-day.

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MOTOR CAR PROSE- CUTION.

Excessive Speed Alleged.

THE DANGER ZONE.

Concerning the Portuguese Frontier.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Wo have been shown what pur- ports to be a sketch of the flag under which the Hupeh revolu Portegul's northern frontier is

tionarios aro fighting. The field The case was continued to-day in which Ballo Ponida, of the bountiful enough in all its leagues is rud. One upper quarter is blue Exile Garago was summoned be- to fill the heart of man with hopes.in which appear a rising sun. fore Mr. Wood for exceeding the The partisans of ex-King Munuel. This lattor emblem scenis to be an speed limit on the I raya East and the supporters of the present infringement of Japan's copy- October 7; -

order of things, who smoke their right, To the auspicious it may Wilkinson and "Grist appeared oigarettes on the noble intorno-seem an indication that there is for the defendant, who ploadedtional bridge over the Minho, be-some ground for the belief that tween Toy in Spain and that om the rising was fomented by omnis- not guilty.

series of the Island Empire,

Mr. Render Harris of Messrs.

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At the previous hearing it was balmed old fortross of Valenca in alleged by Police Sergeant Muc- Portugal, may well fool equally at Donald that the car was timod ease about this future, says Mr. 0.

Whether the flon: Mr. O. MA over a distance of 547 yards and Edwards in the "Morning Lendor." To the cigarotto-smoking rapu-

Edo would have ground for nu it was found that, the can't was going at the rate of sixteen miles blican ovory successive day of action against tho Hon. Mr. por hour,

things as they are is an assurance Pollock for stealing his thunder Today Sergeant Macould for the days to come, while his wo do not know, but we do know was recalled and in reply to Mr.igarette-smoking friend monar-that the public will wait with Harris said that he had not been chist finds the like encouragement inforest the Government's reply detailed to take times on the in remembering the ups and

A man for unlawfully selling Mr. E. Cornewall Lowie, assis tant Postmanster-General, loft to-opium was ordered to pay $50 day by the G, M. str. Dorflingor or go to prison for one month at

the Magistrney this morning.

The Rt. Hav. M. N. Trollope, Imporiul Maritime Customs and the new Anglican Bishop in Korea Mr. A. R. Peel, I.M. Minister in arrived in Japan from England

on Oct. 3, travelling by the occasion but he made the neces-downs of rale and misrule into the question about our military Bangkok, are in town.

Siberian route in company withsary arrangoinonta, with the con- Portugal luring the last century contribution that is to be asked at stable, previously P. C. Clark alone. Mass after mass, the pur-to-morrow's sitting of the Legis- Vladivostok and vicinity, accord-Biliop Cecil, of South Tokyo.

ple siorras pilo eastwards on both lative Council. Are we to tako corroborated. [28ing to a Tsuruga despatch, experi- |-

We have received from: the Defendant in the box, siid that sides of the river. There is little our medicine in fixed. quantitios enced a great storm carly in the month. It is believe that the Statistical Department of the he had six people in the cur al cultivation in these mujestic wilds, or not? Apropos of questions in fishing Best suffered heavy losses. Inspectorate-General of Custouns, the time and denied that he was Here and thoro a poor village in Parliament,-in-a-certain Colony, Shanghai, the report on the work going eo fast ae sixteen miles por a hollow with a scratchingof vines the name of which is not material, nut wools of the lower slopes, "lansard,' and accordingly Shanghai papers report that ing of the Imperial Post Office in hair. His estimate was about in grain under the vast cliest one of the morning papers was tho Augustine. Louis, No. 1 Jubilee The heights above all crimson gave verbatim reports of the Mr. Gabriel Isaac Shakury, a well the second year of Hsuan Tung seven nr-eight.

Street, said he was in the car on with heather, fastnesses for the proceedings. An impecunious know Shanghai broker, has beon (1910). charged at the British Police

In the forthcoming campaign the night when it was pulled up, wolves which roam unhunto. M. P. tande an arrangement with Court-with giving false evidence

medicine and was wont to get up an say:

1 wish to ask thỏ in the United States Court in against Homo-Rule the Unionists along with five others and he hence to the Spanish sierras by the proprietor of a cortain cure-all

The hearing will, by means of living pictures, thought that the car was going vory Zamora,

A Different People-

Minister for Agriculture whother November last.

as fast as the car was

The approach to Portugal by he will take steps to Inve tho was adjourned and Mr. Shokury show British olostors how com-slowly. One gentleman said that was admitted to bail, self in fortable and contented the indus could walk $3,000 and, two Sureties of trious Irish agriculturist is undergoing and when another asked the Verin, is delightful in the ex-my virtuos of Blank's Incom driver to go faster he replied that

treme instructivo alsy in some paralls Caro for Bicknahie nad $3,000, each.

prosent conditioni

he could not, the gentleman of the cucious arts of national lousemaid's Knee coniunicated who said that ho could walk faster antipathies. The Portuguese to the farmors of this Colony." The arrest of 310 polia"da" can-† Lady MacDonald, wife of the than the car was going was Mr. frontier officials may refuse stab By this ingenious, though highly vassers at one stroke is the geord British Ambassador, left Tokyo Brown, who was walking round bornly to understand your Spanish rehensible experient, Blank's set hy the Saibancho and policen Ou. 8 on her way to Eug-the world.

phrases, inorol from dislike of of Chiba, Japan. According to land with her daughter. Her Mr. Harris said that the lome their neighbours. It becomes tising in a portion of this

specifie got. constant free adver report the procurators of the ladyship was logo Dalay, whonce Act was so different from the laughable when they go further no goldon key could have court have long been watching she and her daughter were to Ordinanes in force in the Cology and pretend to know nothing

un'ocked. offenders against the election law proceed to Ilarbin uni travel to that he was not able to quote about posetas and Spanish dollars, and finally authorised the police England by the Trans-Siberian many authoritios, but he would though eager to traffic with Eng oflicer's to make the record-break-

like to point out to His, Worship i sovereigns. Hammer into Railway. ing had at Sosa-gori. The greater mmber of the arrester persons are members of the Sei- yukai.

Napier Richard-On October, 14, 1941, at the Union Church, Shanghai, Norman-Lennox, second son of the late James Brand Napier, of Edinburgh, to Mary Colin, 'second daughter of the Rev. Timothy Richard, D.D., Litt. D... Harding-Richard. On October 14, 1911, at Union Church

· Shanghai, Harold Ivan, only son of Edwin John Harding, to Florence Annie, third daughter of the Rev. T. Richard, H.D.,

Litt. 1).

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1911.

THE REBELLION AND JAPAN.

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A. Conspiracy of Pretence..

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the ills that the Chinose body politie is hair to, to the machinations of reason for the postponements is the omission says, Clarence Rook would havo to tally when they bright with variegatoil headgear fair sized cabra, with five coils

An interesting tale is going that the magistratos at home hnd them the insulting question if the rounds of a herculean strag It is rather diflicult to confoss nude it a rule not to acceptorid they and their neighbours are not go between 'n "cubra" and, a to ignorance (because the other ence of speed unless it was corro roally much alike, and at its couple of rats. Two European man always thinks you ought toborated by at least one more wit-politost the answer will be, "No, pelestrians, in the course of we are a different peoplo alto-a walk to Shitin, witnessed the Mr: T. M. Elliot of the Chinese know what ho knows), and, when ness, and consequently they single stop-watchi

advanced in their journey they customs and everything." fidence, that he has never read of In much spaculil'on îù regard to the possible outcome of the Central Y. M, C. A.Hongkong,a friend admits; in a burst of con- would not accept the evidenco other. We are different in our fearsome light. When woll· The vivacity of the Chaves wore startiol to hear the stilly air rebellion in the Yangtzo provinces we have not yet noted any allusion rteously informs is that "Robinson Crusus," you are as The usual method of the police to a fear that must be latent in the minds of all who bring a wide elogram has just boon received understanding of Far Eastern matters to hear upon the problem from Shanghai to the effect that startiod as though he said he had at Home was to have, two stop

procce led to investigate. There have, it is true; been hints. In our telograms, yesterday, for the National Convention of the Y. nevor stena motor-car. For there watches at work one at either end townsfolk at the oud of the stage not with, shrieks, which, at first from head to foot in funeral black,What they found was-to example it was stated that the Chinese were inclined to think that in M. C. A., which was to have been a general conspiracy of pretence of the trap or else two watches is another agrooable change, and

Noor if not, should be ashamol of sonding the men out and they the Chayes market-place is as quote their own words-a some way Japan was responsible for the outbreak. It is a habit that held boiwoen November 2 and 5 that everyone has read everything would be set by the inspector whereas in Spain the women dress human being in distress, and thisy. somo Chinese publicists have developed to attribute all and each of most, has been postponed;

were returned. He submitted in this case that there was great as an old English cottage garden round a branch, of a tree, with Japan. To a large extent these accusations may be dismissed as idle given. It is probably because of

a rat hanging out of its mouth. room for a mistake and the with flowers,

Chaves is too blithe a red-The rat's mate was attacking the phantasies sometimes perhaps not altogether phantasies, but rathor the rebellion now in progress in

It seems a little quaint, în viewgistrate had only the evidence the results of deliberate thought on the part of officigls who seek to central and north China,

of what almost immediately of one stop watch before him. In roofed little town to suggest ako nud nipped him in the tail distract attention from their own luelies by presenting to the gaze of the authorities on elaborately arrangell Japanese bugey. Still, An extraordinary tragedy, in- followed to read this extract from such a case as this where stop conspiracies and bloodshed; and many times without making much of five the "Hankow Daily News" of watches were being use each the approach to it from Spain hoadway. The reptilo could do Valenc nothing with his mouthful but allowing for all, this, there remains something which is well volving the death

a October 10:-"Dospito, the asparty should have been supplied may be easily barred.

and Monero and the fishing vil-despite the other rat's inetica it understood by many and is worth consideration by others persons, has occurred in who have o regarded the present position fraín - that small town, called Shobara, sprantes of the revolutionarios with one.

His Worship reserved his lages on the Minho widening to held on to what it had got like particular angle,

the Atlantic seem in quite angria death. The onlookers dis- near Hiroshima, Japan. Accord-that there would be "something

10. the local correspon-doing" at Wuchung on Friday, decision.

other caso. There are forts at turbol the snake which camo Evonts have given unteh support, during the current yaar, to the ing

| Mjulio's mouth, but little hind-down the tree and came towards belief that Ching is on the eve of a cataclysm that will be productive dent of the "Nichti Nichi, the the holiday passed off quietly and

of arined men Liglior up,

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the "Daily Chronicle.".

, False Security.

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of one of two results. A New China may emerge, the possibilities wife of a saks brewer; finding not even a demonstration was LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, France to the passage of boatloads them, but a fewwell aimed

the

performance;

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The Chinese and Credit

To-morrow's Meeting,

At to-morrow's sitting of the Legislative Council a large agenda has to be dealt with. The prin, cipal-business of the day is the first randing of the bill entitled "An Ordinance to apply a, sum

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stones it to retire. We under Both Valenca and Moncau have stami that since thon some of astonishing old brown walls and the local sports Jave been out on parts that soom wasted on the a cobra hunt but we are unable twentieth century, but may yet to ascertain whether or no it o with the guns of trouble. was organised on accouit of the Valenca's labyrinth of galleries tale set forth above. and intramural ditches is be-

least.

of which will so appeal to the imagination of the Powers frog in the well, ordered a man-made: Strict precautions are that mutual distrust of each other will lead them, to servant to go down and get it out, still being taken and the yamon extend friendship until she sound liersell," and the This contaand was faithfully as well as the magazines and

becoines

thin promise

ancient obeyed, but to her surprise, heursenal are being closely guarded." did not return. Arelief party des- This would also seem to indicate Chinese Empire that weathered many 'storins before the nations which now serk to be her mentors were even in exist-cended into the well in the person that the Imperial authorities were ence, inay collapse quiirely. These are both possibilities; we of the brewer himself, who also not so muchiken by surprise as would be guildless ni straining language if we said probabilities; failed to me up. Three men has been assumed....

wildering, Itsmellk of the seven- The fine art of receiving. as one or the other seems highly probuide.. As we have suggested were loweryl in the well to see

Thus the N. C. Daily News": previously, whether the Munch or the-anti-Manchu prevails, what was the matter and they Chins at the end of the present outbrook, will occupy a widely so did not return. The policoIt is very inpleasant to note not exceeding $5,899,771 to the tooth century. The little blue tips as practiced in 18th-century different position from that which she filled before it acenrrod were at once notified, when it was that American trade expansion public service for 1912" In all oldiers who sing among its old England amazed foreign visitors, The ideals and aspirations for which, the rebels stand will have found that the nion were all dead in Manchuria is attended by eleven first readings will be taken, guns are an obvious mistake. The lot of domestic servant roused methods which have proved. The following questions will be They ought to bo armour-plated at their envy, and the content of the to be given a place in the scheme of China's national life. It from poisonous gases,

The Defenders is, of course, possible that the rebellion may be put down by the Economic Conditions in Japan.failures elsewhere in China. The asked by the Hou. Mr. II. E. loyal forces of the Thrane, but even in thatgine the cause for which The authorities in Japan system of giving credit is being Pollock the insurgents have taken the field; which we take it, is the spendier recently set themselves to an in-reintroduced, and the temporary advancement of China to a position of consequence in the comity quiry, into the reasons for the dislocation that this would cause of nations, will have to be adopted by the Central Government; high prices of everyday com- to the trade of other nationals A possibility, which we almust venture to call a menace, exists no lities. As a result of their will be unfortunato, Credit is that the Poking Government may requisition the aid of the Row investigations, it is found that the foster-mother of trade. But ers. As we have pointed out on more than one occasion. There is high prices are brought about, there are certain preliminaries exouse for the interposition of any of the Powers unless foreigners first, by the fact that foodstuffs which are essential to the adop or foreign interests are directly Attneked. But if an apponk is pass through the hands of tion of the credit system in the made by the Peking Government any-Power may feel itself justi tasny different middlemen bo-Empire and which China is lack- fied in affording friendly assistance. There is only one Power in tween the producer and con- ing in.

The Chinese, merchant is di the Far East froin whmm such assistant could come. This factumor, secondly, by the competi

· is perfectly well understood at Poking and at Tokyo If, sup- tion among the wholesale houses, honest as, if not better than, posing matters came to such an extreme, Japan, at the invitation thirdly, by the inefficiency of the merchants in other countries. But of Chine, landed a division of troops on the mainland, in the retail system. It found that under the present method of Yangtze Valley, as she could easily do, i situation would be created while fishi is sold at an extra-government the opportunities he that would call for very serious consideration in every Chancel-dinarily cheap rate by the will have under the credit system lory in Europe. We do not suggest for a moment that Japan fishermen, it is sold to the people for cheating are a great tempta- would do anything that was not susceptible of justification at vory high prices. This ap-tion, hard to rosist. In other she saldong does but we have a suflicient belief in the nonmon plies to many articles of daily civilized countries, though there of the guiders of her destinjes to be certain that she would not consumption, and the authorities is no hard and fast nos- let slip a good opportunity. It does not requiro a military educa-kre now seeking a remedy. Today Book, the position and tion to learn that a division is easier despatched than recalled, interfere with established ous property of each man, especially and it is for this reason, and in view of all the possibilities, none toms is always a difficult and merchant, is pretty generally of them gratifying or lastingly profitablo to Great Britain, that sometimes a dangerous task, re-known. Credit business takes lie behind and beyond the contingency that we have suggested, marke' the "Japan Advertiser" place under a system which mini- that we direct attention to this possible outcome of the rebellion but that the house holder is the mizes the risk from fraud. In in the Yangtzo provinces..

victim of a bad system remains Chins the trade methods, though The news that has come through to-day of German forces living undisputed and it is duty of the usually honest, aro elementary. taken part in the fighting is calculated to increase the apprehensions authorities to protect the ou It is a-crime to put temptations in

the path of the Chingao, to which we have referred.

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inaster their indignation. "This giving of vails,' wrote and of 1. Has the Governmont re- Moncao, ten miles up the river, thom, makes the place ofà ceived any, and, if so, what with Spain and its différences domestic a more comfortable place reply from the Right Honour coming nearer at overy milo, is on many small trades. The able the Secretary of State not so forbidding as Valenco. It nobility of no nations appear for the Colonies to the una challenges Salvatierrn across the so mean as the English. My nimous request of the Un-water as Valenca challenges Tuy, or looks on whilst his guest but more, ono judges, for tradi-discharges the house by paying official Members, made in this Council on the 1st of

tion's sake than because it feels the servants, and no domestics are June last, that the Military very sanguino about its strength, so insolent and so inattentive, Contribution be fixed ní tlie Its wills are a vast crumbling because they know it is not from nnnual sum of one million wilderness, very much otherwise his lordship'a mula they receive Little wonder that. than when in 1858 its defenders their money." dollars?

ate rats and mice rather than these old-time guesta looked upon 2. Will the Government lay vichi to, Spain, whose besieging accepting invitations to dinner as upon the table the corres general, the Marquis do Vianna living beyond their means, and pondence which has passed landed them to his own mon us less wonder still that they some- between the Government ind

patterns of valour and skill: This times retaliated: "Tees for din- the Secretary of State na pleasing episode gives exception-ing here are three half-crowns, to vice versa in connection with al interest to Moncao. So does be paid in the portér on entering: the aforesaid request ? ̈ ́

its modo-t hotel, which for clean-poors and peeresses to pay what

3. Can the Government give liness, good fare at little cost, more they think proper," wrote the Council any further in- and the inspiring mountain view one of them over the door of his formation with reference to from the embroidered pillowslips last. There were some hosts who the establishment of a wire of its Jode is as deserving of kicked. And it was not a Scota lo a telegraph station in this guide-book asteriska as any pio lord who always attended his visi- Colony ?

ture gallery in Europe. Minho tore to the door with the remark:

4. When will the detailed re-itself needs no such asterisks. It "If you do give, give it to me, for farns of the Census, which is so bewitching a land that one it was I who bought the dinner, was taken in May be pub-cannot imagine it's battlefield on The diner, however, as a

kicked in vain. Habed