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DREADNOUGHTS AND

CORUISERS.

'OÙR NAVAL POSITION

(By Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney

Eardley Wilmot.)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1912.

A JAPANESE FINANCIER.

Mr. Yamada Pays. £8.300 for Admission to New York Cotton Exchange

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GENERAL NEWS.

Personal.

aro

Fin

Mediterranean

Motor Tail-lamps.

Home-going Hongkongites take Warning.

Of a Penang man on holiday

The Old Better than the New.

on. While the Manchus were in office the world was dark, now it is oven darker.

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Hotels

HONGKONG HOTEL

A LA CARTE GRILL ROOM. Now Open

Hongkong, 20th April, 1911.)

J. 1. TAGGART,

Manager. [26

GRAND HOTEL,

Telephone 197.

F. REICHMANN, Propriet x.

ASTOR HOUSE

(LATE CONNAUGHT HOTEL.). QUEEN'S ROAD); HONGKONG.

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PROPRIETORS.

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should drop out and be replaced by new constructions, It was a gradual oxtinction, and the pro- gramme of shipbuilding consider

Sir F. Swettenham's Now Book ed.desirable was based on Ger

Sir Frank A. Swottenlun has in Englund, of his proføreneo for many continuing to lay down!

now volume of essays in prostock he took with him, of how three ships of the line annually. Mr. A. Yamada will be the first paration with Mr. John Lane, is tried to smuggle om in, of pheap cigam of the enorious 1 do not like the term "capital Japanese member of the Now octitled Also and Perhaps. Samo how the Customs spotted 'em, of To form an opinion as to the of tating their place in the line" China Press. He is considered included.

ships. They are either capable York Cotton Exchange, says the furthor Malay akoteles adequacy of our naval strength, it for they are not, and "ertiser" is the best authority or an in

how he was fined fifty golden is necessary to have a clearly-de-now the name for vessels formerly Japan, and is one of the directors

Roveroigas and the cigars con- fined standard on which our Flest designated frigates and corvottes of the Japanese Cotta Trading cinte Prem has returned to ing each other, with every mani- Mr. J. It. Kennedy of the Asso-the Fonung gossips are now tell- fiscated of these alleged hups. may be based. Up to a compara in view of this, and making a Company. Ho has applied for Tokyo from Shanghai, where he festation of an entire lack of MANAGEMENT & CULSINE UNDEREUROPEAN MANAGEMENI tively recont period this hunusual comparison with" Dreadnoughts" membership, having bought in been in the intorest of the sympathy or regret.-"Straits ly loan takou as the ability suc only, we cannot exclude the armat for $17,500. cosfully to meet at sen a combina-called battle-cruisers, and; then

Associated Press since last au-Loho." tion against us of any, two other the disparity of force is not so this country and Japan is won-

"The cotton trade between 100u. Ponora. This in now declared to great. By the end of the year dorfully ndiyo this year," Mr.

Malla as a Naval Base. be inapplicable to pr sent lines we shall have twenty-two of these Yamada said recently. The year parliamentary papers on May 14, been circulated all around l'oking. and circumstances, and a fresh classes to Germany's thirteen. has been a record-bronker so far. at Malta will remain an im-The Manchu princes while inoffice Dr. Maemungra stated in the The following pamplilet has standard is adopted that of over-but under construction their the cotton exported to Japan portant naral biso. The constitu- treated us very liberally. The whohning superiority to a single number is eight to our ten. As from America will onsily amount tion and strength of the naval way for officials to get an office CENTRALLY dute, p-to-date Haisl, Recently uses a collus Power Wo, in fact, roven to a building programme, therefore, to 500,000 bales by the end of force in the Mediterranean have was very onsy compared with now. Cuisine ander the supervision of za Experions FRENCH CHEF, and condition prevailing bef we the two keels-to-one is not an unro-the year. The average of the lust not yet been souled. "It must At present over 100,000. old offi- two-Power standard was ofliciallysonable demand; and in view of jew years was about 310,000 | not be assumed that the squadron cisla have been dismissed and boonste Tables, Hot and Old Bathe, Klaitrio Light throughout. Terms iniroly Now Management. Lange and, Confortable Rooms, Excellunt. cnueniato, when we used to our dependence upon naval supbilos, measure our Flot with that of remacy for uational existence, no our principal rival at sea, Francs one should be able to find in suli bought in Americi is. So gold,garded as part of our naval

The average price per bale,

based on Gibraltar cannot be re-replaced by young unexperienced modernis, First Class smaylion & Families and Tourista.

For particulara nad rates apply to Double her force; we lind, was put action any mooses to other roun-

Pelephone, 170 forward Trequally in those days tries. We only want to feel 1,500,000bdes of cotton o yoar,!

strength. "Japan mes from 1,307,000 to by critics of our naval efforts, secure, a condition which did not addition to the 300,000 we

waters." Was to samo oxient recognised by prevail between 1880, and 1890, used to get Tram Amorica, we

Kang Ju-wai and Liang Chi-| that country. Whon Nue to economising apon the had about 500,000 I thought and done

In view of all that has been

chao are creating a Monarchical Movement Society, let us all join Lit, was Emperor, and we repre- Nivy ituring the previous lend ab. 300,000 bales from longkong, recently, anent motor-and restero again the old powers. sontal practically that he was yours, resulting in stares and the China. Last, your we had very curs, it is interesting to learn that Thoold is still better than the now. building to many ships, nsaid. voting of additional funds in large little from China on arconat of the High Court at Home has de-

Lat each build what he part wasted, owing to hosty ox

Shanghai Loafer Shipped to sider the right number you penditure.

the revolution, and I think we sided that if the tail damp, which

Singapore. ought to have twice as many asi

will not have ranch from China illuminates the number-plate ou No agreement as to limit this year,

anator car, should accidentally orden Kirk, legal advisor to the wa, for they are your prinsipiltion of armaments is feasible

Upon the assuranen of Mr. O. protection. Gerany, having between two countries, for each and us the Japanese like in wear on the part of the motorist, no that John Milla, who was sum- KING EDWARD

American coiton is the best,go out through no fault or neglect nicipal Pabes of Shanghai displaced Franeo as the strongest has its own standard of require the best clothes, we went more conviction can be recorded and continental Maritime Power, wements to which the other is unable and may fix our standard accordingly to agree.

therefore the liceuse cannot beed to the British police court and work to approximitoly double fore, is to mako undeniably clear from Anorion will be increasing.

Our only course, there- Every year the amount we buy enderasd.

for the second time on May 31! for violation of the Children's her forcs in ships of the line our intention to maintain such a

M- William Archer at Waseda. Under the decision arrived at fleet as will, as far as human faturing industry in lecture before the students of dismissed. Mr. Kirk said that Act, would be shipped to Singa- Mr. William Archer was to "The development of the cat- `some years ago, that fleet is bin-offorts are possible, and at any Japan is the int wonderful of Waseda on Juno 20

pore, the case against Mills was clusle thirty-eight battleships, gost, render the Empiresfe fr. Wo have fifty million people Pature of Eungean Drams. On

the since the summons had been and once for overwliching without."The Navy",

to clothe and they all wear cotton that day he will be invited to the made whereby superiority, we should un rinkin

issued, arrangements had bcom garments. Besides; we have within private these of the Bungei dant would be shipped to -defen- oqunt, if not superior, in lividual INSTRUCTIVE FIGURES, easy reach China and other Asiatic Kyokai, where some of Dr. Tsa-Singapore, where he had assure-1 ly, in fighting capacity.

countries where people use cotton bouchi's musical pieces will be the polico that he had friends. Thoroughly Renovated. fabrics to a very large extent. prosented. The students of Wa-The children had been placed in Japan's geographical position is sada University are pluming a most favourable for the cotton in-banquet in his honour and the remain for two years.

a convent whore they woul.i dustry, being the centre of three literary staff of the "Yomiuri great cotton growing countries-Shinbun" will also entertain him.

Mathematical Prodigy, Ameriea, India an 1 China

America's Cotton Trade with A native boy with fix toes on much foot and six fingers on each roads asa tramp, says the "Madras hand is wandering the fadian Mail" and ourning money by his extraordinary feats of mental

a fleet of at lead soventy voals,

"

moro American

China'

Colton

the export of cotton goods to the It is true that America in losing Oriental countries, i now sends paretically neutron yarns to the

countries-in the

· Two World-Tour Prizes,

in

Cha

Mills, who is unemployed, hus two daughters, both under 16 years of age, and as stated in our columns, last, wook, had causo.1 streets with a bogging letter. He the children to go about in tho was released with a warning after arraignment on a similar charge; but on the 25th the two little

Hongkow branch of the Hong- girls were seen begging in the kong and Shanghai bank.

Siam and Malay Railway According to the Belgian Loga-

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Telephone No. 007

12 Now, 2 ext 194 P. x.

Sessions:

Admission 23 cents. B R.A. LO 8 P.M. 9 r.. to LI P.M. Admission 50 cents. String Band will play at the above Hotel every Sandey, commencing from p.m. to 10 p.m.

W. GALLAGHER, Manager. [96

HOTEL.

Under Entirely New Management.

Excellent Cuisine.

H. HAYNES,

M. anger.

Hongkong, 10th Jan., 1912

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HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN,

PLUNKET'S

The Peak,

as the Ti Terminu..

To: 57.

For us, ppy to ta

MANAGER.

THE TAIWAN RAILWAY HOTEL.

TAIPEH, FORMOSA.

Under the Direct Management of the

Taiwan Baleny Dept

EXCELLENT CUISINE

GOOD SERVICE. RATES 6 YEN AND Ur.

AND

Uniformed bots. porter meets all trains and steamert. Luggage are ranged for without any trouble to guests.

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Hongkong, 1st Feb., 1912.

MEE CHEUNG.

ART

PHOTOGRAPHER.

HONGKONG. TELEPHONE NO. 1013.

ÜRTELOPING, Puasting EstuADING

nekine et Mar: 1/3) 16%

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT

THE LOCK WOVEN

WIRE

MESH SYSTEM.

Germany's Strength. Tobacco Companies Appeal to Taking the present situation,

Lloyd George. and counting all completed with in the last twenty years, Germany

Some very instructive figures will in 1912 muster thirty-two are given by the Tobacco Trade battleships and throw bades Section of the London Chimber eruisors. Under construction she of Commerce in an appoul to Mr. has six battleships and two battle-earge to rolure the execa ling- cruisers. Wo shall have fifty-four hourlens which are out battleships. and seven bauleupon the trade by the increased cruiser at end of the year, and taxation of 1009. In 1990 the tax under construation eight ballen tobacco was 3s. per lb., ships and thro battle-eurisera.oth stemmed and instommod for it. But let us sen

Orient. Often Japan is blamed mathematics, Though the disparity in forcs is tobacco. In 1904 Mr. Auston Ambrica sentonly half the naount speaks only a little English. At In 1906, He is about eight years old, and considerable, it would not suffice. Chamberlain, for the first time, sent to Japan. Looked at from a recent tast conducted by an if individually the units counted differentiated between the two thin angle only, it looks as though Englishman he gave the correct had approximately equal power,aid the British, manufacturers, or

classes of tobacco, and sought to Japan is robbing America of its answers instantly to the following but our pre-" Dreadnoughts" are

rather provent them being handi- trade. But more than one-third problems:-976 x 70. 982,347 x greatly superior to German ves- sele built between 1890 and 1900. capped, by allowing tobacco with of the cotton Japan imports is 21, the square root of 853,776 tion nt Bangkok, says the "Rail

There are many people, oyen

stoms to be imported at is, while exported to China and other and the cube mot of 274,625. ay News, if the northern line bo 71 Bo-called naval experts, who per adding another 11-21. in the cotton gonds and yarns; to the 78,087 rupees, 10 annay, and aern Shan States Railway, Singo- shape of Finally he was asked to multiply made to connect with the South- sist in counting only "Dreadle of baca without stems. ercase of lapiness experts al pie by 9,787, and gave the cor- pore, Penang, and Bangkok will noughts" on both sides, and 7,1-24. perib, was reduced to cotton goods and yarns to other reet answer in five seconds.

be linked up by rail with Ruagoon. assort that in some short period, 12d. by M. Asquith in his

and Mandalay. In the meantime Oriental countries means tnore first Bulge in 1906. The Budd Ray five yeare, all previous con-

for a year's holiday tourround the authorities in French Indo- structions will be obsolete and of get of 1909 greatly increased the cotton exported front America;

We produce practically no the world two university gra- China are doing their utmost to no fighting value. I could un-tax on tobacco, the milition derstand that being said on the being a the inte of 1-2), par oz.

cotton in Japan,." Wo producod | dunter-Mr. Goldsworthy Lowes effect railway connection between other side of the North Sea, for or 8, per tb.

somo until ten or fifteen years Dickinson, M.A., of Cambridge, Saigon and Korat, the most im at least twelve of the units includ. It is a remarkable fuel, says "go, but it has boon superseded and Mr. Percy Mudo Roxby, portant town in the east of Siam,

by foreign cotton.">

M.A., of Liverpool-are to receive and already connected by rail ed in that 1912 flock, core under the "Globe," that the increase of that description, not on account duty has had the effect not only cotton mills have started is Albert Kahn Travelling Follow-unforeseen occur the next decade Doring the last two years many £000 from the trustees of the with Bangkok. Should nothing. of age, but because, for doubtless of reducing the profits of all those Chins, but Mr. Yamada does not ship. good reasons, they were de-concorns engaged in the manu- think they would detrimentally

will probably 800 all these lines liberatoly, built of small dimen. facture of tobeco in this country,flect the Japanese

Tho trasteesmsider the quali- in running order, so that it will alons and light gun-power.

Selected after competition with all other systems or other ficatious of the two young man be possible to travel from either with the exception of the Im perial, Tobacon Company, but has

foreign mills,

selooted in accordance with the the Straits Settlements or Burma by the Advisory Board to His Majesty King George V. The demand for cotton goods founder's aims-that they are men into Yunnan by rail. There is, forced out of the trule altogether and yarns in China and other with free, open, energetic minds however, considerable opposition as the sole reinforcement to be used in the construc- It is different with our conten-mufactness, while diminishing

no less than one-eighth of the Oriental countries is increasing Mr., Dickinson is a Fellow and to the Suigon-Kornt railway tion of the New Water Works for Windsor Castle. porary battleships.

The wine the profits of the retailers also more rapidly than are the cotton lecturer of King's College, Cam-schome on the part of the more Majesties, each carrying ur At the same time, the system There will be more mills ostab on School of Economica and the other hand, railway connection mill of those countrios," he said.] bridge, and lecturer at the Lan-conservative of the Siamese.. On 12-inch guns, are still power of taxation adopted in India lished in China, and we will send Political Science, ful vessels; not capable, of has practically closed that coun-more cotton gends to China, but

with the Federated. Malay States coures, of coping with his try to the cigaroite manufacturer there will be alwaya room loft. It Church, Oxford, and won the garded with favour.

Mr. Roxby isa scholar at Christ und with Burma is generally re-. "Dreadnoughts, but equal to in the United Kingdom. a emaller number The Hame

Prior to 1010 the duty in India will belong before there will be Gladstone essay prize. He le a may to wind of the cigli Foron cigarettes was 5 per cent, ad anything likocompetition between lecturor in Liverpool University, midables. As for the oight King valorem. In February of that Chinese and Japanese mills," a goographer and historian, and Edwards, I have some recoller year a protective duty of s. 8d.

The Japanese company which has written a book on Grattan tion of their being compared not per 1,000 on cigarettes was im Mr... Yamada represents is thel and some geographical works... -- Bought, when the latter first cheap class of cigarettes entirely operating several mills. through unfavourably with the Dread-posed, which at once shut out the argest cotton trading and manu- fnoturing corportion in Japan, appeared. Two of them, at any and even the reduction of the rate, if well handled, should moro duty to 48, 8d. per 1,000 last year

out Japan and China. than hold their own with one of has not made it possible to recover the later type. Owing to the the business which has, therefore, U. S. Cruiser's Narrow Escape.became suspicious and sent for wisdom and foresight of former gone from firms engaged here to While at practice a United the polico, in whose presence the Administrations, especially also those which have been able to Etates torpedo boat launched a basket was opened. It was found GRAVING DOOK to having such an ablo designer establish factories in Indis. While torpedo which pierced the plates to contain a lithographing ap-7871t. by 88ft. by 34ft 6in. as Sir William White, our pre- this heavy taxation has been of the cruiser Marglana blow the paratus, 1,000 forged notes of the Cups empty Dock in "Dreadnoughts" have a longor imposed on. tobacco in Great waterline. The cruiser narrowly Chinese Republic for $5 each P 1-4 hours, effective life than could otherwise Britain, in Canada and the United escaped disaster. bo assigned to them, and I trust States of America the duty is but

and a document, which is midito ] THREE PATENT SLIPWAYS they will not be relegated to the 24, 3d. por lb., so that manufac

be this copy of a Court finding | teking vessels up to 8,000 tons According to statistics issued against certain Japanese in con- disisisment, providing conditions for scrap-heap for many years to turora can manufacture in bond by the bureau of agriculture nection with the counterfeiting of palating shipi with most eoient in't come. As with armies, eo with here and sell in those countries, rinderpest is present in 12 Philip-700 ten rouble pieces. Eventual- 10 Tow, ELECTRIC GRANE of QUAY-—-—- fleet, the power to bring out, and cheaper than they can at home. put in the fighting line, a

pine provinces Bitaan. Bulacan, ly, says the N. China Daily ELECTRIO OVERHEAD CRANES THROUGHOUT The loss which has fallen upon Bohol, Iloilo, Tabela La Laguna, Nowe, a printer claimed the bas- Tus Supra Baxou up to 100 Tous. numerous and officient reservo, in British manufacturers and re- Nueva Ecijs, Pampanga, Panket and was immediately puf un-imate given for Docking, Repla to-Hall and Maobinery, -&-necessity for ultimate success, failers in the tobacco trade makes gasinan, Rizal, Surigao and der arrest. He confessed thatthe nimelionat Work,

Capital Ships"

it imperative that they should Zambales, In a spries of articles contribut-receive some assistance by a re-

had been a printer at Tanjin MADHUN, AKD'AOKHEIT In all 35 municipalities are in- Machi, Fukuoks, Kinshu, up to

The Majestics and the

Formidables.

Rinderpest Figuras

Forged Chinese Notes.

A wicker basket was received

at Hakata Station, from Nagasaki, for whom no owner could be found, last week. The authorities

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