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PEKING IN 1912.

An Old-world Capital Described

by Putman Weale.

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place is Vorsailles. Lying round the city are endless other great templos, erected to the sun, to the moon, to the garth, to the stars, to princely ancestors uificont nuces, which sound like suptuous jewole est in gold.

And would you hear the hardly- stilled cohoos of that truest Locsin of war, the drum, go to the Gront Drum Tower, where the mournful music of a Gargantuan dram once throbbed regularly over the city and was the mastor- signal for mighty alurums" and

Best on that drum with your wn feeble land, and your more powerful imagination

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1912.

POST OFFICE.

ly fully prepaid lettem and post

Boats to Eume, Leiter for the and ate triumissible by the Siberika

coute shoall be quy orscribed vis Siberia.

The Paral-Pod to this Chino provinces of Hapch and Unown is now rommed.

MAILS VIA SIBERIA.

Leads London

Due Shanghai

Juto 12 Jupe 15

Judo 29 Jaly: 1:

MAILS DUE. English, Devashe, Bed inst, Eiterion, Anhui, 4th funking American, Manglaris, 7th proxi

Philippine Islands-Per: Loongsang,

6th July, 1 r,x"

Shanghal and North China-Per

'Anhui, Gah July, 5 vm. Swatur-Par Haiman, 7th July,

Swatow, Amoy and Foochow-Per e Sandakan-Per Mauwong, Dil Ja'y,

Halyang, 9th July, 10a.m.

Thoro is a subtle charm about Peking which is indestructiblo, and which every iewcomor, be ho ever so prosaic, immediately feals.. It is a chorus which grow of one from your to year; until in the odd all the rest of the world seems to any stale, fat, nudexoursions. unprofitable: Perl up it lies in the mightily bastioned walls and the broadl canals, which omprison conjures up the great rush of shouting armed men, who must and yet lend the city grandour once have responded to its rade. in the brisk, dry wind, which, liko magic and hurled themselves on tlio generous wine of Champague, to the city walls with bows and exhilaratos and makes hilarious; arrows nil nacient jingals, thoir bannera waving beside them, to in the evor-moving panorama frequise, the insolent for. Never the groat streets, with their was the drum a greater magician loss linos of blup-looded carts, then here; it was the signal for arrive he won Tuguly, the 2nd July, their strikingly-robed" Mancha de ri-o and fall of dynastics. The Dornba wihte Eng'i . Mail women, thoir strings of camels,The dram was thore in the time left Sluggons; n Semdag, the 24th their groups of ambling horse-of Kublai Khan: it must have in at Ham, an may be expected hers Mongol dominion moitod away in alused in London for diep.tch by the often sounded the alarm when the ou Wednesday, and inet. nt 2 pm This packet brings the pumil the fourteenth century; the Ming alles té on the 29th May and for henchman thumped it from time daquatch overlaid on the 5th June to time just as arduously when the Manchu peril loomed up big

མས་ ས MAILS CLOSE.

mon, perpetually bathed in the brilliant yellow sunlight of this northora clime, and stowlily moving, moving, moving, past one just like a chomatograph

The H. Kumi Mara, with the Amarion Mail, ex Alsnunucis is du

slido, because the gaudily-paint- in the seventeenth century; and Sw tow, Any a Foodie-Por

ed shops make a theatre of the roatis.

Yet though all those things contribute towards produs ing the mental impression which

in the city gates armouries can still be found in which lie rusting Philippine the very iron rocket-guns which→ commenced firing at the advan-

is so pleasurablo, there is at thecing hordes of the Mancha horse- Japon va back of one's mind something

mon, as the drum throbbed over

olo-something which seems the doomed city. And just be doly actual analysis, and yet something which is always there,

-What is it?

ind stands the losser Bell Tower, wherein until a few years ago was stt sounded the curfew as it had The Romance of History. sounded for so many centuries It must be bocanse history past; and which, looking due the very romance of history-north, points like the magnotic stands so visibly bushrined in this needle to the frosts and deserts anciont Tartar capital and toakes where the old barbarinu peril al- the prospect so pleasing; because ways bay. Never lear the cook of history greets you here as it does | the south, but the wolf of the nowhere else today, aave in cor-north, said the wise old Chinese. tain other lost corners of Asia, proverb. such as Samarcand, and Bukhara. The memories of the past, con- jured up by barbaric bustle of

A Microcosm of History. And that again is another

the streets, attract and delightson why Poking is so romantic. There, to the north, to the west-

believe that the future must!

you, and make you inclined deed, on at least ten of the provo just as enthralling. People steen points of the compass-

Siberian

French

Mail.

Mail.

in Peking are always believinge savage mountains, with their Straits that something remarkable isothills only to milos distant

Islands, Australis, Tammanis Halebing, 2nd July, 10.4.M.

and Now Zealad-Por Changsha, 2nd July, 10 am.

Yokoham-Par Torilla, 2nd July, 11 ▲ M.

Faru wr vis Kuslung, Shang- h. North Chios, Japan, Honolul, United States, Canada, South Atorica vis San Fraudi-on-Per Silteria, 2nd July, 11 M.

P.M.5

MOVEMENTS OF

STEAMERS.

AMERICAN MAIL.

Mail Steamers.

THE PENINSULAR

The P. M. S. 8. Co.'s B.s. Boagulia, AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.

3218 May, arrived at San Francisco on which sailed from Hongkong on the

Philippine Islands-Per Tean, th

July, Sr.. Philippine Falends, Australia, Tasmania

And

New Zealand-Per Guthrie, 8th July, 8 mak

Australian

Mail.

Siberian

Mati.

vin

the 17th.alt. !

The P. M. S. 8. 0.'« s.s. Manchuris

from San Francisco sallod from Yoko WILL despatch VESSELS to the Ladumentioned PORTS on or abidi bama on the 14th last, en route to

the DATES named- Hongkong, ria Hobe, Nagasaki' and Manila, and is due to arrivo on the 7th inst, Showill be dispatched from this port on the 18 in., nt 1 p.m., for Ban | SHANGHAI Francisco, vin. Keelung, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Shimizu, Yokohama and Honolulu,

Stir, Butmal, Ceylon, Ada'aide, Western Austra'in, ladi. Aden, Egypt, and

This P. M. 8.8. Co.'s 6.9. Nile sailed Europe

Naples (Letters posted in Alle from Sau Francisco, on June 22, for Pillar Boxes, in time for Hongkong via Honolulu, Yokohama, the first clearance will be Bole, Nagasaki and Shanghai, and is Includel to thir contract mail) to arrive on the 19th inst Late Latteis 11 to 11.80 a.m Extra postage 10 cents) = P. P. Friedrich, 10th Joly, 11 KM.

Philippine Islands, Ya Maroun, Friederich Wilhelms bafen, Rabaul, Herbertshole, Matupi, Samaral, Australia Tanmania and New Zoalnud vin Bris ane-Pr. Prinz Wallemer, 18th July, 8 4.*.

Shanghai, North China, Ja. pan, Untol States, South Ameriva anil Canada vin Vandhaver (Europa vis Si beria)-Per Empress of Ja-

pap, 13th July. wx.

VESSELS IN port.

Saig Straits, Oeykin, Adelaide, Western Australia, India, Aden, Erypt and · En- mpa vis Marcillos (Letter posted in all the Pillar Boxer Anghin, in time for the first clearance |

will be in tefal in this co-

tmot mail) (Late Lettors

!derike). - Pai

Salusi 201 Ja'y. At a wi

Sại Tai, 2nd July, 1.15

STEAMERE.

Gor, a.s., 1,005, Chr. Kumpel, 25th June Bangkok and Sualow, Rica-B}}, & S

The T. K. K. 6.s. Chiyo Maru smiled. fem Honolulu on the Zist alt, fo? Hongkong and is expreted to arriva on the 17th inst..

ENGLISH MAIL.

The P. & 0; 8, N. Co.'s .. Deranha of Singapo e for this port on the 29th us, at 8 am with the outwari Fuglsh Malls, and is due here on the Se) inst, at about 2 p.m.

CANADIAN MAIL.

The O. P. H. Co.'s .s. Empress of Japan arr red at Kobs on Filday, the 28th ult, at 6 a.m., and left again at 2008, Hug day, for Shanghai, where i she is due to arrive to-day, at 10 a.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

The E. & A. s.a. St. Albant, from Sydney, left Port Darwin for Hong- icong on June 22.

t

The N. Y. E, e.s. Yamata Matu, Australia Liae, left Sydney for this port via Ports on the 16th ult, and is ex- pectoi on the 4th igel.

MERCHANT STKAMERS.

:

FOR

STEAMERS

DEVANH Capt. W. Hiskey,

TO`SLÍK ON About 4th July,

CARMARK

Freight and Pange

ASSAYE

Capt. G. W. Cockman,

01 July

Freight

Paisage

LONDON,-¥14)

USUAL PORTS OF

PERA

SHANGHAI

MOJI, "KOBE &YOKORAMA (Capt. W. W. Coska, msini

LONDON & ANT-1 WERPT.B'roAN,

Panaro, O'mao, SIMLA

PORT Bato AND MARUKILERU....

"Capt. Goldsmith, n.x,

For further parti ulang apply to

P. & O. 8. F. Cùly ožin,

Hongkong, 29th June 1912.

yliglat,

„Fright" and

10th Ju's

11 W D. PALLARD.

Acting Superinteest

NORDDEUTSCHER

LLOYD.

BREMEN.

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.

Fon

NAPLES, GENOA, 'AL-'

GIERS, GIBRALTAR, (P. E. FRIEDRICH SOUTHAMPTON, ANT- Ust. & Malchow '16,000 WERP and BREMEN...)...

To af o

(WED'DAY,"

10th July,

at Noon.

KOBE and TOKO PRINZESS ALICE HAMA ...............tstcont

Capt. P. G osol

20,810

About WED'DAY, 10th July

ANILA, YAP.

SATURDAY,

19h ul

6,100

at. 9. M

The .. Atholl sailed from the United | SHANGHAI,NAGASAKI) Kingdom on the 26th May, for Hongkong via the Straita.

The .8. Glcalogen passed the Suz Can I on the 11th uk, for Hongkong via Straits.

11:00 am. to Noan. Extra Changsha, Br. 8.8., 1,493, Finlay. 104, 24h Jun-Melbourne 1 Jos, Go-B, & S, China, Am. s... 8,186, R. Allen, 28th June-San Francisco 31st May, Mail and Gen. -P. M. S. S. Co.. Mrcirer. Br. 19, 2,118, W. Wright, 11th June-Port- land, Ora, 4 h May, Flour-port

P.X.

and ludis vis Oalsutla-Per

Persia, 2n July, 2-r..

going to happen: that in only from Poking, those savage moun-Shanghai, North Chiar and Japan, vilan natural-it in in the air. A great

tains over which runs the fabulous

to

Maji Victoris, B.B., and

Samil (Wh)-Per Sanaki-j

myra, 2d July, 1.,

July, 3 r..

•

Bank Lide.

Philippine Islami-For Tamis, 2nd Clara Jobson, Ger. o., 1,103, A. *tmits an | Ceylon -Por Hira-mvG, Shanghai, North Cain, wud pau ris

21 July, 5 P...

Moji-Por Pers, Zuf July, 5.

and moving history calls to you Great Wall of Chim, and through from every brick and stone, from which, in spite of such giant des all the gaudy colours, stabs you fouces, barbarian conquerors have in the eye, pricks your imagina-cascadod again and again on tion, until the thrill goes down like the summer foods, loft in the rich plains of China, and, your body, and all your nervos joyfully respond. The

their track behind them only very docay into which

ruia and devastation. many

The nahlo monamonts have fallen is Mongolian Plutosu, which reachos Tailor and Sim-Fer Trivino, Zad somehow more oloquent of straight across to Europe, and

HO

July, M.

P. Ulde:up, 28th Jun Bingapore and Holbow 18th Jane, Gon), & Co. "erawongad, Got. *... 1,057, E;

Gatticmon, 29th June Bangkok and Swatow 23th June, Rico.-B. & 8.

MARONE, SA”AWAI

The Snug Line . Seangbee left Rangon on the 23rd ult, for Hong kong via Pontng and Singapore and is expected to arrive here on the 6th inst

The N. Y. K. a. Ceylon Maru, KOBE and YOKOHAMA, Calcotta Line, left Calottts for this!

via Rangoon and Singapore on the 16th ult., and is expected hore on the

MELBOURNE. NEWGUINEA, BRIS-PRINZ WALDEMAR BANE, BYDNEY and Dap. 11. Bromer

Brd ist.

The T. K. K. a. Nippon Mat arrived at Ban Francisca on the 2ith 1216.

The T. K. K. 6.a. Tenyo Matu sailed from Honolulu for San Francisco on the 5th ult.

Bayard, Haiphong and Pakhui Halvard, Nor. Es., 1,066, C. Ander- Hongkong and is expected to arrive on

Per 8-king, 3rd July, 8)

A.M.

Swwww-Per Haimaa, Snl July, 10

the past than did they to-day which is the high roait over Hot stand in the pink of their one-which the Turtars from the days Fort time perfection; the great and of Attila, the Hun, hayo travellod glorious past, stretching back like the whirlwind, is there in into the dimmest background of mediately above you. - That the long avenues of time, prosses supondous plateau, the great BO heavily upon them that such terrace of the old Eurasian world, poor mortal croations have been played a very mighty role in the unable to support so groat a mr. past. `

don and so have fallen to the And here, at luat, wo have it. ground to Book a resting-place This entrenched capital is a sort

of an epitomeu microcasın~ol} The splendid city walls-the Chinese history. It is the history finest surely that were over built of 4,000 years in a single stereos-

on kind Moller Earth.

AM.

Swator, Amor, and fodiow-Ter

Kaijamira, 3rd July, 14 ao M-Per Sui Tal, 3rd July, 1.15

5.4.

Amoy, Trigan, Wuh-ici, Chef o

aud Tientsin -Per Huishow, 3rd July Mca-Per Sai "Tal, 4th July, "1 16

г..

The T. K. K. 5.8. Hongkong Mara Bailed from Yokohama for South

GOBLENZ {Capt. 1. Klugkist

Abort TUESDAY.

0,760

2nd July,

KUDAT & BANDAKAN.. BOR

BORNEO

6,751

Cup Brabill ·

Middle of July.

All the steamers of the European Jausste åtted with. Přir-lane Taiography,

New Byston of Teleinaten.

For further Particular, apply vi

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD

MELCHERS & CO., IN GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG, and CHINA.

[7

Hongkong, 28th Juno, 1912.

poste vin Honolula sud DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP co., ld.

The T. K. K. 8.x. Kiyo Mast sailed from Honolulu on the 28rd ult. f sen, 28th Jaac-Bangkok, the 28. just. and Swatow 25th June, Rica. -C. 8. 9. N. Co. Hapaules, Nor, 8., 2,119, Welholmosca, American

26th June-Moji, Flour.-Mexico on the 22nd ult, Order.

Tus 5. Montrose arrived at Naw Br. ., 8,800, Archidov York on the 22nd ult.

2016 Jun: Moji 24th Juce, L'en.-V, S. & Oo. Kaijo Maru, Jap. 8.5., 1,208, Y. Yaus- moto, 29th June-Swatom 28th June, Gon.-O. 8, K.

Japan

.

The P. & 0.8. N. Co.'s 8. Pera aft Singapore for this Port en the 37th ult., at 7'a m., and is dos here on the 2nd Int., at about 6 am.

The Don Line ss. Bondovan, from Antre and London, left Singapore-

in this world of ours-are living copio viow, with all images blond- Batavia, Samnang, Sour-bays and Locksun, Ger. 8.8, 1,657, W. Taubert for Hongkong na Jana 27,

el by art into a single one, and

Micasa Per 4th July, 2 val.

Tybas,

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Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.

Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurisas Stimmers on the Cond, having splendid Accommolation for First-Class Passengers, Electric Light, Excellent Calcine.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW AND RETURN,

· (Occupying' 9 to 10.dys.) CAPTAIN

STEAMSHIPS,

26 Jano-Bangkok 19th

The N. Y. K. 8.8. Kumvig Maru, HAICHING, W. U. Passmore.. | TUE 3DAY, 2nd July, at 1 UA.M.

A LEAVING, June, Bice.-B. & 8..

Australian Line, loft Naga-aki for this | HAITAN J. 8. Rosch..... fer,-1,169, Bublaikin, port on June 28, and is expected here HAIYANⱭ ... | A. E Podgins ... | TUESDAY, 9th July, al 11 +0.

FRIDAY, 8th July, at 11am. 21th June Salgon

2009 the 2nd inet, t

Daring the months of June and Jaly.-Raʻura avilable for thres mostli The N. Y. Kda. Awa Baru, will be issued at a reduction of 20 per meat, on the usual, ra'a tɔ Fumbon Jung, Gen—J, ít do

American Line, loft Robe for this for FOR SWATOW AND RETURN. (Occupying 8 Days), Phoumpent, Dr. s. 1,005, Jas. H. via Moji and Shanghai on June 28, and

Boolt, 12th Juno-Salgon is expected here on the 7th inst 8th Jand, Gen-Wo Fat Bing

and North Chius-Per 8 am, Amoy and Fo choler

Chinhan, Jul July, ¡5 1'........... Mario, Laitan 5th Ju y, 10 a..

Balinte, Aust niia, Ta msaia nd New Zealand -Per Kumao·maņu, Sch

July, 11 AM

Pilipine

I

history; the great, gaudy toward which cap the nine gates seem to mal to stand out in bold relief Shanghai look back into the past, and bid as if carved from solid things, bo you remember that they have cause of the dazzlingly clear at witnessed stirring times such as mosphere. It is the history of can nover return; the vast pinkofonce against offence of resist forbidden oity in the contre of anco and yet of domination, for the capitala veritable Kremlin Paking conveys, as perhaps no of Kremlins, where generations other city can do, the feeling of of emperors have passed away authority over millions of mon. their lives unseen, unknown, yet it is as if a greatly-magnifiedt Shanghai, North Chinas diapa ris mightily feared-spinelow em Dolhi, the ancient, capital of the bodies, as nothing else can do that loguls, wore ahifted to tho strangely-compelling theocratic foot of the Himalayas, and Japan vi Yokobama-Per Faltula, principle which has caused four to suzerain. English concen hundred millions of inen to rating there, garrisoning it with Ma-Pér Bui Tai, 5th July, 115 tremble and obey for hundreds, huge divisions of horao, foot, and may, thousands of years.

The Temple of Heaven.

Ba nghi and North Chai—Per

Choyang, Bth July, 11 AM Sanuki Robo-Pur Kutsaag. 5 July, 18 L.M.

5th July, 11 A.M.

P.M.

WED DAY, 3rd Inly, at 11 HAIMUN •....... | Je W. Evans

SUNDAY, 7ili Jaly, at 10 4.4 Steamers will arrive at, and déjart from, the Co.'s Whif n'ar Blake Flor

For Freight sad Passage, apply to'

The N. Y. K. a‚“. Aki Moro, Aurs | tralian" Line, lele Singapore for this; Mara, Jap. s... 8,729, J. port on June 27, and it expected here

Toranska 23rd Juno- on the 2nd inst. Shanghai 21st June, Flour, Singapore on Thursday, the 27th ult. 29

N. Y. K.

The .. Saisang from Caloutta Jef.]

afternoon, and may be expected hole on or about the 3rd July.

Siberia, Am, a... 5,000, A. Zeedar, 20th June-San Francisco 26th May, Mail and Gen. froin Bingapore is due at Hongkong as P. M. 8. B. Co.

the 2nd inst, and leaves for Bbaoghai and Japan on the 6th in te

The 1-0. S. N. Co.'s B. Kelsang, THE

artillery, issued from thence Ditaris, Samariangsu Surabaya-Por stera decrees, to be obayod un- Straits and Intia ris Calotta-Per Taming,

Tjilatjap, 6th July, 10 4,M, Then the Temple of Heaven, death, from one end to the others raite and Burmaler Butten, 6th

hesitatingly, under penalty of

Nathang, 6th July, 10 a.. with its white marble altors of the great Indian continent. spread unprotected under the That is the only possible com.

July, 10 A.M. blue dome of the sky, somehow parison to show what Peking has tells a more magnificent tale of boon in the past. faith in the Almighty,, whose

It is, then, not to play with,

pitiful creatures we are, than do language to say that a city of the finest cathedrals of Europe, such netuolitios is a city of end- where small-souled man covers less possibilities. A month in in his gods and hides his Peking is as a lay in many mysteries under piles of masonry, another place, for the city instead of proudly displaying the possesses in the highest degree, seat of his worship to the elements that priceless quality which The favourits of 8, groat King permits you daily to renew your told me not many months go impressions, and sansations, not that there is only one other place only for a few days, but for bathe world which equals the juureds of daye, If you would Asont conception embodied ses everything and, understand

of Hedyan that.

The "Delly Telegraph Hidd

me

"Boglish

Mail-

Torila,

Tjilatjap,

8.maite, Burmah, Ceylon, Ade. 1, Western Austerlis, In-j dia "Aden, Egypt, and Europe via Brindizi. Conto Letters 12 to

noon, Extra Postage 30 cents.) (Bupple-' mentary, mali on heard up to Taintan,

the time 6xed for departure of the mail Extra Portage -10 cents) - (Lestlers posted in s the Pillar Boxes in time for the Art clearance *lit be furladed To ha con- (rmat_mail.) "The Part Mall will de alfred on Friday, 6th Baly

Comet,

from Sandaken, is due at Hongkong or The 1.-O.: 8. N, Co.'s & Mausang.

the 4th inst.

The I.-C. B. N. Co.'sas. Choyong, from Slanghai, is due at Hongkong toy, and leaves fo: Shanghai on the

EASTERN

یا

Douglas, Lapralk & Co.,

General Managers.

& AUSAN

STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED.

Mail Service to Australia,

MAIL SCHEDULE

(SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION).

Br. 3.4., 1,350, G. H. Penne- father, 28th Jung--Mani's 26th June, Get. 8, & 6. Br. s... 0,000, U. J. Swenson, nx.R., 27th Juno-Calonita, Penang and Bingapore 22nd Jab; Gen...D. Bỉ là đại

Dutch .., 2,470, E. from Calcette, is due at Hongkon

The I.-C. 6: N. Co,'ar.a. Kameang, Kroos, 28th June-Swatow on the 10th . inst., "and, leaves, for ST. ALBANS ................................. 24th Juns, Gón.-J. C. J. L. Kobe on July 18,

amy.

6th ins

The Shire Lines. Carmarthenshiro **!

Arrive Hongkong

· Fiona Amatralla

Ger. 3.8., 1,009, F. Barking: from London is due at Hongkong on plentiful supply of Ite, Fresh Provisions, ie,, 26th Jane Saigon 22nd June, Bica-B; & §.

the 20th in t. She passed Canal on June 30,

The Indra Linawa. Inimadas from Babang, la due at Hongkong on the 3rd fast and loaves for Shanghai on July 5. The BIS. N Core Pullila, W. JDA 18th Jaco- from fangoon, le dne at Hongkong pu New Yore Br Fab, Oil – the 2nd last, and leaves lo Yokohams

sad Kobe on the Bid išo

BALLINO VRISNIN Br.› deusasted

2,890,

The sbore Bleumers are fitted, with Befri

Electricity." All State-Rooms have Huitrio“ and Steirardom and carried

Yor further pastíanša

Printed

Gibb