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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1915;

Sir Harry Johaston,

DAY BY DAY.

FORGIVENESS TO THE INJURED DOTH RELONG,

DUT THEY NEER PARDON WHO HAVE DONE THE WRONG.-Dryden.

The Weather...

NOTES ON THE CRISIS.

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THE RUSSIANS COMING TO

THEIR OWN.

·HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.,

Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 83; An Encouraging Batch of News (Compiled from the "longkong

Sir Harry Johnston, the well- known authority on African affairs, enters apon bis 58th year to-day. He is a Lentoner by birth and upbringing, and rc- ceived his education at Stockwell. Grammar 'Sobcol and King's | College. Perhaps it is not gener-rain. ally known that, up till his At the Pesk 8 s.m. Temp. 75; twenty-second year, he intended rain. to follow painting as a profession. ⠀⠀ He studied art for a short time in

Yesterday the Telegraph Paria, "after having gained a variety of medals and certificates published 34 columns of solid at South Kensington. At the age reading matter. To-day there

will be 441 published. of twenty-one he was able to satisfy some of his longing

Count the Columns,

The Malls,

Cordillere tc-day at noon. Siberian Mail. Closes per 8.8.

Luchow at 4 p... to-day.

Up to the Minute-Share Market News.

Telegraph" files for the week ending June 13, 1880.)

Juna 12-"The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is 3/41.

1890.

SHARE REPORT,

are from the Hongkong Telegraph The quotations which follow for Jane 12th, 1890:

Whatever fooling of discomf

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank ture may have arisen from last

-19 per cent. premium, buyers, night's anro incement that two of

Union Insurance Society of Canton-$100 per share, sellers. our torpedo-boats had been sunk

Young Policeman's Death." China Traders' Insurance Com- is diapolled by the series of all-

June 6. "A fresh proof of the un-pany-$70 per share, sellers. round encouraging wires this cert iinty of life was brought home North China Insurance — Tls. morning. Against the torpedo to our "guardians of the peace" 355 per share, buyers, boats we can get the mugnificent this morning, through the sudden Canton Insurance Company, Yangtaze Insurance Association

Hongkong Fire Insurance Com• China Fire Insurance Company

to see the world, and he French Mall, Closed per 8.8.progress of the Allies with spe- dea b of Alexander Roer, PC. Ltd.-$120 per share, sellers. travelled for the best part of two years in Northern Africe, From that time there was no doubt as to his future calling. During the yeate 1882-3 he explored much of Portagese West Africa and, in 1884, ta ued his new knowledge to account by conducting a scientific expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro. From that time. till 1001 most of his life was spent' in Africa-in the Consular service" or as Commissioner. His literary output has been very great and he is one of those who is listened to very seriously when he speake or writes on African questions.

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The United States Position.

Closing prices:-

Indo-Chinas.$974, sellers. Union Insurance Society of O'ton, Ltd.-8857), buyers. Donglass-$47 buyers. Kang Yike-14, sellers. China Providente-8.35 buyera

and 8 sales..

The Dollar. The rate of the dollar demand to-day is la 01.

on

50

Hongkong Hotel Company

$100 per share, buyers.

"Hongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per cent. Debenturea $501.

Indo-China S.N. Company-

Douglas Steamship Company-

China Sugar Refining Com-

and around Champagne, the fever after an illness of two day's-Tla. 90 per share, cial reference to the French-in 111, who enccumbed to malarial eteady and telling march of the duratio 2. The deceased, a fine, Italian troops, and the determined athletic-looking young men, was pany-$355 per share, sellers. attitude and brilliant fighting a very promising member of the of the Russians. There is some. Force, and only came out in the-$84 per share, sellers. thing solid and convincing about last draft, having provicusly been matters, like the destruction of 4 these things, as about smaller in the Glasgow police."

Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Company-54 per cent, premium, Parseval. The French, for some

A Snake at the Post Office,

bayers. June 6. Yesterday afternoon. Hongkong, Canton and Macao time past, have been pursuing another of those interesting Steamboat Company-$36.1-2 the useful lines laid down by reptiles for which our model General Joffre, Glching a row of G.P.O. has become to noto 013

rer share, buyers. trenches here and a village there, protruded its head through the Company

China and Manila Steamship and there is nothing to show that grating under the Post Office sellers.

$104 per share, the Germans have scored a single verandah, and, imagining the oomponaating Buccass against track down to Pedder's warf to $135 per share, sellers.

Hongkong Gas Company- them. The German losses, in kill be clear, gli lad swiftly out on the ed alone, continue to be appalling; pavement. His snake-ship was To-day's Anniversary, To-day is the 57th birthday of

three thousand here, a thousand atual to make tracks fo: the briny

and there,

00 No deep when the minions of the law Mr. Bryan certainly has the Sir Henry Johnston, G.O.M.G., courage of his convictions; but the well-known explorer and drain, it goes without saying. battered him into a pulp is a 25 per cent. dis-, sellers.

country

сад stnud such a rashed furiously uron him and what most concerns the people of authority in African matters.

That our own losses have been trice. A well known local analyst the United States just now is that

undesirably heavy is a safe se said he saw the remains of post- $5 per shoro sellers. those convictions hardly fit the Proposed as F. S. A times in which we are living. The Hoa. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, amption; but while Germany is age stampe and P.0.0's in the Force, he tell us, represents the J. P. of Hongkong, has been burrying untrained sad ill-fed particles which were submitted old system, while persuasion re- proposed for election as a Fellow men to the front, Bitain and to to him for examination. It is Pay, Ltd.-$170 per share,

a great extent France-is able to pleasant to find that the police sellers. presents the new. Those of his of the Royal Society of Arts..

Luzon Sugar Refining Com compatriote who take a practical |

fill the blank spaces with men in have succeeded in stopping at Shell Transports, fine fighting trim who have just least one Post Office snake from pay, Limited-$75 per share, view of the present situation will

Messrs.. Wright and Hornby passed through

sellers; scarcely thank him for bothering have received a telegram from system of training. We may take although its dimensions were ouly s thorough clearing out of this colony, them with such sentiments just London this morning announcing it, moreover,

Does Mr. Bryan Dever

That Germany 3 feet by 3 inches in circumfer read the papers? How would be a final dividend of 5-per share, knows all about this, as well as eace at the bulged part,"

Coupon No. 24, making 6-for her neighbours, and that the Ao Unusual Scens in the apply persuasion to a race of 1914. :

Harbour. "knowledge is in no way comfort- men that has cold-bloodedly sat

ing or strengthening to her.

Jane S.-"Yesterday a vary down to invent and to apply scientific methods of inflicting a

Progress of the Russians.

unusual spectacle was witnessed lingering and cruel death, suoħ

The conflicting accounts, in the in the Harbour-there being no as the Germans prepared for plessed to appoint Mr. F. O past, of Russia's progress, and the less than five P. and O. vessels in port. They were the Hongking, knowledge that her auccesses were their enemies in adopting pois Jenkin to be Deputy Superin- being counterpoised all too often from Shanghai, homeward Bound; onous gas as a war weapon? la tendent of the Special Police German victories has led the Clyde, which had just arrived theory it is a beautiful idea that Reserve, with effect The object of this paper is to publish correct information, to serve any country-maskee whether the June, 11, 1915.

of our readers to take less with the mails; the extra Bombay the truth and print the news without fear or favour.

United Statea or some other-

notion of the Patrograd. wires atramer Nizam; the Virons, on should be able to lead the world,

thanofthose from the west. There Japan; and the Tabern, about

to leave for Bombay." May at the Botanical Gardens lukewarmness when a Berlin A Step in the Right Direction. is, however, no room for doubt or was 1217 ins, on 10 days, at the communique admits checks and faree and refreshments on board Jane 8. Tick," as regards Matilda Hospital, Mount Kellelt dekat. Russia has been passing the vessels of the Hongkong, it was 10'58 ins. on 20 days, and through the same trying mill as Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., at the Police Station, Tairo, it Britain in regard to the supply is a thing of the fast. In future was 1867 on 19 days.

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1915.

EUROPEAN OR ASIATIC INFLUENCE FOR CHINA?

now,

out of the black night of war etc., eto., and we hope the day may come when some race or other will come forward to push home this glorious message. But mean- while we are faced with facts, and these leave us no time to regard. theories.

Special Police Reserve Appoint-

ment.

H. E. the Governor' has been

from

The May Rainfall, The rainfall for the month of

Land Salos.

many

08 per share, sellers, Hongkong Ice Company

Hongkong Rope Manufactur ing Company, Ltd.-$111 per share, buyers.

and Godown Company-$72 per Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf share, buyers.

Hongkong Dairy Farm Co. Ltd. -$10 per share, sellers.

$2

A. S. Watson and Co., Ltd.-.

per share, buyers. Hongkong High Level Tram- way Co., Ltd.-par. nominal.

Hongkong Steam Laundry Co., Ltd.-$25 per share.

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Green Leland Cement Co. (old issue).--$32 per share, esllers. issue).-$3 per share, nominal.

Green Island Cement Co. (new

Co., Ld.$00 per share, buyers.

Hongkong Land Investment Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.- 90 per share, sellers.

West Point Buildings Co., Ltd." $40 per share, sellera,

of musition; bat, from the dash Sales of Crown Land at Un and confidence that her men are Payments must be made in cath

now showing, one is encouraged

and not be the convenient but un Long by public auction will be to believe that much of that certain "chit." This is a step held at the Police Station, Auj

souros of anxiety has been satis in the right direction, which Tab, at 12 noon, on Thursday factorily ended. A later wire ought to be encou:azed by all Jade 17. On Jane 21 at 3 p.m. speaks of continued accesses on at the P.W.D. there will also be the Daiester and of fresh heavy

travellers. But the Directors of the Company have atill something a sale of land at Fanling.

more to do in order to meet public requirements. The frattion of Hongkong and going to class fares are absurdly high and wards Sim-ahui-po. About to the charge for meals and drinks, minutes more would take them as compared with the tariffs of into Chinese waters if they con other steamer companies, are not tinued in the same direction.

The "Blessings" of Peace.

Can Mr. Bryan seriously believe that the German Americans will attach the very smallest measure of importance to any appeal tɔ] them that is made on such lines, as

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The Full Court Sittings, The Full Court of Hongkong,

OBITUARY.

Mr. E. S. Simcox Perrott.

ly connected with this form of

German loases, from which it would appear that the Foisonous gas is not insuperable after all,

The Invasion of Austria. There seeme to be no keeping

Accident to the Kaiser,

Dr. Shailer Mathews, an American university professor who

constitated by the Fall Court Las recently returned to New York from a visit to the Far East, ra, that they will do other than Ordiniace, 1912, will hold its delivered a remarkably clear and fair address before a religious what the rest of the world will do next sitting on Monday, the 19th gathering, in which he sketches the position of affaire between laugh at him? When this war day of July, 1315, at 10.30 a.m. the Italiana bok, and no chance merely prohibitive to all but the When about 100 yards off I nstled China and Japan from an Americaà point of view. He appears to1s over, and when it has been put His Ecnour the Chief Justice of the Austriana' bs'acoing inva- wealthy--they very nearly approa• them. They had no lights, I have interviewed Baron K to in the course of his travels, and that out of the power of the Germans, bas ordered that no Criminal sion with invasior, The two oh. what has very often been called out to them in Chinese to gentleman assured him that "Japan intends to obtain her rights in for good and all, to re-introduce Sessions shall be held in the month divisions the one on the Carnic characterised as a gross imposit tone alongside. They immedi- China; no more and no less." To thie Dr. Mathews affixes the ach a chain of circumstances as of July, 1915.

Alps side and the other in the ion. Will the flon." Mr. Ryrie, ately turned and made for Hong- perfectly rearonable comment that, until Japan clearly indicates have brought about and have

Tyrol are making headway in who is the only one of the second- kong. I called to them several what she believes those rights to be, there is a large area of doubt;' characterised this conflict, we

face of floods, broken bridges and class directors that has over times to stop but they look no and proceeds to point out that the future prosperity-indeed the have no doubt the civilised

mountainous ground, while the shown any tendency towards notice. I fired one shot after national existence of Japan "is involved in the maintenance of the people of the world will be

third division has captured M n-reform and recognising the al- them, but they continued to pull integrity of China;" a consideration of which most Japanese and willing to consider proper means

falcone. Monfalcone, though it tored character of the times in away from me. 1 fired another perhaps many Loropeans are apt to lose sight.

of establishing "universal" and

his only a population of about which we live, take this matter abot and they then turned and

· Not Dr. Mathews goes on to argue that, since the Russian war left permanent peace.

that Many of our readers, gaye the five thousand, contains important up thoroughly, and earn for him- made for Chinese territory. For Japan in to session of Korea, ehe is reasonably safe from any future Peace in the abstract is always a N.O.D. News of June 5, will hear factories and is but twenty miles self the thanks of the general about ten minutes they kept attsaks from the north. Assaming (sa he does, by the way) that she good thing. We had had years with deep rogrot of the death at from Trieste. Austria may be public and the appreciation of dodging about trying to elade keeps Tsingtau, she may also be said to be safe from immediate of it in Britain when the Crimean bis residence, Bronhyddon, Llan-keeping certain resources and the shareholders of the Steamboat me. At last I got hold of them. danger of attack through China. At their best the American War broke out, and the result was aantfraid, Montgomeryshire, in defensive measures up her sleeve, Company!" professor sees in Japan's future arrangements an adaptation of the that the country was sinking to April last, of Mr. Edward Simcor for aught we know to the coa

Oa getting along side the first Mon: 03 llestrine; but he reminds his hearers that there is a worst present war arose; so that Ten-try riders will recollect, was close as though there is a distinct Berlin atate that sn accident to fore that there was something

almost as low an ebb as when the Perrott, who as many cross-conn-trary butt present it looks June "Despatches from

defendant stood up and handed as well as a beat; and that at that worst these arrangements may

me s paper in Chinese. Just be involve the establishment of or an attempt at Japan's predo-Dyson was impelled to write:-

helf-heartedness about her pro- the German Emperor's carriage. thrown over the stern of the boat, minance in Ohion's internal affairs; all of which is worth saco ad

"Why do we prate of the bles sport in Shanghai.. Mr. Perrott,

toate. Her flet, such as it is, has through the horse running away, but I cannot say what it wie. On thought.

sings of peace? We have made or "Mona" as he was familiarly done nothing, the one torpedc- caused his Majesty to sustain searching the boat I found twenty We are next told that there is a general belief "among the them a caree." more intelligent Americans" that it is better that China should de-

known to his friends, before com- best that did venture out of rather serious contusions, which bage containing balls of opium. The United States has had a longing out to China had made

Trieste having been sunk without confined him to his bed." velop under Asiatic influence than ander European; to which we can reign of peace and sweating, reputation for himself in the ceremony.

We understand that the and the rest was Malwa opium. Eight bage contained Patns opium only reply that we are sorry for the more intelligent Americans' graft, "cordering," big business football

The Alien Enemy. field, having

Contusions were on the head The bags were tied togather and chance of understanding the real position cut here, and that we re-phate the times reben played in International" Rugger the internment or repatriation of Extensive Seizure of Oplum. There were also a buoy and line

and place-hunting are the result

At Eo as it is announced that and proved immoveable] gret that so excellent a specoh as Dr. Methewe' should be rounded off war is no aneh bad thing tonian and arrived in China

matches. He was an old Chel alien enemies is proceeding rapid-

bad weights attached to them. with such a suggestion. How is it possible for China to come

Jane 12. "Last night PC attached. There were seven carry- under SDy influence nowadays that is purely Asiatio?

after all, Mr. Bryan.

in December 1879 to take up the 7 and that over 6,000 persons | Green made a pretty extensive ing poles on board. The first An Asiatic Japan would exactly the IOVETED

have been interned. But what are capture of opium, supposed to be defendant appeared to be an position as Cha-zee in the firm of they among so many? Surely we smuggled just under 700 balls. charge of the boat and the others what America hopes to 200, and an Asiatic China would be likewise. The Japan of to-day, as Dr. Mathews who has Mr. E L. Brage. A Contradiction, he was employed for many years, good comes of the licence allowed and they were charged before Mr. famps on board. The opium ap Messrs. Reid, Evane & Co. where bave had evidence enough that no He arrested five men at the time were pulling. There were no just visited it should know, is more European than anything else in We are very glad to be able to retiring in 1905. its methods and aspirations. The only lines on which China can contradict's report, sent to us He was well krozm as an to say directly that they were ing in unlawful possession: P: Pared to be all ready for throwe

to these aliene. We have no right Robin on this morning with be develop, if she is to develop at all, are European; and why should last Tuesday, of the death of the excellent shot in the country, but responsible for the explosions on Of Green ane follow there at second hard? For her to pursue a purely Asiatic well-known local cricketer Mr. E made his mark more particularly the Balwerk and the Princess last night I was on duty in Police 814 balls, were enclosed in water

en said Abant II p.m. ages of Malwa opium contaimug

ing over board. The twelve paok programme is for her to remain where she is, of perhaps even to go L. Braga, at the Front. A letter in the hunting field and was Irene, or that they know anything boat No. 4, between the Cosmo-proof bags. back to the days of closed porta and anti-foreignism. It is for her has been received in the Colony, Master of the Shanghai Papar Hant about the origin of the are that bas politen Dak and Stonecutter e to choose. She has made it clear enough that she has no intention posted on May 11, stating that he lab for several years. The well consumed three hundred military faland. I saw a boat, which I of standing atill and remaining exclusively Asiatic in her outlook; is very much alive and well and known line of jumps named after motor cars. Bat each man has a afterwarde found contained the he was without fall fastructions. Mr. Mossop aaked leave to and when she is cffered her choice between Japanese and European would be glad if his friends him are familiar to all cross-right to a private opinion on the defendants, palling towards me. The case was remanded.

reserve his cross-examination, S teachers we think it rather more then slightly probable that she will would send him a football,

not choose the Japanese.

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