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From Our Own Correspondent)

RIOTS-IN-PEKING AND TIENTSIN.

TROUBLE OVER THE TSINGTAU QUESTION.

Shanghai, May 7. The Shanghai Peace Conference has wired to the Paris delegates advising refusal to sign the Treaty unless Tsingtau is given back.

Grest excitement is prevailing.*

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Chu Chien has wired to Peking urging clemency for the students arrested in the attack on Tsao Ju-lin, because they were actuated by patriotic motives.

Riots are continuing in Peking and Tientsin.

PROTECTIVE TAX FOR F.M.S.

AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

Singapore, May 6.

His Excellency the Governor, speaking at a luncheon at Kuala Lumpur, promised that the Government would impose a protective tax in the case of any industry being started.

THE KIANGKWAN ENQUIRY,

Shanghai, May 7.

The China Merchants S, N. Company's counsel has walked out from the Kiangkwan enquiry, charging misconduct.

SHIP'S SERANG SENTENCED.

Singapore, May 6.

The serang of the Nellore has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for stealing 1,208 five-dollar notes during the ship's last outward voyage.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

HAPPENINGS IN GERMANY,

CASUALTIES IN RECENT DISTURBANCES.

Berlin, April 25. Herr Eichhorn, mentioned an April 18th, was rescued by al -crowd of workmen at alberstadt after three hours fighting.

It is officially stated that 40 to 114 civilians and 10 to 23 soldiers wer killed and injured in the most recent disturbances at Duesseldorf.

SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN MOSCOW,

Stockholm, April 25,

A message from Petrograd states that there were 3.640 cases smallpox in Moscow last week.

TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

Service.!

4" Chinese Commercial News

RETURNED STUDENTS' DEMONSTRATIONS,

of

THE ITALIAN CRISIS.

GERMAN PRESS OPINION.

Berlin April

The German press is attentively following the Italm crisis. The "Yossische Zeitung"" attacks Britain and daoisees. that Britain's aim is to Balkanise Europe' and spük up itä forces. The "Berlin Tagblatt" says it is not Italian égniká, alone that is to blame but the egoism of all the peace workers. The "Forwaerts" sides with Prezident" Wi

ITALIAN DEMONSTRATIONS.

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There was an imposing demonstration yesterday against President Wilson's message. Flags inscribed Frame "mail. Italy, were flying everywhere and the streets were thronged with enormous crowds who cheered for. Fiume, Dalmatia) and the Italian pesce delegation. There were similar, de- monstrations at Milan, Turin, "Genoa, Naples and other Italian town.

ANGLO-FRENCH VISWS.

A London, April 95" Newspapers in London and Paris agree in regarding the final formal withdrawal of any one Ally from the Com- ference as inconceivable and therefore believe accommoda tion will be reschedAll insist on the necessity of maintaining friendship between Italy and Britain and France and rely on Mr. Lloyd George and M. Clemences to prevent & definite rupture between Italy and the United States. It is pointed out that the Adriatic impASSE, will not necessarily prevent the signature of the Peace Treaty with Germany. President Wilson's action is gener ally criticised as tactless

ADVICE FOR PRESİDENT WILSON.

Rome, April 94;

The Italian press says that President Wilson had better appeal to the commonsense of the American nation on hiy sttitude in the past. It unanimonaly approves the decision of Signor Orlando-to-return to Italy. There were dealbastra tions to-day at all the great towns on the peninenia and shops were shut.

PREFERENCE AND THE TEA TRADE.

London, May 2-5. The "Time" ten trade report opines that preference will not affect trade in high class Chins tear but wzi siset the importation of cheap China grades. It is thought ang result of preference will he keener competition with British teas in foreign markets whither foreign teas may tend to go but as long as British firms maintain predominant interest in nearly all the tea growing industries in the world there need be no fear of loss of trade to London through present preference.

HAWKERS AND THEIR LICENCES.

SCHEME OF THE HONG-

MORE HONGKONG SHIPPING DEALS.

BEN LINE VESSEL SOLD..

TO SIR FRANCIS HENRY MA

In figure alim, in staters quite erect; Alert in bearing; though his sye was cold, His latent sets of kindness would desacti A warm heart beating" "neath that frame

Austerity at times held him in sway Yet could be tall a tale with plassing seat; And when from “Labour" he would turn awa, -He found in "Sport" a kindred spirit's rest.

Irisk by birth and breeding, he forsooth, Possessed in messure...”“” Dogmatism's" faults; But these were more than halanced by the Truth Winch sprang whole-hearted from his bosom's vanite.

cutanded with him'slways found hat he used was honest stael; contest might ridgend, for the common-we

kis policy was bald,

*l on occasion possibly extreme;

harshest critic obuld not hold sarès e'er belied an honest mien.

ofdanger in whatever form,

quailed in hour of need; dis was ever so forlorn,

gange its fullest mood.

the segna sad farewell,

To take the leisure which is his by right, "Tis fitting that his monument should tell To future ages how he fought his fight..

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of the “Hongai

* Telčemp*"] ATHLETICS.

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· OUR PEKING LETTER

Silver is

Aruisa

quiet.

LEST WE FORGET.

Whole towns and villages Ha

been pillaged, burni private houses bare heen. for, all Thair Tirálture, mommy has parried dis bara been ton vs or

ature

springs and wölle” have pofibbed The inhabitants who were

ad to the rear were indi mallest possible ration of food While the enemy took postém: of the stocks provided by the Neutral Relief Committee "sud Intended for the evil population. -Circular by the French Goders » men to its representatives nextrak countries. Published March 26, 1917.

village not far from Mukden, who endeavoured to push him ook the way of two Japanese,

bayon

amination, only, to be

later and conveyed text Tim ese military hear

he was detained, for two hours before being set at liberty. The Japanese explanation is that the soldier was endeavouringto ahield the foreigner from a frac tious horse ridden by one of the officers. If the American author-- ities are satisfied with this rather thin story of unfortunate Japanese fmilitary, zeal, well, most people,

will be surprised.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Peking, April, 26.

The Chinese Government Though Peking is impacunious will resist it to the utmost.” In SirReferring to the letter these days it is not because of the these words the Government has which appeared in your yester lack of banks. The Asia Banking unofficially expressed its deter day evening's paper under the Company is making arrangements mination to dispute the Japanese title "Athletica," I shall be glad to open here shortly. The claim that the Chinese troops as-

the

The

KONG POLICE.

With regard to the as. Suisang, Yesterday, we published a an Indo-China Steam Navigation translated article on hawkers boat, the sale of which we an- licenses from a vernacular paper nounced in our issue yesterday, if you will kindly allow me space manager and staff are here sighed to the protection of a sec- which bemoaned the action that we learn that it was sold to the in your valuable columns to point already. This week the Ministry tion of the Chinese Eastern it alleged the Police authorities Wo Fat Sing firm, Chinese out to your correspondant that of Finance has issued a charter Railway, shall be placed under were taking in restricting the shipowners and owners of the s.a. the Hyder brothers are keen for the formation of the China the command of the Japanese issue of licenses. The article Laertes and Phampehn. The sportsmen and did make the boast Development Bank, which is generalissimo in Siberia in question is one of the many captain and chief engineer of the they are alleged to have made. samples of mental flights which Laertes have gone over to the I believe your correspondent representing

Sino-American concern, guarding of the several sections some Chinese newspapers take Suisang in the same capacities.

the coalescing of

Biberian railways in these "dog days" of journa-

must be one of those good run-of several American-interests was allocated by the Inter- Another item of lism. Even on subjects which we which will come as a

news hers who

ste fed up with which have been planning

allied Railway Commission, the sus- sporting life because he could a like undertaking during the formation of which organisation would expect a vernacular paper prise to many is that the ss not win the half-mile race and past two years, with Chinese seemed to promise an end to all to write intelligibly and Benalder, of the well-known consequently learned to dislike financial interests in Shanghai disputes in this part of the world accurately, We often find flagrant miscarriage of facts. Gibb, Livingstone and Co. are success.

Ben Line, of which Messra.his friends who meet with better and Peking

so far as the allies were con cerned, bat the Japanese claim The vernacular papers have agents, has been sold at Home I am glad that your correspond been waxing eloquent on this for £60,000. She is a steel ent is aware of the fact that the worlds have been interested in invoke the Sino-Japanese Mili- has revived former irritation be-- The financial and political tween China and Japan. Japanese question of hawkers' licenses. twin-screw vessel built in Hyders had given away as much FORMER TOKYO MINISTER DIES OF INJURIES.

The statement that the Police are 1895, of 4,700 tons dead as 40 yards in the quarter-mile two significant reports during the tary Convention in support of waging a war against the hawkers weight, and owed by Messrs race and as much as 80 yards in week. One credited the Mitsui their contention, but as this pact Shanghai, May, 6. and reducing the number of W. Thomson and. Co. of Leith, the half-mile race, v

Bussan Keisha with having made

оп expires About 5,000 students and returned students on the afternoon licerses is incorrect. The Police The s.8. Benalder is a well-

Considering the age and height an advance of three million the treaty of peace in Paris it the signing of of the 4th inst., after passing a resolution against China signing the are considering the question of known boat and has been on the of those who joined in the com yen to the Ministry Treaty of Peace if Japan secured Kiaochow, paraded through the dealing with hawkers not because [Glasgow-Ching rug for, several petition, was it justifiable for any the Taku Dockyard, the pro- the more 80 as the conditions

Finance

of seems a pity that friction should on the security of raised for such a small matter. Legation quarters and visited Tso Yu-lum's house, where they found some of the hawkers have been years. We understand that local honest handicapper to give such Tso Yu-lum, Chang Chung-cheong (late Chinese Minister in Tokyo) committing thefts but on grounds shipowners tried to obtain her monstrous start in these two ceeds to be devoted to meeting which the Convention was and one Japanese together. They set the house on fire and it is still of overcrowding. It must be an and even offered more than the events from the scratch line?

current expenditure of the ad- planned to combat no longer burning. They severely injured Chang Chun-cheong, who died in unpatented X-ray apparatus that reported sale price Intimation

The Hyder brothers are preparLegation issued a prompt denial will engage in discussions on the ministration. The Japaness exist. Doubtless the Chinese hospital that night. Tso Yu-lam escaped with his family to the could enable the Hongkong of the sale of the Benalder was ed to challenge Wagon Lits Hotel.

Police to discriminate between a received in the Colony by cable respondent or any past or present and added that even though a subject and see that they are.. The Police at first did not interfere, but later they arrested thirty-hawker who is a legitimate

pupils for the quarter-mile rece transaction of this nature might protracted long enough so that four demonstrators. Most of these are Peking University students. hawker and one who is a thief.

subject to a start of 40 yards legitimately be made by a Japan- the signature of peace puts Chien Nung-fun held an emergency meeting in his house that On the question of overcrow any justification for depriving being given to them and I am firm the Japanese Govern period to their continuance. night, which the Chief of Constabulary, Ng-Ping-siang, and Tusa ding on which the Police seems to innocent and law-abiding hawkers prepared to offer a prize to meet

would not hesitate Chi-kwei and Li Cheong-tai also attended. These strongly advo-take a stand against countspane from obtaining a licence. The the event. cated dissolving all the schools, but the Minister of Education; Fooing any increase in the present main reason why no new licences Thanking you for kindly insert- from so doing. Much more fever of excitement to day by the Peking has been thrown into a Tsang-alang strongly objected and was prepared to tender his number of hawkers, there seems are being issued is the unneces-ing this in your valuable paper,

picturesque was the second report esignation.

some justification. A visit tosary congestion, which is very

report from Shanghai that. mfors which stated that a loan of 20 mation had been received to the Yesterday at noon, Chu Sai-chong instructed the Police to Yaumati and other streets will serious at the present time.

million was to be raised for the effect that Dr. Wellington Koo, disperse the demonstrators, but ordered them not to fire.

illustrate how the squatting and

purpose of reminting the Yuan perhaps China's doughtiest It is reported that the arrested students will be tried by roaving hawkers obstruct traffic. these hawkers more perfectly, There is an attempt to regulate

Shih kat coinage. Confirmation champion in Paris,vis a vis ispan, martial law. Fourteen schools Presidents applied for bail, but Then, again, with 9,000 licenses at and this will possibly necessitate

- AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT,

of this report could not be obtain had gone over to the side ed, which is not surprising, as it Japan, proof of this being furnish- present in force (not 12,000 as a reduction in the licenses. The stated by a vernaculer paper) we Police plan is to divide very kindly sent me $10 for the reminted without having recourse been betrothed to a

Bir An anonymous friend has is obvious that the coins could be ed by the statement that he bad have & proportion of 1 to 70 of the these individuals into classes work of the HK and New Terto a loan of such magnitude. population & proportion which, Hawkers, as a general rule, are tories Evangelisation Society = it must be confessed, is consider-necessities for numbers of the I think it is probably because Another American-Japanese gloomiest

Taso Ju-lin, the leader.

ably high for the Colony

Japanese par Chinese who do not live near, the of The Captain Superintendent of markets, but they are a mixed subject which you published churia. According to the state-

the sermon on the incident is reported from Man pra Police has never raised the blessing, as some of the hawkers last week, and therefore if you ment received by the American point of the criminality of the ars engaged by shopkeepers to will be good enough to publish Legation it indicates a Japanese hawking gentry Indeed, this is under

this acknowledgment the likeliest

reness outside the to Band

one whi

were refused.

Choy Yuen-pui, Superintendent of the Peking University, offers himself as being guilty for all these troubles.

According to a Tientsin telegram, Chang Chung-cheong's house there was also burnt. The local authorities have been asked to protect Tao Ya-lum's Shanghai residence and ancestral tombs in the country districts.

THE SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.

Bhanghai, May 6.. ence yesterday had only a committee meeting

Hon questio

not at all serious, although it has Th

been brought to the 08 PS

notice. There may be

among the hawkers would mot ne

your cor

Yours, faithfully,

- FAIRPLAY. Kowloon, May 9, 1919-

ent

to restrain its nationals