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longer island vesimbe upu the maintenance of Treaty ights. In the view of the Shanghai Chamber it will be exceedingly dangerous, and nitimately disastr was to permit the Chinese to labour under such a dořasion.
"We want to be able to deal with China on the basis of reason and but god faith,
have guarantees, and they do not, rut seem to be forthcoming."
Shanghai. Feb. 15: Resolutions deploring the failure of the Chinese Government to de monstrate its ability to establish a Municipal Government on modern given lines when opportunity was ía ex-enemy
in concessions Tientsin and Hankow, and de
must
Statistics Reviewed.
He reviewed Customs figares, mading quarantine facilities at which indiested that despite dis Chefoo and other smaller ports; abilities and disorders, foreign trade also a strong speech by Mr. C. G. Humphreys, the Chairman, marked the opening of the difth annual can ference of the British Chambers of Commerce.
effective establish
FERRILARY
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NAVIA
"A"team representing the East Surrey Regiment yesterday deen ively beat a Navy team in a mateă on the Hongkong Club ground.
The woldiers balled - Best and; though their batting was rather uneven, Kent and. Allifee sa soundly tranced the Navy-bowlers that they were able to declare when their total bad passed the 200 for six wickets bent bad the mis fertune to be run out when he was does not yet show any diminution. 69, but Allfree stayed to take his "Although the statistical figures of scare to 90 before falling to a ball trade way show the truth, they do from Famfret. Altogether he hit 15 nok show the whole truth. They do fours, and nine of these in succes not show the risks and losses insion. It was an exhilarating knɔek.
The Navy did not start off, very!- currèd, neither do they show what trade might be under reasonable confidently and several wickets fell rheugly patil Harris and Purcell conditions. They do not show that went in. The former sons, bowled China, potentially rich, is temporariat 29, but Purcell carried out hi jy bankrupt, and that the revenue bat for a very creditable 62 The an militarism, whilst tail did very little, and the innings
1x wasted
The text of the first resolution "Again deplores the failure of the Government to make their undertaking to
ia Municipal Government enemy concessions, and records!
the appreciation of
persistent efforts of the Diplomatic Body to railways are allowed to run to semil, felosed for 18. Seuren:
East. Surreyr - induce the Government falarge districts being terrorized by this pledge. It is desired to urge brigands, and towns laid wasto by Capt. Kent, run out
provincial revenues Lt. Armstrong; h. Ekofret again the importance of obtaining looting. the prompt settlement, which will bring derved largely from opium, QMS. Stopp. e Astmal h
Usborne safeguard foreign interests." The cambling, and excessive taxation.
to
Eur face. "
He declared that, the present was
Lt. Allfree, & Ponifret
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second resolution is: "It is the "The old solid merchant classes. Cpl. Clark, Quinlan Topinion of this Conference tha: are gradually yielding place to Cpl.. Willems, e and, b. Hist
the absence of quarantine facilities new breed of get-rich-quick_oppor- | L. Cpl. Petter, not tut in Chefco and other ports constituists, caring neither for honesty Lt. Catiain, cat out tutes a menace to its commercial interests. It urges the importance of providing quarantine facilities at all parts, or regulations providbad rough, but he cannot see day- Sight for the future. He bitterly ing that infested ships must pro- ceed to perts where quarantine incilities exist" China and the Powers"-Conference.China alreally become a farees Yet
Consul-General Sidzer Barton in seems too vast to be dominated Osborne the opening address, reviewed the under modern coalition by a single | Yomfret...... history of the Treaty Settlements,autverat" He urged the Powers to Hez and regretted that several Cham-co-operate in a strong policy, and Quinlan hes. particularly Hongkong. had maintain Treaty rights by force it He touched in his not want delegates. He believed it necessary. particularly important that Hong-speech also upon the proposal to kong should be represented. al-amples the British Boxer Indemnity resolutions for the education of Chinese in though Hongkong's were in capable hands, since there British schools, the Trademarks were many issues whereon Hoar-
Law. the Yangtze Conservancy, kong's viewpoint was most val
3fail Service, Arbitration uble. The Chairman. speaking
Awards. Crown Leaxes, Extra ir jupos the political situation
territoriality, the Customs Surta China, declared the agreement upon general principles, laid down and the Lincheng outrage. by the Washington Conference wn- affecting China, bat added that the
REUNION OF THE CHTROHKE resolutions of the Conference were
Referring to the mount discuss reve Intended to abrogate Treaty 'right' He mid that premises to sion in Brinn hatween peony China were inspired by rendite-entatives of the Church of Ent- lehdelft, and the bone that Galna find and the Robin Catholic wra'd rise to the opportunity, and] Church va the meeting of pa fuld: her proper fonetike. Ja themion, Capt. J. W. D. Barron.
eettised rawcretary of the Church Associa | Williams (tinas, & fi-" remarked that Britka įtion, said that the revelation of (communities in China were in so what was going on in sivret di largoed with such sentiments. We put tend to reassure Evangelieds | wakt noth.ajc from Chinese exces in the Church of England as to jlive trade in China, under just laws how far their interests were being
compromised. Pjustly amitistered and i
enj that wearing off Ife and Davet when it - the fin lamentat fant Ition of vistkel government:
affords Chica, most perform her part of als vallend of cappell a fraction of the a Trente mare,
The
po leste aboneted the Khon from My
THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Dr. W. M. McGovern, who by disguising himself as a Tibetan ervant, succeeded last winter in teaching Lhasa, was recently telling, at the New Oxford Theatre on several afternoons the story of his interesting lad ventore and illustrating it with
5t moving pictures that had been taken of the Forbidden
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