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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
[October 114-1800
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endeavouring to fulfil it. Her civilising | THE CABLE COMPANIES AND THE influence has been felt through the Khanates of Central Asia, and she has recently been opening up the Amoor territory to settle- ment by means of the great Trans-Siberian Railway, which when completed will give means of speedy access to an undeveloped is the subject of tale country for Russian and Siberian settler this part of the The advance guard of these have been con-ordinary and
and sfascinat victs, it is true, but many of our own now" JOHN PENDER, in prosperous colonies, were first settled by "Danish colleagues, in those means, and there is no reason established themselves why the Manchurian territory of Russia "impregnable position by secret when the railway connects it with the "Chin and Japan, thereby monop should not grow rapidly into prosperity "treaties conventions, and oth Western world. In order, however, to en- courage the growth of trade as well as of passenger traffic the Russian authorities between the West and the Far East fore
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"When a man boasts the will do well to adopt a liberal tariff at their include one that will remain unfrozen time elects to keep it to himself dou Pacific ports, which at no distant date will possesses great knowledge and at the san throughout the year. One of our Shanghai rally arise as to whether the bons contemporaries publishes a short but alarm by the facts. If our contemporary ist note anent the appearance of some Rus knows more than other people sian engineers and surveyors at Port Arthur. ject he would be rendering a They arrived, it is stated, overland via at a juncture like the present, by t Kinchow, perfectly equipped for a compre he knows, while on the other hand, hensive survey of the district. A Japanese ing it to himself he is failing to take, party also arrived soon after, and both were age of an opportunity of carning ored provided with passports, which were politely his newspaper and neglecting his duty presented to General SUNG, who is in com- his readers, who are entitled to expect, mand at the famous arsenal. So far, it is a him the best he can give merc record of a reputed fact, but our con- his article of the 30th September, in which temporary then proceeds to remark:-"This he deals with the discussion of the * gübject "curious development, coupled with the by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, he
fact that some 100,000 Russian troops are fails to display any special knowledge "around Vladivostock, as well as the the contrary he is considerably at sea on the most “elementar facta and principles. He says: "Our Hong- kong friends are also mistaken if "they anticipate that the enormous, re- serve of the two Companies, reaching "nearly two millions sterling, is to be "used to fight opposition. We have the "best reason for saying that this money is "laid by to provide against competition not
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The visit of the CZAR and CZARINA to England has, we are informed by Reuter, come to a conclusion and the illustrious tra
ers are now in France. The Havas gelicy was particular to telegraph jout, under date of 25th ultimo, that the Russian Press states that "the visit of the CZAR to "Balmoral has no political significance." We never supposed that it had any political significance. The Emperor NICHOLAS II. and his consort went to Balmoral to visit the QUEEN, the CZARINA being one of Her Majesty's favourite granddaughters and the Czar a welcome visitor at the English Court as well as at Sandringham. The CZAR is fond of his English relations, and found their value in the trying time of his recent bereavement and consequent accession to the throue. But we do not imagine that on this occasion he went to England, to even indirectly serve a political purpose. For that matter we question whether his present round of visits can correctly be construed into a political progress in any sense. His Imperial Majesty is only paying the, cus- <tomary visits to the principal Courts of Europe after his accession. He has, we imagine, no ulterior object to serve, and will not attempt to find one. But though there was probably never a thought concerning politics in the mind of the
enormous increase in the number of CZAR it is quite possible that his ministers
"Russia's warships in the Far East, and may have intended to utilise the oppor-
"the heavy addition to the British fleet, tunities that might occur to increase
"shows most conclusively that sooner or friendly feeling, strengthen ties, and create later the bomb will burst over the Far a good impression. Thus, no doubt, it is
East, and the explosion bids fair to be a designed that the CZAR should, in some
mighty one." The "development" is not Bort, play to the gallery in Paris, and it will a curious one when regarded in the light of assuredly be a vesy easy matter to do so. other recent events. Russia came to the Great preparations, we are informed, have help of China to save for her the Liaotung to combat it. The Chairman of the Hồng been made in that gay city, which will put Peninsula, and it is understood that, in re- "kong Chamber spoke in prophetic vein, on her brightest aspect and do all that is turn, Russia will be allowed to carry the "though he may not have known.it, when possible to make the imperial visitors feel Trans-Siberiau Railway to some point in "he said that the Pacific cable: would be welcome. Their Majesties will only have that peninsula or elsewhere open all through" laid before the next century gets into its to look pleasant, be gracious to President the winter. The surveying party have, it is "teens. Quite so. But by whom? Would FAURE, and express their gratification with evident, arrived to claim the right so gained, our Hongkong friends like to bind them- what has been done to entertain them, and and they will be allowed to survey the country "selves by solemn compact to support the all France will be delighted. But their for the best route for the line to take. Pacific cable? We rather fancy they visit will have no political significance. The Whether the Japanese are there by invita "will be somewhat staggered to be told that Russian Press, responsive to the fulsome tion to be satisfied of the bona fides of the "the Pacific cable, when it comes, which eulogies of the Paris journals, will no doubt Russians in the matter we are of course we are afraid will be all too soon, will declare that the visit is an additional proof unable to say. But we deprecate the get-only increase their burdens, for it will be of the perfect understanding existing be- ting up of sensations without reason. The built at the expense of the supporters of tween the French Republic and the Russian Russians had long foreseen opposition to the present, monopolists. It is for the Epife; but all the talk will mean very their desire to secure an unfrozen port for laying of the Pacific cable that the reserve little. When the CZAR was in England he the terminus of their great railway, alike fund of the two Companies is being built had a long conference with Lord SALISBURY from England, China, and Japan. The " up. We have formerly said it would take and the Russian Press advocated an entente former has, however, stepped aside, China nine millions of gold dollars to provide between Russian and England; but it does has been adroitly laid under obligation, and "the cable from China via Japan, Honolulu, not follow that the two Powers are about to Japan has been warned off by the big fleet" Fanning Island, to some point ou th enter into an alliance because of these some and large force of troops collected at Pacific coast of North America. - what suggestive events. For our part we Vladivostock. Russia does not mean fight-"about the sum that the Cable Companie - should be glad to see an understanding being if she can possibly get her way without. tween England and Russia, at any rate so And there is reason to believe that she will far as their interests in-Asia are concerned, win it without active opposition. The but the policy of the British Government is, understanding between Russia and England if we mistake not, to keep clear of all en- is, if not so demonstrable, probably just as tangling alliances. This may be the most clear as that with France. If this were not dignified policy, but when there is so much the case, we should inevitably be drifting rancorous ill will shown to Great Britain all
into a war for which, spite of our largely round, it is surely better policy to secure as increased-squadron, we are still quite un- a friend the one from whom we want nothing prepared. It will serve no useful end there- and to whom our friendship ought to be in-fore for English journals to be perpetually valuable. The time has quite gone by for discovering so-called alarmist circumstances the policy of endeavouring to confine Russia and to urge the revival of old distrusts. to ice-bound regions and limit her expan- Russia and England have got to be friends in the Far East, or both will have to pay dearly for the want of a proper under standing.azadi.
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