THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LI.J
AND
China Oberland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, ¿0..........................................................
Leading Articles :--
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 17TH MARCH, 1900.
What we owe to French Policy ......
.176 Inspiration at Peking
.........176 P.ivate Enterprise and Official Indifference ......177 Hongkong Legislative Council
..177 Supreme Court
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A writer in the Shanghai Mercury states that there appears no immediate prospect of the Wei- hai-wei Barracks being built. "The ground bas been carefully marked out." he says "and I have even heard that the contract has been sattled, but I have not heard where the money is coming from. Perhaps Oom Paul will make a little contribution later on. In the meantime, new officers for the Chinese Regiment keep coming Hongkong General Chamber of ommerce............180 along and more native houses are being put in The Prevalence of Counterfeit Coin
order for present requirements, which smacks rather of the
penny wise pound foolish ' system'
The Soon! correspondent of the Nippon, writ 11ing about the Un-san mine affair, says the firm front maintained by the Corean Government against the British demand for a concession (even to the extent of resisting it by a display of force) would seem due neither (as has been generally reported) to a protest from any for- 183 eign Power nor to a desire on the part of Corea to work the mine herself; but principally owing to the insufficiency of the "tip" offered by the British to the Corean officials. Now, however, the British appear to have discovered the secret at the bottom of the whole affair, and propose The Hongkong Golf Club.........................................................
to convey some 800 ryo of gold into the pooketa Hongkong and Port News........................................................................................................186
of the native officials, so as to put a stop to the Commercial...
trouble. The British, confident of their final Shipping ................................................................................................................................................................190 | victory over the Coreans. are now collecting Japanese miners, in addition to fifty recently engaged, so that mining operations may te commenced at any moment."
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The Murder of an Indian Soldier
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Destructio of Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's New
Premises at Peking
Indian Fanine Relief Fund
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Tung Wa Hospital
Queen's College Report
The Hongkong Fire Brigade...
The National Bank of China, Limited
The Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining
Co.,
Limited
China and Manila Steamship Co., Limited
The Queen Mines, Limited
Correspondence
Kinying
Canton
Football
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
MARRIAGE.
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At Mani'a, on the 15th March, by the Rev. Goodrich, GEORGE PHILIP LAMMERT, of Hongkong, to MARY ALICE LIDDELL, youngest daughter of A. G. AITKEN, of Hongkong.
DEATH.
At St. Saviour's Home, London, on or about the 7th February, 1900, JEANIE FOSTER HOLMES, widow of Henry J. Holmes, Esq., late of Hongkong, deceased.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 2nd February arrived, per M. M. steamer Annam, on the 12th March (38 days); and the English mail of the 16th February arrived, per P. & O. steamer Massilia, on the 16th March (29 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
There is a probability of a second native regi- ment from India being stationed in Singapore. Lieut. G. C. Brook, of the Border Regiment, has been selected for service with the Chinese Regiment at Wei-hai-wei.
It was announced on the 12th inst. that telegraphic communication between Macao and Hongkong, which was interrupted on the 2nd instant, has been restored.
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A Peking telegram rec ived in Shanghai on the 5th inst. stated that a number of the mem. bers of the Imperial College of Physicians were called on Saturday, the 3rd instant, into the Palace to prescribe for the Emperor, as His Majesty had been seriously ill since the morning of that day. It is generally believed in local mandarin circles that this is but the beginning of the end and that it is doubtful whether Kwang Han will be able to last a month longer. The Shanghai Mercury reports the determina- tion of the Empress Dowager to have the Im- perial Palace at Jeho repaired. Perhaps the ohange of air to that healthy quarter. This is Emperor Kwang Hsu's health demands a
the constraction officials are putting on the order, at any rate. The palace there has not been occupied since the stirring time when French and English armies made their presence felt in Chih-li. Since that time it is said that the buildings within the beautiful grounds have fallen into ruin.
The Nippon discusses the question of Russia's loan to Korea. The amount is said to be 12 million dollars (gold), or 24 million yen, and five million dollars bave already been paid to Korea, Considering that Korea's income is only 31 million yen, and her expenditure 44 millions, our contemporary concludes that the Russian loan is dictated by considerations other than finan. The homeward bound Freuch Mail Indus left | wolf" of the Japanese f ble, which waits to
cial. Russia is compared to the Singapore on the 6th inst. with H.I H. Prince attack the the traveller until some trouble in Kamin, who is on his way to the Paris Exhi-terrupts the even progress of his journey, Rus bition as representative of Japan.
Rear-Admiral Yeh, of the Chinese Navy, who is making a tour of inspection, paid his respects to His Excellency the Governor at Government House, Hongkong, on the 16th inst.
Mr. J. H. Gubbins, of Her Majesty's Legs tion in Tokio, has been nominated British. Chargé d'Affaires pro tem, in Seou', during the absence of Mr. Jordan, who goes home on leare for 18 months.
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kia is now all amiles, but when Kores fails to pay back the debt, she will find herself confront- ed by a frowning Minos. In borrowing from St. Petersburg, she may be said to have sought the loan of coins to pay for her own passsue across the Styx. The Nippon admits that Ja. pan would gladly pursus a similar policy towards Korea, and did indeed parsne it in the pist. But when it comes to a competition of purses, Japan is not in the running with Busain.”
No. 11.
The agitation at Penang for the use of the Hill for building-ground and for a health resort is growing gradually stronger. The unofficial members of the Legislative Council are all in favour of the scheme, but they are outnumbered. The natter has been taken up very warmly in Singapore and feeling seems strongly in favour of the unofficial party at Penang,
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of this month all the war-ships and torpedo In the Japanese naval manoeuvres at the end boats, excepting those on service on foreign stations, will be made to take part. so that al- together there will be over sixty vessels engag ed. The Shikshima and torpedo destroyers now on their way home will join. if they reach Japan in time, and if their condition allows it,
which arrived at Hongkong on the 18th inst., The N'Entrecasteaux, the French flagship, is a first class oruiser, of 8,114 tons displace- ment, built at La Seyne at a cost of £667,740 armour is 10-24 in. and her deck armour 4 in. and was launched in i 96. Her gun-position She carries two 9.4, twe ve 5.5 quick-firing and twelve 1.8 in guns and six torpedo-tubes, and her speed is nineteen knots.
The death is announced on the 5th inst; of Chin Chi, Prince of Kehchin and there. fore tenth in precedeuce at Court among the obief Princely Houses at Peking. The de- ceased held during three reigns on succession the posts of Grand Chamberlain, Inspector- General of armies, Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, Captain-General of a Banner Corps, and Commandant of the Rifle Brigade of the Peking Field Force.
According to sa official despatch, says The Nagasaki Press, the Chinese Government has asked the Foreign Ministers at Peking to con- sout to the levy úg of an additional import duty on merchandise, to cover the funds required for the construction of Shantung harbours. The deepatch further states that the Ministern have given their consent to the proposal, and the additional taxation will be levied until the construction of the barbours is completed.
thinks that the reparation made in Kwang-oban A writer in the Courrier Saigonnais, who
portionste to the crime says that the terri-, for the outrage of 12th November is not pro- tory coded is quite insufficient both from a mi- litary point of view and for the development of commercial interests. He trusts that an over- hasty ratification of the agreement has not pre- cluded a rectification of the boundaries of the concession and calls for an extension on the
mainland, which should not meet with more difficulties than the English extension at Kow- loon." If Kowloon is to be a real precedent there is a long time to wait at Kwang-chan be tore the extension is brought about.
The Echo de Chine reports the occupation of the Extension of the French Settlement
instant. The police traver ed the various by the French Municipal Council on the lat quarters of Pabsienjao and the West Gate without ene untering the least difculty. Every- thing passed off with perfect order and calm. The Chines» population showed no excitement; it accepted, où the contrary, the new order of things as one accepts an event that has been foreseen and expected. Desirou, the Echo says, as the Municipal Council is to give a less repulsive aspect to its new acquisitions, it will nevertheless require months and perhaps years before the work necessitated by the pre- sent state of the Extension will be completed,