THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
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China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LII.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER, 1900.
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At the Government Civil Hospital, on the 15th inst., GEORGE CRESSWELL HAYWARD, eldest son of Eliza HAYWARD and the late G. HAYWARD, aged 30 years.
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Leading Articles :--
The Demands of the Allies...
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American Policy in the East
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Chinese Labour in Malaya
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The Relief of the Typhoon Sufferers...
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Limewashing in Our Villages...
The Problem of Next Century
The Crisis: Telegrams
The Typhoon
The Crisis in China
China Honours
The China Association and the Government
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Annual Licensing Sessions.
Admission of Solicitors...
Serious Outbreak of Fire
Saint John Ambulance Association
The Cathedral Organ Recital
The Attack on the Japanese Empress
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Home Life of Chinese Women
Canton
Macao
Weihaiwei
Kiaying
Sandakan Notes
Tientsin
Correspondence
Alice Memorial and Nethersolo Hospitals
Company, Limited
Supreme Court
A Prison Warder's Case
Football
Interport Shooting Match
Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Weaving, and Dyeing
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
Cricket
I.M.C. Trade Reports
Water Return'
Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
.393 .393 The English mail of the 12th October arrived. 393 per P. & O. steamer Sobraon, on the 11th 394 November (30 days); the German mail of the 15th October arrived, per N. D. L. steamer, Konig Albert, on the 13th November (29 days);
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
A strong typhoon visited Hongkong on Friday night and Saturday morning, the 9th and 10th instant; a full account will be found on pp. 389 to 391.
Li Hung-chang has been appointed General issimo of the Northern Chinese Armies in place of Yung Lu.
It is reported that Prince Tuan and General 999 Tang Fahsiang have begun a rebellion against
the Imperial Government in Kansu province.
Kang Yi's death is confirmed. It is attributed to the hardships encountered on the road to Hsianfu, to which other high officials also succumbed.
BIRTHS. At 60 C., The Bluff, Yokohama, on 22nd Octo- ber, 1900, the wife of Arch. ORR-EWING, of the China Inland Mission, of a daughter.
At Hankow, on the 1st November, 1900, the
wife of WALTER CARTER, of a son.
On the 2nd inst,, at Singapore, the wife of C.
C. MUL, of a Bon.
On the 6th November, 1900, at No. 9, Szechuen Road, Shanghai, the wife of FEED. C. QUIEN, Junr,, of a daughter.
At Hankow, on the 6th November, 1900, the wife of ALFRED BROWN, of a daughter.
On the 6th November, 1900, at Yaloong Cotton Mill, Yangtzepoo Road, Shanghai, the wife of J. H. WALSH, of a daughter.
At C 139, Woosung Road, Shanghai, on the 9th November, 1900, the wife of THOS. J. ROCHE, of a
son.
At 2, Park Lane, on the 11th November, 1900, the wife of D. GOLDMAN, I. M. Customs, Shang-
hai, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
In Nagasaki, on Sunday, November 4th, 1900, HENRY B. Karding and MARY C. HUBBARD, both of San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
At the Union Church, by the Rev. G. J. Williams,
ADA HUMPHREYS to ROBERT DICKSON,
DEATHS.
On the 7th October, at 37, Kildare Terrace, Bayswater, after a short illness, of pneumonia, JOHN COLIN CAMERON, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Manila, only son of the late John CAMERON, Esq., and Frances Hughes CAMERON, of Singapore. On the 10th November, 1900, at 4. Amoy Road, Shanghai, MATILDA CONNELL, widow of Aylmer John CONNELL, R.N., aged 74 years.
On the 12th November, 1900, from heart failure,
Mrs; LAURA MONTFORT,
At 4.30 this morning, the 15th inst., at the Royal Naval Hospital, Assistant Paymaster JAMES SAXTON BARBER, U.S.N., of U.S.S. Don
Juan de Austria.
At No. 1, Yuen Fong Road, Shanghai, MART, the wife of Geo. A. WOODS, in her 53rd year.
The Washington Cabinet has unanimously decided that the policy heretofore pursued by the United States in China shall be continued unchanged.
The Anglo-Japanese Treaty concerning in- heritances was presented for discussion at the Extraordinary Privy Council at Tokyo on the 19th ult., was ratified on the same day, and will be promulgated shortly.
The Tsar has conferred on Lieutenant- General Grodekoff, the Governor-General of the Amur territory, a gold sword set in bril liants in recognition of his distinguished con- duct of the operations in Manchuria.
Speaking at the Guildhall Banquet on the 9th inst. Lord Salisbury stated that if the objects of the Anglo-German agreement could be achieved he did not know that the issue of the China problem need concern England very anxiously.
M. Pichon, French Minister at Peking, has heartily eulogised the work of the Japaneso troops in the events leading up to the capture of Peking. Their bravery and intelligence and their knowledge of Chinese proved of infinite service to the cause of civilisation.
The Chefoo correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News writes that the Germans evidently in tend to carry things with a high hand in Shan- tung province. Their troops have occupied Kaomi, a place where riots occurred some time ago in connection with the building of their railway line. They have also, it is said, burned several hostile villages as a warning example to others. It is to be hoped that this drastic handling will not merely cause the name of for- eigner to be additionally hated, and occupation by the peaceful missionary or merchant more difficult than it was before.
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Russia has proclaimed territory on the river bank opposite Tientsin, for two miles from the railway station, to be Russian territory by right of conquest. At the same time it was 1 announced that, in answer to pressure from London, the Russians had handed the Northern Railway back to the British.
According to a Chungking despatch to Shang- hai Prince Taan (before his flight) gave orders to the Chengtu anthorities to prepare to receive the Empress Dowager there. The Viceroy of Szechuan is stated to have objected. An earlier despatch, however, stated that the Viceroy was actually preparing the palace at Chengtu.
Our Shanghai correspondent announced on the 13th inst. that the Emperor Kwang Hsu had prevailed on two of the Palace officials to that he had always been anxious to return and telegraph to the foreign Ministers at Peking
arrange terms of peace, but he was still a prisoner. The Empress Dowager, hearing of the telegram, had the two officials beheaded.
The C. N. S. Tatung, which arrived at Shanghai from river ports on the 9th inst., re- ported seeing H.M.S. Daphine and the German gunboat Iltis at Hankow, H.M.S. Redpole at Kiukiang, H.M.S. Rosario at Wuhu, H.M.8. Banaventure at Nanking, H.M.S. Wallaroo at Chinkiang. The Tatung passed the French gunboat Lion ten miles above Kinkiang, and a German cruiser at Kushan Point.
Reuter's telegrams announce that the United States Government has decided to resume a vigorous action in the Philippines; and, on the authority of the New York Post, that Great Britain will be requested to suppress the Filipino Junta in Hongkong. General Mc- Arthur has reported to the U. S. Government that it will require large military and naval forces and many years to establish order in the Philippines. The natives, he says, have disregarded the proffer of the Taft Commission.
According to a Shanghai native paper, near the beginning of the last moon many members of the Red Lantern Society are supposed to have taken refuge in the city of Chengtu, (whither, it will be remembered, the Empress Dowager is said to contemplate flight), and one evening the inhabitants of that place were startled by the sudden exhibition of red lan- terns in all the principal thoroughfares. The officials immediately put out proclamations for- bidding the display, whereupon the lanterns vanished as mysteriously as they had appeared, and the officers sent to investigate the matter could obtain no elue. A strict watch has since been maintained.
Dr. Morrison telegraphs to the Times that the foreign Ministers have agreed on a conjoint note as a basis for a preliminary treaty with China. The terms include the erection of a monument to the murdered Baron von Ketteler, the sending of an Imperial Prince to Germany to
apologise for the outrage, the abolition of the Taungli Yamen, the punishment of the guilty officials, the razing of the Taku and other forts in Chihli, the prohibition of the import of arms and war material, the suspension of the provincial examinations for five years in all districts where outrages on foreigners occurred, rational intercourse with the Emperor, the presence of permanent Legation guards, also" guards on the lines of communication between Peking and the sea; and finally an indemnity to states, corporations, and individuals who have suffered. Dr. Morrison thinks that China. will accede to all the demands, except that for the execution of Princes and officials.
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