THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LIII.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles:-
The Question of China's Capital
The Allies' Mistakes in Chihli
Battles at the Great Wall
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 4TH MAY, 1901.-`
No. 17.
An Asahi telegram says with reference to the
Hongkong Weekly Dress French loan to Cores that Mr. MoLeavy
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Alliances, Old and New
The Court of Arbitration ..
The Special Jury Grievance
Piracy in the Kwang Provinces
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A Suggestion for the New Territory
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The Crisis: Telograme
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Hongkong Sanitary Board
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The Governor's Visit to Macao
The Etranded Sobraon
The Special Jury Questions
New Territory Cultivation
Hongkong Coal Supply
Concert at Kowloon
Canton.
Swatow
Manila
Northern Notes
The Ministerial Crisis in Japan
Correspondence
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The German mal of the 19th March arrived, per N. D. L steamer Prussen, on the 30th April (42 days); and the American mail of the 30th March arrived, per 0, & O. steamer Gaelic, on the 30th April (31 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
A great fuperal procession took place on the 370 28th ult., at Peking, in honour of the three 371 Tsungli Yamen ministers murdered by Prince
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II.B M. despatch boat Alacrity, with Ad- 371 miral Sir Edward Seymour on board, and the 372 t.bd Otter, left Nagasaki on the 28th ult. for 372 Weihaiwei
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An unsupported rumour is conveyed in a Seoul despatch that Great Britain has lodged a 373 demand with the Corean Government for a
lease of Port Hamilton.
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Wanchai Warehouse and Storage Co., Ld..........374 Supreme Court.
The Vitriol Outrage
The Royal Visit to Singapore
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Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
Lawn Tennis
Hongkong Rifle Association ......
Removal of Cape D'Aguilar Light .....:
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The "Ajax" Affair at Yokohama
Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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On the 19th April, 191, at Foochow, the wife
of C. SEERRET RODERS, of a son.
On the 20th April, at No. 23, Kawaguchi Machi, Osaka, the wife of Rev. H. McC. E. PRICE, of a son. MARRIAGES.
On the 20th April, 1901, at H.B.M. Consulate- General, by Byron Brenan, Esq., C.M.G., His Majesty's Consul-General, and at Holy Trinity Cathedral by the Rev. H. ( Hodges, M.A, HAROLD FREDERICK KING, of H.B.M. Consular Service in China, to ALICE GERTRUDE, daughter of the late Frederick TATTERSALL, of Bedford.
On the 22nd April, 1901, at St. Joseph's Church, Shanghai, by the Rev. Père Le Gall, JOSEPH GUBTICH, of Port Arthur, to OLGA CHELGEEN, of
Vladivostock.
On the 26th April, 1901, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., JAMES REID BARCLAY to KATE SUTHERLAND, widow of Andrew McKELVIE.
DEATHS.
At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the 22nd April, 1901, ALFRED SMITH, Wharfinger China Mer hants' Lower Hongkew Wharf, aged 37 years.
On the 24th April, 1901, at No. 6, Seward Road, Shanghai, WINIFRED HENRIETTA, only daughter of Peter and Sophia RAEBURN, aged 3 years.
On the 26th April, 1901, at Pootung, NORAH EILEEN DUNN, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. DUNN, aged three months and twenty-five days. On the 50th April, at the Government Civil Hospital, MAURICE CHILTON COLE LEWIS, late of Fresno, California, third surviving son of the late Captain John C. A. Lewis, of Teddington,
Middlesex.
Li Hang-chang has cabled to the Christian Herald, New York, that eleven million people are affected by the famine in Shansi and that relief is urgently necessary.
Mr. Brodrick stated in the House of Commons last week that Indian troops will be quartered at Hongkong, Mauritius and Singapore, but not to the exclusion of the British.
Viscount Cranborne has stated that no redue. tion of the garrison at Shan, hal will be made for the present. It is contemplated that some British troops may be withdrawn from Tientsin and Weihaiwei.
A report was in circulation amongst Shanghai mandarins last week to the effect that Viceroy Lin Kung-yi has given his consent to a proposed railway to be built by a British company con- necting Nanking with Kaifeng, the capital of Honan province.
Brown, the Commissioner of Customs, was not consulted when the Customs revenue was made
security for the loan, and it is expected that
Mr. Brown and the British Minister will enter ́a protest.
It is reported that Count von Waldersee's proposals include the retention of an interna- tional garrison of 6,000 men at Tientsin until the Chinese forts have been razed to the ground. Britain. France, Russia, and Germany will hold Shanhaikwan with 300 men each, and warship will remain on the Peiho to maintain communica- tions.
A Hsianfu telegram of the 22nd alt, to the N... Daily News says There is now no doubt at all that the Imperial Court is about to leave Hsian in the very near future. Tele- grams were sent yesterday to all the provincial high authorities who had been supplying the Court with money, silka, satins, and the thou sand and one necessaries needed at Hsian since the Court's arrival in this city in October last, to stop sending any more supplies. In conse- quence of this quite a number of caravans on their way from the South to Shansi have been stopped half-way, en route, and ordered to await farther orders before continuing their journey, The destination of the Court, however, remains a secret at present.
It was decided at a recent Cabinet Council in Japan to postpone Government works amonnt- ing to about fifteen million yen for the present fiscal year. The Government, however, must in one way or other find some twenty-five million 3en for absolutely necessary works in addition to about sixteen million yen for expenditare în China. It is stated that Marquis Ito has been considering plans to raise the money, and is reported to be negotiating a loan from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Recently Mr. Jackson, Agent of the Bank in Yokohama, arrived at Tokyo and had an interview with Marquis Ito, when it is understood Mr. Jackson offered to undertake a loan. After repeated conferences, it is has been almost arranged that che Bank should purchase the bonds already issued to the amount of from 35,000,000 to 4,000,000 yen.
The London Standard's city editor, com men ing on the causes of the financial panic in
It is reported from Seoul, says the Nagasaki Japan. sys that the most permanent solutiou of the difficulty would be that sufficient induce-Press, that Russia has not yet abandoned her ment should be offered to prompt foreign claim for the lease of Chinhai Bay. The re- cent withdrawal from Masampo of the powerful capitalists to invest their money in Japan.
Russian fleet would seem to show that Russia has renounced her policy in connection with the lease question, as she is stated to have re- cognised the inadvisability of inviting Japan's interference by the active movements of the warships It is reported that the Russian Minister to Cores is at present using his ut- most influence in persuading the pro-Russian Ministers to obtain the lease. There is much uncertainty concerning the news that the been withdrawn from the latest news the Russian bluejackets have Masampo, Accordlug to“ Russian bluejackets still remain there Japanese Government cablerram says that body of Russian troops have made an apps ance on the Corean frontier in the north, Russian authorities assured the Corean Gov ment that these Russian soldiers will n the boundary, being kept for the spacOS of preventing depredations by the lazos, OF Chinese bandits. The Corean troops, however, have encountered these marauders and driven them away.
It is stated that all the indemnities for des- truction of property in the three Northern pre- features of Honan have been settled for 170,000 taels. One of the most northerly hsiens is Wu An, where there were many converts slain. Re- cently a French officer with a detachment of soldiers went from Shantefu to Wu An, appar- ently to exact reparation This brings the foreign troops to within 180 l of the Chinese troops who have been waiting long at Changte fu, and it is feared that a collision is inevitable. Count von Waldersee has officially reported to Berlin serious engagements at the Great Wall between four columns under the command of General Kettler and the Chinese com- manded by General Lia. The latter fought stubbornly and suffered severely. They were everywhere repulsed, and were pursued to Kukuan. The German casualties were seven killed and thirty-two wounded. The Germans captured eleven old and two new quick-firing gans. The French troops remain at Kukuan. General Kettler is marching on Paoțingfu,