THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LIII.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles :—
International Rowdyism in North China
The Iekin question.
The Threatened Chinese Exodus
The Health of Hongkong
The Colonial Veterinary Burgeon's Report
Tho Crisis: Telegrams...
The Plague
New Range for Volunteers
Macao
Colonial Life in Formosa.
Peking
Northern Notes
H.B.M.'s' Consul in Japan....
Manila Commissary Scandals
The Seoul-Fusan Railway
Correspondence Supreme Court
Hongkong Rifle Association Hongkong Volunteer Corps Royal Hongkong Golf Club. Hongkong and Port News Commercial Shipping
BIRTHS.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 8TH JUNE, 1901.
A Canton despatch to Shanghai states that the family of the three distinguished reformers, .456 Lo, Liang, and Tang, have been set free by H.E. Tao Mu, the enlightened and progressive Viceroy of that province. It will be remembered
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that the three reformers were members of the Society for Rescuing the Emperor." which was started by Kang Yu-wei, and that their 468 families were arrested by the Canton high 463 authorities presumably under the order of the 488 Dowager Empress.
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According to the Mainichi, the Corean Government notified the British Acting Minister last month that the residence of Mr. MoLeavy Brown and the control of the Customs business 471 must be surrendered on or before the 31st_of 471 the month, as a preliminary to the cancellation of Mr. Brown's agreement, which is to be 475 annulled when the loan affair is finally concluded. 475 The loan affair is making no progress, it is 475 added, but it is expected that a settlement will 477 be effected when the Corean demands regarding 479 Mr. Brown are complied with. It is stated by the Asahi that the arrival of the French crusier Pascal in Chemulpo from Taku is understood to have some significance, and it is rumoured that more French warships are expected shortly.
On the 23rd May, at Kuala Lumpur, the wife of D. J. HIGHET, of a daughter.
On the 24th May, at Kobe, the wife of F. G. SALE, of a son.
T. COTTON,
On the 28th May, at Singapore, the wife of OWEN HABOLD WAIT, of a daughter.
On the 3rd June, 1901, at No. 2, St. Francis Street, Hongkong, the wife of Inspector of Markets, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES. On the 29th May, 1901, at Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., FRANCIS ARTHUE BLAKE, Jr., of Shanghai, to
FEORENCE AIMEE WOMERSLEY.
On the 1st June, at the U.S. Consulate-General, Shanghai, by the Rev. J. R. Hykes, in the presence of the US. Consul-General, Samuel EbeneZER GREEN to ELIZabeth Banker, both of Shanghai.
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 4th May arrived, per M. M. steamer Sydney, on the 5th June (32 days), and the English Mail of the 10th May arrived, por P. & O. steamer Chusan, on the 6th June (27 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The Echo de Chine says it is reported that to leave a garrison
The negotiations for the formation of a Cabinet by Count Inouye have for the present failed, says a Tokyo telegram of the 23rd ult. to the Osaka Asahi. Count Inouye has not succeeded in inducing the gentlemen he desired to include in the Cabinet to accept office, and the efforts of Marquis Yamagata and Marquis Ito to assist Count Inouye have proved fruitless. Yesterday morning oant Inouye called on Marquis Ito and inf rmed him of his failure, and urged Marquis Ito to once more accept office, in which case he would be willing himself to take the Financial portfolio. In the after. noon Count Inouye called on Marquis Yama- gats, Marquis Saigo, and Marquis Saionji, and informed them of the position. Marquis Ito, however, has absolutely declined the request of
Count Inouye, and has left Tokyo for Oiso. Count Inouye has decided to surrender his commission to form a Cabinet and has asked Marquis Saionji to present his decision to the Throne. The Premier waited upon the Em- peror to-day and laid the decision of Count Inouye before his Majesty.
From the Shanghai native papers it appears that extra precautions are being taken nightly by the Russians at Port Arthur, and that they play their search-lights upon the entrance lest the ships of other countries should secretly ootsin an entrance. It seems that in the Post Office it is allowable to open all suspected letters. Recently the Post Office authorities opened a letter written by an American in which an
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No. 23.
M. Delcassé's statement in the French Cham- ber this week was to the effect that France thought the immediate payment by Ching of a lump suni preferable. A foreign guarantee, he said, was necessary.
H.M.S. Tulbot, which arrived at Singapore from England via Colombo on the morning of the 31st ult, continued on her journey and reached this port on Thursday morning. The Talbot is, as we have already stated, a second- class cruiser, of 5,6-0, tons displacement and 9,600 i.h.p. Her armour is 3in. gan position, and 1-3in. deck. She carries five 6in. Q F., six 4.7in., nine 12pra., one 3pr., four Maxims and one light gun; and three torpedo t (two submarine). Her speed is 2 knots. has relieved H.M.S. Bonaventure.
Details about the Corean Lia A contradictory. The U.S. Minister . Seoul has addressed an official note to tus Corean Government demanding explanations of the proposal to offer the Customs revenues in security of the French loau, while the said revenues had formerly been offered to an American syndicate which contracted to build the waterworks for the Corean Government in Seoul. On the 24th ult. the British Acting Minister was received in audience by the Emperor at 10`s.m., and the Japanese Minister at 11.30 am. The former offered his credentials from King Edward VII, and some advice in connection with Mr. Brown. The Japanese Minister spoke about the replacing of tite Japanese military offers in the Seoul garrison and also 8001. T 4 pm tao Fa of the Emperor.a “
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mus kanghai Mercury, writing on he 23rd uit., states: - The Centurion arrived here on the 31st ult., and after coaling left again for Taku for the purpose of giving the crew an opportunity of visiting Peking before they go home. As Admital
Seymour has already visited the northern capital, he has temporarily transferred his flag to the Alacrity, in which vessel he has gone to Newch- whang and Chemulpo, and will return here in about ten days' time when the Centurion is also expected back, and when the fleet will go through its annusl manœuvres using this, port as its bass. The Terrible still occupies a large portion of our harbour, and when the crew of this vessel are not doing their own work they are generally doing something on shore for the benefit of the community. They have made very good road round the northern side of the island, and have also put the cemetery Int order, which was sadly needed. Capt Boott full of energy, and his latest scheme is to a bicycle track from here to Chefoo—a consum
the Germans have decided warg at least, and accurate description of the forts and garrison | mation devoutly to be wished. On thế
at Shanghai for five or years that they are going to build barracks,
The Kinaka, lat Pioneer, which was taken over by the British Government from Mr. Archibald Lättle, left Chungking for Shang:, hai on the 2nd inst, and reached" Tchang after 24 hours steaming.
On the 2nd inst, another international row occurred in the Taku Road, Tientäin. Two Ger mans were killed, and five French and one- Briton wounded. The French General com- manding has prohibited his from entering the Britis
z correspondent anys the present state
of tranquillity
was set forth for the information of Americans the forta are rapidly being built, and are The writer was at once arrested and imprisoned. advanced that the public are not He got a friend to inform his Consul of near. General Dorward has e his awkward predicament. The Consul tele- 4,000 trees from Japan. Thes graphed his Minister, and his Ministër planted on the Inland, and telegraphed his home Government. The home | will no doubt make goodly Government telegraphed 1 the America's | the troubles in Coron, the lat Ch Minister to Russia, and he saw the Russian | had orders to hold 60 Foreign Minister, the final result being the at 6 kcurs' notions. On the whole release of the prisoner after more than three all keen on going. “Was weeks' incarceration. - All newspapers, foreign No! for their and Chinese, must first pass the official censor. If there is anything adjudged to be detrimental to Bumia the paper is promptly suppressed.
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