THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LIV.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c. Leading Articles :—
Cotton Mills in China Russia and Japan..
Concerning Alliances
Blake Pier
The Coolie Question
The Crisis: Telegrams
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Hongkong Legislative Council
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 7TH DECEMBER, 1901.
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 1st November arrived
Arrival of the Portuguese Envoy, Extraordinary... 463 per M. M. steamer Yarra, on the 1st December
Dresses at the St. Andrew's Ball.
The Rev. R. F. Cobbold's Resignation The Hongkong Meat Supply
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Macao
Vladivostock Notes
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(31 days); and the American mail of the 7th November arrived, per O. & O. steamer Gaelic, on the 6th December (30) days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The capture of General Malvar and his .466 followers by the U.S. troops is daily expected
in Batangas.
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Wanchai Warehouse and Storage Co., Limited ...467
Northern Notes
Correspondence
Change Doings
Supreme Court
Cricket
Football
Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
Sir Ernest Satow, after his visits to Nank ..47ing and Hankow on H.M.S. Tallet, proceeded .468 with her to Taku.
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General Dorward is going south from Weihaiwai to take command of the British .472 garrison at Shanghai.
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On the 22nd November,. at No. 2, Hankow Road, Shanghai, the wife of CHAB. RUDOLPH, of u daughter.
On the 25th November, at Tientsin, the wife of W. M. HOWELL, of a son.
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On the 25th November, at Singapore, the wife of JOHN ANDERSON, of a daughter,
On the 28th November, at No. 6D, Yangtsepoo Road, Shanghai, the wife of B. PLASCHKE, of a son. On the 28th November, at Shangbai, the wife of R. STAHLBERG, of a daughter.
On the 28th November, at No. 7, Soochow Road, Shanghai, the wife of R. STAHLBERG, of a daughter. On the 28th November, at No. 7, Peking Road, Shanghai, the wife of H. DIXON, of a son..
DEATHS,
On the 12th October, at the home of his sister Mrs. E. L. WAGNER, Berwyn, Illinois, U.S.A.,
OLIVER COTTRA LESLIE, formerly of Shanghai.
On the 27th November, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, LEOCADIO M. H. OZORIO, aged 33 years, On the 27th November, at Shanghai, ALBERT WEICHELT, late of the Russo-Chinese Bank, aged 28 years.
On the 2nd December, at St. Paul's College. MARGARET RICHENDA, youngest daughter of the Bishop of Victoria, aged 8 years.
'On the 3rd December, at 5.30 a.m., at his reai- dence, Stanley Street, CHOA CHEE BEE, J.P., for over 30 years Compradore to the China Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., aged 65 years. Deeply regretted.
On the 3rd December,, at the Peak Hospital, FINLAY GLEN HENDERSON, son of Mrs. HENDER SON, of Ashton Terrace, Glasgow, aged 21 years.
On the 4th December, GEORGE Grahám, a native of Paisley, aged 39 years.
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The French Chamber has passed the bill for the proposed loan against the secu ity of the Chinese indemnity.
Sr. Pedro Paterno has dorlined the presidency of the Filipino Peace Commission. Sr. Leon Guerrero is therefore President, and Sr. Paterno Vice-president.
Smallpox is now raging in the southern Civil Commission is passing an act for com- islands of the Philippine Archipelago. The pulsory universal vaccination.
The Echo de Chine says that the missions of Yunnan and northern Manchuria hare satisfac- torily arranged with the Chinese Government all the questions arising ont of the Boxer troubles.
It is announced in Paris that the French Minister has had a prolonged audience with the King of Siam, and that questions affecting France and Siam were discussed in a friendly spirit. French consulates have been established at Angkor and Battambang.
A report received in Japan from a Russi n source states that the compensation claimed by Russia in return of the transfer of the Shan- haikwan and Newchwang railway is not great. It is also stated that Russia is now preparing to evacuate Newchwang and transfer the local administration to the Chinese authorities,"
News from Nanking reports that H/E. Liu Kung-yi has recently sent a memorial to the Throno to the effect that, as a large sum of money is required to relieve the sufferers from the late inundations of the Yangtsze, he begs that the sale of substantive official ranks be extended for another year in the provinces under his jurisdiction as a means of obtaining the necessary funds for that purpose!
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Mr. Goto, the Director of .he Formosan Administrative Bureau. passed through Kobe recently on his way to Tokyo. Questioned by n Press representative as to the rumoured retirement of Baron Kodama, the Governor- General of Formosa and Minister of War, from the former post, Mr. Goto made the cautions answer that it was not advisable that the Gover- nor-General of Formosa should hold another post.
A special Seoul despatch to the Osaka Mainichi dated the 19th inst. says that a des- patch from the Governor of Kan-Kiang-do states that Russians are sending telegraph poles from the Amur with the object of con- structing a line between the Amur and Ching- kiang, but the Governor is unable to prevent the transportation. The report states that Russia has not yet obtained the approval of the Corean Government.
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The St. Petersburg newspapers confirm the projected visit in March next of an extraor dinary Chinese Embassy, to further commercial relations between Russia and China. That may only be an excuse, and the real reason the establishment of a protectorate over, or the cession of. Manchuria. Reuter states that the existence of a Russo-Chinese agreement con- cerning the terms of the Russian withdrawal from Manchuria is officially admitted.
Referring to the quotation from a letter in the Times on the nominal relations between Siam and Kelantan, a Straits paper claims to tion has at last been put on a satisfactory basis, have some reason to understand that the ques- and that Siam does not in the least propose any course of interference with the authority of the rulers of Kelantan and Tringganu in any com- mercial agreements they may enter into with British subjects. This being so, a very proper solution has been arrived at in regard to novel pretensions that might have involved Siam in a misunderstanding with a Power that is absolute- ly and from disinterested motives a thorough friend of Siam, and an entire sympathiser with Siam's efforts to retain her supremacy over her own dominions.
The Tsar has received Marquis Ito in audience at St. Petersburg and conferred upon him the order of St. Alexander Nevsky. Marquis Ito will remain for some time in St. Petersburg. The Russian authorities and newspapers are gratified that the visit of the Marquis is tending to convince Japan of Russia's good will, and preparing the way for a rapprochement of the two empires. The Times correspondent in St. Petersburg believes that the rumour is well founded that the Manchurian negotiations have been dropped in consequence of Japan's objec tions, The Novoe Vremya expresses hopes that Marquis Ito is convinced of Russia's desire for peace and friendship between Japan and herself. The St. Petersburg journal expresses itself unable to understand the Japanese Press fearing an alliance with Russia; such an alliance, how- ever, is unripe yet, the two countries must find common interests first. The Novoe Vremya adds that it can understand third parties objections to a Russo-Japanese alliance, but it hopes that Marquis Ito will prevent the Japanese from becoming the dupes of their alleged well-wishers.