THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LV.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles :-
The Defence of Hongkong and Weihaiwei
HONGKONG. A ONDAY, 10гн FEBRUARY, 1902.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK..
To-day is the Chinese New Year's Day.
On the 1st inst., an Imperial Decree was 94 issued in the name of the Empress Dowager, 91 forbidding the practice of foot-binding.
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There is a report that the cruisers Eclipse, 7 Captain R. H. S. Stokes, and Talbot, Captain F. G. Stopford, are to be transferred from this to the Australian station.
Russia and the Boxers.
The End of Footbinding
Competition on the Yangtzo
Lord Rosebery and the Liberals
Hongkong Sanitary Board
The Manchurian Convention
The Operations in China..
Loss of the Knight Companion.
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Queen's College..
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Diocesan School and Orphanage
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Institution (f Engineers anil : hipbuilders
JOL
Promenade Concerts.
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Swatow
French Aims in Siam
Tientsin
Northern Notes
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Correspondence
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Supreme Court
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Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamship.Co., Hong ong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 105 Kowloon Land and Building Company, Limited
Ld 105
· Hongkong Ice ompany Limited
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Cricket
Football
Hongkong Rifle Association
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
Boxing Tournament in City Hall.
Royal Hongkong Golf Club
Hongkong Chess Club
France and China
Hongkong in 1931.
Hongkong and Port News Commercial.
Shipping
BIRTHS.
The Reichstag has voted the Eudget of Kiaochau without making essential changes. 101 Only it did not grant the means for a company 102 of cavalry, but it agreed that the infantry was to be augmented by one-half of the number of cavalry demanded by the Government.
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The Japanese have voted 150 00 yen for the improvement of their settlement at Tientsin. The work is to be placed entirely under Japan- ese supervision, Japanese engineers are engaged, and the Japanese Consul is to supervise the work done, The work is to be commenced some time in March.
108 A Shanghai Times telegram, dated Peking, 108 January 28th, says: To-day the reception of Foreign Ministers at the Imperial Palace took 109 place, with much ceremony, The Empress 109 Dowager. though seated behind the Thone 110 had a bigger and higher throne than the H2 Emperor himself.
On the 16th January, at the London Mission, Tientsin, the wife of Rev. J. D. LIDDEL, of a son. On the 25th January, at 45, North Szechuen Road, Shanghai, the wife of F. W KOWLAND, 1. M. Customs, of a daughter.
On the 31st January, at 182, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, the wife of H. J. CRAIQ, of a daughter.
On the 4th February, at "The (halet," the wife of H. W. ROBERTSON, of a son.
On the 4th Feb., at "Greencroft," Kowloon, the wife of JOHN THOMAS MARTIN WHEELEY of a son, MARRIAGE.
On the 25th January, at the Union Church, Shanghai, by the Rev. C. E. Darwent, KIRSTEN BORGHILD, eldest daughter of Capt. H. IVERSUE, Nottero Tonsberg, to JACOB LARSSEN, Master of 8.8. Teh Hsing, both of Nottero Tonsberg, Norway.
DEATHS.
On the 12th January, at Aberdeen, Scotland, HELEN, the wife of JAMES RUSSELL BRAZIER,
Commissioner of Customs, and daughter of Dr. W. W. MYERS, aged 28 years and 3 months.
On the 31st January, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, suddenly, BENJAMIN WANSTALL, aged
44 years.
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A London telegram of the 24th ult. :ays:- Sr E. Satow, the British Minister, in present ing his credentials at Peking, said that the pro- sperity of China may be f stered by the removal of obstacles and a free exchange of commodities. He urged the Emperor to completely abolish the barriers Lindering a fre intercourse with the rest of the world.
The disbursements of the Corean, Govern- ment for the current fiscal year are estimated at 12 million yen, one-third of which is to be devoted to military expenditure. The revenue for the year is estimated at 7 million yen, making a deficit cf 5 million yen. Compared with last year. the expenditure has been almost doubled. Altother, the situation looks very bad.
It is believed in Japan, with regard to the Manchurian negotiatious, that Russia will abandon the exclusive mining rights. But the Russo-Chinese Bank is interested in the matter, and many well-informed people think that if Russia foregoes her right it will be only nominal, since the Bank intends exercising a controlling power over the mining concessions.
At Peking on the 28th ult. the whole
diplomatic corps was received by the Emperor
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Atrocious anti-foreign placards, according to the Shanghai Times, are again being posted in various places in Hsisofa. They predict that there will be a general massacre of foreigners after Chinese New Year, and exhort members of the secret societies to prepare for the event. The local authorities are endeavouring to trace the placards to their source with a view to the punishment of those responsible for them.
The Universal Gazette learns from the North that the Allied commanders have consented to hond back the Government of Tientsin and vicinity to the Chinese during the month of April or the beginning of May next. The same paper also learns that the Russians are reported to have consented to return Manchuria, mainely the three provinces of Fêugtien, Kirin, and Heilungchiang, to China in March or April next.
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The following is translated Sinwenpao:--We hear that the Imperial Gov- ernment has appointed Prince Tsai Chên, 4th Order. to be Special Ambassador to congratu- late King Edward on His Majesty's Coronation, that Taotsi Ling Ch'éng is to be First Secre- tary, and Taotai Wang Kai-kah, Second Secro- tary to the Embassy. It is expected that the Mission will be able to leave Peking by the middle of March next for Europe.
Since the return of the Court to Peking, H.E. Yuan Shikai has been greatly favoured by the Emperor and Empress Dowager, and their Majesties actually told him that the safety of the empire much depended on him. Native papers report that in consequence Yuan. knowing that he was a great favourite, has acted in a very disagreeable way towards Wang Wen- shan, the new Plenipotentiary, and on account of this Wang is determined to retire from his hard and important post, and thereby to give Yuan the trouble to find a substitute in his place.
The Tokyo correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News writes:A French traveller from Sagha- lien has just told me that the Saghalieu fishery question will yet be the great question between Japan and Russia. At present the Japs seem to be getting on all right in Saghalien. Between April, 1900, and March, 1901, about 130,000 koku of fish and 10,900 piculs of Kombu were secured in Saghalien, and of this amount about 82,000 koku of fish was taken by Japanese fishers. To transport these products to Japan 112 vessels went thither, and of these ships, 94 were Japanese and the rest Russian. So that the Japs seem to have the lion's share.
The committee in charge of the Chinese Exclu- sion Bill in the United States has been consider. ing the question of inserting & provision
Weekly Press of China, the Empress Dowager being present regulating the coming of Chinese from the
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 3rd Janary arrived, per P. & 0. steamer Chusan, on the 1st February (29 days); the American rail of the 4th January arrived, per T. K. K. steamer America Mara, on the 2nd February (29 days); and the German mail of the 6th January arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Sachsen, on the
5th February (30 days).
The Doyen of the diplomatic corps addressed the Emperor, whereupon his answer was read by Prince Ching. Then the Empress Dowager addressed the Ministers, expressing her regret *concerning the events of the summer of 1990.
Yokohama papers repeat the statement that Viceroy Yuan Shikai intends to pay a visit to Japan in March in order to inspect the financial administration, education, and military systems, and the agricultural and commercial undertak ings of that country. It is stated that during his stay in Japan, which is expected to extend one month, the Viceroy will travel through various parts of the country.
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Philippines into the St tes. Furuseth, chairman of the commission from California sent to assist in getting legislation throngh, has withdrawn bis opposition to the Kahn bill in a large measure, but he asked that something be done to prevent Chinese in the Philippines from coming to the States. In view of the Supreme Court docision that the Fhilippines are part of the United States, there is a question whether any law can be passed preventing insular Chinese from coming to the mainland. The matter is now being looked into, and a decision is expected to be reached within a short time.