THE HONGKONG WEEKLY TRESS AND
[May 18, 1903.
Cargo Boat Company and the flongkew, Wharf | THE "VALLETTA” IN COLLISION. Į then an extraordinary, scene followed. Company to a total ($1,937,796). *. Twenty
strangers insisted on shuking large carrying tra
A passenger by the above steamer thus des- | another in an toontaày of com oribes an accident which occurred to the vessel Admiral Fanshawe forgot his dignity suficient at Singapore :-
ly to fling his hat in the dir -
8,142,000 marks German steamers do along the coast. Nine camera, seven steamers of the German Lloy seventeen boats of Hamburg-American Tine and six other German steamers called in 1901 at this important port. Fourteen missionaries are motive in Chekiang
wangs
Bwatow has two German firms with
It is stated in Sydney that when an American crow beat HM:8: Glory under similar condi- tions at Hongkong the winners boisted a broom to the masthead, The Royal Arthur, of course, did nothing of the sort, but it has become the
are off for brooms!!-
iderable means, about 224,000 of,which **** the B.I. steamer Zamanid, both lying at the thing in Bydney to ask Americans “how they
invested in a factory prodding Sumatra, oil. are German steamers fly between Hongkong watew and Deli, and one between Swatow and Iankow. Eighteen steamers of the North German Lloyd's Orient Line, on their journey Bangkok and Singapore and 152 other German, steamers, called at this port in 1901. There are sixteen missionaries..
**Tientsin has a German post office. There are twenty-nine German firms and the German- Asistio Bank. The total capital invested in business enterprise amounts to about 19,900,000 marks, ($4,522,000), Germany's share of the total import business is 60 per cent. and of the export 45 per cent. The German capital invest- ed in the Kaiping mines amounts to about 810,000 marks ($192,780).|||Four German steamers, three of which belong to Ibsen, of Apenrado, and
1 one to the Hamburg-American Line, maintain a regular coasting service bet een Shanghai, Tsingtao. Chefoo, and Tientsin. In all, 123 steamers sailing hader the German Bag Have called at this port. Forty-six mis- sionaries are stationed here.
*Chefoo has a German post office and tele- phoneservice. Four German firms, with a capital of about 1,500,000 marks ($357,000), do a yearly business of 4,500,000 marks ($1,071,000). A regular service of mail steamers between Shanghai, Tsingtao, Chefoo, and Tientsin is carried on by means of four German boats. In 1991, 238 German steamers called at this port.
CHINESE TREATY REVISION.
THE
MERICAN PROPOSALS,
The Times correspondent at Shanghai sent to the London journal last month the following observations on the above subject :-
The American revised treaty of 16 articles now under negotiation omits the original clauses with reference to the indemnity and the Customs service mentioned in my message of September 17. The treaty generally follows the lines of that negotiated by Sir James Mackay, but important modifications are noticeable with reference to the treatment of the question of the abolition of lekin The United States Government stipulater for the entire, abolition of lekin and of all native Customs houses on waterways and land routes and also of salt and - opium stations; the abolition to be compensated for by the imposition of a surtax équivalent to the amount of the import daty The treaty limits the total taxation of exports to 7 per cent. it does not touch the questions of Excise and consumption tax, which sex regarded as matters within the discretion of the Chinese Government, and it exempts native machine-made gords from all export duties. The article practically represents the policy originally advocated by Sir J. Mackay, and afterwards, unfortunately, modified; it is unlikely that the Chinese will accept the proposed 5 per cent, surtax inasmuch as the British treaty offers more for the partial abolition of the barrier system:
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Article 12 requires Chins to open to foreign trade Peking, Mukden, and Ta-ku-shan. The last named port, which is near the mouth of the Ya-l River, comes within the scope of Article 5 of the supplementary Port Arthur Convention of May, 1898, in which it is stated that coast ports and neutral ground adjacent to the leased territory shall not be opened to the trade of other Powers. The Chinese are anxious to learn whether the United States Government is naware of the terms of the convention, or it is prepared to dispute the validity of which denies the most-favoured-
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CANTON.
[FROM OUR CORÅRSFÖNDENT.]
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, the 3rd inst, while the P. & 0. mail steamer Valetta, Capt. Palmers, with the outward English mail, was leaving the P. & O. wharf at Singapore for Hongkong, she collided with the German steamer Tanglin and
collision the Valetta was in charge of the Tangjong Pagar wha:f. At the time of the
Company's pilot, The ship got away from her moorings with a strong current running, and procceeded through the narrow channel for about 300 yards. In trying to give a wide berth to a buoy marking a shallow bank, she refused to come round in the bend of
* Canton, 11th May. THE 'NEW' VIOEROT the channel, owing to the strength of the current, with the result that she crashed with telegram," requesting two men of war to be
The new Viseroy, Shum Chon Hün, has sent - great force into the port quarter of the Tinglin. despatched to Shanghai to convoy him to glided off, and carried away, the boom and Canton. anchor of the Zamania. The German steamer guard of "one thousand men. Revently It is said that he will have a body. was found to be seriously damaged, but His Excellendy wired to the Provincial fortunately the damage done to both vessels Treasurer and the Bureau of Reorganisation was above the water line,
to have their accounts made up by the time he The damage to the Valetta was more serious.artives and it is said many defalbations "hste as in her career she glided alongside the other been discovered. The officials are at their wits' two vessels, carrying away on her port side from end to know how to cover them. They are so stem to stern. rails, bulwarks, rigging, afraid that some of them wish to retire bridge, and five life-boats; also the top fore- from service, some to go home on leave, mast crashed on deck and several of the and others have actually applied to "be terrified passengers had a When a collision appeared evident the Valetta arrival of H.E. Shum the present Acting narrow escape transferred to other provinces. Upon the
too late to reduce her speed in such a strong to have Imperial audience. The Magistrate of reversed engines full speed astern, but this was Viceroy, Tak Sow, will go up to Peking tide.
Nam Hoi is also going away to the North to become a taotai, while Wong Shun, the Magistrate of the Shun Tak district, is coming to Canton to take his place. The merchants of Canton intend to welcome the new Viceroy the government wharf to the Viceroy's yamen. with a long string of crackers extending from
The Valetta, after getting clear, dropped anchor, and a survey of the ship showing that she was making no water she proceeded on her Voyage, having been delayed for over one hour. a time was intense. Men and woman who The excitement amongst the passengers for
a few minutes previously were pleasantly dis- cussing the trip were suddenly thrown into a state of the wildest excitement and could be seen rushing in all directions seeking for a place of safely from the falling wreckage. In the confusion several were knocked down, fainted. For a moment the situation appeared receiving minor bruises, and a few ladies to be most serious, and the wonder is that no person was killed by the falling material. Much.sympathy was felt on board for Capt, Palmers, who is a most skilful and experienced
officer.
H.M.S.
GLORY" AVENGED.
LICITING SCENE IN sydney HARBOUR.
Naval and aquatic circles generally have been much stirred by a boat race that took place in Sydney Harbour a few weeks ago (writes a Sydney correspondent). The port is periodically visited by United States transports from the Philippines, and when the Glacier was here some months since there was considerable talk of a race between a crew from the American vessel and one from the Royal Arthur, the flagship on the station. While the parties were still talking the time arrived for the Glacier to depart, but it was arranged that the race should take place on the occasion of her next visit.
THE COLLECTION OF TAXES.`
Upon the issue of an Imperial deurée 'or- dering the abolition of some unnecessary and vexatious taxes most of the residents here, and especially in Fatshan, have refused to pay taxes that are now demanded notwith- standing the Imperial decree.
[FROM THE
Dette under
“CHÚNG NGOI BAN PO”]
THE ATTACK ON RAILWAY ENGINEERS, ✨ An authentic report has been received from the Ching-un district with reference to the attack made on the Canton-Hankow Railway engineers As soon as the villagers caught sight of the foreigners, a gong was beaten to give the alarm. In an incredibly short time a goodly number of people were assembled with the object of driving away the engineers and their assistants and of offering every kind of obstruc tion to the progress of their work. The Railway Weiyuen reasoned with them and tried to dis- perse them, but to no purpose. At last he seized the gong by force and drove many of the distur bere away. An old woman who was present among the crowed also advised the people to stop the disturbance, and asked the Weiynen to give her the gong which, she said, would be secretly hidden, A young woman, seeing that the gong- was in the hands of the old woman, took it- away by force and beat it unceasingly, so that more people were summoned to the scene. The people shouted out Ta-ta, (strike unceasingly). A villager holding a sword sprang fiercely upon The race was originally timed for six o'clock the Weiyuen, who was badly, frightened and ran in the morning, but, in view of the public inte-away for safety as fast as his legs could carry rest in the event, it was postponed till the him. At last he fell down a chasm and was- afternoon. The harbour was then alive with seriously injured. The foreigners were then craft, and the foreshores in the vicinity were completely surrounded by the people for about crowded. The scene was reminiscent of great five or six hours. Luckily, the local gentry, who international sculling matches on the Parra did their utmost to protect the foreigners, matta River close by in the days of Trickett. succeeded in releasing them and escorted them Beach, and Searle. The rigging of the British to their boat, which was fired at by the people warship and theGlacier was thronged with "tars." on shore. Fortunately, no person was wounded. Chartered steamers followed the race, besides Government launches and a regular flotilla of small boats and racing skiffs. Vice Admiral Fanshawe, in command of the station, showed the greatest interest in the proceedings, and, with Mrs. Fanshawe and his flag lieutenant, followed the race in his launch.m
When the Glacier returned to Sydney it was discovered that in the meantime the picked cars- men of the American fleet in the Philippines had been transferred to that vessel, but the Royal Arthur men were undaunted.
The result of the two miles contest was's win for the Royal Arthur Boat by ten lengths, and
THE NEW VICEROY AND OPIUM SMOKIES, As H.E. Sham Chau-Hung, the Viceroy-desig nate of Canton, bears a great hatred of opium-smoking, all the officers in Canton are now doing their best to wean themselves of the habit, being afraid that they will be reported to the Throne and dismisssed from service for ever, if their fondness becomes known t Excellency. It is said that this is the
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