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able to push the sap without disturbance. cause for much gratitude to the old Viceroy It is instructive to watch how very different in spite of the generally obstructive nature luve been the measures taken by the several of his policy where British interests are Powers during the present crisis, and how been concerned. But the alarming feature very perfunctory has been the part played of the Yunnan rising is the threat of by the British, who, instead of being in complications with France. None of the the van, have been quite content for long to Powers are concerned much with the extreme qccupy a secondary position in the crowd.south-western province except ourselves Utterly irrespective of the question whether and France; and as it is the growth of it is politic to make of Weihaiwei an im French influence in the south-east of the portant centre for further advance, it is at province which bems, from the brief words least advisable that should not become a of our tolegram, to be the immediate causo
FRIDAY, JUNE 15TH, 1900
Bubonic plagne, after a short cation of nearly tire wooks, has reappeared in Manila, two onNOS being discovered on the 10th inst, one in the Escolta, the main thoroughfare of the town. Both victims are Chinese.
Grest uneasiness is reported from Nawcawang, whither the Boxer agitation has spread. ↑ The merchants there are said to have telegraphed to their houses at Shanghai to stop all shipments of cargo The Russian troops are closely guarding the Port Arthur-Moukden railway. ~
A. S. WATSON --- & 40 | source of contempt. The neglect of our of the present disturbance, the situation Hankow arose in connection with an idea that
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cannot be viewed with equanimity. If any organised attack is made on the French troops said to be at Mengtze presumably under the name of consulate-guards there is no doubt that France will grasp at the plausible excuse for further concessions ten- ding to bring southera Yuasan within her splore. Such an encroachment, it need not he said, cuts directly at the scheme for opening Szeches and the Upper Yangtze to British trade, for once a railway
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AFFAIRS.
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BIOTING IN YUNNAN
MISSIONARIES SAFE
has broken out at Tunnanfu
DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FROM HONGKONG.
The Indo-China Steam Navigation Company'a steamer. Minsang cleared Hongkong for the north yesterday with 600 members of the Hongkong Regiment and Aristic Artillery abpard. It has been arranged that 400 mom- bers of the Royal Welsh Fosillers shall follow. in HMS. Terrible on Saturday or Sunday.
Major F, Morrie, of the E.W.F. will be in command, with Major G, R. St. John. EA, second in command
Itappears that the recent kidnapping scare nt | The Chips Inland fission has been partly, Those departing were-Major G. R. St John, Commanding Officer, Hongkong-Singa- children are needed to be sacrificed to the found and the Bible Christians and Botan anions of the Lu-Han railway, as the rescat Catholic missions utterly destroyed. All Waymouth, Division Adjutant, I.A.aptain pore Battalion Royal Artillery Captain EG.
Aberdeen scare here was connected with the the missionaries are safe at the Yemen. Talloch Captain W. St. C. W. Blanda fenten- Cantou-Kowloon line Hanyang and Washang ALLEGED CAUSE OF THE TROUBLEt Levis Captain Daff, Lieutenant O Indiam share Haukow's auxísty in this respect
Thornhill R.A. : Captain B. L. Berger, Captain French troops are at Mengtze. It is E. U. Roweroft, Captain P. G. Anderson and alleged that opposition to the spread of Lieutenant E. Q. L. Wallace, Hongkong Regi- French influence is the cause of the diatur ment Captain H. V. Pryan, Royst Army Medical Corps Lieutenant Leary, Army Ord- | nance Department; thirteen native officers, one
The trial trip came off on the 9th inst in Manlia Bay of a new river gaabost, the Raleigh, which has been built by Messrs Riley, Ha Government Tos Raleigh, sad her tris-sister greaves and Co. of Singapore, for the US the Charleston, draw about 18 inches with a full Gulf of Toughing the chances of any other long and accoinmodate 120 men beside the crew. is firmly established from this region to the load, their tonnage la 800, and they are 100 ft. rante competing successfully wil be ex-The armament has not yet loro decided on Oce tremely shadowy. In the excitement en- of thess boats will be employed on patrol duty. gendered by the exertion of at last making; on the Cagayan River,
move in North China, it is to be trusted We ha that our interests in the south rest will not be overlooked by the home Government, for important at the northern question is an thing tanding to affect the position of affairs, in the Yangtze region is still moto vital
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We are received through the local agents of copy of the forty-sinth annual report of the the Company, Mesars. Wm. Mererink & Co., a
Western Assurance Company of Toronto and London, showing how strong o position the| Company holds and how much progross was
made in the past year, The President in his speech moving the adoption of the report referred The P. and O. ateamar Boretti has besa. Up to thesPorte being made to embrace a larger field of operations than previously and expressed tained in quarantine at Yokohama,
satisfaction at the estabishment of net agenchs through the Empire,
Many of us remoraber the early aspirations of Lord SALISBURT to make Chian e bulwark against the advance of Russia The utter absurdity of the project was exposed at the time by the entire Eaglish presa in China, aided eventually by the home papers. We may remember, too, how Lord WOLSELEY foretold the coming invasion of the world there were reported 14 esses of Hingne and 16 In the 24 hours preceding noon resterdit by China, become under a regenerated Gov-deaths ernment the aistress of her own destinies.
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Lord SALIBsUgy has, it is true, learnt many A New York telegram of the Bust, an things since then, but it is evident that much nonces that Commander John McGowen, or the of the old prejudice clearer to him still.. S. moniter Monadnock, has beer suspended Orders through Local Post or by Telegram China, however, it is well to remember, may receive prompt attention.
ret become a formidable menace; but if she. du, we may real assured it will not be as China, but under the yoke of some stronger Power. This is the situation that our Prime Minister has half grasped, and has shown Counterfoil Order Books supplied on to others by his policy that he dreads; yet by a strange fatuity, almost like that of application
China herself in her present attraction to Russia. he, by his indifference and blind dependence on others, has actually been ing strumental in fostering. Yet if we road the signs aright there are in the field already influences making strongly for good. If the Continental Powers as a whole soek in the destruction of the Chinese power to gain their owa territorial endz, there are others
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THE WAR
This representatives of the Chias Ininnd warrant officer and 648 non-commissioned ssion, at Mr. Stevenson, Rev. A. I. Can officers and non. Of these, 400 men are from Campbet and M. Carsley, Rey BJ, and drawn from the Hongkong Singapore Battalion dors, Rev. F. H. Bhoten, Misses Lekingwell, the Hongkong Regiment, the ronininder being Mrs. Piper, and Y. Thorne those of the of the Royal Artillery The force is fully Demeng Ray E. J. and Mrs. Piper, Revipped for two months" campaigning and is Bible Christian Mistion were Ber. F. Jand WA and Ales. Grist, and Mrs. Thorne, some supplied with 7-10 RL. gm and the therefore representing both Societies A list of 26 mozntain guta. There hundred on Of
the Royal Welsh Fusiliers are held in radinoss the Roman Catholic Mission fa pot to hand!
ta embark on H.M.S. Terrible to-morrow. The offoors selected for sertion are Major F. Morris, Captain J. H. Gwynne, Captain H. M. Richards, Lieutenant H. Rotheram, Lieutenant. 08. Flower (Asting Adjutant), Lientanant 1. J. Waleyn, and Lieutenant 0. 8. Owen, London, 13th June, 68) p.m. Thile Major Wateon, R.AM.C., will comman
the medical staff.
Lord Roberts reports that he attacked Commandant Botha at Middleburg Roed on Monday, and the Ley to the Boer position was almost gained at nightfall. The troops
LORD ROBERTS ATTACKS THE BOERS
A stive excrespondent at Pexing of the N-0. Doily News Colegraphed on the 8th to the following effect-Encouraged by their subivouacked there. persis and the popularity of the movement, the feptions of the I Ho Chuan have, it is reported.
decided to hold all the cities and towns which
A Chinaman was sentenced to six months have captured thereby becoming actus hard labour at the Magistracy yesterdamfer port le that they have killed the sub-prefeot prebale against the Government. The latest nitesupting to break into a shop in Gusen's Roof Chochow, an important city near Peking, He had climbed on to the verandah when he and gazrisoned the place against all comers. missed his fouting and fell and was captured by General Nish's Chihli corps are mutinous and a Chinese constablo.
mány have declared their gympathy with the
Ho Chusu.
For the vacant sent in the Legisuve Coon.
METHLEN AGAIN SUCCESSFUL. General Methuen han capture Commal dant Dewet's camp at Rhenoster Fivey, and
has scattered tho enon-
MARCHING ON KROONSTAD General Methuen und General Kitchener are murcing on Kroonstad.
NO NEED FOR APPREHENSION Lord Roberts adds that there is no need
from the colony. Mr. J. J. Francis, QC pro- cil created by Mr. Herbert Smith's departure HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS for apprehension.
poses to offer himself as nominee of the Chamber of Commerce. We understand that Mr. J Thurbara Manage of the Megane Bank of India, is also a candidate,
The desce is reported from Manila on the 8th inst. of Mr. William Johnston, founder and
principal partner of the flem of Johnston,
since 1971.
THE PROTOSED NEW HEADQUARTERS.
Yesterday afternoon a mating of the mem- bars of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps was held at Headquarters the purpose of consi best
daring plastus, the proposed for the
of the Corps shall be erected on this present
BULLER'S SUCCESS CONFIRMED.
General Biler is at Volksrust, Tango Nek and Majuba have been completely eva
cuated.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON 14 June,
Headquarters site or on a site near the Golf cre, Booth & Co. of fails. Mr. Johnston Club Pavilion in the Happy Valley. There was a mach esteemed member of the British was good attendance, and the chair was ooca THE WAR THE BRITISH PRISONERS
- AT PRETORIA, community and had been out in the Philphid by the Commandant Leat. Col Bir
John Carrington, Kt, C.M.G. The large in- Ons hundred and dity British Beers and erenss which has taken place in the Corps due three thousand five hundred men have been An excise ofCeer of 15 years atmding manating the last 12 months las malo it car that released at Pretoria. The Boere risk ved nine Ip Man Tai, was charged at the Magistracy more accommodatieron la absolutely necessary, hundred
The matter has been under consideration for GENERAL BULLER'S OPERATIONS sons time. The practicability of enlarging
General Buller cates that on the 11th in the present premises has been discussed, at La forced the passage of Almonds Neb, the last though the great convenience of the present site; deals to Charlestown fata. The suszy were i admitted on all hands it was soon recognised considerable force with several gausiu position. allow of any extensive buildings being crocuted attack, the dispositions for which were anely that the orou was by us maóns large enough to General Hildyand directed the whole of the
moving to Happy Valley been formulated thereon Accordingly an alternative scheme - good.
in China. Of the interests of Australia with attempting to suiggle opium into the and Cana ia in the issue we have al-colony" The man arrited a- about two o'clock ready apolren; they cannot be disregarded in the morning by the boat from Canton. Be by any British Minister in the near future bang susposted an Indio excisa oficar carched In addition to the there is, moreover, and found opinus on his person And
$100, or two months, was imposed Japan. It is true that Japan, or a large faction in Japan, talk openly of a policy of annexation; but Japan has already essuyed
committed for trial for being consormed in At the Magistracy yesterday elgren men were
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THE CRISIS IN THE NORTH.
PROM OUR TIENTSIN CORRESPONDENT.
Tientsin 3rd Jano:
THE RETREAT FROM FÁOTING-TV..
The story of the Belgian engineers retreat from Paoting fa is the most astounding inci- dent of the mementous wook, Leaving on Mon- day (May 28th) in a dozen boats the party of thirty had a military escort and the company of their Director Beng and interpreter for two days Guring which they made 1707% When their escort left them, the Borers made their appearance, and | getting the boat stranded in a shallow creek, into which the fugitives believe they were ex- ticed, opened fire. Among othor weapone they - had a wooden cannon. The refugees shot a fow end brained one man, climbing into the boate then jumping into the water they by main force shoved the vessels across the crook, landed, and formed squzie (six women and one baby in the centre) and then began thair eighty mile tray to Tientsin, They had to gro by the sun and stare, and simply hopt due east, avoiding all villages and towns and fighting the whole time. They were sniped by night, and latterly had to carry the women and one comrade who had got shot in the feet, They shot 2,000 cartridges and affirm they killed at least 100 mes. When they arst landed the interpreter was seen fanning himself and amok- lag he is now in Ticotsin under arrest, und says he had to quit for his own skin. As not one of them could speak a word of Chines, they could not distinguish friend from fao, and leübt. less aufured much accordingly Many of thoir engagements wore at eicas quarters and some of the wounds are sword cists and spost thruste.
THE MISSING AND THE WOUNDED,
Messrs. Ossent (then lendor, ble sister (Ma
with the main bods when they landed, and the dam Astige) and Messze. Pezzuro (Italian) and Cadets (Turkish subject), cected net to coma
SURRENDER OF A BOER FORCE ATmntilated Ne hopes are now entertained of their Chiass have it that they have been murdered and the policy, and found it in the last degree an armed robbery on thres, fishing junk and tide was submitted to the meeting yesterday.
STICKSBURG: uncatisfactory. As all events Japan kuows Kowloon Bay on the right of the 18th May. This scheme – a scheme, by the way, much for. Fifteen hundred Boart have surrenders Line one way or another. On Entarday morning. safety, though expeditions have set out to doter even better than England that her own | The occurranes took place at 11 c dock at night, ourad by the Government--includes the erection General Brabant at Ficksburg,
wan thaty li ont of Tientsin, five more men existence is now bound up in the defeat of real slote wera fred, and a feberman woe of a drill shed an institute; a gymuutum, sto.
separate") themselves--it is supposed they either Russian aspiration to exclusive pro-wounded in the foot. The rubbere decamped There is a difference of opinion even among the
wished to push on, or lost their mental balance dominane in Asia: and an intelligent and with property of the rate of $231. Soon after officers es to the wisdots of going to Happy their departure the police patrol have in dight – Vallig, but we rezturo to funk that a little con,
GENERAL BULLER'S ADVANCE from their sufferings. Friendly Chinese men active British Minister will, from the very The affair was rapected to them on the pelyn- sideration will show that theilly ne alterna HONGKONG June 15th, 1900.
General Baller's force is sampel four miles sent in reports of their pitiable condition, and vanessities of the case, always find himself toured was proared, but without salt. The tire but to do so as the advantages would so great to the North of Volkserist. The Peers have tollef organizatiolin. Voluntors and Conssuk, went Thar the present position in North China energetically supported from both these matter was then reported at the Water Policy yostwach the disidratares Atlaspy Valby completely orpointed Laings Nek and Majuha, ent. When the Chiosse protested at the latter is full of dangerous eventualities no dne, win sides. Now it la trus that the principal | Etation, and a party of polica set our for To Ke thoma would be unpla room for the erection of anise THE ORANGE RIVER COLONT they were told that the time had now passed for has paid any attention to the progress of statesmen in America hava begun to re- Wan. In thras house which they searched able buildings, and there would us be plenty General Kelly Kanty at Blyemfontein 11tach proteste. Ous relief party met the eventa, cannot doubt, nor is it easy to forecast cognise this phase of the question, and there shey found some of the stolen properly, and the of space for ant door drül Another point ist, says that there has heen un communication fugitives just entering the city and found thơm the same. The events of the last few weeks is good reason to believe that Lord SALre. eleven men who were in were arrestal
which should not be lost fight of in the fact from General Methum since the 7th inst. He an unspeakable coalition of misery, hanger, are certainly due to that morbid state of aur has already been approached. So far
that Happy Valley would be within asyron was ghting on the 6th north of Yaratkopiirst and fever. They wize quits, unablo te
the new rife rango zi Cause my Bay, which
TIE NORTHERN FORCE.cive any account of timefres, but have done somnoleure which has been. ze it were, epi. the position is satisfactory, and if the exi. A letteruta Tientsin Indy receivedno Shang-
The Bush troops, from ale Tors have to stuce. One of the Latiss has a ballot in her dentic for many years in Peking, and whith gencies of the moment are suficiently graspedal, describes how the folanteers went out to in steel would be a great venue. In his in its most severs for has always dicas by the Minister, the situation is capable of onethe Pacting fa refuge and tought them speech sesterday Sir John emphasise the fict reschel Hang-put, Laving defeated the neck, another was all but nude a third is close
into Tientsin. ” By daggang, Caho writes, about that what, was wanted was the viene of enguy.
to meternity. A day's rest and attention have trously affected the surroun Bage of the Eri-been- turned to profitable account. It is
twenty wretched, worn-out-looking, man and the pen commissioned oficers nad en eu THE JAPANESE PRINCES IN EUROPE, however done wontiers, anal elzsranccinetacogunt. rish Tagation, even more seriously than its precisely here, however, that Lord Satis- waren got in hors in a bed stets, four wounded, the matter, and he was careful to reftam decurs The Emperor of Anisha las conferred the can lie had. The men all behaved like herons neighbours. Notoriously the British Inga-bar's peculior weakness always comes to one cazzyldy a Bozor tåg he bad haragod to any endeavour to lina teem one way or another, Grand Cross of St Etenben ou Prince Kotohits, und gentlemen. Mr. Paposse (a Greek) und don has always been the last to obtain in the front we teed not do more than refer size and stick to. One pour wiman had a baby laying down the advantages and disadvantagerndha Ira Ceraton Prince Makino-
Albertazze (Italian) were found on the bund formation of any important movement to his failure at the beginning of the crisis, thưran days old; if diod, but the mother is hers advanced with regard to both schemes with
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tlás Keruing at 1 a.m. almost unable to account in Peking. Did this misfortune connart when the occupation of Port Arthur was in quite safe. Par seule, they had er af fire script Impartiality He, however, advanced & The Enchatig has folitused us Navy for themselves, the former with a huge gash in big hazel. They are two unt of the fire who with a simple absence of positive know question Lord Salttaver might not be and have, of course, lost all their homes and be strong print in favour of the Happy Vallay Bill
hft the party on Saturday morning. It is ledge we might feel wasomably hippy capable of the surrender after Majuba, but longings. Not only weed they chased by Baters,achome when he impressed wyos his herozs, the
Mr. Fritol has been gazetted a mexior of feared the other thres hors perished, zaving at the result. In the case of the British he is inherently possessed of a mind subject but Chinese regular eaters fired on the fact that they must not merely look at the pro.
Beren Legation is, however, its peculiar function to similar defects; and it is his that However, they killed 6x Olinase treen them sent bat must provide for the future. The Council
This story points one great lesson that to be, in the great majority of interesting justifies our continued doubts as to the and got in with only four wounded, but a population of the clone is bound to
are still miseing.
creare, not with the
Lot the LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, con age and keeping together can do wonders events, not only profoundly ignorant, but results of his polley at Peking.
It is a fire feat for sixteen won to hire brought population it is enly to be expected tist misinformed, and we have had fressently to
We have received from Meiss, Folly and the numbers of the Corne will be increas which left here May 16th for San Francisco tans The missing three are French, * The PM stramer China, witli mails, át. the romen through under sheh adverso cir- rufer to its too absolute dérezdeacs on the fun news which cones from Fumanu of Wabli a copy of a small paper-covered volums oler The matter was well discussed, variela Macus, Flange Nagasaki, Kobe Inland
at her Messrs. Dorenex Buillen und Dilon. Inspectorate General, or second-hand new an anti-foreign outbreak confirms the iden 4 Life for hind, a brief memorial clusters of on epitions being expressed It was an- Ses Yokebine and Honolain, arrived at i wired from the Chiume Legation tu that the so-called Boxer agitation is not by Mfr. George Cousins Born In 1935 add to that round to the outers of the Corps The Indo-Chin the sing
the late Dr. Chalniors of Hongkong, compile forgood that within the next week papers will destination on the thing feet Cal Ative in PTATE OF PEKING Purtland Place. The indifference, with merely the local affair which the authorities dying at the end of last year. Dr. Chalmers invising them to all in their views and forward enth and Sizsits, lift singapore for this port anxiety has decreased winds Jung Ln with which the coup cet of September have persister in regarding it, but is part first arrived in Hongkong in 1852 with his them to Headquarters.
The C. PAR. Come Emerio of China drew las so-called protectors of the peaceful. 1998 was regarded by the British Govern of a general movement throughout the em-wite here he stayed seven years, then removed
arrived at Kobe at 10 pal on Tuesday, the 12th The foreign guards went in withent opposition ment, has always seemed prophetic of some pize of the reactionbay and exclusive ele- to Cazten, whates he tried to the island in
sut, and left again at 12.30 p on Wedner though the ordans to resist their entry were dicaster to our prestige in Peking. It has ricats. Tadications of thus have been coii. 1878 to set as senior Misionary of the London A Tanilon erining paper quotes on "charse Continental Powers as an indication of our in the North, but gradually the South has just before his death, so that his experience of body low the Grey candidato; batte On what certainly been taken advantage of by the stantly cropping up, most of them, it is true. Missionary Society. This post be retained until for Wycombe minst the Gray infuence Every growing indifference to our position is a lead been won over by agitators. Many believe, replied. On 103 Beads The form may be ing Power in the East and working slowly with our Tientsin correspondent, that only his work from the pens of two of his colleagues, trap The symga invented for Diavel by
Appreciations of his character and the value of scteristic, of coures; trist it pertomly is not lot but surely under the cover of this indiffer the influence of L HUNG CHINO has the Ber. P. Stora Tarner and the Roy, T. W paper called The Town when he stood for ence, those Powers, whose intereats rather succeeded in keeping quiet the turbulent Pearce, forma gating conclusion to the little Marylebone, and he made a rather pleased men: Amor and expec lay in the promotion of anarchy, have been section in the Two Evang. If so we have volume
for against
my heart. rbory
tion of it at the time in a letter to his sister,
on
STRAITS SETPLEMENTS
Wednesday, the 19th instant, at 4 p.m.
arrive at 1 p.m.
and lost same
ir all
Affaire in Peking are comparatively quiet, and
day, the 1891, lasting for Yokohams, where she only withdrawa an hour or two befor they
arrived same day at 1pm for Bhanghai, where in Tigotsin similarly only gave permission to This C. P. R. steamer Empress of India arrived after the Chinese were told that they at 7am on the 14th inst, were coming in any contingency. The Viceroy lead to an
arrive at the 181F2instaghat did face your then saved by second term tho
at 2am. en Saturday the entrain when fill that they were going in any The A. A staimer Arsinia loft Vladino case and had their own driver, &c., all ready
heat or about for thirty-at which the difcern united si they
entrained their fifties and norikára:
the 27th instant