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ment was to have met in November, but affairs have gone so nicely that it has been tponed till the beginning of the new year; and, the Government has made up its wind to govern without a Parliament as long as it can. If we are to judge of the meaning of this, we may look to China, where we shall probably find an explanation in the growing confidence of the fugitive court in Shensi The nations of Europe are now represented as suing for peace; if they are sincere in their desire, and
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Japanese merchants are said to be on the increase in Bangkok. Cotton goods, stamped or dyed with what are evidently Japanese pat terns, appear to be increasingly in vogue there.
During the early part of last month there was a succession of cyclones at the head of the Bay of Bengal, and steamers (mostly BL bosts) entering the various coast ports have reported email damages on deck caused by shipping heavy seas.
The four-masted German steamer Abessinia, with a gross tonnage of 5,650 tons, arrived at Singapors from Hamburg on the evening of the 14th alt. with, stores and provisions for Kiaochow. She intends taking about 1,000 tone of coal prior to her departure...
The Timer Peking correspondent, writing on the 24th September of the interchange of posts between Sir Clande MacDonald Be Ernest Satow, ay-Though it was not that Sir Claude MacDonald had long denred to with draw to Tokyo, much regret is felt at his approaching departure, but opinión applauds the choice of his successor...
Another of the fendstory ablofs of India, In the person of H.H. the Maharaja of Thind, has
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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
|FROM=OUR COBBER
SHANGHAI, 3rd Mloven.“ PAD L.DL..
THE DEMANDS OF THE POWERS
EMPRESS DOWAGER MAKES
~ADDITIONAL APPOINTMEN
The Empress Dowager has appointed Yung Fu and Chang Chih Tung to assist Li Hung-chang in his negotiations with the Powers, who have demanded a large in
pring a it of temporary Inmnif
General James E. Smith, formerly Colonel of name is not at pressist: Blacios the 1st Californian Volantoors, and at present no mar Military Governor of the Island of Negros, hai | rings been appointed Collector of the Curtems of the ❘ notice. Celebrations in honour of the Part of Manik, vies Colonel W. F. Spurgiu, are, however, likely to be held later on. rosigned.
Yesterday afternoon the police arrested a Mr. The Governor of the Straits Settlements has Beres, a warder, in the jail, on a charge of im thus amended the rules relating to examinations properly leaving his exp
The accused of officers of the Civil Service originally aP- | was engaged as a warder on the usual thres pointed as Cadets-Every cadet on arrival may months probation, and his time, as he stated, be called upon to enter into a bord for the having expired two days ago, he handed in hà refund of the cost of his tuition in the lan-uniform, which was accepted, and he was told to guage or languages be may be directed to study attend on Feday to get his pay, did so and the expenses incurred by Government in yesterday afternoon, but instead of rooving sending him abroad for such study, in the event of his quitting the service without the sanation the hearing of the above mentioned charge any money he was placed in a cell pending of Government within five years of his arrival. The arrest, has caused much surprise among jal in the Colony.
enbordinates, and, we understand, a firm of law yers has been engaged to defend Baves. Mr. J. B. Ferrell, the well-known actor, who is the father of the histrionic profession in
The Canadian Pacio Railway Company they are willing to jointly guarantee the India, roosived a signed photograph last mallised on October 1st a statement of revenue amount of the indemnity. from Mr. Eadyard Kipling, who, in his boy account for the half-year ending S0th June, head's days, was a close friend of Mr. Ferrell's promised because of the change in the Com WINTER BARRACKS FOR GERMAN and used to writen number of the actor's notices pany's fiscal year. The gross earnings for the at the time Mr. Ferrell used to traverse India six months to 30th June, were 814,167,797.89, from Foshawar to Cape Comorin with his own
The working expenses were 78,899,851.06. The company. Rudyard has not, through all this ast earnings were, therefore, 85,277,946.83. Tientain University for use as a barracks lang lapse of years, forgotten his old friend, and The statement is considered highly satisfactory, the photograph was a very kindly way of letting because the half-year covered by it is always for their troops during the coming winter, him know it--Indian Daily News.
the lean half for the Company. The prosent
THE REPORTED SUICIDE OF figures show earnings at the rate of about 7
YU HSIEN. per cent for the year, and if the following six months maintain a fairly reasonable rate of
It is now reported that Yu Hsien's ot increase, the earnings should at least show B to 8 per cent, making it one of the banner years in the history of the Company...
At Penang, during the year ending on the 91st August last, the Penang Cricket Club played thirteen out matches, of which it wore
On the 19th fast an engineer named An. won, lost, and 3 drawn. The matches against drew Allen, aged 23, was arrested by the Yoko. Singapore and Perak were lost. Mr. D. A. Mama Ka Baibonsho. The Japan Herald learns Brown heads the latting averages with an aver age of 18 17. and Mr. C. A. Wicks the bowling
with 39 wickets for 8.2 rum vach. 27.
demnity Li Hung-chang has wired the Viceroys and Governors saking whether
TROOPS.
The German Government has bought
tempt on his life by poisoning did not sue
coed He buss recovered, and is awaiting Emperial orders.
Now, as we pointed out long ago, we' had the power in our own bands at the beginning at least to exact respect; but when we with our eyes open walked into the little net prepared for us, we ought not to be surprised at the result. England, above all other European nations, has from and experience found out the certainty with which humiliation fellows on the the
to carry
# diplomatic attempt contest with Orientals. It is more than once recorded in the history of her intercourse with India that she has lost more by the toga than ever she has won by the sword. Of all oriental nations the Chinese have won the reputation of being the most astute and unscrupulous, and amongst the Chines the ex-Viceroy Lt Hund-cuang has gained the reputation of a master. England has had pretty consider. able experience of the man, who has on more than one occasion made use of his subtle intellect to her disfavour. These SHERRY facts were not unknown to Lord SALISBURY personally, yet with that fatuity which clings to the old diplomatist, he again, in the face of the protests of the world, engaged in a wordy contest. The result is that things instead of progressing, have distinctly gone back; the settlement, which two months ago was within a measurable distance is now Further off than ever, and we must either rush into warlike operations, or be content to bear the ridicule of the people at large. The new case is in the same neighbourhood as not a drop of rain fell in the Aseum vallenctually, favours the Asiatic at the expense of Powers have now assented to the Anglo Nor does the evil end there, for in addition that where the first case was reported last year. Matters are very little better in Cashar and the European. In more than one of such cases
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to the contempt of the Court we have to bear the ignominy of having deserted the A. S. WATSON & CO. Large, and at one time growing class amongst the Chinese themselves who lamented the decadence of the nation. There is an air of genuineness about some of the recent pro clamations proceeding from the Court that seem to point to their being the actual pro- duction of the Emperor in person. It would dramatically be the legitimate end of Lord SALISBURY'S misconception of the situation, that the well meaning and friendly boy, should, as a man, be converted into the bit terest of foes.
BIRTH.
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On Saturday, the 27th October, 1900, at No. 9, Quins Gardens, Shanghai, the wife of the Rev. J. M. Baix, of a daughter,
MARRIAGE.
On the 20th October, 1900, at the British Con- sulate-General, Shanghai, and afterwards at the Catho ral, by the Rev. G. W. Coultas, W. J.B. CARTER, eldest son of the late William Carter of Lancaster, to MAREE, daughter of William BLACKBURN, of May House, Blundellards, Liver during the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday. pool.
Biz days have now passed without a case.
DEATH.
On the 29th October, 1900, at 25, Seward Road, Shanghai, Walter Wilson. assistant examinor I, M. Customs, aged 51 years,
The Daily Press.
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"THAT' there exists an agreement between Great Britain und Germany, to the extent
No fresh plague cases or deaths were reported
The Nippon Yusen Kaishia has chartered the Rosetta from Mr. Asano, President of the T.K.K. who was also the purchaser of the Bekilla. The Rosetta replaces the Futout maru on the Australian line. Twenty-three vessels belonging to the N.Y.K. were originally chartered by the Government for the convey- ance of troops and stores to North China, Several have been already released, and it is now reported that ton moro of the Company a vessels are about to resume their original
service.
Recrudescence of the plague in Kobe is ra ported by the Kobe Chronicle. One case made its appearance in Ono and proved fatal in a few hours. It is exantly a year since the plague first appeared in Kobe, but as no case had been reported for several menthe it was hoped that the disease had koon effectually stumped ont.
House-chaning under the superintendence of the police has again been commenced in various places in Kobo,
The .s. Kedah, which arrived here yesterday, writes the Sandakan correspondent of the S. F.
four weeks' mails.
Press on the 17th ult., brought up no less than Lloyd service to Manila has totally disorganised The new Norddeutscher the Singapore Sandakan service, but we hope they will be able to do botter than this for us, Not only are the mails delayed, but provisions and vegetables ran out, and these staples that are to be got are only to be had at exorbitant prices. Under such circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that complaints are the orter of the day.
The Foochow Daily Echo of the 27th ult, con- tains the following items:--The Japanese gan
from the Police that ons of the Castom oficiale at the Baggage Inspecting Offos, Western Hatobe, noticed a young foreigner passing in front of the premises with two or three tins, ap parently containing opinm, underneath his seat, The official ordered him to stop and examined the contents of the tian, which were found to bo opium, sure enough. The foreigner pladed that he had picked them up on the road some where, but the official would not listou to bis explaination, and he was at ones delivered to the Water Police.
An unprecedented drought is at present be ing experienced in Assam, and is using the gravest snxiety both as regards the tea and native crops. Telegraphic advicer ta hand are to the effect that no rain worth spanking of has fallen for a full month. The heat is in tense, and the crops are almost a complete failnes. It is rather singular, states the Times of Indice that while Calentte was nearly drown ed out with over 40 inches of main in one week,
Bylbet, and unlers & change takes place soon the wind-up of the tea season will be very differ sht from what was expected when the revised estimate of the tea crop was prepared.
steamer Jatra, of the River Steam Navigation On Monday, the 1st of October, while the
which is an hour's ran from Chaadbally, Mr. Company, was on the river at Demra, India, Joseph Booth, the second engineer, looked out from one of the port-holes to remonstrate with some of the crow on the upper deck for throw ing down water from it, and in damg so over- balanced himself and fell into the river. Shortly after this some crocodiles, with which the river swarms, swam after him, and, though the steamer rendered every assistance, the unfortu. nate man was never seen again. It is believed that the reptiles dragged him down and killed
BEVIVAL OF SHANGHAI TIENTSIN TRADE
The whole of the East coast of Sumatra. writes the correspondent of the S. F. Press thers, has been shocked by the recurrence DË one of those horrible tragedies which periodice ally take place in that country. An unfortu nate assistant on a tobacco estate in Berdang was set on by Chinese cookies out almost to pieces, ond after being strocionaly and bar baromaly mutilated, icra Sinense, the body was thrown into an old shed. There it was found | having been practien lly re-established, by some other Chinese, and on remoted, it was found that the poor fellow was still alive and is still living, with prospects of recovery, no far
is possible under such dreadful conditions. most antisfactory festure in these outrages pon Europeans by Chinese is the very scanty justice that is meted out to the miscreants who perpetrate them Dutch, justice, in ita az, treme desire to be impartial, unconsciously, but
something very like failure of justice has 30- corred. In the present inatenes the victim is German, and unless substantial justice în done the German community they be relied on to
make its vcios heard.
Mr. Stoad, says Lie Times of the 20th Bop
There are indications of a revival of trade
between Shanghai and Tientai, busines
communications between the two
THE
LONDON, 1st November, 7.20 p.m.
POWERS ACCEPT THE ANGLO
GERMAN AGREEMENT:
A Berlin despatch states that all the
German Agreement.
THE CHINA SQUADRON HMB Glory was commisioned to-day to replace H.M.S Centrum on the Ching
station.
GENERAL NEWS.
LONDON, 1st November, 7.20 p.10.
MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS
AND FORECASTS.
pamphlets, entitled The Candidates of Cain, in tember, has issued one of his catchponny
which he denounces all politicians that we not prepared to submit to Dutch, ascendanoy in South Africa. Els polley St, Throw Mr. Chamberlin out of pulse "Recall St Alfred Milner Instrnet Lord Roberta to make such a settlement as will continue, to the Datch their national existence," and so forth. The rebels of the Cape Colony are patriots the loyalists who supported Mr. Chamberlai that is, the Imperial Government are the real - appointment of Lord Lansdowne to th
an irreconcilable with the declarations of the Liberal statesmen, whose speeches we report cast places Mr. Brodrick in the War Office to-day, as with those of the Unionista
Lord Selborne in the Admiralty, and Mr utterances are recorded beside them. among the recalcitrant element in South Bitchie in the Home Office. Africa, and perhaps elsewhere, any seals wrested
↑ The Ministerial Press is dismayed at the
An order has been boen issued by the Admír. vessel Migako arrived at Pagoda on the 1911/him. Mr. Booth was for some years running in i rebels. Of course, these frantie absurdities are Foreign Secretaryship. An inspired fore
ally otifying that in future long service and good conduet medals are to be worn after Eri- tish war medals, but before foreign decorations and modnis.
Mr. Justice Jackson, Q. C., the Judicial Commissioner, says the Straits Times, has obtained an extension of four months' leave. His Lordship therefore is not due back till the middle of January neat.
The Band of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers will play at the Hongkong Hotel this evening from
Barn
Moir
one of the local steamers on the South China coast.
But
plessed to
1000
inst.We hear that there have been some farther arrests in connection with the doller. robbery on the river reported on the 13th inst.,
Now that dearth of coal is increasing, the ant but no further dollars have as yet been Java coal question is coming to the front. The recovered. The Mutual Liner* Hyson left oal measures of the island are described Sydney for Kaicheon on 14th September with in the Batavia Nieuwsblad a very extensive from the Ministerialists will be regarded as a very large cargo of food stuffs and 968 horses, and as being found mainly at Baysh in the won from those whom Mr Stead under orders from the German Government,
esidency of Bantam, Only Loons caal call “the candidates of Cain H.B.M: cruiser Mohawk arrived at Pegoda ona met with in the island, Brown coal believe that the vast majori
of the electo the 24th inst
also abounds in Java Coal similar to that will think twice and kris, before they gin found at Bayah is mined in Northumberland vote that can be so fatsily minnte and in Loucashire. The Governments sent an condemnation not only of the pre engineer to eximins the Bayah seams. He roment, but of the policy to which the nat ported favourably on their quality and extent. a whole, is committed.
On the arrival of the P. & 0; 8,5, Britannia at Colombo on the 16th alt, one of the mail
that the two countries have for themselves
8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. The programme will be bags was missing. There were altogether, ac repudiated all claims to extension of terri-March......... "Be Ever Ecdy
cording to the books of the steamer and advicas | Bat the Government did not follow this up by Enppe tory, and will look cross at any other nation
Carill received at the General Post Office, 126 mail mining operations, owing to dificulties of fran. that wants to annex, we know. There is
Riefert bags and one parcel for Colombe, Seventy Sport, especially the absence of railway com, Bidgood unfortunately no reason to beliers that it
seven of the mail-lags were from London, the manisation hatwasn the coalfields and the near- Carill really means anything more, except a re
others being from the ports en route. It is one sat esport. These difbalties have now been Witmark of the bags from London that is missing. The simost surmounted A company has been petition of those benevolent aphorisms to
usual procedure is that the mails as brought formed to work the Byah coalfields. It is or which we have any tirae within the last six
sahore in charge of an officer of the steamer, months been treated. Faith without works is
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(half-backs); 1. E. Lee and E. J. C. Anderson, (right wing), T. Yalo (centre), S. L. Jenkins and W. Rutherford (left wing) (forwards). The Referee is Mr. W. H. Howard,
The Singapore Sporting Chab beld their Autumn mesting last Wedunsday Week (the 34th ult.) and following days. It was us successful
dependent upon foreign coal
The Melbourne Age in its financial column of the 29th ult, gives a striking: instance, it saya, of the unfair competition the local steam ship companies, have to mast in the coastal trade with ocean-going steamers carrying either coloured or low-waged crows. A sergeant and
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
LOCAL MOVE HIS Maration: 15111od Woosung on her way to
The British tran
Welsh
adsport
haiwad
The surres terday from Shang,
The German transport
Thursday from Taku
A football match will be played this afternoon who gives delivery to a responible person of Pected that shortly Java will be no longer terday. dead, we are told on high authority, and at 4.30 between HKFC, and H. M. §. the GF.0, and he obecks evory beg received certainly any little faith we may have had Argonaut. The following team will represent within the doors of the sorting-room. On this at the beginning of the trouble, has, in the the HKFC.-I. M. Meurtrie (goal); Hocoon the bag was found to be missing in the absence of any results in the fields or else. W, Looker and W. H. Easwell (backe); C. H tally. where, pretty well oozed out at our finger P. Hay, A. M. Bentiis, and I, Grant Smith tips. It might have been presumed that the British Government, having obtained a triumphant endorsement of a forward policy, would have taken the hint in China, and that we should by this tims have been hear- ing of the adoption of soms comprehensible policy Telegraphic news frous the North has been anxiously expecte I from day to day, but with the exception of a little trip to Pantingfu, and the release of a few French and other missionaries, the movement seems to have been without much result. There are supposed to be some more English and American missionaries still concealed in Chibli, yet of anything been dous to ascer. tain their wheres, bonty we are left in com. pleto darkness. While such is the case in China, & most unružit
The following elevens will play in the match to-day, commencing at 11 am, between the Ladies Recreation Clab and the Hongkong Cricket Club-
ALLEGED OUTBREAK IN COREA The Tokyo dicks publiates newer of sal startling character from Coron. It is to the effect that an insurrection of Pedlers Tonghaks roken out in the Wiju, in orth of Cores. The rebels taken posicion of three town Yongshon, and Cholsan. The pros to the south, namely, Hwa rioters are bench on STONE TO and Soon, in order to vernment, though what they gust
for is not known. It is simply an exome get into the capital and Larmont, cintur
a gathering as any of its predecessore, and the his wife, with 16 men of the Queensland Per❘ livoliest interest was taken in the various manent Artillery, going to Thursday Island events. On the first day the shier race was garrison us reliefs, were sent forward in the that of The Autumn Handicap which was E. and A. Co.'s steamer Eastern, which left run after a steady start with the following re- Brisbane on Monday. The vessels entire sult: Mr. Berlio's Daylass 90, Sonthall 1, interests are in Chins, and the vessel is mannel L.R.CA. HH, J. A. Higgon, Maior Cheng Ab Yong's Bestdue 10.8, Dallan 2, with a new of that nationality, with whom the Dorebill, A. B. Lowe, G. IL Gwyther, H. Chong Ah Yong's Firestick 9.8 Kirwan 3. European powers are at present in conflict Strong, B. D. Anderson, J. F. Noble, Captain Tunnicliffe's Orpheus 8.12, Noeson 0, Theks sengers could have gone forward by Choong Thye Phin's The Deemster 94, J. C. one of the coastal companies steamers, but the Langhorne, and H. W. Bird
Ball 0 Tembossammy Pillay's Aute 98; A. Government states the latter's date would be too e Tadong river will soon be frozen le Campbell 0. On the second day the Club late. In this instance the passage money ins, it te nd, will be the signal for Cap" was the event of the afternoon, and was volved amounted to about 2105. At it was not march from the north. There are stationed made three cornered race by Firestick, Duem question of extreme urgency, adds the dge, Wiju 200 regular troepe properly equipp r and sente dropping ont shortly before the the differance of a few days in the date of the bat they are not strong enough to deal wit
rioters. The letter concluden contestante fell in. The following was the reliefs serival medms hardly to justify the notion object of the rotar Wa Forslt: IL Tannicliffe's Orpheus, Kirwan of the Queensland authorities in giving P from Cards One Christian shure
Bertie's Gaylass 10,2 Bouthall 2 farone to an outside steamer whilet cosetal | been destroyed by the Elotera Cheng Ah Yong's Residue, 10.12, Dalin 3. vereels were smailable.
RKCC.-J. A. Woodgates, T. Serembe Smith, P. Maitland, Captain Wall, AG. Ward, Woodcock, Captain Ainslie, Captain Kustohball, F. W. Tregor, Col. Teresham, and Major Dynos,
With the kind permision of L. Col. Teres con seems to hand the omers of the 5th 1 auffuse the features of the Ministry in | Infantry their band will play i England. It was announced that Parlia
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THE UNITED STATES ELECTION.
The Labour Unions, in the pepulous cen res in the States are declaring for Mr
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REDTOR'S SERVICE.
LONDOS, 31st October,
SOUTH ATEICA:
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to the South
the Beer-mates ove
reatening Try burg
be closer round the fowa
As nusspected diflenity in recruit
police, it has beer foun
deband some of the Volunters
THE MINISTRY
states that Lord SAP posted Miniéter of
BEITALY AND CHINA,
Pom Poms in forming Xt M