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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 1900
TELEGRAMS.
"DAILY PRESS” SERVICE.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
LONDON, 12h Dember, 7.55 p.m. SIR E. SATOW AND THE NATIVE CHRISTIANS AT PEKING. Laffan reports that Sir Ernest Satow has objected to the demand for an indemnity for native Christians at Poking, who, he says,
Mr. A. A. da Rosa writes to point out that I A Tokyo despatch states that a Japanese bis son's name in the Oxford Local Examination | bank called the Tokio Meiji Giuko suspended list should have appeared as C. A. Danenberg, payment on the 4th inst. The present outlook da Roza, not as U. A. Danenberg, as in the list in Euanuial circles in Japan is oritical and four furnished to us,
or five more banks in Tokyo era'asid to be likely to have to close their doors before the 20th inst.
A Chemulpo despatch reports that the N, T. K. steamer denkas Aluru, which sailed from Taku She reports that the port of Newahwang is fo on the 29th ult, he arrived at Chomulpo.
zen over and there will be no further voyages between Newchwang and Take this winter.
banditti and reports of guns are heard in town Nawrohwang is constantly suprised by mounted
every night. Trade is depressed.
erected at Kurihama, near Yokohama, Mr.
Anent the proposed Perry monumont to be indemnified themselves in the looting after Otani Kahei, the gentleman who is responsible the capture of Peking. for the work, inspected the locality on the 5th that the American Tobacco Co. has already plan and suggest the advisability of con- The Yorodu, a Japanese varmenlar, states lust. In connection with this scheme, the Kobe Herald states, Admiral Beardslee prefers his purchased the Mural Shokwai business instructing on a reef in the vicinity of Uraga
succumb than are residents of some stand-to 500 per week, while during a plagua ing. Two of the European cases were im-epidemic it rises to as many as 2,000 or more ported by the Coromandel, which left Bom per week. According to the chart the bay on the 10th April with a general cargo, augmented rat mortality begins earlier and including grain, reached Hongkong on the lasts longer than the epidemic among 28th.] loft next day, lay at Shanghai for human beings. The Government has con
The Freach hospital-ship Notre Dame du about three weeks and left for Hongkong sequently, on the recommendation of the salat, cont out to China by the society for the again on the 21st May. On the 22nd May Board, decided to continue the payment aid of wounded soldiers, over which the Due the two Europeans, a steward and a waiter for rats (the bulk of which goes to scaveng-d'Ausratidt is president, has been sent by occupying the same cabin, developed fovering coolies who collect the dead rats thrown Admiral Pottier to Shazhat'swan for the rooep- and on the 25th they were landed here out by householders or that have died in the tion of the sick and wounded French troops./ A. S. WATSON & CO., suffering from plague. The infection in this streets) after the epidemic, so that any in
case was probably to be traced to rats, two crease in the number collected may give an Frany & Co., of Yokohama, have entered into It is reported from Nagasald that Mesazh. boing found dead in the infected cabin, which early warning of a recrudescence of the dis was close to the hold where the grain was | ease. From the second eliert it appears coal at the rate of 23 03 por tan. A vernàcalor s contract with the U.S. Government to supply stored. A native fireman was landed from that, as in fermer years, the epidemic abated paper considers the coal will probably be for thin Coromandel, also suffering from plague, as soon as the mean atmospheric temporawarded to the Philippine enthorities, who are to on the 27th May, and died of the disease. ture ruse above 80 deg. F. The disease, buy 200,000 tons. Turning to the Chinese cases, Dr. CLARK however, dona not seau to recrudesce when found that in the 1,054 cases there were 720 the temperature again falls below 80 deg ales and 394, females, giving a percentago This Dr. CLARK finds difficult to explain of 31.7 of female cases, compared with 35.8 | but
says that no doubt thoro per cent. in 1898. The percontago of women many other factors at work in the in our Chinese population is 29.9 per cent. causation of an epidemic. The third chart The leasened liability of the women to con- deals with the influence of rainfall on the SHERRY tract the discase Tir. CLAB attributes either progress of the disease. In the twentieth, to a smaller proportion of women in the twenty-fourth, and twenty-sixth weeks heavy Chinese population since the last Census or falls were followed by declines in the opido. to improvement in the sanitary conditions nie. Such statistics as these are interesting, of the poorer hovics. Next month's Consus but of course the number of factors at will thrown light on the former question work" makes it necessary for them to be Among Chinese children under fifteen years compared with similar statistics from other including Wines from the most cele of age the percentage has been 25.9 per epidemies before theories can be built on cent. (273 cases in all), as compared with them. The report before us is an excellent 24.1 per cont, in 1808. The poportion of piece of statistical work, in which all but children under 18 being only 18 per cent. of hecessary comment on the facts collected is SCOTCH WHISKY. the Chinese population, it is apparent, the avoided. It deserves to be read with close
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Their case mortality was 96.7, practically the same as the general Chinese case-mortality.
Plague has prevailed throughout the whole year, three clear weeks in March being the. longest period without a case. The bulk of
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quarter. Tu January-March there were 20 cases, 19 deaths; in April-June 745 casos, 683 deaths; in July-September 804 chacs, 309 deaths (the excess of deaths being due, says the report, to some of the 152 cases reported in the last fortnight of the previous quarter not dying until after the commence ment of the third quarter). In October there were 13 cases and 13 deaths--and, we may add, in November two cases and two deaths. 493 of the total number of cases occurred in the City of Victoria, Health Districts Nos. 2 and 9 maintaining their evil notoriety and claiming 299 cases be tween them. The figures of the ten dis tricts were as follows: Health District 1 2 3 4 5
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44 131 0 67 03 30 24 19.88.17 A bad feature of the outbreak Ims been the number of dead bodies found in the streets or floating in the Harbour There were no less than 412 cases so discovered, or 37.1 per cent of the total. In 1899, how. ever, the percentage was us high as 40. Dr. CLARK says: "Those bodies are thrown out at night by the other occupants of the "infected houses, with a view to avoiding the HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD CI." disinfection of the premises, and it would LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E Cappear to be impossible to put a stop "to the practice without an enormous in- HONGKONG, December 14th, 1900 "crease in the European police force of the Colony. It is this practice by the Chinese DR. FRANCIS CLARK's report on the epi. that has necessitated such frequent hours demie of Plague in Hongkong during the "to house visitations by the officers of the current year, dated Sanitary Board Offices,Sanitary Board, and until the better class 31st October, is now made public. It conChinese can bring such pressure to bear tains four pages of actual report, including "upon their poorer neighbours as will result the already published memorandum of the in a cessation of this method of disposing Sanitary Board on the method adopted for of their doad, and concealing the address dealing with the cutbreak, ninetoou pages of of the infected premises, I fear that house tabular liste of cases, and three charts. Tho "to house vieitation, with its attendant dis- total number of cases reported up to the comforts to the more respectable Chinese date when the report was written was 1,082. "residents, must be pressed, or the alter Since then but two have occurred, which. only very slightly affect the statistics. Of
**in infected districts be put in force. This the previous 1,082 cases mentioned in the *latter remedy is universally admitted to be report, all bat 28 were among the Chinese, "the most effective one for dealing with while of the total of 1,034 deaths all but 15"Bubonic Fever, but unfortunately its con were among the Chinese. The case-morta- lity, therefore, was as high as 95-5 per cent, while the Chinese case mortality was no less than 96.6 per cent. For purposes of com- parison, Dr. CLARK gives the figures for the previous epidemic years, 1694 1896, 1898, and 1899. These were as follows:-
The Telegraph Companies informed us yes terlay that the normal communication with Shanghai is zow restored.
At a meeting of the general committge held day afternoon it was decided to hold the
Masonic ball on the 4th February.
Kioto, and recently the Kimura Shokwei in the
modoro Perry.
EXPENSES OF THE CHINA EXPEDITION.
Parliament has passed a War Vote of
acquire the business of all the wholesale tobacco same city. The Company's undertaking is to light-house surmounted by a statute of Com sixteen millions sterling, which includes half
merchants in Japan, including Iways Tongu and Chiba Botan in Tokyo, ste It is said they have already oponed a conferenes with Tonol of Osaken.
the negotiations between England and Russia Two stories are circulated about the result of with regard to the latter's tenure of the railway from Shaubakwan to Yangisang, states the Japan Mail. One is that Russia has declined to give up the line until she is recouped the expense she incurred in ecceping it; the other that she has agreed to hand it over to the head-quarter of the allies.
We imagine," the Mail adds that the latter version is trath." It is also the version which our scanty intelligence on the subject supports.
The Japan. Mail says: "The rumor is re- peated that instructions have been issued by the Powers to their respective Consuls in China, requiring them to interdict the import of anis
In consoquence of the great floods in the North this year, the number of toak logs. reaching the Revenue Station exceeds ell pr cedent, states the Bangkok Times. But these foods are not an entirely unsized blessing to
overlowed the bank of the streams and the trade, for in many places the water haz
carried logs back into the country, whence their extraction will provo a work of time and difficulty.
a million for expenses in connection with the China Expedition. It is proposed to borrow in the months of February and March the sun of eleven millions.
THE WAR IN SOTH
AFRICA.
LONDON, 12th Diyober, 750 p.m.
FIGHTING DE WET. Coueral Knox is maintaining a running
United States of the Rov. I. L. Gordon, for The Japan Mail announces the death in the many years ongaged in missionary, work in Jayan. Mr. Gordon, who came to Japan u 1972, was one of the best-informed missionaries fight with the Beers under Commandant De in the country; he was one of the foremost Wot. anthorities on Buddhist subjects, and daring his long tenure of oilea as a precoptor in the is he achieved much infuseo ameng the Japaness.
ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL.
H. E. the Governor of Macao zrecived on
Tsout, James Archibald Carteris Forsyth, or materials for the manufacture of ammunition B.A., son of our well known Columbo merchant, The work on the sunken dredger Cantor continues: We do not think that any im.ime since he was sout out with his Battery the Minister of Marine at Lisbon
into China. Commenting upon this the fail sage the Ceylon Observer; has hal a lively the 12th inst the following telegram frum fiver has progressed so favourably that an at-portance whatever attaches to this rumour. (15th Royal Garrison) to South Africa. tompt to right her will be made some time to-day.
Club's ground at Happy Valley, which was blown The grand stand on the Hongkong Jockey down, when just newly re-crected, by the late typhoon, lass again been placed in position.
Gunner Teesdalo, R. A., who died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, in the Government Civil Hospital, from erysipelas, was inferred at Happy Valley yesterday morning with the usual military honours.
All the inejackets of H.M. ships now in Hongkong Harbour rohed out to the Happy Valley yesterday morning, headed by the band of FL.M.S. Undaunted. On arrival at Happy Valley they went through various field exercises
before returning to the City.
Wo were informed yesterday evening, from the Colonial Secretary's Office that a telegram
has been received from the Consul General at Shanghai to the effect that the Chinese nu thorities, on the recommendation of the Conania Body, have suspended Medical Inspection of stoamors from Hongkong,
With the issue of the Hongkong Daily Prese tomorrow, there will be published a full-sized Supplement, containing two original copyright Sir Charlos Dilke, Bart, M.P., and She John ed topical articles by the well known writers Colomb, K.C.M.G., M.P. In addition thero will to descriptions of the Christmas displays at the various stores, which will no doubt prove useful to our readers in making their purchases during the coming week.
Ho
The Consuls have no power whatever. to enforce took part in the march to Johannesburg and "Officially proclaimed by thing and the such an interdict, and no one would pay the Pretoria and came under fire ou noveral open- slightest attention to it even though they issnedsions; but fortunately escaped, so as to ho uhle Representative of Great Britain allhaco
aginable.” it with all the pep and circumstance in to go to Chinx when called on to my between Portugal and England":
the second division of his Battery which was short of officers. The troopship steamed direct to Singapore and thence on to Hongkong and Weihaiwe. Soyoung an offceras Laout. Forsyth, adds our contemporary, is in luck's way, to be brought into service in two sugli distant fields as South Africs and China within three years of obtaining his commission.
The Japan Times says the Kobą v. Morso 0189, which has already been referred to in those columns, may probably be the postliest of all this cases of litigation at present going on in Japanese conrta. Kobe friend writes to the journal that the four advocates who have been commissioned by the city of Kobe in the present dispute are to receive 200 yen each for every sitting of the court they attend. The last court held last month was opened at 10 am and closed three hours after; the time actually spent by the four advocates totalled only 23 minutes, and they got 800 yen alto gether. In other words the city of Kobe pail them at the rate of about 35 yon por minnte.
With regard to the enforcement of quarantine inspection against storage passengers louring Yokohama for the United States, the Japan Herald says it is stated that the shipping agents in Yoholmuts have decided to commission passenger-brokers to create a permusent dis infecting establishment, and negotiations on the subject are now being opened with passenger brokers. In arriving at this decision. It seems that sono diffenity was experienced owing to
class passages. It is understood that in the the fact that boss agents do not grant third-
evont of the withdraws of the medical inspec tien, the stablishment will be maintained by discount to be allowed to passenger-brokers for every third-plass ticket secured by them.
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REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON, 11th Decaler. PARLIAMENT
The House of Commons rejected an ameni ment to the address deprecatia fu faciusion... of so many of ons family in the Cult
The House of Lemons rote the widross
Owing to the scurity of transports the plans of the Quartosiastern Bepartout jeon- templated starting a first retning volun-after repeating the smondment by Mr. Lloyd. tears from Manila for San Francisco early George (which Mr. Lannors apported) this month, states a Washington Despatch deprecating Ministers holding here in a con dated Novetaber 3rd. The belief that it would corn which was receiving Govern Mutu be noves to do this was very discourag Mr. Chumbaram said the questioas ene of ing to the Administration, but there war personal honour and that the cost would boa apparently no way to avoid that course, as with slanderous campaign Ho exped his con. the present flest of fratreports and all veastle if selion with the Colombe Company, and for- sight that might be secured, it would take at rally denied over having used to induces to at six months to complete the withdrawals, obtain a Government contract for any Company. The officers of the queitermaster's department: CHINA-BIR CLAUDE MACHONALD'S have been very netivo lately, thin despatch goes
DUSPATCHES. on to say, and have mucoseded in securing enough additional vessels and so arranging schedule as to make it certain that every volunteer will be out of the Philippinos within niusty days after the first rohunter organization has sallod from
.Manila.
CORRESPONDENCE.
"native of a wholesale vacation of the house whose members gave a performance on behalf Paris Exhibition, or its frame-work at least, and of construction and order raaterial, More than
A Blue Bock dostaining Bir Gland Muc- donakla despatched cobaing the siege of Peking, makes special mention of Captains Strouts, Fools and Halliday, or civilians Oliphant, Warren, Dering, Cockburn, Kox. Norris, Monicop and others; kovise of none
and Dock Company of Manile, who is now Lord Cranberno state in the Houss that
Mr. C. R. Robinson, the head of dis Towboat THE ALLIES IN CHINA,
foreigners, notably Shibe
route to the Philippines from the United States, the presbut, disposition of the forces of the informed a press correspondent just before he allies on the Peking-Shauheik van railway laft Bad Francizuo, that a syndicate would pro-was purely temporary and that the Government ceed at once to build a big railway system in the was closely watching the muller. Philippines, thereby opening up territory in the Island of Imzon. Mr. Robinson, in answer to the correspondent, said That the promotora are sincero is indicated by the fact that they have gone so far as to survey, plan every detail transport it bodily to Hanoi, but this ambitious $8,000,000 has been pledged, the bulk of the proposal had to be abandoned on secount of money coming from resensible New York and the length of time necessary to carry it out. London houses. In addition to the railroad it Tenders were accordingly invited for a general is proposed to construct a big dook at Mariveles, plan of the Exhibition and M. Bussy, Inspector which is about twenty-five miles from Manila of Buildings at Tonkin, has obtained the con- By establishing a free port there a tine commer- Bot. There will be a central palaco, with cial frede would be seonted to the enterprising It has been arranged to have a sham fight annexes and grounds, but the details are not capitalists. Mr. Robinson says. It will take over in the New Territory on Saturday after yet public. The date of opening, it has been from four to fivo vesta to build the railroad noon, the whole of the garrison, including the decided by the lossl committees, will be past The grading can be dono in from eighted Volunteers, to be engaged. The enemy will be poned until 3rd November, 1902, the originally months to two years. A straight line has been apposed to have disembarked at Mies Bay, to chosen date, 1st December, 1901, being im surveyed, the idea hoing to branch out from the have massed troops at Shatin, and to be marching practicable. It is suggested that the Exhibi- main road after the latter's completion and ar along the new road with the object of seizing tion may lead to the establishment of a perms the country is opened up, t the Cosmopolitan Docks. Dispositions will be nent Indo-Chinese museum at Hanel. made for the defence of the latter, the local Volunteers being included in the defending
An Exhibition is to be held at Hanoi, as We have been requested by the Mother already announce. The head of the Agricul Superior of the Italian Convent to acknowledge tural and Commercial Department of Indo. her babait the kindness and generosity Chins now has the matter in hand. The first received from the Amateur Dramatic Club, idea was to acquire one of the palaces at the of the Convent, the proceeds of which, $649, the Mother Superior has received from the Hon. Becretary, Mr. E. W. Mitchell. She desires the members of the Club and their friends to know how much their services have been appreciated
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ALICE MEMORIAL AND NETHER SOLE HOSPITALS
"sequences to the property-owner are most 'dianstrous, as it maturally results in a "result of all rental for a period of "some three or four months, and it is "therefore as much to the interests of
the property-owner as to the Colony at large that all cases of this disease should 1894 1896 1898 1899.
be at once identified, and isolated. De
Chace
2,679 1,204 1,320 - 1,486
CLARK appends a list of all places in which Destas....
2,485, 1,078 1,175 1,423 dead bodies have been found, showing that Percentage Mortality
92-7 89-5 890 90'1 twelve have been persons who have found From this table it will be seen that the their way to the Canton Wharf, wishing to
The Chamber of Commoros at Nagasaki has present year has been marked by the smal-cross to Chinese territory, but have died on force. Col. Browse, C. R. E., will be in submitted to the Japanese Government s me- est number of cases and deaths of the fire, reaching the wharf 70 bodies were found command of the attacking force, while Lientmorial suggesting the importance of constita. but the mortality percentage has been high in the Harbour, and 43 at Yaumati. The Col. the Hox. R. II. Bertie will have charge ting that place into a free port. The Japon est but one, namely that of the great plague list may well suggest to the police the loca blank ammudition will be served out to each worthy of corful consideration on the part of Toba
of the_defence. Thirty-five rounds of Times lays the suggestion appears to it be my Hospital, Sunday. lities where special vigilance is needed to man, and the guns will be at the die the authorities. Nagasaki's geographical ait Union Charch Analysing the returns, Dr. CLAEK found stop this practice of getting rid of the deadcretion of the oceander of artillery. The tion, as well as its ingressing facilities for ships To Tsai Chapel (LMB, Chinesa) that the non-Chinese cases comprised 6 while suppressing the address of the infected dress will be khaki, and in order to distingulah pug and docking, make it very convenient Europeans, Portuguese, 9 Indians, 7 premises. Should the practice continue, in Japanese, and one Filipine, of whom one spite of police vigilance, Dr. CraEr con European, 4 Portuguese, 7 Indians, and eludes, be seen no other remedy than for the 3 Japanese died. The non-Chinees or Sanitary Board to decide to create all un tality was therefors 53.6 per cent. The one claimed bodies so found i European who died was the English om- The charts" which ployee at the Naval Yard who died after illustrato“ Bubonis
year.
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them from the attacking for the defonders will wear a white badge. Lieut. Cal Perrot of the 2nd Bombays, will be the chief umpire, other umpires to be drawn from the Bengal Lantees and the Binge Train. The garrison the report
artillery officer watching the manavien sa AndGemerid patators are requested to stand in mufti
so as not to lead to soufvision. – The manos will be, on Largen monkey much it is hoped
largo: turn-out of Volant
me mx week's stay in the Colony, having Bat Mortality,..........*** .come out from England. It has been ob- Menn Atmosphati
served before, remarku Dr. Cránx, that new Bubonio Ferer, and Bainf arrivals from temperate climates are far been found that the average (TAU”10) more liable to contract the disease and totality of the
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centre of distribution for Cor and North China where trade and bounds. The advisability of creating a free part for the purpose of diverting the fast develop
trails of North China to Japan haa for: soma time been advecited in curtain business and the ides, we are glad to observe, 15 ning to fad Inarossing favour among our **We hope four contemporary adda) Cabinet will approve of the represent of the Nagumki Ukamber of Commerso;
the need
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LAST SUNDAY'S YACHT RACE
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAIL PREhe.'
Hongkong 13th December. DEAR SIR,The observations of your corrad- pondent in his recount of last Sunday's sailing race, to the effect that the entirely ignored the recall flag, are open to possiblu misconstruction, pad, therefore, I am writing a tow lines to set the matter right,
I did not notice the recall flag at all, as I imagined that I was well on the right side of the line,
The taark-host which is supposed to approx- imately indicate the starting line, must have been mosrad several yards to the Eastward of its proper place, and it is to be hoped that the navigator. that craft will be warned by the Committee of Ysont Club to take up his position a little more carefully in future. I am dear Sir, youre faithfully
HE. POLLOCK.
Owner of the Active.
*Writing to the Syed in on onse of two lady create who by roughs. Mr. H. Grov 381447 methode of tackling The amount last year, including 85.30 froza | undul wor,” he sets, acemile this year of $87484 Bethesda GermarChapal, sur $527,01; showing, ant is to ride at his Arnis round, bie noch,
The Hon. Treasurer alny begs to acknowled the follemring/donations i
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