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A Paris telegram of the 30th inst, states that
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ment of this nature is easily proved or dis-strong call from no small part of the An experimental consignment of ritos cap- proved. The facts of the case are against foreign residents for more protection. tured from the Boers is to be sent to India with the contortion of the Boers' supporters. France, Germany, and Japan have admitted row to the possible utilization of these Lord Boners's description of his opponents this since by leading troops for the pro-woupons for the frontier levit WATSON & CO., little time of the annexation of the former
has been exactly verified. Until within a tection of the Settlements.”
What was
Transvaal Republic it might have been pos- sible, by a stretch of language, to talk of a Boer "army." It most nasuredly is not possible to do so now. No admiration for Commandant De Wer's adroitness can really blind anyone to the fact that he is a guorilla chief. A regular army does not slip through the forces of its anomies as DE WET's commando has, leaving a large part behind to rejoin as beat they can. With the prolongation of the struggle in view, Commandant DE WET would be indeed foolish if he played into British Lands. by trying to maintain among his forces the semblance of an army. His very success depends on the rapid movements of his marauders, and as long as he can cause the trouble which he is causing now bo will not quarrel about academic including Wines from the most cele differences as to the name of his followers,day for Calentia.
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legimately censured in the proceedings of the Comite was that the "white dove" by its “vigorous" behaviour was threatening the peace of the whole Swatow neighbourhood, scaring inoffensive natives, and arousing An Order of the Day was adopted in the fears that the predictod rebellion might French Clumber on the 8th December, by 441 actually become a fact. The question of votes to 1. that the Chamber, faithful to the compensation for damage to mission pro. traditions of France, counts on the Govern porty generally is included among the mout to repress all acts of slavery in French points under the consideration of the peace
Colonial territories. negotiators. There is, therefore, an obvious A commission on the subject of the revision impropriety in any one nation exacting of the powers of nativo judges in Fronch colonies compensation on its own account.
No has expressed itself in favour of the absolute denial has been published of the Comic's abolition of corporal punishment. This opinion conduct. In such cases conscious inno-will be received with interest in Indo-China,
when the question is a vexed one. cence is not apt to remain silent. It is therefore not unfair to assume that our correspondent's charges are founded on fact.
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question appears to be as hard to answer is that of the termination of peace negotiations with the Chinese Government. Such reverses as that sustained by General CLEMENTS are unpleasant reminders of the strength of the guerilla forces. But the Boers are un. able to follow up, their advantages. They CONFECTIONERY.could not keep the Northumberland pri.
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reduced to a pitched fight, The reports of an intended insurrection in Cape Colony, sedulously circulated, hayo come to nothing. It cannot be believed that the Dutch at the Cape have remained quist so long only to throw away the roward of their patience. Moderate counsels have prevailed to pre- vent the absolute ruin of South Africa, Bri- tish and Dutch alike.
Our readers will remember that our Swa tow correspondent wrote last month of the mischievous action of the French guuboat Comite, which arrived at Swatow from Can-
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northward along the coast to Tchia Na, a great trading centre. Our correspondent gave instances of the high-handed way in which the French had acted, and deplored the evil effect which this conduct was hav- ing on the local officials and people, who were reduced to a state of panit. The exaction of indemuities for dution of HONGKONO OFFICE; 14, DES VEUX ROAD C1.mission property from villagers who had not LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC. themselves been guilty of the outrages was
HONGKONG, December 19th, 1900
described as unjust, and fear was expressed that the much talked-of rebellion might CERTAIN successes which have recently actually break out, if the Comète persisted fallen to the lot of the Boers, the most in her course of action Now, presuming serious of which was the reverse inflicted on that our correspondent did not write with General CLEMENTS at Noitgedacht, will no out due examination into the reports, which doubt be attributed by the Continental we have every reason to believe he did not, erities to that reorganisation of the Boer it cannot be
that his language was army which is said by them to have followed intemperate or remarks unjustifiable, on the "Draconian measures" of Lord Our contempora. L'Avenir du Tonkin, ROBERTS What was Dracouian in the however, evidently thinks so, for in its issue measures we have yet to learn. It is certain of the 10th-11th instant there is a transla that no other European nation would have tion of part of our correspondent's letter, adopted such gentle expedients in face of with a comment appended which we refrain plots against the life of the Commander-in- from translating for fear of spoiling the Chief, an intelligence department. almost as force of the original. It runs as follow: well, organised as in the early days of the "Note. No bons amis les Anglais sont war, the sniping of soldiers from apparently "furieux de nous voir nous immiscer dana friendly farm-houses, the violation of paths, les affaires de Chino et agir vigoureuse- and other such practices as the Boers havement sux environs de Canton. C'est tout not shrunk from. The German treatment au plus s'ils ne nous traiteraient pas de of the French peasantry in the Franco-sauvages et de barberes. John Bulls Prussian War was far stricter, even when ronge les poinge de rage, parce qu'il est
shown in the French accounts of that "pion dans l'Afrique du Sud, mais... a la blanche gloomy period in the history of France."have du crapaud n'atteint pas, It may indeed be questioned whether
“colombe, si tant est que la colombe est Lord ROBERTS's failure to
"blanche." act with sufficient severity until but a short period of his departure from the Capo has not actually prolonged the war. But we "must not treat too seriously the attacks of Continental journalists. It is interesting,
In the Japaness Budget for 1900-1901, the estimate of ravente amounts to 236,716,179 yen, while the expenditures ağızrogato 233,936,699
The British transport Loodiana left yesteryen, showing a balance of 2,779,470. Adaí. tional estimates are provided for in a special budget, the reveans being 15,181,734 on, and The only case of communicable disease noti-the expenditure 16,956,450 yen-a deficit of fed as occurring in the Colony last week was 1,774,716 yen. The total balance, therefore, is one of small-pos, ontside the limits of the City 1,008753 yes. of Victoria
On page 5 we publish to-day a special article M. Jean de Block, author of The War of the on "Europe and the Chinese Outbreak," by Future, sto.
For the first time since the 27th of November a fresh plague case has been reporteil. This caurred during the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday and resulted in death.
The P. & O. steamer Chusus left Singapore for this port on the 17th inst. at 4 pm, with the outward English Mails, and is duo here on the 23rd inst. at about 3 a.m.
The Fire Brigada turned out yesterday to a are supposed to have broken out in the Won- chai district, but found, when they got to the Police Station there, that the alarm was a faleo
050.
as will be seen from our advertising columns, a scientiso catch-weight boxing tournament, for a silver cup presented by Mr. W. B. Waters, takes place in the City Hall to-night, commenc. oing at nine o'clock. The competition is sure to be an interesting one."
In the report of Connt von Bülow's Reichstag' speech a Paris telegram in the Courrier d'Hai- Couns von Bülow said that Germany could not phong adds a little to what we have already had.
treat politics in the spirit of a Don Quixote. Popular demonstrationa, he continued, are use less and purely platonic. Finally he commended the attitude of M. Delcassé.
Among the recent arrivals from Europe to Colombo is Mr Von Kann, a distinguished menhor of the Imporial Russian Civil Service. He was en route to Bombay to assume duties there as Consul General in India. He has bean in Bokhara as the Russian Consul thero, and counted distinguished services which have entitled him, to the present office, which by the way is the first of its kind created in British India.
He
On the 27th ult..a Russian officer, in uniform, with Wellington" boots and spurs, was no- tied loitering in the vicinity of the Galle Face Battery, Colombo, armed with a camers. seemed to be "snap-sbotting" the defences, and was promptly arrested and sent under a military escort to the Military headquarters. He was lakon before the Chief Staff Beer, Colonel the on. E. Noel, but no plater containing in- The proposed chess mastch on Monday be-prints of the Battery were found in the camera, tween the Army and Civilians did not come off, and the officer was released. He was a paasen- owing to the failure of the Army, through the ger by the Russian steamer Saratoff, which sickness of some of their members, to raise a
had arrived in harbour the same morning team. The contest for the Club Championship, from Vladivostock. of which Mr. H. E. Pollock, Q. C., is the holder, has commenced,
The formal opening of the railway to Korat was to take place on the 14th instant, when the King of Siam was to proceed by special train to Korat and remain there a few days. No foreigners beyond the railway otheisla were to be invited to accompany the King.
The Bangkok Times says: The form of Mr. Stade's engagement with His Majesty's Gov. ernment ends at the close of the year, and according to present arrangements, we under stand, he returns to Burma early next month to resume his duties under the Forest Depart ment of India.
We are informed by a Hindeo gentleman that it is not the foot that the portion of Happy Valley sot spart for Hindoo interments will not admit of any more barish, Ho mys there is room for a dozen or more, and expresses surprise that the Government should close the section against
further intermonte,
In Government Casette Extraordinary yesterday it was notified that Monday, the 24th December, will be observed as a Public Holiday, in addition to the three prescribed Public Holl daye, Christmas Day, the 26th December, and will also be oborred as a holiday by the Go the lab January. Wednesday, the 2nd January,
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"DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
[FROM QUE CORRESPONDENT.]
SHANOBAI, 18th December, 7.24 p.m.
SALE OF OFFICES FOR FAMINE
RELIEF.
An Imperial Deereo authorises the sale of official ranks for the reljef of the famine in Shansi and Shensi.
THE CHUCHOU MASSACRE.
Total of Shanghai, with the Governor of Another decree appoints Sheng, late
Chekizug, to settle the questions connected
with the Chuchou masacre.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
ww
Loxson, 17th December, 4:30 pm.
RELEASE OF THE NORTHUM-
BERLANDS,
The Northumberlands who wore captured in the defeat of General Clements have been released.
ESCAPE OF DE WET. Part of Commandant De Wet's force has
two guns. escupod,
THE NAVY "LEAGUE,
GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONGKONG BRANCH.
The general mooting of the members and asso cintes of the Hongkong branch of the Nav League was hold in the Chamber of Commerc Room at the City Hall yesterday afternoon The chair was, in the absence of Captain Has tings, occupied by Mr. H. E. Pollock, Q.C., who was supported by Captain Anderson, Mesars E. W. Mitobell, A. M. Marahall, and R. L. gardson. There were also present, Mossrs. Francis, Q.C., M. W. Slade, L. S. Lewis, A. J. May, J. P. Cottam, G. J. W. King, T Ekinner, Capt. Goddard, and Capt. Douglas.
The CHAIRMAN said-I am sorry not to sen larger attendance this afternoon, but I hope the committee may take it as a sign that the public are satisfied with the manner in which the com- mittes have carried on the work of this branch during the past couple of years.
Our President, Captain Hastings, is absent from the colony, and the other members of the Committee have done me the honour of temporarily electing me to fill his place as Aoting President, and the task devolves upon meeting. me, therefore, of addressing you at this present
that, although we have not had the benefit
All of you will, I am sure, be pleased to learn
Captain Hastings has been in consultation of his presence and experience out here lately,
more than once, at their request, with the Executive Committee of the Navy Longue in London, and thore can be no doubt that he has given
thom somo vury sound commen-sense advico.
A short tirao prior to the last annual general meeting of the Navy League, I resigned my position as secretary and treasurer, in con- sequence of certain doubts which word enter- tained by General Black, who was then administering the Government, se to the or
of my holding that position whilst Bediency
In a Government appciatinent. I am glud to say, however, that our present Geroraor Mr. Shade had kindly acted as secretary and took a broader view of the question, end, after treasurer for a few months, I resumed my old position. I may mention that in both the Mauritius and Barbados branches of the Navy League the Governor and the Genorai Offer Commanding are Members of the Committeo, the Governor kinself being the President.
It is now close upon two years since we held our lost annual general meeting, and I am sorry to say that the blame for that lapso of time rests upon my shoulders as honorary secretary.
About this time last year, when an annual laager.general meeting should, in the ordinary course of events, have been held, I was kept extremely busy with Government work, and I hope, there fore, that you will kindly excuse the delay which has taken place,
LORD METHUEN, Lord Methuen has captured a Boer 120 BRITISH CAPTURED. 120 men of Brabant's Horse have been captured near Basutoland.
GENERAL NEWS.
LONDON, 17th December, 4.80 p.m.
WRECK OF A GERMAN SCHOOL- SHIP GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. The German schoolship Gneisenau has been wrecked near Malaga. It is estimated that 100 cadets have been drowned.
WAR OFFICE BEFORM.
Although, however, wo missed our atmanl general meeting last year, you will see 1 the report, which has been circulated to all of you, that your Committee has not been illo.
If, as I hope will be the case, you approve of what has been done by the Committes, I trust that you will do your best to induce your friends to join this branch of the League. The Navy League is a National League and all British residents here ought to join it as a matter of patristic duty. There is no entrance feo, and the subscription is paly a small one. $5 a year for members and 32 & year for casociatoa. Your Committen wuald Hike, especially at a the Home authorities that all British subjects critical time like the present, to be able to tell Spain is about to change her method of
out here are supporters of the Longne, and you reoning time, and, beginning on January 1st,
should bear in mind that, in supporting the Navy League, you are supporting our trade, for, 1901, the hours of the day will be numbered from one to twenty-four, instead of on the
without a strong Navy out here, we shall mest system now in use. The Queen-Begont has sider the question of reform at the War the Far East. Surely a trace of over forty A committee has been appointed to cosasaurelly not be able to maintain a strong policy nor to preserve our commercial open door in signed a decree establishing the now method of
millions sterling per annum with indefinite pos indicating time in the Spanish Kingdom. This Office.
sibilities of expansion, is worth looking after decree provides that for all official and railway the Greenwich Observatory, commonly known as purposes, time shall be regulated by the time of
Wes em European time. The hour of mid- night will be designated at twenty-four. The interval, for instance, betwean midnight (24) and one o'clock will be designated at 0-05, 0-0, 0-59. Midday will thus become twelve o'clock.
POLICE COURT.
Tussday, 16th December.
BEFORE ME. HASILAND,
Die “HEAVY FINE
Chan Ngan, master of lefset bost No. 243, was charged, at the instance of Sergeant Lang ley, with feloniously extracting stone from the Crown foreshore at Aberdeen on the 11th inst. He pleaded guilty, and was flued the full penalty--$100. The fine was paid”
REUTER'S SERVICE.
"CONDON, 18th Desember.
THE RECENT FIGHTING IN BRITISH
SOUTH AFRICA AN
It is officially reported that General Clements has retired to Commando Nek anopposed. Five officers and atas men word killed and 18 offers and 555 men are missing, including four com- panies of the Northumberlands. A consider able amount of transport was lost. The Boer losses were beary, The Boers kore since relied five officers and 300 men.
The Boars surrounded and captured 120 of Brabant's Horse in a delle in the Lastron district.
The first ovent of any importance, which took place during the two years under review, in fact only a few days after our last acumul general mosting, was the dinner which was given by this branch of the League to Lord Charles Beresford, on the 3rd January, 1999. That dinner was very well attended, and was, think ons may say, a great success end will dwell sa a pleasant memory in the minds of thoes who were present.
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Beresford was appointed a few months ago to We were glad to note that Lord Clinelea
the post of second in command in the Mediter raneas Squadron, and he is doubtless camping a watchful eye over every detail which may tend to the efficiency of the Service for which he has dono so much deb
One of the principal subjects which has oc oupial and still continues to occupy the serioas attention of your Committee is the relative strength of the British Flest in those waters, compared with the Fleets of other Powers. By our letter of the 30th March in this year we ventured to express our dissatisfaction upon the subject to the Head Office, but since then, it must be candidly and sorrowfully conformed that our relativo strength has still farther di Although a portion of De Wet's foros was minished and we have racantly painted wat Wang Ho, & coolie, admitted stealing sight unable to pass the British lines at Thebe'rahu, seat position.gguna
strongly the unsatisfactory nature of the pre- canvas bags, vakte half-a-delar, the property of
At the dinner which we gave to him here,. was sentenced to three months' hard labour,
Cawne of the Royal Lancasters was killed at essential is to have command of the ses. Can UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.
Vryheid
· BEFORE MR. KEMP.
STEALING CROWN PROPERTY.
we make full allowance for the national bias "impuissant et que les Boers lui damant le Pornment Departments. A notice has also bean: the Crown, at Kowloon on the 17th inst, and De Wet and the main body escaped Cold Charles Beresford observed; The first
The reference to South Africa was, of course, inevitable; no ramarke about les Anglais would be complete without it. If the impotence due to the fact that "the Boers have outplayed us" is manifested in
Wan Shing, a coolic, pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of about forty pounds of sugar, valus $250, on the 17th inst, and was fined $10 or three weeks' hard labour. He went to prison.
PARLIAMENT. Farliament has been prorogund
Wa
fruthinly say that we have got that "o sential oat in the Far East at the present mement? Obviously, I think, wo cannot.
our.
The Navy League is not a jige body and its watchword is "Defence" not Deflance," but we certainly do think, and wa havo ac informed dersting mercantile Interests in propor- Chinn, it is mut regrettable that we are not able to assume The members of the above company hold that emporing, naval position in the Far third shoot for a cap presented by Hon. J. Jber of battleship cannot bo epared from Home
Best at the present
at time. If a suficient num
D. INFANTRY COUS
A hawker named Loang In admitted the HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS, our Head Office, that in view unlawful possession of a quantity of earthen inst. The pensity was $15 or a month. He ware, valued at about threo dollars, on the 18th took the month.
For the admitted unlawful possession of a
the extent of 810, with the alternative of three eighty cents, Chan Ws, a coolie, was mnleted to weeks. He took the alternative.
however, to read the account in the Aster our refraining from disturbing districts and Grant Smith, Gazrism': Gosł z Major quantity of eggs and some dried fruit, valns Kerwick on Sunday, the 16th inst, on the ABBO-ators to enable us to assume more.com.
won easily by three goals to one."
WILFULLY DAMAGING TREES. wilfully cutting and damaging trees and shrubs Cheung Lang, a coolie, was charged with
on the 15th inst. Wagged w
He pleaded guilty, and was fined $5 or 14 dase.
... He retires for a fortnight. -- STELLING A PAIR OF TROUSERS.
eirenlated by the banks that they will close for public business on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed- zesday next, the 24th, 25th, and 25th instant.
The Hongkong Hockey Club met the Officers the teams were:- Hongkong: Goul –—– Mao- of the Garrison at Happy Valley yesterday, when laren, B.N.; backe-P. Wodehones and A. N. Other; half-backs-H. W. Slade, F. B. Deacon, and H. Strong; forwards-R. G. Gerrard G. Gibson, R.N., Shettle, R.N., Hol, BMLL
dam Handelsblad of the manner in which where there is no trouble existing, then Mould: backs-Capt. Loring and Capt. Bess the Boer forces left in the field have been the result is excellent. But we have not | ley; half-backs-Bundle, B. Thornhill, and Hill; reorganised, for there is an appearance of been so tied in South Africa, us not to forwards-Caulfield, Stevous, Langhorne, Tul- look, und Dykes. The game throughout was authenticity in the story. Immediately after be able to land troops where they are almost entirely in favour of the Garrison, who the declaration of the anexation of the wanted. It is not the lack of resources Transvaal an order was issued by the Boer which British residents in Chins have had leaders, limiting all commandos to a mini- to complain of, but the ignorance and A lot of litigation about a very small, som is mum of 300 and a maximum of 500 men, inaction of the home authorities and their reported from Japan. A certain Mr. Mizo divided into companies of from one to two unwillingness to use the resources at hand instituted proceedings against the Minister of hundred under field-cornets and sub-sections As for French intervention in Chineser. Mirobi's case was that he had paid his tare State for Communications claiming 3.70 yen of fifteen men under corporals. The election affairs, it has been welcomed in common and received a ticket for a railway journey, bat of officers by their commands is superseded with that of the other Fowers, as long as that the ticket having been taken from him by by nomination from head-quarters. It is Freach action does not run counter to the further stated that discipline is strictly policy of the Allies. But independent enforced, and daily pay established for men French action near Swaton is no mom wel and officers alike. Therefore, says the come than independent Russian action at Handelsblad, Lord Roast to was wrong when Newchwang or independent Japanese action allel, says d'Japanese contemporary to the laid devilisats and the second, of having in he spoke of "maruding bands. The Boers at Amoy. For the same reason the British gult recently brought to a conclusion for Lon are a regularly composed and officered force, policy of landing tropa at Shanghai was a litigation. The antispe is emitted the under the strict rules of ww; in fact a re-objected to but m this case there was nach owed the other that amount gular army to a fuller degree than at the harrying of natives or stirring up trouble counts. They carried the matter from beginning of the war, when they were alwhere all was quiet. Shanghai had been an ta ready recognito wa
A state an excited state for months and there was a
one of the railway offcials, he was compelled to pay & second time. The Tokyo Court awarded him a sum of 15 sen and he bar appealed against the judgment. This is almost gar
war,
Chuiz Shing, & Singapore shopkeeper, pleaded not guilty to stealing pair of trousers, value forty cents the property of a second hand clothes' Evidence showed that the defendant entered dealer in Hollywood Road, on the 17th last she shop and purchased a jacket, and as he was leaving picked up the trousers and tried to halt He got fourteen days, without the option of
attendance of members and the weather was ciation Range at Kowloon There was a fair
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manding navol position in the Far East, then it is abundantly clear that& now Naval Defenos Act should be passed at one in order that tho deficiency may be promptly remedied and also that stops should be taken to ensure the
more spesiy
In the SAZINUS ET FATALIONS
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of the National pointed out that whereas our proportion of modern battleships built and building, fu 1889 was 55 against⠀ battleships belonging to Franes and Russia boralined, our proportion of modern battleships built and building in 1900 is only 51 on agamat the 50 battleships of the other two allied Lovers. In protected ortizure too, as he pointe out, our ratio to that of the two Powers in question has fallen from a rain of is to 1 to a retap of 28 to 10 Tha Easy League bar recently been described, in a leading article in asatenica Intisarely the The F. O steamar Chusah laft Singaporeng ught, to, give rise to reflections w
ment position of our komparative naval
the Onward English Mails; and is dus here on those intre consent for the honburi and for this port on the 17th inst, at 4 pm with the most surious character in the minds of all the 3rd tur at about 6 m Kok for bipolarossendaya Chavlighter
HEAVY FINE FOR OPIU Cheung Fak, a sampan coolie, had two charges against him-the first, of having in his posses don, two mace od prepared oplant without
postomer reight tele and sight are of raw opinm, without a valid certificata at Bhan
steamer, loft econd charge but pleaded not guilty on the The P&O stemer Jana left, Singapore for caly Braksyon na kita 1617 1 this perf on the 17th inst, at 1 pmfysed camion
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