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and put himself under British protec tion, and that the Governor of the Straits the Phil Battlements proceeded to Kelantan to nid him in this design. Now could any sensible man seriously anticipate this mort
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The U.S. Treasury Department bas decided had nob A. S. WATSON & CO., warrantable line of policy on the part that invéloss of merchandise shipped from the then!
Sir FRANK SWETTENHAM, Governor of Philippines to the United States must be British Colony and responsible to the certified to at the port of exportation by sonte British Government for his acts? As a foreign consul or two reputati, marchantz, the matter of fact Sir FEAN returned to Philippines beleg, for customs purples, Singapore on the 10th instant, leaving foreign territory. The oerliBostion that she Kelantan still under Siamese rule. What U8. Collector of Customs cannot be accepted. became of the flags, the Straits Times dogs ↑ as it is lilegal. not mention. Our contemporary eludes a short article on the Governor's:
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return with the words "his tour has no immediate political significance." We do not understand why it was thought fit to Por 24 try to read such significance into the tour at all, except in support of the annexationist $7.80 policy, which is most unwisely-and-short 9.00 sightedly being advocated by a strong 13.20 section of opinion in Singapore. What the effect of such arguments will be is plain enough. France, during M. DovMER's rule in Indo-China and during the present deputy governorship, has been pressing badly on Siam, and a strong party has been advocating the practical incorporation of the "French sphere of influence" with French Indo-China. It is easy to see what encouragement in their schemes of agression there French Colonial forwarde will receive from the advocacy in Singapore of n similar act of robbery on the South-Western frontier of Siam. If unfortunately both advocates of the land-grabbing policy wore to gain their ends, Stam would be left
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Few people would be prepared to say offhand last month, and most estimates would greatly what is the value of the fost reviewed at Spithead exceed the mark. It is, indeed, rather anrpria- ing to find that the lines of fighting leviathans through which the Royal yacht sted repre sent an expenditure of only some £80.000,000 sterling. The whols Navy, with which Britain rules the waves is not worth much more than $150,000,000. On the ses you got bigger value for your money than où land, a battleship coating about a million sterling, and seruiger three-fourths of that sum. How small is the first cost of a ship of war compared with the maintenance and meaning of a fighting machine is shown by the fact that for the cost of the Boer War we could have built a fleet as big if not bigger, then the present British Navy
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that. Tell him not to wait,
Two thousand pounds are guaranised the Australian cricketers on their visit to Saath Africa, and also the surpkis from the proceeds of the four, Bix matches will be played; two st Cape Towa, two at Johannesburg, one at Durban and one at Protoria or Kimberley. It was suggested that before leaving for South | Africa the Australians should meet MesLaren's
15th September was suggested as a suitable team which recently visited Australia. The date, the match to he played either at Lord's or at the Oral,
The following from the Revine of Reviews, on Lord Salisbury's administration, will be read with amusement dearen forbid that even his worst enemy-if he has any enemies-should compare Lord Sailebury to the Third Napoleon; but the period of the Salisbary necendency h
with Menam Valley alone, a mere shadow the guest of H.T.M. the Emperor of Germany. marked last month that as a young man he·|
of a country and as a buffer-state perfectly valueless. Sound opinion both in Britain and in France recognises that the true interests of both countries will best be served by the maintenance of Siam in undiminished extent and strength between tlie colonial possessions of the two in South enstern Asia. Those who constantly urge that Britain should take over the Siamese Malay States, which she does not want, are doing their country a great disservice.
Major-General and Lady: Castaigna loft by the Preussen yesterday for Yokohams. They will by away about two months,
Captain Lyons, the now Deputy Captain- Superintendent of the Colony's police force, reported himself at headquarters yesterday.
- A-billiard-unich-which excited some interest was played at the Hongkong Hotel on Wednes. day night, when P. C. Pitt, of the Water Police, defeated Mr. R. Houghton by 123 points Carrespondenta must forward their names and adju a game of 300 ap. There were very level
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dresses with communications addressed to the Editor sal for publication, but as evidence of good faith.
All letters for publication should be written on
side of the pa
the grazer
for the first 100, bat Pitt drew away soon efter,
A match has boon arranged between the winner end a sergeant in the R. W. F.
regarded the nineteen years of the retrograde regime of the Second Empir, with disappoint me dejection, and despair on account of its raversion to hereditary government, its despotic administration, its military insolanes, and its encouragement of supernition; but now, he said, it appear to sa a.mera eddy of trifting account in the stream of French progress.
Lord
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DAILY PRESS SERVICE.
FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT]
chara
SUPREME COURT.
Against Wing! being in postamentÍ against Bank P«Lazy
SHANGHAL, 18th September, 7.15 pm for
THE SITUATION AT CHENGTU. The Chinese officials have regained control
opened. The examinations are now over. at Chengtu, and the shops have been re-
Excessively heavy rains have caused the fall of a portion of the city wall at Chengta
REUTER'S SERVICE.
•
LONDON, 16th September.
THE BOER GENERALS. The Boer Generals are expected in Berlin rext week. The Pan-Germans are making great preparations to receive them, and there is charm in official quarters at the prospects of Anglophobe demonstrations. The semi-official journals are dwelling strongly on the impolicy of such attitudo,
HE FORGED, BÅNE-MOSSE Saul Phions Legy Jaw
for 350, osch, and, witheshadow hand in his having in and September aufere bank males at the Hongkong and Bİ
H. & S. Baal for each i poste sion 13 bank notes purporting to be of the
interpreter pleaded not guilty on both counte
The prisoner, who spoke Arabiat
The folowing darysowale impunell Pindaruscaq: J.. Landolt, FL Sun GFT Schumacher, W. Elda D.H. Silas B. Douglas. When Mr. W Kidd's name was onlled, be naked his Equiship to grant him eremption from serving open the jury, on the grounds that the Important work he was noguged, in demanded his attention, his colleague, Mr. Housto arent from the Colony Library tion on that ground the would see
His Lordship aid he could not gra be done after that case
being
"works on whlober
Mr. Kidd 1 peame your Lordshi sees of the importante naval wo we are engaged by cereal work
tat m Hin Lordship replied, that he was aware of bat fact He could not dimense with Mr. as to my that after the presunt case he would Kidd'aghorrioed allogether, but would go so far dispense with his services, la
The Attorney-General in opening the cary recently vista Ajaccio, Corsica, where he said, that the prisoner was indicted on an emphasised the necessity of fortifying Corsies ions obarge on twal conta in order to consolidate the position of France which accused him of having att the Mediteranean; and, as though uiming fall of 360 each, theme notes being FREE ho Hongkong and Shangani Bank two bank notes at Italy's heart, M. Felletan has now gone to knowing them to be se; and the secandies which Bizerts, where he has delivered another remark-octed him of having been, in porcession of otuor bank noten bayond those he attempted to Alle speech. Speaking of the Frosob ramparts pass at the Bank, there also being forged and at Biserta and Corsion, he said that France had he knowing them to be so The Crown would no desire to go to war with England, but it was endestour to the first, that the prisoner did.
issue notes that were forged, and, secondly,
lasted about the same time, and brought about the same results as the Second Empire. It marks a period of arrest in national develop ment, beclouding of the old national ideals, and a devotion of the energies of the nation from the tras path of domestic progress to Chauviulat aggression. The Third Napoleon The visit of Lord Roberts to the German army fell after a war is which he had involved France, YACHTING THE AMERICA CUP maneres is not the first time that our
lancing beblad him as a fatal legacy an indem- Sir Thomas Lipton has finally devided to Commander-in-Chief has had such an exity of £200,000,000 to be paid to the victorious isane another challenge for the America Cup, perisace. In August, 1821, after his “wild
German. Lord Salisbury also leaves office after to be sailed for in 1903. Shamrock IIT will The prosacation was conducted. goose chase to the Caps and back." as he writes war which bie Ministry provoked, leaving his resemble her predecessors, but will be less costly Attorney«lienetaip čiz, Aloury in his Forty-one Years in India, “I spent successors to meet a bill bqual to the German
instructed by M. K. L. REMARKABLE SPEECHES BY THE Tolicitor: Mr. M. W. Slade, folemnity as the result of a war, not leas three very enjoyable and instructive weeks as
inglorions, in South Afrios. Professor Barely. Pellets, Franz Minister of Marine,
FRENCH MINISTER OF MARINE.PW. Goldring, solicitors
appeared for the defendant, dost while the manœuvres at Hanover and Schleswig- Holstein were taking place," it may be remembered that the Kaiser, when over in England for the Queen's funeral, had invited Earl Roberts to the German manoeuvres of last year, though the death of the Empress Frederick occurred to prevent his visit. Lord Roberts went to Posen in the doable aapacity of conqueror of the Boera and Kaight of the Black Engis His appointment to this high.and illustrious Salisbury's régime had most of the charactor. Order caused a great outcry in Germany at theistics which Professor Bassly discerned in the her daty to prepare for a holy wat for patriet bes knew them to bɔ ɔso ir sien that Lime; but since them the Garmans have been French Empire, and possibly it also will be aguist any enemies. It is reported that forged beak-uotes were found in his pos burying the war-latabet, which their Prus remembered in history as but the mere eddy of Delcase is much annoyed at M. Pelleton's son ander such dreamstances could only scribes used so truculently against him and trifling account in the stream of British
lead to
assumption that he knew they bis "grand men."
were forged, He need not tell the jury men of the world that in charge this kind it was almost invariably the on the jury had to draw ita conclusions from dence not direct but Sizonmetantdelete be able to prove to them without any doubt that the prisoner entered the Hongkong and over the coaster of that Ban a theorien Shanghai Bark on a certain dry and passed. unmistakably were forged, and thengs, would put to the jary cortals elrommstance from which he wonk, sak them as ressonaɔle-inan to draw the conclusim that tab, prisoner, kaew that the notes he thus passed over the count, r of? the Bank were forged. If he could establish to their satisfaction as he had på doubt he alonid pass the notes and if they felt themselves, bound, the first foot that prisdder wax the man who did to draw the biférengs that he kon hy forged then the prisoner must be laugh, xpiky Chatham, Director of Pablio Works; Mr. F. Jn the rat cinat. Similarly vitamini in Badley, Captain Superintendent of Police; Mr in proving the fact that a certain mumber of the second count, there world of no ideally U. McI. Messer, Acting Registrar General; Mr. notes over and above those uttered wore, found E. Osborne, and Mr. Lauchupar.
in his possession in box in his house, and cir enmustances would to again placed before thein
w drew the reasonable inference that the prisone from which the Crown would at the jury to
Was
When the Messageries Maritimes: 8.8. Polynesien arrived at Colemio on the 4th Soptember, a case of plagos was discoYAENÜ on board her, one of the European crew who is stated to have been siling when the vessel left Singapore on the 31st. ult. Strict plague precations were taken, only the mails being allowed to be lauded, and the patient was to be taken by the ship to Gallo. The Ceylon papers say that the €350 isolated on board immediately it was declared to be plague, and it will be fortunate indeed if the present is the only case that scars, in face of the fact that being anaware of the serious nature of the disease from which the man suffered, no sausal precautions were In the list of awards for ap izo-essay on sub- adopted in the treatment of the cas. There jets connected with tropical flassen we find there a large number of passengers on board following prize of the value of £10, the vessel-362 in all-of whom three first. entitled the Bellis prize, presented by the Hon. class passengers, viz., Mr. J. R. Rangham, Mra, [sic] E, R, Beliios, C.M.G., for the best article E. Warburton, and Mr. G. Drakotis, and On The Spread of Plagne from Rat to Rat, thirty Chinese were booked for Ceylou (2507to Dr. Brano Galli Valerio, professor in the
steaner dno in Colombo in a few days time. *University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Extraordinary precautions have niso been adopted in coaling the vessel. Lighters of sal were taken alongside the vessel, whors they wore left by the bestmen, and the unusual spectacle was witnessed of the crew of the French steamer bard at work taking the cont
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
An accident occurred on the naval shooting. range at Kowloon yesterday, a bluejacket from HMS Amphitrite being wounded by a shot, If was at first reported that two men had been killed, but this rumour happily proved false. The men had been exercising with the Mortis usb, and the injured man was deconecting the tube from his rifle when it exploded. cartridge, whose presence in te hore must have hegn overlooked, going through his belt and entering the stomach. Though the injury in a serious one, hopes for his recovery are outertained..
speechen.
HONGKONG DECLARED FREE:
FROM PLAGUE.
The Colonial Secretary informed us yesterday that the Colony, having been free of plague for period of ten days, is therefore declared to be a clean port. Clean billa of health are now isaned;
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD. A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday afternoon in the Board Root. Present-Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer (Prasidout); Hou. Dr. F. W Clark, Medical Ofear of Health; Has W.
EINDEEPEST IN THE NEW TERRITORY. A. Gibson, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, re-knew that these notes were forged,
There was laid on the table a letter from Mr.
in certain villages. in the New Territory. The garding the reported provalence of rinderpest
On the 16th September, at 6 pm, at Nagasaki, and from Rat to Man by the Knt-fles," awarded The Chinese are a reflet crew for a tank The launch, at the time of the accident; | villages in question are Shatin, Ho Wo fain, + Fressieve fixa Fa
Captain W. WENDT.
The Daily Press.
HUNGRONG OFFICE : 11 De Verx Kel. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. E.C.
Hoxoxoxo, 19th September, 1902.
on board."
The following notice had been addressed by Mr. W. M. Shuster, Collector of Customs for Customs-The following letter is published for Philippine Archipelago, to all Collectors of the information and guidance of all concerned: "Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge re- ceipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, request
POLICE LAUNCH SUNK.
Pier at Kowloon on Tuesday afternoon, Polies As the result of a collision with the Palicu
launch No. 3 was for a time underneath the waters of the basin at Tsimshatsui Station was in charge of a Chinese oozerain, who bad Sheung Wo Tria, and Lek Un, and so far as orders to bring her from the south side of the could be ascertained about eight oattle uit pier, where so was lying, to the west. Instead of doing this, however, he is said to have gether had died, all of them isolated cases, and attempted to facilitate his own time of release owner apparently leaing more than ons from duty by bringing the launch to the east derpest was not existent in these villages, and side of the wharf. Against this a strong eight that further action was unnecessary.
animal. Mr. Gibson was of opinion that rin
knot current was running, and the result was that the little vessel was driven on to the pier with sual force as to mooa hole in her side below the water-line. She began rapidly to providentially, as it turned out, was hailed for fil, unda Dock huanch which was passing, assistance. The disabled boat was taken in tow, and just as her head was touching the slip in the basin, to which a causse had bee
The Times writes in ite is of the 16th ul-At present the situation (in Shanghai] seems to be that every Fower professes its rundinas to withdraw its troops when the others ilu xo, while no Power sctually presses very strongly for action in that direction. We urselves, the French, and the Japanese ars understood to desire immediate compliance with out setually refusing to move, does not show the request of Viceroys, while Germany, with any intention of moving. The German garriaus arrived late, after all necessity for its wrrival had passed away, but it is rather characteristic of German policy, to try to get the best of aing that you be allowed to bring into these immediately directed, she sank. But for the Islands Straits-borne, or Baba Chinesa to serve fortunate arrival of the Dook launch, and the as abroffe or cashiers in the office of your Com-help she rendered, the Police hunt for a You state that they are a race certainty would have gone down in deep water, quite different from the other inhabitants of and the work of raising her would have been Chiun, and are so considered by the Government rendered a much more difficult eparation than
Hon. Dr. Clark attached a minute to the effect that as all the cattle proceed to the dapat at Hunghom before being slaughtered, there was not much danger of infected mest being
Aurore
Bold-hero.
PRESIDENT, to take no steps in the matter.
It was decided, on the maggestion of the
FAT-BOILING ESTABLISHMENT
that already given when the oa was before the Evidenos was afterwards given, similar to Magistrer, und already reported in the Desiy
give evidence comparsing the elatamente made Whan Sergesot Majer Gabob proceeded to by the prisoner when he was interrogated by Central Police Station,ZARE Sergeant Wath of the Detective Staff at the
admitted on the ground, but the man was netually in custody at that the ind Mr. Slade objected to that evidence being
Ir seems to us a matter for regret that the Singapore papers have taken up toward the Siamese Government the attitude of which we have recently given some examples. We do not propose to defend the conduct of the Siamese in that part of the Malay Penin sula which is under their rule, for that is a matter about which we know less than position which it did the last to croatá, It Singapore. But to criticise Siamese mis- would seem to be time to devise somú menus of government, if it exists, is a different bringing the present deadlock to an end. The matter from urging, as the Fress of the Powers willing to move will not wait, we hope, Southern port practically does, the aurexa. indefinitely to get a cue from the one which is tion of 'Siamese Malaya ito Great Britain least desirous of terminating an unsatisfeciory of the Straits Settlements, which is their home; it was found to be, for she was enccessfully able for the carrying-on of an offensive trade custody. TROUSE St
situation. It might at least be possible to com-
Sir FRANK SWETTENHAM recently went on pel every one conseraud to show his hand, and
a short visit to Kelantan and the neigh-thus to place responsibility on the right bouring parts of the Peninsula. Straits Times, commenting on this, szád :—
The shoulders
pany here.
of British subjects. You furthermore etate that they are British subjecte and descendants brought to the surface yesterday,
that their forefathers emigrated from Chias
and settled in the straita, intermarrying with.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Maly women for some generations, with theWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the
opinions expressed by our correspondents]
By this time it seems to be generally The: Frenchman Josef Ganín, doavisted at result that a distinct race has been formed, who understood that the voyage to Kelantan Singapore of the murder of a risksha-coolic enure different from both the Chinese and the
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
·TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PREFS."
when he was in the doteciirus room and con- tronted by two superior officers of police he had no right to manufacture evidence and
was tall intents and purper le custarly... He would not have been allowed to letva for a single momen
the room. The Attorney General intended that there no frrefragable rules is stablished by the
cup er of No. 8, Sutherland Street, asking that man even in custod
late i decisions Kich excluded from the con- A further application was read from the o duration of the Court cut anewal van by the premises ha registered as a fat-boiling him in currods,
the constable, who had establishment. The applicant formerly carried berula which exe bat as these premises were burnt down he now gate the replies. Ar on trade at Nos. 8 and It, Lower Lascar Rowan who was mot sought to have the licence transferred to No. 8, mationed before below. Sutherland Street.
mozessential, though The application was refused in the first in was entitled nice bucating the locality was not deemed guit- | admitted ific wai such as fat boiling...
KERE ME be omitted the pai Hon DR. CLARK-The senior inspector of custody. the district reports that he does not consider
ciremmatances the No. 8, Sutherland Street, to be a suitable place properly for the establishment of an offensive trade, and ct in cortos the Bord previously decided only to grant to compa fature licences is suitable places,
The PRESIDENTI move that the applic tion bo not granted.
Mr. BADELEY seconded, and the motion was carried.
His Lordship stat deoisien an the
When the Court ran past two,
His Lordship objection taken wii clớn that between gorakom
Persona who
JAMEWASHING RETURN. The limewashing return for the fortnight ended 13th inst., showed 1,171 houses so treated and 51 ont of a total of 1857 in the Central in the Eastern district out of a total of 1,257, district. In the former district these were 18 prosecutions during the period under review, catods on and flues imposed to the amount of $454.
y bacon ato
* and Tringganu which H.E. the Governor the morning of July 6th, now lies in ons of Malays; that of late years many of them hava "has undertaker, has a inore important the condemned cells awaiting the decision of discarded the one, and that few of them talk object thau casually meets the eye. The the Governor. He is to be hanged on a day Chinese, their own language being Malay; that “Governor took with him, we learn, a have to elapse between the passing of the death straite Settlements and do the greater part of fixed by the Governor, and as three Sundays try are the cashiers and godown keepers of the
Hongkong, 18th September. bundle of British flage. As to the
sentence and execution, this will probably be be clerical work there; and furthermore, that medium of your columns to draw the attention SIE-Will you kindly permit me through the number, design, or even object of these carried out in the first week of October, Gesin, year Company has found it impossible to obtain of the Government to the barbarons prasties flage we have no definite information, but the Singapore Free Press understands, has quite suitable man here to work in its cash department prevalent in bird-shope of cooping in young "conjecture is rife, and among the other broken down, but persists in his innocens, and In reply thereto, I beg to inform you that the pups in bamboo cages about oue and a half
rumours current it is alleged that they it is not unlikely that the French Consul will Chinese Exclusion Laws of the Philippine times (or even less), the size of the unfortunate MORTALITY STATISTICS. *are to float over Kelantan, and perhaps approach the Governor with a view to getting Islands prohibit the entry of any Chinese por animals, with the inevitable wult that ended 6th inst, was 203, per 1,000 per annum,tually in curiou
The mortality in the Colony during the week course. In ringganu, before long, and thus place the death sentence commuted to one of penal sons of Chinese descent, unless they belong to deafening acise in maintained day after day, against 23.5 in the preceding week and 18, and proper that i those two States under British pretection." servitude for life. Gonin is not the first one of the exempt classes, in which cashiers, much to the annoyance of passers-by. Another during the corresponding period of last y Such a paragraph can only be regarded as European who has been sentenced to death in godown-keepers and clerks are not included matter which might also be locked into is the KETUEN OF MATS. mischievous in the extreme, The Straits Singapore. In July, 1887, a Busian named If these, Straits-born Chinese are prohibited amount of seed with which the birds are fed Times goes on to mention that, on the 20th Sigmand Grabowski was convicted of murder from entering the Philippines by the Chinese judging by the semi-empty seed boxes there alf the steamer Fleto took direct to ugromnu in Victoria Street, by posting Exclusion Laws here, the fact that your Cour would seem to be very little. It is a well Kelantan about 100 Sikhs, who aber down a wall; and in 1890 a man named pany has found it impossible to obtain that known practice among hird-dealers to starve теге Foster murdered his wife in delangor and class of labour here could have no bearing upon the creatures so as to heighten the notes of specially imported from Fenung, Bombay, was brought to Singapore to be tried. He their right to enter, since the immigration songstern and thus attract the attention of etc, by the age of the Suling of Kelantan was convicted and santerood to be hanged, but we in foros here which, permit the entry of intending parehashich, it trus, is bruts in Singapore. The natural implication the sentence was not carried into affect sud skilled workmen under cortala ofroumstances do
that the Sultan of Kelantan he was sent home. Grabowski's sentence was not apply to Chinese paraoun or perIONA
the extreme and deser *panishment=”y was about to throw off the Siamese yoke commented to penal servitudo for
of condign
HUMATE
7 them in order
A return was laid on the table showing that the number of rats caught during the work ended 15th September was 278, against 865 in the precoding week.
week was owing to a striks amongst the rat
Hom, Dr. CLARK→→The decrease in the latter catchers The Government have decided to facrease the foe for sach rat from three exile to five seuta, but not to Increase the wage.
Mr. BaDELAY-Are they satisfied Hou, Dr. GLARE..