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Or the let January next a direct express train Isaves Vienna for Tebing Tares of these trains will run sach wosk,
The Japanese Financial Department will in- troduce a Bill in the next session of the Diet for the establishment of a Japan China Bank.
"White Elephantiests" is the rather nost term applied by the Fall Mall Gazette to France's disease of seguiring hugo useless
ether, for in the category of nations in extremis there is not the turn of a straw to decide between Turkey and China. Such was the position in the closing year of the last century; China was checkling at the success of her astute policy, and dreamt that the time had at lu come when she protesting against those who decried the colonial come under consideration in the next French teritories in the Far East
L'Echo de china says that the bangust of the Colonial Pros has taken place for Paris uuder the presidency of M. Doumerene, Colonial Minister. Among thoss prezent were MM. Doamer, Dduncle, Montpela Vivion, and General Dodda. M. Doumerque mantu asp policy of France.
The October sircular of the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris refers to the advisability of orosting free ports in France. This will
The Jit points out that Japan's alliance with Britain, so far from enabling the former to doormuse ber frut, obliges her to kuap it up
the alliance. touch a standard as to make spin worthy of
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LIU KUNG YIS JUNERAL - EXTRA- ORDINARY TRIBUTE
After the usual courtiales at Nanking Se b
yesterday, H.D. Viceroy Chang Chib-tung presided at a batquel to 79 guests, having
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB,
The second club race of the B.H.K.Y.C. reisen came off yesterday afternion, the course being by Lyermoor, Beacon, Cunt Reaks busy, and Lysemoon Beacon again full fort), a distance
123 miles. In the First Class Alan Admiral, Sir Cyprina Bridge on his right fouted the two new boats, bing about 3d Dr. W. Knappe, Gerinan Consul- minutes ahead of Vernon and 5 of Diono. In the one-design cless Kathires, alunt 9 ininutes General at Shangu, on bis ft. The Viceroy Leasted the Empresa Downgor, the Emperor of China, the foreign sovereigns, and the ghosts. Admiral Bridge replied for
After exhaustlie consultation between the Japanese and Russian Governments the fiebery privileges in Sakhalin Island (writes the Lakolate comespondent of the Japan Gazette) have been guted to Japangie for me year | lead of Min, was first. more. Taking advantage of the recent visit to
Parliamentary Session. In all probability the | could apply to her own profit the deep rifts
The Shanghai Times published the following proposal will be that there should be three such that were plainly to be seen in the policy of the great Powers. Accordingly she co-telegram under date Londen, Nor 19-rissports-one in the flannel, one in the Atlantic, should be a record year for weather. After aand ove in the Mediterrauan. A Dill will Lo menced to strike in detail; Japan was tried, and with apparent success, for nominer notable for wet and coll and autuma introduced in favour of the concession being beginning hot and runing quickly into a snow, granted to Harevilles to attract increased one seemed particularly hurt with the storm in various sections, the days have become navigation to that part. The competition. murder of thesecretary of Legation, 90 warm and suny. November thus far has ben between Genos and Marsailles amply warrants this project. The improvements now belug highor game was accordingly sought. It milder than Max.
affected in the Italiau port frill make it the is scarcely. hecessary to recall what Lap-
A New York despatch of the 10th inst. to
Queen of the Me Hiorranetu." pene. It was the old story of sacrific-
Manila saya-A telegram has been received ing the children to the wolves. There where from San Francisco which states that moi! however, one point on which the wolves, how ivices have been received thers from Honolulu ever they might difler on minor matters, were
thai Genial Chaffee and Vie Govaruor THE WATER need is THE PUREST perfectly at ad fat was the necessity of Wright arived at the lafter port on the eating up the guarry a process at ones graner, on October 31, The Summer in iu a that can be obtained, url is skilfully FIL-set about according to the digestive capacity damaged ondition, having encountered a
of each wolf. Whatever title China night typhoon on October 16. The messige give no Japan of 3. Velegaki, Russian State state HONGKONG LAUNCH FOR MANILA The new launch Alabama, built by the Cung TEKED ON THE MOST SCIENTIFIC have had to the respect of her friends in intimation in for when the party was expected/Superintendent General, the Japanese Govern-
Chai Co. of Hongkong for cargo and towing
Parker. She is a 21-ton launch, 81 fent funeral procession started at 10,30 a.m. Inst,, having boou taken over by Captain
Enormous crowds were assembled. Tho bug. 16 font beam, sifat deep, and with a wooden all, The Alabuma makes the 32nd boat which Captain Parker has taken to Manila. from highest Nanking officials were followed by Fort Arthur. 1 to Tientsin and 2 to Sumatra, ARRIVAL OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS,
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to fire Heiplalu.
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the last named. Today the foreign visitors
mont is said to have conferred with him in this connection, and is now going to send instructions The strasts of Ámoy, writes a corrumpendent. to ths. Jap use Minister in St. Petersburg to purposes at Mauïta, arrived there safely on Thevere received in the Viceroy's Famontre
the perpetual right to participată în fishing in were originally very narrow, and woro mads: the Rush Government to grant Japanese still darrerer by the shops on both sides
ruspassjur upon them by placing couters in Enkhatin, and it is expected moreover that the front of their shop Even at ordinary times Russian Government will give Japanese saurs traffic is very difficult, but during fires, as at the special protection. If Russia, greats those Japanese Goernment will be ready to give the former reciprocal privilges with regard 10 fishing regulations in Japano kenk
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The Japanese war hips dedum and Takasago.
bacal and military oficials, the Customs staff,
Lod foreign civilians, all combining to pay which were present at the Coronation Naval the late Liu Kungyi unprecec culed honour. celebrations in England, arrived in Hongkong The Viceroy thanked the foreigners for their
Eaturday morning and worn duly elutekl by
1899, when she could still put on a respec- table bib and tucker, it is at least evident to others, and we would naturally suppose should be so to herself alse, that with her 1orn and tattered garments, she could hardly expect the same consideration to day. Her only sensible policy under the circumstances would be to keep herself to herself as much late great fre, what with fire-engines and poopta Pritileges to Japanese, wo learn that the Hongkong, Tesido taking to Bangkok, 1 to daml Bridge, the foreign Consuls and as possible, and retrain de far as she could carrying away their goods, the strests were from provaking the not over flattering simply impassablo. Binco the latest fire, the attentions of her friends; hut it is hopeless people sharing their premises rebuilt, an the Amoy authorities have issued a proelama ion to expect sense from a Government like ordering the people to build oss foot from the that of Peking, dominated as it is by original shoot boundaries so as to be able to wanan who still at the age of sixty-seven are wider stress, and a special deputy has believes herself possessed of personal charmesheen appointed to see that the order is carried The foreign ministers have unfortunately out. flattered this clement of senile weakness, and we see the effect of it in the recent policy of the Court. Prince Caise might reasonably have been expected to take warning from the complete failure of Lre policy of putting the Powers in opposition. and taking advantage of this to obtain from each some concession. Rather, he might see, as the policy of setting the Powers by in comfort, and part of the time in luxury, by It has not learned and will not learn the lessutts cruiser, unarmoured, 4.27-ons,i,hp 15,9671yte for Somaliland
Lady Dundonnid, daruler of the Earl of Dundonal of Edilargh; bagged to plain ladys Daily and suck to a professional beggur, has been sont te prison in New York Toy six months for obtaining money by false pretences, American pagers report. Snes 1891, when the wont to America, the titled mendizut in lived
an elaborate system el begging. She was arrested on the complaint of R. I.. Richardson to whom she had applied for sit, and who looked up her report at charity organisztions and fund it to be bad. She is a stately woman of 55
years.
Before going to America the women had thrice been married. Hor flest husband was Vigerant Hanailts, whom she married in London when a girl of 20 years. When died she married Captain Hal of the British army. Ho divorced her after two years, and
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Deliberately the old worn out device of seeking to make division in the hope of THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY; gaining petty advantage has been renewed. There was a pretty general Chemist■ and Druggists by Appointment to opinion amongst the European Powers that the time had come for the evacuation of Shanghai, and that if this feeling were taken alvantage of any cause of dissatis fuction could be removed. Such was the sensible view of the affair that would com- 43814 Magentisas relating to the seus columns went left to any reasonable minister: ladyship det. had redarkl then to paspora
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not so thought China. Here, she said to Kerself, is an opportunity of setting the two Powers, England and Germany, at variance. It was nothing to such ministers that, however divided on points of detail, Eag land and Germany have both been consist ent in deing everything to preserve the statas of China. This is but one, though the most important effort that has been mado ta provoke disunion, with the con-
On the 10th November, at Sochow, the wife sequent loss to China of what power of
initiative she has been permitted to retuin.
of J. A. G. Sarzty (Changaha); of a laughter.
The Daily Press,
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HONGKONG, 17th November, 1902.
To seek escape from pursnit by dividing the attention of the pursuers is the resource of the weak and timid, and needs so littl
A Notive to Mariners is issued from the Swatow district that the Doce Rock Whist ing Buay has been replaced in position.
The text of a Supplemental Charter authoris ing an extension of ante isto by the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China is published in the Gartle.
The appointment of Capt. Sir John Kenne,
Secretary to H.E. the Governor is notified in
she then became the wife of Alle Willia Cam, a prominent solistiter of London, Cam and she went to Amorien together in 1884, but he returned in a mouths, when the pace her
Later on who became a professional beggar.
The New York Times, commenting upon the report on the British remount scandals, remarks that it is an absurdity to try and reform the British Army from with, and says that it re. setables the laughabls attempt made to get the the men-of-war at the anchorsge. The resegls attendance. Twelve foreign warships fired United Staks tariff reformed by its friends.ill remain here for a short period before pro- minute guns in token of respect. The British Army and the United States turi ceding to Japan. "Admiral jula, C.B, is on will remsia controlled by their respective board the same. This ship is a first-clave friends. The more faible and exemplary armoured cruiser, 9,955 tons, hp. 19,245, nur will the result be," continies the journal, whoa mament, 4.8 in, f. 14.6 in. 12,12 por, 724 pår. the re-pective peoples of Great Britain and the
United States become tired of their respective aristocrasiceof priviloga. The British Army, in its official fistresses, is absolutely incorrigible,
is
torpedo tubes, uno submerged, spoed 201
knots; complement 50 men. he was built at klawick and launched in 1898; commander, Captain Nakau. The Tukusogo is a first-class
of the Boor war, but wait until some still deeper armnment, 2.8 in q.f., 10.7 in.. 19.12 pdrs, antional humilation enforces the loss of that it 6.2% pure 5 torpedo tubes, spoed, 23 kouts. on obsolete and impracticable machine, largely Compiemens, Hu men. She was also built at conducted for the purpose of making for Elewick, and was launched in 1897; commaud.r, table situations for the favoured privilged emss."Captatu Yeshimatsu.
The Nove Freya ia a recent ieras refers
INDRAPURA ON FIRE. to the enustruction of the Quetta-Nashki Rail-
Fire broke out yesterday morning on the way and to its projected extension to the con- thes of Beistex sad its ultimate junction with Portland and Asiatic steer Indrapura, and the Bagded Esilwr y system. It also mentions spread with such rapidity that all attempts by the Kelautan incident and states, that Lord the officers and crew tu subdue the flames Curanu regards as ray deadrantageous te proved unavailing, and the help of the Fire Great Britain the Anglo-Frouch Convention of Brigado had to be requisitioned. The stemmer 1896 concerning the delimitation of the apheresis at present lying in the Cosmopolitan Deck, interest of the two countries in Indo-China sad was to have sailed to day for Port and for the reason is divesting all his efforts to land via ports. The outbreak was fre amending this Convention as much as possible observed about half-past eight o'clock, and It is imperative for France, who has very started amongst bules of hemp stored in the hold; important interests In Tudo-China, to watch the danger of its spreading seriously was Lord Curzon's policy closely so as to be able to heightened by the fact thai ubout 251) tons of give attention when the proper moment arrives hemp cargo were on boarl. The fremen to the measures to be taken for frustrating tint andor Mr. A. Mackie, Chief Inspector of Siam, like the Persian Gulf, must Pelice, worked all day, but adquiries: Jast policy. become a new field of common activity for the night showed that the conflagration was still the attendance of night gangs. Details weis diplomacy of the partners of Franco-Russian unextinguished, and preparations were made for not obtainable when we went to press, inl it is
of
Alliance.
believed that the damage will be. hear), Captain Hollingsworth is in command of the Indrapuru.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
On Saturday night Liberty Hall was again repeated by the A.D.C, before a good house. The piece went willbetter swing than it did neither of the preceding nights. It is unnecessary for un to particularise, as all the ladies and gentle men taking part sustained their individual is admirably. We shall look forward with ple- sure to the next performance of the A. D. The band of I. M. S. Ocess played through s
REUTER'S SERVICE.
LUNDON, 15th November.
TROUPS FOR SOMALILAND.
The Central Afrisan troops are left Blan
CHINA ASSOCIATION DINNER. The annual dinner of the Gals Association
has been held in London, Admiral Seymour and Sir James Macksy being the principal guests, Mr. William Keswick, M.P., who presided, said
that he believed the Mackay trenly with China was an arrangement equally advantagecusto China and Great Britain.
LATER.
DISORDERS IN MOROCCO. Owing to dierlers which lisse boken out. at Tetuan, Morocco, a Spanish mail steamer has been despatched to that port to embark the Earopyaas there. Three Brit al cruisers have also gone hastily to Potuau where a serious Kabyle rising is endangering the safety of the European residents
THE SIBERIAN POUTE.
Mr. Chamberlain, in the coure of a speech, aid that this Trans-Siberian rente must not be overlooked in settling mail contracts.
LONDON, 14th November.
THE TRENCH NAVY. Fassing official circles ara concerned at the redaction of the French navy in the Mediter rangan. The Nonoe Fremya says that the French Best ja nav a mero plaything, and demande a spead, charga...
CAPE IMMIGRATION BILL. The Capo Inigration Bill has been passed, but with considerable amendments.
INDIAN FRONTIER EXPEDITION.
An expedition consisting of four companies
intellectual development that it is constantly Bart., Royal Field Artillery, to he Privalu | tompt providence and his hitherto good fortage ally used by our forces in the late South African capital programma of tausis, which was much of 806 men each, under General Egerton, 18
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Tha transport Putaran, after a delay. cecasioned by indications of tongh weather antsis, loft the harbour yesterday afternoon for Kugland,
hy vanturing to Carton and putting himself in the toils of his bitter snemim the Manchus.
enjoyed,
The heavy downpour of rule on Saturday had
Bssembling at Kohat for operations against the The force will start on the 17th
which was the sparseat sing those entertainers week. its effect on the attendance at Warren's Circus, instant, and will probably be absent only one coramenced their season. The boxes and a rather deserted appearanccard the native element in the audience was manly, the Chines avendon to getting wet naturally keeping the
Losnow, 14th November.
TION IN BELAND
A Canton despatch of the 6th instant to Shangbai states that the Empress Dowager, having somehow be informed on the th instant, correctly or net remains to be seen, that the proscribed Reformer Kang Yu-wei bas returned from exile to Canton, hamediately sent on the same day an dici nader her own seal to Canton, addressed to the Manchu Acting Viceroy Tak Saw, asking him whether he was aware of the fact that Kang Yu-wei was in For several months now rumours have ban Canton, and if is why he had shown such indif- frequent as to Russian progress in the art of fly. ference in the matters to make no attempt to ing. Quite rosently reports came from the Black arrest her arch enemy. This edict struck con-
Sea of how Lien tenant Larroff, of the battle. [· sternation into the hearts of the mandarinate of ship Tehame, sent a man ashore in an “serial that city, and they are now basily engaged, boat" which, after landing the man, returned openly as well as scoretly, in trying to obtain to the ship. Similar urial boats are now served some ohus, to the Reformer's whereabouts, in oat to the. Bussian navy, in which they are order not only to act the Empress Dowager's know as "firing dragons." They are not nav heart af rest, but also their own for the preser-gable balbons, as was at first supposed, but wro vation and continuity of their several official planes controlled from the ship by piano-wir batteur and posts. In well-informed circles is. In general features theyare simply an adaptation Canton it is, howe-er, not considered likely not of the box kites that are flown for scientific- probable that Kang Yuwi would so rashly purposes in America, and which wore occasion
war. Those dying dragons" are chiefly to be practised by the higher animals.
used for conting purposes. By means of their astute at by no means intellectual
ova shapes when thereis a wind, by means of the who for some thirty years swayed the policy
The P. and T. Times of the 7th inst. Bays-
rapidly into the air to very comiderable heights of China, the lais Ir Hung-CHANG, was'a
We hear that it le Viceroy Yuan Shikar's speed of the ship when it is calm, they will rise proficient in the art of providing subjects of
intention to win silver tal pieces, and he has Five in conjunction will rise a man, and from memoristised the Throne of his intention. This lofty elevation an immense area of water can disunion between the European powers
tal has except on paper. hitherto been a financial inspected for hostle craft It is hoped by having dealings willi Chiina; and at his
Despite the nopropitious weather on Satur talisman for profitable calculation and nothing this means greatly to increase the efficiency of policy in this respect is largely to be altri- buted the entire absence of self-respect that day, the football match V.R.C. v. H.M.S. Allion more; a will-of-the-wisp in currsney, now on
was played to a finish at Happy Valley, and e one side of the lodger, now on the other in destroyer flotillas at finding an enemy, aracterises the Chinese Government of the closely contested gime ended in
London papers publish the following date state of the weather, but they had to couted fatimistion. a draw-2 everybody's mouth, in nobody's pockets, and in ny. In the abstract, of course, it is a goats each.
everyone's dreams. Now this is to be altered, of the Australiqua, South Africa cricket and the Viceroy, is about to embody this strange match which commenced on the 11th at logical conclusion that when it can werken
A good deal of comment was caused, we learu. olusivé currency in tangible forms Will finan-The Australian cricketers opened their tour the outer impulsive force by a division of interests and direction, the body acted on by the failure of the Bristish 8.8. Fitshan to tiers tank or curs him for his paina? The Jobannesburg on Saturday with a match against has more room for Expansion; and such display the least bit of banting as she lay it departare conjures up prospective difficulties in All South Africa. The fine weather brought
Canton the King's Birthday.
on
tisu form of mere discredital currency. Whal-out a large crowd. The wicket was in splendid would undoubtedly be the case did not the mission was all the mors noticeable as th
over the many trying qua'iications of the teel condition when Fonth Africa, having won the process of bringing in division lead to Fatehna was practically the only craft in the in the past may have been, its character has toss, opened their imags. One wicket.soon This evening Miss Janet Waldorf and the reactions far more dangerous in their inc driver which failed to do honour to the occasior been on the whole unimpeachable Now, fell, Stalters boing esught and bowled by large dramatic company supporting her cou ence than any that could be brought into What was the causo ?
| however, not only may we have exchange Jones, but on Llewellyn joining Tancredamance their senson at the Theatre Royal with play by leaving the Powers to work in good
appreciation and depreciation, but the teel in its magniflent stand was made, the pair being still the production for the first time in Hoogkong We are informed that the accident to a humour and comparative Larmony; such as
own in fividual person any furnish variations, in partorship when the interval for lunch was of G. W. Wills's historical play was the case before La introduced the Chilaman in Arsenal Street on Friday night, We shall have thin taels, light taels, chopped taken. The score was then 179 for obe wiokat. Divorce Elabrate preperations policy of playing off the foreign Towers about 830, was not caused by his falling out of tale, docked taels, falke twels and the endless Tancred being not out 87. and Llewellyn, not completed for the prescutation of onto the prejudice of Russia one against the other. The game of playing a ricksha, as has been stated elsewhere, but was variety of nuisances which handlers of silver out C9. When the game was resumed the Divorce, the scenic costuming and genunl one opposing force against other is as old the result of a collision with a rieken whilst he coin we weary of in Obins. Providing, however, was an immense attendance. Play was fast, accessories of which will be more extensite as the hills, and was probably the chief was riding his bicycle.- 2 ba shaft of the vubicle, that the coinage is sont und true, soms and before the partnership was broken 172 rum than those of any previous production element in the Roman Empire itself; but it entered his right thigh. inflicting a serious convience may result to those who deal had been put on, this being a record for the Tantre Royal. It keeping with the Invish is one that bas irresistible attractions whmond, and the impact was so violent as to exclusively or mainly in this currency; but we second wicket against Australian bowling. nature of the stage arrangements, anzugs
break the orcss-bar of the rieksha and knock are inclined to think H.E. the Viceroy woald After Llewellyn's dismissal Sinclair and orchestra of twenty-four performers, including an effete and sluggish nation is brought in the coolis senestess for a time. This unfortunate confer a greater tenent by introducing more Hathorn made another protracted stand, and the band of the HM.S. Orean by kind per contact with others possessing more energy cyclist was turning into Queen's Road from paper mones, and sonfining his attention to a brought the total up to 304 before being mission of Captain White and offrech) and the of character. The greatest living artist in Arsenal Street when the accident happened, and good sopper coinage instead of complicating our separated. Hopkins took three vickets in Testaguase Amatenz Orchestra (by the gentring the practice, now that LI HUNG-CHANG has at the time was on the wrong side of the road. imenities by the introduction of another coin quick succession, but Nourse and Bailivell consent of tko P.A.O. Fociety) will apply left his place vacant is ABDUL HAM II, He was attended to at the Station Hospital, which cooner or later is sure to become discre added 103 runs for the sight wicket, and we incidental music throughout the play. The at the present Sultan of Turkey, and the result Wellington Barracke, and afterwards removed dited as so many of the native dollars and still together when stumps were drawn for the crobestra will be ander Le baton of Mr. H. L. be on the dias. The total stablishment is
I day, with the score al 423 for roren wiskets. Campbell is much the same in the one case as in the to the Government Civil Hospital,
This
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subsidiary cousin sreat the present time.
crowd at home. The performers did their bet
the Lemuria Leader has
to overcome the depresion produced by the been sentenced to fan months hard labour for with a great deal of discomfort. The Lucifers. There are varios indications that the law in Miss Mary Bell, and the tramp bicyclist":
Ireland beginning to get the better of the took first honours, but all the equestrian sots were good. For the sake of the Circus it is to be hoped that there will yet be too many wi nights,
.
National League
BUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN, The pgitation continues in St. Petersburg with the object of securing Kulnan advantages in Afghanistan The Novos remya urges that a Great Britain has now completed her South Abrian war, die wil atil petty frontier trouble to strengthen her grip va Afghanistan
THE VOLUNTEER CORPS, The Government Gerelle ees on Saturday infant contains the new regulations for the Hong- The Corps now consists koup
band namely, two florrison
on Ergineer": Com strength if the Artillery
Band at 25 shilst there will