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come into collision with the ponco, Indinu or Chinese. The Chinese usually exercise that discretion which is said to be the bottor part of valour, but the ludian does not shrink from the fight. It might be argued A. S. WATSON & CO., that the soldiers or sailors, being under the influence of liquor, would in any case and in any country run up against the police But it is to be noticed in Hongkong that
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Mr. William noiemany will shortly publish [” The“ Min-grou Prince," once a well-known a book by Lord William Nevill, entitled Penal pretender to the throne of Burms, who Lan Servitude. The author, after dealing briefly settled down ander French protection at with his on trial, conviction, and life in Hanoi, has been on a visit to Saigon. prisen, proceeds to treat fully and carefully many problems arising out of the present prison
system which call for readjustment, amongst others the food, exercise, puvishments, and daily routine of the consist. Chapters are also devoted to such questions as sentences and
A telegram doted Coloutts, January 27, says; An extraordinary sight was witnessed this afternoon on the maiden here on the occasion of the feeding of some thirty thousand darwari. The whole of native Caloutta turried
poople by Babu Bhujaa Lall Loksa, a prominent
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
FAREWELL PERFORMANCE OF POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIANS.
On Saturday the Lilliputian Opera Co, gave their last two performances, of the present
LONDON, 12th February season, the play solected being the "American vorsion" of H.M.S." Pinofore." Wecanfoss to not having heard of that version before, and it cannot be styled an improvement. II.M.S «Pinafore," though now of quits resportableege, is good enough to stand on its own merits; the
THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE. Mr. Bowen bas accepted the British protocal agreeing to pay Great Britain £5,500 down, and
goo our elever little visitors on Saturday wit-
the appearance on the scene of a British remissions, prisoners and the Press, and the ent sod & quarter of a million spectators are to refer the question of preferential treatment | iatrodnation of ontside songs tants to destroy
imprisonment of youthlal offenders: The author's own experience enables him to handle estimated to have been upon the spot. Those to the Hague tribunai. The German and the atmosphere. Nevertheless all who went to many matters connected with crime and prison were fed included twenty thousand Hindus are said to have trudged in twenty-four miles for the occasion." This was in connection with the Coronation celebrations. The Viceroy was
policeman has a most soothing effect as a rule on the previously turbulent resister of WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS the law. Full of fight as long as the law is represented by a man of another colour, the brawler is apt to be perfectly amenable to reason when a countryman or a fellow European arrives. Now it is of course impossible to maintain a purely white police force here, and the consequence is that there are inevitable misunderstandings between the policeman who has no English and the rogaterer whose perception is dulled. The copsequence may be a very unpleasant fight. One such occurred during Race Week, but fortunately had no serious con- sequences. The real cause of the mischief Aa supplied to Royal and Imperial is that soldiers and sailors are left so much to their own devices when away from their Houses of Europe.
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book is calculated to attract much attention from all interested in such subjects,
General Chaffee's statement that he could harogeized treasure at Peking worth 880, 00,000, had not the U.S. President vetoed it, was mady at Brooklyn on the 9th nlt. We and the Japanese had the honour of guarding the gate to the Forbidden City," said General Chaffee and within the walls was the greatest treasure in the Chinese Empire, including the jewels of the Empress Dowager. Se great was its volume that it took a hundred Chinese coldiers twenty days to transport it from the Winter Palace to the house where it was secreted. I even had a map of the Forbidden City, with the location of the house where the treasure was concealed plainly marked on it, and at a moment's notice I could bare seized the entire amount had not wy hands been tied.”
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THE VENEZUELA QUESTION, The allies have agreed that all three protocols amongst those who inspected the feeding shall be signed simultaneously, nono anticipating operations.
the other: The other claimants will appear before the Hague tribunal as one Power.
THE NEAR EAST Grave uno:siness is felt in Vienna owing to
If Mr. Lipsett (his latest biographer is right, Lord Curzou in “not entirely liked" by the Civil Eervice, by the Army, or by the natives of India, on the following grounds-1. The Civil Service. Because the reformer is never popular a report that Bulgaria contemplates mobilising with thees whom he set out to reforms. 2. The two Army Corps in consequence of the massing Army-Because he bus entailed their oppor- of Turkish troops on the frontier.
THE ALASKA BOUNDARY DISPUTE
The Washington Senate has rulisted a treaty providing for thres jurists on each side to softle the Alaskan boundary dispats with Great
touities of distinction in frontier wars, and because...
he has displayed a teaxleney to interfere in regimentul disciplina. 3. The Na- tires-Because, though bis cuasideration for their welfore and his somewhat rientaleloquence appeal to them, yet his Imperial sentiments identify bim thoroughly with the dominant race. Not a bad testimonial for an Empire-maker.
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regretted that they have to wait until March before they can see the Company again. Tho principal performance, that in the evening, was being content to stand, while of course all seats before a packed house, some of the audience
had been taken ap early in the day or during tho week. The young arti-ta consequently received as heaṛly an ovation as it is possible to ge, în our- small theatre. As ou maay previous occasions Miss Daphne Pollard carried off frat honours, her Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., being really a wonderful exhibition. Apart from all question of her age and diminutive size and of her oxcellent make-up she is undanbiedly the cleverest actor among the ladies" of the company. Miss Ivy Tratt, Miss Alice Pullaṛd ̧ und Miss Kelbe MoNamara (the latter parts- calarly) were very good, but the small First Lord of the Admiralty must be awarded the palm. The two first-named of the above three, however, sang with excellent taste, Coploiz Corcoran's songs especially recolving a capital rendering from Miss Ivy Trott. Master Jack Pollard we need hardy prains; he is so
fully fall of expression. Bill Bobstay was the life of the piece, as he should be. Master Willie Thomas as Dick Deadeye was quaintly attrinngalar" and backed up Bill animirably Josephine was played by Miss Connio Pellard, Hebe by Miss Irene Finlay, and a midshipmite by Mastor Edia MoNamara, all very efficiently.
THE VENEZUELA CLAIMS. Germany ban waived her demand for a cash
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is a brawl with the police, a man in uni form mastered with difficulty by dishevelled Sikhs, and a march to the nearest police station. The matter is one which really concerns the military and naval authorities more than the polico, but all three are interested in putting an end to the dis honouring of the uniform. Until something is done to make it more difficult for a man
willing to allow the United States to take passion. Japan will also deport her subjects
now on the island and is ready to pay na a reuson- able indemnity $10,000.cn seconnt of the loss sustained in the trip of the schooner Juliu Whalen, which was refused a landing on the island." The Kobe Chronicle says that it would beluteresting to know who is to benefit by this fakebood, and why it has been circalated Japan's claim to the island has been a mitted by the United States, and were it not so hor volantary withdrawal from an island; so rear the Bonins is out of the question.
Mr. Rudyard Kipling's suit against Mrs. G. P. Patnam & Sons for $25,000 damages for infringent of copyright and trade-mark and unfair competition was decided against bim for to get "fighting drank" in a public place, the second time on the 9th alt, when the United the dishonour will go on.
Staten Circuit Court of Appeals sustained the
The Russian croiser Razboynik laft on Saturday for Kwangelianwat
Dogs from Shanghai are prohibited for u further period of six months from landing in Hongkong.
'Shanghai is now under quarantino restrictions here for scarlet fever, diphtheria, and cholera, and Manila for cholera. On the other hand sanitary measuresara in force against Hongkong at Manila, Bangkok and in Netherlands India.
Some of the foor-beams near the fireplace became iguited in a house at 27, Gage Street late on Friday night, and the spreading of the flames necessitated the attendanes of the Fire Brigado. The outbreak caused damage to the amount of 8400 before it was extinguished,
A coolie was eating his rice at Quarry Bay on Friday night when a large stone was pro- jected through the matshed in which he was On the 29th January, at Yokehanin, the wife sitting from a spot where blasting operations were precoding, terminating the meal and the
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unfortunate coolie's life. Part of his head was cut off.
The police reported on Saturday that on the 10th inst, a junk was cut in two by a steamer junk sank, carrying with it six or seven of the
action of Judge Lacombe in dismissing the ease a year ago. The publishing firm bought from the author's authorised publishers in 1899 a
number of unbound sheets, of Kipling's writings and bound them up, together with some of his aucopyrighted writings, to form the "Brash- wood" edition, which they placed on the market, Fifteen sets bore ou the cover an elephant's koad. This, the plaintiff alleged, was his exclusive literary trade-mark. The Court holds that the Patnams had a perfect right, to purchase unbound leaves of Kipling's copy righted works and to resall them in bindings of their own. As to Kipling's contention that the Pataas appropriated his trade-mark. the Court says:-Tho slephant's head was not registered as a trade-mark until after the present action was begun.”
The San Francisco Chronicle of the 4th Jan- uary has a Washington telegram to the follow ing effect:--Treasury officers, including Com missioner-General of Immigration Sorgent, are keeping a close watch on the operations of the China Commercial Steamship Company, which is about to establisk a line of steamships be. tween Hongkong, Mexican ports and Sen Francisco. The president of tho company,
The Singapore Free Press of the 5th inst., after quoting what we said recently with ables from other ports, saysAll the above as to common co-operation of other colonies and other adjacent countries in dealing with cases of deportation is evidently in the direction certain of what is wanted. There is a mystery as to what becomes of Chinaets deported from the Straits to China.. It is possible--we have not enquired--that there may be a certain degree of organised co- operation between the Straits, Hongkong and Canten, as to deported criminals, and their reception in China. But it would have a morally good, at any rate ́s deterrent effect, if the public were assured ibat deportation implied much more then, a repatriation of a Chinese criminal. Yet perhaps on the whole the uncertainty bas a certain value of its own, on the one igntum pra horribile principle. At any rate we don't want any habitual offenders re-imported to help to swell our returns of crime and to people our jails. And it would
be good to think we had sure ground for the conviction that a deported Chloese criminal was, at the hands of his own Chiness authorities, very completely and finally disabled from any farther recourse to crites,
A NEW N.D.L STEAMER.
The new Norddeutscher Lloyd 8.8, Borneo, intended for the Hongkong-Sandakan lins, left Bingapore on Saturday morning and may be expected here about next Saturday.
ron Storaburg's proposal that the amount bo
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Fourteen battalions of the Turkish Redifs the headquarters at Saloniks have been called out, ostensibly to replace foartean battalions
called out in the autumn.
CLERICAL.
The mounting and costumes were more than pretty, and the dancing was of a really high class order, The Sisters and Cousins"-wo The Right Rav. the Lord Bishop of Win-are sure there were no aunts-ballot in the a charming spectacle.
Botween the ucis Mastor Jeuk Pollard sang a couple of songs, to the accompaniment of some coloured pictures on the cinematograph. His voice is a sweat odo, but he needs to correct his pronunciation which at present almost spoila the effect of his excellent singing.
chester bas boon enthroned at Canterbury as second not in particular was Arohbishop and Primate of All England.
LONDON, 13th February,
MR. CERALD BALFOUR AT
IPSWICH. Mr. Gerald Balfour, in the course of a speech
at. Ipswich, said that there had been no sadden jump in the wealth of the country but progress had boon steady, gradual, and constant. The figures of last year showed that Great Britain had reached a piton of wealth and prosperity
which she had never touched before.
ME. CHAMBERLAIN IN CAPE
COLONY.
Mr. Chamberlain has arrived at Grzaf-Reinek, the first oasentially. Dateh centre he has yet touched in Cape Colony. His reception wag distinctly cordial, and leading members of the Bond were present.
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The matinée was also very successful, und was
nameronsly attended; the audience was composed mostly of children and their parents. During the interval Mr. Pollard gave an excellent cinematograph show, which was very much appreciated by the juveniles.
POLICE COURT.
Saturday, 14th February.
Berons Mr. F. A, HAZELAND (Police MagiUTRATE).
ALLEGED THEFT OF A LING,
o Chinamon went into Messrs. Gaupp & Co.'s shop in Queen's Road on Friday after- noon to buy a ring, or, at least, on pretence of doing so, for when they left the shop it was incustody, one of them having, it is alleged, secreted in bis elors a diamond and omerald We have already reported that there will bearing taken from the tray-load which they wore special general meeting of the members of the shown to make a selection from the ring, which Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday next, the 18th February, at 3.15 p.m., in the Chamber Room, City Hall, for the purpose of discussing the question of local following resolution will be proposed by Mr
THE BROUGH COMPANY.
It is a tribute to the personal estimation în which Mr. and Mrs. Brough are held in Hong- kong no less than to their artistic excellencies that no theatrical visitors are more heartily welcomed when they come our way. They are due to arrive to-day on the Namsung, and their first performance is down for to-morrow night. It was in April of the year before last that the Company was here before. On that occasion they got a splendid reception and put on several pieces new to the Celony. This time we are Edward Osbornet to be no, loss fortunate. The season will be opened with the farce Are You a Mason?
currency,
It is now announced that the
"That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable the Straits Currency Commission
was recovered, was valued at $575.
The defendants pleaded not guilty, and were remanded till Tuesday on bail of $600 tack.
FIGHT BETWEEN EUROPEANS. Three Europeans whose profession is the sea had a dispate in Queen's Road on Friday night and proceeded to settle it by fistiouff. Ona sustained a fractured jaw, the result of a fall, be said, and was seat to hospital. The others were
LONDON UFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, E,C. off Po Toi. One of the severed portions of the Eng Kok Fong; Vice President Lang Kam which has not been produced in China here- should extend its inquiries to Hongkong with arrested and subsequently fined $3 each.
HONGKONG, 16th February; 1903.
crow, who were drowned. The other portion remained afloat, and the occupants were resmed by the crew of another junk,
THE question has unfortunately arisen several times recently in Julia as to the relations between the British soldiers stationed in the country and the natives. Co. The notorious case of the Ninth Lancers is the races, of which the pictures form a nice company is to dump Chinese coolies on the Errest Vere, Mr. McIntyro and Mr. Percy |
We have received from Mosers. A Chee. & several specimens of photographs taken at souvenir. One of the photographs was taken quite fresh in people's memories and it can at the time that Jigoka was said to have fouled hardly be said that that case is over yet. Commoner in the German Cup race. Another It is possible that the military anthoshown the Derby winner, Brilliant, passing the rities will take no further action, but,post.
At a ennycation of the AmChapter 1781,
Wing and Course! Lyman L. Mowry of Santofors. It is an adaptation from the Ger- Francisco were here last week and proceeded man and has already made great hit to the City of Mexico to arrange for the therever presented. The farce will be inter entering of the steamers at Mauzanillo and preted by Mrs. Brough, Miss Temple, Miss Mozallon. While here Mowry called on Com-
Susie Vaughan, Miss Brenda Gibson, Miss missioner-General Sargent and sought to Helen Bogle, Miss Gillies Brown, Mr. Brough. remove the suspicion that the object of the new
Mr. W. T. Lovell, Mr. Leslie Vietor, Mr.
Walsh. This piecs will run for four nights. The second piece of the season is a military comedy, The Second in Command, also new to Hongkong. Mr. Claude Whaite, the scenic artist, has been busy for some time past getting the extensive scenery in order at the City Hall
Mexican coast at convenient points, whence tay can make their way into the Unitel States. It is believed at the Treasury Depart ment, notwithstanding the assurances given by the China Commercial Company's counsel, that the principal object of the new line is to carry coolies to Mexico direct, where they will ka
Amongst the resolutions which have been for- warded by the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom for insertion in the programme of the Spring meeting of that Association or Marok 3, 4, and 5, 1066, are the following:-That this Chamber, seeing that the construction of the Mandalay-Kunion reitway
JAPAN AND COREA.
A N... Daily News despatch dated Tokyo, 7th February, Hays:-*
Two months ago the Coro Government attempted to interdict the currency in Curea of uutes issued at Seon by the First Bank, which is a thoroughly stable Jopauess Institution under the presidency of Baron Shibusuva, Against thisJapan strmgly protested, Junemuc
view to ascertaining whether reform of the Colony's currency arrangements is advisable."
CANTON.
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Canton, 14th February.
THE HWANGSI TROUBLER.
CLIMBED THE WATER-PIPE.
A Chinaman climbed up the water-pipo of a house in Queen's Road on Friday night, and gained the verandah, where he parloined w basket containing six hottles of samshu. This he slang over his shoulder, and then, with visions of coming bliss floating before his mind's eye, he descended a rops which he had fastened 10 the verandah, When he got to the ground su observant policeman spoiled the dram by A military official named Li, a clansman of arresting the thief, who was sortereed to six the present acting provincial governor Liwarks' imprisonment. Hing-yui, who has returned from Kwangei to HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE Cuntou, speaks in confirmation of the news of rebellion thera. Among the districts let the most important one is Laoshow, he says, and while the prefect of the Chow prefecture was leaving the city on horseback a gang of rebels went up to him and shot him dead. The of ficials here petitioned the Viceroy, representing that he was killed in a battle with the rebels and recommending him for a posthumous Lonour.
WAICHOW IN REVOLT.
Itissaid hero that Waichow isagain in rabellion
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Council will be held to-day at 3 p.m.
BUSINESЯ
1. Financial Minute. (No. 1).
Motion That the Eubiin oil and Bälldings Bill be recompitied for the purpose of moving an amendment to Sectious 139 and
140 as follows:-That the two Seabibin-ba thrown into ono and that Section 139 to numbered 139 Sub-Section (1) and Section 140 Sub-Section (2), and that a new paragraph be words Provided that the Building Authority added at the und of the Section containing those
the two preceding Sab.Sections In any case in
opinien be impracticable or unneressary." buildings such requirements world in his
in spite of the fact that the Lancers hot only participated in the procession at Delbi but even formed part of the escort of the held on the 10th Februar the following free to make their way uoross 1,200 miles of Duke of CONNAUGHT, it is not only senti principals and officers were installed for the practically unpatrolled border into this country. year:B. Nicholls, M.EZ., A Jenson, H.; mentalists who will remember fe disgrace J. G. Gotz, J.; II. Bathurst, Scribe E.; W. of the regiment. Another killing of a Krase. Scribo N.; H. Croskey, P.S.; C. ative by a soldier is reported fan Delhi Johnson, 1st A.S.; J. Saunders, 2nd A..; itself last month, arising out of the presence C. Weed, Treasurer; C. Parkson, Janitor. of a small party of soldiers in some gains
The Rugby match on Saturday between the bling houses which the police apparently Club and the Navy ended in a win for the Navy bad orders to clear. No one was hurt in by the margin of oue goal. Pearce was hurt
as such action is plainly contrary to the treaty of and that in battles between the Imperial troops the course of this, but as the soldiers were during the game and had to retire. The Club
28 an approach to Yunnan has been stopped. 1876, which guarantees full facilities to Japanese and the rebels a large quantity of arms baseball hero power to modify the requirements of len ving, and when they had gone some little experienced hard lines, and tralium's try in the perdis further surveys, is of opinion: 1, That, trade in Cores; whereupon the Corean Gave been captured by the latter. The Viceroy has distance up the road, one of their number, second halt, which was disallowed by the taferee, with a view to promoting facilities for the con-ment oficially promised to cancel the interdict ordered reinforcements of two battalions to bo which from ihu shortness of the depth of the ammen belonging to the Welsh Regiment, certainly appeared to be fairly earned. In this
Bouth-Western Chine, a survey be undertaken renewed its veto, presumably at the instance of picked up a stone or cled of earth and threw match Graham and Padday mode their last two and Chandise between Burros and bat has now without any noties whatsover sent under the command of generals Tung it at the police. It struck a native policeman "ppearance, for some time at least, in Hongkong at enos for a light railway from Bhamo 10 Li Yong-ik who proposes to startu Corean bank A notification appears in the Gazette with Memeio, on the frontiers of China. vig the with a note issue to be organised by a Belgian ad cause rupture of the spleen from which he died. The soldier was arrested and tre; reference to a circular despatched from the Taping Valley, as it is believed that the reports advicer whose engagement is projected. There we have not seen any report of the decision. Secretary of State for the Colonies respecting of His Majesty's Consul at Monisin on the npon Japan Las renewed her protest. The This case was not so bad as those in which a conference held at the Colonial Ofler, goods traffic between these places are sufficient Japanese Press is indignant at Corea's arbitrary the Ninth Lancers were involved, but it was Loudon, at which this Crown Colonies were to justify proceeding with such work; and, 2, og ect of the treaty and arrogant cuprice; more than discreditable, and is calculated represented, for the discussion of questions That, in order to give facilities of another kind moreover Russian influence is suspected, because to embitter the feelings of the natives to the bearing on tho education at Oxford of Ludino for the same trade, and for other British trade Li Yong-ik took shelter in the Russian Lega. and Colonial students destined for the pro. wille Southern China, pest slices should be. tiou during the recent political crisis, and British garrison a most undesirable event fessions and the higher aks of the Civil opened there, as in Kwangsi by the French, odaped to Port Arthur in a Russing zaan-of Luckily we have in Hongkong such dis Service, and generally on the establishment of ander British management, order, amongst war. That it is a Russian intrigue, however, is graces to lament. Any observant resident, however, must have noticed many cases in which soldiers and sailors (the latter, it must be remarked, of many nationalities) havs
a closer connection between Oxford and the Indian and Colonial Universities, This des patch and its enclosures are open to the inspection of those interested.
other purposes, to facilitate and make secure the transmission of orah for the settlement of trade accounts in substitution for the present method of conveying cash by mule caravan.
saarely credible, inastauch as the Russo-Chinese Bank also probably desires a note issue to increase its power in Corea. The Japanes Government is resolute, but pacifje.
Sai-lam and Ng Cheung-yun,
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The Imperial German mail steamer Stuttgart left Shanghai on the 14th inst., at 11 a.m., and may be expected here to morrer, at daylight.
The P.M. steamer Kores, with mails, &c., left
The B.A.L. steamer Andalusic, from Hao- Shoughai for this port on the thirst., at 10am. burg, left Singapore for this port on the 13th inst., .., and may be expected here on the The N.D.L. stemmer Eorneo left Singapore on the 14th just.. p., and may be expected hure about the 21st inst.
19th inst.
The silk ex C.P.R. steamer Empress of China arrived in New York on the 13th inst.
ORDERS OF THE DAY. ·
1. First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinanca to further amend The Merel Shipping Consolidation Ordinaco, 1899, zat amoud The Morchaut Shipping Amendes Ordinance. 1901.
2. First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Laws relating to the Punishment of Flogging.
3. First reading of a Rill entitled An Ordin- ace to provide for the Sarrender of Fugitive Malay States-Perak, Selangor, Pahang and
Criminale from the Territory of each of the
Negri Sembilau.
4. Third reading of the Bill entitled Au Ordinance to consolidate sad amend the Laws relating to Pablic Health and to Buildings,
R. F. JOHNSTON, Acting Clark of Councils.