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wo recently quoted some remarks from Mr. (too dear, Indum lábone inferior to Chinge, HUGH CLIFFORD's report on the Federated and that the mining managers are tired of Malay States; but of course the circum-experiments and in immediate want of a stances in Malaya and the Rand render the large supply of men-200,000 to 800,000 cases very dissimilar.
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strong prejudice against the Chinaman, on
The late Herr Krapp's fortune, it is announced, amounted to £9,350,000.
Engineer of the Fire Department at Shanghai Mr. W. E. Kahler has been elected Chief
in suco-ssion to the late Mr. Lowis Moore.
Dr. London, who has been acting as tomporary hargé d'Affaires of Holland at Peking, has Deon appointed to the Netherlands Legution in
the one band, and on the other there are the opinions of prominent men that the Chinamon alone can fill the vacancy London, present existing. The Commissioner, of the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines has The Nagasaki Press announces that the undertaken to report upon a very vexedusual coll of the Messageries Maritimas stoamera question.
at Nagasaki qu the outward voyage will be omitted until further notice,
A coolio was killed by á landslip which
The Nippon Yuson Krisha has decided to occurred in Lower Castle Road yesterday make Dalny a port of call for its North China afternoon during excavating operations. tiners. Tha Tuirca Mare, which left Kabe on The Chinaman who is charged with the the 21st inst, for Taku, will be the first to call murder of his wife and grandfather at Koat Dalay. committed for trial at the Magistary. loon City on the tirat ult,
was yesterday.
thros erineurs of the Japanese instructional The Hashidate, Itsukushima, and Matsushima, fact, arrived in the harlour yesterday from Yokohams. H. M. soup Algerine luft for Asog and the Japanese cruiser Naniwa for Japan,
Dr. Pentecost will lecture before the Odd Volumes Society at the City Hall at 5.1 pat to-day on "The Reneenableness of Christianly The public are invited, and are reminded that this will be the last opportunity of bearing Dr Pentecost.
arranged to open a regular service between The Hamburg American Lino has now
employed in the new service will be the Sazoia,
Kobe and Vladivostock. The steamer to b
the Siboriani port hy way of Nagasaki. which is to wail from Kobe on March 15th for
Amongst recent contributions to geographical knowledge a home paper notes the following:-- Kinn-chon," in Her Frang tian, by J. Servigny, Français. "Eis Besuch am Hofe von Korea?" "Kwangsi," in her. Coloniate by Liunt by Friedrich Magnus, in Globus, "Nachrich in von der Expedition you P. K. Koslow," in Peterisanne, by General Krahmer.
A French Parliame.tary paper gives a list of new regsels to be laid down during the present
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The US warshipe Kontucky antl New Orleans
They are thon to proceed to Singapore, Hausi, left Cavite on the 20th inst. for North Borneo, where Admiral Evans was lying with the Zafiro. and the North. The U.S.S. Helens is due hors about the lōtů prox.
by the last mail contain very appreciative notices. Many of the bone papers which reached us of The Commission of H.M.S.“Terriblo" 18/8-1909, the author of which, Mr G. Crowe, master-at-arms on the Torrible, will be re membered in Kongkong.
According to a recent New York despatol intention to do everything in his power to President Roosevelt ja particularly firm in bis
tariff on imports from the Philippines to 25 per make Congress pass the measure reducing the
cont. of the Dingley rato,
A rat found in the Yokohama Kwaikwan on
The foundation-seefbnikling to be called the Corinthiun Kalt has been laid in Kobe by Mr. R. Home Cook.
The Emperor of China bas conferred decora tions on about 200 Japanese officials, including Terazobi, and others who performed various Flek-Marshal Marquis Oyama, General duties in connection with airs in North China.
The ignorance in London of "the third of saything beyond the sound of Bow Bells largest shipping port in the world," or indeed
round of the London papore 19th January, was illustrated by a paragraph which went the
stating that Sir Bruce. Governor of Hongkong, telegraplis that for the week ended 15th January there were eighteen cases of bubonic plague, of which ten provod fatal."
General Miles, the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, and Mrs Miles, whic left the Far East at the end of last year, did the
escort of three officers, was placed at ibeir journey from Peking to Moscower the Siberian railway in 19 days. A special train, with an disposal throughout Manchuria, and two special
ears were set aside for the American party daring the journey through East Siberia.
The Russian steamer Delay Vistock, which
having laid at Nagasaki for more than a year, was sold to Mr. T. Ohnishi, of Osaka, after
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LONDON, 23rd February, 2.25 p.m. THE RUSSIAN LEGATION AT
PEKING.
The Novoe Vremya states that it has been decided to increase the staff of the Russian legation at Peking by the addition of a Second Secretary and two student inter.*.
preters.
M. Leger, owing to ill health, has left St. Petersburg for Monte Carlo.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON, 2nd February.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN IN CAPE TOWN.
deputation in Cape Town. The deputation was
Mr. Chamberlain has received a Dutch
is to undergo extousive repairs at the Kawasaki Dackyard, Kobe. The price at which sho chang-loaded by Meagra, Hofmeyer and Merriman and ed hands, says one Nagasaki contemporary, the proceedings were most cordial, the delegates is now reported to be about yen 62,500. The tendering their thanks to Mr. Chamberlain, steamer is of 3,688 gross and 2,266 registered tons, und, was built by Messrs. W. Doxford and Sons at Sünderland..
THE FRENCH MAIL..
On and after 10th March the Messageries the 3rd fast, sys the Japan Gazette, has despatched from Hongkong on Tuesdaye, in
Maritime bomeward mail steamer will be after buetarialogical examination boon founded of on Mondays as at present. The new infected with plague, the blood showing large caused consternation among the officials and a numbers of bucilli. This alarming discovery general clearing out of the building was made.
Dead rats have also been found in other parts of the town, and have been submitted for examination,
tent will be fuangurated by the as. (Capt. Girent), or the date given above, She will leave at 11a.m. The next fortnightly French mail will leave at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning, and subsequent mails will leave alter nately at 11 s.m. and 8 a.m,
MISHAP TO THE 8.5. "EMPIRE."
News has been received in Hongkong of an accident which happened to the Eastern und Australian 8.8. Co.'s new as. Empire at Moji
The question next naturally suggests itself AUSTRALIAN CLARETS AND-What alternatives are there to the intro duction of the variously estimated Chinese labourer? There are four such alternatives, The first, that which occurs most readily. is the employment of British African Inbour eutirely, throwing open for the purpose the whole of our Alican possessions to recruit.year. They sumber in all 49, and include four ing the second is the engagement of torudo-bust destroyers, one large subat rine, 18 British navvies; the third, that of Italian
other subamarines, and one colonial torpedo-boat. All these are to be constructed in the State uuvvies; and the fourth, the importation of dockyards; while in private yards are to be built carriage, holding high a letter to the Emperor, at the end of last week. The vessel was at Asiatic Inbourers other than Chinese. The one armoured craiser, the Ernest Renan, of last alternative may be taken first.
13,583 tons, and 24 first-class torpedo-boats. scetus generally agreed that neither Indians, The Ernest Ran ought to have been begun Japonese, nor Cojeans are likely to be so last year, according to the original naval A. S. WATSON & CO. Bodas Chinese; the Japanese are open to programme.
much the same objections as the Chinese, The experts having reported on the now and the other two are less effective service rife which it is proposed to issue to the workmen. To the employment of natives Army generally, and which has already been from districts north of the Zambest the issued experimentally to a few battalions, the main objection seeing to be the dread of the authorities, says the Times, have stopped the bitherto mysterious malady known as issue of the ordinary Lee-Enfield pattern to the "sleeping sickness," the spread of which to the new weapon have already been placed. In regulars, and contracts for the manufacture: of the Rand would make the situation for accordance with the recommendations of the more serious than it is now. Moreover, it expects, certain modifications have been
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THE question of the import of labour inte the Rand is at the present time occupying
considerable attention outside as well as in
is doubtful whether there is a sufficient introduced which will adapt the weapon equally available supply of black labour to be got to the use of cavalry and infantry, and a simple in the northern territories, seeing that there system of fixing the bayonet has buen devised, is a large labour demand in them also. As the authority interviewed by the Financial Timez stated, one of the things the em
Through the New York Press and by per goal appeal, strong influence is being brought to bear on President Roosevelt to secure the
A rather strange occurrence took place on the ocasion of the German Emperor's lato visit to Hanover. When the monarch had arrived at the hunting rendezvous and was moving on with fis site, two men approached the Emperor's which was taken from them and handed to Wilhelm II, while the two men were led away They pretended to be a butcher and a Recratary of police su half-pay. They demanded from the Emperor that he should bring in a motion io Parliment for the abolition of matrimony, and the introiluation of free love in Germany. The married officers should also be abolished. After the Emperor had read the letter it was handed to his suite, anti all ware of opinion that the two fellows were simply insane,
BELLEVILLE BUILERS. The Admiral y have definitely discarded. Belleville boilers, replacing them by the latest cylindrical type.
NATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE.
at Newcastle it was decided to creato a fund in At a National Labour conferenuo held to-day
order to fight elections independently of Liberals, Socialists, and Conservatives, also to pay Labour Members to the Hones of Commons an annual salary of £200,
LONDON, 2nd February, THE MACEDONIAN REFORM SCHEME: The Russian and Austrian Ambasadors presented the Grand Vizier with the Macedo nian Reform Schome yesterday.
THE UNITED STATES.
War Collage at Washington, President Roose- Laying the foundation stone of an Army
velt in the course of a spaveli said that the trond of events had forced the nation to become a
her, coaling, before departing for Kobe, said to be the Hakwai Maru, running between when she was run isto by a Japanese steamer, Shanghai and Japiseso ports, and austaived come damage. It is further reported, though we canust Touch for the accuracy of the statement, that the Japanese steamer admitted world power with responsibilities in the liability for the mishap. The Empire is Occident and the Orient.! advertised to sail from Hongkong for Australia on 19th Marcb.
FOOTBALL
Yard F.C. kick-off at five o'clock. The This aftercoos on the Happy Valley the Hongkong Football Club will play the Noral
following will play for the Club:--
Speaking in the Reichsing last month, Count empliasised the mutual loyalty to one another of VOD Bülow, German Imperial Chancellor.
the German and English Governments, but regretted the lack of objectivity and good will in a section of the English Press towards another, backs; B. Henderson, C. T. Kew, C. C. Hickling, goal; H. C. Austen and Germany. A point which was greeted with and W. T. Caulfield, Julves; W. R. Lemarchand poet of great talent who had gone wild. Count and G. A. Cooke, forwards. loud laughter was the elusion to Kipling as a N. H. Ratherford, C. R. S. Cooper, E. Davies, von Bülow, after admitting that the bitterness of the English people against Germany was in
CHINESE LABOUR. FOR SOUTH
AFRICA
A Commissioner of the Johannesburg Cham-
employment in the Transvaal, mises ber of Mines has started for China to inves- tigate Chineas labour with a view to its
afterwards California, where he will also make Commissioner will first visit Loudton and
enquiries.
The
THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE.
ployers of labour bave to contend against appointment of Gen. Luke E. Wright to the part attributable to the nititude of the German the following arrangements have been made has been appointed United States Corsul
ments.
in the smaller colonies is that local require U.S. Supreme Bench. The agitation comes are always said to be capable of largely from the south and Tennessee, Wright's absorbing the home supply. That was a cry state is particularly pleased with the project, raised in the case of Uganda, where it was It is pointed out that General Wright is entitied claimed that the natives may be required for to something, after having been promised the industries which are to spring up in the dim governorship of the Philippines, and that he is future, And it was Indian coolies and not equally well fitted for the Supreme Bench as is Governor Taft. It is not believed, however, native Africans who uilt the Uganda Rail that the President will make the appointment way. With regard to British navvies, a requested. It will probably go to Judge Day, etatement was recently unde that the Govern- of Ohio. ment was prepared to import 5,000 of them ea condition, that the mine-owners would engage an equal number, and that their pay would be 48. a day besides their keep. South Africa itself, and, in view of the Kaffir labour costs about 28, a day, and Mr. strong support given in some qu'iiters to
ALEU told the Chronicle: "If we had to the proposal to secure Chinese labourers,"pay five times as much for our labour as "we do now, our industry would be killed. "These are all experiments. We have been trying experiments for four years, and we "mush now either get to work or close our mines." Italian navvies ruight be cheaper, but their employment seems to find little favour, and even they would require high sesu wages. Messis. Goxxz's manager puts the case thus:
"To hope to get any profit wo "conld not pay the white man what would! *be regarded as a fair wago, and then, side
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would in future be ruled by the head rather than Press during the Boer war, hoped that polition by feeling, and that the German and English people would be animated by the same friendly relations which exist between the Cabinets of London and Berlin. On the whole his speech was conciliatory.
Navy, is contributing in the Times a series of Sir W. White, late Chief Constructor to the
articles defending his policy of construction. He has been criticised for the weak armament It will be remembered that we recorded
and low speed of many of his ships; for the com sailing ship at Bangkok. We find in the Siam of armoured cruisers; for the Royal yacht, recently some troublesome times on a British parative failure of the Drake and County classes Observer of the 11th inst. the following:-On | which as originally designed was not a success; the representations of the Hou. Hamilton King, and for the sloop Condor, lost in the Pacific," the American Minister here, three of the crew which is alleged to have been austable. Briefly, of the British sailing ship Banffshire (Williams. he states that the First Lord and not the Chief Hall, and Colignon) who possess papers of Constructor is responsible for the decision as to American citizenship, have received their dis- what qualities a ship shall possess. It is the charge from the ship and leave to-day, per 8. naval officers who determine the armament, size, Keongwat for Hongkong. The Banffshire's speed, armor, and coal supply of the ships Bangkok, and how she is now to proceed to sea out the admiral's design, giving strong and safe troubles have been many since she reached built for the fleet. The consteue or only works with a very much doplated brow remains to be
ships. He adds that British ships carry place to-day, has been postponed. It is next to ammucition, and stores, and that they have Her departars, which was to have taken heavier loads than other navies of coal, supplies, Impossible to fill the vacancies in Bangkok,
smargin available for contingencies which is not possessed by foreign ships,
A special British polony" is to do planted in the North-West Territory of Canada, says
The Iloa, Ses, of II.K.F.C. informs as that To-morrow at four o'clock in the second round
Brigadier-General Edward S. Bragg, who
General at Hongkong, in a passenger by the Gaelic. Brigadier General Brogg commanded for the Shield, HMS. Glory will play 80th the famous Iron Brigade" in the Civil War, Company, R.A. The winner of this tie will play served four terms in Congress, was Minister to H.M.S. Ocean on Saturday, March 7th,
Mexico, Governor of Wisconsin, and United States Cousal-General to Havaus.
On Saturday at four o'clock the Hongkong Football Club will play s match under Hugby
rales.
Thursday, March 5th. Shield comi-final H.M.S. Argonaut . "B" Company, E.F., at
four o'clock,
above.
Saturday, March 7th. Semi-final, as stated
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A San Francisco paper says the Consul- General is 78 years old, but does not look his advanced age. He is a thin, wiry little saun, with snow-white hair and beard. His whole tons is energetic. He is quick of speech, incisive, sarcastic, witty, and an accomplished debater.
tion of Shield and 13 gold medals,
Saturday, March 14th. Final-tia. Presenta. General Bragg is credited with the oxolama. tlon Law is my profession, politics my
Scotud . The World. Saturday, March 2lat. International watch | pastime.". When he was in Congress for four. terms he was the foremost debater in the Honse
dinner of the Hongkong Football Club,
Saturday, March 28th.
of Representatives. The galleries wore crowded whenever it was known that General Bragg was to debate. He was a dangerons and belligerent debater, slazys striving to be in the thick of the fight and cutting right and left with his keen sarcasm,
The ninth asanal
FORT SAN CARLOS.
The Fort of San Carlos, Venezuela, the scene of the bombardment by the German foot in mariners entering the Lake of Maracaibo. It years. On the occasion of Liaseventieth birthday January, has long been a familiar land-mark to Wis., where he has lived for upward of forty General Bragg's home is at Fond du Lac,
represente the defences of this entrance, and is a great assemblage called to do him honour, and been there since Spanish times, and the present old Iron Brigade," at the seaward end of a long point. A fort has in the company were many members of the
one, like so many old forts in South America, He is accompanied by his wife and by Mr. is not very powerful, Certainly ifa guns would H. M. Hobbins, who is to be Vice-Consul here be nothing like a match for the guns of a under Consul General Brogy. modern man-of-war.
The city of Maracaibo, which is farther up
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
interest must be felt in the matter even out here. It will be seen from BEUTER'S telegram that Johannesburg has sent out a special commissioner to mako investigations in China, via London and California. In the papers brought by the lust mail from home there are numerous references to the Rand labour problem and some interviews with peu. ple qualified to speak with authority. Mr. LEOPOLD ALBU, interviewed by the Daily Chronicle, expressed himself most strongly
by side with the Kafir, I doubt myself the London Daily Chronicle; and its members. the now reporter of the Budget of Foreign in favour of the importation of Chinese.
The Paris correspondant of the Times says In fact he went so far as to say that there" very much, if he would be able to do as to the number of two thousand, most of them Affairs, M. Dabief. las carried through an is only one possible source of labour-supply;
"hard work as the black. It used to be passessing a certain amount of capital, are to
the lake, was founded as long ago as 1571 by and that is China." He expressed him.
*said that one white man was equal to two sail from Liverpool on March 21. This
arduous task most conscientionsly. All the one of the Spanish discoverers. It is on the self, moreover, as hopeful that Mr. "or three natives, but I don't believe that agricultural settlement, which is to be protected questions interesting French diplonsoy are CHAMBERLAIN would eventually agree to myself, so far as the core laborious forms from encroachment by other nationalities, points treated by him in succession, although rarely the introduction of Chinese, concluding with "of work, such as drilling, are concerned, to the growing feeling against the alien that with originality, for it is noticeable that the the words: After all, what is the founda."Then, too, you never will get white man
contrasts so carisady with the ingresso of guneral principles inspiring bis views of French tion of all the objections to-it ?Simply" to do what the blacks will do; to become cosmopolitanise. The allen is the subject of ¡ foreign policy aro thoso of the partisans of and bas, no doubt, been greatly excited during the ed inst, am, and may be expected here *sentiment. We have been living on
"white Kaffir is considered a degradu-
serious consideration in London; the yellow M. Hanotaux rather than of M. Delcasin man is oxcluded from South Africa and M. Dubiof is hostile to M. Delcassé's con- "sentiment for the past four years, Now tion, the significance of which is often not Australia. Of late years Catiada has attracted vention with Siam. The arguments which he é pecially to Europeana. Maramin is the leave Yokohama for this port via Inland The T.K.K. stammer Hongkong fare will "we want businees.” This is at least fully realised here." This statement of a large autabor of Americans, who find more employs would be more effective if they were capital of the State or department & Zalia and tee, de, on the morning of the 26th inst. admirably concise. These views are the onse requires no strengthening. freedom under an effete monarchy than in a sot already so threadbare. They have already an important seaport, The bulk of the loft Francisco for this port via Honolulu, The O. & O. steamer Doric, with mails, &.. supported by the London manager of the Judging by the above, we are tempted to young republic. The Americans who settle in been put forward with eloquenes by the Op. products of the western regions of Venezuela | de. ohe 21st inst. firm of Messrs. Gosez & Co., who told the conclude that Chinese labour is the best, if Canada and become British subjects make position. The only original observation which pass through it. These exports consist of The T.K.K. steamer Nippoa Mars, with mail", Financial Times that onquirios satisfied the not the only, resource left for the Rand excellent colonists, and there is no danger of M. Dubief might have inade, the corres coffee, dyes, and precious woods. The yearly Francisco vin. Bhaughal des trised at her &o., which left hance on the 24th nit.; for Sún firm that of all the outside labour available owners. The question, however, is so the kind of "Alien" to whose undesirableness additional clause by which Siam promises not million and a half sterling, and its imports
their degrading the race after the manner of pondent, would have been in regard to the exorta from Maracaibo are worth about a destination on the 21st inst. Chinese was probably the best, and that he cumplicated that it would be foolish to look there is such muriced daily testimony. But to orect any new fortilestions in the 25 between £400,000 and 2500,000. There is a
The "Glen" Line, steamer Glengyis left considered Chinese had been proved to be for a speedy settlement of a final character. there is scias reason in the effort to ensure that kilometre zone, bat this concession seems to shipbuilding yard on the banks of Lake
on the 27th inst. superior to Indian labourers With regard The main facts of the situation appear to be Britons shall take a lending part in the him of such slight importance that bo refusee Maracaibo, whore vesteia are constructed for to this latter point, it will be remembered that black labour is too scarce, white labour development and enjoyment of their own estates.
sailing its waters.
to discuss it.
right bank of the lake, and stands only some thirty feet above sea level. There are some five thousand bones in Maracaibo and close upon forly thousand people. It ina mized population,
The Imperial German mail skermer Prettines left Kobe via Nagasaki and Shanghai on the and fus, a, and may be exported here on the 3rd prox
The Imperial German mail steamer Prinz Heinrich, carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin of the 3rd inst., left Colombo on the fighting at Fort San Calon The climate on the oth pros in this part of Venezuela a very Lot and trying,
shaughs, yesterday morning, and is de bero The T.K.Ksteamer Roscia Maru left Manila yesterday afternoon, and is expreted here to-
morrow afternoon.