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tion you cannot fail to recognise his *wiedom and his power.". He is shrewd without being cynical, bold without being rash, generous, yet never extravagant, sad at the same time a good friend, Mr. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Į VIVIAN says. He describes the late Queen DRAGA as fine, handsome woman, neither very tall nor vary stout, with piercing eyes and a chin full of character. Descended from one of the best fadailies in the WHISKY.country, she had a strong character, a clear
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An honorary degree of the University of Cambridge has been offered to, and accepted by, Sir Ernest Salaw, G.C.M.G., British Minister at Peking,
Hongkong is now declared infested by Netherlands India. Singapore, Rang son, Shang- hai, Siam, Indo-Chino, and Labuan and British North Bernoo.
General Kuropatkin, Russian Minister of War, left Vladivostock for Japan on the 8th inst. The Minister and an armoured train to marry him through Manchuria, it is eni i.
Nagasaki has been declared a plague-infected port by Husais.
A telegram from Borlin announces that Herr Kallen, German Consal at Conton, has boen transferred to Saigon.
Le Courrier Saigonnais states that the Mess agories Flaviales de Cochinchine have under construction in French dookyards four ships. Three of them will have a tonnage of 5,200 and will cost 3,070.080 francs each; the fourth will be a sláp of 6,3 0 tone, which will coet 3,719,520
francs.
The Russian General Staff "Military and Scientific Expedition" to explore Mangolls
M. Lucion Saigaus argues in the Politique Coloniale for the creation of a port of the will be extracted to the command of M. Gram-first-class on the coast of Annam. It should be Grjimals, who is well known in connection both a place d'armes and a commercial pert, and with Chiasso exploration.
Two Chiness companies at Swatew have been competing for the coelie truffle to Singapore and în consequence natire passengers to the Btraits are being carried from Amoy to Penang for $4 a head, while froights are down to one
quarter the usual rats.
In the inter-state cricket match between Ferak and Selangor, which torminated on the 3rd inst, Porak scored 316, to Selangor's 307.: At Association football Solangor defeated Perak by 5 goals to mil. At hooksy Perak bat their opponents by 4 goals to th
At a wedding at the French Cathedral, hangbai, last week between Miss Grace Boge Co., Houghong, a novel and somewhat unusual fez'ure of the wedding was thatwall gautlemen were asked to wear white evening dress, appar- only in anticipation of a very hot day, which
and Mr. C. H. Schröster of Mesara. Moyor &
Was Boi realised.
The funeral of Mr. Couil, late Mossagorios Maritimes agent at Yokobama, on the 2nd inst. was attended by a very large and representative gathering of the foreign residents there. The pall-bearers were the agents of the Pacific Mail Co, the Canadian Pacific Co., the P. & O, Co, the German Mail line, the Nippon Yusen Kaishe, and the Messageries Maritimes.
According to Northern native papers, the N.-C. Daily Newe says, it is stated that Governor Wang Chih-ch'un of Kwangsi has contracted a loan with the German firm of Messrs. Carlowitz and Co. for Tis. 300,000, one-half to be paid at
milated at the point of the convex of the land
TELEGRAMS.
"DAILY PRESS" SÈRVICE,
[FROM OUR COBEESPONDENT.]
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
Shanghai, 14th June, 4.56 p.m.
THE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS~-
TRANSFER TO PEKING. Au Imperial rescript has been issued to the Chinese treaty commissioners, ordering the transfer of negotiations from Shanghai to Paking. Negotiations with Japan have
to the China Sos. Such a position is to be been broken off owing to Japan demanding admirably found at Cam Ranh, to which the the opening of sundry ports in Manchuria. French name of Port Payot has been already gison. He points out the excellent position, situated as it is half-way between Singapore and Hongkong, and at the same distance from Mani's. There he advocates that an Endo- Chinese Singapore should be created.
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The Zenialhan, armoured cruiser, is ordered to be commissioned at Portsmouth on the 16th
instant to relieve the Argonaut on the China Station. As already noted, it is intended to form a cruisor division for the Chlua Station, and it is probable that the Lerialhan will be the flagship of this division. The Leviathan is displacement, a sister ship of the Good Hope aud King Alfred, and compares with 11,000 tons displacement of the Argonaul, so that she is an access of strength to the China Squadron. Her complement will be 868 officers and man,
a new first-class armoured oniser of 14,100 tops
I have frequently seen it remarked, states a writer in the London Daily Chronicle, that England and Franss, and the Western nations generally, fail in Asin benanse they are too civilised, and that Russia, as being something noater akin, is pre-eminently fitted for the task of civilining the barbarous inhabitants of India and China. I have no personal knowledge of Indin, but I do know something of the Chinese, and from my own experience of Siberia. I am inclined to think that a foreign settler experiences rather more of the advantages of civilisation under the Chinese Dragon than he
does under the Bosnien fag.
once in esah and the other half to be gison 'in arms and ammunition, the guarantee for the The movement for the opening of Northern tann being certain mining privileges in Kiang si China still goes on-on paper at least. The province. Apropos, it is farther stated that the Peking correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News French Minister in Poking hearing of the loan telegraphed on the 9th inst. The Chinese and its conditions at once protested to the Wai-who recently secured the right to construct
up on the ground that the mining rights of the Two Kwang and Yunnan provinces had been conceded to Frauen three years ago by treaty!
railway between Changchinkon (Kalgan) and Peking have decided to commence the work, and they are now endeavouring to get the necessary capital subscribed." On the asme day aur contemporary's Tokyo correspondent telegraphed There are evidences of the
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MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S FISCAL
POLICY.
LONDON, 11th Juna, Mr. Chaplin's amendment was rejected by 424 to 29; all tho Liberals and Nationalists supported the Government, but some Unionists abstained from voting. Mr. Balfour dopied that the Government and broken their pledge in repealing the Corn tax, and also that it was their duty to express an opinion on cortain grout
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and colonial international problems recently raised; the subject must first be thoroughly examined; it would be an ill performance of duty if they professed mailed convictions where onesxisted. What was wanted of the Government was common action and
VOLUNTEER CHURCH PARADE.
The annual-chorch parado of the longkong Volanter Artillery--now the designtion of the Corps was held yesterday morning, and at S. John's Cathedral # epeint and appro- priata service marked the occasion. The Land of the Sherwood Foresters tended the Volun teers, who were under the command of Major | Chapman, Acting Commandant in tha sherndo on leave of Major Pritchard. The atton- dance, was not large, the various proursiena to Macao probably being mainly respon- sible for the meagre numbers. After the service in the Cathedral the parade formed up on the drill-ground at Headquarters, whem an interesting ceremony took place in the presen of the Corps, to Armenrer-Sergeant Hawkes, tation by H.E. the Governer, Honorary Colonel late let South Stafford Regiment, of the South
African War modal.
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HIS EXCELLENor, who was received by the playing of four bars of the National Anthem, congratulatéd Armourer Sergeant Hawkes and commented briefly on the good record of the regiment to which bo hod boops attached in Africa, the South Stafford Now that he had joined the Hongkong. Volunteers, continued His Excellency, it would doubtless be interesting to Arcienser-Sergeant Hawkes to know that they were amongst the first to volunteer for service in South Africa. Their offer was not accepted, but the fact of its bay- ing been made showed that the Hongkong Volonteer Corps was ready then, as now, to take its place in the field for the boncur and. glory of the Empire.
The medal, which is of silver and has two clasps bearing the inscriptions" Wittenborgen **. and Cape Colony" was then planed on the breast of Armourer Sergeant Haskes, wh saluted a Excellency and returned to his plaes in the ranks.
Whòa four bars of the National Anthem,
SUPREME COURT,
Saturday, 13th June.
responsibility: no one wanted uniformity of bad boen again played, the parade was dismissed. speech or absolute uniformity of opinion. Without sharing the view that the prosent fiscal system must remain in force for all time, he did not believe that the country could ever revert to the tariffs of 1913.
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SERVIA-KING AND QUEEN MURDERED.
LONDON, 12th Juno,- The King and Queen of Survis, the Queen's brother and two sisters, the King's Aide-de. Camp, one General, the Premier, two Ministers and twelve of the Palace guard were shot dead in Belgrade Palaso at midnight by troops, whe now surround the Palace. A proclamation has appeared, sigued by a long list of new Ministers, mentioning tersely that the King and QuOOD have been shot, and convening a National
Oxtreommunications relating to the newsdelum inuocence. Needless to say his complicite sideration of the generous and enlightened "Paving Monkden and Tatung, & proposal which Ì Assembly on the 15th inst. The cring bas
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in the assassination would not make him a candidate acceptable to the European Powers. But it is very desirable that Servin shall not remain headless, to become the prey of civil war and to spread opeu strife over the borders of ber neighbours. We are iuclined to think that strong and judicious action on the part of Austria would best control the situation; but there is the jealousy of Bussin to be thought of in this connection. Much depends on the decision arrived at to-day, if indeed a decision can be reached.
There will be no performance of the Band, of the 33rd Burma Infantry on the New Parado Ground to-day.
Lieut. H. B. Whooler's resignation of his commission in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps has been norepted by H.B. t Governor,
Tha P. & C. 8.8. Bulluara, with the English mail of the 22nd ult, left. Singapore on the 13th inst., at 5 p.m. and may be expected here on Thursday. p.m. Roplies are due to corres pondones of date Hongkong, 21st April.
From a notification appearing in another column it will be soon that the London Times is about to withdraw the offer of the complete set of the fenth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica at half the catalogue price.
Ir would be profitless to expatiate upon the atrocity of the royal assassination in Serviu, That the wholesale murder has horrified Europe, as Eeurez's telegram tells us, is no cause for wonder, and the horror will be shared by the whole of the civilised world. King ALEXANDER and his Queen were not, it is true, looked upon with favour in
There is a ramour in Singapore, says the diplomatic circles nor were they invested Straits Times, that the false telegram which with any halo of romance in the general Kong Ya-wei received from the alleged ore. There has been little that is romantic Emperor of China recalling him to China from about Servian history recently. Yet one of || Darjealing was despatobed from Peking by a the latest visitors to the Servisu court, Mr. | Singapore Chinese who is at present in China. HERBERT VIVIAx, found much to say in
Tho following appears in the N.-C. Daily News:-H.E. Wa, the Acting Governor of Shansi, memorialised the throne last month that the following homeura bo conferred in con.
services, of the Protestant missionarios in the as tlement of the Boxer troubles in Shansi, for not exacting fall and deserved indemnities for the heavy losses of life and property sastaine d by them, and for using what the Chinono themselves considered a moderate fias for the establishment of a University for Western learn- ing there, vic, to the Rev. Timothy Richard, D.D., Litt. D., Mandarin Batton of the first rank; the Roy, Moir Dauean, M.A., Mandarin Button of the second rank; Mr. D. E. Husie,
B.A., Mandario Button of the third rank; Dr. E. H. Edwards, Mandarin Button of the third rank; and Dr. Atwood, Mandarin Button of the third rank. The memorial was approved by the Throne,
Two steamboats were in the river. At Antung there were 30 Russian soldiers at Tatungkao were 20 or 30 Bus- cians at one time, but, they all left for Rypogeu
growth of public spinion in Japan in favour of was originally included at Shanghai in the negotiations for the revised commercial treaty."
horrified Europe, and it is feared that it will inflame the whole of the East.
LATBE
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION,
BEFORE IS HONOUR SIR HENRY E. BERKELEY (ACTING CHIEF JUTICE).
HO CHU TING 2, THE WING BHING.
This was a osim for a partnership account and to wind up the business of the Causeway Day Dairy, Mr. H. E. Polioek, K.O., instruct- ed by Mr. F. P. Hett, solicitor, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. W. Slade, barrister- at-law, instructed by Mr. F. X. d'Almada, salicilor, for the defendant.
The case occupied the Court the entire week. and after reviewing the evidence his Lord- ship gave judgment for the defendant with costa
CORRESPONDENCE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY TRESS," Hongkong, 13th Jane. Sit,--Abyone passing every muraing, noon, or afternoon in the Robinson Road with se at' the gate of S. Joseph's Collega a regular exhibition of unripe fruits, dried sweets and objectionable pickles ou sale by two or three Chinaran, who juvite the young lada going to school to give a few cash in exchange for thaum excellent mangoes! This exhibition, it appear is tolerated by the police, who care not to drive away
The Army has proclaimed the protender, Peter Karageorgevitch, King of Servis; the pretender is at present at Genera and professes astonishment at the events in Belgrade. An official atatement from Belgrade states that,
these pestilential sellers or besides the King and Queen, two of the Queen's brothers, the Premier, the Minister for War presents them for selling such unwholesome and dirty stuff. The Christian Brothers are and four officers were assassinated and the perhaps unware of this fast and it would be Minister for the Interior and a Generalesverely well if they could place a watchman at the gafe wounded. The National Convention called for to prevent these sellers or traders in exquisite the 15th inst will elect a King, and the sweatments from roving about there, attracting the poor little boys to bare their breakfast election will be subject to the racognition of and titla, with a detrimental result to their Russin and Austria. The British Press is tender stomach. A warning to the parents te horrified and exhort the Powers not to recog-gire express orders to the amaks, who take their pise a successor who is not able to prove his innocence of complicity.
LATER.
CANTON'S NEW VICEROY. H.E. Teen Ch'an-hsnou, the new Viceroy of the Two Kwang, who replaces Tak Sow, the Aoting Viceroy suoceeding the lata Tao Ma. arrived here yesterday in the Chinese cruiser Has Tien en route to Canton; the cruiser was escorted by a number of smaller Fessels; and greeted by a salon of gass from the Tamar and from the Russian warship now in harbour. At one o'clock he landed at Elako Pior on his way to visit H.E.the Governor at Government House. Sir John Keane, Bart,, Private Secretary to Sir Henry Blake, received the Viceroy at Blake The following two telegrame with reference Pier, where was formed up a detachment and to Corean offairs are from Japaness papers :— the band of the 33rd Burma Light Infantry "Seoul, 4th Juno-The Coraan Government His Excellency, who was necoripanied by the
children for a walk, not to approach these have officially requested the Russian Minister captain of the Kas Tien and one or two man-
morably, stalls of fruits and sweetmeats will to wire to the Russians at Ryongan to with darins, wore a bright yellow jacket, aud bowed
be as great means of avoiding sickness smang draw from the place. In the note containing with trae Orientul politeness in acknowledg.
their children. Paronte should also be very this request it is pointed out that the riolationment of the salute of the Indian guard-of-
The late King Alexander and Queen Draga careful with their amabe, threatening them with of graves is a serious infringement of the honour. Chairs were in readiness, and in were unceremoniously buried at night in the prosecution if they are caught giving this bad Treaty."-" Peking, 4th June-A party who these the visitor and bis officials were Obrenovitch family vante, a svet stuff to the children to stop their crying and so bas just returned to Poking from Beon), víz | ponveyed to Government House where photo-
The Powers have evidently resolved to forth. I have seen many times the amals Wijn and Antung, statos that about 100 grups were taken and lunch discussed. His acquiesce in the situation, especially in view of supply the children with dirly sweats and unrips Russians were af Ryongan when he passed Excellency destined to smoke, but partook of the attitude of the Sorvians, who londly abnes fruits, hence the cause of so many diseases through. Twenty one of these were identified champagne dating the afternoon. He himself the Iste régime, especially xorating Queen amongst children, and the parents have to saffor as soldiers. They were all engaged in con- does not speak English, but several of his Dragn.
the consequence of their amaha' imprudence. staff can converso either in that language or in
Thanking you for the insertion of the above. structing barracks.
AN INTELLIGENT PIGEON. French. About four o'clock they sailed for.
Yours, eto
A FATHER. Canton.
Que silention has been called to a surprising Of Tson Ch'an-bsten the N-0. Daily News display of sagacity on the part of a pigeon says:His Excellency is conceded on all sides owned by Police Sergeant Messwayed, well-
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. to be the strong man of the moment in the known in the Colony as an enthusiastic bird- The CT.R steamer Empress of India arrived Empire, and there is no doubt that he is looked fancier. The bird in question, a blue bomer at Shanghai at I am. on the 18th init, and loft upon by the whole Empire as the one man who cock, has been trained to fly any distance up to again at 9p.m. same day for Hongkong, where will be able safely to steer the fortunes of China As a consequence of the expulsion" of the
one hundred miles, and about eight months ago sha is due to arrive at 9 a.m., to-morrow.
The Bilk ox C.P.R. steamer Empress of Japan, when the inevitable crisis somes.
was lost in a heavy rainstorm whilst returning which left Hongkong on the 13th alt.. arzivod praise of the late King.. Writing in the The return of deaths for the month of April, Carthusian monks from their ancient monastery
from Mació. Be turned up eventually, however, in New York on the 14th inst Pall Mall Magazine two months ago he only now published in the Castle, shows a total in France, it is expected that Chartreuse
ja mere bundlo: of feathers und showing every of 650 deaths-28 in the European and foreign liqueur of matared quality will soon become said: "The King is full of life and vigour.community (23 civilips, 2 Army, 3 Navy) and scarce and rise in price. The Paris agent of
trace of hard times. Four months ago le dispore for this port on the 18th ist, at 5 pm.
The Imperial German mail steamer Hamburg "He rises early, and late takes rest
A steady full is apparent in the number of appeared from the cote at Yanmati Police left Colombo on the 14th inat, and may be ex- He 622 in the Chinese community. The death-rate the works has already received instructions to plague asses notified daily to the authorities. Station, and not a sign of him could be pacted bers the 25th inst. "accomplishes an enorreous amount of of the whole civil population was 24.4 per 1,000 limit formiga orders to a maximum of the Daring the 24 hours ended on Saturday only seen anywhere. On Friday last, Sergeant Jian Line) loft Manils for this port on the 13th The N.I.K. steamer Taveta Mark (dastra- "work, giving personal supervision to all per annum, the British and foreign rate being litres (five a-quarter pints). There is, however, "the affairs of stato. He finds time to see 27.4 and the Chinese 24.3. Plagas plaimed 297
Mackie (23), demarcation officer of the Land over seeing the bird again, being under the The steamer Hubi left Mauifs on the 13th "everyone who is worth seeing. He swims, victims and obest-affections 118.
yellow, in bond at Sonthampton. It is under
Ceart, who was removed from No. 5. Caino impression that he had been stolen and eaten inst., a.m., and is dus here to-day at acen ho fences, he plays games. He might be
the control of an English agant, who is ap-
The 0.9.8, steamer Hyson luft Shanghai on He is the son of Mr. A. Maskis, ex- by Chinese, was amazed to see the missing the 12th inst. for this port. 'Road. The many Hoogkong friends of Mr. F. B. pointed by the head of the brotherhood. The "sammed up as the King who never tires. Kew will be pleased to learn that a cablegram has monks have decided to establish their lindil, Chief Inspector of Police here, who lately homer walking along the street towards "I prefer to sun him up as the King who been received notifying that he bins graduated lety at Tagen it is popularly retired on pension. We understand that the *paver makes mistakes." This of course in dentistry with the degres of D.D.S. at the the nodar mixing and distilling silaok is a mild ane. Of the other case, 8 were and exsuined, and it was found that both wings is written in Mr. VIVIAN'S hyperbolic University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where the herbs, is known to only two persons, the Chiness (5 dead, 3 bodies found") and 1 was had been clipped so closely as to make flight an style.
impossibility. The bird had enoccoded in He gees ou later to
he has been studying for the past three your head of the settlement and his appointed Indian (fatal).
Mr. Andre Pasquat, the Frencbman who was escaping from captivity and walked all the way "After the Sultan of Turkey, there is no He will return to Hongkong next month and successor. The recipe was supposed to have
more assiduous monarch. He studies out will join in dentistry prasties with his brother, beep preserved beneath the sitar of the chapel removed from Canton during the week to the back to its home, doubtless with great difficulty Mr," Chadwick T, Kaw. Footballers will be in the monastery. The settlement originated hospital at Kennedytown for treatment, and danger not alone from the street trafo but "every question for himself, knows every glad to know that he will play for the H.K.F.C. in the year 1034, and has seen many troublous | ancentabed to the disease on Saturday morning also from thiering natives with an eye to ecast of Ching and SW. Jare. "body worth knowing, hears all sides next season: his clovernors as a goal-keeper wat times. The aromatic liqueur is known to be and was buried at Happy Valley yesterday. | gastronomical delicacies, Sergeant MacSwayed winds along the China coast, and S, winds aver
impartially, makes up his own mind and shown in the 1898-99 onion, when the Club wan composed of carnations, absinthium, and the The other European patients still in hospital is now endeavouring to find the thief or the N. part of the China Seal "insists upon having his own way. He
the Shield and not a single goal was scored young bada of pine trees, and is made in three are doing well. Second. tenent Milward, thieves, with a view to visiting justice upon "does not, in the first instance, convey an
strengths-green, yellow, and white.
say:
against them,
after a short stay. Visita of Russian officers to Antung and Wija districts are frequent. They recruit mounted bandits, and assign them to different stations."
PLAGUE RETURNS.
The P. & O. alesmer Ballarat left Binga-
a large stock of the ligneur, both green and / top cases were reported, one that of Mr. A. J. MacSwayed, who had given up hope of inst, and is expected here to-day.
Sherwood Foresters, has been discharget.
the station and the cots. He was picked up
him or them.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory, on Saturday issued the following reporti risen over 8. Japan and the 1. coast of China.
The barometer has fallen over NE. Japan,
The depression seems to be moving away over N. Jayan. Prosauro is highest between the E. Gradients alight generally with light variable
Forecast:-8W. or variable winds; light; showery with thunder.