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Yalu in return for an exclusive Rasainu concession at Tong-ampho, and this is not to be wondered at. Japan very naturally considers that an advantage to Russia in Corea should be counterbalanced by one to her, and not only by an opening up of part of the country to the trade of the world
HONGKONG DAILY PRES3, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER SÅD 1903
Prince Yugula of Siam was a paryonger GA the German mail steamer Kautschou.
When last reported 1.M.SS. Glory aud Amphitrits were at Vladivostock and off Japan respectively.
Burglars got into the Penang prison on the
26th ult. They had only time to make of with a revolver and a watch when the star was raised. They are not reported back yet.
Northern papers report that trofie on this railway between Tangshan and Shark kwan bas boon grostly interrupted by floods. The rails being hidden by the water, it is dangerous to send trains forward, as they might drop into
breach or be derailed.
in general. The dahi is of opinion that the difficulty will shortly be settled by the opening of Wiju and a compromise of the Yong-ampho lease affair, Corean officials being increasingly in favour of such a termination to the troalda. But will this be a settlement? There seems to us little ground for supposing so It will be apou for Russia immediately to raise the question
The following oricket result is from a message of a grant in some other part of Corea, dated London, August 18:-Kent has beaten pursuing her policy of the past few years, Surrey by 292. A telegram of the 20th says:- and once more the Russo-Japanese sce-naw Gloucestershire beat Worcestershire by 100. at Seoul will be set going. Other Powers, The following matches wore drawn: Middlesex it may be argued, may have little interest xv. Lancashire, Loicestershiro v. Hants; Derby- Corea. But all are deeply interested in the shire v. Warwickshire; and Yorkshire v. Essex., peace of North-east Asia, which is per- petually menaced by intrigues of Russia in Northern Corea and at the court of Seoul No settlement or the Mauchurian question which does not at the same time take into consideration Corean affairs will bring relief to the strained situation. The British Minister at Seoul seems to be to a certain extent acting in harmony with his Japanese colleague, but the decision of the matter will not be made at Secul...
Oce French contemporary at Shanghai returns to the Sapan case in connection with some remarks which we made on
its attitude over the affair. As, however,
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The Mereary romarks that with the advent of the water melon the cholera season in Shanghai may be said to have fairly sot in. The fatalities among this natives must be enormous, though officially nothing has, so far, been made public,, our contemporary says. We do not wish to be alarmist, but we must ask what provisions the sanitary authorities are going to take against the importation of the disease into Hongkong from Shanghai ?
With regard to the doubt thrown upon-the- authenticity of General Bolla's letter, which wo reproduced the other day from the caiumas f the Timer, enquiries have resulted in General Botha's admitting its authorebip. He`repu-
diutes, however, the suggestion that he wished to insult Lord Milner, and expresses a desire to assist the British in their endeavours to restore the prosperity of South Afrion!
It is believed, says the J.-C. Daily New correspondent at Tokyo, that the Japanese government is planning a radical reform in the, system of collecting the tuxes on make and tobacco, thereby ultimately adding fly million yen to the rernue without increasing the burdens on the people. Bills in that sense will be introduced at the next session of the list, and the surplus thus obtained will be devoted to redacing the direct taxes, and providing funds for public works.
L'Echa de Chine writes in a more con- ciliatury spirit and states that it prefers to remain silent "for a time," we do not wish to write at any length on the subject Now, We shall await with interest the promised statement of our contemporary when the case bas been decided. As i sa to be based upon documents, there will at least be something more tangible than La more expression of opinion, to comment apon. Only two points in L'Echo's present article need be mentioned. M.LEMIERE, the writer, says that we misread him; he only thought it strange that Mr. BALFOUR'A A. S. WATSON & CO. pinion should be taken as the final decision on the case. We hardly think he chose a happy way of expressing his thoughts, for ho appeared to be making a jealous attack on Great Britain's predominant position at Shanghai. The other print is that M. LEMIERE resents being charged with Inhumanity for deprecating the protection of the Shanghai native journalists. The Chinese revolutionaries, he says, laugh at us and bate us as much as they do the the case brought against a Chinase tailer by
"Shall we protect them? How Manchis absurd!" Are we to take it then that Messrs. Powell & Co. that a tailor is not con a crafteman, it is interesting to note that there has been a controversy going on in one of the London dailies of fate, and in the summing up of the arguments the journal holds that any The A. D. C. will stage Lord and Lady skilful cutter who cuta by systems other people have invented is just us much an artist Algy in November next.
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MARRIAGE.
On the 26th August, at the Cathedral of the Good Sheplerd, Shanghai, by the Rev. Father Kivet, Tuomas landethan Hate of the Blat Tin Mining Co. and Gympie, WA., to Elsis GORDON, daughter of Mra W. II. Serros, of Kota Tinggi, Jabajo.
DEATH.
On the 24th August, at Thaiping, Straits, A. C. DORAL, late chief clerk, Municipal Ofice, Penang.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG OrrICE: 14, DEVEUX ROAD C). LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, E.C.
HONGKONG, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1903
The North-China Daily News publishes a special telegram from Tokyo, dated the 28th August, which says that a semi-official denial has been given (presumably by Corea)
to the statement that the Bueso-Cordan agreement a8 to Yong-ampho has been signal, and that it is understood that Japan threatens that in the event of the conclusion of the agreement she will regard the whole of Coren as open to foreign trude. This
Studies at the Belilies Pablic School will be TELEGRAMS.
reramed on Monday next, 7th inst.
The Swatow Hotel, Swatow, is advertised for sale, Partionlars will be found in our advertise-
mont columns,
ip
By the end of the your the British Logation
at Peking will be connected with Taka by wireless telegraphy.
The Japanese training squadron has at last returned home after its long tour, reaching Kure on the 21st ult,
The British Mediterranean squadron which assembled last month for the manœuvres was --the-most formidable floot over seen at Gibraltar.
It consisted of 46 wanhips.
AMERICA OUP,
THIRD RACE AGAIN POSTPONED,
By the courtesy of Messrs. Showan, Tomes & Co. we are caubled to publish the following telegram
NEW YORK, 1st September.
Light bracze. Raco postponed for no wind. Will be resailed to-morrow (Wednesday).
REUTER'S SERVICE.
THE BALKAN TROUBLES: "
H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENT.
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION. We received yesterday from Sir John Keane, Private Soorotary to H.E the Governor, a letter stating that he was directed by. His Excallenay to inform us that he had receive the following telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:-
"It gives me 'much pleasure to inform you that His Majesty has been pleased to approve of your appointment as Governor of Ceylon."
- LONDON, 31st August CORRESPONDENCE. As unsuccessful attempt has been made to Major S. G. Radolff, 93rd Barma Light | blow up the West-bound Orient Express, South Infantry, was visiting Tientsin in company" of Kaloliburgas, but the pagine only was with Lieut. Bickets of the same regiment when derailed. the last mail left that port.
Dr. H. A. Raymond, Senior Assistant Bur- of enteric forer at Tientsin. Another Sherwood geen of the British Field Hospital, has died Forester has also succumbed to enterio at Peking
The statement that the Hamburg-American line had sold five of its oldest steamships, and purchased four new ones to replace them, is confirmed. There will be no change in the capital of the company
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The Imperial Astronomer having reported the presence of a strange star within Jubiter's orbit, warns the Court there may be a bad man esmowhero in the Palace, and investigation is
The Turks have re-captured Noveska, killing two hundred Bulgariaus.
THE U. §, SQUADRON IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
LONDON, 31st August. The orders to the American sgandina to proceed to Beirut have not been clanged, THE "AMERICA" CUP-THIRD RACE,
LONDON, 31st August,
The third rose for the America" Cup is gain iuconolasive. The course was fifteen miles to windward and back, there was a heavy een and a wind of six knots. The Reliance
to be made." The F. & T. Fires recpmauds started six minutes ahead after cleverly depriv. special attention being paid to one Li Liesing the Shamrock of the windward position. ying-
and steadily increased her load after 24 hours,
THE GERMAN PRESS AND THE
A New Territory police sergeant who re-to two miles, when the wind dropped, turned anexpectedly to his station the other day found his "boy" cleaning a dinner-plate with sock.
What in thunder," he exclaimed, "do you mean by cleaning the dishes with s
ock ?"
**Minskes, sergeant," said the "boy," "it no belong clean sock." The sergeant took bat consolation he could from the excuse.
Simla telegrams of the 20th it, announce that there were then only 213 persons on relief works and 12,357 on gratuitons relief in the Central Previness of India. On the other hand the plague mortality continued to rise owing
per
A special telegram to the Shanghai Tince says In the long statement which Marshal Su Yuen-chun made out in the Board of Punish-to the grave increase which was taking place in ments and went up to the Throne a for days ago, he laid the sad state of affairs in Krangsi province at the door of the degraded Governor Wong Chi chun and prayed the Throne to bestow us consideration on the defence he had thus made out for himself. The general belief here is that, after all, the death sentenes the Marshal has already received will be commuted.
In view of Mr. Hazeland's recent decision to
Plogus is happily conspicuous by its absence Tom, Dick and Harry on the stage would
fron the Colony Just now. A clean sheet was again isyned from, the Sanitary Board Office yesterday.
Mr. W. Kidd, the ratiring chief agent, ef Mesura. Funchard; Lowther & Co., left by the Kiautachou yesterday, on his way to England, A large number of friends assembled to see him off.
Prince Chakrabonges of Siam and suite arrived at Singapore on the 27th alt by the Zieten. On arrival he was greeted with a caluto by the yacht Maha Chakkri, which afterwards left with bim for Bangkok,
Cricketers have had to suffer considerable disappointment during the last two days; the beavy morning rains making the CricketGround
absolutely unfit for play. A little fielding practice was indulged. in by three enthudasis yesterday evening.
Captain Alt. D. Biker of the Britial 88.7 Nestor, which arrived yesterday from Shanghai via Foxhow, reported that the typhoon passed south of Maten on 30th utt., p.m. The Nestar was at anchor when the typhoon passed. She had unsettled weather throughout the voyage
An Ordination will be held in S.. Jobu'e
demur to this."
UNITED STATES.
CRUELTY IN HONGKONG.
TO THE EDITOL OF THE "DAILY PEESS,"
Hongkong, 1st September. SIE-I heartily endorse the opinions of. “ Foreigner” as set forth in his letterappearing in your issue of the 31st ult, and would suggest that in order to confine the sympathies and efforts of the new society to the creatures really deserving of them, it should be styled. "The
Recioty for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals,” on which condition only could it meet with my support-Yours, ato.
ANTI-HUMBUG.
·HONGKONG AS A NAVAL BASE.
The Times of India writes: -Although the situation in the Far East is probably by no means as critical as certain sensation-mongers would have as believe, it is undoubtedly not au opportune time for making great changes in the British naval bass. At any rate the Admiralty has refused to spend the work of extending the Naval Yard and dooks at Hongkong pending an arrangement for a change of sito ; in fact the work will proceed with all possiblo despatch. Tto decision to adhere to the original scheme has been come to in the face of very strong local opponi. ion. The recent petition to the Secretary of State for the Colònies to re-apon the whole ques- tion by appointing a Royal Commission received the unanimous support of the commercial community and the "strong approval" of Sir Henry Blake, the Goreranr. The trouble is that Hongkong, like Bombay, has its over crowding problem. It needs space in which to M. de Withe has been appointed. Presidentexpant, the empil available aven on the island
LONDON, 31st August, The German Press is dissatisfied with
American intervention in the Near East - De being likely to upset the political calculations of Germany, Austria and Russia.
A RUSSIAN APPOINTMENT.
LONDON, 31st August.
of the Committee of Ministers of Russia retain
Finance.
Western and Southern India. The previous week there were in all 6,817 deaths, being ing supreme direction of the Ministry of
hundred an increase of nearly one coat, on the total of the previons seven days Bombay Prasidonoy had 5,568, Mysore 535 Hyderabad 176. Madrus Presidency 108, Central India 331 Hornr 67, the Central Provinces 18, the Punjab 6, and Calcutta 6. The whole of the
rest of India 'wes alpan”
NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC
GARDENS.
is gramping the business community. And right in the centre of tho ta face almost, close to the commercial quarter, is the Naval Yard upon which some millions are to be spentin pro- viding additional accommodation. Hongkong feels that coth for trade and sanitary reasons this space should be given up to the Colony. The One of the night-flowering casti, Cere admiralty ton recognise that whangrar possible triangularis, has been flowering rather freely it in better to establish Naval Stations ontelde of late, and in a day or two there will be several the boundaries of great emmercial harbours more flowers open. The flowers are white, about But they insist that their first duty is to pro. eight inches across when fully expanded, and are
vido for tlio necessities of His Majesty's ships produced singly on the stems. This plant may in the China Station, present as well as future, be seen in the tockery at the east end of the and under no circumstances can they assent to lower terrace in the old garden. The species abandon the present works, the early completion is a native of Jamics and Maxion, where it is of which they believe to bo necessary to ...security." The only alternative suggested by found growing on rocks.
New Zealoul juries are not so fond of award- ing beavy damages against newspapers on those of other lands that might be mentioned. Wellington, the capital of that Colony, has a sort of Punch called the Petrel, and it recently contained some anrcastic versos on a donation of £300 oach to a couple of churches by a leading firm of local brewers. This action was described An interesting orchid is in flower in the the Admiralty is one whics Hongkong could as "A noble free-will offering. Fragrant of boer No. 2 house. This is Catanthe Marca, a
not undertake. It is for the Colony to build on an approved site-act on the mainland-a and blood," and it was suggested that this solitary specimen of which was found in outburst of generosity was an attempt to stem
the island by a native collector in August, new Naval Yard with complete accessories to the the rising popular tide against the liquor trade 1898. At that time the species had not
satisfaction of the Admiralty. When this as shown by the accesses of the Prohibitionists been recorded from China, but, according to gigantic task was completed the admiralty at the late General Ebetion. The jury found
would move to the new site and give up the the Journal of Botany for 1903, a variety of · that one farthing was a fair estimate of the the speoles had been sent to the British Museum present Naval Turd to the Colany. But this damage done to the brewers by the poet.
from Chinadya Dr. J. M. Dalziel; the locality in which the plant was found, however, was not We take the following from the Shanghat stated. It had hitherto been recorded from the Mercery-Bauce for the goose Gees not always mountains of northern and southern India and prove muitable for the gauder. A correspondent Jar The Jowers are borne on scaped from signing himself government correspondent of 15 to 21ft, high, about twenty flowers to a Russian newspapers writes to the Japan Mail scaps, light partile in colour, and about 2 inches complaining that he ontward and Inward
There are several plants of Dendrobium correspondence is opened and detained by the Japanese postal authorities. This complaint formosum giganteum in flower growing on coming from a Russian government official wooden blocks hanging from the crossbar strikes us na being exceedingly rich. How about between houses No. 2 and 3. The dowers the subscribers to the Shanghai Mercury, and are produced in clusters at the top a little too readily perhaps, but considering The situation of Acheen continues to mead, other papers, in Manchuria and Siberis, who of the psuedo bulbs, and are about 5 inches says the Straits Times in its Netherlands Indinave nutil recently had to wait for their papers in diameter individually. It is a very showy news. The enemy have been pushed hurd since the Sultur submitted, and their leader, Faag lima Polen, has been hotly pursued. Tho
A Renter's message from St. Petersburg says that so many warships have been constructed with the 90,000,000 roubles granted to the Ministry of Marine in 1899 that the Rossian squadron in the Pacific Ocean has been increased early threefold in the last five years. It In intended tory shortly to begins the building of sit further battleships of about 16,000 tons each and three large armoured cruisers. The Neue. Freie Fresc publishes a telegram from St. Petersbarg on the same subject, which states that the additional naval programme provides for the battleships of 16,000 tons each, three armoured cruisers, and a number of torpedo boats, all of which vessels as to ho put on the stocks this year and completed by 1906.
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until they had been stamined—and blacked-in Mornow, and been returned? The correspondent
reparation, I appeal to the foreign Press of begin his botter "Failing all other means of Japan to protest." We fear the ownership of
the gored ball makes a vast difference.
enemy's numbers had been considerably thinned in succeive encounters, when a flying column came upon Panglima Polem's lurking place and senttered bis man with the less of killed. This, miskap, coming upon previous disasters; In the Times Parliamentary report on the resulted in Panglima Polem writing to the 4th August we find a speech by ones who was once Governor of Acheon offering submission' on
familiar to Hongkong as Viscount Sairdale, condition that the pursuit should be slackened,
the House of Lords on the Irish Land Bill,
constituted the first real attempt to grapple with the whole evil sat op by the measure of 1881. The following paragraph from the Turkestan | As regarded free trade, it was an notónbtəd
telegram does not make the situation fees Cathedral on Sunday, 20th inst, when it The Governor refused to stop the parsait. It A.D.C. to H. E. the Governor. Speaking in puzzling. It was reported in Japan recently exported that throu Europesa missionaries, two
abross
scheme would, Mr. Chamberlain saye-and Hongkong of cenrse agrees with him on this point-involve an expenditure far heavier than the Colony could bear. So the petition hos failed and Hongkong consoles itself by predict- ing evil of the Admiralty's new dock scheme. It has been publicly stated upon more than one' occasion that the foundation is not 'what was anticipated, and that the difficulties which have cropped up will lead to the original estimates being very considerably exceeded. Disappoint. ed Honggong may have received these reports
the manner in which they have been given publicity some reassuring statement might well species, ne the flowers are white with a large be issued by the Admiralty. The point was blotch of yellow on the tip. The plant is a not touched upon in the recent lacters from unlive of the tropical Himalayas, Khasi Hills, Downing Street and Whitelial, but the simple
Assam, and the Andaman Islands,
The rainfall for last month was 981 inches br 6.68 inches below the average of the last ten pears. The rainfall for the year up to date however, is slightly above the average,
POLICE COURT.
Wednesday, 2nd September.
process of asking a question in Parliament might throw some light on the subject. Bat the possession of an adequate Naval Base in Chinese waters is more important than the commercial conveniences of Hongkong, and as the Adroiralty experts have evidently made up thefe minds' once and for all, the colony must submit with the best grade possible and sook other methods of solving the over-crowding
bridge or tunnel connecting Hongkong with Kowloon and the consequent development of that suburb may lead to a solution of the difficulty.
that the Russian Minister at Seoul regarded from Folkien and one from Kwangs, will is expected that Polemn will not hold ont long the Earl of Donoughmore said that this Bill BEFORE ME. J. H. KEMF (ACTING POLICE problem. Perhaps the recent schemes for a
Datch sucesses are reported also from Central Sumatra.
MAGISTEATE).
ASSAULTING THE POLICE,
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
the original lease of land at Youg-ampho receive Priests' Orders. The last Ordination as of no advantage to his country, while it,] Fold in the Cathedral was on S. Thomas's Day might cause trouble with other Powers, December 21st, 1879, wo use from Church Notee,
The Bishop intends that in future the Gazette in significant This seems to indicate fact that that policy had been disastrous to Consequent on a report made at Aberdeen and consented to its cancellation. But
ordiuntion of Europeans shall take place in a new departure in our commercial policy in Ireland. He believed that if it ever came to a Police Station by a hostman that gold-leaf to it was further reported that he had lodged Jonas Catural, which is not merely the Persia, which it is hoped will secure or pre-aght between free trade and protection the the value of $1,100 had been stolen from him a new demand, more detailed than the Parish Church of the Colony of Hongkong, bat dominance in the Persian market, cotwith Irish farmers would form a solid mass in favour a plain-clothes matira sorgeunt and a lakong previous agreement and claiming a larger also the Cathedral Church of the whole diocese standing the novel and very diffealt conditions of protection. If this Bill was to work, the Ware sont to take enquiries. They boarded o area, to which he was pressing the Corean of Victoria.
The P.M. stemmer Siberia, with mails, &c., of our straggle with England. While retour tenants of Ireland must realise that they had fishing boat on which the complainant's foki, Foreign Minister to assent. According
By permission of Major Radcliff and offers, oing the slow and gradual introduction of our to give a fair price, and by that he meant a who was suspected by him of the theft, was left Shanghai for this port yesterday morning,
at 5.0 olock. to the Mainichi's Seoul correspondent
trade into the south, we at once execute a rapid price larger than the price they had given up employed, but met with rather, a warm The MM. starmer Australien, with the nort the Coreau Emperor instructed the Foreign the band of the 33rd Burma Infantry will play diversion, and attempt to seize the market in to the present time. It was absolutely neces option. Both policemen wore assaulted, French mail, will leave Saigon to-day, at 11 am. Minister to grant a lease of a small area of the following programme at the Kowloon Hotel, one of the frontier regions of Persia. Let us sury that it should be laid down that the present but neither sustained serious hurt, Two of the for this porn
The N.Y.K. steamer Bombay Marx (Bombay ground to the Russians, and the Minister during dinner, this evening (weather permit trust that this beginning will lol to brilliant state of affairs with regard to sporting rights principal amalants were arrested, and were intended to comply with the Russian ting)=-
results and enable us to put a stopper" on the should not be interfered with. The noble lord convicted before his Worship of the charge of Line) left Maji for this port on the 2nd inst., demanda relative to Yongiampho and then Overture."Bohemian Girl,” ................
March..."The Stars and Stripes for Ever," Sousa sale of English goods in Seistan. We shall went on to criticise the provisions in the Bill obstructing the police in the performste of sad is expected here on the 6th inst open the Yalu to the world's trade, to Selection Les Cloches de Corneville," Planquette thus cut off their access to the markets of which transferred to the Treasury without their duty. Flach was fined $15, with the on satisfy Great Britain and Japan It is Selection."Reminiscences of Wales," Godfrey
Serenade... Quand Tu Chantes," Gounod Eastern Persia and the interior and completely payment the undeveloped mineral rights of alternative, of six wooke' imprisonment with
undermine the significance of the Nushki Ireland, and concluded by expreming hops hard labour. Waltz ** Hose,” ..........
Margis
yat beau cleared up. to set such great hopes.
Balle
plain that Japan, at least, will not be Folonaise Chorin Gaistan real, upon which the English contince that the Government would meet the landlords' The mystery of the stolen gold-leaf has mot
satisfied with the mere opening of the
"God Save the King."
smendments in a sympathetic spirit.
The T.K.K.steamer Rohilla Maru left Manila the Ist inst, pm and is expected here to morrow, atp.m.
The P. & G. steamer Pekin loft Singapore for this port on the 1st fast, at 2 pm,
The steamer ('atherine Apcar, from Caloutts,
! teft, Singapore for this port on the Sist alt., p.m.