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Hongkong, even if it be at some expenes The heat at Toyo was recently registered to commerce and shipping,
It is far from our intention to advocate rotaliatory measures, but we must point out that the port of Hongkong, where a single Chinese case of plague has occurred in nine day is quarantined still by Manila, Netherlands India, Singapore, Rangoon, Shanghai, Siam, Indo-China, and British North Borneo and Labuan, as the Inst Government Goazelle testifies. Yet we hesitate to declare a port infected when a disease for more deadly to Europeans and equally fatal in Asiatics has made its presence most distinctly felt. Supposing that no further plague uses occur here, and that gradually, in the course of one to three mouth, we are freed by the neighbouring can we imagine that, were cholera to be introuliteed here from Shanghai and were it to obtain any "xfight hold, we should not be immediately laid under a ban once more by our neighbours for the new disease? The answer is obvious, and it therefore Begins to us extrendly short-sighted to
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The Rev. E. Makeliam, formerly Hongkong, who has been in charge of the Seamon's Institute at Kobe for the last fivo years, is leaving the Far East to take up work in the diocese of Perth, Western Australia."
Replying last month to s telegram diking whether it was proposed to put a tax on raw cotton from foreign countries while exempting that grown in the British Empire. Mr. Chamberlain has telegraphed that it is abs Jutely thing. He had publicly repadiatod untrue to my that he luas proposed any sucà
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A shipment of five million dollars. In japer money, left San Francisco for 'Manila 'on the lat inst..
Lieut. Bickford, a British officer brought up on a charge of cheating, has been sentenced by the maglatrate at Bangalore (Mysore) to siz wooks' simple imprisonment. The case excited much attention in Bilia.
The last work's record at Singaporo, as giron in papers of the 20th nit, shows that 207 death. wore registered, 46 of which were dao to fever There were six deaths from cholora and the mortality rate per thousand was 44.26.
The following is given under the "By the way" loading in the Globe :-Chinese Honours List: "A prediction is current in officiel vircles that Sa's name will be included in the autumn
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S SERVICE.-
THE BALKAN TROUBLES.
LONDON, 3rd September. The Perte, in a Note to the Embassies
and Legations in Constantinople, warns then that agitators project outrages on the Embassies, Legations and other public buildings, The Porto has taken precautionary measures and requested the hords of the Missions to do Likewise,
A rising on an extensive scale is expected 'in a very few days in Northern Macedonia, but
CANTON.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT]
Canton, 5th September.
PUBLIC XXECUTION,
The man who attempted to steal a bag of treasure last week was executed on Wednesday almost at the scene of the attempt. He was
tangled in cne of the stages which adjoin the
old Canton wharf, A groat crowd assembled to witroes the execution, and cheers were raised from the junks--a bratal display. The bikers had made a point of getting the prisoner executed, although his offonso was not capital, and they bad to pay $2,000 to obtain their desiro. Whether the example will have the intended effect is uncertain, as the criminal appeared to belong to a desperate clans. There has bena no execution at the wharf since November of last
seems from all accounts to be very quiet at present,
ports from quarantine on account of plngue: August was Prince Sisawang, of Laos; who is list of those condemned to execution," wat present the insurgents are moving very year-perhaps a sign of the times, for the city
Amongst the passengers by the French mail which reached Marseilles at the beginning of stated to be a cousin of the King of Siam. He was on a mission to M. Doluuss, oud according to French papers was charged by the King of Siam to state that Siam wants to live on friendly terms with France.
The Kaipan and two other Chinese cruisers, we understand, are standing by the wreck of
neglect any means of keeping cholera out the Weng Tai, which uk after her collision of our midst, for fear of damaging com.
with the Empress of Indie, and salving opera- merce, when the smallest suspicion of ne
tions and being carried on. Mr. D. E. Brown, outbreak of chulerit here would condemnal agent of the C. P. R. Co., who proceedol Hongkong to restrictions in other ports collising case, is returning on the Empress of to Shanghai last week in connection with the which would at least last until plugue legins Japan to-morrow. aquin, as there is no reason to hope that it will not, west year. There is every cause for us to be wise in time and do
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The important work of exploring the Las states bordering on Siam, of which not much is known, has just been largely added to on behalf of the French Government. The credit of this achievement belongs to M. Ajalbort, who Les spent three years in those regions aut has now returned to Paris to write a raport. Fortunately, though the population is almost excessively sparse, it is not greatly anti-foreign, No more plague cases were reported up to and M. Ajalbert has suffered from nothing Boor on Saturday.
worse than hardships of travel, scant diet, and river water full of indaifo possibilities is the way of cholera.
The German mail of the 6th alt, was delivered in Loudon on the 4th inst.
A practice game took place on the Crickat Ground so Saturday afternoon, with eleven players in the field, though there were not oncugh present to make up two complete sides,
The Singapore commanity has decided, at nu
A substantial matshed has been put up at Happy Vulay for the accommodation of the animous meeting of representative residents, Civil Service Cricket Club.
to offer fo Sir Frank Swottenham in connection with his approaching departure to Europe, au optertainment from the civilian community of Singapore, as a mark of public appreciation of his services to the Straits Settlements.. It was suggested that, the entertainment should take A coolic died on Friday afternoon in thesarily on the same evening, by a reception the form of a banquet, to be followed, sot E. & A. Trading Co.'s godown, S. Prays, and dance. Sir Frank Swettesham has since Kennedytown, as the result of a fall from plank on which he was standing 16 feet above the entertainments will be given early iù accepted the invitation of the community, and the ground:
Saturday was a festival day with the Chinese, and in many instances the glare resultant from the burning of huge heaps of josa-paper in the bye-streets suggested that a big fire had. broken out somewhers. But the Brigade way not called out at any time during the night.
Both the Happy Valley and the polo-ground
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trust that he is destined to high honour. Six cautiously. Chinese scholars who wrote brilliant essays in a recent examination denouncing the Govern mont have left hurriedly for the woods. They are nervous about the Vics Vocd.
2.
LATEZ. Turkish official reports state that three Bulga rian bands were defeated with heavy loss.on Tuesday,
LONDON, 4th September, Prince Ferdinand presided at an important
result of the deliborations is auxiously awaited Bulgarian Cabinet Consil at Enxinograd: the
The offcial trial trip of the new twin-scrow aleamer Mohlavia, built and engined by Mesars Company, took place on the Cly to on the 30th Caird and Co., of Greenock, for the P. and O
July. The Moldavin is 540ft, in length, 58ft.at Sofia, in breadth, and 46ft. in depth, with a groes
arrangements for passengers, for whom there register of 10,000 tons. Her equipment is iu exoers of Lloyd's highest class, and in the
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LATER.
The American Minister at.Constantinople cabled that some European Powers have landed
is aranmodation for 350 first saloon and 170 Marines at Constantinople and the Americans
the most luxurious description, The Moldaviz second saloon, everything is up-to-date and of will do likewise if racemmary.
is propelled by two sets of triple-expatision engines to indicate 12,20-horse power.
of
Tho. Petit Parisien states that the expori- wouts of firing from the fore-turret of the French cruiser Sully (which is te come out here) are to be repeated at Brest. In addition to six sheep, a kinds will be in the turret at the time of firing. number of birds of different
The majority of French artillery officers are opinion that these experiments with animalsøre useless, na men are able to bur, without injury, that which would seriously affect a sheep; while, on the other hand, mon have been kocked down and bruised by the recail of the gans and the consequent displacement of the turret on its axis, when such disturbances wouhl not overturn a four-footed animal. The French Minister of Marine is expected to be present at the new experiments.
THE KING'S VISIT TO VIENNA. A
LONDON, 3rd September.
his cenferences with the Emperor will exercise The King has left Vienna. It is believed that
potent pacifying intinence on the Macedonian question.
THE "AMERICA" CUP.
NEW YORK, 3rd September. The Reliance has successfully defended the Cap, winning all three races.
LATER.
return. The Reliance started with a slight lead The course was 15 miles to windward and
which she steadily increased, and retaining the windward position for the first leg, led by a
KWANGRI.
Very little new leaks through from Kwaugai. The Viceroy is probably keeping his plane dark, ns, if they became a matter of common know- lodge, the rebola might be able to checkmate arrived in Kwangsi with 4,000 troops on the them. I hear, however, that General Fung
Juth ultimo, and found twenty battalions awaiting him. He is to take command of the army on the right bank of the rivor, while Gonoral Chong will lead the division on the left. It is to be presumed that the country will be drawn from one end to the other, but this will be a work of mouths, and if the rebels cars to shut theinsefres up in their fastnesses, and do not risk giving battle, the war may be pro- longed indefinitely.
A GENEL DEGRADED.
hol prison. This is General Pan Ylk, and the Another general has been degraded and sent lown to the capital, where he lies in the Nam-
story is not res-bribery and corruption, and un- limited license among his troops. The military men in Kwangsi have until recently beszablo to do whatever they pleased. A foreigner who *peut some time up the river gives sa interest- izg account of the state of affairs. Law and order had ceased to exist in the country districts, and life was held of no account. The soldiery plundered and killed whenever the
unttare into their own hands, and had robbers desired to do so with perfect impunity. In some placos, the gentry were compelled to tako who had been caught red-handed executed forthwith; a kind of lynch law, seems to base existed. The one district where there was no disorder was that of Kwai Yun, where the
population by his indiscriminate exccutions.
A POPULAN, MAGISTRATE.
The German Consul-General at Shanghai.mile at the outer mark; in returning home the
the statistics of German vogels in the Chinese from the finish when the wind was nine knots. Pr, Knappe, recently sent home a report as to lead was rapidly increased to two miles half-way magistrate Chus had put deadly fear into the ports of Shanghai and Woosung. It appears The finish was not visible from the shore owing that only the British fag very considerably to tog. The Shamrock was about three miles surpasses the German flag in Chinese waters, whorens China and Jahu dan hardly compete
bohind. any longer against Germany: From the report it transpires that in 1902 in all 479 stenmors of German nationality arrived in Chinese porta, measuring in all 819,794 tons,
RUSSIA
LONDON, 4b Böptember, If transpires that 31. de Witte has valud
The following returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during August are corti- fled by the managers of the respective banks :-
Average Spoole in and that 491 Ganian steamers left from Chius, the Ministry of Financa And is succeded by Banks.
Amount. Reserve. measuring in all 921,781 tons. The volume Chartered Bank of India, An tralia and Chinn...... Hongkong at Shanghai trak 31 1,800,000 under the British flag amounted to 2,800,000 M. Pleske, one of his trusted subordinates. It toos. German sailing vessels did not come in is doubtful whether M. de Witte's appointment to any Chinese port in 1902. It also appears to the Committee of Ministers is promotion or from the report that the Homburg-America Line and the Norddeutscher Lloyd are more
shelving. and more supplanting all other German steam trodo în Chinese wafers,
ing Corporation 4.
1,134,377 7,000,000
at Causeway Bay were partly under water yentorday and the evening rains make the situa-National Bank of China. Limited 19:7 150,000 Total....$4,995.00 $8,000,000
tion still worse. From the Now Territory news as early as Friday reported many districts under water and suipe scarce. Fow shooting parties consequently were cnt, and those that
were suffered,
Complaints are being made just now about the systematic thefts of flogs' collars from daga that are allowed to go about unattended. The
BAND PROGLASNE..
NAVAL NOTES.
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After this dark picture it is pleasant to turn to a brighter one. The Chinese papers stata that Wong, magistrate in the Shop Tak district, which lies twenty miles F. W. of Canton, has been presented with many precious gifta by the chief men of his district, which he is leaving, in recognition of the moderation
and justies of his rule. I do not think that the sum spent in buying presentation gitte in China for magistrates is very large.
CORRESPONDENCE.
BATHING AT LAICHIKOK.
only way to prevent this will be for owners to Song The Catterpillar and Sullivan alt classes, from the Imperial head of the State and "Rolling Home," the strains of which Baichikok by the Miner on the fundar in
put collars made of brass or some such matoria! on their dogs' necks, so that the Chinese thieves will not be able to eat the collars cf. At the
Selection
The following in the programme of music to be played by the band and pipes of the 33rd. Burma Infantry on the New Parade Ground
The religious festivities at Saroff near Odesen
H. M.S. Argonaut left the harbour for home to-day, from 5 to 6.30 pau. :--
in connection with the canonisation of the new
Boon after seven o'clock yesterday morning. March Marche de Toreros Godard Russian saint. S. Seraphim, draw to that The usual greetings weru exchanged between Selection...The Mikado," Entr'acte..* La Lettre de Manor,"
...Gillet locality a vast concourse of devout Russians of the departing ship and those left behind. The
band of the Argonaut played "Auld Lang Syno and the Bose," E. Carey The Runaway Girl"... Ivan Caryli to the humblest peasant. The number is Waltz.........."Premier Printemps." ...... Mergia rariously estimated at from 300,000 to 600,050. | water and followed the big cruiser as abe crept mingled with the ehears that rolled across the PIPE PICHRAMHE. March. "The Burning of the Piper's Hut."
Little or no adequate provision seems to have been oude in the district for the fooding of along the Kowloon shore in the direction of the March... The Earl of Mansfield's." March..."And so will we yet."
thess bundreds of thousands of pilgrims, many March... "Joku Bain Mackenzie's Highlanders."
of whom have for several days been suffering "God Save the King."
keen privation. The supply of bread especially, the principal food of the majority of the poorer old story in Russia-utter want of rational pilgrims, is lamentably inadequate, It is the organisation. The papera are daily full of accounts, many of them. not lacking in extrara- gance, of extraordinary miracles performed at
same time it is suggested that there are other Mirch Her Majesty Welcome to Renfiddich." dog-steakers besides Chinese in the Colony.
Missionary Society at Hankow: Public opinion The Ror. E. F. Wills writes from the London in China with regard to foreign nations is, I think, expressed clearly in an examination question recently set. The examination was
open sea.
Ten minutes after the dry maut, the battle. ship Album left her moorings yesterday for Weihaiwei. plus!
in from practice on Friday evening.⠀⠀
The gunboats Bramble and Britomart came
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS," Hongkong, 5th September. EIR,-In lastnight's China Mail theres ppenred a letter under the heading "An Explanation" and signed." B. E. parporting to ben reply to may letter re the indoesnt exposure of two men belonging to a party of soldiers who wont to
say that "qui n'excuse s'uccuse* and bis saying question (30th August). First of all let me that the two bailion, were entound y people inside the Joss House is invention. They had to pass close to the house to go to the place where they stripped themselves. Moreover, what about the jig on
yards from the Joss House? The lenst the sand on their way back and the silly antics and see-saw they played in the water nezreely
says about this unsavoury business the
paid off at Devonport on the 4th alf, ten
H.M.S. Fique, Capt. H. C. Raynolds, wo
H.M.S. Goliath, on her way home from this
pure
The match at the Bowling Green, Kowloon, On Saturday at a special meeting of the on Saturday afternoon, between teams repre- Sanitary Board here, the port of Shanghai sonting Kowloon and Kowloon Ducks, was was declared infected with cholera. It was postponed owing to the death of Mr. Rassell with great reluctanes, it may well be an employee at the Dock. Mr. Russell, who understood, that this measure was adopted, had only been about six months in the Colony, though it has been clear for over a week was seized with enteric fover and died on Satur for the B.A. degree, held in a prefecture of the shrine of the now saint. According to station, encountered a monsoon, 300 miles from botter for him and his comrades. If they havo now that such a step would have be taken day morning in the Government Ciril Hospital Hupel, somo 200 miles away from Hankow.
reaching us from our Northern neighbour | about 25 years of age, was buried at Happy that all should love one another won the adher.ligions onthusiasm seems to prevail in the The Goliath owed her safety to her tonnan uilty faw-Yours, etc.,
except in the most improbable event of news family are at home. The deceased, who was after about five days' illness. ifis wife and
that the disease has ceased to trouble Valley on Saturday afternoon. European residents there. Merchants and shipping men here, as might be imagined, are most loth to see any restrictions placed upon free intercourse between Shanghai and Hongkong. They very naturally point out that a certain amount of cholera, or, as some
in the future.
"witnesses on the spot," the blind are made to Socotra The sea was rauning to an auguralis The question raus somewhat us follows-see, the leme to walk, the infirm are cured of led degree, and her torpedo-nots were sarried "When the teachings of the Philosopher Meh their hitherto incurable silmonts. Intense za away. Fortunately there were no casualties
vicinity. Had a similar thing happened in A smaller vessel would have fared badly. China, what moral should we not have seen drawn about heathen ignorance?
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considerable
Mr. J.C. A. Henderson, who recently returned
FOOTBALL
to England from the Transvaal, hasthusexpressed that, owing to a number of players being his preference for Chinese to settle the labour away, the list of entries to the six-a-side The Hon. Sec. of the ELKAF.C. informa
question:The preference arines in this way competition of the Hongkong Football Club Now that it is clearly altown that the South will not oloss till the 19th September. African native is not available in sulfoiently large numbers, you are thrown back upon some between Indian coclics, Japanese, or Chitess, external source of supply. You must chooso
CHOLERA IN SHANGHAI
been punished for their misconduct they richly deserved it, but I shall be very sorry if theinnocent should sie be made to pay for the
DECENCY.
STRANGULATION AT CANTON.
Canton, the execution being carried out in the One day recently a Chinelo rcbber was
tisnal method employed, The victim was placed publicly strugled at the steamboat wharf at
in a cage with his head through an aperture in the top, which sperture just fitted bis neck then the support on which he stood was, knocked away and ke was left hanging there, Death very soon released the man
ence of the people, then soldiers refused to go It is a common-spectacle at the flower market towar. The State Churches of Western Europe in Wyndham Street to see iutanding purchasers, are somewhat similar in their teaching, bat especially ladies, surrounded by a dozen or so when their armies and navies receive the order over-venders, each one pressing on the to go to war they all angerly compete to be prospective buyer the superiority of his own first in the fight, resulting in a daughter of claim, a sickness resembling cholera, prevails that is bewildering in the extreme. Of late,
wares, to the accompaniment of a cluttering the enemy. What is the reason of this?" annually in Shanghai, doing little harm however, the police have boun endeavouring to
The Singapore Free Prese writes: "Fro. outside the native city. It has therefors put a stop to this annoying practice, and with fessor" Richard, the quest who shout eight been urged that we should be very slow in good results; the summary saizare sud destruc-years ago by means of an electrical machine Hongkong to put Shanghai into quarantins. tion of the banquets and wreaths belonging to and many fond pretensione, extracted numerous The argument about the injury done to the salesmon guilty of such misdemeanour should fat fees from Singapore Chinamon, has been commeros by a sanitary embargo against one serve them a leason for their botter behaviour trying on his little games elsewhere and bone Indian coulie is well enough in his way been reported at Shanghai, the Hongkong eyewitnesses of the affair, the execution was Owing to a number of cases of cholers having from his agony. According to some Buropena of our largest customers must be recognised
found out. A Ceylon paper mentions that
but he is a Dritish subject, and not inclined to sanitary Board, at a special meeting on Satur. / carried out with disgusting cold-bloodedness Professor" Richard after as powerful. Yet, we feel bound to commend
forget the fact an eventuality which does not It is uotified in the Gazette that H. E. the sojourn in Calcutta, was the action of the Sanitary Board, which in Governor has been pleased to appoint the authorities to leave bu had to leave Colombo the land. You are therefore driven to choose Council to deslara Shanghai an infected port.. warned by the commend itself to Europeans now resident on day, reaclved to recommend the Governor in fact we recommended a week ago. The following Sanitary Inspectors to be Inspectors in the same way last year-aud be passed good workers. The Japanese, however, con between Japanese and Chinese-both equally terrible dangers following on the intro-Drugs Ordinares, 1898-M. Grice, A. Carter, England, alleging that he intends to prosecute and experience has shown that, they are not of Nuisances under the Sale of Foods and through Colombo this week on his way to sider themselves on a level with any white race, duction of epidemic cholera into Hongkong P. T. Lamble, J. A. Lyon, T. F. Conolly. J. the Scotmon for libel and to explain" to perfectly ataonable to the directions of En-issued the following report will be dieputed by nobe. We had an Reidie, F. Fieber, L. E. Brett, W. H. Woolley, Truth the charges against him. He has a
The Hongkong Observatory on the 5th inst.
Inst year, and have
no desire to soc J. Knight, E. Rogers, G, Hoggarth, C. W. Tought to do is to try to equare up his police Chinaman. From all points of view, and par-
The baromster has risen moderately over the possibility of
of a recurrence treated Brett, D. J. McKensie, A. Brown, P. O'Donnell, record which a Newcastle paper published, to
amorable, or as nearly so as possible, is the NE. Japan, and is little changed elsewhere, lightly. It cannot be denied that, while D. O'Kerfe, W. F. Callon, 3. H. J. Ross, the tune of over a column, just shortly after ticularly because the question of his altimate above normal also, along the China coast, and same to the surfaco he was promptly seized by
Pressure is high to the NE. of Japan and babonic plague is deadly enon cholera is 5. M. Gidley. J. R. Lee, B. Kelly, J. S. W. the "Professor" left Singapore for Shanghat deportation is likely to give rise to no trouble, relatively low over the middle part of the Chins more fatal still to the community in general, Brown, W. Cleveland, F. O Amy, R. We had the pleasure of passing that polins the Chinaman is to be preferred. They must Bea both here and in all parts of the Fast Duncan, E. C. Witchell, F. Jones, W. Robert read on to both the Singapore police and the be indentured; but under indentures Chinese Hence we cannot be too careful to minimise son, J. Williamson, G. Sim, A. Gordon, A. Shanghai police, for their information. the opportunities of its introduction into Watson, R. MoEwen, and J. T. Colton,
"Pr.must come in, if a huge and wealthy industry is ferrar" Richard will not return to tho Far East, not to be kept marking time indefinitely.
experience of the ravages of the disease F. Allen, W. F. Fincher, H, J. W. Gidley H.big job before him. But the first thing he repean seteru. The Asiatic who is perfectly!
WEATHER REPORT.
Gradients continue slight for E. winds over 8. China and the N. part of the China Sea. Forecast-Moderate L. winds; showory.
and the man's body was covered with oper Sores judicative of severe beatings having been inflicted before death. The body was left exposed for 36 hours afterwards. We are in- formed that the crime which the unhappy man thus expisted was the theft of a tag con- tuining $1,000 from a fellow-countryman who was sitting on the wharf awaiting a boat. The thief snatched away the bag, throw it into the river and then dived after it. Hasacceeded in bringing it from the bottom, but when be sampan man and handed over to the
story, which
suthorities. This version of the ator has reached us in Rongkong, is somewhat different from that given by or Canton correspondent in his letter in another column.