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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TM. 1908
The English mail of the 12th September was delivered in London on the 10th inat.
Mr. B. H. Conger, U. S. Minister to Chins, arrived at Shanghai by the U.8, günboat Vicksburgon the 7th inst.
The Peking Races are to take place on the 28th and 29th inst.
The Chinese Engineering and Mining Co has declared a dividend of 5 per cent,
It is ramioared that Suusadalaya College, Many rice mills at Cholos, a prominent Bangkok, will be re-opened with a Japanese business quarter of Baigon, have closed owing staM. to the bul times. About six thousand coolies have beathrown out of work thereby.
"to disappear almost entirely from the. “oriminal calendar, and highway robhreiss with violence have undergone marked "diminution from the same cause. The "Commission can see no reason why this useful mode of punishment should not “be extended indefinitely, and"they do not “ besitate to recommend that power should. be entrusted to the hands of the presiding judge at any Criminal Sessions to order a flogging in say case of felony which, inkis "opinion, disclosed circumstances to destro "it, in addition to the punishment already The bighost hid for the USS. Mongecey at imposed by law. Experience shows no auction si Taku was $25,000 Mex. from Capt. reason to fear that such a power would bow Blanhard, Taka; the invest $9,000 gold. "abused, while, even if sparingly exercised,
from Mars. Cornabé, Eckford & Co. "the fact of its existence could not but
have a salutary deterrent effect."
Four Norwegian steamers, loaded with English coal, arrived at Port Arthur on the 271h ult.
Captain Depuy, of the M.M. .3. Ernest Simons, homeward bound, had to be loft in Colombo, suffering from dysentery.
of
As to branding and deportation, the there has been an anasaal omount of houre-work of the French Admiral Le Do, who has Not only in Hongkong, bat in Macao also,
The death is announced at Yokohama last report contains the following passages :— robbery istely. A lady visiting the Portuguese been lying is a precarious state at the Japanese
Many difficulties exist in the way of a Colony to last week-end las, we hear, loat "realy lentification of thieves who have almost the whole of her personal jewelry while port for some time.
been already convicted. It not infestopping at a friend's house, and has lied to quently happens that a few desposto roturn to Hongkong without it boing recovered, charneters, whose odnention in vilkiny has received the completion given by one "or more terms of incarceration, com out "of gaul and terrorise the Colony for a BLEND long time before they are again captured. "It also happens that men who have lean **discharged from imprisonment for wome "heavy offence leave the Colony, only to "return when the tuctuations to which the police force is subject have rendered their "recognition altogether improbable. Wore *such neu as these conspicuously marked,
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seok their livelihood elsewhere, or their "career of evil world be cut short here, The Commission think that the benefial "nature of the scheme of branding, which * devised and carried out by Sir RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, YAS
Capt. Woigall, master of the s.8. Loongsang. on rotuming to the vessel yesterday and entering his cabin, found a Chinese boilermaker busily engaged ransacking a chest of drawers. Without intering into a discussion about the why and wherefore, Capt. Weigall promptly signalled to a pussing police pinnaco, and handed the man over to the care of Inspector Langley.
A quality of mat-bags caught fire under Part Long'a shepin Wellington Street yester day after at 3.15. At the risk of breaking their usus, goverat Japaneso diabed up and down the verandah-supports of the socood aud
bird flow of the buildings, and in their excite-
of the Military Bores at Port Arthur, Lieut. General Woropp, superintendent
strongly advocates a declaration of war against Japan, s Japanese correspondent declares, and has laid a detailed plan of both dofensive and. offensive operations before Viceroy Alexeieff.
The N.-C. Daily News states that. Wen Chang-yeo, Expectant Thotai, who for the past year or so has been acting as Interpreter and Translator for the Chinese Treaty Com missioners in their negotiations with the Powers, and who was recently transferred to Canton at the special desire of Viceroy Shum, has been appointed by H.E. Head of the Barest of Foreign Affairs for the whole of Kwang- tapg.
The American artist who has been painting
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CANTON.
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Canton, 11th Ostekor.
THS NA. EXAMINATION. The examination came to an end posterday. The Chinese part ended on Tuesday, but the Manchus wore in the halls for the three next p.m.ramination in Manchu is held, but auch is the days. Very few people are aware that an
The hardships to which they were A Bea Serpent has been seen in SingIt is only surprising that more
exposed resulted in the death of two scholars, not succumb, pore Harbour.
for there is no egress during three periods of three days, and the conditions under which the echolars live are disgusting in the extreme.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
LONDON, 10th October.
Upwards of one thousand coolies are employed in various duties daring the examination. One of these was caught this year endeavoucing to help a candidate, and he was se severely beaten The Arbitration treaty between Great Britain that he died under the punishment. Another and France has been settled.
FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
LONDON, 10th Ostabər, The French Cabinst bus sanouneed that it will persevere in its policy with reference to Morocco, on the lines already set forth in the Chambers.
TURKEY AND BULGARIA.
LONDON, 10th October. A Turkish battalion crossed the Bulgarian frontier near Rustendil, in broad daylight, on October 8th, and attacked a block-house and plundered a village, bat withdrew on the
alory is told of a coolie who amused himself by throwing stones into the cells. He succeeded in breaking a scholar's heed, but effected bis escape. The life of a sobolar at this time seems to be deprived of all-pleasure, active or passíve
A youthful prodigy was in the halls, both this year and last. Lin Tu Kat is the son of
on emitout literate now deceased. He is a bannerman, and passed his B.A. exam. last year at the age of eleven. This year he has done well, and his name will probably appear in the list of successful candidates, in which case hie M.A. degree hofors reaching the age of he will have attained the distinction of taking
thirteen,
«unquestionable, and that to its abandonment they also threw bundles of clothes, etc., the portrait of the Empresa-Dowager at Peking/proach of the Bulgurinu troops; The Tarks the taxes on samsha, flour, and other articles,
ment may, in some degree, he traced the "outburst of violent crimes which agited “the Culony in the summer nnd autuan. " of 1871"
And again :-
"Of course branding should be resorted to only in the cases of those men whose
Trom the windows. Firmen from the Central is Miss Cart, who is well known in Paris, where lost three killed and the Bolgariens one. ! stamped at the flames.
she has exhibited in the Salon every year sincs The Topo correspondent of the N-C. Daily
she began to study there, exceptone; she is, too, Newa telgraphed on the 6th inst.:-There aro Aria.
a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux rumours that seem to be authentic that the portrait should be painted for the St. Louis A suggestion that the Dowager's Russians are erecting forts and mounting guns Exhibition was made by Mrs. Conger. The
CRICKET.
THE INTERPORT `MATCH,
cricketors which left Hongkong by the es The match at Shanghal between the team of
BETTER CONDITIONS IN CANTON. With the return of the Viceroy the price of food has gone down, and with the abolition of and the security imparted by the presence of five thousand troops, the Cantonese are probably happier than they have bess for a long time. The autumn is the season of fstivals. AL present the feast of the fire god is being celebrated. Every strest is in ita turn decked out with hanging lamps and beautifully-attired
earsor or the nature of whose crime makes at Yongmpho, although the Cocean Govern-Dowager was decidedly impressed by the idea, Tarfur last Wednesday and the local representa.igures; representing historical and legendary it evident that no reasonable hope of their ment. persists in ile rofusal to grant them and the details were arranged without difficulty, tives is due to commence this morning, but characters, which are hang in frames coross the
“reformation can be entertained.
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not be supposed, however, that the effect "of fixing a stigma of the kind would be "the same here as in Engined. Within the Calong it might, and to all probability wonid, deprive the branded man of the "chumee of honest employinent. But there “geens no gend reuson to suppose that it "would have auch weight of any kind on "the maibland, except to arouse sympathy "with the sufferer from the punishment of the foreigner. There are only too many; at any time, within the walls of the gol, "to whom, the Commission believe, it is A. S. WATSON & CO. idle to offer any locus pænitentie. For
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"the most part, such are migratory stranger, whose only tie to this or any place, is the "opportunity to plunder. It is pou to unr laws or mismanagement that these ruftims "owe their criminal education. Many of then before they come hero are too deeply "stained with crime, and it seems, to my OLT communications relating in the muscolumns | "the least, of it, somewhat hard that the honest industry and enterprise of the *Colony should, in deference to an over- strained sentiment, be heavily burdened
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before that arms and provisions were lundəd The Mainichi stated overal days from a Norwegian steamer, which arrived a Yong-ampho recently. No man is allowed to near the bill, adds the Mainishi; the report bent the construction of à fort on the hill is believed to be acoarata,
From the U.S. Coaniate-Geuerat there
reached ut yesterday afternoon a notification that there has been received there a cable fr Amoy autoracing the wreck of the American abip Benjamin Sewall, Garambi, Formosa: eleven maand se woman were still missing in an open wat on the 5th October, The U. S. Vice and Deputy Consal has notied the priq. cipal shipping companies, and requested them to keep an eye out for the missing boat, but asks make a further request to the shipping world in general, on the chanes, that it may sil in the boat's being found by some north-boud steamer. We gladly do so.
While we are becoming worry waiting for to keep up enormous police and that Clock Tower to be built at Blake Pier, why "establishments, to look after and provide
telegram:- Tokyo, October 2-The Corean The Manila Times publishes the following Government, at the instigation, it is firmly believed, of the Russian Minister at Seoul, kas called upon Japan for an explanation of her action in sending two regiments to Cores. The Japanese Government has replied that she is of her army." It would be interesting to know merely making an experiment la the mobilisation whether this telogram was sent in good faith, from Tokyo; and, if so, how the correspondent of the Manila Times was the only one to know of Japan's "action."
A Salt Lake City despatch sipa J. decident to send 300 of his followers to this city Alexander Dowie, the feader of the Zianites, has
apan empire that will finally absorb the Mormon to convert the Mormons. Dowie plans to build
interests and dominate Utah. W. S. Peet, who returned from Zion City, the headquarters of the Ziouites, near Chicago, brought the first news of Dowin's plane. The Zionite leader told
narrow streets. The effect is very striking, present, from a spectacular point of view, while and tourista will find Canton at its best at the obsnge in the weather will make a trip in the summer months. through the city less trying to fordguers than
whether it will not be postponed for a day wo shenld have reached Woosung on Saturday; as a cannot say. The Turtar, given good weather; matter of fact, she did not get in until over 24 Mitchel, Pessident of the E.K.C.C., yesterday hours later. We received notice from Mr. B. W.
morning that ho had received the following telegram dated the 12th-inst:"Team arrived arrival it would appear that the Tartar must safely. All well-Ward.". From the late date of have met some rough weather, or possibly fog, on her way to Shanghai, and it is possible that that he is with the Kwangsi rabols, whom he another day will be allowed to the Hongkong joined by way
of Haiphong.
CHUN KING-WA. Chua King-wa, whose murements have been blossomed into fame, has not gune to America, attracting ounsiderable attention since he
as was reported. The latest news of him is
JAPAN AND RUSSIA.
mon for practice.
From the Shanghai papors it seems that CORRESPONDENCE.. | two entertainments are announced in connection
dinner of the Shanghai Club. Last night with the Interport match, in addition to the
Lyceum Theatre, and on Wednesday & Tarkoty there was to be a smoking ouncect at the
entertainment, open to ladies.
معيشة
PROPOSED CHALLENGE SHIELD JOE HAPPY VALLEY CRICKET CLUBS.
A meeting will be held on Thursday next, at
TO TEN EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PAESS."* Choija, Quelpart, 23rd September. Sia, Is war to come after all? According to reports appearing in various papers, it appears that this question must be answered in the affirmative. Japan's pationes has already
ativity in Corea Japan might be obliged to
All letters for publicates should be written on
•of the proper only. No anymously signed communications that have heard and lodging for immigrants of this should not the Government adopt an expedient at that after years of study he had at last 5.30 p..., in the Craigongoner Cricket Classicly tried, and nuless Finska stops ber "Orders for catra copies of DAILY PEER should be description, when a little more judicious simijer to that which they used in the otse ut/worked out plans for the founding of a great pavilion, to discuss the proposal for a Challenge open hostilities. And it looks as if Huusia is severity might afford reasonable mean of the Pier Shelter, and let us have linlf a louf "oity in the Wasatch Mountains, and that he Shield Competition among the Happy Valley purposely irritating Jayan so as to force war "would, without doubt, greatly assist this built it wills of little servico to dwellers on the Mormons. Dowie said that he was propared to jurited to attend. Tim idea of the above pro is now fully prepared for a fight with Japan.
getting rid of them altogether. Brauding It is ourous that when the new Tower is would make a determined offart to convert the Cricket Clubs, representatives of which are
stal before 11 nm, on day of publiention. After that hour tice supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash. Telegraphic Address: Press Codes: "A.B.0,6th Ed.
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BIRTH.
On the 7th October, at E.B.M.'s Consulate, nad
system, and the winner of most pointe be pom is for the clubs to play on the League declared champina club for the season, and be
entitled to hold the shield for one season. Such.
interesting, but would be a great stimulas to a competition would not only prove most
* desirable object."
low levels; practically it will be a clock for the spend much money to carry out his plans." We do not quoto these passages because farbene s far as the visibility of the dial is After Dowie is "through" with the Mormens they have our unqualified approval, but as concerned. In that case the shipping people would suggest that Mr. Eddy might try her The wife of A. YON PUSTA, Canton, of a dughter (in M. Cladbach).
[2860 being a strong and consistent statement of could not be better served than by a clock hand (or eye) on the Zionites, MARRIAGE.
the case as it appeared to a public commisplaced any of the big structure fronting on
One does not lay oneself opon to a charge of afterwards at The Holy Trinity Cathedral, sion appointed by the Hongkong Groven trays. A clock on Queen's Buildings, for super-sensitiveness of nerves if our should Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., ment more than thirty years ago. We ate and it coill take over the timekeeping duties in this paper of Friday last, regarding the
instance, sould serse every necessary purpose sympathise with the remarks of " Englishman f local cricket. WILLIAX Coorza, of "Arrefon," Leytonstone, by the way that a few years later, in 1878, of the print Clock Tower and allow that misbehaviour of ricksha and chair-coolies in CHARLES WALIAN, eldest BON of CHARLES Bro, to LEAN ALYZANDRA, second daughter of the Daily Press, discussing the subject of grand old ruisane: to be obliterated from the Hongkong. The latitude that these people are the bate ALFRED HUDSON SILVERTHORNE, of pauishment of criminals in connection with
AN INSUBORDINATE SEAMAN. Slangha
the great public mesting on the 7th of
Boforo Mr. Basil R. H. Taylor, Harbour Octoler of that year, said:-"Hongkong
allowed here is nothing short of disgraceful. Master, at the Marine Court yesterday, John Besides having to pat up with their irritating
DEATHS.
On the 4th October, at No. 2, Sungkiang Road, Shanghai, Jon?, you gest son of HABET and EHZABETH MACFARLAN DE GRAY, aged 9 months and 26 days.
Du the 7th October, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Shanghai, PATRICK DONNELLY, of the Shanghai Municipal Police, aged 25 years.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DESVOU ROAD OL LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET BIṭEET, E.C.
HONGKONG, 15th October, 1903.
I may not be uninteresting, at a time when the question is very prominently in the minds of Hongkong residents whether
ineffective treatment of criminals and bad claracters in this Colony may not be con- tributing largely to the excessive amount. of petty theft, robbery with violence, etc.. now prevailing here, to look back to the earlier days of Hongkong and see what was thought then. In 1872 a Police Commis sim sat in the Colony and produced a report which dealt largely with the matter of punishment of criminals. A few extracts from this report, which met with general approval among the leading residents at the time, may be made. First, as to Blogging, the Commission says:
landscape.
upon her. At any rate, coriain is it that Russia
Should Japan really make up her mind to fight Bussia might withdraw even at this eleventh bour. War or no war, it is high time, we think, that both Japanese Government and people made wer preparations in good earnest.-Yours truly.
Y. HARA.
A LECTURE TO JOURNALISTS. Full particulars of the remarkable warning given to journalists at Tokyo by the War Ofles authorities in regard to the fase reports that
Ship Sinet is notorious for the aumber of and impudent solicitations for fares, the passers. Stewart, A.B. on the British as. Huron, Was are constantly being published about the Man- "ought not to be made the prison-house of assault eses which take plans there. The by (especially ladies) are frequently subjooted charged with having continually wilfer charian question appear in the Tokyo papers Such, however, it must, | latest occurrence of the kind was on Thursday by them to treatment which no European dara disobeyed the lawful commands of the 18 It seem that Colonel Maruyama, a staff officer
"South Ching.
him to bo exhibited in the stocks for throw
to work"
"inevitably become unless steps he taken last, what a Japanese fromas on the 8.8. show to another without running the risk of a
Captain W. Walsh, on board the abip since. to keep the Colony free from the habitual Yawatu Maru stabbed a Chines worn on threshing. criminals from Kwangtung, instead of by the face, fisting a nasty wound. Mr. T. down on the street through being struck by two
25th ultimo, on the high seas and in the waters in the War Oflice, summoned the representatives We saw a lady one day knocked of the Colony. He pleaded not ganty.
of twenty-eight newspapers and news agoncien Lender treatment and by good board and orbemith, at the Magistraer yesterday, chairs, the bearers of which each desired to defendant was sent on board the ship. He was of their statements. Colonel Marayems pointed The master stated that on the 25th ultimo in Tokyo, and cautioned them to be more careful lodging, practically holding out to themade an couple of the offender by ordering secure the "fare." On another occasion we saw "an invitation to pay the island periodial honre, in Ship Street, where the woman was these chairs which he did not want, and had not
out that the Army was always prepared for told to go to his work by the chief offer, Jack-tar caught similarly between two of and in presence of the unstable who took him emergencies, and was quite prepared at all. "visits for purposes of plunder. It is not
our province to reform the criminals of the previous Japoness case of the kind was shafts and broke it, and next morning he was him to go to his work. He replied, “I have
assaulted. His Worship remarked that when ordered. He immediately trampled on one of the more on board. The master afterwards ordered organisation of the Army, there was no need on board he refused, and said he would do no times for any expedition. By the system and "South China, and the task is utterly before him he threatened to put the next fined at the Pelics Court.
for such extraordinary preparations as those "beyond our powers." There is not a offender in the stocks. This steno wilt word in the above which requires to be doubtless make a strong impression on Ship
finished with everything," whereapon the master forming the subject of rumour in the A Soul telegram of the let last, describes a
threatened to disrate blar. Defendant did not newspapers-runoors that were entirely dis unged in applying the passage to the Street rodios. A party of European and serious riot in the Corean capital. On the rotula to work. On the 27th, when, witness to the ignorance of journalists regarding military fairs. Reports that orders for the Indian pole, armed with revolvers stood, guard previous evening a Corean child was accidentally told him to go to work, be auswered, I refuse mobilisation of troops were issued, said Colonel over the man yesterday afternoon in case of ran over by the electric tram, inside the West
Murayama, may have arisen from the fact a riot, but nothing occurred. Several suap (Octo. An American engineer in the service of
Defendant deposed that he had heon on board that clothing and other supplies were being got shottista improved the occasion to socure un
ready for the Army as the season required. the company was on the tram at the time and the Haro for 14 months, and during that time The War Office would not fal to promptly á Corean mab assembled to assault him. A he had proved himself a man and a seaman, inform the newspapers should orders for the Japanese telegraph clerk happened to come The reason he refused duty was bad food,
mobilisation of troops be issued, and be therefore on the scene on a bicycle, and the American The magistrate found the charge proven, and requested the journalists to moderstand that so far ny such instructions had been issued by the sentenced defendant to four weeks hard labou
War Ofice. While such a lectare cannot but and to forfeit 30 days' pay,
be humiliating to the lectured, there can be no doubt that it was merited, as will be easily understood by these who have read the various rumours and reports culled from the Japanese verusenlar papere, which appear over ready to print anything they hear, no matter from what irresponsible quarter they may hear it, Nor can such a lecture, at such a time, be takon as in any way interfering with the liberty of the Japanese Press.
present state of affairs; and, moreover, Victoria Gaol is more scandalously over- crowded than ever it was,
The Police and the Volunteers are to got ho muique picture. new servico rifle shortly.
Work on the tramways has begun again and two of the already laid sections in Queen's Road East were boing joined yesterday, a litle way beyond the Soldiers' Club,
A typical instance of Chinese callousness was
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The Boston Steamship Co. steamer Bhów
arrived at Yokeliama on the 9th inst. (B.C. on the 9th inat
The N.P, steamer Olympia arrived at Victoria
The two fatal Chinese plague cases were the only instances of communicable disease reported brought tour rolice recently. An European snatched the bicycle and rode away. The mob
the Colony last week,
boy, only few years old, was playing on apposed that the Japanese purposely lot the veranda of his father's house in Queen's the American have the vehicle, and they fogan Road East, and, being unwatchol, ho contrived to assault him. He took refuge in a tailor's to squeen himself through the balustrade shop ownod by's Japanese, named Asida. The pillars and foll over, The little fellow mob, followed him and destroyed the shop. was saved from what doubtless would have been No Japanese were injured; but the mob carried jastant dath by elighting or the tolephone away goods in largo quantities, causing damage It is in its deterrect aspect that the made with the laying out of the King's Park at
There is no appearance yet of a start being wires running along the street, shout 20 feet amounting to Yen 10,000 in all. The mob were "Commission regard our system of punish.
high. «ment us altogether failing. A sentiment Kowloon. The memorial tree planted by Laly legs for some time before he came to the some officers. The officers owed some money Among these be stuck, barging by the mostly Corean soldiers, who were instigated by of humpuity, very much misplaced when Gascoigne grows apace and will soon require ground. Meanwhile a large crowd of Chinese to the shop, the owner of which has been we come to deal with a race that is be relieved of the iron railing arrounding it. understande it, and regards it as a sign of
had been attracted to the spot by the spectacle demanding payment of late. A gang vixited the "weakness, has always stood in the way of the rifle ranges to Kowloon City is not looked jeered at his peril and shouted "Ai-yal!" | injured three Europeans. The doors were inst.
Among marksmen in the Colony the remoul of a child in distress, and they hughed and Electric Tramway Co, at the same time and free infliction of the penalty which the *Chinaman particularly dreads, that of the upon with unqualified approval Kowloon Cly without on lifting a finger to help the boy mashed, and some Coreans in the employ of the "kah. Its inaxorable application to one is more inconvenient to reach, and its distane Eron who hb fell on the street and lay company were brutally assaulted. Mr. Hayashi "class of offences exceedingly common in from Hongkong will probably prevent feez tanned, they only laughed the more, and called on the Coreen Foreign Department on the *former yours, that of wrenching ornaments attending at the batts many people who othy turned their heads ampy when their mirth was ist inst, and insisted on a prompt and adequate "from women's ears, has caused that crimewise would attend regularly.
Amer
ended.
settlement of the matter.
The C.P.E. steamer Zurtar arrived at Shang
at 6 am on the 18th inst. hai at 1.30 am, on the 11th inst, and left again at 9 pm, zame day for Naga-oki, where she is
The CP.E. steamer Athenian arrived at Yokohama at 2.30 pm. on the 11th inst.. and left again at noon on the 12th inst. for Kobe, where she is due to arrive at 6p.m. on the 13th
The P. & A. steamer Indrapura left Portland
about the 5th prox.
(Or.) on the 2nd inst., and may be exacted here
left Singapore for this port yesterday, am, and
The HAL.steamer Segovia, from Hamburg,
may be expected here on the 18th inat.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report
The barometer has fallen over Japan, risex. slightly over China.
mared into the Pacific to the NE. of Japan.
The Manchurian depression seems to have
Promsure is highest, over N. China, and gradients are alight with moderate monso a on
Forecast-Moderate NE. winds, fair.
the coast and over the N. part of the (thina Sea.