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THE FAR EAST.
Berlin, 21st November.
The Manchester Guardian" publishes an interview of one of its representatives with General Katsura, the Japanese Premier, who predicts an early peaceful solution of the The Manchuris and Corean questions. report in recrived here with great satisfaction.
Q. Lloyd.
COLONEL MARCHAND.
Paris, 20th Novezaber.
Colonel Marchand denies the current rumour of his resignation, and declares that he has never thought of leaving the army.
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FRANCE'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Paris, 21st November,
In the course of the discussion of the French Budget of Forviga Affairs, M. Deschanel declared that he wasdelightofito sce the rapprochement established between France, England, and Italy. The alliance with Russia must always remain the corner, stone of French policy. As to Siam, it is as well to know that. France has no wish to conquer the country, but she isoss ensure the safety of her protégés, Horne,
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28тu, 1903
THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN CENTRAL ASIA,
An articlə in the Novos Vremya by a well- kaown economist, Mr. A. Gurief, argues in favour of the development of a flax industry in Central Russia, and against the Government spending more money on the cotton industry in Turkestan. The following paragraphs may be of interest :---
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THE FOY-FIRST ANNUAL ISSUE.
The DIRECTORY oevers the whole of the ports and cities of the Far East, from Nether- Not only is the Directory as fall and completo lands Fadia to Siberia, in which Europeans reside.
Port, or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIP in one case as it can be made, but each Colony, TION, carefully revised each year, most of which will serve as accurate GUIDES FOR THE TOURIST, giving every detail in connection with the places, their History, Topography, &o, &t.
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HONGKONG AND IT DEPENDENCIES MACAO FRENCH INDO-CHINA
Annam Hue
Tourane Saigon
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Cebu
In starting his closing speech for the plain. tiffa in the Court at Shanghai, Mr. White- Cooper said that the plaintiffs' case was very Vicuna, 13th November. $ much quieter toue has prevailed in clear, and was attested by the witnesses whose Diplomatic and 'reas circles at S. Petersburgsvidense bore out the statements made in the of late, and the general belief there seems to plaintiffs' petition. The reiting events hap be that the fate of the Far Eastern difficulty poned with a startling saddonness which might now rests with Viceroy Alexief. The Tsar have left a haży impression on the minds of
You are demanding at the present time fresh and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs nud of some of the sites-es, but it was clear that at War advocate peace, sad a change of the 1.39 p.m. both vessels thought they were in suorifices for the development of the Turkestan Viceroy will become necessary if Viceroy perfect safety, and that the Empress intended cotton industry. In order to supply all the Alexief insists on hostilities.-Mainichi.
to pass the craiser at the comparatively sliort demand for cotton, it will be necessary to spend distance of a quarter of a mile. It seemed about seventy million 'roubles from the tax evident that the safe passing at that distance resources of the Empire on the irrigation of depended upon the stern light of the cruiser Turkestan, and on the threshold of this now broadening by reason of her going over to self-seritics it is not out of place to consider sta board. It had been difficult to arrive at what
what was the former position of these districts precise distance mrporated the two courses at
that have been so dandled and cherished by 1.88.-the coarse the cruiser had travelled
the Empress was
Until the birth of the cotton polier, over and the couraS
the broadening about to travel over. If was das to overhauling and not to the cruiser Turksetan was literally a country of beggars. bat wo set ourselves to pamper it, and in some changing her course it was clear that the courses would converge. It had been shown that ton yours Turkestan from being, ou the texti at 11.35 the two courses were separated by 250 meny of local ohiafa, an insignificant country yards, and counsel said that the distance was very short. It had been showa by the gridence of in respect of her economic relations, was the position of the lights on the overhauling rapidly converted to one of the most valuable steamer that she was almost dead-astern. No portions of the State territory, The onltivated reason and bean adduced by the other side why areas of Turkestan rapidly grew; in ten years the cruiser Aould alter her course at this time. She was making for Hongkong and was on the they had doubled; the income of the districte proper conts, as the intended to pass outside exceeded 190 million roubles, whilst the com
little later. Tho Potro Blaues. It was known that the cours-mercial turn-over of the towon was calculated ut ten million roubles Now, how bad this of the Empires was altered plaintifs alleged that in-lead of taking bearings by the compass they seemed to have led prosperity been brought about, and by what
was it supported? It was produced by cotton Llukaugtau on the bearing of the light on the cruiser and assumed it was all right. It had been and supported by astounding financial privileges shown that, when the man in the crow's-neat of
At this time we pail the population of Turkestas the Empres, shouted down that there was a junk of a mile attend, they watched that about 400 million roables for cotton szported thence. In twenty years this tributo equalled object, and it was this diversion of their attention
the famous five milliards aid France na war that enased the subsequent trouble. Consol then reviewed the evidenes as to the time of the orders to starboard, sic, given ou the E contribution. Notwithstanding this enormous press, and continued that when the orders were influx of wealth, Turkestan not only did not giver the ships had got into such close prox. begin to make good the engritics borne by mity that they did not affect what subsequently Russia for her economic de slopinant, but up till now has demanded supplementary disburse- stat d that be conld not have ported and gone happened. The captain of the Empress had under the cruiser's stern, as the ships were too ments in the budget of the latter's current Seoul
The deficits of Turkestan, Chemaipo close; for the same reagan hu could et slacken, administration. as the craiser would then bave been cat in two.
vesel waid all the spitlencs made it clear that exclusive of the expenditure of conquest, oxcoed. Kun Sa the Empress was making a very close shave of ed 160 million roables, which were paid from it, and their attention being diverted by the the general resources of the Empire. junk, before they knew where they were they the Crown revenues collected in Torkastan not were into the craiser. The order to starboard had its effect, sad the impact was more in the one copack entered the State treasury to cover nature of a glancing blow. It was known that the State debt, &c. All that was received was the Empress was in the habit of overhauling vessels at a distance of less than a qasrter of spent on the spot, and additional payments were a mile with perfect safety, therefore this un-demanded from the general resources of the fortanate occurrence was due to the diversion of country, soustitating, as it were, & premium in attention. The cruiser'switnesssaid that the blow faroor of the native population of sixty copacks was a glancing one, but they could not all say how
a bead. the two vessels came together, while it was curious
The native population of Turkestan Mr. the unanimity with which the Emprem's
testitied on
point. witnesses.
It Garief gives at 4000,000, and the Russian as was absurd to suppose they would all know 70,000. how everything occurred in the moments provuiling immediately exactly exciting
Ho submitted that before the impact. there was nothing inconsistant in tre ship's injuries with the manner of their coming to gether, as the expert surveyer had shown. It had been shown that those on the cruiser knew that the Emprese ships passed very closes, and they were therefore not nervous up to the last moment The captain thonght it safer to keep te bis conres. The defendants adopted the line The ex-oficio members are to be the Ministers of defence that the cruiser was to blame for the of the Interior, of Finances, for Foreign collision by altering her course. The oruiser Affairs, of War, of the Navy, and the Viceroy. maintained that ber course was never altered The Tsar will call other persons to temperary at all. The specific regulation was the whole esor permanent participation in the labours of the serce of the plaintiffa case, namely, that the Em-committee.
The Tsar will appoint one of the members press failed to keep out ofthe way of the cruiser
administrator of the affairs of the committee, when overhauling her, the latter keeping on the erniser altered her courag was conjecture of institutions of the State when they are those on the Epress, and thus the evidence of discussing the affairs of the Far East. The Panama, Franco has done the same, after she obtained a promise that her demands would those on the cruiser carried more weight. Bad administrator will be director of the chancellery
the Empress allowed a distance of half a mile of the committee. be complied with. Germany's acknowledg- this collision would never have occurred. The Tent is imminent, England, however, will captain's evident was worked out on desump tio zo only under the condition that part of tion from unreliable data. The plaintiffs expla- the debts of the United States of Colombia nation was simple and not unreasonable. To run sions will include representatives of the various brought up to date. They consist this year of
sahip down in the open sea on a clear night after watching her a couple of hours, needed a deal of disc explanation. The Empress, he submitted, buyed Art. 21 of the Regulations for the Pre-
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The wound of H. M., the Kaiser is now alat completely healed. Preparations have been made for several smail trips of the Emperor within Germany during the month of December. It is possible that the Emperor will go next spring to some uthern
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The Empress of Russia's condition is javirable; the inflammation in the middle of the car is on the decline -0. doyd,
BULLYING NIAM,
Berlin, 21st November.
The French Government declares that Erance will have to occupy Siam until Siam has complied with her obligations according to the Chautabun agreement.-Q. Lloyd,
MOROCCO.
Berlin, 21st November, The joint efforts of France and England to procure a loan for Morocco have now been abandoned as they were futile. The position of the Sultan of Morocco has decidedly improved. U Lloyd,
THE BALKAN TROUBLES,
Berlin, 21st November After Germany has used her influence in Constantinople in the most energetic way, it is probable that the Porte will now notify the other Powers their intention to accept the Murzsteg programme-1). Lloyd,
PANAMA.
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The Tear will preside in person or vill designate a chairman
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Matters are to be subicltted to the committee 1898 should be modified at an early date. That time, past that the port of Bangkok is looked would appear to be understood both by Russia non as offering facilities sud ene uragement wither by special order of the Tear or in virtue The committee is to have no executive power, and Japan. According to current socounts, the for the establishment of apother ook company. of reports of the Ministers or of the Viceroy. Japanese Gorernment aims at scouring railway The docking facilitias of Bangkok havó just concessions in Cores equivalent to those acquired been added to by the completion of Messrs. Its decisions will be carried out by the Viceroy by Russia in Manchuria, which Japan offers to Howarth Erskine Ltd.'s new slipway; but or by the Ministers criginating the projects, or recognise. Russia is in an excellent position to what we refer to is the expectation of the in whose jurisdiction such decisions naturally realise the significance of the concession thus formation of large dock and engineering fall. domanded by Japan, which would practically be works supported by Blame capital and nothing less than the remuauistion of brown influence, regarding which rumour has been pretensions in Corsa. The Russians are evidently busy. Quite recently these rumours have not disposed to permit the establishment or the taken more definite shape, it being asserted in Asistic continent of the inte ligent and ambitious some quarters that the uncleus of a scheme race which secretly obarishes the sepitation to loin quistence. The natural direction from emancipate Eastern Asis from the Western which any extension of dock enterprise would nations. Nevertheless, Cores is of muh less emanate is Singapore, offering as it does a basin importance to them since they have found in Port of connection and supplies. But there are Arthur the jo-free harbour which they sought. indications that the matter is claiming attention Moreover, their work in Manchuris is not comfurther afield. It is indeed quite natural that plate, and doubtless. Bussia does not wish to serious consideration should be given to the interrapt it by a conflict the gravity of which great potentialities existion in Siam in she cannot fail to recognise. If her military view of the way in which public worke, be invincible in the Far East, the railway construction, etc., are now being pushed maritime superiority of Japan, even without the on, and still more in view of the ortension that assistance of Bugland, is indisputable, and mast come with a foreign loss, now imminent. might counterbalance the progress of Russia on Possibly this feeling is oridsnood in some the Corest coast. But the deplorable state of degree by the arrival on Monday of two her fusces renders it inadvisable for Japan to prominent members of the Kawasaki Deck risk a war with th mest powerful nation ia Company of Kobe. This may or may not have the world. In the opinion of the French a bearing on the matter long talked of, and journal. England also has every reason to deter the future, the doh future, will show whether her ally from committing such an imprudence. a rare and reliable opportunity for investment Consequently the République Française antiei is to be offered to those interested in the port. a further If Bangkok in to take rank, however, as a really pates that the upshot will be postponement of the nolation of the Coreau progresive port, the question of the Bar question by one of those arrangemente familiar will have to become something to Eastern diplomacy.
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