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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 1904
The Empress Dowager of Gorea has died, and! the Tokyo Court went into mourning in sympathy on the 7th isst,
It is reported in the most recent Japruese papers that a loan of £1,000,000 is to be raised in Great Britain for the Seoul-Fussn railway,
stands all the chances of auccess and, further, threatens to prevent competition. To return to the point, Yunoan, Mr. LITTON says, is
The British American Tobacco Company annd out of the main current of China trade and as a handsome portrait ilvertisement of thair a successful year there depends on the opiumspeciality, "Tarkish Trophies" siguroties, and and rice-harvests of the province, these in turn also a wall-calendar for 1934, advertising the depending on the weather. What is wanted | Old English curve-cut tobacco.
is some export products to give in return for Indian yarn and cotton goods. Similarly we find Mr. Monrounny, Commissioner of Imperial Chinese Castows at Tengyueh, saying in bis report on the trade of that Flove in 1902, that, if the importation of Indian and European goods is to increase, it steins more than ever necessary to find some means to add to the exports, so that they may be bartered for foreign goods and ruinous exchange transactions avoided. Mr. MovcGOMERY admits that it is not easy to suggest a remedy, Opium, of course, is prohibited from entering or pussing through Burum. Now Mr. LITTOX makes HOMе suggestions for increasing the export trade of Yuhnan. He points out the importance | of the province as a possible find of supply for ponies and mulca; he urges establish meal of a cotton cloth-weaving industry in the Tengyuch or neighbouring valley; and advises the presence of an European firm at
At Blogapore, on Christmas Day, u rickaka- coolis tried to extort $1 from a passenger, for a 25 cont fare. It cost him 85 in a fine, as the Magistrate thought his explanation "wasa't Hongkong ricksha-enolies good enough!" should inwardly digest this,
The Rokumin Shinbou of Tokyo appears in its Now Year's mumber as usual in greatly increased buik. It is really su enormous issne, and contains among other things on article in English on The Crisis" and a coloured plate of a Japanese girl. Of the Japanese letterpress we causot of course judge, but the get-up is excellent.
Among the correspondents who have arrived in Hongkong or China, ready to go to the front in event of war, is Mr. J. S. Gillies, who is a representative of the Hearst papers in the United States and has just spant following the Morot campaign in the Philip pines. He has just returned from a brief visit to Canton,
a year
In view of the possibility of a Russo-Japan TELEGRAM S.
war, the Italian Government has ordered the eruisor Vellor Pisani to romain at Nagasaki.
A Japanese Imparial Ordinance decrees that in cass of urcessity & Lieutenant-General or Vice-Admiral shall be nominated by the Einperor 10 comunad the military and aaval forces in Formosa, under tbo orders of the Governor“ General, but he may act independently in any pressing emergency.
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[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
FATAL ACCIDENT AT
SINGAPORE.
P.
SINGAPORE, 11th January, 2.30 The Russian Legation guard which arrived at Seval on the Gth iust, was composed of 23 N. D. L CHIEF ENGINEER KILLED. marinos with one officer. The N-C. Daily The Chief Engineer of the Norddeutscher
January, to the effect that News publishes a telegram dated Landen, 7th Lloyd steamor. Kiaubichon was killed at American marines had arrived at Seoul to Tanjong Pagar wharf hero yesterday, protect the American Legation, the Corean A ventilator-cowl ou board slipped from Government declining to be answerable for
its sling and dropped on his head, fractur the discipline of its troops.
ing his skull.
One
hundre.
A cable to the New York World from London says: The Wastaninster Abbey authorities have declined to allow the body of Herbert Spencer to be spultured in the British Valkalla. They were informally approached, but expressed regret that it was impossible. The question of religion could not have entered into the decision, as Darwin i<ied there Bilfour, who had many controversial bouts with the dead philosophor, expressed himself favour ably to burial in the abbey, but the dean aud olmpter proved adverse.
Prime Minister
The Ostasiatische Lloyd wrote on the 5th inet. The Russian Government has sent its answer to the last Japanese Note to Admiral Alexieff, who is ordered to forward it at once to the Japanese Government. It is proposed
Superior Vintage. ALL ARE GUARANTengyuel in the liope of opening now lines Pfort writes of the recent campaign in Sala, therein. that the negotiations about some new
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The N-C. Daily News Tokyo correspondent wired on the 7th inst. that Russia appears still to hope for a peaceful settlement, but the situa- tion is considered hore to be most grave and to
points, which have been raise1, will be trans- ferred to . Petersburg. Both in Berlin and in Paris, the best-informed circles assure us that any warlike measures taken by Japan in South Corea would not be a case of war for Russia. II the Rassiau apswer is received favourably in Tokyo, Admiral Alexieff will start at once for S. Peterburg.
The remarks of Herr Bebel, the German Socialist leader, in the Reichstag on the 10th
[We have been unable to discover any details about the unfortunate engineer except that is Hongkong for Earope ou
was T. Ström. The Klautschon left
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the 6th inst.---
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THE NORTHERN CRISIS,
LONDON, 9th Junnary, Conat Renckendorf und Viscount Hayashi have visited the For-ign Oleo, simost sim ul.
taneously. The Ambassador was recoired by Lord Lausdorno first and had & lengthy interview. Viscount Hayashi was received imtaediately afterwards.
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All the Bourers are stronger, reßucting a sudden reversion to hopefulness, based on well- accredited reports that the latest note recog. uises Japan's prepontterance in Cores, which, at the instance of Almirat Alexieff, was pro. viously refus d. t is generally believed that this concession will but to a nonlinnance of negotiations making for poses.
of trade, especially of export trade, which the Chinese themselves are very slow to attempt. Yet it is to be noted from Mr. | MONTGOMERY's report that the opening of the Tengyueh Custom House on the 8th Mag, 1902, followed by that of two stations nerer Borina three days later, was favour
The Japanese war ships Nyesia and Kasuga ably received by the local merchants, who
have loft Gonos for Suez flying the Japanese gave no trouble whatever in opposition to
leg. The crews are composed half of English Customs methods. The first twelve months of Tengyush were estimated to bring in
it, created no little esneation when be alluded and half of Itations, commanded by English to Russia. Ho said, among other things: me; and the o her officers are all English, Hk. Tis. 30,000 in duty collected, wherons led by the military arm." Later he telegraph. "Russia is essentially a barbarous state, against with the exception of five Japanese. under the old lekin rules the revenue varieden: "Russin's auswer is unsatisfactory, especial-whose bestialities all the European Governments between Ik. Tls. 10,000 and 20,000, ly with reference to Cores. The negotiations have made no protest." The speaker then The between Japan and Russia have no common alluded to Kishineff, whore, he said, the A. S. WATSON & CO. never reaching the latter figure.
most popular imports, 38 enumerated ground on which they can be continued. The authorities "stood by and watched murders."
LITTON from by Mr.
Ho assorted (and who can deny it ?) that a his personal so-called friendly negotiations are undoubtedly
Russian General had driven thousands of observations, are blankets, cheap clocks fatile."
Chinese into the Amur river, and said the and watches, mirrors, enamelled iron-
arrest of a Russisa epy at Sofla had resulted in
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Great celebrations were carried out by the
ware, cheap ribbons and laces for trim-Chinese in Chicago, on the 9th ult. for the wed-finding among his papers documentary proofs mings, pocket knives, padlocks, umbrellas, ding of Wong Dock, a scion of a well-known that Rassis was privy to the plan assassinate leather belts, the stouter cottous, such a rich Canton family, and himself a weal by King Alexander months before, the event American drills, cotton prints of a gaudy merchant. He is a son of Dr. Wong Let, trea-occurred." 131 pattern, Turkey reds, cigarettes, jade, coral, surer of the Chinese Exposition Commission. and amber. Mr. MONTGOMERY mentions The bride-elect is the daughter of another also American kerosene and Japanese wealthy merchant of San Francisco, described as being young and very beautiful. On the ore matches. The actual value of native pro- of the worlding a final bachelor dinner was given duce exported in 1902 was Hk. Tis. 148,392,
to the bridegroom by Mr. Hing Pak Sun, served of which no less than 73 per cent. was
In the American style, with coloured waiters. Szecbuen yellow silk. There were also
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The N.-C. Daily News says:-A painful sensation was caused in the Settlements on 6th inst, when it became known that Mr. R. Schwind of the Russo-Chinese Bink had been arrested on, a charge of embezzling about Tls. 12,000 from his employers. Mr. Schwind was arrested on a German-Conseler warrant yesterday morning and brought up
Was
The proceedings were of a private nature and it is understood that there will not be another hearing for some days. Meanwhile the accused is to be kept in custody at the British Consular Gaul Defalcations having been alleged against another member of the staff of the Bank, who recently left for home, a warrant for bis arrest
already appeared in other papers will be inserted. hemp-twine, carpets, walnuts, urpiment month :-"While everything in the progress before Mr. Masus, H.I.G.H. Vice-Consul, sent before 11 am. on day of publication. After that Paper, hides, and native drugs; Mr. LarrON of the negotiations between Japan and Russis pent, reply is limited. Only supplied for Dashadde musk, straw-braid, wools and furs, and points conclusively to an amicable settlement Telegraphic Address: Panos Codes: A R.C. 5th bristles. With regard to mining-produce, of their differences over Manchuria and Corea, Mr. MONTGOMERY has little to say, and it is amusing to note the dogged persistency Mr. LITTON does not care to offer any of the British newspapers and their Orisuta! advice, while doubting whether in North-corpondents in predicting the probabilities of war. Possibly the wish is father to the
that American papers accuse British of naduo sauestionalism. And what about that" amicable settlement" now!
On the 10th inst., at Lewinor, the Peak, the
wife of MARCUE WAKE SLAB, of a daughter.
CANTON.
Canton, 9th January.
THE END OF LO CHAN,
The brigand chief Ao Chan has been track:d and killed in the village Ao Chain at the foot of the Saichow mountain in the Namboi dis trist. The dead bodies of Ao and three of his
PORT ARTHUR,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Port Arthur, 28th December,
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
Much anxiety is felt for the wall-known Port Arthur merobant, Mr. Sydney George Reilly (whose sams I mentioned in my las letter), the Managor of the East Aniati Company, who left about seven weeks ago for a short pleasure trip to Japan and has not been heard of since the 18th Novembor. The disappearance of Mr. Reilly has givan
some
rise to considerable amount of gossip. It appears, however, that the case is absolutely mysterious, as money has no place in it Mr. Reilly voluntarily gave notice, time back, that he wishel to are his luutative post as manager of the above- mentioned Danish Company in order to start in business on his own account. The con tidence of his friends in his honesty and business capacity was such that sufficent money was placed at his disposal to enable him to begin tbe new business, and the pick of the East Asistio Company's Port Arthur branch résigned their posts (or gaire ustica) in order to join him in his Low venture. The present writer say him in his own house just before he started for Japan aul found him looking well, although he said that he had overwerked himself and needed a rast badly. He accordingly left Daluy for
Nagasaki by the C. E. R. S. Argan on the 14th November, reached Nagasaki on the 16th, and tolographed the news of his arrival to a fiend in Port Arthur on the same day. He after- wards wrote from Kobe on the 18th saying that he was delighted with Japan and proposed sse- ing Osaka, Kioto, and Miyanoshita before re- turning. That was the last letter his frienda received from him, and some seven weeks have nowelapsed without any nows of him coming to band. ile should have been back in Per Arthur,veral weeks ago in order to assist at the closing of the business for the your and to mest his wife, then on her way from Europe. Mrs. Reilly arrived, expecting to meet her kasband who had telegraphed to her saying that he hoped they would sp-nd Christmas together, and her surprise and annoyance en discovering his absence and on bearing some of the gosip circulated about him may easily be imagined. She has now left for Juper in nedan to traes him -os best she can. Some of Mr. Reilly's frioul
here are inclined to think that he is the occupat of a Japanese dungeon as a Russian spy, but this is in the highest degree imprnhable, as is also the theory that he has met with an accident on Boase out-of-the-way meuntain in the Hakone
district. If he were arrested he could soon
Mr. Reilly's father was Itish, and his mother Polish. He was educated at Trinity College,
adjutants were placed on the Government pat bimaolf in communication with persons wharf at Canton for identification and barial. who could help him, and if he met with an Some of Admiral Li Chou's soldiers who accident or were even killed in some remote were killed in fighting against the brigands | part of Japan, the police would very soon
comunnaicato with his friends bora. were buried with honour, soldiers accompa uying their remains to the burial ground. Yesterday Captains Ko How Chee, Pau Chenk Man, and Fu Chan Hoi were summoned before Dabiin, and at Heidelberg University, Germany, Viceroy Sham, who in a few appropriate and speaks French, German, and Russian as well words praised them and promised them pro- | as be speaks Eugilah. Ho studied chemistry at motion. The people here say thatone of the great college and joined Mesers. Clarkson's Port est mischiefs in Kwangtung has been destroyed Arthur branch two years ago as a clerk. tis rise to the head of the Port Arthur brnoch of The jos-house of Wong Tai Sin, or the the East Asiatic Company was rapid, bat did Great Genius Wong, in Honam, has been not apparently satisfy his active spirit, for he doing a roaring trade, every day thousands of seems to have been interested in other com- people going there to pray the joss to give mercial enterprises, especially in the Liustung them children or good hrok, and the keeper Mining Syndicate. I saw Mr. Forum, the thereof was making a fortune by selling present manager of the . A. Company here, and joss-sticks and papers. Some of the gentry
he says that Mr. Reilly's acconuts are in order.
On the 10th January, 100t, at No. G, Seymour Western Yunnan there are any mines which I thought with them." Sarely it is very seldom has been telegraphed to Singapore by the Ger- und
[20 Rowl, the wife of S, H. Jonar, of a BOTA.
On the Both November. 1008, at Liverpool, England, the wife of D. MELLES, Chinese Imperial Postal Service, Shangbui, of a en.
On the 25th December, Christmas Day, at George Road, Singapore, the wife of ED. Doar
WILLOUGHST, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE.
hanghai, by the Lov. Phrs Le Gall, WALTER On the 8th January, 1904, at B. Joseph's Church,
ANDREW, CROMBIE, to ERTELLA CORINNE PER- DEATH.
AULT,
On the 4th January, 1904, at Solbjerg, Denmark, suddenly, MARTIN EOHDE, late of Shanghai..
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From time to time, in spite of the constant arising of more important questions in other parts of China, and in spite too of the loug obsession of the public mind by the varying phases of the Manchurian difficulty, atten- tion is directed in British official reports
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man Consular authorities.
THE CANTON-FATSHAN BAILWAY.
Within the last two or three days rumours of
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graduates petitioned the Viceroy, oharacterising all this as a great anisaace, and asked him to coufiscate the temple, His Ercol- lency ordered the joss to ba shifted, and hia templo converted into a public school.
KOEN PIRACY,
would repay the cost of trausport of foreign machinery and introduction of foreign en- gineers. On the whole, it cannot be said that the immediate prospects of this part of the province are brilliant, but still
part served by the Red River route, and the it is considerably more populous than the
opening of Tengyueh must lead to expan. sien of trade by the Burma route. But the real importance of Yunnan, it must always At Brookfield the steamship was compelled to The natives are apparently, bitterly opposed next morning. The property takon was enor
An Astoria (Oregon) despatch dated the 19th Doceber says:-Seven Japanese are missing
is rife as to their fate. When the vessel left from the Oriental liner Indrapelli, and speculation
Portland she had nineteen Japanese on board, sightson being deported for irregularities in their papers and one for a contagious disease, be remembered, is that it is the threshold of some to anchor and the men escaped during the Szechen and the Upper Yangtsze region, night. They jumped into the river and started and for this reason its opering acquires a to swim ashore 140 yards distant, The water valite entirely apart from what the province was icy cold and whether all reached land safely itself can do toc Burmese and Indian trade. is doubted. It is reported here to-night that As the western gate of Central China the far wars drowned, but there is nothing to opening of Yunnon is essential to British commerce and influence,
Viceroy Yuan, says the Shanghai Tang Wen Ha Pao, has resigned his post na Director General of the railway, so that he may devote all his time to the reorganisation of the Chinese
confirm this report.
STRANGE AFFAIR ON BOARD THE * CHUNGKING
I have heard of a rather strange occurrence that took place on Christmas Eve. A Chiusman had paid the compradore to give up his cabin to him from Vladivostock to Chefoo, and on Christ- mas night there was such a disturbance in the cabin of the compradore time the latter was asked replied that he had not slept in the cabin, having in the morning to tell what was the matter. He
Attack and robbery on en extensive scala is a most alarming character have come to Hong reported. Several hundred thisves went in two kong regarding the progress of the work on large boats towed by a star-launch to Palabok the Caston-Fatahan railway. According to village in Sau Ui, end attacked and robbed anven
surrendered it to a friend; but on afterwards our information, the work is practically at a standstill on all the sections of the railroad.ty or more houses and shops from 7 p.m. to 5 s.m.proceeding to interview this friend in order to obtain an explanation of the disturbance, be to the European venture, and, if all resist; but when the rubbers were just leaving occupying the cabin, the original lessee of the mons. At first the villagers were afraid to found a Chinuman he had never seen before conuts are true, are ready to resist by fores
cabin having apparently disappeared. A dili- of arme the incoming of the foreigners. En-
gent search for him revealed, however, the fact ropeans who have come down from the line lately all tell the same tale of the Chinese showing bad feeling towards the Westerners who are engaged on the line. The attack on one of the railway construction camps
they want eat and fought with them, two villagers being killed and several badly wounded.
So now they, together with the inhabitants of the adjacent village San Ning, have petitioned for permission to form volunteer corps, sad lave sent men to Hongkong to buy arms.
KIDNAPPING,
that he had been chopped into very small piecos and tied up in a cack which was discovered in the cabin. Robbery must have been the motive
of the murderer, for the victim was rich and bad been bringing a large sum of money with him from Vladivostock. The fact that the British Consulate at Chefco handed two Chinese
The Shanghai Mercury has, the following :- It is stated among the native community that lately will be fresh yet in the public memory, A girl, Lai A Saw, was kidnapped and an unusually daring robbery was recently com On that occasion the matsheds were hurned to one of the disorderly houses in Taibangbow. mitted in the Cantonese cemetery here. Anand all the tapis and plant were destroyed. Upon the information of her mother the cording to the ramont startling details baro The Europeans were chaset for their lives head of the police went with a number Pirates over to the local native authorities on Christmas Day may have something to do
Previous to
the robbery the two watch-dogs kept in the cemetery are supposed to have been killed by poison.
The
vessel.
CHEFOO AT CHRISTMAS-TIDE.
Too cutries, in connection with the Hong- kong Jockey Club's race meeting, close on Saturday, the 16th inst.
Yesterday was "black Monday" indeed for beau brought to light. The coffin of the de. into the middle of the river and had most of of men to take her out. The keepers of \ with this strange occurrence on board a British and in the columns of the British Colonial the children of Hongkong, when play gave ceased, late masterof Chap Jack & Co., Hong- their property destroyed. Now it appears that the bouges resisted and fought with them Press to the subject of Yania's future place to work, and the schools started their ow, was hrokon open, and the corpse, clothing the people in charge of the construction of the two policemen being badly rounded.
and all, stripped of its valuables, amounting to a line have been informed of an imminent rising Viceroy ordered all the disorderly houses in
The foreign community of Chofoo-the considerable sum of money, and even the string against the whites there. Orders have been that street and its vicinity, numbering about one younger portion of it at least- colebrated and the probable share therein of British new terms in earnest. enterprise. We published yesterday the
of beads, used for official purposes, estimated to issued that no Chinese are to be allowed bandred and thirty, to be closed and their Christmas in a sensible fashico by a game of in European houses there. It is an open inmates turned out.. It is said that the officials football played by the Customs . the rest of conclusions arrived at by Mr. LITTON,
have cost over $1,000, was stoles. H.B.M.'s Acting-Consul, after a tour in the
secret that at Chiness New year a rising want to charge six hundred dollars to release Chefoo. The lattor tosas moored two posts to may be prophesied in Canton similar to that each house, or make them quarters for the nil. Next day there was a hockey match, in which occurred a year ago. The ramour police. During these fow nights the which many of the local young ladies took part North-western part of the province. Inst winter (1902-03). Mr. LITTON sets a good example to consuls by his painstaking in- vestigation into the chances of his country's commerce in the part of the world wherein he is placed, and be writes neither with uudue enthusiasm nor in despair. He points
The visitors to the City Hall Library and out, to start with, that Yunnan is out Museum for the week ending the 10th January, of the great current of Chian trade-at 1904, were 233 non-Chinese and 90 Chinese to the present, we may add, for the time is surely, formor, and $2 non-Chinese- and 3,27% Chinese These educated young officer of the Takuang will be seriona when it comes. Work on the more than one juvenile strest-fight having taken comes later and promises to be celebrated with
army.
All that the Amoy Gazette of the 8th inst. has to say of the trouble at the Races is:-Oring to the disturbances at the Race Course yesterday, the twe last races have been postponed to 3.3 p.. sharp to-day.
charod
gom that all the Europeans in the neigh restaurant, music and singing business Was A Wuckang despateb, according to the N-C. bourhood of the new line are to be-but- stopped.
Naturally, the greatest possible Daily News, states that in accordance with the views of Viceroys Yuan Shi-kai and Wei procautions are being taken, and there is Kuang-tas H. E. Tuan Fang, Acting Viceroy little fear of the white workers being caught of the Hukuang provinces, has been lately having napping. It is an eloquent fact, however, that namerous conferences with young officers, gra- there has been a steady exodus of men from the duates of the Military Academies, both of China railway workings within the last week or so. sad Japan, making their respective opinions The new arrivals in Hongkong give it out as to the proper organisation of troops, etc. as a fact that trouble is expected, and that it if very slowly, coming when both Yunnan to the latter institution.
Viceroyalty as well as those in the Chili and line is more or less disorganised owing to the and Szechren must attract a portion of that current to send it on either to French Indo- of the reclaimed vessels of the Spanish fleet, promised responsible commands in case of war
The U. S. oruiser, Don Juan de Austria (one Liangkiang Viceroyalties, it is stated, bave been recent looting of one of the camps, and it is China or to Burms. We wish that we sunk in Manila Bay), which bas been seen in to enable them to put to practical use the quite on the boards that there may be a simut their opponents are limited in number, Still,
taneous attack ou all the camps together. The cation they have required in Japan, and in the workers have been ordered not to keep Chinese Chinese Military Academim.
could also say to Hongkong, and indeed ten this harbour, left Singapore for New York on years ago we might so have said, when a the 28th ult.
in their houses at all.
with great earnestness and no little skill. Some of the private celebrations of the great Christ mas festival-at all events the one which the presant writer had the privilege of attending- were marked by a spirit of joyousness, zoverenes, and light-heartedness: such as would have delighted Dickens himself.
A FEUD AT HONGKONG. Little seems to be known at Hongkong regarding Filipino residents; in fact, for s great part, they are temporary residents only, Just now, there seems to be quite a foud between Filipinos at Hongkong and "sone of Macso,"
place. Of course it is a more show, one party having large reservas while honours, it appears, are well divided. A great act of the Filipino is that he is a Filipino, and that Filipinos have fought for their country.files.
CHRISTMAS AT PORT ARTHVE,
In Port Arthur at least one local merchant, a Canadian, celebrated Christmas in the good old style, that is, with the accompaniment of Christmas tree, etc., but of course the Eussions did not observe the day. Their Christmas
less one-sided all the enthusiasm with which Kussianu colebrate.
then on the 29th there will be a pause, and again There will be three days of unbroken revelry. on the 30th the revelry recommences. There Y are always a good many people, especially soldiers and sailors, in the hospitals after these religious
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