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According to London talogram to Ceylon, Continental telegrans report improvement. in Russian feeling towards Great Britain, due to Franch infnence.
A statement that General Gallieni, the Governor-General of Madagascar, would shortly replace M. Bean as Governor-General of Indo-
China, is now declared to be unfounded. M.
The Timer Seoni correaprasiont describes tho Japanese railway extensions as designed to allow of the holding of Cores in case of a military roverse in Manchuria.
ILM. first class cruikor Andromeda, Capt. R. N. Omaney, left Shoorusan for Hongkong on
the 12th ult. to relieve H.M.S. Blenheim, on this station. She brings new crows, for the Moorhen und. Teal, which are to be recommis
Baan, who was to have come to France on leave during the summor, has decided to remain a hissioned out here. post in consequence of the situation in the Far East...
The death occurred in hospital at Shanghai on the Eud inst. of Mr. John Mossop, who will be remembered here as having come up to the
Messrs. Sammel, Samuel,
and Co., of Yokohama, a firm of which Sir Marens Samuel is a partner, have subscribed £1,000 to the fapanese Soldiers and Sailors' Widows and Families Fand now being raised in London-by
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then woll with the Amir. Bu any case, it is jun- probudile that the news of such an occurrence, eron if it had happened, could reach Askutad before the Government of India had heard it.
to say on the subject beyond that it is fighting for the maintenance of the indes pendence and integrity of China and Cores Even as to Japanese lay opinion indi- cations are Beanty. We have already published an article from the Japanese The rumour telegraphed from Asukabad re- Socialist, journal, the Heimin Shimbun,garding the alleged poisoning of the Amir of which gives what may be presumed to be the Afghanistan is entirely mistrusted by the Go view pbtaining pong the Socialist party in Japan. This view, briefly, was that Japan ehoub, if she is fighting a righteous war, look for no recompense in the shape of land in Manchuria or Siberia, Japan is advised to recognise China's authority over all Mas churia and to induce the other Towers to take the responsibility of guarding the provides 39.00 against Russian interference. On the other hand, a prominent lender of the Japanese 11.00 Progressist party (whose views are strongly condemned by the Heinen Shimbun) was 14.50 loudly applauded at a meeting of his party when he declared that Japan, if victorious, 22.00 should take possession of the Manchurian divisions. bordering on the Amur River, and 2000 also the Llastung Peninsula. If such a statement is admissible, the Socialist paper declared, war is nothing but robbery and statesmen are robbers. These two views are extremes. We find a more moderate forecast in some remarks of a leading member" of the Japanese Chamber of Deputies to an Italian journalist in Tokyo last month. The Japanese Deputy professed A. S. WATSON & CO. to be giving an outline of the terms of peace
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which he knew positively would be insisted upon by Japan, should she be successful. The principal points were as follows:
L'Echo de Chine keeps up its campaign of mendacity and malies. It has sent a special correspondent" to the seat of war, who has succeeded in penetrating to Tsinging! The value of his information' may be judged by his statement that the Japanese revictual their ships at Chefoo and Woihaiwei, a malicious lie (as the - Daily News remarks) that should be mailed to the counter at once, and which the Editor should not have publishel after Lord Selborne's categorical denial..
Homs papers abounce that three more British military officers are being sent by the War Office to Japan. They proceed viu Van couver. por Emprest of India, for Yokohama. They are: Captain Badham Thornhill, R.G.A., a well known and popular figure in Hongkong; Lieutenant Belton- Foster, R.G.A; and Lient- enant Piggott, R.E. Yesterday the P. & O. as. Malta brenght to Hongkong, on their way north, Lient.-Col. Tulloch, of the 126th Balu- chistan Regiment, and Major P. E. Crawfurd of the lat. Batalion Royal Bussex, Regiment, who are to be military attaches to the Japanese
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We are informed that a marriage has been arranged, to take place on the 30th of April,
botwéen Mr. Charles Stewart Sharp, of Messrs. Gibb. Livingston & Co., Unofficial Member of our Legislative Council in Hongkong, eldist surviving son of the late Dr. Hugh Sharp, M.R.C.S. of England, of Cullou, Banffshira,
and Mrs. Burrows, widow of Mr. Henry Burrows, of Storkholme, Worksop, daughter of Mr. William. Tanton, J.P., of Liuw House, Oundle.
A Chumbi (Sikkim) wire, date the 21st ult., relates: as an indication of the hardships to which the Tibet Mission has boon exposed, the fact that of the 4000 yaks originally collected
not 600 romain alive, the remainder having diod
of fatigue, exposure, and disease. After blasting operations some rocks came down on a party of the 23rd Pioneers between Rinchotgong and
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THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT.
LONDON, 6th April.
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It is declared on the highest authority in Paris that there is no hitch in the Anglo-French uegotiations, and that all questions are now prao:ically settled.
RUSSIA'S SINEWS OF WAR
LONDON, 6th April.
The S. Petersburg Official Messenger notitles the decision of the Government to bave recourse for the present to the so-called "fres cash reserve" for war expenditure, while retrenching in various directions, notably in the construc. tion of railways. These retrenchments will ag- grogate £13,000,000.
V. R. C. SCRATCH RACES.
The following will be the crews for the forthcoming scrutch races of the Victoria Recreation Club, which will be held on the 30th inst.-not on the 23rd inst., as previously announced :—
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RUSSIANS ALONG TUN YALU.
It is ortod from Haicheng, says the N-C. Daily News, that there are something liko one hundred thousand Russians, and that along the Chinese side of the Yelu river at every three or four miles there are forta bristling with gung to dispute the crossing of the river by the Japanese. The city of Fonghwangcheng is now almost entirely deserted by the inhabitants. forced to go away in order to make room for the Russian troops, who are also filling a large number of houses in that city with cereals and amauition.
JAPANESE MILITARY ORGANISATION.
We note that the special correspondent of the Pines, after witnessing the landing of Japanese troops at Chomulpo telegraphed: Tho disombarcation methods, excite great ad- miration. British officers state that they ar an improvement on anything in their experience. and Iclieve that they demonstrate un organisa- tien superior to that of any European Power."
ITEMS FROM HOME PAPERS. The Russian Embassy nt Berlin officially con- tradiets the report. that measures have beau taken with the object of forbidding the expor tation of corn from Russia Mare the
According to a telogram from S. Petersburg to Berlin the milway round Lake Baikal will be finished in the autumn. In a total length of about one hundred and thirty miles, about twenty-nine miles will have to ko tannelled- one tunnel being over eight hundred and, fifty
lar BACE. STATION NO. 1-Kornblume,-J. Witcholl yards long.
(stroke), W. Goggin, F. F. de Silva, and S. R. Moore.
After the Bain..
Yatang. Three mon are reported dead. One subadar and two men were injured. day's work was over the party were collecting their tools whom a great landslip took place. All the bodies have not yet been extricated. The landslip is supposed to be due to the action of the frost on the hill, which was weakened by road-making, A portion of the road was carried away.
The war in the Far East has led the French to look seriously at their position in the Far East. The Temps devotes a long article to the defence of Indo-China, in which it states the Ministry of the Colonies is asking for a credit of 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 of francs, in addition to the sum of C2,000,000 voted by the law of 1000 for the points d'appui for the fleet. With this sum the fortifications of Saigon are to be put in order. But, asks the Temps, is this suffi- cient?. To' construct works is good, but it is necessary to provide other things for war, and there are also barracks if the army is not to the bad quarters the men who are supposed to spend two years in Indo-China only perform 18 months on the average. It suggests that while the metropolitan government provides for the works, the Colony should see to the other
STATION NO. 2.-Shamrock.-C. E. A. Hanes (stroko), E. F. Aucott, H. A. Seth, and H. M.
Witchell (stroke), F. P. Musse, A. G. V. Ribeiro, and J. H. Seth
STATION NO. 3.-Thistle.-R.
STATION NO 4.--Rosc.-S. M. Gidley (stroke), L. E. Lammert, G. Cruickshank, and W. T. Andrews.
2ND RACE.
STATION NO. 1-Thistle.-L. A. Mus (stroke), H. J. W. Gidley, F. M. Roza Pereira, and T. C. Swaby.
C.
Auston, J. P. Jordan, and J. D. Cameron, STATION NO. 2-Rosc.-H. Rapp (stroke), H.
STATION NO. 3-Shamrock.-F. K. Tata (stroke), H. S. Holmes, A. V. Barros, and C. Humphreys.
According to news received in Berlin from S. Petersburg, fifty Boers passed lately through Samara, in order to enter the Russian Army- ghting in the cause of Liberty" we prosants!
It seems that General Emirnoff, who is going out to Port Arthur to replace General Stoessel, is a favourite of the Tsar. His stature in about five feet cothing in particular. Owing to Gene- ral Smirnoff's exploits in the Russo-Turkish war, it is said, he has earned the nickname of the "Seven Devils."
Le Yacht, the French Naval journal, ins an article on the first Japaneso torpedo attack on Fort Arthur in which it decrios too great an estimate being put upon the torpedo in conse quence. It is not clear whether threw or five Japanese boats were engaged in the attack, If three only, it may be nasumed that ezoh carried and discharged at least two torpedoes, and of the six torpedoes three found their billet, twe were found by the Russians floating about the harbour, their submersion valves, having fallel to not, and one probally sank, The.50 On Monday night at the Theatre Royal City actual gares are known as to the mumber of per cent, of successesis very large, but when the Hull, Dr. M. B. Leavitt's Anglo-American torpedoes discharged this percentage may be entertainment.
THEATRE ROYAL.
The most interesting event cquuseted with In the first place, Russia must renounce all the recent visit of the British Channel Flest exceptional claims in Manchuria, which to Lisbon was the fact that the King of Por- continue to suffer by disease. As a result of 'Troubadoars open a short season of vaudeville very considerably reduced. In any case, owing
shall be administered for a period to he determined upon by China under the advice of representatives of Japan, Great Britain, and the United States. Secondly, during this provisional period Japan will occupy the province, which will be opened up com- pletely to international commerce. Russia shall cede to Japan the island of Sakhalin; Port Arthur, and the other ports of the Tinotung peninsula being returned to China. Lastly, in consideration of the foregoing stipulation being accepted, Japan would be willing to reimburse Russia the fall extent On the 2nd April, at the General Hospital, of her outky ia constructing the Chino Shanghai, JOHN Mossor, eldest son of JOHN Manchurian Rai way. It is impossible, Mossor, West End Lane, Hampstead, and eldest grandson of the late HDBERT Mossor, of Long-course, on the strength of this conversation Sution, Lincolnshire, aged 40 years.
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esford, whose Vice Admiral's flag fios in the
Crear, skifted over to the Mars, nad, as the King came on board the Coser, his Admiral's flag and the Portuguese Royal Standard lew side by side.
requirements.
Mr. Leavitt'e name is well to the unpreparedness of the Russians, the data are not of any great value, save as to the damage wrought to the vessels struck; and here it is to be noted that these vessels were able to, keep afloat, the duniage is aut difficult to repair, and there was a low, of life
known on the Californian cost; and in addition he is recommended to Hongkong by the com- mendations of hiaCompany which have appeared in the indian, Rangoon, and Straits papers The Company numbers twolve in all, and to judge by theoriticisms which haveappearedincur Southern contemporaries, there are no "make weights." Hongkong is sure to welcome real talent at this period of the year, when enter tainments in the Theatre are hat few and far between. We shall expect to see a very full house the opening night. It is long since we had good vandevilla here.
THE "CHINA TIMES" CASE.
In the House of Commons on the 7th March Mr. Toulmin asked the Undor-Secretary for
Another article in Le Tocht treats of the
Bussian Black Bes feet. Useful as it may bo for the local purposes for which it was désigned, its low radius of action and its very moderate speed, except in the case of the new t.b.d's. render it very ill-fitted to make the journey to the Far East, more especially under the difEcal. ties of coal supply which st present prevail. This is apart from the objections which may be raieed on the part of England to the passage of the flost through the Dardanellos,
Commenting upon the Naval debate in the House of Commons, M. Alcide Ebray romarks in the Débats :—Excellent things were said on The Naval and Military Record writes--the character of cordiality assumed by Anglo- It is to be hoped that the discussion on the Franch relations. We are firmly confident that gunsighting apparatus which receatly took this character of cordiality will be maintained, place in the House of Commons will give a fillip and that the two Powers are not about to use to the attention which has been too sparingly their navies against one another. But France devoted to this subject during the last few years,
and England are not, as formerly, the only Quite apart from the Centurion and Barfleur, naval Powers. There are others, and very 002- whose sighting, particularly in regard to the siderable ones-namely, Russia, Germany, 10-inch guns which form their primary arma. Italy, the United States, and Japan. If
in the Commons and in our colarus, there is ing among these different Powers be taken into the broader question of the correct sighting of consideration, it will be soon how diffenit it will to the fact that Major-General Teutrie had bathies are with the Japanese in the conflict all classes of guns in all classes of ships be to effect a general limitation of naval armsburged the editor of the China Times with ow going on. In the beginning of the war throughout the British fleet. The subject noede ments. It is more necessity for, naval that for suciting to a breach of the panics in an article the Press were lead in praise of the Asiatic to be thoroughly gone into by gunnery experts military forces that their limitation should be condemning Russian ill-usage of defenceless nation, which was emphasised by the personal and shipbuilding representatives. Capt. Percy general in order to become possible. Hence we Japanese, and that, in default of his giving qualities of the Minister to Rome; but the Scott, who might well head such a body, is at are not surprised that the British Admiralty security for geed behaviour, his deportation was the policy and intorest of Italy pointed towards Government found it most embarrassing, es present in the Mediterraneau carrying out an
British authority in China with power to deport Russia. So the fat went forth. The Press ponding, would he state whether there was any important series of long-range firing from the battleship Venerable and other vessels of Admiral
The Japanese Minister in Rome is stated to be at present the most conspicuous and popular
of a "leading member" of the Chamber ofment, has been the chief theme of controversy the great complexity of political interests exist Foreign Affairs if his attention had been called person in the Diplomatic body there. Italian
Deputies with a foreign journalist to base any definite theories as to Japan's intended policy; but there is nothing inherently HongKong ÕFrich:14. DEVœux Road CL improbable in the outline given, ex- cept for the reimbursement by Japan to | Russia of her outlay on the Manchurian
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It is perhaps unprofitable, when only two
months are gone of a war which is con- fidently expected by many expert observers to last a long time (at least two years
Railway. How could Japan do this after an exceedingly expensive, evou if successful, war? As for the cession of Sakhalin, this island was forcibly torn by Russia from
does not show any hurry in taking an initiative in that direction.
ú
By kind permission of Major Radcliff, the at the Hongkong Hotel from 9 to 9.30 p,. to
according to some), to speculate what will Japan (in exchange for the worthless Kurile roturn,such a body, as has been indicated could Band of the 93rd Barma Infantry will play happen in the event of the victory of one of Jalanda), and it is only natural Japan should I designing and experimenting, it is impossible to
the combatanta. Nevertheless the consider- ation of the matter is not a little interesting Not much guess work has been devoted at present to a forecast of what would follow upon & Russian victory. This does not arise, we imagine, from the fact that no one
claim it back again if she now defeats Russin. The suggestions with regard to Manchuria are not unreasonable; but other' Powers too have concerns in the province, if small, beside the three mentioned, and might therefore be represented among China's advisors in the administration. The solomo,
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The French Mail of the 8th March was delivered in London on the 7th inst.
A regular Convocation of the United Chapter No. 1341 E. C. will be held on Wednesday, the 13th inst., when the installation of the thires Principals by the District Grand Chapter will take place.
Sir Compton Domvile's squadron. If on his
be set to work and given fairly free hund in
helieve that the gunnery and engineering scien- tists of this country would not be capable of evolving something which would be found con- siderably better than the present haphazard and "spatcock" systems.
On the 23rd February the following resolu- tion was passed, by 215 votes to 40.
night :--
March...Marche des Toreros “
a Britishsubject under auch circonstances; and if not, under what authority the Court was acting before which the editor had been brought Majesty's Minister at Poking having been called Lord Percy replied:-The attention of Ris
by the General Officer Commanding China to Idyll." Hiawatha"
..... Galard ............ Moret certain virulent and defamatory articles against Selnction. The Rose of Persiz. Sullivan Rusia published at Tiontain by the Chi Cornet Solo, "Fal Sing Thee Songs of Arrby" Times, Sir E. Satow directed that an informa
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"Sourire d'avril "* Mazurka......Slavonic Dance"... Karoly Klay Article 106 of the Chins and Japan Order in Deprot Majesty's Consular Court at Tientsin under "God Save the King."
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considers such an occurrence impossible, of coures, is based on a complete victory for a meeting held in S. Potersburg by for that it cannot well be said to be. Rather Japan, and as we have eaid, such specula the Institate of Mining Engineers: In the speculators shrink from the contemplations are more interesting than profitable view of the fact that the war with Japan has tion of the events consequent, upon Eussia for the inomaut. gaining ber ends, in Manchuria and Corea,
its origin in a policy conceived solely in the interest of a small privileged minority, to the For any of the nations interested in the
detriment of the vast majority of thej Russian maintenance of the "Open Door" and the
people, and that it is the result of that spirit integrity of China, a Russian win in the
of reckless adventure which characterises the present contest would mean either the
enterprises of the Government in the Far East, extinction of their hopes or determined
we, the students of the Institute of Mining intervention to stay Bussia's lands. At such
Engineers, taking our stand on the fundamental a prospect anyone belonging to these
principle that it is our bonnden duty to serve the interests of the people and nothose of a nations must be aghast, for which reason
handful of exploiters, hereby express our pro ho is loth to dwell upon it. A.Japanese
found dissatisfaction with the Government, victory, on the other hand, is not held to be
which is the responsible author of this fresh national misfortune, and our decided cordem. fraught with disastrous circumstances to
nation of the action of that section of the the other Powers interested in North
Russian youth whose psendo-patriotic demon.. Chins, and guesses at the future, should auch bo the result of the war, are con-
strations and humble and loyal" Addresses have The Italian cruiser Marco Polo left for the Far tended to help the realisation of the desire of ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB. sequently more pleasing to those who care to East in March. It is reported that the French the governing clique to dispose, the masses in make them. There are not wanting those cruiser Marseillesse is also coming out, with favour of a war which is at once inhuman and
The Last Club Race will take place on the 9th who prophesy that the supremacy of Japan reference to which a Franch service paper urges contrary to the interests of the people." The and 10th it, when Course No. 19 will be in Corea at least will mean the gradual that the French home squadrons should be meeting was originally culled to pass Resolu. sailed over. driving out of Western commerce, though strengthened by the addition of the new cruiserations in support of the Government, and for The Championship Class will resail the 11th they cannot deny that in Manchuria at least now being completed before further warships that reason 300 out of the 800 members of the Club Race on the 16th inst., commencing at Japan's success means the foreign mer-faro sont to the East.
On p. 9 to-day appears the first chapter of our new serial story. Lagden's Luck, by Mr Tom Gallon, author of Tatterley and a number of other very successful novels. Lagden's Luck will be continued in our columns next Saturday and will ran for three months.
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wherever they go in Rome. society, so Mr. Olyama and his wife aro fêted
A further batch of Japanese officers, who had arrived the day before at Dover from the Continent, loft Euston by the boat traîn on the 5th ult. for Liverpool, eg route for America and Japan. About a score of Japanese officers also left Southampton by the American liner
S. Paul,
The Russian cruiser Varyag, which tho Japanese are now trying to raise at Chemulpo, mast have cost, 2600,000, and possibly a little
more. “One of the finest profected cruisers aflet," was the verdict upon her when she was turned out from Cramp's yard at Pialadelphia last year.
Council, 1865. Under this article, should it ho shown on with to the satisfaction of any of His Majesty's Courts in China tist there is reason. able ground to apprehoud that the nets or conduct of any British subject in China are or is likely to produce or excits to a breach of the public peace, the Court within the jurisdiction whereof be happens to be may cause him to be brought before it, and require him to give The Berlin newspaper Die Post in an un- security to the satisfaction of the Court to keep signed communique maintains that the auto- the peace or for his future good behaviour, as
graph letter - which the Tar transmitted to
THE QUESTION OF MEDIATION.
endorf, the Russian Ambassador to Great
the case may require; and if the person required King Edward recently through Count Berck- to give security should fail to do so, the Court Britain, does not make any request, as has been may order that he be deported from China to stated, for mediation between Russia and Japan, such place as the Court directe. His Majesty's nor does it contain any reference to the present Government have approved Sir E. Satow's action in the matter.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:
On the 8th at 11.15 am. The barometer he risen in N.E. Japan and fallen ut all other places, particularly at those in N. Chúns.
The depressiva mentioned yesterday is now over Shantung moving towards B.N.E.
Gradients over Southern China and the Chins Bea are very slight, and light westerly winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel and light variable winds the China de?
Forecast:-Light 8. winds; cloudy, misty,
qusations at issue before The Hague Tribunal. "A satisfactory arrangement by mediation," the journal says, "is now wholly impossible. Ras- sia's honour, prestige, and interest demand an emphatic demonstration of her power. At the same time, it is certain that Great Britain and Franca luve agreed to tender their good offices as soon as the moment when mediation becomes possible arrives. Such an auspicious moment. is bound to come, but at the present things ars not ripe for any mediation.".
Lord Lansdowne on March 7 caused a let- ter to be sent to the Exeentive Committee of the International Arbitration and Peace · AssQ-