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Empire. Stranger still was the allocation of the penalties, which for the most part ware to be applied in an exactly reversed the losses undergone by the
A. S. WATSON & CO., proportion to the of tas Accord. A table
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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
of percentages will be interesting, as white the other parts of the Protocol were given wide publicity, this, which in the clue it gave to what was really the ruling feature of the Concord, has been steadily suppres sed, even by those whose apparent interest it was to have the miscarriage of justice publicly exposed. The following were the percentage rates which each of the Powers
CLARET S. forming the Concord were to receive
FINEST VINTAGES FROM
THE MOST
CELEBRATED
CHATEAUX
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
11.00
Russia... Germany
France
28.97
20.02
15.75
Great Britain
11,03
Japan
United States
Italy
7.73 7.32 5.91
Belgium
The Rest
1.89 1.38
Actually the amount of Russia's claim was in sterling' £20,003,116 12s. 114.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 2911, 1904.
It was sixteen years ago yesterday since an Imperial Japanese Decree constituted a Privy
Conncil for that country,
We are requested to state that the auction
sale of furniture belonging to Captein Simpson
by Messrs. Hughes and Hough will take place at No. 3 Cameron Villes. Poak, to-day at 11 am.
instead of 11.30 a.m. as previously advertised.......
Today is a Portuguess national fete, day, known as the "Juramento da Carta Con- As there are two Portuguese stitucional." warships now in the harbour it is probable
that the anniversary will be fittingly com- memorated.
The Viceroy of Szection has strongly advised the Wairupu not to grant a concession to any foreign corporation for the construction of the proposed railway from Szechien to Hankow. The Viceroy recommends that the lino, which would prove of great importance, should be built with Chinero capital, hnd suggests that the
Government should provide some part of the
Two more fatal Chinese plague cases were TELEGRAMS. reported yesterday, one in Kowloon City and ·
the other in First Stroot, Victoria. Qas of the previous casas has now been traced to Canton. the victha being a recont arrival.
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge was the inspirer of Deeds that Won the Empire. When in com- mand of the Australian naval station, he hop- poned to be sitting one evening at diury in Melbourne next to the Rov. W. II. Fit ett. The Admiral remarked that the youth of Ans- tralia were growing up without any adequate knowledge of the great naval and military events that had made the British Empire. The iden sank into Dr. Fitchett's mind, and he
shortly afterwards started his series of Deeds
in the Saturday issne of a Melbourne paper.
The Chinese Government. in return for its sauction to the emigration of Chinese coolies and labourers to South Africa, is demanding from his Majesty's Government, says the Central
News, that all regulations forbidding the land.
money. The cost of the line has been estimateding of Chinese in Vancouver and on the Pacific as 20,000,000 taels,
and dictated to his wife. This was his second
Channing.
seaboard of the British dominions shall be with. drawn. This stipulation will affect not only British Columbians, but the people of the United
will havé, providing the regulations in Vancouver ure withdrawn, for overrunnning the Western States of America.
The Courrier d'Haiphong of the 7th inst.
Article 6 of the diplomatic Instrument signed at Paris on the 18th February last, Siam ís prevented from maintaining in Bottombong, Sizophon, and Siemrop any forças but those of the native Polica commanded by French officers- If we are correctly informed, the Governor- General of French Indo-China proposes to entrust the organisation of this future militia to several Inspectors of the native guards, on the Tonkin list, whose pay would be met by the budget of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
When the late Sir Edwin Arnold said that ho had composed The Light of sia in the Germany's of nearly fourteen million mak brief intervals of days without leisure." he States, who will, it is believed, make formal ing a bad second. As this was a matter of hardly did justice to the curious feat he realle protest against the facilities which Chinamn entente it was held on the part of the other performed in reeling off all that blank verse ex Powers to be "bad form" to ask any ques-tempore. The poem was actually improvised tions. The use made of these protonded when Sir Edwin, after a hard day's journalistic indemnities has become matter of history. work, rested on the sofa evening by evening While the greater number of the Power's pro-wife, an American lady, granddaughter of Dr.It will be recalled that by the terms of ceeded to divide the amounts amongst those who had been the actual sufferers, these
"Oh, that is a great mistake. · I am sure lota two proceeded to use the indemnities in still
of Americans would pay any sum to live in the further weakening China. Russia on the
cabins occupied by me." That is what the security of the capitalised amount at once Kaiser is reported to have rejoined to the cap- raised a loan of some fifteen millions sterling,tain of the König Albert before changing his which she applied to warlike preparations quarters from the liner to the Hohenzollern on reaching Naples the other day. The Kaiser in Manchuria, under the false prétence of had asked the captain whether the state cabins 26.00 safeguarding bor new railway; while Ger- would remain in the same stato as when he had muny, whose credit in financial quarters was occupied them, and the reply was in the nyga- better, did not have formally to pledge the tive. But, as the Emperor remarked, that was
a great mistake. amount, but nevertheless made use of the windfall in still further pushing her in- terests in Shantung. Regarding Russia's action in the settlement a writer in reviewing a couple of months after its close the events
22,00
I doz. Qis. 2 doz. Pts
B. ST. ESTEPHIE (Red
Capsulo)
£8.00
$9,00
C. ST.
Capsule)
JULIEN (Red
10.00
D. LA ROSE (Red
Capsule)
18.30
14,50
CHATEAU HAUT
BRION LARRIVET... CHATEAU MOUTON
20.00
D'ARMAILHACQ
24.00
CHATEAU PONTET
CANET
28,00
CHATEAU LA TOUR
CARNET
33,00
CHATEAU RAUZEN
CHATEAU LAFITE
$8,00
54.00
+
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
Scientific knowledge of plague dates from the
year 1894. when the famous Japanese bacteri ologist Kitasato discovered what is now known as the bacillus portie. The production of an
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A Sims despatch, dated the 15th April, says:-The Punjab is in the midst of a terrible plague spidemic. It had twenty-three thousand deaths last week, being au inarenac of four thaussed upon the total of the precoding seven days. The worst affected districts are Shahpur, Sialkot, Ludhiana, Umballa and Lahore.
The
of the year 1901 made the following anti-poxin followed, and is already proved to be aited Provinces came next to the Punjab,
of great preventivo ralne. Dr. Kitasato has
He was the
added other achievement to this. first to isolate the bacillus of lockjaw, or tetanus; and, together with von Behring, he produced the diphtheris anti-toxin which has since saved many thousands of lives. He is the most distinguished scientist that Japan has yet produced.
THE WAR
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.]
DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.
JAPANESE CROSSING THE
YALU.
LONDON, 28th Ap., 11 a.m. A Japanese detachment has crossed the Yahu by a pontoon from a point to the South of Wiju,
ADMIRAL SKRYDLOFF STARTS FOR THE FRONT.
LONDON, 28th Ap., 11 a.m. Admiral Skrydloff has started on his journey castwards.
TWO AFRICAN WARS.
SOMALILAND.
LONDON, 28th Ap., 11 a.m.
A naval force has captured Illig, on the Somaliland coast. Fighting took place at close quarters, the enemy attacking our Zarebas.
The British loss was slight, whereas the dervishes lost heavily.
GEEMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.-.
TYPHUS OUTBREAK.
LONDON, 28th Ap.. 11 8.m. An outbreak of typhus has occurred with seven thousand deaths last week, a reduc. among the German forces in South-West
ing seven days. The Bombay Presidency. tion of one thousand compared with the preced- Africa. The mortality is as high as 50 including Bombay City, reports aavan thousand per cent. deaths, and the whole of the rest of India úno
thousand deaths.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
WAR NOTES.
RUSSIA THREATENS A BOYCOTT. The agents of British and American firms at S. Petersburg have been notified by customers. that if the tone of the Press in their respective countries continues to be ill-disposed towardą Bassis, they will no longer be able to cough upon their orders. In this connection it may bo nefed that 8. Petersburg buys enormous quantities of wool and metal goods from Grant Britain, and takes a great quantity of raw cotton from America. Some factorios have already conced ordering from British and American firms, declaring that they will be able to do jast as well in Germany and Persis.
A NOTE OF ALARM.
M, Gabrial Hanotaux, in the Paris Journal. takes an alarming view of the situation in' the Far East. The ex-Forsign Ministor says "Let us, who are neighbours of China,
disorder, be prepared against every ovoutuality.' Enough of digressions, and of falso confidences, In Asia, in Europe, all is in suspense. We fattor ourselves that the war will be localised. That is all very well. But it is only a few weeks ago that everyone was positive there would be no war at all. Now that the dogs of war are irrevocably unchained, again I say, let as be prepared against the unknown future." That "everyone was positive there would be no
But war" is rather a curious statement. perhaps 31. Hanotaux refere only to France, which was lalled by Russian tales of certain Peace.
and threatened with the contamination of
PREPARING. FOR ANOTHER ATTACK.
An arrival at Hongkong from Japan reports that on the 23rd inst. 10 transporta and several towed barges of ammunition passed throngh There was a rumour that Moji Harbour. another attack was to be rends an Port Arthur on the night of the 28th-that, of coures, being last night.
WRECKS IN THE CHINA SEA.
DERELICTS IN THE TRACK OF SHIPPING..
The China Navigation steamer Kashing, agents Messra. Butterfold & Swire, arrivoliv from the North yesterday, after a not unevez fal voyage. She left Tientsin on the 19th ing and Chofoc on the 21st inst. After leav Chefoo on the voyage to Hongkong vòry ↑ picasant weather set is. Cept: Brown rep that when Kupchi Point bore N. 23 E. J six miles, he passed a large apar floating cally, evidently aftached to a submerged Bach a derelich, of courxo, is extremely danger ous, and if a warship or other craft is not sent destroy it there isno knowing when soms ship fall foul of it on a dark night. Not necessarily between sunset and sunrise either, for fogg westher has been experienced off the Chin coast, and, considering that the South-west, Lesnen, 26th April
monsoon is about to set in, this state of A telegram from General Kuropatkin care atmosphere may very likely continue.
Tho The sucken steamer Pakshan, formerly owned that the Japanese, the last few days, have been Kashing experienced dense for from S. E by Mesers. Bradley & Ce.. has been completely actively preparing to bridge the Yalu and to
It will be remembered that in effect a passage at various points near Wiju. with strong N.E. wind. The weather takon all Promontory to Turnabout, theuca to port fine reaxoved. June, 1902 2 steamier, the Pakshan, Instead of wetting out for Mukden. Nicholas lying off West Point, near Jardine's old ment of cavalry bare actually crossed fifty
Two companies of infantry and a small datack-round is very variable. II. is going to Moscow for the Holy Week to pray for the success of his arms in the Farwharf, disappeared one night in a manner pro-kilometres below Sianponssike [], upon which
the Bussian outposts were strengthened.
A. S. WATSON & CO. remarks. Russia had been using her in fluence in the Accord to screen the worst of the conspirators in the Palace Intrigue: LIMITED.
Russia's action took, however, a much "wore offensive tone; she practically forbade "others to demand the punishment of "TUAN. The extraordinary thing about all
The report that the Tsar intended to proceed "these pretensions of Russia is not so much
to the front is declared untrae by the S. "their extraordinary and unprecedented
Petersburg correspondent of the Ecito de Paris. "nature, as that the Powers concerned per-He ought to be in a position to know, seeing "mitted this language to be made use of to "them. Had Russia been warned off the H
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BIRTH.
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On the 28th April, at the Acacias, Robintos Road, Kowloon, the wife of W, King, of a 102.
DEATH.
GIOLET, Iate Inept. of Police, 31 years.
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bonest
“heard nothing more of these pretences,” Unfortunately Britain, in her weak but
desire to have in the sup
some settle. posed interests of peace ment arrived at, took of all others the course most especially fitted to hasten the
that French journalists in the Russian capital have lately shown themselves to be in the swim.
One advantage at least which France, or its
Press, derives from the Russian alliance.
East, Possibly General Kuropatkin may think that his Imperia! master will help him more in this way than by sharing his headquarters at the front in a railway saloon carriage.
We take the following from the Shanghai Times (in which paper, by the way, we are glad
to see a great improvement since it last changed bands):---Of late a nambor of sensational was despatches have appeared in a Hearst paper in New York credited to "Douglas Story, Special Commissioner of the New York American in the For East." A well-known [war correspondent who is at present in Shanghai, told a Times wa yesterday that these despatches are fakes pore and simple and that at the time one was supposed to have been sent Douglas Story was on a steamer en route for Japan. The innermost
LAST OF THE "PAKSHAN."'
OBSTRUCTION AT HONGKONG HARBOUR
COMPLETELY REMOVED.
bably never heard of before. An engineer, new to the ship, had taken the cover off a sen valve, allowing water to rush into the engine-room with such force that he was powerless to stop it. The seamer gradually filled and settled down | in 50 feet of water,
THE WAR-JAPANESE CROSS
THE YALU.
RUSSIAN SUBMARINES.
LONDON, 26th April.
A telegram from Port Arthur to S. Peters- barg says that experiments with submarine
THE "LEASYOCHL
The China Mituni BB. Ping Suey, Capt E. Warrall, arrived from Tacoma yesterday? She left Mojí on the 23rd April. While steam ing between Iki Sima and Turnabout, abreast of- Goto Island, a waterlogged junk was sighted. She was of the usual Japanese build, with a high stern. Capt. Worrall steamed close alongside to see if there was anyone to be rescued. No life,
boats have been a brilliant success. This is the however, was to seen. The dorelict, ficating at first intimation that submarines were at Port the mercy of the tide, was ovidently on her way to
Mr. E. F. Gibson subsequently made a fruitless attempt to raise the vessel, and, having undertaken the task, was required to remove her in the only remaining way--by dynamite. Arthur, although it was reported weeks ago that He was not allowed to use more than 25 pounds of the explosive at one time, so the the late Admiral Makaroff had requested some
to be sent by rail, job was very lung one.
his To use own expression, it was like taking La handrod bites at an apple." Mr. Gibson, of course, would have liked to clear the vicinity of shipping and let one big sharge off, but this did not suit the Harbour Master's views. All
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THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.
LONDON, 26th April,
be battered to pieces against rocks, or perhaps waiting to send some good ship to destruction. Capt. Warrall, interviewed by a representative of the Daily Press, said she was without doubt the Leusyochi, from which the Austrian Lloyd s.s. Franz Ferdinand had picked o throw mom and 窺 Woman, A stain of canvas weather-cloth was fast to the storm,
At .C. Hoapt., 28th inet. 10.30 p.m., T. II. inevitable war by conniving at these glaring and inconsistent exactions. The subsequent course of events has proved, what at the time was shrewdly suspected, and what ought to have been perfectly well known to the British Government, that Russia, so far from being entitled to the countenance of the other Powers, had actually been herself the first and main instigator of the Palace ONLY the other day, and then in a way Plot, and had actually gone so far as to working of the thing is this. Douglas Story the material was removed after being blown to intorrents of rain, but met with a moat enthusias under shelter of which, no doubt, the poor incidentally, we alluded to the Protocol of 1901 and the manner in which one of its chief stipulations-that providing for the proper administration of the Harbour Dues ---had been silently permitted to fall into
The King and Queen landed at Kingstown
promise to LI HUNG-CHANG and his misrepresents the Daily Express, and that paper pieces, and there is now some clear six fathoms tie welcome.
treas immunity in case of their expelling the British Minister from Peking. La was too cautious in bis methods, and was quietly shelved by the more truculent actors in the
has an arrangement whereby it exchanges dos- patches with the Hearst paper. The latter taka Story's. despatches, rewrite and elaborate them, and then publish them as the work of their special commissioner.. In this way the reputation
of water at the place.
We understand thuit Mr. E. F. Gibson will
leave for Java by the Tjipanas on Monday for the purpose of demolishing the Dutch mail steamer Femina which is sunk in Sourabays
net and lies in 17 futhows of water.
OBITUARY,
LONDON, 26th April.
The death is announced of Rear-Admiral
oblivion through the benumbing action of Plot, which eventually fell into the hands of a man which has taken many years in the Harbour. The Fomind is a versel of 2680 tons Henry May,
The following from the Freeman's Journal (Dublin) of the 15th March may be read with some amusement Yesterday the end had come Port Arthur for Russia in the Eastern seas. had fallen. The news was confiensä in every
British centre on the Chinese coast, frert Wei. haiwei right down to Shanghai, and we dare say also to Hongkong. It happens, however, as we now know. that the news was untrue. The fact is that the Japanese have now triod four times
of banglers like YUNG-LU and Toxa Fr-building is being destroyed. Douglas Story that most deadly of soporifics, Interna
HSIANG who made the mistake of rousing is sail is taking action against the offending tional Concord." It is only right to add
a general anti-foreign campaign in which pupor that there is one point on which there has Russia was included, and against which Russia was ostensibly bound to act, while been no paralysis, and in regard to which the "Concord" has shown itself indeed secretly screening the chief conspirators from the punishment due to their doserts. very much alive. We, of course, allude to It was for this service, and not for any the penalties demanded from Chinu in part pretended wrong suffered by herself, that payment for the damages to life and Russia demanded her twenty million property caused through the crazy escapade pounds; and the attempt to blink this fact, of the Empress Tsz'a, who had usurped, disgraceful as it was to British honour and
to force their way into Port Arthur, and that British prudence, has more than anything without the requisite strength to control
four times they have failed. They have boasted else contributed to the loss of British pros
that they are mistress of the Yellow and Japau her ticklish steed, the reins of government. tige in the Far East; which in turn, by Beas, according to a telegram from Tokyo. No Wise in its generation, the Concord had paralysing her best meant efforts, now doubt they are--for the time being. But they assegood the damages at £67,500,000 ster unfortunately too late, to bring about more are mistress of zeither Port Arthur nor Vladi
wholesome conditions, has rendered neces-rostock. While the Russians hold these two ling, but had so manoeuvred the incidence
present war. sary, the
In it, it is hardly bases they have the game in their own hands. that, while the crime to be punished had
Amateur strategists imagine that it is a terrible necessary to add the honours
are not humiliation to Russia to have to keep her fest been committed by Peking acting under Britain's, and we hope the lesson of our in those harbours while the Japanese vessels ride the inspiration of the Dowager Empress previous diplomatic bungle will not result the seas, but what advantage would it be to the and bor satellites, the indemnity to be in our again tying our hands in the Russian fleets to come out unless they could defeat the Japanese, which, of course, they exacted was carefully saddled on the pro-entangling meshes of another pretended
cannot do in their present strength. The fact is the Russian admirals are showing the very vinces, who had taken no part whatever in
highest kind of courage, these days-that is to the émeute, and even beyond this had taken
say, they are showing the capacity of being able active steps to preserve the peace of the
to wait and to hayo patience."
"Concord." Unfortunately, judging from recent utterances both on the Continent and at home, the warning is more than ever
necessary,
By kind permission of Lt. Col. Iremonger and officers, the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme of music at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner to night (weather permitting) :-
Selention. Floradora Maroh..."The Washington Post.". Overture... "Der Konigs Lieutenant" Bail Titl Leslie Stuart Soug.... Au der Weser
Prossel Kerker Selection... The Belle of New York..
"tuire de Dijon "... Andrew Waller "The Sun Feast" "God Savo the King."
Waltz.
Dance
MENU.
Hora D'Œuvres
Anchovy on Toast.
ROOP.
Turtle.
FI8A.
Baked Fish and Mushroom Sauce. EXTREES. Snipe on Toast and Water Cress Grilled Kidney and Mashed Potatoes Chicken en Aspic with Salad.
Boast Beef
JOINTS.
Roast Saddle of Mutton Cold Hanu.
CURRY,
Crab.
BALAD
A la Germaine, VEGETABLES
-Boiled Potatoes Beted Potatoes Green Peas Stewed Cucumber.
SWEETS.
Fig Pudding Cream Puffe Omage Ice Cream. Finger Cakes.
[The late Admiral W.H. May was born in 1849 and entered the Navy in 1863. He served on the Arctic Expedition in 1875-76, became Captain in 1887 sunexed Cliristmas Island, 1888 Naval Alluché for Europe, 1891-93; Assistant
; Flag-Captala on China Station, 1888-90 Director of Torpedoes, 1893.95; Chief of the Staff in the Mediterranean, 1895-96, and for the
people had shielded themselves from wind nd rain during the several days of terrible privation.
MORE ABOUT DOWIE.
There has been some talk of the notorious
Dawis visiting Hongkong when Australia: becomes too hot for him. At's recent meeting of the Adelaide City Council the Major said they would all share with him the deepest regret that there should be found any individual who would dare to stand upon the platform of the citizens' ball of Adelaide, and preach the Jubilee Review in 1897, when he was also in command of the Naval Contingent in the doctrine of disloyalty against his Majesty their Jubiles Procession in London; Controller of the beloved King. He was thankful that Mr. Navy and Director of Naval Ordnance and Bowie was not a British subject, but regretted Torpedoes since 1901. He had the Arctic Medal and the Victorian Order of the Fourth that he belonged to a nation with which the Class.-ED. D.P.]
British Empire was on terms of the friendliest | national character. The Mayor wae specially thanked for his action in refusing Dowie the use of the Town Hall. The followers of Dowie have also received another rebaka
THE AUSTRALIAN MINISTRY.
LOEDON, 26th April.
A Labour Ministry has been formed in The Rer. J. F. Hawkins, Mr. Dowiek man in South Australia, in Australia, the Attorney-General being the only right-hand non-Labourite member.
company with several others of the faith, called upon Mr. Bastard, lessee of the City Baths, and requested the use of the baths with the object of immersing a number of converts The kaths were refused. was rumoured that the waters of the Torr
NAVAL NOTES.
H.M.9. "VENGEANCE",
The battleship Vengeance returned to port would be availed of, but march in that direct yesterday.
SEVERAL DEPARTURES.
The battleships Albion, Glory and Ocean, zou the craisers Amphitrite and Sirius left yester- day for Mirs Bay. It is understood that they proceed North on the 9th prox. after completing certain firing exercises.
did not disclose anything. Evidently immersion was postponed. A correspon suggests that when Donis comes to Hong the Bowrington Canal may prove suitabl his purposo. Dowis, by the way, claims tikb Elijah returned to the earth. He is very bitte against Freemasonry,