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further than that the line of railway between Newelwong and Harbin is ovídently the first objective; but it is still an open ques. tion whether the attack is to be made from the Gulf of Corea or from the head of the Liantung Bay. This uncertainty, of course, compets the Russian forces about Loyang to have two fronts, one directed towards Newchwung, the other towards Feng hwang chong. There are many reasons why the Japanese should select the east coast of the Liaotong Peninsula as a place of lawling, and this brings us to the consideration of the very evident advantage which the Japa. |
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY SRO, 1904.
| awing the unruly population of Manchuria, 30 that remingly bot some 80,000 are arailable for actual warfare. If we oven increase his number by a third the advantage still would seen to rest with the Japanese, who will probably be able to place in the field not far short of 200,000 mou. This of course assuming that the Japanese land forces will be handled with the same vigour and ability as has marked the conduct of the fleet. Now, as pointed out on the 4 March, the Japanese have three pussible lines of attack open, and of these they have as yet owing to the
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otherwise interproted than as implying an intention to land a strong ferte from the Sea of Japan; as this has professedly been de- layed pending the break-up of the ice at Vladivostock, evidently the objective is to he sought there or thereabouts. The various attacks at Burt Arthur have indicated, if any proof were necessary, that fortifications cannot be attacked with any hope of success by a fleet; so that plainly no such attack is meditated on the defences of Vladivostock; the harbour of Vladivostock is curiously exposed to bombardment, so that it is likely enough that it is to be treated similarly to Port Arthur. Wurk of this nature cannot seriously advantage'n attacking force, and on the celerity and promptness of Japan's first operations on shorn must depend her eventual success in the war with her big
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on acequnt of the folly of the Russions in alienating the Chinese population, requires
antagonist.. Now, as pointed out, Possier Bay is well within striking distance from
expect
The Tisutsin Gus Co. has declared an interim. dividend of 6 por cent,
The Chief Justice sat in chambers yesterday hearing parties in the Granville Sharp will
caso.
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Captain Merlin, Jute of the China Merchants. Co. has been appointed captain of the French Canton river steamer the Charles Hardouin.
The Cantou and Meeno steamers are reping a rich learvest just now by reason of the large number of Chinese going up to the country for festival and worshipping purposes.
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The Electric Light Co. are laying tables to the Peak and the lower high levels, so that very soon the whole of the island in its residen tial parts will be enjoying the benefits of
electric light.
There have been my complaints of late about the emission of smoke from the Electric Light Co.'s works in Wanchi. At present we learn there is being put up a smoke-prevention apparatus which should do away with the aniance.
Complaistvabent the scarcity of water oven on the loss lovels are still numerous. On
Sunday. Wanchai and East Point residents were able to get enough for cooking purposes
and had to have water carried in some cases from the centre of the town.
During the 48 hours ending at noon yesterday 10 frosh fatal Chinese plague cases wors reported, one being “dumped "at Mongkok andthe others securing in No. 2 Hoalth District (1), No. 2 only cases of communicable disease other than (B), No. 2 (1). No. 12 (1), and No. 13 Ch. The
plague last week were 4 of small-pos full
Chinese, 2 fatal).
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Chess players will appreciate the following criticism of the war by the Tokyo correspondent of the N-C: Daily News - It resembles closely a game of chess, The Japanese castles anit queeti have acter smartly in opening the water communications, and can now arrange their any way they will. This is evidently the Japanio Opening.
The putting into force of the now law with regard to the abolition of subicles in Chineso tenments is said to be having the result of driving people out of the Colony. If those who are leaving the city are the worthless, gambling, opium-smoking eluss of coolies, there can be no room for regrot.
At the P. W. D. offices yesterday afternoon, Mr. L. C. Roos, Land Surveyor, offered for sale.j by publie auction Inland Lot No. 1715. Star Street, at the upsot price of $2,361. On an advance of $20 on that Sgure it was knocked down to Mr. Chan A Tan. The lot is 3056 sq. feet and pays an annual Crown ront of $54.
There has been a seusible diminution of Into
in the number of beachcombers in Hongkong. but those that do remain are adopts in the pro- fossion of begging. One can hardly pass through a bye-street without wing accosted by a moniter of this undesirable fraternity, and ho clings as toneciously to a likely passer-by us: does a limpet to a rock.
A wealthy Chinese merchant of Singapore, whose muone is given us Tuotai Chung Hsin- nan, is officially reported to have been granted permission by the Boards of Commeres and Foreign Alinirs to construct a line of railway from Swutow to Tanchow, the capital of the
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[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
WAR
THE
JAPANESE VICTORY NORTH OF THE YALU.
KODE, 2nd May, 1.22 p.m. The Japanese have occupied Chiu- liencheng, on the north bank of the Yalu.
Kobe, 2nd May, 1.40 p.m. The Russian casualties at Chiulien-
cheng were about 800, tho Japanese 700. The Japanese captured a um- hor of prisoners and 20 guns.,
(Cbulioncheng is a town at the northern end
nadertaking to be Chinese. The Tuotai has also of the Yalu estuary, on the direct road to procured some mining rights and s expital of Fonghwangobong. Confirmatory details with Tls 2500,000 is slated to have been already regard to the abovo battle will be found in tho miseribed by Chinese merchants of Singapore Japanese oficial telegram in another column.--- and Hongkong.
ED. D.P.)
Mr. A. B. de Guorville, a Frenchman who acted as correspondant for leading American
REUTER'S SERVICE.
THE WAE. JAPANESE FLEET
ACTIVE AGAIN.
LONDON, 2nd May, Admiral Alexieff wires that tou Japanese cruisors and six destroyers were sighted in Assuri Bay yesterday morning, and that the naemy's ships were sighted at Port Arthur on Thursday night.
journals during the China-Japan War, has just brought out at Paris a book entitled du Japon. In it he takes the trouble (though we should hardly think it necessary to do so again) to con- tradict the gross exaggerations published in 1895 about the capture by the Japanese of Port Arthur. M. de Gaerville was among the news. paper correspondents who entered the place immediately after the fight, and he is therefore
[If Assuri Bay" means Usüri Bay, part of in a position to speak positively. His final relict is this "If in a towa bombarded dur. the Japanese feet is now neur Vladivostock, ing several days by 48 cannon which throw to the east of which Usari Bay lies.-En. and which was taken by assault by troops direct-TRANSIT COOLIES AT HONGKONG, hundreds of shells and thousands of shrapnel,
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being built up and developed by the tronyway Now that the Praya towards the wost is
one gathers that the P.W.D. has made a huge ed against the pos-forts, only 120 bodies werd mistake in putting up the hidecus buildings found. that proves very conclusively that there which stand right in the middle of the road was no butchery and no general masacre." opposite the Canton Steamer wharfs. Why The unscrupulous men who invented the
A Vienna dospatch to the Mainichi says:-A state of panic exists all over Russia in conse, quence of the news of the disastrons defent at Port Arthur. The educated class. the teachers and students, who opposed the war from the outset, are now denouncing the Government authorities for having brought about the war in order to win vain distinctions and mass wealth, Their work has placed the whole of Russia in rapidly increasing and threatens to spread all diffealty. The revolutionary movement is
over the country. The condition of affairs is grave.
thom.
The Kobe Chronicle is not disposed to attach vory much importance to the elaborate story of the sale of Japan's war plans for 100,000 yon; in fact, our contemporary rather ridicules it. It says: As to the story being concealed from foreigners, we may say that it has reached us during the last few weeks in at least four different forms, the only point of agreement being that Japan's plans had been sohl by an sions of the story received, the guilty parties army ever or officers. According to the ver
have committed suicide, have been shot without trial, have been shot as the result of the con-
CHINESE LABOURERS FOR 8. AFRICA AT
YAUMATI
It is possible that the s.s. Tweeđalé may, ju
Buttorfeld & Swire's office that nothing is yet dovided. At the present time there Bre some 2,000 nativa recruits from varions parts of China, andor Dr. Swan, who is sooing that the men are medically and physically fit for the labour. These emigrants have to be at least 20 years of age, and not more than 10. Between 25 and 40, however, is ebout the mark. At present they are allowed 30 cents per die » for foot.
which they will have the option of a further The workers are going to South Africa under a three years agreement, at the expiration of
term of two years. They will return home at the expense of the employer.
Every labourer shall be entitled to be accom- panied by his wife and children under the age
in itself a considerable force, and leaving Japan, and with a fleet flushed with | 50,000 for garrisoning Port Arthur, Vladi- success, and under able admiral, A. S. WATSON & CO. | vestock, and the other defensive posts, we such as Admiral Togo has proved him such a splendid thoroughfare should be dis-masser" fable are too much discredited for a fortnight or so, take out the first batch of
Arrive at some 180,000 men, and judging | self, ready attack
to
figured and blocked by these structures passes it to be worth while to keep en contradicting coalies to South Afrion, but we learn at Messrs. simultaneously
cou.prokension. from the indications given from all quarters (the Russian fleet at the moment locked this would seem to be upproxiately correct. up in Vladivostock, there is nothing There is another entirely independent in view to prevent na able general from way of calculating the strength of the landing a force in Possiet Buy, the more so 131 Kussian forces by taking into consideration as an admirable beach affords every natural the capacity of the railway. There is a facility for landing. The unknown factor Concurrence bere of opinion amongst in the affair is, of course, the personal one, engineering experts. The greater portion but allowing that the capacity for active of the line is over the vast. Siberian plaiùs operations of the Japanese generats is equal and this has minimized the difficulties and to that of their adeirats there is a fair hope cost of construction. The whole line cost of success; though the operation may be a £78,000,000 sterling, or at the rate of about critical one, and will certainly need all the £7,500 per mile, which may be looked upon pluck and readiness in danger which has as moderate for such a line, which had for hitherto distinguished the Japanese armis, instructed by Imperial rescript to take note of as the result of a court-martini, have committed The Board of Commerce at Peking has been fession of one of their number, have been shot
The wages, we understand, will be 50 shillings the most part to he constructed with
per mensem, including free board, food, and unskilled labour, and where all the materials force have not already storted, we may
Simultaneously with this, if indeed the a memorial sent in by the Acting Viceroy of hora-kiri by instructions! After considering the anodical attendance. A Chinese doctor, if de
the Min-che Provisegs, unively announcing various versions in circulation, the only consirod, will attend them. had to be carried from Europe. Asn con-
third advance from Gensan, aceng other things that he will cancel the clusion at which we could arrive was either that
Durban will be the importing-base. The first On the 29th March, at Aberdeen, Scotland, the sequence the rails and rolling-stock are towards which. Some steps seem to have agrement made by his predecessor with certain the story rested on basbless rumour, or that the batch may consist of 1.500 men wife of Davis Wood, Puble Worits Department, light, and the blasting indifferent. The been already taken, which may account for foreign capitalists for the working of certain fact behind it was of the stenderest possible
liuc is, moreover, indifferently supplied with
minos in the fivenothera prefectures of Folkien, description." And the Chronicle points out that On the 25th April, at Ningpo, before E. H. passing-places, and this greatly hampers its the recent reconnaissance of the Russians and make new ones with them, because the the story has hoon" confirmed" by the Manila of 10 years at the expanse of the iniporter; and
capacity. A capable expert well acquainted towards Syongehinwhat the objective of privileges at present giveu to the concessionaries Cableneve.
are too large, and calculated to injure Chinese with the conditions of the ling placed its such an advance may be we are, of course,
mining interests. Plans are to bo devised to capacity, taking into consideration the aeces- able to say; it may be intended to act ary-stores and anumition to be carried, the Yalu. For ourselves we are more dis-
enlist both fureigu and Chinese capital to work in support, of the Japanese advance across
the rich mineral deposits. at an average of a thousand troops per day, He, however, added significantly, that as posed to judge that it is really intended to cross the Chuangpei Shan, where the passes the greater part of the stores and provisions required by the troops would need to be are lowest, and advance along the upper HONGKONG OFFICE :14. DEVEUX ROAD CL transported by the railway, its capacity valley of the Sungari with Kirin as its
for carrying the troops would be con- be able as soon as it got into practicable pilgrims from all over Kwangtung and Kwang- objective. A force thus advancing would
tinually reduced, as
country to support an advance from either. It is only three hours journey from here yesterday, has received orders to proceed were landed at the end of the journey: Fenghwangcheng towards Moukden, or Hongkong. Lu ordinary times the only thing to East Africa; her crew will be relieved at so that in a comparatively short period from Possiet Bay towards Ninguta, whilst of interest at Shekwan is an old temple, but, Colombo, where the transport is to arriva on the transport of troops would automatically neancing at its weakest point the line of when the festival is on, gangways are built the 31st May. cease. Now the Russian estimates of the railway between Harbin and Vladivostock.
scross the paddy fields, a big theatre is erected, capacity of the line at no time exceeded forty-five thousand per month; and this on that the curtain is about to rise on some
Altogether there is a strong indication and there are innumerable booths suil stalls for the supposition that the line was in good decisive event, and that the Japanese, at.
supplying the wants and attending to the comfort of the army of spectators. order. The line has, however, undoubtedly least, are prepared to take advantage of the not been in good order; moreover, there first retura of warm weather to commente exists between Irkutsk and Slenginsk a the campaign in downright earnest, and breach some two er three hundred miles force conclusions one way or the other. long which has to be traversed across a
Mortimore, H.B.M. Consul, John O'Shea, ko EMMA GOMERUALL.
DEATH.
On the 27th April, at the tieneral Hospital,
Shanghai, WILLA FRANCES STEVENSON, of Sydney, N.S.W., late of 1. al. Customs, Shanghai,
aged 60 yours.
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HONGKONG, SED MAY, 1904
RECTOR some days ago informed us that, before leaving S. Petersburg, General KUROPATKIN had stated that there were then 300,000 troops at the seat of war in
Manchuria, which be considered enough for the conduct of the war, and he did not propose to demand any more. It is, of course, quite possible that REUTER may have misinter preted what General KunoPATKIN really said, or intended to say; doubtless 300,000 effective men in the field would be able, under effective generalship, to resist any ad-
more
Aud more
Next Sunday the Chinese festivul at Shok- wan will take place, and as usual there will be number of excursion steamers running from Hongkong. It may not be generally known
NAVAL NOTES.
THE "VASCO DA GAMA,”
The Portuguese battleship Fasco da Gama has left for Shanghai to be under the orders of the Portuguese Minister to Poking. The oruiser Adamastor leaves also about the middle
that this festival is one of the most famous in of the mouth. southern China and attracts thousands of
The accounts of the Astor House Hotel Co., Lú,, Tientsin, for 1900 show a divisible amount
GERMAN CRUISER LEAVING.
The German cruiser Bussard, which arrived
REVOLUTION IN IRONCLADS..
M. Charpy, manager of the Montluchon factory of the Chatillon Iron Works Co., has dis. covered after long efforts a method by which thin armoured plates from three to four inches it thickness may be greatly increased in efficiones.
of Tls. 21,302 after paying dividend of 10 per The importance of the new process will be cent, and writing off T. 5,510 for depreciation evident when it is stated that its application to and had debts. It was decided at the anal an armoured cruiser would permit of a reduction moting on the 19th ult. to pay Tls. 1,500 to diree-in the weight of metal used of from 30 to 35 por To-night the land of the German warskiptors and auditor as their fees, a bonus of Tls. cent, without any dimination in resisting power, in the Theatre Royal.
every labourer who, after being introduced into this Colony, desires his wife and children under the age of 10 years to join him in the Trans- vaal may, provide that before or at the signing of his contruct such labourer shall have regis tered with the official before whom the contract is signed the names and residence of his wife and children unl the respective ages of the chil- rem, require his employer to introduce them at
his, the labourer's, expense, and on the employer refusing to do so the labourer shall be entitled to terminate his contract, and thereupon shall be returned to China in pursuance of his con- tract at the expense of the importer.
In any case in which the services of a labourer. - are transferred from the importer to some other person who holds a licence to import labourers, the wife and children of such labourer shall not be soparated from him, but the transferee shall provide proper accommodation for such wife and children on the promises on which the labourer is employed and shall be liable for the expense incurred in returning the wife and children of
each Labourer to Ching in ense such labourer dies while in the service of such transferee as aforesaid or any of the events happen during such sore which render sach labourer liable under the Ordinance to be returned to his
vance of the Japanese, end secure the posses. mountainous tract over which everything Hansa will give a second orchestral concert 1,147 to the foreign staff, and a final dividend Numerous tests have been made before the country of origin.
(antil recently occapied by Au Men and Hing The contral part of the old Hongkong Club Cheong, tailors) has been opened up as a branch of the Cafe Weisman.
The steamer Chihli-Messrs Butterfield and
of 8 per cent, making 18 per cent. for the year, Naval Experimental Commission, and the value carrying forward the balance, Tls. 355. It was and a final 'sum of Tls. 10,000 to Mr. Ritter, of the process is admitted to be boyend question, also decided to raise a sum of Tls. 100,000 for
additions and improvements by 7 per cent. dobentures.
THE S.S. "PERA."
NEW P. & 0, STEAMBE TO ARRIVE FO-DAY,
The new P. & O. steamor Pera is due to
It will be interesting to note how many of the labourers are accompanied by their families.
HONGKONG-PORTLAND (OREGON)
RUN.
A NEW LINE OF STEAMERS,
A new line of steamers between the United
sion of Manchuria, but there are several has to be carried on horee-back or on foot, ifs which require to be taken into considera- From various sources of information we tion. The first of these is as to the number gather that the serviceable troops at com- of effective troops available. Judging by mand in Manchuria in January did not what we have already seen of Russian move-touch, if at all, exceed 70,000, and if we ments the indications are decidedly that the allow that 100,000 have since found their Russians are Loing hampered by an insuff-way thore, which considering that the in- Swire-brought down 103 Indian details from On Sunday list the 8.5. San Cheung rau on ciency of men, else it is not easy to soo why terval, owing to the breaking-up of the ice Tientsin. A fiue passage was experienced down an excursion trip round the island and to Mirs arrive here ut noon to-day, this being her first States and Hongkong, established by the Port- they should have abandoned the whole of in Siberia, is the most dificult poriod of the coast. The soldiers are on their way home from Bay, a trip which was enjoyed by all on board. voyage to Hongkong. Sho is a sister-ship to lend & Asiatic Steamship Company, recently North-western Corea, and apparently fallon year for travelling, we shall arrive at a total | Hongkong by an Indo-China steamer,
There were two warships in the key, and when the twin-scrow P. & O. sterwera Poting and came into operation. The vessels of the new back so far without venturing a battle. of 170,000 mcn.
Numerous firms took up that: touarey in the excursion steamer was passing them the Palermo, which recently visited Hongkong. line are the. Nicomedia, which recently sailed With a strong army at his disposal a deduction for the necessary wear and tear Alexandra Buildings yesterday. Now that the band of the 25rd Burman which was on board Her gross tonnage is 7634.86, effective horse from this port; Arabia, Argonia, and Numantia. it is again not easy to conceive why an from deaths and invaliding, which in view bamboo scaffoldings have been removed from Played God Save the King" and their regi. power 6,500, and carrying capacity in tons The first three were formerly known as the active general should not have occupied in of the unusually severe winter we can the building its handsomeness appeals to the mental march. The steamer also dipped its flag measurement 12,500. Though she does not Indrashima, Indrawadi, and Indravelli and and the warships responded to the salute. We advertido for passengers there is accommodation carried the British Bug. The ressola hare now force the north-eastern province of Bam. hurdly place at less than 9,000, so that eye and is generally being remarked upon.
understand that the promoter of the trip for such on board. The three sister-ships are
heen chartered for three years and will carry kiong, and threatened thas any advance of practically, we arrive at the same figures as
During the past week-end the Supreme intends running excursions all through the sum-something like the twin-screw steamers Candia the German flag. Before of 160,000 available troops. From Court was washed out and disinfected, a process mer months. The next one will probably be on and Socotru, but much larger and a great
The vessels of the new line comprise a the Japanese from Gonsau. What the Japanese plan of operations in their land this, as before stated, we must deduct some which it was highly in need of. In the small the 16th inst. to S. John's Island, about 40 improvement on those vessels, now some eight splendid fleet, all the boats being of the 5000-ton campaign is likely to be is still a mystery, 80,000 as required for necessary garrisons, seats and benches that one can write one's name toric interest and much beauty. There will be cargo-working facilities, latest patteru ersues of cargo and laving the best accommodation Court the dust sometimes lies so thick on the miles south of Hongkong, a place of great his years old. Special attention has been paid to class, capable of transporting immense quantities so well have their counsels been kept, preserving the railway truck, and over.
on them with a walking-stick.
I being provided.
for passengers.
From this we must make
a reduced fare of $3.
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