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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 20TH, 1904
folly and madness of retiring impress itself should show our Government how essential on any unprejudiced observer.
Weihai was occupied as a counterprise to Russin's seizure of Port Arthur; opposition to her action was ostensibly withdrawn in A. S. WATSON & CO., consequence of Russia's declaration that she only intended to use it as the terminus of her Biberian Railway, and did not meun to fortify it. Well, Russia is still in Port Arthur; she has fortified it to render it, as she thought, at least it nable. That Russia has got a little unpleasant
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in the interests of trade. It is a have it It unhirepered by petty interferences. actually pays the manufacturer better to jahip bis raw material to Japan, hava it manufactured with the dearer inbour there prevailing, pay double duties, and bring the manufactured goods back to Chien, than to have his cotton apua on the spot in Shanghai!
It is true that as yet un manufactures, and none but the most potty of trades, have sprung up in Weihai; but whose is
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Columbia University has granted Fellowships TELEGRAMS. to Chin Yung-yen, of the Imperial University of Paking, a student of American Constitutional Law, and Mr. William Campbell, of Darham University, who is already in receipt of a grant of three hundred pounds a year from the Carnegio Institute for the study of the physics! properties of stool.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
THE WAR
STARTLING - R› PORT.—
MOUKDEN THREATENED.
Statistics furnished by the Consulate General of Japan in London show that Japanese trade during the first quarter of the year has scarcely felt any of the effects of the war. As hostilition did not commence till near the middle of Fe.
allowing for this it is proof of Japan's vitality udvorse influences to be experienced; but even
that exports and imports combined should record an increase of £2,011,000 as compared with the effect that a Japanese force has corresponding period of 1903. This is almost
foretaste of un eventual surrendor is probably the blame? The merchant and the man/bruary there has been, of course, little time for
true; but if she have, it was not through any activity on the part of the British Government, who so far from showing any WATERS evidence of nativity, on the contrary went down on its knees before Russia and Jaques, begging the two in the mildest of language not to quarrel. It is always the aufortsmate results of such undignified AERATED WATERS of our manufacture and old-womanlike conduct to inflame the passións it would appease, and the present
IN THE FAR EAST.
made under constant European expart supervi- is no exception. What would have been
account
of their
sion are sold throughout the Far East and are
invariably preferred on
excellenco.
THE MACHINERY in use embodies every improvement known up to date.
ABSOLUTE PURITY is guaranteed.
THE BEST MATERIALS only are used.
the result had our Governinent taken some more dignified action is of course impossible to say.
Dao thing, however, cannot be called in question: the position could not have been worse than it is to day, and Great Britain would not have had to stand in a corner with bor fuger in her mouth. So far, then, no change has come over the military position, and the occupation of Weihai is as much a matter of inomsut as ever. Indeed it is probably more so, for the retirement of Great Britain from so
advantageous a position, we may be certain, would be followed up by the entrance of THE PRICES are only balf those charged some other and more enterprising Power.
in England.
We have had many instances of late of the worthlessness of the respect paid to their most soleman engagements by the Powers on WATERS MANUFACTURED BY US
the Continent; our own Government cannot are nokLowlodged by the loading Englishpload iguurance, for it openly spoke in the makers to be equal to those of their own
prodaction
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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
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Commons of the impossibility of binding a Power like Russia. Is Lord LANSDOWNE
facturer are ready to invest thoir capital, but the shifting, shiftless policy, or rather no-policy of our Government, dabbling on he edge of the stream, one minute putting draw it in a forror of its own making, has hitherto prevented any advance being made.
LONDON, 18th May, 11 am. There is a Russian report to the
its foot in the water, only the next to withs much as the gain made a year ago-reached a point 30 miles north-east of £2.184,800 and over seven times the advance of Moukden on the railway line, and 1902 on 1901. The importa for the past quarter amount to £9,621,000, an increase of £499.000 is advancing in three columns. and the exparts amount to £7,173,000 an increase
A four-page daily paper has been started at Chefoo called the Chefos Daily News,
A subscription list has been opened at Odoses for a menument to the memory of Admicað Makaroff and the men whofdied with him.
The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty: Engineer Lientenants B. D. McQueen, to the Tamar for Hongkong Yard, and C. F. L. Donkin, to the Tamur for the Whiting, to date April 19
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Buring the 24 hours ended at noon yesterday five Fatal cases of plague (all Chinese) were reported. Two came from Queen's Road West, one from Ko Sing Street, one from First Street, and one from Shaukiwan.
Another weath from "the Hon." E. R.
Bellios, C.M.G., of Hongkong, appeared in the forefront of Lord Beaconafield'e statue in Parliament Square, London, on Primrose Day. We must confess to wondering why Mr. Belilios has not bad the annual error corrected.
The writer of Topics for the Times" in the
I hopa
Shanghai Merrury says: As I write the weather is everything that could be desired for the opening of the cricket season. to see some good new blood in both the senior clube. We have to recover certain 'ashes' from the south. Well. Hongkong will be quite ready when the weather permits.
of £1,012,000.
The veteran Russian Goneral Dragomiroff wrote to a corr spondent a letter in which he says Russia has "too many haves." "You say yourself," observes the General, “that irrespon
sible advisers, such as Begobrasov. Princo
It is also reported that General Kuropatkin is about to retire to Harbin and await reinforcements. Giving the Japanese 225,000 men
Meshtsharski, Dentabinski, and others are now in the field, he calculates that responsible for everything.
What can we do
There is the
against them? I share bitterly deplored the they will take six weeks to reach fact that with a light heart we have hunted Harbin, soreral hares at the same time; according to my estimate not less than six. Finnish, thu Polish, the Turkish, the Persian, the Iulius, and finally the Manchurian bars, To these have now been added a seventh- the Transcaucasian, to sy nothing of the
artificially-produced forment in the Russian interior."
L'Ecke de Chine has a leading article by
IN THE LIAOTUNG
PENINSULA.
LONDON, 18th May, 11 am, General Kuropatkin reports that
K." in which the Russians are consoled far 20,000 Japanese troops have landed
their defeats by being assured that they have all
occurred through their undervaluing their enemy. This will now he remedied, and in his concluding paragraph "X." warns the Japanese what they have now to expect :-" The wounded white bear will rise up again more terrible than ever, his far bristling as he shakes off the few drops of blood which might stain his robe, and throws himself on his pray with little The Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch, thought of pity as a slight irritation near his wounded on this Petroparlovak, will, when he heart reminds him of the first bullet he returns to Europe, go to Nice to regain health,
received." This extraordinary outburst will staying at the Chateau Fabron with his aut doubtless console Russia for all her losses. the Duchess of Saxe-Cobarg. Home papers add that the Grand Duchess of Hesse, whom the Duko Cyril was anxious to marry, is now as Nice with her mother.
sanguine enough to believe that Weihai would be vacant twenty-four hours after A. S. WATSON & CO. the British flag had been hauled down? Politically retirement would be tantamount to declaring ourselves out of the gune Had we never occupied Weihai it would under existing conditions he had play to accept it, even as a gift. Russia is being called to neconst for her misdends general- ly, and practically hor existence as an empire is being questioned; it would ha manifestly impolitic still further to compli-"London County has heater the N.C.C. by cate the political tungle. For precisely the ban reason it would be in the last degree impolitic to throw into the arena another As the case stands, we apple of discord. hold Weihai: we can employ the influence its holding gives us in the Gulf of Pechili to useful purpose, not only in the general settlement of affairs which must shortly come about, but in the interest of China herself. China is not in a fit frame of mind
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On the 13th May, at 20, the Bund, Shanghai, to be trusted with edged tools; the Dowager Tez' is still occupying the place of the legitimate Emperor, aud the Palace ropes are still being manipulated in an alien interest by the Russian Minister at the Weihai and England have yet capital. their mission but half performed; is it moment to entertain thoughts even of throwing up the sponge?
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HONGKONG, 20тH May, 1904
It is
of Ching herself; then, no less than in that
A telegram dated London, May 5th, says:
seven wickets." A later wire to Singapore adds that Leicestershire has beaton Warwickshire by 8 wickets: Notts has besten Kent by 3 wickets: Yorkshire has beaten Cambridge University by an innings and 18 runs: Oxford University has beaten Somerset by an innings and 45 rans.
Admiral E. J. Church, who died at Weymouth on the 18th ultimo, aged 62, was commander of the Curtein from 1873 to 1878 on the China and Jain stations, and received the commendation of the Admiralty on three separata occasions for having efficiently carried out special services. Ha held the post of commodoro ut Hongkong from 1988 to 1691. He was made rice-admiral in 1899, and was put on the retired list in the
same year.
The Feuille de Renseiquementa, official.orgs of the French Colonial Office, states that the establishment of iron foundries on a large scale in Tonkin seems quite feasible.
Rich veins
of iron ore bave recently been dis covered about 60 kilometres from Hanoi. Not far from this place ara the anthracite coal wines of H-ngay, new being successfully worked.
and America.
This sathra-
The Government of India har's needed to the request of the Indian Tea Association to approach the Home Government with reference to the proposed enhancenter of the British import duty. On the 23rd April. the
TRUE to that policy of drift and vacilla-
The third reason against retiring is to tion which has been the curse of our inter-mercantile men, and therefore in the eyes course with the East generally during the of most of our readers, the principal, and
cile, mixed with coal from Japan or Yusnan, last forty years, the British Government is that is the commercial. Weihai is in would it is said, prodaos coke adapted for iron again exhibiting the lassitude and want of North China the only spot where the founding. A market might, it is eaid, be found Sir RUBERT in China, Japan, Hongkong, and Siam, cuntries tone which has now become chronic
bonumbing influence of unpleasant to hare to repeat the same story
Haur and, we may add, of Sir JAMES which at present have to import from Europe from years' end to years' end, yet no sooner MACKAY is not the law of the land. has our Foreign Office, by exertions which It affords the one bright spot where manu- it would fain base us to believe were super-facturing industry, and the growth of an bumso, dragged us out of one difficulty export trade, are still possible in the interest than immediately it almost seems to strive to get mixed up ju another. We know the trouble with which the Government has Weihai, not necessarily as a military base, of State that they considered the anticipa been looking out both ways to obtain some has become a matter of moment. The ions of the Association as quotable opinion which would appear to nominal opening of ports, done for the sole bable effect on consumption of the enhanced justify it in abandoning Weihai, and we
ated that they would be glad if His Majesty's also know the difficulties it has encountered Purpose of attracting provincial funds today to be well founded. They further intim- the capital, there to be wasted, or, worse Ministers could refrain from increasing the duty, than wasted, used for the debauchery of the In addition to this action, the Government of State, is the actuating motive in all these India have also informed the Secretary of State pretended reforms. The real depressing of the resolution passed at the public meeting influences are still at work, and the only held at the Chamber of Commerce on the 23rd difference from former conditions is that whereas of old exactions on trade went into
of the world at large, our continuance at Government telegraphed to the Secretary
April.
to the pro- 1
We take the following example of the Chinuman's legal subtlety" from a home paper: All Foo, ths Chinama who a year ago was sentenced to Ave weeks' imprisonment for having landed in Australia while & prohibited immi- grant, has secured a reversal of that decision, He appealed on the ground that ten words of a European language had been read to him for dietation instead of fifty. The fall Court of Victoria quashed the conviction against him that he was an undesirable immigrant. The Chief Justice said the section of the Act required that at least fifty words of any European language should be submitted. It was not sufficient answer to say that the person failed to write ten words submitted to kim
at Siungyu-cheng, south of Kaiping.
SPLIT BETWEEN RUSSIAN COMMANDERS.
LONDON, 18th May, 11 a.m. General Kuropatkin and Admiral
Alexieff are in total disagreement, as to the question of the both
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defence of Port Arthur and in other matters.
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THE FISCAL POLICY.
AMENDMENT DEFEATED,
LONDON, 19th May, 10,25 a.m.
In the House of Commons at the con- clusion of the debate on the Fiscal Policy. Mr. A. W. "Black's amendment to the motion in favour of the Fiscal Policy was defeated by 306 votes to 251.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
Вре
RUSSIAN CRITICISM OF JAPAN'S TACTICS.
LONDON. 17th May.
General Pang telographs that the Japanese ranes to Liaoyang is characterised by indeci- *ion. He supposes the objection of the principal ' Japanese forces is a point beyout Haichong.
ARREST OF LASCARS IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, 17th May. Threo Loecars, of the crew of the British stsamer Camrose, and also some of the orer of a German stoomer, have been arrested at Krou- stadt on suspicion of being Japanese.
THE LATE SİR HENRY STANLEY,
LONDON, 17th May.
The funeral service of tho late Sir Houry Stanley, the explorez, at We tminster Abbey, was conducted with great ceremony. The King and Queen and the King of the Belgians were. represented.
THE P. & O. MAIL SERVICE.
LONDON, 17th May. The Government has arranged to extend the presont P. & 0. Service to 1908, bạt with an
acceleration of 24 hours throughout. The
subsidy to be £33009. In the meauwhile the Government will ascertain whether a further improvement is obtainabis by open tender.
THE TIBET XPEDITION.
LONDON, 17th May. The Earl of Hardw ke, in reply to Earl Spencer, id that the hostility shown to the Mission 10 Tibet did not show that the policy of the Governmont was wrong, but that it was con. fronted with a danger far more serious than was expected. The declaration of policy of the 6th November, 1903, in novise deba red the Missiou
from going to Lbasse. He admitted that the
oircumstances were now changed, and that we
were now at war with but; and, until we had
piadiosted our position by force of arms and shown the Tibetans we wore not to be trifled [Part of the above, the message referring to with, he did not think that the Government Moukden, was published by us asu special "extra" should be naked to give a definite pledge regard yesterday morning. Farther details will being the form the settlement should take at the eagerly awaited, for the presence of Japanese conclusion of hostilities, troops north of Moukden at this stage was entirely unexpected, whether advancing round the Mo-tien-ling range from Fonghwangcheng or from the oast coast of Corea. Siungya-cheng, mentioned in the second part of the telegram, is less than 20 miles south of Kaiping and about 40 south of Tashibcbias, the junction of the lines to Newchwang and to Moukden, The Japanese were proviously said to have landed at Kalping
By kind permission of Lt. Col. Iremonger and officers, the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry-ED. D.P.] will play the following programme of music at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner to- night (weather permitting) :- March.....
Ove ture..." Tee Konigs Lieutenant Selection... Flaredora......... Serenade... Love in Idleness"
"Mawh des Toreros"
Godard
Emil Titi Leslie Slunet ...... Macbeth Brlection... Three Little Maide
.......Buhons Waltz ......
"Blem"
... Margis Tarentelle. "The Original Napolitaine"... Jullien
God Save the King."
MENU.
Hors D'EuvrÈS
Caviare on Torst.
BOUT.
Asparagus and Custard.
FISH,
Boiled Fish and Egg Sauce. ENIREKR. Grilled Fillet of Beef and Parsley Szuce
Landed Brisket of Chicken.
Sheep's Tongue en Aspic. JOINTA
Ronet Capon Roast Leg of Mutton
Cold Bam. CURRY. Shrimp. SALAD,
Boiled Potatoes
Lima Beans
A la Germaine. -
VEGETABLES.
Chipped Potatoes Stewed Cuswhore.. ΕΠΕΣΤΗ,
Sponge Cakes
Finger Cakes.
Svet Padding
Vanilin fos Cream
THE DALLAS COMPANY,
GENERAL SASSULTICH
SUPERSEDED.
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LONDON, 19th May, 10.25 a.m. General Sassultich, who was in command on the Yalu, has been superseded by General Keller.
TIBET.
GRAVE SYMPTOMS-TIBETAN HEAVY GUNS.
LONDON, 18th May, 11,5 am. The Tibetan forces opposing the British Mission are receiving reinforcements in- cluding two big guns.
[JAPANESE CONSULAR SERVICE.]
THE BATTLE OF THE YALU.
HEAVY CASUALTIES.
THE CHIN KIANG RIOT.
The N.-C. Daily News correspondent writes from Chingking on the 12th May
The riot which occurred here yesterday was an uprising against the taxes imposed by the officials. It was proposed to establish a market, and stop the small stands on the street, and also to introduce a new police force, somewhat after the foreign pattern. When it was attempted to introduce these innovatiora, some of the people rose in fury, and swept up to the foot of the hill where one of the quarters of the new police force was, setting fire to it, and in the mêlée causing the death of several, and seriously wounding several The police force with Mauser rifles fired into the attacking mob, but did not succeel in driving them away. Report puts the number of killed and injured at fourteen. Both sides suffered. Just about the time the crowd was ni its worst, a heavy shower of main came down. and the tons of thousands of people that were watching from the hills and house-tops more or less dispersed, and the streets were quieter Yarious rumours were afloat about the country people rising in every direction, about rowdies coming from north of the river, vto, but today, apart from the few soldiers seen stationed or the street, or passing up and down, and the closing of all the shops nothing seems to be going on. About acun to-day an armed osvort
with an official came down ibo streat and oriler- ed all the shops opened. There was no anti- foreign expression that could be seen among the people.
COLLISION BETWEEN HONGKONG AND CANTON
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Canton, 19th May. The night steamer Taton has been in collision with the Kaugtung off the Sali Flats. near Whampoa.
It is understood that the Kwangtung, at the
time, was endeavouring to avoid a fishing-junk, which was sunk.
in its self-imposed and unpatriotic task. It has been lately whispered that in Sir CYPEIAN, BRIDGE it has at last found an
Last night the Dallas Musical Dramatic Admiral willing to say something which can
Company were again favoured with a very fair be alleged in detriment of the place; but as
house, when they reproduced the ever popular
Toxo, 19th May 17.20 p.m. the strong condemnation which they have
General Kuroki reports that the exact Now that the summier weather has actually musical comedy Floradora. As in the prorious hinted at has not ever over Admiral
provincial treasuries, where the law of arrived we may expect a repetition of the cheap performance the principal parts were anstsined BRIDGE's signature been published, it is demand and supply put a practical limit outings to Macao and the surrounding islauds with considerable animation, and the pleasing numbers of Japanese casualties at the Battle witticisms of Anthony Tweedlepunch, so ably of the Yalu were 218 killed, including 5 only reasonable to conclude that the pre- to suicidal tariffs, they are nowadays con- that were so deservedly popular last year. impersonated by Mr. Percival Knight, were na- others, and 288 wounded, including 33 First and foremost among the notices to hand
Russian corpes buried by us tended condemnation, doubtless written to centrated in doctrinaire hands to whom is a picnic to Macao, calling at Ten Table Island doubtedly the feature of the performance officera.
One and all worked hard to make the play a numbered 1,863, and 613 prisoners were 'order, and accompanied by so many condi-killing taxation, provided only it be carried for tifin, on Sunday, the 5th Jane, under the tions as to confate itself, is too dangerous out by rule and compass, is a thing of joy auspices of the R.A.0.B., who, we ffeur, have success, and taking into consideration the draw taken. The booty consisted of three-
backs consequent upon the time of the year, inch quck-firing field guns, 21 quick-fring to Crintou. 30 instrument to permit of its being and beauty. That there is a limit in each made arrangements for the chartaring of last evening's performance was quite up to the machine guns, 3 rifles, 1,021 horses and published in full; and to publish a portion case beyond which increase of taxations... Wing Chai for the ocasion. Given the standard expected of the well-known company. 63 cases of ammunition, besides clothing, would only excite worse suspicions. The positively reduces the collection, is a phase weather and the requisite number to make the fact of the matter is that the more the posi- of political economy which has never entered pienic a success, both from a convivial and We see from the notices that Three Lille Moide tion and capabilities of Weilui, whether as into the heart of the Inspector-General to financial standpoint, we see no reason why those will be staged this evening, and those desirous a military, political, or mercantile base, are conceive. The lessons of the introduction availing themselves of the opportunity should of filling in an hour or so will do well to follow not have s most enjoyable as well as inexpensive! the story of the Three Little Maids as portrayed
by the Dallas Company. taken into consideration, the more does the of the cotton-spinning industry in Shanghai outing.
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tests, &c. At Fenghuang some ammunition, [We are indebted to Mr. M. Noma, the Japanese Consul, for the above-Ev. D.P.] clothings and provisions were taken,
The Taion, as far as I can gather, struck the Kwangtung on the port quarter.
Both steamers sustained heavy damage. amounting, perhaps, to $15,000.
Fassengers had to take native boats to conne
[The Kwangtung is a steamer belonging to the Yuen On 8.8. Co. Ld, running betwees.
the Shin On u. Kwongchow. The Taion is a Hongkong and Canton in conjunction with river steamer belonging to the Tai On S.S. Co., Ld.-ED. D.F]
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