peceded uglers, to clear a passage, Tla fapanese Wever, declined a hand-to-harl couillet, gecoiled. In front of the regitnent {
He was was the plain bearing a cross. struck be lailets. It was only by advan
The 11th Regiment, which hold its ground for two hours more with heavy losses, forced a passage at the print of the bsyouct and crossett the ravines with its colours.
It lost its colonel commandant, forty officers,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SÄTURDAY, JUNE 4TH, 1904.
THE STATUS OF BONDS.
IMPORTANT ACTION TO RECOVER CANCELLED
BONDS.
ing on these with the bayount that the sad about 2,000 non-commissioned officers and Tokyo Courts which is likely, the Kobe Chronicle
11th Rond was able to
extricate itself.
mon
On the ival of a battalion of the 1016 able to bent a Regime the troops were retreat.
must Josses Japanese
have been
The enorions.
The Russians retired in good order on Feng- Ths of the 11th and 12th Regi-wangelong. The men of the 3rd Division their ments - very great, and are not yet exactly maintained their excellent oral, and more. known the ith Regiment the killed ham. 700 wounded proceeded with includ.olonel Iawing and Lient-Colonels regiments to Fongwangcheag, Domapnd Raivsky. The 12th Regiment killed or lost
In company FORTRES Wound
The and Brd Batteries of the 5th Brigade, i barinst, the greater number of their aren and hs, could not bring away their guns, and ndoned them after rendering them useles For the sumne reason the six guns of the Battery and eight ponhactíos could not he bht away, and they were also disabled The Antainous nature of the entry render. editpossible to save the mus by tens of drappes.
Uto the present Sun wounded, including foren officers; have been brought into the hosal at Fengwangcheng. Their agentual traport elsewhere is fully assured.
Japanese cavalry appeared to the soul eaf Fengwangcheng, but, sewing two com pees with two gus opposed to it, did wat votre to approach.
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transport of the wounded by hired here to Fengwungcheng was very difficult.
wheeled carts. and horses lent by the calry, were also atilised for bringing in the wadni. Most of these, however, arrive on fc. assisted by their comrades, and reaches gwangcheng within twenty-four hours,
eneral Sussaulitch declares that the troops rained their morale, notwithstanding their -lovy losses, and are ready for fresh engage,
mts.
The Japanese Josons were very honey at the sage of the Aibo, at their position at Turen- en, and on the hill occupied by the two ttalions of the 11th Regiment. According to is statements of men who took part in the itle, at last three to four thousand vera bital."
GENERAL KASHTALINSKY'S REPORT General Kashtalinsky reported:---
I consider it my duty to report the painful 1 glorious circumstances of the light sustained I the troops under my orders against superior «panese forces on May 1st at Tarentan
(hilien-chong).
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NOTES.
FEELING ON THE CHINESE FRONTIER.
The Chinese Minister in Paris has denied, according to the Temps, that any pupular movement was imminent in China, and said that the Chinese Government was well able to
guard the frontier and to maintain order in the interior.
SCOTTISH WAR-DOGS FOR RUSSIA.
A London paper announces that Major Hau- tonville Richardson, Carnousti. Scotland, the well-known trainer of ambulance legs, received on Saturday frota S. Petersburg, by command of the Tsar, un order for the supply of a considerable number of his valuable dogs for we at the wat of war. These animals, which are chiefly of the crossbred collie and man-hunting bloodhound type, are to be instantly despatched to Manchu ría and the Far East. Major Richardson, who has devoted many years to the training of dogs for official purposes, is the only recoguised breeder and trainer of war-dogs in Britain.
JAPAN'S FIRST SUBMARINE
A New York.telegram says that a month ago the submarine bout Protector, designed by Captain Lake and built at Bridgeport, was sold to Jupan. necording to a despatch from Bridge part, Connecticut. She is a twin-serow rigar chuped vessil, and is fitted with a diving com- partment for cutting cables and lowering mines. She differs from most submarines in that s can run on wheels on the bottom, being, in fact, A kint of submarine motor-car as well as a
submarino boat. She carries three Whitehead torpedoes, and is propelled by gasoline engines on the surface and by storage batteries under water. Her displacemout is 170 tons sub merged, and her speed eloven knots.
A BREACH OF NEUTRALITY.
On the morning of April 9th the-Japanese | torpedo Inses. al aiready turned my left flank, which had the craing before occupied the heights of Khoan fter a fight. It was on this necourt that I rdered the battalions of the 2nd Regiment, which had occupied Khosi, to retire across the the on the position of Pélietintay.
On the morning of the same day an extraor dinarily violent mud prolonged waardnient of the whole position of Turenchen was began from Wijn. It was auticipated that the Japanese, after the bombardment, in which more than 2,000 shells were fired, would take the offensive.
On the night of May 1st I received, from tivneral Sassulitel orders to accept battle by remaining on my former position. On the left Bank of my position the fords of Patietinsky were defended by two battalions of the 22nd Regiment and the 3rd laffery of the Sixth Brigade.
The Japanese took the offensive at five o'clock in the morning, sending towards the foxls of the The River at least one division of infantry, which, alvancing in comun, sustained onortons losses, but crossed the fords and attacked. The position was cannonuded is funk by.thirty-six field guns and by siege bat'eries.
A Northern despatch reports the arrest by one of General Ma's officers. at Shuuhnikwan, of a native who was discovered trying to muggle out of the Great Wall no less than 3,000 The prisoner confessed himself to be a discharged mafoo of General Chu and that he had heu tempted by a heavy bribe to deliver the torpedo, or electrical mine, fuses to Russian agents in the vicinity of the Liao river. During the investigation it also transgired that these fases had been stolen from the Chinese Torpedo Department, belonging to the Peiyaag Administration, thereby implicating several persons connected with that department. The fuses were, of course, confiscated, and a further investigation has been ordered by the Chihli military authorities into the ebarges made by the ex-mafoo in question.-N.-C. Daily
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JAPAN'S WAR, EXPENSES,
A Tokyo despatch gives the following as the statement of the finanes authorities -The estimated war disbursements from the com mencement up to the end of the present fiscal year umount to 110,000,000 yen. which sum is to be raised by temporary loans or the issue of bouds. Of this sure, 200,000,000 yen has already been raised by the first izme of the Domestic Bonds and the loan contracted in England and America. Of the remaining 210,000,000 yen; |-100,000,000 yen will be derived from the secon? issne of Domestic Bonds just aruoanced. The term of redemption of those bonds has bean prolonged by two years beyond that of the first issue, making seven years. As already stated, the price of the new issue has been fixed at 92 yen, three yen below the figure for the first Towards noon I assertained that the Japanese issue, a concession stated to be made in con. had router a battalion of the 22nd Regiment. | sideration of the prolongation of the term of posted at Chin-gau, and were turning is left redemption and also of the economic conditions
At one o'clock in the afternoon my left now
prevailing. It dank,
of carepaiga flank was reinforced by two buttalions of the field 11th Regiment and a battery coniunded by the successive Lient-Colonel Mouravsky, who were sent from the reserve by General Sussulitch, with orders to hold their ground until the departure of the 9th and 10th Regiments frora Shakedz.
The 12th Regiment, cored by the fire of the brigade, and by a company of machine guns, which, by a terrible fire, arrested the advance of the Japanese, advanced and complot the posi.
tion.
I ordered the 11th Regiment to occupy a com- manding position in the rear from which they could fire on the enemy from two sides,
is nuded
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the
victories
of
that the result of Japan has now greatly extended, large tones of troops being sout out in quick succession, with a con- sequent rapid increase in the disbursement. It is not expected, however, that the money market will be much afected by the issue of the new loan, as ample time is given for the payment of tho calls, but it is natural that the market
POLICE COURT.
Friday, 3rd Juno. BEFORE MR. J. H. KEMP (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE),
BLUEJACKETS IN TROUBLE.
A bluejackut, named Cobb, was charged with rarments from a Japaneso stealing two prostitute resuling at Ship Street. He was con victed of stealing one garment and bound ever to keep the peace for six months.
Another le was fined $5 for being drunk and disorderly
ALLEGED ASSAULT,
NO NOTICE.
A house-boy was fined $1 for leaving the
Wigm due to him wara forfeited. service of Mr. John Lee without woties. The
ROGE KS AND VAGABONDS.
A very important action is in progress in the eays, to materially affect, the standing of Joue- ase bonds, not only in Japan but abroad. The suit in question is being brought in the name of Baron Sons, the Minister of Finance, who socks to recover from the Chartered Bank ton bonds, of the face value snch of 5,000 yen. which it is alleged were stolen from the Department of Fixince. It appears from the fucts which have already been disclosed that these hands are
A Chinese woman with bound feet was charg- part of the series of cancelled bonds stolen bed with assauiting a servant. Mr. Tso, solicitor, an employee of the Finance Department about a
appeared for the defence. As the servant, who year ago and hypotheted in various wayshore marks on her face, said she had fallen down The lonis were originally issued in 1896, but and not heon aseaulted, the ense was dismissed. throu yours later were exchanged for bouls of different denomination. Instead of those re- turned to the Treasury being destroyed or defaced in some way to show that they had heest cancelled, the lands appear to have bain rotuin- ed in the Finance Department untouched for some, months, and it was apparently the ease, with which the theft could he committed that led to the frand. A man named Ikeo, who was merely a subordinate official, had access to the bonds, and in June 1902 he stole somo forty of the documents and handed them over to a man named Hishiya, who raised money by hypothecating them to various banks and com- panies. As indicating that there was nothing on the docnments to differentiate thein from othered. howk, it appears that besides the Chartered Bank several Japanese banks accepted them unhesitatingly and advanced money upon them. these being the Naniwa Bank, the Sumitomo Bank, and the Third Bank. None of the banks or companies seem to have had their suspicions aroused until he Oficial Gazelle of the 18th July, 1903, auounced the theft of a number of the cancelled bonds from the Treasury, and ordered that the persons holding the bonds of which numbers were given should duly report the fact to the authorities.
The claims now made by the Minister of Finance is that the hunds, alloged to be cancelled but showing no sign of any cancella tion, should be surrendered to the Treasury without compensation. Possibly the object of the Minister of Finance is merely to get a the question ruling of the Court upon of responsibility. Our readers will be aware that according to English law, while a title to goods in genoral cannot be conferred by mere delivery when evidence is produced that such goods were fraudulently acquiral, an exception is made in the case of negotiable instruments maintain the public credit and facilitate the like Governmout bends, the object being to melium of exchange. In that case the holders of these hands, who came by them in a perfectly legitimate way, would be safe against attack, but it is very dificult to say what exactly the law in Japan is in this matter.... total value of the bonds stolen amounts to more than 200,000 yen, but, large as this sam is it is as nothing compared with the injury that Jupan will suffer if the public at home or abroad becomes saspicious of the geunineness of her securities on the market, while there is also the danger of a shock to the public credit if Japanese boods should for such a person cense to have value as negotiable securities.
FIGHTING IN SOMALILAND.
The
The Hghting near Illig, the Mullah's .strenghold on the coast of Italian Somaliland, which took place on April 21, was (sagasu Adon torgram) of a severe characts, the enemy The Italians took no part in the affuic. At. making a determined resistance to the British. 3 pm, the arnisers Hyacinth, Per, and Mohawk landed 700 bluejackets, and marines, and 126 men of the Bampshire Regiment, the troops being commanded by Major Jackson. whole force under Rear-Admiral Atkinson willes marched a few miles inland, and forind the Mullal's fing flying and hundreds of armed Dervishes in cares. A bet netion enened, result iuginthe enemy losing 125 killed and several wounded. H.M.S. Foz bombarded Illig fort and The British loss was subsequently likow it up. three men killed and six wounded.
Ther
A steamer which arrived at Shanghai on the 26th altime frem Hankow reported passing the British men-of-war Alacrity, Glory, Ocean, Leviathan, and Amphitrite on the Langshan Crossing, bound up river.
Bykind permission of Id-Cel. Iremonger and offcorn, the Band of the 93rd Burma lufantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel this (Saturday) voning from 8 to 9.30 p.m. Programme March...The Stars and Stripes for Ever Soues Overture. Roy Blas..........
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I hold Liont-Colonel Mouravsky's buttery in should be affected in some degree as the war reserve, and ordered the 12th Regiment, the rd expenditure increases. Both opposing armies Battery, and the quickfiring gans to retire Are now on the field of Manchuria, and it is ander cover of the 11th Regiment. My Chief expected the campaign will reach & dimax of Staff led the rearguard to its position.-
At one o'clock the Japanese approached to shortly, but it must be remembered that the close to the position held by the 11th Begiment ad of the war is still far off. The nation in Polonaise that the 3rd Battery could not pass along under urged to subscribe to the bonds without hesita- a cross fire, and, taking up a short distance from tion also help to final success in the war. The the Japanese, remained there until the end of result of the first issue of domestic bonds was the fight. losing its commander, Lient-Colonel quite successful, more than doable the amount being applied for, while almost the whole amount Mourarsky.
was taken up by those subscribers who applied for 200 yen or less. It is expected, concludes the despatch, that the second issue will be similarly
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successful.
DEARTH OF COOLIES AT HONGBONG.
A company with quickfiring guns was brought up from the rearguard. The officer commanding this fores, seoing the difficult situation of Colonel Mouravsky's battery, took up position on his own initiative. He lost half his men and all his horses, and attempted. to bring away his guns by hand and take them under shelter of the hills under a
Owing to the dearth of coulies at Hongkong The quickfirers discharged about tross fro.
the s.s. Ikbal is about to leave for Tuku, where 35,000 bullets. The 12th Regiment eat its way through and saved ite colours. The 2ad it is hoped she will be able to pick up her
cooliès for Battery of the Sixth Brigade, having attempted complement of
Lie Rand. to rejoin the reserve by another route, could Thess. Swanley, also, has gone north to lil not ascend the mountain slopes with only half up. The Tweeddaic was the first ressed to leave its horses, and returning to its criginal position. | with coolics, and, after the Ikbal, the Courtfickt received the Japanese attack.
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DESSERT.
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The police authorities arestrenuously exerting themselves to reduce the tumber of native ragabonds in the Colony. Nineteen nuen were yesterday sentenced to various terms of immri. comment ranging from one to six weeks,
BURNING THE HILLSIDE. A man was charge with tfing fire to the hillside at Tailantuk.
He pleaded not guilty, The case was remote-
ALLEGED KIDNAPPING.
An alleged kidnapping case came Lyfers His! Worship. The story of the prosecution was that. on the 14th of April Lam Tai, the defendant, an old wosum, decoyed a young murried woman. ber grand-daughter-in-law, from Pokfula Road. Hongkong: the young woman's husband being away from home at the time.
The old
woman Faid she would take her to see the
procession at Canton. On arriving at the city they went up river to a boarding house and had some rice. The rice, apparently, sont the young woman into a deep sleep, and on waking up she found herself in a brothel where they wanted her to be a prostitute. She protestod vigorously, but after receiving one or two beatings gave
way.
Some time later a young Chinaman from Hongkong visited the brothel, when the decoyed woman asked him to write to her brother at Hongkong. The brother, who resides at Queen's Road West, o hearing of the fate of his sister promptly went to see his mother. Tl. two of them went to Canton, where they were informed that the young woman had been sold into prostitution, they had to pay arausom of$175. This was on the 27th alt.; they arrived back at Hongkong on the 31st ult. The case not being proved to His Worship's satisfaction he dia charged defendant.
A SEHOOL COMPANION. On the 20th ult, a man named Yan Yan Fuk,
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SHIPPING NOTES.
STEAMCR MOVEMENTS, The silk ex C.P.R. steamer Athenian arrived in New York on Tuesday, the 31st ult.
Tia E. & A. steamer Australia arrived at Mauila yesterday, and is due bore on the 6th just, The P. M. stearaer Mongolia left Kobe for this port ria Nagasaki and Manils on the 1st
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The .s. Athol, which arrived from Moji'inj: HAVE YOU TRIED ballast yesterday, reports fine weather,
The 6.5. Capri from Singapore reports fine
weather.
The ss Oldenburg from Shaughní reports | fire weather.
MISCELLANEOUS,
The Navigazione Generalo Italian 2.9. Capri arrived from Bombay yesterday with 1,000 tons of general and 1,000 tons of cotton.
The s.s.
Priscase Marie arrived from Antwerp yesterday with 2,500 tons of general.
STARVING ON A SINKING SHIP. An exciting story comes from Tutuille Same of the total loss of the British barque Sappho while ou a voyage from Ship Island to Natal. The Uruguayan barque Am Beycor kon fell in with the Sappho which was sinking, in lat. 39 S. long. 48 E. The
and forecastle full of water. All the provisions distressed ship was found with her bold, cabins, had been destroyed by water, and the starving crew, oxhausted with their unavailing efforts and lack of food, were lying helplessly on the deck. Owing to their pitiful condition, the work of rescue was diffeul. They could do nothing to save themselves, each may having literally to le carried on to the Ama Begowalion. The Sappho was left with her docks amaslı, to founder, having been five months endeavouring to reach her destination.
THE GEENAN CHINESE COASTING COMPANY.
The Chinese Coasting Comparý at Hamburg (Messrs. Meuzell and Co.'s Chinesische Kaes tenfahrt Gesellschaft) reports that 1903 has only been a year of reconstruction end of Luilding new steamers, Therefore a dividend cannot be reposed. During the past year there have been delivered the following teamers ---Adelbeid Menzell, 3700 tons dead. weight, end of August, 1983; Elsa Mentell, 3,706, beginning of November, 1903; Helene! Menzel, 2,950, beginning of September, 1903; Carl Menzell, 2,250, beginning of October,! of No. 41, High Street, a contractor's son, went to see one of his school chums, Li Tsung, also the son of a contractor residing at No. 23 Third 1003; Hedeg Menzel, 2.250, beginning of Street. His friend being out, he asked the
November, 1908; Bump Menzell, 2,250, end of! foli for
loan of the bicycle, as he November, 1903. All these steamers on the wanted to go for a spin. After several days aratago bava ron 30 days, therefore long Li reported at No. 7 Police Station that his enough that it may be said they will be of friend had not returned. Ou making enquiries great use to the company, especially as back of it was found that the machine had been sold for them bas given net profit on every voyage. 88 at No 12. Queen's Road East. Defendant The total profit of these steamers amounts to was sentenced to two months' hard labour.
.38.906, and after paying all expenses there The same deferidant also paid a visit to un-
remains in amount of m.30,482, out of which other school clinm residing at No. 60 Thirdm.4,257 ar to be written off from the two Although he lived in the next street steainers Adelheid Menzeli and Elsa Menzell, Street, he had not seen him for a long time, so he stayed while tho remainder m.21,225 is to be carried
ultimo Yau cleared out by moonlight with all with himacouple of days, Onthenight of the 29th
the long-coats ho could lay hands on, For this offouse he was aitarded one month's hard labour,
DISCREYDD & BANISHMENT ORDER.
Detective-Sergeant No. B charged Lam Cho Sang with retuning to the Colony within a fortnight after he had teen banished for Eve Lana was on his way from Canton to Fokion, lat will now be detained in Hongkong
years.
gool for 2 months,
CHURCH SERVICES.
S. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL. 5th Jane, 1st Sunday after Trinity. Holy Communion (7.3 a.m.)
Matins (1.0 a.m.) Repouses, Tallis, Veaite, Stanley; Palins, Barnby, Goss, & Festes; Te Deum, Hayes, Kassell and Stainer, Benedictus, Wesley in G Anthem, Beloved, let us love one another," Cobb,
Holy Communion (32 noon). Kyric, Calkia in D; ilyano, 106 and 192.
Evensong (5.43 p.m.). Besponses, Ferial; Psalms. Misufarren, Hop. kins and Maufarren; Magnificat, Turle in A; Nano Dimilis, Helmore in F; Hymas, 19, 164 and 27: Vesper Hymn-Ward (No. 2)..
8. PETER'S CHURCH. Queen's Road Weet. First Sunday after Trinity. Matins (11a.m.).
Veite, Ouseloy; Te Deum, Gregory; Bene- dictus, smart: Hymas, 291, 315, 595, and 346.
Holy Communiou, 12.15. Evensong (6.30 p.m.). Minguificat Turle; &aac, Jones; Hymnus, 295, 331, 594, and 359.
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All six steamers at present are in good condition, so that in spite of the depression in the freight-market a normal resul: may be hoped for 1904.
NAVAL NOTES.
On Saturday Just at Shanghai the river gunboat Faterland, which has been presented to the German Nary by the German Navy League, and is intended for service on the Upper Ysugtze, was put into commission. The Faterland was constructed in Germany and sent out in sections to Shanghai, whre she was put together by Messrs. Farnham, Boyd & Co.
Great Britain has 445 warships, while 104 are baing built. The Sgures are given in a return issued as a Parliamentary White Paper. Our torpedo boat destroyers number 124 and our submarines eight. Twenty-one of the latter are building. The ill-fated Al will probably be reinstated in the Navy," says a footnote in the reta. Japan's warships of all classes number 148, Russia's 280. The Jupaueso have 82 torpode bouts; Russia has 167. France's whole fleet numbers 399, Germany's 213, Italy's 204, and
the United States' 111.
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