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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15TH. 1904.
National integrity is a fine thing, just as individual liberty is, but the day has long since gone by when it could be allowed to assume a character detrimental to others. It is detrimental, of course, to another to
The auti-foreign demonstrations in Wuha have ceased, and the feeling seems to be ambaiding.
The Indian papers contain rumours of more trouble threatened by the Afridis. The bord r
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duty to be offered. The liberty of the sub- ject is as sacred as ever, among foreigners, but it has had to be "encompassed about by all sorts of legal limitations, which, instead of impairing it, as some have loosely thought, help to conservo it. The man who stands too much upou bís individual liberty is generally a curmudgeon, and the society compelled to endure his presence hus various right and proper ways of guarding against painful contact with his obtrusive elbows. China was a curmudgeon among the nations, and has been treated as one. The sooner
CONFECTIONERY she recognises that her neighbours are not
WE BEG TO NOTIFY THE ARR YAL
OF OUR NEW SEASON'S CONFEC-
TIONERY, IMPORTED FROM
THE LEADING
LONDON AND PARISIAN HOUSES,
SELECTIONS of the PUREST and BEST QUALITY, from the
simplest to that of
merely land-grabbers, but civilized people willing to associate with her as they asangiate | with each other, the sooner will ber troubles be over. Instead of kicking against the ricke, as the ignorant rabble, the bigotted officials, and this particular pupil of KANG Yu-wer's are doing, they might de worse than listen to the students returning from Japan on the subject of how that nation has inrned to account the fore and offerings of the foreigner.
let us build them ourselves.”
A ball is to be given at Government House this evening, by His Excelleney Sir Matthew Nathan. A very large number of guests have scempted invitations, including the visiting cricketers.
Shareholders are notified that an extraor dinary general inocting of the Groom Island Dr. Ellinger of Jara thinks he has proved the Cerent Company will be held on the 20th inst. mosquito "not gailty" of conveying malaria.in connection with a proposal to increase the Ho has encceed in renting malaria germs.
The rice crop in the Kashing district of China is said to be very poor, and there is con- siderable distress guong the rural population.
The French are reported to be working night and day on the Yuunau railway. The coolie hbourers hate to bo hustled," and many are
camping.
Two of Shangh's most prominent sportsmen esas. C. R. Barkiti and W. J. Tynok left for Home by the last German nail.
The Shanglui mandarins have decided to make a broad how road right round the native city, outside the wall. The work is to be done by the soldiers.
Return of visitors to the City Hall Library
and Masum for the wook ending the 18th No- veraber, 1904, were 273 non-Chinese and Chinese to the former, and 4 non-Chinese and 1,858 Chinose to the latter institution.
The World raporte a sumour, or several ramours, to the effect that Admiral Alexief in to displase Count Lumulorf as Foreign Min ister at St. Petersburg. This mains, says the Globe, a Enropout war immediately, if the report prove correct.
capital of the company from $100,000 to $1,500,000..
One Chinese died of plagao within the last forty-eight hours. The total number of cases
THE
THE WAR
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BENEVOLENT. NEUTRALITY
OF FRANCE.
Losoon, 11 November. The Tompa says that the Japanese Minis ter has called on M. Delcasse in reference to certain points relating to the observance of neutrality. There are grounds for be-
since December 31st is now 501, with 486 fatalieving that divergences of interpretation ities. The cases of enteric (nino) include one European from Weihaiwe. The other eight exist which, however, should not be exag. gerated and will soon be reinoved; France (Chinese) all died.
The crew of the torpedo-lestroyer Ricsiteliai, having bitberto reconciled hør duties as an including the commaefer, arrived at Woosing ally of Russia to those of a neutral; while in the Forwarts on the 5tkinst, and are now
interned on the Mandjour, with the exception of the commander, who has disappeared. He is supposed to have got on the outgoing German
mail'steamer.
The ups and downs of street perambulation in Hongkong are a sore trial to the short- winded; but it should not be forgotten that they prevent tho motor car nuisance, which Shanghai appears to be suffering The Daily News writes of the almost daily nccidents and the hourly narrow shaves' we all experience."
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Japan appreciates the uprightness of her intentions in this delicate situation. Ex planations are proceeding amicably.
From Northern Papers)
WAR FUNDS IN JAPAN.
Touro, 8th November.. The third issue of Exchequer Bonds has been covered about three times over.
FOOTBALL.
HKFCV; EE,
Played at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon, this match ended in a win for the Club. The teams were
CANTON.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
. 12th November.
HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY. The birthday of His most Faithful Majesty King Edward VII, was celebrated in Canton. The weather being pleasant, everything went off as agreeably as possible. Although thore were not many illuminations or fireworks as in previous years, still the occasion was not loss jolly and enthusiastic. In the forenoon there was an official reception in the British Consulate- General. In the afternoon, at 3.30 p.in, there were sports on the tennis grounds, in which many ladies and children also took part. At the termiustion of the sports the Consul distribute the "prizos. A Portagnose Band from Macao was present to enliven things with music. A number of Chinese officials of high class in their gorgeous robes were also present,
In the evening there was a ball in the Canton After lunch, they were photographed in group. Club
General and Mrs. Campbell proceeded to
THRILLING STORY OF ROBDERY WITH
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In the district of Tia Pak at the profecture of Kochow, lying in Lat. 21 degrass 48 mia and long. 310 degrees 26 min. there is a market town kdown as Sui Ting, in
there which
are about three thousand houses and shops. and a mandarin youton. and not long ago Messrs Musso's Steam' Navigation Company had established agency there under the charge of its manager, Mr. Fillippe Hangory. In that market town of Sui Tung the natives are doing a pretty thriving business in rice, brown sugar, salt. pigs, and fowls, from which Chaton. Kong Man, and other outlying districts obtain their supply, and three stepmars. Pe On: Wing Ring, and Lucia, are running weakly to tako passengers and cirgoes. On the morning of November 2, at about 6-a.m., a band of over one thousand robbers, consisting of local laadilti, Triad Society men, and disbanded with quick-firing rifles, soldiers, arrived revolvers, axes, and swords. They broke opan the principal gate and entered. The brigand chief, fat, villainous-leching man of about sixty, dressed in a gaudy mandarin be with red button and feathers, was carried in au officiel chair by eight bearers. As they entered they went to the mandarin yataen, where was a To Sz, or captain in command of about twenty soldiers, and smashed the tables and chairs, The soldiers ran away. The robhors collected all the firearms that were there, and then marched to the agency of Messes Musso and Company. They broke opon the door and In the second half Lang got through and Lad fired shots into the linuse, the manager, Mr. a successful shot.
Resalt-Club, 2; R.E., 0.
Twenty three launch and cargoboat men were charged before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz at the
Royal Engineers.-Widdow, goal; Parkin Polies Court yesterday with impeding naviga and Johns, backs; Parker, Kianoar and Skin. tion and thereby causing the death of a sailorner, halves: Jonos, Ross, Nettleton, Bell and on the Kwong Tah, and injuring two others. Spears, forwards. This case, owing to the recent illness of Mr. Gompertz, has stood adjourned since the 27th ultinio. Each of the defendants was fined $100.
For the convenience of those in attendance at the Government. House ball this evening, special trams will leave for the Peak at one. Japanese correspondents at the front report As for the railways, it is valber remark-half-past-one and two o'clock, and special that at the fight in the Lienwaslau section of the field the Rasians guarded against the able to find such a reactionary writer ferries for Kowloon at one and two o'clock v.m. agreeing that they are any good at all. He
A bogus branch of the Singhat Y.M.C.A. surprise of a night-attack by stretching wires
Club-Sandford, goal; W. G. Leckie and admits that railways there must be only, at Shansing (Hangehow) recently produced conected with bells. The Japanese, unprepared That quite à hoard af ill gotten money for the for such a device, stumbled over the wires, the
swindlers. They got thres hundred subscrip- bells summoned the enemy, and many deathsF. C. Hall, baeks; J. Wemyss, R. McPherson and E. F. Augott, halves;: W. H. Williams, souls fair, and the fair-minded foreignertions. A foreigner is supposoil to be implicated. were the immediate result. is not likely to disagree with it. When
F. Davies, A. O. Lang, N. H. Ratherford, (and J. Clarke, forwards. and how do the Chinese propose to start making the railways that must be? We will look on and applay. It is and has been long apparent that if this work were THE FINEST AND MOST :
left to the Chinese themselves, China would RECHERCHE CHARACTER. be closed until the Greek Kalends, and the
The Chinese Government is being" memorial. trade of the interior unattainable always.ised to increase the tax on native grown It has not actually been attempted, but opium to one hundred tie's por chest. Tigh ther would be nothing unfair in using a Lian, the originator of the proposal, thinkš little pressure to force railways upon thus to augment the fun is fur army reorganisa- tion. There will b 1 strong agitation It would certainly be no more unfair than the treatment of the British gafast the proposal by native merchants: parent by the British Governmesit. You Mr. Paul de Granfer de Cassagnac, Bong- must educate your children, he is told.partist politician and writer, is dead. M. de If he pleads that he cannot afford it, very was born in 183; he joined the well, the Government will do it for him; but the child mud go to school. The Chinese Government is the illiterate parent : these re-actionaries its truant children sadly an url yluention;
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On 5th November, at Shanghai, the wife of On 7th November, at Shanghai, the wife of Captain HUGH MACKinnos, 85. Hisinfuny, of daughter.
THEO. Rurs, of a daughter.
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Thero has been a big earthquake in Formosa, of which meagre details are to hand. There is ̈o very large list of casualties. The earthquake cccurred on the 6th instant. It was most severo in Central Formosa. The first report says that one hundred and fifty-four touses collapsed thirty-three partially collapsed. 78 people were killed, and 23, including foreigners, w.unded, in the Kagi district alone.
There was only ons bidder at the Publis Works. Dapartment yesterday for the lot of Crown land near Hok Un, known as Kowloon Marine Lot No. 99. It is for the term of 75 years, commencing from the 23rd of July 1900,
The Club did most of the pressing, showing a distinct improvement on their former p'ay. The Royal Enginyers, on the other hand, were rather anfortunate, as three of their regular men were abeont. Mann. hurt his wrist on Saturday, Lieut. Gaskell is down with favor, and Hills was unable to allend One goal was scored in the first half. whon Clarko headed the ball between the posts off a pass from Williams.
Half-time, Club, 1; R.E., 0.
HARMSTON'S CIECUS.
Fillipps Hungery, being asleep upstairs As soon as he was awakened by the shot he got up. and car with his wife from roof to roof antil they reached a lane and jumped down. They took shelter in poor woman's method. Meantime the robbs were brooking and
Tieb Liang, the "collecting commission-r for the Army Re-organisation Fund, made
Last night Mr. Robert Love gave his open-plundering in this and other housea, and WALA currying aWUY Honey and clothing. With regard to the proselytising intrn-such a clean sweep in Soochow that there w with the option of resewal at a crown rent to being performance at Causeway Bay. It
s'ot dead. ders, the writer's gracious concession that no money left to pay official salaries. Urgent fixed by H. M. Surveyor for a farther term of really remarkable to note with what speed ho Soren or eight persons were
wounded. The Captain was so representations to Teking evoked a Rescript 75 years. The lease was sokl-to-Mr. Shelton had pat up his tents and made all the other and many
there may be good missionaries among biking him to jo more ciremuspect in discharg-Hooper at 350 above the upset price of $10,612, necessary preparations. The troop arrived on terrified that ho had to bide himself in latrine
ment.
The N.-G. Daily News learns from Tianlsin
them is too pretty to be spoiled bying his duties gotommal. His complaint that America? tries to get power by showing kindness that H.E. Tuna Shih-kai, Vidaray of Chibli, and so getting the good will of the sale, a contrset with Mossrs. II. Mandi people" is another typically Chinese senti- & Co. for eleven batteries, each six guns, Krupp The Good Samaritan feeding the 7-centimet quick-firing monmain and field starving cur" Let us bite him," says the gans, ou recoil carriages, with 60 rounds of The cur," he is trying to win our good will" ammuuition for each gun. complate.
contract price is said to be £210,000. One of this writer's peroratory outbursts
An advocats at Shanghai, Mr. F. Ellis, reads: "Be your own masters, and not mere shroffs and toadies to Western masters recently made a rather finely drawn distinction and rulers." If the Chinese were their own at the Mixed Conrt there. He had accused a masters, if they, that is to say, could master police witness of making a deliberately false statement. In obedience to a request of the their stupid passions and prejudices, cul- Court, who showed him that he was wrong. Mc. tivate a little more faith in human nature, Ellie "unreservedly withdrew the remark. and emulate some of the methods of these but added ·But I don't apologise to the police" "Western masters and rulers," the "shroff's Our contemporary at Shanghai, the N.-C. and toadies" wight show more inclination Daily News, hus eught one of its compositors A PUPIL of KANG YU-Wer has written a
The Present Crisis" which to return within Chinese jurisdiction. But conveying proofs of telegrams from the offics. book on appears to be about as reactionary as any Peking is corrupt, the provincial officials are There had been a leakage of telegraphic nows.. "shrett's and The man, who had seven years' service to his writings that have lately come under our thieves, and all outsile the
The Daily Press.
A detail of sixteen armed Chinese sailors from the oriniser Chengtsing is now stationed on the Chinese Eastern Bailway Wharf, et Tong, opposite Shanghai, to patrol outside the place of internment of the crews of the Fussian eralser Astrid and destroyer Grecovei, strict orders having been issued by the Commander of the Chinese cruiser to bis ter to prevent all intorcommunication between the Russians and
for
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A COMEDY.
Sunday, and for that reason were not allowed to save his life. After they had finished their A Japanese critic says "General Kuropatkin's to land their baggage till yesterday morning. pillage and destruction they left like a swarm of report that he was obliged to order a gozeral Quite an army
were employed bees. The robbers wore light black silk dresses, retreat at Shahe, as his advanced positions were fencing in the site, rigging toats, ersoting red waistcoats, and European straw hats. On the waistcoats were characters indicating that the animels, fixing the enveloped by the Japanese, was palpably foolish, housing
A special servico they wore "braves" of the Tin Pak's magis. for the advanced position exists only with a lighting apparatus, etc.
First they intended to attack the defending army and not with an attacking of trams, ruwing from the various sections, tracy. force. Military experts saust have noted thien addition to unmerous vickslus, conveyed the district of Tin Pak; but as they could not succeed they then went to Sin Tung. I am silly attempt on the part of General Kuropatkin many spectators to and from the Cirens. to conceal his defeat,"
The performance started with a very glad to learn that the case is now in the hands of the proper authority, who will. I have to attractive turn, when
borso six lady
doubt, do hig utmost to exзet an adequate astride white riders, all
horses, went
indemnity. The celebrat- through sons mest evolutions ed elephant then pleased everyone with some
At Yung Koo, in the district of Sun Tak, very clover tricks, walking and standing on his there are a great nemoor of silk flature hind legs, walking on a barrel, lying down, stories in which hundreds of females are and waltzing. Nelly Harmston Love next gave employed to work at silk weaving. It is the "star" act_on_hor-e-back, jumping o7er place where & girl is celebrated for her ill- barriers. She was repeatedly applauded before nature, spitefulness and other bad qualities; learing the ring. After the Bugny Bro- it is the place where a girl marries, stays two thers had perfonned a clown act, perhaps days, and goes back to her mother, on the third.
piece of work of all was and will never return to her husband's home. The samples of post-carde, &c., just submitted witnessed: Wyndham and Kitty per- any more; or if she returns at all she will notice. He seems to have wilfully-shut his toadies" are as densely stupid and ignorant credit, was let off with a ten dollar fine, and by Mr. O. F. Ribeiro of Hongkone go far to formed on a tight, wire, the former jumping return at tho. ago. of about 30 or 40. One day, over hurdles, finishing up with a leap in the Chung Wai Bing silk filature factory, qualify our complaint that the pretty spots of Hongkong had not been properly exploited for
over six chairs. An Arab horse was put where there were about a hundred women and eyes to the obvious lessons of the past half as they were a thousand years ago. There obtaining costly news, as is suggested in our such purposes. They are un excellent lot of through erolations, standing on his hind legs. girls at work, me of them, on account of photographs, some of the coloured ones being etc. A burlesque was given, at the conclusion her clutasy manner of working, had incurred remarkably good. There is one ingenious of which Banvard was shoved off the stage the rebuke of her cumployer. The latter ordered devics for showing two views on one card that by his horse. Jenny Harmston Love, s her to be turned out; she refused to go, and in must be sean to be appreciated. The effect of clover little girl of ten, pleased everyone the struggle her dress wus torn. palling a small tab at one side is remarkably with the Cake Walk George Ginnett, of the quence at the fernales in the factory got
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DEVOUX ROAD CI LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C. HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 15TH, 1904.
century, although he has not failed, ap parently, to see what has been taking place in neighbouring countries. He writes in strong opposition to the granting of open ports, advises his nationals to have no rail-
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fore the more sensible, business-like Chinese continue to prefer their investments of money, brains, or energy under a rule that experience has proved honest to them. This they find in the foreign settlements, and 50 one way to spread those glad tidings-that ways but those they build themselves, urgea the authorities to drive out the missionaries an honest administration is a possibility, as Bismarck drove out the Jesuits from and not merely a Confucian dream is to
dismissed. If one of the other papers was thus contemporary's caption, "An unauthorised news gebry," it was a meat dishonest and re- prehensible bit of enterprises.
natives living in the vicinity.
H.E. Viceroy Chang Chih-tung has lately signed an agreement with the representative of
Kobe Shipbuilding Company for the imme-pleasing. dinto construction of a number of light draught gunboats and torpedo-boats, namely, six light draught gunboats, speed thirteen knots, at Yon
POLO.
Four scratch matches were played at the Pole
They resulted as follows:-
อ
the cleverest
In conse
English Circus bearing that name, gave an enraged, took her part and stopped work. Next exhibition with his mure, Jean d'Are. The day they went to the joss house to lodge a com- animal was very highly trained, lyingplaint charging her employer with indecency. down for its master to rest his head on The president or chuirman of the joss house was a certain Chan, well known for his Bugny gave another amusing slown act dressed stupidity and self-conceitedness. He proceeded up as Chinese. John Welby Cooke's horse to inquire into the case, and ordered the om. ployer to pay damage for the torn jacket; and back jumping act was very good inded.
After an interval the Zeos, trapeze artists, to barn crackers from the factory to the girl's met with the approval of the audience, house. He refused, as he considered it infra Madame Marguerite gave a hurdle exhibition, dig. Then ensued a lot of parlaying and vocal while on horao-back; the same performance skirmishes without ceasing. While President being afterwards imitated by a monkey on Chan was trying to stop it, and ordering bis "dog-back." The title of a comic not by the servants to set the tables for dinner, the women Cantons. "There in a moment," bids fair to and girls ungratefully smashed all the plates became a byword "before the Cirous loaves and dishes and food, and went away, Miss Eliodesta's juggling act, tilliard ball and
Germany; advises them to dispense with all have more foreign settlements, or more open | 455,000 each, and four second class torpado- Grund, Causeway Bay, yesterday afternoon, its neck-a very pretty tara, The Brothers foreign officials, and in general espouses the ports. But for the examples of those taken boats, speed twenty tires knuts, at Yen 300,000 abibboleth of China for the Chinese. He or granted, it is doubtful if any Chinese is against the open ports because they afford would yet have been brought to consider opportunities to foreign Gorexoments to official honesty in the light of a possible come in and grab territory. His attention policy as well as an ideal. ought to be directed to the striking case of Japan, who was compelled to open ports, and whose territorial integrity has been res pected. He ought to be made to see why it is that there are no "spheres of influence"
The Crown Princess of Cores is dead.
Major Strickland, IM.S.; Hon. F. H. May, sach, or a total of Yen 3,980,000 for the ton vessels, to be delivered at Kobe within the CM.G., Capt. Smith, A.D.C to H.E. the Governor; and Lient Hodgson, S.F., beat period of twenty-six months. " Bargain moner" amounting to You 560,000 was paid by the E. Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.; Viscount Chinese officials on the signing of the agree Liantonant Kilburn, RN., Captain Nagent, ment.
B.G.A.; and Lieut. Knox, RN.
Messrs. Jobastone, Hon. F. H. May, Mar. shall and Lieut. Hodgeon beat Mr. Godge, Viscount Lieut. Kilburn, Capt. Smith and Mr.
W. Robertson,
HE. Sir Matthew Nathan, Hon. F. H.
WEATHER REPORT.
Yuan Taotal of Shanghai has made a selec- Mr. C. Wedemeyer, a lovad resident, has beention of about ninety of the most physically fit members of the Hu Chun, or Garrison, of appointed Consul for Mexico at Shanghai.
Chou-fa's modest refusal of the viceroyalty Shanghai city for the purpose of forming theta. into the nucleus of a Military Police Force for in Japan. The Japanese had possibly as of the Liangkiang provinces was disregarded, the native city and district of Shanghai. These May, Liont. Kuor and Mr. J. Hastings boat Plato manipulations, was very clever. Mr. great a prejudice against foreign visitors as and he is now proceeding to take up the past.
men will first he trained in a Military Police Messrs. Johnstone, G. C. Moxon, Gedge and Jellino's minstrel act was also praiseworthy
he seemed to knock music out of everything he Major Strickland. the Chinese have, but they showed much
Messrs. Johnstone, Marshall, W. Robertson i took hold of, even pair of gloves. Miss the following raport ;--- The Chartered Bank got judgment at the School which has been lately established on the greater wisdom in their treatment of them. British Court at Shanghai against T. C. R. Japanese model. The increase of brigazdage They had the sense to bow to the inevitable, | Ward, för Tls. 4,775,05, on a bill of exchange.and this audacity of gangs of desperadoes in and Lieut. Hodgson beat Mr. Moxon, Capt. Florrie Banvaru and Misa. Violet then gave a has risen in the Yangtzo valley in South Chins. ·
song and dance. After a performance by three robbing residences within the city walls has There is a wild rumour being circulated to been the cause of stirring up the local native
men on one horse, Daniel, one of the per formera, entered the tiger's cage.. good use of the medicine whose taste they the effect that the editor of "Bradshaw" is authorities, who were first brought to a senso
There will be a matinee on Wednesday, com- did not like. These open ports are China's going to make that famous railway, gulds of their responsibilities by H.E.Governor Tuan
mencing at three o'clock. Children will be continue in the northern part of the bins Sea medicine. She was very slok, and the intelligible."
"dumby confirmation needed it.
which the Chinese bare not; and to make
We await (with considerable
Fang when the latter took over his post in Soochow a few mouth; nyo.
Smith, Hon. F. H. May sund-Mr. Gedge
There was a record turn up at the spratat matches last Saturday, no less than eighteen members taking part Next Baturday, cow- mencing at 4.15 p.m., there will be a match
Over 35 u. Under 35,"
admitted for half price.
The Hongkong. Observatory yesterdag issued
On the 14th at 11.35 0. The barometer and in the Philippines and fallon in Japan and over the Pacific.
A deep depression le passing eastward across Hokkaido. The mo soon is freshening in the Formers Channel and moderate E, winds will
Forecast-Moderato El winds, fino,