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of France, and quite appreciate the motives which have suggested themselves to her to bring about better relations than have lately existed between Russia and England. A. S. WATSON & CO., Those strained relations were, it is well to
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signed even, to the enemy; and the other nations grinned, and Mr. BALFOUR pro- tested, but protest being the final resort of a weak State it produced no effect but talk. In the end the Russian Baltic fleet, after becoming the talk of the world, finally started, and the world, or the British world at least, confidently said it would never get out of European seas-BUT IT WENT:—
And what gave rise to no little surprice, Nobody ed ons penny the worse. Is it necessary to tell the rest of the
remember, in no way of Engling's seeking, but were brought about absolutely by Russian bombast and ill with. Ever since Russia commenced to east a covetous eye ou Manchuria her conduct has been one succes- sion of lying and ill faith; the more despicable that it was entirely gratuitons. With such a nation there is no possibility story? The redoubtable Admiral, who had never quailed before a foe (probably because of entering into alliances which will only bind one and be jeeringly discarded by the he had never seen one) was alarmed at the other when it suits her purpose, with thepparition of sanie British fishing smacky, and like Dos QUIXOTE with the windmill insulting remark: Fool that you were to
determined to attack the enemy; true his trust me!" So much for Lord LANSDOWNE'S trust in that ignis fatuns of weak-kured tongue for very terror clore to the root of his month, but what was that to a bold statesmena Russian understanding, The
Russiau Admiral? He shut his eyes to the ridiculousness-for no other word can no danger, and shot, trusting doubtless in God, fitly express the situation-is emphasised by the fact that all the while that this and in his beloved Tsar; umler such aus pices who could doubt the result? and the ailly palaver is going on Russia bus
first uaval victory on record was scored for He did not waste his been actually flaunting in the face of the
a Russian fleet. British Minister who makes the unseemly proposal her intention of invading India.portunity in needless peans, but very wisely concluding that a British fleet would Here at least she tunkes no concealment, be at his heels, "ande tracks" for the first but actually holds her intention out as a threat when the Ambassador at St. Peters. Spanish pors where he could shelter. But the British fleet never appeared, or rather burg has anything more unpleasant than
What is more curious still, a British flest usual to deliver himself of.
did appear, but it flew, not the cross of St. George, but the merchant flag, and was the flag, but in supplying coal to enable the engaged, not in upholding the honour of usainn feet to get out to Eastern maters
At the same time, and heroin is the shamefacedness of the situation, the British WHISKY. Minister has been talking bravely of
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the rights of neutrals, and thereby impaled
himself on the horns of a dilemma. At the time when Russia's comparatively mil outrage in the Red Sea was the only difficul
ty to face, and when a declaration that the vessels of the Volunteer Fleet which had passed the Dardanelles under the assurance
and attack our Allies.
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Of course it has been the practice of the British Admiralty net to interfere with British, ships assisting at their own risk a belligerent ship, when not engaged in actual hostilities, and the theory is that
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LONDON, 21st November. The United States Naval Estimates amount to $114,530,628.
HONGKONG ODD VOLUMES SOCIETY.
"THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE CHINESE."
FAMOUS INVENTOR IN HONGKONG,
Among the guests at the King Edward Hotel thore has been for the last few days Captain Orlan Clyde Cullen, C.E., L.L.M. Ofoil Des patch Bearer for the American Government.
Last evening Mr. J. Dyer Ball gave a very interesting lecture, under the auspices of the
of the ball-bearing rifled gun," about which Hongkong Old Volumes Society, on The better known as the inventor and manufacturer Origin and Progress of the Chinese." The the military expert of the Times had a great lecture, which was given in the former Chamber doal to say in the issue for the 18th of June. of Commerce Room at the City Hall, commenc.
Captain Cullen had no great objection to be The Hon, F. H.interviewel, and pretended to none. He ex- plained that he had been newspaper inan
The expenditure of the Navy Department in 1902 was $67,800, 28, in 1993 it was 92618,034. Reuter adds that Mr. Morion,od at about half-past five. the Secretary of the Navy, speaking at New at having the best and strongest hary in the world.]
May, C.M.G., was in the chair, and there was a
York, declared that President Roosevelt nimed
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THE BALTIC FLEFT.
FIVE SAILOES MURDERED AT CRETE.
LONDON, 1st November.
The Daily Express reports that five murders have been committed at Crete by sailors of the Baltic Fleet,
Forty
men deserted, and intoxicated officers and men have been running anyok.
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THE JAPANESE LOAN.
LONDON, 20th November. The total subscriptions, to the Japanese lean in London amounted to £80,533,800.
THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET.
LONDON, 20th November.
A section of the Russian Baltic fleet is
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immediately afterwards, without having cutered a Russian port, take on themselves the status of commissioned warships, and would be treated as pirates should they interfere with British cominerce, would at once hare cleared the atmosphore, and raised us unsettled questions of contraband and neutral rights-at this time we pointed
A. S. WATSON & CO. out the unwisdom of permitting these oat - side issues to be imported into a very simple affair, where there was no doubt at all attaching. That Russia would is pursuance of her ordinary every-day methods attempt to raise she issue wir so certain that the
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and that British trade should be · pro- teriel, not batapered; and it was for the opposing Power to protect its own interests. But it has always been held that there was reasonable discretion to be exercised. In the present case the British Government had made a boast of having concluded a treaty offensive and defensive with Japau under certain eventualities. it is not to be denied that that eventuality could never have occurred had not the Russian fleet been able to renew its losses before Port Arthur. In inch a case no one would have felt sufficient interest in Russian
Now
A JAPANESE REPULSE.
LONDON, 20th November. The attack on Putiloff was evidently made in order to ascertain the strength of the Russian position. The Japanese got within thirty yards of the tranches, but were finally repulsed, leaving 100-dead.
ONLYCommunications relating to the news columns 1 diplomat who advised his Government friendship, or the reverse, to bave, caged to and a depth of 150 feet. The design shows a to parley by the very fact proved his unfit-give her anything stronger than moral" ness for the service. We do not hint that support, a thing far more prone to hamper the Ambassador or any British Plenipoten than to assist. But the ndreut of a brand
should be addressed to Tux EDITOR.
Gerrespondents must forward their memos and œu» dresses with communications addressed to the B'ditor, not for publication, but as evidence of good faith
All letters for publication should be written on
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one side
H.E." the else known against him. All great Americans. very fair attendance of members and their himself in his time; but that there was nothing friends, including many ladies.
seem to have been journalists at some period of Governor, president of the Society, was also
their career. present.
The Chairman, in introducing the lecturer, said that they all know of Mr. Dyer Ball's knowledge about China. The subject was of great interest to all of them present, Bring, as they did. on the very threshold of the Chinese Empire. (Applau e).
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Captain Cullen did not claim to be a great American (he stands six feet two inches,); bat he was convinced that his invention "grest." and its progress already justifies soup such claim.
was
Although hundreds of inventors, rete the Times expert, have devoted time and ingenuity to the improvement of guns, no change of funda mental importance has been affected in the means by which rotation is imparted to the projectile since rifling was first introduced. And he wont nu to explain how the friction in the rifle grooves generated heat and diminished velocity. He added that Captain Cullon's invention had successfully avoided this waste of energy.
It consists of a lot of hard steel ball bearings
The Lecturer said he had some difficulty in compressing four thousand or more years of history into one hour. The records, indeed, went further back than that, but people were now sceptical about such ancient history. He spoke of ancient Chinese government and civilization, and its beneficial effect on both the Chinese themselves and on those immediately around them. Some bellored the people of China to have a Babylonian or Acesdian origiu, but doubts were entertained on that subject-placed in the rifling, with just a small are of proof was lacking. Ho gwe a short account of their circumferences protruding into the barrel what the Chinese thought of ancient times. When
for the projectile to travel over. The projection their people first came to the country they is about one-twentieth of their diameter. Experts absorbed some of the aborigines, and drove others
certify that the system is just as gas-tight as the ordinary rifling. The perfectly smooth into the mountain fastnesses. There were reminis cences of the aborigines in the boat population cylindrical projectile its closely to the bear- at Hongkong. The mythical period coveredings. The Times said the invention permitted from forty-five thousand to five hundred thous- the projectile to wavel so easily and rapidly and years, commencing with the creation of the that the gas hus scarcely time to get ahead of. world. There were three discoveries the credit for which no nation had had the auda ity to
Now, Captain, if you will remember that try to wraat from the Chiness-porcelain,
it is not given to all newspaper men to Lacquer ware, and the manufacture of silk. In savvy the theory of gunnery, you will give me the points without permitting us to the time of the great Yü, roads and lanes, and vessels for the pathless son were first made.expose my ignoranes by putting foolish quies- One account of the origin of boats was that the people get the idea from seeing loaves floating on the water. The population of China about that time was only one or two millions. The Yellow River and Hanau were brought ander civilisation, but the other parts were jungle affording laire of wild beasts. There wore no roads-only the tracks of animals. During the time of Yno Shun-the Golden Age -to keep a prisoner ono only had to draw a live around bim-he would not try
escape.
was the
to
tions.""
This set the inventor off at a great rate, with copious references to average velocity, maximum of penetration, trajectory, and things like that. The gist of it was that the new gen gave forty per cent. better roenlts in all these details. reckoning, of course, on equal weights of explo- sire and projectile.
Is it as exponive as the guns in general WHO now?"
Tho ocet of manufacture is greater to begin On the other hand, however, there
with," he said. "You can understand that the ware bad rulers. One of these cut the legs diffenity of cutting the grooves, which must be NEW HOTEL FOR KOWLOON.
off a woman who, in very cold weather, was absolutely circular and absolutely parallel to The "Station Hotel" (Tsim-Tsu-Tao) is
each other, along the necessary spirals, is much waling in the water to get fish from the to be erected on Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4 river, to see if the marrow in her bones greater than to make the ordinary groves. same as that of other people, The That only takes into account the initial cost, and will front on Robinson Road. This Lot
however. You have to remember that my has a frontage of 100 feet to Robinson Road lecturer reviewed the time when the Chinese,
like the Peruvians, courted their time by projectiles are so much simpler and cheaper:
the ball bearings, which are readily renewable; three-storied building on front wing, and four-knots in strings; then notches in sticks. storied to north and south wings. Each wing This was the origin of the abacus. He dealt with that nearly all this wear and tear is on has wide verandahs to permit of every room the beginning of writing, the hieroglyphics.and that means a much longer life for the gun
The front and the change from pictures and symbols to
than is the cass at present." having verandah accommodation. facade will have an elegant appearanca. Eight European shops will be erected on the apposite side of Robinson Rosd, so that in all pro- bability this part of Robinson Road will be the business centre of the future. The splendid position of Lot 404 demands that a fine building should be erected, and we are told the owner is sparing no exponse to ensure the building being made as imposing as possible. The hotel will contain public bar and billiard room, private bar
No anonymously signed communications that hairy was fatuous enough to have given any new fleet-in. Pacific waters, even when under verandah is earmounted with towers, and the conventional forms. The lectorer spoke of the
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Ruch advice, and the responsibility must be thrown on the bead of the House Govern- ment of permitting an aiready sufficiently complicated position to be still further complicated by the importation of the new Russia never, discussion on contraband.
having posed as a naval Power, and being always ready to take advantage of any wind, had no traditions of neutral or belli gerent rights to either maintain or oppose, and came into the case with an absolutely free hand; not so England, who had in- herited a fixed policy of maintaining to the utmost the rights both of belligerents and
the command of the redoubtable Admiral ROZHDESTTENSEY, may alter all this, and some nation possessed of a kindred spirit miny be moved to join what for the nonce, and on paper, may seem the stronger party, Sach things have happened- b-fore, and of coures may happen again. Such is the by no means creditable impasse into which Mr BALFOUR's propensity for philosophical to live plunged the
argument seems country.
invention of ink, paper, and so on. He spoke about the man who made the first idols: about the ceapass, first mentioned in Chinese litera
tars of the fourth century before Christ about
Yangtese."
Another point he did not mention, but which appears in the Times, is that the barrel does "So mackedly is this the case that with Maxim guus it is said to be possible to not heat. dispense with the cooling jackets which have
given so much trouble in Tibet."
"What Governments, if any, have taken up
"The Egyptian, the Japaness, and our own,”
your invention, Captain ?"
Confucius, Mencius, Laotaze, and other great men. Alchemy in China hal developed into chemistry in the west, and charlatanism and superstition in the east. Feudalism brought about a more consolidated state of the Empire
Tsin Shy Huang Ti was thement has also had teats made, and favourable and billiard room, otics, two dining rooms;
The border was extended to the south of the replied Captain Cullen. Your British Govern- and 4 large, airy, and well-ventilated rooms Napoleon of China. He built the Great Wall reports were returned by the experts. The them for two years with their own manager in suitable for bedrooms, parlours, sta. The total public defences and cauals. Some of these Japanese have my works now, and are running number of rooms for public uss will consequently works remained to this day. His destruction of
"Havo they any in use in the present war! ** The Bingapore team leave to-morrow by the be 51, exclusive of roomy servants' quarters, books earned him the execrations of the literati. charge. That's how I am able to be here now." "They have; or should have, a couple at Port kitchen, pantry, larder, scullery and laundry. Porta of the books, overtheless, were preserved There will be ample bathroom and lavatory in the minds of scholars, and so (with the few German Mail. Swatow yesterday, bringing 1,40) tons of rice accommodation with up-to-date sanitary appli- booke safely hidden) much priceless love escaped Arthur, and there are more on the way. They ances. Electric passenger and food lifts, electrio destruction. Mr. Dyer Ball referred to the Han have them en thé Mikasa, too. My guns will te Hongkong.
lighting and bella will be installed as well as gas Dynasty, the Tong Dynasty, introduction of be the ones that will reduce that Golden Fort Here the interviewer, beginning to think ho now The 2.5. Prinz Eitel Friedrich, the
lighting. Everything will be done to make Buddhism, and Ancestral Worship. It was at Fort Arthur, you'll see,"
in the world. He spoke of Chinese novels, of now knew something about gons, suggested constantly growing Kowloon side. Rolled storherges and heroines; and of how the Chiness that it would be a big loss to a Government N.D.L. steamer on her maiden trip. is expected the hotel thoroughly modern and worthy of the merely guesswork us to the number of Buddhists here from Europe this morning.
The Hongkong Chess Club hold their first joista and concrete fire-proof fooring will be
exte.sively used in the structural work. The prized historical novels in their literature, to oust aside its artillery for the new kind, if it That's just where you missfire, my boy. No directors are all gentlemen of good position, and The Chinese were nothing if not literary, yet found it necessary to be up-to-data.
You see, we can take has been exerting her influenca to bring policy, or better named no-polier, are beauteh, City v, Sabarbs," at the City Hall about some reasonable settlement; and seeing coming painfully evident. At the begin- Library this afternoon, commencing at 5 pm the hotel will be under European management there were a vast number of illiterate people in
in the West formed the brightest era iu the East. tlmost any gun, of any pattern, and re-rifle it HE. Sir Matthew Nathan will distributs The plans and specifications have been prepared the country. The dark days of the middle ages loss, considerable gain. that our Government declined in the first ning of the war we determined ourselves,
and used our influence and strained every the certificates awarded in connection with the by Mr. John Lemin. F.I.A. Architect, Tho
work will be commenced shortly, and carried Other subjects were the invention of gunpowder, on the new design. Thus they get practically and of printing." The last prince of the Sing a new gun for less than they could buy one of the instance, when it had an unchallenged
nerve to prevent any breach of those well- Sanitary Institute, at the City Hall, on Friday
out under his supervision to as speedy a com.
Dynasty encamped in the New Territory of old pattern."
Besides being applied to heavy guns the now plation as porrible. ground for active steps, to carry matters to
Hongkong. A large boulder with an inscription their legitimate issue, it had logically when recognised international rules which forbid next, at 5.30 p.m.
understand the drift of recent arrangements with Russia, nor to comprehend what is to
Is the absence of any special information, of which our Government has of late been remarkably reticent, it is not very easy to tautrals. To uphold both these doctrines The Germans. Anghin arrived from at the same time would under the best of circumstances be difficult, if not impossible, and had the Minister' fully recognised this he would have been careful to confine him- self to less crudite but more practical iasuce. The effects of this vacillating
be the outcome of Russia's unprovoked outrage in the North Sea. Reasoning from Lord LANSDOWNR's utterances at the Lord Mayor's Banquet on the 9th instant, France
a neutral Power to shelter or render any
statements were put forward by the opposite assistance which could serve either combathe Hongkong Naval Yard, has been appointed | ZONE TIME ADUPTED IN LABUAN there, still to be seon, preserved his memory; principle is adaptable to arras with a smaller
side which if on investigation proved capable
were not
Mr. T. Grey, now an inspector of fitters at acting foreman at Portsmouth Dockyard. He has been in Hongkong for some years, and iss well deserved his promotion.
AND NORTH BORNEO.. A copy of the following letter from the Secre- tary to the British North Bornes Co. to the Under Secretary of State for the Culonies has reached as for publication
Then came the Mongol conquest, and next the turrel, and a rifle constructed by Captain Cullen Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty with the now rifling has been used with the Portuguese Colony of Macan was founded, great success against figers in India. It may and Jesuit missionaries came to China. Foreign to noted that Captain Cullen's inventive genius interference in China was another interesting does not stop at guns, for he has invented an subject; also the origin of the quene. The auto-própulsive shell, which oan be made to British North Borneo Company, Chinese were making progress. The lecturer change its direction of fight at the height of 15, Losderball Street, E.C. was optimistic enough to believe that anti-s trajectory by an adjustment of the fuse 5th October, 1904. foreign feeling was dying out in Kwangai and before firing, and has also invented a pistol SIE-I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your Kwangtung Provinces, as a result of the money which continues to firo automatically up to 10 Captain Cullen claims decent from Sir Clyde Badeley, who will also send the first bowl letter No. 33130/1904, of the 20th ultimo, en subscribed by foreigners for the nativos at the rounds as long as the trigger is kopt prassed
Governor of Hongkong to the Secretary of
No one having way remarks to make, the
Cullen of Cullen, Banffshire, Bcotland, who down the groom. A band will be in atten-closing an extract from a despatch from the time of the recent famine. (Applause).
State with regard to the adoption of zone time Chairman said it only remained for him to
was au artillery officer with Prines Charlie in dance.
in that Colony, and inviting the attention of thank Mr. Dyer Ball for his very excellent 1745. For that reason he was outlawed-and-his-- the Court of Directors to Sir M. Nathan's lecture. China was a very old conservative estates confiscated. He emigrated to Virginis reference to Labuan and North Borneo. I amTM L.;.
of proof, to submit to have the issue tried tant in carrying on the war; our harbours by the general practice of nations. It is, were closed to the warships of either however, after so inung instances of ill faith nation beyond four-and-twenty hours, and
The newly laid Police Recreation Club's have been within the last few months stores of coal were absolutely forbidden to brought home to Russia, not seemly that be delivered to either combatant Such Ground at Happy Valley will be opened by our Foreign Minister should continue to conditions are of course quite logical, Mr. F. J. Badelay, Captain Superintendent cricket and bowls, Married v. Single, will be asseverate his belief in Russia's good inteu. but presently it began a be whis- of Police, next Saturday afternoon. Matohes other Powers
played. The first over will be taken by Mr. tions; and that before entering into further pered that negotiations he did not insist on some more quite so particular in their interpre tangible security than the mere word of the tation of the rules of neutrality; and Russian Foreign Office That the Russian Germany commence to take very active Government did not actually know before measures towards supplying one of the belli- hand Admiral RoZADESTVENSKY'S intentions Terents with materials of offence. Then the is of course readily to be believed, but if his Russian fleet commenced to overhaul and action were in contamacy of orders, that is capture merchant ships for conveying what it considered to be contraband, but which only one reason the stronger why such a truculent and incapable officer should have had never been included by any Power been prevented, if necessary by mazzling, or hitherto as coming under that character. other methoils which even he could not fuil Mr. BALFOUR's feeble and irresolute policy to understand, from having the opportunity is unfortunately too well known to need re. of committing further outrages. We have petition. British ships were captured on no reason whatever to doubt the good faith the high seas for carrying coals not con-
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday the following report: --
isaned
down.
Un the 22nd at 11.55 a.m. The barometer instructed by the Court to say, in reply, that { country, and did not like to change her ways and settled near Williamsburg. Captain Cullen
A poor man outside Peking, who on first sight wears a seal worn by his ancestor at the battle
has risen slightly in the Philippines and fallen they are quite willing to arrange for the adop-called him a foreign devil, showed him the
Japan.
at all other stations, but more particularly in tion of zone time in Labuan and North Borneo, The greatest pressure now lies over the Yang- and that instructions will be sent to Mr. (SL) HARINGTON J. FOBBES.
Secretary. tse Valley and the least to the northward of Gueritz accordingly.-I am, etc.
Moderata N.E. monsoon, will prevail in the Formoss Chauxel and fresh monsoon in the The Under Secretary of State, northern part of the China Sos.
Colonial Oflee. Forecast:-Moderats to fresh N.E. winds, fine,
Hokkaido,
was further than he could go back The known in Scotland as Lochiel. The Seaforth
of Cullen, Chinese might be justly proud of their anti-family are now in possession of the Barony "Powerful interests," he stated, graves of eighteen of his ancestors and that of Culloden Sir Clyde Cullen was locally
quity.
"are at work in America, England and The Hon. Gershon Stewart proposed a vote Scotland to have the Barony of Callen
of thanks for the Chairman.
restored to me.”