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The Chess match to-day is:-Law the rest of the Club.
new
The Hogue, cruiser, is to take out from Devonport s crow for the Widgeon, shallow draught steamer, employed in river service on the China Station.
There will be a matinés performance cat Harmeton's Circus this afternoon. For Friday night an amateur riding content is announced. On Monday next, we understand, the pur formance will be under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency the Governor and suite.
A man was yesterday seriously hurt by un explosion at the exenvation works in Kowloon, An eye was irreparably damaged, and the nature of his numerous other injuries make it unlikely that he will recover. Another man, who was ran into by an electric tram, is also in a critical condition.
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THE WAR.
Japan has purchased the P. & U. ss, Naukis, She was once a Hall Line vessel recently employed on the Bombay-Hongkong run, carrying cargoes of entton twist..
Ou end after the 1st December, 1904 deli- veries for Postal District No. 11, viz, Allany and Peak Roads, will leave the Post Office at 9 a.m. 1 p.m., aud & p m. daily on week days, and
a.m. on Sundays.
The Reverend E. J. Hardy will deliver a lecture on The Religions of China' in the former Chamber of Commeres room, at the City Hall, on Tuesday, December 6. at 5.15 p.m. H.E. Sir Mattew Nathan, K.C.M.G., will take the chair. E digs are invited.
RIOTS IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, 27th November. Serous riots have occurred among the sailors in barracks at Sevastopol; the causes are obscure, but editious proclamations were found amongst the men's effects. The sailors wrecked their own quarters and those of the officers refusing to join thein. The pickets fired on the rioters, wounding many, and order was eventually restored.
NO COAL AT SUEZ.
LONDON, 27th November. The remainder of the Baltic feet has
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INTERNAT ONAL "LAW" AGAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS."
Hongkong, 29th November. SIP, The recent decision of the learned Chief Justice with regard to contraband of war is peculiar in that it is based on International Law which, if it possesses a discredited and somwhat shadowy existence, has certainly no authority either among nations or among in- dividuals (the Chief Justica excepted). In the case of this notable exception, it happens that the so-called International viów of "Contraband coincides exactly with the British view, and the Chief Justice is in the happy position of finding the interests of his own country in no degree at variance with the inspired doctrines of Inter- national Law. He is also in the no less furtunate position of being able to regard with some degree of anpacity the vagaries of French and Russian Courts who disregard International Law when they fad it irksome, and to feel no doubt a certain amount of souseions restitudo
surprising, therefore, that when the Ameri- can Campany sells its rights to a foreign Royal Colonial Institute observos with machtember last The Farmer pays $2,220,000 per arrived at Suez and been ordered to leave in in the fact that his own judicial position with
It is said that the Goreument after a con- kiderable amount of consideration, will donsent to a reduction of the amount paid by the Opium The Royal Colonial Instituto met in Council Farmer for the opium monopoly, The Opium- last month and resolved: The Council of tho Farmer paritioned the Government in Sep-
satisfaction the recent suggestion of the Prime annum for his monopoly, and he petitioned for Minister for a conference of the Colonies and reduction of $600,000. The amount, we India for the discussion of the commercial role-understand, that the Government is willing to take off is $180,000 or $15,000 per month. The tions of the Empire.
price agreed upon at te commencement of the yoar was larger than over, hofors,
body the Chinese Government should turn restive and decline to be a party to the pro- posed transfer, more especially when they BLEND have reason to suppose that the Power that
Some people in Ceylon want the Government has given them so much trouble in Man-
to mint its own rapees, instead of buying from churia is to take the place of capitalists Indis. They say the rapes costs tonpence to who might reasonably be supposed to enter-mint, and that Ceylon pays India one and four pancs or each one. It is pointed out, however tain no political aime or ambitions.
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regard to International Law is, so to speak, irreproachable. In the eat maiusm of finding himself in a position so eminently gratifying to the heart of a good man, the learned Chief Justice is carried away to state that Inter- national Law, so for from being a yngue ohimers existing only in tuxt-books and in the LONDON, 27th November.
brains of visionaries, has on nations a real The Supreme Prize Court in St. Peters-binding force which becomes only temporarily
British steamer Cheltenham.
BRITISH STEAMER CONFISCATED.
The action of the Chiuase Government that India takes all the harden and responsibility hearing this officials we sent from the Courtburg has confirmed the confiscation of the
in this case may perhaps also set as @timulus in other directions.
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of maintaining the exchange value of the rupes The Sim on October 27th had a sartoon ra- presenting Home feeling after the North Sea murders by Russian naval officers. A very sick- looking bear is shrinking at the end of its chain, whil-a bir bulldog, held back by a sailor with the Borest rd face, is atraining to get at the bear. John Bull is beyond, saying: "Hang on to that dog, Jack; don't for goodness sake let him loose
until I say 'Go.'"
heen a great lack of vigour in carrying out railway construction in most cases where concessions have been given. The case of the German syndicate who had the conces sion for a railway from Teingtao to Teiuan- fu, the capital of Shantung, was a notable exception. That line was completed to
The Gunfous publishes a belated lis in Tsian last spring, and the fact reflects much credit on the energy and push of the talopram from Cherbourg, which said: The syndicate. The British syndicate who hold Bassian salors are said not to have fired on the English fishermen, but a collision occurred the concession to construct the Kowloon-between a torpedo-boat and the trawlers, whos Canton radwey have not yet commenced lights are said to have been out. One can see the work despite the vigorous outrry hore a destroyer knocked quite out of shape, raised, and even now is unprepared to start which it will take days to repair. work, six years after obtaining the right. We believe that negotiations are proceeding between the British and Chinese Corpora- tion and the Colonial Olive for some sub-
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and these negotiations appear to have been going on for the greater part of the B1 year. The same Corporation has the con- cession for the construction of the Shanghai- Nanking line, for which a lead has at length been floated, but the work has not yet been commenced. Why do not these worthy people endeavour to make a start and show themselves in earnest? Why theso endless delays? It is true that in Chiun the Government and people-like most Orientals-take no note of time, even by its Ross; but there is, or may be, a limit to their complaisance in this matter, if one day it should appear to suit their interests to take advantage of the time limit of the agreements. Nor is this the only danger.
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We are informed that Mr. Fram jee Hormusjce Arjanes, the manager of Messrs. N. Mody & Co., and the Hon. See, and a Trustee of the Parsee Charity Funds, is leaving the Colony per 8.8, Laghining for Calcutta ; and that the Parsee Community is going to present him with a purse and a silver tray, with an address, at the Parsee Club premises in Saturday next. Mr. H. N. Mody, it is stated, has kindly consentel to preside.
The feeling in Bassin with regard to the North Sea crime scems to have been much mised. The aristocrats started a subscription for the victims (1) but the Russi u newspapers spoke in a very curious way of the affair. The Birsheriya Fiedomost; had the effrontery to say that in like circumstances a British fleet would have done the same! Other papers blume the Japanoso, and suggest that the British wors acting in collusion with Japanese torpedo craft. The Noroe Vromyd justifies the act, while the Rues says it was according to orders.
The second annual athletic reseting of the was held on London County Cricket Club October 8th at the Crystal Palace, in the presence of a large nakemblage of spectators.
It might suit the purpose of British capi-There was an enthusiastic demonstration when tali-ts offer to undertake the construction Dr. W. G. Grace was announced winner of the of the Hankow-Canton railway, and if the Members' 100 Yards Handicap. He was allowed Kowloon-Canton line were well on the way 22 yards. In his heat he was beaten a few to completion there would have been a good inches for first place, lut qualified for the final, and, served by his strength, outsi yed his field chance of obtaining this concession
at the second trial, and came home a winner.
is an open event.
Bot
According to Impartial some of the Legations wara intending to offer presents to the Empress Dowager on her birthday, and or
to the Laga'ious requesting them to send nothing, as an Ediet lad already been issued prohibiting gifts. Needless to sy, comments the Peking Times, we regard the slovo a not only pure invention, but invention with a spice of impudence in it. There is a suggestion of theso tributary States" about it, otherwise why allude to the Edict, which could only possibly affect China's subjects and vassale!
ONLY THIRD CLASS,
LONDON; 27th November. In connection with the removal of Admiral Alexieff from the supreme command in the Far East, un Imperial Rescript has been issued, which expresses satisfaction for the Admiral's services and confers upon him tho order of St. George (third elas).
HONGKONG CLUB v. CLUB GERMANIA.
The medical faculty at Home are a good deal exercised just now about an imported disease called “kra-kra.” It is of a peculiar character; and is well-known in South sud West Africa. but until lately was a stronger to England. Mr. Dencer Whittles, lecturer on dont histology
For some years there has been an annual and patho-histology at the University of Bowling match between teams from the Hong- mingham, claims to have discovered a large Long Club and Club Garments. The Hongkong number of cases of this discuss. The principal Clab having won the old shield outright a mow symptom is an intolerable itching, especially about the shoulder, followed by the development of a small nodular swelling beneath the skin. Other parts of the boty, partieal rly the lower part of the back, may be affected, and in some as there may be vomiting. Seny cases of the kind caine under the notice of Mr. Whit- is that he determined to make a microse-pic Carination of the blood, and in every case he
one has been put up, each club paying lulf the cost.. The cost is from five to six hundred
dollars: The next match will be held on the
17th and 19th December.
PORTUGUESE MONARCHS IN LONDON.
of
The gold box which contained the address was struck by the discovery of a small thread-welcome to the King of Portugal on the like parasite or worm in the blood corpuscle. occasion of his Majesty's reception and enter- Thas worn morala is supposed to have been tainment at the Guildhall on November 17, imp rted by the soldiers returned from the weighed 65oz., and was composed of 18-carat Boer wat
There was a considerable increase in the im- ports into India during the six months ending 3 th September. All the provinces shared in this inoroase, the figures for Bengal being more that two crores over those registered for the same period of last year. The importa for the whole of India rose from Rs. 42,90,27,627 dor ing the period from 1st April to 30th September, 3903, to Rs. 49,01,53,108 in the same period of the present year. Experts from India also showed an increase of over two crores, and the amount of treasure exported during the six months increased by nearly seven crores. Dar- ing the six months ended September 1st nearly eight lakha more worth of suit wore important into Bengal than in the same period of last year. Sugar machinery and almost all classes of goods shared in the increase, Wheat and indigo were exported in greater quantities in the six months ended September 30th than in the same period of indigo from Bengal of more than 18 lakhs. Exports jute and gunny cloths both showed an increase this year, while the export cotton declined somewhat.
gold. The prominent figure on the casket was typical of the City of London in the set of welcoming his Majesty, and presenting a spray of olive and the keys of the City. The figure of Britannia was represented as having one of her feet on the prow of a ship bearing the arms of the City. A figure was displayed, holding a globe of the world, which symbolized Portugal and her geographical discoveries and com- mercia! enterprises. The arms of Fortugal and those of the King were set in precious stones. The Holborn Borough Council also spent £250 on an elaborate address of welcome.
GREAT FIRE AT HAMBURG.
The following particulars about the great oil blaze at Hamburg, reported by om Londou currespondant at the time, arrived by yostor
day's mail
when the Chinese Gorerúment note the It is 40 years since Dr. Grace won his first prize of last year. There was a big rise in the export spread over canal to the workshops of the
tardiness of the British concessionaires in carrying out their undertakings they may doubt the expediency of grauting more con. Cessions, and endeavour to carry out the work with native capital. The fact that this is not readily forthcoming for enter prises fathered by the Chinese Government will probably prevent the early realization of such schemes, oven if the mandarias were In any case, prepared to accept the task. however, the considerations above noted should be sufficient to wake up the British capitalist, and perhaps the British official, who is sometimes a little too much inclined to create delays and difficulties.
The Fusiliers, weather-worn and bearded," roached Darjusting from Lhassa on October 28th, All seemed fit and well.
A. Singapore poet sings of the perils of the electric trams there. In the verse we quote
(from the Free Press) the post refers to the old- time Saxon war chariot with blades attached to the wheels, and saye :
I lay no.claim to iron erse:
In truth I am not very brava To fight a Russian hand to hand
Is not the greatest thing I ertVS : And yet, methinks I could have faced Those scythe-wheeled cars without Of fear-Aye, even linghed therést
In view of our Electric Train,
ST. ANDREW'S BALL.
To-right it will be remembered, is the time fixed for St. Andrew's Ball, to be held at the City Hall. A special tram will leave the Peak for the City at 8.30 pm. and speial, ferrios will grummeleare Kowloon for the City at 8.35 pm, 2.5, and 9:35. In the morning special cars will leave for the Peak at 12.30 am, 139, and
The Echo de Paris published the following extraordinary explanation of the Russian panic
2 o'clock, and special ferries for Kowloon
Hig Excellency ut the same time.
iz
The fire broke out on the premises of the Vacuum Oil Company at Hamborg, and rapidly Productions Genossenschaft and three petro- leum stores. All the local fire brigades were at work. It is estimated that three thousand barrels of petroleum were burnt and daniage wrought to the extent of two million marks, in a few hours.
The fire was apparently due to incendiarism. Over four thousand tons of oil wore burned, Work in the Company's factory was not interrupted, the outbreak being confined to the oil tanks.
and occasionally in abeyance. That the learne Chief Justice, however, is alive to the signi ficance of the fact that loternational Law (sic) on the question of Contraband harmonises with the Britteh view (and interests) will be ween from the following excerpt from his decision :-" The parties must be said to hare used the expression "Contraband of War" in
the sense in which it is used in British Courts of Law, which is its sense in International Law. it cannot be successfully contended that pro-
visions would be regarded by British Courts of Law as unconditional contraband of war, or thi there is any likelihood that they will over take that view." Why in the present fortunata instance is there no anch likelihood? Because of the economical and essentially material faci that we are dependent on other nations for our food supply, and because we fina the present, state of International Law as recognised by ourselves, and at one time by others, to be quits harmonious with national ut-gests. But if we found in some other qualy vital instance that our interests conflicted witu International Law as understood by ourselves, whether or not we should be even morally bound by Interna- . tional Law in a difficult question, anil has certainly two sides to it; and if we descend for a moment from the contemplation of dizzy ́moral heights and wish to rotain our equilibrium on earth, there cannot be the slightest doubt in the wind of anyone that we should not as a matter of fact be bound in any practical way or to any appreciable extent by tuscantional Law. Nations have been a law unto themselves (and Great Britain a good law unto herself and nuto others) for the last twenty centaries; and they are not going to change their method; at the bidding of so iucous quest a thing as International Law, when a disagreement be-
tween its tests and their own interests actually cours. Suppose, then, that Great Britain had issued a decleration to the effect that foodstuffs were unconditional contraband of war. Coald the learned Chief Justice, with all his deferease to the law of nations, by any manner of means flout his owa Government and refuse to tuko its definition of Contraband? He could ant. Freuch and Russian Courla are, I take it, in no batter
position. The laws of their own sountry must take precedence of International or any other
law Where, then, does International Law come in Yours, &c.,
"A LAYMAN.”
ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS,'
Hongkong, 28th Novambar.. Sin. Your leader this morning reminds me of thrashing a dead horse. No one in his seoses believes that international law amounts to a cent's worth of anything potent, not even after a Supreme Court Judge has imported into his judgment a tilt at your arguments.
Thrice is be armed that hath his quarrel just." but Russia has goas one better by gotting her What is the so-called in- "blow in fust." BRITISH SQUADRONS ABROAD,
ternational law." doing to upent Russian law The Portsmouth Correspondent of the (vide her contraband declaration)? Nothing. Standard reports that the Naval authorities have determined to effect soms important change judgment is a step in this direction, but-it British law might do something. His Lordship's in the constitution of the Squadrons employed was British law, notinternational. The position on distant stations. With the view of reducing is that the question can be settled only by the
Government had notified Mr. CONGER, the United States Minister at Peking, that the contract agreements with the Americau China Development Company of the 14th April, 1898, and 13th July, 1900, to con- struct the proposed Hankow-Canton Railway are cancelled must have come as a rather unpleasant surprise not only to the Com-
For the last fortnight the Admiralty had been
commence immediately. The official set of
the efficiency of the personnel, the Lords of the individuals er nations argues more for a state pany itself but also to the Belgian financiers
lancers will be composed as follows:- Admiralty have come to the conclusion that in who had agreed to purchase the American
warned by Germany of the possibility of u attack on the Baltic Fleet in the North Sea, Renzie (President of St. Andrew's Society) and the interest of the Service it is eminently dasi. of anarchy than a state of law. Law is some- thing that guides a community, and prevents rights. The belief entertained by the
This warning was repeated many times, the Mrs Villiers Batton, His Excellency Sir rable that the weeding out" of small or mors
every man from being a law unto himself. Chinese that the Bolgian capitalists repro- In Paris, the ladies have all adopted the object being to prove that Germeny alone is Matthew Nathan and Mrs. Gershon Stewart, or leas obsolete craft should be at once commenc International law should rule a community of sented other antionalities (to wit, France fashion of wearing small huts in the theatre, the real friend. The officers of the Russian Vico-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel, and Mrsed. The upkeep of these vossels represputs in and Russia) seems to have stirred up a most Thaus are the comic papers robbed of one more squadron were literally driven off their heads by Cruickshank, Major-General Villiers Hatton and the aggregate a large sata annually without, it nations, but at present it does nothing of the determined opposition to the transfer in the joke.
these warnings, which wore the real cause of Mrs. Playfair, Sir H. S. Berkeloy and Mrs. David is held, any real-bonofit being derived therefrom kind. As I think you said before, the term as A forthcoming marriage at Singapore is that
Wood, H W. Robertson and Mrs. C. C. Dicken, and what is even of greater importance, the applied to the present ineffectual conventions is two Kwang, and several meetings have
only tiresome. Yours truly,. Hon. Gershom Stewart and Mrs. May, Hoo. R. officers and men by whom they are manned are been held in Canton at which the withdrawal of Lient. Horace de Courey Martelli, of the
Apparently, remarks the Globe, there are Shewan and Lady Berkeley.
without opportunities for gunnery and torpedo of the Americas capitalists from the enter Royal Field Artillery, to Ethel Mary, daughter still a few men in Russin who are not afraid
The following couples have been invited to practice. The initiative in the new departure of Sir John Douglas, KC.M.G.
to tell even a Grand Duke of the corruption it at the President's table at supper:--Dr. has been taken, orders having been issued that prise was severely criticised. The ropre- sentations made by the people of Kwangung The man who was mailed by a tiger in the which goes on. It will be noticed that when Bennie and Mrs. Hatten, Hix Excellency Sir the Pearl, third-olass oruiser, Captain E. P. and the Huanese have had the effect New Territory, and was admitted into the M. Morozoff, the wealthy cloth merchant of
The Waiwupu, influenced con Civil Hospital on the 19th inst, died on Sun Moscow was told by the Grand Duke Berge Matthew Nathan and Mrs. Gorshom Stewart, Asho, is to be withdrawn from the Cape of siderably no doubt by the success of day, and was buried yesterday. His arm was that he must contribute more largely to the W. Robertson, Major-General Hutton and Mrs. sent to take her place. The Festal, Rinaldo, has riseu throughout Chins and in the Philip
war, he retorted that he had already given a r. T. Brown, Sir H. S. Berkeley and Mrs and Espiegle, aloops, serving on the China pines, and remains stationary over the Pacific.. Japanese arms, plucked up sufficient courage amputated, but too late ic avert mortification.
million roubles worth of his cloth and had since Ramsay, Hon. Gershon Stewart and Lady station, are to return to England to be The attempt of the New Zealand Government seen it on sale in the Moscow shops. It is not Berkeley. Hon. B. Shewan, and Mrs David paid off, and reliefs will not be despatched to to respond to the appeal of the Southern Chinese and have cancelled the concession to start a State Fire Insurance Department is little significant of the present position of the
Wood, Mr. G. W. F. Playfair and 3fra. C. C. take their place. The Tweed, an old gunboat made to the American Belgian Syndicate, rousing much opposition. The English com- Russian autocracy that the Grand Duke had Dicken, Mrs J. E. M. Smith and Mrs May. nasigned to the China station for coast defence, Channel and over the greater part of the Chins
panies and Lloyd's underwriters have agreed to to withdraw the order he had given for the They had good and sufficient reason accent lines at premiums not lower than 10 por deportation of this era agens merchant to the Commodore Dicken and Mrs Playfair, Hon F. will be paid off into the Reserve at Hongkong. for so doing. The main line had not beeu „ent, under the New Zealand rates.
in the North Sea, dating it from St. Petersburg. expected at nine o'clock sud the ball will expenditure, and at the same time promoting old "trial by combat,” and & duul between either
desired.
the North Son incident.
frontier.
Vice Admiral Sir Gerard. Noel and Mrs. H. Good Hope station without a relief being
H. May and Mrs Cruickshank,
and her crew sent homo.
"TIRED.'
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday isme
On the 29th at 11.45 a.m. The barometer
the following port
and the greater part of Japan.
A marked anticyclone lies over the whole in-
terior of Chinx and the least pressure is found
in the northern Philippines.
Strong N.E. monsoon prevails in the Forme
Sen.
Forecast:-Strong N. to N.E. winds, fine.