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THE HUNGKONG. DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28cm, 1905
two nations, when it takea the form of com- } pact, entente or definíto alliance. In time of war, a door is oponed to call upon au ally to observe what is speciously called a friendly veutrality. A good deal of irregu WATSON & CO., arily, not to say absolute injustice, my
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four more plaga fatali ios yesterday make TELEGRAMS. the total to date 187.
Dr. Omori, the celebrated seismologist of Tokyo is now in India and will study the offerts | of the earthquake on the spot,
[ DAILY PRESS" SERVICE] THE WAR STORES ECANDAL.
THE WAR.
["DAILY FRESS" SERVICE] WASHINGTON AND PEACE.
LONDON, 27th June. It has been officially, annonuced
FATAL LAUNCH COLLISION.
COXSWAINS CHARGED WITH' MANALAUGHTEE, Before Mr. F. A. Hazelaud at th› Magistracy yesterday afternoon, an inquiry was held con- corning the death of a Chinese woman, Lam Kwai, who, when the Cosmopolitan Dark Co's. launch No. 5, nad the sto launch Kum- sang collided, as proviously recorded in the Daily Press, was thrown into the harbour and shock. The subsequently
LONDON, 27th June. The Opposition moved a vote of censure on the Government in con- that the plenipotentiarios will hold thesis of the launches were charged with
On Monday morning a evelio eraployed at
the beginning of August, the Fuk Tai piece gouls shop, No. 3 Jerrois Oction with the War stores scandal,peace conference at Washington in Straat, while naging a blind on the verandi The Government was vindicated by a
A school "review" of 150 Chinese boys drilled by Japaness at Hunchuar. Hupeh, took! easily be perpetrated upon this somewhat loose lugis. Such an understanding being place last month. Evidently. Was Japanese know | the right end at which to begin their task of once arrived at, it is impossible exactly to limit the extent to which it may proceed.vresting a Chinese uravy, As long as the friendliness is confined to acts of a negative character, there is not much that can be neged against it. But it is at ip go very mitch further than this. The telescope may be placed to the blind eye in a way which Leones ch more than purely negative action; and in addition to this it may bappen that demands may be mack upon the complacency of a friendly MANUFACTURERS | pentrul nation with when the one at war
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of the second floor, lost his bales and folt to
the ground. a distances of 32 fast. He was majority of 74. imiately removel to the Gyvernment Civil Hospital, hal expired about an hour after iko Fall, the cans: of death boing a fractured skuli
The Government having dociled to introduss turbine machinery into the way hatt'tship to bo bait undo this year's programute, maginooring
fies on the Navy List have bran invited to eder. The ans vessel will be capable of developing 23,00 10 h,p., and will not saty he the most poweral design. baf the fastest of her
middle of June.
THE RIOTS IN POLAND...---
Loxoox, 27th June.
The disturbances in Poland con- tiune. When called out, the Dragoons
that es be obtained, and is akilfully ber!! 4npleasant result of goral frendship is class in the workl. Teaders are to be in by the relied to fire on the rioters.
or the most scientific principles.
THE MACHINERY employed is of the Jest design and must approved type.
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Suck, indeed, seems to have been the state of affairs between France and Russia, and, without throwing the blame unduly apon the latter, teens mens hardly room to doubt that she presumed in a most an
up the Friendship and general alliance of France, and was supremely indifferent whether she javalvat that country in difficulties, it her own ends might be served floreby, Tais is a kind of friendship which it is somewhat difficult to appreciate; and it is a warning as to the danger of alliance in general terms with any nation whichcannot be fully relied upon not to abuse the position. The entente
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A dafnask linen table-sloth, well alvertiol in England as the British Empire" table- cloth, includes Hongkong in its ten designs. Hongkong is represented apparently by a teft-handled view of the Rock of Gibraltar, Mr. May's yacht, and a wind-jamuur, woven in linen after **Indiependent the ads The Times, Investigation," recommends this table-cloth an grateful and comforting.
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Suspicions" writes suggesting that the reported execution of General St.neral may be another Russian dodge to save faen." He thinks the Russians might prefer such a stigm to rest upon ous general rather than have the world believe that Russian soldiers could not
ENGLAND'S WELCOME TO PRINCE ARTSUGAWA.
LONDON, 27th June,
RECTER'S SERVICE.
NO, ARMISTICE BEFORE AUGUST.
LONDON, 23th June.
It is belived in Washington that au Armistice is not likely hefore the plenipo tentiaries meet in the middle of August.
THE TRADE OF CANTON.
MORE POINTS FROM CONSUI-ENERAL SCOTT' REPORT.
The chief features of the 1914 report of the British Coveul at Canton wore outlined and annotated in an article in yesterday's paper.
Further notes are as follows
manslaughter.
succambed
to
Mr. O. D. Thomson appesret for the coxswain of the Kymany, and Mr. H. W. Looker (of Mosses. Deacon, Looker and Denoon) represented the cozswain and crow of the Costurpolitan Dark lanach..
The following jury was impanelled :~~F. C. Butoher, B. Haalterman and L Workor.
Dr. Macfarlane deposid-I examined tho body of the deceased on the 19th in it and found the cause of death to be faílars of the heart following shook. Her art was rory. much disensed.
Chan Mau, seanian of the launch Kamsing. declared--I was on board the Kunsang on the afternoon of the 11th instant, when we left the Chan Kin Koo wharf to go to Blake pior. I The was at the wheel with the coxswain. launch was going about four or five miles an hour-haff spaud. There was a steamer at the Douglas boy loading about east. Wo pusel her on the port side about thirtson or fourtusi yards off. As soon as we passed her bows wo saw the Dock storm launch, and want nstern When we first saw the Dock launch we wern
Silk and silk manufactures form the staple product of the Cantou provine, accounting for about Tis. 34,801,000 worth of exports valued An enthusiastic welcome has beent. Tls, 41,000,00 For local consumption, 20 yards distant. After going astern the
giveis in England to Prince Arisigawa.
NEW YORK IN A GALE
LONDON, 27th June. New York has been swept by a fierce snch a strong fort: and that Stossal may have been bribe to stay in retirement. We tornado, which has caused consider think his suspicions little far-fetched.
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REUTER'S SERVICE.)
REBEL CORPSES IN DUST CARTS.
The British Lardenters at Tientsin hareable damage. unanimously authorised the Council to raise by loan the sum of Th. 150,000 for Ut ip:ove- mout of the Taka Bar. It is to be sozural by a levy of wharfage dues at the rute of por will, and tonnage duos of 1 mmes per ton per trip on shipping coming to the Peiho. This resolution was unanimously supported at a very fall meeting of the Tioutsin General Chambor of Commerce, held the following day,
One of the most remarkable "arrivals" in the records of the London marine insurance markot
LONDOS, 25th June.
Soochow and Hangkoy, via Shanghal. The helm.
about three million taals worth is imported from whistle was blown, and we starboarded our We then struck the other launch rise in exchange ebecked the business last year. Before seeing the other launch I did not After striking, 1 w The British damund for wasty silk full off, so hear any whistla.
I tluor ber woman in the water. there was a decrease of about seven million a
It a life buoy, and jumped in and rescued her. picals in the amount exported. altogether a had year for the silk producers When the woman was taken aboard the K
sang she could talk and walk. The Dock Co's Jaanch then took her aboard. and must have ended in heavy loss.
was
Labour strikes killed the expert- of straw
By Mr. Looker--When the Kamsang rounded matting to America, which had the year the steamer and saw the other launch, two blasts before figured prominently. What did go was wora blown. I know a little concerning the badly made, and American buyers deserted regulations for preventing collisions at sea. I Canton for Japan. It will be some time know that vessels can indicate the course they before Canton can recover its old mume audaro taking by the nntaber of blasts they blow on the whistle. If I blow two blasts it means position in the trade." Chiness stupidity again. They thought they had a monopoly, but Jagan's that the other launch must go nader my stera: one would have meant that I was to pass the delicate work and beautiful colouring com-
wore to pass our bow. It was our duty to keep pensates for its inferiority of weight and bow of the Dook launch, and these that they ent of the way of the Dock Company's launch. durability, and the Japanese do not kill the
We should have gaze astern of it. We blow golden goose--at any rate, until it is pasi egg
tro blasts to notify them to go estara of us. laying.
We did not blow any warning blasts before coming round the big vessoi
The latest account from Lodz states that 130 were killed, and many hondrels wounded in the riots. Forty-one died during the night in the hospitals, which are overtowing. Fighting
Cassia trade was good and preator. Sugar was continued to-day, when 18 had been shot ant wounded up to noon. The dead were beexports folloff seriously but hat is accounted dnes to Hongkong in junks, instead of loading ing hurriedly removed to the Comsteries in the for by the new practice of shipping the pro- Municipal dust carts.
steamers at Canton. Waighor, opposite Hong kong, in the principat penduring centre. For their own use, the Cantonese lapurled 195,92 piculs of Hougkong refined sugar, slightly less than in 1987. The Canton tea-trade, as pre-
is the case the Belgian steamer Lily, which She left resched Vladivostock on May 19th. Hongkong on January 8th, at the time whon
MOROCCO BLUFFING." the Japanese were capturing steamers for long
*****LONDON, Zoth Jave. time past she has been regarded as a loss--it
Renter's correspondent in Fez wires that was generally thought by ice and the nudor-although there is no indication that Morocco's writers of ordinary urine policies were about to pay claims for a total loss. Although the ressel was insured against marine risks, the war risks were not covered in London, and this fact may asconut for the way in which to hos ridently bean concated until the attention of the Japanese was directed from Vladivostock. The Lily was the British steamer Drummond, and wagrotamed when she passed to the Belgian
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decision anoat Borj-Suidu le other than serious,viously noted, is “dead." it is suggested that the Moroccans are bluffag, baping to obtain a cessation of the stoppage of
armis.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Shipping returas show all decrease though British steamers incraved kath in num bere und tonnage. There were 2.445 of these entered, with an aggregate tonnage of 2,281,811 tons. Franch shipping also increased, while German and Chinese fell off, the former from 103 to 73 entries, and Chinese being reduced to about half the 1903 figures. Keon competition for the river trade continues, and rates have been reduced. Chinseo pay saly twenty cents fare from Hongkong to Canton. There were
betseca France and Russia was always considered to be in couration merely with European pelities and has not even bee o interpreted to extend to matters in the Far East. This position was accepted when the war between Russia and Japan broke out and if would be absurd to expres that France would be willing to depart from it at a time when the fortunes of war had placed Russia in a serious plight. An endeavour to force France into the trouble by making au improper use of her shores and dragging her into breaches of neutrality cannot bat. be regarded as a poor retnu for such acts We hit as she has Gesn willing to accord. If the mutente betwent Russia and France was such that the latter was called upon to join in the war with have been Japan, she ought clearly to asked to do so at the outset and to lince been consulted on the diplomatic steps to botaken and upon the desirability or other wise of going to war at all. It requires a
A QUESTION OF OFFICERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DAUY PRESA." person to Hee things with truly Rassan eyes to imagine that any compact can be construed in such a way as to throw upon
Hongkong 27 th June, 1905. Sir,I was very pleased to see "Citizen's" either side the enormous responsibility of entering
lettur re promotions in the Hongkong Volunteer | 1,358,240 passengers in 1904
Transit trade continues to develop, the anual bidding of the other. Sab, however, is
paper. As an old Volunteer, I think the value being now Tie. 2,150,063. The likin tariff apparently the idea of friendship on the launch Cheung On were charged with receiving Corps in yesterday's is of your valuable coal ret ouably suspected to have boju stolen,
Fnaior Sergeant and has had to be lowered to meet this, and the was continued before Mr. F. A. Iaziland nt appointments of the
Gunner to the commissioned rank to be very value of produce coming down ander tracsit the Folien Court yesterday. Mr. C. F. Dixon (of Mr. Hastings offiza) appeared for unfair, which I have no doubt the majority, if pass has fallon from Tls 156,987 in 1991 to of the launch.not all of the members who have ten years Tis. 14,000. Some concluding notes were pub. the coxswain
he was satisfied that areice and more in the Corps de not approve lished before the official edition of this report that she did not hesitate to announce that His Worship suit
the coal had been stolen. For receiving The former has only been in the Corps a for arrived; and used not be repeated. she would regard it as Ru Tur difficulty which arose with regard to
anfriendly stoler property be ordered the coxswait to pay roars, and the latter is a new member and ouly the action of the French in Cochin-China in action" if France did not continue to do a fins of S10, the alternative being three,
a gunner, As there are very many much older allowing the Russian war vessels to remain what, upon every principle of international months imprisonment. With regard to the so long upon their coasts is strongly illas.
taws. was a disting violation of neutrality, crew of the launch, as they were not in. trative of the degree to which aihances may it was very little likely that French states. unlawful possession of the coal, he ordered that at times become embarrassing; and of the men would take long to estimate the value they be discharged. The master of the shrimp boat, against whom the charge of unlawful necessity of extreme reservation and cantion of so plausible an argument; and it is, possesion was proved, was ordered to pay a fina in coming to such arrangements. Like all indeed, marvellous that even Russia should of 325, in default two months' imprisonment. agreements which extend over any length have ventured to put forward so specious plea. It amounted to a definite hint of time, they necessarily depend very much upon the discretion and good faith of the that unless France were willing to stretch a parties to them. Where these two essentials in favour of Russia and against Chicus from East Street, Wanchai, with some other members (dd) to express their are wanting, such agreements may, as time Japan, the former would begin to consider assault. The defendants were farther charged opinions.Yours etc.,
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part of Russia; like that of good King HENRY the Fifth who loved Frause so mueb that he would not lose a village of it," Russia was so much attached to her all
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The hearing of the rase in which the mister of a shrimp hat was charged with being in unlawful possession of coal, and in which the coxswain and three of the crew of the steam
Aud
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UNRULY CHINESE CITIZENS.
Au unemployed German sailor olarged two
Indian Constable No. 824 stated that when bo re.ched East Street on Monday, be saw the
members, why should they not be given a chance of a commission? There are still some guapers in the Corps who have had about ten years If cae wants to become rice, if not more. a Commissioned Officer, what sort of an examination, if any, has be to go through? I believe thera is no examination at all; at any rato in this case. As I do not want to take up any more of your valuable space. I leave it to
15 POUNDER...
PRISONER BUNS AMOK.
A life-sentence prisoner at Victorin Gaol
ACCIDENTS.
goes on, assume a very different aspect to whether she would not withdraw from the with saulting and resisting the police. that which they had at their inception. If enteair with regard to political matters in both parties are willing to act not only Europe. If friendly understandings are to two defendants, with a number of others. with scrupulous fairness but with calm be used in this manner it any well be said: basting the complainant. The fast defendant yesterday ran amok with a pair of tailor's shears. and deliberate judgment, such under- Save me from my friends." The incident,, strayk him with a hawker's stool and knacked He stablod one of the other prisoners in the
him down.
abdomen and inflicted some nasty wounds en a standings may often prove of signal advan-however, is only one among many which
Wing Chan, a witness for the deferre, stated
Katopean warder who seized him. tage; but unfortunately this inuot be
must all have tended in the direction of
that the European went into the second always relied upon, and it is consequently lessening the bends between France and defendant's shop to buy something, and was necessary, at the outset, to know very well Bussia which, in truth, must always have making off with a pair of trousers when the with whom one is dealing in such matters. been felt to be of a somewhat doubt foldefondant au after him and asked him to give It is too much to be feared from all its character, seeing that Russia is quite as the back. traditions--to say nothing of acts within ready to lean towarde Germany, and that it recent memory-that the Russian Govern would be a pure matter of interest and ment is not one upon which prudent persons expediency upon which side she would throw can care to have to place too much reliance
her influences in any nutters of disagree-
Inspector Warnock informed fis Worship either for discretion or scrupulous good
nient which might arise between France that when the defendants were brought to the and that country. Of this the Fronch station they wished to charge the European The residents of
Complainant refused. and the defendent saulted him. A crowd gathered,
and the second defendant picked up a stool and threw it at the complaisut. The first defendant was passing by at the time.
A fisherman' fishing with dynamite yesterday blow off both his arms, and if he lives will probably lose his sight.
Another man while doing some excavating work at Kowloon yesterday dislodged a heavy boulder. which broke his arm,
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·ROYAL HONGKÔNG GOLF CLUB.
FURTHER DUMPING"
CONVICTIONS.
A barber residing at No. 179 Der Voeux Road Central was arrested on Saturday for removing a sick man from bis premises with the supposed intention of damping him. The man expired while he was being carried away, and the barber was charged before Mr. F. A. Bazelan at the Police Court yesterday with removing the body and not raporting the death. He was ordered to pay a llue of $100, or be imprisoned with hard labour for two months.
A Chinese woman who was caught in the not of dumping the body of a child on the Prayo near Kennedytown was alsomuleted in the anm of $100.
THE NOBLE ART.
The Mauila Cablenews of Jane 23rd publishes a full report of a fight between McCoy and Christ is, which took place at Shanghai kome days ago." McCoy used to keep a saloon at Cavite and, we presume, Christie must be the well-known Hongkong pug. McCoy has the advantage in ounces and inches, but it seems Christie had more science, knocking out his opponent in half a dozen rounds. He allowed MoCoy to do all the fighting for the first four rounds, and then sailed in, fresh and fit, sud floored him with one or two short arm stabs and a Husl straight punsb. According to our American contemporary. this exhibition of boxing was one of the best soon in Shanghai." Shanghai papare. We failed to find any account of it in the
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following raport
faith. In private life it is looked upon as a very poor thing for anyone to presume upon another's friendliness to the extent must be fairly Bouvinced by the present this locality have been in the habit, of late, of Cup and Pool hold on the 24th to 26th June. has fallen over China and Jepan.
with stealing the trotzers.
At the competition for the Row Farewell
time; and they can hardly be expected to value Russian friendliness sufficiently
mobbing Europeans, and then, when arrested, 196, the following returns were made. wishing to profer charges of lareany against them.
Mr. T. 8. Forrest... Col Aitken
= 73 75 + 86-
= 81
Mr. C. E. H. Beavie... Mr. J. Johnsteme...
80
92
Mr. W. D. Kroft
=88 10=89
a false position, or of forcing him into inducing him to accede to unreasonable
to be ready to rush into a war which demands but such action is unfortunately could bring them no hdvantage and not unbeard of; and exactly the same might lead to serious disaster both abroad principla applies to a friendship between and at home,
His Worship bound the dofondants over in
the sum of $200, personal bond, to he of good
I behaviour for twelve months.
* Winner of Cup and Fool.
On the 27th at 12.5 p.m. The barometer
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$ certificated coxswain, and was not in charge of the laqueb
this occasion. I did not blow the whistles. We could not go under the storn of the Dook Company's launch as we were too close to oue another.
By the jury-The weather was fine at the time of the collision.
By the Coroner The Dook Company's launch was about ten yards away from the steamer.
After hearing the evidence of Chan Tsang.
of Coxswain the Kumsang, which partly corroborated the testimony of the last witness, His Worship adjourned the hearing.
IMPORTANT SHIPPING
PROSECUTION.
The Postmaster General proceeded against the Manager of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, before Mr. F. A. Hazelnud at the Polico Court
yesterday, for allowing the company's A8. Triumph to leave the harbour before the notifled time, and without taking the mails for Swatow Amoy and Fooshow.
Mr. B. F. Manier (of Messrs, Jolinson, Stokes and Master) appeared for the defendant and
Section 30 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1900. The stated that the summons had been issued under Captain of the Triumph bad left without authority from the office, as he feared bad weather was coming on, and wished to be out al soa before it did. He wished to apologise, en bohalf of his client, to the Postmaster General.
Mr. Lewis, Assistant Postmaster-Gonora), informed His Worship that the Post Office Bcials had been notified that the vessel was to lease at 12 o'clock. At 11.30 o'clock, when the mail was taken off, the ship was under way, aud would not wait to receive it. As a consequence, very important mails were left behind.
A fine of 825 was inflisted.
THE GLEANERS, Apparently it is the custom of Chinese baggers to call at native cating houses after mes] hours, when they are supplied with customers' leavings. For the last few weeks a female of the order, by a strange coincidence, bas day after day put in an appearance at the same eating house as a mile, and thus the fare, which otherwise he should bare ban the sole possessor of, has hal to be divided. On Monday ho told the woman that he objected to having his footsteps dogged" Hongkong was wide. and she could surely find other eating houses than those at which he presented himself. Ho then advised her to leave the one al which they had just met in Clavering Street, as elie was spoiling his trade. A woman's however, accompanied by a banly brick, with which she struck him on the forehead, necessitated his removal to hospital, where it was ascertained that the wound.
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inflicted was not a serious one. She fersted
Pressure is highest over the Pacife to the alone on the remains of the banquet, bat was NE. of Japan, and a low area appears to be afterwards arrested and appeared before Mr. lying over N. China.
Gradients are elight in 8. China, and moderate G. N. Grms at the Pelice Court yesterday to S.E. to 8, winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China Sea. Forecast:-light variable wind; fair.
answer a charge of assault. His Worship inflicted a fine of $1, and ordered that the glenners should be transported to Canton,