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Wo certainly cannot think of joining the ranks of those who wish to emphasise the wickedness of annexation-be it called by any other diplomatic term--ia this case. From the Corvaa poist of view, of course, a great disil could, no doubt, be said. But we are not Corear, any more than is our Scoul contemporary; and for us the adage con cerning glass houses and stone throwing seems applicable. It may seem virtuous and good, but it is none-the-less old- fashioned and perile in these days to prate too much of ethics in connection with nationd politics and their very serious necessities. To stick to the question at isque, we should ns soon think of depreca ing, on mord grounds, Great Britain's occupation of Gibraltar as Jajan's of Corea, We could excuse the Spusained who did so, although we should not treat his protesta- tion na grand sérione. The illustrdan, on
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Baron von Murom, the German Minister at TELEGRAMS Peking, is reported to be retiring this month, The N.C. Daily Norca, which publishes the ropert, has not heard a successor mentional.
All restrictions on trade according to the neutrality regulations during the war havo. beon withdrawn, and the Imperial Maritime Custom houses have receited orders to pet accordingly.
It is positively denied by the Shuzgo Shimpo that the Armstrong Company hattered into any arrangement to start works' In Japan. Negotiatious as said to be in progress with some other company, but nothing definite has ben allowed to transpire.
Viceroy Yuan's administrative reforms, which are to be tried experimentally in Chihli, provide for the abolition of the posts of intendants and prefects, whoas duties will be handed over to new departments. Each new department will have a treasurer, a judge, and a captain superintendent of police. In the larger villagos assistant magistratex and polies inspectors will be stationed,
“A Poking tolograms to the N-C. Daily News, dated Oct. 20, 81ys:-The French Minister at
Plug is urging the Waiwupu to grant to French subjects railway concessions at least to the nxtent that they have already been granted to British subjects Viceroy Trên at Canton
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At Kobo, on Oct. It, the 4. G. Roper, which, having been disunasted in a typhoon some months ago, returned to Kobe and was abandoned as a constructive total loss, was sold by notion The auctioneer stated in opening the gile that by valued the donkey-engine, copper, and anchors at Y12,000, and he would, therefore, start the bidding at that figure. Didling then commenced with an advance of Y1,000 and proceeded slowly until the sum of Y18,80) was reached, at which figure the slip was kuosked down to an American bayer whose natas, VE18
rational navigation-the property of her enlyor. Once we dismiss the ethically correct but it possible Corean view-point, we have no difficulty in recognising Japan's rights in that quarter. They are, inci-not disclosed. dentally, more easily proven than those of Chius, Corea's amainal suzerain. she is
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RIOTS IN SANTIAGO.
LONDON, 25th October,
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SUPREME COURT.
~Wednesday, 25 (h-October..
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. BEFORE ME. A. G. Wisa (PuISNE JUDOK).
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
Tam Mon Sam; of No. 19 Jervois Street,
Riots have taken place in Santingosed Tam Yan and Cheang San Pang, liquida and 550 people are reported to have tors of the Sai ini Kung Yisk Po Company, Ld,, for $1,000, being as to $500 for the return of money deposited by the plaintiff with the been killed and wounded.
defondants on the 2nd June, 1905; in pert payment of the purchase mousy of the business, property and effects of the Sai Kai Kung Yiok Po Co., Ld, and as to the dance of $500 for
RUSSIA'S DOMESTIC TROUBLE.
LONDON, 25th October. The situation in Russia has become
worse,
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RUSSIA.
LONDON, 23rd October. The socialist parties in Warsaw have unitedly issued proclamations, declaring that they will forcibly prevent the election of deputies to the National Assembly.
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dages for breach by the defendants of the
said contract.
Mr. C. E. H. Boris (of Meyers, Wilkinson and Grist) represented the plaintiff, and Mr. II. W. Looker (of Messrs. Déncou, Looker and Descu) appeared for the defendants.
Mr. Boavis stated that pleadings were ordered and hid been filed in this cage. It would appear on those that the whole point at Issue was whether the plaintiff did or did not tend thedeposit portion of the purchase money us alloged by him and dented by the defendants? Did the plaintiff by his acts repudiate the contract? If he did not he was entitled to the return of his deposit, and also to damages.
· Supposing the dafundașts wera ab'o to prove that they had failed to comply with the stipula- tion regarding portion of the purchase money, they wou'd prove that they made every effort to pay the whole of the purchase moner,
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POLICE COURT.
Wednesday, 26th October.
BEFORE ME. f. A. HAZELAND (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE),
#AMBLING WITH FIGHTING CRICKETS. The adjourned cast in which sixty-thres
Chinese were charged with gambling with
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley (Crown Solicitor crickets at No. 29 Gongh Street was continued prosecuted, and Mr. P. W. Goldring (of Mosses. Bratton, Hett and Goldring) represented the second defondsut, and D. Ho Kai (instrantes by. Mr. Otto Kong Sing) appeared for the rotasieder of the defendants.
On the case being called, his Worship in- timated that, as far as he was able to learn, there had nover Lein a conviction on the question of uricket fighting in the Colony, with the rooption of one small case in the New Territory
Dr. Ho Kai and Mr. Rowley then weldreasad. his Worship, who intimated that he would deliver his judgment this day wook.
BEFORE ME. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE).
ASSAULT AND ABDUCTION.
Li Yeung and Li Ma Wan were charged with assaulting and abducting a woman named Li Sau Tai from her residence at Leung Shọn Won village, in the New Territory. There is a further sharge against the second defendant in con neotion with the as me affair,
LONDON, 23rd October. A recent article in the Neue Freie Proam (Austrina) accusing Great Britain and France of trying to provoke a war with Germany, has caused fresh acrimonious polemics in Germany on the one side, and Great Britain and France on the other, the plaintiff refused to pay the deposit and repu informed of this occurrence by a schooljanster
acerbity of which keeps alive the inter- national animosities excited by the Le Malin disclosures,
TURKEY AND AUSTRIA.
His Lordship-The case has worked itself down to u question of fact.
Mr. Looker-It is a question of fact. The
diated the contract.
Tom Man Som, declared, said he was prosont at the meeting of the company in question when his tender for the purchase was accepted. His Lordship--Are you a shareholder in this paper?
Witness-Yes,
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Mr. J. Hays (of Mossrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master) prosecuted, and Mr. Otto Kong Sing appeared for the defendants,
Mr. Hays stated that the police were
from the village, who reported the matter at the Sai Kung police station. He said the defendants, with three others not in custody, bound and gagged the complainant and carried her to a boat in which they took her away. The schoolmaster believed that the defendants took the complainant to tko village of Tei Hang Po Kwai; they also took her belongings, whiofa included a camphor-wood box containing money and jewellery. Their object in carrying her off the schoolmaster believed, was to obtain a
LONDON, 23rd October.
Mr. Looker-And a director too, my Lord.. The Porte assuming the offensive las
Continuing, witness said the document before sept a note to the Austrian Embassy, the court stated that the stock-in-trade of the objecting to the presence of the international paper was worth $18,734; the books of the financial delegates at Uskub, whose inter-company represented sixut $8,000. When his vention in the internal affairs of Turkey is onder was accepted a note was made in the an company, and declared as prejudicial to Turkey's interests, advertisement inserted in the paper. Like and whose removal is requested.
wise a minute of sale was made by the defendants, which witness signed.
minutu book of the
More
rausoni. On this report Sorgeant Brazil visited
the village and, from inquities male, found that
deep in a horrid mixture of water and furm CHINESE-HUNGHUTZE ARMY FOR writing had been added to the conditions of opened by one of the fokis; the defondants
stuff, from which they had to extricate them. selves as best they could. Others were hopelessly lost in the country; one member so serionsly strained himself that he had to be taken hems on a stretcher.
Dr. King, a Chinese lady, urges the boycott lenders to set aside the funds which are being exponded in prosecuting and propagating the mevement, and employ them for the purpose of opening up the wild and uncultivated parts of Mongolia and the New Dominios, so that Chinese labourers may not find it necessary to migrate to foreign lands to seek & livelihood; but mag settle dowa as porcoful and prosperous By agriculturists in their mother country. thus doing, they will not only avoid the in-
foreign nations, but will develop, the resources of their own country,
MANCHURIA.
onstody, kecked at the dow of a grocery shop the defendants, with their confrères, not în
kept by a man who was absent in Hongkong, In response to the knock the door was
sale since be sigued the book; one page had entered and burst open the door of the room basa taken ont und another substituted.
in which the complainant was sleeping with her Is Lordship Why do the defendants wouth. They took her clothing, money and jewellery. While they were ransacking the room the shopkeeper's son came downstairs to learn the cause of the disturbance; the defendants threatened to shoot him if he did not go back at ones. None of the witnesses could say whether the men were armed, as the house was in darkness, neithe: was it possible to son in which direction the boat sailed which took her away.
The following, from the Chine Revisus, should be read cum gruno sulia.
Judging from the most recent official infarto get out of the contract? Have they sold the mation which is to hand it seems quite clear
paper to somebody else? that the Chinese Government have very un- wisely determined to enlist some 20,000 8x- Hunghutse ass auclous for their new army in Manchuria; most of whom have been in the service of the Japanese, under their head chief, the famous Feng Ling-Ko.
Witness-I don't know what their object is, but I believe they want to run the paper them- selves.
Evidence was led ond the case adjourned.
the young cuckoo in the nest, az (the Korea Daily News tells us) they are even now doing. China did little to protect her vassal until towards the end of the sixteenth century. Then there was a seven years
Witness, ocntinuing, said the minute he war, during which, as Mr. ARCHIBALD
It appears that, as the Japanese were desirous signed was as follows: A meeting was held LITTLE reminds us, the Coraang were not
of getting rid of their irregular allies; and in the Company's offics on the afternoon of 2nd smurt je ward for names and adconsulted by either side in the various Corrugatonauticreared to the Butter,
were rather afraid to distant them, and that Fine, 1905, when all the assets, stock-in-trade, drusers will
conventions and tralies entered into
turn them loose over the country, Marakal vot jem publication, but as coulence of good faith,
Oyama used bis influence with the Chinese goodwill and other things as specified were sold All caters for publication should be written on
during its course." There was as little
Governmant, in persuading it to take over these to me for the sum of $9,270, as I was the one side of the paper only.
reason for consulting them then as there is
Hunghutze, representing bow very advantage-highest bidder. On and after the 3rd June all sit would be to do so; and, foolishly enough, the expenses in connection with the company
THE WAR IN SOUTH CELEBES. Ne anonymously signed commument on that have already appeared in other papers will be inserted.
It is characteristic of the
the Chinese authorities fell into the trap. Usucre for extra copies of air Piton suid to-day.
To any common-sense observer it is not were to be borne by me, and within 48 hours.
Sourabaya, 29th September. seni before 11 am, on day is publication. Jiber chat Coreans that history does not report their
The Princess of Luwa, who bad fed on the Aur the supply is limited. Only suppused for Cash.
Thaving taken any part in the war which hospitable treatment and even persecution of difficult to foretell how dangerous such a course one-fourth of the parohaas` money was by be approach of the Dutch troops after the captura will be, and what nafortuante results may paid." On the following day, Sunday, he went of Palope, the capital, offered her submission. Fete graphic Address: Protas. Codes: ABG, Ola Ká.
happen. 1.0. Rox, B. Telephone No. 12
Putting all question of international law on to the company's office, where he saw Chenug On the 19th of September she surrendered to General Mosny s of Yi-chih" The justified in enlisting and using these Chinese purchase money. The defendant said he could
one side, as to whether the Japanese wore an Pang, and tendered an amount of the to commander of the expeditionary troups and
ewore allegiance to the Queen of Holland. Aus and tails of sharks and dog-fisk flos are bandits in their campaign against Russia, it is
The Princess is described as a lovely young not accept it on the Sabbath day; he was going | womsi, almost a child. She was accompanied generally included under this name, and are quite clear that, whereas the Japanese anthor-
by the wife of the Ragout of Lawn and conte bighly prized by the Chiusses as food delicaciesities in Manchuria, with a very powerful army to church, Witness pressed bin, but he was at their back, could control these irregulars, it
twenty native chiofs. After submitting, she at all their feasts. Indeed, no Chinese banquets as certain that the Chinese will poser be able to till the afternoon. When witness saw him signed a new contract with the Datch Govern-
thou he told the defendant he had better accept mənt to do so, ever before the Japanese evacuation whilst, after that is completed, these Chinese- the money before the expiration of the appoint Hunghutze brares will rule Manchuria themed time for payment, but the defendant replied If Chins had gnuo to work with the profamed that he intended to keep the Sabbath day, and idea of doing something in order to give the refused to accept the money. Japanese an excuse to interfere in protecting Manchuria and to retain their military hold on the country, even after the time of evacuation was past, they could not have chosen a bettor plan.
Znober's
DEATH On 26th October, ut Ponk Hoqital, of typhoid fever, FAIZULARIOY ESSANBOY EBRAHIM, partner in the firm of sess. Abdoolally, Ebrahim & Co. Shanghai paper please copy.)
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COREA has again become a dependency of Japan This will be disputed by the Korea Daily News, we have no doubt; but our belief that it is true is strengthened and confirmed as much by the lucubrations of that journal as by any ot the other numerous evidences that we have been given lately. For some time we puzzled by the constant references occurring in this foreign journal published at Seoul:
were
had desolated their country." Perhaps this masterly inactivity" will be counted unto them for righteousness by those who are now coustitating themselves Corea's
champions against Japanese aggression and be held to entitle them to greater It may not Sympathy from all good men. be a Cropean standpoint to take, to remind them that "war is the supreme test of a nation's virility, and that corruption and indolence spell the rationale of defeat," | but it is suficiently practical for this world and these times; and we derive some satisfaction from the reflection that the present disposition of affairs promises Lo relive us of what has too long been mesace to the pace of the Orient.
The Ricsitelini, the Russian destroyer cap tured at Chufoo, is now called the Yamshiko.
سلام
Victoria Tosu, Isle of Hongkong," was the address on a lofter receives from America yesterday.
The harbour of Tieushaug, near Tungchon. is to be thrown open to foreign trade, according to the Nanfang,
The Shanghai Coat-Guild has caused some consternation at the northern part by annettu -
or feast is considered completo without at least one dish of Yi-chah or fish Bus. This marins delicacy is usually stewed in deal broth of various kiads until it is soft und somi-transpar- ent like jolly; shreds of fresh or fowl, and white cabbage are usually added, as well as other things, to iuorsuse the volums of the dish, and I have always found it desirable and wholesome. food. As an article of impert, shark's fins are very valuable and find a ready market all ovar China, especially at Shangliai.
selves.
What the poor inhabitants of the three pro- rinces themselves will bars to anffer from both the Japanese and the Chinese Hunghutz ban- dits does not, however, seem to have entered into the calculations of the Chinese Government.
Cross-examined-He was a director and, at one time, the editor of this paper. It was decided to sell the business because the financial position of the company was not a good one They owed 29,00) odd and there was no ninney to pay. Witness's was the only tender that excooded the amount of the debts. At the time of tendering ho had $500 to pay the deposit, and could have raised the whole of the purchase nivney that day.
The evidence in support of the plaintiff's claim having soncluded, the case was adjourned at Monday,
At the Chinese department of the Young
some Works of Man."
The lecture was
Itsoos that Sappong, a mountainone country north-west of Boni, must in compelled by arms to sabdas.
It
is stated that fortifications have been aracted. Troops have already been directed to the refractory country, which never yet saw Dutch soldiers trespass on its frontiers. Some resistance is antinated.
In Boni, Wadjo, Sidenreng, and Lawu all is quiet. The orders to deliver up the rifles are cumplied with, but it seems that many ura kept
back.
The cavalry has returned to Java On the 28th of September they arrived ut Semayang,
The socand commander of the expeditionary troops, Colonel De Louny, arrived at Sonra bays on the 27th He is rather 511 and will stay here for some time.
In the Dutcls parliament one of the socialistic members interpolated the new minister. Secre- tary of Colonies Dr. Fock (formerly a lawyer at Batavia) on the atrocities" which were said to be perpetratad in Boni. Never was a war conducted more leniently. No house was burnt, no grain of rics stolen. Only it has happened that native soldiers went a little too far when attecking the eromy, mightier than discipline.-N. C. Daily News.
Blood is
A Chinese firm (Zung Chi) at Shanghai sued the Imperial Insurance Co., Ltd., for value of goods alleged to have brou destroyed by fire.
CHINESE STEELYARDS." The claim was resisted, and after considering evidenes (that the goods wore not on the site of
Mesuy's Miscellany says:-The issue of the fire) the jndgs concluded his judgment as balances (chang or apparatus for weighing] in some branches of Chinese trade is Hmited follows: I give my reasons in the sort of way legally to the guild of that partienlar line of the case would have influenced a jury, and the trade at such place. Thus in Chang-ching the way they have influenced my mind, with my pork batchers guild issue scales to persons whe knowledge of human affairs, and I have come bave been properly recommended as emitable Men's Christian Association last night, Mr. K. und wo are still at a loss to understand our
to the conclusion that the goods were not there, persons (members of the same guild) to start a Edmund, of the Canton Christian College, contemporary's apparent inability to
butcher's shop in that town or its suburbs; it recognise accomplished facts. Reluctance
and therefore that the plaintifa aro guilty of being the opinion of other butchers that another lectured on "Seme Wonders of Nature and
shop
I desirablo. The butcher has to pay frand, and I must give judgment for the T ), I believe, for his first set of balances illustrated with magic lantern views, and was
A PEKING PARLIAMENT. to accept them we can understand, if we
Mr. A. H. Harris, Commissioner of Cas-defendnuts. with costs," The N.-C. Daily News and T. 10, when they require renewal.
apparently muck appreciated by the large cannot fully appreciate it; but what object
AN ANNUAL SESSION, tons at Changsha, is shortly going on lease, says--The Imporial Insurance Co., Ld., has These high prices are purposely charged as is to be gained by its persistent girdings is
und Mr. O. 8. Tlondy is to meceod bim.
doue sarvice both to the public and to other fees to the guild for the bonefit of all its number of membera and friends present.
It is reported that the Empress Dowager has members. No butcher is permitted to set ap not clear to us. Our eontemporary appears
Shanghai is at present concerned with a decided to establish for the present only what in business without a set of those scales or companies by fighting this claim. to us as one kicking against the picks";
balances. The standard of weight is one taal, question which agitated Hongkong some months may be called an Upper Honse of Legislature, to be composed of the Viceroys and Governors or Hang, which is a Chinese ouace of about 550 ago the beachcomber" nuisance. A con
of all the provinces of the Empire, who are to or as a Šistrava, hauling laboriously a useless boulder towards au insecessible clug "very material increases in the prices of Hongtong. lish its first. statutory mesting on grains troy.
The Chung-ching butchers consider that one tamparary says: Tuo casy-going charity go up to Peking once a year to confer on matters of national importance. At other times, catty, or
Chinese pound of pork, should weigh which now prevails does liarm: Arst because it peak. For instance, so late as the ninth
to raise debentures to the amount of $50,000 twenty tools or ounces, that is the largest I have enconruges jilers; secondly becauso really deser-white in the provincre, a Visarov, if any busi.
importatovernors
coufer with the shal Mr. J. Dyer Ball will lecture to the Union
zrises, of this mouth (or subsequent to the publica-
under him, and tion of the now Anglo-Jupanese Treaty) Cleurch Literary Club to-morrow evening, at j baring interest at the rate of 7 per cout por beard of ia matter of market scales of any ving men aro viewed with suspicion and distrust
In some places eight on theis are "Hayme and Rhythro in unam, payable half-yearly on the 30th of June place.
called ove catty, in others sixteen, fourteen. The public do not like to refuse aid to a man Governor with the Provincial Traasuer, Pro- and 31st of December, served by the land and and twelve is the lowest. I have heard of, and who says he has nowhere to sleep and nothing vincial Judge, Salt Commissiouer and substan- we find the Korce Daily News histing that barp, or Chinese Climes,"
tive Totais, generically termed "Szo-tac, "under buildings comprising the property of the club, that is at Shanghai, within the forsign
biar
Prefects, aab-profectsand departmental and appearances indicate what we have been
The Chefoo Daily News complains that in the debentures to be rodesmable at par in not Settlements, and the catty this is just the to eat, but when they find they have been
magistrates shall confer with the gentry supposing to be generally accepted as
less than five years from date of issue, and
and notables of their respective cities, and when the communally lare anything to propose un fait accompli. It saya in one place
thereaftor at the disoration of the directors; the
they shall have to present their proposale to The mysterious generosity in pressing
debenture certificates to be $100 euch. It was
their own gentry and notables, who shall bring upon the Household Department a loan of
further agreed that applications for from one to
them to the notice of the officia's immediately over them. This method of "popular" govern- ¥1,500,000 has yet to be explained, but
We understand that a meeting of gentlezer five debentures should have preference so as to
ment will continue natil education bécora mere general and the masses understand better past experience leads us to believe that it
interested in the promotion of a St. George's give every member & chanes of owning ene
their individual responsibilities and duties of only means naòther nail in Corca's cofin." Ball will be called for on the 15th November, while trustees wishing to keep all or part of which is 7,000 grain. All other scales give expected hers on the 30th inst
citizenship.-Chefoo Daily News. Our contemporary further fears
"the when a proposal for holding a Ball on 19th their money already advanced to the club will
have priority. relegation of Corea's diplomatic affairs to January will be discussed.
all kinds of coal
convenience is being caused by the rafusal of the Japanese buak and post office there to accept the Japanese "war notes," of which there are many in circulation.
The Haukow Race Club, now registerul at
Oct. It was decided to empower the directors
equivalent of the pound, Fang, aroirdupois doccived, the next applicant, who may weight, and it is called Pang-cheng, or say honestly in want, is liable to suffer." 6,630 grains troy weight, which
equivalent applies to the Shih-ching, or market scales only The Ka-ping, or government treasury scales, a larger; the tool being equal to 379.84 troy grains; thus twelve taels, or Liang, are almost the exact equivalent of our pound avoirdupois loss weight than the government scales from
one to five per cent.
be
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, The str: Catherine Apear, from Calcatta, left Singapore on the 24th inst., p.., and may bo
The P. & A. ste. Arabia left Yokohama on the 23rd fast, and is due here on or about the 4th prox.
ness of
Governor or
district