POLICE COURT.
Tuesday, 5th December..
BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST-
POLICE MAOISTKATE).
"OBSTRUCTION.
Constable Barry'sf the Water Police proceeded against the master of the stean launch Kam Du for obstracting the Pottinger Set whart.
The constable stated that the defendant remained twenty minutes alongside the wharf, and refused to laurs when ordered to do so.
His Worship judicted a fine of $10, the altezzativo being one month's imprisonment.
THE MIKE BAY ROBBERY. The two men detained in custody in ecnnection with the robbery from a junk near Mirs Bay were charged with armed robbery.
They denied the charge, and were remanded for a week,
WILFUL WASTE OF WATER. A Japanese from Praya East was summonede for wilfully wasting water.
Sergeant Lee slated that on entering the hens le fond the water tap full on, and the ground floor flooded in parts to a depth of six inches. When he told the defendant to tarn the water off he did so, but let it run again after the sergeant's departure.
A Sue of $10 van inflicted.
A TROUBLESOME TENANT.
F. Blanck summcneil ons of his tenants, a Chinese woman, for using abusive language.
Complainant stated that the defendant and been one of his tenants for about nine months, during which time he had had considerable trouble with her. Recently he gave hur notice to quit, but sho refused until he threatened to take procedings. Before she left the defendant cut up the kitchen floor. On telling her to fix it, the complainant followed witness along the streets mul used abusive language towards him. The defendant denied making aws of abusire larignage, but his Worship mid he was quite satisfied that eba did. He would bind her over in the sum of $100, personal bond, to be of good behaviour for six months.
HASTY CHINESE VINED,
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HONGKONG'S EMINENCE
CONTESTED.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 1905.
A PORT OF "NO GREAT IMPORTANCE"
Tho Sydney Morning Herald says that it is a popular fallacy to regard Hongkong as a Tort of any great importance at all. A correspondent (Mr. F. Kingly) addresse:l our Anstralian contemporary as follows:-
Sir, I gaur issue of the 21st you state that Sydney is the eleventh port of the world. 1 have beard this statement callad, in question several times, and the statement made that Hongkong should come in somewhere about fourth. Will you kindly stato in your com | mercial columns your opinion on the shore point, and your renson for onlitting Hongrong it above is correct. Also you would confer favour on a good many of us by answering the Collowing query Is it usual when stating the status of a port to take the value of imports and exports, or the tounagu of ships entering and clearing?"
The Sydney Herald replied :-
HAMBURG.
FROM CUE CORRESPONDENT.]
Hamburg, October 31st. EXPORTS AND IMPORTE. ·
According to the returns of the Imperial Statistical Office, German exports and imports during the first nine months of the present your exendo these during the same period in 1904 and 1903 considerably. The actual figures in thousands of tons and millions of marks read
follows.
Imports39,469, ginat35,21 in 1901 & 31,229 in 1900
Valtio X277,
4.829 28,371 Exporte. 379, Valua 4,174,
3,261
1
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..,20
3,766.
Analysing these figures wa and the increase to be chiefly in the following articles viz :--
Coal...
2,893,870 Ta. Timber and wander goods ... Oils and Greave
101,820
Dry salteries, pharmaceutical
goods and dyes...
Petroleum
Cotton and cotton goods · Grain and other agricultural
produce
·Stone and stonowaró Dreceries, &
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51,756
17,500
11,705
720,038 238.385 58,320 43,161
Ores and precious metals Cattle and other live animals
15,446 whereas in others there is a slight falling off, for instance in from and hardware 24,700 Tas tur, resin and asphalt 24,719 Ts and in paper and paper goods 2,272 Ts.
is
With regard to exports the principal in eroao
770,310-Ts. 136.984 36.859 151,048.
Ores and precious metala Stone, and stoneware ... Tar, resin atul nephalt, &c.... Iron and hardware
Dry salteries, pharmaceutical
goods and dyes Copper, raw and manufactured and the greatest decrease in
Grain and agricultural pro-
duce Coal..
79,781
ደጉ
151,048 Ts.
45,377
Oils and grease. Grocoties &
19,705
57,093
Thuber and wooden goods..... Cattle and other lite animals
25,706 2,402
illiterates, viz 91 equal to 0.06 per cont, Tosteru Prussis figuring with 0,16, Western Prassin,
with 0.24, Silesia with 0.08 and Fosen with PHOTO
0.07. The lovios of the other German States contained ten and those of the Reichsland, Alsace and Lorraine bat soven,
THE QUEER CURE FOR SEASICKNESS. In my last letter I montlonod the teetotum
apparatus, which is intended to give greater stability to abips. It has now been mounted in The first the old torpedo boat the Serbar. experiments were made Inst week, when the vessel, being moored alongside one of the quays, as by mins of cranes hauled over on one sido at angles varying from 10 to 20 degrees. When the ropes were removed and the apparaíns set going, she hardly attempted-to-rig ki horolf but remained in the position she had been placed in.
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THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
Mr. Leo Maxso delivered a lecture at the Junior Constitutional Club on Oct. 31 on "The Anglo-Japanese Alanco," Land Ronaldshay presiding.
At the same
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Mr. Bess, said the subject was not a party. "Hongkong is not the faneth port of the.
one, and few were enger to approach it except world, or indeed a part of any great importance
broad national grounds. ting they were not inerring the charge of stall. Thia is one of many popular fallacios.There
partisanship when they declared that they uro no official trade statistics kept in Hongkong,
Japanese Alliance was a essentially Fatouist -measure. It was the policy of the present as there are no Customs duties levied there The Blatesman's Year Hook, however, estimates
Government entered into sillant the faintest Bicker of a suggestion from the Opposition; and, the total trade at 6 millions, sterling, of which
norcover, when the agreement of 1990 was given the imports are reckoned ng 4 millions, and the
10 an astonished world, and was debated u both Houses of Parliament, the Liborsi pirty exports as 2-millions. The trado of the port of Sydney is over 10 millioes sterling, or nearly 7
had not a single word to say in its favor, and its leaders either roundly denouned it or times that of the port of Hongkong. The traite
damned it with faint praise. In the Houses of of Brisbane and Wellington (N.Z.) is about on
Commons only "the still sinal voico" of Mr. a par with that of Hongkong The tonnage
Joseph Walton broke the general chorus of Radical condemnation. At the same time they which enters the port of Hongkong is certainly
had to rejoice that what was originally party vory large, aggregating 109,860,000 tons in 1903,
policy had now become a national polier We whereas the aggregate tonnago that both cat red
the Government first watered up the Angle Jopares policy superficial observers contended and cleared at Sydney during the same
that it hound to bring the country into year was only 5,904,411 tons. Sydney, however,
collision with France. But those who looked was not visited by 15.80 Chinese junks. There
La little below the surface knew that. France was is no doubt that the irus measure of the relative
a very reluctaut apporter of Hussia's Far in porfazer of different ports is the volume of Business seems to be good over here, witli the Eastern schemes and the alliance with Japan provided France with n not unwelcome oppor trade, not the number of los of shipping that exception of Russia, where affairs are assumingurity and with solid material for reansidering takes to do the trade. No one would urge dangerous aspect. But even from there, in her position and standing aloof from the wild-cat that the port of Belfourne is more important spite of strikes, street grisis and political-up Manchurian policy which had come the ragain that the port of Sydney, because of the follow-heavals comes n'strour demand for cotton, and S. Feter-arg. If the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was powerless to prevent lie war between if one could but foresco the end of the troubles, Rossin end Japun, it might fairly claim, the Tourage entered Total we should probably witness a general expansion radit of confining the struggle to the original
and cleared. Traste.
of trade in all its branches, a nah as has been belligerenta Looking back from the present slandpoint every one could see that the war £ Tous.
rarely experienend. It would appear however, between Kussin in Japan was asaccidable. Sydney...
5.934,411 97,607,263 | that things have gone too far to germit of the But if the war had broken on without an Melbourne
6.417,200 32 581,784
musement being, suppressed by main force in Anglo-Japanese Alliance the probability was The figures for 1963 are here taken, these the usual manner, nor does, it serio desirable that Franca would have been drawn futo it as the ally of Russia, ani, alliance or no albane, boing the latest official retursis available."
that it should tie; on the other hand it is u Great Britain could not have stood aside the Prifco and Ministers of the Wniwupa. possible that, seeing the lamentable state of ignorance which prevails amongst the vast majority of his subjects, the Tsar should secode
P. S. Wille charged five patives with boarding Aho 8.8. Deucalio before she was moored to her buoy, and without the permissioning comparison- of the captain.
Tay were each #ned 810,
A similar charge was preferred against three, Loarding house russers who buried the s boli.
Euch, defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $50
Berous MR. C. D. MELBOURNE (ACTING SECOND POLACE MAGISTRATS).
• UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF SUGAR,
Seven Chinese, five men and two women. were charged with being in unlawful possession of 18 lags of sugar.
-Inspector Collett prosecuted; Mr. W. J. Daniel (of Messrs, Johnson, Stokes and Master; appeared for the first three defendants, Mr. Oite Kong Sing for the fourth and fifth, and
Mr. O. D. Thomson for the seventh.
.
"Another correspondent remarks on the ouis sion of Hongkong among the great ports of
the world."
"This aronsed still another champion of Hong: kong (Mr. James Maher, of Bowden Bros & Cu, Lid) who wrote:--
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The questions discussed at the second meeting of the China-Japanese Conference, the Ni- gas says, were the Chinese Eastern Rail way and the lease, of the Linetung Peninsula. At this meeting, the Chinese Plenipotentiaries declared that, as China invessel Tfs, 5,000,000 in the construction of the railway, it was but fair that the suns should be deducted from the price of re-patches to be paid by her. To this sonator proposal Baron Komura al' not givo his consent. The Chinese Plenipotentiaries then said, that even if the lease of the Lisong Peninsula be transferred to Japan, a clear anil bacp line must be drawn with regard to Chius's sovereign rights in the matter of Taialien, am her ownership of the timber and silt monopolis The transferred lease. It must he clearly nader. food, was not to be of the same charecter us that of the Kinochou Convention, and mast whou it was granted to Russia, .. years. expire before the period originally stipulat This counter-proposal of the Chinese Gazers- ment Baron Korma again refused to consider. At this mooting. Prince Ching and colleagues signified their willingness to wrede to the tith, 7th, and 91 Articles of the Japanese proposals.
The Kungchung lui, or Chinese Patriotiz Association of Shenghai, went a telegram to
dangerous rumours that are spreading through allowed Japan to be crushed by is hestito coal. stating that in view of finituras su ON A HIGH EXCHANGE
the country to the effect that the Chines ition. Might they not then fairly argue that the allinace saved the country from the very Plenipos in the Conference now going on with peril which, it was alleged, it rendered inovitis Japanese Plenipos in Peking utpat matters in Manchuria, are granting concessions imper- she-the peril of a general war in which Frases and England world have been upon iling the sovereign rights of China in the the HAAKE opposite sidest
Thus the Anglo-Japanese Manchurian provinces, then Association respect. reported yesterday that he was abs to pro assembly e'acted by manhood enifrage. It was
Agreement of 1902, of which such rein fy prey that a sta rinunt be rude by the high RACHALS things had been
Ministers concerned for the information of the *The popular fallacy' with regard to Hong-claim a constitution en more liberal liues than
movement in the follwin on foot a year which had
excitement and restlessness now being left by kong appears to have some foundation. I quote had hitherto been unticipated. The stock markets which for some dess had been in rather
between France zation, which will be the means of allaying the KRAUSS the statistics issued from the Office of th
mgkong Daily Press: Hongkong is a free an unsettled state of mind thereupon manifest and England. and which might without all why are ignorast of the true state of
of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Upon the port and there is no cemplate oficial return of ed greater ürmness, and it now zemains to be aggeration he described as the complement affairs"-N.-C. Daily Newe. Inspector Collett asked permission to with-importe and exports compiled, but the value seen how mack frath here is in the above maintenence of these two great compacts the Anglo-Japanese Allianes and the extente cordiale of its tride is estimated at 550 per rumours and whether the reforms, wheth-depended ui merely the continuty of our diar the charges against the fourth, fifth and
becou knowa, will entisfy the nation and lead Fortige policy, which was in itself of the utmost he wished to call them as sixth defendants, as he'
to order being restored.
value, but also one prestige as allies and our WILDERS.
good worse as triends. The extents cordiale involved very serious moral obligations, which It is no doubt a fresh proof of the increasing conlil ot be shirked without fatally prejudicing our relations with all other Pawers, including trade of this country, if such he required; that a meeting of the board of directors of the car Japanese allies. In the hypothetical easy mevails among the high officials in Peking t BABY GRANDS Deatsche Baak in Berlin has been convend which he trusted might never come to pass. Du presense there of Baron Komura should be but which was Bearer this year ban was taken advantage of for the seraugement of a for to-morrow to consider the issue of per
generally known, of a piratical attack by a Cano-Japanese alliance, putting in oper shares to the tune of 20 million marks, roidered predatory Power upon France, would it not be ation adrainistrative reforms, improving the and taking general measures for eessary by the continuous absorption of the bounden daty of this country to make a
common cause against the aggressor? We strengthoring the country against Russian should be crazy to remain passive spectators of aller Janking cot rerna and the rapid growth
of Baron Komura will have satisfactory results of the basiness. The original share capital of
the destruction of France. Or the day of her agresion. It is thought the visit to Puxing the Bank ammanted to only 15 million marks; down the whole Continent would be mobilized with regard to relations between Japan auAPOLLO
The Japa 698 iDecember 187-1-it—was raised to St millions; by Germany against this country, and not the China. The moderation of I had the statement
and in Jaunary 1873 another 15 millions were least dangerous element ie that combination demanda, says the correspondent, aid strict betrayed. Those who liked to look facts in the on both sido prevent the interference of any added. Then crate a pause until April 1882 would be the hatred of the friends we had conflence observed by the plenipotentiaries when fresh shares to the extent of is willions face must acknowledge that the alliant had a third party, and the report that the Chinese were issue. Since then the capital has been formidade, vigilant, and restless adversary, plenipotentiaries have sought the opinion of the Russian Minister, M. Pokotilat, on the a counter-combination. It would be imposible Japanese demands is entirly baseless. The increased by 15 millions in May 1882, by 25 who was moving heaven and earth to organize millions in November 1885, by 50 millions in
to overrule the German Emperor's activity and Chinese plenipotentiaries, who are anxious to and g in by 90 millions in June 1904-ro that sometimes excussise, while bis astuteness in conference day and night on the various it now stands at 19 million marks or occasionally overreached itself. But it must subjects under consideration.
Bot be forgotten that the support of million ponuds sterling.
France was essential to the succes of any Gesman nterprise against England. There was some evidence that Russian pablic opinion, which was likely to be a more serious factor in the future than in the past, was hostile to any further attempt to subordinate Russian
applied to Korea and further advance their Anglo-Japanese Alliance heal brought an
ambitious desigos orer the Chinese empire, Anglo-Russian settiasunt on the horizon The fats of, Korea foruisbes an object lesson, was neither the last nor the least of its achiere
it is contended. On the other hand, the Worders would rever cease, and there independent Chinese Fress shows pleasure at A mente, might be even some hope of
our relations with
the moderation of the Japanese terms, and Gamay No Englishman, so far as he knew, hopes that the Chinoso Government will cherished any animosity towards the German discuss the Munchurian question with a sincere people, whese five qualities exrited admiration mind and endeavour to prometo more than ever not ustinged with envy. Our quarrel was solaly with the German policy. No ors thread-the existing friendly relations between Japan oued any legitimate German interest: no one
THE BOYCOTT. in this country coveted aringle inch of German Europe, Asia, or Africa. At the same time territos in any part of the world, either in other Powers could not allow themselves to be CHINESE GOVERNSIENT RATHER PLEASED." hounded on against one another by the in
The American Peking, 30th November. ternational agent provocateur, and we lite in hopes that the devious, devices, which of Minister (Mr. Rockhill) has paid a visit to
This was granted. Fung Yuk said he was P.8. 264 On the morning of the 1st ullins, while on plain clothes duty in Connaught Road West, near Balf Fish Lone, he saw a cargo boat running alongside the "Praya Wall. Lundled from this vessel and put on
When he got to the spot he found truck. Witness saw six
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were
During the year H
a total of 24,819 vessels, of 19,959,223 tóns entered, and 24,906 vessels, of 10,944,05% tens cleared with cargoes. There also entored in ballast vessels of 4,221,102 tous, and 5-136 vessels of 1,209,127 tons cleared in ballast:“
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MAGNIFICENT APPEARANCE AND
TONE, QUALITY $880.
"The 'Chinese juuks! you speak of do not appear to be included at all--not even seagoing
truck.
junks-13 thy Chinese carried trad amounted
18 bags on
is all to some half million tons only, carril He told the coolies pulling the truck.
in some 700 vessels, ubricusly Chinese owned to take it to the station, but-they all ran away, stoomers. The truffi, was much greater last Ho engaged ten other coolies, and took one of year owing to the war. the boutwen to the station. While telling the frem excellent anthorities, when in Hongkong. Inspector about the affair at the station, the that their tonnage gires were just bred of first defendaut entered with an account book Loader and the greatest in the world, for that certain bs and letter. The writing in the year. I cannot give this as an absolute fact, book was fresh. The bags contained sugar however. Moreover, comparison of statistical and there was no writing or marks on them. gurts is often misleading-owing perhaps 16
By Mr. Daniels--The place where the sugar different, basis of working. It is recognised Angust 197, by 10 millions in December 12 | astuteness. If he had a fault, his activity was expedite the negotiations, have been engaged SINGING MACHINES AND LATEST
tion to the traffic, in and out, as so many vessels merely call in".
wis landed was not far from the Police Station. that the trade of Hongkong is small in proper He saw the first defendant palling the truck, but did not notice any of the others, The writing in the book the first defondant produce: was got dry. Thero wire marks on the bag indicating the quality of rice they
contained.
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We may add that 31r. Maher might have given the tonnage pre-eminence as an absoluts fust, for our recently published úgures wra
THE GERMAN ARMY
The following particulars with regard to the German array are rather interesting. The army numbered in 1905 about 5,500 more mon
Chinese papers, in the service of Russia are endeavouring to cause friation in the relations between Japan and China, by qucting the terms of the new Japan-Korean Treaty. Thoso papers. declare that althougir Japanese ontwardly advo- cate the integrity of China, they will nonex
taken from Board of Trade Blue-lock No. 297with the colours thun in 1900, although the interests to German ambitions That the lanchuria by the same course of diplomacy us
Mr. Daniels stated that the witness had sail ¦ (Aug. "05). -"the only defendunt in possession of the suga, was the first. He submitted that the wording
of the section under which the proceedings were taken admitted of no other interpretation than that only the person in actual possession could he proceeded against.
His point was nado stronger by the construction of sub section 2 of section 28, which applied to stolen goods
JAPAN'S LOSSES IN THE WAR.
INTERESTING HET INCOMPLETE FIGURES,
annual lovies show a decrease, haring amounted in 1980 to 292,584, in 1992 to 277,548, and in 1003 to 297,591 (the returns for 1934 have not Leen completed) This is accounted for chielly by the greater number of volunteers who joined in consequence of which fever men Led to be bulloted for to make up the annual complement, The physical conditions of the young men who present themselves for service is becoming task satisfactory every year, for whereas in 199 about 55.6 per cont were passed by the medical
and China.
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We have been waiting for meatha post, says ile Jepza Chronicle, for some official return of His Worship-In all probability the police the losses sustained by Japan in the late war found they could not prove that this man had None has yet boen issued, hat some interesting
ilgures were made public at a meeting hd in authorities, the percentage in the two, follow actually stolen the sugar, and that is the reason Tokyo, a few days ago for the purpose of ing yours dropped to 45.2, in 1999 to 54.2 and they have brought the charge of unlawful dissolving the Patriotic Medical Association, in 1904 to 53.4. The rural districts hail the pussession instead of larceny. I think I will the services of which are now no longer rö
quired. Surgeon General Koike, in the course list for physical fitness, the percentage being late years hat unde a by werd of German H.E. Na Tung, President of the Waitupu, hear more evidence before deciding the point.
of a speech, stated that the killed and wounded the province of Eastern Frussis G6.3, in diplomacy, might be discarded and that and reminded him that the U.S.A. intend to Inspector Collett, sworu, skid that when the during the war numbered 228.429, and the Western Prussia 66.1, in Fosen 59.1 and in Germany might at herself to work to first defendant handed him the letters before registered on the sick list 221,136. These
to that effect is to be placed befors Congress,. which the Bismarcke and Bülows had du share of the Boxer indexanity, and that a Bill the Court, at the station, he said they wore figures were remarkable, it was pointed Prussian Saxony 58 par cent., whilst in the reguin the regard of the civilized world pay back the sum of £20,000,000 sterling, their letters, from Macao requesting him to gand out, for the fact that the number of sick manufacturing contres of the Kingdom of so much to forfeit. Germany could not expert but that the Anti-American Boycott movement gouls. He then stated that he had bought the only about equalled the casualties of war. This Saxony it stood at 52.5, in the Ebenisk pro-to enjoy the confidence of her neighbours has displeased the members of Congress and
constituted a record in the history of war, for
II. E. Xa Tong in answer said the Chines sugar in question from the Hip Wo shop on the
the number of sick has hitherto been in the vinees at 51.5, in Silesia at 46.6 and in Branden-les she abandonded those of her ambitions made it difficult to pass the bill.
wer. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance had done Government had already issued orders to stop previous day.
proportion of something like 3 to 1 to the unburg, which includes Berlin, st 40.3. Exlocation which could only be achieved through univorezí
Anti-American movement and is en- Further évidence was board and the case ber of killed and wounded. The Surgeon is shown on the other hand to have made good many things and might do many more things the adjourned.
General attributed the small sick list to the progress of medical skill and to certain other progress amongst the lower cases, for whilst but it could not do everything. International dearoaring to establish more intimate rotations in 1881, 2,992 recruits or 1.55 per cent. of the diplomacy, however skilint, was no substitute between the two nutious; also that many for nationel strength, and at the present time Chinese, wish to proeed to the United States The reduction of fifty per cent, announced by
We are still in ignorance as to the number entire number could neither read nor write, la one of the principal porile to the peace of and therefore it is desirable that the American Messrs. Graca & Cp, in the price of picture causes which were now under investigation, postcards bearing views of Hongkong and killed in battle during the war, and the number 1903 the illiterates numbered bat 108 out of a Europe lay in the military impotence of this Government shall extend more liberal treatment
country, which offered a constant temptation to neighbouring ports is substantial enough to
who died of disease. draw sa unusual amount of patronage. Besides The number of invalided Japanese soldiers total of 260,31, equal to 0.64 per cant. The Continental buccaneers. The army which this
It is understood that the Chinese Govern several new foral views, Messrs. Graca & Co. still under medical treatment at the hospitals percentage was 1.29 in 1883, 0.25 in country needed would never be obtained until have now on sale a double card bearing on excellent view of Port Arthac from a Japanese rosoris. These figures are given as the latest of Prossis furnished the greatest number of and agitato. -Tinca.
| is 25,897, of whom 2,547 are at various health | 1893 and 0.05 in 1901. The Kingdom |its poople were prepared to tako.off their conis ment is really rather pleased with the effect entrance to the Hongkong Hotel),
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