CONSPIRATORS IN CHINA.
TRIAL AND CONTICTION OF E. COLLINE AT TIENTSIN.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY APRIL 24k¤, 1907.
At 2.45 p.m. they went to the station but Collins told Kwang to pretend not to know him.
At this stage the case was adjourned until 2 p.m
The case was resumed in the afternoon. Mr. Kwong, continuing his evidence, said he Collins two of the tickets and kept one for himself. He saw on the station, the Japanese He had seen Cantoms bad seen in the
shop. Tantai Liang about the matter about Feb. 18. Kwang toll bim that he had made friends with Colline and had seen some bombs in his bonse,
Colling
We have already announced the conviction and sentence of H. Collins et Tientsin for conspiracy against the Chinese Government.he The whole of the evidence has not yet arrived, but the first installment given here from the Paling and Tientsin Times contains much that might have some modern novel.
Judga klourne from Shanghai opened the caee on April 10th, with a jnry.
Mr. L. C. Hopkins and Trotai Tso who in attached to the Haikwan Yamen from the Foreign Bures, both had s post on the indicial bench, throughout the day.
Mr. E. P. Allen. Expectant Prefect, Teang Hai, Secretary of Huikwan Yamon, and Mr. Fang, Japasase interpreter watched the case for
Government. Hr. Pratt, who acted as Clock to the Court, read the indictment to the prisonor, which was worded to the effect, that prisoner on the 7th 1907. dki knowingly, have in his February, porsesatan t
two explosien substance, under such oircumstanes as to gife wispsubh ground that he had them for an unlawful object.
Collius pleaded not guilty. Mr. P. H. Kent, who appeared for the Crown, addressed the jury at some leagth regarding the technical details of explosives. o said that two packages bad boon found an one prisnnor, show. One as subsequent evidence would package contained sulphide of arsenio and the other potassium of chloride, which he explained He asked was largely composed of oxygen. the jury to pay attention to the evidence of Kreag Lung Chung, which woad. prove to be most important.
Mr. Yung E. Har, chief of the Viceroy's detective department, was the first withers. Ile stated that he arrested Collins at the settlement railway station on instructions from the Customs Tastai, ou Feirasry, 27th. Ho found two explosives in different pockets of Collins' trousers, a small pices of bamboo tube sad aswali knife. El was shont to place the packages together. when Collins cautioned him. In answer to Collins Mr. Yang said's man Boured Kwan was arrested at the same time He himself bad be a instructed to watch Collins about seven days before the arrest, and be set men to watch bis house, and follow him when he went out. When arrested prisoner himself took out the two packages from his trousers pockets and banded them to him. E did not know when Kwan was bambooed. The packages hod not been out of his possession sines the arrest.
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proceeded to cross-examine Mr. Kwang, who, in answer to his questions, maid Colli-s bad drafted the letter ou Feb. 16. Tag was present when he had tifin with Collins, also at a subsequent dinner. Colline and Tong hoth arrived early. Kwang never naked Collins for any bouds, though the latter had spoken about them. He often exiled on Colline after the tide and finally at his request went with him to the Japanese ship and has the manager; Mr Hirakama. Kwang denied that the story of the bombs had been concocted since Collins's arrest.
He admitted that sometimes Toug scom- panied bin when he visited Collins, but he did not do so on the occasion be an the bombs
any did not-so-suything of what was done. at the Japanese eben. Kaug said he made enquiries regarding the powders so as to be able to give the Castone Tarai fullest particulars. Kwang admitted that he had said "I don't rare what I do as long as I am paid for it," but he said with the object of finding on that he had Collins wanted to kill. Hodenied that he bad avar eru bazaboood, and said that sines tis arrest be had been allowed to go out whenever bo pleased. He did not share because he did net wish to
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Dr. Krang King Yin, brother of the previous witness, was next called. He said his brother told him he had been offered $500 a month by Collins and meant to resign. He cautioned him not to do so but three days latter he heard that lie bad left the post office He went to see his broiber and remonstrated, but received the reply that Collins would not let him leave as Collins had told him secr-14.
JAPANESE FINANCIAL AGENT
IN LONDON:
THE SHANGHAI NATIVE CITY. Same time ago we took a stroll round the The appointment to the post of Financial Shanghai city walls on the inside. Our object Agont in Londen by the Japanese Governments to see what, if any, improvement, bed been of Mr. Wakatsuki, Vier-Minister of Finance, maile in this fenced enclosure of the middle has at last been announced. Mr. Wakatanti ages when, if ever, China was at her best. We will shortly visit Europe and America and he had known the city for wavy years, and off and Irisite to its cdoriferous streets, tea on kad paid will stay in England and France,
Mr. Mizumacht, Director of the Finnnes houses, and temples Reports had remoled us of Administration Bureau in the Finance Depart. improvemonte and we were anxions 10 see for ment, has been appointed to set as Vice ourselves of what these consisted. So, entering Minister of Finance, and Mr. Kaiends of the at the west gate we climbed to the top of the Finance Department, will econpy the chair of wall and from that point of rantage saw what the National Debts Readjustment Committee,
we could, afterwards coming down into the streets below because we arrived at a portion of which office has been held Mr. Wakatsuki.
by It is stated that Mr. Wakatsuki a Financial the walls that was closed to pedestrians.
Item No. 1. the wall itself came in for ins Agent in Furope, will take charge of the Gov-pection. There was not much improvement ertment's financial affairs in Europe in place here. The only way really to improve a Chinese of Mr. Takahashi, chiedy for the purpose of
wall in these days in to improve it off the fare keeping foreign capitalista fully informed of the financial position of Japan and of main of the garth, as we had too sick cuter facing taiping communication between Japanese and earthen rampart behind the foreign money market and of reporting from was maok ne iu years gone by forty foot thick time to time on the financial position in Europa at the base perhaps, and ten fest arrower at aud America. Mr. Waketaki is to leave top. The embrasures every three yards or so cre as tagged in their edges as ever. Bricks Japan next month, immediately on the return had been displaad but never replaced. The of Mr. Tubabashi from England,
Un the authority of an official in-the-Finance Banking bastions, some 25 ft. outstanding trom repartment it is stated that the mission of the wall were covered hero and there with the Mr. Wakatsuki is not to negotiato a further ruius of former structures which sheltered them foreign loan, as is generally presumed. It is only, to watch the financial position in Europe and Amaries so that be may be in a position to give dats for the economie administration in Japan.
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SALE OF ARMа
On the night of the 11th instant a party of some right bandits armed with repeating rifles made a raid on the Shunchieh Grain shop and after wounding the owner and several of his employees left with about fifty thousand tes
from the weather.
Below there were wat badly drained gardens, and filthy stagnant creeks covered with the groan erum which looks delightful bat inte bly suggests the horrors b-low. Here and there were old dismounted guns. To call them six-inch gans would be literally correct, bat the inches represent, not be mighty modern the weapon known under that measurement bat old fashioned muzzleloader firing round shot, thirty-two pounders, perhaps. Beme were smaller, all were useless. In one place there was the contrast of guns of this audient pattern lying at our test with, come overkend, the stretched telephone wire which has found its way even is to the closest of close preserves u China.
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The main facts about the new warship are as fellows
It will have no funnels, no boilers, ad will Dred a smaller crew.
It will be propelled by gas or oil angives the fast for which will be much less thao that carried at prosent.
As there will be no funnels, there will be no
RO easily betrayed as at present. smoke, and the position of the ship will not be
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He said Collins wanted him to go to cast pieces. The alarm had, however, been ments, but with 1b ringle suggestion, of the desirable positionen ion of the new type of j
Peking to Runich Li. He then to his brother to inform the officials. He went himself the next day and told the Custom Tastai, whe sant for his brother and examined him. On the morning of the day of the arrest he mot his brother in Taku Road, who told bitu particulars. He then went end told the details to the Customs
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Mr. M. H. Peak, professor of engineering, whe was called to the Yemen to examine the supposed explosives, gara evidence of analysing Mr. P. C. Hansson, acting Deputy Com and Leating the powders. Separately they were Mr. Peak thea missioner in charge of the Native Customs, was unexplosive, mixed, they wer-, next called. He said he was not present when deall technically with the matter, and showed Collins was arrested, but shortly afterwards saw that the explosive formed by the combination him in the Native Custom's flee. He was of the two powders would be more violent told by Mr. Fire that prisoner had asid the than gunpowder, and e u'à do considerable Collins heard duriage. I answer to Collins, buse if the two packages were explosives. this said, and dia dany it. Mr. Hausson asked powders were put in the tube and it was only Collins to show his baggage which consisted of a lightly corked there be no explosion. few articles in a hand-bag. Colline said he was going gold mining in the interior of China whan Mr. Hansson asked him why he carried the explosives.
Questioner by Collins, Mr. Hangon said he did not tell the Chizess they had better be care fully
how they treated Collins, there might be trouble with the British Consul. He did say there was no reason to treat the men rough y,
he was formerly employed in the British Post Kwong Lung Chung, the next, witness, said Office. He knew Colline whom he first met in the Arcade eg February 12,
His Lordship. What is the Arcado? Mr. Kent. A high-class place of onfortain- weat.
Ho next met Follins in the office of a friend named Sylvs. On that docus on the former asked witness if he knew Eunuch Li and Le answered yes. On February 14 during tifin Colling asked him if he would like to make some money and he answered, yes, if in a good way." Collins than asked if wang knew any revolu tionaries in Peking and he said "no," Collins then anggested to engage him as interpreter and promised him $300 a month. He swore to secrecy and then weil ne bad a vòry Kande book, which come from the Chinese Government and by the aid of it be could get information from the Imperial l'alaca before the Waiwu-pu. Such information le would report to the Eussist Minister who would, he said, give him a large sum of money for it, and he would give Kwang a third part of such money, Collins also asked Kweng if he was a British subject to which ho replied "no" Collius said if Kwang wanted to be a Russian subject, he could arrange it with the Minister, and be told him to resign from the post olles which Kwang did.
At this point Mr. Kent read part of a letter from the Postmaster to Kwang, relating to his discharge, snd asking for the return of certain monies advanced.
Collins-Read the rest of that letter. Mr. Kent. addressing said that tho rest of the latter # mot material.
given by telephone from the small police station In the neighbourhood to the other stations and iz a short time fifty armed, gendarmes came up whereupon the bandita opened fire with their repeating rifles. This body of police was kept at bay until further reinforcements appeared, when the bandits retreated and were puraned
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distance. Several captures were made, and the Brearms held by the bandits were dis covered to be of a brand recently brought to this proving by certain foreign firms, and eretly sold, we are sorry to add, to agents of handita and secret societymen in the Yangtze province.-N. C. Daily News,
THE INTRIGUES OF PRINCE TSAI CHEN.
We looked for the much-talked of improve telephone wire nothing of the kind had he get shown itself. Every now and then a slop was made to examine the viow through a pair of good glasses. But the scenes were much as Can the Ethiopian change his skin before. or the leopard his spots? all Chinese strests, are marrow, dirty, sordid, foul-smeiling, und undrained.
The streets, as
The rates we passed showed no signs of the lessons which bays been an lavishly giron in the foreign Settlements ontside for this half centary and more. The Chiusae officia apparently does not want to learn. It is aor. that be it isoupable. He lacks will. Els how comes it that with every inducement to follow in the footsteps of the foreigner to Lealth, convenience, increased value of property, all these to be had for the fort, the reply is a blank refusal?
But let us pass on.
We have come round to
the east side where the wail 14 doubled, that is the earthes rampart is reinforced with masocry inside as well as out. There is not marh in that. It was done probably to make conta for passage way at foot. At any rate that is is a familiar legend in English: there, and doors open upon it. On one of there
First, in regard to the propelling power of)
This will be by ongines worked by whi the gas or oil, which will entirely do away with the
clear for the large guns, necessity for funnels, leaving the upper decks
Less fusi will be required for producing the gax than is required for ordinary steam
In many machinery, with a consequent reduction of the space required for coal storage. respects this will tend to add to the stability of the vessel.
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With the exception of the masts, there wi!! therefors be practically nothing at all above the bevel of this apper deck, which will be lett
in a complete circle. absolutely clear for the guns. There will be able to fire in any direction, moving practically
The broadside fire will cousist of ten 12-inch gune, being two more than in the Drenduught. This is rendered possible solely by the absence i of faucels and d of erections.
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The vessel is planned to travel af aapsed of!
about this knot, with a brake borem power!
of about 24,000.
Ever since inking over the Presidency of the Mr. N. F. Drake, who assisted at the experi
Board of Commerce (now changed to be ment gate evidence which supported what Peok had said. He had never arard of it being used Ministry of Agriculture, Works and Commerce -Nuugtongshangpu) Prince Tai Chen's for mining explosions, but it might be.
Colonel G. W. N. Munthe was the next energies bave been streduously directed to
other
Boarda. Iz sobie instazeer be bas breu witness. He enlied on Collins in the Yamen gaining control over revenues hitherto under and said, "You have got yourself to a nice necessful, and it is easy to understand that in MIR, Collius said he had been offered money
consequence of his intrigues the Prince has someone. to go to Paking and blow up
bean snything but popular asongat his brother Collins followed for about twenty-one daye, Colonel Munthe said he had ben baring officials who, however, fear him, owing to his being the son of Prince Ching. We know by Mr. Handley Darty was sworn to
tions cidence that a inesage had just been record letters from Peking that Taai Chop bates the Ministry of Posts and Communications from the Japanese Consulate raying that which has taken control at the Railways and Hirakama Jaft for Japan on the 17th. The the China Merchants' S. N. Co., whick concerne, fit that bears promise of a lightenment which bread, and as having: written testimony of Hirakama, than of the shop was then read, this witness having gore to Japan. It was to the effect that Le sold Cullius as chemicals such as are used for making fire crackers. He seld the chemicals <penly at the morning of Feb. 27th Collins did not call or Hirakama more freqner dy that time. Hirakama showed than smal Collins how to mix the powders and apply the fuss, Hicakama suddenly decided to go to Poking and was with Collins when arreated, He was so surprise that he did not go to Peking after all. Collins bad paid for and given him a ticket.
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Let the number." We looked again. Yes: there was no doubt about it. The well-known old formula was Urers in all its simplicity. Hu what an immensity was
The dimensions of the present design for this contained in it! There in those few letters was
new type of vessal may be stred as being enlightenment. It is not the algebra alone, all the difference between ignoranes anil
Imex draught of water but the culture which must, due hopes, go with aproximately 435 feet in length, 70 feet in
The Tageblatt publishes a suggesting sieted must in time do wonders. Yes: the city has of 26 feet, and a displacement of 1650) tons.
bing protected by Herren Goldberger and"" Ravone, twe as commercial enterprises, the Fritco considers
The desi giras Le ves improved
by armour from end to ond, and this armour is important representatives should be under the control of his Department,
We got down off the wall along here, and saw
carried up to the height of the upper deck interests, and Dr. Paasche, Vice President of Failing in that it is sileged that the Prince har basu intely trying to show their Majesties that other sights which eerroborated this fret amidships and to the height of 'ho main deck af the Reichstag, to held an international
evid-ucu. A little girl was busily engaged in
the forward and after enda of the vessel. All Exhibition in Berlin in 1913. lu that year, protection can be curried as well as the suy these gentlemen, "a quarter of a century que touse reading an old raco-book upside down.
armament on a relatively small displacem-ut. will bare passed since the Emperor William Bat her brother chase by was deep in the
The vresel
internal combustion the Second ascended the throne. 1 propelled by
Germany's mysteries of what be called his "paiamal! By which he meant
Having ese so much wo were ant surprised machinery has yet another advantage in that the supreme war lord will then have administerst dense volumes of smoke emitted from all war for twenty-five years his office as the most to bad that there is water laid on in the city vessels burning coal will be entirely done away faithful guardian of the European pesoe. How The authorities having their own waterworks, and what this means when we remember what
with. By this means the vessel stands a botter h
chance of approaching the en my answer. water supply used to be canunt be
The opinion of Sir William White, the aggerated. We found the streets in this famous Duval constructor, on the new vessels
some approach to
is that although of course, the advantages neighbourhood to bave
obtained by being able to fire in all directions cleanliness, snother vast stride. Why the ereeks are not cleaned out, however is one of those things which westerner can ever hops are very great, there are other things to he
couridered besides the guns. to understood. Al that he can do is to remember that in the Chiness the Benes of amel! is, for things of that wort, dormant.
the Yuchuanpn is an eptirely superfluous Department, the duties of which could easily Le undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture, i
Prince is Worke and Commerce. We now learn that the at sword's point with the Ministry nf Fioauce. This Department under its all name of Board of Revenue, has always had control over the Salt Gabelle and revenues acerning therefrom, but, owing to the industry being à commercial enterprise Frince Tai Chin oontends the control to be handed over to his Department. A fight between the two Departments on the subject is being watched with wasiderable interest in the capital-N. Daily News.
LORD CURZON'S FUTURE,
STRIKING GERMAN PRESS COMMENT.
Hitherto whatever may have been done in regard to the sale of official rank in this country there has never been any instance of the actual sale of pearage rank. A commcner to be raised to the prerego and created a Baron, Viseomt, Earl or Marquis (the only Duke of Chinese Descent is Dak- Yen Sheng, the lines) descen
In an interesting leading artiels dealing with xford, deal of the Great Sage Confucius) must have greatly distinguished himself in bigating the the recent election of Chancellor at battles of his country before be can become the Reinische Zeitung closes its remarks as
follows:- ennobled by special decree of his Sovereiga.
Hence we have the Marquises Treng, Tao! The only question now remaining is, What his, Lordship, and Li (Treng Kun-isp, Tao Tanng-rang and place will Lord Curzon take in the new gropia
Li Hung-chang), Earl Tseng (Taeng Know that has come about in the Unionist camp? chuan) Viroonat Peng (Feng Ya-lin), Baron From the Tariff Reformers Lord arzon a Pro (Pau Tran) and many others, all of whom received clear hints for some time past, and if earned fame and distinction fighting against the be expenses their cause, then he is almost sare Taiping rebels during the latter balf of of becoming Mr. Chamberlain's successor, sith Las preceding century and their lineal des. all the prospects held out by such a accession. Dendants still hold the titles. Now comes the And even in the eyes of other people, Lord Carson news that some official who has been to Europe seems to be the man of the future. At this and learned that noble rank is purchasable thers day Lord Curzon stands a head higher than be Las draw up a report and presented it to F. E. did at the time of his departure for India. Viceroy Taau Fang recommending as a means of Many persous, who then stood iz bis way, have replenishing the impoverished Imperial coffera lett the field in the meantime. There is now a the sale of patents of nobility to all such a can great lank of really important men, and when afford to aspire to that height. Is view of this nowadays the future is discussed, very often we understand that Viceroy Tuau Fang hes men's fooks in England are turned towards recently embodied the report in a memorial to Lord Carson, the new Chancellor of the the Throne suggesting. however, that only University of Oxford." patents for sa Earldom, Viscountoy and
should Barouage (Peb, Tze and Nan) chasable, leaving the rank of Marquis to be warlike services. It is stated that the Viceroy's eltained as heretofore, usmely, by distinguished
Hi Lordship said the whole of the latter had better be read.
Mr. Kent then read the rest of the letter in which the writer informed Kwang that he Was "an numitigated little end."
reply to this latter iudited by Colline was also read,
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Krang then said that Collins showed him at his hotel room in the Japanese concession, about two dozen bombs. Collins took up one but would not let Kwaog handle it.
On the
following morning Collins went to Kwang's, house and brought another bomb-a flat on abont two inches long, ons inch broad and half on inch thick.
His Lordship. What colour was it? Witness, Black. Prisoner explained that it I went next day a and called was worked by time. on him and we went together to a shop opposite
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Space does not permit of detailed mention of the jade work, the marble work, and the other native industries to be seen. The city teems with life, and mothers there as elsewhere are mightily pleased at a little notion takeo of their babies. But there remains an improve ment which should be made as soon as possible. Tanu the city might begin in some respects to rival the settlement. Level the wail and drive broad roads through and through,-Mercury]
BURMAN TO SZECHUAN.
of
could this be selebrated more worthily than by the German people inviting all nations of the earth to arrange a peac festival, and within the walisi of their capital to obesive what Germany ix, what it has been, and compare her with foreign civilising work."
where Qur
in
The Agrarian Bautarke Tareszeitung thus replies to the latter sentence: "In view of "The fusoul certainly constitutes a great Germany's political situation in Europe it danger on board a vesse Lord Brassey said promines no benefit whatever. This is provided to an Express representative yesterday, when for unremittingly, and unfortunately with naked for his opinion with regard to the plan success, by the brilliant high diplomatist on the "During the war in the Far East great Thames. Our love of peace is not credited
eminent position deal of damage was dose by the injury and abroad, consequent disablement of fannels. When s agricultural and industrial work is the object of fannel is struck by a shelf the flames spread avy, and in these circumst des can we expect We consider it
this over the deck; and the men ofron gat terribly foreigners to come to Berlin?
not burned, and in the event of it collapsing, are necessary to draw attention to often eroshed beneath the débris.
unimportant side of the question, without, "I hure sometimes wondered why it was that however, disapproving the plan of Herren the furnels of warships were not constructed Paneche, Goldberger, and Rarene." It has much shorter, and armoured halfway up. The sizce beeu announced that the scheme is draught for boilers could be supplemented by abandoned. the use of powerful fous."
THE VLADIVOSTOK CUSTOMS.
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND ROUBLES DUE TO JAPAN.
THE TRAGEDY OF CAPTAIN ADAIR.
The brilliant stee-as of Dr. Sron Hedin in exploring the almost antrodden wilds of the Tibetan interior should encharage the Indina Government to push on with its preliminary
Than the compulsory retirement from the navy survey of the extremely rough country iging
It is stated in the papers that between of Captar Adair, of the ill-fated Montagu, between Upper Assau and Szechnau. There is a long-exiting tradition among native com- October, 1902 and July 1913 the Vladivostok no more tragic end to a great career ben vecer mercial adventurers that the makings of a Customs admitted Chin se goods duty free. rod since Valentine Baker left the ith Bus
sars for singing against the social law,
Сар most tain Adair has siened against no lanciat practicable road present themselves for the The Japanese merchants being entitled to a greater part of the way, and it is their firm similar immunity in virtus of the
Wastern favoured nation treaty," the Japanese Minister or otherwise. He is one of the three gunnery conviction that the resoure-s engineering would easily surmount the more to Rusia at the time demanded from the authorities in Europe, was designated for the formidable difficulties. When last heard of, the Russing Government that the duty paid by the ormmand of HM.S. Dreadnought, and has sarveying party had made fairly good progress Japanese on the importation of goods during the taken a leading part in the dramatic revoli
wireless,"
,” which bus abanged towards its objective, bat ibat was to be said p-ried should be refunded. The outbreak of tion of navel expected, es this portion of the journey is by war, however, made it necessary for the negotia the conditions of commerce protections to au far the easier. It would be a great advantage tions to be placed in aberance. Recently the According to the Bishop of Southwell, men
Baval affairs. Captain Adair'e "retirement
upon 11 naval circles as uncommonly difficult for one who has not been be the first to tap the trade of the richest and Minister in St. Petersburg, and the Knesian looked
Were be, like Lord to church regularly to walk up the niele in manly most thickly peopled province of the Celes Government has now agreed to refund the duty untional ostastrophe. fashion. At first sight there would seem to be fial Empire. So far as Yuonan-fu, they have on the presentation of the Vladivostok Customs Dandonnid, to give his services to a foreign Power he might consolidate the ses power of the here in infallible method of judging the all the best of local circumstances, the route receipts.
ively From the Russian Customs report, it is South American Republics, and exercise pro- regularity of a man's church attendance. If he frem Tonquin lying through a compara shrinks up the aisle in his wife's train, in a open conntrs, quite suitable for the railway estitasted that the duties paid by the Japanese found falluence on world politics daring the the period in question totalled about a-zt fifteen years. A correspondent under- Custome erroneously concluded that the port the other day and was closeted for soms time. was within 50 miles of the frontier of the two with Lord Tweed month and the First Sea Lord, countri-, which area constitutes a free zone, and who gave him to understand that he need not
The
look for further employment. To impart uch admitted the Chinese gonds duty free. practice was stopped as the result of a protesta decision to an oflear of such merit is made by the Japane Gorarament.
the offer of the Nippon Yusan Kaisha, wetnorial has been handed to the Ministry of are soh extremely shy creatures that it is our commercial rivalry with the French to negotiations were resumed by the Japanese extent andreamed of by the ordinary writer on
where prisoner talked with a Japanese. Finance for report. N.C. Daily News.
will several times
some
saw prisoner Japanese. About February 24 he asked me
to go to Teking and gara te a letter written to the Russian Minister. I did not go to Peking. I montioned the matter to my brother, who advised me not to have anything to do with Collins. Later Collins told me I must go to Peking, and I decided to find ont all I could she
could about
a intentions and then in- Government. I told my forto the Chines brother of this intention.
WEATHER REPORT.
the following report:
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued
On the 23rd at 12.15 p.m.-The barometer has rison over N.E. Japan and S. China, and fallen over N. China.
Pressure remains low in the neighborhood of the Loochoos. It is highest over Chins to the N. of the Yangtze.
Prisoner er der, one white and one red. to-day is as follows:--
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fasbica enggestive of a sternly reproved foz- already well under construction. But beyond doubles. It is stated that the Vladivostok lands that Captain Adair visited the Admira
the capital of Yuuban they will encounter, it is terrier following an indignant master, he may, by this line of argument, be at cuee condensed sorted, many serions dificulties, and in proof Be one whose public dortions are not as frequent of that bypothesis, it is pcintai out that very sprang up between as they should be. Such sweeping conclusions scaut trade has ever
In any case, it seems well worth the white of the Calcutta Govern- should not be drawn. By so doing, a gravo wrong Baechuan and Yuznas. may be done to many witbors of the male sex
the The point to remember is that whereas woman iemant to furnish adequate funds for
There is a ramour that Lord Minto, under at her ease when the focus of many eyes, continuance of the survey already in hand. man, similarly circumstanced. is miserable.ructions from the lzdia Office, Las latterly
of
■ degree,
With the adrent
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The Boston Colesti. Shawmut, left Shanghai for Manila on 22nd inst.
The G. L. & Co.'s str. Eastern, from Sydney,
enviable task, but it cannot be cenied that Lord Tweedmouth has shown great strength of purpose in eeting the highest standard of eficioney in the navigation of his Majesty's chips.
Describing the doings of some of the unem.
On Feb. 27 prisoner came to Kwang's house and asked bin. to go to Peking with him.
Fresh or moderate N.E. winds are expected Prisoner said there bad been a fire in the Japanese Concession the previous vight resulting from to prevail in the Formosa Channel, and along
the Northern shores of the China Sea. with the explosives. He went with experiments Prisoners te soe some Japaness off to Poking next at 10 a. to-day, 0.12 inches.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending to
any women will anil forth wonderfully arrayed displayed something of a dispositio u to curtai day. Witness then › went to prisoner's hause aud
into public places. The more notice their the estimated expenditure, very moderate st asked to see the explosive. There were two The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon
costumes attract, the happier and the better that is. Bat it is difficult to believe that he for Radical elsmOUT the will yield to man's case, packages of
they will feel. How different
e out in retrenchment at any price, both abroad and at N.E. winds, To him it is a positive tertare
moderate; anything that be thinks is attracting attention. home-Globe. olondy, misty. This modesty, this pleasing desire for self-
N.E. winds, effacement, follows him to church. Alone he HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com.
The M.M. str. Tourane, with the next French fresh
mo-will slink quietly into the back pews. plexion, Mrs. Ellon's Crème Charmant, Lait dersta.
Following his wife up the stupendous length Charmant and Special Skin Tonio and Pondre Alail, left Singapore on Monday, the 22nd inst., Same as No. 1. that the aisle always seems to assume, be osa- Charmant will enable you to do it. Her at 5 p.m. for this port vis Saigon.
The Indo-Chins str. Narusang, left Calcutta not for the life of him adopt a manly air-ba Specialities for the Skin are the study of for this port via the Straits on 20th inst., andike horses! I am glad to see it--if they would
Hfetime. A. B. Watson & Co. Ltd., Sole Agents. Same as No. 1. he ever so hardened a churchgoer.
654 may be expected here on or about 5th May.
to him that if the two
Formosa Channel...
**
powders were mixed and then placed in a bamboo, Hongkong & Neighbourhood heat or a blow would cause them to explode.
Callas then asked if Kwang would kill some. body if he were asked to do so and Kwang asked whu was to be killed, Collins then said he did not know, but would wait till they rent to Poking. Colline then gave witness $20 with justruoti na to buy three first class Lokets to Peking, and witness told this to his brother.
South coast of Chins between
Hongkong and Lamocks South coast of China between Hongkong and 'Hxinsa.
OF
&c., left Fert Darwin on 22nd iust., for Manila
and this port.
The P.&O. str. Nore, loft Singapore for this port on the 21st insi, at noon.
ployed who have been engaged upon the Wash- burn Valley reafforestation scheme, Mr. Burns, in the House of Commons, said thay "put their hands out of the door in the morning and, fest- working. The "buzom lady" cook, Mr. Burne lng it cold, eat by the fire all day" instead of added, had remarked: "They have appetites
only waken oop."