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The Hongkong Telegrapy.
On the 13th instant, at H.B.M. Consulate, Shanghai, and afterwards at Trinity Cathedral, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges. M.A. WILLIAM MC- DONALD 10 ALICIA CAMPBELL MCCLURE.
In this colony by a glaring want of tact and, discretion for which there is no excuse. In love and war there is no remedy for, a mis- take; and so it is in Colonial politics. It has been publicly announced that the arrange
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1890.
On the 14th instant, at the Cathedral. Shangments made for the Duke of CONNAUGHThanky-panky" tricks in respect to the hai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, MA, CARL RASMUSSEN, to, BETTY MARCUSSEN, both of Denmark.
On the 20th instant, at St. John's Cathedral, by the Rev. W. Jennings, M.A., Colonial Chaplain, CHARLES ALEXANDER TOMES, only sor of Francis Tomès, New York, to HARRIET CONSTANCE BUDD, eldest daughter of Alfred Hancock, Hongkong.
DEATHS.
At Belilias Terrace, at 5.30 p.m. on the 19th inst, from typhoid fever, ARTHUR WAONER, Marine Board of Trade Surveyor.
At Bournemouth, on the 24th instant, in the 67th year of her age, ANNE SHIRLEY, wife of Mr. J.J. Francis, of Hongkong.
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG Wednesday, March 26 18,0
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in securing and therefore interested as lavish an outlay on the Chinese decora- tions, etc, as possible, whilst, as Protector of Chinese, it is his duty to see that the heads of the guilds do not try on any to formally lay the foundation stone of food supply. At present he has elected the Praya Reclamation with Masonic to drop his latter character, and go ceremonial have been cancelled because "map" on Royalty and dear pork. Mr. FRANCIS FLEMING IS a Roman He said, in the course of conversation, that the leading Chinese had been asked to assist in preparing for the reception, Catholic and cannot participate in any Ceremonial which is, or is supposed to be, antagonistic to his religious beliefs! We and placards posted inviting all classes to But he had always tried to are sorry for the 'Acting Governor, and co-operate. we should be sorry for Hongkong if this Impress the fact that, there, must be no colony did not possess a fair number of squeezing or enforced contribution. He independent spirits who will not submit did not consider the tax on pork really a to gross imposition without emphatic squeeze in the first place it was only about for Mr. tencents a pig, not twenty; and in the second protest. FLEXING because his career in this colony pork was going up, anyhow. Besides, pork is practically finished; the sooner his was a good deal of a luxury-not everybody Excellency asks the Colonial Office to could afford it, so it would not affect all the remove him to some other position the Chinese. He could not say that the Fish better will it be for his official future. It Guild was not going to follow suit, but he was only may appear hard to say this, but it is the argued that the increase truth, and it is much better that the true temporary. If rates did not come down position of affairs should be thoroughly to the normal level in a week or two he understood.
should take steps to make them, for instance he would deal with the pork puzzle by opening fresh stalls, and so breaking the monopoly up, or he would send for the heads of the guild, and talk to them in unmistakeable terms,
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THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE FREEMASONS..
TO THE EDITOR OF The Hongkong Telegraph?
SIR-It would relieve-me-and-a-good-many brethren of the Craft, to know what justification there is for H. E. the Administrator vetoing the proposed Masonic ceremonial at the laying of the" Praya Reclamation Memorial stone. As a M 1500 consider Mr. Fleming's action an insult to the whole body, and I will give my reasons.
First, the Han, C. P. Chater, the moving power in the Reclamation Scheme, is the head of Secnt, H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught Masonry here, has lately been appointed Provincial Gland Master of England, and would most certainly have been pleased by the arrangement.
THE ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL:
TO THE EDITOR Of the "Bovagona Trisarach,"
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congratulate our fellow merchants satisfactory result-the non-ntification the Chefon Telegraph Covention and its appen- " dix the Russian agreement. China's telegraphic rights had been unfaily checked in order to suit a party policy not resting upon the broad basis of equity, but upon competitive spirit." Troader principles, we hope, will come to reign supreme. China's telegraphic movement cannot 50 he regalsted by the cable com-anies-nor can-her- 25 International tariff be laid down by one covern- mert's Minister, but should be the outcome of an International Conference where all parties inter- ested had their say; so fact she should jain the International Unina without delay. Only m this -way-the justified expectations of a laser hnd fairer tariff beteen the Far East and the West can be realised, Only what is built, on the foundation af frath can withstand the wave of time. If the Cheloo Convention had beel, a stifled it would clearly have shown its deficiencies, but we should have had to arm, Giselera with patience funtteen log feats
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Masonry, there being over six hundred Messrs. Scherie & Co..... brethren, whose presence would have added Ag inst which strong arguments we find greatly to any brillianes the function would have. Jose M. Bava, E-qu opposed simply the fact that Mr. Fleming is a Roman Catholic, and under orders from Bishop Raimondi not to allow it. Mr. Fleming is at present Her Majesty's representative, and as such, he has no right to consider bis private Otherwise he may just as well hand over his seat and powers to the Spanish Procuration at religious opinions before the wish of the colony. once, and we shall know with whom we have to deal Enclosing my card,
I am, Sir,
Yours, etc..
AN INDIGNANT FREEMASON. Hongkong. 19th March 1990.
WHY MASONRY MUST GO, TO THENITOR THE "Oskong TelegraPII “ SIR-1 am afraid that in attacking H. E. the
Administrator in your leading article of last right you, have gone a little beyond the facts. Indi-
vidually I had something to do with the objections raised to the proposed Masonic celebrations in connection with the Duke of Connnurhl's visit, and I believe that I was the first to call the
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and Co.,kave nhtained a'concession fire'ectric lighting in Manila, and are experimenting in the principal thoroughfares.
Tue Mainichi Shimbun publishes,'a tel‘gram from Aom ri, dved the 10th inst, which sites that the boiler of the vemer Gungio Maru burst on the voyage betwein Otaru and Manke.. About a hundred persons are said to have lost their lives by the accident....
EVEY Y&my will be sorry to hear that Mr. Wodehouse, the senior Stipendiary, is ill-for. Innately not very seriously. His 'place on the Bench was occupied by Cap'. Rames, the 25 Harbor Master, yesterday morning. We are not
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The Hingo News save:--No lea? than 150, specultors on the Dejima Rice Exchange wete 25 rested and marched off to prison on Friday for failure to meet their engagements. Something of this sortis of annual eccience, but the number
LOYALTY AND ROYALTY.. Considering that the Duke of Cox
NAUGHT is an enthusiastic Mason of high ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICE ALBERT, Duke rank, and that the Hon. C. P. CHATER, the of Connaught and Strathearne, will not be originator of the Praya Reclamation
But this apologetic explanation looks the first of the Hanoverian brood who has scheme, is the District Grand Master of English Freemasonry in Hongkong and taken a fight as far as Hongkong and South China, the appropriateness of the very lame in the face of facts which Mr. we are afraid that he will not be the last. inauguration of this gigantle and most MITCHELL-INNES incidentally furnished. Next week he will be here, for some important public enterprise being cele-There are a quarter of a million pigs ninety-six hours, accompanied by the brated with Masonic honours must slaughtered here annually, or about seven Duchess-a-lady-whose parentage, we will be clearly apparent, and it had so hundred a day. Ten cents each on wager, there are not twenty people in
been arranged. But then the Acting that number, paid week after week by Hongkong have any idea of. We hadn' Governor steps in and says that, because the poorest Chinese, mounts to a very until just now, when we looked it up.
he is a Roman Catholic, he cannot considerable sum, and there is really no German! Their Royal Highnesses will associate himself with any Masonic guarantee that the impost will be taken call here, as we said. next week, on their ceremonial, and consequently this part off when the object for which it was put on way home from India, where the Duke of the programme must he expunged, is accomplished. That end is about as has been principally passing his time and "bust up" it is accordingly.
noble as the means- taxing pigs, in order in holding alleged reviews, which were
We respect the religious scruples of Mr. that a royal duke may be paralysed with about as incomprehensible to him as they FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.; and we should joss-pidgin, is "good business." were useless to anybody-So-the-Hon.do so if he were a Mahomedan or a dis- P. RYRIE, Mr. MITCHELL-INNES, and a ciple of Coxrucius instead of a believer in large and influential Committee," have Pope Lao XIII and PETER the Fisherman evolved a so-called Address of Welcome, with which we make the another column of but Mr. FLEMING as a private individual is this issue blush; and which we should one person and as the representative of going to say to the Duke of Connaught when he work should be accompanied by a ceremonial Hongkong & Shanghai Bańking Corporation 250
British interests in this colony he is quite another. If he is to neglect his duty; It opens by reciting the twenty odd and what are clearly the best interests of decorations which the Duke has got, to Hongkong, on the paltry ground, that his remind him that he has them. That is to religious beliefs interfere with the proper make him expand his chest. Then it goes carrying out of certain functions for which on to beg that it may please" his he is unmistakably responsible, then it is Highness to stand there two minutes and quite clear that he falls far short of the be grovelled to. In the event of his being responsible position he now occupies, If of poor fishermen scattered along its shores. To consult the members of the Committee, Clement Palmer, Esq. "pleased" he will next hear a slab His Excellency subordinates the important of condensed information; taken out of Sir duties and responsibilities of his high G. W. DES VEUX' great despatch. Up to office to the bigoted absurdities of a to that point no exception need be taken, washed-out religious imposition on but thence-forward. the Address is
narrow-minded ignorance, he had much characterised by nauseous and lying better consult his friends, take sound advice phrases the composition of which surely and retire to a nunnery, or somewhere entitles the compiler to expect to be else where politics are a dead letter and insulted with nothing short of a baronetcy, public opinion a reminiscence of the days To anyone who attended the two
of the Inquisition. In these advanced burlesque public meetings of the days.religion should not be imported into Reception Committee it is simply ludicrous to read that we "unfeignedly rejoice" at political matters, and in this particular this prospect of "proving our loyalty and case the more especially when that religion is the creed of the Pope of Rome, and devotion by the warmth of our welcome to Hongkong is a colony belonging to members of the Royal Family," and see Protestant England, where flies the dag the apology for the " slender hospitalities of Victoria, by the grace of God Queen, we are in a position to offer. Why, Delender of the Faith, etc. Not Mr. FRANCIS Hongkong has been kicking like a buck- FLEXING is not a diplomatist, or he would jumper for the last month at the idea of scarcely have ruined his prospects-in having to spend $12,000 in this uncalled-for Hongkong by such a childish exhibition way-our "slender hospitality" will cost
of lamentable ignorance, Surely his us, as a community, $2 for every minute Excellency does not imagine that there their Royal Uselessnesses are around the
was anything in the proposed Masonic shores of this phenomenal colony! This
ceremonial in any way contrary to the loyalty and devotion" clap-trap belongs tenets of the Church to which he swears to a toadying, tuft-hunting, deceased gene allegiance If he does so, let us ration, and it will not beat investigation. assure him of his great mistake, of his We endure our monarchical system of Government, without much complaint egregious folly in rashly jumping to a because it is such an invertebrate, invisible conclusion that is not warranted by fact, was nothing in the proposed system, but when scions ofthe Dutchdynasty Masonic ceremonial to which the most come around visiting us, and shewing what conservative of Roman Catholies could perishable articles they, are--and, still have taken the slightest exception, but, had that you will, while here, have an opportunity from, not one, but many sections of the contemporary under the above, heading as this country. I noticed it on
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This is what Hongkong's leading lights are and his wife arrive here, next week, What we think of it will be seen in another column. To Lieutenant-General His Royal Highness Prince Arthur Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.L.E., C.B. May it please Your Royal Highness-Leas than go years ago Hongkong was a desolate and almost unknown island with a scanty population day it is an important portion of the Empire, with a varied population of over 200,000 souls; it is one of the busy centres of the commercial life of the world, receiving each year into its capa cious harbour millions of tons of the shipping of all nations it is a valuable military position on the frontiers of the empire, and a great naval station. Such as it is it, had its origin in the early years of Her Majesty's reign; it has received its Charter as a Colony from her hands; It has risen to its prescht position under her auspices; its capital city is known by her name; it owes to her beneficent government its first foundations, it's growth, and its prosperity, and to Her Most Gracious Majesty it has always
been most loyal and devoted.
Twice in the past it has had opportunities of proving that loyalty and devotion by the warmth of its welcome to members of the Royal Family, and it unfeignedly rejoices at the opportunity now again afforded by the visit of Your Royal Highness, to give full expression to its feelings of love and reverence for the Queen Empress.
Your Royal Highness and Your Illustrious consort are most heartily welcome to Hongkong We regret extremely that the Lenten Season and the shortness of your stay among us render it. impossible for us to entertain you as we would wish to do, but we pray you to be pleased to accept the slender hospitalities we are in a position to offer.
Your Royal Highness is, as befits the godson of the Great Duke, a soldier, who has filled and may yet fill positions of great trust in the military service of the Crown. We congratulate you on the completion of your tour of service in India, we wish you all the honours and rewards We are glad of a successful military career.
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attention of the Committee to the fact that such manifestations would be objectionable to the Roman Catholic portion of the community, and that it was not in accordance with the fitness of things that the inauguration of a great pablic
'tious objections. The Honorary Secretary, the to which any section of the public had conscien. Hon. Mitchell-Innes, to whom I first addressed myself, had, up to that moment, 1 am quite sure, never dreamed of the possibility of any such objection being raised, he was undoubtedly taken by surprise, but I think he admitted, after a little explanation, that it was not unreasonable, and he promised to
in the resolution, 10 omit what I have no doubt believe that the committes generally concurred would have been a very splendid ceremonini, and very gratifying to the feelings of the Masonic confraternity, but which would have been very annoying to another and not unimportant section of the public of Hongkong. I cannot, of coarse, Rev. F. Hartmann say what H.E. the Administrator said or did in the matter, as I have had no communication with him before or since, but I don't believe he did more, when the Committee conferred with him, than approve of their decision to let well alone. personally plead guilty to the charge of having
should be such people as Catholics, and that stirred the matter up and pressed it. 1 admil that it is a very and thing indeed that there they should be so stupid as to have conscientious objections to Free Masonry and 10 a great many other things, But they exist, and form a very fair portion of the British nation, and they are old-fashioned enough to conscience about this and that, and, worse still,
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MORE than half the Municipal Enginrer's staff at Singapore are down with the influenza, and 5 he has the greatest difficulty in getting on with the public decorations, both on account of the want of staff and also because the sickness amongst the Chinese is in great that he cannot get painters and workmen.-It may interest H.R. H. the Juke to know that most of the decorating here, too, is being done by men who ue half-dead with fever and influenza,
MORE hearly assistance rolled in on the 24th inst. 15 for old Mann. "North Lincoln "was good for $5, 25" Four Friends from the Fei-hno" forwarded $20 more, and one gentleman personally handed over $40, subscribed among the following white men at the Kowlona and Cosmopolitan Docks:- Messrs. I. W. Boyd, R. B. Reiter, D. McDonald, W. Wilson, A. Harvey, A. Young, A. Byers, 1 Darby, S. Dempsey, J. Wallace, J. Gow.
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I shall be glad if you will acknowledge these F. J. Maine, J. Carpenter, G. T. Inglis, W. as before.
Yours faithfully,
Mason, J. Humphreys, J. Wilkie, and T. Neves. -Inspector Swanston also handed over $5 more, Mr. Moir (Sailors Home) $3. Inspector Quincey E. W. MAITLAND,
$2, Inspector Gau'd $2. and Detective-Sergeant Hon. Treasurer,
Mclver $t: bringing the total up to just $200, Alice Memorial Hospital.which, fet us hope, will prove quite sufficion!'
for the remainder of Mann's brief span. MR. KEYSER, writing from Selinger, Straits Settlements, to the Morning Post, says: It
Hongkong, 25th March, 1890.
"EQUITY writes to our Shanghai morning
follows:-
mav interest some of your readers to hear of one of the largest orchids that has ever been seen in very high trea (durian tree), while riding some 1 1ralles from my house. It formed a complete circle round the free. The durian fruit being much valued by the free, for the sake of the orchid, and therefata,
otherwise cold have dane. I ordered the giant ma perhaps, did patchtain it in a good cond Lang 1x *r:aped off i brught to the lin 15 men to move it. The nichid in wow in my
more so, when we are pledged by proxy it been otherwise, Mr. FLEMING's public of inspecting our fortifications and examining to reels of gush which we wouldn't wrap position placed him quite outside the pale into our means of defence, butter in, then we-the community-rise of so-called religious restrictions, and good wishes, all ranks and classes in the Colony feelings and runs contrary, to cur prejudices, intelligence that the Chefon Telegraph Conven- Malays, I was not inclined to nurchsen the guri.e.
the English people and the English Government have agreed to allow them to exist and to have an equal issue in the affairs of the nation, and the rule "live and let live" has been adopted as the best,, nay, the only method of governing the mixed population that lives under the English Bag. I am afraid that if, say, the Marquis of Ripon had been passing through Hongkong on his way home from India, instead of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, and a Catholic Governor of Hongkong had asked him to lay the foundation stone of some public build- ing in which the whole community w're equally THE TELEGRAPH CONVENTION. interested, with full Catholic ritual and with a posse of Bishops and friests in full canonicals, there would have been a very bitter outcry ,inhabitants of Hongkong. You know that this is so, why, then, should not we be at liberty to In this welcome, in these congratulations and raise our voices and object to what hurts oar even if you think them only prejudices? Even concur. With the native-born subjects of and vigorously protest. It is not the six
if Mr. Fleming had noted as you suppose he did thousand five hundred Europeans resident
Her Majesty are anuncisted in this demonstration In Hongkong who "give expression to
For the first time the Americans and Europeans of other nation in this matter, he would have only been acting in acordance with precedent. When the Prince alities who form so important an element in our their respect and admiration for the
In the colony's history the loast offe, and who gladly avail themselves of this of Wales was in Bombay I am informed that, ment under circumstances similar to the present. Yours very truly,
JNO. J. FRANCIS. Hongkong, 22nd March, 1890. [Mr. Francis is very forcible, possibly-only be forgete that the "not unimportant section of the community," the European Catholics, do not number anything like a hundred, all told If the objections of a handful are to out-weigh the desires of the great majority then Mr. Francis' argument holds good, Otherwise it is very specious.~ED.] H. E. THE ADMINISTRATOR AND: FREEMASONRY.
Imposed official responsibilities into which the question of religious belief could
'be allowed to enter.
not
Illustrious and Venerable Ruler," as the "Confusion to the Acting Governor" hos opportunity to give expression to their respect out of deference to. Catholic feeling, some grand in force, no connection has been made between garden.. It is ft. in. high aud red † worse. address pretends-in nearly every shop been received with acclamatlon by a large and admiration for the lllustrious and Venerable Misonic rite was forbidden by H. M.'s Govern. the Chinese and Russian frontier lines, and the thas seven spikes of flower the incest 8ft.
and office in this Colony the prevailing assemblage, including many of the most opinion, freely expressed in private, is influential members of the community, and that all this fuss about the Royal visit is there is not the least doubt that the bitter a lot of humbug. Yet those same residents are tacitly made to appear to be exuding feeling against his Excellency is wide. loyalty at every pore-to be overcome spread and all but universal. with ecstasy at the condescension of the Duke and Duchess in breathing the same air as us-they are fraudulently made to subscribe to a sickening flood of praise such as might be addressed to a demi-god, and they will have to pay the piper without getting any of the dancing.
Let as conclude with our own little amended Address:-
Ruler of a friendly nation. With us are also associated the Chinese, by far the most numerous and by no means the least important testify their gratitude to the Sovereign under section of the Community, who desire to whose just rule they live free from oppression, happy, well governed, and prosperous. They effer to Your Royal Highnesses, through PORK AND ROYALTY.
their guilds and representatives, a special Tux Daily Press this morning. (20th Inst.) Chinese entertainment and they hope that In conclusion, we sincerely, hope that Your contains the astonishing news that all this you will honour them with presence thereat, jubilation which the Chinese are going in Royal Highnesses will enjoy your visit to Hong. for, over a person whom only one in every kong, hurried though it be, that you will bear ten knows even exists, and who, to the with you from our shores many pleasant multitude, is the number three son" of a reminiscencer, and that you will have a happy mythical Western sovereign, is really and prosperous voyage from this, the most being paid for out of "squeezes" in the Eastern of Her Majesty's possessions, to the price of provisions. On inquiry we find point in the west where you will pick up again that there is every foundation for the the links in the chain of Empire that girdles the not the worst of your family, by any report, and we feel none of the "dellcacy" We pray you, on your arrival in England, to means. We do not regard you as a very of our contemporary that deters it from convey to Her Most Gracious Majesty the. dseful public servant, but you do as a expressing the opinion that such a state of expression of our devoted loyalty. figure head, and we hope you will keep things is outrageous. According to the Copies of the above have been placed for your place. Come and see our Colony, Frut an extra charge of twenty cents is to signature in the Hongkong Club, the Club but pay your own blils, like anybody else, be put on every pig sold here, so that the Germania, and the Lusitano Club., The signed and don't expect us to go into hysterics Pork Guild may have 8500 for a silver sheets will be collected on Friday, over you. Tell your Mother how you firagon to haul about the streets, attended found us, and mention that this idea of by a thousand noisy Imps, to gratify doubling the Military Contribution is the ears and eyes of our Royal ・unjust. Now enjoy yourself, and ler us visitors. Those twenty cents, of course,
To ARTHUR Of Connaught.
We are glad to see you, since you are passing, and we think you are
go on with our work.
OUR NEW ACTING GOVERNOR We infinitely regret that. Mr. FRANCIS FLEMING, in his capacity of Acting Governor, has ao foolishly blasted his official carer
will come out of the pockets of the purchasers, without their consent. Our representative called on Mr. MITCHELL INNES, the Acting Registrer-General, this morning, Mr. MITCHELL-INNES is in the Pool-bah position of being at thesame time hon secretary to the Ropeption Committee,
globe.
TO THE EDITOR OF the "Honaxquo T-shi
SIR-I scarcely know whether Mr. Francis letter in your Saturday's issue calls for an
Answer or not, but I will just point out the weak ne.s of the one argument it contains. He thinks that the Masonic ceremonial at this memorial stone laying, and some Imaginary function under Catholic auspices, are parallel cases Masonry, I would inform him, knows no distinc tion of creeds-If the desired co-operation in the ceremony next week had taken place, all races and religions here would have sent their represen Lalives, and as far as the priesthood are concerned there could have been no objection. The only tenancing Masonry is that its secrets may not ACCIDENT TO H.M.S. “ALACRITY" ground the Catholic powers have for discous
We learn just before going to press that be told at "confession, but anyone would have H.M S. Alacrity struck a rock this morning (20th been free to see and bear the Masonic portion inst.), smashing her stem so seriously that she of these proceedings, There are no European, will have to go into dock tomorrow. We also Catholics in Hongkong, practically speaking, hear that one of the torpedo-boats of the and when simply a cique of fat friars can go Leander has been seriously injured by collision, so far na to control our acting Governor and find Torpedo-boats No. 37 and 3 are also injured. We an advocate in our only QC. I feel, more than understand that the latter accidents occurred ever, during the naval evolullosa "now going on in gng, FAN INDIGNANT.EREEMASON.
Hongkong, March 24tlí, 1890. Tylam Bay,
In the month of December ultimo the Shang- hai and Hongkong evening press conveyed the tion had been signed by the Tsung-li Yama. It seems that the information was readily believed in, and people naturally thought, that the new combination would speedily commence working. Months have passed, and still the old system is cable companies still enjoy the monopoly of international telegraph transmission. The fact it that the Cheloo Telegraph Conven- tion was neither signed by the Yamén nor H.E. Li Hung-chang. The proposed Russian agree ment as the forerunner-basis and guarantee of the Telegraph Convention was signed by their Excellencies Li Hung.chang and the Russian Minister, M. Coumany. The Russian home government, however, thought otherwise and refused to ratify, whereupon the whole move- ment came to a stop. It will be hard to guess what motives have ruled the St. Petersburg Cabinet, but we venture to think that the Russian statesmen saw what we have pointed out before in the following three clauses
Monopolies and fixed division of telegraph business and traffic preclude the rights of other paries and are consequently against the Inter-
national treaty,
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THE operations for the discovery of coal in the provinces to which the Viceroy Chang Chih-tung was lately transferred have of late been carried out in a manner which leaves little room for doubt of the sincerity of the prompters of the design, says the NC. Daily News Last month two foreign engineers, accompanied by two of the Viceroy's engineers, made an expedition along the Yangizs between Kiukiang and Hinkow, with the object of finding good coal. They were accompanied by several officials, and all travelled together fin
the Government cruiser Kwang Chang, Al- 3-Two terminal rates, one of a francs for though the experts prospected farge number of Russia and another of 5 francs for England, places, they were unsuccessful in finding a good America and the Continent, are against equity deposit, the only fuel discovered being a very and the International treaty. Why should the poor and soft anthracite, burning without flame same telegraphic work over the same distance or smoke, full of pyrites, and leaving a large and the same route within the boundaries of residuum of white ashes Mixed up with clay, China be dearer for one party than for another the native people use it for buming lime and 3. Russia's getting a terminal rate of francs bricks, and a great number of kilns can be seen all in China is not to be opposed, but the Russian along the banks of the river. For any other pur Minister's tendency to fix this nice rate for bls pose this combustible has practically no value. After returning to Hankow the party started off The Russian agreement was illogical and un again, this time up-river, with, It is believed, countrymen only should be prevented. diplomatic, We furthermore think that the instructions to go as far as the boundary of vigorous protestations of the American Minister, Szechuan, According to a Shanghai native Col. Denby, the Hongkong and Shanghal paper, the engineers were to be sent to explore Chambers of Commerce, and the British, Amerithe Kwelchow and Hunan provinces. The and as for the latter, though it is known to be can, and German merchants carried due weight Viceroy Chang has nothing to do with former, not only with the Tsung-li Yamen, but also with the Russian Government and the public opinion very sich in coal, yet it is most improbable that at large. Indeed, the manifestations of the any foreign party will be sent there, as troubles unpopularily of the Telegraph Convention are to be feared, the people being of a very rough javo been shany and sường? We heartily & character,