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www uch at to do credit to any cultured- community. As we have said before and as we
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more refining,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1895.
THE CASus belli
OR
DOOM.
When on the 4th of June, 1890 the following article on the altuation in the Far East appeared In the Hongkong Telegraph over the algasture "CHESNEY DUNCAN" It merely caused a good deal of
or less harmless smusement, for the that the statements contained warning to China of such an extremely auda therelo were of such a startling nature and the
car as clous, not to way impulent and uni
and unjustifiable
more TOKEON
as heretofore, and openly defy England and China. Then will come the crash, for which Russia is proparing with such Intense activity, to put off constructing her frontier railways, and to go comfortably along with troops armed with all kinds of rifles and heavy ordinance--" alle ZHE STRAITS INSURANCE samec. before!"
years of age, they way, he had, forbed 'thá project, and he has forcsom averything, except it does not matter much whether Dreyfis lek Les Isles da Jalus. And from this point of view
hero or a traitor.
now with emphatically to repeat, it is kostune KOREA'S PERIL AND MANCHU'S notwithstanding the avowed intention of China that we have not regular and frequent entertain- ments of this nature, Nothlog clevailng, and strengthening to the heart and soul, Mr. Sangster, in bis selections, shows tha tare good sense of a practical educator a
well As of Ch
scholarly masirian, of severa liberal taste.
He never offers
beare his An entire programine of
far beyond of music thebr comprehension and yet be never sloops to
to the trivial; be keep along the golden mean, but every now and then be gives the real lover of music yiimpres of what is highest or most recent, or most interesting as an incentive in loftier ima. His hard sense of so experienced man of the world, stands him in good stead and does not permit his muzical zeal to in away with his judgment; nor doen he consider the key board of an organ the place for An unbroke. 13 play of Finger gymnastical
fire- works. In every one programmes there
AWAY
"Into
a
(g'ves na ln plexsing variety and no one certainly can leave t recitals without feeling his sorrows saft ned, his jays increased, his spiritual insight dessened, and his whole nature bettered and fortified for whatever life ma HAYO in stor for him We
way this calmly, after imly, after haring carefully analyzed our impressions each time, upon
un iraving his many past recitals; and this
entelustan Impressa unon as, more strongly than ever, he convictim that It lá a pity such priceless, ennoblinė,
and grandly educating Influence should not have the warmest constat up orl of this welthy, progressive, and Inteligent combat, which, above all, needs to appreciate advanced development in marle A cul meth, in our struggle for material exterce, we must not permit ourselves to neglect.
the
PANY, LIMITED.
EUROPEAN OR LASCAR CREWS.
A deputation from the Sermen's Union which sacently waited upon Mr, Cook, the Post-master General for Sydney, found that gentleman op- COM-mall steamers. In reply to the depolation, posed to the employment of black labor on Mr. Cook sald his heart was with the desire the deputation to replace the black labor on the P. and O. boats with white seamen From Inquiries he had made, be learned that the P. and O. Company was about colored labor. The British-India Company the only mall line that manned its vessels with
engaged only whites. There could be no deght
employs white labor. To his mind, that was an was the fact that the slater company. now that the strongest point made by the deputation
The following letter has been clicalated in Singapore to the shareholders of the Straits Insurance Company, Limited
mature as to mark the welter either as a Brat-cle boop 1broughout the Empire with the latest Shanghai and Hongkong, holding together over had dispensed with this claus of map, and now.
ryslem.
some remarka
The Telegraph, his opinions could not possibly be destroyed in consequence ? Remember that | Articla 88, which I should, if
the
It o
own
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199
for a number of sharapolders resident la Europe, Having been appointed attorney and proxy
* 500 shares in the Company, I applied through
Tkis permission having been relaxed me, on the
to be allowed wote at the General Meeting of the Company. the Secretary to
to be pereat and to
ground that not being a shareholder the Articles
answer to all the objections which could be of Association do not allow
w of my being appointed raised against the employment of white seamen, proxy, I I wish to lay before the shareholders It had been averred that white labor was not so tupen the proposed alteration of | smenable to discipline me the conlies, but he did
had been per- mitted to be present, bave laid before the meeting ferred on the sister line was a sufficient answer not believe that. The fact that whites were pre- to be held on Monday next, to confirm the to all objections, rescistions
Why this company, chose to stions passed on the ist instant.
ass black labor be, for one, had never been able The
proposed change is
In one which will
unless resident in the Colony, who have bought their as New South Wales was a partner to the agree
to understand,
te practically disfranchise all shareholders not
was on the score of cheapness. It had always seemed to him that, them being to Incur the loss of time and money the iwe paid about 75,000 per year between precedent I know of for the coarse of procedure of assisting ships to employ their own labor in
money the two companies, Involved in a journey to Slagapore.
The
only apbaldy they was a anbaldy for the purpose
paid was a proposed is the particularly edious one to which perference to coolle or other colored seamen. Mr. James is his recent address at the Another point which struck him forcibly wa Imperial Institute called attention, when the that in
n case of outbreak of war. The coolle would be useless, and this was an important deputation had spoken also of the co-operation matter which should not be lost sight of. The of the other colonies. It was clearly a matter for arrangement, if possible, between them. He would go to the forthcoming conference with his mind clearly made up on the kind of labor deelt able, and would use his best endeavors throng out the conference to try and have white reamen employed on the boats that carried the malls.
ought to say the
THE WAR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
In bringing forward the question of the war between China and Japan to the House of Commons on the zrat alifmo, Mr. Labouchere
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bound. It did not matter what they were, wa passed everything, grest and small, as if they were stand- ing still. It was bitterly cold, bat clear. There was no carfusion, but an increased busilotold me we were nearing the menured mile. The order
CA wis given, " Full ste in ahead." The coal was crammed into the furnaces, which roared la answer in a terribly menading way. All the gauges were looked to, and the experts got out their note books. The water streamed past us like a mill race, and our foxmy road could be seen for miles KATEED. At last the three buoys,- came inta iine. "Go" Rong out the experts, sented astrido of the torpedo cradles, and the machines started ticking off the statistics.
We had taken a flying start with a vengeance. The flames were blazing six feet long out of the squat funnels; the deck literally trembled, and became
steep hill. We all had to green what we could to hold on. The salt spray and snow sawed my face raw. I peered down Into the englar-room. The strong, but delicate, machinery was now at racing speed. On every stage and grating lay crouched an apprentice alllag for dent ilfe, and portions of the working were revolving so rapidly as to be invisible.
"Stop," toured the overscert-the first mile had been done. We eagerly Inoked at the record. Two minutes five seconds 1. A wife loop of two or three wllas, and back we came again, the- same formula being gone through. Everywhere were the Government officiale and the firms'a men checking the times-top-watch in hand the revolations per minute, the horse-power, the steam, the steering gear, and the wind and tide. Six times we went up and down that mile witha
one ran in 1.$5. to better our first record, but we did so, and did
Altogether we achieved a mean speed reckoned on the six miles of 29 knots decimal something. I never can remember minute figures. It was quite good enough for me to ko that this the *** latent of the torpedo destroyers had broken the record, and was the fastest thing afloat. We then steered straight for the open ses, till
IROLDE fall speed. We sighted the Ophir, of the Orient line, board for Australia, one minute; the next we seemed alongside, and were being cheered by the passengers ; a third, and she was hull down on the horizon beblad.
My uncalled for, it is true, but sincers advice to the Chinese is to
Tat-Avold war with Russia by removing the bone of contention in Kores and giving the country conditional Independence.
2nd.-Prepare vigorously for way, by arming rifle, and drilling them on a uniform crank let loose or else one of those peculiar individuals who from time to tinse, by deeds of possible speed, and don't let Russia drag the ard- -Hurry up the frontier railways with all or by giving way to hysterical fanaticism, country into war until you are ready, datlog
dez! seek and obtain a great
cheap notoriety.
4th-Borrow all the money you may need for In any case the
crisy only the anunciation the enterprise; for is it not better to be ready on of Cherney Duncan's idans, and seeing that
borr wed money than not to be ready at all, and is nothing but of the heat, most of which all
was maraly # Raporter on the Staf of may enjoy and understand, and yet he does not
be worthy a
those who lend to
you will have an interest in target those of bis
more limited hearers with
second thought, much less
less the maintenance of the integrity of your Empire knowledge of muste. For these be alects prompt and careful consideration,
selects happ
Disregard this
warning 2nd You 1000 happens, however, that Mr. Chesney Dup realize the painful truth of all I have writies. exquiale sems from the large number of
of great
can thoroughly understood the exbject he had simple thoughts that eminent composers have
Котев Koren is at present groaning under the in hand; he had studied the Korean Ques-vacillating policy of her great suzerals and fusmartalized to cherming maiives, which appeal directly and powerfully to the child as well as to tion, on the spot, for about five years, and neighbour No business concern can flourish the scholar
Tis the touch of nature that makes In the near future turns out paper without a fixed purpose and strong administra all kin. Such relaxations, however, do not bad so compunction whatever about attaching act vigorously and promptly in assisting the "trumps that be tion, veliber can any nation. Let Chins, then, prevent these same great musical poets, in their Taftler moods,
soaring
bis signature to the remarkable document in the infinite complext-
Koreans to develop their own administration, And we me the word "remarkable " tles of musical possibilites, until, like the eagle,
question for da rising higher and higher, and gazing with opony | in the light of recent events, Mr. Duncan's footing of neutrality with the co-operation of Imperial Government at the beginning of this | wettels Ward to mannine the naval reserve huge loop at either end. It seemed impossible
will be seen at a glance that, King, and herself put the country on
abolishing foreign jobbing adviserships to the anblinking. and absorbing eyes at
their great Buntain head of ligh', their Sun ol Harmony, | the cost to China which he foretold, and thatake the wind completely out of the sails of ali | Suntory, in giving compensation in the owners "warnings" have been disregarded at precisely England, Chlaz and England will by this course they nses froth our c
out of the view and ken of most mortal men and gre lost in that wonderful would be, namely, In
the casus bail was just such as be said the Intrigues which are now going on at Seoul, pelled them to appear personally in England for
In the Cape Colony of enfranchised slaves, com realm of harmony, whore myriad enchant-
respect to the "bone of ing and mysterious paths are trod only
contention the pentaen's of Korea. Whether importance is the country, Chins should of their money that is most cases entirely depriving Importance have of ant the perilous position of Kozes referred to by the abortal few. Sections from there many
A the Dutch slave-owners of their property without varying prades of musical forms. Mr. Sangster will prove to be the main cause of the doom of England har in Afghanistan, but another. Too compensaties, and creating & des feeling which
in no others. Manchu dynasty stirring events in the Dear
I
believe is not yet meny cooks spall the broth, and future will probably demonstrate. The essay
at present referred
there
We hear ate far too many politics! cooks and cooks'
I deal about class referred to, which is specially interesting at the Apprentices in Seoul. Why do I bint at the drom legislation, but here we have local legislation of present time, reads as foll⋅ wś
тура of the Manchu dynasty? Because the Manchus the most offensive A few weeks so the Hongkong Taligraph
induced its beaded The Customs Diplomacy," Every Chinese, knowing only too well to whom they by persons outside the Colosy in the purchase published in article from the CA are not Chinese, and if they suffer actious defeat, the particular, ciresmstances effect, apart from and the throne shows signs of tottering, the Singapore and to prevent Capital being invested proposal, must be to create distrast outalde word deserved, and the fear, which at the pre-
that exlogy wa3, feel, most richly❘ awet
owe their disasters, rise to defend their own
of shares in a Company, in the management of sent Juncture of events in the north incessantly
country proner, leaving the Manchus and Man-
Next we came up with Her Majesty's ship cburis to fill into the bands of Russia, and
which they are deprived of any sight to particl
Dryad, torpedo gunboat, and we literally walfred presies upon us, lest these signal successes of prophiste her if need be. Customs diplomacy should soon be
the
round her making an impudent curve across her followed by
I have heard Intelll-pate during the first year they are co gent Chinese state these sentiments boldly, and Register.
bows. Her efficers viewed us with Interest ghastly and crushing defeat, must be proffered during the previous Russian scares of 1880 and No arguments were adduced in favour of the
through their glasses, while a blue jacket forward as my excuse for publishing the following ward-
188c, the same views were freely expressed, and Change, The Chakman according to the report asked the Under-Secretary of State for Forelen comically held out s rape ha a mute appeal to ing to all whom it may concem-fe every
I have before me, remarking that "the revision
be taken in tow. of Amicis 88 le proposed entirely in the interest
contract was that the ship was to be handed over But we had no time, The man, gutive or foreign, in the Far East.
of the Company, and your Directors have felt it
to the Admiralty warranted to do 17 knots, and
Theseason, though tavowed, was known to all,
to which they were accredited & faint medley kindly bosts were anxious to show they Intended to give good mestere, running over, And It is believed that shares have been and are being on to the dispute between China The wind was increasing and to stand we had to
Japin: bought up for the purpose of carrying through mediation, and if so, whether any steps were body on board were now nearly as black at the whether China had asked for this lean forward, making an angle of açdgs. Every sale to another Company of the assete of 1h0 Company which
result in the supercession taken before the above Instructions were sent to
stokers, who looked as if they never performed of the present management, and
and it
Her Majesty's Ambassador to learn whether out of London." # was to The Parls correspondent of the Pall Mall disfranchise the purchasers of these shares that Japan would agree to it: whether replies were Gaselle his been privately permitted to ascertain the
Drenched to blinding saray, with numbed Fest to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for
fingers, the apprentices on deck kept scribbling adoption of suck a the Impression that that officer is a mere inno coef fence on the part of the Directors to their Governments to which they were respectively for three hours, and had done 102 miles! All the
policy seems to show a lack of atter the suggestion had been made to the cent scape-goat should be removed. Hey case, and can
to ximast a pulp. Click-we had been ranalog anly be It seems that Dreyfus has never been that war has been declared between the
supported on the ground accredited: whetrer all papers connected
Directors
afternoon the heartless experts still kept testing persona grata with his superiors, and that he and those sympathising with the Shanghai with this suggested mediation would be laid
the table of the House. Sir E. Grey full spec
this willing creature, Fall, speed abend; the only friendly teatron he had formed was and wa Hut, unfortunately, the set of war
speed astern. Then we made a huge circle, with young actor, son of celebrated affects nestrals almo. One of the worst features in
formation received by Her Majesty's Government that on its completion the fi-ure was still liten ex-sociétaire of the Comélie Francaise (M.
at one time during the recess, steps were taken in the foam. They seemed satisfied then, and tho Shareholders outside Singapore brought shares of the United agalesi blms, but there was an atmosphere of
ted States to sicertalo the faith on ago,
Article of t of trust hovering around the man, and his say 6 or 8 months whole manner and demeanour wars considered
which as it now 81,
now stands gives them a right opinies, there was any possibility of bringing gathering darkness, arriving at the Temple Pier
bout A pn-French. Thrice he has been signalled to appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf, They | certain terms. Replies were received, and were: by his chiefs to
the Ministry of Warsaw, wilkout in most cases having received As "unreliable," and once the general in having any opportunity of pratesting against it, satice of the proposed change, and without command (General de Verdun) during the
to be addsaly deprived of their right. ̧ great manconvres sent a direct request to the
I ask the shareholders to paure before com Minister that Captain Dreyfus should be recalled, s he would not have him on his staff. Another mitting themselves to so inequitable a polley. time he was reprimanded
Yours faithfulis, another to commander & series of questions proving
W. J. NAPTER. his Informations extended far beyond those pat at
[As, already stated, in there columns, a tele- the disposal of officers belonging to grade: grim was received here on the 22nd instant by and it was after a similar affair that one of bis
the local agent of the above named Company chiefs, knowing that Dreyfus
preparing for the Ecole de Guerzo, simply riddled his papers holders, held at Singapore on the rat instant, stating that iba annual general meeting of share- with bad marks. Still, thanks to the patronage passed off satisfactorily, the report and accounts of M. de Freycinet, Captain Dreyfus was admitied belog ónanimously adopted.-Ed. H. K. Tele- to the Ecote and appointed afterwards in the Ministry, under General Holadeffre, darles graph.]
during General Mercier's tenure of office. His former absolutely devoid of talent, but possssed of an colleagues speak of bim as a studious officer,
extraordinary memory. He could repeat two or three pages of wilting on any subject after s
Silering events are pending in China and Korea which will involve us all, scarce do I see by they can be avoided, and
whose, or no matter by how skilful diplomacy,
that
what appears to be "Customs diplomacy" should be
fosterlap owing to my the crash, the reason why I Cappot
Bnot refrain so deservedly eulogised organization
to my deep respect for that splendid, and welding this opportunity of laying bare what I
farmed the subject of a thrilling leader in the Shanghai Courter in the spring of 1880,
CHESNA DUNCAN,
(Late of Royal Korean Customs Saruka)
• 57% "Korea and the Powers" page 17, line 10.
THE DREYFUS SCANDAL.
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Affairs whether instructions were sent daring the Parliamentary recess to Her Majesty's Ambaruadors accredited to the
great
the day to now submit fi tes your approval" | Powers to avggest to the respective Gov
This last argan recital was, while richly vite in its range of thought and treatment, a preally reposeful era. The forceful but sulytuéd "Overture to Samson" by Handel, was followed by a charming pastoral, reed and pips sorg-lke andante movement la subtle degrees of planoexpression, while number "three" faol convinced must be the inevitable outcome the main facts of the Dreyfus case, in order that he proposal to alter Article 88 was made. The Forsivo Affaira Ku Ster Majesty's Ambassadors | In their dirty Httle washing banks—now soaked
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from
never
and
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way and left nothing to be desteed. This is to beart the interest of bolb countries as closely fast any friends amongst his comrades ; 10 | shareholders, and that anything is fuit in love upon la consequence of authoritative In- and lastly a gigantic figure of eight ; so quickly
replied
can beat serve the interests of peace by making, a Loquelin). Nobody could say or prove anything proposed change is its retrospective effect. sound the other Gavezements of Europe and then we fore home as fast as we had come in the
was wri, muffled study In suggestive and of China's present attitude towards Korea, and Festrained harmonies that closed in a tender swell what, as I have fast said, appears бе of the hi, which richly varied, broken accom-Diplomacy to the Land
Customs of Morning
Calm, piment rendered
write solely in the interests of peace, and from Boog
Mersing
of Randel was given in ber urusl sweet, careful, thoughtful though I have so) sarced long in Keres and
China, and have studied and taken very cvidently the kind of
after much of music that does her rich careful deliberation I bave come to the conchu- Contralto Oratorio voice much faller justice than
sion that an insigelfcant lodividual ilke myself the lighter ballads with the
lately been so successfully delighting us in the pantomimp. bold exposure of his feelings and convictions in The"
Rondo" from Schroeter wai a graceful bird-like composition in which reed and
the columns of the Wala dainty,
As I remarked before, of the Far East. flute effects were handled with charming skil
·CAD scarcely 100 haw the terrible events which are pending for China The "Lost Chord" of Sullivan is too well known and Korea and the whole of the Far East can to red special mention, except to commend the be avoided, but there is one way, and only one Artistic way in which the recurrence of the that is for China and England to join in the effort to recall the forgotten harmonies was policy of deel ting and maintaining Korean *adly and continually suggested. Mr. D. K. neutrality. My reasons for so boldly asserting Silman gave a very pleasing and artistic this policy to be the only remedy are as rendering of the Bong from Mendelsohn's follows —
Efi with all your hearts." The March from Shian's Cantata"The Victory of Judah After the Captivity" was new to as, and very intereating,
it being a very different treatment
kind
the
to
Ist. Because Korea berself desires it and would sas only meat for it, yery probably, if China would
meet her half way. andMany of the foreign Powers dealre k of the subject from what we had expected. It (America, Japan and Russia for certain) and are seems quite a departure from the usual concep-prepared to back it up as soon as Korea gives tion of the Greman Classic School and bas e algnal.
of oriental richness and yet a joyous 3rd-It is far better to co-operate with, thazi hopefulness about it that impressed as most
these Powers at present. agreeably; we should, however, like to hear it
Korea has actually made treaties with 4th. again before deciding just how far we should these countries. choose it for
The permanent sud Intimate acquain-
Sib.-China has recognized the arminal fade Mount of Oilves, by Heath Foged "To the pendance at the country for hundreds of years,
Hallelujah,"
by Beethoven, is too familiar and bas no right whatever to absorb it or to need special comment It was the same administer its Maritime Customs, as she is beautiful, soulful, tender out-burst of the sorrow dolog at the present moment. laden heart that has spoken to us for
many 10 years with its deer, toaching, and marvellous of Lord S.libary anent the recession of Port 6th-England, according to the declarations aston and that makes us feel and know that is pledged to support China's action the human soul is Immortal and that sometime and somewhere we shall find that resurrection,
tiers, so valnerable and vast, is strongly to be 7th-Because an extension of China's iron. deprecated.
new life, and eternal joy, without the hope of which the suffering of this existence would drive us to despair.
Thanks are due to Mr. Sangster and his associates for this rare festival of harmony which shall be stored up with the exquisite memories of the other rare feasts he has given us, as a treasure-trove on which to feed our bangry souls until klad Providence make it and
olber highly appreciative recitals.
OTCR
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SINGLE PERUSAL`OF TÜR DOCUMENT.
THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.
I a peace between China and
in
their
at seven p.m.—Globa,
THE GOOD SLEEP OF A BAD MAN.
Зарип изпр
doubt befeld, which will include communications Fenerally favourable. Later on papers will no
between the various Powers Interested, I but
they cannot · published without previous reference to the other Power, or at the present stage of In a certain prison that we all have heard of lay -affairs between Chion and
Mr. Laban- and Japan. chere then asked:—Do I understand that they will not be published until the war is over? Se E. Grey replied:--I should like to hope for an early termination of the war, and to answer that gaestion to the affirmative; but, as I cannot afraid I cannot give wy hon, friend an anaWOY. foresee what the course of the way may be, I am
A RECORD RUN.
BY WILLIAM I. DULL, LC.C.
;
convict upon his narrow iron sot. He was to be banged the next morning. Tat he lay there, covered by a rough blanket, sleeping as geistly and soundly at a tired schoolboy. Occasionally the guard in the passage outalda peered between the bars of the cell, only to and his charge breathing deeply and regularly. This man had violated the law prohibiting marder yet he had not violated the physical laws governing his own body, and Nature rewarded him as if he had been the noblest of his race.
him, and all his doings were carefully watched. Impoæstfen of the 5 per cent, import duty on day menlir. It was very camp 49, I tossing about. In the morning I was worse tired than
8th-Because'if China, supported by England, | cabinet of the German Ambassador. The person year, as to the prehension expressad last all on that day wart hìwse a pirate." It September 22nd, 1892. Just two years before this
,
toff"
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1wo
That same night, Ime than a mile away, a rich man tossed and tumbled upon his luxurious bad. He was a good and useful member of society, yet he could not leep, And, worss still, this happened to him every The annual report for the year 1894-5 of the "Would you like to come wlihins on the trial
night. Moop that blowsing which the Psalmist says, China Association deals with a variety of sub- | trip of Her Majesty's ship Boxer wrote Mt.
**God girath his beloved," was practically s stranger fects that have occupied the committee sloca ite Jabs I Thorneycroft, head of the well-korwa conscience? Want of money? The fear of enemies
to this man. What ailed him The tortures of fast annual meeting. After recording what has Chiswick firm. Would I? Why It was an The important post to which he was appointed been done to the matter of the British dallas, opportunity of a lifetime. So I gave careful orders well as the murderer? You would like to know?
Nothing of the sort. Then why didn't ho sloep In no way diminished the prejudice agalast the report deals with Indian currency and the to the whole of my household to wake me at five Right, let us look into the matter One day a note contalaing most important silver on entering India, and states in regard to
morning without fall, They did, so "I got no sleep at night, I wonld He for bours kh lafalte French armyle thing was found" in the has justified the Information as to the mobilization plans of the the effect of that duty
in of war-lo fact, giving
dark, and · bleak, and when I remembered it It is scarcely necessary to add that the event was Friday, my heart miegare me. Ships that
| very
when I went to bed." away the whole thing-wat
always foundered lo a tor-
Thus a writei Mrs. Bilza Mathews, of 1, North Road, tries to absorb Korea into part of the Chinese
Inevitabla consequence of the ssdoor
Burnt Oak, Edgware, near London, under date of Empire, these two countries will mutually have the secret agents who the Ministry of War. The the close of the Indian mints involved throwing wall wrapped-up conspirators under (that trysting among Brat things she complained of. She craved
who "mode" the find-none other than one of fodia policy.
Taking
the average annual which exist in an enemy tastead of a friend to deal with.
-brought
tin every Embassy coinage of the last ten years at Rx, 20,000,000, ded, however, is my being "got up and time she lost her health. A foul taste in the mouth, Russia and Japan will always find any number writing was well-known to General Botsdeffrs, sm 4000,000 0.
note to
met a groGp of loss of appetite, and great distress after eating were. of patriots in the counity frady to undertake who went icarsediately to the room, where Captals. The repeal of the Shereas Act excluded
ox. of liver, suncally, of place of the agony column) the clock of Charing. food at times, and fanaled she could eat heartily, you rebellions
under promise of their support, and
cross. There was burly Mr. Donaldson- when the very denne them as though they were filth Dreyfus was working, and, petting
dishes she had asked for were set before ID the document $4,000,000
cos mors. The combined effect of the small son, Malcolm-young Thorneycroft, Agreeable for him to enchant us again with the absorption of the country, far from removihe an bis deck. said. "Captains zutte, mon | from 186, to about aži, per os-to the disavänt. § Anaché, with a permit la bis pocket, some arval | yellow, and she had a constant palu at her chest,
her she turned Foules Acts was to depress the gold price of silver calleague (Andrew Arter), a foreign Naval My CAUSE of
of jealousy and
Your me copier cette note?
notes Tout
from the gutter. Her skin grow sallow, her eye Incurable cancer in Far Eastern / creste sa
politics.
Rééral," replied the other, but hardly had he age, of course, of gth-On good
good authortly I can susert that looked at the paper than ho grew
Dorresponding advantage of experts. Perhaps a dosen of us all told, will be able to utilize the trans-Siberian
and motionless. guns
In the Fur Kast. Mills have, as The General
ples of competitors ald:
"Je vous laisse seul pour
We crawled down to Greenhithe by the rive! a natural consequence, increased rapidly in When we predicted that a crisis would come, railway all along the line. A casur delit will clag minutes. When he returned he found Japan; and there le avery ladication that Chine of the Flying Watkin," and there beheld Her with the despatch of Li Chung-tang as then onir too rally write, and Russla, by Dreyfus as before, and asked: "Comment, will take her share in the indmelet
Majesty's ship Bozer lying just below the floi?" He received no answer and
marement.
Worcester tralejogabip. She was long and low, prophesying without facle to
The project was entertained, in May, of asking and to gulde です。 The Chios, without frontier railways as she now is, the story of the last few days have, in fact, seriously altered will find it impossible to oppose her to force at
they were formed to the centre of
gravy of the seactia fons. It may polot--can invade Chlók onully at any point revolver within the reach of his band, and of Pariismant and delegates from Afsnchester. I now long period to hack back to October determined
that to wai implored not to bined upon,
let things Cabinet Council was hurriedly
before for the last when
roth-Because, while China is thus barsused,
upon shif the court-martial. He would not, and that is why London, the result of which, as we❘ Korea will have to take care of herself, or, be ax especial place of confinement bar bean slog countries by the
Visita ininased on izaeraisten hosil{{/wad She was -
trade with allvare are unfortunately aware, proved a miserable taken care of by England-il, as is generally That Council, however, declied one allerede Chinese gastantes respecting Port fin.co
devlard for bim. It was felt that he calculated | slYS* bromeasingly diffrali and encourages the
the mapset of which: England is pledged to this action by
on escape
elika aktus of flesh weighted t
wewe thing, and that was that...whatever. happened
factures NOT AN IMPOSSIBLE THING,
growth of a dangerous competition in the East, in the Far East, Great Britain would not be Hamiltonas
from New Caledonis, especially for a man with The purpose was for various reasons partponed agate in the politon of taking a leading part.
11th Then, if England has co-operated with some £30,000 of cash, and having the right to but le not wallsly to be evited to connection There is now very little doubt that opports. Chisa in destroying Korean autonomy, we shall *bity was taken of
have his wife and servants with him. It is WBA Mahich is at present is sontempla. . #toker" by the score. All my companions,
* depolation find we have a hosille Korea to march through,
regarding Indian france and presence of H.E. Li la
fortlude forsook Customs & Peking
reported that the man's strange to open negotiations with Russia and and just such a task as we had the last time we bim entirely when he learnt the place of his tion. become apparent, but there is reason to
in have held a
almost insulting a deplorable
POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS.
within two years from now Russian troops and be, and remained speechler Mightfully exporters, and the Sügish manufactures and efficers, and last, but not least, the Government vider, and between her shoulders. Har bowels were
constipated, and the least exertion set her heart thumping as if it must jump up into her mouth. At such time it was as much as ever that she could get her breath. The got so this and wosk she was no good for work. She couldn't walk out doors without stopping to rest every few rods almost,
Ambassador of prace to Japan, we were not making falpin la several places at once--so that | ca n'est pas parrest is known. What is not she Prime Minister in rectiva a deputation of the ako my eyes odly half finished. Her broad
known in that for a very long time Dreyfus kad | Association, strengthened by certain Members | 494at lannels looked as if to the passengers, flnona was owing to the small of the farm-yard. The
beld
the
untered
·
that the
not
and
The doctor did what he could for her, all any doctor would do. At Bat he said be thought har
strong men turn pals and faint dead away. Yet the looked possible. Even the smell of violets has made
doctor was wrong. If he had been right, she would bars got better when the family left the farm ai Bentley Priory and went to live at Burnt Oak. But she was not foproved by the change of air ; she grew worse and wors.
France What those negotions have led to basin Cohanistan and bad to fight our way ] destinktion. During the win! he is reported ocasion was taken," is Depìmber, tořádářem | Lul***again. Later on I tapped a mechanic on / taking it. After a few doses I felt relief. I kept on
~Koren will have thrown ably the witnesses and the new again, because | 17.3.4 Government with reference to possibi
not yet
smoke foto the faces of but I subsequently learnedste her to any bridges.
tops
had not bean put OD to accommodate
I to a nicely, and for every pourd fflesh we carried on board her, a pound of iron ballast was taken off. After the word "GABRI been given, I had time to look about me. She seemed crammed full of men the other public schools, naval artificers, and fair-baired apprentices, fresh from St.
"In May, 1887," mys Mrs. Mathews, “I wank over to Chelmsford to visit my sant, Mre. Troughton, She told me of the good Mother Beigel's Curative except my colleagon and the Naval Attache, Byrup had done her, when she had indigestion and went below, and I never saw them in decent drapepala. She bought me a bottle, and I began belleve that, as Russia in 1860 took advantage despair, into the arms of Russia, and
Concerning the war between China and Japan,
The shoulder and said, "Can you tell me why
taking it, and in two months I was strong and as well of the war hetween Great Britalo and Chios to
ae ever. My husband and friends were satanishod, obtain possession ofthe sea-board of Eastern modern times will be the outcome. Colqabout The point deserves elucidation, and, had it been that great changes in the conditions of trade and
Japles in at one of the most fearful wars of he knew he could not be condemned in death, eventuallites. It seems increasingly probable you Mr. Thornycroft does not come on
yet I sasured them that Belgal's Byrup had done: 1). Mancharia, she has now on the promise of prophesied that ibe Eastern Question would be done at the time, mach useless speculation residence may resalt from the awakening of
He laughed. It was young Mr. Donaldson,
Yours truly, (Signed) Eliza Maruuwi," The actual French Chink is her administrative defects; and the
"There he is; he has been on dec some time." soundly because he was a healthy man, though he The point is plain ouough. The convict slept province
e of Shingking, fncluding the old capital at noe very far distant date. In my humble
with punishes of Moukden, obialeed promise of still oplelon the only way to avert this imbroglio is
I looked and beheld a youth in a suit which I am was a wicked one. Our rich friend rolled about all eCompsities of the Eastern branches have been face de Pannemi.
Dreyfus been con- Requisition of Manchurian territory.
England and Chins to join cheerfully and demned to death the
diet would havs had to ment the measures which may be called for to! On the other band, Russia has not been idle in promptly to the manifest desire of other Powers be made public, together with the moifras, promote
His fair moustache and hale was black with of his stomach. Our correspondeat Japan, and the Japan to its galblog poste
prostrated grease; and so it war with all of them. The by the same thing indigestion and dyspepsia. The Government has been tu proclaims Kerasa sentralliy
· Belti.h interests, with a view to such of the crime, dc, and who aventu,"
Daval officers bas Chica
the naval experts had all remedy named oured her because it has that power. got to lose by this action would have been then Pennergi ? The other Amongst other subjecis dealt with the donned strange gear, which effectually disguised The reason remains a secret with the roots and herba Face No. Tenitory? No. What then? She interested Power could not have remained indi-matter of illegal 'axation in the province of
them. One word
Blue #012 of combination from which it is made. Yet so long as lá drive away the new Treaty with Jagan, trousers in one, with a slit in the
spil
which filled him light all over-jacket and
disease and gives us back our health and strength, Korea is too poor to be of any waide to China: and heaven knows what the thing might have
buttoned who onres for its mystery? Bosnits, not argaments,
are what we all want. Another wore a cost of black k'd and a white "Burnt Oak House, Edgware, September, 92nd, provinces, occupies the post of vantage her control over the country by binding it is condemned to death. A curious theory about with regard is both Japan and Chins, and has friendly intercourse and control. England by thus been able to hold the winning cards against supporting neutrality will sien make a staunca
the whole affair finds now many grave adepta : | from China to inform the British public an, tyre donned a red woollen nightcap and comforter, years, and remember her long and lingering lineer. fl is to the effect that Dreyfus, mors
more than a
a | silver
which, with a pair of Jack boots, made me wonder She informs me that Mother Belgal's Oursive Byrup cured her, after medical and other means failed. Mr. and get on board.”
Mathews is a lady of respectability, and her word can
part everything, narrowly missidy hay Farger (Wigid), H. Kors, Cromer and Care Provision be implicitly relied upon. You ead use this statement We were running now rapidly down the river, | in any way you may think proper, Yours truly, Flunktug, fullelgged ships, and lawn outward + Dhony Burnt Onl Storm Mdgware, mag dish
Checkmating the Japanese occupation of the i nettled in the Far East, and it cortaluly will be would have been death_opis treamen | Invited to sin in representing to H.M,'s Govern. Laid was auce white, Well, it may have been, night because kla nørres were unstrung by the state
further
urging na it, as an
alon of Western Manchuria, that Japan would
agree to
for
exposition of
品
to Russiab occupation of the two north" | tially has nothing to lose, but much to gain," | fferent at being called l'ennemi in time of peace. SETAPay, and the Wossung Bar, whilst the em provfaces of Korea. Hamklöng and Plösgan, | Tu fai the burden off her shoulders ought to Ted to. That is why Dreyfus, though feund | appendices contaku selections iznos a considerablo | "P, by which he must have a loto k and Port Lazareff. Russia, In fact, in its Esstera. be a great relief to China. She wiil stengibed guilty of treason aguinat bis country, was not beg Indian corssay, thu multar of a délérats |. Collon pighten. A third keen-eyed expert had 1899. I have known Mr. Mathews for some seve
including the two important posts of Fiöngyang and t
Siberian
mase of conespendence treating of the British
both one and the other. The fact that long com- | friend of Korea, and Kozes, who feels she cannot | French traitor, is a German heen, à martyr, Hotell question, the Eastern Bimetalllo Lif the pirate had 'sun athwart hawse" before we
ferences took place simultaneously with the France Legation in Paking, as relace that French has beat a party to these segotiations, We make me comments.---Meranry
exit by herself and must lean on some great
Power, will gladly repose herself in the arms of military school, the army, the Ministry, al
"opted" for French nationality, entered
·la.
WY MENSAGEM Vom that the re fàlue of un Zaglink and Chinese guarantee. Faling one fixed purpose 1 to serve Germany ka loved me am bestent the Aqediation concianos se lemones, thie the will lasen te Kuania, Japan, and Amerien, i agninas France he hated." "Alreadyı da migation ihannonabership now totaling 190.