BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1901.
OUR LONDON LETTER.
(From our own Correspondent)
The new tariff that comes into force on
LONDON, October 4th. - November 11th is creating a deal of excitement
MILITARY MATTERS!" in Chinese business circles. Most of the
Once again have military matters been for principles are away to Canton to see their.
· goods Pleated before the ad valorem comes the most part to the fore this week. The bar. force. It is not considered likely that the ties at Itala and near Rustenberg, with their taking over of the likin tax will be accom-heavy casualty lists, have aroused throughout plished without some slight friction and it will, owing to the Chinaman's constitutional dis- ilke to any change, take some Httle time to bring home to him the necessity of the action and the advantage to himself.
The principal paint beyond increased pay all round, and the same three years' agreement as the doctors make-is the appointment of a Matronsin-Chief-a sort of generalissiria of the nursing service, responsible for the details throughout home and Indian stations, and with a seat on the Advisory Board whenever her department is concerned.
The great flaw in Military Nursing met the country one of those spasmodic waves of hods is, however, untouched, and the func popular feeling-half enthusiasm over the tions of matrons, as set forth in the report, do successful herpism of our gallant, troops, half not allow them to alter it. I refer to the irritation at the apathy of our astounding Go- ridiculous shift system condemned by every vernment. There is hardly a paper which does Civilian and Reservist nurse who has experis not, this morning, comment on the fact, that once of Army Hospitals," and which, one of to-day, when the war news shows how far from these Volunteersa woman of immente ex- over is the campaign in South Africa, howperience and great ability-describes to me as grave in many respects is the military situation, there is, not a single leading member of the Cabinet in London. Of course, statesmen no There were several cases of unlawful posses-less, perhaps even rather more than other sion of opium and offenders were fined from $6 to $100.
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
November 7th.
OPIUM.
THEFT.
U Hui Fat, of no occupation, was sent to prison for six weeks for stealing a silver, cup and two silver chop sticks, Value $23, the property of a Chinese clerk.
LYNDHURST TERRACE.
ASAULTING THE BOY.
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men, require holiday, but it does not seem quite in keeping with the fitness of things,
our
"A constant cause of retarded convalescence, and occasionally even of something much worse," and her testimony does not stand alone. By the shift system, orderlies go on duty only for two hours at a time, and rarely return to the wards where they were last employed. By this. means a patient may, in a large hospital, have. no fewer than twelve different allendants, in the
twenty-four hours not one of whom take any interest in the case, of which they know no history and expect to hear no results. Seeing that the Sisters do very little of the actual handling or tendance of any but the worst cases, the effect upon a sick soldier of this suc- cession of bored orderlies, can be readily Imagined.
that in times of stress like these, rulers should withmal exception absent them. selves from the seat of Government. t is stated that they are,"considering plans for relieving she "fed-up" any, with fresh trained troops, but surely consideration would eventuate in action more rapidly, if those engaged in that stupendous effort were not compelled to ex- Wilhelm Donnich, a clerk employed at change meditations across half a continent. Prince's Buildings was summoned by Maud Lord Salsbury is at the south of France, Mr.
The plan is also disastrous to the orderlies, Harris, of 46, Lyndhurst Terrace for assault Balfour, in the north of Scotland, the remainder
who thus miss all the training involved in fol. ing her, and with wilfully hnd maliciously of the inner circle" scattered abou: the near breaking a China toilet set, value $42, a door Continent and the British Isles. English lowing a case from start to finish, learning the to the extent of $10, and a screen. On the society, wore particularly the professional and normal symptoms, craving, attitudes, and facial first count he was ordered to pay-$10-and-on--middle-classes, who form the backbone of the expression pertaining to the various stages of the second St with $50 compensation.
nation, are recalling how in the last spring of diseases, and su gradually acquiring the power her life, the aged Queen gave up her Riviera of forestalling the wants of patients. Moreover the short shifts do not permit any orderly to aver holiday that she might not be away from her petyle in days of anxiety, and that tender have a complete night's rest. He has to be up, memory has provoked some, comparisons at least once, for two hours, and this, notwith-. unflattering to the ministry. The general feel-standing that he has to put in a whole day's ing is that two of the four recognized chiefs of work. They come on duty, in consequence, the Cabinet should always be in London, when half asleep, and though the more conscientious- Parliament is not suting. There has been struggle to keep awake, it not infrequently happens, as was the case not so very long ago a whole crop of rumours arising out
at Netley, that if the night sister chances to be the meagre and unsatisfactory pews from the front, respecting Lord Kitchener's tenure energetic and pay an expected visit to the ward, she will find every man in a whole sec- of the command The report of friction, be-
tion (wards and corridor) asleep. tween him and the War Office was so widely accepted that, on Tuesday, the Government thought it necessary to issue an official contra. diction. It is héwever quite true, as I told you in past levers, that commitlerable ill-feeling has existed between the Commander-in-Chief and certain of his subordinate Generals, and also that the Army at large, view his, policy of leniency with contemptuous disfavour,
Mak Laci, a private house boy; of 2 Pedder's Hill charged Harry Mather and Miss F. Mather with assault. Evidence showed that on the evening of the 5th instant the boy, with others, was standing at the kitchen door, when Miss Mather struck him and told him to "shut jup... He turned to ask her why she hit him when Mr. Mather boxed his cars and kicked bim. Mr. Mather was fined $9 and the sum- mon against Myss Mather was dismissed.
CRICHST.
The last test match that decides who is to play in the, the Interport Matches commenced this morning. Lt. Woods XII went in first and took two hours to compile zi. Doctor bowl- ed exceedingly well, and Bird's catch in the slips was a notable one. Appended are the scores':--
Nable tancock Single, b Hancrick...
Smith, b Bird
Hickley, bw Gratris,
Chhon Brown, and our
Conabie, Preedy, b Doctor
Barrett, stpd Beresford Ash"h Doctor
Ross, Beresford Ash, b Doctor
Wood, c Bird, 3 Doctor
Fitch, b. Gratrix
Morrison, cand.b. Bird
Sherwood, Bird, b' Gratrix.
Extras
Total..
CORRESPONDENCE
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CHAMPIONSHIPS
TO THE EDITOR or the “Hoimrana Telmoraru."
of
Two other military items occupy public at tention the RA.M.C. reorganitation report, and the new commands. The direction of the. thee Army Corps intended for foreign service in case of war, bus-been gazetted to Sir R. iz Buller. Sir E. Wood, and the Duke of Con: .6 naught, none of whom will the permitted to Sir Redvers and command in the field, Evelyn are both, too old for further cam
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The officers are good, the sisters skilful, the mer will ng enough, but the shift system nullifies all these personal advantages, and until it is abolished sane nursing cannot be expected; yet the subject is not so much as mentioned in the Committer's report.
· KOWEIT.
The situation at Koweit, appears to be puzzling folks at home, as much as the officials
Bombay, who are even more interested. The first statement that our Fleet had gone to the Persian Gulf to act with Turkish troops in Preventing
inter-tribal, collision, certainly appears to be at variance with the facts, seeing that we would not permit our "allies" to land. It is much more probable, and is I believe, more generally accepted in circles 8paigning, and it is stated that, for politicat likely to be well-informed, that the assembly reasons, it is unlikely that the King's broof ships under Admiral Bosanquet was in the 6 thier, good soldier as the undoubtedly is 6 would be allowed to incur the consequences 7of a professional blunder. Hence it is urged 2 that the appointment of these three generats is in direct contravention of Mr. Brodrick's pledge at the officers entrusted with the command
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SIR-Seeing W. Howard's challenge in your
valuable paper, that he wishes to uphold his title as Feather-weight Champion of the Colony, I should be pleased to meet him at stone, to wel h in at 4pm. on the day of Contest, and if he will meet me at the Kowloon Hotel on Friday evening (8th lust.) at 7 p.m. to make afrangements, no doubt we shall be able to come to terms. I know of a gentleman who will offer a purse.
Yours sincerely,
W. AVERY,
Royal Navy, Hongk ng, 5th November, 1901.
nature of a demonstration, which could readily become something more, in favour of our faithful friend Mabaruk Shiek of Koweit, who has long claimed to be independent of the
Sultan.
It is further freely stated, but no official con- firmation can be obtained. that the Shiak
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of the Army Corps, and responsible for their -peace-training, should be the men why, if war applied to become a British Protectorate many SIGN for us Per Procuration."
broke out at any time, would be the leaders on the field! This arrangement, which approx- inates to the plan of every other nation, avoids the disadvantave, so fruitful in disaster during the early months of the present cam paign, when generals found themselves obliged to employ in various important positions, offi- cers, of whose individual capacities, they were entirely ignorant. When Parliament reas sembles, there will probably be some very straight questions put to the Secretary for War on the subject of these appointments.
Lieut-Gen. Kelly Kenny yesterday took over the post of Adjutant-General fram. Sir Evelyn Wood, for which office Lord Roberts marked tim when first he succeeded to the Com mandership-in-Chief.
The raport of the Committee on the re organization of the military medical and nurs. ing staff has been hailed with unanimous joy in the Press, and certainly it does seem that
THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ENTENTE. the authorities have moved a long way in the
right direction. The pay has been raised all Not all France is in lave with the Tsar and round and the newly qualified Surgeon. the Russian alliance. On the 13th ult. the Lieutenant, starts at about 300 per annum. Aurore, in a vinent article, called iron the Alter serving with a regiment for three years, Republican citizens of Paris to shout "Vive he has the option of retiring altogether of Tolstoy" to prove that the real moufiks are entering the Reserve for seven years, with a not in France. M. Urbain Gohier, the writer, retaining fee; or of continuing in His Majesty's after calling attention to the chilly tone of the service. In the last case, he submits to another Russian Press, said: The fit of hysteria which examination, and becomes Captain. Seniority is about to make France roll herself at the feet up to eighteen months is given for any exe of the Taar is ridiculous. Our Cossack patriots ceptional knowledge and ability shown in the scarcely know what extravagance they can papers of a candidate. After obtaining the rank of Lieut-Colonel, promotion is by merit and Invent to win the heart of their good master. Some are in favour of a big fair lasting for a selection only. There is a substantial bonus week, the funds to be devoted to Russian given on retirement: after not less than nine soldiers wounded in China. Probably these years service, and a good pension. "Study leave" are heroes who sprained their wrists in their is compulsory and supervised by competent au efforts to butcher inoffensive prisoners, or who thority at various points in a man's career, and caught cold while drowning 12,000 Chinese at apportunities of improvement afforded, by Blagovestchensk. During the whole campaign attendance at civil hospitals. Finally the ap the Russians were the most ferocious. They pointment of an Advisory Board, with seats for massacred infants at their mothers' breasts, leading lights of the Civil Medical world (who and stuck them on their 'bayonets. These are compulsorily retired at sixty) is a sports are traditional in the army of the Tsars unrantee that the Army doctor and his methods since the famous butcheries of [email and Praga. What welcome ought Paris to give to the oppressor of Finland and Poland. One rallying cry is indicated because it cannot be incriminated-Vive Tolstoy! The name of that grand old man, loaded with the anathemas of the Holy Synod, symbolises the advance of revolution in Russia and progress in the face of barbarism.
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months ago. The diplomatic question arising out of this request, if it was, or ever is, made, will lie between great Britain and Germany, since Koweit is to be the terminus of the German Trans-Asia Minor Railway, to be pre- sently constructed. It is believed that an understanding on the matter already exists whereby Germany disclaims any desire to acquire territory, provided no difficulty is made by Great Britain respecting the construc- tion of the terminus. In the absence, however, of any certainty as to the existence of a com- pact at all I cannot say if these rumoured details approximate to the truth or not.
THE GRIMSBY STRIKE.
is over at last, thanks mainly to the interven- tion of Lord Yarborough. The men have agreed to go to sea on the ownen terms provided that if they do not like the profit-sharing arrange. ment after a six months' trial, the whole matter is to be submitted to arbitration, and the decision to be retrospective.
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At any other time than now while the Eng land v. America yacht races are in progress, THE "WARNING" OF LESTER REIFF the record American jockey would have created more stir in sporting circles. The decision of the Jockey Club executive in the matter, is everywhere approved by English racing men, who freely state that the scandal thus con- cluded has been maturing for some months.
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