TELEGRAMS.
(Reuters)
The Near East.
Loapos, zoth April.
zowitch under Rushdi Pacha whose first duty will be to liberate the Sultan's Peace Commission whom the Albanians are detain ing as hostages.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1993.
THE KWANGSI FAMINE.
{F ́om Our Correspondent)
ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
MORE ABOUT Tíjr, "biscoverY.”.
The sky cfects of the Antarctic are described as very wonderful and beautiful, Deep blood red predominates, but more delicate tints also prevail.
Wachow, 12th April. The inhabitants of the surrounding district A Turkish force is concentrated at Feri-are dying of starvation. Children, both male for sale and mostly brought by Chinese going and female, are daily brought into Wuchow either to Hongkong er Canton. Some children,
Cape Adare was reached by the Discovery who come in as mere skeletons, are kept by January 8, 1903. It rises 3,770ft, and consists on January 9, 1902, and by the Morning on the middle party at We how till they are more presentable.
of a large square basaltic rock with perpen: Under most favourable condi- dicular sides. The coast-line presents a tions it will be nearly three months before crops magnificent sight, the polar sun striking the can be harvested in famine-stricken districts great snow-capped peaks and pinnacles mak- and many farmers are reduced to such an ebbing a glorious effect. The sailors, state that
The Austrian and Russian Ambassadors have warned the Sultan that unless the A1. banians are repressed, the consequences will be serious and the whole responsibility for
that they are unable to purchase seed. I hear
month of which was occupied in double jour-] But there is perpetual inconvenience. Hong":[ neys and relas pode
The whole trip was undoubtedly a very remarkable performance, but lop the other sledge journeys exceedingly good work was done. Probably the other most notable journey was that to the westward under Lieutenant Armitage and Big Skelton, the chief engineer. The party sciled a glacier to an altitude of and a large number of crevasses had to be 9,000ft, The glacier was; ribbed with Gluelice,
crossed. Lieutenant Armitage fell into one exlimated to be 2,000t, deep, but being roped it saved him. In the rarefied atmosphere of the higher altitudes the party found a difficulty in breathing. Some days there was bright
in some places the sledges had to be lowered ing among the crevasses highly dangerous, soft and hauled up the same, distance the photographs. Altogether the party was away opposite side. Mr. Skelton obtained very good from the ship nearly sixty days, and Lieutenant Armitage was able to give many interesting details regarding the appearance of the
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kong scarcely counts it the Colonial Office and is never formally considered at the Foreign Office. I suspect that if the Colonial Secretary were to concede sobte self-IVUST, BAA NDED government to Hongkong (in which business. men, whose headquarters, are in purely Chinese town, would have a share because of their connection with the city) and local
sive, the Foreign Office would frequently be patriotism were to become vocal and aggies-
bothered, and ructions might easily arise
masters to bring the Foreign Office into realis- And, after all, ructions would be the school ation of the fact which everybody else knows perfectly well, that things are not as they used
disorders falls on the Ottoman Government, that a Chinaman, with credentials from the perpetual day afforded stratige experiences. sunshine, but on others a thick fog made walk-to be, oven in China,
which will find itself completely unsupported. The Italian and German representatives at separate audiences have made similar repre-
sentations.
LATER.
The King's Tour. The question of the King visiting the Pope is much discussed; official statements are carefully withheld but there is a growing belief that the visit will be arranged.
The King reviewed 8,000 Bluejackets and Marines and five Field Batteries at Malta.
Cold in Europe. A prolonged spell of bitter cold in Europe, which has played havoc with the orchards and vineyards has culminated in snowstorms on the Continent; the snow fell for twelve hours in Berlin, which is cut off from Russia and Scandinavia, the trains being embedded.
TRADE RETURNS.“
Governor of British North Borneo, is in the funine district endeavouring to induce some soo families to emigrate to British North Borney where they will receive free pranis of
land.
THE RELIC OF THE BATTLE
OF MANILA BAY:
Further particulars are hand respecting the raising of Admiral Momojo's flagship Qeina Cristina. According to the Cablenews the pumps were started about 6 o'clock Wednes- day evening and eight-forty-five the big mass
of twisted iron and steel male a slight heave and came up about two feet further than the last successful raise of the vessel. As she at present stands, more than two feet of her water line is visible and as soon as the mud and tuose irán work are removed from the charged hull of the ship, she will be in a position for towing to some place of safety for complete repairs.
Qu'te a number of naval officers and others With regard to the details of British trade visited the wreck night before last to watch the with the Far East there was a considerable progress of the work, and with four ten and two decrease in the export of cotton yarn and twist | six inch pumps at work by aid of the Cestell- to China during February compared with thatan donkey engine the water in the vessel of last year, the figures being $55,7c0lbs that had accumulated since her first raising against 1,304,6oolbs. The Straits Settlements
soon disappeared and it was not more than also show a shri kage, but the figures for three hours' work to notice a change in the Japan show an increa e of 18,9 lbs. For the ship's position. The s ern was floated first and two months China shows the large shrinkage at just before nine o'clock at night the bow of 1,371,405lbs., ard the Straits Settlements a
gave a lit le swing toward the Castellano and decrease of 258,000lbs, whilst on the other the Spanish flag-ship was afloat again. hand, the returns for J pan represent an in-
Captain Garry and his crew worked all night crease of 85,600lbs. ssing on to the total and shortly before day-break the vessel had been trade in all kinds of pirce goods we find that pumped almost completely dry and had risen with the exception of China, which shows another four feet from the muddly bed on which decrease of 23,214 900 yards, there is an increase
she had been resting, bringing most of the mud all round. With regard to the two months both China and Japan show shri kages, the former in that section with her, to the surface. A to the extent of 39,614,60 yards, but fair Collectos representative then went aboard the increases are shown in respect of the Philippine ship and with the aid of boat-hooks ascertained Islands, the Dutch East Indies and the Straits beyond a doubt that there were skeletons Settlements. The linen trade with the Philip. aloud the ship, though so mucrusted and pine Islands is growing, the figures for deeply imbedded in the filth and ruin that no January and February now being 114,860 estimate as to the number of bodies the sad yards, against 25,100 yards during the same relics designated could be made. perind last year. In woollen tissues both China and Japan show decreases for the month, but for the longer period the figures for Japan are larger, The export of worsted tissues to China also shows a decrease during both periods, whilst tliose for Japan, on the other hand, show good increnses. With regard to metals there is nothing of special interest to record. In textile machinery and millwork China and Japan show decreases both for the the month and two months, whilst in old iron and steel for remanufacture China did a larger business for the month and a smaller trade during the longer period.
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WRECK OF THE “PRYER.”
ONE MAN MISSING.
The nativo master of the ss. Pryer, has reported at the Master Attendant's office, Singapore that his steamer, the Pryer, grounded on the bar at Kampa River, in the Durian Straits, while in charge of a native pilot on the 28th of last month 4pm. At 11 pm the same day a squall from the S.W with a rising tide capsized her and she came off the bar and sunk in deep water. All hands on board managed to get ashivre. Chinese cook is missing. Nothing remains
The
As soon as most of the water in the big steel hulk had been pumped out, work was stopped when it was seen that, some of the slime in the bottom of the burnt not cruiser was being sucked up by the pumping apparatus, This was done to avoid any possibility of throwing lolo the bay some of the remains of the unfortunate men who died at their post amid flood and fire.
The wrecking company was notified yester. day by the Navy that it was the intention of the Rear Admiral, communding Philippine Squadron, to bury the bodies found in the wrecks of the harbour with full military honours after the wishes of the Spanish
consul had been ascertained and that the necessary coffins would be furnished by the nary and all arrangements made by the Cavite station.
ห
THE SPARTIATE" AND "EUROPA" COMMISSIONED.
The first-class portected cruisers Spartiate and Europe, which were commissioned al Portsmouth on the 17th uk, to convey relief crews to the Ccean, Rosario, Phonix and cripples in our navy. Although the Europa Algerine, ate the two most costly Belleville
has done hut a year under the pennaut, the and passengers were sent on to Bengkalis by Jarke sum of £34.563 has had to be sp turon the Dutch authorities and there put on the Hoher boilers. The history of this unlucky Tang which took them on in Singapore.
visible above water of the fryer. The crew
RIFLE PRACTICE AT THE CHINA STATION.
Writing in Truth on the 18th ult., Labouchere
Bays-
crawl
spent in broad day-light, and sometimes at Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve were midnight a group of men was seen playing a down upon them. Towards the latter end of game of cards on deck with the sun beating the stay darkness began to assert itself, and the hour of midnight was marked by faint
shadows, as if twilight was falling.
At times the expedition found the heat of the perpetual sun'oppressive, the sun's rays being sharply reflected from the dazzling fields of ice.
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interior:
this journey in the geological and magnetle Very important scientific work was done on
departments. From what I can learn it was Lieutenant Armitage's previous Arctic ex- an important piece of work well carried out, perience evidently stood him in good stead..
The Disery is lying snugly in a well- sheltered spot. The Morning did not get sight of her until quite up. It was possible, however, for the people of the Discovery to see the approach of the Morning from the top of the done by Lieutenant Armitage in, the autumn. Another journey in the same direction was head close to the Discovery where the obser Mr. Skelton accompanied the party, who ex vatory was established. All agree that 'Murdo plored nortliward amongst the islands. Licut- Bay is a splendid barbour. When the forning enant Royds made a sledge journey to Cape left the men of the Discovery were busy blast-Crazier, with the intention of leaving a record ing ice to force a passage. A monument has been raised to Prince the seaman lost in the blizzard on March 16. "Jack" the pet dog of the Morning survived the Antarctic winter wonderfully well. The cats fared less well, only one of three surviving in the engine-room. The only "green stuff" seen by the Aforming during the voyage was a crop of mustard and cress grown on a wet blanket with Antarctic soil by the officers. Presents of fruit and vegetables on arrival were thoroughly appreciated.
Lieutenant-Shackleton is suffering from the bursting of a blood-vessel in a lung. He will have to take care for some time. Only indom table pluck poled him through the hardships of the sledge journey. Discovery's man are described as having been palpably aged by hard living, looking with their tanned faces "Jike Chinamen," as a sailor put it; nevertheless they appeared well and cheerful.
There was a touching scene when the Morn ing said good-bye, le wing Captain Scott and his crew in the Antarctic solitudes for another winter. Captain Colbeck's instructions were not to risk detention in the ice, but to make his way back to Lyttelton to await further instructions. This was carried out to the letter. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S GREAT SLEDGE JOURNEY. The Discovery was in, winter quarters near Cape Armitage, latitude 77 deg. 48 min. A
Lieutenant Shackelton, started on November party, consisting of Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson, with dogs and sledges to push southwards over the great ice barrier. The dogs went very well for a time, and the loads, the total weight of which was 2,coolb., did not seem beyond their strength. Af er eight days' sledging they. reached a depot which had been laid down to miles southward of the ship by a previous sledge party in anticipation of this journey. After leaving the de, ut the trouble commenced. The snow began to get soft, and hauling the sledges became correspondingly difficult. The extra strain told quickly on the dogs, which weakened so much that November 16the party had to resort to relay work." Half of the sledges had to be hauled five miles, then the pany re. turned and brought up the remainder. It was very laborious work seeing that the advance of five miles meant a total journey of 15, the route having to be traversed three times it each stage. To add to the difficulties the dogs continued to grow we iker. Captain Scott finally decided to feave the ice barrier and shape a course for the Relay work with the sledges lasted 9 days till land, hoping that travelling would be essier.
gradually died off. Some died in harness, others December 15. During that time the dogs were killed because while eating food they failed to work,
there for the Morning, giving details of the Discovery's winter's quarters. Owing to low temperatures the expedition was unsuccessful A successful journey was accomplished be tween September and October last, wien Dr. Koettiitz and Mr. Skelton accompanied Lieut- enant Royds and emperor penguins were found, which Mr. Skelton photographed. Lieutenant Barnes and six men went a journey to operate with the commander's southern journey. Lieutenant Barnes reached the latitude of 79d. 30m. afterwards in charge of a party despatched in a south-westerly ló west direction with the subject of exploring and charting mountains which did not lie in the route of the southern party.
Nothing can be said definitely about the future movements of the Morning pendi instructions from home. It is believed she will again tender the Discovery next season, and in the meantime visit other New Zealand poris, and possibly Australia.
HONGKONG AND SOMETHING
ABOUT OUTLANDERS, A writer in the Manchester Daily Despatch, signing the initials, A., has been giving home readers an account of Hongkong and its Government. We make the following
extracts from the article
live out of Britain. The grumbler at home If you want to appreciate Britain you should becomes the eulogist abroad. Men never think so much of this little grey island as they de when they get to earth, and the instincts of their race toll them to the uttermost parts of the to build-up new-communities fashioned after the manner of the one they have left,
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When the Incal Chamberlain does arise, tho
time will probably be ripe for dealing with a social problem, which is not dreamed of as yet by us at home. Wherever you have a business community of one race founded in the midst of an infinitely larger community of another race, there will infallibly xist a more or less regular institution of irregular marriages between men of the incoming and; women of the indigenous race. That has occurred in Hongkong.
There is growing up a race of half-castes, who afe socially without the pale, but are intellectually devoted to the patriotic ideals of their fathers. The half-breed is intensely Im- perialistdiva & disrETTES
But he sends his children to English schools, and as that environment means the submer gence of the Oriental element in their physical
at growth of local patriotism which is the and more British the longer they live. In the nominated Council, which is the crea-and, mebial constuation, their sucial disabilily. ture of the Governor, there is little room for makes them hunger and thirst to become more very call and savour of life ip one of the scat lered constituents of the King's dominidis across the sea.
For ten years Hongkong people have been calling for elective self-government. For ten years the car of the Government has been deaf to their cry. More or less they are outlanders in the place which they have made profitable to British rule...
One of these days Hongkong will wake up to
WHAT WILL COUL, PA
the fact that this mixture of races has produced men of exceptional ability, who combine the hest characteristics of both parents. A class like this cannot alway
ays well in te shadow of social ostracism in the courts of double out landerhood.
In a state of self-government they will make They view apprehensively the weakening of their influence felt, and if any Governor is so British influence, but are denied the one effecfoolish as to try to keep them from rising, there tive means of using their public opinion as a lever with which to move the inert mass of unenlightened indifference which is entrenched in Downing-street.
Look at New Zealand. New Zealand is a magnificent colony. Her splendid isolation gives her a blessed immunity from international anxiety. She is a new, unencumbered England nights sublimely careless of the dread com- of the Southern Cross. She can go to sleep of plications which disturb the slumbers of Euro- pean statesmen,
Now, the will of New Zealand is typified and New Zealand in her interior economy, or if she expressed in Mr. Seddon: If anything troubles is dissatisfied with the conduct of the imperial through the world, and New Zealand has got mother, the voice of Big Dick "reverberates
to be reckoned with
ansperit London would no
not dream of denying to New Zealand anything which New Zealand passionately longed for indeed, there was a time when it was being said that New Zealand was running the empire and the South African War into the bargain
compared with the tremendous issues which But what are the concerns of New Zealand
have to be handled by representatives of our race in China? Our countrymen there are not many, but upon them depends to a unique and almost in an appalling degree, the position of old England in the coniity of nations. Let our right arip be enfeebled in a land where it was once the only white instrument of progress, and we have confessed to the world that our only real increase is toward: Impotence and decay.
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The DINING ROOM “and “CUISINE will have stric attention, and many changes from the rouge, plithe average Hongkong dinner will „he inaugurated.
cruiser's first commission is instructive, says the P.M.G.In July, 1899, she was commissioned,
Travelling by slow stages the party reached and shortly afterwards sent to Australia with a latitude of 8odeg. 3om, where they establish relief crews for vessels on that station. She ed another depôt to lighten the sledges. for the broke down badly, and proved herself dash southward. All superfluous gear was dis what naval men call "coal eater"--that is, eirded, and with four weeks' provisions the her col consumption was abnormally high. three officers headed south, leaving the dept The Europa, however, managed to on December 15. Chris mhs Day was pent back to l'ortsmouth at a low speed, and has in a wilderness of ice nearer the South Pole since been laid up in the dockyard, where she than the foot of man had ever trodden before, long served as an object lesson for the By the beginning of January the party had got Admiralty Committee on "Builers, The mem-
as far as latitude 8zdeg, 17m, the limit of their bers of that body paid frequent visits to the journey, a limit, however, which easily eclipsed ship, and the condition in which they found all previous performances. Mr. Borchgrevink,
on The BED-ROOMS are excellently furalübed, her Bellevilles had not a little to do with with 78deg. 5om., comes next. The party had
ay will be kept scrupulously clean and neat. getting these boilers condemned. Extensive only four weeks' provisions with them, when
-5-112] Kach room has its own private bath repairs have been effected in the Europa's they left the depot, and the snow getting softer
--23 7/16. boilers; but it is doubtful whether the cruiser all the time it was impossible without, inviting will in practice accomplish what she was
OPILO! QUOTATIONS.OT TOB[3] disaster to continue southwards. Accordingly,
• To-day's quotations are as follows: designed for. Her coming trip to China is an on January, they turned, and following the
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The" WINE LIST and BAR.will have choice. her there in order to see whether she will Victoria Land. From where they turned back
selection of European and American Wines, LAST YEAR.AG.000.000 spins and 1 cent 14322AT 203 prove fit for a terin of service abroad,
OLDEST a range of mountains, could be seen to the
...@@ 1,060/1,110 southward in: latitude of 83deg: Some wote Hongkong could speak for itself, hd f the
IF HONOLONG HAD, SREVALOVERNMENT 1 | PATNA:NEWst..yepakk«k/?@... rojacalog Bar will be conducted on the American
BENARES NEW @ 1915, 5,000ft, high, others 13,000ft, and 14,000 above name of British China, could appeal to
principle; the foremost feature of which will sea level, higher than Mount Erebus, The public opinion in Britain as it cannot appeal
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party tried to make their way to land, but there now, and those who bear the heat and burden
FREE LUNCH COUNTER, were so many crevasses that they found it of the toilsome day of international commercial impossible, or at Hvary would be more valuable interpreters ofanid") thus, it should I gave Bar contains two English Billiardtables, moja tu provided with all the fresh nic-nacs that the
maiket affords.
not at all depend upon their own exertions. British duty) than officiale) whose incomes do Perhaps it is unlucky that there is a Buality of governmental interest in China The Am- basada end, Consulsary, Foreign Office people, Hongkong, is La., Colonial Office province, waida concaise noted there has ever been crious absence of 94 days, a war between these member of the game "body.
for ASAHITAFANESE BEER. GXGinuit
Twelve months ago I wrote very strongly about the unsatisfactory results of the rife practice in the Navy for the previous year, and I am now pleased to see by the latest official returns that the endeavours to improve the firing have been successful. Apart from the | individual results, some of which are excep. tionally high, there was a marked improvenient generally. The number of seamen who took part in the practice was 17,832, the average points obtained being 1316, as against 128:08 the previous year, when 15,359, men were engaged. The number of marksmen shown by the latest return is 1,674, and the number of very bad shots, 879, as against only gog marks men and go, bad shots the previous year.
There is, however, still room for great im provement, the returns-from-some of the It is the same with the Spartiate, which is a vessels suggesting that the competitors regard sister ship to the Europ; bath belong to the rifle practice as a farce; in fact, it would seem undergunned Diadem class. Owing to machin necessary to black-list those vessels which make
ery defects, the Spartinte has not previously such a discreditable showAlthough two vessels had more than go per cent of their been in a condition to hoist the pennant, ships' companies qualified as marksmen, there though she has been several years in band. were seventeen ships without a single marks Here again Bellevilles were the chief source of man, yet their competitors, numbered col lectively 548. The most disgraceful return is
weakness; but the ship's condensers also had that of the cruiser Cressy on the China to be retubed before she could finish her trials, Station. She carried out her practice at Wei- No statistics as to the cost of her repairs are hai-wei and although 274 men competed, only obtainable. Probably it equals, if not exceeds one qualified as markanian. The cruiser that of the Europa The Brisih taxpayer need Gibraltar, with 162 competitors, only secured mot pride himself on the possession of these bas marksman; and the Galaluojo with: 141. men taking part in the fring, did not have cruisers, for he is not likly to get value for his one thatkaman. ADELERE money out of either of them.
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on January 15, after a very trying journey in The party regained the southernmost depot thick weather. Some of the dogs still remain ed, but most were very weak, and could not keep up with the sledge. The first depot, tyas. ached on January 28, and there the party bad to remain until a fierce blazing brentinis strength. They reached Episode) on
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