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SERVICE,
LIGHT BLUES WIN THE BOAT RACE. (From Our Own Correspondent,) LONDON, 26th Mard 8.45 m. Owing to the state of the tid Inter-University Boat Race'took pla unusually early this morning.
The Cambridge crew won easily. CANTON STEAMERS.
DELAYED.
(From Our Correspondent,)
CANTON, 28th March, 11.40 a.m. The river steamers Tankow, Hoiho, Kwonychow and Paul Beau, due here at 6 a.m., have not yet arrived.
It is supposed they are delayed by the fog.
INSPECTION BY THE
VICEROY
On Saturday, the Viceroy, accom- Janied by the local officials, inspected the Military School and Torpedo Depôt at Whampoa.
(Reuters.)
The Russian Tea Import.
LONDON, 25th March.
Franeo and the Vatican. France has sent a vigorous protest to the Vatican against the Pope's speech to the members of the Sacred College in re the French anti-clerical measures on the 19th
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1904.
THE WAR.
shell was blown into two or three thousand piacos, while the other broke up only into to or 15 fragments. This tremendous power was testified to by the fact that a bluejacket on the VESSELS FOR NEWCHWANG..
Varyag was struck by more than 160, frag- The acting Colonial Secretary kindly ments of shell. The placing of one such shot on a deck would mean the wounding of all the informs us that he has received the follow-rew there. But the explosive was not intend. Ing telegram, dated to-day, from His cl for the killing of men but for the destruction Britannic Majesty's Consul at Newchwang:f warships. One more noteworthy feature of the Shimose powder, concluded the doctor, was "Russian Military Authorities will allow the fact that its cost was about half that of gun yessels enter port daytime only, between six cotton-Kobi Chronicle.
nd six, vessels must stop at buoy ten and
miles below fort for examination,"
THE FRENCH PAPER ON.
NEUTRALITY.
The Echo de Chine states:--The Akitsu- skim is not nachored outside Woosung but in the middle of the river in front of the telegraph station, the bamboo gates of the fence of which are not clo ed, thus giving access to the large tanks of water in which the extremities of the cables are immersed.
Now that the Mandjour incident is disposed of, and the Russian gunboat fully and com- pletely disarmed, it would be interesting to know Just what & 3,000 ton Japanese cruiser i doing in the river. The excuse for looking after the Japanese merchant marine no
longer holds good and one may ask oneself whether the telegraph cables at Woosung are not a serious attraction for the Akitsushima. We see in this a great violation of Chinese neutralit,, but the English press, nevertheless, does not breathe a word on the subject. A powerful cruiser which anchors in a neutral port and use that pgri as a base of operations and for obtaining information is a flagrant breach of neutrality, agajost which, however, | nabody will protest.
THE S. 5. "BAIMUN," According to the latest news by letter every- thing is quiet at Weihaiwei, reports the Afercury, The Halmun left Weibaiwei for some part of Korea on the 14th inst. She sent an experi- mental message to the Weihaiwei station the same evening from a distance of fifty miles. They were unable to return the message that evening from Weihaiwei as they had not got the instruments completed, but now, 16th inst, everything is ready and they were expecting to receive a message from her 100 miles away. It is to be hoped that this means of information will soon be in working order and that we shall be able to get news from Weihaiwei to Shang-
hai.
RUSSIA'S EXPENDITURE ON THE
SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
A report has been published by the Commit tee of the Siberian Kailway for the ten years.
period from 1893 10 1903. It gives the official figures for the cost of constructing the Siberian Railway (not including the Manchurian Rail- way) a lutal distance of 6,665 versts. This was 42,520,902 roubles, or 64,894 roubles a verst. The cost is proportionate to the distance from Europe varying from 38,000 roubles a Verst in the western section to 97,000 in the eastern. A further sum of 94,320,600 roubles, or 22,287 roubles a verst, was spent on improving and strengthening the line, and a sum of 2,029.575 roubles was spent on the unfinished and aban doned Amur line. The sum spent on the Eastern Chine e Railway (1377 versts long) was 251.446,000 roubles or 106,645 roubles a (From Japanese Exchanges.)
versl. On the improvement of the Amur navi gation, the Ussuri line, &c., and the construc THE SITUATION IN KOKEA. Scool, March 18.-Marquis Ro, Special Ention of the port of Vladivostock, the sum voy to Coren, was received in audience by the expended was 10,321,028 roubles, and on the construction of the port and harbour of Dalny Corean Emperor and Crown Prince this after-
18,850,000 roubles. The total expenditure, however, amounted to 940,259,401 roubles on a noon at 2 o'clock.
tal length of 9,042 versts, 103.987 roubles a verst. In the Russian Budges for the year the sum of 17,00 1,000 roubles is set down for the year the sum of 17,000,000 roubles is set down for the Haikal Ring Railway,
+
Seoul, March 19-An official despatch from Teshu to the Corean Government states that 3,050 Russians are stationed at Matsusan (?),
THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. Naturally there is much speculation as to the effect of the war in the Far East upp One of the mances in the various countries.
chases in the United States. Japanese su- from the markets of the Pacific. Japan, how premacy on the sea naturally cuts Russia off ever, is free to purchase from us her fouds and horses and mules for land operations. The rough and ready panies of Oregon and North-
A Russian semi-official announcement says that the import of China teas for Russia has been arranged via London and any gap,500 at ilakusen, and 305 at Teishu. They caused by the war will be fille p by an in- are demanding provisions from the local offi cials. At one town they were given three koku creased import of Indian and Ceylon teas. LATER.
of rice and in payment they mockingly tendered some piece of wood. The Russians go from one vilinge to another and lost the villages.immediate effects is seen in increased pur- They have committed several outrages on women. They have also visited various Post ffices and demanded a map of the district. When their request met with a refusal they made reprisals by cutting the telegraph wires. It is also stated that the Russian troops are in the habit of inquiring from persons they meet the number of the Japanese at Pingyang, and that when no satisfactory answer is forth-Americans are not loaded up with either coming, the unfortunate individual questioned is severely beaten. have been deserted from fear of the Russians. No further news has been received from this district since the destruction of the wire.
instant.
Result of the Grand National.
Moiloa.
2.-Kirkland.
3-Gunner.
The Near East. Turkey continues making preparations for all emergencies, Macedonia and Greece have called out the first class reserves osten. sibly for manoeuvres.
The Russian Fleet. The cruiser Ostyabia and two destroyers have arrived at Algiers from Suda Bay and will probably proceed to Lisbon on Tuesday. The War.
16th March.
western States, accustomed to mountain cl mb- ing, cold weather, and scant fare, seem to offer just what the Japanese cavalry need. These ponies can carry a Jap. soldier far and fast.
Russian or Japane e securities; in fact, the
and habits, the effect was not so 'disastrous, and the deaths from ordinary sickness were only at the rate of 2.9 per cent.
The initial torpedo adventure of the Japanese it Port Arthur makes it of particular interest it the moment to remember what Lord Charles Beresford thought of that arm of the naval force of Japan after his visit to the great dock- yard of Yokosuka in 1899. In that dockyard be found a large torpedo depot, with everything connected with torpedo warfare under one administration. "This," he said, "is an in- finitely preferable plan to the British, where everything connected with the torpedo warfare is only an auxiliary of the great dockyards." It is significant that it is the well-equipped force admired by one of our greatest authorities in naval efficiency which should be put first into action by the Japanese.
The Japanese Government some three months ago secured a number of field guns-of the most up-to-date character. An agent of
Anent Newchwang business, further charter- ing has been done at the last rate of 45 conts for Canton, four boats having been fixed on those terms. No advices seem to hand yet whether the ice has broken and whether any difficulty has been experienced in shipping produce, but definite news should now reach here at an early date.
No fresh coal charters have been effected locally from Japan ports, but a limited amount of chartering has been done in the North at slightly lower rates than heretofore, a weakes local coal market having been prohibitive to an advance in freights, Closing quotation is hardly better than $3 per ton, Moji to this. For Singapore, $3.25 per ton has been paid, but another charter is reported done in London at $3.50 per ton.
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Sail Freights-The Rajang inquiry has been responded to by the fixing of the Vale of Doon, a irips at $8,500 tach trip.
the Government recently purchased several Kuns of the Creusot-Schneider type and also 99me ordered by two States of Eastern Europe which had not been delivered. Two artificers from the firm went out with the guns to instructuary. the Japanese in handling them.
Following are telegrams to the N. C. D. News:--
Tokio, z1st March. A financial understand- ing between the Cabinet and the Parties in the Diet has been satisfactorily completed.
The compromise arrived at includes the abandonment of the salt monopoly and the The proposed land tax of 4 5 is to bo silk tax. lowered 10 4.3 per cent. The enhanced tobacco monopoly is retained.
The House of Representatives to-morrow will pass a vote of thanks to the Navy.
Marquis Ito was received in audience again by the Emperor of Corea yesterday. The side issues in Marquis 1:o's mission include a loan to Corea of five million yen on liberal terms, and the engagement of advisers for the improvement of the Imperial Court. These will probably be arranged. The Emperor will give decorations to Marquis Ito and his suite,
All the members of the Yokohama Specie Bank at Newchwang arrived at Shanghai by the C. M. S. Isiny from Tientsin on Sunday. Ocial news has now reached the British Admiral commanding on the China Station from the Admiralty in London that the Russian Government reports torpedoes laid in Kwan tung waters. The Admiral bas issued an ins. truction that vessels wishing to approach land or enter Port Arthur must stop five miles off, hoist national colours and ask for pilot. This notification probably refers to the submarine nines first reported by Captain Harvey of the C. E. and M. S. Chingping.
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Japanese papers to hand give publicity to a report that the Russian Government has sent two submarines by rail to the Far East, one for Vladivostock and one for l'art Arthur. far as the naval annuals show the Russian navy has only one submarine, but others were in process of building. There has been a rumour, says the Japan Times, that a Russian submarine "poked her nose above water inside Liukungtau one fine morning last sumther."
Captain Troubridge, British Naval Attaché, is reported to have seen the whole of the allack on Port Arthur on the oth instant. He describes the scene as being a magnificent one. Nearly all the shells from the Japanese war-ships took effect.
Count Oyeta and twenty other Japanese of
load-For Sail-tonnage loading or to Callao Italian bark Lothair, arrived 12th Jan-
British bark Algoa Bay arrived 4th March from Hangay.
bark Arrow Disengaged:-British 4-m. 2,971 tons, British 4-m. bark Lyndhurst, 2,240 tons.
Departures: None.
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No. 525, E.C.
CHAPTER,
REGULAR CONVOCATION of VIC-
Several Corean villages Intler country is practically without a debt. ficers leave Vancouver for Yokohama on the ATORIA CHAPTER will be held at the
THE SHIMOSE EXPLOSIVE. Our readers are aware that the explosive used in the Japanese Navy bears the name of its inventor, Dr. Shimase. The destructive
power of this explosive was demonstrated dur ing the recent naval engagements. A few days ago, the inventer, Ur. Shimose, delivered a lecture in Tokyo, in which lie explained the nature and use of the powder. We are in- debted for the following report to the Japan Time:
It is stated in St. Petersburg that a con-
The inventor said that, according to their siderable Cossack force is operating in the East-South East of the Japanese communi-use, explosives were classified under two cations between Anju and Ping Yang, ap-headings, namely, those for mining and those for military purposes, the latter being again parently with the object of preventing a
classified into those for discharging and those junction of the troops landed at Chemulpo for destructive purposes. "Shimose" belonged on the West and Gensan on the East of to the latter category, and was never used for Korea. It is reported that 8,000 Japanese the purpose of discharging shots. The ex- have marched across the mountains from plosive used by the European Powers for Gensan to Yangtok on the road to Ping Yang. warlike purposes was gun-cotton. But mani-
The Japanese in British Columbia. The Dominion Government has disallow ed, on Imperial grounds, three acts of the British Columbia Legislative Council impos. *ing restrictions on the Japanese.
The University Boat Race. Cambridge won the University boat race by four lengths.
LENGTHENING THE S.S. "CHANG ON,"
fold inconveniences attended the use
ol
In Europe, however, the case is different. ussia begins the war with a debt of more Than 13,000,000,000 and her normal peace ex- penditures exceed her annual revenue by $30,0 0,000. The war in the East will be even more expensive than Great Britain's disastrous conquest in South Africa, because she must sacrifice on land and sea and subsist her army at a great disadvantage.—Ex.
DECLARATION OF WAR.
14th inst, by s.s. Empress of india,
A Kobe contemporary states that it is believed that Prince Nashinomoto is returning from l'aris incognito, travelling under the name mentioned in this despatch, viz. Count Oyeta.
The lorodzu computes that the total amount of coal in Port Anbur at the beginning of the wat coult not have been more than 200,000 tons and reckons that this will have been almost used by now, this rendering it im- possible for the fleet to put to sea, even if it were strong enough otherwise.
The Tartar Generat bas recruited 6,000 men in the neighbourhood of Moukden and intends to organise fifteen camps of Infantry. Rifles are to be borrowed from Director General Sheng, Shanghai. Nearly 3,000 bandits are in the Port Arthur and Dalay districts and they are all hostile to the Russians. The latter tried to bribe them; but their efforts were futile.
In St. Petersburg efforts are being made to
The Hakuai Maru, says the Japan Mail, inflame the popular mind against Japan by
has arrived at Shimonoseki with 22 wounded ccusing her of barbarous a ton in thus cum-
There is. Russians from Chemulpo and 82 sick Japanese. mencing bestilles unannounced.
The former have gone in to hospital at Ehime. Lowever, no absolute rule in the matter, and,
Seven of the Russians are severely wounded. Two have had their legs amputated at the so far as the practice of States gnes, there are many more precedents for Japan than against her. The great international law authorities thigh, and one has lost an arm. One of these men is said to have had 160 wounds, from are divided on the subject. in the ancient
which fact the minute shattering that a stell Roman law a previous declaration of war was
unade with undergoes from the Shimose explosive may be considered necessary and was religous formalities. In more modern times inferred. In consideration of the kind treat Grotius and Vattel give the weight of their ment shown by the Japanese towards these authority to the opinion that a declaration of wounded men, the Czar has donated 2,000 yer
to the Red Cross Society, war to the enemy was required by justice and humanity. But suil more recent authorities maintain that such a declaratia is not required by the law of nations, an that, though it inay very property be made, it cannot be demanded as a matter of right. A declaration to the enemy has, therefore, allen into disuse and the only declaration that is guncollon. For instance, when dried too
customarily mide is one by the Sovereigns of much, it exploded even by slight friction. In
the belligerent States to their own peoples. Most of the great wars of the nineteenth cen. order to prevent this danger, it was necessary to combine it with water to the extent of a0rury began without a declatation, an exception per cent., in which
case it burned with being provided by the Turk when the Crimean of 1854 stated. But there was no formal de difficulty when ignited. But when the water
c'aration in the case of the Austro-Prussian exceeded za per cent, gun-cotton would not
War of 1866, or in the Franco-German War of explode. Again, owing to possible evaporation, 1870. In the case of the South African war gun-colton did there was en declara ion of war by Britain, and till very late in the war no inumation to ther States that the war was in progress. There, how- ever, the combatants were not on the status of
Advices from Shanghai, dated 22nd insi., re- Two Sovereign tates, but of a Sovereign and a
port business done -Indo-Chinas at T5, 671 vassal State. Tist, at any tate, was the posi-ash, and Tis 66 for July. Farnham, Boyds at tion taken by the British Government. A well- known military authority who has gone into the question of declarations of wat states that there have been 117 outbreaks of hostilities between the years 1700-1870, and only in ten cases was a founal declaration issued before the war began.—£x,
water contained in
the not maintain an equal quantity, making its safety unstable. Sometimes it would become mouldy, thes losing most of its explosive power, which could not then be easily restored. The steamer Chang On which was in col. present the most powerful explosive in the world was blasting-gelatine, which was used by lision some time ago with the P. & O, steamer Ballarat and sunk at Wonsung, and after-Americans, though not for military purposes. wards raised and docked, was cut in two to-day It was far superior to gun-cotton in destructive at the Old Dock for the purpose of being power, and could be quite safely handied in lengthened says the Shanghat Mercury of ordinary tisnes. One defect, however, of gel
tine was its easy freezing. Frozen gelatine would explode from the slightest cause, and The Shimose" explosive was very simply this fact made it unfit for military purposes, constituted, but it was sufficiently safe to le used by the Navy.
22nd inst.
Continuing, Dr. Shimose said neither the
The Japanese have discovered that the Paryag was struck by a torpedo in the fight at Chemulpo.
The German community of Kobe have subscribed 7,700 yen "to assis: charitable efforts in Hingo Ken in connection with the present war."
COMMERCIAL.
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FRIGHT
Writing under date, 26th inst., Messrs. Lamke and Rogge, report. —
The volume of business transacted during the period under review has been somewhat squaller principally in consequence of a satisfied de- mand-at least for the time being-for steamers on monthly terms for Japanese account, bul rates of freight for tripwise business are, on the whole, well maintained and a retrograde move- ment need hardly be feared.
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With regard to Japan's hances of success on The owners of the vessel having found that
land, a correspondent of The Asian gives the
the damage done by the collision was so grea
her forces have a large leaven of id maus- following interesting information:-She has two great advantages in her favour, one is that and taking into consideration the increasing
taches" among them-f one can apply such a trade and tr-ffic of the Yangtze River, they
term to members of a nation that is singularly wisely decided to take the opportunity offered
noa hirsute-and the other is the simplicity of Japan will have many her commissariat. of lengthening their vessel by 32 feet. The bull had to be cut in two at a point forward of falling of an iron bammer upon it, nor ignition, veterans in her army who fought in her war of 1891, and to whom the rigors of the Korean and the boiler room, where all plates and woodwork nor the firing of a bullet into it would cause
Manchurian winter are familiar. In the report of
There has been a fairly good demand from forming the hull bad been but apart, and his explusive to explode. In such cases it
the Surgeon-General of the field hospitals same interesting details were given. The soldiers, Saigon to this port in spite of the still rather everything made ready for the pulling of the uld burn like turpentine, but the fire
weak rice market locally; chartering has been besides being furnished web ordinary winter forward part away from the after part thus d be extinguished by a cupful of water.
clothes, such as they would car in the milder done to a fair extent at rates ranging from 31 cents to zę cents per p cul, but the inquiry has making room for the additional 32 feet. To combined with a certain ingredient, it
once more been restricted to boats of handy carry this out it was necessary to place the fore had sufficient explosive power for warlike climate of Japan, we e provided with a thick fur part of the hull on a carra, e which was again purposes. Among the explosives in the,world bood, a thick fur-lined overcoat, a fannel under.
carrier having "chipred in" at the reduced rate per Chenan from Manila to-day. All Goods have placed on sliding skid, and when all was the American gelasine had the greatest des shirt, knit nap-lined pans, paper undershirts | size, only in one instance a somewhat larger
and drawers, thick nap lined gloves, and an ready the signal was given and a powerful tructive power; * himose came next, gun-collon capstan put to work and he fore part was then and dynamite following in order. To illustrate additional blanket, while during the reverest of 19 cents per picul. Shippers at Saigon re-been landed at their risk into Messrs. Rutler- drawn asunder from thatter part, the pulling the explosive power of Shimore, a small quan- part of the winter a larger blanket was supplied muin very reluctant as regards steamers of field & Swire's Wanchai Godowns, whence apart process being performed successfully and tity placed upon an iron plate one or two inches for each to wear or lie upon. The standard large size, especially if without 'tween decks, delivery may be obtained.
thick, would, when exploded, perforate the fool was 2lbs. of rice and 5 oz of meat mixed they being afraid of damage by sweating,
For Philippine ports, only a very moderate no hitch of any kind occurring.
with greens per day. While on the march, The new part of the hull will be filled in and plate for the area covered by the powder. At
rates viz. 42 cents per picul and the demand the whole work will be completed in about two an experiment carried out at Kugenuma, when the commissariat was not always perfect, business has come o pass at somewhat easier
the men ate boiled rice and pickled plums, or Sosho, a 6-inch Shimose shot was fired at a months' time.
This work undertaken by Messrs. Farnham coal store protected wi hannour plate similar passed a day on a gruel of sice mixed with bas niso been limited to small carriers. The Boyd and Co. is not the first of its kind, they to that of a certain cruiser. The shot made Indian corn. When spoils were taken, bow-grain market in the Philippines is said to be baving successfully performed the same worka bale of about three feet in diameter, whereas ever, they had meat three times a day. If rather stagnat with gradually receding prices on the steamers Fuping, Chingping, Kiang- in the case of the ordinary shot the diameter of Europeans had to make such a campaign, it and, unless there is an early change for the was calculated at the time half their number better, a further slight decline in freights is not yung and Kiangkwan, some years ago; all of the hole was only 6 inches. It borst on con-
Nothing else' requiring special mention hay these jobs were on a much larger scale and tact with the plate, while the other exploded would be lost from change of climate, food and unlikely. were completed to the entire satisfaction of the only when it had travelled about three feet habitation, Japanese being more or less
after passing through the plate. The Shimose įsimilar to Chinese and Koreans in mice, food | transpired in the Southern market,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain.
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