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LONDON, 13th April. Germany and the Anglo-French Agreement.
Speaking in the Reichstag, Count von Bulow said that Germany had nothing to complain of in reference to the Anglo French agreement, if only because strained relations between Great Britain and France 'would imperil the peace of the world.
LATER.
The Thibet Expedition. The Thibet expedition has reached its destination, Gyangtse, without the loss of a
man.
The War.
News from St. Petersburg says that the Japanese flect having appeared (off Port Arthur), the Russian ficet put to sea and bursued a portion of the enemy's forces, which later being reinforced, bringing their otal to zo ships, the Russian fleet returned o harbour. On the way back the Petropar- jousk struck a mine which exploded and capsized the battleship. The captain, five, officers and 37 men, all wounded, were saved. Admiral Makaroff and the whole of his staff were drowned. The Grand Duke Cyril was saved in a wounded condition; his brother the Grand Duke Boria watched the catastrophe from another ship.
BISMARCK & CO.
SOLICITORS AND CLIENTS,
Sitting in Appellate Jurisdiction, at the Supreme Court this afternoon, the Chief Justice, Sir W. M. Goodman, with whom was the Puisne Judge, Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, spoke A few plain words regarding the carelessness that is sometimes displayed in the filing of motions, and said that both his learned brother and himsell were agreed that if attention was not paid to the form in which papers were
filed solicitors would have to pay the costs *but of their own pockets, The remarks were the outcome of a motion made by Kwong Kam. Cheuen, Kwong Sui Uling, Lau Ching Ming and Pui Cheong Tong alias Tong Pui Cheong. Tong, trading as Hop Sing Tong, that the ap plications by way of appeals from the decision of Mr. Justice Wise be dismissed, and that the moneys standing in Court to the credit of the actions be paid to the respondents or their
solicitors.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1904.
THE WAR.
PORT ARTHUR BOMBARDMENT.
We are indebted to Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, for the following communication-
TOKYO, 14th April, y p.m.
News has been received at Bomba from an unimpeachable source that the Rubians have a secret coal supply at the island of Jebel Zugur and the warships which have been patrolling the Red Sea have obtained their necessary supplies there, at least one large collier, pro- bably several others, is concealed in one of the infe's behind the island. The Island of Jebel | Zugur is the largest of a cluster of islands which lie off the south eastern coast of the Arabian peninsula at a distance, roughly esti
Perim isle.
A telegram received by the Government at Tokyo from Rear Admiral Uryu, the Commander of a detached, squadron, states, that it is reported by one of our torpedoed, of about 100 miles to the north of flotillas that one of our squadrons made close approach to Port Arthur on the 13th inst., and opened fire on the Russian fleet.
During the battle the Japanese warships sanka Russian battleship of the Petropavlovsk class, and also a torpedoboat-destroyer. The whole of our offensive squadron is safe. The official report from Admiral Togo has not yet been received.
It is stated there is good authority for saying that the moderation of Japan's last note to Foreign Office. The disclosure has increased Russia was due to the influence of the British
Parliamentary feeling in favour of Japan.
KUROPATKIN IN THE FIELD,
THE MEMORABLE CAREER OF RUSSIA'S
WAR LORD.
It is almost ine
The great Tsars of Russia, somebody said, when they want a man, go out into the street and find one. 1 is another way of saying that the Tsar's Ministers spring from nowhere.
Russia has had an Empress who began life as a peasant and married a Swedish dragoon, and it was an of the Tsars and set Russia, among the Armenian who all but destroyed the autocracy progressive nations. Sergius de Witte, de scendant of a Dutchman, started at wayside railway station on the career which has brought him almost to the head of the State.
In connection with our wires from the north, printed in yesterday's issue, it was seen that the main Russian force, or some thirty thousand men, is concentrating at Antung. hsien, the commercial centre on the Manchu. rian shore of the Yalu River. The place lies about fifteen miles above Yongampho, on the opposite bank, and until lately the site of the present town was occupied by millet fields. Under the care of native merchants a prosperous port has been established, the business houses being unusually flourish ing. The anchorage is thronged with junks, So, too, with the man who to-day holds the the port possessing facilities for steamers, keys of all the mysteries of the great Russian which makes it superior to Ta-lung-kao or
war machine. Alexei Nicholaievitch Kuro- Yongampho and at once the real business pakin, who is to leave on Thursday to take centre on the river. Striking away from command of the troops in Manchuria, began Antunghsien is the Peking Great Roadie as a sub-lieutenant. His early days were lived in an atmosphere of war. Russia was at which runs to Liaoyang, while just above
war then, as she is now, and the founding of a the stream divides, the eastern branch being the Yalu. At this point the river becomes shallow and quite unnavigable except for small native craft and the timber rafts. Wiju is ten miles to the east of Autunglsien,
ST GEORGE TO FIGHT.
EXTRAORDINARY SUPERSTITION OF
says -
RUSSIAN PRASANTRY.
great empire in the unknown immensities of Asia was the dream of the soldiers and states. men who were building up the Russia of to- day. The great highways of Asia had fallen under her control, and the conquest of the Caucasus was within her grasp. The spirit of war was abroad in the land, and Kuropatkin heard the beating of its wings.
THE CONQUEST OF ASIA.
It was a time for young men to dream The Moscow correspondent of the Daily dreams. The veil of mystery was slowly be Chronicle writing on March 1st gives this ing lifted from the great Islam wonderland. strange glimpse into popular emotions and Tashkent fell one morning, and in the evening ideas in Russia as affected by the war. He❘ General Chernaieff was drinking tea with the Tsar's new subjects. The Emir of Bokhara, whe had thrown two English officers from the top of a tower, gave way with 40,000 men be fore 4,000 Russian troops. Khodjent fell at the point of the bayonet after a storming of seven days. In these events Kuropatkin first tasted war, and he must still remember the day when the gates of Samarcand were opened to the Russians, and 8,000 of the Tsar's picked troops matched into the capital of Tamerlane. The sub-lieutenant came out of the war a full
The Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.C. (instructed by A remarkable example of the superstition of Mr. G. K. Hall Bruton) appeared on behalf of the Russian peasants is reported from Tomsk. the appellant, Kwok Chiu Kin, who was a part-
Since the outbreak of the war the villages in ner, with the respondents, in Bismarck & Co.,
the neighbourhood are in an intense state of a firm carrying on business in Hongkong and religious excitement. Numbers of peasants Port Arthur, and Mr. E. H. Sharp, x.c. (in throng the streets daily, and though they can- structed by Mr. E. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkinnot pay the money for the railway journey, they son and Grist) represented the respondents.
beg to be allowed to go to Moscow to pray for Mr. Sharp explained that the facts were,
the success of the Russian troops. shortly, that the respondents and Kwok Chiu Kia were formerly in partnership in Hongkong, trading under the name of Bismarck & Co., who had a branch in Port Arthur, of which Kwok Chiu Kin was in charge.
The Chief Justice intimated that, before the details of the case were gone into, there was a matter which he would like to have cleared up. What the appellants had to do, if they wished to appeal from the decision of Mr. Justice Wise, was to make an application for leave to appeal, He had searched the files, but could find no ination to that effect, although he noticed that considerable time was taken up in October and November on a motion which appeared to be for leave to appeal. Since then he had ascertained that the papers were not in order,
Mr. Sharp observed that he would make the polat a preliminary objection-that the notice of motion by way of appeal is irregular. There was no right to appeal except as expressly con- ferred by statule
Mr. Pollock pointed out that there was a special order made by the Court below.
The Chief Justice-It cannot give leave to appeal.
Mr. Sharp-It cannot override the Or
dinance.
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The reason for this wave of religious fervour is due to the fact that the peasants declare they have seen in the heavens a blood-red hand, gripping the cross-shaped hilt of a sword. They believe it to be the hand of St George the Victory-Bringer.
Their enthusiasm and superstition has been further stirred up by a priest named Athanasius, who has prophesied, that in three months' time St. George himself will appear, seated on a flaming horse, and gallop across Siberia to the sex, so as to strike fear into the heathen hearts of the Japanese.
The armies of the Tsar, predicts Athanasius, will gain a mighty victory, and the Sea of Japan will dry up, as the Red Sea did before the Israelites, so that Russians may march victoriously into Tokyo,,
lieutenant with two crosses of honour.
But he had yet to complete his studies, in which he had done so well that he was allowed to finish them abroad. He came to Berlin, and to Paris, and in the French capital be rendered a service which France has not yet forgotten
He was in France at the fall of Sedan, the
siege, and the Commune. He met Marshal MacMahon, and the President invited bin to share in the reorganising of the cavalry of France.
WITH SKOBELEFF AT PLEVNA.
place of towns and cities, with railroads, chur- ches, banks, schools, and cotton fields.. It is not surprising that, after eight years, the Governor of Transcaspia was called to St. Petersburg to take charge of the army, to con- trol the machine for which Russia pays thirty millions sterling every year, which can call to arms to-morrow, if the Tsar wills, as many mea as there are human beings in London.
FACING A CRISIS.
statesmen. Ile will be only fifty-six next month. He is an inspiring figure, trusted Five because he has never been afraid. years ago Kuropatkin was warned that the great powder magazine at St. Petersburg was to be blown up within twenty-four hours, and the magazine at Toulon, too. Toulon was outside his sphere, but Kuropatkio, who receiv ed the warning white in bed, rose and went al, once to the St. Petersburg magazine stores. Calling together officers and men, he inspected the stores, declared the inspection satisfactory, and gave every man three days' leave as a token. of his pleasure. Within an hour the stores, were empty. Other guards and sappers were summoned; a rampart was dug round the magazine, and before night it was certain that any danger that had existed had been averted. Nothing happened; but next morning the powder magazine at Toulon was blown up.
Kuropatkin is young, as age..goes among
the man is everything." In Russia men are. "In war," said Napoleon, men are nothing: nothing, but the Tsar owes his empire, with all that it is for goed or for ill, to the man whose watchword from the cradle to the grave is "Mighty Russia and the Tsar." Among such great Russians is the War Lord of to-day, From his youth up to now, "Mighty Russia and the Tsar" has been the gospel of Alexei Nicholaievitch Kuropatkin.
THE CROWN LAND CASE.
JUDGMENT
In delivering judgment in the action brought
by Cheung Kam Tin, compradore, of Welling. ton Street, against Creasy Ewens, solicitor, for 19,382.01 damages, and interest on this amount from the 30th October, 1903, the; Chief Justice said he had carefully examined the bill which the defendant sent to plaintiff in November of 1901, and which was paid in March of 1902, and it was perfectly clear that Mr. Eweas, in drawing that bill, did not attempt
to ask the plaintiff to pay for the agreement as
he was acting for the vendor. At this time the present action was not pending, therefore, His Lordship did not think Mr. Ewens was solicitor for the plaintiff when the agreement was made. With regard to the plaintiff's allegation that Mr. Ewens said he could get a 75 years lease for the whole of the land, His Lordship did not believe any intelligent man would allow such an important matter as that to be left out of the assignment, if it was to lie for 75 years for the whole. Unless the man was a fool he would have taken great care that it was in the
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assignment. The plaintiff had, whilst in the box, shown himself to be a very acute man, and His Lordship thought he would have had it stated in the assignment. Mr. Rumjan had stated that at the time he would have given three lakhs for the land for 75 years. The plaia. tiff only gave $99,000. His Lordship thought and found that the assignment and the agree ment represented precisely what was intended by Mr. Ewens, and be did not believe the state- ment of the plaintiff's that there was an absolute- THE ly inconsistent and suppleinentary clause ver- baily arranged between the parties, at the very time they had hardly signed. The Chicl Justice did not believe for one minute that Mr. Ewens said he would guarantee he could get a 75 years' lease for the whole. In the first in- stance it would be absurd. I he had said the plaintiff would have insisted on having it put
It was the young man's opportunity, and General Gelliffet will recall to-day the delight with which he informed MacMahon that the best results of the work were due to Kuropat kin. In that marvellous rejuvenation of France There is a quaint belief among the inhabit-which broke the peace of Bismarck, Alexei ants of the Russian villages that General Sko Kuropatkin played his part. He was given the beleff, the hero of Plevsa, is not dead, but that
cross of the Legion of Honour, the first Rus-into the deed of assignment. Mr. Ewens acting 30 he has just been detained in a dungeon, from sian officer to bear the distinction. which he has just been released to take com mand of the army in the Far East.
The legend goes that one day Skobeleff came to the Tsar and said, "Sire, let me make war on the Germans. To which the Tsar replied, "Impossible, my son, the Germans are our 8001 neighbours."
The Chief Justice drew Counsel's attention to the fact that some time ago Mr. Sharp and
Then, Skobeleff came a second time and Mr. Slade both suffered owing to motion papers said, "Sire, let me make war on the English." being in the wrong form, and they desired And the Tsar replied, "Impossible. The Eng- them`put right, but the Court gave a formallish are the best customers we have," ruling stipulating that, unless all the statutory Again, a third time, came Skobeleff, and terms were complied within regard to appeal pleaded to be allowed to make war with Turk the Court below has the right to obtain judg-ey, whereupon the Tsar grew angry, and caus
meat.
Mr. Poll ck admitted that it would have been better in the present instance if the ap plication had been for leave to appeal..
The Chief Justice-You were arguing the appeal before obtaining leave to do so, I can. not see we have any jurisdiction to hear you. We cannot hear an appeal unless, leave has been granted. ***
After further argument,
ed him to be exiled to the dungeon of Sucharew, saying, 'You shall remain there until you can speak Japanese, and you shall not speak Japanese until the time comes when
shall make war against Japan!" Now, this war has commenced, and Skobeleff has come from his dungeon to take his place at the head of the troops who are fighting against the Mikado's troops.
ITEMS
This is the story which the peasants recita Hi Lordshi said he was sorry to have to to one another with childlike simplicity and dispose of cases in such a way, but irregul- falih. arities must be pur stop to. The notice aper on which Mr. Pollock moved sid not
with section 41 of the Summary Juris Ordinance, and in the circumstances alica by way of appeal would be and the money deposited in Court
mentipped above, the Chief Justice subs
said, that in view of the caréless
the ap
was sometimes displayed in clients might have 10 It was very bird upon should have to pay costs hnical mistake in which those
The application on their behalf wore mentioned it because if more
1.
without another soliciter in the matter might Back in his own land, the young lieutenant
have an effect on the case, but His Lordship did
and won, and in the great campaign which saw more fighting in Turkestan. Russia fought not think it ought to. There must be judg. ment for the defendant with costs, and that ended in the annexation of Kokand to the judgment was given. His Lordship did not general government of Turkestan, Kuropatkin think this case had shown any fault whatever was chief of staff to Skobeleff. He was sent or any negligence, but he did think it one to find the famous Yakub Eck and settle a that showed how very much more prudent it frontier which nobody understood. With a
was when dealing with property of very large wounded arm, he set out through the wilds value, to have a solicitar on each side. against the Tartar tribes, rode 2,500 mile on borseback, and returned in a year with his work well done. He brought back more boa- ours, wrote a bask on Kashgaria, and received the Geographical Society's gold medal.
THE GALLANT 3.0. Kuropatkin rose high, and was at the night hand of Skebeleff when the "White General" stormed Plevaa. "Kuropatkin is the only man capable of performing so dangerous a mission," Skobeleff said once. We need not recall the great deeds of Plevna. Inside its gales and out amazing things were done. Three thousand Russians fell in one hour in trying to drive Osman Pasha and his Turks to surrender. Kuropatkin, the only officer on Skobeleffs staff who remained alive, went to meet the Turks in the redoubt, with three bundred men behind him. He drove the Turks back but returned with a handful of his three hundred, and with a wound in his head which kept him is hospital for a month.
K. A. O. B. BALL
AT THE CITY HALL.
The officers of King Edward VII Lodge, Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, deserve every praise for the delightful entertaiomcot provided to over two hundred dancers at the City Hall last evening. These gentlemen included Messrs. J. H. Oxberry president; G. G. Burnett, vice-president; Yung lee, treasurer; J. J. Blake, secretary; E. W. Rogers, Hung Mak Hoi, J. Johnson, I. P. Madar, Goodall, R. A. Collins, S. Musso and Staff-Sergt Hyett. The preparations made for the comfort of the guests were carried out with much thoughtfulness and taste, and at the con. clusion of the dance, about four o'clock this moreing, it was agreed on all sides that the fest ball of the Hongkong Buffaloes was a
King Edward in the course of an interview with the leader of the Arbitration parliamentary group from France expressed a hope that the press of all nations, English included, would endeavour to alleviate the difficulties in the pre- Skobeleff retreated, leaving 8.00 dead followers success in every sense of the word. The sent international crisis His Majesty remarked behind him, and in the winter which followed function commenced at nine o'clock, when that he was quite distressed over the Russo-6,000 more died from the cold. But the brave
Jap nese war which was a most. deplorable
event. On the other hand, he found that the good understanding with France F
bandsmen of the Sherwood Foresters struck troops fought on, across theets of ice, through up a quadrille, and got nearly a hundred blinding snows. Flevos had fallen at last, and couples into step on the well polished flour of
at Sheinovo 12,000 Turks laid down their arms.
St. George's Hall. On either side hung flags Kuropatkin added to his fame by a wonderful of every description, while bayonets and spears because, besides the individual intere being piece of mining, through which he forced his bristled on the walls. Elsewhere decora
been more useful than at the pr
d to the matter, his learned on good terms with each other, France and way into a fortress and laid the foundation of tions had been effectively displayed, the grand
pay the
England Have even higher interest in the re: Storation and enance of the general peace.
complicat
ose it would then be more
ce and England to render Whatever happens this sely be maintained for the benefit
the final conquest of the Mongol bordes.
Kuropatkin's life has changed since the days of the expeditions into the deserts of Asia, and he has been as great in peace as he was great
staircase receiving considerable attention, H.E. Major General Villiers Hatton, CB, having lent several: trophies for the occasion, while Mr. R. A. Collins, and the Committee of the
in war. He was made Governor of the new City Hall-assisted in several ways, towards toritories, and under his away Transcaspia this end." Mr.” J. H. 'Oxberry and Staff-Sergi. changed from the wild country if had been to a Hyett were the M. Ci%,
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