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The Hague Tribunal..
LONDON, 23rd Novembber. The Hague Tribunal re the Japanese house tax has adjourned, and given the parties concerned till the 15th prox. to pre- sent their cases and till the 15th Feb. next to lodge replies thereto.
The Russian Baltio Fleet at Canes. Reuter's correspondent at Canea confirms the disgraceful conduct of the crews of the Russian Baltic fleet at Cunea and constant
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1904.
THE COLLBION CASE
JUDGMENT.
BRITISH SHIP TO BLAME.
The judgment of the Chief Justice (Sir Hen ry S. Berkeley) in this case, delivered at too late an hour to find publication in these cnl uning last evening, was as follows
automatic working of the ship was departed from that night? It seems to me that the custom is so well established that the custom would be observed that night, and that apart from his watch on the Ujina his, alien- tion would be more closely directed to sco that this essential operation was performed,
at that distance he had no reason to expect danger from the Djina. Then in my opinion: it comes to this. That the officers of the Ujit are either mistaken in believing they saw a
This case I propose to deal with now. There are no questions of law involved, and therefore red light on the longtoi or-ifd am driven to there is nothing to require any lengthy consi-it-they did not see a red light at all. I'am deration after the extremely careful and cap. able manner in which the gentlemen of the Bar have brought the evidence before the Court. The only question is what is the true conclusion to be arrived at, upon the ev dence
set bound to enter into any intricate and scientific calculations, to establish or destroy any theory as to what distance or what angle the Ujins, it is for the ship Ufine to establish the lights of the Wongkoi could be seen from
A 'KUSSIAN'S ADVENTURES;
SOLDIER'S 'JOURNEY FROM MANCHURIA"
TO PARIS;
was wounded in Manchuria, is charging a A Russian subject, Chal Roundzoff, who negress with stealing rings from him, told a #markable story of his adventures and wan derings.
who is only twenty years old, was drafted into At the commencement of the war Roundzoff,
an infantry regiment in Manchuria, and was wounded and left for dead on the field of one of the first battles. He was succoured by the Japanese Red Cross sisters, who took bin inte in his case, taking him into his own liouse and camp, where a Korean priest became interested
Before Roundzoff left his benefactor insisted on three rings-Buddhist talismans--which, said giving him money sufficient for all needs, and
and assistance when he needed it. the priest, would enable him to find the road
scenes of drunkenness in which several as to whether or not there was a light on the the fact that the ongk# had shown a red administering to him during his convalescence.
officers participated. One Russian was killed by his own comrades and several wounded. The officers were disregarded and there was no discipline. Many seamen were left behind, lost or deserted.
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1Jaydeź on the night in question, August 3rd?” The question whether or not the officers of the light. I am willing to accept it as a mistake, Ujina believed there was a fight, though no officers and Captain of the Ufina, believe that and for the honour and reputation of the doubt a matter of importance to themselves, they did see a light which they mistook for a was not a matter of importance to a true find.light on the vessel Wongkot. I am bound ing in this case. They believed the light was on the Wongkot, but it must be established for as a matter of fact I do not believe there beater gold, Roundzoff hung around his neck, to say it is unaccountable in the circumstances, One of the rings, a solid band of quaintly affirmatively as a fact that the light was on the Wongkes in order to excuse the Ufine to this conclusion I have had the assistance. After hair-breadth escapes, and marvellous ad- was any red light on the (Fungkol. In coming swearing to preserve it until his dying moment. for coming into collision that night. The and concurrence, of the Harbour Master, the ventures, equalled only by a boy's serial story, Cold Gelatine of Pigeon and French Bean Salad. facts as recollect them, and as far as they Hon. Captain Barnes Lawrence. Shortly, I find he arrived in Indo-China. He embarked at are material, are as follows: These two ships that the Ujina came into contact with the Saigon as an assistant cook, and worked his on the afternoon of the 3r1 August were ap-ongker without any fault on the part of the passage to Italy, From Italy he came to Cornmeal Pudding. The Supplementary Baltio Floot.pronching Hongkong from slightly divergent
The Rion and the other ships of the Rus points. After a while getting nearer the Island Wungkot. The assessment of damages will France, having almost exhausted his resources, sian supplementary Baltic Acet anchored in they kept pretty well in the same fine, that is a proceed in the usual course,
Admiral Alexeieff. Admiral Alexeieff has been appointed a member of the Council of the Empire, and to the committee of Ministers,
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Skaw Bay on the 18th instant awaiting te pairs to one of the destroyers' propellers, which are being done by a salvage company. Denmark refused the use of the Port-facili- ties at Frederikshavo. ·
LATER,
Russia in EasteCentral Asia. The St. Petersburg journal Ris urges Russia-to-defend her interests in East Central Asia with greater vigour than ever; otherwise South-eastern Persia and the Gulf will soon be British possessions.
The Baltic Sea Outrage. A public memorial will be erected at Hull to the victims of the North Sea outrage.,
(Cablenews.)
The War.
San Francisco, 19th November. Russia has purchased four ships from the
parallel course, and ultimately the Ujina which is a very much larger ship than the Worgkai was passed outside the Sulphur Channel by the small ship, the fo gloi. The (jina keeps in sight of the Wenger until entering Sulphur Channel, and then practically at once loses Bight of her. The Wongket proceeds on her course upio the Harbour and takes up a cer- tain position, where she was proceeding to anchor when she was run into by the Ujina
whom she left outside. Going back to the ji, in the Sulphur Channel, the last sight of the Wangkni, when that vessel entered the Sulphur Channel, and she did not to her know- ledge again sight the fougkof until she came -into-collision-with-her-but-shortly-before she came into collision, she observed the bright fights of a ship-which in fact was the Ingko but which, so the Captain says, did not occur
His Lordship awarded the long kot all costs.
THE BUTTON ROCK LIGHT-
HOUSE.
The lighthouse which has, just been com picted on Button Rock, in the Bonham Pass, though a small one, is of some interest, being the first mack lighthouse in China.
water and very heavy spray is sometimes Button Rock only rises 38 feet above high
thrown over the island.
automatic beacon on this rock, but tides in the It was at first intended to erect a gna-lighted.
neighbourhood proved to be so strong and irregular that the light tender.could not with safely be brought near enough to supply the necessary gas, and it was therefore decided to erect a strong tower carrying a sixth order
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and a few days ago he arrived in Paris.
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Here the man, who had passed through con- tinent, unharmed, because the victim of a negress named Aïa Baucher, a native of Senegal. | H ARMSTON'S, The result of their acquaintance was that sire suceeded in robbing him of the three rings.
In a fury at his loss, the Russian ran about
the streets all day, seeking the acgress. At last he ran her to earth in the Rue Caron, and danounced her to the police of the quarter, rings were restored to the Russian. She was conducted to the depot, and the three
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to him for a moment to be the Wongkoi. He/ dioptric light and containing accommodation despatch on German public opinion and the Four Forest Bred Nubian Lions "Kitty,"
for two native light-keepers,
As landing on the rock can only be accom. plished in the finest weather and then
I happened to meet a very well-informed German officer at a dinner party, where my
war" published in your issue of Tuesday, was freely discussed. Every word of what i said about the opinion of German military circles on the qualities of the rival armies of Russia
interesting, as well as instructive, to give the fellowing summary of the remarks that were
TOMORROW NIGHT, November 26th.
Caplain Lindo will enter the Den of the Flo," "Champion" and "Empress.
NEXT GRAND MATINEE, TO-MORROW AFTERNOON, November 26th.
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Argentine Republic to augment the Baltic fleet abour, which by the way seems to be practically unly with difficulty, it was decided to build and Japan was fully confirmed. It may be Children Half Price to Malinces only.
now en route to the Far East.
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The ships will be despatched at once to join the squadron, near the Cape of Good Hope,
South Africa!
An important Russian armoury has been exploded on one of the hill forts, causing the death of a number of Russian troopers and the destruction of large supplies of munitions of
war.
Another desperate attack on the outside forts has been repulsed with untold slaughter. The Russians made repeated sorties against the besiegers, each one resulting in horrible slaughter to the Japanese from the use of hand grenades,
In one sally, five hundred Japanese were left dead near one of the isolated forts which they made a stubborn effort to capture.
The repeated attacks of the last twenty-four
hours has resulted in the death of more than 1,500 of the besiegers.
The tunseling goes on apace, but there re- niains much to be done before it will be of use from a strategic point of view.
San Francisco, November 21st. Twenty thousand additional troops have been- added to the army of investment at Port Arthur. This assignment has been made to cover the recent losses from the ranks on account of death, sickness and disability, and with the further view of increasing the pressure already exerted on the besieged fort.
Should the severe weather continus at Shabo and vicinity, several regiments will be with- drawn from that section to augment the forces operating at Port Arthur,
The terrible weather in northern Manchuria
has very much restricted the traffic of the rail. road, and supplies and troops are transported with the greatest difficulty.
General Bulashoff, of the Russian army, has subinitted a report to his government in which he accuses the Japanese of firing shells into the Russian hospitals at Port Arthur, and also of repeatedly firing volleys at the Russian ambulance wagons, during the recent engage.
ments south of Mukden.
The Japanese deny the charge in toto and assert that if any damage resulted to any pro- perty or charge of the Russian hospital service it was altogether inadver.ent,, **
own affairs.
The work of erection has been carried our by Mr. Dick, the Customs engineer, and Mr. Mechanic Hare, assisted by Captain Anderson and the officers of the Pingching, which vessel has been used as headquarters for the working party and has carried out all the ma-
terials employed.
For many years the commander of coasting steamers have been urging the erection of a fight on this very dangerous rock, and their desire is at length fulfilled. The greatest credit is due to the engineering department of the Customs for the way in which the difficul- ty presented by the mallness and inacces sibility of the rock has been surmounted. The light was shown for the first time on Monday last, the 14th instant.-N. C. D. News,
THE ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT.
saw a ship and that was all. He saw a great blaze of light on the ship. It appears also that at that time there were a great many ships
always the case in Hongkong Harbour. On
the tower of cement concrete blocks which were made in moulds In the Custom his way up from the Sulphur Channel, the Captain of the jind passed a junk, and he Pootung yard, carefully fitted together, and had to after slightly his course to get out of her marked. These blocks were easily landed way, and had to port very slightly again. 1 on the island and rapidly fitted place, don't think either action had anything to
The lantern, which like the tower, was design. do with the collision, but, the, facts are ed by the Customs Engineer-in-chief, Mr. incidental to the passage from the Sulphur. R. Harding, was built by the Hongkew Channel. The Captain of the Ujis states engine works. The apparatus is dioptric, of that on his way from the Sulphur Channel the sixth order, and is fitted with occulting to this point, he had in view a berth near machinery giving one eclipse every 15 seconds. Stonecutter's island. He saw a steamer which
The tower contains two rooms, the lower might or might not be a river steamer, passing
one used as a kitchen-store roum and the up- ahead, across him, showing a red right. There per one as a bedroom for the two keepers. is evidence of this fact that at the time when the Ujina was on her way from the Sulphur Channel to her distant berth, near Stonecutter's Island, she came within a very short distance of this vessel, the lights of which had been seen by the captain, and there were also in the vicinity, one or more steamers passing show- ing their port lights. While on the way to that berth, the Captain of the Ujina suddenly uses her helm in a way which suddenly brings
·ber intó collision with the Wonghai. There is the fact that suddenly for some reason she did do this. It is clearly then thrown upon the Ujina to give this Court a satisfactory explana. tion which would excuse her from being con- sidered in fault in running into the Wonchor on that occasion. The weight and burden of satisfactorily proving that she was not in fault, and the Wungkof was in fault, is thrown upon the Ujina. Now has she satisfactorily dis.
the Captain, in establish the innocence of the charged that obligation? The explanation of
Ujira was this: while he was proceeding up |
The officers and men of the Royal West Sulphur Channel to take up his berth, which was about Stonecutter's 1s and, and while he Kent Regiment arrived here from South Africa was pursuing a course which would have on the 22nd November, 1902, and by about the cleared him of all ships in front of him, same time this year will have settled down at suddenly a red light was display on the Weng Hongkong for which station they leave by the of, which reasonably led him to suppose that transport Avoca at the end of the week. the ship was about to cross his lows. Now That they will be missed goes without saying the difference between the two classes was and we are sure all will unite in wishing them this. One set of witnesses are able from all success at Hongkong. The officers took a their surrounding crcumstances to swear keen interest in their men, while indulging positively to a fact, but they cannot do in sport, especially Polo, and the conduct more than swear positively that they believed of the men has been excellent. This state- that fact and ask, that a reasonable inferencement may appear superfluous with such an be drawn from that belief. The witnesses on nfficer as Colonel Western, C.B, at the head the Wongkoi can say absolutely and positive of the Regiment. A strict disciplinarian, his ly there was no light. The other witnesses exampl: nil round was much admired and on the parade ground this keen eye soon detected any shortcomings. To him more than any one else is due the maintenance of the Diyatalawa Camp as a depot for the troops of this station, and it has been admitted that there is no place for field exercise as up at Diyatalawa. Colonel Western will be accompanied by Majors Rowe,
Hastings, Joslin and Elgood, Lis. Grant, Tul- toh, Dinwiddy, Hibbert and Stevenson, and Lts. Paget, Helmore, flumphreys, and Graham, L. and Qr-Master Summer, 48 Sergeants and 738 N. C. O's and men. The lalies going include Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Sumner. The Regiment did not go in for cricket, but at Socker and Rugger could put in several excellent trams, and we are glad to think that at the former game held their own against the Civilians, while they also secured the League Shield. We
The following is taken from the Ceylon, Independent; —
made:-
"The tactics of the Russian Cossacks modern are antiquated and wholly impossible for warfare. The Russian private he is ordered to do; he will remain at soldier is obedient, and wilt do all that
his post and die, if necessary, in the fulfil.
ment of his duty; but the officers and men
alike lack initiative, and have proved them-- selves in the present war to be more incom- (potem than we supposed them to be. The Russian cavalry, as such, cannot be compared with that of Japan; and their artillery have throughout the war been inferior in point of numbers to the Japanese artillery.
We have had Japanese officers attached to regiments of all branches of our service for the past few years. In almost all cases they have They have displayed marked aptitude for their been intelligent and courteous in manners work, and have always put duty before every- thing else in daily life. We have had a huge number of Japanese and Turkish officers amongst us; but the Japanese were far superior to the Turks in everything."—P.M,G.
THE INTERNATIONAL TROOPS IN CHINA.
The following interesting extract with refer- ence to the detachments of troops at the differ ent nations serving at Peking as guards 1 their respective legations, is from the report of one of the United States officers'serving there: "Most Americans sent from the Philippines develop malaria soon after arrival, the cold serving to bring out the latest organisms, but after treatment for a fortnight with quinine, the trouble disappears, not to return, and invari- ably the patients gain in weight from len to thirty pounds afterwards. I am told the same is noted with the French who come from Indo-China and the British from Hongkong and other tropical possessions. I am sorry to say that although the Americans preserve ex cellent discipline, drunkenness is more pre- valent among them than the other nationali ties. Possibly this is due to the lack of the Canteen system with us. The British have a
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ARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be Held on MONDAY, the 18th day of November, 1904, at 3 PM, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Govenor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Isat Tsz Mui in the Colony of Hong- kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from the 5th day of September, 1904, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to KING, for one further term of 75 years. be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the
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well-established post exchange, where light THE Undersigned have received instructions beer is sold, and in connection a club room, which tends to keep the suldier in barracks and preserve sobriety. The French give a ration of wine; likewise the Italians and Austrians, The Japanese sell beer and sake in their com pound, but never have a case of drunkenness. The-Germans-have-a-home-like-rathskeller where beer and German foods are sold, and their drunkenness is nil. The American soldier ikile most sought after, as he has far more pay to spend than the other nationalities, and the result is the extra tendency to fall into the hands of saloon-keepers, who especially cater to encourage this trade.”
The remsivos, under the new leadership of
can only say this: there must have been a General Mirski, Russian Minister of the Inte-fight, but they cannot say there was. But they tior, have demanded a share of governmental saw a light which in their opinion could be patronage, and full power to deal with their only on the Wongkot. Now there is a difler ence in the value of the evidence to be attach- They also demand the release of many stud-ed in this, assuming the witnesses to be equal ents now held for advocating political reforms. ly honest in both cases. In other words, I can.
[The "zemstvos," or local communal assem- not find a verdict against the ILangkai-uniesa-Hotham and Pediy, Captains Moody, Venables, blies of Russia, have long been active in Rus-I am bound to say it--the officers of the sian politics. They have never advocated ra- Wongkoi have deliberately and knowingly dical or socialistic measures, but have advocat stated what was false. The light that the ed reforms peaceably and as a matter of right. Ujina is supposed to have seen could only The first declaration of the new minister was have been her port light. That port light is that he favoured extending the powers of these kept on the port side of the navigation bridge. communal organizations.]
On the bridge at the time, that the light is supposed to have been displayed were the Cap tain and the second officer. The Captain has told us that it is the invariable rule of his ship to take in and immediately blow out the side lights, as soon as the anchor falls, and he will always remember the Queen's Own and swears without reservation, that on the night trust that they will look back pleasantly to theirness done Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf in question he saw the man take it in, and stay here. extinguish it by blowing it out. He said it was
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DURING the fiscal year just past, the total number of lights in operation in the Philip pines was increased from 61 at the beginning
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19 flashing lights, three fixed lights, and 54 it occurred, to me, if that is so, that this overboard, and drowned. The trader is now minor lights. One minor light was dis-automaton broke down. Why should I infer sucing the British India Steam Navigation continued.
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