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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1905.
A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE British despatch bout Alacrity has left for Mirs Bay.
THE Kode Chronicle will in future be known' as the Japan Chronicle.
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ANDROMEDA'S '
ADVENTURES.
TIRED ON BY JAPANESE CRUISERS. [From Our Naval Correspondent,]
most artistic calendar for 1505. It is a credit An exciting story of mingled dash and audacity was told me by the crew of U.M.S. to the firm.
Andromeda on her arrival at Hongkong yes. terday. It was a record of gallantry-which almost reached the verge of recklessness and philanthrophy; and now that it is all over, the officers and crew.congratulate themselves that a guiding Providence saw them safely to the end of their journey.
THE subject of the letter signed by "One of the Spectators" was dealt with by "Tin God" last evening.
It is stated in the P. & F. Times that Prince Chun, the Emperor's brother, is to represent China at the coming Delgian Exhibition. An inquiry was opened this afternoon before Mr. Goimperiz into the cause of, the fire in Elgin Road. Inspector Langley was in charge
of the case.
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A fire broke out in a native medicine shop EXCITING RUN, TO PORT ARTHUR.arly this morning and caused the death of a woman and two children. A report of the out- break, which took place, about two o'clock, was speedily turned into the Central Police Station, and the Fire Brigade, under Chief Inspector Baker, repaired to the scene of the conflagration, in No. 168 Hollywood Road. The ground floor was occupied by the Po Wen Tong medicine shop, and it was there that the fire is understood to have originated. The second floor was occupied as a "dwelling- house, and was used by the foxir of the shop below and their families, eleven parsons in all. The third floor was occupied by Wong Pak Mo, a Chinese schoolmaster, nad his wife and two children, the victims of the fire, while the fourth storey was unoccupied and was en tirely empty. By the time the Brigade arrived the flames had made great headway, and
Mr. J. Dainly has just retired from the service were already altacking the houses at the back, of the Mitsu Bishi Dockyard and Engine Nos. 37, 39, and 41, Square Sirect. They wete Works, where he has been employed for nearly considerably damaged, while No. 168 Holly-wenty years... wood Road was completely gutted from rool It is rumoured that the C. N., Cos, sa, to basement, and No. 39, Square Road almost Wooung has been sold and that the versch burned out,
will be handed over to her new owners on her arrival at Hongkong.
The Andromeda, a first class, four-funnelled cruiser of 11,000 tons, had been stationed at Weihaiwel since May last, and like all the world the crew was on the qui vize for the fall of Port Arthur. Life at Weihaiwel is pretty dull even at the best of times, and the His Honour the Pulsne Judge (Mr. T. Sercombe Andromeda's men were wondering when their Little attention has been paid to a tele-Smith) is confined to Hospital, and his many vigil would cease. On Wednesday, 4th Janu gram that Reuter sent through from London friends will regret to Hear that he is not ex-ary, news was received at We haiwei that Port Arthur had capitulated. The Andromeda a few days ago, although the wire-brief in pected to be in a fit condition to resume duty had been ordered to be ready for sea at an the extreme-was fraught with an importance for at least ten days.
hours notice, and when the stirring tidings that few.. realise. It ran, The United
came to Weihaiwei, all was bustle and stir States have sent a sixty days' ultimatum to
aboard the warship. Venezuela, notifying that, if the United States and the European claims are not ful filled, Admiral Dewey with a strong squad-
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and Maracaibo, and send a force to Caraccas. That is all, and at first glance it looks nothing more than the ordinary enforcement
MR. E. Hamiltion Holmes has handed over the charge of the British Consulate at Nagasaki, to Consul F. W. Playfair, who has been transferred from Tamsui, Formosa, to succeed Mr. R. de B. Layard as H.B.M. Consul at Nagasaki. Mr. Holmes has been appointed Consular Assistant to the British Legation at Seoul,
Ar the Kowloon Hotel last evening a meet-
A MISSION OF MERCY.
Orders were given that a full supply of medi- stores should be instantly taken to Port Arthur for the sick and wounded Russians, apparently the idea of sending help to the bel ligerents had been settled some time previous. ly, for there was no delay in shipping the stores on board the Andromeda. Medicine, blankets, nourishing foodstuffs, including 4,000 cases of condensed milk, and all the usual medical appliances was quickly shipped, and at eight o'clock in the morning the An- dromeda left Wei-hai-wei at fall speed for Port Arthur. 'Among those on board were Commissioner Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G., Staff Curgeon Shand, the Fleet Surgeon at Weihai- wei, one Surgeon and two medical orderlies.
SEVEN REPORTED MISSING. Un the second floor of No, 168, of the eleven persons known to be there last night seven of them are reported to be inissing, while from the floor above an old mao, ter ribly burned about his face and body, was removed to the Government Civil Hospital for
treatment. As soon as the firemen were able to get inside the gutted building they found, lying face downwards on the floor, the charred remains of what had once been a human body, but which was entirely unrecognizable, and from which the arms, from the elbows, and the legs from the knees had been entirely burnt way, the skull having also being shattered. These remains, from the position, were claimed to be those of the wife of the school master, and Inspector Goutlay immediately had them wrapped up in clothes ready for removal to the Mortuary at West Point. The firemen immediately proceeded to remove the debris, and then
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"The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has released the British steamer Bramar from its service, and hired the Japanese steamer Shinshu Maru.
The Rohilla Maru, which was damaged by a collision with the Manshu Maru in the Shimonoseki Strait, is now being repaired o the Kawasaki dockyard, Kobe, and is expected
be ready for sea by the 15th inst
to
The steamer Fuping, which was lately declared a lawful prize by the Prize Court at Sasebo, has now been chartered to Mr. M. Tanaka of Osaka. With this steamer, Mr. Tauaka will inaugurate a service to poris 'in' Korea.
The British steamer Claverhill has now
Yusen Kaisha, and sold to the Itaya Gomei, been released from charter to the Nippon Kaisha of Otaru. She is being repaired at the raga dockyard, and will be renamed the
of just claims by a strong Power. When ing of pigeon fanciers was held, with the one comes to examine it, however, with the object of forming a pigeon club, to be known seriousness it deserves, a totally different
as the Kowloon l'igeon Club. Mr. J. D. Logan aspect is presented. It is really the deli-occupied the chair, and amongst those present berate, straightforward announcement that were Messrs. R. David, J. W. Osborne, G. W. the United States Government have taken Kynock, Sergeant Major Higby, Hirst, Roberts, unto themselves the arduous and paternal A. Nicholson, j. Hand, Parr, A. E. Blance and J. Sibbitt.. It having been decided to found the task of keeping the many turbulent republics Club, the following were elected officers for in South America in order and in the path the coming year: Messrs. J. D. Logan (Pre- made a quick run, and all went well for some floors of the upper storeys having fallen in the Miyagawa Moru
sident), R. David (Honorary Secretary and Treasurer) and G. W. Kynoch, J. Sibbitt and 3. Haud (Committee) Mr. A. Nicholson was then appointed judge and the proceedings terminated.
of international uprightness. It is a further development of the Monroe doctrine. It is also another piece of convincing evidence of the steady growth of the United States into Imperialism President Roosevell and his ministers have realised the inevitable. They A CHOICE AFTER-DINNER WINE, recognise that the old idea of isolation is
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FIRING AT DRIFTING MINES.
GRUESOME DISCOVERIES
It is reported that the. Boston Steamship Company at Seattle granted a discount of $30 to the Japanese soldiers in the reserve who left were made by Driver Winter, who unearthed that port for Yokohama on November 14, for the charred bodies of two children, minus arms the purpose of joining the colours, the Com-? and legs, and otherwise unrecognizable, though 'pany thus showing in a practical manner its. the unfortunate father, Wong Pak Mo, identi- | goodwill toward Japan. fied them' through the peculiar shape of their mouths, and the condition of their teeth.. It is believed these children fell with the burning timbers. The bodies, were removed to the Mortuary at West Point.
The Nippon Yusen. Kaisha has decided to construct a European liner of some 7,000 tons
the Kawasaki yard, Kobe. These vessela ara · gross at Nagasaki, and two smaller steamers at to replace the Hitachi Maru, Teshiwa Maru, and Hokkat Maru, which have been lost since the outbreak of hostilities
Steaming at 19 knots an hour the warship hours. The gunners were at their stations and the men ready for any emergency. Shortly be fore noon the Andromeda approached two red floats which seemed to be drifting buoys. It was at once apparent that these were floating mines and orders were given to train the twelve-pounders upon them with the object of sinking them. A couple of shots were fired at the mines but none took effect, and they were left bobbing on the waves to the danger a thing of the past, that it has gone for
of every ship that has occasion to visit that ever. This telegram might almost be looked
coast. The Andromeda, however, was on n mission of mercy and had no time to spare in upon as a veiled assertion of suzerainty; for
sinking the mines. Later on, an upheaval of water was witnessed in the rear of the vessel's A. S. WATSON & Co., it tells the Venezuelan republic, as in a less direct way it told Panama and others, that
track and it was surmised that one of the there is a limit to their idiosyncracies, and
sunken mines, disturbed by the rapid progress of the cruiser, had exploded, too late, fortunate- ly, for any damage to be done to the warship. if that limit is exceeded, they will have to.
FIRED ON BY JAPANESE, pay the reckoning. It may be argued that
That, in the opinion of this meeting, the plan the same kind of telegram_might have been described by Sir Frederick Polluck, in his let
About I o'clock on Thursday afternoon, the sent to Venezuela by Great Britain, France, ter to The Times, viz: the formation of a Com-heights of Port Arthur loomed up in the far dis tance. Scouting away on the horizon wereseveral Germany or any other great Power, but no mittee of the Privy Council on Imperial affairs, of the Japanese men of war, which immediately person would insinuate that these Powers consisting of the best possible representatives on seeing a strange cruiser in sight gave chase. on her journey, until one of the Japanese were trying to establish a suzerainty over of Colonial knowledge and opinion, to act in The Andromeda, fearing nothing, continued the small republic. This would be true if an advisory capacity to the Cabinet, would vessels came within a thousand yards and hied the United States were in the same position tend to promote the consolidation of the Pm a blank shot as a signal to stop. Thinking, hother Powers. Only, as it so happens, pire, and would be a great step towards im doubtless, that there had been some mistake, as the Monroe doctrine in whielenk^oya (perial Federation, and this meeting endorses the British man-of-war continued on her way; ed a passage for escape he returned for the American schooner at Osaka, reported in the business was meant. The Andromeda was [anngurune themselves from inter- Prime Ministers for discussion, Conference of nowJen miles from Port Arthur, and almost at flames and smoke. The fokis of the medicine covered to be on fire. The vessel arrived at week Americans believe implicitly. This prevents mitted to-ting that such a proposal be sub but another blank shot from the Japs showed that ed. Signals were exchanged and it turn- ed out that the blank shots were mere. the most dangerous field of mines off the coast ly warnings that the Andromeda was in of Talienwan. As a matter of fact, later in
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of their country. The people of Great Britain have not yet forgot ten the time when they were nearly plunged into war with the United States because they
wished to enforce their just claims on this self-same republic of Venezuela. Fortunate ly, there were cool heads at the helm of the two Powers and the catastrophe was avoided. At the same time, it created a feeling of great uneasiness in the world, for it opened
Mr. J. Dyer Ball seconded, and said that not many years ago some of England's greatest statesmen wished to cast off her colonies, but now both the Mother Country and the Colonies
desired to be brought even nearer together; and now was the proper time to request the Mother Country to take some action to draw herself and her colonies closer together.
antly check-
Wong Pak Mo, the unfortunate husband and father, stated to a representative of the long kong Telegraph, that he was in bed at the -time of the outbreak,-bat-being-awakened-by-
The Hamburg-Amerika lire steamer C. the smoke and heat, he clutched up his young son-the younger-of-the-two-who-lost-their Ferd Lacise reports having rescued two lives, and who was aged but one year-and Japanese at sea. When off Cape Tanabe, tried to rush up to the fourth storey in order to Japan, at midnight the Ferd Latiss met with a was impossible to tow the junk, but after. two house, and then return for the other members
hemis a rope was thrown to it and the two men escape with him on to the roof of the adjoining disabled junk. The sea was so rough that it
on board were rescued. of his family; but before he could do this his uncle had broken down the partition between his and the next house, and having thus form-
child but could not get back owing to the shop on the ground floor where the fire is be- lieved to have originated said that the master,
yesterday from Macao, where he had been in Tung Wai Sang, was expected in Hongkong
connection with his business transactions, bot
On the afternoon of New Year's Day," an
vernacular papers as the Arsicca, was dir
Osaka that morning, says the Japan Chronicle, and anchored off Temposan, after which almost all the crew went nshore. In the afternoon smoke was seen rising from a hold, and the alarm being given attempts were mada 10 ex-
was insured for $1,500, with the Sam Ching police worked at the pumps, &c., but between tinguish the outbreak. The crew ashore receiv We learn that the shop on the ground floored a burried call, and with the aid of the water ese themselves confessed that they dreaded Wai Hing Insurance Company, the other the spot and were afraid to venture within a
formation proved that the Andromeda bad deliberately passed over two thickly strewn escaped damage is a marvel. Even the Japan fields of floating and sunken mines. How she
had not returned.
five and six hundred tons of water were pump-
up a possibility of unbridled license on the subject was one of which he knew very little happily ignorant of her danger and protected sergeant of police passing the houses at theed into the hold before the vessel was safe.
SO NEAR AND VET SO FAR.
Mr. Hursthouse, whilst admitting that the agreed that federation proper must be some. thing on the lines of the German or American Confederation, but there was a vast difference between the United States and the British Empire.. The States were contiguous whilst the British Empire was scattered all over the meda was pilored by the Japanese cruisers When the danger was realised the Andra- earth's surface. Any scheme of imperial feder. to the only safe channel leading into Port ation which was to be of any use would have Arthur, and then she was questioned as to emanate from the colonies themselves, and to her object in being within sight of under orders, the Andromeda was carrying medical supplies to the sick and wounded was attempting to act the part of the good Sam in l'art Arthur; in other words, that Britain aritan. The Japanese smiled behind their sleeves, and having twisted their faces into a semblance of profound astonishment, replied gravely that they weren't having any just then It was insisted upon that this was a pure mis. sion of mercy on the part of the Andromeda,
The cargo carried was ground man urt, and it is supposed that the heat generated caused
the outbreak.
mile of the mines. The Andromeda, however, storeys being uninsured. It is stated that a by the gods, gaily walized through the death back of the premises noticed two men rushing strewn track, and succeeded in passing un- out of the lower floor, and as he saw fire on scathed along the path where the Japs feared the premises in question, he arrested two men, to tread.
believed to be fobis of the shop, and these
RESCUE BY THE "DAPHNE." persons are now held for investigation. The
A severa gale swept across the Idiomi Sex amount of actual damage, in dollars and cents,
on the evening of the 3ist ultimo, and the. could not be estimated though it is not belleved japanese schooner Kyoshimaru of Tosa, to amount to a great deal. Credit is due to the bound from that place to Osaka with a cargo of Fire Brigade for having, by their strenuous charcoal and timber, capsized. The gale was
small limits, having due regard to the narrow of the crew was most perilous. Fortunately of the small shops and habitations, in that Osaica Shosen Kaisha (Captain E. Schipper), ness of the street, and the congested condition the steamship Daphne under charter to the locality, most of which are filled with dry in-hove in sight, and despite the many difficulties flammable material. The usual inquiry will succeeded in saving the crew, The weather be held as to the origin of the outbreak. was so bad that the Daphne would hardly answer to her wheel, and when the lifeboat was lowered R was found impossible to reach the wreck as the sea constantly
this kind are constantly coming belore the unless the colonies wished it would be useless the fortress. It was explained that, acting efforts, confined the conflagration within such blowing from the north-west, and the position
to try and force anything upon them. The colonies preferred purely local government, and a purely local command of their military forces. For a long time past there had been observable a tendency towards more complete separation, and although he hoped he was wrong, he thought they must face the po- they could welcome anything that would sibility of ultimate separation. At any rate bring them into closer touch with the Home Government.
any part of the South American republics. All travelled and reading men know the terribly unsettled condition of things that exist in re-these hotbeds of discontent, lawlessness and revolution. The President of these places may be President to-day, but to-morrow he may be shot, or deposed, or flying for his life. This naturally means the unsafety of property, whether it belongs to the citizens or whether it is foreign owned. Troubles of heads of foreign governments, and form some of the most awkward and complicated questions with which they have to deal. It is, therefore, particularly gratifying to sec that the United States have taken action in this latest affair and have given themselves the task of admonishing one of their aw small children. It has long been the opinion of many deep thinking and statesmanlike Americans that the day is not far distant when all the turbulent States in South America will be forced to recognise that they are subservient to the Government at Washington. This latest telegram illustrates how inevitably the trend of affairs point to the fulfilment of this belief. No wise man anticipates the annexation of the republics by the United States. No wise American would desire it; but he does desire, and the whole world desires, that the United States government should possess a form of suze rainty over these firebrands in the South It would mean greater security of life, of property and, also, sounder and more honest finance Times have altered considerably since the famous message of President Cleveland to Great Britain. The two coun tries have grown to understand each other and to realise that their interests are almost identical and that in no way is there any necessity to quarrel. The British Press has frequently advocated an alliance. Statesmen have unofficially given the dream their bless ing. Now the New York Sun-one of the best papers in America-boldly asks for an alliance between Britain and the United States on similar lines to the one between Britain and Japan. If it were only possible for such a dream to be consummated, to- Gradients are moderate.upan the coast of gether with the United States acting as China and fresh NE monsoon will prevail in benign parent over the South American re the Formosa Channel, and moderate to fresh publics, the peace of the English-speaking se
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THE POLITE JAP. The Chairman (Mr. H. E. Pattock, KC) "Fxactly," said the Japanese, “we are fully A farewell-concert was given last night ir said that personally he thought the object of aware of that, and the nobls and disinterested the Masonic Hall, Zesland Street, under the broke over it. Captain Schipper at last. the scheme proposed by Sir Frederick Pollock attentions of our gallant and honourable ally auspices of the United Chapter, No. 1341, E. C. managed to drift his steamer on to the wreck, was a very important one, and important points shall be recorded on the tablets of brass in the in honour of Mr. W. L. Ford, M. E. Comp., and threw ropes to the unfortunate mea affecting the Colonies could only be arrived at biggest Shinto temple of Takin; but "-and for twenty-two years an energetic mason in clinging to it. By this means they were after mature discussion by those who had here they grew a trifle gruff-you don't go Hongkong. This function, a 'smoker, was hauled through the sea on to the Daphne. spent the best parts of their lives there. He any nearer Port Arthur. We don't want any purely informal. which added to the easy fice- ventured to think that Mr. Hursthouse look medical stores, thanks all the same, and the don and comfort of all present. Mr. Harry The men were in an exhaused condition and rather a despondent view of the relations Russians don't want any medical stores, or Wolle presided, and in his usual felicitous appeared to he.baif perished from the cold. between the Mother Country and the Colonies, victuals, or delicacies made in Switzerland, so style congratulated the departing guest on Once aboard the Daphne, however, they were The forces levied there were local forces possibly the best plan for you would be to re his long and meritorious services in this given dry clothes, placed in warm quarters, of volunteers and the Colonies should retain turn to Weihaiwel and thank your stars that Colony, and his uninterrupted connection and given some warm food But for the
military forces. With regard to the Navy, the your vessel is still above water." That, of course, with his Lodge, and on behalf of himself
is a very rough and ready translation of the and the other members he wished him a safe timely aid of the Daphne, says the Japan feeling in the Colonies was that the sea was one, and the ships of the Empire were con- beautiful language used by the Japanese officer and prosperous voyage, a happy reunion with Chronicle, the crew of the Kjorhi maru would sidered as one, and worked more or less as a in command; but it will be evident that the his family at home, and a long life to enjoy his assuredly have been drowned. On arrival at homogeneous whole. No doubt they had Japanese had no difficulty in making their well-earned pension in the Old Country. Mr. Notsuura the rescued men were handed over noticed that the Admiralty had formulated a meaning clear.
Ford, in replying, said be was indeed sorry to scheme grouping together the various ships of
feel he was about to sever his connection with every part for homogeneous and concerted
such ald friends, but his first duty was to bis action, and that was the reason the colonies
own people, and he must fulfil that duty, in naval matters. were beginning to see the importance of unity
though he most ever hold dear in his memory the recollection of his old associations in Hongkong. For he's a jolly good fellow" was then sung, after which Mr. Harry Wolfe said he had another departing gurst and member to tonst, in the person of Mr. H. J. Wat son, who after 18 years' connection with that Lodge was about to proceed to England' on one year's furlough, with the possibility of his not returning to this Colony. In proposing his health be wished him joy and good fortune wherever he might go and, if possible, a return to the old East, which was always a'calling. Mr. Watson, in a few suitable words, returned thanks for the honour, and the kindness of the remarks which had fallen from the President, and once again "He's a jolly good fellow" having been sung, the "amoker" proceeded enjoyably to conclusion,
THE WEATHER.
The following report is from Mr. J. 1. Plumn mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser vatory-
On the rath at 11.35 a.m. The barometer has fallen slightly in Mid China and has risen at all other stations.
fair,
All day the Andromeda remained at anchor, wistfully gazing at Port Arthur in the distance. At night the ship, acting on the instructions of the Japanese squadron, was darkened in every quarter. Next day the Andromeda, foiled in her effort to act the philanthropist, alowly turned her head to the South, gave another sad glance at Port Arthur, bade the Japanese squadron good-bye, and made for Weihaiwel. There the medical stores were trans-shipped to H.M.S. Amphitrite, and the Andromida then steamed for Hongkong where she arrived yesterday.
It was an exciting experience while it lasted, and would have created a great deal more con. cem among the crew had they known at the time that they were calmly sailing, above waters sown with mines. But ignorance was bliss indeed, and the sailors can afford now to laugh at an incident which, if it had many humorous aspects, was nevertheless not with out its dangers,
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