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SHIPPING JETSAM.
15th inst.
MORE, COOLIE FOR AFRICA. The .. Katherine Park spiled at so o'clock last night for Durban direct, having 1,850 coolier in transit from Chefoo and Tientsin, and a quantity of cargo from this port
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 22,
lished in the Official Gasette of June 30th. John Eagan, petty officer in charge of the | The carga, consisting of 8,910 catks of corned eniter, said: I was going from the U.S.S. Cal- | beef, 15 pleces and ÿ bundles of bar steel and | lao to the Zafiro. I saw the Bailey on my port firon, and a case-containing parts of machinery, how coming from Blake Pier and steering to was confiscated on the ground that the goods | pass to the eastward of the Zafiro. She was were contraband under the Convention conclud close up to me before I saw her. She did ed in 1856 at Paris. According to Lieutenant not attempt to get out of my way, but Ukawa, Commander of the Japanese warship came straight on and ras into me, striking ma Takachiho, which captured the Tacema, the about two feet from the bow on the port side, captain of the American steamer and others, I could not see any one on the deck of the It is notified in the Gazette that a rock has says the Oficial Gazette, these goods were launch. My boat is a four-oared cutter-gig been discovered, with vix feet of water on shipped at Seattle under instructions of Major When the collision took place three of my men it at L. W. S. to the NE. of East point of General Dessino, a Russian agent at Shanghai, were knocked overboard. The police pinnaco Stonecuiters' Island, situnted 36 1,350 and the steamer left the American port on appeared within a minute, and they throw feet from the Trocas Rock buoy. This rock January gth for Vladivostock. When iha vas a life-buoy and P.C. 77(Douglas Faley)jumped will be marked, from the 1st August, by a sel approached the Okhotsk Sen, she was ice-over-board and saved one of the men who white nun buoy, with Hantow in black letters bound, and drifted for about ten days. Escap. could not swim. thereon. From the same date, the Trocas Rocking from the danger, she resumed her voyage buoy will be a white nun buoy, with Trocar in an March 13th, but was captured on the morn. black letters thereon.
ing of the following day 40 nautical miles <outhwest of Shibetollars point, Kurile islands,
-Japan Mall,
18th inst The Dredger, a newly-built Dutch vessel for dredging purposes, is now sailing to China for service in Shanghai.
It will be noted that although it is stated that the decision in the appeal has been given, the terms of the decision are not stated, so that the really important part of the tale is omitted.
Mr. J. de Loth, chief assistant of the Hong--ED., H.K,T.] kang agency of the M. M. Company has taken up a similar position at Sydney.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has decided to
open a Kobe Gennan servico, via Nagasaki. The first steamer was to leave Kobe on the 9th jost.
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The Boston Steamship Company has been
awarded the contract for the carriage of United States Government passengers and storen be-
wean Puget Sound and Manila.
OFFICERS OF THE CHINA.
The letter "K" figures prominently on the
Wreckage has been sighted in the Atlantic, apparently that of the missing Hamburg-Amener China. There are Chief Officer E. P.
rican liner Castilla The Calla carried a crew of 27. Her loss is attributed to an ex plosion.
Officer E. Kins, all good men of the sea, not Kit, Second Officer J. C. Kitchen and Third
-to menrien' some ather Ks among the crew The French 5.8. Melita, which for the rast And over them all is Ninety-fathom" Freile. six months has been chartered to the Mitsuhe vetetan commander, who hates shoat water, Bishi Goshi Kwaisha and is now at the Kosuge Patent Slip, Nagasaki, has heen sold to them
charterers. It is expected she will be re- named the Kouro-maru,
Thu 6.5. 51. Regulus furnished three more delinquents at the Magistracy this morning. George Conway, freman, and Lewis Hamy. cook, were found behaving in a riotous and disorderly manner in Pottinger Street last night. They were rolling about, singing and making noise while Conway was holding up a bottie hall filled with whisky. Their spree cost them $5 each, by order of Mr. Hazeland, James Elliant, drunk and incapable, was fined $3.
Peter Rasmussen, the third of the stamen who remained in the Colony, unlawfully, after their ship, the ss. Adato, sailed, was before the Court this morning. He left the steamer on the 10th insi,, an account of alleged ill-treat ment on board at the hands of the captain and officers, and having aɔ means of subsistence wandered away to the hills above the Happy Valley, and was found there the next evening lo a starving and exhausted condition, which necessitated his removal to the Government Civil Hospital, where he was detained for treat ment until this morning. Rasmussen stated 'that he was a Danish, zúbject, and to the mat- ter was reported to the Danish Consul, but the latter refused to have anything to do with the case as the man was a self-confessed deserter, and should be prosecuted. When placed before Mr. F. A. Hazeland defendant admitted his desertion from the vessel, and was sentenced to three weeks hard labour, and, in the event of the vessel's returning to this port before the "expiration of the sentence, he was to bere.
placed on board of her.
Captain Jarvis, of the barque Ziwkill, yes. terday ordered his steward Ching Roy to trans- fer some bags of four from the tank in which they were kept on board, to a sampan and then take them ashore. The steward reported that he had transferred the bags, 24 in all, but the Captain knew there ought to have been 31 or 32 bags in the tank, and as the Reward was responsible he would have to produce the other bags. Captain Jarvis stated that he then went to the pantry, and in the steward's locker found five of the bags. He called the chief officer and pointed out the bags to him, and then went on deck, saying he had to go on shore but would return in one hour and said by that time the steward must find the missing bags. "The four was going bad, so I sold it on shore, and had to make up the proper number" said the captain. The steward, he continued, had entire contral of the pantry, but had a pantry boy ander him, and while it was possible, he did not think that it was probable, that the flour could have been transferred from the tank to the pantry- distance of jo feet- without the steward's knowledge when he returned on board the steward reported that there were five more bags in the tank, and he supposed the snipan men had left them. The captain then went along the deck and called the chief officer, and together they went to the pantry and looked into the locker, only to find the five bags were pope. He then charged the steward with the theft.At this stage of pro ceedings before Mr. Hazeland this morning Mr. R. D. Atkinson, of Messrs. Deacon,
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and that veteran purser of the line, Q. K. Free- who has grown gray in the service of the Pacfic Mail and has done a great deal to make the Oriental service popular and efficient,
COLLISION INRIANGHAL.
22nd inst.
Late on Friday night the HAL. steamer Brigovia dropped down river on the way to sen; when abreast of the Standard Oil Wharf,
steamer's course. a large junk dropped anchor right in the The Brisgavla at once shifted her helm to avoid running the junk down and in doing so crashed into the str. El Dorado, which was lying close without any steam up. The El Dorado was struck aft on the port quarter having some of her plates. stove in. The Brizgavia rebounded and then struck the El Dorado amidships doing con siderable damage to the deck fittings. The Brisgavia in swinging clear of the El Dorado fouled the steamer Hinds and carried away the latter vessel's port boats and damaged her deck fittings. After getting finally clear the Britgavfo, which suffered but little damage, proceeded on her way to sea. The other two vessels will have to receive considerable repairs,
THE "SULLY"
18th inst..
We learn from a recent arrival from Haiphong that the last lot of gear required for the further salvage operations in connection with the cruiser Sully, has now been received from Hongkong and placed on board the stranded vessel. This consists of three centrifugal pump, 6", 9", and ", capable of pumping 8,000 tons of water per hour; one Ingersoll-Sergeant's duplex air compressor, with drills, pipes and tubes, for boring the rock under the cruiser. The dynamite required will be locally manu- factured. The vessel is afloat, but cannot be got off the pinnacle of rack, which holds her captive, until after the cofferdam has been got under her and the rock blasted. The cofferdam is in thorough repair, and in 'ready to "go under at the next spring tides, which occur about the end of this month The weather al present prevailing is somewhat variable, but the sea is moderate, and once the cofferdam can be got in place it is believed that the test will prove simple.
CRUISE OF THE "VIGILANTE"
THE FIRST RIVER GUNBOAT AT POSE.
21st inst.
Chau Cheong Kau, coxswain of the Bailey, said: I was on my way from Blake Pier to Bailey's works in Kowloon Bay. I saw the culter first about too yards off on my port bow. I could not see her before because à Manila steamer was in the way. He showed with models that the cutter was going to eastward and she was struck on the starboard side.}
Engine Bover, one of the crew of the Callao catter, corroborated, the evidenco given by Eagan,
Jfr. Taylor said-Chan Cheung Kam whi not keeping a proper look out.” He shaved the bawa of the Zafira too close, and took no proper steps to avoid a collision. His certificate la suspended for two months,
IMPEACHMENT OF CHOU FU.
follows:
BOXER INDEMNITY.
The sums to be paid to Powers concerned within 5 days from the 2nd July are as
Germany......
-4/970,917.95 marks Belgium Austro-Hungary....... 163,700.83 krone
***............................... 560,276.65 franc Spain...........
8,943.75 FranCE
·U.S.....
***................. 495,435.44 dollar
4,684.727.63 france Great Britain....138,114. 9. id.
Fortugal........
£150, 161. ad. Italy....
.....1,739,361.45 francs Tapa...... 724,467.16 yen Holland...............mís
24.169,69 florin Russia.......3:266,264.32 roubles Sweden and Norway... 'L 71 7. 38. International Club...... 2403 78. 38 U.8, France, Great Britain italy and Holland Germany, Austro-Hungary, Belgium, the preferred T.T.; Austro Hungary at Vienna and the U.S. at New York while Japan preferred to receive the sum at London in pounds sterling to be handed over to the Japanese Minister at London at the rate of 76.3 per pound sterling while Russia at the rate 1,000 ounce of silver at Tis: 853.57 deducting freight and in suranche. Portugal, Sweden and Norway and International Club have not settled the methad of payment.-The Shangao,
letters
THE SICAWEI SIGNAL CODE.
We have received the new code of signals to be employed on the Sicawel flagpole on the Eund on and after the 1st of January next, The Grand Council has transmitted an Im-together with the following explanatory circular perial Rescript dated 29th May to Viceroy Chang Chihtung to the effect that Chou Fu, having been impeached as anfit for the services the acting Viceroy of Llang Kiang Provinces, either for domestic administration or for diplo. matic affairs Chang Chih-tung is ordered to in vestigate the matters for which Chou Fu is im peached and report upon the same without any concealment for the perusal of the Throne,
etc.
The items of impeachment against Chou Fu by Censor Huang Changpien are:-
-White Chou Fa was the Governor of Shantung he injured many of China's rights by violating the original agreement with Germany regarding railway concessions, by giving special rights to that country and receiving a decora- tion from the German Emperor.
2. The likin office at Nanking was formerly under a Taolai who acted as the director while the Provincial Treasurer was the Associate director but under Chou Fo's regime at Nan king he appointed a relative, Total Chao, as the director of the likio office and abolished the system of having Provincial Treasurer associate director so as to avoid any inter. ference from him,
3.The expectant officials who wish to be come acting magistrates of departments and districts go to Chou Fu and fix up the price to obtain the appointment and when everything is ready foran appointment a formality is carried out so as to avoid criticism from outside people.
4-Chou Fu and his subordinates received bribes amounting to 300,000 tacle for allowing export of rice at Chikoukow of Shenniomiso in Yang-chow..
Nanking, had reorganized the normal and mili 5-Tuan Fang, the former acting Viceroy at tory colleges at Nanking but after the regime of Chou Fu he has arbitrarily revised the ays tems and lessened the number of students.
6-Tantai Chou Hsio-bal (of Kiangsu), a son of Chou Fu, behaves as he likes and when Thotai Tseng had bought an appointment at Tatung the transaction was done by Tantai Chou. When the matter was made public by a servant the servant was decapitated on the allegation that he was a Boxer.'
7.-German subjects were appointed at the military college at Nanking and Kiangnan arsenal by which Chou Fu Baiters that coustry.
6-Chou Fu allowed the German warships to survey Tsingkow which caused. German warships to land men and hoist flags on the island of Lientao near Halchow and caused an important diplomatic affair.
Sir,I beg to inform you, that the Sicawei celled, and the now one enclosed herewith, sira warning code now in use will be cab- adopted from 1st January, 1906.
This change, which is an improvement, is necessitated by the establishment of long-dis tance signal stations along the coast, and by the universal adoption of the new international Code of Signals,
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great Empire which is just beginning to ap
was formerly the Russian Post Office. The preciate intelligently the benefits of modern rent of this is Y240 per month. The num eduction. History shows us that ignorance business men who have obtained permis. handways been the basis of undeserved chargession to settle at Taires is now 6,coo, of whom and the traducers of the Federation seem to be
1,600 are already settled. Of, this number 200 are principals and 1,400 their employés, no exception to the general rule, since in mak- ing their charge that the aims of the Federation including 140 women. Sattlers in Tafron a political these reactionation apparent. Jay a businers tax, landing permission ly had not read what may be termed the Plate fee, and vehicle tax in addition to ground form," published in the local Press, which gave
and house rent. The business tax is divided the raison d'etre for starting the Federation, ate four classes-first class, Yio to Y30 per which distinctly declares that the alms of the month; second class, Ys to Yo; third class, Federation shall be entirely non-political and X2 10 YS; and fourth class, so sen to Y:o. A strictly educational and social the italics vehicle tax is imposed on Chinese carts trading are oura. Furthermore, looking at the publish. on the road from Tairen to Tiger's Tail. This 13x was recently raised, as the carts do serious ed list of officials of the Federation we see among them names of Christian Chinese damage to the roadways. The vehicle tax is The largest source of revenue. Any person, gentlemen of well-known- standing who, we think, would scarcely serve on its committees Japanese or foreign, who arrives at Tairen with political. were the aims of the Association in the least the permission of the Minister for War and settles in the district is required to pay a fee of Yt for a landing licence. Besides the above, a salt tax and import duty are imposed on goods brought by junk from Chefoo and other Chinese pors. The Customs tariff in force at Shanhai. kwan is adopted for Tairen.
KBE HARBOUR TRAGEDY.
BRUTAL MURDER OF A GIRL
Early on Sunday morning, says the Japan Chronicle of 1ith ins, the dead body of a girl Waldemar, lying in Kobe harbour. The body was found on board the N.D.L. steamer Prins was brought ashore by the Water Police and al once submitted to medical examination, which supported the suspicion that murder had been committed.
The police at once began investigations, and were not Inng in discovering aboard the Prins Waldemar thirteen young Japanese women, ranging in age from 17 to 22, who had been smuggled aboard and were destined for a life of semi-slavery is distant Far Eastern ports. The women were discovered hidden beneath steamer and were at once brought ashore. canvas in one of the starboard lifeboats of the
Two Lascais of the crew of the Print Walde- war and several Japanese are now under ar. rest charged with complicity in the death of the girt and with shipping the others. It is found that the young women are from grog. shops or ten-houzes in various parts of the coun- distry, and it appears that they were being taken abroad under false pretences. They were secretly shipped in batches from Wada Point, in this way avoiding the authorities, and put on board the German steamer probably with the connivance of some of the crews
tinguish with certainty between the flags.
Llo calms, at a distance, one cannot 2-The same happens when the wind is blowing towards or from the observer.
3.-Several signals may be mistaken, chiefly
by strangers, for phrases of the general code, with result of confusion or even danger.
The murdered girl has been identified as 4. Marryat's flags are now quite absolete a. Nakahara Tauru, aged 14, belonging to Nagn- mong the navigators,
The geometric shapes, or "Symbols," adopt, saki prefecture. It is stated that the unfor- ad in our new code, are free from all these disaate girl was deceived as to the nature of advantages. They commend themselves for home she had no idea that she was going her future employment. When she left her their simplicity, their uniformity of colour, and abroad, but when in the harbour she learned the visibility at a greater distance and in all of the intentions of the men who accompanied directions. The same code will also be in use her, and protested against being taken on at the storm warning stations of the Imperial board. When she found that the man require Maritime Customs.
ed her to hide in one of the ship's lifeboats she
We avail ourselves of the opportunity, to ar
range the geographical names in a better order; some new phrases make the code more com prehensive and the indications more precise; sections and it will be known, from a glance at ibe Far-East has been divided into several the first symbol of each signal, which is the
ruggled violently. In their efforts to prevent her crying out the men are believed to have strangled their victim, and the fact that such violence caused her death is borne out by the found one of the heavy brass frames of the medical evidence. At the time the body was portholes was discovered tied to the victim's feet, leading to the supposition that it was the At the same date, night signals will be intro-intention of the murderers to-throw the body duced, to communicate the informtion received overboard to conceal their crime. after sunset.
section concerned.
The daily signals (of barometer, wind. at Gutzlaff, etc) will still be made by means of used instead of that of Marryat. The particu flags, but the new International Code, will be lars are found in the large edition of the Sicawei code.
Believe me, Sir,
Yours respectfully.
LOUIS FROC, S. J., Director Sicawei Observatory Sicawei, 19th March, 1905, Note The warnings might be repeated at rea, between vessels having the Sicawei code on board, by showing the numbers of the said code with the numeral flags of the intervational Code (page 7 or 421). All the combinations, according to a very easy method, as well as our code, will be found in Mr. G. Gandry's Annual "China Coaster's Nautical Pocket Manual.". N. C. D. News.
BARON KOMURA'S MISSION.
The monthly revenue of the Administrative Office, continued the officer, at present amounts. to about Yio,coa including V5,000 from house. Y1,000 from licence feen (this in gradually do and ground rents, Y2,000 from the business tax, creasing), and about Y1,000 from transit duty and other sources. It is expected the amount will soon increase to Y15,0:0. At present an annual revenue of Y15,000 10 Y300,000 can be obtained, and this sum cannot be said to be ample when the public works that are neces- sary are considered.
Kwantung, the Government is required to very In undertaking the future development of the
carefully consider its scheme of operations. It is indisputable that Russia spent more than 30,000,000 roubles on the works at Taren (Dalny) alose, before they were halfcompleted. There is a good deal to be done at Tiren. The most important works to be undertaken streets, and the Japanese Seitlement, control of Are the improvement of the harbour, the roads, education, and superintendence of sanitary arrangements. These works will require à large expenditure. The extension of the water- bridge now known as the Nippon bridge, re works and the reconstruction of the railway
quire immediate attention. This bridge in of wood and its reconstruction of iron will cost
at least 200,000. Now the resources of Manchuria are chiefly in he north. The soil of South Manchuria is sterile, and it
can scarcely produce revenue enough to cover the expenditure of its maintenance A to think, as our countrymen generally do, that few more words are necessary. It is a mistake
Taizen is completed, all the trade now Rowing when the work of promoting the prosperity of through Newchwang may be diverted to Tairen, this view being populat because the northem port is frozen up in winter. Ex perience will show that trade will want diverted, Merchants at Chefoo may be adversely affected when the works at Tairen are completed, but that remains to be seen. lowever, the administrative authorities of the Kwan ung are prepared to give all possible facilities to business men and they are recom mended to settle in the Kwantung, Japon Chronich,
THE JAPANESE PRESS ON PEACE.
AN INTERESTING REVIEW,
THE COST OF WAR TO THE PEOPLE
بید
The possible result of the forthcoming Peace
*THE VOICE OF THE NATION."
On Friday afternoon, says the Zupan Chront- cle, of gth inst, some hundred and fifty repre- sentatives of political parites, desining it neces- sary that the views of the nation on the terms | Conference at Washington and the internal of peace should be expressed before the depar- trouble in Russia continue to be the chief ture of Baron Komura, assembled in Hibiya | topics of discussion in the columns of the ver Park, Tokyo Mr. Kono, ex-President of the nacular Fress. House of Representatives, took the chair, and Mr. Kuroiwa, proprietor of the Yorodu, spake ly adopted the following resolution:-, on the object of the meeting, which unanimous
"To gather the fruits of victory and realise the object of the war entirely depends upon the success of the coming peace negotiations, The object of the war is distinctly set forth in the Declaration of War, and the views of the nation on the terms of peace are agreed upon.
a satisfactory issue, the nation will not hesitate to continue the war. This meeting hopes that the peace plenipotentiaries will not conclude peace carelessly, lest the root of trouble should not be destroyed."
9-Chou Fu allowed Germans to use ground | SAILORS MUTINY AT SHANGHAI. If the peace negotiatious cannot be brought to
under Shihtsaihan fort which threatens the de- fence of the city of Nanking.-The Sinwanpas.
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS
IN FORMOSA..
OFFICERS AND CREW ON STRIKE.
A Shanghai contemporary reports that onthe 15th inst. a state of mutiny prevailed on board the four-masted American schooner Annie E. Swals, which was due to sail on that day, far Port Townsend. It appears that there has been much discontent on board for some time past,and matters were brought to a crisis by the officers and crew refusing duty when or dered to heave up anchor. The master, seeing that the men were determined not to work, at want assistance," and upon these signals being 9.20 a.m. hoisted the signals "Crew mutinous; read by the Sealor American Naval officer is port, two boats manned by an armed guard of
to render any assistance necessary, Villalobos, and Cuiros to the Annie E. Smal
The meeting then concluded with a "Ban> zail
JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION. OF THE KWANTUNG.
IMPORTANT PARTICULARS.
Looker and Deacon, appeared and said he had the journey up the river, but owing to the the southers division. The principal difficulty i bluejackets, were dispatched from the U. S. S the staff of General Camio, the head of the the victor and Russia the vanquished, and tha
just been instructed to defend the accused, and would ask for a remand to prepare his defence. -Defendunt was asked to state if he could put up bail, and, if so, how much, when he replied, "Oh! $1,000 or $3, 00."—The case was re- manded until Saturday, hail being allowed in the sum of Sr00,"
20th inst
The 3.5. Indravelli is expected here in a few
days from Durban, en route to the North. She is bringing 5oo re-patriated coolies from South Africa
Our Wuchow correspondent writes-For the first time in its history, the town of Posé on the West River was visited the other day by a foreign man-of-war. The French river gunboat Vigilante, which has just completed a two months' cruise on the West River, calling at the various parts, had the distinction of affording the inhabitanis of lose the first view they have had of a nian-of-war. Leaving Canton, the Vigilante proceeded to Wuchow where a week was spent. The gunboat then called at Kwei- shien. It had been intended to continue
shallowness of the water the idea had to be abandoned and the Pigilante proceeded to the treaty port of Nanning. The viceroy of Canton had issued orders to the officials at the various "ports to accord every attention and assistance to the gunboat, with the result that the cruise proved extremely enjoyable and free from annoyances. At Nanning the Bishop of Kwangsi boarded the vessel and was conveyed to Lungchow. At that port the Vigilante had to make a stay of two weeks, the provisions and stores having run short. A fresh supply was received from Tonquin, whereupon it was decided to visit Posé, which until that time had been beyond the radius of craising river gun boats. Nothing, of importance occurred at Posd and the pioneer among war vessela re turned to Cauton, calling at Wuchow en route: All the river gunboats with the exception of The Robin and the U.S.S. Callao were as- sembled at Wuchow last week. The Moorhen and the German Talagtau were in the harbour on the 14th, and on that day the French Argus was sighted coming up the river to join the other twa foreign gunboats, On the 15th, the British Sandpiper leg Samibui for Wuchow where she was joined two or three days later by the Avalanche from Nanning.
Mr. F. D. Fisher, U.S. Consul at Tamsul, Formosa, in his last report says:-From Jant ary 1st, 1905; full forces have been working day and night on the construction of the sec- the Dakusi River to Koroton, 40 miles, with tion of the Formosan Government railway from the expectation of opening it to traffic by April This section is a northern extension of
of the Dakusui River. On account of the force that presents itself in this work is the crossing of the current during the floods and the cen tinual changing of the channel the engineers satisfactory plan for the construction scross have not as yet been able to decide upon the stream of a permanent steel bridge, which wil require a length of about 4,000 ft. How se experimental riers are soon to be con- siructed, which, if found satisfactory after a fair test, will be adopted in the erection of the bridge.
ward bad occurred beyond the fact that the On their arrival they found that nothing unto-
mates and the crew bad refused to work. The
the officers the serious consequence which a officer in charge of the bluejackets pointed out to persistence in their present altitude would en fail, and the mates, after relating the grievances in detail, resumed duty. The crew, however, persisted in their refusal to work. They com plained of bad food, indifferently served, and hard times generally, and were resolved not to guard, taken ashore and lodged in the Ameri- proceed in the ship. They were placed under can Consular gaol to await trial.
military administration of Kwantung, whe recently arrived at Hiroshima -
The Jiji Shimpo says now that the peace plenipotentiaries have been appointed by Japan and Russia, and the place and date of their meeting have been fixed, it may well be said that all the preliminaries necessary for the holding of the peace conference in regard to which President Roosevelt has so kladly taken the initiative, have now been successfully ar- ranged, Here, then, ends the kindly dificen proffered by President Roosevelt, as stated in his advice addressed to the belligerent coun- tries, and the peace negotiations maat pow proceed without allowing any interference from an outsider. Nor should it be allowed that either of the panties to the Conference seek the assistance of a third party by any means whatever. Since the question of peace was mosted the action of the Japaners Government has been characterised by promptitude and straightforwardness; whereas it can hardly be dealed that Russia has shown much vacille.. tion and ambiguity in her doings. So far President Roosevelt has treated both Powers on ab equal footing, but it must be remember.
tion of the Kwantung were supplied to Press ents must assume the respective positions ed that with the termination of his inter- The following particulars of the administravention in arranging preliminaries the belliger correspondenis at Hiroshima by an officer on attained by the war. Needless to say, Japan is plenipotentiaries should meet in conference fully recognising the respective positions of the During the time of the military administra countries they represent. Japan has a principle administrative districts,-Tairen. Kincbow and she obtains the terms that will satisfy her. tion, the Kwantung was divided into three to ge upon, and peace cannot be restored unlera Port Arthur-an executive committee being Under no circumstances will Japan allow Rus- appointed for each district. Heads of villages sia to play a game of double-dealing or indulge public election. On the civil administration tinctly understand that she will be a loser rather were chosen from among the Chinese by Machiavellian diplomacy, and Russia must dis- being inaugurated in the peninsula, branch that a galnes if she plays us any tricks. administrative offices were established at Kin- chow and Port Arthur, with the head office at to prove a most knotty problem at the peace Referring to the lademnity question ar ilkely Tairen. The area of land which was held conference, the Nichi-Nicht writes that people" under lease by Russia was all that part south are apt to doubt japan's ability to exact a Port Adams, the total area being about 220 demands, and they cite in support the preced- of a line drawn from Pituwo to Pulantien or sufficiently large amount of indemnity to satisfy
This district has a population of about 170,000. circumstances between the Crimean, and the Japanese square rf, or 1,220 square miles, ent of the Crimean War. People seem, how- equal, say, to Saiga or Tottori prefecture. ever, to lose sight of the vast difference of The estimates of the administrative expendi- present campaigns. In the former, though the ture for the half-year ending September bext Allies were nominally victorious, they had drawn up by the Military Administrative Com-suffered severely, and the English and French mittee were Y118,000, including 73,000 for Governments, thoroughly tired of the horror Tairen district, V19.com for Kinchow district, of war, were only too glad to make pesce after 240,000 is required for administrative pur trouble about demanding an indemnity, Russis and Y6,000 for the Port Anbur district. About the fall of Sevastopol without, taking much poses for the leased district alone. If the cost by her craftiness in diplomacy, was eventually of necessary public works is added, the expen- enabled to conclude peace without payment of diture will be much greater.
any indemnity to the 'Allies. To the present The load of Taires, the headquarters of the war, on the other hand, the world knows full Eastern Chinese Railway, was nominally the well how Rateis was beaten at Furt Arthur, at property of a private company; but in reality Mukden, and in the Japan Sea, and knows also it was virtually owned by the Russian Govern the financial position of Japas and the temper maut The Russian authorities booght up the of the nation. In short, fapan has no weakness land in the city of Taizen and 31 adjoining vil of which Russia may take advantage; and there. lages at the rale 7 roubles per Russian tsubo fore, unless Russia fully recognises her real (about 7 square feet). A small portion of this position, ber future may be fraught with grave was sold by public auction on three occasions, consequences. Since the outbreak of hostill- but the area now owned by private individualities Japan has raised 480 million yen fa'domes. A writer in the N. C. Daily News says ; | is only about 40,000 Russian tsubo.”
tic loans and so million yen by increased the productive districts along the line. Ching Short na has been the time since the starting The number of houses in the city is 2,000, of taxation, besides incurring foreign loabs to the se coolies farish the motive power on these of the abovenamed Association thare apparent which doo belong to the Government and 1,400 amount of $20 million yen. So far the disburse- tramways, and while they are miniature affairs, |ly have not been wanting as is usual in such | to private individuals, chiefly Chiness. Mestments le the way of war expenditursahave having a gangs of but 19) incher and the bede | matters; detractors who have been lately cast of those belonging to the Government are used amounted to goo millions, which will be largely of the cars being but 4 feat square, they puded ing alt manner of aspersions against the Federa- for military purposes, only 98 being let to pri expanded in the future with the progress of the rally meet the requirements, the chief of which tion, the most serious of which, perhaps is the vate individuals. About rootsubo of land campaign. The burden upon the people par seems to be cheapness of transportation. The declaration that its aims are political. It is need is leased to the public. Rents very house sent sapife of national debt basincreased to Y31.50 22nd inst.
railway bureau has well-equipped repair shops || less to say that these inducers of the good name from Ya,jo per taubo per month to 15 sen per from Via before the war, and the burden of was a vessel of 313 tons, owned by Mr. Ikeda Mr. Basil Taylor, Assistant Harbour Master, suitable for making ordinary repairs at Takow, reactionaries of the most pronounced type, tsubo per year to go en per tubo per year. less Russia is induced to make compensation This morning at the Harbour Master's Office, at Taiboku, on the northern division, and shops ofthe World's Chinese Students Federation are tubo per month, and ground reat V1.30 per taxation per capita to Y8.30 from Y520, Un of Saga
held an enquiry into the circumstances con- on the southern division, The Osaka Car whote nanowness of vision causes them to There are numbers of large buildings, such for the material loss suffered by Japan through A decision given in the appeal of Messrs. nected with the collision between the launch Construction Company has branch shops at look at every popular institution with auspicion, as theatres, &e, the rents of which vary from the war, it will take a long time for Japan to Charles Nelson & Co., San Francisco, shippers Bailey and the U.S.S. Callad's cutter, in the Taiboks, from which fraight and passanger the object of which is to spread much-needed Y30 to Ysoo per month. The bigbest rent now heal the financial wound indicted upon ber, of cargo by the captured ship Tacoma is pub- || waters of the Colony, on the 31st inst,
care are now turned est,
**Fanlightenment and knowledge throughout this paid at Tairab is for the Liggiung iletti, which | god ber progress will necessarily be hampered
The third engineer of the Norwegian ss. Fri got into trouble last evening as a result of which he had to appear at the Magistracy this morning on the double "d" charge and pay $3 in addition to 1.50 as compensation to à coolic for damaging his richsha.
MERCHANT VESsels grized by Japan. The total number of foreign sleamers cap- fured by the Japanere up to the 30th ultime was $4, with an aggregate tonnage of 131, 32. Divided according to their flags, they are as Befollows:-
British........... 32 16
Russian
GermAB........
Norwegian
Austrian
French.......4664
Dutch
American...........mammagicm.as
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1
It is reported that the proposal to erect a French Post Office in Wuchow has been adopt ed and the work will be carried out as soon as possible.
Upon the completion of this section there between the northern and southern divisions will still remain a gap of about nine miles
|of the milroad—from Hakukoko, the present
Keraton, which will then be the northern tervances is the refusal of the masser to allow southern terminus of the northern division, to It is believed that one of the mates' grie minus of the southern division. On account them to take their meals in the salcon, they of the extensive tuncel work and bridging to having to utilise the steward's pantry for that be done in this section, the two divisions will purpose. This, if true, is a gratuitous insult probably not be connected before the end of or the part of the master to the men upon 1906. Eight tunnels, segregating a length of whom he has to rely for asistance for the safe rivers and a branch of the latter, of 3,510 feet, vessel. To longshoremen this refusal may ap 3 miles, and bridges over the Taian and Taiko navigation, eBciency and well-being of his 1,700 fest and 100 feet in legib, respectively pear to be a very trivial ground for complalot, are to be constructed within the nine miles, but the officers have the working of the crew present a double tramway line of 191-inch And the latter, seeing that there is friction gauge circuitously connects the two divisions among the members of the "after guard," are of the railway, Chiness coolles farolshing the thereby more difficult to handis and less aOGIS motive power, When the two divisions are | able to discipline, joined, the main line will extend from Kilung,
in the north, through the western portion of
A line of Chinese vessels under a French superintendent will be inaugurated at an early the island, to Takow in the south, a distance date, it is stated, to run in competition with of about 250 miles, and will afford transporta
the joint British river steamboat companies tion facilities between the principal porta and
The steamer Rohilla-maru, owned by the vessels. No particulars are yet obtainable on Oshiro Steamship Company of Tokyo, siruck n the subject, but it is understood that a regular sunken rock at Nasamiseto, near Idrukushima, service will be maintained between Hongkong at daylight on the 7th in. When the crew and Wuchow,
Left the vessel it was making water rapidly. As the Rohilla,mary, the vessel will be well known to foreigners, being an old P, & O, boat, At 3 o'clock on the 7th inst, the steamer Kokoura-maru came into collision with the Zenshomaru between Tsushima and iki Tho latter steamer was stok, and the crew was re- scued by the Kodoura, The Zenske-maru
NEGLIGENT NAVIGATION,
NEARLY CAUSES FATALITY,
the developed sections of the island
length, reach out into the more important of Small tramways, from 31 to 15 miles in
CHINESE SÏUDENTS
FEDERATION.
A REPLY TO TRADUCERS.
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