TELEGRAMS.
[Reuters.]
The Japanese Famine.
London, 19th March.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY MARCH 21, 1906.
WARNING TO MAKINERS.
AFTERMATH OF THE WAR,
MINES STILL ADRIFT.
The Hon. Captain Barons-Lawrence, R.N., Harbour Master, has handed us a copy of the The Lord Mayor of Melbourne has open-f-Hawing telegram, received by him on Mon ed a Japanese faminc fund, to which £1,300 day night from the Commissioner of the Chia
ese Imperial Maritime Customs at Amoy :- has already been subscribed.
"Drifting mine blew up fishing boat two miles east of Turnabout island, (in the Foo Great Britain and Japan.
chow district) an the 9th inst." Sach was the The Corporation of London will entertain iconic message, which covers a dire menaco the Japanese sailors who are coming to Eng-to mercantile marine and other boats travelling land to man the battleships Kashima and in that direction, for the point two miles east of Turaabout Island, where this mine turned Katori at the Guildhall, and the Lord Mayor, up, is; we find, directly in the beaten track of will entertain the officers at lunch at the vessels. Of course this mine has now done its deadly work, but the hideous menace is no Mansion House.
whit thereby annaulted. For if one mine why no two, and iftwo why not mure? if one has come down so far, naturally it must have been conveyed by a current that will carry any other drilling wines that come within its influence, in the same direction.
Japanese Minister to Russia. Count Lamsdorf has given a banquet to Dr. Motono at which the British Charge d'Affaires and other diplomats were present. The Tsar will receive the Ambassador without awaiting the arrival of his credentials.
Russia in Asia.
The correspondent of the Telegraph states that surveys for a line from Tashkand to Tomsk will begin in the sprig
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The Strikers in France. Four thousand six hundred strikers at the Courrierer's mine reject the concessions offered to them and are becoming disorderly.
The State of Poland.
- Constant outrages and disorders are oc- curring in Poland.
An armed mob allacked a prison in the centre of Warsaw and released the political prisoners.
The warder of the prison and two others were killed.
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But the
QUEENSLAND AGENT MOR
THE EAST.
It is not improbable that, before the week is out, says the Brisbane Telegraph of rath ult, the appointment of Mr. Jones as Government Commissioner for the Orient, by the Minister of Agriculture, will be confirmed by the Cabinet. The Premier has been notified by representative millers, tanners, colliery pro prietors, timber merchants, boot and shirt manufacturers, and those interested in, the many branches of our agricultural and pastoral industries, that the past two years' work of our
NEW "PUNCH” BDITOR,
SIR FRANCIS BURNAND RETIRES.
MR. OWEN SEAMAN APPOINTED HIS SUCCESSOR.
FOG-BOUND HONGKONG.
·VESSELS DELAYED.'
The heavy fog which has been giving so
Intimations.
great trouble to mariners still continues outside ROBINSON PIANO
the harbour. Even inside the barbour this
A change has taken place in the editor morning the fog was so dease that anything at ship of "Punch," Sir Francis Burnand has a distance of only fifty yards was quite invisible. retired from the position he has so long occu-Every bent cuming from the West River ports pied. His successor is Mr. Owen Seaman, the 1 and Canton was late this morning, all of them present assistant editor, who joined the staff in putting down the delay to the fog....
1897:
The news of Sir Francis Burannd's resigna tion after a quarter of a century comes almost like a personal loss, Ever since he has been associated with it, Burnand and "Punch" have
been almost synonymous.
Born some 70 years ago, Sir Francis is a Londoner. He was educated at Eton, where be distinguished himself for the imartness of his repartees.
The 1.3. Hankow could not leave the harbour at half-past sight this morning as advertised. She waited until the fog had lifted and steamed
out for Canton at 10.30 am.
The 66. Heungskan from Macao had to.
until one o'click this afternosti. anchor outside and did not reach her whatf
commercial agent had been of considerable
Instead of arriving in port at 4 a.m., as usual, the steamer Hoi Cheong, from the West River, value; and that it was most desirable that the
did not enter the harbour till about noon. The Queensland Government should continue to be officially represented inthe Far Eastern markets.
master, speaking to a representative, snid that he has not seen fog that caused so much The great economic question of the day is not
During the three years that he spent in
trouble to captains in this Colony during the last fifteen years. It took him nearly an hour production, but distribution. The compass points to fat seasons abead for Queensland, Trinity College, Cambridge, ho founded the with large surplus supplies. We must preparo Amateur Dramatic Club, and though he mana-entering the harbour and to keep a sharp look. out for the innumerable small craft in the to find profitable outlers for an otherwise glated to take his degree, spent most of his time
writing plays, rehearsing, and stage managing vicinity. ted local market; with a corresponding fall in for the now famous A.D.C, values. It is the duty of the Government to blaze the track to the consumer, so that prices shall be maintained; and so that the farmer and the pastoralist, with allied interesta, shall reap full benefit of the beneficent seasons. Eastern Asia, from and inclusive of the Straits
His burlesque of Dougins Jerrold's nautical Settlements, with their teeming millions, are the recognised great open markets of the world. drama, "Black-eyed Susan," became im- The acute American, the persevering German,mediately popular, and had what was in those days the unprecedented run of 403 consecutive and the energetic Canadian, are hard at work nights. If we except Mr. Gilbert, no other ie these fields securing business, and they light dramatist has produced such an im- acknowledge and appreciate the assistance of, pression on that portion of the public which enjoys having a good laugh at 'honest-made: wit their consular and official trade agents.
With the hope of being able to throw some further light on the possible extent of this threat, for the benefit of our read- crs, and especially muriners, a representative of the ilangkong Telegraph this morning called upon the Harbour Master, and asked his opinioa of an occurrence which may yet be fraught with such dread sequels.
The Hon. Captain Barnes Lawtence, said he was unable to say anything more than the telegram itself conveyed, but in view of the fact that this mine had got so far away south andetected, it would be most bazardous to accept it as just an isolated mine, and therefore it behoved mariners to be extra cautious when navigating these waters. That this mine could have travelled so far afield in the track of vessels was doubtless due to the fact that It had become weighted down by barnicles; was therefore probably only just level with
Canada is spending large sums in advertis the surface of the sea, by which it was awash, and was therefore unrecognizable, ing her products. Mr. Jones undoubtedly is a. great advertiser. Recent files of American and, if seen at all, merely looked upon existence if this mine pre-supposes the pres- newspapers from Manila, in alluding to the ence of others, for though the Chinese and decision of the United States Government to Japanese combined the search for and remove, appomt six additional agents to boom trade, or destroy, the floating mines known to exist in refer in laudatory terms to the work of our com- the northern waters. at the conclusion of the
anissioner. "There is a business-like flavour late Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese about the methods of Mr. Frederic Jones, of Government issued a warning to the world that it number of floating mines, known to have Queensland," writes the Cablenews editor. The Zimes devotes a double column article con been set, bad gone adrift and could not be traced. Subsequent to that notice we receiv
cerning the ways of this victorious dealer, and ed, and published in these columns, numerous reports made by master mariners navigat Daily Bulletin, an exclusively commercial SERVICE RIPLE COMPETITION.ing the aorthern waters, of their having sighted organ, says, "Our Queensland friends have a floating mines adrift, which they had not man in this part of the world whose work has been favourably commented upon in Manila, the means a hard of destroying, and thus Major Kelsall, RA, hoa. secretary of the
could only, in the alternative, wam other navi-
and who will undoubtedly get what he came China United Services. Rifle Association, regators of their presence, giving latitude and ports that the highest scores in yesterday's longitude at the time of sighting. At inter after increased trade and enlarged markets vals reports were received of vessels having for Australian exports. What we want is not shooting for the rifle championship were as
an ornamental chief of bureau, with office force follows:-500 yards Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, destroyed a casually-met-with mine, or of
a mine having destroyed a casually-inet-with and assistants enough to rus a small Govern- Hongkong Police 37; Lt. Cpl. Williams, H.W.K., vessel, but still it was generally accepted that mont, but à practicai man, who will get results, 31; Capt. J. Oyly, 31;' Spr. A, Coyle, 31; there were yet some more to be accounted for. S. al. Muchell, .w.K., 30. dod yards Capt. J.The telegram, quoted above, frem Amoy and eliminate useless dignity and expensive D'usly, 34; Lu Cpi. Ibootson, 34;S. M. Mit accounts for one, but the very vexing technicalities. This is the crux of the ques- chell, 31; LL. Case Morfis, 31; Lt. F. A. answered: How many more may be float be properly filled only by an experienced com- question still remains to be satisfactorily tion. The position is essentially ave that can
Maclean, 31.
ing, almost entirely submerged, in near-
inercial traveller. As was pointed out in a by waters? And under these circumstances the awful possibility stands forth, in bold re-lengthy interview with a well koown eastern lief, of one of these "dangers of the deep, though trader, reported in our columus last month, wrought by man," Boating quietly into this har Queensland has scored because her representa bour and blowing up, if not the Flagship of our fleet, some other leviathan of the deep.
A passenger train was deliberately derailed injuring five persons, and 120 lbs, of dynamite was discovered under a bridge.
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When peace was declared between the late belligerents, and maritime traffic began cou tiously to resume the even tenour of its way, with the knowledge, reported officially, of the presence of a number of mines which had gone aduft, and which it, was impossible to locate, it was suggested that the British fleet here should formulate an organization, composed of such vessels of the fleet as were available at the time for the work, as a squadron to go out and look for, remove und, or, destroy those mines, in order to clear these waters of this menace to international mercantile marine traffic, and, as we understood it at the time, some such plan was taken under consideration by the then local Admiralty authories, but with what re- sult we were never able to ascertain, Never- theless, that a floating mine should be found, at this late day, so far from the scene of the naval hostilities in the late war, is a grave reflection on those actually responsible for the removal of these menaces to the world's sea-borne trade, and to the lives of the thousands upon thou sands who personally superintend and conduct it on the high seas.
Among those who are interested in the yarn market the firin of Messrs. F. H. Pelit and Co. is well known. An appreciation of their work appears in the English Mail of the” 16th January, which comment is made of the new institunion founded by the firm, known as the "Petit India Commercial lateliigence Bureau." The quotation ruas: "An institution calculated to do a great deal for India's commerce na s lately come into being, under the tide of Peut India Commercial Bureau. 11 15 affiliated with the Commercial Intelligence Bureau, Ld., of London, an organisation founded by Sir Robert Herbert, G.C., as the outcome of the report of the Departmental Commince appoint ed by the Board of Trade to inquire into and report upon the dissemination of commercial in- formation; the report indicated the need of some thing between the Ministry of Commerce and the existing organisation of the Board of Trade to supplement the functions of stato assistance by direct service sunted to the varying require. ments of the individual trader or distinguished from a service to the community in general, The Bureau does not limit itself to any fixed
Father. L. L. Conrady, who was the compa. scheme of functions; for certain specific ser-
nion of Father Damien in kis last days at the vices it charges a fixed price, but it is quite
Hawaiian leper colony of Molokai, and who ready to bring all at its resources and advan succeeded him in his work there, has arrived in lages to bear on the acquirement of any
New York to complete his plans for establish information which may be needed for developing feper colonies in China. He is a guest ment of any line of commerce. The original Bureau has been able to do such good work in England, where traders are in touch with every
THE CANJON LEPERS,
BISHOP MERIL'S BENEVOLENT PLAN.
at the home of the Paulist Fathers. They are
aiding him to get an addition to a fund sub scribed in Belgium to carry on the work.
;
ve understood the idiosyncrasies of the buyer, and to use the language of "the road," played a "customer's game" all the time.
Like many journalists and writers contem- porary with him, he began life as a barrister, bat soon found that he could make more money by his pen, and he was fortunate enough to attract attention with almost the first thing at which he tried his prentice band.
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EARLY BURLESQUES,
"Vilkins and His Dinah," "Paw.Claudian, "ktage Dorn," "Faust and Loose," have all testified both to the esteem in which he is held" by his play-going friends, and to the inexhaus- ible fund of wit and good-tempered humor of
the author..
Although it seems difficult to believe, Sir Francis, sent a good many contributions to "Punch" before any of his little jokes were' considered fit to take their place in its pages, The then editer, however, was entertaining an angel unawares, for since the publication of the "Candle Curtain Lectures" no serial ever published in "Punch" met with the success of his "Happy Thoughts."
JOINS "PUNCH.*
When Sir Francis joined the table he found Mark Lemon, Thackeray, Leech, Denniel, Shirley Brooks, Tom Taylor, Leigh, Horace Mayhew, Chas. Keene, and George Ju Maurier, the last two being recent additions.
The story of how he came to get on the staff has often been told by Sir Francis, who has said that it was really through "Fun," for which he used to contribute, not seeing his idea of a literary joke, that he was brought directly in connection with "Punch."
That idea was "Mokeanna," a take-off of a successful novel of that day, and, piqued at the refusal of "Fun," Sir Francis offered it to Mark Lemon, who had an "interview with him in a hansom cab, and agreed to publish the skit, with cuts by Keene, Du Maurier, H. K. Browne, Jobs Gilbert, and Millais, these artists cari- caluring their own style.
This was in 1863, and in Sir Francis's own words, "It was attributed to Thackeray. The idea regularly caught on, and soon after that I joined the staff on which for a long time, owing to my youth, I was called 'The New Boy.'"
BECOMES EDITOR.
Sir Francis succeeded Tom Taylor in the editorial chair in 1880, and with regard to that enviable post he once said: "Though a posi of honour, the life of the editor of a comic journal is not exactly a happy one, for many people seem to imagine that a joke has only to be made, and it becomes 'good enough for "Punch. The home of the feeble funny story lies in the waster-paper basket of the
Panch' office'.
Sir Francis is credited with knowing almost every witty saying and joke under the sun. Oddly enough, the now famous advice "to people about to marry," came in from a hither- ta unknown contributor, and was seized upon with joy by the editor, who remunerated the author with the handsome figure of Ez for the
HOW HE WORKS.
The Department of Agriculture reports
for cream in January. This is magnificent 148,000 paid to southern Queensland farmers Central Queensland is entering the market, and our northern tablelands also should be adding their quota. But Mr. Denham's policy, which has probably doubled the value of the agricultural holding during the past three years, inust not stop at butter. There is a prodigious demand right through the China stas, for cheap jams. Federation virtually as killed that industry, in Queensland, The department should take right hold of this line, and by vigorous handling build up an export trade. With sufficient inducemeat, and the knowledge of a profitable outlet, our orchardists ought to supply the fruit requirements of the Philip.no and a half. pines and China. For apples, grupes, mangoes, and all citrus vatieties, satisfactory prices cau be obtained. Japan wants wool, grain, bides, and the by-products of our slaughtering yards. Mantla, with 20,000 white and 6,000 native troops, has to be fea entirely from the outside Detachments from the navies of the world are continuously concentrated in the China scas, and, successfully to tender for up-years,
the spot plies requires a smart man on
The easier mar- to advise our traders. ket for horses and mules is increasing and it requires attention. The 500,000,000 of
Sir Francis, who has a large fimily, and is China are asking for flour, wheat, canned meats, leather, soap, candles, butter, cheese,
even a grandfather, is a Roman Catholic in bacoa, milk, wines, lead, copper, timber, and ith, and is fond of recalling that in his early the coal for the numberless small factories, dis youth he thought himself destined for the tilleries, and for domestic use. If the exper-priesthood. diluis of £16,000 per annum is a good and
Sir Francis used to do a great deal of work al "the office" in Bouveric-st, but "when ! want to be quiet," he stops at his home in the Boltons, Kensington, and in his study there toils away," with no one to interrupt, not even the telephone. He also used to get through a lot of work in his charming Ramsgate house. The work on "Punch," he said a short time ago, had doubled itself during the last 20
Sir Francis's knighthond, and the publica- tion of his "Records and Reminiscences," are events of recent years; and the last thing with which his name has been prominently asso dated is his part-authorship' of Drury Lane pantomime.
THE NEW EDITOR.
The steamer Hongkong left Wangmoon at o'clock this morning. Half an hour after- wards, using the words of the chief officer, "the fog came down as thick as a hedge," and although they had one or two stops, as the lights on the West River beacons could not be discerned, they arrived in port at 8.45 this morning.
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Father Conrady was born in Belgium, and of firms are known for their approximate value began his labours as a priest in India. He first in the widest commercial circles, that its pros came to the United States early in the seven- pects in India are almost limitless. To the ties, and for fourteen years laboured in Eastern Oregon among the Umatilla Indians and the Indian merchant both home and foreign few scattered white Catholics of that district, necessary toing to secure proper shipping. Mr. Owen Seaman, the new editor of " Punch," markets are only partially known; he has little Then he heard of the needs and isolation of commercial literature at hand to enlighten bim, Father Damien, the Molokai martyr, and took and many native firms of distinction and passage to Hawait. He spent eight years on the island, and attended Father-Damien in his stability are often unknown.is other commer.
last illness. in 1995 he returned to Portland, cial centres of the world-a fact which cooOr, and entered a medical college, where, tinually hampers business through want of after a full course of four years, he was gra the elasticity of credit secured by mutual duated. confidence. The Petit india Commercial In-
facilities for our butter trade, then the 65,000 has so often been called "A Prince of less meal-when you know MacLaren's Cream
After graduation he went to Canton, China, telligence Bureau is being equipped with all the and put himself at the disposal of Bishop Chausse, the vicar apostolic. The times, hów resourcesofthe Commercial Intelligence Bureau
ever, were not favourable for work among the of London. At the ousser it is under the per lepers, as the country was disturbed by ware While an island close to Canton was available sonal directionof Mr. James Sevestre, the mana- ging director of the parent Bureau, with the for a leper settlement, means were wanting to maintain even a small establishment there. aid of trained assistants from the Head Office.
The work has now been taken up by Bishop It is to Mr. Phirozsha B. Pelit that the Bureau Merel, the incumbent, and Father Conrady is. owes its Indian Aviar. Mr. Phirezsba is the to have personal charge of the work, Inspeak third son of Mr. Bomanjes Dinshaw Petit, who ing of his work to a Tribuns reporter he said; There are thousands of abandoned victims has himself done much for the improvement of
of this dread disease in the vicinity of Canion, Indian commerce. Obviously well conceived I saw many wretched cases in Molokai, but the and well initiated as the enterprise is, the name condition of the Chinese lepers is much worse of the managing agents is one which will bo-atalog short of appalling. When one get more Jocal confidence than anything elee learns that a leper can be housed, fed and given medical attention at a cost of 2 cents a could. The bureau does not, of course, trade day it seems too bad that something has not on its own account. It only assists in clients already been done for them: I am willing to in every possible way, and its usefulness, great explain the Chinese situation to any who may as it may be expected to be from the start, will be interested, either la private audience) or is public lectures. I have secured the services continually increase as it spreads all over India, becoming a sort of highly organised nerve system of commerce. It is hoped that it will be able to show its best possibilities quickly by recalving wide support from the mercantile community from the outset,
per aucum which aur colliery proprietors re- quest as a subsidy thoroughly to test these markets, on the understanding that they return to the Government any profit made upon the first ventures, also should be a matter for deep copsideration. We possess unlimited quantities of the dust coal used throughout China, and of which Shanghai alone annually imported onc million tons. The Japanese supply is dimia. ishing, and prices rule 40 per cent higher than three years ago. It would be a miserable meneness that stopped at venturing to tap this field. Success, if only for a third of the trade, would bring very acceptable work, not alone to the miners now engaged but for hundreds of others. This will be the third time the Queens- land Government has entrusted pur agent with this responsible and important business.
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Parodists," that he must be tired of hearing it But he is certainly our most brilliant and cut- red writer of parody, both in prose and verse, since Calverley or J. K. §.
Born in 1861, Mr. Owen Seaman was educat- ed at Shrewsbury, where he was captain of the school in 1880, and at Clare College, Cambridge, there he was University P'orson Prizeman in
the following year. 882, and took first class in the classical Tripos
perfect Cheese and a perfect Food. When you know Cheese better, you will eal Cheese, you will know the "Best Cheese."
See that you get it in air tight tins to pre- serve its freshness and good flavour,
He left in 1884 to fill the post of master at tossall, where he remained until he was ap. binted Professor of Literature at Durham T College of Science in 1870. Before this he had published "Edipus the Wreck," and "With Double Pipe, in 1888, but the real beginning d his literary reputation may be said to date fom the time when he started writing for
Panch."
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"THE LAY OF THE KIPPERLING." He was introduced to the notice of Sir Francis Buinand by Mr. R. C. Lehmann, with.Į the result that in the issue of 13 Jan. 1894, A Brisbans despatch, of zoth alt., says there appeared Mr. Seaman's Rhyme of the Kipgerling." This was a delicious parody of Mr. Frederic Jones, the Queensland comt. Hudyard Kipling's Rhyme of the Three mercial agent for the East, will leave Brisbane Sealers, and the witty author became forthwith on Friday for Melbourne, to interview Mr. ole of the most prolific of Mr. “Punch's" out- Deakin on certain matters affecting trade in sile contributors.
Mr. Seaman was promoted to the regular THE Departure of the Company's Steamship the East which are outside of State control.staff in 1897, following on the death of Mr. E.
of several sisters, members of a religious com- Mr. Jones will leave early next month for the Milliken, and in igaz he was appointed to munity, which is conducting two leper settle East. The merchants here are paying Mr. the assistant editorship, meats in Japan, one in Birmatey and one in Jones a subsidy of £1 for every of salary Madagascar, the last having Boo inmates. It does not seem to me that in any other part of the world can the work of alleviating human suffering be carried on to greater advantage.”
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