WEST RIVER PATROL,
CANTON VICEROY AGITATED.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROTEST AGAINST THE WAIWUPU'S INSTRUCTIONS.
[From Our Own Correspondent.].
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23
NO SPONTANIOUS SUBSCRIPTIONS. JUS
Arike meeting a subscription list was opened and the amount collected on the spot amounted" to over a thousand dollars. The spontanisty of the movement was remarkable.
TELEGRAMS OF PROTEST. Telegram were drafted at the meeting and were signed by Messi. Chau Po-chaqy and Chan Waj bo and despatched to the cupisi to." the different Ministries, to H.E. Chang Chib
tung, E. Tai Hong-tre and others, request .ing them to protest against any
in the British dess ads, which acquiescence
instruct H....E. Viceroy Chang, by wire, to tako active steps towards the reform of the Customs
and the establishment. of så officient 'Navy. Then, and not until then, will the sun shine on the country to the south of the Five Mountains [ie, peace and prosperity will reign in Kwang. tang and Kwangs]."
(S) GIAN GIANG PU and GIẢN
KI-KIM, for merchants and people of Canton. Telegrams, similar in sporto the foregoing, were despatched to the Canton (Chinese) Cham: ber of Commerce at Shanghai and elsewhere, joint co-operation in the protest; for, the signa tories.urge, aipa is strength."
FIRAGE NEAR CANTON.
VALUABLE ÇARGO
LOOTED. [From Our Own Correspondent]
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been granted the privilege, by the Canton But FATSBAN-KONGMOON RAILWAY: san of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, to open the coal mines in the Hang! Tow: Líng Hills in the district of Panyu,'
AN- EX-COLONEL WANTED.
COMPANY TO BE FORMED...
[From Our Own Gorrespondent.]
Canton, acth November." Kwan Yik-sang, a merchant, has petitioned HE. the Viceroy, applying for, authority to float a company with 1 proposed capital of $4,000,000 for the construction of a railroad connecting the town of Fatebau, with the pore of Kongmoon, in the district of Sanul, which commercial advantage and wilkis no, way ins terfere with the already existing Canton-Far- sban Railway. The Viceroy Bas placed the petition in the bands of the officials, of the Canton Bureau of Agricul Commerce for investigatio
under the supervision of the Customs Commis reasonable. Meetings have been arranged The despatches concinded with the request for and managed to keep them off until the returned to the British Colony of Hongle, the petitioner poluts out, la. of gros
to take place on the 21st and 23rd instant, to again discuss this question, which is agitating the minds of the gentry and people to a con siderable
drafted A
STUDENTS' MEETING.
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Canton, 20th November, Report of another case of piracy came to band yesterday. On the 13th instant, two junks fully laden with cargo, proceeding from here to the prefecture of Weichow, wore at tacked by about ten
junk»' place called Tat Mel. For a time the junk crew offered the marauders stubborn resistance approached a place called
Shang Trang At this locality the pimies were joined by about 4 hundred of their confederates who managed to ransack the junks and then proceeded to despoil the passengers. The cargo carried consisted of silk, splum, and other valuable goods, together with cash and
The
Li Bhai-kwei, formerly a colonel in Cuntos, and who was badly wanted by ex-Viceroy Shum Chun-bound, when he was in office here, on charges of alleged corruption is now also heing wanted by the Canton authorities. Liisreported to have absconded, about two years ago, to the
secretly Straits Settlements, but he has since been re- posted to have, on several occasions,
and city of Canton itself, HE. Log-lum, when acting as
as Viceroy here B fow months ago, gave confidential instructions to the then Commander-in-chief, Li Chup, to keep a sharp look-out for Li and Admiral Li con- equently offered a reward of $10,000 for Li's merous military officers of Canion are hunting for the alleged miscicant..
And even i
Shang
FFODIL Amoubled to about sellables etc. Pprehensión. Prompted by the reward nu
During the encounter four sailors and one of the passengers were seriously wounded. It was supposed that there ought to have been a guard boat with fifty braves near the scene of the been conspicuous by its absence at the time of the occurrence of the outrage.
SEIZURE OF; ARMS. ·
ndustry, and
I was called out to the North West Corner:
**Canton, 18th November. To place Kunboats for the cruising and patrolling of the waterways of the West River sioner, as proposed and demanded by the British Minister at Peking, and which request has been acceded to by the Ministry of For eigu. Aflairs (Walwupu), is at present aques- | tion of the utmost importance engaging, the
fres translation of the telegram attention of the Chinese in Canton, who are the above meeting for despatch to the capital much agitated because of the introduction uf
and to the different officials, of the various.
From Our Own Correspondent.] outside inducaco interfering with the iMinistries is as follows: It is our people's own ternal administration of the Chinese Govern.
Canton, 21 November, ment. In accordance with the instructions duty, and right in patrol the waters of the West
Yesterday, a meeting was held at the Nam River, but since the British Minister has made received from the Waiwupa to the effect representations to the Ministry of Foreign AfMoa College: at Honam, of the representatives ibat the patrol of the waterways of the West River
fairs and demanded that effective measures of the schools and colleges of the city for the and
the regulations as drawn up should be taken on account of the frequency of purpose of discussing matters in connection governing the same should be followed out and adhered to, ti, E. Viceroy Chang, on receipt
Waiwupu as regards the proposal to place the of the telegraphic despatch, cabled to the making inquiries into existing ciscumstances,
to those demands The people of pairal of the West River in the hands of Ministry, strongly protesting against the pro Kwanglung protest against such acquiescence foreigners, as well as against the alleged en. posals. The niwapu has, however, seat an
The people here, on learning of the decision of croachment on Chinese territory in the districts other telegram to H.E, the Viceroy to the
the Foreign Office, became greatly agitated. of Sun-on and Bleunigsbantand the interference effect that the regulations must be carried
ned launches, ply.
with the waterwayalathe préseaureof Weichow present many Chinese owned out and that there should be no altera ing on the West River, are flying foreign flags: by outsiders. There were, present over five tions whatever as to the administration this, no doubt, is due to the constant trouble hundred persons, representatives of some filty of the laws in connection with the regulations;
often caused at the different barriers to Chin colleges and schools of the city, Mr. Ho Kim and that n a sum of $xojoco will be remisted, to Canton annually towards the expense of the owned launches, so that reforms should be ng was voted to the chair. He delivered a speech before the assembly on the importance River Patrol Service from the funds of the
o the above questions a concerning the newly-opened Customs Department (the Shiu
people of the province of Kangtung Ai Wu Chu) at Peking, and that the service will be
this meeting, maps and charts of the above under the control of the Customs Coinmis
preduced, showing, to "what the expenditure of the Weil River Patrol Ser ex cat
cat and in vice. The different Ministries are requested Jerences have begun to be felt. The majority vise. haveed, to send telegrams to the importance to the welfare of the people of the Waiwapu to oppose the interference. by out province of Kwangtung, be attended to, and to siders, Mr. Ho and four others were elected vigorously protest against the intentions of the
to be the readers of the movement, and ab Foreign Office in yielding to the British prn assozia on to be fond under the style of posals, for which acts the people will be greatly the socialion for the protection of the thankful.
antional fights of the Nation."
cases of pirhcy; the Foreign Office, without with the protest against the decision of the piracy, but thair existence appeared to have district of Tsang Shing on the passengers being ¡ of the City on the same day that the Kmpress
At
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effected and that equal treatment should be en- Jayed both by Chinese and foreign vessels alike.. It is the opinion of the people, that a sum of be appropriated one million dollars.
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
RELIEF FOR LOTING.
[From Our Own Correspondent].
Canton, 15th November.
The Canton Authorities have deputed, a weiyuan with $4,003 to proceed to the district of Lo Ting to distribute the money among the sufferers there, where great damages, have besa done by the food caused by the heavy and continuous rainfall during the past few ed here to enable the general public to con tribute towards the fund for the relief of the unfortunates.
Carts,
Only
THE PROGRESS OF ROYALTY. A correspondent of The Peking and Tientsin - "Zimes giver the following Account of the mo On the 14th instant, when the steam launch thod in which the Emperor and the Empress Tung Fung wat proceeding to Canton from the Dowager journey through the Capital: examined and searched, a number of tiles and Dowager, the Emperor, and all their relinge other weapons were found among the luggage on the deck in the female passengers' section. were returning from the Summer Palace to # small stroof, Besides, five passangers were also found in Paking, found myself in possession of revolvers on their persons, The
which was not
amall but quite crooked, suspects were arrested there and then and have and as I turned one of its beads I saw carriages
And been brought le Canton to stand their trial
besides people on bersback and and to prove how they came in possession of thier people on font. Perhaps a hundred feet in weapons, Iwill be remembered that tibs front I saw a cloth coriain across the end of British launch was pirated some time last the street where it opened out into the large street. This large street was the line of march month, when she was on her way from the
for the same district to Canton,
Imperial party and bern I was stopped, Over the top of the curtain could be seen the paints of spears and tons of bappars, and the the south, towards the Palace. Once or twice bobbing edges of umbrellas moving towarde
the curtain was drawn and an official, on borse;" through. He bad done bis daty as an escort back or in some sort of a convoyance, came
and was on his way elsewhere. One | re- cognized as General Ching, end of China's best horse and into his carriage for the large charger warriors. He had apparently just got off his was being led along behind the carriage. These carriages are of the very latest type of closed vehicle. I noticed a tendency on the part of the officials to have a ball put under the front of the driver's box, to be operated by hin' foot.
18th November,
COMING OF BIR CHENTUNG,
aioner who; however, has also to co-operate į annually from the Government revenue towards districts were localities foreign inter l'ecks.. A subscription list will also. be open -3.3. Empress of China yesterday for Canton to
to this
sebt a
with the local officials in the matter. In
teleiram H.E: the Viceroy Bécand a long telegraphic, despatch with num erous objections to the proposal, and has also refused to a crpt.the $200.00 as proposed to be transmitted from the Shiu Wu Chu for the service. Furthermore, H.E. the Viceroy har promised to raise the necessary funds to place gunboats in cruise the West River, to revise the old regulations govern ng thëservice, and to put guardboats at the different ports of call to search all the passengers coming to and fro, etc. Moreover, wenty Government launched will be placed along the waterways different points to patrol and cruise the waters within defined sections of the trade route. The
of gudb Até foreign nationalities, which have hitherto been placed on the river, will be
Telegrams have also been despitched to the. Cantonese communities in Shanghai.and in in the priest. foreign countries requesting them to co-operate
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... ANOTHER HUEETING, At the meeting held in the Ming-Leun Tong Assembly Hall yesterday afternoon to. discuss the same question there was a large attendance representing the people and the sentry, the
- CO-OPERATION BROMISED...
Telegrams have been received from the Canlonese students residing at Shanghai and Chanchaw expressing their intention of jolning in the movement, and stating that they have night telegrams to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in support of the protest.
DEAR RICE
Owing to the extensive damages caused by inundation of the different rice fields through out the province, the price of this commodity is at present going up gradually as the crops will be far from what was expected.
A Shanghai telegram states that Sir Chan lung Liang Cheng left that port on board the take up his appointment as president of the Canton-Hankow, Railway Company
SLAUGHTER OF INSURGENTS, telegram from the local officials in the pre- The Canton authorities are in receipt of a lecture of Yumchow to the effect that, on the three days-the 6th, 7th and 8th instant-Tao tai Kwok Jen-chang, commander of troops, followed up the rebels to the village of Kong. Man and its vicinity, and had a severe engage* meat with them for some time, with the result that one of the leaders of the insurgents was killed and another captured, and over a thou- sand of their flowers were stain. The victory is said chiefly to have been due to the good supply of ammunition and reinforcements of Li Chun.
permitted to run on the river as.asual, but they commercial and scholastic communities. if the who promoted the agitation"the" Conton Man proceed to the Shameep, to convey is to troops sent by the Brigadior-eneral of Pakhai, march in vot 100 conspicuous a.pisce; ono was.
EMPRESS DOWAGER'S BIRTHDAY. To-day being the birthday of Hii,M, the Empress Dowager of Chine, a banquet is being held at the Eight Dannerman Hall to entertain the different Foreign Consuls at this port and "other leading members of the foreign com. „Additional "cruiSRAS TO DE NOILT,
munity of this city. The authorities have Besides the gentry, merchants and scolars ordered the Chinese gunboat Sui
the guests dafinate have also paid a great deal of attent
to and from the Hall. The day is observed as tion, to the question, and the Provincial Gov-colleges of the city. Many ships in the harbour general holiday by the differcol schools and ernment has proposed to add lour more cruisers to pathol the waterways and have agus seen floating in the breeze on all sides, are creased for the occasion, and the Dragon wired to the Central Government for authority, suggesting that Admiral and Commander-in The Canton Press Association will observe to chief Chus Ping-ghik should be instructed to
morrow as a holiday, when there will be no publication. supervise the construction of theṇa 'cruisers.
WOMAS SUSPECT `ÀRYESTED.. ́
At the Police Court, List Wednesday morning, A young Chinese woman; by home Lam Sin- the concubine ofa loreman stopecaster, residing
should not interfere with the patrolling service cily. Me Kong Shin-chien was Valed to pre when the proper reforms shall have been ef side over the meeting, and H.E. Tabg Sin-chik, fected.
the ex-Governor'ai,ihe-province of Anhui, was It is reported that to-morrow the Admiral of requested to sign, as the leader of the move the British fit on the Chinese waters will meat, all pelitions and telegrams to be for "call do, E. the Viceroy on matters in con-wanded to the afficials and others. It was de
nection with this question.
cided to petition HF. h Viceroy on the Apropas of this subject, circui, ra have been mipiler and to appeal to the Cantonese officials issued by the faniņn General Chamber atat l'cking and the different Ministries to pro- Commerce, and by the gentry, commercial test against the British demands. At the same and scholastic circles here calling meetings; meeting the people present were shown maps"FOREMAN STO ACUTTER which are to take place, one at the head and plank of the districts of Sun-on, Kwei Shin quarters of the Canton Central Anti-Opinnad Haungthan whee foreigners were alleged
POISONED, Association in the western suburb, and the to have been encroaching, upon Chinese ter other inside the city to-morrow for the purpose thery, and interfering with the, internal affairs of devising means to protest against the action of the Government, but no decision was arrived on the part of the Ministry of Foreign Affaire, at on these questions as the meeting was held The circulat set out by the i hamber of only for the purpose of discussing the West "Commerce is freely translated to send as River l'atrol Service.
Later. follows is our exchisive right and a right solely belonging to the Chinese people and also their duty to properly pkirol the West-
WITH THE VICEROY OF CANTON. 121, River, but at presents the British Minister at Peking has demanded of the Waiwapu the
Admiral Moore, who arrived here on the 18th right to place gunboals on the river for puttoll-f the Viceroy, in company with the British instant, bo board. HM 5. Alacrity, called on ing purposes, which is nothing less than an, interference with ger own rights, so that it isConsul General and the Vice Consul as this, of the ut ost importance, that this question port, yesterday morning. It is reported that the purport of the Ardiniral's visit to the Viceroy should be discussed and our own interests guarded from the interference of outsiders: was to confer with 11. E, on affairs concerning A meeting has now been arranged 10 take the patrol of the West River. At eleven o'clock place. 10-morrow at the beadquarters of the this morning, H. E. the Viceroy will pay a Canton Central Anti-oplum Association at the return visit to the Admiral on, the Shameen," Wah Lum Monastery to consider the question and to discuss meads to protest against the action of the Waiwupu, and the public' are earnestly invited to attend."
The circular, which has been issued by the gentry, merchants and the students, etc. of the city calling a meeting for the same purpose, which is also to take place to-morrow in the Ming Inen Tacy Assembly Hall, is also to the same effect as the foregoing.
BRITAIN'S ALLEGED ENCROACHMENT ON CHINA'S SOVEREIGN RIGHTS.
ADMIRAL MOORE IN CONFERENCE Wṛn VICEROY CUANG.
[Front Our Own Cortègomolcal,),
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Irish COMMANDERIN-CHIEF CONFERS
CANTONESE INDIGNATION,
TEXT OF TELEGRAM TO PEKING,
From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shameen, 20th November, 1907. In my telegrain, the alker day, on the sub jeet of the West River Patrol Service, I made allusion to the telegram which the mass meeting had drawn up for transmission lo Peking I now append a free translation_ of the fill text of the telegram. It was adopted at the indignation meeting convened by the Cinton (Chinese) General Chamber of Commerce, held at the headquarters of the Anti-Opium Association, in the "With-lum Monastery, on the 19th inst. The translation is as follows:-
To members of the Grand Cabinet, and
nt
High Street, West Point-was charged beture Mr. F. A, Hazelnud with administering poison to her husband on the 18th instant, She denied the allegation.
There are no particulars in connection with juncture, except that the death of the stone the affair in the hands of the police at this cutter was reported to them, and on ex amination it was discovered that the man had been poisoned by a cernist known to the Chinese as "Homunting."
la from a statement made by the accused, which has to be taken for what it is worth, it would appear that the poison was given to deceased by accident. The stonecutter, it scems, had been suffering for some time from pains in the stomach. On Monday last accus ed obtained from some, of her friends in the New Territory some Ho-munting bush, which, according to instructions, was to be date into tea and given to her husband for his nilment. This she did on returning home, with the result that her husband died two hours later.
The case was adjourned to allow the police to institute Thather inquiries.
M
THE CHEKHANG LONG
́the opposition against a foreïGN LOAN,
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STRENGTHENING TILE FLEET.
Soma time ago, H.E. Viceroy Chang applied to the authorities of the province of Kiangsu for the service of a gunboat in 'örder 10 strengthen the naval force of this, province, and in compliance with the request, the Kiangsu Authorities have detached the gunboat Kiang Tsing for service at Canton On the arrival of the gunboat, it will be, om vissioned for service and be stationed at Changchow.
CINTON HOSPITAL.
The committee of the Canton Fong Pin Hospital bave petitioned H.E. the Viceroy to the effect that as at ipresent that institution is in urgent need of funds, awing to the increasing number of patients being admitted into the Hospital' for medical treatment, they requested H. E. to help them with funds to continue the work of that hospi- tal. H.E. has instructed the farmers of the gambling monopoly of the province together with the monopolists of the pupil and sharpin lotteries to contribute each $100 per month towards the funds for the maintenance of this institution.
|
TO PREVENT smuggling,
had been detached by the Kiangsu provincial The Chinese gunboat Kiang Taing, which
itics, has arrived here and has been detached authorities at the request of the Canton author: 10 cruise the southern coast of the province to prevent the smuggling of arms and ammu, nition into the country.
CONSULAR VISIT. To-morrow afternoon, H.E, the Viceroy will receive the Consul-General for the United States of America at Canton.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS,
On the 15th instant, a woman was knocked down by a train on the Canton Samshul section and was killed instantaneously. On the same day a driver of a car on the line had one of his legs run over by a car and was seriously injured.
·
BOGUS EMIGRATION,
Ou Saturday last Captain Yang, no informa tion received, arrested on board the s. Paul Braw a number of coolies, who were about to be exported as emigrants, together with five bead coolies who were accompanying the others to Hongkong.
19th November.
ROBBERS CAPTURED.. Yesterday two prisoners were escorted to Canton from the district of Shun Tak by the Brigadier-General of that district. These prisoners are alleged to have had a hand in the robbery of raw silk, etc, which took place at Wong Lin, in that district, as reported a few days ago.
Port.
LIKIN COLLECTIONS.
On two occasions 1 have isen the Emperor. on his way through the City, but since then the rules have been made so strict that it in-dm- possible to see him. In former days if one, placed himself somewhere along the line of allowed to remain there and see the procession. But now-a-days there is usually a notice vent that he has received notice from the Chinesa round from and's own Minister to the effect
party will move from such a place to such authorities that on such a date the Imperial place and he requests all his nationals to avoid the line of march at that time.
The street during the processione always lined on both sides with well armed, and well drilled troops, generally taken from Yuan's old army. These do not stand more than four leet apart. Before the Emperor, or whoever it may be, moves, hours before, people of every class in life can be seen barrying toward their destination; men in gaily coloured garments carried gaudily dressed childen men on horse, on foot, in carts and carriages, women, Mancha and Chinese, gaily coiffured. From the dress one evidently has something to do with the culic ary department, another must be a mem- ber of some guard, and if colours and queer- nest o garb mark a jester a third must car tainly belong to that cla
class.
As the time when the Royal personage should appear approaches, the crowd becomes more and more dense until it fills the street. Then come an army of men carrying umbrellas. These march on the sides of thin street in two single files. Immediately before the sedan chair in which, the Emperor tides a compact of modern troops. These are in great contrast with many members of various guarde who have been along before. Some of the
latter were armed with bows and arrows, some + with swords of most antique patterns some „DARING GANG ROBBERY, Atam. on the 13th instant, a gang
with guns that would make a sixteenth century of over one hundred robban atlacked the
musketeer nervous, flintlocks, match-locks and market. town of Wong Lin, in, the district The collection of likin and other dues for the of Shun nk. There was a guard station eighth moon at Kowloon and Lapps was asko dating back hundreds of years. Then follows the chair, carried by sixty-four bearers, with about fifty soldiers in it at the follows
Likín."
After the Empress passed the curtain waż time, who off red the marauders effective résist-
Other dues.opened. The last of the escort was ao ime ande. The robbela took the soldiers unawares Kowloon Taels 2,000.00 Taels 1,190.00 mense party of men on horses who rode in no whilst they were having their moal, and be | Loppa-.... 5,100.00
+
* 1,400.00 give formation, just pushing forward ide fore koything was done seven of them were
DANK BLACKMAILED.
mass, whose sole object seemed to be to keep killed and over ten wounded The robbers
It is interesting to learn that, even in the hs close to the Empress hair as possible. thed made for the market-place without being city, the other day, a native bank under the. They were armed in every way, but not in a offered other - resistance, and ransacked a style of Yu, Shan-yuen Bank, in Ho Pug Street, way that would be effective in cale-they” were number of houses and shops, carrying away a inside the city, received a letter from robbers needed.
into large quantity of raw and waste silk to the demanding of the company a blackmail of
Then the street guards were forched" value of some $30,000. As the result of the $600,coo.
their companies and marched off. "These are- encounter which the remaining troops had with
regular soldiers. Two troops of mounted infan- there,
several of iham are reported to have been
After a great deal of disturbance at Wachowy, ope Mancha troop and the other a Chinese, killed, but the corpses were carried away by
in connecues with the levying of taxes, the followed, and both gave one the impression that their comrades. The town of Wong l.in is
the men could render a good account of them. famous for its product of raw silk: The robbers local authorities there have issued a proclamar solves if they were really needed. After these tion permitting the merchant to export rice.
before.
KWANGSI RICE
Bonds of Foreign Affairs and of Agric well as of special representatives sent from the did not leave the chart until 8 ja the morning from the province of Kwangsi 26 was done came many soldiers armed with swords. which
for ever.
tai
The case is now engaging the attention of the local officials
PIRATES CAPTURED.
Canton.
FEARED LAND GRABBING,
I have seen being made in the streets of Peking by hand and which can be bought for
weapons you will say, fifty Mexican centi. Not serviceable
vary
THEN. C. D. Newi of 12th inst. saya-On Sunday afternoon there was another meeting of natives of Chěkisak residing in this city, as. Shameen, anth November.untry and Commerce. The mass, meeting, which took place yester The right of Batrolling the West principal cities of that province to attend the day afternoon at the headquarters of the Can River belongs, in our country.The British meeting and to vate Tounds in their respective
THE INDIGNATION MEETING ton Central Anti-Oppunt Association for-the-Government encroach upon our sovereign names. Eight hundred of the gentry and
SPECIAL, COMMISSIONER.
In connection with the mass meeting co-day purpose of formulating a protest against the de- rights by any interference-an the ground, that merchants concemed were present and there Tabtai Fung Yuen-ting, a member of the to devise means to protest against the proposal cision of the Waiwapu on the subject of the West Both of their step-daunches have been. were in addition some three hundred ladies Ministry of Communications and Posts (the of patrotting the West River under the control bearera, perhaps there were a hundred pairs After a little there came a number of burden River Patrol Service, was attended by a large pirated. Your Excellencies
have actually and gentlemen who had come as spectators. Yachuanpu) at Peking, who has been deputed of the Customs Commissioner, HLE. Tang Siu- of them; with a pale between each pair and number of prople. The meeting commenced acceded to their representations. The power The meeting was held je the building. of the to Canton to investigate the shipping, railway, chik, it is reported, has promised in ophold the a fairly light barden hung on each palo.. at two o'clock in the afternoon and Insted of a can try shows.itself where her military Yeng Hsi-tang, charitable Institution. "qut and other interests of the province of Kwang-protest and, doubtless, he will be voted leader They did not walk straight out one after the till six o'clock in the evening. Although influence is felt. The merchants, and people side the Westigate of the native city.
tung, arrived here yesterday and called on .E of the movement H.E. Tang was formerly other, but each pole was at an angle of there were present several hundred persons, along the Camion River.consider your act (in Chou Chin-chen, Director of the Chinese
the Viceroy.
+2 the Governor of Anhui and is now residing in forty-five degices to the road slong which they the number would have been considerably acced ng to the British Minister's demandalas Telegraph Company, was voted to the chair augmented but for the inclemeory, of the equivalent to alienating their country. This and in his speech opening the meeting, he de
were going, so that they appeared to walk in. Yesterday, Captain Yu arrived here escorting weather. The meeting was presided over by precedeal if unchecked, will be taken advantclared that-if the people of Cheklang desired
two files, if there is anything that the In- nine robbers from the district of Taong Shing, With reference to the report of a few days perial family could have used or needed while Mr. Wong Shiu-ping, the vice president of the age of by other countries under the most to preserve their independence and preserve Canton-Hankow Railway Company,, said there favoured-nation" clause of the Treaties.
their province from harm they must by no f who are alleged to have been concerned in the ago from Weichaw to the effect that a foreign they were at the Summer Palace" which was gunboat with foreigners nboard had been moor. not included in these various loads my memory were also present other leading members of the Then, also, might our power along the Yang means allow the foreign railway loan to piracy of a sinam launch a short time ago, commercial circle of Cantan. It was not treking River be considered as good as lost be made. With the eleven prefectures which
JURK "HELD UP".
ing near the coast of the river at Pok Lo and fails to bring it to mind. I busted for an ex- Kwei Shir, in that prefecture, for some placation, asking myself whether it was pos oolil after many stirring and patriotic speeches
compose their native provitice it is an eaty On the oth instant another case of piracy. bad been made that the following resolutions
The
attitude of the Customs and the Lekh matter to raise among themselves any large occurred at a place called Fa Pong Kong, near time, and that the foreigners were busily sible that there were no duplicate sets so that were fically adopted (1) That it is the opinion officers to driving off Chinese owners of vessels sum needed for their purposes in view, He, the district of Kwai Sbin, in the prefecture of engaged in surveying the waterways of those these things need not be carried back and of this meeting thar the Waiwura is solely 40.1o seek protection under foreign flags. is therefore, exhorted his hearers and their friends, Waichow, The juck Shine On was attacked of land, there with white holes, which the mansils were special ones, being blessed,.co
parts and hid marked out certain portions forth. Later a friend told me that the
investigations into the conditions governing the a wood. If this practice is to be checked work. The chairman was followed by other patrol service on the West River, before the British proposals were acquiesced in, so that strong opposition should be made against the Ministry, decision. (2) That, a telegrams be despatched to the mperial Government protest, ing against the British demands; and that the Canton Viceroy be requested to effect im mediate reforms in the working of the system of patrol and to punish all officials at the different barriers along the river for dereliction of duty. That Clunese vessale should
(3)* enjoy the same privileges as are extended to
them Vessels Aying the foreign flag. (4) That the Central Government be requested to appro- priate sum of $10,000,000 from. Government funds for the carrying on of the patrol service of the waterways of the province. (5) That a subscription list be
opened the expenses now needed 19 form a vigilance
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association and to look after, other kindred affairs, -(6) That an office under the
style of the "Kwangtung Self-Government Bureau be extablished and opened in the headquarters of the Canton And Opium Association, (2) That a faini p_tition be sent to the Board of Censors requesting them to memorialise the. Throne giving affect to the foregoing resolutions. (8) That stops be adopted for opposing foreign Interference with the internal government of the 'pirovlace by 'forcH,
nothing short of the reform of the Customs and of the system prevailing at the Lekin barriers, with a view of bringing about their equal treatment of foreign and oative vessels, will have to be effected, one-
The Canton Navy cannot give universal pro- lection along the waterways without an annual contribution of St.co0.000 from the Custome' revenna towards the expenses for the mainten ance of the fleet in an efficient condition.
Your Excellencies did not give the fore going matters any consideration; but, on the contrary, have simply handed over the exercise of power to outsiders, The searches that will be instituted and ar tests made fin na ive crafts, and the conflicts that will arise between officers and villagers be likened, metaphorically speakings
speakers, in the same strain, one of whom, Mr. Tu, however, asked the question whe- ther there would be any attempt by those present to imitats ibe injurious ex imple set by certain persons during toe boycott against American goods. There was a generaj dissent and one gentleman cried out that any one who would dare to advocate obstructive meatures would be a brute and the offspring of dogs," This satisfied the meeting and a general signing of the subscription list them followed. We give a list of the principal subscribers in the name of their respective cities :—Messrs, Tsiang and Hu for Hangchuw-1,200,000; Mr. Chang for Kashing-31,000,000; Mr. Yang for Huchow- $6,000,000; Mr, Chou (the chairman) for Ning- po-$6,000,000; and Mr. Mao for the four cities
of Chinhua, Chuchou, Yenchou and Chruchou unte the burning of a jade-stone hill or the $1,000,oba, Representatives of other smaller cities subscribed from $100,000 to $200,000, surrender of a pearl-producing sea.
[Translator's note: The figures of speech while individuals subscribed in their own names mean, that, under the proposed system af river from a couple of hundred dollars up to $10,000, patrol, innocent persons will be implicated and The fetal sum amounted to Abant $$7,000,000. valuable privilege given up without any ade. It was agreed to deposit at once 55,003,000 in quate compensation being made therefor, The Hupa Bank and to continue depositing the We, natives of the two Kwang Provinces, samo.amount sich year until the whole that are bound to protect our lives and property, hid beco subscribed was collected. The un- We earnestly reques! Your Excellencies so animity and determination of those who attend. protescio the very last sgalust the British | ed this special meeting.on Sunday aftomoon demands, and farther, we requnit you, to "was most striking.
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was mentally wounded by the pirates. Near, the same place a few days before three or four by them, the students of Weichow residing in this city, on learning the facts, called a meeling other junks were also pirated. It seems that the patrol of this district is not at all properly yesterday to discuss the question. At the meet- conducted judging from the number of cases of the Ministry of Foreign Affaris-requesting the telegram was drafted to be forwarded to piracy that are constaruly occurring on the West officials of the Waiwupu at Peking to inquiro
River,
UNREST NEAR SWATOW.
into the intantions of, the intruders and to
make representations to the Minister of the country to which the gunboat belongs and to strongly protest against any demands that may be made for grants of land if presented.
PROTECTION FOR PAKHOL
A telegram from Swatow states that a num ber of rebels are congregating at a place called, Wus Lok, in the district of Hai Fang, in the prefecture of Walchow, and are disturbing the peace of the surrounding country. The rebels are reported to have beca supplied with speci-missioned for service and has proceeded to The Chingie gunboat Fu Po has boon com- at uniforms.".
Pakhoi to bi stationed there for the piotection of that port.
A BANKRUPT'S CARGO,
On the rath instant, the sw"Kisai Yang ar riving here from Newchwang, with a large cargo of beans and, ground-nut oil to the valde of $100,00 belonging to the firm of Tunga Shing Wo, owned by Mr. Yip Yastio, who has recently gone backrupt, the Canton Authori ties received instructions from Peking to do have been sent back to the North as the mer tain the carga. It is reported that the goods
chants refused to take delivery,
COAL MINES.
16th Novemberį.
The Oi Yuk Mining Company formed by Chan Yok-son with a capital of $19,000: hat,
ANOTHER PIRACY.
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On the 15th instant, a steam launch going to Welchow from this poit, was pirated when tittle way outside the harbour of Canton. It is reported that the booty takes away by the pirates was worth over a thousand dollars.
MÕNE MARKETS.
Looking
them would not hirm those that ate it. After wards came carts with burdens too large for two men to carry. One had a sedan chair in highly lacquered. It might have been a small another of a beautiful blackwood seat,
throne.
At the gates of the city aʼmound had been built to make the road level and to hide the large stone in the middle of the road, which formera rest for the gaies when they are closed. The idea in the Chinese mind is that this stone is an obstruction, although there might be a therefore, made an uniform mound all the way perfectly plain_path"on"elthør side." Thor, across the way, which is a far greater obstruce, tion.
Along both sides of the road at regular intervals green tubs of water had been placed," and all the uneven places had been filled up with yellow clay, yellow being the royal colour of Chips
So the Royalty of Chios have travelled back : and forth during the years and so they will the Great Southern Gate of the city to the
The shopkeepers of the street loading from travel for many year to come. Modara im---
provements givp way to this ancient custom, now bund have decided to rompre all the and when the Emperor travels by any road that 'Birtet vendors from the street, by converting | takes him near a milway, all: traips sipp fARU. Iwo temples in that locality, into markets, ning and for a day or more there is po, com- whore all vegsjablon, fish, and other dally | munication with Peking, not even the malle mocesseries will be plaq A for salą,
departing or arriving.
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