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The Colowan Affair..
RETURN OF THE TROOPS,
VASCO DA GAMA MEN TO RELIEVE.
a3rd lust, The gunboat Patrin; which brought back the naval contingent from Colows to the cruiser Rainha Dutta Amsida on Thursday, returned to Macao yesterday with a detachment of 150 men from the cqui é Va es da G The Patria arrived at Minoto yesterday at nano,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JULY 30 1010
The trade of the village subsists on pirates;]: 2 fantan exploits the pirates; the salt fish indus try la carried on for the supply of pirates. ... Outside the village, there are hamlats ksią" and there, the largest being at Ko-ho'where tberals a detachment of pur(l'ortuguesas) forces, composed of one European sergeant and some eight or ten" Mahıntiai " (Indish soldiers). -
THE GRANITË: QUARRIEI,
round the island give occupation to a particular class of the population, known as the "Chinese of the quarries who live by their. honost labour and are at perpetual war with the pirates who, now and again, wony and pillage
them.
The Portuguese troops, who had been seni
In the village, at the guard house on the to the "front" at Colowan, are returning to skirt of the sea, there resides a military official Macao. Yesterday companies of the European soldiers and Indian troops were sean marchingus subordinate commandant and the deputty of the Adunoistrator of the Council the deputy past Praia Grando to barracks. They wore the
leads a most irksome life, having for his com appearance of having done rough service on
paulons an interpreter and a fow soldiers. the rugged bills of the laland. ̧
More to the south thera éxists an ancient, fort with an old gun and four soldiers,
The gunboat Macaw has left Coloway and is now at anchor at Maco harbour, sa alio is the Patria. The necessity for the blockade po longer exists. Several units of the Chinese flest have also put into the loner Darbour, leaving only two gunboats off Colowao,
FINAL OPERATIONS.
25th Inst."
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There is on the island a network of låad tela- phone lines which placas in communication the residence of the official in the village with the fortress and the military detachment at Koha. From the latter place to the village there is a cast road in very bad state bi repair, and a road round the island was bagun, but like all our projtels, it was not completed for want of money...
PIRATE CAVES,
There are still left on the island a corps of 150 men of the Macao gairises. On Saturday last, in the evening, the men agnio scoured the island and come across a quantity of arms and ammucition which they seiz'd.
An interesting discovery wis mude of inter nal communication in
of house formerly occupied in nes of the villages of Colowad, In going, over the place a few marloes found an unexploded hell of the Ifaconhiding places, etc. embedded in the mud wall of a bative, house.
In the billy part of the island tradition has it that there are pirate caves or deny, which are entered by darrow.crevices which barely admit of the passage of two persons It is said together or a single stout one. row
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This led to the discovery that the party walls
between every two houses were so constructed that they could be knocked down without may effort and that afforded through communication from cas, end of the row to the ber ead. This was with the object of, facilitating escapa In the event of any one of the houses being raided when the pirates happened to be in occupatiou.
further that these caven Aro" divided into galleries which serve a depts, arsenals, and These caves have, ni à great distance, another mouth or
outlet
loading to the seashore. This is what legend
says. In those caves and in certain houses in the village the pirates hold their hostages some in captivity and others with homage,
there.
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RETURN OF CARTON 'DEPUIY, [From Our Own Correspondent.)
HOW NEWS IS 'MANUFACTURED.
A Chineze telegram says that Viceroy Yuan. Shu-hiữa ban reported to the Government by telegram that the Chinese at Macao bave kill. ed six Portuguesa and the Portuguese Govern ment has seal men-of-war to occupy the Han Chin Island. He reported that he has ordered Admiral Li Chua te tako 6,600 troops and six gunboats to the place and hostituties will be begue.
"Canton, 24th July, THE CAPTURE OF PIRATE LEUNG
The chief deputy of Foreign Affairs, Taotni alreadyrepoiled to the Hongking TetraphalsoSo, why was seat to Colewan by the Viceroy furnishes interesting readlog, it should be noted last week to ascertain the condition of affa:19 that the map Leung although bearing that same there, returned to Canton youlurday afternoon In company with Captain Ng Kwong Chung clan name is hot the generalissimo of the pirate hord but a third in command. When on board the shallow draft cruiser Klangia. It the men of the Doni Amelia were lauded on is caral that Commodore Wa, with the Chinese Sunday week Jast and after the morning's bùm. flotilla, will remain in the neighbourhood of bardment, the naval and military contingents Colowan to watch furiber Portuguese operations scoured the bills for the pirates who were sup posed to remain in hiding. While they were marching up in small companies a noit of the artery nuced an inordinately large buncle of hey on the hillside He remarked to two, of the Dons Amelia's "bandy men that that heap of straw locked suscipious and lie would not be surprised if a pirate were inhing there. Saying so he threw the lighted stump alacigure. eta into the bundle of hay and sona a columa of smokasbotupintotheair. Almost simultaceous ly two Chioamen's beads bobbed up and Inika very pext iustant these two meu were on the tap of the soldier who, by this tima, had his back turned to the lighted bay with his rifle slung on his shoulder. Übserving what the pizatas' intentions were, the two sailors levelled their loaded rifles on the men and soning that they were covered by the sailors, Leung and his confederate sim that their game was up and surrendered to the sailors. Thus Is the picturesque story of the capture of Generalissimo Leung's facialum- a story whose accuracy is vouched for on the authority of an official who had tar en phil in the recent encounter.
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NAVAL CONTINGENT'S RETURN. The naval contingent despatched on board the Patria from the Varco da Gima on Friday returned to Hongkong yesterday. Thy were brought back on board the Patifs which, after transferring the men to the senior skip yesterday, returned to Maczo the same after GOOD.
"DESCRIPTIVE AND LEGENDARY.
GENERALISSIMO IN HONGKONG.
REPORTED CAPTURE LAST NIGHT.
2011 fost:
In our Portuguese contemporary Vida Nova of the 24 h rustan', under the beading of * Coloway News", ose paragrapa states :-
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The tumour current here that the chic of the pira'a horde, Leung Yi Wa, ia harbouring in Houkkong. It also assorted that Pang Mus, auother of the pirates, and the rival of Leung Yi Wa, fishing 'in ability to supplant the latter, offered to come lo atrange- ments with the Chiness Government, ad was created amandarin, whilst. Di men were recrusted us soldiers by the Imperial | Govacament. Also it is stated that it was Fang Mui aud his men in Chinese Teratory who had not gived peace to Leung Yi Wa's his role."
TURNED KING'S EVIDENCE. Onaofthe captured pirates has offered his ser vices to the Goveromost to conduct the soldiers over the island and point out the entrances to all the caves, on condillon that the Portuguese Government would fast consant his rendi. tion to the Government of China, but would try hit noder the laws of Macao. The con ditional offer was accepted and the pirate
bas since beco rigged out in the uniform of a jukong and given a badge, and hat and sent across to Colowan.
**PATRIA" FOR COLOW IN.
The Patria left at in p.m. to-night for Colo wan and will anchor in Hak-sa Bay. The gun bost Macau has been unable to join her dwing to boiler cleaning. She lies in the harbour. From a visit to the Macau, I could see the effects of the sieci bullets from the pirates' Mausern. One actually penetrated the door of First-Liant. | Piuto Basto's cabin. Another struck and pierced the funnel, while the hall plates have been ayelelted in several plates,
It was ao extremely fortunate circumstance that no one on board the gunboat was injured,
MEETING AT CANTON. [From Our Oon Correspondent.]
Canton, 25th July.
A meeting' was bold yesterday by the Cunton Association for the Protection of Boundary tights in connection with the recent Colowan affair. At the meeting great sympathy was expressed by those present with the pafortu. Bake villagers, ather than the real robbers, in Colowan, who were killed by the Portuguese through the latter not being able to distin guish at the time between the good and the bad. Although not a few of the desperadoes barbouring in Colowan have been killed and arrested by the Portuguese, a number of them are believed to have managed to make good thoir escape and these ate still able to enjoy their liberty and to create disturbances eíse where. The meatlog decided that the Association should undertake the duty of devising means to prevent the surviving tabbers from becom- ing active again and so disturb the peace of the people. It was therefore resolved at the meeting that the Viceroy and the Admiral requested 10 consider the should be importance of the recent trouble is Calo- wan and to give orders to station perman- colly's gunboat in Ohinese waters to cruise around the island of Oolowan in order to prevent the robbers from returning to their airs and attacking the villages in the neighbour. hood as well as to prevent the Portuguese from encranching further on Chinese-territory,
Commodore Wo, olde-de-camp to Admiral Li Chun, who was sent on an expedition to Colowab a week ago, retumed to Custon yesterday.
A CHINESE TELEGRAM,
& telegram to Chinese papers says that Vice- roy Yoad Shu-hsű s has reported to the Thrane, that some Portuguese soldiers who persecuted the Chinese had been killed; whereupon the | Portuguese authorities seat three men-of-war and fired on the people. The Viceroy says, that this aclibn was intentional provocation to hostilities and the Kwangtung peopleure rensed to jadignation, and it is leased that the situation will involve seriout complications.-N. G. D. News.
CHINESE OFFICIAL VERSION.
18th lost According to the local Chinese papers, Vice- roy Yüan Shu-basin Canton has dispatched telegrams to the Viceroys and Governors, In the following terms. fo the years of Teo Kwang the Portuguese had built forts bear Kotowan, which has been a neat of malcontents. In the last month a dozen or mole of students, from the Sun-ning district had been takeo prisoners by the malcontents and held for As the boundary question WAS masoma pending, the Viceroy says that he could not ask the Macau Governor to take step and thus acknowledge Portuguese jurisdiction; Gelber could be sond troops to raise interoa. IN HONGKONG THIS AFTERNOON, tional complications. Meanwhile applications a rumour begau to-gaio-currency that Leung were made by parties concerned to the Macao The island of Colowao may now ba con Yi Wa had been hiding in this Coloty, for Governor, who sent troops to effect, however sidered as thoroughly pacified and the secent
some time past, and that he had actually of the malcontents. A law men were, however, campaign against the pirates as at ob end. The
ben arrested last night, Information killed by the malcontents. A fresh attack was Macao weekly to hand this morning contains officiat quarters could not be elicited on
also repulsed and the desperadoes took the nothing that is new to Hongkong readers and
the subject, All the officials approached Portuguese forts and infl ctea loss on the Por far less thin has been reported in the English were entirely reticent on the matter of the re tuguese. Then the Portuguese shelled the place, relook the forts and rescued the students press in Hongkonge. In a leading article, how ponied arrest of the pirate generalissimo; yet
and obere who had been kidnappe Many. ever, our Portuguese contemporary gives a from other sources we learn that the arrest of very imperfect description of the island, which this desperado leader was actually effected last of the malcontents were repulsed. For several might have boon easily amplified by a refera" night and that he is now in safe custody pend.
days the Portogucio blockaded the place. The ance to the excellent chart published by the Fing the completion of the necessary arraoga-
Portogossa did not allow the Chimela troops to British Admiralty. We give below a literal ments for his extradition,
act. As the boundary question is pending Iranslation of the article:-
Although the Police réluse la formation re- although applications had been made to them, All speak of Ociowan, but there are few who'garding the circumstances of Leong Yi Was the Portuguese were wrong la not informing know the island. Generally, Colowat is spoken arrest, it is & well-known fact that there has China beforehand of the steps they took, The of as a traditional refuge for pirates, and po
beep the u most vigilasce, maintained by the siego, however, was really to suppress ite mal shing mare. Of its geographical position, Secret Service Department here ever since it contents, and many persons have been rescued -its-agricultural possibilities, of its flora and became known that Leung bad
As he fears that rumours may spread, the fauns, of its ports and the icbtyalogic. spec
Viceroy-sonds-thia-telegram for general in mens contained in the wilers which surround
formation. He also says that though the Chi: It, of its strategical vilus and, lastly, of its his
neke ware prevented from operating against the malcontents, guoboats were ordered to exercise tory slace Portuguese occupation, little or nothing exists in writing.
vigilance in patralling the Chinese territory and delegates have been sent to report on the situation. Peace roigos in Hongkong and Cantos.-N. G. D. Näst.
It is, therefore, not easy for us is a buried aswspaper article to give a description of the Island to a manner to completely satisfy the curiosity of our readers.
Nevertheless, we will endeavour as far as possible; by linking the notes, which the en- lightooed Rector of St. Joseph's Seminary bas formisbed us, with certain of our reminiscences of an excursion, two years ago, io Ko-ho, the fortress and the village, to give no idea of the isfard of Colowan
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We will say. further, by the way, that there are many old and well-informed people, at Macao, who have never seen that- aland, just knowing it by tradition because of the fact that, copfaidily with the island of Taipa, it. format a district and a military post which forms part of the province of Macao.
173 SITUATION.
The island of Colowao is situate some six kilometres to the south-west of Macao, and has a length of about four kilometres and almost thren la breadth, thus having an area of over elevea square kilometres. It is distant about two kilometres to the south of the island of Taipa and about one kilometre to the cart of Tal Wung-kum [The muddy bed of the Ass belwenn Talpa and Colowan dries at low Water.—Ed., II. X. 7′] It is larger than Macao, since this peninsula has, Il as much, a super. ficial area of seven and a halfiquare kilometros; It lies in Text, 22° 6′ N, and Long, 113, 35′ W. marldian of Greenwich..
* The ground is formed of irregular natural rocky slopes. The island is uncultivable for its greater part, about ninety per cont mere or les Here and there are sean ricketty clumps of plas-treut. Here and there are found springs of crystalline and potable water.
SLIP/ED THROUGH THE FINGERS of the troopt, and eluded the war vessels, sent u to effect his capture at whatever cost; and it was thought quite within the bounds of possibility that he would seek refuge in tong Kong. As it turns out, that appears to be fast what the husled pirate did, and his captors may well consider it to be a feather in their caps that the Hongkong authorities have accom- plished, what the combined punitive forces despatched agalost the pirates failed to accom, capture of this no- plash-namely, the orious rascal who has held the whole of the districts near Colowan ia constant ferror.
THE EXTRADITOR.
As in othar extraditions of great criminals, this will very likely be effected very quietly, ard outwith the knowledge of the general public, by means of a Chinese gunboat.
pirates' cave ENTERED,.
OPIUM SMUGGLING.
INGENIOUS DEVICE OF CANTONESE WOMEN,
Two weeping women of Caston stood in the dock of the second police court to-day charged with offences against the oplum laws of the Settlements, reports the Stratte Timer al ats: last. They were charged, firstly, with having been la possession of chandu other thao Government chauda sad, secondly, with ANOTHER PORTUGUESE CASUALTY. Perationed at Borneo When A Kling attempting stated that he saw the women boarding the steamer zalókong which runs between this port and Batavia. Their appearance aroused his unipicions and badetained them. On being examined by a female searcher the wonten werd found to have chandu, to the valus of $75, a feather bags tied round their bodies. The accused pleaded guilty but said that the chandu was intended for their aged father who was lying ill in Batavia; they had wanted to send the weed to him by the Haiphong. One women was fined $10p, or one month's rigorous imprisonment, on each count, and the nikér Sago, or six works! rigorous imprisonment, on each court.
[From Our Own Correspondent]
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THE MACAO PIRATES.
·A TERRITORIAL 'QUESTION.
Peking, July 27, An interesting situation has arisen in counse tion with the Kolowan incident which, otherwise, is closed. The Chiness expect that forty pirates who have been captured on thelsland of Kolowan will be handed over to them, on the ground that they were apprehended in Chinese territory and that the kidnapping of the twenty rescued Chiocie, which provoked the incident, occurred. to China. ........
It appears that Chinese gun-boats offered to co-operate with the Portuguese, but the latter refused in view of the territorial dispute, and of the fact that hitherto the Partagonie have policed Kolowan. The relations of China and Portugal are, however, most fileddly.
CONFERENCE AT PEKING. According to Chinese dispatches Princo Teri Hsia recently proceeded to examine the works on the Imperial mansolea and Admiral Sab urged bis return to confer with him on the Kolo- was affair. The admiral telegraphed an order to Tratal Wei Man in Canton to deal with ths situation. It is also stated that the President and Vice-Presidents of the War Ministry, Prince Yu Lang and Admiral Sáb have held close conferences on the affair, and the latter fearing that the Chiness men-of-war may retoit to hostilities, proposed to proceed to the spot him self and cope with the situation—N, C~ D. News.
ALGIERS OF THE EAST. it appears that the Monte Carlo of the East is ambitious to shine also as its Algiers of the East, of Algiers was in the good old days before Lord Ermogth put an end to one branch of its activities. There has been a good deal of com plaining and cavilling against Chine on account of the operations of pirates on the West River, and a good deal of capital has been made out of the fact that China bad been unable to sup- pross this scourge, which was said to be des- troying the commerce of the river. We have before recorded the placing of four new river guaboals on the waters of the Canton Delta in order to cope with this evil, but the difficulties with which the Chinese Government has to cope bave never been realized`until this week, when it transpires that the principat
NEST OF FIRATES AND DESPERADOES
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claims formiga protection, being domicled on the island of Colowan, one of the small group which together with Macao itself forms the Portuguese Colony. The strength of this band of desperadoes may be gauged from the fact that for a week the Portuguese authorities have been bambarding the stronghold and only succeeded in dislodging them affer band to hand fighting and the loss of quite a number of lives on the Government side. It is scarcely to be wondered at that, the Danton autbarities have had difficulty in suppressing piracy when the pirates could claim foreign protection. It is not difficult to imagine what
A TERRIFLE HULLAÐALOQ
there would have been if a Chinesa river gua- boat bad fired on a-pirate junk bailing team pirata juok may Colowan. How quickly revert to the status of a peaceful and innocent cargo-boat there is no need to tell, and a single sbol fired on such genile craft would be sufficient to cause angry protests from the Portuguese authorities, to be sent to Peking, with demands for the dismissal of the Cauton Viceroy-National Review.
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
28th last. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government and Lady May gave a dinnar party at Government. Hours on Wednesday, the ayth inst. The following were lovlted :—— Commodore Eyres, Mr. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Chatham, Deputy Inspector General and Mrs, Barrington, Mr. and Mrs. Leiria, Mr. Cariston, Mr. Tvantschold, Mr. Macedo, Capt, da Cupha Lima, Capt. Hopcrmit and Mr. G. E. G. David BOD. After dinner the party went to the Band Concert in the Public, Gardear.
BAND IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT,
28th inst. Ideal weather conditions favoured the second concert by the Band of the Bafft in the Public Gardens last night in the presence of a good, gathering. A variety of musical selections to suit all tastes bad baca arranged for the occasion and with such masterly interpretation of the pieces as was given by the talented combination of musicians under Bandmaster Howatt the evening, could not have been otherwing than pleasant. With Chinese lanteras dotted bare and there in various parts of the gardens anda starry sky above, the assom- bled company anjoyed the cool evening air on the terraced walks of the well-kept gardens and If any amorous couples happened to be there last night, they must have found the place vecit- abla lovat's pook, so sacare were they owing ta the condition prevailing from vajgur, prying eyes. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government and Lady May and a plarly from Government House were also present daring the evening and remained in the gardens for the greater part of the evening. Perhaps the most favourite places were Leo. Fall's charming production "The Dallar Princesa" and the beli selection, while the aver popular "Cavalleria Rusticana" would also have borne repetition, It is sincerely to be hoped that these musical evenings will be continued, which, of course, entirely depends on the extent of the patronage offered by the public,
The programme was as follows :—
PART 1. March............"Nibelangen"
Wagner
Overtare...... "Obaron" Selection "Cavallarla Rusticana"...Afascagni Piccolo Solo "Danse des Satyrese Thiers Ball Idyll... "Les Voix des Clotches"... Lugint
PART II.
Sait................"Peer Gynt".........Greig ........ Sullivan Selection......."Patience" Selection... "The Dollar Princess" ...... Fall Hecker Vocal Galop... "Always Joyin!"
God Save the King......
ARREST OF AN ARMY CAPÌAIN.
KIWARKABLE STORY..
A QURSTION OF RE-HBARINO.
INTERESTING DISCUSSION BEFORE THE
· CHIEF JUSTICE,
25th Inst. Before the Chief Justice, Sie Francis Pig- got. In the Supreme Court this moraler an argument "was commenced in the cARE in which Kwok A Yan'shad Kwok Sin Chi ed Orowther Smith for (1) a "declaration that the plaintiff was entitled to 8/13 of the property known as Nox. 8 and to Lok Hing Lane situate on Section L of Inland Lot No. so (a) an account of the messe profits in res pact thereof (3) a Receiver and (4) costs. — It will be remembered that on the 7th July lant judgment was entered for the plaintif against the first defendant and judgment was givan for the second defendant with costs. Mr. M. W. Slade, K c. instructed by Mr. P. W. Goldring, of Meisn. Goldring, Barlow and_Morrell, áp. peared for the plaintiff and Mr. Eldon Petter, instructed by Mr. George Hustlage, represent- ed the second defendant.
Mr. Potter said that was a further argument on the question of an advance and a le pandons, His Cardship-Was the ir registered be fore the advance?
Mr.Potter-Yes, my" Lard, The question is whether the lis han priority, over the ad- VADCO,
His Lordship-Are you appearing in this. action, Mr. Stada?
Mr Slade-Yes, I have 'beat Instructed to appear on behalf of the plaintiff, just to savO A little out of the wreck (Laughter), izdavan
His Lordship Was she represented before ?. Mr. Blade-No, she appeared in person, men vi Mr. Poller-It's a pleasure to have my friend
bara,
Mr. Stade The plaintiff did not think herself capable of arguing the point (Laughter).
Mr. Poiter-it's eather a hardship that wa should have to appear in respect of ons part of the case only.
His Lordship-It's a point of law, so it can't be a hardship."
Me. Potter—It's very doubtful - whether a ra» bearing can be granted.
Hit Lordship-I've known'a judge who ap posted in Court two days after he had delivered * judgment and said it was all wrong and that a re-heating was necessary.
Proceeding, His Lordship said he thought- a re-hearing could be granted.
Mr. Potter-The question is whether your Lordship has power to grant a're-hearing and thus constitate yourself a Court of Appeal.
His Lordship-i think so.
Mr. Polter If your Lordship holds that opinion Filot waste your Lordship's time..
His Lordship-No, no, I would ilks to hear argament on the palat.
Proceeding, Mr. Potter said that the fir pandaws in that case was nothing more than a cisim, which, being registered, ona was put on one's guard, It had no more power than A claim.
His Lordship-With regard to the His pend. ens you acted at your own paril.
Mr. Polter—I did not act at my owa perit. In this case. The lis pendene has no mor power than the action itself.
Continuing, Counsel contended that if bo the Court's aid the matter was at an end. She could prove that the plaintiff did not deserve account of her, gross deserved no aid on negligence all along, to allowing the deceased to register the property in decossed's name.
His Lordship-At that time your client did.
Why shouldn't the not appear on the scens. plaloti deserve the Coun's aid?
The Japanese papers publish a story can. cerning an alleged traitor in the Army which rends something like a Dumas romance. For some few days past, says the report, the Osaka Gendarmerie bave been basily engaged in investigating a certain important, maiter. On the 13h: ipitant a sorgeant major and two gendarmes visited a house occapled by the first mate of the steamer Hiromi-maru, owned by the Hiromi Shokai, of Osaka, and
Mr. Poller-Because the plaintiff allowed: A NEW LINK-THROWING GUN seatched the house, eventually finding a large
box conrainlog a variety of decuments relating the deceased to hold the property in deceased's nime when she could have allowed the deceasd. to military affairs. The officers seized the box
to bold the property in plaintiffs own name, and its contants, taking it back to the head-
The Everybody knows that if a person gives money. quarters of the Osaka Gendarmerie, authorities are observing strict reticence in to another and allows any proparty to be s to deal with it in any way he wishes and that's connection with the affair, and no efficial signed in the other's name, the other is entitled details have yet been issued."
exactly what happened in this case,
After farther argument judgment was reserv; ed.
FOR THE HONGKONG LIFE-SAVING
VOLUNTEER COATS.
three
A TYPHOON occurring, la doch Cass, the Volantegis aro summoned to their respective posts by Commander Beckwith. There aro stations situated along the water-front on the Hongkong side-Central, East, and Wast. At each of these stations on the Praya are kept permanent supplies of life-buoys, life-lines and rockets. When need calls, each squad maus its respective apparatus and does its best to assist those in peril in the Harbour waters,
FIGHTLAT A MEETING-OF- CHINESE STUDENIS.
Fortunately for Hongkong, we have been Immune from typhoons for so long that the rervices of the Sectional Life-saving Volubleer
An Ointa jurnal, however, pablishes what Corps has not once 'since its formation been
is described as an authentic report of what took called upon to take active part in the work for which its units volaateered when the Corps was place. On the morning of January 2nd, 1999, a well set up man of powerful physique entered organised more than a year ago under Comman.
the Nakajimaiya, a hotel at Yeda.bor, Nisti der C. W. Beckwith, Assistant Harbour Master.ku, Osaka and asked for a room. After being True, their organisation had become an ashown a room the gourt handed to the hotel pro complished fact before the October typhoon las pristor a osme-card on which were the words: your, on which occasion, however, their services
Capteto Noguchi Tokutaro (Reservo List).”
A scene of excitement was witnessed at the were not requisitioned. Its non-appe STADCO
He told the proprietor that he had just returae meeting of Chinese students at the Klaki-kan, may have led the public to believe almost that
io Japan from China. The visitor stayed at the Tokio, on Sunday, the 3rd July. The meeting the Corps has ceased to exist, but this is by Do
was called in order to discuss the questions of hotel for 5 days, during which time he was sans the case, it may also have led people quiet and reserved in his ways. He left the the Danton Hankow Railway load and of the to forget the mod as operandi (fllowed by the
botel on February azad, 1909. It then became opening of the Parliament. After the chair. known that the man in question was on officer man, Mr, Yn, delivered an opening addreas............ Corps to the case-of-
who had been in the Wakayama Regiment. dwelling upon the object of the meeting one During that time he was suspended for about's speaker after another appeared upon the plas year in connection with a certain charge, and form and stated his opinions. In the mean- since that time the authorities are said to have time, a certain Pai, who is a Peking journalist. been always watching bis, movements,
and a graduate of Waseda University, now The first mate of the Japanese steamer, upon on a visit to Tokio, stood up and bagan to whose house the raid was made, as mentioned state his views. He said, or mazut to above, is a younger brother of the officer. Ou say, that the jopening of the Parliament the 13th instant the gendarmes visited the house was as necessary at the constraction of and at first tried to induce both the mother and railways. As he is a sintterer, however Wild of the Artillery Captain, who were realding he could not make himself-clearly understood there, to gire some account of what the author by his hearers. The hearers then began to fear ties alleged was hidden in the hoses. For at him and he was compelled to leave the plat- time the women professed ignorance, but at form without faishing his speech. The chals laut the elder woman confessed that she had man, sasing that the audience got noisy, asked hidden a box containing docaments that had them not to disturb the speakers. This advica S been entranted to her by her son, The Cap.
threw the audience into a fary, and all stood tain's wife also then confessed to a knowledge up and made a rush for the chairman and the of the hidden box. Acting on the information last speaker... The excited students struck the
two with 6sts and sticks from all sides. .... That wrong from the two women, the gendarmes pulled up the boards forming the floor of a forehead of Mr. Pai was soon seen to bleed and cupboard, and dug a hole over three feet deep the other also subjected to thousands of blows. in the ground. At last the sourchers found Two policemen who were in attendance at-ibe something baried in the ground which proved meeting intervened and took care of the two. to be a wooden box, about 3. ft, by th ft. On the other hand, the Kanda police warn The box was raised how its biding-place, called to pacify thom and 13 students were and forcad open, when the gendarmes dis examined. covered a number of military plans, skat- As to the cause of the trouble," it is stated chea of fortified zones, and documents relat
that most of the students had særaadsakai the log to the manufacture of smokeless powder. Canton-Haskow railway should be constructed various kinds. The bax was immediately con- foam and that there was no necessity for the Altogether there were over 2,000 documents of as far as that could be done without a foreign voyed to the Gendarmerie bead-quarters, from aschier opening of the Parliament. But they whence a mastaga was telephoned to the Tokyo beard that a representative of the movement for Gendarmerie, requesting the arrest of the Cap an earlier opening had come here and that he tala. Investigatione, in the capital, however, was going to persuada the students to assist in disclosed the fact that the Captalo had gone the movement. When Mr. Pal argund for the over to Manchuria Instructions were speedily necessity of the earlier opening of Parliament transmitted to the Japanese authorities in they though, therefore, that he and the chair. man had been bought by the representative. It Chlon, with the result that the Captain was ar- rested at Changshan on the 14th instant is stated, however, that the two were quite mie
understood.-Japan Times, » Japan Chronicle.
To the apparatus already at their disposal, wo understand that there is about to be added a very important typhoon fightlog weapon in the shape of a
LINE-THROWING HAND GUN,... This gus is of German makeand has been intro- daced to the notice of the Harbour authorities by Messrs. F. Blackhead & Co. It is new to the East, but is in use in every coastguard station on the German coasts, where its excellence as a life-saving agent has been fully demonstrated.
The gun can be used by one man, the shooter patting it to bisshoulderas howould an ordinary fowling-plece. Of course, the charge used is vary honvy one, and to counteract this there is a stout rabber cushion attached to the buttend. Round the nozzle is affixed a xing
WITH THE LINE ATTACHED.
covers the month of the gab. When the gun This ring again in connected with a plate that is discharged, the ring is sout soaring through the air whilst the line pays off itself from a real. By this mesne a line can be thrown koms 300 or 400 yards, or even more.
When Messrs. Blackhead and Co. first got the gun out from Europe, a text of its powers, Was made off the Company's launch in the Harbour. Mr. E. Thisl fired the gun, and the line was sent for a very great distance with perfect
ACCURACY OF FLIGHT,
on the gon being submitted to the Harbour athorities last week, a test of its power was made over in the New Territory, under the direction of Lieat Beckwith; and we under- sland that the results obtained were so good that the Goverment have decided to adopt it as part of the equipment of the Sectional Life- Saving Volunteer Corps.
Macdo, 25th July. The discovery of another, and apparently the most impor.ant, pirate cave to-day led to a Portuguess soldier, No. 139, attached to the Police Corps on special duty at Colowan, applying Is the Commandasi's leave to enter the secret den of these desperate maraudare. The entrance to the cave is & very narrow one. A1 2000 as the soldier entered it be was amazed at the site and An ingaatous method of smuggling was das- appointments of the cavernon's stronghold, for cribed in suather case 'ngalost * Cantonese im. to plece had a good supply of furniture miginal. A marios police constable, who was and was lit with a number of lamps. The oa doty at Tanjong Pagar Wharf when tha pleates accorded him a warm reception of tiflé | steamer Fook Sang arrived from Chion, obier. shots, one of which found a lodgment in the vod accused among the passengers who were fleshy part of the arm and the other slightly in landing. The policeman refected that the man jured histhigh. The man was fortunately safely bad abnormally well-developed calves, but when rescued: A companion accompanying No. 139 he examined them be found that their bulk Its coast line is most leegular, and its shares was less fortunate, as he has not since been was das to a bundle tied on each, while each are extensive, befog availed of for oyster rear board of and is supposed to have been made a bundle was found to contain four tips fog. At certale places, on the south side for | prisoner, if not killed, by the pirates,
chando. The valon of the stuff way. $51. example, there are good anchorages with more The Police ar Colowan hava requisitioned Accused stated that he brought the chundu than three foot of water. In the bay of Hak-sa | the services of a European foreman of the Pub from Hongkong, but he did not know he was ons of the beaches of Colowan-deep-sonic Works Department to anperintend the breaking the law. Despite his ignorance, how.
· vessels can, anter and muchor, -
smoking out of the pirater in their burrow by aver, he was convicted of being in possession The Village of Colomas is, so to speak, all means of sulphur, falling the success of which of Chandu other than Government chandu and composed of pirates, if they are not active denireas of the cave will be cautioned to sure of importing, and was fand, in the aggregats pirates, they have been lathe past or are in in- render, 1.If they refuse to do that an explosive $600, with the alternativa) of four months, | Chinese Emigration Ordlannce; 1889, of Hong- Wctivity, or lastly are harbourers or accomplices," will be fired into the care.
132 | rigorous Imprisgàtasat
THE COAST LINE."
of
As already mentioned, the gun has been found to do excellent work on the German coaste; and it should, therefore, answer A very useful and bomane purpuse when employed in the typhoon-stricken waters of Hongkong.
THE vorage of any Oblacan passenger ship from Hongkong or any part of China to any port of the Federated Malay States, has been declared to be a voyaga of ten days' duration; | and that accordingly the voyage shall be desme ed to he a voyage of "not more than thirty days duration" within the meaning of section of the
TRIĶOKU SRITO KAISHA,
NEW SUGAR COMPANY.
THE OPTOM TRADE..
MIXT YEAR'S SALES, -
Bimla, July i.
A Tokio message reports that a company
It is notified that (1) in the calendar year 1911: called the Telkoku Seito Kaisha (Imperial Sugar Manufacturing Company) has been not more than 31,440 chests of Bengal oplata ablished. On the 17th at 9 am a meeting will be offered forsale and not more than 2,620 Hiroshi Cho, Tokio, at which the Articles of the quantity to be offered for sale each month of promoters was held at the Kinshu Olub in chests in each month of the year: (a) that of Association were considered and adopted and a not more than 1,300 cheats will be Banaras promotion Committes elected. The Company oplam and not more 1,360 chesta Paina oplum is to be established at Talchu; Formosa The (3) that no reduction will be made in these plant is to produca 1,050 tons, in what time is quantities without parious adriceps not stated. It is expected that about ago,pco
"No further news has been, received from bags will be refund the first ball-yaar and 170,000 bags, each succeeding half year. The home regarding the opium situation in Chiang hat no conciosios total capital is to ba V. 5,000,000, divided into Negotiations 100,000 shares of to sach Betwas Sip has been ran tember to and is one half the capital it to be 6th Lestant called up. The shares are to be offered to the Go