The Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW BERIES No. 8471,
Telegrams.
THE PLAGUE, CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE.
["SHAT PO' SERVICE.]
Poking, Feb, 1OE, Conditions herd contiano to improve.
The plague las almost entirely disappeared from the Capital, and the people aro Becoming easy..
Canton Medicos Volunteer..
Some time ago it was "roportod that this Canton Viceroy was in receipt of a telegram from the Viceroy of tho Three Eastern Provinces, concerning the pre valence of pingue in those places The Canton Vicorny, was asked to find out some physicians, who would go up north to. combat the plague.
Eight medical practitioners "havo, now come forward; and of- fored their services, and will soon leave for the North,
The Cantoneso cálogise them. for their heroic dent, and the Kwong Wah Medical Association are giving a farewell tea party to-day.
THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY.
WAIWUPU INFORMED 'WILL VISIT CHINA.
{"Buzuno Po" SERVICE.]
Peking, Fab. 10, His Excelloney the Graf von Res, Goran Minister at Peking,
SUPPLEMENT.
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1911.
晚九十月正年三統宜
Telegrams.
Telegrams
JAVA CHINESE.
["BUAT DO BRAVICE.]
Poking, Feb. 10.
The Chinese in Java havo petitioned the Waist to a point a Chinese Consal to the capital of Java, in order to protect their interests in that country,
APPOINTMENT OF
OFFICIALS.
["Burung Po" SARVICE]
Poking, Feli, 10. pleased with the recommendations The Begont is greatly dis- with regard to the appointment
Rocontly the French authorities
imposed unjustifiable fines on the. Chinose fishermen. The petitioners begged to have, the boundary between Yion Chow, King Chow
Telegrams.
PRINCE KUNG. ["SHAT PO" SERVICE.]
Poking, Feb. 11. · Prince King is now being and Ngai chow (on ono side) and attended by foreign doctors. His Annam delimited, and to inan-wound is progrossing favour gurate boundary stones, besides ably. classifying the Chineso territorial The sentonce on his assassin waters and international waters: (to bo bontent-doat), kas beon The petitioners further asked commute to 30 blows and the Ministry to instruct the com- banished for life to Heilungklang.
unders of Government vessels: along the cost of Kwong Tang. to give the Chinese in this enter prise umple protection.
BANK FAILURES... TEN NATIVE CONCERNS CLOSE DOONS,
[ SHUNG-FO" SERVICE.]
havo closed their doors.
Peking, Feb. 11. Ten, if not more, nutivo banks
Tho Canton Viceroy is, in ro
and Commerce regarding the ceipt of a despatch from the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry above, and Ilis Excellency is re- of officials, because they arequested to considor the questionen based the Japanese system,
and roport on it. RAILWAYS.
on
[Snar Po SERVICK, ]
Peking, Feb. 10. Friction has arisen between Grand - Comillars Hsu Chi Chang and Tring Chu Wei over the railway question.
OPIUM.
PRINCE KUNG MAY BE
REMOVED..
THE WELSH RIOTS.
- COST OF SUPPRESSION. (THE TELEGRAPH" CORRESPONDENT.) Loulon, Feb. 12, 10.10 p.m. The polics hill incurred in suppressing the great strike riots in the Rhondda Valloy, South Wales, amounted to 1.15,000.
the market and the people aro There is something like a panja
anxious and excited.
THE PLAGUE. ERIDEMIC CHECKED IN THE NORTH,
*
[THE TELEGRAPI CORRESPONDENT
Telegrams.
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五拜禮
but is extending in towns where the danger is not realized.
The total donths to date have. pally at Fuchintion whore 3,800 been approximately 7,000, princi- bodies have been cremated and 1,000 moreure awaiting the arrival
of fuel.
of deaths is eighty, at Chuangehun At Fuchiation the daily average sixty, at Mukden tikty-five and at Kirin twenty.
The oxpedient of burning Fuoluation is recommended, but the housing of the people prosents an insurmountable obstaclo for pocuniary reasons.
Tho lull in the epidemic in North China still, continues.
FINANCIAL CONSE- QUENCES
Poking, Fol. 8-Telegrams from Peking slate that the plague in Manchuria indecreasing slight- ly in the principal centres, but extending olsewhere.
*The total donths have been 7,000. The destruction of the town of Fushiation by firo is recoinmended, but is impractic ablo owing to the difficulty, of honsing the people.
Tientsin, 3.7 a.m., Feb. 13," Dr. A. P. Peck, who has just roturned Tientsin after having A very large fotie, mounted made a tour of the district hotwoon and foot, was drafted from the Shaphaikwan and Mukden, re- Enormous losses to the Govern- Metropolitan Force to assist the pports that the plague opidemicment and people are anticipated ["SHAT PO" SERVICE.).
local police in the work of sup-there, has been clocked. through tho. disorganization of pressing the riots in Walos and, Peking, Feb. 10. It is reported that the Prince quals were drawn from other centres in England as well. A Regent will appoint a new Com-
small army of military was also missioner for the Suppression of Opium.
engaged in the work of suppress
the riuting in the vast colliory
His Imperial Highness is dis- tisfied with the recent recom las informed the Waiwupn off-mendations for an extension of cially that is Imperial Highness the movement made by Prince the Crown Prince of Germany | Veannie,Kauthi Di will visit Ching next your.
RISING OFFICIALS.
["SARUNG PO' SERVICE.]
Peking, Feb. 10,
Grand Councillors Yuk Lung and Hat Chi Chang strongly re- commend the Vicoroy of Szeclin
with whom he is disploased.
CANTON GAMBLING. MEMORIAL TO THRONE TO BE SUBMITTED.
"SHEUNG PO" BERVICE.] Canton, Fol. 11,
10 a..
districts.
THE PRIZE RING. KENNY BEATEN. [TOR "TELEORAPH" ÜGRRESPONDENT.]
Zambenga, P., Föb. 11. The fight to-day between Mac- lain and Konný attracted large-gathering at the ringsido and good boxing was witnessed until the ond.
The contest was to be of 15
rounds.
This cane in the gloyenth A telegram was sont this round, when tho decision was for a seat on the Grand Council. morning to Canton from two given to the coloured fightor on a
The Grand Council also strong-Cantonese officials in Poking, foul. ly recomiends the popular ex-stating that gambling in the City Tartar Gonerál of Canton, Tsang | of Rams will bo suppressed,, Chi, to be appointed to the Vico- The telegram is to the effect royalty of the Three Eastern Pro-that the Tuchipu' on the 15th vinces.
inst. will memorialise the Throno The Regent, howovor, is un-begging tut gambling in Canton decided.
be totally suppressed by the date named.
Rigorous measures will be employed.
WRESTLING.
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TITANIC STRUGGLE IN
· LONDON.
THE "TELBARATH" CORRESPONDENT |
London, Feb. 10,9 pan.
A titanic struggle was tho wrestling match which was brought off in the city betwoon. Zbysco and Hackenschmidt.
The bout was witnessed by a crowded house, and excitement ran high.
The result was a draw.
THE CORONATION.
ROYAL, COACH BURNED.
[Tax “TELRURAPH" CornearONDENT;
London, Feb. 10, p.m. The handsome coronation couch has been accidentully burned.
FLOGGED TO DEATH.. TERRIBLE SENTENCE ON
PRINCE KUNG'S AGGRESSSON.
("SHRONG Po": BERVICE.]
Teking, Feb. 10
A torrillo sentence has been passed on the aggressor of Prince Kung by the Board of Punish- ments.
The man, a ounuch of the palace, addicted to opium smok- ing attacked and sovorely wound-
od the Princo. The reason for
RUSSIAN REVOLU
TIONARIES.
AT WORK IN NAGAŠĀKI,
[ INDEPENDENT NEws" AoENCY.]
Tokio, Fol. 11.
The Russian authorities havo discovered that Russian royglu- tionaries aro making secret move- fnents in Nagasaki.”
It has been found that soine ro. volutionary pamphlets are being printed in Nagasaki in largo num- Bers, and are about to be despatch- ed to the Russian army in Siberia, by means of tho railway, eria
Dairen.
The Russian Consul in the lat-
ter port has requested the Japan ly help in effecting the arrest of thoso political criminals.
ese government to render friend-,
The Japanoss authorities ne reported to have agreed to this proposal.
TROUBLE IN PAKHOI.
CHINESE FISHERMEN'S
[Tue
RIGHTS.
"TELEGRAFII "CORRESTON-
DENT.] Canton, Fely.. 10. The Chamber of Coinoerce in
the act was hatred of his victim | Pak-hoi has potitioned the Minis due to the latter's stringent me try of Agriculturo, Industry and sures as Commissioner for the Commerce,by cable, regarding the Suppression of Opium, against the drug
·
The Prince was rounded in the shoulder but is making satis factory, progress.
The date of the execution has pot yot boon fixed;....
THE FRONTIER. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS FROM YUNNAN. -
Contributions from abroad would probably save thousands of lives.
The only for entertained, he trade. says, is that the Spring may bring with it an epidemic of bubonic plague. This view is coincided with by othor: local, medical mon.
Motiwhile the Central Govern- inonture taking every precaution to provent a spread of the plague' A further sum of seven million dollars has been led to fight the drendod disease...
This telegrar sent out by Hou ter to the effect that tho plague is spreading in North Manchuria
is untrue.
Thus far, infection has only The general situation is better. beon caused by actual contact,
The plague roturns for North Manchuria from the outbreak up to January 22 afand as follow:
At
Casos. Deaths Fychiation ....2,000 2,341 Harbin (city propor) 390,380 Elsowhero in U.E.
Railway Aron 633. 531 No rolinblo statistics are ob-
tainable about the territory out side the railway urea.
JAPAN TAKES ACTION.. Tokio, Feb. 6.-The Japanese
Dr. I. Cibb has left Harbin.Government les resolved to Ilo is satisfied that thero will be expend Y1,000,000 in the sup- speedy extormination of the pression of the plague in South plugue in that city.
Manchuria. The conditions at Fachintion are improving...
No cases have occurred hope: "N. C. D. Nows."
IN SHANTUNG. Tsinan, Feb. 6.-Eightoon Dr. Gordon reports from deaths from plague are reported Changchun that the state of at Changsha, twouty-five miles things there is worse than before.south of Tsinun, and 188 at SHEUNG PO SERVICE:]
This is the only centro causing Changchiu, thirty miles east-of Poking, Feb. 11 anxiety. The Japanese are con- Tainan, It is reported here that a tele-centrating their efforts upon this gran las boon received from city. Yunnanfu describing the situa At Mukden the daily death- tion on the frontier as sorious.roll is being gradually reduced. Fighting is general; engagements The total number of cases that taking place at various points. have occurred there is 1024.
The Grand Council are very anxious and have telegraphed to contiguous provinces to send money and stores to Yunnan in case of emergencies.
(BUAT PO" SERVICE.].
Yunnanfu, Feb. 11. Reports reach here that all trouble ou, the frontier has been amicably settlød.
EX-KING MANUEL. VISITED, BY KING GEORGE.
(THE "TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENTI
London, Feb. 12, 10.10 p.m. Their Majestios, King George and Queen Mary to-day visited King Manno of Portugal at
Richmond.
CHINESE IN JAVA. BEING ILL-TREATED BY THE DUTCH. ["SHLAT PO" SERVICE
Poking, Bob. 11. The Chinese resident in. Java have reported to Peking that they are being ill-treated by the Dutch. They request that the Throne instruct tho Chineso Minister at The Hague to take steps to alleviate their 'condition.
HEUNG CHOW. ["SHEUNG PO" SROVICE.]
Peking, Feb. 11. right of fishing ontorprise in the Canton, H.E. Tsang Chui, has The ex-Tartar General of waters of that port. Pak-hoi is arrival hero and luns already had on the frontior which separates sovoral conferences with the China from French Indo-China. Grand Council on the questions been out fishing near the shores and the delimitation of the Mucao The Chinese trawlers Juve always of opening Heung Chow to trade of Chinoso territory,
boundary,
At Peking up to this data there have been thirly deaths and at Tientsin forty deaths,
CHINA'S LOSS. ["Sueung Po" SERVICE]
Poking, Feb. 12.
It is estimated that China las lost Tls. 10,000,000 (1,400,0001.) owing to the plague.
-
EXPOSED COFFINS.
THE_HÙNGHUTZE. RED-BEARDED ROBBERS
.ACTIVE.
ESHAT PO" SERVICE]
Poking, Feb. 11.
從七十月二英港香
Telegrams.
FUNDS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
"INDEPENDENT NEWS" AGENor.]
Tokio, Fob. 13. The Emperor of Japan Ins granted T1,500,000 to be spent
in frco modical treatment and the
poor. This sum is voted out of distribution of modicines for the the Imporial Household Treasury. LORDS AND COMMONS.
THE COMING BATTLE. Tur "TELGOBATH" CORRESPONDENT
London, Feb. 13, 10 p.m. The Governmont have prepared a list of prospective Poors, to be appointed in the event of the House of Lorde rejecting the Voto Bill
'A`LUCKY JOCKEY. LEAVES A FORTUNE.
(THE "TELGORAPI" CORRESPONDENT.]
London, Feb. 13, 10 p.m. "Tommy" Loates, the famous jockoy, who died lately, left fortune of seventy-four thousand pounds storling.
FENGTING OUTBREAK.
PROMPT-MEASURES TO BE TAKEN. [Shat Po Service.]
Poking, Fob. 13. Princo Su, tho Minister for the Interior, is sending special depu ties to Fongting to investigate the outbreak in that district and take prompt suppressive measures.
$13 PER ANNUM,
SINGLE COPY-25 GENTS"
Telegrams.
SEQUEL TO SHANGHAI
RUBBER FRAUDS.".
A TAOTAI IN DISGRACE.
["SREUNG. Po" Sunvick]
Peking, Fob. 13, His Excollonoy Chui Shai Council, has memorialised the Chong; a member of the Grand Throne pointing out the wrongful conduct of the ex-Taotai of Shanghai, Choi Noi Wong, in rofusing to repay to the Govern mont the sums which he had ap propriated from tho publio funds.
His Excellency asks that ex- Taotại Clioi bo-soyerely dealt· with as a warning to other. officials with dishonest, inclina-
tions.
:
In consequence of this memo- rial, an Imperial Dooreu has been issued ordering the Governor of Suchow to compel the disgraced Taotai to disgorge.
Taotni Choi was dismissed from the service at the time of the rubber slump in Shanghai and it was said that he got away with sovoral million dollara.
H.E. TSANG CHI.
EX-TARTAR-GENERAL AT CANTON.
•
["SHAT PO" SERVICE.]
Poking, Fob 13.... His Excolloncy Tsang Chi, the popular ex-Tartar-General at Can- ton, las boon received in audience by the Prince Regent upon whom ho made a very favourable im
WHO WAS TO BLAME?pression.
His chances of being appointed" to the-Grand Council are con- ..sidered to be very hopeful.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT HELD RESPONSIBLE.
[" SHAT
AT PO" SERVICE.]
Poking, Feb. 13. anese Ministers at Péking lay the The British, Russian and Jap
blame for the plague opidemic in the three Eastern Provinces-on the Chinese Government, because of their failure to tako proper outsot. · mensures to fight the post at the
.t
a
The Grand Council are at loss to know what to do...
THE PLAGUE. STARVATION IN HARBIN. AMERICAN CHARITY TO THE RESCUE.
["SARONG Po" SERVICE]
Peking, Fob, 13. On account of the aprond of the plagus epidemic, all the factories have been closed and the people are starving.
An American charitable in- stitution has come forward with a
RUSSIA AND JAPAN. AGGRESSIVENESS ALARMS
CHINA.
["SHAT PO" SERVICE.]
Poking, Feb. 13. The Russian and Japanese Ministers at Peking are making oppressive demands for trading rights and privileges in the Eastern Provinces..
So aggressive has been their attitude that several hastily con- vonel meetings of the Grand" Council have boon held to confer on the matter.
The result of their deliberations has not boon disclosed.
...
PROPOSED UNIVERSITY AT HANKOW.
"SHEUNG Po" SERVICE.]
Poking, February 13. The Governments of Great
The Hunghutze, the red-board-donation of five hundred tons of Britain and the United States aro ed robbers of Manchuria and flour for relief of the sufferers. negotiating with the Chinese The value of this handsomo don- Gavernment at present with a Mongolia, like vulturos, have taken advantage of prevailing ation is estimated at between view to the founding of a Univer- conditions and are roaring a rich $500,000 and $800,000. harvest.
sity at Hankow, PEKING AND TIENTSIN. CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
IN, UNITED STATES.
COMPLAINTS OF HARSH TREATMENT.
Their depredations are practic- The Director of the Fengtionally unopposed, while their ranks Railway has advised the Waiwapuhave been swelled by those who
- CLEAR OF THE PEST.. that no signs of pest have been have been made homeless by the
{"BREUNG Po". SERVICE} found along the line.
plague.
Poking, Feb. 13. The Japanese in Manchuria have. All traces of the plague in "SHAT PO SERVICE.]
reported to their Minister, who Peking, and Tientsin have en- has urged the Wai Wu Putó take tirely disappeared. Poking, Fab. 12. Telegrams from Harbin statepeedy action, otherwise Japanese that a very large number of roops will be sent against the coffins are lying exposed in. all the..open spaces of the town. Thoy prosent a woird sight.
There is no tine to bury them and they afo to be burnt,
Very few casos of plague are now occurring at Poking,or Tien- tsin and the post seems to be rapidly disappoaring here.
The Imp. Rly. of North China never ceased ruming.!.
DOCTORS WANTED. The Governor of Kirin has requested the Throne to sanction the offer of large salariés to Hong- kong and Shanghai modical mon to induce thom fa conjo north to
tion. put sanitary measures into opera-
POSITION IN MANCHURIA,
Peking, Fob. 7.-Tho plague in the principal centres where in Manchuriacontinues to decrease rigidmeasures are being enforced,
robbers.
JAPANESE CO-OPERA-
TION. "EXPERTS-LEAVE FOR
MANCHURIA.
"INDEPENDENT News?' AGENCY.]
. Tokio, Feb. 13.
SIBERIAN RAILWAY. PEKING TO MUKDEN RUN
RESUMED.
Messrs. Thomhs Cook-and-Son courteously forward the following telugram:---
Shanghai,
:
Feb. 14, 11.10a.m. The Poking to Mukden service
The Plague Suppression Bureau (on the Siberia Railway) has boon in Mangharia has announced that resumed. up to the 10th inst, 9334 caseslind
hoon reported in the Three Eastern THE KOWLOON.CANTON Provinces.
11
General Oshima, Govornor of the Kwangtung peninsula, is nogotiating with the Viceroy of Sok Liang, Manchuria, with a view to co-operation in the sup- pression of plague.
Ways and means are now under discussion.
Dr. S. Kitazato and Mr. T. missioners appointed, started yes. Yegi, the special plague com terdap for Manchuria,
I
RAILWAY.
·CHINESE SECTION;
["BUAT PO" Service.]
Peking, Feb. 13.
["SHAT PO" SERVICE.]
Peking, February 13, Acting in combination, the loading Chinese residents of the United States have telegraphed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Poking, stating that the. Gay- ornment of the United States live again enforced harsh und. unnecessarily drastic measures against Chinese immigrants.
Chinese merchants arriving in San Francisco are compelled to stay in isolated wooden houses for a prolonged period before bo ing allowed to proceed inland. They say thore are ten thousand Chinese immigrants confined in those isolation camps.
Thoy potition the Minister for Foreign Affairs to mako a protest against this state of things through the United States Minis
The Board of Ponta and Comter at Poking. munications intends to sond The petitioners also beg the deputies to look over the accounts Chinose Government to instruct. of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, their Minister at Washington to with a view to the Government take the necessary steps to ensure British-Chinese Corporation and which immigrants have to suffor taking over the railway from the the removal of those disabilities running it themselves. nader,