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Crops, Confiscation and Reported Outrages.
Early this month the farmers were much concerned on account
FAR EASTERN NAVAL SQUADRONS.
Bramble
Cadmus
Minotaur
HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS ON THE CHINA STATION.
Commander 2,000 Comdr, A. Cochrane.
"Master W. Weat
of drought, writes a "North Chios Daily News correspondent at Kaeiyang on May 20. In this
For Alacrity Commissioner city the Civil Affairs and the Chief of Atlas Police issued problimations pro- hibiting the slaying of pige, sto., Britomari for three days. The drought ca- la displacement, of 23,000 tone;
inted, however, and the prospect Cherub was gloomy when on the 9th in- Olio bae a length of 555 ft. a beam of stant heavy rain fall and since Fame 89 ft., and a draught of 271 ftthon wo have had frequents howers Flora Her Parson turbine engines are interspersed with sunshine, ideal Hampshire of 27,000 h.p., and at her recent weather for Kueiobow at this time Kent trials the estimated speed of 21 of the year. Two days ago I saw Kinsha knote and something over, was men. transplanting rice outside Merlin
the city. sarily attained. As to armament,
We hear little about opium just Monmouth ebe carries ten 13.5 in. guns, now. A friend who has informa- doorhen mounted in pairs in her five twin tion from various part of the Newcastle turret barbettes-a midship bar-province expresses the opinion Sightingale betle, and two fore and aft, and that thirty-five per cent. of the Otter a secondary armament of 16 4-in. Opium sown has been gathered Ribble quick-firing guns, and the torpedo in, the remaining sixt, five per Robin
cent. having been uprooted. The Rosario equipment consists of three ub soldiers have been recalled from Sandpiper merged 1 in tubes. The various districts and now I learn Snipe 13.5 in. gun throws a 1,250 that 3,000 men will leave very Taku lbs. projectile with sulli- cient force to pierce 11 in; of soon, for Tangjenfu (on the Tamar
Banan border) the official ex- Teal' steel 51 the generous fightingplanation being that there is Thistle range of 3,000 yards. With re-trouble between Hunanese and Usk gard to protection, the armour is
Kueichow people concerning Virago distributed much the same as on mines. But it seems hardly likely Welland the Orion class a 12-in belt on that 3,000 men would be needed Whiting the water line, 9 in. armour on for quelling such a comparatively Widgeon TALKING PICTURES the sides above the belt, and on
animportant affair. A Yunnan Woodcock the big gun position and the friend who is in a position to Woodlark secondary
gong, which
know, bas told me, and his state- mounted in casetes, are well ment is confirmed by others, that protected. The coal bunkers,
the troopa go to the border in
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2,000 tons, are so placed as to give additional protection, whilst the engines, boilers, magazines, &c., are enclosed under a 2 in. steel deck. The Centurion is manned by 900 of all ranke, and now un- der the pannant represents a cost of £1,700,500 since her teal was laid at Devonport on January 11, 1911.
population
of
in connection with the election of the President of the Republic. It is also moving troops to the Hunan is reported that the Kuangei Tutub border of that province.
British sloop Water tank and tug British sloop
Torpedo-boat destroyer 2nd class cruisor lat class cruiser lat class cruiser River gunboat. Surveying ship 1st class cruiser 1st class cruiser River gunboat 2nd class cruiser River gunboat Torpedo-boat Torpedo-toat destroyer River gunboat
Name
A Class
Despatch-boat
Tons Guns I.H.P. 1,700 .12
Reported at
Hongkong
www
Admiralty tug Gunboat
Hongkong
Gunboat
710- 2 710 2 1,070 6
900 Lt.-Com, B. E. Prichard 900. Lt.-Com., W. H. Darwell
Yangteza
Hongkong
1,400 Comdr. H. Williams
Shanghai
390
1,070 8
300
4,350 10
300 Master H. Smith 1,400 Comdr. Mackenzie, D.S.O. 5,700 L-Com.. Wilkinson 7,000. Capt. C.F.Corbett M.V.O.
Hongkong
Penang
Hongkong
Weiliain ai
10,850 1020,500 Capt. M. R. Hill
Weihaiwei
9,000 14 22,000
Capt. Allen T. Hunt O.S.I.
Weihaiwei
616 4
1,200
Lt.-Com. H. Marryatt
Yanglaze
1,040
Capt. F. O. C. Pasco
Labinan
14,600 9,800
27,000
Capt. E. B. Kiddle.
Weihaiwei
22,000
Capt. B. H. F. Barttelot.
Weihaiwei
180
2
800 Lt.Com, Alan Dixon.
Hongkong
4,800 12
22,000 Capt. Frederick A.Powlett
Shanghui
85 2
.386 6 .590-
85 2
85 2 85 2
Torpedo boat destroyer 350
Receiving, ship
4,650 6
River gunboat
180.
•2
··710
2
Torpedo-boat destroyer
590
Weihaiwei
Torpedo-boat destroyer
355 В
6,300 Lt.-Com, H. D. Adair-Hall
Weihaiwei
Torpedo-boat destroyer
590
7,500 Com. Seymour
Weihaiwei
forpedo-boat destroyer
380
6
5,000 Lt.-Com. R. Neville
Weihaiwei
Gunbost
195
2
800 Lt.-Comdr. J. C. Boirett
Yangtazǝ
Gunboat
150
2
500
Lt.-Com. M. B. Blackwood
Yangtaze
150
500
Lt-Comdr. Lloyd
Yangtsze
Lt.-Com. McGillwie
Hongkong
Lt.-Com. J. Gaimes
Hongkong
Lt.-Com. Pope
Hongkong
Lt.-Com. Handley
West River
Lt.-Com. Stiloman
Hongkong
Lt.-Com. Nicol,
Hongkong
Lt.-Com. H. W. Seymour,
Hongkong
Depotship for Submarines 980. River gunboat
River gunboat,
Gunboat
· Gunboat 0.38, 0.37,
C. 38,
T.B. 035,
T.B. 036,
T.B. 037,
T.B. 038,
Waihaiwei
West River
Canton
240 Lt.-Comdr. M. Murray' Yangtaze 6,300 Lt.-Com.R.W. Wilkinson Hongkong 7,500 Lt-Com. E.J.G. Mackinnon
240 Lt-Comdr. Nash ́ 1,400 Lt.-Comdr. N. E. Archdale
240 Lt.-Com. I. S. Hutton 240 Lt-Com. Maurice Leslie 6,000 Gunner W. H. Ryder
West River
Yanglaze Hongkong
Com. R. H. Anstruther C.M.G Hongkong 800 Lt.-C. Hon. Guy Stopford Yanglaze 900 Lt.-O. H,R.N. Cotrell Dormer Yangisze 7,500 Lt.-Comdr, Maxwell
*Flagship of Admiral Jerram, K.Ü.B., O.V.O., U.M.G. Commander-in-Obief.
FOREIGN MEN-OF-WAR ON the china AND JAPAN STATION.
Joseph I Armoured oraiser
4,000 45 8,000 Capt. Hauta :
French.
"Armoured cruiser Armoured cruiser Gunboat River gunboat Gonboat Gunboat
10,014 30 20,000 Capt. Vergos
9,700 12 19,600 Capt. Gourta
1,000 Lieut. Vandier
;
645 10. 180 123 7
8
670 Lieut. Dordet
500 Lieut.de Jervillier
130
Lient. Collin
Shanghai
Shanghai
Hongkong
Saigon
Canton
Canton
Tóngku
Our provincial assembly bas been locally compared to a daugh ter-in-law who is at once under Kaiser Franz law to her husband and to her mother-in-law. People say that Military Offenders. the Assemly stande in awe of the
tofficials and at the same time Dupleix ** The report on the managemen fears to displease the people. Kieber of military prisons shows that the Lately, however, the resident Lecideo daily average
members of the Assembly have Argus regular soldiers in military de-shown commendable courage in Vigilante tantion barracks and prisons in discussing public matters. Not Peiho 1912 was: At home 386, abroad
letter to the Tatuh protesting **Flagship of Rear-Admiral Colloch de Kerillis, Commander-in-Chief, the French China Station THE EDISON KINETOPHONE AGENCY, (excluding India) 103; total 480. very long ago they addressed a Dondard de Lagree, Gunboat
The proportion in 1,000 of the against oppression of the country Lynx average strength of the army was
people and outrages on their Protes 2.7, In addition to these there was wives and daughters said to be Styz a daily average population during committed by soldiers in many Fronde 1912 as follows-Special Re-parts of the province while uproot d'Iberville. servists, 17.39; Territorial Force, ing opium. More recently they Pistolet 18: Seamen and Marines, 53.63 have written asking the Tatah Mousquet soldiers of local units abroad, 09. for an explanation concerning Manche The number of soldiers 'received
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JUST ARRIVED.
Lient. Dupuy Datempa Tohong-kin
Submarine Submarine
Lieut. Bolnix
Saigon
Saigon
Armoured gunboat
Destroyer
1,798 10
350
1,700
Lieut. Guillaume-Louis Saigon
303 Lieut. Aurillac
Saigon
Destroyer
Destroyer
130 7
300
Capt. de Frigate Rouisen Hongkong Comdr. de Marquessac Saigon
Destroyer
307 8
*300
Saigon
Surveying-ahip
Saigon
1,625 10 9,000 Com. Voisin
• Flagship of Commodore Boucicant, Commanding the local defence Indo-China.
into military detention barracks police action in ebooting two men
without public trial. and military pricone under sen-
The police claimed to be acting tence of detention and imprison ander orders.
The Assembly Emden ment by commanding officers and asks whose orders? President Gneisenau court-martial was as follows: Yuan's? The Tutuh's? or the
Gunboat Average strength of army (at Civil Governor's? And the letter
Gunboat Jaguar home and abroad, excluding declares that the police have not
Cruiser Leipzig India), 177,416. Commanding the right to inflict punishments Luche Gunboat Officers' award detention bir
Cruiser
racks, 6,397; 3.6 per cent. Court beyond $80 if a fine, and thirty Nuraburg
days of imprisonment, It is Otter
900 12 1,300 900 12 1,300 3,250 24 11,000 900. 10 1,350 3,400 22 13,200
Comdr. v. Gohren Comdr. Luring Capt. Haun Comdr. Thierichen Capt. Morsberger
German,
Cruiser
3,600 22 13,500 Capt. v. Muller
Tsingtan
Armoured cruiser
11,600 38 28,000
Captain Braninghaus
Tsingtau
Canton
Shanghai
Tsingtan
Hankow
Tsingtan
S. 90
Sole Agents.
Taku
in military prisons, with a per- centage of 5.2.
BLOOD-THIRSTY ..
Tiger COCOA" PRESS. Taingtau
Vaterland
River gunboat Flagship Torpedo-boat Torpedo-boat Gunboat' River gunboat River gunbost
Capt. Lieut. Firle
Yangisze
11,600 36 28,000
Capt. Rosing
Tsingtan
400
8
6,500
Capt. Lt. Brunner
Tsingtau
280
4
6,000 Obit. z. 8. v. Maubenga
Tsingtan
-900 10
1,350
Comdr. Booker
Tsingtan
223 4
1,300 Capt. Lt. v. Moller
Canton
223
4 500
Obit. z. S. Dressler
Yangtzo
Admiral Winstoe.
Portuguese,
Cruiser
1,757
Gunboat
Gunbost
700
No. 3 Duddell St, martial: detention barracks, 2,760; thought that the Assembly's letter Scharnhorst
military prisons, 130; 1.6 per will be ignored. rent, giving a general total of 0,157 in detention barracks,, 130
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Even allowing for the genteel- Admiral Sir Alfred Winalce ness of Frenoh duelling, the had the honour of being received following from the "Daily News" Adamnator
Macao by the King at Buckingham makes unexpected reading :- Palace on May 17, upon relin- | We are inclined to think that Patria
ander-in-Chief on the China and the clubs are miatsken in their quishing his appointment as Com the French Fencing Federation campaign against the publicity
Station,
"
of the duel. In its origin the A-2 Major Dickinson D.C.L.I.
French dual was a bloody business, A-4 Major F. A. Dickinson, Corn almost as savage as the law A-6 wall Light Infantry, has received which it defied: It has long lost 4-7
Albany
porralesion from the King to wear that fierce tradition and has come Order of the 4th Class Mejidie to perform a social function Bainbridge conferred upon him by the which, nothing else seems to fit Barry Callão Khedivo of Egypt in recogni- quite as neatly, tion of his services.
Retirement in the Royal
Garrison Artillery,
Onpt. Annibal de 8. Dias Hongkong Capt. Martina
Macão
Capt. Luiz A. de Magalhaes Corres Maca
UNITED STATES VESSELS ATTACHED TÓ ASIATIC STATION.
Submarine
Ensign G. Bradford
Cavite
Ensign W. H. Pastley
Enaign H. L. Rahel Daffer:
Ensign C. M. Yates
3,430 10
7,500 Commander M. L. Bristol Cruising
420 7 420 2438 T
8,000 | Lieut. R. A. Spruance:
Carito
7
8,000 Lieut. C. 8. Kelleri
(250 Ensign W. L. Haiberg
Canton
Cavita
Ornising
8,000 Ensign Woodson 10,000 Com. J. V. Übase
8,000 Ensign F. T. Berry 8,000 Ensign F. Cogswell
600 Lt. Com. V.S.Gannon
1,988 Com. G. R. Marvell 1,100 Lieut. V. R. Lowe' 3,000 Com. W. C. Cole.......
י,
5,277 Com. W. C. Cole
Cavite
Shanghai Shanghai
Cavite
Olongapo
Cavite
Canton
Cavite
Protected cruiser Torpedo-boat des. Torpedo-boat dos. Gunboat Torpedo-boat destroyer 420 In the intercourse of men it is Chauncey
Protected cruiser 3,183 11 inevitable that occasionally fric- Cincinnati
420 Torpedo-bost destroyer tion should arise, and the smooth Dale
4207 Torpedo-boat destroyer working of society requires that Decatur
Gunboat
620 4 In 1900 during the South these differences shall have a loano NIKKO & CO., African war says the "Globe," a speedy and an appropriate re-
Helena
Gunboat Station 'ship large number of commissions in medy. In England the only avail-Mohioan the Royal Garrison Artillery were able machinery is a bout of fisti Monadnock Monitor Monitor in the two branches of the sex-given to officers of the Militia and outs or a slanging match in court. Monterey vice is out of all proportion and Colonial Forces, some of the The French with their modernized Pampanga Gunboat that the lack of chaplains in officers being as old as 27 It duel mange things rather better. Piscataqua many stations is equivalent to has been decided that officers of The duel hurts nobody; it lets Pompey
the Royal Harrison Artillery come out passion, and gives a nice Quiros depriving the soldiers and sailors missioned during 1900 may be opportunity for ceremonial recon- Rainbow the employment of a larger num- there of their constitutional right permitted to retire under specially oiliation, Publicity, however, is Samar ber of chaplains of the Roman to worship their Maker according favourable conditions. The retired essential to the duel as a social Saratoga Catholle church in both the army to the dictate of their con pay for an officer 41 years age is instrument, for publicity Villalobos and navy. It is claimed that the sciences. The Sebretaries of War to be £170 a year, and this in guarantees that there shall be no Wilmington Gunboat percentage of Catholio chaplains and the Navy have promised to gradually decreased according ferosity and provides the audience Wordpatuok Tag to the number of Roman Catholics take this matter, up immediately to age, the amount at the age of for a delicately spectacular recon ***U.S.8. Saratogs Flagship Rear Admiral Be F. Nicholem, Commander-in-Chief United State
Washington, June 14-A de- mand has been made on the De- partments of War and Novy for
"Cablenew","
85 being #120,
ailiation
Engn P. J. Peyton
Dom. O., W. Cole
1,302
8
1,000
3,000
4,084
Sea going-tug
Repair ship Gunboat Oraiser Gunboat
402
243 8 854 3,086 350 4,300 14 243 8 8,115 14
870 1,302 8
1,600 Lieut. 8. W. Wallace
Cruiser Gunboat
iatio Fleet, temporarily.
203 Ensign O. St. A. Botaford Shanghai 1,800 Lt. Com. D; W. Wurtebaugh Swatow at 250 Lieut. G. O Dichmanl Shanghai 17,401 Commander H. A. Wiley Shanghai
208 Lient, E. Durr
Shanghai 1,894 Commander J. F. Hubbard Hongkong 650 Chief B'swain. B. O. Halliwell Olongapo