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Yesterday afternoon the Toyo Kisen Kalaba steamer Siberia Maru arrived at Hongkong from San Francisco, vix Honolulu, Japan, Dairen and Shanghai, bringing a total of 161 passengers for this part. There were 47 cabin, 13 second class and 101 steerage passengers. The freight on they vessel amounted to 1,184) tons and included large shipments of specie. The mall on the Siberia Maru was one of 90 bags from all ports.
Notable among the passengers. were Mr. L. E Ensign, waba- ging director of the China Vege table Oil Company, who returned to his homa in Hongkong from a business trip to the United States, and 'Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Rust, who disembarked from the vessel at Shanghai and will come on to Hongkong by a later steamer. Mr. Rust is a member of the firm of Truseon Steel Company, of Hongkong.
The cargo, a good one for the time, contained the following mors important items-400 drams chloride of lime, 353 cases canned mile, 1,900 ingots copper, 500 bags| nitrate of soda, 300 bags of sul- phate, etc. The bullion was 343 bars of silver and four boxes of United States gold coin, the latter valued at £8,150.
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1901
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PEOPLE OF HUPEH WARN] Tuchang, Trao Yin is despatch-
CHIBLI LEADERS.
No More Super-Tuchuns or Tuchung.
met OD
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ing one of the infantry brigades of of the twenty-sixth division to Hapeb as reserve for the Chihli Africa Maru From Tacoma.
troops at once. This meara to An arrival in port at Hongkong.
say the leaders of the Chibli faction will use military forces to this morning was the O.S.K. steamer Africa Maru, in the North as passiva resistence against the mission in case they resist the A Wachang report says that overawe the Hapebites into sub- American run which came in appointment of General Wu Pei-appointment of Wa Pei-fu and with 592 tons of general cargo fu and General Hsiao Yao-nan Hsiao Yao-nan because reports from Faget Sound ports, rialto the dual-pest of Wang Chan-ave already been received bere Japan and Manila. Part of the yuan, who is cargo is 450 bales of hemp from away even without the formal people demand the immediate from Hupeb that the Hupeh quietly liding Manila to be transhipped here to acceptance of bis "resignation abolition of the Tuchunate and London. There were on board by the Peking Government, the Post of High Inspecting Com the Africa Mara 181 Filipinos members of the Hupeh Promissioner for their province, who are going to Hawaii to work vincial Assembly onthe sugar and pineapple plants- the 1st instant at Yochow and compelled to continue the strug- otherwise, they say, they shall tions in the islands. They will elected General Chisag Tao-pingle until the attainment of their leave Hongkong On the Lew former vice-Minister of War and T.K.K. steamer Ginyo Maru, now Commander-in-Chief of the which sails for South America on Hupeb People's army, to set as
WC'S ATTITUDE INDICATED, August 30,
High Commissioner for the self-the story: While he has not yet A Peking message adds this to On New York Berth.
government of Hupeh (Tsung-officially accepted his appointment! chies) concurrently. That the rates of freight from same time, & draft Constito- and Hapeb, which was establish- At the as lospector-General of Hunan Hongkong to New York and tion has beea drawn other Atlantic coast ports in the sad promulgated by the Assembly. General Wu Pai-fa's attitude uped in a mandate issued last night, United States will probably have calling into existence of a Provi-i indicated in a telegram receiv an upward tendency next month,sional Autonomous Government (ed by the Government yesterday, owing to lower vessels being on for Hupeh in place of the Wang, in which he requests that be be the berth, is expected in local Chau-yuan Government at Wu-furnished with rolling-stock and shipping circles, according to a chang prominent American line's re-
that repairs be made to the presentative this morning. Dar- Autonomous Government of Hr. it has been damaged by the floods. For the present, the Provisional | Peking-Hankow Railway where ing the last few months more than half of the usual number Hunan territory and i will be quarters as a tacit acceptance of peh will be located temporarily in This is interpreted in oficial of United States Shipping removed to Wucbang as soon as the post conferred upon him and Board freighters engaged in the northera administration col-
an intimation that he intends to Far Eastern routes out of New lapses there. York and Boston bave
move his troops to Hankow at En withdrawn for want of cargoes.
early date... Previous to April and May last) there was
been
WOULD ABOLISH TUCHUNATE.
According to the Provision)
The hope is expressed that Gen- on the average ten Constitution, the Hopeh people eral Wu's appointment will go a large cargo steamers of the wanabsoluteself-government and long way toward settling the Shipping Board for Japan, Chins the immediate abrogation of the strained situation in the central and Straits ports. Gradually this dual-post of Tuchun and Super-Provinces, as General Wo is de- oumber has been reduced until Tuchun and that the duty of theclared to be on good terms both now only four or five are leaving Hupeb people's army will not be with the Hupeh gentry and with monthly. This month two vessels considered as successfully per- the Tuchun of Hunan, General bave sailed and two more are to formed until these aime, which Chao Heng-ti. do so. With much less tonnage are the real will of the people. on the berth at Far Eastern have been fully and genuinely ports next month better business accomplished. This statement on is looked for in this trade and a the part of the Hupehites as slight increase in the rates of expressed through their repre- some lines is considered likely, sentatives in the Provincial
it is said.
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ALL HOSTILITIES CEASE.
graphing to General Wang Chan- The latter, after twice tele-
now issued a proclamation to the yuan advising him to resigo, bas people of Hussa and Hapeb Assembly is regarded as a warn-atating that the Hunanese troops Outward cargo
from ing to the Chibli leaders against will be withdrawn from Hupeb European and American ports to stepping into the shoes of Wangiramediately. China and Japan is said to be Chan-yuan at Wuchang in spite already ceased between the two Hostilities have) reviving slowly but the rates of their strong military pressure central forces, although skirmish- Done too bright. Improvement, and it is certain that Generaling continues between those oD! however, is looked for during the Chiang Tso-pin, who has now next few months.
been elected by. bis provincial-
the right and left flanks. fellows as the High Commissioner at the head of the, Provisional Autonomous Government of Hupeh will never recognize Hsiao Yao-nan or Wo Pei-fu even if A cargo-bost mistress was they be formally appointed by the fined $10 for making bar craft Peking Cabine!. 'fast to the" steamer Kwong - CHIH LITES ARE PREPARED. Chung, while under way in the Then comes this report from harbour on Sunday.
Paoting-Immediately after the Two passenger boat-master's visits of General Tsai Cheng "If the figures from the various of the same regulation. Thes General Ho En-po, vice-Minister were each fined $25 for a breachhsan, Minister of War, and modes of permanent separation had made fast to the steamer of War, to Paoting. General Teso and divorce, I venture to say that Myozisan Maru, while she was Kua assembled his brothers, Tsao IRRITATED & INFLAMED the number of wrecked in striages proceeding up the harbour, with Jui, Civil Governor of Chili and in this country is greater in pro-out permission.
EYE portion than in the United States
Thao Yin, commander of the of America.
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LESS DIVORCE IN U.S. THAN IN ENGLAND.
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At the Marine Court Chiness offenders were dealt with pader :-
com-
Tsao Kun have also expressed Generals Chang Tso-lin and their approval of the new ap believed that General Sun Chuan- pointments, and incidentally it is fang, the new Commander-in- Chief of the Upper Yangtze forces, will bars & pacific in- fluence over such of General Wang's troops as remain in Sze chuan, as he was formerly one of General Wang's personal staff.
The United States has been re-
A master of a trading junk, twenty-sixth division, General can be directly traced in many garded as possessing an unenvi-
which he anchored within the Chao Yu-ke, garrison able record in the matter of Great War there were so many at North Point, was fined $5.
"At the commencement of the limits of the Eastern cable ground missioner of divorce. Lately, however, our thousands of people living in
cases to the Sunday Motor trip Tientsin and and Golfing. The dust from some divorce courts have been over- irregular unions, who could not been anchored at a distance of army for a special Conference suggestion for these trips would
Seventeen boats, which bad
many other high grade mili-sections of the local roads con- whelmed with work, and Mrs. marry, that the Government found less than 100 yards of low water Tao Kun then wired to the be to keep the windshield up and tary officers of the Chibli tain a decided eye irritant. A Seaton-Tiedeman, organising secretary to the Divorce Lawessary to pass the Unmarried mark on Friday night, were fined Cabinet agreeing to the removal to use a pair of Sun glasses. Sun Reform Union, suggests that in Act, and have refused to state the annual licence fee.
Wives Separation Allowance according to the amount of their of Wang Chan-yuan in favor glasses of any pattern with either proportion to population, the
number who received that allow feited $10 each and the others $5 Hupeh Tuchun; but regarding London Smoke, or blue lense British tale of wrecked marriages
Three for- of Hsiao Yao-nan 28 the Crookes, Luxfel, Fieuzal, Amber, is worse than the Americao,
"The 1920 census of the United
the proposed appointment of Wu are obtainable at very moderate States of America," she says,
Sloops to bé Recommissioned. Pei-fa to the post of High Inspect prices from The Hongkong Opti- "shows the figure for divorce
The local Naval aathorities Hupeh, Tsao Kun is of the opinion Co., Manufacturing and Refract- ing Commissioner for Hunan and ca] Co., Successors to Clark & since 1901 83 1,883,591" on a Sir A. Mood, in & Parliament inform us that the four sloop, that this should not be done by ing Opticians the most com population of 105,000,000 actually ary reply, says that, from July H.M.8. Bluebell, B.M.S. Holyhock the Government until his previous petent manufacturing #optical less than 2 per cent. for the 19 1918 to April 30, 1921,» «p- H.M.B. Forelove and H.M.S. years. Thus we see that on this pioximately £6,380,000 was spent Magnolia, will be re-commission-concurrence has been obtained. establishment in South China huge population the annual in providing sanatorium benefiting this autumn, when the pre- - Further, in view of the nititude | located in 53, Queen's Road Con- percentage is very small.
sent crews will be relieved by of the Hupab people towards the drafts sent out from Home.
appointment of Huiao Yao-nan to ing Machine Company)
ance."
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