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policy of procrastination. The best, or for all demands, provided (and this rather the only good, outcome of recent course be an essential part of the rehabilita inaction in the north is that it is enabling tion of China) that the corrupt niandarina Britain and Germany, the two Powers who is cptirely cleared away and the revenues have committed themselves by official utter-longer go for. the most part into their ances to a certain firmness of attitude to purses. It is not of course pretended that, ward the Chinos Government, to alter the in practice all will be straightforward- of balance of military strongth in Chibli, that the details will not need the twinst which up to now has been so much attention. But it can be claimed with justice against them. In saying this wo must not that if the Powers, or at least those among be taken to assume any precise identity of them that are honest in their intentions sim for the Germans and British; but it is toward China, take up a firm-position and an undoubted fact that, while the other resolve to útilise the best elements in the

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DNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1900

Leadon telegram of the 28th ult. says that pose to foelara from the German press French press favours the International of the finanses of China, and not their administration by the Powers

In the Straits inter-team golf trophy com, petition Selangor has beaten Singapore, "

The transport Uganda has proceeded to Au tralia to- ship 500 horess for General Gasetoo's troops.

The following, lung boon sent the rounds of

The Singapore Legislative Council in the the Indian Port Offices Owing to sudden

for beri-beri cases at the Tan Tock Bong erosion of Short's Island milangoring strie- ture of lighthouses, this light will not be sx-11th inst. decided to have an experimental ward

Hospital. hibited on and after 31st August.",

The Directors of the Penang Hills Railway

The famine prospects in Indis are improving, Company have invited Mr. Allan Wilson, he and the last statistics from Birls give the num is now in Burmah, to become their Consulting bers under relief as 4,209,010. This is Engineer, and they contemplate that the condecrease of aboutalf a million, within a month. tractor will supply his own engineer.

A special consus taken to determine the population of the city of New York and the municipalities surrounding it, which are now municipally amalgamated as "Greater New York," shows that the total inhabitants number

3,437,202,

+

No plague cases or deaths were reported during the 24 hours preceding noon Justerday,

Apart from plague only one case of com- municable disease was reported in the Celony.

Admiral Fisher and the officers of the British Innt week, viz., a case of enteric fever on the

at Constantinople. The whole of the Squadron, French guulont Argue in the Harbour. Of the Mediterranean Squadron have been participat. plague cases, 3 wurs in Victoria and 2 ogfeide.ng oficially in the Sultan of Turkey's Jubites The Telegraph Companies yesterday morn which is at Lemnos, has been liominated in ing informed us that a cable has boer laid honour of the occasion. and is now working between Shanghai and

The cruiser Archer, for some time goalskip Chefoo. Hongkong is therefore in direct cable

She is now to be commissioned from the Mod communication with Chefoo, Taku, Weibaiat Singapore, has had £17,000 expended on bor, way Fleet Reserve for the Australian Station. wei and Port Arthur.

There she will replace her sister-ship, the Mohawk, now in Chinese waters.

A. S. WATSON & CO., in volta, if not with gence, at least with Empire itself to bring about a lasting go- less disgrace, acquiesce in a general patch- verament of this long misled country, there ing up of affairs on the mere basis of is a feasible line of policy open to them which pecuniary indemnification and guarantees they can adopt with credit to themselves for future good conduct, fortunately in our and to the salvation of China. case and in that of Germany the Govern ments are bound by their own words to see that a stable settlement is brought about, and in both countries public opinion is behind the Government on the point. It may certainly he argued that our Govern- ment, at least, has often before spoken frily and then been put off with worthless Chinese assurances, but never before was the whole of our Empire subjected to so salutary a shock (we speak from a purely utilitarian point of view) as when it waited with anxiety for the meantiest news of the besiegel Le gations at Peking. If only the Powers really interested in the re-establishment of China as an Empire on a secure foundation can dismiss from the minds the unworthy suspicions which they may have of one another, there will at last be hopes that the only statesmanlike policy in this terribly difficult question may carry the day against the selfish intrigues of the partitionists, ceedingly able letter which appeared in the Times of the 13th ult. over the signature "X" The writer advanced at some length the main outlines of the policy by which the Powers might hope to build up a new and better China. Briefly summarised they are as follows:----

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Soveral roofs with payable guld have been dis pasat reef, in the Wuntho District, which has covered in Barmat. One of them is the Cheak several associated veins besides a second reef

TELEGRAMS

DAILY PRESS SERVICE

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

FROM OUR CORNZSPONDENT

LONDON, 17th September, 8.20 p.m.

THE PEKING OCCUPATION QUESTION.

The Times St. Petersburg correspondent says that, the protable solution of the pre. The death le reported on the 10th instant at sent difficulty atout Peking will be that i the Bishop's House, Victoria St, Singapore, offe Bishop Meier, coadjutor to the Archbishop of portion of the Allies will remain, while the Madras, whose serious illness we recorded the Russians, French, and Americans will with-

draw to Tientsin and Taku.

other day.

JAPAN BAISING A LOAN It is stated that Japan is negotiating for

The celebrated boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, after his defeat of Sharkey in twe ronds at Coney

Arum of the 29th ult. ayat-"Jeffrian had re Jaland, New York, on the 24th ult stallenged a loan of twenty million dollars at New Jeffries for the championship. A London tele York,

Fitzsimmons retires from the ring," fused to meet, Fitzsimmons on Angust. 31.

On August 13th the North German Lloyd Southampton, beating all the stammers she met steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived at on the Atlantic passage: Here are some of her knote to Cherbourg. The total run from Sandy day's runs:-300, 524, 592, 533, 541," and 22- Hook to Cherbourg was 5.184 knots, the length of the grassage, 5 days 10-hours 44 minutes; and the average speed 22:89 knots,

The death is announced of the Hon. Mr. John

Macgregor, of Mesars Macgregor & Company,

We reproduced in full on Mond the orting still continuo, the owner of 31 houses yards to the north-east. Part of it is already timber-merchants; of Burns and the Etraits.

(1) A pecuniart indemnity must of course be exacted for property destroyed,

The crusade against neglecters of lime wash koing fret 316 paz house yesterday for negloot ing to attend to the limo-washing, and seven others were fired 25 for not giving notice. All the houses were in the eastern distric

Two women from Canton appeared before Mr. Hazeland yesterday charged with bringing. five girls into the colony for the purpose of. prostitntion. The women brought the girls from Canton, intending to take them to Sing pors. On the application of Mr. Lee, the case

$200 euch.

balf a mile to the north, and two veins of 900 being worked, the vein stone giving in all 14 The deceased gentleman was well known dwis, of gold to the ton. The second is a throughout the Far East, having heen a con- of quartz 9 in, thick and where teated contains China, Japan, and the timber-producing dis about 14 miles north of Baumauk. It consistant trader for over a quarter of a century, în 9 dwie, of gold per ton of soil, also about 2 per triots of Burms and Siam. He was a member of the Provincial Legislativo Council, and a cont of copper.

reliable authority on Municipal matters gener. ally.

The shooting affray which occurred ́in Kentucky in February last, by which ox-Senator Goebel, of Kentucky, was shot dead in a crowd in Frankfort, the capital of the Stato, has been

It is announced in a London telegram of the

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

Lonnox, 17tle September, 8.20 p.tu.

.BRITISH SUCCESSES. Lord Roberta reports victories won by Generals MacDonald and laget. An im portant capture of cattle has been muts,

GENERAL NEWS

LONDON, 17th September, 8.20 p.m.

TWO GERMAN PRINCES DEAD Prince Henry of Hesse has died at Munich. Prince Albert of Barony has been killed in a carriage recident.

THE DISASTER IN TEXAS. The latest estimates of the Galveston

and this will be heavy. But peur vry in was adjourned for a week, bail being fixed at investigated by the courts, and has had o sen- ! 25th ult. that the British Admiralty has streng fatality give 6,600 killed, 9:000 injured, and

demnity for murder only crentes th Lelief that foreigners may be killed at the cost of a few thousand taels, while it also embitters the feeling towards missionaries, etc., be- cause the money is raised by local taxation, Territorial indemnity is still worse, for it creates the belief that missionaries are but Moreover, pawns in the game of politics a huge indemnity will simply reduce China toggary and lead to a general insurrection. (2). The real culprits being the officials,

who would escape, as they always have done,

We learn that all the saloon-passengers rio had booked their passages from Europe by the Norddeutscher Lloyd's quil steamer Bacheen and who had unavoidably to give up their places to Count von Walderice and staff, not only had their money refunded, but also were offered free passages by the next steamer, the Oldenburg which follows the Sachsen after fortnight's

intorval,

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At the Victoria Gaol yesterday the sentenos

of dragh passed gpon Tang Lin and Lo Tamat

sational ending. A disphte arose over the elec.thened the Channel Squadron. The Admiralty tion of Governor of the State, and Goobel, who had boon declared elected by the courts after a legal contest with the prosont Governor, W, 8. Taylor, was shot from out of a crowd by an un, the Mediterranean or home squadrons. before the fact of Goebel's murder. Caleb the French Government has stationed a number known man. On a charge of being an accessory Another telegram of the same date reports that Powers, who was appointed Governor Taylor's of ernisers at Calais, Secretary of State, has now been sentenced to imprisonment for life.

between Great Britain and Gibraltar, ready to is forming onerve squadrona for home desembe, 10,000 rendered homeless. thus enabling the Channel Squadron to cruise

Capital punishment was abolished in Italy in

REUTER'S SERVICE

LONDON, 10th September.

ITALY AND CHINA,

It is stated that the Vatican has decided to elain, through Franco, Frem 60,000,000 from China.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR General French has oochied Barberton: Afr

Contingente representing the Colonial troops Steyn has retired to Nocterspruit

wall company the first troops kume and he the

ith guests of the nation. The Queen will probably

Referring to the wreck of the Futami Maru, the Sydney Morning Herald of August 28th- says: What in' shipping circles his chiefly heen pointed out is that in the 8.W. monsoons prevailing the Futami Maru vald not have struck the point upon which she was wrecked unless she was set in there by the cur rent or driven in by a typhoon, and a very warm admiration is expressed for the seaman.

The Portugues Government has telsgraphed authorizing the departare of Mr. Kroger frem ship "which must have been displayed by Cap-inspect and present them with colours, tain Them in landing the whole of the lives in

vessel of her size is wrecked without loss of life or of Mozambique assures himself that by pro- code to Earope. In the meanwhite he will be protected

1888, and the Italians are sorry now. Murder if an indemnity alone were exacted, they the Supreme Cours last month for the murder have steadily increased in amber since that should be punished without delay-by the of an old msu named Cheung Lau, in Kowloon period, and they are committed on slighter pro- Bay, on the 1st of June, was carried out. vocation. Just now, on account of Bressi, the death penalty in the case of the most promi-Lace on in the day the inquest on the bodies rogitide, the popalace is infuriated because capi- nent, whose guilt is already known. This

was held, at which Dr. Thomson deposed total punishment is not possible. Yet Bresci's is not mere retribution, but will make the death haring been instantaneous. In his opin-punishment will not be altogether light. The [2 official class realise in fact its responsibility in Tang Lin died of strangulation, and Lo most severe punishment that he can get is seven

Tain from the shock due to dislocation. It years' solitary confinement, during which he his care in safety. It is rarely that, n passenger Delagos Bay on the condition that the Glove TEV

no human face, hears no human voice, and for government:"

no sound from the outside world penetrates his Laccini, the assassin of the Austrian Empress, cell. Two years of this treatment, tarued into a desperate maniac, who beat his head against the wall of his padded cell in the vain

At the General Hospital, Singapore, at about G on the 11th inst., EDWARD EUGENE GAAN. aged it years, eldest son of John Eugene GEARY.

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(3). It follows from this that the pre- will be remembered that the prisoners were in a sent government clique must be done awayapan in Kowloon Bay when they set upon with. Prince TUAN's guilt is proved beyond the occupants, and injured an old man who a doubt, and the Empress Dowager is rither owned the bout so severely that he died. responsible for the Boxer movement or is the

GARMAN WAR FINANCES: Germany is placing £1,010,000 treasury bond

tool of those who are in either case she is charactercame before Mr, Hazeland yesterday hope of ending his agoùy, and the perpetual The future of the well-known mining camp in America, at 4 por cant to ever expenses ia,

unft to rule.

(4). The restoration of Kwang Hay is called for by the genuine loyalty of the mass HONGKONG, September 19th; 1900

of the people to lum. There is no lack of ALARY it would seem that steps are tried oficials of liberal sentiments to help being taken by the various countries hier in the task of establishing a reformed terested in China which are preparatory to Government in a less precipitate manner the settlement of the present erisia. Russia, than he atteinpted the task before. carrying out her own policy, and content with the "annexation" of the right bank of the Amur, about which the St. Petersburg papers are jubilant, has withdrawn five thousand men. from Peking.

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China.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

LOCAL MOVEMENTS.

The special mining reporter of the Sydney Morning Herald thus refers to the Mount M'Donald field in New South Wales depends very much upon the success of the Milburn Copper Corperation A Hongkong company is operating upon a mine called the The recent heavy purchases of Welsh coal by Eureka and Queen. Their show looks, very the Fronch and other Continental Governments well at present, and although they are not has caused many responsible perous to urge making a great deal of proft, still they are on the British Government the desirability on gold chute of good-lngth, which is of purchasing some of the principal coalfields giving them, a ratura of something more than of the country, and placing the present avail their expenditure. The Eureks mine his Feun able stocks under Government control. Whether worked for a considerable time, and the pom

pany have extensively opened up the property the coal supplies of England are sufficient to last for 100 or 500 years at the present rate of to a total depth of 358ft., boyond which they

are continuing sinking to az intended depth of the latter for Amoy consumption, it is certain that the fields which a home paper, and that great and growing down to the 300ft. drives have been put in bath contain the finest coal are strictly United, say 500ft. From the main chuft at different levels. demands are being ninde upon them. Whatever north and south, and the reef, which in most

On Maudoy night the Brities transport Sumatra left for Taku. She want follo yesterday by the Garaian transport Straubu and the French transport. Welbourho

The German craisers, Zertan and Bussard

loft yesterday, the former for Shanghai and

ARRIVAL OF COUNT VONDU

WALDERSEE Amaly the arrivals by the Navman mall

called „Trefusis,

the late due to

Cont

A kidnapping case of a most extraordinary It seems that on the 13th inst, a wornau rauned silence and solitude, in death. Chan Yoo called upon a woman in Jubiled Street when she had known some six years 40. This was at about half-past 12. 3 he women talked about different things and in the court of the conversation the visitor aid she would buy the other woman's little boy a pair of wooden clogs. The mother not to be out one in generosity, said she would buy her somas (5). The Reform Party calls for, the fruit in refain, but this the visitor said she sympathetic assistance of the Powers. It would not think of accepting. The visitor must not be taken for granted that the Re- got up to leave at about a quarter to one, -should go with her for the clogs. As they were formers are necessarily pro-foreign. They it having an arranged that the mother's nieco Germany is ure in the first place nationalists and favour leaving the house the visitor took hold of the placing four million treasury bonds in the introduction of Western sciences as bey's hand, saying that he could come tes, and the exact meaning of the statement that the places is large, has furnished good yields from

means to make China e strong and pro-led him away. When she reached the Prays Admiralty is understood to be negotiating for several gold chutes in the mine. Thero are long steamer the Sachsen yesterday morning were America at four per cent. to pay for the ex penses of her expedition to China, and Jupergressive nation. But they alone can pre she said to the girl, "Oh, go back and get a the purchase of floating, cergoes of coal to is also attempting an American lean. The vents recurrence of the present crisis in the basket for the fruit." The girl went back for replenish the depots abroad." it is clear that the the baskot, but as soon as the mother Leard her whole question of corl supply for the navies of Vatican, apparently, has figured out the bill Empire. which China will have to pay her for the (6) The Powers themselves must reform errand she suspected that something was wrong. the world urgently demands a thorough, in losses, in life and, property, of Roman their policy toward China. They have de- and she and another woman at once left the rest gation. While we strain every nerve to Catholic missionaries in China. The United prived her of every harbour worth having house with the intention of bringing the boy make out any stronger than those of possible States threaten to open independent negotia- and practically marked her out for ultimate back. Both the boy and the woman, kererer, rivals, wo es té them to double the value of wers nowhere to be seen. She had given their fleets by the unrestricted purphase of the tions--with the Emprees. Dowager or with partition. Their missionaries cannot be a certain boarding, house as her address, but it most important munitions of war.

quitted of the charge of unduly interfering was not known there at all. home is not the position is not very on behalf of their couverts, disregarding the was found that she was not had an enquiries

Russian newspapers deal with recents grouts were set on foot. Chinese Detective-sergeants in China in a very instructive way, which leaves, different from what it was a month ago, fact that a Chinaman remains a Chinam

Unless this 292 and 254 ultimately succeeded in tracing the no doubt as to their expectation of their coun: when Paking fell into the hands of the Allies. though he may be a convert, The first act in the punishment of the Chi- policy is abandoned, China has no chance missing woman to the servants garters of the Ary's policy in the matter.. The Noooe Freya Hospital Sisterson Monday morning. She denied rejoices of the fact that the Russians have nese Government for the outrages committed of progresa, agginst the Powers was then finished. There

It will be observed that in the above pro- all knowleds of the child, saying that she left him played a principal part all through, from the has been a long wait, and troops have been gramme the question of raising the money in the street, and one of the men-servante order storming of the Taka forts and the rescue of with which they had been provided by Chief of the march on Peking. The same journal hastening north, but no further active step for the indemnity for destruction of foreigned the detectives away. On producing a nate Admiral Seymour's detachment to the leading have been taken. Over the proposed puni- property is not discussed. As a matter of Detective Inspector Hauzon, however, they were points ont Eassin's superior paition, as cota tive expedition to Paotingiu certain myster- fact, the general raforin of the Gorerament, permitted to search the premises, but without pared, with that of the other Powers, in regard ious intrigues, appear to have been in pre- carrying with it thorough financial reform, result. Detective sergeant 292 then went into to the negotiations which must now follow for the yard and on looking up towards the ser compensation and guarantees for future securi- gress. We have been told that it has been supplies the solution of this question, as we stopped by rain, that the Americans have have had occasion to point out before. The vunts' quartore saw a child standing on tip-toes by. Enggis, a China's next-door neighbour, protested against it is a dangerous extension difficulty mainly lies in getting the proper and looking through a window. He immediate can bide her own good time, being able at any of the sphere of operations, that it has act guarantees for the immediate future. The lyrushed upstairs again, and got hold of the moment, whenever she choses, to luing resist ually started, that it has been postponed, boundless unexploited wealth of China will lttle fall, who was illoʻtified by a woman be less pressure to bear on Peking, whereas the While the expedition has been talked about ultimately answer all possible calls. The had taken with him for the purpose so the tranamerilime Powsin cannot afford to wait the, opposition to it at Pastingfu has been principle of free trade in the Empins has missing child. A further search of the pre- The Novosti descants on the importance of consolidating, and now it seems that the task already been established in theory by the miss proved that the man-servant who had bean Ensis's annexation of the right bank of the appearance and the woman who had taken the the international operations against Feking of savancing on the place will be fraught so-called Inland Waters Concession: Itoy when the detectives Brst made their Amor and the recognited difference between with danger and possibly with heavy loss remains to put the concession into practice boy away were in league. They were scording and the exclusively Russian campaign in Han On more a leam has been afforded of the and to extend it generally for the reformed by both taken before Mr. Handland, yesterday hurts, where the Chinese actually declared war folly of meeting the Chinese with their own Government to have at its disposal money and each sentenced to alx months' hard labour.

else it is not stated:

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and attacked the Russian frontier?

MISCELLANEOUS.

ters.

banks, however, and it is a question of watching Coast von Wallersee and staff, closely for the break in barren places. At was neces present the company are raising ore of a pay-. is also being raised from the 15-it lerol, south Murray Pier at one o'clock, being able grade from over an intermediate level at a depth of 240ft. south of the unfa shaft: Ore Gascoigne end of the mine. The chute is a good one. 12ard of hongar. composed of many and as the ground is solito surface there is to the Royal Welsh quite a pile of atopo ta tuke cut. The frequent called at Governme occurrence of breaks and cross-courses reuder and in the evening it e dificult job to mine with certainty. Ata sy, at 930, from the surface a main drive has been extended along an immense rest body for 3b0ft. Several light droughs rescis Opposite the gold chute of the upper levels the in Ching, have left Tonlonif reef at this depth has been discovered to be just They have at average lean dradyht

changa of better grade material. Colchester, has been ordered shade too poor to mill with a proft, The Captain F. C. Fotunge

tions for R face end of the drive show arenable indien moztu serring with the Water is coming in and there by an irony tinge for special servios in Ching where in the reef, good indicators in this country for vidusly special the existence of letter ord. Only those who have visited this district can group with what indomitable pluck the Hongkongites have" | sport:powers of

tank to these mines and furnished them with hard dollers to probe them in sharch of golden treasure. The sales are held largely by incronie Eargpeans, mostly Cericans, residing in Chula each termifour during the 24 hours from three As a health resort Monat M Donald ban a great, to nix, on évén sorsu. many favourable points,, but in latter days its. The penser Militarize stator that owing to tho, to expectations. Last year it furnished the Japanese some little tiste back their mort mining record has not by a lixig way some up French haring relinquished the Forscores to

gest that no time should be lost in securing the 290,745 worth of gold, a small portion of which naval station to Taku is now segely 2,000 miles Lachlan river and its vicinity. was won from aluvit depuita from the Upper sway at Tonkin. The French journal sag-

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