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wards decided contrary to the evidence and the law. The Arbitration Cours has how. ever, we are Informed, been constituted, and at the moment a very pretty little question, or rather two or three, are on the lapis: China has committed what all allow in a

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

Mr. A. R. Colquhoun joined the United Staton Civil Commission in the Philippinsa në foilo, and has been sprading some time, with them in the south:

The 41st and 42nd Volunteer regiments are

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The coiners in Bangkok who were raided. recently by the police were using type, both Siamese and English, to manufacture their bullet-shaped tisals. Most of it was, Stamese type, and some of it now.

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glass Handicap~~P. A. Cox, owas 1/3,, boat a Yesterday's lawn tennis result was:-A, Rev. F. Jahnkou, 15 (7-5, 7-5), To-day's fixtures, at 3.30. p.m., are:-Championship Final-Pinckney v. Cor; and Double Handicap Final Yeats and Barrett v. Grist and Smith.

the case ought to ba tried before the 10th inat. ternational Board of Arbitratora, and counsel on each side heard, and after a fair trial the verdict be returned of guilty or not guilty. If guilty, it would of course be the proper thing to decide in the first place the penalty; and this fixed, it would follow as a mutter of common justice that the penalty should be carried out by the Powers named without favour, and exactly as directed. Such a course would leave no room for pri- vate vengeance, nor for any one country attempting to gain an advantage over its neighbour. Germany lost a Minister and a few missionaries; to what relief is she en titled P. America lost a good many mission- 13.92 aries, murdered in cold blood; what is to be the portion of the punishment to be 19.90 performed by her ? Russian did not loso a Minister, nor even missionary; what It is evident that should be her remedy? if the Court is to be more than a farce it should have the power to settle these things; and not only to decide, but to have the authority and power to enforce its decisions. Then Russia could put in her claim to be compensated for the inconveni ences to which she has been put, by a slice of Manchuria; and it would be the privilege of the Court to decide exactly how much, and where. So Italy could put forward & like request to be compensated by what is legal phrasiology is called mental anxiety, and so on with the others. It is very evident that it would not be for want of matter that the Court could sit idle. Russia.

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The final tie for the Challenge Cup (Handi-

cap) presented to the Hongkong Chess Club by favour of Mr. P. W. Sergeant, who defeated Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C.. has been settled in Colonel The O'Gorman by three games to one, with and draw. Mr. Sergeant, having won the Cup twice in succession, it becomes now bin pro- perty according to the conditions under which Mr. Pollock presented it.

kilometres, almost double that of Cochin-China, Cambodia has on area of about 120,000 square says 'Avenir du Tonkin, bat the population only adonuta to 2,500,000. Four-fiths of the people live along the banke of the Mekong:

SATURDAY, MAY 4TH. 1901

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.]

THE ORISIS IN CHINA.

SHANGHAI, 2nd May.

KEPORTED PREPOSTEROUS DEMANDS OF RUSSIA.

China, in order to compensate her for the It is reported that Russis demasse from

THE STRANDE SOBRAON."

"How long did you keep them?” The crow were an hoard the Irene for five days-all the

DETAILS FROM THE “IMENS'S" OFFIczas. Į time weʻstood by and the passengers for three

The local agents of the P. & 0.8, N. Com

Captain: Wibnue; of the Sobraon, slept pany had no freeh information to report you, in the cabin of the viptain of the Irene.”"

terday regarding the stranded Ener Sobraon. You wouldn't have much room

Foom left for They were in roosipt of a number of telegrams, youselves? No we had to give up all our but the news contained therein was merely a rooms and sleep on deck. The Coroniante " repetition and enlargement of what han slewady | strived on 29th April and we transferred the been published. The majority of the Sobraon's passengers and their baggage to har. On the passengers are coming on Ly the Bellaarat. With we transferred the crew to the Coremundet The China Merchants' steamer Irene, having and the Irmeloft for Hongkong at 430 pm on board silk and treasure salved from the on the

same day. Subraon, arrived here on Thursday night from Tang Yang Island, and after anokoring over night in Kowloon Bay, entered the harbour yesterday morning at daylight and proceeded to her anchorage.

ow, about the Sobrian-is she in a bad plight "I think she is. Her starboard pro- Feller is gone, and there are two blades off the port propeller. There are rooms all round her, practically, and there is in particular one su the port side, with only four foot of water

non-signature of the Manchurian Cou-perdible regarding the Sobraon, a representativa covering it. Leading right up to the place vention: (1) a rectification of the Kuldja

concession of the Amur gold nines. frontier; (2) a stip of Western Tibet; (3)

THE HEIR APPARENT IN

TROUBLE. Hsianfu despatches report that the Empress Dowager was determined to degrade but that Tu Chuan-lin having pleaded for the Heir Apparent for improper conduct,

mercy bis petition was granted.

•

Delayed in transmission.

LONDON, 2nd May, 7.30 p.m.

wore there when you loft Tung Tung!" The What other vessels besides the Coromandel first to come ap was the gunbost Daphne: then followed the Humber. They arrived on the 29th April, and anchored inside of the Robraon's passengers down to Hongkong."" Irene. When we left we took four of the

salved by the fene About £115,000.".

What do you think is the value of the cargo

"What does it consist of F'—"Well, 817 bales of silk, which I value at £120 per bale; twelve bags of silver, belonging to the Spiron ; twalra bags of parcel post; and a great amount of hag- gage belonging to the passengers.” This concluded the interview,

With a view of gleaning all information: of the Daily Press boarded the Irene in the who she finally stranded are a number of early part of the forenoon, and found all handa fe, and it is a marvel how she missed them. busy unloading and taking in cargo, The steered. I think myself the Sobraon will be- lying as they do on both sides of the course she captain and chief officer were ashore at the

come a total wreck office of the agents, but the second ender was on board, and offered no objections to heing interviewed. His narrative was as follows

"It was on the 26th uit.,at 4.10 in the morning that wo sighted Tang Yung Island. The ing somewhat slowly, when I noticed the glim morning was pretty dark, and we were proceed moring of lights on the island. I was on deck at the time, on it was my watch; the captain was with me. We thought at first the lights were those on board fishing-junks, and did not pay very great head to them. A couple of minutes past four o'clock some signzi rockets went up from what we now know was the Sobraon. We saw she was in a bad way, but the captain would not go right up, deeming it too risky; we kept going round, waiting for daylight. There 'clock, who the wother had cleared sufficiently. was a north-east swell at the time. At Gr the chief officer went off in a boat and boarded the Sobraon, the captain of which asked the 28th, and saw the Sabraon passengers who Irene to stand by. We stood by all day on the were compest on shore. On the 27th we took en each, and warships will remain on the wind on that day was from the north-east, with Peiho to maintain communications.

continued to lay to bear the Subraon. The a moderate north well, foggy. On the 28th we determined to save all we possibly could from the Sobraon, and so we took from her all the silver and silk she had on board and transferred it to the Irene. We took all the passengers on board too, and gave up our roente to them the captain, officers, and engineers."

"In what position was the Sourdon She washying over to the starboard side-pretty well over."

ALLIED PROPOSALS—FURTHER PRECAUTIONS,

It is reported that Count von Waldersoe's Proposals include the retention of an inter- they are poor, and there is little trade. But untional garrison of 6,000 men at Trentain the country itself contains great natural wealth.until the Chinese forts have been red to In the whole of this protected kingdom there the ground. Britain. France, Russia, and are about 500 Europeans, of whom 63 are colo-

LAFITE are commended to the notice of was, it is well to remember, the first tonists, and 234 officials. There are 117,755 | Germany will hold Shanbaikwan with 800 | sli theit baggage on board the Irene, and stil

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propose the constitution of the Court. would be a fitting time that she should the first also to request its jurisdiction. It something of the kind do not happen, or if it should be the case that Russia has been privately trying to influence the individual metabers of the Court, then of course the natural conclusion is that Russis really intended the whole thing as a " fake.” has her chance: will she take it ?,

Chinese. The Prompenh branch of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine lad, a turn-over of 4,750,000 franca in 1895, of 7,298,451 franes in 1896, and 8.411,424 francs in 1897,

A small zoological expedition is starting from England for the Malay Peninsula. They in- tend to settle for a year in the native State of She Jalor, and to explore neighbourhood of Patani and Biseret. lections will be made in all branches of satu history, while one of The British transport Ula arrived yesterday of the pre-Malayan tribes of Negrito stock who the special objects of the expedition is the study

from Taku.

The P. & O. steamer Japan arrived yesterday forenoon with shout 500 tons of explosives. She [35 dropped anchor in the nian-of-war anchorage.

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Hongkong, 4th May, 1901

During the 24 hours ending at noon yester day there were reported 17 frosh cases of plague, with 24 deaths (all Chinese). There were to additions to the small-pox figure. The returns 250 deaths; small-poz, 80 cases, 51 deaths. for this year to date are:-Plague, 278 cases,

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funda of the Hospitsia :--

J. D. Hutchison & Co... thai On Marine Insurance Co., Ld. ... 20 Tran Se Nai

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Mr. Charles Bertram "the Great," who has now returned to Hongkong, though during his visit to Japan ho was unable to appear before H.M. the Emperor, gave a most suowssťul ex- hibition of his wonderful feate before the Crown Prince of Japan and Prince Arisugawa. The Crown Prince took a great interest in the clever performances of this popular entertainer.

inhabit the centre of the peninsula. A thorough both living and extinst-of certain very large investigation will also be made of the fauna---- limestone caved which are found in the district, and are said to extend for great djatances under-

studied, and observations made en mimicry and ground. The birds of the district will also be allied phenomena. The ethnographical work ought to be interesting, since Jaler is on the borderland in which the Siamese and Malay

races weet.

Blank consternation, say the Finang Gazette, sengers of the F. and O. a... Ballarat when was very plainly visible on the faces of the pas-

they viewed boat-load after boat-load of Penang people coming aboard for the voyago to Singa- pore fon the cecasion of the Royal visit). After three or four weeks aboard ship Jassengers al- ways consider they have certain prescribed and incommensurable rights, and look down with considerable distance upon any who may come in for the fag end of a journey. The impres sion is similar to what we feel in a full railway carriage when at the last moment another in dividual is thrust is to crowd it still more, sad who, if looks could kill, would die speedy death, But the unusual medley of raees which boarded the Ballarat as passen gere seemed to be a distinnt grievance to the The Baud of the Madras Light Infantry will others. There were Chetties (in costume); play at the Hongkong Hotel this evening from Chinese ladies su gentlemen, the former st 8p.m. to 9.30 pm. Programme:

tired in all the gay colours which distinguish selection..."The Geisha" Song "Ave Maria"..

Lax them on special occasions; there were Siamese Seroasde...... "Quand tu chastes"...... Gounod

...Jones and Klings; and the impression must have been Waltz ......... "Annie"

....................... Estolts roxy clear that this little corner of the King's Cornet Solo... "A Night in Switzerland Hame dominions contained a variety of subjects who Selection...... "Don Pasquale"

- Donizetti God save the King."

were not going to let a Royal visit to the Colony pass without having some share in the rejoicings, even though their prosence on the mail incommoded a number of other equally good citizens,

SUPREME COURT.

Friday, 3rd May.

IN OXIGINAL JURISDICTION.

GENERAL NEWS.

Lonpov, Zud

May, 7.30

p.m

GLASGOW FXHIBITION OPENED.

The Duchess Fife bus opened the Glas- gow Exhibition,

MINERS PROTEST AGAINST COAL-TAX.

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as her position procarions Very pre. carious indeed, for bad a north-east gale started to blow she would have broken up in three hours. 'I don't think she could be sahore in a worse place."

The Miners' Federation recommends a

"Was the Irene the first steamer to sight

against the Coal Tax stoppage of work in the mines as a protest the Sobraon "Yes, we were the first The

ANOTHER BIG NEW YORK

COMBINATION.

THE BROUGH COMEDY COMPANY

The Ideal Huskind, which Dr. Brough will THE IDEAL HUSBAND,

revive to-night, is based upon the weakness of a The scheme of Mr. Daar Wilde's comedy

Chiltern had been able to give valuable hist man and the falsity of woman Wille Pa vate Secretary to a Cabinet Minister Sir Robert of a certain coming transaction on the part of the Government to a big flanneler enabling him to make a haul of quarter of a million sterling in which Sir Robert had amply sharul. The letter in which he conveyed this in formation falls into the hands of Ms. Che- velay and it le ha trup card and Mr. Wildes. Threatening Sir Robert, who by this time has become Under Becretary for Foreign Affairs with a prospect of entering the Cabinet, nhe demands that he shall give his sup. port in the House to a certain Argentine Camal scheme or that he shall suffer exposure for his Youthful indiscretion. She refuses all offers of money for the letter and will be content with nothing but his support me the payment. Lackily for him as friend Lord Goring come to die rescue and fights the adventures with hor were any number of junks lying around; I be Lown weapons. He has traced to her posession a lieve I could have counted a hundred, they stolen bracelet and a threat of polles proses- came on the 28th April, On the 29th the tion brings her to her knees, enabling him to P. & O steamer Coromandel, one Chinese ransom his friend's character without more ado. steaner, and two men of war arrived at Tang Of the acting of the principal characters the Coromandel to act as translator. He was Yang. We sent our third compradors on board

contemporary wrote as follows:- Mrs. Brough very meful, because he was the only one who as “a genius at daylight and a beauty at night,” a Mrs. Cheveley, whom Lord Goring described could talk the particular Chimove dialect spoken gave us a very finished and artistic portrayal there. On that day, too, all the passengers we of an exceedingly difficult part. Statuesque in had taken on board were transferred to the appearance, cool and designing in mood, the Coromandel. On the 30th April we say we wiles of the adventuress lost nothing of their could do nothing more, sad at 4.25 in the after-viperine nature in her capable hands. Her exit. noon we hove up and proceeded for Hongkong.st the and of the second set after she has be Before we left I might mention that the chief trayed Sir Robert's past to his wife and has officer sud the third compradore of the ene given them both s short time to think over tried to get hold of a junk to take a portable engins from the Coromandel to the Bobraon

Did they get the engine on board?"- "I can't say, because as soon sa the chief officer esme on board we made for Hongkong?".

"What was the weather like then?" It was showatory foggy, but otherwise was good.”

It is announced that a New York ship building combination has been formed with a capital of $70,000,000. Messrs. Cramp stand out.

REUTER'S SERVICE,

LONDON, Ist May.

THREATENED STRIKE OF COAL MINERS.

At a conference of the Miners' Federation, bold in London, it was resolved to declare e general strike if the coal duty is approved by Parliament.

SOUTH AFRICA.

that the mission of the Peace Envoys from the

A report published in Bloemfontain

Cape Dutch has been a complete failure.

LONDON, 1st May.

THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. The following is the result of the race for the Two Thousand Guinean Stakes :—

Handicapper. Doricles. Oiboch.

SOUTH AFRICA. General Grenfell attacked the Hoers near Halvertsberg where the last "Long Tom" in position opened fire at a range of ten thousand yards. Kitchener's scents advanced rapidly to three thousand yards, when the Bears blew up their gun and fled.

their line of action, was beautifully done. Mrs. Brough literally swept out of the room like * queen leaving behind the impression, that she was mistress of the situation. As Lady Chiltern Miss Temple was exceedingly graceful and refined. She gave a most ex- cellent representation of a charming women "Do you think the Sobraon will be maved p........... who, strict and upright almost to a fault and "No, I do not. Her hand is right in between two replitude, found in the end that it was better with an unbounded pride in her husband's rocks and her stern jammed up against one of to be lenient and trest him more as a man and them. But for the fact that her stetu in soleas as a god. Mr. Brungh as Lord Goring, a jammed I believe she would have gone right man to whom seriousness was an impossibility, over at once."

infused a great deal of life into the place with "Were you on board the Sobra ""No, bis light and airy manner. It was z masterly but I saw it all from the hillside."

conception and he was afforded great oppor tanition in the display of contenste in his quaint love-making to Mabel Chiltern in the fzal det and his defeat of Mrs. Chevoley

"What is the nature of the approaches te Tung Yung?"-" Well, outside the water is thirty fathome deep, but where the Nobraon is lying I don't think it can be more than twenty feet, or twenty-five at the outside."

"What have you on board that you took from the Sobraon Wa bave 920 packages of silk, each package worth about £120 and a lot of silver, besides passengers luggage."

"It's a queer thing," concluded our informant as we rose to go, "the Sobraon was just a year old the day before she struck.”:

one in the third Mr. Brough is good, it is impossible to say men

"ber owk

On Monday, Sowing the Wind is announced, 4 Village Priest on Tuesday, and the terminates on Wednesday with company salis for Australia on Thursday,

SWATOW

According to recent telegrams, the Hague Court of Arbitration has been constituted, though China, Turkey, Mexico and Luxem bourg have not yet joined. It would be perhapi hazardous to say that even those Powers that professed themselves most interested in the establishment were at all anxious to see the Court in working order; or that there has been any advance towards & general wish to avail themselves of this new method of settling differences, History goes back for a few thousand years, and

A latter is published in the Straits Times within that period there is scarcely an from a Chinaman resident in Bingapore, ex- instance of a state being guided in its plaining that the reason why the Chinese did relations with its neighbours by principles not hold their procession in honour of the of abstract justice; nor has the period since Royal visitors on a grander acabo than had been the Congress at the Hague has been held arranged is, because they felt very much annoy- shown that any higher appreciation of the ed to see the risksha-pullers of H.R.H‚'s onits moral rights of natione exists than formerly having buttons of different grades on their amongst the Powers. As n fact, conceal heads. Thie, says the correspondent, they it as we may, interest instead of sentiment took as an insult, has been at the bottom of all our recent troubles,and interest rather than a desire following report from its Manager at the Minos: The Punjon Mining Co., Ld,has received the

The Irene was boarded again in the after for justice, we may be sure, will continue

"I have to inform you that tin has been

We are led to believe that an application noon, when another of the officers was Inter to be the guiding spirit in international discovered in the southern portion of our

will shortly be made to the local Government viewed. His story was practically similar to

SWATOW, 1st May. disputes to the end of time.. There concession, within the area prospected by This was a case in which the Anglo-kiss Lantau Island in the New Territory. It details added as to salvage, ets. He said :----

for a concession over certain portions of that of the second officer, with a few freak

STEAM-LAUNCH INCIDENT NOT BETTLED, are of .course instances whore, owing MoKay last year. It is most conveniently Condensed Milk Company (plsintina) sought to the apparent absence of any personal situated about one and a half to two miles to the to restrain E. Rigold and Compony and Melis well known that silver exists there, and

It is but a low days ago that the *** AS SOON AS WE ERw the signals, which I at first | bins on the part of the arbitrators, it has north of our present southern boundary line, she and Company (defendants) from selling before the British occupation the routare had diffealty in making out, owing to fog, the

Hong An was set free and past and importing milk.

had taken root, but the general apathy of captain lowered a boat from the Irene and sent launch, have put in a claim for $150

OWUDES. The Chinese TAYTMIN been found possible to agree in a reference, and is accessible from the Government Trank

Mr. Francis, K.C. (instructed by Mr. but even in such a case it is seldom that Road at a point where the river Lipis runs Gedge) appeared for the plaintiffe, and Mr the Chiness prevented anything like the the chief officer in charge to ascertain if may ssun in such cases, quite a long tāms paralel with the Trunk Road, which is most Sharp distracted by Mr. Hastings) for the development of a really practical under-assistance was required. The Irene proceeded before payment is made. I doubt a decisions have been free from outside in-advantageous. One of our miners who has had

defendants,

taking. The idea is how to float a

round to South Bay-by the way, the Sobreon of fact it this claim will ever be satisfied. fluence. The most recent instance is a case considerable experience of tin-working in the Tranois asked for o declaration of the Court

The casa opened on Thursday, when Mr. company to take over the principal was ashore in West Bay--and lay at anchor to in point. It was left to the Swiss Republic colonies speaks very favourably of the find, both that the defendants' trade mark is an infringe districts where the mineral strats are maid await the best. At 8.20 am, the boat returned, ·TINTAPOO POIPLE INTEND A BOY to decide in the case of the Delagos Bay in respect of the general appearance of the land, ment on pisintiffs' trade mark, and petitioned to be the richest, to work them as a speculation, having in tow one of the Sobraon's boats, in On the 3rd instant is Chinese Railway and the King of Portugal. The sad the richness of the tin washed. Mr. Lester.

injunction. Witnesses were called i

ed and the plaintiffs case recently explored the country.

founded upon previous reports of these having which were a number of natives. The chief festival, and on this occasion imposing, case was one of a nature such as comes and I have been to see the place, separately, closed.

officer brought back word to the affect that the siose are held at Tabispoo. Large before courts of justice almost daily; it was during the week, accompanied by the miner For the defence, Mr. Bharp called Aldrecht - With respect of the development of the steamer was the Sebraen, and that the captain-cret to the place to view the pro

referred to, and witnessed several washings Wilhelm Bohellas, assistant in the arm of Mel arable land at Taipo, as mentioned in a wished the Irene to stand by to receive mails, with view of opposing the Hong An the a simple trade contract involving no inter from different parts, which in every instance chers and Company, Witness said his firm previous issue, we are informed on the meat songers, and crew. We stood by, and took Tahtspoo inhabitants have chartered national probleme, and might have been yielded well, and we have now a fair sample of been from 1895. Since then the business is almost complete, and proposal will shortly be

were agents for Rigold and Bergmann, and had reliable authority that the Shanghai syndicate on the passengers and crow.";

from the Pao Fa Co. to convey intending closed in a month at the outside. I was some pounds of the tin, ready for assay and to tolo had not been very considerable,

"How many pasonger?"-" Forty-saven, visitors at reduced rates to the scene of the left undetermined for nine years, and after- be reported upon by experts,"

The case was left proceeding.

made to the local Government on the subject. | The crow, I think, numbered 218.”

prosemion

BEFORE His Horore SIR JOH Careing

TON, C.M.G. (CHIEF JUSTICE.).

́ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO. V. E. BIGOLD AND GO. AND MELCHERS AND CO.

for

NEW TERRITORY CULTIVATION.

IFROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,