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now scattered far. The Russian consulare advices reported by Count VON WALDERSKE to his Government make the situation of the two most prominent survivors for less formidable than has been inngined. General TUNG FUNBIANG'S forces in Kaneu Are A. S. WATSON & CO., stated to be but few, and he is closely

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On the arrival of H. M, 8. Astraca ati Mr. J. MoCarthy, who was eo long identified with the Sarvey Department of the Siamese Chemulpo, H.M.88. Bargeur and Offer laft for Government and who has now gone home, will Weihaiwei.

Mr. Harold H. Hilton this month beat Mr. take up an appointment in connection with the Royal Geographical Society as Instructor in

Golf Championship at St. Andrews Mr. Surveys to the coming generation of explosLaw by one hole in the final of the Amatenr A. Calentio telegram of the 11th inst. Hilton, who belongs to the Royal Liverpool The 1st Bengal Cavalry, with a siege train, Club, was also last year's Amateur Chempion, from Hongkong; the 28th Madras Infantry when he beat Mr. James Robb, of St. Andrews and the Sappers and Miners at Wallniver; and Club, by 8 up and 7 to ploy. the 1st Madkan Infantry, from Tientsin, vetar to Indis immediately. Further reductions will follow gradually.

watched, by Imperial troops apparently. Prince TUAN, instead of being at the head of a considerable body of troops, is said to have only ten followers with him in Mongolia. It is to he hoped that these advices are correct. The presence of an army of men attached to either of these formerly powerful officials in Kansu or Mongolia would be a very grave element in the situation. If they are merely powerless As THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS fugitives, the outlook after the Emperor's

return to Peking is far brighter. friendless outlaws, they can be disregarded entirely, and the oil and corrupt clique, which misgoverned China for years and ÆRATED WATERS brought her to the greatest depth of dein Hongkong discharged the duties of Acting gradation she has ever known, has no longer a rallying-point.

IN THE FAR EAST.

We are now making Aerates Waters

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H.E. the Governor, with Lely and Miss Blake, is expected to return from Macao to-lay.

The Hon. Treasurer of tho' Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donaten to the fands WEST POINT of the Hospitals:-Anonymous, Sh.

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„FACTORY, which is openly simated facing the sea, and is the LARGEST and BEST

The new Japanese cruiser fate arrived at Yokosuka from England on the 17th inst. The Iuate is the ext of the six large cruisers which were part of the Japanese naval programmna.

A Tiontein telegram to the Mainichi on the FITTED SODA WATER FACTORY in 14th just says:-The Tuotai of Tientsin, who political was reprimanded for issuing proclamation, was ordered by the Allies to leave within 24-hours-It-is-reported that he will go to Peking,

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Apart from plague, the return of cases of communicable disease reported in the Calony during last week were:-Euterie Ferer, & cases, RECEIVED AS USUAL. 3 deaths (one case from the Harbour); Puerperal Foyer, one caar, oné death, Chinese, Small-sox, two cases, one death, Chinese,

According to the Japanese papers, Mr. . WATSON & CO. Hayashi, Japanese Minister to Seoul, immed e notice on the 16th inst., that Jibukpo, to the west of Masampo, will be need aa a Japanese concession. The negotiations respecting a site for the concession are reported sotilod.

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We have received a pamphlet satitled The Chinese Question, by Mr. Y. S. W. Way Les prblished in Adelaide. The writer, a Chinamon long resident in Australia, speaks strongly cs Chinese exclusion from Australia and points to many nadented hardships. He also dis cusses the missionary question..

The people of Moji are endeavouring to secure the establishment, of the new British Consulate on their side of the Shimonoseki Straits. The Kete Chronicle anderstands that a deputation from Méji has arrived in Kabs, and will proceed to Yokohama and Tokyo to press the superior claims of their town as the site of the Consulate,

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The insurgent generals, Mascardo and Laguna, having surrendered in the Philippines, the U.S. Governor-General has signalised the fact Much sympathy is fult in the House of Com-by the release of 500 prisoners. General Malvar, on the other hand, has refused the amnesty and mens, says the Globe, with General Laurie, the Conservative member for the Pembroke Burghe, deared himself Frasident in succession to in the sad loss sustained by the death of his Aguinaldo. He has about 2,000 men nuder his at Philipoppolis, when in command of the to surrender. sidest son, Captain J. H. Laurie, who was killed immediate orders. General Cailles has agreed Mounted Infantry Company of the Lanenstar Regiment He embarked for South Africa in Christmas weeks. Captain Lauris was a young offer of great promise, who when Military Secretary in a manner which indicated great administrative ability. It is interesting to macall that it was in the Loneaster Begment that General Laurie himself served throughout the Crimean campaign.

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS" SERVICE,

[PROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.]

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

LONTION, 26th May, 4:45 pm.

THE WHEREABOUTS OF TUNG

AND TUAN. Count von Waldersee reports that Russian

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SANITARY REFORM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS." 27th May. BIR-Mr. T has hit the right nail on the hand. The present systera of drainage in a great, if not the groatust, factor in a urishing the many dreadful dimases in our midet.

Canton, known for its filth, has not been con- creted, nor am the houses there lime-washed twice a year under compulsion, and yet it does not fare worse than Hongkong as far as plague is concerned.

The sanitary authorities have apparently wasted inbour and money in the wrong

fountain-head of all the trouble lies in the drains? The perfume issuing therefrom is too good oven for the rata Unless the defecti” be remedied at no distant dats, those in chargo

of our sanitation may talk themselves hoarse and sit down to frame bye-laws after bye-lows to no practical good in the end.

consular advices agree that General Tung direction. Could they not know that th The Inspector-General of Recruiting points. act in his annual report that the highest Fabsiang, with a few troops, remains in Prince Tuan, number of recruits raised for the regular Army Kansu, closely watched since the introduction of the short service system was 42.700, obtained in 1899. But last accompanied by ten attendants only, is a year that number was more than doubled. No fewer thau 49,269 ordinary recruits joined, infugitive iu Mongolia.

to 24,410 Imperial Yeomanry, volunteers, &c., 24,139 Royal Reservists, and addition

529 ex-soldiers, musking a grand total of 98,381 The late Bishop Stuble. for all his learning, This is a splutit achievement for one year, not exceptional, all things was a keen humourist. On one occasion while oven at a time of wor, when the inducements officiating at the restoration of a Buckingham-held out aru shire church he was seen to hesitate before considered. It is also to be remembered that descending the liar steps. A clergyman who recruiting was carried on under unusually was ausisting told the Bishop after the service diflent conditions. Experienced recraitors were withdrawn, and the despatch of thirty-five. that he was on the point of coming forward to help him, as he thought perhaps his hesitation militia battalions shrnad, together with the

was due to failing wynsight.

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"Not that at all,mbodiment of the remainder of the militia in thank you," replied the Bishop, merely a May, serval alust completely to disccato matter of sex, you know. Though I have been the recruiting machinery. In

On another porarily owing to the stream of young a bishop twenty years, I have not yet learnt to recruiting had actually to be stopped tem- tannage my skirts properly." occasion Bishop Stubb, had consented to preside which could not be dealt with. at the presentation of a pasteral staff to his In making the suffragan, Dr. Randall, presentation the Bishop delighted his hearers

The latest reports to hand regarding the with an elegant speech on the uses of the pastoral staff and all that it symbolised. There European patients sufering from plagne, we little ore gind to state, go to show that all are was some dismay, however, and no meriment when he concluded his disconree progressing favourably, including Mr. Meek, with the words "For my own part, I prefer who has taken turn for the better, his temperature having gone down to 1934. Mr. Collins, we learn from one who visited him at his home in Caine Road yesterday, is practi. cally out of danger.

an umbrele.

During the 48 hours ending at noon yester- day there were reported 59′fresh cases of plague (56 Chinese, 3 other Asistics), with 59 deaths (58 Chinese and one other Asiatic).

Last wea's figures were:-200 cases, 187 deaths. The full figures for the year are:-500 cases (774 Chinese, 16 other Asiatics, 10 Europeans), 748 douths (733 Chinens, 11 other

With a view to increasing the efficiency of the Navy, the department is considering, the disability of modernising the battleships Oregon, Indine and Massachusetts. In alter ing these ships it is desired by the Board of Construction to remove the most serious defect in their design. The vessels are equipped with circular turrets, and when their thirteen-inch guns are pointed in the same direction, they heel to such an extent as to expose their unpro tocted hull below the armour belt. It is pro-Asiatics, 4 Europenos), posed to remove the four quadrilateral turrets, accommodating two eight-inch guns each, with which each ship is equipped, and to instal two elliptical eight-inch turrets on top of the thirteen-inch turrals, thus giving each ship superimposed turreta. Caraful determination. of the position of the eight-inch turrote will permit à bulunce which will prevent the beeling how considered so objectionable. The new battery arrangement will permit the addition of a formidable row of six or five-inch guns,

In the New York Medical Record of the 16th of February last, there is a three-column article in sinall type by Dr. W H. Park of Soochow on Opiumi Taking in Asiatic Countries Nobody can find fault with Dr. Park for writing strongly against the abuse of opiam, but nothing can excues his writing and the Medical Record's printing such a gross and utterly baseless libel an the following, which he puts

POLICE COURT.

Monday, 27th May.

BEFORE ME HAZELAND.

STEALING A BOLD CHAIN

A silversmith employed at 41, Gout treat was charged with stealing on the 24th fast. A gold chain valued at S60, the property of his

adster. He denied the charge,

GENERAL NEWS.

* MANILA, 24th May, 9.25 p.m.

COMMISSARY SCANDALS IN THE

PHILIPPINES.

As the result of the courtmartials, the

and Barrows and Captain Read, have been U.S. Commissary officers, Lieutenants Boyer

sentenced respectively to one, five, and three years' imprisonment in Bilibid Prison, Manila.

* Delayed in transmission.

LONDON, 26th May, 4.45 p.m.

RUSSIAN LOAN.

The Russian loan bas been successfully issued. It is stated that thers is to be another in six months' time, in which it is hoped to interest Berlin.

THE MILNER PEERAGE. Sir Afred Milzer having been raised to the peerage, it is authoritatively stated that he will take the title of Lord Milner of Capetown.

Evidence sbowed that on the day mentioned the defendant and a buy-the book were alone in the shop. The master had gone ent, leaving the chain in a drawer. By way, it is reasonably supposed, of getting rid of the boy, the defen daut gave him a cent to buy a cigarette. The boy went out to purchase the cigarette, and as The chain was altimately missed and its los he was returning met the defeudant going out for reported to the police, who traced the missing defendant had Strand Eat, where she article to a goldsmith's shop at 31, Bonham

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 25th May.

BOER PRISONERS FOR BERMUDA.

Three hundred Boer prisoners have sailed

Bermuda.

The question of orororowding is also impor tant, nad deserver early attention,

But As long as the auer, uding air is charged with '" kawage-gas, hough the poor class may be provided with. nice ventilated houses to live in the evil ir stil there,

As regards the measu, es adopted for prevout- ing the spread of the dreaded disease, it is most ridiculous to carry the pingue-strickon, dead or alive, through crowded streets, from one end of the tows to the other. 1 should say the Governor's suggestion to leave the patient to be treated in his own hones is very sensible.

in his house, and every requirement onforced in strict accordancs with law and acienes.

The dead, too. should be made ready for Sanitary precautions can be takon "qually weit

immediable burial before removal from the premises. If there is more than one family in the honge... disinfect and send the ethor families elsewhere without altering the present arrangement, leaving the patient's own family with him: Should he succumb to the disease, instead of removing his body in a half-open box to a place two or three miles off to ba prepared for interment, cofan it on the spot in the most approved style, and after it has been taken away, close the house for a month or two, or, if necessary longer. The docters, officers and undertakers are as liable to be infested as anyone else. Why can he not be left with his own people, who will take. botter cats of him than strangers? By leaving him in his own house, without unneccesarily frightoning him, and with his own family constantly in attendance, hero is more chances of his recovery

It is also inhuman that, in some cases, thes patient should be carried away against his own will and that of liis relatives. On the slightest - resistanes, his relatives would be made to suffer for it. and the patient himaro rushed into the fatal choir.

It is often the cake that a patient, adult and child alike, after his removal from his house. is denied the consolation of ging his rolatis for the next twenty-four hours, and very often, too, is be kept waiting for hours before say food or medicine can be given him.

Many will bear me out in saying that same patients perfecily sozsible before removal. actually fainted at the sig of the ambulance and becanto delicious when insile, and in the case of children, they kept on howling for their

parents.

was not. Every patient which removed actually suffering from plague, but merely suspected. Apart from the effect the removal The New York Yacht Club has agreed to has on the poor fellow's mind and nerves, the

THE AMERICA CUP RACE.

form. We understand a copy will be sent to under the heading "Favouring the Opiningold it for $32 The buyer in the latter sir Thomas Lipton's request to postpone the brunping up and down in a corarod cage 'like

HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VOUX ROAD CI every member of Parliament and to the Hubit"---- LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.Coling honie newspapers. Pamphlets will be ready on Saturday nort in time for the French mail: Copies, price 20 cents, or six for 81, may now be ordered.

HONGKONG, 28th May, 1901

Is we can believe the reports of the past two days with regard to the Imperial Court, the situation which has endured for so long seems at last to be coming to an onl. Many months ago we were told that it was quite impossible for the Court to remain at Hsiaafu and that that the famine in Sheusi must infallibly drive the Imperial family and retinue either to Icking or else into Szerhuen. But the predictions have been falsified. It is true that from native sources we have

2. The majority of the Eastern- Press (said to be owned or subsidised by the opium interests)." This is not merely a malicious lie but a cowardly lie, for Dr. Park has not the pluck to say that the Eastern Press is subsidised by the opium interests, but only that it is Elswell Cochrana, aliaz John Carrell, alias“said to be so. By whom? The pity of it is in itself, for everyone J. E. Vengoy, aitas Carrington, Lee, Bell and that a csuss good Morgan, a clever swindler and forger, who deprecates the abuse of opium as he does of will be remembered in Hongkong, was on the drink, should be damaged by the intemperate 20th inst, sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Inferior Provost Caurt of Parian, P. I. He made so defence beyond stating his circum

stonces, and the fact that as a result of certain transactions in China he was financially bank- rupt und saw no other way to relieve his imme. diate and pressing wants than that which he

Yanguage which men like Dr. Park employ. under the impression, we presame, that they are strengthening their causo-N-C. Daily News,

We have already announced, says the Ostasiatische Lloyd, that a Committee of the Diplomatic Corps, consisting of the ropran

shop admitted in giving evidence that he had not asked the defendant where he got the race for the America Cup until the 21st the ambulance, naturally with strong swolle, chain.

SWATOW.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.

His Worship (to tlie interpreter)Tell the September. witness that when a man comes with a rainshlo gold chain-a man little better in appearance than a coolie-he ought to make enquiries, otherwise he will get into trouble.

The defendant was sentencel to six weeks hard labour.

A MEAN ACTION. A Inkong on Saturday forenoon, while patrolling in Queen's Road, sair one of the do-nothing class forcibly snatch a jailstone carried" pick a back" by a little girl of about bangle from the wrist of a baby who was being ten. The lakong gave chase and succeeded in capturing the thief, whoa, with the two children, be took to No. 7 Police Station. Here the bangle dropped from the child's wrist, but defendant told a story to the effect that the

Swatow, 23rd May,

MOKE ATTACKS ON NATIVE CHRISTIANS. Vory authentic information reached me to day, to the effect that in the district of Ho

Yilan, a place very thickly inhabited by con-

carried by two stoleal ec-lies who have no com. punction in throwing you down the moment they feel tired, is in itself ficient to make sound bedy stok.

Suca ensures are not only detrimental to the welfare of the patient himself but als injurious to the public hem, for instead of checking the spread of the disease, the help it They have been in fores for the last sayen years Have they done any good? Abundant scares and irritation have been caused nunecis arily, It is true we have seant respect for others' feelings, but it is time that we sinuld have them modifeil,

At the present moment, there is an outery for municipal food. What has again

learnt that the Imperial table has been adopted-which was to give a cheque for $40 on tafires of Gertasny, England, France, and the Sergeant MuHardy gave à pruetical demon- verts, placards of an inciting nature had beenrived this assertion of right?. The death reduced to ten dishes in place of the usual Hongkong and Shanghai Hank, where he United States, had been appointed to considerstration of the impossibility of the bangleported by a man named Ling Ting This fe Europeans from plagas. In time of

Id no account.

leaving the wrist without being pulled off.

His Worship sentenced the defendant to six wesks' hard labour, and further ordered him to receive twelve strokes of the birch.

TYRFT FROM LOCK COMPANY.

An Indian watchman at the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock on Sunday morning found piping, value 1, the property of, the Dock coolie in unlawful possession of a place of copper The watchman's vigilance proved unfortunato Company, and took him into custody. for the coelis, who retired for seven days, with

hard labour.

BEFORE MR. KEMP.

the question of the navigation of the Whangpoo River. We now learn that the basis of these bundred; but still the Empress Dowager managed to hold out, though reported to be

With regard to Reuter's telegram to the negotiations is formed by a report of Mr. The unfortunate Emperor, affect that the Russian Government had ordered Franzing of Bremen, ons of the greatest very. "morose."

authorities on river conservancy. This report of course, had no voice in the matter. Now, two battleships and foar raisers to proceed at however, our Shanghai correspondent speaks once to the Far East, at Admiral Alexieff's has been, mario through the instigation of the of the firet certain indication of the Court request, a vernacular paper (according to the Norddeutscher Lloyd. According to this the return to Peking given in the order to the Nugasala rose publishes smother telegram navigation of the Whangpeo below Shanghai China Merchants' Strum Navigation Com-from London, in which the noises of the vessels could be so much improved, at a cost of pany to forward the tribute rice to Tientsinare given. The battleships are the Oslyabia Tle. 4,000,000, that vessels drawing 28 feat of for transmission to the capital. This and Peresegel, and the craisers Palinda, Askold, water (the largest modern mail and freight order, if issued with the consent of whoever Faryag, and the Novik. The two battleships are steamers) could reach Shanghai without the

HELPING HIMSELF TO HIS MASTER'S guides the Imperial mind now, cannot be sister ships, and were launched in 1899. They slightest difficulty. The German Government, are two of the most formidable vessels in the after having considered the matter on the basis

PROPERTY. taken otherwise than as a proof that a Russian Navy, having u tonnage each of 12,674 of the above-mentioned report, has ordered its

Julian S. Abraham, clerk, 5, Zetland Street, speedy return of the Emperor to Peking is a speed of 18 kunts. Each has an armanent representative in Peking to take action in the contemplated. The proposal-attributed 10 of four 10-in. guns, eleven 6-in. q.f., twenty 3-in.mattor during the peace negotiations in con- after tiffia on Saturday, gave bis "boy" the keys The cigar was brought and the keys were WANO WES-SHAO, that His Majesty should, and 30 smaller qi. guns. In addition, junction with the British and French of his wardrobe and-fold him to fetch a cigar. retura by way of Nanking and Shanghai is each curries six turpedo ejectors. The engines Ministers. These Ministers have also received returned to the master. On Sunday he had, certainly original, not to say revolutionary, are 12,600 hp. The vessels have the Belleville similar instructions from their governments occasion to open the wardrobe, and accidentally and it can hardly been wondered that the boilers and a very large-coal supply, a feature after the P. & O. S. N. Co. and the Messagorias discovered that two dollars were missing

about the meney, Calling the nothing at to intercede for them. It is now intended that cook, Mr. Abraham went to the "boy's room, and With regard to the craisers, the Novik is a to fary by it. The chief point, however, is second-class one of 3,000 toos, the others are the improvements, and later on the necessary in a cupboard found $1.20 in money and a that the Emperor shall get to Peking with all of the first-class, each having a displacement conservancy of the Whangpoo River, will be fountain peu belonging to a friend. This boy of 6,630 tons. The Fallada was built on the entrusted to the European Powers interested, said the money was given him by a man in a the least possible delay and end

received from his brother intolerable situation by the only guarantee Ner, but the Askold and the Furyaz wore or to an International Committee appointed by bank as payment for clothes, and the pen de The reporting of the affair to the police which can be given of a new cry for China. constructed in foreign yards. These three them. The west of the work is to be horne,

Duree weeks, with bard labour. The reactionaries who formerly ruled the cruisers are powerfully armed, and have speeds according to the proposals of the three above resulted in the boy being sent to prison for

st, through the Empress Dowager, are respectively of 20, 21 and 23 knots an hour.

He

adorn our sweet home! Let them go as they

The Venice Convention does not apply to civilised China. Hongkong being at her door should also be exe 11 ted.—Thanking you

worthy, presumably an official, calls upon the peare, oven, sotas of us de noi like to have the people to kill the native Christinus or drive Chinese next door to us. Why hould we then. them out of the district Ho Yuan. The at a time when plague is in in height keep placards, which bear the Signature of Ling Chinese sick and dead amongst as They ar

command" they am to exterminate all the Ting, inform the people that by "Imperial at osatrod" that we want their dond to

native converts by the 8th of this moon. This

the Imperial order" will be carried ent date falls to-morrow, and I merely wonder if

In view of the unsettled state of affaire up North, it is rather surprising to find the. Chinese down south misbehaving themselves towards the native Christiane, who are the protegés of the various missionaries. usual, the mandarins are caught napping, and they only awaken when it is too late.

As

for the insertion of this. Yours, etc...

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TRUTH.

irascible Empress Dowager should be moved rely to be met with in Russian warships. Maritimes had requested their Governments called his she protested that he knew LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS cling upon us notil the commercial prosperity

named steamer lines, by the IM. Customs.

The Imperial German Mail stammer Preussa left Shanghai on the 25th inst, p.m., and may The Barber Eine steamer Heathburn from le expected here this morning, New York left Singapore on Saturday, the 25th

inst., for Manila, Hongkong and Japan.

DAILY TREES." TO THE EDITOR OF THY

27th May Six,The plague is upon us in its worst forts, and unless soine drastic measures are adopted to remedy the evil, I am afraid, it will of the Colony is greatly endangered, The ont- look at present is bad enough, and if the anitary authorities still go on dilly-dellying Filling to absurd religious scruples of with pigheaded communities and keep on

persons who are adverse to sanitary reforms, we shall one day have a plague caso in orery

houshold like the fwith plague of Egypt..