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BIRTHS.

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On the 27th June, at Police Batra, Straits Settlements, the wife of W, NEAL, of a son,

On the 2nd July, 11, at Ne: 4, Ward Road, Hongkow, Shanghai, the wife of M. RAPPAPORT, of a daughter,

On the 2nd July, 1901, at No. 28, Seward Bond, Shanghai, the wife of David TiLuvas, of a son.

DEATH.

M. Delcassé lins, declared that the French troops will not leave the road to Peking before the troops of other nations do go.

A dividend of 6 per cent, for the half-year ended 30th June, has been declared by the Shanghai Lan? Investment Co, Ld.

Tho census tnturn shows the population of } Paris to be 2,460,100, against 2,411,000 in 1890. Paris will consequently be entitled at the next election to deputies instead of 37.

TELEGRAMS.

"DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.

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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

Losbox, 7th July, 7.5 p.m.

GENERAL NEWS.

LONDON, 8th July, 7.5 p.n.

SUBMARINES AT THE FRENCH

1901

NAVAL MANŒUVRES. The French naval maamuvres are now

of the submarine Gustave Zédá, proceeding. The great feature is the success

receive a blow. How far the ardent supporters of this movement go may be seen from a passage quoted in another column from the Saigon jourmil, Ze Mekong.

Taking the Chinese In Sinm as a whole. The question as to what auront of truth there may be in any of these rumours still writes the Bangkok Times, It is estimated by ons

of themselves that about 60 per cent. can read FRENCH OPINION ON MANCHURIA. remains open. Soms seem to accept the Chinese intelligently, understanding what they

A St. Petersburg telegram states that story of Russia's remunciation as true. Our road, and that anther 10 per cent, can also read, Shanghai morning contemporary, for in-bat with less intelligence. The number whanssin's latest proposals about the Man- | stance, writes:-"No doubt Russia has scan write Chinese is very considerably less, buż churian question have been received in a

"ented from, Chila a sufficient quid pro quour informant does not venture to name any hostile spirit in France. *for her abandonment of her claim to be rercentage. Presumably he is not including “indeunified for her military expenses in those who can rely write any nums and ad- "China, and for her rendition of Talieawan, dress they know, a thing which, we fancy, most "and the Port Arthur-Manchurian Rail- of them can do. The Straits-barn Chinese are, of course, a class apart. Very few of them here "way; and it will be interesting to learn seam to write Chinese, though we holiere most "what the terms of the new convention are., of then read die language. It is not very There is very little doubs that Russia is uncommon, however, to meet a woll educated "trying to get China to surrayler to her man who does not even do that. Still Chinese Chinese Turkestan, and this, as some of is the one language that the mis54 of the Chinese "the native papers have already pointed in the country can road, continues the Times. "out, is very like a menee to our Indian and yet the Government refuses to print any of "Esupire." The idea underlying such the regulations directly relating to them in the man knoirs, and our informant points out very Julicy on the part of Russia presumably is Chinese language. The well educated China that Manchuria has not turned out emphatically, that if this were done much of desirable a possession as at first appeared the friction that there now is in enforcing naw likely, and the defincibility of the ports of regulations on the coolie Chinese would be Port Arthur and Dalay or Talienwas. in obriated. event of a collision with Japan, is uncertain.

The Merrary of the 4th just, says --We have | The articles in the Viedomosti are curiously been favoured with further particulars of the propos, and their appearance at the present extraordinary arrest, bý Ruzgiana of a British may not be without design. If expansion in officer, travelling in Manchuria on Manchuria be checked, it cannot however helegation that he was a spy. It appears that thought that Russian energy in an casterly Lieutenant-Colonel Powell, one of General direction will stop. Therefore, it may be Barrow's staff, was desirous of proceeding to argued, Chinese Turkestan offers a desirable Earope với Mancharia, and gat a pass from objective and an advare in that direction Admiral Alexieff to procad to St. Petersburg

When at Moukilen ho stopped at the house of equally promises one day, though it may b

Dr. Ross, a missionary, and did not call on in the remote future, do tap the trade of

General Fleschor, the head of the Bussiza Central China. The Russian railway system Administration there, as he wished to have as in Middle Asia is developing rapidly, as we little delay as possible, his idea basing to get on have recently leamt, and the ground sickly to Harbin. General Flescher Bridently already broken to a certain extent for thought he liat baon purposely alighted by the pushing un without loss of time. But it fear, and apparently in revenge for the emp cannot be denied that the sudden diversion posed slight le sent a felegram further north of the main stream of Russian eastward telling the Russian officers to keep an eye on Colonel Powell and not let him sec too much. enterprise, as suggested above, would be a

The Cossack offers who received this telogram, startling change.

however, interpreted it perhaps too literally into... an order to arrest the offear. While proced- wasing in a cart between Moukden and Harbin he

The English rail of the 8th June delivered in London on the 8th inst.

ILM. gunbont Firebrand went to Canton and the British transport Penarth kit for Weihai. wei yesterday.

A Peking despatch states that the cost of repairs to the Temple of Heaven and the liks, the palaces and the various yawns in Peking, is estimated at 5.000.000 lacis, whilst the cat of repairs to the roads between Chilli anl Honan amounts to 3,000,000 taels.

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wax followed by a party of armed Cossacks, ani when pussing the village of Pužiho, about twenty miles north of Monkdon, where there was a large Rassion garrison, they seized him and pailed him into the Barracks. Colonel Powell im- mediately telegraphed to the British Conani General at Shanghai, and is no doubt big this tie released.

The Yokohama Eastern World, in its notice on the 2nd ult. of the assissimation of Mr. How Torn says:-Mr. Hoshi Toru, to be sare, bad achieved success, but not bocsUAÐ

It is reported from the North that a Russian of the possession of any such qualities as have

On the 30th June, at the General Hospital, expedition, including a battery of artillery, is on distinguished statesman whose Dames we y Singapore, Orava H. C. STACY, aged 30 years.

its way beyond Haicheng, about 60 miles north-not even mention, because a comparison would east of Newchwang, where a number of brigands be the grossest Battery, but because his violence have collected. They have been drives into the terrified weaker minds, and becanys all the neighbourhood of Haichông by the troops frem viclent and turbulent seshi elements found in him an unscrupulous and liberal leader. the North.

He and his bands of hired ruffians clubbed

The Daily Press.

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HONGKONA. 19th July, 1901

From Corea, tho Nagasaki Press learns that his way into Parliament, and during his first the recent negotiations between the Corendectoral campaign in Tochigiken two or thres Government and the British Minister with people were murdered by his guard of raflaus, regard to the McLeavy Brown incident have and others injured. Murder and violence there- resulted in a complete victory for the British representative. By this it is meant that Mr. McLeavy Brown will retain his position as Commissioner of Corean Customon.

A case of enteric forer (European) was reported from Kowloon yesterday. We are extremely glad to state, however, that the reports as to the death of the patient, Miss Norah Wilson, are entirely without foundation, and that on the contrary she was progressing very favourably last wight, and appeared out of

danger.

GREAT COTTON FIRE AT `LIVERPOOL.

3,000 baks of cotlem have been destroyed by fire at Liverpool. The damage is es- timated at £12,000.

JAPAN'S ARMY-REMARKABLE RUSSIAN CRITICISM. The Nose Fremiz, in a striking sories of articles, says that the Japanese army is everywhere attracting attention. not the beat arany in the world, it might still prove far the most dangerous to

Russin.

If it is

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 6th July.

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. The Australian Defence Bill provides for a

small force of Regulars, large forces of Militia and Mounted Infantry Volunteers, and the classification of all molt males.

RECENT TRAIN-WRECKING IN SOUTH AFRICA.

In addition to the killed, ten men of the Gordons wers wounded in the train wrecked by No details the Boera gear Naboomspruit. whatever of the disaster are yet to hand.

LONDON, 7th July.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS, Į some of the members. Ho trusted, however, that the attendance at parodes would in future by batter. Captain Pritchard concluded by again expressing his thanks for the honour moordal him.

PRESENTATION OF GOVERNOR'S SHIELD.

A parade of all units of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps took place at Headquarters

This parade shortly afterwards dismissed. yesterday afternoon at 5:13, whoa His Excel

The inscription on the Governor's Shield is laney the Governor presented his Shield for as follows: His Excellency the Governor'e muskotry to the winning team, "D" Company. Shield, 9th June, 1901. Won by "D" Com- The parade, despite the Importance of the ocon-pany," Then follow the names of the offlers sion, was not a large ons,

and men composing the team Capt. J. MIG. His Excellency, who was accompanied by Forbes, Lient. T. Skinner, Lient. A. R. Grieve, Corporal A. Ritchie, Private J. I. Androw Lady Blake and his aide-de-onup, arrived on the parade ground shortly after half-past five, | Private B. Clark, Private H. Horlay. Private dressed in his uniform as Hou. Colonel of the A. Mackenzie, and Privats A. Watson, Corps, and was received with the general

saiuto.

THE SANITATION OF HONGKONG.

Our Portuguese local contemporary 0 Porvir in its issue of the 6th inst. has some commenta on the Fetition now going home to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. We roughly translato

few sentences.

A circular was sent round on Monday last

Captain PITCHARD, Adjutant of the Corps, welcomed his Excelleney, in the absence of Sir John Carrington, C.M.G., Cemmandant. In a few words Captain Pritchard thanked His Excellency for his generons present of the Shield and also for his kindness in coming to the parade ground. Commenting on the fact that tho winners of the ghiold, "D" Company, lund fired with rifles against carbinne, Captain to the inhabitants of this Colony for their Pritchard mid the matter was nader the signatures, containing a petition to the Sooca- consideration of the Shield Committee, which tary of State for the Colonies, written in

the would weigh fally whole questionery moderate and careful tone, equesting whether or not the two weapons were equal in that an independent enquiry be made into tho He then asked His sanitary condition of Hongkong and the mea- noeumacy and range.

sures to be adopted for the improvement of the Excellency to present the Shield, and intimated that the Corps had provided a small replies Presant situation. The said document speaks very clearly on the situation without attaching for each member of the winning team,

direct blame to the local Government, pointing out that the evils were predicted long ago, and soliciting from the home Government a remedy for them. It contains valuable extracts from

In presenting the Shield the GOVERNOR said it had bean presented by him to the Corps for the purpose of inducing the members to practice shooting, and, if possible, to evolva a competition between the different units of the Corps. The Hongkong Volunteers had now. arrived at a very critical stage in their

existence.

a possible attack.

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"pecial Sanitary Committee appointed in 1882 the local medical authorities, and from the lich meile important recommandations on the then argent neet for better sanitation of this Ersllency When His here in 1898, the Corps nnmhored 150 men, colony, adding that unless such messures were The first impulss towards the increasing adopted their necessity would hereafter be of the strength of the Corps animo in the proved by a severe epidemio, which April of 1899, when the trouble in the fortunately hus proved tane. The epidemio New Territory aross. One afternoon Colouel came in such a dreadful way that one minnet Ainsley catar over and informed His Excellency astly forget it; it has since thence been that matters in the Now Territory were acaring intermittent and its visits are of the worst a crisis, and that it was necessary to despatch character. If the proper measures, so frequently nt once a number of men to the other recommanded by the competent authorities, bait been promptly adopted, great benefits would side to repel

Tho Hongkong Volunteer Corps was apparently at have followed for the public in general; kut for that timenet taken seriously, but His Excellency reasons on which we ourselves abstain from novertheless suggested that they should be called making ooy criticism and would rather leave it epe. How well that call had hean responded to our English local contemporaries, no dus to, a 1 how well they had done their work under attention was paid to much wise advice nor wore Cel. Mainwairing, would be remembered by all. any energote steps taken. Bonce the evil has That was the first impulse, and from that time spread to such an alarming extent that it is to the present moment, greatly through the found very difficult and espousive to cope with it. The Hongkong Daily Prus says in the last fostering care of Major-General Guscoigne

paragraph of its leading article of 2nd inst.:- and Eir John Carrington, Commandant, the This Petition deserves the support of the whole Corps had gone on increasing in numbers pablic of this Colony." We are in perfect and in efficiency. Speaking of the necesareard with ear contemporary.

sail it behoved every man sity for straight shooting. His Excellency to be in A position to take his place, if necessary, la the lines for the defence of the colony and of his heine. It was with a view of stimulating interest in their shooting that he had decided to present the Shield to the members of the Corps. The Volantears now numbered 300 men, and His Excellency could assure them that they were new taken very seriously na an important addition to the defensive force of the colony. That was a fact on which they were to be congratulated, but the greatest satisfas.

TIBETAN MISSION TO RUSSIA. The Tibetan Mission to Russia was received. tion with ceremony by the Tear at Peterhoff. The

Majesty. Mission. handed valuable presents to His

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AT CRICKET,

drawn.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.]

DANGEROUS ROAD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS,"

9th July.

SIX, The Hongkong Government is not would be the consciousness that they had come forward and given a portion of only to blame for their inertion in the matter citizen the duty of falling into fine for roads in this colony. With regard to the latter I should now like to make a spesial referencs the defence of country and home. His their time to the first duty of every good of sanitary reforms, but also for the dangerous Excellency concluded by congratulating to the one leading to the wharf of the Hong- their kong. Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. This Captain Forbes and his team on The University Cricket Match has been access, and trusted that the memento oach thoroughfare is in a very 'disgraceful condition man would carry away would be a pleasant one with innumerable ditches fall of wire, and THE. FRENCH is years to come, and that the result of the accidents in this locality. I am told, are not- THE POPE AND

competition this year would prove in fature an of rare occurrence, Last Saturday while going RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS' LAW.

to the Macno boat in a ricksha and just when I incentive to the other units of the Corps

was about to take the turn to approach the wharf, the vehicle, the coolie and myself tumbled right into one of these ditches. The condition in which I emerged I leave it to you and to your renders to imagins. Amidst the sympathy and laughter of my friends and some passengers, I went on board the Heungskan for a new outfit.

A letter from the Pope, conched in plaintive terms, condemns the French Religious Associations Low as injuring and impairing the power of the Church.

HIS EXCELLENCY then presented the Shield and its replicas to the members of "D" Com- pany's toom, congratulating each in turn.

Captain Fornes returned thanks on behalf of the team, and said that in future years, when His Excellency, perchance, bad left the onlony the Shield would be regarded as an earnest of His Excellency's good wishes for the welfare Princo Hohenlohe, Ex-Chancellor of the of the Hongkong Volunteer Corpa,

fore raised him to mocess, and by murder azd violence has he died. Expelled from Parlia ment; expelled by the Tokyo Barristers Ås- sociation; compelled by a storm of popular indignation to resign, after a fortnight's tenure, the post of Minister of Communica tions, to which Marquis Ito's short-sighted folly had raised him, he represented a political type that honest men were powerless to suppress but which they were ashamed of. But a renotion had already set in, the party of plunder organised Ferraan Empire, is dead, by Marquis Ito, of which he was the leader,

was already breaking up, and in a few months more Hoshi Toru would have had his brief day of of what? Mob popularity at the best, of a leading position amongst a pack of jackals.

THERE has been a large crop of rumours lately as to what Russia is going to do, what abe is making froin China, and what the is about to give back. Last week we had the sensational despatch announcing the inter tion of restoring Port Arthur xad Daly to China, coupled with the statement from a Berlin source that Russia was renouncing her claims to an indemnity, us far as military expenses were concerned, in return for political and commercial privileges in Man- churia. Now comes the inspired story in the Vicdomosti of St. Petersburg that talk of a Russian protectorate over Tibet is idle,

The Malay Mail mentions that a rumour is Is Tibetulust remain a no-man's land";

about that Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board may and papers from the north bring down develop into some sort of a Municipal Commis

The Saigon Opinion, writing of M. Doumor's the story from Tientsin, via Nagasaki, thation next year, with a rogular President, Ilcalth the Chinese Government is intending to Officer. etc. it is plain that, unless things Tuunau Railway scheme, anys:-"How much concede Newchwang to Russia. Earlier in charge soon in accordance with our hopes, it will cost France and this colony, only the Hongkong will soon be left behind oven by future will show, unless indeed the high officials Kuala Lumpur in the matter of intelligent of the P. W. D. of Indo-China should make Sanitary control. The Malay Mail anys that out the very elastic chapter of leakages and the change is bound to come sooner or later, peculations. This question of coet means the but there is a belief in some quarters that the ruin or prosperity of many Frenchmen, but let keen on handing over any sert of Government bigger with fatare sorrows. This railway covers a writable scheme of conquest. With men of the temper of our Governor. General it is impossible to believe that he is thinking of a pacific conquest. To assure his own glory and his fortuns he must go quick, and strike heavy

the year stories were circulated as to Russian desigus on Chinese Turkestan, and there was the Russo-Japanese rumour, on the authority of a high official at Vladivostok," of the offer to Japan of Port Arthur and

LONDON, 7th July.

OBITUARY.

RUSSIA AND TIBET.

The St. Petersburg Viedomosti describes us idle talk the rumours of a Russian protectorate over Tibet, which, it saya, must remain no-man's

land.

THE PLAGUE.

During the 24 hours ending at noon yester day there were reported 4 fresh cases of plague and 4 deaths (all Chinese).

The epidemic has so far declined now that figures. All the European patients are reported to be doing well in hospital.

Cheers were then given for the winning team, aud for His Excellency and Lady Blake

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Will the P. W. Department be kind enough to look to the grievance, or will they wait for some serious accidents to warraut any action on their part?Trasting that you will give publicity to this letter, and enclosing my

A VICTIM. card, yours, etc.,

A pleasing little ceremony followed. Captain SAUNDERS, laying a silver tea service on the table which had been occupied by the Shield, addressed Captain Pritchard, the Adjutant, and, allading to the latter's approaching marriage, ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB. asked him, on behalf of the officers of the Corps, to accept the tea service sa a small token of CAPTAIN'S CUP AND SILVER MEDAL FOR JULT. appreciation of his services as Adjutant to the Corps. Nre. Pritchard. Captain Saunders

The following were the scores handed in:- useful. When Captain Pritchard returned

CAPTAIN'S GUY. remarked, would doubtless. And it extremely only by 7 at the long hola.

to the colony with Mrs. Pritchard, the in embara

him.

Dalay in return for the withdrawal of Present High Commissioner is not particularly it pass. There is a point of view that is still there is nothing to ehroniele beyond the bare of the Volunteer Corps. would heartily receive!

Concerning the Crefeld-Peleur collision, the N.-C. Daily News says:-All parties concerned boing very reticent about this matter, we have

not been able to obtain very much information blows that will resound to the very heart of

SEIZING A FULL-GROWN ARSENAL.

On the call of Captain SAUNDERS, thres cheers were given for Captain Pritchard.

The winner returned an excellent card, marred

Mr. T. 9. Forrest

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Japanese opposition to a Russian naval control to an independent body of vltigens," station at Masampo. These numerous

In replying. Captain PRITCHARD thanked and contradictory stories are probably

Captain Saunders and the other offices of the most of them merely the natural pro-

Corps for their very handsome present; and duct of excited imaginations at a time of crisis. Others seem to be of the nature of about the collision. The affair scams to have Paris. Other Dodds, other Dnchastics, other A large and important seizure of sea and said it was hard for him, in broking back, ta ballons d'essai, originated by Russia herself; securred in the early part of Tuesday after Gallienis will lead the children of France to ammunition was made at No. 393, Queen's realise that he had been connected with the

The quarterly meeting for the MacEwen Cup in this class is the suggestion about the noon as Loth ships were coming in. The bows butchery. In their blood and in that of the Road West, yesterday afternoon about 5 p.m., Corps only for the past six months. He was renunciation of Dalny and Port Arthur, of the Pelcus came in contact with the Crefeld Chinese, who will doubtless try to defend their by Sergt. Ward, No 11. Many hundreds of leaving the colony on some important matters will be held from Friday, 12th, to Monday, 15th and perhaps so too is the Masampo tale. amidships, and both ships sustained very serious soil, the leaders will pick up stars, laurel-wreaths new Mansers, old hammer and reedle-guns, requiring his picance at home, but he hoped it inst

Printers are not the only persons responsible However originated, the reports certainly damage. The stem of the Poleus was badly and white plumes." On the other hand, the several hundreds of revolvers and Chinese horse- would be au revoir only not good-bye. How- serve to reveal the rarione national opinions twisted to the starboard side, and several plates pro-Government Melony writes in the following pistols, with amnionition of every kind, raload-ever, as that would be his last parado for on possible eventualities. Our London on the starboard side, both above and below the vainglorious strain-Ne one can deny that ing and recapping tools, etc., were seized and six months, he would take the opportunity for errors, Le Faller, the originator of the of thanking all for the support and belp he had serpentine dance, when in London received a a great commercial and industrial movement Irongat to the Central Station." correspondent quotes a St. Petersburg water line, were buckled. The Crefeld was

Naturally the authorities are reluctant to received in bis duties as Adjutant. It had not letter from a certain influential rector asking her to play at a charity bazaar a particular telegram about the disfavour shown in struck right in the sick-bey on the starboard towards China is being prepared in our country. France to Russia's latest proposals about side, and had several plates store in. Having or that M. Faul Doumer by his intelligent and give any information at present, at least till the been all joy and happiness, and he had been pantomime sketch, the rights of which she bad no cargo on board, the Crefeld was able to go energetic policy has placed France in the first matter has been fully investigated. There is disappointed on many occasions to see only six already disposed of. Loie Teller telegraphed the Manchurian question. If the proposals into dock yesterday. She is docked at the rank of the foreign nations in Chint. The ne reason to doubt, however, that a find most or sover mer on pide. The present turn-out, to him expressing regret she had not rights of referred to are the renunciation of the two Cosmopolitan Dock. The Fcleus is lying slong-work of M. Paal Donmer is being rapidly important to the European coloniste of Hong kong has been made, and that the police offioints ports and the waiving of the military aide the Associated Wharres discharging cargo, accomplished, every day it is seen to be more indemnity, it is easy to understand that the after which she will go into deck. It is thought grand, and in a short time France will occupy responsible for the capture deserve every

eredit for their efficient work. the first place in the world."' expansionist party in France would look on that her repairs will take at least three weeks.

for instance, was not nearly so good as it might have been, but its pancity, Captain Pritchard

the provious might having proved too wash for added, might be accounted for by the concart of

described when he read the following message: the piece mentioned, but the feelings of the reverend recipient can be imagined better than "Sorry haren't any tights, but will do dance.-- Lois Ballet."