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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30ru, 1901

* one corner of the frontier." The Anancial obstacles to any such schemes as Mr. Bouldes advances are indeed serious, and it seems impossible for any one who is not rather a visionary to imagine that the. Go- vernment is likely to take up with willing ness expensive railway projects on the Burmese frontier, or that the investing A. S. WATSON & CO. public is inclined to look in the direction of Yunnan for, returns on its money. When we see the vehement opposition offered to M. DOUMER's scheme of attacking Yunnan by rail from a far more favourable base, this is not to be wondered at, M. DOUMER proposes to spend an enormous súm of money, and his opponents very naturally call on the French Government to count the costs fully before giving the Governor- General & free kal. Yet the advance on Yunan from the South-East is physically far eskor task than the rival route

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The home racing season closed in rather of influence and prestige, we cannot afford, characteristic style at Newmarket on the 20th to omit a chance of upholding either alt, American jockeye riding four of the oven Moreover, the residents in Weileiwei nyt

In onnection with the Ixhibition at Cork a grievance in being hally served postally, and naturally complain. Of course they next year, it is proposed to offer a cup for an are few in number and cannot make their international rowing competition. It is expected influence felt in Downing Street, but it isbat the United States, France, Germany, and

the duty of the Commissioner there and of the admirals of the British Squadron to see that nothing is neglected that can in any degree serve to sustain or auginsit the political prestige of Great Britain in these Beas. Let Weihaiwei have its own Post

own postage Office, therefore, and its stamps.

The British sloop Daphns arrived from Shanghai yesterday, and the Poringuese - boat Zaire from Macno.

Under the auspices of the Hongkeng Rife

Holland will sand crews.

It is reported from Chicago that James MoGarry, the original of Mr. F. P. Danne's Dooley," has died at an advanced ago. Mo Garry was formerly a caloon-keeper, well known locally for his wit and the whimsical philosophy he brought to bear on passing events.

A despatch from Nyberg, on the Island of Faenen, reached Copenhagen on the 1st inst., to the effect that the Russian battleship Perevict, ran ashore that morning on the north end of the island of Lapland. A salvage. steamer had gone to her assistance. The Pereanfet, it will be remembered, is coming ont

to this station.

The statement made by the West India Committee, in a circular sent out from London recently, announcing that the invitation sent to the United States to participate in the con- ference on sugar bounties will involve further delay, and that the conference is not likely to assemble this year, is incorrect, according to a Brussels despatch. The United States has not

and Russin alone prevents the date of the. meeting from being fixed.

brough Burina, The Times of India (Association there will be a Spoon Competition Eric, weto pormanently withdrawn from the bean invited to attend the sugar conference,

quate once more) rebukes Mr. BOULGER for begging the question by talking of

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improved methods of carrying railways over mountalus," and says: The initial truth "to be borne in mind is that a railway "to the Yangtze can only be con- "structed enormous expense, that "it would no more pay for fifty years than the Siberian Railway will pay, and "that no one has yet told us where the money is to come from. India cannot "afford to pay for it, or even to contribute to any material extent." Yet the Bombay paper is very mach in sympathy with Mr. BOULGER'S aime, as indeed all must be who bope for the advancement of British trade with China It is is every way desirable PARISIAN that a railway shall be constructed to link

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India with the Upper Yangtze region But no good can be done save y approach ing the question in a practical spirit. In the past the consensus of opinion was against the practicability of any such rail- way scheme whatever. Recently more at tempts have been made to combat te is view, and expert surveyors have been busy at work. We do not, however, hear the results of their investigations, It is plain that before the mouey can even be asked for a railway to the Yangtsze it must be denuas A. S. WATSON & CO.trated that the railway can be built without ach expenditure as to put it altogether out LIMITED,

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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

LONDON, 29th November, 10.80 a.m.

MISSIONARY APOLOGISTS AND LOORING The missionary apologists claim that the missionaries in the alleged looting only

acted as bankers.

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

At the end of October, Dr. Hope, Medical Health Officer of the Port of Liverpool, corfer" red-with the United States and other coueals regarding bubonic plagas precautions, and arranged to supplement the Board of Trude examination of outgoing vessels, so as to meet the desires of the representatives of foreign countries. A representative of the Losal Gor ernment Board was to risit Liverpool on Bohalf of the Government, lo confer with Dr. Hope.

Four steam cabul-boats and fifteen consorts, which have been plying between New York and Cleveland, via the Erie Canal and Laks

trade there in October. They worn to be ent up and shipped to Hongkong where they will be put together and proceed to Manila, to do a A Dovac telegram of the 31st October mya:~~ It will be noticed in our advertisement columns

general lighterage and inter-island business. A fierce esstarly gale has been blowing-to-day that the Hongkong Hotel Co. is holding an extra- ordinary general meeting of shareholder on these beats have been purchased by the Philip over the whole Channel, much disturbing ship. 11th prox. to consider a progonal of the Directors pine Transportation and Construction Comping. The Channel steamers were obliged to for ptilising the ground on the Reclamation in a corporation just orgauised under the abandon attempts to enter the port of Folkos

tone, which was not approachable, owing to rates. The War Office publishes the fact, front of the Hotel by erecting a buikling

the tremendous ses running. A number of but is apparently withholding the reason. minor wrecks have been reported, and several vessels have suurk at their moorings The wind gange registered sixty miles an hour. The tide is rising, and vessels of all kinds are sooking shelter from the storm. A great number of carensus of unimals are washing ashor in the vicinity of Deal, indicating that a shipping disaster has occured near there."

thereon.

The Rangers Fooball Club will play to-day in the Happy Valley the Army Ordnance FC. Kisk off at 4.15 pm. The following will represent the Hungers-Goal-A. New Bark-C. Turney, H. S. Spurge; Halves A. N. Other, R. 1 apsley, E. E. Herlon, Forwards-H. A. Seth, P. W. Gladwell, R. H. Ruby, R. Henderson, and H. S. Holmes.

By kind permission of L-Col. Baillie and Offrera, the band of the 22nd Bombay Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hote! this evening from 8 to 9.30 o'clock. Programite:- Querillu...... “ F'un of the Fair *- Valse Epigramme". Selection "Les Cloches de Corzaville

Polka “Now and then' Grace al Dance ......" Dulcie Salection

"The Gondoliers (tod Save the King"

Tovey

laws of New Jersey.

a tour of the General Kuroputkin made Russian-Afghan frontier during October, visiting various antposts before proceeding to Russian Turkestan to witness the commence woont of work on the Tashkeut renborg rail. way. The Russians some months ago began extending the new Kushk ailway to Chatil Dueteran, which is the extreme point of the Russian territory towards. Horat. They also at the same time began, the construction of n branch line through Penjduk towards Max chak, which is evidently intended for strategie parposes as a protection to the left flank of their position in the Kushk Valley.

The Ecluir of Paris is not reckoned generally Conte Gung'I as a comic paper. Yet this is one of its latest Plaquette forts" It may truly be said to-day that the Coote reign of Albion is ever. No one will deny that it in thanks to the Boers that so prodigions Sullivan

a result has been obtained. It is to them that the civilised nations owe their escape from the disasters to which the tortuous policy of Eng. is imperiulisi was to consign them in the twentieth century. The governments which without their aid stood to loses most seem little lisposed to show any gratitude. The Boers while defending their independence have accom-

Two Chinose fishermen had an experience in the early hours of yesterday morning that almost ended in them losing their vas. They left Taiping, in the East River, on Thursday, iutending to work their frail little hat under sall down to this port. Of Deep Bay a heavy legged and chilly unmanageable. They were drifting rapidly out to sea when the Pocas, coming down the river, saw the two men and rescued them. They were brought here and handed over to the care of the police.

of the question. It is no doubt still necessquall struck them, and the host became water-plished a historical, a superhuman taak, which

sary to impress upon the home public bow much communication by ruit between Indi and the interior of China would benefit British trade. But the appeal for support must be made to business men, who, want to know the details of the scheme and its

reasonable possibility; the same applies in the case of Government Support. No airy belittling of the dificulties to be overcome can serve any purpose at all. The argu- meats which are to convince must be based on the evidence of experts. Thus we sin- cerely trust will be forthcoming. Even

would have transconded the abilities of the greatest people. They have made possible a

new direction for human progress.

Mr. Frank T. Bullen, author of The Cruize of the Cachabt, and other popular works, in a speech at Manchester recently said he was talking the other day with Mr. Rudyard:

Kipling, who told him that ho; used to take si

LONDON, 29th November, 1030 s..

TWO PRIVATES SHOT BY BOERS.

The Boers report having ahot two pri

LONDON November, 4 p.m..

SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION~~~

THE NUMERICAL OLDS, The Pretoria correspondent of the Times sends to that journal a summary of the situation in South Africa. He states that there are twenty-six Boer coummandos in the Transvaal, thirty-one in the Orange glass regalariy, but once he was in an English River Colony, and thirteen in Cape Colony. city-" I am almost sure it was Manchester," These commandos are from fifty to four remarked Mr. Bullen-and going along the hundred strong each. Against them the wirests he saw two young girls of fifteen reel out of public house, stagger aortas the pave-British striking ment, and fall into the gutter. From that time Mr. Kipling became a votat abstainer: Mr. Bullen did not add, though he might have done so, that a more illogical reason for deserting temperance in favour of tolal abstinence would be hard to produce.

thousand strong

only forty-f

GENERAL NEWS

LONDON 20th November, 10.30 a.m tell who fotog

-CONSERVATIVES FREATING NEWTERMOFOR PEACE

The Conservatives have been checked by

New York to London in 100 hours is that problem for which two great American railroad companies are considering two.salations, saya the Journal and Advertiser of New York for the 2nd inst. The New York Central's engineers are working out the details of a plan involving The following route to Europe, with a view to the representatives of the Powers [1] at determining its mechanical and commercial Colon, and it is believed they are treating probabilities-New York to Boston by the Now York Central and Hudson River and for peace, Boston and Albany lines; Boston to St. John, London on the 30th nlt, and when recognised N. B. by Buston and Maine Railroad and was cheered. He rose to his feat and bowed connections; St. Johu to a port on the Irish by 985 votes to £13. thst mihicking his acknowledgments. Outside the building west coast by a line of swift steamships to be General Buller was mobbed by cheering crowds, the Irish Channel, and rail to London-time, established; by tram to Dublin; packet across

The Empire Comady Company, which has submitted such fine perforinanons in the Colony will give another complete change of programme to-night- quite a radical change, as a matter of fact. Maldoon's Fionic,

langhuble Irish comedy, will form the first part of the programme, and from the cut we should imagine it will losu nothing in its production

General Baller threatens to blossom into a British Boulanger, says the London corre8 - pendent of a Canadian paper. He does not appear to court privacy or to discountenance

demonstrations. Je attended a thestro in

and the police had to be called to clear the

four days and four hours.

· FRENCH LOAN PASSED, The French loan has been finally passed

LONDON, 28th November, 4 p.m.

edited for a frail perind will be continued until Unters for extra copica at DAILY PRESS should be sent before 11 mm, on day of publication. After that hear the supply de limited. Only supplied for hen the fight on behalf of the scheme is by the Empire Comedy Company. The princi-streets. Meanwhile, the following is the tele-

gram which the National Reviews alleges, ou The dies for the Coronation coinage, having TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER AT pal part, that of Michael Moldoen, is taken by the authority of a civilian who passed through been approved by the King, are now sure to be hard. It is not to be expected Mr. Steve Adson, whose ability as a variety the siege of Ladysmith, to have been sent by tion by the authorities of the Mint, says the

artist makes comunent unnecessary. Tho

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that the British Government will embarki

safe to prophecy that a British line to the Yangtze will be the last to be completed.

You will thiếu

equally clever, M. Gre Gregory will look after: General Buller to General White : hara the interests of Dentis Maicahoy, and the been repulsed. You will burn your ciphers and other parts are all in capabl: hands. An destroy all your ammunition entirely new item in the second part will be the wake the best terms you can with the Boors, athletic performance by Messrs. Gregory and after I have fortified myself on the Tugela Horley, and the evening's entertainment will General Buller contented himarli with the close with another langballe ketel, The statement. "That is not my telegram."

The Calentta Englishmen, discussing the Photographer's Troubles."

prepara

DETROIT.

A railway smash has occurred at Detroit,

Michigan, involving the death of no leis than eighty people.

Pall Mall Guzelte, The exact date of lane cannot at present be etated, but all the new currency will be issued before that great vere.

MONEY MAKKET:: woony takes places. One side of the coine will

Console stand at $91k. On the loan bear a miniature of his Majesty, deruid uf elaboration, with inscription; the details of the reverse are still under consideration for ap market weekly advances range from 3 to Proval by the King. When the dies are made 3 per cent Japanese New Loans are at

£781 Hank rate is still 4 per cent."'

and the first ceins struck they will be submitted for his Majesty's final approval. If no altera- tion of the designs is then commanded, the coinage will be struck and isend for sireniation. Hundreds of tons of gold and silver will be

the amiant may be conveyed by assuming the adult population of the United Kingdom to be 15,000.000: it would require 200 tons of gold to noin a sovereign for sach; similarly adding half a erowa, a forin, shilling, and six-penny pisos together, and taking the common weight, it would require 600 tons of silver ingots to pro- vide each person with one of these, coine. It is probable that the threepenny piece will be re- tained, but whether any new coin will be issued to commemorate the Coronation cannot now be stated.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 271hNarember

SOUTH AFRICA-IMPORTANT,

CAPTURES. Gunaral Knox has affected the capture of 36

Boers, including Commandant Joubert and two Field Cornets. Fractically the whole of this commando is now accounted for. Commandent Joubert was one of Brandt's best comming less, and it was he who captured the two guns at Vlakfontein in September last

CRICKET MACLAREN BEATEN

AGAIN

New South Wales her defeated MacLaren's

on an extremely costly undertaking with the rasuliness which Russia, showed in the mat- ter of the Siberian line; nor do we know at prezent of any British Douma who will create an enthusiasm such as was tmpor- arily manifested of late in France for The Yunnan railway scheme. The circumstances In the last number but one of the Fort-of the three undertakings are totally differ-

rearming of the Indian Volunteers, rays;-The nighty Review there appears an article byent. Time may see all three fully realised,

('n '1hursday evening (Thanksgiving Night) | weapon choren is the 303 Martini-Metford Mr. DEMETRIUS BOULDER on the subject but if so the manners of realisation will have

The Times been quite dissimilar. The Russian in a very enjoyable and muccessful concert was carbine, a certain number of which have become of India's Interest in China. of Indin of the 9th November contains serors Siberia and through Maashuria is given on board the U. S. S. Mondenact available owing to the re-arment of the Ist very interesting criticism of this article, prnetically in existem. It is reasonably (Lieut. Commander E. H. Galt) which is pre-Bengal Lanoers with Lee-Enfield carbines required for the new currency. Some idea of

The performers The Martini-Metford is not a magazine if seatly lying in the Harbour. taking the practical side of the question in

wore the Monada.ck Minstrel Troups, and it has the Martini breech action, lat is bored to take the 405 crtridge, and is in every respect opposition to Mr. Bouzaen's over-sanguine

quitas number of visitors attended the enter

courteous invitation of modal shooting weapon, us there is practically theorising. The Bombay journal admits

tainment on the that in endeavouring to impress upon the We note with interest, not untinged with the Commander.

It was a varied and most no recail. The 1st Bengal Lancers, and the bome public the supreme importapes of indignation, that the new British Colony or interesting programme which the Minstrels Weihaiwei Regiment, which is similarly armed, The first part opened with a had some opportunity of using the weapon in regarding Indian interests in any settlement Dependency of Weihaivei not only has no submitted.

Chiou and were delighted with it. Not the of the Chinese difficulty, Mr. BOULDER is Post Office, but is dependent upon that of cheras, and included sales, a duet and a

least among its many advantages is that the performing a useful service, but wishes that Chiua for the distribution of its correspon-quartette, E. H. W. Crofut acting as interlo-

parts are few and the barrel, when cordite is Of course the new he had fulfilled his task with a clearer per- dence. This is assuredly most undignified cutor, and being well supported by. F. W.

used, is easily cleaned. ception of the realities of the situation, and and most undiplomatic. No surer method Shanon, G. W. Johnson, and H. J. Roper, A

short Lee-Enfield rifle is superior to the Mar- with a less frequent tendency to belittle the could possibly be taken to prove to the tableaux entitled "Columbia" was well carried very great difficulties that undoubtedly Chinese that Werbaiwei is really a Chinese out by H. J. Delanne, E. C. Stoy, and W. R. tini-Metford, but the latter can hardly be des Jones. Following upon this came a number pised when compared with the worn-out Mar- exist. It is eminently desirable (says the port, though temporarily leased to u Foreign of variety turns, and the performance concluded tini-Hearys with which Volunteers in India Immigration Burean, has entered into an Egish leran by 55 rus Times of India that the British people Power, than to compai it to use Chinese should be made to understand how deeply postage stamps. Why this should be allowed India is concerned in the future of China: we are at a loss to imagine. There was a it is equally imperative that they should not goud opportunity of making the portrait of be misled, however unintentionally. The His Majesty King EDWARD VII familiar to main, burden of the Fortnightly article, is the the Chinese of Shantung on a new stamp. necessity of the extension of the British and now that the Colony has been placed

the article appearing in the Indian Medical favourable to the United States than the last yesterday. He is also to seo M. is railway system into Western China, and under the control of the Colonial Office there

Gazette, it appears that Dr. Rogers has proved It provides that aliens arriving in Canada, Witte, Bassina Minister of Finance, at the the writer is enthusiastic over the prospects is no excuse for neglecting to do so. The the spacions dining-room of the hotel for the that the anopheles are most prevalent during destined to the United States, shall be inspected official quartors in St Petersburg, and is at Halifax, N. 8., Quebec, Point Levis, Van- confident that the interviews will do mol to of railway communication between India and German Government long ago introduced a

conver, St. John, N. B., and Tietoria, B. C. by end the mistinderstandings between Fasein and China. He contends that as a prelude to special issue of stamps for Kiaochau, and

United States Commissioners, who shall issue Japan. His visit, alone is proof that the railway construction beyond the frontier, they have taken every opportunity to show

certificates to such as are entitled to enter this relations between the two countries are more country, and the holders of these certificates cordial than supposed. "an elaborate scheme of railways," to be the Chinese that, they are masters in the a beautiful voice, and no doub; many who were constructed by Government guaranteed territory leased to them. We should do debarred from hearing her during cricket week to be infested with anopheles krve. On the shall be entitled to enter the United States from loans of twenty millions," should be intro- the same.. We have the less excuse inas. will take advantage of this new opportunity. other hand, in the dry hot season the pools and any of the above-named places, without further duced in Upper Burma. Whereon our much as, until a special issue of stamps She will be supported by several amateurs, and the puddles are dried up." It is also interesting to examination. The examinations at these points Indian contemporary remarks: We can could be provided, the Hongkong Post concert will serve to introduce a lady violinist learn that "the floods of September, 1900, in shall be similar to those, conducted at the porte inadmizable shall be returned to the countries imagine what reception would be accorded Once could furnish Hoogkong stamps now to our rapidly-increasing musical seption of Calcutta so thoroughly scoured the pools and of the United States. All allens adjudged "by Government very properly to any as they have done and still do to the Treaty the community. The lady will play the violinpuddles that for the time anopheles larvan seem

project for an elaborate scheme of rail-Ports of China. This seams a small matter obligato to Gounod's "Ave Maria," which entirely to have disappeared, and in October, from which they came, by the lines bringing Madame Freed has been asked to sing again when the fever curve was at its maximum, the them over. The agrement, which goes into ways in any province, and particularly to some persons, perhaps, but it is not so

by special request. Her other songa, will be tanks were free from anopheles karvm." The offset immediately, may be cancelled by either Upper Buns Mi. BOULGER must insignificant as it may appear at first sight, of the popular and lighter compositions. The Indian Medical Gazette, however, mys that party on giring 60 days notice. It is signed have studied railway policy in India especially when we consider the trouble Canton community have arranged for Madame the truth of the connection between snopheles by Mr. Fowderly, the Elder Dempater or Beaver to very little purpose if he seriously im some Powers take to put their postage Freed to give another concert there on the 6th and malarial foror is too firmly established to Line, the Allan Line, the Demaion Lite, and agines that it would be possible at present stamps in evidence. It is one of the signs prox Tokats for the Peak concert are on sale be upset by any opa series of observations the Grand Trunk, and Canadian Paelle Railway "to spend twenty millions in five years in and symbols of possession and, in Eastern at the Hotel and the Robinson Piano Company, which seem to run counter to it."

with a laughable sketch in which there wero have to be content. no less than fourteen characters.

Dr. Leonard Rogers recently contributed an article to the Journal of Hygiene on the preval- ence of anopheles and malaria in and round the suburbs of Calcutta. From an analysis of

Madame Agzins Freed, the Californian soprano singer, will make her last appearance in Hongkong on Tuesday evening next, when she will give a concert at the Peat. Mr. Moir, the manager of the Peak Hotel, has kindly lent Decasion, and the concert will commence at the hot weather months between March and 9.30. Madame Freed has already appeared May, when there is much less ferer thau in before a local audience and given ampis proof June, shortly after the beginning of the raine of her ability as an artistic singer passessing "In May no less than two thirds of all tanks,

in an area under regalar observation, were found

Commisioner-General Powderly, of the US.

agreement with the principal steamship and railroad lines of Canada for the regulation of immigration to the United States, through This agreement, which takes the Cana place of the former arrangement, which ex. pired last mouth, is regarded as much more

Companies

LONDON, 27th November

MARQUIS ITO'S, TOUR. Marquis Ito had on interview with Count

Lamsdorf, Russian Minister of Foreign

LONDON, 27th November.

A FRENCH SENSATION. A senration has been caused in Farin by the disclosure of a confidential report of Cremerst Voyren, socusing French misionaries, also the Legation ladies, of systematic looting in Peking

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENT,

The Indo-Ching steamer Suzsang from Cal-

port on the 27th task, at 10 pm eaths and the Straits, left Singapore for this