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should be exceptionally alert and excep- tionally efficient? Bach at any rate seema the obvions condusion that would be come to by any unprejudiced outsider, That theIn the East. Police Force of Hongkong is neither sufficiently active nor sufficiently versed in
The Chinese quartermaster of the dredger Canton Biver was drowned off the vessel as she
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vigilant than the land force, that may be, it is only too evident that there is something sadly wanting in our Police administration, and more especially in the detective department, Burglaries are obviously on the increase, and the utter failure of the Police to got on the track of the perpetrators is not only alarming and disquieting to peaceful citizens, but it affords such encouragement to the thieves that
crime is likely to developinto a most serious epidemic. It is many years sines such a |wave of crime passed over the Colony,
On the last occasion when a tidal wave of crime visited Hongkong, about 1878, during tbe administration of Sir JOHN POPE
HENNESSY, armed raids were perpetrated in such public localities as Wing-lok Street, Seymour Terrace, and the docks at Hung. ham. The influx of bad characters was duo. | partly to the reduction of fares on the river steamboats to ten cents during a strenuous competition, and partly to the fame of the 131Merciful Man's" administration. Under bie rula flogging had been practically abolished as a punishment, the régime of the Gaol made less severe, the Light and Pass Ordinance suspended, and the Chinese generally given to understand that all precautions adopted for the control of an alien and disorderly population. then con- tinually migrating, were abolished as odious race distinctions at the instance of His Excellency the Governor. The better class of Chinese for the most part looked askance on these innovations of the peppery little autocrat, doubting the wisdom of conces sions that so clearly lent encouragement to evil-doers, though they accepted, without much effusion, the concessions whicb with considerable theatrical effect were tendered. them by the Head of the Executive. The Folice, however, were then put on their | mettle, owing to the outery that followed the raids and robberies that had astonished and alarmed the community. At that time the Force possessed some good detectives, amongst others the ubiquitous QUINCET, who usually managed to get on the trail of the criminals. There is now, unfortunately,
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The
morning.
It was expected that Cambridge will have no. difficulty in winsing the Varsity boat-raos, The Caonian oro made a very disappointing debut at Putney on the 17th ult,
The 21st annual prize meeting of the Hong kong Rifo Ansociation will be held at Kowloon on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 10th, 11th and 13th inst. The programme will be found in another column.
The Yokohama Chamber of Commerce has decided to alter its name to that of a The Yokohama Foreign Board of Trade." It has also been resolved to appoint an Arbitration Court to settle any disputes arising between foreign firms.
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, Shamrock III., was launched on the Clyde on the 17th ult. She is a striking departure from her predecessors in that she is a reversion to the old British cutter type, The American defender is named Relianco.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethercole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the fundi of the Hospitals:→→
Patients...
J. H. Raptis ...
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Six cases of plague reported yesterday bring the total for the year to 164. Two of yester day's cases were "dumped "—ono in Des Voeux Road, the other in Connaught Road, The
other cases came from Hollywood Road, Cochrane Street, and Wing Lok street E.
A Laffan telegram from Calcutta says the departure made by Lord Kitchener from bis reputation for indifference towards social gaisty has caused much excitement in Calcutta. The new Commander-in-Chief has taken to enter. taining largely, and displays' dazzling services of plate at bis dinners, which are the talk of the town. It is, moreover, romarked that he is by no meona shy of the society of ladies..
The Commissioner of Emigration in London received last month a cablegram from the Premier of Ontario stating that the Provincial Government has made arrangements for placing 10,000 farms Inbourers in good homes in that province, and that the demand for this class of labour is so urgent that he trusts the Canadian officials in Great Britain will make this fact known in all-prospective emigrating circles.
The China Gazette remarks that something has evidently gene seriously wrong with the Shanghai Tramway scheme, as the ten days in which the promised reply was expected from the Concessionaires in London have mere than elapsed and nothing has been heard from them about the signing of the definitive ogrssment Meanwhile time is £ying and Shanghai seems es far from having the tramway as øver.
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TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
THE KING AND QUEEN TO VISIT IRELAND,
Losnon 31st March.
It is officially announced that the King and Queen will visit Ireland in July or August,
FUNERAL OF THE LATE GENERAL SIR HECTOR MACDONALD,
LONDON, 31st March.
A determined attempt was made to convene gront Sonttish gathering at the late General Sir Hector MacDonald's funeral but the rapidity of the arrangements prevented it maturing: one hundred and thirty representatives from scaleties of clans wore present at the grave; the service was exceedingly simple.
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
LATE GENERAL.
London, Alat Marek Major F. C. Rasch has given notice of a qaention to Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, making why publicity was given to Col. Bir Joseph Ridge way's statement in the Legislative Council of Colombo regarding the very serious charges mado against the late General Sir Hestor MacDonald.
THE MARCONI SYSTEM.
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LONDON, 31st March. The Marconigrams to tho Times from New York initiate an experiment in which Marconi, the Times, and the Post Offos participate, for the purpose of testing the commercial practical rains of the system.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, 31st March. The death is announced of Admiral Cours jolles, the French Commander at the time of the Boxer rising in China,
THE KING'S VISIT TO PORTUGAL..
LONDON, 31st March. The King rails for Lisbon to-day. The Queen has gone to Copenhagen.
THE WESTERN SOUDAN EXPEDITION.
THE CAPTURE OF BOKOTO.
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LONDON, 31st Marcb. The British occupied Solute on the 341 inst, after a feeble resistance; the Amir and the Prime Minister fled. Bir F. Engard reached Sokoto on the 19th inst.
Koler Béla square miles with a population of twenty
millions.
Westminister. As is well known, Dr. Farrar
POLICE COURT.
CAKELAND (PÒLIC"
MAGISTRATS).
back again on heuring ef tàs death of the King of Bokoto, His ittitolo has been persistently hostile to te. But in spite of his bostility we should bare Boon glad to defar a settlement with him, And not been for other factors in the situation. “Ewen, as it je we have been obliged to postpone the delimitation our frontier with. Francs because the sou has been too much disturbed for the missioners to travel through it. “We could not ↑ 8th inst, on a charge of osusing the disth of s allow the Commission to start while the King of Chinaman In the New Kano was meditating war against us, and trosting wilk couurplanens honour the murderer | havs
ESKALES, Y JARIYOR? KERTAD BAQER
C. C. 369 Fong Kad was
The Lists of the
saded till the
on the 28th wit.
far as they
go to show that
o'clock Tong
Lan district
of Captain Moloney, our lata Resident në Nosea- n. The affect of junction upon our part an the native chiefs of the rest of the protestorsfa Ton: Po alliee, in the had also to be considered. We govern kaêms of the New Territory Information of the through our prostige--as the remarkable affair was brought to the pollen station at Au despatch describing the vint of the Exir of Tau, and the European sergeant in charge there Nupe to the High Commissioner shows and eat at several Inkonga toquall the trouble and our prestige would have boon socionaly - to investigate Its souros. Some time later a dangered had we delayed to strike, when the Chluman, the deceased arrived at the station whole population believed we had prepared for and reported that he had been assaulted by UC. war. The result of the expedition so far fully 569. After miting his complaint he went bears out the wisdom of the course advised by bir away, and the stable against whom it was Frederick Lugard and accepted by the Govern-directed was sent to bring him back, in order ment. The traders who tried to dissuade the that his story might be enquired info. Tha King from fighting us welcomed our troops, and BILI Was brought back, and in the station the people treated them us deliverers, as Bir turnet faint. A stimulant was administered, Frederick Lugard had foretold.:: Our cocupation and he zovived
appeared
of Kano will benefit trade by establishing | to be all right again. Later on, however, he mecurity and by freeing from swarms of robbers 1. became enddenly weak, and died before the and marauders one of the historia caravan rates arrival of a native doctor from Taipo who had of West, Afrios, while it will deliver the people been telephoned for. The lakong was placed of all classes from, the horrors of slave reida. nder arrest, and charged: subsequently "as Two Chinamen who are alleged to taken part in the row at Tong Ton Po lage are also under renmad till the 8th lurt. on a charge of causing a branch of the public
made to supply the tribute formerly that mone
CORRESPONDENCE.
FHÄVING WITHOUT NOTTOM.
Mr. Bornholm, a young Frenchwoman, clatged A Bre, an amab at prosent employed at Mrs. Hubbard's boarding-house, 186, Queen's | Road East, with leaving hur employment with- out giving motion The éccusation was denied.
The complainant, whoss evidence, given in French, was intern
“PHILANTHROPY UNLIMITED"
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PEKES'
Hongkong, 2nd April 812.—Arithmetic is a good thing sometimes but an accomplishment in which "Generous is somewhat lacking. Thme are a large number o of two-storey Chineso houses at Kowloon the rental of which falls short of 316 per month,
and none, ma that can be built for $2,100 $10 a month return on “a boum worth $2,000* ba generous estimate indeed and one that makes the landlord supremely happy when he gets it It is not * philanthropy ↑ that makes Chinese houses give a poor return, but Health Ordinances and Sanitary Boards, combined possibly with a tendency on the part of builders to anticipate rather than supply the demand, Chinese houses at the moment are a bit "overdone."— Tours, ata.
HOUSEOWNER.
ROBBERIES IN THE COLONT/
40 THE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY PENSS."
Hongkong, 2nd April, SIE,--The Colony jest now is full of beggars and thieves. There can be no doubt that this state of affairs is largely due to Hir Excellency the Governor's pro-Chinese conti maute. Without the moral support afforded. in the shape of extreme leniency to offendere, thieves and beggars would soon revert to their normal proportions. Incidentally it may be mentioned that those who have not yet turned beggars and thieves are more insolert then,
Yours truly,
MARIANO FAN KWEL
THE BINH THUAN AND THE FAMER
Mosers, Kinghorn and Macdonald that they have received the follow news from Mr. J. Watt Jau the steamer Binh Thuan which off Cape Varella
The strended steamer Binh Thuan
at Balgon this morning (lat
into the Clovernment Dock here at an early data for resy. The steam tag Fame was lasted last tide and will proceed to Hongkong as soon
persi
A FIGHT WITH LADRONES.
manthiy uit. without to
She
and never
riving
the defendant had. two years, ata and left on the 6th otice of ber intention. od eight dayı leave who was sick, she said kithough she was mind-
called his Worship
defan
your
catre sod
ful enough to sen Mrs. Barry,
was now la her Ledebig," said employment, and had served with her ice yours ago, before witness departure tor home. When she returned the defandas asked to be taken -again after she had worked out a monti'a natics with her then employer, Hrs, Boralela. The was in the beginning of February, and on the 6th of the following month abe was taken on by the wltnesa, who gave kør $10 m most bind her fööd. Dopita the defendant's amutáúce, that sho gave a month's notiod, liis Worship found the charge proved and Imposed a flus of $10 or this works hard labour. Mrs. Barry paid the
Chu Mi Nam commission agent, was charged with the possession of a Winchester carbine, a pistol, and powder and small shot for which "ko held no locnos. – He admitted the ofince, and got off with the confiroation of the arms,
BEFORE ML. J. H KEMP (ACTING POLICE
MA MAGISTRATE) ==
NOTHER THEFT AT QUAERT SLY. Li Kwai, a codlie, was charged, on the com plaint of 3. Lacock, head watchman, with attempting to steal a moori chain from Quarry Bay shipbuilding yard on the 1st inst.
The defendant other t
credup sampan and want sore at the sport where They wore carry- them to their boat whad an Indiavi what was going on and blow his defendants friend dropped the ran for the boat, into which the defez
Babody
BLX Wool
the alt he was sentaneed to
bour.
& REOUNT SENSATIO
STELEGRAM)
On March 27th while two commoles of THE RUSSIAN FLEET. Philippine Scouts were travelling between Banor
encountered a large force of Francisco del Monte and Mariquids, they
at least 170. there were many casualties.
A sharp
FROM ADEN. Reuters agedey Was responsible for the
nglolegra on March
ussian naval officer has been arrested for lration at Aden, near
By permission of Major Radcliff and offleurä the band of the 83rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme during dinner, at the King Edward Hotel is-night-- *March......"Le Periode,"
Long
Lator. Ovarture... "The Bohemian Giri,”.......................... Balfe Seletion... "The Yeomen of the Onard," Sullivan With the capture of Sokoto, s powerful
Faust Gavatta... "Impériale,” Selection.. "The Belle of New York," ... Kerker empire, founded a century ago, has fallen, and Valta Elve du Bal,"
Eilenberg British authority established over half a million Ества. "Rotten Bow," HONGKONG, 3rd April, 1903.
**God Save the King." ~~~ THE letter published in Wednesday's issue
Board returns published in our issue of yester.potters. The Timer gazetteer, for instance, The European who, according to the Sanitary (These Égures differ from theas in the from Mr. HENRY HUMPHREYS calls fresh
day, died of plague on the steamer Hyaden, which says the ares of the empire of Sokoto is and forcible attention to a state of things
was then lying in Kowloon Dacks, was Famer estimated at a quarter of a million square miles in the Colony that cannot by any person be
Goodwin, the chief steward, whose body, bearing and the population at ten millions. The town regarded as either satisfactory or reassuring
a frighifal gash on the forehead and showing of Sokoto, the former capital of the Empire, Mr. HMPARETS describes in a few terse
other marks of a fall from a great height, was has a population of 20,000. Kano, the great sentences how he has been victimised since
no Quincer in the Police Force, and it is on Wednesday morning found floating in thres trading centre of the Empire, which was his return to the Colony only six weeks to be feared that the Detective Department fest of water in the bottom of the dock occupied sucessfully occupied about six weeks ago, is a ngo, and we fear that his experience is not is very weak. If we might be permitted to
by the Hyader. The steamer has since been | much larger town than Sokoto. The empire unique. There may be, probably there is, judge by results we should unhesitatingly placed in quarantine
belonged to the British sphere of influence, a wave of crime passing over the Colony, assert that it is extremely weak.
and it may be mentioned in this congestion due in large measure to the famine in question is: What is to be done? Is the Farrar of Canterbury, formerly Archdeacon of been at work for some time delimiting The death is telegraphically reported of Dean that an Anglo-French Commission has Kwangsi and the hard times in Kwangtung, present state of things to continue, or are leading to a great increase in and migration the detective officers to receive proper subjects, though some of his earliest books were
was a prolific writer, principally on theological the frontier round Sokoto and Lake Chad, The Times summarising and commenting on
the Colony. Unfortunately the Cantonese their part in the repression of crime. Or is his. Life of Christ which reached its Cys-Statements of all sorts all to what goes tergennt and one corporal of the predatory class from the mainland to encouragement and assistance in playing works of fiction. Perhaps has best known work the official correspondence relating to Kino of the Seenta was shot through
paratively mild laws of the Colony, which Chinese detectives have to be used, and by been translated in any languages. Dr. Farm Frederick Lugard more than onde; remarks, number killed and wounded on are the detectives incompetent or unreliable twelfth edition in a single year and has since on in States like Kano and Bokoto are, as Sir and about ton other souls rightly forbid the use of torture, but on the very nature of their occupation enormous bad a very high reputation as à provoker and † very difficult to trust, hat the natíve evidence, bad not been ascertained,
warship, where he was released. Pas garrison wisely, perhaps, limit the use of the rod.
such as it was, strongly tended to show that, if but the meagre report saya
is intensely irritaté ng the Russian officers The argumentum baculinum is thoroughly and great opportunities for making never failed to draw very large congregations we did not promptly attack Kano, Kano would The commander of the enemy
being trea L ́s distingulübed visitors, inquey are understood by the Chinese desparado; be
closely and indefatigably when preaching to Westminister Abboy,
attack us, and this evidence was confirmed by was gally decorated with shed sal
werehip, teterred to was one of watched. The question arises: Is our respects it when properly and impartially Detective Force properly minned, properly the Indiani Legislative Couns. It is an Act and experienced offer acting ass our Resident
the vessels of Leef on the way toy A curious piece of legislation is now before the observations of Captain Abadlo, the able believed that he was Geueral”” San administered and keeps at a distance when organised, and efficiently worked? On this
East, and on the arrival of the fo at: Colombo, 78 UNIVERSAL FREE TRADE..
Times of Coul the first assured that retribution will overtake
promoted by those concerned in the tea industry at Zarin. Captain Abadia reported that the to imposs an export day in order to form a King of Zaria was sending out “gunmen” in
thing Mr. T C Tebokoff, the Husain Vica wrong-doing. But he does not fear the law subject we may have more to say later on.
fand for pushing Indian teas in foreign all directions, at the instigation of the King of Me, Nathaniel Danlop, chief the Allan Line, Coasul, did when be ist Admiral Stickelborg markets. A messure of the game sort has bee Kane, to catch slaves and to enforce exior speaking at the Glasgow Shipowners Associa was to point out the statement to him. The for some time in force in Caylon with the best opste demands from the people Though tion annual meeting, said the time wse soming Admiral was astonished when he read the news, results. Such an enterprise is trally left to these sets were done in direct defence of when Britain should destare her sea-borne trade for he had not seen heard of the incident. only those vessels Inquires were made, however, in thỏ fleet, when voluntary combination, but the apathy or selfish the Resident, and even fed to encounters with to be an Empire trade, in beas of Indian tax-planters has neutralised the our patrols, the King gave out, with an astutes of other nations should share who throw open to all that was elicited was that the attempt, though ass body they assent to com- nese resembling that of the Chiese Mandarins, British ships thein reserve trad That would roterred: had not paltory self-taxation for the same purpose that they were committed by order of the while bring about universal
Trade, Canada had spent the particular evening with British British ritime clipers in cony fashion The Admiral The tax only amounts to one penny on every man. The removal of the King of Zaris, who had set an example.
the res
of the degribel 48 lbs. of tes exported. This microscopic duty was hated by his subjects, calmed that district supremacy
ilways to do their own cang- commen is calculated to fall on the prodnoor. The fund to some extent, but the reports from Kano con Wo learn that a petition largely signed by will be administered by a representative.com- tinned to be alarming. The trading section of Ing trade on land and a Buch action would through - comfortable gaol, where his food aud Chinese in the Colony has been handed to Hismittee of those interested and the accounts will that great commercial community, it is inte, transfer the Noth Atmulis trade from private... temporarily in command of the troups
Excellency the Governor, to be forwarded to be subject to an official audit. America in re renting to leaza, were in favour of peace, but If, however, the conditions are such as the Secretary of State for the Colonies, praying garded as tioniarly hopeful field. At the King, it was generally reported, had de to invite visits from marauders from the that His Excellency (Sir Henry Blake) may be present only 18 per cent. of India tos geen to olded to light, and it was even said that at the Two Kwang provinces, is it not the more continged in the Governorship of Hongkong foreign countrial. The operation of the new end of October be was on the match to at necessary that the Police of the Colony for another term of five yurs v
ongs is limited in the first instans to five years. | tack our garrison at Zaris, when he turned
criminals know too well the Col
Another attempt at burglary was made on the let iust, p.m. at the residence of Mr. H. Humphreys..
so much when it is tender to his bide, feeds him fairly, and provides good and gratuitous sleeping accommodation. There are, more. over, ways in which justice may be dodged in Hongkong, such as a breakdown in the
Gun practice will be carried out on evidence, the establishment of an alibi, or Wnesday, 8th inst., at Lyesmun, from 8-inch the occasional intimidation of witnesses, howitzers, at targets in a south-easterly The Colony also affords a pleasant hunting direction. Practice will commonce at short 10 ground to the Chinese criminal, whose worst risk is a period of hard labour in a
ledging are at any rate assured.
w
the key
des, ram which the con•
British Rasalan
#icial denial othe onnard Major Gabbins,
shipowners to American railroads, and would in in Ceylon Bad His Excellency tended to time extend to the tonde routes of the Far East inake a similar dental to His Excellency the He denounced Azmerican shipping ceiving all Governor, when he met bira, P advantages of British shipping v
It now remains for Houter Telegrams Co.
make a statement on the matter. kept the whole of her vast res to Lereelt
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