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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH 1909

The French gunboat Décidée left the harbour TELEGRAMS. THE HONGKONG CRICKET TEAM.

yesterday afternoon for Saigon.”

The rumour has agila bean current in

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[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.)

(FEOD! OUR SPECIAL COLDESTONDENT]

Mr. H. E. Green, managor of the Kobe married on the 8th inst, to the only daughter Branch of Messrs Shawan, Tomes & Co., was INTERPORT LAWN TENNIS. respective hosts. The Tartar did not reach of the Iste Mr. J. C. Abell of that port.

of only a dozen rifles and some hatchets, so Fiontain that Yman Shi-ksi is going to be that the pirates had it their own way from the outset. The first intimation of anything wrong was given by the pirates making a rush at the captain and officers, aring their rifies recklessly they did Lullet Captain BYDER received a in the breast, and before he could reach his cabin, near which he was standing, he was seized by the thront, stabbed, and his body thrown overboard. The chici officer managed to reach his cabin, unhurt, and secure his revolver. When the pirat s heard, as they did from one of the "boys," that the chief oficer was armed, they said

There are to signs of evacuation at Now- obwang, roports the Chefoo correspondent of having diod of plagas, Chinese guards have · the N.-C. Daily News. Two Russian sentries boon stationed at the gates.

BEACONSFIELD. "The hideous welter of bloody anarchy in Macedonia is the legacy which we inherited from Lord SALISBURY's subservience to Lord BEACONS IELD at the Congress of Berlia,” Otherwise, may: Mr A. S. WATSON & CO., Macédouin would have been part of free, self-govorning Bulgaria. Anyone who has read the accounts (und we do not refer to accounts emanating from Constantinople) of the treatment of hapless non-Bulgarian inhabitants of Macedonia by the Bulgarian kombitadjie, or revolutionary committees, will panse before extolling the virtues of the Bulgarians. Leasing the subject of Lord matier of SALUBORY'S guilt in the Macedonia, Mr. STEAD a few pages later discusses the present state of affairs in that province. He dutares that Mr. Batrount. in saying that "the balance of criminality that if he came out quietly they would leave Formosa corst, and resets the crew. lay with the insurgents,” used “an infavicus

• à૨૦૧! ... t "humiliating explantion for a British Minister to tonder in Anus the Danned.'' The Turks, says Mr. STEAD, BLEND are carrying out a policy of devastation even more atrocious than we carried out in the Transvaal." Aud" for all this hidevas inferno of bloodshed and bestiality" Great Britain is primarily responsible. Therefore we should give Rassa a mandats to free WHISK Y. Macedonia, prufering at the same time a

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Tho U.S. ships Wilmington and Don Juan de Austria loft Shanghai at daylight on the Robert Sewall, reoked on the South Tuesday to render the necessary assistance to

By a printer's error, in announcing that the

in commemoration of the King's Coronation, the Horasey Council had decided to build a hospital, London Daily Mail is made to announce "a Hospital for Honesty " Here we suppose the dairs not to print Peking massacre telegrams can be cured.

A Kagastki deapots" to the Asahi ştates that Messrs. Ginsburg & Co. have decided to close their office at Nagasaki and open a bead office in Port Arthur. Messrs. Giustorg & Co. are the. agents in Nagasaki of the Russian Volunteer feet and other lines, as well as Russian Navi

contractort.

To-morrow, which is S. Luke's Day, offerteries will be taken in the churches of the Colony on behalf of the funds of the Alies Memorial and Nothersole Hospitals. Th preacher in S. John's Cathedral at Evensong

will be the Bev. T. Wright, B.A.. Chaplain of the Missions to Seamen.

him unharmed, and as he did so he was put in the after hold with the other officers and the passengers, and the hatches were battened down. The second officer received six wounds in his body, and the chief cu- gineer, who was standing with him, received two; they escaped into the forehold, but were soon secured by the pirates and placed with the others. The pirates thus had the ship in their entire control, as, though the other Chiuso passengers out- contribution of as tauy millions aeroay be numbered the pirates by almat four to one, needed to cover our fair share of the necessary they were so intimidated that they offered tia resistance, added to which they were also unarined, while some of the pirates had each "perations of police. If EHADAMANTACH, continues this suge, were to open his court in

two revolvers. In fact, the whole affuir was Europe to-day, he would probably debit us with the whole cost o the operations. Sover in five minutes, and the pirates were the argument is this: Lord BEACONSFIELD complete masters of the ship. It appeared that there was a great deal of treasure on perpetuated Turkish rule, unopposed by that the pirates had received intimation Lord SALISBURY. Therefore to hand over Macedonia (with its Large maj srity of non-beard, and were accordingly disappointed and one chest of opium, nothing else in the Bulgarian inhabitants, who would certainly at finding only one box containing $2,090, prefer Turkish rule) to the free men.

cargo being considered worth their while to touch. The passengers luggage kus lightened instigators of the banītudjon, Britain ought to pay Russin a few millions todrive out the Turks. Could madness go ransacked, and everything valuable appro- |priatert, though the pirates grumbled at the want of proper information which had given them all this trouble for such email return. Still, from among the passengers' baggage they secured $7,000, many watches and articles of jewelry, and quantities of clothes. The pirates, being in possession of the steamer, turned her round and stantined for Hongkong, but when about forty miles off they hulled thres junks, which evidently waiting for thein, and trans-any danger which threatens the maintenance of ferred themselves and their plaodor topics, it will be removed by the negotiations then, after going into the cagine-toom, now carried on in Tokyo. and carrying off the lever from the pump which supplied fresh water to the boilers, and funding the engineers to blow off steam and draw the fres, with the evident intention of rendering the steamer helpless There was, of course, a spare lever on board, and the engineers set to work to fine u as soon as the pirates left, nad reached

further ?

To leave the subject of the Balkans, let us look at a few other statements in the editorial columns of the Reviere of Revices. tess 10 per cent. discount on account of Is the first place, Britain is preparing to

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back down over the Alaskan boundary question, having “long sensed to be an independent Power as far as the United States is concured." Then, a res It of Kr. CHAMBERLAIN's fahore to discharge A. S. WATSON & CO.] our obligations to pay compensation for all private property destroyed by the operatione of the South African war is that thousands LIMITED,

of the farming population of the Transvaal will have to be kept alive by charity. We can imagine. Mr. STEAD's eulogy of the blessings of Boor government, had South Africa fallontorely into their hands by

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He would have been as enthusiastic, 10 doubt, as ho is about the murderers of Blagovestchensk. Then, there is a danger

The local agent of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Co. writes to us informing as authoritatively that the Imperial German mail. steamer Kiautechon has not been sold to the Japeners This story was mentioned by us recently as circulating in Japan. Bat the contraction comes from the head off of the Norddeutscher Lloyd at Bremen, anil mast, therefore be flant.

The European Pross, says a Berlin telegram

of the 9th October to the Datasiatische Lloyd is

now rather perplexed by daily reports, `socotd-. ing to whio war between Russia and Japan will break out within the very next days. In well-informed quarters hare, however, con- were tidsace is prevailing, that should there be really

of war owing to the great temptation Hongkong at 9.15 u.m. on Sunday, the 25th which the Eastern situation ofers to King | October, when the woude men were at youy appeared in other papers will be inserted.

Orders for extra supuse Daily Pre should b sent before 11 am, on day publication. After the EDWARD's present advisers to embroil the removed to hospital, and the police in- or the supply is lined. Only supplied for Cash.country, if not in a war, at least in a formed of the occurrence Search steamers Telegraphic Address: FREI. Codes: A.B.C. 5th E.

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certain therical menace of war--whatever Laing embroiled in a menace may meạn. And lastly, Sir THOMAS LIPTON's remarks after his third defeat in the America Cup "although somewhat melancholy reading for Englishmen," only confirm the conviction which has been repeatedly ex- pressed in the Review of Rev eos. The HONGKONG, 17TM Ocroake, 1903,

disappointed exclamations of a successful SOME lite while ago wo remarked upon tea and pork nwrchant, added to the vapour. the curious phenommon in journalist atings of a STEAD, naturally cany conviction home of the apparest flourishing of Mr. to the mind of every thinking man. W. T. STEAD Hnd bis monthly Review of It is unnecessary to preced. Perhaps Revicics. Even in a land of free speech after all, it was unnecessary to begin. Yet, and of liberty, almost amounting to license on the principal of Homo sun, til humani as times, of the Press, it is rather to bo

a me alienum puto, even a phenomenon f wondered at that it should be a lucrative the nature of Mr. TEAD calls for a little pursuit to conduct a journal on the lies attention, when there is nothing better to of the Keview of Reviews. There is of

were sent out in all direcions, with

were

The result that some of the men secured as Macas, in actual possession of some of the stolen property. It is not to be wondered at that the affair created an immense sensation at the time.

The half-yearly meeting of members of the Hongkong Jockey Club will bo hold in the City Hall on Saturday, the 31st October, at noon.

Today the Rifle Association competition will be for spocus, commencing at 3 p.m.;. ranges, 200, 500 and 600 yards.

*Meteorology" was the subject of the lecture by Dr. W. W. Pearse last night before the Hoagkong Branch Instituta. There was a good attendance.

of the Sanitary

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Madana Blancbo Arral gavə secassfil concert at Shanghai on the 8th inst., as we have already recorded. We sus that L'Echo de Chine, in giving the programme, indignantly contradicts the "ramour, born we

sout at the per- "not wil propriety bo do not know where, that jeune fille could' most curious forman" This is

bunder" which the Ediscovered. Tue of very

programme, we may rem

high order of merit.

SHANGILAL, 16th October,

HONGKONG WINS DOUBLES, The Hongkong pair won the Interpors lawn tennis doubles to-day by 3 sets to 1. Tho singles will be played to-morrow.

(The store is pablished by kind permission" of Mr. E. W. Mitchell, who roseived a wire to that offect from Mr. R. Hancock last night. The Bongkong pair were presumably the brothers Hancock.-ED. D.P.]

SUSPICIOUS DIATH AT

SHANGHAI,

SHANGHAI, 18th October, 5.18 p.m.

REV. H. C. HODGES DEAD:* The Roy. H. C. Hodges, M.A., Chaplain at Holy Trinity Cathedral, died today. A post-mortem examination has been ordered,

REUTER'S SERVICE..

Shanghai, 12th October. The team has arived in Shanghai, and all aro lely quartered in the houses of their Woosang until late on Saturday night, owing to a strong N.W. wind. So strong was it, in fact, that at one period of Thursday night we only made 96 knots in 6 hour and 188 lu the 2 The voyage was uneventful. The ses was at times rough, but not rough enough to cause any sorlous mal-de-nter or to incapa citate the tenu la any way, Cricket was naturally indulged in every day, and the patience of the quarter mister and that | part of the crew told off to manufaolura erisket' balls was severely taxed, no the bails had a way of disappearing under or over the net-work into the sa with mysterious rapidity. When cricket failed, other methods were employed by our ener getlo Cxplain to keep the team thoroughly up to the mark in training, Football, dancing and eves leap frog succeeded oricket with hardly a monent's interval (I was going to write with brestbl, és rapidly, but the oltbet might have been construed into a reflection on their condition). After dinner the wind of the team was still farther improvel by vocal exercise, Ward kindly ciating at the piano. By the bye, did you hear any of the choruses in Hongkong P

Very early on Sunday morning the tender brought down the Doctor to inspect us and one of our hosts to grest us. We learned that ceral of them bsi spent Saturday afternoon at Woosung walling for us, and that a dinnar hed boos arranged that night for the teams at the lab, su our late arrival capsed no small Incouv-nience. The programme of amusemente Losnox, 14th October.

contains among other items, a smoking concert The Iulion cruiser Puglia, now at Ban Frontonight (Monday), a variety entertainment at cisco, has been ordered to strengthen the the Theatre on Wednesday evening, and a

daner at the lab on Thursday. Italian squadron in Chios..

THE CHINA FLEET.

MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT.

LONDON, 14th October. The Marquis of Londonderry has been appointed Lurd President of the Council.

ROYAL VISITS.

LONDON, 14th October: The Chief A.D.C. of the Tsar intercepted King Victor Emanuel en roula to Paris and delivered an natograph letter regretting that the Tsir was uɔmpalted to postpons his visit to

Rome.

Extraordinary precautions have been taken for the journey and the stay in Paris of King Victor Emannel.

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The weather at present is dull, condly, drizzling and cold. In fact there appears to be some chance of the match being postponed for matters raiddiy and day or unless materially improve. As we have lost Saturday afternoon's practice, a post ponotraent of the watch would be decidedly advantageous, Hongkong may be assured-though that is Perhaps hardly necessary-that every member is showing the utmost k-ennors «bout the match, and is exhiblling a self-denis! and a power resist all temptations which "touches to deeply all those privil-gud to witness it.

CRICKET.

THE INTERFOBT TEAM

Mr. E. W. Mitchell, President of the Hong kong Cricket Club, courteously informed u

Thor Italian Majesties have arrived at yesterday morning that bu bud received a tele- graf om Me. ft. nancock at Shanghai to the tllostay Rot-Team all well and returning by P.&O. Coromandel." Paris.

ANGLO-FRENCH ARBITRATION.

- FIXTURES.

LONDON, 14th October.

The following will supresent the Club to-day The Anglo-Franah Arbitration treaty has boon signed. It provides for submitting to the against the Sherwood Foresters play commen-

juridics 1eing at 11.6, Hagte Tribunal questiour of character and the interpretation of trestles provided no vital întorests or honour on either

side are involved,

THE ACTING GOVERNORSHIP.

During the period between the departure from the Colony on the 21st prox, of H.E. Sie Henry A. Blake, G.C.M.G., and the taking up of office, by his successor, our now Governor,

The new Japanese Commercial Treaty with China was signed at Shanghai on the morning of the Sil inst. after the Commissioners had sat up at night. Several verbal corrections wore requird to be made, and this delayed the actual writing of the Treaty for some time. Messm Odakiri and Hioki signed for the Japanese Government and their Excellencies Lu Hai-huan and Sheng Henan-bai on behalf of the Chinese Goverment. Dr. J. C. Ferguson, the Total's Secretary, was present all through the sitting. The English version is not get or Sir Matthew Nathan, C..G., the ready for publication. The anxiety of the Jupanose to get the Treaty signed gave rise to the ramour inengst the Chinese officials that war between Japan and Russia being imminent, the former Government had given. instructions to its Commissioners to make avery beste to complete the Treaty, ao as to leare the bands of the Government free to darote its sole attention to the coming hostilitios."

Goforament will be adminis ered by the fon F. I. May, C.M.G., Colonial Sacntary.

AN INDIAN MONEY LENDER.

In the Supreme Conet yesterday an India omployed by the Opium Farmers appeared in

laim for about $37 lent to a fellow countrynias,

Mesra, Butt, Boyd, Chichester, Davice, Go, ring G. P. Lammert, L. E Lammert, A. Mackensie, Parker, Bercumb Smith and

A. Wilson.

The game for Safari y, the 21th October, will be Louga e Sborti Mombra wisning to play are requitel to write their names in the match book at the Pavilion.

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Owing to the Sergeants of the Bharwood Fore-ters nst wing ube to get together team today, the match armaged with the Craigongozar. Grisket Club is csansilad, bas it in hoped tant a match umongst the members can be arranged.

KOPOSED CHALLENGS' SULKED. There were seven Happy Valley Cricket Clubs, vía:— I'16 Army Ordnance Corps, Army Medical Corps,

Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery (20 }, Chili Servies, Parsees and regoor C... represented at the prstitain- a', posung ueld on Thursday afternoon at tha

On the Volunteer Parade Grond to-night

anted Yokohama, 12th October, which rung local hostelry, Motion Wise heard the 15 form a Cricket Leagues pronosulch The Ustasiatische Lloyd publishes a telegram / Bn old half-witted man who acts as watchmani Ora yengowar pavilios te discuss the proposal course much that is interesting in the which to direct our attention. And even a promenade concert will take place under tho monthly collection of ideas from the leading STEAD Dust have bis following. This is not auspices of the Hongkong Beterolant Society..

Given fapourable weather, the entertainment thus:-There is absolutely nothing in the er noe and told the paintiff that he ought to was asaduddly agreed to in tue absence of the Cozirma of the Craigongower Cricket report that war has been declared between be ashamed of himself for loading the money to

the defeudsat ander tas circumstances that the Clab the chair was was taken by the magazines of the whole world. There are surprising, of course, in the epoch of DowIÉ

and Mrs. Eur. STEAD has directed his most should be most enjoyable.

Japan and Russia. The negotiations going too, often articles of so small merit on

Enquiry at the Government Civil Hospital on tween the two nations are being married evidence disclosed; he knew the plaintiff through Hon. & orotary. The question of sabscrip zion defray the cost of the trophy important arents and movements of the baneful orgies chiefly to political journn- lism with lapses into "spiritualism,"

yesterday elicited the fact that T. Owsus, who on with the greatest calmness. The following his previous appearances in Court In the same

is bald over u itil the axe mosting, to take plaos day. But what we take exception to is

at the Dock Co.a

proposal is now under negoliation: Russia will capacity, and he gare judgment for payment of the habitual editorial attitude of hostility planchettery, and the like; the others have attempted to commit suicida to British policy and interests, in attitude contented themselves with roligiously mis-establishment at Hunghow, where he is eruate Mansharia, but will reserve for kerself the debt dus and costs at the rate of 5 pos Taaraly next, the 22nd instant, at 5.15 p.m. which might be expected of an ill-informed guiding thousands of ignorant people, in ployed. on Thursday morning, by cutting his the right to being back her troope whenever month. At this rate the plaintiff will requie when further details will be discuss. It is to Anglophobe in a foreign country, but which Down's caso at least to great personal thrat, is progresting as well as can be expected. riots, etc., endanger the railroad officials, he to wait some three years before he recover be be hapet fit the representatives of the clale "By kind permission of Major Radcliff and cancodes to Japan the cams rights fin Corey. The aged debtor left the Court weeps who wäre abeant at the last meeting will one would hardly have imagined a soune profit. It is hard to draw the line between

the same enases. Russia agrees to Japan com, the presiding Justion. of proit in Britain itself. Criticism, strong, the faustic and the quacks. It is better to officers, the band of the 33rd Hurman Infantry should any Japanese be in danger through tears of joy, and calling down blessings upon endeavour to be prestat

will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-night from and even bitter criticism, has its place, and draw the line at them both.

930p.m. The programme will bemesting to build railways in Cores starting fron Mesamps, but there is nothing, kaown the country where such is freely allowed is

"Ruy Blus"

Mendelsohn Gvorture Selection "Kitty Grey"

Monckton fourteen days ago the Japanese seadron, "Ang l'a Serenade" Brage which has been, on a cruise, anchoced at. Laticere...... ***the Army

Waldbeutel Mesampo, bat all the skips have since returned Two-Stop... "Humblin Hoes

Thrurban to Easebo and Kyushu,' "They and Navy "Ernest. Allad

to be congratulated. But there is some. On the 17tis day of October, 1885, just March......"The Corsack Fatrol" Ivan Techako about Japan Inving occupied Masampo. About

eighteen years ago to-day, there occurred a very notable incident in the history of Serenade Hongkong and its neighbourhood. The piracy on board, the British

steamer

thing more than this in the writings of Mr. STEAD. A reference to the September number of the Review of Reviews, which reached us by the last mail, will show what We RICHD. We will take a few instances., To Greyhound was the most daring that has begin with, the death of Lord SALISBURY ever taken place in these waters. is naturally treated as one of the principal Greyhound left Hongkong on the 17th events of the preceding month. The Editor. October, 1885, with a general cargo, and could not be expected to regard sympathe 110 passengers, who were provided with

The

"God Bave the King?

The writer of "Topical" notes in the Shanghat Mercury last Saturday, discussing Interport Cricket prospecte, said:-Looking now departing. I think that, given a little luck. at our team after the experiense of the season

WEATHER REPORT.

COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR

A collision, fortunately unattended with any loss of life, took place in the harbour in the early hours of yesterday morning, between two Chinese-owned steam Jaunobes. It appers that the launch Ece Cheung was just leaving the Fatshion Steamship Company's wharf, it 430 am, to proceed scross the harbour when she was run into by the launch Lee Wing,

FOOTBALL

The Hongkong Football Club will have an ass ein in practice gana at a pa tại đây Te follow ig will is the frame

F. HK, R. H. Chig, E. F. Ancott, G B Maodonald, J. M. Forester, E. D. 0. Wolfe G. Moore, E. B. Fys, J. D. Danby, and E. J. Daviess "Enable

C. C. Hickling, A. U. Brawn, J. W. C. Branar, W. G. Werco-ter. O. T. Kew, L. 0. W. W. Clark H. A. Brent, H. C, Gray,

tically the outlook on life of a politician of tickets, and a number who boarded the vessel they ought to win. But I am quite certain North owing to a depression, which in immediately took her in tow, with the object of and O. J. Barnes,

such divergent views from his own as were at the hat moment and paid their passages that they will want their luck. Our oricket Lord BALIKBURT's. Yet Mr. STEAD allows on board. These men had no luggage this year is not the cricket it was in 1900 and that the dead sintesman was “a skocere except & few boxes between them, which 1901, nothing like it. Men then were in form. patriot and an earnest, though somewhat were afterwards believed to contain their Nobody is in form this year, and some with cymal, Christian" He goes on to say that arms. The passage commenced lavourably, high averages against third and fourth-rate in for a disappointment the one great hot on his career was his until about 1 o'clock, when, without the opponents are acquiescence in the "fatal policy" of Lord slightet warning or having given any cause perhaps,

"The Hongkong Observatory yesterday inued The barometer has risen over R. Japan fallen which was passing at the time. The latter the following report elsewhere, particularly over M. China.

Tas monsoon is completely interrupted in sustained so much damage that the Lee Chong

The Hongkong Football Club will have a marias Eastwards to the North of the Gulf of getting her into the naval barin, but the Lee Potchili.

Wing, having a big hole in her side, filled with Pressure is highest over E. Japan." Gradients gentle with light variable winds water and sark just outside of the basin. The Hagby practice gaso on Wednesday, the 21st. on the coasts of S. Chinu. Moderate monsoon | value of the Lee Wing, and consequent loss to instant. Kick-on 480p.m. Members wishing to our the N. part of the China Boa.

H. C. Bandford, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank. Forecast-Moderate to light NE. winds, or was, is estimated at $25,000. No lives play are requested to send in their names to Mr.

wurn lost.