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unmolested to land her fores at any part of the Corean or Manelurian cousts she might select. This seems to be the true ex- planation of the apparently quixotic action of the Japanese fleet before Port Arthur on the 22nd and 23rd ultimo. It is plainly an object with the Japanese military authorities te compel the Russian generals to keep as large a force as possible at Port Arthur to be ready for any oventuality that

Mr. Corbin, of the Samchan Custom Station TELEGRAMS. The Russian gun-vessel Mandjour in now. known in Shanghai, îl is said, as tho Man-man-hus been transferred to the Hongkong sfles, jour.

A sale of work will be held in the School. room at Fairlea to-morrow, Saturday, from 10 to 6 o'clock.

"DAILY PRESS SERVICE. Some thirty-four members of the medical

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] profession entertained Bir Fre erick Treves to a dinner at the Hongkong Hotel last evening

GENERAL NEWS. The Vienna Next Freie Presse's correspordent at Warsaw states that dysentory is raging Works Malay States. has been tonde a Coza amongst the troops in Manchuria. The same FOURTH TEST MATCH-ENGLAND

Mr. C. E. St. G. Caulfeild,

Director of

panion of the Imperial Sorvics Order.

Mrs. Maybrick, who was released from last Prison

month, in DOW Aylesbury stated to be ou her way to New York.

Under the heading. "How to got rid of the Publican," a writer ia Public Health states that a thirst for whisky can be appeased by eating oranges.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alico Memoria!

and Notherncle Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks, the following doustion to the funds of the Hospital:--Chas. R. Scott, 825.

A flotilla of United States t.b.d.'s which and January for Algiers on their way to Manila, under convey of the U.S. cruiser Buffalo.

The S. Petersburg correspondeat of the New York Harati (Paris Edition), writing on the 30th January, speaks of "the very friendly, almost paternally worded, reply which this coun-

disesse told terribly upon the American soldiers in the Philippines during the insurrection, the number of deaths being appalling.

Colonel Enoch H. Crowder, of the Judga Advocates Dept., U.S.A., Manila, thedisocurager

VICTORIOUS.

LONDON, 3rd March, 10.43 a.m. In the second innings of the fourth Test

cf undue publicity in the days of the empire, | Match the English team scored 210 rans as a Manila paper calls him, has been detailed and the Australians 171. sa American attaché with the Japanese army. Colonel Crowder was well known in Manila as the military secretary in the old days, and it was before him that trembling newspaper men were baled to answer for the awful offene of

printing news that Colonel Crowder did nat consider proper to have printed. He was a mar- tinet ef marlivata, get his endeavours to terrorise

A Blackburn contemporary, referring to the visit to the For East of Mr. T. H. Barkor, the

[In the first innings the Australians scored 13) and English 249, thus leaving the latter with a load of 118; so that the English have won the deciding match by 157 raus. -ED. D.P.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

WAR NOT-8.

NORTHERN ITEMS.

Quarts for 10,000 Japaness troops wero requisitioned at Pingyang last month,

The owners of the German steamer Pronto which had such a savero handling at the bands of the Hussiens during the bombardment of Germag Port Arthur, hus through the Consulate at Shanghai lodge a protest at the

Russian Consulate for damages received.

Tho Sinenpas saya tl at the British Consul at Newchwang has declared that the cause of the suspension of traffic on the Chinese railway At Shanhaikwan was due to the fact that China feared that the Russians might nillise the live during hostilities with Japan, The line has tow been handed over to the care of the British sal

The Mercury's Chemulpo correspondent wrote on the 14th ult.:-Preparations are being made for the Jasness army to sturb for the Yalu from Seoul. Two transperts arrived on the 13th. Only a few soldiers wore tonded, but any amount of ammunition was landed and coolica and others belonging to the ambulance depart ment, ete, disembarked. But a large number of other transports with troops are expected. Threo yen per day are paid those who are will: The Russians detained the colliers ten daysing to work with the overland transport servica before releasing them.

THE WAR-THE RUSSIAN SEIZURES.

LONDON, 1st March.

COAL FOR JAPAN.

Seorotary of the Liverpool Chamber of Com- merce, un a trado mission, remarks:-" It ia signifest that in Japan and China, Mr. Bar. ker, who is an accomplished linguist, found that French and German-the former for society and diplomacy, and the latter for commerce-

LONDON, 1st Marels. were practically all-suficient, English being

The Japanese steamer Sado Mara, laden scarcely known." It is really astonishing what discoveries these commissioners make. Any-with coal, left Cardiff yesterday for Japan pro- to be informed that the all-suficient langasgs one acquainted with the Far East scarcely needs bably via the Cape, of commerce both in Chios and Japan is Eng-

may occur, this meaning that Port Arthur, } been at Gibraltar for some days left on the 31st Journaliste signally failed in most instances. being at the extremity of their long line of communication, to supply a garrison there absorbs the whole capacity of the line, and any breach in the contimity would compel the break-up or surrender of the entire force. We can only surmise, in the absence of any definite information, which the Japa-try is about to make,” nese wisely keep to themselves, the object of the last demonstration at Port Arthur. As the Japanese are at the moment masters of the sea, it scenis quixotie to seek to block the entrance against themselves; of course the explanation toay be that the fleet is re- quired in the Sea of Japan, and they do not wish in the case of the absence of the ships that the Russian flotilla should be able to interfere with their operations in the Yalu gull. The Japanese hare apparently been binding a large force at Chemulpe. It is apparently their intention, as soon as the entrance to the harbour is free of lee, to ocrapy in force Broughton's Bay. These

The S. Louis Exposition opeus on the 1st of May, and closes on the lat of December. The Q.P.R. Co., commencing with the £8. Empress of China, which sails from Hongkong on the 30th of March, may issue return passages from Hengkong and Shanghal to 8. Louis at the following reduced ratea: First class £82;lish. intermediate, £51.

A little over a month ago the S. Petersburg Bourse Gazette said:-Should China remain noutral, a large number of our troops will have to be concentrated upon the frontier agalega, Very much worse for us is an unfriendly The beatrality of neutrality than open war. China binds our hands, war makes her and ourselves free. We should readily understand

bring the seat of war there, which work! mean peace very Boon.

Mr. T. W. Crosland, author of The Unspeak able cof, brought an setion for £500 for libel against the S. James's Gazette, whose roviewer,

alleged, in oriticising another book of his called Lovely Woman, had made a gross and anjustifiable personable attack author's private life. The oritic was not pleased

pon the

with the book, and declared that Mr. Crosland was a person of commonplace Intellect, who

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RUSSIAN CRUISER IN THE ·

ATLANTIC.

LONDON, 1st March. A Russian oruiser has arrived at Ponts Delgade, in the Azores.

PORT ARTHUR'S CAPTURE A POINT OF HONOUR.

LONDON, 1st March. A general order from the militery commaa-

to surrender, and appeals to the garrison and inhabitants to fight to the death in defence of

the fortress.

RUSSIAN MOVEMENT §.

LONDON, let Marob.

to the Yala, which I think is rather a roundabent wayto get to Mancburia. So early as the 8th February the Japanese had 5,000 mon at Seoul, without counting the reservista and the secali- ed railway coolies that had bean brought over in batches long before, On the 14th all Japan- reserves were called in. All Japanese males bere have to pay a war-tax; eren boys of tea and twelve, if they aro verking, bave to pay.

ese

Among the passengers on board the U.S.A.T. Thomas, which arrived in Nagasaki on the 2nd ult, were Mr. Sam B. Trissel, Associate | Editor of the Manila Americon, and Mr. James Reed 'Hul, Maaria Times and Sunday Sun who left the vessel at this port and proceeded to Tokyo to swell the throng of correspondents' who are waiting for permite to accompany the Japanese army.

The Russian steamer Manchuria, which was captured at Nagasaki on the 17th ultimo last Akunours Engius Works. The work will take week or two, and the vessel will then be taken

Sasebo

to

two armi will be prepared to act in sup- how to make war in Chinese territory and mistook vulgarity for humour, a man of music der of Fort Arthar intimates that the Japaneso is now belug repaired at the Mitan Bishis

hall calibre," whose choice of subjects was reconsider a lending at, and seizure, of Port stricted to "booze and umbrellas," but who Arthur a question of national honour. The port of one another, whether an advance is

could not speak of the umbrellas. The jury commander declares his will never give an order to be made into the Sungari valley hy Wiju

As soon as the work of removing the alt found for the defendant newspaper. or MagerEeshan. Mere probably neither

President Roosevelt has sent to the Eonate of these will be the defiuit object of the boilers and machinery from the late Queen'a campaign, which will more probably be yacht, the Victoria and Albert, has been com- the name of Mr. W. Camoron Forbes, nominated Vladivostock itself; and this will most like-pleted, the verrel will be towed to her last to be a member of the Philipines Commission ly be attacked from Castries Bay, so as to resting place in Portsmouth Harbour. There to succeed Mr. W. H. Taft, and to be secretary her timbers will be torn sender and the of commerce and police in the room of Mr. Luka threaten Ninguta. Harbin, the vital point fragments placed ander close supervision until E. Wright. Tho nomination was confirmed on one of the many the 22nd ultimao, Mr. Forbes is thirty-five years of Russian activity in the Far East, is of they can be burned in couree the eventual goal, and towards the furnaces in the dockyard. Only a few special a successful army would have thus thres mementos of the yacht are to be preserved, such as the handsomely turned steering wheel lines of approach; one by Wiju and Monk,

and some of the gilded ornamentation, deu; one by Mučerh-shuan and Kirin; and the third by Hwench'un and Ninguta. To carry out, or even initiste, so ambitious a scheme requiros, of course, absolute con- mud of the sea, and this would explain the

It is reported from Honolula that Mr. W.R. Hoare, the British Consul, has began an in- vestigation of the charge of discourteous treat wout to San Francisco from Auckland, New mont made by Mr. Kenneth Harper, who

Orders for tatra copies of Daile Press should be reiterated attacks on Port Arthur. So long Zealand, to accept a position in a bank, but who

sent fore il am. on day of publication. After that horr the mupply is limited. Only supplied for Cask. Telegraphic Address: PREAS. Codes: 4.8.0, 8th Ed,

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The Daily Press.

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wae not allowed to land under the provisions of the contract labour law. Be was ordered to be. steamer was in the port of Honolulu, Mr. Harper was placed in gaol for safe-keeping. The investigation is being made at the instance

of Premier Seddon of New Zealand.

as the Japanese fleet can fuflict more damage than it suffers, every skirmish, however slight the immediate result, will be a Japa-deported on the stramer Sonoma. While the nese gain, and will case the difficulty of a shore campaign. Altogether, even at this Kowloon, the wife of the Rev. J. H. FRANCE, of a early stage of operations, there is evidence that the Japanese are working on a definite and well-planned scheme of operatious; in which, moreover, there is a perfect under- standing between Anny and Navy. As the ports in the mare northerly part of the Sea of Japan are still closed with ice, the Japanese have been taking advantage of the enforced inactivity in the field to hurry on Br degrees the probade course of the their preparations at home, and this is summer's campaign is beginning to develop doubtless the reason of the wonderful in Corea. Admirably chosen as the for- reticence that has marked their operations tresses at Port Arthur and Vladivostock are hitherto, The nation is working as one for an enterprising enemy with command of man, and secrets of state are secrets to each the sea, and always capable of acting on the individual from Emperor to shoe-black. offensive, they are both more or less of a However plain may be the general objective, trap when the holder has to act on the de-success is rever likely to be endangered by fensive. In the first place, they are each at premature disclosures. the extremity of Russia's advance, and supplies can only be obtained from the rear, and from distant sources; and in the second, both are so placed as to be subject to bom- bardment, without being able to inflict any Tery serious injury in return on the enemy. The enormous distance of both fortresses

Volunteers at Battalion Drill next Saturday turn out in khaki and side-arms--no putties,

The Superioress of the Italian Convent wishes fo tooder her grateful thanks to the Variety for their Troupe of H.M.S. Fengeance generous donation of $50, the proceeds of tho Concert given at the City Hall.

from their bases of supply, and the imper- fect means both have of obtaining reinforce-

Enrique Webb, a young man of mixed ments are, however, their great source of weakness. As long as the holder of each Sparib and English blood, and of excellent family, was arrested by the detective bureau in remained in command of the sea, these Manila on the charge of stealing $3552, gold, disadvantages were, of course, limited, and worth of cost, the property of F. C. Calder looking at the two as merely points d'appui and Company, on the 24th alt, for further advance, both were admirably selected. As it was the general opinion, not only in Russia itself, but throughout Europe, that Russia would continue to have the advantage at sea, it was considered that an early attack on Japan would mark the opening of the campaign; and though it was generally recognised that the Japanese The thousandth performance at the Strand would offer a very determined and formida-Theatre, London, of 4 Chinese Honeymoon ble defence, it was unlikely that in the long (which we have just seen in Hongkong, will take run their resources would stand the wear and tear of a prolonged war.

We are informed by the Manager of the locil office of the Nippon Yasen Kaisha that the Kanagarsa Mari, which left London on the 9th January, arrived at Malta on the 7th February, and there transferred her passengers for the Far East into the P. & Q. steamer, Palawan

place on the 18th inst. Few plays have enjoyed

so long a run without a break, thongh Charley' Aunt is credited with 1,866 consecutive per- It speaks volumes for the military tactics

fermanoes, and Our Boys with 1,362 But A of the Japanese that within twenty-four Chinese Honeymoon is a musical comedy, and hours after the first shot was fired all these consequently has established record.

The New York Herald (which is, we believe, the only distinctively pro-Russian paper in the United States) has told those of its readers who cousalt its editorial page that American intererts in the East would be imperiled should victory, either military or Japan gain a diplomatic. We are asked to believe that Japan would in that avant put forward claim that the Philippines were within the sphere of Japanese influcios, if not of Japanese control?" Its patriotis desire to rescue the Philippines from Japan and protect America interests is the sole basis of the Hermit's Russomania. For the discovery that Japan has designs on American possessions the New York Iferald is entitled to the sole credit. No To save its other journal has the news. country from spoliation, the New York Herald is ready for any self-sacrifice. Edited in Paris, with a braack offies in S. Petersburg, it is, nevertheless, it nesures us, American..

The Russian cruiser Dmitri Donskoi has

Admiral Inonye, Commander of Yokosuka

THE WELCOME TO BRITISH OFFICERS. Natal Station, and other officers, gave a ofbuer to the British officers, who brought out the Nisshin and Kasuga on the 16th it. The guests, on arrival, were received by Admiral Inouye. In the course of a speech welcoming the guests of the evening. Admiral Inouye ... undertaking the voyage, and expressed the spoke vory highly of the gallantry shown in opinion that the close of the war had been brought nearer by the arcival of the two ships. Captain Painter, of the Fasuge, briefly replied expressed the astonishment of his fellow officera in being swarmly welcomed. Thres cheers were given to the officers and men who brought out the ships, and the party broke up after epending a very pleasant evening.

of age and has lead unusual experience through applied for leave to remain at Suez for repairs; It is stated in . Petersburg that the oat the United States in supervising construc-probably for a fortnight. tion of electric railways in most of the states of the Union, and in reorganising electrio cem-Russians aro muwing troops en both banks of panies and putting them on a paying basis. the Yalu. He has retired from "business, having made a fortune, and is most auxious to be useful to his country in the constraction of great public works in the Philippine Islanda.

CHINESE SOLDIERS.

The China Merchants' as King Ping arrived from Canton yesterday. Capt. Symons reports that he passed through Hongkong without rtopping on the 28th alt, with 1.400 coldiers

River and Kwangsi. They are supposed to be bound for the West

HONGKONG IN A FOG.

Arrivals by the German mail must have a very poor opinion of Hongkong. All yesterday a heavy blanket of fog obscured the Park, while

It is reported that over one thousand soldiers are frost-bitten on the Manoburian railway.

Admiral Makaroff has arrived at Port Arthur.

NAVAL NOTES.

H.M.S. Amphitrite arrived from Mirs Boy at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. There were ne other arrivals or departures of warships yeater: day Admiral Grenet, who has come to take arrived by the German mail. command of the Italian China Squadron,

THE DALLAS COMPANY.

in unsheltere-l places on the lower level nu az-. pleasant, rather obilly N.E. wind, accompanied by drizzling rain. made one generally uneom-transcription of the telegram. fortable. More than one amberHa was blown inside out, and the state of the weather marred the afternoon's sport at Happy Valley, and at the Cricket Ground vets. Looking at the land from Kowloon one could only discern such prominent structures as Alexandra and Queen's Buildings, the Hongkong Hotel, the Club, Messrs. Fardice, Matheson & Co.'s sugar works, and like prominent waterfront wasonry, Capt Lake, of the Indo-China s.. Kwongeng, reports foggy weather between Shanghai and Hongkong, while the ND.L. s.. Preussen, which arrived from the south about the same time as the Kwongsang arrived from the north reports fine weather.

THE RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLERT. A Moscow correspondent of the Times writes ---It would appear to be necessary to draw

"craiser iraceports," the vessels of the Volun attention to the fact that, though desiganted

teer Fleet are quito incapable of engaging

ordinary naval craft. The bulk of the vessels of the Volunteer Fleet are absolutely defenceless. THE RUSSO.CHINESE BANK.

Four only of them are tied with gan The local representatives of the Basse- mountings-this Orel, Stratof, Peterburg, und Chinese Bank wish to point out that it

Smolensk. The number of gun-mountings on not true, 88 stated in our telographic colama yesterday, that the Russo-Chinese Bank at each of these four, all of which fall under the Vladivostook las suspended payment." We cruiser (ransport" class, are respectively, in which is a very different thing. We did not. Even with their guns mounted-and there is yo should have said suspended operations the order named, 1, soven, seven, and 20. of course, intend to cast any enfair reflection on the Russo Chinese Bauk; the excar arose in the real evidence to show that either the Oral and Saratof, already en route to the Far East, or the Peterburg or Emolensk, which are to follow, received or will receive orders to mount their armament after passing the Der- The Dallas Company gave the second per-

save to the commerce of the enemy. They are formance last night of The Belle of New York danelles-they are incapable of doing much harm to a good and appreciative audience, who testified thair approval by contiatous encores. devoid of anything in the way of protection, and was again successful. So also was Mr. Frank Mr. Percival Knight as Ichabod Brguson the ecantling of their bull-plating throughout Miss Violet is only shout one inch thick. The Vladimir Cochrane as Harry Brenson. Frampton was very bewitching es Fifi, and and Keef, it will be remembered, were named sang very well, while Miss Alies Wade im-

some little time ago for despatch to the Far proved considerably in her singing as the Balva tion Army lass. All the other members helped East with reinforcements, but an unfortunate which the officials of the Volunteer Fleet buve to keep up the reputation which this Company bitch occurred with both vessels, in regard to

sve jastly earned since their arrival here.

The Messenger Boy, new piece for Hong been unusually rofisent. What happened to kong, will be staged to-night and to-morrow

these two twin-screw transperte was as follows. night, which will be the Company's last two per- formances bore for the present season. We hear The Vladimir on returning from the Far East that they are leaving for Shanghai for a short to (dessa same weeks ago [erly in January] season there.

lost one of her screws owing to the breaking of one of her tail shafts. She made Odessa with At Happy Valley yesterday afternoon

NEW JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS.

out mishap with one sorow. After discharging Blarel, "The Monarch" ......... Ord Hume the H.K.FO. met a team from H.M.S.S.

at Odesss the Vladimir was sent to dock and Rossini Vengeance

uzby Albion, under Overtura.Tancredi

The contracts fer the constrastipu of two .. Sullivan rnles. The teams were as follows-H.K.F.C. Selection... The Mikado......

owa spare screws having Havan-W. A. Crake. full back, W. R. Robertson, T. battleships for the Japanese bars were defuitely at Sevastopol, and a new acres ordered

P. Jordan, and Lieut. Black signed on the 30th January by the representa abroad, her

used Some tives in London of the Mikado's Government been

time ago. While in Godfrey E. Pearce, Waldtoute! three-quarters; A.G. a. Fisicher and De

One of these is to be built by Messrs. Vickers, Albanesi Veulte, balvos; H. C. Sandford (capt.), E. ",

Son, ad Maxim (Limited), and the other hy dook an examination of the Vladimir's other Hallifas, J. W. Goldring. Liant. Strovar, Irient

Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co. propeller shaft showed that it was seriously Duncan, Lient. Rogers, Roo, and H. F. Chard,

The fint propeller, forwards. Navy Warren, fall beck; Corsar (Limited). Each vessel will be of 16,400 tons flawed. Another propeller shaft was thereupon Byle, and Smart, three-quarters: Troupe and displacement, and will be fitted with machinery orde ed by telegraph,

which arrive some little time ago, has already Dobson, balves; Fleming, Willis, Halsbos, to enable a speed of between 1 and 19 knota

been atted, and the second will, it is hoped, be Layard, Favel, Lusse, Bos, McLeod and to be attained. The armour protection will be

fitted very shortly. The twin-scrow transport Farquharson, forwards. During the first strenged on the concentrat d sasemate system ser bad the same ill-luck. In coming up the half the game was very even and there first introduced in the Japanese battleship. was no scoring. In the second half the Mikasa, completed in 1902 by the Vicers Red Sea bound from the Far East to Odesen Clab had all the advantage both in the Company, and ainas adopted in the eight she recently lost one of her sorowe owing to the new abait had again to be ordered abroad at field and in the scrums, which were fre- British battleships of the King Edward VII, bresking of one of her propeller shafts. The quent. Pearce had a fine run up, sod sent back class and in his Majesty's shipe Triumph and

once, and it is hoped the Kief will be ready to a splendid pass to Jordan, who eluded WarroOD

Swistsure--the two vessels originally bailt for and touched down near the post. Pearse con- the Chilean navy. The new Japan so ships leave for the Far East at a comparatively early verted this into a goal. Not long afterwards will be more heavily armed than even the King date. Had the Kief and Vladimir not broken Robertson, who had played well throughout, Edward class, for, although the number of down, it is considered probable that the twe got away with 8 pass from Pearce and guns may remain the same, the calibre of Large fast craiser transports Peterburg and

touch-down, got *

latfor several of them will be genstar, the waight of Smolensk would have been left in the Black Sea. I learn that the War Office was unwilling to also converted. There ·WAS - RO scoring shot baing increased to 11 tons per minute, s denude the Black Bes of the whole of the large, on the Navy side; the nearest approsch to it compared with nine tons in the British ships, fast transports in view of the possible contin-*** being made by Favell, who was collared when so that the new Japanese battleships are the

By kiud permission of Major Radcliff and officers, the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme of music at the King Edward Hotel during diaver to-night fweather permitting:-

Song "The Flight of Ages"....... Selection" Reminiscences of all Nations" Waltz......... "Espuns" Gavotte......

Detuième" "God Save the King."

KENU.

Hors D'Euvies Anebovy on Toast.

20UP

Ox Tail.

PIST

Boiled Fish and Shrimp Sauce. INTRIES.

Roast Partridge and Bread Seuce Grilled Fillet of Beef and Mushroom Sauce Prawn Mayonnaise. JOINTS.

Baked Capon Cold Ham.

Roast Beef

CURRY.

Eggs.

BALAD

Baluda la Germaine, VEGETABLES,

Boiled Potatoes Fried Potato Cakes Green Poss Cabbagen.

BWEST).

Plum Pudding Vanilla Ice Cream

Butter Cake

Finger Cako.

FOOTBALL.

tho which

noring the line. The game finished with them at powerful yet ordered for any navy.gency of having to embark a division of men a Navy pressing hard, and the score standing: Both ships have to be delivered within 18 danas at short notice to meet emergencies on

the litloral of the Black. Be sitself. months. The Club, 2 goals (10 points); the Navy, 0.

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