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INTIMATION

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 10тя, 1904

The Acting Commissioner of Customs at nasympathetic Government, had so given them pause that with becoming gravity Yochow in als report on the trade of the perti

says it is to be regretted that no European they were now considering the moment-

Community is likely to enjoy the par air and ous question: "Shall ve give it up open plain of Yochow, dont less the healthiest and leave the Empire to its fate?" Por-town in the Yangtse Valley, tunately, wiser thoughts emerged and

A. S. WATSON & CO., floated finally on what had scored a sea of

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL,

despair. A committee was appointed to struggle doing the best it could. For this sensible decision, the Association deserves congratulation.

Au interesting ceremony took placo last week at the offices cf the Shmaghai Horse Bazaar Co.. Tl, the recasion being the prescutation by few old Simiglai friends of a handsamo silver solver to Mr. Hoary Symons, on the eve of his departure for home, as a tokou of their esteem and respect for him.

TELEGRAMS.

: (REUTER'S SERVICE.]

SALE OF A GERMAN LINER TO JAPAN.

LONDON, 7th June. The 8.8. Hochheimber, of the Hansa line, Bremer, has been pareliased by the Japanese Government. ·

LONDON, 7th June. The Pleiades from Yekobama los arrived at

THE WAR

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

THE MURDER OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT.

TIENTSIN, 9th June. The American Consul at Newchwang has held an investigation into the death of Mr. Lewis Etzel, the war correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph. The evidenco re-

ed by Chinese solliers while sailing on the

river...

Mr. Ernest Brindle, war correspondent Vancouver having been lowed 800 miles after of the London Daily Express, was in the

same boat, but managed to escape. asing her propeller.

Lightly, almost frivolously, as we have

On the 28th inst. the Chinese, community of ACCIDENT TO THE S.S." PLEIADES." vealed that Mr. Etzel was brutally murder just esteemed this crisis of theirs, there is

Penang held a meeting at the Chinese Town hostility of intention. Things Hall to consider certain proposals for general absolutely no 'accomplished by them may well inspire reform. It was decided to have a meeting at gratitude; and yet no poignant anguish bethe Town Hall once a month and to adopt some The BUSINESS of the HONGKONG experienced because they cannot achieve all mitum religion such as Confeinuism. This was agreed to after a lengthy discassion, and they would. No doubt it is disappointing about 150 Ames of those wiling to attend to well-meaning volunteers of assistance and advice, when such assistance is not kailed

such advice with enthusiasm, or

DISPENSARY is now being CARRIED ON

in

ALEXANDRA

YOUX ROAD.

BUILDINGS,

The HOURS of BUSINESS

not.

were handed in.

Now that we have another theatrical company with us, the need for fans in the Theatre

DES promptly and implicitly neted upon; but Royal is more pronounced than over. It is a

of the

BONGKONG DISPENSARY in its pow

premises are as follows-

Week Days, 8.30 4.2. to 6 FM: Saturday, 8.39 A.. to 2 P.M.

Sunday,

10 AM to 1 J.M.

that is not sufficient foundation for the tone of hopeless distrust of the Government which characterised some of the speeches given. In that was as inuch of the clement of bathos as there was in the announcement of a member that the EMPRoss DOWAGER of Chinx hal oxiered the extermination of all the foreign devils," and that her Viceroys were even now. It waiting a

wonder that electric fans were not installed at the time the theatre was renovated recently, The Theatre Royal in Calmatia is fitted with the comforts and they do not interfere in any way with the view of the stage, as will be seen from a photograph of the proscenium: exhibited at the Robinson Piano Cal's store,

"N.-C. DAILY NEWS" SERVICE.]

TIBET

LONDON, 31st May. The Standard says that, the determination and resource shown by the Tibetans in the Pulla affair givs an impression that the now inevitable advance on Ll may be a niore serious military task than it was expected to be.

It would be rash to begin a decisive movement until a forec is collected which will render saceces certain.

attention.

The Daily Telegraph says weshall goto Zhassa Yesterday was the day fixed for the frisi at Canton of Abdul Tehlik, an Indian who is ae-despite the fighting piety of the Lamaseries; cused of the murior of another Indian named at the problem of organisation will be quite Mohammed Guzel at Shatankok, in Chinese worthy of a little of Lord Kitchener's personal territory. As the Chief Justice, Sir Hiram 8. Wilkinson, only arrived from Shanghai ou Wednesday afternoon, the trial has been post. poned till next Tuesday. Hon. H. E. Pollock. K.C., will conduct the presoention on behalf of the Crown and Mr. F. Ellis. Shanghai, will appear for the defenes.

favourable opportunity to execute at once her orders and the subjects thereof. To do the injority justice, this argument in favour of the Association's striving to be up and doing something, no matter what, was not re- ceived with much dumpressement. The nominal if not the principal, object of the Associa tion is the education of public opinion. Part IV. of the Diary of the Russo-Japanese the case is with the Navy War, which is being issued from the Kobe much as League; and it seems a little inconsistent, Chronicle office, has been forwarded to us therefore, to bold (as in this instance) by Messrs Brower & Co., the local agents The full-page illestrations in this numbor its meetings in camera. It is not to being ade one of Maryuis Ito and his suits, which formed the Special Mission to the Corean home would have proved unduly susceptible Court; another is the first group of war corres- to the'eriticisms made upon their methods; pondents allowed to proceed to the front; and still less that they might, as this committee there are many other illustrations of interest did, have talked, in consequence, of re-including a fuc-simile of the war noto (value ten son) issued by the Japanese Government signation. The fact is that the British for the use of the troops in Cowa. Government has a happy knack of con.

Au Assistant will be on duty ni ulltimes to suppoted that our Governmental leaders at

dispense prescriptions.

A. S. WATSON & CO.

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(REUTER'S SEEVICE]

MOBILISING RUSSIA'S FIRST

ARMY CORPS. ·

LONDON, 7th Jane. The Tsar has ordered the mobilisation of the first Army Corps, which includes the St. Petersburg district.

General Kuropatkin reports a five hours fight on the 3rd instant at Klotsinputse, 18 miles West of Fenghwangsheng, The Japanese attempting to advance from a fortified position were driven back by

assuck, assisted by field guns.

Cossacks were wounded..

Sixteen

THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET.

FROM THE "UNIVERSAL GAZETTE."] RUSSIAN TROOPS IN COREA.

Toxro, 1st June.

A tologran from Seoul, Cores, states that Rssian cavalry arrived at Pitsin. in the Province of Hiotohintso, on the 26th ultimo and Hun yuan on the 28th,

CONDITIONS AT NEWCHWANG DESCRIBED. A rusitlent in the Colony has rereived the. following communication from a relative in Newebwang? :--

Nowchwang. 28th May,

I left Chefoo on the 19th inst., and arrived

here on the 21st. 1 hourd that the Russians had evacuated the plaen and that the Japanesą

are

were about to arrive, and thought that I would come and have a look 969. I sot sail in the S.H. Lovedale, which after unloading her cargo at Chefoe, caine up to Newchiwany on spec. for beancake. Owing to strong wastorly ourronts we approached Port Arthur somewhat closer than we intended. Wo saw the searchlights 30 miles off, and were under the impression that they were the Japanese fleet. At one point wa nust have been within eight tuiles of them. the lights being turned upon us for several minutes. When the captain discovered our position he was in a rare funk over the mines, all the more so as he had his wife on board. Ou arrival at Nowchwang we had to wait a day outside the three-mile limit until the Russdays came off to search as Wo found Nowchwung all quiet, plenty of Pussians patrolling the streets with fixed bayonets. They are fine big fellows. but clumsy and exceedingly dirty. The town is under martial law; at nightfall the streets deserted, and all lights haya to be extinguished or serene after nine o'clock. I don't think there are more than 40 or 50 troops at present stationer here; they coníe and go, and it is impossible to know how many uro bere at any given time. The other day t squadron of Cossacks marched through going south, no doubt to most the Japanese, who are stated to be within thirty miles of this plano. There will be no fighting at Newchwaug between the Russians and Japanese, As sach RA the latter advance a bit further north, the Muscovites will skip out of hero quick, or they will have their line of retreat ent off. There are about six or seven corres- Our cavalry hud on the 30th May an engage-pondents staying hero, whe when they have ment near Wa-fang-kon with a Japanese nothing else to send, concoct yarns about detachment consisting of two or three battalions Hughatzes (bandits), 8,000 of whom are said and two squadrons of cavalry. One Japanese to be lying low ready to plunder the plans in squadron was nearly annihilated by one of our the interval between the ovenation by th squadrons of Siberian Cossacks, with whom they Russians and the arrival of the Japanese, 1 esa szandren miffered very great losses from everybody says they're hora-got rillés hickten

disinonnted

Тонязь Qur

are away in temples all ready to fall upon insignificant.

anybody and everybody at the shortest possible notice. As regards the aspect of Newchung- well. I thought Chefoo, was bail, but it in paradise compared with this muddat. I can with a clear conscience say that it is the worst place I have yet struck in my peregrin- The ads are simply ditches, thick A suitable place in Kaiyuen his her chosexations, for the accumulation of the military provisions with dust in dry weather and knos-le recently removed from Liaoyang. which are in mud in wat; the houses have get a malancholy being guarded by over 3000 Russians, com- look that reminds one of so many mustorless prising infantry, artillery, and cavalry.. Chinese dogs, dilapidated, with walls composed of dried labourers are being employed in works con- nected with the laying of mines; iu Hsintaitze, Hsinchitze. and Wenchiation forts have been erected with guards.

RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DESPATCH].

ANOTHER VERSION.

LONDON, 7th June.. Miss Funny Stanley's Comic Optra and

Naval experts are convinced that the Dramatic Company opened a short

Baltic fleet, whose date of departure is at the Theatre Royil lust evening with

The constantly deferred, will never reach the Dorothy, a comic opera in three acts. Company in the performance of this delightful Pacific; even if it starts. and ever-popular comedy of old English life made an excellent Impression, and deserved a full house. The singing

a grant have irhat we

been ол inprovement

to ut the theatre; accustomed lutely indeed last night's performance revealed some really good voices. The soles "Qaven of my Heart" and "Be wise in Time were specially apprecintat, while tho choras shoard careful training and the converted pieces were well rendered. If the Company maintain the same level of excellence in the other pieces they are

that they unhappily had last night.

To-night the company play Harbour Lights.

"HOIHAO" TO BE SALVED.

our

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MOULDEN, 3rd June.

[FROM THE SIN WAN PAO." |

GUARDING STORES,

tinuing the national undertakings aren when Police, the String Band will play the following announced to play they deserve larger houses had a hand-to-hand fight. while another Japan-are not seen any of them myself, buy some of its constituents are prone to despairprogramme of music at the Mace Hotel, from If Associations waver and relinquish the 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 pm on Saturday next, the 11th plough-handles at times, its Consuls and its June, and will play at the hotel every Saturday Ministers porsevere, and it is to be presumed during the ummer:- it manages to absorb some little information of what is really going on, even so far away as China. Great Britain way not be so supreme in North Chint, the sphere of beg influence not so great or so sharply defined. as the members of the China Association

would like to see it; that misguided aliens should persist in considering Shanghai zu international port aoay be unpleasing; still,

the task of ROMULUS and Remus 'was not accomplished in a single day. Let our northern neighbours take heart, and be of gool courage. We are a sticking sus SCH, Austro-picion that the affairs of the Empire, like

On the 4th June, at 32. Whungpoo Road, Shanghai, the wife of EON Hungarian torial-General, of a son.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG OFFICE: 14. DiSVEUX ROAD 01. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.

HONGKONG, 10 JUNE, 1904.

those of this Association which has them so much at heart, may not be in such desperate straits after all.

The number of plague cases notified in the twenty-four hours entled at noon yesterday was 11, all Chinese, and overy case was fatal,

After all, it is not so much a matter of indifference as the matter of a definition of It has "British interests" in China, always been patent, sealgré the saying that Tax Shanghai branch of the China As trade follows the Hag, that statesmen and sociation takes itself very seriongly, and tradesmen define British interests from rightly so. As most mică thus regard the differing points of view. Just now British affaim in which key interest themselves; patriots in India are vehemently upbraid and as it lms never been demonstrated thating the Home Government for a certain Both ends of the wire The eyuics of the study chair, the philoso-"tuppence on tea.” phers of the Superior Pessimism, mauage are intout on British interests, but from to got any forrader" than most mon, the what various view points! Similar diver- fact need not be accounted to the Shanghai gences of opinion are possible as between

None the less, the Foreign Office and the China Associa members for anwiedon

tion. the suggestion may be made, and that with- out offence, that perhaps they have been recently regarding their doings, or failures at doing, with an exaggerated respect. At their last meeting, it appears, there was talk of a crisis: wild talk of a crisis in the matter of British interests in China, and less startling references to a supposed crisis in the history of the local organisation. The Committee had threatened to resigu, because attempts to amalgamite with the China League had not been welcomed with is to be officially prohibited. The silver notes now in circulation will be replaced the fervour expected of the sister society. Through most of the speaches ran a note of by gold notes, but silver will still be accepted in payment of tuxes for the tims being. The complaint, that the Foreign Office at home

intended currency reform at this juncture is would not sufficiently bearken to the well-generally considered timely. It will not informed counsel of the Association. Their

materially affect foreign trade in Formosa. communications were being "pigeon-holed,"

Russians have attempted to negotiate for the a method of treatment regarded by some of these earnest local patriots as hardly less purchase of a journal at Tientsin called the Ta Kung Pao, but failed. They have now than insulting to themselves. They wore

established a Chinese paper in Peking, under quite convinced, naturally, that none at Russian control, the expenses of which are to be home could understand the conditions or met by the Russo-Chinose Bank. The type the needs so well as they in China. The and other necessary materials have arrived in Peking. The city, says a correspondent of the apparent futility of all their efforts to

Shanghai Mercury, is decidedly Japanese in its further British interests, the lack of

views and sympathies, and there is a Japanese appreciation on the part of a seemingly newspaper that wielde a considerable inituence.

The circnlation of silver in Formosa

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Waltzes Fedora

Murch..."The Summer Girl Victor Merceron Carl Albert Overture... "Jolly stud nts"

P. Bucalossi We understand that the Hongkong and

Wallace Selection... Mèritana.

W. S. Milton Whumpon- Doek Co., Ld, intend to undertake Waltzes... Lovely Maiden'

The Lost Chord

A. S. Sullivan the salvage of the French steuner Moilao, Intrezzy Cavalleria esticona... P. Ja eiguí Gavotte de in Frinculia Stephanin" A. Uribulka Mr. J. Ross, engineer, will probably go down to Hainan in charge of the necessary appliances and workmen by the ss. Hanoi. About three weeks ago the Haiko went badly ashore on the bank at Hainan Head. Some days later the wind shifted and at high tide the seasol fleated off her best of hard sand and went on this rocks, She is an old steuner of 500 tons, and had been plying on the Haiphong-Pakhoi-Hobao-long- kong run,

During the Japan-China War the output of coal in Japan was greatly decreased on account of a large number of miners being engaged us military coolies, but the present war with Russia has not affected the output in the least degree. Pays the Nagasaki Fress. The quantity of coul product from the mines in the Chikalo district, Kyushu, in the mouth of April was estimated at 50,113 tons, showing an increase of 229 tons and 1.300 tous respectively over the returns for March last and the month of April of last year The aggregate output of the Chikuho collieries from January to April last was 1,712,022 tons, against 1,522196 tons for the first four months of 1993.

One of the sentiments most applauded at the discussion opened at the Constitutional Club, in London, recently. by the Baron Snyemats, until recently a member of the Mikado's Cabinet, was that expressed by the Military Attache of

the United States. In the course of some

reminiscences of the Chino-Japanese War he described, says the Globe, the extraordinary affoot produced upon the fow fareigners present when the Japanese offers assembled to celebrate their victories, and, after the playing of the Japanese Anthem saluted with marked and intentional respect. He strains of “God Save the Queen." which follower said the United States Attaché that Anthem with the respect due to the Flag of my country or to the religion of my mother.”

"I received."

By kind permission of Lt.-Cot Iremonger and officers, the Band of the 3rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme of music at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner to. night (weather permitting) :- March........ "The Washington Post" Overture... Dea Koenig Lieutenant" Emil Titl Solection

Leslie Stuart ...Ploradora Ser unde ... "Love in Idleness."...... Macbeth

Waltz

MENU.

Mers d'Œuvres

Scotch

tch Eggs

SOUP

Turtle,

She was built by Mesura. Hall, Russell & Co., of Aberdeen, in 1880, being now of Marty and registered under the name

D'Abhade.

A HONGKONG RESIDENT

SHIPWRECKED.

Mr. David Benjanin, ex-manager of Mr. M. Lazarus's optical establishment of Queen's Road, Hongkong, writes from Lisbon, saying that ho was shipwrecked while ou a voyage from Egypt to America by the Gormen East Africa s Kurfurst. When four days out frem. Naples,

ut 2.38 n.m.

on the 5th ult.. the steamer

CHINCHOU, 3rd June.

THE REAL OBJECT.

raud.

The place is built on a mudflat, and not solitary tree is to be seen to relieve the menotony of the swampy-looking plains stroteh ing beyond the town. Everyone you meit, both foreigners and natives, look us if they had Cenied themselves of haths since the mucnen ment of the war; uo decent drinking water is to he had, and a whisky and soda costs a shilling- pretty stiff in a country where there is practically no duty to pay! There is only one "hotel" here, where they give you poor chew for a pound.a day."

CHINCHOU, 3rd June: According to information from an English war correspondent here the real object of the Huanghatzes (mounted bandits), who left Newchwang for Setaitze some time ago, is not to destroy that section of the Russian railway there, but to plunder the Russian provisions and munitions of war which, us they hear, lind just bean removed from Kaiping to Tangkangtze that the Russian Government have giver an

en route for Lianyang.

RUSSIANS RETIRE.

CHINCHOU, 3rd June: Although between 4,000 and 5,000 Ruseiuns.

have kept coining to Newchwang, they do not

struck a rock in a fog off Cape Sagred, situated about 100 miles from Lisbon. There were 100 soeto to entertain any idea of opposing the Japa assengers on board, all of whom were savo nese they are preparing to retire. They have and brought to Lisbon on a small tug. Had destroyed nearly the whole of the railway from there been a high sea, however, things would Newchwang to Tashichio, leaving only one branch intact, which will be utilised in the have been different. Mr.Benjamin was accom -.

retreat.. panied by his mother,

The Kurfurst, a vessel of 5,700 tons, has become a total wreck,

THE Y.M.C.A. NEW ROOMS.

To-night the rew roems of the Young

rooms,

FROM THE UNIVERSAL GAZETTE."} THE COREAN MINISTER TO ST. PETERSBURG.

TOKYO, 3rd June. The Corean Minister to Russia was instructed

of the Russian Governmeut.

The

KUSTAN ORDER FOR FRENCH RIFLES, The Petit Parisien announced on the 9th ult.

order to the Manufacture National d'ArmÈS of Saint Etienne for 200,000 Lebel illes. It is added that the order is to be completed at the rate of 500 rifles a week.

THE RUSSIAN LOSSES. The number of victims of the Petropavlovsis disaster has been officially returned as 40 officers

a London paper, just about a seventh part of and 750 men, total 790-that is to say, romarks the British total loss in killed during the Bour

war.

The bloodiest action in that war was Spion Kop, where the killed outright mumbered 324. Our total number of killed in the war Jasting over two and a half years was 5,774; while the Russian Navy in the Far East has already lost about a fourth of that number in killed and drowned.

CHINESE NEUTRALITY.

The spectra that haunts the minds of Rus

Sir Robert Hart's house at Peking was

Men's Christian Association will be formally by the Coreau Emperor to return to St. Peters-ing is that at some critical moment Ching will broken into on the 23rd ult. The burglarsstole

opened, and speeches will be made by H.Ebury as soon as he arrived at Berlin.

Minister is said to be entirely under the orders nudely declare herself openly on the side of Japan. This dread, says a correspondent of the F. H. May, C.MG. Hou, Gershom Stewart a smell for containing over 850, together with

Timea, has naturally been increased by the news a press copybook containing valuable records

and Rev. W. J. Southum, general serrotary."'

of the Japanese victory on the Yalu, and the THE STATE OF PORT ARTHUR.

Noroi Vremya, in a recent lealing article on Up to the time of the mail leaving for the South Section The Belle of New York. Koker The new premises are handsome and well

Margin av arrest, had been muscle,

CHECO, 3rd June. the subject, only thinly disguises its anxiety by Tarantelle... The Original Napolitaine" Jullian fitted, grupying the whole top at of

"God Sare the King."

Alexandra Buiklings. There are 3 bed

Chinese carpenters who escaped from the adopting a violently misatory tone. The real spacious dining-room, a billiard- room, smoking-room, writing-room, a well dockyard at Port Arthur to this port report danger in the situation, it says, lies in the effect and that the Russian authorities at Port Arthur the Japanoss victory may have upon Chine, and stocked reading-room, drawing-rooms class-rooms, while the hall into which one have recently had five of their warships beached it urges that Russian diplomatic agents should -- steps ou learing the lift is fitted up comfortably and the large gans removed from them. These put forth every effort to pacify the minds of as a leunge-room. The fittings throughout the guns were to be used by the marines who have the Chinese at the present moment. The premises are excellent in overy resp eet. It is been converted into land troops and have gone Chinese Government should be reminded that a breach of neutrality committed at a time when expected that the whole place will be in full north. Twelve or thirteen torpedo-boats and

Russia had suffered a temporary reverse would occupation by the 1st of July. Educational destroyers were seen in the eastern harbour. classes will he started when one the hot Our informants also report that although the constitnto an especially heinous offence against weather is at an end.. It is interesting to Bussians declare that the provisions at Fort international equity. The Novec Vremeya. note that success has attended the Chinese Arthur will last them three full months, the further suggests that the representations of class which has been conducted during the truth is that they will be exhausted in about Russian diplomatic agents should, in view of the In the dockyard are now six peculiar character of the Chinese Government, past three months by Res. W. Bridie, who two months. taught the class, not in the ordinary individual hundred Russians and a hundred native work be enforced by military domonstrations. style generally employed in teaching Chinose, men and coolios, and as the latter were not paid but on the lines used in European schools, and their provisions were gradually dwindling, Chinese will be among the subjects when the they thought that it was more advisable to classes re-start.

escape from the place.

Boiled Fish and Egg Sauce.

Pigeon

ENTLEES. Roast Stewed Sweet Bread and Mushrooms. Pate-de-foie-grns oa Aspic.

JOINTS.

Roast Sirloin of Beef Korst Tuckey Roast Yorkshire Hana.

CUERY,

Shrimpat

SALAD, Scotch. VEGETABLES.

Boiled Pubatoės Potato Croqueĺké Green Peas Stewed Melons,

WELTS.

Plum Pudding Fancy Cake Mango Ice Cream Finger Cake Fruite in Season.

An Irish meraber of Parliament in a rocent hed ved longer than ever he did before owing debate on the toa tax declared that he himself to his liberal consumption of tea.