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with as little irreverence as possible, the Scripture, they would see Fanus, but could not for the press." And yet it is not (all) the fault of the note-taking "chiel." His plight is to be explained as the Chinese philosophers explain the sorry slate of the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH, 1904.

The Banque de l'Indo-Chino announces a TELEGRAMS. dividend for 1903 of £37.50 per share, which compares with 1.32.50 for 1002, notwithstanding the necessary axponses of founding several pors agencies.

S. WATSON & CO., Chinese Jon. He suffers for the misdeeds Department at Washington is shown by the

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of his forerunners. The indiserations, we may now call them, of news-getters in the Trausvaal have awakened the present devotees of Mars to the risks attending too many cooks over the broth-pot. As Pench wittily indicated recently, they have adorned the adventurose representatives of the Fourth Estate with an honourable badge, to be worn gaywise. Thus the first war of the us the The BUSINESS of the HONGKONG twentieth century as shown

profession of the war correspondent gone limbo-warde, after that, of the engmrer of DISPENSARY is now being CARRIED ON wood-cuts. It is to be remarked thereon that the ills they did have not died with thom. The public has still to wait agog for the first intelligences, and it has still to discriminate, as we must admit was afore time needful, between the halfpouny coloured and the penny plain. A tolerant Austrian Ceneul, in one of the Chinese treaty ports, recently face to face with much hard-swearing," remarked that the of the conflicting testimonies of the witnesses for and against did not necessarily imply wilful HONGKONG DISPENSARY in its new perjury. It was, he said, due to the excite

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ment necessarily attendant upon an affray between a policeman and a civili in. In valiant emulation of which amiable view, may ve not, now that we seem to depend for our way news upon the interested parties, assume that some tergiversatory tellings may be the natural outcome of au excited observation, by narrators who are animated. by more-much more-than the journalistic desire to be first in the witness box with a more or less convincing bit of ovidence P In any case, whatever harsh things we are tempted to think of the suggestio falsi,, we are bound to remember that there are often reasons of State for the suppressio, veri,

Six cases of plague were notified yesterday. Two of the corpses had been dumpoć.

Mr. J. H. Kemp did not sit at the Police Court yesterday; Mr. Gompertz took all the

cases.

To-morrow is a holiday on the Shameen on account of the Dragon Festival. All Customs Stations throughout China will be closed.

The P. &. O. steamer which left London on the 13th alt. had on board coin silver for Hong- kong of the value of £25,281.

Lieutenant W. Arbuthnot-Leslie, 2mi ScoLS

An indication of the attention the State

announcement that the United States Consulate at Nowekwang has hoon elevated to the rank of a Consulate-General. This is on account of the importance which Nowchwang has assumed commercially and politically."

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.

THE TIBET MISSION.

· “Losnov, 15th June, 10.40 a.m. Tho Dalai Lama is preparing for flight from Thassa, GREAT DISASTER AT NEW YORK.

600 LIVES LOST.

LONDON, 15th June. The report that Dr. Sun Yat Sen had boos

The steamer General Slocum whilst on refused permission to lund at San Francisco proves incorrect. When the authorities at Sana school excursion trip was destroyed by fire Francisco refused to permit him to land at that at Hell's Gate, outside New York harbour port his friends appealed to the State Depart and 600 lives were lost. ment at Washington, and all obstacles to his visiting the United States have been withdrawn. Dr. Sun landed at San Francisco on April 28, after a delay of 2 days at the docks, and he will probably visit England during the summer.

Asshowing the indolence of the Malnya, it is reported by the British Resident that it is difficult to persuade the youth of the country to accept free teaching in carving, silverwork and basket-making, which is available at tho Malay Agricultural Settlement; even the offor of a small subsistence allowaned fails to soure more than an occasional pupil. This must be greatly disappointing to Mr. Campbell, who taken a genuino interest in the welfare of the Malays.

At about a quarter to one yesterday after noon, while Mr. Comparts was hearing a case at the Police Court, a prisoner in the dock awaiting his trial managed to remove, one of the wooden bars and crawl out of the enclosure He executed his work very quietly, not being noticed till elimbing over the rail behind which stood a number of Chinese spectators. There was a slight commotion then. Mr. Gompertz archimed, Has a prisoner run away from the dock" The Court Constable and other policemen rushed to the doors or sither side. of the Court and the man was surrounded He was a Chinsman arrested for possession of boans supposed to be stolen.

the summer:

By kind permission of the Commander of Police, the String Band will play the following programme of music at the Macao Hotel, from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m fo-morrow (Saturday), and will play at the hotel every Saturday during

"King Max"

8. Huefeld March.......... Overture... "To Contest".

C. Maller "Mandolin Serenade"...... E. Stahl Selosticn... "Pirates of Penzanes A Sullivan Waltz,.....Wor-bip to the Beautiful" G. Codina Lord's Old Sweat Soug" J. L. Molloy

"Lydiu***

S. 1osfold

Waltz.........

Muzazko Folkn

T. D. Boyer

* Climb the Lackler”.

As we have already announced, the confract with the P. and O. Company for the carriage of the Eastern mails has been continued for three years from January 31 next year, with, en acceleration of 24 hours on every section, For this increased speed the company are to receive an addition of £10,000 a year to their

(ENERAL DUNDONALD DISMISSED.

LONDON, 15th June.

The Ottawa Council his gazetted the dismissal of Major-General the Earl of Dundonald, Commanding the Militin, for Government's criticising the Canadian policy.

THE WAR

[JAPANESE OFFICIAL, Despatch.}

THE LAND BATTLE IN LIAOTUNG.

THE RUSSIANS ROUTED.

Tokyo, 16th Juue, 5,25 p.m. A report from the commander of our army in Liaotong states that on the 14th the main body advanced northward in two columns along the railway, expelling the enemy from the east of Wafangtien. At p.m. the enemy made a stand on a line from Lungwangmino to Tafuugsben and after u two hours cannonade we occupied at night- fall a line frons Pangchiaton to Yohatou.

Another columu for menacing the enemy's right and covering our flink and fear marched east of Fuchan and advanced upon the line from Tengehiakow to Nachi ling.

The enemy acar Luawangmiao increased their strength.

BRITAIN AND BRAZIL.

LONDON, 15th June.

On the 15th inst the enemy near Telissu The British Brazilian arbitration negotia-consisted of two and a half divisions tions have been concluded with results ocenpying a position from Tafangshen to

Chengtsushan.

favourable to Britain.

.:

(REUTER'S SERVICE).

THE PLAGUE.

LONDON, 14th June, Aden bas been declared infested by the plague.

THE FUTURE OF WEIHAIWEI.

LONDON, 14th June, Mr. Norman asked in the House of Com- mons whether the lease of Weihaiwoi. termi- eates immediately the Japanese occupy Port

Arthur.

Earl Perey in toply said that by the con- vention of 1898, Great Britain lenses Weihai- wei us long as Russia occupi.s Port Arthur.

SIR HENRY BLAKE AND MR.

IRELAND.

At dawn we opened the nttnek with the main body, and advanced along the railway one column from Tsouchaton.

At 9 am. a colume of the left wing joined from Tungfungkow and at noon cavalry from Chinchiautou.

Thus the enemy were surrounded near Telissu, and after severe fighting were routed northward at 3 p.m.

TRADE OF SWATOW FOR 1903.

Mr. Acting Consal Willis's report on the trade of Swutow for 1993 was follo'ws :--

Commercially speaking, the past year may be called an uneventful one. Although the gross value of the trade shows a slight fulling-off, the decrease in the import of rice, following on un excellent harvest, which the agricaltarists outi- mats at 70 per cent of the most porfoot harrest possible, might havwled one to expect a much lower total, the rice.imported in the your 1903 boing only of a value of £751,829. us against £1,334.421 in the preceding year. The imports of foreign origin are about £20,000 less than in 1002, but at the same time it is encouraging to note that all the important articles of foreign import show an appreciable advancs, the decline in the total being due to the cessation of the rice import from Saigon and Bangkok,"

Balance of Trade.-It would seem that the adverso balance is rather more than adjusted by the remittances of the Sautow amigrants from. the British and Dutch East Indinu colonies and Siam. These emigrante, it appears, deposit their savings with local agencies, known in the Straits a native post offices, and when these amount to a considerable figure, say $30,000 or $40,000. the money is distributed to the rela tives and friends of the remitter in the interior by the agency of the native banks, It i estimated that no loss than $30,000,000 are now annually remitted in this manner, eno firm alone receiving $10,000,000 for distribution.

In addition to these remittancos a sua of pro - kably not less than $2,000,000 in cash and notest would be brought back by returning emigrants. It would seem clear that the earnings of tho Chinese emigrants in the various British sail Datch colonise and Siam are much greater than is gonerally supposed, and that the Swatow emigrant is by far the most valuable export of local origin, his earnings more than paying for the whole of the expose import, into the district. Railway-As an instance of the wealth amassed by certain of those emigrants I would Our losses are estimated to le under montion that the concession of a long-mooted railway between this port and Chrochou Fa hast 1.000.

So far rs is kapwn, we captured the been granted to a Chinese merchant who has colours, 14 quickfirers and about 300 of the bean for some years resident in the Dutch enemy, including the commander of capital for this enterprise, as well as that for Fourth Regiment of infantry and the establishment of a proposed National Bank sherpshooters.

of China, in which the same man is largely Over 500 killed and wounded of the interested, has been subscribet by Chinese reeident in the Straite Settlements and Dutch East India colonios. The route of the propos Our scout; saw the enemy march with a railway was to be murveyed this spring by

Chinaman trained on the Tientsin-Nowchwang Japanese flag in this engagement, whe re upon our artillery wore misled and suspen d-line, and the concessionaire estimated that the

the

The following letter appears in the Times of enemy were left on the field. May 19th:-

KLEUTER'S SERVICE.]

REPORTED SALE OF A SUB. MARINE TO JAPAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE TIME+," S-I have no desire to prolong the con- troversy with your Special Correspondent, Mr.ed fire. Alleyne Ireland, on the past shortcomings of the Government of Hongkong, nor would I offer any reply to his letter appearing in The Times of April 2, were it not that in a leading articlo in The Times of April 7 it was assumed that Mr. Ireland a last letter disposed of the facts given by me in answer to the s'alements in his first. Mr. Ireland based his strictures upon two atatamonte, first-that, “though a serious outbreak of plagas took place in 1994 it was

LONDON, 14th June. The Telegraph's New York correspondent states that the submarine Protector has been privately sold to Japan, and is now

Indies, and I am informed that the whole

whole undertaking might be finished within two years. The trade of the district would doubtless receive a much-needed impulse should the railway ever become an accomplished fact, the local waterways, especially between the port and Chacchou Fu, the chief distribating centre of the district, being extremely shallow during the winter season,

The Shipping returns show an intense o approximately 200,000 tons, divided practically. hotween British and German ships, the latter showing a much larger proportional gain. This

Guards, has been nominated us Aide-de-Camps to annual subsidy of £330,000, and during the thres not until 1901 that the Government took the proceeding thither on board a Norwegian may be ascribed to the advent of additions

Sir Mathew Nathan, Governor of Hongkong,

Those who cannot find time to go up the river to see the Dragon Boat Festival to-morrow will be able to enjoy the spectacle on a smaller scale at Aberdeon,

Neither the prevalence of plagie in Honam nor the hot weather seems to deter tourists from HONGKONG OFFICE :14, DESVœux ROAD C. visiting Canton, the stream of sightseers to LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, EC.that city having been pretty regular of late,

HONGKONG. 17TH JUNE, 1904.

By all usage to which our grandsires were ueenstowed, the Press had no part in war save that of recording its incidents and results. As now, they could voice public opinion and clamour for it; but once the glove was down, they were, the gentlemen of the Press, to bow to the gentlemen of the sword and calverin, saying meekly: "Après vous." It was our American cousins who,

The jury in the Canton mursler trial were on Tuesdaynight kaptander lock and key until the re-opening of the case on the following morning. Their house of detention was the Victoria Hotel, Shamegn.

After finishing the murder trial at Canton Chief Justion Six Hirara S. Wilkinson returned to Horglong by the Puthan on Wednesday night. Yesterday morning lus Lordship, with ont conding ashore, went by launch on board the 9.8. Mongolia, bound for Shanghai.

years it will be ascertained whether further im-

provements can be obtained by open touder. The Postmester-General states that be has also proenred from the company the option of pro- longing the arrangement for two or four addi¦ tional years.

If the prolongation is for two years from 1908 tho subsidy for the whole period from 1905 will be £330,000, but if the arrange. next is made for seven yours in all the subsidy for the whole period will be at the rate of £315,600 per annum.

Last night at the Theatre Royal the Fanny and Dramatic Company: Stanley Operatio prodused that old favourite comic opera “Læs Cloches de Corneville," by Planquette, a pices which has been held in high public estimation ever since its frst appearance. The presenta tion of the opera was rather uneven and not unequainted with blemishes, but on the whole it was received with much apparent relish by the fairly large audience that occupied the Theatre, and there were some good bits that wore very much enjoyed. Miss Stanley, needless ns though tired of the mate, inglorious We have received from Mr. E. A, Hewett, to say, acquitted borself with distinction as inactivity incumbent upon them, first set the Hon. Secretary of the Russo-Japanese War

Serpollute; Mr. Frank Penchy made a fashion of every dog helping to kill the Fund. an account of the money raised by distinguished Marquis; Mr. Willie Driscoll In the modem war play, the Press publie subscription in the Calony. The total played excellently as Gaspard the Miser; while is neither hero or villain, first walking amounted to $30,566, of which Mr. Ho Fook Mr. Harry Neville as the bailie and Mr. Leslie

fox."

20lented 510.08% from Chinese. The full

The HK, C. & Macao Steamboat Co. have now no less than three chartered steamers

Geeves as his shadow were responsible for most

gentleman nor principal comedian, yet it atatement and correspondence are unavoidably of the fun. To night Colleen Bawn" will be bad at first a speaking part which enabled held over,

staged. - it to hold the stage and almost, in one sense at least, to "queer the business" of the principals. The small armies of correspon running to Kongmoon, the newly opened part dents at various supposed headquarters on the West River. These are the San U, the are more heard of, for obvious reasons, La Tun, and the Tak Hing, Still another is The likely to be put on shortly, so that this Company « Thunderer's". Haimus, with its De Fox-should retain a firm held on the trade until the new steamers which they are said to ho con- REST apparatus and roving commission, templating building are ready for service. Mazorka sounds with as many salvoes as the combined

than the

forces in the field.

matter thoroughly in hand." Immediately after the outbreak in 1894 a large congested aros of the city was cleared, at an expose of $813,000, and from that time to the date of my jetter, which appeared in The Times of Novom.. ber 10, the Government had spent $1,937,50) in special works of sanitati u, while the annual coat of the sanitary staff, that in 1893 stood at $58,000, has increased in this year's estimates to $580,000. Year by your continuous efforts were made to enntrol the annually recurring epidemic, and it wasin consequence of the failure of every measure that could be devised tha! I applied for and obtained the enrvices of Professor Simpson and Mr. Osbert Chadwick, The second statement was that suggestions made by Mr. Osbert Chadwick in 1882 as to water sapply were only carried out in part, and after an interval of 20 years he was called upon to make another raport upon the water supply of the colony.

That report, dated April 10, 1902, and evidently escaped Mr. Ireland's attention when he wrote his special article on Hongkong. During the 20 years the population had increased from 160,000 to 290,000. Mr. Chad- wiek recapitulates his recommendations made in 1832, which were adopted by Mr. Cosper, the then director of public works. In paragraph

55 be writea

"The chuciusion which I-have arrived at may be summarized as follows:-(a) The works recommended by Mr. Cooper og urgently required havebeen carried out with good results,"

Since the date of Mr. Chadwick's first report

By kind permission of Ld.-Col. Iremonger and officers, the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme of music at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner to $2,350,000 have been spent on waterworks, night (weather permitting) :-

and the Kowloon rezervoir, now approaching Un recom- March "Boturn of the Troops "... Eileeberg completion, will cost 86.10,000 more. Overture.Margherita d'Anjou". Meyerbeer mondations embodied in Mr. Chadwick's last Selection...Little Christopher Columbus.“

Ivan Caryll report still further beavy expenditure has keen La Comtesso”

Translateur approved. Selection **Three Little Maids

...... Rabena The Russian military authorities, a St. Peters-Waltz ........ "Pas dos Flours"

Delibos Berger God Save the King.

MENU. Hors d'Faivres Anchovy on Toast.

BOUT

Ox Tail. PLE

ENTREES

fleete-at this time. Telegrama tell of per-burg dispatch says, have decided that longer Cake Waik... "Jolly Negroes" mit applications as often as of punitive ex- trains must be run on the Siberian Railway, peditions, courts-martial on correspondents New locomotives, capable of drawing very Cases of theft as well as prizo courts. International laws heavy loads, will be run. are cited in the interests of threatened Juve increased to such an extent on the Siberian journalists. No news is the good news that Railway that the Ministry of Ways of Com- sets waiting scribes in editorial sanctums to unications is devising special measures for the protection both of passengers' luggage and of the task of Israel in bondage. The daily the ordinary freights carried in goods trains- tale must be prepared, and with no straw so fearful are the authorities lest damage withal. Well way the Hague idealists Bor- should be wrought on the Siberian Railway, row inwardly, ne they note the undeniable that the sale of post-cards bearing views of the fact that the popular outlook on war is that railway has been, forbidden until further notice. of the Roman circus. The public, not find. The sellers of these picture post-cards at ing its matutinal instalment of spectacular Krasnoyarsk bare been especially warned by slaughter, blames its caterer, finds the su official intimation not to sell the cards. The Military Council of the Empire has ordered the

Press amiss. There is, it thinks, too much formation of an East Siberian half-squadron of in the Press about the Press. Paraphrasing, Field Police on a war footing

Baked Fillet of Sole und Mushroom Sance.

Brisket of Pigeon Larded. Orilled Filst of Beef Pate-de-foie gras en Aspie, JOINTS. Roast Suddle of Mutton Roast Capon Cold York Ham.

CURLY.

Chickon. KALAD.

A la Germaine. VEGETABLES.

Boiled Potatons

Green Peas

Chipped Potatoes Stewed Cucumbers, HWEETS

Plum Fudding Strawbery Ice Cream

Cream Meringue

Finger Cakes.

With these facta, taken from official sources, I am content to leave the question as to weight of evidence to which the writer of your leading article of April 7ailades in the last paragraph.

1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,

HENRY A BLAKE. Colombo, April 26.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:--

On the 16th at 11,35 a.m. The barometer has risan in the Yangtze Valley and fallen in Japan and in S. China. In the Philippines it is stationary.

ship with two American instructors, RUSSIAN RESERVES CALLED OUT.

LONDON, 14th June.

An Imperial Ukass valls out the reserves of 61 districts of various Russian Provinces.

[FROM

CHINESE SOURCES, TRANSLATED BY "THE SHANGHAI MERCURY."]

RUSSIANS ARRESTED IN

CHINCHOU.

PEKING, 4th June.

The Japanese have arrested several armed Russians at the railway station in Chinchon, but 25 Chinchon is included within the neutral zone, the Waiwupu have telegraphed to the local authorities responsible to make investiga tions, with a view to stopping further arrests

of this nature.

RUSSIAN DEFENCES AT

LIAOYANG.

ships to join in the competition for the emigra tin trudo.

My attention has been drawn to a statesmunt in my last report describing the boycott of the steatours of the Chine Navigation Company, to the effect that the Swatow Guilds had been strong enough to insist upon the removal o Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's, local aguut and compendoro. I would take this opportunity of correcting it by stating that the agent's resiguation was due to other causes, and that the compradore is still in the employ of the firm.

During the early part of the present year the shipping firms interested in the Northern anƖ Tungisze trade were engaged in a further dispute with the same Guild. A local custom had grown up of allowing consignets to story cargo free of charge for an unlimited period.

Effort to break this custom met with determined opposition, and several outside steamers were chartered by the Guild, and an attempt was mado to boycott the regular lines However, com- bination amongst the companies after a short struggle forced the Guild to submit to satisfac- tory conditions.

CHINCHOU, 4th June, This Russiane at Liaoyang have built about ten foris, all surrounded with trenches, outside

Taxation-Taxation on goods throughent of which are artificial earth embankments, sarthe Chanchen Fa prefecture is light in cum rounded with entanglements. On the south of parisni with the rest of China, and the fact the city, at the two towers, big guns have been that at this Consulate, during the period of 15 months, not a single complaint of the mounted. All the Russians are stationed illegal detention or taxation of goods has hron outside of the city, there being very few inside, received sufficiently indicates that the local officials in practice offer very little opposition to the free circulation of goods. The prefec- ture of Chaochou Fa was exempted from lekin by Imperial Edict more than 40 years ago, and Carrier pigeons are at the Russian camp at though some 15 years later an attempt was Luoyang, intendel, it is believed, to com-made to introdues it, it was prevented by the municate with Port Arthur.

:

CARRIER, PIGEONS..

CHINCHOV, 9th June,

RUSSIANS DISTURBING SPIRITS.

PEKING, 9th June. The Waiwupu have been informed by Tartar-Gonoral Tsong Chi that the Russians in the city of Moukden ere now quartering inside and outside the Imperial Eastern tombs, despite a protest.

"REAL SOLDIERS."

uction of one General Fang, who made a great reputation as an administrator in this district.. La 1000 the question was again raised by tho Imperial Coloraissioner Kang Yi, and tho merchants agreed at that time to subseribo $30,000 annually. This amount is paid hy the.. Swator Merchants' Guilds who collected it by levying small charges on sales of bean, beaut cake, oil and sugár.

That the transit pass privilege is seldom or never taken advantage of is a further proof of the exceptional freedom of goods from taxation in this part of China.

The commercial prosperity of Swatow, which is in marked contradistinction to the other southern treaty ports, as, for example, Amoy,

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Petit Parisien, writing on the 7th ult, gives the following passage from a private letter sent | Fcechow, and Ningpo, must largely be ascribed to the abstention of officialdom from inter- three weeks ago by General Mishchenko to a ference in commercial matters. Still, it seems friend: I have inspected my troops quite reikely that trade may be adversely affected by. cently. They are magnificent, and only ask to be the continuous disorder which obtains through lad forth to battle. I believe that on that side out the prefecture. more especially in the we have nothing to fear, and if it please God we Kityang and Lufong districts. About 25 years ago a similar condition of things prevailed, und shall fight gloriously like trus Cossacks. But quiet was only restored by the stern administra

The depression referred to yesterday as I am conscious of the difficulty of our task. It tion of General Fang, who is supposed to have

mored rapidly in an ESE, direction end is now lying over the island of Kinsi,

Gradients are moderate over the China Ceast sud light E. winds will be experienced in the Formoss Channel and light W. winds in the northern part of the China Sos. Forecast:-Light W, winds,

fine.

is very great; for the enemy with whom wo have to deal are among those who should be respected, if not feared, owing to their gallantry and their contempt for sufferings and danger. Those little Japs are real soldiers."

executed several thousand robborn and brigands. His methods, though serere, gave peace and would seem that ore long the provincial author- prosperity to the district for many years, and it ities will be compelled to apply a similarly.

drastic treatment.