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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGU, T 281D, 1904.

on the position actually attaine1, of ultim- ate conquest. All the nows coming from the south of the Kyangtung Peninsula bears out the unprejudiced opinion that the apture of Port Arthur is within mensurable

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arsing with the higher class asldiers and officers, could not help noticing that beneath the external tone of confidence was a very real and with difficulty concealed realisation of the immensity of the task about re be BLEND | undertaken. Lika soldiers of other nation- alities, the Japanese rank and file would have freted in inaction, and they have haul their appetite for fighting whetted, and their enthusiasm inaintained by being un Lashel in sundry skirmishings and neres suy preliminary operations. But no great

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WHISKY.lt that night not achieve ali that is

II.M.B. Tuku, torpedo-hoat destroyer, is at the Kowloon Dook.

The German Mail of the 21st July was delivered in London on the 20th inst.

The U.S.S. Heirsa, a gunboat from Cantou. is anchored in the foreign un-a"-war ancliorage.

The Russians are still enlisting Chinese as soldiers and railway guards, paying them $12 a month.

A proclamation on one of the city gates tells of the reappearance of hands of Boxers in several districts in True und Yeuchoufu.

A Chinese authority of rep'e says there is reason to believe that the Chinese Army of the future will be almost entirely remaalled after the Japanese system.

Crop in the Paitsiko (Tientsin) region

promise exceedingly well. Some of the villagers

ars raising foreign vegetables, sweet corn, tomatoes, &c, with great suceives

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Mission work in Hanan is growing. thout few years since it was opened, samo thirteen variaties with about eighty-seven resident missionaries are working there.

H M.S. Leviathan will leave her, berth at No.

1 Kowloon Dock in another two or three days. The damaged plates have been re-rolled and replaced. Her repairs have taken about four

weeks.

A tramway scelent occurred on Sunday evening. A man employed cementing in the hoped for. A deliberate and careful plan track was knocked down by one of the mars of attack is undoubtedly being followed sustaining snel injuries, tarniama, etag that with scrupulous adherence to details ar nreesitated his removal to hospital. ranges. The Japanese forces now environ- On the Sharmurf's last vorage from Tacoma ing Port Arthur are being worked like the Lo Yokohama the Athenian was sighted, and shn signulled that the Vulivostock »puudron They GREAT AGE, BENG THOROUGHLY-tilling machinery of the gods,

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more slowly, but the garrison of Port MATURED AND SUPERIOR QUALITY | Arthur will be ground exceeding smill.

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The temptation to prophesy has to be resiste strenuously; otherwise we should I be inclined to protaisu some importijat, news

in the course of the present werk.

Turning to the recent inval operations, it Russian who took part in the flight of the fe from Port Athur has outlined for our

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TELEGRAMS.

[KEUTER'S SERVICE.]

IN TERNATIONAL YACHTING

LONLON, 20th August, The papers publish on interview with Sir Thomas Lipton implying that fourth challenge for the Amerion Cup will be despatched.

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The Japanese Minister requests that the concession given to a Coreau company to build hrauch lines on the Soul-Furan railway from Mokpo and Kuusan, be withdrawn, says the Korea Daily News, on the grounds of their lack of experience and capital for the carrying out of such a large project.

The Koren Daily Neire learns that Mr. Kwon

Choong-hyon, Conncillor of State, has proposed that the Corean Government shall obtain a loan from Japan of 10,000:4001 yen for a term of 30 years, interest at 3 per cost. per annam. The money is required for the proposed establish- ment of a national bank and also to cover the expenses of the Imperial Housebold and Foreign Office.

In view of the question as to England's position at. Wei-hai-wai in the event of Japan taking Port Arthur. it may be useful to state that the actual words of the Convention urs that great Britain leases Wei-hai-wei and the adjs cent waters for so long period, as Part Arthur shall remain in the occupation of Russia was probably due to a rooted belie? in the insvit ability of the struggle now proceeding that the British Government went back on its original intention to strongly fortify Wei-hai-wei, und deriksi to make it a sanitarium for the Pleed,

THE WAR.

JAPANESE OFFICIAL DISPATOR.]

- NOVIK'S" FATE CONFIRMED.

TOKYO, 21st August.

that the Riesitelini was the aggressor first to cummense hostilities which resulted in her captura. That fact would, the Japanese Govera- mont believo, deprive Russia of any grounds for complaint which she might possess if the hawfulness of the capture were otherwise,

In this rospect, the present. case resembles the ones of the American privatoor General Armstrong and the British ship Aune. The captain of the Chitose reports that

The

case of the Riesitelint, though in. the Chitose and the Taushiur attacked the itself of triftiuz moment, involves a principle Novik in Korsakoff, Saghalien, on the after-of paramount importance. Experioncs has shown that China will take no adequate noon of the 20th and the morning of the steps to caforce her noutrality laws. If in those circumstances the Riesitelint could 21st ist.

The Nork was heavily damaged and make Chefoe a harbour of refuge then the grat ships of Bussin might do the ame, and nothing stranded, partly sioking.

would prevent those ships issuing from their retreat to attack Japan. The necessity for guarding against such an eventuality is too commanding and too overwhelming to permit of the Riesitelini case standing as a precedent.

The Tenshina's coal buaker was hit, but is already repaired. There is no other damage, and not a single casualty on our sile

THE CHEFOO INCIDENT..

The Jajatieso Cousul kindly applied us with the text of the following telegram, recoived by

Following is a statement of the attitude we take regarding the Chefoo incident.

The incident will in no way affect foreign commerce or disturb the general situation in Chias. It merely serves as a notice to Bussia that she must keep engagements in the future. [REUTER'S SERVICE.]

COALING RUSSIAN CRUISERS.

LONDON, 20th August, The Daily Mail's correspondent at Ta Palmas wires that the German collier Valencia luas left for Cape Joby, to conla Russian cruiser. THE BALTIC FLEET NOT COMING

LONDON, 20th August.

It is stated in competent quarters in St.

“General Fu. commenting the Iohang Mili.hi yuterlay from Baron Komira :--- tary Circuit of Hapoh province, has heon denounced by. Vienroy Chong Chik-lung ou

The status of Chinn in the present struggle the charge of incapability, luziness and in-

is wholly unique. Nearly all military opora ability to ker proper discipline amongst his It is stated at St. Petersburg that the ju troops. The General is also said to be respon- tions are being curried on within her borders, pending manifesto of the Tsar on the secasionsible in part for the recent murder of the and sas is no party in the prosont conflict. Nevertheless, her territories are partly belliger. of the birth of the Tsarevitch will include the Roman Catholic missionaries and converts at

That condition of Shibran, and pending the Imperial Rescript Loent and partly neutral. abolition of the knout for exiles, and of corporal had his Beial bution removed at the order things, in view of international law. is ano punishment generally.

of Chang Chiu tuy

malous and contradictory. In this case, it is crouted of special understanding to which the belligerents have given their adhesion. With a view of limiting the area of hostilities Petersburg that the Baltic squadron cuanot in the interest of foreign intercourse and the leave for the Pacific before the 28th general tranquillity of China, the Japanese September; the recent departure from Libau Government have engaged to respect the must have been for trials It is now even neutrality of Chim outside of regions actually doubted whether the squadron will mail at involved by the war. Provided Russia unde all for the Far East. similar engagement and carried it on in good faith the Japanese Government considered they were precluded by sugagement from occupying or making use, for warlike purposes, of any of the territory or ports of Chian outside the zone which made the theatre of war, because it

The Japanese squndróm wlilch appeared before seemed to them that any such occupation and use of neutral Chineses territory or ports by Tsingtao yesterday consisted of four cruisers Rassian forces would give effort to the proviso and four torpedo-destroyers. They went in the of the Japanese engagement and justify her in afternoon to sea apparently in the direction of considering the territory or ports so accupied Shanghai. (This may be interpreted to mean as bolligerent. In other words, the Japaness that they were satisfied of Germany's good faith Government hold China's neutrality imperfect. and were away to watch developments at Shang- and applicable only to places not occupied by ¦ hai). the armed forces of either belligerent. and that- Russia cannot escape the conseguenee of un- successful war by moving her army and navy into those portions of China which, by arrange- ment, are made conlitionally netral.

had left the coast of Japan. The Sharief did not sight any Russian vessels,

The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 2bi August. 1904 were 270 non-Chinese and 96 Chinese to the former, und 96 neu-Chinese and 1,598 Chinese to the latter institution.

The Gresurci. the torpedo-bout destroyer which anchored in the Sbungli river was to ba disarined, and allowed to be alongside the Mandjour util the war is over. She has suffered only from hard work and long exposure

to the sea.

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The missing craw of the ss. Agincourt, which is lying stranded on Hainan Island, are all

A recent writer says In modern Europe rules laid down in the Gospel, on the plea that we have tacitly agreed to break the stringent

they are counsels of perfection, and only bring confusion to the praction of the dution of life!

A. S. WATSON & CO. | Shanghai contemporary the order of the fight, With five torpedo craft on the left, they emerged, and six on the right, the aine Russian ships sailed straight out for the open sea. The Norik, since sunk, was try- 131ing to join them, approaching from the safe. After they left the vessel in a junk word Coren bay on their left. From the south-was not heard of them for some time, and fears as to their safety were entertained. The wen. cast. five Japanese ships and a flotilla of

however, arrived at Heilao safely. torpedo-bouts closed in on their left, the bigger ships cireting to the south to head. then off. On their right was another squad of torpedo eraft, and these, with other cruisers, drew up to join the rest in check- ing their escape. The two squadrons gon-set to men by men." verged about eleven o'clock, moeting the Russian ships at the same time at a point about forty miles sanh-west by south of Port Arthur. The Bayan struck a struý mine and put back into harlour before that. The Tanrevitch had her rudder damaged early on, and began to move in circles. As the others were not informed of this, and had orders to follow her, the whole Russian fleet began waltzing, a mancavre that must hase somewhat amazed the Japanese. The result is already known. Five damaged ships tonnaged to regain the shelter of the forts; the rest are being hounded down by the Japanese, while the few that have sought sanctuary in neutral ports are either dis arising, or screwing up courage to once more face the watching and waiting for.

P.O. Bar. 88. Ilephone No, 12

DEANS.

On the 6th August, at Vanganai, New Zealand, ELIZABETH, relict of the late G. W. COLLINE, formerly of Tientsin.

On the 18th August, atVictoria Narsing Home, Shanghai, CHARLES SENLE WHIZZLAW, son of Capt. and Mrs. J. WHITW, aged 18 months.

The Daih Press.

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HONGKONG, 23m Atoust, 1904.

GENERAL Runque ha now almost if not entirely annihilated the Japanese army which has in hand the task of capturing Port Arthur. Early in the present month General STOESSEL, theRussian Commander. estimated his enemy to number 70,000. Since then General UMOUR notified us

In the far north, everything points to another big battle, unless KEROPATKIN once more folds up bis tents like the Arals, and silently steals away. Some time must yet elapse before a combined attack can be made upon him at Farlin, if, as is far from unlikely, he elects to fall back so far north.

The report of yesterday's meeting of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company will be found on page 5.

that in one battle the Japanese lost 30,000 in another 14,000; and that there were "enormous losses the other attacks which have been inads on the garrison, of which we have lost cunt. General Rus- OUR has certainly kilala number equalling if not exceeding the 70,000 men which

The ... Prinz Heinrich will probably be ready General STOEBEL estimated the attacking about the 26th of August. Tho steamer may force to number. To Japanese Govern. he expected in Hongkong about the 6th or 7th

of September. ment has not take the trouble to publicly contradict these abad and impossible statements, because it appears to be general ly known in Japan the there is no founda- tion in fact for them. There prevails in the Press that tone of quid confidence in victory Dr. W. Kuppe, Consul. General for Germany which was so marktlly apparent in the at Shanghai, left on the 16th inst. by the official report regarding the tendering of HAL str. Teingtau accompanied by his advice to the Russian General to surrender family, for a holiday in Tsingtau. the fortress. If that asgnanimous sugges- tion emanated from the shadowy remnant

The Amir of Afghanistan contemplates an

electric installation at Kabul. It is hoped by this mans to lessen the expenses of his small. arm factory.

of Mr. Hazeland, in November next.

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Captain Pedersen and a portion of the crew who arrived at Chefoo on the 17th inst. reportail that their vessel. the Norwegian stegner Enison. is badly ashore in the North Miaotan Islands She was bound from Shangbai for Nowchwing with a general earpos. The vessel was wrecked

on the 15th instant.

The magistrate of Djung-cha reports, sys the Korea Daily News, the murder of a resident of Kobyopang by two Japanese soldiers, who and 14 gs. The tendered 20 cents in payment for chickens lor objecting to suelta mull amount. they struck kin with poles, and tially one of them run him through with a

sword.

The M. steamer Anging arrived at Shang hai from Tientsin on the ith inst. and Captain Betken reported that when passing Chetoo, on the 12th inst. in the morning. he sighted two Japanese torpedo-bont destroyers taking a Hus siati torpedo boat destroyer in tow. The Russian destroyer was blowing off steam us if her boilers were damaged.

Beferring to the insurrection in Szechuan, despitel from Chengtu, the capital of that province, reports that the Tibetans on the west- ern borders of Szechuan, having combined with the aboriginal Miaetse tribes in their vicinity, have started an insurrection in Ningyuan pro fecture and have killed several of the mandarins there, Vicaroy Hsi Ling hus out the prefeet of Chengtu with two battalions of troops to put down the insurepeliqu.

According to the Chefou Daily News, the Askold and Grosovi tried to get into Tsingtao, but were kept off by the Japanese, and were

It only needed one to be for a few moments among the hundreds of men whogrowled thedecks to be struck with the extraordinary spirit of cheerfulness and confidence that was apparent on every side, and this too, when, consitering the circumstances, it would not have been strange if a feeling of depression and gloom had preciled. The Shanghai jurnalist who wrote the foregoing, after 'n visit to the Russiau cruiser Askold, does not seem to have thought of the possibility that these sailors realised they had much to be thankful for. The Ashold was dressed rainbow fashion all day on August 14th in honour of the birth of the Tour's son.

THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

The final in the Chess Championship for the Colony has been concluded. Those who figured in it. us will be remembered, were Messrs. best out of five games. C. H. Falloon and J. H. Kep-It was the Mr Balloon wou by 3--1

THE "RIESITELIN!" AFFAIR.

The Chinese naval commander at Chefoe has maden statement exonerating the Russian Engees from illegality, and saddling the blame on the Japanese. In part. he says :---

**The Chinese Admiral intended to enfores

The Rientailai escaped From Port Arthur and sought. in Chefso, un asylum from attack which her home port had ceased to afford her. In taking that step she was guilty of a breach of the nontrality of Chins as established by agreement between the belligerents, and Japan was fully justified in regarding the harbour of Chofon as belligerent so far as the incident in question is concerned. With the termination of the incident the neutrality of the port is revived.

The action taken by Japan in Chefoo was dirset natural consequence of Russia's dis- regard for her engagement, but it is not alone this matter nor alone in Chefou that Rus-

(Shanghai Mercury.)

THE JAPANESE SQUADRON AT

TSINGTAO.

TSINGTAO, 17th August.

(Universal Gazettej.

SAD DEATH OF JAPANESE BLUE- JACKET.

CHEгOO, 17th August. Last night the corpse of a Japanese blue jacket was found near the Jais anchorage of the Russian torpedo-bost destroyer Kietitelini. A medical examination shows that death was caused by the burning of his face, and he had a lingering death, probably caused by the ex- plosion of the powder magazine of the Eummita 11. destroyer.

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RIESITELINI" AFFAIR.

Chiroo, 16th August. The Tuotai of Chefoo has consulted with the

Japanese Consul at Chefoo regarding the Kiesitetini incident. Mr. Mizuno, Japanese Consul at Chefon, answered the Tuotai that the watter is in the hands of the Japanese naval

his order, hat was deceived by the lying state-in Iment of the second torpelo-boat. He was also sia has Bagrantly violated China's neutrality authorities and that he cannot do anything in afraid that if he fired unnecessarily he might injure merchant shipping. Wadoubtedly the Japanese were fully cognisant of the dismantling

of the vessel, because the Admiral advised thom

twies early in the evening, and also advised the Japanese Consul several times about the matter. The dismantling was completed, and the guns placed in my lunch at half-past o'clock on the preceding afteravon. Unquestionably the Japanese have committed a gravo error.”

SMUGGLING ARMS FROM HONGKONG.

The British Minister wrote the other day a despatch to the Walwup that the British Consal at Canton had wired him that Viceroy Tsen Chun-lsugn having gous to Kwangsi the natives of Kwungtung are not quiet and that the local officials should be warned to suppress any disturbance before allowing any harm to be doru. It is also reported, says the Peking correspondent of the Mercury. that arms and ammonition are supplied to the Kwangsi cintara from Hongkong and Singapore, and the local officials are warned to check the smagglers and en we their arrest and pauish them if found.

NEUTRALITY OF SHANGHAI

The Waiwupa hare sent the following tele-

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the matter. ignored her own engagement. Shortly after the investment, and isolation of Port. Arthur & system of wireless telegraphy was installed hotween the belonguered fortress fand the Russian Consulate at Chefoo.

This system is still in operation nolwith. standing the repeated protest of the Japanese government.

At Shanghai, at the begining of the war, the Russian gunboat Mandjour, în defiance of China's neutrality, remained at the port week+ after receiving notice to leave from the Chinese authorities. She, finally, after long negotiations, consented to disarmament.

Again. the Russian cruiser Áskold and the destroyer Grozozai have now been at Shanghai more than a wook and refuse to leave or disarm, The Japanese governmout have no intention of disregarding the neutrality of China so long as it is respected by Russia: Int they cannot consent that Russian warships, as the result of læreken engagement and violated ventrality, shall, challenged, find in the harbouts of China safe refuge from capture or destruction,

FLIGHT FROM POET ARTHUR EXPLAINED.

Cheroo, 16th August. A native junk with 200 Chineso refugees which left Yangtaowang on the 13th inst, reports as follows →→

On the night of the 6th inst. the Japanese occupied No. 10 fort at the rear of Teoyukzu: and the Russians fired at the No. 10 fort from the No. 12 fort which caused heavy loss on the side of the Japanese, and the fačter rotired und the Russians regained the fort No. 10 and repaired the same. If the Japanese took the No. 10 it would be very easy for them to enter Port Arthur.

On the 6th the shells of the Japausse freil.

from Suisseying fell on the various buildings

near the entrance of the flour mill near the foreign hotel beside the dock and 50 or 60 Russians and Chinese were killed. On the same day the shells from the Japanese about 3 miles north of Takushan fell on a Russian warship on the northern side of the Eastern. Basin of the harbour sadd caused heavy damager. The Russian warships seeing this felt surprised, and nine warships and fourteen destroyers and torpedo-boats left the harbour. evening of the 10th to the morning of the 11th ive warships and fire destroyers, all damaged, regained the harbour. In the night the Japa nese floet watched at the sea near Laotichsban. From the 8th to the 10th there, was heavy fight-

From the

The statements of the commander of the Ricsitelini that his ship disa med upon arrival at Chefoo is untrue. The vessel was fully armed and manned when she was visited by Lieutenant Terashima in the early morsing of the 13th graphic instructions to the Shanghai Taotai:

The Russian Minister says that as the instant. but, in any event, disarmament would Rumin torpedo bout destroyer Grosovoi entered not fulfil the requirements of China's neu- the harbour of Shanghai ba wishes to send trality regulations, and it was for China, not telegraphic instructions to the local authorities Russia, to decide whether the alternative ofing, but from the 11th to the 13th there was to carry out the neutral obligations. Therefore disarmament was acceptable. It has been sug-only some cannouading heard. On the 15th the Shanghai Taotai is hereby ordered to gosted in many quarters that the present ease Mak Shong, a Chinese lady, 102 years of uge,

investigate if the torpedo host destroyer is in may be compared with the case of Florida among died of old age at No. 200, Queen's Hoad East, Shanghai and if so he shall disarm the des- others, but the Japanese Government draw a on the 19th inst. She was born in Nga Fintroyer and the crew of the destroyer shall be clear distinction between the two events.

obliged to go on to Shanghai. The Starenga states that the Waiwupu bas received a dispatch, from Mr. Lussar, the Russian Minister. stating that the Askold and Groovoi will require only five days to effect their repairs, who they are expected to leave Shanghai without unnecessary

deloy.

The

and the port of Bahin a long distance from the scat of war; whereas the neutrality of China is imperfect and conditional and the port of Chefoo in close proximity to the zone of military operations.

Mr. J. H. Komp was sworn in as Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court yesterday of a besieging army, which is all the morning, He will continue to act as second Village, Sun On District; and has resided inorded not to join in the fighting any more neutrality of Brazil was perfectly unconditional, police magistrate till the return from furlongh this colony for the last 5 years. In the last and the destroyer shall be placed under China's moments of her illness she was surrounded by pretection. Deal with this matter without any her grandsons, and great-grandchildren. For delay. about 16 years previous to her death the old Viceroy Wei Kwan-tuo has wired the Shang. woman was blind, und, for the most part, ogu- hued to bed. She retained her momory, how ever, and continued to relish a little samshu with meals.

Russians have allowe, telegraphically, to exist, then we can hardly avoid some com- parison of Japanese and Ensaion "cheek," But undoubtedly the lamane proposal was nade, nét in a spirit of over-confidence or bravado, but with a cdm assurance, based

There was no plague case to record during the week-end, and there are no fresh cases of communicable disease. The one plagan fatality last week brings the total up-to-date, for 1904, to 489 cases, of which 474 wero fatal.

hai Trotai as follows:--

Let the Russian warships go out of the port if you can makage but if not treat them in the same way as the Mandjour-Sin Wan Pao.

when they reached Tachintae, from dawn till dusk cannonading was heard intermittently.

(China Times).

SENSATIONAL NEWS FROM

LIAOYANG,

YINGKOW, 12th Angust. Most of the Russians have retired to Shilipn. li north-east of Liaoyang. Their stores have been removed to Tiehling. The railway station at Lingyang has been destroyed by the Russians

Reports of Japanese and Rassian officers, who took part in the Chefoo incident, agree themselves.