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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12r. 1994.

The September Criminal Sessions commence on the 19th inst.. at 10 am

Mr. P. P. J. Wodehonso, assista ut superin- end of police. left by the P &. O...

Chusu mu vine moiths' leave,

It is contemplated for the future to publish all radical reports, or extracts from them in The Journal of Tropicat Medicine.

Hangkong continues to place quarantine restrictions or arrivals from Tainan.fù and Auping, in Formosa: and Away. Plug is prevalent in these places,

One Chinese fatality, due to plague, was least is the principle recognised in official quarters; and, if at times it has been de-reported on Saturday. parted from, it is fair to admit that it has, as a rule, been conscientiously acted up to.

Of late, however, a counter tendency hat

The Hongkong Volunteers may go into cunp become observable in an unexpected quarter. Kat Stonerafter's Island some time about the While the Colonial Office itself has becòme

iniddle of next month, w less inclined to interfere in purely local Colonial affairs, there has been an increasing desire on the part of Parliament to ferce that Office, în given cases, lo recur to a policy of interference which the latter has long very wisely discarded. Questions by individual members put to the Government not only upon Colonial buteren upon the more délicate subject of Foreign Affairs, have always been recognised as a salutary "illip" to sluggish officials, and have often produced useful elts. The member who, like Manila, Indo-Chin, Netherlands India, Bur- DICKENS' clerk, at the Circuinlocution Office,me. Staighai, Siam, Koolhai. Madras. Hegal. British North Borneo, Labuan and Nowchwang wants to know, you know," is a useful still hage quarantine monanres adopted ogginst factor, and no reasonable person can object Hongkong. to fim, provided his questions are put bund

Seven doctors arrived from Australia. for Jide and on their true merits. But it is

service in the steamers employed in the South very different thing when for party p-African coolio omigration; by the ss. Chingt. poses an attempt is made, as has of late Twe doctors will be assigned to rich steamer, been too frequently the case, to embarrass the Government by forcing it to interfere in some Colonial question which it would othermia leave to be dealt with by those apon the spot who fully understand its learings, and who are directly interested in its settlement.

The recent fussy interference with the question of Chinese emigration to the Transvaal forms a good illustration of this new departure. That Colony, is perfectly well able to take rate of itself; and i1. ras caly because of the manifest a centralised Government necessity of for a certain time after the war that repre- sentative government was not granted to

A

Eurepeat merulers of the Y.M,C. A continue their tri-weekly launch lathing, parties, some- times as many as forty attending the weather becomes cooler, jientes taty bet arranged.

When

The rainfall of August, as registered at the Hongkong Observatory, was 470 in. The SUN mean femperature for the month degrees, mazimum, 86 degrees; and iiraum. 772 ilegrees.

Bas

It is propose to all the new structure at the corner of the Prayu and Leé House Street St. George's Building; and the others neur King's Buildings, York Buildings, and Roga! Buildings.

The danage to the ss. Sharmut is extensive,

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TELEGRAMS.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

TIBET TREATY SIGNED.

LONDON, 10th September. The treaty between Great Britain and Tibet has now Leen signed, and Col Younghusband and his force are preparing to return.

AN INNOCENT PRISONER.

Losnos, 9th September.

The Hunts Secretary has appointed a Commission to inquire into the Beck case.

The Beck Case" will are no meaning out here, where Adolf Beck and his troubles have not been heard of. It should be explained that Adolf Beck, was tried and convicted en a charge of defrauding women of jewellery, and Las already undergone mrt, of two sentences of lengthy inprisonment. It has since appeared that be as a victim of a miscarriage of instics, The actual thief is one Mayor, alius William Thomas, who once practiced as a doctor in Adelaide. Meyer, who is startlingly like Back in appearance. Los confessel bir guilt. Beck has therefore ipffered further insult from that ridiculous formality which grants him release

THE WAR.

[JAPANESE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.]

“JAPANESE CASUALTIES.

TOKYO, 11th September. Our total casualties at Linoyang eince the 24th August, were estimated at 17,589, whereof on the right were 4,800, on the centre were 4,992, and on the left were 7,681. Officers killed were 136 and wounded 464.

THE JAPANESE VICTORY AND THE RUSSIAN FLIGHT.

HONGKONG JOTTINGS.

Judging from the way the papers in other ports have quoted the fact that one or two Chinese captains of an Imunohen have recently boun fined at the Magistracy for unnecessarily blowing the steam whistles of their launchge, Hongkong is evidently being looked up to as a model in its regard for the amenities of civilisation. The case brought before the Court a few days ago when the pro- prietor of the North Point Eagine Works wus mulcted in a fine of $75 for disturbing the slumbows of a respected citizen by using a bammer instead of a roller for straightening out irou plates will maintain our reputation in this respect. There must be many Captain Cuttles TOKYO, 10th September.

residing within earshot of the hammers which in the course of a couple of years will be boat- Marshal Oyana reports that the Japaneseing iron in the new Admiralty Dock, who have made a mental note of this case. Our late Governor thought that even Government House would be intolerable as 27-place-of residence when ships are under repair in the new Dock; and so with this precedent on record at the Magistracy we may expeol to see the Admiralty charged by and hya with similar offence, for the Dook, situated where it is, is bound to prove an insufferable naisance to residents withio a quarter of a milo of it.

Right rempied Yentai Colliery and Yumentze on the 4th and 5th Hill after the fighting instant. He informed that the Russian main force retired north of the Suu river.

Native reports were to the effect that over ten thousand killed or wounded Russians were sent away by train. The Japanese buried over three thousand Russian corpses Before leaving, the that were left behind.

Russians set fire to the magazines near the under the guise of a "free pardon." A month station, but the pursuing Japanese captured ago an Australian paper reported that the immense quantities of provisions and m Home Secretary. Mr. Akere-Douglas asumition. arranging with the Treasury to unpensate Adolf Beck. This Commission now reported

(REUTER'S SERVICE},

by our correspondent may be required to dea! | RUSSIAN ÉSTIMATE OF THE LOSSES

AT LIAOYANG. with the compousation question. It would be nice it could also invint a more saitable for. mula than free pardon "for such cases.--En.

REDTER'S MERVIön]

FATAL PREFERMENTS.

Lornos, 8th September. Prius Sviatopolk Mirski, Governor of Vilna,

Platonoff having declined the past.

it; while Lord ILAER declared that he/ The propeller blades are bout and stern-post has been appointed Minister of the Interior M broken. Repairs will take about six weeks. would, as far as could be, dunenft the wishes While the stern-post is being repaired the of the people as nearly as possible as if Shoemat will anchor at Junk Bay.. they had representative institutions, and did so with regard to this very subject. Yet a party question must be iade of the matter in England, and a number of British Members of Parliament, who cared as much for the

A. S. WATSON & CO. coolies as for the King of the Cannibal Islands, must get up and, in speeches in which to borrow an inimitable expression)

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Wirm the spread of the British Empire, a question of much importance is forcing itself into consideration, and must before long come within "measurable distance of practical politics"--the question, mainely, ol the extent to which the Home Authorities are justified in interfering with the action of Colonial Governments. This question is by -uo monus a new one. In differunt shapes, it has arisen over since Great Britain first established Colonies in any form. Its! being originally completely misunderstood was the cause of the breaking off of the American Colonies; and its continuing to be

at least imperfectly misunderstood may yet bring treuble to the Empire: so that the time is not far distant when it will require the atmost wisdom and tact on the part of our statesmen to prevent conflicts of interest or opinion between the Horne and Colonial Governments taking an acute and dangerous

form.

A FAT U. S. CONTRACT

The name of Augusto Carriera D'Azeredo.

LONDON, Sth September, member of the College of Medicine of the

Japan has ordered from Amerie 7500 tons University of Oporto, Portugal, has been addeak of the finest nickel steel plates for Yattleships. to the register of medical and surgical practi.. tioners qualified to practise malicine, and.

surgery in this Colony,

Sharji Chwasti Sanjana. the Parsee barris- | ter derived at Bombay to answer a charge of

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A HITCH AT MARSEILLES.

LONDON, 9th September.

LONDON, 8th September.

It is estimated in St. Petersburg that the Bussica Jones since the first attack on Liao yang amount to 31,000.

ARMY.

A curious remark was made by Mr. Justice

"YOTE

Chinese servants sued a European lady for Sarcombe Smith in the case in which thro wages alleged to be due to them. might be insolent to your mistress," his lordship is reported to bave said, but if you are insolent in this Court it will bes at your own risk." Judges, like the rest of us.- do not always way précisely what they mean, and that his lordship in this case did not mean what ho said is shown. I hope, by the advico he gave the lady to sammen the three servants to the polico court and have then punished. But punished. for what? The insolence or the assault? Both.

THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN AND HIS hope the Judge meant, for it would never do to give servants to understand 'on judicial. anthority that they may be insolent to their mis- tresses. The modern Chinese servant in Hong kong is in no need of advice of that kind. They are far too prone already to be insolent, and it they are not always taught by the mistress tay often are by "the master" that their insolence is attended with risks:

LONDON, 8th September. Renter's Tokyo correspondent wires that the Emperor has congratulated the army on its brilliant victory in the fees of tremendous difficulties. The Emperor points out that the end of the war is still distant, and that care and patience must be exercised.

CHASELESS FIGHTING.

is of opinion that the Hongkong Volunteer

they displayed "au extensite ignorance of forgery, left for India, in custody of Inspector strike at Marseilles, a hitch has occurred and east, and General Oku thirty miles west. of it to take its proper share in the defence of the

Power Bombay Police), by the P. & 0, sx.. He was it will be remembered.

Chitte

the negotiations con!iane.

CONTRABAND OF WAR

LONDON, Sth September. Acneral Kuropatkin reports that yester Notwithstanding the decision to abandon the day Geral Kuroki was twenty-five iniles

the railway, The Russian army was Con centrated round Mukdeu. The rearguard the whole subjec;,” declaim about" slavery,"

had reached seventeen miles south of the "British bonour," and Heaven lanws what

eity, after constant contact with the else, in reference to the gigantic question

Me: 0. KeArthur (Liverpool. Exchange) | Japants, and ceaseless fighting. whether Hor-CHING and Fon-A-LING should

Majesty's earn 50 or 60 ca-ha day as carrying coolies H.E. the Governor has appointed the follow-last month asked the Under-Secretary for Government had taken any stops. either or sampan-men in China or (thanks to lowing gentlemen to be masters of the board of Foreign Affairs exchange) half a dollar a day as miners in

alone or in conjunction with other neutral Power to call the attention of the Russian

Africa, with free passage there and

hack, and as unch as, they want to ont."

Fortunately in this case the merabers were not to be taken by the proverbial "catchwords, "however plausible, and the attempted interference was frustrated. But the whole proceedings afford food for re-

brought from Manila; and his rendition was. obtained froni the Hongkong Governuunt.

examiners for local pilots: The Assistant Har bour Master: the Commander (ny of the Naval

Yard, or the King's Harbour Master of ILM S.

Tamar; Mr. Thomas Philip Hall; Mr. Stephen Molsune: and Mr. Frederick Archibald Brown

A list of firms in correspondence with the Harbour Master, as representing the Commercial as to prospective openings in the Colony for Intelligence Department of the Bourd of Trade,

trade, is published in the Hongkong. ftovern flection as to the Jungers attending politicalment Gazette. The Harbour Master will give turties of the kind-above indicated. Had farther information to such persons as may the Government Leen forced to yield, to the apply to him. pressure brought upon it not only would" consilerable commercial barm have been

done. bait grave discontent would undoubt. edly have becu engendered. It is to be hoped that means will be found to put an end to tactics of this nature, and that the rule of not interfering with Colonial measures,' reept where they involve Imperial interests or go counter to recognised principles, will be rigidly adhered to. Hitherto it has been found quite possible to do this without any undue weakoning of the Homeauthority, which, within its proper sphere, is an important element in Colonial Government Rightly applied, it is the best guarantees for efficient administration and even-handed

The average amount of bank-notes in cireula- tion, and specie in reserve at Hongkong during August wete

Chartered Bank H.K. S. Bank... National Bank

Totul

Average Reserve $ 3,405,479 $2,200.000 $1128311 $7,000,001 & 397,039 $ 150,000

$15,018,429 89,50,000

Capt. Arbuthnot Leslie. A.D.O to Sir Matthew Nathan, having been summoned home on argent private affairs. Capt. Smith, PLA has been appointed to the post ut Government House. He has relinquished one A.D.C." for another, inving given up his part in the cust of Dorothy, in the Amateur Dramatic Club's forth- coming entertainment. Capt. ArmUruot Leslie left in H.M.S. Terrible,

The day is fortunately long past when it was imagined that Possessions in all parts of the world could be adequately, governed

No important cases were heard at the Politi from Home. The lesson from the American justice. Pon an authority cannot be main-Court on Saturday, when Mr. J. H. Kemp secession was not forgotten. If anything iftained except it in exercised reasonably.P.. was sitting. A youth from Mace was has been reinembered a little too well; and and within its proper limits, and it will be bound over for good behaviour for six months, there has been a tendency to look upon a bad day for Imperial as well as Colonial in a bond of $50, his brother standing security, granting representative institutions to any interests in all parts of the world if the for trying to stow away on the 8. Tran, honed to Mauila A destitate European was sentenced givea Colony as a panacea for every ill needless interference of former times on the to 14 days hard labour for failing to return to part of the Colonial Office, now happily the house of detention. He said he was looking abandoned in favour of more liberal for an opportunity of stewing away. policy, be revived in the forms of interfer- ence by Parliments, often only for party purposes, and too frequently without any real knowledge of the questions upon which irresponsible members undertake to dietate.

The step is, of coùree, a most desirable oue; but, though its adoption has been attended with the bappiest revults, it has not by any meaur had the effect of relieving the Home Government of all responsibility, and has haft much still to be done by the Central authorities, whose duties in connection with the Colonies are yearly increasing both in extent and in importance.

The 'French Mail of the 10th August was deliveret in London on the 963 just.

The Colonial Office, though it has not been

The name of Charles Hamilton How has been free from blunders some of a very serious character has upon the whole adopted a edited to the local list of authorisel architects.. liberal and enlightened..policy; and, by

Quarantine restrictions at Straits Settle degrees, the principle has become establishments, placed on arrivals from Hongkong, have ed that the Home Government will not been removed, interfere with measures adopted in Colonies On and after 1st October next "British postal having representative institutions, so long orders will be cashable at Hongkong and its an such measures do not conflict with In-agencies in China * perial interests. It has been found better int

whether bis

and Japanese Governments to the extension which have been proclaimed of articles by them respectively to be contraband of war: and whether they had protosted, or proposed to protest against the assumption by those Governments that it was for belligerent Powers to declare what articles ure or are not contra- band of war. Without reference to the rights of neutrals.

El Perry Kensington, 8.)-His Majesty's Government have instructed his Majesty's Ambassador-to-lodge a protest with the Russian Government against the inclusion of

GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

LONDON, 9th September.

Kronstadt Router's correspondent at

wires

The circular letter which has been sent out with the object of strengthening the local Volunteer Force is a business-like way of going about the matter. His Excellency the Governor Corps is not of the strength required to enable

Colony, and so eligible young trọn are indiví dually asked to join the Furce. With a Volun teer Reserve Association, and an association of Inilies trained in ambulance work, this little outpost of Empire will be—well, what it ought to be in this respect.

BANYAN.

that the Tsar yesterday inspected INTERNAL CONDITION OF RUSSIA. each ship of the Baltic fleet, which is ex 'pect ad to sail on Saturday,

#NOVIK" AT KORSAKOVSK.

LONDON, 9th September. A St. Petersburg official statement says that the Japanese paid a visit to Korsakovsk on the 6th instant, and placed mines for the Nock; the Russian fire however prevented the Inquuese from exploding then,

foodstuffs in the list of articles declared by them RUSSIA'S SUCCESSFUL, RETREAT." to be contraband of war. With regard to the latter portion of the question, his Majesty's Government do not consider that the present

moment is opportune for making a public

statement of policy.

Mr. Eumott (Oldham) asked islether the protest applied to cotton which was also declared

to be contraband,

Earl Percy said the hon. menibor was aware that it was explained that the inclusion of cotton culy referred to cotton destined for the maufacture of explosivesi--Fįmes..

Some striking particulars respecting the domestic situation in Russia, derived from a person who has resided for a long time it that country and who is exceptionally wel! acquainted with its present condition," published by the Gil Blas. All the elements of a revolution are, it is said, now fermenting

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among the middle classes in Russia, the disasters in Manchuria having given frosh fuel to the revolutionary propaganda, which ins always been very native. The Government

endeavours to conceal tais state of things, but

almost every week occur strange diasppear- anees of persons believed to baleng to secret societies, which are attributeil to the action of"

LONDON, 9th September. Reuter's correspondent at Mukden wires that the retreat has been successfully accom- the police. The ill-paid labourers in tho State plished; the Japanese have thiled to utilize workshops at St. Petersburg are the object of the serious plight of the Russians, being a particularly active propaganda, A revolt is probably fagged out. The accumulation of feared which might have the most serions cou-- wounded between Liaeyang and Mukden sequences. Fresh legislation is now being taxed the Red Cross to the utmost. The prepared at the Ministry of the Interior with Russian Commissariat, formerly deplorable, the object of preventing the return of these worked magnificently. The millet to which workmen to their homes during the harvest and thus averting the dissemination of their the Russians are not accustomed proved an

advanced ideas among the peasantry. inestimable ally to the Japanese, who owe thereto some of the principal Russian

reverses.

The Pinuis troubles are not over, and yet the Government, owing to the lack of Russian sailors, has been obliged to embark Finns on board their men-of-war. It is easy to imagine the feelings of these men, who consider Russia to be the enemy of their country. It is, doubtless, to this circumstanos that we must attribute at least some of the recent accidents on board the Russian ships."

It is well known that the population of

TESTAMENTS FOR MANDARINS.

A meeting of the Shanghai. Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Sosict was DEATH OF TIENTSIN BAYLY." held on the 2nd inst. for the consideration of a

The death is apaonuced, from paralysis, ut matter which is likely to leara its imprast apon a norikera "province, and perhaps on many Herne Bay, of Capt. Edward Henry Bayly, others in time. The business before the eu. R.N. C.B. Tho gallant officer, who was born mittee was nothing less than that of dealing on December 1st. 1849, and was thus in his 55th with a request of H. E. the Governor of Shan year, was the son of the Inte Major George Odessa, which is strongly imbued with, a tung, communicated through Dr. Timothy Bayly, formerly of the 35th Regt, and of Richard to the Bible Socisty, that ho, the Go. Eliza, daughter of the late Lient-Gen. Savage, revelationary spirit, is greatly excited. The The British Consular report on the trade of vernor, should be supplied with copies of the who was formerly colonel commanding the Royal last strike, by which the town was almost Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, states that the New Testament in sufficient numbers forward Eugineere. After completing his thuation reduced to famine fors week, has made a to every mandarin in the prsiace, from the privately and in H.M.S. Britannia, heentered the profound impression, and it is feared that development of the four trade has been very repid, and nearly all was sent to Asiatic ports status of county-court magistrate upwards.nary in 18tes a puval ondet. In the course of his there may be a revolt at any moment..

"Fox," said the Goreruor, by studying the career the late offer saw varied service. In The town of Riga is already in a state of revolt." Ou the 4th July the Government of Lavonia Appearances Would indicate that, before many

1900 his ship was the Aerora, end, lunding

was obliged to issue a proclamation forbidding yours have passed the entire surplus wheat of book, which the missionaries hell sacred, a the Pacific Coast will be shipped to Asiatic better nuderstanding will prevail, and peace with Admiral Seymour in North China, he was ports in the form of four. The average ship and harmony result. The Commities accord-given the command of the British defenes all public meetings in the streets, squares, and ments of the last five years were 2,090,088 barrels ingly voted that some two baudred finely-bound" force of Tientsin. During the siege he was the gardens of Riga, as well as iu pisces of public

Testaments should be sent to His Facellency, senior of the commanding officers of the Enro resort, and oven in private houses. coustwise and foreign, from this district. ¿

together with a replica of the edition de luxe pean, Japanese, and American forces until Sir Poland the domestic situation is equally dis- The British Consolar report on the trade of copy-presented some years back to the Empress Ealward Beymour's return, when he served, as quieting. The prisons are ever crowded with Trieste for 193 notes that a meeting has been Dowager, for his own use. And as the whole chief of the stuff. He remained at Tientsin us political prisoners and suspects. Several held in Vienna by Austrian manufacturers of scheme of co-operation with the missionaries in senior mural officer patil the middle of Septem- persons have been secretly executed. It is said machinery, waggons, and locomotives, A pro that province was stated by His Excoliency to bar, by which time all naval forces had boon here that Russia has been defeated and that a posal to open Austrian technical offices in Far be the initiation of an experimental object withdrawn. In his despatch to the Admiralty, coup d'etat is certain among the upper classes. Without expressing any opinion on the Eastern Asia has been presented. The object lesson for other provinces, the Committee feel Sir Edward Seymour stated that "Capt. Bayly as is revolution among the masses." of such offices will be to proears orders for justified in ordering an edition of two thousand was left in charge of the British forces of Austrian industrials from private persONS HS New Testaments, similar to those about to be Tientsin, displaying great ealinness, energy, merits of the above statements and forecasts, known French journal must be regarded as well as from governments. It is proposed to sent to Shantung, to meet similar demands and good judgment, and a test and temperit is obvious that their publication in a well-

symptomatic.--Firez. open one of these offices in Japan and a second which it is hoped will arise in every province quite remarkable." He was created a C.B. in

of the ampire-N.G. Daily News.

From the 1st October, next money orders all other cases to leave people alone and permit will be obtainable at the Hongkong post office, them to manage their own affairs. This at payable in Transvaal Colony.

at Tientsin."

November, 1900.

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