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Coolios recruited here for the Rand mines are supplied with a sort of khaki uniform bearing a red on the right arm..
Capt."W: A. Whelor. Commandors of the P.
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In the advertisement appearing to-day for the Yokohams Spreie Bauk, it may be noticeal that Dalny bus now been added to the list
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and ready to hold their own against a nation that is Christian; and they became still more apprehensive when they consider that it is within the bounds of possibility that
direction. As long as one foreign nation is -nations against the West at large.
actively aggressive in regard to China, other Imagination being once started in this foreign nations and China herself are placed direction, a fine field is of course open to it, at a great disadvantage. The former, with and this fact has not been lost sight of by the exception of course of Russia, are mainly those who desire for various ultimate ends interested in obtaining equal trailjag. facili- timpress upon Europe the danger of the ties, and these will be extended in proportion “Yellow Peril," of which we bave of latens China feels herself secure. If this result heard so much. That such a peril might be brought about by recent events, the arise under certain circumstances it would West bas no just reason for apprehension. be too much to deny but the fact that The idea of some great Asiatic combination Japan is able to take up and to main-wafast Europe is not an unnatural one at thin a strong poistical position, so far from the present time; Jatt it is, our malikely to tending to increase such a peril, must have | be realised. - Those who attach great inis-The 0.5. Cup -mile : Hurdle race; a precisely opposite effect..
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The Russians tow pouring into Moukden are using the Chinese great trouble by forcibly spring the houses and roughly using them. There is a goneral tendency on the part of all well-to-do Chinese to leave Moukden.
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The programme of the Hongkong Gymkhana Club's fourth mesting, to be held at Happy Valley on the 1st October, weather permitting
ladies" novoimation race; Distanes handicapi; Gymkhana Chichallenge ony; and a 3-furlong
flat race.
TELEGRAMS.
[RECTER'S SERVICE,|
A HUMANE RUSSIAN MINISTER.
LONDON, 1th September. Prines Svintopolk Mirski bas.-3 vopútation for humanity and enlightenmoat. His appoint. nyut is considered a defeat of the Reactionaries.
RELATIVE STRENGTH OF THE
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OPPOSING ARMIES.
Disonssing the respective strength and aruament of the two belligerent armies in Blanchuria, the “Scief ways thint, when the lately. mobilised 10th, and 17th Russian Army Corps. and the two Reserve Divisions quartered in the Government of Kazan. Bave arrived at the front General Kuropatkin will have at his disposal 221 battalions of Infantry. 183 squadrons of: Cavalry and 81 Batteries, making, in all, 248,150) rifles and gubres and 6 guns. Opposed to these the Japanero command 234 Battalions of Infantry. 68 squadrons of Cavalry and 130 Batteries--in all 226,600 rifles and subges, and. *80 gwns.
THE WAR.
[JAPANESE OFFICIAL DESPATCH,
RUSSIAN DUM-DÛMS AT LIAO..
Tokyo, 12th Sept.
The Manchurian army reports that wo kinds of dum-dum bullets were found among the prizes at Liamyning battle. They resemble cartridges for the Russian rifles of 1891 type. Sone wounds of our men are suspected to have been caused by them.
REUTERS SERVICE, Į
RUSSIA COMPENSATES.
LONDON, 10th September. : Russia hus agreed to pay an indennity to the owners of the Effrickdale,
The Ettrickilate was seized in the Bad Sen on February 20th by a Russian cruiser and taken to Suez, where she was released two days According to this estimate the later. The owner are the Mackill ss. Co. Japanese will, even after the arrival at the front of Russian veintorestuents, have a great.!
Lal, Glasgow. Tonnage, 2,468 nett.] and important advantage in artillery, an advan-
MANILA AND CONTRABAND.
LONDON, 10th September.
In the last three or four months between
seru: 2201 palm.. Vit swet: 140 pels, und hurdle rude."
tage which must be valued not only, by the The Social Democratic Foderation organised | amber bat, by the proved superiority of their demonstration in Trafalgar para on Sunday. gans. If the figures be approximately correct.. August 28, in favour of the State maintenance there have evidently been some gross misstate-100,000 and 500,000 tons of coal have bera of children 5. the public schools. The feder-ments officially unle dering the last six months purchased in Cardiff for the Russian of checking physical deterioration among the the Siberian Railway.
as to the huge numbers of troops carried over Governnient; a large quantity is now on thự
parar classes of this community.
portance to it overlook the fact that there We have to just reason to doubt the hour
are rivalries among Asiatic
well as Jutes of the Japanese in their declarations in among Europet mafious. If we divide facour of a liberal policy both in polities the whole world only into. Eist and West, By a recent copy „of the Liverpool Fustitute and in commercial relations. The iden the idea segums no doubt plausible. But School Ang, ing we see that J. Rumjuhm, a Hongkong boy wou the sports seuior “Chan- that the Japanese were a people licking there are divisions among Eastern as well as
ship. In the high jump le heat the others. in earnestness; only playing with European Western marinus, and it will require sue his jump bring ft. Sin. he won the long juny civilization, and rudy to throw it off greit political force to render such a com.ith a jump of Hift. in the 100 yds. 10 as quickly or more quickly than they bination more than a matter of sympathy or hare opted it, has been dissipated by sentiment. Sach a fore might arise from recent events. Those wernts have shown
# serious combination awneg Western „The Jajugese te be, possessed in an eminent natinis to subjugate the East—a côn ́ia- degree of two great qualities which are gency which is not likely to occur; but short essential to sucess in political as well as of this, there is little to fear. As bow ordinary life-thoroughness and method
Chim and Japan, there is stali kelihood and it is to these qualities that they owe of any coalition which would be a mundee the successes which they have obtained both
to foreign nations. Japan may co-operate politically and in, war. They have the with her to resist a common danger, but essentials of the reliable and stable nation, will certainly at he likely to work with and the existence of such a war on in the her in any way that might make her a Far East, able to influence the policy, of ¦ neuaçe to foreign nations, but woukl sud in adjacent countries, is he hest goarauter making her a greater menago to Japa which Western nations can have for peaceful | hørself. relations and sound commercial progress in these parts.
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The greatest dilenities which diplomacy has had to contend against in China, from The time of the Treaty of Tientsinto the present day, have arisen not frour her strength inth from her weakness. The consciousness of her inability to hold her own against any foreign nation should occasion arise made
every cession which might, by say possibility give an opening for enrochment. Whatever was asked, no taniter hon reasonable, China stood as the Eternal No," content to rely upon piting foreign nations one against another, vertaa that their mutual jealousies would be the test safeguard of her integ. rity,
This policy bas in the main succeeded; but the curious thing is that China, astute as she is, failed to see that her action was useless in the direction where danger tuinly threatened. Russia, while
The South African nolie enigrant skamer labam is being tittel up at the Kowloon Dorks
tion believe thurt the meastro would be a menos
Professor denks is said in Lave gone" a way quite sutisfied that his work was not in vain, and that China really means to take up the scheme of currency reform. There are those who boliese, however, that China will, with the in- „formation and printers given them by Professor Jenks, formulate some kind of financial system
herself
CANTON NOTES.
[FROM THE "CHUNG, NGOL SAN PO"!
VICEROY SIUM. Information has been recrived in official
Wuthow on or abut the 22nd irst. gircles that Viceroy Shum will arrive at Hit Excellency is exjertes in Canton at the end
of the month..
CHINESE ARMY REFORMÁ
Mr. John Hipshrunner has purchased from The meeting of the Legislative, Comteil hus the Toku Thug and Lighter Co. the vacant let It is reported in Cautor that a telegram has huen postponed to Thursday.
of land 10 the north of the Astor Honsy been received recently from Shanghai that the Hotel at Tintin. The 1rice paid was War Department in Peking has sent a memorial omething like T's, 12,000 per now, the highest which has been sanctioned by the Emperor. to figure, the P. & T. Pinces believes, paid for luard the Throne asking leave to dress the soldiers in in Tientsin. They hope to see this enterprising European costera, cut off their queues and tira shortly"commence "kmilding bus'uess pre-drill them according to the way of Japanese. ntises on this valuable site.
The new forey Evening Star, heing built at the Kowloon Docks, is having her sugines
huter
The abattoir at Hunghom contained nething but gonts yesterday. The versan is for the Iulian troops.
Tins irmangaration of third-riass season tickets on the Londen, mad South-Western Railway
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The Chinese Telegraph Administration are construeting a telegraph Bus between Shanghai aul Sungkong, and the officials have been instructed to properly protect 4. The districts around Shanghai are, says the P. & P. Time surpassingly russant compared with those in rental in a profit of Gilots for the company.
the north. wheu, it is, emembered how much tieneral Bragg, the US. Connd-ffeneral. { longer they Inte heen- familiar with western courfemsly informus is of the recaipt by hiig ut A typhoon wanting from Mánila yesterday:
depression was recorded east of South Lazan In the forty-eight hours culed noon yester, day, there Chinese died of plague. That brings the umber of gases for the season 10, 49, of which I were fatal. There were also during
last week two Chiness fases of enterie, both fatal.
European-dwelling-bensis are now in course of construction at the back of the Kowloon Dispensary and the corner of Observation and Des Voeux Roads. Kowloon as a residential quarter is still populor.
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institutions.
The P. & T. Timer reports the death of the sou of Mr. and Mrs. Carey, of Shanbaikwan, from lain fever. The lad was 16 years of age. and thought he had been seriously ill for some The sadness days, his recovery was hoped for, of the occurrence was enhanced by the fact that his sister's marriage to Mr. Ambrose, Trate Tuspector of the C.. Railways, had been fixed for the day of the final. The marriage has since taken place quietly."
The British Minister wrote the Waiwupu ou the 21st August that when one of the British gnabouts went to the Poyang lake she was stopped by the Chinese officer in charge of the fort, there, which fact is against the stipulations of the Chefoo Convention, etc. The Waipu answered that the Chefoo Convention does not allow foreign warships to enter the Poyang laks, and so please do not send any warship there so as to maintain friendship. Universal Gasetic.
BANDITTI.
The robbers a becoming more flere and during than ever. There is hardly day on which no case of robbery is reported. Some days ago a gang of about one handrail and twenty robbers, all will armed. rebed in broad daylight in the market place named Shan- Tong in Ching Un district. After every shop and horse had been completely” viusackel, they went on their way to the villages in the vicinity of Tai-Ping market place, where on account of frequent robberies the villagers bad already r moved all their valuables to other places for safety. On linding no valuables, the robbers captared about ten persons and held them for rausoni. A emptive surnamed Luk was rebecued for the sum of six hundred dollars, and for all the other cuptores the robbers demanded fro one thousand to several hundred dollars,
IN DARKEST LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool's algormal death-rate was discussed. Just wath at a meeting of the Health Con- witte.
The medical officer reported a birth-rate of 29 per 1,000'and's death-rate of 37.9 per 1,000, compared with a rate of mortality for the corresponding work-last year of 1822 or 1.000. The recent heat wax cited us being responsible for the increased number of deaths antong infants, but a member of the committee said
making a show of conterning with other foreign nations in their general policy, was steadily pushing her way through Mongolia and Manchurin, with the results at prescu existing. With a patim so work as Chin | she fully relied upon being able to obtain
The attention of the P.W.D. is desired
the road in front of the glass works all she wanted by the simple process of pashing on to her borders. Had China at Hanghem, whas the Hongkong, Land HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 18TKI, 1994.
ever been in a position to make such opposi- | Rockonation Co. si little railway, ennsex, Is the course of a valuable and thoughtful tion-as-Japan-has offered-it-is-more than in a shocking ron-liti-a paper on the "ronflict of new world fores probable that Russia would have stoppel in the Far East," which was read by Mr. j'abort in her aggression, and the difficulties VALENTINE Chinon, at the Royal Military which arose when her advance threatened College, Woolwich, and is puldished in the Japan as well as China would never have National Becier for June, a reference, is arisen. Further, we may be sure that the made to the much-debated question of the war with that fornier country would never “Yellow Peri!” which is worthy of careful have occurred had Russia net fondly
consideration by those who desire to see imagined that the, policy of "blu" which lamp-shales, and lamp-glasses, etc., in their every siderable interest has been manifested in this 403 sorvived, which was an excessive death-rafe
bucis.
the establishment of the relations between had been so successful with China would s with the much smaller Empire East and West upon au spitable and stable be equally
Mr. CHROL says; "In some quar-
of Japan.
The concessions which other foreign lers the successes of the Japanese have already served as a pretext for reviving the nations--with Great Britain at the head ery of " Yellow Peril," as if the surest way of them in this respect renlly require to create such a peril were not to prosiia ith, from China and Japan are not ter
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Menu for the week ending 11th September, 1964, were 220 nou-Chinese and 71 Chinese to the former, and 79 nou-Chinese and 1915
Chinese in the latter institution. -
A visit to the glass works at Kowloon is in-
the manufacture of teresting. One cun
KES
stage Chinese labour, only, is employed Women do some of dm grinding work aut packing.
At the junction of Qaveg's Road with Bou- ham Strand and Wellington Street the road is badly out of repair. On the hill at Boshan Strand a drain-cover protrudes at least two inches from the surface at the road.
The wreck of an old · Dragon-boat," which, no
H.M. Consulat Asuncion reports that cotton has been cultivated in Paraguay for many years, but hitherlo no attempt has been made to export it. In the past year, however, con-
product by cntion dealers and experts who have visited the country. Samples forwarded to the United Kingdoms have met with considerable |'approval, and one shipment to Manchester was pronounced very good standard quality" Paraguayan cotton is said to resemble the Egyptian variety.
Several persons mit "for a ride on a launch
But some mothers had not the instincts of snimak. The committee had heard of thein giving their infante onions, carrots, beer and gin,
Dr. Hopo (medical officer) said that in 200 familie. 792 children had been born, und only
Doliency of constitution and improper feeding accounted for many of the deaths. Had more of these children been fed on the sterilised milk furnished by the Health Committee at their various depots, worry of them would have been living today.
The Viceroy of the. Liang-Kiang provinces
way to Manila, to which port it is consignrul, It is stated that 110 shillings per ton has been paid for coal for Vladivostock.......
(From Northern Papers.)
LATEST NEWS FROM DALNY.
Toro, 5th September. 26 junks which had been captured by the Japanese on the 25th August are now at Dalny. The junks bád 5,000 chickens. 800 pigs, 50 ar 60 catula and large quantities of spirits. wines tinued provisions and bread on beard, The Japanese confiscated all this carge for the use. of the army. Sixteen Rus ian stam launches which had been sunk by the Russians near the
Fiors at Dalay have been repaired and are unw
in use. The steamer which Eac. been sunk pear the deck is now under repair.
A FRENCH STEAMER SEIZED.
TOKYO, 3rd September.
The French steamer George, which tried to- brew through the Japanese blockade and to proceed into Port Arthur enerying contraband aboard, has been confiscated after des trial 2 Prizs Court, and the caphâu sĩ the French steamer and 25 ci' a nativa craw hase buen ---- leased and sent away to their respective home..
THE NEX RUSSIAN POSITION.
Crusetiow, 6th September. General Kuropatkin. having lost Liuoyang and seeing Moukden is not a fit place to defea, is now at Tichling, where he korps i large number of his forces and has commandeer- ed the native resideBees extending over an area of seven chinese li ip circamference, and the Chinese workmen are busily engaged in building forts and entrenchments,
BOWLS.
An interesting bowls match was played eff Saturday afternoon on the ground of the Civil Service Clüb between Scotch and English Teños. England led off with a devided leat and should have was rusily, but some splendid play by Jock" MacConally, aided by the somewhat indigestie humour of the Scotchnen. which seerial to auervo their opponents, enabled them to ran out victorions by 5 points. Mr. J. Smith efficiently acted as scorer stud reforce. Teams
SCOTLAND.
T. P. MacConally J. Reidie W. Brand A. MeIrer (Skip)
ENGLAND.
W. II. Woolley
P. T. Lamble
A. Abloy
J. Howell (Skip)
THE OLD-TIME BRAZIER.
A fire-box or brazier, such as was used before the invention of matches. isinuss on the steamers of the Messageries Maritimes. The breziers, which are provided with lids, are
that, whatever al non-European race may do ritorial domination, but equal commercial doubt, has in its day figured in any festival yesterday aftyBoon, as the Chefro Daily News has given permission to some wealthy native Tuttiched to the outer bulk-head of the chart
not
SU
as are
advantage be filled in.
of dri inst.. raport that they saw a Japanese gentle at Cauton to monopolise the sa' of room, or placed in other convenient positions on deck. The conls consist of pieces of Government salt in Kwang-taug on conlition to conform to our standing of international facilities; and China will be more ready at Hunghom, Hes in a stagnant pool of water ethics, and however Legitimate the cause in to concede the latter if once she feels wear the Tin Hing Engineering Co's works Vessel just outside lighthouse bluff loading that the promoters End Tls, 5,030,000 as capital smouldering touchwood, and the use of spills is
said to be an everyday that by doing XO she is This stagnant pool, by the way, might with supplies. This is
for purchasing salt from the salt manufacturerendered unnecessary. Other steamship-com- which it takes up arms against. a European certain
uccurroner. Those who are familiar with the Power, the hand of every white man must not jeopardising her territorial integrity;
methods by which provisious are sent out to The monopoly is granted for ten years from the panies might take a hint. Passengers, 12 date of signature of the agreement, and out of Atlantic liners especially, know how awkward The rocks facing the bead of No, I dock at the troops, say that in addition to the staf“
it is to obtain a light in a high wind without on nevertheless in racial grounds be against and her views upon this are certain tó be it." Mr. CHIROL goes on to say that be largely influenced both directly and indirect-Kowloon are ornamented with the names of which is going via Weiwei. a considerable the profit six parts must he given the Govern. cannot believe that such a cry will find a ly by Japan. Lessons which she is chary several American ships, which have, at different quantity is loaded directly ubourd ship just out-ment and the remainder to the premctors and adjournment to the perhaps distant smoke-room.
INNOCENT PRISONER REFUSES serious echo in Great Britaiu; and points of learning from foreigners she will be wiltines, been locked there. In some instances side Chefon harbour. It is a fact that in the shareholders. The head office is to be at Canton. the sailors musi bave undergone serious risk tạ
case of at least one of the numerous all and the Viceroy is to appoint a responsible
£25 A NIGHT. to the inconsistency there would be if those ling slowly to accept from a neighbouring
paint them.
steamers now plying Letween here and Waihi-officer to look after the interests of the Govern
ment-Peking Gracile. wai, diligent inquiry at the latter port fails to
Mr. Adolf Beck is still wondering what con who for three or four generations have been nation, who, though differing from her
Cormant polos Hourish in the sandy soil at reveal that he has boon there as often as xhe
Most of us are acquainted with the well-wornpensation will be given him by the Gorerum) •nts prenching that it is time for Eastern nations widely in many respects, is from her
both Hongkong and Kowloon, House owners has cleared from Chefoo for that place.
unecdote of the Englishman in Paris who, for the wrongs he has suffered, no announce- to adapt themselves to European civiliza-widely separater
ut some places. "Punung, for instiinee, maks
The Governor of Shansi hus memorialised on wishing to take a-cab, called the driver à pig went on the subject having yet been made. tien should
part in ostracising Japan, foreign nations. A strong Japan, by being money by selling nuts collected from their
**The £30,000 which I estimate I have lost the only that has listened to the able, either alone or in conjunction with tenants gardens. Very often, when palms are the question of the establishment of a police (cochon instead of rochers: but the writer,
school at Tai-your-fur, capital of the province recently beard of a-still-more-arkward blunder through my wrongful imprisonment ought at China, to plare a barrier against Russian laden with fruit at East Point, Hongkong, His states that, for the purpose of training A young English lady newly arrived. wishing least to be made good," he said to a Daily. Chronicle representative. "Surely I cannot be The inconsistency is manifest, and there aggression, is thus likely to work in favour green encoanuts are
modern police experts for service in the various to find out whether French cabman was are certainly few who would be disposed to of stability in the Far East, and not only to
districts where police forces will be organised as disengaged, looked into her pocket dictionary, expected to lose that in consequence of my gaumay the soulness of the view thus put lessen the chances of a disturbance of the The Tin Hing Co. is a large engineering, commanded in Imperial adiets he has now and thinking she had got the right phrase, went misfortune in being sert to-penai servituds for forward. But consistency is not the most peace, but, what is no less important, to do jestablishment worked entirely by Chinors. Cbi opened this school with 60 youths who are to be up to him sweetly, with Etes-vous fianed?other's crimes! striking characteristic of politics, and the away with the inordinate fear by China of shipbuilding atHaughou isalsoprogressing. taught by three Japanese police officers where you engaged to be married *) * No. warning which is given is by no means encroachment by foreign nations which has At the Kwong Tak Cheong Yard, which adjoins will he engaged at morthly pay of between $200 Mademoisele," replied the driver, smilingly of £23 night, with a year's engagement, if he that of the Hongkong and Whumpu Dock Co., and $120 por mi, with free quarters. The Frenes moi done" (Then take me") added would make a tour of the music-talls throughout superfluons or ill-time. A large number quite as much as her natural conservatism
the country, and speak of his experiences. I am quite willing. a river-steamer (to bo launched te-day), two course of the students is now temporarily fixed the girl. **3
I have refused the offer," he said. "I of people have already become alarmed at stood in the way of a progressive and liberal cargo-boats, and two steam-launches are being at one year, owing to the urgent demand for Mademoiselle," responded cabby; but further
follow. The certainly am not going to make a showman of the bare idea of any people who are, as polies on her part. There can be no twilt, the river steamer Hal Nam is undergoing them in the province. The expenditure will be explanations had perforce to
Qutlook. TIs, 12,000 por annum. they are pleased to put it, heathen, being able serious Yellow Peril" if this result be repairs; and there are several other small jobs.
advice.
market.
nct procurable at the
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