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SUPREME COUNT.

Thursday, 24th November.

IN ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION,

BEFORE SIR H. S. BERKELEY (CHIEF JUSTICE AND CAPT. HON. BAUNES-LAWRENCE R.N. (NAUTICAL, ÁSBES201).

N.D., B.A.WONGKOL' 2. B.1.9..." JINA.”

Norddeutscher Lloyd SN. Co. as owners of the British India 8. Wingkoi, and the British India S.N. Ca., as owners of the ss. Ujina.

The Hoa. H. E. Sharp, K.C., instructed by Mr. Gedge (of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master), appeared for the N.L. and Mr M. W. Sinde, instructed by Mr. John Hastings, for the B.I.S.N. Co.

His Lonisip said that the casualty report which by law had to be made to the Harbour

· Offiço, for purposes of the Board of Trade, hud beon produced. This report was signed by the Captain of the line. He found the answer to the question Course of vessel when the other was first reen "---Pilot's orders: Speed when the other vessel was first sees "--two knots. The captain had said in evidence" six or seven knots," how did he explain it.

The Captain said that this was a mistake. He did not know how this cropt into the report. gave his replies to his clerk to copy in; it was a elerical error.

His Lordship--Your clerical error has gone kome to the Board of Trade and about the pilot's orders.

The Captain said that this expression simply meant that the pilot would say go this way or that way, and the captain would agree apud give the order to port or starboard as the case might

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Mr. Slade, referring to the Chinese pilot not giving evidence, raid that as a gonern rule Chinese would not give evidence unless they were interested; they would have to give the man a substantial sum, and then the charge of bribing witnesses might be brought against them Chinese only gave evidence for family reasons or pecuniary reasons, which made them in terested in the case. To get disinterested was practically evidence amongst Chinese impossible.

After comasel had finished wildrossing him, His Lordship gave judgment. In summing up he said-There is no question of law involved to require consideration after the extremely careful and capable manner in which both gentle men brought the subject and evidence before ute. The only question is, what is the true conclusion to be arrived at upon the evidence as

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CONCESSION.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25rn. 1094.

The Native Not a writer of the N.C. Daily News made the following observations on the cancellation of the American concession for this railway.

POLICE COURT.

Thursday 24th November.

BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GoMPERTZ (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE).

AN UNLICENSED PILOT, A Chinese pilot was charged with piloting a beat into the harbour without having a licenca The defendant admitted the charge, but said he Mr. Basil Taylor, the Assistant Harbour Master, did not wish to press the charge.

His Worship informed the defendant that he was liable to a fine of $10, but under the cirengstances I would inflict a tiny of one dollar, and bind him over in the sum of $50 for three months.

ELPING A COMMON GAMING HOUSE.

The report of this case appeared in our isane of Wednesday. His Worship yesterday de livered judgment as follows:-I shall convict the whole of the defendants. The maximum ease of the Wy-shing it is usual to give the tall penalty under the Ordinance is $1,000. In the penalty, but from the evidence of an expert must take into consideration that this is smaller affair. The first and second defendants will each be fined $500, in default, six months" hard labour. Defendants three and six algo clearly assisted in carrying on the business, They will be dined 8250 each. The fourth and fifth defendants were also concerned in a minor degree, and will be fined $100 wach.

BEFORE MR. F. A. Hazeland (Seconi, POLICE MAGISTRATE).

THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

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ITS PRESENT CONDITION. From accounts the Times has received from a traveller who recently passed over the whole of the Siberian Railway from Mukden to European Russia, it appears that the Russians are at present engaged in what is nothing less than properly completing the construction of the line and bringing it into a condition. fit to

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Hongkong, 10th November, 1901.

THE CONTRABAND QUESTION.

The following interesting letter, signed H. W. Wilson, appeared in the Times last month.

Judging by the indifference shown by the correspondence between Messrs. Holt and the greater part of the Press to the remarkable Foreign Offee, the British public can take little or no interest in the assertion of the national honoar or the safeguarding of our vast shipping trade.

inny fitte porimanent brigs were orea ed over cope: At the time it was opened, although the larger river, many of the smaller bridgés and enlverts were merely temporary structures of wood, which further were placed slight y out of alignment so that the permanent bridges, to be erected afterwards, should afford a smight run. The work of putting in iron spaus on concrete piersinstead of these temporary bridges is now beingaiger usly pashed forward, being reuderet all the more necessary by the desay was originally used. Another detail of the equip which mydly attacks the soft pine which mont to which great attention is being devoted is the erection of water-towers for supplying the engines with water. Formerly this was done by means of pumping engines placed in cham- bers sunk 6ft, or 7ft., bukow the ground in order to protect the water from freezing, and, as the tops of the engine tenders are some loft, above the rail level, the water had sometimes to be raised through a total distance of 20ft, or mere, Thess underground pamping-stations are at w being replaced at about 40 places between Cheliabinsk and Kharbia by brick water-towers built up to a height of 55ft., so that tho engine tenders may be readily filled by gravity. To prevent the water freezing in the tanks of these towers they are packed round with cakum and Chan Sham was charged with bringing a

are enclosed with a brick wall, the funnel which girl into the colony from Canton for unlawful protected by roughly-shaped logs, which again purposes. In poctor Withers prosecuted aud

carries the smoke and steam from the pumping His Worship in delivering judgment said engine below being also carri d up through the my subjects in the exercise of rights recog...ízed |

tanks to assist in maintaining the temperature. M.O. D. Thomson appeared for the defence. the complaint's aridouce was very unsutis- factory. It had proved no offence against the Under the circumstances. he Ordinance, wou'd discharge the defendant.

K DNAPPING.

DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE LEACH.

Mr. Andrew John Leach, once Puisne Judge and Attorney-General at Hongkong, who left the Straits Settlements about a year ago for Home, in bad health, died on the 7th instant. Numerous residents in Hongsong and China will hear of this with great regret, the late Justice being a popular man as well as a respect. el Jadge. For the following particulare of his caver we are indebted to the Straits Budget cf the 16th instant.

The existing rmanent way requires 2- tinnal attention. The rails are light-50lb. or 60lb.and are laid upon transversa wooden slo-pers in ballast, which for the most consists of black soil, without stone or gravel. The result is that subsidences are frequent notwithstanding that the sleepers are placed unusually close together. Then the soft pine of which the sleepers are made quickly rots, the mare so sine no preservative measures are adopted, and the necessity for frequent rennwal is shown by the heaps of rotting sleepers that lie along the line.

Of course every effort is being made to incase the capacity of the line to its utmost. On the great difficulties encountered in this respect les in the fact that the sidings places where two trains going in different directions can cross each other were originally mud so short as to be unable to hold the long trains now being run. This difficulty was minimize as much as possibe by making the westward-bound trains short enough to go into the sidings and allowing east-bound trains, with as many trucks as the enpines could manage to ran past them on the s raight; but a radical euro is now being sought by building new sid. ings on the opposite side of the line to the old ones, of length sufficient to accommodates a train; or even two trains, of any length. These sidings aww abent 20 miles apart on the avarage, and to facilitate their construction the points to form their janetions with the existing lines are being shipped out in one piece, so that all that has to be done to fix them is to lay them on the ground and put in the ish-plate bolts Very heavy trains are being run, the minimum load over many parts of the line being trucks while it rises sometimes to 85 or 90. Traffic is most congested on the Manchurian section

surrounding circumstances, to swear absolutely to fact, the others could do no more than swaar that they believe such and such to be a fact, and that it is reasonable to believe so. The captain of the Wongkoi was absolutely certain that there was nolight, because "I saw the light blown out." The Ujina can only say there must have been a light. Assuming that the witnesses are to be honest in both cases, I really cannot find fault against the Wongkoi, sules I say they are This was a consalids action between the delilerately nud knowingly stated that which is did not think it was necessary to have a licence.carry the heavy traffic with which it has now

false. This light which the Fine was supposed to have seon-could only have been th-port light wiich is kept on the port side of the bridge. The exptain of the Wongkoi has told us that it is the rule of his ship that whom lights are taken in they are blowa out, and he swears, without reservation, that he saw the 'n on duty take in the port light and blow it out There is no mistaking this officer; he said as a fact he did so it. There is no reason why he should see it, Mr. Shots had said the man was practically an automaton.- yet it did not scoar to him, if that is so, why this automaton broke down that night. Why if it was the established and common rule to go take in the port light would it not be noticed by the captain; why am to suppose the captain did not da se. It seems now that what is supposed to have been done is this:--The automaton departed altogether from the course he is supposed to do, and that he walked away with the light past the captain and first officer and put it down somewhere on the bridge; as that was not the custom: it would have drawn the attention of the captain. It seems to me that a correct inference would that the captain seeing the light taken in would have paid attention to see that very essential ope ation performed. In my opinion it comes to this, the captain an officers of the Ujio are either mistaken in seeing a light on the Wangkot, or they did not as it at all. and have made this as an excus. I am not obliged to say why they run into the Wongkoi. The Unc must extablish as a fact that the Wongbai did show u red light. I am willing to accept it. for the sake of their houour, that they did a light, but I do not

its 20 fact firs

that there was any red light on the Wonghi. Coming to this conclusion I have had the assistance and con- currezes of Capt. Barnes-Lawrorec. In short I

Mr. Justice Leach first came out to Shang; tut this conclusion: The Ujina came in hai, where he joined in practice the celebrated contact with the Wanghai without any fault Bir. Drummond. with whom he remained for some few years. Thence he proceeded to of those on beard of the Wenghor, They were

Hongkong, where he shortly afterwards acted mistaken in the light they saw. The partisas Puise Judge, in which capacity he served fr nearly two years (April 1887 to February will proceed in the usual way as to tie assess ment of damages. The Ujina is solely to b'ame; 1889). He relinquished the Judgeship to accept office as Attorney-General for the elony, and I retained that responsible position until March 1890; subsequently his services were fre- same capacity. has, Jespite his own large pruction we find his acting as Attorney-General for that Colony from May 1891 to March 1892, from June 1893 to January 1899, from April to October in 1994, and lastly from March to April 1895. While Mr. Leach was satisfying the strenuous olimme of that As a result of the united and persistent stand office, Hongkong was visited for the first time made by the gentry and notables of Canton, during its British administration by that tor. with the outbreak, the Governmont determined assisted by a large number of men luriling from rible scourge, the buloni plague. In grappling other provinces, a good many Flavanere amongst to restine po sosion of a very large area of them, against the notion of the American syudi-ground situated in the most thickly populated ente, constructing the Canton-Hankow Railway, quarter of the town, and it fall to Mr. Leach to draft and submit an Ordinance defining the in selling its right to a Belgian syndicate, powers of the Government and setting forth whose working in the interests of France and the character of the drastic remedial measures Russia is an open serret to all Chinese, the Chi- that were contemplated Such an Ordinance nese Government, has uotitled the United St les entailed an enormous amount of trouble; few, Government through H.E. Mr. Conger, the indeed, outside official circles rou'd have any conception of the labour involved: but Mr. U.S. Minister ut Paking, that the contract grant Leach performed his task so successfully that bis on her course up the harbour and took up od te the American syndicate or company inques and as an Ordinanca it brings weal and com- measure was hailed with general satisfaction, the position where she was anchored, when she tion is cancelled. Although the Waiwupu bod fort to the residents of Hongkong to this day. In was run into by the Ujinu. To go back to the known perfectly well the trend of affairs in the the midst of his official duties, and in addition Ujina, she lost sight of the Wongkot after the South the Department, following the line of least to the special calls that were made on his time, Mr. Lesch found opportunity to write several latter came into Salphter Channel, and did not, resistance, pretended to be unaware that more useful works on Hongkong legel subjects, In to the knowledge of tliose on beard, again sight Eussian and French shains woro being forced this respect Mr. Leach proved a noteworthy tho Wongloi till she came into collision with for the empiro in its southern dominions, and illustration of the axiom that the busiest men Ter. But surely before they came into

ignored the protests made ever and anon by some have most time to spare. He wrote & careful collision they observed the lights of the more patriotic mandarin warning the Waiwups Lexicographical Index of the Ordinances of Hongkour, a treatise on the Magistrates' Or- Fortu- dinsnce, and also published an edition of the Wongkui, but which did not occur to them of the danger menacing the entry.

o the Wengkol. So they saw the ship but did nately there are still many patriots in this country Ordinances, all of which wore of great utility not give any name to her; perhaps, also, there and these combining started an agitation to the community. In 1895 Mr. Loach was this Colony. elevated to the banch of ware a great many ship about. When inside in Canton, on behalf of the people of Kaang. Since that time his wide attainments and Sulphur Cham.el the Captain passed b tung, against the selling of the Railway to the undoubted abilities as a lawyer have gained for junk, and had to alter his course slightly agents of any other nation. Once the agitation him the respect of the entire community, ley as and he varied his copro slightly was started by the calling together of a musting well as legal. Apart from his judicial abilities, Mr. Justice Leach has been well known in the again. I do not think any of these ingidents in Canton of everyone who had the welfare of social and spurting circles of the Far East aver help mo in drawing a wichsion, but merely

their country at heart, enthusiasm caught on since he first came out here. He was President mention them as being before which corr.

like wildfire, more meetings were called, and of the Hongkong Cricket Club for some time, red when the (aptain was making for an then at a mass meeting a large and influential and also President of the Singapore Cricket lab. He also served on the Committees of anchorage near Stenceutter's Island. We are Committee was named with instructions to these and various other clubs with which he was now to the point. He saw a stearaor which approach the Central Government on the associated. He went home over a year ago in might or might not have been river subject and give the Waiwupu to ander ill health, and though, as stated, be at one time the necessary back. seemed on the highroad to recovery, he was steamer crossing ahead of him, showing stand that here was

obliged to resign from the service in January a red light. This is the caplain's ecidence and ing the tinid Ministers needed and that last, and has now siccumbed to the ailment the other evidence of witnesses.

There is,any divergenre from the path which pointed which then compelled him to retire from active however, evidence of the fact that at tho to the true interest of the Empire would be service. time when the Ujina was on her way from opposed, by the inhabitants of Southern and Sulphur Channel to her destination at Stone Central China to the last gasp." Not contented catter. Ishad that she had come within a with giving these hints to the Waiwupu, tùo short distance weither one or more steamers Committee and their friends took the matter showing a port or red light. On the way to up to the Grand Council, and finally into the his berth ti e captain sees a light ahead, which Palace, with the result that the object of the he presumes to le that of a steamer cross people of South China has been gained and the The Ujina suddenly uses her helmembers of the American syndicate informed, in such a way which brings her into colli; through their Minister in Peking, that their sion with the Wonglo; she suddenly for some agreement re the Canton Haukow Railway has reason altered her course. It then falls on the nowceased and determined," and "lapsed Orel.. Uju to give a satisfactory explanation to through default." Those who have the matter exeuse her from running into the Wongker on in hand infend that the line shall be constructed that occasion. The onus of proving that the by Chineze alese, and many million tanks have Ujinn is not in fwalt and that the Wongkot already been subscribed and paid into the banks is in fault is thrown on the Ujina. The by wealthy gentry and notables, not only of captain has given the explanation that a red Kwongtung, but other provinces, to that end light suddenly appeared, leading him to suppose that it was on. a ship crossing. his bow. Mr. Slada says that this evidence ought to absolve hun, rotwithstanding tho denial of the Wongko as to the matter of the display of the red light--the light which led the Ujina into the error to believe that the Wonghot was showing her port light. The witnesses of the respective ships swear oppositely. The difference between these two classes of witnessos is that the one set of witnesses was able, from

to whether or not there was a red light on the THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY quatly requisitioned by Government in the Wongkod on the night is question, August the third. The question as to whether or not the officers of the Ujina believed that a light was there, though one of importance to themselves is not of importance in the true finding of the case. It matters not at all whether the light тая on the Wongkor, on it sne of the Kagemust be establisbell as a fact is order to excuse the Ujna for coming into collision with her. The facts as I recoll co that these two ships on the evening of the Sed August apprcached Hongkong on the same conrsa. Finally the Ujena, which is a much larger ship than the Wonghot, was passed outside Sulphur Channel 1y the Wongkoi, The -Kept sight of the till she

ent red Sulphur Channel, and then practically last sight of her. The Wongkoi proceeded

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THE BALTIC FLEET:

The Baltic feet, now designated the Second Pacifle Squadron, is composed of twelve battle: ships, seroa cruisers, ten torpedo-boats, and sight destroyers, as follows:--

BATTLESHIPS.

...

Displacement. Speed. Knots,

Toas. Kniaz Suvaroff (flagship of

Admiral Rozhdestvensky). 13.500 13,516 Borodino Imperator Alexander III. Oshabya.....

Peter Veliky... Imperator Alexander IL Navarin Sissoi Veliky Admiral Apraksin Admiral Seniavine Admiral Oushutoff The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued

Admiral Nakbimoff the following report:~~

In the 24th at 11:42 am. The baromelor Pamyat Azova

WEATHER REPORT.

18 18

3,516

38

18,516

18

12,674

19

0,000

-16

9,665

9,476

8,880

16

4,126

18

4,325

16

4.126

16

CRUISERS.

8,500

19

6,700

17

5,880

18

5,764

15

4.604

12

3,828

20

3,225

19

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has riten in Japan on the moroment of the Admiral Korniloff depression to the eastward, is stationary in the Vladmir Monomach

General Admiral. Flilippines, and has fallen throughout China.

heel but will sull continne fresh to strong Alias (Rear Admiral Enk The monsoon bas moderated in the Formosu Brietlana in the northern part of the Cluna Sea

Torpedo-boats Forecast:-Fresh E. to N.E. winds, cloudy,

Destroyers...

fair;

vist)

TRADE

TELEPHONE No. 135.

MARK.

YEBISU

Several months have now passed since the sofzure of the Allanton, the outrage on the HAVE YOU TRIED Molucca, the seizure of the Calchas, and the sinking of the Knight Commander. For ot a single one of these acts has satisfaction ben obtained from Russia. Though it is true that the Malace was restored to her British owners after a humiliating 8-arch, no importation, so far as I am aware, has been paid to her owners for her illegal seizure and detention. Some of us who did not know the ways of the Foreign Office and of British Governments were inclined

Speech at the close of the Session:--- to take seriously the statement of the King's

My Government will energetically support by international law sa bolenging to neutrals."

Or Mr. Balfour's assurance to the shipping deputation on August 25 That:-

THE FAMOUS BEER OF JAPAN

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PURE PLEASING POPULAR PALATABLE PRODUCTION

$16.00 Pя CASE OF 8 DOZEN PINTS.

"We do not accept the doctrine apparently laid down-I lay stress upon the word appar ently, because there is some ambiguity about it-laid down in the Russian notification, to the effect that eul, foodstuffs, cotton, and many other things are absolutely contraband of war and therefore the mere fact that they are found on board a ship justifies the seizure of the goods, confiscation of the vessel. I have stated all und ander certain conditions the retention and that more precisely in the House of Counoons, It has ben put most clearly by Lord Lons. down in a despatch to the Russian Government. and from the position we have thus take up there is no-I will not say probability-but possibility, of our feceding, nasmuch as we stand upon the solid base of recognized inter- ROBINSON PIANO national law to be found in all the text books,"

But these very clear dospatches written to the Russian Government and due words un-nt text-bucks and international law lo not help British shipping. A firm of Britisa ship owners asks the British Governm nt whether it may safely ship to Japan goods which that Government has twice declared not to be con traband, and not to be liable to seizure. It is told, not that the British Navy will assure the shippers' protection, inat, that the shipments will be muda at the owners risk, and that the goals are "not immune from cap. interests is there here, and what are we tars." What energet e support" of British to think of the Foreign Ofico admiss on that cotton is liable to seizure, where Mr. Bal- { four has declared that it is not, and that

there is no possibility of our receding that head?

It is to be hoped that Unionists throughout between Tsitsibar and the Russian frontier at Manch in Station; in consequence of the ex-the country will be true to great national tremely heavy gradients there, not only are the interests, will watch this action of their Govern trains shorter, it especially powerful engines meat, and will bring all their influence to hear are required, and even so the speed uphil is upon the party. Otherwise there will soon be

Rometimes no more than walking pace. The train in which our informat travelled, and which was not passed by any other train, took 3 days in getting from Kharbin or 600 miles, This section includes the to Manchuria Station, a distance of 500 Hing-ngin tunnel, which is not bricked and is vory wet; it is lighted throughout by electricity, and watched by guards stationed in recesses onl at intervals in the rook. Big locomotive run. ning sheds are now being built at Khailar for serving this piece of line, but before these were taken in hand the nearest locomotive shops were at Kharbin. The congestion of trufle is ho very great at Kharbin, owing to the have no- cumulation of wagons which it is imposs ble to send back to Russia without interfering with the east-bound traffic, and in order to gain some room for shunting and working the trains A loop is being built from a point on the Mukden line a few miles south of Kharbin to join the Vladivostock line.

no British shipping in the Far East to protect. Nor can it be forgotten that a nation is bound to vindicate its noutrality, and that if it is sinck in so doing in favour of one side (which side gives the other side a fair claim to compensation bappena to be that of the enemy of its ally) it for loss suffered thereby. This may be a rious if the Russians use the Allanton and Calchas, as they apparently intend to do, for transports

or eralsers.

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The con luct of the British Government in this case differs in tote from that of the German PLAYING ALL. THE NOTES OF THE when British cruisers seized the Bundesrath and Kaiser. There was no procrastination, no interminable delay in negotiation and despatch-writing, but England was firmly and forcibly requested to give up the ships and cease searching Gorman shipping north of Aden, The British Government instantly complied with the demand, agreed to pay damages, and the distinguished presented a piece of plate foreign gentleman who fixed those damages at 2 generans amount. Is it impossible for our Foreign Office to show as great energy in protecting as in surrendering British interests, und why does it not uphold in the case of BECHSTEIN, Russis the precedent which it allowed to be established in the case of Germany?

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The fuel chiefly used on the railway is wood, and of this huge stacks 6ft and 8ft. high and many yards thick are to be seen at almost every station along the line, whether in wood- ed or unwooded regions, the quantities stored. boing apparently sufficient to lust for years.

The immediate decision of this contraband Twenty miles east of Manchuria Station there is a coal mine yielding lignite of very poor question is all the more important as the Baltic quality, bat at slukden itself there is a large Flest is now at sea on its way to the East, so stock of coal, some of which has been brought that we may confidently expet further attacks up from Port Arthur and some from the Yentai on British commerce while Lord Lansdowne is nines. The ongines between Makdon and waiting for an answer from Russia. I maintain KRAUSS, Kharbia are fired partly by coul und partly by that every word of the lotter which some wood. The Times's informant took 12 days to months ago I addressed to you has been justified travel from Mukden to Irkutsk, thus travers- ing about 125 miles a day, including the passage paddle-boat built at Stettin which did not do of Lake Baikal, performed in un old Gorman more than oight knots. He saw the military trains going round the lake by the now rail way. From Irkutsk to Moscow the trains wore taking ten days to cover a distanco which nor mally is done in six or 6 days. It must be remembered, however, that the wast-bonnd trains were often kept for hours in sidings, pre- ferenco hring na urally given to east-bound truins. Of these latter he counted teu or 11- daily un the average (one day 13) it the time during which he was not sleeping, way from in the morning till 11 at night. The total number passing in the whole 24-hours must, therefore, have boon about 16.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The P. & A. steamer Nicomadia left Portland on the 22nd Nov, vis Japan ports, and may be expected here on the 24th Doo

by facts. The British Government was not on its guard, neglected the old and sound maxim to act, when it made & great show of doing Obsta principiis," and waited till it was forced something and reassured a part of the public with bold words. It allowed the trouble to grow till it assumed dangerous dimensions. And let those who pooh-pooh the contraband question read past naval history. The definition of contraband has been the cause of many wars, because it vitally affects neutral commerce.

DESTITUTE AMERICAN SAILORS.

-The Kinkiang correspondent of the N-C. Daily News writes: Recently six American Bailors passed through the port. They had been discharged in Canton and travelled by sea as far as Feochow. The American Consul there, instead of helping them to Shanghai by boat, advised them to tramp orerland! They finally made their way to this port, and were assisted to Shanghai by the British Cousal here and some others. The American Consula on

The steamer Lightning, from Calentin, loft the river appear to have refused to give these Singapore for this port yesterday morning.

sailors any help, and it was to the kindnoss The steamer Inkum, which left Chia-Wan- of a British ship that they owed the assist Tas on the 24th Uct., arrived at Darbau, Natal,auce which placed them in Shanghai with s few clothes and a little money in their pockets. and South Africa on the 22nd Nov,

The American Consals are said to have no funds The 1.G.. steamer Zieten which left hero at their disposal for the relief of their destitute! un the 26th Oct., arrived at Genoa on Wednes-nationals. an arrangement which is in marked day, the 23rd Nov., at 8 a.m..

contrast with the generosity of most of the

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Hongkong, 10th October, 1904.

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DR. NEWELL WILSON,

DENTIST.

Latest American Methods.

Reasonable Foos,

No charge for examinations.

Office hours 9 AM to 5 P.M.

The C.P.R. steamer Empress of India arrived financial arrangements of the United States in at. Kobe at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the 22nd Nov, the East; bat most British Consuls would 1ST and left again at 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday for prefer to be out of pocket themselves rather Tokokame, where she was duo to arrive at I put than allow the charge of assisting their com- | yesterday.

intriots to fall on those of another nationality.

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