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longer it be allowed to continuo, the harder it will be to patch up the peace. The more cost Japan is put to, in blood and treasure, the greater must be the price of peace, and the move firmly will she insist upon her “pound

WATSON & CO., of flesh." That reference is hardly just in

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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS:

The Board of Riter has issued the eastomary notice to all the yamous in Peking that on the

17th 1st Moon they must attend the Board with drums etc., as there will be an eclipes of the

moon.

At the instance of Inspector Collect, Shur Po I was charged before Mr. J. H. Kup at the Police Ceart yesterday with being a rogue

aud a vagabond. Ho was caught entering a

the connection, for Japan's demands, great as they are, do not in principle go beyond the objects for which she plunged into down at West Point in the early hours of hostilities, and her insistence on the major Tuesday morning, and the lakong who atempt points indicated will be inspired less by ed to rest hima had his cont torn to shrods, avarice than by the simple necessity of self The Magist ato hold that there was no felonious preservation. Had Russia not been embar-intent, and dismissed the cuɛo. rassed by domestic disorder, the outlook for peace would have been still more hopeless. We know that the TEAR'S Government was hoping against hope for some victory that would restore her prestige, or, as the

E BLEND Chinese Bay, save her face. There is no

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doubt that this hope still persists, and the notorious chonciness of battle justifies it, notwithstanding the uninterrupted successes of the Japanese forces. That the dietur bances in Eussia are serious enough to affect the conduct of law troops in the East

By the courtesy of Mr. Altrot E. Jissup, ju. charge of the Imperial Chinoso Mint, the Chia Review was able to give the following det ils of tho work done for the year 1904:-From Jan. 3. 1904 to Jan. 1, 1305, Bilver dollars coined, 1,405.017 pieces, Twenty ctal, copper 3.997,710 pieces, Ten vish, copper, 81,940,060

pieces, One cash, brass, 1,077,120 pieces. 82) cash, $1.

A gloom has been cast over Hankow by tho death there, from typhoid fever, of Mr. A. F Hobbins, of Moss, Butterfield & Swiro. The N. C. Daily News says he was only recently

he was a very popular member of the Light

TELEGRAMS.

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MORE NEWS FROM RUSSIA.

LONDON, 9th February.

The strikes in St. Petersburg are reviving, fresh recruits joining the demonstrators each day.

At Irkutsk the trouble is also spreading. The railway mon there have joined the moveinent. It is re- ported that a large breach has been made in the railway cast of Irkutsk.

In Poland, the revolutionary move- ment is now general,

TURKISH EMBARRASSMENTS.

LONDON, 9th February,,

("NC. Daily Nexos” Servica,) BAD TIMES IN THE CONTRABAND TRADE.

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Tokyo, lat February, The Austrian steamer Siam, with English coal for Vladivostiek, was asptured yesterday off Hokkaido. The Siam (3,100 tons gross) was built at Nowcastla in 1899, and was former-

the Resolve. She is registered at Fiume,

HONGKONG REGATTA.

SUPREME COURT,

Thursday, 9th February,

In BanknurTCY,

BEFORE BIR H. 8. BERKELEY (CRIBP JUSTICE);

Choung Cook Nom, a debtor lately trading as dealer in jowollery, silk, ivory, at No. 41 Queen's Road Central, was examined by Mr. G. H. Wakeman (Ofleial Receiver). Tho debtor said that he had been in business for nine ....... years having commenced with a capital of | $14,000. For two or three years the business was run at a profit bat he had borrowed mousy to start a branch at Harana and owing to the

Mr. E. R. Hullifax, où, Secretary of Hong- boug Regatta, has forwarded us a programme for Saturday's Regatta, An alteration has bson made in the prizes of the first rucs (gig ruco open to N.C.O.'s, and men of the Garrison) They are now $20 for first and $10 for second toats respectively. Dirs. May kas kindly con- Bonted to proseat the prizes at the conclusion of the Regatta.. By courtesy of Vico-Admiral Sir Gerard Noot aai offi core the band of H.M.S

Mr. P. W. Goldring said that there were Glory will play on the flagship during the after- upwards of 30 creditors hat only one (this

noon. The first raos taltes place at 0.45 p.m.

high rate of interest and heavy expenses he began to lose mousy. He knew he was in difficulties three years ago but expected to reosive sufficient money from abroad, to pay his creditors.

landlord), who was secured, showed any interest

in the proceedinuga. The examination wra declared closed,

ennnot for a moment he doubted, although transferred to Hankow from Shanghai, where fused to advance any more money to evening to witness the opening boats in the Beavis applied for adjudication on kohalf of the

we are bearing less about them than wa'did,

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WHISKY. Princu TRUBETSKOT's letter to the MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, which was reproduced by us yesterday, shows that, as the royal writer told the ToAu, it is "not a simple

revolution," disturbance, but

The Vienna correspondent, Hugo GANZ, whose "Downfall of Russia" Messra. HODDER AND STOUGHTON have just published, tells us that in all Russia, save perhaps in VERY FINE OLD VINTAGE MANY parts of the Baltic provinces, he could

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find no trace of a dynastic sentiment, no loyalty of the kind to be seen in most other countries. To the masses, the TEAR represents the essence of tamporal and

Horse, and was generally very uno all who know him, his unfailing good humour making him very welcome wherever he want,

The fashions of the West are taking root in

the East. Most of the Indian Rajshs have

their palaces furnished from the Tottenham Court Road, and the tables and other things look strangely out of place niaid their Oriontal surroundings. Beautiful to a degree are the

of Sium is the latest to get bitten with Anglo- works of Siamese craftswon, and yet the King manis, and he has given orders for his palace to bo equipped with the products of the road of Tottenham Court.

FLEET BOXING.

In the case of the Hang On Firm, lately The Navy and Army wars well represented The French-Ottoman Bank has re-in the large hall of the Kowloon Dockyard last trading at No. 102 Queen's Road, Mr. U. B.H. China Flest boxing championships. Captain Official Roosiver. The application was granted. Be the Young Hing Bank, bankore and cigar, Lt. Hellett of HMS. Albion and Mr. merchants, of No 144 Queen's Band, Mr. W Logan acted as judges and Engineer Sub-Dixon applied for a rooviving order. The Lt Bedell was timekeeper. There were two,

Turkey, so the Deutsche Bank at Shelford of H.M.S. Glory acted as referen. Berlin has promised aséistance.

The Porte has ordered sixty batteries of Krupp guns.

GERMAN GOVERNMENT CANAL MONOPOLY.

LONDON, 9th February. The Prussian Canal Bill has passed the Diel.

(The original Bill reinted only to the construe- tion and maintenaneo of them ens, but there was a subsequent proposit at the Government should, in "eas. it wrs pas ed, retain the monopoly of traction by electric cable, without

two minute, and ove three minute rounds. The following were the results:

Bantam Sutcliffs of the Tamar beat Adame of the Gary; Wilks of the Glory beat White- house of the Glory.

1ight:-Parker of the Albion beat O'Shea of the Ocean on a foal; Clark of the Glory beat Colin of the dron; Beales of the Albion

bout Huokle of the Ocean; Carson of the Glory beat Lovatt of the Sutlej; Liddle of the Sutlej bent Blake of the Astrem; Wade of the Hague and Clark of the Glory boxed hyes. Parker and Cameren, both of the Albion, boxed two rounds, but owing to the electric light failing. Feather:-Walker of the Sutlej beat Gill of the Glory; Eglington of the Glory beat

manager of the bank had absconded and there

was no likelihood of him coming up for his examination. The application was granted.....

The public examination re the Wing Chan Kee firm was adjourned at the opplication of the Official Receiver.

BELCHERS FORT CAFTURED.

The talk of yesterday was the enpture of Balobera Fort. It was taken, during the annus) mobilization manouvres, by the attacking party in the early morning. A torpado hoat steamed into harbour as bold as a red light could make it, and the defenders' searchlights flashed on it quietly pulled their hosts to the beach wadse the over of the temporarily uninterrupted dark-

It seems almost a foregone conclusion that spiritual power; to the intelligent classes, the Football Challenge Shield will go once interfering with the ordinary stanm-tug traffic.]the Anal round was postponed until this evening. in an instant. The onomy, in the meantime,

more to the Navy. The local civilian teams

an element of fate. The grand dukes attract

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diminish whom such teams as those of H. M.

ships Glory. Albion and Centurion are remom bered. The Allion are spoken of as invincibles, and as probable rotainers of the shield they won 30 handsomely last year.-V.R.C. Magazine,

more interest, for they are "jossed" to bears, it must be admitted with regres, hardly to ecen and heard, who can help or harm: ho considered probables for the foal; the army. People speak freely in privata of the terms are more likely; but even their chances

ቢከ unmistakable allusion to the first lover of the notorious Empress CATHERINE II. TOLSTOY mid the archists, working from different ends, have sapped the strength of the popular |

This February number of the V.R.C. Magazine faith in the Tax as the spiritual head, the says:-There are two personal itomas to record. faith alone which held together the regard Ous of these is that Mr. T. C. Gray, a well which personal loyalty elsewhere inspires, known local sport, has joined the V. R. C. Ware a sinologue and an authority on Magazine Round Table, and in fact, has become things Russian to collaborate with a view

one of the editors of the Magazine. Mr. Gray will do all keen to help the magazine forward to showing the points of similarity between

and will write on various matters of local sport | China and Russia, we imagine the resulting interest. The second item is the appoint. would startle most pouple. Superficially, we may note a few. There is the unwieldy overgrowth of each empire, itself a natural barrier to the cohesion that means loyalty. There is in each case the ignorance and

meat of Mr. F. Lammert to the position of Hon. Secretary of the V.R.C. We can trust Mr. Lazmert to do his best for the club and to

see that all is ran on sound business lines.

AMERICA'S COURTSHIP OF CHINA.

LONDON, 9th February,

It is reported that President Roose velt is returning the "Boxer" indem- nity to China.

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RUSSIA.

LONDON, 7th February. The St. Petersburg nobility has adopted by 158 votos to 20, an address to the Tar urging him to summon the elected representatives of the nation.

LATER.

Bloksley of the Ocean.

ness, and before the military know where they Middle-McDonald of the Albian beat Ross were, bluejackets surrounded the heights and

domanded surrender. of the Glory.

The contest will be continued this evening.

FIRE ON THE B.S. "SHAHZADA.”

CHIEF OFFICER SUFFOCATED.

Another party of bluejackots landet at Blue Buildings to capture the Major-General, but, by the rules of the game, they failed in their project. Other fighting was carried out ot The the different parts of the Island,

The dark

A fire deeprred on board the s.s. Shanzada, | military lave not had such a general turn- at Kowloon Docks, yesterday morning. At out for a long time. Even the Army three o'clock the scold officer was awakened Ordnance men wors required to be ready, by a noies. Jumping out of his bank and asleep in their offices, 87 as to be ready if hurrying on deck he found smoke coming from more aumanition was required. No. 3 held. The chief officer Mx. William hours were wet and chilly, and the regulars, to Laird, was jest going down the ladder to the say nothing about the Volunteers, felt that two 'tween deoks. The recond officer advised him blankots would bare boca better than one, not to go down without a life-line bat ho por They warmed themselves round their camp sisted. In the meanwhile the dock people get fires where they made their stow or warmed up to work with her hoses. Some of them went bulley beef. As they stumbled over tant pegs, into the 'tween decks in surch of the shiof rocks and brambles, more than one whispored officer, bus they could not find him. At about softly that this would be disagreeable work The attacking party consisted a quarter to four, when the fire was well under ander arms! control, and the smoke had cleared away some- of a naval force and 900 native troops t keni what, the second officer went into the lower out to sou in tho Adromeda, Hogue, The Andromeda land-

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ion and corruption on the part of the classes. There is the same general view of the ruler, which approximates to the Unitarian's vague appreciation of his God,

A Shanghai resident writing to the Daily

disease (amalipox) in Shanghai it is natural that the Municipal Council should take every Pecaution against it. There is one precaution, however, that seems to entirely escape their notice. I refor to the rioshas. It is impossible

The Assembly of Nobles at Morcow linee met to decide upon the presentation of an address to the Tsar. Of the two addresses submitted, the one, Conservative, which was adopted by a majority, says that pance in the Far East with out humiliation, will presently be impossible:

of Kusain, but deprecatas interual reform until the war is ended. The other, Liberal, which was rejected, advocated collaboration of the Tear with the people for reform. LATER.

The strike movement is spreading in all directions in Russia; it is increasing is Tiflis, Batours, and on the Transcaucasian railway

where there have been sanguinary conflicts bo

motionless. He tied a rops about the body ed a party of men near Aberdeen. The Indian and told these en deck to haul ap. Arti troops and naval force, forming the „ttacking

·were commanded by Vice-Admiral facial respiration was then resorted to and con- party finned for an hour and a half after the arrival of Sir Gerard Noel, who used the Alterity as his Dr. Masfarlane, at about a quarter past five. | flagship. The defensive tactics were auder The doctor, Enally, declared life to be extinct,

Colonel Western, Royal West Kants, while Deceased was 45 years of age.

Major-General Villiers Hetton was at herd- quarters throughout the night. The umpires decided in favour of the attacking party, and the Admiral signalled congratulations to his man.

The Shaheeda was not damaged to any extent by the fire. It appears that from ten to twenty

a recognition of power, without any parti- for a European to gain an idea of their clean. cular feeling of personal devotion. There liness when we only have the black seat and is the same mystery for outsiders, the diffi.surroundings presented to our view. Far away culty of understanding the people; and Teking and Tientsin have insisted on their almon a like mixture of languages and richas being covered with white to enable auptween the Cossacks sad the revolutionary mobs.ittors were working on board, and one of them

one at a glance to see any trace of dirt. Why should not Shanghai enforce the same?And, may we ald, why not Hongkong; also f

tribes. Likenesses could also be traced in

HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1985. We notice that both the Time and the the methods of administration, and similarity Standard announced the probability of an

in the intriguing that goes on in the ante- early restoration of peace. The Times was chambers of the respective palaces. There

in a position to state," and the Standard

is a similar burden of national loaus. There an authoritative quarter." An quoted

is also a resemblance in the status of examination of the information vouchsafed woman, which is perhaps the most important with such hopeful preliminaries does not point of all, for no nation can be uplifted encourage us to attach to it the importance whers sexual depravity exists and neither and significanes we would be glad to believe the Russian nor the Chinaman has yet it possessed. It is the same old story, realised the need of putting woman into the based on the popular but not fully war-place assigned to her by higher civilisations, ranted assumption that the fill of Port Justice is on the like footing. To win a Arthur must hasten the end of the war. lawsuit," we are told, is in Russia u matter The "authoritative "source appears to have of luck, not the result of a definite state of been Japanese, and Japan has no authority justice." When a so-callest European nation to speak for more than herself. It has been can he so compared with China, of all understood all along that the Japanese would countries, its condition must indeed be welcome peace-on terms, As Viscount deplorable. And who can say that Rungis HAYASHI phrased it last month: "Of course has yet touched the heihermost deep to we want piace. We wanted peace before which she seems to bo treuding 1 war broke out, and have continued to desire

Intermezzo Under the Moon"

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GORKI STILL IMPRISONED.

LONDON, 7th February,

The reported releass of Mazins Gorki, the Russian novelist, la jucerrect.

THE WAR.

{"DAILY FRESU SERVICE} RUSSIAN COMMISSARIAT'S

may have dropped a lighted match, thus igniting matting and dunpage wood. The ship was not insured. She was recently purchased from Chinese by Mr. Carmichael, of Meters, Carmi

chael and Clarka.

COMMERCIAL WAR GAMBLING. - The following notos of operations at Lloyds wem published as a "special" by the St. James's Farcite

Peace between Russia and Japan at the present time would disturb markets and result in Icsses to many people. In order to cover the zisk of such an eventuality high premiums are being paid at Lloyds,

FALAL ACCIDENT ON THE OCEAN"

A fatul accident occurred on HMS Ocean on Wednesday afternoon. A young able saamar, S. Rowlands, while engaged in hoisting a twelve-inch shall from a lighter alongside had his logs badly crushed. The man was removed to hospital where the right leg was amputated and the left sat The operation proved too. much, howe er, and the poor fellow died

He was buried with naval. daring the night. baneurs at Happy Velley yesterday afternoon.

It is mid that deceased was the last surviving

By kind permission of Major Rudcliff and care, the Band of the 23rd Barme Infantry will play the following programme of music, at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner, this (Friday) evening:- March... E duang where 'e are "......Carter -...-G. Kuschi Selection... "Eominissunces of Chopia"

Winterbottom Poks

The Huuly Mau".

Evole Waltz......" Dos Flours ........... bchenkowaky

FAILURE. The Silver Blipper"... Loelie Stuart Dance...... "Burn Dance ............ King Hall

A number of policies have been issued MENU--Hors D'Euvres-Sliced Bestronta,

LONDON, 9th February.

tal loss if war between Japan and son of his mother, who lives at Liverpool, and Soup Chicker sad Almond, Veruicelli Soup Tomato, and Water Cress. Anchovy on Tou

pay a total Russia's Commissariat department Russia terminates on or before the 30th of that the poor widow had recently taken steps Fish-Friod Fish. Entrees-Roast Quail pa

April'next," at rates of from 30 to 35 guineas to secure his discharge from the Navy.

This means that in the event of the Toast, Stewed Sheep's Hond and Asparagus, Sat is now working under immense diffiper cent.

war being over within that period the under-SMALLPOX AND ASMAETSKIPPER

30 Matton, Roast Pheasant, and Cold Ham Carry culties.

or 35 guineas Traffic on the Trans-writer must pay £100 for every

which he seoepts, thus lesing batween £60 and -Curry Strimps. Salad-Celery Band Veget.

Selection...

ternu Fillot of Beef Joints-Boast Baddle" of

Calno. Fruits in Seacon. Toa and Coffve,

stores of ammunition are almost

"to

of those

The Tohong correspondent of the N.C. Daily

ablos-Boiled Potatoes, Masked Potatoes, Cauli-Siberian Railway is completely dis- £76 per cunt by the transaction. On the basis Netes wrote: traveller to the west who had

rates the chances are 2 to 1 against Bowers, and Carrots. Sweets Pear Pudding. Cocoanut Tarticts, Coffee Ice Cream, Finger organised. General Kuropatkin's the war being over by the and of April. The evilently contracted small-pox in Shanghai arrived hore with the diseans fully out. She is rate for two months-le, to the end of

now rapidly convalescing. The greatest credit February-is guinea per cent.

The business done at these rates during the is due to Captain Spink of the . Tungting.

who risk himself pluckily past two or three days amounts to manged the patient on the trip from any attende thousands of pounds. The orders for the accurate ware his observations of the course of most part come from the Stock Exchange, the fever, and so carefully were the changes in where bears and bear option holders of Russian

As announced ia our advertisement columns

A leaky conservancy boat foundered off the Nippon Yusen Kaisha has sccepted the deplenished, and it is at present im- Etonecutters yesterday afternoon.

agency of the great Northern Steamship Com-possible to get more sent through. pany in China and Japan, the first steater

Yesterday's plague retura montioned the dading of a dead Chiness in Wing Lok Street. Likin stations may be abolished his all the commercial treaties are signed. Zy

it ever since. But it takes two parties to come to an agreement, and we have yet to learn that Russia will accede to our terme." Thus, while it is pleasant to con- template cessation of the slaughter that has shocked us, and interesting to read of the Jong anticipated de- mands for Saghalien, -for-a Corean - Owing to illness Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz was protectorate, for Port Arthur, for the unable to sit at the Police Court yesterday, Manchurian Railways to be made Inter-

· Thess. Hoi Ho, an old Canton River steamer, national, and for a large indomuity, we have has been sold by Mr. Chee Wo to a morte

She will leave for Shanghai in

of the were line, the Minnesota, is duo hore en

of

and Japanese stook would stand to lose in the temperature an: the oruption noted, that it was easily possible to come to a correct diagnosis of event of

I peace baing concluded at an early date. Aport from the belief that Enssia would be the case without an examination of the patient. well advised to come to terms with Japan now

just by a study of the report bonded in by that Port Arthar has fallon, there does not the Captain. Truly the medical profession lost

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seem to be any ground for the expectation that the war will be over soon. The latest news from St. Petersburg indicates that neither the Ter ᏅᎩ . his advisera are in any more conciliatory mood than they were before the great fortress was captured.-

and

a bright ornament when he chose the sen. In this remote spot we are not so well placed for vaccination as the more fortunate foreigners nearer Shanghai Shaughai lyraph invariably reaches us quite inert, the journey seemingly proving too long for it. So we have now to The fealing in the room at Lloyd's is that wait till the spring months when the natives while there may be a lull in hostilities for some prose aph from cows suffering from vac. time there is little likelihood of a speedy ciula in Shasi, termination of the war.

The Harbin-Moukden section the 25th inst. The steamer in described as oue the railway is also broken. of the largest freight carriers in the world, and is magnificently oppointed for the accommoda JAPANESE GUNBOATS FOR THE tion of 250 first cabin, 68 intermediate and n

AMUR, large number of sleemgo, passengers. The steamer is commanded by Captain J. H. Rin.

LONDON, 9th February." der. well known in the trans-Pacifio trado ap Master of the C. & O. Company's 8.8. Belgie.

Japanese gunboats are being pre- and Coptic. The general offices of the Great pared to enter and operate in the -to recognise these things as parts of an oft-purchaser.

Northern Steamship Co. are at Sestila, and the about ten days. told tale, and to realise that while Japan

stester runs between that part and Hongkong, Amur.

The Russian Vice Cossal in Leeds stated [This is carrying war into Russia proper.

that he knew nothing of the reported offer by has too much, right and too much might. A tolegrain from M. Jadot, engineer-in-chief calling at Yokohama Kobo, Nagasaki, Shang-

The richest man in all Notherlands India is the Engaian Garorament of a contract to a now to concede any material point, and while of the Paling-Hankow railway, to Brassels on hai and Manila. The general trafls manager The river Amur empties into the Gulf of

January 2nd, said that the line is now finished is Mr. Geo. Sutherland, well-known in the Tartory, which separates the island of Saghalien said to be the Chinese millionaire of Samarang Leads firm for the supply of 250,000-tone of Russia clings desperately to her vanishing

as fares the Yellow River, the total length being Fast as the former manager for the Chins from the mainland. Presumably, the, attempt named Wee Chong Ham. He is interested in Welsh coal for the third Baltic squadron, de- cannot be made until the summer rains flood the prestige, there can be no certainty of an early 600-kilometres. The last 300 kilometres, ia. Mutual Steam Navigation Co.at Shanghai, Mr.rivor, which is intersected by thirteen bars, all many large business enterprises in that quarter, livery to commence in March next. The cou- settlement. The war, too, shares one chane- cluding the laying of the rails, were constructed Sutherland intends retursing to the Orient with vory shallow water. There are numerous as well as in Singapore, Hongkong, Japan, and tract, it had been stated, was refused, although teristic of the domestic quarrel, in that the 'during 1904.

shortly on a business tour.

Rasaian settlements on the right tank.]

London,

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a high price was offered. In face of the state-

ment af headquarters the report was discredited.