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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1905

NELSON did, that it is permissible to attack the enemy in any place from which they may make an attack. Since Nossi Ri was not the end of its voyage, the Russian squadron may he said to have continued an attuck thence; and the same argument

Canton River steamers have of late boen

considerably dolayed by fog.

The ms. Loocok, while of Swatow on Monday saw two Japanese cruisers steaming southwards at full speed.

The fourth Hongkong Volunteer competition TELEGRAMS. for the Smyth Cap will take place at Tai Hang rango on Sanday.

The following is an extract from a private latter received yesterday from Japan: “Letters from Hongkong which I have been anxiously On Wednesday night an electric tram-car awaiting orrived last night. They wore stamped

Nagasaki. Your Post Ofeo certainly requires

A. S. WATSON & CO., would apply to Saigon. But, as we have ran off the rails opposite the Harbour Office 16th March in Hongkong and 30th March

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

No ono was hurt."

is reported to be for sale at the price of £10,000. The liner originally cost $550,000.

The German mail Prenesen arrived from Singapore yesterday afteruron. She was do- layed about thirty hours by fog.

here (north-west coast) on the 26th.

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GERMANY AND MOROCCO.

Vladivostock was to have been free from ice is confirmed. about the 4th or 5th of this mouth. We should thon, says the Japan Mail, have some practical proof as to the condition of the Barrio

and the Gromoboi, and as to the fate of the

LONDON 13th April.

NINETEEN THOUSAND

DEATHS.

SUPREME COURT.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Wolucnday, 12th April.

BEFORE SIR I. S. BERKELEY (CHIEF JUSTICE).

Mr. Dixon (of Mr. John Hastings' office,)

A report that the German Com-LE THE WEI YUEN CO. EXTAREM THE DENTOR, The Tacoma Ledger says that the sa. Garlic / #nking up. Your letter of 18th March was mission to Morocco had arranged ́a said that at a meeting, of creditors it was re- commercial treaty with the Sultan selred that the firm be made bankrupt. Ho

potitioned for this on behalf of the debtors,

Kwok Kwai Pok, was then examined by the Official Receiver (Mr. Wakeman)-I carry business at No. 114, Des Voeux Road, under the style of the Wei Yuen. My parter in So Wai Chiu. The business is coal and ship- Losos, 13th April. ohandlery. Wo commenced in July or August The death-roll in connection with | 1903 with a capital of $15,000, I subscribed the great earthquake in India has $1,000 and So Wai Chin $14,000. I am the managing periner. Our dealings were chiefly attained ari abnormal dimension. The with the office of reorganization at Cantou and Viceroy estimates the number of per-We also bought a business called the Cheap with the railway. We dealt largely in coul 90s who lost their lives at nineteen Jack, on the 8th January 1905. I bought it thousand.

Capt. C. McNamara, Royal Irish Rifles, kn beon specially selectal for sorgine with the Chinese Regiment at Woi-kui-woi.

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H. B. Collins, the Port Arthur and Yoko- hama spy, is now engaged preparing chip braid" for expert in the Tokyo prison.

said, it is not to Japan's interest to do so, if (as they naturally suppose) the Russiune intend to sail yet further north. If it had been their policy to seize the first opportu nity of attacking, it is obvious that the gal lant Togo should have hastened to Mada. gascar, and there accomplished his task before the Armada was augmented. Against that there was the risk of passing his enemy on the way. The narrow strip of WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, ocean that can be watched by even a large fleet with fast cruisers, moving towards a fixed objective, is after all a mere thrand in the wide fabric of water to be croused; and the tables might have been turned indee if the Russian ships had managed to slip past. When we remember the interval between Toto's departure and his arrival at Singapore, during which he was lost so COGNAC BRANDY fas & the uninformed world was con-ortler" coal cargo are postponing their cerned, the apeculation arises whether departure from Hongkong to Japan on account by any chance his anval scouts have failed of the Baltic Flos, to get inte touch with: hiza. The long line of Russian ships could not escape the notice of all these watchful cruisers. Is it possible ...$20.00 tlwat they have oven met and suck some of thom? This, in spite of rumour, is un- likely, because the scouting cruisers' duty was not to fight; and if there had been way collision it could not have been concealed so long. The Times of India, as will be notice:

A. OLD PALE

Per Doz.

B. SUPERIOR VERY OLD COGNAC 27.00-

C. VERY OLD LIQUEUR COGNAC 33.00 by the extract reproduced elsewhere, dues

D. HENNESSY' FINEST VERY

QLD LIQUEUR COONAC

"i 43,0

The half yearly general menting and an ex- traordinary general meeting of shareholders in tha Hongkong Jockey Club will be held at the City Hall on April 20th.

It is reported that certain reasola with

The suction of Mr. A. Lovy's very ne collection of carka and antiquitias takes place at No. 5, Wyadham Street, this afternoon. Mr. Lammert being the auctioneer.

The Bible Society reports remarkable sales of the Scriptures in China last year, whor; the total number of copies oirculated was 1,066,670 copier.

To-morrow evening Mr. N. Mumford, Pro- sident of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong, is to be entertained at a farewell smoking concert at which he will be presented with an iBaminated pddress.

Carl Joubert, in his book, "The Truth about the Tear." tails us that in the Best of Admiral Rochdestvensky half of the men of the crews are resolutionaries who will give a good account of themselves, though it is probable that Niebolas Alexandrovitek will feel us pride in their achievements.

not believe that the Japanese ships reported at Singapore were part of Tono's own fleet; and at best the statement that they were was only a ranour.

An enquiry will be held at the Harbour It is characteristic of their whole ndrance that some of the Rus- Office ou Monday into the cireumstances con- nected with the sinking of the launch Tong On sian ships should have digressed so far as by the sanchising Star, off Green Istant the island of Banca, off Sumatro; and itdating fog on the morning of the 12th inst.

y very likely be that Aduciral Roza- DESTVENSKY is alive to the advantage of inducing Towo, by making him impatient, A. S. WATSON & CO. to deliver an attack so far from Japanese

war harbours.

That is, it would not be so mach an advantage to the Russians as it would be putting the two flects nearer to a level of disadvantage. If this surinisë bë Ng Ng Mui, à Chiness women, was tried for warranted, there results a period of navalhurcony by the Second Police Magistrate'yester- duelling by manœuvres, a war of waiting, day afternoon, and discharged. Tho Sonior which will prevent us from hearing for some time the exciting news we are all ngog for. The movements of British ships locally have something to do with the trend of arents; but are not en intimately reintod as some seem to suppose. We presume that

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Polico Magistrate bad made. Her bail $5,000

after be discharged the original defendant, Wong Cheong Mui, in a cross-action for larceny. Ng Ng Mei was the original complainant.

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Bogatyr. The two first might wake their lighting qualities inconveniently folt if their commanders were inspired with a spirit of daring. Will they wait tamely on the chance of the Baltic Squadron reaching Vladivostock, or will they, in the meanwhile, resume their old metier of commerco-destroyers ?

By kind permission of Major Radcliffe and officers, the Band of the 93rd Harma Infantry will play the following progromus of music, at the King Edward Hote!, during diaaar, this (Friday) evening:- March...This Stirs and Stripe for ever" Souza Song

The Wanderer"...... Schubert Selection ....

The Belle of New York" Kirker "The Hiun Danube” Valtz....... Selection Lancers.

Stran

asiomon

* Lealia Stuart's Songs Allon

| Her Majesty's '

Berger Cake Walk...Jolly N-gros"

MENU-How D'Chymns--Caviare in Egg. Soups-Ox Tail Soup, Julienne Soup. Fish- Boiled Fish and Shrimp Sauce

Entrees-Konst Quad on Toast, Matton Cutlet and Mayonnaise. Ox Tongue sin Aspic. Jointa-Roast Iag of Curry Mutton, Keast Turkey, Cold York Ham. -Curry Liver. Salad-Celery Salud. Vegetables Boiled Potatoes, Chippel Fotatoes, Stowe Tomatoes, White Beau. Sweets-Victoria Pud- ding, rem Puffe, Banana Ice Creats, Finger

Tea and Coffee, Case, Fraits in Season.

Reporting a matice smrder, the Times of Ceylon says:-It appears that, in accordance with a common village custom, whereby a man engages himself to the head of a family to ronder eervices free of payment to the latter on the understanding that on the latter's daughter coming of age he is to be received as her acknowledged fiancee, and, in course of titae, to be wedded to her, an old woman bad permitted a man to dwell in her kouse. However, it seems that a more suitable offer was made for the hand

REUTER'S SERVICE.]

FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, 11th April. The Paris Municipal Council have sent condolences to the King on the recent earth- quake in India.

THE REDUCTION OF TEA DUTY.

Lospor, 11th April. The Tos rosolution has been adopted.

THE WAR.

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THE BALTIC FLEET.

A LOITERING SECTION.

BATAVIA, 13th April.

The Russian battleship Sissoi Veliki, accompanied by some small cruisers and a few transports, has been at the Anambas Islands, on the east coast

of the girl, whereupon the mother attempted to of the Malay Peninsula, since the throw the former lover over, the daughter 11th instant. apparently consenting to this new arrangement. The rejected suitor, it is alleged, entered the house and seizing the girl by the waist, stabbed her to death. No less than fourteen knife wounds were inflicted. The was is alleged to have next seized the girl's mother,and also stabbed her to death.

THE MARINE INSURANCE MARKET.

The Times correspondent writing on March. 71b says War cisk insurances ou the halls and cargoes of the Eiswold Ocean, and Norge, from Australia for Vladivostok, with

underwriters on the three steamers of £180,000.

There is no news here of Admiral Rozhdestvensky's division of battle. ships; although there are plenty of baseless rumours.

ROZHDESTVENSKY

APPROACHING.

THE ARMADA SIGHTED SOUTH OF SAIGON.

We learn that

a telegram was

frain Leang Ho Tiu for $16,000. It is ran in connection with the Wei Yron. I bare not paid the $18,0 0, but $9,750. Since the beginning of January, 1905, ye have

bought great quantities of coal in connection with the Wei Yuen, and 300 tons for the Cheap Jack business. Tho Cheap Jack has separate books. At Canton, So Wai Chin collected $60,000 mentioned in my aldavit. The money was landed to him at the offleo of the reorgani sation. It has over leem brought down from Canton, The Wei Yuen have an offler at Can- tom, in which I am a partner. The St0,000 has been used in Canton to pay accounts Lo Sam Chuon managed the Canten basimees, which not belongs to the creditors. I have a steam launch called the Competitor, I bought it iu Hengsoog about July to October 1904 for $3,800. It is need for going off to vessels to get Lainees, I bare nover sold the launch. I sigood a paper stating that I had sohl the launch to. Mr. E. H. Murray for $5,000. I signed it because he said someone wanted to seize the launch and he would protect

me. It was not done with

a view to doirand

my creditors. I signed it on the 27th Januz 1905. Mr. Murray said Hand the launch over

to me. 1 cin

business with Mr. Murray. He knew I was in proservo it." I have had difficulties. What he did was to help me with

this launch in case it would be seized. Mr. Marray read the document to me. It states. that I have received 85,000 for the lanach, Thin is not true.

By the Court-Mr. Murray paid no money or other consideration. The transaction was a

bogne one.

So Wei Chui was examined. He said hə had not taken an active part in the business. He had no property. He never collected 360,000 at Canton. He did not know whether the accountant collected it. The 960,000 ran over the whole year. He had no property in Can- ton, but heda house in the country worth $300, This had been attached by Messrs. Melchers

and Company. He was security, they seized

the housu. In his statement of affaire be

was security for $100,000. The E, Shum firm.“ desling with Bombay, where he was employed

there. If he was called upon to pay $100,000 ke could not pay it.

grain, bave been cancelled at a total cost to received by the Naval Authorities The Grand Lodge of England, at its recent. Three steamers from the Pacific Coast for yesterday, reporting that H.M.S. it will bo the duty of some of them to watch meeting, approved of the proposal to appoint J | Vladivostok with food stuffs were cancerhigenia, which left bere at 4 p.. required this security. He was assistant manager

Lyone and Co. (Limited) as lesbos of the recently at a cost of £165,000, and if to these Freemasons' Tavern, upon the reconstruction underwriters will have to pay on the seven

we add the Abergridie, also

cancelled. and redecoration of which it is the intention of steamers no less than £383,000. There are the Grand Lodge to expend some £30,000. other intuor concellings which I have not yet The present lease of the Freemasons Tavern included. The figures given abore, on

useumption that the 16 Vladivostok captures in expires at Micha-tmax.

which this market is interested prove a total loss on appeal, raise the ascertained losses on the Vladivostok war risks to £1,369,000.

the points where our Eastern cables land, in view of the ebvious 'demptation that exists for the Russians to tamper with them for strategic reasons, Russians are now sufficiently inured to half apologies and commissions of enquiry to disregard nicoties of conduct in such nutters.

[The foregoing comments were written before the Commodore's news was received LONGKONG OFFICE : 14, Devour bon Travelling north easterly from a point to the s.". of Cape Ongiok, the Armondi luna all the appearance of making for Saigon).

LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, ELC.

HONGKONG, APRIL 14, 1905.

THE absence of rows of any naval fighting in the south seems to support the view that the Japanese prefor that the inevitable fight shall take place is near their home waters as may be. We have been publishing such local gossip as has intrinsic interest, if no weight of authority; and naval mon have

communicated, some views which may or

may not have been inspired by experience;

but we fear that the first information that comes an high authority" will be a curt aunouncement that a collision has taken

The English Mail of the 11th March was delivered in London on the 10th inst.

The Portuguese erniser Adamaster lolt for Macao yesterday. The officers are keenly in terested in the arrival of the Baltic Fleet.

The British steamer Essby Abbey was insured

in London for £42,132 (hull, £23,160, and cargo

and freight, 218.972) and the Swedish steamOES

Vegga for £37,900 (hull, £17.000, and cargo

and freight, £20,300).

It is officially reported that since the com. mencement of hostilities thirty two steamers of

over one thousand tons cach have been capture by the Japanese navy. The above number includes the Bungar? taken at Chemulpo. The total tonnage of the steamers is about 100,010 tons. On the other hand the number of the Japanese steamers of orar 1,050 tons such sunk by the Russians reach four, representing a total of 14,000 tons. This lenten 88,030 tons in favour of Japan.

The Shanghai Mercury saya that as a nativo was gaily pedaling a gundy looking bicycle along the Bund the front forks of his machine snipped off close to the socket. with the result that the

took a header in the road which had just The unfortunats quickly picked himself up

bees nicely sprinkled by a Municipal watercett.

and with a sad look at his mad stained gar ments he gathered up the genius of his aschine and made for the nearest reppir shop muttering unutturable things about cheap but

on Saturday for Singapore, passed the Russian Fleet, composed of forty- the two ships, at § à.m. on Tuesday. They were then steaming in a north easterly direction from a point to the It is understood that, though the wor risk insurances on these provision steamers for south east of cape Ongdok, the most Vladivostok are cancelled, or in process of southerly point of Cochin-China. On eancellation, yet some at last of them will endeavour to carry their cargoes to Vladivostok. another mump, the sacs point appears The Tear is stated to using on the continuance

Flis Lordship-Who is Mr. Murray, Mr. P. W. Goldring-I appoar for him, He' is an American doing irasiness here.

His Lordship-He will have to tako pro-

ceedings against the Offeint Receiver for the laweh or it will be sold.

Mr. Goldring-I shall see to that, My Lord. His Lordship-Both of thess meu's certi- ficates should be suspended for at least two

To the partners-Be careful and try and

of their voyages, no doubt for the reason that to be called cape Cainao. The Russ-years. the cargees are urgently required by the Russian forces,

ian ships could there be bound for recollect what you have done with the $60,000, * might pat the matter in the hauls of the police, and you would

is insured here for £500,000, did not arrive in

not yet left South Africa.

bocia

be dealt criminally with.

The Premier Company's big diamond, which Saigon, or, which is just as likely, the steamer Briton as was expected. It has following the coast line with the idea

Both men had better be put in custody tilt of running into one of the South

the further examination, three weeks honce, It China perts if attacked by superior

is a debtors petition. The Official Receiver had force. The Russian naval mėn seem better pay the costs, and we will rescind the

THE JAPANESE VOLUNTEER

FLEET.

The amount of subscription towards the con-

action

Again maldressing the debtors-I think there ses grounds for believing you are concealing the $60,000, so I am going to direct that you 'be kept in custody until the further order of the Court. Mr. Dixon-I am here to apply for the dis- charge of the first partner who has been in custody fu consequence of proceedings against

stitution of a volunteer feet, of proposed by the to prefer internment to total destruc-whole proceedings, and let the creditors tako Imperial Marine Association, now approaches tion; and to act as if they counted 11 million yen and the execution of the proposal will skertly ba commenced. The shipbuilding on defeat. committee, at a recent meeting, decided to build several vessels of about 12,00 tons and over 21 kants speed esch, cancelling the former proposal to construct ships of about 7,000 tons. cost of construction of one

whip is roughly es

procat situation, the association intends an Mr. Berrington, director of the traffic trauch early collection of subscriptions a portion even

The

place, with such and such results. All else ministration of British law, visited the Houso, gaudy bicycles that collapse when least expectatiimated at four million yen, In view of the

Chang-Yen-hitao, who has just had such excellent opportunities for studying the ad-

where they make it; oud was' `accommodated with a seat in the Distinguished Strangers" Gallery.

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THE BALTIC FLEET.

LONDON, 11th April. A portion of the Baltic fleet, presumably

lím

His Lordship-Thero is this mysterious disappearance of $69,000. You can take at

H.M. Couse at Panamu (Mr. C. Mallet) has the Anglo-Chinese Telegraph Convention of department of the organization has also the of the battleships, is at Muntok in the island application to wo in chambers, but must give

is futile. For justance, there was a general impression that having left Singapore, the next port of call for Admira! ROZHDEST- TENSKY would be, as a matter of course, the notified the Board of Trade Journal that the French port of Saigon. One seafaring man,tomer service between Callao and Hongkong, in support of this, treated one of pur re-

with Panamo and Yokohama as intermediate porters to a pretty little lecture on the passports, has been suspended. The service was bilities of the fresh water in the river tarted as an experiment in the beginning of there "killing the barnacles" which at pre- sent are compelling a soil's-pace grateful to the supposed feelings of the officers of the coming Aruada. The general expecta. tion of a Saigon visit doubtless was based

of Indian telegraphs, has proceeded to Shang- by luy or June next in order to purchase two with Admiral Bozhdestvensky, with most hai to assist in negotiations for the renewal of of the aforessin vessals, meanwhile the ladies

ship which will be named with reference to intention of constructing or buying a similar of Banca, off Sumatra. woman-Yokohama (Japanese) Chamber of Commerce Report.

1894, the Chinese foxerument having notified ander the terms of agreement a desire for the modification of certain clauses.

The better maintenance of the line on the Chinese side of the Parmu-Yannan frontier and a redaction of rates are understood to be the chief points In order to extend trade with foreign to be urged and discussed with the Chinese countries a ecupetitive exhibition of ginger, representatives. The line in Yunnan beyond nake-gourd.red pepper, pea-nuts and many other the Ebano border is reported to in a deplorable articles, will be held from the 1st of April to state of disrepair.

1904.

This view is, of course, quite erroneous. | exhibit. However leniently the French might wish to interpret the laws of neutrality, they could only harbour the squadron of their Ally at their own risk and peril. The very act of sailing so far as Saigon, during the

PERSIAN GULF NEWS.

A BALTIC FLEET RUMOSK.

The Times of India on March 13th says A rumour has been recently current that a applementary division, now on its way to portion of the Russian Baltic Fleet, possibly a tropical waters, has gone. the Porsian Gulf. So far as we are able to ascertain at present

the Gulf und II. M. Foz arrived from Pursian

Muntok is a seaport town on the north-west of Banca Island. Banca Island is in the Datch East Indies, situated between 1.30 S. and 3.5 8. and 105.10 E. and 108.53 E. on the east of Sumatra, from which it is separated by the Strait of Busca-The presumption as to Rozhdestvensky, it will now be observed, was erroneons.)

BELLIGERENTS WARNED OFF.

JONDON, 11th April

The cruiser Raleigh with destroyers has

to use the Philippines as a convenience for operations.

satisfactory information of the $60,000.

His Lordabip further impressed upon the debtors that bankruptcy proceedings were to protect honest debtors and not fraudulent ones. He said:-You cannot spirit away 200,000 in this manner, though it would be worth staying in prison oven a couple of years to secure that amount (Langhter). But you cannot do that with impunity. You must give satisfactory information.

LAULI EXPARTE THE DESTOE.

This was a public examination of a furniture

naught Road Central. He had loaned $500

if he could realise this amount it would pay off

all his debts.

The man was declared bankrapt, the Official Receiver being appointed trustee.

the 15th of same mouth at Hamamatsa, Shizuoka A Chinaman bamed Liking, an employee of the rumour le without foundation. H.3.8. on the assumption that the Russian ships prefecture, Japan. Notice has been given to the British steamer Australian, which arrival Redbreast and H.M.B. Sphinx are at present in been sant to Palawan to assure neutrality. I dealer lately carrying on business at 126, Con would there find a temporary sanctuary every prefecture, Hokkaido and Formen, to at Yokohama on March 27th, and two Japanese waters on Saturday morning. The Lapwing. Neither of the Belligerents will be allowed mortgage on a house in Jervois Street, and merchants, T. akatenki and S. Kinoshita, and Proserpine are also in Bombay harbour and were arrested on March 29th by the Hiper the Flagship Hyacinth came out of dock inte Police on a charge of having attempted to the stream on Saturday smuggle 54 cases of cigame and aine tin cases of It appears that there has boon recently some trouble at Bahrein. Two Germans were in cigarettes, valued at about you 500. On the some way molested there and, it is said that previous night they brought the tobacco by HM.S. Sphine landed a party and carried off boat from the steamer to Hiranums canet and some horens which were sold at Bashire, the

compensation. A. prominent relative of the fust. gawa-muschi when a policeman spyreached them sheik of Bahrein is also said to have been The Backuall Line str. Barotse left Shanghai to make an investigation and they escaped, for deported. We are unable to verify these facte for this port on the 12th inst., and is due here the time, leaving the goods there.

at present

on the 18th inst.

Discussing Lord Cawdor's succesion to Lord Selborus as First Navy Lord, the Trace says.

Though new to office, Lord Cawdor brings to the Admiralty a reputation for sterling business opacity and untiring energy, qualities which he has exhibited in a conspicuous degree during directed ugainst Japan; and even in Saigon, Wastern Bailway, which during that period has after an invitation to come out, Admiral shown itself to be among the most progresive Toco might be justified in arguing, as Lord of our great railway systems"

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The Shell Lino str. Pinza, from Middlesbro and London, left Singapore on the 12th inst.,

state of belligerency, is in itself an attack { vis ten years of office as chairman of the Great they were landing it near a bridge at Sakup. Proceeds being handed to the Germans sa and is expected koro on Wednesday, the 19th

EE THE YEUNG HING BANK BIPARTE MA TAK · CHUEN, Mr. H. W. Looker (of Messrs. Descon, Looker and Deacon) asked that Chan Oban Tiog be examined. The Yeng Hing Bank had failed for $160,000, and it was

thought