INTIMATION
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 20TH, 1905.
The Washington Statistical Dopartment has inches long, and "considerably over an inch broad at its widest; and it is sharpozelisanod a final statement respecting the extent of like a spear, a pocket asegai, in fact. What the precent season's American cattan orop. does a buy, oveu a Filipino hoy, want with The auraier of bakes ginaed is 13,600,000, thus a wenpou like that in Hongkong? We feel confirming the views bold that the yield would
10,123,000 hales.
A. S. WATSON & CO., sure that the Brothers at the College would be
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be an enormans, en“, Last year the crop was The figures just issued
indicate a plethora of sotten for the wants of tho world.
which amount
The Japan Chrovicle announces that it has received sample copies of papaper" published entirely in Latin. It is published at
TELEGRAMS.
["DAILY FRES8"* BERVICE.]
RUMOURED GERMAN
AGGRESSION.
NO TRUTH IN IT.
SHANGHAI, 19th May. The rumour that Germany had landed a forco at Huichow, which I informed you was not credited here, is now contradicted by the German Admiral at Tsingtao, who absolutely denies that the German flag was hoisted there.
THE WAR.
[FROM OUR SPECIAL ConаESPONDENT]
ADMIRAL JONQUIERES
INTERVIEWED.
SAIGON, 17th May.
I have to-day had an interview with Admiral Jonquiéres in command,
discussed with him the Baltic Fleet. of the French Asiatic squadron and
The Admiral expressed the opinion that the Russian and Japanese Fleets
were about evenly matched and that "the chances of war" would decide the bottle. If a few of the Russian ships were disabled by a torpedo
Bremerhaven, monthly, eight pages, and costa ANOTHER BRITISH MILITARY attack, Japan would obtain a great
four marks por number. "Tokyo "apponts, as "Tocione," Is it indicative of the clssic student's calibro that he is coutout to wait a month for his "powa," and thou pay four shillings for a pennyworth?
A Tokyo message to the Mainichi stalas that the Japanese-victories at the front ssom to b having a favourable influence on Japan's foreiga | trade. For
di-tressed to think any of their pupils carried such things. Our correspondent suggests that as the owner was a border at St. Joseph's,
As far as is at present known, the subscrip the supervision there cannot be very stricttions to the 5th Japanese domestic lon have but this comment we do not endorse. Sach reached Y494,993,025, of inculents are not helpful to the college, Y29,059,900 was applied for at rates in oxónes of WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, however; and we feel sure that the trouble the price of isso. Who all the saberiplans from the provinces have been received, it is the total applications will will now be thoroughly sifted. We are
bollared that amount to Y500,00,000, firo times monat informed that at present considerable feel- ing exists in the Portuguese comminity, of the loan (Y100,000,000), which, in the cise of our correspondent, takes, the form of regarding the Filipinos as dangerous interlopers. He is, of course, wrong in supposing that St. Joseph's was intended solely for Portuguese and Chinese Catholics. Although at one time the flow of Filipino immigrants was not foreseen, we take it that no College under the regis of the parent Christian Church munkes any racial barrier. All human beings within the great family of the Pope are, pre- Huably, eligible and entitled to and their children there for training so long B8 there is available accommodation. American evidence goes to show that the Filipino still needs a lot of civilising but, on the other hand, there is more than one kind, and we have been led to suppose that most of those who settled in Hongkong were quite a superior class, far removed from barbarism, having in fact, mostly absorbed the teachings of the Church IT, as the writer of the letter suggests, it is still the nature of some of them to resort to the cuchillo to settle their differences, we hope that no time will be lost by the FINE FLAVOUR. Brothers, and by our own authorities, in making it plain that such a prustice is pat of date, and not permissible, at least in this Colony. Of course there is still the other side of the story to tell, and we would be glad, indeed, to hear something that wou! d'] remove the painful impression left by the murderous implement exhibited.
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SCANDAL
MORE "BAGGING.”
advantage. The Admiral did not regard the Fourth Baltic Fleet as of any great importance.
LONDON. 19th May.”
It being suggested that "Admiral Officers -Kent ---punished-cap-Rozhdestvensky, now that he had left tain-halfpay-ragging.
[20ch is the "skeletonise" message received last night. We are in some doubt how it should be read, as various interpretations offer themselves. Some officers in Kent have
Some
punished a ballpay captain by the process called ragging." dres not seem right. officers in Kent hava bean pazished, on the complaint of a huifpay captain, for maging
is very little better. "Somo officers in Keat have been punished, oue captain being com. Is this "perpetual motion" at last? Explain.palsorily retired on half pay, for ragging," is a wild guars. Our correspondent bas unintention. ing the four types of radio-activa substances at the Royal Institution reveatly. Professorally provided an interesting puzzle which the J. Thomson showed how the Bota substanco mess tablos of langkong may find easier of attracted and repelled an object mach in the solution than we have done.] style of a pendulum. Unless the object were removed, he said, it would be made to swing wo long as the radium lasted--say, a million years —> that, with some clockwork attached to the pendulum, we should bure a clock that would require winding up only once in a million
76378.
The rumours Iublished in an evening contemporary concerning," the mysterious ship Macquarie" are without foundation, and the mystery alleged to be surrounding the vessel is Irat a myth. The Macquarie is painted black, not a dull drab colour, and is not lying away from other shipping in the harbour. Without Plague is reported to be spreading at a crew to man her, there is no probability of Foochow
er making a spurt in the direction of Lyenn There were two more plague cases yesterday. Pass in the darkness of night. The ship is under offer of sale, and negotiations we nearly 72 altogether.
completed. Until they are Captain St. John George, who is well known on the Australian run, is in command.
The Emperor and Empress of Japan on May 2nd subscribed ten thousand you to the funds of the Y.31.C.A
Mr. Justice Wise (Pulsne Judge) is expected to arrive at Hongkong on Wednesday next, and will probably take his seat in the Court on Thursday,
The yield of rice of Japan fer last year has been estimated s6 51,430,921 koko, which shows an increase of 4,956,923 kuku over that for the preceling year.
Luspector Gourlay charged the licensee of the Ko Shing theatre before Mr. Ormo at the Police Court yesterday with causing an obstruc- tion by allowing pople to stand in the gang ways. We are informed that His Worship infictol a tins of $50,
The Japan Mail states that the New York Commercial gravely annnunend that Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, the well known banker, has been made "Sanctified Treasurer of the Third Class" by the Emperor of Japan. That is not exactly what the Order of the Sacred Tressore means.
[REUTER'S SERVIOF{]
MORE ASSASSINATIONS IN RUSSIA,
LONDON, 17th May. M. Sokolovsky, the Governor of Ufa, has been phot in the Public Gardent of Ufu and his life is dospaired of. The sesailante escaped.
SPAIN AND GREAT DRITAIN.
LONDON, 17th May. The King of Spain has been appointed a General in the British army, on the occasion of his birthday.
RUSSIAN REFORMS
LONDON, 17th May. An Imperial edict removes the restrictions from ler and Lithuanians concerning the Requisition of property, in nine of the western provinces; restores elections to the Foliels
the coast of Annam, might proceed either to Yulinkan Bay or Gaslong Buy, on the south coast of Hainan, to complete his preparations, Admiral Jonquières said that both bays were dangerous in typhoons.
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RUSSIA'S NEW CHIEF ADMIRAL.
LONDON, 19th May. Admiral (7) Birleff is proceeding to Vladivostock to take supreme com mand of the Russian fleet.
CLEARING THE DECKS.
LONDON, 19th May.
Much speculation has been rife to whether the Bassian Flest will enter -either of the two bays on the South Const of Hainan to complete its preparations. Beater, indsad, reported is feet at Yulin Bay inst weak but that was incorrect. We learn, however, that on May 10th, a large steamer --- Russian transport arrived in Yulin By at 5,30 a.m. and stormed around slowly tak ng soundings and bearings until nearly noon, whon she steaned away towards the coast of. Arnam. The Chinese authorities have thought it not unlikely that the Russian fleet would pat had the coastline strictly watched, and appear exceedingly desirous of maintaining strict neatrality,
into ons of the harbours of Buition and have
If the Russian Flest hus ben steaming northward since it left Honkola Buy it should now be in the Formiasan Channel, unless the Admiral has chosen to take the Bashi
Channel routo.
THE RUNDER WORKERS. "Sigou, like Hongkong, is full of rumours, everybody apparently taking a turn at the invention of news,"
THE TWO CAPTURES.
It seems to be new generally agreed, remarks the Japan Mail, that the two rien-carrying ships captured by the Russians are the Kish, consignal to Messrs. Samuel Samuel and Com- pany, and the Ookland, consigned to Messre Jardine, Matheson and Company. The former Tersel was bound for, Yokkaichi and Yokobama; Both ships and the latter for Shimonoecki. their cargoes were inanrod against war riske so the owners are not at any loss.
THE THREE BILE LIMIT. The Jiji says the three mile limit in connec
tion with territorial waters is an antiqnsted
relic of past days when the range of const defence guns did not reach beyond that distance, and to-day the limit, if at all, should be six miles or so rather than lose, in its opinion us in that of high international law authorities, For otherwise the limitation is simply sonsoles. ba within this country's right to regard the In those ofroumstances the journal claims it to part as destroyal-when its neutrality of passossur allows the Russiau feet to rendezvous near it, oren though the spot of ungembly be outside the stereotyped three mile limit, and that this rale should obtain so long as the Power that happens to own such a port does not choose to go back on its friendly relation- ship with us. At all events, it says, the matter as cironmstanced at present has a vital bearing on the question of our national safety, and our Government should be guided by the exigentica of actual happenings and not be bamboozled by eonzaless techuicalitira..
FRANCE AND JAPAN,
Wo commend to the attention of Frenchmen,
of
says the Japan Mail, an article which appears in the Nippon of the 28 b inst nt. It deals with the subject of French apprehensions as to the future of Indo-Chink in fle event of Japan norging victorious from the present war. There are many Frenchmen to whom the bogie of the Yellow Peril prosents itself as a reality. A great many. They do not, perhaps, reason vory closely about the spectre's manner materialization or mods of operation. Their uneasiness is vagno, but none the less uncomfort- haveable, and it takes the form that, somehow or other if Japan becomes the leader of the Orient, Indo-China will not remain in Franch bands. It is with that apprehension that the Nippon deals in a quiet practical manner. It invites the French to reflect calmly whether they ara exorcising this Yellow Phantom by alienat ing the goodwill of its alleged representatives, Is it mina-***
All the commercial agents been requested to leave Vladivostock.
KLADO'S FURTHER
PUNISHMENT.
LONDON, 19th May. Captain Klado, who lied so strenu- nobility, and permits the instruction of the ously for Russia at the Dogger Bank Polish language in the schoola.
SUPREME COURT,
Friday, 19th May.
BEFORE MR T. SEKCOMBE SMITH BUISNE JUDGE).
By kind permission of Colonel W. G. B. Western, C.B, and Officers, the Band of the Second Battalion The Queen's Own" (Royal West Kent Regimoot) will play the following. programme of music during dinner at the Hongkong Hotel this (Saturday) ovoning :---
The Duchess of Dantzie Caryl Overture...... "Schubert"...... ...... Suppo March.
(on his Songe) Selection from "Merrie England" Valen." Sonrie D'Aril"
Depret. Grand Triumphal March Entry of the Gludiutors" This was a cross-summons on which the
Fucit
plaintiff claimed $12.15 from the defendant, Dance (Piccolo Solo)..... “Pas des Patincurs
Ar. F. Godfrey who was her houseboy, ou account of alleged Selection from "The Pirates of Penzanca" breakages and petty larcenies.
Gerhan
Sullivan
MENU:-ora D'Œuvres-Caviaro in Egga,
Soup-Mock Turtle Soup, Fish -Boiled, Fish, Sauce Italienne. Entrees-Fricassee of Kabhit and Rice, Ox Tongue a la financiere, Caster au Gratin. Curry-Calentta. Joints, &c. Roast Australian Latino and Onion Sance, Ronet Turkey and Sausage, Boiled Spic-d Beef und Carrots, Cold Sharp's West Hawn and French Bean Salad. Sweets-Canuel Pudding, Diplomate Ice Cream and Finger Cakes, Apple Charlotte, Tipsy Cake. Dessert offoo-Fruita.
STANDARD OIL AND JAPAN.
Messrs. Hodge and Co., of Seoul, the Daily
The Press agenta, hope to iesile an English weekly paper under the title of The Seoul Press.
The Nagasaki Press dois not say there the now comer will be welcome, as, since the dis appourance of the Gorer Daily News, thero has following report is circulating; but we presume been no English newspaper published in theit is in America, and, therefore, to be accepted Peninsula.
The Members of the Hongkong Volanteer Roserte Association will shoot at the King's Park Range (200 yards), Kowloon, from two to six p.m. today. There will be a pool som. petition and thos: Moxbers who have not already shot for the Governor's Cup this month cas do g.
EDITH DREW v. CHEUNG SING.
Commission Enquiry, who fell into disgrace for criticising Russian naval administration in the Novoe Vremya, and who was sent to work on the Amur to expiate his offence, has now been dismissed from the Russian service.
BAUTER'S SERVICE. Į
Last week the defendant saad the plaintiff for $12, wages owing, and His Honour gave THE FOURTH BALTIC SQUADRON, judgment for the smoant, but ordered that recution be stayed until the hearing of this
CTON-NUmmons.
Miss Drew stated that defendant had cracked an ica bucket, and stolen certain gmntitles of tea and sugar while in hor employ.
Further oridence was heart, but His Honour said he could not give jadomeut on same, and gave judgment for defendant for the amount -claimed-in the original summons.
CHUNG BUM SHUM. BUI LOI, This was a chain for $40.59 due ou account
LONDON, 17th May. The fourth Baltic squadron has been ordered to be in readiness to sail on the 14th June.
A FOOL AND HIS FOLLY.
LONDON, 17th May. From information received in Saigon, Admiral Hozhdestvensky displays an un-
crisis in connection with the neutrality with resurse. The Press saye-A report is the proceedings. Judgment was given
question and declares that he will act us he of goods sold, together with $4.50 costs of litigated contempt for an international
about that the Japanese Government has accordingly.
thinks fit, independently of all other considerations. approached the Standard Oil Company for a lon of 10,000,0.0 yen in exchange for a lease of the naphtla fields in the northern districts of Japan. Should this report be true, and the project be realised, the Standard Oil Company will be in a position to boast of an enormous progress on the international petroleum market. For, in the
MONOPOLY ABOLISHED.
BALTIC NOTES.
8IGHTED NEAR THE PAKACELY.
The exact whereabouts of Admiral Rozhiest
danger in order to avert
Japan is the youngest addition to the comity of nations. The oyes of the school she has just entered are upon her. One need not erlit that her desire and even her necessity must be her with any special, morel excellence to son to walk circumspectly for meny a year to come; to abstain from any act which might convert into antipathy the hardly won sympathy of
Occidental nations
Would it not ba wiam to
count on that manifest obligation and to cultivate Japan's friendship rather than to alienate her by displays of marked distrust and anger her by acts of manifest injustion ? That is the Nippon's article: we vouture to think that it morite attention.
to
FIGHTING ON THE JAPANESE KIGHT.
A Tokyo telegram to the N.-C. Daily News says it is officially announced that two regiments cavalry. of Rassin infantry, five squadrons of and a battery of artillery, from Shanchengtse under cover of a furious fire, attacked Ying- ngelching or the morning of the 9th inst., and were completely repulsed at about four in the afternoon, leaving sixty killed and a hundred and sixty wounded on the field. The total Russian casualties were over four hundred. One Japanese private was killed and fifty injured. Tho altuation otherwise is unchanged. It is added nuofficially that the Japanes captured thirty rifles.
A gale was blowing, and the retiring Russians set fire to the grass and brushwood on the hills. to cover their retreat.
It is alleged that this was a reconnaissance Tanghua direction. in force, in view of Japanese activity in the
"SHIPPING.
JAPANESE BUYERS.
The British steamer Karoon has been sold to Mr. T. Hashimoto, of Nagasaki. She is of 2,101 gross and 1,343 registered tons, and was constructed in 1889.
The Norwegian stormer Standard, under charter to the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, has been sold to the Japanca steamship company. The versel is of 1,160 tone, and was built in 1903.
The steamer Prospe las changed hands, the
The Shanghai Tines publishes the following Tokyo. 10th May--In view of the fact that telegram: the manufacture of salt is of the greatest necessity to the peopl, and that the ecasts of trade, the Japanese oilfields will ore long assume
to thie industry, the Japanese Government has present. The latest information available in purchaser being Mr. S. Sawayane, of Nagasaki. Asiatic decided to abolish the forcer monopo ex-contained in s private telegram received in the The British stemor Highidwder, while enter a preponderant importance on the
Gorerament. Ia faturs from the third floor to the ground, receiving | East Indies. serious bodily injuries. She was being removed to the Tang Wah Hospital for treatment, but expired on the way thither.
'HIGHLANDER'S" ACCIDENT.
BONGKONG, MAY 20TH, 1905. ARNING out of what we believed to have been a mere school boy squabble, we have received a startling communication, which appears to us of sufficient importance to dumand Further investigation. A truat. worthy Puctuguese gentleman, whose letter appeare elsewhere, has subwitted for our inspection a lethal weapon, and cold us a story about it, which we regret very much to have seen and heard. Je vouching for his trustworthiness, we mean that within customary human limitations we can rely upon the truth of all he says; allowing after that for the ex parte sympathy that hia nationality compels him to give to ono aido as against the other. The pregnant points of his story are these, that in
-Ou Thursday tight a Chinese servant girl at opinion of those interested in the industry and the Lipotung peninsula are peculiarly adopted vensky's fleet is unknown in Hongkong at one of
our most popular and useful international colleges there is an almost No. 6, Lang Kwai Fong, while grossing the constant fend between the boys of two races, that purely racial quarrels are
A PROMISING NEW COMPANY. quite frequent, and that some of the fighters are in the habit of carrying lethal weapons,
The British North Borneo Pisutations Com- That is to say, that at St. Joseph's College, From February 5th, 1901, to May 10, 1905,
pany (Limited) has a capital of $52,500, in 50,000 the allegation is chat the Portuguese and the Japanese have scized 65 vessels (tonnage A slures of £3 and 50,00 Behares of Is. The Filipino pupils cannot agree, and that some 135,389), of which only eleven were rebased. conders will receive no other consideration Portuguese parents are alarmed for their Japan is, therefore, anriched by 108,300 tons of for their property than the right to subscribe at right has been exercised). The whole of the à
bad net boou possible to board ber, and that no offsyning now that they believe that some of shipping (44 vessels). Fifteen of these are par for the whole of the 50,000 B shares (which
the Russian them loaded with coal for
report had been received from her commander. the Filipino students carry knives of a fort Engian, sixteen British, one French, five Gershares are now offered for subscription: The department of human activity, remarks a writer
Company of British North Borneo (Limited) that no one has thought of it before. When, by feet and the others leading with coal and Information was to hand of the accident for which no other purpose is conceivable ruan, one Dulch. two Austrian, two Swedish, ¦ company is formed to acquire from the Tobacco in St. James's Gazette, the world is apt to wonder about 7.650 acres of selected tobago land in the few strobes of the pen, the British Navy has Darvel Eay and adjoining districts of British become strenger for warlike purposes by some provisions. Though we have reason to believe referred to above, but nothing was known of North Borteo, for the purreses of carrying catxenty per coat, and, at the same time,
over telegrams at Balgon, wo are informed similar surprise. Why we have for continued to keep sloops and gunboats that news has come to hand that in consequence t raised to strike. It is a big, round-handled The Pules Court yesterday with depositing tions.
rubbish alongside a nullah between Lyttle:en
until the Company shall have paid in Dividends in runnecessary places and on imposible rivers; of strong telegraphic remonstrances from the affair, with a broad, spear-shaped blado Road and Bonham Road. It is stated that to the holders of A Shares, and/or placed to why we have continued to look for pirates as† and, so far as we can see, of no use for any-is Worship was of opinion that the fire a Cash Besorge, a suta epal to the A Share old ladies look under the bod for barglars, and Governor general all these ships have since 29th inst. thing but thrusting. With it, the owner coolies, being engaged by the sub-contractor, Capital for the time being issued Thereafter Ineked up some thousands of good men in useless oft the port. We imagine that if the Russian could have out nothing, although he might were acting under his instruction, and there e moiety of the net divisible profits shall be ships to do so, now puzzles everyore. Yet most Fleet is making its way towards Vladivostock,
pad to the holders of the A Shares, and the Englishmen a yessage matted each other on
these colliers would be required to follow the feet northward with all possible speed. have managed a fatal stab or hara-kiri fore they would be disobarred. The sub-con remaining moiety to the holders of the Bthe hack at the thought on our noble altruism
Shares.
in pelicing the seas of the world, operation. The blade is four and a half tractor was fined $100,
but attack. Daring a recent fracas, it is alleged that a clasp-knife was taken from a
I narrow passage lending into the kitchen. fell markot, second only in the oilfields of the Dutch erriso by the China industry for the colony yesterday to the effect that a steamer ing tho harbour of Moji on May 3rd struck on
one Norwegian, and one American.
Inspector Collott charged a sub-contractor
salt manufacture will people in the Liacting. This will particularly arriving at Singapore had reported sighting a sunken rook lying about five miles to the effect the trade of Kaiphing and Yinkow, the
THE BANCA'S" MISHAP
coasts of these districts being already large salt 40 ships of the Baltic Flest on the 16th wrth-east of the Mutsuri Island. centres. The people will be given every opiost, bear the Paracels steaming northward, portunity of engaging in ortenkiro salt enter prises, which will help a country, suffering from the reet ravages of war.
ADMIRAL FISHER'S IDEA. When any great di covery is made in any
tho
According to the information we have previously published, the fest left Honkohe Bay on the morning of the 14th and we judge the distance between the two places to be about 300 miles.
Information is to hand from Saigon that on the 13th inst, there were lying at. Saigon
and Cape St. Juraes. 35 steamers, 19 of
The P. and O. steamer Bauca, from Bombay to Kobe, with a cargo of cotton, went on shore near Mutsure i land on the 7th May, owing to adenes fog. As the ship commenced to take in water owing to damage to her bows near the water-linu, some of the cargo had to be jettisoned. The Banca arrived at Kube on May 9th when, on enquiry, the Hobe Herald was court- cously informed by the local agent, Mr. Alf.
Woolley, that, owing to the heavy weather, it
Filipino youth at the moment that be bad sad fire coolies before Mr. F. A. Huseland at the business of tobarea aud Fam rubber cultiva-estimates are reduced by a touth, it is natural that a strict censorship is still being exercised the alleged jettisoning of part of the cargo.
The B Shares will not raak for Dividends
go long
STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The J.-C.-J. Lijn str. Tilatjap leit Kushi- notza via Amoy and Swator for this port on the 19th inst., and may be expected here on the The H.A.L. str. Aberlour, from Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp, left Singapore for this port on the 18th inst, p.m., and may be expected here on the 25th just, a.m.
The A. str. Nippon left Singapore for this 'port on the 15th init.
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