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want of decision which so often characterises British diplomacy in such matters, is, he frankly admits, open to question by European nations, should any one of them think it worth while to raise difficulty at the present time. He points out that upon
Lient. Vland ("Pierre Lati") in [now captain in the French navy.
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TELEGRAMS.
["DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.) AN INDIAN SENSATION:
LONDON, September 5th.
| HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING
·WEAVING AND DYEING ( LJ.
The ninth ordinary meeting of shareholders | In this company was held at the oflows of the General Managero, Messrs. Jaritine, Matheson and Co., on Saturday afternoon. There were
The British Postmaster Général has issued sa Blue, Book kis report for the your ended March 31st. Tlie postal réronne of the year, The subscriptions for Hongkong's contribe including the value of services rendered to other tions to the Interport. Stield have now been departments, was £17,064,023, an increase of: 8784,043 on that of the previous year. That closed, the desired amount baving been ranlined.
The following telegram was recoived from postal expenditura was £11,795,109, on increase
A pamphlet advocating the expul- present Hon. Mr. W. J. Grosson (Chairman), at Chofeo on Saturday: of £348,830 on that of the previous year. The
4:16. The sumber of letters delivered in sion of all white men from India hassulting Committee), Mr. A. Book th possible for us to have declared our pro. "Hongkong rolessed from quarantine from that profit was thus £5,268,914, or sa increase of
September."
the United Kingdom was 2,707,200,000, or su tectorate under circumstances which would
Regulations made by the Governor in Connell average of 625 for every individual; and the been widely cirenlated, have justified its declaration in the eyes of
for inaintenanos of good order and the preser-number of postal packets of all kinds was Europe as well as of Egypt;" best that we have kept up a pretence that our militaryvation of property in the Public Gardens" are 4,680,200,000 or no fewer than 108.2 for overy
CO., three several vocasions, it would have been
occupation was of a temporary
chameter
WATER and would be terminated, in accordance
MANUFACTURERS.
WE SPECIALLY
ORANGE
tenure
with the assurances we had given of our own record, as soon as Egypt was reorgan ised ander British miministration so as to hold her own as an independent state. RECOMMEND OUR Upon this point, he observes L
mcal anxious not to discuss the 1 x LATEST PRODUCTION,
Egyptian question from a party point of view. I adbore now an always to my original contention, that to ratain one hold on Egypt. the sighway to our Indian possessions, is a matter of vital importance to the British
should Zmpire; and 1
deeply regret to write word which might impair the British of supreme authority in the valley of the Nile. Bat, in my judgmoat it is the interest of AND
England to look at things as they are, not a WHOLESOME A MUST
one might wish them to be, and to admit that REPRESHING SUMMER BEVERAGE,during the quarter of a century which has elapsed since our troops first landed in Egypt. POSSESSING THE FULL FLAVOUR we have doos uothing whatever to consolidate defective title or to modify the rights which FRESH foreignere acquired in Egypt at dates long FINEST OF THE
preceding our occupation. IDEAL FRUIT. IT MAKES AN DRINK FOR TENNIS PARTIES AND BATHING PICNICS.
CHAMPAGNE
WE ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMEND
OUR
STONE GINGER
BEER
FROM BREWED WHICH IS FINEST JAMAICA ROOT OUR OWN SPECIAL PROCESS
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France,' who was our chef oppment Egypt, has been quieted by the extente which has been arrived at, which gives her free band in Morocco, so far as we are concerned, in exchange for our having a free band in Egypt. But this, it is justly pointed emt, is only so far as France is concerned, and is of no fores as regards any other Powers The nation most likely seriously to object to the extension of British fluence in Egypt is Germany;) but in connection with the Morocco cor BYference, Gormany has declared that she sees no reason to oppose British policy in EgyPL so that at the present time the opportunity establishing an effective Protectorate, the toportance of which can hardly be over estimate:l.
THE
AND
IS THE ONLY SUCCESSPUL PRODEC-
H.B.M. Consu
published in the Gazette.
Wong Cho-kwang, the man who he been posing as na Acting Magistrate and inspecting army officers at Canton was sentenced to mere too years' imprisonmant.
The German Consul-General xt.' Snogbai, Dr. Knappe, s been placed on the retired list at his own roquest, and bus beon davorated with the Second Class of the Order of the Red Eagle
with the Crown,
The 2nd Battalion Royal West Kenta Regi. The 3rd Battalion Middlesex ment leaves Hongkong for Singapore about November 23rd. Regiment, now in South Afries, las preted före about October 2tb.
cars of the population. It was found impossibla to deliver no fewer than 27,099,174 missives loot contained £16,887 in cash and bank nutes, and year. Some of the letters insufficiently addressed 1956,945 in bills, cheques, mousy orders, postal orders and sten:ps.
That precious Legion of Frontieremen" in to be laughed out of existence. Use compstent critic winds up a slashing comment as follows:— "To me, as probably to the majority of real frontiersmen, the Legion sad ita festivals sem utterly inexplicable. Why should we grown men, want to play at such things grim, to desperately real. for us to take The whole business, as we know it, was it lightly, or wish to see it turned into the in all tragedy, and when one quits it the memories carried away are not of romantic happenings, bigh ideals, or decoat pleasures,
AMERICAN OARSMEN-
BEATEN.
LONDON, September 9th. Cambridge beat Harvard by two lengths.
ANOTHER BOXER RISING.
·PROMPTLY SUPPRESSED.
Sir Paul Chater and Mr. A. G. Wood (Can-
(Secretary), Messrs. C. H. Ross, A. Shaw, H. Gittens, F. Smyth, Yuen Hop, H. U-shang, Lo Chaung-shui, Fok Kam-yen, Cheong Ming and Dor Fak.
The SECRETART road the mutice convening the meeting, after which
The CHAIRMAN said:----Gentlemen: Subject to your approval, I propose to take the report and statement of accounts, which have been in | your hands for several days, as read. During the first Ova mouths of the year socered by the accounts now before you, a very satisfactory demaud was experienced for our yaua, bat the same cannot de mid of the period słode January kat. The outlook in May was so discouraging that the General Managers decided to resort to
improvement in the demand for Yarn, the Mill's
SHANGHAL, September 9th. A missionary at Sohpingfu, Shansi,short time", and, in the absence of any writes that on August 18th a large output is still confined to vary mederste party of Boxers entered Tsoyun-hsien, | dimensione. I may meation, however, that everything is in readiness for again running
During the month of August there wara model for au incongruous picnic. The frontier The missionaries and a number of full time" directly the position warrants such
The msan of sunshine for hours of sunabine while the total rainfall was
970 inches. August during 50 years is 1960 hours and the
mean rainfall in ) 12.
Commissioner and Mrs. Stewart Lockhart aro
idolised by the boys of the Weibniwei-school The Eivurdion, the usw school magazine, dwells lovingly on Mrs. Lockhart's teas, with strawberries and a native juggler.
fear...
Right Half No 1 Company, H.K.V.C., have selected the following committee to carry out shooting competitions during the Sergeant Henderson. Bomladior Brett, Gon. ners Dunosu. H. M. Hain and W. Puake, alected bouorury being Gaster Petley secretary.
Viceroy Sbum has, writes the Canton Daily News, sont a communication to the Superintend.
entof Police, in which he says that the inspectors have reported that the policemen are ignorant, That they stand in- impolite and cowardly.
but rather of the men we have known and lost. of the young, the strong, and the brave who bass and from their wild passions are gone dewe in the struggle against bar If one could get together a representative gathering of pioneers in London there would
They might ba no strange garls, no weapons. drink deeply, though the liquor would not affect them, and the talk would be quiet and sad. for each would be thinking of these whom grave. To those who know the frontier the Es would never see again on this sile of the hals of romanes has gone for ever. They have tried it, and found it too grisly serious,"
THE TRIPLE MURDER.
THE DEEP BAY PIRATEN.
TION OF VIS KIND IN THE FAMight be considered as again offered of groupe for protection at night and exhibit a co- against fire men, who had been extradited from
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site of the paper only.
AF
be really What this task is will
li here understood by residents out
with the familiar
working of extra-territorial jurisdiction in China. The like principle applies in Egypt, and other uations enjoy the same privileges as to matters of jurisdiction as Great Britain; while the rights of exterritoriality extend "not only to genuine foreigners, but to alious, who, in return for value received, have been placed under the protection of Toreign Powers as naturalised subjects".
It eau he readily understood that at attempt on the part of any one aation to deprive others of their exterritorial rights No anonymously signed communications that has is certain to wake much opposition; and this would be the first thing that would ready appeared in other papers will be insuried,
ders for extra conues of Daily Pres should be rent before 11 4.m, on day of publication. After that have to bo done towards establishing an vour the wippiy is limited. Only supplied far, Gosh.ffective protectorate. Mr. DICET, however, Fsiegraphic Address: isees Dodel. D. 0. Đi
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wardly nature, that they largh at the depraved
wirls as they pass and use as netus language. He instructs the Chief to at these condi- Lions are corrected and to keep strict control of his men.
Car Macan correspondent writes as follows: "H.E. Monsieur Morel, the Governor of saigon, and suit arrived at Macao by the Hengshan on Thursday, 6th instant. They sre staying at the Boa Vista Hotel lis Excellency is not paying an official visit. Baron de Cadoro, the A. D. C. of our goveras, accompanied the distinguished visitor and his party in a tour through the eity on Friday, calling at the principal places of interest ju Macan.
According to a Tokyo message to the Duke Mainichi, an Imperial Ordinance will be issusıl in a few days having reference to the practice of medicine by foreigners in Japan, as specified in
Claus 3 of Article 1. of the Medical Profession Law, which comes into force on October 1st next. Under the Ordinance a licence to practice will be granted without examination to foreigu doctors, subjects of such countries as will be specially nominated by the Minister for Home- Affairs. Similarly, Japanese docters wishing to practice in those countries will be granted the sams privilege.
I
The hearing of the charge of murder preferred Macao, in connection with the death of a junk man and two of his family at Deep Bay on August 2nd, was resumed before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the magistracy yesterday afternoon. Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, assistant superintend- out of police, conducted the prosecuting.
The daughter of the decessal master of the junk, said she went to sleep early on the sight occurred till she awoke next morning and found of the tragedy and kusw nothing of what had ker father and mother missing. When the
junk, reached Macao the other fishermen were paid off and the first prisoner got rid of the juak. In Macao he made several attempts to sell the girl, who was only years of age, and failing, prepared to journey to Pik Shan. It was on the way there that they met Detective Wildeu, disguised as a sportsman who brought them back..
'The hearing was agaiu adjourned.
CRICKET.
K. KANCDCR'S E. TURNER'S TEAM.
officials and
in
course being adopted. Whilst the sutlook does not land one to anticipato much activity
the nee fature, I imeline to the opinion that,
trade J* adjusted to the present high level of exchange.
once
all we nan produco. Some of you will doubtless
through what may aptly be termed an adjust- mant period During the latter part of that year
converts took refuge in the Yamen,
whe overawed the They were followed by the Boxers,
Germaintenant who happened recollect that in 1912, when telegraphie frais.. obtained control of the city. Awe may reasonably expost to find an outlet for to be travelling in the neighbour-fers ou Londen touched 1;6), we also passed hood arrived opportunely, and very cleverly weighed the situation. De we sold very little, but, as dealers were thon allied a small force of Chinese realizing good protite on contracts effected at higher rates of exchange, deliveries ware not them against unsatisfactory. For the past few months the soldiers and the rebels. The Bover leader and reverse has been the case, and I regret to say that there have already hear some serious cleven others were killed, and 12 failures swong the local native yarn merchants, which have adversely affected the yarn basiness. of the men were captirred. The rest it is satisfactory to note that indications
The missionaries
arepoint to good craps of cotton in Americs and dispersed.
India, an essential factor for the welfare of the A Chinese general cotton spinning industry. Your property in in reported all safe. with a bady of troops has since arrived.
beel
REUTER'S HELVICE.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, September till. The death of Mr. Louis Spitzel at Carle
Mr. Spitzel was the bad is announced. European adviser of Li Hong Chang
RUSSIA.
LONDON, September dich.
frat rate condition, and all stocks have been
Waa
taken over at sofe valuations. It is with deep regret that 1 inform you of the death of our spinning master, Mr. Robert Sarco, which occurred on 25th August from malguant. malarial fever.
Saxon Mr.
With us for over seven and a half years, during which time he carried out his duties to the completo satisfaction of the General
Before asking you Munagers. the report and accounts, I shall be pleased to answer any questions concerning them.
to
paza
No questions being askel, the CHAIRMAN proposed that the report and accounts an prosented ba sdopted and passed.
Mr. SMITH secondel, and the motion was carried.
Mr. L. CHEUNG SHUI moved the re-election
consulting committee,
Mr. Fox KAN-YEN secanded the motion
A Russian official communique, describe ing the policy of the Government, announces the more severe repression of revolutionary of Sir Paul Chater and Mr. a. G. Word to the crimes. It promises a liberal measure of reforms, including the removal of usolees restrictions on the Jews, the granting of Zemstvos to Poland and the Baltic provinces, the reterm of the polier and other services,
LONDON, September 7th.. Mr. Fraser, the correspondent of the
flogged by soldiers, only escaping death by Standard in Warsaw has been arrested and
the intervention of an officer.
GERMANY.
Loxbox, September 6th.
to which shareholders agreed,
Mr. YUEN Hop proposed the re-appointment of Mr. W. Hutto l'olts as auditor.
Mr. UITTEN seconded the motion which WEB carried.
The CHAIRMAN-Dividend warrants will be reads on Monday. Thank you for your attendance, gentlemen.
CANTON MONOPOLISTS.
A BAMPAN ETZIKE.
In view of the approaching interport matebas at Sbang bai, considerable interest was evinced in Saturday's match played on the ground of Messrs. R. Henesek and W. C. D. Tarner, the H.K.C.C. between teams captained by The weather was all that could be desired, and
There is a growing diaatisfaction amongst notwithstanding the heavy rains of the previous
the sampan people around Shamsen and in all week, the few flue days which concluded it left
other parts of Canton through the illegal action the ground in fairly good cop dition. The match ended in a draw, Turner's team being displaced
A sensition has been created in Germany of the newly formed “Tax collecting" syndicate known 18 Po Leung Kok-the alleged for 196 raus, white five of Hancock's followers
Complimentary Contribution" Society, says were put out for 70. In Turnor's team W. H. by the appciatment of Herr Dernburg, the
well known banker and business man, as the the Canton Daily News. A now tax has been Powell made the handsome score of 71 ruus,
Director of the Colonial Department, in planned by them to collect from each and every while H. Hancock knocked up and T. E. C. H. Mackay was top scorer of
outside of the canal as well as those anchored in Hancock's most successfuled in consequence of severe criticisms on
Honam, Fati, Wongala, Whampsa, &c. The Porce 24.
following with 21. trandler was Woodward, who took three wickets the management of the Department. flerrampas are, as a rals, worked by women, and
Sercombe Dernburg's appointment is regarded as in their male relatives murployed in cargo- in thres overs for only four runs. Smith, ou the athar side, capsized one wicket dicating the determination of the Kaiser to boats, junks, and suck like crafte in his one over for a scoro of five.
Scores and analyses are as under: -
holds that it would be the first duty of Great Britain if ever she assumes Protectorate over Egypt to obtain the cancellation of the "capitolutions"--that
Considerable newspaper comment has been is the exterritorial system; but be considers this cannot be done till England takes caused in New York by the fact that a négro over the public debt of Egypt and makes it woman in Cincinnati, Ohio, claims recognition an Mr. Lafcadio Hearn's widow, and seeks to known to the world that she regards Egypt | obisin & share of the American royalties on his a journalist as being under the protection of Great literary worked. Mr. Hearn was Britain, to be defended against internal or in Cincinnati, where he worked for several external attack by the whole force of the years. His nequaintances had no knowledge of Ambar the many other subjets which British Empire." He points out that under his real or inner life, for, as the New York Sim and admitted no member of his owa rase to liare called for inmediate attention, the these circumstances the prosecution of states, "he consorted with coloured people only. Hancock's team with 25 runs, H. E. S. Leathas succession to Prince Hohenlobe, who resign-anmarried occupant of sampama anchored in and public at home appear to have passed orer,
geanine intimeey." But after Mr. Hearn bad matter which
located in New Orleans, it became clearly evident that Mr. Learn had a perfectly defalte with very little notice, a
purpose, for while he was living in the down must ere long call for serious consideration, namely, the position which threat Britain
was studying the African superstitions among orcupies in Egypt. The Morocco incidente
town, river-front quarter of New Orleans, he the Creoles, the Congo priestesses and pro. the Bubject iato indirectly brought
phetessa, including Marie Lavaux, the "Vondoa prominence 2010s time ago, as the entente, which was at that time arrived at between France and Great Britain, involved the withdrawal of the opposition which ap that period. France had in various way mifented to the position which we had
Le
reforms" in Egypt run only be carried into practice with the assent of the foreign Powers of Europe.
of the task as this The seriousness explained cannot be blinked; and fee will to differ with the view be disposed that the present moment is singularly infelicitous for proposing a formal recognise
In the Merchant Shipping Bill, which bas tion of a British Protectorate over Egypt, or of suggesting the expediency of cancelling just emerged from the Standing Committee on Such a Protectorate Trade, the real reason of a decline in the the capitulationė," would amount to little loss than actually number of British sailors is very charly stated. Here is only one of various telling passages:
assumed in Egypt, and to the policy which taking over the country course which In dealing with the question of the decline
will, there Cau
I little question, become of the British soxman, it is to be remarked that It would,
When that time arrives while legislation defining the conditions under was there being followed. however, be too much to assume that the necessary in time. difficulties of the situation are at an end. the writer of the paper is of opinion that which workers on shore might be employed las It will still require much careful man-British supremacy in Egypt will be best benefited them materially, it has left those some respoate the British saifer has been treated agement to enable Great Britain to obtain secured and maintained by adopting the effecting the seaman practically unchanged. In | course pursued in many of the native states
as a child, and in others denied the rights of a He has been the special object of a settled position ar to secure such an of India, amely governing Egypt ander a free man.
British Resident, and leaving the internal legislation. The Merchant Shipping Act has administration in Egypt as is essential for
It is made provisions of a most elaborate character administration in native hands. safeguarding her interests in a country which must always be of the greatest probably in this direction that British istanded to safeguard bie interests, but these in
on her highway to importance, being
policy will be shaped; but it is clear that most cases bave proved a dead letter. In many respects a radical change is urgently needed, there are many difficulties in the way. The seaman should be treated more like bie India and the Far East.
The matter has been admirably treated. by Mr. Edward Dicey in an articlo These, however, are of a vature that they follow-worker ashore. Discipline hay, of course, which appeared in the Empire Revinc. are likely rather to be increased then to be maintained on board ship, and your. Com lessened by time; and, though the present missioners would be the last to recommend moment may be inopportune, it is clear anything that would impair it; but between the He suma up the history of the various
maintenance of discipline and the exercise of which have oulminated in our that the matter is one in which affective undus soverity there is a sensible distinction to 0F0589
be drawn." occupying a position in Egypt that is ceraction cannot be indefinitely postponed. tainly anomalous, and which, thanks to the
1r 15315us of TURNKE'S TEAM. T. E. Pearce, i Stanger has tho Capt. H. W. Smith. T. S. Smith,
Morral.....
W.
. Fowall, Mackay,
Dixon
H W. Woodward, H.N., Lowe, by Stanger
father.........
W. C. D. Turner, b Mackay
24
11
12
. Hope, B. A 1 Lowe....
10
Hancock...
H. Hancock. e W. Puke,
IA. Lucy. R.A.. at Ponsonby, 5 Serenaba
Emith.......
W. J. Daniel, e.Dixtar. i Hancock
Lt. Hraim. H.W.K., Dixon
E. A. Fowler, not onf...
Extre
Total:...........
INI INNING OF R. Hancock's Team. C. H. Mackay, c and b Woodward WE, Diron. J Fourier t
H. E. Stanger Leutes. 1, Woodward 4. E. Morrell, not out
W. Peake, Leey, b Woodward T. Sercombe Ninith, Trace'
Extra
Total.. BOWLING ANALYSIS. TORNER'S TEA-First Innings.
G. E. Morrell... C. H. Mackay.. W. E. Dixon Stanger Leathes. W. Peake... 1030
R. Hancock.. Sercorabe Smith........
R. Hasrock'
Cant Smith.
.E. O. Bird. Fowler Woodward 7. E. Pearos
Torner
15
15
11.
W.
11
2 35
roa the colonies on business lines.
THE CUBAN INSURRECTION.
LONDON, September 6th. Attempts to negotiate with the Cuban insurgents have failed and the putlook is aut promising.
THE FRENCH BISHOPS.
No doubt it is a very great injustice to overburden this bard working people with continuous taxes and impositions, when it is a well known fact that only a moisty perhaps is turned into the Government Treasury and officially accounted for. Not long ago, the Municipal Council of both British and French Concessions levied a tax on all sampans, cargo-hosts, &c., that are sacbored in the canal between the foreign concessions and the Chinese city. Only a limited number of lisencse LONDON, September 7th.
were granted as the canal was not long and wide It is understood that the French Bishop enough to give accommodation to the hundreds of will adopt a policy of passive resistance to beats that were willing to pay for this coveted wards the Separation Law, and will continue privilege. Three months ago, the local authori- celebrating Mass for the churches-as-if- ties finding no other meansavailable for raising nothing had happened, leaving the Govern- funds to support the very laudable schame-the ment to do its worst.
APPOINTMENTS.
Water Police--to patrol the rivers and waterware of Canton, consisting of a flotilla of gige, lauashes, &c., instituted a new imposition olled the Boat Taz" which came into forse
The following appointments are announced last week. in the Gozefic:
H.E. the Governor has been pleased to
The junks of the firewood class and those
appoint Mr. W. J. Tutcher to set as asporintend.plying between this and the West River porta ont of the Botanical and Forestry Department as well as cargo and passenger boats and kamal} during the absence ou vacation leave of Mr. number of sampans have refused to pay the contribution demended and astrike is threatened S. T. Daun, with effect from the 5th instant.
HE. the Governor has been pleased to should forcible meagires be taken by the officials. appoint Mr. F.W. Woodley Valoy to be assistant engineer on the Kowloon-Canton The objection in this case in that of the now tax demanded from the simpsas by the Po Railway construction, British Section,
H.E. the Governor, has been pleased to Loang Kuk Monopolist is principally through appoint provisionally and until further noticeabaliuagy on the part of those responsible in re- Mr. P.P.J. Wodehouse to set saa Police fusing to make public the tariff they propose to i Magistrato in the islands of the New Territories.lovy.
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