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ed to the General Staff, and afterwändaj
Mr. Bussard, the new Jalge of t TELEGRAMS. warded to England, it being remarked
Court for Siam, bisa arrived in Bangkok.
The cockpits of Manila bars beam closed an -- [" DAILY PENSS” EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.] a premation against the spread of cholers.
Admiral Harber's mon were given shore tears st Mapila on the 28th luft. without mishap
The Interport arlokoters returned to Hong-
kong yesterday by the F. and 0. mail steamer
sro, in this connection, as proof of His MAJESTY's strong friendship for England, they cannot but stir the recollection of certain historical declarations by the Ger- man Chancellor which are placed by those revelations in quite a new light. "For us," CO.,id Count vos BURLOW, the Chancellor, *intervention was precluded by the gene ral international altuation, as well as by" Anaye.” our special German interests." These intereate, were not defined, and we are laft to surmise whether the special German interests alladed to were the interests attaching to friendship with England. But the Karsen's further comments on the Boer war will excite the greatest interest. During to black week of 1899, the KAISER Rid, he replied sympathetically to a grief-stricken letter from Quan VICTORIA and ordered one of his officers to furnish an exact
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THE KAISER'S INTERVIEW.
LONDON, October 30th. The German Press strongly attacks the statements made by the Kaiser in the interview published in the London
Daily Telegraph."
as curious coincidence that the plan adopted by Lord Roberta was much on the
me lines.
He concluded by defending the necessity for a strong German navy in the interests of her expanding and world wide commerce, and added that no one could forsen the possibilition of the Far East in the days not a far distant as some would believe. Only those powers" with great navies would be listened to with respect, and when the future of the Pacific becomes solved, it may LONDON, October 30th.
be that even England will be glad that It is reported that an agreement Germany has a fleet, when they speak to
and Bulgaria. has been reached between Turkey|gether on the same side in the great debates
For the information of some of our coatem poraries, in Hongkong as well as in Singapore ||| we might mention that the "Hailan" which went ahore at Hothow in the last byphoon, wan refloatod about a fortnight ago, and has since. palda visit to Hongkongy
for libel against the "N-0 Dally News and Mr. E. T. Bethell has instituted proceding Herald, Lid, When the so came on at the Supreme Court, Shanghai, so the 24th inst.. pleadings were ordered to be fled and the
plaintiff was directed to deposit $500 as security
for outs
TURKEY AND BULGARIA.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, October 30th. The death is announced of the Earl
of the future.
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.
CANTON-
[TROM OUR CORRESPONDENT, );
"October 29th.
THE TORTURING OF WITAMIŁA, The Local Authorities here have ressived sommunication from Peking in which toʻla. stated that the Court of Appeal in Peking
sent memorialised to the Throne potating out that, although Imperia!" edicta have been the infliction of tortues in their yamens, and ibat issued commanding all the officials to abolish His Majesty's snored orders have been com manicnted to the officials of all the Provinous in China with instructions to strictly observe and carry them out, it has transpired that in many instances since the ediots, were inaned,
soners who ought to be condemned to death
for sommitting serious crimes, sach as murder and pirasy, have stubbornly refused to confess their orfism. The Court of Appőnl suggeste that in cases like these the offälle Hughs be permitted to inflict torture so as to avoid the Bary low of time in retrying andh case. Cours stas suggests that this prevozLE prisoners' charged with outrageous crimes
LONDON, October 28tli, An identical note from the British, French and Russian Governments, which
garia to send an envoy to Constantinople to through long, impriandment, suusssonping the lawful death punishment and naturally
{mitted to the General Staff, and afterwards the Ministering Children's Longna takon plans of Drogheda, late President of the has been presented at Sofia, advises Bul- from dying a painful death in the prisons
forwarded to England, it being remarked as a curious coincidence that the plan adopted by Lord Robeers was much on the same lines." While it must be confessed that this is very substantial proof of friend ship to England, the suggestion that it was
to
German Military intellegence and strategy that the Britisa army owed its successful tormination of the war will leave asting that reby the unceasing friendship story of something of its sweetness. In the
The Bazaar and Faney Fate, promoted by
this afternoon on the Volunter Farade Grond The programme of entertainment, which he been appending is our advertisement, columns, in a vary stiraotivo one for "Young Hongkong and we have no doubt the Basaar will be well apported by the publio generally.
Navy League.
The death is also announced of the R. Rev. Sir Lovelace T. Stamer, Suffragan to the Bishop of Lichfield.
THE AMERICAN FLEET
AT AMOY."
arrange equitable compensation.
Bulgaria has replied accepting the mande. of the Note, which includes
disbandment of 75,000 reservists.
deereating public suspicion that the prison adminie
the
stration is unsatisfactory. Auto Oriminals wh,
General Pole Carew, who has been paying Hongkong a visit is a osudilats for Parliamen- try honours. Among a colection of notable sayings" published in a contemporary is the following by General Pole-Carer :- I would like to see one of the ownditions of Cabinet DREN'S HAIR BRUSHEË, MILITARY ROBERTS went out to South Africa it is your or two in Colonial pomsitions." Aud "so
LEATHER not remarkable that his plan should barey all of." OVAL HAIR. BRUSHES IN GAPS, CLOTHES BRUSHES, NAIL BRUSHES, TOOTH BRUSHES, NAIL POLISHERS, NAIL SCISSORS, AND FILES, MANICURE SETS, TOILET AND SHAVING MIRRORS, SHAVING SETS,
LADIES, GENTLEMEN'S AND CHIL-circumstances which prevailed when Lord rank the fast that the Minister had resided a Chinose gunboat Feiving," anchored Sir Robert Hart, Mr. S. Grundy, General of Punishment, ie, to ninetien the infilction of
dc.
Inspection Invited.
borne & resemblance to the one which The dancing season may be said to have bast he forwit d-insugarsted last night by a vory anoco:sta the KAISER states that
dance given at Kingsolere. The spacious ball
ed to Eugland. It was obvious to most military men at the time that Lord ROBERTS could have followed no other with the same assurance of success, and though it may have been "effous coincidence" that the operations conducted by Lord ROBERTS followed very closely the plan drawn up by the Kargan, it does not ne sarily follow that the British military
as nicely decorated, wish foliage and lanterns, and an excellent danes programme was gone
through to the strains of Machado's” Hand.
a
This was the flest af what is in'anded to be monthly series of dauces, and about 120 persons were present,
Mr. Charlas Parry, agent in Saigon of the China Mutual Life Insur.ass Company hua committedsulaide by shooting himself. Dessmed
AMOY, October 30th, The American Fleet, escorted by the
in the outer i rbour this morning, and was welcomed by a Chinese squadron of four cruisers and one gunboat, under the command of Ad miral Sah.
bave committed offences which arenot punishable by death and who obstinately refuse to maka THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.. confessions and repeatedly plead invoosnes and make false talements to deceive the Courts LONDON, October 2 3b,
in end cases where it is impossible to extraet The dinner of the China Association was
-the truth, from the prisoners the Court of Appeal held last evening under the preesistency of sts that permission may be granted to the Mr. J. II. Scott, those present including by His Exovilaos Kot, Minister of the Board officinis to follow the proposal formerly made
Sir Alfred Gaselee, Sir Henry Blake and only five strokes of the bamboo." The memorial Mr. W, Keswick, M.P. The Chairman in further statue that excessive torture is strictly his speech paid a tribute to the branches of prohibited and any official who faile to the Association at Tientsio, Hongkong and comply with the regulations must be im- Shanghai, where nothing that would assistedily ashfered and severely punished.
THE KIDNAPPING OF WIN TING PING. in the development of trade had bean. re- The German warship “Niobe" glected, and in connection with which the
This matter is having the attention-both of opened the saluting, and afterwards present society had done its utmost to for visits were exchanged between the ward the views of those om Admirals of the visiting Fleet and the Admiral Noel pointed out that no great Shih Ksi stating that Bin Ting Ping change could occur in China until railways bad been fully introduced, and, that there were still great possibilities of danger up
Chinese squadron.
Later a dinner was held at the
the spot.
the Local Authorities and the high officials in Paking. A few days ago the Viceroy received telegram from His Excellency Funn
must be found and released at all onst The Namhot Magistrate and the Military ning I was informed that the Kwong Chau officers are having a busy time now. This mor
authorities adopted that plan in pre- was the ac of an English Bishop. He was American Consulate, Admiral Emery the rivers. He emphasized the importance General, who was also deputed by the Viceroy
Well-known in Stanghal, At the funeral, which and his officers dining in the reception of the Kowloon Canton railway in deve-fortnight ago to proceed to Bhun Tak to was largely attended, Mr. O'Connor, the Britiski A S. WATSON & CO.ference to any plan of their own, or even
that Lord KORERT plan was inspired Consul, spike in feeling term of Mr. Parshall, and the men on the parado loping the trade of Hongkong
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by that of the German Emperor Apart from the question as to whether it was' actually the KAISER's plan that was followed, this confession of His MAJESTY Shepherd's plantation, the miles from It that while Germany was publicly committed, Mindanao, was on the 24th fast, the men
of an attack by a Mora bandied by the notorions to an attitude of strict neutrality, he was Datto Ami Gngdalungan, which resurida in privately communicating to England in the killing of ten Filipinos ons of whom was formation from his officers of the disposi- the superintendent of the plass, and the tion of the Buer forces, and actually wounding of four others. More than
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a startling bit of information to the chancelleries of Europe. It does seem extraordinary that the Kaiser should have given himself away to the world in this manner, and this feature of the interview will not, we imagine, be soon forgotten, His Majesty's defence of his naval policy is but little less startling than the other features of the statement. We take the meaning of this defence to be that the growing naval strength of the Asiatic Powere Lengthreatens danger to European commerce. MART No one, HIS MAJESTY remarked, could foresee the possibilities of the Far East in days not so far distant as some would have us believe. It would have been extremel interesting to have His MAJESTY's viewa this subject in greater detail. As
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An sleven of Shanghai ladies played a match against the Hongkong interport team last Monday--and beat them! We must not, how- ever, omit to mention that the Hangkong eleven was handicapped in the usual manner by having to bowl, flald, and brow left-handed, and to bat. left-handed with broom stisks, or, rather, with bats shaved down a little more tha: the width: of the bandle. The ladies compiled a total of
124, against the Hongkong team's 75.
Rear Admiral Stokes and Mr. Stokes leare for Home to-day by the P. & O. Mall foamer At the farewell dinner given to admiral sad Mrd. Stokes a week ag. His izcellous 60 admirably voiced the
the Governor
Bround.
Elaborate preparations were made for the entertainment of the visitors, and immense crowds assembled to welcome them, the reception being a brilliant success.
The foreign residents are irritated at the limitation of tickets by the native officials.
A cordial welcome was extended to the visitors by Prince Lang and other notabilities.
THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
CHANG CHI TUNG OBTAINS
SUPREME CONTROL.
CANTON; October 30th. The Chinese authorities are in re- ceipt of a telegraphic notification from Peking that H. E. Chang Chi Tung
[FROM THE "MANILY CABLENEWS."}
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Washington, October 24. The entire Cabinet is stumping the country: for the pandidney at My Puft mmol khu, silmadiem. e growing so interesting that it is rumoured President Roosevelt will enter the lists with n
speech at Chicago, This in the first time in of the heads of the Government the art time many years that Washington has been denadod.
for politics purposes solely and the first within the memory of the oldest inhabitants that the Cabinet has taken to the stump in a Presidential campaign,
Indianapolis, October 24th. The tour of Me. Taft through Indiana has bean most satisfactory to the campaign Aman- Wherever he has gone ha has been agera. received with enthusiasm and the leaders are now predicting that the State will give the Republicans a eubstantial majority, The majority of meetings that have been held have been well attended and the people have beon most demonstrative. Mr. Taft. bas expressed himself as highly satisfied with the prospects,
Chiosgo, October 24,
The sensation of the day is the bitler attack
maks investigations in this matter, returned to Canton yesterday and reported to the Viceroy that the pirate chief, Luk Lau Ching,, has already killed the man and now demandi $10,00 to deliver the corpss.
If that is the case many officials will be abiored or punished for neglect of duty,
PATHO`XXAMINATION FOR CUSTOMS
TIDEWATTERS,
In the competitive examination held at the she other day out of nineteen candidates nine-- I. M: Customs for Chinese tidenaiters' positions
of them passed and out of these nine only two Hongkong students) managed to pass the Docter. All The others wors declared physically anat for outdoor work, The sanditates who passed third and fourth in the examination are students of the Eilis Kadooris Canton Colleges. the Best and second and the rest are from Hongkong schools. The physical develop ment of Chinese boys in the public schoole evidently needs attention,
CADETS IN CAMP.
The exdat oorps, under the command of
Senator In Falletts of Wisconsin during the Blouscutters on Monday for one week, with no that has been made on Speaker Uannon by Lieutenant W. H. Williams, go into camp st campaign speech. The Wisconsin Bouator permit to leave camp except in case of illness or who is trying to help along the Taft candidacy emergency. This is the first time that the
sentiments of the community that there has been given supreme control over although he has a very poor opinion of socadels have gone into camp by themselves;
is no need for us to do more than endorse the affairs of the Canton-Hankow them and assure both Admiral and Mes, railway. Stokes that while their departure is viewed with general regret, the best wishem of the
it is we can only surmise that the FAISER is looking forward to the time when China will have provided herself with a power-as oxford ful navy which, united to that of Japan, might be in a position to dictate to Europe. a most unusual thing for monarchs If that represents the outlook in His to the MAJESTY's mind, we fear he will not boable bare their world by means of an "interview" in to persuade the world that there is any early fonded for publication in the newspaper prospect of China possessing a navy which press. But inasmuch as the London Daily will constitute a inenace to European inter-
Ir is
to
Jay
minda
Power is vested in him to raise
community will follow them to their new home the funds necessary to construct the The Oxford University Press is about to Kwangtung section of the line, and to publish a sumptuous work on Chinese Force- lain, the work of Hsiang Yuan-Pien, a cale-engage the men. brated connoisseur of the 16th century of our era. This was in the form of an illustrated manuscript catalogus, which was destroyed by fire in London Happily careful copies bad boen made, and one of them has been trauslated and aunotated by Dr. 8. W. Bushell, C.M.G.,
original album came into Dr, Bushell's possas sion twenty years ago, and, when shown, excited
Neither the Board of Posts and Communications nor the Viceroy have authority to interfere.
[REUTER'S SERVICE.]
LONDON, Octobar 281b. The London Telegraph publishes & remarkable interview with H. I. M the
of the Taft lisatanaule; is particularly
goalstic to the Speaker of the Houes. He usually they have gone with the senior officers, stated that Mr. Cannon had prostituted his They should have a strenuous as well as position, one of the most exalted in the nation,
of
He attacked the system under which the Hongshappy time. The camp instructions show that Representatives is rod and declared that the there will be three parades daily and lessons in Speaker had blocked the will of the people and muskotry will be given daily, had refused to permit the passage of legislation that would our the increasing power of the vast
combinations.
Washington, October 26th. The election of William Jennings Bryan, to states will be plunged into a state of industrial the Presidency will man that the entire United
chaos from which no man can say when order
will come
There will be target practice with the new miniature rifles between 2 and 4 pm, each after- noon. In addition to the preliminary practices there will be a olassification praction at 25 and 6th, and a spoolai competition for Losme on and 55 yards raugs on Thursday, November
Friday November 6th.
President Roosevelt made this statement to-day in si appeal to the Republican voters to stand by the old party. Mr. Roosevelt said farther that there is no man in the world a greater friend of labour than Judge Tait, In him the working men have an ally more that date friends will be permitted to visit powerful than their leaders and of calm sober samp. A launch will leave Blake Pier at 4pm. Jagment, whose wisdom has been tested by his returning from Stonecutters at 6.50 p.m. country Bod who beg never been found wanting,
The Corps' Medical Officer will inspect daily. Camp will be inspected on Friday afternoon November 5th, by the Commandant H.X.V.C. Lieut-Colonel A. Chapman, V.D., and
o
He declared that it was not only to the material interest of the working man, for an industrial upheaval would affect him, materially, but in the interest of his future welfare and happiness that the Republionn candidate should win at the
disaster that would follow a Democratic victory would fall, he said.
A SUGGESTED JAPAN-AMERICAN
ALLIANCE
DR. SVEN HEDIN.
Dr. Sron Hedin, the famous explorer, w
Juncheon yesterday at Government House, the meet him-Mr. and Mrs. May, Mr. and Mes
Tollowing ladies and gentlemen being invited to
Telegraph annooness that the interview este in the Pacific. That-China will one day M.D., of Peking, who died a month ago, The GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY. with His Majesty the KAISER which it possess such a navy there can be no doubt publishes was communicated to it on whatever. The ambition exists, but before
much interest. The proment work is being unimpeachable authority," we may take it can be achieved aduinistrative and Sna
published in response to many requests. There it that His Majesty has deemed this to be cial reforms of a sweeping character are the most effectual way of combatting the necessary. How soon these may come nop eighty-three coloured plates, reprodueig Kaiser which, it states, has been com
with wonderful faoliy the soft water colours, of the original sketches, which were, of course,
municated on animpeachable authority. In suspicione in England, engendered by German can tell. In this part of the world the
future is certainly pregnant with great coloured by hand. The work is bound in it the Kaiser is said to have resented as a many's programme of naval expansion. Find the EMPEROR Confined his observa possibilities and to count those possibilities eastern style, and the letterpress is printed on personal insult the constant misrepresent polls next week. It is on labour that the entertained by His Excellency the Governor at-
and prepare to meet them is the highest Oxford Ladis paper. The price is five guiness ations of his unceasing offers of friendship tious entirely to that question it is very
Mears, Noel, Murray & Co. of Shanghai, by a section of British public opinion, by probable that His Majesty's explanations form of statesmanship. Now that the would have promptly had the influence und British nation is told from the mouth of the remark it their latest trade repuets. The state whom he is regarded as an arch enemy. effect desired, but the remarkable utterances KAISER himself what ideas have inspired of the currency of the country is rapidly Bis refusal to receive the Boer delegates which practically ascribe England's success Germany's naval expension scheme and that going from bad to worse, and until there are caused the collapse of the efforts of the in the war against the Boers to the assiet Hrs MAJESTY anticipates that the fleets of great referme in that respit it is quite impos. Beers to secure European intervention in Acording to a Tokyo telegram in the N.-C. alble to expect any resuscitation in trade. In the ears and he declined the invitation of Dopy are from Yokobans anarticle pablished Daily News the of the Amorisan Fleet's England and Germany will be speaking un given by His Majesty, in response to a
Honkon for fastenge 100 copper cach
A U S NAVAL SHOOTING RECORD. grief-stricken letter from QUEEN VICTORIA together in the grant debates of the future, 100 of the 10 cash tokens) are only exchange-France and Russo-jos laid emphasis of the spontaneous and universal are of so startling and sensational a character the misrepresentation and suspicion which able for five see three sandarins, and the England by intervening when the war was at character of the welcome that had been given
The United States eruisor Galveston now at that they will probably obscure for a time the HIS MAJESTY has so deeply resented as a paper notes that are a ill being issued judi- its height. Moreover during the black to the American Flest, which defies any mis
Manila, ia reported to have completed the most susassafid battle prasties for cruisers over held main purpose of the interview. His refusal to personal insult will doubtless be checked, criminely by sundry native banke promise week of 1899 he replied sympathetically giving for the future relationships of the two countries and effectually prevents form sowing
in United States navy. At day battle practice receive the Boer delegates, he said, caused though the public opinion of England is to other complicate the station, and that foto a grief stricken letter from Queen mods of mistrust. The paper declares that the the collapse of the effort of the Boersto oot by any means prepared to accept the doubt that this is at the bottom of the present Victoria aud ordered one of his officer time is now ripe for the orgatallization of the ring õue broadside of six five-inch gung at good fellowship between Amerios and Japan ranges from 6700 yards to 5201 yards, at a securo European intervention in the war; KAISER's view of the yellow peril." We situation, and although some, who must be to furnish an exact account of the which is already tantamount to au navriten target bat 30 by 100 feet, while steaming at..
twelve knots speed she averaged forty per cent. Alliance and hopes that this feeling of hits. The canvas screed was badly rent and and he declined the invitation of France and are inclined to think that on the whole His possessed of extraordinary foresight, profess to numbers and positions of the opposing Apulianate Ent unnaturally in a written siliance, timbers of the ratt shot to pieces, This work, Russia, to join in humiliating England by MAJESTY'S indigerest explanations will see sa audercurrent of Improvement is trade intervening when the war was at its height prove more embarrassing to Germany than the het very distant future, it cannot forces. He further caused a plan of cam- after the manner in which the Franco-Russiantis reported, greatly exceeds that dose by any
eventuate nules some drastic reforms are paign to be worked out, which was submitt- Allianos was pressged by the visit of the other orniser of the U. B. Analis Fleet, conciliatory to England.
a very diagrosable manner. There can be no
introduced in this direction,"
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