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SHIPPING NOTES.

In spite of the various unfavoursble rumours concerning the business of the Tayo Kisan Kaisha, the Japanese Government are reported to be very optimistic sa to the company's Bouth American line as well as the future of its general business. The profit made by the America-maru on her first voyage to South Americs is estimated at nearly Y80,000.

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From the time of the P. and O. Company's inception in 1837 there was for many years but small need of accommodation sther than that afforded by the first saloon. With the expan- of trade between Great Britain and bor Esatorn possessions it has become apparent, says the Times, that special provision must be made for the junior raambers of the civil and military comiaanities continually passing and repsssing to Eastern and Australian porta. The company has thorofore placed on the Bombay service two steamers of 7,000 tons asch, which will carry one olnes of passengers only, at second-saloon rates. It has also boon decided to modify the system of meals in the second salon on board the company's steamers, both mall and inter. mediate, by instituting a late dinner.,

The Austrian Lloyd Company also announce é considerable reduction in steamer fares be- tween Beribay, Trieste and London which come into effect from 1st. Fobruary; and also the

class steamers at accelerated speed. In order to

THE FAR EAST REVISITED"

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1909.

TAN

THE JAPANESE IN MANCHUKIA. BY THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF " TIMBA" LATELY IF THE FAR EAST.)

II.

To understand the serious view taken by the Japanese Government of China's sudden change of front with regard to the conversion of the Antung-Mukden Railway into a bread gange line, it must be borne in mind this is no isolated dispute, but only one of many differences which have occurred between the two Governments in connection with Manchurian affairs,

THE FA-KU-MEN BAILWAY, Hitherto the most acute of these differences rolated to the proposed railway from Hsin- min-tun to Fa-kamen, which China wishee to construct in defiance, according to the Japanese, of the Peking Protocol of December, 1905, under which she bound herself "not to the South Manchurian Railway, any line in the construct, prior to the recovery (by Chins) of vicinity of, or parallo! to, that railway, or any branch line, which might be detrimental to interests of the Sonth Manchurian Railway." This question is as far removed as ever from a settlement, and carries with it the germs of much graver lasIES.

the

-NOTES FROM FOOCHOW.

We call the following from the Foochors Echo

The sexes are equally divided in the Foochow Church nowadays one lady and the clergyman were the only ones in attendance a week or so ngo.

that neither of those suggestions was acceptable, sa they would have meant a further extention of Japanses railway indusace with all it involve But these proposals were not put forward by Japan as an irreducible minimum, but as a basis for further negotiation, and they deserved at least more ecurteous treatment than they revolved at the hands of the Chinees Govern mont. To reject them without, discussion was hardly the way to render a demand for arbitra. acceptable to Japan. The Japanese could.

that as far a

Botion. Was cortainly

the recources of diplomacy had by echcerned no means been suficiently exhausted to justify such su extreme course as a resort to arbitration. Moreover, arbitration is admittedly excluded in regard to questions which affect the vital in- terests of a country, and the principle involved of the professionally handled camera to secure a record of their condition before the in the Fa-ku-men Railway question affects, or may affect, the interests of Japan in so vital a manner that she might possibly refuse in any case to submit it to arbitration.

THE NEXT CHINESE MOVE.

Negotiations, it may be hoped, will be shortly Mukden incidentis settled, for it is clearly in the resumed at Peking, now that the Antung. beat interests of Japan as well as of China to effect

amicable settlement of questions at issus between the two countries. But the form

We understand that many Fooshow residents now going in for Muller's System of spoles, nous la Bishop wants practically everyone (including many ladies) is taking these exercises as a oure for obesity. Inquiries made at the local photographers go to how that thus far none have availed them

CHINESE PIGS,

PUBLIC OPINION IN ENGLAND.

The London Daily Express maya m While we fully accept the statement of the gentleman who has imported Chinese pork into this country that his particular shipment of pigs was bred under most careful sanitary conditions, we cannot refrain from giving publicity to a selection from the large number of letters from correspondents on the subject of

the Chines pig. favourable conditions; against which there can The pressut shipment of rigs-raised under be no criticism does not, however, warrant as in accepting overy subsequent shipment by any irresponsible shipper who merely buys up hap- kazard in China the first lot of pigs that may The following is a list of firms one may come to hand. How the average pig is grown in poot to and in the Foochow portion of the China Chins will be soon from the following letters:→→ Directory in the year 1914 if the present depree- sion in all business continuos -

axercises comwrenced.

Brother Digger & Brother,

Merchanta & Missionaries, Paulo P. Tikko,

Sir, I have seen the Chinese pig in his own country, and know how he lives. Thin-sided and razor-backed, unfed and unhoused by his owner, he reage at large around his village picking up his ring in the same manner as the better-

Dealers in canned goods, battleships known parish dog of Constantinople.

and too.

Wilkinson & Co.,

Provisions and missionary supplies.

The Library, Ltd..

Books and Bibles always in stock at the

old Club.

the question of principle raised by the Fa-n- in which China, it is believed, intends to revive men question is hardly calonlated to facilitate an agreement. What she now contemplates is the construction of a railway running throngh Western Manchuria from Chincha, a port which seems to be capable of some develop

the Galf of Lisotang, half- ment way between Nawchwang and Shaani kwan, iversity for Fooshow. This is being organised to Taitsibar on the Trans-Siberian Rail

So a line would not be in the by the combined forces of the Anti-Everything way.

and Anti-Booze Societies. It is proposed that

on

formidably that the short Fa-ku-men-Hsin-min-

A movement is on foot to establish an Un-

Pork is strictly prohibited in his Majesty's ships on the China station, and no European out there will touch it or have it on his table.

in

A strong argument in favour of Protection overy form of the word lies in the menace of general shipments of Chinese pigs to this long- suffering England of ours,

Portsmouth.

R. N.

Sir, The idea of Chinesa pork makes ne sick. If the British consumer only saw porkers food, acting as scavengere, he would quickly

Londou, W.

At first sight it may seem equally difficult to understand China's agriety to construct this line and Japan's stubborn refusal to allow its construction. Hein-min-tan, which would be the starting point of this railway from the main Peking-Mukden lite, played a conspicuous part in the railway controversies which raged soms ten years ago between England and Russia in Introduction of a now fortnightly lino of one the days of Russian ascendancy in Southern vicinity of the South Manchurian Radway, but the money which does not find its way into the in China, trained as they are to forago for cheap

Manchuria, bat Fa-ku-men, though a provincial cope with this trifle the Company are proceed. mart of some importanco, had scarcely been it would be unquestionably parallel to that pockets of the Cigarette dealers, Opium dealers, forego that sort of breakfast bacon.

heard of until the present dispute. Though railway, and would compote with it far more Wine and Spirit merchants, vendors of patent ing with the construction of a feet. of novou only 50 miles in length, we proposed line would line, for it would divert the whole of the medicines (by the way, some of these. patent now fast steamers, of which three are ready unquestionably be of considerable economic ran Trans-Siberian traffic to Northern medicines and pain killers aro narcoties and wonderfully soothing at the price) and other The basis of the scheme is that the whole of the importance as a feeder to the Northern Chinese and Central China, which is now carried south-ellous of creaturs comforts, shall be devoted to first and scoond class accommodation on all Railway, for it would tap at Pa-ku-man a forward from Harbin and Changchun over the this laudable object. So hurry up, and weigh fertilo agricultural region, one of the centres South Manchurian Railway to Dairen (Dalny), in the Mox. A handsome prize will be given stoomers on the Trieste Bombay line will be of the bean trade, which is rapidly becoming or at least to Mukden, where it is transferred to the biggest contributor. Subscriptions can combined into ous class with single fares rang the mainstay of the Manchurian export trader to the Northern Chinese Railwaye. The econo-be sent to this office. No recepits given. The ing from Rs. 385 to Rs. 500, with return tickets The Japanese assert that it would p

churian Railway. The

Manchurian Railway would be undeniably seri- Chinese, on the other to be allowed to make the son voyage in one hand, deny this assertion, and they are able ous, but more serious still would be the poli- themselves as the most enlightened individuals direction by the Messageries Maritimes, the to quote some impartial anthorities in support tion and stratagical consequerers for Japan take orary opportunity of hustling (solitary) Italian Navigation General or the North of their own contention that the now line would Power; and what possible guarantes is there ladies into the gutter. This can be safely takes students of the varions Colleges already merely develop, a trade which is at prosent that in the present helpless condition of China 38 curtainty in view of the conduct of the carried on very inadequately, but quite inde-

it take this as one of the crosses we have to bear pendently of the South Manchurian Railway, she will be able to retain it under her own established in our midst. We presore we must by the more primitive appliances of cart and control ? If this now milway scheme matures

an indirect

and should not gramble, but still it is a trifle river transport. The economic arguments put may be regarded by Japan as forward by either side, even if they were much challenge to her wide position in Southernhard. more convincing than they appear to be; would Mancharia. That China could not rely npan hor during the past two or three years of anguinot, however, suflee to explain the heat gene ficent feet of M." steamers of from 10,000 to rated by this dispute. 11,500 tons has led to the withdrawal from the Australian service of all the older vessels with the exception of the India and China. The Victoria, which broke many recoris in her day,

for two years at one and a half tares, pasonger compate in this respect with the Judicially mic effect of such competition upon the South students of this proposed University will regard So long ago as the year 1881 the Chinise

German Lloyd.

The last of the RM.8. Victoria, the last of the P,and O. Company's famous." Jubilee" ships, has beenseen in Australian waters. The construction

· CHINA'S ULTERION. MOTIVES,

The Chinese Government certainly does not often show so much zeal for the economic interests of its people. It the present moment in Manchuria a million tools are being squan-

should it pass under the

Own

of a

hostile

nnaided resonrees to render such a challenge effective may be taken for granted. She would doubtless look for powerful support from international finance controlled by in. fluences which she believes to be antagonistio to Japan.

Railway questions have been for many years past either the origin or the outward manifesta

CHINESÈ METHODS. The directors of English undertakinge operat. ing in China, the Globe says, are only too. painfully alive to the fact that the authorities in that country, instead of doing everything

A. 8.

Sir The importation of pork from Chius greatly disconcerts those who know China sed its ways.

Joko Chinaman is not a ment enter, but he dearly loves a little bit of roast sucking-big. mora sa a condiment than as the basis of a meal.

the habit of eating the pigling. Government requested Sir Patrick Manson, who

After considerable care and examination he was then living in Amoy, to make a reperten

infected with trichina. He advised the people reported that he found 2 per cent of the pigs

a note to missionaries that in the event of their to abstain from eating pork, and especially addot finding themselves up country, and with nothing available for food but pork, that they were to ent only young pig-out it very thin and cook it well.

No member of the large English communities residing in the various ports of China would dreamt of tasting pork at all.

Medical man who read my letter will fally anderstand the importance of this warning. being extended to the people of this country.

BABY'S ECZEMA

CURED IN A WEEK

Began as a Rash but Soon Thick

Grust Covered Tiny Balds Head- People Said Child Would Never Get Over It-Treated Several Doctors and Two Hospitals.

OTHERS FAILED BUT

CUTICURA SUCCEEDED

"I think it but right that we should" Lab you know what Cuticura has doa

for our baby boy. When three months old a rash camo on his head, which turn- ed to eczema and a thick crust formed all aver his head, People said he would not get over it. We tried sew- erl doctors and two hospitals, one being the

but their treatment did not seem to do any good. Bowing about the Cuticura Remedies in the paper, I wrote to you for a book. We then bought Cutloure Scap and Qintment, and in a week the crust bad gono and his hand was like silk and his hair soon, sprang up marvelously and we were able to get some sleep, and wa blew the Bunday we saw it in the paper, We shall always be praising and recom mending the Cutloura Remedies, as they are worthy of it and are worth thres times the money. We are still buying the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and as they have cured our boy we are going to try Cuticura Resolvent to keep bia blood clear, You are at liberty to make what use of this testimonial you may think fit; in the meantime we will do all in our power to make Cuticura known. Mrs. G. Ashran, 82A, Hampstead Rd., London, N. W., England, June 17, 1908.

SKIN-TORTURED

Disfigured Men, Women and Children Instantly relieved and speedily cured, in the majority of cases, by warm bathe with Cutleura Soap, gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment and mild doses of Cuticurs Resolvent Pills, when all eko fails. This treatment is the purest, swostest and most economical and may be used from the hour of birth,

Outigua, Remedies say sold throughqui Ujo work. Charterhono 84: Faris K. & 06. Bydney: - 1 TT

•Londoniin. R. Downs & 1 DIA

South Aires, Lennon, T., Čies" Potter Bror & Chuoi. Cora.. Bale Prop. Ekoton- Poet-[rent from landes denot, liberal mple

or Cuticura, with 32-pake book om skin #isessed.

54-24

was a sister ship to the Britannia, Oceana, and dered on regilding and repainting the Imperial tion of grave international complications, not possible to facilitate business, very often put though probably but few of them have had description will be sent to the port of abipment, Arcadia, all of which were built in. 1887 in palocus at Mukden which no Chinese Emperor only in the Far East and one can at any ruta neodless diffonlties in the way. A month or opportunity of (diagnosing the terrible disease from the largest native towns and.the smallost

a

inland villages, where the animals live on the very vilast of refuse.

The first shipments may be of excellent..

large. quality, but when coming over in

the time they were uncled, the largest and to preser for the trade of Manchuris thum in regard to the operation of such rail the end of last March, complaining that! strong feeling that the people of this country matter could do anything bat deplore this frosk at any rate convinced that China had other in Manchuria, but the construction of railways the efforts made to energetically develop intivan past, Los given Germany so much anxiety a nip it in the buil," and so put a stop to a

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commemoration of the jubilee of the formation has set foot in for more than 50

necessary of the P. and O. Compasy. They were, at the province clamours in vain for years, whilst fands to prevent the silting up of the Lino River the port of Newchwang, which vesels over built for the company, and in the mix their arrival in Sydney harbour created still under Chinese control The Japanese were intense interest. The cost of these historic mail-liners was almost £800,000, and their combined tonnage was 26,00. All of these ships were fitted with gun platforms and other necessery appliances, and under arrangement with the Admiralty were ready at a moment's willing at the moment to give, but would [ reaching international developments, we may the way of working them. As an instance, Mr.rniera of the present day.

In Chinese towns the porker is seldom eaten, whose operations were seriously hampered by a but kept for breeding the young pigling, and

we have the two ago we had the case of the Poking Syndicato, of trichiniasis too zealous official and now directors of the Syndicat Da Yunnan, Limited, also for souvenging the dirty narrow streeta.

1 write in no vindictive mood, but with aquantities, no one of any experienos of this in their report covering the period to

must be protected against this fatal disease, that advice to the authorities in this country is to branch of importation, and my most sincere

and the Government of the Black Forest Bo

commercial business which may bring the most much trouble to exterminate.

Moses of old was wise when he prohibited the drastic consequences to the Israelites from eating pig at all. He evidently Chinese pork,"

Brighton. knew more of the pig in the last than do our

notice to be converted into armed craisers.

been

of the

railway questions in Manchuria are scrati understand the jealous care with which these nized by Tapan. She is fully aware of her "Open Door" obligations and intends to fall ns are or may be constructed under her control mics other than mere economia issues. Hence, their concession have unfortunately been frus also, the difficulty of defining a competitive zone. trated to a large extent by the opposition Not to speak of recent events in the Near East, local Chinese authorities. Several mines hare in which railway questions have played a pro been inspected and reported upon by the som minent part as the precursors of many far-pany's representatives, but the mandarine have on each occasion placed insuperable obstacles in remember the lengths to which we were ourselves prepared to proceed against Turkey only a few W. F. Collins, the resident engineer, having years ago, when the aggressive policy of Abdul examined and reported upon a mine known as Hamid the Sinai Peninsula threatened our Hou-Chat, entered into an agreement with the owner to work the mine, whereupon the man- position in Egypt with the extension of the

darins seized the owner and his family and Bir,I have seen the conditions under which Hedjaz Railway towards the Suez Canel.

cast them into prison. In 's still later case the pigs are Ured in China. They aro in a semi- authorities prevented the company from 20-wild state, and with the chow-dogs, they sat as scavengers not only in the filthy streets with which China abounds, but along the rivomide and seashore. They live on the rotten seaweed and on the dead bodies of animals and human beings which are frequently to be seen floating

than more economic considerations in view. They believed that, in the first place, had they moquiesced in the construction of the railway as far as Fa-ku-mon, it would not have stopped there, whatever assurances China might have have been carried on to Tsitsihar, on the Trans-Siberian Railway, in which case the whole Japanese position in Southern Manchuria In the would have been effectually turned. second place, the Japanese resented the attempt doubt be replaced in due course by more ap-te-confict between British and Japanone interests mado by the Chinese to create in this matter a data voezels, so as to keep the company's foot an attempt which was in complete accordance up to the high state of efloiency rendered with China's traditional policy. In 1901, when THE SUMMER HEAT AT SHANGHAI. quiring mine. necessary by modern requirements.

The Victoria, as well as the Arcadia and the Peninsular, have been sold. They will no

•

WRECK STATISTICS FOR 1908.

Li Hung Chang was negotiating his Man- charian Convention with Russia, he admitted in the course of conversation with me that he relied

прои

the action of Japan and England to

The statistical summary of vessels totally lost.nentralize sooner or later the concessions which trying to residents of Shangbal and has dispell. condemned, &c., now published by Lloyd's Le was compelled to make to Bussis. In the Register, shows that during 1908 the gross same way China now hoped that by giving to reduction in the effective mercantile marine of British firms a contract for the construction of the Fa-ku-men Railway, she would secure the the world amounted to 800 rests of 809,292 diplomatic support of England in escaping the tons, excluding all vessels of less than 100 tons. consequences of the Of this total, 382 vessels of 566,497 tons were to Japan under the Felding Protocols had given This is no mere speculative surmise. Nothing

RESIGNATION OF THE PRUSSIAN

MINISTER OF WAE.

1.

The beat of the past few days, says the N-C. Daily News of the latinst, has proved extremely

The Prussian Minister of War, General voN ed the hope that we should experience a short summer this year. There has been mach retro Einem, has resigned office and will soon succeed spection, and those who have held the belief to the command of the Seventh Army Corps, that cool weather may be anticipated after This command is about to be vacated by August 15 have been badly disappointed. The General von Bernhardi, who recently was beginning of autumn, according to the Chinese granted lave for an indefinite period after an calendar, fell on August 7 this year, yet on insident which led to the resignation of the September I we have the summer heat still with officer in command of a oniraaster regiment at steamers, and 418 of 212,805 tons were sailing at an ulterior purpose of the greatest import us. Although we have experienced an unusual Münster.

Although General von Diner has rather vessels. The following table shows the average ance would have induced the Chinese Government of August has been phenomenal in unexpectedly chosen this opportunity to retine

summer, the assertion that the heat of the persontags lost, &c., of vessels ow.rest as recordedmont to place the financing and the construction Bhanghai is disproved by the figures we are from an office which at one time was thought in Lloyd's Register Book. It will be observed of a railway in the bands of a British group able to place before var ronders. To go batek alikely to lead him to further political profer. on a comparison of the figures for 1908 with the at a time when Chims is straining every nerve average of the yearly percentages for the quin to secure is matters of railway construction long way, to the year 1879, we find that in July: ment, he has been previously associated with emplate immunity from any form of control and August of that year the heat was very the Seventh Army Corps, both as commandor quennial period (1903-1907) that bat little that can guaranipe even a minimum of honesty great for weeks with scarcely a break, and of ja regiment and as Chief of the General Staff The years which have elapsed since General sou and efficiency. Nor was it necessary for her to that easily constitutes a record. hare resourse at all to foreign assistance for

Einem succeeded General von Gossier in 1903 the constraction of those 50 miles of railway

have required no such political activity as was The surplus revenue of the Imperial Railways

demanded of some of his predecessors and is No. Tons. No. Tons. of North Chins, out, of which the Chinese

continuously demanded of the Secretary of State are now bailding the more expensive Peking

for the Imperial Navy. General vou Einem, Kalgan Railway, would have amply sufficed

however, who is rn able speaker, has defended to provide financial resources for the construc-

his estimates with fineuoy and skill and warded off demands for changes, for example, in the tion of the Hein-min-tun-Fa-ku-mer Railway.

On July 9 the marimum temperature for the poried of service with the cavalry. Keeping The point is beyond argument or denial, for

first time rosa abore 91 degrees Fahrenheit, but well in the current of contemporary politics, he one of the leading members of the Waiwuputer July 12 the heat increased gradually and has vigorously waged war with Socialism, and admitted to me quite frankly that British firme

the maximum did not fall below 90 degrees until has had, perhaps, more oratorical combats with had been deliberately selected with the purpose August 13, when 88 degrees were registered the Extreme Left in the Reichstag than Prince of enlisting British support and sympathy in the event of Japanese opposition. That there he hottest lay in July was the 21st of that Bülow himself, would be Japanese opposition the Chinese were month, when our thermometer registered 99.7 protests were made some time before the

variation has taken place :---- PERCENTAGE LUST, &G., OF VESHALB OWNED,

Steam

Ferted. 1898-1902

1903-1907

· 1908-

Sail,..

·∙1·93 1·904-95 4'68 1-90 179.4-98 472 1-83 1-67 4-68. 477.

These Agures show that steamers have a mach greater immunity from disaster than have sailing vessels.

The tables exhibit interesting data as to the relative frequency of the different kinds of casualty, &c., which conclude the existance of

that

To return to the weather that has prevailed throughout this summer, it will be remembered during the month of June rain fell in measurable quantities ou no less than twenty two days and the highest temperature was 90.3 deg. Fon June 4. It was not until after the first week in July that a spell of dry weather

set in.

was recorded; on August 9, the instrument

A POPULAR APPOINTMENT,

The new Prussian Minister for War is

THOMAS B. ELLIOT.

Inglenook, Shoreham, Sussex.

down the rivers.

The poorer Chinese throw their dead into the means of elading the devil, who they think cazinot walk on the water. rivers, both to save expense and as a quick

I have never heard of a European In China eating pork, and I know for a fact that the man of the chow-dogs as that of the pigs. of the China Fleet would as soon eat the Besh

A BUTCHER (inta Royal Navy). Leicester.

Sir-I have spont a long time in Chind, and it is a well-known fact that Europeans in Chins will not touch Chinese pork, owing to the alth the pigs live on.

They are the greatest scavengers of the country, go about wild in many places, and food

vial and indescribable filth.

a

I have seen them eating swollen and patrid bodies which have died from all manner of

diseases.

It is surely the duty of all who wish for the

physical welfare of the race to protest.

V. C. NIGHTINGALE,

The Hermitage, Taplow.

Sir, All old residents of the East will agree with me that the case against such eatables" as Chinese pig and poultry can be backed by undeniable arguments, details of which would make the home Bräisher details are too abhorrent for print

vodomers of

GORING BUSHBY.

Bir-There would be no need to import any.. foreign bacon if the milling industry of this country were preserved, as the British Isles could produce all the bacon required for home sumption if farmers could get a supply of millers "offal, such as bran and pollard.

Owing to our existing fiscal policy the foreigner, is encouraged to export flour ready made to these islands, and retains the "offal" to feed his pigs, which in turn are also shipped ere, depriving our agriculturists of a most profitable industry that of pig fattening-

T. V. BIOBDAN, Thornton-avenue, Chiswick, W.

KING MANUEL'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.

A WEEK AT WINDSOR IN NOVEMBER.

It has now been definitely arranged that King Manuel of Portugal will spend a week st Windsor as the guest of the King during the

first part of November, His Majesty will come to England direct from Portugal, and, as the visit will be one of a Stata character, he will be accompanied either by his Prime Minister or by his Minister for Foreign Affairs.

His Majesty is coming in response to u special invitation of King Edward, who recently wrote to him a most cordial letter asking him

to visit this country.

During his stay in England he will drive through London and visit the City as the guest of the Lord Mayor and Corporation, who are arranging to entertain him, as they entertained his angast father and mother a few years ago, at the Guildhall,

King Manuel, who is an ardent sportemņa, is looking forward with keen pleasure to the shoot- ing at Windsor. Several shooting partics are are to be arranged during his stay, and it is not unlikely that there will be a theatrical per-

Vessels. Strandings and kindred casualties which perfectly well aware, since the Arst Japanese degrees in the shade. The next day 97.8 degreGeneral von Bederingen. His career greatly sick with utter loathing. Unfortunately such formance by special command at the Castle. are comprised under the term "wrecked" are nature of the preliminary contracts between / showed 97.7 degrees. These are the highest resembles that of his predecessor, Born in much the most prolife cause of disaster. To the Chiness Government and the British firms. figures for the year to date. such casualties are attributable 43.5 per cent. of As far as public opinion in England is con

cerned, the Chinese calentation

did not

The pork eaten by Europeans, in the East in cold storage meat, generally sent up from "Down Under "not the carcases of animals who, like vultures, have lived on the filthy offal

flthy land.

If this

sold.

1850 he was educated in a school for cadets. He joined the Army in 1867 and became an

DIVULGING MILITARY SECRETS IN THE PHILPPINES. officer in 1868. He participated in the Franco- thedjutant of the Hessian German War as the losses of steamers and 338 per cent. of the altogether fail, for, insuficiently informed LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS Fusilier Rogiment. Severely wounded at losses of sailing vessels. The next most common

F. J. Anger, chief olark of the engineer as to the larger bearings of the question,

Worth, he was decorated with the Iron Cross of a gene is to be sent promiscuously to a termination of a vessel's career is by condhana. British public opinion has been inclined to

The M.M. str. Occunion, with the French During the Inter seventies he was Brigade

some law be passed to enforce the branding of by the prosecuting attorney charging him, the tion, breaking up,. &, 20-4 per cent. of the condemn the action of Japan as an unwar- steamers and 27-8 por cent of the sailing Tassels ranted interference both with British enter Mail of the 15th ultimo, and mails from London Adjutant, and filled this position with auch decent land for consumption I suggest that corps, has been arrested on a complaint drawn our wives go shopping they may know at once secrets contained in a private letter written by ramaved from the merchant fleets of the world prise and with the right of China to develop of the 14th ultimo, left Singapore on the 6th taarked ability that he was summoned to the it with a distinctive mark in order that when Manila Caplenews says, with divulging the

her own economic resources. But it failed instant at 4.30 p.m., and is expected to arrive General Stoff in 1850 where, for years, he was

making them known to Matthews superior on teing accounted for in this manner. Cases of entirely as regards the British Government, bere on or about Monday morning. the 13th Count Schlieffen's right-hand man. In 1895 Number 117, and in 1898 he was appointed

Good old Free Trade not satisfied with making Carabao island, and causing his suspension and abandoned, foundered, and missing vessels are for it had omitted to take one important factor instant, and will leave for Shanghai and Japan he was made Chief of Infantry Regiment whether clean meat or Chinese meat is being one B. F. Matthews to T. Young, of Manile.

into donnt-namely, the loyalty and straight on the use afternoon.

The Indo-Chins str. Kumsang left Calcutta Director of the Army Administration Depart-

disessed aliens and shoddy foreign goods, contents of the letter." circumstances of loss. If these be taken Government to communicate to their the and may be expected here on or about the 19th General von Hesringen has been General-in-must now use its arms to thrust abominable collectively they comprehend 19-4 per cent. of clause of the Peking Protocol relating to rail-

Command of the Second Army Corps. the steamers and 24-2 per cent. of the sailing way construction in Manchuria, The British instant.

General von Heeringen is a General of In-forsign food down the throats of suffering The LGM. str. Derflinger, which left here Government had seen no reason to demar to.

on the 2nd inst. at 4 pm. arrived at Shanghai fantry, and General von Einem was & General the stipulations which it contained, and it was

of Cavalry. Writing in the Tageblatt, Colonel during 1903. The return has been compiled by therefore impossible for them to turn round on the 5th instant at 3 a.m.

The T.K.K. st. Nippon Maru asiled from Gadke deplores the fact that Generals of Lloyd's Register in snou a mariner as to enable and support the Chinese contention in this Yokohama, on route for Hongkong on the 5th Artillery sam precluded from occupying the comparison to be made between the per particular question simply because British firms inst, and is due to arrive at this port on the post of Minister for War. It is, he says, amore

interested in the scheme.

than sixty 15th instant pentages of loss suffered by each of the principal

In a

a despatch from Tokyo which appeared

Minister. Otherwies, Colonel merchant navies in the world. Great as the in The Times of June 2 I set forth the

The T.K.K. str. Chigo Mare arrived at San appointed War 3 since a field artillerist was idke adds, the army will look forward with absolute annual loss of vessels belonging to the course of the negotiations up to the Chinese, Francisco on the 3rd inst

The LG.M. str. Coblens, which left here on confidence to General von Hoeringen's adminis. United Kingdom appears to be, it is seau to rbitration proposals and their rejection by the 15tk altimo at daylight, arrived at Sydney tration.

The Emperor, it is stated, was influenced in Fory moderate procentage of the Japan. I explained also that Japan had by no

means confined herself to au uncompromising on the 5th instant at 10 am.

The C.FB. sic. Express of Japan-arrived at his selection by the sympthetic personality of mercantile marine of the country, and to veto on the construction of the Fakamen

General von Hearingen, whose reputation in the compare favourably with the average of the Railway, but had put forward two alternative Vancouver on the 4th instant at 3 p.m...

The Bank Line str. Aymeric left Kobe on the Army also is that of a calm, sagacious man, who losses sustained by other leading maritime suggestions, one of which even provided - on

certain conditions for the construction of that 6th inst. for Vancouver and Tacoma vis has always done good work in the important

positions he has filed. Countries.

line by the Chinese. The Chinese maintain Yokohama

no doubt frequently more or loss similar in the forwardness which had prompted the Japanese for, this port via the Straits on the 3rd instant, ment of the War Ministry. Biaco 1906 poor stupid old England a dumping ground for dismissal from the service because of the.

reasols removed from the mercantile marino

form &

were

Britons.

Tufnell Park,

HERBELT V. LTCAS.

trip

It appears from the complaint that some to Manila, and lodged a complaint with time prior to Jana 24 last Matthews made a Major Howell against certain things in con- noction with the work on the fortifications. On the 23rd after his return to the island, Sir, May 1, through your column, con- Matthews wrote to Young and told him about gratulate the four gentlemen whose letters the conversation with Major Howell

His complint had been listened to and the on Chineso pigs appeared in the press. Their statements are all positive facts and to evils complained of corrected. But W. P.. the point. Owing to my residence in different Edwards, the assistant engineer and the im- parts of China, I can, thoroughly endorse their mediate superior of Matthews, was anxious to opinions, and it is the duty of every Britisher find out the source of the complaints and it is who has resided in the Celestial Empire to charged that F. A. Anger, in order to confirm inform his fellow creatures of this possible his suspicions, opened certain correspondence danger to the general health of the nation. that passed between Matthews and Young and Our eastern friends will not be low in found the letter telling the whole story. This pouring thousands of frozen caresse into information, it is claimed, he then divulged to England and elsewhere, and the pigs of overy | WP. Edwards, with the rosult mentioned.