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fortifications (including the wall of solid TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS, Province of 40,000,000 people, and it would

stone which encloses it on three sides), and Who adorned it with some of ita firest buildings. The transfer of "the doubtless involve α capital will very heavy expenditure, but we presume it will be urged by the advocates of the change

that it has been dictated no less by ươn-

("DAILY. PRESH", EXCLUSIV.N SERVICE.

THE REVOLUTION.

A SENSATIONAL REPORT:

TOKYO, December-13th. Mr. Yamato, a correspondent at Peking, sends a sensational report to the effect that an international com-

siderations of econbiny than of sentiment. The transfer, we take it, will affect Simila as well as Calcutta, for with the seat of the supreme government established at Delhi, where the temperature in the hot scuson does not go beyond 93', the desertion of Simla as well as Calcutta is presumably involved, but on this point we must await fuller in-mittee has been formed to take over formation. It is very 'ovident that the

the control of the Customs, and finance visit of THEIR MAJESTIES has made a tremendous impression upon the people and place the same in the hands of of India, and the value of the visit in the Hongkong and Sunnghai, the counting the ties of India to the Crown

Deutsche, and the Russo-Chinese cannot be over-estimated.

Banks in view of the default of the payment of interest on kans

The miliary piquets are still being sent out daily

Two cases of snatching from the person caute before the Magistrates yesterday. In

The correspondent adds that Japan

both instances the men stole money from has been ignored on the grounds that

japle on the stregi.

gho has no financial interest...

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"EMPRESS" REFLOATED.

The

TOKYO, December 13th Empress of Chin," which

QUEUELESS CANTON.

Our Canta correspoàdent writes :-*

evoke

great elation and great disappoint. Įment, highest hopes and serious mortifica

tion. The word of the Emperor, having

Chinese and the pig-tail have always seemed passed, it was irrevocable, and discussion nseparablaides, and the fact that to-day not must be deferred,

single queue is to be seen in this-grost city is, Baron Macdonnell-wholly approved-of-more than a stran je sight, it is the last page ol the changes

a volume of the book of history and the title

Lord Curson, speaking with ouation, maid the changes were so startling and tramen went ahora some three months agoon

dous, and so abrupt a departure from Re: approaching Yokohama, has been re- ceptedpoloy, that they would demand the floated.

THROUGH REUTE'L'S 'AGENCY,}

..

TRE DURBAR.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OHANGED.

closest scrutiny.

The subject, then dropped.

OPINION INTHE COUNTRY:

page of the next. Everyone know that with

the Mmobo-dynasty chữ quone must go, but fow- people could realise what it really meant and that the discarding would be so universal. How, times and ideas do change in this would! It is not so very long ago sings a man without a queu was looked upon with auspicion and cares fully watched. Now we had any man arriving from the ountry with a pig-tall finds trouble iu store before he leaves the wharf, and motes

The first comments on the "Tromenlus Changes in India" are gausrally favom-thin likely he will lose it one he goes a handy able The Radicals are most onthusiastic.

yards.. This Daily News says that it surpassed the South Africau constitution as a rindi. cation of Liberalism in fpatial policy,

This Morning Leader remarks that Home Kule for Freland is proveded by Home Bule for India The Eastern Empire would be. pacified by the same dating policy as South Africa. Would that Ireland revive the

The Colleges and Schools looked liko a refuge. for Buddhist priests Fast wook and the wook pr...... vious, for practically all the students got their hands shaved in contrast to the coolies' style

The shaven boads and the clipped queues are of just clipping off the quene,

beginning to present a respectable appearaase now that the hair is beginning to grow, and wo are presented cu all sides with ope

The small round cap that used to find so much favour with all and sundry has gone, and the European style of cap known at Home as the

Loxnox, December 13th. Reuter's Delhi correspondent wires that the Dorbar, hold on a perfect Indian day was brilliant success. It was the most brillinut spectacle ever seen in India. Their Majesties State carriage honded a procession | same act in the same way.

The Daily Chrusicle observes that the three miles long of dazzling colour.. They. Yesterday two Chinese youthis had a

were receivel with tempestuoni shouts of great occasion has boon greatly used." quare in Connaught Road and ene slashed

loyalty and joy. Their Majesties then

The Morning Post and Daily Telegraph.hooper" is being worn universally. Usolian at the other with a linife, inflicting a large

boys, students, merchants- and officials have proceeded half way round, an anormous regret that the person of the King Emperor donned the way. And it does not improve wound on the leg. The victim had to be

amphitheatre and received the spontaneous is associated with what is really the policy them. à cap at any times makes for a certais tiken to hospital and the other was arrested.

LONDON, December 18th.

homage of a hundred thousand subjects and of his advisers, and in view of the reversal deshabite appearance iu dress; and when com The Stanley tiger is apparently still in the

of the partition of Bengal they have misgiv-bined as it is now with the Chiness alothing it Reuter's correspondent at Burlin cable!

twenty thousand troops. neighbourhood. Yesterday a report was fur-

Their Majesties arrived at the Durbarings us to its wisdom. The Daily Telegraph jooks anything but amart. True, soms havo nished to the police that a pig had been that since the beginning of the Chinese stolen from a piggery within too yards of the troubles, Germany has adhered strictly to from Shamiaua, and were received by the says that Lord Curzon's life work has been dopted European clothes and look very Police Station at the village, and investiga-the policy of non-interference, and that the Viceroy and Native Princes. They took swept away by au act of governmental well, but the general vestments of the in- habitants of Canton gives the appearanc on resulted in the discovery of the spoor of reports, in Japanono and other foreign their seats, the King in Imperial-purple-autocracy impossible even in Russia.

of the whole community boing lower class, papers that private persons in Germany wearing the Crown, collars, garter and the The Times and Daily Mail a large animal in the soft mud.

A well-dressed Chinaman in Chinese clothes Yesterday afternoon Captain Lyons, with the acquiescence of this Government,

hor coronation roba decorated with jewels objects towards which Lord Carzon's amunt of distraction about him that is entirely It is favour of the Imperialists, have proved of emeralds and diamonds and wearing the partition were directed were fully safe absent now left for Home on the s.s. l'alawan. believed that Captain Lyons with shortly-wholly untrue, as no Gorma officers, active Star of India on the front of her dress. To guarded. The whole scheurs is so carr UNIFORMS AND BOON FOR THE ARMY.

The large tannery sul boot, and clothing- retire, and in consequence his departure has or retired, are with the Imperialists.

fully thought out and so well balanced occasioned more regret than would other-

that we should be confident that it would making ostablishment which lies on the river wise have been the case. Captain Badelcy

stand the test of the close scrutiny of Parlia- just bolow Tai-sha-fau, and which has buon lying returned from leave yesterday by the Ger-

ment, The Daily Mail says that Lord idle for more than a year, is about to be started Curzon's aims are attained by slightly dif.by the new authorities. The intention is to Forcat moane. In boldness and in breadth of commsco tusking uniform: and books im imagination the changes were worthy of the mediately for the army, and it is nous top s idealism of the King Emperor.

"pproval of the

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, have taken up an attitude pronouncedly instur of India. The Queen was dressed in changes. The Times states that the chief with his long robe and weil-oiled queue hai au

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THE SOCOTRA WRECK.

LONDON. December 13th.

At the Magistracy yesterday a scamun named Goad was brought before Mr. Irving on three charges. One was attempting to Reuter's Singapore correspondent advises take a bottle of whisky into the Sallors' that the officers and crew of the steamer

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ACCIDENT ON BRITISH BATTLE- SHIP.

LONDON, Dec. 13th, During the electrical tests ou H.M.S, We have received a communication from Orion an oil explosion took place in the Canton signed “Cantonese Merchants," buddyaamo room.

Admiralty officials, four officers and 13 others were terribly injured."

UNIVERSITY RUGBY."

it is not authenticated by names and ad- A sheet of finne shot up and three dresses. The writers complain that a great number of well-educated Chinese who have returned to Canton from "every university of Europe, America and Japan" to seek employment by the new Government," are ignored by the Superintendent of Police, who was appointed examiner of returùed students. The fitter describes Camon as in a "dan gerous condition, and says that if proper use were made of the intelligent men whose. services are offering, "all robbers could. easily be controlled and this Province would soon be a peaceful country." As a footpote a short biography of the Polict. Superin- HONGKONG OFFION: 10A, DES VOU ROAD Ctendent is given by way of showing rensons LONDON OPVICH: 131, FLEET STREET. EC

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A meeting was convened by His Excellency the Governor 19 consider whether it would not be advisable to postpone the Bazaar in aid of the University which it had been in- tended to hold in the first week in March. His Excellency observed that he was aware

that the Chinese Community were engaged in raising funds for the relief of the famine and distress the Yangtze, and that owing to the interruption of trade due to the present condition of affairs in China the merchants, European. as

well as Chinese, bad suffered severe losses. He would regred the necessity for postponement, but it would be wiser to postpone than to run risk of failure or to carry out a scheme which

· facked general support. Several speeches in favour of continuing with the project were. made, and on a vote being taken it was

LONDON, Dec. 13th. The Rugby football match between Oxford and Cambridge Universities rosulted in a win for the former by 19 points to nil There was a large crowd present and the ground was hard.

Oxford showed surprising form. Poulton, the South African, Steyu, and the Rhodes scholar Bullock scored tries in the first ten minutes, and at half-time Oxford led by 11 points to nil.

On the resumption Cam- bridge made desperate but unavailing, attempts to score. Dingle scored a try for Oxford, which was converted, and then another try was obtained in a forward rush.

P. & O. STEAMER IN DIFFICULTIES:

LONDON, December 13th.

Endeavours are being made to take a rocket apparatus to the P. and O. steamer Delhi by land, communication from the sea being difficult.

[This message is the absence of any previous one, is not enlightening. It suggests that the Delhi, which is a steamer of 8,093 toas, is alicre somewhere.

LATTE.

the great rolling of drums, His Majesty rose and delivered the opening speech, after which the Viceroy, Princes and citizens paid homage

This picturesque ceremony concluded, Their Majesties

proceedid

to the

Royal pavilion, where they ascended the stepe and stood in front of the throne before the assmabled poopla. It was the climax of a great day. The King com-

manded the Viceroy to the front of the throne to announce the grants and conces sions which the King has been pleased to bestow. The final scene was witnessed when Their Majesties leaded the procession round the secon 1 half of the amphitheatre to the accompaniment of renewed ovations, and then returned to the Royal teut.

At the conclusion of the Durbar, the King announced the transfer of the seat of Government in India from Calcutta to Delhi, aud the establishment of a Governor ship of Bengal, with a new Lieutenant Governorship for Behar, Chotanagapur, and Orissa oud & Chief Commissionership for Assain

This news was received with applause. Tue officials hope it will allay the feeling created by the partition of Bengal, though the verdict of the Bengalese remains to be seen.

The Viceroy, in announcing the grants, said the Government would inmediately devote 6fty lahks towards popular educa- tion, and further grants in the future on a generous scute He stated that henceforth the officers and men of the Indian Army would be eligible for the Victoria Cross 11e aunounced that the soldiers and murines would receive a fortnight's pay, and proclaimed various small grants of a local character. He further announced that car-

tain prisoners would be released, while small debtors would be discharged and their debts paid.

REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT.

In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon, H. R. Asquith, communicated, aid cheers, the King's azsourcement at the Durbar. Mr. Bonar

THE HONOURS...

The Durbar list of honours includes a

G. C. I. E. (Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire) for Sir John Jordan,

DELHI EXCITED.

LONDON, December 13th. Beider's correspondent at Delhi wires that the city is in a fever of excitement at the transference of the Capital. The Princes

re.apparently delighted,

It is estimated that the cost of the trans- ference will be £4,000,000, and that much of the expenditure ou, the Durbar will be neeful in connection therewith.

NAVAL PRIZE BILL..

It is pleasing to note that the mix Government intande to push things at onse and observe the name progressive which it claims,

PIRATES ON THE RIVER. The river is still infested with pirates, despite all that is being done to root them out. One would have thonght that the shooting of the mate of a British ressal a fortnight age would harr kept the authorities busy making, the river between Canton and Wschow safe. A repert has just come in of a large juuk nitacked near a village called Kum Yc and of a regular battle oral between the pirates and the new and sevõrel guards who arrived on the scene, Severs] of the robbers were killed and two taken prisoner, but it is rather an ineffectire way of putting. them down to wait till a prize arrives and then have a fight in which the pirates are very oftan

mucoessful.

FIGHTING AMONG TEOOFS,

On Saturday there was trouble between the LONDON, December 13th.. Kwang Si soldiers and some of the Kwang In the House of Lords; Lord Selbourne, Tung soldiers, which ended in pretty serious in moving the rejection of the Naval Prize fighting. The reason for the disputa is not Bill, the third reading of which was passo quite evident, but itsas jast to bare boon by the House of Commons on December 8, som grade the one regi nost had against th described the proposed prize court as per- About 23 mon on each side at least it is dan

other argmented by an old hatred of each oth fectly preposterous, us under its conditions usted were killed, but there may have been the British Empiro bad only the same repre-others Lurt by stray ballots. One of the book. sentation as a Central America Republic

LATER

In the House of Lords the second reading of the Naval Prize Bill (involving the De- clication of London) was defeated by 145 voter to 58.

men in the Electris Light Station on the New Zị ng Bund was shot in the arm by spent bullet while he was at work on the roof. These brawls among the troops are very serious sad will de more than anything else to keep the city in an unsettled atsto

TROOPS JOR THE NORTH..

Lord Lansdowne denied that the action

On Saturday evening the Yashur embarked of the Opposition was hun sting to the Government or the country, but otherwise. 800 troops and sailed for the North, and on He hoped it would strengthen the Executive Sunday the Keanglah also subarked betwe

800 and 900 and left for. Woosung. These Government and enable it to resume te-oldieza ware supplied with warm clothing for the gotiations with better prospects of success.

ANOTHER SPANISH PRINCESS.

cold weather, and are to be followed by another detachment to-day or to-morrow in the Khoang Lee and Au Ping, which boats hare been speci ally fitted up to racaive them. The troops in junks were towed out to the busts by a Chinese gunboat and the embarkation took place in a ́ most orderly manner.

Ir has been understood for some months past that on the occasion of the visit of the KING EMPEROR to India His MAJESTY would announce some important adminis trative changes, but the people of fadin were probably wholly unprepared for the nanouncement of a transfer of the seat of Government from Calcutta to Delhi. This may be regarded as the most starding announcement in HIS MAJESTY's speech, for following upon the troublous times in India during the last few years speculation as to the nature of the announcements would unanimously decided to carry out the plane charge of the life-saving apparatus, has sailed Law considered that the announcement con- naturally concern itself with such adininis already made for holding the Bazar, without to assist the Delhi, which is in a serious tained changes of the utmost gravity in the RUSSIAN LIMIT IN THE WHITE SEA. "Volanteers" appeared at the Castom House trative changes na would tend to allay the. l-fooling which has been manifested Lover

On Tuesday afternoon-the prizes won in the partition-of Bengal. We have hitherto

the removal of the recent Gre brigade competition were pre- seen no bint that.

sented by Captain. Lyons, Captain. Super- seat of government

likely

Intendent of Police, The winning squad the programme under Foreman Inspector O'Sullivan

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any modification.

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Gibraltar telegrams state that the British cruiser Weymouth, with artillerymen in

position.

RUESO-AMERICAN COMMERCIAL.

however, whether discussion now would be

to criticise His

LONDON, December 13th Bouter's correspondent at Madrid wires that Queen Victoria of Spain has given birth to a daughter.

THE OPÌUM CONFERENCE.

Un Saturday morning a detachment of the

He was sure Mr.

and threatened to blow up the whole place if government of India.

LONDON, December 13th.

the 70 lbs. of dynamite which was seized on the Asquith would be the first to recognise that.

Renter's correspondent at St. Petersburg Fathan on Friday night wasnot handed over t it ought to be discussed, but he had doubts states that, owing to the protesta of the them at cuce Needless to say, this was done at TREATY.

Powers, Bussia has dropped her claim to a fonce, and just shortly afterwards a body of s to the public advantage, because His twelve-mile limit in the White Sea, the soldiers arrived on the scene, having been ent in be included

LONDON, December 13th.

Majesty was in India, and it would be very Government having decided to aid the fish by the authorities to protect and keep any body which HIS MAJESTY was expected to unfold, paraded at No. 3. Police Station, and received cables that the Foreign Affairs Committee in mission even seeming

Reuter's correspondent at Washington undesirable that there should be any diseries in other ways:

of pirates, or others from taking possession of the but it is a change which will probably be their awards as follows: Foreman O'Sulli-

dynamite. Where we will next hear of or very generally welcomed in India, though van, cup and gold shield. Assistant Foreman the House has unanimously passed a re- Majesty's personal act.

pockaps heer this explosive will be interesting. a great outcry will doubtless be raised in Gerrard, Engine drivers Brown, Garrod, and solution directing the immediate abrogation Mr. Asquith, agreed as to the necessity

LONDON, December 13th. the commercial capital where the seat of Assistant Engine-driver Murphy gold shields, of the Russo-American Commercial Treaty for discussion, but thought it undesirable

EMPRESS OF CHINA” RE-FLOATED. Hague telegrams report that the Opun Government has been established since Firemen Fox, Marks, Stuart, Pain. Hedge, oving to Russia's refusal to recognise until the members had an ample opportunity

Conference has adopted the proposal Mr. Craddock, General Traffic Agent of the 1773. Delhi claims this honour by Grant and Paterson, gold shields. Sergt. American passports to Jews.

of reading the document aud considering | reason of the fact that its site has been that Murphy also received the despatch box co-

all the agreements therein, and particularly of Ching that each government repre- CPR, informs us that he is in receipt of a sented ahould" bind itself to prohibit the telegram from Yokohama advising that the of many successive capitala, but, as is well petition cup. Captain Lyons, in his address

Jewellery to the value of $3,000 was stolen while His Majesty was absent. Inown, it attained its greatest glory as the to the men, commended them upon their from the residence of Mr. G. C. Mozes from a In the House of Lords the aunouncement export to China of all opium not marked Empress of China has been re-floated and it is capital of the Moghal Empire, after the iciency, and remarked that in, the brigade safe, the discovery not being made until Mon-was made by Lord Morley. Lord Lansdowne, by the government of British India, in expected to dook her at Uraga

expected of them and to rush into danger. day morning. As the disappearance of the emphasised the point that it was uprooting cluding opium from Persia and Turkey.

The Dutch resolution prohibiting the That tendency should be guarded against jewels syobronised with the sudden departure of traditions by removing the Capital to Delhi

a Lousa coclis suspicion falls upon him. He It was an abrupt reversal of Lord Curzon's import and export of raw opium was also has not been traced yet.

seat of that Empire had been transferred, thither from Agra in 1637, by SHAH JAHAN.

there was a tendency to do more than was

It was this Emperor who built the present He also commended the Chinese... firemen town, who first constructed the present for their devotion to duty.

policy by the creation of a great Bengal carried.

Mr. Mee Cheung sends us some interest- ing photographs of revolutionary troops in

Canton.