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Intimations.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED.

HAVE JUST RECEIVED

A CONSIGNMENT OF

ILFORD DRY

PLATES,

7/1, 10/8, 12/10,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1894.

in proportion to the number of pelly offences they may commit while on duty in the colony. There are unquestionably most distinct and material advantages to be derived hom the main- tenance of an efficient and all conducted Police Force, and as far as the Hongkong Tele- graph knows--and it calms to know good deal on this subject the conduct of the local police for years past bas been as good that of any similar establishment in any part of the world, while the scie of daring performed by the execution of their duty has of them many from time to time called forth not only hesity recognition from their superior officers, but even warmenngratulations and, in some cases, substad- is not tis! emoluments from the Government. offensive, arbitrary and contemptible inter- ference with the rights of the police constables that the Colony requires in the shape of retrench- in that direction ment; any so-called economy

drop in the ocean of ruinous can only amount waste that has been going on in the higher ranke of various public departments here for upwards of

quarter of

century, What is needed, at all events so far as the much despleed -upless na gala and Inspection days when they are greatly belauded--policeman is concerord. Is the adoption of

system of

of graduated pensions affecting the whole: Service, regulations syster, based on the Military superannuation and the prompt dismissal from office of

superfluous and lacompetent officials no matter what their posi los, or standing. DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co., L.D., To do as the ridiculous Retrenchmert Com- mission have propated stint the working bees VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

ad pamper the useless drones,-is bound in HONGKONG.

Itme to result in serious trouble, for it is 13 quite an admitted fact amongst all classes that Hongkong, 13th October, 1894

the most competent officers in the various departments of the Public Service are, with very few noteworthy exceptions, those who receive the lowest salaries and upon whose shoulders falls the work which is supposed to be done by brazen-faced pretenders and quasi-honorable (?) apodlos.

and are offering the same at popular prices.

SENSITIZED ALBUMENIZED

PAPER,

pl. in tina.

CHEAP AND RELIABLE.

THE

HONGKONG DISPENSARY

Hlas received by the S.S. Sydney and from other sources the Very Latest Novelties

In

CHRISTMAS CARDS

AND

NEW YEAR CARDS.

Comprising:

JAPANESE and ENGLISH CARDS, band-

Ja

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|

(Special to Shangkat Mercury)

LATEST-WAR NEWS,

Croo, December 4th. If reported on good authority that the Japanese are which preparing for the advaoca. A number of Japanese transports

have been seen la the Liotung Golf,

The Chinese forr that, the repert of an armletics will turn out to be groundless.

(Special to Stam Observir) THE CAPTURE OF FORT ARTHUR. LONDON, November 26th. At the capture of Port Arthur the Japanese loss whe very small in view of the cev're nature of the car flet. They are reported to have lost only 200 men kiffed, whereas the Chinese Iss could not have been less than 2,000, ar ten to one. [These figures would arm to conclusively show assomlog they are reliable, that "the severe nature of the conflict" was purely imaginary. If there was any serious fighting at all, a loss of only two handed men to the attacking perly, against a line of forts alleged to be frapregnable and defended by filteen thousand men, is too abṣard to merit serious sideration.-Ed., H.K. Telegraph.]

Con

The Pacific Mill Co's steamer China and the Northern Pacific Co's Tacoma came out of dock yesterday, after undergoing the usual periodical overhaul.

At a regular meeting of United Service Lodge, No. 1341, E.C., beid on Saturday night, Bro. T Spafford was elected W.M., Bro, F. Howell, Treasurer, and Bro. J. Maxwell, Tyler, for the ensuing year.

GENERAL Yeh, Commander-in-chief of the Chinese forces' in Chibll, is reported to have been degraded by Imperial edict, but is ordered to serve to a subordinate position under bis successor, General Sung.

BY an Imperial edict, Cheong Yun-chan has been appointed Provl~cial Judge of Kwangiung.

Tur Belilah ship Falls of Clyde, chartered by Messts. Clarke & Co., left Bangkok for FAI- mouth with a carge of 2,650 tons of sice en

November 28th.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamship Peninsular, with the next English mall, left Singapore for this port at 5 p.m. on Saturday, and is expected here about 5 p.m. on the 13th fast,

ACCORDING to the census taken on December gunt of last year, the population of the entire Een of Nagasaki amounted to 769,047. f. 383,707 males and 385,340 females. MR. J. BLACK, chiet engineer of the steamship Newchwang, died on board that vessel on a recent trip to Tientsin, after twenty-four hours Blogs, and was borled at Tientsin last Sunday week.

THE DISASTROUS FIRE AT WHAMPOA.

ORKAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

(From Our Special Correspondent.)

News reached the Hongkong Telegraph office from Canton late on Tuesday afterning that the famous old part of Whampoa hed heen completely destroyed by fire at an early hear the same morning, and that a probable heavy 1035 of

He was almost inevitable. There was hat little time for preparation to proceed to the acene of the catastrophe, but by 'harevine ap' I succeeded in catching the Kwong hai about minute before she left the wharf, and in arther minute was on the bridge of that handsome and fast side-wheeler, surveying the manifold Interesting sights of Hongkong harbour, the steamer shot away in pursuit of her rivals, of an hour previously, en route to Canton, the Powan and Pasig, which had left

quarter

THE "Glen Iner Glenfarg, which arrived here from Shanshat yesterday morning, went ashore off the Woosung Spli Buoy on her way down the Shanghal river. The steamer floated off without sosimining any damage. THE Italian man-of-war Umbria was to leave Woosung for a crale North on the night of the gth inst, and was expected back on the 15th. certain General at Tientsin to arrest Sheng rifle cold on the Canton river at night la

The Umbria will then steam up to the Settle

ment, where she will way till the Spilog.

that the Throne has issued a secret edict to It was reported at Tientsia on the 27th ultimo Total and send him under e: Cort to Peking for trial by the Board of Punishments The reason the edict has not been enforced at once, Rila pamber of commissions to execute for the Government which must be finished by him first,"

b

the re

rule; but in the comforts hie If

saloon, with liberal

The Admiral of the United Sintes squadron | Von HANNIKEN, according to a telegram anlalaad by the fact that "Steog Tantal dinner and an excellent brand of 'mountıla

In Chinese waters who was fastructed by his Government to watch all engagements taking place anywhere near him, bas reported to the United States Government that the Japanese bad captared Port Arthur, and killed large nambers of Chinese soldiers. He addı, however, that fally 11,000 of the Chinese succeeded is escaping. As the Admiral of the United States squadron did not happens to be anywhere near Port Arthur during the attack, his report to the Government at Washington is based on pure banz-

probably deri

• derived from the Japanese Official News Bureau, and must be taken for whatever it may be worth on the face of it—and that is very little.--Val., Hongkong. Telegraph]

The arsenals and stores were, according to the Japanese official despatches, captured intact. The Japanese Navy was unable to take part to the engagement owing to the network of torpedoes which protected the part, but the allors of the Japanese fleet are now barily engager removing these dangerous

In obstructions.

THE "TIMES" ON THE WAR. The Times, In the course of a lending article to-day, urges the necessity of Chine acknow ledging her defest, and making overtures of pesce to Japan, as by so doing the Chinese Government would compel Tepan to show her hand, and, if the latter's demands were unreason. ablesb ously able the Ear-pein Powers might then be disposed hope is he permitted to assimilate any large to Interfere, Japan, cortlanes the Times, cannot

slices of the territories of China, since she could not do so without infringing the interests of the European Powers.

The members of the Police Force, it would appear from

the subjoined injudi- ciously-devised regulations, are to be dealt with according to the number of black marks" piled up against them on their official record. Well and good but if justice to be done at all in the Public Service, in which no class or departmental distinctions are supposed to be recognfard, there is at head of a department we, of course, refer to The Colonial Treasurer-who should be included In the list of these who are

are condemned to lose privileges for black marks' chalked up against their official efficiency. As the Telegraph intends within the next few days to deal with the Colonial Treasurer on The backs of the

of the modest clima which that most honorable if notoriously painted and of Artistic Designs; JAPANESE forget'l person advanced le such courteous and

discreet language in an appeal for on behalf of certain high officials, himself included, to the Legislative Counali a fortnight ago, we retain for the present from drawing » close comparison between his special case and the cases of the

of the subordinate

officers the Police, or any other public department, whose sions are threatened with the school-boy provisions of the Black Mark" akaret but justhed in asking-Il ten and under fourteen black marka mea reduction of 25 per cent, on a

A pelleeman's bard-earned Did a hundred pension, what deduction should a

ate ineradicable black spots, which est the rate- pavers

hundred thousand dollars, more

VIEWS, VIEWS of HONGKONG and TYPES

of NATIVE CHARACTER,

ALSO,

FURTHER SUPPLIES

Er S.S. Fombay and Canton of WHOLESOME CONFECTIONERY

AND

DELICIOUS SWEETS.

These Shipments include:- CADBURY'S SPECIAL CREMES, PATE D'APRICOTS, JORDAN ALMONDS,

CARAMELS, PRALINES, CHOCOLATE, OYSTERS, DESSERT CHOCOLATE, BUTTER SCOTCH, ALMOND ROCK, EVERTON TOFFEE, ASSORTED TOFFEE

FRY'S CHOCOLATES,

„MIXED BONBONS, NOUGAT,

TANGERINE, BISBURTS, ORANGE PASTE, ROLLS,

&c.,

&G

together with

WC FLYE

or less, justify the authorities in deducting from the retiring allowance of the Ho the Colonial Treasurer? We

and as there reply, pause for is very little prospect of anything satisfactory that line

being forthcoming, we append the latest autocratic pronouncement of the economical Government of Hongkong, without further com.

ment al the present time :---

to

In estimating the conduct of any subordinate officer or constable for pension purposes, black marks shall attach as well in respect of offences heretofore as hereafter commit1èd according to the following scale -

For a cantion........ For a Terrimand

For

Scale.

For a severe reprimand..............3 Far every fite of 25 centior under..i every fine over 25 cents for each 25 cents in excess of the

day's

First

&c.

For

each

FANCY BOXES,

which are very suitable for Seasonable Presents

for LADIES and CHILDREN.

AND

FRENCH CONFECTIONERY

AND

CONCERVES,

om the very best Patialan Houres including:

FRUIT JELLIES, PARISIENS, CRYSTALLISED APRICOTS, CHERRIES,

GREENGAGES, &c.,

in large Assortment.

25 cents.Kestan

Barracks...

For each day's dril

black mark.

M

marks.

"

**

mark.

37

H

confinement to

marks.

2

F1

T

For reduction In rank or class-for

cach dollar loss Ju

phy cl culated for

For each davonment**

ון

It

**

ADDITIONAL POLICE PENSIÓN REGULATIONE,

Made by the Governor-in-Council under ' Section 17 of" The Police Force Com-

solidation Ordinance, 1887,” on the 3rd day of December, 1894. In esilmating the conduct of subordinate officers and constables for pension purposes the expression "

"good" and "antformly good " shall be dected to be synonymous ferme

The conduct. of any subordinate officer or con table shall be deemed "

good" and shall, subject to the report of the Captain Super- Intendent of Police, entitle him to fall pension if has not obtained during ble term of active service an average of four black marks

.

THE CZAR'S WEDDING.

The marriage of Czar Nicholas to Princess Alix of Hesse, was solemnized today in the private chapel of the Winter Palace. In the presence of members of the Imperial and Royal houses only. In order to mark the event the Czar has isened a proclamation in which be remite all arres

of taxation, cancels all debis due to the State on loans made to the peasantry, reduces the sentences passed on all prisoners and upon all whe bad been transported for their Crimes and

and to those Polen who were exited for their participation to the

he offers tining of 1863 free pardon and permission to return to their homes. As the Cser and Carewitch drove through the streets before and after the ceremony they evoked frantic entbusiasm among the crowds who were gathered to see them pass.

(From Le Courrier d'Haiphong.) NEWSPAPER MEN ARRESTED..

PARIS, November 30th.**

M M. Gérard and Trocard, managers respec- tively of the XIX Sicis (Nineteenth Century) and la Paix, have been arrested for a'terpilog to extort money from cartelo circles by threats of exporate. Monsieur Portalls, the principal culprit, in order to avoid arrest has performed the "Vanlihing Act.

which has reached the Japanese Government at Hiroshima, to now engaged on works for the defence of Shan-bai-kwan, which part is said to b guarded by fourteen Chinese regiments. LATEST nawn from the North Ir to the effect that the cold season sei in at Peking and Tientela on the 75th ultimo, when there was a beavy fall of snow in the valley of the Petbe, which is now reported by wire to be partially frozen over.

Á CORRESPONDINT specially wrote from Chefos to the Shanghai Mercury on the and lost that seven thousand soldiers had been ordered away to reinforce Tungchow, a city fifty miles from Chefoo, and that reinforcements were also being sent to Wel-hal-wei.

A SHANGHAI native paper states, under date Dene bes and, that General Sung Ching has thon far succeeded in holding his position at Mo-tien-line in spite of two or three desperate assaults by the Japanese Firat Army, in which the Japanese were repolard with heivy loss.

The steamer Mangyi, no arriving at Shanghal on the 4th Inst. from Tientsis, reported having sighted fifteen Chinese men-of-war at Wel-hal- wel: the Newchwang, which arrived the follow. ing day, maw only one Chinese war-vessel Inside the harbour. The next engarement we shall hear of will probably be f ught at gen A CHINAMAN WAR ecently married to a Japanese woman in New Wertminster. A few days after warda a Japanese nobleman, accompanied by a special policemen feam Vancouver, went over and claimed the blothing bride as his wife of several years standing. The bride, however, firmly refused to leave the side of her newly wedded Celestial husband.

OUR Shanghai contemporary the Mercury Hears on good authority that the Japanese Interpreter captured at Ta-lien-wan by the Chinese, and executed, was well known in Shanghal as a spy who had a large stiff of man under him, and an establishment in the Se'tlement which was used as the headquarters for gathering Information. The Chinese, knowing this, at once executed him when he was caught,

TRE American ship Mary L. Stowe, which vessel our Tamsul correspondent reported bad stranded on the Fast coast of Formosa in our Issue of the grd instant, has become a total wreck; but it is expected that at least a portion of her cargo of kerosene will be salved, and operations to that end have already been commenced. Fortunately the stranding of the ship involved no loss of life.

It was rumoured in town to-day that a young gentleman who had a happy knack of running into debt and who, like George Washington, said he couldn't tell a lie." but who nevertheless appeared to appreciate fiction far better than facts, successfully performed the popular

ས་ "Variabing Act" a couple of days ago. Name, description, height, weight, number of anxions The Japanese troops have strivel within two inquirers, etc., etc., in due course. days march of Monkden,

A'DOUBTFUL REPORT.

· ITALIAN ECONOMY.

December 1st. -A number of Italian officers and four hundred civil employees of the War Department have been dismissed on the ground of ecoarmy,

THE NEWSPAPER SCANDAL.

December 2nd.

The realdences of MM. Gé:ard and Trocard have been searched by the authorities and their papers selred.

FRENCH POLITICS.

tatroduced by the Minister of Commerce.

The French Chamber has voted the Budget

THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.

December 3rd.

December, and this particules night was no exception is Father circumscribed

able, Capt. J. D. Mackerale proving a most dew, one fell quickly at home, cony and -omfort- gental and entertaining host, Unlockily the steamer was compelled to of the 'Back

so that Instead of Canton, where we arrived just as daylight was. Homped

at Whampa,

proceed

me

go up by WAY bring TUK had to

THE adjsumed general meeting of the Hong- kang Odd Volumes will be held at the Society rooms, No 18, Bank Buildings, on Thursday next, the 15th Inst., at a p.m., to consider the celebrit. After interviewing that unique Canton proposed new rules and bye-laws. After the ordinary business of the meeting there will be a debate

on Sport and Sports ; their advantages and disadvantages In Hongkong." The Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart will occupy the choir, and it is intimated that each member may bring a friend,

THE Shanghai Mercury of the 4th inst, has the following from a Northern correspondent: "In the meantime, General von Hanneken is busy organising bis army. This is to be as mythical

to exist only on paper, but it is rapidly becoming as accomplished fet. It will

consist of 100,000 men of all ranks, and will be fizered entirely by Europeans. Several of the others are on their way to China. For the fatore officers are now in Chlua busy organising, whilst of that army and its possible operations every- * Ing depends on the Japanese advancing on Peking"

WI gladly direct attention to the role in another coloma referring to the Bazaar to be inst., for the benefit of the orphan children in held in the Italian Carvent on the 13th and 14th

that deserving institution: An excellent selection o! useful articles will be on view, and it is to be hoped that the ardocus Isbours of the Lady Superloress and hard-working and devoted Sisters in such a noble cause will receive hearty support and appreciation. The drawing for prizes will take place on the 15th, and those who

Mr. Lake it. who kindly fivoured with

serried array of bale-rising details of the cardsgration and also some interesting information

es to the best way to get down to Whampoa, a bee-lines for the Shameen Hotel and breakfast was the next part of the pro- gramme. The Hotel was reached all right, and the breakfast, which had

possibly

gene олд visit the Flower Rost, will probab turn up on my next visit; but, malgré tout, I dropped in for some useful Information which materially assisted the object of my hasty vielt, It Is

Is prhaps worth white

stating here that, although the flames at Whampon, or at least their reflection, were distlactly visible Canton for hours, the ordinary phlegmatic Cantonese was quite oblivious that

anything of the

had occurred; in ordinary outside the Customs officers and, COUTEC, the Eurorean residents

nat

fact,

of

תם

Shemeen, It was not even known that the new town of Whampoa had been completely wiped aut' In the short space of two hours. This is not very singular «lher, when It fa considered that the vast majority of Cantonese are not yet.

aware that a war has been raging for months past between Chios and Japan.

Leaving Canton at 10.45 s.m. in a clean and comfortably fitted launch, the City of Whamboa, owned I belleve by that well-known Hongkang notoriety Mr. Leong Ah Yan, we were safely alongside the Castoms jetty at Whampoa ab hour later, where I had great pleasure In

The

of Mr. bospitality

Lunt, the Assistant

have purchased tickets are requested to forward of Tae-Surveyor in charge, and Capt.

| the counterfoils to the Convent without delay.

THAT paragon of hare-faced, unscrupulous and childish lying, the China Gastle, reproduces from Chinese papers-at least so the bireling rag of the Japanese asserts—a cock-and-ball story to the effect that the veteran Black Flag chief, on by the constant defeat of the Chinese troops, ü Yung-fo, having been roused to great indigna- 000 * braves' who are ready to

5ight

tbe

J. H. Burton, of. the

smart le crefser- Fu-mun-trat. Tiffin getting across the river to Whampoa new town, Tiffin over I lost no time in and for about three hours plongbed my way through the forest of demolished bricks that a few hours previously had sheltered a populous and basy community.

Whampoa New Town was built along the bank of the river, on a narrow Island directly

har collected 50,000 sue only waiting 10 facing the old docks of the Hongkong, and

stores and

for

by the which are to be supplled Whampoa Dock Company and the new arsenal

Forchow sriently. If the

and docks of the Canton Government: The China Gazelle puppet

opet knew anything outside the lespirations of his Japanese employers, he

he northern side is

cinal, and the toaded by a distinctly uncleanly must have known that General Liu Yung-fu bas

township practically consisted of been for weeks past in command of the Chinese tastances being two and three deep from the one long street, the houses, however, in many forces the Pescadores, and will almost to a certainty remain there unless the Japanese attack Formoss or he receives instructions to occupy the Loochos Islands.

THE "WAY fever" so painfully evident in the North has spread to the south of China, and has naturally led to strained relations between the Chinese and Japanese in this

Ules and

⚫ firm

roadway. The houses were built of brick and stantial appeared to have been of fairly sub. construction-quite the opposite of the shanties in Bamboo Town on the other side of the river. The hisza is stated to bave started at 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning in an off dealer's shop and, quickly getting

holt, walized through the place wild-five, leaving scarcely wall stat

wall standing from one end of the town to the other. Starting from the

rains of Jemmy Nanshan's once well- known hostelry, far only ruins were left, counted over two hundred and seventy bulid- demolished, andings to the main street completely

and a reliable

Colony. The lil-feeling culminated last night

a

From

like

WITH regard to the late riot at. Kienchou, Mr. Inebriated Wo-Jens went into a second-Dan Correspondent has since written

Carl Bock, Consul at Shanghat for Sweden end Norway, wrote as follows to the N. C. Datly New on the 3rd inst:--Referring the letter from Norwegian Missionary P. E. Henriksen; about the riot that occurred at Kienchou, near Singando, and of which a statement appeared in Your paper of Saturday the 1st inst, under Notes from Shéasi, I can inform you that a telegram la just to band dated Singanfu, the rat inst, to say that :-

"Klenchou affair settled astisfactorily,"

KWAY

toggery.

life.

when the con-

in pliched battle In China-town. what wa gather by the proceedings in the Police Court this morning and from our man-about-twn, * it appears that sixteen cemi clothes shop la East Street last intention of purchasing some clothes, but after

night

houses destroyed number between £ve the "Obios" turned on the Chinese shopkeeper slit then tha west le led up several feet, at the bargaining for some considerable time, five of and six hundred. In most of the places the

fallen bricks wo

at it was then and maltreated bim, while the others

MARKUSENATO pad Luckily possible to estimate the loss of the store and made The affair naturally caused intense excitensent flagration burst out in all its fury, the lobabitants

flotil Whampoa, like

always handy, and has a large In the neighbourhood, and a large crowd

owd gathered made the best of their way for shelter to the round the shop in question. After a brisk adamlab water's edge, where they were picked up in hun- P. C. Dickson

appeared on the scene, assistance of two other constables, a miracle.

dreds, many escaping a horrible death almost by with the apprehended five of the Japs, who armed with belaying-plas, saws and batchels while their comrades in arme made good their excape. At the Police Court this morning, (A.) second reading of Bill entitled "An before Mr. Hastings, the Japanese marauders Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding two million four hundred and twenty thousand, five

were charged for behaving in a disorderly hundred and one dollars to the Public Service which they used with intent to do grievous manner, being armed with deadly weapons,

snelled "An Ordinance to secure, in certain case was proved up to the hilt by constable cases, the rights of property in telegraphic Dickson, his Worship sentenced the ballia-se

Lilliputians to six weeks Imprisonment,

AT meeting of the Legislative Council on Wednesday, at 3 p.m., the orders of the day will be:--

The Chioase are indeed practical people. Lp than Maire hours after this terrible fire hundreds of men, women, and children were hard at work clearing away the debris, cleaning

and piling up the bricks, pulling down walls, and direction for a reconstruction of their demo. miski tere preparations in every possible Inbed residences. In houses where the roofs fruits, vegetable, fish and the sumarons vaielles of chow-chow were offered for sale, and scarcely word of complatat could be heard.

A. S. WATSON”& CO.. LD. annom under the Police Regulations for the time been duly opened. The Speech from the Throne of the year 1895." (B.) second reading of Bill badiiy harm to a Chinese shopkeener. As the bad fallen in, stalls had beda erected where

TRE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong, 17th November, 1894.

TO SUBSCRIBERS.

being in force.

Il any such officer or constable has obtained

(5 during his term of active service an average per

sanum of four black marks his conduct shall, subject to the report of the Captain Saperta dent of Police, be estimator and his penelon calculated upon the scale following:-

Scale.

Conduct

SUBSCRIBERS TO "THE HONGKONG

Black marka.

TELEGRAPH ARE MOST HESPECTFULLY Four and under six black marks per REMINDED "THAT ALL BUBSCRIPTIONS

annum

MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.

DEATH.

At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the

4th instant, PROSPERO LAMACCHIA, aged 54.

years.

The Donghong Celegraph

HONGKONG, MOnday, December 10, 1894.

BLACK MARKS."

|

Six and under eight black marks per

Eight and under ten black marks per ANDE

Ten and under four-

Deduction from full padalen.

very fair,

$ per cent.

fair,

to per cent.

Indifferent.

15 per cent.

per annum......very indifferent, as per cent,

teen black marks

TELEGRAMS.

The session of the Talian Parliament has

was pacific, and announced various economies and reforme,

THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR, The efforts of the Unlied States Government se smrange terma of pance between Chinu add Japan are progressing satisfactorily,

.:0

JAPANESE ATROCITIES, Reporte are to hand of atrocione outrages committed by the Japanese, troops in and near Port Arthur,

· LOCAL AND GENERAL,

"Für Fami

The Finance Committee will meet immediately | ACCORDING to our Japan comtamporaries Mr. 55 terrible disaster, that to are meant the 108

after the Council meeting.

preliminaries of peace, with the Mikado's dreds of people was alone amongst many h

MAGAMINE SAME interviewed at Kobe | distrame Witha troubles sonably have been

According

them, the

as the If charged with the protection of much publiibed by the press in Japan, and for nothing but of Cantonated

tions,

G. Detring, who le stated, on what appears to of those near and dear to em, to many the be reliable authority, to have been sent to Japan deprivation of house and bee, was borne with a » Envoy Extraordinary for the Chluane Gavera- | 1ortiidde

fortitude and stoicism that compelled admiration ment, with certain authority to arrange the and respect

maigāt Ministry at Hiroshima, was

fnfrura of Kwanglung on November 27th by representaties from

to the mis paper, yelept the Kokkat The alon

I was an interloper, spying inte alonary creed;" followi

account of the Interview was heen these poor people's businate, and I met with

kindly the szke od

and ablities of mited that it

amants to nothing, high order, we trust it is not trus, but merely but I did manage to måke myself understood so

a weak invention of the enemy a

far as my mission there war concerned, and to Japan --I have come as an envoy to being stalls to offer the foreign devil" refreshment May I ask on what buslasse you have come then left their arduous work and women theis

about the restoration of peace to the Orient, he and to show him all he wanted to see. Peking Court or from the Vicereg Li 7--Under in Whampoa have been left absolutely destitute Are you acting under fostructions frem : the Hundreda, perhaps thousands of poor people Instructions from

the Peking Court. (Mr. Detrlog-homeless, without occupation, depending even added that his mission was due to the joint for existance on the assistance of friends. The

paternal form of desire of the Court and of the Viceroy.)

Chinese towns, the cheap uddenly come now at its height and you have current of daily life to hit which directs the suddenly come at this functure as an envoy. But rate al living, the fecundity of both sen and is not Chios making preparations for war so] land, and an vigorously as at frat ?-Chies does not desire to humanity char fight with Japan, but is simply auxious to restore distressing peace to the Orient.

Taus the N. C. Dolly News editorially in Its lower of the 6th inst. In the action that the Chinese Government is taking to bring the war to a close, it would appear that the United States Government is not

Part of an

an active mediator, a might be inferred from the reck

Detring's recall

of Mr. mission, but is merely as go-between, 2 function which

Datumlly.

to her, to

sub- THE P.&O. 8. N. Car dteanter Fermosa left fleets of both" countries. The Japanes | reputation for shrew. Datrioglo Algatta respect. Me Singapore for this part st5 s. on the 8th fast. any terms are actually concluded, and no doubt doubtless require a mission in due form before THE returns of the sumber of visitors to the City they are sensitive to anything that might imply HalfTM Museum for the week ended Dec. gib, / that soy pressure is brought to bear upon them Europeans, 1563 Chinese, 1,839s total In the meantime It is satisfactory to learn that s 3

beginning has been made in the peace negotia HARMSTONS CIRCUS is still commanding full houses by the variety and general excellence of

THE following are the crews picked for the race the nightly programmer and the undeniable talents of an array of high-class artistas Regatta :---

for the German Cup at the forthcoming rarely seen in any circus. Tonight A special attraction) has been provided. In

Victoria. the shape of a now and brilliant filustration

E. D. Sanders (Capt.) of scenes in the war betweds. China sad Japan, A. Ter

E. Birchoft in which there will be great slaughter of the

|R, Edwards. too

Hermita

Kornblume. mention that reset bave to Kw (cos).

will die a glorious death

gallina cift to "SAVE

J. M. G. Manuk (Capt.) Count Schouvaloff has been appointed Gover, the Coloure Chpt si melihat the public vor the M.P. Jurade.

L. A. Rose. Els escape from ■ pont mortem, und the vallant Jap* Werons—Tom Durish and Joe

Lash Aldenaar, so that he may, bé 'on the verpak J. B. Grimes (Capt.) 15 || fresh and rosy to-many night, to fight the |}. Machado,

battlecreerendar This vanad aparacie bus W-4. Biopaof.

k'ip ́righidlami, of exposer, Kúd should 1 Cabalarn,

W. Kamay (end).

FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR,

LONDON, December 9th.. The despatch of troops to Madagascar will be Imed to reach their destination in April next. After landing they will proceed Immediately to October. '[Nous verront)—Ed, Hk. Telegraph.]|| numerous

RUSSIAN POLAND,

the capital and whit return to the coast In enemy ander

Bor of Russian Poland, replacing General | show can puffed in lock Gorge's valuable 1. Marchio, Gourko, whose régime has been most unpopular services

Thisis. G. H. Polls (Capt.) S. I. Danby. G. C. Fullerton. W. Armstrong. G. A. Caldwell (cox).

Shamrock.

H. Skott (Capt.)

McArthur.

G. Klinck, D. MacCarthy.

la the country. The change lu regarded by the "3048 »JA IN PARIZRAVNARIADEN WAS C. H. W. Kow (cox). F, W. Walte (cor).

Why Is it the authorities will not leave the bard-worke!" bobby" alone? The Hongkong guardian of the reace in already beardly handi- capped in many ways as compared with bis confrères at home, our local policeman's lot is anything but a happy one, and yet every possible excuse would seem to be made use of to mske blabumdrum extatence more miserable than It is under normal conditions. In last Saturday's Gazelle we note that "Additional Police and

THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY. Police Pension Regulations "'have bron xEDO» The Issuri section of the Siborian Railway is sloned by the Governor with a view to minimizing completed. This section poren 375 versta „The péunions of shove ninet weeħul püblia noryande | trom Vindivasteels

"ples na a good sugary for the future,

Rose

G. C. Hayward (Capt.) T. Meek.

G. L. Duncan. Ai Ai Alvin.

The

Where do you intend to go -Yesterday met Governor Sala after I had left the steamer, and asked to have the views of the Heads quarters consulted through him. I lotend to take the ship round to Ujins when i reggive reply.

Have you any documents that prove you to be Lo Savoy Yes, I laave a latter.

Characteristic eling of univerun) :

of the race under circumstances, will doubtless prevent the desolation of hamlessness being followed by the horrors of starvation; but surely now is the missionaries' opportunity to do sabatantial goodi It would serve no useful end to dilate go this sad affair. If our missioner

Stlends an anxious to identify themselves with truly useful work, they have only to go to Whampos New Town, and at that unfortunate pince Just now the preservation of human bodies le very much more important than the salvation of Immortal souls and I say that wlib all respect, bath to the missionaries and their special mienioneze

Is it a letter from the Emperor from the Government in Peking Pal cannot answer that. May. I sak to be bundy informed of the con- fants of the letter Numidianmer give you, kur information. Vous memes spray for thất tiề thị big managed to push the A'wang-batut Whame