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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1895.

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Over 1,000 Russian and Siberian firms are now exclusively engaged lo Mongolian sad Manchurian trade, and the numbers of Chloese merchants settling in Siberla fi yearly increasing, In Mongolia and Manchuria the trade is slowly,

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dependent in Asia, in order to redress the balance service and the remaining 19 might be of that of Europe.

the Navy on the understandleg that viens should | policy, provide a safeguard for the many bat sarely, passing foto the hands of the pushing in the Far East addresses a letter to that jourani, may Vary probably suggest Haulf will be \ Irmeira; all well.~

THE LOSS THE "ATOCA."- very useful type now represented in the British

SINGAPORE, December gib............ Hayy by the Centurion and Barjitur ohúr cruisers sis should be of the Blake class, this afternoon from the British Consul at Batavia A telegram received by the Master-Attendant to of the Edgar class, and 15 each of the is as follows Talbot and Pear? classes. A question which "Missing boats Avoca picked up by ship whether is extensive a programme of ship. building could be carried through in the course of a couple of years. To this it must be replied that there would be to diffically upon this point that much, Indeed, could be complet,d at considerably earlier date-li due use were made of the resources of private yards. Locking to the work already ta progress it would be safer Majestic class to one each at Portsmouth, to limit the constraction of the ships of the Devonport, and Chatham Dockyards. Either

THE SULTAN SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE, The step required to complete the proper lighting of the Straits has, says the Straits Fres Press, now been maken in the erection of the now lighthouse on Sultan Shoal, replacing the Ayar Tightship, which was built in Hongkong by the Master Attendant. Capt. Craufurd, that in 1881, at a cost of $50,000; it being notified

as and after the 1st January next the temporary

#andeveloped estates," he urged the little wail be drowned in the general laments-ination of every practical highway and riettaway but lis effects have only begun to myke Su-William-Armstrong, Michali, and Co 21-light-exhibited-from-the-huik—alongside-the-

Inancial aid might, indeed, be given to agriet be baked, frizzled, and eventually diably' silver and gold wherever they occur. They keen stand out, conspicuous: The total collapse of Company, at Jarrow, could^balld the other, | light, showing a flash every 30 seconds.

manufacturCE. It was necessary to the proper the Colonial Office' must be left a it in. But } efum!¡¡tary character, Samarked and patents, stones of our Azlatic poller.

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The China Gazette understands that Messrs. Batterfield and She bare sent the Commlsiloner of Customs, Chefoo, two very handsome marble “

vlaws of the committee of the Federation, aB

dection from the revenue in connection with the formulated fa a lelter #ddressed to the Govern- MIHtary Contribution still ringing in our exrs ? ment in August, suggesting that the self-govern. If such a radical change is to be made,

"LORD SALIBURY'S SPRECHA~~-~ Ing colonies should be invited to consider the must of necessity, although its main object will

LONDON, November 15th, propriety of their contributing to the expenses of be the attainment of a more consistent national

The special correspondent of The Times lately be taken to afford to them a shares in its conflicting Interests which will be committed to administration. Mr. Chamberlain assured the Its charge. Will this Council be able to do Ilust not be forgotten, mateover, that the stating:-The assurance and brevity of the depatation that the subject was engaging his

this? There can be Hale doubt that the Russians have nowhere shown greater activity remarks devoted by Lord Sull bury table

attention,

chlidren" of India and the large colonies would in pushing on the work of exploration than in

Galldball speech to the Far Eastern Question Captato Lugard opened last night the session make their cries based aven to such an the lands of the Mongol and the Manchu tribes.

mast, one may hope, be taken only as an indication that his la dship was anxious to of the Royal Colonial Institute, Londen, by

augus: assemblage which is to undertake For twenty years pist expedition after expedition dispose as quickly and skilfully as possible Welivering an address on the extension of British the direction of the Army, Navy, and

and has been busy in both these outlying provinces Inflrence in Africa. He dealt mainly with East the Foreign India and Colostal Offices of Greater Chins, surveying roads and seeking for of as unpleasant subject, just me a skater who has to cross a piece of thin and rotten Africa, and, regarding it as one of our great

What a stupendous combination! But how trade routes. The Thien Shan and the Kice trasis to a maximum of speed and ediency shout the smaller colonies? Might not their Lun are but the prese ves of the Russian dexterity to carry him safely over it. The war: of our spending money in providing

They have funtitated a careful between China and Japan has indeed padre tion? We fear to. Things are bad enough as transport, good and effective police in order ta

petroleum, the right Toit or they are, but this new Idex, so far as the Straits wack they ha bored for cent, ellers, and not mere land speculators. Direct is concerned, looks like belang shanted from the plumbaga, and from, and noted the deposits of themvalves felt. Three facts, however, already Elswick, or the Palmer Salpbuilding and Iran Sultan Shoal will be replaced by evolving

frying pan foto the fire, where we would

China has exposed the utter hollowness of though it would perhaps be better accustomed the nomads to the presence of the

her latent power," the reality of which had it to the latter company and to leave the Russian uniform, for all the expeditions have been

been for twenty years past one of the key Elswick Company free to devote its ener- the signs of Russian activity and Russia pres.

France her gles to the building of these swift cruisers

we refer that the unbiased German, Professor

a case, Farrow could undertake the construction Hanemann, when preparing his great map of

of another two battleships and of thres, cral-Light-keepers at N. E. Promontory Lighthouses, Mongolis and Manchuris, felt constrained to

ass, whilst if the Armstrong Compasy were Messn. T. H. Blower and G. T. Nolt, ta observe on the evidence before him that Rassis

put upon its mettle it seems probable that it recognition of their friendly services to the ship- contemplated an extension ultimately of her

could build 17 cruisers, or even three battleships wrecked crew of the C. N. Co.'s steamer Soochow and 14 cruisers, Messrs. Earle's Company, on authortly over this vast ares," "It is a fact," ba

At the Inquiry the Gasstle heard no mention added, "that the conditions of the region are

the Humber, could build two battleships and made of these services, whilst the Yung Ching auch that no resistance whatever would be offered

ted or three craisers, and the Thames Ironworks magistrate came in for a large amount of praise. by the closely-knit nomads." We need add

and Shipbatding Company could also undertake The light-keepers entertained the salire crow of

the Soochow (foreign and nativė) for two days. Dothing in the shape of corament to the words of

a couple of battleships. At Birkenhead, Messrs. Laird could build two battleships and a Blake, provinces of China. "We may not go as far as

as well as smaller vessels, whilst the Naval Construction and Armaments Company at Bar. the German Professor, at least not where the

row could undertake two of the necessary battle more immediate fature is concerned. But the lgns of Russian influence and Russian provsare

ships and about to cruisers, Mesmi. Wa-kman and Clark at Belfast would be capable of con in Mongolia and Manchuria ara evident enough to justify the notice we have here given to them,

structing a reasonable number of second-class cruisers. Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of the In view of the statements recently made they are, moreover, especially Interesting to Englishmen

atraction of eight vessels, either battleships or same port, are willing to undertake the con- cruisers. On the Clyde there are four big firms THE WRECK OF THE · NANKING."

all capable of dealing either with battleships of

tural and artisan settlers. The result of such a' policy would be another great market for Biliishia sight, bara few useless cinders. We fear development of East Africa that there be no surely wo, Ceylon, the Straits, and Hongkong, legal recognition of slavery in our Protectorates, might combine to have a representative of our and that the natives be saved from degradation own within the Government ring. Time may br polsenons liquor. Even outside its indigenous yet be when this will be au accomplished fact. products, Emst Africa was likely to become The only answer that we can expect as things Prosperans by introducing cultivated products, are at present, Is, "Don't you wish you may get such as coffee, cation, jule, and tobacco. It?"-Pinang Gaxsite.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

The following appolnimicat has been made at the Admiralty Sub-Llear. H. G. Duff, to the Immortalité, to date October 9th.

A telegram from Victoria (B.Č.) states that Her Majesty's crelser Royal Arthur will remain there all the winter, ready to proceed to the Far East.

RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON MON- GOLIA AND MANCHURIA.

sure in the outlying portions of China to which wrung out of the Chinese Government & conven upon which it especially pildes itself. In #ach clocks, for presentation to the Chief and Assistant

In the course of a column of interesting this the greatest living authority on the outlylag remarks on the above subject a writer in the Morning Post points out

By treaty concluded some forty-five years ago, and ratified again when the Kuldja compact was arranged in 1881, Russia is entliled to navigate the River Sungert as far as navigation is practi- cable. Any reader who will take the trouble to glance at a map of the Russo-Manchalan frontier region will soon understand the valas of this concession. The' Sungarl is an affluent ACH of the Amur, the great waterway of Eastern Siberis, and the stream courses through the whole of the country of the Mauchar. The privilege of navigating this grand stream direct from the Amur gives Rauls cheap and rapid the trouble, dificulty, time, labour, or expenditure of money involved to the laying down of a rallway track over some hundreds of mlies of towery cheaply cry of trade, we rallway.

Under dale Chelon 4th December, the lat, master

of the ill-fated steamer Nanking

week or two

tion which not only trazalera to her certain territories in defiance of our own treaty rights, but gives her immediate access to, and exclusive privileges fu, one of the richest provinces of the Chinese Empire Face and Rusile, to the deliberate exclusion of all other Powers, have jointly placed Chinn ander beavy Snancial obligations guaranteed upon revenum created, provided, and administered mainly by British entering and Britisk trade.

some falte news that appeared in the papers With regard to what his lordship termed ago," is Lord Salisbury in a position to give an assurance that there exists no secret agreement between Russle and China by which the latter concedes to the former the right-first, of using Fort Artbur as a naval and coaling station for her fleets, and, secondly, of carrying and vitimately connecting it with an ice-free port, her Trans-Siberian Railway across Manchuris to be subsequently determined, either on the Gulf of Chib-ll or on that of Liao-ing?

The great words of Lord Beaconsfeld--that there in room. In Asia for all---anusedly all holds good, but there are other Powers rather of them at the present juncture. To say that we should not view the position in the Far Eust with necessary disturbance of alarm saveurs somewhat of a trulem, but it is surely anything but a truism to say that we can look upon it “with absolute equanimity,”

ment have decided to Increase very materially access to the very heart of Manchuria without addresses the Editor of the Shanghat Mercury than England who need perhaps to be reminded for r894, from which these details 11 to code-

It is announced that the Narcissus, cruiser, is to be commissioned on 19th last, by Capt. H. B. Ling, with a complement of 497 officers men, to relieve the Caroline on the Chias and Station,

As a result of a series of exhaustive trials of aluminium torpedo-tubes la the torpedo-bost destroyer Boxer. It has been found that there was so much erosion due to the action of the powder pares and salt water that the tubes, could not be relied upon for endurance,

A News Agency has reported that the Govers- the British naval strength in the Far East, though we (Z &C. Express) belleve that no further change than has bees in progression for some time la contemplated. It was known that the Edgar And Spartan, which were sent from

however bulit and planned, the Mediterranean to China to augment tem-ever compete with the Sangart for the.com porarily the Chinese Squadron daring the recent veyance of either goods or passengers, For War, were to form part of the permanent-naval many a year to come the Amur will remain the force

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and that the highway of comroerce in Eastern Siberis from, waters, Squadron should be strengthened by replacing the Trans-Baikal region to Khabarovke, and some of the older vessels by newer and more the Sungari forms a continuation or branch of powerful ships. To this end orders have been this main waterway, giving. Rosda easy and already sert to Sheerness Ticickyard to commla- Immediate access to Manchuris and the prin- sin on 19th fast the first class cruisers, Immor. cipal trading centres of the Manchus Russia can at any time avall herself of her rights and tality and Narctions for service on the China Station, relieving two of the less efficient ships, privileges under the old treaty, and has no need which will be rent to England to pay off. The so far of a rallway to push her commerce and Immortalite and Narclasses were formerly infidence to this region of Oater Chins. I attached to the Channel Squadron, and are two abould be clearly understood that the Sungad is the regular highway to Manchuris, and when very good vessels,

the section of the Eastern Siberian Raliway and connection with the Amar is established, this river-road to the heart of the Matchu country. will have an importance scarcely second to that of the main track in Asiatic Russia,

extensions are completed, and regular

Without attracting even passing notice in this country, Russia has succeeded, within the past ive years, in obtai-ing from China a second concession, likewire of the utmost importance in its bearings on the future of Russian far commercial intercourse with the provinces of the Chinese necessarily, on the political relations of per Russia with the nomad tribes living there.. For centuries, there has been only one trade routs by which Russian merchants were allowed to approach the markets of Mongolia and Chinx, and that was the well-known post read overland through Siberia, by way of Klakhia and Malmachin, and thence to at the foot of the Great Wall, where all caravans bound for the Middle Kingdom enter. To reach Kiskhia this way a long journey must be lakep round by Eastern Siberia before the traders CAD touch Chinese territory. And this being so, the Russian Government has been pressing the Peking authorlites to permit the opening of one of the many practicable irade roads from Western Siberia, After 50 years' pressure the Celestials have given way, and four years ago sanction was obtained for the opening of a new overland This is a direct continuation of

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far been decided that Lord Walsely's per sonal staff shall be constituted as follows Private Secretary, Captala G W. M. Felidon, Scots Greys; side-de-camp, Colonel the Earl of Erroll, half-nay: Captain the Hon, W. Coke, Rine gide; Captain AA. Meldon, 4th Battalion, Leinster Regiment; and the Hon. T. F. Fremantle, 1st Backs RIA Volantcers.

The fist-class battleship Tupiter, under con- struction for the British Navy by Massrs. J. & G. Thomson (Limited) Clydsbank is to be launched on Monday. The vessel will be age of the most powerful in the navy. She is of the Magnificent

feat type 395 feet long, 75

271 foot beam, draught, and her speed will be 171 knots. Her displacement will be about 15,000 tons, and the engines are built to give 13,000 horse-power. Her armament will be of the heaviest descrip tlon, including forty-four guar, and her total cost £300,000 Mlis Baltour, sister of Mr.A. J. Batloor, M. P., will perform the naming ceremony.

Lord Wolseley has given practical proof of his desire to weld the various arms of the land service into one, He has appolated as his i-de-camp a well-known officer of the Scots Greys, representing the cavalry; officer of the Rifle Brigade, representing the latentry i a clever young officer, son of an old soldier repre- very prominent -senting the militia; and

official of the Racks Rifles, who ison the Council of the National Riß: Association (and wears a grey uniform 1) to represent the volunteers. He the through road from Moscow vid Orenburg to is probably entitled to two extra aides-de-camp. Semipalailonk It enters Chinese territory by and they will most likely be selected from the way of the mining and mountain country Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers Apart Allal, south-east of Semipalatinsk. Traders from the more worldly-wise polley of that pat-making use of this highway avoid the detour ting himself in a direct way of feeling the pulse

round Eastern Siberia and enter Mongolia fally of the various branches of the Service, there is 1,500 miles earlier than by the old caravan track significance in these appointments that will not to Kiakhts. It s

t gives them direct access to all be lost on the army generally,

the business castren of Mongolia for a distance of ovar 1,000 miles, and crosses all the male arteries and caravan tracks leading south to the morn remote markets of outlying China, and brings the Russians in close personal busluess contact with Mongol tribes with whom they have never before been enabled to enter into immediate Intercourse.

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A SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ASIA,

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, to say nothing of Hongkong under Portions of the Chiness Empire whe

as follows:-

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DEAR SIR-i shall feel greatly obliged to you if you could spare a litle space in the columns of your valuable paper for this letter, which may also prove of some interest to your renders.

steamer was.

I repeatedly asked their permission in anter the toner barbour, only to enable me to dip the ship to temporally repair her propeller. I taid them how I had once entered the naval port of Brest under similar clicumstances, and could not give enough praise for the goodwill and speedy assistance rendered by the French Naval Authorities. But all this was of no avail with these astern gentlemen of fin de sfecle civilisation. No help, no assistance nothing was offered; in fact, I was told I had better go away, for if able to reach their port, I might also reach some other. This no doubt was meant for politeness; but really should like to know if these japanese would have dared to refuse what I requested to any ship (ander similar circumstances) Aying the Bag of one of the great Western cationes, or that of the U.S. of America. My bellef in: Those would be-gentlemen did not deem it necessary to show any consideration to such a small country as Norway, with no aayy to enforce common civility from them,

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And the cost? It would be idle to deny that thle must be considerable.

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COLL amenam£ 4,000 000

11,550,000

4,840,000

4,010,000

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LETTERS FOR 'MERCHANT SHIPË, the 14th instant that letters and papers aro It is stated in the Government Gazelle of lying at the Post Office addressed to the following vessels

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crofacra, sa that, on the whole, we have 12 firma- Commander Roblogos, R.N.. has pointed out is an article to the Naval Annual tructloo have been largely, taken-which would be willing to undertake the

constraction of "battleships. In addition, there are

tumber of other Grms-some 28 in all-which could under- take the construction of the smaller class of croisers. It is true that the time asked is some- what longer than that two years within which On 12th November, 1805, about noon, I

OUR NAVAL DEFICIENCY. this addition to our Fleet ought to be completed:

with anchored some distance off Port Arthur ( I

|_ 10_intge_an_aren over which to spread. It was admfited on all hands during the debate orders no yard need be pushed to its extremse had no special chart for that barbour) with the Norwegiin gleamer Nanting, in distress, having in the House of Commons on the Navy Estimates pressure as to the amount of work, and greater lost two blades of her propeller, renderlog ber all for the current year, that we are woefully attention could be paid to the rapid completion. bat helpless, causing her to steer very badly and deficient in officers and men, and the more the of that on hand. The Magnificent will be reducing her full speed to from 3 to 4 knots. I facts are examined the worse does the situation la commission within two years, from the day went on shore in one of the ship's boats and pre-appear. We are short of every rank and every that she was commenced, and the ships of her daced all my ship's papers to the authorities, rating from commander dawawiedı.

The type, included in the programme beforeur, could addition of a hundred officers of the Royal Naval and told them in what distressed condition the add

be constructed with equal rapidity, while the Reserve to the Heutenants' list is confession of smaller battleships of the Centurion class and weakness. It has been urged that the requisite the cruisera could be built and be ready for the tecrease in the number of lieutenants should pennant lo far less time, have been made by the promotion of the sub- lentenants or warrant officers, or both. The former course, however, would only have depleted the rank of sub-lieutenants, which is quite as much in need of strengthening as that of lieutenant, while the wholesale pro- motion of warrant officers would be a direct contradiction of all the efforts which have been made during recent years to improve the pro- fessional education of naval officers Neither CONFER, ENOTONYET, would have added to the

Total. strength of the Navy, and As this is what was required, it would

This is undeniably a very big sum, and

Krim that Ministry may well shrink from asking for it the Admiralty had hardly any allernative. mil the necessity for its expenditure has been It is significant of great weakness, however, abundantly proved. Surely, however, this upon | condition has been fulfilled. A certain standard to be obliged to draw in this way reserves in time of peace, though as the places of numerical strength has been laid down ; It is of the officers prasing from the Royal Naval admitted by both Parties that it is not excessive i Reserve into the Navy have been filled by fresh and we need to incur this expenditure in order applicants for admission to the Reserve nothing to bring ourselves up to this standard that our worse has happened in this particular instance statesmen have themselves üxed. There is than that a number of officers of a certain amount nothing alarmist in this it is simply a plala of experience have been replaced in the statement of sober fact, If we do not spend this Reserve by officers who have their experience money we are simply playing with the security yet to gain, The Reserve, however, should be of the Emphe, and we are unworthy to wield wond only to fill the casualties caused by war. It | the swords of free men la defence of,a free ought not to be necessary to draw upon it for land-Morning Post purposes of mobilisation. From such a state of iblogs we are unhappily separated by a great gull. It is not possible to speak with absolute Accuracy, for the complements assigned to the different ships are constantly varying, but an claborate detalled estimate contained in the Naval Annual for the current year puts the number of men required to provide crews for effective ship, ballt or building, at 97,700 mes, Of these the Estimates provide for 81508

208 avaliable for ser service, leaving a deficiency of about 16,000 men. We should thus have to draw upon the Reserve at the outbreak of hertilities in order to man the Fleet,, But we should not only draw upon it, we should absorb

orb it. Surely, this i

is fact to ponder THE O. & O. 9. S. Co.'s steamer Coptic, with spon, and to lead to energetic action. The malls, etc., left Nagasaki for this post at 4 p.. nominal strength of the Royal Naval Reserve is

| yesterday, 25,000 and 4,000 seamen and marine pensioners. Lord Brassey thinks that of this pumber 18,000 would be avaliable, but other authorities do not THE O. &0. S. 5. Co.'s steamer Goalie, with Consider that more than 8,000 or 9,000 men could malls, etc, lelt San Francisco for this port, vis be immediately relied upon. It evident, then,

Yokohami and Nagasaki, on the 10th fast, that we have absolutely no trained body of men upon wi

which

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I left Port Anthar for Cheloo, bat unfortunately Nanking became a total wreck on some reels to the north of "English Island," owing to the wind and weather, but principally to her diambled engines.

Had it not been for the want of courtesy and lack of readering such assistance as one civilised nation might expect from another, I have no doubt that the Norwegian steamship Nanking would still be afloat.

Thanking you very much in anticipation for your kindness, I remala,

Dear Sk.

Yours faithfully,

NIELS SORENSEN, Late Master of Norw. steamship Nanking, From late northern papers we learn that Messes. Hopklas, Dunn & Co. sold the carge and hull, etc., of the Nanking at auction at Shanghal on the 10th fast. The former was knocked down for Tis. 36, and the latter for Ts. 3,900. The bavers were Chinete.

FAR EASTERN POLITICAL AFFAIRS.

THE SITUATION IN THE FAR EAST.

London, November 13th.

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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE: ̧. Tacoma (Hankow) to-morrow. Indian (Kufrong) to-morrow. German (Suchir) 19th lost. American (Copic) 19th inat, American (Evandale) 20th fast, American (City of Ría de Faneiro) 17th fast. Tacoma (Tacoma) 4th prox. American (Gosite), 6th prox.

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GAZETTE,

[Saturday, 14th December, 1805.]*

The minutes of the meeting of the Legislative Council meeting held on the 5th December are published.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONE.

No. 122-Contains a report on the cost of con. structing the proposed road from Victoria, Gap to Mount Kellet Roid, as laid before the Council. meeting on the 14th Inst

Na 533-Noties that His Excellency has given als assent to the following Ordinances, passed by the Legislative Connell :--Ordinance No. 22 1895 Ordinance No. 23 of 1895 1 Ordinance No. 24 of 18951 and Ordinance No. 23- of 1895.

No. 524-The return of Stamp Revenue for the months of November 1894 and 1895 respectively are prabilsked.

and friction that now exlit in the safeguarding | tag-urn is now included in the domestic egalp- | France, and party diplomatic and military, will, | ing the crews for them, and hence sur present | Gerda m

PENANO, December 5th. Mr. Charles F. D. Black has written a long letter- Signs of the pressore of the Moscovita und hie A Berlin telegram published at Parls reports an

to fall back to meet the wear and THE tes a steamship Tacoma suived at New | THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT to the Geylon Observer on the appolotment of a presence are everywhere visible in both Mongolia interview with one of the Ambassador of the fear of war, while it is important to`remember York on the 13th lust.. Secretary of State for Asia. Mr. Black coa- and Manchuria, Little things as well as big Great Powers. He said a catastrophe might that the days are part when a merchant seaman clades his letter as follows "With England's betoken the growth of intercourse with the early result to Europe from the situation

after a few days' training in relation with Perala under the control of the "White Russ-and-bis-increasing lofluence-in-Turkey, while-a-grávo, —crisis-in-the-Fu

gunnary of the period, became- Foreign Offico, and with Ceylon and the Stralis Twelve or fifteen year ago the traveller in there | East is only a question of time. A great efficient unit in a ship's crew. A sailor Settlements,

danger had been brought about there by nowadays, whether saaman, gunner, stoker, the Colanial Office, responsibility becomes

a Mongollan yurts (summer bouse), ar the intervention of the United States and engine-room artificer, or anything else, must

sus Shantung .......................teamer, from Java. divided that a a large

continuous

be trained to his work, and it is of such men Canton alleg blazing in s hole dug in the ground, and a flip of

the United States,

It is impossible Japan. above all things at consolidation, is hapeless," or opening to the roof, giving egress to the for the United States to condatea policy of the ontext of hostilities, but to meet the wear Cheang flock Kian... In commeating upon this letter the Ceylon Times smoke, or so muchlocate the visitor. The rich their trade in Chios to Russia without a struggle. Reserve of over 100,000 men, and Rustle is strah..... longer, for they cannot abandon and tear of a prolonged attiggle. France has a Yamashiro Maru ... is of opinion that the difficulties in the way of inside and half suffocate making such an appointment would be so sinpen- were no better off than the poor in this respect This is well understood in Japan, and explains known to be gay shung

In this

particular, Katter-4-Hindumen the monks to the letter which the Mikado sent recently to Pre- akhough the precise figures are not esilly obtain. Macken from the House of Commons. And farther that | their Lamaseries, 'und the nomads in their tents, sident Cleveland. It was the first step towards

The * Atdi-Memoirs da Oficar de Jacob Christensen...

Amoy. rather wiisin the past five years, this is new intemational situation, which might possibly Marine for 1894 gives, howater, 18,000 as the Mosmouthshire ......**

Wherever the

become a fresh and solid guarantee of peace. number of officers and men, actually borse in Aggregating 14.380 tons, register. will find a

pattern and

the Russian Navy. Our Reserve she A RUSSIAN COUNTERPOISE IN THE KART.

ahosk

certainly

DEPARTURES: Russian manufactura, with fixed fins by which The Standard, in a leader on "The complete be not less than 50,000 men, of whom's con Tetaries ...............steamer, for Singapore. the amo the smoke escapes. Iron and copper kettles of and active agreement between France and riderable portion should be stokers, and this Teffer...... Russian make have displaced the old clumsy Russia," says (—It appears more.

than probable

should be independent of the men required for

tor CAunshan insuor". articles of native or Chinese origin, a Russian that the assistance Ranila will request from any new ships to be built. We have been to Destares......

whether

ther purely flasucial, or partly ready in the past to build skips without provid. Thales. ment of every Mongol and Manche household, financial sad, more noteworthy still, knives and forks are In the first instance, be for the parpass of support deletency. It would lead as too far afield to Chingping immunor coming into use. In the past ten years, slug the policy in the Far East, which is at the consider how this requisite Retezve force could K consequence of Russian Example the Mongols present moment Russia's chief and most pressing he provided, but it may be as well to remember Kat1010................. and Manchus have begun regularly to make preoccupation. The sudden sise of Japan into the that from 1808 to 1814 our Naval force averaged | Monmouthshire comm hay for winter use, a thing unbeard of before position of a Sex Power of considerable con 143,000 mer. There is, indeed, the strongest evidence, f., the advent of Russian soitiers and merchants, sequence bas naturally filled Russian statesmen "We have now urzivad pretty well at a fale |--Aggregating 15,074 1ons register, our pockets, of the willingness of the Straits to And yet more, finding the Russians demand with anxiety and alarm; and steps of rare sctivity estimats of our dedciencies. The second, tine ment, as far as possible, the demands of Imperial | agricultural products, many nomad tribes are and surprising boldness have been already taken | may

Itself no one at policy.

dagger bees already

any rate, would to planged. In up to the very hill? Have we ber felt. But we need eight Batleships of the first

to husbandry and Geld' work, and by the Government of the Czar with the object of may be let to take care of | been compelled to

to march on the direct road to only places of pligrim resort, patronised by the Japan's growing ambition. It is clear that line to reach the number which France, and with this desirable object as the goal? idle

Russia proposes to herself to utilise the enormous Russia combined will possess in 1897, and wo The bus and cry that has been raised for fixed village centres trading depots, where population and undeveloped enlillary resources

tore to obtain that numerical prepa need

35 13010 reduction of establishments, to the detriment of | markets are regularly held for the sale of of China as a counterpoise against the island derance which it has been claimed gal d the public service, has not that been brought Rasslan wares. And wherever

goes one which now loams so large in the thoughts of again about with the same object? delay, if not absolutely abandonment, "of works - Invariably a following of six ot more of his wound the Celestial Branire was the Brutable to pot an eqzál fleet into the line of bani | AN

Cannot the dude the ubiquitous Russian trader settled, with politicians. The casting of a. golden" chala-gain is absolutely necessary is we are to be Belgii mahusa

This is a total of 23 battleships, and, adopting step whosa great gait and carriage in this far-reaching schemes and France is aven

France is even the lowest- that have for years been admitted as Recce / CARSKYKDiy Indicate the soldier, Fach trader | providing the he construction of the Siberian be spared to hee Presentants, and there. Company for permanent fojuries received by

panied by 45 takuan xisting veneis cannot | damager against the fafernational Navigation .. sary 10 the proper development of Qur

gold ost of which the fatters are pan trade and commerce, and the plans ami | the Russian plants

* political agent of

of being woven. cailmatics for which are now lying rotilong his Government, steading not only Russian Railway la belog pushed forward with redoubled fore these card slid minst be bail. / All the Among our Government archives, also be commerce, but Russian prestige and indie activity and the world la waiting to see what is battleships, however, nose (anti be Mafirties, Leaded to the same source). Is nos ike echo of tags, and, secustomding the sound" Mongols to be its Easters terminus Russia is evidently zaground Senge to build four of tite expose the volcs of beibesity, precisiming a fusker der, and Marches w Kurting waye kod outout) iondenramning to arénte fer brett w wodini ang we two for the nitame

of British interests all over the world Will con- tinue, Possibly so. The welfare and proper conduct of national affairs are unquestionably of paramount importance, and it is the first duty of the colonies to do all in their power to contribute

to this end.

rola

and lazy Budo Are belag tarved into

one

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Swatow. Yokobama.

"Shanghai. Shanghai, Shanghal Singapore.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK' RETURNÉ, Irma

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in Kowloon Dock, Amoy.....name Reina Cristina ...... Hankow Osis umumARSTÖÖNSK

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Cosmopolitan

525-Natifies the authorization by HR. the Governor of Mr. E. J. Main to not Me SurveyCE of hollars of malicensed steamships under da tons burden,

"No," sa6-Notlães that the mooring booy it Gap Rock has disappeared, and that a suitable reward will be paid for its rétum to the Harbour Master.

| No. $17—Calls for tenders for "sweeping * for the mooring buoy at Gap Rack, which it in thought has sunk; in be recélyed by noon of the 21st fast.

No. 528-Contains particulam of e xala of Crows Ands to be held on Monday, the 30th December; at 4 p.

No. 119-Pubilabes_the_commission payable on Postul Notes from this date.

No.530--Contains extracts of the meteorological observations made at the Hongkong Observatory

LOOK OUT STEWARDS Í must be accom- | 2. A jury in Philadelphia have awarded $5,000 | during November.

Horace Law on board the steamer Berlin, through the steward's spotting a trees of hot soup over hins on the passage from Soulazu pies

The Gazette also contains the maid the of unclaimed telegrams Tyler le the 3 Morath Co's offices; the Post Ofools of Datta Past” correspondanos, kach, kot ml)