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THE ANTI-FOREIGN DISTURBANCES NEAR WENCHOW,

SHAMOHAY, June 1oth.

Two German missionaries, Meisse. Kiela and Marz, who belong to the German China

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1896.

BORNEO TOBACCO.

Over the initials of " W. B. P. 'the New York Tobacco Leaf has a letter from Sandakan, which details the early troubles of attempts to grow A representative of this paper was granted unwrap tobacco in Borneo. These will be familiar Interview by Dr, Stuebal, H.I.G.M.'1 Consul- | to soch of our readers as are interested. The General, this afternoon to endeavour to ascertain writer theo proceeds: The apsbot of the whole a few ficts regarding the outrage on two German indarty have gained experience as to the dif- matter is that those who are now lelt in the missiovaales at a place called Songylang, which culifes likely to be encentered and the beat to altuated about 130 miles up the Wenchow way of mesting them when they arise; the river.

highest point of flood mask on the various rivers is now pretty well ascertained; the regular supply of foodstuffs is arranged for the managers now are a very different class of mes to their predecessors, and the best places for continning production or for dropping it are now pre:t well known. And though matlere doubt bas that the wrap tobacco industry is at are not very bilght at the moment, ibere is little Its worst now, and that any alteration that does accus will be for the better. The district in which the greatest success has been reached is Mallodu Bay, and here there is little doubt but that all, falute movements will be expansions prices high.

SAILORS' WANTS.

At public meetlog in St. James's Hall, London, recently presided over by the late Commander-in-Chief of the China Fleet,

NEWS BY The AmericaN MAIL.

clsce exchanges were "crowded out" of t The following telegrams from our San Fran-

night's Issue :-

HAVANA, May 15th.

In response to a protest by Harana cigar been leaned by Captain-General Weyler forbid. officer of fiance and customs, & decree bas makers and factory owners, approved by the

diag the farther expectation of Caban tobacco leal save to Spala. Ten days only le given to embark the same from the island. foreign bayers having teaf under contract to

Adrall the Hon. Sie Edmund R. Fremantle. K.C.E., said :—Ladles and Gentlemen,—I have The Missions to Seamen Society, and with the been deeply Impressed with the great value of

good work it Is dalng. It'kis'been my lot for the last three years ending in May last, to be on the Chin Station, and whilst there I had an opportualty of personally acquainting myself with the efforts of this Society to provide for It is stated that the Spaalsh Government, in seamen ; and this may, perhaps, be some excuse circular note in the powers regarding the for my accupying the Chair: Let us looktitude of the United Staten toward Cuba, has little at what the aim of this great Society is. iously observed all treatise the United States taken the position that while Spafa bas scrupa- Oralm is to look after and earn for the has infringed all conventions. spleitwal welfare of those who go down to the sea la ships; 'whore business is in the great waters.

MADRID, May tách.

NEW YORK, May 16th. It has been sald with regard to the personnels :-Adrices from Madild say that a bill will of the Mercantile Marine that it is not as satis treaties with the United States.

A despatch to the Harald from Havan be presented to the Cortos abrogating all existing

men were seized and cruelly beaton, Mr. Kicia Crops are large, the leaf good, texture fine, and factory as we as English people might wish for. :

Alliance Mission, recently opened a station at Sungylang, which is within the prefecture of Chachas, where these missionaries have bad, for the last five yeATS, very successfat mission, There were no signs of Impending danger, burring the usual placards posted round the village. All was quiet ill Monday evening last, when, just as Mr. Klein and Mr. Manz had finished dinner, thel house was attacked by a large mob, who started to make things look lively by breaking every thing they could lay hands on. The two gentle

bring much more savagely treated than his col- league. However, they managed to make their escape and took refuge in a neighbouring yamda. The official in charge was courteous enough to them and sent them by boat and with an CICOT 10 the prefectoral city of Chuchan; on arrival they sought as Interview with the Prelect, who pretended to

off-handed manner, in splie of the fact that Mr. Klein's irjailes was unmistakeable proof of their assertions, to say nothing of the escort given the missionaries for prolection by the official st Sangalang, Fallingtonblafossilsfaction from the Prefect of Chachao, Mr. Klein, whose injuries are of a serious nature, but it is to be hoped not fatal, was left behind at the Mission, while Mt.

Although, perhaps, it is not quite as good as it ought to be, I think you will all agree that a vast change has taken place for the better in recent years. The men are more sober, more steady, more thrifty, and I think that one of the things that has done much to bring this about

been ordered home, presumably on account al Three war ships on European statloss havo trouble with Spain.

LONDON, May 16th.

discredit their story and treated them in a rather circumstances have been against I: in good is the bolding of divine service on board ship. | Foreign Offics on Thursday. All the newspapers

Mans proceeded to Wenchow, where he laid bis case before the Torallast Thursday A wetruas was sent to Sungylang to loveniigale the case and try and settle the matter, but Mr. Manz, seeing that there was no possibility of obtaining the satisfaction berequired, and that the officials were not showing the amount of energy such

The fatura of the tobacco industry in North Burcco depends upon, the area of land suitable for the cultivation. Wrapper tobacco her, as elsewhere, is very capricions, richness of soll being by no means the only condition that it needs; in fact, it is rather difficult to say exictly what does suit best. Suffice it to say that

| many of the districts tried, which now remain desolate wastes, well sodded, cleared and ditched, and waiting to be worked again. But is the centre of the country there exists reglan of nearly flet ads that seem to init many of the requirements of the tobacco planter, and, until this district has been put to the test, the future of fine tobacco le ascertain, ay the comparatively few acres in Malluta Bay, though undoubtedly suited to it, are not enough to mate the industry a really large or important one, though ander the worst circumstances the area under totacco five years hence is likely to be larger than at present. But in various parta of the country, particularly the dierlets `to the very nice, mi'd tobacco is grown for ordiary smoking purposes. At present it is only the this tobicca, but la time there may be the surrounding countries and districts that consuIE making of a good export business in it.

a practice now frequently observed in the merchant service. It should not be forgotten what The Missions to Seamen has done in this due to their efforts that the customs of diving important matter, I firmly believe that it is ship has become as general on board baard Her Majesty's abips now to begin the ship as it is. It is the invariable custom es

dally work with And this might also become the eastom In meeting for prayer, the merchant service. I am sure you will all agree with me that this daily practice is very great value. The stepping of the ordinary work of the ship f'r these five minutes, and the and the reading by the chaplain, or by the commanding officer, of a few prayers, bas an that these minutes are wasted at all in regard to extremely good effect. And I do not belleve

the dally work done in the ship. But very much to the contrary.

Sir Hallday Matiney, an extremely astute Seatesman, who for many years has been in the Chinese diplomatic service, and, strange to say. is entirely trusted by ble employers, had a long Interview with Sir Thoms Sanderson at the here jumped bastily to the conclusion that the Intervle related to alleged Russian aggression at Chefoo, but there is the best of reasons to believe that much more "Important buslarss wat discussed, and that the language used was not altogether diplomatie. The real subject talked about was the alleged secret mission intrusted to Li Fang-chang, how in Raisla, catonaibly for the sole purpose of congratulating the Car an his coronation.

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Austro-Hungarian, and Colombian Government tobacco monopollès, through their respective Consulx, will filo protests against the decree.

May 19th.

The Herald's Washington special #195:- Captala-General Weyler's edict probibling exports of tobacco from Cuba has stirred up a storm of protests in Florida, which has reached

According to the despatches which these gentle the State Department through Senator Pasco and Representative Sparkman of that State, men have received from their consiliuents, the enterament of this edict will mean the closing up of the cigar factories of Tampa and Key West almost immediately.

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Senator Pasco called at the State Department to-day and at bly request Seèretary Olsey at once cabled to Consul-General Williams for an official statement of the terms of the edict, Representative Sparkman called at the Depart | ment and urged the Secretary to ask the Spanish Government for an extension of time in order to secure supplies of tobacco. The Florida people Want an extension of sixty days, and they want the State Department to miska this request in the most argent form, amounting practically to a demand.

The State Department officials are not Incliced to sak for an extension of time. They think 'that 'lf thỗ request should be made for 10 much time as that wreationed, it would be certain jo be dented, as it would enable American tobacco merchants to practically de- olete the supply of tobacco in Havans and thus

bring about at once the closing of the cigar factories in that city, which is what General Weyler seeks to prevent. It is probable, bow- ever, that a request will be raads for an exten- sion of ten days,

HAVANA, May 19th.

According to privato Madrid advices received to-day by a well-known · Havana banker, the balk of the Caban debt held by Spanish bank- Lag lostkationsand persons of wealth has been wnloaded in Paris du tag the last six or eight weeks. Bought up by French capitalists, changed hands. Among the sellers are mentioned Presler Canovas, Romero Robledo and Senor Elduayen. Small holders of Cubsa bonds in Londoa have also unloaded, and Belgian, Dulch and German Guanciers have also sold heavily in Paris, where more than 60 per cent, of the

a case required, took passage to this port in the south of the great mogɛtain of Kina Balt, & { xxrembling of all the ship's company together, to be published here, but this week the Foreign original emirrian of $294,000,000 is now haki..

Poocht, airling here yesterday.

The case was reported to Dr. Stuebel, H.I.G.M's Consul-General, and he is taking the necessary steps in the matter. The crisis of the row is uncertain ; bot we, bave no doubt, fröm a Chinese point of view, it will have something to do with taking out eyes to make medicine, the killing of a child, or some other Insané charge tramped up for the purpose of causing a flot.-Mercury.

CHINESE NATIONAL BANK AND

RAILWAY SCHEMES.

According to private news received by the North-Chian Dolly News fro.a Peking. It appears that Dr. Yang Wing's scheme for National Chinese Bank, mentioned in a recent letter from Peking, his every likelihood of belag an accomplished fact in the near future. From

the transistion of the decree on the La-Han Rail way published in the Shanghat morning paper on the 8th, It is seen that line will be exclusively built by syndicates formed in Kuangtung province. Dr. Yang Wing is also a ovire of that province, having been hom neatly seventy years ago at Helangahan (Macao) which is a district of Keangchaulo (Canton), The National Bank in question, the N. C. Daily News farther learas, is under the patronaga of two high officials in Peking, galves of Kuangtung, namely, their Excellencles Chang Yin-huan, Vice-President of the Board of Revenue, and Hil Ying-kuel, Direc or-General of the Imperial Granaries of Peking and North Tungchow; and on dit the new faltation is to be opened in connection with the new La-Hin Rallway, which will deposit its foods with the new Bank Knanglang province is therefore apparently getting well abend.

Shanghai, June 8th.

DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIES IN JAPAN.

MERCHANT HIPPING

Now perhaps I may state shortly of what our merchant service consists. According to recent return, £954.000,000 worth of goods is canfed by the British merchant service every yest. These numerous skips are manned by In 1871 Japan posseized 96 merchant steamers 340,000 sellors; and of these 183,000 are British of an ager-gate tonnage of 21,364 ton.

They subjects. If you look at the Society's report, were, withou: exception, vessels which had you will see what The Missions to Seamen is been condemned by their former foreign owners doing for these men. The Admiral then referred as unfit for farther profi abla mie, were to the arrangements made in the Royal Navy to

encourage thrift smong seamen, and costtoned this is already done to some extent in the I should add that, thanks to the Board of Trade, Mercantile Marine. The Board has made arrange ments whereby one of its officers attends at the various home ports and makes strangements for the returned crews of long voyage ships to hand over their accumulated wages to bim, and for ably well, and I am glad to find that it has any charge for 10 dolog. This system has worked remark- recently been partially introduced with much pay half-a-crown for every ten pounds of their success at Panklik; though merchant sailors wages sent home from abroad. I think we ought not to forget that we owe a very great deal in this respect to The Missions to Seamen, for 1 believe it is ow'ng In a large measure to their efforts that these improvements have been brought about. Bot we hope before VITY long to see this practice extended to the seven continental ports of discharge between Breit and the Elbe, where "silors have to put up with much rough treatment and depredations from the many crimps and land-sharks who infest the more Important ports of discharge on the Con- tinent think you will all see what a great

with a tonnaga of

managed and neglected, and never ventured coasting voyages were so insignificant that their bayand the coasts of Japan; and even theft entries and clearances were not deemed worthy of the slightest mention in the Customs returna. In 1995 Japan possessed 517 merchant s'eamers of an aggregate tonnage of 331,523 Nippon Vasen Kaishs, or National Mall Steam-transmission to their homes, without tens, and the principal shipping company, the ship Company, alone possessed & non et 57 ocean-golog steamers 101,341 fone. The vessels of the latter Iedia, and Australia, and their fines will company make frequent voyages to Chins,

very shortly be extended to England and scross the Pacific to the United States; their service is splendidly organised and managed, and the majority of their ships are la every way ft to rank with those of any nationality in the world. The further development of the Japanese mercabilis marine is now being very actively promoted, and among the measures advocated as essential to the increase of her commerce few and greater lavour or are more frequently discussed than the extension of the existing steam routes and the acquisition of a much larger share in the carrying trade to and from her own territories.

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stem is to merchant sallon and that, therefore it is very desirable it should be extended to porta of discharge abroad.

British Minister MacDonald was Informed from Peking that there was no truth in the mis slon story, and on the strength of that, coupled with a semi-official dental from St. Petersburg, the British Foreign Office caused a contradictios

Office's serenity has been disturbed, by stworthy faformation that Li Hung-Chang hus End secret interviews with the Crar, and later with the chiefs al the Russian Asiatic Depart. ment, which can only mean that the great Viceroy's Journey has for lis object a good deni more than the paying of compliments.

Str Halliday Macartney was once supposed to have British sympathies, but if that was ever desperately to induce England to interfere to the case, he bas out-grown them. He tried.

is not likely to forget that fict It is not Save China from Japan. He falled utterly, and Improbable that he talked pretty plaiuly to Siz Thomas Sanderson on Thursday, and that he for whatever the character of the understanding was instructed to do so in almost beyond doubt,

ceased to fear England, and this may precipitate between Chins and Rumia, the former hat trouble, which few people doubt is brewing.

unique The Chinese governing class, usually The position of Sir Halliday Macartney Is so suspicious, trust blm absolutely, and there is no man living who understands the Chinese

told Hang-chang's fortunes, and he has mind as well as he does. He was a half-pay sargeon out in China when he attached himself prospered by justifying the Viceroy's confidence. with idiomatic Bussey. If he liked to shave, Macartney, of course, speaks and writes Chinose

he might well pass in China as a Chinese, but cultivate a pigtail and marry a Chinese woman, he still has many European tastes, has a French wife, and lives in a charming country house in Kent when he can get away from the Chinese Legation in London.

BERLIN, May 16th. The German clergy, Protestant and Catholic, peror William's telegram to Genelmath Hins are thoroughly aroused to consequence of Em peter regarding Dr. Steecker, the ex-court chaplain, and Christian Socialist leader, which was pablished with His Majesty's consent. This

Very practical measures have been recently benefit this transmizston kome of sermen's wages message was almost beutally branque and read: taken by the Government to encourage the THE PIKING-HANKOW RAILWAY.

shipping industry, and two messures submitted to the Diet during the current session, (1) Navigation Bill, and (2) a Shipbuilding Bill, have Their Excellencies Wang Wes-shan, Viceroypassed both Houses without a single voice being of the Pelyang, and Chang Chih-tung. Viceroy raised against either. Both are measures of of the Hukuang provinces, have received the great prospective Importance." following Imperial instructions from his Maj aty the Emptor Kuang H10 :-"The Princes" and

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The object of French buyers in seeking control of the Cuban debt is said to be to abfain from Spain direct intervention in the Cuban Treasury Department, placing a representative of their syndicate la every custom-house on the liland to sea that these be bonestly administered, and

No, 211-Call for tendèrs for the repair of Police Launch No. 3, to be received by noon of the syth inst."

NA 232—Calls for tenders for Portland cement for Praya Reclamation work, to be received by 23rd Inst.

No. 213-Calls fortenders for the construction of reservoir, etc., at Aberdeen, to be recalved by the 30th last,'

of grain, straw, grass, etc., to the Police during No. 214-Tenders are invlied for the supply

the last six months of the year, to be sent in by the 24th inst.

No. 275-Teaders for the supply of amali stores to the Police Department, for the same period are called for, to be sent in by the 24th inst. The Gazetie also contains the usual list of unclaimed telegrame lying to the Telegraph Co's offices; the Port Office list of posts restanta correspondence, and list of letters, etc., los merchant vessels.

CHILDREN starving to death on account of their teability to digest food will find a most marvellous food and remedy, in Seatt's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Olf with Hypophorphites. Very palatable and osally digested.” „Read the fellow. Ing testimonia! —"I have prescribed. "Scott's Emulsion' in exsex of children suffering fram wastlog and mail-nutrition and can report most favourably of its good effect; it has been in each taken most readily.-W. PERKINS, M.R.C.S., Medical Superintendent, Balleigh

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SHIPPING and mail NEWS.

MAIL: DUR: Tatina (Tatoma) to-morrow, Australian (Oroso) 19th fest. French (Brest Simons) 20th lunt.

Tacoma (Victoria) 1st prox Canadian (Empress of India) 22nd fast, American (Belgie) 23rd Inst

Singapore for this port on the 13th inst, and THE steamship Woolwich, from New York, left may be expected here on or about the 19th inst.

SHIPPING RETURNS.

From 8 pm. yesterday to & p.m. to-day,"

ARRIVALS.

Denteres.....teamer, from Saigon. Petrarch..................

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Holbow, Mount Lebanon .................

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ÄSTTERE FOR MERCHANT SHIPS,

The clergy must not meddia with pailties, Kongalf because it is no concern of theirs." The angered the clergymen, and the whole clerical I should like you to notice the references in press has been expressing indignation. Dr. the report to the friendship of sailors to the Stoecker has made an outspoken protest in his Agents of the Mission. A really ire personal organ, the Avangelical Church Gaseite, In friendship exists between them. When we which he says the Emperor, when still Prince remember the many difficulties merchant rea-William, himself characterized the Christian men have to deal with, the dangers they have Social activity of the clergy as a means of to face whilst on the sea, the many villcfidences anquishing socialism. Dr. Stoecker added when we recollect that we are Immensely that surround them'when reaching port ; and *Since Christian-Social thought was tabooed

of He, I think we ought to thank God

in Berlin, socialism reigns politically there. As Indebted to our sallars for so many necessaries I have begun so shall I continue. 1 leave the

end to God," that there are such societies in existence as Two of the leading clerical organs, the Rafeki. The Missions to Seimen, who provide a beta and the Volk, severely condemn and ka friend for the salfor when landing deplore the publicados of the telegram, classing strangers in strange parts. For as you are it as inconsiderate " and " pojast," and polai- rated from relaitons and friends who need help, granted the same rights as other citizens. The aware, there

no other class of men so sepa-log out that clergyman, by the constitution, are Roman Catholle organs, the Germania and the sympathy, and prayers as do seafaring men.

On the question of desertion abroad, I think Cologna Volha-Zeitung, publish silicies of * similar tone. The Socialist preis denounces the telegram as imperial Interference with constit to desert their ships abroad. There is no doubt donal sights, and in various parts of Germany

clerical synods have taken pains to express con a strong pecuniary tendency not to care whether merchant seamen desert or not. If they desert,fidence in Dr. Starcker and his methods and they loose their unpaid wages, and it is therefore savarely criticise His Majesty's telegram the ship be laid up for a few weeks in a foreign accepted the mission of organizing the Chinese

alte abrions that the shipowner need not

May 18th. Colonel Liebert of the Pratslan service has and will leave for Chlon next week. He Lay, Port, it may be to his faterest to let the crow desert. At all events, I think that some action will be accompanied by twenty German drill should be taken to laguire into what becomes of instructors the unpaid wages and affects of deserters, and into the causes of desertion, Ecc.; and that those responsible for the managersent should show good cause why their employes have deserted their skips.

The first provides that, under certain conditions me to right of requisition by Government, high efficials belonging to the Ministre of War carriage of mails, training of apprentices, memorialised last December recommending Fabatdy shall be given for the space of five years Riving of the boilding of the Peking-Hankow from the date of construction, to every on Rallway to a Cantonese syndicate headed by steamship of over 700 tons baithen at the the expectant Tacial, Hea Ying-chang (this following rates 25 sen (64d) par ton for every was wired to as from Peking and published in 1,000 miles run at a maximum speed of to these entomas at the time). We therefore erdered knots; an addition of xo per cent, to be made the said Total to return at once to Canton and

for each 500 tons Increased displacement over collect the required preliminary sum of Tls. 1,000 tons and up to 6,500 tons; and a further guaranten of bond fides addition of 10 per cent, for each additional knot According to a memoifal from, the saldin speed up to 17 knots; after the lapse of Eve Ministry of War we NOW the said Total has since telegraphed from cent, in these amounts to be made.

years continuing annual reduction of per Canton to the effect that he had succeeded in raising seven million tuels already, and that ha The second provides that a subsidy of $32 (Lee word ought to be sald. Soms loquiry aught would bring up this sum to Peking in person by 6.) per ton shall be granted to every Japanese to be made as to the causes which induce men the middle of jous next, ele. In the meanwhile subject balding in Japan an iron or steel steam

skip of and over 700 but under 1,000 tons, and two other Cantonese syndicates, namely, one headed by a certain notable named Fang Pal of $20 (61 35: 48.) per ton for one of and over shih, and one headed by the expectant profect 1,000 tons, with an additional $5 for each unit of Lin Ho and certain Lú Ching-in, have also built under the supervision of the Department of horse power. Both ball and engines must be successively petitioned to the Ministry of War, declaring that they had each raised the sum Communications, and no foreign material is to of ten million taels and now prayed for the employed waters specified by that Department. privilege of tendering for the building af Both these measures are to come into opera the said wallway, and the praying that we

ilua on October 1st, 1896, and are to continue in should appoint high official to preside over

lorca for 15 years. To be enabled to take each of these syndicates, etc. Now the build immediate advantage of the first, the Nations

the Peking-Hankow Railway (called in Mall Steamship Company, already despatched, official documents the “La-han Railway," or 30 far back - as December, a commission to Lakow Bridge-Hanków Railway), is one of England to order six stesmeri, each of 6,000 suprems importance to the welfare of the top Empire. Il money be collected and handed in city and steaming 17 knots, and it is to employ these steamers in a monthly over to the officials to construct the road the passenger and cargo service between Yokohama chances for success would be wil. It, therefore, and London, one steamer starting from each only remains for the commercial classes and every month. Four other routes are a to build the fine under the general super tioned in the Japanese papers as having been vision of the government in order to facilitate selected by the Government as special the completion of this important enterprise. The navigation routes,” on which the National

trouble himself much about that matter.

I will just anm up a few objects which I think we ought to sim at. First of all, we ought to alm at getting public worship on board every Sunday rest as is possible; and the abeille of merchant ship regularly at procuring as much Sunday cargo and coaling work. The cessation of Sunday cargo work bas, you are aware, been desit with is many posts; but there are still many ports abroad and in' Crown colazies In

fice in question passes through the juridiction Mall Steamship Company are also to which we should like to see cargo and coaling place steamers, which will receive sabridies

The son of Von Boetticher, the Minister of the Interior, with a companion and an official huntsman, went thing on Thursday last in Witwins lake, near Rholasberg. Their bost was capsized and all three were drowned. The bodies have not been recovered.

Several of the persons arrested at Frankfort on the charge of its majesté múde facrimiast. within bearing of the Emperor during the ing remake in close proximity to and even. selling there on Sunday last of the monument erected to the memory of Emperor William I,

of the Viceroys Wang Wanshao and Chant | Gnder the new law. These are to Australls and work abolished. We also feel that the devout / Perjury,

Herr Wissel; an ex-member of the Reichstag Richter, has been arrested on the charge of and Diat, and an intimate friend of Eugene

Chib-tong, and they are therefors hereby com-

The agitauilon for a larger navy has been manded to make it thele duty to see the enterprise Bombay, between Japan and both of which there as general in merchant whips as we should wish, renewed. Lectures are delivered in different parts

observance of Sunday by divine worship is not brought to a successial completion, and to co will be ra tound voyages annually; to Windle We should study merchant seamen with regard of the country, wader the auspices of the Alla. operate with the said Tactal Hall Ying-ch'lang tock 18 round voyages annually

i_and and the others above named in this matter. This Korrakoff, & round weyages annually. It is to the question of their environment, and they Deutsch Verbund, to promote the movement would be best done by dividing the construction proposed to devote go steamers of an aggregate As far as the great companies especially are

should be supplied with small forecastle libraries. Kasiarube has strictly forbidden duels.

The rector of the Technical High School at Into three portions, each syndicate to, take displacement of 50,000 tons to these four services, over the building of ous portion. The said the first two of which will form a very serious concerned, they ought to set an example of

NEW YORK, May 18th. "Viceroys are in sea that no obstacles be placed | element of competition with the British com-

something appreiching to continuous employ.

The decree of General Weyler prohibiting in the way of these syndicates, and are furtherapies by whose steamers they are a pucsent put on the establishment, I am confident caused alarm. In a very short time the genomi The best conducted men might be the exportation of lead tobacco from Cuba hin ment, ordered to take every care in generally superviz. mainly conducted. ing the status of the said syndicates and so that As to the second Bill, it is estimated that eight male in the Royal Navy; and I believe the same pay more for their cigam or slao pay the same that it would pay. Coallasone service is the public will awake to the fact that they must no foreigners hold shares in these companies." steamers which will be entitled to benefit by the thing applies with regard to the great Pacific plea for an Inferior quality. Between 50,000 With reference to the above Important decres, subsidies will be annually constructed in Japan, and the Empress Lines between the Canadian and 800.000, cigar makers will be thrown out of we learn that copies of the Edict have also been and that the yearly amount, which the terms of Dominian and Japan, I firmly believe that employment in the United States, it is said. distributed to the various Viceroys and the Bill will require to be provided, will be we had a modified system of practically con- Governors of the Empire in order that the whole $400,000 ($1,666). At present there is only tauous employment in the merchant service, it fansign orders yet unfilled will suffer serious Tobacco-leaf: expostars having extensive -country may know that the Emperor is dates oma private dockyard in Japan of sufficient might be made to work very satisfactorily, and embarrassment by Saturday's decree topplag mined to build rallways in his Empire. The capacity for the construction of steamer that we should then have a body of men who expert. They are preparing a petition to tha Had Tacial named above is a younger brother of over 1,000 ton displacement, and only would be fine specimens of what British seamen Captain General, saking him to grant an exten: of Hip Ying-k'uel, Director-Gasarai of the one mesmer of that rise has as yet been ought to be. The general treatment of merchant alon a time of ten days note in which to Imperial Grasries at North Tungahów aud) bulten From Mr. Longford's, Riport, sallors on board nilp is also a ces importa wwback their busdamn hand, if la underwood, Waking==-1); C, Dadh Newli

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