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THEATRE ROYAL

MESSRS. DALLAS AND MUSGRAVE'S

THEATRICAL SEASON.

TO-NIGHT:

TO-NIGHT:

Grand Production of MRS. HENRY WOOD'S IMMORTAL DRAMA,

"EAST LYNNE."

LADY ISABELL MADAM VINE }

Miss MADGE GREY.

PRICES $3, $2 and St.

Soldiers and Sailors (in uniform) half-price.to

back seats only:

Box Plan at ROBINSON PIANO Ca.

Norten--A special tram will run a quarter of an hour after fall of curtain every evening.

WH. BROWN,

Business Manager.

· Hongkong, 18th April, 1899. ↑

LAST WEEK.

SIMONDS G

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RAND MUSEUM.

And

WAX WORK EXHIBITION.

GRAND CHANGES OF SCENERIES.

REDUCTION OF PRICES.

PRICE OF ADMISSION, 30 cents: SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN UNIFORM

and

CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS.

20 cents.

PROFESSOR A. W. SIMONS,

Proprietor.

Hongkong. 18th April, 1899.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

No. 258.

The Full cution, to be held on *HE following Particulars of Sale of Crown

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1899

To-day's Advertisement.

NOTICE.

SPECIAL SESSIONS of Her Majesty's Justices of the Feate will be held in the JUSTICE'S ROOM, at the MAGISTRACY, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of April, A.D. 1899, at 12 o'clock Noon,, for the purpose of considering an Application from CAWASJEE BYRAMJEE for the Transfer of his Publican's Licence to sell and retail Intoxicating Liquors on the Premises at houses Nos. 29 and 30, Bulkely Stice, HUNG HOM, under the Sign of THE HUGN HOM HOTEL to ANDRA BUDDA BEVEO

T. SERCOMBE SMITH; Police Magistrate. Magistracy, Hongkong, 12th April, 1899.

Intimation.

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ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

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probable course of events: Yet if such has |'receive items which were enumerated in the not been the case, how is it that the events of the past week have been allowed to come as, "bolts from the blue "Surely our officials should have been in possession of informa tion regarding the preparations made for this opposition to the hoisting of the flag and, if not one would have imagined that their experience of Chinese diplomacy and duplicity would have led them to be prepared for all eventualities and to have taken such measures as would have rendered the passibility of, all their preparations for an

THE CAPE ELECTIONS. impressive ceremony ending in such a fiasco.

The elections at the Cape under the Redis- as they have done. We do not understand how it is that matters have been allowed to tribution det give an increased majority to the conie to such a pass, but the melancholy fact | Afrikander Bond, remains that we have been tricked and slighted and that we have been allowed to be thrown into a state of semi-panic and have all our plans upset by a disorderly ralible which could have been dealt with by a company of British Infantry

WEATHER REPORT.

The Observatory report says On the i$th China cost. The depression has reached E. at 11.45 am: The Ixarometer has risen on the

Japan, and pressure is highest over X. China. Gradients continue slight on the China coast. FORECAST:-N. to N. E. winds, light or moderate; ansetiled some thunder showers.

the

·HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

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THE HON. E. R. BELILJOS' QUESTIONS, The Hon. E. R. Belilios had given notice of the following questions --

THE KOWLOON EXTENSION

FURTHER

GHTI

GUNS CAPTURED Z.

ANOTHER FLAG HOISTED.

THE FUTURE OF WELHALWEI,

This afternoon a meeting of the Hongkong Mr. Goschen speaking on the Navy Esti Legislative Council was held in the Council mates said that the Government did not intend Chamber at the Governnient Offices, there to make Wei-hai-wei a fortified base where being present His Excellency the Governor (Sir

A TRIP TO TAIPOHU, battcships could take refuge but that it was Henry Blake, G.C.M.G.), H.E. Major-General

Gascoigne, C.M.G., the Hon. H. E. Follock Yesterday, despite the fact that the ceremony desirable to have a moderate naval establish(Acting Attorney-General), the Han, R. Murray of hoisting the British agent Taipohu būd mem there for the convenience of the feat

Rumsey (Harbour Master), the the Hon. A. M. already been hurriedly accomplished, a party, which was likely to visit the Gulf of Pechili Thomson (Colonial Treasurer), the Hon. R. D. of adventurous spirits proceeded by launch to nore often now than it had done in the future. Ormsby (Director of Public Works), "the Hon. that place in order to see for themselves what C. P. Chater, C.M.G, the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai was taking place. The launch, the Wing Kal, the Hon. E. R. Belilios, C.M.G., the Hon. J. Jarrived at her destination at about one o'clock Bell-Irving, the Hon. T. II. Whitehead, the Hon, and the party quickly made their way ashore. Wei A Yuk, and Mr. G. F. T. Buckle (Clerk of The troops were found to be encamped Councils.)

at the base of Flagstaff Hill, as it. On the motion of the Acting Attorney has been paused, on which the British fing was General, seconded by the Hon. M. D. Ormsby, Bylag, a short distance away was the village

was passed of Taipohu and the whole was overlooked: ""following resolution That this Council approves of the repeal by by ridges which were occupied on Saturday by the Sanitary Board of the Bye-laws made by the Chinese who fired on the Police and were the Sanitary Board on the 11th day of April, eventually dispersed by Captain Berger's 1895, under section 13, sub-section 14, of the men and the Fame. Two of the company. Public Health Ordinance, 1887, and approved visited the position occupied by the Chinese by the Legislative Council on the 23rd day of on Saturday and obtained some relics in the May, 1895, such repeal to take effect from the shape of fragments of shells and so on, but 27th day of February, 1899, the date on which on their return were cautioned by the General the new Bye-laws in substitution for those how against going outside the lines. The party, repeated were approved by the Legislative however, were destined to have their full Council."

money's worth for their trip as the following report of yesterday's operations will show.

ANOTHER ATTACK ON TAIPOHU,

REDEL ARTILLERY CAPTURED, A (1.) Has the Government received a copy of

It appears that yesterday did not pass with a letter from the Direcuse of the Manila Obout hostilities being resumed at Talpobu." servatory, dated the 7th March, in which he Shortly before one o'clock the signallers complains of a letter addressed by the Director placed upon the hills announced that what of the flongkong Observatory to the Weather appeared to be uniformed Chinese troops, were. fureau of the Government of the United States advancing to the attack and soon afterwards of America, in which the said passages are said bodies of inen made their appearance upon the to accar - The Observatory in Manila is in hills overlooking the British, encampment. the hands of men who possess very little sci- Then the rebels, or Chinese troops, whichever entific education" and that scandal is caused they may eventually turn out to be opened fire by the Observatory continually communicating with cannon, but the range was apparently ton sensationalt in Hongkang warnings to the newspapers free for any damage to be clone and it was impossible to judge what class of gun or pro (2) Was this communication to the Weather Jectile was being employed. After the can- Bureau of the United States Government ntade nonade had proceeded for short time with the knowledge and consent of the Colonial with no effect, the General ordered, the Artillery, to inke, up a position upon a neigh- Government?

bouring ridge and return the fire, while Captain. Berger was sent of, in command or two companies of the Hongkong Regiment, with two guns, to attempt to cut off the retreat of the enemy. The rebel fire, we are informed, ceased shortly before two o'clock, they evid ently having no stomach for a fair stand-up fight, but as smoke was seen rising from. the villages in the vicinity it is supposed that they fired them in their retreat, Lpter reports state that three guns were captured by Captain. Ber- sera party, but whether they were simply... abandoned by the enemy or no is not stated THE BRITISH FLAG HOISTED NEAR

LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended 16th April, are:-Entopeans 223, Chinese 2,080; 10tal 2,393.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Mice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with daanks the following donation to the funds of tlie Hospitals":-

What has been the weak point in the policy adopted? We do not think that it is far to seek. There has been too much A. S. WATSON & CO., attention paid to Chinese foibles. It was known that resistance was likely to be offered to the taking over of the territory and yet we have gone about matters in a small way which could not fail to produce that impression that we were nervous in the matter and fearful of producing friction. We have sent weak parties out to erect matsheds and flagstaffs and have allowed them to be driven out with little or no protest being made. Has this tended to increase our prestige? Was it wise to attempt to effect a start by small beginnings, | and that with the help of the Chinese officials, as though we were fearful of acting- | alone and needed their help to conciliate.

and subdue our new subjects? It may be re-infarmed that Simon's Waxwork argued that it would have been impulitic and Museum, an account at previous engagements, unwise to have attempted to erect police can only stop in Hengkong for another week, stations and pave the way for the taking and it will be seen by reference to out adver- f 16.20

uver of our new possession before the hoistisement colunas, that the price of admission ing of the flag without the help and has been reduced, bringing the figure down so consent of the Chinese officials, and as to enable all to see this really five exhibition we admit that such an argumentis reason...] of waxwork skill, and as new attraflions have. able. Until the flag. had been hoisted we

been added we have no hesitation in advising could only be regarded as interlopers in the

our readers to pay a visit to this exhibition, if new territory, for we were there by sufferance from of the Hongkong Hotel, before it is the cont and not hy right and the erection of police stations and her preparations coulil only,

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Port after removal should be rested for a month before use. Wine re- quired for drinking at once should be onigred to be decanted at the Dis. the gur day of April 1897 at 3 are pubensary before being sent out.

These Wines are known to need comment.

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be undertaken by the courtesy of the

Chinese officials.

- But, we would ask, was it imperative that -quarters-should-have-been--prepared for the Police, prior to the hoisting of the flag? Was it politie to place ourselves so un- reservedly at the merry of an undeniably incompetent and untrustworthy body of officials who were undoubtedly opposed to the extension of our frontier and whose opposition was in all probability well known to the inhabitants ? Would it not have been possible and infinitely wiser to have left the construction of matshed police stations til after the hoisting of the flag and to have pat the men under canvas in the mean time as they now are?. Had this course been followed, then a large force of men could have been landed at apo early in the morting to ensure freedom from disturbances, the flag could have been hoisted early in the afternoon, accompanied by a large display of force and an impressive, ceremony and all the collisions of the last few days, would have been avoided. The Chinese would not have had the satisfaction

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(3.) Has Dr. Doberak been asked to explain his action in condemning an Observatory to whom the Colony is so much indebted for the timely storm warnings receivest for a number of years past?

(4) What action do the Government pro- pose take in this matter?

450) is not an apology or an explanation due to the Director of the Manila Observatory

In reference to the correspondence be tween the Kowloon School Committee and the LAST night's raga has come nome too soon, and Government on the subject of the provision of the only thing that can be said against it is

dagationid Reilities for the European children that it was not sufficiently havg. Yesterday in the portion of the Colony, and which, after afternoon Pokfulum resevnir presented the

extending over some two years, eventually culoipated in an offer by his Excellency |appearance-of-a-munte-autha_small_almost_flajur General Birk "to establish a schnol. microscopic puddin in the middle, and it is open to children of any rationality, to provide evidna do a very heavy fall will be required

a teaching staff to Tharge fees at the same rate as the fees paid at Queen's College, and to give a poets Baglish education,” which was grate- fully copied as the Kowloon School Com | miter 5 September last, will the Government ine geul enough to say that has been done in the matter.

beste bersupply can be said to be upon a satisfactory footing oder more However, tu-day we love bogen a sated soon, or two slight showers and the sky his reunited overeast, so fat all hejor on a smither tell tonight need not be abandoned. It is certainly hand lines that the troops should be out at, kupolu under canvas fist when the main comes, but they will have the satisfaction of lawing this they will got return, to a dustbegrimed and hasty colony when their little expedition is brought to a satisfactory conclusion.

A TRIP ON THE MAINLAND.

Yesterday being the day originally fixed for the hoisting of the British tag at Thijuds and a poble holiday, notwithstanding the suddenly altered condition of the whole programme elegraph of burning our matsheils and turning our from an official point of view and the general,

The Hongkong Telegraph

4 HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1899..

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Police out, and the display of force would have served to preserve order for the cere mony and have impressed the natives mightily,

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7. If the line is being carried out, when will the teachers arrive from Raghusl 2

(8) f being pjeposed to rent a house for the

purpose for a period as a trial, has any milding been secured by the Government?

492 If nothing has been done towards re- demption of the pledge made by the Govem meat in the Kowloon School Committee, is it "intended to go or with the scheme?

(to) If not, will the Goverment give reasons for at so p.weeding?

In the absence of The Colonial Secretary.the Acting Attorney General read, the following replies:

Yes. 2. No. 1. Yes.

Question. tite is not a question of fact, and therefore neros no answer,

With reference toʻquestions 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 the Secretary of State has withdrawn his approval of the necessary expenditure for the establishment of the School until the Colony has made such Financial arrangements as to show. a surplies of $100,000.

BHAS PASSED.

The following bills were lead a third time passed An Ordinance te exempt the teritories of langkong from the operation of certain relating to Local Communities and Tribunals. An Ordinance to provide for the Better Regulas tint of the New Territories.

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KOWLOON CITY, ACC Although, as we have already reported, the British flag was hoisted at Taipohu on Sunday, some twenty-four hours before the appointed time; it appears that the ceremony was gone through once more yesterday afternoon, at about. quarter to four, at the Custum fosse pulside Kowloon City

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Scon after noon, yesterday, 'r. G. J. W King of the Public Works Department went to Kowloor city with a couple of Empenu con stables in order to inform the Chinese of His Excellency's intended visit and so pays the way for the ogremony, Though, at first somewhat suspicious of tire intentions of the. party, being apparently unable to grasp, the idea of the hoisting of the fug, they were soon. convinced that no unpleasantness was intended, and gave every assistance in ther power in making, the necessary preparations. At about three o'clock a company of the Hongkong Regiment arrived it the wharf to act as a guard of honour to the Governor, and shortly after. wards a dozen Sikh police tonk up a position in the square facing the pier, which had been selected as the spot for the ceremony. This square, which is doubtless well known to the majority of our readers, is just outside the wall; of the old fort, is backed by the Custom House, which faces the sea, and is bounded on the northern side by a row of the disused gambling houses which In fonner days proved! such, a temptation 10 Hongkong gamblers. The Customs flagstaff. is situated here Thy front ofthe Custom House and on this the dragon

When all preparations were completed the Chinese flag was hailed down and a few minutes later His Excellency, Sir Henry Blake, accompanied by. Lady and Miss Illake, Major Somerville, A.D.C., the Hun. R. D. Ormsby, Director of Public Works, the Hon. R. M. Rumsey, Harbour Master and the Deputy Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Badeleyy arrived alongside the pier in the Governor's launch Victoria, and, led by the guard of honour, walked up to the square, where the troops formed up facing the flagstaff by the wall of the fort,

His Excellency then greeted the elders pres sent and the flag, the Union Jack, was run up to the masthead, nade up into the usual ball Lady Blake stepped forward, gave a smart jeric to the bulliards, and the Jack broke and floated over the new territory, the troops meanwhile presenting arms and the company present raising their hats. An address was then read to the natives by His Excellency's interpreter, ex- plaining that the territory had been inken over. by Great Britain, that its inhabitants were now British subjects and dwelt under the protection. of British rule and that His Excellency wished: than all prosperity and happiness, Printed. copies of the address were then distributed amongst the crowd and were eagerly seized

Dr. Doberek's action ipas been disapproved, scare that was created by the various rumours The Milipoy Governor of the Philippines bus current; a renmaunt of abs tauch party left beer informed that his request was not autho. the harbour about 8 o'clock for Tsinwan. | nized, and a lape was expressed that the order Before the hour for departure arrived, sare for the discontinuance of the Typhoons War has been taken to obtain the latest information is frang Manila sebe singed, as the as to the state of affairson the other side of the meteorological information conveyed was high-flag was hoisted However, it is no use crying over spilt hills, and as little was obtainable in the shapely appreciated by the Chamber of Commerce

and antical men of this port. As is only to be expected, ever since milk the thing is done and all that is left of actual news it was considered fairly sate to Sunday the Colony has been all agog dis- for our officials to do their utmost to right proceed. After about an hour's gaming the matters, wipe out the insult offered to the prettily situled village of Tsinwa Zame suddenty into “view about 9 o'clock, and cussing the aspect of affairs with regard to

as the boat people

CR at once the near territory, great many, toldog and estal order amongst our new sta you have beep uttered and not without subjects. If, as was stated by the deputation to assist in the landing all was considered that waited upon His Excellency the peacable. By the gap ways to the fore, a due reason, for it was known months ago

Governor on Sunday last, it is the secret non-landing panty đến thể Tai Yok-long that opposition was likely to be offered to societies that are at the bottom of the ander the experienced command of Captain the peaceable taking over of the new terri- tory and that money was being collected air, then the villagers are not to Clements was already in the hay, leaving up blame and will prove tractible and it only anchor preparing to depan. They had evid ently hoisted the flag of the old established Having connexion with the Company's Mail threaghan the whole of the Sun On district remains for the leading spirits to be dis | house at day-break. Tsinwan is an ideal comprised in the recent extension of the Colony. for the purpose of organizing a sufficient covered and adequately punished for the neighbourhood, arcadian, made up of sea, force to either frighten the "foreign devils" out of the country or failing that to make part that they have played in the affair. If mountain, hill and vair with the prettiest of laws, and for other purposes. An Ordinance ready for breaking: Atta, quarter to four

should be proved that the Viceroy of streams, the course of which is ever broken Canton or any other Chinese officials have

with racks and small boulders, to be found in demanded, and not in the form of a mere they were kind, simple and natural. After the been implicated, then reparation should be the neighbourhort. The village inhabitants were more di proceht they were cheerful, indemnity, which seldom affects the real basely actiñoint life one continually sees in culprits, but each individual should have his Hoagkag. it was certainly a tresit to find personal punishment meted out to him and ourself amongst a purely patual people where. British officials should be present to see that the exact measurement of one's collar or colour The 'duly receives it. We thoroughly agree of one's die was of no material importance. with our morning contemporary that circum. Where a man would not actually die if he had stances point to official connivance, if not to put a flower in his cout, or to twist active assistance in the opposition offered to the peaceful occupation of the new territory, The standard captured on Sunday, we are told, bore an inscription showing that it came from a walled town some distance in land,, and it is hard to believe that the apathetic and unpatriotic Chinese would come to the aid of their fellows from long distances on their own initiative. Let us hope that the weak and conciliatory policytion.

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the recupation a costly matter both in men and mony to the British Government. In the latter object they have succeeded only too well, as we all know, and they are now baless congratulating themselves upon the successtul indaner in which they have caused public money to be wasted and have made us "lose face."

See how successful a practically undrilled rabble has been in upsetting our plans: Captain Delaya, will be despatched as above Twice have they burnt the matsheds which TỔ MORROWV, the 19th luskant, at Noon.

"we have attempted to erect! they have turned AL BOMBAY the Steamers are discharging in out our officials from the territory; they have VICTORIA DOCK,

fired on our police and troops; they have For Further l'anticulars regarding Freight caused the hoisting of the British flag to be accomplished, as one might say, secretly and with no ostentation, and have managed to [528 upset the whole of our plans and arrange

ments and alarm the officials to such an extent that it was found necessary to turn out our volunteers, wlin are only supposed to be will be despite and for the above port, on of It is hardly to be supposed that the leaders called upon in cases of the utmost extremity, about the soth April.

of this anti-British movement are ignorant to appreciate at its full worth the success that they have so far attained and the slight that they have put upon us, and they will doubtless take particular care to drum these facts well into the ears. of their followers, and so pave the way for a series of outrages, and 'disturbances which will be | diligyli to foresee and, though perhaps of jline moment, of a worrying mature to the oficials and conducive to a state of lawless- ne which, will be anything but beneficial to the peace and prosperity of our new" ac· ́ quisition.

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It is easy to point out other people's mis- takes after the event, but the fact must not be lost sight of that the press was aware of the anti-extension movement months ago, and this being the case, it is incredible to sup pose that our intelligence department has been in the dark all along with regard to the

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the end of his moustache,

The Council adjourned sine die.

DALLAS AND MUSGRAVE DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Owing in great pressure on our space we have not been able to give Messrs. Dallas and Musgrave's latest production Its Never too late to mehe" the amount of notice which richly deserves, The play is 30 well known and the book written by; Charles

Contrasts are odious, especially when made between the up to date dandy of our modern cities and the natural living peasant of the new

Lady Binke then commenced to distribute Reade $0 very popular small silver amongst the crowd and such a hinterland. In the gne case the end, and in that it hardly seeds any eulogies from us to scramble ensued that it was found necessary the other, the beginning of an existance. The attract people to the Theatre Royal, so we will

cultural people certainly showed - ne only state that the play is excellently staged, order so that each could receive a coin to marshall the people into some sort of physique, cheerful, and not incomely faces, cach character having received the amount of bearing the effigy of their new ruler. This dis in fact a beauty in simplicity. Alas: how long attention for which this, company have made tribution of largesse appeared to appeal mighti will this state of things remain under the themselves sp justly popular. We would remind ly to the people, especially, when the women purging operation of changing the old civiliza our readers that to-night is the last night of with babies on their backs each received two this production, as to-morrow Mrs. Henry Vard's hitherto adopted towards the Chinese offi After the usual halt at landing, getting, a "East Lynne" will be put on, Miss Madge coins, one for the mother and one for the baby

The distribution over His Excellency and photograph taken, we, the party proceded Grey taking the part of Lady Isabel and Madam party returned to Hongkong, leaving the Kow

loon City pier at 4.13. We are informed, that ground, sweet patalo patch, then by way through the village, across a bit of cultivated Vine.

the elders were desirous of addressing His of a stepping stone, ford to the hillside, taking, as I have said before, the western spur of the

Excellency and expressing their antisfaction at mountain. Before commencing die ascent,

being placed under Entisk rule, but that some- how or ather, in the excitement of the coin dis by some strange but natural magnetic influ

CANTON, April 14th, tribution the opportunity was allowed to escape ence the attention of the whole party became suddenly arrested by a

of robust Mr. E. R. Drew, our genial Coininissioner of preaume, howeyer, that they will take an village maiders busily occupied in some Customs, left here by the Pewan to-day en early opportunity of wafting upon, Sir Henry department of agriculture. They were strap route for the north. During his two years and doing so. pers, enough to make an old man young administration at our port, Mr. Drew has made Such proportions, such health absolutely burst. himself highly popular with all classes of the LONDON, April 16th.

the spring time of productiveness, community, and many friends and acquaint-The following is a rough translation ing in The Duke of Deppshire, speaking at Pre-

ances, official and unofficial were down to see him and his family off and to wish them don It is evidently the one prepared son, hinted at his early retimment from political

cials may be abandoned once and for all, that it is not lack of power on our part that and that they may be forcibly convinced

has allowed the taking over çeremony of our new territory to end in such a fiasco.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

PROBABLE RETIREMENT OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE

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CANTON NOTES.

(From a Correspondent;} .

HIS EXCELLENCYS ADDRESS AT KOWLOON proclamation read at Kowloon

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few passing words with this happy people sent us away up the spur to find everything pence. ful. Having covered some 2,500 feet in gradual but continual rising the party came to Very little has been going on here of late, we | This is the place where the British.fing is to a halt, took photographs of the surrounding | have had one or two troupes to try and amuse be hoisted Flic tarritory has country and then, after a long rest, returned to us and get us out of ourselves for a brief span; the Emperor of China to, the the launch to have a very late tiffin. On pass- but whether, it is that we expect too much from Britain, Y, boin the Goy The Fure's publications of the evidenceing through the village on the return the people them, or that they have a Foster Fraser opinion have been deputedly before the Criminal Division of the Cour de wore if possible more affable than ever, both of us, some disappointment has been fell, as the new teraton Cassation still continue. A striking point in old and young affording any amount of igno- the performans have not been of a very high and not as enem order. In fact, nowadays, the generality of the epect in yourd them is, the positive declarations that the Ger cent amusement

people in man and Italian Military attachés never had the May the Tinwan people long live to troupes which come to the East seem to be go British subje lightest connection with ax Capt. Dreyfus, not the same happy existence that they down in proportion as their charges go up. known that

appear to do at the present time is the sincere Everything is quiet hero, no riota, no plague,

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