WEI-HAI-WEI. (EXTRACT FROM CONSUL HOPKIN'S REPORT.)
1 have been frequently asked since our occupation what I thought of the commercial prospects of Wei-hai-wei, and whether it might become a northern Hongkong. It must be remembered that Wei-hai-wei is even worse situated as a port of shipment for produce from the central and western parts of the province, or as an entrepot for foreign trade destined to supply the same region, than is Chefoo, being some sixty miles inore to the castward. There is little or no real analogy between the positions of Hongkong and Wei-hai-wei. The former lies at the seaward end of a splendid system of navigable waterways; a day's steam only from an immense city,, the capital of the provice, and on the edge of a rich and densely-papulated delta. Wei-hai-wei, on the contrary, is nearly the remotest point of a rocky peninsula far from any river communication with the interior, and almost without roads, amidst an agricul tural population in a region of few and incon- sidémble cities. Along the coast to the south ig Kiao-chow Bay, cxcellently placed for trade, and with the prospect of railway communication with the interior fri'the very near future.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1899.
call Congress in session before December to provide funds for military operations, Of the eighty millions authorized to be spent in twelve months more than thirty two millions were spent from July to August 23 inclusive. At this rate the entire eighty millions will be exhausted before Congress gets in regular session. Ten new regiments have been a charge for the last month and the ten still to be raised will become a charge in about another month, so that the ration expenditure will be increased, and additional transports and the extension of operations in the Philippines will swell expenses, which are now at the rate of two hundred millions a year. The department asked for one hundred and forty-four millions for the year, but Congress would not allow it. Administration officials, however, are confident that the insurrection will be speedily suppressed, and that it will not be necessary to issue bonds, as the treasury balance, including gold reserve, is two hundred and seventy six millions.
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GENERAL OTIS STOPS CAVALRY. A Washington dispatch says that General Otis has cabled to the War Office that he does not require any more cavalry sent to him. He 6nds himself already embarrased by the Four hours steam from Wei-bai-wei, to the present in Manila. The War Office has con- difficulty of procuring forage for the horses at west, lies Chefoo, which though naturally butsequently decided that no more cavalry shall little better situated in point of land com- he seat. munication, has the advantage of being, as a well-established treaty port, commercially a going concem, with all that is implied by that,
which Wei-hai-wei is not
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POPULATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. According to tonniere, the civilized papula- namely
Europeans (Including 500 friars............... Spanish-mative half-breeds.. Spanish-native-Chinese half-breeds...
4,050 8,584 8,
9,001 J.304,742
THE TRANSVAAL.
LATE TELEGRAMS,
STALA, September, 23rd. In the event (which, however, is not looked upon here as probable) of a further Brigade being despatched from India to South Africa, the Essex and Royal Irish may not unreasona bly expect to be included.
BOMBAY, September 28th. has been delayed owing to an outbreak of The departure of the remaining squadrons anthrax,
'tion column.
The s.s. Nevasa has'sailed with an Ammuni-
BOMBAY, September 28th. Dragoon Guards have been unable to sail for Owing to further cases of anthrax the Fifth Durban and have been sent back to Deolali.
They will rest at the camp there for a few days,
BOMBAY, September 29th,
It is believed that the Fourthi Dragoons will replace the two squadrons of the Fifth disappears in the course of the next ten days. Dragoons for South Africa, unless anthrax
LONDON, October 3rd. Bay Line of Railway, forced a number of refugee A crowd of Boers, at a station on the Delagoa
during the singing of the Volkslied" and passengers in the train to uncover their heads severely kicked and trampled upon several Englishmen.
The transport Laffoora arrived at Duban last evening with the 21st Battery of Field Artillery, which lands to-day.
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THE RACES AT MAURITIUS.
PROHIBITED ON ACCOUNT OF PLAGUE.
HISSING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL..
From a Mauritius paper it appears that the Legistative Council there has passed an Act
argued that the races invariably bring a large tue of a special law, owing to plague." It was "that the Races be forbidden this year, in vir
crowd into Port Louis, and that many of the Indians who might come in would be going to visit their Indian friends in the town, amongst whom plague is raging with many might ake the infection back into the deaths a day, and it was feared that they mofussil. When the news of the prohibition became known, there was a general outburst of indignation at anger on the part of local sporting men, but it was thought that it would be useless to prohibit fairs and festivals in the pealthful mofossil and to allow the races in the plague stricken town. There was another mo tion in the Council a few days later to upset the regulation, which had only been passed by placed civil servant had died of plague, and, 12 votes against 11, but in the interim a highly.
Europeans, the original motion, instead of with such a striking instance of plague amongst being overthrows, was confirmed by 18 votes to 6. The result was received with hissing on the part of some of the strangers on the visitors benches--a display of feeling which the Go vernor promptly suppressed.
The Orange Free State Artillery, under Com berley The Free State also occupies Bothas THE INDIAN NATIVE INFANTRY, Pass, situated twenty miles from Newcastle.
That trade. follows the flag may fairly tion of this Colony in 1845 was as follows mandant Allrecht, are moving towards Kim- enough expres a generalised commercial truth, which does not, however, necessarily affect particular conditions otherwise unfavour able. So I do not anticipate for our new naval station a commercial future like that of the one time fishing village of Hongkong. Ra thes, it is a fair presumption that trade will follow the railway-so much the better for Kian-chow and Talienwan,
For the rest, the territory taken over consists of rather barren bills and valleys, closely cul- tivated with the cereals usual in the province, wheat, millets, and Indian corn. On the hill- sides grows a dwarf onk, on which feed the caterpillars, producing the "wild silk" of Shantung. The cocoons of the neighbourhood find their market in Niag-hai Chou, a city, just outside the western boundary of our territory, from which point they have hitherto been can veyed for sale to Chefon,
A little gold is also found in the ravines or dongas of all this region, and-from time to time in the past considerable finds are reported to have been made. There are somewhat sanguine expectations agnat on this subject,
No trouble from the population was met with by the survey party of Royal Engineers last Summer in carrying on their operations in the 10-mile zone. These were completed without a single untoward incident, such supplies as the country afforded being freely sold by the villagers.
PHILIPPINE NEWS.
(From the Manila Times.) ANOTHER FIGHT AT ANGELES. On the morning of the 11th Angeles was the scene of another brisk little skirmish in which nearly all the garrison of that place were engaged. The fight did not last long, but was warm while it lasted and resulted in five casualities on our side.
The battle was opened at 330 am by the insurgents, who poured several heavy volleys into the outposts stationed near the bridge, and followed this up by more or less fusilading. Troops were turned out to triet them and a stiff little fight followed, in which the enemy used their modem Krupp. Soon the whole garrison was out on the skirmish line and com- pliments were freely exchanged. Lieut. Finlay's artillery detachment of three guns of the ist Actillery took part and shelled the enemy, finally succeeding in silencing their cannon.
The first volley firing only lasted half an hour, and after a full, was resumed again at 4 a.m. and kept up until daylight. At first there was very little response by our troops until the Artillery turned loose and with a few well-directed shells succeeded in discouraging the enemy from all further attempt.
Chinese...
Pure natives
Total civilized population................ 3,507,277 In the last census, which was taken in 1876, Europeans and Chinese, was shown to be a the total amber of inhabitants, including
be acepted because it is impossible to estimate little under 6,200,000, but a fixed figure cannot exactly the number of unsubdued savages and mountaineers, who pay na taxes and so are not accurately enumerated. The increase of native population was rated at about two per cent, per annum, except in the Negrito or aeta tribes, which are known to be decreasing.
sion in Natal,
railway, will also leave in the lesions for the Major Girouard, Constructor of the Sourian Cape.
The Duke of York has been appointed to an honorary Colonelcy of the First Bengal Lancers, which will henceforth be known as the Duke of York's Own.
THE RE-ARMING QUESTION.
Three squadrons of Natal Carbineers have hurriedly mastered at Ladysmith and started in the direction of the Orange Free State border. Natives have looted stores at Charlestown.
One of the questions that is now most The Hawarden Castle, Lismore Castle, Roslin military authorities is that of the rearmament seriously occupying the attention of the Indian Castle, and Harlech Castle, have been chattered of the native infantry, which has reached a as transports and ordered to be ready in teu point at which it may fairly be called urgent. clays. They will accommodate 4,000 men
Colonel Brocklehurst, of the Blues, will sail native troops are so worn out, points out the The Mani rifes now in the hands of our in the Mexican t command the Cavalry Divi-Piencer, that it is generally agreed that they weapons for military purposes. The majority can no longer be looked upon as efficient of these rifles were not new when they were by the British regiments when the latter received issted to the native army, but were made over the Lee-Metford They have therefore had a long life of a quarter of a century, and looking It is rumoured that the Duke of Connaught+-it-con-well be understood that they require to the hard work that a military rifle has to diu, will accompany Sir Redvers Buller to South renewal. On the other hand, it is difficult to Africa
because the weapon has so far become obsolete replace the worn-out Martinis nowadays, that its manufacture has practically ceased; 331,200
and besides, it may he said with some reason 59,700 38,660
The Duke of Devonshire. (Loxt President scale, the money would he better spent on that if renewals are required on any extensive 5610 of the Council, in the course of a speech at providing a more up-to-date type of arm. The 4320
Manchester, last night, said that, if the unoffi-Government of India, however, will assuredly cial versions of the Transvaal reply, to Mr. 510 Chamberlain's last despach were correct, it was
be very leth in existing financial circumstances unlikely that the present tension would ter |--Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazelle.
to sanction a big extra grant for re-armament 340,000minate. Great Britain considered it useless to The Walled City alone contained a paphil- further press the Franchise proposals, which ation of about 16,000 souls.
In Alanila City and suburbs it is calculated that there were in 1896 about 340,000 inhabit ants, of which the nation of classes was approx. Whately the billowing.--
PERCENT.
Pure natives... Chinese half-breeds Chinese...
Spaniards and creolos.... Spanish half-breeds Foreigners (other than
Chinese)
68.00 say, 1605
12.05
1.65
1.30
0.15
110,00
F1
SINGAPORE TRADER IN
COLLISION.
ACLAN STEAMER SUNK.
News has been received here of a serious collision between a steamer trading to Singa pore and one of the Clan" fine. From the on the 4th September, during a dense fog, the reports to hand it appears that about eight a.. Danish steamer Cutany belonging to the East Asiatic Company, of Copenhagen, collided with the British steamer Clan Macgregar, off Cape St. Vincent. The Cathay rammed the ships, and the latter sank some time after. Clan Macgregor on the starboard side, amid- wards, but the Cathy picked up all the crew, Cadiz with her plates injured in three places no lives being lost. The Cathay put into and stem twisted to starboard. Her forepeak expected that the repairs will take about six was supposed to be undamaged, It is weeks. The Cathay is of 2,65 tons register, commanded by Caprain W. Schörning, and Messrs. Behn Meyer and Co. being the local was bound for Singapar with a general cargo, agents. The Clan Macgregor was one of the Clan line, a company which has been very unfortunate with its ships of late. She was of 1,024 tons, net register, and owned by Straits Times.
The whole of Natal local forces, and a great part of the police have gone to the north. The Berkshire Regiment has been despatched to Naauwpoort.
were not received in a-spirit promising to a solution. The Government, he said," had, therefore, been compelled to formulate de- mands-which were moderate and, unler 'other circumstances, they would probably be made the basis of negotiations. The military pre- parations made by the Transvaal, his lordship said, compelled Great Britain to act in a similar manner and to summon Parliament to sanction ext expenditure. His lordship, in conclusion, said he still trusted that wiser counsels would prevail with the Transvaal.
frontier, near Mafeking.
Two thousand Boers are mobilised an the
A Boer camp has also been established, near Vryheid, where a great force will be mobilised, probably on Monday, Hostilities are regarded as imminent.
RUSSIANS AND ENGLISH.
THE CONFLICT AT HẠNKOW.-A FANT ENTREPOT.
SHIPPING REPORTS. Captain Cobban, of the steamship Esmeralda, from Manila, reports:-Moderate breeze fromi N. and N.N.E. with fine weather.
Captain Maddox, of the steamship Charter house, from Singapore, reports:-Fine weather throughout with light N.E. and northerly winds.
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
LCTOBER.
Meteorological means based on fifteen years observations ta 1898. Barometer ........ Thermometer
Hamidity Rainfall
1.29.982 ..76.2 ..71 --5-794
TO-DAY:
Chinese-13th of 9th meen of 75th year of Tuesday, 17th October, 1899. Kwangshi Sun-Rises
Sets
High water-Morning
Afternion Low water Morning...
Afterudan
ANNIVERSARI'S.
sur, 59min.
shrt 34min
hr. 23min. zhr, tomin thr. Smin. shr. 30min.
1842 --St. Jolm's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedi.
1853--Duchess of Edinburg born. 183-Siege of Sebastopol commenced. 1862-Outbreak of Cholera in Victoria Gaol. 1880- Glenfrüin and Camorta collision in 1883-Piracy on board the steamer Greykound
Hongkong Harbour.
1889-The German barque Oscar lenger lost 70 miles from Hongkong: Captain Syder killed.
13-Earthquake at Taipeh-fu, Formosa 19-Dr. Sun Yat Sen detained in the Chinese
on the Pratas Sheal.
Embassy, London, British barque West York towed into Hongkong dis masted. 1898-Straits Legislature prohibit the importa
tion of Japanese yen,
.................TOMORROW-
Wednesday, 18th October, 1894, Chinese-14th of 9th moon of 25th year of
Kwang-sz. Sun-Rises
Sels
High water-ferning
Afternoon Low water-forning
1836
shr. 59min. sha. 33min. thr. zzmin. Shr, zemin.
thr. 58min. ......hr. quin.
Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES.
The Viceroy issued orders for the expuj sion of twelve foreign opium mer chants from Canton.
1860-The Imperial Summer Palace at Pekin
burnt by the British forces. 1875-British barque Roode destroyed by fire
at Manila.
18-At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China a scheine of reconstruction was approved.
18 Collision at Woosung between the steam-
ships Pingtang and Oscarshal, 1897-The Japanese Battlaship Fuji arrived 1898-American Peace Commissioners refuse
from England.
THE TRALE OF THE YANGTZE-KIANG,--THE REGIME OF CONCESSIONS, Under the above bending a very recent issue of the Paris Matin has a most amusing article explaining the position of Hankow and the on the recent dispute at Hankow. It begins by importance of the Yangtze, which was opened England is now trying in prevent any other to the trade of Europe by England;" and nation getting a concession in the Yangtze The Natal Volunteers have reached Lady-has, indeed, the monopoly of the trade in these Valley by way of lease or otherwise. England smith, and a portion of them proceeded to in the Orange Fice State, where the Burghers unpoty has been destroyed in the Levant. Once Makanr to help defend the border.
regions as France once had the Levant. The competition of the other nations is bound There are numerous signs of Military activity to destroy this monopoly, as the French_mo___
England shouted for the Open Door, because she did not expect anyone else to go through it; now her object is to shut the door tight. But it is too late.
are concentrating.
LONDON, October 4th. The Daily Telegraph says it is believed that the Government will ask for a credit of millions already have been expended and the ten millions sterling, of which three-and-half remainder will enable the Government to February. continue the operations in South Africa until
The line advanced to the left of Angeles and after two hours of warm work they drove the enemy out of their position in the woods.
Our loss was five wounded and the insur-Messis, Cayzer, Irvine and Co., of Liverpool.arned the Civil Guard, thus overriding the gents' is unknown.
At Meycauyan an attack was made Tuesday night out the outposts and several volleys fired. Co. B of the 16th intantry turned out to return the fire and put a quietus or things.
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ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A MAGAZINE.
The Laguna de Bay is still at the Navy Yard receiving a new awning and many little repairs. The paddles of the two side wheels have been renewed, as the old ones were broken and cracked. Most of the crew, numbering about fifty, are now quartered in store room among piles of rope and between walls on which are hung varigus irons, rings, chains, hooks and some tools. The commander of the Laguna de Bay is Lieutenant Franklin of the 23rd Infantry, who is on the Helena, which lately left for a short investigation of the condition of
BANGKOK METHODS,
IN DELIVERING 'CARGO,
It appears to us, says the Bungkuk Times, that consignees of cargo here have a real gate- vance in the methods adopted by the shipping own, and it appears to be by no means an firms of the port. Ilere is an experience of our ancommon one. Some days ago we learned that seven bales of paper had been forwarded to this office from Hongkong. We prepared to take delivery on receipt of the notification from the agents, knowing from experience that there is usually no warehousing whatever, and that gonds are often damaged by being allowed to stand in the rain. arrival was sent, and, it was only on writing to But no notification of their inquire that we were, informed that the goods
company runs
One of these doors is the Yangtze. An English steamers regularly between as Chungking. "By the treaty of Chelon, the Slangbai and Hankow. Junks go up as high
for British trade to the very foot of the Tibetan The Imperial authorities at Mafcking bave extremity of China, and there is an open field river is free as far as Iclang, at the western Cabinet, whose apathy is the subject of much plateau. Les her only open a road from Burma, criticism.
and England will be mistress of an incompar The transpon Secundra has arrived at Durable road, uniting India with the China sea." ban from Bombuy.
The troops on the steamer, Laffinora have England's having opened the door to fentral Unfortunately other nations are profitting by been landed and proceeded to the front at once. China, an act of which Englarid is now repent- A telegram from Bloemfonicin states that ing; and the Matin goes on to mention the the Landdrost of Boshof wires that British Lullar railway, the importance it confers on reps have crossed the Free State border from Haakes, and the determination of Russia Kimberley.
Strong rumours are current ti at the Transvaal bas sent an ultimatum to the British Govern nient, demanding the withdrawal of British
forces from the frontier within 48 hours. expired.
It is even stated that the limit has almost
THE COLONIZATION OF NEW GUINEA..
DUTCH AND GERMAN FAILURES.
The work which has been done in the past in British New Guinea by Sir William
continues - to have a concession there. The fatin
"We know what incessant difficulties the
to assume any of the Cuban Debt. Americans occupy Porto Rico.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE.
PL
German (Birger) to-morrow.
Australian.(Changsha) 22nd-inst. Indian (Suísang) 19th inst.
French (Anna) 23th inst. Australian (Guthrie) 24th inst. American (Coptic) 26th inst. Canadian (Empress of India) yth prox. American (America Maru) ixth prox.
Manila for Hongkong on the 19th inst
The C. M. Co.'s steamer Changsha will leave
Adelaide, sailed from Portland Oregon on the The N RS. 5. Co's steamer Queen 15th inst. for Japan and Hongkong,
፦
Line left Manila for this port 16th Oct. pm. The steamer Kasuga Maru (Australian and is expected to arrive here on the toch October a.m1.
HONGKONG, AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS. Isla de Cuba...
ft Kowloon Isla de Luzon
English creals for us in the matter of our Con- Simtamina. that they are creating for the Russians at cession at Shanghai. It is an analogous difficulty Liberal
Breconshire Hankow, and with the greater ardour, because they pretend to an influence which excludes all May Flint rivairy in the Valley of the Yangize.
Dr. Hans Jurg Kieṛ.. -
"So, in a portion of the Russian Concession Athenian there has been established, since 1862, an Petrarch English house of great importance, belonging D. Juan Austrja. to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co. In or
the Ariete at Orani, This gunboat was sunk had come to hand eight days previously. MacGregor, and is stiff being carried on by his f der to isolate themselves and free themselves | Dasang at the time of Dewey's victory and is similar to his goods happen to be brought here by acable successor, Mr. Le Junte, is an object from any dependence on the Russian Consulate
the Pampanga, a boat now on the dock, The boat boys are anxiously waiting for the Laguna de Bay to again reagme active service.
On Tecuday afternoon a rumor was afloat that an outbreak of trouble of some kind was brew- ing in these parts, Ascouting party of eight, under Sergeant Fraizer, made an investigating tour through the woods to the two companies at the causeway and two suspicious Filipinos were caught armed with large knives. As an evening maneuvre, probably planned to work in co-operation with a general uprising, a bold attempt was made to blow up the ningazine containing large stores of powder, shells and heavy inissiles. There was a 'strange noise heard about midnight by the sentry near post No. 16 in Fort Felipe and he gave the alarm to the corporal, and soon an investigation around the magazine revealed a place where one or more evil-deers had removed two largo square blocks from the solid stone masonry and were on the bighway to a great "blowout." A large. iron bar was found, but the workers had inken to the darkness and bid. The guards were in- creased and a number of extra marines 'were called out, but nothing further turned up. "
Large supplies for the various departments of the navy yard lately arrived on the Celtic and Nan San. Boastwain Brown, of the navy yard, has been kept very busy for several days overseeing the unloading of the many cascoes. The Celtie brought provisions front (lie States, while the lumber paint piping, long-wong rope, etc., came from Hongkong on the Wan San. A great deal of lumber is being used at present in enlarging the officers quarters in Fort Felipe
THE COST OF THE WAR The expenditures by the war department are the fear that it may be necessary to
steamer consigned to a firm that he does not expect to receive them through, the consignce's where goods have lain for at least a month on plight is still worse. There are cases on record a Bangkok whart while the consignees have been writing and telegraphing to the consignor about their non-delivery,
Once more, six and a half ticals are charged by the agents on seven hales of paper--for warehousing perhaps, or landing, or something. although it is quite on the cards that damage may be occasioned by rain and exposure.
Surely the obvious duty of shipping com- panies here is to do as is done elsewhere. In Hongkong, for example, the arrival of cargo is notified to the public by the agents through the Press, and a source of annoyance would be re- moved if this were also done in Bangkok. The present method, or want of method, in posi fively archaic, and would not be tolerated in any other port of the same size.
SPANISH CONSULATES.
CLOSED.
ELSE, German steamer, 903, F. Petersen,
17th Oct.,Sumarang 5th Oct Sugar- Slemssen & Co.
"
Clearances at the Harbour GMco.. Taksang, British str., for Shanghai, Thales, British str., for Swatow, Savoia, German str., for Singapore. Victoria, American str., for Nagasaki. Loval, German str., for longay. Suikong, British str., for Samsu Kwai Lum, British steam-launch, for Macao.
Departures,
Oct. 17, Haitan, British str., for Swatow," Oct. 17, Hoihas, French str., for Pakho Oct. 17, Hailan, French str., for Hoihow. Oct. 17, Phranang, British str., for Hoihow. Oct. 17. Propontis, British str., for Amoy." Oct. 17, Pingsang, British str., for Canton. Oct. 17, Kiukiang, British str. for Shanghai, Oct. 17, Pakshan, British str., for Swatow. Oct. 17, Poseidon, Austrian str., for Yokohama. Oct. 17, Challenger, American ship, for New
York.
Passengers-Arrived.
Per flue, from Hoihow-7 Europeans, and.
21 Chinese.
Per Esmeralitz, from Manila-Mrs. B Moom, Messrs. G. Glavers, T. H. Hilbert, £ T. Williamston, Lam Too, and 54 Chinese.
l'er Bayern, from Bremen, &c.-Mr. and Mrs. Myhre, M. N. A. Siebs, Miss E. Siebs, Maolun, Messrs. Will Stang, W. Goetz, E. Messrs. Wegener, D. H. Hadlay, Miss H. Schellenbach, Chang Bing, Li Fook Li, Wong Soug, Geo, Moffat, Fr. Roetger, Mar Chung, Chi Tong, Cheong Kin, Lai Fook, Lim Tin, and 517 Chinese from Singapore.
Departed.
are, Messrs. H. A. Ritchie and Bazaure. For Per Rosella, from Hongkong for Nagasaki- Messrs. A. W. Davis, Ng l'ak Cho, J. Anderson, and Mrs. Matsu. For Kobe-Major E C.
Chusan. From Bombay-Mr. A. G. Hudson. Yokohama Mr. C. S. Weir, Inspector Moffatt, Mrs. F. Kingsell and a servants, and Mrs. From Aden-Misses M. C. Hare (2) Fram Colombo-General and Mrs. E. C. Vittie, and Mr. A. Collins
Per Chusan, from Hongkong for Shaugliai→ Mrs. Hillman, Lieut. H. E. Hillman," Mrs; Ritchie, children, servant and amab, Mr. and Mrs. C. Jorge, Messrs. K. Savouret, A. Becher," N. Moller, Wheel Wright, F. W. Newson, Miss | A: G. Wood, Mrs. P. A. da Reza, Rev. Fis. J. Looker, Capt. Wentworth Erek, Messrs, Morris, Labo, E. Jorde, Messrs. C. Carveth, Care- Wirth, Emil Dierks, Miss Wickham, Messrs. Orphanides, Duviensart, Mrs. Guislain, Messrs. Mélgaart, Clark and Baume.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
Names.
Suisang....... Kasuga Maru
Pekin
| Tamba Maru
Malacca
Annam. Changsha
Mike Maru.... Gulric... Coptic
From.
Due.
Singapore
Oct. 19th
Manila.
JOct. 19th
Moji..
Oct. 19th
Oct 21st
Singapore
Singapore......Oct. arst
Manila.. Singapore
....Oct. 22nd ...... Oct. 23rd Bombay Oct, 23rd Port Darwin ...Oct. 24th San Francisco...Oct. 26th Bormida........... Bombay....Oct. 26th Queen Adelaide... Portland, Or....Nov. 8th Empress of India..¡Vancouver ...... Nov. oth America Man...... San Francisco... Nov. Isth
We would direct the sitestien of shipping Brme to the style in which "Steamers Expected" and Projected Sallinge are now published in these columns, and la so doing respect.. fully urge the managers of shipping firm to give orders to "their clerks to furnish this office, on the fermas already sup plied grails with the latest availalds'aformation every day.
PROJECTED SAILINGS.
Ship.
Destination,
Dale.
Abergeldie Portland, &c. Nov. 11th Algoa...San Francisco, &c Nov. 21st America Maru...San Francisco, &c. Nov. 14th Andalusia..... Argyll
Havre, &c. ......... Nov. 15th New York, &c......Oct. 25th Arratoon Apcar.Singapore, &c......Oct. 19th Bamberg,
Havre, &c.
Bayem. Straits, &c. Bengal
Breconshire Calchas Candia
Nov, 30th
Nov, 8th
Shanghai
Oct. 28th
Victoria, B.C....
Oct. 28th
London....
Oct. 19th
Carmarthenshire. San Diego, &c. Carlisle City......San Diego, &c.Dec. 15th
London, &c......... Oct. 24th
Changsha
Nov. 15th Yokohama & Kobe Oct. 22nd China
San Francisco, &c. Dec. 15th Coptic
San Francisco, &c. Nov. 4th Doric.
San Francisco, &c. Dec. 23nt Sydney, &c..........Oct. 20th Vancouver, &c......Oct. 25th
Nov. 22nd Dec, zoth
Eastern Emp. China
1
San Francisco, &c. Nov. 30th-
Dock.
+
Emp. India
17
Евр. Јарап
Gaelic
"1
Hailoong
Swatow, &c...Oct. 20th
29
Hakuai Mau...Vladivostock, &c.Oct 26th
*
Hector............London.......
Nov. 14th
J
Heidelberg ......Havre, &c.
Nov. 5th
Hohenzollern
Japan
Oct 18th
Hongkong Maru San Francisco, &c. Dec. 9th-
Java
London.....
Nov, 2nd
ป
Cosmopolitan
Karlsruhe
Straits, &
fan 24th
**
Kasuga Maru japan.
Oct. 21st
Kawachi Maru... Marseilles, &c...... Nav. 3rd
Oct, 19th..
Dec. 13th Oct. 22nd
Kinshi Maru, Victoria, B.C. König Albert ...Straits, &c. Monmouthshire.. Portland, &c. ..... Doc 23rd. Malacca.Japan. Nanyang... Manila
(Oct. 20th
lesson to the Dutch and German possessors of
Messrs. Jardine and Co. resolved to emulate the lands of Papua in the art of successful
M. Guérin, and to wall themselves in. So they
PASSED THE CANAL colonization. The Hollanders undoubtedly
Outward-22nd September-Alalacca. 26th called, in masons and ordered them to build September-Energia, Adria, Anapa, Bam- have the best part of the great island. Yet, round their domain an unscalable wall, behindberg, Varone 29th September-Anan. 3rd in despite of the manifold advantages offered which the Russian authorities could exercise Oct.-Indravelli, Irion, Kintuck, Vindobonu, Nippon Maru ... San Francisco, &c]Oct. 19th
Konigsberg, Hakata Maru. 6th October-Jahen, Yarra, Undaunted, Idomenens. reth October-lyr.
ar
no surveillance, nor do anything else.
Consuls have an armed force at their disposal. The English Consul placed his men under the "In these cities in the interior of China, the
orders of Messrs. Jardine & Co. to protect them in building their rampart. sion of 1896. The Muscovite Consul then sent This was a violation of the rights attached to the Russian Conces. in his turn some cossacks, who not only obliged the English soldier" one unarmed constable! to retire, but, more yet, dispersed the ma-
to them by nature, they have achieved nothing beyond supplying a vast number of the Dutch colours to savage chiefs-colours that are Supposed to represent the might and im portance of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and are carried by their raids against other native tribes inhabiting stark naked possessors in their blood-thirsty. the Dutch littoral. The Germans, on the other hand, have made a big effort to emulate the and have lamentably failed. But their meed success achieved by Sir William MacGregor, of praise is due: they tried to colonize--as far "The English Consul telegraphed at once to as enterprise wentas Britishers colonize new territory inhabited by wild and distrustful savage a gunboat to proceed up the Yangtze and bring the Consul-General at Shanghai, who ordered people. But they made the fatal mistake of her broadside to bear opposite the English. hanging, shooting, and slaughtering, instead of Consulate (se), sailors were landed to protect conciliating and instructing. And the policy the Jardine property, and another gunboat is of conciliation and instruction, as exemplified on the way with reinforcements. by the Government of the late Administrator
sons.
"It is obvious that the situation is very
go Free State methods of the German and of British New Guinea, is better than the Constrained at Hankow Dutch officials in New Guinea..
publishes a list of the Consulates which have The Cacela de Madrid of the 22nd August been ordered to be suppressed, and which have been hitherto paid for out of the revenues of enfrfe to New Guinea in the early years of the e, the importance of the Russian trade in that "If we consider how acute are the English the Philippines. The list includes the first
To put the matter briefly, the Dutch had the pretensions over the whole Valley of the Yang- ass and the vice consultes-ar Singapore now, and have done nothing. The Germans treaty of 1896, it is easy to understand Hongkong, Amoy, the first class consulates at
present century; they went there, and are there city, the sights which Russia-holds from her Melbourne, Calcutia, and Tamsui, the second moribund, despite the aid given to it by the class consulates at Saigon, Batavia, Tientsin, German Government. The British possession
have been there since 1884, and their colony is serious the matter is, and why the English Nagasaki and Kobe. The Consulate General of New Guinea can pay its bills, and there the
Press is so reserved about it.
But the conflict his now taken a diplomatic at Shanghai is reduced to a second class con matter lies; for when a colony can pay its bills, Africa to undertake any serious engagements: course. England is too occupied in South sulate, and the maintenance of this as well as and does not asis, for money from Imperial in the Far East" at Manila and the second class Consulate. at Guinea is a long way ahead of Dutch and but the point that touched us all herein.in the the new Consulate General and Vice Consulate sources, its prosperity is assured. British New The fafix makes an excellent story of it, lo llo will be paid out of the revenue of Spain. German New Guinea, and will always be ahead closing sentence.
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Shipping.
Arrivals.
SIAM, British steamer, 992, J. F. Messer,
16tis Oct., Bangkok qui tict, General, BAYERN, German steamer, 5,034, E. Prebn,
Bradley & Co.
17th Oct., Bremen 18th Sept, and Singa pore 12th October, Mails and General Melchers & Co.
Hur, French steamer, 204, P. Merlees, 17th Oct.,-Haiphong 14th Oct., and Hollow 16th, General A. R. Marty. CHARTERHOUSE; British steamer, ** 1;278, Madox, 17th Oct-Singapore toth Oct., General-Joo Tak Sing
Qanfa,
Oldenburg Onsang
Orestes Parramatta
Preussen
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London......... ¡Europe, &c,
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Straits, &c.
Oct. 29th
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Dec. 9th Nov. 20th
Saint Irene... Victoria, B.C. St. Mark New York, &c...... Ok, despr Sibiria.... Havre, &c.
Tamsui Maru...Swatow, &c. Oct. 22nd Tambar Maru...Marseilles, &c...... ÓEL 2185.- Thales
Swatow, &c..........Oct. 18th Thyria
San Diego, &c. ...Oct. 22nd Yawata Maru
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