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ARMY REFORM.

LORD WOLSELEY ON OUR ARMY SYSTEM. On the 4th ukte. in the House of Lords Viscount. Wolseley delivered a vigorous indict ment of the present system of Army control, by which the four great departmental heads are merely under the "supervision" Commander-in-Chief, and directly responsible of the to the Secretary for War only. The debate was opened by the Duke of Bedford, who asked for information, and he was followed by Lord Ragian, who contended that if decentralisation was introduced at all into Army management, it must be thorough, and embrace responsibility and power as well as work. This, indeed, was the object of the Orders in Council of 1895 and 1899, which established the existing arrangements.

The late Commander-in-Chief, by the way of introduction, said that he proposed to deal with principles in general, and not the particular applications of them which had come under his notice. He would direct his criticisms, not against- individuals, but against a military system which he had honestly tried, for five years and found wanting. He remarked:+I do not think I mislead those who have not been soldiers when I state that in all countries and in all ages standing armies have been con- trolled by professional soldiers, who, above all things, rera pendnally responsible for the discipline war training, and consequently for the military efficiency of the troops they com manded. The only exceptions to this rule ever attempted, as far as my military knowledge goes, are the Chinese army--not a very good pattern to follow-and our own Army, which for the last five years has been admin istered by a civilian Secretary of State, not actually commanded by a soldier, as it had always beca hitherto. He went on to say it could he shown that the needs and ethciency of the Army had been subordinated to the wish to prodece a low Budget. The present system banded the virtual command of the Army over to a civilian State Secretary. The Commander in Chief could suggest, recommend exhat, but nothing more. Olen he had, felt sick at heart when he contemplated the national risks because it was not thought expedient to ask Parliament for money. The War Office memorandom on the distribution of duties and responsibilities was a contradiction in terms; it created a system which was unworkable-indeed impossible. Moreover, continued Lord Wolseley, civilian rule was not popular with, the soldiers, had a tendency to impair their morale, and multiplied clerical routine work. As long as the Commander-in- Chief was relieved of departmental respon sibility the nation would never get the effective army which it wanted and was prepared to pay for. Bad the demands made annually by the Commander-in-Chief during the last fifteen years, the taxpayers would have insisted on the requisitions being complied with, and the country would have escaped many terrible risks. His lordship finally implored the House to seriously consider the essentially unbusiness- like system under which the military forces of the Crown were administered.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1901..

AS OTHERS SEE US.

Sanitary matters at Hongkong are in a bad way, as there is a partially elected Sanitary Board, and it is powerless, when the Govern ment thinks otherwise. For instance, the other day, the Board, owing to the prevalence of certain outlying localities inhabited by Chinese. plague, decided to enforce line-washing in The Legislative Council over-ruled the Board's order. It is pointed out that the Sanitary Board having decided that this precaution was necessary for the protection of the public health, neither the Legislative Council nor any other body, nor any official, except H. E. the order should not be executed. The Board. is Governor, should have the right to say that the so helpless against the Government that one resigned in disgust.-Ștraits Times. of the unofficial members, Dr. Hartigan, has

ITALY'S EXPECTED HEIR- APPARENT.

NABY.

Russia.

Bogoljepoff at the public reception last month The attempted assassination of Minister has aroused a good deal of disquiet in Govern- unrest has been fully established. The prisoner ment circles. Its connection with the students Karpowitsch was formerly a student at Moscow high school. At the police examination he and Dorpat. In 1899 lie was expelled from the declared that there were others prepared to follow his example if the strict measures against expelled students were not rescinded. The untoward event caused enormous excitement in St. Petersburg. The Minister, although not yet quite out of danger, is progressing favour. from Berlin, and Professor Sklifgsofsky and ably under the treatment of Professor Bergnian, several other doctors.

Kiao-Chow.

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An Immense Tusk.. recently been sold to the British Museum for The largest elephant's tusk so far known has 350: The tusk, which has been placed in the Natural History Deparment of the South Kensington Museum, weighs 226 lb.

Its

The Budget Committee of the Reichstag on and ulto, discussed the estimates of receipts and expenditure for Kiao-chow. In the course of the debate Admiral yon Tirpitz, Secretary of ANGLOMANIAC PREPARATIONS FOR A ROYAL State for the Navy, declared that sanitary con- ditions in the leased territory had essentially improved, and would become still better on the Queen Hélène of Italy hopes to present her completion of the waterworks, which might be royal spouse and master with an heir to the looked for at an early date. The harbour works lirong in june next It is staled that thewould, in the main, be finished in 1903, and be Dowager Queen Margherita is in constant entirely completed in 1906. The Secretary of attendance on her daughter-in-law, and a whole State added that there were paying deposits of ette; but these circumstances are of subsidiary mines had not been materially interfered with army of seamstresses are at work on the lay coal at Kiao-chow, and that work in the coal interest-from an international point of view by the recent disturbances. After some further to the fact that the expected advent has been unimportant discussion on 6th ulto; the esti the cause for an entirely unexpected outburst mates for Kiao-chow were agreed to. of Anglomania in the Quirinal. This pleasing spirit of friendliness is said in have penetrated even to the innermest recesses of King Victor Emmanuel's Court. So far has it reached, indeed, that the Royal baby, when it arrives, will be dressed and taken care of in the English fashion. To Anglo-Saxon travellers in the Italian Peninsula one of the most in-length on the outside curre is to ft. 2 in., an teresting sights is the small baby seen in the street with legs wrapped round and round in a straight line 8 ft. 2 in., the circumference at the inside curve 9 ft., and from base ta point with linen bands, half a palm in width, and the gorgeous wet-nurses, dressed all in

the hollow end is 24 in.; at the solid end 244 in, while the diameter at the hollow ead is 8 rouclies of ribbon to match the gown, who are considered a necessary consequence of every

sions make the tusk larger, we believe, than baby. Queen Hélène has determined to do away

that of the big one in the museum at Taiping, with both. Her child will have both arms and

Perak. That was taken from the head of an legs free, and will be laid in soft flannels and

elephant that unsuccessfully charged a train. fine linen, while its wet-nurse will be its own mamma. In this determination she is sup

Vapour Compression.. ported by both the King and Queen Margherita, In his sixth lecture at University College, although the ladies of her household are raising Dr. W. Hampson gave an account of vapour scandalized hands, and her own mother has compression machines, and described the pro. written serious letters of remonstrance. "Iperties of the various refrigerating mediums am sorry," the Queen said, "but baby legs used in them. The method of wet compres were made to kick, and my baby shall have sien, that was, admitting with the ammonia, perfect freedom." Any one not living in Italy,

vapour some liquid ammonia, in order that its and especially in Rome, can hardly realize how

vaporisation might take up for the Queen is supposed to be deviating, by compression heat, was open to the objection some of the good middle-class matrons, from the path of that, besides the difficulty of regulating the vique. "No good will come of it," they say,

quantity of liquid admitted, its conversion into and they forthwith predict that it will, as a kind of punishment, be a girl, and have through the valves. Cooling by injection of yapour gave the compressor more.work to do, in the form of additional volume to be forced crooked legs!

oil into the compression-cylinder is free from this objection, and had the further advantage of minimising friction, abolishing clearances, and effectually sealing valves, glands, and piston. A working model, showing a com- pressor arranged to do this in the De La Vergne machine, was exhibited, having been lent by the makers, Messrs. L. Sterne and Co.

Reserve Regiments which were raised last year f for an emergency from having been raised in rais, The announcement is more eloquent of A new spirit in the War Office than any speech that bas yet been made.

Launch of New. Warships, Four British warships were to have been launched on the 7th ulto. The battleships

ham, Devonport, and Pembroke respectively, Albemarle and Montagu and the cruiser Drake were successfully put into the water at Chat

permit the ceremony to be carried out in the but the weather was too rough at Portsmouth to

ingly, took place next day. case of the cruiser Kent. The launch, accord:

The battleship Allemarle has been fourteen month on the stocks, She is built of steel

throughout, and protected by heavy armour extending over two-thirds of the entire length, the side armour being 14ft. wide. The hull is. divided into 300 water-tight bulk-heads, while as a further measure of precaution the port and Starboard engine rooms and the boiler rooms are also subdivided into water-tight compartments. The ship has a displacement of 14,000 tons, is 450 ft. in length, with a beam of 75 ft. 6 in, an. indicated horse-power of 18,000, and is expected to be capable of a maximum speed of 19 kools. The heavy armaments will comprise four mounted in shield-protected barbettes, the 12-inch B. L. mark IX. guns, which will be fatter strengthened by a belting of 10-inch armour plating. In addition, the Albemarle will carry twelve 6-inch quickfirers, mounted in steel casemates, ten zz-pounders, six 3- pounders, eight 303 Maxims, and four 18-inch torpedo tubes, The first class battleship Montage, which is of 14,000 tons displacement, was designed by Sir William White. She has

12-inch guns. The first-class armoured cruiser engines of 18,000 horse-power, calculated give a speed of 19knats, and is armed with Drake is a new type of vessel. In her construc tinn two strong protective decks are associate

long, 71 ft, wide, and her lead draught will be with side armour, 6in. thick in the thickest patt, 2 in. thick at the bows; She is 500 f.

engines will be 30,000 horse-power, and her 26 it and her displacement 14,150 tons. Her

breechloading guns and seventeen smaller consist of two 29-inch and sixteen 6-inch quickfiring guns. She has also two submerged torpedo tubes. The weight of the hull al launching was 7.311 tons. Ils,weight, when completed, will be 8,500 tons, and the cost will exceed 750,000,000 sterling. After she was released the vessel hung for fully three minutes, bur moved in response to hydraulic pressure are:-Length, 440 f; beam, 66 ft.; displace The dimensions of the first-class cruiser Keni ment, 9,800 tons. The vessel will be armed with fourteen 6-inch quickfirers, ten of which Besides these there will be some eighteen are to be mounted in armoured casemates. quickfiters of smaller calibre.

WEDNESDAY, 17th:

Derarturda,

Noon-N. D. L. Co's steamer Konig Albert April 11, Wallárov, Belt, cruiser, for Singapore.

leaves for Southampton

April 11, Sarnia, German str., for Amay. April 11, Hongkong, French str., for Haiphong.. THURSDAY, 18th,

April 1, Chili, British str, for Shanghai, Noon-Extraordinary General Meeting of the April 11, Pelayo, British str., for Swatow.

Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold April 11, Guthrie, British str, for Shanghai. Mining Co., Lc at their offices. April 11, Germania, German str., for Saigon.

April 1, Whampen, British stz., for Shanghai.. April 11, Felching, British str, for Canton, April 11, Yarra, French str., for Shanghai. April 11 Dr. Hans Jerg Kier Norw. str., for

Calton.

FRIDAY, 19th,

Daylight-N... K. steamer Skunki Maru

leaves for Marseilles and London. Daylight N. Y. K. steamer Kasuga Maru Cargo ex Lawther Castle subject to rent.

leaves for Japanese Parts,

>

TUESDAY, 23rd. Noon-T. K. K. steamer America Maru leaves

for San Francisco via Shanghai, etc.

WEDNESDAY, 24th.. Noon-C. P. R. steamer Empress of India with Mails passengers etc leaves for Vancouver B.C. Daylight 0.5.K.steamer Auping Maru leaves

for Coast Ports.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUR

Tacoma (Olympia) to-morrow. American (America Märu) 13th instant. English (Carentanel) 13th instant. Canadian (Eimpress of India) ifith instant. Ameritah (City of Peking) zoth instant. American (Hongkong Maru) 7th prox.

left Bombay for this port on the ith instant

The P. & O.-S, $ Co's steamer Fientsin,

*.

the roth inst., at noon.

The T. K. K. steamer America Alary, with Mails, & left Shanghai for this port yesterday,

*

April 1, Etruria, British str., for Shanghai.. April 11, Trym, Nor, str, for Chefoo. April 11, Hamberg, Gennan str., for Bangkok, April 11: Firebrand, British 3rd class gunboat, April 11, Feiang German str.,

for Canton.

for Canton.

April 11, Linnet, British gun-vessel, for Singa

pore..

Passengers-Arïired.

Per Haiching, from Coast Ports-Dr. G. Johnson and 167 Chinese.

Per Friching, from Shanghai-Rev. Wm. Hornsley, Rev. Antonio Alvez, Messrs. J. S. Stayers, G. Musso and 4 Chinese.

Per Fair, for Hongkong from Marseilles- Messrs. J. Hashings, de Pommayrae and Mas- ter Ponimayrae. From Colombo-Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland and 3 Chinese. From Singa- pore-Messrs. Lam Hug, Manuel Bias, E. G. de Loncartre, J. L. Peireira, Loh Poh San, Pontegille, Yong Fin Yeg, Mr. and Mrs. Soc 2 infants and servant, Miss Robinsog and 8 Chinese. From Saigon-Messrs. Nam Loang and boy, Besallais, Uresny, Tallemer, 11 French and 88 Chinese. For Shanghai from Marseil- les-Messrs, de Sieyes, do Veynes, Lion, Alex From Port Said-Mr. and Mrs. Max.de Babo. Schulz, J. Ráadon, Grassig, and 7 missionaries. From Ojibouti Mr. Bordigiacoms and Mrs. Grossari and Raphael. From Colombo-Mr. and Mrs. Shapire. From Singapore-z Chi- nese. From Saigon-Messrs. Cataling Le Gaff and 8 French. For Yokohama from Marseilles -Messrs. Jadot, Chasal, Malaise, Ferat, Sei Uchiro Watanabe, K. Saito, Sei-Tchi-Sekigut

Messrs. Max Beale, B. Brown and Wershisin. Said Mr. J. Nakoame. From Colombo- From Singapore Mr. Nagawa From Saigon

deliberately accepted by the Government / one colour with heads decorated with huge in, and at the solid end 77 in. These dimen- speed 23 knots-an-hour. Her armament will Mails, &c, left San Francisco for this port vid / fbi, A. Bartmer and Katayama. From Port

LORD LANSDOWNE'S REPLY.-STRICTURES OF LORD WOLSELEY

onc

It felt naturally to Lord Lansdowne to de- fend the existing relations between Pall-mall and the Horse Guards. The late Secretary for War not only traversed the objections raised point by paint, maintaining that the new sys tem was thoroughly sound and had super seded one which was discredited and disastr ous, but affirmed that Lord Wolseley had not given it a fair trial. He had, said the Foreign Secretary, instituted proposals only fitfully and when the spirit moved him; he might have enabled the auxiliary forces, which had been not a little neglected during the past five years, to be turned to better account; he might have suggested that Ladysmith was not a very suit- able position to be occupied by our forces; and he might have warned the Govern ment that it would take more than army corps to subjugate the Boers. Lord Lansdowne declared that the noble and gallant Viscount had failed to comprehend the immense importance of the special work assigned to him by the Order in Gouncil, and had communicated to Lord Salisbury a mem- orandum, in which, enumerating his duties, he had omitted to mention that he was res. ponsible for the mobilisation of the Army, the control of the Intelligence Department, and the preparation of schemes of offence and defence. There was, added Lord Lansdowne, no attempt to suppress the authority of the Commander-in-Chief Lord Wolseley had not much to complain of in regard to the manner "In which his military demands were met, and 'never suggested that any failures to meet his requests in full involved matter's fated to the efficiency of the British Army. On the motion of Lord Northbrook the debate was adjourned, LORD SALISBURY'S VIEW.

BY THE MAIL.

(From Heme Papers.)

Captain Lambton..

The Late Rev. G. Cockburn. Aberdeen University authorities the bronze There has been handed to the custody of the tablet erected in King's College Chapel to the memory of the Rev. George Cockburn, mis- sienary in China, who died in Aberdeen in

Captain Hedworth Lambton has been ap 1898, after many years' work at Ichang, and Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and he will pointed by the King to the command of the which has been subscribed for by this class-replace Sir John Fullerton in April. In mak fellows of 1870-74. Principal Marshall Langing this announcement the World adds that accepted the custody of the memorial on behalf of the university.

Italy.

A statement of the Government's policy was made in the Italian Parliament on 7th ulto. by the Premier, Signor Zanardelli. He announced that was proposed to relieve the lower classes of some of their burdens by a more equitable distribution of taxation. With regard to foreign affairs, he declared that the Cabinet placed firm confidence in the treaties that had as- sociated italy with the work of peace in the European ¡Concert.

Baron Kayashi Interviewed. London, in an interview with a news agency Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister in representative, said the Marchurian Agreement between Russia and China was not yet ratified. The statement that China had been advised other Powers had been consulted was not quite nct to proceed further with that matter till the strong enough. The Powers had gone so far agreement with any single Power would meap ns to warn the Chinese authorities that, an danger to China. This was not said so much though it might incidentally help the Chinese as as a piece of advice as a distinct waming: by providing them with an argument which they could use in their discussions with

Russia

Austria-Hungary. Austrian Parliament.

Things are going from bad to worse in the battle took place in the House. While Pre- On 5th ulto a regular

for a breach of privilege Deputy Fressi, a Czech sident Veiter called Deputy Zazvarka to order Socialist, mounted the President's tribune and tore a paper out of the bands of the President. Thereupan all the Pan-Germanic deputies stormed the tribune, seized Fressl, gave him then and there a sound thrashing, and finally threw him over the Ministers' bench on to the Lord Northbrook resumed the debate on the floot. The Czech deputies came to Fressis administration, of the Army, on gth ulto, de-assistance, and for a time it rained blows on fending Viscount Wolseley, who, he said, was all sides. more likely to be rigig than the Marquis of Lansdowne The Earl of Dunraven asked whether the Defence Committee bad had nothing in say about the dispositions at the commencement of the war, Lord Chelmsford associated himself with the criticisms of the late Commander-in-Chief, and trusted that the Orderin Council would he repealed. Earl Spencer deprecated the revelation, of War Office secrets, which might establish an un- desirable precedent. The Duke of Devonshire complained that Lord Wolseley had confined himself to generalities, and had not given instances in support of his strictures. In any case, these matters would be included in the in quiry into the conduct of the war. To the Earl of Rosebery Viscount Wolseley's speech appeared a public-spirited effort to call attention to a national defect, and the Marquis of Lans downe's freply an unseemly attack, in his Manchester Chamber of Commerce. opinion there had been too much centralisation in the office of the War Secretary, and a dis-

At an ordinary meeting of the Board of position to put the Commander-in-Chief into Directors, held on 6th uko., the President the background. Lord Salisbury replied. The announced that, at the request of the China general effect of his speech was to minimise League, which was an entirely non-political the whole matter. Fie contended that Lord ofganization, he had granted the use of the Lansdowne had made no attrack upon Cord

Baand-room for one or two meetings of the Wolseley, and that the question at issue was a

League. It was proposed to hold one in the very small one. It is merely whether the afternoon, which would, amongst other gentle Adjutant-General, if he has a suggestion to

men, be addressed by Mr. Yerburgh, M.P. On make, shall take it to the Commander-in-Chief, the evening of the same day it was intended who will forward it to the Secretary of State,

that a popular address or lecture should be or shall take it direct to the Secretary of State, five, probably by Mr. Arthur Diosy, to be who will send it down to the Commander-in-illustrated by lantern slides. These meetings Chief. On the general question of the govern would take place on Monday, March 25, ment of the Army; Lord Salisbury insisted that it was useless to make comparisons with foreign countries, because our Army was the only one that was subject to Parlia mentary government. "That system is," he said, bound up with the very fibres of our constitution," It follows that the Com- mander-in-Chief must be subordinate to the Secretary of State. The expert must in the last resort give way to the politician. Viscount WOLSELEY said that he hoped that when the memorandum mentioned by the Foreign Secre- tary was laid upon the table it would, in justice to him, be accompanied by a fall statement of the circumstances under which it was presented. He ventured to ask their lordships to reserve their judgment on the whole question, as it was pssible that be would call the attention of the House to it on a future gecasion, The subject then dropped: 34 CHETAT

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Prince Louis of Battenberg had the first refusal of this post. The Army and Navy Galle remarks:-"Captain, the Hon. Redworth Lam- bton's appointment to the Royal yacht was not unexpected,. rumour for some time past assigned him that post. As he will, in the ordinary course, be promoted Rear-Admiral in 1904, at the age of forty-eight, it is improbable that such a young flag-officer would care to relain the command unless by His Majesty's wish. An officer of Captain Lambton's energy and ability is unlikely to accept, a virtually idle life and forego the advantage of hoisting his flag during a period of seventeen years on the active list to that rank."

The Philippines.

by 159 votes against 134 to the Senate's amend

The House of Representatives has agreed

ferring to Cuba and the Philippines. This ments to the Army Bill, including those re- constitutes the final stage in the passage of the Bill by Congress.

The deficiency Will, including the $100,000 to be paid to Spain for the Philippines, passed the United States Senate on 2nd ulto.

NOTANDA

CALENDAR.

APRIL.

Meleorological means based on ten years'

observations to 1893.

Barometer Thermometer Humidity "Rainfall

TO-DAY.

WEATHER REPORT.

-30.059

62.0

..85.0

4.08

'On dates. On date at 20 .m ...P.M.

Barometer...

* 30.05. 29.97 Temperature 66 67 Humidity

67 Rainfal

A 50

+

0.65

TO-DAY.

Chinese-23rd of and moon of a7th year of

Thursday, th April, 1901.

Sun-Rites

Kwang-zü.

Seis

High water-Morning. Afternoon Low water-Morning

Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES.

5kr. 45min. Chr. 17min.

ahr. 58min.

ohr. 30min.

Str. 25min.

ghr, romin.

The T. K. K. steamet flengkeng Marn with

gasaki and Shanghai, on the'gth inst. ; Honolulu, Yokohama, Inland Sea, Kobe, Na

The N. Y. K's steamer Sanki Mary, (European Line) left Kobe via Moji for this port yesterday, the oth inst, and is expected to arrive here on Wednesday, the 17th inst.

J

Empress of China arrived Kobe at 7 pm., on The Canadian Pacific Railway Co's R.M.S. Tuesday, the gth inst, and left again at noon for Yokohama where she is due to arrive at I p.m., on Thursday, the 11th inst.

+

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co's R.M.S. Empress of India, arrived Nagasaki at 7 am, to-day on the 11th inst, and leaves again at 4 p.m., same day for Shanghai where she is due to arrive at 7 am, on Saturday the 13th inst.'

The P. M. S. S. Co's steamer China, with Mails &c, which lett hence March 12th for San Francisco via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, in- land Sea, Yokohama and Honolulu, arrived at her destination on the 8th inst.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS. U.S.S. Isla de Luzon at Kowloon Dock. U.S.S. Bennington ... U.S.S. Yorktown...... H.M.S. Oc........................ Styx..... Kweiyang......

Ping Surg

Companiadi Filipina

Shantung.

Chowfa.

flanoi Ilicos

Lung Tsing. Hangchow U.S.S. Concord Colonies

Perla Pelliana Taichiow

1

1

上

11

>>

#

*

15

17

11

71

Cosmopolitan ·

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Aberdeen

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1873-Hongkong Volunteer Fire Brigade Andalusia, Segot, Benvoirtich, Germanicus.

PASSED THE CANAL 1713-Treaty of Utrecht:

Outward-22nd March-Ceylon, Calchas, formed. 1878-Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses Alastonomo. 29th Mar.-Indus, Shinano Mari 26th March Prine Heinrich, Kotrema, 1894-British protectorate over Uganda pro-Sutherland, 4th April--Orel, Dardanus. th

destroyed, 10,000 lives lost,

Indrani. 2nd April-Ambria, Claverdon, Oslo, 1898-Glen Line steamer Glenturret grounded April-Oak Branch, Glengriney, H. H. Meler, Glenturret, Japan, Glaverley, Kawachi Maru, Coningsdy, Gloucester City, Preussan.

Homeward-2nd April-Tonkin, Klauts- show. 4th April-fxion, Malacca, 9th April- Wittenberg, Ranza.

claimed

nt Woosang.

1899-Friendly Islands become dependencies

of Great Britain.

TO-MORROW.

+

Friday, 12th April, 1901.

Kwang-st, Sun-Rites ....

..... Shri43min. Sets

Ohr. 18min. Moon-Last Quarter 11hr, 34min, a.m. High water-Morning Morning Low ivater-Morning

Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES,

4h30min. 1k 43min. shr. 34min, ..zohr zomin

Arrivals at Home-3rd April-Slate of Tonkin, Glamorganshire.

Shipping.

Arrivals

McKinley, in his address the re-elected Pre- On the occasion of the inauguration of Mr. sident said:He would continue the efforts already begun until order was restored, and as fast as the conditions would permit would es- tablish local Governments and encourage the Chinese-a4th of and moon of 27th year of for Sydney, 10th April-Glaucus, habitants self-govemment as fast as they were people to administer them. It was the settled. ready for it, and this would be pursued with purpose of the President to afford the in-

had been accomplished in this direction. The earnestness and fidelity, Already something United States was not waging war with the in- habitants of the Philippines. A portion of then were warring with the United States, but by far abandoned," declared the President. The Canton. the greater part of the inhabitants recognised Amencan sovereignty. They shall not be millions to disloyal thousands. Order under civil institutions will come soon. Those who United States will not leave the destiny of loyal

now break the peace shall keep it. Force will not be needed or used when these who inake war against the United States make it no more."

The Mediterranean Garrisons. Garrison Regiment for the Mediterranean, and The announcement that there is to be a Royal certain other nontropical stations appears to he beginning of a real reform of the Army. It is a step preparatory to other steps. The British Army has in peace three kinds of service that at home, that in India, and that in the garris has long been recognised by reformers that sous described in the new Royal Warrant. It these different sorts of service involve different

STROMBOLI, Italian cruiser, 3,898, R. Marselli,

10th April-Shanghai 8th April, INDEPENDENT, German steamer, 871, A. Haltz, 11th April-Chefoo and Newchwang 5th

Hong-YARRA, French steamer, 2111. Negie 11th

April, General-Chinese, CLARA, German steamer, 675. A. Hansen, 11th April-Pakhoi and Hoihow 1oth, Gonemal. -Jebsen & Co.

1738-37,000 Christians butchered in Japan. 1837--Captain Ellicot removed from Macao to

1877-Annexation of the Transvaal, 1881-Arrival of the King of Hawaii in 1874-Loss of the M. M. steamer NII.,

1890-Death of Marquis Tseng.

kong. 1897-Sir Claude Macdonald visited Hong.

kong on a tour of inspection in H.M.S. Narcissus. 1899-11 British ships trading between Bang

1809-Japanese granted an exclusive Settle- kok, Borneo and Singapore Sold to German Syndicate,

ment at Amoy.

AGENDA.

TO-TAS.

Australian Ports.

TO-MORROW.

conditions. The Army must be a training & A. Co's steamer Australian Itaves for school, for which short service is essential; the Indian Army needs trained soldiers, and wishes

Anglo-German Relations, Questioned in the Reichstag as, to the Kaiser's visit to England and its political significance, Conát von Bülow said that the sojourn of the Emperor William in that country was dictated by purely personal feelings, and if it did dispose the British nation to a friendly ed is to raise a special corps by re-eniisting Cargo ex Chelydra subject to rent. attitude, was any great, harm done by that? men who have completed their short service,

to be able to keep them longer than is compa tible with a short term of service, though the Daylight-N Y. K. steamer Inaba Mfaru leaves, Indian Army, too, is in some sense also a train- ing school The Mediterranean garrisons can Noon-C. & Co.'s steamer Dormida leaves for

for Japanese Ports, w never be training grounds, and to send short- service soldiers to them

Singapore and Europe. to embarrass the 5 p.m.-C. & M. Ca's steamer Esmeralda leaves short-service system. The plan now annousc.

for Manila via Amoy..

No change bad taken, or would take place, in under elastic conditions which will enable

MONDAY, 15th.

the good relations of the two countries. He them to serve on until they have earned a 3 p.m.-Public Auction of Crown Land to the interests of the country. His Majesty awkward problems at once. In the first place, Taikao denied that the Kaiser bad acted in opposition pension. The scheme promises to solve threeO. S. K steamer Salle, Maru leaves for King of Prussia, and the decoration was the conferred the Black Eagle on Lord Roberts as outcome of his ova personal prerogotive. The of the foremost endeavours of their policy was Chancellor further assured the House that one to cultivate the most friendly relations with

thoroughly suitable garrisons, for the stations if it can be carried into effect it will provide 5 pm.-C. M. Co.'s steamer Parin leaves for to which it applies; secondly, it will eliminate

Manila. from the general question of Army organisation

April,--Saigon 8th April, Mails and Gen- eral-Messageries Maritimes.

DR. HANS JERG KIER, Norwegian steamer Larsen, 691, 11th April-Newchwang 3rd April, Beans.-E. A Trading Co. SKARPSNO, Norwegian steamer, 1.130, L. Tal lefsen, 11th April-Moji 5th April, Gen- eral-Stevens & Co. HAINAN, German steamer, 860, Clausen, ith April-Chefoo 5th April, General.-E. A. Trading Co..

FRICHING, British steamer, 979. E. Gordon, 11th April, Shanghai 7th April, General

C. M. SN. Co.

HACHING, British steamer, 1,267, T. P, Hall, 11th April Santow 10th, General-Dou KWONG SANG, British steamer, 98 W. Mc

glas, Laprik & Co

Clure, 11th April,-Canton 10th April, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co. CHUSAN, British steamer, 2,852, C. L. Daniel, 11th April,-Shanghai goth April, Mails and General.-P. & O. S. N. Co.

Clearances at the Harbour Office.

Holmoon, British str.; for Canton, Australian, British str.,, for Macao. Felching, British str., for Canton.

Thaler, British str., for Swator. Pak Koug, British str., for Canton,

Hibetan Maru, Jap..str., for Kuchinoizu. Etruria, British-st, for Shanghai Trys Norwegian st for Cheloog

the factor which has bitherto tended, most tog p.m. Opening Performance of the Brough Dr. Hans Jarg für. Norwegian upset ovary system that has been tried or pro

Comed

Mr. and Mrs. Huguenin and Mr. Chapin. For Kobe from Singapore-Mi. Tanaka. For Nagasaki from Marseilles-Messrs. Poodweeff, de Nantois and 4 Japanese From Port Said- Mr. G. Creopoli, Mr. and Mrs. Spiegber. From Singapore-Mr. Oshige and Mr. Suyataro. From Saigon-Messrs. M.de Muller and Miura,

SHIPPING REPORTS.

Capt. J. E. Gordon, of the steamship Feithing, from Shanghai, reports:-Moderate N. and N.E. winds to Lammocks, thence to port strong E. wind and heavy rain.

Captain T. P. Hall, of the steamship Holching, from Foochew, Amoy and Swatow, reports:→→ Foochow to Amoy strong EN.E, winds, high sea, showery and overcast. Amoy to Swatow fresh N.E. winds, rough sea and heavy rain. Swatow to Hongkong strong EN.E. winds and heavy rain to Cupchi Point, thence fresh N.E. winds, fine and overcast to port. Vessels in Amoy on the 8th inst.French cruiser Iftaries, 3 Japanese men-of-war, 5.5. Leiyuen, and Tungchow. In Swatow on the toth German cruiser Seeadler, s.s. Canton, Putkili, Yiksang, Wuchang, Ningpo, and Benchutha.

STEAMERS EXPECTED.

Names.

From.

Pue

April 13th

April 13th

April 14th

America Mare......Shanghal.. Coromandel

......Singapore,

Tricate.............Japan

Suevia.............. Singapore..... April 15th Empress of India. Japan. April 16th Prinz Heinrich... Colombo April 17th Sanuki Maru .....Japan April 17th City of Peking...... San Francisco... April 20th Hiroshima Maru Bombay... April 21st. Hongkong Maru... San Francisco...May 7th

We would direct the auction of shipping firms to the stylela which "Steamers Expected" and "Projected Sailing" are now publiabed in the columns, and le su doing respects fally erge the manager of shipping firms to give orders to their clerke to furnish this office, on the forms already anp. plied gratie with the injost avsïlphie inlwmazion every day.

PROJECTED SAILINGS.

Skip.

Destinalign

London..

London....

Ajax ........ Agamemnon America MaruSan Francisco, &c. April 23rd Anping MaruFoochow Antenor

April 18th

London www.....April goth

April 241h

May 4th

Astuna... Ravem...

New, York

May 4th

Strait &

July 25th

Bormida

Singapore, &c..... April rath

Candia

London

April 8th

Ceylon

Ching:.

Chusan

Shanghai, &c....... April 24th San Francisco, &c. May 25th, Europe, &c. April 13th

City of Peking...an Francisco, &c. April 30th Coptic

San Francisco, &c. April 13th Shanghai. April 14th Swatow, &c. April 14th San Francisco, &June 1st Vancouver, &June 5th

Mahila

April 24th

May gih April 12th.

San Francisco, &c. May, 7th

April 12th

Coromandel Daijin Maru... Doric. Emp. China. Emp. India Emp: Japan Esmeralda Gaelic Glenogic Haiching .....

Victoria, B.C Swalow, &C. April 13th Hiroshima Maru. Moji, &c. ... April 23rd. Hamburg...Straits, &c. June 13th Hongkong Man San Franciscu, & May 16th Idomeneus ....London April 16th Idzumi Maru Victoria, B.C... April-19th. Inaba Maru... Kobe & Yokohama April 14th Kasuga Maru...Japan April 19th König Albert Kiautichou Nippon Maru Olympi

April 15th

Straits, & April 17th Straits, &c. July 11th San Francison, &c. June 11th, Victoria, B.C.April 26th Poating.... Shanghai Perla

Manila Preussen......... Strans, &c. Prinz Heinrich...Straits, &c. Prinzess Irene.Straite, &c. Pyrrhus. Liverpool

Richmond Castle New York Sachses... Strails, &c. Sanuki Maru... Marseilles, &c. April 19th Shinano, Maru, Kobe & Yokohama April 26thi

Sibiria Sobmon

Strathgyle..

Stuttgart Tacoma. Taito Maru

Tantalus

Thales

Trieste

April 13th.

May 29th

May 15th.

May 1st:

May 15th

April zoth

June 27th

Havre, &c .... April 15th Biarseilles, &c... April 27th San Diego, &c. April 18th Straits, &c. Aug. 8th Victoria, BCMay 17th. Takio urekd

15th

Liverpool

Swałow Singapore