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REPORT OF RELIEF WORK IN TIENTSIN.

During the coldest weather just at China New Year 400 families were relieved in a week, each being given a few cattics of grain and a stiring of cash (less than $0.5o then), now we are helping a hundred families a week. In addition to the 30 bags of grain last reported 25 more have been received and given out, total 175 bags,

once.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1901.

and refuse to sirve either against the allies or the Chinese court

Perhaps the most important information that the Russian Government has caused to be furnished by the Tageblatt correspondent is printed, distributed and posted onwalls through- out the trans-Baikalia a decree ordering for, March 13th a general remobilization of troops secessary in arter to put down new distur- in trans-Baikalia, because this is rendered bances which have broken, dat in China, under Prince Tuan. meaning thoroby partly the Kansu rebellion

WIRE NEWS.

(From Various Sources.)

This kindly aid has been extended to about 1.454 families in the two months of work. Every week there are several invitations to the city and suburbs to preach, to which the ladies of three different missions have responded. Some invitations are to speak to the very poor, some to those better off, and one to a wealthy family the bead of which was as they say A Parliamentary paper which has been formerly connected with Li Hung-chang's Ya-issued states that the terms rejected by General men. The father of the pretty bride in this lotha included a general amnesty, except to family is said to have been the Chil fisien who the Colonial rebels, the return of prisoners saved the Methodist missionaries at Tsun Hua from St. Helena and Ceylon; the establish Chow, when the Chow Kuan refused an escort

ment of a Crown Colony, and, ultimately, of Hearty thanks to the kind donors for all past and Dutch languages; assistance to farmers representative Government; equality of English favours. Previously acknowledged up to Chinese

by loan; the payment of Boer claims for damage not exceeding a total of a million New Year.$578.07 sterling; Burghers to be allowed rifles on. One Community lacly.......

license; and a limited franche for the Kafirs after representative Goveminent. Lord Kit chener suggested merely the disfranchisement 2.00 of the Colonial rebels. Sir Alfred Milner 50.00 objected, and declared that it would have a 2.00 deplorable effect in the Cage and Natal. With the exception of the Daily News, the papers concur in the opinion that the Government has gone to the utmost limit of lenity in the tenns offered to the Boers.

gentleinan

Chinese thank offering.

5.00

10,00 1.00

(3

British soldier:...

11

1

Community lady

British soldier

1.

Australian sailor

From. Community

Profit.....

Thank offering for spared lives; two

Tientsinners

50,00

A Friend

3 bad dollars redeemed

To 72 bed quilts

1

1.00 2.00 0.76

4.30 2.83

$880.45

$100.00

5.00

Cash divided among lacurable Is valiis in a Chinese hospital. Cash given weekly to poor families 69794

March 23rd, 1901, on hand

-P. T. Tienes.

$802.94

7.50

$810.45

DISASTROUS NEWS FROM THIBET.

The Echo de Chiné states that it has received disastrous news from Thibet. A telegram fron Tatsicalu, dated 21st March, announced that the previous day Chaph Lentsy had been des- troyed by brigands and that a French Missio- nary, M. Mussot, has fallen into their hands. The next day another telegram was received confirming the first and announcing that several families had been pillaged. M. Bons d'Anty, French Consul at Chungking, inter- viewed the Viceroy, who gave orders to the civil and military authorities with a view to effecting the delivery of the missionary and arresting the brigands. On the 3.it was announced that Mosymien had been destroyed by the brigands, that they were approaching Tatsienty, and that M. Mussot had been tor tured. In the meantime the Viceroy is has tening the departure of the troops and it is hoped that M. Mussot will soon be delivered.

A HUNT AFTER THE MYLODON.

The naturist world, says a London paper, is interested at the present moment in an organised bunt in Patagonia. The object is the discovery of the giant ground sloth, whose name is Myiodon, The stimulus to the search was the disenvery in Cave of a skin covered with coarse, shaggy, yellow hair. Indications. were not wanting that the Myladon had lived in the cave with his captors for some time. When his company palled they deftly stripped his overcont, for the skin was found tenantless, and partly inside out. But even if the family

is now extinct, traces may very well be found. Remains of the fant Auk are hy no means un common to this day on the coasts of Ireland.

As for the bones of the 'Mylodon, Darwin described them in the "Voyage of the Beagle Bones will again be found, although a living specimen may not visit the Zoo. The Mylodon is not yet to be classed with that lonely bird" the Dodo. Nothing more surprised the mighty hunter Mr. Selous than the wonderful preserva- tion of uncovered bone, horn, and skin in the American Bighorn basin.. And yet he tells us that in Africa lifteen years would suffice for the crumbling into dust and even complete disap pearance of the skull or legbones of an elephant. THE MANCHURIA TREATY ORISIS.

IMPORTANT LIGHT ON RUSSIAN SCHEMES.

A Berlin cable of March 9th states that the special correspondent of the Tageblatt of that city who has been travelling in Northern Man- churia, Mongolia, and on the borders of Siberia and China for a year and whose reports hitherto have been correct without exception, has furnished bis papar with a long communication containing details regarding the Russo-Chinese agreement on the subject of Manchuria, certain that the published version of this agreement is in no way near the actual truth. He then proceeds to give the facts concerning the proposed international administration of that part of China, demonstrating that Man- churia will become an integral part of Russia --more so than even Bokhara.

and Turkestan. He says he is absolutely

In regard to Mongolia, he says there is no doubt a protectorate has been established, as

Numbers of De Wet's and Fouries' followers are arriving at Blaeusfontein and accepting the terms offered to those surrendering voluntarily,

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Colonel Babington pursued Delarey with mounted troops only. The enemy's rear-guard attempted to dccupy a position; but the New was driven it., A combined movement was Zealanders and Bushmen rode down oppost tion, and the rettlement became a rout Pursuit was continued till the horses were exhausted.

Sir Gordon Spring and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Cape and Canadian Premiers, have been appointed members of the King's Privy Coun- cit.

The finding of the Court of Enquiry into the Lindley surrender has been published, and deals only with the responsibility of Col Spragge, who is exonerated..

Four hundred Boers have wrecked a provi- sion train north of Standerton, and got away with several wagon-loads.

Operations are proceeding successfully inthe south-eastern part of the Orange River, Colony, 300 refugess, 16,000 cattle, and 40,000 sheep have been brought into Bloemfontein.

THE CHINA- SHAM.

(BY MABOLD GORST).

THE MANGAURIA QUESTION.

In

TWO SIDES OF THE RUSSIAN SHIELD. If there is one political question upon which

The New York Journal of Cominerce pab. the public in this country have been disgrace.lishes facts relating to the commerce of Man- fully misled it is the position of affairs in the churia and Russian proceedings in the pro- self-interested individuals who put their own Far East. They have been hoodwinked by vince which are interesting at the present titac profit before every other consideration, and

The proceedings of our great and good friend they have been deliberately bamboozled by the Russia in the Chinese province of Manchuria Government. Taking advantage of the generat (the writer says) are becoming a subject of gnomnce in respect to a problem which is too somewhat acute interest to those identified with some important branches of the export intricate to be readily grasped by the average man, whose time is necessarily taken up with trade of the United States. Strictly speaking, the more pressing cares of everyday life, these Chinese Manchuria, which lies south of the concession-hunters and China merchants have Amoor and is sheltered from the polar blasts gone about grossly exaggerating the importance by the mountains forming the watershed of of our trade in the Far East, and imposing that river, and of its affluent, the Ussuri, con- interests are being neglected in China. Every Liaoyung. The area of all three is more than upon the public the belief that the most vital sists of three provinces-Tsitsikas, Kirin and body can ascertain the true facts for himsel twice that of New England, New York, and easily enough; but it is natural that people Great Britain and Ireland, aad over one and a should be only too ready to accept statements half times that of France. The country is Pennsylvania combined; three times that of

ears in preference to going to the trouble of minently fertile, producing not only all varie. that have been constantly dinned into their making inquiries on their own account. Thus

ties of cereals, but cotton, indigo, and tobacco it has come to be regarded as an axiom that and it could easily support four times its pre- British trade with China is on so vast a scale, that it must become a paramount consideration

sent population, which is estimated at twenty five millions. It is the only part of China with in the conduct of our policy. Yet nothing could

a white man's climate all the year round. be further from the truth. The total trade of

our issue we published a table showing the the British Empire exceeded 1,200 millions remarkable growth of the trade of the United sterling in 1899, whilst out of that enorincus Stoles with Manchuria, as evidenced by the sum the comparatively trifling figure of 40

customs of the treaty port of Newchwang. millions, or thereabouts, represents the aggreThese indicated, briefly, that while the total gate of trade between the British Empire and foreign imports into Manchuria for 1864 had China. For one-thirtieth df.our total trade we

been 5.343017 baikwan taels, of which, the are called upon to gearrel with Russia, France; baikwa tasis, their value bad risen by 1896 to share of the United States was 1,549,848 or any lower whose interests may be opposed 5,112,912 baikwan taels, of which the share of to our own in any section of the Chinese Em the United States was 2,255,010 haikwan taels; pire, and to pour out blood and treasure in that in 1898 the total was 10,577.461 haikwan forcing more concessions and commercial treaties out of the Chinese people at the point tels, of which the share of the United States, of the bayonet.

was 3,678,496, and that by 1899 the total im Ports, had reached the iemarkable figure of States was 474,895 haikwan taels. In other 31,755,900, of which the share of the United words, 31 per cent. of the total import trade of the treaty port of Manchuria in 1899 was done by the United States. The statistics show that the proportion of foreign trade entering through Newchwang in 1899 was about 10 per cent of the entire foreign trade of the Chinese Empire. The effect of recent events on American trade astrous. The Russians have been in posses- in-Manchuria has been conspicuously dis

imports for the quarter July-September, 1900, sion of the port of Newchwang since the end of July, and the customs returns of American

quarter of the previous year as follows: compare with those for the corresponding

1899.

As a

NOTANDA.

CALENDAR.

APRIL.

Meteorological means based on ten years observations to 1893.

Barometer..................... Thermometer....... Humidity. Rainfal

WEATHER REPORT.

·30039 620

85,0

4.06

TO-DAY.

On dates

On sale at

14. m.

30.03

★ 1-3.

30.01

70' ya

Barometer.... Temperature Humidity.s Rainfall

TO-DAY.

Tuesday, 16th April, 1901, Chinese 28th of 2nd moon of a7th year' of

Kwang-su Sun-Rises

...... skr. 4omin. Sets

ohr. igmin Moon-In Equator shr, am. High water-Morning zhr. omin

Afternoon

..... 7hr. 3min. Low water-Morning ....... okr. 55ms. Afternoon okr. omiin. ANNIVERSARIES:

1746-Battle of Culloden. 1813-The Viceroy Ki-Kung wrote to Sir H. Pottinger admitting that the two countries were now united in friend. ship. 1973-Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Heng.

1875-Cape D'Aguilar light first exhibited.

kong.

1884-S.5. 7ocking sunk by H:M:S. Lapwing

near Ockseu.

DENINGUSHIRE, British steamer, 2,468, H. WA.

Vyvyan, 16th April,-London 15th Feb and Manila 13th April, General-Shewan, Tomas & Co.

ELITA NOSSACK, German steamer, 1,162, Bruhn, 16th April-Shanghai 11th April, General EA, T. Co.

CHWNSHIAN, British steamer, 1281, J. F. Messer, 16th April,-Bangkok 9th April, Rice.-Bradley & Co.

PEIYANG, German steamer, 970, W. Wiese,

.16th April,-Canton 16th April, General-

Siemasen & Co.

Clearances at the Harbour Office.

Paoling, British str, for Shanghai Suvia, German str; for Shanghai, Paul River, American ship, for Yokohama. Thales, British sir, for Swatow,

·Zavezna, British str., for Amoy.

Pak Kong, British str., for Canton, Hoimeon, British st, for Canton... Lugsek, British str, for Hoibow Akashi Maru, Japanese str., for Swatow, Ilocos, American sir, for Cebu.

intang, British str, for Singapore, Elita Nossark, German str., for Conton. Taito Maru, Japanese str., for Takao. Hailiang, British st, for Haiphong,

Vapertures.

April 16, Diamante, British str., for Manila, April 16, Thales, Bitish str., for Swatow, April 16, Lonsok, British stry: for Heibow April 16, Szechuen, british sit, for Cantor. April 16, Dr. Hans Jerg Kier, Norw. str., for

Chefoo.

April 16, Loyal, German str., for Tjilntjap. April 16, Fuskin, British str., for Canton. April 16, Tantalus, British str., for Shanghai. April 16sses, British str., for Shanghai. April 16, Taiskun, American str, for Shanghai, April 16, insang, British str, für Singapore.

Passengers-Arrived.

Per Decima, from Saigon-65 Chinese. Per Fushan, from Shanghai-Mr. and Miss Weir.

1855--The town of San Fernandez, Luzon, al- most totally destroyed by fire. 1897-Departure for home of Dr Eitel. 1898-U.S. Senate recognize the Republic of 16 Chinese.

Cuba.

1899-Disturbance in the Hinterland.

British

'flag hoisted by General Gascoigne.

TO-MORROW.

Wednesday, 17th April, 1901. Chinese-29th of and mean of 27th year of

Kwang-sü. Sun Rises.

shr. 39min. Oh, roman

Seis

loon City.

:

1897-Rattles of Maluna Pass and Karya. 1898-Anti-American demonstrations in Spain, 1899-H. E. Sir Henry Blake hoists flag at

Kowloon City.

AGENDA.

TO-DAY.

9 p.m.--Opening Performance of the Brough

Comedy Co, at the Theatre Royal. Cargo ex Inaba Maru subject in rent.

TO-MORROW,

Per Kaifong, from Cebu-Mr. Torrens, and

Per Olympia, from Tacoma-Mrs. Roth, Miss Payne, and 42.Chinese.

Per Denbighshire, from London, &c.—Di. and Ms. Finch, and Mr. Burns.

Pot Empress of India, from Vancouver-Me son, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dickson and child." J. Orange. From Kobe-Dr. and Mrs. Ander From Nagasaki--Misses Barnes, Tait, and Mr. J. Harvey. Eroin Shanghai-Messrs. T. H. Macklin, H. Lacksmith, Mrs. Cooper, Messrs. Mar Hemun, Cheung Yon San, and 59 Chi-

nese.

Per König Albert, for Hongkong from Yoko- hama-Mr. W. Daniels, Mrs. Till, children and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Officer Meyer, Mr. Maschist Sidden, and Mr. M. H. do Nagasaki-Mr. R. Shea, and 16 Marines. Santos. Front Kobe-Mr. Brodersen. From From Shanghai-Messrs. George Moffat, R. Lund, H. Figge, Mr. and Mrs. Baner, Mrs. Anderson and child, Messrs. T. D. Suma, Lund, and 26 Persons.

Hongkong-Mr. R. W. Handley, Miss Riordan, Departed. Per Kasuga Mfari, from Sydney, &c. For

and Mas. T. W. Parkinson, Mr. L. Parkinson, Mr. Bridge, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Maddock, Mr. and Mrs. A. A MacKillop, Mr. Crawford, Dr. Mrs. Noronha and 2 children, Mons. Chapelle, Miss Tosepim Soligwao, Messrs. Thomas Lorenis, L. H. Littlefield, C. W. Porter, C. M.. linkins, Mrs. Gen, J. M. Bell, Mr. Anto. Mamoz and 4 children, Mr. John Warren, 28 can. For Nagasaki-1 Japanese. For Kobe Chinese, 5 Japanese, Europeans and i Ameri- Messrs. W. Action, Adams, J. Selles, W. Simpson, R. Ajachi, and 9 Japanese. For Yokohama Miss K. E. Lindsay, Miss M. Riche, Miss Ritche, Mr. and Mrs. R. But

Noon-N. D. L. Co's steamer Konig Albert chard, Mr. R. B. Pynsent, Mr. T. Fukushima,

leaves for Southampton.

Sir Bindon Blood has arrived at Pretoria. General Locke Elliot has been appointed to the Command of the northern, division of the Orange River Colony, with his head-quarters To please these clamorous individuals, and at Kroonstad, and with columns under Colonels

to soothe the public with the idea that these Bethune, Beatson, Broadwood, and De Lisle, vast imaginary interests are being properly

Forty-five of Scheeper's Commando. were

looked after, the Government have invented a killed near Jansenville on the 21st March, and

kind of sham policy that is really no policy at some were captured; but the bulk of them

all. From time to time it is announced in the escaped in the direction of Aberdeen, with the

House of Commons by the Under Secretary British columns closely in, persuit. Severe

for Foreign Affairs, with a majestic appearance fighting took place at Hartebeestefontein, near

of profound statesmanship, that the policy of Klerksdorp, on the 22nd March, and the will be, to protect British trade interests and the Government in China has been, and always Yeomanry and Colonials were heavily engaged.

Mr. Chamberinin, in the House of Commons, Yangtse Valley and elsewhere. This is no to maintain the open door to trade in the said that, considering the confidence the Go-declaration of policy; it is simply a generalisa verament had in Sir Alfred Milner, it was tion-a ridiculous and contemptible trick on issuing the report of the Commission. Within the eyes of the public. They have in- nucesary to receive his observations before the part of the Government to throw dust

High water-forning. ..... 7hr. 33min. reference to the settlement of soldiers in South

Afternoon ... Shr. 5min. Africa, there was no intention to expropriate have not the courage to come forward and

Low water-Morning vented the subterfuge either because they

American:

thr. zgulia. 1900.

Afternoon thr. 46mnis. Kerosene, gallons......657,000 25,000

ANNIVERSARIES. boldly acknowledge the comparatively trifling

Sheetings, pieces ..308,665 620 nature of our interests in China, or be

1790--Benjamin Franklin died." Drills, pieces...........148,637 cause they are themseles hopelessly ignorant

Nil. 1871-Telegraphic communiction with Shane this glib fashion of upholding British interests, parts of North China for the distribution of This may be no worse than the returns of the real state of affairs. Whilst talking in from Tientsin and Chefoa, the two other great 1376-Loss of the s.s. Krantuur off Ocksen.

hai established. all that the Government have really done has

1880 Prince Heinrich of Germany arrived at been to yield upon every occasion to the other directly within the circle of the Boxer move. American merchandise. But these points were

Shanghai, Powers in the Far East, and at the same timement, while Newchwang was not.

1888-Loss of the s.s. San Pablo on the Tan

Rocks. to bully China in proportion to ber defence. matter of fact, the Boxer troubles in Man-189-Execution of the Namen pirates at Kow. lessness, This is no policy. It is a mean and churia were mainly the result of more or less. contemptible line of action, calculated serious deliberate action by the Kassians themselves. ly to jeopardise those interests which we have At the outbreak of the troubles Newchwang in the Far East, and to temporarily blind peo ple at home to the realities of the situation.

was fortunate enough to have a Tactal who perceived the folly of the orders sent to him by China's foreign trade is in itself ridiculously the Governor at Moukiden to kill all foreigners, insignificant. Its entire volume amounted in and who kept a tight hand over his soldiers, 1598 to a trifie over 54 millions sterling; whilst maintaining perfect order in the native town the imports from foreign countries were 31 and its immediate neighbourhood. This went millions. Most authorities are agreed in placon until July 26th, when the Russians attacked ing the population of the Chinese Empire at a stockade, some two miles out of the city, con- over 400 millions; but, taking this minimums taining seven to eight hundred soldiers of the figure, we find that the Chinese import foreign taujai's guard whose function it was to patrol goods at the rate of about 15. 6d. per head. the town at night and keep order. They One has only to reflect that the average pro- occupied the stockade with the full knowledge portion of imports in the United Kingdom and consent of the foreign consuls, and they amounts to nearly £12 per head of the popula-naturally demurred when they were summoned tion to perceive the absurdity of the compari-to leave it within an hour by foreign soldiers son. After centuries of persistent commercial from whom they had been assured they had push, after numerous wars and the expenditure nothing to fear. At the end of the hour the of enormous sums of money, the combined Russians attacked the stackade with gun and efforts of all the trading nations of the world rifle fire and drove its occupants into the native result. In the face of these figures, cur conces have only succeeded in achieving this meagre

town, with the loss of ten killed, two of the: Russians having heen wounded. The Russians sionaires and merchants have to fall back upon then withdrew to their settlement four or five vague and unsatisfactory assertions as to the miles off, leaving the foreign settlement with edge that the present trade with China is not potentialities of this trade. When the public its small guard at the mercy of the infuriated large; but they will declare that when the have found them out, the latter will acknow. Chinese troops.

Chinese have awakened to the necessities of the situation and are prepared to accept every foreign innovation that is thrust upon them, a commercial millennium will commence for the foreign trader. The fact is entirely overlooked by these people that in the world's history (in Manchuria and on the Ameer) is that they The consoling thing (he said) in these events and compelled to give up its nationality. It the entire, sincerity of the peaceful sentiments there is no example of a nation being conquered, have brought forward with striking-evidence has been red in Poland and Ireland with con- which inspire the Russian Monarch. His spicuous failure, and it is being foolishly and august words, appealing to all and each on be wickedly attempted in South Africa at the pre-half of peace, and his proclamation of the sent moment. But the task there is simple in. comparison with such as undertaking as the peaceful intentions of Russia was a sublime

U.S.S. Bennington... in the Association footbhil match between destruction of the ancient prejudices, and in-work, a Christian work. In the difficult situa-U.S.S. Fortior.... Wales and Ireland, the former made one goal, stitutions of the Chinese. It has long been thoughts of the supreme head of the Russian Strategy...

tion caused by the troubles in China all the Argus recognised by the Chinese statesmen that their nation have been directed to the maintenance Burnside. The death is announced of the authoress, West are mutually destructive. They have evidence of this desire. It was only where Kucing....

own civilization and the civilization of the of prace. Each step forward in China hore Styr Miss Charlotte Yonge.

According to news from St. Petersburg, it is nothing in common, and are based upon foun constrained and forced to delend her represent Ping Sury.. stated that a provincial official fired four shots dations as asunder as the Pales. Consequently, ative in Peking, and to protect the lives of Compania de Filipina the Holy Synod, but missed him. The causes like the grent Viceroy Chang Chi-tung, are in tions which resulted in the taking of Peking. at M. Pobjedonostzell, the Chief Procurator of national, party in China. But even those who, Russia engaged in the series of military opera. Hanoi

there will always be a strong reactionary, or

Russian subjects and other Europeans, that Shantung are explained, but the attack follows the resented the ex-communication of Tolstoi. agitation among the students, who especially the change solely for the purpose of meeting favour of reforms on Western lines, advocate

Ilicos It required the violation of our frontiers by Lung Tsing. by the fact, that it immediately follows the acquiring the means of getting rid of thein the bombardment of Blagovestslensk and the des

The Pobiedonastreff sensation is enhanced foreigners on an equal footing, and thereby the Chinese insurgents without motive, the Habigchow

U.S.S. Concord death of the Minister of Public Instruction; more effectually and permanently. You can-

truction of the railway, to decide the Russian Colonies who has succumbed to the pistol shot fired as not force an alien trade or religion upon 400 Russia is working, however, for the general Government to send troops to Manchuria him on the 27th Tebruary by an expelled bave conclusively demonstrated their deter.pacification and the prompt restoration of her millions of unwilling people, and the Chinese

donosticft, is an ardent disciple of Count

M. Lagousky, the assailant of M. Pobic.mination to accept neither the one nor the invariably good relations with the Chinese Empire, her neighbour. As soon as immediate Tolstol's doctrines, and it is belived that he

All this should be, and we must assume is, withdraw her troops from Peking and proceed and argent duties are accomplished, she will wished to avenge his excommunication.

recognised by the British Government. Why to reduce her military forces in Manchuria. The murderer of the Russian Minister of have they not, then, the honesty to explain the servitude for life,

insurmountable nature of these difficulties to

The young country did not behave like a

The Ophir's voyage has been made the occasion of clabomic experiments in wireless telegraphy by the Mediterranean fleet, to which great strategical value is attached. The Ophir has arrived at Malta, and the Duke of Com will knded amid satures and in fine weather, H.R.. then drove in state to the Palace Square, where he witnessed a great march past of the garrison and sailors, from the balcony; The spectacle was a brilliant one, and evoked much enthusiasm.

The Times states that Mr. St. John Brodrick ligence Department and improving the status is considering the reorganization of the Intel of the Director, who will more directly control mobilization. Sir William Nicholson succeeds General Ardagh, who is 'cordially supporting

Mr. Brodrick.

At a meeting held at the Mansion House to consider the Victoria Memorial, a contributica from the King of 1,050 was announced.

Eleven decorations and. promotions have for prompt reward, in cases of exceptional been announced under the new arrangement gallantry.

It is believed that Oxford and Cambridge will

accept the challenge of Yale and Harvard in athletics at New York The date is the only difficulty.

Ireland nil,

student. -

other.

+

statements made by M. de Witte, the Russian It is interesting after the above, to read the Minister of Finance, in his Budget Report for 1901. In this Report M. de Witte as will be of Russia in the East. seen, prates of "the sublime Christian work

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,

MAILS DUE.

English (Sabraon) 20th instant. Indian (Lighting) 20th instant. American (City of Peking) 21st instant- French (Indus) 22nd instant. American (Gaelic) 26th instant. American (Hongkong Maru) 7th prox.

The N. P. S. Co.'s steamer Glenshiel sailed from Yokohama for Hongkong on the 14th inst. this Company's steamer Duke of Fife arrived sailed from Tacon:a for Japan and Hongkong at Tacoma from Japan and Hongkong on the 13th inst., also this Company's steamer Victoria on the 13th inst,

Mr. and Mrs. A. Abeckett, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Spowers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace, Mr. R. H. Butler, Mr. G. W. Dennis, Miss Tomkins Mt. D. Le Creu, Mrs. E. H. Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Blackburn, Mr. Campbell, Danncey, Mrs. Major Cruse and 2 sons, Col. L. C. Heiz man and 3 children, Mr. R. A. Evangelista, Mr. Thomas, M. Taylor, U.S.N., Mr. John, Kirk, Mr. F. Fernandes, Mrs, Anun, V. Rod. gers and 3 children, 6 Japanese, European and American.

Per Diamante, for Manila-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and son, Mis. A. D. Cortez and child, Mrs. M. C. Fenwick, Mr. and Mrs. Nishigawa, Alessrs. J. M. Shieldo, L. S. Lewis, M. Urteaga, A. A. Virgil, M. Fuenter, F. Montito, E. Ortega, Mon. De l'omeyrac and servant, H. C. Stantz, W. A. Goodell, Lieut. H. C. Messrs. $.0. Odensky, C. O, de Mongaillard,

Jones, A. Lawson, M. D. Garratt, H. V. Ban- Macfarland, U.S.N., Comdr. A. Marix, U.S.N., Surg. F. Rogers, Messrs. J. F. Young, J. E. man, Mrs. F. J. Code, Mr. E. Rostron, Lieut. Schell, US.N., Mr. Un Pak Leung, Miss Jorgensen, Mr. and Mr. A, Van Vlissingen, Dock, Messrs. H. A. Sanger, Juan Estival, Maria Zaloidea, Geo, Cantley, Mr. and Mrs. Findlay, W. W. Wright, E. Heme, E. E. Harris, Miss Edwards, Messrs. R. B. Taft, Gustav Schöni- chen, J. Bemfeld, Rafael Rosello, F: L. Cruz, M. Guion, E. Jockers, G. Twormal, H. C. Ash- mao, G. Hackins, F. Simonton, J. Davandas, 40 Philippines, and 13 Chinese.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS,

at 'Kawloon

U.S.S. Isla de Luzon

Perla... Pettiana

tr

13

31

. Cosmopolitan

Abertcen

Luzon

Shipping.

Arrivals.

+1

1F

SHIPPING REPORTS.

Captain. Truebridge, of the steamship. Olympia, from Tacoma, reports:-Fine weather. Capt. A. W. Cole, of the steamship Ducking- kam, from Moji, repons-Light wind with much fog.

Capt. W. H. Lunt, of the steamship Fushun, from Shanghai, reports:-Light variable winds, calm and fog.

Captain H. Bruhn, of the steamship Eli Nossack, from Shanghai, reports:➡S.W. breeze and much fog...

Captain G. Pennyfather, of the steamship

is evidenced by the hoisting of Russian flags Instruction has been sentenced to pen the country, and to enunciale, such a policy in distant Colony foreign to its motherland but 'f OLYMPIA, American steamer, 1730, Jolin Kaifong, from Cebu and Iloilo, reports:-From

India's annual contribution of £10,000 towards The Imperial Government has agreed to pay the subsidy of the Zanzibar-Mauritius cable. bringing Mauritius and the Seychelles into [The cable in Zanzibar was opened in 1893, telegraphic touch with the world]

everywhere, the thorough organization of the district, the establishment of tax collecting offices and the opening of branches of Russo Chinese banks with no one but Russian officials in charge. All this virtually has taken place during the past six months, and began before the Boxer outbreak. The clearest evidence, however, in contained in an army order issued by General Grodekniff to the Siberian troops in

The tramway-men have struck at Marseilles, which the General said, "You have.nobly ful- Serious encounters took place with the troops, and a mob of 3,000 stopped the tram service. filled your task of defending a line, the population is panic-stricken and it is fear kilometers long, on the frontiers of the Russian ed that other trades will join the movement. empire, from Urga (Mongolia) to Khoshun, At Marseilles, the employers of the dockers and have thrown back the enemy across this have agreed to preliminary arbillation. threatened lige."

boiler makers bave stuck.

Britain clear and consistent? It is this tem-tier, Russia has accomplished in China all the Far East as will make the aims of Great like a true Russian country defending its fron- porising and playing with vested interests in

that it was her duty as a Christian Power to do equally helpless and bopeless. In China it has government in the Celestial Empire, as well as all directions that makes a Tory Government

to suppress a sedition directed against law and already placed upon the British taxpayer an

to protect Europeans against the violence of altogether disproportionate and unjust burden the insurgent méh. hady. And heaven knows where this wasteful without bringing in the smallest retum to any and uselese expenditure will end in the future. We have no obligations in China, such as we have incured in India, Egypt, and other parts of the world. Our main terest there, as the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs hashimself practically, in a state of siege, the authorities is to say, it is purely a matter of business. All A Standard telegram states that Moscow is, reiterated often enough, is commercial. That fearing demonstrations by 20,000 students and that we ask on that score is that it should be treated as such and that the Government should not try to save their own face, or to appease a few wealthy and influential conces

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prospect of advantages, but by the conscious- We were induced to act thus not by any ness of our solidarity with the whole human that Riiasin is pacific to a high degree, not be race. All this proves in an inefutable manner cause she is weak, but because she is conscious of her power. She could not fear any danger from whatever source, she who has been able to display day after day strength so colossal But Russia does not use her might for secret and selfish calculations.

Besides establishing direct communication. with Lhassa (Tibet), where Dalailamf scored a a victory for Russia by an immense bribe of bars of silver, direct telegraphic communication now also exists between the Russians at Kuldja and those in China, even reaching Hsian fa, to Kismayu to re-fit. They have experienced son hunters, hy keeping in the absurd and ex-Prince, who follows no other impulse save that

where the Chinese have been sojourning, by way of Barkcol, Khami, Soochow and Lan- chow, Without the knowledge pt either the Europeans of Americans or their Japanese allies, this correspondent says, Prince Tuan went to Kansu province (in the northwestem portion of the Chinese empire, bording on Mongolia), where the best Chinese troops are formed from the 8,000'000 Moslems there, which, troops are firmly loyal to Prince Tuan

workmen,

The Ogaden Somali expedition has returned great hardships, owing to the scarcity of water and extreme heat. Further operations will bensive fiction that enormous, trade interests, confined to the line of the river. 2

val to the welfare of the British Empire, are A Monarchist conspiracy, notably, among at Lake in China-Daily News.""" Naval officers, has been discovered in Brazil. It is just such pettifogging articles as the above Admiral Mello" and other leaders have been that make, the lionizing of the hypocritical arrested.

Mark

Krug and the Inudasion of the blood- thirst Empress Dowager possible by giving monomaniacs a paper to quote in support of their disforted ideas-M, HK,T]/

A British force has left Gambla to combine with the French in a panitive expedition against the recalcitrant Chief Fodikabbay

The Czar, of Russia, with his facific views (M. de White concluded) is a great Christian of his heart, and is inspired only by ideal truth and by the welfare of humanity, and who lias that the extraordinary might of Russia is bound shown to the world, by a sublime example, up with a profound love of percen

The recent events in the Far East prove that the country can face the future with serenity in the path traced for her by the will of her august Sovereign,

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Truchridge, 15th April, Tacoma 14th March, General-Dodwelt & Co., Ld. FUSHUN, British steamer, 1,500 W. H. Lunt, 1th April-Shanghai 12th April, General

CM. S. N. Co.

DECIMA, German steamer, 794, C. Christensen,

15th April,-Saigon 11th April, Rice.

Nam Wa EMPRESS OF INDIA, British steamer, 3,003,

Iloilo to Kapones moderate N.E. winds and, squalls, thence to port light airs and calms.

Decima, from Saigon, reports Fine weather. Captain C. Christenser, of the steamship.

ship T. 5. C., in Lat. 16.30 N., and Long, On the rath inst., at to'rsam, passed American 179° 13′ E, all well.

STEAMERS EXPECTED.

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April 15th

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April 1st

O. P. Marshall, R.N.R., 16th April, Vancouver 25th Man, and Shanghai 13th April Mails and General.-C. P. R. Co. KONIO ALBERT, German steamer, 10,642,0. Cuppers, 16th April-Yokohama 6th April, ...Mails and General-Melchers & Co. Sanuki Maru HAILAN French steamer, 377, M. Marlis, ryth Gisela ... April-Pakhoi and Hoihow 14th April, Calchas ......

General. A. R. Marty,

KASUGA MARU, Japanese steamer, 3,368, Hiroshima Mari

Ceylon. PAOTING, British steamer, 1,088, Miller, 16th Socotra

April-Canton 16th April, General Lightning... Butterfeld & Swire. We are City of Peking.. W. Haswell, 16th April-Melbourne and Indus Singapore... April 2204)

Singapore

KAIFONO, British steamer, 1,024, G. H. Fenne Hongkong Maru... San Fancisco... May th

Ports 23rd April, General-Nippon Yusen Glenshielo. Japan aiz Kaisha.

April 22nd Gaelic San Francisco... April 15th April, General Butterfeld & Swireyle in which Steamers Expected and rejected Ball father, 16th April-Cebu and Hoilo 12th would direct the attention of chippling E BUCKINGHAM, British steamer, 136 A Wow published in these coisas, and in so doing wiper Cole, 16th April, Moji 10th April, Gene Jelly are the mauren of shippier Erms to give, oplaca, ip ral-Dodwell & Co., Lakke plad arasia with fun barusa i

thrie decks to furnish this one in the forni alandam