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TELEGRAMS.

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SERVICE,

Opium for China.

(From Our Own Corverbondent,)

BOMBAY, 23rd October.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1902

commendation of some of its work in the army mancevic The corespondent of the Standard, says that the Katter is not convinced of its practical utility, reports showing that it was no reliable under all conditions. Connections were sometimes impossible owing to belts of varying temperature and the deflecting in- Quance of storm over portions of the area covered by the minceuvres.

incomes of all the classes the benefit of the former and the detriment of the latter being entirely different matters... Furthermore, the present tax unly affects-smokers, all firms, stores, retailers and boilers can charge a higher price than before-an I thus avoid lois. As 00 detriment to the trade will ensue from the I now sinctioned all should take into con- sideration the unavoidable embarrassment (which bas necessitated recourse to more The P. & O 5 N Co.'s Mail

Boer Generals Warned.

́taxation) and willingly pay the tax in accord- | Baer talk occupies a full share of attention ance with the regulations attached hereto. Steumor left libre last evening withi

in the return of the political season: The Do not attempt to defraud the revenue, or about 1300 Chestsof Malwa Opium.apress says that while the government officials smuggit. Do not create excitement by spread The closing prices for superior Malwa hace studiously refrained from expressions ing wild rumours, or raise objections to the tax regarding the appeal of the Generals and their Opium are as under:-

subsequent conduct, the tone of their contin- whenever you may see an opportunity to do so. ental speeches has been distinctly, offensive. Any attempt to disobey this proclamation will be dealt with according to law and no leniency According to the same newspaper, which pro-will be shewn to anyone Subjoined are the fesses to speak by authority, warning has been conveyed to the Cenerals that by their present course they are jeopardizing their chances of returning to Africa... -

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(Renter's.) Reinforcements for Somaliland.

LONDON, October 21st. Four hundred and sixty Bombav Grẹna- diers have been ordered to Sumaliland.

THE CANTON OPIUM FARM.

THE FAMOUS PROCLAMATION.

Kwong Hing Company's regulations set forth in detail, and they are hereby published for, the information of all. After this publication of the regulations there should be strict observance of them in all details. Let there be no disobe- dience! A very important proclamation.

(Stals of the officials.) Then fallow the regulations aforesaid.

honesty, is a proposition (fitwe do not expect even the fow advocates of the Treaty would have the femerly to seriously advance. It is because of the gross dishonesty of the Chinese officials in their treatment of former Treaties nominally securing freedom of Inde, that the Sheng-Mackay Treaty has become ne cessary. This very dishonesty, which is cynically admitted even by the singers them selves and condoned by the "official 'watch dogs" of British comniczce, the generations of useless diplomatic and consular, cripples who for years bave been ruining British interests and British prestage in China, is how to be made the most effective weapon in the Chinese armoury for killing foreign interests in China and driving. foreigners in despair out of the country. And this line of argument the members of the China Association, who have stuftified themselves badly enough before in all conscience, are to be asked to subscribe, when ninety-nine out of every hundred white men în China know that nothing more disappointing, lame, impotent or imbecile has ever been foisted upon them by the astute Chinese through a coterle of time- serving, place-hunting incapables.. If the China Association does anything of the kind the sooner it is dissolved the better. If China has done so well out of her former studied

The Evacuation of Shanghai. Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister at

Following is a free-translation of the pro- Peking, is protesting against the German clamation, authorising the Kwong Hing THE DOWNFALL OF SHANGHAI! violations of the Treaty rights of foreigners it stipulations for the evacuation of Shanghái, | Company, to collect increase dues on opium, which Prince Ching accepted without con-as issued by the Revenue Bureau of Kwongtung sulting other Powers.

LATER.

The Operations in 'Somaliland. A sensation has been caused by the publi- cation of letters from a member of Colonel Swayne's force, anterior to the latest de- spatches, stating that the force had had Rumerous fights with the Mullah, most of the camels, had been lost, and they were short of provisions, ammunition, and water, The native levies were funking, and allo- gether the force was in a very tight place. The Mullah captured two Maxims on the 12th September.

The Strike in America. The American Miners Convention has declared that the strike of Coal-miners is terminated.

The Evacuation of Shanghai, The Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung, "in an article on the evacuation of Shanghai, states that Germany proposed to China that she bind herself not to concede. to any Power on the Yangtsze, any military, or special advantages infringing the principle of the open door, and that China expressed her willingness to accept

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by direction of His Excellency the late Viceroy, Taa Mo, of the Two Kwongs, and the Governor of wongtung. The ruts of the Kwong Hing Company are attached to the proclamation, but as the bare documents taken together would monopolise too much of our space we give the proclamation, in-day and hold over the Farmers' rules and regulations for our next issue. The proclamation, which was issued in the 6th moon (July), slates -

Chow, superintendent, Taotai of and rank; Wu, Judicial Commissioner, ef and rank Ting, Commissioner in charge of the Provincial Tre sury, of 2nd grade; Kwe, Commissiones in charge of the salt revenue of the Two Kwongs, and grade; and Hsu, Deputy Taolai holding office as Salt Commissioner, do hereby proclaim: That whereas it the been decided that the province of Kwongtung shall con- tribute anaua'ly the sum of Taels 2,000,000 towards the inde tedness of the Central

Government in respect of the Indemnity Fund; and whereas it appears very difficult to rais: suchí ́añ amount annually; And whereas on the 24th day of the ith the moon of the 27th year of Kwongan we received official disec tions from their Excellencies the Viceroy and Governor announcing that the Board of the Censor Sui Lo's memorial to the Throne Revenue (in Peking) had notified them that

proposing to levy additional dues on pre- (Shanghai Mercury.)'

pared opium-had been carefully consider Russian Naval Reinforcements fored by Imperial order and had arrived at

the Far East.

LONDON, 15th October,., A russian naval detachment is sailing from Cronstadi. for the Far East in a few days, com prising the ironclads l'obeda and Relivison, cruisers Pallas, Aurory, and Diang, and four mrpedo-boats. Rear-Admiral Stackilberg, the new Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific, com mands the detachment.

·HONGKONG'S ADVANTAGE.

OPERATION OF THE TREATY,

Under the heading, "Will Shanghai Endorse the Treaty ?" the China Gazette of the 18th inst. thus views the position of affairs:---

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His Honour the Chief Justice has kindly consented to preside.

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All Englishmen taking an interest-in the matter are invited to attend.

Hongkong, 23rd October, 1902,

FOR KOBE, AND YOKOHAMA. 'HE N.D.L. Steamship

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is only a question of time and opportunity for lier to come forward again and fight with the same weapon for

something more than the Sheng-Mackay Treaty gives, when its authors recognize that all its fine EXPOSITION promises are nothing but Dead Sea fruit. Nor must the death of the Viceroy Liu Kan-yih be left out of consideration 'in estimating the few vague chances of any good accruing to foreign trade or foreigners in China from the Treaty. His death leaves-Chang Chih-Tung the sole exponent in the provinces of the beautiful doctrine of sudden conversion and a likinless China The China Association has not been over well treated by the British Governmen in the matter already."It was distinctly pro mised that an opportunity would be given its members to express their views before the Treaty was made. That promise has not been. kept, and the Treaty must now standi er falt as it is, for no modification of its terms is possible at this stage. To ask the China Association to endorse it is simply poking fun at the victims of Sir James Mackay's great coup for a peerage and his imposture as a worker of diplomatic miracles. No more foolish Treaty has ever been negociated, and as for beiping China ou! of her troubles, all inen, except it authors, are

It is sincerely to be hope that the Shanghai Branch of the China Association will not allow itself to be misled into expressing unqualified approval of the Sheng-Mackay Treaty at the forthcoming special meeting of the members, which has been called for Monday week to express its views upon the question. A strung effort will doubtless be made to gild the-biner pill, which Sir James Mackay and those associated with him have concocted as a sure cure. for all China's troubles, as well as to induce the China Association to swallow the bonus and say it likes it but disguise it as they may, the fact remains that the medicine is a cunningly devised Chinese mixture, of more or less unknown nature, with a few equally obnoxious drugs from Rombay an Lancas hite thrown in out of sheer desperation of being able 10 prescribe any real specific for the case, and the whole compounded by a most narrow-minded, self- opinionated Anglo-Indian apothecary, with agreed that the cure will be infinitely worse no trained knowledge of the subject, and than the disease. people at home that he and his associales only anxious to pretend to equally ignorant

have effected a radical cure on paper. The reward for this make-belief success will no doubt follow in due course in the shape the conclusion that by pepiting the proof a title and a distribution of numerous alphia- posed levy the trade would not be injured betical decorations. Meanwhile the patient, as (lessened); bearing in mind too that circum-in so many successful feats of inedicine or ́s ances and capabilities of the various provinces differ considerably all that became necessary was to carefully devise ways and means of giving effect to the scheme by means of thorough investigation, An Imperial Decree has been received sanctioning the proposed levy (of the Kwong Hing. Company) and Russia Courting Turkey,

ordaining respectful observance of the RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN THE NEW EAST:

17th October."

Imperial wishes. In pursuance of the Im- The Daily Mail's correspondent at Bucha perial-instructions their Excellencies ordered Jest positively states that Russia has offered us to meet the members of the Bard to settle in Turkey the revival of the Uniciar Skelessi the arrangement of details after proper Tre ly, made in 1833. The corresp ndent investigation. We, the aforesaid Commis adds that diplomats consider that the recrudes-sinners and Thotai after due consideration and cence of Russian activity in the Near East is any consultations have arrived at the con- attributable to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, clusion that, giving due weight to the provi-kong will grow upon Shanghai's downfall. The which nollifies Russian expansion in the Farsions of the Additional Article of the Chefoo East

{N. C+ Daily News.) Interport Contests at Kobe.

Kone, 17th October.·

Kobe has won the cricket match against Yokohama by five wickets, and has also wan the first baseball matcli

(Shanghai Times) Y Japanese House Tax

LONDO, 13th Ociulier,

It seems probable that the first hearing to be completed before the Hague tribunal of Arbitration will be that eliting to the Japanese House Tax, since delays in proceedings in the Pius funds case between the United States and Mexico threaten to stag that case through

several months.„.

surgery will die, and the-e who depend upon that patient's living will be thrown upon tender mercies of the cold world. The Hongkong Chica Association has endursed the Treaty because Hongkong has all to gain and nothing to lose by its operation in China. But the case of Shanghai, and of all the other China Treaty ports, is quite different. There is not a single article in the Treaty the bad and the good alike-that would not redound to Hongkong's advantage, and we therefore need not inarvel that the Hong kong branch of the Association is quite ready to see the Treaty pass into operation. Hong-

"consumption tax," ominous name, the iniqui- tous excise duty upon all manufactures in Convention, no infraction of the Convention China, and the prospect of extra-territorial would I e ent.iled by the-levy, of a Pre- rights passing away, all have no teriors for the pated Opium tax on the foreign drug after it

Far happy Hongkongite in this matter. has been unpacked and sold provided Native otherwise is it in Shanghai. The enormous fore specially deputed officials to negotiate living in China, which the Treaty will entail, Opium is subjected in a similar tax. We there-enhancement in the cost of the white man's

with and if possible influence. Wong Po Tin (a Chinese merchant res dent in Hongkong profits from all kinds of business, tlie exactions with the corresponding diminusion of his bearing the rank of Sub Prefect); and Wu of an all-powerful Cos os organization to Kau (a-Singapore inerchant holding whom a decrepit and fla' by Consular service the rank of Deputy Prefect) to go fully will meekly bend the knee, in hopes of into the matter and make arrangements receiving mandarin farons when the time for the levy of the proposed increased dues

comes for its members to retire on pension and and take joint action. In conformity with the rangements decided on (with our deputies) re-appear upon the scene in the guise of con- tract mongers and concession hunters, have all the said mer.bants duly applied for permission intense and immediate application to Shanghai, to collect the tax during the same number of while they will continue to remain unknown

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NEW LOAN FOR CHINA,

40,000,000 FRANCS.

It is telegraphed from Peking that an Imperial Decree dated 13th October, ratifies the contracts arranged between It. E. Sheng, Director General of the Imperial Chinese Railways, and the usso-Chinese Bank, re presented by Mr. C. R. Wehrung, the Bank's French Director for China and Japan. The contracts refer to a loan of forty millions of francs at 5 per cent., to be issued at Paris. The product of said loan is destined, it appears. for the construction of an important line 1 railway from Chentungfu to Taiyuenfo (pro. vince of Shansi) to be connected with the Hankow-Peking Railway.

The Echo de Chine says that this is the first affair of such importance negotiated in China by a Frenchman.

THE EVACUATION OF SHANGHAI.

Last wee's issue of. Der Ostasintische lord says that no further information in con- nection with the reported approaching eyacuat ion of Shanghai by the foreign troops has been received during the week, but so far as can be as ertained, the situation remains unchanged

mentioned. It may be taken, as pretty certain since the withdrawal of the garrisons was first

that the evacuation will be commenced on the

1st November. The report that the death of Lin-Kun-yi would interfere with this arrange ment appears to be entirely unfounded, and the fact that the commanders of the different contingents have not received any orders on the subject is to be explained by the necessity which exists for the foriegn diplomats to settle various minot formalities before the evacuation

can be effected,

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OPIUM QUOTATIONS.

Hongkong, 23rd October. Today's quotations are as follows:-

Per ches: NO SALES @ $960/1,000

1,025/1,057

LAST YEAR. OLDEST

years as payments on account of the Indenni y

and undreamt of terrors for the unhappy deni. Duties on Burned Goods.

are required from the province of Kwongtung, and they also submitted draft sules and regula: The Chairman of the Hongkong Association zens of Shanghai and the other ports in China. Complaints have reached here from the ions for approval. We promptly submitted consul at Lourenco àlarques, on behalf of con- the application to their Excellencies, the likened its office to that of the unofficial watch. signees of English goods destroyed by fire Viceroy and Governor, who, in strict accord it not be irreverently said that the watch-dog MEWA NEW....

dg guarding British interests in China. Let while at the custom house in that port with precedent referred the matter to and The customs officials insist that duties be took con el with the Wai Wu Pu (Ministrying that likin is only quarter from which has only been baying at the moon and imagin- paid on the goods destroyed on the ground of Foreign Affairs) and the Board of Revenue British tr. de in China is suffering injury or that the customs had paised them and that and received a reply from aliem by selegraph attack. This seems to have b.en the sole failu e to rem ve then was wholly the fault of directing that the scheme be carried out as the consignees, the customs having become proposed and with due regard for the fact that entitled to duties by, the acts of examination has been embodied in a memorial to the and appraisement. Many of the goods, had Throne" and "ncied." Now, therefore, we do heen forwarded on consignment, and should:

issue this proclamation to warn all firme, shops, the customs claim be upheld English consignors

may be expected by Portugal to pay the duties,retailers; prepared op um shops, and preparers

Vladivostock a Free Port. NHADAva arck, October 16th. There is official authority for saying that the reinaval of the duty on Chinese products, ex

ing rice and tea, (abolished on the 14th inst) only shortly preliminary to the conversion of Vladivostock into a free port for general merchandise Trade has suffered seriously by the tariff discriminations against this port Direct importations have paid heavy penalties because of free entry at Poitrihur and the impossibility of ridding the Amur and Alan churia zones of smugglers,

· Defects in Wireless Telegraphy. LONDON, October 17th, elegraphy will not yet be adopted German military system, in spite of

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-idea of the negotiators of the present Treaty, single thought that there was no room for any who apparently were so absorbed with that

other in their brains, like Mr. Jamieson with the Silver Question and oor Str. Dick with the ever-present unfortunate head of King (boilers) of foreign and native opium through Charles in the book. The best opinion now out the province of Kwonglung, that you must agrees that the weight of likin upon trade and aditional taxation of prepared opium is have been enormously, not to say ridiculously. (one and ill) bear in mind that the present the magnitude of the evils arising therefrom enforced in v rive of authority conveyed by exaggerated and the consequently the in- Imperial Decree and that full authority is ducement offered to the Chinese to pretend granted to the Kwong Hing Company to collect to abolish the system, which they are quile the tax. You, the merchants, and all classes of ready to do nominally, is absurdly out of people, should take into consideration the proportion to the results to be achieved by unavoidable straitened circumstances of the the sacrifice. As for the hope of British Count; moreover, the article to be taxed is officials exercising any more beneficial admittedly injurious to the health so that vigilance over the Chinese observance of the now by imposing a heavier tax we Treaty, it is only someone who knows very may hope that the consumption of little about the service could hope for such a will be gradually reduced. When all these thing, or that because the Treaty is signed points are taken into consideration it is that the whole race of Chinese officials will evidently better to tax opium than increase the taxes on other art cles crely affecting the

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HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,

PRACTICE.

HERE will be a COMPETITION as above on SATURDAY, the 25th instant, commencing at 2.30 г.M.

SPOONS, IMPERIAL AND INTERPORT

RANGES.200, 500 and 600 yards. Seven Shots and a Sighter at each Rânge. MOWBRAY. 5. NORTHCOTE, Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1902;

EOTHEN MARK LODGE, No. 264.

„REGULAR, MEETING of the above LODGE will beheld at the FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, on FRIDAY, the barskinstant, al & goforg9;1; precisely. Visiting

Brethren ans cordially invited to attend

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tum 1st November to 15th November, and 15th December to 24th December.

ALLLACES,GRASS CLOTH EMBROID. ERIE

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"ZAFIRO," Captain A. Fraser, will be despatched as above on FRIDAY, the 31st instant, at 4 P.M...

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Optional Carge will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before Nooo TO- DAY.

Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be landed into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, and stored al Consignees risk and expense..

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Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel, will be landed and stored at Consignees risk No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

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