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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 1903.

All, dupy indieas intended for publiain so

TheG TELEGIALUP asid

Addresel by die tien, i, fre ilmse Road, as Ahora be computed by the Writer's Name nut Artdron Ordinary business comminications should baldress

to The Manager, any rejected 318, nor to return any Contribution.

of-war. _In_consequence of this bold diplomatic action on the part of Russia, as formalited by thonghiaff, a Conference het in London and concluded à Treaty (March 13, 1871), which declared that the

Azy plugin_supples directs found the | Take your priating, and developing is

anufacture Le Manyolts-dri

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matshed near Hippy Valley yesterday and, FOUR Celestials, armed with choppers, entered

after ransacking the place, decamped with a

the robbers has since been arrested and, we understand, will shortly be brought before the Magistrate,

The Elitor will not mydertake in be responsibly for Black Sea clauses of the Treaty of Paris, the superiority ofthe swords carried by Japanese large quantity of money and jewelry. One of to reduce the tariff now in force to twenty-fivela

RATES (IN ADVANCE).

SUBSCRIPTION DAILY—$30 per munnar WEEKLY-918 per annam.

The rates per quarter and jer meusein, proportional.

as well as the Stmits Convention an nexed to it, liad been abrogated and replaced by an article providing that "the principle of the closing of the Straits and of the Bos-

viceregal yamen at Nanking, Chang Chilli IN providing for new arms for the troops at the

Tung is said to have become impressed with officers out to have sent to Japan an order for sufficient number of such swords for the equipment of his personal bodyguard at once.

A. New YORK the othe Coblenews says Lint the, e pilalisis in the United States who are interested in `ulie, segar

against the proposed reduction of duties on and tobacco industries are protesting vigorously

these impons from the l'hilippines, alleging that

per cent of the Dingley tariff would work a great hardship to their interests. Strong pressure is being brought to bear to prevent further con gressional action. It was stated in Washington pass the bill providing for the reduction, recently adopted by the House.

The daily issue is delivered free when the fuldrow is phorus is maintained, with power to H. I. Mr Amoy there are farge numbers of aimals TRE German str. Hermann Menzell, which put that it was improbable that the Senate would

scale to messenger: On copies sent by post at the Sulan to open the said Straits in time of ergning the process of immunization from back to Hongkong and arrived yesterday morn

naderpust und "other" contagious diseases -ing altor striking Lampet Island, went into the Adilional $180 per quarter is charged for jostage. The pelage on the weekly lie to way are of the peace to the war vessels of friends and allied pievious to their shipment to the Philippines Aberdeen Dock the same afternoon. She was

world 80 cents per quinster, Shiglu Copies Daily, ton cents; Weekly, twenty. Powers in case the Sublime Porte should Among them are 20,000 head of carabao pur inspected this morning, and it has been found judge it necessary in order to secure execution chased by the insular government for the necessary to replace fifteen plates on her hull, of the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris."urpose qeplenishing the tiçads in the islands besides doing more or less extensive repairs to Thus the Treaty of Paris (1856), as modi.de, lettil by pest.

the internal beams and ceiling,

Ave Cents.

THE CLUB LUSITANO AND THEIR CONSUL-GENERAL.

The Hongkong Celegraph fied by that of London (1871), dencutralised This V.R.G. F.G. play the Cist on Saturday A. TIMER mercliant of Mengkok-tsui reported from our Festuguese contemporary, O Patricia,

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903.

THE PASSAGE OF THE ·

DARDANELLES.

the Black Sea, enabling Russia to maintain next at 4 p.m. on the H.K.F.C. Ground in a to the police yesterday that an explosion tad upon it whatever" armaments she pleased friendly match. The following will play for the taken place on his premises, and had blown but, on the other hand, it was some com- | V.K.C. who will appear in colours :-Goal, J. | way the verandah of the first floor. - Ün pensation to Turkey that, whereas her pre-21, K. Hanczy jack, G. Wilson, J. Witchell arriving at the scene, the police found a vious power of admitting foreign war-vessels Halves, K. Lapsley (Capt.) F. R. liciton, J. quantity of dynamite hidden in a hole on the through the Straits was restricted to war-Fergussun: Forwards, H.A.Set, R. enderson, first floor. The damage done did not amount From a Reuter's telegram of the 22nd time, she was now enabled, in certain circum- A. Hugiphreys, S. Bolnes and 11. N. sayer.to more than $30. September last we were informed that an stances, "to open the Straits in time of peace No fewer thin 39,876 arms of every kind ALDERMAN Sir Marcus Samuel, the Lord trade had been issued by the Porte authoris to the war-vessels of friendly and allied have been sent out from Krupp's foundry Mayor of London, concluded his state visit to ing the passage through the Dardanelle of Powers." Since then, however, Russia has since its establishment. For the production | Newcastle un-Tyne with a pleasant ceremony four Russian torpedo-boats at intervals of lost no opportunity of amplifying an inch into of the various appliances are required 5,300 at Messis. Armstrong. Whitworth and Cu's |

twenty-four hours, the vessels to sail under an ell. On repeated occasions during the machines, 591 cranes, 513 engines of 43,848 shipyard, where Lady Samuel launched the a commercial flag, carrying no ammunition, past thirty years she has souglu to profit horse-power, 363 lectromotors, 141 forge ham-Silvertit, one of the largest peiroleum nor naval crews. Today we learn the Bri by the "equeczability" of the Salian in me, and 43 hydraulic presses. Essen has. steamers in the world, designed to fulfil the tish Embassy at Constantinople has pre-order to procure something like absolute seven colonies with 3.469 houses, occupied by requirements of the Shell Transport and

20,000 of Krupp's employees. THE BEST INGREDIENTS only sented the Porte with a formal protest against freedom for the passage of her waiships the passage of those torpedo-boats, declaring through the Straits and this although used,

it to have been a violation of internationalthe Treaty of Berlin (1878) declared treaties and claiming, if occasion arises, the that "the Treaty of Paris (1856), as well same privilege. for British warships.

as the Treaty of London (1871), as will also be within the recollection of maintained in all such of their provisions as many that a

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THE Mathilde of the wee line between Bangkok and the Malay States was expected to arrive at Bangkek on the 27th ult. The steamship phathile, as previously annou ced, will take cargo for Singapore, Malacca, Port Swellen- ban, feluk Anson, l'enang and l'unt Weld.

Trading Company, of which Sir Marcus is chairman. The vessel is 480 feet long, 55 feet bad, and 35 feet draught, and has been built to carry oil cargoes in bulk. Like most of the other steamers of the fleet, she is to be fitted for burning fuel.

The Siberskaya Shish, published at Tomsk, during his recent visit was disagreeably surprised at the extremely slow progress that has been made with the work of railway con- sizuction generally in Manchuria. The section of line between Tashichas and Dalay was the only section that made anything like a favour able impression upon M. Witte. With the defective arrangements and accommodation of the various railway stations, especially, in the case of the larger stations, M. Witte was

The following letters, which are reproduced-

of the 7th inst., are self-explanatory -

1o, Queen's Road, -Hongkong, 161b-Decên-ber,-1992; Dear Sir,We are instructed by Mr. A. G.. Romano to put ourselves into communication with youn President of the Directors of the Jub Lusitano on the subject of your letter to bin of. the 4th instant requesting him to tender by this 18th instant his resignation as a member of the Club,

Mr. Womans has explained to us in driziť the circumstances which peceded your leg, r in question and we have advised him that het as acted throughout within his rights and in the only way in which, as Consul-(ieneral for Portugal, he could have acted conscientiously with his duty to their Majesties, the King and Quech of. Portugal. Under these circumstances our client declines to resign his memberstup of the Club, and we are instructed to call upon you 10 withdraw your letter, or, in the alternative, if you decline to do so, we will ask you to be good of the Directorate to purport to expel our client under Rule 4, as, in that event, he will take prompt steps against the Directors by way of injunction or otherwise as he may be advised, and he will hold the Directors and Club respon sible to him for all damages, costs and expenses.

rumour gained currency are not abrogated or modified by the pret is to be hoped that the new venture will says that the Russian Minister of Finance enough to inform us whether it is the intention

reding stipulations." On many occasions Continue lo prove a success. The aents in since then Russia has tried to evade both Bangkok are the Bornes Company Limited. the letter and spirit of the above-mentioned instruments by exacting from the Sultan A YOUNG assistant from Erope was being special conditions for her vessels ships of import d into Ranguan by a German firin; war," according to Bismarck's definition-and the other day, on the arrival of the freight with military munitions and relays steamer, one of the senior staf from the office for Vladivostock. Perhaps the most serious

went on board to receive the expected ar.ival. effort of the kind was made about ten the new assistant left the steamer at-l'urt The commander of the steamer repasted that

in political circles to the effect that Russia was negotiating with Turkey for the free This was. go of the Dardanelles. however, denied by the Porte, but in view of the importance attaching to the in teresting cable from home it may be as well to recapitulate the history of the question from the international treaty point of view, Without referring back earlier than 1841 we convention between the Great Powers touch. years ago, soon after Mr. Gladstone's return Said, jaking with him all his trap", and greatly dissatisfied.

find there was concluded at London a

to powers, when she fancied England might | intimning that he had enough oft etropi.§-- prove quite as "squeezable" as the Sultan, Ex. But in whatever light Russia may be disposed to view the action of the British Embassy at

the protest against the passage of the torpedo boats through the Straits, she has the assur- ance of Great Britain that it would be futile for her to make attempts to obtain the free passage of the Dardanelles. Even if she has no such intention of acting at pre- sent, it may be fairly concluded, from our experience of her past, that such is one of, the principal aims of her foreign policy.

Buy a Kodak! Now is the time toget snap-shots of the numerous and ever-interesting scenes in Le Munyan's.---Add.

FROM German East Africa renewed reports have come in of late about the discovery of gold. According to the Colonial Journal, five workable gold reefs have been found in the Fran i district, and have been investigated by aa expert geologist, who also had discovered and stated that alluvial gold was to be found in many places. The alloy of gold in the reefs camo ip to 300 to 400 gramme per ton, so that the reels are amung the best ever discovered. The length of the reefs had been found to exceed many hundreds of metres.

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ing the passage of the Turkish Strails. By another convention annexed to, and forming an integral part of, the Treaty of Paris, con cluded in 1856, after the Crimean war, it was agreed to renew that of 1841, "with the Constantinople in presenting the, l'orte with Jongkong. Get your film and Kodak at THE ship, in course of construction for the P. exception of some modifications of detail which do not affect the principle on which it rests," namely:-" the principle invariably Chemists and Druggists by Appoint-established as the ancient rule of his (the munt to 11.1. the Governor and Sultan's) Empire in virtue of which it has at all times been prohibited for the ships of war of foreign Powers to enter the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus, and that so long as the Porte is at peace his Majesty will admit nn ships of war into the said Straits." This principle-from which the Sultan, reserved the right to deviate, as in the past, by granting firmans of passage for light vessels under flag of war employed in the service of foreign missions was ratified by all the Great Powers, including Russia, who furthermore agreed, by Arts, 11, 13 and 14, of the Treaty of Paris, that The Black Sea is neutralised. Its waters and its ports, thrown open to the mercantile marine of every nation, are 'formally and in perpetuity interdicted to the flag of war, either of the

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WE understand that the annual distribution of prizes to the scholars attending Queen Colle,e will take place on the sand inst,

PRECAUTIONS against plague continue to receive the attention of the authorities During the fortnights, ended the 3rd inst., 2,993 houses were cleansed and whitewashed

Duis last year 117,839 rats were caught in the Colony as against 77.763 in 1901, and 46.593 in 1900. For the nine days ended 31st alt. 617 were victims to the rat catching

fraternity.

THE report of the analyses of the public water supplied for the month of December, 1902,

By kind permission of Lt. Col. Birdwood and Officers, the Band of the roth Bombay Lght

Your early reply will be esteemed a favour.

Yours faithfully,

..

(Signed) Deacon & HestinGS.

J. L. de Sclavisa Alves, Esq.,

President,

The Club Lusitano, Limited,

Hongkong, 20th December, 190z. Dear Sirs,--We have-been instru-ted by the Directers of the Clab-Lusitano to reply to your letter of the cóth i istant w.itten an beh. of

Mr. A. G. Romano and aadressed to Mr. J. L. de. Selavisa Alves, the Pre-ident of the Club. It appears that the conduct of Mr. Romano or the occasion of the recent visit to Hongkong of the Portu, uese Minister to China was con sidered by a large rumber of the members of the Club to have been most injurious to the interests of the Club, and the Directors after. having written two letters to Mr Romine on deemed it necessary to call a meeting of their The matter and receiving no satisfactory replies -

REGARDING the construction and completion Infantry will play the following selection body to inquire into such conduct: According during dinner on Friday from 7.20 0.9. plyn Meeting was summoned for the 3rd ins-

of ceram works on the fir ya near Queen's Street, she following corresp idence from ale D. P. W. and minute by Mr. E. Osborne were read at the Sanitary Board mccting this evening. In alle ter d'ited roth ult, the Hon. Chathan pointed out that the urinal on the Praya near Queau's Street has been completed and requested that the Sanitary Board be in- structed to take it over." Great delay, he wrote,

hos heen caused in the carrying out of this and similar works by the Lulu.e of the Green Island Company to supply the glazed bricks requ red, Mr. Osborne minute: "If the Green Island Cement Co. is delaying the construction of these latrines surely the glazed bricks can be got elsewhere. Are the G. 1. C. also delaying the one opposite the Cricket Ground? Work

engage not lo establish or maintain upon that shows that the water obtained from the services has been suspended for a very long time

coast

any military maritime arsenal." But this neutralisation of the Euxine did not satisfy the Russians, who resolved to bide their time; and in the meanwhile they found means not only of evading, but also of positively violating the Black Sea clauses of the Treaty of Paris by the establishment of á naval harbour at Poti, and the creation at

at Kowloon, "Tytam, and Pokfulum is still of excellent quality.

THE Russian paper, Nova Vremyn, in a prominent part of its issue, discusses the ap ointment of Lord Kilchener as Commander in-Chief of the Indian Army, and remarks that Lnce fitchener is the most indented its

at the King Edward Hotel,

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1. March.... .*Scotch Brigade"...... Arbuckle. 2. Vale......................." Blue Danube "......Strauss, 3. Selection......" l'irates of Penzance"....Sullivan, 4. Lancers.... ***Connaught “........Godfrey. 5. Sauz....

› Promise of Life... ".F. R. Gowen. Valso

." Sobre Las Olas *.......J. Resas, 7. Har lance...Happy Derkiti “........Godfrey. God Save the King,

BEFORE Mr. I. HL-Kemp this morning, two natives were charged with armed robbery in the waters of the Cokny, on the 16th uit. They pleaded not guilty, and were defended by Mr. F. K. H. Brutton, of Messrs. Brutton and younsey. It appears a native rice dealer proceeded to Skeh Po Hue for the purpose of buying rire, and having precured thirty-six bags of that commoday at 7per bag, he had them transferred to the steam launch Hung On Whilst at anchor, the Chinamen boarded the launch and managed to take away five of the sacks. On her way to Hongkong the same launch was held up by three junks, which

THE United States transport Sherman has recently been on an uncharted reef off the Philippine coast. We unders and she is now at Manila unrepaired. Let us hope it may be General of the present day. Without doubt surrounded her, and seven men, armed with

tant, and notice was several days befo:c given your client to attend that meeting, in order that he might, if he thought fit to do's, give an explanation uf, or otherwise defend, the con duct complained of. That meeting, was held on the day and at the time fixed, but our client did not choose to attend. At such meet. ing the Directors, after giving the matter the fullest consideration, were, unanimously, of

opiniant that the cood et in question of your

ent had been injurious to the interests of tl b. Club and it was. resolved by them to recom

mend your client to resign and a letter to that effect was accordingly written to him. He not having sent in his resignation within 14 days, yesterday for the purp se of considering whether a further meeting was held by the Directors

or not your client should be expelled in ac coidance with the provision of Fule 42 of the. lub Rules, and it was unanimously resolved that le should be expelled.

We will accept services on behalf of the Di- rectors and Club of any proceedings your

Dock Company. more work for the Hongkong and Whatnpoa the appearance of such a Geneiat at ile head / Choppers, went on board and had the remaining client may be advised to commpace.

of the Indian Army will have an influence not twenty-nine sacks of ice transferred to their only upon the training and disposition of the crafts. The case was adjourned. troops, but also upon the whole defence system The velctan Rita, a steamer which was cap-. of the fritlian frontier. It is probable that the

Odessa of a fleet of steamers easily convertible AT the Sanitary Board meeting this afternoon into cruisers; and Bismarck once defined a the results of the examinatiinis made under the warship to be "a vessel so armed as to be for the quarter ended December 31st, 1903, umber of foitified points will be increased and: tured from the Spaniards carly in the year

"Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance of: 18,6

In his

were submitted, Milk, whisky and gis had found adulterated. been examined, one sample of the former being

want of courtesy, which he did not deserve. >

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EARLY this morning Indian Constable To men Singh, aged 40, ran amok at the

unghor Police Station. Seizing a.

able to fight." At last the opportunity, so PHOTOGRAPHIC long wished and watched for by the Russians, came to them in 1870 during the Franco- German war. England, single handed, could not stand up for the Black Sea clauses; the ACCORDING to a Reuter's telegram from Mads opposition of France was out of the ques-rid the late Senor Sagasta, whose death was lion; while Germany owed a debt of grati. tec rded in our special cable last evening, had tude to Russia for holding Austria in check with an intimation that this step was irrevoča

presented his resignation to the King of Spain during the progress of the war. circular to the Powers, Prince Gorchakoff position had treated him with distrust and ble. He informed his Majesty that the OP wrote "In reality, white Russia disarmed in the Black Sea, and by a declaration con- lained in the minutes of the conference otherwise loyally deprived herself of the possibility of taking measures for an effective maritime defence in the adjoining seas and

previous reported him for misconduct, ports, Turkey preserved her privilege of then hid himself behind à free adjoining to the having an unlimited number of mon-of-war Station; and commenced a regular fusilade on in the archipelago and Straits, while France those who were trying to effect his capture and England were also at liberty to assemble Seeing that he was unsuccessful, he turned the their" squadrons in the Mediterranean, carbine on himself, inflictet a tatal wound is Complaint was also made that while the his abd men and expired. The other con warflag of all nations was formally and per stable who was shot is repor ed to be doing petually probibited an entry into the Black Sea, yet the Straits Convention closed the Dardanelles only in time of peace to meli- OTTAM & CO, FORSUMMER

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1898 and was afterwards converted into a cable. ship at New York, is now lying in the harbour, helpless hulk of broken down machine y and a re'ic of work, accomplished, reports the

the construction of the projected milway lines to the Persian border and fri Peshawur to the north will be more rapidly carried out. Pushermore, L rd Kitchener has taken steps for the establishment of military agencies, ratnija Cable News. The Aila after being only at Kabul, but glan in the icinity of the overhauled at New York subsequently to her. Russian frontier, especially Herat and Mazari capture, while attempting to run the blockade of Cuban ports, has had no repairs done upon Sheri,"

her excepting a dry dock trip to Hongkong

satisfied it the results of their patching because day work of the ship's engineers who are dis abou eighteen months ago and the night and

Tanjong Pagar, says the Singapore Free Press on Thursday from Hongkong and berthed at

Tax Austrian steamer Vindibona arrived here

of the 29th ult. On opthing, the hatches the the patching of the best quality does not last broken ou amongst the cargo in number three name (r the Rila, were placed in the vissel next morning it was discovered that a fire had long. The cable tanks of the Burnside, a new hold. The work of getting out the cargo which at New York and those same tanks have

Yours faithfully,

(Sig.) WILKINSON & CRIST.

Mes-rs, Beacon & Hastings

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,

MAILS DUP,

American (Deric) tomorrow. "Geraun (Navmsiadły 11th inst. French (Salusic) 16th inst. Australian (Tsinan) 16th inst. American (Nippon Maru) 10hr inst, Canadian (Empress of India) 18th lost,

The M. M. Co's steamer Salazie, with rest French Mail, will leave Singapore to-da:

The N. Y. K_Co.'s steamer Katanchf“Ata

(European Line) (eft Shanghai, for this pou

he shot another constable who had the day was general Chinese gods, had to be delayed supplied sufficiet Cable along the coasts of the 8th ins, at pm, for this port via Salgor

whilst the Tanjong Pagar fits brigade got to this archipelag to connect all the posts, bui The Imperial German Mail steamer Aboutcos the work of extinguishing the flames. The those tanks are now the humble recipients of chon which left, bere on the jbih, uho, lias task presented a good deal of difficulty, and a properly ballasting the ship on her trip lo a rived at Genoa on Tuesday, aur, the 6th tremendous amount of water had to be poured Hongkong or Shanghai for repairs. In order down into the hold before the fire" was even-in save lighterage, the government dicid; dte tually got in hand. The pro of extin tion sink the cable which was remaining and the burned and the whole of t

Girga was valuable pr peity of the United States is now th inst, and is expected to arrive here in

were lying at a well marked buhy anchorage off the |

coast of Mariveles, where it can be picked up at any time. vessel is. Commandeby Captain Louis T, Cerard Q M: U. 5. A. and

@welik.

lasted over four hours, and a

affected more or less by There was no indication of Everything photographic just what it is repre originated, and it has bee

fred to be at Le Munjon de AdŢI.

Estimat Ina extent of

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PAMESAS, Co.'s steamer Doric with' mails, &c, left Sangini for this port se teñlayı

at:4 and is due here