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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, DEC, 23, 1903.

RUSSIA AND JAPAN. There can be no possible doubt as to the acuteness of the present political situation in the North, and each wire that reaches us, either from home or from Japan, brings in formation to the effect that the tension is hourly growing, and may reach the breaking point at any instant. Owing to the many changes in the aspect of the situation since the beginning of the year, so that at one time 2.25 war seemed certain and on the morrow those, that were supposed to know, declared that peace was assured, it is of interest to Nors-Port, after removal, should be consider a retrospective summary of the

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MR. Kawasaki, vice-president of the Kawasaki Dockyard Co., and Mr. Yasumoto of the same company, are at Bangkok ut present, negotiating for the construction of yacht for the Siamese Crown Prince. Might not the Hongkong Deck Co. put in a tender as well?

statement that the Russians in Thibet are TIENTSIN sends to the Asahi, Shimbun a' building fuels to oppose the progress of the British expedition and are moving a force westward! with the same object. If this news were credible, the expansion of Russia's military horizon would be very remarkable. A SPECIAL wire printed in the Kobe Chronicle states that Herr von Brandt, formerly German Minister at Feking, writing in the Neue Freie Presse, comments on the indecision apparent in Russia's Far Eastern policy. He expresses the opinion that Japan is better prepared and criticises, the masterly inactivity of the English better equipped for war than Russia, and Government.

THE Consul-General for the Netherlands courteously informs us, that ships or vessels arriving in Netherlands-India from Hongkong are not longer subject to quarantine, the port infected with plague. The prohibition of of Hongkong being declared to be not longer importation of some articles is also concelled so that all goods can now be imported into Netherlands-India.

AN official telegram dated December 8th from Taipeh, Formosa, states that the garrisons at Bansho-ryo marched to the frontier of Boshi-

events leading up to the present crisis, as it is given by one of our leading Eastern contemporaries, the N. C. Daily Nezus: For nearly six months the Japanese Cabinet, its temper moderated by the efforts of the and America, has been endeavouring to get Elder Statesmen and its friends in Europe

Russia to come to terms, and during the whole of this period Russia has been straining. every nerve to augment her military and naval strength in the Far East, and to ensure the assistance, or at any rate the benevolent neutrality, of France and Germany. Nearly sha where they destroyed twelve sheds of the two months ago, Mr. Kurino, the Japanese aborigines and killed three men. They seized Minister, presented his country's irreducible 14 rifles, 15 swords and a quantity of bows, minimum to the Russian Government, whose arrows and sundry goods. A policeman was reply was only received in Tokio a week ago, killed and two coolies injured. The aborigines A. 5. WATSON & CO., the time. The reply is entirely unsatisfac-opposing the Government force. A movement Russia's preparations for war continuing all retired to Toushi-sha where they are strongly

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the intolerable suspense to which it has been subjected during these long and weary months." There can be no doubt that the very existence of the Empire of Nihon will depend on the results of its struggle with the Colossus of the North. That the sympathy of the majority of the British Nation, will be with the smaller of the contesting parties there is not the slightest doubt, and all Englishmen will look towards our own Government to uphold by its attitude our most cherished traditions, by staunchly affording all moral support to our ally, await- ing the necessity of our actual intervention.

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Strauss, Mazurke. ...Slavaate Dance...Karoly Klay, God Save the King.

A NAGASAKI merchant who recently purchased the sunken steamer Tsuruhiko-mare, which foundered with the loss of many lives off G to Island, ear Nagasaki, in October 1931, has commenced breaking up the steamer. The merchant has already raised sufficient in hell steamer (Y2,000), which at the time she sunk plates and cargo to cover the price paid for the carried two locomotive engines and a large. amount of chopped silver yen, in addition to

general cargo. The vessel was abandoned by

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member withdrew his motion,

Hon. Pollock-No, sit, I think must leave my molios formally on the records. I should like, with your Excellency's permission, to

mention one point.

the 28th ultimo from two houses in the village he (the speaker) maintained that the hon. tried as external air. The amendment of the objects, stolen by a gang of armed bandila on | fa in is, under ao eroneuue impression, bu|coubt really allow anything at all to be re- of Taitong. The mining goods were found by D: P. W., who was a mentor of the Board and definition must not be taken to indicate that the police in the house of prisoner in the village who was present at the deliberations of that tion, or was going to adopt a different policy the Government was taking up a different posi of Ping Un. It was probable that prisoner body, at which, after great difficulty and spend-from that which it took up when it passed the a member of the gang, but there were only ing several hours on the subje i, a definition of principal ordinance, Every application for and these were so terrified that they have been that the hon. D. P. W. did not get up and women preset when the crime was committed,external air" was arrived at. He complained exemption from the provisions of the Ordin- unable to identify accused. The robbers got move the misapprehension which must have emor-in-Council, and he assured hoa, members ance regarding: external air would receive the into the first house, the only occupant of which been caused in the minds of those present at that the mere fact. of the definition having Just and impartial consideration of the Gov-

thing of value they could lay bands upon, and by the Attorney General. The question had was a sleeping woman. They seized every.he Council meeting by the statement made

been amended was merely to make clearer the meaning that the Government had in its mind then ransacke tie house next-door. The total formed the subject of very anxious deliberation did not indicate a change of policy, and the when the principal ordinance was passed. It value of the objects s olen was from $60 to $70, at several meetings of the Board; and it was a community and members of Council might was found by the police in the house of the define. Ultimately, they arrived at a definition posed under the amending ordinance that Six days later nearly a i the missing property very difficult point indeed for members to reat assured that no hardship would be im- prisoner. At the Magistracy, Chan Sui made of "external air," and it was submitted in due would not have been imposed under the crime on which he was now charged. He eptirely different to that appearing in the Public the principal ordinance. He took it the hon. a statement, amounting to an admission of the course to the Council; but was absolutely and remained precisely the same as it was under principal Ordinance. The position practically

said he knew the man brought the stolen pro- Health and Buildings Amendment Ordinance. perty to his house. Evidence was then given Therefore, it seemed to have the definition police efficcis who found the missing goods into law under an by the people who had been robbed and the w.s passed through Council and had come erroneous impression and arrested the prisoner. The jory, without as to what the Sanitary Board recommended Lordship passed a sentence of two years' im- retiring, returned a verdict of guilty and His He hoped that when the question of amend. prisonment with haid i bour.

ments to the Ordinance came up, as it was sure to do, H, E. would allow the question of the definition of "external air" to be treated as an open one. He did not, of course, complain of the fact that the D. P. W. thought that another definition of "external air" to that passed by held this afternoon in the Council Chamber. right to his opinion in that respect-but that, A meeting of the Legislative Council was the Board was advisable, for he had a perfect

tering the Gove nment F. H. May, C..G., H.E. Present: His Excellency the Officer Adminis-being the only member present at the Coun- Major-General Villiers Hatton, co., (Officer Commanding the Garrison), Hon. A. M. Thom- son,(Acting Colonial Secretary), Hon, Sir Henry M. Jelinston (Ac.ing Colonial Treasurer), Hon Spencer Berkely, Kt. (Attorney-General), L.A.

Hon. W. Chatham, (Director of Public Basil Taylor, .N. (Acting Harbour Master) Works), Hon. Sir C. P. Chater, CM.G., Han, Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G, Hon. Wei Yuk, Han, Gershom Stewart, Hon. H.E. Pollock, K.C. and Mr. R.F. Johnston (Acting Clerk of Councils)

The Court then adjourned sine die.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

cil who could have stated from his own per sonal knowledge exactly what decision was arrived at and what definition was agreed upon by a majority of the members of the Board, did not get up and explain what that decision was.

the details of the Sanitary Board's suggestion, The Attorney General pointed out that as a paper, co taining the information respecting had been laid upon the table, all that could be

He submitted that had the hon. member been obtained by the resolution had been attained,

present at the meeting of the Council at the time that the definition was brought forward, he would not have given expression to his remarks that aftemoon, because from nothing appear- ing in the objects and reasons appended to the The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the Ordinance, was the Hon, Pollock warranted table Financial Minute No. 66 and moved that

in saying the definition proposed was in sub- it be referred to the Finance Committee.

stitution of that submitted to the Government The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded, after consideration by the Sanitary Board and the motion was carried.

MINUTES.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

FINANCIAL.

PAPERS.

The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the table a report of work done by the plague staff preliminary report on a castle disease in the from aznd August to 6th November, 1903; a

Colony; and the following statement under Ordinance:- the Public Health and Buildings Amendment

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He drew the attention of the Council to the printed objects and reasons which, in para graph 3, stated, "In order to give effect to the Board's recommendations a new definition of Council" The Sanitary Board was not the only the expression "external air" is submitted to

body which brought under the notice of the Government the necessity for considering a new definition of the expression "external air." They made the recommendation; others made it, and the recommendation of each was duly and properly considered. The recommenda tion was to make a new amendment, and not to bind the Government hand and foot and tie the House down to pass an expression of the Sanitary Board in regard to the definition. At the meeting of the Council, on the 7th inst, he pointed out that the greatest difficulty the

presentation to the Council was to get a Government have had in preparing the Bill for definition of the expression external air which would be capable of being given effect to. The amendment of the present existing de finition was made on the recommendation of

DEFINITION OF EXTERNAL AIR" RECOM- MENDED BY THE SANITARY BOARD. Section 6, Sub-section 26,-"External air" means the clear and unobstructed open air of any street in. front, of an existing buikling which is not less than & feet in width throughout (3) any street in front of a build- ing hereafter erected which is not less than 13 feet in width throughout. (3.) any open space in the rear of any building which is not less than 13 feet in width throughout. (4.) Any open space at the side of any existing building which either (.) extends conti- nuously along the side of such building and has a continuous width of at least eight feet in every part; or else, (fr.) extends continuously and has a continuous width of at least twelve along three-fifths of the side of such building feet in every part of such three-fifths; any apen erected which extends continuously along should be admitted into rooms. space at the side of any building hereafter

the company with which it was insured.-Kobe three-fifths of the side of such building and has Chronicle.

a continuous width of at least twelve feet in every part of such three-fifths,

NEWS from Peking to the Jiji Shimpo affirms that with respect to the recently reported Russia's behalf there are two parties in the intervention of the French Representative on

Ku Fung-ki. It is further stated that the Vice. Chinese capital, one, the strong party, led by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lien Fang, is in daily communication with the Wai-wu-po, and that a belief prevails in diplomatic circles in Peking that a secret treaty is being negotiated, China having become suspicious and alarmed owing to the long delay in the negotiations between Japan and Russia. :

THE fine new vessel for the Nippon Yusen, Kaisha, the Nikko-marsi, was taken out for a trial trip on Thursday with results which are Bishi Co. and a source of satisfaction to her at once a credit to her builders, the Mitsu

measured mile was 17.76 knots, and this was owners. The speed she attained over the easily maintained. The Nikko-maru' will be formally handed over to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha about the end of this month, and will giving a dinner at the Kowloon Hotel this she will make her maiden rip to Australia, be taken up to Yokohama. From that port evening.

fitting of the vessel is proceeding apace.. sailing about the middle of January, The

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MEMBERS of the Victoria Recreation Club are

THE Band Performance on the New Parade Ground will be discontinued until further notice.

THE Hongkong Telegraph will not be published on Christmas Day, and an early edition will be issued on Saturday. THE latest report concerning Sir Frank Sweltenham, says the Malay Mail, is that he will return to the Straits for a further period of two years,

Admiral Yamamoto, Minister of the Navy, on

DECEMBER CRIMINAL

SESSIONS..

ROBBERY IN THE NEW TERRITORY.

For the purpose of measuring the width of such street or space, a straight line shall be drawn from and at right angles to the external surface of the front, back or side wall as the case may be, or, to the event of any structure projecting from such wal from and at right angles to the outermost portion of such project ing structure exclusive of any comice or eaves

nters.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE VOTING ON EACH PARAGRAPH OF THE DEFINITION,

Paragraph (1.)-For-Mr. Lau Che Pak, Against:-The President, The Vice-President, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Rumjahn, and Mr. Hewett,

and Colonel Webb.

the Sanitary Board, but not in their words. rendered it almost impossible to give effect to They reported that at present the debaition

the real intention of the Ordinance with res- pect to the proper amount of light and air that

tion, therefore, would be submitted for the con: A new defini-

sileration of the Council which be believed would be found to at last achihve the difficulty of exactly saying what was meant by "external air. Where was there a word asking the House to adopt a definition which had the sanction of the Sanitary Board and was in substance that which they had recommended. He regretted that in framing the objects and reasons he did not make it abundantly clear, by reiteration;; but he did not feet it necessary to say anything more than he did say.

HE-I am afraid you are out of order, You have spoken twice.

Hop. Pollock :-I think, sir, I might explain here, now. It will only involve my writing to the newspapers to explain. There was Ro omission on my part

UE. The motion can stand in your name. you asked for..

The Attorney General:-You have got what

A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

and, if so, what steps to prevent the public question, of which he had given notice

The Hon. Pollock asked the following Does the Government propose to take any, tinuing to be a nuisance to persons passing along the Queen's Road East ? latrine near the No. 3 Police Station from con-

The Acting Colonial Secretary replied

permanently closed and the side windows have The Government has already taken steps to The door at Queen's Road end has been remove the cause of the complaints made.

also been permanently closed. A ventilating shaft with an electric exhaust fan has been installed.

WORK ON THE PRAYA. He also asked: What is the object of raising the roadway of the Praya East? Who is paying, the cast of such work?

The Acting Colonial Secretary, replied Before the Praya East Reclamation can be laken in hand the existing Praya, roadway must be raised so as to enable the drains and they can be extended out to the new Praya sewers to be brought up to such a level that front. If the electric tramway lines were laid! along the existing Praya the public would be iramway traffic would be seriously interfered put to great inconvenience later on, as the

sclaying of the lines. The cost of the work, with by the raising of the roadway and the which is being done under contract, is debited to an advance account and will be..recovered in due course from the new Praya Reclamation Fund when that Fund is established. A vote was taken for the work on the roth August last.

THE RIDER MAIN SYSTEM. Have any, and, if so, what steps been taken Hon. Pollock asked the Hon. D. P. W.: by your Department in connection with the introduction of the Rider Main System into the City of Victoria? By what date do you anticipate that the Rider Main System will be Victoria? What grounds have you for that proper working order throughout the City of anticipation?

The D. P. W. replied:The necessary materials for the work and staff to supervise it anticipate that the work will be completed in have been requisitioned from England. I

merely an estimate; there are no grounds to go about two and-a-half years from now. This is upon,"

PAYMENT OF COUNSAL'S FEES.

The Attorney-General moved the second

losing party in certain cases in which the reading of the Bill entitled an Ordinance to provide for Payment of Counsel's Fees by the Attorney-General appears as Counsel.

The Council went into Committee, and the bill was subsequently read a third time and passed.

RECOVERY OF CHARGES.

Bill entitled an Ordinanca to provide for the The Council went into Committee on the Recovery of Charges incurred by the Colony on account of certain undesirable persons in troduced into the Colony.

discussion on the bill was postponed, to allow On the proposition of the Attorney General of the examination of certain objections forms- lated by the Hon. H. E. Pollock,

GREETINGS.

The Council was adjourned singe die.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Finance Committee was held immediately after the Council, Hon. A Thomson, Acting Colonial Secretary, pre- siding.

His Excellency stated that, as this was the last occasion on which the Council would meet Hon, Pollock thought that, with all duz de-in 1903, he had much pleasure in wishing the ference to the Attorney-General, the in-

assembled members a very happy Christmas ference drawn from his language on the last

and a prosperous New Year.

of ten would have drawn. Regarding the re- occasion was the inference nine people out

mark about not having given effect to the

comparing the Ordinance as passed into law Board's recommendation by the definition in served in the Bill, hon. members would see by

with the recommendation of the Sanitary Board

· Paragraph (4), (I) and (II).—For:-The Pre-substance one from the other. It was not a they were absolutely and entirely different in sident, Mr. Lau Chu Fak, Colonel Webb, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Rumjahn, and Mr.Hewett was unanimously in favour of the succeeding Against:-The Vice-President. The Board

paragraphs.

Vice President, Colonel Webb, Mr. Pollock,

Paragraph (2.)-Carried unanimously. Paragraph (3)-For-The President, The

and Mr. Lau Chu Pak. Y and Mr. Hewett Against --Mr. Rumjahn,

question of whether the exact language, words, expression, or phrase of the majority of the there was a complete divergence in substance. members of the Sanitary Board was adopted ;

The Acting Colonial Secretary said the state standing in the matter, and thought be might H. E. regretted very much any misunder ment would obviate the necessity of the hon.perhaps assist to a better understanding of the member for the Chamber of Commerce putting his resolution,

EXTERNAL AIR.

question if he stated briefly the policy that the Government bad followed and intended to Before His Lordship, Sir W. M. Goodman, the following motion: That the Government that very voluminous measure was parsed Standing in the Hon. Pollock's name was

follow in future in regard to amending the Chief Justice, Wong Hing Kwai and Chan Sui du oblain from the Secretary of the Sanitary the Government practically undertook that Public Health and Buildings Ordinance. When were charged with receiving the proceeds of se- Board, and do lay upon the table, for the inform for some years to come it would not introduce veral robberies which took place in the village ntion of the Legislative Council, the recom of Taitong, in the New Territory, on November mendation which was made by the majority any fresh sanitary legislation if it could 28th. Mr. E. H. Sharp,.X.C., prosecuting on of the Sanitary Board as to the definition of possibly avoid doing so. Therefore, in the

BARON Kodama had a long interview withbehalf of the Crown, stated that the Attorney: "external air," and the names of the members amending Bill, passed by Council, at the last the 14th inst, and subsequently saw Admiral General had withdrawn the charge against forming such majority." He said he would Ito, Chief of the Naval Staff Office. Wong Hing Kwan, the evidence against him like to address the Council on the motion, and not being sufficient. His Lordshipgave instruc. explained that the reason he made it was that By the courtesy, and with the permission of the tions for his discharge and the accused was the Attorney-General stated in the objects and Hos. W. Chatham, Director of Public Works, liberated. Chan Sui, on being charged, pleaded reasons attached to the Public Health and we give to our readers, in a special supplement not guilty, and the following jury was sworn: Buildings Amendment Ordinance, and also, if with this issue, a half-tone illustration of the Mesars. E. H. Summers (foreman) AH, F correctly reported, according to the news west elevation of the proposed new Law Cours Bune, B. J. Spittles, G. I May, C, B. H papers, that on the second reading of the bill of Hongkong, as designed by the well-known Schumacher, A. Becker, and W. Domnick on the 7th December, that the definition architects to the Colonial Office, Messrs. Aston Mr. Sharp for the prosecution, stated that "external air" was in substitution of the Webb and E. Ingress Bell, of 19, Queen's prisoner was charged with receiving property Sanitary Board's recommendation. Doubt Anne's Gate, London.

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Committee agreed to recommend that it be The following vole was submitted and the adopted by the Council:ST

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY.

Works, Extraordinary, under the following A sum of $26,500 in aid of the vote Public items:te

1. Resumption of Kowloon Inland

Lots 1012 to 1015, ...

2. Resumption of strip of Kowloon

Inland Lot 1087;

Tolai,

$24,000

2,500

$26,50

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

HAILS DUE... American (Gaelic) to-morrow.... Australian (Taiyuan) 27th inst. American (Hongkong Maru) 31st inst. Canadian (Athenian) 5th prox, American (China) 10th prox.

meeting, only such amendments as were abso-

The

B. T. B. Co.'s a. Lyra, arrived lutely necessary were made in the principal Yokohama on 19th inst.

external air" took the form of merely verbal Inst. alteration of the original definition which was Ordinance. The amendment of the definition to-day at ernoon, and is expected here on 25th The T. K. K.s.s. Rosetta Maru left Manila

found in the principal ordinance. That defini-French Mail left Singapore today, at 7 2.m ion had not been found to be unworkable,

The M. M. Co.'s B.. Polynesien with the next

and it was not anticipated that it would be

for this port via Saigon. found unworkable, hecause the principal or bay Line) leit Moji for this post on 22nd inst The N. Y. K. ss. Hiroshima Maru (Bom dinance; gave the Governor-in-Council abso- and is expected to arrive here on 27th inst buildings which did not comply as regards lute discretion of granting exemptions for

The N. YK, 6. Yawata Mary (Australian external air with the definition is the Ordin Port on 22nd lust, p., and is expected to Line) left Kobe ero Moji and Nagasaki for this ance. Therefore, the Governor in Councilrrive here ou 28th inst.

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