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TELEGRAMS.
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Cricket.
LONDON, 15th March, England beat South Australia by nine wickets.
The War.
A Russian official despatch teports that four of the enemy's posts were discovered at Ching Chingang, river north of Ping-Yang. It declares that a Japanese cavalry patrol fell into na ambuscade and was dispersed.
Baron Sayematsu, interviewed by Reuter, in England, said he wished the world to understand that Japan was not waging war for the purpose of inaterial gain or enlarging her territory. What was called the "yellow peril" was a kind of nightmare. Japan would do her work in such a way as to secure peace for some decades.
LATER.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, MARCH
THE WAR.
CREWS OF CAPTURED VESS LS AT NAGASAKI,
The crews of the Russian vessels, declared by the Saseb Prize Court to be lawful prizes of war, arrived at Nagasaki on the roth inst, by the Japanese steamers Dujinmare and Nagato-maru,shey comprised 230 Russians, 153 Chinese, 14 Japanese, 10 Kore ans, Germans. and 1 Norwegian, 413 in all The Europeans were distributed among the C E. Seamen's Home, Japan Hotel, and CIA House Hotel, The Chinese ate lodged at the Kofukji Temple.
WAR TAX PROGRAMME. The Tokyo Asahi (translated by Japan Times) publisher an outline of the Budget to
be submitted to the Imperial Diet in its (wentieth session. It embodies the financial
schemes by which the Governinent intends to realize an increase of taxes amounting to some 70 million yen. The taxes in force will be in- creased as far as possible, the increase varying from 20 10 100 per cent, and several new taxes will probably be roubled and the prize of leal tobacco raised, the much-talked-of regic system It is rumoured in Tokio that the Russian being shelved for the present, as its enforce- Beet left Port Arthur after the roth instantment would necessitate an enormous outlay making a dash to join the squadron, at Viadi. vostock. A foreigner who has arrived at Newchwang from Port Arthur reports that a short engagement occurred there on Sunday, the 13th instant, the fleets exchanging twenty or thirty shots, the cruiser Diana receiving soine damage.
Parliament-Defeat of the Government.
On a motion by Mr. Redmond to reduce the Irish Education vote, the Government was defeated, on a snatch division, by 141
10 130.
NEW CHINESE RIVER GUNBOAT.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE "AN HIS
The sake tax is also to be slightly increased In view of the fact that the post-bidlum finances and a new tax on silk goods probably instituted.
will inevitably be increased as compared with the present, some is the war taxes are to be made permanent. The Budget is to be based on the war expenditure, but whether at will be published or not is not yet decided.
A KOREAN POLITICAS'S VIEWS. ELATED AT JAPANESE VICTORIES.
A TOUR IN FORMOSA.
(Contributed.)
Now that so much interest is being centred in Japan and all her ways and doings, un account of a tour recently undertaken in her youthful colony may not be without interest to
some of your readers.
guise or not.
Landing at Tamsui, just after the war broke out, writes a Hongkong gentleman, we pro- ceeded to Taipch and immediately became objects of great interest to the police officials The first night we were there several of them visited our quaners and wished to know every possible detail about us. We informed them fauna of the island. that we had simply coine to study the flora and beyond the interpreter's powers and brought This was apparently
evidently to see if we were Russians in dis another batch of officials to the fore. After solving this matter a Finn was sent round, fle was apparently satisfied account is any way relax their vigilance The upon this point, but the police did not on that
arrival there, note books were again produced next day we took train to Kelùng. Upon our
and we had to submit to another long cross- last completed we unde our way out to some examination. All these preliminaries being at coal mines, about six tiles East of the port. shadowed and so made several excursions up We soon discovered that we were being neighbouring hills to test the powers of endur- ducing many exclamations of disgust, but on the whole they stuck to their work and were invaluable as guides. Relable information as to the departure of trains from Kelung was always at hand. Our next more was to the
ance of our followers. We succeeded in pro-
villages. They are always clean and comfort- able: The quaint paper windows, the charcoa? stove which is always placed before the guest- and the ways and habits of the people them. selves have a charm which lingers long after wards in the mind and constantly renews the desire to revisit the country.
CORRESPONDENCE.
NOISY COOLIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAFEI,“
Stu-1 have noted that already several street nuisances have been brought to the notice of the authorities throught the correspondence in your paper, and I think that still another and if brought forward through the same medium. most objectionable one will possibly disappear Residents living on Queen's Road are the chief sufferers. Morning after morning, between the hours of 4 and 6.30 a.m., gangs of some twenty- five to thirty coolies retuming from their main street, casting off a stench absolutely particularly unpleasant duties tramp down our
the time these men are passing it would not be if one were allowed to sleep during
objecuonable, but the shouted conversation which goes on from one to the other is hideous Rangs gune by and one turns about to get a in the extreme. Now, no sooner have these
few winks of sleep before daylight, than along comes the scavenger, whose chief idea appears to be to ity his strength on the boards placed
nauseous.
by the various storekeepers over the gutters. Ule slans apparently at the Post Office, and works down to Ice House Street and then back on the other side, lifting and dropping these heavy kutter bridges the while. Is there no one, Sir, who has any authority to keep
17 1904.
RECENT HISTORY IN THR FAR EAST.
In view of these "excursions and alarms," it may be well to recall the course of events in the Far East during the past few years. On July 31, 1894, war was formally declared by j Japan against China, and notified to the powers. The fight, ng by land and sea went steadily in favour of the Japanese, who, indeed, carried all, before them. In May, 1895, the treaty of Shimonoseki, negotiated by Li Hung Chang, who visited Japan for the purpose, was ratified, and brought peace as between the two countries. Fallowing the "break up of China," as it was called at the time, there began a scramble by the powers for territory. Japan, under pressure from Russia, France and Germany, relinquish-
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which heralded much. It
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The representative of the thaka Mainichi savage border, almost directly South of Taipeh, these men reasonably quiet? Surely the police report that Russia had denunded the surrender TEACHER THIS DAY.
was fortunate enough to obtain an interview with Mr. Li Yong-Ik, one of the leading Korean politicians, while travelling by train between Kobe and Osaka. Mr. Li Yong-Ik, accompan ied by Mr. Kato, Adviser to the Kurean Gov. einmeal, and staff, arrived at Kape on the 28th ull, and proceeded in Osaka the same after noon. In a few days it is expected he will visit Tokyo. The Minister is reported to have said-
On our way we noticed that even the smallest Chinese houses in the villages we passed through displayed Japanese flags in honour of the victory. Such an universal expression of loyalty astounded us, but upon inquiry we learned that it was not altogether volun
tary.
We put up for the night close to the savage border, at the house of a Japanese to whom we had a letter of introduction. We were lucky enough to overtake our host at a village on the way and at his request went on
objects in view, the realization of which willanead.
"I have come to your country with many require much tin c. I am, therefore, unable t present to say when I shall return to Korea. I
On Wednesday afternoon the light: draft sternwheel guabot An lisi ran her "trial trip in the harbour. This little vessel was built at Cosmopolitan Dock to the order of Messrs. E. C. Wilks & Co., for H. E. the Viceroy of Can-have decided to remain in Osaka for a few days, tos for special service on the higher reaches of and shall then go to Tokyo, where I hope to be the West River. She was built in the short granted an audience by the Emperor. period of two months from the date of order. The principal dimensions are 72 feet over all, ese Korean Agreement since my arrival in this "I learned of the publication of the Japan- 13 feet heam, with a draft of one foot six inches country. My humble efforts were devoted to only. The speed attained on the measured the consumination of the Agreement, which mile was 8 knots, being nearly a knot over the was signed at Seoul on the 23rd ult., une day guaranteed speed. The An Hri left to-day for belore my departure. It is not only Korea Canton. The plans and specifications of this little vessel were prepared by Mr. W. C. Jack, China also. Taken together with the Anglo- that receives benefit from the agreement, but M.IN.A., of Messrs. E. C. Wilks & Co.
Japanese Alliance, permanent peace and the independence of the Oriental countries will be assured after the Russo-Japanese war shall have been closed with victory on the Japanese side. We Koreans are elated at the glorious
FROM MOSCOW TO PORT ARTHUR.
The following article on the Siberian railway, which appeared in a London exchange recently, will be of interest to readers at the present time when the roads is taxed to its full capacity carrying Russian troops towards Korea:
The great Siberian railway, by which Russia will have to transport practically all war sup- plies, connects Moscow with Port Arthur by a ribbon of steel considerably over five thousand miles in length. In round figures, the distance of the line as shown on the map from Moscow to Cheliabinsk, near the Siberian frontier, is 1,300 miles; then from Cheliabinsk to Irkutsk, near Lake Baikal, 2,0 miles; and thence to Port Arthur, 1,800 miles more.
It may be taken for granted that local curves and irregu- larities too small to be shown increase these distances,
victories won by Japan at Chemulpo and Port Arthur. So far no complaints have been raised by the Korean people about the presence of the Japanese troops in the interior of Korea, who are proceeding to fight the Russians. There is general regret that no suitable bond- ings were available for the accommodation of the Japanese officers and men. The Korean Emperor is highly satisfied in entrusting the safely of his august person to the Japanese roops whom his Majesty now regards as though they were his own. This is my first visit to Japan. The large area of land under cultiva tion, the many factories, the numerous ships lying in every harbour, all these things have surprised me greatly and testify to the fact that Japan is attaining the highest degree of Western civilization. When in Tokyo I intend to visit the factories, schools, Government offices and other places of interest.'
SUBSIDIES FOR FOREIGN CHAR
TERED STEAMERS.
In the western part of Siberia the line was a task of practically no difficulty. With the ex- ception of the ion, easy billows of the Ural mounta, the whole country almost to Irkutsk s a vast plain. For hundreds of miles the railway passes over lavel stretches of deep Yusen Kaisha, says the Tokyo Asuht, the In view of an application by the Nippon black soil, absolutely stopeless, and with a sur authorities at the Communication Department face, except in summer and autumn, of mud or have decided to grant Government subsidies to mud and snow. The flatness of the country foreign steamers chartered by private com encouraged rather flumsy methods of construc-panies in order to fill the gap caused by the tion, and the rails are light-only 18 pounds to war among our mercantile marine. This slep the foot-and can only by courtesy be said to is taken in accordance with the regulations, be bolted together. The gauge is five feet now in force, regarding the grant of state aid The engines are wood burners, and carry a crib piled with firewood as high as the smoke foreign vessels when engaged in maintaining a to steamers, which grant can be bestowed on stack. There is only a limited supply of them and many are far from first class locomotives. the amount of the subsidy to be given to these service that is in danger of suspenion. As i It will readily be seen that with a soft founda steamers, our contemporary understands that titn light rails, and only a single line of traffic, the rate in the case of those used on the coast- the railway must be liable to constant intering services, will be almost the same as that ruptions.
INDIAN SUGAR.
received by Japanese steamer.
COST OF FIRING BIG CUNS.
On our return
After depositing our luggage at his house we at once made our way up a river bed, we could advance inland to any distance. The as this appeared to be the only route by which scenery soon became magnificent. On the left bank the cliffs rose straight up above the along to the height of a thousandfeet or so. Tree mountain torrent when we were struggling
ated the rocks wherever they could gain a foot- feras and creepers of every description decor. hold, while on the right side thickly wooded mountain ridges rose up, er after her, ontsl they were lost in the distance. we found groups. of savages around our host's house. They were short in stature and were armed with strange looking knives. The wo- men ware bright coloured garments and had long, rich pipes ether in their mouths or tucked in their hair. Huge carved pieces of wood stuck out from their ears to their mouths. A line was tattooed down the forehead and chin and another curved one, an sich broad, rau from the mouth to the car. Some of the wo men were quite light in complexion and might even be termed pretty, though the men were by no means attractive in appearance. They appeared to be un very good terans with the Japanese with whom they bad come to barter Their food consisted of huge chunks of fat followed by a handful of rice. One man gave them a pig in return for some rattans. They were highly delighted and killed it and devoured it on the spot raw. As far as we could gather trouble only arises when new guard houses are being built further inland. The savages regard this as an encroachment on their territory and resent it accordingly, the price of their anger generally being a certain number of Chinese heads. The country is so thickly wooded and mountainous that punitive expeditions generally ended in failure.
guard house, but it was not nearly so far as we The next morning our host, attended by a couple of armed police, escorted us to the furthest
had been by ourselves. We were not allowed, however, to do any more exploration on ou own account and so returned to Taipeh, passing
visit to the South of the island. A railway over five mules of rapids through beautiful scenery on our way. We now started on our
connects Taipeh with Takow a distance of about 160 miles. There is a break in the
middle of about 60 miles where the fine is nal which are propelled sometimes by men run- completed. This has to be traversed on trolleys aing behind and then jumping on, and some- times by punting with poles., At umes it was a matter of walking up fill and then tobogan, ning down. On one occasion we travelled without a push for three quarters of an hour, covering a distance of twenty miles. Travel There has been some big gun shooting going ing by trolley makes a pleasant change from An industry capable of enormous expansion on near Post Arthur which makes interesting the train without much loss of speed as the if allowed fair play is suger. The love of the the point of what the firing of big guns costs trains only average from 12 to 15 miles an hour. people of India for sweetmeals is proverbial, in money. Fortunes are spent in powder and Considering the way in which the lines are and sugar in some form or other is consued shut alone; and in the brief engagement off laid in places, it would certainly be very daily by the very poorest. Something like Port Arthur-judging from the figures supplied uncomfortable and probably highly dangerous 300,000 tons of refined sugar was imported into of the cost of ammunition at the present day- India in got worth over 6 crores of rupees, it will be seen what an amount of money has and had this been produced in the country it been burnt. The Japanese baileships which would have meant 750,000 acres more under cultivation, the employment of thousands of and the armoured cruisers carry 8-in. guns. were engaged are all armed with 12-in guns, Indians, and increased internal revenues. The Russian vessels that were put out of action Owing to the killing competition of the Con had 12 and to-in. guns; while the shore bat tinental bounty-fed beet product, the indusity teries, it is known, are armed with guns of large had been in a depressed condition, and the calibre, so that the combined fusillade must dozen or so Indian sugar factories at work, re- presenting an invested capital of some so lakhs have cost many thousands of pounds. The of rupees, did little more than make ends following table is reprinted from the Straits Indigo-planters with their industry,imes and shows the cost of big guns and ruined by the competition of the German. synthetic dye, should have found in: sugar the Calibre return road to prisperity, but in the present Inches. - state of the trade they naturally hesitate to "embark further capital The industry began to improve after the countervailing duties of "bounty-fed' beet were imposed in 1907,--- Capital
meet,
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could stop this nuisance; the former by turning the gangs off by side streets or breaking them P, and the latter by a caution when he lifts his first bridge of wood.-- Yours, etc.,
DIVIDE ET IMPERA. Hongkong, March 16th.
Russian fleet, by permission of China, would winter at Port Arthur. On February 22, 1898, came the news that the Chinese government had agreed with Great Britain to open all the inland waters, and undertaken not to alienate to any foreign power territory in the basm di the Yangtse-Kiang. In March there was a by China of all sovereign rights over Port Arthur and Talien-wan, on the same terms as had already been granted to Germany in regard to Kiao Chou. Next, the world heard that China had practically inded over the peninsula to Russia, and bad agreed to con ditions for the development of the Trans- Manchurian railway. The excitement caused in England about this time will not readily be Jurgotten. On Aprl: 2, 1898, 11 became known
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Japan, the second the scramble for temory at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves had thus been the war between Chua and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., The first act of the prolonged drama risk into the Gowns of the Hongkong and that all Goods are being landed at their
following it, and thirdly, in the summer of 19 delivery may be obtained, military operations by the powers, and to the caine the "Boxer"
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Pekin on August 14, and entered the "Forbid had been besieged. The allied troops got to successful reel of the Pekin legations which
den City on the 17th. About the middle of January, 1901, the terms of peace imposed by the allies were accepted, gradually matters grew quieter, and the Chinese court, which had led, returned to j'ckio, The rish of the Marquis Ito to England early last year, herald- ed another event having far reaching effects, namely, the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Russia, meanwhile, has secured a firm hold over Again the Athenian had to run before the gate, extend her operations to Korea, as well as het Manchuria and completed ner railway from the Baltic to the Yellow Sea. Her intention to
failure to carry out repeated pledges to "evacuale" Manchuria on October ŏ, has pro- duced the present war with Japan.
"ATHENIAN" DRIVEN BEFORE STORMS.
the last few weeks.
Terlic storms have swept the Pacific during which arrived at Victoria (B.C.) from China The sleuner Athenden,
hurricanes, the like of which Capt. Robertson and Japan on 22nd ult, encountered two says he never experienced before. For 48
wind under the circumstances. The steamship sel could have steamed against the seas and hours he had to travel with the wind. No ves
heavily laden with general cargo. Seas broke was momentarily threatened with being engulf ed if she continued on her voyage. She was on deck, but being a good seaworthy vessel all of the gingerbread around the upper works was rolled off without doing much damage. Some
carried away, but beyond this no injury was day and night the weather moderated and the sustained. After being buffeted about all one ship proceeded on the passage only to meet another herce wind storm a few days later.
and for 36 hours the engines were almost at a standstill.
SUBMARINE BLUTILLA.
BRITISH ADMIRALTY TO BUILD MANY VESSELS.
The question as to the utility of submarine boats as an element of naval warfare has been
settled in the affirmative by the British ad- muraley, and it has now been decided to build twenty-seven more vessels of that type, says a Barrow, Eng., correspondent.
In the first instance the authenties were led, af the instigation of Messis, Vickers, Sons and Maxim, to make a trial of one of the Holland type of submarines brought out successfully in America, and the patent rights for which were held by the Barrow firm for the rest of the word outside the United States.
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three submarines of this type were built at Barrow for the admiralty. Facility of sinking and rising was easily attained, but some appre. hension was felt as to the fumes of the gasolene apparatus which is used on board for the pur posts of propulsion. in one or two cases the
brought to the surface in order to give the inen Inen who were navigating these boats were overcome, and the vessels had to be speedily fresh air. Experience, however, has taught the operators to avoid the escape of the gases, and now there is absolute safety in this respect in working the vessels. next difficuty was the supply of a sufficient volume of fresh air to enable the operators to remain below water for a given time without having to rise to the surface. With this view compressed air tubes were adopted as a means whereby acid and pure air could be discharged into the vessel when below water, and, in the second place, an apparatus was put on board | Malwa New which took up the vitiated air and pumped it by means of a chemical process ready for use again.
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orders were given out at Barrow for six others; Persian (Paper). deteriorates in passing from the North to the year's admiralty estimates, provision was made to exceed this pace. The scenery gradually and, after further experiments, in the current Soutle until it culminates in the mere mud for tea additional submarines. The order for made a detour to Lake Candidus which is in the designs of the tenth were kept in hand with a swamps of Anping. On our return journey we nine of these was placed at Barrow, while the centre of the island on the savage border. It is view to try certain improvements which science beauty of its own. Mt. Morrison can be seen marines now building will be launcited at in the distance and many of the walks around Barrow about the end of March, and the ad- about ten miles in circumference and has a quiet and experience dictated. The nine sub. in particular that from Polisia to Kuatao-are miralty are so satisfied with the craft they have already rested that they have decided to build
strong flotilla of these vessels.
a
of surpassing loveliness. The savages here are quieter than in the North. They only indulge in head-bunting on special occasions and gea. erally are friendly with the surrounding Chinese. additional submarines in batches of nine at a It is proposed to build the twenty-seven We can safely recommend Formosa as a time, and so equip them with the greatest pos- pleasant holiday resort for those whose time is sible speed, but the orders have not yet been limited and who are anxious for new fields to given out. The Barrow Company are busily explore. With regard to accommodation we completing the work they have on hand. They only discovered European beds at two places, have built a special shed for this class of work, Taipeh and Hokuto; but Japanese inns can be land all the workmen employed are aworn to found at all the towns and in mget of the secrecy.
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