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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, MARCH 19 1904.

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HONGROND, Sa Purday, March 19, 1934.

THE United States cruiser, New Orleans, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Cooper U.S.N, arrived from Shanghai to day.

THE Pioneer reports that no military official representative of India is going to either belli. gerent, i dues that troops are going to Nuskhi, and says that is never likely.

THE WAR.

Station. The vessel has aboard a big consign- twenty-five in all--fur duty on the China ment of ammunition for this Station.

THE BLACK SEA FLEET.

and this we also fortunately won la the account, if discouraging, are, I trust clear.

The Item

The underwriting account has accumulated in the last few years to $31,000, and it was thought advisable to transfer this amount to profit and oss, and not have the incongruity of a favour able balance in underwriting made out of an unsuccessful working account. The capital

outstanding are fully paid. Some few shares now stands at $1,313,750, and all the shares

due notice, were declared forfeited and became on which the final calls were not paid, after

the properly of the company. The common practice, I believe, is to appropriate the calls paid on such shares as current income, but the more correct method is to do as we have done and le: the sum stand as capital until at lenst such time as the balance of usissued shares shall

like to know the amount, in dollars, realised Mr. S. J. Michael :-Mr. Chairman, I should

on the sale of the 5.8. Dlamanie to enable the company the set aside $142,748 40 What wa the book value?

are made irregular by the recurrence of H. E. the General Officer Commanding will plague, Mr. Irving, added the total enrol-inspect the. Hongkong Volunteer Corps at ment of each of the four months, and from headquarters on Saturday next at 2 p.m. the result it is seen that the number of scholars enrolled during January-April, 1900 was 675 as against 692 during the closing months of that year. For the same periods of 1901, the figures were 650 and 479. respectively, the fall in the number of enrol- ments representing the time during which the fees were for the first time practically doubled. 'n the opening months of 1992 the total was 475, while for the Sept.-Dec. period, when the competition of the new school at Kow- toon began to be felt, the number fell to 405- A decrease is again noticeable for 1903. We think it will be generally admitted that, in the matter of education, the Government

THE "PALAWAN" HELD UP. have been paid for in full. The loan from the The P. & O. Palawan, which arrived here British Investment Trust has been all paid off, should not be too parsimonious. In pro- this morning, was "held ap" by a Russian de-and the only important creditor is the com portion to the revenue of the Colony, thestroyer and rutinised in the Gulf of Suez.pany's bank. The outstanding freights have expenditure under this head is certainly any

die warship apparently mistaking her for the all, except a small balance, been collected since thing but extravagant, and if the remission

Kanagawa Maru. She brought out several December 31st last. of the extra fee would induce a higher at-

British naval officers and calets-about tendance it is well worth the attention of the Government to revert to the former scale of A CHAMPION OF LIBERTY. charges. We cannot too strongly recom The importance of the statements con-

inend liberality in respect of education in the Colony, and the more so in the case of Japanese Progressist Party, the context of School had for its object the teaching tained in Count Okuma's speech to the the education of girls. The Belilios Public

respondent in Yokohama, will not fail to it would be a pity if the good work, which of which has been wired us by our Cor of Chinese girls of the middle class, and provoke the interest and attention of the this excellent institution has thus far attained, civilized world. The important value of this should receive a check in its developinent distinguished statesman's declarations, since by placing a tax on education upon those they represent the opinions of the most en parents who, owing to the increased cost lightened section of japan's representatives of living, find some difficulty in making in the Diet, is beyond dispute. Also, the fact both ends meet. In the District Schools, that for the last twenty years, Count Okuma the fees paid by scholars have gradually has been the recognised champion of pro- been raised, till now $z a month is paid by gress, and of constitutional government in

new boys, and $1 a month by the scholars the Island Empire, will add consideratde aiready in attendance. weight to his statements. It was to be ex-

A Yaunati fees pected that, without exception, all political only. Fortunately, the demand for instruc.

were charged from the middle of the year myat Merku parties in Japan would stand by their pretion is great when we consider the enormous sent Government in this important phase of increase in fees collected in these Govern Captain Sacken their country's history. One could foresee

ment schools, and which, last year, amounted to $1,507,50, compared with $152.50 in 1902, and x in 1901. But this is no reason why education should be made a revenue earning source for the Colony; the leavening influence of instruction should be provided for all classes, and especially traletz. State. the poor, as one of the first duties of the

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Cabinet would encourage the people to support, with patriotic stoicism, the un- avoidable hardships and privations that outcome of a treat national struggle. But that the Progressist l'arty

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of this brave nation should see th ultimate success of their country's arms a means of providing the people of thE Power with whom they are engaged in death struggle, with the blessings of a liberal and constitutional government, will he cause for admiration to the civilized world. Before, and since, the outbreak of the pre- sem conflict, the official Russian Press [35 heaped insult, incende and contempt upon the people whose soldiers, sailors and states- men have already given such startling lessons in courage, enterprise and knowledge of their profession to the officers of the Tzar.

The inspired journals of Holy Russia told their readers that Japan was a mushroom nation, its people had copied the civilization of the West, but was incapable of initiative. The religion, customs and manners of their opponents were ridiculed and travestied to provoke the contempt of Russian readers, and, finally, in the hope, no doubt, of instilling a fear that would provoke help, that anamic

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THE report of the acting Director of the Obser- vatory, for 1903, is printed in the Gazette.

THE report of the Inspector of Schools for the past year is printed in the current number of

the Government Gusette.

The composition of the Russian Black Sea obain permission to pass the Dardanelles, is fleet, which is reparted to be endeavouring to as follows:-

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NATTL SHIPS.

Trins Guns. Speed. Mer.

Kristz Potenkine

Tavutchesky.. 12,48. Rotislav

8 85:

Tehesme...... Sinope

10,180 13

12,480 10,180

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12

17 033 16 624

16.75 325

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325

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582

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8,050

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TORPEDO GUNBOATS.

742

100

400

7 18.5

170

9 small #2 6

23

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1,224

1.224 4,224

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1,224

4,214 J 13.5

3 13.8 16: 1 13.8 161 3 13.8 161

12 5 161

161

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Chernormoreiz Doetz Kubnetz Teresz

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CHINA AND MANILA SIEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LTD.

ANNUAL MEETING,

before me. The amante, which has been The Chairman :—I have not got the figures written off, has been on the books for some time-the difference in exchange aided us and the price we got in sterling left us $142,748.40 over and above the price at which il stood in our books. The Diamante was sold last year for £23 750.

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THE

SERVICE,

THE WAR.

JAPANESE PROGRES-

SIST PARTY,

COUNT OKUMA ON THE

SITUATION.. -

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

YoonANA, 18th March, 3.85 p.m.

At a meeting of the Progressist

their leader and former Minister for Party, at Tokio to-day; Count Okumu,

Foreign Affairs, made an able and in-

be adopted in the present crisis. portant speech defining the policy to

11 declared that it is of first necessity that the entire energy of the attainment of a conclusive success the nation should be concentrated on'

to the struggle that has begun.

RUSSIANS MUST BE VAN- QUISHED.

Mr. Michael:-What was the exchange then, JAPAN SHOULD SEND 300,000 MEN. in sterling?

The Chairman:-Really, I cannot remember.

We paid at the exchange rate of the day, what

ever that was.

Mr. Michael --You could not tell me the

amount in dollars?

The Chairman:-If you wou'd like to know I should be pleased to tell you after the meet- ing. It was sold to the N. Y. K.

Mr. Michael:-What was the book value? The Chairman I think it was, roughly, about $170,000 or $180,000. Something like that. The book value would be that amount

less the profit. If there are no other questions, I beg to propose the adoption of the report and

accounts,

Mr. Master seconded, and the motion was cirried.

CONSULTING COMMITTEE.

On the proposition of Mr. G. Potts, seconded by Mr. Fung Wa Chu-n, Messrs. N. A, Siebs, D. E. Brown and J. II. Lewis were re-elected in this Committee, and the appointment of Mr A. V. Apcar was confirmed.,

AUDITORS.

Mr. J. R. Michael proposed, Mr. Gordon seconded, and it was agreed that Messrs.

T. Arnold and W. H. Potts be re-elected andinois.

The twenty-first ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the China and Manila Steam- shop Company, fimited was held at the offices there were present-Messrs. C. A. Tomes (chair- gentlemen. Thank you for your attendance. of the general managers, at ila.m. to-day, when

The Chairman: That is all the business,

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not necessarily endoren the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column.)

THE CAUSES OF LEPROSY,

He stated that the Government can

count on the approval of all parties if it carries on the present war with all energy.

The country is willing and happy to make

every sacrifice, and the 'au- thorities should not hesitate to send at once 300,000 men into Manchuria.

Russia must, be vanquished at any, cost, since the existence of the Japan ese nation, and its future welfare. depended on success.

CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. FAITH IN THE ARMY AND NAVY,

Personally, he declared, he had all faith in the Army and Navy, and believed that Japan would prove » · victorious throughout the present struggle.

JAPAN FIGHTING FOR. LIBERTY.

RUSSIA MUST HAVE A LIBERAI, GOVERNMENT.

Russia, he declared, retains an ab- solutist and tyranical form of admi-, nistration, owing to the inertia of her people.

man), IN. A. Siebs, D. E. Brown, J. H. Lewis, AV. Apcar (consulting committee), G. C. C. THE Indian Daily News, London correspondington, G. Parts, W. R. Robertson, J. R. Michael, Master, A. G. Gordon, C. Somerville, A. Bab- ent cables-The death is announced of Sir C. Klinck, P. Pous, C. H. Campbell, S. J. Mich. Leslie Stephen, critic and biographer.

ael, E. Kadoorie, Fung Wa Chuen and others.

The Chairman said:-Gentlemen, I presume we may, as usual, take the report as read. It would

having to come before you with such an account seem superfluous to repeat our great regret at

SIR,-- have read the articles in your paperheen given that nation by Japan, the : When sufficient chastisement has for the year's work, and we can only express the conceming the causes of leprosy, and can cor: fervent hope that the like will not happen again, roborate the statements of Dr. Hutchinson that Russian people will awake to the Continuous and constantly increasing compeli-the disease is brought about by tainted fish. tion right through the year has been our main

A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Rangoon on the and inst. in the Chinese quarter of the town. The damage amounted to two lakhs of rupees.

SATISFACTORY proof of the appointment of M. Leon Robert to be Procureur Général des Missions Estrangeres in Hongkong has been

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HOngkono TelzGRAPH."

FURNITURE Liter topean datifare produced to H. E. the Officer Administering the trouble, and this has been assisted by a general Shan states, I halted at a village where there justice of their rights.

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the eyes of the other European nations. Lurid and eloquent word pictures of the rich cities and plains of the West overrun by the Attila-like hordes of the Mikado were evoked, without success, to court sympathy, poss. ibly intervention. Perhaps the words of Count Okuma, by some occult channel, will penetrate into those circles in flussia, where

Government.

THE King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the

Ordinance to provide for payment of Counsel's fees by the losing party in certain cases in which the Attorney General appears as Counsel,

FROM a London wire, dated 11th inst., to the Strails Times, we learn that a despatch from St. Petersburg states that M. Plehve has warned Russian newspaper editors to moderate their their journals suspended. tone with re, ard to England, on pain of having

INLAND Lot No. 174, situate on Bonham Road, the right-and aspirations to political liberty is to be put up for sale by public auction on the arc, in secret,

taught with that deep 5th April. It comprises 5,000 square feet, sub- fervour, particular to the Slav, then the stud-ject to an annual rent of $34. The upset price ent and the moujik will realise that out is $1,500. Other and larger lots are to be so'd of this war, brought about by the insatiable the same day, anbition and greed of an autocratic govern- ment, and in which the lives of thousands of the poorer classes will be sacrificed, may yet come the long prayed for change. We can, in all confidence, laugh at such as would see, in the defeat of the White Tzar's hosts, the birth of a "Yellow Peril," but in the trail of the victorious armies of Japan may come the great awakening, and with the PHOTOGRAPHIC "Rising Sun" may follow the dawn of

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GOOD WORK.

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Hongkong, 8th January, 1904

CARMICHAEL

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AND

CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS,

: SURVEYORS AND CONTRACTORS.

KEPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

a liberal and for Russia.

EDUCATION V. REVENUE RAISING.

In his report to the Government, upon the Education Department, for the year 1903, the Inspector of Schools again draws attention to a falling off in the number of attendances at the Bellios Public School. This be has attributed partly to the doubling of the fees charged in the latter half of 1901, and partly to the competition of other schools. In submitting his report for 1992, Mr. Irving pointed out that it seemed clear the improvement in the teaching at that institution did not weigh with parents against the countervailing disadvantage of increased fees, or counter-attractions elsewhere, and in support of the contention he submitted a tabulated statement, showing the total aver- age enrolment of scholars during periods of four months. After eliminating the figures [47 for the middle period of each year, as they

TELEGRAMS: "CARMICHAEL," Hongkong.

A. B, C. Code, 4th Edition. A: I Code

Lieber's Standard Code: TELEPONE, 232, Kendamage Hongkong, 20th March, 1993,

In the case in which Cheung Chiu Kwong was charged with having been concerned in an armed raid on a farmer's house near Shataukok, in the New Territory, on 11th March, the jury found prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to 3 years' hard labour and to receive 20 strokes of the birch.

A MEETING of the Justices of the Peace will be

purpose of considering applications from Fred. held at the Magistracy on 29th inst. for the Nolte, Frederick Bishop and Frederick Ruber for adjunct licences to sell and retail intoxicat ing liquors at the Hotel America, the Connaught Hotel und z, Wongna chong Road, respectively.

The present war must result in

When engaged on outpost duty in one of the magnitude of their wrongs and the slackness in Philippine trade. For many was a collection of various races, and I found months the export cargo from Manila by all that leprosy was very prevalent. Being able steamers has been so small that their sailing ballast, and the passenger list has been about telegrams have generally described them as in he only source of income. In the opposite

direction there has been a movement of mer- year, and this company has not failed to carry chandise greater, probably. than in any previous

its share. The increase in volume has been more than offset, however, by the increase in rates. How unprofitable this trade has been may be judged best, perhaps, if I give the rate on the principal article shipped-ice-which for a long time was carried at six cents per picul or, say, $1.00 Mexican per ton. When the stevedore charges are deducted the steamer receives barely so cents per ton for its share and everybody can judge now unremunerative that can be. The passenger traffic, both ways, increased somewhat in volume, and although competitive rates were low, our earnings showed some profi to offset partly the freight losses. To change for the better this condition of affairs has been the constant aim and object of the general managers during the whole year, and they have spared no effort, with due regard to the rights and future prospects of company, in suggesting means and trying to devise ways to attain this end. Until the near approach of war it seems as though nothing could be done. Since then in sympathy with the gene advanced gradually, and at the moment we ral improvement in freights rates have been

have returned to what we might call the normal schedule. am sure you all join with me in hoping it will That is the position just now, and I

continue. know that you would like to be

THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial assured about the future, and I wish I could and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge assure you with confidence, but the situation is with thanks the following donations to the alt so uncertain and so full of difficulties it funds of the Hospitals

Rev. F. F. Gottschalk... P. F. Talati

G. L. Tomlin...

S. W. Tso Erich Georg J. Gregory Guedes & Co.

Rev. C. Gutmann... G. Girault

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would be very unwise to prognosticate. Poor earnings were not the only cause for anxiety Plast year. We had a very disagreeable incident in the so-called Zoro mystery, and for a time were very anxious about the outcome. It was

a clever fraud and, under certain circumstances, might have succeeded. The legal expenses

to converse with some of the people I soon assuring for the Muscovite nation a to my questions, I was informed that a black learned something about the disease. In reply liberal and constitutional govern fish, caught in the muddy streams, was salted

bitants of the village considered a luxury. In and covered for three weeks after which it was. eaten with tender mangoe leaves. This the inha-

many cases, however, the people partaking of the food were suddenly attacked with fever, they became depressed, and the skin began to bronzé

ment.

HOPE SUSTAINS JAPAN.

T'IS DUTY TO BEAR HARDSHIPS.

in patches. Subsequently these patches turned nation, saying that hope of victory Count Okuma appealed to the white, and the sufferer lost all sense of feeling, must help the people to sustain pre- sores formed, and the body presented a loath-

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some sight. I have also noticed that decom sent hardships, of which it is the duty posed vegetable matter will cause leprosy. Iof all Japanese to bear a share. should add that the people to whom I refer are very anæmic and suffer a great deal from malaria. The Hon. Pollack deserves the thanks of many for bringing the subject to the notice of the Iegislative Council, and asking that the medical officers be instracted to investigate the matter so far as this Colony is concerned. Thanking you for a small spaci in your paper,-I am, etc.,

L. C.. M. O., N.W.F.B. Hongkong, 19th March.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE. French (Solaris) zand inst. Indian (Sulsang) aaud inst. American (China) 25th inst. Canadian (Athenfan) 29th inst.

The C. C. Cas 85. Lothian arrived at Salina Cruz, Mexico, and sails to-day for Port land, Oregan.

The C. P. R. Cols as. Empress of Japan left Yokohama p.m., on 18th inst., for Victoria and Vancouver.

for this case were heavy, but we recovered The P. M. 5. S. Ca's 5. America Maru with about Socco from, the other side, and the bal- make, will leave Kobe on 3rd prex, for ance of $3,000 we expect to receive from our S Incisco via Yokohama and Honolulu, indemnity company," "The Rubi had a in

thing the place of Hongkong Maru as par Court too, a collision cate with a junkmaster, | schedule,

& CASE

He also stated that it was the. duty of all to bear in mind the mea sures that must be taken at the con clusion of the present struggle to assure a lasting and beneficent peace,

GERMAN PRINCE ENTER- TAINED

AT CANTON.

(From Our Correspondent.)

CANTON, 19th M

8pm

II. T H. Prince Adalbert of Ger many, arrived here on the gunboat Lauchs at 2 p.m. He will be enter tained at dinner to-night by Messrs. Siemssen and Co. ||NA

Tomorrow the Prince will din

with the German Consul and tion will be held at the

II. I. H. leaves here morning.