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Gorman West Africa.

LONDON, 19th March.

Severa fighting has taken place in South West Africa. A small force of Germans with numerous staff officers encountered a rear guard of the Hereros, which, being re- inforced, the Germans retreated, seven officers and nine men were killed and thirty- two wounded.

Issue of Government Bonda, The Government has issued £5,000,000

purposes of the Irish Land Act.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY MARCH 22, 1904.

THE WAR.

CONTRABAND OF WAR:

THE "NICOMEDIA" TO RE DISCHARGED HERE. We are informed that the Nicomedia, which arrived here yesterday from Europe, via Manila, with a cargo for Vladivostok, Dalny and Port Arthur, will be discharged here. Telegraphic information to this effect was received by her Captain at Singapore, owing to a large proportion of her cargo consisting of contraband of war.

THE FLEET

We have learnt that instructions have

Chinese will acquire by this contact, will be quite sufficient to stop any further aggression in Manchuria, or even Northern China. What Japan begins to-day China will eventually carry through,"

*Chinese and Japanese interests, you think, are identical?"

There is no treaty between Japan and China," be answered, "and the time has not even yet come for the existence of a formal treaty between those two nations. Come, however, it must.”

EUROPE AND THE WAR.

of Sabang Bay in case of war between two friendly Powers against the ships of one of the belligerent parties. The total cost of the work will be about 150,000 guilders,

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When dealing with the Netherlands Indian budget of 1903 in our Second Chamber (Uoute of Commons), on 27th November 1902, the ben arisen interuational questions were amply discussed by some of the, prominent members of parliament. Many of these did not agres with the majority, being of opinion that a neutral Power, which cannot maintain neutrali ty everywhere in its vast dominions, does not violate the "jus belli" when it leaves some points unprotected. They esteemed it impos 30 days' sight San Francisco & New York 444 sible to defend all parts of the Netherlands 4 months' sight

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stock at 87, bearing interest at 24, for been received from the Admiralty to the coal and dock accommodation. This bearing trality. One of them even suggested to destroy, 4 months' sight Francs

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The War.

solh March.

St. Petersburg reports on the aoth instant that everything was quiet; the distance. between the armies was great and only small skirmishes with scouts, between the Yalu and Ping Yang had taken place...

The Bunken Submarine. An attempt to lift the sunken submarine boat has failed, and salvage operations are

now necessary.

Japanese in Siberia.

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effect that the fleet must remain here until further orders. The Glory and Vengeance will alone go to Mirs Bay. The first to undergo steam trials, the second for gun practice.

On the 9th inst, a japanese cavalry patrol consisting of one sub-lieutenant and two men met with forty Russian cavalrymen at Pakchen and one of the Japanese men, Kiyokuma Tudo koro, n native of Kumavoto, was killed. The enemy who were in the Kasan district of Anju gradually retired and burnt and sacked the native city of Wiju, falling back towards Kiu Lien-cheng after crassing the Yalu. In the south of Wijo there is no sign of any large

The Washington Government, at the re, quest of M. Takahira, has instructed Mr-party of the enemy. McCormick to ask Russia to assist filly Japanese non-combatants in Siberia, whose lives are in danger, to reach Berlin where the legation will look after them..

THE "MAN BEHIND THE GUN."

Mr. Chas. S. Braddock, Jr., läte Liaut, U,S,M,, contributes the following letter to the Siam

Observer:--

The President, Speaker and Deputy-Speaker of the Japanese Senate, as well as the Senator, Mr. Tamotsu Murata, have requested that their salaries be paid into the War Fund during the present conflict, as they refuse to draw the

same.

THE END OF IT.

A. FORECAST.

men of the Powers concerned, and who fore

casted in "Japan in Transition," in 1898 the alliance between Japan and Great Britain.

This is quite an informal talk; an after. luncheon chat with the man whose knowledge of Far Eastern politics has been acquired by I read with much interest the able and well-long travel and personal intercourse with states- written article on the "Contending Navies" in your issue of Feb. 16th. The question is there raised as to "Who builds the best fighting ship."? Of course, as an American, I claim that the best ships in the world are built-in-America--Ransome," the scene of this struggle and the The Varyag and Retvizan were both built al- most within sight of my home, and I saw them bath before and after launching, the Varyng being very similar to the cruiser Brooklyn of our Navy.

At Santiago the Christobal Colon was built in Italy; the rest of the ships, to the best of my knowledge, together with the two destroyers, were built in England.

I am willing to admit that all warships are

"People mus: first of all reálise," said Mr.

climatic conditions. To begin with, there are two Gulfs of Pechili, There is the Gulf of Fechili radiant and tractable during eight months of the year; and there is the Gulf of Pechili of the present time, which, to all intents and purposes is a displaced slice of the Arctic regions. I myself, three years ago almost to this very day, was obliged to force my way through thirty miles of fi ating ice to reach the Manchurian boundary at Shan-hai-kwan.

"I don't quite understand why Russia should be unable to bring her dead-weight to bear upon her tiny enemy," I said.

"Well, first of all there is that want of

in mind the strength of the Japanese navy, has already cut off the possibility of an influx of Russian troops by sea. As for the Trans Siberian Railway, that has proved itself in- efficient in times of peace. There can be no question, with the wide and extraordinary ramifications of the Japanese Intelligence Department on the one hand and the deadly hatred of the Chinese on the other, that we shall short.y hear there is a break somewhere along this line. To effect this it would not be necessary for any Japanese force to approach the line at any point; a man and a boy could do all the damage that was necessary in a quarter of an hour"

"Your argument is, then," I asked, "that the victory will rest with Japan ?"

"Provided that the japanese do not follow the bad example of Napoleon in carrying their operations too far into the interior-Yes."

"And European complications?" "That question opens up an entirly different field," said Mr. Ransome; "but we must take it for granted that if the recent rapprochiment between England and France means anything, it means that both countries will be reluctant to take part in the present war. The only Germany backs Russia in nearly everything other possible power is Germany; but though

she does in the Far East, she will be loth to fight, for reasons which are very near at home," "And supposing if Japan were to lose after all?

"If it were to come within a measurable dis- lance of that, there would undoubtedly be a world-wide conflagration. But I see no practic able possibility of such a disaster,”—-Exchange.

THE COALING STATION, SABANG.

Dutch coaling station, Sabang, at Pulu Weh, Owing to the Russian-Japanese war the

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As yet the coast batteries at Sabang on Pulu Weh are not ready. Some days ago artillery was sent over there to strengthen the position.

At the same time the following warships | Persion Paper)...... have been ordered to Sabang Bay to protect our neutrality: the armoured cruiser Koningin Regentes, the protected cruisers Gelderland (the vessel which transported ex-president Krüger to Europe), Utrecht, Noordbrabant, the gunboats Siboga, Nias, Assahan, and the torpedo-boats Hydra, Scylla and Sphinx. It must be added that the most import- an other points in the Netherlands Indian Archipelago are to be accupied by men-of-war. Sabang Bay is, however, the principal naval

station.

As regards the neutrality of these dominions, it has been proclaimed in a special issue of the Government Gazette. Its principal rules are as follows:-

be allowed in the Netherlands Indian ports and

"Vessels of war of the belligerents shall not

rondsteads in a number larger than three ships of either party together.

"They will be admitted for not longer than 24 hours unless it proves imperative to allow a further delay, either to provide for provisions or coal, or in cases of need or danger.

**Provisions may only be taken in to provide for the support of the crew, whereas the stock coal may not be increased beyond what may be necessary to reach the nearest port of call of the country to which the vessel belongs, or of one of its war allies.

"The same vessel may not coal again, before at least three months have elapsed after the previous coaling, unless special authority has

good, no matter in what part of the world they This, too, was on a Japanese transport and if importance. When Sabang was founded some been granted.

ever I had doubted the capacity of the Japanese as sailors, all my prejudices were dissipated by the manner in which they negotiated those floating glaciers."

are built. But the best in the world are built in the United States, and the proof lies in the fact that the building and improvements. on vessels now building is so closely watched by the Naval experts of the great Naval Powers., The point I wish to make, however, is that, other things being nearly equal, it is "the marald Mr. Ransome, with a smile. behind the gon" who decides the matter.

At Santiago, with the exception of the 11-inch turret guns of the Christodai Colon, the Spanish fleet was fully armed and supplied with am- munition. And examination of the Spanish ships after the fight showed that practically no damage had been done by projectiles over $ inches in calibre; that their machinery was practically uninjured by gun fire as it was protected by eleven inches of armour; and that the entire destruction of the ships was due to the large amount of woodwork about the decks which was set on fire. But the men who manned the 3-pounder, 6. pounder, and sin rapid-fire guns on our ships sent in such a terrible deadly fire of shel', searching every nook and corner of the gun decks and unprotected parts of their ships, that in less than five minutes from the begin *ping of the acrios their decks can blood. One example of the starching fire. In the first few minutes a six-pounder shell entered the forward turret of the Oquendo, slipping between the side of the gun port and the eleven-inch gun, exploding inside the turret, and killing every man there. And there we found them next day lying where they fell at the post of duty..

The Spaniards were as brave as our men and

"And Port Arthur, was that ice-bound?" I asked

Port Arthur, strange as it may seem spite of the papers, is a practicable part alt the year round. Loose masses of disintegrated ice are sometimes seen floating a few miles from the shore, but there is no question of dangerous navigation at that particular point except from storms, which at this time of the year are often very severe. Remember, too, that Vladivostock, the only other Russian port worth consideration, is frozen hard. The Russian delay no doubt is attributable to their anxiety to postpone hostilities until the ice breaks up. We are, by the way, within a few weeks of that."

In principal it was the intention of the Governor of Atchin (Atjeh), the most northern part of Sumatra, where the Dutch after fighting for years had subdued the fiercely fanatic aborig- ines, that Subang station would become for the Atchinese what at present Penang is for them, ie, the transit port by which their export pro- duce, principally pepper, should find its way to Europe.

years ago, the expectations did not reach so far.

Meanwhile politics had also something to do with the plan."

Hitherto Penang was for the malcontent At chinese something like Paris, a place by which they found themselves attracted and from where many a plot was directed against the Dutch. with its splendid bay, where the largest warships In the place of Penang, Sabang should come

can find a good anchorage.

To attain this, the regular mail service of the Nederland Steam Navigation Company, one of the two companies who regularly run between Holland and its colonies, and who heretofore called at Padang (western coast of Sumatra), was removed við Sabang.

The exploitation of Sabang bay which com mands admiration from every visitor, already dates from 1890 and was carried on by Mesare. De Lange & Co., Batavia, who erected a coal depot, sheds, and a pier (breakwater). Owing to the bay not being widely known and the antiquated arrangements as regards loading and discharging commodities, and docks, the exploitation turned out to be rather dis- advantageous, and only when the Netherlands Trading Company, our largest banking institu tion, which has an agency in Shanghai, was

"Ships of war or privateers of the belligerents

port or roadstead with prizes, except in case of are not allowed to enter any Netherlands Indian

sea accidents or want of provisions."

Besides this it has beco stipulated with re gard to Sabang and the northern part of Atchin, that no telegrams will there be accepted which are unintelligible for the Lutch officials, or treating on the movements of ships or troops, which telegrams might be of use to the bell- gerent parties-Russia and Japan.

The desire of the Government of Netherlands India to maintain a strict neutrality with all available means is evident.

Meantime, as the most advanced part of the Russian squadros on its way for the Far East has sailed to Djibouti), it will yet take some months before it will touch Sabang, where a fair quantity of coal has been stored up.

Great Britain had brought the stock, but this There was a rumour some time ago that

report came from Singapore, and has not been confirmed. However, it is a matter of fact that in Batavia harbour no Cardiff coal is avail- able; all having been bought up by private firms, with the result that the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth could not have left Batavia for Cheloo, had not the Netherlands Indian Government supplied that vessel with Cardiff coal.-N. C. D. News.

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Hongkong, 22nd March, 1904.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

Noction of the Promoter to apply to OTICE is hereby given that it is the

the Legislative Council of Hongkong for a Bill entitled an Ordinance for authorising the Construction of a Tramway within the Colony of Hongkong.

RUSSIA'S WANT OF COAL. "While the frost lasts," said Mr. Ransome, "Russia must be entirely dependent on her Port Anbur stocks. In the ordinary course of things she draws her supplies primarily from Nagasaki, in Japan, but this source is now closed to her. Secondarily she relies upon the Chinese collieries in the Kaiping district. This is precisely the district bordering upon the Gulf of Pechili, which is frost bound. It is true that there is a railway linking this place with Port Arthur, but as far northward as Shan- hai-kwan it is in the hands of the Chinese and owned by what is practically a British company. What the law of international neutrality might at the beginning of the action fired just as fail to accomplish will surely be effected by rapidly. Anyone looking to leeward and see. Chinese hostility, and the supply from that ing boiling and spouting geysers half-a-mile quarter may therefore be regarded as nil. But beyond us would think that "there was some- it is not only a question of coal,” continued my thing doing" in that neighbourhood, The truth hos', "it is also a question of docking accom- is the Spinards were whipped before they got modation. In the newspapers to-day one sees their gun-sights down, as we found on going on that certain Russian vessels at Port Arthur board afterwards that many sights read 4,800 have been dama,ed by torpedoes. Had they yards, and as the fighing was done at 2,000 to been anywhere else in the scene of operations 3,000 yards (at one time 1,400) any one can it would have been impossible for the Russians see how wildly they fired. They had 350 men to have carried out any repairs whatever. The killed outright and 155 wounded; and we look exact state of Russian facilities at Port Arthur 1,800 prisoners and had one man killed and for docking warships I do not know, but I can Bone woucded.

tell you that in the ordinary course of things Again, the

iwn destroyers, which were Russia relies on Nagasaki, which is Japanese, English-built, and which were armed with Shanghai, which is international, and Hong- transporting these coals, a railway bas bean Japan. As a matter of fact there are so few landed at Consignees' risk and expense into

automatic Maxim-Nordenfelt rapid firers, started back for the harbour entrance to seek safety. There was nothing in their path but the Gloucester, which had been a private yacht and had been hastily armed with six six-pounder. It was all over in few minutes The Gloucester, instead of waiting for them, headed straight for them, and while we looked the Pluton blew up and Furor sunk vanquished by an unarmored yacht

And so i hold that it is the "man behind the gun" who wins the fight. It was the bravery and the "quick fire" of the Turkish troops that made Plevaa famous. Other things being equal and both sides being brave men, that side on which is the most patriotism and whe believe they have justice on their side, will, in my opinion, win in the present contest. And "I balleve it will be the Japanese. I sincerely hope that the time will soon come when there will be no more war or rumour of wars, Stripped of its glamour those who have been babind the scenes 'know the

and

inclined to tarnish the necessary funds, the flourishing state of Sabang coaling station increased. At present there are a repairing dock, tume piers, coal-jetties to a length of 345 meters (1,132 English feet) and 11 cual sheds, while a hotel is being built. In 1900 this coaling station was visited by 275 vessels, in 1901 by 342 vessels; the number of vessels for 1902 is not yet known.

The ships are principally provided with Cardiff, Bengalese, and Ombilin coals. The latter are abiained from the western coast of Sumatra, from an extensive coalfield where some millions of tons are available. For

account of the war and we are given to understand that after the departure of the boat now loading the rate will most probably be 30% per ton of 45 cubic feet.

Coast wise:-Rates are still on the increase

especially as regards coal-freights and now that tonnage offering for trip-charter is so scarce we may look for them to go still higher.

COAL.

Regarding the coal market they report --- Japan.-When writing last we ventured to say that our market would experience a rise in prices but such has not been the case although freights have still kept up between this and buyers it is impossible to expect any improve. kong and Singapore, which are British, for all built to the seaport Pabaug, but as this railwayment. Stocks are very large and the con repairs to her shipping in the Far East." partly runs through terribly rough country sumption has not increased to any material

"You think, then, that Japan starts well?”. where in the rainy season spales come down,

extent.

Cardiff-There has not been any business "Decidedly.".

the transport is sometimes hindered. This in this article. happened about a month ago, but now the Sydney Wollongong.-Although the natives railway has been repaired and coals can are short in their supplies they are still holding be shipped again. As regards the quality hands demand almost war prices whereas they off from operating as they consider that first Ombilin coals are not so good as Cardiff, are willing to deal at most reasonable prices. which belong to an older formation; to use It takes some time to get the native to under- Ombilin coals, some particular arrangements stand this. have to be adapted,

THE DEAD WEIGHT OF RUSSIA.

"Bu," pressed, "does your optimism extend beyond the early stages of hostilities ? "

"I am not sure," answered Mr. Ransome, that there will be any late stages to this war. I think it will be over before Russia can bring to bear that dead-weight which she undoubted- ly possesses. Although, no doubt, this will not be entirely a naval war, its land operations, as long as they are confined to Japan and Russia, will never extend for inland. When Japan has robbed Russia of all her points of vantage on the sea coasts and established her influence in Korca, which, let us remember, is a peninsula, she will have accomplished her purpose, and Russia will then be without an outlet for bar ships, and will be, therefore, with out power as far as international intercourse is concerned. On the other hand, the intimate connections which will spring up between the Japanose and the Chinese, and the strength the

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During the period under review, our market has shown signs of weakness due to the falling off in the demand for China and to the general dullness of the other markets. Were it not for stocks, prices would have, in the absence of the Annamite planters being able to bold their demand, shown a more marked decline than

Since September 1903 Sabang has become a part of call for the mail steamers of the Neder- lands Steam Navigation Company. Now that this port is more and more attracting foreign mercantile vessels and men-of-war, the ques tion of maintaining neutrality in case of war comes to the front. The Dutch government had to be prepared for it. The budget for 1903 shows, a preliminary sum of 37,000 guilders to start the building of a couple of they did. coast batteries on Pulu Web (in an old book A large business has been, at the decline, of William Dampler I found the pun pulaken place is the Philippines. At the done with France; and some transactions have

away; in this way the name is pronounced), close, our market remains dull with next to no in order to be able to maintala the neutrality | demand.

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