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TELEGRAMS

(Reuter's.)

The War.

Russian Naval Reinforcements.

LONDON, 7th April.

St. Petersburg advices state that the Grand

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1904,

THE WAR.

the the search lights and flashes of shells, during the engagement on that date, the ship then being about 16 miles off the Big Bamboo, and about 50 miles from Port Arthur. The Chinese authorities at Shanhaikwan, acting according to law, have confisca ed and sold locally the cargoes of six een junts, con- sisting of potatoes, cabbages and such like which were intended for Port Arthur and New A corresp dost has written infirming uschwang, and were seized at Chinwargian.

THEN GOTIATIONS. Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has kindly handed to us a copy of the correspondence re- garding the nego iutions between Japan and Russia, which was prevented to the Impe is Diet last month

Majesties as sum of Ven 100,000 10 the Teikoku Yengn Kai (the associal ion for the relief those serving in the japan- ese Army and Navy).

remained active, the Japanese could not land troops at Newchwang, and no defences on the side would be needed, but as things stand, it would appear a waste of energy far the Japanese to carry on a perilous advance against fortified lines in the hills before Haicheng or Lino-yang when the whole position can be turned from the ear. Had the Russians been able to seize and fortify Newchwang on the one side and Wiju o Yonganipho on the other, as buttresses of Port

CHINESE LABOUR FOR THE. RAND,

sin railway station on Saturday. They were in pivot of an impregnable position Chin Timer, charge of a Russian woman, who said they were intended for Shanhaikwan. Permission to take them on was refused.-China Times.

Major-General Des inn, Russian Military Agent, communicated the following telegram to the Shanghai press:——

vaal and send them back to China, every facility and assistance within the power of the employers will be given to such societies, and in particular the employers will provide, at their own cost, for the transport of the body, if embalmed or otherwise preserved, from the

Transvaal to China.

The labourer shall be entitled to make an allotment his wages to be paid in China to his family or representative. The nount of whom payments are to be made shall be stated on the canteret entered into by the labourer. The employer undertakes to arrange for the payment of the allotment in China; the first at the end of the payment to be made first meth after the labourer's arrival in the Transvaal and the subsequent pay. ments monthly as long as the labourer con- tinues to be employed. No change is to be made in the arrangement thas made without

Duke Alexis' yacht Svelliana is being con that on the 28dgült, Their Insper.al Japanese Fifty bags of fl our were stopped at the Tient-Arthur, the latter fortress would have been the such a latinent and the name of the person to Verted into a craiser; the woodwork is being replaced by iron and she will join the squad ron starting for the Pacific in June. The squadron will consist of the Dimitri-Donskoi, Otlyabin, Aurora, four new battleships of the Tsarevitch type, two old and three new cruisers, two old and two new transports, two | destroyers and five torpedoers. The squad: ron carries nine submarines.

LATER.

Bomb Outrage in Spain. A bomb was thrown at King Alfonso while on a visit to Barcelona. The King escaped unhurt.

The Anglo-Fronch Agreement. Reuter's correspondent states that the Anglo-French negotiations have reached the closing wage. Lord Lansdowne and M. Cambon had the concluding conference to day. A final reference will subsequently be made to Paris,

REGULATIONS AFFECTING NEUTRALS

The following extract from the London Gazette of the ist March, is published in the Gar it--

Foreign Office, February 29th, 1904.

ilis Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received the following telegram from His Majesty's Ambassador at St. Peters

burg

Regulations affecting neutrals to be applied by Russia during war with Japan, published to-day.

Dechred "ontraband of War --Arms, munit. ions, explosives and substances used for mano- facture of explosives, material for artillery engineering and baggage trains, such as gun- carriages, campaign kitchens carts, barbed wire, pontoons, harness, &c., articles of muli• tary equipment and clothing, ships constructed for purposes of war, boilers and all kinds The United States.

of ship machinere, every kind of cam. An excited Presidential election campaign bu tible such as coal, enphtha, alcohol ard has begun in the United States. The Re- similar substances, materials and objects publicans will certainly nominale Mr. Roose for telegraphic and telephonic installations or velt. There are at present two Democratic for construc'in of railways generally, all aspirants, Chief Justice Parker, and the mil-bjects intended [r war by sea or land, includ lionaire newspaper proprietor, Mr. Hearst,ing rice, provisions, horses, &c,

supported respectively by Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bryan. The chief plank in Mr. Hearst's platform is a relentless denunciation of Capitalists and Trusts, but Chief Justice Parker is most likely to be nominated,

LEAVITT'S TROUBADOUKS.

Mr. M. B. Leavitt's troupe of Anglo-American troubadours arrived here yesterday from Sin- gapore on 5 5, the Malta, and dispositions have already been taken for the first performance to take place at the Theatre Royal on Monday, The programme will be a full one, Misses Georgia Putnam, Helen Collins, Violet Chard and Mlle. Lenore all appearing in their special "turns," while Messrs. Victor Lydall, W. 1 ans downe and W. Taylor contribute popular vo cal, instrumental and comical "numbers" to the entertainment. The mysterious Zancigs, experts in mental telepathy and a recent addi- tion to the Company, will be sure to attract crowded houses as public interest is daily in creasing in all that concerns hypaotic art We learn that booking is already proceeding briskly,

*ERENCH NAVẠI SCANDAL.

SECRET PATERS OFFERED TO JAPAN.

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail, writing on the 10th ukio, states that con- Biderable commotion has been caused in

Frer ch naval circles by a sensational discovery,

which recalls a scandal of a similar kind, which occurred in 1900.

A few days ago Captain Martin, a naval officer, received a letter, the contents of which caused him some surprise. It read somewhat as follows:-

"On two separate occasions you have offered me confidential documents on the navy. If you wish to follow up your proposals meet me at" etc., the hour and place of meeting being mentioned. Captain Martin examined the envelope, and discovered that it was addressd not to him, but to a quartermaster of the same name attached to the Admiralty Head- quarters Staff at the Ministry of Marine..

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Asšim lated in contraband of war are the following acts:-Trausport of enemy's troops, despatches and correspondence and furnishing transports and ships of war to the enemy. Neutral ships captured while engage in flag rant act of con raband can, according to cir-

cumstances, be seized and even confiscated.

LATEST FROM NEWCHEANG.

Newchwang, 29th March.

Five Butterfield and Swire's steamers from Shanghai arrived at the bar yesterday and after an overhaul from the Russians here entered be harbour to-day. They were all stopped in passing Port Arthur, meeting 5 battleships, a number of cruisers and torpedo boats-3 vessels in all. Blank shots were fired across their bows.

The Russians proclaimed martial law yester day. The British Co sul notified his nationals that he had protested and had referred the matter 10 his Minister at Peking. He advised that British rubjects should, in the meantime, conform with the declaration.

The Russ ans have ordered the British flag hoisted over the stables rented by the war correspondents, to be lowered.

A British resident, who shot mud dog in his compound, was only saved from arrest for letting off fire arms on his premises, by the intervention of a friend conversant with the Russian langu ge.

Mr. A. Kreailer, of the Russo-Chinese Bank here, has been appointed French Consular Agent at this poŋ.

A reply has been received by the British Minister in response to the petition of Briish subjects for protection during forthcoming hostilities. The Consul has invited signatories to hear the reply reid at the Consula e this afternoon. Its purport is not known now,

It is not expected that the japanese will make an attack on Newchwang inmediately. General unrest prevails. The gunboats are still in dock-Skin hai Mercury,

NEWCHW NG RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR

SELF-DEFENCE.

In respinse to the Circular calling a meeting of residents to consider the steps necessary for self protection in Newchwang, recently pub lished in the afercury) the China Times reports that about fifty residents responded. There were also present several war correspondents as spec alors. Dr. Daly was.pominated to the chair.

Post Arthur, 2nd April-On his arrival at Port Arthur the Imperial Lieutenant (Viceroy Alexeieff visited the Tsarevitch, Retvizan, and Pallada, the forts, works, and fospitals. The outer roadstead is adomed with immense Japanese vessels perched on ro ks. in the

vicinity of the entrance to the part which re- mains absolutely free. The streets, the shops, and the works are full of animation. New Arrivals a e shown as a curiosity some houses pie ced by fragments of projectiles, nut a single shell having fallen into any building whatever. Life at Port Arthur continues its habitual course,

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THE MOUNTED BANDITS.

According to native reports the Russian authorities have demanded of the Tartar General that as Manchuria has not been included in the neutral zone the following orders are to be carried out: That Russia has the right to exercise power over the local Chinese officials. That taxes and revenue be the Kussin Government. That all Chinese troops be subject to Russian handed over to

urders. The Tartar General has refused to carry out these demand, and we consider he The excuse the has a perfect right to refuse. Russians make for issuing such orders is, that

the mounted bandits are a great obstacle to

military movements, and that these bandits have not been suppressed owing in the strength

of the Chinese troops being inadequate, and that the Chinese officials have not acted promptly, and in conseqence of this the mounted bandits have wrought considerable tamage to the railway and telegraph lines, As Russia's demands have been refused, Russia now asks that China give her a prompt reply regarding the mends she in- tends taking to suppress these bandits. Russia has made several propositions to overcome the difficulty they are now having with these band. its, namely, that the bandit thiefs be asked to surrender ansi those agreeing to do so should be rewarded with Chinese military official titles. That a quarter of each Russian regi- ment he composed of these bandits who are 10 he well paid and receive good food. That those unwilling should be bribed with money to keep quiet, and the money for this purpose should be obtained by extorting it from weal- thy Chinese merchants and shop-keepers, whose houses should bear a mark when they According will be protected by the Russians

to native reports the Russian have a thusand bandits and six hundred Russians in Chinese military uniform al Newchwang. They are there for ti e purpose of complicating matters as much as possible, should the Japanese arinck Newchwang.-Kr.

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Among the passengers steamship Hamburg, which left Kobe for Yokohama on the 20th ultimo, were Major von Faster, of Bavaria, and Captain Hoffmann, German Military Attaché. They visited the Kencho at Kobe and ink a tour round the town, They will proceed to the front after having gaue though the usual formalities at their respective Legations.

The latest statistics published in Japanese papers show that there are 67 Russians still resident in Nagasaki.

THE SIEGE OF PORT AKTIFUK.

Chefon 28th March.

At the present moment Port athur is more of an encumbrance to Russia thap an advant· age, for she is whliged to defend it as a matter of honour and prestige, ye: its only utility is to serve as a base for an active fleet, which no longer exists.

Our Tientsin er rrespondent sends us the form of contract to be signed by the labourers, whoare being recruited in Shantung and Chikh forthe Rand mines. It is as follows :--

"The labourer agrees to proceed to the Transvaal Colony in South Africa and there to work on the gold mines for the period of his engagement."

The engagement is for three years dating from the dy of the Inbourer's arrival in the Transvaal.

The journey from Tientsin to the Transvaal is estimated to take 35 days.

The employer will transport the labourer free of cost by sea and land from Taku where this contract is made, to his destination in the Transvaal and will provide during the journey, without any charge to the labourer, accom- modation, food, and medical attendance, com. plying with all the requirements of the British laws which exist, dealing with this matter.

The employer will transport free of charge a casonable quantity of clothes and other private effects as may be necessary.

The employer will provide the hourer, after his arrival in the Transvaal and during the eriod of engagement, with horsing, food, awl medical attendance, free of all charges.

The food provided for the labourer shall be

according to the schedule A attached, excep

in so far as the scale of food may be altered by

mutual consent,

The employer undertakes to advance to each labourer, before star ing, the sum of 30 dollars, fur pur, nse of outfit, making provision for his family, etc.

The Labourer will have to repay this som to the employer within six months, from the date of his commencing work."

We

earn from the Feking and Tientsin Times that the daily raions include zi lhs. o' rice, fur, or o her grain, 67 med or fish, fresh or preserved, joz. vegetables, joz. tea, 202 ground nut oil, and sak, which is fully a liberal a dietary as the northern coolic can

ordinar ly obtain. The employers are more over carefully preparing," we are told, " send stocks of all Chinese requirements to the Transvaal with the idea of enabling the Chi- nese to procure their clothes, shoes, tobacco. their writers, barbers, etc., at precisely the same rates there as they do in Tientsin, and when he gets to the Transvaal the labourer will be watched over sedulously by the In- spector of Immigrants, who will see the con tract he has made is enforced in spirit and in letter in his favour.

On a cursory perusal, the contract seems

law or regulation of the Transvaal Government or by mutual agreement between employer remarkably fair, but a closer reading will show

and labourer.

At the expiration of the engagement the employer will transport the labourer, fice of all charge, by lind and sen to the place where this contract was made, or to Tientsin, providing accommodation, food, and medical attendance on the journey, as before, and complying with all the requirements of the British laws which exist dealing with this matter.

If the labourer wishes to renew his engage. ment at the expiration of the contract he shall be allowed to renew it with the consent of the employer in such manner and for such period as may be provided by the laws of the Transvaal.

that there are very serious omissions in it, and what it does not contain is of as much im portance as what does. Except the brief statement that he is to work on the gold mines," there is nothing to draw the labourer's attention in the fact that he is to work ten hours day under-ground in the deep levels, Nor is there any hint that during his three years' tay in the Transvaal, he will be kept in a com pound from which he will not be allowed to stray, on his Sundays and holidays. Nor that he will have no opportunity to better his position. The day be reaches the Rand he becomes an underground miner, and that he remains until the day when he is put in a rail. way track to be repatriated. Now the Chinese coolie is not entirely unenterprising or without ambition, and he likes to be able to wander about and chat with his fellows and look at not working. Every things when he is Chinese coolie is a gambler at heart, and is on the look out for a lucky chance to rise; on the voyage out he will be considering how he will plant vegetables, and make a little profit on them, and by-and-by open a little shop, and so raise himself and bis family above the scale of the coolie. That he wil be The day's work shall not exceed to hours, satisfied when he real ses what the existence The labourer shall not be compelled to work on

is to which he has bound himself by this ap Sundays, nor on the following Chinese holi-parently harmless contract is very improbable days:-

In case of such renewal the labourer shall be entitled, at the end of the further period of contract, to receive a free passage to Tientsin with food, etc, on the journey, as before, at the expense of the employer.

The labourer shall be paid wages from the day of his arrival in the Tranvaal, at the rate of 25 stullings per calendar month (that is, 5 ball-sovereigns every two months).

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It is to be understood that as soon as possible after the arrival of the laborers at the mines, a system of piecework payment-that is payment upon the amount of work actually done-will be arranged for most kinds of work. The labourer will then be given the choice wherever possible of being paid in this way, according to work done, instead by a fixed wage per month. The piecework payment will be fixed on such a scale that a really efficient and industrious labourer who works in this way wil be able to earn more than 25 shillings a ¦ month and the best labourers will be able to earn even as much as 50 shillings (five half- sovereigns) for 30 days' work.

Al wages will be paid monthly and in gold of British currency.

and, at any rate, he should be given an op portunity to understand exactly, before he signs the contract, the peculiarly or erons conditions under which alone pablic opinion in the Trans- vaal bas consented to the importation of Chin- It it no use to rely too much on ese labour the protection that the las, ector of mumigrants can give to the coalies. The magistrates at Johannesburg are men connected with the nining industry, and to the Government of the Transval the chief anxiety is that the mines shall be made more remunerative than they are. The condition of the coulie will possibly be a secondary consideration.-N. C, D. News.

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The letter purported to be from a naval attaché of the Japanese Legation in Paris, and

The Chairman of the Rostrum :- after reflection the officer decided to hand it over to his chief, The police were com- Gentlemen, You are all no doubt aware that municated with and Quanermaster' Martin it is more than 1kely that in the very near was arrested at his house on Monday night, future we shall find ourselves in the midst of handcuffed, and conveyed to the Pepiniere severe fighting and in the event of the Russian forces retiring they of course will not be in a Barracks.

Martin was particularly well placed to obtain position to protect our lives and property as they confidential and in portant information on the have done heretofore. I am of course speaking subject of combined ac ion on the part of the of the inevitable interval that is sure to happen. tinn remain intact." This is a biz qualification. | those days as on others. They will also receive 30 ds' sight San Francisco & New York 2

French and Russian deets, and the verification of the documents confided to his charge at the Ministry of Marine is said to have shown that one was missing. It is not believed, however, that Martin had had time to deliver any docu- ments to the attic with whom he was in communication,

A note has been issued by the Japanese Legation stating that there is no truth in the assertions concerning the naval attaché and his alleged relations with Quartermaster Martin,

if the Russian forces are forced to retire, and before the Japanese can occupy and police the town. We have nothing to fear from either of the belligerents, but you are no doubt aware that within our immediate vicinity there are hundreds of lawless characters both foreign and Chinese camp followers, who are here for the express purpose of louting, and these are the people we must protect ourselves against.

After a few remarks by Mr. Bandirel and others, it was decided to appoint a committee of three to approach the Consular Body through the Senior Consul (Mr. Fulford,) THE STOCKBROKER'S LAMENT asking them to ascerain if possible what steps the Russian Administration proposed to take for the protection of lives and property in the

You would think when things are cheap

it is then the time to buy

(You should see the bargainbunters at the

draper's!)

As is witnessed every morning in the papers, For as soon as prices droop there is panic in

the air,

After the Russian 'reply, another meeting will be called, when it may become necessary to act on the original notice, and settle on 'some definite plan of action for self protection against mob or individual violence.

We are as much in the dark at Chefoo, as elsewhere as in the real condition of things in Port Arthur garrison. But there is no real reason to doubt the soundness of the Russian claims that, provided its communications remain intact, that fortress can hold out for an indiefimte period. "Provided its communica.

Russian military officers believe that the Japanese are aiming in the first instance at Port Arthur and in the second Mukden. It is believed they are purposely delaying the Japanese advance northward from Korea, or at least they are not unduly hurrying it, in order to give themselves time to formulate a simulra- menus attack from the other side. namely from the Liao-ho valley. If the belief is correct, the Japanese will have two lines of advance, one from the direction of Wiju north-westward and the other from Newchwang north-e1stward. converging upon one another, cutting the line of communication between Mukden and Port Arthur, and enveloping both of these places in turn.

Should labourers who are working on the monthly wage system fail to work, whether from illness or other cause, an working days (ie. days other than Sundays and the bolidays mentioned shove), they will not be paid for the days on which they do not work, but will continue to receive free lood and housing og

rer medicines and medical attendance in case of liness, and there will be hospitals where, those who are sick will be received and treated free of charge.

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Should a labourer refuse to work or become permanently unable to work from any cause. the employer will be all wed to terminate the engagement, but will be then bound to trans- port the labourer free of charge, with food, etc, on the journey, as before, to the place where this contract was made.

Should the labourer become permanently disabled from work by an accident incurred in the service of his employer, and net through his own fault or carelessness, the employer shall pay to the labourer as compensation a sum of fifty shillings-Gve hall-sovereigns, Such sem shall be handed to the labourer on his arrival at the place of contract, le which he is returned.

event of Newchwang becoming the scene af Russian efforts are now directed toward hostilities. Every credit was given the Rus- blocking the way of these two advancing lines. sian Administration at the meeting for the way Fortifications are being made at various strate they had preserved peace and policed the town.gic points, rather late in the day, perhaps, but

as the Russians will say, better late than never Shouli a labourer die from accident incur. But it seems in stocks and shares during trying times."

a thing that won't apply,

The Japanese advance will be obstructed very red in the servic; of his employer, and not strongly in the bill country between Lianyang through his own fault or negligence, the em and Yalu, where an attacking force must ployer shall pay to his representative, to be run great risks. It is not clear, however, named in the contract, the sum of 10 half... how the Russians are going to stop the sovereigns. invaders from casting the Port Arthur railway; from the direction Newchwang, where the Rus- sians are starting defensive operations at the fast moment, and probably with little avail.

The weakness of the Russian position con- sists in the defenceless condition of her wastara flank, Had the Russian fleet at Port Arthur

And the public seem content to let them

dribble

Japanese scouts entered Wiju at tram on 4th inst. From the indications it is believed But directly there's a nse in a certain kind of that the Russians have retreated beyond the

share,...

It's astounding how the s begin to

Aibble! -Sport and Gossip.

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In the event of the labourer dying during the period of engagement, his remains will be buried decently on land, according to Chinese THE Superioress relying on the the fatitur custom... If the labourers desire to form societion, for the many proofs she has had of their ties among themselves for the purpose of em-geperosity, hopes to receive and merit a large balming or otherwise preserving the bodies of share of public patronage. any of their number who may die in the Trans-

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