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FIHK LAND OF THESETTIN

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ITS PEOPLE, GUSTŪMS AND TRAGEDIRS.

At the Union Church Lierary Club list elegraph | evening, Mr. P. H. Halya.k delivered are lightfully interesting And rost instructive tee ture on "Morocco; its people, customs, and tragedies," and illustrated his subject with a number of beautiful limelight views. Having briefly dealt with the geographical situation of the country whose name, he said, signifies "The extreme West, or The land of the setting

HONDKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1905.

DANGEROUS POSSIBILITIES,

AS APTIKTHI" SULLY:"

SALVAGE PARTY TO THE RESCUE. The contract to salve the French armoured cruiser Sully, which is aground on the Tonkin Coast, Indo China, has been secured by the Hongkong Salvage Syndicate, who have placed

17th February.

The course was not fast this morning; in- deed, it may more correctly he said. to be a slow one. The gallops were watched with intense interest, and the Derby, candidates with the keenesi expectation?, were followed, in their several performances

the whole affair in charge of the well-known A cordial welcome was extended to our an salvage expert, Mr. J. Watt Jameson, Mr. nual visitor from Aniay, Mr. F. B. Marshall, Jameson has chartered the ss. famol and leaves who, as a thorough gond all-round sport, meels.

divers for the scene of the wreck with a viewable of extending to their friends from the tomorrow with salvage gear and a party of with the warmest of warm receptions that the sporting fraternity here in Hongkong is cap. to make a preliminary inspection in order to determine the chances of salving the vessel,

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Most of us have followed with amusing Sun," Mr. Holyok took his audience on and deciding what course to pursue. In the Course this morning and was accompanied

interest the fantastic story recently unfolded in the columns of a Parisian journal and purporting to be a confidential report sent by Baron Kodania, Viceroy and Governor of

Ponosa, to the Japanese Premier, in the

imaginat ve tour through some of the principal towns of this strange and little known country, Entering El Araick on a market day one fund plenty to interest and to amuse. As though in

vivid contrast to the pictures of the narrow

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notice with mingled interest and disgus', a butcher auctioning his wares, which are so completely covered with innumerable flies,

spring of 1902. It was a senseless and mis- and crooked lines which pass for streets, chicvous article written no doubt with a strewn with offil and thick with dust, through which they had come up from the steam- view of keeping alive that Yellow Peril' bogey of which most of us have by this timer, we hear almost with relief, he said, the discordant yells of Arabs, Moors, and grown so heartily tired that when a new

Negroes,-ile-braying of mules, the grunt BUILDINGS.'peril' is rumoured in connection with the

ing of camels, the neighing Far East there are not many who gave ear and the bleeting of sheep. It market day, to the counsels of those who speak from and the natives from the neighbouring villages motives other than those which he led have come into Dari che, as trading steamers irresponsible persons into 'yellow journal-know it, to dispose of their varied wates ism. At present mach interest is being felt in England at the attitude adopted by some of the Powers towards the Chinese indemnity question. One writer asserts that the termin- ation of the Russo-Japanese war, whenever it comes, is likely to inaugurate a period of Per duz. peace in the China Seas few will be sanguine enough to predict. It is recognized that quite apart from the diplomatic com bination which Russia evidently regards as her last resource in the event of a failure of her arms to recover her former position in North China, the immediate future of China herself south of the Great Wall bristles with 3dangerous possibilities arsing out of the selfish aims which have been directed to the disintegration of the Chinese Empire. This has brought about a living spectre on the phantom singe in the Far East, and one which, under the naine of the White Peril," is being engineered by die many-headed hydra, the Russo-Chinese Bank

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that it is difficult to discern what lies beneath

is camel ment and Upon inquiry we learn as no camel is destroyed for fond until too diseased for work, the prospect of such fund is not enticing. Having referred to other kinds of food offered for sale by the butcher, the lecturer proceeded to describe the goods sold by shoemakers, the "fearful and wonderful" dishes of sweets to be seen in the market and the numerous and varied wares being sold by others dealers "all of wham offered their goads in so boisterous a manner, that a timid person might well be excused if he thought they wish- ed to murder him, instead of sell him their wares. Indeed, in this country, be explained, one sees frequent instances of how men will all but stay each other for a silver coin, worth less than a breepenny bit, and the bestowal of "backsheesh "upon one of themany beggars whe wester you to death, more often than not pro- vokes a conflict which ends in tragedy. Sr. Holyoak then described the native snake.

the meantime the Admiral's ship Montcalnı and others in the vicinity have been busy fightening the Sully by removing every- thing possible, and all ber smaller guns have

been taken out of her.

There was a fear

at first of her capsizing, but now it seems the greater fear is of her breaking up, as she is believed to have a tremendous rent in her bot- tom extending hetween Bu and go feet in length.

will be remembered that the Hongkong Salvage Association, through Mr. Jameson, successfully fioited the s.8. Agincourt, and haught her safely to duck from the Bombay Shoal, as well as the U.S.S. Oregon which was badly stranded in echifi Bay. Thus his ex- perience should stand bin in good stead, as it is understood that the Sully is stranded much in the same manner, and under the same con- ditions as the U.S.S. Oregon.

SHIPPING JEISAM.

THE

SHREWSBURY,“

The salvage party to recover the Shrewsbury and later to attempt to extricate the Baros Gorden from the Bambay Shoal, left by the. Pregret this morning. The party, under Capt. Owan Wilks, is well equipped with appliances and a skilful personnel as detailed by us the other day. it is to be hoped that success will attend the expedition.

U.S. SHIPPING. Subventions of St (gald) per gross ton aņņu. ally; subrides for the carrying of tuils from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico porta to South and Central America and Cuba, and from Parific coast parts to Japan, China, the Philippines, Mexico, Central Amrica and the Isthmus of Panama; a tonnage tax on foreign vessels entering Umned States ports; the crea- tion of a naval volunteer service, and the en- couragement of apprentices on ships in foreign trade are provided for in a bill agreed upon by the joint merchant and marine commission, which submitted its report to Congress on the

charmers, the gamblers at the rouletle tables, It is as-

and many other interesting scenes in Moorish serted in one of the London papers that titis | life and after taking his audience by the Sul institution is the most mischievous and dan. tan's Palace travelled further inland to Rrbar, a town of white towers and gleaming pinnarets gerous opposition to the Chinese proposals; rising from the hillsides into a pure blue Medi to facilitate the discharge of its obligations terranean sky. There was much of interest under the indemnity. It is declared that that he had to relate concerning this and many

other towns which we regret being unable 10 | 5th ult. the bank is nothing less than the great wea give in these few brief extracts from his lec pon forged by Prince Uktomski to assimi-ture. Referring to the slave auchons which late China in late, an achievenient which, by the land, be said that, originally coming from take place in almost every lown of any size in elevating Russia in the proud position of central Africa, most of them from Timbucino, A. S. WATSON & Co., the aliter of Eastern and Central Asia, is to forty days journey across the blistering wave less inland sea of sand, with its eternal stret-

on, past horizon after honzon, with but few oses between, which few Europeans could cross and live, whitened as it is with the bleaching remains of even the children and the desert themselves, the miserable victims of that far-off raid, march, yoked neck to. neck and manacled together a living chain of misery, some to fall by the wayside, happy if they do, others to be ruthlessly sold to the highest bidder as the final goal. Of their awful sufferings daring their terrible journey, who shall adequately speak?" Mr. Holyoaksaw one of these suction sales and described it to his, audience last evening A middle aged woman sold for the equivalent of £7. 10/4, 3 child of tender years fetched £3, and a girl of 13 aprely dark-eyed damsel with graceful with the report. figure brought Lis. From this scene of tragedy the lecturer passed to the interior of

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rexlure automatically all the other Powers,ch-s of depressionless wastes, re ching on and but more especially England and Japan, to positions of secondary importance. There is, of course, more in this than at first sight is apparent, for we have seen that it is precisely by the careful pursuit of such actions that Russia has for so long been able to snatch advantage after advantage, sue cessfully avoiding any stop likely to stimulate vigorous opposition until each further piece is aggression was skilfully endowed with the aspect of right. We must clearly realise the danger with which our vast interests are threatened, we must give Japair's victorious rights in Manchuria our strong support, and must uphold any efforts on her part to effect the regeneration of China.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Standard states that a Siamese loan of £2,000,000 will shortly be issued in Londen.

Causeway Bay, the Rovers Football Club will play the Navik Vard Kick-off at 4 o'clock.

The commission, composed of five senators

the last session of Congress in response to a and five representatives, was created during

recommendation by President Roosevelt in his annual message December 7, 1903. An ex. haustive investigation was made by the com mission of the conditions of the American merchant marine and American commerce, with a view to ascertaining the most feasible means for their development. Hearings were conducted during the year at nearly all the impor.ast shipping and commercial centres in the United States. The report of the commis- sion contains more than 35,000 words, and is made up of references to the important lesti- mony taken, estimates of the annual cost of the methods proposed to restore the merchant marine, and an urgeat appeal for the passage, by the present Congress, of the bill presented

CORRESPONDENCE.

'{We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by. Correspondents in this cofarm.)

MORE CHINESE MANNERS.

To 18 Even or tux "Homsxon Ţalkonar."

SIR,-Referring to the letter of "Anglo- Saxon's in your fast issue, I would like to call attention to another specimen of the "man pers" of the lower classes of Chinese traders of this Colony, which came under my observation

Sir Matthew Nathan was again present al

by his A.D.C. ·

To-day's times are:-

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mile.

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1 mile,

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mile, jined by Desert King,

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3.39 2/5 Jungle King, (Cumming), I.mile.

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COLLISION.

GUNBOAT BADLY DAMAGED."

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

· Shanghai, 17th February,

2,27 p.m.

On the 15th instant, a collision occurred between H. 1. G. M.'s gun- -boat Sperber and the s.8. Newchwang,

off Woosung..

The German gunboat bus since been docked and, ou inspection, as certained to be bully damaged.

As a result of the impact the Neuchwang exhibits a hole on the

starboard.

THE SOLDIERS FATAL FALL

The Coroner (Mr. H, H, J. Gompertz) held" an inquiry this afternoon at the Magistracy into the cause of the death of Private Frederick Hicks, of the Royal West Kent Regiment, who last his life on the rath-inst, through a fall from a verandah on the second storey at Murray Barracks,

The following jury was impannelled : Messrs. John W. Stewart (Foreman), A. Griffin, and C. F. Grey,

James Cork, private in the 2nd Battalion, Royal West Konts,' said he was on sentry duty, on the 7th inst., at Murray Barracks. Deceased entered by the Western Gate between eleven. and twelve o'clock, at right, with Private Taylor. He could not say whether deceased was sober when he entered. The following morning, while walking up and down on sentry duty, he heard a noise like something upset. ing, and pn looking to see what was the matter, he saw a figure falling. It caught on the telephone wire, and thence fell. to the ground. Witness shouted to the Sergeant o the guard, and when a light was brought, he recognised the figure as that of Private Hicks, -He appeared ut first to be gasping for breath,

then he started breathing easier. The noire. of something up etting was the first noire he heard on the verundab. There was no light there. The ground on which deceased fell was very hard.

Sergeant Ernest Gulliver stated that saw the deceased enter the barracks at 11.55 pm. He reported himself to witness in the usual mane ner an return' from leave. He was jolly at the Time, but was quite sober, and spoke to some, of the men in the guard. Private Taylor coma with him. He next saw him lying on the concrete of the parade ground outside the orderly room. That was about 1.45 am, on the. 8th inst. The sentry sent for witness and when be came to the spot the deceased was quite -unconscious and did not recover consciousness before he was removed - The men are in the habit of sleeping on the verandah in the hot weather, but there was no reason why the de ceased should have done so on the sight in question, as it was rather cold on that night. On going to that part of the verandah from which deceased fell he saw a form lying up against a table. Deceased's waist belt was on the table, and his boots and cap were lying on the verandah. When he saw deceased lying on the concrete there was a siteam of blood flowing from under his head.

OF MESSKS. BUTTERFIELD AND SWIRE'S. Mr. Law, one of the head bosses in the Hongkong office, of the China Navigation Co, was a through passenger by the south-bound steamer Chingtu. He is taking a tour through Australian ports and is bound thence to South Africa, where his company is said to be build- ing up a big connection consequent on their recent contract for shipping some thousands of Captain Johnson, RAMC, said deceased Mr. was brought into the Station Hospital, Well- Chinese for the Johannesburg Mines. Law, says a Port Darwin paper, is describedington Barracks, about 2 am. où the morning by a resident who met him as he was passing of the 8th inst, being.then quite unconscious. through, as being a keen business man "with

He never recovered consciousness up to the

Moorish prison where many forms of torture are practiced amid surroundings of the most furrowing description, and thence to the corridors of the cloth bazuars, on through the tortuous windings of the pottery streets, and past the great Mosque, whance come the murmurs of the prostrate believers. whn in the frenzy of a wild religious exhalta- tion, implure, with bates breath the mercy of the jost High. On passing through the Soho, a man tall and bony is teen squatting playing on a tom tom and a reed instruinent, while obers, emaciated and cunning, are chanting in hollow TOMORROW allermann on the Polo Ground, voices, which sometimes rise to a piercin only last evening. Accompanied by a lady an intellect like the trunk of an elephant time of his death. He had a superficial con.

whistle. Suldenly the man kneels down and plunging his hand into a basket, withdraws it with a cobra in his hand, which the waves in the air. The serpent twists round his arm and the crowd recoils as he walks past. The co- bra coils all over the man, who finally seizes cigarette in his mouth, and without removing us tail in his mouth, infuriating the animal the same, accosted we with "what you want? which again and again fiercely attacks hin, | Thinking he had merely overlooked the pre- till the bood flows freely from the wounds.

sence of the cigarette, and would at once re- Replacing the cobra the man takes from another basket a large python, and allows i move it, 1 merely asked to be shown the articles to enfold him with is ponderous coils, while I required. The man reached down several he dances in frenzied fashion until he finally boxes, and with the cigarette still blowing out wreaths of smoke, proceed d to commend their conter's. Without glancing at the articles I asked the man if he usually served his cus tomers with a cigarette in his mouth. He merely turned his grinning face to me without a

A menical board will assemble at an early date to report upon Asiatic troops proposed for invaliding. The Principal Medical Officer will arrange the details.

On the Race Days, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd instant, all correspondence intended for the Head

Quarters Offices, should be delivered not later than 30 a.m. A late letter box is kept on the landing by the Central Registry Office.

THE ale practice to-morrow at the King's Park Range, Kowloon, will be at the 200 yards range. The married members have challenged the single members to compete for the highest average of the day.

By kind permission of Col, Caulfield and Officers, the Band of the Loth Maharatta's Light Infantry will play the following selections at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow evening Saturday, 18th instant.

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falls insensible, the man and the serpent onc hideous mixed mass while the delighted crow shower coins at his feet. Ten days travelling though, for the most part uninteresting coun try, save for distant glimpses of the Atlas Mountains 13,000 feet high, the exploration of which has been prevented by the lawlessness

went into a tailor's shop in Queen's Road, tocapable of picking up and retaining make some purchases of trifling details of the the smallest detail, or of grasping the male toilet, when a Chinaman with a lighted heaviest and most intricate subject." If in the first instance from concussion of the

used wound to the right of the right eye, and another just behind the left ear. He suffered

Law is brain. Later he had compression of the brain. this definition be correct, Mr.

The cause of death was inter-cerebral bæmorr evidently what the Yankees would term a "cute cuss," and his present trip through hage.

Private S. Taylor, R.W.x. deposed to meet-. Australian parts is probably being taken with

an astute sye in future operations by his coming deceased at the West Gate of Murray Bar- pany Australia wards. He states that his Com-racks, at 11.55 p.m., and to his then being per- pany is now building an immense dock in fectly suber. Hongkong, estimated to cost some two millions sterling. It is being built in accordance with British. Admiralty regulations and is presum- ably intended to accommodate the war vessels of British or any other nationality, as well as more peaceful type of craft.

Private James Joseph deposed to leaving the barracks with the deceased at 7.10 p.m. on the 7th inst. and remaining with him about two hours in the Soldiers' Club. Deceased was then perfectly sober.

Verdict: Death by misadventure.

of the chief inhabiting them, these mountains word, and still puffing at his cigarette, proceed. alone, he said, are worth the journerto Morocco ed to display more opened boxes. I then told to see. Moracco cannot be described, it must him he could save himself the trouble and SINGAPORE'S first tramway system is now com. A DETACHMENT 83 Company, Royal Garrison be seen More ghosts should stalk and more could put up his boxes, as I should go to look plote, and will start working in the course of Artillery, will move into camp at Stonecutters mysteries lurk within its walls than the mind of man can conceive. It is a city of for another shop where the Chinese traders knew the next two months, says a home paper. Mr. from the 25th justant to the oth proximo for garders, palm groves, and fruit arbours. how to behave themselves towards Britishers, in Lewis D. Tandy, who is at present, staying at annual course Nos, 3 and 4 Companies, 11,

a British Colony, as I was unaccustomed to the Hotel Cecil, has been appointed manager, K. S. B. R. G. A., will move into camp at. Beyond the wall which surround it, and on which heads are nailed after rebellions have being served by a tradersman who was too and will leave for Singapore in a few days, Mr. Lyemua' from the 20th instant to the 25th been quenched there is a land of little shops, boorish to put aside his cigarette when attend. Tandy is an Irish-American and is descended proximo. A detachment, will move from where the streets are roofed in overhead withing upon a customer. I am glad to be able to from Napper Tandy," the famous United Lyemun to."Pinewood" from the 12th to 17th vines, bamboos or mattings, and here is a tumultuous multitude of whom no census has adinit, however, that I found just the shop Irishman, mentioned in the "Wearin' of the proximo, ever been taken. It is a transformation scene wanted but a few doors farther up, and there I Green, Mr. L. D. Tandy is a well-known weired dream. One huge watch tower made my purchases. On returning in the authority-on steam and electrical traction, and rising to the sky stands in a vast empty space direction of the Hongkong Hotel a further a frequent contributor to the Hailway World close to the Great Mosque, and the footstep

and kindred journals. of man is almost unheared, for few people pass sample of Chinese manners was shown to us this way. The design of the tower is said to where a Chinaman, deliberately walked past have been brought from Constantinople, my lady companion, almost reading over her A StrockING disaster occurred on Monday, 6th Berocco is African to the core; Ecz, Teluon, feet in crossing, and so brusquely as in kneck inst, says the Foochow Daily Feho by the Tangier have Spanish blood in them. It is a N.B.-All our Wines and Spirits are bottled at-Dr. Swan (Capt.), Lieut. G. H. W. Dobby, city of the people, and boasts no aristocracy.asm Il parcel she was carrying into the gutter, sudden bursting of a boiler on the native-own.

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THE following members of the Kowloon C. C. have been selected to play in a League match against the Civil Service to-morrow afternoon:

Lieut. F. C. Burd, Lieut. W. Duncan, Capt. C. K. Bushe, J. Robinson, W. Dixon, J. Parkes, Lightfoot, J. Clelland and E. R. Hertson,

IN the Hongkong Football Challenge Shield competition to-morrow, the Hongkong Club will play the V. RC.. on the former Club's ground. Kick off 4.15 p.m. On the same afternoon on the Naval Ground the H.M.S. Ocean and Army Ordnance will replay their [13-n draw. Kick off 4 pm.

is sad colours, its air-steeped with mystery, The temptation to kick the lout was almost ed steam launch Ting fol which runs be its courly unknowable people; its concealed irresistible, but 1 quelled it, as I declined to tween Yung Mun and Nantai. The number woman, is mad, fanaticism, its magn ficent descend to his level, What are our schools do- of serious injuries is roughly estimated as at stoicism all make their mark upon the English mind and call him back to visit it again when ing in this Colony if they cannot inculcate least'twenty-eight, all of which were taken m eller places are forgotten. Another chain is some semblance of good breeding and atter mediately to the Native Hospital for treatment been forged which binds certain paces and tion to deportment and good manners into the Thirteen cases have, we hear, proved fatal. countries to a soul, and no link can be broken minds of the youths of to-day, who are as is so Pending further inquiries at any rate we can of several similar launches one might, readily among those things which no power on earth tritely said the men and leaders of to-mor- only remark that from the outward appearance can touch, and which can neither borgiven nor row? Yours,

expect repetitions of such occurrences. If they taken away,

are sound they are overcrowded,

since unseen possessions, such as they, are

to-mot

A BRITISHER.

A veta of thanks lárminated the proceeding 1. Hongkong, 17th February, 190g,

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUR. 'Indian (Catherine Apcur) z1st insti French (Oceanien) 22nd inat, " American (Manchuria) agth Inst.. Indian (Numsang) 1st prox. Canadian Renfan) and prox."

The 3.5. Satsuma sailed from Shanghai on 16th fast.

The s.a. induston sailed from New York of host.

Jest Macassar for this port on 16th_inat, and The Java China Japan Lija sa. Tilðanar inay be expected here on 24th inst. RS

Kuchinotau tra Amoy and Swatow for this port The Java-China-Japan, Elin s.5. Tilatjah lett on 16th inst, and may be expected here on fut

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