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TELEGRAMS.

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The "Knight Commander" Affair.

LONDON,, 16th March.......

The St. Petersburg, correspondent of the Daily Chronicle states that Great Britain bas presented a Note to Russia demanding the payment of £100,000 compensation for the sinking of the S.S. Knight Commander by the Vladivostock squadron in July last, and that she has instructed her Ambassador to back the claim in firm languago. It is asserted that the sinking of the vessel was unprecedented and unjustified. Russia pro. poses arbitration.

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Germany and Japan. Count von Buelow, German Imperial Chancellor, speaking in the Reichstag, said that Japan knew she could count on Cer many's strict and loyal neutrality, as well as Russia. Japan would respect accomplished facts and acquired rights in Asia.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH

THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

The business of the ordinary monthly Criminal Sessions commenced at the Supreme

Court this morning, the Chief Justice (Sir Henry S. Berkeley) presiding,

REFUSED TO 11E DANISHED. Chang Mun was indicled for failing to leave the Colony after an oriler of banishment, to which he pleaded not guilty, Arag

The following jurors were sworn: Messrs, J. D, Kinnaird (foreman), C. G, Bruckner, J. Ben- jamin, F. W. White, L. P. Glissmann, C. M. G. Burnie, and 3. Tatam,

LANJONG PAGAR DOCK.

EXPROPRIATION CONTROVERSY.

AN INTERESTING LETTER.

We have been provided by Mr. J. R. Nichol on, Managing Director of the Tanjong Pugar Dock Co., with a copy of the following letter," which in the present state of affairs as between the Pack Co. and the Government, will be read with great interest. It is addressed by Mr. Culland, Chairman of the London Con. sulting Committee of the Company to the Un der Secretary of State for the Colonies :----

London, gth Feb.

The Under Secretary of State,

The Hon. the Attorney General, in opening the case, said that on the 7th January of this year, the prisoner was discharged from Victoria Gaol

Colonial Office, where he had suffered a term of imprisonment

Downing Street, S. W. for stealing. Shortly, afterwards the Governor. in Council thought it: to banish the inan from Sir, I have to thank you for your obliging the Colony as of course he had the power to compliance with my request for a copy of the do, An urder was issued against him, and he despatch of the Secretary of State to the Gover- was taken on board a. Camion steamer, and or of the Straits Settlemen's, dated 4th Novem- although he went to (anton, he was back again ber, 1994, which was published in Singapore, in the Colony a very short time afterwards, and in connection with the first reading of the on the zand January he was c-arrested. Ha Tanjong Pagar Dock Expropriation Ordinance, 1. I confess on reading this despatch to some would proceed with the question of identifica-

surprise that arguments have been used, for Great Storms in Great Britain. tion which was very simple.

Sergeant Clyde was the first witness, and the justification of the course decided upon by Later, Great storms have occurred in Great Brit-identified the prisoner as the inan in regard to the Government, which, I maintain, are contrary whom he was given an order of banishment. He 10 fact and to some disappointment that greater had him under his char, e for twenty-one days. care has not been taken in the adoption of He spoke to making a thorough examination views, the expression of which can hardly fail, of the body, and finding certain scars and in the subsequent more material stages of the bruises, etc.

proceedings, to prejudice the interests of those Prisoner, who denied the accumcy of these deeply concerned in the issue. Sergeant's description, was taken into a back room, stripped, and examined in the presence of the jury. Similar marks to these described

nin, and the land telegraphs are interrupted. H. M. Queen Alexandra, who is going on a visit to Portugal, was weather-bound for three days at Portsmouth.

The Battle at Tichling. It is admitted at St. Petersburg that a fierce battle was raging on the 15th instant, to the north of Tichling.

The Caucasus.

by the officer were then found.

3. Were this Ordinance, as in my humble opinion ought to be practicable, subject to the review of Parliament my mind would be easy and I need not trouble the Secretary of State with any criticisms of a despatch of his to one'

cal dissensions with equal difficulty in provent- ing their publicity, But Tanjong Pagar dissen- sions arose, bot as the Secretary of State would seem to imply, from any concern as to dividend resulis, bat solely from the determination of the Committee that whatever the cost, the modernization of the Company must proceed without further delay.

- 18, 1905.

INTERPORT SHOOTING.

The efforts of the Hon. Sed of the Shanghai Rifle Association have, as far as this year is concerned, proved of no avail in obtaining a satisfactory, solution of the trouble in connec sion with the dates of Interport Shooting. We do not wish to place the other teams at the

14 The initial bone of contention was the disadvantage ours has so far laboured under representation of the Commities that the affairs but the climatic conditions are auch important of the Company could no longer be attended factors in giflo-shooting that if a date satisfactory, to in the intervals snatched from individual to all cannot be arranged the trouble might be business-that an expert Managing Director surmounted by allowing each team to choose its had become an indispensability and the Com-own date at the most favourable month of the mittee may be anid to have forced this appoint year. Suitable weather at Hongkong and Sin

Kapure usually occurs during the most us uni propitious season of the year in Shanghai, and vice versa. Although forced to give way this year, says the Shanghai. Daily . Press, we trust our Southern friends will meet is half way next year by entering into some arrangement convenient and satisfactory in all.

meal in the teeth of the Board's most deter.

mined opposition. Yet without it no comme aurate progress would have been possible and it was only by means of it that the Committee were at last able to produce the comprehensive scheme of deep water wharves recently ap proved of by the Colonial Office Engineer. This scheme, which the Secretary of State him- self commends, the Committee emphatically claim as the ultimate attainment of the object for which they had to struggle with the Board for years.

15. I fear I am somewhat labouring a shado of the subject which I have disclaimed but the Secretary of State by paragraph of his des patch evidently misapprehends the power of the Committee to make itself felt in the de- liberations of the Board. He apparently a poves that home shareholders dominated the votes of the Board. This was very far from the

case.

Of the nine directors three only could possibly be considered as subject to London influence. The other six were absolutely in- dependent.

16. But these internal troubles were not, in a relative survey, after all, of a very prolonged

The Caucasus is now in a state of siege, Station, spoke to putting the prisoner on board of his administering officers; but when, as is duration and for the past year the conditions of

and disturbances are increasing.

[N. C. D. News.}

The Care of the Russian Wounded.

Tokio, 14th March.

literally the case.the Government of the country harmonious management, which have distin. proposes to dispossess British citizens of a pro-guished by far the greater period of this Com. perty, which it is no exaggeration to represent pany's long and prosperous career, have been as second in value to no property in the whole completely restored. For the Secretary of State of His Majesty's Crown Colonies; without so therefore to imply that a temporary dissension much as allowing sufficient time or oppertunity

A Chinese interpreter at the Central Police

A steamer and seeing him off to Canton.

A district watchman, who re-arrested the pri- soner, gave positive evidence of identification.

The Jury found the prisoner guilty. Prisoner, asked if he had anything to say, playment here; he was never banished. He

case. I submit there is little need for me to had been taken for somebody else. "Men were apologise in adopting what so far as I can see

COMMERCIAL.

Shanghai advices, of 14th inst., state:-Busi- ness reported:-Shanghai and Hongkew Wharis at Tis. 175 for March, and for April. Tugs 'F'ref' at Tls. 49. Indo-Chinas at Tis. 88 for March, and at Tia. 93 for June. Farn- 146 for April. Langkais at Tis. 257) for March. Astors House & per cent. Deb, at Tis. 1021.

hain, Boyds at Tis. 145 for March, and at Tis.

Business done direct :-Tugs Ord” at Tls, 53. Farnham, Boyds at Tls. 14; cash, and at Tis. 145 for March at Tls. 149 for June, at Tis. 153 for July, Langkats at Tis, 2571 for March, and at Tls, 259/263 for April, at Tls, 2071/168 for June.

SHANGHAI SHARE REPORT.

transactions is from Messrs. J. A. Sullivan and The following resume of the week's share Co.'s report published on the 9th March-

An Imperial Decree has been gazetted. I said he was an honest bricklayer and had em- for the concerned to present their views of the amongst its control-a by no means infrequenter's settlement prices for speculative stocks

auth using the employment and remuneration of the Russian medical staff, coming within Japanese authority.

International Courtesies.

Tokio, 14th March,

Vi e-Admiral Prince Arisugawa Takahito, cousin of and adopted by the Emperor, Com mander of the Standing Squadron, leaves Yokohama early in April to represent

similar, and even inanimate objects were alike sometimes."

His Lordship, in passing sentence, said they did not want persons of prisoner's description in the Colony. After being ordered to depart therefrom, and remain thercout for five years, he had returned, and war liable to imprison ment. He was going to send him to prison

is the only course left to me.

experience of all large enterprises-was an argument for expropriating this particular enter prise is I submit open to the abjection which

have represented.

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ambled to Tls. 142 cash, Indos to Tls. 83, have fallen this week, Farnham Boyds have Langkats to Tls. 262) and Hongkew Whari A. CHAZALON & Co.

shares to Tls. 175 p.m.i. But at the close the rats on London is 2/79/16. From Hongkong market is steady at these rates. The demand

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days' rate is 721. Consols £9 13/16.

Wharves.-Cash business is reported in Sanghai and Hongkew Wharf shares at

the Emperor at the wedding of the German with hard labour, and to be banished again, ing to be desired on the score of fair treatment. refuted in the figures with which I supplied March contracts have been settled at Tis. '

Crown Prince.

The New Situation.

Tokio, 14th March. The Tokio papers observe that the war has entered upon its third stage, but they insist that thoughts of peace cannot be indulged in yes, inasmuch as Russia is determined to pur sue the campaign to its natural climax.

The fact appears to be that Russia is envelop- ed in more ways than General Kuropatkin way.

Russia is in the position of gamblers who bave started a game of bluff and cannot throw up their cards.

She is now talking of making a new army which will perhaps resemble the Baltic Fleet, a heterogeneous composition of uncertain execu. tion. It will be awaited by the Japanese with keen anticipation.

Altogether, the Russian envelopment both in Manchuria and at home, is bound to yield striking developments for the Japanese cause.

The pap rs point out that the 'cause of the Russian defeat is largely to be found in the in- feriority of her Intelligence service, cumbined with the invariable ouigeneralling of Kuro- patkin by Oyama

take half a year to replace.

U.S. NAVAL COMMANDER-

IN-CHIEF

Cavite, March 1.

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and he would win him against attempting to return, on his release. He would have to go to prison with hard labour for one year,

The Court rose at to 40, and will re-assemble on Monday morning at half-past ten

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LAD.

5. When however I find that suggestions and representations, inspired apparently by a desire to belittle the value of the property, which the Secretary of State found ready at his hand, have been used without the pretence of an inquiry to substantiate them, as a justification for the Government's decision, I must protest by every means in my power against the injus- tice of such methods.

4. So long as ve temained in the belief that the Government was actuated in the detail' forced upon me by the harmful premis 17. But this is all detail. It is however course it bad decided upon sotely by considera- ence accorded to it in the arguments of the tions of the highest policy, my fellow share- Secretary of State. His main contention that holders and I felt secure that the initial legisla-the Compapy has not kept itself up to the tive presentment of the case would leave noth- demands of the port is I maintain abundantly him in my lellar of the 14th October, 1994. A Company which was able at its inception to deal in six months with only $7,00 tons of shipping but has developed itself into a cap. ability of handling 3,312,000 tons in the half year is scarcely chargeable, one would have thought, with neglecting its field of operations. The Secretary of State refers to the Company as a practical monopoly. it is so, but this arises not from any intention to make it so per se but simply through the Company's energetic policy of increasing its wharlage` resulting in an absorption of almost all the available fareshore. | I maintain that any representation that the Company has not been equal to all demands of the port is next to baseless and the best answer to the charge is the freedom from complain which it enjoys throughout the length and vast and manifold business breadth of its operations.

6. The whole tenor of the despaich is to re- MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS,

present that the Company failed in an ap The fourteenth ordinary meeting of the preciation of its unique responsibilities and above, was held at the ank premises at noon. was not alert to meet the increasing demands Mr. C. E. Ewens (presided), and there were of the port. That its shareholders as embodied also present: Messrs. G. C. Moxon, E in the Consulting Committee-who had all S. Kelly, P. C. Patts. A. R. Lowe, E. A. returned home from long residence in the Haskell, J. E. Joseph, Li Shu. Un, Woo Yik Colory and long direction out there of the Cam- Tai, Wai Fee Shang. Fung Wa Chun, Tung pany's affairs--have lost all interest in an enter- Hoi, and the General Manager (Mr. G. W. F.prise which had taken them and their pre- | Playfair).

decessors forty years to build up and were now concerned merely in its capabilities as a dividend paying investment.

The notice convening the meeting having been read,

18. To come now, however, to the Secretary of State's principal count against the Company

means inconceivable that a five years earlier

Tls, 142 for 'new' and Tis. 145 for old. For 175,1771, Tis. 175,170,175, all pfus the new issue shares at par. Yangiste Wharf shares are wanted at quotation.

Shipping Indo-Chinas have been done at Tls. 903, Tis. 90, Tis. 89 and Tls, 88 for the March account. For june Tis. 93 and Tls. 91 are reported. Tug and Lighters have had at tention at Tls. 53 for ord' and Ti 491 49 for preference.

Docks. A circular was issued by Farnham Boyas & Co. stating that the negotiations for the sale of the Company's business had not been successful, but that the scheme was not entirely closed, Shares fell at once from Tis. 150 10 Tis. 141 for the March settlement A small cash business was also done at Tls, 14 Tls. 14 and Tls. 142 April sales were booked at Tls. 151, Tls, 148, Tis. 147,146,145 Tls 144 and Tis. 143 May at Tis. 145 and Tls 145 and June at Tls. 147,146 The market is steady.

Cottons-Ewos have been sold at Tis. 25,26 and are wanted to-day at Tls 27 Inter- nationals have changed hands at 119. 25 and

Mows have been dealt in at Tis. 20.

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shares have been placed at Tis. 7.65, Tls. 74 and 15. 765. There are sellers. Wei-Hai- Wei Glds have been purchased at $6 and at this rate shares are getting scarce.

Tobaccos. Sales of Sumatras have been made at Tls. 73. In Langkats business bas ben done at Tis. 267) cash and for March at Tis, 2671, Tis. 26; ald Th. 262) April at Tls. 27:1 and T. 268. June at Tls 277, Tls. 2764, 2771, Tls. 275 and Tis. 770. July at Tls. 2721.

Lands. Shanghais have changed owner. 7. I most emphatically protest against any that it finds itself behindhand in its prepared ships at Tls 215 for the account. such misrepresentation of the Company's at-

ness for the great expansion of the shipping titude towards the Colony or any such distor-

trade which has taken place to the Far East. I tion of the aims of the London Committee.

would respectfully express the doubt if the 8, 1 take particular exception to the extract Secretary of State quite realizes the rapidity Colony in paragraph 5 representing the pos- additional draught and the other enormously sibility that parsimony was the policy of the increased dimensions of modern tonnage, has shareholders for the attainment of a dividend come about. I do not go the length of repre- which would tell in the event of expropriation.senting that the dissensions amongst us which I cannot but believe that His Excell-ncy fed to delay are after all a subject for congrate has by this time ascertained that, however lation, but I do submit in all gravity that it is misdirected the expenditure may possibly have quite possible they have in this impo tant been, parsimony at least has not been the respect not been an umaixed evil. It is by an

richword but that an honest endeavour has been made up to the lights of the management to keep the enterprise well ahead of its work.

10. But apart from that His Excellency has ince doubtless made more particular investi- gation of say the last ten published accounts of

shareholders far from paving the way for ex- propriation were denying themselves in the interests of the expansion of the enterprise of the enjoyment of net earnings to the extent of over $50,000 a year. That is to say that had the shareholders been pursuing the, shall i say, somewhat unworthy practice a tributed to them they would have been dividing in dividend not the paltry $414,000 they have contented them selves with for many years back but the sum of the $1,000,000 per annum which is the amount of the annual net earnings of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company as shown by its publish- ed accounts.

The Chairman said :-Gentlemen, I have nów to submit to you for adoption the report and accounts for the past year made up on the basis of the reduction of capital to £5 paid up, which was passed by you in September last It is believed that the Russian losses will and sanctioned by Fe Court in Lendon on the from the despatch of the Governor of the with which the change, particularly in the Ti, 251 cash on settling day. Lagu-Kung.

44th February with the usual proviso that we should bear the title of reduced for one month, which expired on the 14th instant. You will see from the accounts that the net profits amounted to $114,295.51. Your directors have, however, considered it prudent to strengthen Important changes will shortly take place the reserve fund, particularly as it may be umong the higher officers of the Asiatic fleet, desirable to increase our capital either by Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, the commander calling up the balance of £2 per share or of in-chief, will relinquish the command about asking you to subscribe for a further issue of the 17th instant. On that date the battleship shares. What we propose is to send a squadron will leave Cavite for longkong, and circular to the shureliniders here and else Rear Admiral William M. Følger, now come

where asking them to state their views in manding the cruiser squadron, will assume the chief command. In turn Rear Aliniral Charles writing so that in arriving at a decision the squadron, will succeed to the command of the accordance with a majority of the shareholders. This plan will enable us to arrive at a better coniser squadran. Speculation is rife as to when the department will select to command decision than can he attained at this meeting, at which the large section of home share the Philippine squadron.

By a'curious coincidence the three admirals holders cannot express their opinion. In view now on this station were all born in the of the approaching departure on leave of our chief manager, the board have appointed one mouth of May. Hear Admiral Stirling was of their number, Mr. G. C. Moxon, to be man- born May 6, 1843 and will-retire during the present year. Rear Admiral Folger was born May 19, 1844, and will retire in 19:6, while Rear Admiral Train was bun May 14, 1845, and will retire in 1907.

THE tower of the Treasury Building in Tien-

Jackson Train, commanding the Philippine board may know that they are acting in the Company and sten for himself that the to refer parenthetically to some former negotiatio city, which was erected by the Tientsin

aging director. Before proposing the adop ton of the report and accounts I will be glad to answer any question which shareholders may desire to put.

There being no questions, the Chairman moved the adoption of the report and accounts.

Mr. G. C. Moxon seconded, and the resolu tion was unanimously carried.

Since the secretary of the navy has recom mended the creation by congress of two offices in the service which will carry with it the grade of vice admiral, it is believed that Rear

Mr. J. E. Joseph proposed that Mr. Horace Admiral William M. Folger will be one of the first officers to hold this rank us it is under. Mocatta be elected to the London Committee, stood that the increasing importance of the and Mr. John Harston' re-elected to the Head position of commander-in-chief of the North Office Board. Atlantic ficel, necessitates this advancément

of the incumbents of the office. Rear Admiral

This was seconded and agreed to.

On the motion of Mr. Potts, Messrs. A. R.

start might have been on lines (I lay stress again on deeper draught) which we might be realizing to-day hul been totally inadequate.

White on this subjel of the alleged back- ward state of the Company may I be allowed

Provisional Government from the designs of a tions with His Majesty's (i-vernment which threw the Company's development back several

Mr. Noregand, was so dangerous that it was years. After years of negotiation, during which any o her important work of the kind had to be pulled down in 1902. It has now been decid. held in abeyance, the Admiralty and the Comed to anticipate the collapse of the rest of the pany had completed an arrangement for the builting, but the work, which was begun by the Custans, of palling it down was stopped building of a graving dock on the most modern by armed police at the instance of the Vice- lines, capable of docking the largest battleship. roy's Bank which occupies a position of the

building. The Company was to provide the site and build the dock and the Government and Com. pany's respective shares of the cost were ar- ranged and everything else down even to the tariff at which Government work was to be charged. Had this been carried out which at Ir. I cannot avoid the reflection but I men.

the time seemed an absolute certainty the Go- tion it with every possible respect that mysti-vernment would have had in Singapore, for fication which the shareholders have found in the low figure of $140 per share offered by Government is solvable on the supposition that

it was arrived at while the Government was still under the impression that $444 000 was the extent of the dividend of which Tanjong

several years back, the call of one of the finest docks in the world. But unfortunately the Treasury would not ratify the arrangement and the project had to be abandoned. The Navy failed to get its dock and the Company lost several years of valuable time.

Robley D. Evans will, it is thought, be the Lowe and J. E. Biogham were re-elected local Pagar was capable on a system of parsimony. 19. However, financially, the delay of course other officer to profit thereby, as that officer was but recently assigned to the chief com- auditors, and Messrs. Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths: mand of the North Atlantic fleet.—Cablenews. and Company, London Auditors.

tory:

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.

THE WEATHER.

An extraordinary meeting followed for the The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, purpose of considering the following resolus First Assistant of the Hongkong Observation:-"That Article 115 of the Articles of Association be altered in the following manner On the 18th at 13.10 p. Barometric changes, the word "three shall be substituted for in Hongkong, and the Philippines are un- the word "en" in the third line of that Article, important,

Gradients over the China Sea are moderate and the word "two" shall be substituted for the and fresh to moderate E winds will probably word "three in the fourth line of that Article" prevail there.

The Chairman, moved it without comment, Forecast-fresh to moderate E winds; over- Mr. G. C. Moxon seconded and it was adopted. cast, drizzling rain or mist,

The Chairman said that the resolution would Returns from the China coast and Japan are have to be confirmed at a subsequent exira entirely lacking.

ordinary meeting,

"

12. If, the dissection of the Company's also finds the Company only more competent composition be insisted upon and a discriming to contemplate extraordinary expenditure. ation is to be set up between the Committee on The Company's credit is stronger to-day than this side and the Board on that (a treatment of ever it was The impression to the contrary the subject which however I bave no desire to which the Secretary of State apparently derived participate in) then I am compelled to assert from my letter of 14th: October is 1 think and prepared to prove up to the hilt that the scarcely warranted. The Company's desire that whole weight of the proprietary on this side the Government should be its Hanker for this extraordinary expenditure was absolutely and was ntilised in years of struggle with the Board | exclusively for the reason that I attempted for the greater expansion of the resources of there to state clearly, viz-that the Gover=" the Company to cope with the ever growing ment's equally zealous interest in the progress demands of the Colony and without a moment's of the Colony might lead it to lend on terms which would enable the Company consider- hesitation on the score of expenditure. A

ably to accelerate the completion of the work. The negotiations with the Government in short were solely in the interest of the best terms.

[Continued on page 3.]

13. It is perfectly tme, that there were internal dissensions among us. For greater Bodies than Tanjong Pagar have their inter-

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