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TELEGRAMS.

[Kanter's.].

France and Japan.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1905.

SHIPPING JETSAM.

NAVAL NOTES.

H.M.S. Bonaventure raiurned in harbour

The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has ordered two last night from Mirs Bay, to inke in coal and atomers of 503 tons each to be built in Enghave some minor fitting work done here, upon land. They are intended for the North China service..

THE QUESTION OF NEUTRALITY.

LONDON, 9th May.

A telegram has been received in Osaka stat The Japanese Minister has not lodged a log that the Briti steamer Ellamy, on her formal protest but has pointed out the faci-way from Yubetsu, in the Hikkaido, to Hyogo

lities accorded to the Russians for concength inst, near Tokoro, in the Hokkaido. The with a chigo of timber, ran agröünd on the

trating and revictualling in Indo-China.

M. Delcassé las assured the Japanese Minister that Franco will scrupulously respect "neutrality.

The newspapers admit that the situation is unsatisfactory, but do not consider it critical.

AN EXPLANATION,

Later.

In reply to Mr. Walton, Mr. Balfour said in the House of Commons, that the French Ambassador had supplied the following information, viz., as soon as Ad- mirai Rozhdestvenski a presence in Kamranh Bay was known, representations were sent to St. Petersburg with the result that the Tsar

vessel is making water and in'n critical position.

The Norwegian steamer Nordpol which leit Suigen on the ith utting with 50 bags of

rice, and was supposed to have been captured, by the Baltic feri, arrived at Yokohama on 29th alt. On a former vayage this steamer -visited Vladivostok and on her return was stop. ped by a Japanese warship, but was allowed to proceed on her voyage to Saigon,

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Captain Anderson, of the French steamer Hallum, which arrived last night from Hoihow reports that at aine o'clock yesterday morning,' he sighted the Rebert Cooke and the Robert K.

completion of which she will 'rejoin the fleet which she left outside of Mim Bay.

COUNT ORÜMA ON THE SITUATION,

́AN INTERESTING SPRECH.

THE MENACH: 10 SHIPPING,

Carocle writes :—

In a editorial on the 4th inst, the Japan

Th continued existence of a Russian fleet

in FrEastern waters is having some influence os Jpan's trade with the outer world. No that le Russians have done anything very al aimg of late, but they have at former stages of th was shown what they could do, and may do tain, perhaps, at any moment, Russia has ever been a commercial nation, and it natally not apt to give much cousideration

'ARMED ROBBERY,

IN NEW TERRITORY.

Entimations. ROBINSON

PIANO

Four farmers were placed before Mr. G, N. Orme this morning charged with committing an armed robbery at Tai:0, an the rgth of March, with personal violence, and robbing a widow of Stoz in money and $15 worth of clothing, Muk Kok Miu, who aid her bus band was a seaman, and died in 1901, mared that on January toth last she went to tha shipping office and received the wages dus to With 17 years' experience of the her husband whose death occurred at sea. The

Before a general meeting of the Progractible to te interests of trade. Anyway, to a belli-wages due were $400, but she did not receive on the 27th ultimo Count Okuma delivered an sort, such things as non-combatants are it all as there were some deduction to be made, important address on the present situation merly a nuisance, and their rights and is and she took the money back to her house. In the course of his remarks the ex-premier terds are a thorn la his side. On the other Her daughter and she slept in the same room, printed out that during the fifteen months of har, the presence of a hostile fleet in the and her son in the next room. At 10 p.m. on the war 360,000 men had been put hors de vicity of a busy ocean highway is a terror to

the night le question, a man came in to her combat owing to illness, wounds, or death, comerce. The laws for protection of beutrals | room and covered her with a coverlet: Hu 10,000 being killed. The nation could, how arefacertain, and Russia has earned a reputa- previously heard a noise over a roof of the ever, congratulate itself upon having inflicted a tio for disregarding even the most certain. house which woke her. When she saw the severo blow upon the enemy; but with the Noody cares to lose a valuable ship, like the

man approaching her with the coverlet ste lapse of time there was the danger that the Night Commander of the Hiprang, nor to moved away, and thien, saw two other men nation might take too optimistic a view of the hve it laid up for many weeks, ie the coming in. There was no light, in the room -conditions, and he gave warning against this | fafchas.. Possibly compensation may be ob- when she wrke up and so she was unable to see contingency. The prospect of peace, he main fainable in such cases, after protracted negotia them properly. She could discern the face of tained, was yer far ahead. There wretion, but shipowners and underwritem greatly the nian who covered her up, which gave her rumours of peace after the fall of Port Artur prefer not to take such chances. If the chances the impression that it had been blackened. The her men in the room appeared to he and after the battle of Mukden, but nothing must be taken, the price runs higli. materialised, and it was apparent that Risin

searching the place.. He: san caine in while they

where her money was, but she refusėj jù tell, saying it was lent out. They did not believe her, not the man who had covered her struck her, and threatened to chop op her daughter, daughter-in-law, and son, and leave witness alive all by herself. At the time she was wear- ing a pair of silver bangles, and the man who covered her took them off her. Her daughter was also wearing a silver bangle, and that was taken by the same man. That man then caught hold of her son, thraw him on tep of her, and asked where the money was, saying

himself ordered instructions to be telegraph. towing the cofferdam about 40 miles S.W. of intended to continue the struggle. For his that, but it is a question how long it may were trgaged on this job, One man asked her

ed to the Admiral to leave the Bay imme-everything appeared to be most satisfactory,

Ladrones. They were going at full speed and

diately, and the Russians were subsequently' reported at Konkope (lionkobe 7). Bay, a few miles to the north. A ship was sent which found. Admiral Rozhdestvensky there, though not within the territorial limit; there upou the Governor of Indo-China, who had been instructed to see that neutrality was respected, sent the Resident at Nhatrang to ask the Admiral to leave, which he promised to do on the 3rd May. In regard to the assistance from the French authorities Kamranh Bay, I am informed that only two Frenchmen were there, neither of whom were officials but holders of concessions from the French Government.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necesarily andorse the splakovas expressed lay,

Correspondents in thiês column,)

THE COMING STRUGGLE.

To the Editor of tur: “HonestQNG_TELEGRAM!."" ་ ་་

Stk. -I note from an item in one of your local contemporaries that the mighty are stillafolling. Colonel Wogack, the well-known Jussian military busyh dy who, on hoisting the Tany's colours at Port Arthur about ten years ago,

· issued a practimation in which announced that he had been a; painted. Ziceroy of the Pacific" by the Great White Tur,now/so it'

ANOTHER FIRE.

The premises No. 248. Des Voeux Road, Central, were occupied by a piece gonds shop 'keeper until last night, but the premises have ince been gulled by fire and the contents of the place entirely destroyed. On the Alarm being turned in, the Fire Brigade, under Cap tain Lyons, repaired at once to the scene of the conflagration, but with the indammable material the flames had mare such headway, that all their energina were directed to saving. the adjoining buildings and preventing the apre'd of the fire, neither of the adjoining buildings was damaged in any way except by the unavoidable play of water on them to pre vent their becoming ignited. The cause of the nutbreak could not be ascertained, but it is believed that, the ever-present "overturned

part, he did not fear the fighting quality the enemy, his financial capabilities, nor inteïen- tion, but he did fear the possibility of public feeling being overcome by a weariness It was of the utmost importance, therefor, to nwaken the people at large to the impotance of cultivating the spirit of endurance, ao as la enable the nation to effectually respondio the requirements of the campaign. The tall of a glorious peace brought up illusions and laused ill-considered judgments to be ferded, of things in general; but these delusion were those that had to be guarded against.

the uncertainties of naval warfare, and giving Alluding to the advest of the Baltic Flict and

some historical parallels, Count Okuda said the battleships and cruisers of our days fndured a good deal of knocking about and heavy bombardment before going to the bottom therefore the idea of catching the Balic Fleet in a single net was incompatible fill the dictates of common sense. 1le alked his

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The state of affairs, is not yet quite id bad as

be before that stage is reached. Nobody will dare ship a cargo of rice from Rangoon to Japan soen, and though Japan, may, at a pinch, be able to get along without imported rice, trade will certainly suffer,

Taking all considerations into account, it is not surprising that everybody, connected with ships should prefer to steer clear of water where the Russians may be prowling about And there is no telling how long this state of affairs may continue. The Japanese fleet does not seem disposed to force matters to an issue

lamp" was at the bottom of the trouble. No hearers to imagine for one' moment what the China. If Japan's patience can be exhausted,

could the amount of the dunge he learned but the premises were insured for $5,000 each in the London and Lancashire and Hamburg Fire Insurance Companies.

RUSSIAN WAR VESSHES IN CHINA PORTS

DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY at WashingTON.

is said, ranks as Military Attaché of the Ruspatch from Washing on, dated April 19th --

sizn Legation, Condon. Then there's Alexief,

the so-called "Viceroy of the Far East," who

The Kokamin publishes the following dis Mr. Tukabira, Japanese Minister at Wash

in any hole or comer of the Annam crast; it

Baltic fleet has travelled about thirty mi es in is not reasonable to expect such a thing. The

fifteen days. It may thus contione meander- ing for months together in that region, as long as it keeps moving from one coast village to the next; there is no law to the contrary, Then, when the fleet reaches the China coast, there may be an almost endless game of delay and juggling with the ineffective neutrality of: consequences would be if Japan lost the and some hasty step provoked, so much the enmmand of the sen.. Fhppancy and light better for Russia. Admiral Rožjestrenky pra- heartedness were the causes of defea. Diplobably understands the damage be is doing to macy under certain circumstances was equal Japan by simply avoiding an action: To Jurk to a million troops, and tended to bring the in the vicinity of trade router, with the con- enemy to his knees, but in saying that he did stant possibility of interfering with Japan's sea not wish it to be understood that he advocated trade, is his auundest policy. The only ques a temporary peace, which was no better than ation is, How long can he keep it up? Perhaps truce. What he meant to suggest was that if for some months longer. a means could be found for defeating the enemy without fighting, recourse should be had to such means,

The war was being waged for the sake not only of Japan, but of humanity and civilisation and economic development generally. It was the duty of the nation to provide for the fami.

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he would chop bim to death if he did not tell

the one produced. The man then covered the him. She saw him holding a knife, similar to

son up, and when he was almost suffocated and could not hold out any longer, said it was in a jar in a cupboard in front of the bed. The robbers took the money and some clothing: and after a thorough, search of the house they left.

SAIGON AND HONGKONG.

particulars concerning the forthcoming visit of The English papers give-same interesting M. Clémentel, the French Colonial Minister,

to indo-China. In an interview, M. Clémente)

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now no agitation resulting front the Japanese successes was perceptible among the natives of Indo-China, and that he thought (bem cap. A pitched battle between the two fleets couldable of becoming our partners in insuring the. hardly end in Russia's favour. The condition defence of our colony," He went on to say - of the ships must make a great difference! Alany rate, though France may at a certain

We need not take much notice of the conflict-period have dreaded Japan's spitit of expansion ing stories from merchaat vessels, one report these fears are now groundless. Our relations in the ships bottoms streaming with weeds with Japan are good. What have we to fear? Fayard lon, another saying the very opposite. With a base like Cape St. James we can sliciter

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-Hongkong, 29th April 1958

scuitled from Port Arthur to Haihin as soon as inglon, has made a representation to the US. lies of those who had fallen in their country's Obviously the ships bottoms are twenty or Ficet for several inonths and let the Mediter he knew Togo was on his rail and never Government in regard to the Russian cruiser cause, and to commemorate their deeds in shiny feet under water, andy rite inv sible from ranean Fleet reach fus in time of aggression HE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA are

The German Ambassader at Washington his dispatched a telegram to his Governmens, stating that the japanese Minister at Washing ton beligyes that Germany, will send a war ship to Shanghai,

The U.S. Minister at Peking has, beep

instructed by his Government to advise the Chinese Government ta enfarce its powers ol neutrality in regard to the Russian war-vessels which have been dismantled by the Chinese authorities.

sonte lasting form...

Conet Cuma printed out that as business circles might become depressed as the result of the war, it would be the duty of the Govern. ment to practise the strictest economy. Up to the present there I ad been two levies of taxa tion, amounting to 150 million yen, out of which go million was appropriated for paying

NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

prepareil, during suspension of their a steamer a hundred yards of But there can and win the command of the sea for us. We Trans-Pacific Service and unit farther notice, be no two opinions about what does and mustare going to construct four new batteries, two to 110GK CARGO and ISSUE BILLS OF LADING happen to a ship that is in tropical waters six with turrets, to fortify the Kamra Channel: to SEATTLE, WASH, VICTORIA, R.C., and months without docking. There have been We are very well organised, but it is our dutyLAND POINTS in the UNITED STATES PACIFIC COAST. PORTS, 20 10 OVER- several inventions intended to keep ships clan to keep a good lookout all the same, and to and CANADA in connection with the GREAT without docking, but in vain. The light craft, take every measure of security and protection NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM SEAT. smaller cruisers and coal steamers, might per-for the development of the delences of our TLE, na hitherto, by the Steamers of the hips have been "careened" on the mud at colony. Work has also been carried out at the NORTHERN PACIFIC S. S. Co., BOSTON STEAMSHIP and TOWBOAT Cos., OCEAN dependent upon. Hongkong."

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stopped running until he got right home. Now, Artold, now lying at Wonsong, in which he he is virtually on the shell and would doubtless urges the United States in assist China to be very glad in get lucrative provincial maintain her new rally. Tresident Roosevelt is considering the meatues in he taken in Governorship in the Caucasus or Turkestan or Kamschaika. And now we have on the boards compliance with the representation of the Rodjêstvensky, Admiralissinfo of the Tsor's Japanese Minister. Armada, irreverently and commonly-yes, very

Count Cassini, Russian Ministernt Washing. commonly-styled "international nisisances.ton, has protestel in regard to the action of Will his star shine brighter, in the Eastern acutral Powers in watching the course of the interest on the war loans. There was a surplan Diego Suarez, or at Kamrahn, but to beach a Part of Saigon, so that we shall no longer bes, S. Co. and CHINA MUTIAL S, N, Co. firmament than those of his illustrious pre- Second Baltic Squadron and reponing their decessors? Not likely ! It is in fact, well nigh every movement. The US Government, says certain that the last essay of the Rooskies the dispatch, has taken notice of the complaint to lord it over others in these regions will be far of Count Cassini, worse than their initial efforts to 'cut'a dish! with imposing titles, skam displays of might and majesty that only had to be pit to the test to demonstrate their hollowness, and an amount of bluff and chicanery that was a insufferable as it was in the last degree disi c editable in a Western State. Since the Manchurin grab commenced Russia bás done many foolish things, but the maddest of all is the despatch of a miscellaneous assortment of ancient and modern warships in iurn the scales in lavour of the Tsir qỉ -all the Russias. How true it is, that "Whonlod would des toy be first makes mad," will probably be fully realized the world over before the current month draws to a close. The ends of justice, liberty, progress and, prosperity in the Far East will best be served by the complete defeat of the Armada by the Nelson of Japan, to whom I think we may look in the fullest con fidence as not only the saviour of his country, but the liberator of the Farthest East from the enormous evils, the crainping and throuling influences which it was obviously the latention of Russia and certain Continental States

to the detriment of the Open a foreigner visited the bank and presented a absolute necessity for increasing the nation's Door powers as a whole and Great cheque for Y1,500. One of the Chinese com- yearly income by from. filicen to sixteen hun Britain in particular. Despite the vastness of pradores received the amount from the cashier.dred million yea, for which purpose the system the issues involved in the coming struggle and in a hundred Yio'notes and a hundred. V5 | of taxation woull have to be improved and the certainty that bob navies will make annies. The compiadore returned to the de- new resources found. ' 'finish fight of it once they get to close quar livery counter, but was unable to see the for- Japan's victory was fundamentally due to fers, I await news of the result with perfect eigner to whom the notes belonged. He then equanimity, feeling assured that we are now, returned to the cashier, and asked for a de- after months of awaiting and watching, within scription of the owner of the notes, having, measurable distance of the time when shall be however, incautiously left the money on the seen the dawn of an era of peace and prosperity counter, which was protected by the past to the Orient and as few have anticipated and wire netting. When the Chinese returned, still fewer believe probable or possible. "But," the money was gone, but he believed the owner you say, "think of the vast numbers of war-bad received it and for the moment nothing

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„ROBBERY Al the honŌkONG. AND SHANGHAI BANK.

BART WORK OF THE POLICE.

An incident occurred recently at the Kobe branch of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank which may act as a warning to those who have business at the Bank, and furnishes an example of smart police work. According to the Japan Chronicle, it appears that during the morning.

of 50 to 60 million yen arising from the post-heavy-belted battleship is, we believe, quite out ponement of Government undertakings, and of the question. Beaching or even building thus there was a yearly income of 150 to 160 up on a slipway involves such a strain othe million yes, which could be used for defraying hull that it is not considered safe with anything the cost of the military garrison which might barn.cles off an ordinary steamer, say the over 3,000 tons. The operation of chipping have to be maintained in Manchuris to meet Nippon-mary, and recoating her with two lay- the Russian plans. In that way japan could ers go on fighting for a sense of years to come. ntually several hundre

anti-fouling composition, takes Economy and endurance must go hand-in-ree days, "If done in one day it

is a "rush job, with more men. band.

requires plenty of saring-timber, stagings for He condemned the extravagance which had men along the ship's series, abundance of tools, bren shown in some quatiers by entertain and from twenty or forty tons of paint. Ali

ed. The sum of seven or eight hundred mil-speed. The Russians have in all about sixty mens in which even "beroes" had participat.this is not for fon, nor for display, hut is an absolute necessity, if the ship is to keep her Jinn yen, ju t four times in excess of the usual ships in this armed. It is quite inconceixable, national expenditure, had been appropriated | then, that they can have done alf this work at for war purposes, and it might be imagined by any stage of their voyage. some that as the money was coming in like advantage in speed co pared with the Japan

The ships, therefore, must be at a great dis-. water they were free to spend it extravagantese. This means, practically, if the fleets meet ly. It should be borne in mind that this was. in the open, the slower is entirely at the mercy the hard-earned money of the people, or had of lie faster. It mallers rot if men are brave, beca bortowed at a high rate of interest, runs are well setved; the less speed and lesa and therefore it should not be squandered. andiness must prove fural. Not that every gussian must be sunk at once, but that as a As there was no likelihood of any great battle fighting force the Baltic fleet would be inferior, in the immediate future, and no further and mut suffer heivity. Moreover, despite necessity for raising a foreign loan or for in- what anyone may say, it does not seem pos

sible that the crews of the armada can be well creasing the taxes, no embarrassment was felt, up in gus practice. How is gun practice at but there was work to be done for the future. tained? Only by using-up real war ammeni At the conclusion of the war there would be an tion in liberal quantity. Now, either they have practised every two or three days these six months or they have not. If they have, they must now have very little shot in their lockers. If not, they must be very unpractised.

A hatile in the open appears, indeed, out of the question. The Japanese have shown what they can do at extreme range: having all the speed, they could remain at fire or six miles,. and "wing the Baltic, squadron, sink or scatter and capture its colliers, with a minimum of risk to themselves. And a night attack would surely not be uneventful, Judging by the way the Russian poured sbells into each other on night of the Hall fishing boats, Admiral Robjestvensky may have belier crews than the Port Arthur fleet had, but there is nothing to show it as yet and if they are no better, the sauve, qui peut of August: 10th is likely to be

It may be a

constitutional government. National cohesion and unity of thought had been reponsible for the position in which the nation now found hegelf

At the conclusion of his lengthy address, Count Okuma said that with the cessation of hostilities the patriotic flame of the people would lose its brilliance. But there was a

•hips which Togo has to face!" I reply" Tho more was thought of the matter. Shortly after channel to which it ought to be directed in repeated painful consciousness of these

C. G. MACKIE.

Hon. "rcretary. Hongkong, 11th May, 1915.

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TASTES greater the difficulties the greater the glory, wards the foreign customer presented himself stead of being wrapped up and laid aside as and the more complete the ignominy and and asked for his money, when the discovery something not needed till next war. It was a probabilities that keeps the Russian Admiral FUSSELL'S PURE RICH THICK CREAM and shame of the ruthless aggressor. I plump was made that the money placed on the coun- motive power that could direct commerce, goitem that is straining every possible point lo hugging the shore." But it must. not be fore

ONCE for Japan, our gallant ally, and, in commos ter had been stolen.. About twenty-five per- legislation, Houses of Parliament, Govern, keep covers be is probably doing the best

AND YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER: with tens of milliost of Bellishers, am prepared sons were at the counter when the mony dis- ment, or anything else, with an ampit margin | thing for Russia, and the worst for Japan.

Delicious with Fruits, to lay my last dollar on the issue of the coming appeared, but the police learned that a billard for marked improvement. Even the Emperor Apart from the fighting point of view, every day struggle on the outcome of the encounter beboy was among them and had received Yos of Germany bad called upon bis recruits to that passes means more embarrassment of tween the forces of corruption, despotism, dark- from the Bank on behalf of the Kobe" Club. regard the Japanese Army as a model. If they news and bondage and thate of the enlightened | Not long afterwards he was arrested, when on could only emulate the spirit animating the Monarch who tways the destinies of upwards the way from his father's house to the Club. Army and introduce it into all their national of sigy millions of brave and free people having, it seems, called at his home before des undertakings-such as polítics, literature, Yours faithfully,

livering the Ysco to bis employers. The man's morality, in short, what is called, civilisation VIATOR.

lodgings were of course searched, when the they might, nay certainly would, prove a Yoo intact was found concealed in a faton. wonder and an example to the world'

Hongkong, 11th May, 1905.

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gained is no doubt fully understood. But Japan in not likely to be drawn by hoy such tactics into making an attack. Ielas tediout waiting game, but it is just the sort that the Japanese bave played well on former occasions; ́and any allempt to force matters to a quickar Balkh seems likely to end in failure, if not to precipitate complications,

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