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The Peace Conference.
LONDON, zotli August.
It has been arranged that the Envoys will ait for three hours in the mornings and two and a half in the afternoons, daily,
THE PROSPECTS OF PLATE."
Later..
The conviction is gaining ground that the peace negotiations will fail on the question of indemnity, upon which it is believed the Russian instructions admit of no concession. Baron Koniura has handed the Japanese terms in writing to M. de Witte, and the Russian Plenipotentlaries will now study the question and answer in writing as soon as possible; in the meantime the conference is adjourned.
The Visit of the French Fleet. Later. Admiral Caillard and eighty French officers Junched at the Guildhall yesterday.
There was remarkable enthusiasm in the streets,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY AUGUST 12, 1905.
· MACAO EARTHQUAKES.
NINE HOURS' CONTINUOUS
SHOCKS.
THE VERNATULAK PRESS OF SOUTH CHINA
The Canton correspondent of the N. C. D. Newer contributes the following interesting PEOPLE AFFRIGHTED LIVE IN THE AVENIDA Atticle to our Shanghai contemporary.
ALL NIGHT.
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⠀ Macan, 12th August, Macso during the past night has passed through ope of the most exciting experiences in the recent history of the Colony. From nine o'clock last night until six o'clock this morning earthquakes shook the city. Two shocks were so severe that the houses were distinctly felt to hiver. The people have lived in the open since the first tramon were felt; and the greatest alarm prevails.
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Max O'Roll, in his bantering, manner, used to say that readers were furiously eager to seize the morning and evening papers, but always, flung them aside after a rapid glance over their contents with the sarcsitic remark "nothing in them again." Another Frenchman, more il. lustrious still, said "four hostile newspapers were more to be feared than a thousand bayonets." He affirmed in his day fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortres ses." On the other hand, a still more renowned German exclaimed: "We really gain nothing from such interests as occupy the newspapers." In the early part of this week the Chinese Amidst such conflicting judgments as to the seers prophesied that Macab was doomed, and value of the Press, we are thrown back on our suggested that those who could afford it
30 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne :1/11 5/16 own personal knowledge, and must decide for months' sight France.............................. 3.42. should leave the Colony until the 12th was past, ourselves on such data as have come undag our
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indication that these prognostications were at least of the South of China, has grown up Bank of England rate. Vague rumours are current that Lord Cur-right, but there was the primary difficulty of within the last twenty years. We remember Sovereign...... zon is about to resign,
securing their property should the "fortons" when editors were harassed and their offices prave wrong, l'eople in Macao went to bed--- confiscated, if they published anything less those at least who even pretended to disdain harmless, and more interesting than the Pik able fear and trombling, the warnings of the prophets-with considering Gazette." It may be confessed that the Hongkong native Press, whose roots struck deep in the island, but whose branches spread out over the Kwantung province, had much to do with the present vigour of the native news. papers here. When complaints were made to the Hangkang officials by the Canton man. datirs, that government matters, hitherto so sacred, were handled with a rough irreverence, they got little comfort and less assistance. Freedom of the Press was the rule in the colonies of Great Britain; Hongkong was a THE Sheffield Daily Telegraph is responsible colony; therefore the editor could not be for this latest cycling story from a cyclist who coerced. The consequence what the man-is willing to take his oath that every word is darins, seeing that they were helpless, sub- the truth: He hung his bicycle from the cell- milice to the inevitable. After a time, when ing of his cellar, and not far from a swing shelf nothing very serious happened, either to their on which food was kept. of steel revenues or to their harems, and in those from the shelf upon the tyre of the wheel days they did not seriously care for very he wheel started, and the mouse naturally evidently racireby hoping to reach the floor. mich beyond those two absorbing interests, they ceased to be so obviously anxious, ran to the highest part of it. It was unable to and so a native Press developed not only in sny on the top of the tyse, but couldn't get day is no small industry, and so unimportant found next morning, the mouse was very much Hongkong but in the city of Canton, which to enough foothold to jump to the wall When factor in the life of the great city. The native exhausted, though still running. Acyclometer Press attempts to reach the ideal of what a showed that he had run 93 miles. newspaper should be, which is, we take it, to collect and then, distribute reliable and valu able information which its readers value; and further to guide and foster public opinion, even though it may not always be able de nove to create it. A glance at a characteristic Chinese newspaper will show that this object is not for gotten by the native editor, and that sometimes he comes very near to realising it. A striking example of the influence exercised by The
NINE ARMIES IN THE FIELD.
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The Japan Mail has some very interesting comments on an article in the Yomiurf which urges the immediate despatch of an expedition to seize the coast of the Maritime Province, on the ground that its occupation would deprive Russia of everything resembling, a naval base in the Far East and would thus make essential ly for permanent peace. These urgings, re- marks our Yokohama contemporary, suggest the Yomiura regards over-ser expeditions with
undue levity." The Japanese Authorities have
shown themselves excellent organizers but there is a limit to their capacity and to the elasticity of their resources. Just think what they have already on their hands. They have the provi sioning and support of an immense army in Manchuria-five armies for the matter of that, each emanding an independeat transport service. They have the pro visioning and support of what may be called an army of occupation under General Hasegawa in Korea. They have the provision ing and support of an army of unknown but certainly large dimensions on the south of the
houses the worst might befall them. At 9.5 p.m a prolonged disturbance occurred, with the result that the people, frightened and dis traught, ran into the streets.
Apparently, few hart gone to bed at that hour. Men, women and children, principally Chinese, crowded into the open. They were ready dressed for untoward events. Each succeeding minute meant a slight tremor, and the common people, thoroughly terrified, and remembering the warnings of their leaders, felt that the end of the world was at hand. with one accord they made tracks for the Avenida--the new public gardens which is clear from obstructions and buildings,
While the Chinese workers were in this state and Portuguese were quietly making arrange of alarm, the educated classes of the Chinese
ments to leave their houses in order that they might encounter the danger in the open air. Children were dressed and made ready for immediate departure from the houses; and the scene on some of the principal streets showed most heterogeneous gathering assembled. The walk to the Avenida resembled arce meeting more than anything else. Nearly everybody who could leave his property fol towed the trail to the gardens. The sensible inhabitants of Macau, while they were infected by the common alarm, were prepared to evacuate their houses at a moment's notice,
Tumen. They have the provisioning and All this time the earth was trombling with live Press is furnished in the present ferment
support of an army is the south of Saghalien. And they have the provisioning and support of an army in the north of Saghlien. Nine arm ́les in all, every one of them beyond the sea. The fact is quite stupendous. We have never read of anything similar in history, and when we find journalistic suggestions that yet an- other army should be sent out, we wonder whether the civilian mind grasps the huge dimensions of the task atrea ly undertaken by Japan. It is for Russia a most striking object lesson. Her statesmen imagined that they had fully gauged the length of Japan's arm in 1933, and that it was not by any means long enough to reach Russia hurtfully. But Japan is proving to a kind of military Briareus Judging from the wise caution with which she conducts all her watlike operations we do not entertain any fear lest, to use a vulgar phrase, she should "bite off more than aha, caD swallow, but there is ample food for reflection in what she has already done and is doing.
ÁSCENTS OF FUJIYAMA,
BOLD FORRIGNERS FROM KORE AND YOKOHAMA.
renewed shocks, although none of these was of a severe character.
Shortly after midnight a long, quivering movement of the ground heralded the worst earthquake of the night. It may have been that the highly-strung nerves of the people gave additional significance to the shock, but of this all are agreed-it was the worst yet experienc ed since the series of seismic disturbances liegan. Naturally the crowd on the Aveni- da, subject to every passing bought-wave, reached the height r fits fear, but the donvulsion passed, to be succeeded, however, by minor tremblings which by no means seived to allay the rxcitement.
In private houses, which swayed with thef quaking there was alarm and a futile attempt to maintain peace. Ilad there been a vessel leaving Macao at that time for any port in the world she would have been crammed to her almost capacity. People talked about 'escaping to Hongkong" instead of proceeding thither, Not a sout slept in Macao last night. The crowd in the Lardens, hecoming accustomed to the unusual tremors, which were now slight though continuous, wandered back to their
homes; and as an evidence of the fear inspired by the strange disturbances it is not recorded that any acts of theft or barglary took place while the people were congregated on the Avenida.
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It is still early in the season for ascending Fuji-san, but already three foreign residents, we learn from the Japan Mall, have accom. plished the feat, one coming from Kobe the other two from Yokohama. The Yokohama
At dawn this morning, all those who could pair left Hiranuma station by the ro.58 p.m. afford to leave their goods in safe hands were trais last Friday and arrived at Gotemba at
to be found on the pier awaiting the departure 2,10a.m. At that unearthly hour of the morn of the vessels for Hongkong Each steamer ing the adventurers chartered horses and set that left Macao'was crowded with passengers, out at once via Tarobo, the "front way" up the If the Chinese merchants of Macao," said one hill. At No. 2 station they alighted for break-traveller, "had found means to safeguard their fast and left there at 8 am, walking to No. property during their absence there would scar
6 station, where they arrived at 11.30 am. cely have been sufficient boats even in Hong: The demands of nature were here assuaged kong to carry the people away from Macao." by tiffin and thus fortified they began the The quiverings ceased shortly after dawn, last stage of the climb at 12.10 arriving at the summit of Fuji at 3.37 prevail.
p... bat the greatest excitement and alarm still o'clock. Owing to the early dale of their climb the huts on this side of the mountain
No news has been received from the hot were still closed, so they walked over to the springs some twenty miles away, but it is be Subashiri side, finding shelter at 4 o'clock. lieved that Macas having been visited by the Dinner was next discussed and, they soon
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The Canton Press has entered into the day in a (SATURDAY), 12th August, 1995, at 9 pas. spirit of genuine enthusiasm, and bas done much to foment the agitation. We are not now cate ful to pronounce an opinion on the wisdom of the Anti-American-Commodity League; still less are we inclined to forecast the pits of
the agitation. What is abundantly evident is that she native Press has from the first proved itself L'ELISIR eager to foment the movement, and encourage the leaders. The decisions arrived at by the Committees at Tientsin, and Shanghal, and Amoy, and Singapore, have been published, commented on, and belanded here. The ap parent unwillingness of the merchants at Wu- chow to join hands with their fellow countrymen, was discussed with such scorn that they wereERNANI fain wishful to reconsider their position. More. over, not only do the residents of the greater cities enjoy the privilege of knowing what is tran spiring in the other great cities of China, but inland towns and country villiges now com and the same advantages. The Canton papers are carried throughout the towns of this province, under the drection of a well-ordered news agency, by means of the steam-launches which ply the water ways of the south, so that everywhere i is easy to insure an approximate punctuality without much difficulty. Probably never before in the history of the world has it been found that a powerful Press has came into existence, commanding a large number of readers, and considerable facilities for a punc time. The history of the genesis and develop tual distribution, within so brief a space of ment of the vernacular Press in Germany; France, and England in the 17th Century will offer ne parallel, for obvious reason One cha- acteristic of the native Press cannot escape notice. The editors lash out on the corrupt government, and at particular officials, in a way that excites astonishment. The bittemess of the attack on Yuan bib-kai, during the past waning voice against the bitterness of the agi fortnight, because he has ventured to lift u tation of the boycott, has recently come under my notice The Daily News of England does not search the dictionary to di cover euphe mistic diction whereby to describe the actions of Mr Balfour, but its language is that of a guarded diplomacy, compared with what Chi- they regard as unpatriotic That such vio nese editors are when they denounce what His Majesty's Treasury Office,
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In fact doses of abuse are like doses of poison. out the piercing cold, so' Fahr. Before sunrise
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tiful view, the akies, being clear of all fog and mist. At 6 o'clock they started for a walk damaged. round the crater itself, which was throughly ex- plored. On reasconding they continued their walk along the outer edge by Oyashirazu, the
SHIPPING JETSAM. path eventually taking them back to the huts by 9am. They were now quite ready for
Uncle Sam's big freighting transport Dix breakfast and this being disposed of cameras arrived at Honolulu recently after quito an ex- were packed and the ascent of the mountain citing experience, and one that is considered began at 10,10 Km. Incidentally we Japan never to have happened to a steamer in the Mail might remark that these mountaineers Pacific before. When two days out from Nag- put into possession of ideals by which she Captain Ellis, will be despatched for the above were never severely attacked by pangs of hunger, the lightest of meals sufficed them at asaki, the big vessel ran foul of a sleeping may make good her limitations. The recent Ports, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th September, THE DAIRY FARM CO., Avery stage. Subashiri was reached at 1.40 whale near the surface of the water. The huge order to extract evidence, would have been agitation over the torture of prisoners in p.m. and full Justice was done to the tiffio animal was evidently perfectly unconscious of impossible without the native Press. The provided by ming host of the Yoneyama hotel. the approach of danger, for the Dix crashed Canton Tintas published four leaders on the for Passengers, and has a Refrigerating Cham- This well-known Steamer is specially fitted the railway train was boarded, and Yokohama under the ship, getting mixed up with the po. South of China. But perhaps the greatest gain This Breamer is installed throughout with Then the tram was taken to Gotemba, where into it's enormous hulk. The whale slid clear subject which were angsily read all over the bet which ensures the supply of Fresh Provi was reached at 8.22 o'clock on Sunday, even pallar and stopping the engines for at least a
sions, Ice, etc, throughout the voyagemen jog. The cost of the inp worked out at 12 minute: The whale was evidently badly cat rity. Eitherto, not only is it trus that East is the Electric Light
of all will be the gradual birth of a new solida yea each. The climbers were very fortunate up during the first contact for the sea for quite East, and West is West," it has been equally in their weather. So far this season, says the a distance around was covered with blood. troe to the Chinese that North is North and
A daly qualified Surgeon and Stewardess Tharkeeper at the top, every day has been rainy Auer it had become disengaged from the pro- South is South. Language of contempidous
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