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TELEGRAMS

THE PEACE TREATY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18 1905.

It was beand with the closest attention and respect by a concourse of eminent ravants, who were deeply interested in his novel corative method. gay

Mr. M. Noma," Consul for Japan, hai kindly forwarded to us the following tele1 Cotton Report

gram

*Toklo, 16th October, 7 p.m. The Peace Treaty of Japan and Russia was ratified by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan'as well as by the Tsar of Russia on the 14th instant, and information of the ratification of the Treaty was exchanged by "both the Governments on the 15th instant.

A Washington telegram says the Depart ment of Agriculture latends issuing in Novem- bera caiton report probably early in the

month

Pune The Recent Crisis. BRITAIN AND GERMANY UNMISTAKEARLY ON VERGE OF WAR

London, foth October, The London dailles with the exception of The whole of the terms come into force. from the date the information was received. The Times and the Daily Mail romein silent to-day regarding the startling revelations pub. The Japanese Government has promulished with such disconcerting candour by the gated it in the Government Gazelle of the Paris Matin. 16th instant by Imperial Decree.

[[ Reuter's.]

The French Newspaper Revelations.

LONDON, 16th October. The correspondent of the Eclia de Paris in Berlin learos, from a semi-official source, that Lord Lansdowne told Germany in June, though no Anglo-French alliance was then concluded or promised, that England would take the side of France, if war broke out through the fault of Germany.

12

Later.

THE TIMES ON THE SITUATION,

SILENT BUT NOT INDIFFERENT. This silence, however, must not be interpre led as indicating any Indifference to the situa tion, because the great prominence given to the revelations in the news columns of those papers result in the fact that a deep and an xious impression has been made upon the minds of the British public.

A DANGEROUS, IMPRESS'ON;

"NEW BUILDING MATERIAL",

PROPOSED FORMATION OF COMPANY IN

HONGKONG,

ANCHINESE TORPEDO

SANGURA BUNK:IN CANTORŪRIVERS

be

"NORTH CHINA,

SURÁNOK

Intimations.

THE

The report for presentation to the second ordinary general meeting of shareholders, to

held at the offices of the above Company, ROBINSON PIANO Shanghai, on Tuesday next, is as follows :-

The directors beg to submit, for the in formation of shareholders, the annexed duly audited statement, of the company's accounts

the 30th June, 1905. to

1904-The balance at credit of this accattol is Tacle 344,23279, and after deducting an interim dididend of 7 per cent, aggregating Taels 29,032,26, paid on the rat May last, there romains a sum of Tael 315,200.53, which the directors recommend shall be appropriated in

the following manner:

A final dividend of 71 per cent on the paid: up capital.

A bonus of 15 per cent, upon contnbutory premiums.

Taels 193,000 to th↑ ↑ Reserve Fund.

ני

COMPANY, LD.

PIANOS $375

SUPERIOR TO MOST OTHERS AND LIE

credit of a Silver | ONLY PIANOS MADE IN HONGKONG

exchange

Taels 50,ora to the credit of an and investment fluctuation account."

And the balance to be transferred to under writing, reserve nccount, closing the account 'for 1904.

1905-The balance at credit of working ac count to the 30th June amounts to Tuels 302,053 37.

..

YOR THE

CLIMATE or HONGKONG.

CREDIT SYSTEM

IF REQUIRED.

When the Canton river Reamer Tai Un caine The introduction of a new building material into port this morning she had on board Capt. which is cheap, attractive, and able to withstand Tsu U Win, and the entire crew of the Chinese enormous pressure should naturally appeal to torpedo boat t Sin, which had sunk in the the people of Hongkong. New buildings are river ander circumstances recorded to us by an gning up to all directions and not too dooneyn witness. It seems that on the arrival of the either if the congested areas in the lower quar- Tai On, Capt. Tsu called at the Central Police ter of the city are to be wiped out The new Station this morning and reported that, at 20.30 material which has been tried with success in p.m. yesterday, while the torpedo" boat was England, America, South Africa and India in steaming towards Canton, and had got near being submitted to the builders and architectsMung Sha, in the San' On district, she was run of Hongkong by Mr. G. W. Cooke, who repre- tote by the ss. Tat On, which was on its way sents the inventors in the Far Fast, the Silicate down to Hongkong. The torpedo-boat suok of Lime Stone, Limited, of England, and it is within a quarter of an hour, her crew how hoped that a company will be formed here to ever, being saved and brought on to Hong engage in the production of this new building kong in the Tai On. All the property and material which is known as silicate-of-time personal effects of the crew went down with the torpedo boat, Inspector Smith, the officer stope.

Briefly, the material contains 8 per cent of on duty, referred Captain Tru to the Harbour time and some 92 per cent of silica or sand-Master as being the proper authority to whom the product being brought into combination to make the report. When seen the officers of under great heat and pressure. It should be the Taf (« declined to be interviewed at, this stated that the product is not, another of the stage, but our representative was fortunate many concretes which have been moulded and enough to meet an eye-witness of the occur

Reserva Fond-Acting under the poWATA then described as artificial stones. The effort rence, who, although desiring to maintain his

conferred on them by the articles of association, In my opinion, the British press realises too to produce such a stone dates back to 1834, but incognito, vouched for the following facts the directors decided to convert the Teels fully the seriousness of the past crisis, and purit was left to an Englishman, Mr. L. P. Ford, of When about four miles past Langkit, at about 800,000, referred to in the last report, into t

inipressin that has been created by the dis- ed. Since Mr. Cooke, the Far Eastern agent, ant, a vessel was sighted. She was only appears in the balance sheet with the provisi posely avoids farther increasing the dangerous Gresham, England, to obtain the restis requira quarter past ten on the night of the 17th in-permanent stealing reserve fitad, and it now IMPORTED PIANOS

Directors. In accordance closure.

has been in Hongkong, he has had the stone showing dim white, lights, and had no regula of the articles of association the directors all re- tested at the Greed Island Cement Works, at tion red and green side-lights, and so it tire, but being, cligible, offer themselves--with Kowloon, where it withstood a pressure of three was thought she was a boat at anchor. Upon the excart un of Mr. Matthews who is leaving for and a half tons the square inch, whereas the best getting close to her it was discovered that the home-for re-election. Notices in writing of bricks produced in the Colony are only capable vessel was a torpedo-bost under way. By this candidature for the seat vacated by Mr Mat Steinway,

thews will be received at the head office, up to of withstanding a pressure of one and a half jo time the vessels were so close that it was too

16th October, two tont, and yet the new material costs less late to do anything to avert an accident. The than the ordinary, brick. Under special tests Tai On reversed her engines and went full the stone required a pressure of 600 toos per speed astern to lessen the force of the inevit square foot to crush it. The samples which able impact, and the crashed into the U Si Mr., Cooke has brought with him are of a just abaft the engine-room, causing her to berl beautiful glossy cream or white colour, but according to the quantity of oxide of iron pre- sent in the 'sand, or the amount added, the stone varies in colour, some very fine decor tive effects being oblained. It is intended, if the necessary capital is forthcoming, and after the encomiums pronounced on, the stone by experts, and the profis likely to accrue from the sale of the finished article it seems exceed. ingly probable that the money will be obtain able to form a company in Hongkong for the production of bricks and stones inade by this

DÉLCASSE'S POLICY REHABILITATED,

The 'aris correspondent of the Timer tele graphs that the disclosures have evidently been provoked by the misstatements contained in The 7 imer summing up the situation says, Prince von Buciow's declarations, published as does not pretend to know how France interviews last week, and that everything that came to understand, as with good reason she bas occurred since the resignation of M. did understand, that in the event of an un-Delcasse has tended to show that his policy provoked attack arising out of the Anglo French agreement, Great Britain would sup. part her: but what ground has Germany, who disdains all dreams of aggression, against Pnybody, to complain about it, inasmuch as our support would only be given in the case of unprovoked aggression?

The Death of vir Henry Irving. Sir Henry Irving's death has evoked inna- meraliu tributes, including messages from the King and President Roosevelt.

There is a strong movement in favour of the burial in Westminster Abbey.

Russian Grand Duke

TANISHED FROM THE COUNTRY,

The Grand Duke Cyril has been dismis

was sound and far-sighted, and is has also tended to show that his successors have not only been compelled to return to bis policy, but have been obliged to emphasise it :

"A DESERVED TRINUTR.

Commenting upon the disclosures, The Times observes M. Delcased has many warmi friends and admirers amongst us. They will rejoice to see that the numbers of our countrymen who rejoiced in his recent over throw are now beginning to doubt whether fall justice was done to him or to his policy."

The article quoted ends with a reference to Delcasse's own statement to the effect that England was ready to support France with naval and military forces.

ÚRITISH CHECK TO GERMANY,

The Times has no fault to find, because such a contingency of an unexpected act of aggres sed from the army, deprived of all honours,sion by Germany would be continual, * and excluded from Russia, for marrying the If the British Government had supported France against such an act of aggression, it divorced Grand Duchess of Hcase.

would have been with the hearty approval of the (British) nation.",

The Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich is the eldest son of the uncle of the Tsar, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, who, of the twenty ussian Grand Dukes, is second near. est to the Thirupe. The young Prince, who is 'nine and twenty years of age, was the hope the party of the Grand Dukes as opposed to that of the present sovereign, and wai, more. over, one of the few sailors in the imperial family, lle was one of the fortunate survivors of the destruction of the Petropavlosk, which, it may be recalled, was Admiral Makaroff's flagship which was sunk outside of Port Arthur on the morning of the 13th April, 19 4. At the time the Admiral was at breakfast, and the Grand Duke Cyril was on the bridge with other efficer Suddenly there was a terrific explosion, by the force of which the Prince was sent flying across the bridze, and the base of his skulf struck an iron stapchion. For tunately he did not Inse consciousness, and believing the ship, was about to sink he clambered down the side, and plunged Into the water, tie succeeded in reaching piece of wreckage to which he clung for twenty minutes before he was picked up by a torpedo

bost

He was taken to the hospital at Port Arthur where his injuries were attended to, and subsequently tell for St. Petersburg. He

much more of a Romanof than his cousin, the Tsar,i. Until the birth of the Tsar's son he

THE BALANCE OF POWER.

The Daily fail publishes a soberly worded leader.in which it deplores the present s'ate of tension which has been caused by the mameni- ary disappearance of Russia as a great Power from the stage of European politics...

li further declares that the recovery of Russia will meas the restoration of the balance of the Powers in Europe.

AFRIENDSHIP MAY CLEAR THE AIR

naw.process.

The original cost of a plant capable of produc ing 20,000 bricks and 20 tons of stone daily would be 12,003. The 25,000 bricks weigh.70 tone, composed of 7 tons of lime and 63 tons of sand; the 25 tons of stone comprise 1 tons of lime, and 18 tons of sand. The size of the stones can be determined by the manufacturer, but it may be stated that they can be pressed into blocks of jo tons or 160 cubic feet,

over. In all probability she was cut below-the water line, as she filled with water and in 20 minutes had sunk stern first in four fathoms of wiler. Previous to this some one aboard the Tui Onyshouted to the engineer of the 17 Sie to take all precautions against a boiler explosion. This was done and further catas trophe avetted.". At the first jar of the impact diree of the Sur's crew scrambled aboard the Tai On, white from the latter vessel boats were quickly lowered, and the rest of the crew to the last man, to the number of 30 in all; were taken on board although they endeavoured to argue the point of saving their belongings first. This point, however, was speedily settled by the sinking of the (7 Stu. It is stated that the US was going along "without the regulation lights, so she was look. ing out for suspected smugglers and pirates, and this fact led to the accident,

The US was built by Messrs. W; Arin- and strong and Co., Ld, about ten years ago, An interesting table of the actual werking was one of the biggest of the torpedo boats in expenses incurred at one of the factories in the service, but as it is believed that her boilers Scotland, that at Perth, may be summarised. are intact, and her hull not much damaged, The cast of the materials used is stated to be and as she lies in only four fathoms of water, as follows: 54 tons of lims at raid equals it is understood that her raising will be a 315,492 tons of sand at /1 equals £26.13; simple matter. The Tut On suffered no dam- 12. tone of coal at 16/" equals £9:12; 3 tons of age whatever. stack at 7/4 is £1-1/-; and 1-1/ is put down for water, giving a total of £7.2 2. For labour a sum of £276) in set down; depreciation of

It 'so hopes that, in the near future, implant, to per cent on £12,000; management proved relations between tritain and Russia will be brought about, with the common friendship of. France.

AN UNFORTUNATE MOVE.. 'What is perfectly clear to me (the Straits Timer correspondent) is that the result of the

disclosures is greatly deplored throughout the country as being calculated to greatly, increase the hatred and distrust of Germany by the

British public.

J

[N. C. D. Newi.]

is said to be both energetic and athletic, and is A Reported Rising in Shantung.

Peking, 13th October.

10. Thus the total expenditure per week amounts to 133-6/-. For that sum there would be manufactured 410 ions of bricks and 120 lons of stone,

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

ATTEMPTED MURDER.

At the Criminal Sessions held this morning, his Honour Mr. Justice A. G. Whe, Puisne Judge presiding, the boatman Chan Li, who attempted to drown Chinese comable Lai Kun Fuk, in the harbour, was put upon his trial, The following jury was empanelled:-Messrs. V. M. Manuk (loreman), J. McCorquodale, J. Lysaght, W. E. Clarel, C. F. Grey, S. W. A. Udail;-and-R-C-Hurley. Upon hearing. the evidence as previously recorded, the jury unanimously returned a verdict of guilty, and

months' hard labour, ...

Audito.s.-The accounts have been audited by Mesurs. Wingrove and Hayter, and they again tauder their services to the shareholders.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

WM. GEO. BAYNE.

Shanghai, 9th October 1995,

-Secratary

COMMERCIAL.

TO-DAY'S KжChanus. Seitng.

Lan dun-Bank T.J. sempurn

Do, deinand Do.

.2.441

AT

HOME PRICES.

Bechstein,

Hopkinson,

Rachals,

Haake,

Winkelmann,

Krauss.

BABY GRANDS

47 AT PRICES OF COTTAGES 1.99 145

France-Bunk T,T.. America-Bank T.T. Sermany-Hank T.T India T.T. ...................i.....i

Do. demand "Shanghai--Bánk UT. sumALOSTNÍ Singapore T.T

.................9% prem. ∙spap-Blank "1.P.', sinova.............95] lava-Bank, T.To.................

Buying,

1 months sight LIC .......... 5 months' sight L/C.

10 days' sight San Francisco'& New Yoik.. 48

do,

49 + months' sight

20

30 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne......2/0

AND

OCCUPYING SAME SPACE.

THE APOLLO PIANOLA

$350.

1,000 NEWEST

months' fight Francs .......... ....... 2.49|| VICTOR RECORDS months' sight

months' sight Germany Bar Silver.....

Bank of Englaria vate. Sovereign

2.51 3.04 21.28 11/16 m4%

AND

TALKING MACHINES.

Hongkong, 18th October, 190t.

OPIUM QUOTATIONE,, To-day's quotations are as follows

Per picul

Maiwa New

Old

© 1,140/1,199)

Older

1,200

Trade

Oldest

Pana New

Old....... Bank as New

Old.... Persian (Paper)

Par chest

1,020

A 1,040

... $90

To-day's

@990

Advertisements.

TUBLIC AUCTION,

stood in the direct line to the Throne, and The Germin Minister (Baron A. von Mumm) selling at one shilling par cubic foot give af his Lordship sentenced the accused to nina E Undersigned have received instructions

was thought that if the Crown reverted to him be would resemble Nicholas 1. rather than any of the three last Tsars, and would be the autocist of All the Rustius in fact as well as in nama-The divorce of the Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse from his wife, Princess Victoria Melite of Sax-Coburg, was "pronounced, in December, of 191, on the ground of absolute incompatibility. They were married in 1894. —Ed, A.K.T]

[Straits Times}

British East Africa.

London, 9th October.. The expedition which is being despatched to Naiobi in British. East Africa against the Nandi tribe, who are again giving trouble, will consist of 1,500 troops, with nine Maxims and two armoured trains to patrol the line.

Express Liner

has called at the Wai-Wups and stated that several hundred natives have risen at Yan cocog, Taochout, Sha; that they are armed with foreign rifles; and are anti-foreign in sentiment. He urged that the Governor of Shantung should be asked tɔ sand troops to suppress them.

Decorations for Attaches

Takio, 13th October. Lieut-General Burnett has been given the First Order of the Rising Sun and the other foreign military attaches have also been decorated.

EDWARD THE PEACEMAKER.

PROPOSID NATIONAL RECOGNITION

STOPPED BY, THE KING,"

A London, wire of 18th ult. states that cor The Hamburg-American liñe has purchased the Union Castle Illner Set, which has been respondence which is now published" for the rechristened the Ocean. She will conduct an first time, with the assent of King Edward, express service between Naples and Alexan-shows that a proposal to make national recogni- tion of the King's efforts to preserve the world's dria is connection with the Berlin express.

peace way, at the suggestion of the King, not proceeded with,

Pasha Dead.

Edhan Pasha, the Turkish Commander-in- Chief in the Greek War, is dead.

Norway.

105 Banks; beaded by the Bank of Norway, have petitioned the Storthing to restore settled conditions by electing a King? -

Tuberculosis.

"Professor Behring described at the Tubercu- loris Conference his new remedy for consump;

PERJURY.

Li Ping Kwan was then arraigned on the charge of perjury in certain probate proceed. Ings before the Supreme Court wherein he swore before the Registrar that the signature

An interesting comparison might be made of the highest cost price of the new products and the lowest selling price of the material in use at present. 430 tons of bricks at 4/1)] equals 120,000 bricks at 17/31 per 1000; these selling at 24/: per 1,000—the' average ́price if not lower than the average price-give a profit of £40.5/5. Then 120 ions of stone, selling at threepence three-farthings per cubic fool and

profit of £66. Therefore a total profit of tog is obtained on an expenditure of 1333/- which should be sufficicot to satisfy the most avaricious shareholder in the concern. With regard to the stone, it can be pressed and faced at something like 15 cents per cubic foor; Hongkong alone, such as that sten in the International Bank building, costs about Stappearing on the will, the subject matter of the probate proceedings, was that of accused, per cubic foot; while polished stones run up to affixed as a witness to the signature of the Si go or Sa.

testator. It was afterwards discovered that Altogether the idea of floating a company in accused was not in the house of the de which the profits are so satisfactory seems ceased on the day in question, and in the extremely feasible, and it is understood that Magisterial proceedings that followed Mr. several local gentlemen are interesting them G. N. Orme lound sufficient evidence on selves in the veters in Cork, was already which to commit the accused to the Sessions. stated, is the representative of the proprietary At the last Sessions a woman had been in the Far East, is an Englishman, whe has found guilty of forging the will in question had large experience of civil and mechanical and is now in gaol.The jury without re engineering in Chiba, India and the Philip firing, returned a unanimous verdict of Piper and is himself an expert on this subject. guilty. His Lordship, in sentencing the l'he samples are exceedingly attractive and accused, said that the man's whole demeanour should make excellent building material, the pointed to his guilt, and he believed now that very cheapness preventing anything like scamp the woman in question was merely a catspaw, ed work in walls being attempted. Mr. Cooke whereas the accused was a man who deliberato remains in Hongkong for sometime, although be has also an office la Manila.

ly perjured himself and now stuck to hit perjury in the fate of the proof that was brought out in the evidence that he was not in the house of deceased on the day when be alleged that deccaled signed the will in question, Twelve months' hard labour.

to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

оп

FRIDAY,

the 27th October, 1905, at 3 P.M., at the Wing Lok Street Wharf, The River Passenger Steamer

"YING KING."

For Particulars, apply to the Auctioneers. TERMS:-As usual.

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HUGHES & JOUG4, Auctioneers. Hongkong, 18th October, 1905...

NURSE.

?

EURASIAN OF PORTUGUESE NURSI

WANTED for two Children.

wages expected to

Board

provided. Apply stating age, experience and

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer

"MAZAGON.". FROM BOMBAY AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are bereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed aft their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Li Lui Sin, the accomplice of the above acconsignment will be sorted out mark by mark, Recent Renter telegrams stated that two in cused, who also committed perjury under and delivery can be obtained as soon as the fluential German shipping firms were seriously similar conditions, was then put on trial, and Goods are landed. considering the advisability of making a bid for he at once admitted that the will was a forgery. the Yang-lare trade, but this was officially de- while at the same time he stated that he did not Lord Knollys replied that the King rejoiced nied. We understand, however, that the Hong-commit perjury. He was, also sent la twalys to hear that his subjects thought he and kong & Whimpos Dock Company have been months' hard labour,

In December, 1903, one of the Scottish pro vosts wrote la Lord. Kaollys, Private Secretary to the King, suggesting that an opportunity should be given to all clauson of tentifying by meins of shilling subscriptions to food, whose object King Edward and Queen Alex. andra should determine, their appreciation of the immense good which their Malesiles had dose on behalf of peace and goodwill,

GURMAN BHipping comPETI-

“TION IN THE FAR EAST,

This vessel brings on Cargo

From Persian Gulf, ax BIS.N. and B. & P. J $. N. Ca's Steamers, co

Goods not cleared by the 24th, Instant, at

AK VA, will be subject to reason

ciple is the impregnation of the Queen had bess of some utility in promot-invited by a prominent German shipping firm **" The Court then adjoumed till to x.m. to-

substance extracting peace and goodwill and their Majesties in Hongkong to submit estimates of the cost

"rolains the secr

morrow.

were more, than contented with that reward, of building a river steamer of the type, and as p

fis Majesty thanked the Provost, and opined would be better not to proceed further the

large as, the vessel now being constructed to the order of the Indo-China Steam Nar

Company at Kowloon rticulars of have already appen

(understood that fa” the eyes

proving katisfactory, the Ger

THSTANDING that a District, Govern Office has been established by the Chi.

on the border of

. No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for sxamination by the Consignees and the Company's representative at an appolated hour aft

All claims must be present

the steamer's arrival liers. they cannot

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