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London, 18th October,

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President Boosevelt has writen to Mỵ, Cortelyou, congratulating him, and the finan clere on the way they handled the crisis, threatened the destruction of credit essential to legitimate business,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30,

THE “IMPRESS OF CHINA”.

LIFT VANCOUVER FOR HONGKONG,

via the usual parts of call.

THE BIRTH OF ANOIBBR FELLOW ARMI

CHINA'S MILITARY REORGANIZATION.

The rise of Chion to the position of a mili.

1967.

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vice bacan, if clever, enter the Superior School of War for two years, with a view to staff service or duty is the schools; highar grade's:hools for each branch of the service baing" also "available for advanced courses. Schools for pop-commissioned officers are also in full working order. It is thus evident that

it is, making serious efforts to form a body A FINAL DIVIDEND of out Sailing and of trained officers, but it will require at least a declared, by the Directors of the above Com generation, or thiny years, for the young officer pony, thus making a total of 11 percent. for the of the new school to reach the upper ranks of year ending 28th February, 1907. Coupon No. the army. At present, the Chinese higher 9 is payable on and November, at the Char.or officer, although posssising a good generated Bank of India, Australia and China, and the Resto-Chinese Bank at Tientsio and Shanghai, knowledge and capable of automatic mancouvre

SHEWAN, TOMES & COS

"Agents. ** Wongkong, goth October, 1907,

M D. W. Craddock, general traffic agent," C. P. R. Co, informs as that he has received from his-Vancouver office cabled advice that the Empress of China, reported sunk at Van-lay, power in Asia is a contingency which cour, that put yesterday for Hongkong, cannot fail to exercise a profound effect upon all political calculations for the future. Much has to be done before this can come about. But we know what Japan achieved in forty years, and China possesses capable and ener, getic men, who are devoting themselves to this object with real and determination,

At all events, if the new Chinese taw or rework, has not the true qualities of the military Relations for the reorganization of the army chief, and cannot dispense with the assistance are undeviatingly adhered to and financially of young advisers, who are generally taken suppo ted, there can be no question of the im- from those who have been through the Japanese mente future Influence of the Celestial Empire, schools, not only in Asia, but in all those great world questions which are gathering arozed the supreme problems of Yellow competition with the White man,

THE FUTURE OF HUNAN.

The other day an article was published in the Courrier d'Haiphong advocating (bat, the territory of Kwang-chou-wan should be restor ed to China by France in exchange for the Mr. Cortelyou has returned to Washington.island of Haine. In an equally interesting He does not anticipate any further finan- and lengthy article, the same paper now gives cial trouble.

reasons for believing, the proposal to be impos- sible of accomplishment.

Later.

Lord Cromer, - Lord Cromer has been presented with the freedom of the City of London at the Guild-, ball."

Asistios in British Columbia. The Vancouver Finance Committee has passed a resolution demariding the exclusion' of Asisties, at least for a time." !

The Committee is also arranging to memo- *rialize the Domļnion Government to procure

the abrogation of the treaty with Japan.

THE ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUIK.

HONGKONG BH ROH.

The following examinations were held on the 28th and 30th ins", viz:--Tractical sanitary science. Rosult: Alex Vernon Parker.

Inspectors of Nuisances: - John utton, C. W. T. Bren, S.muzi Robert Boyd, and George Willis.

Examiners-Hon-Dr, Atkinson, f.c.MO, Hon Mr. W. Chatham, C.MG., Dr. Francis Clark, MOB, MC, A. H.Qugh, A.M.L.C3, Mr. R. H. King, A. 1.C.r., and Cupt. Stinkwin, A.S.C. Hon Secretary E. Ralphr, P.1.C12 MR. SAN, 'INST., Moderator: Alfred Carter, MR, SAN

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ADVENTURES IN WESTERN CHINA.

The new writer agrees that, Kwang-chou wan is useless to France, and that the millions spent on it have been wasted. It is no going to become a second Honkong; and France, he thinks, would be well rid of it-for some compensation. But that Hainan is to be the quid pro quo," he does not believe. How, he asks, would China benefit by such a deal? Hainan, one of the largest islands in the world, has fifty times the area of the territory leased to France; its population is immensely greater, and the interior contains gold, copper, silver,

coal, etc.

From the French point of view, the writer Kocs on to say, the island is not worth having. There is presumably much wealth in the in- tefior; but there are no rivers and means of communication. Only the coast is inhabited by a mixed race, Chinese and Loi, accustomed to a miserable existence, and about 10,000 of them emigrate every year. The island unports more than it exports; and the economic balance is maintained by the money of the omigrants. If the island becomes French, many milions would have to be poured out again; and he thinks France can do better with her resources. The recent treaties have entirely changed the military importance of the island.

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Although their general behaviour is now ext cellent, old habits of indolence and of taking oplum still linger among the older men. Nei- ther sports, fencing, racing, gor ‘athletics are persevered with as in Japan, and the cavalry officers, mounted on quiet Mongol horses, are Dot horsemen, But the younger, men are ready showing themselves capable of better results which it is impossible re cate to results which it is impossible to calculate.

THE NEW REGULATIONS

show equal care in the raising of the rank-and- Ale. In the first place, service in the new Chinese army, except for the Manchus, is to be voluntary. In principle only men belonging 10 a known family, and able 10 furnish the nainos of their forebears up to the third genera lion, will be allowed to engage.. They must be of good physique, not opium smokers, have no secret vicer, and never have been mixed op with revolutionary matters,"

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An examination of the new regulations will do more than anything else to emphasise the pos. sibilities of the future. These are undoubtedly inspired by the principles governing the Japan ee military organization, but are the joint work of the Department for the Organization and Instruction of the Chinese Army and of the Ministry of War, and thus testify no less to the capacity of the Chinese organizers. The principles governing the reorganization are re- vealed in a tries of axioms which our own Radical Mandarins would do well to take to heart. For instance, it is set forth that "All foreign countries have strong armies always ready for war, with the object of avoiding war." Also, "There cannot be too many officers in time of peace; in war there is a rapid waste,

Not least in importance are the new pay and they cannot be improvised." There are others equally sound. Next, under the head-regulations. The Chinens recruit, as soon as ing of "General organization," we get "The accepted, is now allowed a small rate of pay Chinese army is for the future to be National, and his travelling expenses on joining. The 41 tacis, or and no longer, as has been the case up to the full pay of the soldier amounts present time, à heterogeneous one, composed 13%, 6d, a month. One igel par: month is de- of provincial forces at the disposal of the diff. ducted, and sent through the local Mandarin erent Viceroys,” It is to be divided into "The | to - the soldier's parents, dus receipts · being Lastly, as to the suggestion that, no Euro Active Army""The First Reserve," and "The exacted for the same, while parents aro pena Power could take umbrage at the ex-

Secood Reserve," and for the future it will be allowed to complain, through their sons chinke, this writer says:-Are you sure of entirely devoted to preparation for war, police in Corps Commanders in case of any delay that, dear confrére? Have you then for- and gendarmerie being entirely responsible for in such pyments. Moreover, if a soldier, gotten the diatribes against France of the the maintenance of civil order, The army is to after three months' service, paises au examios. English Press, of the whole Far East, at-

be divided into divisions of all arms—infantry, don, his parents, il possessed of less than five tacks which had an echo in England and cavalry, artillery, engineers, and train-and acres, will be exempted from the land tax. An American named Deminil is due here France, about a year age, when it was re-thirty-six divisions are to be fomed by the Other advantages are also granted them, by to-day, anyi thể N, C. D. Armor of Oct. 16, ported that we had designs on Hainan?

which every encouragement is given to recruit- ing. from Chungking and probably will appear The annexation of Hamad by France would before the U.S, Conni for China on Monday be about sufficient to rupture the Angle morning on a charge of ma slaughter, De French "entente cordiale," as well as the minil went up the mpids in a Chinese boat Franco-Japanese.one. Why? Because the Beatly a year age and cause some trouble at maintenance of Chinese authority over the Ichang by unt reporting his destination aor island is a vital question for the wealthy obtaining a passport. He was delayed there. British Colony in the Straits. Hainan reads. accordingly, and in consequence of a repon

20 603 workmen to the Straits, and the Malay forwarded to Chung ing the American Consul States every year; and the British are afraid of at that Fort was on the lonk-out to prevent losing a source of their supply of labour. bim going further Wẹst, as Chungking is the Hence all the cries, the vociferation, the last Western Treaty Port, and the presence of inflammatory articles against us, of our friends

Lut the greatest difficulty in the path of Channel, who were crying out besteede reform is the lack of sufficiently trained is almost invinably the sinasathing cross the Chan approval, and trouble with the Vicero". For once the island was in our hands the emigra the name. Seven years ago, during the Boxer omncers, especially of supe'sor rank, worthy of the native authorities are in constant dreadtion would cease, which is probably true.

troubler, only a very am- number were turned that the incation of several Consulat representa Think you then that we could fightly risk such rut by the Milhary School at Tientsin, founded lives will be followed by an influx of merchants | eventualitică for a hole~possibly rich, but no

by Li-Hung-Chany, and similar embryonic as evidence of the real military, awakening of of the world during the past year. into the e pital of Szechuan. There is no one can say -the acquisition of which by us exiablishments at Narkin, Canton, Wuchung, the Empire, that, following again the example --however, -any- American-Consul-General-at would please nobody? Truly, we should

had no military value whatever. Opiumlar curriculum of school and university students. smokers to a man, grossly ignorant, and badly

soldiers, could not ride, and rarely ever ven paid, they inappropriated the pay of the lured on the drill-ground, leaving to a few juniors, who had been trained on the German model, the task of teaching the men certain automatic movements of little fighting value.

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year 1922,

"; THIS REORGANIZATI 'N SCHEME

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is at the present stage so far advanced that in Chi-Li three Chinese divisions and a strong mixed brigade of Minchus, bath of the Active Army, have already been formed, while similar steps are being taken in Shantung, Hoian, and Shausi. In other provinces, of the West and South, the same work is being pushed forward, in spite of the great difficulty in China, above all countries, of substituting a new for an old system of things.

From beginning to end the new Chinesa. regulations are

A MODEL OF THEORETICAL PERFECTION,

have already achieved excellent results, As and as far as they have been put in practice

is strong, muscular, sober, smart, ad çit, and a wonderful marcher, takes kindly to gymnastics. He has now good Unt ke' his officer; he barracks, good beds, good clothes, and food, and, in time of sickness, hospitals, doctors, and Quters

we found at Wei-Hai- ei the Chinese soldier

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We take this opportunity-of ten- his general, education dering our thanks to all our custom- mały-depowedpund-wers for their valued support, and for tiam, devoting to the Emperor, while to arouse the many expressions of approval carefully inculcated, such as bonour, patrio his enthusiasm he is taught to sing inspirit received from patrons in every part ing soldier songs. It is also worthy of note,

Chengtu and Mr. Muson Mitchell of Chung, abandon Kwang-choo-wan; bar we shouldingpo, anio Manchulls. The greater pa of Japan, military drill is now part of the regu

king has to exercite supervision over the whole province.

Deminil went past Chungking without being seen and, it appears, called at Chengte before proceeding on to Yunnan Province, Yan butzed like a disturbed hive of bees ns the salitary foreigner wandered through the country forcing the native officials to provide him with pack animals. First he said he was a teacher and later on the native understard that he, was a missionary on his

seek our ""quid pro 'quo" elsewhere than in the island of Hainan.-(Rangood paper.)

As to the above we have only to repeat that there will never be any disturbance of the status quo in regard to Hainan. Haigas is Chinese, and will so always remain so long as the British Government's instructions to its Minister at Ieking-we have good ground for believing in their existence-are adhered to. When the question of the occupation of Hainan was frequently urged some years ago in the

natives were easy given to misconception, for step of this kind were permitted-there was no fareigners use not, in the h: bit of exploring extents cordiule then-all the Hailam,boys, those hostile regions as a whim. A report cooks, and other servants in the Straits, in wis sent back to Chuopkiàng, on Juce 4, nik Siam, od elsewhere, would become French ing the American Consul to cause the wan-subjects, and come under the jurisdiction of derer's return. Messages were sent to Demibil, but if they reached him, they were disregarded and he journeyed on towards the Tibetan bor der. In order to go still further a team of yake was obtained and a dispute arose with a party

ing magnificent raw material, was useless for a tort, the Chinese army, although possess

war, because, except a few ciptains and lieu

The completion of this great reorganiza depend upon financial considerations. The tion of the Chineie army must, of course,

annual cost of the contemplated thirty-six di ritions, will probably amount to £18,200,000, the provision of which sum would entall

unless the influence of Japan continues, may radical '-changes in the whole financial and administrative system of China. This, aitially reduce the scheme, but enough has

way to open up a. tission at Tachicold, The Indo-China papers, we pointed out that if any tenants, its afficers were utterl; deficitat both already been achieved to show us the coming

numerically and profes innally

military renaissance of the serond great nation of the Yellow race.-By's "Soldier" in Fall Mall Gariție,

NEW CHARGBÜKS KEUNIS

STEAMER..

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Hongkong, 30th October, 1907.

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QUEEN VIC ORIA'S LEITARS.

REMARKABLE VOLUME.

A STRONG CHARACTER.

London, 16th October, The correspondence of Queen Victoria bar tween 1837 and 1851 has been published by Mr. Juho Murray, the publisher, with the Royal authority.

It throws into strong relief the remarkable

personality of Her Majesty.

THE CHANGED ODER OF THINGS has been brought about by the gradual growth of Japanese influence and the appointment of the young, energetic, ambitious Yean-Shi-Kai the Consuls and, Vice-Consuls for France.

to the Viceroyally of Chi-Li. This mau,' with' This position, were it to be allowed ip occur, the Assistance of the Empress, established a would end in contiaujus trouble, and diff. number of excellent military schools, into

The t-s,s. 'Malle, built to the order of La culty, as the smallest reflection will show, which Japanese instructors, speaking the Chi Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis, of Paris and So impressed were we with the conviction nesc language, found their way. These men,

Havre, by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richard. The letters range from girlish transports son, Limited, Wallsend-on-Tyne, left the Tyne upon her. "betrothal to a perfect angel, to of soldiers over some of the drought animals of the political inexpediency of permitting contenting themtelves with small salaries and During the disturbarice, which occurred at An- these aspirations to be indulged in a secondary classes, cleverly succeeded, before trials, extending over two days. The vessel's sovereign, upon the most importanz State, on the and Sept. to carry out the necessary statesmanlike declarations of a sagacious tuntze, which is about six days' journey from Saigns and in Tanking, that copies of the very long, in supplanting all the German in dimensions are: 481ft, by g5ft. Sin., by 36ft. affiiri, by Deminil, The Native author ties then deemments against any alienation of. Hainan from monopoly of this work with the object of secur the Wallsend Slipwaya d Engineering Com every phase of domestic and foreign 'quet- Batung, a Chinere was shot derd, it is alleged, | Sinjyure. Free Press containing thean argu, siructors, who had endeavoured to obtain a

́ ́ed it essential to lake active measures; Deminit China to France, or for the matter of that toing commands in the Chinese army for Ger

mau officers exclusively.

lo. The engines have been constructed by

pany, Limited, and consist of a set oftwin-scrow In 1902 Chinese students began to be sent 1, 4310, and yoin, stroke, steam being sup triple-expansion engines, having cylinders to the military schools in Japan. They were treated with the greatest consideration and

plind by six large single-ended boilers working at attention, and the sex cliplication of their draw. ht. The vessel hasbeen designed fora dead 200lbs pressure, and fisted with Howden's forced

numbers, as well as of Japanese fotractors, ipfitted with accommodation for about 45 first the Chinese civil, military, naval, and police class passengers. She can also carry large sisblishments. The great provincial Governors number of emigrats if required. The contract were successively won over by Japaness in conditions as regards speed were somewhat se fluence, and at list,at japanese instigation, the Iien-ping-chau was created, the medium of administration and centralisation, which, super seding the old Ministry of War, at once devoted itself to the formation of astrong corps of trained

officers and the formation of a system of mill- tary education.

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prerogative of the Crows coupled with a ri- A strenuous insistance is made on traty

gorous adherence to the constitutional position. Consort says: "I am determined never to A notable letter after the death of the Prince

me."--Router.

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was arrested and the party started on the long any other power, were sent to the British journey back to Chungkiang.. Shonly after Minister at Peking and to the Colonist. Office, wards a repon was received here that the pri- in both cases with a covering letter. A reply saner had jumped overboard from the Chinese came from Mr. Chamberlain throu & one of gonboat on which he was travelling, and that his secretaries thanking the Editor, and saying ho was drowned. That, however, was not the that the matter was having his im nediate con. studies caused a large multiplication of their right cargo capacity of about 9,930 tons, and I allow anyoce who is a bad guide to dictate to case, for the small military mandarin in charge sideration. By the same mail the Colonial of the escort stepped the boat, found that the Office communicated with the Governor at prisoner had swam ashore, rearrested him and Singapore, and also with the Minister a Peking, ultimately arrived with his prisoner at Chung A reiura mail from Paking brought the delayed king without any farther mishap. Tas Viceroy acknowledgment from the British Embassy communicated with the American Consul and and, the then Colonial Secretary, the late Mr.

the vessel having to ton fir a four hours gave his personal word that the charge preferred Kynnersley, invited be Editor to confer with

consumption trial. During the former the mean full power trial and subsequently a 24 hours' by the Yulegan futhorities was correct. Mr. him and give him what information was at

itp. developed considerably exceeded the gue London-Bank T.T........................... Mitchell; howefer, explained that some wit-tainable as to the Indo-China attitude and

sauteed power. The 24 hours'irini wazequally nesses of the Joecurześce were absolute the character of the political objections on accessity. Further; delay supervened and our si le to the much clamoured for annexa-

successful, the vessel attaing a mean speed dai- the prisoner confined temporarily at Htion of Hicap. We are now, happily, too

ing that period of over 144 kapis, the guarante B. M Coffular Gaol usul two native good friends with France, to permit for

ed spoed being 131 knots. This vessel is the witnesses were procured from Yünnan. A

CHINESE MILITARY AFFICIENCY. preliminary hearing was then held at the

moment any such wild scheme to be mooted. There are already in working order thiny-five ||stracting for the Chargeurs: Reunis, and they first of three which the same builders, ara' con- American Consulate and the prisoner was re. China' integri y is a matter of direct concern manded to stand, his, trial at the U. S Cours to both Britain and Japan, and as Franco bas hundred students, besides, those in Japan service, inaugurated by this Company in 1905, military schools, with six thousand thres will be entered in the All-round-the-world for China is reported that the prisoner pleaded not guilty and urged that he fired at

now not only a good understanding with Briand a few in the European schools. it which service commences, at-Antwerp and another man, not the one who was killed, and tain but a friendly ar angement with Japan it is laid down that the students must be young Dunkirk and proceed vid. Suezto Singapore, that the action was taken in self-defence. is altogether outside renson that there shoulder

As the American Consulate at Changking, even be any looss talk of a project that would such, a recent decree, has restored to officers and thence vid the Pacific to various ports on 5 months' sight L/C

men of good birth, and, in order to attract Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Eastern ports Joy addition to living no lock-up has no certainly raise dangerous friction between their assimilation with the Mandarinato, Their the West, Ed East Coast of South America!) 10 dys' sight San Francisco & New York, marshal either, the transfer of the prisoner pre- Britain Japan and Chisa on one side, and santed difficulties. Eventually Mr.J.D. Iillow, France on the other. We are all getting on pay also has been raised, and will continue to and subsequently to the United Kingdom jo days' sight Bydney and Melbourne.

British subject and a former resident of very nicely as we are, and we had better let it rise by degrees Shaoghal. agreed to act as U.S, Court, Marshal stand at that. Slam and the Straits are quite

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