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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20 1900

Macao's Delimitation.

NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED.

COMMISSIONERS UNABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT.

H.E. GENERAL MACHADO FROPOSES ARBITRATION.

13th Int,

"The 'expected has happened. The rospec. tive Commissioners for the Portuguese and Chinese Gaveramente appointed to conduct negotiations for the delimitation of the bound- aries of Macao, have been unable to reach

|tions, not only agálost the Portuguese Commis- sloners but also the Minister Plenipoteatlary appolated by thale own Government Despite diplomatic representations for the suppres tion of this campaign of calamay, and mu lice, the propagandists, conducted their plan

a settlement and, accordingly, negotiations of operations, apparently unfettered and were formally suspended to-day at a meeting carestricted by the provincial authorities,

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the private conference hall of the Com ander whose very pose the hostlia – de mission attached the residence of Senmonstration flourished against the Portuguesé bor I. 1. Leiria, Consul for Portugal in and Chinese Commissioners..

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Joachim Machado, testified to the cordial role- tions that had existed between him and his Ohle aste colleague. He thanked also the assistants to the Commissighets, the secretaries and inter“ preters for their palgad co-operation and on cluded with baloquent tribute to the hospita- Hey

and unvarying courtesy that had been ex tended to the. Commission by His Excellency Sir Frederick Logard, the Governor of Hong kang, and desired to formally record his thanks and appreciation to the British Governor, and the Colony for the cordiality of the reception he had met with in Hongkong.

OHINESE COMMISSIONER'S

CONTENTION.

PORTUGUESE CLAIMS COMBATTED.

ENCOURAGEMENT TO SELF-GOVERNMENT SOCIETY'S ANTI-PORTUGUESE

PROPAGANDA.

roth inst.

CHINA'S FAILURE OF RECOGNITION."

H.E. Kao Eth Ch'ion refused to recognize the During the whole course of the negotiations, Popuquesa tights even over those, porifeys of the Colony where, according to the Portuguéis Commissioner, abundant evidences force (ham- saires upon attention of Portuguese accapa tide, such, for Testnace, as the territory with axlating ancient fortresses from whose heights for centuries past from suprise to 100, at the Portuguese flax fluttered, ide breer and where anyone would admit the existence

to of Portugues domiolon and sovereignty. The Chins Commissioner, moreover, datly declio ed to own to as acknowledgment of Fortugal's dominion over there islanda and territorial waters forming part of the dependencies whose geographical situation essentially determined the choice of the Portuguese settlement and without which the Portuguese colony might be hold to bondage and contumely and at the mercy of the brigands and piratical border.

DIBREGARD FOR TREATIES. ‚' General Machado re-asserted that his côt.

claimed possession of those islands; but subso- quently be declared that he would be dispored to a partition of those islands. Does this not represent a sustained exigent demand for tarri- torial expansion? The Imperial Commissioner cannot fall in with tha' contention that the parition. proposal is concession on the part of the Portuguese Commissioner.

VOLUNTÁERS UNDER CANVAS

CAMP NOTES,

15th inst The Volunteers went under canvas on Thale tents were pitched about a couple of Saturday afternoon in the New Teritory, miles from the "Buffe" Camp. A large num THE.INNER. HARDQUR, “

her of Volunteers went over on Saturday. and `As regards the Inner Harbone and territorial. Chin-shan (in the district of Hanngshan) and

many returned this morning. As ons lande it waters, they form the (batura] <roadway to takos fully three quarters of an hour to mach without them, what seed is there for the arrival the Volunteers started putting up their the Camp after negotiating hilly ground. After existence of the Maritime Sub-prefect of Chin- tents, and later in the afternoon the Englosen ban?The Assistant Chinese Commissioner, were out in portable search-light drill and the Mr. Hsuan, who forms part of this deliberative rest had instruction in guard manating, and Assembly, at present exercises the fanctions of Bub-prefect of Chin-sban. If the port belong, ed absolutely to Portogal 'what need is thers for-a maritime sub-profecture ?

relief of sentrias.

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gates jointly with the country upon which fa / Okinote Provincial officials, with an utter dis PERPETUAL TRANQUILLITY AN IMPOSSIBILITY. Company went out route-marching for throa

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losgue would lay claims to territory which for Seldom in the "whole course of the bisa long years formed part and parcel of the Hangeng To-day marked the nit hit BREAKING OFF OF NEGOTIATIONE,

Portuguese dominion. By his insistence op tory of foreign intercourse with China, dating those claims, the Chinese Commissioner was ting of the Commission, which commenced Without balog positive in the assertion, wé itsel beristions a little over four mopibs ago.may hazard the guess that the Chinese repre

back for several, conturips, has a more fasci repudiating Treaty solemely entered into, and nating phase presented, Itself to the student Probably, the ninth will be the last ofthe Comentative, if not actually influenced by the interoning kingdom than that which for the and agreements that had been ratified by the yet another duly concluded and signed; he was of events connected with this ancient and most casting to the winds Conventions, compacts mission's sillings, as it is not likely that more slanderous accusations of his compatriots linie will be wasted in the conduct of interea must have assimilated some of the views past few months han angaged the earnest con Government of Peking, acknowledged by tional arguments wherein Treaty lights are and opinions which worn dung on him with alderation of the Art European nation to ala successive Viceroys of Canton and other high absolutely ignored and the fact of pacific occu mach persistance from day to day and from

a permanent foothold on the threshold of its pation d'alp refused" recognition. Such, to brief, is the attitude which, the Chinese Deck to week la private conferences as in

acaised the attention of the great commercial regard and absence of consideration for the limitation Commissioner apparently has taken informal despatches and pressing telegram

Cifruits of a labourn of the Portugueso and the An impaste became obvious to the diplomatic astions of the world, As the Portuguese Come interests of their nationality consolidated and up prompted, not improbably, by an assimila negotiatore and it was not at all surprising that

mlisloder, General Machado, expressively stated tion of views originating with, propounded by the final act of the first stage of the negotiations

to his Imperial Chinese colleague at the inculidified within the territory throughout the

evolution of generations. fed ex illis of the Self-Gova propagande should have been brought to a termination garal sittlog of the Commission, which has since SELF-GOVERNMENT SOCIETY'S UNLICENSED the site of the Self-Government Society to-day pending reference to the Homs reached a deadlock, by reason of Portuguesaset- What the views have been, what their Governments when the Commission at its

tlement in China, the,whole system of China's purile of i-ctious to diplomatic discussions were ninth sitting this morning mutually ressive economic fabric was destined to convulsies _It_was' with, extreme règret that General and the arguments employed in substantiation to hold further negotiations in abeyance, Bli

which slowly but steadily and surely developed | Machado falt' compelled to: ing before His of their indefensible attitude, our readers will Excellency, General Sir Joachim Machado

the enormous latent potential resources of the Excellency Kao Brh Chilen an expression of have learnt long before now from the reliable re formally and emphatically moved the subular country until it has attained to its present-day bis formal protest against the unmeasured and cordsof the reports that have appeared from time tion of the differences at isine to a tribunal developments redounding to the benefit of unlicensed language of the Cantonese societies to time in the columes of the Hongkong Tein of arbitration the most convenient method Obita's millions of people and to the material that had been diggled with the euphemistic graft and also from the inflammatory speeches to adopt from all points of view and a

advantage of the great and powerful manu-itles of the "Self-Government Society and the and equally bombastic circulars which owe their the most equitable menos in the comfacturing nations of the world. The advent of Society for the Protection of Boundary Rights," origin to the fertile braids of the arch-sgitators mon interests of both the Governments con

Portugal's Intrepid and enterprising sons, to societies, be said, were permitted a of the so calle Self-Government Society having comed. His Chinese colleague has had an

Ching in the middle of the 16th century was a

freedom of speech and licence of criticism lis headquarters in Canton.

lakling lato the proposal for arbitration faas: veritable blessing in dlugaise, and well may the never before known speech, moreover, much as it bad, on a previous occasion, been Portuguese pation now turn to China and ex- absolutely lacking in werkcity in-the-Sociatios' mosted as a practical means of adjudicating claim, in the words of Julius Crest: "E discussions expressed in public meetings and upon the contentious positions of the respecto, Brute 1" for the base ingratitude with circulated broadcast by medium of the tele- live Governments. As, however, the Chiasse which Chips repays her ancient friend and pro- graph and the Press, and whore gutcome was Commissioner has not been authorized and ap!

tector against the predacious piratical hordes the engagement of agitators, whose, business patently in bol possessed of instructions or had who lafested the coast of Southern China and had it was to lecture..in villeges and districts ad- anticipated the eminantly equitable propossi, bir the maritime provinces absolutely within their facent to Macao with a view of inciting un- acquiescence thereto could not then and there ruthless and merciless away.

formed and untutoredi public opinion and fomenting aggression against, the Portuguese, Central Government or of the Provincial' Au- thorities in an endeavour to suppress, the mis. chlevone anti-Portugaasa propaganda.

ORIGIN OF THE COMMISSION,

With these preliminary observations, it may be useful to present a brief retrospect of the origin of the Commission, which will be known in history as the Macao Delimitation Com mission. It is a historical fact that the delimitation of the boundaries of Maceo was lett for future discussion according to the Sloor of December, 1887, tha ratifications whereof were exchanged at Peking on the 28th April of the following year.. Article 11 of that Treaty stipulates:-

Portuguesa l'enty signad at Peking on the int be given. Wa are led to infer, therefore brought to such an abrupt termination, pain. J:without let or blodrance on the part of the

China confirms ln its entirely the second article of the protocol of Lisbon, relating to the perpetual occupation and govern ment of Macao by Portugal.

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that the Chinese Government's ·Content to arbitration has yat to: be received before the subject in dispate will be submitted to a tribunal of impartial and unblased jurists who, in such a case, will be Foreige Powers having no leasing either to Portugal or China,

THE PORTUGUESE CONTENTION,

The position maintained by the Portuguese ta relation to Macao is, as far as can be

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THE CHINESE POSITION.

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THE LAST CONFERENCE,

DEADLOCK, PRECIPITATED, Proceeding with ‚hìs, forceful address the Portuguese Commissioner is reported to have said, addressing_H.E: Kao Exhi Ch'ien . In short, Your Excellency in your last memoran. dum, in a manner precluding debate or ex postulation, and allowing of no fatitude for argument, decisively denied the existence of sights over, territory that is most import ant to the Portuguesa Colony. I have thus boon led to believes that it was impos sible to successfully delimit the boundaries of Macao in conformity with facts catablished by time, founded on good faith, and in agreement with the letter as well as the spirit of Treatles, due and proper respect to which was prompted by the mutual confidence engendered by com- friendly neighbouring States. 1. therefore, ver- mon political interests that should govern two bully communicated to Your Excellency what conceived to be the most expedient course, vis, the recommendation to my Government of the submission to arbitration of our differen ces at issue, and I beg you to make a like recommendation to your own Government"

RECOMMENDATION NOT ACQUIESCED IN, B. E. Kao led the Portuguese Commis sloner to believe that that course was shut against him and that bis instructions were to continue negotiations as heretofore. Gene ral Machado reiterated that arbitration was the only and the most practical expedient conducive to the maintenance of the political to resort to in the circumstances as best relations subsisting between the two countries. If Your Excellency succeeds lo adopting the suggestion for arbitration," said General Ma- chado, our mission will have attained a most useful purpose and our labours, as repeatedly desired by Your Excellency, will not have been employed to vala.

VOTE OF THANKS TO SIR FREDERICK LUGARD

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On Sunday morning at 8 o'clock the Infant ry Company marched to Kowloon City range to fire off their marketry courses they did not .COMMISSIONER KAO'S MODESTY.

reipen until o'clock in the afternoon. H.E. Kao Eth Chien represented that he'

The Church parade wax at 8.15 km, and all was; lucking in sufficient, talent and ability upita paraded outside the dining;tent at the to continue the conduct of, negotiations by appointed tims." Tha sorvica, was haid in the himself and would, in consequence, recomdining tent and was conducted by Lieut. Col. mend to bila Government that the only alterna-

Chapman. loner to replace him. He sincerely declared some smart work was seen amongst the man, tire left him was to appoint another Commis- Later in the day gon drill was called for and that Portugal and China bad lived in amity The Eaglesers were busy at their field tele-

may result in the successfut conclusion of aut and good will for a considerabla period of time phone work. and the appointment of a new Commissioner

Customs Pais (New Territories), understanding that will put an end to the con

17th November.. dicis which had arisen for a long time past, kept busy throughout the day. The Infantry Those who attended camp yesterday were

All Portugal 'desires to obtain advantages to and a half hours in the morning, and had China's detriment, the Chinese Commissioner Maxim gun practica in the afternoon, fring: At believes, perpetual, tranquillity will be an im targets on the hills. The Engineers, werd, ont possibility.

in Lysmus all morning in search-light practice." SELF-GOVERNMENT SOCIETY ENCOURAGED. The Artillery Company did que drill and range Afternoon His Excellency Kao argued that the subjects taking all morning and also in the of a nation had the right to discuss matters preparing for this morning's gun practice.

Yesterday morning a small detachment con- which concerand the nation and whose sisting of a man of the 87th Company, Royal criticisms could only be suppressed when Garrisos Artillery, ined the Camp to take

J they exceeded the limitations prescribed or part in the Field Day on Thursday, 18th (aat; claimed had not, in reality, any great value fa

The territories which the Portuguese and will remain in Camp till Monday, and lost. themselves, but it was necessary to respect

Socially speaking, things have not been popular sentiment to regard thereto. [By which camp and there has been "nothing doing," durleg the Grit "low days in the Commissionar evidently alluded to the

as there was no music in Camp, arcapiing feelings of the Self-Government Society is the such as is provided by a couple of gratio. maiter. ED., B.K.T] I, prechance, in future phones 'knocking about the shop." But yes. there be trouble, what beneßt would accre, terday mora ilfe was instilled into our citizen to eliber country from such disturbance? soldiers after the day's earnest work, was over, Hence the reason for his insistance.

when a piano was brought into Camp, and at. eight all spent so enjoyable evening.

SURRENDER OF TERRITORIAL WATERI

URGED,.

The Imperial Chinese Commissioner hoped that the Portuguese Commissioner would as- sume a conciliatory spirit by sorrendering the claim to the laser. Harbour and territorial watore so as to enable the reaching of an early solution of the differences forming the bone of contention,

Sunday last was supposed to be a visiting day, but unfortunately only two visitors came actoes. The strength of the Corps was about 120 men on that day,

As already stated, to-morrow (Thursday) will ba Finid Day when the Volunteers will be collectively employed in tactical training di general idea of the scheme is that a Khaki Force has received orders to lovade the country of a White Force for the purpose of retallatieg, Force. The object of the Khaki Force is solely in consequence of a raid made by the Walte

to burn villages, etc, and poolsh the White Force. They do not expect much opposition to their advance, but hops to return to Custom's Pass the same night.

The Imperial Commissioner regretted that he could not be in agreement with the Porta-. guese representative inasmuch as be was not vested with powers to accept the option of recommendation for arbitration to his Govern- ̈ment; he would, accordingly, limit himself to a communication to his Government wherein he would inform the Ministers at Paking that the Portuguese Governmeal bad decided to SPECIAL IDEA (BOTH FORCES), withdraw from the conference, so that the On 12th inst. the Khaki Force seized Customs repetira Governments might adopt aller-Pass and picquetted Kawloon Park, birouack. log at Customs Pass. On 18th inst the Intan. native measures..

tion of the O. 6. Khaki Force is to attack; the White Force, who are holding all the bills to the westward, and if possible capture and baru their capital, Shatin village, retiring afterwards to his bivouac.

Khaki Force-D" and ́"H" Coya, and Buffs, one Volunteer Coy, H.K.V.A. Hong KODE

Volunteers.

If the labours of the Commission had borae: no fruit the Imperial Commissioner attributed it to his own lack of ability, but that fact should not militate against the cordial relations sub- sisting between the two Governments.

AN ADMISSION.

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H.E. Commissioner Kao desired to state that the Portuguese had always been just and concillatory and that the Assistant Commis stoners had co-operated with perfect cordiality - fact which was most pleasing to him.

0.0. White Force, Captain B. Burker (Buffi).

White Force-"C" and "E" Co. and Buffs, 0.0. Khaki Force, Majer H, Finlay (Bofft),

Chief Lt Col R. Bayard, DBO., (Bpfi), Assistant Umpire -White Force Lt, and Adju H. B. Potter (Buffa).

No more will be made by the Kbak! Force before y am., on 18th inet, and the White Forca before 8 a.m. on the same day,

LAUDATORY APPRECIATION, The Imperial Chinese Commissioner accord. ed his thanks 'to Mr. P. Nolasco de Silva for the able interpretation of his addresses and translation of his themorandums. It was his pleasure to testify to Mr. Nolasco's special knowledge of the subject they were. met to own orders. White Force to wear white hat Officers Commanding Forces, to issue thele. discuss, and to record bis appreciation of that bands. Ammunitions will be supplied as fole- Paruguese and French languages. The Commachine gun'and to rounds per gun, gentleman's acquaintance with the Chinese, low-10 rounds per rifle, 300 ronddi per missioner gave bis unqualified adhesion to the The following damp Ordins have been in- league) to His Excellency the Governor of Haggard, having over-stayed his leave of ab vote of thanks (moved by his Portuguess col- sued 1-16th Iasi.-Struck offt-Gunner H.E. Hongkong who had dispanned his most gener-sence, has been struck off the strength of the ous hospitality.

Corps from tble data. 15th lost-Struck off Gunner W. F. Collen, having over-elayed bié

ARBITRATION INSISTED UPON,

H. E. General Sir Joachim Machado, after leave of absence, has been struck off the bearing the discourse of the Imperial Com-strength of the Corps from this date.

The following promotious ware made in missioner, slated that he felt compelled to insist upon his recommendation to the Lisbon Camp in the Engineer Company 1-15th Nov. to arbitration so that the Chinese Imperial per laines to Lance Corporal. Sapper Rose Government to submit the matter in dispute.ance Corporal Herit to full Corporal Sup Government and the other irloudly Powers to Lance-Corporal, might realise that, in this matter of the delimita tion of the boundaries of Macao Portugal was moved by no other desire than to bave her right recognised and the Trestles concluded between Portugal mód Chius faithfully Interpreted,

FIELD DAY.

The negotiations, which have jou! boop

fully illustrate the character of the buman race which, in the affairs of gallons as In those of Individuals, exhibi; Identical tralis. In her hour of need Portugal acted to Chips as a feland Indeed; but once the benefit secured, the kindly act le soon forgotten and the receiver be- comos totally oblivious of the benefactor; anch,|| in short, is the relation in which Portugal stipulated that Commissionera appoint el by hath Govemments shall proceed to

stands to Chins at the present day as is exem the delimitation of the boundaries, which oubig gathered, within the short hours aplied in the whole progress of negotiations

our claim shall be determined by a special conven- tasir sovereignty over the whole paulusula having for their ostensible object the delimita son; but to long as the delimitation of the boundaries is not concluded, everything far as the Barrier (Perta do Cerco) with ation of the boundaries of Macão.

To the present 'article it will not be our in respect to them shall continue as at

neutral zone just a little beyond; alan over the present, without addition, diminution, or islands of Taipa, Colognos and ilha Verde, and purpose, to recount in detail the circum

stances leading to the present-and not wholly the territories on the frontier of the boundary ulteration by either of the parties.

lines of the settlement, that is to say, that been our readers will already have boob ac: unforaiçen-donouentant, What they have The Convention provided for has gover been concluded and the delimitation question did portion of Lappa which borders on the not intrude itself upon pubile notice until Don Jeto and Wung Kam. Portugal claims

of the ioner hasbour, besides qualuted with when the Hongkong Takgraph was the medium by which the public were arst. eighteen months ago, when; primarily, the Also the right over the inner harbour made cogaleant of the facts on Saturday last, Chinese village on the island of Doo Joso gave of Macan and, in addition, all the insular terl hours from the breaking-off of the diplomatic rise to an interference on the part of the maturial waters After the earlier sittings the

We then blated that within the brief couple of daçinate.of Chip-sban to dispatch a number of

braves" to enforce Chinese authority over the Portuguese agreed to waive a portion of the fourparler it was impossible for us to obtain Insular settlers. This action on the part of the claims they at first put forward, and, is doing the entire facts of what actually transpired at the last meeting of the Delimitation Commis officials of Chia-shan was protested against by so, explained that it was made as a concession

sioners at which a great deal of plain speaking the Portuguese authorities, who claimed sover to establish the bona fider of a desire, to meet eigh rights aver the island and its lahabitants Obion as far as possible rather than as an admis to k place between the two High Commis and who assorted that, from time immemorial, ion of her failure to establish in its entirely the slosers appointed by the respective Gevera. mants in Lisbon and 'at Peking. We made k Portuguese jurisdiction had best exercised claims submitted in the first instance.

clear that we were not without hopes that over the island whose dependence upon

we would ultimately secure, if not verbatim, at territory al Macao, received tacit recogeftion on The basic principle of the argument put for least in substance, the arguments advanced by part of the local, (ie, Chin-shan) and ward on behalf of China, who refuses considera- each side in support of its contentions and the Chinese provincial authorities, We have just tion of the Portuguese claimed foto, may bosum rebuttal thereof That our confidence was atated that primarily this village question is the marised in a few words: That because the let sufficiently well founded is proved by the rator detre of the birth of the Commission 3 ritory had bean Chinese before Portuguesa oc, results of our labours which wa ara enabled to. but, in reality, the now famous Tatsumaru cupation, it must remain so till the present time place onreservedly before our randers, to-day, affair unfortunately precipitated the present If the Chinese contention is upheld, the Gula That the Commissioners themselves are pled crisis between Macao and the Chinese, or, Lighthouse, which was the first to shed its guldged to implicit reticence, the repeated accusa more strictly speaking, the Heungshapese. log rays to the intrepid navigators of old over the tops of the members of the Self-Government The Government of Macao was innocently waters of Southern Chica has been aplawfully! Society have long since made it abundantly dragged into a squabble with which it had no erected and improperly maintained by the evident. Nevertheless, we have no misgivinge immediate concern bus which, probably, it was Portaguase on Chinese soll. Furthermore, the in our reliance in the general accuracy of the made responsible through the delinquencies territory within the barrier, which was erected information which we have since gathered and of que ne two of its invesponsible officials of by the Chiness in 1573 on the narrow neck of which though susceptible of correction in minor infamous memory. Beralas, then, we had the land linking Macao with the mainland and detalls, In their general substance can he revival of the queation of the desirability of which on the bistoricalccasion of its fret accepted with the same confidence with which proper efisition of the boundaries of Macao, closing that year with so much pomp and cere they are now presented in publle print. since the debatenble question of the territorial mony is also Chinesa territory. The formal waters of Macao and China attained consi- caremony was often repeated pa. occasions at derable prominence in connection with the each of which the same formalities ware, It has already been recorded that the final seizure of the Japanese steamer with contra-gone through. It is claimed by the For- sitting of the Commission took place on Satur band cargo on board.

tuguese that the closing ceremony was day the isthiast. Evidently the Commissioners performed by Chiness officials in the pre-had anticipated the reaching of the climax, for An exchange of official communications sence of Portuguese officers and of the Civil the sitting was not prolonged beyond two hours between the Lisbon Government on the one and Military, officials of the Chinese Govern the forcon, and when the Commission hand and the Chinese Minister accredited to went, who sealed the barrier gate with, the Forragul, then resident in Paris, on the.o her, official Chloese seal so that no manner of led to the appointment af Commission communication should be established between with plenary powers to discuss this lange to Portugucin and the Chloese. The Chinese Blanding and, as it is proved, very vexed Commissioner now declines toadmit thisbarrier questing upto which the conflicting interests at the Ultima Thuls of Portugal's settlement in red, the rights and claims of the contend of Portu,al and China hava thus far failed China. His Excellency Kao contends that to be reconciled. The constitution of the the Portuguesa rights extend over; half, the

lastly," Sir Joschlm said i 4. dorite Commission is as follows:-His Excellency southern cit of Macap only, cqoining them

ly movs. that a vote of thanks be recorded General Sir Joachim Machado, KC.M., High within a boundary line as desped by the wall, Without attempting to disguise his confirmed in the minutes of our proceedings to His Commissioner, assisted by Captain D. Oinaatti built by the Portuguese (1612-1616) to repel belief to the utter fatility of protaging the abar. Excellency. Sir Frederick Lugard, XC., Consul General for 1oringa! at Haves and foreign aggression, and now still extant, rub tive negotiations, the Portuguesa Commissioner the Governor of this Colony of Hongkong, for erstwhile Portuguese Consul-General at Can sing across south of Mong-ha to Salitan stated that, as his Imperial Chinese colleague the benevolent hospitality which is Excellen. ton, Assistant Commissioner; Captain 1. M. K. thus placing all the forts, the Infectious diseases did not then desire to be the first to address they has extended to the Commission during all Naitan

Chief Secreinry; and Mr. P. Nolasco hospital, Monjasha Rossa, the English. Coma Commission, be asked to be allowed to state the time that it has sat in this British Colony." da Silva fretired Civil Service, Macao) lnterpreter and the bathlog beach and the fortress on that, during the foax months that the Com CHINESE COMMISSIONER'S-REPLY, fer. A reprosentatives of the Chinese Govern- the heighis sboya outside the pale of Podu- mission had held,ija alitings, His. Excellency ment, the following officials were appointed-guess territory. The cariculty of this conten. Kao Erk Dalen, had given expression to the tion of the positions taken up in a conflict of

The difficulty of reaching a correct apprecia His Excellency Kao Erh Chito, High Coman is farther illustrated by the exclusion of desire to arrive at an equitable adjustment of interest where the contending parties are in missioner, Shun Pak-ho, Chief Superintendent the Governor's summer sesidence of Fiers: the differences whose existence was responsible of Police, Canton, Assistant Commissioner, the military barracks, the cavely, depot sed for thatcepacial mission. On his part, General disagreement, le, in the prevent instance, for Tsun Yuan-11, Maritima Sub-prefact, Chlasban, Mr-Houng's extensive walled in area Machado did no more than present his claims tutely obviated by the fact that we are so His Excellency the Governor has gives bis Secretary; and Han Towa, Secretary Inter from Portuguesa territory. His Excellency, Kan over such territory as had belonged to Portugalpated as to be able to approach the unblasant, to the name-red-on-behsil of His furthermore absolutely, relasse to admit Por for succession of generations. Those claims from both sides, It will have been obvious passed by the Lagistative Council'Ordinance sed readers with a presentation of arguments. Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances Hongkong was agreal upes as the Cam: toga claim over the adjacent islands and perware devoid of any idea of territorial expassions that we have refrained from commentatory ob- No 38 of 1909, to stipart certain Crown mission's meeting-place. His Excellency Kad sistently refuses recognition of any portion of they were limited so territory which Portagal aervations on General Machado's exposition of Land to be used as a burial ground for persoon Hospital tent, as the result of an accident which was the first to arrive and, after some territorialiwatars as belonging to Macad.The dominated; actually occupied, and exercised the case for his Government, and to be par professing the Christian Religions, and Or- took place on Wednesday morning while the little delay, the Portuguese Ispresentatives Portugesan Commissioner retorts by pointing the prerogative of her government, came out from Portugal. His Excellency Sir to

Companies were out of their POR

fectly consistent we refrain, also from com- diasace. No. 39 of to authorize the Con. Nos, 3 and Frederick Lugard very kindly offered the scattered over the dependencies of the paninau.

ments upon the Chinese Commissioner's rastruction and Maintenance of a farbour of 293 Q7 gun drill The mast who was Council Chamber of the ongkong Govern id, even citing the existence of fortresses tuguese Commissioner sought to prove that be

From the very quisat of their labours the Por ported categorical reply,

Relage upon and over certain portions of the plicadors.combat was Gunnar Bead whe

and his and churches add aven slaper asylom on Den

sa-cap hurt, He is still under Sea Bed And Foreshore situated upon the Har.

koss-cap ment for the use of the Commission during its those inmites kave bead cared and was animated by a desire to make conces. In bis. reply to Bir Joachim Machado. f.bour frontage at Taskokisul; Mongkoktauf, and | madical treatment in the Hospital tant, sssions, Before, however, the courteous offer Jokoj reached the Commissioners, they had agreed maintained by and at the cost of the Calcelal one, rather than remalo obdurate in bis H.E. Kas Erk Chien, I credited with an

Ving Kes, the calnor of the camp, is again just demands. They had the inalienable elaborate atatement to the following effect-

Yauminti, Kowloon in this Colony,

In evidence thle sour. Ha has been the caterer to meet in apietments suitably: appointed and Government of Macasila addition, the alla right over the saijia peninenia, of Macaca basting the Portuggiate Commission it The following in from the Straits Zoke Wa since the camp, lasted about sevapleen years In parfect consonance with the dignity of the gere, bad kitbarto paid taxes to the Portugur -from: Barra as the southàm baondary to the would appear, that his assertions ware corrod understand that the prapasad railway low from ga,, and is proud of his logg setrica madal, Commission, kindly placed, at their disposal by Maced and ité junk population años! had doner of Porto de Cercp in the Nath; sebarve | borated by poallire proofs; but im with country through which the railway TYDLAMPS Working. It lu›à great might từ ása... him sont the Portuguese Consul, Mr, JeJiLniria.

The Help a man of 55 years of age, and-fs hard Trang 10 Hangkok will be begun at (the Imper OPERATION OF EXTRANEOUS INFLUENCES. proded largely upon Riberia Grande for it in the sautral rons the stretch of land from

Commissioner) fali compalind, to Almost without loss of time, the Commis mais sopraszali potable water supply. In der so the village of Rasulo (as Fake sincerity that, in reference to the Telande of aid to be ors of the sichest ponions of Slami the hills with histolade of calice and boys".

islands of Talpa, Colo-Talpa and Colowan, although there were vase wan, Don Jelo

Little has hitherto been done in the way of aloners began what kea sincs proved to be it the palmy days;of Misgau sa iba opis Europesa hapnito) also overt and Lapos. In spileiliugus, of former: Paktuguess occupation, it is | opening up this district, but ibe Sizmesa, Gor) | by His Excellency the Goyamage, fo-meMDY most irring and faille labours. The duilburar entrepôt of trade in China, the foreign

ofthat fact (the Poringdusa Gaverament, throughs, flops were conducted satirely in camera. This led to water fmm, the streams

the Commissioner walved their claim oraz half certain that those Islands arenes now in nemment 1, now encouraging the development Commission. bald aloe

Grandes We assions, at each pointy wherein waisin the deadlock betways tan

he insular, territory, which would be partitioned papos Joe And Wang Kum, bare, does mining concessions to foreign capital on attrac Vre.. pccupation. As regards : the Islanda of of its agricultural resources, and le also offering of which golboldog ritten commusica Find confleung jaturests and it is not likely to southarks.nlding of that ball of the le-

br. na impelours, lige dr

ram gorth pot exist the faintest veilige of Peringute tive forms: The proposed line will run from tions, arguments and historical dat were presentedid:Baring all this time, the Balf that gitar will onde to the other the positions and was copcasion to avert the road (bility occupation,

Tmeg on the west coast across to Patolide, and Government: Boclety In: Unton, vigorously therɔways respectivaly takod upadimajan of-polemical conficts and was clied by Grasral

Tong Sang,thenina vortheily direction to Obam supported by the inhabitanta of Moongeban, A: TRIBUTE COʻAHITISH HOSPITALITY,BLUE SMichoda as the most salient proof to substantias

paws, Bangtapan, Fatburgs and Bangkok," If the F. M. B., ling la pushed northwarda railway cartled on a malignant campaign plrwhtml). In a jacgthy addresa campursally/verminating i tion ni kia đưpertien of the spirit of conciliation mierepresentations, and mendacious accuss the Inbenes, of the Commlerlei (meen) Kaby which he was anissa196

the "commancement of the deliberations | gonnection will in à few years be detajlished

brinaan Megapara und Wingkok,

preter.

THE COMMISSIONERS.-

the

numerous

Mooicipat authorities-thon! demur and that

rose shortly before the hour of moon they closed the sessions consisting of an exchange of memorandums which, as far as diplomatic pariance permitted, was in effect a battle royal of words, which emphatically and unequivocally in parties whom the High Commissioners represented.

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GENERAL MACHADO OPENS VIRE,

CONCRISIONS MADE.

Concluding as eloquent address, Sir Jos chim Machado thanked his Imperial Chinese colleague for the cordial relations that bad been maintained between them during the conduct of the negotiations. He thanked also, the Assistant Commissionera the secretaries for their valued material co- and operation, and especially commended Mr. Pedra Nolasco da Silva who, in spite of his baring retired from the Civil Service of the Macao Government, so: promptly came to sist the Commission with his expert know ledge and intimate acquaintance with the Portuguese, Freach and Chinese languages, whichroedered his efficient interpretation of such exceptional value to the Commission. And, to formal

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LAPPA DON JOAO, AND WUNG KUM.

'ALLEGATIONS' AGAINST THE PORTUGURER DEMANDI.

to

** 19th inst. Yesterday reveille was sounded at g'am, In- stead of 6,15, and breakfast was servad at 5.45 km. Parade commenced at 6.30 in tha The Conference was then declared closed,

morning. All waits were seved with ão rounds

has already given effect to his Intentions and

It would appear that H.E. Kao Erb Chlen was ready they marched up to The Buff of blank ammunition, and whan avarytising

telegraphed to Peking to appoint a new Oo arrival the Volunteers folded the Dand camp, under the command of Capt. Wood, Commissioner to raplace bim. But bis recomH Companies, Buffs, after which the men mendation apparently did not and favour th the Prince Regeni ho, according to a Peking telegram of the 15th inst, approves of the arbitration proposal

The date of the Portuguese Commissioners' departare from Hongkong on their return to Lisbon has not yet been definitely decided. It may be by the English mail, steamer leaving Hongkong on the 27th fast, falling which H.E. General Machado and soite tako passage by the following mall scheduled to sail on the 11th December.

Shatin village, where they were supposed to were marched over hills and down valleys, t

in order to capture and burn the village. the main body of troops and want" by a effect their purpose the advance party, laft ent direction, in which they met the

alder and some Bring took place. of the Khaki Force consisting of Volunteeri made their way back to the hills awaiting approach to the enemy, Bome excellent Work was gona through. There wis no doubé that the Khak force worked hard to secure victory; the result is not known yet, however,

A CHINAMAN- was last Monday floed 5200 for Cease fire" was sounded at about a p., selling aman without a licence.

The different parties then made their way to camp, the "Volunteers: arriving":there"-abent 1pm. They covered a distance of from 15 to 30 miles through dincolt and hilly district. present during the sham fight.

Gaperal Broadwood and stad ware also

Only oss sick patient was berthad in the

be Corps, will be inspected at gun, practica

Etmoon at 1pm.

RETORN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week beding the que Novosuber, 1909 3

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China

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