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but situated as it is in the very heart of the city we cannot afford to lose it. There must bo
some member of the Legislative Council who will move a hend preserve it to us. Yours truly,
to
KILFABRIKAX. Hongkong, 15th December, 1898.
THE FRENCH DỄ MAN DS., AT SHANGHAI,
The A. C. Daily News publishes the follow. ing special telegram dated Nanking, 4th De- cember
A dispatch written by Viceroy Liu yesterday was refused acceptance by the French Consul General and matters seem to be in a very critical state between the two countries. It is stated that the Tsungli Yameo bas advised the Viceroy to be more amenable to the French demands, but H.E. has declared that he alone
will be responsible to the Emperor for the integrity of his Viceroyship.
REPORTED FRENCH REPRISALS IN SZECHUAN,
It is reported that the French have sent China an ultimatum threatening to send an armed force from Tonkin into Szechuan to rescue the unfortunate Father Fleury, though, if our Chungking correspondent is right, it is now too late to save bin. The Government of China, such as it is, having chosen to leave Szechuan for months in a state of anarchy, the French, if they have taken the action reported, undoubtedly have right on their side. It
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
two 1st-class Petty Officers and a Bagle Band of six boys. Since the Ningpo Joss House riot they have drilled regularly every Tuesday and Friday evening. The secretariat is carried on at the Mercantile Marine Officers' Association, where is also a well-appointed armoury, provision being granted by the Muni- cipal Council. The uniforms are in close imita- tion of the British Royal Navy, and certainly have a smart warlike appearance. The Com pany's crest consists of an anchor, gun wheel, and two crossed cutlasses, the whole tastefully arranged. Beneath is a ribbon on which is the well known motto of the Coldstream Guards, Second to None," which, judging by the esprit de corps shown by all, will be found to be well chosen.-N. C. Daily News.
CE
THE MURDER OF MR. FLEMING,
The Chungking correspondent of the N. C. Daily News, writing on the 22nd November,
says:--
Particulars of the murder of Mr. Fleming, of the China Inland Mission, Kusiyang, in Kuei- chou province, and a native evangelist have just come to hand. That a deliberate and brutal assault, connived at by the officials, was made upon them there can be no doubt whatever. if I may say so, used to, but it is something new Murders of foreigners by frenzied mobs we are, to us to hear of such a cold-blooded and success- the safety of those who may be travelling in ful attempt as this, and it angurs very little for
this disturbed district.
THE SOLNE OF THE MUKDER. was outside a village called Tsunguanchang,
[December 17, 1899
KILLING HIM ALMOST INSTANTLY: Mr. Fleming, who was riding on a mule, at once dismounted and went to his assistance, but the murderer turned on ! im, calling at the same time on his companione
companions, who rushed on cries of “Kill,” slashing fiercely at him with their knives.
MR. FLEMING CLOSED WITH HIS ASSAILANT
and this was the last that Mr. Pan gsaw of him, for he (Pan) ran for his life and managed to escape, arriving in Knoiyang on the 11th of Noyersba".
THE OFFICIALS:
of course, have their story, which is that the military official Liu offered Mr. Fleming his escort, which was refused, and that con- sequently he was killed by rebels. This yarn of course will not hold water. Mr. Flem. ing never met Liu, he never received his offer. Lin left the village secretly, and there are ne rebels in the place. Mf. Fleming
COULD HAVE SAVED HIMSKIP,
but he courageously went to the resone of t evangelist, thereby meeting his death. Suck heroism is deserving of the highest honour. Surely, with such men in the mission field, the day cannot be far off when China will be per- suaded to put off the old and put on the new. Our excellent Consul here has the matter in hand and it is to be hoped that he will be en ergetically supported at Peking and no bring all concerned in this atrocious crime to justice.
REPORTED DEATH OF FATHER FLEURY
The Chungking correspondent of the N C.
is no doubt inconvenient for us, who claim forty li from Panghai, ou the road to Kuei- Daily News writing on the 22nd November,
that
that Szechuan is in our shpere of influence, a large French armed force should be marched into that province; the only thing for us to do is to recognise at once that the partition of China bas begun, and to take over the control of the Yangtsze Valley from the
Pacific to Tibet, formally informing France of
6th of September to go on a preaching tour, but Fangfu. Mr. Fleming left Kusiyang on the meeting a messenger with a note from Mr. Bot. ton of the same mission, who was ill at Panghai -a place consisting of two villages divided by a river and occupied by Chinese and Aborigines, respectively he went to that place instead and relieved Mr. Botton, who returned to Kueiyang. October, when he left for a trip to Tsanyuan- There Mr. Fleming stayed until the 11th of
says:-
The Yu Man-tze affair remains in statü o
QHO. longer be any doubt, which being the case the That the captured priest is dead there can no Chinese authorities have now no excuse why they should not attack Yu Man-tze at once annihilate the whole band. It is well-known that the French claims amount to over Tls. 6,000,000 but it seems the Chinese authorities
and
our intention, as promptly as possible. We shall thus secure all foreigners in the future from outrages such as that of which Father | fu, returning again to Panghai on the 27th of / think little of it, for, as I wired to you, they
Fleury has been the victim. It is our duty to promptly enforce the Paz Britannica in our accepted sphere of influence, the Yangtsze Valley, seeing, as the brutusl murder of Mr. Fleming also shows, the utter incapacity of the present Government of China. But we do not want another Fashoda incident in Chiua. "N. C. Daily News.
THE EMPEROR AND THE EMPRESS"
DOWAGER'S BIRTHDAY
CELELKATION,
October. But before arriving he heard that the Chinese village had been burned by robbers, whi h proved to be quite correct, while up to this time he had noticed no hostility towards himself. On the 28th of October the Chingping told one of the tsai (yamen runners) to tell Mr. official named Lin arrived and a few days later
Fleming he wished to see him. This the taai ont the official's cards in his place. neglected to do. sending another man with-
Mr. Fleming thinking an official would not send a man without his card did not go. Liu almost immediately left Panghai secretly. On the 1st of November, a military official, also named Lin, arrived in Panghai with a number of soldiers who surrounded the mission, and broke the signboards and some flower pots. A tsungyeh with several soldiers then went to
allowed, or did nothing to prevent, the destrão. tion of the French Mission at Kueifu, and that only two days after the new Viceroy had passed,
COLLISIO ATLANTER.
Our Anjer correspondent writes under date of 25th November-At 5.30 pm. on the 23rd November the British ship City of Benares, from Batavia to Delaware Breakwater, beating down the Strait against a W.S.W. wind, col- lided with the British four-masted barque Craigearn, lying at anchor.⠀⠀ The City of Benares tried to go about ahead of the Craigearn, but misstayed and fell off to the starboard un- til she was about abreast of the Craigearn, when she forged ahead and strook the Craigearn amidships, carrying away the whole of that
A Peking despatch states that although the Emperor headed the Princes and nobles of the Imperial House and the high Ministers of State in paying obeisance to the Empress Dowager on the occasion of her recent birthday anniver
40 23rd ultimo, his Majesty did not the house, banged at the door and demanded vessel's starboard main rigging—shrouds, back-
sary on
attend, as had been his wout, the theatricals
admittance on the pretence that Mr. Fl. ming had and festivities in celebration of the event. The
some fire-arms secreted there tor which he excuse given, was that his Majesty's health
wished to search. To this Mr. Fleming naturally “precluded any mented upon as significant, some of the the schoolmaster, he opened the door and let secret partisans of the Emperor even going so them in. The search wa made without success far as to denounce those parasites of the Em-and the intruders went away. prese-Dowager who held private festivals, also, in celebration of the event, on the ground that all were really the Emperor's subjects and not the En press-Dowagers, and that as his Majesty had declined to celebrate her birthday his faithful subjects should also have refrained. NC Daily News.
as highl, but the fact is com: objected; but upon being urged by Mr. Pan, have to proceed to Batavia for repairs and the
THE SHANGHAI NAVAL VOLUNTEELS.
We have had the pleasure of inspecting the new uniforms of the latest addition to the Shang. hai Volunteer Corps, namely, “The Shanghai Naval Volunteer Company. The Company was formed in March last and is now about forty strong, many of whom are long-shore men, as "Jack" has it. The officers are Messrs. WV Carmichael, Lieut. Commanding; J. Morton, Ins ructor and Gunuer, H. Cox, CPO J Dawson C.P.O. and H. Paton,
How
THE MURDER.
Seeing the turn affairs had taken Mr. Fleming deemed it advisable to see the military official and for that purpose sent his card, which he himself soon followed. He was met by the underlings with insolence, who told him that the official would not see him. The at titude of the official and the threatening con- duct of the soldiers made Mr. Fleming afraid of his own and biscompanions' safety, and he de- cided to leave with the evangelist and the school master next morning, the 4th of November, for Kneiyang. They started in good time and reached Tsunguanchang about 12 o'clock, where they rested an hour and had lunch. Starting again they struck the main road to Kneiyang but had no sooner got out of the village than they noticed they were followed by a number of meu, the foremost being armed with a big cavalry sword. They had hardly gone half a li when the man with the sword attacked the
Beo. The Company also boasts of | evangélist.
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The New Guinea.
stays, running gear, etc. and also damaged the bulwarks severely, a few rivets of the top plate also being started. The Craigearn will master is waiting instructions from his owners. on a voyage from Hongkong to Tebia,
Taking into considera- tion the time which will be necessary * for re. pairs, she will be unable to reach Tehin before the cancelling date of her charter. The City of Benares had all her headgear carried away, lost her figure-head, and started her starboard cat head a little, but is making the necessary re- pairs and will be able to proceed on her voyage în a day or two,
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Mr. W. Quincey leaves for Shanghai to day by the Kwanglee, taking with him six Sikhs. Mr. Quincey is going to take up the appointment offered to him some time ago as Inspector of The Taotai's Police, New South Settlements, Shanghai.” On Tuesday evening. large number of Mr. Quincey's friends, Chines and European, gave a dance and supper Metropole Hotel in Mr. Quincey honou to bid him and his family rewell The was prettily decorated, the garden pound being illuminated with Japanese lante Dancing was kept up. until 2 a.m. 2
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