THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLIX]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c..................................... Leading Articles:-
The United States and the Philippines
A Critic of Lord Charles Beresford
Progress in China
The Czar of Russia's Disarmament Proposals Anglo-French Relations.....
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce............
The Crisis in the Philippines...
The Deadlook in the Philippines
The Pacific Cable
Loss of the steamer Glenavon
The Pantomime
The Tang Wah Hospital
Water Retura.....
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 14TH JANUARY, 1899.
The death of Mr. Pryer, of North Borneo, at Port Said, is reported by Reuter.
H.E: Lu Chuen-lim, the new Governor of
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A Renter's telegram states that a sensation was caused in the United States Senate by Mr. Hoar, a prominent Senator, opposing
21 Canton, arrived there on the 6th January and the ratification of the treaty of peace between
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was to take over the seals of office on the 7th.
the United States and Spain, and declaring that the acquisition of territory in the other A Yokohama despatch of the 3th Decemberhemisphere destroys the Monroe doctrine.
23 states that kerosine has suddenly risen by 10 sen per case, owing to the non-arrival of vessels ex. 24 pected before the new Tariffs go into operation. The correspondent of the N. C. Daily News writes from Chungking on the 20th alt. that the Yu Man-tze trouble is nowhere near its end. A foreign force is the only solution of the difficulty.
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An inquiry into the loss of the steamer Glenavon was opened at the Harbour Office on the 12th January and concluded on the 13th. 32 The captain's certificate was suspended for
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Football
Cricket.......
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Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
Wanchai Wherehouse and Storage Co., Limited......
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Olivers Freehold Mines, Limited
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Queen Mines, Limited
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Limited
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Correspondence
H.M.S. Woodcock
Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co.,
Hongkong and Port News Commercial
Shipping
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MARRIAGES.
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On the 6th December, 198, at St. Paul's, Avenue Road, by the Rev. Herbert Bury, vicar, ALFRED BROWN, of Hankow, China, to HELENE, only daugh- ter of Hermann FRITSCH, of 145 King Henry's Road, South Hampstead.
On the 31st December, 1898, at Los Angeles. Cal., HUGO GRUEN, of Shanghai, to ANNIE G. MORRIS HALLER, of Chicagu. No cards.
On the 3rd January, 1899, at the British ('onsul- ate, Wuhu, by M. F. A Fraser, Esq., and afterwards by the Rev. S. C. Partridge, M., WILLIAM RICHARD COLIN FORD, to ELSIE LAURA (NAINIE), only daughter of W. A. HOWELL, Esq., of Wuhu.
At the Union Church, on the 12th January, by the Rev. G. J. Williams, THOMAS WILLIAM GROVгs, to MARY, fourth daughter of the late B. H. Munro, Dunedin, New Zealand.
DEATHS.
At Ningpo, on the 5th January, 19, A Mo- CALLUM, chief officer of Indo-China S. N. Co's steamer Wosang, uged 51 years.
At Tientsin, on the 5th January, 1899, PIERRE LOUP Deeply regretted.
At the Shanghai General Hospital, on the 6th January, 1899, LARS. A. ABBEY, aged 30 years.
At the leak Hotel, on the 6th instant, MABEL, the beloved wife of T. CHARLES CRANE, aged 19
years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 9th December arrived, per P. & O. steamer Bengal, on the 7th January (29 days); and the German mail of t
the 12th December arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Preussen, on the 11th January (30 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
From the Foochow Echo we learn that distress prevails around that part of Fahkien owing to the scarcity and consequent high price of food. Tas yield of the second crop of rice was only a thd of the average quantity and the sweet potato erop was quite as disappointing.
The Hon. John Barrett, late American Minister to Siam, who since he left Bangkok has paid a long visit to the Philippines and afterwards to Peking, delivered an interesting address on the politics of the Far East at the hall of the Imperial Education Society, Tokyo,
on the 25th December.
The steamer Abana, which was wrecked off Labuan recently on a sunken reef, and after Wards beached to prevent her sinking in deep water, has been floated off, we learn from the Singapore Free Pre-s. with the tug boat and appliances sent out by the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., and has now been towed into Labuan.
A Canton correspondent writes that on the 4th January H.R.H. Prince Henry was enter- taiued at a banquet at the Kwongyah city library by the Provincial Treasurer, the Judge. the Sal! Commissioner. the Prefect, and the Ma- gistrates. The banqueting hall was gorgeously decorated with red, yellow, and gold embroi-
ties.
Messrs. Carlowitz & Co.. agents for the North German Lloyd steamer Bamberg, inform us that, according to a telegram received on 9th Jan. the steamer arrived at Colombo on Friday at 6 p.m. Fire had broken out on board whilst on her way from Singapore to Colombo, Apparently the
steamer is only slightly damaged, but cargo stowed in the after holds is reported to be much damaged and will have to be discharged.
The Queen held a private investiture at Windsor Castle on the 18th December. Under the heading of “ Order of St. Michael and St. George" the Court Circular states:-"James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, Esq. Colonial Secretary and Registrar-General of the Colony of Hongkong, was then introduced, when the Queen was pleased to affix to his left breast the Decoration of a Companion of this Most Dis tinguished Order.”
We hear that news arrived at Sandakan on the 30th December that Mat Salleh and bis followers have at length fallen out. He is re- ported to have killed seven of them and to have declared that he will wipe out the tribe. It is further stated that he has himself been wounded in the neck, thus having destroyed his reputa. tion for invulnerability, and Mat Salleh is said to be asking for the assistance of the British North Borneo Company.
From telegrams in Manila papers we learn that the retirement of Rear-Admiral Bunce,
which was gazetted on the 31st December, places Rear-Admiral Dewey at the head of the American Navy List. It is stated that Pre- sident McKinley will recommend to Congress the establishment of the rank of Admiral or Vice-Admiral, in order that Rear-Admiral * Dewey may be promoted thereto..
The London Gazette contains the official announcement of the Order of Her Majesty in Council sanctioning the increase in the active. list of officers in the Navy. There will be twelve additional flag-officers, forty-eight cap- tains, seventy-three commanders, and 288 lient- enants, and a similar increase in the list of chief gunners, chief boatswains, chief carpenters, and warrant officers. Commodore Holland is to be one of the new Admirals, but whether the promotion of the popular Commodore will entail his transfer from his present appointment is, we believe, uncertain. There is a possibility that in future the Hongkong Naval Yard, in view of its growing importance, may be in charge of a Real Admiral, thus giving us three
Admirals on the China Station. This station has now assumed an importance almost equal to that of the Mediterranean.
A deadlook has arisen between the Americans and the Filipinos, and the situation is most critical. An expedition sent by General Otis from Manila to take over the town of Iloilo from the Spanish authorities found the Insur genta in possession, the Spaniards having already left. The Insurgents declared their intention of resisting if the Americans attempted to land, and the troops remained on board the trans- ports while a message was sent to Manila for further instruc ions. In the meantime General Otis bad issued a proclamation based upon instructions he had received from Washington to the effect that he was to assume the govern- ment of the islands. This greatly incensed the natives and Aguinaldo has replied by counter proclamations declaring for complete indepen- dence. Auy attempt to land American troops at Iloilo will, it is said. be regarded as an act of war by the Filipinos and hostilities will be commenced simultaneously at Iloilo and Manila. upon the conquest of the islands a strong and long continued military effort will be required. The Insurgents have, it is estimated, at least thirty thousand well armed men and ample supplies of munitions, having arsenals of their own in operation, and as far as can be learned the whole country is united in its support of Aguinaldo, so that the Americans would be unable to count upon the assistance of any portion of the population. The Philippine Government and Congress would, it is under- stood, be willing to accept a protectorate, provided they were allowed control of their own internal affairs. Should the Americans decide to proceed w with the conquest they will probably find the task before them comparable in point of difficulty with the British suppres sion of the Indian mutiny.
If the Americans determine
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