May 20, 1899
GERMAN STEAMERS ON THE
YANGTSZE,
Der Ostasiatische Lloyd learns that Messrs. Melchers & Co. have now also ordered three river steamers to be built by Messrs. S. C. Farnham & Co., Ld., which are to run under the German flag between Shanghai and Han- kow. As it is inten ted for these steamers, as well as for those orderd by Messrs. Arnhold. Karberg & Co., to discharge and take in along- side the German Bund in Hankow, the German Concession by this will undoubtedly gain in importance. The German flag will be seen also hence-forth farther up the Yangtaze at regular intervals, as Messrs. Melchers & Co. intend placing another ship-the first one carrying the German flag-to ply regularly between Hankow and Ichang. Whilst the steamers of Messrs Arnhold Karberg & Co. are to be ready for service in October of this year, those of Messrs. Melchers & Co. will be completed to run only in March, 1900.
THE EXTENSION OF THE SHANGHAI SETTLEMENT.
Shanghai, 9th May. To-day the Taotai's covering despatch and proclamation on the Extension of the General Foreign Settlement reached the Consuls. The despatch, which is dated the 29th day of the 3rd moon (May 8th), reads :--“ I have received authority from the Viceroy to assent to the boundaries defined for the new extension (of the General Foreign Settlement) and I am issuing a proclamation and instructing the Shanghai Magistrate to work in consultation with Mr. J. C. Ferguson, the Deputy Yu Shui-wan, and the Municipal Council, to draw up plans, lay out boundary stones, etc., and I beg to enclose copy of the proclamation for your information.
THE PROCLAMATION,
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
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the boundary of Shanghai (as distinguished | sion the exchange some bit of territory, from the Pu ao-sha district.)—China Gazette.
THE GERMANS IN SHANTUNG. The Ostasiatiche Lloyd received on the 8th tao. Wwing important letter from Tain- May the
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avail ourselves of the N. C. Daily News translation:-
The German occupation of the town of Jih chon cannot be withdrawn yet, though it is true that the Chinese Government has placed a considerable number of troops under General Hsia in the vicinity of Jilchao and Ichoufu, orders being rarely, if ever, executed in China, which may be considered a success, similar but ending in empty promises and worthless
decrees.
In the district of Jihchao everything is quiet; the Christians who had fled from the disturbed villages into the town have returned to their homes and been re-installed in their properties.
The direct purpose of the occupation, how- ever, viz., to obtain reparation in the Stenz case has not been fulfilled yet, no culprits having been captured, so that nothing remains but to get hold of the village beadman, who did not prevent the esca e of the culprits.
The request of General Hsia-namely, that the Germans should evacuate the town of Jihchao and leave to him the maintenance of order, could the less be complied with, as this very General refused his help towards the cap. ture of the culpr ts in the Stonz case, alleging that this was the business of the district. magi- strate. Chinese soldiers have now been for. bidden by Captain von Falkenhayn to enter Jihchao.
In this way the Jihchao affair still awaits settlement. When this moment shall come, and when the cessation of military compulsory measures can be dispensed with, depends partly also on the attitude of the new Governor of the
province of Shantung, Yu, who is amusing himself by opposing the work of the German Ra Iway and Mining Engineers in the province of Shantung, and further by conducting an anything but friendly correspondence with the Goovernor of the Kinochou distriot.
which follows, commences with a historical pre- amble, recounting the first steps taken for the setting apart of a reservation or settlement for foreign occupation in the year 1842, by the local officials, working in concert with Captain | Balfour, and the subsequent successive nego- He has not only prohibited any more survey. ciations on the subject with Mr. Ruthering for the construction of the railway in the ford (afterwards Sir Rutherford) Alcock. province of Shantung, but also condemned the We have not yet had time to translate this investigations of the mining engineers as un- portion of the proclamation, which is addressed lawful, and only assured them his protection in to the Chinese people, and is apparently as far as they move about as simple travellers, designed to show that the present Taotai is not while they are executing their vocation in making no new departure in assenting to his province. This, according to the opinion the demands for extension of the General of the German Minister at Peking and the Foreign Settlement, but is following German Governor in Tsintao. is against the strictly on proceedent and in the footsteps of treaty of the 6th of March, 1898, and against his predecessors. Coming down to the present the concessions made by the Tsungli Yamon. day, it proceeds: "Considering that the com- It has therefore been ordered that both works mercial requirements of Shanghai have in- shall steadily proceed, and the iesponsibility creased, the concession granted for the Foreign for any disturbances will fall on the Governor Settlement is not sufficiently commodious, and of Shantung personally. Should he continue it now becomes necessary for me to extend it in the attitude which he displayed on entering for the general benefit, and the Viceroy has upon his duties, it is hardly probably that he directed me. in conjunction with Rev. J. C. will remain long in charge of his Governorship Ferguson and the Deputy Yu Shui-wan to dis- cuss the matter with the Treaty Consuls. The existing Foreign Settlement and the Regula- tions under which it is governed are known to you all, and I have now instructed the Shanghai Magistrate, together with Mr. Ferguson, De-. puty Yu Shuiwan, and the Municipal Council, to arrange the boundaries of the extension. draw up a plan and put up the stones, and I therefore issue this proclamation for the in- formation of you all, so that you may know that all the land lying within the new extension, with the exception of Imperial temples and Chi- nese Government property, shall be henceforth under the control of the Municipal Council, and will be governed according to the existing Land Regulations, which you must all obey."
BOUNDARIES.
The boundaries of the extension will be East: From the Yangtsze-poo Bridge to the Cháotsa tsu (or Point).
On the West: From the Loongfei Bridge to the Bubbling Well Village, whence a line will be drawn to the South (or Shanghai) side of the Soochow Greek,
THE EXTENSION OF MACAO,
useless to us, in our African empire, would secure for us the expansion of our dominion in China. Unhappily, however, Macao is too far from the metropolis for questions affecting this colony to excite the least interest there.
THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ITALIAN SQUADRON.
The movements of the Italian squadron in Chinese waters, about which there have been many surmises, are still doubtful; but we have reason to believe, that Admiral Carl sibly the Etna are shortly expected at Woosung Grenet in his flagship Stromboli and and it is likely they, with the Marco Polo, Ame- rigo Vespucci and Elba will remain there await- ing orders from home.-N. C. Daily News.
THE NORTH-GERMAN LLOYD'S FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE.
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The North-German Loyd will commence its fortnightly service on the coming 4th of Osto- ber, at which date the King Albert-the first of the newly built ships-is to leave Bremerhaven. Der Ostasiasche Lloyd is informed that the original intention to run one steamer every four weeks vid Hongkong alternately to Japan and to Shanghai has been abandoned. All the steamers will call at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama, but for some time to come at least their stationary berth is to be Yokohams, whilst the two other ports will only be ports of call for mails, passengers, and cargo.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF. \PORT ARTHUR.
Vice-Admiral Alexieff, who has been appointed Governor General of Port Arthur and district, is expected to arrive here shortly. Though comparatively young man, he has had consider- able experience of the Far East. He first came out as a midshipman, next as flag-lieuten- ant of the Africa or Asia, later he brought out the Admiral Korniloff. Then, 1895-6, he was the Russian Admiral-in-Chief in these watera,
and went home at the end of 1897. missing.
much to his regret at the time, the tension which signalised his country's occupation of Port Arthur.-N. C. Daily News,
AN ANTI-FOREIGN NAME FOR THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER'S BODY-GUARD.
As another instance of the latent hatred
against foreigners by the officials of Peking we may quote the following:--When the Empress Dowager ordered last November the formation of a new body-guard of 10,000 men for herself, drilled after the Western style, she called the Corps "The Victorious in Arms Corps." This, in Chinese is written Wu-sheng-chun. At the recommendation of the leader of the ultra-Con- servative party of Peking, the Assistant Grand Secretary King Yi, who was doubtlessly in- We translate the following from the Lusi-fluenced by those around him, the name of this tano :—
Empress Dowager's new body-guard has lately been changed by her; the trick being that the characters have been changed while the phonetic sound of the original name is generally retained. In a word the Corps is now known as the Hu- sheng-chun, or The Tigers of the Gods' Corps." This kind of designation being rather peculier, King Yi, the author of the name, is oredited with having explained himsel in the fol- lowing manner — We all know whatyang-kuei- the mean. Well, tigers are fond of eating goats (also called yang in Chinese and meant as a pan on the word yang, "outsider,'
From the home papers we see that in the Chamber of Peers Senhor Hintze Ribeiro asked if the Government had taken advantage of the position in the Far East to clearly define our dowinion at Macao, and that the Minister for Foreign Affairs replied that the question was important and that the Government was giving it due consideration.
The vague reply of Councillor Beirao makes us suspect that the supreme Government is not tro abling itself in the matter, which would be truly lamentable, as it is certain that the o0-
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casion is opportune, not only for clearly defin· Fonter seas" the designation and from the
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ing the dominion of the province, as indicated while the gods are masters of the devils (kuci), by Senhor Hintze Ribeiro, but also for acquir that is to say the tigers and the gods will ing additional territory, which would guarantee annihilate the goats and devils—that is why I our stability in this greatly coveted part of the have changed the name of the Empress Down- world. To acquire the district of Heangshan, ger's Body guards from Wu-sheng-chun to Hu- which it appears to us would not be very diffi-sheng-chun."- Kang Yi further went on to say cult, would suffice to make this colony that he doubted that " foreigners in China are yield a rich return to the coffers of the metro so well versed in the use and play of Chinese polis. Possibly if the Portuguese Government words and terms as to be able to see the insult Un the North From the Fifth Stone would negotiate an agreement with the Eng. to them which the new term convoys"-N 0. (boundary) of the Hongkow Settlement along |lish Government to support us in this preten- Daily News,
On the South: From Pah-hsien-jao to the Bubbling Well Village.
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