THE FRENCH CLAIMS IN
FAS SZECHUKN.
«LIGIOUS OLAIMS NOT TO BE CONFOUNDED
JÓWITH COMMERCIAL CLAIMS;
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
situation reacts unfavourably upon the business of the steamer companies, one of the latter at least is taking a step that will probably bring the di |rectors of the T. T. and L. Co. to a more amenable frame of mind. The refusal of the steamship agente to accept or discharge cargo except at Feltranslate the following from the Echo Tougku has brought handsome profits to the
hire (Shanghai)-
lighter company and at the same time given au astonishing persistence the Mercury three or four outside steainers-mostly Germens its readers with tales of important an opportunity to come into the trade at a obtained at Chengtu by Mr. Haas great advantage by accepting cargo to and from of the French Syndicate. We re- Tientsin. Bat we now here the regular com- M Haas success, but we may remind panies have met this invasion by a great cut in crcury that M. Haas is not at Chengta rates, which will be good news for shippers. te settlement of missionary affairs, for the Further, the China Merchants Company has of the French Consul at Chungking taken the lead in attempting to meet the splendid had no greater effect than that of sending monopoply which the Tng and Lighter Com Locount of the disasters cansed by Yu Man-pany has enjoyed by ordering eight large lighters and two tow boats, with which to handle Peking,
their own cargo between Taku and Tientsin. These craft are now in hand in the oldest and youngest dock companies at Shanghai.-China
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not usual for the protectorale to ex- the lives of men and the compensation cording to the most elementary rules of to 4,0 10 ruined families for concessions and coal mines, and a French Consul never dishonoured himself to the extent of phisticating a purely commercial question for a «rely religions question,
THE EMPEROR KWANG SỬ AND
HIS TREATMENT.
Gazette.
ACCIDENT ON THE
GLENTURKET."
Shanghai. 14th July, A fatal accident occurred on board of the steamer Glenturret below the Tungsba Light- ship at 1 p.m. on Tuesday whilst en route from London to this port. Without any warning a bin, steam pipe connecting one of the boilers to the main steam-pipe burst and scalded to death two Chinese firemen and severely injured a third. The rent, which is close to the
[July 22, 1899. BANQUET GIVEN BY H.R.H. PRI JE HENRY AF TOKYO,
On the 2nd instant H.R.II. Prince Henry gave a banquet in the Shibs Detached Palace at 8 o'clock in the evening. Among those present were Their Imperial Highnesses the Princes Komatsu (Shuior and Junior), Priuse Arisngawa, Prince Kanin,, Prince Yamashina and Princo Kacho; Their Excellencies the Ministers of State, Field Marshal Marquis Oyama, Vice-Admiral Viscount Ito. Marquis Hachisuka. Count Leyden, Count Wedel, Dr. Weipart, the officers of Prince Henry's staff, and the members of the Reception Committee. In the course of the banquet Prince Henry, speaking in German, which was excellently rendered into Japanese by Dr. Weipart, said:-
Your Imperial Highness, Your Excellencies and Gentlemen;-My official visit in Tokyo approaching its end, I am anxious to express to all of you my heartiest and sincerest thanks for the very kind reception accorded to me and to the gentlemen who accompany me. Especi ally I beg to thank H. I. H, Prince Kanio most sincerely and cordially for the trouble that H.I H. has kindly taken on my behalf during the past three days. I know from experience, that an office such as His Imperial Highness has graci- onsly undertakan to fill, involves not only loss of time but also much personal inconvenience.
beg H. 1. H. Prince Komatsu kindly to convey to Their Majestios the Emperor and Empress the Let me add that it has been a great pleasure to expression of my feelings of deepest gratitude.
me to be able to visit your beautiful and hospit- able country again after so many years. Ac- cording, to our custom I call for three cheers for Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress : of Japan.
"Peking correspondent of the Hapao, about the treatment of the Emperor Isa at the hands of his gaolers, says : ajesty is now provided with three meals sach of which he is only given two of vegetables and a small bowl of rice, brazing, is nearly two feet in length, and insomuch that is even suspected that AD considering all the engineers were below at attempt is being made to starve and make His the time it is a marvel how they escaped. fajesty even weaker, than he has been. To a It was impossible to shut the steam off at the onfidential enunch His Majesty recently said; boiler so the vessel was brought to
His Imperial Highness Prince Komatan, My restoration to power is only a question of anchor, and nothing could be done until
who spoke in Japanese, Mr. Nagasaki translat- the whole had tims, beneə Fam only too anxious to maintain
escaped. Unfortunately my health and bide my time. I am only afraid the pipe was not served with wire. a processing his words into English, said :- that the one or two traitorous Ministers who that has of late, owing to the high pressures hata me may by their machinations succeed in required for triple expansion engines, become destroying me, and I have no means of counter-popular, and which, while not greatly strength seting their treachery.'
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TAMPERED TELEGRAMS.
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ening the pipe, limits the rent and considerably checks and retards the escape of steam, thus giving those below a chance of escape. The engineers worked all night and the following morning were able to use the steam from the remaining boiler and with the assistance of a tug the Glenturret steamed to Woosung, whence on arrival the injured man was prompt-
A very serious charge is brought against an alted official at Shanghai by silk merchants of Wasish. It appears that some important in- formation in connection with the silk trade was wired and the official who, himself or a relatively forwarded to Shanghai for hospital treat. n about tɔ engage in this business, tapped the information, and it is alleged turned it to the most profitable account The matter for the milk merchants is now in the hands of an eminent lawyer-Mercury.
SHIPBUILDING AT SHANGHAI,
Two launches took place on the 14th July from Messra Boyd and Co.'s yard. One is a tow bost, being the second of four or lered by the Chinese Eastern Railway Co.. and is of the same dimensions as the Tuilienwan, the first of the contract; the other is a self- propelling water-bost for the same company of the following dimensions length 9ift, 6in, breadth 20 feet. iu l'depth 8 feet 9 inches. She is to be fitted with a compond non-condensing Amdum engine. She will carry 100 tons of water and potups have besu constructed by the builders for emptying or filling the boat in an Now A powerful hand pump will also be fifth-The tow boat was launched with steam up, and a number of members of the Russian colour here attended the function.-N. C. Daily
ment. The repairs are being executed by Messrs, Boyd & Co., who have the order for a new pipe.-N. C. Daily News.
DISTURBANCES IN CHERIANG,
ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVERTS ATTACKED.
It will be remembered that, in addition to
preparing for an expected descent of Italians upon the Chekiang seaboard the officials of that province have had to send troops to Taichon prefecture, where a powerful body of outlaws, mostly coast pirates, have been helping the in- habitants to attack the R.C. converts who had taken possession of certain temple lands claimed by the people of Taichou city. A Ningpo dis- patoh now states that, encouraged by their suc- cesses against the R.C. converts and the troops sent by the Ningpo maudarius to protect the cou- verts, the Taichou malcontents have now (10th July) openly raised the fiag of rebellion and have posted proclamations throughout the prefecture calling upon the people to aid in driving out both R. Č. converts and Imperial troops. and then to prepare to resist an Italian descent apon Taichon which rumour reports the Italians now desire to make a naval base in preference to Samên Bay. The dispatch further states that, although no less than 5.000 troops have It is reported that the recent disagreement been collected in Taichou prefecture for the between the steamship agents and the shippers past fortnight to crush the insurrection, no for at Tientsin, which arose over the refusal of the ward movement has, as yet, been made into the latter to accept responsibility for any cargo fur.nsurgent country, although several skirmishes ther than Tongkn, is likely to lead to important have taken place in which the latter have changes in the carrying trade between Tientsin erally come off best.-N. C. Daily News. sed Tôngku, which trade is now in the hands of the local lighter company, But as that com- ''is'udwilling or unable to do anything to With the frequent loss or smashing of cargo between the two places and this factor in the
THE LIGHTERÄGE QUESTION AT
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Your Royal Highness, Your Imperial High- nesses, Your Excellencies and Gentlemen,-I beg to express my sincere thanks for the kind words which His Royal Highness has just used with reference to the reception given to him on the part of H.M. the Emperor. I will imme- diately convey to His Majesty the expression of H.R.H. Prince Henry's warm sentiments, and I have no doubt that His Majesty will receive it with mach gratification; I further believe that His Royal Highness's kind visit to this country will not only strengthen the tie of Japan and Germany, but will also surely cement, friendship which so happily exists between more and more, the cordial amity of the two countries. As His Royal Highness is the bro ther of .M. the Emperor of Germany, this occasion serves to renew my grateful recolles. tions of the gracious kinduess shown to me by His Imperial Majesty during my stay in Ger- Dany, when I last had the pleasure to visit that country. I empty my glass to the health of their Majesties. the Emperor and Empress of Germany-Japan Mail.
PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT TO KOBE.
THE DEATH OF THE TSAREVICH.-
FESTIVITIES ABANDONED.
Kobe, 13th July. The German flag-ship Deutschland, with H.R.H. Prince Henry on board, arrived in port yesterday evening about six o'clock. Mr. F Chiel, H.I.G.M. Aoting Consul, at once went on board, accompanied by Mr. Nagasaki, the master of ceremonies, Governor Ohmori and other of the Japanese authorities, to receive the Prince. Mr. Thiel had dinner with his Royal Higbuess, and informed him of the sad news of the death of the Tsarevich, which had just reached Kobe. The Prince at once expressed his opinion that under these circumstances it would be impossible for him to join in any public festivities on the occasion of his visit here. He desired Mr Thiel to convey to the German community his deep regret at the dis- appointinent that would be felt after so many
arrangements had been made, but owing: to family ties the Emperor of Russia being bia brother-in-law-it was impossible for him at The appointment of Committees for the var-such a time to take part in any festivities. ious sub-districts in the islands of the Now Territories, under the Local Communities Ordinance, is gazetted.
The Prince was to land at the hatoba at uine o'clock this morning, where the Consular Body and the elected members of the Municipal
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