THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LI.J
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &o..........
Leading Articles :—
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 10TH MARCH, 1900.
Wu Chu Wei, military attaché of the Chinese Government at Manila and nephew of the Chinese Minister at Washington, who died .159 suddenly on the 18th ult. at the Orient Hotel, Manila, was a native of Canton, whither his body is to be transported shortly.
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What Stops Tariff Revision
The Telegraph Company's Greek Gift..
Australia and the Empire ...
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Portugal and the Case of King Lien-Shan
The Chinese Opposition to the New Ordinance
Hongkong Legislative Council.
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The Anti-Footbinding Movement
A New Imperial Decree
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184 164
A Tientsin correspondent writes that the report is current that the Emperor is spitting blood freely, which may be a sort of preparation for a more serious impending illness, If they do away with him (of which I am by no means
be under colour of sickness."
Departure of apiain Hastings, Postmaster General... 166 sure), continues the writer, "it will probably Hongkong Volunteer Corps Field Battery
Football
Cricket....
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
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The Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police
for 1899 .....
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"The Morning Star" in Collision
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The Wreck of the American Launch Lee Po...
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Indian Famine Relief Fund......
Another Piracy Casa
A Clumsy Attempt to Defraud.
A Visit to Tai-An-Fu, Shantung Province............... Canton .....
Bandakan Notas
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.,
Limited
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Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd....168 The Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co., Limited......169 China Fire Insurance Co., Limited Hongkong and Port News.... Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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A correspondent wites that a prominent official, in the course of conversation with him, expressed the opinion that the recent attack on our Border Commission was not a political emeute, but was the outcome of the ordinary lawless state of the border, where a man's life is not safe from day to day.
The Ko-lau-hui, a salt-smuggling society, which numbers about 20,000 members and ranges between Ichang and Nganking, has been very busy in the Yangtze Valley lately, and the Tactai is said to be afraid to act against them, though pressed by the consul to take immediate steps to put the society down.
L'Avenir du Tonkin states that from the Intest 172 advices it appegia that all fears of a rebellion in the district of or wangeboo-wan have now been dissipated, and that the Chinese inhabitants accept French rule with satisfaction, counting on protection against the numerous piratical bands infesting theneighbourhood.
On the 3rd instant, at Hoihow, the wife of P. E. O'BRIEN-BUTLER, of H.B.M. Consular Service, of a daughter.
On the 5th March, at Hatley," the wife of LAURENCE GIBS, P.W.D, of a daughter.
DEATH.
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Mr. Wade Gard'ner and Mr. Harding, the British Commissioners appointed to decide the
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It is reported that Colonel Charles Denby and Professor Dean C. Worcester, of the U.S. Philippine Commission, are now en route from San Francisco to Manila. Assistant Secretary of War, Meiklejohn, is expected to arriva about the first of June.
A special telegram to The Straits Times been acting as Resident of Pahang during the announces that Mr. Arthur Butler, who has absence of Mr. Clifford, has been confirmed in the appointment. Mr. Arthur Butler entered Superintendent of Lower Perak. He passed in the Malay State Service in 1883 as Assistant
Malay in 1885, and for 17 years he has filled many grades of office. He has acted as Resident of Pahang since Mr. Clifford left on leave; and he is reckoned to be a good man. The salary
is $500 a month with exchange compensation.
The Shanghai Mercury gives a letter from the late Rev. Sydney Brooks, murdered on the 31st December in Shantung, to a relative in Eng-. land, In the course of the letter, Mr. Brooks speaks of a "Large Knife Society," which was causing trouble in the neighbourhood, and said :-I trust that they will not come here; we are defenceless, of course. Neither the official nor the Military official will be able to do anything for us, which means that we shall have to move into the city until they have done their work, and then come back to view the damage done. I glance un- easily round my room to see how much I have to lose; it is not much, but naturally I am not that the disturbance may pas over with no anxious to be deprived of what I have, aud pray more harm to ourselves than that of not being able to continue our work."
On the 6th March, 19-0, at 4, Queen's Gardens question arising out of the action of the Russian | China Daily News, that H.E. Viceroy Liu, of
Hongkong, BERTIE WALTER MORRELL, aged 25
years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 2nd February ar- rived, per P. & O. steamer Parramatta, ou the 3rd March (28 days); the American mair of the 22nd January arrived, per P. M. steamel
Algoa, on the 5th March (42 days); the German mail of the 5th February arrived. per N. D. L. steamer Konig Albert, on the 6th March (29 days); and the American mail of the 9th February arrived, per T. K. K. steamer Nippon Maru, on the 9th March (28 days)
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
On the 2nd inst. telegraphic communication between Hongkong and Macao was interrup- fed.
According to the census taken at the end of January there were 463 Japanese dwellings and 1,854 Japanese in Seoul.
It is reported that a conflict has taken place on the Yunnan frontier between British troops and the Chinese, in which the latter had 80 casualties.
At a big fire in Yokohama on the 23rd ult. some 350 houses were burnt down, the confla. gration starting at the spot where the great fire of last August originated.
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Government in contesting the validity of the title of Messrs. Jardine, Mathesou & Co., to the property held by them in the Russian Concess- Haukow, returned from Hankow to Shanghai on the 2nd inst, per s.8. Tatung. They have been in conference with Messrs. Pokotilow of the Russo-Chinese Bank and Litvinioff of Messrs. Tokmakoff, Molotkoff & Co., but the
public. result of the enquiry has not yet been made
The Ostasiatische Lloyd is responsible for the following:-On the 19th February Emperor Kwang Hsu received the Foreign Ambassadors at Peking in audience. The usual etiquette was observed. The Emperor, it is said, looked very ill. It is the general opinion that the Emperor will not long continue to occupy the throne. The Empress Dowager, it is affirmed, was concealed behind a curtain during the whole of the audience, and no doubt heard everything that passed between the Emperor and the Am. bassadors. The new Emperor was not proseut at the audience.
Japanese papers profess to see indications of the Russian authorities "backing down "in the matter of licenses to Japauese fishermen in northern waters. At any rate, a telegram despat- ched by the Saghalien Fishing Guild (Japanese) to the chief office at Hakodate stated that any last year within the specified area will have the person granted fishing rights in any sectiou right renewed this year, and no person is to be allowed on any part not included in the specified Russian authorities were impressed by the area whatever bis nationality be. Possibly the attitude of Japan in this matter and are inclined to give way to some extent.
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It is reported from Nanking, says the North
that city, proposes to go up to Peking after all, and that he is preparing to start for the North via Shanghai on the 15th instant. Apropos of the above it is freely stated in local mandarin circles that should Viceroy Lin actually go up to Peking the chances will be greatly in favour of bis returning to Nanking, there being now no longer any necessity for keeping him out of office since the failure of the coup to impose a new Emperor on the country. It is farther reliably stated that H. E. has recently received numerous letters from supporters of-the Em- peror Kuang Hsu, urging H.D. to undertake the journey to the capital and secure his old post to himself, as it is generally believed that so long as Viceroy Liu holds office there will he no fear of another attempt to depose Kuang Han from his Throne,
A recent writer on Wei-bai-wei says :—“ As Far Wert afford such a bracing atmosphere. a health resort, few places in the Far East or
And in time many are the persons whose lungs are threatened with delicacy who will gladly take such advantage as to prolong their existence by inhaling such pure air and rare air as can be obtained from its breezes. The fact of the existence of numercus sulphur baths (which are free to the public) is a tangible factor towards producing its future success. Another attrac tion of Wei-hai-wei is the extensive bathing and boating besch. And in a few years time, with an esplanade and drive round the bay for a distance of four to five miles, it might readily be called the Naples of China. In the the artist's eye than the extraordinary bloom spring time nothing could be more pleasing to of flowers backed by the dark metal-stained soil which forms the earth of the hills.”
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