September 29, 1900.]
false edicts shall be visited with capital punish- ment, while for minor offences of the kind they shall be punished by one hundred blows, &c., that since the robellion of the Boxers in the North H.E. Li Hung-chang has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary; that on the 21st of the 8th moon (14th September) His Excellency started from Shanghai for Tientsin to open peace negotiations with the Foreign Powers; that the Imperial Government have ordered the I Ho Chuan rebels to be completely destroyed. an order which all people ought to respect; and that if any person or persons shall dare to print and publish any false news with a view to de- coive and cause breaches of the peaco they shall be arrested and punished severely according to law, without any show of leniency. Let every- one tremblingly obey.
Canton, 26th September.
FRESH RIOTS ON THE 24TH INST. Disturbances broke out in the village of Shek Loong, 40 miles east of Canton, on the 24th inst. at 3 p.m.. 14 houses of the nativo Christians and one chapel baing looted. The mob made a rush into the Roman Catholic chapel and thence into the residence of a priest who had a narrow cscape of being shot, and burnt it down to the round. The refugees, men, women, and children, to the number of 32, came to Canton and have been accommo- dated and fed by the French Mission. More refugees were expected the next day. They had lost everything and had escaped only with what they had on their backs. The work of destruction was still going on when the Chinese officials received orders to send troops to the scene of disturbance.
GOOD FRENCH PATROL WORK.
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pin, opium, etc., but for daily necessities they are not right. It is time for the Government and the people to join hands for the salvation of | the colony. Macao cannot last at this rate.
A WELCOME CHANGE.
roads, and public gardens, formerly under the On Saturday last the care of the streets, Loal Senado, passed to the Public Works Department. The former edy has under- taken the duty for aboat fryers, but with no good results. Beider. the Leal Sonado has no means to meet the lary expense. home Government has learnt the insufficiency of the Senado, and his ordered to P. W. D. to resume its charge of this duty.
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THE ROYAL BILTHDAY.
The
The 28th inst., the Birthday of Thoir Most Faithful Majestics the King and Queen of Portugal, will be a gala-day in the colony. There will be a band playing at Government streets at noon. House in the morning and in the principal Then will follow the Govern- Service at the athedral, a Grand Parade at official reception. the Thanksgiving 4 o'clock of the troops at the Avenida Vasco de Gama, in which all the newly-arrived men will take part, and at night illumiuations and a grand hall at Government House, to which 600 invitations have been issued, including people from your colony and from Hongkong.
A CHINESE MURDER.
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ping at a Chinese boarding-honse ent the other's A few days ago one of two Chinamen stop. head opn with an axe and disappeared, not having been found again up to the present. is said that the unfortunate man who was killed had a stroke of luck at Fantan on the previous day to his murder, and it is supposed that the Stoom or more tempted his companion to
commit the crime,
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.,
THE ENTRY INTO PEKING.
It is said that a steamer, the Lungkong, ply- ing between Hongkong and Lak Low, was fired at when she passed the disturbed district, one man on board being wounded. On her way she met the gunboat Avalanche whose doctor had attended to the wounded,
The Avalanche, which is cruising about. with an occasional stop at anchor. when she proceeded to Lak Low found the place was as quiet as possible. It appears that the gunboat has been doing a great deal of good by her presence in the disturbed locality and by an arrangement made by the French Consul with the Viceroy with a view to co-operating with the Chinese officials to suppress the disturbances, she will not leave the district until some few heads of the leaders of the riot are off, and other exemplary punishing the entry of the allies into Poking, on the ment enforced. With the reference to the false edict, which led to disturbances extending as far as Swatow, the Acting Viceroy is going to issue a proclamation contradicting it. .
MACAO.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Macao. 24th September.
A MONOPOLY RIDDEN COLONY.
This colony is among those unfortunate places which suffer the disgrace of seeing their main revenues drawn from monopolies, The most important trades in Macao are in the iron grasp of farmers and monopolists. On Saturday the fish monopoly was put up for auction and was secured by one " Choi-hing for 827,750 per annum, the contract being given for the ton years 1901-1911.
The past ten years were given away for $12.240 per annum. Who then pays for this extra $15.510 per annum, the monopolist or the inhabitants? The is easy the inhabitants; the monopolist merely squeezes them. With such a state of affairs, the business of the colony is done for. If any new trade prospers, the squeezers are sure to ask the Government for a new mono- poly. And though the ostensible names of the monopolists are all different, the public knows well that all monopolies are in the hands of one man, who, if not actually the holder of most shares, is at least the man of most influence No Government should allow the governed to be squeezed in the way we are at Macao. A man of energy like Senhor Horta e Costa should do his best to free at least articles of daily use from the heavy taxes which we are indirectly paying to the Government for them. Monopolies are all very well for such luxuries as Fantan, Pacap.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.
14th August. Que was that the Russians got in first: the other that the British did.
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not get into the Tartar City for several hours after. The Japanese were later still. The reports which you refer to as being contradictory are real- ly therefore agreeable. The Russians did get in
nto the Legations. I British did got in first-into the Tartar City, first into Poking into the Chinese City. The
am, sir, yours etc, MURRAY STEWART.
HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING, WEAVING, AND DYEING COMPANY, LIMITED.
INIRMAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS., On fonday afternoon, the 24th inst., an iufor: al meeting of shareholders in the Hong- kong Jotton Spinning, Weaving, and Dyeing Com ny was held at the offices of the General Maua ors (Messrs. Jardins, Matheson and Co.) for the purpose of discussing the financial posi tion of the Company. The Hon. J. J. Keswick presided, and there were also present the Hon. C. P. Chater, C.M.G., Messrs. A. Haupt (direc tors), J. McKie (secretary), David Gillies, Gershom Stewart, Forest, Rustomjee, Byramjee, Ho Fook, Chan Ku; Chan Chau Nám, Fok Tsan Kang, and Ho U Shang.
The CHAIRMAN said-Gentlemen, at the annual meeting held on the 3rd inst. I mentioned that you would shortly be called pany and to come to a decision as together to consider the position of the com- future.
to its You have been invited here to-day for that purpose, but quite in an informal man- ner. Although in the meantime an improvement in the Market has taken place which would warrant our stock of yarns being entered at a slightly higher figure than it appeared at in the statement of accounts then submitted to you, this advance in values is not sufficient to make any important change in the financial position of the Company, and for the purposes of this informal mooting I will ask you to regard that statement as unaltered. You are aware that af. ter allowing for the probable proceeds of yarns* in stock, value of cotton, etc., the amount advanced to the Company by Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. approximates to $1,000,000, an amount they have decided not to oxceed, although quite willing not to press for the repayment of Hongkong, 25th Se tomber.
it at present. if some arrangement can be made Sir.-In your leader this morning you refer to two apparently contradictory reports regard-howover, that it is necessary that working capit as to working capital. It will be evident to you, al must be provided in order to carry on, and it is to the 'consideration of how this necessary ca- pital has to be provided that I ask you to ad- dress yourselves. I have to add that subject to the regular quarterly payment of interest on the amount they have advanced, and provided that shareholders are prepared to furnish a capit- al of not less than $300,000,-Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. will undertake that payment of the sum advanced, or any portion of it, will not be domanded before the end of September, 1901, unless results of working appear to them to jus tify it. In conclusion I trust you understand that if you do not come forward and protect your own interests in soms such ́ ́ manner
necessary to convene an extraordinary meeting I have endeavoured to indicate, it will be
at as early a date as is permissible, at which
solution for the liquidation of the concern. I shall be reluctantly compelled to submit a re depends entirely upon you, gentlemen, whether It
this step will have to be taken. Acquainted with the position as you have been for at least a mouth past you have each of you no doubt decided in your own mind whether you will pro vide sufficient wapital to give the enterprise invite your remarks on the situation or sugg a more extensive trial than it has yet an1 I
sugges tions as to how the prosent difficulties have to be met. It is unnecessary for me to say that it would be with the deepest regret that I should contemplate the necessity of submitting a re- solution for the liquidation of the Company, and I will welcome any chance of escape from such an unpleasant alternativo, I beg you therefore, gentlemen, to afford mo the benefit your advice in this important matter, and to consider whether you can supply the fands neces- sary to further test the possibilities of making the enterprise a success.
The explanation is simple. Peking, as every- one knows, is divided by the south wall of the Tartar City into two sections. The northern sec- tion is called the Tartar City, the southern the Chinese City. We are all familiar with the may, Roughly, the Tartar, City is a square resting on a paralellogram formed by the Chinese City, which juts out cast and west of the Tartar City wall. Where the Chinese City juts out cast of the Tartar City wall- that is to say," in the north-east corner of the Chinese City-is a gate named the Tang-pien-men. South of that, in the east wall of the Chinese is the Sha-hue-mien. The Russians attacked ity.
the Tung-pien-men in the small hours of the morning of the 14th. Soon after 9 am. the gate was in their possession and they outered Peking by it entered, that is to say, into the Chinese City,
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he South Wall of the Tartar City was still held by the Chinese and from the watch-towori on the corner a Lot rifle-fire was encountered whenever the Russians showed up from under Though inside the Chic Cru City-nine l'cking cover of the Louses in ide the Tung-pien-men.
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the Russians were held in check, and hre the Americans caught them up about 11 a m., following in by the same pate and joining with their artillery as well as infantry in the fight against the Chinese who held the Tartar City Wall. Thotra from there prevented the Russ'an3 and Americans advancing along the face of the wall to attack the H-ta-men. Instead they had to make a wide detour through the Chiness City, In the meantime the British had come up to the east wall of the Chinese City, entered by the Sha-huo-men about one o'clock, and advanced through the streets to the Wutor-gate which loads through the south wall of the Tartar City near the Legations. There General Giselee arrived at about 2.45. The Russians and Americans did
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Mr. GILLIES-Mr, Chairman and gentlemen, I understand from your remarks just now
that
the concern another trial-s_fair trial—and a sum of $300,000 would be sufficient to give
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