February 16, 1901.]
MISCELLANEOUS.
The French Far Eastern sqaal on 19 to be reinforced by the, gunboat Acheron, just repair ed at Toulon, which will leave Europe for Saigon this month. et
H.M. oruiser Cretey which was last month having her guns placed on board at Portsmouth, is ordered to be ready for sea by the end of Apribor
From the 5th instant, by order of M. Doumer, Governor-General of Indo-China, the exchange for the dollar at the Treasury has been fixed at 2 francs 55,
Mr. E. Andrews, who is Consul for Siam, has been appointed a Commissioner for the port of Rangoon in place of Mr. C..B. Lacey, who has resigned.
As we suggested was probable, rumours about Li Hung-chang's death have been very wide- spread up north. On the 31st ult. the Tokyo correspondent of the Nagasaki Press wired A Tientsin telegram received here states that Li Hung-chang died at Tientsin at 9 a.m. on the 30th January.
At the meeting of the Directors of the Shanghai Land Investment-Co. at Shanghai on the 7th inst., it was decided to propose at the annual general meeting a final dividend for 1900 of 6 per cent., making 12 per cent. for the year. A further issue of capital to the extent of Taels 650,000 in fully paid up shares of Tls. 50 each was also agreed to, and it was proposed to issue the shares to shareholders at par in the ratio of one share for every two held in the Company.
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L'Avenir du Tonkin, discussing the intention of France to return to China the loot sent by General Frey on the Uruguay and Les Andes, points out that as the Powers are not admitted to be at war with China; there cannot there fore strictly be prizes of war" but as there has been in fact a war against the government of China, the seizing of loot was logically jus tifiable. Our contemporary, however, rejoices to see France the first to renounee this cruel and out of date custom, but thinks that the Chinese will hardly comprehend the action.
The death of the late Governor Jaeschke, of Kisochow, occurred on the Kaiser's birthday, and the dinner for officers and colonists which was held at the Prinz Heinrich Hotel was marked by a melancholy coincidence, records the N.-C. Daily News Tsingtao correspondent. The guests were about to send an addregs to the Governor, who had been laid up for a fortnight with typhoid fever, when news came that he had just passed away. Without finishing the birthday dinner, the members went quietly home. The funeral took place on the 30th ult, the late Governor's son arriving from Taku on his ship the Tiger to be present at the ceremony.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT)
The following appointment has been made at the Admiralty Lieutenant Reginald C. Iz Owen, to the Blenheim, to date 10th January,
The German Emperor has offered the use of warship for the conveya ice of the Sultan's Musulman mission to China, of which we have already spoken. **
A telegram was received at Division Head- quarters, Manila, last week, which contains the nominations and appointment of the new gon- eral officers of the U.S. regular army who are now serving in the Philippines. They are :--- Brigadier General Arthur MacArthur (Major General U.S.VA) to be Major-General. To be Brigadier Generals, U.S.A., Colonel S. O. Bates (Major-General U.S.V.), Col. Lloyd Wheaton (Major General U.S.V.), Col. R. H. Hall (Brigadier-General U.S.V.), Captain J. F. Ball (Brigadier General U.S.V.).-Major W, A Kobbe (Brigadier-General, U.S.V.), Colonel C. W. Davis (Brigadier-General U.S.V.), Colonel R. P. Hughes (Brigadier General U.S.V.), Colonel S. S.-Sumner (Brigadier Gen- eral U. 8. V.), gar
The L. and C. Express learns that there is no foundation for the statement which comes from Brussels that King Leopold's proposed visit to St. Petersburg is connected with a plan for the acquisition of a piece of territory in China for the Belgians.
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Colonel W Chong CPDEO LỒ manding R.E., China Expeditionary: been appointed Director Genera Works, vice General Turner, deceased. on a tour of geographical, and ethnographical | Dr. Halkin, a savant of Liège, is to visit Siam
ment. He arrived at Singapore from Penang exploration on behalf of the Belgian (Govern on the 4th inst.: After: visiting Siam he pro- ceeds to Japan, North China, and travels through Siberia from Vladivostock to Moscow and St. Petersburg.d
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A question having arisen as to the compensa- tour round the earth, was in Rangoon on
Mr. G. M. Schilling, who is on a walking tion to be granted in the case of Indian cavalry 1st inst. He is in first-rate condition just now, with the field force in China for loss of horses says the Rangoon Gazette, and starts on an early du service, it is now stated that it has been date, to walk to Mandalay. On this journey, decided that all losses are to be made good by she will probably follow the railway and do thể free issue of animals from the Remount Depôt tramp at the rate of 35 to 40 miles a day. Ho at Hongkong, when it can be shown that the the proceeds to Bhamo, and across Yunnan, lbsses have occurred in military employment as intending to reach Canton via Mengtse. *...* laid down by the Regulations on the subject. Instructions have been given accordingly.
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Japanese House of Representatives had y a motion before it on the 29th ult, to consider a General Voyron, Commander-in Chief of the resolution offering the condolences of the House French Expeditionary Corps in China, has sent in connection with the death of Queen Victoria. Home to France a report on the situation of the Dr. Hatoyama, who brought it forward, asked French troops. The General affirms that the for the suspension of the standing orders, and present condition of the force is very satisfactory, said that the relations between Japan and Eng. and that the French soldiers hold their rank land under Hor Majesty's sway had been of the worthily amongst those of other nations. A most intimate character, as was instanced by the superior officer, in a letter addressed to a friend fact that the Queen interfered to prevent the in France, states that all the Foreign Powers passing of the Canadian Bill for fexcluding agree in recognising that, in regard to the pro- Japanese-labourers and by the fact that Eng. visioning of the Expeditionary Corps, the land had taken the lead in revising the treaties. French are much the best provided.
Many other instances might be adduced of thể constantly growing friendship between Great Britain and Japun, and it seemed eminently fit fr ting that the House should record its condolences. ** Mr. Hoshi Toru wished to know. whether theree was any precedent for the proposed step, and whether the English Court had gone into mourn. ing when the Dowager Empress of Japan died: 2 Dr. Hatoyama replied that there was no prece dent in the records of the House, and the Eng: lish Court in not, ho believed, gone into mourning when the Empress Dowager of Japan died: Mr. Hoshi Torn suggested the advisability & of withdrawing the motion, but on the sugges tion of another member, it was handed to Special Committee.,. ›
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A Hsianfu despatch received in Shanghai states that a Censor named Ch′ên Ming-luan has memorialised the Emperor and Empress Dowager, urging the latter to settle and notify the Empire the date the Court will return to Peking, as the best means of settling the minds of the people, considering the excitement exist ing through the country. The Censor contin- ues that even if the Court, intends to visit some city "batore returning to Peking, this
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nta. let them live in peace And further, should it be necessary dary capital in raso Poking can- of the Empire, the Cen-
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An Anglo-Chinese correspondent writing] to the Outlook, regretting the loss of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co.'s Suihsiang on the Yangtze, says: -The work being pioneer ex periment, they tried their ship at the worst time of year, when the waters of the Yangtsze are contracted. Still a seventeen-knot boat, if properly handled, should go through the worst rapids, easily. Personally, I advocate a moor ing chain being picked up at the base of each repid during the low-water season, and let the craft use lier winch. The next experiment will be of interést, and will, I learn, be undertaken by a British syndicate.
It is stated from Berlin that a Bill has been laid before the Federal Council conferring up- on the soldiers and sailors who have taken part in the expedition to Chiha the same privileges with regard to pensions as are enjoyed by het colonial troops. The Bill further provides pensions for the widows and orphans and other dependants of the troops employed. pensions range from the 428. a year to be given to children of private soldiers whose mothers. are still alive to the £25 a year. to be received. by the widowa of generals or admirals who have fallen.
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Japanese journals report the death of the well-known diver Fukumatsu Sakamoto, He was engaged in the ́almost impossible task of fixing lines to a hull-that of a concrete depositor, the Inashima Maru-at a depth of Yokohama between 50 and 60 fathome, in the Inland Sea. Fukumatsu's attempt seemed to promise, success. « On the first day, he reached the bot tom of the sea, and assured himself, as he bup- posed, of the feasibility of the tasks. On the: second day, after remaining (dowir for time, he gave the signal to be drawn body seems to have slipped from the loop in the prooges of ascent reached the surface, nor has his found. He was only 44 years of : | anggested that he became numbe
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