THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LIII.]
CONTENTS:
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles :--
Settlement and Delay in China
China's Reparation
Punishment of the Guilty Officials
The Shanhaikwan Bailway
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 23rd FÉBRUARY, 1901.
No. 8.
A New York despatch states that Count von
Hongkong Weekly Press Waldersee is preparing an 90 day's expedition
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The "Beachcomber" Nuisance in Hongkong...155 The Pacific Cable
The Crisis: Telegrams.
Hongkong Sanitary Board
The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
Armed Robberies in Hongkong.
Burglary in Queen's Road
Harmston's Circus.
The Good Templars
Tientsin Notes....
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Hongkong High-Level Tramways Co., Limited
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 18th January ar- 156rived. per P. & O. steamer Bengal, on the 17th 156 February (30 days); the American mail of the 157 16th January arrived, per O. & O. steamer Gaelic, 158 on the 18th February (33 days); the Canadian 158 mail of the 28th January arrived, per C. P. R. 159 steamer Empress of Jpaan, on the 20th February (23 days); the German mail of the 21st January arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Bayern, on the 21st February (31 days); and the American mail of the 24th January arrived, per T. K. K. steamer Hongkong Maru, on the 21st February (28 days).
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The Peking Tragedy
The Straits Governorship
Geo. Fenwick & Co., Limited
Hongkong and Whainpoa Dock Co., Limited
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Iimited.
Shanghai Land Investment Co., limited
Correspondence
Supreme Court
Racing
Hongkong Polo Club
Hongkong Rifle Association
Hongkong and Port News
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Commercial
Shipping
Cricket
Football
BIRTHS.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Tuesday last, the 19th February, was China 164 New Year's Day, the first day of the twenty 164 seventh year of H.I.M. Kwang Hsu.
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The jurisdiction of the Provisional Govern ment of Tientsin city is being extended to 166 Taku in the south and Peitsang in the north.
Count von Waldersee has reported to Berlin that an agreement has been signed whereby the Shanhaikwan-Peking Railway will be handed over to the British at a date between the 21st
At the Mansion, River Valley Road, Singapore the wife of A. GERKIE, of a son.
On the 12th February, at 1a, Love Lane, Shanghai, the wife of Herbert A. J. MACRAY, of a daughter.
At Hongkong, on the 13th February, Mrs. CHARLES HAROLD BRUCE, of Hamston's Circus, of
a son.
MARRIAGES.
On the 16th January, 1901, at St. Peter's, Cran- ley Gardens, South Kensington, JOHN ANDERSON, of Singapore, Straits Settlements, to WINIFRED ETHEL DUNDAE, daughter of the late John Billing
POPE,
On the 8th February, at Foochow, by the Rev. Llewellyn Lloyd, WILLIAM PITCAIRN GALTON, of Foochow, to CAROLINE, widow of Arthur Welles- ley WALKINSHAW.
On the 11th February, at Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., HENRY BIRCH SUTTON, Wes- leyan Minister, Hankow, to EDITH, youngest daughter of Edwin OLIVER, Esq., Cheetham Hill,
Manchester,
On the 18th February, at St. Joseph's Church, by the Rev. Father Augustin, JOHN, eldest son of William LYSAUGHT, of Hongkong, to HONORAH MURPHY, daughter of Daniel. MURPHY, of New- market, County Cork.
DEATHS.
At 7am. on the 16th February, at No. 2, College Gardens, Upper Albert Road, Hongkong, MARY, - the beloved wife of JAMES H. Cox, in her 61st
year.
At 10 am. on 20th February, at 184, Praya West, Hongkong, Tsor KWONG, second son of Thoi YEUX SHAN, aged 3 years.
On Tuesday, the 5th February, at 6 a.m., at the house of Mr. F. Nevells, 18, Kozonemachi, Naga saki, BELLA SPOTTISWOODE, aged 17. years, the daughter of the late C. M. SPOTTTISWOODE, of Yokohama, who was in the employ of Mitsu Bishi Co., Yokohama..
At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the 14th February, WILLIAM IRWIN HOUSTON, aged 23
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and 28th inst.
Orders have been issued for the raising of the 1st Battalion Chinese Regiment at Wei- haiwei to its full strength of nine companies the reports of the conduct and soldierly qualities of the men and their attachment to their European officers being so eminently satisfac- tory.
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The N.-C. Daily News Tientsin correspondent telegraphed on the 14th inst.: :-"There is a not signed and the Court is stubborn. It is deadlock in the negotiations. The terms are
ultimatum to the Plenipotentiaries." reported that Count von Waldersee has sent an stated that the departure of the British troops He also has been postponed, and that Count von Walder- Peking. see returned hurriedly on Saturday (9th inst.) to
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to resume military operations in North China and that he says it will probably be necessary on a large scale especially in a westerly direction. Mr. Conger, U.S. Minister at Peking, has been instructed to protest against the expedition, while General Chaffee has been directed not to participate in it. A telegram from our Lon- don correspondent, dated the 20th inst., states that it appears that the object of the expedition is to hasten China's compliance with the Powers' demands. Yesterday a London telegram arrived, stating that China had yielded.
Mr. Dillon asked whether the Powers Were In the House of Commons on the 18th inst. pressing China to order four officials to commit suicide. Viscount Cranborne replied that this plication of the death penalty to several officials. was not so; the Powers were urging the ap Lord Cranborne also said the punishment of the offenders must precede all other considera- tions; that he was satisfied with Russia's assurance that the occupation of Manchuria of any Power contemplating an expedition to was only temporary; and that he was not aware the interior of China, but, if such a thing wHJ contemplated, our commanders would require fresh instructions.
The N.-C. Daily News understands that the Pai-shi's mission of condolence and congratu- British Government declines to receive Chang lation, but on the wrong ground, says our con- temporary, that of the insufficiency of his rank. A report is also announced from Boochow that acting Governor Nieh Chich-kuei, of that city, who was recently promoted to be substantive Governor of Hupeh, may not go to Wuchang after all, as a report from Peking states that Prince Ching and Li Hung-chang have selected Governor Nieh as Special Ambassador to Great Britain to apologise for the troubles in the North, and are said to have recommended Gover nor Nieh to the Throne for the post.
Government recently forwarded to the Russian According to the Japanese Press the Japanese Government a diplomatic communication for the reported secret convention between Russia the purpose of eliciting the truth concerning and China. A Japanese paper now states that on the 2nd inst. the Japanese authorities re- seived a reply from Russia, although this is Manchuria has been occupied by Russia because denied by the Government, to the effect that it is absolutely necessary that she should do so, in order to have entire authority over Siberia; that the reported Russo-Chinese secret conven- present time; and that Cores must be placed tion is beyond the sphere of explanation at the
under the joint protection of the Powers.
appointed arbitrator between the British and Mr. Choate, the American Minister, has been Chinese Governments in the case of the Kow- shing, which was sunk by the Japanese warship Naniwa in 1894. The owners first claimed from they were entitled to fire upon the Kowshing, the Japanese Government, who pleaded that
and they now seek to make the Chinese Govern- ment responsible. The Law Officers and Mr. ment, and Mr. Asquith, Mr. Haldane, and Mr. scheme for the defence of the foreign Legations Sutton will appear for Her Majesty's Govern-week that international experts have devised
Dr. Morrison telegraphed to the Times last J. W. McCarthy for the Chinese Government. in Peking, which is equivalent to the construc- The Shanghai Mercury learns on good au- tion of an international fortress alongside the thority that affairs in Peking are not going on Imperial Palace. Barracks for 2,000 troops are at all pleasantly. In fact the country around to be provided, with stores for three men Poking is said to be in a state of anarchy, says Communication between Peking and the our contemporary. The natives are fighting be kept open by 11,000 troops stationed along amongst themselves, and robbing and murder the route. In the House of Commons ing one another. Boxers and their followers 19th inst. Mr. Dillon drew from Viscount the are gathering in the capital, and many of their Cranborne the statement that the Govern- leaders are in the employ of the Allies, some ment was undecided as to the even as interpreters. Some old residents who to be adopted for the protection of ought to know are of opinion that, unless tions, but was fully conscious of the stronger measures are taken very soon, the of keeping arrangements within state of affairs will become very serious indeed.bounds,
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