April 13, 1901.1
BOWLING
The match on Wednesday and Thursday, the 3rd and 4th inst., between the Hongkong Club and the Club Germania ended in favour of the latter club by 145 points. The scores were:---
CLUB GEEMA IA.
A. Rombach
E. Vollbrecht
J. Wahlen
A Thiessen
E. Engel
F. Groning
Chas. Lammert
W. O. C. Spalekhaver
1689 1640 1619
1595
1583 1537. 1512 1486
Total
12,667
HONGKONG CLUB.
M. Morrison
R. J. Gerrard
K. W. Mounsey..
1726 1866 1641
F. Maitland
1572
Capt. Warren, R.A....
1529
E. H. Hinds
1495
P. A. Cox
1456
J. Hooper
Total
1437
12,522 The teams played for a challenge shield, which was held by the Hongkong Club in 1899 and by the Club Germania in 1990.
CURIOUS INCIDENT AT KOBE.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
GERMAN VIEW OF THE RUS-| NEW FOREIGN OFFICE PUBLI
SIANISATION OF MANCHURIA.
The Ostasiatische Lloyd of the 5th inst. deals with the question of Russia and Manchuria. Our contemporary says →→ ⠀⠀
At the opening of spring in each year large numbers of Chinese coolies leave the provinces of Chihli and Shantung for Vladivostock and the Amur territory, Port Arthur, and Manchuria, where they find remunerative employment in the construction of railways, harbours and for- tifications. For the most part they return with the setting in of winter, bringing their savings, which from a Chinese point of view are not in- considerable. Last year many of the coolies were compelled owing to the outbreak of the troubles in June to leave Russian territory and Manchuria early. Thus there arrived in Che foo in August, from Vladivostock alone, neatly 15,000 Chinese. -
The unsafe conditions prevailing in the Amur territory, where the Chinese seem to be regarded almost as outlaws, have now put a complete stop to the emigration to Vladivos- tock; and so far not a single steamer carrying After coolies has left Chefoo for that Port. their experiences of last year it is unlikely that Chinese in any numbers will in the near future go to Vladivostock and the Amur territory. On the other hand more coolies than ever before have this year directed their steps towards Port Arthur and Manchuria. It is a favourable indication of the development of this territory that, notwithstanding this heavy increase, the demand for labourers is stil active and caunot by a long way be satisfied.
That Russia will ever allow Manchuria, which is to-day practically in her hands, to be again snatched from her is not to be supposed. It will certainly not be possible, even for a giant like Russia, to swallow such a territory at one mouthful. The process must rather be a very slow one. The ostensible sovereignty of China will therefore doubtless be maintained until the Russian Government officials can grasp the old machinery of the Chinese organisation. In this way the friction unavoidably connected with every change will be reduced to a mini- mum and the transfer to Russian possession will over large districts be scarcely felt.
With a just appreciation of the situation the Russians are making a beginning with the collection of the taxes and customs duties. These are in future to be collected in Manchuria
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CATION ON CHINA
Under the heading of "China the Foreign Office issued at the March a despatch received in month from His Majesty
St. Petersburg respecting the Ru Agreement as to Manchuria. They reads as follows
Sir C. Scott to the Marquis of Lansdowne, **** (Received February 11.)
St. Petersburg, February 6, 1901. My Lord,
I have the honour to report that opportunity to-day, whilst avoidi pearance of asking explanation proceedings in Manchuria, to asce Count Lamsdorff what might be actual facts with regard to the allege ment between Russia and China as to Southern Manchuria in case interpellations were address- ed to His Majesty's Government in Parliament on this subject.
Count Lamsdorff gave me the true version of what had taken place very readily.
He said that as far as he had read the allega. tions in the Press which would probably give rise to questions in Parliament, they had assert- ed that Russia had concluded, or was engaged Convention or in concluding with China, permanent arrangement which would give Russia new rights and a virtual Protectorate in Southern Manchuria.
This was quite untrue, and the only ground for the rumour must have been the fact that the Russian military authorities who had been engaged in the temporary occupation and paol- fication of that province had been directed, when reinstating the Chinese authorities m their former posts, to arrange with the local civil authorities the terms of a modus vivendi between them for the duration of the simultane- ous presence of Russian and thinese authorities in Southern Manchuria, the object being to prevent the recurrence of disturbances in the vicinity of the Russian frontier and to protect the railway from the Russian frontier to Port Arthur.
The Kobe Chronicle records a curious incident at the Kobe Chiho Saibansho last month. It appears that the Japanese judge presiding ordered a Parsee witness to take off his cap in the Court. Our contemporary points out that the action of the judge endangered the course of justice. “It is contrary to the religion of a Parsee to speak, walk, eat or drink either hareheaded or barefooted. It is considered to be sinful for a Zoroastrian to remove his head. gear even for a moment not even when in bed. He can put it aside when bathing or while his hair is being trimmed, but while the headgear is removed he is forbidden to speak a word. Those whose duties require them to lay aside
Some of the details of the proposed modus their national costume and put on uniform usually carry a skull-cap in the pocket to wear when the official headgear is removed. If
vivendi, had been sent for consideration to St. with the Central Government of China or of a Parsee takes an oath bareheaded, that oath is
Petersburg, but no Convention or arrangement
considered to be neither valid nor binding on
regard to Manchuria, nor had the Emp him, and hence in all the Courts in British by Russo-Chinese officials of European nation-permanent character had been concluded with India, Parsees while affirming are compelled to ality. From the 1st of April of this year, the intention of departing in any way from the
assurances which he had publicly – given wear a headdress, even if their profession re. Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs has placed All at the disposal of the Russian Government a
Manchuria would be entirely restored quires them to appear in European dress. Indian subjects, whether Hindu or Mahomedan, number of European officials who will be dis- former condition in the Chinese Empire as
soon as circumstances admitted of it. look upon their headgear as a part of their costributed amongst the larger towns of Manchuria Inland" duties, tume without which it would not be respectful for the collection of the " for them to appear in public. In the Courts of etc. These officials receive the same salaries law in India, no native of the country is as before from the Chinese Customs, and are allowed to remove his headgear. Anyone so paid in addition by the Russian Government & doing would at once be reprimanded by the supplementary sum of from 50 to 100 Tls. Magistrate or the Court usher. In conclusion, per month. As these officials will wear Russian to compel an Indian to remove his headgear is uniform, they will naturally be regarded by the equivalent to offering him the worst kind of resident population not as Chinese, but as Rus- insult possible, and one which, under ordinarysian officials; and this system will, better than circumstances, he would resent most strongly, any other. prepare the people for the inevitable It is the duty of a judge in Japan, as in other change of ownership. For, like all other Asia- countries, to understand the manners and tics, the Chinese consider those who collect and customs prevailing in Courts of law abroad-receive the taxes as their rulers. This intuition more especially when he is called upon to has not so far been shaken in China itself, as receive the evidence of members of a foreign | the foreign Customs collect duties only on goods brought in by ships of foreign build. religion."
Foreign goods imported in native bottoms are under the control of native officials. The collection in Chins of Inland taxes and duties, by European officials, even if the proceeds were turned over to the Chinese Government, would be impossible for the reason that the resident population would consider this as equivalent to a renunciation by their Emperor of the supreme This, however, merely places the
The following notes are from the Foochow Echo of the 16th ult. The rain, which fields and gardens alike have so greatly needed, has come at last, and the weather generally is mil- der. The change took place last Sunday, the temperature during that day being as high as 83 degrees, while the night closed cold and wild, with rain. It is generally hoped
power.
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Russia was in the same position with regard to fixing a final date for evacua'ing Manchuria as the Allies found themselves with regard to the evacuation of Peking and the Province of
Pechili.
ttan
When it came to the final and complete. evacuation of Manchuria the Russian Govern- ment would be obliged to obtain from the ten- tral Government of China an effective guaran on her frontier and the destruction of tee against the recurrence of the recent way, but had no intention of seeking guarantee in any acquisition of territor an actual or virtual Protectorate over churia, the object being to simply gu the faithful observanos in the of the terms of the Agreement had been unable to full during
The terms of this guarantee mi form the subject of conversation Count Lamsdorff and the Chin be left for discussion at Peking
Inister
Meanwhile it might be confidently that any arrangements which may have
clear the atmosphere and rid us this may Russian action in so much the more glaring a rise to the allegations in the
a question
of the temporary character of between the Rumian military
of influenza light.
The Russianisation of Manchuria has com- and all consequent ills.—A pleasant afternoon was spent on the Recreation Ground last Wed- menced with this measure, and its official nesday which happily kept fine. A handsome incorporation in the Russian State can only be the local civil authorities prize was p presented and competed for in an American Tennis Tournament. Half a dozen couples took part and after a long and hard- fought fight the prize was won by Miss Moore- head and Mr. Howell. We understand that a visit is shortly expected from the Bishop Victoria
H.Me.
Talbot was to be commissioned at Devonport on Wednesday last, the 10th inst., for service on the China Station, relieving H.M.8. Bonaventure.
churia, that no Convention had been concluded with ment of China in conte tion of the former infern province, which would when all the temporary Russian military authoriti
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