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CANTON,
|FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
1. Canton, 22nd April.
H.E. TÃO MU'S PROTEST.SE The protest of the Viceroy of Canton against the Russia-Chinese Convention, which was sent to the Emperor at Hsian, is to the following effect: "If we consent to and sign the Russian Convention, as at present is so much talked of, every Power with which we have made a Treaty will in future exhot from us more territorial
concession. The Missionary troubles which nocurred throughout the breadth and length of China from Chekiang and the Yangtzekiang to Kwangtung and Kwangsi will multiply by thousands, and the Flowery Kingdom handed down to us by our holy ancestors will become the scene of bloodshed and murder and be aliced to pieces. The railways and mines will ultimately pass into foreign hands, and China cannot keep her territory in its entirety."
ZA NEW WORK ON THE Canton BIVER.
Permission to fill up the embankments along the north and west of the Canton river, begin ning from Wongsha, has been granted to
Cheung Chan Fan. H ́s-name was mentioned in the Canton and Hankow railway scheme as a fit and proper person to undertake such work. Lo Sin Ping and Ho Fu Cho also applied for w like permission but failed in their application.
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A GOLD MINE DISCOVERED.
A gold mine is said to have been discovered in a place lying between the district of Kwong Ning, Sin Hing prefecture, and Wai Chap district, Kwangsi. The natives there could not get much out of it for want of proper machinery to dig up the ore; so upon representation to the Viceroy, H. E. has ordered an official, by name Chan Kai,yün, to proceed thither to report thereon, and make arrangements to buy ma- chinery from abroad.
NEW CEMENT COMPANY.
Special privileges have been granted for a period of 15 years to the Tung Yik Company, of which Fung How Kwong and others are proprietors, to manufacture cement, bricks and Tiles at Sam Sui;
THE
"SUN-CHOW WEECK. With reference to the foundering of the steamlaunch Sunchow caused by the Hung Fei coming into collision with her in the Wong Kong river at Siu Hing, when many lives were lost, the committees of the four hospitals, Oi Yuk Tong, Kwong Chai, Kwong Yan and Shung Ching, have undertaken to search for the dead bodies, and provide coffis for their burial. Leung Yan-shan, alias. Leung You, the proprietor of the Sunchow, went to the hospitals and stated that there had been lost over a hundred dollars passage money, the gold and silver ornaments of his concubine, as well as a lot of money and clothing belonging to passengers; and if they were found they might be handed over to the Commissioner of Customs to be returned to the relatives of the deceased. Thereupon the committee of the hospitals presented a petition to the Commissioner, and the latter advised them to number and ticket the dead bodies when taken up, with a description of the quantity of money and jewelry belonging to each, so that relatives of the deceased might go
and claim them.
A PAWN SHOP ROBBERY.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND over 820,000. The dead bodies have been dis- covered, taken up and photographed by the Kwong Yan hospital.
SWATOW
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Swatow, 21st April. A STEAM LAUNCH ACCIDENT AND ITS
CONSEQUENCES.
For a considerable time a great many steam launches, foreign and Chinese, have been plying between this port and different riverine stations, a business which, I believe, is a very remunerative one. On Friday last, while the British launch Hong An, owned by Mr. J. Watts, of Hongkong, was on her way to Tata- pon, a placo about 15 miles distant from here owing to the shallowness of the water at some of the places she get on a, mudbank. At the time the launch carried a large number of passengers, and with a view to lightening her, so as to get her off the bank, three sampans were hailed alongside and all the passengers discharged into them. This procedure had the desired effect and the laun h soon got off. The passengers then commenced re-embarking, but it so happened that one of the sampans didn't manage to reach the launch in time and the latter departed to her destination. Those so and when they eventually got to Tatapon left behind naturally felt greatly exasperated, proceeded on board the steamlanach and, giving vent to their outraged feelings, de- molished everything they laid their hands on. When they considered themselves satisfied they left the launch. As good luck, or otherwise would have it, two of the crowd did not make their escape hastily enough, and were conse- quently brought down to Swatow. On their arrival here the two Chinese were handed over to the Taopozes and the circumstances reported to the British Consul.
"THE CHINESE BENT ON VENGEANCE,
When the last stage of the incident got to be known, those at Tatapon resolved not to allow the said steamlaunch to continue running. On her arrival the following day, the villagers re- paired on board her and did further damage; they gave the crew a sound beating (one was especially badly manled about), and last of all prevented the launch from returning to Swatow. On receipt of the news here, the matter was straightway brought to the notios of the British Cousul, who in turn made an energetic prote t to the Chao Yang Hsien, de- manding the prompt release of the launch.
THE FINAL ISSUE AWAITED.
[April 27, 1901.
TIENTSIN
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
Tientsin, 8th April.
CONTINUED FRENCH ROWDYISM.--- The chief feature of the week has been the continued rowdyism of the French. This has become 80 persistent and so serious as to threaten to impair the entente. Making every allowance for national bias and dis. counting heavily all one-sided accounts that reach us, the conclusion is still that only one side is to be blamed our Gallic allies in the ranks; for it is to be noted that the conduct of the officers has throughout been unimpeachable. The French privates are suffering from an acute attack of Anglophobia, as occult in its origin as it is disagreeable in its effects. A week ago Lieut. Barnett of the Sixth Burmahs was cut down by a sword slash, in the main thoroughfare between the two British Conces. sions. He was most gratuitously attacked by a
crowd of seven men, but had the satisfaction of giving one of them & heavy blow with stick, before he was seized from behind, thrown down and severely wounded by a sword attack. Fortunately one of his assailants dropped his hat, which led to his subs-quent arrest, and, let us hope, his punishment. The and nobody in private more bewails the fact men of the Sixty-first are quite out of hand than other French officers. Only six days ago their corporal, filled their magazine rifles, and at the Station the French guard disobeyed sallied out to avenge a fancied insult (the abusing and illtreating a coolie). Blood would Indian sentries had stopped one Frenchman
cidental appearance of their own commanding have inevitably been shed but for the ac-
officer, who at that moment had to leave the dinner table: he came across his own men bent on honour's cause as they called it though others deemed it murder. Needless to say, the men were at once put under arrest. It is to be clearly understood that this manis is confined only to Tientsin; in Peking the troops are far apart, but are mutually courteous when they meet; at Shanhaikwan they are the best of friends, and so they are at all the minor stations where both are located.
AFFAIRS OTHERWISE CALM.
The Russian affair, the disagreement about the land at the Railway Station, is in abeyance; and barring the attitude of the French soldiery our local horizon is clear.
AMERICANS LEAVING. The American force, with the exception of à There is no doubt the launch will be soon, if Legation guard of 150 men at Peking, is making she is not already, restored to her owner, but in every preparation to leave Chihli, and has al any case it just shows the far-reaching conse-ready advertised the sale of all its superfluous quences of a slight accident of the nature des. cribed. In theintts of foreigners, it is es- hoped the Chinese will be made to pay dearly for indulging in such high-handed action as this whereby a British steamlaunch was made the victim.
stores. Like the Australians it will leave with the hearty goodwill and the esteem of every. body. Nothing could have been more satisfac- marked their relations in all ranks with our tory than the good-comradeship which has people; "brother-in-arms" is the exact phrase for it. There is also a report that the French and Russians contemplate large withdrawals of their forces in the North in the next few days.
PEKING NEWS.
Swatow, 22nd April: SUPINENESS OF THE OHIN SE AUCHO ITIES. Since the British Consul wired to the Chao Yang Haien, over two days ago, anent the out- rage described above, this official has not even as yet set about to effect the release of the vessel
The political situation has not, as far as Chinese owners of the launch approached the observers have given up speculating on the by deputing his men for that purpos The
is known, developed one jot; and wisa nearest official of Tatapon, the Chao-king-Zee, matter. I feel sure that the extension of the About the beginning of this month an exten-prevailing on him to use his powers in freeing Legations which is going on all the time, quite sive robbery took place in the Sun Ui district, in
apart from the views of the Chinese, is a bigger which several large pawn-shops were robbed by
question than most folk imagine in the Manchu two hundred and more thieves, all armed; and
mind; it will be a very bitter pill for them to the property lost amounted to 20,000 taels. It
swallow, and as much as anything retards their appeared that one man was arrested, and the
return. Never again will Christendom allow gentry of that place presented a petition to the
itself to be at the mercy of ignorant and fana- Nam Hoi Magistrate, stating that he was a
It appears that the British Consul did not tical foes, and if fortress there must be in the good man and begging for his release. There wire to the Chao Yang Hsien, but to the Taotai, Capital it is to be in our hands. The Railway upon the Nam Hoi official sent the petition up the head official residing at Chowchowfa. This is at present being extended from the outer to the Viceroy, and His Excellency having had latter under ordinary circumstances issues his gate of the Temple of Heaven to the wall ad- information that the gentry were harbouring / instructions to his subordinate, the Chao Yang joining the Chines› and Tartar Cities, between thieves and receiving stolen goods, had eighteen Haien, who was to have seen to the prompt release the Water Gate and the Hata Men.. At pre... of them, all bearing official titles, degraded.
Later.
18. CLAIMED, IN THE RECENT WRECK
Leung Yanshan; alias Leung Yon, has pro- oseded to the Nam Hoi and Pun-yu Magistrates yamen and taken an action against the owner/ of s.s. Hung im for damages to the amount of
the vessel, but this dignitary staunchly refused any interference, on the plea of having received no instructions from his immediate superior, the Chao Yang Heien.
Swatow, 23rd April.
A CORRECTION,
of the launch. This official merlected
to
form the duty entrusted to him snl the launch is still in the hands of the Chinoso."
per sent the line is not going through the wall,
though the latter is to be cut for the convenien of passengers. The British troops Peking give a grand athletic tournament on the Indian scale; the to last four days and there is a speci and mess for visitors, civil as well as military.
The Manila and Dagupan Railways claim $2,300,000 from the U. S. Government for damages sustained to the line during the war.
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