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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LIV.]
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles :-
The Hopeful Side of the Situation..
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 1901.
No. 6.
According to Dr. Morrison, the Times cor-
Hongkong Weekly Press respondent, the French are prossing Li Hang-
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD CL 101 LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
...102
The Location of the Naval Yard in Hongkong102 The Hongkong Government and the Petition...103 The Navy League and the Fleet
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The Crisis: Telegrams
Legislative Council
Sudden Departure of British Warships
Sickness Amongst the Troops
The Discontent in the Police Force
.109
Trial Trip of a Water-Boat...
.109
The Government and the Petition.
H.M.S. Eclipse in Hongkong....
China Field Force Staff
.109
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Australian Vaudeville Company at the Theatre ...112 Death of Mr. Arnot Reid..
Macao
Manila
Peking
Northern Notes Correspondence
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Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Ld.115
Tebrau Planting Co., Ld.
United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. Hongkong Rifle Association
Ifongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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On the 20th July, at "Letcomb," Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, the wife of JOHN W. HAFFENDER,
of a son.
On the 25th July, at Earnbank, Shanghai, the
wife of W. EWALD, of a daughter.
On the 29th July, at 3, Victoria View, Kow- loon, the wife of H. BATHURST, of a son.
On the 1st August, at the Peak Hospital, the wife of J. F. MILLER, of a daughter (stillborn).
MARRIAGES.
On the 9th July, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by the Rev. W. H. C. Dunkerley, M.A., PHILIP, son of the late Wm. BIBBY, of Raub, to LIZZIE, daughter of the late J. A. NILSSON, of Rokewood Junction, Victoria.
On the 20th July, 1901, at H. I. G. M. Consulate- General, Shanghai, before Consul-General Dr. Knappe, and afterwards at "Wulfften," No. 1, Jessfield Road, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. Snethlage, by the Rev. Pastor Lic. Hackmann, ALFRED SIEMSSEN, of Tsingtao, to ADELE GALLES, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. GALLES, of Hamburg, formerly of Shanghai.
DEATHS.
On the 21st July, 1901, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, of peritonitis, JULES ARRANGER, aged 47 years.
On the 22nd July, at No. 8 of 8, Kitano-cho, Nichome, Japan, HERMANN MARCUS, aged 33
years,
On the 23rd July, 1901, at Seoul, Cores, WILLIAM DUFLON HUTCHISON, aged 43 years.
On the 28th July, at No. 10, Mosque Terrace, Mária Joskra de Belavira Alves, the beloved wife of J. L. de Selavisa Alves, of the Harbour Office, aged 54 years.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 28th June arrived, per M. M. steamer Oceanien, on the 29th July (31 days); the Canadian mail of the 9th July arrived, per C. P. R. steamer Empress of China, on the 30th July (21 days); and the English mail of the 5th July arrived, per P. & O. steamer Massilia, on the 2nd August (28 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
A Vladivostock despatch states that the forts there were repaired lately, new large guns being mounted.
The London Gazette published last week an order in council for the Government of Wei.
haiwei under & Commissioner.
H.M.SS. Eclipse, Pigmy and Daphne left Hongkong harbour hurriedly under sealed orders on Wednesday night. The Eclipse and Daphne, with the Glory, were at Amoy yester day.
Things are reported, from German sources, to be looking black on the Manchuria-Corean border. The Russians thought at first to be able to put down the risings that occured with a couple of regiments. But now they have nearly 20,000 troops there. Great secrecy is observed as to the movement of the troops and | engagements fought.
A disastrous fire broke ont 1 o'clock on the 26th inst. in the centre of the foreign business quarter at Foochow The hongs burnt were those of Gilman & Co.; Jolin Gitting & Co., old and new; Odell & Co.; Robert Anderson & Co.; the Chartered Bank of India, etc; F. Cave Thomas & Co.; Fraser, Ramsay & Co.; R. R. Wesfall; and consider able Chinese property.
Captain E. G. Pretyman, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, replied to a question by Mr. Gibson Bowles in the House of Commons last week, to the effect that it has been decided to retain the present site of the Royal Naval dock at Houg kong, although the engineer's opinion is un- favourable. £150,000 have already bean spert by the Government, and they are unable to consent to suspend the work.
A Tokyo telegram to the Mainichi says:- It was previously arranged that the allied troops should be with Irawn from North China on or before the 1st of July, a force being left by each Power for garrison duty, but the condition of affairs in China made it impossible to carry out the arrangement. Recently another decision was made, according to which the troops will leave within five days from the 1st September next.
According to L'Echo de Chine, the news from Shanai is of the worst. Tang Fahsiang and Prince Tuan are scouring the country with numbers of troops under their command. There is no news of the Belgian missionarice in Mongolia. Li Hung-chang has been asked to furnish an assurance that they are safe, but the Chinese plenipotentiary refused to give a precise answer on the subject. It must be stated, however, that no confirmation whatever of this bad news from Shansi seems to have come from other than French souross.
chang for the concession of a direct railway
from Tientsin to Paotingfu.
The Jeh-jeh Sin-wen of Tientsin states that there is some likelihood that Prince Sn will be selected by the Throne to go to England to offer the condolences of the Emperor of China to King Edward in connection with the death of the late Great Queen, and also to offer congratulations on his Majesty's accession to the Throne. Prince Su is quite a young man, of progressive views, and says the N.-C. Duily News, has been often heard to express the desire of visiting Europe for the purpose of "borrow. ing western civilisation and sciences for his native land."
It is officially reported from Hsian, says the N.-C. Daily News, that the Empress Dowager has appointed in a special decree Lien Fang (Manchu) and Hsu Shou-p'êng as Presidents of the Wai-wa-pu or Ministry of Vioo-
Foreign Affairs, which is to take the place of the obsolete Taungli Yamên. With reference to the Manchu Vice-President Lien Fang, he was last year a "Chang Ching" or First-class Secretary of the Taungli Yemen, whilst the Chinese Vice President, Hau Shou-p'êng, was at the same period Chinese Minister to Cores. When Li Hung-chang went up to Peking last autumn to conduct peace negotiations both Lien Fang and Hsu Shou-p'êng were attached to Li's staff as secretaries. "It is not yet known who are to be the Presidents of the new Foreign Office.
As already noted in these columns, says the N.-C. Daily News, Viceroy Li Hung-chang'a pet troops consisting of bis fellow provincials of Anhwei, under General ü Pên-yuan, bave sadly disappointed His Excellency, who when sending them off some 8,000 old strong, the other day, to crush the allied villages, expressed confidently his opinion that the malcontents would soon be scattered and disbanded by General Li Pin guan. An official dispatch from Peking to the local mandarius now states that Viceroy Li Hung-chang, finding the allied villagers too strong for summary measures, has: ordered up the troops of General Chiang Kuai-ti and those of General Ma to assist General, Lü Pên-yuan, who is hard pushed by the enemy. It will perhaps be remembered that these Anhwei troops acted similarly during the war with Japan in 1894-5.
Lord Cranborne, replying to questions in the House, said that he had no reason to believe that any Government desired to retain its troops permanently at Shanghai. With regard to the Tientsin dispute, the British Ambassador had boon informed by Russis that panding the question's decision the status quo shall remain, enabling the Railway administration to operate without Russian obstruction. Later, Lord Cranborne said that the Government recognised that its duty in China was soon to enter on serious negotiations about the improvement of waterways on the inland navigation route, the lekin question in general, and the protection of foreign residents in Chins and their right to live in the walled cities. Referring to Tientsin, Lord Cranborne in reported to have said that, though the Bussian military anthorities had not shown a careful defence of the agreement, occasionally the Russian Government had- ❘ceived: Great Britain's representations
different spirit--whatever this may
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