EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
No. 7
President Roosevelt has, subject to the ap- proval of the United States Congress, granted the application of the Commercial Pacific Cable Company for permission to construct a cable The French Foreign Office denies the recall from San Francisco to China, with stations in [122 | of the Chargé d'Affaires at Bangkok.
Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines.
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Lieut. A. P. Hobson has received a medal for 123 meritorious service in the Cuban campaign.
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Admiral Seymour on the 11th inst. unveiled at Portsmouth a memorial to those who fell 131 during the war in China.
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Siam is threatened with a fresh cholera season owing to the scarcity of rain this year. 132 Already there have been several cases in the 132 Korat district.
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Two Japanese Government Commissioners 133 have arrived at Durban Their object is to report upon the trade relations between Cape 134 Colony and Japan.
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A Tongshan Sensation
Penang in 1901
Dacoits in North Siam ...
Russian Outrage at hewchwang
Canton
Northern Notes
Correspondence
Hongkong Chess Club
Confusion at Peking
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French Indo-China
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The Trans-Siberian Boute
Trouble in Laos
Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
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BIRTHS.
A regular service of trains through Europe 134 and Siberia has now been established with the Far East, the journey from Paris to Peking occupying twenty-two days.
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An agreement for the delimitation and xchange of territory in the island of Timor, near Java, has been signed by the Portuguese On the 3rd July, at Tanjong Ara, Kinta, Perak, and Dutch Boundary Commissioners. the wife of E. C. PETHERIDGE, of a son.
On the 31st July, at "The Cottage," Orchard Road, Singapore, the wife of JAMES MCKENZIE,
of a son.
On the 2nd August, at Malacca, the wife of
ALEX. W. WESTERHOUT, of & ɛon.
On the 2nd August, at the Magazine Station, P. nang, the wife of Inspector E. CARROLL, of a
Bon.
On the 4th August, at 50-1, Grange Road, Binga- pore, the wife of J. A. N. PICKERING, of a daughter. On the 4th August, at 14, Seward Road, Shang- hai, the wife of F. C. ARMISTEAD, of a son.
On the 10th August, at the Peak, Hongkong, the wife of E. J. GRIST, of a daughter.
DEATHS.
On the 1st August, at the Beach Hotel, Chefoo, EDGAR, the infant son of ARTHUR and MINNIE BEST, of Shanghai, aged 8 months.
On the 3rd August, at Unzen, Mrs. C. Spunt, the wife of A. SPUNT, aged 39 years.
On the 4th August, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, FRIEDRICH WILHELM KARL ROLLWAGO (of Herne, Westphalia), assistant, German Post Office, aged 26 years.
The Straits Times, continuing its campaign against Siam's conduct in Malaya, alleges that an attempt is being made by Siam to kidnap the Rajah of Tulobin, and also that the Sultan of Palani hrs been poi oned.
It now appears that the presence of the Japanese warships at Epithead was not an act of international courtesy, but was by arrange ment This is regarded as a mark of special favour towards the Japanese nation.
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It is stated that the German general staff has decided to appoint a military attaché to the Legation in Japan, and that Major Gunther von Etzel has been selected for the post. He terred on the staff of Count Waldersee in
China.
The Parisian papers are discussing the Franco- Siamese questions. They admit that relations are strained. The Siamese Vice-Minister of the Interior and the French Minister to Siam, M. Klobukowski, have arrived at Paris, to negotiate au understanding.
The Coronation service at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, was crowded. The fes-
Our correspondent telegraphed under date Shanghai, 11th August:-Three beachcombers here piratically seized a pleasure cutter belong- ing to Mr. George A. Derby of the American Consulate. Overpowering the lowdah, they attempted to sail away, but went ashore outside Woosung. To-day they were cleverly arrested by Mr. Derby himself. Two of the piratical beachcombers are British and the other is an American.
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A Berlin despatch to the Ostasiatische Lloyd says: "The report of the Times, that Germany is opposed to an evacuation of Shanghai, is utterly unfounded. Germany is quite willing to withdraw her troops from Shanghai, provided of course, that the other Powers will do the same. Negotiations about the matter are going on." The N.-C. Daily News notes a great many changes in the Shanghai garrisons -French, German, and Japanese reliefs having all arrived recently.
The Marcus Island affair is still being dis- oussed by the United States newspapers. In the State Department's opinion, Captain Rose- hill's claim has been invalidated by his neglect to perfect his title. It is stated that the United States have ordered vessels to wisit Wake and Midway Islands, south-east of Marcus Island, where the Japanese are reported to have settled. The United States claim the Islands, but have no objection to Japanese settlers on them unless Japanese sovereignty is asserted.
A telegram received by a Szechuen merchant in Shanghai from his family residing in Chêngtu, says "The departments and districts round about the vicinity of Chêngtu city are swarming with Boxers and their proselytes who openly teach and practise Boxer incantations and fisticuffs, no one daring to say them nay. In fact, it is freely reported that not a soldier, or inhabitant, or official, or notable of Szechuen, but is more or less influenced by Boxerism at the present moment, while the Vicerey K’nei Chan is criminally negligent." According to L'Echo de Chine, 300 rebels have been killed in Szechuen and order has beeu restored.
Mr. Alexander Michie, author of An English- man in China, is dead, says a Reuter's [Mr. Michie telegram of the 12th inst.
On the 14th August, at 6 p.m., at his residence, | tivities were successfully kept, except the Parade, was a well known figure in the Far East
No. 5, Upper Mosque Terrace, AUGUSTO JOSE DO ROZARIO, Vice-Consul for Mexico.
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 18th July arrived, per P. & O. steamer Parramatta, on the 15th August (28 days).
which was abandoned through rain. The illuminations on the Bund and on the shipping in port were splendid.
The grand military manoeuvres to be held in Kinshu, at which H.M. the Emperor of Japan will be present, are arranged to commence on | the 27th October, says the Nagasaki Press, and | will last for seventeen days. Work is now in progress on the conversion of the meeting hall of the Board Commands of the Sixth Army Division at Kumamoto into a temporary Impe rial Seat. The authorities of Kumamoto have decided to place the building of the Normal School and the Seiseiko College at the disposal of the foreign officers and others who are per- mitted to witness the manœuvres.
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and a writer of note, his Englishman în China being one of the best books ever written on China. Mr. Michie, who was the uncle of Mrs. E. H. Sharp, of this Colony, visited Hongkong in April, 1901, and consented to read a paper before the Odd Volumes Society on the subject of the Political Obstacles to Missionary Success in China, an exceedingly able lecture, though naturally one which was not uncontroversial. When last heard from about a fortnight ago, he was in Egypt and in good health. Mr. Michie's views on Chinese questions were very sound and it is to be regretted that he did not leave more in writing. He has a son in the Imperial Maritime Customs, to whom our sympathy is
tendered.
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