THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Oderland Trave Report.
VOL. LVI.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles:
An Illegal Opium Farm
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 27TM SEPTEMBER, 1902.
The New Treaty and the Missionary Question232 The Siamese Question
The C. P. R. and Steamship Services
Unruly Ricksha-Coolies
The Health of Hongkong
An Extradition Case
Enquiry into Collaped Building-
House Collapses in Hongŝo g
The King Edward Hotel License
The Zafiro Mystery
The Press Censorship at Macao
The Chenchou Murder
Manchuria
Siamese Affairs
Northern Notes...
Correspondence.
Hongkong and Whampon Dock Co
Douglas Steamship Co
Union Insurance Society of Cantos, Ld. ̧ The Robinson Piano Co
Hongkong Cricket Club
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The Hongkong Football Clubs
Kowloon Bowling Club
Hongkong Chess Club,
Hongkong and Port News Commercial.
Shipping.
BIRTHS.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
No. 13
There are appearances, says the P. & T. Times in its Newchwang Notes, of the railway
The Russian battleship Pobieda and cruiser being given up by the Russians. Yet the Fussian railway authorities are laying in large stocks of Japanese coal.
Pallada have been ordered to the Far East.
Mount Rigyo in South Formosa bas had a Fields slight eruptinu since the 20th instant. have beeù damaged, but no loss of life is reported.
i The cholera epidemia in the Philippines is going down, although Hoilo s ill shows a pretty high record, according to the latest news frein the Islands.
It is reported af Washington that Captain Rosehill Has lodged a claim through the Foreign | Office for four milion dollars impensation from Japan in connection with Marcus Island. A Poking telegram says that M. Lessar, Russian Minister in China, has announced that Russia is determined to keep her promise to restore Southern Maneluria, as far as the Liao 38 River and Shanhaikwan railway, to China on
the 8th October.
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H.M.S. Albion, with Rear-Admiral Harry C. Greufell on board, arrived at Woosung on the 18th inst. Admiral Grenfell will change 240 his flag to the Eclipse and pay a visit to the Yangtz: ports. The Albion was to remain at 2. Wo sung till the next spring tide.
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The Bixer outbreak at Szechuen has assumed
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the China Inlaud Mission have been des.
213 troyed, hat happily to lives lost. The Boxers are now threatening the three cities of Taulion. hsien. Iungyah-hsien, and Kiatingfu.
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On the 8th_eptember, at Taiping, F.M.S., the
wife of W. J. B. ÀSнBY, of a daughte".
On the 9th September, at All Saints', Tientsin, the wife of Captain L. C. DusSTERVILLE, of a son
On the 9th September, at Tientsin, the wife of PERCY H. KENT, of a son.
On the 12th September, at Wayside Road, Shanghai, the wife of Capt. H. MACKINN N, of a daughter.
On the 16th September, at Tufnell Park, London, the wife of A. E. ROBINSON, Hongkong.
of a son.
On the 17th September, at "Bowna," St. Kilda, Melbourne, the wife of C. W. DE BERIGNY, I. M. Customs, Shanghai, of a daughter.
DEATHS.
On the 17th September, at the Shanghai General Hospita', MAURICIO A. XAVIER,
On the 21st September, at the Peak Hospital, FABIEN DEMEE, late officer of the Donances et Régies de l'Indo-Chine.
The Core authorities have decided that the mod of dressing the hair now adopted by ・ Corean soldiers is unsuitable, and suother mode
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is to be enforced for the use of all soldiers and policemen before the celebration of the 0th anniversary of the Emperor's birth takes place
Union.
Being of opinion that the best coinage work in China is done in Canton, Viceroy Yuau Shi-kai, owing to the lack of efficient workmen in the Northern mints, has written to the Canton authorities for a number of coiners.
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According the Tokyo Azahi̇'s correspondent in Seoul, the officials of the Corean Government, who have recently been discharged from their offices on account of their opposition to the proclamation of the law enforcing the cutting of topknots, had been also opposing the scheme for elevating Lady Om to the position of Empress. It is therefore supposed that the followers of Ladym in the Corean Court have found the present a good pretext for persuading the Emperor.to decree the dismissal of these officials whom they have been always trying to make powerless in the Government. relating to the appointment of Governm of The correspondent says that the State affairs officials having been now mixed up with Court intrigues, many party conflicts in Government as well as Court circles are expected to arise in Corea.
Qur correspondent telegraphs under date London, 21st September:-" Notwithstanding
British denials, the French Press treat the occupation of Kelantan by Great Britain as a fact. L'Eclair says: France runs no risk of conflict with England, because she will give France carte blanche, element of danger in the Siamese question.'' Japan is the real This refers to the visit recently made by Sir Frank Swettenham to Kelantan, in Siamese
Malaya, which visit, as stated in our lead-r column on the 19th inst., was prac icul y accept- ed by the Straits Times as an indication of the Some of the Hongkong papers call attention approaching occ-pation by Great Britain of to the fact that arms and ammunition are being Kelantan, and possibly of Tringganu.· A smuggled into South China, says the Shanghai Berlin despatch of the 19th inst. says:- The Shanghai suthorities might do The negotiations between France and Siam worse thug wateù the movements of a certain have not yet been successful. The occupation mal sailing vessel which occasionally comes of Kelantan by the British renders the solution into the lower Yungtsze from the South. She of the existing questions more difficult." Thus is manned entirely by white men,
the tale, circulated for interested motives Several graduates of the Tokyo Higher evidently, about Kelantan has had its effect. Normal School have been engaged on the teach- ing staff of the School in Peking under the control of Vi eroy Yuan Saikai, and will soon leave Japan for China. President of the Tokyo Music Academy. recently resigned that position and also left for Peking, having been offered a position in the Viceroy's chool.
Mr. Watanabe,
The Satistical Department of the I. M. Customs has just issued tle Retur s of Trade
A telegram to the Ostasiatische Lloyd, datıd Tientsio, 14th September, says :-We received with fo-day's mail the Shanghai papers of the sixth inst., among them the Shanghai Times, containing a report, taken from Chi ese papers. that Chinese soldiers captured the arms and horses of some German soldiers who were dis- turbing the graves of Prince Sa's ancestors, notwithstanding a complaint was lodged with the German Minister of similer offences before,
Weekly Press and Trade Reports for the year 1901, containing and that fifteen of the German soldiers
Hongkong Weekly Press
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES Vœux ROAD CL¦ LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS:
The French mail of the 2nd August arrived,¦ per M. M. steamer Sulazie, on the 22nd Sep. tember (31 days); and the English mail of the 29th August arrived, per P. & O. steamer Ballaarat, on the 26th September (28 days).
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804 pag s of reports and statistics from the Commissioners of the different Treaty Poris in China. The total collection of revenue in Shanghai is H. Tis. 8.152.696, which is the highest on record, being H 11s. 32.000 in ex ess of the best previous year 1899. There is an im- provement under every heading, but especially in import and export duties. This is the more sati-factory since little of the increase noted can be due to the effective 5 per cent, rate, so many goods claiming the old tariff privileges being en route to the East up to the last possible moment." We defer consideration of the report until a copy reaches Hongkong.
were
captured by the Chinese and severely beaten. before they were released. Of course there is not a single word of truth in this report; but it is considered here very strange that an English-American newspaper could give publi- city to such a report, which, they must say themselves, could not be correct. As far as the German Legation and the German sold ers were concerned, the report is à pure inreution, There have tak u place some disturbances by the Chinese mafoos of a German civilian, h is besides in no way connected either wit German Legation or with any memL of the German Brigade.
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