October 6, 1902.]
- MISCELLANEOUS.
H. B. M. Consul-General at Bangkok has telegraphed that Paknam is substituted for Kohphai as the place where vessels from Hong- kong or Chinese ports must call for pratique.
The delay in the sailing of the Korea from San Francisco w. s due to the Labour Union of San Francisco fling a suit against her, because among her personnel were 200 Chinese, Judgment was given in her favour.
It is reported there has been a severe outbreak of cholera in the lower proviuces along the Mekong river, attributed to the long drought and great heat. Many cattle are also said to have died in the same districts.
The P. & T. Times of the 20th ult. records that Major Beresford-Ash, R.W.F., passed through Tientsin on a visit to the Ming Tombs The Major was acting as escort to his wife and Mr. Stewart Lockhart. This pilgrimage is becoming incre singly popular.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The announcement that a Japanese had been appointed legal adviser to Siam has caused a great flutter in Paris, whers for some time past there has been considerable apprehension regard- ing the effect the Anglo-Japanese alliance might exercise on Japan.
On or about the 1st October the Feking and Tientsin Times was to have been published as a daily as well as a weekly paper. The weekly edition will be crown size, of eight or more pages, with three columns of printed matter on each page.
The Hankow correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury writes:-Dr. Martin is here looking well and hearty. There has been a very success- fal distribution of books at the Triennial Examination in Honan. The missionaries were allowed to distribute the books within the barriers of the Examination Hall. I hear the British Government are negotiating for Mr. Molotkoff's house. The Kulinertension terms and extent of the estate havé boch aggreed H.M.S. Albion will leave Shanghai for the upon. There are o ly the forms and mod South in the early part of this mouth, on 'of paymout now in dispute. the spring tide. HMS Pique will probably remain in Shanghai until December." H. M. cruiser Eclipse is at present ou the Yangisze, The bat leship Glory has left Weihaiwei for Japan.
Cholera has reached Tsintan and has been raging specially at Tapant.u. In Tsintao itself only a few casos occurred and the deaths were three men and three children; but at Tapautan several hundreds have died. In the interior the epidemic is still worse. Nearly every village bas been attacked and in some nearly a third of the population has perished.
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The execution of the Chenchou rioters is thus related by the Changto correspond. nt of the N-C. Daily News:-After a suitable cemetery had been provided and the bodies of Messrs. Bruce and Lowis had been buried, Mr. Giles and the two Taolais went into the examination of the prisoners who were: participants in the riot. Eight were condemned to die and were beheaded on the river frout. They kneeled, with bodies erect, while the executioner with his heavy knife struck each across the back of the neck. The blow caused the bodies to fall forward but was not sufficient to sever the head from the trunk. A second man with a short, kaife completed the punishment by a semi- sawing process.
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A Shangloni Times "despatch, datei London, the 25th September, says : In connection with plans for active competiti u in Atlantic steam- ship service, announcement is made by the Cunard Company that it has decided to carry | out the plan projected some time ago for a service greatly imprord in respect to speed, Definite word has been received from Liverpool that the company will place on its line as soon as they can be built two new ships, each wi h au assured speed capacity of 25 knots, for the purpose, it is openly declared, of regaining the Atlantic record for quick passage to New York, A correspondent's letter to the Shanghai Times, written at Peking on the 19th ult., says:-The Portuguese Minister is s id to lavo assumed a firm attitude in his demand for the extorsion of the foreign settlement at Macao and the right to construct the Canton-Mac20 Railway. He has threatened the Wai Wu-pn that unless the Chinese accedo to his request, his government will oppose an advance in the tariff list to an effectiva 15 per cent. Since nothing can b settled until the Powers act together, Prince Ching has promised to send his weiyuan to Macio to Lok into the matter and report upon it.
A sum of $1,254.14 bas been raised by sub- scription in Kiaochau for the benefit of the In the Singapore Government Gazette on the sufferers from the recent floods in the hinter- 19th alt. appeared a report by Mr. Pierce, in land. The Governor of Shantung who was in- which he deals with the water famine. He formed by the German authorities of this result writes:-Pulling loss by evaporation at 750,00 of the appeal on behalf of the necessitous to the gallous par day, and ordinary consumption at German residents, telegraphed his thanks to 2,500,900, the daily drain on the available storage the subscribers. but intiinated that in view of the is 3,250,000 gallons, and therefore 93,320,00 handsome provision already made by the Pro gallons represents under present conditions vincial Treasury he would only require $882 of about a month's supply. Last year the water in the sum collected by the Germans. This money the reservoir continued to fall till October, has been forwarded to him and the subscribers when its lowest point for that year was reached. | have decided to devots the balance to the Faber Assuming that similar conditions obtain this year, it is quite obvious that every precaution must be taken to enable the water department to tide over the difficulty. In the face of these figures it ought not to be again necessary to enjoin the greatest economy on the public.
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The Nary Department will soon call for bid's for a huge floating dock to accommodate a 16,000-ton battle ship, to be built in the United States and floated over to the Philippines, says the Washington Star. This will be one of the A special Arm, order issued last month by largest floating dry docks ever constructed. the War Office contains the programme of The amount available is $1.250,000, and Admiral intended reliefs between the United Kingdom Endicott of the bureau of yards and docks has and the colonies, and between those places and about completed the specifications under which India during the year 19 2-1903 (subject to the huge structure will bo built. Whether it such modification as may from time to time be will be towed ac oss the Par fic or across the necessary). There are naturally no chang s Atlantic through the Suez Canal will depeud in the Cavalry and Royal Horse Artillery that upon the place of its construction, but in any affect the Far East, but in the Garrison event the towing of this gigantic steel structuro rtillery No. 78 Company (late 17 Southern) such a distance will be a formidable undertaking. On the 20th ult, the foreign Ministers to proceeds from Triacomali to Hongkong, and No. 64 (late 18 Eastern) Colombo to Hong. Seoul held a meeting at the Japanese Legation kong; No. 62 ('ale 2 Southern) and No. 64 to consider what measures can be adopted to (late 19 Western) from Hongkong to Sinia-combat the outbreak of cholera. It was resolved pre; and Nos. 49 (late 25 Southern) and 50 (late to urge the Corean Gaverument to adopt strict 38 Southern) from Singapore to Gibraltar. measures, and to recommend the Government These are all put down to change as commencing to place the work under the superintendenca of in October. In the Infantry battalions the 1st Mr. Sands, American Adviser, and other foreign Batt. of the Derbyshire Reriment is to proc ed doctors. The disease is very prevalent in Seoul from South Africa to Hongkong, the 2nd and several well-known men have fallen victims Bitt. Royal Welsh Fusiliers going from to it. Kin To-ki, Russiau interpreter, was one Hongkong to India. Singapore is again to of the victims and it was his death that caused have a white regiment, and the ist Balt. of the the authorities to decide to postpone the cele- Manchester Reriment will go from South | bration of the 40th anniversary of His Majesty's until next spring. The Corean Africa: Ceylon loses two white regiments and accession only gets one in return. These changes are Sanitary Department has decided to engage announced to take place between October and foreign medical men to advance the cause of March.
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A number of Japanese engineers have been engaged for the Canton-Hankow railway works, and are now on their way South.
The Rajah of Telobin who was recently taken to Singora by the Siamese aut' orities has been permitted to return to his State; but the Rajah of Ligah who was taken at the same time is still held capire at Singora, says the Straits Times.
A petition for the reprieve of Gonin (who was executed last week for the murder of a ricksha-coolie) was sent to the Straits Government, but it was not accaded to. The Singapore Free Press understand; that Gouin confessed his guilt, alleging that he committed the crime in consequence of fear of retaliation on the part of the ricksba-puller when he refus- ed to give him the money he demanded, Qonin was also said to have stated that he did not think that the injuries he had inflicted on the Chinar man were fatal, aud therefore be did not e deavour to make good his escape at the time. On the Luth ult. the U.S. transport. Sheridan brought back to Manila the Filipino exiles from Guam. Among the thirty-nine, released political prisoners Señor Apollinario Mabini was missing. The veteran insurrecto wants to tae the oath of allegiance in Manila and refuses to take it at Gnam. Mabini, it is also said, is paralysed in his right side, and, feeling keenly aboutreturning to Manila in a crippled condition, prefers to spend his remaining days in obscurity rather than return to the scenes where he was a leader in the events following the 1st May, 1898.
On the 30th August a Japanese named Usui was seriously assaulted by a number of his countrymen at Port Arthu-, and died after his removal to the Russian hospital. Allegations of neglect were made against the Japanese Consul at Newc' waug, it being complained that the Cousal was very alow in taking a tion in the matter. The Osaka Asuhi's telegram says: ---Port Arthur is in the occupation of Russia, but it belongs to the Chinese dominions and the Japanese Consul by virtue of extra-territoriality has jurisdiction over the case. The Russian authorities. however, did not allow the Consul to exercise his jurisdiction, and in this way, it is claimed, infringed on the right of Japan. The Foreign Office at Tokyo has instituted investi. gations into the matter.
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L'Avenir du Tonkin, in the course of an article on the progress of events in Siam, says:-" The orientalism of Siam continues. It is now no longer a secret from anyone that negotiations are in being between Siam and Japan, and that the alliance is on the point of being officially The true proclaimed to the civilised world. Si mese patriots sea in this * offensive and defensive alliance something of an absurdity, in that it forces them to introduce into their army and navy Jap nese officers, and to to Japan to get warships built. There is in fact a fear that the introduction of the Japan se iuto Siam takes something of the form of an invasion, and that the construc.ion of ironclads
be a less useful work for Siam than works of a less We shall have more to say expensive characte“. ant that another time." It is interesting in this connection, says a Fingapore paper, to remember that there have been Japanese in the service of S'am for many centuries and that in olden days they were generally the troops of which the King's bodygu rd was formed.
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A despatch to the Kobe Chronicle says that Mr. le Prevost, against whom a charge of misappropriating 3.0,000 yen has teen laid by Mr. Weale, of Messrs. Cornes & Co., has in- structed counsel to bring a civil suit for libel against Mr. Weale. damages being claimed amounting to 250,000 yen. The Japanese paper Yorodzu gives some further parti alars of the charges against Mr. le Prevost in Yokohama, recently reported by telegram. It states that Mr. A. G. Morey Weals the representative of Messrs. Cornes & Co. in Yokohama, has pre- ferred charge of theft, fr ud, misappropriation of goods, and forgery of documents, in the Yokohama Chibo Saibiusho, against Mr. A. le Prevost, the former manager of the firm, and four Japanese bouto in the silk goods depart- ment of the firm. The me hod of the alleged frau ls is stated to have been that Mr. le Pre- rost, aided by his Japanese accomplices, carried away silk goods purchased by the firm for ex- port, these thefts commencing towards the end of last year. The value of the goods so stolen amounts to over 300,000 yen. The charge of Mr. Weale was accepted by the Court.
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