The morning call., 1893-05-25
FROM % THE ORIENT.
Mexico and Brazil Invite Chinese
immigrants.
General Business Depression-Strin-
gent Measures Against rIak-
ing "Lie" Tea. 8
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

VANCOUVER, May 24.-Advices by the
| Empress of India are as follows:
! The Pacific and Occidental steamer ORR
entail on her last trip landed the English h
mail at hong Kong in seven minutes over
tweuty-four days from London, or deduct
ing time lost between London and Hong
Kong bygtraveitng eastward. twe4ty-three
days and seventeen hours. This beats the
twenty-eight days. the Oriental also
| broke the record between Singapore and
Hong Kong.
Chinese are emigrating to Siberia in
great numbers, 11.623 having landed at
Vladvostock Since the opening of that
port this spring.
The Chinese Government has expressed
its willingness TO bear part of the expense
Of getting Sir Charles Hartley. an eminent
engineer, to report on the Woo Sing bar.
Dispatches have been received at Peking
from the Mexican aud Brazilian Govern
ments inviting the Chinese to these ceun-
tries as agricultural laborers. Yung Ju,
Envoy to the United States. Spain and
Peru, will probably be accredited to these
two republics also to Investigate in the
matter.
The native papers state that the foreign
piece-goods business is in bad way. three
failures havin. occurred in Foochow since
the Chinese New Year and another is Just
recorded with liabilities of $4,000. The
native banks are the chief losers, and they
are becoming distrustful of the merchants,
so Ii thought others may go under.
The FoochOw authorities have issued
proclamation against the manufacture of
''le" tea. The proclamation states this
scandalous malpractice is the chief cause
of the decline in The tea trade. People are
warned not to make tea except of the gem
uine leaf Any one disregarding the warn
ing will be transported tor life. The maker,
seller and buyer will be treated alike. Any
person giving information will be hand
somely rewarded.
The manufacturers of lacquer ware in
Japan have decided to send delegation to
Europe and America to work up the trade
owing to decline IN this class of manu-
factures.
Toxic papers commenting on the forth
coming visit of the Governor of Macao to
Japan for the presumed purpose of nego-
tiating for the recovery of Portugaps ex-
traterritorial rights, and that Portugaps
claims are supported by France and Rus
sia. One paper says that England is in the
background pulling the wires.
Lat st reports from C0rea state that nine
men-of-war are there-two English, two
American. two japanese, three Chinese.
Several earthquakes were felt in the
Miye Prefecture at the beginning OF the
year.
The Soko Shimbun, published in Amer
lea, has been prohibited from circulating
In Japan. as certain articles in the paper
are thought to be prejudlcial to the peace
OF the country.
t.. A number Of Japanese are leaving for
Australia. Five hundred went on the.
steamer to Queensland recently;
The Deputy Marshal of the United States
Consulate at Nagasaki has been arrested
on the charge of engaging in the exporta.
tlon OF Japanese girls under ase for i'm
proper PURPOSES.
NEWSPAPERS are urging the Government
30 tax foreign tobacco. a duty of so per
cent on foreign leaf tobacco and So per
cent on cigars and cigarettes are desired.
Inc American sealing schooner Ana
conda put into Yokohama May 8 with five
eoats smashed and several sails carried
away by storm. She picked up a boats
crew OF the British schooner Mermaid, re-
ported lost. and put them on board The
schooner X. Epp ngeraof San Francisco.