New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-14

,ro,ID MEAN-NHAT The MERCHANTS
~ THIS CITY TIIINK-A DE-
scEIPrioH OF TIE CITY.
..rtain that If the plague which is now raw
'sS rlons Of China. and which has been called
E"sns Death should happen TO be carried west
W intervention in the war which is at pres
b~J,s on between the two great Oriental Pow
lid soon be made manifest. l, is equally
rhat If the Chinese were clean as the Japa-
ar indeed were clean at ALL there would he no
Ns.,ce and there would be danger of having
.ort OF Hons-kcng closed to the shipping of
~l Powers. This in substance is what the
@.nor at the japanese Consulate said yes;er-
s "A Tribune reporter in the absence Of the
ga himself who unable TO come TO the
o.. an account of severe cold.
-,s chancellor was busy clipping from piles Of
-,,can newspapers articles favorable to his coun-
~ I'VE forward these regularly" he said. direct
~. Imuer.a. Government proof of the great
,aship that has been shown 20 us on all sides
- organs OF opinion in this great country since
", ,,,c,ct began. We instructed TO do this
ms ' c,,ernr1ent which shows how anxious the
.,,,ss At Toxic are 10 win the goodwill and
,rs,dshlp of America
= Yaradl. Of the silk importing firm OF Hori-
hi 4 Co No u Greene-st.. was In 1uoAant
=, az he turned over the pages of bundles of
,'o,nsse papers which he had just received.
~. +. 4, all likely tina, the spread of the plague
ill cause the port of Hong-konS 10 be closed to
= foreign Y, ssels!'' asked
81 40 no, think any such thing possible" Mr.
u,,,d answered. with decision. AT presen; ali
.s,ns arriving in our ports from Hong-Kong are
''ar,,,,ped for considerable period of time until
~ DANGER is passed, and that far our coun-
-. a. concerned Is almost as effective a means OF
vring the chances of contaSion as closing OF
"a. nor, would be The Chinese are filthy people
= ,tarr HABITS and II is that which all this
,,,-h,e sickness. / have heard II said that the
,,uans VINO come here from Sicily are dirty. and
I,.ieve IT, and that they can almost live on the
srsll Of o.. oil rag and | believe that. too; pu'
.. Cb,naI.n is capable of living on the oil rag
..f 60 10 speak and OF devouring i, as dainty
rorsel'
oprc,1.TrOHS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
What specific precautions other than that OF
quarantine has the Japanese Government adopted
We'll" said he Count Ito. the Prime Minister
,,s con, Dr. Kitasaia OF Toxic, TO study the as
.sss on the spot learn from home also that Ma
val Surgeon tsheganl and Professor-Doctor Ao!ama'
Of the University Of Toxic accompanied MIN ana
IN their zeal for discovery they caught the disease
AMI were alrnos; carried off. DR.. ktasa'o sot the
highest scholastic title in Berlin on account OF MS
successful studies Of Kochs method. namely that
o. Rova, Prussian professor. and ne is al present
director of the Koch Institute in TOXIC
HAS the plague interfered with your business?
Ell has intersered with our correspondence 10
some extent" MI Haradi answered. done IN point
O, fact what even the war has not done. by reason
of the ouaran,in!ng in japanese ports OF the shps
coming from Hong-Kong We get our mans 'o"-
sderably later. but We are more Wiling " pu' 'p
nil, ,ha, inconvenience" ne added smiling. than
We should be with dose OF Chinese cholera The
Pacific Mail Companys steamers. the Occi-
dental and Oriental. the Canadian Pachc Mall
Companys steamers and the Tacoma have all reg
u,ar traffic between Hong-Ko and America Oy
way Of Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama.
SIRE THAT HIS COUNTRY WON.
Mr.. Haradi stopped suddenly and then asked.
-gsve YOU any late news of the bombardment OF
w.-IIai-Wei?" and without awaiting an answer
s,s 1T seems 10 me that that nava. action must
Rare been won by our feet am certain that
England and China both are manipulating 'he
wires and lying about the result
Selling a Iencil and some paper MT ha'au'
drew an outline of the seat OF war with 'ne reau'-
moss 81 an expert draughtsman. and marked Out
,hs ,or,s and towns of consequence. Pointing 70
paohpi Raw he said he had information through
rrva;e official sources that the japanese meet III
tended IN enter there capture Takn "hlch II a'
N. mouth Of the Peiho River ascend that stream
a r.n.Tsin capture that, and then make CASA
for Pekng.
This was the policy pursued by the uhi'eu
French and English forces" he SAID ABOUT UNI y
wears ago and II this is the plan OF operations OF
Japan as am Informed from high official sources
g. ,ho war will end sooner than anybody eX-
poets"
A rsnresan,a,ive Of Carter. Macy & Co.. the great
tea importers of this city, said yesterday regarding
the Increase Of the plague:
1T WI, be very serious bow to commerce uhle'
he existing conditions for Hong Kong Is bfi'ish
por, and merchandise might be shipped dher, 1ion
other Chinese ports and that port woud IoIiii az
osi;s. and means OF communication for commercia.
purposes with the rest Of the WORT ana al. ~.
3. The plague would cut off this important c'"i'
cation"
THE PLACE OF SWEET STREAMS
HING Kong ar. as +; is properly spelled in Chi
nese Hang K!ang which means the pace OF sweet
streams Is the most important British possession
On the eastern coast Of ASIA II Is an isand si'ud'eu
on the souheas, coast OF China, on me east sue
Of the estuary Of the Canton River 1t Is 'h'r's
eight mics OF Macao and seveh'y-hVe M 9,
southeast Of Canton. 1t is one Of sma.. me
Islands ca, ed the I.adrones, ana came mo L.,-
Possession Of the British in ls4l. il is now Icsud
British co.ony. 1t IS the prize thar me
from her war with the Chinese. known as s siir
opium war. and is OF immense importance 10 mel
from military and commercla! s,anupon.. ,rar,,,y
o! the Island and the European portion Is ia!u ~ ~
n fine vide streets and terraces rising up 20 se
mountains which tower above the harbor Inc MAJ
Dor ms; excellent one. with deep water ever ,s
waers and IS capable Of she,erns large cbinese
pOr.Ion OF Hong Kong is ana aways mas oeen' AZ
most filthy condition. while the Ehs.iSn h ,an'e own
Ssr s' Of n the cy The only s9agoc
attempts 20 put the chinese quarter IN C1nni Ih,
In which II would breed p"stilence, me snnt
nese town has been for yearsLn iact dsngerou.
pasce-spot |; is from this Chinese ldart.' tna
TIE plague frs: sprsng. and from IL IL 10" ''''
10 have swept over The European to"i; ,oa ho,
In nearly every country upon whlch r1s az uorl
Placed her hand she has Immediately gone 10 wot !,
70 force the natives 10 be moderately cea so ann mar
Improve the sanitary condition or TIE nauEe tu -,
Isrs, Whether The natives liked II or NOT Tn a,
ssrnp, could no; have been maze III ~, io s'ch dif}
@ft WAS made the Chinese were founu suSn u.i ~
sss subjects To- deal with in that respect that IN
'sssh gave IL up.
THE QUESTION OF HEALTH
The city OF Hong Kong is officially known as VIC
tora ana i,cl,diog the Chinese town extends 10
'hrce niles along the harbor. The English poruo'
is lighted with gas and supplied with water IRON u"
reservoir in the mountains. There are puDno ga
gtns and a massive sea wall. along when the re
HHo'oughfare Before the EhBHsH" ex