Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-07-02
ORIENTAL INTELLIGENCE
GREAT RaIiwAY PROJECTS ON
FOOr IN CHINA.
Black Plague In nHongkong-"Engli
as She Is wrote" Japanese En-
terprise in CHINA.

plague IN hOnSkOnS nau ldr
passed the thousand mark at latest
advices.
Justice seems to take queer
turns in China. For bur-
glary a prisoner at Shanghai was
sentenced to receive 200 blows,
be imprisoned at hard labor
three months and then de-
ported perhaps to Hawaii.
At Hongkong the manager of the
Vacuum Oil Co. was only given
six months at hard labor for en-
bezzling nearly $4,000.
1t was expected that the British
squadron would shortly assem-
BILE at Nagasaki.
There is now no doubt, says
the Celestial Empire, that the
Russian Government, in agree.
ment with the French, have OBJ
tanned from the King of Corea
the concession of line of railway
leading from the Eastern bank of
the Yalu River to Soul, and from
thence on to Fusan, the French,
it is understood, finding the capt.
al required for the line. 1t is in
tended that this line shall connect
with the Trans Manchurian Rail
way, for which concessions have
already been granted from the
Chinese Government.
A japanese intends to start
cotton spinning factory at Shang-
hal.
The Kobe Chronicle says, "If
the japanese merchants and
manufacturers wish to compete
with the Europeans in China they
should commence, regardless of
the state Of the treaty negotia-
tions."
English us she is wrote" says
the British North Borneo Herald,
is not the exclusive product of In
dian territories. Sandakan even
can show specimen or two. The
following is verbatim ct literatim,
copy of letter addressed to the
head of department here within
the last few days.
Il beg most humble and respect
fully the favour of your kindly with
the hope that your Majesty will
kindly take this my humble re-
quest into your generous and fav-
Durable consideration for follows
that have received letter from
my country forcing me to go to
my home for the purpose.
Therefore | beg most humbly
before your Majesty to grant me
3 months leave only from the
end of this and / shall be able to
return back at the end of August,
And if your honor will not be fav-
CURED upon me about leave l will
loss my all money for four years
with my land"
DIR. Yung Wing has represented
to the Tsungli Yamen that a
United States syndicate is pre-
pared to lend to China a sum Of
400 millions Of taels on condition
that China shall grant to America
all future rights of railway build
ing in her territory in joint ac-
count with Chinese. He has urged
upon the high ministers of state
the advisability of negotiating for
this loan which, he says, could be
obtained at less interest than the
Russian and French loans con-
tracted for to pay the Japanese
indemnity. With this loan be sd-
vocates paying off Russia and
France. The advantage of such a
step cannot be mado too conspicu-
Gus, as America has never any ag-
gressive designs on any country
and certainly not on China, which
is so far away. The balance of
the money might be devoted to a
re-organisation of the Chinese
Navy.-Celestial Empire.
Formosa is playing sad havoc
in the ranks of japanese settlers.
The Japan Herald, writing on the
2lst ultimo, says that so many of
the carpenters aud other artisans
that we're despatched to Formosa
some time ago, have succumbed
to the climate, and are now either
in their graves or in hospital, that
the Army Department in the isl
and has been obliged to apply for
ano-her batch of the same. The
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