The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-05

tend the rights Il has obtained over
Utsuryo or Ulneung Island. Korea. Mr..
Kotchikoff a Russian forestry Official
stationed at NladivoStok. with eight
subordinates and number OF other
employees. has proceeded TO the island.
having prior 10 his departure. obtained
certificate from the Japanese Com
mercial Agent at Nladivostok. lest his
party might he attacked by the Japa-
nese residents on the island.
SECRET SOCIETIES IN CHINA.
We learn, says the China Gazette.
Hhat 4 serious discovery In connection
with the Chinese Regiment at Welhai-
wei has recently been disturbing the
British officers at that station. by
some means one OF the non-commls-
stoned officers became possessed of q
number of documents in Chinese, found
in the quarters of the men. and by the
aid OF the interproter-wh by tho
way is a German-it was learned that
these papers were tickets of member-
ship and the rules OF a secret society
OF very undesirable character Co
which their owners belonged. As re-
suit twenty or thirty men were sum
marily discharged. But we. who know
something about China. do not imagine
| this will stamp out secret society work
amongst Chinese recruits az Weihai-
wei Shantung Is fairly honeycombed
with such organizations
FORMOSA TEA DETERIoRATING.
4 report OF a deterioration i'm the
tea grown i'm Formosa appears I'm tho
| Osaka Asahi. The arrivals Of tea at
the market from the opening OF the
| season up to the 9th inst. says our
contemporary, amounted 20 16.147,b1a
catties. This was a decrease of 329.-
| 63S catties as compared with the cor
| responding period of last year. he
| tween April and the 3rd November.
some 10000 catties were rejected and
sent back from Annoy on the ground
that the quality was inferior. The de-
| terioration in the quality OF the tea
| is attributed 10 the fact that the pro
ducers have neglected TO take proper
precautions i'm the plantations, as the
tea industry did not pay. This has re-
suite in a decrease OF the yield and a
deterioration in the quality. The tea
producers attribute their losses I'm the
| business chiefly TO the heavy tax I'm
posed on tea. and for that reason they
have presented a petition 10 the For
mosa authorities for the abolition of
| the tax.
JAPAN AND MORMON1SM.
| The Jill Shimpo thinks that Japa-
nese are little better than Mormons so
far as the relations between the sexes
are concerned. They would repudiate
| the charge with great Indignation
were it pressed home. hut many a man
occupying a high social position is. In
effect. a polygamist The Jaw, of
course. does not allow him TO have
more than one wife but the law does
not protect that wife against his extra
marital laches, although IL very effect
ually protects him against hers. Such
state of affairs Is Mormonism TO all
practical intents and purposes.
A LITERARY PEARL.
The Chinese residents OF Yokohama
have sent the following cablegram To
the Tsung II Yamen:
We Chinese residents in Yokohama
CT gratulate Empress Dowager on her
birthday and beg for our Emperor to
be enthroned again, as he iB quite
healthy now When Reformation was
began last year. We were very glad,
thinking China would he n powerful
nation. We heard with sorrow THAT
tie became unhealthy on the Sth moon
and that Empress Dowager held the
reins of government. Ii is our wish
10 have the Emperor reinstated and re
formation Continued. 80 that the trou-
BILE the Empress Dowager 5rought on
herself by Selling the power in all
state affairs may cease. Hoping you
will kindly forward our desires to EN-
press Dowager, We are respectfully.
STATE RELIGION IN JAPAN.
1t appears from the Osaka Maindchi
that during the coming session OF the
Diet 1000 Buddhist priests belonging
to the Hongwanji sect propose 10 visit
Tokyo for the purpose OF canvassing
the members OF the Diet I'm favor of a
proposal for the establishment of
Buddhism as the national religion OF
the Empire. The cost OF the visit TO
Tokyo Is estimated at Y50. 900. and the
thirty-eight Propaganda Offices belong
ing - the sect In the Empire have been
ordered to contribute VI 500 each to-
wards the expenses.
PIRACY NEAR MACAO.
From the Llisitano we translate the
following: "One day last week two
lorchas laden with coal were attacked
by pirates near Malowchow. The pi-
rates, having murdered all the crew,
stole all that they could carry away
and let in their boats. A China gir.,
who had succeeded in hiding hersei.
while the pirates were on board. sec
ing that they had left and that the
crew were dead, let off one OF the can
non that were aboard and killed several
of the pirates. The surviving pirates
returned on board, discovered the girl
in her hiding place, and disfigured her
by mutilation." Such Is the tale as
given by our contemporary. Ii only
wants a different ending to make a
thrilling romance. BY al the laws OF
fiction the pirate chief ought to have
married the brave birl and become a
reformed character.
LADY PHYSICIAN FOR COREA.
1t is stated that the Korean Imperial