The San Francisco call., 1899-11-16
CHINESE MURDER
MINOR OFFICIALS
Revenge High Handed
Treatment.
RIOTlNG AT K0KEN ON
HOUSES OF MISSIONARIES ARE
STONED AND BURNED.
French Government Advised to Pre-
vent England From Policing
Kawangtung for Her
Exclusive Profit.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, p. c., Nov. 15.-The EN-
press of China brings the following ORR
entail advices: Just before the steamer
sailed series of murders were reported
committed in Shang-tung, China, the VIC
tins being subordinate Chinese officials
The murders were in revenge for alleged
high-handed treatment of Chinese peas
ants by army officers.
Serious rioting by Chinese is reported
at Koken-on, in Kangse. Houses occu-
pied by missionaries were stoned and aft
erward fired, while the station there was
destroyed. All the missionaries were
safely taken TO adjoining stations
Stories are current respecting the dis
play OF French tealousies in South China.
The Hongkong correspondent OF the Cour-
Ter dHaipong mentions piracy prevailing
In the Canton delta. and goes on to say
that the English, who never miss a good
opportunity. have made this state of af-
fairs pretext for sending a gunboat up
the West River
The same paper says that the English
wish to police kawang-tung and Kwang-
81 for their exclusive profit. as was done
In Egypt, and advises the French Gov
ernment 10 take all necessary measures
In In order that they may not operate alone.
II is reported at Hongkong that the
French Consuls there and at Canton have
urgently requested the dispatch of a gun
boat from Saigon.
The Asahi states that Ii Ji Shoku and
-FOUR other Koreans, who recently ar
rived at Nagasaki, are said to have come
TO Japan for the purpose of assassinating
II Shoku feo, and Veiju and Yu Kitsu
Shun. Korean refugees in Japan, by COM
mand OF the newly appointed Director Of
Police in Seoul
The Kobe Chronicle refers to a scheme
OF the Russian Government to form IN
Eastern ASiatic steamship company with
a communication u
Port Arthur, the Manshurian Railway and
Nladivostok and various other ports in
be shortly open between Vladivostok
and Port Arthur. The same paper quotes
the manager, who has been sent to
Chemulpo 10 take charge of the branch
connected with the East China railway
proposition, the two being practically one
concern, The, new steamship company
has purchased the right Of the Govern
ment subsidy from Sherverloff K Co. who
viii discontinue their steamship business
after this year. Ten steamers, IL is said
Will be put on the line.
The Imperial railway from Lou Kow-
ichia TO Pao Ting Flu. eighty miles in
length, has been accepted by a Belgian
syndicate and is now being operated
The Japan Times understands that the
Government has practically decided TO
give a guarantee 10 the Fusan-Seoul
railway undertaking and that an item Of
AIilS dtNOuul VIII pTODdDlN De inserted IN
the budget for the coming year. The
limit of the guarantee will be per cent
The personal unpopularity OF MARQUIS
Ito, the Japanese statesman is being evi-
denced by many public indlgnities At
kanaZawa recently some person threw a
stone at the train in which Marquis Ito
was a passenger. The Marquis was unln-
jured.
The United States steamship Yorktown
is at Sandakan, after having visited Sag
yam, Sulu. Her tender. the gunboat Al
baya, is TO be kept cruising around the
Palawan coast for the next month or two.
A plan is being advocated for the dis
patch Of British mails to India, China
and Australia by a new route. Instead
of the overland journey TO Brandisi and
shipping Of the mails there. Ii is proposed
to establish an overland route to Salonic.
where the malls will be put on board a
steamer for Port Said. Mails will be
transported by rail and steamboat TO Os-
tend. and thence conveyed by the Orient
express directly 10 Salonica. A fast line
of steamers is 20 be founded for the SER
vice between Salonica and Port Said. and
the trip will be shortened seventy-two
hours.
Elaborate experiments in wireless teleg-
raphy have recently been conducted by ;he
Japanese Government. Successful results
have invariably been obtained. and the
Communications Department will put the
system into permanent operation betwee n
Idzo Point and Mikami Island, a distance
Of nine miles.