The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-22
T TROUBLE
STILL.

IA district of Chenchou, EpStern iiV'
nan. have been prosecuted anew. AS ar
fairs had quieted down the converts be-
gan meeting together In each other
house for worship. All went well TIL the
nephew of Yuan Shikai. Governor OF
shantung. arrived in the district. This
person Immediately headed move
against the Christians. He enlisted a
band OF 100 men and began to seize the
converts anu, dragging them TO the tenn
ules. competed them to go through the
forms OF iuuiatrous worship Under pain
of having tneir h.mes destroyed the
conyerl, w.Ic Forbidden TO ineet together
again Ino ut Their number were sent
down TO ask auvtce and help oil the ms
siopar.es II Is rather Significant tnat
u mos,ineul such as this should be IN
augura.,u " a close relative OF one OF
the ia. ties 20 the famous 1angtsze VICE
roy Compact. 1t is satisfactory 10 learn
that the ulicials on the spot had dis-
banded the 40 recruits.
Wenchow Is once more looking IKE
itself, so far as the presence of the for
eign community is concerned, as the
last steamer of the year brought the Ia
dies and children of the Methodist MIS-
sion from Ningpo along with some Oh
the China Inland Mission missionaries
from Snanpndl, WHlle olheiS ailiNSu ~
the first steamer in January. The VS.
ible appearance of ladies and children in
the streets seems to give universal sat
isfaction to the natives, and conveys a
sense of security. Although the city Is
perfectly quiet, it is not so in the coun-
try. Certain districts are still very much
disturbed by local banditti. The first
installment of the indemnity for mission
property destroyed and other losses has
now been paid over by the officials of
the respective districts.
Shanghai papers report the sudden ILL
ness of the Rev. DR.. j. r. Hykes, Vice
Consul General for the United States. He
was taken i'll on the morning of the 18th
instant soon after his reception of the
new Taotai at the offices of the Consul
ate. Latest papers report an improve
ment in DIR. Hykes' condition.
Arrangements it is stated, are being
made for q Chinese exhibition in London
in 1902. The scheme is being engineered
by syndicate, and it will depend upon
the support given during the next few
months whether the exhibition will be
on larger scale than usual No site
has yet been decided upon. The exhibit
ton will include many examples of chi
nese life, with pagodas, temples and
Chinese villages,
The statement comes from CONSTANT
nople that a proposal is being consider
ed at Yildiz for sending an extraordinary
nilsson of Ulamas TO China to preach
peace to the Chinese Mussulmans, and
to strengthen the relations between them
and the Khalfate. The idea is said to
have emanated from one of the great
powers, which is reported to have sug-
gested that the Sultan should exercise his
influence as Khalif over the Chinese Mus
sulmans numbering about 10000, 600, with
view to bringing the disturbances in
the Celestial Empire to an end. 1t is
lot, 20 lnDY hnt iG thn1pht
in diplomatic circles that the scheme Will
not lead to anything.
new Japanese Admiralty port is to
be opened at the Maizuru, in the prov
ince of Tango, during the next fiscal
year. On the opening of the port, the
warships and torpedo boats now at
tached to the Admiralty ports of Yoko-
suka, Kure and Sasebo. will be distribu
ted among the four ports, including that
of Maizuru. The new Admiralty port Will
he provided, as are the other ports with
a marine corps and a shipbuildng yard.
Work on the new port has been rapidly
progressing. and should no hitch occur
in it's completion, the naval institution
will be formally opened simultaneously
with the arrival in Japan of the battle
ship Mikasa. the last of the ships on the
extensive shipbuilding program drawn up
after the conclusion of the Japan-China
war.
rsin has been commenced on the south
side, adjoining the Japanese settlement,
says the +. and T. Times. 1t was re-
ported at one time that the whole wall
was to be levelled and converted into
tramway road, but we now hear from
some quarters that the work is consid-
cred too expensive. If the demolition of
the wall Is necessary or advisable, We
fail TO see why 1t need prove expensive
at all. If instead of paying the rdicu-
lous wages for coolie labor which the
military authorities have paid, they had
seized the hundreds of loafers and mis-
chievous characters thronging the city
who were largely responsible for the mis-
chic lately wrought, and made them
carry out public works for merely their
rice, they would be comforting IA boon
on respectable Chinese. accomplish
great deal for the general benefit, and
save many items of heavy expenditure
from the National Treasury, while Civ
ing the said loafers a wholesome lesson
on supply and demand,
Owing to a strike in the printing office
of the Echo de Chine, the publication of
the paper was suspended for several
days last week.
4 novel scheme of amusement for BIZ
cyclists Is proposed at Shanghai. 1t is
the holding of a paper hunt on BICYCLES
the riding of which will be confined to
Chinese paths.
General Noyron teleBfapNcd 10 IarlS
last week from Tien-Tsin that all his
troops were In occupation OF their bar
racks, and that they had been ordered
not 10 leave them except for the protec-
tion OF the inhabitants. Snow was
abundant and the sanitary conditions eN-
eellent
\ Seoul despatch of the 18th inst. to
the Asahi says that the electric railway
projected by Americans to connect Seoul
and Kaijo has been sanctioned. II will
avoid the route Of the proposed Govern
ment railway between the same towns
A contract has been concluded between
the Corean railway authorities and Mr..
cawlbran--so the name Is given In the
telegram,
The Samese Government has determin-
ed 20 establish a department OF paper
currency I'm the near future, The cur
rency notes VIII be issued az Bangkok
ana will be- exchnngeahle for cash on
presentation at the currency once, Mr.
Williamson has already been appointed
dIp.rtor uaupTaI Of the dpIaTtmEut "a