The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-16

much pleased to hear he could make it
in seven days.
His movements somewhat depend
upon the health of the Car, who is now
quite we'll and had intended to return
to st. Petersburg on January %, but
the influenza has broken out on the
Neva, and it is dangerous malady for
those just recovering from typhoid.
The Czar will probably go to Tsarskoe
Selo. If President Kruger went to
Russia he would have a superb recep-
tion, and at every station in Germany
between the Dutch and Russian from
tiers he would receive ovations."
CALL FOR BRITISH TROOPS.
LONDON, Jan. This mornings
news from Cape Town is again unsatis-
factory. Martial law has been pro-
claimed at Malmesbury, and would
have been proclaimed in other districts
but that the Cabinet meeting called
Saturday was unable to agree as to it's
advisability.
The vagueness of the information
concerning the movements and position
| of the invaders has sent fresh chill
over the colonists and Cape Town calls
loudly for strong e-enforcemnets from
England on the ground that the great
er part of Lord Kitcheners available
force is employed in protecting the lines
| of communication and the Rand mines,
the latter extending for a distance of
fifty miles. 1t is asserted by one Cape
Town correspondent that unless the
forces'in Cape Colony are increased, a
most undesirable state of affairs may
result, as the success in arms Of the
invaders, however slight, might be
signal for a Dutch rising. AS it is,
many British residents have had to
leave the Dutch villages near Cape
Town.
VATICAN FAVORS BOER CAUSE.
NEW YORK, Jan 5.-A cable to the
Sun from London says: 1t is reported
from Rome that the delay in the re-
ception of the English pilgrims by the
Pope was due to the exception taken
by the Vatican Department of State to.
certain references to the war In South
Africa in an address which It was pro-
posed to present to his Holiness. 1t is
. certain that the feeling among the
British Catholic colony in Rome is Bit
, ter at the strong pro-Boer sentiment
which actuates the Vatican.
SITUATION IN SEANSI.
TACOMA, Jan. 6.-oriental news re-
ceived today by the steamer Tacoma is
to the effect that crisis IS imminent in
Shansi, where cannibaliSm is being prac-
ticed to provide relief against famine.
Food has been SO scarce, especially in
Hsian province, that the Innaoitants
have had to resort to eating tree leaves
and roots. In the hilly districts recourse
is now had to eating strangers who APP.
pear in the neighborhood. A number of
ma tiveS have thus been cut up and eat
en-. In obedience to the Empress Dowa-
gers recent edict the granaries of Hsian
have been opened, but owing to the dis
honesty of previous granary officials
there is only a small reserve of rice and
wheat and it cannot last longer than
February l. xt
Large portions Of Shansi and Honan
provinces also suffered from drought this
year, making it impossible to replenish
the food stores for some time. Sufferings
throughout SbanSi are the most harrow
ing, that. province having experienced
famine and drought for four consecutive
seasons. To make matters worse, the
Empress Dowager, the court and 30 900
refugees have come into Shansi and must
be provided for. Food is now SO scarce
that even the visiting court officials are
affected.
Foodstuffs are scarce in Peking, and
Prince Ching has requested all Manchu
officials in the neighboring provinces to
contribute to a fund for purchasing rice
for the people of Peking.
! HITCH IN PROCEEDINGS.
NEW YORK, JAN 5.--A cable to the
Sun from Peking, dated January 5th,
says: The Empress Dowager is already
sick of her bargain with the powers as
contained in the note of the foreign Min
listers preliminary to the settlement of
the details of peace, and has been bonn
harding Ii Hung Chang and Prince
Ching, the Chinese peace ENJOYS, with
kilograms and orders for the past two
days. She has told the Commissioners
that they must not sign the preliminary
agreement until it has been amended or
modified. She objects to the portions of
the note which demand the razing of the
Taku forts, the establishment of perma-
nent foreign military posts between Pc
king and the sea, and of the legation
guards at Peking and the prohibition of
further importation of arms into China.
/ MAY ENTER THE YANG-TSE.
! SHANGHAI, January 6.-It is re-
ported from Sianfu that the Empress
Dowager has ordered General Feng Use
Tsai, commander in the province of
Yum Nan, to proceed with his army
to the Yang-tse Valley, and from that
section to move northward. His force
is said to consist of $4,000 men, armed
with modern weapons.
| Count Won Waldersee, it is asserted,
has arranged with Prince Ching ana
LII Hung Ch2nS tnaI the dlIeQ troops
are not to operate in the procedures of
Shun-te, Huang Ping and Tanning. in
the province of Chill.
TSI' AN SEEKS SECLUSION.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.-The Empress
| Dowager Tsi An is determined not to
return to Peking, but to take up resi-
dence in a more secluded portion of
| the Chinese empire, according to mail
advices received here. The Universal
Gazette, in a recent issue, states that
the Empress Dowager has ordered
certain viceroy to select for her new
place of residence, somewhat remote
| from the capital Viceroy Kwei of
Szechuen is said to be the emissary,
although this statement is not con-
| firmed.
CAPTURE OF 4.iSURGENTS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The follow
| ing dispatch was received at the Navy
Department this afternoon from Ad-
| miral Remey:
MANILA, Jan. 4.-Bureau of Navi-
cation, Washington An attack on the
morning of the Sd by the Fourth IN
fantry, marines and navy, Cavite Vie
| jo. resulted in the capture of one lieu
tenant colonel two majors, five cap
tains, one lieutenant, ferty-eight pr1-
vata inc1Ifraotos and foI1r IadroneS