The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-30
NEWS OF THE
FAR EAST

A Vladivostok despatch states that the
forts there were repaired lately new
large guns being mounted.
The London Gazette published an or
der in council for the Governments OF
weihaiwei under a commissioner
Things are reported. from German
sources. TO be looking black on the Man
churia -Corean border. The Russians
thought at first to be- able to put down
the risings that occurred with a couple
of regiments. But now they have nearly
10000 troops there. Great secrecy Is on
served as to the movement of the troops
and engagements fought.
A disastrous fire broke out in the ceu-
ter of the foreign business quarter <at
Foochow. The hongs burnt were those
of Gilman a Co, John ,ittins X Co., old
and new; Odell d Co, Robert Anderson
a. Co. the Chartered Bank of India, etc: {:
F.. Cave Thomas 4 Co, Fraser, Ramsay
& Co., r. r. Westall, and considerable
Chinese property.
Captain Il. G., Pretyman, civil Lord of
the Admiralty. replied to a question by
Mr.. Gibson Bowles in the House OF Com
mons last week. to the effect that II has
been decided TO retain the present site
of the Royal Naval dock at Hongkong
although the engineers opinion is unfav'
orable Gl5O.0e0 have already been spent
by the Government, and they are un'
able to consent to suspend the work.
A Tokyo telegram to the Mainichi says
II was previously arranged that the al
lied troops should be withdrawn from
North China on or before the list OF July
a force being left by each Power foi
garrison duty, but the condition of af'
fairs in China made 1t impossible to carry
out the arrangement Recently another
decision was made, according to which
the troops will leave within tive days
from the lst September next
According to Echo de Chine. the new'
from Shansi is of the worst, Tunl
Fuhsiang and Prince Tuau are scourint
the country with numbers of troops un
der their command. There Is no news
of the Belgian missionaries in Mongolia
Ii Hung Chang has been asked to fur
nish an assurance that they are safe
but the Chinese plenpotentiary refused
to give a precise answer on the subject
4, must be stated. however, that no con
hrmation whatever of this bad new
from Shansi seems to have come fror
other than French sources.
According to DIR. Morrison, the Time
correspondent, the French are pressin
LII Hung Chang for the concession G
a direct railway from Tien-tsin to PaC
tingfu.
The Jeh- jeh Sin-wen of Tien-tsin stat.
that there is some likelihood that Prime
Su will be selected by the Throne
20 to England to offer the condolenc,
of the Emperor of China to King EC
ward in connection with the death OF Il
late Great Queen. and also to offer CO,
gratulations on his Majesty's accessio
to the Throne. Prince Su is quite
young man, of progressive views, ar
says the NC. Daily News, has bee
often heard to express the desire of visl
ing Europe for the purpose of 'borroS
ing western civilization and sciences f
his native land"
II is officially reported from Hsan, sa'
the NC Daily News, that the Empire
Dowager has appointed In special d
cree Lien Fang (alanchu) and Hsu Sho
p'eng as vice-Presidents of the Wai-w
pu or Ministry or Foreign Affairs, whi
is to take the place of the obsole
Tsungli Yamen. With reference TO I
Aanchu Vice-President Lien Fang.
was last year a Chang Ching or fr
class secretary of the Tsungii Yame
whilst the Chinese vice-President Ii
Shou-p'eng. was at the same period CT
nese Minister to Corea. When Ii HUI
Chang went UP TO Peking last autun