The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-01
ORIENTAL NEWS BY THE LATE
STEAMER FROM YOKOHAMA

the government asked the Marquis 20 so
TO New York to deal with ceTtGia bust
ness. but ne declined to act like a cats
paw of the Katsura cabinet The Mar
luis also refused to see newspaper re-
porters in eight or nine cases under TIE
p-etext of the Illness. Thus this rumor
would appear tC have been circulated
The Moscow correspondent or the
Times writes OF the recent Tibetan Mis-
sion to Russia: After their reception by
the Gar at reterhCf, a few days were
spent in seeing the sights OF the northern
capital, and the mission departed Tor
Moscow, where all trace of it was lost.
1 now hear that The entire mission LETT
here by the Siberian express, and WIS
supposed to be bound for Irkutsk. If,
however, l am correctly informed, the
Tibetans left the train at the station of
OBJ, whence they took boat up the Oh
river, presumably with the intention of
t-aversing Mongolia, and so reaching
their homes. The territory TO be crossed
before reaching Tibet IS not such as
could be easily traversed except l,y {,
welI-eauipped expedition, and we know
that the Tfbetans arrived IN Russia so
!fI-attended that they were practically
without any sort of wardrobe. and had
garments made for them in imitation of
their national dress at st. Petersburg. 1t
IS thus obvious that they were in no con-
dlT1On unUeTLdEC SuCH Oh dTNhObS Jul
ney unassisted.
There can be little doubt, in the c.I-
cumstances, that the members of the
1its.Icn have been eScoreei home through
Nor goIIa by way of tho Som, pa .nsk
ami Semi eehensk tegTt-Ori2s y an ACE
quate Russian force. and. If former prec-
edent in Central Asia be followed, that
force win con sist of a Large proportion of
trained intelligence officers serving noni-
nally in the ranks. 1t Is thus not unlike
ly that we shall shortly hear of Russia $
having solved the problem of exploration
in Tibet. and we may be sure it will be
done with hex usual thoroughness IT.
cases where she has definite designs for
the future to WORK out
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Kobe chamber OF commerce is
credited with curious proceeding II
has arranged to set up boxes at fmpor-
tant places in the city TO receive memo
rails from any person on commercial
matters, with view to improving bust
ness. Six boxes will be set UP in all, and
they are now being made. The saving
in stamps will, of course, be large.
The NC. Daily News hears on good
authority that the sale by the Chinese
to Russia of the Balshen, Ha!sho and
Haiyung, the three cruisers built at the
Vulcan Yard, Stettin, and OF two torpedo
paid for the five vessels Is $5,OO0O00
which is certainly a good bargain, as the
three cruisers alone recently cost China
six and a half million dollars.
The consumption of sugar by the Japa-
nese in the last ten years. from 1891 to
1900, has Increased almost threefold. The
import of the article, which amounted to
161, 500, 5S4 catties in 1891, Increased TO 3D..
9SS 800 cattieS last year.
The Miyako reports that the budget for
the coming fiscal year will be decided
about the Goth instant and the rough es-
innate of the gross amount of both the
revenues and expenditures Is fixed at 7.
260, 0oo, 900, which shows a decrease of
some Y. 5000, 90 compared with the
budget for the current fiscal year. What
are to be regarded as expenditures for
the new enterprises of the government
are those to be laid out for the estab-
lishznent of the steel foundry which re-
quires Y. 6,340.o00 in the aggregate as a
successive work for five years and Y. s.
100000 for the first fiscal year; for the
construction of barracks in Formosa,
which requires Y 100000 in the aggre-
gate as a successive work for three
years. and Y. 10000 for the first year
and others of which Decentralization is
not here necessary.