The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-20
7 ROU BE.
STILL.
Persecution Of the
Christians In
China.
REPORTS OF BAD
USAGE ARE MADE
Tien-Tsin Wall Being Demolished
Notes Of Many Things
in East.

II
II arrived that the Christians in the
IA district of Chenchou, Eastern no
nan. have been prosecuted anew AS al
fairs had Quoted down the converts pc
gan meeting together in each other
house for worship. All went well TIL the
nephew of Yuan Shikai, Governor OF
sbantung. arrived in the district. This
person Immediately headed move
against the Christians. He enlisted
hand of 700 men and began TO seize Tue
converts and, dragging them to the tenn
pies, compelled them to go through 'he
forms of idolatrous worship. Under pain
of having their homes destroyed, the
converts were forbidden to meet together
again Two of their number We're SEM
down to ask advice and help OF me inis
sionaries Ii is rather slgnihcant tna'
a movement such as this should De IN
augurated by a close relative OF one Oh
the parties to the famous Yangtsze VICE
,ov COMPACT. 1t is satisfactory to learn
that the officials on the spot had dis
banded the 700 recruits.
wenchow is once more looking IKE
itself so far as the presence OF the ioi-
eign community is concerned, as the
last steamer of the year brought the Ia
dies and children of the Methooist MIS-.
sion from Ningpo, along with some OF
the China Inland Mission missionaries
from Shanghai. while others arrived by
the first steamer in January. me VS.
lille appearance of ladies and chiloren III
the streets seems to give universal sat
isfaction TO the natives, and conveys
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 mas
now been paid over by the officials OF
the respective districts.
Shanghai papers report the sudden III
ness of the Rev DIR. J. r. Hykes, Vice
Consul General for the United States. lie
was taken ill on the morning of the 10Th
| instant, soon after his reception OF the
new Taotai at the offices of the Consul
| ate Latest papers report an improve
ment in DR.. Hykes' condition.
| Arrangements, 1t is stated, are being
made for a Chinese exhibition in LONDON
| in 1902 The scheme is being engineered
iby a syndicate, and it will depend upon
the support given during the next few
months whether the exhibition Will De
on a larger scale than usual. No site
has yet been decided upon. The exhlbl-
| ton will include many examples of Chi
nese life. with pagodas, temples and
| The statement comes from CONSTANT
nople that proposal is being consider
| ed at Yildiz for sending an extraordinary
nilsson of UlamaS to China to preach
peace to the Chinese MusSulmans, anc
| to strengthen the relations between them
and the Khalifate. The idea is said te
! 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 20000O,O00, witt
a view to bringing the disturbances II
the Celestial Empire to an end: 1t IL
not surprising to learn that it, is though
in diplomatic circles that the scheme VIII
not lead to anything. s
new Japanese Admiralty port is Il
be opened at the Maizuru, in the prov
ince of Tango, during the next fisca
year. On the opening of the port, thu
warships and torpedo boats now at
tached to the Admiralty ports of Yoke
isuka, kure and SaSebo, will be distribu
ted among the four ports, including tina
of Maizuru The new Admiralty port viii
be provided, are the other ports, will
a marine corps and Shipbuilding yard
Work on the new port has been rapid.
progressing, and should no hitch occu
in its completion, the naval institution
will be formally opened Simultaneous.
with the arrival in Japan of the battle
ship Mikasa, the last of the ships on tn
extensive shipbuilding program drawn u
after the conclusion of the Japan-Chin
war.
The demolition of the wall of Tien
Tsin has been commenced on the soutl
side adjoining the Japanese settlement
says the p. and T. Times. 1t was re
ported at one time that the whole wal
was to be levelled and converted into
tramway road, but we now hear fror
some quarters that the work Is consid
cred too expensive. If the demolition O
the wall is necessary or advisable, w
fail to see why it need prove expensiv
at all If instead of paying the ridicu
lous wages for coolie labor which tn
military authorities have paid they ha
seized the hundreds of loafers and mis-
chievous characters thronging the cit
who were largely responsible for the mis-
chief lately wrought, and made theI
carry out public works for merely the
rice, they would be comforting a boo
on respectable Chinese, accomplish
great deal for the general benefit, an
save many items of heavy expenditul
from the National Treasury, while gi'
ing the said loafers wholesome lesso
on supply and demand
= Owing to a strike in the printing off,
3 of the Echo de Chine, the publication
the paper was suspended for sever
!. days last week
. A novel scheme of amusement for b
/ cyclists is proposed at Shanghai. 1t
, the holding Of a paper hunt on bicycle
, the riding of which will be confined
1. Chinese paths.
General voyron telegraphed to PAL
last week from Tien-Tsin that all
troops were in occupation of their ba
racks and that they had been order
not to leave them except for the prote
ton of the inhabitants. Snow W
abundant and the sanitary conditions e
cellent
A Seoul despatch of the 18th inst
the Asahi says that the electric railwi
projected by Americans to connect Sec
and Kaijo has been sanctioned. 1t W
avoid the route of the proposed Cover
ment railway between the same towr
contract has been concluded betwe
the Corean railway authorities and n
Cawlbran-so the name is given in
telegram.
The Siamese Government has determI
ed to establish a department of par
currency In the near future The CT
rency notes will be issued at Bangk
and will be exchangeable for cash
- presentation at the currency office. \
Williamson has already been appoint
director general of the department