Vol. VIII. No. 89. 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
[May, 1902.] 
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was greatly improved, — 8th : The amended Manchurian Con- 
vention was signed at Peking. — 12th : The allied commanders 
resolved that the Provisional Government of Tien-tsin should be 
maintained until the forts were destroyed. The rebellion in 
Kwang-si continued to make head. — 14th: Prince Tsai-chen, 
son of Prince Ching, was appointed special ambassador to 
King Edward's Coronation. — 29th : The Emperor, the Empress 
Dowager and the Court returned to Peking. The agreement 
for restoring to China the Peking-Shan-hai-kwan railway was 
signed. 
Denmark. — 8th : King Christian's 84th birthday was 
celebrated. — 19th : The Landsthing passed a resolution that 
the sale of the Danish West Indies should not take place unless 
the electorate of the islands voted for it. 
France. — 6th : M. CUmenceau was elected to the additional 
senatorship devolving on Var by the death of M. Denornvandie. 
— 7th : Mr. Doumer, the retiring Governor-General of French 
Indo China, arrived at Marseilles. — 28th : The general elections 
resulted in a great success for the Ministry. 
Germany, — 2nd: It was announced that the German 
Emperor would be represented at King Edward’s Coronation 
by Prince Henry of Prussia, Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch premier, 
arrived in Berlin, — 19th : Death of Prince Henry XXII. of 
Reuss. 
Holland. — 18th : It was announced that the Queen was ill 
with typhoid fever. — 23rd : The Queen was reported to be 
recovering. — 28th : The Queen continued to make satisfactory 
progress towards convalescence. 
Italy. — 2nd: The nth International Peace Congress was 
■opened at Monaco. 
Norway. — 16th: The Ministry resigned. — 20th: A new 
Cabinet was formed by M. Blehr, who will hold the portfolio of 
the Interior and the Premiership. 
Persia. — 5th : It was reported that a concession to work 
the oil beds of the Kirkhah had been granted to a British 
subject. 
Philippines. — 13th : Major Waller was acquitted of the 
charge of killing natives of Samar. 
Russia, — 4th : The new Four percent. Loan was subscribed 
for more than 100 times over in Germany, Holland, and Russia. 
— 10th : The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vilna was deprived 
of his see. — 15th: M. Spiaguine, Minister of the Interior, was 
assassinated. — 22nd: General Vannovsky, Minister of Education, 
resigned. — 24th : It was reported that the population of Finland 
offered great resistance to the new army regulations. 
Servian — 5th : The peace footing of the Servian Army was 
raised to 17,500 men. Dr. Popovitch, Minister of Finance, 
resigned. — 6th : M. Milanovitch became Financial Minister in 
addition to holding the provisional charge of the Department 
■of Commerce. 
Spain. — 5th : The Bank of Spain protested against the Bill 
relating to the fiduciary circulation. — 17th : Death of Don 
Francisco d' Assisi, ex-King of Spain. 
Switzerland. — 1st : The new palace of the Swiss Parlia- 
ment was opened at Berne. — 10th : Diplomatic relations with 
Italy were suspended. 
Turkey. — 12th : Bulgarian bands continued to commit 
■outrages in Macedonia. Fresh troubles were reported in 
Albania. — 22nd : The Arab rebellion in Yemen was reported to 
be spreading. 
TJnued States. — 5th : It was announced that the New York 
Chamber of Commerce would invite the Prince of Wales to 
attend the ceremony of dedicating the Chamber's new building 
in August next. — nth : The death of General Wade Hampton 
"was announced, — 13th : Death of the Rev. Dr. de Witt Talmage 
in Washington. 
Venezuela. — 8th : News was received that the Government 
forces had severely defeated the revolutionists twice. — 18th : 
Diplomatic relations with France were renewed. — 24th : A 
'Government force was reported to have been defeated by the 
revolutionists near San Antonio, and General Castillo killed. 
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
Kingston-on-Thames. — On the 17th inst. the millenary of 
the Coronation of Edward the Elder will be celebrated. 
London. — On the 7th inst. Mr. Albert Chancellor, J.P. , as 
Master of the Coachmakers’ Company, will read a paper at 
the Society of Arts on “ The Origin and History of Carriages." 
On the same date the annual meeting of the Iron and Steel 
Institute of Great Britain opens, Institution of Civil Engineers, 
Westminster (two days). — On the 8th the annual dinner of the 
Japan Society will be held, the Japanese minister in the 
■chair — On the 9th the Prince OK Wales will be installed as 
Chancellor of the University of Wales, at Bangor. — On the 
12th the King will hold a Lev&e at St. James s Palace at 
noon. — On the 14th the annual general meeting and the annual 
■dinner of the Navy League will be held. — On the 22nd the 
King and Queen will be present at the opening of the Royal 
Military Tournament at Islington. — On the 28th Sir Robert 
Herbert presides at the annual dinner of th Colonial Club. — 
■On the 30th the King’s Birthday will be celebrated, and the 
usual ministerial banquets held. — June 4th is Derby Day. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Austria (Prague), — An Agricultural Exhibition is 
to be held at Prague, under the auspices of the Bohemian 
Central Agricultural Society, from the 15th to the 19th inst. 
The exhibition wiil comprise agricultural machines and imple- 
ments, foodstuffs, etc. 
Germany (Wannsee. ) — An International Motor-Boat 
Exhibition is to be opened on 1st June, at Wannsee. a 
watering-place on the River Havel, near Berlin. The exhibits 
will include the construction, care and use of boats, launches, 
yachts and other craft of moderate tonnage propelled by gas, 
gasoline, electric or steam motors. The enterprise is under the 
auspices of the Middle European Motor-Carriage Association, 
No. 1, Universitiits Strasse, Berlin. 
Mexico. — Proposed Permanent Exhibition. — T he 
United States Consul at Vera Cruz reports that the project of 
■establishing a permanent exhibition of foreign and native pro- 
ducts in the City of Mexico, which has been under consideration 
for some time, is likely soon to be an established fact. A 
contract has been signed between the Department of Public 
Improvement, on the part of the Mexican Government, and 
Mr. Jose Landero Cos, representing a company, by which a 
concession is granted to the latter to establish a permanent 
exhibition as above mentioned. The agreement has already 
been approved by the Lower House of Congress, and it is hoped 
it will meet the approval of the Senate. According to this 
agreement, the buildings for the exhibition shall be finished 
within three years, and cost not less than $300,000 in Mexican 
currency. The concession is for a term of ten years. The 
administration of the exhibition will promulgate its rules and 
regulations, approved by the Government, in Spanish, English, 
French, Italian, and German. An annual catalogue will also be 
published in the same languages, containing a descriptive list 
of all the articles exhibited. Any article to be received for 
exhibition must be accompanied by a ticket, stating the name 
of the manufacturer or producer, or his agent, the name of 
the article, its application, price, and all other necessary data. 
Enough space in each building shall be reserved for Federal 
Government exhibits. In order to assure the success of the 
exhibition, the Government of the Republic asks the different 
States of the Federation to obtain articles and data, and such 
other information as will help to extend commercial relations. 
All material necessary' for the construction of the buildings, as 
well as samples of foreign products, will be admitted free of 
duty, under a bond guaranteeing that they are for the use of 
the exhibition only. However, any samples so imported which 
have not been sold or re-exported within one year will be assessed 
the usual duties according to the tariff in force at the time of 
importation. 
Peru (Lima). — The Peruvian Consul at Southampton 
announces an Exhibition to be open in Lima for 30 days 
from the 1st September next, of Articles and Apparatus 
connected with the Use of Alcohol in the Production of 
Motive Power, Heat and Light. The Consul states that 
he is prepared to receive catalogues .and other information from 
the manufacturers of such apparatus who may be desirous of 
exhibiting their goods at the Lima exhibition. Further partic- 
ulars will be communicated to all intending exhibitors. 
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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. 
NAVAL. 
Captain John R, Jellicoe, C.B., R.N., has been appointed 
Naval Assistant to the Controller of the Navy. 
It is understood that Captain J. A. Tuke will be appointed 
Master of the Fleet at the forthcoming Naval Review. 
The Encounter, second-class cruiser, will be launched at 
Devonport on June 18. She was laid down on January 28, 1901. 
The cruiser Ariadne has been ordered to commission on 
June 5 for service as flagship on the North America and West 
Indies Station. 
The battleship Repulse completed her refit and equipment 
at Sheerness on the 5th ult., and left for the Mediterranean for 
temporary service there before rejoining the Channel Squadron. 
The Aboukir, armoured cruiser, was commissioned at 
Portsmouth by Captain C. J. Graves-Sawle for service on the 
Mediterranean Station. 
The Admiralty have placed orders for two new battleships, 
one with the Fairfield Company and the other with Messrs. 
Vickers, Sons and Maxim. 
The Fawn, torpedo-boat-destroyer, has been commissioned 
at Portsmouth for service with the Mediterranean Squadron by 
Lieut. -Commander R. W. Myburgh. 
The Doris, cruiser, will, about May 6, be commissioned 
at Devonport by the crew of the Arrogant, cruiser, Captain 
H. C. B. Hulbert, for service with the Channel Squadron. 
The Icarus, sloop, Commander G. F. S. Knowling, which 
has been relieved on the Pacific Station by the Shearwater, 
sloop, Commander C. H. Umfreville, is expected at Plymouth 
on May ir. She will pay off at Chatham. 
The Syren, torpedo-boat-destroyer, was commissioned at 
Portsmouth by Lieut, and Commander the Hon. H. Maude and 
the crew of the Teazer, the Syren taking the place of the Teazer 
in the instructional flotilla. 
Captain Robert S. Lowry, who was Rear-Admiral Lord 
Charles Beresford s Flag Captain during the whole of the time 
his lordship was second in command of the Mediterranean, 
takes over the command of H.M.S. Hood on the 1st inst. 
The new battleship Vengeance was commissioned at Ports- 
mouth on the 8th ult., for service in the Mediterranean, where 
she will be a valuable addition to our fleet. The Vengeance is 
the last to be completed of the Cano^ui class. 
The new battleship London, which is named for the Prince 
of Wales to fly his Royal Highness's flag at the Coronation 
Review, will shortly after that ceremony be sent to the Mediter- 
ranean as Rear-Admiral Burges Watson's flagship, and relieve 
the Royal Sovereign. 
Captain Christopher G. F. Maurice Cradock, who has just 
been appointed Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin 
Wake Walker, Bart., of the Reserve Squadron, was promoted 
to the rank of Commander while serving in the Royal yacht 
Victoria and Albert in August, 1896, 
The Camperdown, battleship, Captain H. A. W. Onslow, 
which arrived at S pithead from Lough S willy on the 4th ult,, 
was taken into Portsmouth Harbour to carry out her annual 
repairs, which are expected to detain her at Portsmouth for 
some months. 
The Devastation , battleship, Captain F. G. Kirby, which 
has been relieved on the Mediterranean Station by the 
Irresistible, battleship, Captain G. M. Henderson, as guard- 
ship at Gibraltar, arrived at Plymouth and was paid off at 
Devonport. 
The Seagull, torpedo-gunboat, which was the first ship in 
the service to be fitted with the Niclausse water-tube boiler, has 
been completely overhauled, and is now placed at the disposal 
of the Boiler Committee, who will next week attend some 
experimental runs in her. 
The new Bermuda floating dock, built by Messrs. Swan 
and Hunter, Limited, of Wallsend, is ordered to leave the Tyne 
on May 15 for Sheerness, where the Sans Pareil, battleship, 
Captain A. J. Pocklington, port guardship, will be docked to 
test the working of the structure before it is towed across the 
Atlantic to Bermuda. 
The Goss-mer, torpedo-gunboat, has arrived at Sheerness 
from the works of Palmer’s Shipbuilding Company, Jarrow-on- 
Tyne, where she has been fitted with new engines and water-tube 
boilers. Her new machinery is to indicate 6,ooo horse-power, 
being 2,500 horse-power in excess of the power of her former 
engines and her speetTis expected to be increased from 19 knots 
to 21 knots. 
According to present arrangements, Admiral Sir John Fisher 
will transfer the command of the Mediterranean Squadron to 
Admiral Sir C. E. Domvile on June 4, and it is, therefore, not 
improbable that Sir J. Fisher will bring home his flagship, the 
Renown, in time to fly his flag at the naval revi w. As the 
Ariadne, cruiser, is to be commissioned at Portsmouth early in 
June as flagship of Vice-Admiral A. L. Douglas on the North 
American and West Indies Station, it is probable that that 
flagship will also appear in the lines at Spithcad. 
The first of the submarines, launched at Barrow some 
months ago, was further severely tested on the 4th ult. Seven 
persons, including Admiralty and other officials, were sealed up 
in the vessel, and she was several times run the length of 
Buccleuch docks. During each trip she was rapidly and 
suddenly submerged a great many times, the vessel meanwhile 
being kept in a straight course. The submerging, which was 
merely a foot or so below the surface, took only some six or 
seven seconds, very little more time being required to bring her 
to the surface again. 
France. — The new French Squadron which is to be main- 
tained in the Far East, in accordance with the recent Ministerial 
decision, will be made up as follows : — First Division. — The 
armoured cruiser, l lontcalm, Vice-Admiral Marechal's flagship ; 
the fast cruisers, Gwchen, Chdteaurenault, and De la Gravikre ; 
and the protected cruisers, Friand and Bugeaud, Second 
Division. — The fast cruiser, D'Entrecasteaux, flagship of Rear- 
Admiral Bayle ; and the protected cruisers, Pascal, Sfax, 
Catinat , lnfernet, and D Estries. 
The France Militaire states that the submersible Silure 
has been making some interesting experiments outside the 
harbour at Cherbourg. Among other things it sank to a depth 
of t 342 f cet . at which it was found that the hull was compressed 
to the extent of 125th of an inch (imm,). No inconvenience 
was felt by the crew greater than that experienced at a depth of 
from 20 ft to 25 ft. 
Germany.— Utberall publishes full details of the German 
cruiser Frauenlob, which was launched at the Weser Yards, 
Bremen, on March 22. She has been known hitherto as small 
cruiser “ G, Her length between perpendiculars is 328 ft. ; 
beam, 39 ft. 4 in. ; displacement when drawing i6§ ft. of water, 
2,700 tons ; engines, 8,000 horse-power ; speed, 22 knots ; 
bunker capacity, 600 tons ; radius of action at moderate speed, 
6,000 miles. Her two propellers are three bladed and made of 
bronze. Her boilers are of the Thornvcroft-Schultz type. Her 
armour deck runs the whole length of the vessel, and the coal 
is stowed so as to serve as a further protection. She carries 
12 1 45 in. guns, 12 machine-guns, and two submerged torpedo 
tubes. Two powerful dynamos supply the electricity for two 
search-lights, for the general lighting, and for the motive power 
of the hoists, ventilators, pumps, capstans, steering gear, etc. 
A new German cruiser, to be known at present as the 
Ersatz Kaiser , has been laid down recently at the Imperial 
Yards, Kiel, where the Fiirst Bismarck and Prins Heinrich 
were built ; and where the Prinz Adalbert is being finished. A 
fifth cruiser, the Ersatz Konig Wilhelm, is building byBlom and 
Voss, at Hamburg. The five cruisers are of much the same 
type, but the newest vessel will have engines of greater horse- 
power and a speed which is also greater, of from 22 to 23 knots. 
She is not to be finished until 1905. 
The Germania Yards, Kiel, have in hand a number of 
torpedo-boats for the German navy. The length is nearly 
216 ft. ; beam, 22 ft. ; and displacement, 350 tons. One 
recently launched made a maximum speed at her trials of 28 "8 
knots in Eckernford Bay, where the water is shallow. In deeper 
water she is expected to add another knot to her speed. The 
boat bears the number G 108. 
United States. — The Naval Committee of the House of 
Representatives have decided to recommend the building of 
two battleships of 16,000 tons each, two armoured cruisers of 
i4>5°° tons, and two gunboats of 1,000 tons. The battleships 
will be the largest ever authorized for the American navy. 
MILITARY. 
Captain C. G. Pritchard, Royal Garrison Artillery, has been 
appointed Commandant of the Hong Kong Volunteers, 
Major General Sir Leslie Rundle is to take over the com- 
mand of the South-Eastern District this month. 
Major Cecil Daniel, 1st Royal Scots, has been appointed 
Governor of the new Military Prison at Woking. 
Lieut. -Colonel the Hon. H. Lawrence, 17th Lancers, has 
vacated his appointment on the Intelligence Staff, in order to take 
over the command of 17th Lancers in South Africa. 
Colonel Belfield, Royal Munster Fusiliers, formerly Assist- 
ant-Adjutant-General at Aldershot, has been appointed Acting 
Inspector-General of the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa. 
Lieut-Colonel J. Slock, end Battalion Essex Regiment, has 
been selected to succeed Colonel W. Wood in command of the 
44th Regimental District at Warley. 
Major E. M. Perdval, D.S.O. , Royal Artillery, has been 
appointed to command the 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in 
South Africa, with the temporary rank of Lieut-Colonel. 
Major W. V. Dickinson, second in command of the 2nd 
Battalion Welsh Regiment, has been selected to succeed Lieut- 
Colonel Penno in command of the regiment. 
Major T. M'Culloch, Royal Army Medical Corps, has been 
appointed Deputy Assistant Director Army Medical Service at 
headquarters, in succession to Major W. G. Macpherson, 
Colonel E. A. W. S. Grove, C. B. , has been selected to suc- 
ceed Colonel F. B. J. Jerrard as chief on the staff of the General 
commanding the Scottish District, Edinburgh. 
Captain Younghusband, 19th Bengal Lancers, has been 
appointed second in command of the 26th Battalion Imperial 
Yeomanry for service in South Africa. 
Major H, H L, Malcolm, D.S.O., second in command of 
the 1st Battalion Cameron HighLanders, has been selected to 
succeed Colonel J. M. Hunt in command of the 2nd Battalion. 
Major-General Lord Dundonald has been appointed to 
command the Canadian Militia in succession to Major-General 
O’Grady Haly, 
Captain Matthews, Royal Monmouthshire Engineer Militia, 
who has beeu serving in South Africa, has left for India, to take 
up the appointment of aide-de-camp to Lord Ampthill. Governor 
of Madras. 
The King has been pleased to approve that the Army 
Temperance Association and the Army Temperance Association 
of India shall in future be conjointly styled the “Royal Army 
Temperance Association," 
Major A. E. Simpson, at present second in command of 
the 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed at North 
Camp, Aldershot, has been selected to succeed Lieut-Colonel 
A. E. R. Curran In command of the 1st Battalion. 
Major-General Parr, C. B., is to succeed Major-General 
Swaine in the command of the North-Western District at 
Chester. Vlajor-General Parr has been in charge of the South- 
Eastern District during the absence of Sir Leslie Rundle in 
South Africa 
Colonel S. H. Harrison, King's (Liverpool) Regiment, 
Commandant of the Pietersburg District and Lines of Communi- 
cation north of Nylstroom, has been appointed to command the 
Royal Munster Fusiliers (101st) Regimental District at Tralee, 
succeeding Colonel D. G. Johnston. 
Li ut-Colonel T. Lyons Biggar, Assistant Quartermaster- 
General for Canada, has joined at Aldershot, by order of the 
Canadian Government, to study the organisation of the Army 
Service Corps, a branch of the service now being added to their 
establishment. 
Colonel Waters, C.V.O., has been confirmed in his 
appointment as Military Attach^ to the Embassy at Berlin, 
and he will hold it until June, 1905. Colonel Waters was 
temporarily appointed in the place of Colonel Grierson, M.V.O., 
who had been ordered to South Africa. 
The King's Colonials, Imperial Yeomanry, the new County 
of London Regiment, raised by Lieut-Colonel Willoughby 
Wallace, were inspected by Major-General Sir H. Trotter on the 
Horse Guards' Parade on Sunday the 27th ult. After the inspec- 
tion the regiment marched to SL George’s Church, Hanover- 
square, and attended a special service at 3.30 p.m. 
The King has approved of Major-General W. F. Vetch, 
now Assistant Director-General of Ordnance on the Head- 
quarters Staff, being appointed a Major-General on the Staff to 
command the 13th Brigade at Dublin. Major-General Sir 
G. de C. Morton, now commanding the Dublin District, will in 
future command the 7th Division. 
Colonel R. Auld, now Assistant Quptermaster-General on 
the Headquarters Staff, is to be appointed Deputy Quarter- 
master-General, a new appointment, and will be succeeded as 
Assistant Quarter master-General by Lieut-Colonel F. T. 
Clayton, C.B., Army Service Corps, now at Aldershot, after 
previous Staff service in South Africa. 
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