FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1912.
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OHINESĖJĮ REVOLUTION.
PRAISE FORISIR JOHN JORDAN,
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Feb. 15.
Referring to China in the House of Lords, the Earl of Crewe paid a tributs to Sir John N. Jordan, Euro Extraordinary and Minister Flenipoton tiary at Poking, who, thoughout difficult times had shon tact and ability of which it was impossible to
#peak too highly.
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JAPANESE TROOPS FOR KWANTUNG.
LONDOT Fab. 15,
the.
A wire from Router's Tokyo corres pondent states that the Chinese revolutionaries have ignored protest of the Japanese Governor General at Kwantung, against the siolation of the neatrality of the Peninsula. Aregiment of infantry has been despatched from Port Arthur to enforce neutrality.
THE NEW ORDER.
HERO.
LONDON, Feb. 16.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail.
A message from Beuter's Nanking -correspondent states that Sun Yat Sea) and the whole of the members of the Republican Cabinet have tendered their resignations to the Republican National Assembly and have strongly recom- mended the election of Yoon Shib Kai na President of the Republic.
The election of a new President is fixed for to-day.
PEKING OR NANKING. (Wah The Fat Po Service.)
SANORAL, Feb," 15. "A meeting of the Republican Cabinet was held today at which Yuan Shib Kai was unanimously recommended as President. The members, however, strongly insisted that he should come to Nanking to take over the duties and to
[CAFTREDAT
HOW THE “DELHI
GROUNDED.
THE COMMANDER'S THEORY,
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
London, Feb. 15. .
At the Board of Trade enquiry held
in refers to the stranding of the and O: liner Delhi, Captnia Hayward deposed that he visited the Duke and Duchess of Fife's cabin at 9.30 on the oroning of December 12th and returned to the bridge at 1r opp martel light, but the night was most dirty and glasses
look-out was kept for Cape Spartel
weru ussless.
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The captain stated that he became nocday at midnight as no light had been picked up. The liner was slowed down and soundings taken, when it was found that they were in deep water. Accord- ingly be steered in a westerly direction for an hour, when a secpad sounding revealed sand. He then returned to the old course sind held a consultation with the second officer, deciding that they could not have passed Caps Spartel 28 there was too much sen. All the time
they tried to pick up Spartel light"
When he saw brodera shead he order ed the vessel to be put full speed astern. He attributed the obscaring of the light to a local haze. it
THE PORTUGUESE COLONIES.
"NO QUESTION OF DISPOSAL,
(Reuter's Service to the China Maik)
Loxoox, Feb. 15.
The Portuguess Minister in London has informed Reuter that Portugal was Aover less disposat to part with bar Colonies than at present, and even the mention of such a thing was hurtful to Portagnese patriolim. There had been no negotiations nor adrances from any Powers on such d'matter.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
CRURCH MISSIONAR V ASSOCIATION.
The Bishop of Victoria presided at the annual meeting of the Hongkong Church IN | Misionary Society held at 3. Paul's College on Thursday altarpoon. At the outsat ba renit'a lutter of apology for non-attendants Grom Col. St Jobs (honi, treasurer), Th
EXOITING SCENES
PARLIAMENT.
PREMIER INDIGNANT WITE OPPOSITION LEADER.⠀⠀*
(Beuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Feb. 15.
"The debate on the Addreas in the House of Cummings unexpectedly collaps
following on heated passages be weon Mr Asquith and Mr Bonar Law. culminating in the former's most indig cant repudiation of charges of corruption. He said those were the most serious charges that could be
Pure
Drugs
The acting secretary (Bir E. T. Williams) presented the annual report and bolatice and a practical knowledge sheet which showed that the scrute
10 of their properties, are the
an”increase of 8113; Im'xude at the and
to various objecta Juring
mounted to 8797, an increase upon the plats year of 8437; receipts Miss, two chief essentials in the of 1911, $1,238, an increase of 1281, business of the He remarked that there was only a balance in bind this year of $47, which was lots than they bad taken over before, but the
MODERN & UP-TO-DATE
commitou had deenext it desirable to distributo most of the money in hand and CHEMYST &
brought against a democratic Govern-they hoped that the amount, though at meat and Mr Boar Law was bound to prosent small, would, by incrusted sub- prosecute them on the floor of the House, scriptions, enable them to give the sam to challenged the Opposition to move gate at the one of the present year. an amendment to the Address. .
ment of the debate.
DRUGGIST.
The Chairman said he thought the We use none but the purest Ausocintion w to be ungratulated
un its rupert and balance sheet. The Drugs obtainable, and have Association consisted mainly of members of
Cathedral, St. Peter's, and St. Andrew's an experience of many years.
Tcongregations in order to deepe • thuir
Physicians Prescriptions
Carefully made
PATENT MEDICINES.
A long panse ensued, broken by Me Ray Macdonald moving the adjourn
lobbies, the members discussing the de-interest in missionary work. The present
There was great excitement in the bate, chiefly Mr Bonar Law's attitude in was a time when the Church no hody was regard to the Insurance Act. Babeckoning to the binary valerey undertaking to repeat the Act evoked come over to help them and th minions; tumultuous cheering from the Liberal clergy were only too glad to do The Benches, which Mr Asquith emphasised missionary workers were also beckoning | by dramatically exclaiming "Now you the members of their Association to assist know that the repeal of the Insurance them. The more people ascertained wh Act is the first plank in the platform of was really going on with regard to miss, the new Tory leader."
ionary work the more they would support it. Their support was most encouraging to the missionarier and was a great WE testimony to the value of their wo k. The chairman proposed, and the mosting unanimously approved, that the following will have Your Confidence. be elected for the en-wing jour: Gl Air Booar Law's letter of explanation (corresponding seerotary), Birs J. Stowart St. Joha Chen, treasurer), Mrs Kidd with regard to the suggested repeal of (agazine auctotry), Miss St. John (box the insurance act is described by lacretary), Mr B. T. William (general Liberals as a case of second though wecretary), and the following committee attempting to remedy a big blunder.
Men W. Stewart, Mrs C. E. Thompso The Laionist papers deny that the Miss Erte, Miss Stone, Mr A.-H. Harris, collapse of the debate was due to the Dr J. H. Sanders, Mr f. Sykes, and Dir consternation of the Unionista saa resat Crowther Susith, together with the clergy.
The address. from the Throne has been passed by both Houses of Parlia
m'nt.
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MR BONAR LAW'S "EXPLANATION."
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Aliss Mildred Stewart from the West 91, Queen's Road Central China Mission, garo an Tateresting se count of the work carried on there. Shenrged the need for mare help, The revolution and greatly disorganized their offits. The lives of missionarjes
of their leader's statement on the Insurwho were subcribers to the magdation.
Bill. They deolare that the Unionists were waiting for Mr Ramsay Macdonald, to more à Labour amd ment, and that moreover, Mr Bona Law's attitude was in accordance with
unce Bill on December 6th.
GLOOMY LABOUR VIEW.
LATER.
decide the question as to which city (Reuter's Service to the China Mail) Forster's amendment on the Iosur
shall be the capital of the Republic. Sun Yat Sen and all the members of the Cabinet are to resign on Yuan's arrival.
.
Tang Shao Yi nad the representatives of Sun Yat Sen and Lai Yun Hung bava started for Peking in order to escort Yuan Shih Kai to Nanking.
SUN VAT SEN WORSHIPS. Sun Yat Sen has been worshipping at the Royal tomba of the Ming dynasty to-day.
YUAN'S NEW ATTITUDE.
LONDON, Feb. 15,
A wire from Reuter's correspondent in Melbourne states that the death has occurred of Mataafn, the ex-King of Samos, who, resisted the Treaty Powers in 1899.
THE OPIUM FIGHT.
NOW A MATTER FOR CHINA.:
(Reuter's Service to the China Ma3.)
Lax, Fob. 15,
The Timce says it is hoped that the signatures to the Opium Convention by all nations will be secured by the end
"
Mr Ramsay Macdonald moved Labour, amendment to the Address regretting that there was no mention of legislation to secure a minimum living wage, or of the nationalisation of rail- ways, mines or other monopolies. He dwelt on the world-wide, labjur uns and said the voice of Labour demanded legislation. They could not allow Labour and Capital to fight put their battle while they looked on. How a convinced that the year would be a
difficulties
The Manoliu Viceroy of Shenai and Kansu, H. E. Sing Wan, has refused to of 1912, but these good reason for troublesome one, full of trials and recognise the Republican Government, thinking" that another conference at and Yuan Shih Kni has accordingly The Hague will be necessary to deni sent the Republican troops to attack with questions wing out of the him, despatching big quantities of prosent Convention. The fortunes of Ammunition for the purpose.
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GERMAN ESTIMATES.
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THE GOVERNMENTS PROPOSALS: Peuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Feb. 15. Reuter's correspondent states that the Secretary for the Treasury, has in troduced the Estimates in the Reichsing. He insisted that the extra cutlay for
the auti-opium renment in China depend henceforth on China alone, but the Tinies has doubts on to the efficacioua enforcement in China of the regulations regarding morphize and cocaine.
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It is understood, that the United
South American Governments to secure States has undertaken to approach the
their adherence and co-operation.
COUNT ARMEENTHAL'S ILLNESS.
defences must be covered out of current (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) revenue, as fiances were part of the siners of war, and Germany's credit
London, Feb. 15.
must be maintained. He mentioned | A message from Reuter's correspond extra £100,000 would be asked eat at Vierua saya that a bulletin which has been issued states that Count
that
in
for aeroplanes and cirigibles, and an Acbreathal, lats Foreign Minister, additional 32,000 men to strengthen is suffering from leucaemia of a most the force at Kinochow. He stated that the duties on diamonde in South-West pronounced character. His condition is
Africe would be amended in order to atimulate the production.
THE CONVERSATIONS WITH ENGLAND.
grave.
BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
"AN EXTRAVAGANT FICTION.”:
AWFUL SIBERIAN
SNOWSTORM.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Feb. 15.
A message from leuter's St. Peters- burg, correspondent states that many persous perislied during a snowatorm at
him, in Siberia, on the Ist inet. So far sixty-three bodies have been found.
TROUBLE IN
Y"
wero ao endangered that in her district: they had all been compelled to Testo (with | the excoption of three,
The Rov, G. A. Bunbury spoke on the work at Canto, referring more especially to the C. M. S. Training College thera He had noticed that during the last five ears there had been the growth of a new spirit and un- sense of need amongst the Chinese. Where there was "A news of head the Chiness lid not quitu
consciou know what they wanted. Many matters agitated their minds, and their desito. acumed to be for some new power and be beloved that the Church of Christ was necessary to that...
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LONDON, Feb. 15," Beuter's Paris correspondent wires that fresh disturbances have broken ou) in the champagne district, and fifteen destroyed. wine growers at Mailly had their wine
THE MINERS DISPUTE. PREVENTION OF IMPORTS POSSIBLE.
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LONDON, Feb, 15.
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The conduct of the dispute will now Col. Wrigley 250 speech in the House of Commope, and In the core of his speech in the be left to the National Executive which Total, 1954 the Imperial Chancellor, Dr Beshmana Ecuas of Commons, Mr. Asquith said it is understood to be aiming at interna Hollweg, expressed himself in harmony was an undoubted and most lamentable tional action, probably in the direction with the sentiments uttered by the fact that the traditional feelings of Anglo. of preventing the import of coal into the British Premier. He added that "Lord German friendship and goodwill had Haldane, though unauthorised to con- been seriously overclouded during the clude binding agreements, wils yet acting last few months. When an atmosphere on behalf of the British Cabinet. He discussed with us the points whereon of adspicion was once created, fiction was the interests of the two countries come in readily replaced by facts, and legends contact, and in order to catablish a basis which at other times ware dismissed as of confidential relations an exchange increiliblo were easily accepted and. of views. which we gladly welcomed, widely believed. He had been told, for that the Dalai Lama is returning to took place, and the numerous ex hanstive and frack conversations will ho instance, that there were masses of the Llukan, at which there is much excite continued-(choers). The Chancellor German people who firmly believed that mang the betade observed that he was unable to pay more during the summer or autumn Britain THE PRINCE OF WALES for the present but his wished to ineditated and was even prepaved, for an acquaint the Reichstag at the earliest aggressive attack on Germany. He was moment of these conversations and their
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Haldane is now being carried on aggressive provocative character in the through the cal channels.
Tingvertents of our feet.
DALAI LAMA TO RETURN, (Retter's Service to tile Clana Mail.)
LONDON, Feb. 15. Reuber's Calculju cárespondeat sudes
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DRUM MAJOR ANDBRW'S SULCERSES. This morning Drum Major Andrews, the crack sprinter of the Bulls Regiment, called at the China Mad office and inform od us of his Rucces in tanning, at the Manila Carnival. He won both the quarter-mile and the half-mile and was second is the 220 yards. In the TAKEN IN EXCHANGE firet-named event he Bald, · Mantol of Coba High School, ran kim very closo, hat that
Emil B. rary thing TILTAK. beaton in the 20 yards by faces, of Manila High School. This race was, run within three quarters of -hour and Androwa was very tired. For his of the half-mile and the quarter mile
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