THURSDAY MAY 2, 1912.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH Pure
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THE TITANIC"
INQUIRY.
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RE EXAMINATION OF MRISMAY,”
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THE DARDANELLES
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LOSS TO BRITISH SHIPPING.
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Laspor, May 3.
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PAND O. DIVIDENDS.
NO AMALGAMATION.
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LONDON, May 2
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
The Peninsular and Oriental Line In the House of Commons, Mr. Losnos. May 1.
Acland announced that the Govern.announce their half yearly dividend at Mr Ismay, on being reallel to givement were very much concerned on the rate of 5 por coat per annum on farther testimony, was questioned very account of the loss to shipping owing Freferrence shares and 7 per cent on closely on the affairs of the International to the closing of the Dardanelles. Deferred shares. The Company an подсе their intention of iraing Mercantile. He declared that there was Sir Edward Grey, he said, had made nothing in the mail centers de furgent representations with a view to
arrangements being made for fro 1,160,000 unissued capital shares to He paid manding a high speed.
traffic. In a case of war, it was inform Preferred cumulativa 4 per cent ntribute to the conduct of Captain possible to protect mutual estrmeree atock for presentation to holders of Pro- Smith. Fe. Mr Ismay, in no way inter from all loss or procure compensationferred and Defered stock at the rate of fered with the management of the Titanic in all cases, but the Government 110 for each 100. They add that this during, the trip, though be remembered would make every effort to prevent increase of capital is intended for the telling-4-passenger_that_de_intended
improvement of the Company's service No reference is made of any rumoured trying the speed of the Tianic on the
further loss.
15th April. He indignantly repudiated THE COMING NAVAL malgamation or combine, which, s
the suggestion that anyone connected
with the White Star Line was attempting
to increase the insurance on the 15th April. He sent a wireless message-to
MANŒUVRES,
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Loynos, May 2.
Mr Franklin on that date, but he didReuters Service to the China Mait not receive it until two days later. Fle thought the construction of the liners must be changed, and the number of "passengers carried reduced in order to
increase the number of lifebonta
THE HOME RULE DEBATE.
MR CHURCHILL ON ULSTER'S
DUTY.
The battleship Hibernia, which has been fitted with a launching plat- forni, has left Sheerness for Portland with four aeroplanes. Flights will be made dering the King's visit to the Naval Manœuvres.
THE O'BRIEN NATIONALISTS.
THEIR VIEWS OF-HOME 'RULE.
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Logoes, May 1.
Contiquing his speech, on moving the second reading of the Flome Rule Bill for Ireland, Mr Churchill said:-
LONDON, May 2. The O'Brien Nationalist's announce that it is no arrier peace when they state that it will be their sim to work, should Assuming a complete divergence of the bill become law, for the happiness views in the event of war, the Irish and the greatness of Great Britain. It Parliament would be able to add to would be well for Ireland if they' our military risks, but be denied the criticised the financial provisions da likelihood of such a divergence, as the based upon the mysterious-economies Bill would remove every ground for which were to be made by tife Irish quarrel. Identity of interests was then Government; and which were absolute, and anything that would ruin practicable. "England would mean the ruin of Ireland. The gain to the Empire would be the greatest and the risk to Britain the smallest. M: Churchill made a strong appeal for the co-operation of Ulster. Ee
SHIPPING STRIKE
SETTLED.
far as the Company is aware, is noh. existent, no such proposition baying been made to the Directors. The Company, it is stated, is working in perfect harmony with competitors throughout the whole range of it
perations in the East.
THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. POSITION OF PRESIDENT AND EX-PRESIDENT. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 2. The Boston correspondent of Reuter's agency wires that complete returns of the Masachusetts elections give President Taft a plurality of 3605 over Col. Roosevelt, but the delegation to the Convention show the same number for both candidates, namely eighteen each.
PERSIA'S POLITICAL
PROCEDURE.
DRASTIC TREATMENT OF OPPONENTS.
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DEATH OF A NOTABLE ACTRESS,
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LONDON, Alay 1.
The death is announced of. Misa Beryl Taber, the well-known London actress She was the wife of Mr Cosmo Hamilton, the dramatist.
"SYMPATHETIC" STRIKES IN RUSSIA.
Drugs
and a practical knowledge of their properties, are the two chief essentials in the
business of the
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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail:) CHEMYST &
LONDON, May-1
Strikes in sympathy with the trouble- on the Lens are spreading to St. Peters burg, where thirty thousand people are
DRUGGIST.
idle. The police are searching the work. We use none but the purest men's houses and many arrests have:
Drugs obtainable, and have been made.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
(Wak Tea Yut Po's Sercise.)
PEKING, May 1.
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big defcion 7 has been dis covered by the present Minister of Admiralty on examining the account books, and an explanation is to-be: naked from Prince Tsai Shun, the former Minister of Admiralty in the Ching Dynasty.
SHANGHAI, May 1.
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The Chief Commander, Wong WE WANT and if care and Hing, who is at Nanking, has been fired at. He was, however, arbust. The would-be assassin fled.
attention will ensure it,
It is reported here that Yuan Shih-will have Your Confidence. kai will appoint a Dutchman to be the Financial Adviser of China.
THE CANTONESE PRESS.
Sun Yat-sen and the Editare..
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The native papers report a'long sddress which Sun Yat-sen delivered to the as- sembled editors of the Canton press, who had been invited to meet the famous ox Presidunt. In the course of the address,
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Sunpaid a tribute to the power of the 81, Queen's Road Central. prex in a very ungrudging way. He point. not (Renter's Service to the Ching Mail) od out that to the press and the army LONDON, May 2 must be wribed the honour of the recent Revolution in Chin "Moreover," he said Reuter's correspondent at Teberan
the press to-day is a powerful weapon for telegraphs that by virtue of powers cou-good or evil, lad is expable of leading ferred on the Chief of the Police by the public opinion in a marked degree. On Cabinet authorising him to arrest.op- the other hand, it can be a power that may ponents of the Government sixteen be used to undo things, as well as to con- Errenta have already been effected, struct." It is pointed out, continued Sun, cluding Saliman Mirza, a Democratic leader in the last Mejliss. The action that the way in which the press of Canton is interpreted being an indication of treated Ch'an Kwing-ming led to bis lev the Government to prepare for a new ing his post, and declining to discharge its election.
(Reuters Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 1.
admitted that Ulster was a serious obstacle to a thoroughly satisfactory
The Liverpool Shipping Strike has settlement and that every citizen was been settled, the men resuming on the
atitled to resist oppression. It would, old terms, pending negotiatione. however, be a great disaster to Ireland the Protestants in the North held aloof from the National Parliament. Ulster bad duties as well as rights, and, the Protestants in the North had a plain duty to their co-religionists in the rest of Ireland.
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POLITIUS AND COMMERCE.
THE PARISIAN
"BANDITS
AN INTERESTING LAW CASE. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, May 1. No one, continued Mr Churchill, could measure the blessings which A telegram from St. Paul, Minnesota, Ulstermen had the opportunity of constates that the Government has begun a ferring on their countrymen, or the fame suit in the Federal District Court against and honour which they would reap if the International Harvester Co., of which they lad a united Ireland home. It is it seeks a dissolution on the ground of their duty to bring the ship safely to its monopolising the manufacture and sale of harvesting machinery. The pro- port, but, if they refuss, they shall not secution is interesting, as it has been obstruct the work of salvage," he co-made the issue between President Taft cluded.
and Col. Roosevelt. MR LONG REPLIES. Mr Walter Lang said the Unionists were not prepared to desert their Ulster friends and advise them to accept a Bill which would bring, not peace, but war a bitter war in every clause. Regard- ing national defence, the Government was not entitled, not even for a final (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) settlement, to iscur the risks indubitably
Toxnos, May 1. involved. The financial provisions were The Paris" police are reticléat re- unsound and dishonest. The greatest garding Garnier's doings, but it is mposture of all was the pretence that believed that they are gradually the Bill would help toward Federalism. drawing a cordon around bis where- It would make Federalien ten times abouts. Yesterday's announcement, more difficult and the Opposition were Towever, of the impending siege is zaited in their determination not to fupparently premature.
The anarchist, Raimbaud, has in .desert their friende in Ireland and to defend interests which were common to formed a Paris magistrate that one both.
2
THE BILL WILL MEAN
CIVIL WAR."-
LATER. Robert Finlay warned the Govern ment that if they persisted with the Bill
it would mean civil war. The Govern ment regard their policy an Parlia
ANOTHER SIEGE PENDING.
Anarchist's Dramaile Announcement.
of the rich quarters of the city will he blown up in three daya' time in revenge of the death of Bonnet,
(Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail)
LONDON, MBy 1.
The Two Thousand Guinear race took place at Newmarket to day: distance I mile.
The result was :—
Sweeper II. Jaeger
Hall Cross
1
2 3
duties. It is also said, that owing to the critical tendencies of the Canton, press, U Han-man is unwilling to take over office"]
RESULT OF THE "TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS" in Canton. It was further suggested that in the past the pross was accustomed to enticize, and so the tendency has come to be almost a habit. But then it must be z.membered that in the previous days they' were criticising an effate monarchy of aliens! and tyrants, whilst if they use the same language now they are criticing their own people and friends. Thereford, "thin habit must be changed. The press should be specially careful not to give car to mere ramours, and publish them as facts. For example, a short time ago one of the papers published a report of the way in which Ch'an entertained singing girls and loose characters' in his yamen, and so thid was kruited about throughout the city. Mean. while, it was quite incorrect, for nothing of the kind ever happened, and in this way an immense amount of harm might be done. Further, lot the editors of the south be reminded that in the north to-day Jaeger settled down slightly abend there is peace. If, therefore, there of White Star, who was benten quar- | should be trouble in the south of any
At the start the betting was 6 to 1 against Sweeper II., 100 to 1 against Jaeger and 2 to 2 agamst Hall Cross. and 9 to 2 against Hall Cross.”
Fourteen ran Sweeper II. won by a length, while half length divided the second and third.
Allepo (with Rickaby up) and Orchestrion (ridden by Triggs) and Javelin (Lorenzo) also ran. Tracery did not accept.
Lane,
Crawford
& Co.
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Loose Fitting
ter of a mile from home. Sweeper serious nature, then the north will muroly UNDERWEAR
It then went ahead, resisting march southwarda and the last state of j strong challenge from Jaeger. White things will be worse than the first. The Star came in fourth.
summing up of the speech was intended The place betting was:-Sweeper to suggest patience. "Suppose Bow II. evens; Jaeger 25 to 1; Hall Cross for example there is a child born. It
to 400.
is not yet reared. How then can it-be expected to support its parents at once"?
COAT CUT SHIRTS
BRITAIN AND AIRGRAFT. Ab present the People's Government in Knee Length Drawers.
Chinn is in its very infancy. Indeed, it is
COLONEL SEELY'S APPEAL. time of pain and difficulty. The Govera
ment is not yet established; the taxes (Reuter's Service to the China Mail are not yet arranged, and, therefore, suficient money is set forthcoming. LONDON, May 1 Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary of for the support of the Gorernment, State for War, presiding over a con- Indoed, everything is more or less ference of aviators, appealed to them yet in its infancy therefore, there DEATH OF A MILLION-to help the Government's scheme: should be patience." In the discussion The Government intended to have a that followed, certain questions were askof. far larger proportion of air craft thanne speaker referred to the question of say Continental nation, and he hoped loans. Sun Yat-sen pointed out that the they would eventually co-operate matter of loans as one of life and death. with the Colonies.
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Sleeping Suits
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Joans there would be no life" as "all", and, therefore, ndreafter for the Be-
LesDos, May 1 THE OPIUM QUESTION. public. When saked what arrangements invite attention to the NEW
mentary tactics, but they would find (Reuter's Service to the Chine Mail.) themselves face to face with grim
The death is announced of William realities.
Colonel Seely maid that unless it were. Donaldson Chuldas, formerly cop- assumed that the Nationalist leaders servative roomber for Newcastle-on- were acting a lie, they must admit the Tyne (1885-1900) The deceased has impossibility of religions prosecution left £1,041,820, which is unexpected- ly large in view of the generosity of and injustice taking place. The queer. Cruddas during his life-time tion was whether the Nationalist Inders
[Note-hir. Crudias, she was born in ars to be trusted. The Opposition had 181, was the son of the lots George refused to trust the Boer leaders, and frudde, Florick Works, Newcastle-on and prevented the grant of Home Rule Tyne, obe of the founders of the vast to the Tranernal being made a gift to industrial organization. His wife, p the nation instead of to Ferty. Were daughter of Me, William Nahary, Now.
to be so mad as castle, predeceased him twee You he Baked going
He believed that is survived by the daughters. De ceased was connected wit many indon would act honourably,
and hold the position:
High Bherid of
Libert
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