MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1912.
BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.
[COFTMONT] HOME POLITICS.
THE MIDLOTHIAN BYE-
·EL"CTION.
(Reuter's Service do the China Mail.)
LONDON, Aug. 19. Provost Brown has been adopted as Labour candidate for Midlothian.
THE "EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKE
TERRIBLE SCENES.
Router's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, August 18.
A Cuestantinople telegram stato that this American guardship Scorpion having returned to the scene of the earthquake reports "that affairs or much worse than the estimates in diostel. Over 3,000 have been killed
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THE MIKADO'N FUNERAL
AUSTRIA'S REPRESENTATIVE.
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THE BALKANS' UNREST.
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IMPORTANT JOINT ACTION PROPOSED.
THE CHINA MAIL.
A HONGKONG INDUSTRY.
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Aerated Water in the Making.
Ming Tang
A VISIT TO MESHES WATSON'S WORKA.
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REGULAR SAILINGS VIS PORTS and SUES QANAG
Thero ace few of Hongkong's European TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR 38 ATHOLL.
residents, one' would imagine, in, whose
| dietary sorted water in one form es anothor is not includes ná a regular article of consumption, but probably there are
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) | (Rautar's Service to the China Mail.)fow who have mers than a vague idea of
LONDON, August 19.
A telegram from Vicurus states that the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Tokyo will represent the Emperor Francis Joseph at the late Mikado' funeral.
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
THE LATEST PHASE.
(Router's Service to the China Mall.) A telegram from Washington states have agreed to the Conference's Re that the House of Representatives port on the Canal Hill,
Loxpoy, August H
President Taft has informed callers
LONDON, Aug, 17.
he invitel the Powers to participate Heuter learns that Austro-Hungary
in an exchange of views on the condi- tion of the Balkan Provinces in the Ottoman Empire.
Count Berchtolda invitation to the Powers to exchange views on the Balkans is much`commented on. The inspired Austrian Presa is careful to
explain that intervention in the affairs of Turkey i pot contemplated. Austris merely wants to assist Turkey the various nationalities and to con. to carry out ber desire to conciliate
vince the latter of the reconsity for
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Hongkong journalists, which included at Mens Watson and Company, amety of least one who could be chased in the above category, were given an opportunity on Saturday of inspecting the firm's model factory at Shaukiwan, and watching the} products for which they are noted in Far Eastern parts in the process of
nufacture.
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and at least 6,000 injured. It is almost at White House that he is uncertain facilitating the task of appeasement whose une is the laboratory-au importansbe Go-Between, by Ms Coulon Kar- THE BEST ::
impossible to approach some of the village owing to the stench of the bodies. Others are simply charred heepa The tremors continue. Dam aged houses are collapsing. In one village visited the people were stil stunned, not attempting to help them- relves, and sitting about in groups brobding over their misfortunes. The Ascumenical Patriarch has telegraphed | to the Archbishop of Canterbury making an appeal to British generosity,
The Kaisar has contributed M. 10,000 to the ad for the relief of sufferers by the earthquake.
TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.
A RISING OF CHRISTIANS.
provision in favour of free tolls, as if he would sign a Bill containing a such a provision would seriously em harass the United States, He was in favour of allowing the matter to be a Thar Question in the United States, Courts,
CANADA AND IMPERIAL
PROBLEMS.
Bavier's Service to the China Mall.)
LONDON, August 18.
Mrs Borden, wife of the Prime Minister of Canada, was present at the launch at Glasgow of the steamship Niagara bailt for the Canadian Australian service. She christened
the vessel.
Mr Borden, in a speech, said the Inunch marked another stage
of
(Router's Barvícs to the China Mafl.) | development between Canada and the
LONDON, August 18.
Colonies. The men Over the Seas
Logge
BAHADI.
ously approves of the suggestion.
The European Prese generally cauti-and Mr Capell. Tifin served at the Anne of the Barricades, by S. R. Crockett.
MERELY *CONVERSATIONS"
MEANTIME.
The Austrian Press" emphasises the point that there is no idea of summon. ing a European conference. Conver- sations will be conducted by the Anibasindors.
Some European newspapers attribute the invitation to a desire to anticipate the action of Russia. The result of the conversations at St. Petersburg is significant Count Berchtold is return ing to the European fold which the lare Count Aerenthal shunned.
TRANQUILLITY DESIRED,
The Austro-Hungarian Press con-
Aaher of Inconse, by Author of Master-
ing Fisme. The Common Touch, by Austin Phillips. The Rhodesian, by Gertrude Page. The Lewpond, by Charles Marriott. The Big Fish, by Marriott Watson. The Touchstons of Fortune, by Charles Blinds
Major.
Hongkong Hotel afforded further opportu- The Sen Devils, by J. Bicundaile Burton. nity to 'those of the guests who were Exotic Martha, by Dorothea Gersrå. etrangers to their hosts to become acquaint In the Vortex, by Clive Helland." ed, and the meal concladed, a party of
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Wonders Gave Party, by John luglia, | eight or nine set out for the factory in the new motor lorry which Menara Watson & Co. have just acquired. The journey was not without incident--but s description of it is not the purpose of this article.
To one who was unaware of the location of this important Hongkong industry the sight of the extensive buildings which house it came as a pleasant, surprise, a surprise which was desponed hy inspection of their interior. At the factory offices, spacious, xicy and plently situated, an addition to the party was made, the guests being introduced Lawrence, the manager of the works, and then started H most instructive interesting tour of inspection.
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It should be stated that the present fac- tory was erected a year ago, displacing, the old and congested premises off Den Vieux Rond, which had been long outgrown by the demand for the firm's products. The present premises bave been planned with :
A Reuter's mevange from Cottinje/ were thoroughly conscious of the great tinues to emphasise that there has been i state that the Christians have risen problems of organisation in the Empire no suggestion that the Powers should a view to the future, provision hay.
awaiting subution and he was quite
in the Turkish district of Berane, seized
convinced that British statesmen were two villages and plandorul a town. The Turkish troops replied, annonadequal the magnitude of the task,
ing the Christian villeger. The Christians thereapon attacked and raze the Turkish block-houses on the Montenegrin border. Fighting |
HOME CRICKET RESULTS.
near Berane continued day and night(Reuter's Service to the Chino Moll.) with heavy casualties. The Turks threaten to exterminate the whole of the Servian and Christian population in the revolted district,
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FRONTIER CROWDED WITH
REFUGEES.
LATER. Reuter's correspondent at Cetinje
LONDON, Aug 17.. Australians v. Gloucestershire, atj Cheltenham. Drawn.
South Africans v. Sussex, at Brigh too. Colonials won by four wickets.
Warwickshire v. Surrey, at Birming bam. Draw]).
intervens in Turkey's affrirs, but only a desire to ensure tranquillity in the Balkans till the new Turkish Govern ment has been ziren full opportunity to meet the demands of the various
nationalities in the Turkish Empire At the same time the Powers will give States. pacificatory advice to the
ing been made for further extensions, The ground floor area is very large, ample pace existing for the installation of a duplicate plant.
One of the most important considerations naturally the purity of the water, and in such an industry, especially in the Enst,
what the party saw on Saturday convinced Balkanthem that upen this score Mowers Watson's customers, need hate no qualias. Hong- konig water is noted in the East for its unusual purity, but in the Watson factory nothing is left to chance, and before it enters the machines from the city mains it is prissed through a modern fistering plant of the most approved type. Thenco
AUSTRIA'S MYSTERIOUS
POLICY.
Count Berchtold's action is regarded
as inexplicable here because there is it is drawn to large covered tanks, no question of decentralization of which are connected by pipes to
tho
Lancashire v. Middlesex, ut Liver Macedonia or the granting of autonomy machines in the main room un the telegraphs that the reports of the pool. Abandoned on account of rain. to the Albanians.
ground Huor. Ем nother chamber The demands of the Albanians to were noticed, the flow from och vat, the syrups which are used for flavouring which the Perte agreed are in accord-similarly connected; being automatically ance with existing laws, and further controlled. The laboratory and stores were
situation on the Montenegrin frontier are alarming. Massacres in the Berane district are continuing, and the
Hanta. Esax, rt Southampton. Abandoned.
Yorks v. Notts, at Harrogate. Won
frontier is crowded with refugees. Aby Yorks by an innings and 102 runs, developments as the result of Count passed before descending to the main scene
general state of excitement prevaile. The Malissori tribes are threatening to Attack Scutari,
FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
TROUBLE IN THE SOUTH.
LONDON, Aug 18.
FRANCE AND RUSSIA.
IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT.
(Router's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, August 17.
never
Berchold's proposal are considered as improbable.
ALBANIANS ON THE
́ ́WARPATH.
of activities.
A vast building full of busy workers foeding repasione anchines which swallow, ed empty bottles as fast as they were fed to them, and dischargel them filled with sparkling liquids. This was the impression made on the mind. Everything is auto- matic, and even the workers seem to hare become imbued with the spirit of the machines they tand, so swift and ordered are their movements. At one end of the
Panic has occurred at Cakub, as the M. Poincare, having returned to result of the arrival of a large force of (Reulor's Service to the China Mail.) France, an official communique has Albanians, who entered the town,
line of machines one saw bottles being been issued at St. Petersburg stating pillaging and releasing the prisoners.
fed They now threaten to march to
tra A Paris telegram states that there that, the result of the conversations
น rotary appuntam which with wada Salonika. Three thousand Albanians discharged them, lied. is considerable auxiety in France re-
between the two Governments re-are reported to have reached Kuipri newest form of cork, the Crown stopper. water and hermitically sealed with the garding the situation in South Morocco, affirmed their complete agreement, awing to the activity of the Pretender, The ties uniting them were El Hiba. All the European's have left stronger. They recognised that the Marrakesh oxcept the French Consulentente consecrated An unchanging and Vice-Consul. The task of the feeling and can progressively be adapt- Resident General is an arduous one, ed to allcenssities which can be as this new revalt is enning at a foreseen. The Allianes remains a critical time and the impossibility of Precious guarantee of the peace and dispatching troops to repel El His equilibrium of Europe. may delay the pacification of the whole country.
TURKISH POLITICAL
ORISIS
EVOLUTION BEGUN.
TURCO-ITALIAN
HEAVY FIGHTING.
#Routers Service to the China Mail.)
Losnos, Aug. 17,
THE CONVEYANCE OF CHINESE TROOPS.
TITNIL
Further on was the soda water compressor, which applies the bottlers- ninchine of cylinders and gunges through which could be seen the gas-improgozled water babbling and cething at a pressure of 195 lbs to Soma Exciting Experiences.
the square inch. The mod who fed, the
Merchants steamers as having exciting gaze wasks and thick gloves, but the loud Some of the masters in the China bottling machines looked wierd in their times in the transportation of troopsignibed the bursting of defective bottlen reports, which at intervals of a few seconds from the North to the South aid vico WAR-ivid at Csalon from the North undary are these precautions.
Two more shiplond bave just under the severe strain showed how neces- after receiving their quota of pay dis driven by action gas which is made on The plant is run by a large gas engine, tribute themselves over the equntry to forto further bands of robbery.
the premises. The Northern provinces seem to be in an
Everywhere in the factory one noticed Pequally chaotic state. A steamer which labour saving devices. For instance the was bound from Nanking with troops for bottles are washed by machinery; and a Bouter's Service to the China Mail. the Italiane advanced from Zanha with tion of several small children, which were
A telegram from Home states that the Soutir was held up and the libera-roller trolleyway has been installed to move the filled cases of bottles from the LONDON, August '18. the object of occupying an important being kidnapped, was demanded. This far end of the factory to the exit, the A message from Constantinople group of heights in order to cut off the the soldiers refused to do. so the steamer cases moving down it by gravity. Trol states that the Government has issued supplies of the enemy from the Tunisian Europeans and erow ordered out of her,pany's private wharf to all parts of was moored lesa, to Bank ́and all the ley lines ran right from the com- a communique which says that the frontier. They carried the position A battalion of Field Artillery was then the ground door of the building, and also period of revolation inaugurated in after a hard day's fighting, losing six drawn up on the bank and instant anni to the large godowas, storse and packing 1908 must be ended and that revolu-killed and 98 wounded. Five officers bilation threatened, If the children were rooms. At the time of the visit the firm's tion has begun. It emphasises a desire were wounded. The Turkish losses not liberated. After much, parley on lighter "Pycris," named after their to pursue a policy of conciliation, were heavy.
agreement was arrived: "at whereby celebrated mineral water, was lying'at the | much compensation per head per child wharf ready to take to Hongkong a large we paid, this is rouched for by a Euro- COUNT BERCHTOLD THE BEGINNING OF THE END.pean who saw the whole transaction. We export order for Haiphong. Its capacity Lis 400 dozres bottles a trip When the HONOURED.
bro in the 20th Century and China & A telegram from Constantinople will occurred, is where some home than 600,000 bottles of "minerals (can be modern Republie Anther incident factory is working at full pressure no fewer "Beuter's Bernice to the Chino Mail.) states that it is understood that in were to he sent South on the same ship turned out in a day, and so urast has been
LONDON, August 18. formal pourparlers have begun between the men Unfortunately, themat
the demand lately that the employees inve The Emperor Francis Jonoph has the now Turkish delegates and the were embarked first, and when the horses had to work overtime, decorated Count Berahtold, the Italian representatives with the view arrived the men stated they had distinct learned, and tacy came away much imprese. All the storesting facts the party Austrian Pronier, with the Order of to discovering a basis for the conclusion to emphasize their feelings, needless to cleanliness of the factory and everything objections to them, and fixed bayonetsel by what they had seen, sad by the the Golden Fleece.
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