SHAM YAOP ། TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1913.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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OPENING OF PARLIAMENT,
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THE KING'S SPEECH.
LONDON, March 11. After a short rocess, Parliament was opened yesterday.
[Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) | was welding the. Empire together, and he hoped that a closer, union would be carried still further. He emphasised that nobody was satisfied with the condition of the British land forces, to which the Government should "have made some reference. He believed that if the Soudan cotton experi- ment were auccessful it would be a direct advantage to the United King- dow. In conclusios Mr. Bonnar Law asked what was going to be done with Home Rule, the opposition to which was hardening in Ulster.
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THE"" WAR OF LIBERATION." Router's Allahabad correspondent
CELEBRATIONS. IN BERLIN.. thá information that telegraphi Lieutenant Clark and Mrs. Fulham
TONDON, March 11. bare been sentenced to death for the The memorial ceremony and festi- murder of Mrs. Fulham's husband,vities at Berlin in connection with and for abetting in the murder of the "War of Tiberation" were at- Lieutenant Clark's wife. The sentence address to the military deputations tended by the Kaiser, who in an on. Mr. Fulham, was commuted to declared that the heroism of their ancestors should recall to the living. generation the poet's words What TENNIS GEAR TORILLA Mar. 20.
In his speech, the King said that he sould not forego the opportunity "on the Occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of THE SUFFRAGETTES' ATTITUDE, pean servitude for life, as she is the marriage of my parents of express ing for
my dear mother and myself our grateful sense of the devoted affection of the nation which is has been her
happiness to enjoy for so many years, and which consoles her in her abiding Jorrow."
FOREIGN RELATIONS,
Our relations with Foreign Powers continue friendly, the Speech con- tinued, after which reference was made
At a meeting of the Suffragettes, beld at the Pavilion, Bliss Kenney, cne of the i leaders, declared that as there was no
Sufrage they bad to alternative but to meation in the Speech of Women's
renew" militant tactics."
anciente.
TURCO-BALKAN WAR.
SERVIAN HELP FOR MONTENEGRO.
THE ROYAL PROCESSION.
In a drizzle, dense crowds assembled
LONDON, March 10. in the Mall and Whitoball and cheer. Five thousand more Servian troops, ed,their Majesties bowing acknow-with a number of Krupp guna, esilod ledgements. A Royal Salute fired by from Salonika to Augiovanni to help the
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you have inherited from your fathers, earn it in order to possess it." "Then too," the Emperor continued, should the need ever arise, shall go to fight with joyous, confident hearts to guard what has been acquired by the loss of such precious blood. Vic- tory, however, comes from God. Therefore let us ever keep the motto of Liberation before us God withi
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THE COURT CARDS,
Thore was again a vory gratifying -
to the Fence Negotiations in London. Artillery in St. James' Park announced Montenegrins at Skutari. The rest oftendance, at the Theatre Royal when i
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and regret was expressed at the failure of the Delegatos to coure to Agreement. It was possible that the developments of the war, which still continued, would bring about changes that would interest the Great Powers who remained neutral and Parties to the Treaty of Berlic. All these Powers earnestly desired to prevent the war spreading and to ade it terminated as soon as possible."
POWERS WORKING, HAR.
MONIOUSLY.
The Government, especially through the Ambassadors in London, had kept
LADY SCOTT.
House of Lords. There was the usual the arrival of the procession at the a complete division of 28,000 follows.
brilliant escort of great officers of Stats to the thrones. The chamber was thronged with peere, paeroases, and other distinguished personages. There was a magnificent display of colour and jewels. The King entered wearing his crown for the first time since his accession. The Queen wore & small diamond crown, with a cream silk corsage, which was glittering with diamonds, including the Stark of Africa.
RETITIONERS TO THE KING,
Whitehall after attempting to peti- Five Suffragettes were arrested in
tion the King.
in close touch and had acted in co- operation with other Powers in the
A septuagenarian was arrested in andeavours which all shared to pre-attempting to petition the King on serve moane for concerted action and the distress of the poor.
to establish an agreement on all points upon which differences were possiblo, "Herein large measure of success had been achieved and agreement had beos reached in principle on matters of the greatest importance.”
Some points were still under discuseion but it was hoped that the consultations between the Powers would enable them to coure a complets understanding among themselves and hesten the war to a conclusion; and the Government would continue to co-operate with the other Powers with marnestness in the desire to secure the peace of Europe.
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION IN
SCOTLAND.
SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED PROPERTY DESTROYED.
LONDON, March 11. An explosion of four gun cotton atores has occurred at Nobale worke Ardeer, Ayrshire. Six people were killed and seven seriously injured. Windows in the town of Irvice were hattered. There were dense clouds
mother capital programme was submitted by the verg vorsutile Court Cards."! Nearly every Hern submitted was encored, and in some cases two repeat items had to be given, with the consequence that it was close upon the witching bour bo for the final curtain was ring down. What was apparently new to a Hongkong alience was Mr. Gordon Nicholls and
LONDON, March 10, A Melbourne telegram states that Lady Scott and her brother are staging his Liliputian marionettes, for this parh with Lord Deaman at Government of the entertainment came in for specially House.
MORE SUFFRAGETTE
OUTRAGES.
HOSTILE CROWDS.
curty approval. The other, members of the party comprising Miss E. Maradep Owen, Miss Maud Fane, Mr. Sydney Mannering. Mr. Edgar Warwick, Me. Reginald Palmer, and Mr. Welton Ford- ham all put in some capital work, und made the perfamence go with a right good swing.
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LONDON, March 10. Suffragettes daily continue their out- rages on letter-boxes, and are cutting the telegraph and telephone wires to an extent which is exasperating the
(To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL.") -public.
Hongkong, 11th March, 1018.; Meetings which the Suffragettes at of the party which occupied seats in one of Sra,If this should meet the eye of any tempted to hold yesterday at Hyde the upper rows of the Dress Circle at the SLAZENGER'S, AYRES'
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Park, Wimbledon Common and Hamp-performance of the Court Cande" is stead Heath were rendered impossible |(Monday) night, and chattered volubly and
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audibly throughout the greater part of the TENNIS BALLS performance, it may be satisfactory to them
by the continuous uproar created by hostile crowds numbering many thou- aands Doly the presence of hundrade know that they were successful in spojl. of police prevented actual violence.
ing much of the enjoyment of the evening for another party seated nut far from thom. Suffragettes have burned the Bowling I presume, at least, that this was their Club pavilion as Heaton Park. New-object, else why did they chatter?- oastle, and the miscreante aucceeded
in making good their escape.
THE GROUND.
Yours, &c.,
CYNICUS. P.S.-A commentary on the foregoing
Mrs. X. or Mr. Z. upon the qualifications of any particular performer out of a body
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of amoke. Many buildings were RAILWAY STATIONS BURNED TOI would add that, although the opinions of partially wrecked, including churches, BRITISH NAVAL DEFENCE. schoola and public buildings. Men fell in the streets, and hornes bolted, Reference was made to the visit of People left their hom s in the the Canadian and New Zealand Minit. greatest consternation. Senolehildren tars to London to confer with the became hysterical, and were sent home. Government oa Imperial Naval Even the town of Ayr was shaken. Defence. The King said that he was "confident that such an exchange of -vlaws would promote the solidarity of the Empire." Púrticular reference was made to the batticship from balaysia and to the ready consent of the New
·Zealand Government to the retention
ton, in Buckinghamshire, and Crox-doing ita best (and a very good best, at ley Green in Hertfordshire, have that) to give full value for its money to s ben burned to the ground. In the somewhat sparsely filled house, former case, placards were found doubtless of great value, it would seem upou which were printed Votea appropriate to select a more suitable time for Women, Burning to get the to air them, before a larger, more attentive GREAT REDUCTIONS IN
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·EXTRAORDINARY CONDITION OF
AFFAIRS.
LONDON, March 11, The rate of private discount is now
of its battleship with the North Sea 11 per cent., which is nearly equal
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GERMAN LOAN UNDER- SUBSCRIBED.
LONDON, March 10. While two comparative small Ioans,
Aset. The steady progress towards to the Bank of England rate. This the four per cent. 'Imperial loan of
the establishment of an Australian
Beet, and the debates in the Canadian Parliament all testified to the universal desire within the Empire for the main- tenance of their common safety.
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INDIA.
Mention was made of the wicked Attempt on the life of Lord Hardinge and to the sympathetic loyalty evoked In India,
is an unusual endition at this sea-
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and, I am sure, more appreciative audienen, The quality of the criticisms evoked may bo ginged by the following specimen, in connection with the singing of Miss Pare Dergs, Patent Medicines, &o Marsden Owen, to the foot that she ought
to go and practice singing scales rome. | 62A, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.
where elsa So choice s gom of the higher criticism deserves a better fate than. to be lost amid the dusty echoes of the Theatre Royal, from which Fate I count the Bank of England rute is anti-Prussian Lona of £5,000,000, under-worthy to rescue it, through the medium myself honoured to have been found
cipated. The present stringency in written by a syndicate, were over of your columns.
son of the year, but no increase in £2,500,000 and the four per cent
the money market is due to un ex- subscribed by 68,000,000 marks, the ceptionally large accumulation of tax Prussian Treasury bonds redeemable money while the high level of the in 1917, taken over by a so-called discount market rates is accounted
for mainly by international causes, Prussian syndicate, have proved a notably the hoarding of gold in Ger failure. It is stated that barely balf any and France in view of possible were subscribed. This is the first time contingencies. The extraordinary a German Gevernment Loan has been monetary pressure in Germany and undersubscribed. Austria is resulting in record note circulations in connection with the lown
programmes of France, the Balkans and Ching."
Germany,
THE NEW AEROPLANE REGULATIONS.
THE COUNTRY'S PROSPERITY. The Speech also dwelt on the country's sustained prosperity as re Ascled in the statistics of trade em- 'ployment, and announced the re- Introduction of measures with which the Home of Lorde hnd disagreed, bat further legislation would be restricted in view of the arduous labours of 1912. The new legisla. tion would include a measure to com plete the Land Purchase in Ireland and guarantee a loan for the develop. It was manned by a Frenchman and ment of cotton growing in the Soudan, an English passenger,
AN ARREST.
LONDON, March 10. The first aeroplane which has come to England since the publication of the new regulations entered yesterday, traversing a prohibited area at Dover
Bulls for the care of the foeble-minded, The coastguarda telephoned to inland points and the police took charge of
to restrict the Industrial Employment of Children, to prevent Plural Voting And, finally, an Education Bill..
· THE DEBATE,
Ta the Dobate on the Address, M Bonnor Law, said he would have wel '-
comed an murance that the Balkan
it as it descended near Canterbury, Ar, however, the aeroplane was one bought by the Admiralty it was allowed to proceso.
A PRESIDENT RESIGNE
LONDON, March 10.
A WOMAN'S MAINTENANCE.
0.
A Chinese woman summoned ber hus-
band at the Magistraay to day before Mr. Melbourne for failing to keep up his payments under a Separation and Main.
tenance Order,
Mr. F. X. D'Almada, appeared for the defendant, and said the woman wanted lump som to enable her to to-marry. FRANCE AND THE MILITARY He did not know whether she intended
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Lo commit bigamy, Peceipts were pro duced showing that the payments had feen, maintained, and
LONDON, March 10. M. Jaures, the Socialist leader; was howled down at a meeting at Nice as a protest against his stātade on the Military Service Bill.
ANOTHER STRIKE"
THREATENED.
ADMIRALTY ENGINEERS'
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LONDON, March 10, The engineers at Devonport Dock yard, have refused to work overtime till the Admiralty concedes their demand for a wage equal to the standard paid by private yards."
A ballot is no prosent being jakén of the enginears employe at Chatham : |. Portsmouth,, and Daron
Mr. D'Almada said that the complain. ant had abused the process of the Court.
The defendant was discharged.
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