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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1913.
BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.
(Beuter's Service to the China Hall.) | (Reuter's Bervice to the China Mailj
CANADIAN NAVAL BILL
DEBATE STILL PROCEEDING,
Lostos, "April 8,
The Canadian House of Commons re- auried the debate on the Naval Bill The Opposition rejected the overtures of the Government for n cessation of obstruction.
Mr. Borden, the Premier, suggested aring a date for the vote.
Sir Wilfred Laurier said that the pro per mode of settlement was by reference
to the people as in the case of reciprocity- He declared that there was ng emergency | necessitating a contribution to the Im- perial Navy, and there could be no com promise in a matter affecting Canada's , autoacidy.
Mr. Borden declared that it was im possible for Canada to remain neutral ju a time of war and remain part of the Empire with self-respect.
RECOGNITION OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC.
Losnos, April D. A telegram from Washington states that not only have Great Britain and Japan hitherto "not recoguised the Chinese Republic but there are indica. tions that Russia, Germany and France will withhold imusediate recognition, Bras, and probably all South America will follow the United States. The United States will wait a few days for detailed information, which will not he long delayed. Mr. Bryco and Chan Ging Tang discussed the situation on Mon lay.
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President Wilson tuld a journalist that Mongolian independence was unt Envolved in American recognition.
NOTABLE SUFFRAGETTE
ARRESTED.
Losons, April 9. Miss Annie Kenny has been arrested na ebarge of inciting suffragettes.
`CHINA'S PARLIAMENT
OPENED.
Lowes, April 9.
Reuter's correspondent at Peking Selegraphs that the first Republican Chinese Parliament has assembled.
TURCO-BALKAN WAR.
Losnos, April 8.
PRESIDENT WILSON AND MONOPOLIES.
LONDON, April 9.
-A telegram from Washington states that President Wilson in his Message to Congress, demonstrates how monopolies have grown up through high tariffs, killing all competition. They must abolish even a semblance of artificial advantage, and build a foreign trado. while avoiding upset or confusion. He intended to make laws which would
agitare" with facts of to-day.
PLURAL VOTING.
LONDON," April 9. The Bill to aboliat. Plural Voting has passed its first reading by 300 to 117
votes.
THE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPLORERS.
FURTHER DETAILS.
LONDON, April 9,
A telegram from Christinais states that four userobers of the Schroeder." Stranzer German Expedition to North Spitzbergen, regarding whom ominous reports were circulated recently, have reached Advent Baye They raport that two others are safe.
Liest. Schroeder Stranzer left in Auguet on a sledging expedition nad never returned.
The aviator and couk are also dend
THE POPE INDISPOSED.
SERIOUS RELAPSE?
LONDON, April 9.
His Holiness the Pope, who has been indisposed, has had ae serious relapec. and has been ordered entire
repose.
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At the Magistracy to-day before Mr. Melbourne, Ha Sin Pig, of the Ching The Of this musical presly, the programm Restaurant, 472 and 473 Queen's Road | states that the book is by Ernest Wolsch West, was charged with being member, ara Rodolph Berunier, the lyrics by A. or acting as a member of a society known foods Traven. Harry Rowie and Percy as the Lan Club at No. 102 Queen's molt and the music by Road West, dist for the ancisty at when one reads of thi, somewhat being a registered or exompted city, remarkable enllaboration, ons naturally He was further charged with managing expects something rather above the aver or assisting in the management of thege in masival caly, Judged, how..
arver, by chast night's performance, 1 am The Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax (Registrar Fineline thonk that a little disappoint. General) prosecuted, and Mr. F. X. ment might restilt in eonsequence of this i D'Almada defended.
conclusion. The play is indeed bright, The Registrar-Generi said he visited fairly clever, amusing; the music good. the place, and the defondant said that he the Indies" dresses and their wearers, very was running the club. Ho al said that members paid 810 bscription. They mad this sooner attractive. all monthly expenses of the club were about that, of course, me expects in musical $100. He had great difficulty in getting metly: hut even more is required if Nu Aswer when he asked the defendant the ice is to be declared an outstand- Ho miding Surves. Whether it was owing to how many members. there were. the membership was under tan and that this voices of some of the princípuls and
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one of the members paid four or five sub-not of the churns being rather unequal CASEMENT scriptions to cover the expenses The people in the club gave addresses in Canton the music or whether it was owing to and Hongkong, The club was neither the chestra, being too loud, the fact is fitted up exceedingly well and was in registered nor exempted keeping with an ordinary club. Тного were bedrooms and cubicles, large kitchena accommodation, and large number of
that the mordy, was not presented quite CLOTHS,
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The case was reminded antil next Monel, and hoseted the part of au artistic music, thaster very well. Miss Violet Frampton was an attractivo" maid
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thers, though having comparatively small parts, performed very creditably.
There was again a large audience. To- night, the modeluding, performance of the present vids will be given Autume Sunwuvres,” which; met with so much Interess last week
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Areording to the newspapers, the Ger. and an ""WASHABLE mans se huilding what they think is a new forms of graft for destroying battle ships. This, we are informed, consists of modem c-sized ship that does not cont more than one-twentieth part as much as a Dreadnought." It is amull in size, sits vory low in the water, with very little freo- board, is very heavily armoured forward, with one very larze gun in the bow for throwing high explos vea. The ship i provided with powerful engines, and is expectest t
to have a speed equal to that of torpedo boat, and it is proposed to
fight it always head on, so that the only target offered to the enemy would be the heavily armoured bow It may he, used for either nitack at close quarters or for throwing very large aerial torpedoes a considerable ・af tan
tance, the idea being that if one of thore large torpedoes explodes in the immediate vicinity of a ship the shock would be "sufficiently great to rupture the hull and
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commencement of
the civil war and Social and Political Union showed that being completely envied with two layers the expenditure last year was £25,731. the harbour she attacked and destroyed of railroad iron. When she came out of including £6,321 for salaries.
(Wah Tax Yat Polo Service.)
CHINESE NEWS.
FAMILIAR RAILWAY FIGURE.
Memories of 45 Years on the Great
Western.
A familiar Thes has disappeared from Paddington platform. Forty-five years,
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ngo Mr. Robert Norgan entered the seri vie of the first Western Railway us a goods porter at Paddington Station; three weeks ago lo retired from the dudes of SEND FOR PATTERNS. platia inspect. which he has dis charged for the last 29 years.
Mr. Norman was promoted from porter to goals guard in 1876, and ite told a
bully News und Lender representa LANE, CRAWFORD
of two experiences. He had when run. Bristol. On Christmas Eve, 153, u ter wing the gals trains between London and
ile snowstorm was raging, and leaving Bristol et 536-verchristmas Eve bo did |
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wooden ships belonging to the Federals: but on the second day a small craft put in an appearance that only had a freeboard of eighteen inchos, At first sight the Southerners called it cheese-box on a raft. It had one small turret, armed, with ons very cast-ira gun. The engagement lasted for only a short time, when the Merrimac withdrew from the action, taking shelter
shelter in the harbour behind the fortifications. She was so much damaged that she was allowed to sink.
The next engagement of the kind touk The Atlanta was by place istther South. far the art powerful imaclad ever built for its size, and while she was building tao monitors lay of the coast waiting for her to come out. Them were small craft, similar to the one that aank the Merrimac, When the Atlanta came out only one of the monitors engaged her approached st close range without receiving any injury, and fired a single shot from a large gun. This paced through the armoured side of the Aulants and exploded inside, and the battle was finished, not another slot was i The Governor of the German Colonycellent work in the civil war were the in-spowstorm of 1881. The train come up THE COMMERCIAL PRESS, LD.
Bred. These monitors that did such ex ighties. He was caught in the historic
He han sut been in a railway accident during the whole of his long railway career. but during this Bristol-London Anty he thinks he'enue as near to being in a great disaster as any living a GREAT REDUCTIONS. IN He was shunting is goods train round Didcot Junction one night, when, the Bristol express, which was running lake. und which he thought harl passed, missed
attend the opening ceremony of Parliament to-day. President Yuan
Pixus, April 9. In the House of Commons, Sir]
The members of the various Edward Grey said a landing of a saval brigade' with field gana or a bomhard-Legations requested permission to ment would not be undertaken without further instructions. He emphasised the international character of the Sith Kai will follow the procedure of demonstration and the importance of the Presidents of France and the upbolding the agreement regarding the United States in nct attending the frontiers of Albania. He declared that opening ceremony, Leung Ski Yee will this agreement was essential for the represent him and explain the reason peace of Europe, and in his opinion of his absence," it was only accomplished in time to preserve pence among the great Powers.
SITUATION OBSCURE,
of Kino Chau in a telegraphic mesinge has informed the Chinese Government that Hung Chute Che, who is suspected of complicity in the murder of Sun Reuter states that the diplomatists Chao Yin, has been arrested there, but zonsider that the Balkan situation is proofs of his guilt are wanted before anost obscure. They anticipate ahe is handed over. settlement but they cannot form no opinion as to how it will be reached. They expect that the blockade will be carried out.
SERVIANS ROUT TURKS.
- The Servians routed the Trib army commanded by Djavid Pasha near Valona, capturing 1,300.
TION.
The presentation of the document conveying the United States recogni tinn of the Republican Government will take place to day and a reception bna bean prepared for the American Minister.
The Russian Governor of Harbin has arrived at Peking incognito,
PEKINO, April 9.
Leung Shi Ye, secretary to Freajslent GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA. | Yuan Shih Kai, way unable to deliver a specch on behalf of the President, THE QUESTION OF RECOGNI owing to a strong protest of the Komingtong (Socialista). There was much wrangling about the elect iou of a Chairman, and ultimately the oldest member
min over sevenly years was elected to the posi tion. A salute of 108 guns was fixed at the opening of Parliament. The next
LOREN, April 8. In the House of Commons, Sir J. D Recs asked when Great Britain would recognise the new Chinese Government
and whether the recognition would de meeting of Parliament will take place pend upon the prior settlement of con- on the 12th inst troversial questions between China and Britain, including Tibet and opium.
Mr. Acland replied-When the pte:
The Finance Department has decided
to accept the Belgian Loan of £6,000,000
sent aluinistration in Chico is establish for a term of 10 years, the tea duty to
Great Britain una agreedao vet in
Leancert with the Power... Hecognition
will be conditional on the formal con firmation by the Republic of the rights
be the security."
ven'in of a very clever Swadish engineer,
Er ca.
ย
lliting with the train in his charge by
a seond.
As a passenger guard he worked the Old Northeri Cheup." as the Partio- mentary train between Pudlington and Shrewsbury was called, in, the early
a drift of snow between Kennington Junction and Hadley, and was firinly st
welded. Tares engifer, voch encrying ton
THE FIRST I ESTROYRE. Shortly after the War, the same inventar permanent way men, were sent forth, and Eult another boat in New York intended after 12 hours work the train was liter. exclusively for harbour defence. It was ally dug out and got back to Oxford, whout the size of a larga tug boat, the perplier festure about it being that it was where it had to wait another 30 hours provided with a large tube placed on the lufere it could move on. ku I which contained an vatromoly large Mr. Norman was afterwards guard on torpedo. the propelling force being core the 5.80 a.. newspaper train from Pad. pressed air. It was proposed t to me this hat the same ne torpedo boats are now dingtem to Exeter, auf vinded his career as a 'pussenger guard by running the used. It was called tenon's destroyer. and regarding the effci ny of torpedoes. In 1884 thero tras mach discusion in Eg Basingstoke.Birkenhem traits for some Sunu experts claimed tati
tai action they might be nearly as dange on to a friend ns to fo The changing and swirling cur-
years.
Iliademories of Paddington–Station- wra full of interest. One of his mot cherished recollections is moving King George and the Duke of Clarence into:
rents might take them anywhere, and it was suggested that it might be safer and more effecure to throw the torpedoes the train that took them to Dartinoutli through the air thin to propel them through the water.
when they joined the Britannia as cadets,
Sir Hiram Mazin, by request, designed and he also watched the last broad:
gange" train leave that station.
fur throwing it. This wa patented A very large gun, a torpoo, and a system May 30, 1885. Lover on we find in the Patent Office nother patent, also granted to Sir Hiram Maxini, dated 1805) for empire was hears projectiles it does throwing very
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the great ceremoni Tüfétions at Wind.Daily Prers," that the Lords Commis It is officially announced, mye tha
visits of foreign sovereigns, reviews, and Committee to inquire into the arrangements sor Castle of the last 23 years-wedding ioners of the Treasury have appointed s not appear to differ in any material degree from the Germin design. Live the Get by ths with of the trains which conveyed in fures as to the mode of issuing the collar man, it is armed with a single gus, pro this remains of the Duke of Clarence in the East in order to accuro the equiva rested with very honry armour, and it is Que Vistors, and King Edward to the lent of sterling in lossl currency. The designed to fight ships head on.
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