TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1914.
BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.
[Reuter's Service to the Chins Mah.) (Reuter's Service to the Ching.
BRITISH POLITICS.
LONDON, May 12...
«Government and Gunrunning,
In the House of Commons," Mr. "Asquith, announced that the Gorem. ment had decided not to take criminal proceedings in the recent gan-rauning
in Ulster.
Other proceedings were being taken, but it was undesirable to make a stale- ment regarding them at present.
Budget Dabata.
In the course of the debate on the Budget, Me: Lloyd: George admitted that the increase in the Tacome Tax on unearned incomes would involve bard-
THE UNITED STATES
́ ́AND MEXICO.
LONDON, MAY 11.
Mediators' Laavo Ter` New York.
General: Hoèrta's mediators have arrived in Vers. Cruz sad proceeded straightway to New York aboard German liner, refusing all American proffers of courtesy.
A telegram from Jaurez states that the most desperate battle of the whole of the revolution is proceeding at Fam- pico. Some of the oil wells are adame And the town is on fire, H.M.M. Essex is hurrying towards Temples......
Request to Retired Soldiern.
A telegram from Washington states
availability for service in the event of emergency,
- abip on small incomes. It was there- that the War Office has requsated"all fors proposed that the ratio £300 | retired soldiers to report as to their wombil ba a shilling; between £800 and 900, fourteen pence. This concession would cost £370,000 annually,
(Supertax on Incomes Outalde
United Kingdom.
Buster's Service to the China Moli.
BIR STAMFORD:
RAFFLES.
PROPOSED, MEMORIAL.
LONDON, May 1 Mr. L. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonise, replying to the Fioar of Hendar, intimates that he contem pistes suggesting that the Government of the Straits Settlemente provide a suitable Memorial to Sir Stamford Haffie in Hendon Church.
(Is will be remem bared that the anknown grave of Sir Stamford Raffles, who founded Singapore, we discovered reoratly at Headon. Charoh."--Ed.)
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urvase. Compared with the year the number of Biblon çizer Intressed by 237,001. copies. - In during 1013 the total circulation was
Τους Μόσια 1,378,285, an increase of 998,000. In te and that after searching the remal repeded that the Vice-Prouddient, Lifound fast asleep Yuan-Hung, wrole to the Society express sachidad part of the ship. ing his appreciation of the work, which was being carried on in China, and sold- ing “I hope your Society will not only continue, but extend the work, which has. boers productive of so much good." The
Mandarin Now Testament has met with
port goes on to state that the Umon
much agceptance, and the Translation Committee, which le working on the Old Testament, hopes to Lavus the Pentakauph early this year. 14 may be noted that,
cuan by the F the sauce of the Sucipture made he Chlas by the threa Bible Societies who, in has own language,
saged French, priest of, ben to wud including 1912 resobed total of plate the nature of con 55,872,804. The circulation from the Society of Scotland Central Agant than mong the fraternal regiintat
prise which bo alipenintende, IB The final round in this tourosment, Chins was 130,689 in 1913, an increase
rench between the Hongkong Volunteers and of 30,866, while during the year there priests from any diverse laude
Russian, English, Chinese, anderen Police and Warders, commenced at the were printed at the Hankow Press 30,000 Tibetan Ho be ok himself been in Soldiers' Glub last night. Both teams wüa Testaments and Pentateucha sa compared
game but as the Polise won theirs by a with 11,000 in the previous year, and his native France for long marion of larger nargie they have an advantage on 1.683,000 Portions as compared with, or does ho erreper to retu the night's play.
there. The Missing at Hongkong sisävess The first game was tame. Mr. Bishop,1,374,000 in 1912.
his whole thought and attention undi
folios were the opening pair. Agency. Forty-seven missionaries, re- had been unwell, which probably
SPORTING.
BILLIARDS.
BOLDIER' AUCH TOGENAMEST.
Tho" "year" was” A
Burial of American Bluajackets,
A telegrams from New York states that the ladies of seventeen American Among the Budget resolutions adopt-bluejackets, killed, at Vera Cruz, wers ed by the House of Commona is one landed from the battleship "Montane," tax, a supertax on incomes arising ed to the City Hall, where the Mayor, re-accounted for his poor display. The Vol presenting ten missious, supervised the part in the garden for his remains. from securities or possesions in any ceived a wreath from President Wilson unteer led ail the Way to 14 when he was inbours of paid colporteurs and voluntary leading by B4 points. Wilson, taking workers, and the circulation was 900,844, place outside of the United Kingdom, He received the procession, in the Navy advantage of Bishop's inability to score, an increase of 140,287. In the case of whether the income is received in the Yard, with mixed feelings-of grief for took the lead, 213198. It was a class the Southern Agency it is stated that in producing the varied literature inmed
finish, Bishop ultimately winging the g United Kingdom or not.
those lads who game to their deaths and by the narrow margin of 3 points, Breaks in many quarters, social conditions, bar with pride and envy that they had been 13, 12, 10, 10, 10. Scoros Bishop, ly interfered with. The circulation won't elude not only religious tracts and
imposing in connection with the Income A procession of gun-carriages was form. 400g. Volunteers, and Borgt. MoNab | nword ons in the history of the Northern death consigns him to the grave already
HOME CRICKET,
LONDON, May 11.
permitted to do their duty so nobly He emphasised that Americans had gone to Mexico not for aggression but to
spite of similarly unfavourable conditions
In addition to the monks there are on ployed. In the establishment number of Chinese workmen--compositors and Luthers—who have been trained to sastre
from this novel press. Their publication
trated-but also books, large and smail,
leadote some of them admirably illus
Bishop, 16, 13, 12, 19. McNab Wilson, been so disturbed that work was serious- 16, 13, a MaNsb Wilson, 247.
The next game was between Mr Hutchi.up by 19,420 to 141,270, however. In son, Hongkong Volunteers, and Warder Gibson, Police and Warders, & 23 besar the circulation alio grow by 44,388. to se us nowhere she be obtained. Hutchison an lesd, 49-25, but 472,903 in the Eastern and by 48,009 to These coprise Biblical extracts and alac game bill the end. 90,170 in the Westers Agencies. A dictionaries in unfamiliar Eastern fai He lead 163-85 but breaks of 23 and 20 regards Japan, the report shows an insager, spoken, for instancey in different
pt the Volunteer from being
crease of 7,800 in the total circulation, parts of China, Burmah, Java, and r played well-right-averag
Thibet. Asked where be gota the type and by
which was 75,906, It says he and for such a difficult assortment of tongues. 13, 18, 13, 12,
12, 10,
10, Hutchison, centration of missionary effort in coast Hutchison, 189.
Yorks beat Northants by an inning, Berve mankind including the Mericans. This it was Gibsoni
and 138 runs.
——Kent bear MC.C. by an innings and
10 runs.
PRENCH POLITICS.
SOCIALET SUCCESSIB.
LONDON, May 11. The features of the French second ballots yesterday was the success of the -Socialists and the groupe on the right, The supporters of shree years milit. ary service escured in incontestable -majority.
DEATH OF MADAME NORDICA.
Two Britishary Killed.
A telegram from Washington states that the British Embassy has recoiye 23, 23, 20, 19. Scores: -Cibeca, 250: city contres has contributed, elements of and dialects, our venerablà guide explains:
A report from the Vice Consul at Guad. alajar that two Britishers, named Williams and Hondley, were killed on the 7th in. by riotomi minera daring a search for stolen silver bars. The Britishers gave up thair weapons hop-- ing to placate the labourer bat were immediately stabbed to death and hor ribly muitlated. Other foreigners wars. thrown into jail but released later.
The Police and Warders are leading by 65 points. The team scores are:-
Polios and Waria, 497 Bongrong Volunteers, .............. 432
HOME BILLIARDY.
M. Iaman v. H W. Stevenson.
strength to the Church. but has mili that, being unable to purchase some of tated against the diffusion of Christianity those fonts in the ordinary marketa, he throughout the Empire. The real Japan bretheen and their assistance themselvei has type-casting factory vlere the has practically been untouched by Chris sian effort." During the year the to make what they cannot, purchase - Visi, vision of the Now Testament continued, tors are readily shown the machines used for this purpose. It is obvious that and the four Gospels, as revised, ars almost ready for distribution. With re many of the volumes published here ean- ference to Korea, the repart mentions in extensive demand, Probably the fact that at the conference held at few readers are anxious to purchase a Seoul in Mards it was reported that in dictionary in which Cantonese or Thibe CHAMPION WIN ar 3,221,
the previous year there had been 11,700 tan in trained into French. But the baptisme. The Church was growing in industrial monastery at Hongkong, having sufficiens, finanelit venturous and endow. (From the Daily Telegraph.")
independent strength; its leaders were All doubts as to this earnestly contested becoming moms competent; ite spiritualmente, je ccatens to cater for the waxin match of 17,000 up reaching a definite con- life was deepening; and the couverts of Oriental scholars, without being team- clusion were set at rest on Saturday A telegram from Stockholm states evening, when Inman gained a very popular gathered into it were more thoughtful led by the necessity of emcoing large
business profits victory by 3,921 points. It bad needed, and sincere. Is had reached the stage that the King of Sweden has sufficiently however, six bones and three-quarters of of consolidation and construction. The recovered from his recent illness to ex-play to enable the champion so clear of circulation of the Society's issues of the the 1.925 points which stood between him. and
KING OF SWEDEN.
LONDON, May 13,
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LONDON, May 11.
Fable hiin to resume Government. -At his goal. The Holborn Hall did not Scriptures in. 1913 was 5,060, being 405 Reater's correspondent at Batavia arly date, he will open Parliament, hold the company of spectators anticipated, more than in the previous year. telegraphs that the death has occurred after which he will proceed to Karlsbad fact possibly due to the holiday period. there of Madame Nordica, America's to undergo the cure.
Thoas who came to see the last stage of ene of the most important matches!! great recalist, of preumonis, Madame
recent years shared in the sormations of -Nordics was on a tour of the Far East.
the race against time.
[Mme. Nordica, who was born at Farm.
·ington, in 1858, was educated at Boston and studied made in Italy. She appeared London in 1887 Marguerite in -41 Faust."—Ex.}
CANADA'S NEW "GOVERNOR-GENERAL
(Wah Taz Yat Po's Service.)
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
SHANGHAI, May 12.
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The manager of a petroleum com- pany, named Tso Shik Kwai, has been arrested by command of the President on suspicion of being league with rebels,
PRESS CORRESPONDENTS AT PEKING.
it was a care
A Kalire Thesize.
The writer goen (
› romark that in #oeno, but OVEN
In the current issue of The Morning in contrast t calm the annual report of the Church more rracteristic of Chinese life, was England Mission to Korea, is published, their experience in visiting a native and it is stated that the past year was theatre at Shanghai.
The programme consisted of throw dr marked by increased activity in avery
in British theatros, bus ore dividid
Early on in the af ermon the loader lagged on his journey. He was trying to branch of the wack, as far as home four different' dramas, which began shout score above his normal rate, as could be organisations was concerned, the Arch-x o'clock in the evening and continued Read rod to seen from his movements around the table. and the despatch with which he set his ball bishop of Canterbury leading the wybil nowy midnight, within and then seat it off from the D. Ho and making the S.P.G. to furnish spean spend so many hours at the play, the
Pak over. wished to get his
Once again, report and to consider the best means audience indulged much more freely in though, i
of "more haste less of meeting the Ananda) eninis: There retroalimente than is musi in Engli speed." xcept for a period of a little followed an extraordinary response from places of entertainment. The over an hour, when Stevenson, koos on all qusitors. The Bishop of Kores boxes are not enclosed, roon. Com halding the table, actually accomplished all the sonring, toman made a good average posts that the total number of Christians
from each thor simply by a low parti rate of progress.
a. He was always within at their Communion in Kors, beginning the zim-schedule. LONDON, May 11.
with twer in 1897, mud amounting to only over which it is easy to sou all Matters were recommenced with the 300 in 1905, had reached 8,000 in 1910. cno's immediate neighbours. On the The appointment of Prince Alexander
Boat 15,075 t
5 to 12.123. Inman added of Teck to succeed H. R. E. the Duke
30 points
It was true that the retume made in front all of the box engaged for us by to an unfuished 31. and at bis of Connaught as Governor General of
fourth attempt be made 68. Then, in Advens, 1913, showed that the number the Chinese compradore who actál soccersive innings, Steavenson scored 129, had since gone up to 5,000, whom our guide, philosopher, and felend Canada has evoked ungracious. "com.
PERING, May 12...
130, and 63. The leader, however, struck 3,000 were Communicante, but he was be had provided tea, coffee, cabs, The Press correspondents at some form at his twelfth visit in a run of ments in some quarters in Canada. While the undoubted success of the Peking have been provided with n 162. It seemed to put him in touch with convinced that continued progress on this cats, cigarettes, and cigars with lavisk Dake of Connaught's administration is special reception room by the Ad- his game. Still, the ex-championship Eept scale was neither to be wished nor look. hospitality: meesding our
ministration Department.
up a string of
of useful movements, mch as ed for. It was not to be looked for, 14. 5o 133, 79 acknowledged it is argued that any.
tively 19 (the last pee consecu- because there was no question that a tively), 31, and see Inman made his most rod for the Gospel" of the last few
$112.
steady reaction was setting in after the thing like a perpetuation of Royal-rulers
In between theee and Court etiquette is unsuitable in a
serviceable and consistent progress with Kuma democratic country like Canada.
closely connected breaks of 110,76,86 81, years, and it was not to be, wished, be 71, and 48. Thereafter, for the better part cause, in the expressive American phrase, of the two
hours [interval:**
Of was seer Both
'TEAM SMASH. IN LONDON.
LONDON, May 11. Two tramcars collided at Blackfriars Bridge and were stiahed. Fourteen passangers have been sent to hospital and others are injured.
<GALA OPERA AT COVENT -
GARDEN.
LONDON, May 12 The Danish and British members of she respective Royal Families astanded Gale opora performance at Corent Garden Opera House which we con verted into a faral bower ablazz with calour and fawile.
CHINA'S ARMY AND" NAVY- UNIFORMA.
Bet fading the six walock they had bitten off quite as zaton
PEKING, May 12. The President has issued orders for men were fatigued, and unable to do them the designs of uniforms for the Com-selves justice. The easiest of irokes were manders of the Military and Naval missed by either, and there was goodly
proportion
6! safety play 66,73, Amiht: this forces.
scoring Inman advanced with 60, and 82, against his opponent's biat of 65 and 77, beloze playing out time wich sa unfinished 29,- Koman, had drawn to within 774 points of if game," with a total of 1,151, sompiled at an average of 28 innings, "while Sbaranson had scared.14307′′ averaging 26 per famings. Interval
Imxar (in play) *** ( Szevasnow
WHITE WOLF REPORTED DEFEATED.
·SHAXONAL, May 12. Chao Tin is reported to have de feated the White Wolf in Shenai and to have broken up the main body of rebela. - 1,000 fled away to the North West.
The cloning chapter witnessad cularly ble beesha,pati
amarily disposed of in tro quarter. Incan added 17 to 29. He followed on, playi between the" strokes -much, mok then he le
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