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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1915.
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE LOSS OF H. M. S. TRIUMPH,
Reuter in the following telegrams confirms the wire sont un yester day evening by, our London correspondent find published exclusively in she China Mail to the effect that" 1,M.S. Triumph had been torpedoed and sunk in the Dor:lanelles:--
SUNK WHILE SUPPORTING AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS.
Captain and Commander SarOJË.
Losnos, Muy 27. The Admiralty announces that H.M.S. Triumph, while operating in support of the Australians and New Zealanders at Callipoli, was tor. pedout by a submarine and sunk,
1 Most of the 'officers and met were saved including the "Captain und Commander.
The Adminilly also announces that desnopes and patreiling sinall muk eliased the submarine till dark.
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THE TORPEDOED AMERICAN SHIP
LONDON, May 26,
Head, was dying a large American fag, and was prominently lettered on beth The Nebraskaa, the American ship which was sunk by anbmarine of Brow sides. It is inconceivable that the submarine was ignorant of the nationality of the vessel as it was a clear and bright evening at the time of the tappedoing.
BOMBS DROPPED ON SOUTHEND,
LONDON, May 27. Zeppelins have mided Southend and drapped bombe. A lady visitor was killed and there was other damage.
(Baras Service.)
Pants, May 26, French stock now stands at 72.30. The Bourse will be ulosed every Saturday from June 1 till the end of September.
Yesterday, we made important progress in the whole of the arras region, and to-day, we held and increased all the gains previously mudo.
Our aircraft bombarded effectively the aviation saition at Hervilly
PETROGRAD, May 20. Violent fighting is still proceeding on the Doubissa-Upper Vistula front and also on both banks of the San river. In the neighbourhood of Bourtehitde we took more than 2,000 prisoners.
The following names arc additional to those of the officers and men and the St. Qucatin and Dowsi railway stations. published in our' Extra lust uight:-
Gunner A. J. Alhan,
Gunner (T) M. J. O'Leary.
Gunner W. Broin,
Wt. Teleg. J. Moran.
Carpe. S. Hancock,
Midshipman John S. Meteuli, H.NR... Midshipman Robert D. Cooper, R.N.E.. Mishijonau Frederick E. Gainer, R.N.K., Midshipman, falin $. Griffiths, R.X.B.. Midshipman Arthur C. Nunwiek. H.N.R., Midshipman C. S. Larkins, R.N.R.. Midship G. Stevens, R.N.R..
"Mulshipmann. I. Allen, R.S.B..
Midshipman W. B. Grudion, B.N.R..
Malshipman . R.. Shaw, R.N.E......
Asst. Clark Kenneth W. James.
THE TRIUMPH'S" EARLIER HISTORY.
A Rome official telegram states:Wa assumed the offensive, occupy- ing important positions on the Frioul froutier, Izoase, and all the passes
on the Cadoro frontier.
The health of the King of Greece is very precarious.
DISAPPEARING PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.
EFFECT OF THE NEW LAW.
In the course of his sanunt report the Director of Education mantives that in the early part of last year, when the Education Ordinance came into operation,' many private English Schools did not apply for registration cortificates, but quiety Laded out
out of existence. Ta
SPORTING.
RIFLE LEAGUE CHAMPION. SHIP MATCH.
H.M Dockyard, H.K.V.R. and
Trikoo.
The following will represent the Taikco private schooleta open after Chinese Now Rangs
and continue only for a jow while the Misster was engaged in trying to months,
Liast. J. D. Dauby, Messrs J. Simpson, H. T. Heath, W. J. Elaridge, D. Lyle, obtain a post in some other capacity thauraha. Nicol, and W. F. Bass thst of tchoolmaster. Das good affect of ford, with A. Whitelaw and G. Miller as the Ordinanco is that such schools will Reserves. Mr W. J. Hill is Captain of the rarely now be
The remaining.
carried
Firing will commence at 2.47 p.m. ca regularly and satisfactorily, and in most ces show signs of Improvement. The working of the Ordinance has thus caused school, and has led to the survival of the the voluntary closing of the least efficient fittest.
While the British Admiralty will deplore the loss of the good ship Triraph in the streus operations for the Freedom of the Dit had been quite common for ubers of Rida Club to-morrow at King's Park Banelles, the people rit Hôngkong have just cause to be doubly regrêt fül. Her significent work towards reducing the forts at Tsingtau and her splendid achievements in the Durianelles have woven around her name glorious and lasting memory that will ever be associated with one of the best known ships ver afteched to the China Squadron. As she awang around her boy in the hartour dressed in her cont of white she became a familiar figure. At that fine she carried a skeleton erow and was regarded is a kind of "! white elephant " but little did we rentiss then how she would emerge from obsolete condition and achiere on of the Buest records in haval gunnery. And now she has met her tate in the world's greatest conflict, but that same undaunted spirit which Secured her success still lives and will predominate, intil the object of the Navy is attained.
schools have been.
One school was started for the study of intter part of the year. Esperanto, but disappeared during the
loon is an endeavour to prevent a Literary A Portuguese School, opened in Kow. knowledge of their language being loat by the younger generation of Portugueso resident in the Colony.
The Triumph and the Swiftsure, as is generally know, were sister ships and were built under the 'supervision of Sir Edward Reed for the Chilian Government. They were to have been named "Libertad and Constitucion." respectively, and the design was dominate, so far as alimensions and proportions were concerned, by the consideration that the ships must be so constructed as to enter the double graving dock at Talentninn. Chili, with sufficient elurance at all points to allow the bottom to be cleaned and repaired. Sir Edward Reed was in Chili at the time that the order was given and personilly inspected the dock. The first condition laid down by the Chilian Government was that the cation states, was to get rid of many of
perd should be 19 knots. The origin of the ships is to be found in the fact that towards the end of 1901, the relations between Chili and Argentina, over the mutual boundary question, was so severely strained
young schools. Of the 26
360
team.
UTOPIA OR HELL?
Mr Roosevelt on the Pacifists.
Friends of Bir Rooseva't often discuss
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Bouter's "Service to the China Mail.)
THE NEW BRITISH CABINET.
LANGDON, May 27, 1:45 p... A telegram-from Paris atates that the new British Cabinet is viewed most favourably in France and that confidence is expressed that Great Britain will now mako war with greater unity, method, and vigour.
CANTON ITEMS.
(From Cur Own Correspondent,)
CANTON, May 28.
NEW MOULDS YON DOLLAR COINS.
been made from these modala. On one
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CONSTRUCTION WORKS AT TAT alla TANU The high water at Tai Shi Tau has put a stop to the construction of dwellings and shops that has been going on there, for some time. But orders have been turned to the idle workman to get all building material in readiness. La start working agains sa noơn Can the water han mubaided.
"THE KING OF GRENCE.
LONDON, May 28. The condition of the King has taken an unfavourable turn.
LATER
the King has rallied somewhat.
A, telegram from Athens states that
MR. ASQUITH'S INVITATION TO
UNIONISTS.
KOLDS ON YUEZ SŁY BILL.. The fortifications against the attacks of mythical rebala" upoo Tuch Sao hi have now been completed and in order to render access to these forte more easy, General Long has had three carriage roada made up the sides of the hill with branches
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to all important points. Even rickshaws | Connolly Mafür Pant. LONDON, May 17, are now stationed there for the convenience Macoudray At a Unionist conference Mr. Bozar of any who may wish to visit the place.
McFarland J. E Law read a lättar in which Mr. Asquith
DANNERMEN OUR T103.
Pinousswa·ཀ་་་བར་་ There are in Canton a considerable nem**Quesada China Hotel invited Unionists to enter the Cabinet,her of Bannerman whone duties have, of Vorgeli Steamer Mr. Asquith wrote definitely that he course, expired with the passing of the old
empire. They have been granted a sub-¦ *** Miyazaki Mara "men bad come to the conclusion that the sidy sufficient for their maintainance by Wing Pang Tam conduct of the war to a successful and the present government, but their useful-
Queen's Road Contral.....Nogalı decisive issus could not be affectively pass is not evidant. The Chief of the carried on except by Cabinat repro-Bin, is considering the matter and is of Administration Department, Mr Cheeg senting all parties. Is was unnecessary the spinion that suitable work can bej Hagemag. May 25, 19. to enter into all the reasons-they were fouml for these people so that thn may sufficiently obvious-which would indi- become salf supporting. The Ciril Gover cats this as the beat solution of the nor has added his section to the scheme,
of this necessity involved no disparage problems of the war. The recognition details of which will be forthcoming later.
ment by him of the splendid services which bis colleagues had rendered, to the Empire. After consulting with bis colleagues, Mr. Bonar Law said that he replied that they would gladly co-
operate.
Mr. Benar Law, Lord Lansdowne and other prominent members of the Unionist Party made speeches in which they said that they were confident that the country would be united to bring
| the war to a victorioua conclusion,
HOME RACING ABANDONED.
LONDON, May 27. All racing has been abandoned ex cept the Newmarket mosting.
(Wah Tan Yat Po's Service.
TO NATIONALISE THE MINES.
PEKING, May 27.
A policy of blood and iron is sometimes very wicked; but it rarely does as much harm, and never excites as much derision, a a policy of milk and water-and it comes
The Ministry of Agriculture has sub- foreign policy of the United States under gulations for nationalising the mines President Wilson and
as to bring the two countries to the brink of war. Sir Edward Reed was. Prosecutions resulted in the closure dangerously near flattery to call the fitted for the President's approval se- |
KWANGTUNG OFFICIAL'S
site would have done if he had been President during the war instead of Dr under the Education Urdinauce to
During last year certificates were issued Wilson. We shall never know, but (inys "The Times" in this collection of articles vortacular day schools in the Colosy. One tious he leaves as is no doubt as to what which have appeared in American publies. effect of the Ordinance, the Director of he thinks of what President Wilson bay
dete the schools still existing thers were only 89 Private thoroughly unsatisfactory onos compared with 118 in 1913, and of these 19 were not allowed to continue after last Chincas New was on a visit to Chili for the benefit of his health and just before of Eve unlawful schools. There were in reaching Valparaiso nets the powerful Chilism squadron proceeding south 1018, 200 schools with na sverage atten- in battle rug, all the ships confusing it were buile by die W. G. dance of it. At the end cerah tenang of milk and water, Str.ggar merely
meraly over the whole country. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., at Elswick. He had scarcely reached monthly subsidies of 85 were promised to commande repeat i whereas the prattling Chili when the question of reinforcing the Chilian Nuvy by the purchase schools: the object was to develop them at concrete wrong, and whose proposals for
the teachers of 50 of the least bad of these
feablece that dares not rebuke any for construction of two powerful buttleships name under urgent considera- the esperise of the rest, and thus obriate right are marked by sheas falaity, is fit tion. Purchase was found to be impracticable and steps for the build-the necessity of applying the Ordinance only to excito weeping among angole and ing of their had to be urgently taken. It wits the desire of ex-President and closing there inoficiont schools, a stop sing on the bitter laughing of scorn.
A mandate set spart $3,000 for the Monit, Director-General of the Chilian Navy to keep the tounge if for which the New Territories are certainly adherenta, and he says the same kind
Thus the ex-Presiden to the joy of his Tat, garrison commissioner of Kwang- funeral expanses of the late Ng Chering possible down to 11,000 tons but with a speed of 19 knots; to carry an Vernacular Schools show that there has thing, though less rhetorically, several
nut ripe. The
The report by the Inspector. Atrament of four 10-inch guns, ne bow and stern chasers and at least been an improvement in the 0 schools times. Stripped of a mass of talk, perhaps ten, and if possible" twelve" 74-inch guns of which four were to be on selected. They have an average attendance inevitable in view of the manner of the upper deck. This left six or eight of the 74-inchi guns to be dis-of 852 or rather more than one quarter of Presentation of the subject, his argument, posed of aevorling us Sir Edward Reed might decide upon having ten $3,000 and works out at 93.52 per unit
the whole. The total subsidy amount to which will be familiar to students of his
AN ADMONITION. epescher rung Ex or twelve of these guns, and it was further arranged as was
follows: National promisse, made in treaties. almost cessity that if he could place the six remaining guna in tur-
Amandate orders the people of Hague conventions and the like. are like China to do their duty, and instructs rels.or.tarbettes so as to give them a greater height above the sea and
the promises of individuals.
uals. The sole the provincial oficials, to arrest and greater range ther; the main deck guns-o matter which was attempted
ralus of the promise comes in the perform punish people instigating and sending
and the
fact
sectɔt of.
Franz Latoscher, aged five, and Karlce.
In
of
FUNERAL
without success-then the main deck battery was to be resorted to and Femme, agod ait, were found unconscious the prament serious crisis disparaging tolograma to the Govera
conventiona
CONSCRIPTION" FOR CHINA.
was to contain sight of these 7-inch guns. Owing to the pressing neces in the commissariak van of serious peace and arbitration and neutrality treaties ment regarding the recent concessions eity for rapid building Sir Edward was instructed to proceed to England military train, where they had concealed of the existing type bave proved not to be to Japan," as quickly as possible and to obtain tenders "for ships of the design thus themselves, as they subsequently stated, worth the paper on which they were written. sotied upon from the Armstrong Company and from another firm who order to go to the front and see the This is becaues no method was provided of could quickly produce hull, machinery, and armament complete, on
fighting,
securing their enforcement, of putting force which account among others the well-known firni of Vickers, Soos nint
behind the pledge.
From the in- ternational standpoint the essential thing to Maxim (now Vickers, Tid.) was selected. A telegram was sent from
do is effectively to pat the combined power the Chian Government requesting. Sir Edward Beed to arrange to have Times" learns that Abdul Hamid has been of civilization to secure justies. This entary training next year
The Mytilene correspondent of The of civilization bak of the collective purpose to enforce a scheme of compulsory mili The Military Department lins decided fourteen of the 74-inch guns, thus making it necessary to conform to removed from the capital and has arrived
be achieved e main deck battery arrangement. A corresponding increase in length in Sayrus accompanied by Enver Pasha, peaza of righteousness, which would guar only by a wuild longus for the antee to enforce by the combined strength
FOREIGN LOANS.
d tonnage was allowed. Within three weeks of Sir Edward's arrival and Mfter staying for three days at the the nations the decrees of a competent Foreign. Loans will be paid by the
Suck
on the contracts for both ships but been signed. The principal house of Mr. Rees, well-known British
resident, conveyed tensions were: Tengel 136ft.; breuith 7116.; draught, normal; 21ft. icked to wise proyed to some unknown and bmping Court against way recalcitrans
in increase, with bunkers 1ft. 10in; coul, normal 800 tons, full 000 tons, displacernent, normal 11,853 tons; freebicard at how 21ft. 6m. complement 776. The main deck was protected by in, steel. The weight of the projectiles used in the 74in guns was 2001bs, which gave the Triumphs broadside of 1.100lbs, while her muzzle energy was 75,668 foot-tons
FURIOUS FIGHTING IN FRANCE."
- ม.
...
offending pation..
provincial governments, and the pro- a league for pease, Br. Roosevelt vinca of Admit, is not now in sight, Fonding its $3,000,000
Kwangtung will take The Serjeant at Arma in t
formation, it is the duty of every free-and Commons, Sir Darid. Erksite libur-y-loving nation to keep itself in such
a the House of 14 retiring after forty years' service, has been able to defend by its own strength both its
stato of eficient preparedness a to: member of the Royal Household for an honour and its vital interest," The United eren Teegor period. He was, in fact, the States should immediately strengthen its
The claims made by the Cheshe Cheese, on a notice displayed at the corner of Wine Ufice-court, ta be "Is plus vielis taverne de Londres, maybe well founded; bat many provincial houses can show a LONDON, May 25, 145 p.m. Mi
longer pedigree. Both the Old Green A Paris communique states that recent checks bave driven the Germmos to Newark, dao back to the fourteenth Man, Erdington, and the Saracen's Head, the most violent action. Yesterday evening there was furious Aghting. The century; and the Angel, at Blyth, Nat French, with inagnificent curage and tenacity, maintained every gain. The tinglamshire, preserves a bill paid by Germans repeatedly and furiously counter-attacked at "Angres and carried out Richard de Insula, Bishop of Durlat, for the intensest of benardments. The French occupied almret all the low-lying entertainment at that house in 1974 ground in the region of Daval. The Germans rande most violent but horlive counter attacks. The French, however, coutin uch to advance on the crest nortli eastward of Lorette and gained ground near Souchez.
P
be
·HÁNTEMPING MEETING.
Tice-President.
THE EXTRADITION. CASE.
Sir Edward Reed claimed this distinction for these two vessels, that last holder of the office of Groom of the given their size, speed armour and gun power they had not been Robes, which was abolished on the death of at present in wretched shapa," sud 1. At the annual meeting of shareholders l matched, so fur, by any other battleships which had come under his Queen Victoris Sir David had beco Swiss pattern-and so forth; wear at Fo, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs, was
introduce
duce general military training of the in the Hanyebping Company Seen Ko. notice and he included those astounding battleships then building of the Appointed in 1870 to the post, and in this King Edward Class. For financial reasons the time for the building of of the Mistress of the Eubes Int thirty
capacity was a member of the Department concerned for the moment
will this elected president, and Sheng, Kun-Po
· pre-· the two ships was extended six months. By the time they were com one years
Roosstelt in sader no illusions us to pleted, the stoni thay had arisen between the two Governments of South
the difficulty of applying to internaŽIŠTAT America and blown over and the Chilian Government disposed of the
flairs the principles of the posse comitatus. vessels to the British Government for the sum of £1,758,000.
It may be Utopian, but he believes it to be realizable. Utopia: The alternative, is that which Sherman--and others have described as Hell. It postuistes good Tarth on the part of the nations which are will ing to try it. Excepting matter involvizs involving
A further cross examation of the third nation's honour and vital feferont and for the Crown in the extradition against having any of those specified proceedings against Bong Chu Lang
ach nation should be guaranteed rights infringed upon all disputes takes yesterday by Mr Wood. The
in between the cations should nest aid thi he had never heard t should, Barerally guarantee to their princesa alleged to have been in com
settled by a court had the nations rebellion, on the East River where the entire military force, if necessary against mand of an army of 10,000 men known a
which defind the decroes of the the People's Army. Neither did he know any nation finder such conditions. Be'- | anything of a gend-off recorded-the Private Frank Maddun, of the 7th as that made by Germany, where it la nileged that the primer at the ram would bo nato" from any stinct sted Army by the people at Sam To Cheuk Battalion, Second Infantry Brigade, know exactly hat Mr Roosevelt means The hearing was adjourned for week for It is not easy, at the present moment, to head of a gang of robbers murdered a cook, writing ta Melbourne from Egypt, ella an amusing Hory. A Cortsis colunal forbade by should. Meanwhile, we are sorditally a subsequent data to be treading his men, to come on parade without the with him in his contempt of the oltre regulation hot, and, he added, "bomi- nifas,whose activities have anuuns hamorously, at the bats. Beg borra, dancing the Chars of peace, bels
Fed to
precisely and exactly nothing of steal theas; but get them. Next day. Az bilical communique states: The Rumians, on the 241 and the 20th, the colonel, the majar, and sceral other interesim tu learn that in Lin opicior, repulsed over attacks on the left bank of the Vistais, vory desperate ¿ficers appeared in pitady without an's. American city in the vent of invasion, battle on both buske of the San, erreen Przemysl and Juroslav, continued The man ha l'faken his advice only tou should accept destructiin rather than pay throughout le 25th Tho enemy developed a hurricane of artillery are, and
Aiteral's The hole battalion was dramatica were constantly bringing up large reinforcements between Przemysl and the 1:12 and exscribed for the misting hate, bắt
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Theodore Lootorelt, Great Hamas of the D
French aviniorrover the whole of from showed great activity, especially in the throwing of heavy bombs, which were orat effective
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