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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1912.
the Chinese troops, to whom the country is anything but familiar. The Chinese are thus illsituate:]. to assume the aggressive. and have been throwing up breastworks alone a line through Changling-hsien pre paring for a winter campaign. have been
There
Lord Saye and fele, having taken up TELEGRAMS, ĮTELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
Court dution, has had to give up his idea of visiting the Far East this winter. His two sons, the Hon. Geoffrey and the Hon. Laurence Finnes, will, however, make the tour.
A Chinese charged with being in an- lawful possession of women's jackets, said he did not know it was against the law of the Colony for a man to pledge women's clothing. He described himself "g" unemployed but willing to act as a coolie," Ho was fined $10, the alter nativo being 14 days in prison.
FIRE ON THE "MANCHURIA."
The
(THROUGH BEUTER'B. AGINCY.}]
THE CHINESE LOAN.
ACCLAIMING "THE NEW
FINANCIER."
Mr. Crisp, who negotiated the loan, interviewed by Router's representative, dwelt on the Foreign Office objections. He was told that it was quite hopeless to proceed with the negotiations, whereupon he requested a letter from the Foreign offer asking him to refrain for reasons of State. This was not forthcoming, and
Office that he would proceed with the issue in accordance with the contract with China.
LATER.
communications, it Besins, between the Foreiga Ofica in Poting and the Russian Minister respecting a request made by the Governor of Mukdea
LONDON, September 27th, that the troops and military supplies should
Despite the action of the Government be transported by the Chinese Eastern
and the opposition of the other Powers, Railway (the Russian spation of the line
the prospectue of the first half of the through Manchuria, connecting with the railway across Siberia), but the Russian Mr. Lauritsen, of the Exile Garage, £10,000,000 Chinese Loan was issued in Minister refused to permit this on the ground was summoned before Mr. Melbourne at London on Thursday afternoon and that it would be "inconsistent with the the Magistracy yesterday for allowing
inquoted at a premium ofà per cent. The observance of strict neutrality." The Chi-water from his water tap to run mese Government cannot have entirely for cessantly, thereby causing a waste of subscription list opens on Friday and
Defendant stated that his man closes on Saturday, - gotten the warning Russia gave not six water. months ago that she would tolerate na dig might have allowed the water to run, tarbance of her Mongolian trade by Chineset if so it was an accident, as he had orders to be careful with the water. For military operations-in other words, that the prosecution it was stated that the she would support the Mongolian douand water ran directly into the drain. for independence. The reports of the There was nothing to catch it. A letter presence of Russian cavalry near. the lines had been received from the occupants of of the Chiness expeditionary force are not the upper floor complaining that they De fondant replied without significance, and may explis the could not get water. report brought to Changchun recoolly by that he had received a letter from the "a Chinese spy" that the Chinese pati-tenants of the upper floor stating that consequently he informed the Foreign tion is in no mood to assume the aggressive, they had never bon short of water. BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE and are reluctant to cres the river south case was remanded.
of Toonanfu. Meanwhile the leading' Prince of Mongolia is strengthening his MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.
position. In a recent proclamation he says he has been following with great concern how the Peking Governinent has choen toj
the oppress Buddhism and encourage colonization of Mongolia, which seams to him but a device to deprive the Mongolians of their means of livelihood and bring them into subjection. He declares that the Mongolian people have nothing to thank the Peking Government for; on the con- trary, its polies in inimical to Mongolian interests. The Prince announces that he has received a joint petition from the Lamaists and Mongoliams to declare his independence; the Kulun Gorerament has also appealed to him to throw off
have promised to supply him with the necessary funds." Therefore, he declares' his independence and amounces his resolve to prosorve the rights of the Mongolian people. It is doubtless from Tibct that Mongolia has heard of the "oppression of Buddhism" by the Peking Government, and there can be no doubt also that the attitude of the Mongols, which has been bosti's from the begioning of the Revolution, has been stiffened and vitalised by the euocess which has so far attended the Tibetan resistance to incorporation as provmce of China. In the case of either country China is not likely to achieve her object, by military oppression: her only hope of success would seem to lie mther in a policy of peaceful penetration and assimilation.
over 30 Years WATSON'S "E" bas maintained the the FINEST reputation of SOOTCH WHISKY in the
FAR EAST.
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Shortly after midnight yesterday a
Prominence is given in the papers to fire was discovered to have broken out in the No. 3 hold of the Pacific Mail steamer portraits and character sketches of Mr. Manchuria. The crew were called out Birch Crisp. The papers bail him as and set to work to extinguish the flames, "The New Financier whom they com- hut all efforts failed until the seacocks pare with David against Goliath and the World, and were opened and this hold flooded. About Athanasius against 130 bales of gummy bags were destroyed, and the loss is expected to amount to declare that he has won a victory against about 99,000 gell. Fortunately the ship the most powerful combination in the
world's history. as not seriously damaged.
OVERCROWDING OF VICTORIA GAOL.
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The fact that the loan has been arring-
ed by English bankers, under English auspices, has captured the imagination Whether any attempt is being made to of the City, which is confident that it will deal in a serious manner with the over-improve the British position in the Far
WATSON the Chinese yoke, and "certain foigners crowding of Victoria Gaol is not known, East.
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The Mukden Government is in the direst financial extremities. The officials remived only half their pay for August.
Three men were fined by Mr. Melbourne at the Magistracy yesterday $5 each for wasting water by allowing it to run from their water taps.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 104, Dtes Youx ROAD Q.
For being in possession of raw sugar London Orion: 181, FLSET SIZEST, E.O. for which he could not satisfactorily account a Chinese was at the Magistracy yesterday fined $5, the alternativ being 14 days.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1912.
A Chinese who was arrested for a
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bat it is known that the discharge of prisoners before their sentences are ex- piral continues A few days ago we announced that two murderers had been discharged, and we now learn that at the same time some fifteen or sixteen short sentence men wore released before they had completed their sentences.
THE WRECK OF THE "DACRE CASTLE."
The Press editorials generally ap prove of the loan, though the Moming l'est denounces the critics of the Foreign Office for their ignorance of the Far East, and views the situation with misgivings. The question asked by all the papers is whether the public will appreciate the duck and confidence of Mr. Crisp and subscribe.
The Times in its comment on the loan
The message sent to Japan by the
Japanese
cruiser Captain of the Itsukushima, at Keelung, stated that the on Wednesday statedAt the same time Dacre Castle left her anchorage- we have no sympathy with monopolies, presumably to avoid the possibility of
[DAILY FRESS" «XoLusiva sin¥ICS]
THE TYPHOON IN JAPAN..
BIG STEAMER STRANDED,
Toxx, September 27th,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE ULSTER COVENANT.
LONDON, September 27th- Addressing a meeting of 15,000 people
The turbine mail steamer Umegaka making a demonstration against Home Mara, belonging to the Japanese Volun-Bule, at Ballyroney, County Down, Lord toer Fleet, grounded during the typhoon Charles Boresford counselled the men of at Bhimonoseki. She is insured for Ulster to prepare for eventualities and
to be ready for deeds. 1,000,000 yen at Lloyds
The Captain endeavoured to commit harakiri, but was prevented.
The Namsang was in Moji harbour at the time and Captain Burchard and bis officers witnessed the vessel sink at her moorings at 0.45 a.. on the morning of the 23rd inst.]
[THROUGH ROUTEE'S AGENCY, ]
GREAT DESTRUCTION THROUGH- OUT THE COUNTRY,
TOKYO, September 27th. The typhoon was the worst experienced during the last fifty years. The damage exceeds 40,000,000 yon, the death roll is tremendous, and the crops are ruined. It was most severe at Nagoya, Gifu, Osaka and Nara, in which places there are tens of thousands homeless and not a house that has not been damaged.
At Nagoya a tidal wave demolished the harbour, sinking three steamers and caus- ing several to be driven ashore. At Gifu there was a loss of 202 lives and 283 people were injured.
The Kieko Maru foundered off Enshu, the crew and passengers being lost.
LIBERAL NEWSPAPER
ENTERPRISE.
LONDON, September 27th. A Liberal syndicats has acquired by auction the Midland Express and sub- sidiary Conservative publications in Birmingham with a view to starting a Liberal nowspaper in Birmingham, where, up till the print, there has been
Unionist monopoly.
FIGHTING AT SAMOS.
LONDON, September 27th. A message from Constantinople states that sharp fighting between the Turks and the insurgente las taken place at Samos.
British and French cruisers have load-
ed men to protect the consulates and foreignera, CANADA AND IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
LONDON, September 27th. Reuter's correspondent at Winnipeg telegraphs that the Premier of Manitoba, who is believed to enjoy the confidened of Mr. Borden, announces that the latter will propose to offer two Dreadnoughts. LATER. to Great Britain peading the final de-
At Osaka 20,000 houses were ruined and the harbour wrecked, while the venerable shrine of Nara, which is 1,000 years old, collapsed like a house of cards.
A message from Tokyo states that thecision of the Dominion's policy. communications are not yet fully restored.
Four hundred fisherman were drowned at Sapporo, but there is no news of the missing torpedo-boats.
E many places temples, schools and offices have been wiped out, forests have disappeared, and the face of the country is unrecognisable::
THE BALKAN UNREST.
GRAVE SITUATION.
THE DEARNESS OF LIVING.
LONDON, September 27th.
A message from Borton states that the International Congress of the Chainbers of Commerce has passed a resolation re compending an international conference on the dearness of living.
FATAL MOTOR-CAR COLLISION.
Loxnus, September 27th. Reuter's correspondent at Lyons wir that Mr. Charles Voison, the well known All airman and aeroplane constructor has
LONDON, September 27th, Turkey's partial mobilisation in the
collision between motor-cars ît Ballo
Ville-sur-Baone.
heing driven ahore-and came out closi No policy can be successfully carried out guise of manoeuvres has added
The ship, however, in England without a large measure of almost gloomy tone to Count Berch-heen killed, and an airwoman badly in a to the cruiser. apparently caught the full fores of the
Tho Government's told's speech and has deepened the storm, and was carried ashore and broke public support. her back amidships. The Itsukeshima policy has been based too exclusively on gravity with which the Balken situation tried to render assistance, but without the particular interests represented in is viewed, though it is generally believed England by one powerful institution, the in most capitals that the efforts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, to scure Powers will succeed in preventing a con- the support of British finance, which is fingration. indispensable to its permanent success.
success,
A WIRELESS CHAIN IN THE PACIFIC
Large crowds awaited the prospectus
banks.
TURKEY SHOWS HER PREPAREDNESS. The orders of the Porte involve the
It is stated that the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company has a scheme under for the Chinese loan outside the imuig massing of four army corps around consideration for opening a wireles telegraphic service across the Pacific between Honolulu and the Philippines, with an intermediate station at Yoko hana, so as to establish communication between San Francisco and Manila.
BRITISH PENSIONS LIST.
LOCAL SPORT.
A fine of 8500, of in default six months, was yesterday imposed by Mr. Irving ou SCANT information of the military opera- a Chinese whom he convicted of being in A Superannuation "Blus Book just tions which are in progress in Mongolia possession of 64 lattery tickets with a servants drawing pensions, grants, and issued shows that there are 4,140 ex-Civil renches South Chini, and consequeally we view to selling them.
allowances, which amount to 2708,362 per have not been too ready to assume the truth
Yesterday Mr. Irving at the Magis. Amongst the curiosities of the pension-books are chaplains" of Foo of the cable, through Russian sources
trany fined a Chinese 8450 or in default chow and Madeira, who were abolished" which Beurss sent us a week ago telling three months' imprisonment for being in in the soventis, and still live to remind of the slaughter of thousands of Mongolsunlawful possession of a large number of the Treasury of the penalties of hasty
reorganisation:" by Chinese troops, the mutilation of Mon- bottles of pills and opiam lozenges, gol women and children and the burning of monasteries. It is noteworthy, however, breach of the harbour regulations, offered that no denial of the report has been forth coming, and therefore we may not be justi- ded in regarding this sensational report as a canard. China has a very large body of troopa operating in Mongolia, and one would naturally expect that if an authorita- tive denial of a report which so dieredits the Government could be given, it would What the numerical be given at once. strength of the Chinese expeditionary force is, we do not know exactly, but it has been announced that a total of 6,000:
bribe of one dollar to the European contable. He was charged with both offences at the Magistracy yesterday and fined $5 on each charge.
Two coloured women, who a week ago were bound over to keep the peace in a sum of $50 each, were yesterday ined by Mr. Melbourne at the Magistracy in 895 for having behaved in a disorderly man ner in Spring Garden Lane,
The Yalu Saw Mills, owned and
CRICKET
· DEPARTMENTALS 1. CIVIL SERVICE.
A friendly match takes place between the Staff and Departmentals and Civil Service on the Civil Service ground this afternoon. The following team will re present Civil Servico:-Witchell, Cox Spurge, Tarrant, Bacon, McLeod, Sara, McKay, Lindsel, Wood and Dawson.
LAWN BOWLS.
A match between the Police, who are
LAWN TENNIS.
She
MACAO NOTES.
[FROM OU OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
MACAO, September. 26th. AN ABORTIVI EXPEDITION. The military expedition which left tho Colony last week and in conjunction with Chinese troops made a thorough search of the islands of Colowan, Vong Cam,
Adrianople, reinforced by the whole of [The Poking correspondent of the N..the second line of Redifs of four vilayets. Daily News, telegraphed on the 23rd inst :-- China has informed the Sis Power Group This action is justified in Constantinople that the first instalment of the London on the ground that the chief argument etc., have returned to the city. The re- loas having been accepted, that transaction of the Bulgarian Chauvinists is that sult was, as was perhaps to be expected, cannot be cancelled.
expressės a sanctimonious hope, however, that this fact Turkey is unprepared and disorganised, no trace of the pirates being found.. The need not prevent the continuation of ne
Portuguese parties signed a declaration gotiations for a separate loan. The Six and their disillusionment will strengthen commanders of both the Chinese and the Power Group, after this, intends to main- the interests of peace.
on the gunboat Macau that the troops of fain a dignified silence and allow the London
AUSTRIA'S WARNING
both nativas had joined in an expedition loan to defeat itself. The news that the
Austria has warned Turkey that unless for the extermination of the pirates. The more important banks are not participating and that the treasury bonds are being the promised reforms are carried out itaten in both camps fraternised and parted vigorously hawked, suggests that the pra spects of the London transaction are not will become dificult for the Powers to in the best of friendship. rosy, and that the Chince will soon again continue to exercise a restraining "in- he knucking at the Six Powers' door.].
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THE MUTINY AT WUCHANG
200 MUTINEERS EXECUTED.
fluence on the Balkan States.
GREEK PROTESTS TO THE PORTE.
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC. An effort is being made by local Chinese to eelebrate the inauguration of the Chinese Republie on October 28th by a great feast and processions, and the result is likely to prove a joyous but noisy
A message from Athens reports that owing to the Turks firing on a Greek mail steamer off Samos the Government demonstration. has protested to the Porte, demanded an
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLI. The Leal Senado is inviting subscrip- apology, punishment of the offenders, tions for publio illuminations on the oth and compensation for the damage to the prox. on the occasion of the celebration ship and the passengers' luggage. of the anniversary of the second year of
the Republic of Portugal..
WUCHANG, September 27th. The details of the Wuchang outbreak are coming to hand. It appears that two thousand cavalry started the muting and had arranged that the artillery should join them, but the latter failed them. General Chi Men, who was
Reuter's correspondent at Sofia wires forewarned, opened the city gates, Itting that the Government has remonstrated in fifty of the mutineers, who were im with the Ports for the fring
BULGARIA EEMONSTRATES.
DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT. Mrs. Florentina de Carvalho Carneiro died at her residence at the advanced ago. of 65 years, a record in our time.
THE HARBOUR.
TURKEY'S MILITARY, FORCES."
The channel entering our port will Renter's correspondent at Constan- woon be lighted by laminous buoys,
It is stated that the new barb tinople wires that one hundred battalions of Redifs have been called out, of which regulations provide that only steamers having the Government pilot can me Those who do not ara LAND INCREMENT IN THE UNITED four dividions will participate in the this channel.
KINGDOM.
marmuvres at. Adrianóple, and, the reliable to a fine, I believe, of $250, mainder will replace the disbanded and time-expired troops, thus maintaining a total effective force in European Turkey
The city is now peaceful.
men-comprising infantry, cavalry and managed by Messrs. Geo, L Shaw & Co the champions of the Lawn. Bowls Leap mediately shot. Subsequently General Bulgarian ontpests on the frontier. artillery-left Kirin for Mongolia at the the funding American arm at Antung, and the Rest of the Leagus will be played Li Yuan Hung despatched loyal troops,
The Are on the Police Green this afternoon, beginning of the month, and these troops have been destroyed by fire. have beau reinforced since to sonce extent. originated in a godown ander the same starting at 3.30, Kowloon, Civil Servic who captured 200 of the mutineers, wher
roof as the saw mill. The godown and Taikoo Clubs each mond along one they executed. The remainder fled On the other hand, the insurgent troops are contained a full store of timber prepared rink. reported to number not more than 8,000, for the manufacture of kerosene oil cases. but, acording to a Japanese report, their The flares, fed by the casily combustible splendid morate more than offsets their contents, made such rapid headway that
In the lawn tennis championship final on the Civil Service courts R. C, Barlow inferiority in numbers.
The tall, rank all the combined efforts of the Japanese best R. E. O. Bird, 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5,
LONDON, September 27th." grass growing all over the broad plains, fire brigades, the polic, and the Railway In the doubles H. A. Nielet and Phelips
The inland revenue report shows that which are the scenes of the present campaign, Guard, who were promptly at the scene won comfortably in the final. Barlow favours the Mongolians in that it makes of fire, were of little avail. The total loss also won the A" class handicap com the land increment value duty produced
petition, sud C. Bond the "B" class competition. reconnoitering work extremely difficult to is estimated at Yen 150,000.
onl - £8,920 to March 31st.
of 300,000 mert,
FIRE FUMED.
The Public Works Department are. again prohibiting the use of private fire pumps, a policy which cannot be tou strongly condemned.
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