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between the ideas held in the Palace and those held by the people. The prout political crisis in Japon is a caso in point. The most important member of the Imperial Household is the keeper of the Privy Seals, a post to which Prince KAISURA was appointed immediately after the death of the late EMPEROR, and, it is said, on his advice, Prince KataURA represents the bureaucratio party in the State, and although he is not one of the original Elder Statesmea that is, the men who guided the country through the period of the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Restoration and generally acted as advisers behind the Throns through the whole of the Meiji Era--he bad assimilated their views and follows their precepts. Further, be is
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H.M.S. Hampshire, en route to Hong- kong, reached Singapore last Thursday she was to leave again on Saturday,
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SUFFRAGETTE TERRORISM.
DOMA OUTRAGES IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, February 20th. bomb was exploded in Mr. Lloyd George's country house at Walton Hill near the Golf Course, which the builders were just finishing, The house, which, fortunately was empty, was completely saattered, and will require to be rebuilt The damage is at least £500. Another bomb was discovered unexploded. Both consisted of soven pound tins of black powder. The bomb had been ignited by a candle placed on shavings saturated with
The annual meeting of the finance committee of the Alice Memorial and Affliated Hospitals will be held on paraffin The only clue is two broken Saturday, 2nd February, at 12 noon, in hairpins. There were no footprints on the the office of the Chairman, Hon. Mr. E. frozen ground. It is believed that the R. Hallifax.
perpetrators motored there at daybreak.
The recent rathless burning of tepers by order of the Tutub of Kwangsi has created great indignation at Kwailin, and the members of the Provincial Assembly have proposed to impeach the Tutuh when the Assembly opens.
Yokohania has lost by death one of its
Speaking at Cardiff, Mrs. Pankhurst declared, "We have blown up Lloyd George's house," an announcement which was received with cheers. A voice asked Why?" and Mrs. Pankhurst replied, "To wake him up." She added that the
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THE BALKAN WAR
HOSTILITIES CHECKED BY COLD A message from Constantinople state that snowstorms and bitter cold have checked hostilities, in which there havel been no serious developments.
BULGARIANS SAID TO BE IN DIFFICULTIES.
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BIG FIRE AT TOKYO.
Losses OVER Y1,000,000.
TOKYO, 20th February. A large section of the Kanda ward of the city of Tokyo was destroyed by fire this morning, 4,000 The insurance
It is stated that the Bulgarians are houses being burnt. experiencing difficulties with their sup-loss is over Y1,000,000. plies.
BULGARIA AND ROUMANIA. A Soža message' reports that the representatives of the Powers with the
exception of Russia have been instructed.
to propose that Bulgaria submit. her differences with Houmania to the decision
of the Powers.
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, February 20th.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (ACTING CRIRE JUSTICE.)
A PARRI DISPUTE.
THE AUSTRIAN NAVY
A motion came before the Court in which Burjorji LONDON, February 20th.
Mussor'wanji Talati claimed the cancellation of an agreement, Count Montecuccoli has retired from dated the 22nd July, 1011, made between the command of the Austrian Navy. In plaintiff in the first part and the defon- a farewell speech at Pola be said that the dent, Merwanji Polonji Talati, in the fleet may shortly be called to prove and Gourgey in the third part.
second part and Ellis Kadoorie and Ivor
The defen
trial of some alleged anarchiste charged with oldest foreign residents in the person off authorities need not look for the women to teach foes that the long years of pesco dant also asked that the ingreement.
Mr. H. F. Luther, until lately the Secretary of the Club Germania. He was in his 66th year. Heived in Yokohama as far back as 1669.
Particulars of the conditions of com- potition for Vico-Admiral Sir Arthur
a plot against the life of the EMPEROR a plot the existence of which hardly finds believers to this day-and the general tendency to interfere with the liberty of the people without in any way relieving them of their burdens, made the last KATSUBA Ministry extremely unpopular, and, in fact, led to its fall. The succording SATON Ministry did its best to redeem the fruits of its predecessor. It re-established. freedom of speech and thought and serious. D'EPERNAYly set to work to bring the finances of the The number of convicts who have been
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country into order with a view of relieving the heavy burden of taxation on the people. Its proposals met with popular approval, and there was no indication that they would not be carried into practice. The story of how the crisis arose has already Ixon told. An interesting point in con naction with it is, how far it was engineered
of War having handed in his resignation, and Marquis Saxons being unable to find a successor, owing to the strength of the Army party, it would have been easy for Prince Katsura, who was then Lord
Winsloo's Cup, to be run for on the off day, appear in our advertising columns
His Excellency also presents a prize for the lady nominating the winner.
who did it, she personally accepted full have been wall utilised. responsibility,
THE REVOLT IN MEXICO.
LONDON, February 20th. A telegram from Mexico City states that Senor Madero has signed his resignation from the Presidency. A brother
Senor Hernandez, the Minister of the Interior, was asked in the street to shout « Viva Huerta." but cried instead "Viva Madero" and was shot dead.
Madero's brother Gustave, who had been
released in consequence of the Grand Pardon promulgated by the Japanese Emperor on September 13th last year has imprisoned at the arsenal, was taken out reached 32,500, consisting of over 28,000 in Taiwan, Chosen, Manchuris and Kare- futo, and 400 military offenders.
A statement, which has particular. interest in view of the Opium Ordinance
sergeant at the Magistracy yesterday. He expressed the conviction that the opium divans were run by a syndicate. It will be noticed from the report of the pro- codings of the Legistative Council that
ander orders from General Diaz and immediately shot.
BRITISH POLITICS.
LONDON, February 20th. The House of Lords on Wednesday rend a third time the amended Trade Union Bill, the Pilotage Bill, and the Railways Dill.
THE SCOTT-PUNDS.
LONDON, February 20th, His Majesty the King has contributed 2200 and the Queen £100 to the Mansion House Scott Fund, which is now boing amalgamated with the Antarctic Expedi- tion Find.. The joint funds now amount to aliout $30,000.
Lord Curzon, in a lettor, maintained the liabilities of the expedition amoun to £30,000.
A GERMAN OLYMPIAD.
LONDON, February 20th. The German Government announces its intention of subsidising German Olympic athletes regarding the Games as national event of the first magnitude.
INDIAN ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
LONDON, February 20th. The Morning Post says that a scheme
should be delivored up to him, and claimed the costs of the antion.
Mr. Eldon Potter and Mr. F. C. Jon- kin (instructed by Mr. W. B. Hind, from the office of Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton) represented the plaintiff, and Mr. E. H. Sharpo, K.C., Mr. M. H. Slade, K.C., and Mr. C. G. Alabaster (instructed by Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, of Messrs. Deacon Looker, Deacon & Harston) appeared for
the defendant.
Mr. Potter, continuing his opening ad- dress, declared that if the contract could not in his Lordship's opinion be rescinded the plaintiff was entitled to heavy damages for breach of contract.
Counsel then called the plaintiff, who stated that the Brm of P. F. Talati com mentel business twenty to twenty-five years ago and one of the partners was defendant's father. Defendant succeeded him on his death Plaintiff had a claim against the firm and got judgment against the then portuors in the High Court of Bombay for Rs. 322,869, Defendant was one of the partners. This judgment was not satisfied. In 1911, hearing that de fondant had some dealings in Hongkong.
Aptar and in April an action was brought. and must costly project in railway electrijudgment. Subsequently plaintiff came heat on in any country.
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"The last named authorisce the has been drawn up to electrify Indiae seat his power of attorney to Mr.
Keeper of the Privy Seals, to have advised the new ordinance widens the definition railways to increase their chargés in railways. It will be the must important in the Hongkong Court on the Bombay
the EMPEROR to issue a Decree ordering the Minister of Way to retain his place in the Ministry Such an edict was never asked for it is true, but this appears to have arisen
of opium divan.
connection with the strike ngreement of 1911. The-House rejected the clause An office boy employed as substitute for limiting the action of the Bill to five his brother at the N.D.L. Company's
from Marquis SALONJr's disinclination to offices in Connaught Road has reported to Years. If the Government insists upon UNITED STATES AND ILLITERATE wished to settle, Defendant said he had
super-constitutional methods. If it had been issued there is no doubt he would have accepted it indeed, there would have been no other course open to him. Why did not Prince Karsuta intervene in this way? The only answer seems to be that he desired the overthrow of the Government, and that he had in view a retirement from the Palace and the formation of another Ministry himself. That he had obtained complete control over the young EMPEROR is shown
the retention of this cause when the Bill the police that at about 8 o'clock on Tuesday five Chinese entered the office is returned from the Commons it is and demanded the keys of the safe. He expected that the Bill will be sacrificed, as stated that one of the men seized him and the Lords are likely to insist upon its extracted 32 cents from his pocket and rejection. The House then adjourned till appropriated a Mauser pistol from a An Indian constable, who was stationed quite near the premises, declares that he neither saw nor heard anything amiss, and the authorities view the boy's story sceptically.
drawer.
by the number of Imperial Edicts be We are informed that two of the fure-
March 66h.
ANLGO-GERMAN NAVAL UNDERSTANDING.
LONDON, February 20th Extracts from Admiral voa Tirpitz's
The Daily Press. obtained since he became Fremier. Fizet most men in the Y.M.C.A. movement in speech in the Budget Committes of the
OFFICIAL CHANGES; IN
HONGKONG.
The retirement of Mr. F. C. Badeley
Reichstag are officially published.
Replying to a Radical member, the Ad- miral explained that he spoke for himself and not for the Government when he said that he did not doubt that Germany would willingly consider any reasonable proposal from England.
Affairs, said he was not a naval expert, but his department would have nothing to my against the ratio of 16 ships to 10. He pointed out that if he said nothing positive regarding a conversation with Britain it was because definite agreements He on special questions did not exist.
Herr Jagow Minister for Foreign
· IMMIGRANTS.
LONDON, February 20th.
A message from Washington says that the House of Representatives by u narrow majority refused to ropass the literary test in the Immigration Bill over the veto of President Teft.
SUPPOSED GERMAN SPY AT PORTSMOUTH,
LONDON, February 20th.
A bunchback, believed to be a German, was arrested in a strect at Portsmouth and charged with espionage.
HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE."
AMERICAN DOCTOR'S DISCOVERY.
to Hongkong and saw defendant relative to the proceedings, which defendant
no cash at that time, but he offered in settlement 140 permits to import Persian opium into China, and $12,000 cash.- De fondant gave plaintiff to understand that the permits. wore in his brother's noxe, and that be himself was proprietor of the firm, the name of which was I. P. Talati. Defendant said the issue of the permits would be continued until the end of 1916, and plaintiff would be able to make about $150,000. An agreement was drawn up, plaintiff relying upon what the defondant had told him regarding tho permits. After the signing of the agreement de- fendant told plaintiff that as the permits were arranged between the Chinese and British Government he had no need to be nervous. He was never told by defendanti that the right to the permits had been cancelled.
The hearing of the action was further adjourned.
The New York Prese prints the follow- ing, which is characteristic of some of NEW SIAMESE POSTAGE STAMPS. the news published in New York:-
On the satange values of the new
a doctor at Banton Four, composed Siamese postage stamps are a modern has discovered family of of mother and three children, each of head and shoulders portrait of the young whom has two hearts. He had occasion to King Virajavudh in an octagonal frame attend one of the children for chicken with tablets above and beneath containing pox, and found a heart beating on the the name and value in both English and child's right side as well as on the lift. Siamese, whilst on the left of the portrait The discovery led him to examine the two a decorative panel extends the entire others and the mother, with a similar length of the stamps, which are beauti reault. The family is named Perkins, the full printed from intaglio plates, the had, however, found a gratifying simi children being Anna, Allen, and Doris, values and colours being-Two stangs, aged thirteen, eleven, and four respec pale brown; 3stg., greon, faig, rose- cormine; 12stg, black and brown; 14atg... tively.
The physician, Dr. James Morgans ultramarine; 28stg., sepia The higher who also examined the children. ad con- ing a three-quarter length portrait of the firmed the discovery. Their theory is that King in military uniform and comprise the component parts of the organ did not I habt (blue and sepia), 2b. (carmine and unite, the right ventricle (the chamber of sepia), 3b. (green and black), ab. (violet the heart which receives the blood from and black), 10h. (olive and purple), and the suricle and veins) and the right 20b. (green and brown). auricle growing on the right side of the body, and the left ventricle and the left auricle on the left."
he obtained an Ediet asking him to form a America, Messrs. Fred B. Smith and Ministry and giving him permission to Raymond Robins, will be passing through HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 2162, 1913.
retire from his post in the Palace. Later, the Colony on the way to Australis at WHEN the late EMPEROR of Japan died and when there was some difficulty in regard to the end of the present month. The local his son came to the Throne it was generally the post of Minister of the Navy, owing to branch have invited them to address a mass meeting in the City Hall on the believed that the new Eva would see the jealousy of the Navy party, he obtained an EMPEROR of Japan granted that personal Edict ordering the former Minister of the 2nd of March. Both are brilliant plat- form speakers, and they will be accom- freedom which is allowed to his brother Navy to remain at his post. On the open panied by a male quartette party, who, raste, and that the period of seclusion in ing of the Diet, the Opposition threatened his it is stated havo sung together for no the Palace was for over at an end. The newly-formed Ministry with a vote of no
fewer than 20 years, and have created for Iate EMPEROR, as is well known, hardly confidence, and as his supporters -were
themselves an excellent reputation. stirred from the Palace from one end of the greatly in the minority there were feara ̈OË dissolution. He thereupon obtained year to the other, and, except to review his floot or his troops, never left Tokyo. No other Imporial Edict suspending the doubt this was partly due to his tempera-Diet for a fortnight and commenced the ment, but it was chiefly the result of that formation of a new political party. The new political party did not progress so immemorial sanctity of the EMPERORS in
from the position of Captain. Superin Japan which for many hundreds of years rapidly as expected, however, which says tendent of Police has occasioned a re- kept them removed from the gaze of the something for the growth of political arrangement of oficial positions. The larity of views in the course of the ex- people. The new EMPEROR, however, was opinion in a country where parties spring Hon. Mr. Mol. Messer has been appointed change of opinions on acute questions intern, consulted some colleagues in Easton, values are large rectangular stamps bear- brought up among the people, has visited up liko mushrooms, and, on the Diet Captain Superintendent of Police, Mr. the near East. every part of bis dominions, with the meeting again, there was a renewed A. G. M. Fletcher has been trans
danger of
of no confeferred from the office of Clerk of Councils exception of Formosa, and has generally taken such part in the affairs of State that denes being passed. Immediately Prince to be Acting Colonial Treasurer, and Mr. beirs to the Throne perform in Europein BATURA secured another Imperial Edict R. H. Crofton has been made Clerk of countries. But with hie ascent to the further suspending the Dist. It is thus Councils. Throne there gooms to have been a return plain that Princo KATSELA had obtained to the old state of affairs, with all its result-completo ascendohey over the Palace, and ing disadvantages. Whether this seclusion ao Shogun in the times of the Bakufu over But cir- will be found adapted to the rising political wielded more complete power. conscience of Japan is a question open to emstances have proved too strong, and he grave doubt. For one thing the EMPEROR in has had to relinquish the reins of office to scclusion can only make himself acquainted Count YAHOMOTO. The form of govern with the state of the country through the meat for which he stood is quite unsuited to Ministers of bis Household, whose advice modern Japan, where the extended commu he is practically obliged to follow, and as nication with foreign countries has given a these Ministers are statesmen of the old breadth of view quite incompatible with a school, who regard anything savouring of revival of feudalism, and the time will popular government with great aversion, surely come when the will of the people will the result will be a growing divergorce have to be recognised.
the vote
THE DALLAS COMEDY COMPANY.
H.E. the Governor and Lady May will be present at the production on Monday night of J. M. Barrie's great comedy, What Every Woman Knows" We are informed that the booking so far is excel- lent.
FOUR AT A BIRTIL
Mrs. Margaret Powell, wife of a Liver- pool carter, gave birth last month to four boys, all still-born.
PROMOTION IN THE BRITISH NAVY.
LONDON, February 20th. Router corrects a previous message which should read The Admiralty has extend ed to marines the privilege of promotion to selected warrant and non-commissioned ofcers and men to commissioned rank, commissions to be thus granted annually.
EAST ANTRIM VACANCY,
LONDON, February 20th. Major McCalmont has been returned unopposed as Unionist member for East Autrim, the, vacancy there being caused by the death of Colonel McCalmont.
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BULLFIGHTER'S IDEA OF PERIL.
Describing experiences in Spain at the Authors Club dinner, Mr. Edgar Selig heen persistently
nian. amateur champion fencer of circulated in Mukden that the Imperialists England, stated that a diminutive bull- advantage of the possible disturbances occasion, with a companion, to kill six bulls Minuto's three were small bulla. are preparing to rise in arma, taking fighter known as Minuté had on one anticipated at the end of the year. His friend was injured by the first bull. Magistrato Chang Hsiluen has conse The big bulls towered over Minuto, who quently proclaimed martial-law all over asked for a chair and, standing upon it, the Province and has at the same time with his short sword killed the six. publicly notified the foreign Representa
bidden to enter the districts. tives that foreign travellers will be for
Shortly afterwards Mr. Seligman invited Minuto to a row in a small boat.
me risk my life?" he said. “I have n Minuto stood aghast."Would you have wife and child to support" (Laughter.),