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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 1813.
THE KING'S BIRTHDAY, TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.TELEGRAMS.
PARADE ON THE CRICKET GROUND.
be helpless. Either event would be disas trom for China, but fortunately there is not, we think, any fear that the Army will take command of the situation in this way: it has shown in the past that it possesses strongly as is from its circonstances
shown that when a manifestations. The day was observed as
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The anniversary of the birthday of His KING'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS, Majesty King George the Fifth was
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LONDON, June 3rd:
The hat of Honours in connection with
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THE BALKAN SITUATION.
THE SITUATION IN TURKEY, A message from Constantinople states
great issue is at stake it can sink its a holiday, business being suspended and the Birthday of His Majesty King Georg that the Cabinet has decided to postpone
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BYE-ELECTION AT WANDSWORTH.
LONDON, June 3rd
Sir H. Kimber, Unionist M.P. for Wandsworth, having resigned, "Mr." ·
the disbanding of the troops in view of Samuel Bamuel, brother of Sir Marcua Samuel, has been adopted as Conanrvative candidate.
Lord Welby G.G.B. formerly Permanent the serious situation. Secretary to the Treasury.
Mr. J. H. Lewis, Liberal M.P. for
Flintshire.
ALLIES HAVE BETTER PROSPECTS.
A tessage from Sofia states that M.. Sir A. Mond, Bart., Liberal M.P. for Pasics, the Sorvian Premier, and M. Swansea.
Guechoff, the Bulgarian Fremier, con- ferred on Monday night at Tsaribrod and Mr. J. M. Barrie,, the well-known greed to the principle of a meeting of Seculish novelist.
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JARONETS,
the allied Premiors with a view to reach-
A Boña message states that it is believed Mr. Gwynne Eavans, director of a real that the Premiers of the four Allies will
meet at St. Petersburg
provincialism mud become nationally the children enjoying a respite from include minded. We have refused to believe that school and stady. The British ships in the desire for provincial self-government the harbour, and several others, were is necessarily the danger that it is often decorated with flags from stem to stern, CIGAR MERCHANTS painted; a source of danger and disaster and the red ensign was very conspicuous, it undoubtedly might be if unwisely though the Empress steamer attracted handled, but we believe that large-minded attention with her four large blue ensigns. statesmanship could evolve from it one of The military parade on the Cricket China's greatest assets, and the Army Ground at 7:30 2.m was very imposing, furnishes & picture illustrative of what Though not so brilliant as the parades China might become if this wore offected. which were formerly witnessed at the The Army has always beon organized on a Happy Valley in the month of November, provincial basis, each province having its the spectacle was in every respect worthy Mr. Archibald Denny, a Clyde shiping a mutual understanding. own establishment consisting of natives of the province, while, even under the Manchus, the old rule forbidding an official to serve in his native province was cancelled in the case of Army officers, who were almost invariably natives of the provinces $4.75 in which they served. The centralizing movement of the last few years extended to the Army, but its influence was scarcely more than nominal: the various provincial forces were, or should have been, reorganized the so as to form parts of one cohesive whole, Estate. and the Viceroys or Governors of the provinces were made Commanders-in-Chief, while a central Army Council was set up in Peking as an adjunct of the Board of War. The provincial spirit was thus respected and the whole organization was on a fer- ritorial basis, the influence of Peking being limited to securing standardization and
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osion, and to the appointment of the er-oficio Commander-in-Chief. That the provincial spirit remained strong in the troops was seen in the course of the railway riote in Szechuan in 1911, when the local my practically threw in their lot with their follow-provincials, and the Viceroy was left with no troops to rely on eave his own easoned veterans of the Tibetan campaign But there is no need to seek proofs of the existence of the provincial spirit, for there is in any case no likelihood of its lupsing→→ the whole system of organization guarantees its maintenance if there were a lack any where it would be in the direction of the larger national spirit, yet wo find that even when Kwangtung was being proclaimed a separate Republic, the troops of the South were ready to fight side by side with those of mid-China for the capture of Nanking, or to march with them, if need be,
theis, if n to attack Peking. At an even more recent date the same eagerness was shown for an advance for the protection of Mongolia, from which South China had nothing to gain directly, and which consequently could be prompted only by zeal for the honour and well-being of the country at large-by national patriotism, in other words, And if this state of affairs can be engendered in the Army, why not throughout the whole body politic? The provincial spirit gives no trouble in the Army because it is respected, and consequently there is room for the development side by side with it of a national spirit, and it is a reasonable deduction that if the same principles were applied to the whole area of provincial administration, the same results would follow. The provincial -spirit is nothing but local patriotism, and if properly handled shoulā bo not aboriums to, bat a sure basis of, the national patriotism that alone can save Chian trom disintegration.
Sir John and Lady Jordan leave Poking for England to-morrow.
of the occasion, and the many people who assembled on the Ground felt recompensed for their early excursion by the fly Imperial note that was sounded. The estate corporation in South Africa, who troops formed a square within the presented to the nation the Arthur Ground, and were all in position before | Morrison Collection of Chinese paintings. the hour fixed for the arrival of H.E. the
Mr. S. W. Furness, Liberal MP. for Governor. His Excellery Major-General
Hartlepool. Anderson, C.B., was in command, being accompanied by Major Paul and Captain, Brock, staff officers. Among those who had positions close to the saluting bas Honour Sir W. Bees Davies, Colonel St, Commodore Austruthor His
were
Owing to an urgent summons M. Daneff suddenly left London on Sunday night for Sofin.
JUDICAL. CHANGES.
LONDON, June 3rd. Lord Justice Farwell has resigned. Hon. Sir Charles Swinfen Eady hus been appointed a justice of appeal in succession to Lord Justice Farwell. Mr. J. M. Astbury, K.C., succeeds 'Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady as a judge of the Chancery Division.
NAVAL ACCIDENT.
LONDON, Jane 3rd. White submarines were making a mimio attack on two battleships on Monday, the A message from Belgrade states that it | Prince of Wales ran down Submarine 32, Dr. William Lane, Surgeon to Guy's is now believed that the danger of an cutting away her conning tower, platform armed conflict between the allies has been and upper works. The submarine, which Hospital.
Dr. F. Todd, Dental Surgeon to Bethle-entirely removed. Servia is willing to had a narrow escape of being sunk. hein hoyat Bospital.
Nobody was demobilise on condition that Bulgaria returned to Portsmouth. dois likewise and that a conference of injured.. the Premiers of the Allice be held at St. Fetersburg within a fortnight.
0.CH,G.
Sir Gerald Strickland, Governor of New South Wales.
Sir George William Buchanés, British Minister at St.
Jolin, Colonel Radcliffe, Colonel Younan, Colonel Walton, Colonel Rollinson Major Pritchard, Major Dickinson, Major Fitzwilliams, and Hon. Mr. C. Montagu Ede.
His Excellency BirK.C.M.G., Henry May on arrival was received with
Petersburg. a royal salute, the Band playing a few The
bars of the National Anthem. Governor, who was accompanied by Captain Connolly, A.D.C., Captain Taylor, private secretary, Captains Arm strong and Wood, Hon. A.D.C.'s and two native A.D.C.'s, proceeded to the
saluting base on the south side of the ground, and afterwards inspected the Parade Ground boone out the royal troops. Then a big gun on the Murray
salute, the interval between every seven shots being filled with the troops Gringa feu de jour, and the Band playing a few
K.C.M.A.
Major J. R. Chancellor, O.M.G., Governor of Mauritius.
CHIEF MAGISTRATE'S TRAGIC DEATH.
LONDON, June 3rd. Sir Curtis Bennett, the new Chief
NEW FIELD-MARSHAL,
Magistrate of Loudon, fell dead while General Sir John French has been made talking to the Lord Mayor at the Man
sion House. a Field Marshal.
XNIGHTHOODя.
The Koighthoods include:
fr. Forbes Robertson, the actor.
BELGIAN RAILWAY ACCIDENT...
BRUSSELS, June 3rd, Mr. Stephen Collins. Liberal M.P, fór - A train collided with a shunting engine Kennington.
at Dilbeek and thirty persons wero Mr. J. H. Biles, Professor of Naval injured, some seriously. Architecture.
Dr. Andrew Horne & Dublin physician.
well-known
Dr. John McClure, Headmaster of Mill Hill School,
Mr. Claud Schuster, Secretary and Legal Adviser to the National Health
burs of the National Anthem. At the conclusion of the firing the troops on the call of the General gave three cheers for the King Emperor, which were lustily given. Then followed the march post. Pride of place was given to the blue- jackets, who were followed by the marines. Then came the detachments from the R.G.A., the R.E., and the D.O.L.7, with colours, which were greeted with the Insurance Commission, and formerly of customary salute. The Volunteers were the Legal Branch of the Board of
Education. watched with interest, and a cheer was raised as the Rezerves came along, march- ing very steadily indeed.
chDr. A. Schaefer, Professor of regiments succeeded the Reserves, looking
Physiology at Edinburgh University. very picturesque in their varied uniforms, Major Worthington, Medical Officer of the order being Hazaras, 8th Rajputs, the Staff of the Duke of Connaught in Baluchis, 25th Punjabis and 20th Pune | Canada. jabis. His Excellency took the salute. After the units had passed the saluting base, they left the ground, and the ceremony closed with the departure of the last of the native units.
The native
The troops taking part were 09 under
Rank and file.
R.N. R.A.
H.K. Vol. Reservés
Dr. Adolphous Ward, Master of Peter- house, Cambridge.
Q.CV. The Baltan of Perak has been made an honorary Knight of the Grand Cross of the Victoria order.
C.M.G.
Colonel Thesiger, formerly Inspector of the King's African Rifles.
AN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.
LONDON, June 3rd. The Victorian Loan of £2,000,000 st four per cent. is being underwritten at £09. AUSTRIAN MILITARY SENSATION.
VIENNA, June 3rd. The suicide of Colonel Redl, an officer of the Austrian General Stall, and the subsequent revelations, have createct some- what of a consternation in the capital. It appears that Red for number of years acquainted Russia with every detail of Austrian plans.
Baron Hoetzendorff, Chief of the Gen- eral Staff, and Baron Gies, commanding the Prague Army Corps, have resigned.
The Emperor has ordered the appoint- ment of a commission of investigation and organisation of the General Staff,
AERIAL RACES PROHIBITED.
LONDON, June 3rd. He The Home office has prohibited....... tha
THE CANADIAN DREADNOUGHTS.
LONDON, June 3rd. In the House of Commons on Monday Mr. Churchill, questioned concerning the outcome of the defeat of the Caramis Navy Bill, said tho mietter was receiving the attention of the Government, declined to say if it were proposed to Daily Mail serial Derby round London, introduce supplementary estimates to the War Office having objected to the route provide for three additional battleships, arranged by the hero Club, and the
THE STRANDED GERMAN CRUISER.
BELLIN, June 3rd..
The cruiser Bluecher, which went aground near the Great Belt on Friday, has been re-floated.
EIGHTY CLUB DINNER TO LORD ROBERTS.
LONDON, June 3rd, Members of Parliament belonging to the Eighty Club are widely signing a
Dr. Spurrier, formerty Medical Officer memorial that the dinner to Lord Roberts
100
80
R.E..
100
D.O.L.I. (with colours) H.K. Vol Corps
180
60
50
of Zanzibar,
50
24th (Hazara) M.B.
6th Rajputs...
126th Baluchistan Infantry
25th Punjabis
50
26th Punjabis
50
H.K.S.BR.G.A.
Or the many factors that are playing their part in the struggle between the contralizing. and provincializing moremente in China not the least important is the Army. This
The balance of units not parading on must always be the case with a Governmet
the Hongkong Cricket Ground bad a While two European children were parade on that was founded by force, but there are
their respective parade fence special circumstances in connection with the yesterday leaning against, the
grounds.. guarding the nullah near Murray, Bar- Chinese Army that make its attitude racks the fence gave way, and they fell
At noon a royal salute was fired from towards the question of provincial autonomy into the pullah. One received a fractured
HM.S.- of peculiar importance. He who takes,
arm, The other was slightly injured. the sword shall perish by the sword "is as true to-day as ever, and there must always The Mongolian question will probably be present in the minds of the Republican be settled temporarily by an exchange of leaders the thought that it is in a large Russian and Chineco Notes; for both measure to the Army that they owe their parties, it is stated, desire some early position, and that this same Army might agreement whereby marauders can be sup- be ready to rise against them also if pressed, and it is considered useless to cccasion demanded. Prior to the revolution refer the matter to Parliament while the it was well known that the Army was the latter continues in its present parlous happy hunting ground of the various secret societies, and there is no reason to believe that this state of affairs has ceased to exist. The Army, it may safely be assumed, is still susceptible of being imbued, through its olivers, with radical nad revolutionary ideas, and if it were persuaded to take a strong attitude in the rivalry between the Copies and the Protives it would be a
condition.
the
Mr. J. R. Nicholson of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board at Singapore..
Mr. S. Barton, Chinese Secretary in the British Legation at Peking.
Mr. Pollock of the British Tegation at Peking
is ill-advised and undesirable. The memorial was to be considered by a special committee on Tuesday.
Lord Lansdowne in the House of Lords on Monday night referred to the proposed Eighty Club function as 2 remarkable
Mr. R. Layard, British Consul-General gathering. He hoped the event might be taken as an admission that Lord Roberts. nt Kobe.
and Colonel Seely wore working in
harmony.
G.C.B
Admiral Sir R. N. Custance, Admiral Sir John Durnford, K.C.B. Admiral Hon. Sir Hedworth Moux, K.C.B., formerly Commander-in-Chief of the China Station.
UNIVERSAL PEACE.
WASHINGTON, June 3rd. Baron Chinds has handed to Mr. W. J. Bryan the formal notification of Japan's Rear Admiral C. J. Briggs, Lord of acceptance in principle of the universal.
peace plan.
RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE A reception was given at Government House last night in honour of the anni- versary of the Birthday of His Majesty, and was attended by large and
H.E. cosmopolitan gathering... Guvernor received the guests as they outered, the latter being introduced by Captain Armstrong, hon, AD.C. The the Admiralty. guests distributed themselves in the gaily decorated lawns, and found much to cons tribute to their enjoyment, several bands discoursing music, while refreshments. were dispensed.
R.C. B.
Rear Admiral C. Burney,
Vice Admiral I. S. Lowry. Rear Admiral Sir George Warrender. Rear Admir C. Sturdeo, C.V.D. Colonel Grey Anton.
Captain Vaughan Lewes, RN., D.S.0 Major Tollemache-Halliday,
Peking University is again in a state of rebellion. It appears that the Chan- an order that cellor recently made students should pass another special ex- special amination before entering a course instead of passing into the special
According to a report published by course automatically after passing all the Rocktonpes, & Peking paner, the examinations during the preparatory merchants of Canton have addressed course. The students contend, apparent several telegrams to the Government at R.MLI
arse. The stu decisive stor. If it were to take the viewly with some reason, that there are Poking urging the dismissal of Hu Han that the Independence of the Provinces already too many examinations. Acoord min, Tutuh of Kwangtung. If this is not should at all costs be maintained, Peking ingly, 300 representing two-thirds done, the telegrame spid, the people them. would never be able to assert itself against majority of students visited the Chan selves will take action to accomplish this their armed resistance, if, on the other cellor, and insisted on his written end. A telegram dated the 28th ult. hend, it were induced to take the side of the resignation. They also pressed into their stated that the affair was being considered Durban. Central Government, the Provinces would cause the directors as witnesses.
by the Cabinet
CB (CIVIL DIVISION.) Bear Admiral Tudor. Rear Admiral Kerr,
V.C.
Rear Admiral Goodwin Goodwin. Captain Bullard. late port captain,
Captain Oliver, H.N.
THE DERBY
LATEST LONDON BETTING,
LONDON, June 3rd. The latest quotations for the Derby, to be run to-day, are:- to 2 against Craganour; 1 to 2 against Shogung 7 to 1 against Louvois 10 to 1 against Nimbus 100 to 7 against Day Comet and Prue,
LATEST SCRATCHINGS.
water-plane race round Great Britain for the Daily Mail £5,000 prize. The official action is based on the recent regulations for the prevention of espionage.
NEW YORK POLICE REFORM.
NEW YORK, June 3rd. The aldermanic committes investigat- ing the conditions of the police since the murder of the gambler Rosenthal recom- mends the removal of Police. Commis- sioner Waldo.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
LONDON, June 3rd. Sir Francis Fox in his report on the condition of the dous of St. Paul's Cathe dral states that the walls are out of plumb, the plers and buttresses re cracked, and the foundations are of doubtful stability in view of building and other operations in the immediate neigh- hourhood.
LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP. The draws in the competition for the open lawn bowls championship compebi- tion took place on Monday night with the following resalt:-.
FIRST ROUND.
K. Maclennan, P. v. R. Hall, K. W. Higby, C.S. v. D. Harvey, K.
T. Petrie, K. v. R. O. Wats, P.
A Clarke, P. v. T. Worth, T.
N. Drummond, T. v. D. McHardy, P.
SECOND ROUND..
The byes in the second round are p P. Farrell, T. .. H. Harron, T. C. Alexander, K. v. W. Wotherspoon," W. Cooper, P. v. J. Simpson, T.
T Glendinning, P., M. McIvor, K. G. Watt, P. . T. Bateman, T.
F. Fisher, C.S. v. S. Dorrington, T A. R. Whibley, E. v. Maclennan or Hall. R. Fenton, P. A. G. Pile, C.S. J. Macdonald, K. v. D. Cooper, K. D. Gourlay, P. v. W. Gerrard, P. A. Ramsay, K. r. R. Duncan, C.S. Guy, K., G. D. Edwards, K. C. Pryce, K. W. Fincher, C.8. W. Russell, Kr. W. Cameron, P.
Rock Flint was scratched from the
First round to be played by June 16th, Derby at
one o'clock on Saturday second by July 7th, third by July 28th, Young Pegasus and Harry of Hereford fourth by August 16th and the fifth by
have also been scratched.
August 30th,